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THE PLAINDEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS WORK OF RED CROSS ACTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR CARE OF THE WOUNDED. Kew York City Is the Center of Ope­ rations, Whicli Are Already in Pro- : greas--Present State of the Work- Riots Reported in China. " Sew for Soldiers and Sailors. Auxiliaries of the American National lied Cross Society are the order of the day in New York City. Everywhere, in fashionable and middle-class homes, in halls and colleges, women are meeting to discuss ways:and means to assist in the nation's war. The Ice Plant auxiliary reports upon the progress of its work. The aim is to provide ah ice factory, capacity of one ton per day. and so arranged as to regulate the temperature of the cold storage room on board the Red Cross hos­ pital ambulance ship. Miss Catherine S. Levericli, '.secretary; reports, a fund of $1,090 already in bank from subscriptions and donations. Under the auspices of Mrs. Seth Low, lilrs. Munroe Smith'. Mrs. Francis M. JJurdtek,' Miss. Emily .Tames Smith and Mrs. James S. Russell, a Co^ luhSbia University auxiliary has been formed, also to co-operate in equipping the Red Cross hospital. The war work­ shops of. the Red Cross auxiliaries, -as they are called, have been opened in va­ rious parts of the same city. The object of the auxiliaries is to provide clothing and other necessaries for use in the hos- ' pitals for both soldiers and sailors. In­ cidentally, too, employment is to be of­ fered to all needy or destitute families of enlisted men. Iled Cross Auxiliary No. 2 opened its headquarters in well-lighted upper rooms of the Tuxedo, at Fifty-ninth street and Madison avenue. Several wives of enlisted men applied early for sewing that they could do at home, Where they had children to care for. A number of them received work, and other eases were left for investigation. Young girls were few in the morning crowd, but by noon half a dozen or more were seated before the sewing machines that stood abouit the room like desks in schools. A big teapot, with a milk pitcher and a group of cups and saucers, was seen on a table in the ante-room. Hot lunch, it was explained, was to be served daily to the •workers, and the plan was to include in ' the bill of fare more substantial things than milk and tea. as soon as other ar­ rangements are complete. manitarian, died at his hont« in Chicopee Falls, Mass., in the 49th year of his age. Mr. Bellamy's best known works are "Looking Backward" and' "Equality." The tugboat" W. E. Goodwin sank in the North river at the White Star Line pier, foot of West Tenth street, New York. Two men on the tug at the time were asleep in their bunks. One of them, Hiram Taylor, the engineer, was drown­ ed. William E. Eddy of Bayonne, N. J., whose kites have been experimented with at Madison barracks, Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., by Lieut. Wise of the Ninth infan­ try, has invented a sliding messenger kite, which carries dynamite up the string. Mr. Eddy says he believes Lieut. Wise, now at Tampa, Fla., has a supply of his kites and camera apparattfs,reafly for the exploration of the enemy's encampment as soon as the army invades Cuba. In­ ventor Eddy states that the messenger kite is still in an experimental state. Five ascensions have been made by it at Ba­ yonne. The kite carried a lighted lantern up the string and dropped it as' an experi­ ment, instead of dynamite. If the Gov-, ernment co-operates with Mr. Eddy in the use of this invention large portable dynamite kites will be at once constructed for use in Cuba. He proposes to auto­ matically drop seventy?two pounds (if dy­ namite at the distance of a mile. ' Eddy says after the United States forces land in Cuba" arid lay.siege to Havana it would be an easy matter to send up the kites and reduce Morro castle. WESTERN. Race for the; Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Base-ball League: W. L. W. Cincinnati . Cleveland" . Boston .... New York.. Baltimore .. Chicago .22 .22 .20 .17 .14 .10 7 Pittsburg ... .16 9 Brooklvn ... .11 11 Philadelphia. 10 12 St. Louis 9 11 Louisville ... 10 14 Washington.'. 7 Following if the standing of the clubs in the Western League: , T* W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 20 7 Milwaukee ..15 15 St. Paul. ... .22 9 Minneapolis. 10 20 Columbus ... 17 11 Detroit 10 20 Kansas City .lQ Omaha 5 23 Riots Are Reported. Advices received at Hong Ivong from Manila say that riots are frequent in that city, and houses are being burned by the rioters daily. The rebels are organizing •for an attack on Manila and a battle is expected soon. One dispatch from Span­ ish sources, to be forwarded to Madrid, claims that insurgent leaders, with a foil- lowing of 30,000 native volunteers, have offered their services to Captain General Augusta. The archbishop of Manila has announced that four battleships are on their way to Manila, and prophesies a great Spanish victory. NEWS NUGGETS. Thomas W. Keene, the tragedian, has gone to his'home on Staten Island, N. Y., suffering from an attack of appendicitis. At Minneapolis, Minn., the Fifth dis­ trict Republicans nominated Loren Fletcher for Congress for the fourth time by acclamation. The minister of the interior of Canada has granted permission for the passage of a United States exploration party to Belle Isle on the Yukon. At Columbus, Ohio, John Smith, who 6liot and killed President W. S. Ide of the Fourth National Bank last October, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. B. A. Speere refused to divulge the hid­ ing place of his money to a band ef mask ed men who called at his home near Quincy, Ohio, and they beat him so badly that he died in a short time. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the novelist and playwright, it is said, will soon marry Rev. Stephen Townsend, who for thirteen years has been rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church, St. Mar­ tin' &-le-Grand, London. He is ten years her junior. '• » Kearney Speedy, known all over the country as a nervy bridge jumper, dived from tie Merchants' bridge into the Mis­ sissippi river,at,St. Louis and escaped un­ hurt. The distance was 128 feet. The river was veijy^ high and running with driftwood. One of the biggest transfers of packing house interests ever made in St. Louis was completed when D. L. Quirk turned . over the plant and property of the East St. Louis Packing and Provision Com­ pany on the east side of the river to the Chicago Packing and Provision Company. The purchase was arranged for in Chi­ cago, the price paid being in the neigh lg>rliood of $500,000. Secretary Bliss reported to the House that $258,538 worth of the Creek Indian nation warrants were regularly issued and would be paid, but that warrants amount­ ing to $11,150 of the general fund and $74,580 of the school fund were fraudu- lleut, and that $2,534 of the general fund •and $1,784 of the school fund are doubt­ ful. Sir Henry Irving answered a message from the Bohemian Club of San Fran- .cisco, expressing the sentiment that the • Stars and Stripes and Union Jack' were now entwined, with the following cable •'Love greeting. We shall coal together. EASTERN. '• George Francis Train, Jr., took a dose of laudanum in,a drug store at Coney Isl and, New York, with suicidal intent. No reason for the act is given. A large section o| the newly developed slope in an iron mine near Meyersville Pa., caved in. Four men were buried alive. All were from Hancock. Two men, supposed to be Spanish spies made an unsuccessful effort to blow up nitro powder piant at Esopus, near New York City. A wooden building was set afire,"but no great harm was done. ' Edward Bellamy, the author and hu» Henry S. Foraker, father of Senator J. B: Foraker of Ohio, died at Hillsboro, Qhio, aged 83,, ' At Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Harry Ruy- ter, aged 38 years, and Bud Payne, aged 35 years, a carpenter, were suffocated in a fire that gutted a three-story rooming house. At Lorain, Ohio, during a celebration of the supposed naval victory, a hose cart in a procession ran over two men. Peter Snyder was killed aud an unknown man fatally injured. The case of James H. Southall, at St. Paul, Minn., chargfrd with floating $500,- 000 worth of fraudulent time checks, has been transferred from the United States to the Minnesota court. At Cincinnati, the amalgamated iron and steel workers' convention presented Mahion M. Garland, former president of the association, a silver service of six pieces. Mr. Garland is now surveyor of customs at Pittsburg. Hugh B. Jones of the firm of Harris & Jones, lumber dealers in San Francisco, Cal., filed his petition in insolvency. He owes $89,841.74,: His assets consist of personal property valued at $42,913.28, and real estate valued at $0,625. Alonzo Black, one of the proprietors of the flouring mills at West Alexandria, Ohio, was killed by being caught in a large belt. Black was repairing the belt when the machinery was suddenly start­ ed. He was very popular and a promi­ nent man. Four men were killed and twenty in­ jured in a collision between a construc­ tion train and a special on the Vandalia Railroad near Coiiinsville, 111. The en­ gine of the special tore through the ca­ boose and one car of the construction train with deadly effect. Discouraging reports come from the southern Kansas wheat fields. The con­ tinued wet weather has caused rust to set in and much damage has_ already been done. In three counties alone the crops will be damaged 50 per cent. Harvesting there will begin by June 10. Charles Evans Holt, the head of the reform n^ovement that has kept the Du- luth, Minn., administration in hot water on the saloon and gambling questions for the past year, has made public a letter informing him that he had better arrange his affairs, as he is not long for this world. In the case at Cincinnati of the Central Trust Company of New York against the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad Company Judge Lurton ordered a decree of sale, date not set, and appoint­ ed R. B. Cowen and A. H. Humes spe­ cial masters to sell it. The minimum price set is $4,800,000. At public sale at Concordia, Kan.. Spe­ cial Master Hiram P. Dillon sold the Central branch road, running from Wat- erville west to its western limits, includ­ ing the branch to Washington and the Prosser branch, from Concordia north to the Nebraska line. There was but one bid, that of T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., and Oliver Ames of Boston, to whom the road was knocked down for $1,017,500. M. D. Ratchford, national president of the United Mine Workers of Amer­ ica, says he has failed to note any ac­ tivity in the Ohio district with which he is in communication as the result of Gov­ ernment orders for coal. "Most of this coal is furnished by mines in central Pennsylvania," he said, "where non-union labor is employed. We have placed a boycott on West Virginia coal and we are hopeful that this may cause an awaken­ ing." Information has been received from Belen, N. M., a small station on the Santa Fe, that the Santa Fe train No. 21, the south-bound California express, had been held up by bandits, who boarded the train at Belen and compelled the engineer to bring it to a stop about miles south of that station. They gained entrance to the express car and threw the through safe out into a ditch, where, with the aid of dynamite, they blew it open and pock­ eted the contents. Just how much money they got is not known. The robbers es­ caped on horses that were in waiting. So far as is known none of the passen­ gers were molested. tree near the depot, and he hung until daylight. - Edward Hartley, superintendent of the Montezuma and Con tension mines, at Montezuma, Mexico, was shot by a Mex­ ican, whom he had ordered oift of the camp, and had it not been for the timely interference of a 15-year-old Mexican senorita, the superintendent would now be a dead man. . Hartley discovered some goods in possession of a Mexican laborer which had been stolen from the company store. He took the goods and ordered the man to leave the camp in one hour. The peon replied by whipping out a revolver and firing a shot at Hartley, who was standing a few feet distant. The Mexi­ can has the reputation. of being a dead shot, and- aimed for-the superintendent's heart. As his finger pressed the trigger a pretty 15-year-old Mexican girl sprang forward and struck up the muzzle of the weapon and the 45-ealiber bullet struck three inches above the mark. Hartley called for help and his clerk ran to him with a Winchester. The superintendent seized the weapon and fired four shots at the Mexican, -who had retreated precipi­ tately. The fugitive continued his flight into the mountains and a number of his kinsmen and friends followed him. Hart­ ley mounted his horse and started for the telegraph office to notify the authorities, but a dozen friends of his assailant drew their weapons and halted him. They or­ dered him not to leave -the camp. He cocked his Winchester and commanded them to disperse. They did so. tie-then rode to the nearest town arid-notified the authorities and a Squad pf cavalrymen was at once dispatched in pursuit of the fugitive. ' "-"v ' ' rv V'-v GREAT WHEAT CROP. THIS YEAR'S YIELD WILL ECLIPSE ALL OTHERS. Estimates Are The Amonnt Raised Will Be Double That of 1897-Totals Middle, Western and Southern States Will Be BiC. WASHINGTON. '*.> The residence of Senator Ma son of Illinois, at 1432 Ghapin street,. Washing­ ton, was entered by burglars and jewelry to the value of nearly $4,000 was stolen. The United States Supreme Court has decided convictions under the oleomarga­ rine laws of Pennsylvania and New Hampshire to be invalid, thus holding the laws unconstitutional. Frank Firor, a well-known business man and manager for the baking firm of Schneider & Co.. the largest of the kind in Washington, D. C., disappeared from the city, leaving a note indicating an in­ tent to commit suicide. FOREIGN. A great fire broke out in the $pllern mine, near Dortmund, Prussia. It is feared that at least forty-five miners have perished. Sir John T. Gilbert, the historian of Ireland, died at London. He was a dis­ tinguished writer on the history and lit­ erature pf Great Britain and Ireland. A force of troops has relieved the mis­ sionaries and others at Kwellu, Africa, whoso lives were imperiled by the upris­ ing of the natives. The bodies of the American missionaries have been recov­ ered. An explosion occurred at the chateau San Julian, Cartliegena, Spain. It is sup­ posed, to have taken place in a projectile factory. Five soldiers and five workmen; were killed outright. The explosion was accidental. . About 3,000 persons took part in a riot which lasted two hours at Bhowanipoor, ninety-nine miles east of Dynugphoor, British India. Many of the rioters were injured, and they were finally dispersed by the police. In All 650,000,000 Bnnhels. Indications are that the wheat crop of 189S \Vill be the greatest in the history o? the country. From figures that are being1 cOlleov<?d and compiled by sofii« of the big Chicago firms, based on the reports of experts in every section of the country, the oncoming wheat" crop is estimr/ed to exceed 650,000,000 bushels. All the con­ ditions are reported as being of the most favorable nature, and while there is a decrease in acreage the total yield will be more than double that of 1897. Kansas looms up as the banner State this year, an increase of 28 per cent in the acreage having been reported. Esti­ mates on the yield vary all the way from 70,000,000 to 100,000,000 bushels, while the combined crop of Kansas,, Nebraska and Oklahoma is estimated at lOO/OOfy- 000 bushels. Of this 30,000,000 t(\40,- 000,000 bushels is' credited to Oklaholfui and. Kansas will have 80,000,000 to 90,- 000,000 bushels. As compared with the. planting in Illi­ nois in the fall of 1806, there has been a decrease of 16 per cent in the acreage, but in spite of this the conditions in. the Sucker State are about the israihe as in Missouri, and the apparent decrease in acreage is discounted by the amount of wheat that was plowed up in the spring of last year. The 1897 crop in Illinois amounted to a little less than 10,000,000 bushels, whereas it is generally conceded that this year's crop will be nearly, if not fully, treble, or between 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 bushels. Texas will have a 20.000,000 bushel crop. Never before has the wheat looked so fine in the Lone Star State ns it does now. The harvest will be unusually early, and agents writing to their houses here report that a great part of the crop will be harvested and ready for shipment in June. If any considerable amount of wheat comes in from Texas during June this, together with what will be received from other Southern States, Will have a markedly bearish effect on the July wheat market. Indiana will come to the front with a crop of 45,000,000 bushels. This is nearly. 17,000,000 bushels better than last year's crop of 32,600,000 bushels, while the Gov­ ernment reports show a decrease of 2 per cent in the acreage planted this year. From Iowa and Michigan the reports are PRESBYTERIANS IN SESSION. Annual Meeting of the General As­ sembly at Winona Lake, Ind. The 130th session of -the general assem- bly of the Presbyterian Church was called to order at Winona Lake, Ind. Rev. Sheldon Jackson, the retiring moderator, delivered the annual sermon. Dr. Wal­ lace Radcliffe of Washington, D. C., was elected moderator. The only other candi­ date was Dr. Henry McCook of Philadel­ phia. Five hundred and fifty-eight dele­ gates answered the roll call. Dr. Rad­ cliffe was welcomed in a brief speech by Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the retiring mod­ erator, and then assumed the'duties of his office., Dr. Radcliffe accepted and spoke of the Presbyterian Church in glowing terms. He asked that in the work of this assembly past disaffections should be for­ gotten. The business of the church was to preach the truth, and its duty was to close its ranks, come together and march forward in the service of God. A speech of welcome to the assembly was made by Hon. James A. Mount, Gov­ ernor of Indiana. He spoke of the rela­ tions of the Presbyterian Church to the cause of liberty, illustrating-it by histori­ cal illusions and events. In regard to the present war he said that it was reuniting the country as never before, so that sol­ diers from North.and South are .marching side by side. The hope was expressed that this was pniy^, symbolical of the re­ union of Northern and Southern branches of the Presbyterian Church. This senti­ ment found such hearty reception as to evoke long applause. Dr. Radcliffe re­ plied. . * ** The board of freed men, which has charge of the work of educating the rie- grpes in the United States, was reported as not in as flourishing a. condition as could be desired.. The debt has been, steadily increasing, last year's deficiency being $1,875. Fourteen schools have been closed, and the school year has been re­ duced from eight months to six months. The board has been forced to abandon all improvements, as njoney was lacking. Money received during the past year amounted to $130,313, and the expendi­ tures, including that paid to annuitants^ amounted to $131,515. The debt of the board in 1S93 was $25,000, and since that time it has been increasing at the rate of $6,000 a year. The cause of this growing deficiency is the lack of contributions from the churches. The report of the standing committee on the Board of Education" showed that on account of the condition of the treas­ ury and.the inability of the church to press ijiew work, either in this country or in foreign lands, a conservative policy had been adopted in regard to the encour­ agement and assistance of new candi­ dates. There has been a fear in church circles that the board has been the means of swelling the numbers of the ministry in an undue degree, but the report clear- IN GENERAL. It is understood that the deal for the consolidation of the plug tobacco fac­ tories in the United States has fallen through. Evangelina Cossio y Cisneros, the young Cuban girl, is soon to wed Carlos Car- bonel, the former Cuban banker, who has been nominated by President McKinley to be a lieutenant and aide on the staff of Major Gen. Fitzliugh Lee. News lias been received-at San Fran­ cisco in a letter of the total wreck of the five whaling vessels which were caught in the ice off Point Barrow early last fall. The letter came to Hume Bros, from their! agent, Charles Pfaff, at Karluk. Pfaff says that the news of the wreck of the fleet was brought by a Norwegian sailor. Pfaff gives no details, but simply sayB that the fleet is a total loss. He also re­ cords the loss of the sealing schooner Alexandria, which was carrying supplies to Northern stations for the North Amer­ ican Commercial Company. Hume Bros, says that the meagerness of the news given by Pfaff was probably due to the fact that he had just time to catch some departing schooner. The last news from the fleet was brought by Third Mate Walker of the steamer Orea, who crossed from Point Barrow to Mackenzie river, and then struck down through the inte­ rior to Edmonton. When he left 1S6 whalers were cair.ped near Point Barrow. The steamer Orca had been crushed in the ice, and the Freeman had been burn­ ed, so that the fleet remaining it: the ice was composed of the steamers Belvidere and Fearless, the steam tender Jeannie, the schooner Ilosario and the bark Wan­ derer. All these vessels were fast in the ice, but Walker declared that there should be no difficulty in their getting out as soon as the ice broke up'in the spring. The dis­ aster places thse 186 men in great peril, as they may run out of supplies before the relief expedition, now on the way from St. Michael, can reach them. PROMINENT FIGURES AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. that the crops will probably be a little better than they were last year. Missouri had a crop last year of 14,000,- 000 bushels. This year, according to es­ timates, it will yield between 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 bushels. In addition to this, all of the Southern States show largely increased acreage, as do also California and every one of the Eastern States. The aggregate increase in the acreage planted this year in the country at large as compared with that of the fall of 1896 is 5.7 per cent. SOUTHERN. At Savarraah, Ga., a. special train on the Florida Central and Peninsula Rail­ way, carrying North Carolina troops en route to Florida, collided with a north­ bound vegetable train. Private William Barbee, Company I, of Durham, was kill­ ed, and Private J. M. Colclough was fa­ tally injured. The feud between two factions of prom­ inent citizens of La Salle County, Texas, was renewed the other nigttt by the as sassination of Judge W. J. Bo>ven. Cour was in session at Cotulla, the county seal, and a company of rangers commanded by Captain Brooks was on hand ;o enforce peace. Judge Bo wen was on his way home from the court house at 9 o'clock, when he was shot through the back. Fur ther killings are imminent. Joe Mitchell, a colored brakeman on the Illinois Central Railroad, was lynched at Rives, Tenn., by a mob. Henry Gardner a 17-year-old boy from Dyersburg, Tenn. boarded the train at Rives for the purpose of going home. He'was picked up after the train had left, near the depot, with both legs ground off by the car wheels, Before he died he said that Mitchell shov ed him off the train. Mitchell was.arrest­ ed at Newbern on the charge of commit ting the deed. While being conveyed to jail at Union City he was taken off the train at,Rives by a mob and lynched in the woods nehr by. The officers declined to give him up at first, but the mob threatened to, fire the depot and then rid die the mam with bullets as he escaped It was then that they wrested him from the officers and started outside with him A rope was ready, and without giving ^im time to pray they swung him up to WARKET BEPORT.S, Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red. $1.64 to $1.66; corn, No. 2, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2, 29c to 31c; rye, No. 2. 65c to 66c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 16c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 10c; potatoes, common to choice, 60c to 75c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.19 to $1.21; corn. No., 2 white, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 35c. -~- St. Louis--Cattle. .$3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, $1.28 to $1.30; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2, 61c to 63c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2,50 to $4.75; wheat, Nq. 2 red, $1.29 to $1.31; corn. No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2, 61c to 63c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.47 to $1.49; corn, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 34c to 36c; rye, 63c to 65c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.53 to $1.55; corn, No. 2 mixed, 36c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; rye, No. 2, 62c to 64c; clover seed, $3.25 to $3.35. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 Spring, $1.38 to $1.41; corn, No. 3, 37c to 38c; oats, No 2 white, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 1, 64c to 66c barley, No. 2, 50c to 54c; pork, mess, $11.75 to $12.25. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 rod, $1.49 to $1.51; corn, No 2 yellow, 39c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c. -*.. . New York^--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $9.00 to $4.50;--sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.65 to $1.70; corn, No. 2, 39c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 37c; butter, creamery, 14c to 17c; eggs, Western. 11c to 13c. When the trouble is over possibly the Monroe doctrine will have Asiatic trim­ mings. •. Spain may have noticed, however, that those "American pigs" are doing no squealing. It's all well enough to "bottle up Blan­ co," but it's mighty poor stuff to bottle, just the same. While Gen. Blanco continues to take oaths the American navy persists in tak­ ing seaports. It is to be hoped that the Queen Regent has a good, safe rowboat conveniently at hand for an emergency. A great many persons are learning more about geography than they ever before realized that they didn't know. Really, the way John Bull is carrying on will cause the powers to ask Uncle Sam; "Who's your fat friend?" Another expedition is to start for the north pole in June. Why not send the relief expedition ahead this time? And amid it all they do say that Oma­ ha's Trans-Mississippi exposition is goin'g to be several kinds of a hummer. The best way to avoid exposing your ignorance of Spanish pronounciation is to look y's and.steer clear of the j's. The introduction of the 5lerritt law in the Philippines will hardly be opposed, even by the friends of the spoils system. After the thing is all settled and done the Government will probably hold a clearing sale of first-rate, fully warranted islands. The commander of the Winslow should have remembered that it is not wise to get too close, even to so despicable an enemy as. a polecat. The cylindrical cotton bales shipped from the United States to England are pronounced a great improvement over the old-style square bale. ' J. Snyder of Ottsville, Pa., .had a ter­ rific fight with a monster blacksnake. which attacked him in the road, and which lie finally killed. On the first of May the Boston Globe editorially inquired: "What is Dewey do­ ing?" At that very moment he seems to have been doing the Spaniards. The modern Sampson also knows a thing or two about pulling down <the tem­ ples over the beads of his enemies, and his style is much more satisfactory to all parties conoerned. ed away any such fears. In fact, there should be a fear in the opposite direction, as the whole number of new candidates aided by the board in the past year was only 153, while the average yearly loss to the church by death is 174. The minis­ ters are being received from outside at the rate of ninety-one annually. Two years ago the number enrolled by the board was 1,037. This year it was only 814. The board hoped next year to make the amount given to each candidate $80, as it was two years ago. The various presbyteries recommended 846 men for aid, and only thirty-two were refused. The woman's board of foreign missions held its annual meeting in connection with the general assembly. The principal addresses were made In- Mrs. W. S. Nel­ son, Miss C. B. Sharp, Miss Ellen C. Par­ sons, Mrs. Robert F. Coyle, Dr. J. C. R. Ewing and Mrs. George S. Hays. All the addresses were on the general topic of foreign missions, and one of the most in­ teresting features was a missionary's hour, conducted by Mrs. S. J. Rhea, a for­ mer missionary to Persia. Twenty mis­ sionaries were present from as many dis­ tant lands, some in the native costume, and the hour was instructive as well as pleasant. Telegraphic Brevities. The Pope has been chosen arbitrator to settle the boundary dispute between Hay ti and San Domingo. The Ohio Legislature has designated Toledo as the place for holding the Obio centennial exposition in 1903. The proposed war taxation on nailrond tickets would raise about $20,000,000 srn- nuully, and would be slightly felt. The malady which has attacked one eye of Mr. Gladstone is affecting the oth­ er, and his case is growing more acute. Recent discoveries of gold in the Yukon I river islands lias caused a stampede there from Dawson and Circle City diggings. In the Canadian parliament, Premier Lnurier and Sir Charles Tupper declared themselves in favor of an American alli­ ance. • . .' While Inviting on the. lake near Atlanta, Ga., Paul D. Saifeand Miss Sadie Moore, his fiancee, were drowned. Jim Baker, the famous Indian scout, died of old age at Snake River, Wyo. He had been in the Rocky Mountains since 1842. Fifteen American fishing vessels have abandoned fishing on the grand banks of Newfoundland through fear of Spa,nis<h cruisers. Mayor Van Wyck of New York laughs at the report that he is to resign to be­ come a candidate for a place on the Su­ preme bench. Soon after the Senate convened on Fri­ day Mr. Hale (Maine), chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, favorably reported from the committee the House joint resolution providing for the organ­ ization und enrollment of an auxiliary naval force which shall form an inner line of defense. An amendment by the Senate coriimittee provides that the force shall not exceed 3,000 men. The resolution was passed. The Senate resumed con­ sideration of the war revenue bill, and Mr. Daniel of Virginia sppke for two hours on the measure. He Supported the bill, but opposed the bond feature and stamp tax, and said- the corporations should bear a larger share of the taxa­ tion, , Mr. McEnery (La.) proposed an amendment to the paragraph of the bill placing a tax upon all corporations not specifically designated, providing that the law should not apply to "limited liability cjumuercial partnerships „or corporations ; na(?wsipanies or corporations of limited liability conducting^planting or farming business or preparing for market products < f the soil." \For five hours on Monday .the Senate hAd the war revenue measure under dis- £Wssion. The entire time was occupied by Sir. Chilton/(Dem„ Tex.), Mr. Lodge (Rep., Mass.) and Mrv Turley (Dem., Tenn.), While Mr. Lodge confined him­ self to a discussion of the proposed tax on corporations and bank deposits, strong­ ly urging that such taxes be not imposed, Mr. ChiltOn and Sir. Turley covered pret­ ty fully the general features of the bill. No action of any kind was taken upon the bill. The day in the House was devoted chiefly to the consideration of District of Columbia legislation. Two bills of minor importance affecting the volunteer mili­ tary was passed. A bill authorizing the construction of a railway bridge across the Missouri river at 'Qlmidnro, Khm, by the Kansas City, Northeastern and Gulf Railway Company was passed. The Senate spent most of the day Tues­ day in discussion of the war revenue measure. Paragraphs relating to corpor­ ation taxes were under consideration. Speeches were made by Mr. Frye of Maine, Mr. Piatt of Connecticut, and Mr. Lindsey of Kentucky. In the Senate on Wednesday Mr. Hale of Maine reported an appropriation bill to supply deficiencies in pensions and for other purposes. As reported the bill car­ ries $8,498,405, of which $8,075,872 is for pensions and the balance for the army, navy and courts. After a brief discus­ sion of that feature of the measure which makes possible temporary appointments of clerks without civil service examina­ tion, it was passed. Discussion of the war revenue measure was resumed. Mr. Stewart of Nevada and Mr. Allen of Ne­ braska lpade speeches against a bond is­ sue. Mr. Caffery of Louisiana argued against the proposed tax on corporations, and upon motion the McEnery amend­ ment was laid on the table by a vote of 36 to 10. The Senate then passed bills granting additional powers to railroads created by laws of the United States and operating lines in Indian territory and ap­ pointing commissioners to revise the stat­ utes relating to patents, trade and other marks and trade and commercial names. Mr. Lacy of Iowa, from the Committee on Public Lands, called up, and the House passed, the House bill granting certain lands to the territory of New Mexico for common school, college, university, char­ itable institutions, public buildings, irri­ gation and Rio Grande river improvement purposes. Pursuant to an arrangement the House then listened to eulogies upon the late Senator J. Z. George of Missis­ sippi. Consideration of the war revenue bill was continued in the Senate on Thursday, speeches upon it being made by Mr. White of California arnd Mr. Teller of Colorado. A bill was reported by Mr. Sewell pro­ viding for the employment of retired army officers during the present war. It was passed. Mr. Money of Mississippi, being recognized, presented the resolutions upon the death of Mr. Walthall. The eulogies were pronounced by Mr. Money, Mr. Hawley of Connecticut, Mr. Berry of Ar­ kansas, Mr. Proctor of Vermont, Mr. Gorman of Maryland, Mr. Cannon of Utah, Mr. Cockrell of Missouri, Mr. Bate of Tennessee, Mr. Pasco of Florida and Mr. Pettus of Alabama. The House pass­ ed a resolution directing the Secretary of War to prepare and submit plans and estimates for the improvement of Aran­ sas Pass channel and harbor, Texas. A bill, providing for the sale of unallotted lands of the Pottawattamie and) Kicka- poo Indians in Kansas and a bill amend­ ing the law for times and places for hold­ ing terms of United States courts in Idaho and Wyoming were also passed. Mr Cannon of Illinois called up the pension deficiency bill as amended and passed by the Senate, and, after discussion, the House concurred in the Senate amend­ ments to the bill. The "Senate amend­ ments to the bill granting additional pow­ ers to railroad companies operating lines in the Indian territory were concurred in. A roll-call upon the amended bill to amend internal revenue laws relating to distilled liquors was pending when the House adjourned. Want a Wall Paper Factory. With the view of encouraging the manufacture of paper hangings the Austrian government will donate the land for the buildings, together with immunity from all imposts, custom dues, etc. Austria has no factories of the kind, and the annual value of hang­ ings imported is $2,000,000, despite a duty of $4.50 per hundredweight. No Room for It There. "How did your husband get cured of the habit of walking in his sleep?" "We moved into a flat." The Russian Government lias been pe­ titioned for 45,(KM) rubles for the purpose of feeding 10,000 starving school children for six months. As Admiral Montejo was only assassi­ nated by the New York newspapers, his mail need not be addressed to, the dead letter office. A warning to all local boards of health in Pennsylvania against the danger of smallpox lias been sent out by the State Board of Health. Lord Russell, lord chief justice of Eng­ land, urges intimate friendship between Great Britain and.the United States with­ out contract of alliance. The strategy board is in imminent dan-, ger of becoming the vermiform appendix of the war.--Washington- Post. Gen. Merritt is the latest man to learn, that a newspaper interview' may be full of mine fields.--Philadelphia Ledger. These personally conducted summer ex­ cursions in Cuba are worrying a young person in Madrid.--St. Paul Dispatch. Spain has discovered us again, and the second surprise was probably greater than the first.--Memphis Commercial-Appeal.- There is a general disposition.to declare, all book agents, as well as bill collectors, Spanish spies.---Memphis Commercial-Ap- peaL « "Everybody knows a woman can't keep a secret." "Men can?" "Yes." "How about the strategy board?"!--Cleveland Plain Dealer. At the proper time Dewey will proba-, bly apologize to the board of strategy loa­ the irregularity ,of his. performance.-- Washington Post. AmbaskadorvHay says that Commodore Dewey is a- very mild-mannered man. This accounts for his wifining; ways.-- Salt Lake Herald. As further evidence of martial spirit, the new baby, that is. christened Dewey is likely tp be immediately up;in arms- Philadelphia Times. The moment that a Spanish fleet leaves Cadiz for the Philippine Islands an Amer­ ican fleet should leave for Spain--Mem­ phis Commercial-Appeal. • » There is. one difference between Cer-. vera's fleet and the Flying Dutchman-- ' the latter does not have to call anywhere for coal.--Philadelphia Ledger. Some of the new members of Sagasta's cabinet may not have much experience, but it will not be long before they have acquired a great deal.--Washington Star. Those enterprising individuals who are engaged in manufacturing relics of the Maine for the wholesale trade report a flourishing business condition.--Washing­ ton Post. Uncle Sam supplies his soldier boys with plenty of tobacco, in which regard they are favored above any others in the world. All the smoke of war will not come from artillery.--Boston Globe. The Grand Old Man. He understood his time, but ^ie was in advance of it.--St. Paul Pioneer Press. What seemed to him an injustice any­ where was a personal affliction to him.-- New York Times. If Mr. Gladstone was inconsistent the history of his time is inconsistent.--In­ dianapolis Journal. ' f He was equally at home in religion, science, statesmanship and literature.-- Ohio State Journal. Gladstone made a great place in history as an exemplar of conscience in states­ manship.--Kansas City Star. His goodness was the essential part-of his greatness. He was a man for the people.--Cincinnati Enquirer. Probably ttyere never was a fairiou» career more distinctly foreshadowed from the start..--Philadelphia Ledger. As a statesman he was bold and un­ compromising, and yet in social life lie! was as tender ahd considerate as a wom­ an.--(St. Louis Republic. In everything that goes to the making up of statecraft Gladstone is to be ranked' with the greatest products of this or past ages.--Baltimore Herald. He impressed his marvelous and benefi­ cent personality upon the laws, the insti­ tutions upon the politico-moral sense of mankind.--Boston Advertiser. . His life offers a complete refutation to the oft-repeated charge that a man can­ not enter and continue in public life with­ out damage to his character.--Burlington Hawkeye. The range and scope of his labors, the breadth and growth of his ideals and be­ liefs and the variety and character of liis knowledge and his avocations, are alike wonderful to contemplate.--Cleveland1 Leader. Among the great figures of English statesmanship in bur day his is the lofti­ est,, in that he was always calling on the people of England to rise above their tra­ ditions and prepossessions.--Springfield, Mass., Republican. lu statesmanship, in the domestic vir­ tues. in broad humanity, and in that force of character which impresses the qualities of its possessor upon the age in which he lives., Gladstone was one of the world's reatest men.--Boston Tost. Americans believed in his sincerity; they came to regard him with good will, and he is mourned by them to-day, no less than by his own countrymen, as one of the majestic figures in the history of the Anglo-Saxon race.---New-York Sun. , ri . - Tifjis and That. Soap was first manufactured in Brit­ ain in 1524.". ^ A traveler can now go around the world in fifty days.', It requires half a day to sing the na­ tional hymn of China. i A fine ostrich is calculated to yield $2,000 woryi of feathers. The game of chess is taught in all the Australian public schools. New Zealand contains at present 42,- 000 natives (Maoris) a fin 626,000 whites. France and Germany are endeavor­ ing to acclimatize the American lob­ ster, as hardier and healthier ;han his European congener. The number of converts to Christian­ ity in China uas been greater within the last eight years than during the pre ceding thirty years. British trade ethics are about to ap* ply to the Klondike. Liverpool has sent out on the steamer. Manuense, bound for Si Michael, the largest cargo of liquor ever shipped. It includes 14,000 cases and 1,000 barrels of spirits, chief­ ly whisky, and 3,000 barrels of beer. JohnS^'l's New Plan* It doesn't app!y ;hat the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain is a instant' reader of the St. James' Gazette'.--Nashville American. But the trend of events for the last few months certainly seems to hare inclined this people to regard such an alliance with greater favor than ever before*--New York Tribune. ' We want no "entangling alliance" with Great Britain or any other country. The United States is amply able to take care of itself in any legitimate undertaking and we should engage in no other kind.--• Springfield Register.. Nothing can be said, as the alliance is to be based on conditions not yet exist­ ent. The shadow of the alliance stretch­ ing over Europe will undoubtedly prevent the development of the conditions.--Roch­ ester Democrat and Chronicie. Let us properly recognize and acknowl­ edge every evidence pf English good will and friendship, but We iiust not lose sight of the admonition of Washington to avoid alliances with European nations which might entangle us in their compli­ cations.--Omaha Bee. Is it possible that we have been swift­ ly swept into this tempestuous sea of world politics? Chamberlain assumes that we have and rejoices because of it. Mr. Chamberlain counts on too much. We are not ready to enter into foreign alli­ ances. But the future may force us be­ yond our traditional policy.--St. Louis Republic. We cannot favor an Alliance with Great Britain which would involve us in that nation's world-wide contentions, but we can but be grateful for the great service Great Britain has rei#ered us in letting the powers understand that in the event of any interference with us by theni that Government, with its powerful navy, would be found the ally of the United States.--Indianapolis Journal. Sparks from the Wires. The President lias approved the Alaska tomestead and right of way bill. Popular opinion in Italy thinks an An- gio-Saxon alliance would tend to preserve the general peace. Mrs. S. L. Rose of Granvjjle. Ohio, a native of New Hampshire, has celebrated her 100th birthday.