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"SMSie of bells which has just b#en com­ pleted for St. James' Catholic Church, Chicago. Tliere are twenty bolls in the chimes, the largest of whichweighs 1,150 pounds and the. smallest 150. Their total weight is 40,000 pounds. If fo'ffiffiNttifest musical chime of bells ever cast in this c o u n t r y . . . . . s , ^ * K ' , The syhdicate of capitalists living in Hfaverhill, Mass., who bought the Good Hope mine, near Riverside, Cal., nearly a year ago for $250,000, have Come to the conclusion that they have paid too much for the property. They now desire the courts to aid theni/in throwing off $100,- 000 from the purchase-price. The East­ ern men claim that when they bought thei property they were duped outrageously by means of the old device of "salting." of Baltimore, Md. The bondholder* bought it in for $40,000. FOREIGN, GeOrge H. Hall, Jr., the revenue col- lector who absconded from St. Joseph, Mo., is in the ̂ <|..Belds of South Africa. . Gomez, the Cuban rebel leader, is re ported to have "won a decisive battle a| Boreyey, killing and caa&iring more than a thousand men. The report of another outbreak of chol­ era at Mecca is confirmed from, official sources. Cholera prevails at Mecca and in4 the villages frequented by the cara­ vans of pilgrims in El Hejaz, ,4the land ot pilgrimage." FRUIT IS BLIGHTED. Th committee has received acceptance* of invitations from .Bishops Hfendrix, Hargrove and Joyce, Rev-. Charles HL, Parkhiirst, D. D., Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, 5 Hon. McKenzie Bowell, prime minister* of Canada, and Rev. Sam P. Jones. The conference will be without legislative powers, aud will" be simply a\ #reat Methodist jubilee,'* at which the leaders may exchange experiences on re­ vivals, missions, temperance and .other questions that engage the efforts of the league. \s WHEAT IS IN DANGER AMERICAN MEDICS MEET. Business Transacted at the Final Ses­ sion in Washington. • The final day of the great national con- ventfon of physicians in Washington Was, as is usually the case, given up largely 'to the transaction of routine business. The most important business done was the election of officers for the ensuing year and . the reading of the annual paper on State medicine by Dr. H. D. Holton, of Vermont. Dr. Helton's address dealt generally! with some of the problems the State must deal with to protect its citi­ zens from disease. Among the points em-1 pliusized was. the importance .of State boards of health. He insisted that they should be given ample power audlatitude in carrying, out What they considered for the best interests of the people. He en­ dorsed heartily the action being taken by the association to secure a national de­ partment of public health. He also ad« 4. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. JACK FROST CAUSES SERIOUS , DAMAGE: " , HESSJAN FLY LAYS IT WASTE IN MANY PLACES. MCHENRY. < ILLINOIS Reports from Various Sections Show tihe' iiijury Inflicted by Monday Night's Cold Snap Was Great--Gar­ den Stuffs and Fruits Affected Mo$t; Startling Object Lesson Is presented on 'Change -- Farmers Bring in Grain Stalks Filled with the Larvie-Sur-i prise to Chicago-Brokers. J. W. MURRAY, OF CHICAGO, KILLS HIMSELF. THE KING OF FARMERS. Causes a Rise in Price. Samples of, the growing winter wheat plant, literally alive with the larvae of the Hessian fly, Were exhibited on Change in Chicago Thursday. The effect on even the most -radical - bear was impressive, while the bull had a fair chance to put in anJ'I told you so." The wheat exhibited was plucked from fields in Indiana by H. Iverlin and William Daulin, of Delphi. Said Mr. Iverlin: "We feel it is simple justice to the farmer that the people who deal in the commodities may jUe given a chance to see the actual state* tne wheat is in. We have been traveling with a horse and carriage alolig the line of the Wabash Railway from Lafayette to Lo- gftnsport. talking with the farmers and looking at the fields. Ask a farmer how his wheat is and he will tell you that it is looking very bad. Ask'him what the mat­ ter is. and lie will say: '1 guess it is the drought.' In every Such case on exam­ ining the stalks and roots they were found to Contain from one to twenty of the Hes­ sian fly larvae. "There was a,good stand of wheat ev­ erywhere, -but when once we beeaiile fa­ miliar with the fly germs we could tell a field affected ,as far as we could see it. The larvae were laid by the flies hist fall. That is not an uncommon thing, but the dry weather ever since has been* particu­ larly propitious to the perpetuity "of the germs. The farmer is just finding out what the real cause of the trouble is. One feature is to be noted--namely: That the pest can spread no further because.it is germinated only in the fall. That is to say, it. cannot affect wheat in which it is Snow in Places. * • Jack Frost again swooped down on the fruit trees of Southern Michigan, Ohio, A Pennsylvania .Man Who Earned That Title. 1 M Col. James Young, whose death ^fecur red at his home at Middletown, Pa., the other day, from injuries received by being thrown from his ear- ' riage, was known the country over as the "Farmer King of A\jF R Pennsylvania." His 4R.M career had been an / V eventful one and is ^ another example what pluck and en-§gpng|A ergy wilj accomplish^> <Pi when rightly applied."^ i//' He was born 75 COL. JAMES YOUNG. years ago near Mid- /; ; dletown, While attending the district school he helped his' father, who was a liotelkeeper. He was very willing and in­ dustrious, and WMh his first $100 he pur­ chased a stage route between MidHletown and Hummelstown. He was successful in this venture, and, at the age of 19, having saved several hundred dollars, he purchased a canal boat and this he ran for nearly a year, He went into the lum­ ber and coal business in Middletown; He became connected in business with Gen. Simon Cameron and the latter made him a director in his bank. . t . In 1859 he purchased a limestone quar­ ry, which for twenty-seven years he op­ erated with great profit. In 1880 he sold the quarry and purchased real estate in the form of farms and at the time of his death he was the possessor of thirteen farms, comprising -more than 3,000 of the most highly cultivated and productive "acres in the Keystone State. Smart Money. Paid to John Bull Be­ fore It Was Due--July Wheat Strong in Chicago at Sixty-Eight.;....Cents-- Sealing Matters. - v . E s c a p e s H i s T r o u b l e s . ^ James W. Murray, assistant stage man- «£eir of Dave Henderson's "Aladdin Jr." company, took a long drink of absinthe Thursday afternoon in his room at No. 270 West Thirty-eighth street. New York, eat down at a table and cried like a child, wrote farewell notes, calmly drew a re­ volver from his hip pocket, thrust it in­ side his vest, shouted "Good by," and in the presence of .two of his most intimate friends deliberately fired a bullet into his heart. Murray was 23 years old and went to New York six weeks ago from Chicago, where a widowed mother lives. One Of the letters written by Murray Was" to his two friends., as follows: "What I »m about to do will cause you to think. Your troubles have been my troubles; my- troubles belong to me. We have had good tildes ahdvall that, but tliis is my time." Another letter Was addressed, "To whom it may concern," as follows: "This or these letters will convince any jury that nO blame is attached to mv friends"." The <Iead mail's friends knew ae had been brooding over some secret trouble, They guessed he had had a love affair on hand, and that he had been jilted. But they never questioned him in that direction. I>K. CHISOI.M, 1st Vice President, 1>R. LK Git AN I), 2d Vice President. DR. NEWMAN. Treasurer. 1»R. ATKINSON, Secretary. Vised a uniform and national system of quarantine, and that the quarantine laws should be more stringently enforced and carried out. "Educate the press, and through them the people," said Dr. Hol­ ton, "to the necessity for' the foregoing sanitary medical reforms. (Jreat amounts of money are spent by the Government in armaments, ironclads and other military works, to keep out foreign invaders; but it would be a good thing if more were spent on keeping out invading diseases. Con­ gress should be uiade to recognize the im­ portance of sanitary legislation." Dr. E. H. Woolsey, of California, made a motion, which was carried, that as much disease was carried by paper money, the section on State medicine at the session next year should inquire fully into this important subject. The list of the new officers of the Ameri­ can Medical Association is as follows: President, Dr. It. Beverly Cole, of San Francisco, Cal.; first, vice-president. Dr. J. .T. Cliisolm, of Baltimore: second vice- president. Dr. John C. Logrand. of Ala­ bama; third vice-president. Dr. Augustus B. Clark, of Ma.4«achusetts; fourth vice- president, Dr. T. "TV Sutterwhite, of Kentucky; treasurer, Dr. Henry P. New­ man, of Illinois; secretary. Dr. W. B. At­ kinson, of Pennsylvania; librarian. Dr. G. E. Wise, of Illinois. Members of the board of trustees, Alonzo Garcelon,. of Maine; Dr. T. N. Love, of Missouri^ and Dr. James E. Reeves, of Tennessee. The next annual session of the association will be held at Atlanta, Ga. HER ACTION APPLAUDED, An Indiana Lady Who Suppressed a Gross Nuisance. The action of Mrs. Dr. Anna Lemmon Griffin, who, while attending a Muncie, Ind., theater the oth- ' eI cven'ng> refused i|jjj|$^-ito allow two young BT men to crowd past her to go out and n yj "see a man" between \ y the first and second •^^>4 acts, inet with com- mendation and ap- not only in I v / i f i M u n ° i e b u t t h r o t i g h - Ni.f'l ^ out the whole coun- MKS . Dir. GRIFFIN. T R F' aucl letters and telegrams have been received by her from many cities, all up­ holding her refusal. The young men had crowded into their seats at the commence­ ment of the performance past Mrs. Grif­ fin aud a party ef.-,ladies whom she was with. When the curtain fell on the first act they asked permission to pass out again, and Mrs. Griffin said they could not do so. They protested and even called the police, but Mrs. Griffin remained seat­ ed and the manager said she could not be compelled to let any one pass in front of her until the end of the performance, and the young men were made to sit down. A storm of applause followed, which, together with the newspaper com­ ments which have since been made, show­ ed the manager so plainly that the people considered the passing out between the acts a nuisance, that he has cancelled the door-check system, and the nuisance has been abated. (Hessian fly. with a lilt of wheat straw, showing the place occupied by the "flaxseed" Bta^e of the Insect; a and i> represent the larvae and pupa; all enlarged.) CAUSE OF AM, THE TROI BI.E. not already lodged. We have met and talked with farmers from Illinois and Ohio, and they all tell of the same condi­ tion of affairs." The larva of the Hessian fly is white, oblong, and about a sixteenth to an eighth of an inch long. It is imbedded deep in the vicinity of the root. The practical illustrations of insect damage Were re­ sponsible for a great part of the two-cent advance in whdat Thursday. A Chicago paper says: Damage to win­ ter wheat is conceded almost everywhere.- The movement statistics favor holders ex­ cept in the matter of clearances. Un- usyal movements of wheat are reported daily. One day it is a sale to Canadian isdllers in face of a duty. The next day it is shipment of wheat to St. Louis, and the next local sales to Kansas City millers. Western railroads have provided for this unnatural movement by making rates oi> wheat to be moved back West. THE COST OF MISSIONS, Facts Brought Out at the Southern Baptist Convention. At the Southern Baptist convention held in AVashington. G. A. Nunuelly, of Mem­ phis, presented a report recommending the establishment of a permanent building board, to have general charge of tlu* erec­ tion of church edifices within the territory of the Southern convention. The report showed that, although there were now over 30.000 Baptist churches in tin1 South, there were 3.000 homeless congregations. Most of them were in the Southwest. In Texas alone there were 1.000 Baptist churches without shelter. The report also stated that there were in the South 10,- 000,000 people without the gospel, and that 2,000 missionaries were needed with­ in the territory of the convention. Dr. Tiehejior, secretary of the Home Mission Board, opposed the dismemberment of that board, which had heretofore had charge of the work of aiding in the con­ struction of churches. The report was re­ jected--30 to 155. J. J. Taylor, of Mobile, Ala., treasurer of the Foreign Missionary Board, report­ ed the apportionment of the levy for the foreign mission work of the ensuing year. It aggregated $150,000, distributed as fol­ lows: Alabama, .$10,800; Arkansas, $2.- <>00; District of Columbia, $1,200; Florida, $1,800; Georgia, $18,000; Kentucky, $18,- 000; Ivouisiana, $2,400; Maryland, $13.- 200; Mississippi, $2,000; South Carolina. $0,000; North Carolina. $3,000; Missouri, $9,000; Tennessee, $13,000; Texas, $15.- (XX); Virginia. $21,000, and Western Ar-. kansas and Indian territory. $(>00. The report was adopted, after which the con­ vention resumed the consideration of the report on pagan fields. Rev. It. II. Graves, for thirty years a missionary residing at Canton. China, in discussing the report, urged eloquently aggressive work in China. The result of the Japanese-Chin- ese war, he said, would be to open China to modern thought and enlightenment, and now was the time for Christianity to strike. He spoke of the inadequacy of the money expended by the church in foreign mission work, and suggested that at each communion service every church member give five cents to carry the news.of the gospel to the heathen. Dr. Willingham, secretary of the foreign board, said that during the fifty years of the existence of the convention it had contributed over $1,- 800,000 and 310 missionaries to work in foreign fields. The report was adopted, as was the report of the treasurer of the home mission board, presented by Rev. Yeatman. of Washington, which showed a marked improvement in the financial condition during the past year. There IN a probability thai I'rtotldetit Pan re will utmi'lly vUll I'Sutflituii it lid ben guest of the queen, HIK. Ci'lupi, )I in ami), a «hlrt of chain iiuiil, tiMtile lit a V|ll.nie«e aniioier, when lie Miii<* mil of ihaiU Mr. Itiul) hi it lillil1 '• l« mitiiittticeil, is mi the point iif iiMrimtH In India not in II*e there, Inminet The Itev. I'ltlln H Unfit, ft tut dleil lute- >.v at Detroit, M'IIN worth mil) HT.tMMi, yet he left $700 til it t(IIIliflit nervillil. Silver Dnlltir Itluint till null tieen that he IH now In good health iltnl e*|tec|* to cir­ culate at par niuoiig ItU Ertniern friends next month. Dr. Frederick All (Iron, who was the first practicing physician to locate west of the Mississippi river, has Just died in Minneapolis at the age of 92. William R. Moody, a son of the evange­ list, who is in charge of a department in Mount Hermon school, has developed con­ siderable aptitude as a public speaker. Gen. Wade Hampton, who will visit Charleston, S. soon, will be received by a military escort, in spite of the rumor that this demonstration would be opposed. Dr. de Bossy, of Havre, who is the dean of French physicians, and 102 years old, uses snuff regularly and drinks two large cups of black coffee every day, be­ sides drinking wine in moderation. Kaiser Wilhelm has forbidden the offi­ cers and men of thfi Berlin garrison to smoke in the principal streets of the city, in consequence of irregularities in the salute, offered to his majesty and the members of the royal family. Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, has^ a fine collection of Indian relics at his home in Omaha, and one that time will render each year of increasing value, for our Indians and their ways will soon be things of a past generation. (Jov. Evans, of South Carolina, who is a rising man in Southern politics, is a few years past 30. He is a graduate of Union College at Schenectady, comes of excellent stock, and is bold, fearless, able, and full of nervous energy; Acc'dent Stories. It is characteristic of the perversity of human intelligence to lind tlie most amusing things in the midst of the most serious circumstances--such o as railroad accidents, for instance. It is related that a solemn-faced Yankee woman was once riding on the train from Brookfield to Stamford. Connec­ ticut. Somewhere between the two stations tlie track spread, and tlie train rolled down an embankment. The solemn-faced lady crawled from beneath the wreckage-and asked of a broken-legged man wlio was near: "Is this StamfordV" "No. ma'aui." the man gasped, "this is a catastrophe!" ^ rr^r~" "Oh. dear!" she answered, "then I hadn't ougliter got off here, had IV" | This anecedate is much like still older one which, in its original and prop- j er form, crime from Scotland. An old Scottish woman was taking lier first journey to the very next station, on a~ railroad train. (>u the way a Switch was left open, and the train went into the ditch with a crash. As soon as the old woman, could re- | gatij her senses and her tongue, she j called out to tlie guard, who happened • to lie on the same wrecked car: | "And do tliey aye whununle us uot llko that?" • ~ The half-breed uprising in North Da­ kota seems to have lacked yeast-r-it didn't rise. England will not take the Nicaragua Canal just now. She'll wait till it's fin­ ished. No wonder the Oscar Wilde jury dis­ agreed; it certainly was a most disagree­ able case. For a young man of his peculiar habits Lord Sholto Douglas makes too loud pro­ fessions of his honor. Falstaff had the same fault. It is now reported that Li Hung Chang has been degraded. Can it be possible that he has been compelled, to remove his ulster again? Russia says that Japan has acted upon its "advice." The imperial humorist or the court jester must be responsible for the use of that word. •- The Briggs case seems to have all tlie staying qualities of the grip, without the latter nuisance's excuse in the way of occasional fatal results. It is said that a revolution is looked for in Nicaragua just as soon as this season's coffee crop is harvested. Haven't they enough grounds for one now? The press agents of the summer resorts are beginning to get in their work. As- bury Park, N. ,L, is reported to have a colored man who saw Washington cross the Delaware. If Judge Meyers, of Leavenworth, have his way. Dr. Iveeley, of gold cure fame, must make known the ingredients of his celebrated specific. This may result in making every "jag" victim his own phy­ sician. The St. Louis judge who fined that un­ utterable nuisance, a masher, $100 and re­ gretted that the law would not permit him to raise the figure, is entitled to the grati­ tude of the country. If the Strong arm of the law be powerful enough to mash the masher, it should not be withheld. Members Throughout the Country Celebrated Its Anniversury. Sunday was the anniversary of tlie for­ mation of tlie Epworth League, and throughout Methodist America the birth­ day of this great Organization of young people was celebrated in the churches and Sunday schools with special services and exercises. Meanwhile the arrange­ ments are being completed for the inter­ national conference of the league, which is to bo held at Chattanooga during! the last week of June. More than -30.000 delegates are expected, and the great tent used at the Cleveland convention of the Rndeavorers has been secured. HAILSTONES PICKED UP AT OMAHA, Oiling Elephants' Skins. The elephants of the great moral show have lately been oiled. This is to prevent their skin from cracking and to? make them feel fresh and com­ fortable. It takes about ten gallons of oU4^M^o-till^ov-tum-l'nll:gro w n el et > h a n t. for the skin absorbs a large quantity. The oil also makes theln a brighter color, which is considered more at­ tractive. Before the oiling process they are thoroughly washed, not with col­ ogne and lavender water, but with soft soap and tepid, plain, common, every­ day water. They are scrubbed hard all over with a stiff brush and after­ wards rinsed off. but not with .the liose. which at this season would lie too cold for them. To these operations of the toilet the intelligent animals submit with much better grace,t.han most chil­ dren. But then, their skins are thick and not sensitive.--Worcester Gazette, | It- is reported at New York that the Pullman company, in ®rder to escape hos­ tile legislation in Illinois, will incorporate under New Jersey laws. On the western division of the Erie three miles west of Horqell^ville, N. Y., at an early hour Sunday morning, a fast freight Was thrown in the ditch by a broken wheel and ten cars were piled up in- a confused heap, Three men wcre killed and two hurt. Eleven horses also were killed. -• ' ' V ' . • - A number of Baltimore musicians and clergymen were present at the test of a