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*. v' »v c ?• ^ $t:> li€«fir#-:i's- - ! &®'Vv?-Y, • •'•' :••:• i / *f y - JV""V 7$ *"**7 " J McHenry Plaindfealer.'l lltreet side and is tVolrglit to haw? lS|a? F. K. GRANQER* Publisher. !>?!< ' iuteHENHY, ILLINOIS. 'WEEK'S NEWS RECORD 8, W. Grinstead, cashier of the bank in Humboldt, Neb., committed stiicide by •hooting himself with a revolver. Bank lExe miner Wilson called at the bank to look over the books, nnd Cashier Grin- «tead admitted to him that he was short |h his accounts $10,000. The examiner Immediately took charge of the bank. Edward Ha tick, who had been residing ^jpith his brother-in-law, Albert Cox, on a farm near Felicity, Ohio, wanted to use a fcorse. which Avas objected to by Cox. A <joarrel ensued, which terminated in a j|ght, during which Ha tick pulled a pistol Mad tired two shots, both penetrating 0oX's IkxI.v. He then put the pistol to Iii8 head and shot himself. The standing of the clubs.in.4iie Na- nal League race is as follows: W. L. W. . 3 0 New York 0 ^Chicago .... -Philadelphia. 2 fit. Louts;,. 2 • Baltimore H Boston 1 Pittsburg ... 1 0 Brooklyn , 0 Cleveland ., 0 Louisville ., 0 Washington, 0 Cincinnati... '"•IP iV'*.' J Cleveland, Canton and Soutli- «n Railroad train was crossing a draw- »bridge over the Cuyahoga river, near Cleveland, the engine and three cars left > - file rails and ran on the ties. The engine • Crashed into the supports of the bridge S£bd was thus saved from toppling over into the river, about thirty feet below. * / Que hundred passengers were on board. Ex-Postmaster General John Wana- •^f|aker has become interested in a scheme for the treatment of low-grade ore, which, it successful, will double the world's gold Output. The Wanamaker syndicate, which recently purchased five claims for $10,000, > has reached the camp, fifteen miles from Colorado Springs, with machinery for a :'i'. mill of 100 tons daily capacity. The man­ agers are confident of success on ,$1.50 ? ^ We. The lowest grade ever successfully pleated there is $3 a ton, the lowest price feeing $2.50 treatment charges. 'Three men killed and five injured is the tttsult of a boiler explosion in a sawmill located about eight miles east of Chippe- *fa Falls, Wis. The mill was a small one wned by George Straight. Power was £ furnished by a twenty-horse power engine and boiler. "Without any warning the boiler exploded, entirely demolishing the . building and hurling eight workmen high 1 , * ia the air. The explosion was due to the steak condition of the boiler, having been , M use for a number of years. The three . Men killed were residents of Cadot, Wis. In the Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin * #Btimates were given of the area seeded 1 to winter wheat and of the damage done by the unseasonable weather during the last two months. In Indiana considerable ' damage is reported, while in southern Illi­ nois the outlook is very unfavorable. In Iowa the loss is fairly large, and in Ne­ braska the outlook is decidedly discourag­ ing. In Wisconsin the damage was rather aerious. A summary of reports, in con- Junction with the late State reports, indi- • ©ates that the condition of- the winter * wheat crop of the United States is not to . «*ceed 75, which, even on the increased acreage, would not produce over 355,000,- , . J00 to 360,000,000 bushels, or 20,000,000 #88 than last year. ,R. G. Dun & Co.'a Weekly review of tirade says: "There is still increase in all legitimate business and the productive power of great industries increases even though some of their stocks decline. The itiarp reaction in speculation a week ago ftb no way affected the producing capacity Atf furnaces or mills and has been in part . recovered, while the disturbance of busi­ ness caused by the formation of great ; Combinations has in large measure ceased. The money market is in safer and more Wholesome condition, and in spite of four . fceavy payments by large syndicates, Amounting to about $50,000,000, has Crown easier. The only stringency has Ikeen in call loans. It is not owing to speculation alone that payments through the chief clearing houses have been 80 per cent larger than in the same week of ^892, and 103.3 per cent larger than last year. New York transactions far exceed those of any previous week, $1,468,502,- ^f09 in amount, but outside New York the vera 11.5 per cent larger than fb 1898, and 44.6 per cent larger than in ' 1892. The truth is that no such expan­ sion in the general business of the country |bas ever been seen before. Failures for Ihe week have been 188 in the United Jotate«, ?o4 last year, and 22 in i^aaada, against 18 last year." BREVITIES. caused by a careless smoker. The Knw to the museum is estimated at about $80,000. New York City baa been placed ia the field for the meeting "place of the national conventions of both parties in 1900 by the organization «f the recently appoiated committee of the Board of Trade and Transportation, Gen. McAlpIn, chairman. The temporary superstructure tot the big Willis avenue bridge now being built over the Harlem river in New York collapsed, killing four men and seriously injuring! six. Twelve or more other workmen aiSb received injuries of a uiore or less serious nature. Two Chicago mem on# of whom jocu­ larly gave the name of former Mayor Geo. B. Swift, the other calling hiiriself Adolph Van Trangue, were fined $10 each in a New Yfwrk police court. The bogus Mr. Swift kissed a pretty girl in the street and a policeman did the rest. .... . , .... ra t fatally wounded, Alex Mil. ler had his arm broken,, and Henry Millei was badly shot in the arm. B. M. Ash- burn and several others were shot and more or less seriously wounded James Shotwell and his son Jfd^n wets intoxicated and disorderly at Coffcin, Ky, When Marshal Bingham undertook theii arrest the men resisted, and Police Judge Moffitt was iustautly killed in the shooting that followed. William Holland, at whose house the shooting occurred, was mortally wounded. The Shotweila were arrested. WASHINGTON. WESTERN. Whil« trying to rescue her niece, Clara Woods, Miss Katherine Williams and the little girl were both drowned in Lake i iJerced, Cal. v Mrs- 9" Howe of Chicago was elect- president of the International Young Women's Christian Association at a re- •4, /^fcent session at Milwaukee. . j The President has prepared a proelama- v|.'**iion setting apart 136,000 acres of land on soutk s'de of Lake Tahoe, Cal., as Klf'/^orestry rt*serve and public park. 1 ' At the request of the Government of the Republic of Colombia. Italy has decided to grant a further delay of three months in carrying out the conditions of her ulti- - iuaiuiu. The focusing of the sun's rays by an electric light bulb set fire to a curtain in the home of John M. Sager in New York. -His 3-year-old daughter Lily was burned by the blase. Elevators Nos. 1 and 3 of the Hay Ex­ change at St. Louis were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss estimated at $60,000. |^}>:vtThe elevators were used for storing hay! • Five ears loaded with hay standing j?n the aide track, together with four empty cars, were burned. A Lo®i8TiIle <Ky.) Baptist church has vt; C decided to expel all members connected yid^'in any w«y witfa the manufacture or sale r® of spirits. John A. Barnes, the former husband of t*,e woman wb° >« now the wife of John ' A. Magowan, former Mayor of Trenton, N. J., was secretly married Wednesday .ji, to Miss Anna Minch of Cleveland. Mayor Thomas A. Marshall of Keiths lip . burg, 111., won the seventh Grand Ameri fffer-;. -/j, can handicap at Elkwood park, Long 1 Branch, N, J., for the second time, after X , 1.a spirited race against Charles Grimm of 'Iowa. H. A. W. Tabor, postmaster of Denver- and ex-United States Senator, died of ap­ pendicitis, after three days' illness. The Polar Bear Tobacco Company of •Cincinnati, Ohio, has sold out to the American Tobacco Company for $1,400,- 000. After an, all-day battle between armed Citizens, sworn in as deputy sheriffs, and the non-union negro miners, in which at least nine persons were killed and a score wounded, Pana, 1H., was &sain placed un­ der martial law, v President BarrOws announced to the students and faculty of Oberlin. Ohio, college that a donation of $50,000 has beea received for a new chemical laboratory building and $10,000 for its endowment. The name of the donor was not given. Wrilliam Kinncman was tarred and feathered in Deerfield township, Ohio, by twelve masked men for undue intimacy with the wife of William Eidenour, who is now serving a sentence in the work house. Ivinneman has left the country. The newest El Dorado which experts think may prove to be another Cripple Creek, has just been created by a strike made on the summit of Sierra Blanca Peak in the Sangre de Cristo range, eighty miles south, but visible from Pike's Peak. Judge Ross of the Los Angeles, Cal., District Court handed down a decision favorable to the United States in the case of the United States vs. the Southern Pa­ cific Railroad Company, involving title to 1,810,000 acres of land in southern Cali­ fornia. Marble has been discovered on the lands of McGugin & Co. at Olive Fur­ nace, Ironton, Ohio. There are two veins, one four feet and the other two feet. The marble has been analyzed and will bring in the markets 90 cents a cubic foot de­ livered. F. H. Brigham, Pacific coast inspector of Government surveys, says some of Al- tadena's palatial homes, owned by rich men from Chicago and other Eastern points, are inside the California forest re­ serve recently established by President McKinley. Private ladvices announce the death from falling 150 feet down the Elkhart shaft, near Chloride, Colo., of John D. Young of Louisville, Ky. He was a son of J. Roe Young. A month ago he re­ ceived as a gift a mining claim that would soon have made him a millionaire. B. H. Goodno, who received five votesf for Mayor of Bronson, Kan., at a farce election, was declared by the county attor­ ney to have been legally elected under the Australian ballot' law and he and the full set of city officers chosen with him will take their seats at the usual time. A tramp entered the honie of Mrs. James Hutseler, on a farm three miles west of South Charleston, Ohio, and shot her four times in the presence of her chil­ dren. His purpose was robbery. The man was captured at Jeffersonville and hurried to the London jail to escape lynch­ ing. Captain John H. Blake, aged 63 years, capitalist, died at his home in Kansas City, of consumption. He was a freight­ er on the old Santa Fe trail; later was appointed postoffice inspector by Presi­ dent Lincoln, raised a company in 1861 and fought in thirty battles in Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. Alexander Ogg, a wealthy farmer living near Barnesvi lie, Ohio, and his household had a desperate battle with four masked robbers the other night. All were sleep­ ing but a nephew, Robert, when robbers battered down the door. The old man, his nephew, the nephew's wife and the robbers were all badly hurt before the in­ truders were driven off. Miss Cora Tanner, through the medium of a box of ltonbons and a bouquet sent her by an unknown person, was poisoned at Omaha, Neb. The police are unable to throw any light on the mystery, though they have found the place where the candy was purchased. Hydrocyanic acid was used, both the candy and roses being sprinkled with the poison. The private bank of Ball & Son of Co- loma, Mich., was robbed the other, night of $1,285. When Mr. Ball came down to the bank in the morning he found the door standing open and the bank vault wreck­ ed by dynamite. Valuable papers were scattered all over the main floor. The clock had stopped at midnight, which was probably the time the explosion occurred, as the entire face of the clock was brok­ en. The carpenter's strike, inaugurated in Cleveland, Ohio, several days ago, has been settled'Dy a compromise and the men resumed work. The original demand was for an eight-hour day, and 30 cents an hour. By the terms of settlement the men receive 27^ cents an hour with an eight- hour day. Heretofore the carpenters have worked nine houfs a day. It is estimated that over 3,000 men are benefited by the adoption of the new scale. A freight train on the Burlington Rail­ road was wrecked at Old Monroe, Mo. Engineer Sled jumped and escaped un­ hurt, but Fireman Oreil was caught be­ neath the engine. The train was heavily loaded with stock, all of which was killed, entailing a loss of piany thousands of dol­ lars. The wreck, it is declared, was cans ed by Government laborers who Ijeearae incensed because they were refused a free ride during the previous afternoon. A number of ties were laid across the track and other obstacles thrown in the way. The opinion is that they intended to de­ rail the St. Louis and Hannibal fast mail train, which was about due. ° A number of the workmen were arrested. Tba President has selected Bartfett Tripp of South Dakota, formerly minister to Austria, as the United States repre­ sentative on the Samoan joint commis­ sion. . * A cablegram received at the State De­ partment at Washington from United States Consul Wildman at Hong Kong contains a single word, "Plague," thereby announcing the annual appearance of the disease on the Chinese coast. The condition of war which has existed between the United States and Spain since April 21, 1898, terminated the other day when the last formalities in the res­ toration of peace were performed by the exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty. . The State Department finds itself nn- able to issue a warrant for the surrefader to the Mexican authorities of Santiago Morphy, the embezzling employe of the Mexican National Bhiik, now held under arrest in Kansas City. The extradition treaty has «ot been ratified by the Mexi­ can EASTERN. ' • lfbe lm#efson-Dupuy Steel Company of s Pittsburg advanced the wages of all em ; fr&jfx Viyt to 20 per cent. The Tot- ten & Hoag Steel Company, also of Pitts burg, advanced wages 10 per cent r : ;i ,By the will ot John H. Butler, a negro formerly ibtf p^rsdnal attendant of Wil liaiTh H.' S^Ward, Miss Evangeline B if Walker, a pretty colored girl of New " York, inherits #75j6O0 on ihe eve of her • marriage to Robert Atwill. The-Boston Museum, the oldest play boose in Boston, was badly damaged by fire." The tolase started on the Tremont .FOREIGN. While the combiaed forces of British and United States under Lieut. Freeman, British navy, were reconnoitering near Apia they were ambuscaded. Seven offi­ cer^ and men of the American-British party were killed. An attempt has been made at Moscow to assassiuate the Czar's aid-de-camp, Gen. Mauzoy. He was stabbed in the throat by a servant, but the would-be as­ sassin wfts overpowered. The general's wounds are not serious. It is officially announced that the Brit­ ish ambassador at Washington, Sir Julian, Pauncefote, and the British minister at The Hague, H. Howard, have been ap­ pointed British representatives at the peace conference called by the Czar. The Albatross, a new type of torpedo boat destroyer, just built at Chiswick for the British navy, has attained a speed of thirty-three knots on her trial trip. The destroyer is 227 feet long and 21 feet in the beam, with a draught of 2% feet. The battle between the revolutionists under Gen. Pando and the forces of Pres­ ident Alonzo, near Oruro, in Bolivia, last­ ed over an hour, dnring which time 200 were killed. The victory of the Pando party was complete, and President Alonzo fled to Chili. Emperor William has sent instructions to the German ambassadors in London and Washington to the general effect that Germany considers the new government in Samoa illegal and the action of the British and Americans a clear violation of the Samoa act. M. Lorillier, who was private secretary to the late Lieut. Col. Henry, who com­ mitted suicide at Mont Valerien Fortress last August after confessing to having forged a letter largely instrumental in de­ laying the Dreyfus revision, killed him­ self in Paris. Apologies having been made by the Gov­ ernor, Sir Augustus Hemming, the legisla­ tive council of Jamaica withdrew the vote of censure on the Government and voted $500,000 to meet immediate liabilities, pending a rearrangement of the finances of the island. SOUTHERN. Robert Douglass, superintendent of the W hitestone quarry, near Bowling Green, Ky., and son Otto were shot by Frank Crottswallis, a carpenter. Dr. W. D. Matthews, editor of the State Republican at Little Rock, Ark., filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy, with lia' bilities of $196,000 and assets of $200. Matthews was formerly in the banking business in Nebraska. Dr. Walter B.- Lafferty, son of Rev, J. J. Lafferty, editor of the Christian Ad vocate, is dead at his home in Richmond, Ya. He was found the other day lying unconscious by the triWk of the Chesa­ peake nnd Ohio, near Meecbums. river, with one of his legs crushed and suffering from other severe injuries. In a shooting affray that followed lawsuit at Deview, Ark., B. C. Ashburn waa instantly killed, A. J. Black and his IN GENERAL BLOODSHED IN*® 01. FORCE OF AMERICANS A&D BRIT- • AMBUSHED , .:j^: s r, The Great Northern and Northern Pa­ cific roads have suffered greatly by the floods in Montana, and train service from and to the Pacific coast was almost aban­ doned for a few days. A mining disaster in which twelve men lost their lives is reported from the Sierra Mejada mining camp, located in the State of Coahuila, Mexico. An explosion of foul gas occurred in the Veda Rica silver mine and before all the miners could get to the surface the dry timbers were on fire, the fierce flames barring exit. George M. Porteous of Chicago has been awarded $750 damages against John Bris- ben Walker. Porteous sued for $50,000 damages for libel, based on the publica­ tion in the Cosmopolitan Magazine of an article entitled "Identifying Criminals," with twelve reproductions of photographs of the plaintiff in various attitudes. George R. Schnoeler is the sole survivor of a wreck between Malcolm and Van­ couver Island. The sloop on which he and Tom Hackett of Seattle had been selling liquor to the northern Indians was lost in storm while all on board were drunk. The drowned included Hackett, an Irish logger known only by his first name, Charlie, and two half-breed women. A new Alaska mail route is to be estab­ lished in the Kotzebue country. The route is from St. Michael, through Unalaska, Eaton, Reindeer Station and past the head of Norton Bay to Kotzebue, a dis­ tance of 460 miles. Three round trips are to be made annually. A branch route will also be established from the bead of Nor­ ton Bay to Golovin Bay, a distance of 160 miles. THE MARKETS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $3.25; wheat. No. 2 red, 72c to 73c; com. No. 2, 34c to 36c; oats. No. 2, 26c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 54c to 56c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 14c; potatoes, choice, 55c to 70c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hog4, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c. Bt. Louis--Cattle, $3.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $8.00 to $4.75; wheat; No. % 75c to JOc; corn. No. 2 yellow, 34c to 30c; oats. No. 2,28c to 30e; rye. No. 2, 54c to 56c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 36c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 3lc; rye, No. 2, 59c to 61c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 72c to 73c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 35c to 36c; oats. No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; rye, 60c to 62c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 86c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c; rye. No. 2, 54c to 56c; clover seed, new, $3.45 to $3.5&. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 70c to 71c; corn. No. 3, 32c to 34c; oats. No 2 white, 30c to 31c; rye. No. 1, 55c to 57c; barley, No. 2, 47c to 49c; pork, mess, $9.00 to $9.50. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice weth era, $3.50 to $5.50; lambs, * common to extra, $4.50 to $6.50. New York--Cattle, $3.25 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.75 wheat. No. 2 red, 88c to 84c; corn. No. 2, 43c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white. 86c to 39c; butter, creamery, 16c to 22c; eggs. Western, 18c to 15c. • . V V - r ... •. • • • BevMt Afe Killed and'ThMr Decapitated t»jr the Eafcgt Mataa- fan*--Forty Natives Meet Death-- Oanaaa Anxiety in Washington* _ S Press dispatches Wednesday from Apia, via Auckland, N. 5S., stated that a party of 105 American and British sailors were forced to retreat to the beach, after hav­ ing been caught in ambush by 800 Ma- taafans on a German plantation. The expedition was led by Lieut. A. H. Freeman of the British third-class cruiser Tauranga. Throe officers were killed. Two British and two American sailors also were killed. Ensign Mon- aghan remained to assist Lieut. Lansdale and was shot m retiring. The natives engaged were some of Mataafa's. war­ riors. They severed the heads of the Brit­ ish and- AmA-ican officers killed. Priests of the French mission afterward brought the heads into Apia. The manager of the German plantation was arrested and de­ tained on board the Tauranga on affida­ vits declaring that he was seen urging the rebels to fight. In a previous engage­ ment twenty-seven, of Mataafa's warriors were killed, and there were no casualties among the European forces. The news from Samoa of the ambus- e&ding and massacre of American and British sailors stirred the authorities in Washington as they have not been since the excitement of the Spanish-American war. The most serious phase of the af­ fair is not the aggression ©f the Samoan natives, but the suspicion that they were incited to the deed by the German resi­ dents of the island. There was a refusal on the part of the higher officials to dis­ cuss the sad event. The secretary of the German embassy called early upon Secre­ tary Hay. Neither of the officials would disclose anything as to the nature of the exchange that took place. The arrest and detention by the British naval officials of a German subject is one of the most dan­ gerous features of the controversy. The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Davis, was one of the earliest callers at'the White House. His brotber-in-law, Bartlett Tripp, has just been appointed American member of the Samoan commission. After a call on the President he visited the State De­ partment. The Senator expressed grave fear as to the complications that'might en­ sue with Germany on account of the mas­ sacre. * SAYS RATIONS WERE GOOD. Ehafter Saya that Beef on the Hoof Was Impracticable. Captain Edward H. Plummer, aide-de­ camp to Gen. Shafter, called before the court of inquiry in Washington on the beef question, testified as to the manner of packing provisions to the front from Siboney. He stated that there were 100 wagons and 1,000 mules. Half of the lat­ ter were used for tlje pack trains. The road was bad and the provisions were got to the men with difficulty. The ships were so loaded that it was impossible to take off such an assortment as would give a complete ration to each soldier. Armour's Jacksonville agent, S. Ochsenslager, testi­ fied that the meat issued at Camp Cuba Libre was good. Maj. Gen. Shafter, who had charge of the Cuban expedition, was the next wit­ ness. After describing the movement of the American troops on Santiago he stated that the amount of provisions taken to Cuba was determined by the capacity of the vessels. He first heard of the inten­ tion to use oanned roast beef from Gen. Eagaa in Washington before the war. Witness said beef on the hoof was im­ practicable in such a campaign. He never heard a complaint of the canned roast beef as being unfit for food untfl he re­ turned from Cuba. He ate it himself, and found no fault with it. The first refrig­ erated beef was received on the 19th or 20th of July. He only heard one com­ plaint. He had no reason at any time to even think that the beef had been chem­ ically treated. Gen. Shafter said that the supply of ra­ tions was good and sufficient; that ther* was no complaint about the quality of the meat; no complaint about the hardships an dexposure of the campaign. There were no complaints to him from the rough riders or their eommander, Col. Roose­ velt. Maj. Lee read from a report jat Roosevelt to C®1. Wood, in which it was said that the rough riders had nothing to eat but what they captured from the Spaniards. "If they didn't," said Gen. Shafter, "it was their own fault, through their own carelessness in not carrying three days' rations with them." LAWTON S NARROW ESCAPE. Sebela Were Retiring When One Fired from Ambush. Gen. Lawton has continued his ad­ vance beyond Santa Cruz. The rebels are slowly retiring, but except for brief stands by skirmishers, are doing little fighting. Gen. Lawton had a narrow escape from death at the hands of a daring Filipino. The man remained behind wb^n his com­ panions fled and concealed himself in a house by which the American soldiers passed. When Gen. Lawton and his staff reached the spot the rebel fired point blank at the American commander. For­ tunately his aim was bad and he missed his mark. The American soldiers quickly rooted him out of the house and bored him full of holes. The Filipinos lost 150 killed and wounded in the fight at Santa Cruz. Gen. Wheaton, with the Tenth Penn­ sylvania and the Second Oregon regi­ ments and two guns, met with slight re­ sistance near Santa Maria and had one man wounded. But the enemy bolted When shelled by the artillery, and burned and abandoned the town of Santa Maria, where a thousand rebels were reported to have been concentrated. The enemy re­ treated toward the mountains, buf&fng the villages behind the retreating force. Occasionally a few of the rebels dropped to the rear and fired at the advancing American troops from the jungle, appar­ ently with the idea that this would check our advance and cover the retreat of the Filipinos. But finding these tactics inef­ fectual, these rebels scrambled after the main body. HOPE FOR ANDREE GIVEN UP. Little Doubt that Explorer and Com* panlona Have Perished. Small doubt now exists that Andree, the Swedish balloonist and arctic explorer, is dead. The report that his body and the bodies of his companions have been found seems to be true. Prof. Nordenskjold has received a dispatch from Baron Aminoff, the governor general of t»e province of Siberia, where the allege-l remains are said to have been discovered, stating that he has had a personal interview with the hunter, Ljalin, who declares that he found the natives, who themselves discovered the remains, and will by them be guided to the location. Baron Aminoff also states that the University of Tomsk wiU send out an expedition to the spot where the natives claim the remains are now being guarded. MORE RIOTING AT PANA. Depot lea, Negroes and White Miners Mix Up in a Fatal Battle. A riot occurred at Pana, 111., Monday between deputies, negroes and white min­ ers. One white miner and another man were killed and several other persons in­ jured. The trouble, according to a4press dispatch, was precipitated by a drunken colored miner, who shot anotherminer and then ran wildly through the streets discharging his revolver in all directions. Leading up to the day's outbreak was an intensely exciting night. One hundred deputy sheriffs were called into the Floe- ham and Penwell mining districts to pro­ tect several families of negroes, who weW endeavoring to load their household effects preparatory to leavkig for Iowa and were being prevented by negro guards armed with rifles. The armed men claimed goods the negroes were moving were com­ pany property. The deputies guarded the negroes while they loaded their goods ih wagons, conveyed them to railroad cafs, and packed them for shipment.' The negroes, their wives and children, were then marched to Union Miners' hall, where they were fed and cared for by white union miners and given ample pro­ tection by a guard of fifty 4CP"^,, sheriffs, (t being feared that negroes who did' wish them to leave Pana would interfere and attempt forcibly to prevent their de­ parture. During the night, while deputies werfc guarding the negroes in the Penwell dis­ trict, they were fired upon by unknown persons, supposed to have been negroes and private guards at the Penwell miney and fully 200 shots were exchanged. The firing greatly terrorized the residents of that section of the city, who appealed to Chief Deputy Cheeney for protection. Deputy Cheeney thereupon sent a,-special detail of deputies armed with Springfield rifles, who patroliedfcall streets and soon succeeded in restoring quiet. Several ne­ groes were arrested, charged with incit­ ing riot. One hundred and fifty negroes left the city Sunday and 100 more on Mon­ day. OEATH OF STEPHEN d. FIELD. WHITE HOUSE If Alt t'rw V'.-i ' Former Justice Too Feeble to Fight Off Disease. In the death of Stephen J. Field, for­ merly a justice of the United States Su­ preme Court, the country loses the last of the great jurists of a previous genera­ tion and another of the four brothers who became famous, each in his own way. Justice Field's death bad been looked for for two years or more, but it came to W ashington as a A 1 KiT' surprise, because it wAilln -/•/// Mi waa not known that 4|\'R^ w tm \. his condition had justice field, reached a critical stage. He had been living a quiet life at his home since quitting the bench Dec. 4, 1897. His retirement from that high po­ sition was due to old age and feebleness, and even before leaving the Supreme Court his condition had been alarming, but after his return to private life he drop­ ped out of public notice. His constitution, already impaired by old age and kidney troubles, was still fur­ ther weakened by an attack of grip some months ago. He took another slight cold about two weeks ago, and he gradually became worse. His vitality had been sapped by his former sickness, and he steadily grew weaker until the end came. During his term of more than a th;rd of a century Mr. Field was concerned in some of the most important cases ever passed upon by the Supreme Court. Among the prominent decisions was the famous test oath case, in which he gave the casting vote and wrote the opinion of the court annulling the validity of the ironclad" oath. His dissenting opinions in the confiscation cases, the legal tender cases, and in the New Orleans slaughter house case attracted the widest attention. <*> Coflf - TW Pennsylvania may be known as the Quayker" State. The $20,000,000 baking powder trust ia rising into prominence. It is not surprising that the whisky trust should be in high spirits. Why not call that man Agoncillo Agony" to save time and printers' ink? Aguinaldo's last stands don't last long /enough for his congress to have a sitting. Aguinaldo's "last stands" seem to be as frequent as Patti's celebrated "farewell tours." That steam pump trust has evidently been formed for the purpose of taking in suckers. Aguinaldo is not only game, but the process of bagging him is actually a dear hunt. What makes Italy, so mad is that she' found the open door in China swung the wrong way. Wireless telegraphy has sustained a, practical test. Wireless politics, however, is still remote. It seems that the missionary business in Samoa is not only a vocation, but a provocation. Columbus County, N. C., has issued no marriage licenses during the past year. This is singular. It should be understood that the Samuel Jones elected Mayor of Toledo is not that other Sam Jones. Columbus County, N. C., has issued no marriage licenses during the past year. This is singular. The President wants a cable to the Philippines. What t«ie country most needs > a rope on Aguinaldo. That Manila campaign is at least a pic- »ic so far as concerns the Filipinos fre­ quently taking to the woods. Every report from Manila only adds to the reasons why the Filipinos should trust less to their arms and take to their legs. Perhaps the Filipinos would have taken kindlier to the talk of that $20,000,000 than to the address of the peace ooi&mis- sioners. An Illinois woman defeated her hus­ band for the office of school trustee. Of that family she demonstrated herself the better half. A school of psychology has opened a five-day session in Chicago. T^e analysis of the perennial tired feeling w ould prove interesting. A young woman lecturer in New York has denounced the kissing habitv^ Even those who aren't in the habit will commit the offense. This horrifying fact should not escape her. An exchange thinks stock Brokers' heads must swim nowadays. If the brokers do not swim it won't M because there is no water on the stock. Philadelphia expects great things of its new Mayor. It isu't at all likely, how­ ever, that the new Mayor especta great things of Pbila Jeipbia. NUMEROUS LETTERS ON EVER* SUBJECT. H yW They Are Sent to the President ia j. ^ope» of Elicitins His Favor--Poets, Crank*, Fcheol Children and l&cjMEara rqilMSh*Vspllac Mai,-'V 'i USattltgton i«firrfiipondenceV" fa/ie f | 1 HE number of let- I ters that find their JL way into the White House is enormous. These letters are written on every conceiva­ ble subject and the writers embrace nearly evesy class and condition of people. Formerly the bulk of these letters were unan­ swered, but the policy of. President fffSi, Mcj^iqley is to dn- |[ fS swer each missive, It • no matter how _ humble the author W lhsjgnifi£ftnt the subject. Sending1 mail to the White House in the hope .that it will come beneath the President's eyes is a proceeding tjtiat does not do the interested person any good. An gPPljcant for the. postmastershjp in a small town, for instance, sebds his application and indorsements to the White House, un­ der the impression that the President has time to review all the papers in the^case. The President never sees Ihe papers. They are promptry^ for waffled t<) thtf Postoffice Department, where, in the course of time, they are looked over by an assistant, pos­ sibly the Postmaster General. At the ^Same time the White House writes a let­ ter to the office seeker explaining what has become of his papers. Frequently' he delights in the receipt of this letter, which is so diplomatically worded that it generally conveys the idea that the Presi­ dent had personally examined the papers and forwarded them himself. The appli­ cant for an army position, for a clerkship in the treasury or any other department does the same as the man seeking the post- office. His papers are at once forwarded to the proper department. Appeals for pensions, which are almost numberless and frequently touching, go to the pension office without the President ever seeing them. It is doubtful if the President himself has any idea of the mass of letters which are handled by his clerks. The President sees the letters from a certain class of contributors. Either this or he sees a brief of the contents. Letters which go to him are from officials in high H'KIXLBT'S PERSONAL, MAIL. life or from personal friends who make requests for appointments or for other matters. Poets are the most voluminous of the contributors to the White House. They break loose without much provocation and flood the executive mansion with their effusions. The sinking of the Maine was a favorite theme with the sentimental. The battle of San Juan Hill, the sinking of Cervera's fleet, Dewey's achievements in the Philippines, in fact, nearly every incident of the war with Spain and the events which have followed have supplied subjects for barrels of rhyme. The news­ paper offices cannot be induced |o publish these supposed gems, and they are^roinpt- ly worked off on the White House, the would-be poet receiving a formal note say­ ing that his production has been received. The note reads something like this: "The President directs me to say your poem has been received, etc." This is fuel to the fire, as the poet supposes the President has really seen his masterpiece. He ex­ hibits the letter to bis friends as an evi­ dence of the appreciation felt in high quarters for his work and immediately composes more poetry for White House edification. Next to the poets come the cranks; then the importuner for money or recognition; then school children whose teachers sug­ gest that they write compositions on cer­ tain subjects and send them to the White House. Included in the crank list are the men and women who knew exactly how Spain could be whipped; all about the proper medical attention for our troops; what our foreign policy should be, etc.; those who have boons which will benefit all mankind, and the person who hears that the President is sick and sends a decoction which he guarantees will bring about a speedy cure. Several Western papers some time ago published a story that the President would have to give up smoking cigars and turn to the pipe. In consequence a total of 400 or 500 different kinds of pipes were sent to the White House. The corncob was hewn into many pipe shapes aad sent to the President to enjoy. A man in Eu­ rope who heard the story sent a box of curious clay pipes. The variety of pipes received was wonderful. These things all go into the storeroom of the executive mansion. Ignorant white and colored people ad­ dress Uncle Sain, at the White House. They believe such a man really exists and that he presides at the Wrhite House and over the destinies of the nation. The let­ ters do not often refer to the White House. The envelopes frequently read: "Unkil Psalm, Washington, D. C." The postal clerks forward these letters to the White House. Sometimes the letters con­ tain business of some importance, and are sent to the proper department. Tbey are likely to relate to pensions or to army or navy matters. They sometimes appeal for release from the army or navy. The salary paid to the insurance com­ missioner in New York State is $7,000 a vear. New Jersey pays $4,000, Missouri $3,000, Maryland "$2,500, Kansas $1,800, Maine $1,500. Connecticut $3,500, Illinois $3,500, New Hampshire $1,500, North Da­ kota i$2.000, Ohio $4,000, Wisconsin $3,- 000 and Pennsylvania $3,000 and fees. If the President were a presiding judge he could find his hands full of work. Peo­ ple often write to the President asking him to grant them a divorce. In these tales of family infelicity are unfolded in great detail. Others ask that the Presi­ dent force the courts to give them justice in caaes pending in the courts, to pardon them from pefaitentiaries and jails; liter­ ally, to settle cases as complicated as the famous Iowa calf case. CAPTURE SANTA CRUZ LAWTON'A FOROE8 TAKE • REBEL CAPlTAi. Filipinos.Are Driven to the Meant* aina Leavins OVer a Hundred Dead and Wounded -- Natives Eel ' Chinaman--More Troop* ftteeded. Maj. Gen. Lawton's expedition captur­ ed Santa Cruz, a rebel stronghold on the Boutheast>8boro of Laguna de Bay. , The Filipinos made a strong resistance, jbut were routed with great loss. Their killed number (J8, and 40 were wounded. The American casualties were six wounded. ^n:ler*t'au fire in this engagement showed remarkable precision, and was the most deadly of the war. The Americans captured many prisoners, a number of cannon and a large stock of rifles and auf- munition. The expedition, consisting of abottt 1,500 men, commanded by Maj. Geti. Hen­ ry W. Lawton, left San Pedro Macati, oa the River Pasig, Saturday night, with the purpose of crossing Laguna de Bay ^nd capturing the town of Sunta Cruz, oh the eastern shore of the lake. The American troops were then, as planned, to sweep the country to the south. The force consist­ ed of 200 picked sharpshooters frofn the various regiments, Hawtfirbrue's Mountain Battery, Gale's Squadron and three troops l' °uith cavalry unmounted; Brook's and lappen's battalions of the Fourteenth l1\'an*ry» Stack's battalion of the First Idaho infantry and Fraine's battalion of the I<irst North 'Dakota infantry, under Gen. King. • 1 he flotilla of twenty canoes, towed by tugs and conveyed by the gunboats La- guna de Bay, Oesto and Nappidan, and preceded by the launch containing Gen. Lawton and Gen. King, moved toward the lake just as evening was setting in. It was a truly picturesque scene. The men carried rations for ten days, with the lightest marching equipment. Gen. Lawton's plan was to reach Santa Cruz Sunday morning at daybreak, to cfj>- ' ture or destroy any rebel gunboats or ship- ping, to take the town and then scour the country to the south of the lake, a dis­ trict not yet explored by the Americana. The fighting began on the outskirts of the city. The Filipinos were driven ia and the main body of the rebels charged. A hot fight followed. Americans needed little urging and gradually drove the en­ emy back. A flank movement at a critical time completely demoralized the Filipinoa and their slow retreat was turned into a rout. The flying natives were pursued through the streets of Santa Cruz, and for some distance into the ijiterior. Then A halt was called, guards posted througin out the city and the men rested. Santa Cruz is a town of considerable importance. It is the capital of the prov­ ince of Laguna, and has a population <of about 15,000. It was a rebel stronghold, and the capture of this place is looked on as the opening wedge to the great stretch of country beyond, aB good roada lead out in all directions from Santa Crux. THINK MORE TROOPS NEEDED. Americans Fear Trouble from Pro­ fessional Revolutionists. A Manila correspondent says ths$ though hundreds of Filipinos are daily re­ turning to their homes and are desirous «f resuming peaceful pursuits, and though the proclamation issued by the United States Philippine commission has given an impetus to this movement, the war ia far from ended. One of the foremost American generals said recently: "We will see a hundred thousand soldiers ia the Philippines before the Americans con­ trol the islands," and a majority of tbe army are of his opinion. It is generally considered that great re- enforcements are necessary, there not be­ ing a sufficient number of American troops in the archipelago to make the conquest of the Island of Luzon and hold the ports occupied, and it is thought that it wouSd be cheaper in the long run and have a bet­ ter effect upon the natives to establish American supremacy effectually and quickly than to-temporize with a scope of rebellions. v--* LOSS. OF LIFE IN FLOODS. Montana Rivers Turned Into Raging Torrents and Many Killed. Twelve persons are known to have been victims of the overflow caused by the ioe in the Yellowstone river below Glendive, Mont., Friday night. The Yellowstone above broke up last week, and great ioe floes have men passing down*. When tbey reached Glendive Friday afternoon, tbe ice there had not broken Hp. and. they were piled up against the bridge. Tbe water rose thirty feet in one hour, and tbe ice piled up against the bridge mountain, before the first and second spans gave way, and were carried down the stream on the surface of the ice. The two spans were 600 feet long, 18 feet wide and 4© feet to the crown, and not until the bend in the river was reached, two miles below the city, did tbey break tip and sink. The recent Chinook has made raging torrents out of most of the rivers in Mon­ tana, in many cases breaking all records. The Yellowstone has caused the greatest loss to life and property. Ice jams have backed the water up and' great damage has been done. At Miles City the ice jam­ med at the mouth of Tongue river, forcing the water back until the entire south side of the city was under water. Seventy-five houses had to be abandoned, the people having to be rescued in boats, so quick had been the rise of water. Later in tbe afternoon the water, broke over the track into Main street^ which ran a torrent. Hundreds of J^ead ,pf live stock have beea swept away. ,, . » 1 Bullock County, Ala., may be said to be strongly Democratic. At the last State election in Alabama there were 1,122 Democratic, five Populist and no RepobiK can votes cast in Bullock County. The salaries of the public school teacb* ers in New York State, exclusive of teach? ers in colleges, high schools, academies^ private schools, night, technical and mis­ sion schools, amount to $10,000,000. The States which hold general electidbe in November next are ten in number; Iowa, which elects a Governor; Kentn<^ty, which elects a Governor; Marylaad, which elects a/Governor; Massachusetts, which has an annual election; Mississippi, which elects a Governor (the term of the Governor of Mississipi« is four years); New Jersey, New York, Ohio, which elects a Governor; Pennsylvania, which ^ elects a Treastrcr.. and Ithode Island, which adheres to annual elections. New York will lot* for members of As> snlv.