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4 j uvcaer, r̂ ĵx&sct. £. THE PLAINDEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. MCHENRY, ItLINOK FATALMIDNIGHfPIRE THREE - LIVES AT MINNEAPOLIS. tv I. / •* >» • . ' Death Come* '.to Sleeping; Men--Ha­ waiian Annexa!ion Again Discussed --Bring: a Pseudo Monarch to Termi --Mutiny on an American Ship. Snffocateil in Their Beds. 0 Three persons lost their lives in a fire that broke out at an early hour Thursday morning in John Lundin's saloon, at Min­ neapolis. They were: Henry Dulun, blacksmith; Gust Anderson, and A. F. Anderson, coal shoveler. They were sleep­ ing on the third flopr of the Lundin Build- to*, whicll was a brick veneered structure. They had no opportunity to escape, as the flames had gained too groat a headway *?4iea the alarm was given,'and it is prob­ able they were suffocated iii bed. The sa­ loon and the clothing establishment of •A. 6. Peterson \vere completely destroy­ ed, entailing a loss of. Jll.OdQ. to cover which there is insurance amounting to $7,000. • "... • Will- Hawaii Be Annexed? The steamer Alanieda, 'ijt San Fran*, cisco, from Honolulu Aug. 20. brings ad­ vices that Minister Willis has -resumed ilia duties. It.is- rumored his recent visit to the United States-was for the purpose- ©f conferring with President- Cleveland on an annexation policy. As a result of the conference, it is said, Willis was em­ powered to enter into negotiations for either annexation, a monarchical form of government, with Kaiulani o>n the throne, or an American protectorate, the choice ©f form of government to bd left to a vote ©f the people. Minister Willis made a formal call on the Government soon after his return to the city. Nothing definite •will be known regarding Mr. Willis' in- atructions until the return of President Dole, who is on the Island of Maui. Nat iona l Leacne . Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. * W. L. Baltimore . . .72 o3Brooklyn .....">0 56 Cincinnati . . .<>9 . 'STNew York . . .51 57 Cleveland . . .04 401'hiladelphia .50 57 Chicago 02 47Washington .41 OS Pittsburg .. . .58 47St. Louis . . . .113 7;t Boston 58 48Louisville . . .27 77 „ Western League. Following is the standing o In the Western League: V W. u Minneapolis .03 89Kansas City Indianapolis .05 41 Milwaukee the clubs W. L. Detroit . St. Paul ,03 40Columbus .50 .40 J- 04 70 .02 48Gr'd Rapids .38 77 BREVITIES. Charles Leonard, of Chicago, father of Iiillinn Ttvissoli, wag stricken with paraly- ais in Detroit. The State Bank Commissioners have declared the bank of National City, Cal., Insolvent and placed C. M. Whittlesey, ^cashier, in charge. The directors have been ordered to make an assessment of 10 per cent, on the authorized capital of $300,000. The United States Minister to Turkey, Alexander W. Terrill, has notified the Turkish Government that the latter's au- awer to the demands of the United States for indemnity as a result of the burning of the American missions at Kliarput aud Marash is not satisfactory. Heavy* engagempnts-otgohl for,import to thi ,s country were announced by various New York's banking houses Thursday. In­ cluding the amounts previously reported, the gold on shipboard and engaged for the United.States aggregates $0,450,000.j In addition L. Yon Hoffman has a consign­ ment the amount of tvhich is not definite­ ly known. " ^ The crew of the Portland brig Henry B. Cleaves mutinied in the harbor of St. John's, Porto Rico, attacked the captain, overpowered the mate and almost killed hitn and inflicted injuries on the steward which caused his death. The crew was arrested and the Spanish authorities, wanted to string them up, but the Consul Interfered and said he would send them to the States. Auditor Baldwin, of the Treasury De­ partment, has rejected the claim of the North American Commercial Company for $283,725 for damages alleged to have been sustained by it by reason of the Uni­ ted States having prevented the company from taking any fur seals on the Pribylof Islands in Alaska during the year ended April 1, 1804. The claim is rejected not ©n Its merits, but on the ground that the Auditor has no jurisdiction. W. A. Faulk, who says he is froqgVal- ley Falls, K an., has been arrested it Col­ orado Springs, Colo., on a charge of hav­ ing written letters to W. S. Stratton, the millionaire mineowncr, threatening him with death and the destruction of his prop­ erty unless he should deposit $1,200 in a certain cave at Divide, near Cripple Creek. Stratton turned the letters over to the authorities, who neatly trapped Faulk in his cabin near the cave. The production of refined lead in this country during the first six months of 1896, as reported by Speoial Agent Kirch- ©ff, of the United States Geological Sur­ rey, was 130,095 net tons.vagainst 105,- 070 for the first half of last year. Of this amount 109,592 tons was desilverized lead and 21,103 soft lead. The last item does not Include ores and concentrates handled t>y the refining works. The apparent home consumption for the first half of this year was 100,932, against 241,892 for the year 1895. While Sunday school excursionists from New Loudon, Conn., were landing at Gale's Ferry Wednesday morning a heavy tramcar was let loose down an incline by a party of boys. The car dashed into the excursionists. One woman was killed, aeveral persons were seriously injured aud dozen or more were thrown iuto the water. The Spray, a thirteen-ton ketch from Boston, arrived at Apia. Samoa, a few days ago. She is navigated by Capt. Josh­ ua Stoeumbe alone. He had no companion !%!• 4*. the trip-an"d will sail alone to the Solo- v 7 mon Islands; moat frightened to death. His parents sued and Alt. Hartley had to sbttie 'with them. The boy's mother has since told her neighbor that the fire cure was a suc­ cess, as Willi^wi® r^v X v&de-«$$ake, active boy. 1 Iartleydieard this. Tuesday he entered suit before Ah|J?Bi|*fts to rg* coyer the niftnfcy pfrid fhe iioy's^ parbntfe- Instead of paving damages, h© says, he otfj^h't to get something from them. The wedding of Miss.Gertrude Yander- blli; oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Yanderbilt, to Harry Payne Whitney, oldest son of the former Sec­ retary,of the Navy. W. C. Whitney, took place at noon Tuesday at the Breakers, the Yanderbilt summer residence. Al­ though the wedding lias been awaited with great interest it Was in a way a dis­ appointment to the exclusive set 'iu New­ port society, owing to its simplicity. ': This was necessarily so Q,n account of the state of Mr; Vauderbilt 's health, his physician thinking it unwise for him to5 undergo anything but the quietest ceremony. Therefore, outside of the immediate bridal party, only about fifty persons were pres­ ent. » . WESTERN. " vi­ lli Kansas City. Kan., a thief entered the branch of the American National Bank during the momentary absetice pf, the cashier, and prying open a dj»sk se­ cured a large sum in' currency and, made; his escape. •' ' V r The directors of the Mississippi Y alley Lumbermen's Association issue a circu­ lar to the members showing that the cut this year has been curtailed more than 20 per cent., and that the saw mills are idle, while the importation of; Canadian lum­ ber has doubled. The steamer Al-Ki arrived at Seattle, Wash.' froifi. Alaska'Sunday evening.. Capt. Patterson said he had brought about seventy-five minors from Cook's Inlet.. They had only tales qf harship to tell, and came back empty-handed, cursing the country. One man has $5 in gold dust, which he said cost him $500. Milton Davi^wSrtviti-h light attendant on the St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad at Love's Station, Mo., was in­ stantly killed by a south-bound freight- Saturday nig (J,\t. In company with two women on a tricycle he was en route to attend a campmeeting at Ashburn. The women escaped by jumping. Petroleum^ is to enter Chicago for the first time in pipes. Michael and John Cudahy have said so, and they have or­ dered 170 miles of six-inch pipes to make good the assertion. It lias just leaked out that the Cudahys have bought the entire plant of the Northern Indiana Oil Com­ pany in Adams and Wells Counties, Indi­ ana. and they purpose building the pipe line from the wells there to Chicago. The investment, aside from the purchase price, it is said, will bo in the neighborhood of §1,500,000. The course of the new pipe line is a secret, but it is figured that from the fields in Indiana to Fort Wayne and thence to Chicago, parallel with the Penn­ sylvania system, will be the probable route. The body of Bill Doolin. outlaw and highwayman, on whose head were Gov­ ernment rewards aggregating $0,000, lies in a rough casket at Rhodes' undertaking establishment in Guthrie, Ok. Tuesday evening it was placed in a large show window and for three hours was viewed by thousands. It was near 1 o'clock Tues­ day morning when Doolin was killed. He was siirroinide<Lby-T>eptity -Marshal I-leck P. Hopkins, Bcii T. Cable, If- S. Bobbins, C, A. Ewing, Roger C. Sullivan: for al­ ternates, Robert Hamill, Fs .T, Dvorak, Henry Rook, W. S. Wilson, Ben Warren, iE. Phelps, William Steinwiddle, Charles 'Dunhaftj. The foregoing ticket was nom­ inated Tuesday afternoon by the Illinois State convention of the National 'kgold standard) Democratic party. The con­ vention Was composed of upward of 1,000 delegates, representing 92 of the 102 counties in the State. The platforrfl was in line with time-honored principles of Democracy. > FOREIGN. Customs officers found S2,000 cartridges and other munitions of war in a consign­ ment of hay shipped to It. E. Caldwell, £ii American, in Port Barrios, from a Cincinnati firju. Caldwell has been i ar­ rested. , ' ; ! ' ' The State Department has received a cable message that the Sultan of Zanzibar dicdj at ' 11 4- m. Tttesday. morning. The cable message adds: "Said .Alt 'holds tlie palace; sailors and marines landed:; riot- jug feared." •. f t '" ' A dispatch to the London Daily News from Athens says there is reason to fear, a renewal of the massacres in Crete by the insurgents. The Turkish garrisons scat,tered> throughout Crete are being Withdrawn to'the large towns. >,Chili js contemplating a revision of her tariff laws, w.hich, when effected, will have an important bearing oij a number '.of American products, principally cotton, which Chili "will place on the free list With the hope that the introduction of the raw product from the United States will ericourage the manufacture yf the fin -„ ished product in Chili. " Santa Ana, Cuba, dispn^eh: In speak­ ing of the attitude of the United Stage's toward Cuba and the possibility of Presi­ dent Cleveland recognizing the belliger­ ency of the insurgents Gen. Gomez said: "I have forbidden the discussion of the subject iii ' my camp. For weeks men fairly held their breaths waiting for word from Washington. It was a waste of time. Long ago I realised that we must fight this war alone and unaided. I have no doubt of the sympathy of the Ameri­ can people as a whole. In fact, I have the best evidence of their good will. -Many Americans are fighting in my ranks, and good, true men they are. The chief of our artillery is an American from Boston, and no braver man lives." Havana dispatch: A correspondent in Santiago de Cuba communicates details of a widespread destruction of foreign property by the insurgents in the district. In the groat Canto coffee zone more than thirty plantations, including the magnifi­ cent estates of Aurora, Dolorita and Hampatia, wire destroyed, and the own­ ers driven to Santiago for refuge. The proprietors of the majority of these .prop­ erties, it is said, are Frenchmen. Great celebrations will take place in Havana on the arrival of the new re-enforcements from Spain. The municipal authorities and the local patriotic Spanish societies are arranging an enthusiastic reception to Gep. Rey. who succeeds Brigadier Gen­ eral Bosch in conunaud of the operation? around Man^anillo. IN GENERAL. Frederick Gordon Rew, the Cornell student who disappeared two years ago, is in the East Indies. He has been in France and'Central America and did nut Thomas' posse of marshals at Lawson. One pal was with Doolin, but he escaped. Doolin was in the act of mounting a fine horse which he had stolen from a farm when a volley of shots rang out. Doolin fired once with his Winchester, but the work of Thomas' men was. rapid, and when Doolin was laid out in a wagon ten minutes later and started at a!, rapid ptu e for Guthrie it was found that his breast was covered with holes. - Twentv-seyen shots were lodged in the breast. For the .production of the great Ameri­ can play, "In Mizzoura," which reopened McYicker's Chicago Theater; Augustus Thomas, the author, carefully and spe-' cially selected a cast which includes peo­ ple particularly and eminently fitted for the parts to which they nave been as­ signed, and in which they have been re­ hearsed by Mr. Thomas. This means n great deal towards the success of the pro­ duction because Mr. Thomas is looked upon as the prince of stage managers, and would naturally stage nis own pro­ ductions with unusual care. "In Miz­ zoura," although a great success, has been played but a limited number of times and is consequently still comparatively new. The play itself is such a great suc­ cess because it is so Bimple, natural and lifelike. The scenes are laid in Bowling Green, Missouri, and the plot is founded upon the famous Jim Cummings express robbery of several years ago. The young sheriff, Jim Radburn, has for years been in love with Kate Vernon, the daughter of a neighbor, and unknown to her has placed in her father's hands a sufficient sum of money to have her well educated. The girl returns to her humble home im­ bued with false ideas of culture, and ig­ noring Radburn's devotion, accepts the attentions of a spruce city visitor. The latter is discovered to be a train robber, and a mob of citizens try to capture him. For the girl 's sake. Radburn allows him to escape by lending him a horse, but the animal is recognized in the town to which tfe flees, and its rider being shot down, every one learns of Radburn's duplicity, and the mob turn their anger upon him. But when they learn the true story of his love, Radburn is quickly restored to the position he has so long honored, and the girl realizes at last his real worth. know a search was b.eitig made for him. R. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly'Review of Trade says; Political events of the week had no definite influence upon business prospects, for the phenomenal "variation's in sterling exchange and the beginning of imports of gold may be fairly attributed to the accumulating excess of merchan­ dise exports over imports, exports from New York for the last two weeks having -been 20 per cent, larger and imports here 21 i*>er cent, smaller than last year. The rapid movement of grain and the unusu­ ally early marketing of cotton tend strongly to aid the banking syndicate which has undertaken to regulate foreign exchange. Speculation has advanced wheat over 1 cent during the week, corn a small fraction and cotton % cenfs, the principal motive power being reports of Injury to growing crops. The unfavora­ ble accounts respecting wheat are in some measure discredited by tlie continued heavy movement from the farms, West­ ern receipts having been 10{697,137 bush­ els in the two weeks, against 0,759,30U bushels last year. With prices 8 cents lower than last, year, such a'movement cannot be interpreted as a sign of defi­ cient yield. -The Atlantic exports for the same weeks littve been (Hour included) 4,S92,000 bushels, against 2,995,233 bushels last year, and while the increase is encouraging, it scarcely corresponds with current .'i< to lints, of deficient yield in some foreign countries. 1 lie move­ ment of corn continued heavy,although the price is still so low that one wonders why the product is put into corn instead of into hogs. The iron and steel manu­ facture is the only continued depression to report, and Bessemer pig has sold at $10.40 at Pittsburg, while Southern iron is offered at prices equivalent to $10 at New York, and nearly all finished prod­ ucts are being sold below the current quo­ tations. There is rapid curtailment of production, the Illinois Steel Company having only seven of its seventeen fur­ naces at work, but in spite of this the supply of finished products appear to greatly exceed the demand. IT IS GONE FOREVER. ONTONAGON WIPED OFF EARTH BY FIRE. THE Glory of thg Little Town Made Famous by Matchei Is No More-- Eighteen Hundred People Are Home­ less, Impoverished, and Hungry. Sawdust Town's Fate.' / Another sawdust town has gone-where so many have preceded it. Ontonagon, Mich., the oldest settlement on Lake Su­ perior between the Soo and Bayfield, is do more, and its 1 ,800 homeless and hun­ gry inhabitants are depending for food and shelter upon charity. Th» story of its destruction in a few brief hours Tuesday afternoon is pitifully like the stories from a score of other lum­ bering towns in the Northwest which have been wiped from the earth iua feW' hours. Smoldering .forest" fires had buwetl>in the swamp south of the Dinmo$jj1^fcfateh Company's big mills for two \va»eks. At noon the wind freshened.' At 1 the first, mall caught lire. The automatic sprink­ lers deluged the whole interior with.water, but the gale from the soutl^g^t" drove.the flames into the lumber along. the river, where 00,000.000 feet of pine l^nber was stacked in piles asrhigh hs£ft^t,hree»-8to,ry. building. Then it was a rae^c&i'life. So quickly did the flames-sin^(Vthat,t.he fire­ men were compelled to ab^tti(jE»fi;their ap- CANADA WINS BY A FLUKE. Mistake of Captain Barber Costs the Vencedor the Race. The Canadian yacht the Canada defeat­ ed the challenger the Yencedor and won the international race. The defender won by twenty-six seconds, time allowance. CIIAIJ.KXOK YACHT VEKCEDOH. HAIJMOK AT ONTOAC.OX. paratus and flee for their lives. Blazing shingles and firebrands were carried hun­ dreds of feet high by the irresistible cur­ rent of hot air. to fall a quarter and half mile farther on and fire the buildings that they alighted upon. The people fled in all directions, and families were-divided. By 5 o'clock tin; destruction of the village was complete, and not a soul remained'in, the town proper. Prior to abandoning his post at the railway depot the operator had sent out an appeal for aid. The relief train managed to get within about a mile of the doomed village. The train picked up all the people found beside the track and took them to Rockland, where they were made as comfortable for the night as the limited accommodations of the ham­ let would permit. As soon as daylight came the train crew of the St. Paul Railway, aided by- citizens, loaded into a box car all the clothing and provisions that could bt^col- ected and set out for Ontonagon. • The work of reilef was begun imme­ diately. Word was received by....tbe rail­ way officials - at Houghton that cars of supplies including tents and lumber for temporary sheds were already on the way from Marinette, Green Bay, Iron Moun­ tain and places, farther south. There is little hope that the town will ^yor recover from-tbe-blow;--The trnriK-r after as pretty a,yacht race as was.eVer sailed on Lake Erie. It was a hard race for the Yankee yacht to lose, for she had the racQfWell won,- but lost in a most un­ fortunate way'. The Course was five miles straight away to leeward and re­ turn and repeat. On the second turn (. 'apt! . Barber could not make out the the stake boat. 'There were three boats in line flying the American flag and there was. nothing to indicate which of these was the real boat. The stake boat had two masts. Anchored below her was another small boat with two masts and an Ameri­ can flag flying from one of them. The Vencedor was headed properly for the right boat, but as she neared it her cap­ tain seemed perplexed and undecided what to do. Finally he pulled away for the furthermost one and rounded them all. His error cost his boat the race, for he lost nearly three minutes hunting for the right boat. Had he turned the boat properly INTKKNATIONAT, YACHT RACE TROPHY. in that vicinity has been gone for years and the .Diamond Match ( ompanycan save thousands of dollars by building its mills closer to its untouched forests. The cop­ per mines having been worked out or abandoned years ago, the match com­ pany's plant was the mainstay. The village wiil, of course, be rebuilt, but there is little likelihood of its being so large or so prosperous. It is well known that many families who had ac­ cumulated.. wealth in former years re­ mained only because of old associations, and now that these arc removed they will doubtless move away. The total loss will reach $2,500,000, of which the Diamond Match Company sus­ tains $1,0<K),000, with insurance of about POLITICAL. m eOUKTHOrSE AT ON TON A G ON . the Vencedor would have won the race by about one and a half minutes instead of losing it by a little less than half a min­ ute. MET IN MILWAUKEE. EASTERN. The firm of R. ,T. Allen, Son & Co., Philadelphia, Wholesale dealers in glass •ad china ware, has made an assignment Car the benefit of its creditors. The fail- wre was due to an execution being issued «a judgment notes aggregating $50,000. The liabalities will probably reach $250,- ©00. Stringency in the money market is 4giYen as the cause of the failure. To make his office boy, William Harris, taove faster than was his wont, Janies «SaftSey,-a Wylie-avenue; l*ittsburg, * a.^ Siinter, chased him, with a lighted gaso-ne torch. The boy was burned and al- Gov. Morrill, of Kansas, has appointed A. P. Riddle State Superintendent of In­ surance. It is inofficially announced that Presi­ dent Cleveland and the entire Cabinet, with the exception of Iloke Smith, will support the'gold Democratic nominee aud do what is possible to elect him. Hoke Smith; Secretary of the Interior, has resigned portfolio and will return to his Atlanta law practice. The resigna­ tion is said to result from a difference with the President's financial views. President, Cleveland announced ^lon- day at Buzzard's Bay the appointment of David R. Francis, ex-Governor of Missouri, to the Secretary hip of the In­ terior, recently resigned by Hoke Smith. Mr. Francis will probably assume office at once. President Cleveland aud ex- Gov. Francis have long been close person­ al friends, and it is an open secret that when the President made up his Cabinet he was anxious to have him in it. He would have made him one of his official family had it not been for the bitter oppo­ sition of Charles H. Jones, Harry Sal- -rnon, and other influential Missouri poli­ ticians. Who secured and forwarded to Mr. Cleveland a monster petition protest­ ing against the selection of Francis. Governor, John C. Black, Cook; Lieu­ tenant. Governor, Chester A. Babcock, Adams; Secretary of State, Charles S. Wiley, Coles; Auditor, Henry W. Brink, Washington; Treasurer, Edward Ridge ly, Sangamon; Attorney General, Will­ iam S. Forman, St. Clair; Trustees State University, Charles E. Babcock, Cook; August Niehaus, Peoria;, S,. ' H. Busey, Coles; Presidential- Electors-at-large, Ed­ ward . C;; Hegler. La Salle; Rudolph Brand, Cook; for delegates at large to Indianapolis convention, John M. Palmer, John C. Black, William S. Forman, John MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cat tie, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $,'{.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.5'J to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 57c to 58e; < oru, No. 2, 22c to 2;'>e; oats, No. 2, 10c to 17c; rye, No. 2. o0c to 31c; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; new .potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, §25 to $<>0 per ton. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, choice light, $3.<X> to $3.75; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 50c to 58c; corn, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 04c to 00c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 20c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 28c to 29c. * Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat>--No. 2, 00c to 02c; corn. No. 2 mixed\ 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 30c to 32c,. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $ft.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 03c to 04c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye. 32c to 34 c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red. 04c to 65c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 17c to 18c; rye. No. 2, 32c to 34c; clover seed, $4.20 to $4.30. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 50c to 58c; corn, No. 3, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; barley. No; 2, 2Sc to 31c; rye. No. 1, 31c tp 33c; pork, mess, $5.75 to $6.25,• u ' -i . . Buffalo-^OaHle, $2,50 ~lo $4.75; hoga, $3.00 to $4.25: sliee#? $2!(>l>"' to $4.00;,, wheat, No. 2 red, 05c to 06c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 29cito S0c$ okts, 'No. 2 white, 2 3 c t o 2 5 c . ' v ' 1 ' " New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50>i sheep, „.$2.t>0 t,?fo.7$4<2$; :wiei&rNo. '2 red, 0-4c' to' 66c; cofcfc,- N«.o2^ 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 w.dte. 21c to 22c; butter, creamery, 12c to 17c; eggs, West- •rn, 13c tg J6". I, half. Besides the Diamond Mat pany other large losers are: Sargent, (Jennings & Cilkey, of Oconto, lumber $100,000 Lo.uis Reidinger, of Muniuette, v lumber on dock 25,000 Jihnes Norton, of Ewing. lumber on dock 10,000 D! J. Norton, of Ewing. lumber on dock 10,000 William McFarlaU, of Bruce's Crossing, lumber on dock 10,000 Lowe House, four-story hotel . . . 10.000 Centennial Hotel 5,000 Paul House 5,000 John Hawley's big store, total loss 20,000 Bank of Ontonagon 5,000 Postoffice, court house, jail and school house 50,000 Janies Mercer's large warehouse, dock and coal sheds T . . . 50,000 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul depot. Government breakwater and water­ works. Five hundred residences. The county buildings, business blocks, merchandise stocks and dwellings were fairly covered by insurance. The heaviest loser among insurance companies is the Milwaukee Mechanics, which held aboii* $35,000 worth of risks on village property and lumber. Other heavy underwriters were: Lon­ don and Liverpool and Globe. $10.tXH); Hartford, $9,000; Northern. $7,000; New- York Underwriters, Phoenix of Hart­ ford. Phenix of Brooklyn. Hanover and Hartford, each $5,000; Columbia Fire Lloyds, $7,500; Phoenix of London, $4,- 000. Only two-Michigan companies--the De­ troit Fire and Marine and Grand Rapids --were involved. Each lost $2,000. Among the losses was the superb coin collection of Manager CoiUHtoek of the Diamond Match Company, This collec­ tion was Valued at nearly $30,000 and was insured for $20,000. It was regarded as one of the finest in this country. Nat iona l Conven t ion o f Republ ican L.ea£-ue C lubs . The convention of the National League of Republican Clubs nfet.in Exposition Hall, Milwaukee. The attendance of del­ egates at the opening session was not so large as expected, but more came in dur­ ing the day and evening. There was also a slight feeling of disappointment at the absence of certain speakers of national reputation, whom the National Committee had declined to send, on the ground that they were needed elsewhere. Ex-Senator Ingalls of Kansas was asked to deliver an address-, but could not attend, nor was Senator Allison able to be present. The big hall in the Exposition Building was handsomely decorated with the national colors. The background was yellow, while peering out from among the flags were large designs of twenty-dollar gold pieces. There were only a few spectators in the galleries. The delegates were slow in arriving, and it was an hour after the appointed time when they began to take their seats. Gen. E. A. McAlpin. president of the National League, called the convention to order, and Rev. W. A. Huntsberger in­ voked the divine blessing upon the as­ semblage. President McAlpin presented Mayor Ranseheuberger. who, in behalf of the city, welcomed the visiting dele­ gates. Mayor Ranseheuberger said it was with pleasure ^hat. as chief executive of the city, he extended a cordial welcome to Milwaukee, lie extended the fredoni of the city, and said that he had the latch key with liini. He paid a high compliment lo the large delegations present, and said that tlie organization showed that there was great acthivit.v all along the line. When he finished the delegates cheered him and gave a rousing cheer for the city of Milwaukee. S. A. Harper, of Madison. Wis., president of the Wisconsin State League, welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Wisconsin Republicans. Irving M. Bean, chairman of the Milwaukee Recep­ tion Commit tee. responded on behalf of the citizens' committee. The Secretary read dispatches from Mclvinley, Hobart, Depew and others re­ gretting their inability to attend the con­ vention. M'KINLEY'S LETTER FORMALUEY ACCEPTS THE PRESI­ DENTIAL NOMINATION. In His Very Lone Letter He Criticises the Democratic Doctrine and Its Supporters--Gold Standard, Protec­ tion and Reciprocity Supported. Written by McKinley. Win. McKinley's letter formally accept­ ing the Republican presidential nomina­ tion has been issued. Republicans con­ sider it a.strong presentation of the prin­ cipal issues of the pending campaign. It is devoted principally to the discussion of what he considers the three great ques­ tions of the campaign--protection, mon­ ey, and reciprocity. About one-third of the message is de­ voted to a consideration of, the free silver question. He announces that he is unal­ terably opposed to any such policy. He says that, the Republican position in the pending campaign is no "new departure," but. that its proposition to maintain gold and silver coin at a partty has been the unbroken policy of the Republican party Since 1878, He says it has inaugurated no new policy, It. will, he declares, keep in •circulation and as-good as gold all 'of. the silver and paper money Which are, now included in the currency of the Country. It will maintain their parity. It will preserve their-equality in the future as it lias always done in the past. 11 will not consent, to put the Cnited States on -a silver basis," which would -inevitably fol­ low independent free coinage.". It will Oppose the expulsion of gold from our' circulation. lie says-that the farmers and laborers would-suffer most by the adoption of free silver. The silver question, in his judg­ ment. is not the only issue affecting our money in the pending contest. He consid­ ers the declaration of the Democratic and People's parties for unlimited, irredeem­ able paper money as. the most serious menace to our financial standing and credit that could be conceived. He con­ demns as "in the highest degree- repre­ hensible" all efforts to array "class against class, the classes against the masses, section against section, labor against capital, the poor against the rich, or interest against interest." He considers protection as an issue of supreme importance, and observes that while "the peril of free silver is a menace to bo feared, we arc-already experiencing the effect of partial free trade." The one he would avert, the other correct. He recommends the immediate restoration by Congress of the reciprocity sections of the tariff law of 1890. with such amendments, if any, as lime and experience sanction as wise and proper. The underlying princi­ ple of 1 his legislation, he declares, should be strictly observed. This, he explains, is to "afford new markets for our surplus agricultural nnd manufactured products without loss to the American laborer of a single day's work that he might otherwise procure." lie discusses foreign immigration brief­ ly. He commends legislation that will pre­ vent the coming here of all who "make war upon our institutions," or profit by- public disquiet and turmoil. He favors liberal pensions for the soldiers and sail­ ors, and expresses gratification tbai__idiL sectionnl issues are passing away. VILAS AND BRAGG RULE. Wiscons in Gold Conven t ion Chooses P res iden t i a l E lec to r s . The Wisconsin gold Democracy Avas marshaled in the l 'abst Theater at .Mil­ waukee Wednesday under the joint lead­ ership uf^<ten. Bragg and Senator William F. Vil^is and the State organization of the "National Democratic Party" came into being. Senator Yilas was chosen permanent chairman and delivered a carefully pre­ pared address. Gen. Bragg also made an address, speaking without notes. He was vitriolic and peppery, and he was en­ thusiastically cheered. A solid gold plat­ form was adopted. A full electoral ticket was chosen, an organization arranged for and all the business transacted necessary to insure a gold campaign in the State. Not more than 200 delegates were present from outside the city. The convention was called to order shortly before noon, with 229 delegates in the theater. John II. Brennan, of Stc- ens Point, was the temporary chairman. Co State ticket was nominated by the onvcnlior.. The question of following he lead of Illinois and going into the fight rorn national ticket down was the only hing that came near causing a brush in he proceedings, as there were several resent who wanted things arranged that way. A resolution was finally adopted caving the matter of a State ticket to the liscretiou of the State Central Conimit- ec^wbich was given power either to name andidates and have them duly placed on tlie official ballot or to call a State nom- nating convention. The platform is rath­ er long, but it deals with just one subject, uid that is the financial issue. There is no mention of any other issue being pres- nt in the campaign. PYTHIANS INCREASE. It is announced that Capt. Gen. Wevlet- Intends to issue a decree ordering the sus­ pension P.f...t)ie gathering <tf the coffee crop. It is said that the reason for this •tep is that he lias ascertained that sev­ eral planters have arranged lo pay taxes to the insurgents in return for permis­ sion. to> gather in the coffee. otiHr Willie About forty* persoft's were poisoned with Ice (Team tuade in a rusty can at the home ;rs. Edward Clark at Muncie, Jnd. (lie Bloom, Anna Hulliday, Mattie Langdon, -LiB«ie Bowers, Eliza Mil'c-r, Pearl Hill. Maude Clark and Mr. and Mrs. 'Marshal Conner suffered the most, but are now out of danger. e Members o f the Order a t Cleve land , Hear P leas inu News . The reports of the officers of the Grand Lodge. Knights of Pythias, as read be­ fore the encampment in Cleveland show a remarkable growth and development of lite order. That of Supreme Chancellor Walter B. Richie was listened to with especial interest, and was praised for its patriotic utterances on the Americanism of the order. The report of R. L. C. White, supreme keeper of records and seals, showed that in 1S04 there were ihree subordinate lodges and seventy-eight members, aud in 1805 0,401 subordinate lodges, and 40-1,- .->39 members. States in which the great­ est gains were made were: Ohio, 3,959; Illinois. 3,317: Iowa. 2,205; Massachu­ setts, 1,919; Missouri. 1.(512; North Caro­ lina, 1,404; Maine. 1,314; Texas, 1,219. There was a loss of 2,087 in Kansas and 4,100 in Pennsylvania. There were gains in thirty-eight States and territories and a loss in sixteen. The report of Maj. Gen. James It. Car- uuhan. commanding the uniform rank,' showed that the revenues had been suffi­ cient to "meet all the expenses of the man­ agement. Notes o f Cur ren t Kven ts . A spider caused the death o'f"Miss Cora Sanfelise, the daughter of Frank It. San fejise, who lives at Brooklyn. She died just a week after being inoculated with the poison of the insect. At the Novelty Theater in London, in a stabbing scene the spring dagger made for stage uses failed to act and an actor was stabbed to the heart so that he died in a- few' minutes. *„ George Stanley, Conway Fleming, John Fleming, Arthur Brown and Charles "Fleming, all residents ot' Lamonte, Pettis County, Mo., were poisoned by drinking •water from a jug that had contained'em ^bulmiug fluid. SPRAGUE-FOR GOVERNOR. Michigan Gold Democrat! Make' a Fight All Along the Line. The gold standard Democratic State convention was held at Lansing Wednes­ day. There were about 150 delegates present, when the convention was called to order by Thomas A. Wilson, of Jack­ son,'the provisional chairman. The reso­ lutions read injaart: "We renounce the late Chicago convention as undemocratic in its representation, arbitrary and dis­ honorable in its methods, revolutionary iu its platform and populistie in «its nomi­ nations. We refuse to support its candi­ dates or obey its mandates." The present national administration is indorsed, the maintenance of the exist­ ing gold standard demanded and tht». free and unlimited coinage of silver opposed. A full State ticket was nominated as follows: ^ Governor. Rufus T. Sprague, Green­ ville; Lieutenant Governor, A. B. El- dridge, Marquette; Secretary of State. S. I J-_ Boyce, St. Clair; Stale Treasurer, W ilder D. Stevens, Kent; Auditor Gen­ eral, Irving W. Conkey, Berrien; Land Commissioner, A, M. Tinker, -Jackson; Attorney General, Cyrus EL Lathrop. De­ troit; Superintendent of Public instruc­ tion. William Heap, Muskegon; Member- of State Board of Education, .John S, Taggert.Shiawass.ee. The following were named as. presiden­ tial electors;:. At large. John S. Farr of -Kent :jnd Samuel T; Douglas.of Wayne;, First Dis­ trict, R, W. illctte^ Wayne; Second J>is- trit-t, John Strong, Monroe; Third Dis­ trict, 11. H. Hamilton, Eaton; Fourth Dis­ trict. .John E. Barilefs, Berrien; Fifth Dis­ trict, John W. Champion/ Kent; Sixth District, Joseph T. Titus,- Livingstone; Seventh District-, W. T. Mitchell, Sr. flair: Eighth District, John Moore, Sag­ inaw; -Ninth District. Alex. I). Matin, Muskegon: Tenth District, C. J. I 'ale- fhitrp, Wayne: Eleventh District-; Edward \\ . Iludnut. Mecosta: Twelfth District, A. L. Sawyer, Menominee. MICHIGAN SILVER MKN Name Char les R . S l i K h as the Head of The i r S ta te T icke t . The Michigan silver men iii convention at Bay City late Wednesday night agreed upon a State ticket. It was announced in llie Democratic convention shortly after 11 o'clock that .Justin R. Whiting had withdrawn from the field in favor of Charles It. Sligh of Grand Rapids for (iovernor. who was thereupon'nominated by acclamation. Mr. Whiting \yns then nominated by acclamation for Lieuten­ ant (iovernor. For Treasurer, Otto E. Karste of iron wood, a Democrat, was named; for Auditor General, Arthur E. Cole of Livingstone County, a Populist; for Attorney General, Alfred J. Murphy of Detroit, a Democrat; for Land I'om- niissioiier, Martin G. Loenecker >f ,la<-k- ~son, a Populist; Superintendent •>! Pub­ lic Instruction, David E. Haskins of Mills- dale, a Democrat. ' When the Democrats met Wednesday nioniiUg the Conference Committee re­ ported that after a lengthy discission of the claims of all parties to the agreement it had decided to recommend a union ticket, and lirst. that the ticket be headed by the word Democratic. Not a voice was raised in opposition to the report. The Conference Committee was instructed to report the action of the convention to the an d the gathering t h e n t o o k otheV parl.ie! a recess. When the afternoon session opened the sergeant-at-arnis announced that the Peo­ ple's party and l. 'nion Silver conventions were at the door. An order to admit tlu-in was given and as they entered the spa­ cious auditorium the new arrivals were given an enthusiastic greeting. T. 10. Tarsncy, Dr. Nichols and Mr. Wilson of Jackson were appointed a committee on permanent organization and ordec.o'l ' busi­ ness. Nominating and seconding speeches were limited to five minutes. Mr. Wat- kins of Ionia nominated Mr. Sligh. who was seconded by a half-dozen speakers. When the Sixth District was reached T. R. Shields of Livingstone nominated Solo­ mon R. Bignall of Fowlerville. O'Brien J. Atkinson of Port Huron nominated Mr. Whiting. Then followed a -score'of supports for both Mr. Whiting and Mr. Sligh. Mr. Bignall 's name being with­ drawn in favor of Mr. Whiting. CROP OUTLOOK IN EUROPE. Prospec t a s Revea led in Government Repor t s I s Genera l ly Favorab le . Generally favorable prospects for the crops of Europe are announced in the re­ port of the European agent of the Agri- nltural Department. The report fol­ lows by countries: (Jreat Britain--Harvest -is half over and it is believed wheat will closely approxi­ mate thirty-two bushels per acre, the highest average for many years. The total harvest will approximate 515.000.000 bushels, the area being only about 1,750,- 000 acres. The barley crop will be very- good and is generally in good condition.,, Oats are expected to fii 11 considerably below the average. The hay crop is se- iouslv deficient. A continuance of the summer drought through the autumn will r e s u l t i n s u c h s c a r c i t y o f f e e d i n g s t u f f s to lesser materially the value and num­ ber of catle and sheep. France--Winter wheat is looking well or very well in nearly all the departments where autumn-sown cereals are grown. Spring wheat is reported as good or very good. The harvest will be completed early and it is confidently expected that it will somewhat exceed that of last year, 1140,000.000 bushels. K I ,OX V. 8TEVEX8. (Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri, i IOWA GOLD DEMOCRATS Se lcc t The i r E lec to ra l T icke t and Cheer Cleve land ' s Name. With cheers for President tUevolaud, gold and "true democracy," as they see it, the Iowa gold Democratic State conven­ tion was called to order at the De* Moines Grand Opera House Wednesday moruing by Henry Yollnier, State chairman. More than 700 delegates were present, ninety- three counties being represented. Each wore a badge of gold silk, and each mount­ ed his chair and cheered with a will Temporary Chairman Markley's speech, in which he arraigned Gen. Weaver, ' r i l l - man, Gov. Altgcld and the silver Democ­ racy generally. He applauded the admin­ istration of Grover Cleveland, and de­ clared that democracy, as an organization, had fallen into the hands of the enemy. The electors at large, W. W. Witmer of Des Moines and J. E. E. Markley of Mason City, and till of the district elect­ ors were nominated with the understand­ ing that/they would enter upon a vigorous canvass which should last until election day. The platform was written by Henry Yollnier of Davenport and W. W. Bald­ win of Bur l ington. I t recognizes the value <>f party organization, but denies the right of the majority of a convention to adopt a platform at variance with the cardinal principles of the party. It de­ nounces various undemocratic planks in the Chicago p la t form and adheres to the time-honored principles of the Democratic party. The convention gave no attention to State issues, and the fight this fall will be along national lines. Opposed a t Any Ra t io . The gold Democrats of Rhode Island Wednesday repudiated the Chicago con­ vention and passed this resolution: "We insist upon the maintenance of the present gold standard of money and op­ pose the free and independent coinage of silver at any ratio." '* I 'oistie&i Points. The Irish World is for Bryan. A. W. Files is the Populist nominee for Governor of Arkansas. I ' tah Populists and Democrats will have but one electoral ticket. Oklahoma Populists indorsed the nomi­ nation of Bryan and Watson. Bourke Cockran, New York's great Democrat orator, has declined to support Bryan. The new Populist National Committee is now in charge of the affairs of the party. . < , ' Ex-Gov. Davis, of Rhode Island, is out for silver. He was elected on a Republi­ can ticket as Governor twice. . •« Ignatius Donnelly says that three- fourths of the delegates to the Populist national convention went'home fully sat­ isfied that the cbnveiitioh had done that which it should'have- done. Two men were shot and killed at a convention of the national party in the Cherokee nation. The victims were .Eli Wofford.. chief of the" police of. iniiie- quah, and Charles' Proctor, d deputy' sheriff.