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.J" I i- T?, :m 1 f: I %jj rtim **U «*At WU & ^ttmunfou Advance H. HAWLEY, Publisher.' WORTHINGTON. MINN. "While the yellow fever epidemic nilght have been far more deadly, the prostration of business in some points of the south was almost complete. Statistics show that since the Cuban ffemine began'in September-last 15,000, human beings have died of starvation and no other cause in the distressed Island. An expert says that getting shot does not hurt any more than having a tooth pulled. The dissemination of this knowl edge will not lessen the rush to get out of the way when bullets are flying •round. How necessary it is that the quar antine against the West Indian islands be strictly enforced i«* demonstrated by the news that yellow fever is rag ing with unparalleled violence in Jamaica. The old world has suffered much this year from famine. It has had wide prevalence in India and, China, and por tions of Ireland have felt the pangs of dearth. And now the inhabitants of a north Russian province are dying of starvation. It would be a dreadful thing if Great Britain and France should go to war, but there is a possibility, by no means remote, that they may do so. The two nations have long been contending for supremacy in Africa, and at last a clash of interests appears to be immi nent. Consul Deuster. at Crefeld, Germany, reports to the state department of a dis covery made there which it is.said-will revolutionize the methods of illumina tion. It' isi an incandescent jet. A single jei of ordinary size can emit a light of much more than 1,000 candle power, and fine print can be read at a distance of 100 feet. Mrs. Hannah Gould's band of 60 wom en to sail from New York soon for Daw eon City is composed, according to their chaperon, of "widows and bachelor maidens." It is extremely probable that in a very short time after their ar rival on the Klondike such designa tions will cease to be applicable to any of these female argonauts. 1 The periodical meteoric shower failed to materialize and we shall have to wait two years more for the grand demon stration that the Leonides vouchsafe once in. a generation. Let the stars shoot all they want to. So.long as there is no shooting on the surface of the earth we can bear wi+h equanimity any amount of aerial & umiery. A mob of white men in North Da kota recently lynched two Indians and a half-breed who were charged- with murder, andi now it has been, discov ered that the half-breed was» innocent of any participation in the crime. Great is the civilization' of the white man! Is it not strange that the In dian does not embrace it more readily? The government experts are not able to find much promise in. Alaska for ag ricultural operations. The mining and timber resources are enormous, and the experiments with reindeer show that these animals can be used inimitably and are perfectly at home in the cli mate, thus providing meat, leather and transportation facilities1. The fishing industry is a strong feature of Alaska also, and these are good enough fea tures to dr^ a large population. The custom that has become so pop ular among bandits in Chicago of hold ing up men in saloons is evidence that they have been impressed1 by this pro gressive and labor-saving age. It is much easier and more satisfactory in every way to hold up six or seven men in a saloon than it is to take the same number one at a time on the street. And, besides, they are likely to have more money in the saloon than they will have when they come out of it. Miss Grace G. Niles, of the Orange N. J.) training school for nurses, claims that she has been refused a diploma because she writes poetry. If it is only because she writes it we are prepared to sympathize with her, but before wasting any tears we would like to have some assurance that she doesn't read it aloud. It is difficult to imagine anything more fiendish or hor rible than a poetess in the guise of a nurse trying her influence on a helpless invalid. John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, was recently interviewed by a reporter on a subject of which be is well qualified to speak. He was asked if it pays to ad vertise when times are hard. "When, the times are bard and people are not baying.", replied Mr. Wanamaker, "is the very time that advertising should be the heaviest. When times are good they come of their own accord. But I believe in advertising all the time. I have tried all kinds of advertising and bave spent a great deal of money in posters, but I gaVe that up long ago. and think newspaper advertising is by far the best." An aerolite fell upon the'earth near Binghamton, N. Y., Sunday morning at least it is called an aerolite but some learned professors who have examined it find curious characters in a pie£e of metal imbedded in it which they be lieve to be a message from the red plan et, Mars. If that is so it will be better to call together a synod of scientists and bave them decipher it. If the Mar tians have fired us a message we want to know what it is and then means may toe adopted to fire back an answer. There is no use .sajring that. it can't be done, for "can't" is an expression un worthy of the age. •Rev. George Header,' who recently married a couple in the lions* cage at the Boston ^zoo, has been expelled from the theological school of the, Boston university on account of his connection with the sensational performance. The faculty of the school regarded his ac tion as not in accordance -with the "quiet, dignified and Christian deport ment" required by the rules of the in stitution. It should be stated as an ex lenuating circumstance that the rev erend gentleman did not enter the cage iiimself, but performed the ceremony from outside of the bars. Thus toe jibtared discretion at least. Hjdhf i- The Important Happenings of a Week Briefly Told. IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION AH the Latest News of Interest from Washington, Froiri the East, the West and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES FROM WASHINGTON. President MoKinley has appointed F. W. Mondell, of Wyoming, as assistant commissioner of the general land of fice. In the four months of the present fiscal year the totkl internal revenue receipts of the government exceeded those of the corresponding period in 1S96 by $0,759,069. A torney-G eneral McKenna's appoint ment as associate justice of the supreme court to succeed Justice Field has been formally decided upon by the presi dent. Secretary Bliss of the department of the interior in his report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897, says that the total area of the public domain is 1,S35, 017,692 acres there were 976,044 names on the pension rol!s June 30,1897, an in crease of 5,336 the Indians number 177,178, exclusive of civilized, tribes the number of children in public schools was nearly 14.000,000 and the value of school property $456,000,000. A munici pal government for Alaska is recom mended. President MeEinley, it is announced on high authority, will tacitly approve the programme for autonomy or home rule for Cuba which Spain now prom ises. The discovery is announced by the secret service bureau of a new counter feit $10 silver certificate and also a counterfeit national bank note. An order was issued by the orphans' court in Washington issued an order making Mrs. John A. Logan guardian for Miss Evangeline Cossio Cisneros, who escaped from a Cubajti prison. It has been decided by the govern ment to make no further experiments with Indians as soldiers. THE EAST. The death of Alfred Ordway, a noted portrait and landscape painter, oc curred in Melrose, Mass., aged 76 years. Robert and John R. Gentry, the pacers, have closed their 1897 campaign and been taken to Somerville, N. J. Advices indicate a total failure of the fall mackerel fishery on the Atlantic coast. At South Hadley, Mass., Mount Holyoke college, the pioneer institution for the higher education of women, ob served its sixtieth anniversary. Directors of the Rochester (N. Y.) savings bank voted to place that institu tion in liquidation. At the leading clearing houses in the United States the exchanges during the week ended on the 19th aggregated $1, 277,598,858, against $1,317,652,600 the previous week. The increase compared with the corresponding week of 1896 was 3.5. In the United States there were 267 business failures in the seven days ended on the 19th, against 291 the week previous and 334 in the corresponding period of 1896. At Yassar college in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 60 students were seriously ill from, eating improperly cooked veal. WEST AND SOUTH. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge will suggest that a new bureau of the war depart ment be created to manage the volun teer soldiers' homes. In the annex at the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus Albert J. Frantz, aged' 22, the murderer of Bessie Little, of Day ton, O., was electrocuted. Near Bryan,Tex.,Tom Sweat, a negro, who killed another colored' man was taken by a mob from the officers and lynched. George W. Hinman is to succeed Wil liam Penn Nixon as editor in chief of the Chicago Inter Ocean. At St. Louis Henry Clay Johnson (col ored1) was hanged for- the murder of William Amend, a newsboy, August 1, 1896. nl St. Joseph, Mo., John J. Overton, aged 100 years and'.one month, was mar ried to Mrs. Mary Henderson, aged 77 years. During a quarrel over money matters Henry Kammerer killed his father near Benton Harbor, Mich., and then killed himself. In three counties in Texas a prairie fire burned over 400 squame miles of ter ritory and thousands of cattle and sheep perished. A mob shot Silas D. Fargo, of Happy Hollow, Mo., on suspicion of having set fire to a building. Coal operators of northern Illinois refused absolutely to arbitrate with the miners. George Weston (colored) was hanged at Paducah, Ky., for the murder of his paramour. Vinie Bell. J. L. Hoover, of Pleasant Hill, Mo., was killed and 30 other persons were in jured in a train wreck near Williford, Ark. Next year the Western Baseball as sociation will consist of clubs from St. Joseph, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Du buque. Burlington, Quincy, Peoria and Rockford. Fire destroyed the Anchor line steam er Bluff City, one of the fastest and newest boats on the lower Mississippi, at Chester, 111., the loss being $100,000. J. W. Harris, editor of the. Times, was fatally shot and his brother killed by Judge G. B. Gerald in a street duel in Waco, Tex. Nearly 17 per cenifc. of the railroads of the country have been equipped with safety appliances. Isaiah B. Sexton, a eurvivor of the war of 1812, died in Sparta, Mich., aged 92 years. A train was wrecked near Coal Bluff, Ind., and three miners were fatally in jured and 20 others hurt. Nine men have been mistaken for deer and killed in as many days in the upper peninsula of'Michigan. Georger Rpehl and Martin Bartliolemy were, fatally injured and Robert Loreni were severely beaten in an attack of masked men tin milters &t the Kolb cOal pit near Mascoutah, HI. The. death of Rev. George H. Hickox, 25 years chaplain of the Michigan state prison, occurred atJacksonr~ •~S«M Throughout, "western Washington chinook winds and rains were playing havoc. 1 •«At Greenville, O., an unsuccessful at tempt was made to wreck the fast New York and CJbicago express on the Erie railroad. At his home in Pawpaw, 111., Isaac Thompson celebrated his 101st birth day. He is iu good health. In the south frosts have practically killed out the yellow fever. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE All prisoners captured on board the American schooner Competitor in April^ 1896, have been released from Cubana fortress by order of Capt. Gen. Blanco. The Cuban insurgents have refused a loan of $200,000,000 to buy their free dom, preferring to fight. On the Duchene river near St. Ed ouard, Canada, a landslide killed 40 persons. In British North Borneo earthquakes, accompanied by a tidal wave, caused great loss of life. Gen. Weyler arrived at Corunna, Spain, on the steamer Montseratt. In London a fire in the manufacturing district destroyed 150 warehouses with their contents, the loss being estimated at $25,000,000. In the City of Mexico an artillery wagon loaded with powder exploded killing four met* and wounding eight other persons fatally. Twenty-seven American prisoners have been released in Cuba since the present administration came into office March 4 last. In Costa Rica President Yglesias has been reelected president. The Cuban leader, Gen. Ruis Rivera, who was betrayed and imprisoned, lias been pardoned. LATER NEWS. Heavy rains, snow and chinook winds caused washouts that blocked all railway traffic in western Montana for over a week. An engine explosion in the saw mill of John Woodward, at Ackerman, Miss., killed Frank Woodward, Jim Hempill and Fayette Norloin. Football games the 20th resulted as follows: Yale 6, Princeton 0 Pennsyl vania 15, Harvard 6. New counterfeit ten-dollar bills on the National bank of Los Angeles, Cal., have been discovered. The steamer Victoria, sent out by the Norwegian government to search for Prof. Andree, has returned without finding any trace of him or his balloon. The floor of the Cory Methodist church at Cleveland, O., collapsed, pre cipitating 500 colored- 'worshipers to the ground, a distance of seven feet. A panic ensued, but only three persons were hurt, and they not seriously. Forty-eight men were arrested in the swamps of Mississippi by United States inspectors on the charge of violating the alien labor contract laws. Patrick Conway went to sleep in a foundry oven at Trenton, N. J. A fire was started soon after, and he was nearly roasted to death before rescued. Fire among the warehouses of Mel bourne, Australia, caused a loss of $5,000,000. Two very distinct shocks of earth quake were felt at Randsburg, Cal., but no damage was done. Angel Paz, the Cuban insurgent, who betrayed General Adulfo Castillo into the hands of the Spanish troops, was hung by the insurgents. The powers threaten to make a dem onstration in the Dardanelles. The will of the late Henry George, filed for probate in New York leayes his entire estate consisting of the home at-Fort Hamilton, worth about $8,000, and the copyright of his books to his widow. A masked negro attempted to hold up a street car in Kansas City, Mo. The gripman, E. O. Prowett, threw a grip hook at the highwayman, who instantly shot the gripman in the groin. Conductor G. W. Church came to his comrade's assistance and was shot in the breast being seriously wounded. The negro, escaped. All the British prisoners held in Cuba have been released and all the Ameri cans and French prisoners will be set at liberty in a few days. Motorman Theodore R. Merrick was was killed and Motorman W. E. Hor ner so badly injured that he died in a head end collision ou the Baltimore Northern railroad at Baltimore, Md. The officials say Merrick disobeyed orders. E. J. G. D'Albani, a clerk in the gen eral offices of the Northern Pacific railway, committed suicide by jump ing off the high bridge at St. Paul, Minn., into the Mississippi river. Rev. A. E. Morrison, Methodist min ister at Pan Handle, Texas, was ar rested by the police of Topeka, Kas., upon the charge of wife murder. Luke Usher, president of the Nation al bank of Pottsdam, N. Y., which failed last January, has been indicted upon eleven charges. The allegations charge Usher with misappropriating 8700,000. The large department store of D. Heenan & Co.. Streater, 111., was de stroyed by fire. Loss, $250,000. The fire was caused by a lamp explosion. *The presentation of a handsome sil ver service on behalf and in the name of the citizens of Nashville, Tenn., was made to the gunboat Nashville, at the Norfolk (Va.) navy yard. Mrs. Wm. H. Mat»on was burned to death at Baltimore, Md. The steamer Saratoga, from Havana, having on board the released members of the Competetiors filibustering expe dition, arrived at New York. A party of insurgents attracked the Spanish outposts of Havana and a sharp engagement followed. The sounds of firing caused great excitement in Ha vana, as it is known that large rebel forces are quartered near the city. The large steamer Lacicawanna, lqaded5 with flour and merchandise, struck on Ballard's reef, near Am herstburg, Ont., and just as she got her lines out she sank forward in 18 feet of water. MARKETS. I Minneapolis, Nov. 32,~!. Wheat—No. 1 northern, 89K to 90c No. 3 northern, 84 to 85c December,' 88*c. ,Corn—Na 3 25c. Oats—No. 3, white, 20 to 21c. Cattle-^-Steers, 93.20 to 8.75 cows, S3.60 4 Hogs—$3.00 to 3.25.' Sheep—Muttons, $3.10 to 4.50 lambs, $4.25. Butter—Creamery, extras, 21 to 22c creamery, firsts, 20 to 21c dairy, fancy, 19 to 20c dairy, choice, 15 to 16c. Poultry—Turkeys 7 to 8c spring chickens, 7 to 8c: SHOULD HAVEM0RE HEN, den. Miles Urges an Enlargement of the Army. 111* Ueconiinendatlons to Secretarr Alarer—Latter'* Annual Report— Seacoast, Defenses—Military Protection tor Alaska. Washington, Nov. 22i—In his first annual report, Secretary Alger makes many, rec ommendations for the betterment of the administration of the war department, based upon the conclusions of his subordi nate officers. He asks favorable considera tion for the proposition to add two regi ments to the artillery branch, pointing to the valuable fortifications now being erect ed, which, he says, should not be manned by a corporal guard. Want* a kararer Army. An army of 35,000 men will satisfy Gen. Nelson A. Miles, but a standing force of 70,000 will not more than satisfy him. That Is the burden of one of the most strenu ous of the recommendations of the major general commanding transmitted to the president in the report of Secretary Alger. To Gen. Miles' general recommendation that the army enlistment be increased Sec retary Alger adds no word of approval, but to the specific appeal for two additional regiments of artillery he gives an emphatic second. Gen. Miles' general recommenda tion touching the number of enlisted men Is as follows: "In my opinion it would be wise and ju dicious for congress to establish a stand ard limiting the recruiting of the army for all future time, unless the conditions of the country should be other than what can now be anticipated. The nation is de veloping in most unusual and extraordinary proportions in wealth and population, and as the army is one of the pillars of the re public it is proper that it should grow as the nation grows, commensurate with the needs and requirements of the latter and I therefore recommend that a standard be fixed and authorized by which the strength of the army should be regulated in. time of peace in proportion to the population and wealth of the nation, and that the maximum of enlisted men be limited to one soldier to every 1,000 population, and the minimum of one soldier to every 2,000 popu lation, the number actually in service with in this limit to be determined by the presi dent according to the necessities and re quirements of the government." For SeacoaMt Defenses. Seacoast defenses is a constantly recur ring subject of discussion in the report of the secretary and the communications of heads of departments. Gen. Miles urges that the general plan of defense adopted by the government be pursued steadily and the secretary of war sounds the same note more than once. The former recommends the appropriation of $15,318,500 for the sea coast work of .the year under the engineer, ordnance and quartermaster departments, and his superior sanctions the recommenda tion. Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, chief of en gineers, goes into details on the subject of coast defenses. Since August 18, 1890, congress has appropriated $9,b2,333 for the construction of modern, gun and mortar batteries for coast defense. Up to the present time there have been contracted for 24 12-inch guns, 82 ten-inch, 33 eight-inch and 16 rapid-tire guns and 232 12-inch mor tars. The numbers of each type now mounted and ready for service are, respect iveiy, 10, 18, 5, 0, 73. These numbers it is expected to increase by the end of the calendar year to iy, tio, 31, 9 and 168, respect ively. Protection for Alaska. He says of Alaska that as many as 100, 000 people will be. gathered there next year, and a military force should be sent to the territory and large emergency powers should be granted to the president to re press lawlessness. Probably the creation of additional military reservations, like that of St. Michaels, may be the best means to meet the problem. boat for the patrol of the Yukon is also asked for, as well as increased pay for the enlisted men serving in Alaska. Some Recommendations. Secretary 'Alger recommends the revival of the grade of lieutenant general, saying that all the great nations give their of ficers much higher ranks than does the United States. He Indorses the recommendation of the superintendent of the military academy that the number of students at West Point be- increased by allowing each senator to nominate a cadet. As an alternative, he suggests that the president be authorized to appoint ten cadets at large each year. Favorable comment is made upon the work of the military colleges of the coun try, but it is. suggested that the law be amended- so as to authorize details of army officers only to such colleges as have at least 150 pupils actually present. Attention is called to the need of a proper system of criminal jurisdiction over mili tary reservations and of a hall of records for the storage of official papers. The es timate for army transportation is increased by $1,00,000 to provide means for moving heavy ordnance. To provide for the new posts needed on the seacoast an estimate of $2,000,000 is submitted. Kmtlmates. The estimates for the next fiscal year aggregate $96,258,445, as against $62,832,417, the amount of the appropriations for the current year. The principal items of in crease are in rivers and harbors, where the estimate is $48,728,160, as against the appropriation of $23,278,028 fortifications and sea coast defenses, $13,378,571, as against $8,517,141 the military parks, posts and cemeteries, $2,558,639, against $889,867. Secretary Alger transmits without re duction the estimate of the chief of engi neers for the next fiscal year, amounting to $48,728,160, more than double the appro priations for the current year. He says these are largely in excess of what they Bhould be at a time when the demands upon the treasury are as great as now, therefore he recommends a large reduction. In justice to the chief of engineers, Secre tary Alger says that these estimates were made by his own direction, that the fact3 might be placed before congress, showing what the expenditures would be were all the requirements of the river and harbor laws complied with, and he cites the fact that the outstanding continuous contracts for river and harbor work will require an expenditure of over $17,000,000 for the next fiscal year. The secretary indorses the project for the construction of the ship canal connecting Lakes Union and Wash ington with Puget, Sound, but states that active operations cannot be commenced for some time, as the right of way has not yet been acquired. Secretary Alger especially commends for patriotism, generosity and seal Col. Buf fington and Capt. crozier, the inventors of the disappearing gun carriage, who gen erously donated the invention to the gov ernment. The report closes with the renewal of the recommendation that provision be made for the erection in Washington of a statue to Gen. Grant. ALL WERE KILLED. Fosr Southerner* Engage In a Des perate Brawl. Mandeville, La., Nov. 22.—Bayou La combe, a small settlement 11 miles east, of here, has been the scene of a terrible tragedy. News has just been received here of a desperate fight between Ar thur and 'Edward Jolie on one side and Laurance and Edward Cousin on the other, which resulted in the killing of all the parties concerned. Shotguns and pistols were the weapons used. The cause of the difficulty is attributed to an old family feud. Manao la President. Havana, Nov. 20, via Key West, Fla., Nov. 22.—The new government of the republic of Cuba has been constituted by the election of a president, vice pres ident,' and secretaries of war, finances, foreign relations and interior. Bartol ome Masso is president. The election was held at Guaymarillo, Puerto Prih cipe^ November 4, and representatives of all six states were present. The elec tion was orderly, and Masso triumphed by a large majority. Gen. Calixto Garcia, Salvador Cisneros Betancourt and Domingo Mendez Capote also re ceived votes for the presidency. Be^lnn Six Day*' Neaiilon in ^'.borirh-lti Objects, Zneth£ METHODIST CONGRESS. GEN. OROWAY DEAD. thf. cilurcl» A nPABOntfltinn A# lowers." contracted in Pans The list of speakers who will attend the congress includes the names of many of the brightest men in the de nomination and the topics announced for discussion are such as well doubt less prove attractive to all thinkers, without regard to their denominational affiliation. Delegates from all parts of the country will Joe present during the week. The inaugural session was auspi cious and evidenced the popular favor with which the movement has been re ceived. A LOSS OF 85,000,000. Dinaiitroun Conflagration at Mel bourne, Aniitralla. Melbourne, Nov. 22.—A great fire broke out here at two o'clock Sunday morning and in a very short space of timedidenormousdamage. It started at the warehouse Craig Williamson in Elizabeth street, in the very heart of the city. A strong wind was blowing and the fiercely-fanned flames rapidly engulfed building after building. De spite the desperate efforts of the fire men the entire blocks bounded by Eliz abeth, Flinders and Swanston streets and Flinders lane, with the exception of two buildings on the Swanston street front, were destroyed within three hours. The burned section included many of the largest business houses in Melbourne. The buildings were com pletely gutted. As most of them con tained soft goods the flames progressed with a rapidity which defied all check ing, and in the furious wind ashes and burning debris were carried into the suburbs, a distance of two miles. It is estimated that the loss will reach £1, 000,000 ($5,000,000), while the trade in soft goods has received a serious set back. Hundreds of employes of all sorts have been suddenly thrown out of em ployment. DIDN'T BELIEVE IN BANKS. Chicago Thieves Steal $8,000. an Ageu Woman'* Saving*. Chicago, Nov. 22.—Mrs. Margaret Kee gan, living at 512 West Fifteenth street, had a strong belief that banks were in stituted for the sole purpose of swindling people out of their money, and desiring to retain all her funds in a safe place she selected a barrel and placed the barrel in a closet in her home. The amount in the barrel consisted of $8,000 in notes and silver. Saturday during the absence of all the members of the Keegan household thieves en tered the house and stole every cent of the money. There is no clew to the robbers. ASSASSINATED. Cowardly Murder of Farmer by an Unknown Person. Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 22.—John Den mark, a farmer living near Van Ettan, 25 miles from Elmira, was foully mur dered Saturday by an unknown person. Denmark and his little son were sitting in their home at a table when the muzzlefj of a double-barreled shotgun was poked through the window and at short range the murderer blazed away at Denmark, killing him instantly. A party of 15 armed men are scouring the country for the criminal. ITS MISSION FAILS. Steamer Victoria Ketnrnii Without Finding the Missing Andree. Tromsoe, Norway, Nov. 22.—The steamer Victoria, which was fitted out by Gov. Tromsoe, under instructions from King Oscar, to search for Prof. Andree, the missing aeronaut and party, and which left here November 5, has returned from Spitzbergen. She brings no news as to the whereabouts or move ments of Andree, although exploring parties landed ten times at various points in Danmaud's isles. FATAL EXPLOSION. Three Men Killed and Several in jured In a Southern Mill. Ackerman. Miss., Nov. 22.—News has just reached here over telephone from Louisville, 16 miles south of here, of the explosion of the engine and boiler of John Woodward's steam mill, which oc* curred at that place Saturday evening, causing th'e death of frank Woodward, Jim Hemphill and Fayette Norton. Several others were seriously and per haps fatally .injured. Still Unsettled. Streator, 111., Nov, 22.—The strike of the 15,000 coal miners in the northern Illinois coal fields remains unsettled. The action of the miners' convention held here Friday night and Saturday failed to bring about a solution of the existing troubles. The demand is sim ply renewed for the Springfield scale of 48 cents per ton and the gross-weight system. Killed by an Officer. Des Moines, la., Nov. 22.—Officer Tom Donahue shot and instantly killed Charles Lucas, aged 20, while Lucas was trying to escape arrest. Prosperity In F'ox River Valley. Appleton, Wis., Nov. 22.—Notwith standing the Sherry failure, business conditions in the Fox River valley are remarkably prosperous. The price of paper is advancing, and there are in dications of a concerted movement along this line by local mi 11 men. A new sawmill, with an annual capacity of 5,000,000 feet, was located here and will be completed by February 1. 'j Aged Professor Passes Away. Amherst, Mass., Nov. 22.—W. S. Tyler, late professor of Greek language and literature in Amherst college, died Fri day night, aged 87 years. •___ JMflS" Probably Hastened by the Way vrnrdneM of a Daughter. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 22.—Pittsburgh has perhaps never been the scene of a more notable religious gathering than" night at the Hoffman house in this city, the Methodist Episcopal church con- When death came the general's wife, re be an a ix a on at Christ church Sunday morning. In conception, purpose and treatment it is unique in ecclesiastical annals and marks an epoch in religious history The call for the congress, which was signed by Bishops Vincent, Ninde and Fitzgerald and many prominent Meth odist educators, says: "The congress does not propose to In vite or favor destructive criticism of ex isting institutions, but simply to bring out from persons representing different phases iieraouB represennng amerem pnaiei "J 'w» of intellectual activity, a frank expression events in connection with |sis vjayward New York, Nov. 22.—Gen. /Albert Ordway died at 7:15 o'clock Sunday his sister, Miss Emma Ordway,' Dr. Pease, the ..attending physician, and Lieut. Very, a close friend and business associate, were at his bedside. Gen. Ordway and his wife returned from Europe last Wednesday They engaged rooms at the Hoffman house. Next day the general was taken sick and he con tinued /to grow weaker and weaker un til 7:15 Sunday evening when he passed away. The general's death was doubt less hastened by the sad and recent can meet any daughter. Bettina Girard. The latter, more fully than it does the demands of our times, and if so, wherein its activities complete wieck, was a day or two may be modified or directed to advantage. an adequate presentation of the tenden cies of durrent scientific and literary teach ings and also suggestions as to the best service to be rendered by the church in nff° The congress will not concern itself with from Bellevue hospital. Owing to the questions of church policy, but with Issues pleading of his wife who hnd hennmo bearing upon the relation of the church o60®™6 to the thought and life of the people as af rec°nc,,ed to her daughter, Qen. Ord fected by current scientific and literary way finally consented to the return of teachings. The congress will aim to secure the prodigal and a reunion of the family transferred to a private sanitarium Washington was arranged. Gen. Ordway's death is attributed by the at tending physician to jaundice and BUU wWH, developed fron, eold TBrevet Brlpr. Gen. Albert Ordwav. who was born In 1843, served with credit and gallantry throughout the civil war, the greater portion of the time with his regi ment,* the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts infantry. An act of personal gallantry at Newbern, N. C., was followed by his ap pointment as adjutant of the regiment. He remained in North Carolina until June, 1863, later served in the army of the Po tomac, then in Florida, and through the campaign of 1864-65 in the army of the James. After the occupation of Richmond he was appointed provost marshal of Vir ginia, where, through a portion of the troublous reconstruction times, he directed the delicate duty of his position with much skill and tact. For gallantry at various times and because of his ability he had been successively promoted until, when slightly over 22 years of age, he was made brevet brigadier general, being the youngest of ficer in the service to receive that grade. His regiment and himself were retained in the service until February, 1866, and were the last volunteer troops mustered out In the state. After being mustered out Gen. Ordway went into business at Richmond, and about ten years later removed to Wash ington, where, as commanding officer of the national guard €or a number of years, he brought that organization up to a high standard.] INNOCENTS SLAIN. Heartless Murder of Two Children at Oconotaiowoc, Wis. Oconomowoc, Wis., Nov. 22.—A mys terious triple crime was committed at this place some time between ten o'clock Friday night and five o'clock Saturday morning at the home of Ernest Cornell. Willie Cornell, aged six, and Lillie Cor nell, aged four, were on Saturday morn ing found dead, lying on their bed with their throats cut, and Ernest Cornell, their father, was lying on the floor with a large gash across his throat. Cornell, after his throat was sewed up. said that a man named Lewis, a horse skinner, had come to his house Friday night and induced him to drink a lot of whisky, and that after drinking the liquor he started to read a newspaper, but soon lost consciousness and knew nothing more until he was awakened by the clock striking at 5:30 Saturday morn ing. The general opinion is that Cor nell killed the children and afterward attempted to commit suicide because of domestic troubles, as he makes charges against his wife and Lewis. Sheriff Palmer states that, after making a par tial investigation of the murder, be is unable to decide who killed the two chil dren and injured the father. The tragedy is the sole topic of dis cussion. Opinion is still divided as to who is the murderer. The father seems likely to recover. His wife is in the county jail and Lewis, the boarder, is in the citj' hall lock-up. Both are charged with murder. Each has made a state ment saying they are innocent. THE LONDON BLAZE. Latest Estimates Places the Losses at 910,000,000. London, Nov. 22.—A number of fire engines are still playing upon the smoldering ruins which mark the scene of the great conflagration near the general post office. Walls are falling every now and then. It is impossible to accurately estimate the damage done, but the direct loss will probably be below $10,000,000. The Evening Standard in its financial article says it is believed that the bulk of the fire losses will fall upon Amer ican fire insurance companies. About 300 firms are seeking for new offices. The estimates of the amount of damage done range from $10,000,000 to $60,000,000, but according to the best opinion the loss is about $10,000,000. All the historic treasures of Cripple Gate church were removed, including the records of Oliver Cromwell's mar riage, Milton's burial and the deaths from the plague in 1665. FIRE IN PARIS. Two Acres of Property Burned, Caus ing a Loss of 980,000. Paris, Nov. 22.—A destructive fire started Saturday afternoon in the Rue des Pyrenees in the northwest part of the city. The flames spread rapidly and before the fire was got under control a large number of small houses and work shops were destroyed. The burned dis trict covers an area of about two acres. The loss is placed at 400,000 francs ($80, 000). After a six-hours' battle with the fire the members of the fire brigade were utterly exhausted and were re lieved by a force of 250 soldiers, who had been ordered to the scene. Newspaper Change Announced. Chicago, Nov. 22.—The Inter Ocean in its issue on Sunday announced editorial ly that a controlling interest in that pa per has been purchased by a party of Chicago gentlemen, prominent among whom is Charles T. Yerkes, and its im mediate management has been intrust ed to William Penn Nixon and George Wheeler Hinman. Wholesale Suspension of Veterans. Des Moines, la., Nov. 22.—Crocker post. Grand Army of the Republic, sus pended 136 of its 600 members for fail ure to pay dues. The dues amount to about $1,200. Well-Known Church woman Dead. Milwaukee, Nov. 22.—Mrs. I. L. Nich olson, wife of Bishop Nicholson, of this city, died Saturday of consumption, after an illness of two years. Mrs. Nichol son was considered the best authority in.thecountry on church.vestments em broidery. The decedent's relatives live in Baltimore. It Hanars Fire. Washington, Nov. 22.—M. Patenotre the French ambassador, has referred the question of reciprocity with the United States back to his government-, and there is no immediate prospect of the conclusion of the negotiations. Condition^'of Affairs in tbe terior Department. Secretary Bliss Presents Hla Annual Beport—Pension List ^rowlnf—1® dlan Matters an Important Issue—Bleeds of Alaska. Washington, Nov. 19.—Secretary of th» Interior Bliss, in his annual report, submits estimates aggregating $156,532,419 for ap propriations by congress for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1899. rension Claims. Discussing pensions, he says 200,000 pen sion clalmsare awaiting adjudication, and It is estimated that 40 or 50 per cent, of these will be finally admitted. If they are rapid ly adjudicated, they will swell the pension roll from 95,000,000 to $7,000,000. When, how ever, these claims are adjudicated the first payments made thereon, the amount of the pension roll will decrease very rapidly, pos sibly to $125,000,000 or $130,000,000 the first year. The Indians. The total Indian population of the United States, exculsive of the New Tork Indians and the five civilized tribes, approximates 177,178, located on 177 reservations, which contain approximately 33,404,837 acres. Of these 4,645 have accepted allotments of land which aggregate about 644,147 acres. Secretary Bliss says while the opening of the Wichita reservation, in Oklahoma, to white settlement would greatly promote the development of that country, yet, in view of the unsettled condition of the ques tions affecting their rights until there is further legislation, he does not see how tt can be done without causing great injury and distress. To guard against this, rec ommendation Is made that the Dawes com mission be authorized to investigate ques tions as to their rights and claims, and re port recommendations for speedy and just settlement. The Dawes Commission. Referrlng'to the work of the Dawes com mission, It is announced that the investiga tion of the rights of applicants for citizen ship In the five nations has been practically completed the commission has been pre paring the rolls of citizenship of the sev eral tribes, and" has negotiated three agree ments. That, with both the Choctaws and Chickasaws of April 23, 1897, is before con gress, and has been ratified by those tribes. That made with the Creeks September 27 last was rejected almost unanimously by the Creek council, and there is little prospect of any further agreement with them. The Cherokees have refused to make agree ment, and negotiations with them have been abandoned for the time being. Such agreements* as have been concluded, vary so in their provisions, that in view of the fact that eventually a uniform system of government must be provided for the In dian territory, it is questionable, the re port says, whether any of the agreements should be definitely ratified by congress until the ^desired and necessary uniformity can be secured. Agreements Violated. The secretary says the five tribes have un doubtedly violated in many ways the spirit of their agreements with the United States under which the territory is now held and governed, and while he does not recom mend any harsh government action, the secretary calls the attention of the presi dent and congress to the chaotic condition of affairs of the territory, growing out of the several tribes' methods of administration. Leading Indians have absorbed great tracts to the exclusion of the common people, and government by an Indian aristocracy has been practically established to the detri ment of the people. From 200,000 to 250.000 whites, by permission of the Indian govern ment, have settled in the territory, but are merely tenants by sufferance. No govern ment for the Indian territory will be sat isfactory until congress shall provide for the establishment of a single uniform sys tem for the entire Indian territory that shall place all its inhabitants in possession of the rights of American citizens. Work of the Patent Office. In the report on the bureau of patents the secretary says The report shows there were received within the year 43,524 applications for patents, 2,088 applications for designs, 80 applications for reissues, 2,137 caveats, 1,964 applications for trade-marks, and 91 applications for labels and prints. There were' 23,994 patents granted, including re issues and designs 1,700 trade-marks, tfiree labels and 32 prints registered. The num ber of patents which expired was 12.SS4. The number of allowed applications, whicn were by operation of law forfeited for non payment of fixal fees was 5,034. The total receipts were $1,343,779.44 the expenditures, approximately, were $1,026, 044.39, leaving a surplus of $317,135.05. The moneys covered into the treasury on ac count of receipts from fees, etc., in patent cases, from July 4, 1836, up to and including June 30, 1897, and in excess of the cost of th» management of the patent office, amounts to $5,093,614.23. Alaska. Concerning Alaska, Secretary Bliss says existing conditions demand a radical change in the laws relating thereto, and he recommends that the public land laws be ex tended to that district, that additional land offices be created afed appropriations made to carry them into effect that the granting of rights of way for railroads, telegraph and telephone lines and the construction of roads and trails be specifically authorized that provision be made for the incorpora tion of municipalities, providing for the holding of elections, defining qualifications for voting, and giying such powers as are used and exercised by municipalities else where that the legal and political status of the native population, which is in doubt, be defined that citizenship be extended to the Metlakahtla Indians, who emigrated from British Columbia and, under author ity of an act of congress approved March 3, 1891, now occupy Annette island that complete territorial government be author ized and established, and that representa tion in congress be granted. Nlearaaruan Canal. Work on the Nicaragua canal is still sus pended, and the company reports liabilities consisting of the amounts still due under the concessions to the company of $6,705, 000 of bonds, and not exceeding $100 cash lia bilities outstanding unpaid assets, unused capital stock, $518,500 first mortgage bonds and the 2,420 shares of capital stock received in liquidation, the conces sions, rights, privileges, franchises, etc., which it now owns, plant, equipments, lands, railway supplies and other property in Central America, including the lands be tween the lake and the Pacific. Some Recommendations. Recommendations are submitted for sep arate appropriations for the civil service commission to be expended under its own supervision that Indian agents be held re sponsible on their official bonds for all funds in their custody, the law to apply to army officers as well as civilians, and that when desired, the United States provide such bonds for army officers acting as Indian agents. Appropriations for the needs of troops stationed in Yellowstone park, and the repair of roads and bridges there, are recommended. New Counterfeit. Washington, Nov. 19.—The secret service bureau announces the discov ery of a new ten-dollar silver certificate and also a counterfeit national bank note. The silver certificate is a photo graphic production printed on two pieces of paper pasted together. No at tempt has been made to color the back of the note, which is a shade of brown, instead of green. The national bank note is on the First nati nal bank of Joplin, Miss., series 1882. It is also printed on two pieces of paper, and the silk fiber in the genuine is imi tated by pen and ink marks. Played Cowboy and. Was Killed. Williamston. Mich.. Nov. '19.—John Burgess, a youth of 19, shot and killed George Hart at Meridian, a hamlet four miles west. Hart, who was engaged to marry Burgess' sister, disguised him self as a cowboy and tried to frighten Burgess, who became angry and killed the supposed tramp. Killed Father aftd Son. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 19.—The South ern* Pacific train from Long Beach to this citj£ ran into a wagon Thursday morning just this side of Comptou, killing H. Compton, a farmer, and his son. 4 -A 4 I! 4l