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ILUNOI* W f-iV: * ? < •l&t h' EVENTS OF THE WEEK 1 ", At Mountain Grove, Mo., David Braiv fern emptied his six-shooter into Henry fltolt, killing him instantly. Holt had qwreied with Branson's brother, a crip* Jrfe, and was slashing him with a knife IwienDavid stopped off a train and inter- $-}•; The C. J. Baker Tent and Awning Company's establishment in Kansas City burned. Loss $60,000, with $40,000 in- Wrance. The building, owned by J. A. A. Bullen of Chicago and valued at $22,- OtK), was totally destroyed, fully covered :igr insurance. The Farmers' Bank at Sehell City, Mo., •- was entered by cracksmen, who bound ftnd gagged the watchman and "blew open the safe with dynamite, securing $3,500. They then escaped. There were two men, and they did their work quickly, and as If planned in advance. v The Cleveland Board of Health haa tie gun a crusade against adulterated food 5 products. It is announced that a disin­ fecting preparation was being used by a Bomber of butchers to preserve meat in : |»t weather and by milk dealers to pre- V»nt milk from turning sour. Edwin B. Hay, counsel for W. F. Syl­ vester, owner of the alleged Filipino fili­ bustering steamer Abbey, has made a •tatement in defense of Dr. Edward Bed- loe, United States consul at Canton, China, under charges for granting an American registry to the Abbey. In a daring attempt made by three masked bandits to rob the bank of Se- %lwville, Tenn., the leader of the gang ,yraB killed, another was fatally wounded iiad the third committed suicide rather than surrender to a posse of citizens (Which had surrounded his hiding place. :. Miss Lena Biere, one of the brightest •ttidents at the Berea, Ohio, College, •committed snicide by hanging herself with a rope to the bedpost in her room. Bliss Biere went to the school from Low­ ell, Mich. It Is believed that overwork ttttd intense religious excitement unbal­ anced her mind. The standing of the clubs in the Na­ tional League race is as follows: W. L. W. L, (Brooklyn . .101 47 Pittsburg .. .76 73 ^Beaton 95 57 Chicago ; .*.. .75 73 Philadelphia 94 58 Louisville ...75 77 Baltimore ..86 62 New York...GO PO St. Louis... .84 07 Washington. 54 98 Cincinnati ..83 67 Cleveland ...20134 , The G Troop's stables at Port Meade, adjoining Sturgis, S. D., burned, togeth­ er with 125 saddles, all the trappings of tike troop, a large quantity of commissary supplies and hay and feed, causing an es­ timated total loss of $10,000. Fortunate­ ly the fire occurred when all the horses iwere on the picket line and all were caved. ' Near the State fair grounds in Dallas, a trolley ear on the Sapid Transit Street (Hallway, filled with passengers, collided 'with an excursion train on the Gulf, Col- 'OT8.dc. and Santa Fe road. Of the forty- jnfne passengers on board the street car, nearly half of them were hurt. Six were seriously injured and three of these can­ not live. Prairie fires have swept over the Dan- district in northwestern Manitoba, [undreds of settlers were surrounded by ies before they had time to realize the (danger, and in a twinkling houses, grain, Stay stacks and fences went up in smoke, land the accumulation of years of toil dis­ appeared from the face of the earth. Fire •wept over territory many miles in ex­ tent. K. G. Dun A Co.'s weekly review of trade eays: "Industrial conditions conld jhardly be better. After many months of •och extraordinary buying that its contin- {Oance seemed impossible, even larger buying still crowds producing works in •most lines beyond their capacity. Sales iof wool are smaller, only 7,473,300 (pounds for the week at the three mar­ kets, without further advance. Failures . of featit twlit &raM«r ofUs im. ' ImmH' mm OWH ^WSIVil IB' prison over two year*. Edward Atkinson, the anti-imperialist, and ex-Mayor Hewitt of New York are victims of a stranger who called on Mr. Atkinson with a letter from ex-Mayor Hewitt, introducing the bearer as P. K Mather of South Africa. Before the stranger left Mr. Atkinson had cashed a WESTERN. Wi ! rn •flamt £or the week have been 164 in the United mates, against 205 last year,' and 27 la (Canada, against 25 last year." W, , - NEWS MUGOBTS. v i L :-- 1 Captain Ike T. Jobe, late of the Sixth United States volunteer infantry, has %een arrested at Washington on the •pi* ,#*rge of using War Department penalty |^j/ ^velopes for private letters. - A threshing engine belonging to Peter * Anderson, twelve miles southeast of Brit- Iton, S. D., blew up, killing four men and Eriously injuring one more. Low water supposed to be the cause. Fire destroyed the three-story frame jhmlding in Newton, L. L, owned and oc­ cupied by the Equitable Silk Mills, and Vtock and machinery was damaged $30 - 000 and the building $15,000. , , i Private advices fr<>m Constantinople * * #tate that the Sultan has recently caused several ladies of his harem to be drowned I® the Bosphorus on charges of complicity J§njbe conspiracies of the young Turk {party. ' George Lewis, colored, was shot and "~^~nfastantly killed" by ^Jo1m R^veB of Ml i»leasant, Texas, at Dallas, Texas, be­ cause Lewis had attempted to eject Mrs. ®eeves from a seat in the Santa Fe ; f #epot. ;, Four months ago Dominick Hauro was > * f?!all-v 8tnl>,>ed ia a fight at Warren, O. i> -' .'E11 h,ls dt'athbcd he told his wife that * rank Augusta had stabbed him. The : - «ther night Mrs. Tauro shot and killed 4 JxUgUSlft, TC - While ^dressing a socialist women's York, Mrs. Florentine Cantius-Lange, a socialist agi- 'gSf -,:?™! ztvicten with apoplexy and flied m a few minute*, She was about 53 jyears old. tlW - t . The Bridgeport Line steamer Nutm.^ iburaed s» Island sound i • "Off Sands point, Long Island, and ten xhv- '• •• <K>ns were burned to death or drowned . Rear Admiral Sampson has retired from command of the North Atlantic (squadron, and his flag has been hauled - down from the cruiser New York. Ad- ^ Xniral Farquhar has taken command. Fire destroyed a large four-story ware- fcouse in Brooklyn, owned by the Bush fe-\ Company, limited, and 8,000 bales of cot* p ton stored in it. Loss $300,000, pririci- »y cotton, which was well in- Thomas Lord Kimball of Omaha, Neh;t la dead, aged 09 years. M. Levitiky, an anarchist from ChiJ cago, hanged himself at San Francisco. Col. Andrew Schwartz, a well-known military and hotel man, died at Colum­ bus, Ohio, aged 53 years. At Indianapolis Mayor Taggart and the entire Democratic city ticket were elected by from 600 to 1,000 majority. Deputy Sheriff George Kinchen killed John Carter, alias "Kid" Adams, one of the outlaws who held up the Sneffels stage near Ouray, Colo., a few days ago. James K. Stratton, the noted mail-box robber and forger, has escaped from the penitentiary at Canyon City, Colo., where he was serving a sentence of twenty-one years. Joe Goldberg, son of Solomon Gold­ berg, a wealthy Jew of Chicago, commit­ ted suicide at Duluth, Minn., by shooting. He was 21 years old and manager of the One Cent store, William H. MeGiunis, the train robber, who has been on trial for the murder of Sheriff Edward Farr of Walsenburg, Colo., was found guilty of murder in the second degree at Eaton, N. M. The members of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, in session at Chi­ cago, tabled a resolution praying for the repeal of the internal revenue tax on drugs, medicines and surgical appliances. One man was killed and four persons were injured in a wreck on the Trum­ bull electric line near Warren, Ohio. A car containing twenty-three passengers was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train. Alfred Hayes, a patiei^at the People's hospital in Chicago, becflne delirious and leaped through a second-story window to the ground, twenty-five feet. His injuries were so severe that he died a few min­ utes later. Two heavy shocks of earthquake occur­ red at Santa Bona, Cal. Much alarm was created, but the damage was con­ fined to the cracking of a few brick walls, the dropping of plaster and the shaking of goods from shelves. While playing with a shotgun, the 11- year-old son of C. B. Johnson, who lives two miles west of Columbia, Mo., shot and killed his little sister, aged 8. The head of the child was blown almost com­ pletely from her shoulders. William F. Morrison, said to be a wealthy hotel owner at Ligonier, Pa., fell from the fifth story of the Argyle flat building in Chicago. His body struck the skylight extending over the rotunda and he sustained fatal injuries. At Plainville, Ind., William D. Kil- lion, a prosperous farmer, shot and killed his wife's fattier, Walter Buckley. Kil- lion is alleged to have mistreated his wife and the father upbraided him for it. In a fit of anger Killion drew a pistol and shot the old man four times. The State Board of Health has decided not to quarantine California against the OMxsumptives of other States. It has adopted a resolution, however, recom­ mending that in all State irifHtutions those afflicted with tuberculosis be segre­ gated from the other inmates. According to estimates made by ex­ perts, the farmers of California will re­ ceive something like $15,000,000 this sea­ son for such products of their orchards and vineyards as are canned or dried. This is an advance of about $3,500,000 over the total received last year. The parents of 14-year-old Harry Sher­ ry, residing in the southern part of Mun- eie, Ind., believe that the boy has com­ mitted suicide. He left the house several days ago, saying, "I will die before I will go to school." He has not been seen since, although a rigid search has been made. By a decree in the Federal Court at Kansas City the noted Mastin case, which has dragged along in the Federal court for five years, was ended. The de­ cree orders Thomas H. Mastin to pay Julia Mastin $31,000, and divides the es­ tate of John J. Mastin equally between them. The window glass trust received a hard blow when Judge Ryan of the Superior Court at Anderson, Ind., held that the complaints filed a few weeks ago asking for an injunction to prevent the window glass companies in the county from join­ ing the trust are good and snfflcient for cause of action. At Fort Wayne the old Wabash round­ house burned to the ground. It contained fifteen engine tenders and a quantity of barrels of oil and other supplies. Shop­ men rolled th« oil out and saved ten ten­ ders. The others were reduced to ashes and scrap iron. The J&s to the company U estimated at $20,000. Ex-City Treasurer C. L. Funk was shot and killed by a highwayman on El Paso avenue, Pueblo, Colo., when goiug to the depot to take a train for Cripple Creek, where he was engaged in mining. His pocketbook was taken, but it con­ tained only a small amount of money. Mr. Funk was 38 years old. With a detonation that was felt in towns many miles distant two of the powder inillB of the Aetna company's works near Millers, Ind., blew up. Two men who were supposed to have been in the structures--known as the tankhouse and the mixhouse--are missing, but so far as known there were no other fatalities. The appellate court at Concordia, Kan., handed down an opinion in the cases of Limbocker against McDowel and Hoff­ man against Yoe, as regents of the State Agricultural College, holding that Gov. Stanley illegally removed Limbocker and Hoffman from office as regents, and a writ of ouster was issued against Yoe and McDowel, the present regents, and an order reinstating Limbocker and Hoff­ man. The last-named are Populists. ley, G. Botir <w*re ,, wounded. The troublcMtginate* otinr * cartoon in the Ttnm fiprrmintlnt OoIomI Parker as a little dot Jed by a string by Gov. Foster and labeled "Me Too." As a result of the drouth in CeatvU Texas. Austin was the other night with­ out a single electric light. The city la dependent entirely upon water power from the river, both for its electric Hgfat* and the force to pump water the street mains. The water supply is daily growing worse, and it is not known how long the city will be able keep water in its mains. FOREIGN, Off Skfbbereen, Ireland, aa JMtfrteatt fisherman has been arrested for fishing inside the limit. Djarid Bey, son of Khalil Rifaat Pasha, the Grand VUrier, was assassi­ nated on the Galatea bridge at Constan­ tinople by an Albanian, who fired four shots from a revolver. The murderer wa« arrested. Forty persons are reported drowned, according to a special dispatch from Na­ ples, by floods, following severe rains, in the province of Salerno, Italy. A num­ ber of small villages and factories have been destroyed. Baron Thomas Henry Farrer of Ab- inger Hall, one of the most distinguished British authorities on trade and finance and at one time permanent secretary oi the Board of Trade, died suddenly in hia eighty-first year. Friday morning Gen, Frvd Grant, with three companies of the Fourth regiment, two companies of the Fourteenth and a number of scouts, crossed the Imus river and moved toward Bacoor, forcing the enemy to the sho^e of the bay. Telegrams from Linz,, capital of upper Austria, on the Danube, report that the inhabitants of that district are in a con­ dition of terror owing to a series of "Jack-the-Ripper" murders. The fifth oc­ curred recently. The victim was a wom­ an 50 years of age. A dispatch from Batavia, capital of the Netherlands Indies, Java, says that a violent earthquake has visited the south side of the island of Ceram, next to the largest of the Moluccas, between Booroo and Paqua, completely destroying the town of Amhei and killing, it is esti­ mated, at least 4,000 persons as well as injuring more than 500 others. Monday afternoon a body of Filipino insurgents was seen near La Loma Church, four miles from the heart of Ma­ nila. They opened fire, the bullets falling among the tenc^ of the Twenty-fifth in­ fantry. The Americans manned the trenches and replied at a range of 1,200 yards. The insurgents volleyed and the Americans used their artillery. The fight lasted an hour, after which the insur- genta retreated. IN GENERAL. ̂ ; Steps have been taken by the Women's National Industrial League to raise $50,- 000 to purchase a home for Admiral Schley. Ex-Congressman and ex-Postmaster General William L. Wilson is very dan­ gerously ill with a chronic affection of the lungs. At Caladazer, Cuba, a Spaniard got into a dispute with thirty Cubans, who set upon him anl beat him with sticks, leaving him for dead. Plans for the consolidation of the inde­ pendent telephone lines Qf Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois have been practically completed. The Navy Department has assigned Captain William H. Whiting to the post of captain of the Norfolk navy yard, in place of Captain Rockwell. Dr. Nils Olof Parlander, a Finn, left Chicago on his way to Alaska, where he will look over locations suitable for the establishment of a Finnish colony. Bishop Potter has acted promptly in the matter of the retirement of Rev. Dr. B. F. de Costa from the Episcopal min­ istry, and the latter has been formally de­ posed. United States Minister Hart has in­ formed the State Department that tha Colombian Government is about to seek a loan of $14,599,500 in order to redeem its paper money in silver. Another alleged message from Andree is reported to have been found on the up­ per Alaskan coast. It is dated "Point Barrow, July 1, 1898," and should it prove genuine would indicate that the ex­ plorer had passed the pole. Bradstreet's weekly review says that distributive trade, while smaller at some markets, is still of encouraging volume, industry is active, railway earnings heavy, prices still tend upward and bank clearings increase, while failures lessen. Fall festivals and other celebrations at several cities have exercised an apprecia­ ble effect upon retail trade and proved a stimulating factor in wholesale lines. Iq industrial affairs activity is widespread and strikes are fewer and less costly than in most years. Business failures are apparently at a minimum and liabilities are certainly less costly than for many years past. Prices as a whole manifest aggressive strength. SOUTHERN. EASTERN. M. •.H Frank M. Brady, a well-known stock f|>roker, killed himself at New York, ft Marcus Daly of Montana has taken a ten years' lease of a fine house recently built by William Waldorf Astor in Fifth avenue, New York. Rev. Dr. B. F. DeCosta, who recently Ijgeaigned from the Church of St. John the fjjBvaotelist at New York, has retired fJCropi the Episcopal ministry. p The firm of Shannon, Miller & Crane .pt New York, manufacturers and import­ ers of military goods, founded in 1820, was ben placed ia, the hands of a frseeir* John Cook, who lives at the mining vil­ lage or Helca, Ivy., chopped George Da­ vis almost to -pieces with an ax, because Daris insulted Cook's half-witted sister. Joseph Wasman, Republican, has been elected Mayor of Chattanooga by 37 plu­ rality. The Democrats had two candi­ dates, having sx>lit on the question of early closing of saloons. A fire which originated in Estorago's drug store by the explosion of a lamp, de­ stroyed a large section of the business portion of New Iberia. La., extending from Iberia street to Julia street along Mam street and from Main street to St ^ , 0 " " " At Short Creek, nine miles above Wheeling, W. Va., a north-bound passen­ ger train collided with a special from PitUjbnrg, the latter bringing delegation* western Pennsylvania to* the tri- 1* **• Otthrwkof MoattWIpyBjlWiiMtitUt Selatioa* Be­ tween anal* Broken c*t The Bear war In South Afriea has be­ gun. According to information from Pre­ toria by way of London Wednesday the understanding that a state of war already existed was given official confirmation by a proclamation leaned by Sir Alfred Mil- ner. The prod iamation declares that ail persons eid&pfiw abetting the enemy will be guilty of high treason. The limited table service between Lon­ don and South African ports was so con­ gested with official dispatches Wednesday night that little news matter could be handled. While no word had been re­ ceived np to a late hour Thursday morn­ ing that actual fighting had begun in the Transvaal, it was taken for granted that war had begun, It was known that Con- ynghaai Greene, the British agent, had left Pretoria. The first act of war was reported in a dispatch to the London Tel­ egraph. I| told of the Boers having seiz­ ed railroad property belonging to th£ English colony. The British patrol was stoned by the burghers between Lady- smith and the Orange Free State border. Intense excitement prevailed in Cape Town Wednesday as a result of the Boers' move, which seemed to make war certain. Orange Free State burghers were reported to have already entered Natal, crossing the frontier thirty-seven miles below Newcastle, which the Boers, advancing from the north and west, were expected to occupy. Transvaal troops of thp commanders north of the Buffalo river were reported on the move. The British first-class cruiser Powerful, Cap­ tain Lanibten, arrived at Cape Town, having 500 infantry on board. Many of the Cape Dutch left to join the Boers. England's reply to the Boers' ultima­ tum was short and dignified, merely ac­ knowledging the receipt of the Trans­ vaal's note. It was delivered at Pretoria Wednesday. All London seemed to be carried away by the war spirit. Patriot­ ic airs at the theaters caused the wildest enthusiasm. Soldiers on the streets were cheered as heroes. The staid members of the Stock Exchange unfurled the union jack and the royal standard, and sang na­ tional airs like a crowd of schoolboys. Several London papers printed New York and Washington dispatches to the effect that America's sympathies are with Eng- "'f 'j.K' * • c*'1*# * • t', -J, Ew " 'Jf : •> V* -sm m HANDING OUT AMMUNITION TO THE BOERS. M'KINLEY'S TRIP WEST. Presidential Pertjr Visit* Many States and Travels Over 5,000 Mile*. President McKinley's visit to Chicago was a halt in his swing around the circle, which began at Washington on Oct. 4 and which ends there with his return on Oct. 19. The itinerary of this trip has taken him over several loops and through many States, and was arranged for many stops. The train loft Chicago Wednes­ day night. The first stop was at Terre Haute, Ind., then down to Evansviile. He returned to Chicago Thursday night at 8:30 o'clock. Every halt was sched­ uled and timed fr<ftn there to Savannah, 111., and thence to St. Paul, to West Su­ perior, Duluth and Fargo. From the last named city he returned to Minnesota, then back into Dakota and to Sioux City, Iowa. The train crossed Iowa, making // M v. w ' . LAING'S NEK, THE PASS ON THE TRANSVAAL BORDER. land, and also the statement that Eng­ lish subjects in the Transvaal are to be looked after by American consuls. It was reported in London Wednesday that a body of Orange Free State Boers had crossed the Natal border at Cundy Leugh Pass. Tihis is one of the less im­ portant passes orer the Drakensberg and lies twenty-seven miles west of Glencoe and about thirty southwest of Newcas­ tle. Also that a party of Orange Free State Boers had been detected by car­ bineer scouts in Natal territory, near Berg. Seeing that they had been observ­ ed they immediately retreated. Com­ mandant Ben Viljoen, in command of the Orange Free State artillery, began a march to Albertina, the first railway sta­ tion beyond Van Reenens' Pass, in the Orange Free State. * ARMY MULES KILLED. MARKET ftErORTS. common- prime, $3.00 to $7.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice ,$3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2, 31c to 32c; oats. No. 2, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2, 55c to 57c; butter, choice creamery, 22c lo 24c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 17c; potatoes, choice, 25c to 85c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.50: hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $5.00: sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 70c; com, No. % white, 32c to 34; oats. No. 2 white, 25c to 26c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.25 to $6.75; bogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to «4.23; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 58c to 60c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, • 71c to 73c; corn, No. S mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 25e to 26c; i*ye, No. 2, 63c to 65c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 73c; com. No. 2 yellow, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c; rye, Clc to 63c. Toledo--Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 71«f to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 25c; rye. No. 2, 59c to 61c; clover seed, $6.20 to $6.30. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 Northern, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 3, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white. 24c to 26c; rye, No. 1, 58c to 60c: barley. No. 2, 45c to 47c; pork, me&s, $8.00 to $8.50. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.50; bogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.00 to $4.50; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.25. New York--Cattle, $3.% to $6.75; bogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 77c to 78c; corn, No. 2, 41c to 42c;; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 3-c; batten creamery. l^ to m, 15e to 20c. • t Aaiaals Mangled to Death on Trans* port Ham Onrinc Typltoon. The United States transport Slum, which left San Francisco Sept. 9 with upward of 330 valuable mules, the com­ ing of which had been anxiously awaited at Manila, as mules are in great demand for continuing the campaign, arrived Fri­ day morning and reported that all but nineteen of the animals had been lost in two severe typhoons under peculiarly dis­ tressing conditions. The Siam, which left Honolulu thirty-one days previous, en­ countered the typhoons early last week.' One lasted forty hours. Most of the for­ age, which was on deck, was swept over­ board, all the boats were smashed and the steamer rolled tremendously in the trough of the aea, although the officers made ev­ ery effort to bring her about. The mules Were uiirwu auui oiue Lo aide uuu fright­ fully mangled. Their legs and necks were broken and the wretched animals fell in such a confused mass that the attend­ ants were unable to relieve them. In the meantime the deck load was washed off, the ship lightened and the rolling In­ creased. When the storm abated the in­ jured animals were killed and their car­ casses thrown overboard. When the Siam arrived her propeller was high out of the water and the wrecks ef her boats were hanging from the davits. The loss of the animals will be greatly felt hy Gen. Otis, who needed them for transportation of supplies to the cities and towns held by the American troops. Gen. Otis recently cabled the War De­ partment that the animals shipped would be fiut&cient to meet all requirements un­ til thtf animal transports could return to San Francisco for more, so that it was unnecessary to charter more freight ves­ sels. It will now be necessary to procure another ship to leave as soon as possible with more mulea. seventeen stops. Galena, 111., was visited on Oct. 16, and the train then went whiz­ zing into Wisconsin. Stops were made, at Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha and Waukegan, and on Oct. 17 the President was in Chicago once more, passing on to Kalamazoo, Mich. A stop was made at Jackson the same evening, and the next fctop was at Toledo, Ohio, at night. At Cleveland he stopped twelve hoars. His other Ohio stops were at Warren, Niles and Youngstown. ,He was to reach Pitts­ burg at 12:35 a. m. on Oct. 19 and elev­ en hours later he would be back in the depot of the Pennsylvania road at Wash­ ington. He will have traveled 5,009 miles before finishing the trip. GENERAL ADVANCE BEGUN. Troops ofXavtos and HacArtkar Are Paetitac Northward. A special from Washington says that a general advance along the American lines in Luzon has been begun, and War Department officials expect reports of some heavy fighting soon. Official dis­ patches reoeived and not made public show that both Gen. Law ton and Gen. Mac^thur are moving northward with their forces, the purpose being to get con­ trol of the railroad and the important towns as far north as possible. Eventu­ ally it is ^intended to send an expedition by water to Lingayen, near the northern terminus ot the railway, so as to flank the enemy. This expedition, however, wW not start until additional troops have ar- , rived. Meanwhile the divisions under both Lawton and MacArthur will push to the north as far as they can. According to statements made at the War Department this advance is to be made permanent. There are to be no more towns taken and then abandoned. With the additional troops which have arrived ekiriag the rainy season, and oth­ ers to follow. Gen. Corbin says ther* will be a sufficient number of troops avail­ able to garrison towns as fast as they are taken, and stiH leave a formidable force tor continuing the onward move­ ment. Gen. Schwan's column occupied San Franciseo 4e Malatxm Tuesday without encountering any opposition. In the ad­ vance from Rosario, the Americans met with small bodies of insurgents, who, however, quickly fell back. The activity of the rebels on the south seems to have received a quietus in the sharp fighting about Novaleta. The natives about Ma­ nila made an attack near La Loma Church and on the railroad and telegraph lines. • Ill i. .id8>i" .1 TtiTsUPt>4-ANT OUR PORK. Powerful Foreign Company toCodtpeta wHh American Exporters. A powerful company composed of French, German and Russian capitalists, with a capital of over $50,000,000, has been formed for the purpose of competing with the American pork exporters in Eu­ rope, particularly in England, Germany and Scandinavia. The plan is to raise hobgs on a large scale in Siberia. It is claimed that this can be done cheaper than in the United States. The hogs will be shipped alive over the Siberian Railroad to the north­ western frontiers of Russia, where im­ mense slaughter houses, on the Ameri­ can plan, will be established. Thence the pork will be sent by water to English ports and by rail to Germany and Scan­ dinavia. In spite of the enormous dis­ tance, it is asserted that such Siberian pork can be brought to Europe cheaper than American pork. This, it is pointed BLOWN TO ATOMS War# Hoadrede of £pani»rda DwriBK tj»e Ctttxi War. Gen. ^Maximilian Jauteche, an Aus- trttpi. wi*> servod in the Cuban army under Own. Gomea, tells some remarka­ ble of the work of dynamiters in tb& Outmai army and the terrible execu­ tion dau» by them. Gea. Jautsche made a study at exptartves before he went to (Xiba. Gen. Gomez gave him instrno- tknae to dewtvoy m many Spaniard^ and a* nw«rfi property as possible by the use of e*tfki«>ves. At one place a troop train w«s limited. Ther®,.'!^* ,ttan&OOmencbo«cA. - PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S TRIP, 5,009 MILES LONG. Ten thousand veterans of the blue and gray and visitors were crowded about the railroad station at Evansville in spite of a heavy rain, to welcome the President and bis party upon their arrival from Chicago. The Presidential salute was fired, whistles were sounded and all the bells in the city rung. The President was driven at once to the Tri-State fair grounds, escorted by the Cleveland Grays. At the ceremonies there Mayor Akin presided. Gov. Mount, for the State of Indiana, and C. A. De Bruler, for the city, made addresses of welcome, after which the President spoke. 3ap-. Army and Navy Note||,: Naval officers prefer Chinese ai anese as servants. The marine hospital service employs about 250 physicians. Improvements are to be made in the Govern me lit's powder factory at Indian Head. Scarcity of steel is delaying completion of the new torpedo boats. In Ca&sier's Magazine for October Ad­ miral Melville argues for triple screws in warships. Congress neglected to make provision for the offloe of chaplain in the new vol­ unteer regiments. A seooad lieutenant at United States marines must spend more than one-third of his first year's salary for uniforms. The British army is about to lose one of Its most popular figures by tfetiremewt --ander the age clause--of the chaplain general, Dr. Edghtll. He sucoeeded in that office the late Bishop Pier* Claugh out, is due to the low cost of production in Siberia and the cheapness of transpor­ tation on the railroads. ENORMOUS RAILWAY EARNINGS^ lfnefredl Mmm jn«w Q»en.s« totty***«a '«&» fM&i CUeftgo! |N>rtly *fter 11 Friday night After they had blown the through safe White, the engineer, was forced to carijr ; j»m to tha* poitrî where they deserted wbe oab for the darkness of the surround­ ing fields. 4 Just about H o'clock three men. entered signal office W of the road, l6cated «il#- nwy • between Elbura and;, Maple Park, w»a asked jthe operator, Clifton JaUefc, *t what timetheraUtraia.Wtould be du£ James tried ̂ iWVd^reply, bat the Ugfttt frqjij the wmwws .of the ap- proaching ears gave them the desired ii- form&tien and they stopped only lonif enough to bind the operator in his chair with buckskin thongs, set the signals is •top the oncoming train, and render usli> less the telegraphic instruments in t&0 office. The engineer of the mail train the cars to a stand In obedience to semaphore signals and at once was con­ fronted by the robbers. They had ai» justed handkerchiefs over the lower paft of their faces and each carried a brae* of long-barreled ominous-looking revolt- era. Engineer White made n® attempt £i resistance, but his fireman, Joseph Jewel, tried to escape from the cab. He wq« stopped at the point of a pistol and & and White were led back to the last of the four cars that made up the train. One man was left to guard the train crew and the other two attacked the expresl cay and forced Messenger F. A. Hopson t* •admit them. First he was taken to tht rear car and then brought back to ope* the loeal safe. He would not do this. Th* robber retired from the car again whit* the through safe was demolished with % charge of dynamite which blew a holf through the bottom of the car and tore great gape in the roof. Just how mnch the safe may have co^,. tained is not known, but it is said thffr currency and packages of valuables we# ; hurled into the fields. Two shots were fired during the raid, one at James McGrath, a brakeman, who swung his lantern at the head of the . leader of the bandits, and a second at Brakeman Palmer, who crawled beneatk the cars, and ran to flag an east-bound fast freight which was almost due. Palme* escaped injury and stopped thjlt freight train with his shirt for a signal^ After the robbers had deserted the e# gine of the mail train at Conrtland E«**' gineer White pushed on to Dekalbi Brakeman Palmer had reached Elbura; meanwhile and sent word of the robbeiy. to W. E. Morse, Galena division sup> erintendent at Oak Park. Q The victims of the robbery anite in d|§r daring the bandits a determined group d§?' men. They went about their worlp quietly and without a sign of nervous­ ness. One of them paused to borrow |6i;: chew of tobacco from the assistant eifc-' press messenger, Elmer E. Painter. Tl» night was exceedingly dark, and |hia greatly aided the* thugs in their . f's % : 5 : CARTER SOARED HIGH. New Fscts Come Ont. AgaiqH tlM . Onilty Captain. The decision of the Attorney General la­ the case of Capt. Oberjin M. Carter is f.; long document and is addressed to the President. Mr. Griggs, among othej£ things, gives & little of the personal his­ tory of the accused man. He states that some years ago he married the daught-j? of a gentleman supposed to have meanly but not large wealth. Carter's pay as captain amounted to $252 a month and bis living expenses began to increase very . rapidly, running in a few years from 000 to as high as $29,000 per annum. It is related that he made within certain pe­ riods heavy cash deposits in New Yor* and other banks and also gave large or» ders to brokers for the purchase of stockjfe^ bonds, etc. Just how these facts wertf; obtained is not told in the decision, .:, V .'.V ? " . *• ^ C'• ** v ^ , ' %- 11 Va Xv • v i FIRE LQSSES ARE H£AVl£ffc ' * * 4 Tfcoeeof 1899 So Far - how Increase ^ • Over 1898. ' *The fire loss of the United States and Canada for the month of September, aS compiled from the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin re<}- ords, amounts to $12,778,800. The fol­ lowing table will show the losses for t first nine months of 1899, in oomparlsojl with the same period in 1898- Month. 1898. January ....iv..... $9,472,500 February* i*....., 12,629,300 March April ....... May ."k June July August ..... September .. 7,tt45,a00 8,211,000 11,072,2,0 »,206,W» 1,793,3 1#,203,650 • 1890. $10,718,000 18,460,000 -11,493,000 8,218,000 w.ooi.yoj 6,714,830 U.tiMOO 9,703,7(2 12,778,8® Totals ..... $89,164,000 $90,608,638 It will be seen that the 1899 looses s»-- far exceed those of the same months of' 1898 by over $10,000,000. M *IGHT AT MUNTINLUPJL Two- mericans Kilitu-ntii»e« from Intrench ments. A scouting party under Maj. Cheaf^t ham encountered a force of lnsurgeat|S at Muntinlupa on the west shore of Ca§3 guna de Bay, P. I., and a fight resulted, in which three Americans were kille# : and several wounded. The rebels werfl' driven from their intrenchments. Thei|-"; loss Is not known. Gen. Schwan has ap-r rived at Bacoor with part of his forces. Keceipte on Many Road* Exceed All Expectation^ The budget of railway earnings which was announced in Wall street, New York, Wednesday, tells of enormous railway receipts. The expenditures which have been made upon the important systems have caused substantial reductions in op­ erating expenses, which are reflected in. all of the recent reports. One of the ~ most astonishing statements was that of the Southern Pacific Company. During the month of August its gross earnings increased $894,055 and its net earnings increased $423,453. For two months end­ ing Aug. 31 the gross increased $1,583,- 790 and net increased $070,203. Ilock Island increased for August, gross $172*- 609, and net $115.055. CHINESE MUST STAY OUT. s f k K -if--4 "! 1 Celestiate portal* N. D, AM Be» fn< Admission. . The Trauaury Depastment decided to refuse to thirty-three China­ men at Portal, N. D., who claim to be residents of Chicago and entitled to ad­ mission. An investigation developed the fuct that there is in Chicago an umfcty- staixftng among certain Chinese firms t!mt for a coo«deratkm, usually $200 or $300, they w"iH certify that incoming Chinamen are members of the firm who bave left th* country to purchase goods in China. These .firms have the pa pew \ mi 41M witQpain^ . *•: FIVE THOUSAND KILLED. ^ Be porta of Earthquakes on Ialand of Coran Confirmed. Official dispatches from Batavia, cap* ital of the Netherlands Indies, confirm the reports regarding the earthquake in the Island of Coran. It occurred Sept, 29. Not only the town "of Amhei, on the south side of the island, was destroyed, but several other villages were wrecked! The official advices declare that no fewer than 5,900 people were killed and hun­ dreds of others seriously injured. Manicipal Matters. Pittsburg will spend $7,000,000 on parks. London's population Is'now estimated at 4,474,330. Tree planting is nrg#d hy the Philadel­ phia Press for the improvement of the city. Milwaukee has not yet settled its dif­ ferences with the electric railway com­ pany. Charleston, S. C., has, as a part of its municipal government, a "bureau of freight and transportation," whose ob- '•'ifc ,</ * 'Is ! V * - • fc; > si®. •-