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THE PLAINDEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. MCHENRY. OORN CROP NOT fliAN HALF RUINta | Iki New Republic In th« Pacific (Uj Bccofnlnd--Fifteen People Killed ln-a-MiHtr IOhA Wreek *• Yankee Cartridges. lis® S|$f 1 X. * «; «w* ||li lv'>. If ^ " Corn In Mexleo. view of the uncertain state of our own corn crop the following report, dated Aug. 1, to the Department of State, from ConsuljGeneral Crittenden, IN Mexico, is of interest: Up to the 1st of July it was thought the corn crop would to a failure and entail much suffering and make fur­ ther demands upon the treasury of this country to supply from the United States the deficiency in order to save many persons from starvation. In July heavy rains fell oyer the greater part of this repub ic. even Where no rains had fallen for several years. It is now believed that more than half a prop wiL le grown. The railroad otliciais have been encouraged to the belief that their business will be much improved by the late rains*- The rainy season was almost two months later than last season. ' Hawaii I« Rwogn I'd. | LETTER of congratulation aad jj#&eting from President Cleveland, in the name of the United States, is on the way from Washing-ton to President Dole 01 the Hawaiian Republic. The recognition of the new republic was finally decided upon this week and the message was framed and mailed through the regular channels. Al- thougu the customary secrecy which attends diplomatic matters has sur­ rounded the relations of the United States with the Hawaiian Republic since that country assumed its new form of government it is learned on the best authority that the: e has never been any doubt of President Cleve­ land's course in the matter and of his recognition of Hawaii as a de facto government. Awful Plange to Dentil* THE most disastrous wreck in the history of Nebraska occurred at 10:30 o'clock Thursday night, when theeast- bound Oklahoma and Texas express on the Chicago, Hock Island and Pacific plunged through an overhead bridge "fifty feet high into a creek five miles preat pang of counterfeiter* around I whom the Government detectives have { now succeeded in drawing the me&hes ; of the law. Chief Forsyth, of the i United States Detective Bureau in ' New York, will not give any informa- TLLTNOl<5 j tion as to the nature of the evidence • : in the possession of the Government, 'fearing it might interfere with the in?vm/\TQ T\r UT/1 TTTrF work of capturing the ether members JUllAJLV/U AW JLJM JiLlI JuUvJV. ; of the b&nd, of which Rustell D. Hoyt j and Samuel Massey, now in Ludlow • " •" - i street Jail, wv to be Members. It ' appears to be certain that the presses » &nd plates of the gang have been 1 found and confiscated. Some of the 1 platss are said to have been stolon from ^ 'fthe Government. The counterfeiters' form- i plant not only had the facility of turn- •rm~t i ing out $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 Treas­ ury notes, but also Government bonds ana securities, for which a market was found in foreign countries, particularly in England. Where this plftp$ was lo£at§.i is as yet, a mystery,"but one man, formerly a secret service detec- | tive at Washington. said the counter- : feiters had their money factory in some out-of-the-way place in Connecti­ cut, where they have made the spuri­ ous notes and c:ins for the. lpst ten years, growing bolder and increasing the volume of their output year by yea\ until agencies for the dissemina­ tion of false money had b?en estab­ lished in every large city of the Union. WESTERN* ^ ALVA H. GASSARD, for the Gassard Investment Company, at Kansas City, filed deeds of assign­ ment for the benefit of creditors. Ex- Postmaster F. B. Noffsinger is namad as assignee. The asset* are placed at $.'J21,M.r>0 and the liabilities at $197,283. Considerable business wai done in New England, where the heaviest !osers are located, and it is said many parties in the East were caught for large amounts. The company was organ­ ized in 1885 with a paid-up capital of $100,000 and dealt principally in bonds. The capital stock was subsequently rai-ed up into hundreds of thou-ands, but before the company's failure was reduced, at that time being te00,000. Bad loans and stringent times are said to have caused the collap e. HIGHWAYMEN made a bold attempt to rob a through Lake Shore express train early Tuesday m jAiing at Kess- ler's Siding. Ind. Shots were fired at the engineer, and train crew and the track had been blocked at two points with heaps of ties. ^The train nar­ rowly oscaped being wrecked. Twenty thousand dollars in gold were carried in one of the exp ass cars. The en­ gineer opened wide toe throttle of the locomotive and the ̂ train yassed in safety. The bullets fired by the high­ waymen flew wide of their mark. Thi^ is the same train that was held up at Kessler's about a year ago. Had the train been stopped it is not supposied that the robbers would have been suc­ cessful, as the c.ew were heavily armed Americans to serve either in the Chi­ nese or Japanese service while the two ffovernments are at war, so that the atter government cannot under any circumstances accept the offers. « . POLITICAL. . - HOT WINDS AND F20ST ESSft&,5*£8K SHUC CORN GOES SQAfilNG. may hold they will ultimately be | ' brought to justice. Wilsons confes-1 • ••m SUFFERING FRO USUAL: WEATHER. south of Lincoln, killing ten of the and the express cars were guarded by | I * ii 1 ' fit; |h A. VT\ ii «j tJi, VI I'l' passengers, all of the train crew but a brakeman, and wounding many others. It is not known what caused the disas­ ter. After the crash tire broke out in I wreck and cremated many bodies. j NEWS NUGGETS. JONAS CALDWELL, of Fayetieville, Ark., was killed by highwaymen. COXEY'S tramp army was arrested near Baltimore on a vagrancy charge. FRANK A. GOSLIE was arrested at Watefvliet, Mich., for counterfeiting 95 gold pieces. THE Cleveland, OhH. Window Shade Company has been placed in the hands of a receiver. UNOFFICIAL returns from the Ala­ bama election place the Democratic majority at 2ti,l2l. THE British House of Commons has passed the Irish evicted tenants' biil by a vote of 191) to 167. MCCORD, BRAGDON & Co.'s whole­ sale grocery at Pueblo,# Colo., buPned. Loss, $250,0^0; insured one-half. ATTORNEY GENERAL MOLONEY has declined to bring suit again&t the Illi­ nois Building and Loan Association of Bloomington. ACTION of the Milwaukee Common Oouncil in taking preliminary steps to municipal ownership of street railway lines is meeting with popular indorse­ ment. JAPAN has filed A protest with the armed men BY the actiop of the Chicago local unions of the American Railway Union the great strike has baen declared off upon all lines in Chicago with the ex­ ception of the Chicago and- Eastern Illinois and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe reads. This determination was taken at a mass meeting of rail­ road men held Sunday in Chlich's hall and is the result of a secret session of representatives from each local union, the question baing decided by ballot The order went into efiect on Monday morning. It reads: "By a vote of the looal unions of Chicago, thev have decided that the strike shall be declared off in the city of Chicago, with the exception of the local unions of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe roads, where it shall remain in full force." This order does not apply to railroad systems or to lines outside'the city." THERE was a panic in the corn pit on the Chicago Board ol Tiade Tues­ day. A week of excited corn markets reached a climax when there was an advance in September options of 7 cents inside of the first fifteen minutes of the session. Monday the delivery closed at 5:ii cents per bushel and within a quarter of aa hour atter the ringing of the bell declaring the board open Tuesday it had sold at i;0 cents. The closing price was 5 H cents per bushel. At the same time wheat, which^losed for September delivery at had advanced to 5tt£. Thus the unusual spectacle was presented of /'tI ; State Department at Washington j corn selling at Ii cents more per bushel u against the delivery to China of 10,- 0^/0,0 >0 rifle cartridges by a Connecti­ cut company. AT La Salle, TIL, in attempting to arrest a Polish miner named Joseph Schurman, a desperate character, two deputy sheriffs were wounded wiih sa­ ber thrusts and. Schurman was fatally ahot. AN autapsy on the body of Mme. Os­ borne, of i\ew York, a once noted opera singer, shows that she died of starvation. She had been deserted by her husband and evicted from her looms. SERIOUS riots have begun at the South Omaha packing houses. Men who wish to work are daily assaulted by strikers who are armed and com­ pletely surround the houses. Two hun­ dred special police ha\ e been asked for by the packing house managers. AFTER being shot twice through the heart by Lon Kennedy, of Oolagah, Cherokee Nation, Frank Sennettcocked his Winchester and shot his assailant dead. Sennett then expired and fell from his horse. The affair took place at the Shawnee wardance, on Hominy Creek, Ind. T. JUDGE HUTCHINS, of Cleveland, has •(knitted a woman to citizenship of "the United States, a judicial act with few if any precedents. The woman is iflrs. S. Louise Patterson, a court Stenographer. She was born in Weyaeh, Switzerland, and came to this country when 14 years old. FKED KANE, a German farmer near Vast Carondelet, Mo., was murdered by his wife and a hired man named : , ijjeorge Centre. ; I -1 DEPUTY AUDITOR GEORGE N.HINCK- of fifty-six pounds than sixty pounds of wheat would bring. There is no doubt as to the cause of the rise in value of c.rn< The continuous drought, ac­ companied. a* it has been, by a phe­ nomenally high temperature, has re­ sulted in such a damage to the crop that in tead of :V0'tUXW,Ot,0 bushels of corn, which was at one time promised, not even ^ alf of that quantity is now likely to be gathered. SOUTHERN. JUDGE BENNETT, of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, is reported dying at Cerulean Springs. H. M. BATES, a sanl dealery of Chat­ tanooga, Teun., ha* disappeared, and, it is believed, has been killed. ALBERT GUEST was fatally shot at Bard well, Ky., by the City Marshal. Guest was breaking into the railway depot. PETER WILLIAMS and wife, Lin- wood, Ark., went to church Sunday, leaving two children lccked up at home. The little ones burned the house and themselves. WASHINGTON. GOVERNMENT target practice has been prohibited on Sunday. Olicers who order it hereafter are to be court- martialed. ALL of the claims arising from the sale of lands in Kansas included in allotment*, made to thirty-two New York Indians, have been settled. The last was disposed of Tuesday, when Acting Secretary of the Interior Sims •DEMOCRATS of the Seventh Congressional District refused to in­ dorse Jerry Simpson. "GENERAL" CDXEY of commonweal fame opened his Congrocskmal 'cam­ paign Monday at Alliance, Chio. RESOLUTIONS were adopted at a massmeeting of Pcpulists at Topeka, Kan., demanding that the State Cen­ tral Committee withdraw Gov. Lewel- ling's name from the ticket • _ -'JSPpsSMWrr-W*- -----wp . • • - FOREIQN, .. , ,,%?<•••'.• f $ ii • " •***«*¥ ,, THE Emperor of China, tested Li ^Hung Chang of the yellow jacket in consequence of supposed remissness in prosecuting the war. Twenty thou­ sand Chinese have crossed the Yellow River, and 8.000 have left Mouyden for Seoul. Double pay has been promised to ships' officers as a douceur. PUT on trial for his life Thursday; sentenced to death Friday. That, in a sentence, is the story of the trial of Cesario Santo, the assassin of Presi­ dent Carnofc. From the beginning to the end of the trial the murderer was detiaut. He was impertinent to the judge and insolent in manner and words. He denied nothing as far as his own guilt was concerned, but rather gloried in the crime, and reviewed the details of it without a tremor in his voice or a sign of emotion. But he re­ fused to reveal any of the secrets of the anarchists o • to say a word that would inculpate any one el6e; in fact, he expressly denies that any one con­ spired with him, and in open court contradicted witnesses who swore that he had told a differ­ ent story to them. He conduct­ ed himself with brazen effrontery and practically made no defense what­ ever, even refusing to permit any plea of insanity to be made in his behalf. He said that he was responsible for what he had done; that he fully real­ ized thd consequences of his act; and that he Only regretted that ho had tried to' run away after delivering the fatal blow. Even the death sentence was greeted with the exclamation: "Vive la revolutione sociale." IN GENERAL ISARE ROY, a prospector, was mur­ dered by an unknown person at his camp near Edmonton, Man. E. M. BYERS, the Pittsburg million­ aire. whQjitjU claimed, had been spir­ ited away, .by his brothers, and wav subsequently found in Japan by de­ tectives employed by his wife, ha* mys­ teriously uisappeared from a St. Joseph (Mo.) hotel. A TCESDAY dispatch from Quebec pays: The city is in the hands of a mob. How completely so may be judged from the fact th>t Protectant mis­ sion houses have been wrecked in three different ] arts of the city by a body of rioters variously esti­ mated at from 3.000 to 5,000, and that the police either could not or would not make a single arrest. The mob was altogether French-Canadian. The Irish Catholic* held aloof. It was a cowardly mob. It did not start out to fight fighting men, but to attack women and missionaries. The rioters all belonged to St. Roch's and St. Sauveur. They were doubtless in­ flamed by utterances of Le Lec- teur, a t'rench newspaper, which described a Baptist mission house in the French Canadian suburbs of St. R jch's as a Salvation army bar­ racks. and in a reference to murderous assault* committed in Quebec streets some years ago upon members of the army, said: "The Salvation army girls have short memories. They will re­ main quiet if they know what is good for them, and not attempt the conquest of the population of St. Roch's." THE clubs of the National and West­ ern Leagues stand4 a* follows in the championship race: NATIONAL LEAOUB. l>cr| - : L. cent.I ' V. 81 .618 Brooklyn...49 til .640 Cincinnati .41 84 .611 Chicago 40 37 .67i) St. Louin.. .38 41 .M»j Louisville. 30 HJ .630lw«shl(lfft'll2t WESTEBX LEAGUE. Perl L. cent. I W. 31 .«27 Grd Rapidsil 3A .67X|lndi'n'p'liBH» 3A .f.C6i Detroit S> 39 .63C|Mllw«akee.'iS R G. DUN & Co.'s weekly review of Trade says: important change In the state of business is near at bund. When Congress acts on the tariff question one way or tho other it is certain to Rive relief from pres­ ent paralyzing uncertainties, and cause Borne increase in business, at least for a time. So inuch business has been deferred during the past year and merchandise etouks have been so roduced that the mere 'approach of a decision, without certainty what It Is to be. has encouraged large preparation for Increased business. In spite of outgoing gold and sinking treas­ ury reserves, small railroad earnings, some injury to crops, and increased trouble In the coke renlons. the tone and outlook are more hopeful. The Injury to <^ODB by hot winds and draught, if as great as some re­ port will affect nil interests, but at this season it is'never easy to distinguish be­ tween local and general damage. While the North li Praying for Bain the South Suffers from Unusual Preelplta- . -SVasts Prevail Wlwe€«oi Weather Kever Uefore Appeared in AngOst, sir.n clearly illustrates that, the crime ALMOST. A PANIO ON THE was committed by the political enemies , of Gen. Tarsney and that the criminalsj1 were not the outcasts of the Bull Hill j army, but men of higher standing in ' the community, CAGO BOARD OF TRADE. INVESTIGATING THE STRIKE. w. Boston !>1 Bultiinore..F.6 New York. .54 Cleveland. .49 Pitt sbnrK. .48 Phll'delp'a.44 W. BiouxCity.M Toledo is Minne'p'lis47 Kansas C'y.45 i t<.eent. 4 4 . 1 1 47 .466 48 .453 84 .411 f» Jfc>7 M . .294 Per L. eent. 44 .48*2 45 .4(4 61 .407 Si .338 MARKET RBPOF.TS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime..., $> GO held that Michael Gray had an inter- est in the lands on his own account and XiEY, of Latah County, Idaho, is in jail through the allotment to his mother, >,000. rging warrants to the mi •mt'- dharged with •mount of %15 ; GOLD ore assaying $42,000 a ton ha< I 64- , .i ' lieen discovered in a lode near Mosea. I Colo. 'I RELAY ticycle riders en route from u "^Washington to Denver entered Illinois ! a,J i f^venteen hours ahead of time .4 j", 'l4<r. ,i • j J*1. EASTERN.' , u ^ ' "A CHINESE daily newspapar ap> ; j^eared in New York Friday. The pa- ff'f'• • 1 #©r consists of one sheet, 14x18 inches, S1; • printed on both sides, four columns to f • the page. Yung Kwai, a Yale gradu- f^xi> , . • pte, is the editor, and W. J. Hanley Jv 4>nd "Steve" Lingard are the publish- 7* "#rs. The name of the paper is The Un- 1 * interrupted Roar of the Fiery Trum- I of the God of War. This name ^ , *j|rill probably puzzle the newsboys. ; ft' A MILLION DOLLARS' worth of spuri- pl* Treasury notes, it is estimated, been put into circulation by the Mary Ann Gray, and he will aceord- inglyreceive a'shave of the proceeds. The cases have been pending before the Interior Department for practically twenty years. SEVERAL hundre l letters containing tenders of service to the Japanese Gov­ ernment in the present war with China have been 1 eeeived at the legation in Washington. They come from nearly j WHEAT--No. 1 Red every part of the United States. One < COBN--NO. A of the latest was from an ex-(3onfeder- ate at Greenville, Miss., offering to raise a battalion and even a regiment of men if desired at that place and New Orleans: another was from the foreign legion of Cleveland, Ohio; a third came fro.n an individual who was willing to raise a company , of sharpshooters, and a fourth was ffbm a person who had some torpedo device he was willing tc part with for a con­ sideration. Such communications as tho last mentioned are turned over to the naval attache of the legation to do with as he deems bast. To the others the legation officials return polite dec­ linations. It is a penal Iter Hoos--Shipping Grades 4 00 SHEEP--Fair to Choice. 2 00 WHEAT--No. aRed 63 CORN--No. J 83 OATS--No. 2 30 RYE--No. 2 45 HUITER--Choice Creamery m EGGS--Fresh 11 POTATOES--New. por bu to INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping v Hpos--Choice Light 8BffgP*~Comn]bn to Prime WHEAI--NA.2 Red CoBfc--V6. ii White 0 Atfs--No.,2 White T ST. LOUIft CATTLE.".... BOGS 1.... WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--NO. 2 ...... OATS--No. 2 ; RXE--No. X CINCINNATI. CATTLE HOOS HHEEP WHEAT--No. 1 Red «... CORN--No. 2 Mixed OATS--No. 2 New RXE-NO.2...;. DETROIT. CATTLB HOGS WHKAT-NO. i White CORN--No 2 Yellow.. OATS--No. 3 White.....--..... TOLEDO, 1. Yellow 1 OATS--No. 2 White RIE-NO. 2 BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 White No. 'i Red CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring CORN--No. a OATH--No. 2 White BABLEY No. 2 RYE--No. L L'OKK--Mesa NEW YORk. CATTLE Hoos........... BHBEF WHEAT--No. V CORN--No. 2 OATS--No 2 White..... B UTTER-- Creamery.......... Vnmt* State... 9 6 00 i i H <& 3 75 <9 54 m u & 81 46 & 1* & « 2 00 & 4 80 4 0) & ft 00 2 00 iS 8 00 . 45 «a 44 . 47 0 48 83 a S3)* soo 0 4 75 -a oo <§ 8 25 4*> •(J? 60 CI 30 & Si 43 & a Com Is Barnlng Up. The report* to Prof. W. L. Mosre, at tne Chicago weather Btation, as to the condition of crops throughout the country and the general innuence of weather on growtn, cultivation and harvest made by the directors of the different State weather services of the United States Weather Bureau, are as follows: Illinois--Temperature below . normal. sunshine above normal and rainfall below aud badly distributed, in some sections none belug received. Late rains bene ticial lo corn, pastures and gardeaa Wheat and oat thrashing still progressing, Home plowing tor wheat. . 1 Indiana--Few local sboaers and cool' weather benefited corn In good soil; that Jn light ana clay ground needs rain much. Wheat and oat thrashing continued; yield good. Wisconsin--First of week hot and last cool, with light frosts on Ud, Injuring cran­ berries considerably. No rain except light local showers. Corn aad potatoes perma­ nently injured by drought and generally past help Pastures dried up in all sec­ tions anu dairies suffering severely. Iowa--Partial relief was afforded last week by local showers and low tempera­ ture, but the drought Is unbroken. Corn fuid other ynharvested crops steadily los­ ing ground. Minnesota -- Drought unbroken, bat cooler, with light frosts Thursday and Fri­ day dolnK slight damage. Harvest well aiong. Wheat yielding belter than ex­ pected. Corn, potatoes and pastures dry­ ing. £outh Dakota--Continued drought, bub cooler. Wheat, oats, and barley harvest will be completed this week. Except In . scattered localities, drought injury to corn, flax, and millet irreparuble. and farmers cutting corn for fodder. Hay light and scarce, and potatoes suffering. Kansas--Cooler weather, with good rains, except in the northern halves of the mid­ dle and eastern divisions, have improved crop conditions. Outside of rain belts crops not improved, pastures are brown, and prairie tires have occurred. Oklahoma--Temperature below normal; local showers over greater portion of every section, admitting of plowing for fall wheat. Grass and pastures improving, cotton shedding slightly. Ohio--Local rains uave benefited corn, potatoes and tobacco c.onsiderably, but the distribution wus very Irregularly made. Corn on low ground promises well, but on hilly ground, especially in north part of (state, the damage is irreparable. Wheat yield Is good. Tobacco doing welL Fruits scarce and of poor quality. Nebraska -- Scattered showers have helped corn In small areas; generally corn slightly poorer condition than a week ago; hay a very light crop; much corn being cut for fodder. . * Missouri--Rainfall badly distributed and •he drought continues in many counties. In southwest section corn in good condi­ tion, with prospects tor whole crop; In other sections It has Improved in some counties, while others show a decline. Michigan--Drought still on and corn, po­ tatoes, beans and pastures suffering se­ verely; some corn being cut for fodder; corn deteriorating. Light frost 3d and 4th did slight damage, Arkansas--WeeK particularly favorable for all crops; cotton fruiting abundantly; early corn about laid by; another rain needed to make late corn; both plantings are fine; lar?e crop sweet and Irish pota­ toes and watermelons. Kentucky--Local raine Improved corn and tobacco In some sections, but in others these crops are seriously affected by drought, especially upland corn; forward tobacco being topped; pastures very poor; hemp standing drought well; potatoes im­ proved. North Dakota--All small grain has been seriously damaged by drought, particular­ ly wheat, the berry of which has been shrunken • by 1 remature ripening; corn and potatoes suffering except in a few lo­ calities; pasture* drying up; harvest nearly half finished. Poor Outlook for Corn. The past week has been o'r.e of ex­ cessive rainfall over the greater por­ tion of tho Southern States, while showers in some sections quite suffi­ cient to relieve the drought fell over the middle Atlantic and New England States. In portions of the Carolinas, Georgia, and over a large part of Texas weakly rainfalls ranging from four to six inches are rororted. More than the usual rainfall has also occurred in northern Michigan anl over limited areas in the central Ohio and central Mississippi vallevs; but over much the greater po. tion of the coun­ try from the Alleghanies westward, in­ cluding the principal corn states, little or no rain fell during the week, and the drought condition previously reported in that region has in some sections be come more serious. Unusually low temperatures occurred over the central vailey, Gulf States, lake region and New England, many stations reporting the lowest temperatures yet recorded during the fir^t decade of August, light f.oht? occurred in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, causing con- J iderable damage. While lowland corn has improved somewhat during the week in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, the showers that> have fallen in these States have been insufficient to help the crops in the uplands. In Michigan, Iowa, Ne­ braska, and South Dakota the condi­ tion of the corn, except over very lim­ ited areas, is more serious than wa3 re­ ported last week, and it is being cut for fodder in Siuth Dakota, Nebraska, and Michigan. Throughout the South­ ern States corn is reported as in excel­ lent condition, and a fine crop is prac­ tically assured in South Carolina, Geor­ gia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Upon the whole reports as to the condition ot cotton continue favorable, although too much rain has interfered with pick­ ing in Texas, and caused shedding and rust to t-ome extent in South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The cranber y crop, which has pre­ viously su -ta ned injury from forest fires in New Jersey and Wisconsin, ha) been further damaged in the last^ named ^tate by recent frosts. In Ohio tobacio is suffering seriously from drought. Spring wheat harvesting is progiessing rapidly, and will be com­ pleted in South Dakota this week. In Minne-ota the yield is better than wa* expected, but in North Dakota the berry ha6 been shrunken by premature ripening. toiatlve Value* of tkt Tbre* LMdlnf Cereals--August Cora and Wheat Ml «^ether~flialift'"-i^; CheapestFeedlnf Prodaet. , - • Tlie Commission Appointed I>y President I Cleveland Now In Session. The commission appointed by Presi* Corn 81_t_ c#int- -dent Cleveland last week, which is to > »rhk~ aimnat * muri* «. investigate the strike of the American ® ^ almost a panto 00 ---- Railway Union, and Chicago Board cf Trade on Tuesday which consists ol morning, as corn and wheat went soar- DOINGS OF CONGEE ̂ f, I. MUSURE8 CONSIDERS***# ACTED UPON. |U the Nation's Capital--What Is Don* by the Senate and Hoose Old Mat­ ters Disposed Of and Kew tlnes Coiurtd- -Oarroll IX Wright, United States Com­ missioner of Labor; John D. Kernan, of Utica; and Judge N. E. Worthington, of Peoria, 111., held its first session in Wash­ ington, to map out plans for its work. These men have an important mission to eiwmoi'i" i>rwniGHT. perform. The ques­ tion is, what can be done to prevent strikes, lock-outs and boycotts as methods of settling industrial contro­ versies? The facts of our recent dis- turbanc3S should be investigatad, set forth and commented upon with a view to the practical solution of this, the greatest problem of the period. Carroll D. Wright is the chairman of the commission. Born in New Hampshire in 1810, he studied law, but the war breaking out he gave up h's stud­ ies and fought for hi3 country. At its close he wa; admitted to the bar. He early interested himself in the workingmen, and. when he removed to Massachusetts and became a State sena­ tor, he secured the passage ot various beneficial bills. From 1873 to 1878 he was the chief of the StateN* ^ORTHINaTON« bureau of labor statistics and, after holding variou s other important offices, he was made Chief of the Department of Labor at Washingten by President Arthur in 1885. He is a Kepubllcan. No man in the country is better versed in labor matters, Judge N. E. Worthington is a . resi­ dent of Peoria, 111. He was horn in. Brook County, W. Va., in 1837. He was graduated at Al­ legheny College, Mead ille, Pa., and became a school teacher in Illinois in 1858. In I808 he be­ came Superinten lent of the schools of Pe­ oria and Tazewell Counties, serving un­ til le72. Afterward he studied law and wa? admitted to the bar. In I8c2 he was _ elected to Congress JOHN I>. KERNAN. by the Democrats, and served several terms. He was elevated to the banch of the Circuit Court in 189J, and has still several years to servo. Judge Worthington was one of the delegates-at-large to the last Democratic nat onal convention. He has the gift of eloquence to a marked degree. John D, Kernan, the remaining member of the commission, is a native of New York State. Mr. Kernan is not widely known through­ out the country, but in his own State is liked and respected. He is an au­ thority on labor matters. Mr. Kernan lives at A der Creek, ne^r Utica. REV. DR. E. H. STOKES. tng. At last, says a Chicago corre spondent, the professional traders have j come to the conclusion that the fa.Bi­ ers know at least a little something re- * garding the condition of their crops, | and they are climbing over each other 1 in their eagerness to get in line in the processim. When the trading closed Monday nighr, September corn stool at 53i cents and May closed at 49 cents. Rain was predicted for the corn be t, and the traders went heme feeling that the worst was ov.er and that there would soon be a collapse. The feeling disap­ peared in the morning, w e i i was found that no rain had fallen, and that all Appearances pointed to a continu­ ance of t-e dr ught. No sooner had the trading opened, therefore, than t ?e corn pit became a scene rivaling Bedlam. So eager were the brokers ta te in the hunt that ' offers ra lging all tho way from 54f to ! 58 cents for Septemb3r were made at j the ame time. Within five minutes the price had been pushed to 60 cents, and j ttill the demand from the shorts ap­ peared unsatisfied. Hundreds of thou­ sands of bu hels were sold at the top figure and at the diiferent notches down tj 58. So rapid was the lise that, one bi oker said, one of his cus­ tomers, with only a email line of corn sold at over 50 cent s, had lost a cool $M),000 in the first tive minutis of the market. JEither corn is 1oo high or wheat is tOD low is the proposition which is be­ ing laid down ih all quarters, and the course of the market Monday con­ vinced the people who eel that the cereals are at preseat en aa abnormal relative basis. Actual sales were made of No. 3 white corn at a premium of 2 c over No. 3 red winter wheat and of No. 2 white oats at pricss which represent 2le per 100 pounds more than the going price of No. 2 red winter wheat. The September options of corn and wheat sold on the Chicago market within 1 fc of each other, and the Au­ gust options together wl h corn mak­ ing a net gain for the day ol 3*c, against a narrow 5c for wheat. Satur­ day a Toledo house quoted the two cere­ als in opsn market as follows: ' ' ! '11: ;• V: Wheat. Liverpool, i... New New Engli Toledo Chicago 8t. Louis.... Illinois Iowa Nebraska.... ...8SJ6 .....;--to 45 42 40 Com. 62 60 H» 61 49 46 60 60 nil. E. H. STOKES. President of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association. The Fev. Dr. Elwocd H. Stokes is President of tho Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Ass' ciation. The Ocean Grove Camp Meet­ ing, which is of na­ tional, and almo-t world-wide fame, is held in August each year, and is attended by many thousands of persons. Dr. Stokes is 80 years of age. He was born in New Med ford, near Phi'alelphia, and as his parents were orthodox Qua­ kers, he was brought up in that faith. When quite young he wont to Phila­ delphia* as an apprentice to a book­ binder. and at this time became a member of the Methodist church. He studied for the ministry and it is just fifty-one years since he delivered his first sermon. While pastor of the State street church in Trenton, Dr. Stokes started the movement that re­ sulted in the organization of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association. PLAQUE VICTIMS REACH 40,000. Cholera Make* Its Appearance In Canton and Adds to th* Devastation. Some idea of the feeling entertained by the Chinese toward foreigners who have caused anxiety for the safety of American missionaries is given in the repo: tof t e Canton plague received at the marine hospital bureau in Wash­ ington. Consul Charles Seymour, writing under date cf June % says: "Natives are trying to blame foreign­ ers for the plague, and have started riots in Canton and the surrounding country." . The consul reports that the plague does not fee in to yield to medical treatment, that the mortality is 5 ) per cent, of the cases, anl that the deaths since March 1 number at least 40,000.« Cholera has made its appearance in Canton in an epidemic form, but it is not yet so threatening as to cause spe­ cial precautions to b3 tiken against it. VOTE IN ALABAMA. PLOT TO TAR TARSNEY. Toll A Kansas City firm reports having sold No. 3 hard winter at 52 c at the Mississippi, with a corresponding grade of corn at 51c. if all grain is to get down to a feeding basis the extra 4 f>ounds in a wheat bushel will cut no neons iderable figuie. Corn, cat<, and wheat are all now felling on the market at prices which represent about $18 a ton. To sell on exactly this basis the respective quotations j would stand 51.:'c, 28.8c, ana 54c re-j spectively. Wheat to-day is consider­ ably cheaper per ton than the coarse grains. .lust where the disparity between the corn and wheat prices lie is, of course, where the difference of opinion comes in. There are any amount of people who still in­ sist that a good rain would break the back of the corn market, who think that the weather noted i? not essenti­ ally different from a year ago, and who look for a good average crop in face of past reports. Those who assume that serious corn damage has been done and that the crop will be short all around can scarcely ffive a 1< gical reason why wheat should be going at the lowest prices ever known. Any general use of wheat to make up for corn shortage will introduce an element which win upset all previous calculations as to de­ mand and supply. Wheat feeding has passed out of tue experimental stages in many sections. A corn famine and consequent consumotion of lower grades of wheat might temporarily take the United States out of the list of wheat oxporting countries. i.itt.le- Old Corn on Hand. The poor crops of the la t two years have reduced the amount of old corn on hand, until there remains but little on *the market. The advance in corn has led many board members to sell wheat and to invest in May corn, an almost unprecedented proceeding. The following tables show the prices of grain now compared with those of a year ago. The closing prices of ca h wheat and corn on Monday in New York, Chicago, and St Louis were: Wheat. Com. Kew York....... ;.....67c 6fo Chicago «s%o 69 Ho 8t. Louis 61 >0 Price of whoat, corn, and oat3 per ton: i inn. Wheat DO Corn 13 0* Oats 12 85 1891. $17 00 ix 90 19 00 @19-00 One of the Conspirators Makes Confession of the Conspiracy. A Denver dispatch says that Joe R. Wilson, the El Paso County Depiity Sheriff who was captured by Adjt. Gen. Tarsney in Missouri, Has made a full confession of the tarring and feathering and given to Chief of Police Armstrong the names of all of the men connected with the outrage committed in Colorado Springs a few weeks ago. Wilson was brought back to Denver I by Oitcer Cross and placed in the city 1 jail. On the train going to Colorado > Sprinsrs he told everything he knew of | the affair. In his *tory of the experi-o ences of the eventful night the names of Sheriff Bowers, Deputy Sheriff Bob ' Mullina, and CaDt. Saxton, of the Colorado Springs military compan/, were often mentioned. Ho confirmed the story that a murderer out of the El Paso" County , ail was allowed to help tc put tar and feathers on Colo­ rado's Adjutant G neral. Every detail of the tar and feathers affair is now in """ -v!" • :' V" - '-.let'1 ; * Democrats Claim a Victory by Twenty Thtosanrl. 1 > j According to Montgomery, Ala., dis- ! Batches Oates an i the Democrats made eavy gains all over the State. The latest returns say that the Senate will have at least eight Democratic majori­ ty and the House not l^ss than ten. The official vote will make Gates' ma­ jority as much as .'if-,OX', and increase the strength in both branches of the Legislature. The vote is short of that of 1892 by 40.0 H» OF 5 I,IJ00 on account of the election law tried for the first time. PRESIDENT DIAZ has named a corn- mi-sioh of leading Mexican scientific men to make a comple.e survey of tae fam us volcano of Popocatepetl. . A company of Philadelphia capitalists ha<: been gi\ en an out on on the voleano for the sum of $5-0,1)00. A POSSE of deputy sheriffs in pur­ suit of a band of Nebraska cattle thieves captured William Campbell, the leader, and Allen Jones near Santee agency^/Nebraska. THE warship Captain Pratt has been ordered tot aliao to protect endangered Chilian interests. Sparks'from the Wires. A "CITIZENS' LEAGUE" has bean or­ ganized at Muncie, Ind., to enforce the Sunday observance laws. PAUL A. KCERBER became insane at a Eufaula, Ala., revival and insisted on preaching the sermon himself. Miss SADIE WOODCOCK, a school teacher, was fatally injured at Savan­ nah, Mo., by a fall from a hor^e. THE manufacturers of South Bend, Ind., entertained the State Republican Editorial Association with drives about the city. HATTIE WALTERS, a dime museum giantess, died at Camdea, N. J. Sne weighed 590 pounls. OSCAR MORTON shot and killed Hi­ ram Wilson near Oa^dale, Ky. The cau-e of the shooting was a Whitecap whipping. A PORTION of tho right of way cf the Kansas City, St.6 Joseph and Coun­ cil Bluffs Boad at Winthrop, Mo., was swallowed up by the Mississippi l iver. THE Christian Church cf Valparaiso, Ind., has accepted the resignation of the Rev. J. H. o. Smith, aiid will call ex-Gov. Ira J. Chase to rhe pastorate. GEO. C. CTMMINGS, residing near Hcney Berd. Ill, was found dead near the Wabash Ra lr ad tracks. It is supposed that he was killed by the cars. JOHN R. BRENNAN, suspected of 1 e- ing the assassin Of Eugene Byrnes-was released at Terre Haute, Ind. Fore­ man Brown, who saw the killing, tailed to identify Br.nnaa as the as­ sassin. The Senate and House. The last of the appropriations, the 4** ficlency bill, was passed by the Senate Fri- day evening after It had been under dis­ cussion nearly the entire day. The House hill for the protection Of persons furnish­ ing materials and labor for the constrao tion of public works was passed. The House spent a large portion pf the' day discussing two bills, one for reclassification of the railway mail clerks and one for the classification of clerks in the first and second cl^ss post- pffices, but neither was acted cpon. The conference report on the river and hartyyr bill was agreed to without division. An Evening session was devoted to pension bills. The bill for the restriction ot immigra­ tion, better known as the anti-anarchtat bill, was passed by the Senate Monday. In the House Mr. Johnson, as a matter ot privilege, presented the memorltil of the central Labor Union Of Cleveland praying - for the Impeachment of Augustus 1 Hicks, United States Judge of the Northern District of Ohla The me­ morial recited the charges against Judge Kicks (already published), al­ leging misappropriation of fees amount­ ing to $1,105, alleging other "crimes, mis­ demeanors, and corruptlou," for which im­ peachment proceedings were prayed. The memorial was referred to tho Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Johnson has requested the Judiciary Committee to g've It con­ sideration as soon as possible Judge Kicks issued one of the first injunctions against the railroad employes in the Ann Arbor strike. . Toe Senate held a short and uninterest­ ing session on Tuesday, adjourning at 2:43 pi m. The most important event was the passage of a resolution directing the Pres­ ident to take steps for the release of Amer­ ican citizens confined In the Island of Cuba for participation in the recent re bell-' ion#. Senator George offered additional amendments to the uniform bankruptcy bill as it passed the House. Preference to< debts due to servants and laborers is iim-, lted to those for labor done within onej year. Those debts due to any person aris-j ing from the debtor's dealing with the per-: son while a minor as executor or guardlanj are excepted f:om the preference* Pro­ vision is made for auditors to be uppoinied by courts for carrying out the business in­ trusted to them under the act and their powers and duties are defined. Oaths may be administered by authorized State offi­ cers. Dockets must be kept with records! of cases. The House Judiciary committee)' has decided to report against the admls-| sion of Japanese to citizenship. In vet.o-j ing the bill for the relief of Eugene Wells.i President Cleveland gave Congress hlsf views on special legislation for the retire-, nient of army officers. ' i In the House Wednesday Mr. Bailey,, from the Committee on Judiciary, as a: matter of privilege, presented a resolutionj providing for an investigation by that; committee of the charges against Aujustusl J. Kicks, United States Judge of the Dis­ trict Court of Northern Ohio. The resoiu-; tiOn was agreed to without division. Mr .j Myer, from the Committee on Mllitia.i called up a bill to promote the efficiency ofl the militia. It provided for an elaborate) systemof national defense, including in the| militia all able-bodied citizens of the. United States between the ages of 18 and ,45, the organized militia to be known as, the national guard and the unorganized asj the reserve tnilllta. 1 he morninz hour1 expired without action on the bill A num­ ber of Bouse bills were passed In the ten-; ate, among ihem one to open certain aban­ doned military reservations. A bill to pre­ vent Jobbylner, and which carries heavy penalties, was tatioduced in the Senate by Mr. Allen. After a session lasting only a little more than an hour and a half, during which no business of any importance was transact­ ed. the Senate adjourned Thursday." A House bill to revise the section of the lie- vised Statutes which requires proof of loy­ alty as a prerequisite in applications for bounty lands was considered, but such op­ position was developed that no action was taken upon it 'I hd House passed the timedebaiing a bill calculated to increase the efficiency of the militia of the various States. . ' ' • -,'i 1 ^ How They Title Themselves, r ' The Presidents of the so-called re­ publics to the south of us are as much addicted to high-sounding, nonsensical titles as are any Oriental potentates. Carrera when President of Guatemala called himself tho "Intimate of Provi­ dence." The actual t resident of Vene­ zuela, Crespo, is calle:l "The Hero of Dutv*n and his predecessor, Guzman Blanco, who made $20,0 .0.0 JO out of his long ]ob, called himself "The _ Illustri­ ous American," and at ene time had himself elected Senator from so many States that he was half the Senate, Dr. Francis, the Paraguayan dictator, dubbed himself "The Virtuously Incor­ ruptible Eternal." and Garcia Moreno, of Ecuador, who had a religious streak, took for his title, "The Sword of the Heart of Je^us." General Roca, of Ar­ gentina, was "The iiger of the Pam- * pas. • . This Tpse Has a Temper. . Arizona boasts of many strange things, but perhaps the queerest of them Js a tree with a temper. It is about twenty-five feet high, and its leaves lesemble porcupine quills. When this tree is in a good humor these leaves lie close to the branches, and it spreads a pleasant aromatic odor all around. But when it is angry every leaf on the tree rises up on end, and the aspect of that particular piece oi timber is about as fierce and threat­ ening as anything you would care to look at. The pleasant resinous odor the tree sends forth in its peaceful mood gives way to an odor that will put wings on your feet to place as lxmch distance a* you can between the* offensive tree and yourself. . | f Drums Made of Aluminum. • Aluminum drums are proving mofct successful in tho Prussian military bands. Not only are they lighter than the ordinary kind, but they are sai 1 to give out a mu.h richer and fuller 1 ,AD0LPH BRENNER, 24" y^ars old, .hang.d himself in thj Raymond et-eit Sil in Brooklyn, N. Y. Brenner, so of the George H. Smith - ® yP° ° Vaillant DR. P. A presidency of the George College in Sedalia, Mo. Nashville Is Noted. Nashville is the first city in the for hard wood lumber, and the largest milling city in the S uth. Chicago Herald Proverbs. , " f*| WEAK parents breed ingrates. 1 A THING in print is past control ,j WHAT time lends death borrow*1 , j MEN fall often, women but onc% TRUE love is .virtue's breastplati. PETTY expenses have rats' teeth. THE devil's dirt makes a poor dam. NATURE'S weapons seldom miss fire. A ZEALOT tries to split hairs with a club. " SUCCESS has no time to watch the clock. . THE miser's golden cup In wave empty. > • THERE is no lifting power in strong drink. CAPITAL and cowardice counsel to­ gether. IF some dogmas we true falsehood i», eternal. • * A STRAIGHT read is the easiest "traveled. THE richest men are not the most mourned. Too MUCH rest has tired many a man to death. " . THE pulpit is supposed to be heavena (entry cox. / , j v , 1 ;• I ISM * ;