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THE m^EAlEEjs^^t J. VAN SEfKE, Editor arid Pub. HcHBKKY. - - - 1LLTNOT:-., RKBEhS TAKE A CITY. PUERTO FRINCIPE SAID TO BE IN PATRIOTS' HANDS. Something: Like Real Strategy Said ^.to IJavc Been . Km ployed--New Plan to Develop Trade in , the South--G. A, R. Knqftnipittcnt at Louisville. I • Spanish Troops Worsted. A great battle has b^en fought in Puerto Principe, with the defeat -of the Spanish and the capture „of the capital by the in­ surgent forces, according to a, copyrighted WiSpafch to the Now York World from its special-eorrcsiHnfdent send to Havana. It is said that a strong force of Spanish ^troops left the City of Puerto Principe to mate a bold attack upon tlu> insurgents, who were besieging the town. The in­ surgents fled after making a weak resist­ ance, but it was only to draw the Spanish into an ambuscade. The rebel forces ob; tained a complete victory and entered the capital triumphant,, 14.000 strong. (Sen. i, Campps' immediate departure from- Hav­ ana- for NeUyitad rs suggestive of the .happening of something serious. The in- 'sitrgeiits. taking advantage of a cyclone whieh 1 stas ilre<Jicted ?i few' days before. • and knowing that the Spanish gunboats would take refuge in- the harbor, have 'peep landing their filibUstWingexpedftions unmolested. - Gem C61Iaz<3 brought. his. fifth e2?pediti6ij and landed it. successfully •pn the north const near the Sierra Moreno. / Mountains, between Cardenas and Sagua. Thfc Chief object of his .expedition was to bring a quantity of ammunition and .rifles, and only about 100 picked men were land­ ed. Gen. Collazo is said to have returned to the United States or the Bahama Islands to organize other expeditions. Veterans Take Lonisville. The twenty-ninth enca^w»«jit of the Grand Army of the RepmuTi} was opened Monday at Louisville. Ivy., with a parade on the arrival of Commander-in-chief, Lawler and staff, at 7:30 a. in. The Louis­ ville legion was a feature of the parade. At the Gait House, the headquarters of the national officers are beautifully deco­ rated and elaborate arrangements were. " made for receptions during the day. While the reception of the commander-in-chief and his staff was the most imposing event of the day,' the receptions at the/depots of Grand Army of the Republic posts and Teterans arriving in other groups were equally interesting Special trains arriv­ ed as fast as they could be handled in the depots, and the local escorts were kept "busy. Many veterans recognized old com- • rades at the^epots. From early morn­ ing and throughout the day' drum corps were heard in all directions, as the veter­ ans were being escorted to their respec­ tive headquarters on their arrival. The roads were full of extra trains, and the local arrangements Were certainly -equal to the entertainment of all that came. and 5>were burn- and 5 wholly de: stroyed. Fifteen freight cars and'a large iftimount of freight were destroyed. It. was at first thought the loss would not exceed $150,000. but a careful estimate indicates that the'loss will jreach $300,000, and possibly more.. In the sheds destroy­ ed were stored 5,000. bales of silas grass, twenty carloads of hay, nearly fifty car­ loads of flour, in' sacks, sixteen carloads of ^r^figiuTise and 7,000 bales of hemp and wool, all valued at over $170,000. The "wharves a nd~ buildings--destroyed- were valued at $180,000; - WESTERN. j For Closer Trade Relations. Leading business men of the South are now organizing for the purpose of devel­ oping the industrial interests of that sec­ tion Of country and promoting trade rela­ tions with the North. A syndicate is to be formed composed of representatives of the different Southern States. The capi­ tal stock of this syndicate is to be not less than $300,000. of which $100,000 will be in founders' shares, and $200,000 in pre­ ferred shares. Each Southern State is expected to take not less than $10,000 of the capital stock, and each subscribing this amount will be entitled to one direc­ tor in the company. The plan contem­ plates the creation of an exchange and actual market in each, of the principal trade centers of the North. An agent in the South will be expected to procure for the company the most attractive business in his territory. An agent in the North will be expected to take to the company the best people who are looking for or can be induced to make investments in the South. For Wounded Patriots. The first fair to be held in the United States in aid of the wounded patriots of Cuba opened Monday at the Spanish- American Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn. It is under.the auspices of 100 fair women of Cuban birth or extraction, who are banded together in an organiza­ tion called the "Hijas de la Libertad," or the Daughters of Liberty. All the ar­ ticles displayed for sale have been made by members of the society and are most­ ly of southern pattern. The gross re­ ceipts of the fair will be used exclusively for the purchase of medicines, arnica, ab­ sorbent cotton and other necessaries /or the wounded patriots of the isle of Cuba. Two Sportive Young Men Wounded. For some time past the residents of Prospect avenue, Massillon, Ohio, have been annoyed by what superstitious peo­ ple called ghosts. Sunday night Frank Webb and William Conrad, wishing to have sport, dressed themselves to repre­ sent the ghosts. Henry Ryder, on his Wijty home, saw the pair and, thinking they were the much-talked-of ghosts, fired at them. Webb received a flesh wound in the arm and Conrad got a ball in his heel. Their wound are painful, though not serious. BREVITIES. Judge Henry F. Fluedy, who went to Arizona with, the first set of territorial officers in 1803, died-at Preseott Monday night of nervous disease. Judge Fleudy served as secretary of the territory aud also sis acting governor during tlie early history of Arizona. v --rVv > Miss Lydia Rixa, of Chicago, whose mother was opposed to her marrying MaFco^einmairfl;^Tail away:-with hiin Thursday night, "Her grandmother, Mrs. Loretto Bidderbeck, who is 04 years of age, accompanied the pair to .Milwaukee. The old wkidy seemed to enjoy the es­ capade. The girl gave her age as 18 and the man as 24. He is a clerk..They could not wait until the justice shop was open, but insisted that the justice should get up out of bed and perform the ceremony at once. The couple, with the accommo­ dating gra m!n! a .ret u riied to Chicago.' With terrific force the Wind and electric storm that held Chicago at ,its ' mercy Tuesday night swept over a large section of country, leaving destruction in its Wake. •Throughout Illinois; Missouri apd Indiana the fury of the storm, was greats est, and in some places " had 'all the ele­ ments of a hufricane- Much damage to property and to the crops is reported_ The rain that deluged Chicago and vicin­ ity turned to hail in the central part of the State. - Telegraph and telephone poles in the line of the storm were broken and the wires snapped and strewn over the coun­ try. The will of Joseph A. Ford, of the wholesale dry goods firm of Murphy, Grant Co., was filed at San Francisco, Cal. The second clause of tlie will is as follows: "As my wife has in all cases acted entirely of her own free will and against what she knew to be my wishes, and has asserted that the only reason she did not ask for a divorce was the living she received from.,..me, I expressly de­ sire she shall not receive one dollar of my estate or,what will come to me from the estate of my mother." The bulk of the estate is left to his 15-year-old son. Mrs. F?rd is a stepdaughter of E. J. Baldwin, the millionaire turfman. The estate is valued at upwards of $1,000,000. T. D. Hughes, R. F. Davis, R. L. Mann nnd Pete Chrismaun, of Gonzales, and H. N. Mohrman and I*. Jennings, of Gilroy, sailed from Santa Cruz, CaLs^for a4 lone island in the Pacific Ocean about eight hundred miles west of Peru in search of buried treasure. Forty-three years ago" Mr. Jennings was a sailor in the south seas, and he is said to have been one of six who buried on the island three large jars of Spanish doubloons valued at be­ tween $300,000 and $1,000,000. Mr. Jen­ nings is the only man alive that knows the location of the money, as the other five died in.his presence on the Peruvian coast. He has a chart of the island and claims it is volcanic and uninhabited. Three months will be required to make the trip. Passengers aboard the trauslake steam­ er City ofj Louisville, St. Joseph to Chi­ cago, spew an hour of horror Tuesday night in midlake. A gale was blowing from the southeast and the waves were rolling almost to the deck. The engines had stopped and the stanch little steamer was rocking at the mercy of the waves fqr a little more than an hour, while Capt. fSftnons and Engineer Brown repaired an accident to the engine's eccentric. Capt. Simons assured all that the steamer would withstand "the struggle and weather the storm in spite of the accident to her ma­ chinery. As a result of the accident the steamer, which is due at her docks at Chi­ cago at 10 o'clock, did not reach the land-- ing until after midnight. Then about 150 persons poured forth from the gangway, all suffering from sea sickness such as they had never before experienced. Lenient, on the Chicago drainage canal, said to be the toughest town in America, was raided Friday. The Civic Federa­ tion of that town and the Chicago Trib­ une instigated the raid. Constables armed with warrants sworn out in Chicago car­ ried it cut. The raid was ostensibly in the interests of municipal reform, suppres­ sion of gambling-houses and of resorts where evil women collect. Mayor Mc­ Carthy and twenty-nine others were ar­ rested. Those accused are all connected, either as proprietors or financial factors, with the conduct of the most notorious dens of iniquity in kemont; most of those arresteS were, the unfortunates whose. crimes fatten the pockets of the proprie­ tors. Murder has been committed in Peterson's Park, in the Standard Theater, when the lights were turned out, and a helpless Swede left to battle with his assailants and be thrown into the State canal still alive; in the Big Casino, where one woman shot down another; in the Little Casino, and wherever lust of money earned by the drainage channel employes has prompted negroes and whites to at­ tack them. The town officials, led by Mayor McCarthy,- have been singularly ignorant of these crimes. They are now charged by the Civic Federation of their town and by the Tribune with having knowingly permitted these places to exist, and of having received from them "hush" money.- sit o'nlj) and fresh meat. These regula­ tions are of importance in view of the stringent measure^ governing importa­ tions from this cotjntry. The importa­ tion of cattle add fresh beef is prohibited. The provincial presidents of the German Government may order horses and ^lieep imported from the United States to be held at the lauding place for observation and inspection. - Pork imported from the United States must be accompanied bv a Gove,r.nmcnt certificate of inspection. Russia--The importation of cattle, sheep,. Iioks and goatCjwbethvp for ;equstnnption or transit, is prohibited; also, fresh beef, mutton and goat meat1. : -- FOREIGN. Small-pok lias been officially declared epidemic in the East End. or working- class residence district of-tlie city of Lon­ don. and in consequence there is great- alarm throughout, tlie metropolis. The first case was repbrted about three weeks 'ago, and Monday the number of eases under treatment aggregated 482. ,The af­ fected district includes such thickly popur, -lated parishes as Whitechapel, Shore- ditch, Bethnal "Green and Poplar. M. Rothschild's banking house in Paris was the scene Thursday of another nihilistic attempt. In the vestibule a de­ tective on guard saw. a stranger trying to light the fuse of a bomb which he car- cried with a eigaret. The ashes on the cigaret prevented the ready igntyion of the fuse, and the weapon did not'explode. The man was arrested. When he; was taken to the police "office lie boldly avowed himself an - anarchist -and .de­ clared that he intended the bomb as an ana.rchistie 'demonstration. - ." , - Hong Kong advices say: ..The leader of the Ku-Cheng riots, in which a number of English and American missionaries Were killed, tois beep-arrested. An at­ tempt was made by Chinese soldiers to kidnap this person, in the hope of, secur­ ing the reward' which had been offered for Ms delivery to -th& authorities... The total nunvber of arrests thus far, of those concerned in the Ku-Cheng massacre" is 130. Twenty-three of the jAimbpr have been convicted, but up to tMr'time sen­ tence has not been pasfe'ed-^tjpon. any of them, the Viceroy of Fu-Kien demand­ ing the right to review the evidence ad­ duced at the trials. It is officially announced at Constanti­ nople that Itustem Pasha, Turkish Am­ bassador to England, has telegraphed to the Foreign Minister that he has had an interview'relative to the Armenian ques­ tion with Lord Salisbury, whom he had assured that the Sublime Porte is not opposed to the reforms proposed by the Powers signatory to the treaty of Berlin, but that Turkey,could not permit control of Armenia by an international commis­ sion. Lord Salisbury replied that under the circumstances it would be useless to continue the interview.. If, he said, the Porte persists in its refusal, the Powers will undertake the suggested reforms and rest satisfied. If,< however, the Porte continues to resist. Lord Salisbury added, it would be a signal for the dismember­ ment of Turkey. The dispatch has caused the greatest uneasiness. IN GENERAL The Banquedu Peuple will probably re­ sume Oct. 1 at Montreal, Que., with a cap­ ital reduced to $000,000. So far Us lake shipping is concerned the bre trade at the close of the present sea­ son will undoubtedly surpass all previous records. The tonnage, it now seems un­ doubted, will exceed even the banner year of 1892. To meet the demand for ore which has been created by the revival of the iron and steel business every mine in the Superior region--except a few which are temporarily prevented by special causes, such as strikes--is being pushed to the limit. To carry the product to mar­ ket all the available vessels of a largely increased fleet have been pressed into ser­ vice. Responding to this condition of af­ fairs lake freights have leaped upward. Iron ore has advanced the equivalent of $1 per ton. The supply of the higher grades is insufficient to meet the demand. Yet despite all this, the year 1895 will not be. relatively, a prosperous one for the lake ore-carriers so far as profits are con­ cerned. Their harvest will be reaped in 1890. The same to an extent may be said of the ore producers. They will make more money next year if the present prices of ore keep up. The- following is the standing of the OUR CATTLE THEBEST MARKET'FOR UNITED STATES - PRODUCTS IN ENGLAND. Reviewed in Detail in Recent Reports --lien ports of Apples from Europe Regulated by( the Size of the Cjrop in This Country. . An agreement has been entered inlto between German and British steamship companies under which there will be a considerable advance in freight and pas- senget rates to America. The agreement will go into effect Oct. 1. It is understood the government of Newfoundland has made strong repre­ sentations to Canada about the seizures of fishermen on the coast of Labrador. All the information obtainable shows the proceeding to be a high-handed out­ rage. Advices'from Alaska by steamer Willa- pa^,,which arrived in Seattle. Wash., say the Chilkoot and Chilkat Indians engaged in a free fight near Dyes recently, during which two Indians were shot dead and a squaw badly wounded. The cause of the bloody affray was whisky, and if is feared that more bloodshed will follow, owing to the war-like nature of the Chilkats. Ex-Collector-of Customs James Lotan, of Portland. Ore., was convicted of con­ spiracy to illegally land Chinese and sent­ enced to pay a fine of $8,000. Seldback, the Chinese merchant who was convicted with Lotan, was fined $5,000. WASHINGTON. clubs in the National League: Per P. W. L. cent. Baltimore ...... 109 71 38 .051 Cleveland 117 74 43 .0.52 Philadelphia . .. 112 07 45 .598 ••rooklyn 112 03 49 .502 Boston 110 01 49 .554 New York 112 00 < >2 .5:15 Cincinnati .... 111 59 r..> .531 Pittsburg 117 02 55 .529 Chicago 113 58 55 .513 Washington .. . 107 34 73 .317 St. Louis 113 78 .30'.) Louisville 113 29 84 .250 WESTt'.nV J. EAotrrc The following ' is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis .. . .112 f>5 47 .580 Kansas City. .. .112 05 47 .580 St. Paul .111 04 *v 47 .577 Milwaukee .... 115 54 01 .170 Terre Haute. .. .112 51 01 .455 Minneapolis ... .11". ;"i2 03 .452 Detroit .121 52 c>9 .4110 Grand Rapids.. .111 30 78 .310 MARKET REPORTS. The public debt statement shows the public debt on the last day of August, less cash in the treasury, to have been $042,924,323, an increase for the month of $2,815,418. Following is a recapitula­ tion of the debt: Interest bearing debt $^47,300,610 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity... 1,095,870 Debt bearing no interest. . 377,900,998 Total . $1,120,903,478 There are also certificates and treasury notes outstanding. . offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury, amount­ ing to $002,384,093. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold .$149,410,920 Silver 511.447,341 Paper 150,284,534 Bonds, disbursing officers' American Consular Reports, The markets - for United' States prod­ ucts in Great Britain are reviewed,in de­ tail in recent consular reports. Cattle from this country are reported from Liv­ erpool as superior to the native cattle, the latter including many immature and young animals slaughtered for food and also a greater proportion of old animals. Consul. Neal at. Liverpool reports, how­ ever, that sheep from the United States and other countries do not compare favor­ ably with the British, lacking taste and tenderness, and it js suggested' by ex--- -perienced men that this might be greatly improved by shipping the sheep younger, say one to two years old. It is suggested by the trade in the Liverpool district that 'American tobacco be packed thor­ oughly dry when intended for con,Sump­ tion there find altogether free from either heated bf bulk-heated leaves. Large quantities of apples are received from various countries on" the"continent of Europe, but the importations appear, to be regulated' by the size of the apple crop in the United States. American ap­ ples command the highest prices. Forty- five per cent, of the wheat and, 00 "per cent, of the flour in the Liverpool con­ sular district come", from tlie United States. American glucose;and starch are. not as valuable in .the Liverpool district as the product, from Germany and Hol­ land, though in good demand through !.0*y prices, and du some." portions, of the dis­ trict .the' glucose importation is, exclu­ sively from the United States. ." Consumers depend to a large extent on the importations of bacons and hams principally from the. United States and Canada. The strongest objection made by the Liverpool trade to hog meats packed in the United States. is that of insufficient curing. The Provision Trade Association sug­ gests absolute prohibition of export of filled cheese from the United States and greater care in the manufacture of the best, so as to equal the Canadian product. The consumption of American canned meats is falling off and that of Australia increasing, due largely to relatively high prices of American goods. Consul Neal recommends that the United States make more of the finest grades for export to compete with other supply sources. In the Hull district the.American cigar­ ettes are regarded as the best in the mar­ ket. America furnishes the entire foreign cattle supply for the Glasgow district, and the condition in which the animals land is regarded as highly satisfactory, the only complaint being that they are "unduly fat." necessitating waste in the shops. American horses are accused of being more liable to catch fatal colds soon after landing, on account of the damp climate, and with being unable to stand the wear and tear sustained by Welsh or Irish horses. Consul Morse at Glasgow reports that over S3 per cent, of the whole wheat supply there is imported from this country. The United States also leads in the importation of Indian corn, flour, starch and hams. Glasgow tobacco deal­ ers charge deterioration of the American product on account of the producers aim- l more at quantity than quality, and not giving as careful attention as formerly to picking and assorting. The demand for American corn is very light at Belfast, the Black Sea product being preferred. In canned meats for that consular district the United States has no competitor. The charge is made that American ham is too heavy and the meat too rich. The reputation of Ameri­ can lard is also at a discount, it being as­ serted that it is tampered with on both sides of the Atlantic. Merchants at Bel­ fast bitterly complain of the alleged de­ ception of American shippers of apples, and the Canadian apples are accordingly growing in popularity. LABOR'S BIG JUBILEE- hollffhy,. , The labor^organizations united ?p. a parade of",the principal streets at noon.and afterward asscmblediat Con­ cordia Park; where the remainder of the day was ispent in amusements of various descriptions. Cleveland, Ohio, saw the biggest Labor day dem^strfitioii that the city has ever.:-known. Business houses -were" generally closed and the city was in holiday dress. A parade in which ev­ ery labor union in the city took part marched through the principal streets. In Buffalo, N. Y., Labor day was cele­ brated by parade"of the trades unions, followed by a picnic at Germania Park. Two thousand union men paraded -in In­ dianapolis and in the,afternoon several thousand people gathered at the State fairgrounds and were addressed by presi­ dent John M»:Bride of the American Fed­ eration of Labor. balances, etc.. ., 15,817,539 EASTERN. Mrs. Mary Alice Fleming, a young and wealthy New,York woman, has been ar­ rested on the charge of murdering, her mother, Mrs. Evelyn Bliss, by poison. Orderly Sergeant James M. Brooks. U. S. A,, retired, die'd at Fort Preble, .Me., aged 82. He had served in the army for sixty-one years- and was the last sur­ vivor of the 25,000 meja who made up the army when he enlisted. A disastrous fire biawke out at Boston, Mass., shortly after 5 o'clock Wednesday morning on pier 1, East Boston, owned ' by the Boston'and Albany Railroad, and Soon spread to the adjoining piers and Total . $820,000,343 Against the above t&tal there are de­ mand liabilities amouiAing to $042,921,- 189, leaving" a cash balmfeye of $184,0!'>!»,- 150. The decrease in the cash for the month was $3,110,374. The Department of Agriculture has re­ ceived from its agent at Berlin a state­ ment of the-imports of agricultural and other products into Germany. „ It shows that during the first six- months of 1895 the following percentages of the total im­ ports of the German Empire of the arti­ cles specified were obtained from the Uni­ ted States: »^Ui>tton, 80 per cent.: wheat, L>; maize. and timothy seed. 10; dressed beef. 59; oil cake. 33, and lard ianelin, 93. Accompanying the statement are copies of the quarantine a Aid prohibi­ tion regulations now in force An the Ger­ man Empire in regard to the importation live stock (whether for import or trap- Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $0.25: hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red. 59c to 00< corn. No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2. 19c to 20c; rye. No. 2. 39c to 41c: butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, per bushel. 30e to 40c; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 3c to 5V->c per pound. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light. $3.00 to'$4.75; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. -2. 00c to 02c: corn, No. 1 white, 33c to 34c; oats,. No. 2 white, 25c t o 20c. St. Louis--Cattle. $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 59c to 00c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to lite; rye, No. 2, 37c to *<8c. Cincinnati--Cattle. $3.50 to $5.75: bogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2. 03c to 04c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 37c to 38c: oats. ..No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rve, No. 2, 41c to 43c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $0.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep. $2.00 to $3.75: wheat. No, 2 red. 59c to 01c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 37c to 39c: oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye. 41c to 43c. Toledo--Wheat? No. 2 red. 01c w 02c; corn. No, 2 yellow. 30c to 37c; oars. No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; rye. No. 2. 42e to 44c. Buffalo--Cattle. $2.50 to $0.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 03c to 05c; corn. No. 2 yelloflteSOc to 4le; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 3^ Mihvaukee--Wheat. No. 2 spring, 57c to 58c; corn. No. 3. 34c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white. 21c to 23c; barley. No, 2. 42c to 44c; rye, No. 1, 39c to 41c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $0.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 03c to 04c; corn. NoL 2, 3Sc to 40c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, West­ ern. 14c to 10c. Great Demonstrations in Various Cities of the United fcjtates. } Organized labor throughout the United States observed its holiday with usual festivous demonstration. In Chicago the toilers took a day off and had a good time. Although there was a split in the ranks of organized labor and two rival parades were formed, there was no hint of trouble and everybody was good-natured. Each body turned out about 15,000 men, the marchers were splendidly arrayed, and both parades were memorable sights. When the parade passed the reviewing stand they were much as they have al­ ways been. The same horseshoers made the same horseshoes, the painters with the white caps and the bakers with the tools of their trade. They marched as well and as steadily as ever and ex­ changed greetings with friends on the curbstones as they always do. The rival parades were of about equal length and much similar in appearance. Congress-, man McGann, Mayor Pingree of Detroit, nnd others were at Ogdeu's Grove to ad­ dress the Building Trades' Council, and they remained in the grove until long, after the electric lights were turned on. The Labor Congress did not have a pic­ nic, but instead a grand demonstration was given at the Auditorium in the even­ ing. Keir Ilardie and John Swinton were the speakers of the occasion, and an im­ mense crowd was in the big theater to hear the famous socialist and author. There was no general parade in New York City. The fact is considered sig­ nificant of the general condition this year of New York working people; with but a few exceptions there are no questions to be agitated and no victories to be cele­ brated. The various labor organizations decided some time ago that a parade was not necessary and that the various unions should spend the day as the individual members saw fit. As a result there was a sudden exodus from the city in every di­ rection. Picnic parties great and small took advantage of the various pleasure grounds and parks about the city. An unusual number of ball games, races, tournaments, aud other farms of sports were arranged for the dc( The holiday was generally observed throughout the city. Labor day was celebrated at Terre Haute with a parade in the morning and exercises and amusements at the fair ground in the afternoon. There were 10,000 at the grounds, many of whom lis­ tened to the speeches of Senator Yoor- hees and Colonel McLean, ex-deputy com­ missioner of pensions. Senator Voorhees said: "I consulted with Debs' counsel when the cases was before the Supreme Court and I know that Debs is suffering a penalty that the Constitution does-not warrant. A lawful conviction must be preceded by au indictment and trial by a jury. „ A ranker, grosser and bitterer piece of injustice never blotted the page of our Federal judiciary." ' The Senator advised his hearers that they muni not violate the laws, but should elect men to make la.w^ that would be acceptable to them. Beautiful weather contributed to the success of the Labor day celebration in St. Louis. All the banks, exchanges, courts, and city offices were closed and many retail stores gave their cjerks a HELPS THE SEABOARD. Decision by the Supreme Court ol Georgia Favors This Famous Line, in thfe suit of the Seiaboard Air Line Railroad against the Western and At­ lantic and. tlie Nashvine,.Chattahobgarand St. Louis railroads, a decision was hand­ ed down iiLtlie Supreme Court of Georgia at Atlanta which is decidedly in favor of the Seaboard Air Line, and gives this noted, litigation a new turn. This litiga­ tion was caused by the bpyeott which the Southern Railway and Steamship Asso­ ciation declat-ed against the Seaboard Air Line, causing ail the associated roads to refuse to allow th& .Seaboard prorating privileges on through shipments,: There had been a contract made between, the Seaboard and the Western and Atlantic aud Nashvilie, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroads, which guaranteed, the Seaboard as advantageous-rates as they should give to dtlier connecting lines. The Seaboard therefore brought Suit r gainst those roads to enjoin them from entering the boycott ordered by the Southern Railway and' Steamship Association. The injunction, was'temporarily grant­ ed, - but subsequently Judge Lumpkin ruled that the Western and Atlantic and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis had a perfects right to enter the boycott, in so far as tlirough business was con­ cerned, but on/local business originating on the Westeip and Atlantic or destined to points on the road the defendants could not refuse to grant all concessions to the' Seaboard allowed the other con­ necting lines. The case was appealed by the Seaboard Air Line to the Supreme Court, and the latter filed its opinion last Saturday. The decision in brief is as fol­ lows: "Where, upon a valuable consideration, a railway company contracted with a railroad company to 'interchange busi­ ness, both through and local,' with the latter and its connecting lines for a speci­ fied teym of years 'upon terms as favor­ able and advantageous to said road and its connecting lines as those "gi ven To any" other railroad entering' a designated city, the railway company was bound by the terms of this contract, not only as to freight shipped from or to points upon its own line, but alsk.as to freights de­ stined to or coming from points beyond the same; and, therefore, could not, so long as" it pursued a different and more favorable course as to other railroads en­ tering the city in question, lawfully do anything to deprive the railroad company with which it had contracted, and its con­ nections, of the benefits of 'through rates and through proportions of rates and bills of lading*, founded thereupon' as to freights of the latter class. "Under this contract, therefore, it was not, in view of the facts as found bjvthe trial judge, lawful for the railway com­ pany, during the period therein stipulated, to voluntarily enter into contracts or maintain business relations with trans­ portation companies beyond its own line, with the intention or purpose of depriving the other party to the contract (the rail­ road company) of the benefits above in­ dicated; nor, with such intention or pur­ pose, to refuse to receive from such trans­ portation companies shipments of freight routed over the railroad company's line upon bills of lading giving to it the benefit of 'through rates and through proportion of rates' upon such shipments." " MANY INJURED IN A WRECK. Engine Dashes Into a Crowded Train on the Seabeacli Road. Ari appalling railroad accident occurred near Wood lawn station, New York, on the Seabeaeh Railroad, in which fifty people were injured. While train No. 3, drawing seventeen cars, which were crowded al­ most to suffocation with excursionists, was standing at the Wroodlawn station a wildcat engine came thundering along the tracks, telescoping it. The car was full of passengers, most of whom came from New York. Many people saw the engine tearing along and jumped from the train and thus Saved their live3. Most of the injured were taken to the hospitals and several will die. A colored porter yelled to the passen­ gers to jump. The runaway engine dashed into the rear car, smashing it into kin­ dling wood and burying men, women and children beneath it. There was a mad rush of humanity from the train., Scarce­ ly, half a dozen people kept their heads or were able to render assistance to the in­ jured. Patrolman Kelly, who was on duty at the station, turned in several ambulance calls and live ambulances from the surrounding hospitals promptly re­ sponded. In the meantime the woodwork of the wrecked carriage caught fire and was soon in a blaze. Four cars were de­ stroyed before the train hands were able to uncouple them and four cars were tele­ scoped by the collision. The police, who have Engineer Frank .Tas»n and Fireman Arthur Ross of the runaway engine under arrest, say that en­ gine No. 0, the wildcat, while shunting on the. track, was in danger, while going backwards, of colliding with another en­ gine. The engineer, thinking it impossi­ ble to avoid this collision, reversed the lever and jumped from the engine, fol­ lowed by bis fireman. The engine, how­ ever, jumped forward almost immediately and started down the -tracks at a terrific rate of speed, resulting in the disaster. ENTOMBED IN A MINE. FORTY-TWO CALUMET PERISH. MINERS Smoke and Gas the Peadly Agents-- Big Copper Shaft the Scene of the Horror--Two Hundred Were in the Mine. 1 - ' ; ,Trapx>ed by Flames. Fire broke out in shaft No. 2 of the Ofeceola copper mine, near CalUmeti Mich,, about noon Saturday and of over 200 men at work at the time,, forty-two failed "to make their escape and are believed to have perished. They had not so much chance as they would _ have had in a cave-in; for then some nook day and Sunday from Montana eastward or timber-supported arch would have af­ forded refuge. But in the present in­ stance smoke and gases have penetrated every cl-evice, and it is not thought possi­ ble any could survive'. Sunday morning a search -party con­ sisting of Capt, James Richards, John Harvey, Richard Coombs^ Lewis James, Jacob Paulson, John Stevens, and James Parrey went down the No. 5 shaft to the twenty-fourth level and went into the drift 800 or 900 feet until they were near­ ly overcome by gas and compelled to re­ turn. Capt. Richards came near losing his life." No bodies were found.' v„Ga^' is th&>prihcipa.T daugtep and Will stay in tlie mine as long, as the fire "burns. ; V The head "captain and mimy of the mew say the fire is the work of an incendiary. It. started in ^sagging oyerwprk seventy feet above, the floor, wliere fire could not possibly got, as the mines are7, deep; .aud dry. The incendiary, it js thought, Want1 ed to cripyle the .company, and probably thought the men would all escape safely. Nuiuerous stories-'of hairbreadth es­ capes are told by survivors. Many men. did not realize theiT danger until too late. One miner took his working partner by the hand and begged him to go to the sur­ face,- but he answered, "There is no dan­ ger." He is.still in the mine. Others hung to their stronger partners until both were overcome. Some of the men working several levels below the twenty-seventh level, where the fire caught, were seen as far up as the eighteenth level, working their way to­ ward the surface. Several of the men who escaped report having passed others on the ladders who were unable to pro­ ceed farther on account of their being overcome by gas and smoke. A man about 00 years old picked up a young man over­ come by gas and carried him from 200 to 300 feet toward the surface, when he felt his strength giving out and he had to drop the young fellow in. order to reach the surface alive himself. When the first alarm' of fire was sig­ naled to the men there were more than 200 men underground. All could have reached the surface safely if they had used proper precaution. Capt. Trenbatli was among those who came up. but he re­ turned again to see that the others got out safely and is now among the missing. A group of seven or eight men was no­ ticed resting and smoking their pipes by several of the miners and were told to hurry to the surface. Their answer was that they had plenty of time. They also are counted among the missing, none of them having escaped. Nothing can be done to recover the bod­ ies until the fire is gotten under control and th<-- gases get out of the mine. It is generally thought that the bodies will be found in the drifts leading to the other shafts, wliere the men ran trying to find a place to escape the flames. No. 3 shaft was surrounded all day Sun­ day by thousands of people anxious to see if word or sign would be received from the miners, but all were doomed to disap­ pointment and went to their homes fear­ ing the Worst, having given up all hope. Most of the men were married and the scenes around the mine are heartrending at ali times. The only precedents from whicfi the probable duration of the fire can be guess­ ed are supplied by the three big tires which have ravaged the Calumet and Hecla mine. The greatest of these burn­ ed for months, and was extinguished only by flooding the mine with water and car­ bonic acid gas. There being less timber­ ing in the Osceola, the fire will probably not spread far from No. 2 shaft, but it may smolder for weeks. There are not lacking indications that the fire was of incendiary origin. The-smoke was smolled by some of the miners half an hour before the blaze was located. When found the fire had gained such headway that it could not be extinguished by the means at hand. VICTORY FOR DEFENDER. American Boat Captures the First of the Cup Contests. The American yacht Defender defeat­ ed the Valkyrie in the first of the cup con­ tests, Saturday, making the run of fifteen miles to windward and back in the excel­ lent time of 4 hours 59 minutes 55 sec­ onds. beating the Britisher by 8 minutes 49 seconds. The victory of the Defender is the subject of almost general jubilation, everyone being pleased with it except the subjects of her Majesty resident here for the time being and some of the chap­ pies'who turn their trousers up at the bottom "because its stwppy weather in London, don'tcher know/' A great many are inclined to think that the Britisher "isn't in it" in tli hunt after the cup. but others more cautious and conservative regard her with a great deal of respect. They remember that when the race was started there was only about a six-knot breeze blowing, and that she went through the water like a ghost under its mild impetus^ They also remember that it is said that her best point of sailing is running free before the wind with her spinnaker set. She had no such wind Sat­ urday, and some are inclined to think if she had the result might have been dif­ ferent. The great mass of yachtsmen, however, think that the Defender is her superior in any wind that will insure a thirty-mile course being covered within six hours, the time limit. EXCELLENT WEEK FOR CROPS, Conditions All Favorable far Their Securing;, Maturing, and. Starting. Reports on the condition of the crops through the United States for the week show that it has been generally favorable- for- securing and maturing crops, arid for plowing and seeding,.? Late corn has ex­ perienced a general improvement'In the principal corn States and js maturing rapidly. In portions of South Dakota and Wisconsin, however, the. frost Saturday • caused some injury. In Minnesota the crop is reported to have escaped injury from frost. In Iowa the greater part of the crop is ready for- cutting. Cottoa picking is now quite general over the- southern portion of the cotton region ami will commence in the northern portion next week. Frosts were general Satur- to Michigan. The-report for individual States is as follows: ,' Illinois--The last week has been & favorable one for crops; plenty of warmth followed by a short period of cool weather and frequent showers bave caused vege­ tation to advance rapidly. The rainfall average for the State has been som&yvhat above the normal, also the average tem­ perature for the week. Late corn is fill­ ing and maturing rapidly, and with three weeks immunity from frost all will be ready to cut. Early corn is being cut quite generally. Wheat land is generally prepared arid sowing will soon begin, • Wisconsin--Fine weather for maturing corn, potatoes, buckwheat,- tobacco, mil­ let, and cranberries.. • Early corn being cut, potatoes and buckwheat nearly ma­ tured. ' : . ' •' '.-'v-'.' Minnesota--Frost injufed garden truckr Considerably, but corn and potatoes gent .©rally escaped . unharmed.- Small grain, except flax -all <cut, and stacking' and thrashing Well advanced. > - . South Dakota--Frost Saturday morning injured vines and late corn in northeast­ ern localities, Much nearly, corn ma-1 tared, some' harvested. Potatoes matur­ ing rapidly. ' ' . Nebraska---Favorable week, with about normal temperature, and more .than nor­ mal rainfall over a larp;e portion of the State. Fall plowing nnd seeding general and ground in unusually good condition. Kansas--Very warm, with light shower® in the west third and abundant rains oyer the rest of the State. Much hay spoiled by rain in central and eastern counties. Missouri--Drought in central and south­ ern counties relieved by good rains and late corn has now sufficient moisture to mature. Cutting will sooti bo general. Cotton and tobacco doing well. Iowa--A favorable week for ripening corn and potatoes and growth of pastures. Corn harvesting is in progress and a large portion of the crop is ready to cut. Ohio--Drought effectually broken an<I all vegetation shows improvement. Indiana--Corn . still promises .a -large yield, much tobacco housed, and that in the field in good condition. Michigan--Weather has been favorable to all growing crops. Corn and potatoes have made progress. Pastures are great­ ly improved. News of Minor Note. Asiatic cholera exists at Tarnepol, Galicia. The bull fights at Gillette, Col., were a failure financially. Sir W. Cleaver Robinson, Governor of Western Australia, has resigned. George Tileson, president of a milling company at St. Cloud, Minn., w^as drowned in his millpond. ' l The Rev. C. F. Gates, of Chicago, has been elected president of Euphrates Col­ lege at Harpool in Turkey, Later reports show that there was no loss of* life attending the wreck of the brig W. H. Meyer in Alaskan waters. Experts have reported that the accounts of ex-County Treasurer M. W. Stewart of Wyandotte County, Kan., are short $33,8S5.. The New. York State law closing bar­ ber ghops is being generally enforced: Niagara is the only place where the laW is a dead letter. The Ohio Minihg Company of Dulutli lias given Qeorge Green, of New York, one of its lnrgest stockholders, a mort­ gage for $100,000. Hereafter the government will recog­ nize acts on the high seas on behalf of citizens of the United Siates by the award of handsome silver vases inetef.d of gold watches, cdmpasses, etc., as has beea the custom in the past. TO ETERNITY BY DYNAMITE. Five Killed nnd Three Injured in an Iowa Hamlet. One hundred and twenty-five pounds of dyilamite was exploded Sunday morn­ ing at; Specht's Ferry, ten miles north of Dubuque. Iowa, with a tremendous roar and shock, which was felt like a trem­ bling caused by au earthquake. Five per­ sons, were killed and three terribly in­ jured at the scene of the explosion. The injured persons were brought to Du­ buque and taken to a hospital soon after the accident. The dead are: Hans Bjornstad. of La Crosse. Wis.; Edward Latshnw; of Victory, Wis.; Mrs. Edward Latshaw, Ray Latshaw, 12 years old; Matt Latshnw, 0 years old. Edward Latshaw was a subcontractor engaged hr quarrying stone on the Iowa side for the builders of the Government wjug dams on the Wisconsin shore. Ilis living rooms were within 100 feet of the building con­ taining the explosive. lie was exceed­ ingly careful of the explosive, and would never allow, any one to enter tlie .store­ room or handle it when needed, but him­ self. Sunday morning after breakfast the family were watching Ray, the eldest boy. practice firing at a mark on a post below the sh'anty, where the dynamite was stored. It is' not known whether the boy accidentally fired into the dynamite or whether tlie concussion caused by his shooting exploded it. PROOF AGAINST BIG GUNS. Plate from the Battle Shij) Iowa Sub­ jected to a Test. The new battle ship Iowa will withstand the projectiles of the besSt 12-inch, gun afloat. That was the conclusion drawn from one of the most important tests- ever made at the government proving ground at Indian Head. Since the equip­ ment of modern battle ships with heavy armor there has been in naval quarters a question as to whether the framework of ships so armored could resist the crushing force of a blow from one ol' the big guns, even though the armor itself was capable of keeping the projectile out. Hitherto all tests of armor have been made against an unyielding wooden butt. Wednesday the United States, for the first time since the use of modern guns and modern armor,, began experiments to determine the actual strain and injury to which the battle ship would be subjected if struck by a pro­ jectile. For that purpose a side armor plate of the battle ship Iowa, now being built at the Cramps' yards in Philadel­ phia, was fitted up on an actual reproduc­ tion of a section of the ship. The&plate itself was 10 feet by 14 inches thick at the top and sloping toward the bottom to a thickness of seven inches. The shots were fired at 250 yards at right angles to- the plate to secure the normal impact. The first was a 500-pound Carpenter projectile from a ten-inch gun driven by 140 pounds of Dupont's bro'wn prismatic powder. The projectile was "driven into the plate about six inches, and not a single injury to the backing was discov­ ered. The second shot was also from a ten-inch gun, but the charge was increased: 120 pounds. This shot also spent itself on the plate without creating a .sign of a. crack or injury, or straining the frame­ work. Finally an 850-pound Wheeler Sterling shell, driven by 400 pounds of powder, was fired at the plate from a twelve-inch gun. Tlie projectile struck with a velocity of 1.800, or an energy of" 1,530,000 pounds. This shot should, ac­ cording to most estimates, have pene­ trated a sixteen-inch Harveyized plate. Although it cracked the plate, which was- already weakened by the two previous- shots, and penetrated to the wood back­ ing, it did not get through the ^backing. On the whole, the result of the test with the plate and framework was considered remarkable. Secretary Herbert greatly rejoiced at the result. LIBRARY IS NEARLY FINISHEDC Handsome Structure to Be in Order by the Time Congress Meets. » The high board benee that has inclosed the new public library building in Wash­ ington will be removed at once. This marks an important step toward the com­ pletion of the library. The work to be done on the building is chiefly in trim­ ming it on the interior and a small amount of touching up of the stone trimmings on the exterior. If possible the work of beautifying the ground about the library will be completed by the tiriie Congress meets, when the handsomest architectural structure in the city and the finest build­ ing built and used solely for the purposes of a library in the worid can be seen to the best advantage. The parking will be constructed to conform to the capitol grounds. There -will be a coping around the building about two feet high, as is the case with the capitol grounds, and orna­ mental walks will run through the park­ ing. Shrubbery will be planted, together with a small number of trees, probably tropical varieties that will not grow to a very large size, and consequently will not hide the building. . Telegraphic- Brevities. An earthquake shock was felt at Mays- ville. Ivy. Dr. Schnurdretier, of Prague, and two Italian guides, while ascending Mont Blanc, were killed by falling over a preci­ pice. - .Daniel Ryan, a police patrolman sta­ tioned near Hell Gate Rapids, New York,, has made his thirty-fifth rescue of drown­ ing persons. • " Dr. William Waddie. the oldest practic­ ing physician in Ohio, died at Chillicothe. He had practiced medicine in that city for- sixty years. ** Father, Kelly, of Norwalk, Ohio, who was arrested at Omaha as a suspicious character,, was discharged. .He declares 4iis arrest was an outrage and entirely wiihout cause. /