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Editor *nd Pub. KrHBWBY. ILLINOr«. "WILL DIVIDE PROFITS *A*LROAD AND COAL COMPA^ „ NIES GET TOGETHER, *7**. • • _ _ - •' •h Men KttM at • Detroit Fire--Re- ot tike Army the TMUMMM-- tteMt MM* of » ChleMT° Credit St To Bevlve the Coml Mining In da* try. BLOCK coal operators who control 80 „ . percent, of the 1,250,000 tons annual •> output ot this quality cf Indiana coal have entered into what is practic­ ally a partnership with the Chi­ cago and Eastern Illinois Rail­ road Company. The operators were losing their trade in Chicago because forced to pay $1.10 a ton ®?S' they were freight. The basis of the new relation is for the operator t Jfix acost price for , T --- - , . . . ^ his COJI on the cars at the mine, while j killed nun instantly, ^fi|8 t amin order to ex tor tn ioney SMtar feer . . .BANK EXAMINER VAN T^EIATKN has closed the First Nationil lit Fay- etteville, N. Y., after an invoatl Ration into its affairs. The off cers are cen­ sured for carrying credit slips instead of currency and for having loaned con­ siderable si ms to officers of the bank without security. Cor. C JCKERILL, has sent his resig­ nation as editor-in-chief of the New York Commercial Advertiser and the "Morning Advertiser to the representa­ tives of the proprietors of the two newspapers. The Colonel cleared up his desk Friday afternoon and it is not supposed will occupy it again. It is said that he intends to go WEST for a vacation. ^ , WESTERN. A iuir name! Burnett of Grand' Papids, iMich.,, was murdered Friday night on a Pennsylvania freight train. A party c f well dressed fellows were stealing a ride in a box-car. and when the train stopjod at Vanwort, Ohio, ttiree men jumped on the car and pro­ ceeded to hold up tne five others. Burnett drew his revolver, w hen one of the trio, a short, eandy complex- ir.no 1 fellow about 26 years old, shot The other the railroad company wi 1 fix a cost | four were held at bay until the train freight rnte. which is said to be con- 1 reached Delphos^ when the three des- fiiderably lower than $J.10, the two to ' constitute the cost price in Chicago. The amount of the selling price in ex­ cess of this will be divided oqually be­ tween the tailroad company and the operator. The operators who control the remaining ^percent. of the output are to sell where\ei- they please, and it is reported perhaps ajkhe Bi »• Four and Jticnon will cut rat^ for their benefit. For several months the b.ock coal m:ners have had not more than two days wor-t a week. It is expectedjlh s ag eement will put new lite inU#|ihe Industry. , " ipi He Feared to Live. DOMESTIC TROUBLES and feat* of ex­ posure and punishment as an embez­ zler ca is-ed tha suicide of Harry S. Mapes at his home in Chicago Thurs­ day mo. ning. His body was not found until Friday. For eight yea 8 he had been the trusted cashier and credit man of the Sherwin-Williams com­ pany, manufacturers of paints. Trust In the Wheel Banlneu. < *RSE representatives of the various wheel companies who have been meet­ ing in Indianapolis, Ind., have com- pie led an organization which will prac­ tically give them the monopoly of the •wheel business in the country. The name of the new organization is the Ccsnaercial Wheel Company. t"1 Y BREVITIES. JUDGE GAYNOF, in a letter made public Friday night, formally declined to run on the New York State Demo­ cratic ticket for Judge of the Court of Appeals. THE Seventh-Day Adventists at Fat- tie Creek. Mich., are disposing of their bicycles by the score at the request of their prophetess. She has t?ld them the riding of the machines is net con­ ducive to a proper Christian frame of mind. \ THE Otiio State Democratic Execu- tive Committee has usued a manifesto ^ ̂ «*,3» declaring that the issue of the present A ">-',vr{_ ^campaign is money, not tariff. The $1^1" document has created a sensation, and : bave an important effect upon the *4'*" 1 f campaign throughout the country. " - THE Dominion Government, as well fit5- " M Province of Quebec, is eaid to Ijf -tVy b3 in financial trouble. Mr. Foster, I'jr. finance Minister, sails Saturday for England to negotiate a new loan of k several millions. It is believed he will 0( -V try to borrow mtra than he did in 1S92 U- --81-',000/00. §3 , V'4' AT New York, on application of pU Walter Stanton, of the firm of Coffin & p ; Stanton, bond brokers, Judge Lac mbe, jgffi" in the United States Circuit Court, ap­ pointed ewman Erb receiver of the firm. The liabilities are placed at S3.t500.00i). The assets are believed to amount to this figure. ONE of tbe most violent college rushes on record took pi ice Wednes­ day at the University of Pennsylvania. tec peradces dropped off and escaped A TERKIBI.E tragedy occurred near Lancaster, Pa., in which a threo-story brick dwelling house was blown ijp by dynamite and the occupants, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Leisa, ' were in­ stantly killed. A servant named Jackson was seriously injured and may die. Ieim wai a wealthy and prominent citizen, residing near Leimville, and was an extensive quarry man. Several days »'go he had trouble with his employes", consisting of a gang of Italians, and it is believed that they placed a large quanity of nitre-glyc­ erine, used in blasting reek, under the large building while Mr. and M-s. Leim were at dinner, with the above result. MR. JEFFERSON will soon begin his anmial tour at McVicker's Theater. It is more than likely that the eminent comedian will this year be seen in more characters than one. Mr. Jeffer- Bon has not appeared in any of the old comedies, excepting "Hip Van Winkle." In Chicago since 18S8, six years ago. The patrons of McVicker's Theater have been clamoring loudly, for a long time, to see Mr. Jeffersoa in some of his other famous characterizations. At any rate every one will be glad to see the good-for-nothing vagabond again, "Rip." and hea-." the familiar toast: "Here's to your health, and here's to %our family's health, und may they live long and prosper." Miss Julia Marlowe s engagement here will com­ mence in Ntvember, presenting dur­ ing her stay her entire repertoire. PROF. SWING, the eminent Chicago theologian and preacher, passed away Wednesday afternoon at 5 minutes after 5 o'clock. His death was peace­ ful, but, notwithstanding all warnings, sudden, he having been ill but little more than a week. The cause of death was gastric fever. Throughout his li'e he had suffered more or less from this trouble. In the latter part of August he made a visit to Ohio. The water of the region he visited was bad because of a drought Crevailing, and though he remained ut a short time, it aggravated his malady. Treatment after his return seemed to restore his health. But an accident a few days later, in which he was thrown from his carriage at his country seat at Lake Geneva, br^ twjht on his gastric trouble again. A week before death his illness became se­ rious, and he grew gradually worse until the end came. Prof. Swing's trial for heresy before the Illinois Synod was an ex-parte affair, and after his acquittal before the presbytery he was summoned to appear before' the synod, whither Dr. Patton carried the oa^e. but he never answered the man­ date, and his conviction was had with- • out his having interposed either de- ; fense or explanation. | JUDGE JENKINS' famous strike in- i junction was overruled Monday by the . United States Circuit Court of Ap- i peals at Chicago, and the cause was remanded with directions to strike out , from the restraining order of the court the clause which arou^eo the Freshmen and Sophomores fought un- * country when the order was issued and til their clothing was torn to tatters The terrific violence planned and in part carried out was illustrated by twenty or thirty Freshmen leaping bodily from windows overlooking the campus down up jn the heads of a group of struggling Sophomores. Six MEN were killed and many seri­ ously injured at DetrL it Friday morn­ ing, by the falling of a wall of the burning building occupied by Keenan A Jahn, furniture dealers. The fire started in the engine-room near an ele­ vator shaft aud burned so rapidly that when the firemen arrived every part of the structure was biasing and noth­ ing could bo saved. T ie front wall gave way, falling outward. Tae loss is estimated at $W),0»J0 on stock and r„„. *2:",0f 0 on the build ng. The insurance •a is said to be ample. .. THE Army of the Tennessee closed ,&Creunion with a banquet at Cornell «£ ', Bluffs Thursday night. These officers >k%. were elected: President, General 3v.y' Vlr- Greenville M. Doage, Iowa; Vice Pres- W . idents. General James A. Williamson, fV 1 Iowa: General Robert N. Pearson, Illi- R MJ{C, " n General Charles C. Walcott. Illi- f- ?":V nois: Major E. C. Dawes, Ohio; Colonel i ' J- D. McClure. Illinois: Major te" V Henry L. Morrell, Missouri; Major *y>' *'•,' Joseph W. Paddock, Nebraska; Major George F. French, Minnesota; Major & fE- v • F. P. Muhlenberg, Michigan; Captain ,4 George W. Richmond, Wisconsin; '• ^a-or Hoyt Sherman, iowa; Corre- »7 sponding Secretary, General Andrew Hickenlooper; Recording Secretary, Col. Cornelius C'adle: Treasurer, Gen. a u , F. Fo ce. 5 |V [ DIRECTOR? of the whisky trust have 'decided to abolish the rebate system ^ against which dealers have combined. L > Six of Toronto's aldermen are al- Ka l®ged to be implicated in an attempt to extort money from the Toronto trie Light Companv, which, put in ider for street lighting contract. SPECIAL from Key West, Fla., More than fifty human bodies fcve been washed up along the reefs near here in the last two days, most of them being badly decomposed. They VV. where they were found. VF "$$'• EASTERN. -- MRS. SCHUYLER HAMILTON, one o! Newport's society leaders, has been given a divorce on the grounds of non- eupport. THE Altoona Manufacturing Com­ pany, of Holiidaysburg, Pa., has made an assignment. The indebtedness is said to be $135,000. THE four miners entombed in the Northwest coal mine at Carbondale, were rescued, after being buried for fifty-four hours. BEFORE the Lexow Committee Mrs. which resulted in the Boatner in­ vestigating committee of Congress. The Court of Appeals decided that no court could comj-el. a man or a tody of men from quitting individu­ ally or in a body the service of an em­ ployer. The court said Judge Jenkins had exceedad his powers when he en­ joined the employes of the receivers erf the Northern Pacific Railroad Corn- puny "from quitting the service of said receivers, with cr without notice, so as to cripple the property or prevent or hinder the operation t-f said i ailroad." It, however, held that the section should stand Jn which the men were prohibited "from combining and conspiring to •^uit, with or without notice, the serv­ ice of said receivers, with the object and intent of crippling the property in their custody, or embarrassing the operation of said railroad." Tbe decision was considered by the law­ yers who packed the court-room as one of the most important opinions delivered in the United States in a decade. It defines the status before, the law of labor organizations in their conduct of strikes, and attirms Ihe pow*ers of cou t* of equity to interfere by injunction when there Is reason to believe that the law will be violated. It holds that men may withdraw in a body from the service of an employer, using, however, neither force, threats, persecution nor intimidation toward employes who do not join them, nor must they use any "devic3 ' to molest, hinder, alarm or interfere with others who desire to take their places. SOUTHERN? mm west it by . in rui«*,aad the damage Is incalculable. Tht^toti property loss will probably approxi­ mate $1,000,000. The cyclone VM to companted by a terrific storm and the stocks of gocai in those business houses which were unr. ofed, though not otherwise wrecked, are destroyed by water. WASHINGTON. THE public debt increased $7^2^,79$ during Septemlwr. SOME time this month President Cleveland will issue a proclamation opening to settlement the unallotted lands on the Yankton reservation in South Dakota, containing over 100,000 acres. THE long-anticipated indictments against President H. O. Havemeyer' and Secretary John E. Searles, of the sugar trust, for refusing to answer questions asked by the Senate Investi­ gating Committee, were reported at Washington by the grana jury on Monday. A true bill against Broker A. L. Seymour, of New York, was also returned, a'ong with indictments against Br kers John W. J4cQ^U«?y and £L R. Chapman. •' t. • "POLITICALS. - »" * THE New York City Populists have nominated Dr. James MoCollum for Mayor. John Swinton refused to run. AT a Populist mass-meeting held in New York Gov. Altgeld was enthusiai* tfcally indorsed for President of. the United States. CONGRESSIONAL nominations: Thir­ teenth Ohio District, S. R. Harris, Re­ publican; Fourteenth Ohio, T. Y. Mo- Cray, Democrat: Twenty-first Penn­ sylvania, D. B. Heiner, Republican. fettpitp OF GAMES PLAYE& BY LEAGUE CLUBS. FOREIGN. MORS: than 150 persons were kiled by a walerspoiit near Valencia. Crop damage from the same cause exceeds $41)0,0.0.; .. A SPECIAL cabinet council was ctf Ibd at London, and the members of the ministry who were absent from the city were hurriedly summoned to re­ turn. Telegrams were sent to Sir William Vernon Harcoart, who had started for Italy, and others of the ministers in the country- Sudden new developments regarding the rela­ tions betwene Great Britain and France are, without doubt, the reason for the hasty summoning of the ministers. The Daily News says: "Rumor is always wrong when applied to cabinet meet­ ings, and wise men pay no attention to its wanderings. The change of the French Ambassador, the Cxar's health, and the war in the East*all suggest ^anxiety, but no alarm. There are sev­ eral questions at issue between Franee and England, but the:e are no ques­ tions of opposing interest comparable in the remotest degree with those which set France and Prussia to an­ tagonism in 1870." ' IN GENERAL Kctek ueached Sat Pettropauloski with THE steamer Francisco from 27,COO sealskins. UNBURIED bodies of victims of the water spout in Venezuela are causing much sicknes* among the survivors. GENERAL SECRETARY BAER, of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, announces that the international con­ vention of 1895 will be held in Boston instead of San Francisco, on account of the long delay of Western railroads in announcing a decision in regard to spe­ cial rates. ANOTHER season, the nineteenth in the history of the National League, came to a clote Sunday. The pennant was won by the Baltimores in a pretty and closely contested race. Practically only th ree clubs were in the fight at the end. The New Yorks made a des­ perate finish and easily beat out the ex- champion Bostons for second place. The giants stood a show of capturing the coveted bunting, but the phenomenal play of the Baltimores and their long uninterrupted series of victories on the home stretch gave the orioles a lead which was invincible. Hanlon's men broke all League records by win­ ning eigh-teen consecutive games, vir­ tually settling tbe race. R. G. DUN & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:. iuqulry has been made at commercial centers regarding tbe state retail trade. Wide diversity appears In different trades. The main facts disclosed are: First, marked improvement Vxtdln tbe past month and a considerable excess over tbe business done a year ago, partic­ ularly In tbe necessaries of life. But sec­ ond, it appears that the volume of trade at present is on the whole considerably less than la a normal year, and In tbe more important trades Is apparently about 20 per cent, smaller than In September, 189?, Evidence of continued improvement In wholesale trade and manufacture does not appear. '1 here 1s a large distribution on orderj given some time ago, but new business going to the manufacturers is everywhere slackening The completion of orders for replenishment of stocks loaves a narrower demand, and It is yet too early for consumption to provide fur­ ther orders MARKET REPORTS. CATTXE- CH1CAOO. Common to Prime..., ts 75 • • • «..• • I&lEi THE skeleton of a pre historic giant lias been exhumed at the old fort in Kentucky, twelve miles below Ports­ mouth. It is ei^ht feet in stature and four feet across the shoulders. CONDUCTOR JAMES FITZGERALD and Daniel Thompson, a colored brakeman, were killed and four other members of a train crew seriously injured in a freight wreck on the Mobile and Ohio, near Columbus, Miss. ABE ABRAHAM, a prominent Court- lani (Ala.), merchant, was publicly cowhided by Miss Lucille Doss, daugh­ ter of Porter Doss^Sr., proprietor of the Doss Hotel. It is said Abraham made a disparaging remark about Miss Doss which reached her ears. The flogging brought streams of blood with every blow and made Abraham beg for mercy. He wa s also attacked by a brother of the young lady and would have been killed but for the interfer­ ence of the Chief- of Police, .w ho ar­ rested all the parties. A TERRIBLE cyclone struck Little Rook, Ark., at 7:30 Tuesday evening and almost devastated the business portion of the city. Several persons were killed and fn'ured. The main y ppjrtion of the businew HOGS--Shipping (ftades..-.,. .. SHEEP-- ba r to Choice.......:. WHEAT--No. 2 Red Conx--So. 2 OATS--No. 2... RYE-NO. 2 BUTTER--Choice Cr jamery Eocs--Fresh. POTATOES--Car-lots, per bo INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shlpplnir Hoos--Choice Light SHEEP--Common to Prime WHEAT--Ko. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 White OATS--No. 2 White ST. LOllifc. CATTLE HOGS WREAT--No. 2Bad....,:. COBN--No. t..., .r. OATB--Naa.... RTE--No.l CINCINNATI CATTL* HOOK SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red...,.«*....... CORN--No. 2 Mixed OATS-No. 2 Mixed j... DETROIT. CATTLE....... Hous SHEEP WHEAT--No. I White:.. COBN -No. 2 Yellow........!..... OATS--No. 2 White..... TOLEDO. WHEAT--NO. 2 Red COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White RTE-No. 2 _ BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. L White No. 2Red COBN-NO. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 white MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring COBN--No. 3 OATH NO. 2 White ...*.... BAKLEY--No. J.... KYE-NO. 1... PoBK--Meaa...: NEW YORK. CATTLB Hous }. SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBS--So. 2 OATS--Mixed Western.... BUTT EB--Creamery ............. P* | ' - - & 3 25 OT 5 50 & 5 ISO s to on 4 00 0600 200 & 4 00 aok<U 51 >4 it O H •1 & 92 •1 49 63 Biff Bam br Bevenee Offlelals tat Tennes­ see--Battle wttfc Bandits ta Arlions-- Mow Orud Mm of She Oi« Vellows --Colaace of Silver. Diamond Is DeeerteA. One final change was made in the ta­ ble* of the base-ball league by the eioeinei games. It was a rise of one poiot For the St. Louis Browns over the Cineinnatis. Comiskey's team has been farther from the pennant this season than ever before, bad as the Reds' luck has been in former years. The Browns played their last game at home and fortunately had an easy team for opponents-the Washington**. The Browns beat the Senators twice and as the Cinoinnatis could not do better than tie with th« Cleveland^, the St. Louis passed the Reds and fin­ ished in ninth place. At Louisville Brooklyn won one and lost one. Chi­ cago finished in the eighth place, which is better than its early perform­ ances in the year warranted. The sea­ son of 1894 is at an end. A complete record of all the games played by all the clubs in the National League fol­ lows. It shows how many victories each club won from all the other clubs, how many lost and to whom, and the closing position of each club in the race: I I, V.-.5FE,R.S.. ex>vMk - Baltimores New York* Bostons. Philadelphia*... Brooklyn® Cleveland#......., PittBbnrgs Ghlcagos St. Louis Cineinnatis Wasbfngtons Loolsviues 8 £ Oames Played. Baltimore 128 New York. laa Boston 182 Philadelphia. .127 Brooklyn 181 Cleveland. 129 Pittsburg. lao Chicaaro I3i St Louis 132 Clnolnnatl 129 WasblHffton... 132 Louisville. 130 BUMMABT. WOOL 88 8J n n 87 tf 80 Post- Lost. poaed. 88 s u o 49 0 M * fil 1 «"• § 85 I 7# i 74 0 T8 1 ST- 0 u t Per coat. .80ft .067 .820 .659 .584 .89? .800 .435 .494 .419 JM1 .277 MOONSHINERS dAPTU^ED. - ' __ * Largest Hani Ever Hade In Kentneky-- Hen, Women and Boys. The largest gang of moonshiners that ever jeft the Big Sandy Valley passed through Ashland, Ky., Monday en routs to Louisville, where they will be given early hearings in the United States Court. The crowd was in charge of United States Marshal "Kid 'Greer, of Johnson County, assisted by a score of deputies, and represented the hauls of two months past. _ In the past six months Greer and his deputies have destroyed thirty-seven separate stills and thousands of gallons of their prod­ uct, commonly designated t4moon- shine." They have arrested about 125 offenders and spotted numerous others, who will be taken as soqn as the opportunity offers. In the c-apture of the vari Us gangs somo thrilling work has been done, and some narrow escapes experienced. Seven of Greer"s officers are now laid up for repairs at different towns in Floyd and Johnson Counties, while about twenty of the moonshiners are also regaining their strength in various up-Sandy jails. These latter will follow their more fortunate fellows to Louisville and to the penitentiary as soon as their con­ dition will permit of a change of quar­ ters. In the gang Monday were 106 offend­ ers. Their ages ranged from 15 to 50, and in the degree of their crime there was un equal variance. Some of the men have grown old and gray in the business, some had followed it but a short while, others had retailed the spirits for the makers, and others had Doldly labeled it sorghum, and brought it out by the barrel in push boats. The boys were usually the sons of the old operators, who were forced into the work from childhood and literally knew nothing else. Several women were also among the lot FAMOUS CRICKETER. @ 4 50 12 00 <312 00 Lord Hawke and His Celebrated Team In the United States. The appearance of Lord Hawke in the United States, accompanied by his team of expert English cricketers, re­ vives interest in tho sport of old England in America. Lord Hawke, who is in charge of the En­ glish team, has been in America several times before. In 1892 he brought over & cricket team, and at- the game was strictly their own, they ex­ pected to wipe the. platter. This was a /j disastrous visit for them, however, a? IORD IIAWKK. they succeeded in winning but one match. Lord Hawke felt chagrined at the result, and is now here with a stronger team than before, most of them being college men from Cam­ bridge and Oxford. The series of con- te ts he p oposes to have with Ivew York and Philadelphia will ba watched with interest all over the country. GRAND SIRE OF THE WORLD. (4^i 5*$ W. Stebblns Elected to High Office by tbe Odd Fellows. John W. Stebbins, recently elected Grand Sire of the world in Odd Fellow­ ship by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Chatta­ nooga, Tenn., is 75 years of age. He is a native of New York, and resides at R o c h e s t a r . A f t e r g r a d u a t i n g f r o m Union College he be­ came principal of Macedon Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar ami in 1850 wasolect- ed to the State Leg- islature. He was one wax w. VTOBIN& 0j the committee of fifteen, of which Horace Greeley was a member, which drafted the terms of agreement that led to the uniting of tho old Whig party with the Republi­ cans. Mr. Stebbins became an Odd Fellow in I860. He was Grand Master for two terms; seventeen years ago be­ came a member of the Orand Lodge and was successively Grand Warden, Deputy Grand Master, and Grand Mas­ ter. He has ri-en from Chairman of the Appeals Committee to the oRice of Grand Sire. The Grand Sire in his annual report said that tince the last convention in the South, held in Atlanta twenty years ago, the membership in the Southern States had increased from w to #nd to tbe people ol t^e i 8&V-. ' "'/Y . . iiV- V, %• oo.ttdiii* ihi alstenroflfeB w 889,000. To thls should be added a membership of 25,- 000 ill foreign jurisdictions, making a combined membership of 900,000 men* and women. The net in­ c rease in membersh ip dur ing the year had been b8,000. This was less than the year previous but this might be accounted for in the United States by a teason ot financial stringency that lessened the resources of the people. InC'anada the order has made greater progress than in any year of its his­ tory. In no department of the work had there been such decided progress as in making provision for the aged mem­ bers and orphan children. In many States new homes had been opened, while numerous jurisdictions were ac­ cumulating funds and preparing build­ ings for the laudable work. WHEN WILL HE DIE? t'p • v r ̂ j Great Anxiety for the Health of the of Slam. The absorbing subject of conversa­ tion in Bangkok is the condition of the Siamese monarch. When will he die? What will happen afterward? Ques­ tions like these are heard on all sides. Ills death hai9 been repoitsd at least ha f a dozen times. Indeed, not a few believe he is dead and the intimation withheld for otate Reasons from the ie eral public. The foreign representa- KINQ or STAM. tivos even share the general ignorance on the subject, and J. G. fc'cott, British charge d'af­ faires, deemed it advisable to bring down another gunboat from Hong Kong In view of the alarming rumors in high circles. The state of the city is thus one of intense excitement. *Jt has been asserted that the King is ^but buffering from an attack of fever, brought on by residence at Col-ei- Chang an island in the Gulf of Siam. The real cause of aiiment, however, is indulgence in anas- thetics. For years chloral has been the favorite drug of the Siamese mo n a r c h, and now its poison­ ous effects are feltvsjs with a severity that leaves fmall hope of recovery. Maha Vajirunhis is the Crow'n f r i n c e, eldest soa of Chula- longkorn, who will probably succeed hisMAI?A"VA«RUNHT& father. In Siam, however, the right of primogeniture is not iuliy recog­ nized as a fundamental law of the realm, and the Serabodee, or Council of State, upon the death of the reign­ ing sovereign, may elect a king. The Crown Prince, whose full name is Som- detch Chowfa Maha Vajirunhis, is but 10 yeara old. COINAGE OF SILVER. Dollars to the Number of 1,597,33S Tamed Oat of the Hint. Secretary Carlisle made a statement concerning the coinage of silver dol­ lars unde this administration, the coinage being under the untepealed portion of the Sherman act. It shows that since the administration came in­ to pjwer «i,597,&23 standard silver dollars bave been coined, of whioh #5-0, 9 have been seigniorage. Tne Secretary says: Wulle tbe law provides that redeeoied treasury notes may be relnsued. It also Im­ poses an express llmitatluu upon the power 10 reissue by declaring that "no greater or leas amount ot such notes shall be out­ standing at any time than the cost of tho silver bullion and the standard silver dol­ lars coined therefrom then held in tbe treasury purchased by such notes.» When such notes are redeemed In gold there Is no obstacle in the way of their re­ issue, because such redemption does not affect the stock of silver held in the treas­ ury under the act of July 4, 1890, but when they are redeemed with silver coined from the bullion purchased under that act, they must bo retired and cancelled, for other­ wise there would be, after ]the redemption and reissue, a greater amount of notes outstanding than the cost of the silver originally purchased and then held in the treasury, and this Is expressly prohibited by the statute. The purpose of Congress was to prevent the duplication of tbe cur­ rency, which vould be the case if the notes and silver purchased with the notes could be outstanding at tbe same time. Treasury notes rocelved In tho ordinary course of business, or redeemed in gold or exchanged for silver dollars not coined from bullion, purchased under tho act of July 14. 1890, are not retired and cancelled. All such notes are reissued. Prior to tho last day of July, 1891, silver dollars to the amount of {36,318.204 were coined from tbe bullion purchased under that act. The so- called gain seivnoirage arising from this coinage was $0,807,803. v. hich was paid into the treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, leaving, 829.480.461 to be held as a fund to provide for the redemption of the treasury notes, as provided by law. BATTLE WITH BANDITS. Paelfle i \L. Three Men Hold Up a Southern Kxpres* In Arizona. The boldest express robbery ever known in Arizona was committed near Maricopa Monday night. The train held up was the eastbound Southern Pacific, and the desperadoes are be­ lieved to have secured $_0,0<>0 in gold. The robbers were pursued and in a desperate fight with the Sheriff's posse one robber was shot and another cap­ tured. Two of the bandits who at­ tacked the train were masked and the third, who was a mere boy, was not. The robber who pre­ viously climbed upon the train ca tured the head-brakeman and compelled him to turn on the air brakes and stop the train. The othdr bandit covered the engineer, who with the brakeman was compelled to go back to the express car and induco tne messenger to open the door. The boy was then shoved into the car. While he was searching for express treas­ ures the two bandits guarded each side of the train. When the boy came from the car the trainmen, who were under the bandits' guns, were com­ pelled to march with the bandits a short distance Into tho bushes. There the robbers released their prisoners, and, mounting tho horses, roae away. ' I'eualty Is I)n <th. The penalty for robbing trains in Arizona is death. The posse, led by Sheriff Murphy of Maricopa, found the trail of the robbers at tho point where they had crossed the Gila River, seven miles east of Ph.* nix. Soon afterward they came upon a camp which the rob­ bers bad hastily abandoned. There they found three Winchesters and throe horses. ISot long after this they overhauled one of the bandits, whom they called upon to throw up his hands. Instead he turned upon ihe officers and fired, but a charge of buckshot from the sheriff s gun brought him to the ground. Another was afterward cap­ tured, but the third e caped. IN the year B. C. 436 there WA3 a drouth extending all over Kurope. All tbe crops failed, and whole aistricts were depopulated. At Rome thous­ ands of people drowned themselves in the Tiber, and a pestilence ensued from the dead bodies in the rive and on the • • • ' • • •• - • ' f-p :. FlftEMCN CRUSHED TO^ DEATH BY FALLING WALLS. atac Men Killed and WIam Others Werlmirty Injured by the Collapse of m rumttar* Store--Sixty' Employes Have a Harrow Escape. - V -,P. I - ' Beneath the Bains. • Six dead and a seore record of the fire which destroyed the furniture store of Keenan <x Jahn at Letroit, Friday morning. The dead are: LISUT MICBAHU B. Doxoeaoa, Cham- leal Nn 1. v BICBARD DELT. plpeman Na & JOHN I AGKU plpeman Na ft. FREDERICK A. Busssr. spectator; died Jit t>rac«* Hospital. ^ NIKE BALL, plpeman NA 9L \ JL'MUS CUMXINGS. of Na S. The fire was discovered ping-room io the basement at the back of tne Btore at 1:30 o'clopk. An alarm was promptly turned in, but by the time the engine« arrived the fire had gained ccns-ideratle headwav, having runuo the ele\at r shaft, and the en­ tire upper flror was a mas* of flame and smoke when the first stream was thrown. Tho re were eixtv emploves in the building and most of theui had great dinici lty in escaping. The build­ ing, an did live story structure, was soon gutted and the stock ruined. At 9 o'clock the front wall of the building tumbled into Wcodward ave­ nue. It came in the shape of a col­ lapse, and tho mass of debris did not Bpread beyond the curb. The firemen working in front of the buildin? were warned and retreated as rapidly as possible. Seme got out from under, but a dozen or more wei e unable to do so on account of the piles of brick, glasi and burnt timbars. A yell of ho ror went up from the throats of the thousands who were in the street, and then there v a< a crash like an earthquake. The air was filled with dust aad theats o flame and smoke. Some of the falling wa 1 broke the heavy electric wires and the trolley wire. A flash of sputtering electric fluid lighted up the tceno, and people crowded and surged to get into the stores and down t.ie side streets to es­ cape being shocked. A number of men, women and obildren were tram­ pled under the f&et of the frightened spectators. Rescuers were immediately at work, and the six, bodies were sorn taken out. The aggregate loss on building and stock is estimated at $60,00:); fuUy tnsured. WILL VICTORIA ABDICATE? A Sensational Rumor Now Afloat About the British Throne. A letter from a London correspond­ ent says that Queen Victoria may ab­ dicate the throne on November !». The letter says: Ijueen v ictor a's rheuma­ tism is worse. At this present time she goes up and down stairs in a sort of litter, and is rolled about her rooms in a vehicle which resembles an en­ larged baby carriage. Specialists say it is rheumatic gout. The court eaves­ dropper says ^hat on the 9th of No­ vember, tho birthday of the Prinoe of Wales. . the announcement of her ma esty's retirement will be made in favor of her eldest son, who will be acclaimed a* Edward VII. Queen Vic­ toria is 75 years old, an age when one can well understand she might be only too willing to free herself entirely from all trammels even of such feeble responsibility as a. ^British monarch QUEEN VICTORIA. now possesses. The Prince of Wales i'i 53, and thereto e no longer young, and so it is about time that ho had some taste of his natural heritage. Another voint which as ists in giv­ ing probability to this possibility of a coming change in the occupant of the throne is that the 9th of November, the Prince of Wales' birthday, is also the date which for many centuries has been celebrated throughout London as the Lord Mayor's Day, the occasion upon which the chief magistrate of the city of London ascends the civic throne. Upon that day a pageant traverses the city of London, escort­ ing, with the assistance of a regiment of cavalry, the new Lord Mayor to his official palace, the Mansion House, which he i9 to occupy during the twelve months of his reign. In 1837, the year in which Queen Victoria came to the sovereignty, she chose the 5-th of November as the day upon which she would make her first formal entry into her capital city, London, and as sovereign of the realm she headed the procession of the sovereign of the citv and dined with the Lord Mayor and sheriffs. Urieflets. WALLACE SCHANAFELT, 20, shot and killed himself at Akron, Ohio, be­ cause his marriage proposal was re­ jected. AT the oil town of McDonald, Pa., Constable Thomas 1). Gray shot and killed James Morgan, who attempted to escape from his custody. FRANK TARBUSH, a Chicago boy whose pa- ents had separated, was kid­ naped irom a Lima (Ohio) school] but was recaptured at Delpho^. THE Bricklayers' Union at Ander­ son, Ind., donated the services of its seventy-five members for three days' work on the Catholic hospital. THE Premier. J. B. Patterson, was re-elected in Victoria. Australia, but his party and policy did not receive the support he expected and he has resigned. N. W. WHEATLEY, who ha • been a resident of Brainerd, Minn., for sev­ eral years and who is tieasurer of the Brainerd Buildinc and Loan Associa­ tion, is $20,000 short in his accounts. He has fled. GEOEGE GIKFORR, United States Consul at Basle, Switzerland, says that the prospects of the Swiss watch in­ dustry are . unusually discouraging, the export to the United States b dng very light. ASSISTANT ATTORXEY GENERAL HALL, of the Interior Department, has rendered a decision, approved by the Secretary, which will enable the Puyallup Indian Commission to con­ clude its work and dispose of the CAPITAL OF ARKANSAS STRUCK! ' BY A CYCLONE. COtnttMrcial Center of the City ItaMfr < Waste--Many Are Killed--State Peal tea- : ttory Badly Wrecked and Con Ticks In­ jured--Asylam BaUdlnice Demolished. I u ^ Loss a MHllon Dollars. x ,* A terrible windstorm swept over th*:;; business p rtion Of Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday night, carying death and de-1,' struction in its path. Shortly after # dark a heavy storm came from th» West, accompanied by vivid Hashes of lierhtning and heavy crashes of thun- der. The skies suddenly cleared and the storm was thought to be over when # suddenly a heavy gale from the south- $> west appeared, and for a few moments '•# the city was in the horrors of death t? and destruction. The wind was terrific f* in the extreme. T;ees, telegraph, ^ te ephone, and electric light poles-p were carried a distance of 200 vards. f The roofs of about thirty of the larger ?$. buildings in the city were torn from the houses and hurled against build- ings on the opposite side of the streets, ® leaving the occupants and property- 3$ within to the mercy of the drenching 7$ rain, which began to lall in torrents H shortly afterward. When the storm had cea ed it waa discovered that the residence portion p of the city had entirely escaped, but ' Main street, irom the river to Third, « Markham Btreet from Center to Cum- yi berland. and Second from Center to ^ Cumberland, were almost total wrecks. |§ This territory covers the principal * * business portion of the town. At the -' time this is written half a dozen d bodies have been found. S The otl.ee of the main building of - i the Stat a penitentiary, two miles out, wa* torn away and lodged on several frame cottages in the neighborhood, $ completely demolishing them. A stam- pedo took place among the convicts, £j'J six of whom were badly injured by • J falling timbers. Two will die. Fortu- $ nately only aoout 125 convicts are in­ side the walls. The other 450 were taken to Sunnyside plantation some- days ago. At the insane asylum was found the greatest wreck. The roofs of the main buildings were completely demolished, and several wards caved in, destroying everything in sight. The male ward i$ a total wreck, sev­ eral insane patients made their escape, but were recaptured. It is not known how many inmates are killed or ill* injured. - , WEATHER FAVORS CROPS. Qathwlag and Seeding: Progress ^wrlf to Completion. According to the weather crop re­ port issued by the United States Weather Bureau the past week was favorable for crop gathering and feed­ ing, both nearing completion. Mis­ souri, 111 nois, Indiana and Wisconsin report winter wheat in excellent con­ dition. Pasturage is also in excellent condition generally; Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, however, need moisture. Cotton picking has progressed rapidly un­ der favorable weather conditions, except in the Carolinas and portions of Georgia and Florida, where picking was interrupted and the crop injured by the tropical hurricane. Leports in­ dicate that atout one-half of the crop has been secured in South Carolina, Florida, and Texas, while in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee from 60 to 75 per cent, of the crop remained unsrathered Oct 1. Frosts occurred as far south as Kentucky, but no serious injury has- been reported. Following is the re­ port from several States: Illinois--Temperature normal, sunshine above, and rainfall below; conditions un­ usually favorable; corn cutting progress­ ing and mucb in stock; wheat and rye in fine condition; meadows, pastures and late gardens growing finely. Indiana--Corn all safe, most Jn shock; wheat and rye coming up luxuriantly; seeding nearly done; tobacco all cut; pas­ turage green; frost did no Injury. Wisconsin--Weather favorable for farm work; corn husk in? is general; fall plow­ ing Is well along and seeding about com­ pleted; a large acreage of rye has been sown; pastures in splendid condition and stock healthy. Minnesota--Good rains in all sections have greatly improved pasturage; fall plowing and sowing of winter grain pro­ gressing rapidly; tield crops about all se­ cured; frost Sunday night Iowa--The week has been warm and dry, favorable for maturing late crops and for plowing and seeding; pasture! are good, and forage for winter will be more abun­ dant than anticipated. Nebraska--Less tbnn the usual amount of fall plowing has been done, because of the dry condition of the ground; showers have been general the last of the week aad very beneficial to all farm Interests. Michigan--Temper at ute and rainfall be­ low normal, sunshine above; tbe end of the season finds lato potatoes and corn doing well, potato-digging and corn-husk- ing being pushed; much fall wheat seeded; apple-picking progresses, and pastureSl iipr good. ^ 'i-ji;? HONOR THE FOUNDER. Grand Army Men Dedicate a Monatttat to Dr. Stephenson. The dedication of the Stephenson monument in Kose Hill Cemetery, Petersburg. 111., was a national event, and was celebrated in a way worthy of the Nation. The memory of the late Dr. B. F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic, was honored by the dedication of a hand­ some mc nutrient appropriately in­ scribed and located in a moit baautifuL spot. The funds for the monument were raised by the members of the -organization from all Darts of the Nation, which gives all comrades a special interest in it. Trains from every direction with, extra facilities brought in thousands of Grand Army men. The National Commander, Colonel Lawler, of Rock- ford, and his Adjutant General, Jones, weie among tbe eariy arrivals. Among the other notables were Gen. K. J. Oglesby. Gen. John A. McCiernand, Ma j. James A_ Connel 'y, N. W. Lrau- eon, R C. Gibbs, contractor of the monument: Junior Vice Commander Inman. Col. D. J. Elock, Capt. Weaver, Col. Fred Wilkinson, and Capt Reib- same, of Blocmington, one of the six surviving charter members of the or­ ganization, and the the only one of the six present A procession formed, headed by the notables in carrage*. The column moved to Ro e Hill and surrounded the honored shaft where the ceremonies took place. After tlie preliminaries dinner was served to the people by the acre. Long tables were placed on the greensward, where i.500 were fed at a tims. It was not a barbecue or res­ taurant lunch, but heme-made and home-cooked broad, meats, fried chicken, baked beans, vegetables, pickles hot coneo tvith cream all iresh from the kitchens. Commander Mc- Dowoll, orator of the day, brought tear.-t to the eyes ot the "widow and daughters of Dr. Stephenson, as well as others, in his bea ;tiful st:>ry of the life and work of the teloved founder of the ordor. The Bpeech of National C ommander Lawler was full of entau- Hiantlc lire and was cheered equal to tho remark* made by ' Dick ' Og?eBby, and the roftsing but brief speech (u Major Gonaoliv. 1 ,|S '7* - v>2 , ,. 1 - ".. ^ ' ii