PRESIDENT RtTltWEDWflRSHlPS"
GREAT OBJECT LESSON.
Fleet of 21 Big Sea Fighters Form In
Line In Harbor at Oyster
Bay, New York.
For tlie first time In the hMory of
the country the President of the United
Stales reviewed and inspected. In time
ol peace, a groat fleet of United 8tates
warships. The ceremony was a mag
nificent and Impresslvo naval specta
cle. It was unmarred by the slightest
irichap until just at Its conclusion,
v. hen the torpedo boat destroyer Barry
rammed the destroyer Decatur, fortu
nately, however, doing little damage.
The Incident was exciting. It occurred
JuH at the moment when the Presi
dent was receiving congratulation!
upon the subject of the maneuvers.
1 he review occurred on Iong Island
sound, two miles and a half off the
entrance to Oyster Bay. President
H osevelt. In company with Secretary
of the Navy Moody, Admiral Dewey,
Rear Admiral Taylor, Rear Admiral
Dodgers, Captain HrownBon, General
Chaffee and General Harry, stood on
tie bridge of the auxiliary cruiser
Mayflower as she steamed slowly down
on-.' column of tiro warships and up the
oli.er. Tho two columns extended
2,5"0 yards, the sh.ips being anchored
at Intervals of 50H yards. As the May
fl wrr passed each ship in the two col
umns the yards and rails of each were
manned by Jark!e3 In white duck, tho
riaunea wvro paraded and presented
atinr. tho President's salute of 21 guns
' fired, the buglers sounded a flour
the drummers gave four ruffles,
tlir. rand played "Hall Columbia," and
the entire crew stood at salute. As tho
Mayflower swept majestically past
a!h ship tiie crew of the saluting ves
sel gave the President three cheers
n the commander Jn chief of the army
and navy of the United States. At
the conclusion of the review President
Roosevelt received on board the May
fle.wer Rear Admiral Albert S. Darker,
commander of the North Atlnntlc fleet;
Rear Admiral James A. Sands, com
mander of the Caribbean squadron;
Rear Admiral Joseph Coghlan, com
manding the coast squadron, and Rear
Admiral William C. Wise, commanding
the training squadron. He also re
ceived the captains and commanding
officers of the 22 vessels in the fleet.
Ho re.elved also ths naval attaches
to tho legations of four of the great
powers, Captain Deehalr. of the Brit
ish embassy; Captain Edwin Sehafer,
of tho German embassy; Commander
A. C. Boutakoff, of the Russian embas
sy, and Lieutenant Commander Isam
Tskpshika. of the Japanese legation.
Among the other guests of the Presi
dent on board the Mayflower were As
sistant of War Sanger, Sir Thomas Lip
ton. C. Oliver Isolln, Butler Duncan,
Commodore Bourne, of the New York
Yacht Club.
B. & O. Rail Contract.
The Baltimore and Ohio signed con
tracts for 60,000 tons of 85-pound steel
rails for 1904 delivery. The Carnegio
Company w'lll furnish 28.000 tons, Cam
bria 12,00 and Maryland Steel Com
pany 10.000 tons.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The collections of Infernal revenue
Tor the month of July, 1903. were $22.-
168.480. a decrease as compared with
July, 1902, of $111,201.
' The postmaster general signed the
protocol to the postal treaty between
the United States and Cuba made nec
essary by the amendments by the Cu
ban Senate.
The remains of the late Judge John
O. Long, United States Consul Gen
eral and Diplomatic Agent at Cairo,
Egypt, who died as the result of an
accident in Dunbar, Scotland, July 28,
arrived In Washington.
The order directing the Fourteenth
cavalry to sail for the Philippines,
which was hold up for a time, has
been renewed, and the regiment, which
is cow in Arizona, will sail In about
two weeks.
Fifty or more Inmates of tho In
dustrial Home have been taken vio
lently ill. Samples of some bread,
milk and spring water which had been
"aunlshed them have been submitted
m the dlsti'ict chemist
Captain Emory, commanding the
battleship Indiana, has advised the
navy department that the battleship
Massachusetts can probably be re
paired sufficiently to get under way
from Bar Harbor for New York.
The claim against the government of
Salvador by the Salvador Commercial
Co., amounting to $523,178, has been
compromised. The claim was submitted
to arbitration, but the Salvodorian gov
ernment refused to pay the full
.mount.
The postolfice general has canceled
all the bids for printing in connection
with the money order system, except
that on which the award to Paul Her
jrn for money order forms was made,
The new advertisements will call for
4ids for printing about 600 money or
der forms on paper without a water
mark. Surgeon General Wyman of the Ma-
.'.ne hospital service received a tele
gram from Dr. Leceaga. President of
the Supreme Board of Health of the
Republic of Mexico, notifying him that
three cases of bubonic plague had
made their appearance at the town of
Uaglo.
The Secretary of the Interior has
approved the award of contract for the
construction of an irrigating canal to
connect the Truckee and Carson rlv
era, in Nevada, to Charles A. Warren
& Co., of San Francisco.
Mr. Riddle at St. Petersburg, hat
cabled the State department that Mour-
-abluff, the Russian minister of justice;
Lardy, the Swiss minister to Paris,
and Prof. M alien of the University of
Copenhagen have been named by the
Czar as arbitrators at The Hague of
the cases between Venezusla and the
blockading powers.
M.r GRAND ARMY VttfcftANS.
JL
Ten Thousand Survivor of the Civil
War Past In Review In
. 8an Francisco.
Ten thousand survivors of the Civil
war passed In review preliminary to
the opening of tire National encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Re
public at San Francisco, Cal., August
19, marching to the martial tunes that
Inspired them to endeavor 40 years
ago. Above tho national colors, borne
by evtry marcher, proudly floated
torn and tattered flags. Those, with
empty sleeves and limping gait, were
eloquent reminders of the sorrow and
Rlory of war. Unlike the reception
parade of the previous day, with the
quirk-marching line of youth, this pro
cession was the measured and steady
tread of age. As the different di
visions marched along waves of sen
timent passed over marchers and spec
tators. There were many still vigor
ous comrades In line, but they waited
for their weaker companions and tho
column halted often on Its two-mile
course. In tho long line were men
from every comer of the nation. Of
all tho states, California excepted,
the one that had the largest number
In line was Illinois. Ohio was a cloao
second. Almost every delegation had
Its emblem Ohio Its buckeye. Con
necticut a wooden nutmeg, Minnesota
a loaf or bread and so on, 'indefinitely.
There was something distinctive to
each group. The men from Vermont,
tho "Green Mountain State," bore a
line of seven green banneis. each cony
talnlng a letter, tho whole spelling the
name of the Stat?. One thousand men
marched under the yellow banner of
Illinois. At tho head marched Colonel
Thos. Ci. Lawler, Past Commnnder-ln-Chlof
of the Grand Army. The Wis
consin division was led by General
Arthur MacArthur In civilian clothes.
Pennsylvania headed tire so.ond di
vision. Hero anil there In the lliu
appeared a buektail, Indicating tho
1 rcsence of a survivor of the famous
First Pennsylvania Rifles, tlm "buck
tells." The New York section follow
ed Pennsylvania, led by John S. Kos
tor. The afternoon was dovoted large
ly to receptions and reunions. The
Unified States Maimed Soldiers' Or
ganization met In Temple Hall, but
the attendance was unexpectedly
small. After Comrade Story explain
ed the work done by the order to se
cure Increased pensions for disabled
veterans, a lecess was taken. A few
survivors of the famous "Iron Brigade-"
of the Army of the Potomac as
sembled In Plotuet Hall, their session
being of a special character. In the
evenlnj; thousand.) attended a vocal
and instrumental conrert at Mechan
ics Pavilion. ,Gc'f,Mal Nelson A. Miles
'vas thp gi.ee of the Spanish-America
War Veterans, and the Women's Relief
Corps gave a reception to Commander-in-Chief
Stev9rt.
PRISONER 8HACKLES OFFICER.
While Officer Sleeps Alleged Robber
Takes His Keys.
Albert Ecklund, alias George John
son, who was captured at Rawlins,
Wyo., and was being taken back to
Chicago to answer to tho charge of
grand larceny, effected a remarkable
escape from Detective William Mars
den. Marsdcn left Rawlins with Eck
lund, and to make sure of his man
shackled him to a scat In tha smoking
compartment of a chair car. Whllo
Mat-Eden was sleeping beside his pris
oner Ecklund went through the de
tective' pockets, secured the keys to
the shackles, releaned himrfelf and
then shackled the officer to the steam
pipes. Having relieved the officer of
his weapons and other property,. Eck
lund left the train at Laramie. Mars
den was not awakened by the con
ductor until Cheyenne was reached,
when he called for assistance. As
Marsdcn bad absolutely nothing on
his person to prove that he was not
a prisoner, the trainmen would not re
lease him. The railroad authorities tel
egraphed to Chicago for 'instructions.
and when the train relThed Sydney,
Marsden was finally released from his
predicament.
BANDIT KIDNAPS WOMAN.
Wife of Iowa Farmer Boldly Taken
From Home.
A daring kidnaping took place near
Sunbury, Iowa. Mrs. John Hilsrow,
the wife of a wealthy farmer living
near Bennett, was kidnaped, impris
oned in the cellar of a deserted farm
bouse and a ransom of $50,000 demand
ed for her release. A stranger called
at the Hilsrow home and Bald the
couple's son, living at Wolcott. was
very sick and that they were wanted
immediately. They drove off with the
stranger and when within two miles
of Sunbury the husband was thrown
out of the buggy and told that he
must bring $50,000 to a secluded spot
near Bennett. The kidnaper forced
and dragged the woman to a deserted
house where she was Imprisoned In
the cellar. Mrs. Hilsrow escaped and
was found In the farm yard of Henry
Reuser, Insane and very ill.
(30,000 8UIT FOR HER HAIR.
Fort Chester Girl Injured In Mill
Brings Action for Damages.
Mary A. Farrel), through her law
yer, Frederick W. Sherman, brought
suit In the Supreme Court of West
chester county, Now York, against tho
American Felt Company for $30,000
damages for the loss of hor beauty
and hair. The girl, who is 17 years
old, had been employed in a mill In
Olcnvllle, feeding a loom, when her
hair caught In the rolls and ber scalp
was torn off. Other girls in the mill
gave pieces of skin to be grafted on
her head, but efforts to make her balr
grow again failed.
Causes Disorder In Germany.
There are grave fears that unless
something is done to put an end to the
Importation of Italian laborers into
Germany, where tbey antagonize Ger
man labor unions, that country will be
n danger of a social revolution. '
GASTRO DEMANDS HI TRIBUTE
GUNBOAT FORCED PAYMENT,
Venezuelan President Causes Impris
onment of Foreign Merchants
at Cludad Bolivar,
Authentic Information was received
at Port of Spain, Trinidad, announcing
flic Imprisonment of French, German
and Italian merchants at Cludad Boli
var, Venezuela (which port was recent
ly recaptured from tho rebels by Pres
ident Castro's troops), for refusing
the President's demand for the repay
ment of taxes, already paid to the de
facto government. President Castro
demands the payment of $15,000 ar
rears for the period of occupation of
Cludad Bolivar by the revolutionary
government. The Venezuelan gunboat
Miranda went to the district of Nu
trias, exacting from the merchants
forced contributions and fines amount
ing to another $50,000. It Is reported
that President Castro has threatened
to annihilate the commerce and ex
pel the foreign community of Guayana,
on the Orinoco. A reign of terror pre
vails throughout tho district owing to
the extortion, threats and barbarities
of the party in power. All the Amer
ican river boats and interests up the
Orinoco are at a standstill.
CANNOT COLLECT TRIBAL TAX.
Judge Holds That Segregation of
Lands Loses Sovereignty,
In a written decision of over 7,000
words Judge W. H. H. Clayton, of tho
Central Dlstr'ict, lndlnn Territory, held
that the Choctaw nation has no right
to try to collect a tax against the mer
chants or other residents of the reg
ularly platted and sold town sites in
that nation. This decision was In the
case of the merchants of South MrAI
ester against lndlnn Inspector .1. W.
Zevely. Indian Inspector William
Sehoenfelt. and their subordinates,
who attempted to close the stores on
tho- refusal of the merchants to pay
the tribal tax last April, Judge Clayton
says: "It Is my opinion that when the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
agreed to the legislation segregating
their lands from their public domain
and sold them for a price and agreed
that an alien and an independent gov
ernment might be established over
them, they parted with every vestlgo
of sovereignty in relation to them and
with it their right to taxation."
CANAL TREATY REJECTED.
Colombia Congress Votes Against the
Panama Route.
The Panama canal treaty has been
rejected unanimously by the Colombian
congress to make a new treaty which
will not require further ratification,
but that the bases given for the treaty
will probably prove unacceptable to
the United States. It is considered,
however. In official circles, that the
authorization given by congress to
make a new treaty will furnish a ba
sis for reopening negotiations with the
United States. It appears that one
objection to the ratification of the
treaty which carried weight in the
Senate was that the Panama Canal
Company did not come to a previous
arrangement with the Colombian gov
ernment for the transfer of the con
cession. APPLE CROP OF .ORLD.
Europe Generally Short, but the Out
look la Promising Here.
A report on the world's apple crop
of 1903 has been Issued by the Bos
ton (Mass.) chamber of commerce.
The report In detail shows Great Brit
ain short of all fruits, notably apples.
Europe is generally short of apples,
but with a heavy crop of a Viencla
oranges and Almerla grapes. New
England, In the aggregate, will have
a very generous crop, Maine's almost
equaling that of last year. New York
State reports plenty of appleB, the
Middle West only fair, the Far West
very heavy, , Virginia and West Vir
ginia a very large crop, and Nova Sco
tia exceptionally heavy. Canada also
promises quite heavy.
PLAN A RELIC HUNT.
Rockefeller Offers Cash for Professors
to Invade East.
The University of Chicago shortly
Is to become a factor In Oriental ex
cavation and archaeological research,
according to plans now being formu
lated by the faculty for submission to
the trustees. John D. Rockefeller has
promised to give a large sum of money
each year for five years to pay the
expenses of carrying on the work.
Three excavating expeditions are like
ly to be sent out next year, one under
Prof. Robert F. Harper to Babylon or
some other point In Assyria; another
under Pro. Ira Maurice Price, to an
other city of the same ancient king
dom, and a third, under Prof. James H.
Breated, to Egypt.
AGAINST SHIPBUILDING TRUST.
8uit Entered to Foreclose 110,000,0000
Mortgage. ,
An action was commenced In the
United States Circuit Court by the
New York Security and TniBt Com
pany against tho United States Ship
building Company and James Smith,
Jr., receiver, to foreclose a mortgage
given by the shipbuilding company to
the trust company as trustees to se
cure the payment of a Berles of 20
year 5 per cent collateral mortgage
bonds, amounting to $10,000,000.
Arrested for Warning Negroes. .
Three prominent citizens of Welet-
ka, I., Oeorga Holibey, Charles Jones
and Thomas Ward, are under arrest on
the charge of posting notices warning
negroes to leave the city. The max
imum penalty for such an offense is 10
years In prison ana lo.uuo nue.
Grasshoppers 8tall Trains.
Grasshoppers are so thick in Red
Lodge (Mont.) section that tbey are
Interfering with the operations of
trains.
.LATEST NEWS NOTE.
- KmproRg of India sunk a Chinese
crulncr and 14 men were drowned.
Gen. John C. Black, of Illinois, was
elected commander-in-chief of the a.
A. R.
Tho Are In the Pour Lake (Tex.) oil
field was extinguished with a total loss
of $50,000.
Frank J. Hearne was elected direc
tor of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company.
Boy died of whipping administered
by overseers of convict camp near
Gainesville, Fla.
Advices from Bogota, Colombia, In
dicated that a compromise canal treaty
will be prepared.
Mabel Parker, or Singley, or Parker,
and James Reed, were held for court
In New York In $2,500 each.
A mob of several hundred persons
at Halifax. N. C, lynched a negro for
the murder of a small child.
The British ship. Treasurer went
ashore In the Rio de la Plate between
Montevideo and Buenos Ayres.
Herbert Moon, aged 13, shot and
killed Lueien Drew, aged 20, In a quar
rel on a farm near Utlca, N. Y.
Secretary of the Interior denied that
government funds In his department
were deposited in favored banks.
Mrs. Aurora Hodge was placed on
trial at Salt Lake. Utah, for the mur
der of William Ryan, a peddler.
Edmund J. Karcher, a prominent
merchant of Philadelphia, was round
dead in his store from heart failure.
An exploding gasollno tank In tho
basement of a Boston building caused
a firo which destroyed $150,000 In prop
erty. A forest fire raging near Spokane,
Was;h., has consumed millions of feet
of lumber, and several ranches are in
danger.
Detective Charles M. Grlinsley, ""of
the police force at Cincinnati, O.. shot
and killed James Mitchell In self de
fense. A force of B0 miners went to work
at the El Paso gold mine at Cripple
Creek. Col., under the protection of
armed guards.
A granite monument marking the
site of the birthplace of the late Pres
ident Chester A. Arthur was dedicated
at Fairfield. VL
Sixteen more bodies of victims of
the Hanna, Wyo., coal mine explosion
have been recovered and the work of
rescue Is nearly completed.
Albert Crosby Owen, who was ar
rested for forging name of Senator El
kin's son may clear up mystery of tho
two Stephen B. Elklns, Jrs.
The Citizens National Bank of Beau
mont, Tex., was closed by National
Bank Examiner Logan. The failure
promises to be an Important one.
The plant of the Kentucky-Vermll-llon
Mining and Contracting Com
pany at Vermillion, Mont., was de
stroyed by fire with $150,000 loss.
Turnkey Ernest Goodsell, at Raw
lings, Wyo., shot to death In his cell
James Williams, a convict, who seized
him and wrenched his keys from htm.
Pedro Alvarado, multi-millionaire
mining man, is dead at Parral, Mex.
Six years ago lie was a bare-footed
peon working in a mine at 30 cents a
day.
Harvey Thomas was killed In a fight
at Frankfort, Ind., by a blow alleged
to have been struck by Harry Love
land. From 20,000 to 30,000 people at
tended the annual picnic of the Niag
ara County Pioneers' Association at
Olcott Beach, N. Y.
Nearly 100 plasterers, hod carriers
and lathers at Reading, Pa., refused to
accept the new scale of wages adopted
by Ihe employers.
The grand chowder. Order of the
Knights of Friendship, adjourned at
Philadelphia to meet at Reading on the
second Tuesday of August, 1904.
Thomas R. Morgan, the millionaire
sash and door manufacturer, was Bhot
to death at Oshkosk., Wis., by Fred
erick Hempel, a discharged employe.
The Mason & Hamlin Company,
manufacturers of organs and pianos.
with a factory at Cambridge, Mass.,
have assigned to 'benefit their cred
itors. H. J. Heinz was chosen third vice
president of the Winona (Ind.) Asso
ciation, and it was decided to build
an open air auditorium to seat 20,000
people.
King Eric, the famous horse, and
sire of Dick Welles, holder of the
world's records on a circular track
for 6 furlongs and a mile, died at Elk-
horn, Ky.
Samuel J. Parks, the labor leader
and walking delegate in New York
City, charged with extortion in de
manding and receiving money was
found guilty.
The disembowled body of a boy
about 12 years of age was found at
Detroit, Mich., wedged between two
molding boxes In a lot at the rear of
a stove works.
We Missouri, a stater ship of the
Maine, for the International Mercan
tile Company, was successfully launch
ed at the Maryland Steel Company
docks.
Southern Miami county and Northern
Fulton county, Ind., were visited by
remarkable .hailstorms and thousands
of acres of growing corn were com
pletely ruined.
H. J. HInckey, of PlttBburg, was
chosen fourth vice president of the
National Building Trades council at
Denver, and Sioux City, la., as the
place of next meeting.
Sheriff Barclay, of Tipton, Cedar
county, la., captured August Lueth, a
farm hand who confessed that bo kid
naped Mrs. John Telsrow, of Bennett,
Ladv Curzon, the wlfo of Lord Cur-
ton, vloeroy of India, Is to be the
guest of honor at Cheyenne, Wyo., in
the great festival of froutler days, on
August 26, 26 and 27.
Mrs. Lodeman Btoughton, of PJilla
delphla, was Instantly killed and her
sister, Miss Mix, seriously Injured
while drlglng to the Iehlgn valley rail'
road station at Ludlow village, near
ItJuua. n. v
LIPT0N STILL HOPEFUL.
The American Yacht Has Decidedly
the Best of First Brush Off
Aahdy Hook.
The first of a series of five friendly
contests In the International yacht
races between Sir Thomas Upton's
yacht F.hamrork III. and the American
cup defender Reliance took place over
the Sandy Hook New York course Aug
use 20, but owing to light winds and
variable weather preventing the boats
finishing within the time limit the
race for the day was called oft. With
a light air breeze blowing from south
ward and westward and seas that were
larger than expected rolling up from
southeast, the challenger. Shamrock
III., met the defender. Reliance, at
the famous old red lightship off Sandy
Hook In what was Intended to be the
first of the series of races for the
America's cup In 1903. The race was
not absolutely conclusive, but Reliance
showed her heels to Sbamrock III. In
commanding style. With a breeze
varying from 11 to 12 knots the de
fender outfooted and outpointed Sham
rock. The course was set 15 miles
southwest, straight down the Jersey
coast, and return. At the very start
Captain Barr cleveijly outgeneraled
Captain Wrlnge. sending Reliance over
the line 33 seconds behind tho challen
ger but In the windward berth. In the
first 20 minutes of Balling tho defender
showed Tier windward qualities, draw
ing up on even terms with tho chal
lenger, besides being about 200 yards
to windward. Then the Btorm broke
and for 30 minutes the rnln came down
In torrents, the wind Increasing to 12
knots. When the storm had panged
tho defender was Been to be firmly es
tablished on tho weather bow of Sham
rock III., and she was never afterward
headed. During the last two hours of
tho race the Rellnnoe steadily Increas
ed her load, rounding the turn a mile
ahend of Shamrock. Heading back for
home, closely hauled, she had Just
readied the Shamrock, 'still outward
bound, when, It being apparent that
tho race could not ho finished In the
time allowance, the Regatta Commltteo
boat, at 3:45, fired the signal which
doclared the race off.
GOVERNMENT AND UNIONISM.
President Roosevelt Lays Down Prece
dents for the Departments.
President Roosevelt has put himself
on record In re card to unionism In the
Government offices. The Miller rase
brought the question to a head. The
President has authorized the publica
tion of a letter that was Bent to each
of his Cabinet Secretaries on July 22.
The Secretaries each received a copy
of two letters that wore sent to Sec
retary Cortelyou nt the time the Miller
caso In the Government Printing Office
was first brougth up. The President
says- "There is no objection to tho
employes of the Government Printing
Office constituting themselves into a
union If they so ckslre, but no rules
or resolutions of that union can be per
mitted to overrldo tho laws of the Uni
ted States, which it Is my sworn duty
to enforce." In the second letter to
Socritary Cortelyou he says: "No per
son shall be discriminated against on
account of membership or non member
ship In any labor organization, and
there shall be no Interference with any
employe who is not a member of any
labor organization by members of such
organization."
BAN AGAINST GLASS MEN.
Burns Says Disloyal Members Cannot
Work In Organization.
A sweeping ruling was made by
President Simon Burns of the Window
Glass Workers' Association, L. A. 300,
in regard to self-expelled members of
the union working at plants which op
erate under the scale of L. A. 300.
After Hay 27 It Is alleged that a num
ber of men of that organization sought
and found work at plants outside of the
Burns organizations jurisdiction, and
the ruling was made to cover these
cases. President Burns holds that it
matters not whether the men got work
or not. The fact of their going to a
plant for work, he says, Is enough to
convict them, and they will not be al
lowed to enjoy the privileges and ben
efits of the organization.
8TART8 TO CORNER HAY CROP.
Broker at Davenport, la., Undertakes
Big Contract.
W. F. Mattes, a broker at Davenport,
la., started to corner the timothy hay
of the country. He wired hundreds of
large producers, offering to buy car
lots. At noon he tried to send hun
dreds of other message, when the man
agers of the offices became suspicious,
and notified his wife. She thinks him
Insane, and persuaded the police to
send htm to Mercy hospital, where
later In the day be became violent and
was placed in a padded cell.
New Trial Refused.
Judge Osborne at Cynthlana, Ky.,
overruled the motion of attorneys for
Curtis Jott and Thomas White for
a new trial. Judge Osborue granted an
appeal and gave the defense until Sep
tember to file Its exceptions. Jett and
White were formally sentenced to lire
Imprisonment at hard labor. The
troops broke camp, one detachment
taking Jett to jull at Lexington and
another White to Jail at Covington.
Will Tax Railroads.
Passenger representatives of East
ern roads received notice that when
John Alexander Dowle's expedition
starts from Chicago for New York.
October 14, at least 4.000 persons will
have to be moved, Instead of 2,400,
as originally announced,
Murdered and Robbed.
The dead body of Newton Hellyer,
aged 28, was found near Wluona,
Mich.
HEVIEW OF TRADE.
General Business WelP Maintained.
Little Doing In Iron Prom- '
lelng Crop Outlook.
R. O. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Business Is well main-
tamed, aside from the quieting Influ
ence of tho vacation season, which
somewhat restricts trade and retards
collections. Making due nllownnce for
the period, there is no cause for com
plaint. The alverse factors that have
been operating against prosperity In
recent preceding weeks are no longer
as .potent, normal influences gradually
prevailing. I-abor controversies still
exist, curtailing the output of a few
products and the consumption of all
the necessaries of life. Crops aro riot
potng to market as freely as usual, al
though the agricultural outlook Is dis
tinctly favorable. In spite of several
obvious rens-ens for expecting a check
to freight traffic, earnings of railways
thus fur reported In August show an
average gain of 9.6 percent over last
year and 18.2 per cent over 1901. Com
plaints are beginning to be heard re
garding tho inadequate facilities of the
railways, and it now appears that In
convenience and loss must again be
experienced, notwithstanding the ex
tensive Improvements. Sensational
stories of the large num'ier of buyers
now at this center and the fabulous
sums that Uiey spend eonnot be ac
cepted as statistically accurate, but It
Is probablo that an Increase over all
previous years Is nctiully occurring,
despite the demoralization in cotton
goods caused by speculation in the raw
material. Although production of coke
nt ConncUsvllle has been moderately
curtailed, supplies accumulate and
prl; es are depressed. A fairly liberal
tonnage of Iron has been placed during
the past week, providing abundant de
mand for all tho p.!g that Is being
made. More large contracts for Iron
and steel have been placed by a prom
inent manufacturer of agrlctultiual ma
chinery, and as much of this business
has been held bark entirely on account
of prices, it Is believed that no further
concessions ere to be expected. In
view of the very sa'lsfactory jobbing
trade that Is reported in dry goods it
Is surprising that no reflection of the
activity Js seen In the primary market.
Moderate orders for lightweight wool
ens and worsteds have teen placed
for spring delivery.
"Bradstreet'B" says: Among the
great Industries few important changes
are noted. One of the notable devel
opments Is the general softening of
pig Iron prices, following the heavy
buying of two weeks past. Weakness
In Southern foundry pig Iron Is noted
at Eastern markets, and Bessemer pig
iron Is reported offered $1 per ton low
er at Pittsburg than a week ago. Large
buying of pig Iron Is less noticeable
but quite a number of small orders
have been bonked. Steol billets are
less active, but fairly firm. Wheat, in
cluding flour, exports for the week
ending August 20 aggregate 3.372,789
bushels, against 8.413,191 bushels last
week, 6.954.759 bushels this week last
year. Corn exports for the week ag
gregate 609.495 bushels, against 707,
3S7 bushels last week, 61.049 bushels
a year ago. Business failures in the
United States for the week ending
with August 20, number 166, against
160 last week. In Canada failures for
the week number 14, as against 17 last
week.
CABLE FLASHES.
Fcrelgn Minister R'co, of Colombia.
tendered his resignation, but President
Marroquln declined to accept It. It is
rumored Senor Rico Is a candidate for
the presidency.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts and his
Btaff have booked passage on the Do
minion line steamer Mayflower, which
sails from Liverpool, England, Septem
ber 23 for Boston, Mass.
A revolutionary band engaged a
force of Turkish troops at Kailar. Thlr
ty of the revolutionists were killed
and the troops are reported pursu
ing the remainder of the band.
The Italian ambassador at London
England, received a dispatch from
Rome announcing that an Italian
squadron had been ordered to Mace
donian waters to "watch events."
The condition of Lord Salisbury, In
England, continues to be undeniably
grave. The bullotin issued by his phy
slclans merely says the patient passed
a restful night and that his condition
is much the same.
A dispatch from Klshlneff, Russia,
states that the holy rolls of Thora
which were stolen from the synagogue
during the massacres have been given
back to the chief rabbi and -were
burled in the Jewish cemetery with
elaborate ceremonies.
The Hague correspondent reports
that negotiations have been opened by
an American company with a view to
acquiring the great steel and Iron fac
tories recently built at Terneuzen,
near the Belgian frontle-r.
Pope Plus X. has given $20,000 for
dlbtrlbution among the poor ot Homo.
The pontiff seems to have quite recov
ered bis health, as ho is giving more
audiences than before he suffered from
hin recent fainting fit.
The Chilean steamer Mapocho, from
Panama and southward bound, bring
ing American and European malls, pas
sengers and cargo, arrived at Guyaquil,
Ecuudor, but was not admitted, because
when she left Valparaiso after the ap
pearance of hubonlo plague there.
The sultan of Desoen has appeared
before Maj. R. H. Dullard, Philippine
Islands, with a large retinue and has
mado a full and complete apology for
the Insult tendered the United States
flag. The sultan declared that his in
sane son was responsible for the Insult.
The squadron of the Russian Black
fleet, which has been ordered to tho
Turkish coast, sailed from Sebastapol.
The Hoot consists ot the battleships
Catherine II., Trla Svlatltella, Rostls
lav aud Dvenadzat Apostoloff, four tor
pedo boat destroyers and tlx mine and
torpedo transports.
Vesuvius continues active and tho
eruption has lasted two weeks. On
nights when there is no uiouuilht at
Naples the spectacle Is ni a gin lice
tha crater belching flames and sai.o
OELIEVI IN YOURSELF.
A Practical Mesne of Teaching TlmlJ
VW People Bravery.
A writer In the Woman's Home Com.
panlon gives some Very stimulating
advice to timid people, and suggests a
practical means of teaching one's self
bravery. He says:
"Believe In yourself! That Is the
way to ma.ke other people believe In
you, and It Is the way to become what
you want to be. It Is the people who
have believe! thoroughly In them
selves and their missions who have
made the world bellevo in thorn.
"It Is Interesting In this connection
to recall the observations ot a certain
psychologist who was experimenting
with chickens. His story of a timid
chick and how It woa trained to brav
ery points a lesson to the diffident
This chick was so timid that he raa
from the least Intrusion. It another
chick picked at htm, he ran. If he
was Jostled by his brotbera In a
scramble for food, he withdrew from
the scramble out of pure fear. But the
psychologist set about teaching him
tb believe In himself. By enticing the
other chickens with food he made
them run from the timid chick. Pres
ently the chick began to run after
them; and as they ran awny when he
chased, he believed that they were
afraid of him, and courage flamed In
his breast Little by little he got
braver, and he chased harder. He
was so set up that he began to attack
the others In front as well as In the
rear. He was so used to having them
run from him laat he had forgotten
what It wail to be nfreld. He became
a fighter, and In the end the others
run from him In earnest. He waa
just the snme chicken, so far as his
physical powers were concerned
that is, the some In relation to the
other chicks. Only one thing had
changed now he believed In himself,
and the hen yard was his oyster.
"Human beings are not very differ
ent from chickens. If you are afraid
of the wcrlil, the world will misuse
you. If you march valiantly forward
It wlllp retreat beroro you. If you take
the word 'fall out 01 your bright lex
Icon, you do not fail. It all lies In
what you believe yen rnn.do. Believe,
then, In yourself. Never fear failure
or hesitate to do a thing because you
think you would not succeed. Just
gird yourself up, and go after what
you want, and In nine cases out of ten
you will get It."
Woman Traps Rattlers.
The problem ot how to catch and
dispose ot the rattlesnakes at Ten
Milo Point, near here, has been solve J
b) Mrs, Daniel Dutro, wife ot a small
farmer. Instead of going hunting for
the reptiles, and running the risk ot
being bitten by them, this woman uses
a mouse trap, and thus far has been
eminently successful In her undertak
ing. Ten Mile Point has often been
called Rattlesnake point, on account ot
the large number ot rattlers that
thrive in that vicinity. Not a season
goes by that several cattle are not
killed by them, and now and then a
human victim is claimed.
Mike Dutro and Jack Cornwall, the
latter a noted snake catcher, have for
a long time been trying to clear the
place of reptiles, but without success.
Finally they sought the aid of Mrs.
Dutro.
"Nothing more simple," said the
woman, as she .smiled In a superior
sort of way.
Instead of unfolding her plans to
the men and thus allowing them to
gain all the glory, she secured a num-,
ber of common circular mouse traps
which she baited and set around In va
rious places. Then she retired to her
own room to sleep the sleep of the
just. When she entered the kitchen
In the morning she found that each
trap was filled. In each bole was a
snake, which had been attracted by
the bait, and which bad been choked
to death when the trap was sprung.
All the other traps, which had been
set In various places about the farm
contained snakes, and on counting the
kill it was found that sixteen had been
captured. The smallest was a trifle
more than a foot in length, while the
largest was four feet and bad eight
rattles. If the supply of traps holds
out Mrs. Dutro expects to rid tht
Point of snakes. Helena, Mont, Dis
patch to St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Evolution's Great Factor.
J, Kler Hardy deals with an Inter
eating question In Booklovers' Maga
zine: "Why should men compete for a llv
Ing? What Is our reason for ft if not
to enable us to combine to do those
things which the undeveloped mind
sees no other way ot doing -save by
fighting one with the other? Man Is
the only sentient product of creation
who has to struggle with bis fellows,
in the midst of abundance, for the
bread that perisheth. Struggle and
strife are not, as has been alleged, the
greatest factors In evolution. Love It
much greater. Not by competing, bul
by combining, has progress been
made. The incentive to rise higher it
in the universe around us and in tht
unknown power within us, which leads
us, when healthy In mind and body, tt
be dissatisfied with wbat we are and
to long to be something other and bet
ter.
Neglecting Lowell.
"Why do not Americana quote Low- -ell
more?" Is the query fairly pert
nent, we think of a reviewer la tbi
Londco Times. "An ounce ot LowelL'
be says, "Is worth a pound of all th
other people whom they are so fond ol
quoting. After 76 pages ot rhapsody
about spring (In a lately publishes
1 New England nature book) Hosea Bil
low speaks, and speaks ro tones that
I an Old Englishman can understand,''
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