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I missioners Tuesday night reinstated Me-. Laughjin to hris rank in the police force from' which the board dismissed him Ufion ".the finding of the jury that he Was guilt^ of extortion in, office. Aug,, Theis wrote Gov. ,Mortd|f of New York that unless lie, at once inspects' Theis' patent machine for the healing of 7 the nations and the abolition of death lie will hold the Governor pth-SoTfiilly respon­ sible for the deaths that ensue hence­ forth in New York State. A month ago Theis attempted to gain access to the Governor and present the merits of tlje machine. He is.a crank. * !, , - » . o E. 1\ McDonough, of Boston, who has just returned from a lengthy stay,in Cuba, has no doubt that the Cubans will be granted home rule as an outcome of the present insurrection. Mr. McDonough - also-said he was in-fornred;H:hat ~$lVKOQO,-- 000 of American mo-npy- iis now at stake at Santiago through lack of American war vessels. McDonough also declared that he kiiew-Marti was dead beyond a shadow of doubt, fit? was killed on the • west bank of the river at RanaugaunOs, a point between Santiago de Cuba and Ba- yamo. Every time the suit of William Laidlaw against "Russell Sage is tried at New York the heavier grows the amount of damages assessed bv the jury. Tuesday the jury gave the plaintiff §40,000. On the first Laidlaw was nonsuited." On the second trial he was giver! a verdict of $25,000. On the third trial the jury disagreed. An appeal was taken each time. The suit is ba-sed upon, the allegation that Million­ aire Sagfe used his clerk, Laidlaw, as a shield When "Norcroiss threw the bonlb .with intent to- kill, Mr. t Sage. Instead of Mr. Sage being killed, Mr. Laidlaw Was seriously injured. ; A very long step forward was taken by the new woman at New York Thursday. Sirs. Catherine Mellvaine took it. She keeps a stationery store and her husband, Alexander, lives with her. She is a hand- sonSe woman..well developed and muscu­ lar; he is wizened, subdued in manner and talks in a treble voice. Mrs. Mcll- vaiue had her husband before Police Jus­ tice Ryan charging him with ill treatment, failure to support her and drunkenness. "What have you to say to your wife's charges?" asked the judge. "It's all be­ cause I wouldn't do the cooking and wash­ ing any longer," answered Mellvaine weakly. "She made me do the washing. She stood- over me with a horsewhip. I did S whole week's washing Thursday, and on Friday and Saturday she threaten­ ed me with that whip unless I did the iron­ ing." Mrs, Mellvaine said her husband was a loafer, aiid he~vvas sent to prison for a month. ?aPtoi" Henry Howgate Was charged with forgery and embezzlement "from tfce Government while in the signal service bureau. A Washington dispatch says: The State /Department has taken st<*ps according to the forms of diplomatic intercourse to exact from Spain the payment of-t^re long- Standing" Mora claim, a claim admitted by Spain in 18SS to be entitled to pay­ ment, and which Spain promised to pay in December of that year, $1,500,000. Min­ ister Taylor has been informed by tele­ graph of the insistence of the United States upon prompt payment of the. in­ demnity and lias been directed to press for~~settlement and' immediate payment. The expectation is that there will be a prompt and satisfactory settlement and payment at once. Extreme measures will follow delay. __L_ .• : • ' PLA.INDEALER annually on the, jagged reefs and Islands off the Swedish apd Danish coasts. In a military sense "the canal more than dou­ bles the effectiveness of the German fleets. In time of war they can be shifted from the Elbe to' the Baltic in a few hours,' while an enemy will be Compelled to navi­ gate the dangerous channels embracing the whole peninsula,v losing two or three days in the circuit. The i,ew canal, which Germany owes to the reign of William L, must be regarded as one of*the most im­ portant enterprises Of the last decade. •WELCOME TO WOMEN, JNOTRB. DAME'S BJG DAY. Maws* Distinguished People Partici­ pate in the Golden Jubilee. The golden jubilee • exercises of the ^University of Notre Da Hie were held re­ cently. The college buildings and grounds were beautifully and tastefully decorated. The list of-church dignitaries present in- l VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. LADY HENRf SOMERSET OPENS W. C. T. U. CONVENTION. FORMAL OPENING OF GER- MANY'S NEW CANAL. McHESRV, TLLINOT1 ITS PRESTIGE GONE, Grand Celebration of a Triumph of Modern ISngineerliur-- International Naval Flotilla One of the Features --Importance of the Waterway. Hundreds of Visitors from Aim erica in Attendance and Their Presence Used to Illustrate the Beinarkable Advance of Woman;. LITTLE BLACK SPIDER DOWNS JERSEY'S FAMOUS PEST. REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. lioon to Commerce. , The most important event in the history of the German Empire since the.crowning of William I. in the palace of Versailles was the opening oi the North Se:i and Bal- -tio canak--This recently co tuple ted~\vatei'- way was formally opened to commerce Thursday, with international ceremonies attended with splendid feteS, at which the governments of the civilized tvurld were represented; Four of our crack cruisers, the New York, Columbia, San Francisco aud Mar- bleliead, and vessels of other nations took •part in the splendid naval review. Kiel during the festivities presented a strikingly effective appearance. The flags of all nations were hoisted alomr the Al- World's Temperance Consrrc^H. A world's council of women! A conven­ tion whose delegates came from every English-speaking community upon the face of the globe and from "every land -A¥boBe-dTilization-TrhdrCh»atIfmrty~1ia\ ie raised the people from the low levels of qavagery. A congress of women who have attained distinction as orators, au­ thors, journalists, church workers, mis­ sionaries, temperance advocates, suffrage leaders, mpralistsj reformers and philan­ thropists. This is whathas just been held Pros pect of a Good Yield.in Great Brit­ ain--Reduced, Acreage in France. The condition of crops in foreign coun- _tries is attracting'muchattention at the present Mine, and the reports thereon is­ sued by the Agricultural Department are quite full. The main reports are tfs fol­ lows: • ^ • . Great Britain--The Varying conditions of weather have already affected the pros­ pective hay crop, which cannot now be an average, owing to the absence of rain. The imports of hay-a re returning to.the aver­ ages which existed before the great drought of 1S93, the figures for April being 8,1-1 tons (of which 5,256 came from the United States), against 35,560 .tons in April of last year. Cereals through-" out the country look promising and the prospect is for a very good crop. France--The greater part of May has been unusually'cold, but considerable rain has fallen and winter growths are in fine condition. Spring sowings are, also re­ ported as doing Well, Authorities. anti­ cipate a wheat crop of 280,000,000 to 200,- 000,(M30 bushels, a falling off from last year, due to reduced acteage. Germany--An average Wheat crop is now expected, but all reports concur in estimating the rye crop as under the av­ erage. " f , Austria-Hungary--Notwithstanding suf­ ficient moisture, the prospects for cereal crops is characterized as a bare average, owing to the damage done by the extreme­ ly cold antecedent weather. Roumaniai--The spring crops have been planted unde£frtv o r a b 1 e conditions. Wheat and rape seed are reported as doing Well. Russia--The general tenor of reports is unsatisfactory. Spring seeding accom­ plished very late in northern and central governments. From the Caucasus the reports are favorable. Extensive floods are reported from Poland and the south­ west districts. Drought and black frost have effected some injury, it is reported, in the Black Sea district. Sweden and Norway--The reports from these countries are more gloomy than from any other part of Europe, owing to the extreme dryness of the spring. It is generally admitted that both wheat and rye crops will be disappointing. The sea­ son is very late and heavy frosts have continued well through the month. Italy--The weather has been favorable an.1 ajjijod average-eropis expected.-- Bel|pjrm and the Netherlands--Season backward, but every indication of good average crop. Spain--Extremely cold weather for the season has checked growths, but cereals are generally reported as in favof-able con­ dition. ShOrt Shrift for Louisiana Firebugs- Child's Wounded Vanity Leads to Suicide -- Life Imprisonment fctr a M u rd er e rCityT rtasu rcrShort. MAiy BUILDING--XOTRE DjiVME. eluded Archbishops Elder. of Cincinnati, Ireland of St. .Paul, Hennessey of Du­ buque and FeeTuyJuof Chit-ago; Bishops. Rademaeher of Fort Wayne, Burke of St. Joseph, Mo., Keane of the Catholic Uni­ versity at Washington, Brondel of He- lcyia, Mont., Maes of Covington, Ky.v and Scanlan of Salt Lake. Bishop Spauld- ing of Peoria delivered the commence­ ment address. At least 8,000 visitors were- present. Gov. Claude Matthews and staff were given a grand reception. Sa- lutote were fired by the military and the bands and military companies escorted them to. the university main Building, where they were welcomed by President Morrissey. . After eulogizing the work and progress of the university and referring to the la­ bors of Fathc-r Sorin, the founder, the archbishop spoke at considerable length on Christian education, of w-hat it con­ sisted, the need of it? and the means best calculated to obtain it. Referring to the question of education antLreligion, he said that education should be made up of both secular and religious knowledge, which -should be inseparably, connected. -After pointing out the means best calculated to Jersey Musquito .Dethroned. The Jersey;mosquito has been dethron­ ed by a species of black spider which is now running rampant in that State, and Whose victims' during the last fortnight . are numbered by the score. In three in­ stances its depredations have been attend­ ed With serious results. Lawyer G. F. Fort, of Camden, while lying on his bed, felt a tingling pain in the- foot; and look­ ing down saw a huge spider". Within a ifew hours his entire leg had swollen to an enormous size and it Was; only after confinement'for a week that be was able to. leave his .house. A similar case was that of, C: H, Ft*!well, of the same city", who Was bitten On the temple. Harry Lints. t»f Williamston. Was bitten on- th$?, hand, and the pain became so intense that he Was thrown into nervous prostration, from-Whicfche;has not yet recovered. Lynched a Firebug. ' - Gretna, a small town just .across the • river from New Orleans., was the scene of a mysterious lynching Sunday night. The victim was John Frye. 22 -years- of age. Frye l>elonged to a gang of firebugs. In the gang were Frank Strahl. a nephew of the sheriff: James -Whitesides. a ne­ phew of the chief of police, and Gustave Raphael. The gang was caught setting fire to a disorderly house occupied by negroes. They defied the police and did their work right under the eyes of two policemen. Later Raphael. Strahl and Whitesides were arrested and lodged in jail. Frye was captured some hours af­ terward, and while being take-n to jail his captors were overpowered and their "prisoner taken from them. That was the last seen of Frye until his dead body was found. LADY SOMERSET AND MISS "WILL AUD, in the modern Babylon, the capital of the great British Empire. It is an event which marks an epoch in the history of hu­ manity; an event which shows that hu­ man society is beginning to flow in new and nobler channels. It was in 1873 that a number of farm­ ers' wives rose up in revolt in Ohio against the Village saloon system. Times were hard, crops were poor, and the few dol­ lars which the husband spent across the bar represented a pair of shoes for the wife and a new dress for the ragged daughter. It was no mere morpl spasm: it was no sudden burst of pr©hHjition prin­ ciples; it was the dire necessity of daily bread. " The women took counsel together, and then acted. Their action within nine­ ty-six hours developed into and became known all over the United States as "The Crusaders." There was no unanimity at first in either plan or performance. In some communities they merely prayed and sang; in others they resorted to moral suasion; in some they held indignation meetings, and in others fell back on brute force. As the war progressed it was soon noticed that prayer and praise, persuasion and politeness, kindness and gentleness had gathered a rich harvest, where the ax and the club, the mob jyid the petard, the missile and the dynamite cartridge of speech had resulted in naught but harm. It was a.victory for Christianity and true temperance. And the victors organized upon this basis, Christianity and temper­ ance, and thus took their name. This is how the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the now famous W. C. T. U., came into being. The order spread more rapidly in the East at first than in the West. Head­ quarters were established in New York and a giant machinery was gradually cre­ ated aud set in operation. The work prospered and grew from day to1 day. The national campaign was instituted, in which Miss Willard and her lieutenants visited every State and territory. At the national convention in Detroit in Octo­ ber. 1883, the members had a hearty cele­ bration over the report that the W. C. T. U. was thoroughly organized in every State and territory of the Union. In the meantime the work has gone bravely on. The British Woman's Temperance Asso­ ciation was formed in 1870. The many temperance societies of Great Britain, and there is quite a host of them in that land, were organized'and conducted upon old-fashioned methods. The recent session of the World's Tem­ perance Union marks the culmination of the greatest demonstration of teetotalers that has ever taken place. The two hun­ dred temperance mass meetings which were addressed by the members of the woman's temperance associations of the United States, England and other coun­ tries were even more of a success than had been anticipated, and it is probable that the demonstration will have no little influence in the political world. The ses­ sion of the British association was pre­ sided over by Lady Henry Somerset, who in an address extolled the work for the cause of morality in the large cities of the United States. Hundreds of visitors from America were present. Goes Up for^Liife. At 0hicaj:o,~J<3seph Weinian was sen­ tenced to imprisonment for life in the Joliet penitentiary by Judge Neely for the murder of Genevieve Minnie Dinger. A motion for a new trial was denied and the punishment prescribed by the jury was imposed. Joseph Weiman shot Genevieve Dinger at Mrs. Anna Ziph's house. 4S57 Paulina street, Feb, 20 last, in n quarrel over a photograph. The two had been lovers and following the shooting of the girl her murderer tried to commit suicide. Weiman is a tailor bv trade and 25 vears old. Fuicide for a Shirt Waist. 'Disappointed because her sister had not ̂ bought her a.shirt Waist. 14-year-old Katie McCoy committed suicide at Philadelphia by banging. • The child lived with her sis­ ter, Mrs. Mary Baker, who had promised- to her the coveted garment on Saturday, but failed to keep her word. Katie was much chagrined when she learned of her disappointment and Sunday night she quietly Crept upstairs and. attaching a clothesline to her neck, hanged herself. FATHER SOKJX'S AKKTVAI, AT NOTRE. DAME, XOV. 26, 1842. make good, upright citizens he closed with an appeal for Christian education and morality. EMPEROR WILLIAM OF GERMANY. ster, and the sentries at the doors of the principal hotels denoted the presence there of the imperial guests. Naturally the chief center Of attraction was the seaport, where the disnlav of warships attracted many thousands of spectators. Those of the United States, Great Britain, Italy and Austria were especially admired. The war vessels of fourteen nations hoisted their flags to the strains of the nnrhems of their respective countries. The Em­ peror of Germany opened the ceremony by passing in through the canal in the im­ perial yacht, thus breaking the frail thread stretched across <g^e entrance. The most brilliant feature of the series of festivities was the laying of the last stone in the building of the canal and in the international banquet which followed, this marking virtually the close of the official program of festivities. This cere­ mony took place Friday,in the open air at Hottenau. The spot where the Em- EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS OLD. Harriet Beechcr Stowe's Birthday Quietly Remembered. Mrs. Harriet Beechcr Stowe completed the eighty-third year of her age Friday. While there was no formal celebration of the event it was observed by her rela­ tives and many of her friends throughout the world. She received numberless con­ gratulatory telegrams and cable messages. The famous old lady keeps her physical vigor in a remarkable degree, and is now in better health than she has enjoyed for Reports Indicate a Heavy Yield in the West and Northwest. ^ Recent crop reports are to the effect that the outlook was never better than it is now. Along nearly all the Western rail­ way systems the winter wheat crop is be- inharvested, and will be about half of what is considered normal. Rains have Short $9,400. City Treasurer Stapf. of South St. Paul, has been arrested for a shortage in his accounts amounting to $9,400. the money 'having been used by him in his private business. The treasurer's bondsmen will make good the, shortage at once. This was Mj. Stapf's fourth-term as treasurer. N ORWAN 'CcnaAtut-sV NEWS NUGGETS, f/ar±/Qj*c* HARRIET I3E FX HER STOWE many months. The copyright on "Uncle Tom" expired two years ago, so that Mrs. Stowe now has no claim on the receipts of her famous work. Through the courtesy of her publishers, however, she still re­ ceives a bonus from the sales, although, of course, not an equivalent of the royal­ ties that were hers lawfully before the exy piration of the copyright. •Hamburg . KagdrbO-' MAP OF TIIK NORTII SEA CANAL Three Distinct Storms Do Much Dam­ age in the West. Monday evening a cyclone struck Hart­ ford, Kan., coming from the southwest, and sweeping everything from its path, which was clean cut and about 100 feet in width. Several persons were injured so badly that they are not expected to live. No one, as far as known, was killed outright. The storm after passing through the town to the east seemed to jump the Neosho river and then rise and disappear in the air. A very heavy rainstorm prevailed throughout Nebraska the same day. In the southern portion it was accompanied by high winds, and in Richardson County a cyclone did great damage to property and crops. No loss of life has been re­ ported yet. There were miraculous es­ capes and considerable loss of live stock. The storm was first seen when three fun­ nel shaped clouds came together aud merg­ ed into one. Monday morning a heavy windstorm passed over Crawford County, la., ami at places assumed ?he proportions of a cy­ clone. The storm was worse in Paradise township, near Kenwood. The house of John Rose was demolished and Mrs. Rose died from injuries received. Mr. Roso\ had his shoulder dislocated. Their baby was carried some distance from the houser but was found wrapped in a quilt un­ harmed. The large barn of Joseph Dun- • can was wrecked. August E^gers also lost his barn and all outbuildings. The McWilliams school house, three miles east of Denison, was completely wrecked. recently fallen over the entir# West, par­ ticularly in Illinois, wherj# complaints were being made of damag# to hay, and near the southern boundaries, to oats. The actual damage to oats, however, Will not affect general results. Spring wheat looks well, both in the West and Northwest. Prospects for a good corn crop are all that could bo desired, all reports received merely adding to the favorable outlook. In Illinois hay is short, as it is also in southern Missouri, but in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and especially Wyoming, large yields may be depended upon. Potatoes and fruit promise well, and the recent rains have led the farmers to put in late crops of potatoes, corn, and flax wherever there was an acre available. In some sections of Illinois 'grain has had more rain than was good for it, though in the same districts corn has held its own. Oats cover a large acreage "everywhere, and with the possible chance of lodging Through storms or local damage from "rust," which may come later, with ex­ treme heat and moisture together, the crop seems assured. An unusually largo amount of sugar beets has been planted in eastern Nebraska, showing that farm­ ers have confidence in that crop, notwith­ standing past failures. Railroads are preparing to move an immense harvest. CARL BROWNE MARRIED. Clubs. J Indianapolis ., Milwaukee .. Kansas City. St. Paul Grand Rapids Minneapolis . Detroit Toledo The Sweet Girl Graduate. He Takes for His Wife the Erstwhile "Goddess of Peace." At Massillon, O;, Carl Browne and Miss Mamie Coxey, erstwhile "Goddess of Peace" of the commonweal army, were secretly married by jftjk Justice Folger. The W bride and groom sep- •^Irrvf55 arated'after the cere- uiOny, with the ex- J?- I pectation of keeping t^° fact to them- selves " until the V • Fourth of July, when 4 they expect to have carl BROWSE1. another and a spec­ tacular marriage in Washington. The groom is 45 years of age and the bride 19. Matthew E. Shirley, a leading ettizen of Lebanon, I ml., pleaded guilty(to forging the name of his wealthy brother, the Rev. guiles Shirley, to a note/ and was sen­ tenced to two years in the penitentiary. After being sentenced he refused to shake hands with his preacher brother. The shooting of Red Lodge, the Indian who was arrested for criminal assault at Arapahoe, may end in an outbreak of the Indians. 4 . Capt. Woodson,, the Indian agent, says the shooting of Lodge was evi­ dently prearranged by the sheriff of 4,G" County. . • .. • / ' . Charles S. Graham, an JLrO|t, former!^ of Chicago, has-my^teriotftiyaisappeared from the Hotel Mat^o, Sao Francisco. . WASHINGTON. xL..