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: \ \ \ • * £ ' * < « ' ' • * . ' * V U V " j , < * 'v. v't'.®*' '.* " McHenry. Plaindealer. F. K. ORANQER, Publisher. flfcHENRY, was- ILLINOIS m r?' EVENTS OF THE WEEK >:<£U'fr-7 :•* »« if »" " 1 11 "•> " London Truth says Emperor William hfes written a letter to Queen Victoria jitinoimciftg *fbat he; will arrive "at Cowes, in* of Wight, oil the yacht Hohenidllern Jttlj.29, and that he will remain at Cowes . w?ek|h„ Maj. Ros A. Fish'dieU at Washington, p., of ^eart failure, aged 70 years. He was at one time assessor of the District ^(.Columbia and assistant register of the jtj&asurj under President Cleveland's first t administration. •.£>11 ring the recent festival otlpfeiram. at Constantinople, Oscar.. Straus, tfyej American .minister. insisted upqn the cus- itobi bouse beijttg opened to clear a cargo of flour from the United States. His request ,W»s complied with, but the incident, cans-' •fd. great annoyance in Turkish circles. " 'The death sentence imposed upon Pri­ vate J6hri N of wit, Company H. Seventh tJhited Stilts volunteer infanttv, convict­ ed of muWer by a cour,t-martial, hold ia Gamp Haskell. Macon, Ga., has been com- ttlited by the President' to dishonorable #fscharge from the army and imprison- iftent for life. . The Department of State at Washing' m has been informed in a cable from f0onsul General Gndger at Panama that compromise has been effected with the jfjEri&ers at Colon .and work has been re­ tained. " Recent advices from there said |nat the situation was critical and that a rjjii'oloti.on might be a possible outcome if Jibe, strike continijed- v\A §re that broke out in Akron, Ohio, destroyed the immense plants and office building of the Thomas Building and Lumber Company. The property loss will •mount to $100,000 or more, largely in­ sured. The entire business portion of the city was threatened for a time. Syarksi and burning embers were carried, pevprjal miles. Millions of feet of lumber ,wa« .de^ stroyed. ^ Fire at 211, 213 ami 215 Church street, ^Philadelphia, caused an aggregate loss on ' building and contents of about $60,000. E. K. Plum ley, paper box manufacturer, loses about $30,000, and the other losse9 •re divided between M. Moyer & Son, tailors' trimmings; L. Needles & Bro., skirt manufacturers; the American Glue Company and the Levering estate, which - $wns the btiilding. v JThe Persiap gulf mail steamer, which just arrived at-Bombay, brings news stq#^a British ultimatum has been pre­ sented to the Sultan at Oman, owing to lus having leased to France a coaling ,$ta- tjon on the coast of Oman, wbich is a aemi-ifidependent state in southeast Ara­ bia. Oman is considered to be under British protection, as the Sultan has been receiving a subsidy from Great Britain. H. J. Ferguson, a prominent resident of East Toledo, Ohio, choked to death on a tooth. The other night one of his teeth became loosened and he tried to pull it. He was not snccessfBl, The next morn­ ing while eating, the tooth became loose a®d dropped into his throat, causing him to choke. His efforts to extricate it made tHe situation worse. Before medical at­ tendance could be secured he was dead from strangulation. ^Gow-Ah-Shenka, a leading member of •'•fife wealthy Osage tribe of Indians, was tetnid dead at Salt Creek, Ob. He fought with several young Indians in the Indian "•darm> hoKMe the evening before, and they *'IMat him over the head, let him lie where he fell and he froze to death. The Osages ttcf fixed punishment for murder, and the compensation to be received by the 4 'Wtaily of the dead warrior from his slay- wni be fixed by arbitration. A definitive agreement for the adjust­ ment of the debt of the Central Pacific Railroad to the Government has been *fftkde between Hhe Government commis- , afon and the banker* representing the jntilroafl. It is understood the plan eon- templates the payment of $58,000,000 to • the Government in semi-annual 3 per cent 0ot£s, the last expiring ten years from date. These noted will be secured by a '.'jSeposit 6f Central Pacific 4 per cent • Wfads. • ;; ; ' ' •T v ~ • r'The laifk of a commercial treaty with Spain, the former treaty having been ter- mitiated by the war, is not altogether pre­ venting trade between the two countries, . flthough American products "are handi­ capped by an additional20 pi?r cent duty 9 Ih Spanish ports owing to the lack of a treaty. Still, even under these conditions, united States Consular Agent Mertens at Valencia reports to the State Depart- ° nfent that there is a great demand for American wheat. A cargo of 4.000 tons of red winter Vhtat which bad just ar­ rived there proved entirely satisfactory, aiid importers were willing to receive NEWS NUGGETS. nex and Schaeffefs cafe, in Saratoga, N. VK„ • >were burned, James V. Snyder, a night watchman, burned to death. The lost is $00,000, partly covered by insur­ ance. One man was killed and five seriously injured in a powder explosion "at Moss- grove, Pa. The victims Were members of a construction gang and were blasting rocks near Mossgrave. It is supposed that a spark from a pipe ignited a keg of powder. - s The hom? of Miss Marion Abbott, an actress, in Mamaronecft; N. V., was de­ stroyed by fire and sflfe and her cousin, Miss Helen Abbott of Chicago, who is visiting; Iter, escaped death by jumping ont of a secoud-utory window in their night clothes. WESTERN. "prices have been advanced from 2S to 35 cents a ton at New York. .';#*Feli* Faure, president of the republic --•'M France, died at Paris of apoplexy after an illness of three hours. Thomas Burnside, formerly a Chicago ' tie w spa per writer, died at Paris, of brain * a»d heart trouble. Death was hastened bjr excitement overman impending duel he ;^%as to fijht. #Secretary Lo^g has issued an ot-der pro fcibiting the sale of issue to enlisted men ST of malt or spirituous liquors on board 'i^iips of the navy or withiri the lltiiits'of naval stations. ; f -f Two American soldiers in fiavana hive been arrested on a charge of having stab- v •' bed to death Private McDonald, Company C ' B, Tenth regulars, who was at first sup- ^ ^ Jkosed to have been killed by Cubans. 5 ^ j Secretary Hay has been officially noti- that Germany has called home Herr % ? Raffael, formerly president of the muni- j >' "<ipal council of Apia and the most dis- ' 5~ ;torbing element in the Samoan situation, t At Kansas City, U. G. Gibson, 28^years ifeWia, was instantly killed at the Rex mills - by a large icicle falling upon him from the f:v^siiorniee %£ the building. Albert Berg, Secretary of State of 1:^MmmwQto, narrowly escaped death at " #&Waehiagton through inadvertently tak- , ing an overdose of a patent medicine con- ,-r>L gaining chloral. . A tive-#tory building at 625 Sixth ave , --- ftue, New York, occupied by the Henry ^ . .^IcShane Manufacturing Company, was wrecked by fire. Loss is about $40,000. * ... Fireman Brennan was injured by falling . y .,<> pricks. • y : , . : - - r e ' , M 1 " 1 EASTERN. feremiah Dingley, of Auburn, Maine, an uncle of the late Congressman Ding* ley^ is dead, aged 77: He was a banker and a member of the Dingley-Foes Shoe Company. . • j The south-bound Cleveland flyef on,the iPittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad was wrecked near Fleming Park, Pa. The 'fireman was injured so that he died, and passengers were severely injur- 1%^ wreck 'Was «ansed by % broken #*,*^1. - V \ • : ' The Delaware and Hudson depot, Swee- ; aey'a Hotel, the Saratoga Company'* aa- V ̂' •> Fire caused a loss of $500,000 in sevepal bat and clothing manufactories in Cin­ cinnati. 'f ai • " . The fine residence of M. O. iNell-at Ak­ ron, Ohio, was burned, entailing a loss of $20,000. One of the firemen, named Scott, Was badly frozen and may not recover. Six hundred and fifty miners employed by the Choctaw Coal Company, Indian territory, have gone out on strike. The mipea of tbe company are practically shut down. At Deer Lodge, Mont,, a colored con­ vict named George Young, in the State penitentiary, made an assault upon a guard and was shot and killed by Guard Charles McColIom. The Flint and Pere Marquette car ferry broke all winter navigation records by crossing Lake Michigan from Manitowoc to Ludington in twelve hours, through a field of unbroken ice. Joe Lowe, keeper of a road house near Denver, was shot and killed by Charles A. Kimmell, an ex-policeman. Lo*raiiad killed three men and married sevee tHttes. He was 72 years old. John L. Russell and E. L Wright were killed bj black damp in the Diamondville mine, 'at Diamondville, Wyo. Tea osi­ ers were overcome, but were rescued in time to save their lives. Mark Went worth Dunham, owner of the famous Oaklawn farm at Wayne, 111., and the most extensive breeder of thoroughbred horses in the world, died at Mercy Hospital, Chicago. "Aunt Dicy" Dibbs. aged 80 years, was found frozen to death in her home at Shawnee, Kan., where she had lived alone for years. She had apparently hurt her­ self by a fall and' was unable to call for help. • ' •' •i"- An "explosion in the japanning depart- ment of the Baxter stove works at Mans­ field, Ohio, caused a fire with a loss of $100,000, with only a fraction as much in­ surance. Within an hour nothing except the walls remained. In Webster Grove, a suburb of St. Louis, the Allen building, containing the opera house, S. Strauss' bakery, Bredell & Conkling's meat market and F. W„ Farrington's general store, barned. LosB is estimated at $35,000. r- Charles Schultz, a Toledo machinist, ' aged 61, quarreled with his wife and a fe\fr hours later he was found'dead on a com- mons with the ^op of his $kiiir'crushed in. The cdroher says fhe man' was murdered, as no traces of blood are found beyond where he lay. The body of Myron Wilson Johnson, chief cook of the steamer Greyhound, was found floating in the bay at Seattle, Wash. Johnson at one time was a prominent citizen of Burlington, Vt., where he was cashier of a bank. Between the years 1889 and 1896 he was cashier and assist­ ant manager of the Masonic Temple in Chicago. John Visocke. a Slav, was shot and almost instantly killed in a saloon and dance hall at the corner of Hill and Cross streets, Cleveland, by the saloonkeeper, John Skintyck. The killing was the re­ sult of a quarrel over a liquor bill, which it is alleged Visocke owed the .saloon­ keeper. Skintyck disappeared from the place before the a rival of the police, but was captured. A special from Morse, I, T., says: "A courier arrived here from Muskogee, in the western part of the Creek nation, bringing news that smallpox is raging in that section and that not less than thirty- five persons had died of it in the last few weeks. The victim^ were negroes and In­ dians. All of western Oklahoma has quarantined against the infected district, and the Muskogee Board of Health and City Conncil will take steps to establish a quarantine in this section." Pretty little ll-year-oTd Dora Weather­ man is dead at Omaha,' Neb., and the representatives of the various schools of medicine in Omaha are quarreling as to the cause. One element says the death of the child is the direct result of compul­ sory vaccination, which was recently es­ tablished in the Omaha schools. Anether ridicules such an idea. The child died of lockjaw. Dr. Tetera was in attendance in the last hours of the little sufferer. He is vigorous in attributing death to vaccina­ tion. Other physicians agree with Dr. Teters that lockjaw was the reiult of vac­ cination. . The farmers' party, which was recently started at Avon, 111., after a short and un­ eventful life, has passed into history. The originators met at the Greenbush town hall and decided to abandon ail former platforms and declarations of principles and reorganize as the "farmers' union." This action is the result of the advice giv­ en by W. H. Burke of the FarmeflPJVoice in<an address^A committee was appointed to draft a new declaration of principles. The Farmers' Union will abandon politics and pursue a course similar to the Mu­ nicipal Voters' Leagtie In tbe selection of legislative candidates. on tbe ground that his answer* arc in­ accurately transmitted to Paris. The United States forces under Brig, Gen. Miller captured Iloilo, capital of the island of Panay, and seat of the so-called government of the Visayas federation, after a bombardment. Prince Napoleon Charles Georgire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte, third son of Prince Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and chief of the older branch of the Bonaparte family, is dead it Rome, aged 69. One of the attaches of tbe Chinese le­ gation in Paris, believing that he was being persecuted by the secretary of le gation, Lien Youiig, killed the latter by shooting him with a revolver and then committing suicide. A dispatch from Cayenne, capital of French Guiana, says Dreyfus, the Devil's Island prisoner, is in pood health, but de­ clines to reply to tbe court of cessation questions on tbe ground that his answers are inaccurately transmitted to Paris- Alexander McDonald, the Dawson City (Alaska) gold miner, who is said to be worth more than $5,000,000, was married to Margaret Cbisholm at Brixton, Eng­ land. The bride is the daughter of tbe superintendent of the Thames water po­ lice. General Otis cables that Agoncillo is responsible for the outbreak in Manila. It. is reported there, he says, that the Philippine representative telegraphed from Washington to Aguinaldo telling him to drive out the Americans before re- enforcements arrived. It is now reported that Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg, grandson of Queen Vic­ toria, committed suicide at Meran, Aus­ tria, whither he had been taken from Ber­ lin and placed in a private sanitarium. The cause of the prince's removal from Berlin was a gambling scandal compro­ mising him gravely. • ' Twelve mounted and armed Cubans en­ tered the store of Antonio Garcii at Dos Caminos, a small town two miles from Santiago, aiid intimidated the people in the store. They then loaded a pack train they had brought with them with $1,200 worth of goods and without hin­ drance made for tbe hills. t A gold mine- owner of the name of Monastyrschin has received a letter say­ ing that a tribe of Turgusos, inhabiting the Timur peninsula, north of Siberia, re­ cently informed the Russian piolice chief of that district that between itomo and Pit, in the province of Yeniseisk, they found a cabin constructed' of cloth and cordage, apparently belonging to a bal­ loon. Close by were the bodies of three men, the head of one" badly crushed. Around them werk a number of instru­ ments, the used of ^hieh were not under­ stood by the Ttirfeusos. It is believed that the bodies are those of the aeronaut, S. A. Andree, and his companions. iN.q,pNERAU * Digby, N. S.,*^as almost wiped oat of existence by fire: Loss $200,000. The Governor of Bluefields has taken arms'againM tbe Nicaraguan Govern­ ment. The rising is confined to .that re­ gion. Foreign interests are f^epgeed. The royal artillery regimental quarters in the citadel at Halifax, N. S., were burned, causing intense excitement, throughout the city. The fire started in the basement and burned to the roof and extended for sixty yards along the range of buildings inside the fort. All the regi­ mental papers were burned, and the loss will be several thousand dollars. A paper bag trust has been floated, with a capital stock of over $25,000,000. One of the firms involved is the Western Paper Bag Company of Batavja, 111., which operates a big paper mill at Kau- kauna. The trust is. organized to allow the joint use of patents owned by one of the interested companies. The combine will embrace 85 per cent of the paper bag manufacturers of the country. Advices from the Klondike region are that Dawson's first dog tram road is in successful operation. It runs from Daw­ son to the forks of El Dorado and Bo­ nanza creeks, and thence up Bonanza, a total distance of nearly twenty miles. Thirty thousand dollars were expended in building the road and placing bridges over Bonanza Creek. The tram company charges 1 cent a pound for all freight passing over the road. Ten dogs pull a sled load of 2,000 pounds. The following report is made by Brad- street's: "That some favorable effects are likely to follow the atmospheric changes of the week is evidenced by reports of improved distribution at retail of , heavy winter goods, while the effect on spring trade appears to be chiefly regarded as one of retardation rather than of positive injury. In lending staples the strength of prices is still a feature, all the gains made in January being sustained, if not further improved. Some reflection of the cold wave is found in thS'-' advance in wheat, showing an inclination to concede «omc damage to the winter wheat crop, in view of claims that scow protection is lacking in many sections. The strength of cotton, while to some extent based on smaller receipts and a reduction of the usual 'winter' crop, appears mainly due to the cheerful tone of the cotton goods market and the strength of demand and price manifested by those staples both at home and abroad. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 5,870,500 bushels, against 6,585,418 bush­ els last week. Corn exports for the week aggregate 3,865,022 bushels, against £,• 697,731 bushels last week." ' hi i.ni.-...rmd-. 11 VTa SMASHED THE RECORD. THE MARKFTS. 8QUTHERN. A triple lynching took place near Lees- burg, Ga. The three victims are George Fort, George Bivins and Bill Holt, who were accused of attacking a woman. Cu­ pid Redding, the principal in the crime, is in hiding somewhere, guarded by offi­ cers. ' / • ; The east and west wings of the Texas State penitentiary at Huntsville, contain­ ing prison cells an^l officers' quarters, burned. There were no casualties, the in­ mates being quartered ia shops and other buildings. The burned buildings cost orig­ inally $97,000. Silas Jones and his six children were burned to death on the Richardson and May plantation at Corner Stone, Ark. The house and its contents were destroyed -and none of its inmates escaped. It is thought the fr°use caught fire after its occupants went to sleep. Mr. Jones' Wife was away from home for the .night and owing to that fact escaped. In a shooting affray at Annistou, Ala., Colonel David G. Colson, Congressman from the Eleventh Kentucky district, was wounded by Lieutenant E. D. Scott, prdminent .young attorney of Lexington, Ky. Colson had .trouble with Lieutenant Biakeman and pulled the latter's ear Scott took op the quarrel in behalf of Biakeman and the shooting resulted. FOREIGN. The Spanish Government has decided not to sell the Caroline Islands. The American forces made a combined attack upon Caioocan, Philippines, and reduced it in short order. Dreyfus has refused to reply to written Interrogations of the Court of Cassation NTE« x&m Below. ... .14Mattoon, 111., Louisville ... •• 14 Mattoon,• 111. •.#.......24. Des Moine» . , * . .. .. .28 Denisdn, Texas. 16 Minnedosa .50 Washington .../.......•..".. 15' C h i c a g o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • ̂ 1 S t > . P a u l . , . . , . r . . . ^ 3 2 Lincoln, Neb..:..... .18 Omaha .24 Pittsburg ..... .20 Winnipeg . ... iA*.,..., .. * ,,..42' St. Louis.. • *.. .16Sioux City..«i„y* *.* 28 Kansas City..». .20Dubuque .............^. ..» • „.,25 Kalamazoo, Mich. 32Cleveland ..17 NEED OF A PACIFIC CABLE. i(ifu The President 8enda Congress a Special Mesaaxe on tHe Pubject. The following message from President McKinley was read before Congress on Friday: Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C.-- As a consequence of the ratification of the treaty of Paris by the Senate of the United States and Its expected ratification by the Spanish Government, the United States will coine Into possession of the Philippine Isl­ ands on the farther shores of the Pacific. The Hawaiian Islands and Guam being Uni­ ted States territory and forming convenient stopping places on the way across the sea, the necessity for speedy cable communica­ tion between the United States and all the Pacific Islands has become Imperative. Such communication should be established In such a way as to be wholly under, the control of tbe United States whether In time of peace or war. At present the Phil­ ippines can be reached oaly by cables which j»ss through many foreign countries, and the Hawaiian Islands and Guam can only be communicated with by steamers, Involv­ ing delays In each Instance of at least a week. The present conditions should not be allowed to continue for a moment longer than Is absolutely necessary. The time has now arrived when a cable In the Pacific mnst extend as far as Manila, touching at the Hawaiian Islands and Guam on the way. Two methods of establishing this cable communication at once suggest themselves. First, construction and main­ tenance of such a eabl£ at the expense of the United States Government, and second, construction and maintenance of such a cable by a private United States corpora­ tion under such a safeguard as Congress shall Impose. I do not make any recommendation to Con­ gress af} to which of these methods would be the more desirable. A cable of the length of that proposed requires so much time for construction and laying that It Is estimated that at least two years <nust elapse after giving the order for the cable before thp en­ tire system could be successfully laid and [>ut in operation. Further deep sea sound-! lugs must be taken west of the Hawaiian Islands before the best route for the cable can be selected. Under these circumstances It becomes a paramount necessity that measures should be taken before the close of the present Cougress to provide such means as may seem suitable for the estab­ lishment of a cable system. I recommend the whole subject to the careful consideration of the Congress and to such prompt action as may seem advisable. WILLIAM M'KINLEI. BATTLE IN A JUNGI& Americans Have Another Fight wilh the Rebels and Force Them Back. A third encounter took place late Sat­ urday afternoon between American troops and insurgents, in which General Otis' men were once more victorious, A squad of the Fourteenth Infantry, which was on (ktpost duty to the south of the city of Manila, in the vicinity of the coast, while engaged in reconnoitering came upon a large body of Filipinos. The pres­ ence of the insurgents in force so far re­ moved from the scene of the recent hos­ tilities^ was a surprise to the Americans, and after a few shots had been exchang­ ed the infantry squad fell back upon the main line. On their reporting the presence of the enemy a portion of the Fourteenth In­ fantry and the Foflrtb Cavalry were at once ordered to advance and drive the in­ surgents from their position. A deter­ mined stand was made by the rebels, and the engagement lasted a considerable time without any perceptible advantage being gained. In the meantime a small gunboat, which had been cruising in the vicinity, hearing the noise , of the firing, steamed up to the support of the Ameri­ can troops. She swept the coast with her rapid-fire guns and Colts, with an excel­ lent effect, and the Americans finally suc­ ceeded in driving back the enemy, after inflicting a heavy loss on their ranks. The only losses on the American side were five wnundod, three of the Fourteenth Infan­ try and two of the Fourth Cavalry. The ADVANCEMENT OF ADMI&ALS, \ Secretary Long Gives? Particdlara About t-ampson and Schley. Secretary Long has sent to the Senate an exhaustive report in reply to the reso­ lution recently passed by that body call­ ing upon the Navy Department for all records in its possession upon which the nominations of Admirals Sampson and Schley to their present grades weif0 based. This resolution was passed -in executive session. Secretary Long goes into the naval history of the Spanish war at great length, citing orders, movements and all the details which preceded the battle of July 3. In summing up these facts and citing the reasons for the ad­ vancement of Schley and Sampson he says: "The advancement of Admiral Samp­ son was proposed in recognition of his services in the execution of his duties as commander in chief of all our ships en­ gaged in the campaign in the West Indies; for the supervision of all its details, wher­ ever distributed for the blockade of the island of Cuba; for the conveying and landing of the army and co-oi>eration with its movements, and for the pursuit, block­ ade and destruction of the Spanish fleet, which destruction, on the 3d day of July by our fleet under his command, was the consummation of his orders and prepara­ tions beginning on the 1st day of June. In this connection the dispatch of Com­ modore Schley dated July 10 is a perti­ nent fact. "The advancement of Commodore Schley was proposed in recognition of his services as next in rank at the vic­ tory of Santiago. Where so much was achieved in this culminating battle and where his ship was such a conspicuius force in the fight, his conduct, while in in­ dependent command prior to June 1, the report of which hris been given above and which, by reason of its unsteadiness in purpose and failure to obey orders, did not meet with the approval of the Presi­ dent, the department was yet not per­ mitted to stand in the way of his nomina­ tion for prt>motion to a higher grade for the part he took in that final triumph. In tbis connection a pertinent fact is the letter of Admiral Sampson, in which, while. ^ not overlooking Commodore Schley's reprehensible conduct, as above referred to, he asks that ample justice be done him for his part in the action of July 3. It is just to both these'officers to say that each of them was selected for bis command in the war without solicitation or suggestion on the part of himself o- -»f anyone in his behalf." RARE BOOKS ARE L08T. Burning of the McClurg Book Store in Chicago. ' A. C. McClurg & Co., the Chicago book merchants, lost their entire stock in a fire which consumed the building occupfcd by the firm. The loss on the stock will foot1 up $450,000. The building was owned by the Rutter estate and was valued at $140,000. Fifty thousand dollars of the total loss is represented by the destruc­ tion of one of the most extensive and com­ plete collections of rare books, fine bind­ ings and costly manuscripts in the'United States. This collection constituted a de­ partment in the business known as the "saints and sinners' corner," a name given it by Eugene Field and made famous by him in his writings. ROW OVER GARCIA'S FUNERAL. Cubans Angered Because They Are Refused the Post of Honor. »,» nuu iwu ui tut" cuuriu xur | The late General Calixto Garcia was rebels dispersed and took refuge in the buried qt Hnvaua without the presence thickly wooded country to the eastward,!®' 8 single uniformed comrade in arms. I Immense throngs of his compatriots paid SWEPT TO DEATH* ' | honor to his memory, wondering as the I long procession filed through tbe streets Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, Xo. 2 red, 72c t<f 73c; corn, No. 2, 36c to 38c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2, 55c to 5tJc; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 21c to 23c; potatoes, choice, 35c to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 09c to 71c; corn, No. 2 white, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c. St. Louis-Cattle, $3,50 to $0.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25;, sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 30c; rye. No. 2, 55c to 56c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.«0; wheat. No. 2, 74c to 76c; corn, No. mixed, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 30c tc 3ic; rye, N^, 2, C2c to <54e. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $2.50 to $4.25; sheep, $3 00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 74c; corn. No. 2 yelloSv, 30c t»'38c; oats. No. 2 white, '62c, to 34c i rye, Gle to 63c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 wijred. 73c to 74c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 8(Jc to 37c; oats. N8. 2 white, to 81c; rye. No. 2. 56c to 58c; clover seed, new. $4.10 to $4.15. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring. 70c to 72c; corn. No. 3, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 while, 30c to 32c; rye, No. 1, 56c to 58c: barley. No. U, 45c to 52c; pork, mess, $10.00 *t6 $10.50. Buffalo--^aftle. goojl shipping steers, $3.00 to $G.OO; hogs, common to choice. $3 .25 to $4.50; sheep, fail to choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to i$4.75; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.25. New York--Cattle. $3.25 to $6.00; hogs. $3.00 to- $4.75; *h«*ep.. $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 83c to 85c; corn, Now 2, 43c to 40c; oats. No. 2 white, 30c to 37c; butter, creamery, Itfc to 23c; eggs, Western, 22c to 21c. , Avalanche at Silver Plnrae, Colorado* Claims Twenty-four Victims. A snowslide, one of the most disastrous ever known in the Clear Creek country, occurred at Silver Plume. Twenty-four lives are believed to have been lost. The dead are Italian miners, with, their fam­ ilies. The slide started twe miles away, and came with terrific force, carrying along huge bowlders and immense treses. A short distance from the starting point the avalanche parted, pno section coming down Cherokee Gulch, taking with it two cabins occupied by Italians and the shaft- house of the Cary City mine. The other slide came down Willihan Gulch, between I he Pelican and the Seven Thirty mines. The later section did the most damage. Set­ tlements of miners, mostly Italians, were situated in both gulches. For several days the inhabitants^ had moved from place to place to escape threatened disas­ ter, should the mountains of snow start down the- mountain sides. Some lingered in their homes and were carried away in the slide. £ PERISH irt FIRE. Seventeen In«ane Women Are Cre­ mated at Yanltfdn, f*. 4>» With the thermometer registering 23 de­ grees below zero, a fire terrible in its ef­ fects brjpke out in one of the cottages of tbe State insane asylum, near Yankton, S. D., with the result that seventeen hu­ man beings were burned to death. Owing to the crowded condition of the main building the burned cottage, three stories high, was utilized for keeping women pa­ tients, there being in the building at the time the fire started fifty-two people, forty of whom were inmates, the other twelve attendants. The basement-.was used a& a laundry, and it was in the dryroom of the laundry that the fire is supposed to have started. The walls of the building were of stone and granite, while the in­ terior was mostly of wood, and as the fire gained headway it was impossible to check it. The loss on buildiag and ma­ chinery is placed at $18,000. of Havana where tbe Cubau soidiers were. The townspeople learned after the funeral that the Cuban generals, bad had a dispute with Governor General'Broolcp's staff over the question of precedence and had withdrawn in anger* ordering 150 other officers and 200 privates out of the lines. The members af~tb&Cuban assem­ bly also withdrew. The Mexican cotton crop will yield fully $3,500,000. A beet sugar bounty bill has'^eon de­ feated in the Oregou Legislature. Over 2,500,000 tons of broom corn were produced in McPherson County, Kan. in 1898. Rev. John Hopson, a pioneer minister, died near Hopkinsville, Ky., of the grip, aged 80 years. Sharkey has covered Fitzsimmons' $2,- 500 deposit for a fight before the club offering the largest purse. A clergyman, resident in Seattle for over thirty years, has performed the mar­ riage ceremony 1,669 times. , The length of the world's railways Is more than seventeen times the circumfer­ ence of the earth at the equator. Will those Cuban soldiers accept that $3,000,000 in the hand, or will they turn bandits and look for the $60,000,000 in the bush ? Of course, the Nicaraguan canal will have plenty of locks, bnt jthere won't be any canal if tbe first thing is a deadlock in Congress. There are one hundred and twenty-two dialects in the, Philippines, but Agninaldo plainly needs to be wooken to in just plaia United States, COLDEST WEATHER RECORDED. Frigid Temperature General Through* out the Country. Cold weather records in the West for twenty-five years have been broken by the recent frigid wave. The low temperature extended from Medicine Hat to New Or­ leans, and almost anywhere weit of the Mississippi river zero weather or better was considered comfortable. To offer solace to those who believe misery loves company, the Chicago weath­ er man made up the following table of temperatures: XC Winnipeg .. ** .->46 Cincinnati 4. .,,*-10 Minnedosa .....--50Milwaukee 1-22 Qu'Appelle ....--32Chicago .......*^-21 St. Paul --32 Pittsburg .......*-10 Duluth ..... ..--32 Albany 0 H u r o n . . . . . . . . -- 3 6 B o s t o n . . . . . 6 "Des Moines . ..--24 New York. . ..4 Davenport ... .--24 Washington- .. 8 Sioux City --28Tampa, Fla.... 30 All Rocky Mountain points and far ,westem ranges reported' everything froz- solid. Trains in the West were block­ ed by snow, and tbe cattle men expect to find many cattle dead when they are able to get out to make a count. Leadville, Colo., stopped all. business to devote its full energy to digging coal trains from the snowbanks.around the city. Chicago, Mil­ waukee, St. Louis and other cities report­ ed bursted water mains, due to freezing. The number of persons found frozen to death is not great considering the degree of cold, but much suffering is reported. Those known to have met death by freez­ ing are; Thomas Budges. Princeton, Ky. William Doland, Pater son, N. J. Frank Dubriet, Joliet, 111. John Fields, Paterson, N. J. • Henry K. Fortune, Oskaloosa, Iowa. George Hamilton, Joliet, 111. ^Thomas Iveegan, watchman, Rockford, Mary Lyfte, Henderson, Ky. V Peter Matthews, West Orange, N. 3. Annie Miller, Louisville, Ky. Ralph Severance, Rochester, N. Y. Joseph Smitky, Barren Island, Ni J. Unknown man, Toledo, Ohio. 1 Unknown man, New York City. Aside from human suffering from the cold weather there has been damage in the winter wheat belt and in the fruit grbves of the South. Tampa, as may be seen from the list above, shows 30 de­ grees above zero, or two points below freezing. That is dangerous to the deli­ cate orchards and fruit farms of Florida. %fany Illinois points report damage to fruit trees, especially peaches, and it is feared the year's crop will be ruined. The limit of cold for fruit ^trees, 10 degrees below zero, has been reached nearly all over the State. Kentucky reports a coal famine, due to the unprecedented demand and a flooding of the mines by water back­ ed up by ice gorges. Indiana was a chief sufferer, because of the falling off in the natural gas supply. Throughout Iowa the storm was unequal- ed since the establishment of the weather bureau, and at Des Moines the fire de­ partment was practically out of service because of frozen hose. Fires, large and small, were numerous and hard to fight owing to the difficulty in securing water. Thousands of dollars* worth of property was burned up owing to frozen hydrants, and in many cities the fire departments were practically power­ less to fight flames.. Following is a list of fires reported: City and details. Loss. Abingdon, 111., city hall burned. ..$20,000 Akron, O., residence destroyed... 20,000 Bellaire, O., 100 people ont of work 20,000 Cincinnati, O., public school burned .... Doniphan, Kan., wine cellar brnd. 22,000 Fargo, N. D„ business blk brnd... 27,000 Forestport, N. Y., village almost destroyed 50,000 Grundy Center, Ia., hotel burned. 50,000 Herrington, Kan., business block burned 75,000 Madison, Ind., horse and mules burned 2,500 Moline, 111., two big fires...'.. .. . 25,008 New York City, fire department crippled ...750,000 Quincy, III., drug store burned.... 15,000 Saratoga, N. Y.,man brnd to death 60,000 Victoria, III., block destroyed 5,000 Williams, La., postofflce burned.. 75,000 Along the Mississippi valley as far south as the Ohio river bridges have been aban­ doned and teams cross on the solid iCe. Quincy, 111., Hannibal, Kansas City and all river points report ice gorges, which promise to last for some time. The engi­ neers and helpers at the Chicago water cribs suffered for provisions before a res­ cue expedition could reach them owing to the sea of broken ice in the lake. . / INQUIRY COST *100,000. Kxpenie of Investigating Conduct of War with f pain. The cost of investigating the conduct of the late war with Spain is np trifling sum. In fact, Uncle Sam's money pile will be decreased about $100,000 when all bills are receipted. A list of the expenses of the commission follows: Salaries, nine commissioners, 138 days at $20 « day $24,840 Allowances for expenses, nine com­ missioners 12,420 Railroad fares 8,000 Rental of hall« for holding bearings.. 8,000 Clerk hire, stenographers, preparing and printing report......... 36,000 Salary of secretary. 2,000 Salary of recorder 900 Livery bills BOO Incidentals 3,000 Expenses of bringing witnesses be­ fore the commission......... Total 10,000 *&,8G0 Big Receipts of Grain. The railroads brought more grain to Chicago last month than in any January during the past ten years. The Burling­ ton brought the largest share, 0,038 cars, equal to 20.4 per cent of the total traffic, amounting to 29,580 cars. In Jantfary of last year the total receipts were 18,712 cars. The Illinois Central shows the greatest comparative gain, 4,095 cars last month* against 1,424 cars in January, 1898. <§>f IW M&vJ§ Ah-gone-cillo! Stay-gone-cillo! Tbe Philippine insurgents helped iqfte- rially to shoot the peace treaty through the Senate. That Framingham pink for which a Chicago man offered $6,000 must assured­ ly be "a daisy." That chewing gum trust is bound to raise the price of its product in spite of the people's teeth. - And now the hat manufacturers are forming a trust and the combine ispretty sure to come to a head. The goosebone prophet hits won out on cold weather. His assertions are no longer a bone of contention. No Spanish naval officcr has yet come forward to complain that his ship was de­ stroyed by embalmed projectiles. One hundred and twenty-seven lynch- Ings last year in this country indicate that the people have not lost their pull. What a cruel and extreme punishment it would have been if Gen. Bagan had tn»,itoQe4.,4o y&Mfi HS29I'\J After a good deal of debute tbe See- . „ ate on Saturday, the legislative, execu'tivt , ^ and judicial appropriation bill was pasip;. ! ed. A bill to amend an act entitled, "A» act to reimburse the Governors of State* and Territories for expenses incurred by - them in aiding the United States to raise and organize and supply and equip the volunteer army of the United States in the existing war with Spain" was passed. The House passed several bridge bill# •':* and other measures of minor importance At no time during the session of the Senate on Monday was a quorum present, a majority of the members being snow­ bound at their homes.' A sharp debati ^ over the unanimous consent agreement reached Saturday afternoon to vote on the McEnery resolution was precipitatei r early in the session. The agricultural ap­ propriation bill was ctUled up, considered and passed with only a few unimportant " amendments. A bill removing the disj|* : ouities of certain persons engaged in the - civil war was passed. The raging blit- ; zard caused practically a suspension of : - business at the House. At 12:05 Clerk McDowell called the House to order.. There were about sixty members on the motion of Mr. Grosvenor (Repi / O.) Mr. Payne of New York was electei Speaker pro tem. amid an outburst (fi$ .-- r applause. In executive session the sun­ dry civil bill was again taken up. Aftegt having completed fifty-nine pages of the ' bill the committee rose, and the Houaa V' i adjourned. ^ J The unanimous consent agreement reached by the Senate on Saturday to vot* Tuesday afternoon on the resolution of - Mr. McEnery (Dem., La.) declaring th« , policy of this Government in the Philip- „* pines was not vacated. In accordance • V with that agreement the vote was take* on the resolution, and it was adopted--, I 26 to 22. The Nicaragua canal bill waiM' offered in the House as an amendment tiki the sundry civil appropriation bill by Mft r Hepburn of Iowa, chairman of the conjr' * mittee that reported it, and the leaders - on the respective sides are engaged in a • desperate struggle which involves the fate', of the measure at this session of Con- .! gress. The debate lasted two hours anit ^ was not concluded. ; : The House on Wednesday settled the A' fate of the Nicaragua canal bill in thi® •, Congress by refusing to override the d^» cision of the chair, occupied by Mr. Hoj^ f kins, in committee of the whole, when the chair held that the canal bill offered aa ' an amendment by Mr. Hepburn was out ' of order. The reading of the sundry civB •>' bill was continued. The appropriation. ' * f o r t h e d e e p w a t e r w a y s c o m m i s s i o n w a a ' " ' J increased from $60,000 to $90,000 on nuk "f tion of the Appropriations Committee. Af^ ^ ter completing ten additional pages of th# bill the committee rose and the House- adjourned. A bill extending the "cordial appreciation" of Congress to Miss Helen' ^ Miller Gould for her patriotic servicei J during the recent war and providing that - the President should present to her a gold medal was passed by the Senate. A biU was passed providing for the admission tb the naval academy as a cadet of Oscar W. Deignan, one of theaMerrimac heroes. Senators Cullom, Sewell and Teller were •named as conferees on the legislative ap­ propriation bill. The army reorganization bill was re­ ported to the Senate on Thursday. The- naval personnel bill was taken up and) 1 /| read, but no effort mnde to proceed fui^ < ther with its consideration. Soon aftef^' / s the Senate convened a House joint reso^. . lution authorizing the Secretary of the' • Navy to pay certain laborers, workmeft ^ and mechanics at United States navy ' yards and naval stations 50 per cent nddK tional for work performed in excess of' eight hours per diem was called up an& ? adopted. Mr. Hale having gotten the peiN . sonnel bill before the Senate did not presa • and Mr. Gallinger (N. H.) called up the - bill enabling soldiers who served in the; t Spanish war who had previously beea _T pensioners again to obtain their pensiona"; and had it reconsidered. The proviso 08 the bill that applicants for pension* should file their claims within a year wa#: .4 stricken out and the bill was then passed. Consideration was begun of the postoffice appropriation bilL Practically the only obstacle encountered by the bill was the committee amendment providing for spe­ cial mail facilities on the trunk lines from New York and Washington to Atlanta and New Orlenns and from Kansas City, Mo., to Newton, Kan. In the House the proposition to include the item of $20,000,- 000 to be paid Spain for the cession of the Philippines, in the sundry civil bill shared the same fate as did the Nicaragua canal bill "rider" the day before. The ruling s, of the chair was preceded by an extendei ! debate. After the sundry civil bill had been completed and reported to the House Mr. Hepburn (Iowa), the champion of the," Nicaragua canal bill, moxed to recommit it, with instructions to report it back witb the canal bill incorporated in it. The motion was promptly declared out of or­ der by the Speaker, whereupon Mr. Hep­ burn appealed and Mr. Payne (New York) moved to lay the appeal on the tabfe. Up-" on the latter motion the vote was taken, and the result was 97 yeas to 67 nays. Notes of Current Events. '* The army appropriation bill this yAr calls for $90,000,000. i t At Gen. Brooke's suggestion, the coHee tion of taxes in Cuba will be taken away from the Bank of Havana. : The New Hampshire Legislature ha*, • -3 passed a bill prohibiting the dissection ot honorably discharged -United States so(P' diers or sailors. /'HS? Peter Holt of Dickinson County, Tenn^ ^ was shot from ambush in his yard, th» "*/ contents of a shotgun being emptied int§. Agi his right side, fatally wounding him. ; „/ Hugh and Will McNally, two brothers^: j' at Middlesborough, Ky., were rnn over $ by a train near Middlesborough and killed. Will McNally's wife died from the effect* of the shock. ' ; 1 The 8-year-old daughter of John But^"^ lock of Kennedy. Ky., fell into the fire >? = while playing around an open grate and1 * 7 was so terribly burned that she died twe - hours later. t. ^ The newly organized American Beefc ^ Sugar Company will have a capital of $5<-' „ 000,000 in preferred stock and $15,000,- % 000 in common stock. It will operate ill the territory west of the Missouri rivet. '[.( Gov. Sayers of Texas has sent a me*>. --:'J sage to the Legislature approving the quest of the railroad commissioner for * ! " law to punish railroads which discrimi-, ' ^ nate in freight rates and give rebate^. . .» The penalty suggested is confinement at- v'- officials in the penitentiary and forfeiture * ' ? of the charter of the company. A Boston woman recently wrote to the®'";"V'" agent of the five civilized tribes in th# ' Indinn Territory tor balf a dozen India* - t names, which she wished to bestow upo* . her household pets. The agent sent her i the names of Dennis P. 0*Flannigai|, John W. Brown, SiiOfc •Smith, J. Q. Seott^ 1 ' Samuel S. Benton and Asa P. Longfellow^ ; ^ region. ^ MJm -ft .'t, .fcsVU stA.e * * !