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V'- « .> K ' , ' -r^ ̂ '.V;.w. /-: THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER h* (&*&>. t MoHBNET PLAINDBALBR OOL McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Pug Ryan, said to have been the leader of a gang of desperadoes who killed two of a posse of officers several years ago, has been arrested at Crlp- , pie Creek, Col. He escaped from the ^'151 ' Leadville jail recently with several y;*V' other prisoners. He will be tried for tnurder. ' / Edward Chapman, a farmer, was knocked from a trestle and instantly • *£0; killed by a Northwestern train near v Oskaloosa, Iowa. ^ At Chillicothe, Mo., Harve Gibbons Was shot aDd fatally wounded by his brother-in-law, John Galvin, the re­ sult of an old grudge. William T. Moore, a furniture deal­ er of Lowry City. Mo., ifcras shot and fatally wounded by Thomas J. Prosies, the result of a quarrel. Maggie Humphrey, a member of the **hay rack party" of high school pu­ pils. who was injured in the runaway accident near Denver, is dead. At Lawrence, Kan., Mary Coop, a white woman, was killed by Charles Anderson, a negro restaurant em­ ploye. There were no witnesses to the crime. During a game of baseball at Bunker Hill, Pa., Pasquale Mohn and Antonio Parunni quarreled over a decision of the umpire, Parunni fatally shooting Mohn. Antonio Zambrana, the Costa Rlcan minister to Central America, is at present on a visit to President Zelaya of Nicaragua. A special horse train on the Big Pour railroad was wrecked west of Bellefontaine, Ohio., killing Brakeman James Borden and severely injuring Bnglneer Daniel Kunkel and Fireman George Boyen. Emperor William has announced his intention to meet Queen Wllhel- mina at Nieder Wesel, on the Rhine, when she is on her way to Castle 8chaumberg in the valley of the Lahn, where she will pass the period , •';> A telegram from Postmaster Gen- **** P11?116 to Secretary John M. True Of the Wisconsin board of agriculture announces positively that President Roosevelt will spend Wednesday, Sept *4, in Milwaukee. •£ her convalescence. ^ ' Margaret Taylor, who was kidnaped v from Cincinnati, O., over four years ago, arrived in that city accompanied '• by her parents and her brother Ed­ ward, 3 years old. A special court assembled at Sligo, Ireland, under the crimes act, to try Patrick A. McHugh, M. P., among a number of Irish leaguers, on the charge • of conspiracy and intimidation in con- nectiun with the complaint of a ten- . ant of a farm from which a leaguer had been evicted. Mr. McHugh did not appear and a bench warrant was Issued for his arrest ^ The rules of the St Paul health department requiring the vaccination of children who attend the public adhoolg were declared legal by the Minnesota supreme court. ^Fire destroyed the saw and planing mills of J. S. Bailey & Co. at Mc­ Donald, Ga., witn 2,000,000 feet of lumber and seven freight cars. The loss is $150,000, with little insurance. C. J. Clay, a prominent planter of Lonoke county, Ark., was killed by a falling tree at his home. Almost complete returns from every county in Oreg^ give Chamberlain, Democrat, for governor 341 plurality. At the closin£»fission of the sixth annual conferen™ of the League of (Wisconsin Municipalities Mayor Burt [Williams of Ashland was chosen presi­ dent The Supreme Lodge of Mystic Workers of the World, in convention at Rockford, 111., adopted the reserve fond plan. Judge F. W. Holls of New York, who was formerly secretary to the Ameri­ can delegation to the peace conference at The Hague, will be received by Emperor William. Louis D'Auvignac, a brother of Mme. .Humbert, who is concerned In the fa­ mous Humbert-Crawford lawsuit at Paris, has been arrested at Tunis. He hau been managing the Humbert prop- arty near Zaghwan, Tunis. Signor Riva, a professor of the Unl- •ersity of Rome, and Count Glno Prl- netti, a cousin of the Italian minister of foreign affairs, T/ere killed in a landslide while ascending Mount Grig- na, near Lake Lecco, Switzerland. Sir William James Richmond Cot­ ton, Chamberlain of the City of Lon­ don since 1892, is dead. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1875. Albert Weisenborn of Grand Rapids, Wis., committed suicide by shooting himself through the head while his wife was sitting on his lap. Furniture manufacturers at Grand Aapids decided by a. vote of 10 to 6 ^ that they would not go into the pro- posed furniture combine. John W. Baldwin, a leading politi- ' dan, was arrested at Sedalla, Mo., • Charged with the murder of his t»rother-in-law, Samuel L. Lipscomb. Henry Besch, former register of St Louis, was indicted, charged with ac- ttfr-, cepting a bribe while in office. A |$<'v - Warrant was issued for his arrest ||te'" v The annual convention of the Trav- fliers' Protective Association is In ses- alon at Portland, Ore. At Nevada, Mo., Benjamin Franklin & Birch, aged 70 and very wealthy, mar- ^ ^ ' tied Miss Emma Jennings, aged 17. S. Cowan of Rockford, 111., tie- Mteated George W. Howe for election : } As supreme master of the Mystic ti'-fei * Workers of the World In convention 't * Rockford. . August Jahnke has been convicted '1*1sfV-!:«;-> 'I*1 Alliance, Neb., of the murder of jfglchaql SierK and his punishment •10xed at imprisonment for life. The , "<• Jury was out a week. V *, i The body of John Dake of Indian '.vVS; •• .iff,-1;. .: • found hanging: In aa old log ban* The annual convention of the West­ ern Federation of Miners at Denver adjourned, without date. Edward Boyce refused to serve as president and Charles Moyer of Lead, S. D., was elected. ' The family of Mr. Luvison, who were supposed to have been lost In a tornado near Sacramento, Neb., w$re found at a neighbor's house. Mrs. Pennington and her daughter, who were injured seriously, are reported improving. The strike of the plumbers of Wash­ ington, which has been in force nine weeks, has ended. By the terms of the settlement there are to be two helpers to every three plumbers, and apprentices are to be counted as jour- neymen. Denver contractors refuse to take back any of the striking builders un­ less they agree to dissolve the build­ ing trades council. The men say they will not do this, and the situation now partakes of the nature of a lockout Two full naphtha reservoirs and twenty-four boring shafts have been destroyed by fire at Romany, Russia. Plentiful rains in portions of South Australia and New South Wales have relieved the drouth and the outlook is now more hopeful. King Victor Emmanuel has present­ ed Signor Giolitti, the Italian minister of the interior, with a life size por­ trait of himself in token of his esteem. Joseph Calvin, chief of police of Da­ vid City, Neb., committed suicide by shooting himself. He was despondent because of failing health. Senor De Ojeda, the former Spanish minister to Morocco, has been gazet­ ted minister to Washington in succes­ sion to the Duke de Arcos, who has been appointed minister to Belgium. B. J. De Cologan, former Spanish min­ ister at Pekin, succeeds Senor De Ojeda at Tangiers. Dr. T. H. Storey, who disappeared from Duluth several weeks ago, has written to his wife from San Fran­ cisco that his mind has been a blank since leaving Duluth, and that he does not know how he reached California. At Austin, Texas, in a fit of jealousy, J. W. Waxier, a carpenter, cut his 15-year-old wife's throat and then took his own life in the same manner. In Grant county, Ark., the 1-year-old child of J. E. Evans rolled from a bed. Its head was caught between the bed and a chair and the child was strangled to death. Charles Lewis, a member of a once prominent family In Buchanan coun­ ty, Mo., was given a term of four years in the penitentiary for forging a check on the German-American Bank at'St Joseph, Mo. At the Wilburton coal mines, L T., the 5-year-old child of Mrs. Nealy War­ den was bitten by mine rats. It died soon after from loss of blood. Mrs. Bailey Bartlett, an original Daughter of ihe Revolution, is dead from pneumonia at Orange, N. J. Mrs. Sophia Gilman, aged 92, prob­ ably the oldest member of the Pres­ byterian church in southern Indiana, died at Evansville. Thepresident has nominated Wil­ liam B. Orear of Georgia, a contract surgeon in the United States army, to be assistant surgeon of volunteers with the rank of captain. Joseph Barth of Boonville and Rob­ ert Anderson of Blackwater, Mo., were killed and Engineer Mercer seriously hurt in a Missouri Pacific wreck at Nelson, Mo. Georgia Democratic primaries re­ sulted in the nomination of J. M. Ter­ rell for governor. A. S. Clay was re­ nominated for United States senator for the four-year term. . The dry kiln and carpenter shop of the factory of the Gould Manufactur­ ing Company at Oshkosh, Wis., burned, causing $25,000 loss, on which there is $12,000 insurance. Two Illinois Central freight trains collided head-on between Galena and Portage, 111. Fireman Herbert Hart of Chicago was fatally scalded. William Simmons of Grayville, 111., while operating an edger in a sawmill was struck in the head by a piece of timber thrown back by the saw and fatally injured. The board of supervisors of " La CroBse county, Wisconsin, voted to build a new courthouse which will cost when completed $135,000. An is­ suance of bonds for that amount was provided. John F. Libbey, a farmer of Vinland, Wis., was fatally injured while build­ ing a fence. He Was holding a stake while his son was driving it into the ground. The heavy maul slipped from the handle and struck Mr. Libbey on the forehead. A stranger aged about 45 years committed suicide by hanging while ronfined in the calaboose at Ludlow, Ill- Mrs. Belle Smith and her two small children were burned to death in their home at Hardin, Mo. Triple murder is suspected. The Rev. Henry Latham, master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, is dead. He was born in 1821. Fire at Chetek, a summer resort near Chippewa Falls, Wis., caused a loss of $30,000. Colonel George R. Peck delivered the oration at the dedication of the new public library at Galesburg, 111. The library cost $80,000, of which $50,- 000 was given by Andrew Carnegie. A. J. Russell, speaker of the Mlssis-J sippl house of representatives, who delivered the annual oration at the University of Mississippi Tuesday, was found dead In his room at Mem­ phis. Death was caused by heart fail­ ure. Colombian revolutionists mined the town of Bocas and blew up the gov­ ernment troops, who recaptured it. Colon and Panama are the only towns now controlled by the government Street railway employes at Sheboy­ gan, Wis., struck for higher wages and all lines are tied up. Thomas MacAffee was killed and James Darcy badly hurt by a tornado near Glendive, Mont Lieut Gen. Miles went to Fort Riley, Kan., with Gen. Randolph, chief of artillery, to witness a practical test of field guns. Lieutenant Commander Potts, American naval attache at Berlin, was received by Emperor William In the court yard with the latter on horse­ back and Potts on foot Engineer Frank Finch and Fireman Pay were killed in a Cincinnati South­ ern wreck near Chattanooga. Business Transacted by the House and Senate in the National Capital. SENATORS DISCUSS THE CANAL Mr. Morgan Contends for the Nica­ ragua Route, White Mr. Hanna Holds That the Panama Course Is the Shorter and Better. Tuesday, June 3. The Senate passed the Philippine bill and took up the canal bill. The House resolution thanking Secretary of State Hay for his McKlnlsy memo­ rial address was agreed to. The ex­ ecutive session before adjournment was brief. In the House consideration of the anti-anarchy bill was begun. The House committee reported a substi­ tute for the Senate measure. Mr. Ray (N. Y.), chairman of the judi­ ciary committee, who wa?. in charge of the bill, argued that the Senate bill was unconstitutional. Mr. Latham (Texas), supported the feature of the bill to exclude anarchists, but opposed that making it a particular offense to kill the President or anyone in the line of the Presidential succession. He argued that every man was equal before the law, and that existing laws were ample to punish the killing or attempted killing of the President The conference report upon the rivers and harbors bill was agreed to. Wednesday, June 4. In the senate the bill authorizing the promotion and retirement of the present senior major general of the army, Major General John R. Brooke, was passed, as was a bill providing that the Postmaster General may ex­ tend free delivery to cities of 5,000 inhabitants or $5,000 gross income, instead of 10,000 inhabi­ tants, as at present. A joint resolution empowering the state of Minnesota to file selections of indem­ nity school lands in Minnesota other­ wise undisposed of, after the survey thereof in the field and prior to the approval and filing of the plat of sur­ vey thereof, was approved. Senator Morgan occupied the rest of the day with a speech on the canal bill. After a brief executive session the Senate adjourned. The debate on the anti-anarchy bill continued all day in the House. It was without sensational features, being confined almost entirely to the legal and constitutional phases of the ques­ tion. Mr. Jenkins (Wis.) and Mr. Par­ ker (N. J.) contended that the bill did not go far enough; that the killing of the President should be made pun­ ishable by death without any limita­ tion whatever. Mr. Powers (Mass.) and Mr. Nevin (Ohio), the other two speakers, supported the measure as it came from the committee. The reso­ lution calling upon the Secretary of War for a detailed statement of the expenditures made under the direction of General Wood during hU adminis­ tration as governor general of Cuba was laid upon the table by a vote of 110 to 78. , Thursday, June 5. The senate passed the military appropriation bill, providing for ex­ tensive improvements at West Point, and devote* the rest of the day to debate upon the canal bill. The cus­ tomary executive session preceded ad­ journment. In the house the general debate on the anti-anarchy bill was ended ex­ cept for two speeches. Mr. Little- field (Me.) will make the closing ar­ gument Wi support of the measure. The debate was devoted to legal argu­ ments, the speakers being Messrs. Sibley (Pa.), DeArmond (Mo.), Wil­ liams (Miss.), Wooten (Tex.), McDer- mott (N. J.), Loud (Cal.), Crumpack- er (Ind.), Maddox (Ga.), Ball (Tex.) and Clark (Mo.). In closing his speech Mr. Sibley said: "In the strength of our purpose and endowed with the courage of our convictions, we will send to anarchy and all her brood the message that Garfield once deliv­ ered, when, upon the death of Lin­ coln, this nation was plunged in panic and despair, 'God reigns, and the gov­ ernment at Washington still lives.'" Friday, June 6. In the senate the day was mainly occupied by debate upon the canal bill, a bill to pay $1,042 td Frank C Darling of Minnesota for damages done by the Sioux Indians, and a large number of private pension bills were passed. General debate on the anti-anarchy bill was closed in the house. The in­ cident of the day was a speech by Mr. Richardson, an Alabama Democrat, condemning the President in severe terms for the references in his Mem­ orial day oration at Arlington to the epithets applied to Lincoln and Grant during the civil war and for his illu­ sions to lynchings. He declared the Kills Wife and Mother. Philadelphia special: Oscar Webb, colored, during a family quarrel, shot and killed his wife and her mother in Germantown, a suburb of this city. He then turned the revolver on him­ self and inflicted a fatal wound. * j President's remarks violated the pro­ prieties of the ocofsion. Mr. Little- field made a legal argument of an hour and a half in-closing the debate on the bill. The section of the Senate bill providing a bodyguard for the Presi­ dent was stricken from the Senate bill as a pre^kution in case the House sub­ stitute failed. An effort was made to strike from the first section of the sub­ stitute the words limiting the crime of killing the President to the Presi dent in his official capacity, but the motion was lost, 63 to 89. Only one section had been disposed of when the house adjourned. By a vote of 100 to 72, cast on strict party lines, the res­ olution requesting information as to salary or other conpensation paid to General Wood during the occupation of Cuba was laid on uie table. Saturday, June 7. At the conclusion of routine busi­ ness Mr. Depew (N. Y.) addressed the senate in adVocacy of the bill appro­ priating $10,000,000 for the purchase of 2,000,000 acres of land for a nation­ al forest reserve in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Mr. Depew said the project was favored by Presi­ dent iRoosevelt and by the secretary of agriculture, and federal action was justified fully by public necessity. No action was taken. The senate then began the consideration of the meas­ ure commonly known as the London dock charges bill. Mr. Nelson (Rep., Minn.), in support of the bill, said the charges made at the London docks against American flour, principally, were a discrimination against the United States. "God deliver us from trusts," dramatically exclaimed Mr. Nelson, in response to a question by Mr. Macumber as to what effect a steamship trust would have on freight rates. The bill was then laid aside. Bills were passed as follows: To ratify act No. 65 of the Twenty-first Arkansas legislature, declaring the Osage river to be not a navigable stream above the point where the line between the counties of Benton and St. Clair, Missouri, crosses the river. At 2 o'clock consideration of the isth­ mian canal project was resumed. Mr. Mitchell (Ore.) addressed the senate in continuation of his speech, begun Thursday, in support of the Nicaragua, route. After a brief executive sessionx the senate at 4:42 adjourned. In the house, Mr. Cannon, chairman of the committee on appropriations, asked unanimous consent to consider a resolution to authorize the conferees on the sundry civil appropriation Jbill to insert in that bill the necessary appropriations authorized by the omnibus public building bill. He ex­ plained that about $6,000,000 should be appropriated in the sundry civil bill on account of the omnibus act which was signed Friday. There was no objection and the resolution was adopted. The anti-anarchy bill took up the rest of the day. REPORTS ON MICHIGAN FARMS. Total Value of Products Increases 75 Per Cent in Ten Years. Washington dispatch: The census bureau has issued a bulletin on the agriculture of Michigan showing that the farms of that state on June 1, 1900, numbered 203,261 and were val­ ued at $582,517,710, of which amount 27 per cent represents the value of the buildings and 73 per cent the value of the laijd and improvements other than buildings. The value of farm implements and machinery was $28,795,380 and live stock $79,042,644, making the total value of farm property $690,355,734. The total value of farm products for 1899 was $146,547,681, of which 37 per cent represents the value of ani­ mal products and 63 per cent the crops, including forest products. The total value of farm products exceeds that for 1889 by 75 per cent. .. WISCONSIN SUNDAY SCHOOLS State Association Elects Officers and Adjourns to Meet at Oshkosh. Portage, Wis., dispatch: The annual convention of the State Sunday School association adjourned to meet next year in Oshkosh. The officers elected were: President, S B. Harding, Waukesha; vice-president, Prof. C. W. Treat, Appleton; secretary, Miss Anne Kurtz, Milwaukee; treasurer. Mr. Cap- pen, Milwaukee; superintendent pri­ mary work, Mrs. C. B. Jaeger, Portase; superintendent home department. Rev. W. A. McKillip, Waukesha; superin­ tendent evangelistic department. Rev. J. T. Chynoweth, Sheboygan; interna­ tional vice-president, T. M. Hammond. Milwaukee. Mount Tacona, in Guatemala, Is Buried Under Mass of Volcanic Matter. AMPLE WARNING WAS GIVEN Volcano Had Been Restless 8lnce the Great Earthquake of April 18, Which Destroyed the City of Quez* altenango. Another city in Central America has suffered almost Oomplete destruction and hundreds of its inhabitants have been killed by volcanic eruptions. The steamer Palena, which arrived at San Francisco from southern ports, brings the news that the town of Re- talbulen, situated at the foot of Mount Tacona, in Guatemala, has been bur­ ied under a mass of lava, stones, and ashes thrown from the volcanic cra­ ter. and probably 1,000 of its people have perished. The volcano is about twenty-flve miles from Champanico, and near the town of Tapachulo, which, it Is be­ lieved, also suffered severely. The eruption occurred several days before the steamer Palena arrived at Champanico. The vessel's officers were informed by the company's agent at that place that the volcano had shown signs of impending eruption for several days previous to the out­ break. In fact, Mount Tacona had been restless ever since the great earthquake of April 18, which de­ stroyed the city of Quezaltenango. Crater Emits Pall of Smoke. For weeks a black pall of smoke- hung over its summit and the glare from the crater frequently illuminat­ ed the sky. Many of the inhabitants of Retalbulen fled from their homes to places of safety and these escaped frightful deaths. When the eruption at last broke forth in its full fuitf showers of lava, ashes, and stones were ejected and covered the country for miles around. The bay of Champanico was a mass of floating pumice and ashes. No details were obtainable by the officers of the Palena, but the loss of life was estimated at not less than 1,000. The same steamer brought a letter to Balfour, Guthrie & Co., agents of the Pacific Coast Steamship company, from G. M. Melville, their agent ip Guatemala, confirming the report of the eruption. He also stated that since the earth­ quake of April 18 shocks had been of almost daily occurrence. A few days before the Palena sailed a small vil­ lage near Mount Tacona was de­ stroyed, but no details could be ob­ tained. The volcano of Santa Maria is also stated to have been In a state of erup­ tion. BUSINESS OUTLOOK 18 GOOD Illinois War Claims. Washington special: The comptrol­ ler of the treasury has reopened the claim of the state of Illinois for in­ terest paid and discounts on account of bonds issued by the state for rais­ ing funds for arming, equipping, etc., troops for the service of the United States during the civil war and for expenses incurred in negotiating the sale of the bonds. The comptroller1 reverses the former decision made in 1839 and finds that there* is due the state $774,650, which will be certified to congress for an appropriation. Struck by Lightning. Appollonia, Wis., dispatch: George Link, aged about 40 years, who had been employed by the Arpin Hard Wood Lumber company of this town an a chain carrier for surveyors, was struck by lightning and killed. Labor Disputes the Only Drawback in the Trade Situation. Peace in South Africa has greatly improved the outlook. Foreign indus­ trial markets will quickly benefit bj the development of that country, while return to active gold mining will have a helpful influedce in monetary circles. Owing to the pi'fesent excep­ tional home consumption producers in this country may not be able to take advantage of the opportunity imme­ diately, but even the indirect effects must be beneficial. Domestic condi­ tions will have but the one drawback of labor disputes, which have reduced the earning power of a large force. Outside the limits of this influence there is little cause for complaint." R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade thus sums up the industrial situation. Continuing, the review says: "Sales of footwear have materially Increased with the advancing season. A tem­ porary season of activity occurred in leather. Quiet prevails In hides. Tex­ tile goods are firmly held, with stocks well under control. Quiet conditions are also reported in woolens. Satis­ factory weather in the leading produc­ ing regions had a depressing Influence on grain quotations, and last week's advance was lost. Failures for the week in the United States were 218, against 194 last week, 192 the preced­ ing week and 185 the corresponding week last year, and In Canada sixteen, against twenty last week, twelve the preceding week and twenty last year." Congressional Nomination*. Dlst. State. Nominee. Pol. «th Maryland George A. Pearre (R.) 2d West Virginia.^..Alston G. Dayton (R.) 27th New York....James S. Sherman (R.) 4th Indiana Francis M. Griffith (D.) 1st Pennsylvania H. H. Bingham (R.) 2d Pennsylvania...Robert Adams, Jr. (R.) 3d Pennsylvania Henry Burk (R.) 4th Pennsylvania R. H. Foerderer (R.) 6th Pennsylvania Edward Morrell (R.) 6th Pennsylvania G. D. McCreary (R.) 8d Missouri John Dougherty (D.) 6th Texas J- ?ea» (D.) 7th Arkansas R. Minor Wallace (D;) Sale of Shorthorns. Rolfe, Iowa, dispatch: N. A. Lind sold fifty-three head of shorthorn cat­ tle for over $40,000. Red Crest, a bull, topped the sale at $3,880, being sold to Beigler & Son of Hartwick, Iowa. Yale Professor Gets Offer. New Haven, Conn., dispatch: Prof. Herbert Gregory of Yale, recently of (Irinnell college, Iowa, has been of­ fered the head professorship of geolo­ gy in Boston Institute of Technology., Mine President Killed. Plattville, Wis., special: John Lug- jen, president of the Empire mine, was killed by being struck by the handle of a pump as he was leaning over the shaft. He exonerated the engineer from blame. Offer for Cunard Lini. London cable: It is understood that the American shipping syndicate has offered the Cunard company $52,- 600,000 for its fleet, Including tw big. steamers recently ordered. Has 8mith Verdict. Washington dispatch: The report and findings of the court-martial which tried General Jacob H. Smith for cruelty in the Philippines has been received by the President, and he is now going over the papers. Fire Destroys Residencee. Dallas, Tex., dispatch: Seven build­ ings burned, as many families home­ less and six firemen injured is the summary of a fire that threatened much more serious results. Shah Decorates Kaiser. Berlin cable: The shah of Persia, who Is now here, has bestowed upon Emperor William a decoration of the highest Persian order. The insignia presented to the emperor is set with diamonds, which are valued at $6,000. Adjournment. Washington dispatch: Representa­ tive Ruppert one of the Democratic members from New York introduced a resolution authorizing the adjourn­ ment of Congress at 3 p. m. June 28. 8cotch Preacher at Winona. Warsaw, Ind., special: Word was received here that the Rev. John Rob­ ertson of Glasgow, one of Scotland's prominent preachers, has consented to take part in the program of the coming Winona Bible conference. Operate on Comedian. New York special: David War field, the comedian, was operated on for appendicitis. The operation was suo- oessful and the physicians are hope­ ful of the outcome. T TO THEBDYCfln Dealers Decline to Wait on Customers Who Are Not Union Men. OPERATORS ARE SATISFIED Issue a Statement in Which They Say the Pumps Are Manned and the Mines Are Being Kept Clear of Water. The boycott Is now the weapon the Btriking mine workers are using with much effect. The edict seems to have gone forth that there shall be no vio­ lence, but that the boycott lines' shall be rigidly drawn, not only around those who work in defiance of the strike but about all their relations. It is now next to impossible for these un­ fortunates to make any purchases. The wise men refuse to serve them. Wilkesbarre and its surrounding country seems to be the storm center of this form of warfare. The trades­ men apparently are overawed and lend themselves to the work of trying to starve out those who persist in working. In some instances this form of tyranny is having harsh results. A man employed by the Delaware and Hudson company refused to obey the strike order and continues at work. His brother, a cripple, is a school teacher and has been informed by the school committee that he must give up his schpol unless his brother quits work. Two other brothers and a sis­ ter have been discharged from places where they were employed. A committee waited on the school board of Plains and demanded the dis­ charge of Miss McCae, who has an uncle who Is working as an engineer in pumping out one of the mines. All Belong to Jnions. Everybody who works here, includ­ ing clerks, Is a Liember of some kind of a union. This makes the boycott weapon a powerful one and it will be used from now on for all it is worth. Mr. Mitchell said he had received some reports from the strike in the Virginias, but not enough on which to make a statement. The following statement of the sit­ uation was authorized by the oper­ ators: "At the end of the first four weeks of the strike our position is very satisfactory. While we have no miners or other coal producers at work we have enough engineers, fire­ men, and pump runners to keep our mines from being damaged and are not only confident of keeping them, but are adding to the force as we need them. The position of the com­ panies is perfectly secure, not a sin­ gle one has granted any of the de­ mands made by mine workers or steam makers, and not one intend^, to do so." There is no doubt that Mr. Mitchell is making a strong effort to Induce the strikers to keep the peace, for he fully grasps the fact that a single se­ rious disturbance would bring out the state troops. DEATH ON EXCURSION TRAIN One Man Killed, Three Fatally Hurt and Forty Seriously Wounded. One man was killed, three probably fatally injured and over forty others more or less seriously hurt by the wreck at Black river of a Detroit and Mackinaw excursion train carrying over 600 people. The train, which was under the auspices of the German Aid society of Alpena, Mich., was made up of an engine and twelve coaches. The killed: August Groslnskl. Seriously injured: John McCarthy, Ernst Legatski, Jacob Mondorff, Otto Knowsky, Louis Peppier, George Boyne, Carl Beyer, P. J. Goldsmith, ijirnest Des Jardins, Joseph Swallow, Thomas Connors, Christian Wolff, Jer­ ry Sherrette, John Beck, J. C. Rolson, Sylvester Klebba, Charles McDonald, Mrs. Charles McDonald. V At Black River the tender jumped the track, and when Engineer Happer set the air brakes the suddery stop threw the first three coaches--4nto the ditch. The first car was 'cut in two, and it was in this coach that Grosinski met his death. The escape from death of others was miraculous. Grosinski's little son oc<5upied the same seat with him, but was uninjured. Fire Destroys Table Works. Keyser, W. Va., special: The table works in this town, owned by Robert F. Whitmer of Philadelphia, burned, with a large stock. The loss is $75,- 000; Insurance, $25,000. One hundred and fifty men are thrown out of work. Crowd Chases Safe Blowers. Harrisburg, Pa., special: An unsuc­ cessful attempt was made to rob the l.ational bank at Duncannon. The robbers blew open the safe, but were frightened away by a crowd that chased them out of town. To Mali Philippine Speeches. Washington dispatch: The Demo­ cratic congressional committee will send out a million copies of Senator Hoar's Philippine Bpeech and a half million copies of a speech on the same subject by Senator Dubois. Die in Volcanic Eruption. La Paz, Bolivia, cable: Two vil­ lages have been destroyed and sev­ enty-five persons killed by the erup­ tion of a volcano in the territory of the Chico. The serious eruption of the volcano continues. "Mark Twain," LL. D. Columbia, Mo., dispatch: The Uni­ versity of Missouri conferred the de­ gree of doctor of laws on Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"). Mr. Clem­ ens delivered the diplomas to the graduates. Groom, 70; Bride, 17. Nevada, Mo., dispatch: Benjamin Franklin Birch of Tiffin, a 70-year-old millionaire, was married to Miss Emma Jennlng, who is pnly 17 years old. The bride haa lived here for about two years. IN PIKE COUNTY -- -- Citizens Resent Acquittal of Men Indicted on Murder Charges. JURIST DEFENDS THE BENCH Upholds His Colleague Who Presided at the Trials--Lawyer Accused o# Spiriting Away Witnesses, Causing Miscarriage of Justice. In the courtroom at Pittsfield, DL, where four recent murder trials have resulted unsatisfactorily to the people the farmers of Pike county nnfl the residents of its small towna brought their judges up for an ao» counting. From all sections of the county, from the bottom lands of thai Illinois to those of the Mississippi, an* gry men gathered In Pittsfield and r»> belled against the judiciary. At one time the peculiar scene waa presented of a circuit court judge pleading his own case and defend* ing the actions of a colleague on the bench before the people who elected him. The men, who sat shlrtsleeved throughout the afternoon In the hot courtroom threw caution aside on nx> merous occasions. Judges were ao* cused of receiving money, To such in­ fluence was ascribed the acquittal of men accused of murder. Attorneys were charged with spiriting away wlfr nesses whose testimony it was al­ leged would have condemned their clients. Then to guarantee a satisfactory ad> ministratior! of Justice in the future the Pike County Law and Order league was organized, with C. G. Winn of Griggsville president A member is to be appointed from every town­ ship in the county. Neighbors Apply Boycott. While the people are taking these steps because of their belief that jus­ tice has not been done in their courts, the man whose acquittal so stirred public sentiment is living a free man, but an outcast, in Griggsville. He is Frank Newman, son of the wealthiest farmer in his township, a man reputed to be worth a quarter of a million dol­ lars, owning some of the best land in the state. He is shunned by all his neighbors. He has no associates. The people avoid him, and the only recog­ nition he receives is to receive repeat­ ed warnings and requests to leave the county. What will be the result of the mat­ ter is problematical. It is a miracle if there has not been enough litigation in the way of libel suits started by the proceedings to keep the Pike county courts busy for two years. Several stenographers kept a record of the statements made during the indigna­ tion meeting, and as the accused are all lawyers or judges it is the predic­ tion of many that there will be "something doing." Then in Griggsville the temper of the people is uncertain and their lead­ ers are trying to suppress a tendency toward whitecapping. Appeal to lynch law was mentioned frequently during the session, but always in depreca­ tion. CURTAILS I. N. G. ENCAMPMENT Militia Feld Duty This Year Will Be Cut to Three Days. Springfield, 111., special: An order was Issued by Adjt. Gen. Smith of the Illinois National Guard which de­ creases the duration of the annual en­ campment There now exists a def­ icit of $80,000 in the National Guard funds owing to the heavy expense of last year's encampment and it was deemed prudent not to enlarge upon this, considering a decreased appro­ priation from the legislature. Under the new order the first bri­ gade, the first cavalry and the artil­ lery battalion will be ordered to the Logan rifle range at Chicago for three days' target practice, tne date to be designated by Brigadier General Moul- ton. The second and third brigades will go Into camp at Camp Lincoln, this city, July 12 to 17 and July 19 to 24, respectively. The company of engi­ neers and the detachments of signal corps will not go into camp this year and the cruise of the naval militia on Lake Michigan will be reduced from six to four days by the new order. "Buck" Wheeler Hanged. Michigan City, Ind., special: Willis B. (Buck) Wheeler was hanged at the state prison here for the murder of Ellas Burns. An effort wa§ made to save Wheeler's life on the plea of insanity, but it failed. Illinois Boy Is Captain. Cambridge, Mass., dispatch: M. T. Lightner of Highland Park, 111., was elected captain of the Harvard track team for next year. He has been a sprinter on the team for three years. Justice Fuller on Vacation. Washington special: The chief jus­ tice and Miss Fannie Fuller left to spend the summer at Lake Sorrento, Maine. Mrs. Fuller and Miss Mary Fuller have been located there for sev­ eral weeks. • ^*<55- Invite President to La Crosse. La Crosse, Wis., special: The busi­ ness organizations of La Crosse have united in extending an lnvltatiohs to President Roosevelt and his cabinet to visit this city Sept 25. Immigration Shows Increase. New York special: The official Im­ migration figures for the port of New York for May, issued to-day. show that 82,054 immigrants were landed during the month, as against 72,667 for April. Grand Master Of English Masons. London cable: The installation of the duke of Counaught as grand mas­ ter of Masons, which has just taken place, was a formal ceremony ai* ranged by a deputy. '