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Mrs. Nack, a midw BIG FOOTBALL GAMES HAVE NOW CLOSED. THE PLAINDEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. MCHENRY. ILLINOIS AIRSHIP THAT FLIES. CLAIMS HE HAS FECTED ONE. PER- Says It Was His Ship that Caused Such Extraordinary Interest Through the "West Last Summer--Government Is After the Missing Word Contests. Can Fly Through the .Air. A special from New Kensington, Pa., states: If what Hiram S. Maxim claimsis true, aerial navigation is an accomplished fact. Mr. Maxim, who is the inventor of •the Maxim gun, says he has traveled across the continent and back to his start­ ing place in such an airship.. Indeed, it •was his strange craft which' aroused Such extraordinary interest last summer and •which Was -reported having ..been seen at. Denver," Chicago,, St. Louis- and other "Western-cities.. Mr. Maxim s craft • is cigar-shaped, conical, at bothr ends, with an -upright aerophyie -at' the stern* for -steering apparatus'. 1 The skin of the ship is double and tilled- with hydrogen gas. Every part of the ship .and motive power 'is made of aluminum; 'the-motive power being naphtha. The whole thing weighs 5,000 pounds, occupies 100,000 cubic feet of Space, can attain easily a speed of 100 miles an hour-, and will carry passengers nnd freight parcels. • New Kensington aluminum furnished the material. Mr. Maxim's company is the Atlantic and Pa­ cific Aerial Navigation Company, o$ •which C. A. Smith and M. A. Terry, well- fcnown business men of San Francisco, ETC respectively president and secretary. A trip to the Klondike will be made soon. Worse than Lotteries. The Postoflice Department is taking a firm stand against the so-called '•lnissms- letter" and "missing-word' contests which are being conducted by a number Of publishers to increase'the subscriptions •o their papers. The lottery law directs •that the Postmaster General, upon evi­ dence satisfactory to himself that a con­ cern or person is operating through the snails a lottery or scheme offering prizes •dependent upon lot or chance, to prohibit the delivery of all mail matter to it. All newspapers and periodicals containing ad­ vertisements of this character are forbid­ den transmission in the mails. This law, it is now announced at the Postoffice De­ partment in Washington, will be applied to all schemes which are violations of it. if they are continued in operation or ad­ vertisements of them are published. Miss­ ing-letter contests are held to be such vio­ lations, because many correct answers can be given, but only one list is deemed the "correct list" by the promoter of the scheme. The chance consists in guessing what words compose the so-called "cor- Tect list." Such schemes are held to be •especially obnoxious, owing to the skillful -wording of the advertisements, which makes the chance for obtaining a prize more remote than in the defunct Louis­ iana lottery. "Indians After More Trouble. E. B. Thompson, who lives in the west­ ern part of Routt County, near the scene Of the recent fight between Utes and game wardens, arrived in Craig, Colo., sad gave the startling information that the Indians were again invading that sec­ tion. Mr. Thompson says that although lie has not seen any of them, he has heard the shooting, and on Douglass Mountain lie has seen moccasin tracks and the tracks of ponies. The mail carrier, whose route lies between May bell and Lily Park, reports having seen four Indians who were some distance from the road. Resi dents of Brown's Park also report having •seen several Indians, and say that they •re evidently killing game, as they heard « great deal of shooting. NEWS NUGGETS. Sibyl Sanderson, the opera singer, and Antonio Terry were married at Paris. Ex-United States Senator Patrick "Walsh has been elected Mayor of Atlan­ ta, Ga. Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley, mother of the President, was stricken with paral­ ysis at Canton, Ohio. Mrs. Dora Clay, the child-wife of Gen. Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky, has decid­ ed to return to her husband. Race riots continue in Bohemia, where the Czechs in numerous towns attacked the houses of Jews and Germans. The French court of appeals has decid­ ed against the application of Mile. Hau- vm to be admitted to the bar of Paris. The steamer Egyptian, bound from Cleveland to Milwaukee with a cargo of Coal, burned to the water's edge on Lake Huron, off Sturgeon Point. Slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Wichita, Arkansas City, Pratt, Kingman, Wellington and other Kansas cities. The disturbance reached into Oklahoma. Gen. Pando, in charge of Spanish mili­ tary operations in Cuba, is reported to bave been killed in an engagement with insurgents in Santa Clara province. The Dreyfus-Esterliazy affair is expect­ ed to result in a large crop of duels at Paris. Emile Zola is already involved in a quarrel with the editor of the Jour­ nal. Andrew Carnegie, the great Pennsyl­ vania iron manufacturer, has written a letter saying he will give $10,000 to the endowment of the Mechanics' institute at Richmond, Ya. An unconfirmed rumor says 200 mem­ bers of the German force occupying Kiao­ chou Bay have been massacred by Chin­ ese. Russia, according to a London dis­ patch, is inclined to join with France and oppose German action in China. Senator Cullom of Illinois declares that lie will not resign to accept a place on the interstate commerce commission. He is urging David T. Littler for the position. By the explosion of a "dinkey" engine on tie new street car line of the Titusville Traction Company, near East Titusville, Pa., four men were Seriously injured, two fatally. •China is reported to have practically Agreed to cede to England a strip of ter­ ritory near Hong-Kong and all the Sur *ound.ing islands in order to enable Eng­ land to fortify them securely and to in­ crease the garrison. betid nnd missed the' mark. Me then came upstairs with a can of oil and ^ar, which he threw in his wife's face. In an instant the mixture caught fire from the lamp and she was enveloped in flames. The New York World's first figures of Cuba's starvation were timidly moderate. They showed the death rate of only 200,- 000. But every painful fact unearthed tends to prove them nearly double that number. When the grim returns are all in it is now^almost certain that this Cu­ ban massacre of the inuocents will reach 400,000. And this awful number does not include those killed in battle or the thou­ sands and thousands of women and chil­ dren who have died of exposure, disease and massacre in the "mauaguas" and swamps. It now seems certain that more than half a million people, for the most part loyal subjects of Spain, have been killed by Spanish war in Cuba. The fig*- ures of Spanish official reports show but a part of the mortality. They only give the number buried "in consecrated ground -^they do not pive that fully. And yet these official ultra-Spanish reports of burial permits issued admit that in the Province of Santa Clara there have died and been buried since Weyler's fiat 71,- 847 persons. The number of people for whose existence WeyJer was .directly, re­ sponsible is 153,132 in Santa Clara Pro­ vince, And-of theso he killed SO,>210; or over onedialf of them. 7»STern7 Samuel F, Tanner, late captain of Com- pahy • C. Seventeenth infantry, Ohio Na­ tional? Guard, who was recently indicted for embezzling the company's funds* was sentenced at Toledo to the penitentiary for three years. Tanner had. embezzled the r£rit checks due the county commis­ sioners.-and aiso^the company's funds, thb amount aggregating $540. Bud Scott, late of Highlands, Kan., was found dead under a viaduct leading across the Uftion Pacific tracks to an implement warehouse in Omaha, Neb. It was thought he had fallen frcm the viaduct to the track below. Investigation devel­ oped that he was murdered. Several scalp wounds were found on his head and his skull was crushed, as by a blow from a hammer. W. H. Banfiekl. principal owner of the Irondale tin mill, has purchased a twenty- acre tract of laud in East Liverpool, Ohio, for a site for, a big sheet mill and steel plant which is to cost $250,000. The projectors of the new plant claim that the work on the buildings will com­ mence soon after Jan. 1, and that 400 men will be employed at first. A report has reached Bismarck, N. D., from the Standing Rock reservation that the mother of Philip Ireland, one of the young Indians recently lynched at Wil- liamsport, has committed suicide beca-use of the disgraceful d^ath of her son. There a belief .among the Indians that any person who may be hanged will never reach the happy hunting grounds--the heaven of the Indian. This is the reason that the Indians at Standing Rock want­ ed the Indians shot and pot hanged. The Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, who have been in ression at Antlers. I. T., have determined to organize a colony and emigrate to Mexico. They have been offered lands by the Mexican Government very cheap. Not being able .to agree on leader to conduct them to the promised land in their own nation, United States Agent Wibdom was finally selected. The Indians propose to sell their lands to the United States and with the proceeds pur­ chase new homes. The Dawes commis­ sion is authorized to negotiate for the In­ dian lands. Agent Wisdom has not yet decided whether to accept the offer.. Chesterfield, Ind., was almost wiped off the map by the explosion of eighty quarts of nitro-glycerine, which had been brought overland from Montpelier and placed in an open field, a .half mile from the town. Marion Mansey and Sam Maguir.e were working at a gas well near by when the explosion occurred. Mausey was thrown fifty feet, but not fatally injured. Ma- guire was also thrown 100 feet in the air and badly lacerated, but will recover. The little town of Chesterfield is a mass of ruins. At Dalesville, two miles away, and at Yorktown, five miles distant, the damage was almost as great. The jar of the explosion was felt for fifteen miles in all directions. The explosion was spon­ taneous. Though many were hurt, no person was killed. • Dr. T. J. See, one of the staff of ob­ servers at the astronomical observatory maintained at Flagstaff, Ariz., by Per- cival Lowell of Boston, has described the recent important work undertaken at the observatory. The study of Mars is the chief work, and the problems to be solved in the planet involve the measurement of fine lines supposed to be canals, which are found on its surface. Since 1890 the work has been prosecuted with the new 24-inch telescope. It was announced at Harvard College that since Adjust. 1800, Dr. See has discovered with the Lowell telescope about 500 new douL'.e stars, be­ sides measuring some 700 objects noticed by previous observers. The new double star discoveries are interprfcted.l.by Dr. See to suggest that this forma jon of rings is only an exception to the n;;e; that the more usual method of the fore-nation of a system from one great original mass is that central mass divides en zsiasse; the satellite beginning life as it \v<ic* in near­ ly its ultimate form. ment looking to .the conclusion or a re­ ciprocity treaty, is taking steps to place a prohibitory tariff upon a number of ar­ ticles of American production. An officer of the guards named Clay is being sued at London by a money lender for £11,113, due on two promissory notes cashed for Lord William Nevill. Clay charges that Nevill secured his indorse­ ment by a trick and says he supposed he was witnessing Nevill's signature to fam­ ily documents. H. Lowther, an Englishman, and nephew of Lord Lonsdale,-accompanied by J. B. Heifon of London, have gone to Fort Edmonton, where as representatives of an English company they will establish a fast stage line to Dawson City. The route is an entirely new one, and will be less than 1,200 miles. The line will be in operation early next spring and the trip will occupy less than twenty days. The typhoon which swept over the Phil­ ippine islands was the cause of one of the worst disasters that have been report­ ed from the southern ocean iu many years. Thousands of lives were lost, in­ cluding many Europeans, and the dam­ age to property was something appalling. Several towns were swept and blown away. Fully 400 Europeans were drown­ ed, and it is estimated that 0,000 natives perished. The hurricane struck the isl­ and at the "bay of Santa Paula in the province of Samar. It devastated' the entire southern portion of the island and cut off communication with the rest of the world, for two days. On the 12th the hurricane reached ^Leyte, and struck the capital of Tacloba'n with great fury. In less than one-half hour the town was a mass of ruins. - , Charles Sounenberg, formerly of New Yorkj now a resident of Vryburg, in Brit­ ish Bechuanalaud, Africa, and a mem­ ber of the Cape Parliament, is on a visit to this country. He is chiefly interested in the plan of the British Government, to come up at the next session, of the Cape Parliament, to break the present treaty existing among the nations of Ger­ many, Great Britain and the United States in relation to South African goods. The United States, England fears, is getting too much of the importing busi­ ness of South Africa, and it is itself anx­ ious to take some away. Canada also wants to get a slice Of the business, and is waiting to have the treaty broken that it may begin shipments of its own goods to South Africa. The commercial treaty has been in existence many years. Under it a great quantity of machinery, petro­ leum, furniture, agricultural implements, hardware, canned and dried fruit, fish, boots and shoes and cigarettes and to­ bacco are sent to South Africa by the United States. The goods are better and cheaper than can be procured in Ger­ many and England. Many merchants do not want to pay higher duties, as the English wish them to do, according to the prospective new treaty, and they are already preparing to fight the matter. Mr. Sounenberg says that it is of the greatest importance to the United States that this Government should take some steps at once to meet the coming fight. IN GENERAL, SOUTHERN. Tie steamer Dauntless has again eluded the officials of the Government, and is off for Cuba with a cargo of arms and munitions of war. The plan to consolidate the wire rod, wire nail and other wire industries of the United States is reported to be near com­ pletion. It is understool that each mill is to be purchased outright and that the enterprise wiH involve $00,000,000. The British City Line steamer Exeter City, which has arrived at New York from Bristol and Swansea, fell in,with the British schooner, Elite, dismasted and in a sinking condition, and rescued her crew of five men and brought them safely to port. K. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "The heavy exports of wheat, with the renewed advance in price, is the most interesting and important feature of the week's events. Since August, when the extent of the foreign deficiency be­ came realized, exports have been larger than in corresponding weeks of any pre­ vious year. The cotton exports also have become very heavy, and the outgo of corn falls but little below last year's unprece­ dented record, whi'e :n exports of manu­ facturing products, especially machinery, all records for the reason have been sur­ passed. Meanwhile imports are running behind last year's at New York nearly $2,000,000 this month, so that another ex­ cess of exports over imports amounting to about $00,000,000 for the month is provable. But this would make an excess of about $225,000,000 in four months. Western receipts of wheat are of enor­ mous magnitude, in four weeks being 27,- 072,104 bushels, against 9,214,838 bushels in the same foUr weeks last year. Cotton declined to 5.81 cents, the lowest point for many years. The iron industry shows no decrease in production or consumption of pig, but with much reduced-orders for products excess of production is expected. In bars, agricultural and railway manu­ facturing causes a her.vy demand at Chi­ cago, iron being preferred to s.teel. The woolen manufacture is still consuming heavily in execution of past orders and many agents are sold so far ahead that they seek no further business. Some re­ duction in prices of wool appears. Fail­ ures for the week haTe been 230 in the United States, against 300 last year, and 25 in Canada, against 38 last jear." KAISER 18 DEFIED CHINA'S EMPEROR YIELD. WILL NOT EASTERN. Martin Thorn, accused of the murder of William Guldensuppe, the Turkish bath robber, was pronounced guilty by the jury at New York. Thorn received the verdict with a laugh, but he seemed to have lost his nerve as he was led back to jail. The court, denied a motion for new trial and set the day for the passing of the sentence. • - The wife of Antonio Milagno died at Erie, Pa. Antonio was drunk, and went to tbe cellar to get more liquor. He fell and his wife came to his assistance with « lamp, but he throw a hammer at her General Cassius M. Clay's c&ild wife, Dora, is seriously sicK at the cottage of. hc-r brother, Cecil Richardson, She has peritonitis, the result of being thrown from a horse several weeks ago. A1 Chastan, deputy sheriff of Panhanc die, Tex., has wired the Topeka (Kan.) officers to help him find the Rev. A. E. omson, charged with poisoning his wife. Morrison was released at Topeka the other day after the police had held him for three days, awaitftig some action on the part of the Texas authorities. The jury at Sevierville, Tonn., in the ease against Pleas Wynn and Catlett Tip­ ton, charged with the murder of William Whaley and wife in that county last De­ cember, brought in a verdict convicting Wynn and acquitting Tipton. The,crime of which the men were charged was a dastardly one, and was an outgrowth of the white cap organization existing" in that county. At YallejyYiew, Ky., the separation of Dora Richardson Clay from her aged hus­ band, Gen. Cassius M. Clay, has taken a sensational turn, - the general sending William Richardson, his wife's brother, word that he would give him $500 to leave the country, and if he would not accept the offer he would kill him. He believes Richardson is trying to prevent Dora from returning to Whitehall, and he in sinuates that Richardson has assisted in robbing him of his wife. He is furiously mad at his neighbor, Charles Haden, for building Richardson a cottage on his place. Gen. Clay says Richardson has been installed in his house so that he can keep watch over the movements of Dora and if possible prevent her from returning home. FOREIGN. As a result of the decision of the,Turk­ ish Government to grant the demahds'of Austria, the flag of Austria was duly sa­ luted at Mersina by Turkish guns, with all the ceremonial demanded by the Gov­ ernment of Austria. Information has reached the adminis­ tration that France, while ostensibly^en­ gaged in negotiations with this govern- ftefuscs to Agree to the Dcmunds of Germany--He Desires to Submit the Kntire Matter to Arbitrators--Mar­ tial Law at Kinochou Hay. . Rather Lose His Grown. A special dispatch from Shanghai an­ nounces that the Emperor of China has declared that he would rather forfeit his crown than agree to the conditions de­ manded by Germany as redress for the murder of two German missionaries-- Nies and Hennle--and the destruction of German mission property in the Province of Shantung. Admiral Diedricli, the Ger­ man commander of Kiaochou Bay, the dispatch further states, has proclaimed martial law in the district around Kiao­ chou. China, t{je dispatch concludes, de­ sires that her dispute with Germany be submitted to arbitrators to be appointed by Holland and Belgium. Last July a Chinese mob attacked the Christian mission at; Kiaochou" Ba>% which is a1 point in the Yellow Sea, in the Province of Shan-Tung, about 300 miles north of Shanghai. The mission was in charge Of two missionaries named Nies EMPEKOH WIT.1,1AM. MARKET REPORTS, Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2, 25c to 20c; oats, No. 2, 20c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 40c to 47c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 19c; new potatoes, 45c to 00c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $">.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 94c; corn, No. 2 white, 20c to 2Sc; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to ^S.SO; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 97c to 98c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 40c to 47c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 47c to 49c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 90c to 91o; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 20c; rye, 47c to 49c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 40c to 47c; clover seed, $3.15 to $3.20. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 80c to 88c; corn, No, 3, 26c to 27c; oats, No 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2, 40c to 47c barley, No. 2, 38c to 43c; pork, mess, $7.00 to $7.50. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $:>.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c. ~ New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No, 2 red, 97c to 98c; corn, No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; butter, creamery, 15c to 24c; eggs, Western, 21c to 23c. and Hennle, who had succeeded in at­ tracting to their schools a very generous following of Chinese youth. The attack was made in broad daylight, and the build­ ings were burned. When Nies and Hennle, the missionaries, tried to dissuade the rioters from acts of violence toward the native converts there was an instant at­ tack made upon the Germans themselves. Both Fatally AVounded. The two Europeans were attacked with swords and clubs, and, before they could defend themselves, both had been mortal­ ly wounded. They were at once thrown upon the burning ruins of the mission, where they died. Refugees from the dismantled school at once communicated the facts to the near­ est representatives of the German.nation and the news provoked a storm of indig­ nant protest as soon as it was repeated in Berlin. Steps to punish the perpetra­ tors of the deed were at once put on foot. A German war ship was dispatched to the Yellow Sea and Nov. 22 the admiral in command landed a force of marines on the shore of the bay, which was com­ manded by a Chinese port with a garri­ son of 1,500 men. The admiral, protect­ ed by the man-of-war, commanded the Chinese general to withdraw his soldiers from the fort and the latter did so, claim­ ing the protection of the admiral. The Chinese soldiers ran in complete disorder into the fastnesses of the hills, abandon­ ing their position, which the Germans at once occupied. A demand was made upon the Chinese Government for an indemnity on account of the slaughter of the missionaries and the destruction of school property. Pend­ ing a settlement of that question the Ger­ man force maintained its position on land and the man-of-war remained in the ad­ jacent waters for the purpose of afford­ ing any needed protection. Russia May Interfere. It is said that the Chinese ministers have appealed for support to Russia, and that the czar lias intimated that a con­ tinuance of German occupation will be regarded as an act of hostility to the Russian nation and damaging to Russian interests. Emperor William, at the,.recent opening of the German parliament, clearly fore­ shadowed the forcible occupation of a port in Chinese waters, and his address left little room to expect that the force there would be withdrawn. Iu addition, it is well known that a gunboat which had been ordered to Hayti to settle a lit­ tle difficulty which the Berlin Govern­ ment had in the West Indies has been re­ called, and is now on its way to the China Sea. By the time Russian protests can be considered at Berlin it is likely Em­ peror William's naval and land forces will be so strongly established on the shore of China that they will not easily be dislodged. , ter without the aid of a physician. Miss Ash was also a Christian Scientist, and agreed with her mother in regard to the treatment of her ailments. They decided to resort only to prayer as a curative of the disease. For a short time tlie fervent prayers seemed to be answered, and the girl gain­ ed jn strength. But the ailment took a firmer hold on its victim, and she grew gradually weaker. The mother lengthen­ ed the seasons of Avorship and'the daugh­ ter became more earnest hi heifprayers, for health. But in spite of the rigid man­ ner in which the Christian Science doc­ trine was carried out the daughter grew gradually worse until Tuesday evening, when she died. PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. A Decrease of $11,338,125 Noted for the Month.of November. The December statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business Nov. 30 the public debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,009,226,406, a decrease since Oct. 30 of $11,338,125. This decrease is accounted for by an increase in the cash due to the deposit of art in­ stallment of the proceeds of the sale of the. Government's interest in the Union Pacific. But for this transaction the cash in the treasury would have been $771,450 less than last month.- The cash in the treasury is classified as follows; T .V Gold, $194,0S9y200; silver, $507,650,382; paper, $105,756,181; bonds, disbursing of­ ficers' balances, etc., $38,907,251; total, $840,409,070; against which there are de­ mand liabilities amounting to $025,7-15,- 516, leaving the net cash balance $220,- 663,559.- ' The comparative statement of the Gov­ ernment receipts and expenditures shows that, the totar receipts for the month of November were $43,363,605, of which $18,194,01S was received from the reor­ ganization committee of the Union Pa­ cific Railroad, making the ordinary re- ceipTstfor the month $25,108,987. The total expenditures for November were $37,S10,838, of which $4,549,308 was cash in the Union Pacific sinking fund turned into the treasury and repaid to the appro­ priation from which it had been originally drawn for investment. Hence the mo-ntli's disbursements include this sum. The or­ dinary receipts for the month, therefore, were $25,168,987 and the. ordinary dis­ bursements $33,201,470, leaving a deficit of $S,092,483. The receipts from customs were $9,830,025, a falling off of about $100,000 as. compared with November, 1896. The receipts from internal revenue were $13,530,649, a gain of about $430,- 000 for the month. END OF THE SEASON. RIOT IN PRAGUE. Howling Masses Take Possession of the City. There' were ; fresh disturbances in Prague, Bohemia, Wednesday. The houses of Germans were bombarded with stones and a howling mob which gathered on Wensel-Platz had to be dispersed by infantry and cavalry. The university buildings were threatened by the rioters, and had to be protected by large bodies of p lice. During the afternoon the riots increased. The synagogue windows were smashed and the windows of the houses of Jews displaying German trade signs in several streets of the Jewish quarter. In spite of the military a large Czech mob made a descent during the evening upon the German quarter and plundered houses and shops in several streets. The furniture of a well-known German cafe was piled up iu the street and set on fire. When a detachment of troops approached to disperse the rioters the soldiers were greeted with showers of stones, broken glass and other missiles. The officer in command ordered his troops to prepare to fire, but at the urgent request of a police official the order was not carried into effect. Shortly after 9 o'clock a mob attempted to storm a cartridge fabtory at Zischow, a suburb of Prague, on the other side of the Moldau. Troops stationed at the fac­ tory poured a volley into the crowd. Sev­ eral persons were killed outright and oth­ ers were wounded. The same body of rioters set fire to a house at Zischow, but the flames were soon quenched. In va­ rious other parts of the city and the sub­ urbs windows were smashed and German sign boards demolished. It is said that the mob was incited by articles in the Czech newspapers and by false reports that the German students had organized an attack upon the Czech national thea­ ter. . TO IMPROVE CROP REPORTS. Statistician Hyde Pays the Present System Is Cumbrous. The annual report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture. John Hyde, was issued Wednesday. It is de­ voted mainly to criticism of the cumbrous and unbusinesslike crop reporting system that has been in use in the department during the last few years, and to recom­ mendations looking to an improvement of the system. Mr. Hyde states that his brief official connection with the division has been sufficient to impress him strongly with the extreme cumbrousness of the existing sys­ tem of crop reporting; with the fact that the information obtained is utterly in­ commensurate with the labor involved in its collection, and with the disadvantage under which the farmer labors in being placed in possession so much less prompt­ ly 'than other citizens of the Information which the department publishes from time to time concerning the condition of crops in this and other countries. REPORT AS TO ARMOR PLANTS Naval Board Files Its Findings with decretory Lons. The naval board appointed by authority of Congress to ascertain the cost of an armor plant made its report through Com­ modore Howell to Secretary Long Wed­ nesday. The cost of a plant suitable for the making of naval armor at the rate of about 0,000 tons per annum, which is fully equal to the capacity of both the existing private plants, is set down as about $3,750,000. No recommendation is made, but the board has accumulated much information as to the merits of va­ rious eligible locations. Secretary Long will now proceed to take the next step necessary to carry out the wish of Congress, namely, invite pro­ posals by advertisement for building such a plant as that designed for the use of the Government. It is expected that Con­ gress will be advised of the offers made by both the existing armor-making con cerns to sell out to the Government, and also of other interests to turn over plants, which, while not at all like the specifica­ tions of the board, will permit of altera­ tion into effective plants. Secretary Long wiH make it quite evident the Govern­ ment cannot undertake to make its own armor at the cost named as the limit of price to be pa.id to private firms in the last naval appropriation bill. PRAYERIFAILS TO HEAL. Carload of Canceled Mortgages. Charles Harris, a member of the Kan­ sas Legislature, is working up a scheme to collect and take to the Omaha exposi­ tion a car load of canceled Kansas inort gages. The Well-Trained Teams Have All Had Their Turns and Battled Manfully-- University of Chicago Defeats Mich­ igan-Wisconsin Beats Northwestern A For the All-Western 'Leven. Chicago Correspondence: OOTBALL in the West has closed what was apparent­ ly a most successful season. The big, well-trained football teams of the greater colleges have had their turns, battled manfully and are now prepared to set­ tle down and discuss re s-.u 11 s leisurely, football experts are sizing the field up, arid soon will be picking all Western elev­ ens until there will be as many offered up as there are so-called experts. The season has been exceptionally clean as far as rough work by the players themselves is concerned and consequently as far as injuries received. The umpires have.as a rule been stricter as regards "piling on" that most dreaded, feature of modern football. The referees have followed the ball so well that it is downed and the men lined up before an opportunity has been afforded for the rough work to "creep in. As a result of the season's work every­ thing points to Wisconsin's men as West­ ern champions and not even Stagg's pets eare"to dispute the claim, despite the won­ derful victory over Michigan Thursday by score of 21 to 12. Wisconsin cinched all claims to the title when her lively, well-trained canvas-backs snowed North­ western under by a score of 22 to 0 at Evanston Thursday. The West has been unusually weak in tackles. Holmes, Forrest of Wisconsin, Sweeney of Illinois, Lockwood of Michi­ gan, Mortimer and Webb of Chicago and Rlieighans of Lake Forest would certain­ ly be candidates for the all-Westem team. Of these, Holmes, for his work against Chicago, Minnesota and Northwestern in making holds, in defense work general­ ly, is perhaps the first choice, with Swee­ ney a close second. The cares of captain have weighed on Sweeney considerably, but in all he has more than held his own in the big games played, with the possi­ ble exception of the~Indian match. On the ends, the work of Michigan's and Wisconsin's ends, Dean and Ander­ son and Teetzel and Bennett, and that of Haniil, mark them as candidates. Sickles of Lake Forest, for a light man, has been much in the play, and on a heavier team might be considered. Of these, Bennett, Teetzel and Hamil and Dean would be the four to choose from. Hamil's work in the Michigan game in following kicks marks him something of a favorite. Teet- zel's work in driving the play in would mark him as a favorite. Bennett for ex­ perience and Hamil and Dean inter­ changeably seem to be the choice. Behind the line, - elver, Hunter, Schu- ler and Clarke are for quarter. Felver, barring two very bad fumbles in the Chi­ cago game, should have first choice. Hunt­ er, a good tackier, is too £low in running the game. Clarke fumbles badly, al­ though he got over the fault in the Mich­ igan game. Felver is perhaps the favor­ ite for general, hard, heady work, and the fact that he can be used as a full. For the backs, Herschberger,-' O'Dea, Gardiner, Peele, Johnston and Jackson of Lake Forest are perhaps the cream. Herschberger is the choice for full. Not only can lie punt, but in the interference, in line plunging and place kicking he would overshadow O'Dea, who is never in the play except, to kick. For halves, Peele and Jackson 'would make an ex­ tremely strong pair. Northwestern, losing to Chicago and Wisconsin by big scores, is out of the race. Michigan's defeat by Chicago, overawed by the mighty opposing full-back, yielded all claims in her only big game of the sea­ son. Poor Illinois, who was forced to compete for championship honors before her team had reached the climax of devel­ opment, was put out of the showing early when Chicago ran her down the field, Next to Wisconsin, Chicago has fairly won the right to stand a good second. After her Michigan and Illinois must dis­ pute for the honors of their place, with the advantages in Michigan's favor, be­ cause of cleaner, harder, all-around work to the last in the face of certain defeat. After Illinois must be placed Northwest­ ern, with her beefy eleven, with Oberlin following because of her showing against Michigan, and Purdue and Minnesota at the tail end of the procession. Miss Helen Ash Dies Despite Christian Science Theories. Several days ago Miss Helen Ash, the daughter of Mrs. I. N. Ash, living at 221 East Forty-seventh street, Chicago, was taken seriously ill. Mrs. Ash, %yho is a member of the IvertWood Club, and a firm believer in. Christian Science, decided that she would treat the illness of her daugh- Spain evidently is going to have a terri­ ble time trying to pacify Weyler. Schweiufurth lias decided to remove his "heaven" to Wisconsin. Of late he has been having the other kind Of a time near Rockford. John Coffee of Little Rock wants a di­ vorce. WTe don't know what the grounds are, but hope the Cpffee case can be set­ tled ^out of court. > Two chorus girls quarreled during a performance in. New York the other night and a dispatch says that one of them "was stabbed twice between the second and third acts." It evidently is a very serious ease. „' The Fargo Argus reports that "Indians have recently been seen hanging around the frontier villages." TliYce of them were seen hanging about. Williamsport the other day shortly after a mob had visr ited the county jail. - - The Spokane Sportsman-Review says: "Col. Coyote Bill killed a big mountain lion yesterday morning, then descended' the Rattlesnake river from his cabin in the mountains to Missoula and obtained a divorce in the afternoon." The colonel seems to have had a busy day. GREAT METHODIST CONGRESS. APPEAL IS REFUSED. • ' ! Ex-Banker Spalding's Motion for N«w Trial Is Denied. - * Charles Warreu Spalding, president and ' charged wrecker of the defunct Globe Savings Bank of Chicago, was sentenced by Judge Horton to the Joliet peniten­ tiary under the provisions of the indeter­ minate imprisonment act. For the crime of embezzlement of which the banker stands convicted, the extreme penalty is fifteen years, which may be shortened three years by good time, and has always, after the firsrt year,.the possibility of par­ don by the prison commissioners. W hen Judge Horton had finished read­ ing his opinion he asked the ex-banker if he had anything to say as to why sentence should not be passed upon him. Spalding arose and after standing fully a minute before the bar of justice said: • "Your honor, a great injustice has beeni done me. I am proud of my business rec­ ord in tliis city for the past thirty-three years. I yet maintain that not one cent of this money has ever been personal gain for me. I challenge any man in the city of Chicago or elsewhere to designate one instance when I did not honestly perform my duty. If you had permitted, Judge Horton, the testimony which twice ac­ quitted me to be heard by the jury which, sat before you in my last trial, I would have been freed on this charge as on the others, but you didu't and I stand con­ victed of a terrible crime. I am not guil­ ty, but humbly accept my sentence. That/ is all." In arriving at his opinion Judge Hor­ ton cited many cases, and although it was set forth in Spalding's last trial,1 that there was no intention on the part of i the accused of appropriating the money to' his own use, he held this was no excuse.! The prisoner had admitted during the trial that he had deposited with the First National Bank Macoupin County bonds belonging to the University of Illinois as security for his own personal check. The court held that when Spalding, who was at this time treasurer of the University of Illinois, tvook these bonds he became' debtor to the university for this amount." His failure to produce them when called upon made him an embezzler, and there­ fore subjected him to the full penalty of, the law. Inasmuch as the money was'- secured on the bonds given as security, the embezzlement was plain to the court, and his decision was in accordance with the admission of Spalding himself. j TO DIE FOR HIS CRIME. 1 Will Try to Find Out Whether the Church Fulfills Its Mission. A notable religious gathering of the Methodist Episcopal Church began a six days' session in Christ Church at Pitts­ burg, Pa. The call of the congress, which was signed by Bishojis Yincent, Ninde and Fitzgerald and many prominent Methodist educators, says: The congress does not propose to in vite or favor destructive criticism of ex­ isting institutions, but simply to bring out from persons representing different phases of intellectual activity a frank expression as to whether the church can meet any more fully than it does the de­ mands of our times, and, if so, wherein its activities may be modified or directed to advantage. The congress will not con­ cern itseif with questions of church policy, but with issues bearing upon the relation of the church to the thought and life of the people as affected by current scientific and literary teachings. The congress will aim to secure an adequate presentation of the tendencies of current scientific and literary teachings, and. also suggestions as to the best service to be rendered by the church in interpreting those tenden­ cies for the spiritual and intellectual ad­ vantage of its followers." FIRST BLASTS OF WINTER. Fnow Storm of Great Severity Sweeps Over Nebraska. A snowstorm of great severity swept over Nebraska Thursday night,' The weather was mild all day, with a drizzling rain. Toward evening the mercury drop ped to almost zero and a gale from the northwest swept the fine particles of snow in every direction. Not a great quantity of snow fell, but what there was piled in huge drifts, impeding all kinds of traffic. In the extreme western part of the State a regular blizzard prevailed, and great damage is threatened to stock interests, This is due to the fact- that the grass is covered with a hard coating of ice through which it will be quite difficult for cattle to break in order to secure food The great damage from the storm comes from the menace to the stock interests, The many. thousand sheep being fed in the State are in particular danger. Still, as long as the herds are housed, which is the case with most of the large bunches, great damage will not occur. The open range is the place where til# greatest loss will be certain. CHAS. VV. SPALBIXG. Martin Thorn to Be Electrocuted for the Murder of Guldensuppe. i Martin Thorn, on trial in Long Island for the brutal murder of William Gulden­ suppe, was found guilty by the jury and will die in the electric chair. Mrs. Nack, chis accomplice, will, it is said, plead gmlty and may be given twenty years in prison. Thorn, a barber, loved who in turn-had deserted her husband for William Guldensuppe, a bath at­ tendant. So iu this tra­ gedy three men have 51ARTIN THORN, been ruined by a woman ruined herself long before she met one of them. The husband betrayed, Gulden­ suppe murdered, Thorn to be electrocuted. She lives. Guldensuppe was in the way of Thorn, and the Nack woman had tired of him as ,-ell. Guldensuppe blacked the eye of Thorn and kicked him downstairs. The Nack woman held out her arms and Thorn returned. He talked of queer things and revenge on the. bath man. The woman lured Guldensuppe on June 25 to a cot­ tage at Woodside which she- and Thorn had rented. Guldensuppe entered while the woman lingered in the yard. Thorn killed him; and over his dead body Nack and Thorn worked severing the parts. These were scattered in the river. The police found some of them. Clews to the murderers were few. Thorn afterward talked to a barber, one Gotha. He told him what he had done, the deed of the Woodside cottage. Gotha kept silent for weeks. Then he spoke, and to the police. The Nack wom­ an and Thorn were arrested, the woman defying the police and never revealing her secret until ten days ago, when she told it on the stand and accused Thorn of the murder itself. Then Thorn accused her of the crime under oath. He made a so- called confession. The jury did not be­ lieve hinu • AS DECLARED BY ABDUL. Turk Not Responsible for Pillage af ^American Missions. The United States minister to Turkey, James B. Angell, has renewed the de­ mand of the United States for an indem­ nity from the Turkish Government for the pillage of the American missions at Khartoum, Marash and Ilaskongj. Arme­ nia. The porte denies any responsibility for the pillaging on the ground that the Government acted under the stress of un­ avoidable circumstances. Minister An­ gell, however, insists upon the Govern­ ment's responsibility, as Turkish troops and police participated in t4ie outrages. , Telegraphic Brevities. Amos Haveland, a farmer living near Allentown, N. .T., was killed by Clarence Doyle, a farm baud. The men had been drinking. j On a large cotton plantation in St. Francis County, Ark., eight negroes mur­ dered .Toe Miller, a cotton picker. Four® of them have been arrested. The first death in the new Astoria hotel at New York was that of William F. Bur­ den of Newport, L. I., who died while preparing to dine in his apartments. ,• Postoflice inspectors at Pittsburg, Pa., have arrested J. C. Hutchinson, a, carrier, for robbing the mails. He is believed to be a member of an organized gang. The fire in the Smuggler mine at Aspen, Colo., remains unconquered, and it is now conceded that it will require weeks, and Jerliaps months, before it can be sub­ dued. A new method of attack has been decided upon. Cawthra Mulock, the, 13-year-old son of the postmaster general of Canada, is to receive the entire estate of his aunt,~ Mrs. Cawthra. Mrs. Cawthra was the wealthiest woman in Canada. She died a few days ago. By her will she left an estate of $4,000,000 and the handsomest residence in Toronto to the boy.