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Criglar became ehgaged in a quarrel with one of his employes, and the other negroes drew pistols and began fir­ ing at .the manager. Criglar ran to bis office, locked himself in aud opened fire with a Winchester on the maddened ne­ groes, .who surrounded the building. For. an hour the battle continued, and when the Louisville and Nashville train ar­ rived at the station the negroes were pre­ paring to set fire to the building and cre­ mate Criglar. The train crew and pas- eengers, however, rushed to the letter's aid and dispersed the negroes. The ne­ groes had fired .over two hundred bullets into the building, but Criglar escaped by lying on the floor. AS soon as the negroes fired a volley, he would rise and shoot at them through the windows. . - Austrian Scientists Are' Massacred. Details of a massacre on the Solomon Islands were brought to San Francisco from the South Seas by the Oceanic Steamship Company's mail steamer Mon- owai, which arrived Thursday. The vic­ tims of the bloodthirsty savages were members of a party of Austrians which had been taken to the islands by the Aus­ trian man-of-war Albatross. It was uii' der the leadership of Henry, Baron Ful­ ton von Norbeck, an Austrian scientist who lias visited many groups of islands in the South Seas and had numerous ex­ citing experiences with the natives. While traveling with an armed guard over the mountains of the island he was set upon by bushmen and slain, together with three others. During the -desperate conflict which followed the assault many <jf the? party were dangerous wounded. Dnring-ithe,middle of last August a land­ ing was made at a place called Titri, on the north coast of Guadalcanal While exploring the Lion's Head Mountain bushmen from a score of places at once rushed out and the Baron was struck on the neck with a tomahawk, while a crowd of bushmen attacked the rest of the party with clubs. The native who had cut down the Baron was shot by a sail­ or. The sailors were well armed and the bushmen finally had to retreat to the woods, many of them wounded. Discount Rate Raised. The Bank of England has advanced its rate of. discount from .3 to 4 per cent. AlLof^the London newspapers_Thiirsday- mojningjdeny the rumors which were in circulation thai the Bank of France had agreed,t:o^ make a loan to, ̂ the Bank of England with a view of preventing the rise in, J^e bank-note rate. At the meet­ ing of the rflLceetors of the AustpprHun- garian Bank in, Vienna the disoount rate was not, ̂ hanged, tire financial situation being satisfactory. • •• •. »' x- ' • • -altt* t- - : Tanner .the Easter Cremated. ..;Dr. .Taimer,,,wlio many-years-ago gain- edj^atji^n^l notoriety by his sensational public,.attempts at fasting, .was one of the tjyo men cremated in the burning at Akron. Qhio, of the pottery plant of the Whitmore-JRobinson Company. His right name was Francis Harrison. Several years ago he gained unenviable publicity by selling his wife, as reported, to Adam Hild, a German, for §10 and an old sew­ ing machine. 1 Hoodlums Insult Carlisle. Jo^n G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury, was the target for eggs at Cov­ ington, Ivy., Thursday night. Repeated voicing of insult aud contumely hurled at him was coupled with incidents which leaders of all tactions declare were the work of hoodlums. He stood by his ora­ torical guns throughout, but at the close of the meeting had to be escorted to his home by a platoon of police. ; ; t the beautiful summer home of Geor*_/ Alfred Townsend. on South Mountain, near Middletown, Md., occurred Friday There Were about 200, invited t, including Gov. Lowndes, Of Maryland, and many prominent paper correspondents. Gov. Lowndes, Mr. Townsend, Gen. Boynton, .Gen. Ful- lerton and others spoke. George T. Quinn, for whoni the police of New York have been searching for the last six weeks, has been arrested at Lake View, Riverside County, Cxi., where** hei was living on a ranch. Qrfinn was col lector for J. B. Hall, a New York decora­ tor. and is charged with raising a check from $441 to $741. He decamped with the wife of H. W. Gamble, of Brooklyn, and while en route to California stopped off at Eudora, Kan., where he married ̂ a. young woman who was said to be very wealthy. He deserted,. Ker in a few days, and when arrested at* Lake View was living with the Gamble woman. Several members of the Chinise Chris­ tian Union of Boston have filed charges with the police against the secret i order of highbinders in Boston, alleging that a plot had been concocted which,if car­ ried out would result in the assassination of all the meml'prs of the. union. Tho alleged plot is denied by the highbinders. They claim that, certain members of the Chinese Christian Union demanded $100 from each of tho gambling houses and said information' would be furnished to. the police which would land all of the gamblers in jail. The charges caused a sensation in Chinatown, and it will be & long time before matters are quiet again. . ., • _ .. .... ;•. - '• western, y' •; A fresh outbreak of diphtheria in Ports­ mouth, Ohio, and vicinity is causing great alarm, Friday afternoon a mob prevent­ ed health officeis burying Miss Mary Ward of Utica, N. 1\, tintil her brother arrived. N A courier bring** word to Mena. Ark., from Kennedy's Camp, on the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad, of a premature explosion. Four men were killed outright aud several more injured. Contractor Kennedy is badly hurt. Doc­ tors have gone to the scene to care for the wounded. f, Korbel's big winery, at Korbel's Sta­ tion. a few miles from Guerleville, Cal., was badly damaged by fire Wednesday night. One of the large wine presses was destroyed and about 150,000 gallons of new wine turned loose. Water being scarce, pumps were applied to the wine casks, the wine being thrown on th'e flames with good effect. The cellars in which 100,000 gallons of old "wine were stored were saved. The fire raged for three hours. A daring mail robber has been arrested at Kansas City, Mo., by the postal au­ thorities. The culprit is C. H. Hamilton, alias Wallace. Sunday evening Hamil­ ton appeared at the Union depot, wearing the brass buttons and uniform of a rail­ way mail agent. He stepped boldly up'to a truck that w-as standing under the depot sheds loaded with mail sacks, and pulling dow.n a letter pouch threw it across his arm and stepped into a waiting room. There he placed the pouch under an over­ coat that hung upon his arm and wa]ked into the street, not knowing that lie Tiad been "shadowed." He was arrested at his hotel while going through the letters. He had already extracted several small sums of money. Horace Rublec,^ditbr of the Milwaukee Sentinel, died Sunday night. He had been suffering for t\to years from a t\j-; BREVITIES. Minster Terrell says there is no foun­ dation whatever for the story that the steamer Bancroft was to force a passage of the Dardanelles. „• Joseph Lupinek, 20 years old, a student at the Western Reserve College at Hud- eon, Ohio, who was assaulted aud robbed by footpads at Cleveland Monday night, died from his injuries Thursday. The police have no clew. On the evidence revealed, by an expert examination of the books of the Puget Sound Loan and Trust and Banking Company, which suspended at New iWhatcom, Wash., a few months ago. Will !A~ Langdon, formerly bookkeeper of the bank, has been arrested at Moscow, .Idaho, on a charge of embezzlement. The expert's report is said to show astonishing irregularities reflecting seriously on cer­ tain former officials of the institution. , 1 The steamer Monowai, at San Fran­ cisco. from Australia, had on board about $2,500,000 worth of English sovereigns, consigned to Assistant United States Treasurer Berry, to be melted down and minted into doubl6 eagles aud stored away in the subtreasury. The gold thus chipped from Australia is placed to the credit of merchants who ai'e buying in New York and Europe to make up the balance of trade, which is naturally in favor of New York at this season. Sehweinfurth, the bogus "Messiah," is reported to have given up his colonies at Minneapolis and Rpckford and intends to retire* tor/private life. ' Documents recently unearthed in the royal archives prove Emperor William to be the owner of the Schloss-Platz, Schlossfreiheit, at Berlin, worth a colos-: sal fortune. Robbers entered the Bank of--Cassville. at Cassville, Mo., Wednesday night and blew open the safe, securing the contents. JThe amount obtained by the robbers was' large, but the bank officials refuse to give the amount. morous disease developed from tubercu-' losis. Mr. Riiblee was born in Berkshire, Vt., in 1S29. and came to Wisconsin in his eleventh year. He resided in that State continuously with the exception of a year as editor of the Boston Advertiser in 187S and eight years as Minister to Switz­ erland during Grant's administration. He served for many years as chairman of the Republican State Committee, was editor of the Wisconsin State Journal at Madi­ son for sixteen years, and in, 1S80 went to Milwaukee and for a like period has beeu in control of the Sentinel. Mr. Rublee was easily tho most distinguished newspaper writer in Wisconsin history for scholarly attainments, political lead­ ership and style of expresion. Rudolph Schnaubelt, the '• supposed bomb-thrower of the Chicago Haymarket riot, is dead at last. It is tjie third report of his death, but this time it is definite. His life came to an end Monday in San Bernardino, Cal., consumption.being the cause. In 1S87 he was I'e'ported dead in Erie, Pa., and only eighteen months ago a report came that he was fatally shot in Honduras. Schnaubelt was one of the first men arrested with Ilingg, Spies, and Schwab, May 5, 18S6, after the great riot. For ten hours the. police kept him in the sweat box, but his nerves stood the test and they let him go. He took im­ mediate advantage of this, for he disap­ peared as completely as if he had dropped into the lake. In ten hours more the police wanted him badly, but could not trace him. He was reported in Central America and all over the world, but was never captured. Before Mr. Wm. H. Crane leaves Mc- Vicker's Chicago theater he will carry out his invariable ̂ custom of presenting a new play. This particular play is "The Governor of Kentucky," and comes from the pen of Franklin Fyles. It will be given its first production in Chicago at McVicker's. In January of the present year the play was presented for the first time, and author and actoar both scored successes. As the title of the comedy suggests, its scenes are laid in the South, and the characters dealt with are typical of that portion of the country. His New York engagement concluded, Mr. Crane determined to put Mr. Fyles' play to a severe test; namely, take it to the coun­ try in which its story is laid, and see whether the people there would accept it as a genuine picture, or find it a daub turned out by a caricaturist and one of meager ability at that. The play was presented in several tites below Mason and Dixon's line, and there was'much curiosity regarding it. The actor's en­ gagement iu Chicago at an end, he and his company go direct to Louisville, where they present the play for a week. This speaks well for the manner in whi the work was received, and leaves no doubt of the fact that it must have scored heavily. • • 't EASTERN. The Columbia brought to New York 11,652,500 gold from Europe Friday. _Freeman,#Ives & Co., Little Falls, N.* •Y., produce dealerr,, have assigned. The ^rm was rated from $150,000 to $300,000. W. J. McCahan, the owner of the In­ dependent sugar refinery in Philadelphia, Pa., denied the story that his establish­ ment is to be a part of a combination of independent refiaeries to fight the sugar, trust " The ceremonies of accepting the "Army {^respondents' Memorial" at Gapland, SOUTHERN. A terrific dynamite explosion occurred in a magazine at Dayton, Tenn., Friday morning. Many persons were hurt, the magazine was set on fire and a number of buildings were wrecked. All the window glass in the town was broken. The company's store is a wreck. The de­ bris was blown a quarter of a mile. Thomas E. Watson Friday forwarded from Thomson, Ga., certain papers to Kansas, notifying the Secretary of State to uike his name as nominee for Vice President from the head of the silver Democratic'PopuIistic fusion ticket. The necessary affidavit; in due form,'/authoriz­ ing the.withdrawal from that ticket, ac companieG the papers. 'A^, Crystal Springs, Miss., Deputy Sheriff Murphy •.went. tO: the. house of a negro Saturday night in search of an es­ caped convict and demanded admittance. When the door was opened Murphy en­ tered and was shot by a negro who ran past him. As the negro ran out of the ,door, Murphy fired upon him, killing him instancy. The dead negro's partner then Aade a break for Murphy, and he also 1 . The embassies of the powers have sent an identical note to the Porte refusing, , -its demand to be accorded the right of searching Jjreign vessels in Turkish wa­ ters for. Armenians. When the steamer Orizaba reached the moutii of the River. Guliaea, State of Sin- aloa, Mexico, on its last trip up the Gulf, it wa%?found that not a building of the little mining town of Altaja standing. This was the reult of the ter­ rible stornr of Sept. IS. ! Secretary Olney is in receipt of a tele­ graphic dispatch from the United States Minister at Constantinople to the effect that he lias at last obtained telegraphic orders from the Turkish Government to permit the departure for the United States,'With safe conduct to the seaports, of all native Armenian women and chil­ dren whose husbands and fathers are in the United States. A Vienna dispatch to the London Chronicle says that the Czar has inform­ ed the Prince of Montenegro thkt the dowry of the Princess Helena, his daugh­ ter, will be one million rubles (about $800,000). ' The Czar and Czarina order­ ed their wedding gift to the Princess upon lier marriage to the Prince of Naples in Paris. It is a diamond ornament and will cost 2,000,000 francs ($400,000). The British colony af Barbad&es con­ templates a change in the tariff schedules, which, if approved by the Legislature, will become operative Jan. 1, and in­ crease the revenues of the island from £74*000 to £93,000. With the exceptions of meats and lard the. duties on almost nil commodities now dutiable aije to be increased about 25 per cent., add some additions? are to be made to the dutiable list, including hay, manure, cattle, sheep, pigsjcsalt and oil. A great sensation has been caused at Havana by the discovery that Spanish officials have been supplying the insur­ gents with arms and ammunition aud medicine. The treason is apparently so' widespread that Weylcr hardly knows how to act. It is said that the officers of the Spanish garrison at Guanabacoa, across the bay from Havana, are under suspicion and that Dr. Jose R. Sanabi, superintendent, of Spanish Military Hos­ pitals, has been arrested. It is said the deals with insurgents were made through Dr. Sanabi, his position affording good opportunity for carrying on the traitor­ ous work. It is stated-that through Dr. Sanabi the Cubans in the last two months have secured a great quantity of ammuni­ tion and medicine. The insurgents are said to have ptjid liberally, and Dr. San­ abi and friends, are credited with receiv­ ing thousands of dollars for their treach­ ery to Spain. Vk' IN GENERAL. •:> . Obituary: At Gnlenn, 111., Mrs. Oswald E. Ryan, of Chicago;-^--At Germantown, 111., Hermann Wobbe, 87.--At Blooming- ton, 111., Mrs. Belle E. Robinson, 48.-- At Janesvillep/Wis., Isaac Fai'nsworth, GO. A great sensation has been caused in the British political world by tho speech of Sir Edward Clark, Conservative mem­ ber of Parliament, and who was Solicitor General in Lord Salisbury's previous min­ istry, iii- which he said, speaking of the Venezuelan question, that -the--decision of the American Boundary Commission would be against England, not because it was a hostile commission, but because he believed no honest and impartial arbitra­ tor or commission could decide in favor of England's claim upon the evidence. United States Consul Meeker at Brad­ ford reports to the State Department that over 1,000,000 pounds of American wool was sold in England early in the autumn at an average price of 9 cents per pound, and that these sales would have continued except for the advance in freight rates and stiffer prices at home, sO that there are still large amounts held for sale in England waiting higher pricieis. Com- pla'int is ma^e' of the quality of this'wool, which is of the merino short staple type, and buyers complain that the-Boston ship­ pers selected the 'very worst they had to send over. 'Mr. Meeker says British merchants strohgly advise American wool buyers, if they hope to keep a place in the British market, to educate the growers through agricultural papets, so that they may bring their wool to market in better condition. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review Of trade says: "The one commercial change which mare than any other insures better business' in the near future is the excess of merchandise exports over imports. In September exports were $85,098,594 and imports only $50,825,705, and the excess of exports was $34,272,889, in payment for which net imports of gold were $34,- 249,183. Last year the excess of mer­ chandise imports was $0,705,257 in Sep­ tember and net exports of gold $1G,50G,- 55»8. In the four principal classes exports increased $20,641,134, more than half in cotton. Continued shipments of gold from Europe, not including $4,000,000 from Australia, now amount to $59,250,- 000 since the movement began, 'of which $52,250,000 has already arrived and have not been arrested by measures taken by the great European banks. The heavy movement of grain is the corner stone. An important fact is that all available grain freights have been engaged for months ahead." . , ...; . ' • » - . ' ' ' • . s • • Within ilie boundaries of each State is shown the total vote of that State for President in 1892, and its total vote at the last State {elections; also the number o^ electoral votes to which cach St#te is entitled. D Indicates the Democratic vote, R the Republican vote, P the Populist vote, F the Fusion vote, S the Silver vote, and EV the Electoral vote. In the shaded States fusion between the Democrats and Populists has been effected for the coming election. IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE. Statistics Show Increased. Quantities of Goods Shipped Abroad. The September statement of the princi­ pal articles of domestic export issued by the Bureau of Statistics shows as fol­ lows: Breadstuff's, $17,054,222, against $11^- 130,547 last year; for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 189G, $115,424,088, against $85,325,340; cotton exported, $10,- 849,163, against $4,925,015;. mineral oils exported, $5,491,190, against $4,677,572; for the last nine months the gain in the exports of mineral oils was about $7,- 130,000. The exports of provisions dur­ ing the last month amounted to $13,298,- 828, . as compared with $11,319,135; for nine mouths, $120,9S7,047, against $112,- 450,923. The exports of domestic mer­ chandise amounted to $83,734,332, against $57,003,808; for nine months, $650,931,318, against $540,424,359. -The imports of merchandise amounted to $50,825,705, of which $20,884,028 was free of duty. The dutiable merchandise imported amounted to $34,736,757, and that free of duty, $30,508,000; during the last nine months, the imports of dutiable merchandise was about $32,429,000 less than the amount for the same period last ;year. The gold exports were $G1,050, com­ pared with $17,424,005; for nine months, $55,570,421, against $73,190,282. The im­ ports of gold aggregated $34,159,130. against $749,450; for nine months, $04,- 388,850, against $28,839,939 during the same period in 1895. The exports of sil­ ver amounted to $5,534,110, which is prac­ tically the same as was exported during September, 1895; the exports for the nine months were $46,441,041, and for the corresponding months last year, $38,664,- 610. The imports of silver during Septem­ ber amounted to $741,678, and for Sep­ tember, 1895, $1,781,193; for the nine fnpnths the imports aggregated $0,454,- 637, as compared with $7,980,6S4. RISE IN WHEAT. to 72 MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep^fair to choice, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn. No. 2, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 40c to 42c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 17c; potatoes, per bushel, 18c to 30c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $35 to $100 per ton. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $3.25; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 73c; torn. No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c. „ St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 81c to 83c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 10c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 37c to 39c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to 84.15: hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50^? $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 81c to 83c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 42c to 44c. + Detroit---Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs; $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 82c to 84c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, 40c to 41c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 83c to 85c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 27cc;'oats, No 2 white, J9c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 42c to 44c; clover seed,-$5.85 to $5.95. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 70c to 78c; corn, No. 2, 25c to 20c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; barley, No. 2, 30c to 38c; rya, No. 1, 40c to 42c; pork, mess, $7.00 td $7.50. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $3.25; Wheat, No. 2 red, 84c to 86c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 \#hite, 24c to 26c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00-; h6gs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 84c to 86c; corn, No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery, 12c to 20c; eggs, West- «rn. 15c to 19c. Price Has Climbed from 54 Cents Within Six Weeks. Only one thing in Chicago is of more in­ terest than politics, and that one thing is wheat. At closing Thursday Decem­ ber wheat was quoted at 70%'. At the opening Friday, and without waiting for standing st:irt ttt' thfe 'previous day's figures, the price was advwhere from 71% to 71%. It closed abdVe 72. There is a big, broad, firm market condition, old traders believe, that warrants the ad­ vance to figures that would have seemed impossible three months ago. "Dollar wheat before Christmas," is the cry of the street. Certainly there is every indication of a heavy and substantial advance. Chief among the reasons for the bull feeling on the market is the fact--undoubted and unquestioned--that American wheat is wanted abroad. Last year there was an almost total failure of the wheat crop in Australia. Almost ever since the occu­ pancy of that region by tlieyEnglish, Aus­ tralia has been a wheat exporting coun­ try. From those fields Western Europe has been to some extent fed every year for the last half-century. And last year Australia and all the ueighborhigf prov­ inces bought wheat. That demand did not seem to make a great deal of difference, because there was India, always with more wheat than she knows what to do with--literally with wheat to burn. Aud there was the Ar­ gentine Republic in South America, whose broad wheat fields have been filling tho ships of half a dozen seas and send­ ing breadstuff's into half the European markets of the world. Both countries were glad of a chance to trade with a new customer, and many of the dealers in-eith- er country managed to square some ac­ counts with the shrewd traders of the South seas, who had competed with them in past years. That'made a difference, but it was not felt in America. When the crop in Ar­ gentina, however, was reported short, this year, dealers in Chicago and all over the country began to be interested. The reports were confirmed. Indeed,,,they, were found to be but. half the truth. The wheat crop of 1896 in the Argentine Re­ public was not simply short. It was a failure. Chicago traders began to profit by the intelligence. English traders at Liverpool refused to be influenced by the statement. But presently the news of the failure of the crop iu India reached round the world, and then the price of wheat weakened. That was along toward the end of Au­ gust--just two months ago. Wheat was then 54 cents a bushel. The American farmers were very blue. But late in August, just when the wheat had all been harvested, even to the crop of the Dako- tas, wlieu the thrashing machines had finished their work in the southern sec­ tions and were working north, and prov­ ing everywhere that the quality of the wheat was excellent, and the quantity: more abundant than it had ever been before--right along then the price began to rise. The advance was very light at first. It would manage to get up a cent or two-- though that was regarded as a startling thing, after the years of inaction, and then it would slump,, and the farmer \vould feel just as the tracer did--that "it is the same old thing over again." But the conditions that were under it tfll, and that not even the best informed can al­ ways rightly gauge, very favorable for a steady and a big advance. And it came. Uverpool, the final arbiter of markets, WWm showed a confidence in the cereal, and the price went on climbing--climbing till it had left the beggarly 54 cents of late August, and had passed the 60-cent mark. Sixty-cent wheat! That was something like to the farmer. Wheat went to 05 cents, and it did not stop there. Little traders all over the country, in little towns, at the crossing stores talked bet­ ter times, better prices for wheat. The buyers offered more. The farmers de­ manded more. And the whole world look­ ed to America for wheat. The extent of the shortage of the In­ dian crop is not yet fully known. It may, unhappily, amount to a famine. It may equal the shortage in Argentina, and be less than half the crop,of Australia. .Of course, all that would be very pitiable and the American farmer would be sorry to know that anyone was hungry for bread. But the American farmer would have so ready a prescription for the malady that he would regard the condi­ tion with more or less philosophy, after all. He would simply tender the curative powers of good white wheat, firm in the confidence that it would relieve the strongest case of famine in the world, and his fee would be but the ruling price of the grain in Liverpool. VENEZUELAN QUESTION. Administration Hopes to Soon Make an Advauce in the Negotiations. There is every indication that the ad­ ministration hopes to be i'.ble by the time Congress meets again to report a sensible advance in the negotiations concerning the Venezuelan question, though it scarce­ ly can be said that there is an expecta­ tion of a final settlement of the dispute by that date. It was understood when the British am­ bassador went home o i leave of»absence it was the purpose of the British premier to make use of the opportunity to confer with Sir Julian, and it was presumed that when Lord Salisbury became acquainted with the real sentiment of the people in the United States and the fact that in this matter there was little hope of a change in the attitude of the Government whatever the outcome of the pending elections, he might be disposed to go fur­ ther toward meeting Secretary Olney than at first seemed likely. Since Sir Julian has been in London word has come of several conferences between himself and Lord Salisbury, and it is finally expected that when he returns to Washington he will be charged with authority to offer compromise proposals which may in the end prove to be the basis for a final settlement of the trouble­ some boundary dispute. It is expected, too, that the Venezuelan boundary com­ mission will have agreed upon its report before Congress meets and the conclusion reached may properly be used with great weight by Secretary Olney to sustain his position. - As to the other question, relating to the negotiation of a general arbitration treaty, it is believed that net so much progress will be made as in the settlement of the boundary question, for the differ­ ences disclosed to exist between the two Governments appear to be of larger mag­ nitude than the issues involved in the boundary question, which after all are largely matters of fact. BRING GOLD FROM ALASKA. EUROPEAN CROP REPORTS. Big Party of Miners Reach Seattle from the Yukon Country. One hundred and fifty people came in at Seattle, Wash., on the Lakme from Yukon, Alaska, and with them $200,000 in placer gold. The largest amount was by L. La Flamme, who has over $10,000. Many had several thousand dollars cach, and very few had less than six ounces, $100. A. Harrington, of Circle City, had nearly $10,000. Two of the returned pros­ pectors are Sisters of the Good Shep­ herd. They came down with the rest of the miners and handed over their dust and took the money. They did not tell how they got the dust, but some of the miners probably donated it. Two other women were passengers. This is the first large party of miners to come down after the season's work. Among the passengers on the steamer Bertha, arrived from Alaska, were J. E. Spurr, H. B. Goodrich and F. C. Selira- der, of the United States Geological Sur­ vey. They were sent by the department to Alaska last spring to make a report on the prospects of quartz mining in that region, and spent the entire summer in pursuing their investigations and observa­ tions. They <have satisfied themselves, they say, that the prospects of profitable quartz miningflin Alaska are very, good, and will make a report to that effect. There is a big ledge running northwest and southeast through '.he country simi­ lar to tho mother lode in California, and they -ixpect to see big mines opened on the ledge before many years have passed. At present placer mining^ is the only process in vogue on the Yukon and its tributaries. They declare that quartz mining can only be conducted at great ex­ pense, but they believe that plenty of ore can be found of sufficient richness to^ make quartz mining not only a paying but. a profitable venture. The chief obstacles to be encountered are mosquitoes and cold winters. , • • ° • Women Sellinsr tWhisky to Indians. One hundred women are engaged in selling whisky to the Osage, Otoe, Ponca and Creek Indians on the border of Okla­ homa. Deputy marshals report it is dan­ gerous for an officer to appear io that couotry alone. .. Yield in Scotland and North Britain Rednced by Wet Weather. The European reports of the Agricu­ ltural Department show that the crop of Great Britain has been somewhat re­ duced in the north and in Scotland by the persistent wet weather of September, which practically ruined most of the wdieat^then ungathered. In the southern counties harvesting operations were com­ pleted before the bad weather set in and the wheat is of finer milling quality than has been known for years. The report jsays: . •' -• • ' Fifty million bushels would be a lib­ eral estimate for the product of Great Britain. The barley crop has been short­ ened and seriously injured in quality by the rain. Hay and oats were short, not only here, but on the Baltic. Hence it may be expected that there yvill be a good market for imiTorted hay and that the enormous consumption of corn in the United Kingdom during 1S95-90 will be equaled in the coming year. It is prac­ tically certain that the end of the current harvest year will see- no great surpluses, and it is reasonable to suppose that we shall see no further reduction of wheat areas such as have been observed in the records of the last few years. France--There is no material loss in wheat from bad harvest weather.. The barley crop is, however, somewhat af­ fected. The estimate as to the wheat crop of - the National Association of French Millers is higher than the official estimate. The millers' figured are as fol­ lows: Acreage, 16,966,000; bushels, 344,- 000,000; official acreage, 17,103,000; bushels, 327,000,000. Last year's crop, grown on 17,30$000 acres, was 333,00,- 000 bushels. Germany--The wheat crop is a poor average except in Prussia, where it is offi­ cially reported below the average. The annual production -pf this cereal, how­ ever, is small in comparison with that of rye and potatoes. The estimate of the rye crop--316,000,000 bushels--is consid­ erably over the average and is believed to be excessive. Potatoes are expected to give only half a crop. It may be ex­ pected that the wheat import of 1S96-97 will exceed the average and that a larger proportion than usual will come from the United States. This wrould of course be nullified by any considerable advance in the price of wheat, a not unlikely contin­ gency. Denmark--Wheat is a good average. The sowings of winter wheat are sow well along. Spain--In the estimate by the Hunga­ rian Minister of Agriculture of the wheat crops of the world he considered that Spain would harvest 72,356,000 bushels. The deficit of the year is estimated by him to exceed 34,000,000 bushels--more than double that of last year. Austria-Hungary--Wheat under aver­ age and reports as to corn crop are not optimistic. Italy--An average crop all around. Roumania--The estimate is.,69,000,000 bushels of wheat. The corn,crop is ex­ tremely disappointing, and the same statement is made about all tho Danu- bian countries. During the harvest year ended July, 1895, these countries shipped more corn, to England than did the Uni- ted#States, while during the year just end­ ed they cut a small figure. Russia--There is a big deficiency in the Russian wheat crop. The highest esti­ mate puts the crop at 374.000,000 bushels, the lowest under 300,000,000. General opinion inclines toward the lower. Rus­ sian shippers now are holding persist­ ently above the market. blood from; the human victim, but this is $not the worst of it. Their bites are apt ta produce serious and even alarming re­ sults. The piercing of the skin is accom­ panied by the irijectioa of poisonous liquid or venom, making a soiv, itching wound, with a buriiing pain and sometimes swell­ ings extending over much of the body. Unfortunately it seems out of the ques­ tion to control the multiplication of these insects andiso keep down their numbers. They pass the winter1 under the bark of trees and in other protected 'places, where they are securely hidden. Only iu spring­ time, when the adults take to flying by night, do they attack human beings. At that period the only way to escape them is by screening windows and doors. They are often found, in poultry houses and sometimes assail horses in barns. In ^dwellings they have been observed in the act of feeding upon ordinary bedbugs, especially specimens already full of blood. SUES FOR 24 YEARS* PAY. Her Annie Weir, an Ex-Slave, Snes Former Master for $3,744. At Louisville, Ky.,.the trial of an inter­ esting suit was begun in the Law and Equity Court Monday. Annie Weir, an ex-slave, seeks to recover $3,744 from William Weir, a sheet iron works pro­ prietor, for twenty-four years' services. She was born in slavery and adopted her master's name. She soys that after her emancipation she agreed with Weir to remain with liim as his servant with the understanding she was to be clothed, fed, and lodged for the rest of.her life. She says she remained with him and reared his children, but that after his second marriage she was discharged.' This oc­ curred Nov. 14, 1895. She seeks to re­ cover judgment against Weir now at the rate of*$3 per week for twenty-four years. The defendant pleads the statute of limi­ tation and also filed an answer making a general denial. TERRORS FROM TEXAS. Giant Bed!»uu« on Their Way North Alone the Miittil»8l|)pi V-j.llsy. The wise housewife would do well just now to lay in a plentiful supply of the most-?, effectual insert destroyer. Ac­ counts from the Southwest announce that a new kind of bedbug is on lts way North along-the Mississippi Valley. Monstrous in size, its ability to bile U fully commen­ surate with its vast physical proportions. The alarming creature is well known in Texas, where it is sometimes called the "cone-nose." It has a flat body, a point­ ed head and a strong l>ouk. In color it is dark-brown. It# "buggy" odor is even more rntense and offensive than that of the ordinary bedbug. It flies at night, being attracted into open windows by lights. In daytime it is not apt to resort to its wings, but runs so swiftly as to be very -hard to catch or- kill. Being1 so big, they take a good deal of Lieut. Peary did not get that forty-ton meteorite, but he succeeded in bringing back another heavy lecture. The Spanish plan of campaign in Cuba is very simple. In summer the troops fight the yellow fever; in the fall they go -into winter quarters. If marriage is really a failure, that Ok­ lahoma man who has married the same woman three times seems unable to get it permanently through his head. A Boston spinster was found dead in a public park with a revolver in one hand and a mirror in the other; the police are undecided as to which weapon was used. An American firm advertises that it has sold six of its typewriting machines to Gen. Weyler. Now we expect to hear of a brilliant series of Spanish victories. A man in Defiance, Ohio, tried to walk on a river the other day and was nearly drowned. Il he will try it again some time next winter the experiment probably will be successful. The baseball season has closed and in­ terest is revived in the shock-haired gen­ tlemen dressed in ma+tresses who will shortly go out upon the field and proceed to kick each other's ribs in, to the great delight of the spectators. RICH WOMAN STEALS TURKEYS. End of a Series of Queer Thefts at Columbia, Tenn. Mary Moore, a white woman of Colum­ bia, Tenn., worth $50,000 and the owner of 600 acres of fine land, has been con-" victed for stealing six turkeys from a neighbor, and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. This is the finale of a most remarkable career, unrivaled in the history of the criminal courts of the State. Ten years ago rhe woman and her husband, calling themselves Stone, came from Kentucky, itought land in a good neighborhood aud lived a secreted life. Immediately thefts_became numer­ ous, incendiary fires followed, rumors spread abroad, the husband died, vigi­ lance' committees were formed, criminal suits instituted, but came-to nothing. At last the neighbors raided the farmhouse • and found a young woman, daughter-in- law of Mrs. Moore, imprisoned in a room and subjected to the foulest treatment. Indignation became intense, and, as the stealing of the turkeys was a sure case, it ,was resorted to to get the Moore woman into the penitentiary and break up her operations. ^ REPORTS OF THEWORLD'S FAIR. President Palmer and His Associates Meet to Complete Their Work. President Ifalmer, of the World's Fair Commission, and his associates on the. committee on final reports assembled in Washington Thursday for a session of several days, during which the reports to the President aud to Congress will be per­ fected. These reports will present a com­ plete review of the accomplishments of the exposition. The report of the board of awards will make about twenty-five volumes of 800 pages each; that of the Director General ten volumes; that of the Persident and Secretary two volumes, while the extent of the report of the ladies' board & not yet determined. These, it is intended, shall constitute a perma­ nent history and memorial of what the exposition did. Its publication, will de­ pend upon Congress. The reports also will wind up the financial affairs of the national commission, and will show a balance in favor of'the Government of about $24,060. Public rfanginjr in Kentucky. BufTord Overton was executed "'at Har­ lan, Ivy., Monday afternoon for the mur­ der, June 21, 1805, of Gustave and Julia Loch, two Jewish peddlers. Great crowds gathered to see the hanging, which was in public. -Ajn effort was made by tho condemned man's friends to prevent tho execution, bit to guard against trouble Sheriff Grant; Smith had a large number of deputies sforn in. Enoch Prait, the millionaire banker and philanthropist, died at Baltimore. Mr. Pratt was torn in North -Biddleboro, Mass., Sept. 10, 1808.