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HJUNMAtXt CO, ^WwpHDBWnr%. ILLINOIS. ---1 "F^1' m ITEM'S NEWS BECORD y The fount Aon of George AUtpaucb, a fNBomineut citizen of Toledo, Ohio, disap­ peared while the parents had him at Monroe Piers. No trace of the child can be found and it is believed he was abducted. : The uiaa who attempted to murder Ilaitre Labori, leading counsel tor C«p- tain Dreyfus, has been arrested at Dol, Prance. His name is Glorot, he is a na­ tive of the Department of Cotes du.Nord ftnd )>e has confessed. The schooner Hunter Savldge capained la a squall on Lake Huron when off Point Aux Barques, Mich. Five persons were drowned. The schooner was with­ out cargo ifud was caught in a squall, which threw her on her side. The boat balls from Alpena,,, , The first legal execution in the Klon­ dike took place at Dawson. The victims Changed were two Indians--Dawson Nan- tuck and Jim X an tuck--and one white man, Edward Henderson. Henderson bad murdered his partner, named Peter­ sen, and the Indians had killed William Malum. Two hundred and fifty tons of copper eohis hare just been unloaded at New Haven, Conn., from a ship which made a trip to Bombay, India, to purchase them for manufacturing purposes jn this country. The market price of these coins was about two-thirds of that of Ameri­ can copper. The three sons of Martin Winkle of lackey, Ohio, were injured fatally at a lime kiln near Toledo by being caught in the machinery. The youngest, 6 years old, got too close to the machinery and waa caught in the shafting. The other 1)078 in attempting to rescue him met with similar fate. Three of the boilers In the extensive sawmill of Frank Hitch at Portsmouth, ,Ya., exploded simultaneously and wrought awful havoc. Douglas Shearer, fireman, colored, was instantly killed. The sknll of Gus Osborn, water tender, Wat fractured; Preston Williams, engi­ neer, was frightfully scalded, and several others received minor hurts. At Leavenworth, Kan., a corporal of Company K, Thirty-second volunteers, was shot by a negro named Alexander Johnson, the ball inflicting a serious and painful wound through the fleshy part of his leg. A sergeant of the same com­ pany wrenched the revolver away, when tbe negro turned and lied. A shot fired by the sergeant struck the negro in the dkoulder, inflicting a bad wound. The trouble waa started by the negro in a saloon. The dead body of George Simcoe was found lying in a hay mow at Murray City, Ohio. The neck was broken and there was a mark around it, evidently aaade by a rope. Investigation revealed S rope with a noose at one end, hanging out of a crack in the barn. The rope showed that it had been recently cat. Two men, who were seen about the barn before the body was found, have been arrested on suspicion. The theory is that tbe boy was hanged as a joke and prov­ ing fatal the perpetrators songht to bide the evidence of the crime. The standing of the dob* to tbs Na­ tional League race is as follows: W. L. W •Brooklyn .. .68 35 Chicago .... .55 39 Pittsburg .. .53 40New York...45 40 Louisville -. .46 48 Washington. 85 48 Cleveland .. .18 Park of Frnlti, wbieb {' ards and orchards. - vjl t-Pood company, la-1 i||b, N. J„ U spoken of flaindiCcirciea as a "tool trust," aitbmmmm anisers declare that they are Ml decking to establish a monopoly. The company has a capital stock of $8,- 000,000. While Henry Haha, of New York, waa riding his bicycle near Arroehar, 8. I., the wheel suddenly stopped and Hahn was forced to dismount. He looked -at tha rear wheel and saw that a black snake five feet long had become entan­ gled In It. A street railroad deal is afoot Involv­ ing the consolidation of all the roilds in Albany and Troy, N. Y., which, it is said, will be followed by the absorption of other New York State roads. An­ thony N. Brady Is prominent In the ne­ gotiations. In East Middlebury, Vt., a man named fiastwood went to the home of his moth­ er-in-law and shot his wife and her moth­ er, killing both. He then drove to Mid­ dlebury, went to the residence of Frank Fenn, shot him through the heaJEfr Jbilling him instantly. mm- WESTERN. -.-t •Boston .... .66 {Philadelphia 66 'Baltimore . .62 St. Louis....57 Cincinnati ..65 L. 48 52 56 59 69 91 f Following is the standing of the clubs Ik, tbe Western League: * " W. L. W. L. Indianapolis 62 34 St. Paul 48 55 Minneapolis. 62 41 Milwaukee . .43 54 Grand Rap..54 49 Buffalo 44 GO Detroit 50 51 Kansas City.41 00 i B. G. Don & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "The Cramps have discharg­ ed many hundred hands and ask Russia to extend time for completion of two warships because they cannot get the SJjeU Completion of twenty-one out of fhlrty-seven vessels building in the Dela­ ware is also affected. It is a curious ex­ perience for this country, but shows the gigantic expansion of home demand. For wool Coates' circular for Aug. 1 still bolds good, although insidf quotations are more often made. Sales for three weeks have been 28,399,990 pounds, against 13,996,500 last year, 38.530.305 In J897 and 23,365,400 iu the same weeks of 1892. Failures for the week have been: In the United States 156, against 154 last y»ar, and in Canada 24, against 'm-M last y* r." " I.: -- .: r. NEWS NUGGETS. A serious break occurred in the Erie c«aal at Syracuse, N. Y. The under pfcrt of the partition between the two sections of Lock 49 was washed away. Edward F. Rich of Schenevus. N. Y., was shot and killed by Willir.m J. Haugh, his brother-in-law, at Paulsboro, Pa., while visiting his sister, Haugh's Wife. At Pierre, S. D., Mrs. Jennie Weston downed herself and her son Bertie, aged 4 years, in a cistern at the family home. Family troubles are supposed to be the cause of the tragedy _ Albert Anderson, aged 21, was instant­ ly killed near Allison, Mo., bg Thomas Downing, aged li. It ig understood that ft woman whom both admired was the •fuse of their difficulty. J Th,ere W*B a riot in Pu«s Sunday that #frveloped into almost a revolution St Joseph's Church was sacked bv o crowd of anarchists. Three hundred and eighty persons were injured. Sixty police agents Were wounded. . By an, ^Plosion of fire 3a nip in the flest colliery, in Glamorganshire, Wales ghteen persons were killed and many hers placed in great danger. ..While driving with his family through Rolmesburg, a suburb of Philadelphia Frank Radclife was accidentally killed by a bullet fired by Pan! Spiel, who was practicing. A "Kid" McCoy, aspirant for the heavy- Weight championship of the world, was knocked out in. less than - two minutes by Jaek McCormack, the Philadelphia heavyweight, at the Star Theater in Chi- ' '4" V\ • j.', PASTERN. The skeleton of a mastodon has been .found on a farm near Newburg, N. Y. Fire at Westchester, N. Y., destroyed Peter's Episcopal Church and most J^jf its contents. Loss, $200,000. Franklin Ilassler and Hilda H. and ^Bertie Fleischman of Harrisburg, Pa., Were killed by the Lebanon Valley ex­ press. . Charles Howard Haven- is doad at bis ifcome ia Trenton, N. J., the result of a fall from a window. He was 84 years •Id, and while living'at St. Louis organ- A tornado at Redfield, Ark., did much damage to property. The first national convention of the Yonng People's Christian Temperance Union will meet in Chicago Sept. 20. ^Democrats and Populisms have fused in Iowa, nominating a State ticlvet head' ed by Fred B. White of Webster for Governor. Fire caused by as explosion of a gas­ oline stove destroyed fifteen buildings, comprising the main portion of Cass Lake, Minn. The hotel at Tuscan Springs has Seen destroyed by fire. One life was lost, and the financial loss will be in the neighbor­ hood of $40,000. Bruno Kirves, the Dayton murderer, was electrocuted in the annex of the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus. He maintain­ ed his composure to the very last. George W. Clayton, one of Denver's earliest pioneers, died from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy. His fortune is es­ timated at from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. Senator M. L. Hayward was stricken with apoplexy at Brownville, Neb., as he was rising from his seat at a Mod­ ern Woodmen picnic to deliver an ad­ dress. At a reunion of the Third Ohio cav- sltf at Toledo, arrangements were made for a grand reunion of the Army of the Cumberland, to be held in that city in 1902. Frank Rowley, aged 32, deserted his wife, aged 45, and eloped with his wife's daughter, Emma Elliott, 18 years old. The family lived near Buckeye Lake, Ohio. Judge Carroll Cook, of San Francisco, has granted fifteen days further stay of execution to Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, the convicted murderess of Mrs. John P. Dunning. At Elkton, S. D., two drunken harvest hands resisted arrest by Marshal Fergu­ son, and the officer killed one of them in self-defense. The dead man's name is not known. At Milan, Mo., Walter McAllister* 18 years old, committed suicide because a yonng woman refused to accompany him to a picnic. He first tried to kill the young woman. Richard Prendergtest of Chicago, for­ mer judge of the County Court, ex-trus­ tee of the sanitary district and an emi­ nent member of the bar, died at the Chi­ cago Hospital, of anaemia. President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe Railway Company says the Santa Fe will surely be in San Francisco on or before Jan. 1 next. The headquarters will remain in Los Angeles. The farmhouse of John Marshall, near Fullersburg, 111., was raided by four men, who knocked Mr. Marshall down with a slungshot, bound and gagged him and his daughter, and made off with $6. Near Colony, Ok., as John Matthews, with his wife and four children, was traveling in a covered wagon, a bolt of lightning struck the wagon, killing Matthews and dhe son and the team. At a meeting of the executive com­ mittee of the Lake Carriers' Association in Cleveland, the wages of all the men employed on the boats from the second mates down were advanced 10 per cent. A young man about 25 years old, with smooth face, was found murdered in a box car at Yandalia. Mo. Tramps were in the car with the corpse. They said another tramp had killed the young man and escaped. Two police officers were murdered at Denver by a recruit belonging to Com­ pany L, Thirty-fourth Volunteer1 Infan­ try, now staioned at Fort Logan. The officers were shadowing the soldier and two companions. At La Crosse, Wis., fire broke out in the two-story building corner Pearl and Front streets, occupied by Davis, Soren- son & Co.. manufacturers of bar fixtures and office furniture. It was totally de­ stroyed. Loss, $50,000. The trustees of Miami University at Oxford, O., have elected the Rev. David Stanton Tappan, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Ports­ mouth to succeed Dr. Thompson as President of the university. The will of Joseph Benorst, who died Kansas City, proves to be a most re­ markable document. Although he was an infidel. Benorst left all but $4,000 of his fortune of $150,000 to religious and charitable organizations. Six persons were drowned in the White river at Heimsel ferry, twelve miles southeast of Washington, Ind. A ferry­ boat broke loose, just as a wagon was part way upon it, and wagon, horses and occupants were precipitated into the water. The coroner's jury at Omaha placed the blame for the electrocution of four firemen at the Mercer Chemical Com­ pany's fire on Aug. 9 on tbe Thomson- Houston Electric Light Company and the city electrician, charging criminal negligence. A statement completed hy the Auditor of State of Ohio shows that there are 10,874 saloons in the State, a gain of 698 since the July statement of last year. The total revenue is $548,116.69. The beer and whisky license in Ohio costs $250 a year. The Newport, Ohio, police authorities Ire scouring that city for _ %•§i «rrr**d ltd Similar tnent. At HamUton'« Ohio, deeds kin been filed in the county recorder's ofBce ferripg the plant to the Company, the so-IWled nominal consideration $l00^000^ bttt the revehue stamps attached^afeoW actual value of the properly to befl 000. SOUTHERN. The antl-Goebel Democrats in Ken­ tucky have nominated John Young Brown for Governor. The Mayor and Aldermen of Chatta­ nooga, Teun., who are in sympathy with the locked out union motormen, passed an ordinance requiring all motormen em­ ployed by the road hereafter to take fif­ teen days*' instructions under an expert. The schooner Aaron Reppard of Phil­ adelphia, Captain Weissel, went ashore three miles south of Gull shoals life-sav­ ing station, on the coast of North Caro­ lina, cad five of Iter.crew were drowned.* The schooner was bound for Savannah, Ga. Jose Rivera's cigar factory at Tampa, Fla., and everything in his name have been seised by revenue officials. The Piera factory at Jacksonville, Fla., was also closed, and heavy seizures of cigar* were made at B. San Martin A Co.'s house in the same city. As matters now stand iu Clay County, Kentucky,' four feuds are looked for there instead of two, as now. The Bcnges and Stapletons, of near Benge- town, are preparing for war. On Red Bird Creek trouble was started between the Sizlores and Ashers. A mob of sympathizers with the lock- ed-out union employes of the electric street railway in Chattanooga, at a se­ cluded spot on the road, attacked with rocks a car containing a number of pas­ sengers. Windows in the car were broken and the motorman was struck; FOREIGN. Prince Henry of Germany is to -visit the United States on returning from the East. Symptoms similar to those of the bu­ bonic plague have been found at Oporto, Portugal. Earthquake shocks, accompanied by torrents of rain, are reported from the central portion of Portugal. It is proposed after the close ctf tbe Paris exhibition next year to open an American exhibition either in Moscow or St. Petersburg, consisting chiefly of American exhibits from the French cap­ ital. There is a great commotion at Hong­ kong because of the report that the French have occupied the island of San- chau to the westward of Macao and commanding. Hongkong's trade on the West river. Walter Wellman and the survivors of the Polar expedition led by him have ar­ rived at Tromsoe, Norway, having suc­ cessfully completed their explorations In Franz Josef Land. Mr. Wellman dis­ covered important new lands and many islands. The unsatisfactory rise of the Nile is giving the Government and the people of Egypt grave anxiety. The flood resem­ bles that of 1867, when a large area, be­ ing inundated, had to be left fallow, and the Government was obliged 000,000 in taxes. IN GENERAL. Seven thousand dollars in bank bills was stolen from the Canadian Pacific Railway station at Joliette, Quebec. In consequence of tbe new anti-rebate law going into effect In Texas general managers of all railroads will call in ev­ ery pass and no more wilf be issued ex­ cept for charity, to employes and peace officers. ' Joseph Brunock, a railroad man, has brought suit against President Trumbull of the Colorado and Southern Railroad Company for $20,000 damages on tbe ground that he has been blacklisted by that road. Five battleships will probably be added to the effective force of the navy by next spring. Reports from naval constructors supervising the work show that the Kearsarge, Kentucky, Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin will have completed their ofheial trials early next year. Tbe Government forces of San Domin­ go, commanded by Gen. Escoboza, have defeated the insurgents. The rout was almost a massacre. The wounded on both sides are numerous. The engage­ ment is considered by the Government as.dedsively ending the Jimines uprising. An engine sader full head of steam blew up at the -Cardenas roundhouse near Tampico, Mexico. The killed are: Engineer Felix Limer, New Orleans; En- gineefr L. Fitzgerald, Monterey, Mexico; Engineers J. Hussey and Will Gibson, formerly of Chicago. Three Mexican firemen and wood passers were also kill­ ed. An engineer of the name of Lock- hart was blown ninety feet and fatally injured and two Mexican shop «mi4«J'e» were also fatally hurt. \ * TRY TO SLAY LABORL E TH« 1 ths Nscot-.'i j , ' Drtyftu1 Counsel Phot la ttts Back V Hidden Aligning . At Rennes, France, two men amtmsh- *d Attorney Labori, counsel for Dreyfus, and one shot was fired, hitting Labori in tire back. After the attack he was able to walk to a doc­ t o r ' s h o u s e , a n d climbed the stairs to his office. The physician found the wound was under the left shoulder blade and had been made by a small ball. The wound is not deep. When M. Demange, La- bori's colleague in pekxaxo labobi. the defense, arriv­ ed at his side the victim cried cheerfully: "Not a tragedy this time." He told Demange to proceed with the trial, and that he hoped to be present and assist him in a week. M. Labori left his home accompanied by bis wife at 6:25 o'clock on Mon­ day morning and started on foot for tbe Lycee to attend the day's session of the court-martial. The lawyer and his wife had reached the Quay Onger, on the edge of the city, when a man who bad been concealed near by leaped out and fired a revolver at Labori. The law­ yer staggered, but soon regained control of himself. His wife screamed for help. The shooting caused tremendous excite­ ment. The spot chosen Tor assassination was suitable for such a deed. The would- be murderer could not be seen by the vic­ tim until close upon bim. Fernand Labori, tbe wounded attor­ ney, is 40 years of age. He has attained fame as a brilliant lawyer, and has been prominent in the Dreyfus case, seeking for information in behalf of the prisoner. He defended Smile Zola against great opposition. , Upon the arrival of M. Labori with bis family in Rennes, just prior to the opening of the Dreyfus trial, he was forced to pay exorbitant prices for apart­ ments, so strong were the sentiments in Rennes against the prisoner. He had been warned that it was dangerous to bave his family there, as they might be PATH OF THE STORM IN THE WEST INDIES. PENSION ROLL IS DECREASING. Commissioner Brans Files His Report for the Fiscal l'ear. Tbe report of Commissioner of Pen­ sions Evans for the fiscal year ended Juue 30 last shows total disbursements of $138,253,923, leaving a balance of $1,- 857,1S8 in the treasury out of the $140,- 000,000 appropriated. The total number of pensioners on the roll June 30 was 1)91,511), a decrease of 2,195. There wer* 40,991 names added to the roll and 43,- 180 dropped. The report shows that th* pension roll is decreasing. Of those dropped 34,345 were because of death and 8,841 because of remarriage, minors attaining their majority, failure to claim pcusion and other causes. Un­ der the general law there were 1,412 claims filed and 3,624 allowed. There were 6,184 original widows' claims filed and 4,240 allowed. The war with-Spain brought a total of 16,986 claims, of which number but 295 have been allowed. Under the act of June 27, 1890, original invalid pensions to the number of 6,860 were filed and 20,641 allowed. There were 13,845 original widows' claims un­ der this act filed and 12,185 granted. Out of 34,330 applications for increases under the general law, 22,460 were granted, and out of 81,770 applications for increases under the act of 1890, 25,603 were grant­ ed. , A recapitulation shows that out of a total of 111,387 claims filed 89,054 cer­ tificates were issued. During the year sixty-three attorneys were disbarred, ten suspended, two drop­ ped and one application for admission to BUSINESS SITUATION. FILIPINO OFFICERS MEETING AMERICANS* V " '\\ ? '< '• I From a drawing made in Manilm. MARKET REPORT#. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 52c to 54c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 13c; potatoes, choice, 28c to 35c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 69c; corn. No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. • St. Louts--Cattle, $3.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2, 71c to 73c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2, 20c to 22c; rye. No. 2, 55c to 56c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2, 70c to 71c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 56c to 58c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; shoep, $2.50 to $4.50; somf trace of j wheat, No. 2, 72c to 73c; corn. No. 2 mysterious "Jack the Slaimer." For yellow, 33c to 35c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c no apparent reason, a strange man at- to 25c; rye, 55c to 57c, tacked Mattie Block, a domestic, and | Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 71c to slashed her with a knife, inflicting four j 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; oats, ghastly wounds. | No. 2 mixed, 20c to 21c; rye. No. 2, 55c Eliza Day, colored, aged 60 years a to clover seed, new, $3.95 to $4.05. patient at the Columbus, Ohio, State i Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 70c hospital, died from peritonitis, and an autopsy revealed in her stomach the han- to 72c; corn. No. 3, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 26c; rye, No. 1, 53c to 55c; dies of five silver spoons and fifty cam- ' ^Tley. No. 2. 40c to 42c; pork, mess, bnc needles and in the bowels nearly i * fifty more needles. 1 Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, Emiio b^.,1 _ ... ,, i $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, common to choice, femue Swarbeau was riding a bicycle $3.% to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to $5.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.75. New York--Cattle, $3.25 to $6.25; bogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5,00i wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 78c; corn. No. 2, 88c to 39c; oats, mixed Western, 26c to 1 29c; batter, creamery, 17c to 21c; eggs, O.. J. -E. TroTtofM1, »1» k M.,« ot . lit «.,)«* on the streets at Muncie, Ind., when the pneumatic tire in the rear wheel ex­ ploded, throwing the rider several feet into the air. He was dashed to the side­ walk and rendered unconscious. The rider was found, to *be In a dying condi­ tion. subject to attack, but he said he was of the opinion that having his family about him would perhaps cause him to exert more care than ordinary, under tbe ab­ straction of his legal duties. Excitement scarcely equaled since- the assassination of President Carnot reign­ ed in Paris on the announcement of the attempted assassination of M. Labori. Crowds gathered in the hotels and cafes and on the Btreet corners. The latter were dispersed by the police. The very calmness of the people seemed ominous. Men seem to feel the matter too grave for anything as trivial as denunciation. Honest supporters of the military party were speechless. They have stood by the army in crisis after crisis in public sen­ timent. Through scandal, blackmail, dis­ honor and astounding tales of prison mal­ feasance, they have bravely stood their ground. But they were not prepared to defend a cowardly and brutal assassina­ tion. Saturday's session of tbe Dreyfus trial was extremely dramatic. Tbe chief In­ terest centered in the testimony of Gen. Mercitfr, former Minister of War. His evidence was expected by the anti- Dreyfusards to prove conclusively the guilt of tbe prisoner. In this it failed. Gen. Mercier in concluding his state­ ment said that if he had not been con­ vinced of the guilt of Dreyfus he would admit that he had been mistaken. Then the most senastionsl event of the day took place. Dreyfus, stung to the quick, sprang to bis feet and shouted1, "You ought to say so now." The courtroom was in an uproar. Cheer after cheer rang out for Dreyfus, while Mercier was cursed and hissed. Mr. Casimlr - Periex, former President of France, told of his connection with the case and demanded the right to confront and refute the assertions of Mercier. The testimony given by the other wit­ nesses was in the main favorable to Dreyfus. COLLECT MAIL AT THE DOOR. New System In New York Will Soon Be Rxtendqd. Within sixty days the letter carriers of New York will begin collecting valuable mail matter direct from private resi­ dences. The method to be employed was originated by Edward C. Madden, third assistant postmaster general, and the car- Biers wiU carry a receipt book from which they will issue receipts for parcels or let­ ters sent as registered mall. This system will soon be extended to all postoffices having carriers. practice revoked. The total number of attorneys standing disbarred July L 1899 Is 1,163. ' IT PREYED ON HIS MIND. Indianian Confesses to a Virginia Murder Committed in 1804k « John T. Rogers, who served in Com­ pany A, Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, in the civil war, went to the Soldiers' Home at Marion, Ind., and stated that he wished to confess a crime that had been a continual strain on his mind for thirty- five years. He said that he had killed a man named Humphreys In Virginia In 1864. The crime was fastened on an in- nncpnt man, who suffered the death n°s- alty. ~~ " ~ Cbtcagn Correspondence: .. ^ • <v N tbe stock maffrgta last week further evidence was given of confidence on the part of the people at large in contin­ ued advances. Trad­ ing in what are known as the "in­ dustrials," the se­ curities of the large manufacturing com­ b i n a t i o n s w h i c h bave been formed in the last two yearB, was on an extensive scale, and values for many of these rose to a materially higher level. In only a few instances were there any signs ot manipulation on the part of "insiders" or cliques of market operators. The bay­ ing came for the most part from the commission houses, and seems to have been largely for the account of people well posted as to the condition, earnings and prospects of these corporations. Reports from the principal trade and manufacturing centers are of a favorable character and furnish abundant explana­ tion for this revival of interest in the securities included in the "industrial" group. • From all sides a steadily increas­ ing activity In the leading lines is re­ ported. The capacity of the mills is be­ ing tested, and prices are being well maintained. Goods are going into actual consumpeion, and still there Is no slack­ ening of the demand. The tendency of the money market baa been toward an easier condition, 4>ut the' approach of the crop-moving season seems to make It doubtful if there will be any material decline in rates from the present level in the next few months. Foreign exchange, however, ia showing marked weakness. The Government report on tbe condi­ tion of crops, issued Thursday afternoon, created a diversion in favor of bulls in the wheat market. Prices previous to its publication bad been inclined down­ ward, but tbe present condition of spring wheat being interpreted to Indicate a de­ ficiency compared with last year of about 00,000,000 bushels, speculators took a different view of the situation, and in thirty minutes Friday afternoon the price of wheat recovered ail It had lost let two weeks. The Government estimates of the yield of iyinter and spring wheat make their combined shortage, compared with the official figures of the previous year, 175,000,000 bushels. There is tio suggestion of low prices for wheat in these figures. While comparatively high prices for wheat are almost a foregone conclusion, therefore, bearing in mind the failure of the crops in southeastern Europe, the size of this year's corn crop seems to point to a wholly different prospect for the price of that most important cereal. When the enormous aggregate of promis­ ed production, however, is taken into ac­ count, the sum it represents at even 20 cents a bushel is a splendid object lesson of tbe huge capacity of the American farmers for drawing wealth from the generous soil they cultivate. The esti­ mated production of corn for the season, with present condition maintained till harvested, as indicated by the Govern­ ment report, Is 2,150,000,000 bushels. At 20 cents a bushel that represents the vw»t sum Of $43O,0G0,000. " Hiram Towne, 93 years of age and one of the oldest living soldiers of the Union, is a Chicago man. His grandfather fought at Bunker Hill, and in every war this country has had since several of his kinsmen have given their service for their flag. His grandson, Lieut. Charles A. Towne of the First Illinois infantry, was in the recent Cuban campaiga. Laaden Winchester, the oldest man in Kent County, Michigan, died at the home of his son in Byron township on Tues­ day, aged 101 years. He was born in Connecticut in January, 1798, and settled in Byron township forty-six years ago. His wife died nine years ago; they had been married seventy-two years. Mr. Winchester's five sons, ranging in age from 61 to 75 years, acted as pall-bear­ ers at tbe funeral. Mrs. Luclnda Pratt of Chicago, who was 103 years old last week, Is a native of Massachusetts. Her father was a vet­ eran of the revolutionary war, and«she has often repeated the stories he told her of actual experiences in the conflict for independence. Living in New Bngland during the war of 1812, she had intimate acquaintance with many of the stirdng events of that strife. Her husband died sixty years ago of cholera, wires an epi .demie of tbe disease raged in the East. F»r twenty years longer s>he continued to live in her native city, altar which she went to tbe West, aettlfaif fe Peoria. 'Five yvatw larler, in,1864, she went to Chicago. MORE PROFITABLE THAN QOLO BlgFortunes Made in Missouri's Boom Ins Zinc Mining District. There is a big mining bodm on at tbe present time oo tbe Missouri-Kansas bor­ der. The zinc mining industry is the cause of the excitement, which has at­ tracted 100,000 persons to that section in recent months and transformed mere villages into bustling mining towns. Hun­ dreds have been made wealthy and the tales of their success having spread far and wide, there is a steady influx of Btrangers, many of whom cannot find shelter except In tents. Houses cannot be constructed fast enough to accommo­ date tbe Newcomers. The boom in zinc mining throughout the district is due in large measure to young Austin Corbin of New York, son of. the late railroad magnate, who has cleared $1,000,000 in the industry In a year. It was he ^ho first convinced Eastern capitalists of t^e possibilities of the region, and about every man who has been associated with him in the en­ terprise has made considerable money. Tbe price of. zinc recently touched $55 a ton and as It can be mined profitably for $10, at present prices it is more lucra­ tive than gold. Between Springfield, Mo., and Empo­ ria, Kan., cities and towns have sprung up rapidly; steam and electric railways to connect them have been built; hun­ dreds of poor farmers have suddenly been raised to affluence; Industries allied to mining are everywhere fleoaishmg, to saf nothing of the thousands of pespls w;ho are flocking there. Missouri's Klon­ dike bat * aahibrious climate. Four rail­ roads van through tbe miaing belt, «om- municattag wttb the front diiea «t tfce gfceckfMK Wsi'ip||;^ IMarar Sestrnti^^ Tattlaony-Conrt Because of i*aborl fentures y' were 'tbeg 7 r 4 . . _ fits; the i , Dreyfus wMrsubJ with ex-Coloniaf Minister Lebon's at- I tempt to explain and justify these bar- • i baritiea; tbe virulent attjicki of Gen. Bo-# I**' upon tke accused and Col. Picquart, - I *PperM£ly introduced to provoke an out- 1 burst olf psfsosjftl violence, and the n- buke given by Oteyfus to those who are conveijUng bis trial Into an opportunity for bj% enemies to attempt to exculpate ' During the day there' was the nana!-^ obod^i disregard for all the neceiWMT^|ii|;| restraints that are put upon testimony. Three witnesses were examined, each of JS , whom was allowed to make profession:' of faith in the guilt of the prisoner, to v % . •**ne against him and to work on the prejudices of the court by giving out the impression that to save this man was to . condemn the whole army. One of these witnesses was tbe. brutal 4'" c X Lobon, former minister of tbe colonies, ^ Who was responsible for the savage treat- ment of Dreyfus in Guiana. This model of justice declared that bis respect for,-^ ' ^ the chose jugee, which was founded uponp^fjg illegalities and perjuries, was strength-?. " ened by his personal opinion of the culpa- i bilrty of the condemned. Next came the effort to intensify prejudice against the' . aaoused through the testimony of Hen-t ' rys widow. This woman said in refer-- < ring to her wretched husband: "You?#l|i^ know bis sentiments, gentlemen. Her committed forgery on account of Col. Picquart's proceedings, and It was In or- , r - der to save the army, compromised by • - the dishonesty of its enemies." The^ mam wfw, in fact, a coarse Criminal, po*>f^|fJ sibly a traitor himself, and his concept r* ~ tion of honor was what might be expect- • , ed in aiiy forger or swindler. If she pos-^'V'jyii sessed good taste and sensibility Mme. K , Henry would court seclusion and silence." The last of the three witnesses was the , vindictive Gen. Roget, who was permit- *•"'$ ted, like Mercier, to deliver a long and fi' ,' bitter speech against the prisoner. The® refusal of the court to allow an " adjournment is variously interpreted. While it is admitted that the defense is handicapped by M. Labori's absence, there is also a disposition to believe that the court is already convinced that there is DO real case against Dreyfus. . i, V In Dreyfus' Favor. Thursday for the first time the Dreyft»?^:;|||i^ court martial listened to testimony in fa- _ vor of the accused. Col. Picquart and M. Bertulus, examining magistrate, were v- both on the stand giving their grounds ' - { *0 for belief in Dreyfus' innocence. M. Ber-1 ° , / tulus was the first witness to testify in|J;v"| favor of the prisoner. Bertulus was the i , R,* Bertulus repeated his testimony before the court of cassation, including Henry's . •' famous confession to him when be beg- ts.;, g e d h i m t o " s a v e u s f o r t h e h o n o r o f t h e , f . army." When Henry was examined by Ber-r' 'V,« tulus, the latter said to him: "Ester- bazy and Du Paty de Clam are guilty." papers at the house of Mme. Pays led to;^ bis belief in the guilt of Col. Henry. M. f;| Let the latter blow his brains out, jus- tice will have its course with Esetrhazy. ' He is now making charges against you which may lead your enemies to aceuse ^ you of supplying him with documents." £' Henry, on hearing this, was speechless. Then throwing his arms around the mag- ^ Istrate's neck, he cried: "Save us for the honor of the army; Esterhasx is a scoun-I^Mgj drel." The next witness was Lieut. Col. Pic- - ^ * quart. He first told of bis connection with the general staff and how he be- came interested in the Dreyfus affair, .,f*. evidently referring to the crooked prac-ifs^^j||> tices of the generals. After his recital ^ •, of his first acquaintance with the case, ^ Col. Picquart said: "I have other things, < ,i to say, and will tell all, but now I do nott/;^ wish to break the direct chain of evi- j" . dence." Picquart was content to talk^* : without notes. He seldom hesitated, and ^ showed a wonderful memory. He said'.'|\ tbe resemblance of Dreyfus' handwriting 1 w • to the bordereau was only a rumor. Drey-// fus gazed gratefully at his defender. Col. Picquart asked how Dreyfus could '%, know the military secrets which had^ ^ been betrayed when he (Picquart), as.'"/ J chief of the intelligence bureau, did not$£i'*^j know them and which could have been < known only in the bureau of Du Paty de-, Clam. The innuendo in this last remark !§£ caused a sensation. The court here ad- ,4 « * joined. ft* Revolt la Feared. _ '• Tbe authorities claim io have definite Information, of a plot Involving an upris- „ ing in Rennes, and have adopted extreme measures to squelch the conspirators and ^ . their allies. Instructions have been is-HT sued to the troops to fire upon any crowd;? at the first sign of a demonstration. Drums have beed stationed with each , i command--three rolls of a drum being,*/' " , according to French law, equivalent to^f-V the reading of the riot act in England. When five rolls of the drums are beaten It is a signal for the troops to fire. It is believed that the agitators are plotting - f - • a Jewish and Dreyfusite massacre,,- DRIVEN FROM ANGELES. Nearly Three Thousand Filipino Reb* ±. ela Pnt to Flight. *' The Filipinos sustained a severe de-, y feat before Angeles. Ten companies of .4 / the Twelfth infantry, with two cannon, i attacked 2,500 insurgents who were en- \ trenched near the town. A fierce light 4 followed, In which the Filipinos were ^^4 \ worsted and driven away in disorder. Their loss was 200 men. The Americans had two killed and twelve wounded. The ; •' taking of Angeles is considered a very important strategic movement and has ' been the endeavor of the Americans ever' ' 'Jf~ since the beginning of the rainy season. Secretary Root's new "bird's-eye map" v ^ bas been completed and he follows and ^ notes every movement of the American SA:'> troops. The gunboat Wheeling has re- .re­ turned from a cruise along the northern coast of Luzon. Her officers report that the insurgents are ia possession of all the * villages. Disquieting advices are receiv- H , "j!,! ed from the islands of Negros and Cebu. Many of the leading men of these isl-} "Vi­ ands, it Is said, have joined the f ! gents and outbreaks are feared. - . fiptei' ot Current Eventa President McKinley bas promised to visit Milwaukee. Oct. 11. Mazet committee of New York has ad­ journed until Sept. 12. Aaierican coal operators aim to boom tbe'ir eoal at the Paris exposition. John Burch, Middlesboro, Ky_ sen­ tenced to hang, gets a respite until Sep­ tember. Dave Ogden, a St. Lodis carpenter, baa *>kl his claim ta an Arizona copper S 4 ^4 V: -mm liyfM < 'h,.' - ' V ,