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Mpi ' - ' % i ?nrd.̂ pjf£v t. £ 1. --v • . &•}<«? New YorkV ¥•* * \.> "i~'/-*'• \'/. 'M *.iVr %/L, •* £ , ' fl,'v, PV - ?•* _... Silver end ij^ynsaae the Trnst Prob- S«»h Crtttel«Mi l>em- ~*:'itawetlc f̂ te ̂ latfOrp**'. . ,•• -*. ... .. Got. Roosevelt of New York led a veritable Sail Juan charge against the boats of Ohio Democracy at Akroa. Fifty thousand of the Western Reserve** best product in manhood entUusiantleelljr .par­ ticipated. Theoccasien marked the open- ia| of Ohio's Republican campaign. Be­ fore reverberations from the big guns fired by Gov. Roosevelt and Judge Nash were dead every hcknch of the service was engaged in every corner of the Stite. "keen to come to close quarters with the -enemy. The day's work put the stamp •of nationalism upon the contest--put it there with eager emphasis. The challenge extended in the platform adopted at Zanosville three weeks ago was accept­ ed without quibble. President Mckin­ ley's friends gladly made approval of his administration, iu whole and in part, the .gage of battle in this, bis home State. The speaking was in Grace Park, in which a score of eminent men, including McKinley a half dozen times, have made political addresses. Gov. Roosevelt was cheered tremendously as Judge N. D. Tibbals, president of the day, introduced Mas. Applause frequently interrupted him, especially in his references to sub­ duing the Filipinos. Judge Nash was en­ thusiastically received. Senator Hanna was present, but did not deliver an ad­ dress. In introducing Gov. Roosevelt and Judge Nash, Judge Tibbals referred to the service each had rendered his coun­ try, and they were received with cheers. Governor Kooaevelt's Address. Gov. Roosevelt's long address was lis­ tened to intently, and he was frequently interrupted with enthusiastic applause. He said in part: I come to speak to you because we rec­ ognize throughout the nation that the contest this year in Ohio cannot be any­ thing but a national contest. It is the sin­ cere belief of all right-minded men who have the Welfare of the nation close" at heart that the position taken by the Ohio Democracy, speaking in redlity for the national Democracy in this campaign, is one destructive of national prosperity at home and of national honor abroad. More­ over, it is impossible to avoid the convic­ tion that their leaders know that this is true, but are willing to plunge the country into any disaster, provided only they can persuade a sufficient number of dupes to put them where they can gratify their greed for office, their thirst for pow­ er. I should not use such language in an ordinary political contest. I use it now as I should have used it had I been alive during the years of the civil w.v. The men whom we are now fightitg champion a cause which in its essentials is the same as that championed by the copperhead thirty-seven years ago. They vote the war a failure now as they voted it a failure then. ; . Trust* and Expansion. They wish to discuss the question of trusts, an economic question, and of ex­ pansion, which is really the question of upholding alr-oad the honor of the Hag and the interests of the nation and of making us rise level to our duties as a world power. They hope to avoid much discussion of the silver question--much discussion of their advocacy of a dishon­ est dollar; trusting that thereby they shall be enabled to say to the believers !n free silver that they are heartily in favor of it, and yet to fool the men who atand for sound finance by explaining to them, that that question is really relegat­ ed to the rear and is not a live issue. They cannot be both for and against free iif* J GOvERXOB BOOSKVELT. sllWr, and as long as they are for It itr makes no difference whether they shout or whisper their allegiance. In either case they would have to turn their words into acts should they come into power, and in both cases, therefore, the menace to the prosperity of the country and the welfare of its citizens are equally great. The salvation of this country lies to no small extent m the fact that while the brtlk of our people fully appreciate the importance of party, and the usefulness of party government, yet that they put country above party. Tariff aid Trusts. • Our opponents denounce troiltfc^ "Miii#* they propose not one remedy that would not make the situation ten times worse than at its worst it now is. I have read through carefully the speeches of Mr. Bryan and of his fellows to find out what they propose to dq. I have found plenty of vague denunciation. I have not found 80 much as an attempt to formulate a na­ tional policy of relief. In the Democratic platform in Ohio just two measures of re­ lief are proposed: The first, that you should change the tariff because it favors trusts, and the second, that you should coin silver in the ratio of 16 to 1 with-. ont regard to the action of any other na­ tion. They pretend that the tariff favors trusts. They know that the greatest trusts in this country, the Standard Oil and the sugar trusts, are utterly unaffect­ ed • by the tariff. They know well that the trust with which there is the most widespread and deepest dissatisfaction, the beef trust, is utterly unaffected by the tariff, and in my own State, one of the largest trusts, the ice trust (which is said to have as its most prominent mem­ ber and promote*- that ardent anti-trust champion and advocate of Mr. Bryan, Richard Croker) is also wholly unaffect­ ed by the tariff. Six years ago you were under the kind of tariff to which they now ask you to return. And you were suffering from the threat of free coinage--the trust which they now revive. Are the people of this country so short-sighted that they forget the miseries of six years ago? Do fhey forget the bread riots, the poverty, the squalid want, even of those able and anxious to work? Surely the country has had enough of tariff tinkering by the op­ ponents of a protective tariff. The second great remedy they propose |«f trnsts is the free coinage of silver at »f iiiewset <if cents on .tile dollar DiilloaOr of American Arms.. Our opponents through the nation, and in particular here in Ohio, propose as a method of-attacking trusts to meddM-with the tariff, whieh would mean economic disaster to the masses, and to debase the coinage, whieh in addition to even more frightful economic disaster would mean national dishonor. When they come to the second plank in their platform, the question of expansion, they adtocnte the •dishonor of the American arms, and the Milling of the American Sag in the dust. t£hey place themselves outside the rank of proper party opponents, and make themselves merely toe enotnfes of the nation as a whole, as it*ea% by their action on the currency they have shown themselves to be the enemies of honesty within the nation. The other day Ohio sent to New York a prophet of Mr. Bry­ an's new dispensation in the shape of ex- Congressman Lentz, who divided his time between fervent hopes for the success of Aguinaldo and, therefore, for the ruin of the American army in the Philippines, and the firmly expressed conviction that the mantle of Washington and of Lin­ coln had fallen upon the shoulders of ex- Gov. Altgeld. Make no mistake.- In the Philippines we arc at open war with an enemy #ho mast be put down. It is absolutely im­ possible to save our honor except through victory: and it is equally impossible to win peace, to restore order in the islands, or to prepare the way for self "govern­ ment there, save through victory. Peo­ ple tell you that the Filipinos are fight­ ing for independence. This was exactly what the copperheads of 1861 said of the Confederates. Here in Ohio the Val- landigham ran on the issue that the war was a failure, and that the indepen­ dence of the Southern States should be acknowledged. The feeble Vallandig- hams of to-day take the same position, and if Ohio is true to the great memories of her past she will give the same answer now that she gave then. No man can hesitate in this1 struggle and ever after­ ward call himself a true American and true patriot. He must stand by the flag. He must uphold the honor and the inter­ est of the nation, and the only way in which be cap stand by the one and uphold the other is to overwhelm the party that assails both. Mnst Pnt Dow* Armed Resistance. Two facts mast be emphasized. First, that out of tho present situation the only honorable and humane way is to put down armed resistance in the Philippines, and to establish a government of orderly justice; and, in the second place, that this situation inevitably arose out of the war, and could not have been avoided save by shameful conduct on our part.* You will meet short-sighted people who say that Dewey, after sinking the Spanish fleet, should have sailed away from Manila bay. Of course, such conduct was impos­ sible. It is not too much to say that such conduct would have been infamous. Either the islands would have been left to their own fate, had such a course been followed, In which case a series of bloody massacres would have taken place, and the war between the Spaniards and the Filipinos would have dragged along its wretched length until some outside inter­ ference took place, or else, what is far more probable, as Dewey's fleet sailed out the fleet of some European power would have sailed in, and we would have had the keen mortification of seeing the task which we shrank from begun ' by some nation which did not distrust its own powers, which had the courage to dare to be great. Dewey had to stay and we had to finish the job we had begun. A weak nation can be pardoned for giv­ ing up a work which it does badly; but a strong nation cannot be pardoned for flinching from a great work because, for­ sooth , there are attendant difficulties and hardships. The * century which is just closing has seen what the century which is opening will surely also see-»-vast strides in pivilizatlon, the result of the conquest of the world's waste places, the result of the expansion of the great mas­ terful, ruling races of the world. Democratic Attitude Destructive. Gov. Roosevelt summed up as follows: Our opponents seek to make their points by denouncing trusts and expan­ sion. In both cases they occupy a purely destructive attitude. They advocate noth­ ing constructive. The Democratic party, with that fatal facility it has shown for many years in appearing at every recur­ ring presidential election as the enemy of the business man, and, above all, of the workingman, now once more comes to the front as the champion of the forces that tell for economic destruction. They denounce the trusts, but the measures they propose against them are purely po­ litical, are not economic, not remedial. They strive to win by inflaming ignorant passion, and trust that the passion »hus inflamed will overcome sound judgment. They propose either no remedy or else they propose remedies so absurd and so vicious that they would ten-fold aggra­ vate all existing evils. Mr. Bryan has developed a visionary scheme of national supervision, a scheme of extreme central­ ization, which would be unworkable at present and which might cause great havoc to industry, if so much as the at­ tempt was made to put it into effect. We propose to meet the problem in the only way In which it can be met, by cool and careful study, by finding out what the facts are, and then by exhausting every legitimate power, legislative, administra­ tive and judicial, to regulate the indus­ trial movement and to cut out all abuses. Corporations (for what we commonly call trusts are generally merely big corporat­ ions) render great services, and are in­ dispensable instruments in industry in our modern life; but their growth has been accompanied by the growth of evils which we can but remedy by common sense and common honesty--not dema­ gogic outcry. Our opponents say we have no plan. We have; and the plan is, as a first step, to try the effect of publicity, and then to supplement publicity by tax­ ation, and then by licensing or whatever measure experience shows to be effective. Before hitting we must know exactly what we are hitting at, and whether the blow will hurt more than it helps. JnTKle of Words. So again, when they come to deal with expansion, they juggle words. They state insincerely what they know is not true, and strive to bring shame and dishonor on the country for their own political ad­ vantage. They say they are against im­ perialism. So are we. Not an American in the land favors imperialism, and they know this. They profess to fear the evils of a great standing army and a grand navy. They know that no one proposes for a moment to make the army and navy larger relatively to our needs of the moment than they have been to our needs of the past. We are not imperialists: we are expansionists, and that we have got to be whether we wish to or not. The work of expansion is1 going on all about us before our eyes. Every miner who stakes out a claim on the Yukon, every new settler who takes up unoccupied land among the foothills of the Rocky Moun­ tains Is a unit iu the great work of ex­ pansion. Every man before me to-day is here because his forefathers were ex- "mmw ; W • MOT growth, to stunt as, to hinder the dfvel- opment of our might, of all our power. ADDRESS OF OKO. K. MASH. Gubernatorial Candidate on Prosper­ ity and Protection. f George K. Nash said in part: j \ In 189G the people of the United States, by an overwhelming popular vote^ called the Republican party, with its St. Ixmis platform, back to the control of the na­ tional Government. Two and one-half years have passed since that call became effective, and I now congratulate you and we can felicitate each other upon the fact that every pledge made to the people in St. Louis has been redeemed. Much of the great gain to our country is attributable to the restoration of a tariff law so fashioned as to be beneficial to American interests alone. Bat much more credit is due to the determination of the American people to 'maintain in­ violate and forever a sound and hottest financial policy in this land. By the elec­ tions of 1896 confidence was restored in the financial integrity of the people of the United States. Hence those who con­ trolled capital were willing again to let it seek investment in railroads, manufac­ tures and commerce. The unemployed are Ho longer idle. Those who worked ouly one-half time and for half pay are now reaping a full harvest. But the Democracy continues to de­ mand "the £yee, unlimited coinage of sil­ ver and gold as equal in primary money at the rate of 16 to 1." Again the Dem­ ocracy of Ohio has declared in favor of this financial heresy. This is done iu the State of President McKinley. If Ohio, in November, should take a step back­ ward on this question, who can foresee die harm that will be done? It will open } i5':" |, s.y% , „ + V GEO. K. HASH. TH1MOS PtUTAININQ TO ' FARM - AND HOME. Veins of Potatoes ss Food for Potnl" try--Why Wild Swarms of Bess Gen­ erally Perish--Some Hints for Appls Packers--Brief Farm Matters. up the question again as a national issue. Again we will be in financial doubt and uncertainty. The sun of prosperity will again be hidden by the clouds of adver­ sity. But this will not happen. The peo­ ple of Ohio are an intelligent people. Her farmers, her laboring men, her merchants and her manufacturers will not go back to the "slough of despond" through which we struggled for four unhappy years. There is another very important mat­ ter with which the Republican party and its policies have had much to do within the last two and one-half years. Our for­ eign markets have been enlarged and our foreign commerce has been increased. We believe this to be absolutely necartary for the present and future prosperlt|j? of the country. The policy of the Republi­ can party is to strengthen and make larg­ er the foreign market for our goods. It is very much in earnest in this matter. We are just as zealous in this cause as we ever were in saving our home mar­ ket for Americans. This we propose do, even if it requires that governmental' assistance shall be given to our shipping, so that our wares may sail the world over under our own flag. This we will do, even if it involves the construction of the Nlcaraguan canal by our own: Gov­ ernment. This we will do, even if it de­ mands that our flag shall never be hauled flown in islands lawfully acquired by the valor of our soldiers and sailors. Philippines and Trusts* The Democrat bravely shouted at Zanesville, "We are radically and unal­ terably opposed to imperialism in the United States." Who in the wo*W is in favor of it? Imperialism is the power, authority or character of an emperor. I know of no imperialist in this broad land. I know of no man in it who de­ sires to change the spirit or character of this great republic, as it was handed down to us by our fathers. Even those who believe that it is a wise policy to retain possession of the islands which have come to us as a part of the victory which we won over Spain do not wish to establish an empire in them, or anything akin to an empire. All they desire is to carry to their inhabitants the same en­ lightenment and the same civilization which we enjoy. When they are prepar­ ed for it it is proposed, when Congress shall act, to give them a government free in character, and guaranteeing to them the sacred rights which we cherish. Within the last few years many of the business men of this country have con­ solidated their great interests into cor­ porations and combinations, which are popularly known as "trusts." The men who conduct our manufactures, trade and commerce are generally intelligent;, far- seeing citizens, with the patriotism e.iual to that of any other class of citizens!* I am loath to believe that these men woUM knowingly do anything that would detrimental to the country or to thi fellow citizens. It is true, however, thi there are things connected with these ne organizations which require regulation by law, in order to prevent evils which may arise. These evils have been denounced by both the Republican and Democratic parties in Ohio in State convention. So far the two parties stand upon an equal­ ity. In another respect the Republican party has an advantage in the fact that the seventy-third general assembly passed a stringent law well calculated to prevent evils, and that an attorney general elect­ ed by the Republican party has been dili­ gent in his efforts to enforce the law. Undoubtedly new and careful and wise legislation will be required both upon the part of Congress and State legislatures to regulate and prevent evils which may emanate from large corporations. Such legislation we can safely intrust to the men of the Republican party. The Re­ publican party has a clear and honorable record of duty faithfully performed, of work well done,' of promises 'fulfilled, in both national and State affairs. It comes with no extravagant pretensions and no delusive trickery with which to catch the thoughtless. It has been trusted by tho people of Ohio and by the nation. It has proved worthy of the confidence which the people reposed in it. Even the Dem­ ocracy have bean unable with all their efforts at fault-finding to impeach the character of Republican officials or pull down the structure of wise administration and general prosperity which they have reared. , ^ Good-breeding is the result of inucb good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. On several occasions we have seen this subject; very freely discussed ID the correspondence columns In one or other of the poultry journals, some people cfttttesdiag that the analysis of the potato shows it to be a very unfit food for use, while others maintain- that practical experience proves It to most useful. We favor the latter, judiciously given and blended with a little common sense, we consider the potato one of the best additions to our fowls' bill of fare. Only the day before writing these notts a case came under our notice where two neighbors both kept fowls and both had the same number, variety and accommodations. From twenty-four hens one was get­ ting twenty eggs a day, the other ten. The former attributed the better laying of his birds to the use of a boilerful of warm potatoes mixed with their morn­ ing meal. It has always been our cus­ tom to use potatoes In some form or an­ other, and we look upon them as both good and cheap. One plan we often adopt in the winter time 1b to Instruct the poultry lad to place a boilerful on the kitchen range every evening after tea; these cook during the evening, and by the time the fire goes down are done, and the little heat left and their own steam keep them warm, and thus they are ready for mixing with the meal in the morning earlier than they would be if not prepared over night. At other times, when not feeding po­ tatoes as above, we have a boilerful •erred round whole as an "extra" at midday, and find they are mucl^ rel­ ished.--Poultry Monthly. Inarchtnor Grapet and Kosek The best grape vines we have seen are grafted on wild grape roots above the ground. To an extent never before realized the injury has been in the roots. The common belief is that It is difficult to graft the grape. But our experience Is that it cau be done quite aa successfully as grafting of the stone fruits. It is also easy to inarch the cultivated grapes on the wild vine. A Delaware Inarched in June, on a wild vine, will load with fruit in two years, and bear regularly thereafter without winter protection. If a wild rose or wild grape vine ts growing near to cultivated ones, In­ arching Is simply bringing the cut sur­ faces of the two together and fasten­ ing them with woolen yarn or by ap­ plying wet clay kept in place by wind­ ing cloth strips around it. After they grow together the connection is severed so ae to leave the cultivated branch on the wild root. If we lay a branch In the ground It takes root and makes a plant when severed from the parent Inarching Is a kind of layering. In­ stead of rooting in the soil, the branch unites by cell growth with the wild branch to which it is fastened at the p<Ante where the b^rk Is removed in June." So important is it considered that In Germany inarching is taught and practiced in ^ail the elementary schools.--The Farmers' Advocate. r J^'lW fcwarms Generally Perleftu wiien the country was newly settled and few bees were kept a great deal of honey was secured from bee trees, which the beenunters found by follow­ ing a bee caught on some flower and let loose after it had filled itself with hon­ ey, The bee when it gets Its load of honey rises In the air until it finds the direction of Its home, and then darts away in a "bee line" for it. By noting the direction taken and trapping anoth­ er bee at some distance to one side of that which started first, It Is easy to note the angle; where the two bees wotild meet, and at that point the bee ttee may generally be found. But late­ ly "bee trees" are not very plentiful, even where the hived swarms have largely increased. It Is probable that as the stock of bees increases in a neighborhood, so also do the millers which produce the worm that is the bees' worst enemy. When millers get Into the hive they soon ruin It. The careful apiarist makes the entrance to his hive so small that a good swarm can generally protect itself. When bees hive themselves in some hollow tree they generally take one that 1s con­ stantly widening its entrance by the wood rotting away. Then the miller gets in its work, and \vhen the egg it lays hatch into worms fche boss axe powerless." Piarpen Floors. It is my experience that the only floor tliat will last in such a location, and that is practical, is brick. Concrete and cement, and also wood, excepting pitch pine, will wear through ill spots in an bly short time. The pig's hoof sharp, and exposed places, as orways and about the trough, way to constant treading. Old rick that have been used for purposes are best, becaus« very much cheaper to buy lines no expense only the bt check has becn to hand-pick them and the eggs. Late one autumn, during a spell of bright, clear weather and cool nights, I happened in my squash patch about sundowtL Several inferior squashes had left on the fjiiftea; I thooglit they had a peculiar appearance, and examined them closer. The side of the squash next the sun was completely covered with mature squash bugs, so thick that the skin of the squash could not be seen. Every squash in the field had its covering of squash bugs. A bright thought struck me, and I set to work killing bugs. The air was becom­ ing cool and the bugs stiff, and they were easily brushed off and killed with my foot or a piece of hoard. Over five hundred bugs were killed on some of the squashes. The next evening the patch was again gone over and many bugs killed, but not nearly so many as the evening before. This was re­ peated every evening as long as I could find bugs; the result was that the next spring I had very "few bugs. I have followed this plan every year since with cowplete success.--Vick's Month­ ly. M.;, . : " * #0 Apple Peckers. Pack fruit honestly; that is, have the fruit run alike all through the barrel. Do not endeavor to cause deception by placing good, sound, large fruit near the top and bottom of the barrel, and filling In the center with a lot of gnar­ ly, wormy and decayed fruit. It does not pay. The deception is easily de­ tected upon investigation. Standard barrels should be used. Take one head out, nail the hoops, and bend or break off the ends of the nails on the inside; place a layer or tier of apples, good and uniform size, smooth, bright, healthy, as closely as possible, stem downward, on the lower end, then fill up, a basketful at a time, throwing out the small, wormy, gnarly and windfall apples, and shaking the barrel well after each deposit until it is full two Inches above the rim; place the head squarely on the apples, and with a screw or lever press force it into place and nail securely. Then turn over the barrel aad mark name of apple with red or black lead, or stencil. Bear in mind that, to be shipped safely, fruit must be packed tight to prevent rat­ tling or bruising. •Profits front Cow*. It is estimated that the cost of tL eow for one fear, for food alone, Is about $25. This amount she must return to her owner before she can make any profit, and yet there will remain the cost of the labor and shelter, for which she will pay with the manure, as It possesses value as well, as the milk. If the farmer cannot get enough from the cow to pay for the food she ehts he will keep her at a loss. At $25 per year the'cost Is about 7 cents per day. The price of the milk In market will determine the value of the cow. If she produces 2,500 quarts In a year the cost will be 1 cent per quart. If she produces over that quantity the cost of each quart will be reduced. All cows cannot be kept for one year at so low a cost, but as there must be ah expense for the cow, whether she proves valuable or not, the dairyman should seek the best to be had in order to reduce the cost of the product. He can onlj do so by using the breeds, for if he steps outside and resorts to the open market in order to purchase his cows, instead of raising them, he will lncure the liability of adding inferior animals to his herd. ation for the brick floor can gravel, with an Inch of top, upon which the brick Let the portion of the pig's bed will be remaiu lies higher than the re- floor, and let the slant or, for convenience in> ||he grade is just right, le surface is covered rfectly smooth and plank and tamper, weeping it with a 11 directions until lied, then leave a when It can be used. Pitch pine, so far as I have seen it used, is good material for pens and horse stalls, because this class of ani­ mals will then) not ordinarily bite it through, although there may be invet­ erate wood eaters that will attack any material.--QnfllMlUMbdd Farmer. be sh cau floor some' maiu be '.oh' washini aud wlii it can even wi Pour on common every crac: few days i' Get tin One of ti check is the so destructiv and other m son does no Insects, and uash Fu«*s. ects to keep in le squash bug, s, cucumbers genus. Pol- are sucking to hold them Gives Points to Peach Growers. Although fruit growers near Potts- town, Pa., report an almost entire fail­ ure of the peach crop, John C. Saylor, who has a large orchard near Ringing Rocks, harvested about 1,500 baskets. A successful plan that he has been practicing to protect his orchard from wholesale devastation by the "yel­ lows," the greatest enemy to the peach tree, is. that as soon as he discovers a tree affected by the insect he removes It and plants another In its place. A' favorite idea of his Is to loosen the soil around the trees by plowing and also to keep them well drained. Trimming the tree.* from the top, he finds, has proven beneficial, increasing the strength and productiveness in them. Twelve years ago Mr. Saylor com­ menced peach culture by planting 125 trees, and, by adding to the number each year, his orchard now contains 2,000 trees. He still has 90 pgr ̂ jii, of the first two lots planted. Country Homes. If you visit a city or large town at this time of year and go through its most beautiful parts, where its wealth­ iest people live, what is it that gives the last touch of beauty and luxury? Is It not the smooth, densely green, beau­ tiful lawn? And why should not the farmer, of all men, have the most beautif al lawn of any one? It is a part of his business to study grasses and fertilisers. Or consider the beautiful shrubbery of the lawn, the beautiful "golden oak," the exquisite cut-leaved maple, noble magnolia trees or catal- pas. But to have trees of this' sort about his place should by good rights be the very birthright of the fanner.-- New England Farmer. Still Rules the Waves. The old-time boast that "Britannia rules the waves" was never more justi­ fied than It is to-day. Figures published in Feilden's Magazine show that the entire tonnage of the world in ships amounts to a round total of 27,673,528 tons, of which enormous aggregate the United Kingdom and colonies own rather more than one-half, or, to be precise, the immense and overshadow­ ing proportion of 13,988,508. - Deducting from this latter total 1,061,584 owned by the British colonies throughout the world, the United King­ dom possesses no less than 12,826,924 tons. It is indeed a far cry from this predominating tonnage to the second biggest, which, it is hardly surprising to learn, 1b that of the United States of America, and which figures out to 2,465,387 tons. Germany takes third place with 2,453,334 tons, which thus t- follows closely upon American heels. All probably l^pt those who follow mari­ time affairs closely win learn with some surprise that Norway easily occu­ pies the fourth place. If you have anything to do with a woman, impose>on her, & die will on you. PORAC is. ~v: or Knfers City After . a^lgpr1* Flshtias. • gflmral edrsnce of the American troops against the Filipino stronghold at Porac was begun early Thursday morn­ ing, and Gen. Mae- Arthur entered the town after half an hour's fighting. The American loss was slight and the in­ surgent loss is not known. The enemy fled northward. When the Ameri­ cans entered , the «KV. MACARTHUR. towa they found it practically deserted. " The attacking party moved on Porac !h two columns. The Nintli infantry, with two guns from Santa Rita was command­ ed by Gt-n. Wheeler, and the Thirty-sixth infantry, under Col. Bell, with one gun, accompanied Gen. MacArthur from Sen Antonio. Both columns struck the town at 9 o'clock and openejl a brisk fire, which was replied to by the enemy for half an hour. Then fhe insurgents fled, and the Americans marched over their trenches and took possession of the place. The movement was a strategical sue* cess, and resulted in the possession of Porac and the clearing of several miles of country thereabout. The insurgents are estimated to have numbered 600 men. Ten dead Filipinos were found and the captain and commissary of Mascarno'a command were taken prisoners. The American loss was five killed, but there were maay prostrations from the heat. Porac is a town of about 3,000 inhab­ itants, and is fourteen miles from Caco- lor, the capital of Pampanga province. It Is about four miles west of the rail­ road line running north from Manila, and between Santa Rita and Angeles, through to'the southwest of the latter, and north- of Santa Rita. W » - NAVAL HERO Dora Havemeyer and Lieut Cameron Winslow Joined at Newport* One of the most charming house wed­ dings ever celebrated in high life at New­ port, R. I., was when Miss Dora Have- meyer, daughter of Theodore Havemeyer, Gov. Tanner has commuted to ft three years the life senteno# <4^ Donnell of DeKalb County, victed in Kane County in 1877 of plicity in the murder of Oscar l«m&< JMi* . nell has been in the penitentiary two years and is the eldest of service now. confined at Jnftst, Governor pardoned Jondan killed L. N. Porter In I in 1S96 and was sentenced tentiary for fifteen years. - Porief:* abusing his family when fered. Porter was killed la the „ The Governor refused to commute life sentences of Elias McJonkbi ^|M - Charles Smoot to fourteen years, as VMK ' ommended by the board of pardons. QoVW lanner said the prisoners were fal|jr aware of the enormity of the crime hk which they participated, the robbery sad murder of H. J. Helmick in Yetmilian County. " ~ Gov. Tanner has appointed the follow­ ing as members of the practice commis­ sion, provided for by joint resolution oi the last General Assembly: E. P. Wit liams of Galesburg, nominated by the Sa> preme Court; John S. Miller of Chicago nominated by the Appellate Court JndgeSb first district; William 8. Gross of Sprisg- lield, nominated by the Illinois State Bat Association; Robert McMurdy, nomhtnt- ed by the Chicago Bar Association; Wal­ ter S. Horton of Feoria. The duties of the commission will be to revise and cod­ ify the regulations on practice in Illinois courts, a step of great importance long demanded by lawyers. The State convention in the Interest of good roads, which was to have been held at the state house, has been declared off. W. H. Moore of St. Louis, national ] ident of the Good Roads As sick and unable to attend. the Government expert on Informed local members of 1 that it would be impossible Of Agriculture Wilson to attend the' vention. ' . " > S -- : - ' ;'l , A. F. McEwan at Litchfield, Maj. Grew. Mason of Chicago and Capt. G. A»"~">* of Chicago, the commissioners to1 monuments on the battlefield of held a three days' session in this city. The commission will meet again at the call of the secretary. Nothing was ac­ complished at the meeting. The commis­ sion is now endeavoring to select a de» sign for the Illinois monument, to bo erected at a cost of $10,000. illfP 1 :V was married to L i e u t . C a m e r o n McK. Winslow, flag lieutenant of the N o r t h A t l a n t i c squadron. Several •hips of the fleet were at Newport and many of the offi­ cers attended the ceremony. Miss Havemeyer is pretty, talented and possesses a nice fortune of her own be­ sides being an heiress to a good share of the millious of America's sugar king. Lieut. Winslow has risen rapidly iu his branch of the service and promises to some day stand high in the navy. The wedding journey was brief, as Lieut. Winslow had to report to Admiral Samp­ son to take part in the Dewey celebra­ tion. A THOUSAND PERSONS KILLED. AwfBl Destruction Canned by Karth- qualce Aronnd Smyrna* The Greek Government has been in­ formed that the severe shock of earth­ quake around Smyrna killed a thousand persons, injured 800 and demolished 2,000 houses and two villages. Lieut. Gov. John Woodburn announced to the council at Calcutta that 400 lives were lost through the floods at Darjeel- ing, capital of the district of that name, in addition to those drowned on the plains. Great havoc has been caused at Kurseong. The Margaretchope estate lost 100 acres and the Mealand factory was destroyed. Some coolies were buried In the ruins of the manager's house, which was partially destroyed. The Avongrove estate lost thirty acres and 4,000 tea bushes. The coolie lines were swept away and many persons were killed, but the exact number is not known. Telegraphic communication between Calcutta and Darjeeling has been re-es­ tablished, but railroad traffic beyond Kur­ seong is not likely to be resumed for a long time. The road is impassable for horses, and travelers are only able to journey on foot and with much difficulty. ADVANCE IN FARM TOOLS. As commissioners to purchase a hereto statue of the late Frances E. Willard; to be placed in statuary hall, Washington* Gov. Thnner his appointed Anna EL Gor­ don of Evanston, Mrs. Mary E. Mets- gar of Moline, John J. Mitchell of CM- eago, W. R. Jewell of Danville and Mrs. S. M. D. Fry of Chicago. The last Legislature appropriated $9,000 for the purpose. The Secretary of State has issued . pers of incorporation to the Qnlhcy aid Enstern Railroad, with a capital stock of $2.00(1.000. The principal office of the road is to be at Quincy. It is proposed to coustruct the road from Quincy to Ha­ vana and Beardstown and it will pass through KushvUle and the counties of Adams, Brown, Schuyler, Fulton, Must and Cass. Adjt. Gen. Reece has issued an order formally accepting the resignation of Thomas L. Hartigan as colonel Of the Seventh infantry, Illinois NlfitstF Guard, and assigning Lieut. Cot- Moriar- ity to the command of the regiment untli the vacancy shall be filled. Col- Haifi- gan is now major of the Thirtieth United States volunteer infantry. , The Secretary of State licensed th*1 corporation of the National chine Company of Belvidere, wftlt i stock of $350,000 and with PimilWr ] redge, David Patton and WlUJigfc'llfc;'. Moore as incorporators. The object hi to manufacture and sell sewing bicycles and all wheeled vehicles. Agricultural Implement Makers Booet Prices 23 Per Cent. Prices of agricultural implements were advanced 25 per cent Monday by joint agreement of forty-one manufacturers at the meeting of the Northwestern Plow and Implement Association in Chicago. The increase was based on the quotations of implementR njade on Aug. 1. It is expected to affect only next year's con­ tracts, but fear was expressed that re­ tailers would advance prices immediately. The advance fras made because of radi­ cal increases in the price of steel and iron, and it is thought probable that a still further advance will be made at the next meeting of the association on Nov. L Telegraphic Brevities. Battleship Kentucky is nearly ready. , An anti-noise crusade is on iu Chicago. Peace ^prevails again in San Salvador. Sedly Webb killed J. M. Combs, Downes, Ky. Two men at Tuxedo, N.- were, killed by dynamite. ~ . Canadian railroads have decided to ad­ vance rates 5 per cent. The Afro-American Head Waiters' As­ sociation of the United States has. been organised in Chicago. Mrs. Ezra Book, St. Catherines, Ont., drowned her child in a well. Dreyfus will spend the remainder vtt life trying to vindicate himself. German Catholics in session at Minne­ apolis voted to send $250 to the Pope. George Palmer was found dead at Washington; Ga. A shotgun was found by his side. Railroads of the United States are again considering the proposition to abol­ ish all passes. Geo. Keck, Greensburg, Pa., set a can of powder behind the stove. BUs little boy • . Hit is fatally i*- Jored, ' Since the opening of the free employ­ ment bureaus in Chicago, 9,556 persona have applied for employment, and of this number work for 3,992 has been secured. During the same time 6,058 people have endeavored to employ labor through the offices, and 3,076 of the applications have been Sited. At a recent meeting of the State Boat#! of Agriculture Senator Fred Busse of Chicago was elected to fill a vacancy in the board from the fifth district, caused, by the resignation of William Stewart. In the State's Metropolis. James Derris died at the county ho*» pital. The boy, who was 14 years old,- was run over by a train. While attempting to cross State street 11-year-old Carlos Block, colored, was struck by a north-bound cable train aud killed. Policeman Edward Bnrke of the Chi­ cago avenue police station fell from Chicago and Northwestern suburban, train. His body was cut into fragment*, ^ Reginald P. Dawson, heir to an estate1 of S200.000 in London, for whom Caul. Colleran has been searching, walked into detective headqu&rteia. He had been uk the Klondike. A man suppQsed to be P. B, of Shoshone County. Idaho, attempted board an Illinois Central * south-bound freight train. He lost his balance, fell,: beneath the wheels and was crashed tie death. While Reuben Jones and Albert Nrf- . son, both colored, were quarreling in * saloon, Nelson shot at Jones. The bull^S hit the proprietor, Webb Bailey, woun<t»/ tag him seriously. Captain William P. Halliday. one of the oldest and best known residents of Southern Illinois, died at the Lei Hotel, Chicago, after an illness of six months. He was 73 years old. B. H. Stover, employed as organist i|i St. Mark's Church, was found dead hi the bedroom of his home. A gas jet wan; turned on full, and the indications that he had committed suicide. The world's record for the manufacture of steel rails, 1,310 tons in twelve hourv held bv the Illinois Steel Company, waf again broken by the South Chicago mills, when 1.318 tons were rolled in an e iual length of time. During the last hour of. the run 136 tons of finished rails were turned out.' Joseph Downey's factory buildings om South Jefferson street were destroyed tap ; fire. The firms which suffered and their losses were: M. Keating & Sons 0*41* pany. $25,000; Woven Down Company, $1,500; A. S. Klein $25,000; Milwaukee Harvester $1,090; CosteBo Chocolate Oata •Yt. Villi