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IT. iSlfTO ILL.IKCJ? WARN OF STORMS. ItCASTS WILL BE MADE OF HURRICANES. |lPMit ItdWui Weather Service St Now 'j !• Working Order--Firat Reports Se- >| ceived -- Kbbm* Broom Corn Crop 1'la a Failure. " • „ ^feather Prediction* fronWwt Indie* ' Tbe West Indian weather service was practically inaugurated the other day, nriieu the Washington office received re­ ports from "six of the ten observation sta­ tions recently established there. Prof. •Willis J. Moore said that the system was bow in complete working order and the jdepartment would be enabled to forecast jthe terrible West Indian hurricanes that jtor years have swept the Atlantic Coast •without warning. The whole group of Islands has been plotted and meteorolog­ ical conditions are charted daily at the " il*cently established stations. It was fear- led that the West Indian service might be tampered by delays in the cablegrams, •feat Prof. Moore stated that the reports dally reached the Washington office with­ in an hour and a half after the observa­ tions were made. Every effort was put forth to get the West Indian service in (Working order, as the hurricane season is approaching. The officials are much grat­ ified at the success of their efforts. It is telleved that for the first time in history Earning can be given of the approach of the next of these disastrous storms that are born in the vicinity of the Windward Islands. The vacancy in the Washington (bureau caused by the death of Prof. Mor­ rill has been filled by the promotion of SPrcJ1. H. C. Frankenfield, now on duty *t St. Louis, to be national forecaster oa -(flety at Washington. < I* • Race for the Pennant. V Following is the standing of the data flft tbe National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. .65 35 Pittsburg ... .50 35 Philadelphia. 43 3*i Brooklyn 1... .36 38 Louisville .. .36 44 Washington. 33 48 St. Louis 28 Cincinnati [Boston .. 'Cleveland (Baltimore Chicago .w &ew York .. .53 .61 .59 53 'i-W* ' -Following h the standing ot the dobs 4n the Western League: W.-L. .*W.-1* Kansas City.64 38 Columba»«..50 42 37 Detroit .... .38 58 43St. Joseph... .33 62 44 Minneapolis. 33 68 Indianapolis. 60 Milwaukee ..58 St. Paul 57 * -SMi-' - BREVITIES, ^iT', kSft- IUJ r 15 ^ •• v ,: %" k£'- Advices received at Yokohama from Seoul say Corea has adopted the gold standard. The official announcement was made in Ixmdon that George Curz&n had accepted U»e post of viceroy of India. * IT. Ramsden, for over thirty-five years British consul at Santiago de Cuba, has just died at Kingston, Jamaica, in the v ; fifty-eighth year of his age. While a north-bound train was coming titom Norton, Va., it ran into a landslide near Pennington Gap, Kentucky, and three coaches attached rolled down a 60- . foot embankment. About twenty passen­ gers were aboard, all of whom were more or less injured. Henry R. Curtis and Edwin A. Curtis, * aorviving partners of the firm of Edwin ,43. Burt & Co., dealers in shoes at New jYork, assigned for the benefit of creditors to Thomas Cunningham of Blauvelt, fflockland County, N. Y. The liabilities are aet down at $60,000. At Trnckee, CaL, an explosion in a freight car containing two tanks of naph­ tha, which was caused by a tramp, started I. a fire which seriously burned three men, consumed 1,800 feet of snowsheds, de- ,«troyed eleven cars of merchandise and : delayed all passenger trains. Mme. pemorest, vice-president of the , aboard of Temple trustees and one of the leading W. C. T. TJ. women in the coun­ try, died at her home in New York City. jThe deceased was a personal friend of Frances E. Willard and was the founder of the Demoresi"'medal congests. The broom corn crop in Kansas will be ^ almost a total failure. Within five yean * Kansas has become one of the broom corn States of the Union. During last year four extensive broom manufactories have been located in central Kansas. L. EJe- . lender of McPherson County reports that imany fields would not produce a ton to the acre. f Three hundred and sixty-seven thon- aand acres of land will be restored to the ribHc domain in Minnesota, aud on Oct. next entries for homestead titles can be made. The land is in the Duluth and Crookston districts and is a part of the Uted Lake Indian reservation. The area of ground involved comprises sixteen townships. ' The sonth-bound Omaha flyer on the Chicago, Burlington and Quiney was held up at Dug hill, two miles north of the ; Francis street station, St. Joseph, Mo. a iNo passengers were molested, but the •afe in the express car was rolled out of the doer aad loaded into a Wagon. Later , It was found near the track. There was (Very little money in the safe, according to tl||& Adams Express Company. •' Th# Pekin correspondent of the London Times says: "The tsung-li-yamen (Chin- foreign office) has given formal assent to all the conditions imposed by the Rus- ~ «ian charge d'affaires, M. Pavloff, re- jgarding the contract for the Neu-Chwang railway extension loan. These condition^ are in direct conflict with the terms of the signed contract and are designed to block the completion of the final contract. ' Gov. Richards of Wyoming has tele- fiphed Secretary Bliss requesting him have the United States cavalry at Fort ashakie, that State, ordered to assist State authorities to capture a party *>t Bannock Indians from the Fort Hail {Idaho) reservation. The Indians are said i£L ^ kiliin& elk and other big game in * ^Wyoming. ; * Mullock; Walker, a negro, was taken 5£»m the jail at Corinth, Miss., and hang­ ed by a masked mob of 250 men. He * kad sandbagged and robbed Charles Da- LT* who is dying. The negro confessed to fhe crime and implicated two others. _ ...=3; • . KA8TERN. 5Vo car* on the Belt Line trolley roaft Utica, N. Y., went through Bradley's «: briSgt, uear W^liitesboro, and seventeen V passengers were precipitated into the Erie eanal. Miss Mary Brady was the Only person killed. Several were injured. Charles Yohansen, a blind man 43 years k 1 of age. and his wife, ChriStia, three years «ls junior, were found dead at South - River, near New Brunswick, N. Y. It is *be general opinion that the woman killed 7Her husband and then committed suicide, \ '<i 1 Three men were killed and a number of 5 % • '"•Tort, Net* «Vt Canton JN special »mpt*£ the tra« "J by Tnisnlnoefl %as running at high j _ hAtfftm Stwifu at a Bidiiic failed e^'IMitk an in an Instant the tare were off tbe track The »n<$ne 'and fotward car turned over on their side*, >«u ftj ether three cars were thrown from their trbeks. ^ WESTE^y \ jiv . United Postoffice Ins^ctoc; Dice at St Louis received in£v»ia:r.t!n> that a posse of citizens had killed Will Nail, an outlaw, who murdered F. Z. Taylor, post­ master of Melvin, I. T. The large plant of the Robinson Basket Company at Painesville, Ohio, the largest grape basket factory in the United States, was destroyed by fire. Loss, about $100,- 000; insurance, $55,000. At Sandusky, Ohio, the 18-year-old son of Oliver Barth, while descending into a thirty-five-foot well by means of a wind­ lass, wits overcome by gas and killed. The father | went to his help and was also killed. RepoFIs are current in Los Angeles that Mrs. John Bradbury, the once beautiful and wealthy leader of southern California society, has become insane brooding over her elopement with H. Russell Ward about two years ago. A head-on collision occurred at Wil- loughby, Ohio, between a special car on the Painesville and Eastern Suburban Line and a regular motor. Misunder­ standing of orders caused the accident. Eleven persons were injured. The passenger steamer Manitou of the Lake Michigim and Lake Superior Line was disabled by the breaking of the en­ gine while abreast of Manistee, Mich. The disabled boat was picked up by the steam­ er Alcona and towed to Chicago. The plant of the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company at St. Louis, Mo., was damaged by fire. The cattle sheds, hidehouse, sausage room, pork cooler and fertilizer building were de­ stroyed, the total damage being $50,000. Charles Clyburn and Coleman, alias Fluke, Fleming were hanged in Arkansas. The execution of Clyburja, who killed Deputy Sheriff Rollins March 27, 1897, while the latter was attempting to arrest him for burglary, took place at Prescott. It is stated at Springfield, Ohio, on good authority that Senator Brice or his agents will buy the Ohio Southern Railway when it is offered for sale Aug. 20. It is added that this will be in pursuance or the reso­ lution formed by Brice several years ago to build up a big railway system. The municipal council of Dublin has re­ fused to comply with a request of the Gladstone Memorial Society for its co-op­ eration in erecting in Dublin a statue com­ memorative of the life and service of Mr. Gladstone similar to those which the so­ ciety will erect in London and Edinburgh. • Maryville, Mo., young people were shocked when a telephone message an­ nounced that Miss Grace Wolfers. young­ est daughter of E. C. Wolfers of Hopkins, had been drowned while at #picnic near Corning, Iowa. Miss Grace was formerly a student at St. Mary's Seminary, Gales- burg, 111. She was about 21 years old. An accident which caused the death of two persons and seriously mangled and maimed seven others occurred twelve miles west of Cass Lake, Minn. A con­ struction train with 100 bridgemen and laborers engaged in the extension line of the Great Northern Railway to Fosston struck an obstruction on the tracks. Four flat cars with their loftdS of human freight were derailed. < The steamer Rosalie arrived at Seattle, Wash., from Skaguay with sixty passen­ gers and gold dust valued at more than $500,000. The purser had in liis care up­ ward of $75,000. The richest man on the boat is Joseph Parrett of Seattle, who is credited with being worth $300,000. He had about $50,000 in dust, while George Shephard has $20,000. J. Miller and J. A. Ferry have $30,000 between them. The1 fast mail train on the Santa Fe road was partially wrecked about three and one-half miles west of Emporia, Kan., when the driving rod on the right side of the engine broke, and the sudden jeak snapped off the driving rod on the other side. In a moment the flying rods had made kindling wood of the cab. Fire­ man Charles Foley of Topeka was crush­ ed to a pulp, hardly an unbroken bone remaining in his body. Engineer James Rolo remained at his post and succeeded in turning off the steam, and thns saving the train. HAWAIIAN COMMIS LARGEST HARVEST IN NATION'S HlS^flY PROMISED Friday. Captain Edgar Hubart, Sighth t try, died of brala fever at Ponce, Rico. SOUTHERN. A hurricane of unusual severity the gulf coast of Florida. The storm had all the characteristics of a genuine West Indian cyclone. It was first reported at Tampa, where it grazed the coast, but caused sufficient wind to detain steamers in port. Mrs. Helen Kelley, aged 106, was burn­ ed to death at her home in Hancock Coun­ ty, Tenn. Half a century ago she lost several thousand acres of valuable min­ eral and timber Knds in North Carolina through legal entanglements. She then went to Tennessee and lived alone nntil death. John Wesley Lewis, a young farmer re­ siding near Pittsboro, Ala., lately sep­ arated from his wife. The other after- nooti he armed himself with a shotgun, went to the house she occupied and mur­ dered her. Lewis then went to Hatche- chubbe creek, where he stood on the edge of the stream and placing the muzzle to his fread, blew hid own brains out. His body fell into the creek. ' A double shooting affray occurred at Weigel's brickyard in the western part of Little Rock, Ark., in which W. R. Bishop, a white convict, and Giles Hud­ son. one of the wardens, lost their lives. P. Fulgura, one of Weigel's guards, shot Bishop for some act of insubordination, killing him instantly. V. A. Poots, anoth­ er guard, who is the son of Judge Tbeo- dorfc F. Potts of Logan County and at present a member of the Arkansas Legis­ lature, hastened to the headquarters of Warden Hudson to tell him of the shoot­ ing. The lie passed between Potts and Hudson and Potts fired four shots at the latter, killing him. By this time the wildest excitement prevailed in the camp Potts were hastening away. The coroner grabbed a guard's shotgun and pistol and went after the men, overtaking them about half a mile away. Potts threw away his two drawn pistols just as the coroner was in the act of shooting and both men were arrested and placed in jail. FOREIGN. . Ex-Empress Eugenie is reported to be seriously ill at Paris. El Epoca of Madrid states that the po­ lice are investigating an anarchistic plot against the life of a high political per­ sonage which was to have been carried out upon the occasion of the anniversary of the assassination of Senor «Canovas del Castillo. The London Statist predicts a great wave of American prosperity after the war and a^ive European business in American securities. "Cuba," it ^ays, "will give employment to a vast amount of capital, and the stimulus to industry there will react upon the United States. The investments in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines will particularly benefit railways." F. W. Beasley of Miles City, Mont, has returned to St Michael's after prospect- company1 . , were ordered' Hfewf HH . . ssians and narrowly eacafpd lis* ent. They bring news of tu* 1m- nent of six Americans in a convict 300 ir. I «-««*>»; (him asley says that he learned this ussian offic|al. The Russian en had been arrested irs 1880 ntly violating the laws pro* [prospecting, and were sentenced ms in the mines of Siberia. A dispatch from Pekin to a London news agency says: "Efforts are being made by the British colony at New Chwang, in conjunction with the Japan­ ese, to obtain concessions for the neigh­ borhood as a proposed railroad terminus. The matter has been referred to the local Tautal (the ruler of two or more depart­ ments of a province united in a Tau), who«e dilatoriness in the matter is de­ clared to be due to Russian bribes. It is impossibftKto overestimate the importance to the Englfoh of obtaining a proper foot­ ing in a region where already Russian in­ fluence preponderate?. A great proportion of the New Chwang tfude is in American goods, and this fact renders the co-opera­ tion of the United States minister and his support of the British demand necessary, as the gravity of the situation is undoubt­ ed. Letters have been received from lead­ ing British merchants in North China con­ firming the reports of the uneasiness pre­ vailing among the Chinese, who regard the issue between Russia and England as likely to decide the future of China." Information has been received in Wash­ ington from London through private chan­ nels to the effect that the Indian mints are to be reopened to free coinage, ana the assertion is made that this will occur at an unexpectedly early date. The re­ port of the Indian commission is to be published bfefore the 1st of September, and this is expected to throw some light upon the details of the matter. The an­ nouncement that^the important steps of reopening the mints will take place come® from a source which is usually reliable. There is a strong effort to have the ratio changed from 16 to 1 to 22 to 1, and it is asserted that a willingness to assent to this change has been evinced by both the United States and France. The estab­ lishment of a ratio of 22 to 1 would have the effect of increasing the present price of silver, but it would, on the other hand, probably prevent forever the restoration of the ratio of 16 to 1. There is some disposition to doubt the accuracy of the information, but this doubt appears to arise largely from, the .fact that it is unex­ pected. . IN GENERAL. J = The steamer Hiawa'aa, which went out in search of bodies from the Bourgogne, put into Canso, N. F., having found thirty bodies and buried them. She sailed again to continue the search. In order to prevent famine and suffer ing in Alaska during the coming ttrinter, the United States has issued an order prohibiting the landing of more emigrants at the ports of that country unless they hav« ,fqod sufficient to last them a year. At Halifax, Undertaker John Snow, who accompanied the steamer Hiawatha on her mission In search of bodies of vic­ tims of the Bourgogne disaster, said that some of the bodies showed evidence of having been alive in the water for two days at least, and that the body of one woman showed she must have lived four days after the sinking of the ship. Dun's weekly trade review says: "Pros­ pects of peace stimulated many kinds of business. In spite of records, the impres­ sion prevails that delay and hesitation have legitimately resulted from war, and larger contracts are, in fact, coming for­ ward for iron products, with a better general demand in most industries. A few labor troubles only call attention to the fact that this season has been remark­ ably free from such hindrances. In spite of a promise of 700,000,000 bushels of wheat this year the price is 2^c higher for the week. The disposition of farmers to hold back their wheat for prices more like those obtainable recently accounts for receipts 36 per cent smaller than last year. The visible supply is extremely low, but exports at the present rate through­ out the year would have little lifting power if the crop is about 300,000,000 bushels more than home needs for seed and feed. Failures for the week have been 196 in the United States, against 237 last year, and 21 in Canada, against 29 last year." It has leaked out that back of the move­ ments of the American Flint Bottle Man­ ufacturers' Association there is a Syndi­ cate which has secured control of all the flint bottle factories in the Western and Pittsburg districts. A. C. Park of New York is engineering the deal for the pow­ erful syndicate, which in reality is the American Flint Bottle Manufacturers' Association. Park has secured a six months' option on every flint concern in the Pittsburg district and west, witli the exception of a few small non-union con­ cerns in the Indiana gas belt. Factories that are too expensive to operate will be closed and only the well-equipped and those which can be operated cheaply will be run. Among the plants under option in Illinois are the Illinois Glass Com­ pany, Alton and Obear Nestor Glass Company, East St. Louis. The syndicate is to have one main office, located at Chi­ cago, where all buying of material and selling of ware will be arranged/ C. H. Beach of Pittsburg is president of the manufacturers' association. Oct. 1 is the date of the expiration of the options on the factories. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, Np. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn, No. % 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 45c to 47c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, choice, 40c to 60c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to Choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 white, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, . $3.50 to $4.20; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; and Coroner Young was sent for. H^ >wheat, No. 2, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2 reached the place just as Fulgum aha yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 22c to 24c; rye. No. 2, 44c to 46c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 25C; rye. No. 41c to 43c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to (4.25; wheat, No. 2, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c; rye. 44c Jo 46c. Toledo--WheaVTto- 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; com, No. 2 mixed, 34e to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 47c; clover seed, $3.20 to $3.30. Milwaukee--Wheat. No. 2 spring, 84c to 86c; corn, No. 3, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 29c; rye, No. 2, 45c to 47c; barley, No. 2, 43c to 45c; pork, mess. $8.75 to $9.25. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs,, common to choice, $3.50 tQ $4.25; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to $5.25; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $6.00. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 78c to 80c; corn. No. 2, 38c to 39c; oats, No. 2 white, 82c to 88c; batter, creamery, 15c •• 20c: Western, 14c to 15c. s 1. RolertR. Hitt, Representative 8. Sanford B'. SSoie, Presi-' 4, John T. Morgan, United from Illinois, dent of the Hawaiian Republic. States Senator from Alabama. 8. W. F. Frear, Justice of Ha­ waiian Supreme Court, B. Bhelby M. Oullom United StateB Senator from Illinois. BANK ROBBED OF ABOUT$9,000* Richland, Mich., Institution Looted by Six Men. Six robbers secured $5,000 in money and about $4,000 in notes from the tJnion Bank at Richland, Mich., the ether night. Some of the robbers came from the East on a handcar, and evidently had confed­ erates with a horse and carriage. The rig was taken into Augusta and left there. There were three explosions, which awak­ ened many people. Alvin Barnes, who liyes near the bnr.k, was ordered into the house with a threat that they would shoot him. George Robsori and Barrett saw the robbers, but did not molest them. The safe is a complete wreck, nitrogly­ cerin having been used to open it. The inside doors were blown out and pieces went through the plate-glass front twenty feet distant. The chisels and other tools were left behind. The handcar was dis­ abled so it could not be used to pursue thfe robbers. Officers have been informed that a man was seen between Augusta and Battle Creek walking on the railroad track, carrying a large satchel and a rifle. No one who saw him dared to make a move to arrest him. According to wit­ nesses, four of the robbers were on guard' outside the bank, which is a small wooden building. Three charges of dynamite were exploded before the money was reached. The bank is owned by N. S. Whitney and P. H. Gilkey. STAMPS PUT ON RELEASE DEEDS Official Ruling on the Tax Law as Ap­ plied to Real Katate Transfers. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Scott has notified Collector Daugherty of Peoria that a life insurance policy does not require a stamp until it is issued or offered as an insurance policy, and in­ surance companies can stamp policies as well through local as through general agents. Whether the company or the in­ sured party pays the tax is held to be "not a matter with which the internal revenue laws can deal." He has also promulgated for the infor­ mation of collectors throughout the coun­ try a letter to Secretary Ileueubcrg' of the Chicago real estate board. This let­ ter decides that release deeds'require reve­ nue stamps; that when a note or bond is given for the payment of money, and sep­ arate notes or bonds are given for accru­ ing interest, not only is the note or bond for the principal sum required to be stamped, but the separate bonds or notes given for the interest most also be stamped. GdLD FROM SEA WATER. 8ckeai by Which Baatettoera Were "Done" for $2,400,000. The Electrolytic Marine Salts Com­ pany, organized for the purpose of ex­ tracting gold from sea water, which has been brought into great prominence on account of the alleged course of its vice- president and general manager, Rev. P. F. Jernagan, In buying thousands of dollars' worth of Government securities just pre­ vious to his departure for Europe, has suspended operations. Its force of 60t- men has been discharged, and no one about the place can tell anything as to the future. The company was organized last year, and it is claimed that 2,400,000 shares of the stock had been disposed of at $1 a £nare. Jernagan, the originator of the scheme, is a Baptist minister, and he sailed with several hundred thousand dollars' worth of United States bonds, pnrphased with the funds of the duped stockholders. t BIG PEACE CARNIVAL, Ore at Festival to De Het& in Chicago in October. Chicago will have a carnival in October. There will be twelve long days of pleasure crowded with events of importance. The festival will begin Oct. 3. The celebra­ tion will be made a regular institution, being repeated each year. To Chicago it will be what the Mardi Gras is to New Orleans. Citieens in mass meeting assem­ bled at the Great Northern Hotel and formally decided upon the above. The call was issued by the Chicago Commer­ cial Association. Foremost of the great events of the carnival will be a peace cele­ bration, provided the war shiall have clos­ ed by that time. NO RUPTURE WITH GERMANY. Von Diederichs Will Think Twice Be­ fore Provoking Dewey. In spite of the fears etff?l|ained in some quarters that Germany inter­ fere in the Philippine pie, there seems to be little actual foundation for such be­ lief. The German Government has time and again, according to Washington ad­ vices, disclauned any such intention and despite alarming reports, now and again received in this county from Manila, the Washington authorities are inclined to believe in the German protestations of neutrality. ,* Even should Vice-Admiral von Died­ erichs, commanding the German fleet at J>pp4iMr Output, It H 8tata4, Will be 850,000,000 Bushel*--Recent Sains Have Helped Corn-Capital of North , »X»aJ*ota' Destroyed b* Birar, •- a: . • ' •. ' ,isu To Eclipse "Bumper Crop'.^' According to reports, the largest wheat crop in the history of the United States will be harvested within a fortnight. The winter wheat yield, which aggregates from 375,000,000 to 400,000,000 bushels, will be increased to the extent of nearly 850,000,000 bushels from the spring wheat legion. The "bumper crop" of 1891 will be eclipsed this year by 100,000,000 bush­ els from present indications. Railroad officials who hflive made extended trips through the spring wheat and corn grow­ ing States make optimistic reports. State crop reports received frem Kansas and Michigan say: "A bumper crop is here." The corn crop is*slightly below the aver­ age because of the wet June and dry July weather in the corn region. But the great bulk ofm wheat which this country will have for home consumption and export 1b regarded as more than suflicient to make op for the com shortage. Furthermore, the large stock of corn oti hand is thought to be more than enough to make up for the lack of production! Another feature of the general crop situation is the threat­ ened reduction of the surplus of wheat ex­ ported from Russia, which will compel European markets to call for probably more than the average annual supply of 150,000,000 bushels from this country. A comparison of the wheat yields in this country since 180#, with the yield of the present year, the spring wheat crop being estimated, is as follows: Cape San Joan, Porto Rico, captured i 1. without opposition and the American ttaff* ' T raised. A schooner and a sloop captured - ^ aa prizes. . • ^ Sagasta issued order* to the Spaniard* -'0 in Porto Rico not to resist1 the Ameri- ^ cans to the utmost. He realised that Saa- Juan must fall and he wonid avoid on.?- necessary loss of life. Iron ore importers benefited by change in the eastern Cuba tariff decreed by the cabinet. The export duty on iron- repealed and a cargo tax of 20 cents a ton one way, 10 cents both ways, and no*; ? charge for vessels in ballast, ordered put' J v in force. - ' . 8aturdayf '•V, The Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa ed. The order lej dismissing the Michigad naval reserves from the service revoked by Secretary Long. The Spanish cabinet decided to accept without change the terms of peace offer* ,, ed by America, the Queen Regent also as- I senting. . \ ^®raP MeCalla, held by marines since- V the first invasion of Cuba near Santiago, " a: • abandoned. The camp was burned andf-i the marines returned,on board ship. • " VICB-ADMIBAL VON DIEDERICHS. Manila, be rash enough to endeavor to thwart^tjle plans of Admiral Dewey, this countQp-'tieed have no fears of the result. Dewey is strong enough, with the latest naval re-enforcements, to carry out any policy he may elect "in the teeth of Ger­ man interference, and should the two na­ tions go to war it is satisfactory to think that we are much stronger on the sea than Germany. A London paper thns summed up the situation recently: "As for German and American navies, there can, of course, be no comparison. The Germans are fine sailors and brave men, bnt a naval struggle between the United States and Gertnany would be short and complete." There is no danger of uiy rupture, how­ ever, between the countries. The German Government knows better and Vice-Ad­ miral von Diederichs may be depended on not to commit bis country in the matter. INCREASE IN PENSION LIST. „ / --r • nany Applications on Account df t Present War Being Filed. \ Applications for pensions as a result of t% Spanish-American war are already coraihg into the office ,of Commissioner t'&ns in Washington. I^ida M. Hook, dow of William H. HOOK, Company J*, t < cond Wisconsin infantry, asks for $12 ; > r month. She is the first applicant. Seventy-one others have also filed their applications. Mrs. Hook was bereaved early in the conflict. Her husband enlist­ ed May 12, 1808. Two days later he waa taken sick, and on May 15 died at the mil­ itary hospital of Camp Harvey, near Mil­ waukee. Three days later Mrs. Hook ex­ ecuted her application for a pension. There are probably already 3,000 cases with such a basis for a pension claim. The second name on the list at the pen­ sion bureau is that of Eliza J. Tunnell, Who executes a claim for pension as the widow of Elijah J. Tunnell, killed on board the Wiusloar in Cardenas harbor. Chief Clerk Bayley said there were 635,- 000 applications ahead of those who want pensions on account of service in the Spanish war. If all those were adjudicat­ ed in the order filed, soldiers, widows and dependent relatives of this war would have a long time to wait. That is not probable, as Commissioner Evans will soon create a special division for the con­ sideration of pension claims growing out of this war. Cordial relations exist between the offi­ cers and soldiers of both armies at San­ tiago. Many Spanish and American ofli- cere have changed swords as remem­ brances of the campaign. MAIN STREET OF DAWSON £!TY AS IT LOOKS TO-DAY. . Bushels. ^ Bushels. 1890 399,202,000 1885 467,103,000 1881 011,780,000 1896 427,684,000 1892 515,949,000 1897 .... .580,149,000 1893 396,132,000 1898 700,000,000 1894 460,267,000 The Kansas State crop report for Au­ gust shows that the yield there will be the second largest on record, or 60,000,000 bushels. The Michigan crop report, also received, says the wheat yield of the State will be the largest since 1892. The aver­ age yield will be the largest since 1892, The average yield per acre in Michigan is reported as 17.96 bushels, and the esti­ mated crop is 30,700,000 bushels, against 32,700,000 in 1892. The wheat is likewise of an excellent quality. Harvesting of Bpring wheat has begun in the southern portions of the Northwestern States. The total estimated yield in Minnesota and Dakota this year is 210,000,000 bushels, as against 143,000,000 last year. The "bumper crops" in Oregon and Washing­ ton are regarded as more than enough to make up for the bad crops in California. Cl Corn Estimate. Thoman estimates the total corn yield this year at 1.825,000.000 bushels. In the August report corn is shown to have suf­ fered during the last month and a reduc­ tion of nearly 8 per cent since July 1 is noted. According to the latest reports the yield of corn in Kansas and Sjebraska will be from five-eighths and three-fourths of a full crop. The Missouri crop report for August makes the condition of corn bet­ ter and the average yield of wheat per acre is placed at ten bushels. Iowa also enters the field this year with a great wheat crop, but Minnesota and the Da- kotas are ahead in spring wheat produc­ tion. Late rains not alone have improv­ ed corn prospects, bat have increased the wheat yield. * peace> < f r CITY OF BISMARCK IS IN RUipS. Capital of North Dakota Alas oat Wiped Ont by Fire* Bismarck, "K. D., was gutted by fire the other night as never before in its history. The greater portion of the business sec­ tion of the town wag wiped out, the Sheri­ dan hotel being one of the few important buildings left standing. The flames also invaded the residence district, doing im­ mense damage. The total loss will run into hundreds of thousands, and may reach the miUion mark. The fire orjginafrt in the agent's office of the Northern Pacific depot, and almost as soon as it was discovered the entire building and the immense warehouse of the company were, in flames. Inflammable oils and powder contributed to the rapid spread of the flames, and before they could be checked they had spread to a block of brick buildings across the alley, destroying the Tribune, Nare's hardware store and the entire row. The flames then leaped across the street to the First National Bank building, which melted away in a tevS minutes. The Central block followed, and then the fire spread to the postoffice, sweeping over the entire block and carrying down the postoffice, the Merchants' Bank block, the Griffin block and all intermediate frame and brick structures. Kupitz's store and the greater pai^ of that block were also burn­ ed. The flames also spread north into the residence section and gutted it. The fire­ men were powerless to check the inroads of the fire, which spread to hundreds of buildings, licking them up as so much waste paper. The origin of the fire is unknown, as no one was in the freight office when it start­ ed. All the wires were burned out. tbe Western Union office being one of the first to go, and the railroad office was also de­ stroyed. A temporary cut-in was made to luuulle imperative business. ffvery drug store in the city was burn­ ed, and all the grocery stores but two or three, two newspaper offices, and the great bulk of the business portion of the city, with several blocks of residences. The Sheridan House had a narrow escape, but All the postoffice supplies and 1^' ii$f 'ost* Many people are home- |p^*fine of fire extended from the Norther^lJPaeifie tracks to Thayer street on the iuorth, and from Fourth to Third street on the east and west. The insur­ ance may cover ope-half the loss. NINETEEN LO8T IN A GALE. Columbian Exploration Party Perishes in Kuakokvia River. The Columbian exploration party, com­ posed of sixteen prospectors who went north on the steamer Lakme, reached Unalaska late in June. At that place they met Itev. E. Weber, a Moravian mis­ sionary, who was also bound for Kuskok- via river for religious work, and who went along with them as pilot and interpreter among the Indians. Weber took with him his wife and child. The Lakme reached Goodmen's bay, off the mouth of Kuskokvia river, on June 22. Two days later Weber reached the camp of a num­ ber of other Moravians who had preceded him. The prospectors with whom Weber had gone north had a fifty-foct steamer and two barges but they needed another vessel to, carry what they had with them. Weber could not get a* boat from the missionaries just at that time. On Jiine 27 the small steamer with the two barges in tow start­ ed for the month of the'river. Soon after their departure a terrible gale sprang np, and continued for two days. A few days later the natives discovered one barge ashore on the north side of Kuskokvia river loaded with flour, canned goods'and Iclothing. The was lost. \ y,; Guayama, Portp Rico, occupied by •th^'^W Third Illinois and Fourth Ohio regiment*, >/,v under Gen. Haines, after a sharp engage*5 J ? ,V ment in which four Ohio men were wonnd» ^ vi ed. '-n ' Sunday. f " The tug Hudson captured a Spanish* * ;>: sloop andsank another off Cardenas. j; The rough riders, the First regular car* ', airy and Cummings' Wttery sailed fromv , v Santiago for Montank Point. . ' General forward movement: of the/ ' * American amy begun from Ponce, Porto^.p ^ Rico, the objective point being San Juan.1 " Secretary Alger decided to have the;- bodies of the soldiers who were killed or- ' who died of disease at Santiago brought ' ' to the United States. ^ Monday. / Sampson's report on the worlt of tii»< fleet given to the public. v \ '* Spain's reply to the American terms reached Washington. Gen. Shafter reported eieven deaths andt many new e«es of fever in his army. , *; Three transport^ loaded1 with men from< Gen. Shafter's army sailed for*the United^, f V'<1 States. >'"sPrX Gen. Stfafter in dispatches to Washing- ̂ ton disclaimed reiponsibiUty ̂ or the suf- * i 1 fering of sick soldiers o%tfc& transports > % Concho and Seneca; ^ Secretary Long of the navyjvrote a let- ter containing an elaborate defense - of Rear Admiral Sampson against the nu­ merous. criticisms that upon him. • -^SfSFtteaday. The monitor Monterey and its cdllier- Brutus arrived at Manila. Spaniards^.at GuantnuamG^id down their arms and surrenderee!*© Grig. Gen, Ewers. \r Spain accepted President McKinley's peace terms. Certain representations made regarding Cuba which were not ac­ cepted. Gen. Ernst's brigade captured Coamo, Porto Rico, after a lively fight, in which seven Pennsylvania volunteers were wounded. Two hundred Spaniards were taken prisoners. Wednesday. The Fifth Illinois were embarked at Newport News for Porto Rico, but receiv­ ed orders to disembark. Orders issued removing a number of regiments from the preset camps in thei South to new camp grounds. Reports reached Santiago that Garcia had captured Gibara, and that he was> besieging Holguin with 8,000 men. & Said that Japan has made an offer to aid the Philippine insurgents with arms and ammunition in case America aban­ dons the islands. Gen. Merriam, at San Francisco, was ordered to assemble transports as rapidly as possible to embark the 5,000 men now on the coast for Manila. A system of tariff rates for Cuban ports in possession of the United States was formulated by the War Department. Unit­ ed States importers or exporters not ex­ empted. Protocol covering the peace terms of the United States was agreed npon by M. Cambon, representing Spain, and Presi­ dent McKinley. It Was telegraphed to Madrid. Admiral Dewey wrote to Congressman Livingston of Georgia expressing grati­ tude for his introduction into Congress of the resolution thanking Dewey and Ida men for their victory at Manila. ' Thursday. Gen. Miles' troops wero resting jaear Aibonito. - Spain's cabinet formally approved Pres­ ident McKinley's peace protocol and a cablegram was sent to M. Cambon au­ thorizing him to sign in behalf of Spain. Sparks from the Wireiii The coinage of the mints of the United States during July aggregated $6,940,744, of which $5,853,900 was gold. The United States requested England to join in dissuading Italy from bombard­ ing the city of Cartegeua, Colombia. Only one gold claim in ten around Daw­ son City. Klondike, is paying wages, but those which pay yield large sums. Thirty million bushels of coal is loaded 011 barges at Pittsburg, Pa., awaiting high water to float down the Ohio river. By the bravery of Hugh McCutcheon, an inside foreman, forty men were saved from death in a burning mine near Scran- ton, Pa. Ex-Senator Warner Miller is now conft- dent that the Nicaragua canal will be built, owned and operated by the United States. The Chicago Commercial Association is laying plans for a trade carnival to be held there Oct. 3, to cost $200,000. The brig Harriet G. has made the jour­ ney from New York to St. Michael, Alas­ ka, with a party of prospectors for the gold fields. Four thousand men are scattered along Stewart river. Alaska, waiting the open­ ing of the season to begin gold mining operations. It is reported at Yokohama that Ha­ waii agreed to pay Japan $200,000 to set­ tle the dispute about the exclusion of Japanese emigrants from Hawaii. Palestine is to have a daily paper, which will probably be established at Jerusalem by a Mr. Yehonda. a native of Russia, aud a TurUish^subject. Yfeliooda now publishes in tlieHoly, City a semi-weekly Krupp is building 5-centimer (2-inch) paper field guns tor the German infantry. They are so light that a single soldier can easiiy carry one, while the resistance of the pnper is greater than that of steel of the same caliber. Col. W. F. Cody received the name of "Buffalo Bill" fr^ui the fact that he bad the contract to stippl" .«cat,to the men who were constructing the'Kansas Pa­ cific Railroad, and that he almost always gave them buffalo meat. I , . I a1 :A„ ̂ I 124 .;>* 4fij- •