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ILLINOIS. WlSHCS NEWS RECORD American Steel and Wire Com­ pany has purchased the Crow* Point Iron Company's plant at Crown Point, j N. Y. The company has also acquired the ownership of the ion®-established , Wining, shipping and furnace industry at (Port Henry. The great Siberian Railway is to be re­ lit even before it is completed, accord- to a report forwarded to the State [Department by Mr. Hagerman, second ary of the embassy at St Peters­ burg, The reason is the enormous in­ crease in the business. ! During the bicycle races at Brockton, iMass., John R. Dubois, in a five-mile un- ipaced pursuit race, rode in world's record time, defeating Claude Hamilton of iLowell in four and a quarter miles--time, 11:13. Dubois continued for a five-mile xeconi, lowering the mark of 12:12, made {by H. Clark at Denver, by five seconds. 1 In Cleveland, Ohio, William R. Mor­ rison, 17 years old, said to be a member of the notorious "Nickel Plate gang," jwas Shot and killed by Mrs. Mary Schwarz. Morrison was with a number k>t companions and had started a fight in Mrs. Sctm art's yard. Mrs. Schwarz told "tie police that the boys had been stealing Iter Sowers. | The standing of the dubs lathe Na­ tional League race is as follows: I . W. L „ W. 37 Chicago 65 47 Pittsburg ». .62 48 Louisville .. .50 49 New York...50 54 Washington. 42 (Brooklyn .. .84 'Philadelphia 78 iBoston . . . . .74 'Baltimore . .71 [Cincinnati . .71 iSt. Louis... .71 I* 61 62 67 72 79 55Cleveland ...19112 iU> " 1 i f ; ' fev- »• .* ?'- , RL " : 5 , ' Pik • y Following Is the standing of the clubs ID the Western League: J W. L. W. It. (Indianapolis 75 45 St. Paul... iUffr 69 Minneapolis. 76 49 Milwaukee . '.53 68 •Detroit .63 60 Kansas City.53 70 Grand Rap..63 (2 Buffalo 53 70 J A daring attempt to escape from prison ;was frustrated at the Kansas peniten- Jtentiary at Leavenworth, through infor­ mation given by a "trusty" named Car­ lisle. The plan was formed by two con­ victs--F. G. Gilbert and John Harper-- one of whom was armed with a revolver and the other with a long knife. Gilbert had fashioned a key which unlocked his and Harper's cells, and while waiting an Opportunity to overcome the night watch were discovered in the attic by Carlisle. .Under threats of death Carlisle was sworn to secrecy, but after being released informed the guard, who sent for help. An armed force of guards responded, and M they approached Harper fired five shots from the revolver, striking no one. Seeing that he was helpless, he surren­ dered and stated that he had stolen the revolver from the warden's house while doing some work there a year ago. ! Bradstreet's commercial report says: "^Strength of staple prices, activity in fall demand, large railroad earnings, i^)orts of heavy lake traffic and of activity in leading industries are the features, none of them necessarily new, but still pre­ senting themselves in the trade situation this week. Expansion in fall demand is perhaps most notable at the leading west­ ern and northwestern markers, but ad- .•vices from eastern markets furnish evi­ dence that active interest is manifested at these centers. The price situation is one of notable strength. Cereals are gen­ erally higher. The hot weather in the (West is responsible for a further shading In exuberant estimates of the corn crop and for the slight strengthening in prices shown therein. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 4,353,- 906 bushels, against 3,613,443 bushels last week. Corn exports for the week aggre­ gate 4,786,873 bushels, against 4,167,868 baahels last week." V BREVITIES. University has ffor the last five ouse wasbanged at the StateVp#*»n at fill# Copo., for iktty In the MMtader of jlMft lor Daniel N. Lambert la Wilton Dec. 17, been bishop of A 1887. His partner in crtme.Bcnjaiuio F. Willis, was hanged on the same gallows Dec. 30, 1898. An open switch caused a wreck oa the Brie Railroad at Miller's station, Pat, In which four rnrti were killed and tw$ in­ jured. Train No. 5, the New York-Chi­ cago express, ran into the rear end of a freight train while going at the rate of sixty miles an hour. A trolley wire broke as an electric car started down Main street, Jamestown, N. Y., and the loose wire wound round the car, causing a brilliant display of electric lighting. A panic ensued among the pas­ sengers, who jumped from the swiftly moving ear and several were- in­ jured!, - coon try- " * eentary ITvlNDtCATlONS Dtl«*** ' % BIG YIELD. - WESTERN. i street fair booths, worth $20,- 000, burned at Massillon, Ohio. | The Kinsman Canning Company's plant at Kinsman, Ohio, burned. Loss $5,000, Insurance $2,500. : At Rennes, France, Capt, Alfred Drey­ fus was declared guilty of treason by the court martial and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. • At Salt Lake, Heber J. Grant was ar­ raigned on the charge of polygamy, to which he pleaded guilty. Judge Norrell ordered that he pay a fine of $100, which he promptly did. ;Prof. Simon Newcomb of Johns Hop­ kins University was chosen president of the new Astronomical and Astrpphysical Society of America at its late session at Williams Bay, Wis. On board the steamer Hudson at Cin­ cinnati, a steam pipe burst and scalded Secretary Jerry O'Shaughnessy, ex-Prcsi-* dent Cook and Treasurer Itowe, members of.. the water works commission. Mrs. B. K. Bruce of Mississippi, widow of the late United States Senator Bruce, %as accepted the position of lady princi­ pal of the Tuskegee Normal ana In­ dustrial Institute at Tuskegee, Ala. The statistics of the cotton crop for the year ended Sept. 1, as eomiiled by the Commercial and Financial Chronicle ihow s total crop of 11,285,888 bales, igalnst 11,180,960 bales in 1898 and 8,- 714,011 bales in 1897. The old schooner America, which July rjlicdebrat?d ber fiftieth anniversary, sunk :the middle of Lake Michigan. Her crew was taken off by,the tug Prodigy. She was bound from Chicago to Grand Haven for a cargo of ice. jT^-Three miners, Fred Hamilton. Clarence Hardesty and Eliza Powers, lost their ^ves in Highland mines, near Fairmount, . . W. \a., the result of a powder explosion, followed by a fire started by the falling ; ^ef a lamp in a keg of powder. < James B. Eustis of Npw York, former- ; of Orleans, ex-United States Sen- :-*tor and ambassador to France, died at A. i-Kewport, R. I., of pneumonia. As a result of a collision between two feetric street ears on Ontario street leveland, six persons were seriously in­ jured. Wet rails caused the accident Ijtoth ears were badly wrecked. M. Benard, the Parisian architect, has been awarded the first prize in the com­ petition sponsored by Mrs. .Phoebe i ilearst, who offered prizes for the jiiaiLs for new buildings for the Univer- «* California. At Kansas City, Timothy K£effe, a la­ borer, died from wounJs iuflicted by Geo. P. Crehoe. who struck Keefe on the head with an iron bar. Black Hawk, the most noted of the chiefs of the Wisconsin Winnebago In­ dians, died in the town of Brockway, Wis., aged 90 years. Richard Kessee, in jail at Springfield, Mo., uuder sentence of death for killing Dave Shelby at Marshfield, committed suicide by taking morphine. Warren H. Corning, Cleveland, Ohio, who for a number of years was a director of the American Distilling and Cattle Breeders' Company, is dead, aged 58 years. At Alexandria, Mo., a wagon containing two boys, Wilbur and Wessie Bash, sons of a farmer, Was run down at a crossing by a Keokuk and Western passenger train and both boys instantly killed. Herman Groth of Chicago was found dead in his room. Gas was escaping from a jet turned partly on. It is suppos­ ed he committed suicide. Groth was 56 years old and had been ill for some time. It costs $8.50 to beat a mother-in-law, according to a finding of Judge Kinsey in the first district police court at St. Louis, if the beating is not too severe. The severity of the beating is decided by the number of visible cuts and bruises. The famous "Carr Strike" mine at Caster, S. D., has been sold to W. Tre- week and other Homestake people, who will bond and exploit it. The mine was discovered in May by Charles Carr, and the ore averages $1,360 gold per ton. Philip Myers, proprietor of the Frank­ lin Hotel bar at Lorain, Ohio, was shot and killed by Franklin E. Wheeler, repre­ senting a New Jersey life insurance com­ pany. The men had quarreled over a bar bill which Myers claimed Wheeler owed. By the explosion of an oxygen tank in the Chicago Calcium Light Company's machine room in that city, Frank Hop­ kins was fatally burned and Howard Mc- Clenethan, engineer of the company, re­ ceived fatal injuries by bums and bruises. Two masked men walked into Harry Green's gambling "game" on the second floor of a block in the very heart of the business district at Spokane, Wash., and held up fifteen men, looted the tills and safe and escaped with $1,000 in cash and bills. A cloudburst in the western part of Sheridan County, Kansas, covered the prairie with water twelve inches deep, doing more or less damage. Two men named Chappell and Davis, who were traveling & a Wagon, were killed by light­ ning. Dr. T. A. McCann of Dayton, Ohio, performed a wonderful surgical feat. He located a horseshoe nail in the windpipe of a boy by the X-ray process, and then extracted the nail by means of a power­ ful magnet. The boy is Clarence Grady of Indianapolis. The little city of Bowlings Green, Ohio, had a narrow escape from a tornado. Just north of the city limits a strip about two miles long and half a mile wide was lit­ erally swept clean. One person was per­ haps fatally injured, while several others were more or less hurt. A deed covering the transfer of the Thomson-Houston carbon factory in Fre­ mont, Ohio, to the National Carbon Com­ pany of New Jersey has been filed. The consideration mentioned in the deed is $1, but the revenue stamps attached show the value to be $100,000. The Comptroller of the Currency has closed the doors of the Atchison National Bank of Atchison, Kan. C. S. Jobes, na­ tional bank examiner for Kansas, has been appointed temporary receiver. The* suspension of the bank is due, generally speaking, to bad investments. The Great Lakes Towing Company has taken in the Dunham Towing Company of Chicago. This is one of the three companies that remained outside of and endeavored to fight the trust. There is but one company now outside the trust and that is the Milwaukee Tug Com­ pany. John L. Larson, John Lundstrom, Al­ bert Larson and Henry Eggan, of Gar­ field, and O. C. Westman, from Belle River, thrashers, while returning from Brandon, Minn., were struck by light­ ning. Lundstrom and Westman were killed. Two others were iajnred, bat will recover. A. F. Dahronge, who claims to be a representative of the Turkish Govern­ ment, was arraigned in court at Cincin­ nati on the charge of renting typewriters and selling them. The police indicate that, the prisoner is acting as a spy for the Ottoman Government, with his efforts directed against some secret society in New York. Almeda Harris Fletcher, who disap­ peared from her home in Weston, Ohio, In the trial of -:tj|$Vf>arlen, Ga.. Hot cases Judge ReabroS|«, granted a change at warn in the ca^Mmja Illegal. Ed tNHegal and M>rdj^Dgfei*l for the murder of Deputy Sheriff ToWnsend. The case will be tried ia lDfltaj^ani County. One of the most ghaStly tragedies that ever took place in Knoxvifle, Tenn., was the outcome of a street duel between two negro women, who fought with razors un til one fell dead and the other was car­ ried away mortally wounded. The women were Ella Lotspeich and Lillie Givens. At Wintonville, Ky., Logan Randolph was shot and killed. It seems he had some trouble with the keeper of a "blind tiger" in the morning and just after dark returned to the "tiger." Friends near heard five pistol shots and on investiga­ tion found Randolph's .body near the place. • . * Arch Healton was shot and killed in Leslie County, Ivy., by Milton Brashear. Healton and Brashear had quarreled. Healton went the other .morning to a store on Philips Fork to buy some mer­ chandise. He found Brashear at the store and when Healton entered the store Brashear told him to get out. Healton did not go, but pulled his pistol. Both fired at once. Healton fell dead in the storo FOREIGN* Germany is reported to have purchased 1,000 square leagues of territory in Bra- zil. Baron Von tell, a Russian, has purchas­ ed a sealing vessel and will undertake an expedition into north polar regions next spring. Pope Sophronius, patriarch of the Or­ thodox Greek Church of Alexandria, Ly- biaj Ethiopia and all Egypt, died at Alexandria, aged 103. Dr. Peter Peterson, the distinguished Sanscrit scholar and brqther of Principal William Peterson of McGill University, Canada, is dead at Bombay, India. President Loubet has issued a decree convoking the French senate to sit as a high court to hear charges of treason against Paul Deroulede and his associ­ ates. Lord Salisbury has appointed Lord George Hamilton to the post of captain of Deal Castle. The place is a sinecure, and the office carries with it a residence in London. United States Minister Buck, at Tokyo, has notified the State Department that the Government of Japan has opened to foreign trade twenty-two additional ports under the operation of the new treaties. The general strike of seamen and steamer firemen which has been threat­ ened some time has been declared in Lon­ don. The manifesto of the union ordering the strike includes all the ports tjfr the United Kingdom. IN GENERAL. The legislative council of Victoria has rejected the woman's suffrage bill. The State Department at Washington has been informed that a revolution has broken out in Venezuela. The United States cruiser Detroit has been ordered to Venezuela, where Ameri­ can interests are reported to be menaced by a revolution. Exports from the United States to Af­ rica were in the fiscal year 1899 more than five times as great as in 1889. The total was $18,594,424. The silk ribbon trust has perfected its organization and will be ready to begin business on or before Oct. 1. The cap­ ital stock of the new company will be $30,000,000. A sailboat was sunk near the mouth of Halifax, N. S., harbor and seven lives were lost, the victims all belonging to that city. There were eleven persons in the boat, and four were saved. The steamer Sequoia, from Clipperton Island, reports that scurvy is causing much distress there. Five men have suc­ cumbed to the disease and twenty-three others are afflicted with the malady. The Hollander Line will soon open its service between New York and St. Louis. The steamship Catania will sail from New York to Mobile, whence the Mobile and Ohio Railroad will be used to St. Louis. - " The North German Lloyd steamer Kai- ^kr Wilhelm der Gfosse arrived at New York from Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg after a record passage of five days eighteen hours and fifteen minutes, beating her own westward- record. American apples are in such great de­ mand in Germany this year that ship ments have commenced one month earlier than usual. Last year 22,851 barrels were sent abroad. This year it is expect­ ed the shipments will reach 100,000 bar­ rels. The central Porto Rican relief commit­ tee has issued another appeal to the peo­ ple of the United States on behalf of the sufferers from the hurricane. The appeal declares that $1,500,000 will be required to procure for the destitute the ne­ cessities of life. ; ShoaldlConditlon* Pr»n Favorablethe Crop May Beach tbe Knormona Total of #,350,000,000 Bastiala, Far la Ki- MM of the Hark 6«t in 180ft, Bushsla. Commercial eatliaate of twa crop ...: .2,350,000,«» Goverutaent Augaat estimate. ̂ 2,U&riMMi,000 lUcord corn crop (1896) . . .2,»6^«09 Kansas Stats esdaiftte. Kansas record (1886). fiataaska Stat$ estimate., 'Nebraska record crop (1808). 247,000,000 860.000,000 288,000,000 MARKET REPORT^. Chiesgo--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $7.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn. No. 2, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 54c to 56c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 15c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 tc some time ago and married Gewge A. ?6.25; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.75; Fletcher, colored, has made application bheePi coinmon to prime, $3.25 to $4.25! for a divorce. Iler father, John W. Har- wheat> No. 2 red, 6Bc to 67c; corn, No. 2 Will this year's be a record corn crop, b about the only doubtful point now left as to the great American harvest. It is assumed that it is to be a 2,000,000,000 bushel crop, but there have been four such alreadyr in 1896, when the total was 2,283,OtKMJOO bushels; in 1895, when it was 2,151,000,000; iu 1891, when the'fig- Ores reached 2,060,000,000, and in 1889, when the crop was 2,112,000,000. It has been dry and hot in the West for a fortnight, and it kept getting pot­ ter and dryer each day until the corn people began at the close of last week to fear that the prospect of a record breaker in their line waS to be lost. The weather interest in the West just now centers around this. Has there been drought damage enough to the tasseled maize to spoil the prospect of a new figure, a new mark on the West­ ern possibilities in the greatest feed crop of the worid, the one which Inst year brought the farmers of the West over $550,000,000, which always greatly ex- feeds in value the wheat crop, and which is the one crop America raises for the world and in which it has no competitor? Of the 2,359,000,000 bushels of corn rais­ ed last year the world over, the United States gathered about 2,000,000,000 bush­ els. Hie Kansas authorities figure that the Sunflower State is this year to hav<; about 400,000,000 bushels, and the Kansas corn Is made, has been in large part cut. Noth­ ing can now spoil the Kansas figure. The Government officials, always conserva- the city *w at a*; presence of President m fjfce increas­ ed tthe Interest, and h||?4rive otef ih* ronte of the parade the enthusiasm among tae taktngs streets. The head of tike procession moved at 10 o'clock. Th* distance covered was five Wiles. Independence Hall was ftMiad during the march, and caps were Utted afed colors dipped by the veterans. The chorus of 8,000 RChOdI children occupied a i portion of the 'grand stand on the north side of the city hafl and sung patriotic airs as the veterans passed. Poft JJo. 1 from Rockford, III., the oldest post fat the, Grand Army, headed the line. Disabled veterans rode in carriages, fol­ lowing the department of Pennsylvania at th# end of the lin?. In otdtr came the departments of 'Illinois, WiaceBSil}, Ohio, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jeftsey, Maine, Bhode Island, No# Hampshire, Vermont, Potomac, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Nebraska, Michigan, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Washington, Alaska and South Dakota. Thirty-five thousand men were in line. At no celebration since the centennial has this city seen the Crowds which lined the streets along which the veterans pass* ed. The Avenue of Fame, with its snow- white columns and festoons of bunting and laurel, was the 'favorite viewpoint. One of the most interesting features of the encampment was Camp Sexton at the Belmont mansion in Fairmount park, where 8,000 veterans occupied tents. Standing upon the top of Belmont looking toward Philadelphia the best view of the camp conld be secured. Down below stretched the great field of tents. Behind them rolled the Schuylkill--picturesque there, perhaps, more than at any othe^ spot, and beyond the banks rose the city of Philadelphia framed between the two walls of green as in some giant picture. The veterans had everything that coul# possibly be conducive to comfort at their disposal. There was no question of roughing it, the ordinary vicissitude of camp life having been eliminated as a TUs tetbe VenDctof the Rente* Court-Martial. FAMOUS TRIAL ENDS. °vA-- dudgoa Uphold the French Army at the Expense of Utistic*. Cloaiae fcenoa in the World's Moat Damons Military Trial--M. Deaaiusfco Fieada Eloquently for the Priaonar --Accused Dramatically Deciarea Bi« Innocence--Verdict Waa Nat Unas* pee ted-Precantiona Taken to Pf e- ' 'tybt an Outbreak. ^ 'r * ~ ^ The court martial in this?'eise ifr €fc|rt. Alfred Dreyfus having deliberated for three hours came into court at 3, o'clock Saturday afternoon, and after the usual impressive formalities pronounced the prisoner guilty of the charge of treason. A wild scene followed, but the presence of a strong force of gendarmes prevented serious results. Dreyfus dramatically proclaimed his innocence. The morning of the day which was to decide the fate of Capt. Dreyfus broke dull and cheerless at Rennes, and the court room was filled with a cold, unsym­ pathetic light, which lent sadness to the Av ris of Weston, brings the suit as her next friend, since the girl is but 17 years of age. She claims in her petition that Fletcher threatened to kill her several times and that by this means he compell­ ed her to marry him. Lightning struck among a gang of men on the grounds of the fair association at Camargo, 111., while the fair was in pro­ gress, and ten were thrown to the ground, two being instantly killed and two fatally hurt. Many women were •hocked and stunned. The bolt struck on the north end of the grand stand, which was filled, just a short time previous- N'early all of the killed and injured were I young men and they were seated at sap­ per when the bolt came. white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.25 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50: wheat, No. 2, 69c to 71c; corn, No. yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 53c to 54c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2, 68c to 70c; corn. No. mixed, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 58c to 60c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.23; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep. $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 HIE CORN CROi® DBBTFttfe CAPT. ! P rt? /I- --Chicago Record. tive in their estimates, put the Kansas yield at 346,000,000 bushels. Its record op to -the present jvas made in 1896, when there was a harvest of 247,000,000; bush­ els. Nebraska is pretty nearly as far along as Kansas, some of its corn being cut in the south. Besides Nebraska has been well favored with rain, even while some of the other States have been suffering. The Nebraska' State authorities figure their corn crop at 350,000,000 bushels. The Government crop report Aug. 10 put the Nebraska at 300,000,000. But even this conservative figure makes a new rec­ ord. Nebraska's greatest crop was in 1896, when its total was 298,000,000 bsuhels. The hugeness of this year's corn prom­ ise I* best shown by the official Wash­ ington estimates in bushels on the seven great corn States, compared With the two previous years: 1899. 1898. 1897. 9O,UOO,OO0 103,000,000 92,000,000 120,01(0,000 129,000,000 110,000,000 219,000,000 200,1)00,000 233,000,000 179,0(j0,000 155,000,000 172,000,000 346,000,000 i:4H,000,000 162,000,000 219,000,000 235,000,000 220,000,000 300,000,000 159,000,000 241,000,000 Ohio.. lad... IU... Mo... Kas.. Iowa. Neb.. result of the elaborate efforts of the local veterans. Eighteen water lines ran through the camp, with sunken barrels placed at short intervals for the thirsty visitors. Two mess tents, 160x60 feet in size; ice cream and sutlers' tents were situated at the western extremity of the camp. Telephone and telegraph wires ran overhead to the exact center of the camp, where the instruments were situ­ ated, and where the postoffiee was. Near by was the bureau of information tent, with headquarters and officers' mess tents above on the brow of the hill. Ten tents for the medical corps and five large hos­ pital tents were at the eastern edge of the camp, sheltered from the sun by a clump of spreading trees. Incandescent lights were suspended up and down the lines of tents, while at the intersections of the streets or passageways were plac­ ed the blazing camp fires, where the old veterans gathered before turning in at night and fought their battles over again. An arch was at the west of the camp surmounted by flag poles forty-five feet high and the entire structure, built to re­ semble stone- work, was covered with flags and G. A. R. insignia. EASTERN. By the capsising of the yacht Ahadia t la Sheepscot bay, Maine,, five persons ' frere drowned. 4 4 Charles L. Bailey, Harrisburg, Pa., r president of the Central iron works, is ^ dead, aged 77 years. 1;. _ The Republican State convention at u Baltimore, Md., nominated Lloyd Lowndes for Governor. V. Alfred Henderson, Spring Lake, N. J., head of the seed firm of Peter Henderson ® Co., is dead, aged 50 years. f' John D. Rockefeller has given $2fJ,000 *° Browa Vaive™& *;r<mden(* J, ' • z" \ \ j "7 ' t .. i ' SOU THERM. W. S. Ilanna, aged 60, a prominent Ar­ kansas politician, is dead at Morrilton. Attorney General George B. Peters of Memphis, Tenn., was injured while mak­ ing a tour of inspection of the Chicago stock yards. He fell through a shaft and fractured his skull. Freight No. 91 on the Norfolk sad yellow, 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, 58c to 60c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 75c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 55c to 57c; clover seed, new, $5.10 to $5.15. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 sprinpvOSc to 70c; corn. No. 3, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 24c; rye, No. 1, 54c to 56c: j barley, No. 2, 41c to 43c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. j Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, I *3.00 to $6.25; hogs, coinmon to choice, $3.25 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice wetb- Western road broke in two and "the ie~c~- j $3 5° t0 f4 5°; COmn,OD 4° tions came together in Dingess' tunnel, near Williamson, W. Vs. Three traln- men and four tramps were killed. Two Chesapeake and Ohio trains met in head-end Engineers passenger collision Wl extra, $4.50 to $6.50. ! New York--Cattle, $3.25 to $6.25; hogs, j $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; | wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn. No. 2, 89c to 41c; oats, No, 2 white, 27c to 28c; near butter, creamery, 17c to 22c; eggs, West- Tot.1,473,000,000 1,134,000,000 1,230,000,000 These are the most conservative fig­ ures, and they compare with big corn years--1898 and 1897. It is assumed in commercial circles that the Government'? estimate on the whole corn area, 81,607,- 000 acres, is about 3,000,000 acres top low, and that the crop will be over 2,350,- 000,000 bushels for the whole country, unless the present dry weather or some very severe cold snap should in the next two weeks spoil the promise. It is a risk of only a few days, a fort­ night at the outside. Already half the corn area is beyond the danger point. In another week three-quarters of the whole will be made, and in a fortnight the entire crop will be secure. It is not remarkable, consequently, that the interest in the corn belt weather should at this juncture be Intense, nor re­ markable that the corn speculator should be especially apprehensive of the possi­ bilities. It is the momentous risk of the day. of the greatest import to the entire country; to the farmer, whose interest is direct; to the cattle man, the railroader, the merchant and the banker, whose In­ terests sre hardly less at stake. Eves Wail street knows that its values might be cat sensationally over night by aa ac­ cident la the nest few days to the com Tfifflljy if s a proceedings. This was enhancetf by the grave aspect of the audience. The faj?es of the judges also reflected the solemnity of the occasion. The last session of the court martial opened at 7:30 a. m. The prisoner looked flushed and in ill health, apparently suf­ fering from the great strain. M. De- mange resumed his speech for the de- ieQse, which was interrupted Friday by the adjournment of the court. The audi­ ence listened to his remarks with the, most serious attention and he was also closely followed by the judges. The pero­ ration of M. Demange was a splendid piece of oratory. His voice thundered through the court and echoed outside. The officers and troopers stationed in the court yard crowded around the entrance of the hall, standing on tiptoe to catch a glimpse of the speaker, while inside the Ball many of the audience were moved to tears. After Maitre Demange had spok­ en Maitre Labori arose and formally re­ nounced his right to plead. The court then adjourned its session until 3 p. m., the judges retiring to de­ liberate on the verdict, which was an­ nounced in open court at the hoar of its ^reconvening. \ Chronology of thq Dreyfns Ca*e> ' 1894.* April 1--Esterhnzy writes the bordereau and Bends it to Schwartzkoppen. September--Bordereau brought to Colonel Sandherr. v Oct. 15--Dreyfaa arrested on charge of treason. Dec. 10--Dreyfus court martial begins. 1895. Jan. 5--Dreyfus publicly degraded. Feb. 0--Law passed sending Dreyfus to Devil's Island. Jane 1--Picquart placed at head of In­ telligence bureau. 1896. May 1--Picquart discovera the petit bleu. Sept. 14--Eclair exposes the fact that Dreyfus was convicted by secret evi­ dence. Nov. 1---Henry's forgeries used to con­ vince Chamber of Dreyfus' guilt. 189{. Nov. 15--Mathieu Dreyfus denounces Es- terhaey as the real author of the bor­ dereau. 18&. Jan. 11--Esterhazy acquitted of charge of writing the bordereau, Jan. 12--Colonel Picquart arrested; Jan. 13--Zola writes the "I accuse" letr; ter. v,. Feb. 24--Picquart expelled frottt the ' army. > July 18--Zola flees from France. Aug. 81--Henry confesses to forgery;, and. commits suicide.?- Sept. 26--Dreyfus Verdict referred to Court of Cassation. - i ' 1899. June 3--Court of Cassation decides Drey­ fus shall have a new trial. June 7--Dreyfus ordered home on cruiser Sfax. A June 30--Dreyfus lands in Franc^*'. "•/ Aug. 7--Trial opens at Rennes. * a «£* Sept. 9--Dreyfus is found guilty. GOT. Steuneaberg-of Idaho ha« never worn a necktie. Jerry Simpson threatens to run for the United States Senate in Kansas. Thomas Bain, new Speaker of the Ca­ nadian House of Commons, is the first farmer to gain that post. Josiah R. Adams, Republican candi­ date for judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, was born in France. The frso silver Democrats of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, fell upon the gold- bags of the umae clan and won out. Scors If* 0$ "Oom" Paul's salary is. $35,000 a year. Queen Victoria seldom drinks tea or coffee. The Duke of York has an imposing col­ lection of cigaret holders. The Sultan of Morocco will not allow a lightning rod agent to enter his domin­ ions. The Duchess of York personally designs the dresses of her children. ^ Queen Victoria sternly forbids smokinjf in any part of Windsor Castle. The Queens of Belgium and Spain are both fond of painting landscapes. The Duke of Devonshire is said to be the shyest man in Great Britain. Queen Victoria never goes shopping in person, but others execute her orders. The Prince of Wales bought nine soft hats In one week while in Marienbad. Herbert Spencer has refused honorary degfees from a dozen great universities and decorations offered by the leadis^ ^jpvenuaeats of " ard B«A|l* fUtV torily recalled tr*m the lJaitetf consnlate at Ca his alleged action in giving American register to the steamer Abby," which carried arms and munitions to the' Filipinos. Dr. Bedloe is a mem­ ber of the famous Clover Club of Philadelphia, litter­ ateur, and a man of wide diplomatic ser­ vice. His friends do not seriously S>. BBDLOK. ; credit the charge, though Admiral Dewey lodged the first coikplaint. Never before has any charge against his honor bee* even hinted at. President Hayes made him consul general at Cairo, and he wasf so successful there that when Benjamin^-{ ij Harrison was elected he sent Dr. Bedloe to Amoy as consul. Then President Mc- Kinley gave him the important consulate. „ at Canton. Dr. Bedloe. is well known is V many parts of the country. '• , ' - "" W. W. Stone, known throughout the '• United States as the "blind address" reader of the New York postoffiee, is dead?;ft|;fS from heart failure. „ ^^ His success in sap-j-'f/'^1, plying deficiencies' in addresses was; w o n d e r f u l . H i s ' ' memory was re% markable. Given j ; t . the name of a small; country' 'postoffiee#® In the Unite d :\ }.J' States he couldj- name the State injs which it was locat-. • ed or how many of;' v a similar name ^ w. w. 8TONK. there were in ths^ United States., Jte was originally ap-s (pointed to a clerkship in the postoffiee on^ V 4 ";' June 13, 1855, and served continuously up to the time of his death. ^ •, Webb C. Hayes of Cleveland, VeotM-C, Z A ;ant colonel of the Thirty-first United States volunteers, and son of the lata4 'fZ?/ ; President Hayes, " . was for years a member of the fam­ o u s C l e v e l a n d ! Troop A. He serv­ ed in the Cuban campaign. At the close of the war he was brevetted lleu- ; tenant colonel of 'volunteers for gal­ lantry at the battle of Santiago. At the battle of San Juan cot. BATES. Hill he was wounded and his horse shotiK ' from under him. He also served In thefc?%^ ,Porto Rican campaign. • Col. Hayes^'^! •bears a striking resemblance to CoL ' **,, • iTeddy Roosevelt. }^ .Brig. Gen. Cole, who died recently at; ^ v „ I St. 1 i>m«L fjnjht during of rebellion in a Missouri regiment. He" ^ took part in most^, fj>f the - battle ad$>-; :l w h i c h o c c u r r e d * , ' ..-within the limits of <• „ the State and won. * v promotion first ass-f lieutenant colonel?';..." - and later as colonel. After the close ofL'J^p; the rebellion CoL"";'f Cole was sent to&^, the Northwest ts^^'". fight the Indians.,^; ; He was appointed--,. brigadier general^'. yi-i GEN. COLK. daring the Spanish-American war, with-\'^ out solicitation on his part, the promo-. tion being recommended by Gen. Scho-| field. - : 0 Irvin James Maston is the wett-knownf band leader of Cleveland, Ohio, selected^ among fifty competitors as the band lead-J'; er for the Thirty- first United States volunteer infantry. Maston was band­ master of the Fifth Ohio volunteer in­ fantry during the Spanish - American war, and after be-, ing discharged from the service with r that organization, he re-enlisted as bandmaster of the I- J. MASTON. Tenth Ohio volunteer infantry, servingb'" r" until mustered out. The Thirty-first reg-!-'-" •- iment will go to the Philippines. ̂ •J . > -J Gen. Jacob S. Coxey, who led' tie, tramp army to Washington five years' < ago, has become a zinc mining magnate./*,- Last year he organ- ,, ; < ized a mining com-*"' pany among some, o f h i s f r i e n d s a t / Y Massillon, O., and^l- 'y; and took a lease on';"1 • / the Shoal Creek*?,, Mining Company^.^^ proper t y, thre^;,,' , , ^ miles south of Jop- ' " ' ^ lin. The comp b e g a n operatongW, last spring, and has, vein of lead ore ten feet£ ' J. fc. COXKY. just struck a thick. It is taking out ore in great quan-y titles, and Coxey's fortune is made. <• * ; S. P. Stroud, the pioneer underta&ef oiflip Mason, Mich., is 75 years old, and went to Mason forty-fiv# years ago. Up 0o the time he retired from business, a couple of years ago, Mr. Stroud was a familiar fig­ ure at ftfnerals. He was the only under­ taker in the vicin­ ity for ye«rs, and during the period 8. P. s^ritouD. 4 he was engaged in business buried 2.150- persons, or 350 more than the present! population of his town, . j: Lieut. Thomas Mason Brumby, Dew-sr" ey'S flag officer, is a native of Marietta, Ga. It was he who .planned the battle ;4'Ty< of Manila Bay, snd who, from the^P bridge, signaled alls, ̂ the orders that sent*^ the Spnnish fleet to|^ T the bottom. It was^ Brumby who raised & ; 4' t h e S t a r s a o d ^ Stripes over Ma-,_;,} * nila. He was prac-, > • ^ "tically Dewey'sjpl;' ' USOT. uruimv. chief of staff. No-^ , body can see Dewey without first seeing^ ' * ttey are constant companions, j. •- ̂ 1 , r.