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MICHIGAN MENTION. 1HUEF ITEMS ABOUT MICHIGAN PEOPLE AND THINGS. Hm Strike of Iron Miners In Marquettw County Ha Coiua to an iaitl by the Ktrlhera Surrendering I'neondltlnually - Hut Few of Them C'aa Obtain Work. The long and stubborn strike of the iron mi ih i n of Marquette county which was inaugurated July ll is at last troken an. I the strikers have voted to return to work us soon us the inino owner are ready for them. There had been mumblings of discontent among' the strikers for two or threo weeks, many of the n w.shiug to return to work at the scale receutly ottered by the. owners, but they feared for their lives to do so or even to voice their sentiments very extensively and it was only within tho iast few days of tho .strike that those in favor resuming work made much of a show of num bers and when they did tinally secure the privilege of tuning 11 vote on tho question over 1.300 of the striker as sembled at the union park between lshpcining and Ncguuncc. After sev eral speeches u vote was taken which resulted in a majority of just 100 in favor of ending the strike. There was a big cheer from tho winners and igroans from the losers. 1 1 was decided to wait until an odicial declaration of the end of the strike had been made before applying at the mines for work. The men have the consolation of know ing that they return to work at wages about 20 per cent 1 igher than those they were getting when they went out, but they reflect with soino bitter ncsii that they might just as well have been working at this advance for the past scveu weeks. It is evident that out of tho 4.0(b) men out, not more than 2,fi00 can bo given employment during the next three or four weeks. Many -of the mines arc partly filled with water and the largest of the Ncgauueo mines will not lie opened. There is no ionbt that the mine bosses of Ishpetu ingand Ncgaunee, in selecting their men, will boycott the leaders and the more turbulent among tho strikers. The (strongest prejudice seems to le against the Coruishmen. The striko thus euded has been tho longest and concerned more men and industries than any that has ever taken 'place in the iron industry of Michigan. During tho hard tunes of lK!i;t-4 wages were cut down until the tinners vcrc getting a bare subsistence. There were no complaints duriug those times, but when tlie times Ix-gan to brighten last spring and the price of iron ore to rise the miners grew dis satisfied and in May made si demand for an increase in pay. It is now coti "e!ed that had a raise been granted at that time a strike would have been averted, but the mine owners offered nothing until the strike' was inaugu rated nnd then thej' offered u per -centadvance. The miners then wanted their union recognized but this the owners refused to do nnd there the matter stood uutil the strikers sur rendered. Three C hildren Killed In m Tornado. A tornado struck I'ort Austin ami tlid a great deal of damage. Chimneys, trees, fences and grain was blown down. The windmill at Pointof Tines hotel was blown to atoms. At Pinnc bog the house of Uichard Tott was demolished and three children sloeping upstairs were instantly killed. .Mrs. Itchu's four barns aud orchard were destroyed at Klttdo. At Sand IJcach two houses and 12 barns were blown down, the depot badly damaged by lightning and nearly every building iu town damaged, in wimo way. The prandstand at the fair grounds ut East Tawaswas wrecked by the wind as were several bams uud Uichard Evans' house, and several farm houses were unroofed. Lightning destroyed John Curry's barn near liexington. A terrific storm of wind, thunder, lightning and rain visited Charlevoix, demolished one house, unroofed two others, blew down outhouses, trees and fences, but injured no one. Traverse City also had a taste of itund several of the tents of the soldiers' and sailors" encampment were earned away. At Williamsburg (!en. Tray't homo was destroyed, as were three barns. Jacob Palzcr lot has his home by lightning t Sau gat nek uud Kobcrfc Itrow n's barn at Cass Citj went the same way. Michigan yi. r Conference. Albion has been entertaining the tix tietli annual session of tho Michigan AI. I'J. conference, which comprises the western half of the lower peninsula of the state. Bishop Hurst, chancellor of the American university at Wash ington, I). C, presided, with Kev.. Thomas Fox as secretary. The Hp worth Iycajjue work w.as made one of the features of the conteretice.aud the local league gave a receptiou. The reports of presiding ciders showed that churches were prospering, and when the canvass was completed it wa shown that every charge was iu favor of women having a scat and voice in the annual conference. Bishop Hurst secured S.1,000 in pledges for the American university. Albion college was reported us bciiug in first-clays condition. Tho lay conferenco was tilso io scs ion with a good attendance. Wni. Arndt. aged If. was cirow tied while, sailing ut Sand Beach. Hiram A. Waiters, of Detroit, for 4! vears a locomotive engineer died sud denly nc3r Linden with his hand on the throttle. Phillip Tne.nMcy. of Ikiy City, mate of the schooner II. .1. Webb, was Luocked from the deck fcnd drowned -at l'jc.auabfi. The fccliooticr Pcnoucc which huh reported lost letwccu Port Huron aud Milwaukee has arrived at the latter port iu safety. The first Cooper grand fjohl medal ronteAt ever held n the st,ite of Mich igan will Ik 0110 of the features of the district W. C. T. Lr. conventional lake fity. A mistake of a teamster, employed by I J. 1J. My Sr. Co., of the Bay rhorc lime kiln at Petoskey, nearly resulted In the death of II II. Sly. r. A load of limestone was dumped into (in empty kiln where Mr. My was at work, and bruised and burned him so se--crc?y t'ial his life was despaired of. k'Ttral Vcurli Hunk and Live Lout, The very sttddeu chaugo from torrid summer to almost freezing nuuiinu brought on a series of storms over the lako region which did a great deal of damage on land and lake. Reports of numerous vessels being iu trouble havo been received and iu some cases they were utterly lost and a number of persons drowned. The schooner E. R. Williams, iron ore laden, from Eseanaba to Toledo, in tow of the Santa Maria sank in tho ''tf gale on Green Bay. with all on board. Of the crew, ouly the names of I apt Button and Maggie Bennett, tho stewardess, aro known, the crew of the men being strangers. Tho Williams was owned by L. B. Fay, of hl.vria, O. The schooner J. B. Comstock, in tow of the Viking, foundered off ,vtandard Bock in Bake Superior in 400 feet of water. The crew was picked up in life boats by the steamer J. .1. McWill ianis and taken to the "Soo." Capt. McArter,of the Comstock, had one leg broken aud four ribs stove in. lhe rest of the crew are uniujured. The lost bout was owned by A. W. Cera sto.'k, of Alpcim. Tho schooner C. II. Johnson went ashore at (! rosso Cap, near M. lgnace, 5td was totally wrecked. She was going to pieces before she struck und the crew took to the yawl which at onco tilled. A distress gun roused Ambrose Corps and two sons, fisher men, who bravely put off and saved tho struggling sailors. The woman cook was nearly dead with cold und fright, and had leaped from the schooner half naked. The sailors lost all they possessed. The big steamer C. W. Klphiekc, with ore from Dulutli. utmost found ered in Bako Superior. The cabin and boiler house were stove in, the boats toru from their davits, a hatch wrenched loose, tho hold half filled with water and the steering gear broke, but she managed to reach Mar quette. Alpena sheltered the Tasmania and the ,f. S. Richards after the canvas had been torn to shreds. The ore laden Marquette went aground uear Toledo, The steamer Ilickox struck a reef off Grand Traverse light and is badly injured. PENINSULAR STATE NEWS. Olivet is going to have a system of waterworks. Typhoid fever is raging at an alarm iug extent at Shelby. Matthew O'Brien, u longshoresman, was drowned at B:iy City. Marion has decided against the sa loon and rejected every bond. Tho Vpsilanti normal school had S30 studeuts enrolled the first week. Albert Raak. aged 17, was acclleut ally shot iu the left eye by hunters. Mrs. II. B. Case died ut Threo Rivers from iujuries received in a runaway. Everett Churchill, of 1 mlay Cit lost his farm house by tire. No insur ance. James Breker. of Mancclona, shot himself below the heart in a fit of despondency. l. At wood, aged .10, of Palo, was in stantly killed by a C. - W. M. train near Brand Rupids. Four Saginaw mail carriers have In-en hauled over the coals for visiting saloons while on duty. Win. Hcyn deserted from the V. S. urmy at San Antonio. Tex., and was arrested at his home at Saginaw. Geo. Peppit. the eng'neer who was injured iu tho wreck of the North Shore limited at Marshall, is dead. St. Joseph officers raided question able joints and arrested seven women and 13 men. Other raids will follow. Moorland an.l Eggleston townships. Muskegon county, have this year pro duced SiO.noo worth of peppcrmiut oil. Albert Richardson was thrown from ft cart near Saginaw and received in jures from which his recovery seems doubtful. Chan. Willett. a Bake Shoro brake man, of Monroe, was run over by an engine at the Air Line junction." He ill lose both arms. Manchester merchants ure trying to induce a large, manufacturing concern of a neighboring town, employing '.'0') girls, to locate there. Claude Ij. Johnson and Clara Vor- j bees, of Coldwatcr. routed Justice White out of bed and had him marry them at .1 o clock a. m. James Becker, a Maucelona man whose domestic relations were not pleasaut, killed himself by sending a bullet through his body. The residence and Imrns of Thomas Parkcv, at I'.ronson lake. Lapeer couuty. were burned, but 54,000 insur ance almost covers the loss. Carleton came near having a big con flagration. The M. E. church and sev eral other buildings caught on fire, but only cue house was burned. The school teachers of the state arc kicking because of the extremely diffi cult and und ungermane questions asked in their examinations. While Event Mohney, Ned Barton aud Claud Grinder were hunting near Vicksburg Barton accidentally shot e.ud instantly killed Mohney. The Nineteenth Michigan infautry met at St. Joseph, talked over old times and elected otliecrs. with!". 1). I.'aldwiu, L S. A., us president. Runaway horses threw Mr-. Levi Wilson out of lur carriage at Warren. Her skull was fractured uud she sus tained bcrioiM internal injuries. Samuel G. Clay, veteran theatrical manager of Sagiuaw. ami his wife, aged respectively 78 und 7.1. celebrated tueir golden wedding aniiiversarj. Grand Traverse apple orchards were stripped of winter tipples by the recent storms. Several farmhouses about Traverse City were badly damaged. Michigan battullou. Merrill'K horse, held their twelfth annual 'reunion ut Battle Creek. Jordan M. Coldwatcr, of Battle Creek, u as elected prcsidcut. Byron entertained the Twenty-ninth Michigan infantry. Owosso was chosen for the ''..' reunion and Lieut. W. F. Case, of Byron, rlected president. Mr. and Mrs. Buvid Vtiu Wert, of Ounstoek. died within u few hours of each other und were buried In the same grave. They were "0 years old. ' Br. A. V. Binton. treasurer of War ren township. Midland county, wa urri-sted on the charge of cmberliug ( nearly $I.uu) from school district So. 1. , Old age and busiuess reversal cau6cd Dr. Martin, uged 7.". to suicide at Ber rien Springs, lie thrust a lancet into his left lung once aud into tho right twice. j Fred Denby. u G. R. &, I. lineman, had both legs taken off by being struck by a locomotive, while going to repair a broken telegraph wire. He died two days later. I Lightniug struck the residence of L. j Beardsley, killing two kittens which lay beneath the stove. None of tho , family wus injured cud no other dam- ago was done. I Durand is rejoicing over her pros perity. A citizens' committee reports that "7 new houses will' be built at once. A big elevator and flour mill will also be erected. I John Pierce, aged 02, had a hand cut off by cog wheels ut the F. A- P. M. boiler shop at Saginaw and would have been killed had not another employe ! helped him to get free. Hugh I 'lark had a nice potato crop at Pinckney aud someone pulled up all tho vines and stacked the tubers iu piles, preparing to carrying them off. Clark gathered them in himself. Crushed granite is being used ou the new roads in Alpena couuty to the depth of half a foot. Swamps are be ing graded up and hills leveled as the result of the new county system. The committee appointed to examine the books of c.v Treasurer John P. Boherty, of North Muskegon, found them all right. He had six cents coin ing to him when they hail finished. Nearly 1,000 old solciers belonging to tho Grand Traverse Soldiers' and Sailors' associations, were in'campon the county fair grounds at Traverse City. The town was gaily decorated with bunting. The national convention of the Na tional Protective League was held at Allegan. There were numerous good addresses a splendid banquet and an exemplification of the workings ond benctit of the order. Prof. II. L. Wilgus, of the Ohio State Fniversity law school at Colum bus has been chosen as professor of the law department of tho University of Michigan. Prof. Wilgus comes highly recommended. Owosso is in a quandary as to what to do about her waterworks, the reser voir of which is located on the margin of a swamp and the walls are con stantly caving iu aud now threatens to ruin the pumping plant the same way. The central union of the German Catholic societies of .Michigan held the annual meeting at Detroit. Many im portant matters were discussed ami the obi officers re-elected. The next convention will be held at Grand Rap ids. The first man released from a state fenal institution under the new parole aw is Mina II. Ingalls, serving five years in the Ionia huue of correction for forgery at Grand Rapids. His re lease was recommended by every officer of the institution. The. little town of Krie, Monroe county, is punishing saloonkeepers who violate the law. Sam LaPointo paid a fine of ?,'': for his carelessness. Now the saloon men say they will nrosecutc every business man who keeps open on Sunday. Articles of incorporation of the Ann Arbor Railway Co.. the successor of the Toledo. Ann Arbor Sr. Northern Michigan Railway Co.. has been tiled with Secretary of State Garducr. The new company is capitalized at 87. ".10.000 and paid a franchise fee of A rrau cements are new making for, a joint meeting of tho chamber of com merce of Port Union ond the board of trade of Sarnia, at which the matter of better railroad facilities will bo con sidered. Active steps will be taken to induce the Canada Southern to extend its road to Port Huron to compete with tho Grand Trunk. Detroit is having another season of deadly street car ueodonts. S. J. Stockman, aged 7.1, was knocked from his buggy while crostdng the Grand River avenue electric car line and waa fatally injured before the cur was stopped. One car on the Ft. Wayne fc Belle Isle line ran into another which was turning a corner und Jos. Schar metki. aged GO. was fatally and Chas. Michaels severely injured. Donald Yett, a?ed 40. received serious cuts about the head from lcing knocked down by a Ft. W. A. B. I. car. Minor ficeidcntsare very numerous. Deputy Sheriffs McNamara and Fleming rounded up several dives at Kenton and Pori in Houghton county and brought in 10 prisoners. Hough ton county officials are waging a vigorous war on the dens and propose cleaning them out Vigorous ucti'tn toward purifying thd village of its notorious dance halls and gambling rooms has recently been taken at Bwen. In Ontonagon county the dives along the South Shore, be tween Nestoria and Lake Gogebic! have lccn notorious and without question among the worst in the ; uort Invest. Mrs. Knos Larkins is in jail at Mon ro.?, charged with guilty knowledge of the death of Mrs. Merrill, which is be lieved to have occurred at the Larkins home near Petersburg. It will bo re membered that Mrs. Merrill disap peared and Larkins displayed papers deeding her property to him. The paper proved to boi forgeries and Mrs. Slcrrill k charred remains were found in u heap of ashes on the furm and Lnrkins was charged with murder. Later Larkins has confessed that his wifo killed Mrs. Merrill with a club during a qmirrel and he burned the j body. All concerned aro colored. j The Fnited Friends, of Michigan, supreme coitimandery, biennial session, I was held at Grand Rapids. The reports rendered show 01 com tnandrics in tho stule and a total mem bership of 7.3.13. Tho receipts last year were $117,072. and disbursements i8H7.Mo. New officer chosen: Su- ' pieiye commander. W. H. Andrews, of Grand Kapids; assistant commander, S. Roily Jones, of Muskegon; vice-commander, H. C Rondon, of Mt. Clemens; secretary. B. F. Lamb, of Fliut: treas urer, William Myers, of Detroit; legal advisor, Judge W. R. Kendrich, of Snginaw; medical director, G. A. Kirkcr, of Detroit. HEROES HONORED. CHICKAMAUGA'S BATTLEFIELD VISITED BY THOUSANDS. Several Ktnte Dedlrat tli Monument Krertcd to the. Heiuurj of Their Slain Th National Turk Dedicated with Very luireolTe Ceremony. . It was .''? years ago that a three- days' battle ouo of tho most sanguin ury of tho rebellion was fought on the now historic buttlelield of Lhicka- I manga. Thousands of heroes were , slain and now their livingconiradesare doing honor to their memories by erecting numerous and beautiful mon uments upon the spots where they I fought for their country. Tho United ' Stales has secured a large amount of territory comprising tho battlefield und tho state of Michigan, Onio, Illi nois. Indiaua. Minnesota und other states ot the heroes slain have erected j the monutneuts ami given them into the keeping of the government ' The city of Chattanooga wus filled with thousands of old veterans of both the north uud the south ou t thousands of other visitors on the oecassion of the I dedications and a grand reunion of the bhie and tho gray was held. Tho first of the series of dedicatory services ! was conducted by those representing tno state 01 Michigan. On Snodgrass hill, where was established the head quarters of Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, "the rock of Chickamauga," r,omo of tho hardest fighting of tho three days oc curred ami it was here that many of the sons of Michigan shed their life blood for their beloved country. A large multitude gathered here when the simple ceremonies of the dedica tion were held. Capt. C. E. Belknap, chairman of the Michigan commission called tho eratheriug to order, and after prayer by Rev. Washington Gard Mr. Belknap made the formal pre sentation to Gov. Rich who gave a very pleasing address and then presented the monuments to Gen. J. S. Fnllerton as the representative of the national Chickamauga park commission. After Gen. Fullerton had responded Col. Henry M. Dutlield delivered an address descriptive of tho battles of Chicka mauga, Lookout Mountain and Mis sionary Ridge and the heroic part which the Michigan troops took in them Gov. Rich and the Michigan commis sion then visited the various Michigan monuments which are as follows: Ninth Mu'blfc'iin Inruntrv. on the rMo over lookin;; M jl'jri.iD1 s ir;ip. tho m-one ot th imi Uc .Sunday. Nept. .0. near where tne rccitueni tornied u lino rijroklnt' lhe r.Kht w.nt: rout. hlevcnth Inruntrv. .suoiit;r.H bill, hTe tles per.'tlo nt'htin occurred. Twenty-sM-on i inlantry. SnodtrniKs hi J. to thu ripiit of tut Kicvcuth. waero tut: rcgimcut lost a, men In a de-jtcrat- rnrnunlx-r. Thirteenth infantry, iu the open Held in front of the v lnlurd hoiiM where tho retdintnl lot Ijtf men. tM'jt-niter j;i. iu Twenty-nrst infantry, nrarthe base of Lyttlo hi 1 where the n-fiiuf-nt lot 1117 men sept. in, M l tne scene of tien uvttle s deatn. Tenth Infantry, at the bt.se. of orchard Knob, scene of inn buttle of t'hutuuiooc. Nov. i'i-i Second ruviilry. at thevi:en bouc. ourtli cavalry, on the s.te of Jay's mill, on the heed t tiridKC roiid where tho dosuorute Lb'btii: of September 111 and ti tool p. bet-. Uattery A. l.oomis' buttery. nr Lafayette ro.d. where. Sept i'.i. the battery lost its com mander, it men. .v horse. and rive truns Muttcry L. rhurch buttery, near the. Poe holloa, the. scene of it hardest tlhtip Sept. 2.'. and where the battery su.lt-red heavily. ni; tuners and Meiuuiiics, m the eiiMoinboufe lot in t'hatunootru. faciei Lookout Mountain. Tnt. regiment pc formed laywtant service and much of tho credit d the l.nal victory ot tho union array tnere is piven thein- There nre, in addition U tho It monument. Yl irrumuj snaftH three feet b'trh. iu:irktni; sub ordinate H)sitions ot the various Micuikhq commaiidft duriu? the battle The veterans of Ohio took jsjssion of Snodgrass hill as soon as those from Michigan had finished. General lohu Rcatty, president of the Ohio commis sion, presided. Rishop Joyee ottered praj-er and Gcu. Charles II. Grosvcnor addressed the gathering. Short ad dresses were then made by ex-Governor Campbell, who was governor at the time the commission was created, Hon. .1. S. (iill ana Hon. J. S. Mclilroy. Gen. Aquilht Wiley made a short address formally turuing the monuments over to Gov. McKinley, who in turu trans ferred thera to the national govern ment. Gov. McKinley dwelt upon the deeds of the Ruckeye boys. I'.rief ad dresses were made by Hon. Andrew Jackson, Col. Watson and Frederick Wondell. members 0' the commission. Several thousand people, principally from Illinois or those who had served in Illinois regiments, were present to witness the ceremonies at their monu ments. Col. II. S. Reeves, president of the Illinois commission, called the meeting to order, l'rayer was offered after which Gov. Altgeld was intro duced and made his address turning the monuments over to the govern ment. Responses were made by Col. Smith D. Atkins and Col. J. G. Everest. Illinois monuments were dedicated on the site whero Widow Glenn's house stood during the battle. The exercises attending upon the transfer of the Indiana monuments to the government took place at Lyttle hill, so-called in memory of the death Geu. Lyttle. Gen. M. C. Hunter pre sided and Hon. D. R. McConnell made the address placing the monuments in the hands of Gov. Claude Matthews, who transferred tbem to the govern ment. Gen. Lew Wallace and Gen. I. N. Walker, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., spoko and the ceremonies closed with a salute fired by several regiments of the Indiana militia. Massachusetts monuments wero ded icated at Knob Hill. The ceremonies were simple and impressive. Gov. F. T. Grcenhalge presiding. The Chickamauga National pnrk Is one cUbe most aotab'e in existence, it extend from Mi rman Jloischt. Ten a., to (Has Mill. Oa., r distance or mill's and when completed will contain Irt Hiuorn tnlles. Khlo has 61 monu ment. Indiana illinoi 3:t. Michigan II. Wi- 1 Ma lachu-ietis 1. U. s. reirulirs ft Uosides th-he .cw Vor will erect .v, Pennsylvania IH. Tonurssen 4 and t'ounocticnt i About 3.K) his torical tablet aro nlreuty in place ond other tnb.tt. Kivlnc locality and distance, number 'MK Koch battery rneusod is being marked bv nt least two k'Uuh. aud l-Vi Kims are mounted In tik'htinir positions of tho baticrlo and guns are now on the ground ready for mounting. The ninth national encampment of the Sous of Veterans assembled at Knoxvillo. Tcnn. Commander-in-Chief William R. Rundy, of Cincinnati, presided. Every ktatc division, with the exception of tho Colorado, Cali fornia and Oregon were represented. ' Many of them are men of national im portance. The 'dty was one mass of ' tlags ami bunting and at night was brilliantly illuminated. Tho parade of Sonsof Veterans was accompanied by Govs. McKinley, of Ohio: Fpham, of Wisconsin, ond Woodbury, of Vermont, and Fast Commander-in-Chief Lawler. I of tho G. A. R., each with their rcspec- I tire staff ofllccrs. BLUE AND GRAY UNITED. The Dedication of Clilckamnncii National 1'nrli a Iot t'nl(ue Affair. Thirty-two vears o' peace and pros perity have passed since Chickuuiuugu. battlefield was made a consecrated spot to hearts of all true Americans by the spilling of the life blood of over 3.i,000 heroes, and now the love of a reunited nation has made of that spot a national park to Imj ever re tained as a 'memento of the fact that the last vestige of strife und hatred between the North and the South lias been forever wiped uwny. The cere monies of the dedication of Chicka mauga park, while they were simple were extremely impressive and many wre tho tears of joy shed by the griz zled veterans of the blue and tho gray as a U. S. infantry band struck up the "star Sprangh-d i-auner," immediately after the national salute of 4 1 guns had been fi reel from Snodgrass hill. The exercises were held at Snodgrass hill because its side formed a national ampitheater and it was heps that :i2 years ago for a mile the top and side wero so thickly covered with dead thnt one could walk all over it stepping from one prostrate body to another. Among the dist inguinhed participants were ice i'resideut Stevenson, Secre tary of the Navy Herbert, Secretary of the Interior Smith. Attorney Gen eral Har.non, Postmaster General Wilson, the governors of 13 states and scores upon scores f renowned men who took part in that great struggle. Fully 7."i.(0 people were assembled when Vice President Stevenson was introduced and made the opening speech. After prayer by Rt. Rev. Rishop Gailor, of Tennessee, the vast gathering sang the national hyn:n "America," und they sang it as though they were inspired. The blue turned to tho gray und us their hands clasped in brotherly grip the tears flowed down their cheeks as together they joined their voices in that beautiful anthem. lien. John M. I'almer, the venerable senator from Illinois, who risked his life on this battlefield, made the first dedicatory address. When he rurae forward his voice was husky aud had a trcmnlons sound, but he told the story of the battle of Chickamauga, saying tho names of but few of the. fallen were known, but the courage and gallantry of all could be remem bered. After another patriotic, tune the battle-scarred veteran of the confeder acy, whom Lee called his "right arm," John R. Gordon, of Georgia, was in troduced. He was greeted with no less applause than accorded Gen. I'almer, and he spoke with fully as much enthusiasm and patriotism. (ten. James Longstrect then spoke upon nut riot istn and urged against foreign eucroachments upon American soil. When he had linished the vast concourse sang "Anld Saug Lyric," aud the exercises closed. An enormous circus tent once, used by Rarnum was used for the reunion of the Army of the Tennessee, I'nion uud Confederate, and it was jammed for two nights with veterans who came to hear their old leaders give patriotic addresses. The ceremonies of the la.st day of the battlefield park dedication opened with a grand civic and military parade. The visiting cabinet o fleers, governors and their staffs anil the variojis mili tary organizations took part- It brought more people into Chattanooga than had been there at any one time since the dedication began. The formal exercises of the day were held in tho big Rarnuin tent near the. gov ernment building and were presided over by Vice President Stevenson. After music Rc. Dr. S. T. Niccolis. of St. Ixiuis, offered prayer. The first address was by Geo. W. Oehs, mayor of Chattanooga. Then Senator Rate, of Tennessee, delivered an eloquent coi tion. Next there was music, and then Gen. Chas. Grosvenor. of Ohio; Govs. Morton, of New York: Woodbury, of Vermont; Matthews, of Indiana, and Turney, of Tennessee, each made short uddresscs. D A M ACEL Fo7s -IB E L. A Virglula rape? flroujlit to Term 1T Ilia American Jlook Company. A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., nay?: 'Tha American Roois conipauy of New York has last gained a signal victory in the courts of Virginia end has received an oL folate and com pleto vindication aft era long and exhaustivo trial by tpecial jury in the Circuit court of thbicity. The Pilot news paper of this city, upon the awarding of the contract for achool books to the Amer ican Hook company, prlnttxl a lone article written and prepared y 1L K. Byrd. an agent and attorney for G inn t Co., of Hew "iork. In which it was charged that the itate superintendent hnd been bribed t y the American Hook company. Tbo Pilot vi aa Immediately sued for libel, and, after a five weeks' trial, which created an Im mense amount of interest throughout the state, verdict for punitive damages was receutly awarded, and the Jury found that tbo utatement made were false and a deliberate libel. Not onlr so, but tho company, upon unimr eicboble evidence, was proved to have dealt honorably and up rightly in every particular In their negotia tions with the state officials. It was furth er proved at the trial that no better terms bad been made with any other state for school books. In fact, the attorney-general of Virginia stated that the American Book company 'seemed to throw open their whole business to us,' and alter full and complete examination of all the original contracts made with the various states he expressed himself as absolutely satUHed that the prices were the same in all cafes and that 110 discrimination whatever had been made against the state of Virginia. Furthermore he mentioned that none of the statements of the American Rook company La l been accepted until every one of them hnd been absolutely verified by direct reference to the governors of sortie fifteen states, with whom contracts had I oeu mode. This proved conclusivelvthat the representations of the American Rook company wero cor rect tn toto. This celebrated cse hns thus ended iu a complete triumph lu every re spect for tho American Rook compnny, and has shown iu clenr contrast the clean and bus:neft-like methods iu which they tarry on their great industry n compared with the attempted use of political pn.U and misf.tatea e.its by their opponents." CUir tnoo Trilmm. Americans 11 at KnglWIi Athlete. American brawn aud grit has again defeated tho Rritish, this time in lield athletics. The contest between the ' London Athletic club and the New York Athletic club, on tho Manhattan I field at New York City resulted in the Englishmen being defeated badly in every event. Not only that but Kil ' patrick, of tho N". Y. A. C. broke the world s reccrd on the 8S0 yards run by one aecond 1:53 2-f. I The new battleship Maine has been put into commission at the llrooklyn navy yard. She cost Sr.', too.ooo is c-no J of our largest craft of her class. Tear' ftellef Eip-ditluii If He-turned The I'eary relief steamer Kite lias urrlved at St. Johns N. 1''., with Lieut. I'eary und his companions from Green land, on board. When the Kite reached Whale Sound on August ; Lieut. Feury, Hugh J. Lee uud their colored servant, Mutt Hcnson. wero found waiting for it. The party had only 10 duys previously returned from their greut overland expedition, which had proved u comparative failure, owing to the failure of their food supplies. They had to live on what they could kill, Lee became ill ami the dogs had to bo shot to prevent them starving. Only one of 111 doirs was broutrht buck I alive. pnUh TVnrttttltt Sink Hi llitvjii.j. The Spanish wurship Sanchez Rar caizetegui, with Admiral Delgudo i'arejo aboard, was struck by the in coming coasting steamer Morten iu front of Moro cast le ut Havana, Cuba, and sunk almost instantly. Admiral I'arejo and :$ of the crew and officers were drowned. Thu remainder of the crew, 110 in number, were .aved. The Sanchez Rarcai.etegui was an iron bark-rigged cruiser of ii.O tons dis placement. She was built at La Sey lie in lsT6. She was L'Ol feet long. .10 feet wide and had a draft of 12 feet. She carried seven guns. lho I-ord Dowofchlro Sunk IO Drowned. It is now generally conceded that the unknown four-mnsted steel ship, with winch the Rritish ship I'rince Oscar collided July R last, ir latitude '..:0 south, longitude "s.'jo west, sink ing her with all hunds, is the Lord Downshirc, of RelfasU which is com manded by ( apt. J. C. Mc.Murray, well known at Philadelphia. The Ixml Downshire, the ship that is supposed to have In-en the ill-fated craft, car ried a crew of nbout 10 men, and all must have leen lost. Ntttiimat I'rimin Con 1; rent. The National Frison congress wa held at Denver. President Jos. Nichol son. Detroit, delivered the animal ad dress. The parole.gradingand indeter minate sentence systems were ludorsed us tending to decrease crime. The prison chaplains held a session. Among the papers read was one bv the presi dent, Rev. G. H. Hickox, of Jackson Mich. Gov. Culbertson, of Texas, says he will prevent the Corbett-FitzsImraon light at Dallas, but Chief Jnsticc Hurt says there is no law to stop it. The Japanese parliament has veted a credit of L',O00.oo) yen for the build ing of four ironclad ships, 10 coast-defense vessels anl ;".0 torpedo boats. Elsie Grimm, aged 13, of Zanesville. O., ran away from home, secured a horse and revolver and was practicing ; to join a Wild West show when cap tured. The lnrnlier yards und mills of Moore I ,v Galloway und the iron blast furnace i' of the Wisconsin Furnace Co., were tiestroyed by hre ut Kon du Jac, Wis., with a total loss of $r-'",000. The wedding of Miss Coneulo Van derbilt, daughter of W. K. Vander bjlt, and the young duke of Marlbo rough, is announced. They lirst met in London and I'aris IS months ugo. J. J. Whitcombs daughter, aged 1.1. was burned to death at Ottawa, O.. while trying to start a lire with oil. The girl s mother was shocked so she will die and the building wus de stroyed. The London Sportsman announces that Laycock. Goodfdlow fc Rell, bankers, have cabled to the New York Yacht club an offer of 1,0K) for a race in English waters between the De fender and the. Valkyrie III. After two weeks of torrid heat, breaking the record for any week in September in 'o years Colorado and other western states were given a sudden change and from 3 to II inches of snow fell within 12 hours. At Em poria, Ka.. the thermometer dropped .o decrees in 13 hours. The cold wave j moved eastward and the hike regions j received a sudden chill, bnt not j'ite ; so severe as in the west. I THE MARKETS. 1M B STOCK. Cuttle Sheep f.'HMI -II t I I J 7.- 2ftJ New or!, Het t rraUes... l.ower uraden l'hlrtir Pest prudes... Lower grades. ItufTitlo -Heat eradev .. Icr ;rrude". Detroit -lict pradrs. . . Lower grades. Cincinnati He.st crudes. . . Lower grades. Cleveland--Meet graces... lower prades. rUbrg Hcst irradeH. . . Towrr graded. Lnmbtj 0 IM 4 01 4 7 a bn 4 f, ; 3 0) 4 00 4 0) 4 40 3 00 4 50 a 0) 4 2. a co 11'.- a, 4 .J I 4 3 5 4 ;s 4 l.V I .V. 3 00 4 .V 4 IV 4 5A 4 Id 4 4rt 4 U .1 1-0 T ft M S 2'&4 " 01 ? V, 3 M f r.o iM .2 (M 00 4 I'tlU W a 2i$ 4 AlS 0) . i 01 4 9i?5 2A :Vil no J CO a 6.1 a eo ii I 1 ii 3 no iOJ n 00 1 7:. .10.1 lilt A IN. i:iC. Wheat. Corn. Oats. No. i red No 2 mix . No. ? white New York J'4 tu'. :w tf.lf-.t 24 Chirac" MVi" ' Tl.'Si letrolt til W -1 (11 W H' '1' "I'-CJSl 1 Toledo Hl'i iW :4 vi .H't IJ :' t Inrlnontl tr, 4K'j kl'-H'i -i Cleveland ft! lots I 'M "('U' VP. ?!! l'lttlurt M, ul :iVi Detroit Hay. No. 1 Mmotliv. 13 W?tl4 per too. I'o'utoes. a iHtc per bit. Live I'oultrv. chicken. K'e per lh; duck. !c; turkey. He. Kir?, strieili' frevh. II -c per do, flutter Ire-h dairy, l eil'.c ier lb: creamery, SJjfl. KKtlKW )K TRAlli:. P-iti'M ia.vs: In snfte of pold ejivirli whe.it :idvuneel for miido days. In all nonrlytvo eentn. merely iterative a nnnit .cuiu;or iKincat. out it feilaKaln. i oru rose and fed In sviuputhv with wn't. vith ns it t tic n-iisoTtk O00.1 re ports of foreign crop. we..nes ot to.ir 1 rt Minnesota uad mryc ex porta of corn from thin country, nil work iiif!u-t a rit-o hi wheat. tho.icn -c.relty of contraet smiIc may he. pa ' sjwful itfve tidviince. fork prtiductH mivo tMca j riuHonubly yielding with proNpevtH of a hkrre I corn crop. The surpriNliiu' lniTeii.s, in prcduc- tlon Hil l advance In prices of Iron seem to b j OriiiiJ mtr uutiiral ehecK. an pi ice: hint ktoue so ni'ii iih to cun-o somo piirenanen of aiun ami (Iniwhed pridni'ta. u ul also cau.ed a distinct shriuunco lu home dMirauu. Urnd.troet says: t:enerut trade throujthout the t'nltel .t..ite hIiowm iiirthr r Improvement, more partlouUrlv In lnnnuf jcturluv and com- i increi.il linen at the e-.ist riid south. Krom the i( ntrul mul wmio hktii kUU:n there are ad l Ues that purchase of VHsotinMe roodi were 1 cneeked bc:mse of the i-eeent hot wealhT. In ' supiX'Tt of favorable iniiuetilnrf conditions are heavily InereiiMjj loi.il of nni elartnc. th Urcet wui a.Trccalo of wheat exporta withm three ruonlhn tne bruvtest week's ship incutHot Indian corn in 17 months, the main tciunee of lull proportions of 11m etlrordi narilv henvy ri niai.i tor iron and tteel aud th sutii I. want harden inir of )onoin money market nei-ompauied by roport.- ef increunih-j meivaa tliC di'omil. ?drs. Henry Nolan und her bab were fatally burned ut Cleveland by the mother trying to start tire with. kcrcr-.cne.