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i &7CC yt-aJfi X--Cr The Dodge City Times: VOL. XVII. DODGE CITY KANSAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1891; NUMBER 17. THE WORLD AT LARGE. Summary of tho Daily Nowa WASHINGTON NOTES. Tiik president, upon tlie recommen dation of the civil sr-rvice commission, "has made, important changes in.tho nilcs goierning the classification scr lice. All promotions of clerks arc to le made only after examination. 1jni:V at the treasury department develop-, the faet th.it Secretary 1'os tcr's ilan fur continuing i per cent, loans at 2 per cent, has so far failed to meet with the favor that v as antici pated by its adiocates. itri I)orii.vs has expressed him M?lf favorably touards the projected granting1 of pensions to c-slaves. The national land ofticc officials warn colored men not to try to buy home steads in Oklahoma of alleged cndors. Tiik treasury shipments of small notes to the west, for to use in moving the crops, aggregated S1,2"i0,000 on the V.th. Tin: last Siouv Indian commission lias completed its w ork to the satisfac tion of all parties. Cut. .1. W. l'orr, assistant quarter master, 1'ort Leavenworth inililary prison, has been ordered to Washington u official business. "Wilmam Si-tii.i:iii:ti, son of Hon. 1'cnjamin Bnltcrworth, has been ap pointed private secretary to the com- ui'ssiuner of patents. TIIK CAST. Ts.?n: I)in5 ami Ong Mo Loy, two Thin. mien who v.ere taken from Mott street diies to the Charity hospital, Xew York, vi ere after a careful exam ination by the iloctors, pronounced lep ers. Charity hospital authorities re leased the men declared lepers because, as they say, they have no pouer to hold them. A liiMWTrii from Krie, Pa., say-,: Et Congressman Scott's condition is slight ly improicd. Mr. I!rand. his physician, says: "I am confident Mr. Scott w ill re coier, though his recoiery will be necessarily slow." Tin: engagement of Dr. l'aul Thorn dyke, of Boston, formerly of Milwau kee, to Miss Knehcl Sherman, daughter if the Lite Gen. fcheiman, isannounced. CoL. I'KKIlMill'K I'msiKiu of New York, has been apioiiited adjutant jjetier.il of the (!. A. U. A express on the Heading railroad collided with a fi eight a. Kgg Harbor City, X. ., on the nth. Scleral pjs tsengers were, injured, two prob.ibly fatally. Tuc ftincrsl -en ices ocr the re mains of J .lines Kus.cll I.ouell took place at Harvard university. Inter ment w.is in the family lot at Mount, Auburn. i mi i;i; was a iree light lasting sever- ill hours at a recent farmers' reunion at IVnnsiillc, X. .1. .IrsT before the steamer Buffalo left Jamestown, N. Y., for the illuminated licet display at Chautauqua a section of the deck, crowded with people, gave way, throwing about thirty persons in the water. A scene of eicitement en dued, but by prompt act'on a1 1 were rescued alive. Ciiam.ks Dicckr, aged 10 years is in :i New York hospital, suffering from trichiuosis. He limy recover. SutAXtc lake club house, near 1'lattsburjr, X. Y., has been destroyed by tire. Seienty-flve guests lost nearly all their personal effects. Matsahv Sonihicui. the noted Jap anese wrestler, died suddenly at New York recently. He was suffering from consumption. Tiik large paper warehouse of A. G. Elliott A. Co., cornerof Sixth and.Tayno streets Philadelphia, has been badly damaged by fire. Ciiaki.ks L.iwnr.xcE, cashier of the ICci stone bank, and the two Ken nedys of the Spring Harden national bank, pleaded guilty at Philadelphia to charges of defalcation. Sentence was deferred. TIIK WEST. Tiik St John A. Mar-,h Lumber Co., Chicago, Kansas and Colorado, has failed. Liabilities and assets about 150,000, ; Pai.tii.s from the Chickasaw Xation say the Ityrd party was victorious in the late election, having secured every member of the lower house of the tribal legislature. The result means that the intruders must go and every white man on the expiration of his permit J. 1'im.kv Hoke, the noted forcer from l'eoria, I1L, completed his five year sentence in the .lolict peniten tiary, but w as rearrested on a bench warrant instigated by the Merchants' national bank of l'eoria. There are nine indictments hanging oier him, the bonds for which aggregate S.T7.O00. Stills ,fc 1)uiii.vi:lki:s furniture factory, Cincinnati, has been destroyed by fire. Loss SMl.cXM). Ki'oexe II. IIont.ick and his wife, Grace-, committed suicide at Denver, Col., by taking poison. ltoth were young and there was some trouble with their families. Tin: miners of the Virginius at Our.iy, Cob, struck to the number of oier 100 because the management re quired them to use lamps instead of candles in the workings they claiming the smoke from the lamps made them sick. W. II. Woodward, having in charge the arrangements for bringing dele gates to the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows nt St Louis announces that all rail roads will transport members for one fare for the round trip. Tim Hopkins has decided to contest the will of his adopted mother, Mrs. HopUins-Scarlcs. Kllsuortii, Minn., has been ravaged by a windstorm. The town was left a wreck. Seven houses In Campo, near San Diego, Cat, were washed awar bv a cloudburst Xo lives w ere lost At Elizabethtoiin, Ind , there was a cyclone recently. The brick school house was ruined. Tlie brick residence of Charles Cisco was torn away seven feet above the ground and his son Ezra was killed. The father is probably fa tally hurt A solthkr from Oklahoma City says that news has been received there that the Daltons and their gang of despe radoes have been tracked down into the southern part of the Sac and Tox country. There is absolutely no foundation for the reports that Jay Gould is seri ously ill at the Soda Springs, Idaho. Whim: bathing in the Ked river at Grand Forks, X. D., Rev. William T. Curric, rector of St Paul's Episcopal church. Miss Ruth Currie, his daughter, aged 13. and Miss Dora Kirk, aged 14, were all drowned. A terrible windstorm visited Keo kuk, la., on the afternoon of to 13th. SAN" l'n v.vcipco stevedores have struck for an increae.ef wages. TtWj men were killed by a collision on tlie Unicm I'aiilic near Itrigliton, Col. A freight engine had "died," und while the train vm standing on tl e track a special dashed into it. Thb crop of oats in Iowa is reported to be enormous. A CALL has lieen issued, signed by U. S. Hall, chairman, for a convention of the members of the Tanners' Alli ance opposed to the suli-trcasury plan and in favor of the 1'ort Worth resolu tions. The meeting is to be held in St. Louis Septcmbe'r 13. Anotiikr scene of wild excitement occurred in the I hicago w heat pit en the 17th. Under pressure to realize there was a considerable break. tiik sunn. Tin: Alabama state alliance re-elected all its old officers The president, S. M. Adams made a fierce attack on Senator Morgan, declaring ho would Buffer his arm to burn off licforc he would support him. His cause of com plaint was Morgan's opposition to the sub-treasury .scheme. Till ith is a great scarcity of money in all the lower Rio Grande section of Texas There has been no rain to speak of for eighteen months and the ranch men arc all in debt and the farmers have been unable to raise enough for their actual needs of money and pro visions clothing, etc The Maryland farmers' convention has indorsed Senator Gorman. Ex-Sesatou IJiircE, of Mississippi, opposes the schemes of negro emigra tion to Liberia and says Bishop Turner is the only prominent colored man in this country who advocates it Mr. Itruee says the American negroes are Americans They are African in noth ing but their color. Tin: jury in the case of Dr. Itakcr, of Abington, Va.. charged w ith the mur der of his wife, brought in a verdict of guilty. The verdict w as largely on the evidence of Miss Gilmer, a lady of so cial prominence, who confessed her criminal intimacy with the accused and declared he had admitted killing his wife. Hi:.vnv a Mil ks has been appointed United States judge of the northern and southern districts of Mississippi Mks. SaruiC. Polk, widow of James K. Polk, tenth president of the United States died at Xashville, Tcnn , on the HtlL The sanitary and other arrangements of tlie mines at Briceville, Tenn., not being up to requirements orders have lieen issued to withdraw the convicts instantly. The large ponder mill at Kellogg, W. Va., was blown up by an accidental discharge of jKiuder. Two Hies were lost, and many buildings destroyed. 1!i:ioaiiki:-Gi.n Stami.v at San Antonio, Toias, severely censured the cntirl which tried First Lieut Wal ter II. Chatlield. Fifth infantry, on ac count of the merciful sentence imposed. He was charged w ith wrong reports of money matters and w as sentenced to be reprimanded. The German Catholic Knights of America met in annual convention at LuatortlloJty., enrthe 10th. Tiieue was a destructive lire at Xor folk, Va., recently during a storm, breaking out in the Xorfolk Storage Co.s building on Water street and quickly spreading. The loss ran up to 200,000. I the circuit court of Des Arcs coun ty. Ark., the suit of Mrs. Mary Sweet, widow of John Sweet, who was killed in a wreck a month ago on the Iron Mountain road, was decided in favor of tho plaintiff. The jury returned a ver dict for sri.ooo. A Falmouth, Ky., special says that Jair.cs Uateliford, a notorious charater in that vicinity, was shot from ambush by i; in assailants. Indications pointed to the work of a mob. Everyone of the sixteen banks of Memphis Tenn., has been for the past two weeks receiving spurious silver dollars in money offered on deposits The counterfeit bears the date of lb'J A great sensation was created at Little Rock, Ark., by the arrest of J. L. Rary on a warrant by State Treasu rer Morrow charging him with the lar ceny of 5100,000 of state script Bary was a clerk employed by the bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer Woodruff to ex amine the books of the defaulting treasurer. GENEKAL. Terrirle stories of distress continue to come from Russia and Germany, in consequence of the dearth of grain. Russia has prohibited the exportation of rye. The Xovosti, of St Petersburg, in an article on European politics, takes oc casion to review the course followed by the Salisbury government and says that if it is the policy of Great ICritain to continue her present attitude toward France and Russia the peace of Europe will be guaranteed for a long time to come. Tun senaputty of Manipur and tho Tongale general were hanged at Mani 'dur, India, on the loth for the murder of the British commissioners a few months ago. An immense crow d of na tives w as present at the execution. Mrs. Thomas IS. Carih-thers has licen arrested at Rat Portage, Man., charged with having killed her hus band. The rise of the price of grain prom ises splendid returns to Austrian grain exporters, and especially as the Balkan harvests promise to be excellent and sufficient for the Austrian home con sumption. Portugal has prohibited tho impor tation of wheat until the native crop has been consumed. Business failures (Dun's report) for the seven days ended August 13 num bered 22", compared with 231 the pre vious week and 197 the corresponding week of last vear. Nearly all the salmon fishermen near Kodiak, Alaska, have struck be- cause the canning factory owners re' fused to take all the fish they could capture. Among those besmirched by the Can adian scandals is Premier Mercier of Quebec The viceroy of India cables that there has been a general fall of rain in India. The continued canards of the French press in regard to the emperor's phy sical condition are received in Berlin with contempt Telegrams from Kiel testify to an untiring energy and a de votion to state duties on the part of the emperor which are not likely to be dis played by a man at death's door. It is reported that Mr. Abbey has tried without success to secure the ser vices of Mme. Xordlca and Mme. Patti for an operatic tour in America. De spite all the managerial diplomacy dis played by him Patti would only promise to sign a contract with him for a con cert tom- The international geographical con gress in Heme, Switzerland, Ins closed. The next meeting will be in London. IIipisdlitkGoxzalks Fermin Pcrci and Ronafacio Valdcz, who were con victed of kidnapping, have been exe cuted at Havana, Cuba. Lieut. Scrivex. the commissioner to Central America for the Latin-American department, reports by cable that the government of Salvador will erect its own building at Jackson Park, Chi cago. Thrle fatal balloon accidents oc curred recently. At Cincinnati, Miss Annie Harness fell with her parachute closed and her body was broken tc pieces Xear Syracuse, X. Y., James Buckingham fell with his parachute into Ongala lake and was drowned. At Tacoinai Wash.- an aeronaut named .tohllsdu fell from his balloon a dis tance of 2.0J0 feet The reports of the discovery of ex tensile anthracite coal lields inSonora, Mexico, are continued by advices rc ceiiedbythc bureau of American re publics. Clearing house returns for the week ended August 1.1 showed an aierage de crease of 10.1 compared with the cor responding week of last year. In Xew York the decrease was 23.0. Tin: European bourses during the weekended August 15 were depressed and dull. Ow ino to the depression in the iron trade, operations at many of the prin cipal it on works in the Cumberland (Eng.) district have been suspended for some time and the inability of the workmen to procure employment is causing the most acute distress Rev. Dr. John Henry Hopkins one of the most distinguished clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal church, is dead, aged si. The British bank of Australia has suspended w ith JsOO.OOO liabilities DEVICES have been seized by the po lice at Chemnitz, Germany, with the legend "Bread or blood," and evidently intended to be used in a procession. The devices were destroyed. Sick pilgrims will be permitted to touch the holy coat at Treves on pro ducing a medical certificate describing their trouble. The wrought iron nail men of the Worcester and Staffordshire (Eng.) dis trict have struck against a proposed reduction of 10 per cent in wages. The strike affects not less than s,000 men. David Gariunkr, of Eden, near Win nipeg, Man., was taking shells out of an old rifle, when one of them exploded and the bullet passed through the ceil' ing, the floor above, the led and thtf body of a child four years old asleep in the bed and finally passed out through the roof. The child was killed. The Russian ministry of finance an nounces that the yield of rye is estimat ed at 711,000,000 poods but that owing to the present supplies being nearly ex hausted 904,000,000 poods will be re quired to supply the wants of the peo ple and for sowing purposes The deficit must be supplied by potatoes and maize. As M. Laucr was leaving a meeting at the Cirque river, Paris revolver was dicharged at him by a bystander, an anarchist. The charge missed M. Laucr; but grazed a coachman stationed near. The anarchist was arrested. The grave of Nathaniel Hawthorne has recently been so mutilated by relic hunters that it has been found neces sary to encircle it by A high fence. The Italian harvest reports show that this year's crops will equal those of lt90. Recent rains have improved tho corn crop and this crop promises to be good. An abundant yield of w ine from the grape crop is also expected. Another accident to an excursion train occurred on the Jura Simplon railway, Switzerland Fourteen per sons were killed. An aeronaut at Maccrata, Italy, full from his balloon into the Adriatic sea and was drowned. Two hundred freight br.ikcmen on the Lake Erie .t Western railroad li.ue struck for extra pay for overtime. The river S'e. Marie, Havti, has over flowed its banks. A bridge over the river was swepv away and thirty liies were lost War is reported to be again imminent in Samoa. TIIK I.ATI-.ST. Jackson", Mich., August IS. The storm last cicnmg de eloped into a small torna do, and swept arros tonnshins of Lconi, Napoleon and Nan ell. Orchards wero badly damaged, many trees being uproot ed. The volume of water that fell was lery great On the line of the storm houses and barns were wrecked and the inmates sought safety in cellars. Xear Brooklyn a fierce storm of hail did consid erable damage. In Jackson great quanti ties of rain fell, which flooded the streets and injured the pai enients. Considerable damage was done to trees. Jacksonville, Fla., August 18. A path of smoldering ruins two blocks wide and six blocks long, extending from Bay street to Ileal er street and one block on each side, is tho result of the fire which started at midnight It caught in R. D. Knight & Co.'s grocery, adjoining the large Hubbard building, and in a short time the block was a mass of flames. 'Hie flames were then carried diaeonally across the street to the Tremont hotel, and thence to the Hotel Burbridge and the large block in which the Seminole club n as domiciled. The tire spread on all sides being fanned bj a stiff breeze. The firemen worked he-1 roically throughout, bu nothing could ! s ay the flame until they were exhausted I for ii ant of material. In the smith build ing a large amount of dtnamitewas stored. This exploded :.nd started tires a block away to the north. The effect of the ex plosion was seen for fifty miles. In the i city the effect of the explosion was stun-1 ning plate glass windows for fiic squares were broken and the sidewalks were cov ered with broken glass. The firemen could , have stopped the fire here, but for the ex plosion. That rendered them almost help less Residences, hotels and stores broke ,to llame, and.the fire became a terrible coniiauraiion. i ne nre was sioppea snort- ly after dajlicht Twenty-five business I houses anj over forty dwellings were! burned. The loss will be oier a million dollars. The insurance is not known. Xo I hies were lost Caldwell, Kan., August 18. Joel B. ' Majes, chief of the Cherokee nation, ae-1 companied by twenty-five prominent Cher- okees, arrived here this eieninir. What their business is is not definitely known. Chief Mayes refused to give np any of ' their plans until to-morrow, when, he said, t a meeting would be held with the cattle- j men and then he would submit to an in- j terview. It Is generally thought that the cause of this sudden rush is the recent, order of President Harrison, allowing all! Cherokee citizens the privilege of holding I cattle on the strip, and that they are on ' the rounds to protect their people and oust the intruders j President Harrison has gone to Ben-' nington, Vt, to attend that city's renten-. nial celebration and to take part in the dedication of the soldiers' monument I CHINA'S DANGER. rncltah, French ami America'! linn. Maj Vet Teach Celestial Their lluty to Fur el client. Sh noiiai, Aug. lb. There is no use denying the faet that n most serious state of political affairs exis's in this country at the present moment and the combined fleets of the powers may be called upon at any moment to take ef fective action. The danger clouds have been seen on the horizon for months past the smoldering fires caused by the agitation existing against foreign ers and others among the populace have repeatedly broken out into flames but apparently w ithout, until quite re cently, revealing the strength of the Volcano which is threatening a most disastrous outbreak. International af fair;, undoubtedly, are the inward and actual causes of the displays of ill-feeling against foreigners which arc only the outw anl signs of tho movement in progress. In this city at prcsont a state of great excitement prevails at the increased and still increasing tension between the Chinese government and the ministers of the foreign powers. From all ap pearances the former seems obstinate in its refusal to redress the injury done to the foreigners during the re cent riots. Some people say that the government dares not take this step demanded in common justice to the foreigners for fear of incurring a. storm of popular disapproval; in any case there is no doubt as to the dbatinacy of the refusal to right the wrongs inflicted upon the foreign residents of China. On the other hand, there is also no reason to doubt that, if the Chinese authorities do not yield to the firm dc- 1 mantis of the ministers of the powers. concerted hostile action upon the part of the war vessels of the various na tions represented in these waters is im minent Much damage has licon dono and too many outrages have been per petrated upon the foreign residents of this country, to permit of the repre sentatives of the powers submitting any longer to be put off with vague statements which in the main actually mean that China cannot, or will not, redress the wrongs done to peaceful residents of foreign nationality and that China docs not admit that the lat ter h.ii e been outrageously treated in their persons or iu their possessions by Chinese mobs over which the authori ties seem to have no control Such is the state of affairs it is now know n that the foreign ministers have lieeli compelled to inform the Chinese government that a joint naval ilemon- btration of art effective nature, in w Inch the French, American and British squad rons w ill take part, w ill be ordered in the near future, unless speedy repara tion is made for the injuries, outrages and abuses complained of by the min isters of the pollers. SHOT HIS WIFE. An Ottawa, Kan., Lumler Merchant Kill His Wire and Shoots Hlinelf. Ottawa, Kan., Aug. 18. Just at the bend of Main street after leaving the bridge in North Ottawa stands a cottage which for a long time has been the abode of E. J. Preston and his family. Preston w as engaged in tho lumber busi ness, and, to all appearances lived hap pily with hisfaiuiby until about a year ago when trouble grew up about his wife's objecting to their daughter's keeping company with young men. Preston insisted that the daughter had a right to do so, while the wife de clared she should not This controversy resulted in Mrs. Preston's being driven from home. She afterward returned, but jvas again driven away. After an absence of some months the wife returned and it was generally sup posed that the matter had been amica bly settled, but at '', o'clock Sunday afternoon a passer-by heard the crack of a revolver and before the sound hud died away another and still another. The passer-by rushed against the door, but found it locked. He broke it open and found Mrs Preston lying dead in a great pool of blood, while Preston was w andering aimlessly about the room w ith a still smoking revolver in his hand and a great gaping wound in his forehead. On seeing the intruder Preston point ed to the lifeless body of his w ifc and said that she had tried to kill him. But the evidenco all goes to show that he shot his wife and then himself. The coroner was summoned and on arrii ing pronounced Preston's wound fatal, in the hope of extorting a confes sion. Preston thereupon admitted the killing and said that his father-in-law. J. II. Wilhite, a prominent merchant of this city, was responsible for the whole trouble. Xotwithstanding the serious nature of Preston's wound he was promptly placed in jail by the sheriff and every effort will be made to protect his per son against any mob violence. THE NORTHWEST HARVEST. Well t'mler War With a Phenomenal Yield Assured. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 18. Harvest ing is w ell under war all over the north- w est and the promise of a big crop is being more than fulfilled. Instead of averaging from fifteen to twenty bush els to the acre, wheat is turning out from twenty-five to thirty, and the in creased yield from an increased acreage makes l.0,000.000 bushels the minimum product for the Dakotasand Minnesota. Other grains are close to wheat, oats especially turning out wclL The weather for harvesting is all that could be desired. Hart Ity the Warm Wave. LNlNG,Mich., Aug. 18. The weekly bulletin of the Michigan weather ser vice shows that the weather conditions for the last seven days have been gen erally unfavorable to corn, potatoes and beans the parched condition of the soil and the warm wave having ma terially injured these crops In the eastern and northeastern parts of the state heavy rainfalls have done much to revive the crops, and will greatly help potatoes in the northern section, where rain was badly needed. In the western part of the state no rain hat fallen, and corn is curling up to some extent. Ail sections need more ram. Xun Mar Teach School. Austin, Tex.. Aug. 18. Attorney General Culberson, in answer to State Superintendent of Instruction Pritchett, advises that there is nothing in the constitution or laws of Texas to dis qualify nuns or sisters of charity from receiving certificates to teach in the free public schools-of the state provid ed no religious tenets or instruction is taught by them in the schools during or before or after school hours or in the building in which a free fchool ol thb state is conducted. The certificates will be granted in accordance with tht ruling'. AERIAL PERILS. Terrible Fate of a Young female Aeronaut at Cincinnati A Denver Italloon Incident Fatal Itesnlt or an Ascension atSrra cues Another at Tacomo. CihiNNT, Auir. 17. One of the at-" tractions of done? island Saturday afternoon was a balloon ascension by Miss Annie Harness, of Tcrre Haute, and a large crowd of pleasure seekers thronged tlie grounds At the ap pointed time the young woman stepped into the car. The ropes were loosened at once and the balloon rose rapidly. At an elevation of about 500 feet the parachute was let go and slowly began to unfold. Suddenly there was a dread ful hush In the proivd for the parachute had closed, and with its human burden was falling with frightful velocity. Faster and faster descended the para chute. More intense and terrible be came the strain on the madly excited crowd as horror-stricken it stood wait ing the fearful cml Suddenly there struck upon the ear a sickening sound for the end had come. Quickly a sympathetic crowd gath ered about the horribly mangled form of tho poor girl, as she lay in a crushed mass upon the ground. Blood spat tered her gaudy clothing and the w reck of the parachute that had borne her to her death and, fast running from her broken body had formed little pools about tin; spot where she lay. AN ALMOST lMT.lI. ACCIDENT. Desyei:, Col., Aug. IT. A balloon ascension at Manhattan iieaeh, a sum mer resort near here, yesterday after noon came near resulting fatally for three persons. Several thousand people had as sembled to witness the ascension of tho mammoth air ship which was to carryj besides Prof. King, a couple married in the basket just before the rope was cut Tho balloon shot up in the air and at a height of 8,000 feet it encountered a storm and burst It fell forover a milo like so much lead. Then, fortunately for the occupants of the car, the silk formed itself into a parachute, thus stopping the rapidity of the fall The thrco lit in a cornfield about seven miles from the city, but with such force that they were uncon scious for several hours afterward. I1ROWNED BY HIS TARACHUTE. Syracuse, X. Y., Aug. 17. James Buckingham, aeronaut and parachut ist, who made an ascension at Pleasant lieacb, on Ongala lake, yesterday met a horrible death in the water there at aliout 0 o'clock. The ascent w as made without dillleulty and when several hundred feet up in the air the professor loosened his hold on the balloon and dronncd directly oier the lake. The parachute inflated with air and the de scent was made slowly, but when the water was reached the parachute com pletely covered Buckingham and it is thought he was unable to extricate himself from Its folds terrirle fall from a balloon. Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 17. An aeron aut named Johnson fell from a balloon to the ground a distance of about 2,000 feet Saturday afternoon and was fright fully crushed. He died instantly. FUNDING OPERATIONS. What tho Treasury May Do U the Bond holders Do Not Exchinge. Wasiiin'Oto.y, Aug. 17. Secretary Foster has made the following state ment in regard to tlie funding opera tions and financial situation generally: "About 518,500,0000 of VA per cent bonds have been extended and applica tions have been received covering about 52,500,000 more. What the final outcome may be, of course, I do not know. It is probable, however, that a considerable portion of tlie balance (530,000,000) will be extended It w ill be no hard ship to the treasury to be called upon to pay those not extended In fact such payment will add, by the amount paid to the money in the hands of the people. By the extension we succeeded in preventing a decrease of national bank notes and in fact have so far in crcasul the circulation nearly $5,000, 000. The outlook is that considerable more of an increase w ill be effected "I am not finding any fault with the action of the banks as might bo infer red from recent publications I saw Mr. Sherman at Mansfield I always find it profitable to discuss money mat ters with him. I don't recall a single disagreement between us The statement telegraphed from Mansfield regarding our lato con ference is a pure romance. While there is less reserve in tho treasury than for many years past it is in a com fortable condition. Because of less money in the treasury it follows that more money than ever before is in the hands of the people, thus facilitat ing the conduct of tho business of the country. Wo arc on a gold basis and there is no occasion for alarm as to the ability of tho government to maintain this con dition. The secretary has ample power to maintain or increase the present re serve of gold I may add that Mr. Sher man fully agrees with me regarding the legal power of the secrecary as above expressed. I don't see any occa sion for the exercise of this power, but I don't hesitate to say, should the occa sion arise, I shall not fail to use it" Depression in kngland. London, Aug. 1(5. Owing to the de pression in the iron trade operations at many of the principal iron works in the Cumberland district have been sus pended for some time and the inability of the workmen to procure employ ment is causing the most acute distress About li,000 men have been thrown out of employment, a large number ol them having earned nothing for a year. Last Honors to 3lrs- 1'olk. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 17. The funeral of Mrs James K. Polk whe died last Friday oc curred here at 1C o'clock yesterday morning. A great crowd was present. but the services were unostenta tious The remains were placed in the tomb beside those ol her distinguished 'husband Mrs Polk MRS roue lacked but a few days of being SS years old Democratic National Convention. Washington, Aug. 10. The twe cities which have begun active work f oi the democratic national convention are St Louis and Washington. The latter city really has hopes and is going about securing rotes in a vigorous and syste matic way. William Dickson is the District of Columbia member of the committee. He has received assurance? from Barbour, of Virginia: Ransom, oi North Carolina, and Pasco, of Florida, that their formal preferences are for Washington. Kenna, of West Virginia, and Gorman, of Maryland, are also eowted for Washington, I? im (tWsarrJatPKt iSKfi?5ffw' DEATH 9FMRS. POLK. Tho Aged Widow of President JauirJ K. I'olk rasscs Away. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 15. Sur rounded by a few loving ft lends and relatives' Mrs Barnes K. Polk; relict of the tenth president of the United States; died at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morn ing, peacefully and quietly, in the full possession of her natural faculties! Mrs. Polk was in perfect health until last Wednesday evening, when on re turning from a short drive she was taken suddenly ill. She never rallied Had she lived until September 4, next, she would have been eighteen years beyond the allotted timo of three score nnd ten. Tlie cause of her death was Simply exhaustion resulting from old age. Mrs. Polk was before her marriage, Miss Sarah Childress She was born near Murfrceslmro, Rutherford county, Tenn., September 4, 1801, and was the daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Child ress. Her father, a farmer in easy cir cumstances sent her to the Moravian institute at Salem, X. C, where she was educated On returning homo she married Mr. Polk, who was then a member of the legislature of Tennessee. The following year he was cleeted to congress, and during his fourteen ses sions in Washington Mrs. Polk's courte ous manners sound judgment anil many attainments gave her a high place in society. On her return to Washington as the wife of the president Mrs l'olk deroted herself entirely to her duties. She held weekly receptions and abolished the custom of giving refreshments to the guests She also forbade dancing, as out of keeping with the character ol these entertainments In spite of her reforms Mrs. l'olk was extremely popu lar. "Madam," said a prominent South Carolinian, at one of her receptions "there is a woe pronounced againstyou in the Bible." On her inquiring his meaning, he added: "The Bible says! 'Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you.'" Mrs Polk became a communicant oi the Presbyterian church in 1S:H, and maintained her connection with that denomination to the last After the Jeath of her husband she resided in Nashville, in "l'olk place." POWDER MILL GONE. rrrrillc Kxnloslon, Canning the Death ol feveral Workmen. HusTlNOTox, XV. Va., Aug. 15. Yes terday morning about S::!0 o'clock, the ponder factory in the Ohio river at Kellogg, W. Va., four miles lielon Huntington, blew np from some un known cause. The explosion was in the glazing mill building which was about twenty-five feet square and two stories high. There were aliout two tons of powder in it The1 main mill building and in which great (Quantities of powder are stored was not affected The noise of the explosion was heard twenty-five miles away and its force was so great as to literally annihilate the building. Pieces of timber were thrown across the river in Ohio. A piece of iron weighing over a ton was picked np and tossed through the ail SOU yards and buried deep in the ground Workmen were lust going to work in the large mill but had not yet entered it In the glazing mill at the time of tho explosion were two workmen, John Baylcss and Timothy Cooney. Only unrecognizable fragments of their bodies can be found, and twe buckets full of shreds of human flesh have been gathered Ceorge Wells who was in a house W0 yards away, had his skull broken by a fragment of iron which whirled through the window of the house. He is in a dying condition. I). M. Parks Charles Knowly anil John Shauster, workmen in the big mill, who were landing -100 yards aw ay, were terribly Injured by flying missiles that black ;ned the air. aurt A few others are slightly What caused the explosion no one i lii ing that can tell. Mom than 1.00C icople have been drawn by curiosity to the scene. Archie Livingston, the superintendent, was .standing right by the mill w hen it was blown to atoms and he escaped unscathed The family of John W. Bayless one of the victims is inconsolable. One of his daughters is at the point of death from grief. DOLLAR WHEAT. Chicago Bolls Itnn Wheat Up to High Water Mark. Ciiicac.o, Aug. 15. There was an other wild day in the wheat pit on the board of trade, prices going up and down over a very wide range without any apparently sufficient cause. The bulls and bears were all on the grid iron, but the advocates of higher prices had the best of the situation and im proved their opportunities to the extent of ultimately carrying prices to a point 4? cents above the closing figures the day before, and the close was iH cent? higher. The bulls' long-delayed pre diction of dollar wheat was finally ver ified and they hailed the big round fig ure with a mighty shout This oc curred close to the end of the session and was the culmination of a rapid ad vance of 2K cents Xo effort was made to put it higher and it was doubt less put to that figure for its moral ef fect Corn was strong but unsettled. though not showing as much strength as wheat aborts were nervous over the advance in the wheat pit but it was difficult to buy owing to the scarcity of offerings. A Daageroiis Ducking. Jamestowx, N. Y., Aug. 15. Just before the steamer Buffalo left for the illuminated fleet display at Chautauqua last evening a section of the deck, crowded with people, gave way, throw ing about thirty persons in the water. A scene of excitement ensued hut by prom pt action all were rescued alive. Young Book Chosen. Kxoxville, Tenn., Aug. 15. The re publican congressional committee met yesterday and canvassed the returns of Saturday s election. The official fig ures are: Uouk, 15,285; Woodruff, 6,057; Houk's majority, 9,228. Official Agricultural Chemists. Wasiiixotox, Aug. 15. The conven tion of the official agricnIturalAJKnists met here with a large attendance of members President IL C. Caldwell read an address, which was followed by a report from the secretary, H. M. Wiley. The remainder of the session was taken np by the discussion of routine affairs. Incalls Will Not Co to Knropc Atchisox, Kan., Aug. 15. Hon. John J. Ingalls has definitely decided not to go to Europe at present It is said that he is busy, when not making speeches, working oa a political book. HIS WORK ENDED. tames Ttutsrll Lowell, l'oct. Patriot and SctK.faf, re- it Lons ami Useful I. If Succuralu toa ti-pli'tionrAltineits Drier Skcttfi or His lfHILnt Career. Boston, Mass., Aug. 11 James Rus lell Lowclldied at 2:10 o'clock yesterday morning1. His death was caused by an affection of the liver together with other ailments incidental to his ad vanced agci Mr. Lowell passed sway at his home, Elmwood, in Cambridge; wliCr he was born. Almost to the last ho was I hard although erratic, worker. He had not been seen as often in society lately as formerly, but up to five years ago he seemed in robust health. ltlOflRArillClL. James Ku'Setl Lowell born In Cam brldse, Miss., rebruary 22. 1919. The poet ira descended from an Knglfsh famtty who settled In XffwKn.rUinliritho year ot I13J. His grandfather was made a Judge by Wash ington alur having assisted In framing tho constitution of Massachusetts In ITS. Ho moved thutnsertlo-i in the bill of rights of that statu ol the cline thit "All men are horn free and equal." and earned great emf nenco as a Iiwycr. Tho family Cf the Lowells Rave lis name to the city of Lowell. Tho deceased va the son of Charles Low ell nnd in genlu" and character was tho hereditary representative of tho heart and trains that founded Xew England. IIo was ffsi rr-j 1H JAMKS IH'SSELL LOWELL. the yonnxest of five children. From both parents wero transmitted high intalliscncc sonnd principles and right ideals, but tint poctlo and Imaginative facnlty cauie Iron the mother. Ills birthplace was tliu old tnry mansion now ca lid "L'lmwood." a iarj three story square, wooden houio in tho early colonial stlc, situated in spacious grounds, surrounded by magnificent eluij nnd pines pi inted by Ills father, with an outlook on the Chirlis rivr. Lowell w fitted for college hyW llllam Willi who wal tho senior of the linn tii.it published th series of WelW & Lilly classic. He entered Harvard In lus sixttcnth year and wa graduited In l-its. Hi lint publNhed literary production, unless probably sonw poems of 'Harvardiuiia," ulneh ho edited ic i.JT 3. was his noted class poem co.npo-ed under p culiar clrcum-itaiicm. .t tho time ot writing it tho collegiate senior was undergoing a brii f period of rustication at Concord. In contiinencn ol inattention to his tcvt !onl,s. Hi force' sojourn In tills .Arcadia of scholarship am.' reform brought lifin Into relationship witb the transtindcnt ilUU who In that dtv Wero In the habit of githerlng at the home ot Kmerson, with n limn then began t'uif friendship which, despite the playful s illb'i of tho younger poet In his earlier writings only terminated with the de ith of tho elder. Tho youu!; satirist Ar tho hnmorous side of tho social movements of the day, and tho class poem, seintillat In? with wit. attacked the (bolitlonists, 'Carlylc, Kincrson and transccndentatlst. In tho law school of Harvard Lowell received the degree of LL. B. and was admitted to the bar In 1810. Tho only record of the pnetico ot his profession is round in a story entitled -My First Client," publihed In tho Ifoilon Miscellany. Henceforth lie gave himself en tirely to literature. In 1SI1 n volume of poems, written under the Influence of nflec tion for a woman of genius who becamo hts wife, was published under tho title of "A Tear's Life." Tho volume was never republished, nnd of the seventv noems onlv a smalt nart hu7e been dceni'd worthy of reprinting by the Xoah Allen, of Wichita. author. His marriage to the woman who Inspired these poems took placo in 1&M. Thought lie Was Auditor. Mnrla White was an ardent abolitionist, and J A yonng man by the name of Lam no doubt her Influence a-sisted in turning b employed in the general office o his thojrfhts to tho scrmu side of 11. it , , . ' . . " . . . . , canio to which ho rendered .iruorIal "e Santa re at Topeka, lost his menta si rvice. ' balance the other morning and undei To uodcr-tand Lowell's character It Is I ncccflry to remember that he was not only a poet, a scholar and a hmnorNt. but alwais a conservative and a critic. o man w.n moro tnorougniy iinuucu man ue wiiuiuo fund uuent il principles of American democ racy a democracy wlthoutdcuiagogNm; no man more Je ilousth in lieof llieunt irnMicd rc-putnt on or America in politics and Iitera turc: no in in more quick to see. any depart nro from tliohlh life il of the republic and his flaming pen was turned to attic k wh it ever assailed this i'h-il at ne time slav ery, nt nnother timo vicious political methods threatening tho purity of demo cratic focie'y Ills raritc'ilNui was nlnays conservative-, hlscnt'clsm alwas construc tive.. Lowell and his wifu were rrgularcon tributors to the Liberty Hull, nnd his name appeared In 11 In the Antl-Slarcry stand ard as corresponding editor. In thin paper from 19IJ loIs6 his pocnisdurlngthat period mostly appeared Later the Huston Courier was the vehicle ot his productions, nnd in Its co umns tho first series of the "Itiglow I'apers" was given to tho pnbllo, bi ginning In the issue for Juno. lsiX and ending in ISIS In IMS he undertook tho editing of the Pioneer, a literary and critical magazine. Only turco numbers wero published, the venture failing through financial disaster to the pubighcrsL In this ina.-azlno was begun a scries of essays on the poets and dramat ists, which afterward ioruu-d tio material for "Conversations With Some of too Old Poets." In l-h came a volume of verse containlngA Legend of Ilntlaiiy." with thirty-three miscellaneous poems nnd thirty seven sonnets. These wero followed In JSU by -Tho Vision of Sir Laun- fa!, ono of tho mot ejriui-ite productions ot li s genius, a poem founded 1 on the legend of tho Holy Grail, which Is j aid to have been compose! in a sort of J frenzy in about forty-eiMit hours, during kilii ii imiuii l .r.iTiviv aiiiir.i("tL In IS77 3!r Lowell was appointed I y Tresl deut lliyes to the SpanNu uiN-io.!, from which he was transferred to theconrt of tt. James. In ISSi Lowell was deputed as mini, ter to Kncland and, until rcenllid by rn-ident Cleveland, lie was our r preventative at t. ! Jum'-s. Lowell's first wife died In is; I. He n'trritd n second tlui" In 1W7 ifiss Dunlap, of l"ort land. Jf c, and who died in 1S?. Crops in Good .hip. Dallas, Tex.. Aug. !:. The cotton crop outlook in Texas and the Indian territory is very promising. The acre aire is f nllv 10 rvr cent larger than last year, and the condition about 15 per cent better. The crop is. ten days late. The corn crop is made and abundant in north and east Tevas with enough to supply home consumption as a rule in other portions of the state. The acre age is in excess of last ynr. Corn and other crops in Brew str county in the Rio Grande valley of west central Texas were totally destroyed by grasshoppers Sugar and hay prospects are favorable. A fepeculltive Scheme. St. Paul, Mixs.. Aug. 13. The Daily News yesterday afternoon published an elaborate statement showing that it has positive information that the so-called "hold-your-wheat" Farmer's Alliance circular was gotten up by Minneapolis speculators and that all expenses are being paid by that crowd. A stranger was imported to handle the alliance men and get them to father the move ment The syndicate have 6,000,000 ol old wheat to unload and if they can buL' the market and unload they will thee let it slump to buy in the new crop a KANSAS STATE NEWS. Attempt to Blow Up a Hoasr. A dynamite explosion tore to atoms tho front porch of J. M. Jnvcnal's resi dence at Ci" South Third street, Armourdale, on the night of the 10th, shattering the windows in that and a neighboring house. J. M. Juvenal is assistant superintendent of the Consoli dated Tank Line Co. Shortly before the time of the explosion a woman was seen stealing along Third street from Kansas avenue Five minutes of ter came the explosion. An investiga tion en osi fluently show cd that dynamite had been jrlaced beneath the porch and that the fuse had extended from it to the front gate. Part of the burnt out fuse was found The trail of the woman was followed into Missouri and Miss Amelia Pfaffman was arrested. She claims she can prove an alibi. Alliance Camp Meetings. The dates and places for holding the ssven congressional district alliance camp meetings in Kansas have been fixed as follovrs: First district, Holton, Friday, September 111 Second district, O'tfsws, Saturday, September 19; Third district, larsras Thursday, September 17; Fourth district. Emporia, Monday, September 14; Fifth dMrict, Clay Cen ter, Wednesday, September 9; Sixth district, Beloit, Wednesday. September 23; Seventh district, Hutchinson, Mon day, September 21, and Wichita, Tues day, September 15- In addition to these camp meetings another will be held at Hayes City, Ellis county, Saturday, September 26. HoMlns; Tho Wheat. President McGrath, of the Kansas Farmers Alliance, recently stated that the farmers arc holding largo quanti ties of wheat until there is a material advance in prices. A late Topeka dis patch said that the number of local Corporations which are filing their charters it ith the secretary of state, the avowed objects of which arc to purchase and ship grain, is most positive evidence that the farmers are organizing systematically for the pur pose of holding' their wheat and other products until inch timo as they can se cure satisfactory priw. The Brensan Castf. Tcdge Thcodosius Botkin has con sulted rrith Attorney-General Ives in regard to the" Ifrcnnan trial and t him expressed the opinion, so freely ex pressed before, that it wi!l be difficult to obtain an impartial jury in the trial of the case in Stevens county. He thinks the best plan to pursue is tc summon every man in the county, who is eligible to jury duty, at once that the panel from which the jury is to be se lected may be as large as possible. Found Deaf!. The other day a well dressed young man was found dead near the railroad crossing one mile west of Waniego with a bullet hole in the roof of his mouth, a revolver in his hand and hi coat hanging on the fence near by. Papers found led to the belief that his name was Charles E. Orchard It was clearly a case of suicide. The young man had money, and left a note telling how his things should be dis posed of. A lVoplcs l'aper. The charter of the People's Publish ing Co., has been filed w ith the secre tary of state. The company is formed to publish a daily and weekly new s paper in Topeka. The capital stock i; $50,000, all of which is said to have beer subscribed. The first directors are E. II. Snow, state printer; Walter M. Allen, S. McLallin, editor of the Advo cate; G. F. Kimball, of Paola, anc the belief that he was auditor, attempt cd to take possession of that depart ment It was thought that the hot weather caused hia insanity. He was removed to the asylum. Temperanc Convention. A call has been issueel for the annual convention of the Kansas Temperance union, to be held in Topeka September 15 and lo. Every church, Sunday school, temper ance society or other organization in sympathy with the temperance cause is invited to send three delegates. Mte for a I'uhlte Bnildlna;. The secretary of the treasury has se lected as a site for the public building at Emporia the corner of Merchants and Fifth avenues the amount agreed being f?,fi00. The Baptist church property, at first selected, was refused because there was an apparent defect in the title. Miner Killed. Clyde Cupp, engaged in mining, went into his shaft at Galena the other day and when about twenty feet from the top he was overcome with choke damp. fell to the bottom and was instantly killed ,,. No.fc ,.. .. . . . Kansas City, Kan., expects soon to have a cotton mill. threshing machine belonging to jy Snjder exploded on a farm near - Hiawatha the other day, fatally injur ing Charles McCartney, the engineer. j The people's party savings bank of Atchison, which failed last winter, will ' probably pay its depositors dollar for dollar, the good crops this year having increased the value of many real e tate mortgages upon which money can be realizceL Albert Janury, an employe of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis railroad at Fort Scott, was recently killed by lightning ivlnie at woric near a barb wire fence. Four others in the same gang were knocked down but not 'seriously hurt A twelve-year-old son of Patrick 31c- Gce, while attempting to climb on a moving wagon load of wheat at King man the other day fell under the wheels, was run over and received In , juries which proved fatal within half an hour after the accident Willie Taylor, eight years old, was recently drowned in the Kansas river at Argentine. The steam mill property at Glasco, valued at $20,000, burned the other night It was set on fire. The mill had been idle for months. Ben Dick; who was stealing a ride on the M., K. & T. railway, was recently killed by the train at Labette City. Be lived long enough to accuse the brake man of throwing him oft The state convention of tho Farmers' , Alliance for the election of officers will be held at sauna, uctoner 3L Ed Hoover, the fifteen-year-old son at a prominent farmer of Labette conn 7, was recently drowned while bathing tlw Nxnaho. " ' t-e- j.' ,