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Is to retain, the Auditor is authorized to pay over the $572. The 'securities to be turned over to the State amount-4o a little over $2,1)00.000. Gov. Jones voted no and filed a protest against the accept­ ance of the settlement. The protes^ is similar to the veto message he filed with the Legislature, when the measure passed that body last winter over his objections. Auditor Sloan, Secretary of State Hull and Treasurer Gully voted in the affirma­ tive. nifihes nearly 700 and Grand Rapids about 350,. while the following cities have each a company: Coldwater, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Grand Haven, Ionia, Flint, Alpena, Bay City. Saginaw (we«t side), Saginaw (east side), Port Huron, Owos- so, Cheboygan, Monroe, Big Rapids, Manistee, Muskegon, Calumet, Iron Mountain, Houghton, Sault Ste. Maria and Ironwofld. c fine and four coaches oivtKe express train were derailed and* several freight cars were broken to splinters. The powder magazines at Indian Head, Md., the Government's gun testing grounds at an isolated point on the Poto­ mac river, narrowly" escaped destruction by the proximity of a fire started suppos­ edly by Spanish spies. For several hours thousands of cords of wood owned by the Government was ablaze, and the officers and men at the proving grounds risked their lives in fighting the fire to save the magazines. THE PLAINDEALEB J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. ILLINOIS MoHENRY. practice has-been taught in the univer­ sity, agrieuitui-al college, State normal school, Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Cornell College in Mount Ver­ non and one or two other places. The student's of these institutions have re­ sponded nobly to the call for volunteers. Former artillerymen of the regular army, eager to get back into the service, come by the score to offer tlieir services. Grad­ uates of military schools have been heard' from. It Will be necessary to secure 364 men for the) two companies. Fred Hol- stein, captain of the State University battery, is in temporary command, but Lieut. Ely, will probably command one of the batteries. Thousands of visitors from all parts of the State go to the camp daily. So rnnny soldiers have never been seen in one place in Iowa since the civil war. '• Roast beef with gravy, chickens in va­ rious styles, potatoes, onions, radishes and fruits constituted the menu at the dinner served to the soldiers in camp by the women of Pes Moines the other day. Improvised tables were spread at the dif­ ferent company barracks and the prettiest girls in Des Moines acted as waitresses. Most of the companies passed resolutions of thanks. ; "• Lincoln correspondence: - I j--" ROM a habit of pleasure and r peaceful pursuits the Old State fair grounds near Lincoln have Ir/i^ f e n transformed ( tTjiL a week to a p'ace of reu<lezvo»s of between 1,500 and i,- 600.men are bivouacked in Camp Alvin Saunders, so named in honor of Nebras­ ka's venerable former Senator and terri­ torial war Governor. They are now awaiting the orders of Gov. Holcomb, who will turn them over to. the United States. The transformation of the grounds from the civil to the military has not. been without excitement. Oh the whole, how­ ever, the rendezvousing was long ago dis­ counted, well planned and perfectly car­ ried out. Brig. Gen. Bills was One of the first to arriv$*»and military discipline was quickly established. In/exactly forty-eight hours Gov. Hol­ comb was able to telegraph the War De­ partment that the Nebraska militia had assembled to a man, and awaited orders for the mustering in as volunteers of the United States army. Gov. Holcomb at the same time laid claim to the distinction of being the first State commander to make such a report as going to prove the efficiency of the Nebraska guard. LATEST EXAMPLE OF SPAIN'S WAR METHODS. In the French parliamentary elections the moderate republicans gained eight seats. Count Castellane, who married Anna Gould, was a successful candidate in the parliamentary elections at Parish An anarchistic riot broke out at Milan, Italy, and 300- persons were killed and 1,000 -injured before the soldiery restored order. The British steamer Maitland, Captain Anderson, from Sydney for Newcastle, went ashore at Broken Bay, Australia. Six of her passengers have been lost. The Queen of Belgium, who is a daugh­ ter of the late Archduke Joseph of Aus­ tria, while driving, in the vicinity of the royal palace at Laeken, was upset into the lake. Her majesty was not injured. At Athens, Karditza and Georgius, the two willing tools of the HoutzavantiS, who tried to take the life of King George of Greece and his daughter on Feb. 26, paid with their lives the just penalty of their crime. The men died bravely^ else they would not be Greek. They Vere stolid fellows of the lowest order. Both had confessed their guilt to the military authorities before whom the trial was had, and to whom was intrusted the car­ rying out of the death sentence. They claimed that the act was a patriotic one, and that their motive was anger at the course of the King in accepting the prop­ osition for international control of the Greek finances pending the paymeht of the war loan. Although they did not in­ tend to do King George a good "turn, it is certain that the two would-be assassins did more than any other person to restore the prestige which had been so cruelly in­ jured by the war. The King was driving in a landau with his daughter, the Prin­ cess Marie. Two men, hidden in a ditch, opened fire on the carriage. A"t once the King arose and placed his regal body between his daughter and the hostile fire. The coachman whipped up his horses and got away. The King escaped untouched, but one of the horses was slightly wound­ ed. Fierce in their loves and hates and admiration, the Athenian populace went wild over the King's parental chivalry, and many who had grown bitter towards the monarch forgot their anger in admira­ tion of his personal bravery and gave back their shattered fealty. Karditza, the leader of the two murderers, was for­ merly a non-commissioned officer in the army. Georgius was a Macedonian work­ man. Henry Gillette, of Geneva, Ohio, took morphine and is dead. The Elms Hotel at Excelsior Springs,1 Mo., was destroyed by fire. The guests, numbering over 100. were asleep when the alarm was given, although none was injured. The flames started in the en­ gine room and were soon beyond control. The hotel was built in 1889 and cost $200,000. It was insured for $40*000. It was the property of Col. Henry Ettenson, of Leavenworth, K&n. A struggle for the custody of the person of Adolpli Sutro, millionaire and ex- Mayor of San Francisco, took place at Sutro Heights. Dr. Emma Merritt, the legal guardian, of the personal estate of her father, removed him in an ambulance from the family homestead to her home at Vanness avenue and Sutter street. She was fiercely, resisted by »Miss Clara Sutro, her sister, who caused a wild scene at the home. The National Association of Canned Goods Manufacturers closed 'a two daysr session at Cleveland, Ohio, and adjourned to meet next year in Philadelphia. A res­ olution was adopted providing for a na­ tional seal, which all members in good standing will be permitted to use. Officers elected were: President, George W. Moore, Baltimore; vice-president, Mrs. C. R. Sears, Circleville, Ohio; treasurer, F. O. Conant, Portland, Me.; secretary, E. S. Judge, Baltimore. At a tribal council of the Kiowas and Comanches near Guthrie, O. T., the tribes elected new judges from the pro­ gressive element and passed resolutions asking Congress to apportion the 4,000,- 000 acres of their reservation equally among the members of the tribe and to give them the privilege of leasing all lands to white farmers. A delegation was elected to go to Washington to urge this request. If granted it will be practically equal to opening the reservation to settle­ ment. By the turning of a switch at Colum-. bus, Ohio, an excursion train from the Fort Wayne road over the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus road into the city was wrecked, three cars demolished and one man, Riven Fry of Louisville, Ohio, killed and three others slightly injured. The train brought visitors from the east and south to Camp Bushnell. As the en­ gine left the track it plowed down a steep embankment and turned over in a ditch. Engineer James Rinehart and Fireman Louis Fritz escaped with slight injury by jumping. The colonization commission o4>the So­ cial Democracy makes a formal an­ nouncement that the report of the first attempt, to establish a co-operative com­ monwealth being made in Kansas was erroneous and arose from the fact that the co-operative commonwealth company was incorporated in that State. It is said that colonies will soon be established in Tennessee, Washington and Colorado and " in Idaho and Kansas later on. "The main purpose of concentrating socialists in sparsely settled States will not be abandoned, even if we should start in Tennessee as a beginning," it is added. Definite statement of the plans is with­ held until the deeds for the land have been secured. At Duluth, Minn., fifty frame buildings on Minnesota point, just above the ship canal, Avere burned. There was a puff of smoke, a burst of flame and then a long row of ramshackle buildings were in a blaze. An hour later 2,000 people were homeless. The fire took twelve frame store buildings, fronting on lower Lake avenue, just below the "Under-the- Hill" district, and swept from there back to the lake shore. The district was popu­ lated by the poorest people in the city. There are no very large individual losses. The total is thought to be over $100,000. Among the sufferers were fifty families of Jews, members of a colony, who were at a mass meeting praying for the suc­ cess of the American army in the war with Spain. There were many narrow escapes from death, but it is believed that everybody was rescued. The most thrilling criminal episode^ which has taken place in New Orleans since the Italian lynchiugs of 1891 oc­ curred the other day. A negro burglar, who was pursued across the most popu­ lous districts of the city, killed two would- be captors and was finally shdt to pieces by a mob after a desperate fusillade, in which several citizens were wounded. The crime for which the negro was being ar­ rested when he made his dash for free-, dom was of some weeks' standing. Offi­ cers had orders to arrest him on sight, and when seen he was taken into custody. The moment 4he officers were off their guard the desperado, who was of large physique, dashed them away and ran. Police Corporal Oleary witnessed the act and rushed ;n front of the man to prevent his escape. In an instant the negro sent a bullet through the officer's brain. The shot brought crowds from all directions, and the hue and cry went up as the crim­ inal dashed away. He was pursued to the open Country, where he took refuge in a barn. Officer Trimp was the first to at­ tempt to enter the building. He was shot dead by the negro. Finally a man got to the roof and sent a bullet into the ne­ gro's head. The body was riddled with bullets by the infuriated crowd. Attempt Made to Kill American Sol­ diers by Anchoring Arsenic Bass in a Watercourse -- Missouri Farmer Beaten to Death with an Iron Maul. WHERE village spires In sleep abide; Where buildings tower on high; Throiigh airthe qulet countryside, And where the cities lie, There swell at word a lusty band . - In garb of motley hue, Who at the bugle note's command Arc citizens In blue. A patient throng, o'er dusty road, O'er hard and echoing street, 'Mid heat and cold they've, grimly strode, Nor recked their blistering feet. They've drilled In field and dingy hall When-long days' tasks were through, And now they're ready for the call-- These citizens In blue. They've felt the scorn of friendly foes Who watched them but to jeer; They've seen the angry mob oppose , Their bayonets, austere; But now, behold, a nation, thrilled, Would ask what they can do~- Tlssir answer Is: "Our ranks are filled With citizens in blue!" And thus a couchant host they wait. Close to their hearthstones' glow, STrom Plymouth to the Golden Gate, The lakes to Mexico. Their knapsacks packed, their rifles scourid, Their hands and courage true- Sweetheart nor mother finds a coward In citizens In blue. ILLINOIS. Poison Soldiers' Drinking Water. A second dastardly attempt to poison the infantry regiments at Camp Mobile, at Mobile, Ala., has been made; Several days ago some, soldiers found in the creek which runs alongside the grounds a sack filled with absorbent cotton which had been saturated with arsenic and tied down beneath a rock which juts out into the stream at a point just above the place where the soldiers get their drinking wat­ er. By accident a trooper discovered the deadly trap, removed the sack and upon the contents being revealed, reported his, find to the commanding officer. Strict orders were given not to mention the inci­ dent and so the ipatter was hushed up. Since that day, however, the creek has been closely watched, and vigilance, was rewarded when Corporal John Sullivan of Company A, Nineteenth Infantry, found a poison bag loaded with arsenic and anchored down just as in the first instance.. The correspondent by chance overheard two soldiers talking about the plot to poison them and instituted an in­ vestigation. The officers preferred not to discuss the matter, but among the pri­ vates feeling is running high. Spanish spies are known to be lurking in the neigh­ borhood, where a number of Spaniards reside. They are all under strict scrutiny and sensational disclosures are looked for. No one doubts that agents of Spain are responsible. Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the club3 in the National Base-ball League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..15 4 New York.... 9 8 Cleveland ... 14 6 Pittsburg ... 10 10 Baltimore... 9 5 Philadelphia.. 7 7 Boston .....12 9 Louisville ... 6 17 Brooklyn ... 9 7 St. Louis 4 13 Chicago;.... 9 8 Washington.. 4 13 INDIANA, Indianapolis correspondence:-- r/ HE camp of the Indiana National I ^ P ii ^ Guard near Indianap- °lis is a constant fivCi.source of attraction A to all classes. Every- S'il thing is now perfectly W s y s t e m a t i z e d a n d Vworking in clock-like order. All the for- malities of camp life are observed, and the discipline is prac­ tically as rigid as though an enemy lay encamped but a few miles away. Each of the companies has from ten to twenty new recruits, and there are six new com­ panies in the camp, but distributed through the four regiments. These are rapidly being transformed into real sol­ diers, iind some of them are so earnest and so deeply interested that; were they uniformed, it would take an experienced eye to distinguish them in the drills from OHIO. Columbus correspondence: i--I r-7 HE State troops of Ohio are now being prepared for /volunteer service at /yCamp Bushnell, a (ll east of the city la Ll) limits of Columbus. Ill ^ie Sroimd was of- fered free to the State by the owner, John C. Bullitt. The city of Columbus furnishes water and light (electric) free, pipes and wires being ex­ tended to the grounds for this purpose. Gen. H. A. Axline, who is in command of the troops, estimates that more than Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 14 2 Minneapolis. . 6 12 St. Paul 17 3 Milwaukee... 0 12 Columbus .".. 9 6 Omaha .5 14 Kansas City. 10 9 Detroit 3 14 Beaten to Death with a Maul. F. D. Lumsden, a farmer aged about 65, living twenty miles southeast of Mi­ lan, Mo., was beaten to death with a 16- pound cast iron post-maul. His wife, who is about 30 years of age, was the first to give the alarm, and her story is that about midnight she discovered eight men in the house and that they dealt the death blows. w<irio diligent for prints about the premises and could find none. The prosecuting attorney and cor­ oner held an inquest. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the wife. Navigation between Dawson and St. Michaels, Alaska, is expected to be open about June 1, two weeks earlier than usual. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "A state of war was so greatly dreaded by those who have seen nothing like it for more than thirty years that its coming has hurt less than its apprehension. Especially since the vic­ tory at Manila, which indicated the su­ periority of the American navy, gun for gun. Expectation that the war will not last long hns influenced all markets, and stocks have advanced, the average of prices of railroads $2.70 a share. The general condition of business lias been materially improved. The most sensa­ tional of all changes and the most prac­ tically important has been the rise in wheat--13 cents during one day's session, 21% cents from Tuesday to Thursday night, and 25% cents for the week--throw­ ing into the shade all past advances and all expectations, though a reaction of 1% cents naturally followed on Friday. Ex­ ports have not been checked by higher prices as yet, but have caused them, amounting for the week to 2,094,380 bushels, flour included, against 1,498,167 bushels from Atlantic ports last year." It is believed that the Government has been warned that the Spanish are intend­ ing to inflict great damage to San Fran­ cisco and yjciuity, even if they have no fleets and armies there to do it with. The information is that spies will be relied, upon to work havoc on the west side of the continent, and it is greatly worrying both Government officials and the local authorities. Immediate measures were taken to guard against such contingency as far as possible and the first result was the doubling of guards at all places par­ ticularly exposed to such attack. First, extra police were detailed to assist the regular guards in watching over the bat­ tleship Wisconsin, now building at the Union iron works. Precautions at Mare Island navy yard have increased and the man Who makes a landing there now would have to run a mighty dangerous gauntlet. The great Spring valley reser­ voir, which supplies San Francisco's wat­ er, is now watched over by armed guards. The blowing up of the great dam would not only leave San Francisco waterless and without protection against fire, which would do more damage than a bombard­ ment, but would sweep away the city of San Mateo. PREPARING A MEAL IN CAMP. NEWS NUGGETS, marshal of Camp Bushnell. and Lieut. E. C. Greiner of the Fourteenth Regi­ ment assistant provost marshal. The brigade formation of the State troops has been put into effect, with Col. C. B. Hunt of the First Regiment in com­ mand of the First, brigade, and Col. A. B. Colt of the Fourteenth in command of the Second. Webb C. Ilayes of Cleveland has com­ pleted arrangements with Gov. Bushnell for the organization of the seven addi­ tional cavalry troops required of Ohio. The State has only one now. This one is in Cleveland. Cleveland will be allotted two more, Columbus one, Cincinnati tfne, Dayton one, Toledo one and Marysville one. These have been organized already, without authority, and the Cleveland troops are in camp at this writing/ Milwaukee correspondence: fit T Camp Harvey everything is /£\ now done under strict d i s c i p l i n e . T h e - grounds have been f o u n d e x c e l l e n t l y .'/£/ nLadapted to camp uses, flsl jflBmSI! and officers and men s\\\ lifehpgyra IM' are completely satis- lied. The big mead- ows present an ani- mated picture at all times. In addition to the bits of blue picked out all over the fields where men are drifting from one regimental camp to another there are always in the fore­ ground groups of recruits who are prac­ ticing the goose step or the setting up ex­ ercises varied with foot movements. The soldiers are now getting accustomed to the cold and there has not been as much complaint lately as there was at first. There is one thing the Spaniards will learn if the Wisconsin regiments happen to meet them, and that is that marks­ manship is something to which the badg­ ers have paid attention. How they can shoot! Take the Third Regiment, for instance, this in preference, for ever since rifle practice has been made a feature the Third has been assiduous in that line. Ev­ ery man in the regiment is almost as good a shot as the trained sharpshooters en­ listed in the civil war. While the Third leads, the Second is a close second, and the Fourth and First are crowding the others. When it comes to field officers, on the other hand, military experts rath­ er give the pass to the First, though neither of the regiments has cause to grumble in this regard, and neither will admit that any other badger regiment is any better equipped than they with offi­ cers. It is a generous rivalry. The physical examinations show that only about six per cent of the men are unable to qualify to the tests applied. At Middlcto.wii, N. Y., a committee of 200 prominent citizens has been formed to take care of the families of those who have volunteered to go to war. Vast throngs visit the various camps of the National Guardsmen. MARKET REPORTS.. SOUTHERN. IOWA. Dies Moines correspondence: AMP McKinley at Des Moines is if --, an ideal place for sol- \ A d i e r s . I t i s i n t h e State fair grounds, on which no fair will n la 'l0 held this year. J9 The grounds are cov- or<H* &rass' an^ which the four regi- -- ments are quartered furnish good shelter. One thing which helps to strengthen the Iowa soldiers and make them ready for service sooner than in some other States is the fact that they have not been pampered. In their annual regimental camps they have been kept on regular army rations. If they got anything out­ side they had to provide it themselves. They have learned self-reliance. The raising of two batteries was assign­ ed to Lieut. Hanson E. Ely, U. S. A., at present instructor in artillery practice in the State University. This State lias not maintained any artillery in? connec­ tion with the National Guard, but its J " -J i - i t FEED CAT,!,, presence is discouraged, as the boys had to pass through a trying ordeal on leav­ ing home, and they are now getting ac­ customed to tent life. Of the men now in camp Detroit fur- P ST.. • ' •