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fl i 1 K£ ^ ̂ * ' ' * ' 1 • * Pi PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED. in •f GtnortI Intorwt Told in Parafripht I'CCOMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. s*v. .Beeerdof Boppsalags of MM Ittftlo IaporUnM from All FfcrfeI of tk* Or Uleod World--Incidents. latoqirllM, AmMmIi, Tardlok. Crli Md Wan. $:*, Clarence Badger, aged S* *M K& t frowned'"lit the St Joseph riter'near b Niles, Mich. *' Mrs. William Martin and her three v\ daughters are in a critical condition at Marietta, O., from eating poisoned pie. | * The pastry was made from oanned pumpkin. Joseph Treadway and Adolph Stai- %. lord, farmers of Tipton county, Ten- Bcbbsb, engaged in a dispute over their respective crops and Treadway killed lord by splitting his head with a Treadway was arretted. Solomon Haas, residing at Wllbur- tan, Pa., became frensied by jealouay pad shot his wife at their home, after­ ward sending a bullet through his own Haas died instantly and Mrs. la in a critioal state, the ballet iving lodged in her back. Hundreds of patients' lives hare been *»dangered by the impure milk fur- fldshed the county hospital at Chicago. Vests of the milk show that it is far Mow grade in nutritive qualities, is Watered and treated witl chemicals. ' Moore brothers said to have loat con­ trolling interest in the Rock Island «aad by the purchase of 260,000 shares W 3. Pierpont Morgan. Boers attacked post of south African constabulary at Houtkop, and were re­ fused after they killed three British. ' Former Judge D. A. Russell of Pom- oroy, Ok, committed suicide In Cincin­ nati. Andrew Carnegie offered Leadvllle §100,000 for a public library. Judge Tuley in address before Dli- toois State Bar Association, declared the problem of the hour is to make corporations and the rich pay their •hare of taxation. Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pyth­ ias at Chicago reorganized the insur- ance branch of the order and increased the rates of insurance 51 per cent. As­ sets of the order pledged to pay Sow due. P Investigation of the Seventh Nation­ al Bank, New York, expected to dis- jslose what became of the $1,000,000 in Spanish coin sent from Cuba by C. P. P "W. Neely. i?, G. Stanley Hall, president of Clark University, declared at teachers' con- Vention at Detroit that higher educa- tion unfitted women for wifehood and m" motherhood. He favored schools with t: saxes separated. Nine men killed by fall of railroad bridge at Springfield, Pa., while a con­ struction train was passing over it. Several others badly injured. Accused murderer of Alice Cothrell V;" 1 engaged attorneys at Port Wayne, Ind., tad will make a strong fight. ^ A. D. White, United States Ambas- ts ^ gador to Germany, will retire from , diplomatic service next year. Shocked |p.v at son's death. if. Chicago sweltered in 102 degrees of | , heat Wednesday which exceeded all ^ previous records of the local Weather - bureau. In some places a temperature H. Of 106 degrees at the street level was pr' recorded. Thirty prostrations, jfr Alfred Norlin of Minden, Neb., con- g.vr; fessed embezzling $10,000 county funds. H Given six years imprisonment. 15 _ Christian Endeavor convention at b; , Cincinnati ended its sessions with re- f ports by foreign missionaries. |?* Senators Cullom and Mason to hold &•>[ conference on selection of successor to Controller Dawes. er & ' • sit Battaaor ««Hl Bali Clerk oa Bt| UaiiMl Killed. At 2:30 o'clock Tuesday morning the 3outhweete*§ limited on the BigJPotir was ditched through a colllslonwith j & portion of a freight train at Notting- j bam, Ohib. It is thought a portion of: t freight train that had broken in two rolled into the passenger tracks. No passengers were killed. The dead are: Frank Anderson, engineer of the pas- aenger train, of Buffalo. O. G. McCul- len of Cincinnati, mail clerk. The In­ jured: William Elliott of Buffalo, fireman of passenger train; will prob­ ably die. W. M. Baker of Columbus, mail clerk, injured on head and body; not serious. IB. F. Loveless, Cincinnati, mail clerks; slight Two unknown tramps; badly hurt The shock to the passenger coaches was terrific, and although the occupants were badly shaken up, no one was hurt. The en­ gineer met Ills death by being pinioned under his engine. McCullen, the mall clerk, was crushed between the aid* of the car and coal tender. Panengfir Train OoWdn wftk Live-Stock Train. MANY ARE BADLY INJURED. Aanh-Op Takes Inkamt Near Norton, %nikti Down Inellno w |tM*--MM; An (Nldti l«t af LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Winter wheat--No grade bard, 80o; ao grade red. S0@ei%c; No. 3 red, tt*c; No. X red, 64 Vic; No. t hard, 61*4 c. Spring wheat-No. 4, 67©61c; No. t, 01 Wic. Cora--No. S, 4<Vic; No. 8 yellow, Ne. S white, 46Vie; no grade, <2c. Oat»--No grade, 3<H4c; No. 4, Wti«; No. I white, 31®32*c; No. 8, SO* ©31 Vic; No. S white, 81©SS>4c; No. 2, 31c; No. I white, Ite. ProrlaloBe--Mess pork, tlS.Oaxt.IO; lard. fS.47Mr©8.60; abort ribe, |7.75©7.fc, aeeordUts to weight. Bass. UOUHo; cheese, Americans, lO^fe; twins, be; fancy brick, 9%©9%c; battor.oresm- iry, extra, 18V4©18^; flrste, 16Q17o; dairies, 401Cc. Iced chickens, scalded, SVfco: do, dry picked, 8©8%o; do, roosters, too: toed t«r~ keys, 709c; lire turkeys, lb, BOTHe; ohiok- ens, le; do, spring, lb, 16® 18c; gMH, dee, 95OC.S0; apples, good to choice, fl.COASJS; blueberries, Wis., 16 qts, 11.6001.75; blaci- berriee, ti qts, fl.B0®2.25; currants, 18 qts, 7ScO>tl.l0; red raspberries, 24 pts, fLSBtft. Oettte--Native steers, $4.7696.70; Texan* and Indian, J4.OO0X.7O; Texas gran tteere, IS.00OS.M; native cows and heifers, ft.800 4.86: etockers and feeders, IS.4004.76; bells, I2.60O4.50; calves, $S.0094.W. Hoge-Heavy, 9E.90O6.S7H; packers, 8005.90; mixed, S5.7I >.•7%; packers, $6J 90; mixed. 06.86; light, $5.7006.80; pigs, |5 8heep--Muttons, $3.7604.40; lambs, 5.10; Texas grass sbeep, 38.2BO3.80. yts. «HO Buitan of Turkey deposited $95,000 with American Minister to settle &V American claims growing out of Arme- |r Plan troubles. f . Teachers' national convention at De- 0-, trolt discussed school fads. Nominat- lug committee selected W. M. Beards- S tear of Iowa for next President P » Burglar killed at Benton, Wis by g explosion of nitro-glycerine he was carrying in his pocket Amphitheater collapsed at Elks' car- at JackBonyille, I1L, injuring k. , Sight persons. 11: Teachers' National convention at De- ^olt rejected report made by President < • - Harper and the committee adverse to g*. a national university. Members of - committee scored. A feature of the Christian Endeavor convention at Cincinnati was<Bookar T. Washington's plea for the negro. Diamond Match plant at Liverpool (gold to English firm for £480,000. _ Fourteen parsons killed by storms in Hayti. Consul General Stowe at Cape Town resigned because salary too small. \ Aaron Morgan, a patient in Kanka- '%!/••• Jtee lDBane Asylum, escaped disguised fej as a woman. !& A®td,reiW ^raegie declined to become It 'or mayor of Greater New York. W D" White' BOn °f Andrew . White, Ambassador to Germany "fcji-i, committed suicide at Syracuse N Y' ^ because of ill health. ' " New organization called White Box ^ ers formed at Chicago to maintain v v supremacy of whites and keep other 'f \ csraces subservient te*; Twenty-five persons injured in a wreck on the Pan-Handle at Columbus, 0., 4ue to a defective switch. Lightning caused fire which de­ stroyed the stock barns and the val- naWa horee Faust of Henry Darlington at Mamaroneck. Commerce with Porto Rico showed during last year, the ex- »^»»dding those of 1898 by 300 ||mrard Luty,- a New Tork bookmak- * allied his wife because she was " la getting his dinnar, then com- ̂auicide. Keted Witter Is a Wrtck. Isaac G. Reed, for many years weD known as a newspaper and magazine writer in New Tork city, is in the in­ sane pavilion in Bellevue hospital. His mind is shattered and his physic il con­ dition is such that he cannot lh a long. For many years Reed has lived on the bounty of Mrs. M. I* Cummings of Elberton, N. J., who was known on the stage as Minnie Cummings. She says that much of her stage success was due to Reed's press work and gratitude caused her to maintain him in sanita­ riums for several years. Reed was born in Philadelphia and came of a wealthy and distinguished family. In addition to his newspaper and maga­ zine work Reed wrote several books, including "Thirty Years in Gotham" and "Our American Aristocracy; or, "Reminiscences of New York's So­ ciety." .j Olrls Avert Train WMek. A disastrous wreck to a fast train on the Louisville division of tht Panhandle near Anoka Junction, four miles east of Loganspoit, was averted by the bravery of two little girls, Kd- na Keener, aged 12, and Emma For- paugh, aged 14. While playing along the track the girls discovered a small trestle over a creek on fire. They im­ mediately ran down the track, waving their sunbonnets, and stopped the train just in time to prevent It from going into the creek. The girlB were rewarded with all the money the train crew had and the matter was at once reported to the officers here. The Louisville express would soon have been due at the point where the tres­ tle was burned, and it was at first re­ ported that this was the train stopped. Bash to Oklahoma Increases. The number of persons registered in the entries for the new Kiowa, Com­ anche and Apache lands totals 17,000 up to date. Despite certain reports, there has been no marked amount of suffering. It is a fact that there are 20,000 strangers at El Reno, Okla., but the majority of them have secured their certificates and are gone. Every train carries hundreds to town, but all the late comers seem to have an am­ ple supply of money and seem to be in no hurry to register. The drawing will be begun July 29. The officers are n<xw registering between 6,000 and 6,000 ap­ plicants a day and at this rate there will be plenty of time to register all. Satisfaction is expressed on all sides now at the manner in which the regis­ tration is being conducted. -- -- -- -- -- * Kansas Crops la Danger. The farmers in the neighborhood of Atchison, Kan., are becoming alarmed at the drought, and are rushing their stock cattle and hogs to market with­ out regard to their condition. The grass is burned up, the creeks dry, and corn Is all but withered. Nearly all gar­ den truck is a total failure, and the fields are looking very desolate. Many farmers are feeding their stock on last year's corn. The depression is begin­ ning to be felt on all sides. It is the worst drought since 1860, and threatens to be worse than the historic drought of that year. Ball Fights Ra««e Wrath. A storm of protest has been aroused against the alleged intention of the South Omaha street fair managers to arrange for a regular bull fight. P. C. Maddon, the concessioner, says that If it should happen that a bull were killed his prospects for taking his show to other expositions in this country would be ruined. On the other hand, it is said that the toreadors will not necessarily earry out his instructions If they are properly "tipped." Some narrow es­ capes were features of Friday's bull fight. „ George C. Til<ten Insane. George C. Tilden, a well-known min* eralogist, has been committed to the State Hospital for the insane at Stock­ ton, Cal. While making an expert ex­ amination of mining property In Sal­ vador Tilden was attacked with fever and later mental trouble developed. The United States Consul at San Sal­ vador had him removed to this city. A* the time it was announced that he Would eventually recover his health. In the last few days he has displayed sui­ cidal mania. Tilden was formerly state mineral ouist of New York Tha full horror of the train wrack on the Chicago and Alton railroad near Norton, Mo., Wednesday, when a weat» bound passenger train collided with a fast live stock train, both going at rap­ id speed, was not realised at first. First reports of the accident indicated that four trainmen and two passengers were killed outright Of the wounded who started for Kansas City four wera •dead before the train arrived and six more died at the hospitals, making alxtaen fatalities up to Wednesday Bight In St Joseph's and University hospitals, Kansaa City, are thirty per­ sona, at least two of whom are expect­ ed to die. The physicians will not give aa opinion as to the condition of the sufferers. Most of them wera scalded by tha steam that Issued from the loco­ motives, both of which were wrecked and filed up in a heap of wreckage with two of the passenger cars. Iden­ tification of those who died, without regaining consciousness waa difficult, owing to the fact that the clothing bat been hastily stripped from each of the bodies in order to give relief to the tortured flesh. Two of the bodlea are nniden tided--one a young woman killed at the wreck, and supposed to be a daughter of Mrs. R. 3. Curtis of Geneeeo, N. Y., and the other a gray- haired woman who died at St Joseph's hospital. The bodies are at various un­ dertaking establishments. The bodies pf ftwr of the dead trainmen are at •Slater, Mo. The wounds of the victims [are excruciatingly painful, being se­ vere scalds and burns. They are re­ ceiving the best treatment the city af­ fords. A man who died at St. Joseph's hospital is known to be named Jones, and It Is believed he Is from Chicago. He waa at first supposed to be a Kansas Cltyan. His clothes were destroyed. The dead are: Daniel McAnna, Slater, Mo., conductor of freight train; P. J. tAnderson, Slater, Mo., engineer of freight train; I. 8. Raiser, Chicago, United States Express company mes­ senger; Mrs. Gilland of Goodland, Ind.; D. W. Hooker of "Syracuse, N. Y., died on train; Mrs. C. W. Snyder, Jasper, N. Y., died on train; G. L. Roy, cashier of the Wilmington (III.) bank' died on train; Snyder Jones, died in Bt Joseph's hospital; Daniel Donnelly, Mexico, Mo., fireman of freight train, died at University hospital; Mrs. R. J. Ourtls, Geneseo, N. Y„ died at Univer­ sity hospital; unidentified young wom­ an, supposed to be a daughter of Mrs. Ourtls; Mrs. Dickson, 67 years old, Wilmington, 111., died at Unlversltty hospital; Miss Lulu Rider, 25 years old, U&rili* rraaoee « IfeUmafa. Bratkiya, died *t m. at it Jwwvh1* hoeplfiaU acad iii* woman, taken to ~ died at 11 o'clock, regained consciousness, and th«ra <#*1 nothing upoa her person to gift MOT hint of her identity. The trains met two miles vast of Norton, on a curve surmounting a high embankment. The engines were pvahed to either side of the track and practi­ cally demolished, while the forward ears of the passenger train teleaooped each other. The train which wag wrecked was one of the finest passen­ ger trains In the United States. MISS CONGER TO MARRY. Miss Laura Conger of Dee Moinea, daughter of Major B. H. Conger, Unit* ed States minister to China, haa an nounced her engagement to Lieut Fred T. Buchan of Troop K, Third Cavalry. Lieut Buohan was in the Pttmlting Fields Shriveled Kansas AND OTHER STATES SUFFER, Oova, Sprtn* Wfcoat, «p4 Bay Will Wall Below ssatee--Demit Boas Into Heavy T e»« la Miasoarl* jr«ty Betl* KUllons-- MISS LAURA CONGER. that relieved the besieged legation* at Pekln. He became acquainted with the minister's daughter and before the Con­ ger's left Pekln he secured a promise of her hand. He is the son of W. I. Buchan, a well known Kansas Oity lawyer. few Wlaalposr CitUoas Dmrael Four citizens of Winnipeg w'ere drowned Thursday at Portage la Prai­ rie. The two young daughters of Thom- as Davidson, a merchant of Winnipeg, were drowned while bathing In the Assinlboine. A boy named John McKensle, nephew of William McKen- zle, the magnate of the Canadian Northern railway, was drowned by the upsetting of his canoe in the Red river, and a man named Alexander MacDon- ald, a contractor of Winnipeg, was drowned in the Rainy river, near Mine Center, in trying to pass the rapids in a rowboat. None of the bodies frag yet been recovered. Defles Ughtnlna and Zs Strnek. Philip Walls, a farmer, sustained probably fatal injuries at Crisfield, Md., as the result of a bolt of lightning, while he was defying the storm to do him harm. A thunder storm was rag­ ing when Walls procured a piece of lightning rod and, attaching it to his head, went forth, saying he desired to be struck. Conservative men who have carefully •tadled the disastrous effects of the prevailing drought in Kansaa say the people of the state have suffered a loss ill all crops except wheat to v the amount of nearly $200,000,000 since July l. They say that an estimate now Of a total of 60,000,000 bushels of corn would be the top figure. With fair weather conditions Kansas raises 200,- 000,000 bushels of this cereal. Thus a loas of 160,000,000 bushels of corn at •ay 50 cents a Vhshel means a loss in money of 176,000,000 alone. The loss of the hay crop is another 925,000,000. The loss of the potato and vegetable crope will run over 130,000,000, while tha total failure of oats and the de­ struction of pastures, which will force thousands of head of cattle on the mar­ ket, will amount to another $25,000,000. It la the worst affliction that has be­ fallen the state in its history, and but for the 70,000,000-bushel wheat crop would be In a serious condl CHRI|JPSEN, DENVER MU|8|^, f /-/• •. * Af The police officials of Denver are atill trying to connect Chris Jensen, who admits he killed Mrs. Armenia Bullis, with the slaying of other women. Evi­ dence tends to show that Jensen is also was committed, and he could have rid­ den within three blocks of the Kinport home, or he could have made his way on foot. The exact time of the attack upon Jessie Kinport is not yet fixed. the assailant of Jessie Kinport who Tt Is 8uppo8ed haye been about 9:40, waa the victim of a "ripper" fiend the eame night that Mrs. Bullis was killed. The time of the murder of Mrs. Bul­ lis is not known. If it occurred early in the evening the murderer might easily have made his way, either on foot or by car, to the Kinport home. The University park car paBses within • short distance of where the murder I#4 In St. Louie. At St. Louis Thursday the mer­ cury in the weather bureau office at 6 o'clock in the afternoon became sta­ tionary at the 104 mark. This is the highest point reached in twenty years, with one exception. On the streets it was several degrees hotter, and as the humidity was much more pronounced than for several days, the heat was well nigh intolerable. At night the air was still and stifling. One dtfltfo aad a dozen prostrations were re­ ported. Bash for New •••see. Nearly 1,000 people left Oklahoma City, Ok., Tuesday night to go to HI Reno to register. Only one train left here in the afternoon for that place, land the coaches were crowded to their 'utmost capacity. Several hundred peo­ ple waited at the statlorfWtil the train came in, when a wild scramble ensued ifor seats. Women, as well as men, ! were boosted through the windows of .the coaches, which were filled almost | as soon as the train had stopped. Oth- ;era stood on the platforms ear climbed to the top of the ooaches. but If such was the case Jensen could not have been the man, for he was ar­ rested only a few minutes later, If not at that very hour, fully two miles from the Kinport home. But if the attack upon the child was made near 9 o'clock Jensen coulft easily have made his way to the spot where he.was appre­ hended. The child was seen on the porch of her home near 9 o'clock. BHIl Shooting' Caso Bads. Late in the afternoon of Jan. 20th, this year, Joseph W. Brill, the miinftn_ aire Cleveland mine owner, arrived at La Porte, Ind., and, meeting Ellsworth E. Weir, an attorney, in the office of Dr. Dakin, shot him, alleging that the attorney and Mrs. Brill had taken a short tour without his knowledge. Wednesday in the circuit court, after almost continuous legal fighting in the courts for upward of six months, Mr. Brill pleaded guilty to assault and bat­ tery and was fined $500. Ma«U Loaf Lost Son. John J. Morath, capitalist and land­ lord of the Capitol Hotel at Philadel­ phia, appeared at the Anderson (Ind.) rod mills Thursday morning, made his way among the roaring furnaces and picked out one of the big, brawny men aa his son, Joseph Morath. The father lost trace of his boy twenty-one years ago. At that time the elder Morath was poor. His wife died, and the son, the only child was taken by an aunt to bring up. The aunt died in another city, and the father was never able I* i iMate his son until now. Oats are mostly harvested In Mis­ souri and 10 per cent will cover this crop. Potatoes are not more than 25 per cent, with hay less than 25 per cent. Berries, vegetables and fruit and all garden products are praotl cally loat, not over 6 per cent to the good. The total estimated average volume of Missouri crop products for the past ten years has been from |300, 000,000 to $326,000,000. The wheat crop is normal. The other crop prospects were good up to June 1, hence a loss of at least $100,000,000 to Missouri sta­ ples since that time Is a low estimate. The effect in damage to growing crops in Nebraska is partly guesswork That injury has been done since the 1st of July is not denied, but the pro­ portion, compared to the damage done by the drought in June, cannot accur­ ately be measured. If the estimate that half the oats and half the potato crop is ruined is correct, it means a yield in oats of but 35,000,000 bushels, com­ pared witn a normal yield of 70,000,000, a IOSB in dollars of over 5,000,000,and a cutting down of the potato crop from 8,000,000 to 4,000,000 bushels, repre­ senting a monetary loss of $1,500,000. Spring wheat is damaged to the ex­ tent, probably, of $3,000,000. Farmers, grain men and statistical experts differ greatly as to the condition of the corn crop, the consensus of opinion being that It has not yet been appreciably hurt, or If at all so slight as to make the total loss for the state not to ex­ ceed $1,000,000. Loss In hay and fruit probably amounts to $500,000, making the total for all of $11,000,000. i DAMAGE BYJCLOUOBURST. Wlekoe aad Corbla, Mont.. Snffer Qroa? l«os* from Storm. Debris is piled everywhere In the gulch In which are located Wlckes and Corbin, Mont Great damage to prop- frty was done by the torrent of water which poured down the narrow va'ley after the cloudburst. The concentra­ tor of the Peck (Mont.) company at Corbin will have to close down be­ cause of damage to the machinery. A Wave of water six feet high and 200 feet wide swept down the gulch. With­ in half a mile of Wickes, toward Cor­ bin, a fill-in on the Great Northern toad formed a dam. The water was backed up for a-quarter of a mile be­ fore the embankment gave way. As the great wall of water tore down the gulch it ^demolished the Northern Pa­ cific tracks and bridges. At severa' points great sections of rails and ties ire re picked from the roadbed and bent and twisted. The Great Northern suf­ fered only a washout of the fill near Wickes. It is impossible to estimate the loss at. present \ p -- ' , MRS. BROWN DIES IN Sn-Wlfo of Jastleo of United Statoe promo Court Pusies Away. , General H. M. Duffield received a Cablegram at Detroit from Justice H. B. Brown of the United States Supreme Court announcing the death of Mrs. Brown in Italy. The cablegram was dated at Riva. Mrs. Brown had been an invalid for some years, and the Jus­ tice sailed for Europe soon after the decision in the Insular cases was hand­ ed down. Caroline Pitts was Mrs. Brown's maiden name, and she was a daughter of Samuel Pitts, well known in Detroit Her age was 56. She is survived by a brother and three sisters --Thomas Pitts of Detroit Mrs. H. M. Duffield of Detroit, Mrs. Thomas Cran­ age of Bay City, and Mrs. Daniel Good­ win of Chicago. ... i, Throe Bart by Bnnaway* •" -» At Noblesville., Ind.. Mrs. Charles Sowerwlne, Miss Alma and Matter Leo Sowerwlne were seriously and probably fatally Injured In a mn- away. Their horse became frightened at an automobile and the three were thrown violently to the ground. Mrs. Sowerwlne was injured Internally. Miss Sowerwine's head struck a tele­ graph pole and concussion of the brain Is feared. Leo received injuries which rendered him unconscious for several houra. m. >v •• Mied for Canla* ^ For some weeks past A. H. PaImer, a civil engineer of Chicago, engaged in construction work on the Illinois Cen­ tral railroad in Mississippi, and Wil­ liam Nolan, a locomotive engineer, have both been desperately in love with the telegraph operator at Anding, Miss, Thursday evening Palmer ccrsed in the presence of the young woman and was shot and instantly killed by Milan, who then made hia escape. former ,, who waa id Wflj .MHfc" ' H|- ^l>a* Hr. îMUr ereated tt pfofosnd I He had Just hfs oration at the Fourth of at Uakm Mills, when he sank away, limp and speechless. For a long time the distinguished lawyer •:v4 IIICOIID or HAPPKNINOS iHMB". 8EVEN DAYS. A* Old KlUe a Crlppia# Vendor at X>»nvUle--'Kna Who to Kxtott Honor la landed la :k";% *W**d by Vorolfn Consols^ ; •% . > •; - : :• I m MORTMKR NTS. • of Laporte has been threatened with the atroke he then received. Hia phy­ sicians warned him some year* ago to refrain from excitement of all kinds. Mr. Nye, In addition to having held the office of lieutenant Governor, haa been mayor of Logansport for sev­ eral terms, led the electoral ticket in the first Cleveland campaign, and served aa a member of the Supreme court commission. He was urged to run for governor last year by the Dem­ ocrats. He Is 58 years old. PET FROG FED DYNAMITE. IMal Basalts Follow Children's Xls- , taking Explosive for Potty* An accident at Albany, Mo., in which three children, a pet frog, and some dynamite figured, reaulted in one death, two persons seriously Injured, and part of a dwelling demolished. The three children of George McCurry, a contractor, found some dynamite in the cellar of their home, and, thinking it was putty, fed it to their pet frog. The pieces of dynamite resembled in­ sects, and the frog ate them. A large tool chest fell on the frog and exploded the dynamite which had been eaten. A chisel pierced the temple of the young­ est child and killed him. Another child and Mrs. McCurry were seriously hurt and part of the house wrecked. Mtohlgpn Farmer Slain. Peter Smith, the most prominent farmer in the Balnbridge district, fif­ teen miles northeast of St. Joseph, Mich., was assassinated at noon Thurs­ day by an unknown man. Hundreds of farmers, incensed by the cowardly murder, are searching the woods in the vicinity and threaten to lynch the mur­ derer when he is apprehended. Smith was driving through his field on top of a load of rye when the shot was fired. The assassin was concealed be­ hind a stack of rye, and after Smith had driven past he rose up and fired at a distance of about twenty feet The entire charge from the shotgun en­ tered Smith's body beneath the shoul­ der blade and he toppled off the wagon and fell dead. Increase In Jaae Fallarea, Classified returns, as reported to R. G. Dun ft Co. for the month of June, show failures somewhat heavier than in the three preceding months and the same month in the two preceding years, but prior to 1899 last month's liabilities would have been considered extremely light In manufacturing the total was $1,518,817 larger than last year, but a few unusual disasters ac­ count for the difference. Depression in the cotton manufacture, due to over­ production of goods from high-priced raw material, had almost passed away without bringing any serious failures, and the fact had been mentioned as remarkable in connection with earlier reports. Shot While Asleep. At 33rwin, Miss., John Serio, aged 50 years, and his son Vincent were killed and Salvator Ltberto was dangerously wounded. They all came from Cefalu, Sicily. The three had been living near Glen Allen, but on account of some trouble, were ordered to leave by citi­ zens. They went to Erwin, a few miles distant from Glen Allen, and decided to locate there. While they were asleep the three were shot, Serio and his son being killed outright The Italians in the country are wrought up over the matter, but no further trou­ ble Is anticipated. Gov. Longiqo and the Italian consul at New Orleans were notified of the killing. BaU Clerk Admit* Theft. James J. Callanan, formerly register clerk In the postofflce In Springfield, Mass., who left June 2, taking with him a number of registered letters, has given himself up to the authorities. iJfe says that his conscience troubled him so that when he reached Liverpool he took the next steamer for home. He secured about $700 from the packages he atole. ̂ • : Otaolnnatt Strike Xs O*. The machinists' strike, which was organized May 20 and which involved from 5,000 to 7,000 employes in Cin­ cinnati, has practically been declared off. A Becret mass meeting of strikers was held, at which a formal report was made that It had been found Impossi­ ble to procure financial assistance from the headquarters in Washington. As the strike benefit fund is exhausted, the "strikers were advised to return to work. Already about 600 have applied for reinstatement • Vlndi Gold on Bis Farm. B. A. Bottorff, a farmerl iving in Salisbury township, near Springfield, III., reports that he has discovered gold on his farm. It is In a strata of clay which extends back from Richland creek. A sample of the clay sent to assayers in Philadelphia brings the re- report that the soil will assay $29.70 a ton and the owner 1b advised that it can be worked for About $2 a ton. Bot­ torff recently purchased the farm on which the find waa made lor fit an acre. •Mied' by Foreign Ce--ig *\* i Twelve consuls and vice consiilb, resenting as many foreign govern­ ments, with headquarters in went to Springfield to pay their apects in an official capacity to Govern­ or Tates and- incidentally to witness the exercises attendant upon the r^if view of the First regiment by the goit* ernor. The visitors, with Col. Fal(» yan, of the governor's staff, on a4»' riving in the city, were met at the do- depot by Colonel Oglesby and weij| driven to the executive mansion when they were tendered a reception by the governor and Mrs. Tates asut the executive's full staff. After pat* tnklwg of the luncheon they were e#» ooited to Camp Lincoln by the goverqp or and his mounted staff, where thftf •ere interested observers of the review and parade. The following foreign countrl<g| were represented in the party: Ge*» H>any, Consul Wever and Vloe Coa» nl Zoepffel; Great Britain, Consul Wyndham; Austria-Hungary, Consttf Sehwelgel; Italy, Count Anthony la Ruswadowski; Russia, Consul Baro* A. A. Schllppenbach; Turkey, Consul General . Charles Henrotin; Nethell lands, Consul George Birkoff, Jr.; Sw4§ den and Norway, Vice Consul J. % ttndgren; Greece, Consul N. Selc* pools; Chile, M. J. Steffens; Guatems^ la, Honduras and Nicaragua, Consul c|.- F. Stone; Venezuela, Consul Pedifis m. t'#5 • • ' t ^ in nan Wilk id hi# celveft '3 . #-• £ rp' fHd Soldier »fTls . tYlpiila. ' >'/'• Enoch Williams, a member of National Soldiers home, ehot and ed Henry Derrider, a crippled Belgian fruit vender at Danville. The men haft soma trouble several weeks ago. lams claiming Derrider had robbed of a sum of money. Williams receive, his pension at the home and the next morning he came down town, dran£f a lot of whisky, bought a revolve^ sought out Derrider and with a cursi commenced shooting. Derrider fell ajj| Williams' knees, begging for mere# but Williams fired three shots Into hll body before he could be disarmed Derrider died in the ambulance on th§ way to the hospital. Williams was onct>. wealthy and Is related to some of th# most prominent families in Danville Drink has proved his ruin. The murdeft was so cold-blooded that there haf| been talk among the Belgian mineral friends of Derrider, of lynching Wilis lams. The latter la carefully guarded fef the sheriff. '^1 - Bxtortloaer Is In #all, <>. B. Busby has been oommltted t# ' i the Shelby county jail on a charge blackmailing Boys Brothers, a Shelby* ^ ville broom manufacturing firm. Job* Boys, senior member of the firm, re ­ ceived a letter July 1 stating that ttni i less $25 was left In an envelope ad- r dressed to G. E. B. at a certain saloog^- within five days harm would befall them or their factory. The letter als#.\ " stated that Boys Brothers had out-/ wltted the writer once, but he wa| "older now and thirsted for revenge.t The money was left at the place as di~ " rec ted and when Busby appeared hf : willingly signed a receipt for the envois, ope containing the money which wa§,:~< handed to him. An officer in conceal^'* ment emerged and arrested him. Busby - - wa^ a former employe of the firm. ' ' /.- .gtrlp Hatol of Vavattan. v : ,* A thousand people watched the en-* ^ tire police force of Joliet invade the old Bissel hotel and strip the building of all its furniture. The place has been tinder smallpox quarantine fo^ the past three weeks and a score o§|- negroes confined therein. The building| which is an immense wooden structure^ was condemned by the council and orr dered burned. The negroes, who oc* eupied it, refused to move and the pop lice put all their goods into the street and closed the hotel permanently. LatfL|, or the fire chief saturated it with oil and set It on fire. The negroes are wan*;, derlng about the streets homeless.^ " 'rf*- Qalts MUltla Post la Flflao. vv Captain ®. B. Harrison, commander '3;| of the staff of the naval militia at Springfield, resigned, and his resigna­ tion was accepted. Captain Harrisoi wanted to succeed Captain Wilson commander of the naval militia. Oi h i s f a i l u r e t o d o s o h e h a n d e d i n h i t - < , v f : resignation at Springfield. His ap« »v, " ̂ pointment as commander was urged by ^ a number of Cook county politicians** Governor Yates has not named his sucf, , ; # j cessor as commander of staff. Th<|' ̂ n", :j resignation of Lieutenant William G l a s g o w o f C o m p a n y M , S i x t h i n f a n t r y | was accepted* by Adjutant General , ̂ Waald Tax Hlddea Notes. Richard Kinsella, county superrtsot of assessments at Springfield has in­ structed his office force to comence a A search for hidden securities and he de^ ri olares that he will put all such papery on the tax books. It is estimated tha not less than $1,500,00 of notes escape aasessment by the assesors, the owners|| having put them in the hands of m@n% who refused to divulge their names. Kinsella is determined to get the pa­ per. He has the backing of the state's^: attorney, who will present the matter < to the grand jury. ' .1 8lgaal Boy Xs Klllad. 1- Psitrlck Navan, seventeen years otd, employed as a signal boy by the Illi- nois Steel company, at South Chicago,; j was instantly killed by falling twenty-j^.^^ four feet down a hatchway on thir ' steftinei City of Naples. • • Ws.*, £ •M" .y . •• * DMId Banted ta -ta% . .V"' ^e'"Swelling house of Lyman Vis, living one mile south of Bingham, was totally destroyed by fire. One •mall child could not be rescued and perished in the flames