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ILLINOIS STATE NEWS -OCCURRENCES DURING THE „#AST WEEICs*^^*'"'),/, jS -K, •JMlUf Pttrfag a Family Disturbance-- <:\ •' Murdered for Her Money -- Mixes for Her Money Coaj<h Medicine and tm • Peoria Hint Chloroform-- - -r>' c w •: m* Homer Roberts, aged lSrisftot,' ... li thought, mortally wounded his father, George W. Roberts, a prominent farmer, in his motherrs presence near Ina. Bad blood has existed for some time between father and son, although no satisfactory reason is given for such a state of affairs. Becently Roberts had a public sale of his -fctock and farm products with a view of moving to town. It is said his son bid on one of the mares that were offered, but .aome one else ran the bid higher than he desired to go. He and Roberts' son-in- lnw, Oliver Harris, are said to have gone to the house, smashed considerable of the :fprniture and window lights, and to have started for the organ, when Roberts ar­ rived, carrying a brick, and ordered them •way. They left, firing their revolvers at the house, only to return later, when Roberts is said to have ordered them at the muzzle of a shotgun. Roberts went to Mount Vernon and swore out warrants •gainst both men on various charges and -on his return home, the son being present, tile quarrel was renewed, and the son •hot the father in the lower right side. Spoils a Double Wedding* a ' .The double wedding of Miss Lulu Stone and Fred Boettcher and Miss Sarah Stone and Herman Boettcher was an­ nounced to take, place near Ofallon. Many guests were present. Both young men had expended considerable money in ar­ ranging comfortable homes. The four young people had entered the room where the minister was in readiness to perform the ceremony, when Miss Stone astounded the spectators by declaring that she would not marry Fred Boettcher, just because •he did not want to. This Wedding was therefore indefinitely postponed. The Other couple were united in marriage and "the two persons who did not get married assisted in the wedding celebration. Drinks Poison by Mistake. Samuel R. Duncan, a leading broom 'torn merchant and a prominent Demo­ cratic politician, was the victim of a pe­ culiar and almost fatal accident at his home in Areola. Mr. Duncan had been coffering from a severe fold and about midnight arose f£om his bed to take a dose of medicine. He mistook a bottle of Chloroform mixture for the cough remedy, and before he discovered the mistake had swallowed a large quantity of the poison. A physician was summoned, and after working some time with a stomach pump "the drug was removed. Robbers Slay a Rich Woman. Aged "Grandma" Wynn, the richest res­ ident of Brooklyn, and owner of half the town, was murdered the other night by robbers, who cut her throat and left her -dead in the front yard, after ransacking the house. Mrs. Wynn, who frequently had considerable money in the house, lived •entirely alone. Mrs. Wynn was estimated to be worth from $90,000 to $100,000. The murderer or murderers left no clew. It ia not known how much money they ob- "tftined, but the amount must have been Considerable. Two Farmers Fatally ' hot. Three farmers, who were neighbors, en- 4fcged in an encoutner near Hindsboro, and Perry Prosser and Hick Thomas were fa tally, shot by: Reuben Piles. Piles met the men on the highway, when, he al­ leges, they threatened him for crossing their land, one of them brandishing a club. A.s they approached Piles he gave Prosser the contents of a shotgun at twenty paces And he fell mortally wounded. The other load entered the body of Thomas. Piles •surrendered to the sheriff. Mnrder in a Mine. Matt Johnson shot and almost instantly killed James Hampton at Sholl's coal mine, two miles south of Bartonviile, a suburb of Peoria. They were colored min­ ers and they quarreled in the mine during the morning and Hampton ran Johnson «ut of the, mine with a knife. Johnson is In the county jail. He claims that the murder was done in self-defense. Brief State Ha ppenlnK** jThe Baptist congregation of Fairbury "1Si» voted a call to Rev. F. F. Whiteomb «f Deer Creek. The body of Mary Freet, a wealthy old woman who lived alone near Gilson, was found in her barnyard. She was stricken with heart disease while feeding her poul­ try. Gahan & Byrne of Chicago have secur­ ed the contract to build a system of wat­ er works at Seattle, Wash., to cost $200.- 000. The work will take from two to three years. Henry Clay, a colored man, was tried •nd convicted for assault in the Circuit Court at Vienna. T. L. Kirby pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny and receiv­ ed a sentence. L. D. Darnell of West Frankfort died •s a result of injuries received in a quar- . rel over 25 cents in a game of cards. O. C. Jordan, who struck him tin the head With a spoke, has disappeared. ' While a Chicago and Eastern Illinois gravel train was crossing Pond creek bridge, near Benton, a rope caught on the bridge timbers and wrecked the entire train, throwing it into the creek and kill­ ing Rear Brakeman Cook. „ Sheriff John A. Lemming of Clinton County was fined for contempt of court •nd locked up in the jail. The unusual incident occurred while Circuit Court was in session, aud is the culmination of ob­ stinacy on the part of the officer. The hearing of Ernest Ivuhlmau, charged with •rson, was set, and Sheriff Lemming re­ fused to bring the prisoner from the jail until he felt so disposed. Judge Ames then ordered him arrested by Coroner Al- sop. Thomas W. Scott was arrested at Crip­ ple Creek, Colo., charged with the embez­ zlement of $1,700 from Sieh, Pritchard & Co. at the Union stock yards, Chicago. Be was cashier of the firm. At Lebanon, W. R. Tipton, well known throughout southern Illinois as the law and order regulator of St. Clair County and who has for years championed fights against poolrooms, violation of law by sa­ loonkeepers and others, was recently serv­ ed with twelve warrants on various charges, and on failure to give bond was lodged in jail. Tipton alleges that it is • malicious act. The joint suit of the Carlyle Canning Company and interested insurance com­ panies against the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company has been compromised. The origin of the suit Was the burning of the plant in April, 1896, the fire being caused by^a spark from a passing locomotive. While several workmen were getting rock at the river near Oakland for a •tone pile they unearthed a den of black snakes. Twenty-eight black snakes were killed, one of them measuring over three feet in length. There were many other kinds of snakes, but they escaped. In all thee* were more than 200 snakes in the >3 u n r Brown County's fair will be first week of next August The Sheldon novelty works will be re­ moved to Kankakee in January. Oscar Fleming, a miner, was killed at Mount Olive by a falling slab. Diphtheria prevails near Independences where several children have died. Gov. Tanner issued a proclamation par­ tially establishing martial law in Pana. At Streator, the congregation of the Church of Good Will Toward Men dedi­ cated its new home. The Weir plow works will be removed from Monmouth to Averyville, a suburb of Peoria, next year. The Massac County Farmers' institute at Metropolis has closed an interesting and well-attended session. Methodists dedicated two new church buildings in Chicago on a recent Sunday with appropriate ceremonies. Captain James M. North, an old citizen of Clinton, died suddenly. He was sup­ ervisor of Clinton township. William Stevens was held up in Chicago by three men and was beaten into insensi­ bility and robbed of 75 cents. The Board of Supervisors has offered a bounty of $6 a head for the killing of wolves within Bureau County. Naval reserves of Illinois who served in the war with Spain will organize the Illi­ nois Naval Veterans' Association. The Southern Illinois Medical Associa­ tion has closed a two days' session at Cairo. The next meeting will be held in Carbondale. Charles Benton, a farmer, was struck on the head by a falling tree and instantly killed while driving through the timber near Sadortis. Homer Catlin, aged 72, died at Quincy. He was formerly in the book and station­ ary business and had been a resident there forjifty years. -•Nashville is alarmed over an outbreak of diphtheria and there are fears it will become epidemic. Two deaths have re­ sulted from the disease. The last services in the old Austin Methodist Church were held recently, and the building is being torn down to make room for a new and larger edifice. The Illinois Steel Company has purchas­ ed for $350,000 seventy-two acres of land north of its South Chicago plant from the Cheltenham Improvement Company. Fire destroyed the dry goods store of Joseph Tabor & Co. at Belvidere, and left the building in ruins. The loss is esti­ mated at $20,000, partially insured. At Kappa, Levi T. Turpin, a farmer, aged 21, and Mrs. Mary Tomes, aged 23, a widow, while driving were struck by an Illinois Central passenger train and in­ stantly killed. The secretary of the State Board of Equalization has so far completed his cler- leal work in closing up the work of the board as to show the result of its work. The equalized assessment of the several elasses of property is as follows: Lands, lots and personal, $099,480,640; railroad property assessed by board, $76,554,845; capital stock of corporations, $2,433,425; total. $778,474,910; assessment in 1897, $799,695,953; decrease this year, $21,- 220,942. The new Congregational Church at Mattoon was dedicated recently. Prof. W. W. McKinzie of Chicago delivered the morning address, and Rev. Dr. Tompkins of Chicago the dedicatory address. Rev. Robert W. New land, pastor of the con­ gregation, had charge of the ceremonies. The building is the handsomest church edifice in Mattoon, and, completed in ev­ ery detail, cost upward of $15,000. The auditorium proper seats about 325 per­ sons, and is a model in arrangement and finish. The reports made at the recent session of the State Synod of the Presbyteriaa Church show the average membership of the churches is 137. Eighteen churches report over 400 members, seven over 500, two over 600, and one over 1,000. Last year there was a membership in the State of 60,000, and this yeatv5,286 were added. Seven hundred have died aud 2,497 have been dropped or dismissed, leaving the present membership 66.869. During 1897 the church gave for all benevolent pur­ poses $1,015,734, and this was increased this year by $82,542. An explosion of gas in the Pana Coai Company's mine • seriously injured three negroes, two of whom may not survive. The gas was ignited by miners' lamps, and the explosion occurred in an entry in the north section of the mine, the only portion which is in shape for operation. The two men more seriously injured are badly burned about the arms, hands, faces and necks, the flesh falling from their bones in some places. Immediately after the explosion every negro and white man in the mine deserted the pit and was hoisted to the top, the fire being left to burn. The force of the explosion could be felt in the business section of the city. Two men giving their names, as William Wilson and W. J. Shannon, and claiming to be horse buyers, cashed a draft for $450 at the Lanark National Bank. The check bore the signature of W. L. McEIwell, cashier of the Partridge Banking Com­ pany of Seneca Falls, N. Y. The cashier of the Lanark bank suspicioned that all was not right and a telegram brought .back the answer that the draft was a for­ gery. Meantime the men had left Lan­ ark, but were traced to Freeport, and their arrest followed in three hours after passing the draft, McElwell of the New York bank has been in Mount Carroll. He reports that forged drafts on his bank have been reported since last December from Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska to the amount of about $5,000. When the men were arrested one attempt­ ed to chew up and swallow a draft on the Plymouth, Ind., State Bank, and Cashier Oliver G. Coice of that concern also came to Mount Carroll. This bank has also had many drafts forged on it. A. A. Leachey of the Conway, Iowa, bank, iden­ tified Shannon as having in May last pass­ ed a forged draft for $350 on him. Cashier Boatman of Sterling, Neb., also identifies Shannon a« having induced him to pay over $300 on a bogus draft. The grand jury indieted both men. Nat H. Cohen of Urbana shows in his report of the Illinois Fish Commission that thousands of black bass and other game fish have been distributed in the best streams of the State the past season, and more such work is to be done next year. J. H. Schooley. a young painter employ­ ed in a Kankakee factory, has received word that his great-grandfather, Peter Stiler, had died in Germany, leaving an estate worth $7,000,000. Mr. Schooley is one of ten heirs living in this country. He thinks there are an equal number of heirs living in Germany. Elgin celebrated the return of her sol­ diers from Porto Rico. A parade was fol­ lowed by speeches in the First Congre­ gational Church, and a banquet was given in the evening. Among the speakers were Congressman Hopkins, Col. Bennitt, Lieut. Col. Fisher, Chaplain O'Dell and Surgeon Starrett4® Mrs. B. F. Kendig of Harrisburg, Pa., mother of J. Frank Kendig, late editor of the Ottawa Journal, committed suicide. She had become despondent from home­ sickness and the death of her only daugh­ ter. Mrs. Kendig came to Ottawa a year ago to make her home with her son, but grieved over the separation from her Har- i risburs associations. "" SIGNIFICANT FACTS. CAUSE AND EFFECT IN THE NO. ' VEMBER ELECTIONS. \;;.£ Republican Control o# the House of Representatives ?aved by the Gains in ftates Where Pretention ^ Prominent Issme. - '* • A vote for Democratic Congressmen will be a vote to overturn the Dingley tariff law, which has been the primal factor of our present prosperity; which has increased the wages paid to Ameri­ can workingmen one billion dollars In the past eighteen months; which made • balance of trade in our favor of over six hundred million dollars last year, and is building new factories and set­ ting more men at work in our mills, fac­ tories, logging camps and mines. It will be a vote to indorse the free trade Wilson law, which closed our mills and factories, and enforced idleness and poverty upon American workingmen.-- Tacoma Ledger. It is a fact of history that in the States of the far West the campaign ending November 8 was chiefly fougirt on the issue of protection. The extract Just quoted from the Tacoma Ledger Is a fair sample of the arguments and ap­ peals reiied upon by the leading Re­ publican newspapers of the Pacific coast to reach the intelligence of voters. Day after day, week after week, the journals supporting Presi­ dent McKlnley's administration and its policies spread before their readers the facts and figures of revived prosperity under protection as contrasted with the facts and figures of depression and ruin under four years of free trade and tar- States are Interested in such a meas> ure. but none more so than the Pacific Coast States.--MeMinnvine (OreO Val­ ley Times. Real Benefits of Protection. A fusion paper says that "effort Is made by gold standard papers to con­ vince their readers that the' current large balance of trade is due to Mr. Me- Kinley sitting in the White House." It ^takes no effort to convince the people of this country that the splendid bal­ ance of trade in our favor, $615,000,000, the largest ever known, Is principally due to the Dingley protective tariff. While it Is true that the shortage of crops in Europe created an unusual de­ mand for cereals, the increase in this direction made but & small portion of the balance in our favor. The decrease in Imports Was the principal factor In the balance. Our people bought less fprelgn products by hundreds of mill­ ions, using home products instead, thus giving employment to hundreds of thousands of American workmen. This is where the real benefit^ of protection have been felt by the people of this country. Instead of taking foreign goods in payment for exports, they re­ ceived over a hundred millions of Euro­ pean gold.--Tacoma (Wash.) Ledger. WORK OF OUR NAVY. SECRETARY LONQ S ANNUAL RE­ PORT MADE PUBUGbo# Work of the Department Is Reviewed from the Beginning of Hostilities-- Correspondence Between Schley and Sampson. Under Two Administrations. "It hps rarely, if ever," writes Henry Clews in his weekly Financial Review, "been the good fortune of a Govern­ ment to close a costly war with $316,- 000,000 of cash in the treasury and 76 per cent of it in gold." Nor can it be said that this great surplus is borrowed money, for during the first eight months of the calendar year the exports of mer­ chandise have exceeded the imports by $352,000,000, while for the same months of 1897 the surplus was but $95,400,000, and for 1896 but $109,700,000. The cred- W1LLIAM JENNINQ5 HERCULES TO THE RESCUE. *txv Cs((y »N tut qimdcxa 0 •-New York World. iff tinkering. Every Republican speak­ er followed the same line. A different policy was pursued in the Middle and Eastern' States, more particularly the Atlantic Coast States. : Ited balance of the year has been offset by net gold imports of $92,400,000, leav- I Ing a net credited balance of $259,800,- 000, or at the rate of $34(5,400,000 per j annum. Yet it was only three years* In these States the tariff was almost ! ago that a Democratic administration entirely ignored alike by newspapers and campaign speakers on the Repub­ lican side. Naturally It was ignored on the Democratic side. Republican writers- and orators had little or noth­ ing to say about the leading feature in the policy of thfe Republican National administration. The needs and de­ mands of the American merchant ma­ rine, albeit of vital consequence to the people of the Atlantic Coast States, re­ ceived scarcely a word of recognition. So far as the voters of these localities were Informed the issue of marine pro­ tection and the restoration of American shipping was not involved in the cans paign. Mark the result! The Republican majority in the National House of Representatives was wiped out by losses In the Western, Middle^ and Eastern States and the control of the House by a majority now estimated at thirteen was saved to the Republican party by the gains of Congressmen In the States west of the Missouri River. Leaving out the gains in these States, where the doctrine of protection was made the leading Issue of the cam­ paign, the lower house of the Fifty- sixth Congress would be in the control of a coalition of Democrats, Populists and Free Silverites. There is possibly a lesson in these facts that campaign managers would do well to keep in mind hereafter- American Economist. was, in time of profound peace, borrow­ ing millions at enormous discounts in order to keep up the cash reserve on which depended the nation's credit- Burlington Hawkeye. Breaking; Into This Market. The days of superior -woolen goods from Yorkshire mills have ended, as far as our market is concerned. The sole aim and object of the English manu­ facturers nowadays consists in the de­ velopment of every device that will en­ able them to adulterate their mixtures of wool, cotton, rags and shoddy into such a presentable form that they can hang together until they get upon the wearer's back in the United States. They want some share of our market by (^rook, if not by hook.--New York Commercial. -----* The annual report of the Secretary of the Navy is much longer than the usual annual report. The first sentence explains this as follows: For the first time since its rehabilitation the navy has been put to the supreme test of war. Years of patient, persistent train­ ing and development had brought It to a point of high efficiency which resulted in the unparalleled victories at Manila and Santiago--victories which have given the names of our naval commanders world-wide fame and added an additional page to the glorious naval history of our country. The report describes in rapid order the steps that were taken to consolidate the squadrons and put the navy in readiness for hostilities. Sigcbee's famous.telegram asking a suspension of public opinion in connection with the blowing up of the Maine is quoted and the Secretary says: "This judicious telegram did much to se­ cure in the public mind dispassionate view of the disaster." The story of Dewey's victory at Manila is told, and of it the Secretary says: Aside from the mere fact of having won without the loss of a single life such a bril­ liant and electrifying victory at the very outset of the war, with all the confidence which it infused throughout the country aud Into the personnel of every branch of the service, It removed at once all apprehension for the Pacific coast. The Indirect pecuniary advantage to the United States In the way of saving an Increase of Insurance rates and In assuring the country of freedom from attack on that coast is Incalculable. The Secretary tells how Cervera's fleet, having sailed from Cape Verde Islands April 29, for an unknown destination, Sampson sailed east with a portion of his fleet for the purpose of observation. At Cape Haitien May 7, the department ad­ vised him that the Spanish squadron was reported at St. Thomas. TJ>e following statement explains offi­ cially why the botubardmenfc-of San Juan Was not forced to an end: Instructions were also received that the Vessels accompanying him were not to be risked or crippled In titer bombardment of fortifications, as It was considered unwise to risk any of the vessels of our navy until the Spanish fleets had been met and de­ stroyed. « • • The squadron did not nr- rlve off San Juan until the morning of the 12th. A bombardment of that place fol­ lowed for two hours and a half, but as there was no land force to hold it In case of Its surrender and as the Spanish fleet was not there, it was determined to return t<>. Havana, where It was possible ~ CW"F*ri'i might have gone. famyson and ^Chley. The report shows that the "flying squad­ ron," under Schley, was ordered to Cienr fuegos upon notice that Cervera's squad­ ron had been seen off Curacao. But on May 20 the department, having heard that Cervera was at Santiago, advised Samp­ son to order Schley to proceed off that port. On the 26th Sampson received from Schley a letter dated the 23d stating that he was not satisfied that the Spanish squadron was not at Cienfuegos and that he would therefore remain off that point with his squadron. The next day Schley was informed that Cervera had been in Santiago from the 19th to the 25th, and he was directed to proceed with all dis patch to that port. At this time he tele­ graphed Sampson, under date of the 24th, that coaling off Cienfuegos* was very un­ certain; that the Spanish fleet was not in Cienfuegos; that he would go eastward on the 25th, but that on account of short coal supply he could not blockade if Cervera was in Santiago, but would go to Nicho­ las Mole to communicate. Upon receiving this information Sampson decided to go to Key West for coal at once, and, if author­ ized, to proceed to Santiago in person. Schley left Cienfuegos on the 24th and stopped on the following day twenty miles southeast of Santiago to repair the col­ lier Merrimac. At 7:30 p. m. he signaled to the squadron: "Destination Key West via south side of Cuba and Yucatan chan­ nel as soon as collier is ready: speed nine knots." After stesmiug to the westward until 11:20 p. m., the squadron again stopped to make repairs to the Yale. The report then continues: On the morning of the 27th the Harvard, .Jfrom Mole St. Nicholas, delivered to Com­ modore Schley the following dispatch: *. i n <•« \fiiv 1 -- Har- any conference held to arrange the terms of surrender of Santiago by virtue of the fact that he had engaged in the joint op­ erations. Shatter replied that he .should be glad to have Sampson represented, but the surrender took pl^ce before his rep­ resentative could j-each the camp. Ad­ miral Sampson's. fphief of staff did ar­ rive before the final articles were signed, but Shafter declined to permit him to be one of the signatories. The most important chapter of the re­ port is that relating to the increase of the navy, and under this head the Secretary transmits and indorses the report of the naval board of bureau chiefs looking to the increase of the navy by no less than fifteen ships, some of the most powerful character. The Secretary says; / The navy should be Increased;-the devel­ opment of Its various branches should be homogeneous, and the Increase In ships should be accompanied by a gradual In­ crease in officers and men and In naval sta­ tions, coaling stations, repair plants, etc. REPORT OF SECRETARY BLISS. Concerns Indians, Lands, Mining Af­ fairs and Pensions. Secretary of The Interior Bliss has is­ sued his annual report. In speaking of the disposal of public lands the report says: "The total area of public lands, 5KWS mffirt •<s •' jiif i- The report of the surgeon general of the navy shows thAt on the thirty-one!"flesielir of the North, Atlantic squadron command­ ed by Admiral Sampson there were only twelve deaths out of a total of 5,516 men, which was at the rate pf 2.17 per 1,000, and only thre$ of the, twelve died from disease--one from pneumonia, one from consumption and one from alcoholism. Three were killed or died from wounds and six were drowned. In Admiral Dewey's squadron of eighteen vessels 2,261 men there were only six deaths, at the rate of 2.65 per 1,000--one from chol­ era morbus, one from appendicitis, one fr6m drowning, one from suicide, one from alcoholic poison and one from -4 5 t. . 1 not including Indian lands, entered by in- ! wounf 8;t This >s the most remarkable dividnals (exclusive of selections by cor­ porations) dutfcig the year ending June 30, was 11,328,037.34 acres. This is in excess of the area so disposed of by the Government during the previous year by 2,607.893.96 acres, an increase of over 28 record that was ever known in any navy in the world. Within « radius of two squares, jast the east of the troasury.'Ties tfife great news-heart of our republic. The center per cent. The number of individual en- | of is the historic old "newspaper tries of Government land during the year I TOW»" * dingy row of low buildings. At was 89,674, as against 71,581 the previous one time nearly all the important riewspa- year, showing an increase of over 25 per P*1"8 of the country had their offices there, cent." i later days many have moved into more The report shows an increase of 389 in !no<ler° offices neighboring buildings. X:Ii. '-•uX '-•m the mineral entries, and an increase of 174 patents issued and 466 claims patented. In commenting on this feature Secretary Bliss says: "This increase in mineral en­ tries indicates a marked revival of the mining industry, which had fallen to its lowest ebb in 1895, when but 757 entries were made, being less than one-half the number made in 1898 and the lowest since 1879. From Colorado there was mined during the calendar year 1897 $19,104,200 in gold and 21,636,400 ounces of silver, ex­ ceeding the output of any other State in the Union. The next State in gold min­ ing was California, with $14,618,300, Montana being second in the production of , . ^ . .... pilvCT, with 15,667,900 ounces. The third ""•? .?,c*u^8 ,n. the geography, that it is State in gold mining was South Dakota, ? while before its grandeur takes effect* but still within the circle. Here are busy brains and bright; so many mind-mills into which as into hoppers are poured day and night all the notable occurrences of government, prophecies of policies, poli­ tics and a perfect hodgepodge of small talk, and gossip, to be ground up into a blend flour fit for any and all palates, un­ der the brand: "From our special corre­ spondent at Washington." The dome of the Capitol is probably one of the most fascinating things in Wash­ ington after one has come nnder its in­ fluence. It looks so simple at first--so small after one's ideas gleaned perhaps Trusts in a Free-Trade Country. Persons who have insisted, in season and out, that protection is the father of trusts will bo lathered to explain how trusts continue to flourish in Great Britain. Another of these combina­ tions of capital Is In process of forma­ tion among the dyers of Bradford dis­ trict, and at last accounts only one large dyeing firm was standing out. The fact Is that trusts are born.of strenuous competition, and if, as is taught by economists of the Manches­ ter school, competition Is whetted by free trade, Great Britain should be the natural home for trusts. Certainly no conditions should be more favorable to growth of trusts than those produced in Great Britain by the Intense indus­ trial rivalry that country is meeting, both at home and abroad, from the United States and Germany. Greater economy In production is an industrial necessity for the United Kingdom.-- New York Commercial Advertiser. All Feet ion* Interested. If Congress would pass a bill to give the same protection to American ship­ ping that it does to American manu­ facturers and farmers and mechanics, there will be profitable business for the Investment of the millions now going abroad at a low rate of interest. We shall eventually save the three hundred millions now annually being paid to foreign shipowners for carrying ottis. foreign trade, besides building up the greatest industry in this country--ship­ building. Ail sections of the United That Famous Wall. What has become of that "Chinese wall" the Dingley bill was to build around the country? If It was built, how does It happen that the foreign trade of the United States Is now at the rate of nearly $2,000,000,000 a year, and that in the past eight months the increased value of exports alone reach­ ed $107,000,000?--Fort Wayne (Ind.) Gazette. <•>> Odds of Twelve to One. Uncle Sam--I say, mate, is that an American ship out there? American Sailor--No, sir; nit. U. S.--Why so positive? You surely can't make out the flag at that distance. A« S.--True enough, but I'll bet you 12 to 1 I'm right. That's the odds against us on tlje sea. After the great fire of 1871 fifty hope­ less citizens of Chicago held a meeting among its smoking ruins to plan recon­ struction. They were nearly despair­ ing, but for the hopeful speech of a young man, Lyman J. Gage. Rev. M. C. Harris, superintendent of Methodist missionary work among the Japanese of the Pacific slope and Hawaiian Islands, is the only Chris­ tian clergyman who has been decorated by the Emperor of Japan. "Washington, D. C-, May 25, 1808. vard, St. Nicholas Mole, Haytl: Proceed at once and Inform Schley and also the senior officer present ofT Santiago as follows: All department's Information Indicates Spanish division Is still at Santiago. The depart­ ment looks to you to ascertain facts and that the enemy If therein does not leave without a decisive action. Cubans familiar with Santiago say that there are lauding places five or sis nautical miles west from the mouth of harbor and that there insur- geuts probably will be found ftiid not the Spanish, l-'roin the surrounding heights you can see every vessel in port. As soon as ascertained notify the department whether the enemy is there.* Could not squadron and also Harvard coal from the Merrimac lee­ ward off Cape Cruz, Oonalveji channel, or Mole, HaitiV The department will send coal Immediately to Mole. Hepwri without delay situation at Santiago. LONG." At 11 a. m., two hours after receiving this dispatch from the department. Commodore Schley signaled to squadron: "Can you fetch Into the port o£ K^sy West with coal remaining? Report by signal." At noon the Harvard left, carrying his reply to the department's dispatch, as fol­ lows: "Kingston, May 28, 1838.--Secretary Navy, Washington, D. C. • "• • Merrimac en­ gines disabled: Is heavy: am obliged to have towed to Key West. Have been unable ab­ solutely to a»al the Tesas, ^tarbJehead, Vis- en, Brooklyn from collier, owing to very rough sea. Bad weather since leaving Key West. The Brooklyn alone has more than sufficient coal to proceed to Key West; can­ not remain off Santiago In present state squadron coal account^ Impossible to coal leeward of Cape Cruse In the summer, all owing to southwesterly winds. • • • Much to be regretted, cannot obey orders of de­ partment. Have striven earnestly; forced to proceed for coal to Key West by way of Yucatan passage. Cannot ascertain any­ thing respecting enemy positive. • • • Very difficult to tow collier, to get cable to hold. SCHLEY." Later in the dajr, the squadron meantime having again moved westward, the signal "stop" was made to the flying squadron, after which the Texas and Marblehead went alongside the Merrimjic aud coaled. The squadron was at that time distant about forty miles to the southward and westward of Santiago. linking of the Merrimac. -< On the 2Sth signal was made to return in the direction of Santiago anu the squad­ ron stopped for the night ten miles off shore, with the Marblehead scouting two miles inside. On the next morning the Spanish squadron was sighted inside. On Jnne 23 the Merrimac was sunk, and of this the Secretary says: This attempt, although unsuccessful In Its object, was daringly executed. It Is now one of the well-known historic marvels of naval adventure and enterprise In which Naval Constructor Hobson and his men won undying fame. The report deals next with the seizure of the harbor of Guantanamo and the gal­ lant three days' fight of the mariues; with the convoying of the Shafter expedition from Tampa to Santiago, and with the conferences that took place between Shaf­ ter and Sampson in the effort to secure co-operatiou of the army and navy in the reduction of Santiago. The story of the operations at this stage involves the re­ cital of the destruction of the Spanish fleet, which is told, however, in the most concise official form. . One fact disclosed by the history of tfce days before the surrender of Saattiago is that Sampson asked to be represented in with $5,604,900, Utah being third in pro­ duction of silver, with 6,205,600 ounces. The fourth State in gold mining was Mon­ tana, with $4,373,400, Idaho being fourth in the production of silver, with 4,901,200 ounces." Upon Indian affairs the report says: "The progress of the Indians during the last year, in civilization as well as edu­ cation, has. been gradual, though substan­ tial. There has been but one disturbance or outbreak of a serious character, and thnt was among the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota. It was of very recent occur­ rence, however, and happily has been sup­ pressed. The population of Indians, ex­ clusive of those in the State of New York, and those of the five civilized tribes, may be stated to be, approximately, 180,132; that of the New York Indians, 5,318, and rrw „ t u v ot the five civilised tribe., including 17,.m fa Pe'kaps *150,000,000 Wd 457 freedmen, 77,018. The polie, heri but after that point has once been reach­ ed, it is only a question Qf time when you will become thoroughly and completely hypnotized. The dome is no respecter of persons, either; it takes artistjuid layman alike. It makes the artist think that it is easy to draw. But of all the things hideously misdrawn after the human form, none is more often than the Capitol dome. No one will be surprised if Spain repu­ diates the Cuban and Philippine debts. It' is a way'she has of getting rid of embar­ rassing obligations. She has repudiated twice before, but she will harm nobody"so much as her own people. Nearly all the Spanish bonds are held by Spaniards. The Bank of Spain alone, which in a Govern­ ment institution, has at least f 150,000^000, There SI tofore inaugurated of extending to the In dians every facility tending to make them an independent and pelf-supporting class has been continued." v In speaking of the pension department the report says: "The report of the com­ missioner of pensions shows that June 30 there were on the pension roll 993,714 names, an increase of 17,700 over the have been worked off among the peasants by unscrupulous stock brokers. No finan- - cier in Europe has bought Spanftih bonds for an investment since the last Depudi*-' tlOn. *3 ( Jf *• •" j •' ' President McKinley was the central fig- f ure in a picturesque a^cene at the White ? Houpe the other day, when a delegation f of Ute chiefs called to pay their respects number on the rolls June 30, 1897. The« . » Vhor i--TiL-. iiioKnimiiii to the Great * ather.' They were led by amount disbursed for army and navy pen sions during the year was |144,051,« 879.80, leaving a.bafelQice of 13.431,012.99 unexpended June 30, which was covered into the treasury. This unexpended bal­ ance would have been reduced in the sum of $760,212.24, representing first pay­ ments on 5,581 cases, which were adjudi­ cated during the fiscal year, had it been possible to get them into the hands of the pension agents in time to make payments thereon prior to July 1." GOOD MAIL SERVICE IWWA*.; Chief Bnhject in the Annual RepKMrt of the Postmaster General. The most interesting review of the postal service for some years, owing to its operations in military and naval fields, is the report of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith. It tells of the work ac­ complished and policies adopted in territo­ rial acquisitions,, The Postmaster Gen­ eral says: .The war entailed the necessity of a mili­ tary postal service, and prompt measures were required for handling the mails of an army of 250,000 men. Large postofflces were suddenly created at the camps of concen­ tration, the exigencies of constant changes and movements were met, and the military and naval forces on active service In the West Indies and rhlllpplnes had prompt and constant postal communication with home Trained clerks were detailed from available points. Railway mall cars were stationed at convenient points on side tracks as postotlices. When our troops advanced Into Cuba the postal service advanced with them. When Santiago surrendered Postal Agent Kben Brewer took possession of the postofflce of that cltr, which was made the military post­ offlce. Now there are four deliveries In the business portion of Santiago City and regu­ lar mall communication has been established with Havana and Intermediate seaports and with Jamaica and other West India Islands. Service also has been extended Into Santia­ go province. The postal service accompan­ ied our flag to Porto Rico. From I'once It was extended as rapidly as different places passed into our possession until now there are twelve military postal stations there, having postal connections with many small­ er places. In the Philippines two military postal stations have been established at Ma­ nila and Cavlte, supervised by a veteran di­ vision superintendent detailed from San Francisco, and conducted by a force of rail­ way mall and postofflce clerks and agents, assisted by details from the army of occu­ pation. The acquisition of Hawaii has not thus far been followed by any change In our postal relations with that country. Hawaii already has a good mall service, which la more than self-sustaining. Postmaster General Smith calls atten­ tion to the rapid growth of the postal busi­ ness in all its branches. In the last fiscal year the gross revenue was $89,012,618, against $33,315,479 in 1889, and the gross expenditure $98,033,523, against $36,542,- 804. The number of postoffices increased to 73,000 from 43,000. The estimate of revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, follows: Total estimated revenue ...$100,998,112 Estimated expenditures 105,224,000 Deficiency for IdOO, estimated... 4,265,888. INSPECTION OF MEATS. Report of the Burean of Animal la* dnstrr for the Fiscal Year. Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the burean of animal industry, in his report to the Secretary of Agriculture for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, states that dur­ ing the year meat inspection was in opera­ tion at 135 abattoirs, as against 128 for the previous year, and in thirty-five cities, as against thirty-three in 1897. The num­ ber of animals inspected before slaughter numbered 51,335.398. Of these 9,228,237 were cattle, 10,028.281 sheep, 468,199 calves and 31,610,675 hogs, a total gain over 1897 of 9,025,291 animals. At the time of slaughter 31.116,833 ani­ mals were inspected and 63,602 were re­ jected; 91,508 carcasses and 48.189 parts of carcasses were condemned. The meal inspection stamp was aflzed to 14^3,780 packages of mutton and beef apd ped( products, of which 374.2S1 oeeeopicafly examined oock. Tim Johnson; an old-time brave, who had picked up somewhere the uniform coat of a captain of infantry, and he was so proud ' of this bit of finery that it interfered se­ riously with the dignity of the reception. He Was accompanied by Sauce-A-Kriock- It. David Copperneid, Happy Jack and Charlie Mack. They all shook hands aoi- emnly with the -President?""" 1 «»» Washington should be fcttown as the Mecca of Brides. 'Every year It is be­ coming more and more the goal of t&e bridal tourists, and you may see the happy ones going the rounds of the public build­ ings any day in the year. Of course in June, and again around the holiday tipr, they are more in evidence. v NOT A MAN JESCAPE^.y, Employes of a MIssonri Powder Kill 1 Killed in an Explosion. Ten thousand pounds of powder, wlilch was being prepared for shipment in the packing house of the Hercules powder mill at Lamotte, Mo., situated on the St* Louis, Keokuk and Northern Railway, thirty miles south of Quincy, 111., exploded at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, tearing into shreds the bodies of six men, who were at work in the building at the time. Pieces of flesh and bone were found scattered over the ground a half-mile from the scene of the explosion. These were gathered up in buckets by the em­ ployes of the mill, but identification of any of the parts found was an utter impossi­ bility. Several men working in the mill,; which was some little distance from the packing house, were injured by broken; glass and flying debris, but none waa fa­ tally injured. The cause of the explosion will never be known: no eye-witness is left to tell the tale. There was always some loose pow­ der on the floor of the packing room, and! it is conjectured that some heavy article was accidentally dropped into it by one.ef' the men, causing it to ignite. The explosion was accompanied by aj terrific report, and windows in buildings at New Castle, HI., seven miles away,< were broken by the jar. Reports received! from Pittsfieid, Bayliss, Kinderhook,, Hulls and other towns in Pike County by1 telephone say the explosion was plainly! felt in these towns. Bayliss is needy! twenty-five miles from Lamotte. THANKSGIVING AT SANTIAGO. , Outdoor Games Are Postpa&e4b Jte* canse of Heat. Thanksgiving day was observed at San-, tiago de Cuba for the first time in the 900t years' history of the city. By a proclama­ tion issued by Gen. Wood, all businesa was suspended at the palace, on the streets and wharves. The employes of; the municipality had a vacation, and only necessary work was done by the Aweri-" can troops. It was a novel Thanksgiving day for the Americans. The thermometers regis­ tered 95 in the shade. Several projected baseball and football games were post­ poned on account of the hfeat. In the evening dinners and entertainments were given by American officers and Cubans. The most important dinner was at the Governor's residence, where Gen. and' Mrs. Wood entertained a number of de- i partmeut officers and several Ameri^j,f:j civilians. . CAN OF POWDER EXPLODES* } Spark ftru -*-^14- J . "-*4•• *f \ i ' M'ih,' ^ •j i a Miner's Pipe Cai Fatal Accident. Near the coal mines in Dawson Ky., Will Barnes, a miner, was emptying, a keg of powder in the house while smok­ ing. A spark from his pipe dropped into a can of powder. His mother wife w- stantly killed, and he and his sister Were seriously injured. One en$ "WBS blown down ant fhe K was damaged.