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Site H'crMg Capital. MITCHELL, S. D. MITCHELL PRINTING CO., PUBLISHER •9 HUNDRED ARE HURT. FLOOR OF THE ATLANTIC CITY CASINO COLLAPSES. Fully a Thousand IVopie Take a Fall—.1 Illy Kctnrns nl" Crop Con ditions to tin Departtiicnt ol' Ag riculture. Hundreds are Hurt. Atlantic City, N. ,1., special: Tho reeep tion tendered by Atlantic City lodge to the visiting Elks at I he liaitic Avenue Ca sino ended in a terrible disaster in which l'ully 100 persons were more or less seri ously injured. The session had just opened and only one of the speakers had been heard, when, without the slightest warn ing, the building/which has not been used for several years, collapsed and fully LOW persons were t! rown to the lloor below. Fully a)!) persons who were on the lirst floor of the building and immediately be neath the banquet hall were crushed be neath the timbers and lay heipless. The fact that all the electric lights in the building went out at the time the building gave way added to the confusion. An alarm was immediately turned in. When the police and liremen arrived on the scene the excitement was so intense that they scarcely knew where to begin first. Within a few minutes the police succeeded in clearing the space in the im mediate neighborhood. In the meantime the firemen had set to work to extricate the wounded from beneath the mass of timbers. Every house was thrown upon for the reception of the injured and every available conveyance was pressed into service to carry them to their hotels. The, first victim to succumb to his in juries was Frederick Claproth of Camden. He was caught and pinioned down under a muss of timbers and when the police succeeded in extricating his body it was found that both his legs and arms had been broken. He never regained con sciousness. It is now feared other deaths will result, and it is a matter of wonder that many persons who were on the under floor were not killed outright. CHOI' CONDITIONS. July llcturiis to the Department ol" Agriculture, Washington, special: The July returns to the statistician of the department of ag riculture by the correspondents thereof make the following averages of condition: The average for the principal corn states are: Ohio 101. Michigan lOl, Indiana 1U4, Illinois and Wisconsin 105, Minnesota 112, Iowa 100, Missouri J07, Kansas 117. Ne braska 107, Texas 11-, Tennessee 107 and Kentucky 102. The averages for wheat states arc: Minnesota 112, Wiscon sin VIS, Iowa 109, Kansas -lt, Nebraska K0, South Dakota 112, North Dakota 102. The average condition of all wheat for the country is 70.2. The condition of oats is 83.2, against 84.8 .Tune 1 and 77.7 July 1, 1S!4. The condition of winter rye is S2.2, of spring rye 77.0 and all rye 80.7. The average condition of barley is 91.0, against !)0.o in June, an increase of 1.0 points. To .Hang October 1. FortSmith, Ark., special: Frank Carver and John Allison, white, and JEli Lucas. Choctaw Indian, have been sentenced in the L'nited States court to be hanged Tues day, October]. Carver killed Annie Mals den, his mistress, at Muskogee, 1. T., March 28, and Allison killed his father near Pryor Creek, I. T., January 5. Lucas was convicted of killing a halfwitted ne gro near San Hois, I. T., .September 8, 1894. He made a long talk before sentence was passed, protesting his innocence and accusing witnesses against him of perjury. Thirty other convicts were sentenced to the penitentiary. Is Old "Peg Leg" Mine, Yuma, Arizona, special: Jt is now gen erally believed that the gold mine found near India, on the desert, by the Mcllaney brothers is the old "Peg Leg" mine found by "1'eg Leg"' Smith and party sixty years ago. The quality ot quartz, old workings, human bones, kind of gold, richness of ore and location indicate that it is really the old mine. It is producing from $300 to $1,000 per day in a two-stamp mill. Two million dollars has been offered for the property. Oil Top ol" Pike's Peak. Colorado Springs, Colo,, special: Will iam Limbeck and Walter H. Clay,govern ment ollicials, are now on Pike's Peak and will remain for three weeks to complete the work of the geological survey across the continent. liiis work was commenced seventeen years ago and will be of much value. (iot. Ahead ol" the Governor. I'opeka special: Superintendent Hatch of the Hutchinson stale reformatory wired his resignation to the governor. It is un derstood that Hatch believes the present board will be removed. Business Portion Wiped Out. Milwaukee special: .Nearly the entire business portion of the town of Wauwa tosa was destroyed by lire. The $51),Oik). loss is v. Port Opened lor Petroleum. Santiago de Cuba special: The port of Santiago de Cuba has been opened for the importation of petroleum. Lord. Roberts Has Not Declined. London special: It is learned thai it is untrue that Lord Huberts has declined the position of commander-in-chief of the urmy. John Urown's Successor Dead. London special: Francis Clark, who succeeded the late John l.rown as Queeu Victoria's personal attendant, is dead. Americans Given the Unije. Ilenley-on-Thames special: The lirst day of 1he lifty-sixth anniversary of the water derby of Creat Uritain was a disap pointment to all concerned. Cornell was flitted against the crew ol' the Leander Boat Club, composed of ex-Oxlord and Cambridge oresnien, and said to be the strongest on the river. There was some contusion at the start owing to the pres ence near the starling line of a number of boats which seriously interfered with Le ander. Consequently the latter was some what slow in getting into position. Then when the umpire asked if the two crews were ready Cornell promptly answered "^es," and the umpire claims Leander did the same. This the Leanders deny. In any case the umpire gave the word "Co" and the Cornell crew shot away. Hut only half the Leander crew started ami their stroke protested that they were not ready. In spite of this the umpire al lowed Cornell to pull over the course anil awarded the Americans the race. AXOTHIil! t'.ATTLi I\ HA. Nearly HOG K.ebels Reported Killed in the Fight. Havana special: News of a disastrous defeat to the insurgents near .Manzanillo has reached here. It appears that Maj. Sanchez, of the Spanish forces, received information to the etl'eel that a force of 1,500 insurgents under the command of Ceil liabi, had occupied strong positions near Manzanillo, province of Santiago de Cuba. Maj. Sanchez sent a messenger lo Ins superior ofllcer, Col. Azuar. proposing to join their forces and attack the insur gents. The messenger, however, was captured by the insurgents, who hanged him and sent word to Maj. Sanchez in the name of Col. Azuar to make Jan attack upon the insurgent position from a point which compelled the troops to approach '.he rebels through a narrow thoroughfare. Maj. Sanchez advanced carefully upon the insurgents' position, protecting his men by every inequality of the ground. As he suspected the troops were no sooner in side the defile than the insurgents attacked them in force. The lirst charges of llie in surgents were made with enthusiasm and their machetes played havoc among the troops, nwlio were unable to de ploy on account of the narrow road they had to follow. But the two advance pick ets under the two sergeants came to the rescue. From their elevated position they kept up a continuous and well directed lire ujioii the. :"nsurgen!s and compelled them to retreat outside of tho delile. The insur gents then sought refuge in the strong po sition they had previously left in older to attack the troops, but the soldiers carried this position, and put the enemy to (light, with the loss upon the lield of 280 killed. The Spaniards lost 50 men in killed and wounded. THIKTliKX PASSUNGliltS DKAD. Terrible Wreck on the Grand Trunk in Quebec. Quebec special: A terrible accident occurred on the (irand Trunk Railway at Crags lioads station, about fourteen miles west ot Levis, the result of which thirteen persons were killed and twenty-live more or less seriously injured, two of whom may die. A large pilgrimage from Sherbrooke, indsor Mills and Uiclimond had left the latter town for the famous Catholic shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre. The train carry ing tiie pilgrims was divided into two sec tions, one running a few minutes behind the other. The lirst section reached Crags Loads and stopped there to take water. Suddenly the second section which had, passed the semaphoie at full speed dashed into the rear Pullman of the lirst section. The engine embedded itself in the sleeper, and the latter plunged Jorward and partially telescoped the next car in trout. Every berth in the sleeper was filled and many of the occupants were killed as they slept. Others awoke to their horrible surroundings maimed, bleeding and bruised, conscious of little else bul the agony that racked them. Theories and moans of the dying pierced the air. The steam from the shattered engine rose in clouds that blinded all other observa tion for the time being. The reason why the second section did not heed the danger will probably never be known, as both the engineer and lireman were killed. It is believed that the engineer, McLeod, was asleep at his post. No other explanation seems possible. There had evidently been no attempt to stop the rush of the oncom ing train. WINDOW GLASS COMBINE. Great Combination ol* Manufactur ers Formed. Anderson, Ind., special: The greatest combination the window glass industry has kown was consummated here. A raise of 25 per cent, on all window glass was made, and after 10,000 boxes now on hand have been disposed of the price will go still higher. The combination will be known as the lieynolds Selling Agency, and headquar ters were opened at Muucie, where all selling will be made. Phil Matter is pres ident, D. Vandeventer vice president and Thomas Hart of Muncie secretary. Chas. Eastman v/ill be acting president and will have charge of the otlice. The factories that are in the combine belong to the In diana gas bell. They are the Anderson, Elie, Jones and Bower of Muncie, Ameri can of Gas City, Marion Window Glass Company of Steward, Estep of Marion, the Alexandria and the Victor of Anderson, Indiana of Pendleton. -Marring, Hart Ov: Co. and Andovcr of Muncie, Gem of Dun kirk and the Bellaire of Kedmond. Postal Laws Amended. Washington special: Postmaster Gen eral Wilson has amended the postal laws and regulations so as to prohibit posf ofliee clerks from opening more than one sack of mail at the same time. The object of the order is to assist in fixing the re sponsibility for mistakes. Cliiel" Clarence Going to Kngland1 Colon, Colombia, special: It is stated here that ex-Chief Clarence, formerly of the Mosquito territory and now a British pensioner at Kingston, Jamaica, is going to England in order to formulate the claims which he makes against the government of Nicaragua. Chinese Loan at a Premium. London special: '1 he Standard's Paris correspondent says the Kusso-China loan is quoted at 'iy$ premium. HCHR1CAXH HITS CHICAGO. Sky Was Perfectly Clear Twenty Minutes Before. Chicago special: One of the most fu rious wind and rainstorms known in this vicinity for years passed over this city, coming from the northwest. The day had been intensely hot and there were many people out on the lake in sail boats, and as the storm came up very suddenly, it is feared that several lives were lost. The different life saving crews were busy trac ing rumors of capsized boats, people cling ing to planks, etc., and brought in the oc cupants of three capsized boats, all in a very exhausted condition. Up to within twenty minutes of the descent of the storm upon the city the sky had been clear and the sun shining brightly. Suddenly heavy, black clouds began to gather in the north west, and a few minutes later a terrilic gale of wind, accompanied by a perfect flood of rain and furious thunder and lightning, was sweeping over the city. Many basements were Hooded all over the city, and in some instances lire engines had to be called for lo pump out stores. Several houses in the outlying districts of city were struck by lightning and serionsly damaged. Two small residences were completely destroyed, but no one injured. The peeunary loss in both cases was small. At the height of the storm a signal lower beside the Pan Handle tracks at Ada Street was blown over and the tower man. August Boedlow, sustained fatal in juries. Several other people received painful injuries by the. flying debris. The police and life savers think that all the missing boats, both rowboats and sail boats, are accounted for, although it is possible that a few may yet be out:. So far the fatalities actually verified is the case of Charles Klein. John Boss and Charles L. Shook, who were out a row boat when the storm burst, and of whom ii(i trace has yet been found. The yawl boat ol the yacht llattie was picked up off Twenty-Sixth Street, but it is thought that the yacht has weathered the gale and made some other port. TOWN IN ltUINS. Storm and Flood Devastate a Mis souri Village. Springfield, Mo., special: A tornado and cloudburst almost wiped out the town of Winona, on the Current lliver branch of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem phis liailroad, in Shannon County Sat urday night. It is known that twelve, persons lost their lives and eight men are missing. The dead are: Lev G. W. Duncan, Mrs. G. W. Duncan, Mattie Dun can, Mrs. Crawford, a married daughter of Mrs. Duncan, Gert Crawford, George Nevins, Norma Kevins, a little daughter of Lloyd Wright, Maggie Cannon, John Morris. Mrs. Nevins. At'.i o'clock a rain, accompanied by a lierce wind, set in and by 10 o'clock tho streets were running rivers. About 11:80 buildings, unable to longer stand the strain, fell to the ground, precipitating women and children into the rushing lloods. Cries of terror and shouts for help came from those struggling for life and clinging to lloating timbers, while the strong current swept on through the ra vine or valley and carried many to places of safety on higher land. Those fortunate enough to have placed their own families beyond danger at once turned their attention to others and by 3 o'clock in the morning the worst was over. Those who had escaped the sweep of de vastation stood shivering with no hope to dry themselves. When day dawned there was nothing of their homes in the town. There was uo shelter, no food and no clothing. In all thirty buildings were destroyed, and the total loss is no less than $80,000. HOME FROM CHINA. Confident ol Peace Between the Late Oriental Belligerents. Washington special: John W. Foster, ex-secretary of state, who has been acting as China's special counsel in the peace ne gotiations with Japan, has arrived in this city. In answer to inquiries Mr. Foster said there was good reason to expect per manent peace between Japan and China as the result of the treaty of Shimonoseki. The terms demanded by Japan may, lie said, under the circumstances be regarded as reasonable, especially in view of the re trocession of Liao Tung peninsula. The treaty has been observed and carried out by China with scrupulous good faith. Her conduct in this respect has created a very favorable impression in Japan. China has great resources and has never failed in its financial engagements. Hence the treaty concluded at Shimonoseki is not likely to be broken on account of the shortcomings of China. If a rupture occurs it is more likely to be brought about by the inter meddling of European powers. Being asked why he declined the invita tion to remain in China as the adviser of the government, Mr. Foster said lie had spent the greater portion of the past twen ty-tive years in foreign lands, and while his residence abroad had been generally a pleasant one, he had found no country equal to his native land and lie desired to spend the remainder of his life at home. J5ig Oil Explosion. Chicago special: The suburb of Harlem was badly shaken by the explosion of hun dreds of barrels of oil stored in the Stand ard Oil Company's big warehouse. Flames were discovered in the basement of the building, and before the one-engine fire department could get there the lire had gained such headway that it would have been folly to attempt to save the building. In ten minutes the lirst explosion occurred and then came a fusilade as if heavy artil lery was in action. The building was blown to pieces and burning oil thrown all over the surrounding land. Several hundred feet away was a tank containing thousands of gallons of oil and the depart ment turned its attention to saving it. At midnight it was thought they might suc ceed, but a brisk wind was strongly against them. The loss will be over $50,000. $1 .",000,000 Suit Appealed. Washington special: Attorney General Harmon telegraphed Special Attorney McKissick, at San Francisco, to at once appeal the Stanford $15,000,000 suit to tho United States court of appeals for the Pa cilie coast district. SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS HAPPENINGS FROM ALU PARTS OF THE STATE. Alan Arrested at Miller Confesses to Mur der— Uoy Ate Morphine Fills Taylor Enjoyliijf Life at Home—Two Youthful Gold Miners* He Confesses to Murder. The man arrested at Miller for the mur der of Nels Carlson broke down and con fessed to the deed. He gave his true name as E. W. Davis, and his home, Welling ton, 111. He hired to Carlson at Gillette, Wyo., where Carlson left a bunch of horses and stock, which Davis attempted to dis pose of while at Pierre. They came to gether to a point about fifty miles west of Fort Pierre, where the murder was com mitted. He admitted the killing and stated just where the body could be found. A party will go out from Fort Pierre to take up the remains and give them a de cent burial. Uoy Ate Morphine 1'ills. August Kapp, aged 2 years and 10 months, died at Sioux Falls of what the physician thinks was morphine poisoning. The little fellow was out playing and some of the children of the neighborhood gave him a box of pills. The lad ate most of them and became drowsy, and went home and to bed. Later the parents be came alarmed and sent for a doctor, who found the child unconscious and was un able to rouse him. The box from which the pills were taken was labeled quinine, but the doctor says the symptoms were ex actly those brought on by morphine poi soning. IV. \V. Taylor Enjoying I.ifo at Home. W. W. Taylor is among tho people of Redficld, making his homo with YV. C. Iviser, jr. To some of his friends he seems sad and repentant. Most people however can sec uo change in the man. He is as sleek and smiling as ever, and walks in the old familiar way. He denies having anything to do with the issuance and sale of the fraudulent Capitola school bonds. Rev. Potter, who placed them with certain New York friends, insists that he has a letter from Taylor recommending the bonds. Pierre Alan Hurt at Chicago. J. Rosnethal of Pierre, a guest of the Sterling Hotel, Chicago, caused the arrest on a charge of assault, of John Stark, who recently became manager of the hostelery. Several weeks ago Rosenthal went to the latter city »ncl has been engaged in organ izing a theatrical company. Rosenthal decided to move and began packing up his belongings. While engaged in this he says Stark assaulted him with a hammer, striking him a blow in the right eye and permanently injured that organ. Two Youthful Gold Miners. Two boys, 12 years old, who have been panning out gold in Gold Run, were at Deadwood with stuff to sell. The older of the two is Angus MeCauley and he keeps his widowed mother and brothers and sisters by his placer mining. The other is Robert Crickslir.id, son of the head mason at the Ilomestake. When a boy of 12 can keep a family by washing gold, what more can be asked of the. resources or the energy and enterprise of its inhabitants. Nothing but Straight Business. The committee appointed by the Sioux Falls school board to investigate tho charges against two of the members of be ing influenced by a money consideration to vote for Prof, liowe for superintendent of the city schools has submitted its report. The committee says it was only able to discover where the superintendent had made one loan to a member of the board, but that the loan and entire transaction was in every way legitimate. llev. Illr. Oarling Has Flown. State's Attorney Frederick has been accumulating evidence preparatory to making another attempt to bring Rev. E. S. Darling back to Miller from Minnea polis to answer to the charge of rape upon Miss India Failing, when word comes from Minnesota that tho man of cloth has disappeared.CIAs his people live in Can ada, he has probably gone there on a visit. Suicide at Chamberlain. Tom Horau, formerly of Iiookford, 111., but recently engaged in the saloon busi ness in Chamberlain, was found dead in the Missouri River at that place. It is supposed to be a case of suicide, caused from a spree of several days' duration. To llave a Harvest Festival. It lias been practically decided that Yankton will have a harvest festival this fall. There is no other way of displaying tho wonderful resources of Yankton County and vicinity. It is designed to have the festival occupy one week. Blver Work Delayed. On account of the failure to receive ma terial about eighty men are laid off from the river work at Pierre. The work has been dragging all summer on that account. The Juno rise in the Missouri was but lit tle above six feet this year and is now fall ing. The pontoon bridge will be put in as soon as tho water is off the bar. J. D. Lawson JLSies of His Injuries. J. D. Lawson, senior member of the firm of J. D. Lawson & Co., proprietors of the mill wrecked by the explosion at Howard, died from the effects of his in juries. The list of dead is now three. The remaining three injured are improving and are expected to recover. Keder*R Saw Mill Burned. Ode Reder's saw mill, located about six: miles north of Custer, was struck by light ning and the building completely destroy ed. The.lire communicated with the out buildings connected with the saw mill and school house. The loss will amount to at least $6,000. Indian Youth Killed by a Ituuaivuy. As the result of a runaway at Crow Creek agency an Indian youth was thrown from his wagon and killed. He became entangled in a rope and was dragged a considerable distance with the rope around his neck, nearly severing the head from the body. 1 armors' Alliance at Sioux Falls. The annual meeting of the State Farm ers' Alliance convened in Sioux Falls. A good attendance was present from the sur rounding country. A great crowd lilled Germania Hall to listen to a speech by Jerry Simpson of Kansas. Warehouse Destroyed by Fire. Fire at Huron destroyed a warehouse filled with agricultural implements be longing to W. D. Demares. Sit-pected of Slurdcr. A man giving the name of Nels Carlson was arrested at Miller and taken to Pierre as a suspected murderer. Nels Carlson was at Pierre last fall with a bunch of horses and this spring wrote parties there that he would arrive again about the 1st of July. About ten days ago the man now under arrest arrived at Fort Pierre with horses and gave his name as Nels Carlson. He sold the horses at a very low price and started east, representing himself as Carl son in business transactions in towns east there.. While at Fort Pierre he gave away a coat and vest which were too small for him, and in one of the pockets was a letter relating to transactions of the real Carlson while at Pierre. The arrested man tells many conflicing stories. The case ap pears much like a similar one near there 6ix years ago, when Kedmond killed Dun can of Baker City, Ore,, and took his stock. Davison County Crops. All kinds of grain is making one of the best stands ever seen in Davison County, wheat averaging forty to forty-five inches in height', with no indication of rust. The grain stands erect on a strong stalk and is not lodged a particle. The acreage of wheat is about 10 per cent, less than that sowed in 1894, including new land plowed for wheat. There is no old wheat held in tho market of last year's crop. No dam age of any kind lias occurred to grain, and tho general prospect is above the average. Wheat harvest will begin between the 20th and 25th of July. The hay crop will be very large and the potato crop will be heaviest there in twelve years. The aver age yield of wheat for Davison County can be estimated from present outlook at seventeen bushels per acre and a little rain this week will increase that average to twenty bushels. A Boy Run Over. Passengers on tho Milwaukee train from Aberdeen, report that a young boy was run over and one arm cut off, about half way between Mechling and Vermillion. The boy's name is Frankie Gray and his parents live about two miles from Mech ling. lie was lying beside the track in the weeds asleep, with one arm thrown across the rail. The arm was cut off and the other arm broken. The engine men did not see the boy until after the engine had struck liim. Their attention was at tracted by a dog which appeared to have been lying by the boy and jumped up as the engine passed. The men looked to see if the dog liad been struck and discovered the boy, lie was taken to Vermillion and put under medical attendance. lignite Beds Found in tho Black Hills. Prof. J. Todd, state geoligst, lias been in the northwest part of the Hills examin ing the lignite formations anil he found Iwo and in some places three beds of lig nite coal, averaging lour feet in thickness and of very good quality. At present he is in the southern part of the Hills contin uing the investigation in the interest of the state university. He says the South Dakota lignite fields are a continuation of those of North Dakota, which are worked advantageously at Dickinson and other places, lie will publish a full report of his investigation in the Hills during tho se son, provided tlic state makes an ap propriation for that purpose. Kapid City Kensution. J. I'. Black, city auditor of Rapid City, was arrested Wednesday, charged with raising city warrants. A partial examin ation of his books has so far disclosed startling irregularities. The crooked work on the part of Auditor Black has been going on for a long time and it is be lieved that a close inspection of the books will run his stealings up to a very large amount. Black is a man who for years has been looked upon as above reproach. The news of his dishonesty comes as a se vere blow to his friends, who have always believed him to not only be honest but so fixed financially as to be above the suspicion of stealing. To Complete the riant. John B. Aiken, general manager of tho Ncr.hwestern Packing Company J. H. Lord, the promoter anil financial agent of the same company, and Edward Clark, secretary and treasurer of the concern, have arrived at Sioux Falls from Boston. They say they intend putting a force of men to work at once on the mammoth packing house, which was partially com pleted three years ago, and push the plant to completion. Aiked was with Armour & Co. fourteen years and is a practical man and one in every way competent to manage the construction and operation of the big plant. Land Office Business. The business of the United States land office at Aberdeen fer the quarter ending June SO, was as follows: llomeslead en tries, 51, embracing 8,1% acres homestead final proofs, 50, embracing 7,926 acres final timber culture proofs, 31, embracing 4,357 acres. The total number of entries, original and filial, was 135, embracing 20, 479 acres. The gross receipts were $1, 571.74. The government land in this dis trict subject to homestead entry only has been reduced to 200,438 acres. Forgot to Use iilunk Cartridges. Parties returning from Crow Creek and Lower Brule Indian agencies report that while the Sioux at the latter agency were going through a sham battle during tho grar.d celebration one Indian, in his ex citement, used ball cartridges, shooting away the ear of one of his brothers. At Crow Creek tho Indians refused to partici pate in the sham battle because the photo graphers who were on the ground could not be persuaded to pay tliem for the priv ilege of taking views of the scene. More Funding Warrants Called. State Treasurer Phillips has called for $90,000 more of the $220,000 issue of fund ing warrants. He took up $100,000 of these warrants on April 1, and there is now out standing but $30,000 at the present time. These were the warrants issued a year ago to make up the deficiency in the running expenses of the state, and were issued on taxes assessed and not yet collected. lircaks All Crop Kccordg. By Saturday next all small grain in the vicinity of Yankton will be ready for har vesting. Never in the history of Yankton County lias there been so large a crop in prospect. Railroads are muking every preparation lo move the crop and the ca pacity ol the roads will be taxed to the ut most. A Cour6ing Meet* The Aberdeen Coursing Club has for mally decided to hold a coursing meet during the lirst week in October in con junction with ilie grain palace. Tho events will be a thirty-two dog all age stake and a sixteen dog puppy stake, both confined to greyhounds. Indian 1'riRoners Die. Fights With and Big Leggins, two Sioux Indians, died at the Sioux Falls peniten tiary a day or two ago. llad a Hum! lJlown Off. Fred Hess, a liveryman at Alexandria had his left hand blown off by ti cannon lire cracker. THE weather crop mlletin for tho week is issued from tho Chicago station by l'rofessoi Willis L. Moore, is as follows: The .wok has been gen- /sftiKji rally favorable, al- UlouSh t0 '-"old in States of the Mis- SIX/, 1 1't'v:i -VI1 ssWW-' souri and Upper Mis with er portions of the Gulf W Sissippi Valleys, wit JijlD. too much rain ov( SSK'y portions of the Gu States and Northern Texas. Cotton lias been injuriously affected by the excessive rains over Northern Texas, and in Louis in mm, but in Southern Texas tho coiuli •s have been favorable. Tho crop lias sustained an injury from excessive rains in Arkansas, but on higher ground it is reported as in excellent condition, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia and Flori da report the crop growing finely, but in Alabama the plant is small and tho crop grassy, with bad stands. In tho South ern Slates the corn is now practically laid by in generally excellent condition Cool weather has retarded the growth Oi corn in the Dakotas, and while Nebraska and Minnesota report the crop backward, it is in good condition. Arkansas and Kentucky report the crop outlook for corn most promising in years, nnd whilo rains have been beneficial and the crop is doing well in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, in the last two named States there aro com plaints of damage from cliincli bugs. Winter wheat harvest is nearing com pletion over northern portion of tho wheat bolt and threshing is becoming general. Spring wheat is now heading and the condition of tho crop continues favorable. 'Tobacco is growing nicely in Kentucky and Marylaiul, and lias experienced im provement in Ohio. Light frost occurred in portions of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, causing slight damage in lo calities. Tho crop conditions reported by States are as follows: Illinois—Week very favorable, rain plentiful, except in southern section. Wheat and rye harvest practically com pleted, oats cutting begun in southern section. Corn growing finely, but dam aged by bugs in central, southeast and southern counties. Fruit excellent, early apples, peaches and plums being mar* kcted. Wisconsin—Corn, potatoes and small grain in fine condition cool weather haf been beneficial. Rainfall sufficient ex cept in southern portion. Haying in progress. Oats heading and barley begin ning to turn. Some damage to cranberry vines by frost. Minnesota—Weather cool, with frost Friday damage slight and mostly con fined to low grounds in west portion of south half. Condition of small grain ex cellent. Corn backward, but thrifty po tatoes unusually promising. Haying pro grossing yield uneven, but will average good, llain needed iu Upper Minnesota Valley only. North Dakota—The weather has been favorable for small grain during the week, but frosts have damaged gardens and ten der vegetation. Corn still backward! small grain heading out hay good. South Dakota—Temperature and rain fall considerably below normal showers scattered, mostly light, some localities need rain. Fine growing weather, ex cept nights too cool for corn. Local dam age from hail. Light local frosts slight damage in northwest portion. Itye har vest begun. Nebraska—Week cool, with nearly normal rainfall. Winter wheat and rye harvest in progress iu southern counties crop light. Oats somewhat injured by wind and heat first of week in southern counties. All small grain in northeastern section unusually good. Corn has grown slowly, and is now backward, but in good, healthy condition. Iowa—Temperature and sunshine below normal, with ample rainfall, except in a portion of eastern districts. The cool weather has been favorable for spring grain and flax and not detrimental to other crops. Kansas—v-.oudy, damp weather greatly improving all crops. Wheat threshing be gun results favorable. Oats harvest be gun. Second crop of alfafa light. Missouri—All growing crops doing well, •ut in many couutieii rains interfered with harvests, haying and cultivation of corn. heat about harvested, threshing commenced oats being cut, crop fair prospects for corn excellent and much laid by. Ohio Wheat harvest well advanced yield good, but below average. Hay har vest progressing, yield light oats, pas tures, potatoes and tobacco show slight improvement corn made good growth. Indiana—General rain beginning local rains end of the week very beneficial to corn, potatoes, oats, and other crops. AY heat and hay harvest continue thresh ing commenced crops light. Tree fruit, except peaches, abundant. Chinch bugs injurious to corn in localities. Michigan Rainiall light and not suf ficient to check drought, which continues with severity. Ilaying in progress, very light crop. WTseat harvest commenced and is of poor yield oats looking bad corn and potatoes in good condition. Notes of Current Kveuts. Defaulter Taylor's parachute seems to have worked all right. lhe condition of Representative Ilitt is reported to be encouraging. Ivord and Lady Sholto Douglass aro liv ing at Alameda, Gal., incognito. "W. L». Chamberlain, of Chicago, was elected President of die National Asso ciation of Elocutionists ut tho convention in Boston. Tho Northern Trust Company of Chi cago lias increased its deposit of securi ties with the Auditor of Public Accounts at Springfield, 111., from $200,000 to $500, 000. Both north and south bound stages on tho Klamath Palls and Ayer route, in Oregon, wero hold up by a highwayman, who rifled the mail bags and robbed tho ono passenger. At Dallas, Texas, J. Dickerson, a jew eler, killed a 10-year-old boy who ho claims was a burglar. Thebody was iden tified as that of John P. Reeves, son of 9 rich planter. Conspiracy is alleged.