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I--. i 7 THE ENTERPRISE. WELLINGTON, OHIO, General Sews Summary. Interesting Home and Foreign News. DOMESTIC. The Neosho valley In Kansas is un der six feet of water. Many fields of wheat are (rone. G. Brady, a farmer, was drowned while trying to save some stock. Victor, Col., offset the great Pike's Peak illumination by an artificial earthquake on the 4th. Five tons of dynamite were fired on the east slope of Bull Hill in blasts of 200 pounds to each charge, the last charge consist ing of 300 pounds. The corner stone of the new state eapitol has been laid at Helena, Mont. The eapitol will be constructed of a native sandstone at a totul cost of about $300,000. At Canada Lake, a summer resort sixteen miles northwest of Johnstown, N. Y., Lafayette Vanderpool and his adopted daughter,. Miss Morey, were drowned on the 5th. Vanderpool en deavored to nave Miss Morey, who vyus in bathing, and had gone out beyond her depth. Charles E. Brown, of Chioago, who is engaged in the novelty advertising and promoting business, filed a peti tion in bankruptcy in the district court at Chicago on the tith, schedul ing his liabilities at $1,636,078, while his assets were placed at $5. The president has approved the sentence of the court-martial in ihe case of Capt. John M. Xenll, Fourth cavalry, and the ofilcer hns been or dered dismissed from the military service. He was recently convicted by court-martial of violations of the army regulations in connection with his administration of the affairs of the mess fund of his company and other financial matters. The Union steel mills at Anderson, Jnd., have resumed operations with fOO men, which will be increased to 1.000 by the time the plant is in full oper ation. T. V. Wright, who purchased it two weeks ago for $503,000 cash, signed the-Amalgamated scale, Which gives workers an advance of 13 per cent, in wages. The plants have been in the hands of a receiver for several years. Company E, of the engineer corps, nas lett Millet s J'oint, S. V for Ma nlla. The company is one of the best in the service and has in it many men who have served 20 and 30 years. One member of this company is Scrireant Edward Carroll, the mine expert, who Das been detailed to teach the method of laying and taking up mines in war- la re. Frederick A. Betts, of New Haven Conn., hns been appointed receiver of the National Life Insurance Co., of Jriarttora, lonn. A six-story building at the corner of Chambers and Washington streets. New York City, was destroyed by fire on the 3th. The building, which was valued at $100,000, was occupied by mercnants wnose joint lost is estimat ed at $100,000. Lig Dan Brouthers, the famous baseball player, has resigned from the " Jtocnester fcastern league team and retired from the game. Brouthers is mayor of Wappinger's Falls, N. V., where he owns a hotel. Charles Orr, of Townsend, X. V.. and a Mr. Armstrong, residing near Wayne, were drowned in Lake Wanotn. near Wayne, X. Y., while fishing in a boat. ' A shifting engine on the Pittsburg Junction railroad ran down a pleasure party of colored people in Schenley park, Pittsburg, on the 6th. One man was killed and two women probably fatally injured. The ten regiments of volunteers will be equipped throughout as are the regulars. The ordnance department j has on hand a sufficient supply of Krag-Jorgensen rifles and other arms to equip the regiments. A comparative statement of the money order business of the country for the quarter ending March ,'M last, the final returns of which have just come in, show there were 7.846,10$ money orders issued, amounting to $52,383,938. This is nn increase over the corresponding quarter last vear of $3,890,306. , . At Calumet, Mich.,'on the 5th nine teen sticks of dynamite exploded at the bottom of the,Osceolu mine, blow ing the arms, legs and head oft of one man and seriously injuring several others. The Great Lakes Tovvin Co.. which flans to embrace all the 1i and tow jug companies between IliilValn. (hi cngo and Duluth, has filed articles of incorporation in the count v clerk's of fice in Jersey City. X. .1. The company has a capital of $.1,000,000. Acting Cominisisoucr Williams, of the internal revenue bureau, has de cided that natural or anilicial gns companies ore subject to the gross re ceipt tax umlcr the war revenue act and that in the case of artificial gns ine returns made l.y the comnanv mioimci Midline sales or tar, iinionia, should include sales of tar, ummonia, coke, etc. The proposed formation of . $20, 000.000 glove trust to control the glove trade of the United States has met flight encouragement among the mnn lifiioturcrs of New 'iork City. Te Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York, through its president, has telegraphed to Gov. Savers, of Texas, to draw on Hint company for $".,009, in aid of the sufferers from the Brazos river floods. A remarkable case of cigarette poi soning has developed in Indianapolis. The patient, Emerson Conrad, was found by the pol ice rolling convulsive ly on the grass and persistently inhal ing cigarette smoke, nnd lifter he had been placed ill nn ambulance spasm after spasm followed. Injections of morphine had no effect .and in his semi conscious moments Conrad said that he had become so addicted to the use of cigarettes that he had concluded to Smoke himself to death. Michigan Pottawatomie Indians, sur vivors of a once powerful tribe, which controlled 2.00U.OOO acres of Town hinds, have decided to send a delega tion to Washington to press a claim for indemnity for the hinds, which they allege were illegally wrested from them. Estimates made by cotton buyers as tojihe loss resulting from damage to the cotton crop In the Brazos valley of Texas are that 200 square miles of cot ton bearing land have been flooded. Basing the loss on five-cent figures, the crop destroyed on these planta tions wm worth almost $4,000,000. The railroad situation In Texas' be cause of floods is so much worse than It haa been heretofore, that the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe has had to abau don its through trains from St. Louii and Kansas City at Dallas and Forf Worth respectively. Paymaster W. B. Wilcox, of the navy, has been tried by court-martial at the League Island navy yard, and found guilty of drunkenness and sen fenced to dismissal from the service. By the explosion of a boiler on the Moran oil tract near Oil City, Pa., on the 8th,' James McCrny was killed and John Turk was seriously injured. . The doors of the Citizens' national bank of Xiles, Mich., were closed on the sth by National Bank Examiner Sehien, who was appointed temporary receiver of the bank by the comptroller of the currency. The cause of the failure of the bank is poor loans which have been made. A, general consolidation of the vnr- ions air-power interests is in contem plution and the American Air Power Co.. of Xevv York Citv. will nractical IV absorb all the other concerns. Twenty of the lending cigar factories of Tumpii, i In., have shut down on ac count of differences with their em ploye, rour thousand people are thrown out of employment. A new rapid fire gun designed for the protection of the mine fields and a novel semi-automatic six-pounder for the navy hns been successfully tested on the proving grounds of the Priggs Seabury Gun and Ammunition Co., at Derby, Conn. The first batch of claims against the United States government on account of damages sustained bv residents of Samoa through the bombardment by the combined British and American naval forces has been presented to the state department. They aggregate $3.1.000. t Business fuilures in the f'nit States for the week ended July 7 num bered 119. as compared with 2.?9 foi the same period of 189S, and 20 in Can nda, as against 17 for the correspond ing period Inst year. The I.SIM) miners employed by thr I.ehigh valley lonl Co. at YA ilkesbarre. Pa., who went on strike a week ago. have returned to work. A compromise was effected by the men agreeing tc use the lump in the gaseous parts of the mine nnd the company agreeing tc furnish the new lamps free of charge and keep them in repair. Heavy rains, together with a cloud burst, have completely flooded Lowei Germnntown, a suburb of Torrlngton (onn. The 400 residents have been driven from their homes to that part of the place called Upper Germantown. which is located on a hill. About fifty acres of land are covered with water three feet deep. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Adjt. ( en. Corbin on the 5th receivec a cablegram from Santiago de Cube informing him of the death of Sure-eon Clendenin. Surgeon Paul Clendenir was the son of Col. Clendenin. of th United States army. He was appoinec assistant surgeon in 1886, mudeenptair in ini and brigade surgeon of volun tcers with the rank of major in June IK'S. He was appointed from Illinois FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ine prcieci or -vuvnrre, npuin, an nounces the seizure of four cases o1 arms smuggled from France for tht use of the Carusts. - The English government announce: that it will contribute $225,000 to thi antarctic expedition fund. Canadians are alarmed over the waj the Erie canal and American railway are ruining the Welland canal, nnd art about to materially increase th depth of their famous waterwav, or which over $24,000,000 has been spent ine suiuien rise in copper is resnon- Bible for the extraordinary ditlicultiet now confronting the I hinese curren system. The result has been that tht cash, or subsidiary Chinese coin, if now worth much more than its token value in silver. A dispatch from Iiome snvs the Ger man steamer Iieichstng has sailed Iron: .Naples with 15,000 rifles, 500 tons ol war material nnd 500 mules for tin Transvaal. According' to the snmt dispatch, another steamer, with a sim ilar cargo, will sail July 14 from Are nas. LATER, fire destroyed the works of the .lakes Manufacturing Co. in Steinway, IV. On the 10th. The company manufactured dyestuffs, und the four- story iii.ii ii building und the small wdoden buildings about it were filled with inflammable materials. Loss MO0.000. At .Sew York City the Franklin na tional bunk's stockholders have decid ed i to go into voluntary liquidation on iignst 1. The capital of the bank is .f200,ouo. It hns no surplus. Miij. C. P. Porter, of the marine corps, hns been promoted to the grade of lieutenant colonel in that service .mil placed on the retired list. He is n son of the late Admiral Porter and has a service extending over 35 years. About 100 members of the Washing ton Electrical Workers' union, com prising nearly all such workmen in the citv, have struck for a raise in wages from $2 and $2.50 per day to S3 per lay and for eight instead ot nine hours' work per day. The United States government has declined the proposal of the govern ment of Austria-Hungary to arbitrate the claims for damages arising from he. death nf Aiistrian-HunL'aiiun sub jects during the rioting nt Hn.teton, I n., in September, 1"17. The llntl'alo longshoremen have de cided to co-operate with the strikersat ankcgnn, 111., to the extent of refus ing to load or unload boats sent to or from that port. Notice to that effect hits been served on the Lake Carriers' association. The monthly cotton report of the de partment of agriculture for July shows an average condition of 87.x, as com pared with SI. 7 last month, 91.2 on July 1, ISM. sfi at the corresponding date in 19,7, anil ft ten-year average of S8. A national park or forest ry .reserve asMm-iutlon for the governmental pres ervation of over 7.000,000 acres of land in .iiorlehrn Minnesota will be formed In Uhicago this month. Charles Graham, the ballad writer, is dead in Hellevue hospital, New York City. In spite of the great popular ity of his songs he is said fo have died penniless. One of his greatest suc cesses. "Two ' Little Girls in Blue," brought him only ?10. Manchester, Clay county, Ky.. fa mous by reason of the linker-White feud, Is to have telephone connection with the outside world. Clay is one of the oldest of mountain counties, but lias been completely shut off from civilization, not having a mile of rulh road, telegraph or even of ordinary NEWS OF, OHIO. Gathered; by holograph. From All Porta of the State.' Convention or Democratic Club. . Columbus, July 8. At thesetslon of the Ohio democratic clubs yester day morning, Ucn. E, B. Finley, of Bu cyrus, was chosen permanent chnlr man; Charles L. Swain, of Cincinnati, secretary. Mayor Bice, of Canton, presented the report of the committee on organization, which provides for all democratic clubs in the state be coming members upon payment of an annual due of ten cents per capita for all club members. The state organ ization is to be known as the "Ohio Association of Democratic Clubs." It will meet April 12 (Jefferson's birth day), annually.. Each club will be entitled to two delegates nnd one ad ditional for each 50 members. The report was adopted. Jones Bids for Gas Plant. Toledo, July 11. Mavor Jones yes terday made a bid for the lease of the city gas plant. Four other bids were received, all being from loenl people junjor aones nns lormed a company and will attempt to secure a lease of the city gns plant under an ordinane recently passed under his direction which provides for the sale or lease of the plant for a period of years. Mavor Jones nnd his friends will run h plant on their own resources nnd will turn the profits, if nny, into the city treasury. The losses will be carried by the company. ' The bids will be opened to-morrow night. Stolen Porketbook In a mall Box. Cleveland, July 11. F, S. Fuller, of Elyrin, hnd his pocket picked at the Union station Saturday evening while tilighting from a Lake Shore train His pocketbook, containing valuable pnpers and a draft for $40,000, w stolen. Monday morning Letter Car rier Oehs found the pocketbook nn' contents in the mail box in front of the court house. Nothing had been re moved irom it apparently. it was turned over to Assistant Postmuster Emerson, who will deliver it fo Ful ler's bankers, the owner of the book having continued his journey to New lorn. Tried to Rob Ihe fount? Treasury, Medina, July 8. Great excitement was caused here at noon Frklny by a ooid attempt to rob the county treas ury ana Had the robbers had 20 min utes longer work thev would hav come off many thousand dollars rich er. They were undoubtedly expert and gained entrance into the treasury through the auditor's office. They used dynamite and blew open the sec ond door. It took longer, however, than they anticipated nnd they were forced to flee, as the time was nenring when the officers were to return from lunch. There is no clue. McLean Will Return to Ohio. Cincinnati, July 11. John R. M Lean will return to Cincinnati for good, it is said. He has an agent now looking for a home and has arranged to dispose of his Washington Interests, A lieutenant of his suid yesterday "McLean wants his son educated in Ohio institutions, and he is anxious to rclnrnj to Cincinnati himself." . It is believed thnt .McLean's return is to offset the argument against his nomi nation for governor that he is a non resident. Stefl Cages for Prison Demons. Columbus, July 7. Work was beeun Thursday on the steel cage nt the pen itentiary in which the four "demons Ira Mnrlntt, of Columbiana county; John Atkinson and Frank O'Xeil, of Cleveland, nnd Otis Hurley, of Dnv ton will be confined. Marlatt is the demon of demons. Atkinson nnd O'Ncil killed Guard Lauderbaugh. Hurley tabbed Daisy Sprague, n prison book- Keeper. 'I lie cage will be 21 by II leet, nnd 12 feet high. Son of Veterans' KnrampnienU Columbus. July 7. The state en campment, nous of Veterans and Daughters of Veterans, opened Thurs day in the halls of the house of repre sentatives and the senate. Lieuf. Gov- Jones welcomed the delegates on be half of ;the state, Mayor Schwartz on behalf of the city, nnd State Com mnnder Archer for the local Sons of v eterans. Tin mill Workers Strike. Lisbon, July 11. The skilled work men In the local tin mill weut out on a strike Monday for the recognition of the union. As a result every depart nient of the plant is utopped nnd 800 men are idle. A branch of the Amal gamated, association was organized re cently. The mill had been puying the scaie. A Lucky tthloan. Tuirren, juiy o. r.xtrncts from a Bkngvvay paper just received here re port n large gold strike near Dawson by Prof. Lippy, formerly of Oberlin nnd Kinsman, O. Lippy is said to have two nnd a half tons of gold in his enntn. lie is said to have refused $1, 000,000 for his claim last venr. Krharf's Victim Itles, Unyton, July 8. Adam Hite, who was shot in the left breust by John Kchnrf in the hitter's saloon Wednex- uy night, died yesterday. Seharf is locked up. Coroner Hatcher ordered post-mortem held, preparatory to conducting nn officinl Investigation, Beheaded by a Train. I pper (Sandusky, July 7. Lute Wed nesday night II. H. Tyler was at the Hocking Vulley depot to see his niece. Mrs. Mnme Beckwith, of Fostoria, off or home. As he was coming out of the car he stumbled nnd fell under the train, his head being severed from his body. Crushed to Death. TifTln, July 7. Robert Hill, a glass- worker from Muneie, ImL, was driv ing to camp south of here on Wednes- ay when he fell from ti e wagon, the wheels passing over his body. He died Thursdny morning. Murdered by a Saloonkeeper. Greenfield, July 8. Carl Him. a nlpnnkeeper, shot and Instantly killed IUt Striderin an alley Thursday night. wo bullets penetrated Kt rider's body. onf near. the middle' of the back, the other In the back of the neck. Him gave himself up and is now in jnil. . Thunderbolt Kills a Woman. Cleveland. July 8. Mrs. Jane Gra ham, aged 47, widow of John Graham. as struck by lightning, on a Broad ay enr during, the storm, Frklny nf ternoon. Jirs. Graham wart taken tc Charity hospital, and died in nn am- nuance wniie en route. UNDEK CANVAS Ghxtttlaa Endeavor Convention Assembles In Detroit. Ten Thousand People Attend the Wei coining Rally In Ten! Endeavor A Message' from President HcKlaley Old Officers Are Re-elected, Detroit, July . The afternoon o the preliminary day of the 18th annual international convention of Christian Endeavor was showery, but toward evening the sun broke through the clouds and travel from all parts of tht city to the Christian Endeavor grounda began. At sundown long lines ol young- people wended across the green fields about the white tented city, all converging toward Tent Endeavor, be neath whose broad canvas the welcom ing rally was held. The crowds poured In through the four entrances on eith er side and down the six broad sawdust-covered aisles, until the great tent s capacity of 10,000 was filled after that, a crowd of outsiders ob tained sight and hearing through drop ping of the tent walls at either side. The Christian Endeavor red and white was suspended in hundreds of broad streamers from the lofty roof tc the eaves. A thousand white- capped young men and maids com posed the choir on the big stage, the front of which was occupied by tht officers and clergy, ) At 7:30 the comparative silence wat broken by strains of "The Son of God Goes Forth to War," followed bv "There Shall be Showers of Blessing,' "Onward, Christian Soldiers," etc., i all of which the great crowd enthus iastically Joined There was enthusiastic applause when Secretary Baer read the follow ing telegram from President Mi-Kin ley: "Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, Detroit Mich.: On the occasion of the ISth international convention of your soci ety 1 desire to express my cordial in terest in its work, my best wishes those assembled with you in conven tion and my earnest hope for the con tinuance nnd increase of the great re sults which the efforts of the Chris tian Endeavor society have achieved.' .vext on the programme came re sponses from foreign lands. As Rev. William Patterson, of Toronto, ennu forward to speak for Canada, some one struck up "God Save the Queen, The Canadians on the platform ton1 np the strain and in a moment the huge tent was reverberating with tht chorus of the British anthem. Tht friendly relations between Cnnada anr! the United States, particularly with reference to religious mntters, formed the burden of Dr. Patterson s address. For Australia response was made by ncv. ,i. ii. walker, of Queensland; fot China by Rev. Elwood 0. Tewksbiiry a missionary fn the vicinity of Pekin for Turkey by Rev. Lvndon S. Craw ford, for many years a missionary in that country; for Japan by Rev. Otii inrey; for -Mexico bv Rev. Scott Will iams, and for the United States by Rev. Arthur .1. smith, of Ueorgia, Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark was re elected president of the United Socletj of Christian Endeavor at the meeting of the trustees. iTyhn Willis Baei was re-elected sefcy end William Shaw treasurer. Representatives' or the board of trustees of the Unitcii Society were elected from each Btate territory and the provinces of Cnnada JJetroit, July 7. Both of the greaf main tents owned by the United Soci ety of Christian Endeavor were usee Inst night for the first time during tin international convention and botl- contained their full quota of 10000 peo ple and, as usual, hundreds of othen who failed to secure admittance pa- iientiy occupied "standing room al around the outer edges. Many visit ing delegates eame in yesterday, swell ing the number of stranger delegate beyond the 20,000 mark. Detroit, July 8. The mooted oues- tion of the number of people brought Into this city by the Christian Endeav or convention cropped out at the out set of last night's meeting in Tent En deavor, when Secretary Baer took oc casion to publicly criticize the De troit newspapers for saying that tht influx of delegates from other statei was not nearly as great as had been anticipated by the local committee. A novelty which aroused irreut en thusiasm was the introduction of Itev Mr. Mazerona, a native Cuban and nr evangelist among his people, who' ex pressed his thanks to the American people for the liberation of Cuba, Detroit, July 10. Although a large majority of the army of Christian En- deavorers in Detroit untilied tin; street curs on Sunday a considerable portion refrained from rcadinir the Sunday newspapers. ine natures ot the afternoon wer the crowded meetings for men nnd fot women exclusively, and a Sabbath ob servance rally. Thirty-five hundred men filled the floor and the cilleries of Light Guard nrmory at the men's meet ing.- J he men sang with fine enthu siasm nnd a very large proportion of tnem puiuiciy pledged that the occa sion would be with them a landmark from which would date n better life. Last night an additional touch of solemnity was imparted to the meet Ings of the Christian Endeavorers. The generalities of religion were In sums measure neglected, nnd the evening worship in 31 Protestnnt churches of Detroit nnd Windsor toolt the form of consecration services." Railway Commission Knocked On Lansing. Mich.. July . The Mich igan supreme court yesterdny decided the case brought to test the validity of the McLeod law which authorized the appointment of the Detroit street rail Way commission, whose object was the purcnase and municipal ovvnershin anu ojierntion or street railways of De troit. The decision is that the law is unconstitutional; that there is no such office as the "Detroit street railway commission,." thatGov.Plne-ree nnd the other commissioners have no title thereto and that judgment of ouster must be entered ngninst them. Absconded with 500,OOI. New York. July 6. The World mv- Deteetive Charles Heidelberc sailed for Europe yesterday In search of a man who is said to have absconded with more than $:.00,000 In money and negoiiuuie securities. The fugitive was the treasurer of one of the largest stock brokerage syndicates in Wall street, Ten New Cases, Seven Deaths. Santiago, Cuba, July 6. Ten new cases of yellow fever and seven deaths were officially reported yesterday. All the victims of the disease were soldiers except one, an American blacksmith. AN ENTHUSIASTIC FINISH. The Christian Endeavor OsarentUk Closes Its Sessions-most Snecesaral In the Society's History. Detroit, July 11. The 18th interna tional convention of Christian En deavor closed last night amid scenes of impressive solemnity attending the ut terances of "the last word" by the president and secretary in each of the great tents resjiectively, following re sponses from each state and country represented and last exhortations from Methodist Bishop Vincent, of Kansas, and Evangelist Chapman, of New York. The following telegrams and cable grams were read in both tents: "To theAmerican PeaceCommission, The Hague. Twenty-eight thousand American and Canadian Christian En deavorers now assembled In interna tional convention at Detroit, represent 2,300,000 people enthusiastic for peace and arbitration. Great peace meetings held. All wish you God speed. "To President McKinleyTwenty eight thousand American and Cunu dinn' Christian Endeavorers assembled in international convention received with enthusiasm your kind messuge and pray for God's richest blessing upon your administration nnd the great republic of which you are the chief magistrate. 'To His Excellency Lord Minto, Ot tawa, Out. The Christian Endeavorers of Canada and Americn in interna tional convention assembled, repre senting 2,300,000 young people, are drawing closer the bonds of Interna tional fellowship and pray for God i best blessing upon yourself and your great Dominion. "To Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Windsor Custle, England Tens of thousands of Canadian and American Christian Endeavorers in international convention assembled in Detroit re juice in your long nnd glorious reign und pray God's constant blessing upon yon. I housnnds of bndeavorers next July will cross the Atlantic to a con vention in London, with love and rev erence in their hearts for you." At all previous meetings the audien ces assembled quietly, but last evening for some .time before the culling to order of the great gatherings, tents r.ndenvor and Williston were babels of sound. The state, provincial and foreign delegations were grouped in nesignnted uunenes, divided about equally between the two tents. Each had its own particular rully cry, and each delegation took pleasure in muk ing it known to the extent of its lung power. I he delegations which were r.ot shouting .were singing. The following stntement us to ut tendance was given out by Secretary Baer: "Without doubt the attend ince nt this convention hns very much exceeded that of any other Christian Endeavor convention ever held in the matter of those present nt the various meetings. This estimate takes into account the greut convention at Bos ton in 18M. That is to suy, thut out of the 28,000 Endeavorers registered which is the estimate of the reception committee and Includes Detroit mem bers, there have been more who attend ed meetings than at nny previous time. Ihe chairman of each state ana provincial delegation and those from abroad were culled to the platform und testified each for his people nnd then aspirations as Endeavorers. Then the respective delegntions snng together, waved flags nnd gave other evidence of enthusiasm. During n recess in these response each member of the '99 committee was called out. They were told that the '99 convention hnd never been equnled as to programme, speakers and large attendance nt meetings. Secretary Bner stated thnt although the attend anee at Detroit was 28,000, as against 50,400 at Boston, thnt the meetings in Detroit were nttended bv lnrger num bers than were those at Boston. Great Britain's leading representa tives, Messrs. Tressidder, M uracil nnd Pollock, stood together and sang "Britain for Christ." Then all sang stanzas of "God Save the Queen" and "America." Dr. Wilbur Chapman preached the concluding sermon in Tent Endeavor. The closing address in Tent Williston was made by Bishop Vincent, of the .Methodist church. MURDERED IN CHURCH. Principal ol a llluh School at Dallas. Tex., Is Killed by a Former Jani tor. Dallas, Tex., July 11. At 10 o'clock last night one of the most startling tragedies Dallas has ever known oc curred in the First Christian church In the midst of a protracted service John T. Carlisle arose from his seut. walked to where Prof. William Lins- comb, principal of the Central hii'h school, the lending educntional institu- lon of the public schools of the city, was seated, and shot him without n word of warning. Carlisle was seized nnd taken to the county jail. He would not talk of the tragedy. Prof. asconib was reported dead at 10:43 o clock. Carlisle had been chief innitor of the high school, but failed to be reappoint ed by tlie school board. He attrib uted his defeat for reappointment to the professor's influence and it is be lieved thnt this was the cause of the murder. 1'rof. Lipscomb was a native of NnshL ville. Tenn., and came to Dallas four enrs ago. Carlisle is a native of Ken- ueky und a cousin of former Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle, A Two.Day Celebration Planned. New York. July 11.- Plans for the Dewey celebration were outlined at, Monday's meeting of the committee on plan and scope. It has been de nied thnt there shall be a two-day celebration, with both n land and nil vnl pnraile. Admiral Dewey wilf pass nder n large triumphal arch fo be constructed either fn City Hall park or Madison Square park nt n cost of J10.000. . J. (. A. Wnrd, representing the Sculpture society, sent n coiumu- leatlon to the committee otTerintr to submit free designs for the arch nnd if. offer was necepted. News from Northern tiold Field, "b Victoria. B. C, July 11. The steam er Rosalie arrived Monday from Alas ka with 1 30 miners nnd JI23.000 in dust. The White Pass road was completed to jiennei on jury o una trains ure now running through. The UosiiKe had a number of passengers from the Ed monton trail. One of these named Fleming Is dying with dropsy. He stnrted with n party of 14 men nnd 80 horses from Edmonton in January. S9s. Five of the men and nil the orses were lost. Capt. Mason. lend er of the party, was drowned in Nel son river, TOTAL WRECKS. A Pair of Marine Disasters on the Atlantio Coast. The Steamer Portia Is Wrecked Rear Halifax Passengers and Crew Saved The Schooner Ida Hall Sinks-All an Board Ars missing. Halifax, N. S.. July 11. The steamer Portia, from New Y'ork for Halifax, was wrecked during a dense fog last evening on Flynn's island, off Sambro, t point about 15 miles east or Halifax. The passengers and crew, 113 all told, landed on the island in the ship's boats und are nil comfortably housed there. No loss of life 1b reported. As won as the people had all been safely landed, Capt. Farrcll stnrted for the mainland with a boat's crew nnd reached Sambro late last night, whence he sent the news of the disaster to Halifax by telephone.' Fortunately the weather was moder ate und the sea was not high, else the landing of those on board could not have been accomplished without great longer und perhaps loss of life. The steamer is already full of water and a total wreck. The passengers, of whom there are 75, are nearly all tour ists. TJie steamer hnil a lnrge cargo, The place where she struck is known ss Big rish Shoal, and is one nnd half miles west of the light on Sambro island. It is believed thnt Ciut. Farrcll mis took his position when he heard the bomb signals nt Sambro light, which miind every 20 minutes nnd which are said to be so misleading thnt it is ex tremely difficult to locnte a ship's po rtion on hennng them. When the steamer struck most of the passengers were on deck. The Portin took the shoal with a dull, grinding shock that sent a thrill from stem to stern nnd brought all on deck to their feet in alarm. The steamer ?ame to n sudden stop and the engines, which were immediately reversed, re fused to pull her off. When her com niander found her filling rapidly he gave orders to abandon the ship. Few of the passengers ventured below to recover their valuables after they learned that they were in danger. The Portia had an unusually large number of pastetigers on board and her stateroom was crowded. Maehias. Me., July 11. The schooner Idn L. Hull, of Barnstable, Mass.. ?s believed to have been totally wrecked on an inland in Machins bay during a thieis fog and rough water .Monday morning A coastwise steamer re ported ihe wreckage an.l it was Inter Identified ns belonging to the Hull. It is supposed that the Hull hnd pnssen gers nn board and that the totnl num ber of petsons on the ernft was I. As he fog was very thick all day the search for the crew did not progress very far. The Hull was a four-mnsted schoon er, 148 feet long. She left Boston last Iriduy, bound for Windsor, N. s. OFFICIAL CROP BULLETIN. The Department of Agrlcalture'a He- port off ondltlons on the Farms, Washington, July 11. Following ii the monthly grain crop report just is sued bv the department of agriculture Preliminary returns on the acreage of corn planted indicate an increase of about 5 per cent, over the ucreage harvested last year. Of the 21 states having 1,000.000 acres or upwards in corn last year, all but Virginia, Ken t-icky and Ohio show an increase, and the decrease in the three stntes named is very small. A much larger increase than has actunlly taken place is report ed as having been contemplated, but a late or otherwise unfavorable planting season has restricted operations in Illi nois, Indiana and several other import ant states. The average condition is S6.5, as compared with 90.5 on July 1, 1898, and 91.1 the mean nf the July averages for the Inst ten years. The condition of winter wheat de clined during June, being 65.6 on July 1, ns compared with 85.7 on July 1, 1P9S, and 82.4 the mean of the July iverages for the last ten years. 1 he average condition of spring whent is 1)1.7, ns compared with 97.5 one month ago, 95 on July 1, 1898, and 88.7 the mean of the July averages for the last ten years. The uvernge condition of the oat crop is 90, as against 88.7 one month ago, 92.S on July 1, 1898, and 87.7 the menn of the July averages for the last ten years. There is an increase of 1 per cent. In the acreage in potatoes and the crop promises well. The wool report indi cates tlie nverage weight per fleece as being 5.93 pounds, an increase of .15 pounds over Inst year. Fought Like a Tigress. Chicago, July 11. Mrs. Ann Elba- heth Ingersoll, of Painesville, O., who kidnaped Gerald I.apiner, was taken to the Juliet penitentinry yesterday. She fought like a tigress nnd it required three. men to take her from the cell to the cnb in the jail yard. HandciilTs were placed upon the woman, but she twisted one hand free, struck Jailer Whit man in the face and tore her clothes half off. When the jail olliee wns readied the aged kidnaper threw herself on the floor, tore handfuls of hair from her head nnd kicked with frantic energy lit the jailor and his as sistants. Two Killed, 13 Injured. Stockton, Cel., July 11. A Burling ton special train of nine coaches on the way from St. Louis to Los Anireles. loaded with teachers going to attend the National Educational association convention nt Los Angeles, crashed in to a freight train within 40 yards of the depot ut Newman yesterday nnd wo women were killed nnd 1.1 passen- gers injured. The killed: Miss Ad- die Harris, of St. Louis; Mrs. Lena Thomas, Seneca Falls. N. Y. With the exception of Robert Mills, who was in jured nbont the head, though not fa tally, none of the injuries lire serious. Desperado Shoote a Policeman, Peoria, 111., July 11. Bert Meadows, recently released from the Chester penitentinry, held up J. A. Met tier In his store In Averyville, a suburb, nnd secured $1,400 from the snfe. In mak ing his escape he ran Into Officer Her man Dnrm, who arrested him. After being arrested the robber drew a re volver and tired at the officer, sending bullet through his nrm. He fired ngnin ond shot the officer through the neck. By this time nid arrived and the prisoner was -looked np. Physi cians, ate unable to sny whether the policeman will recover or not. " Do Not Grasp at the Shadow and Lose the Substance." Kaw people are but ifudows of their former selves, due to neglect of hetlth. Look out for the blood, the founUin of life, the tctutl substtncei hero thtt pure by regultr use of Hood's 5jpsrtf4 snd robust hetlth vnll be the result. oe sure to get only ttood s, beauve . BIS LITTLE BUNDLE. It Wasn't Hneh In Rise Bat tha Valas of It Astonished the Hotel Clerk. A quiet-looking, mooth-ihsven man, with, straw hat pushed back from his forehead,, registered from an adjoining pariih at bha Grunewsld one evening and laid a package on the counter. The package wai about the aize of an unabridged dictionary andi was wrapped up in an old newspaper that, bore the Mains of travel. It waa tied with, a piece of white cotton string. "1 wih you would take care of this little bundle for ins overnight," said the stranger. "All right,, nr, replied the clerk, and, reaching for the receipt book, proceeded to'fill out a blank, ' What a the value?" he asked, mechanical ly. "Sixty-five thousand dollars," an swered the amooth-shaven man in an off handed tone. "What!" gasped the clerk,, his pen averted in midair and his eyes as round as cart wheels. "Sixty-five thousand," repeated the guest; "and, by the way, I guess I'll just seal up that wrapping. It teems about to fall off." He opened the paper and disclosed a rect angular block of $10 bills, packed as tight as sardines. Theye were nearly all well worn,, but nevertheless, the grimy mass looked trongly tempting. Ita tremendous poten tiality drove a Bpur into the imagination of the dullest chap in the corridor, and every-' body began to tell what he would do if he were rich. Meanwhile the smooth -tha ven. man readjusted the cover, secured it with. Sax, pocketed his receipt and walked olf. e was a country banker bringing a deposit " ' ...ivn.lMl.Uh , . V. A111ICB Democrat. HIS BATH NOT A SUCCESS. BeiuaT In Horry He Forgot to Take OS His I'aier. clothes. It seems her husband had )een ont very late celebrating, and as he came home in toe rose flush of the morning he thought it. would be a capital idea to take a bath be fore getting into bed. First of all and most, important it would contradict any wrong, impression aa to his condition, as his wife sometimes had wrong impressions when he had been out late at night. Women are so suspicious. So he went boldly to the bathroom and: wat toon splashing around as Bayly atva canary. In fact, he created such an un usual commotion that his wife woke up and went to see what was the matter. Suddenly he saw her gazing through the door with a look so cold and rnntptnnt- uous that it struck a chill to hit very- heart. But he made a dive for the snan- and went on industriously with bit ablu tions. "What are von dointt there. Pptr" h. asked him. He made the effort nf his lifA fn antuir debonair and perfectly sober. "Can't vou see what I am dninr mvAenrV he answered, with another prodigious splash.. "I'm taking a bath." Dor. vou think it would he n vnnH iAtt. for you to take off your underclothes?" the asked him, with a frozen reflection, at aha- paaaea out oi tignt. umcago inter Ocean. A Stamina- Answer. A Latin orofeunr was PTnlatntnj, It, a A.. fVStion Of OUr Word "Ostracise" tn hia mmm. in a local academy the other day. He told the ttory of the early Roman republics and the scheming of the politiciana of the times. He related how, when any man in. the republic became obnoxious to hit neigh bors, they used to write hit name nn on, oyster slieH (Latin ostreum, shell), and on. . the receipt of a specified number by the consuls that man wat banished, killed or otherwise removed in tome one of those- leasant ways the old Komana had. When e had finished his explanation he said: "Now. the bov here in the frnnt u.1 what did we derive from the old Latin use of the shell, which was called ostreum?" ine answer he expected was far fro mi hat he zot. for the little .ti.Unt ;,v. tpectacles in the front seat arose and de livered mmaeit tnus: rrom the Roman habit of mino- atmlli-. to get the best of neoole we Hpriv. h. present Coney Island shell game, which is a fascinating and costly sport." Brooklyn. Canned Ham. The country housekeeper hns a num ber of hams always on hand ready for use in ense of emergency, but for the city housekeeper this is not necessary;, and even one ham will sometimes test the capacity of her storeroom, and Is more thnn she wishes to buy, nnyvvavv Ihe most delicious kind of sliced ham-. comes now in cans, a pound in a can It comes usually in large slices, the- lean of a delicate pink in shade nnd the fat white, and each layer put up be tween pieces of oiled paper. It is put up by a well-known firm, nnd is both; gid and convenient. X. Y. Times, Coold Remember gome Thing's. Traveling Missionary And how manv- children have you, Mr. Burdock? Farmer Burdock (doubtfully) WelL now, . I dunno. There's Dick and John and Kate wife, how many children are there around here? His ife Nine; five boys and fourgirls Traveling Missionary A fine familv and a fine farm. Mr. Burdock. You keen stocks I presume? Farmer Burdock Oh, yes; I've got 17$ head of Jerscv cattle, 589 sheep and 91 hogs. N. Y. World. Miss Lockheart's LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM. LtTTca to sis. riNtnaa so. 67,104 "I cannot express my gratitude to- you for the good that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has done for mo. I have taken five bottles of ' the Compound and two boxes of Liver- Pills and feel better In every respect. I had suffered for years with dropsy i the veins in my limbs burst, caused. Irom the pressure of the water. 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