Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 8, 1897, Page 2

The Hevald-Review. | PITH vk THE NEWS. By E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA. Our idea of a hopeless fool is a man who has a stiff neck from looking up for airships. If a man succeeds in acquiring a lit- tle sense he need never fear that any other task is too difficult for him. fa woman wants to hold a man she should never let him think she thinks he isn’t what he thinks she thinks he is. Parental restraint, if it is wise, will be exerted only with the view of ren- dering the child as soon as possible in- dependent of it. At Evanston, a suburb of Chicago,the pumps at the pumping station have been drawing almost milk white water from the bottom of the lake. _ Here seems to be a bonanza for the Windy City milkmen. If they do not form @ syndicate and purchase the plant they have not the business acumen so often attributed to citizens in their line. The results of the official Hawaiian census, just completed, show a total of 109,020 persons, of whom 72,517 are males. Among the nationalities na- tive. Hawaiians head the list, with a total of 31,019, the Japanese coloniza- tion coming next, with the Chinese a close third, the American contingent being comparatively insignificant in numbers. The principal figures are as follows, the successive figures in each case representing males and females: Hawaiians, 16,399, 14,620; part Ha- waiians, 4,249, 4,236; Americans, 1,975, 1,111; British, 1,406, 844; Portuguese, £,202, 6,989; Japanese, 19,212, 5,195; Chinese, 19,167, 2,449, and a scattering number of Germans, French, Nor- wegians, South Sea Islanders and other nationalities. Prof. Forbes warns the farmers of Central Illinois to be on the qui vive for the chinch bug this year, as the conditions are favorable for a big crop. It seems that there is a wide difference of opinion in reference to the proper manner of spelling the name of this little insect, one entomologist noting at least sixty different ways, among them the following: Chingsbog, chinch buck, chinsh bug, chinge bugg, chingh bug, chingebug, chintch bug, chick bug, chine bug, chings bug, chince bug, chinge bug, chints bug, ching bug, chincebug, chickbug, chins bug, ginge buck, chidgbuck, chinsbug, cinch bug, chinsee bug, chinz bug, chinge bug, chinck bug, chinzbug, chinsch bug, chince bug, chintz bug, chich bug, chinck bug, chinche bug, schinsbok, chin bug, cinche bug, cinsh bug, cinge bug, shingebog, chint bug, chintx bug, chinth bug, chinchbug, chinche bug, chinxh bug, chinesbug, ching bog, chingbug, chinchbuck, chink bug, ckinck bug, chinckbug, chings box, chintg bug, chitz bug. A special correspondent of the Lon- don Times has been inspecting the cen- tral native states in India, and the Bundelkhand district. He says that in the former no provision was made against the coming famine, and that six weeks ago hundreds of starving people were waiting at the railroad stations to beg food from passengers, their only means of sustenance. The discovery of dead bodies on the line is a matter of common occurrence. At Banda, in the Bundelkhand province, nearly one- half of the entire population, 700,000, were destitute. In the orphanage the correspondent found 400 children un- der fifteen years of age. On the relief works 36,000 natives were employed in road construction, each family having its allotted task, the men digging, the women carrying material. Owing to ‘the plague at Bombay it has been found exceedingly difficult to provide proper implements for the laborers, and large numbers of the women were carrying earth in small brass food trays and oth- er little vessels. The work extended over seventeen miles, and at every mile there was an adequate supply of good water. All the wells are guarded very strictly. A Brahmin serves the water through an iron trough and each re- cipient catches it in his own vessel. The correspondent visited the local poorhouse, where he found 1,000 ir- mates, mostly women and children in various stages of emaciation. The chil- dren were -fed on milk, the adults on rice and soup. While he was there a woman was brought in who had been found deserted in the city. She was a mere skeleton, was absolutely desti- tute of clothing, and almost every bone and joint in her body was visible. She had, it appeared, been discovered in an empty house. Many of the inmates were terribly emaciated and exhibited the swollen feet and “famine down”— fine hair which covers the body after great privation—both fatal signs, The first result of the Kansas apti- trust law is a large reduction in the prices of staples controlled by com- bines. Kansas has done very well. Her example in this case is a good one. Congress may well take an anti-trust hint from the Sunflower State, the ‘western home of the emigrating New Englander. It was very considerate of Weyler to send 10,000 sick men back to Spain. He might just as well send well ones, however, for none of them is accom- plishing anything in Cuba. EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM. A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week, From All Parts of the Globe, Boiled Dowm and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Washington Talk. The United States department of la- hor estimates the value of goods pro- | duced@ in the various penitentiaries of | the states and territories in 1895 ut} about $20,000,000. The president has decided not to in- terfere in the case of Joseph Dunlop, proprietor of the Chicago Dispatch, who was sentenced to two years’ im- prisonment for sending obscene matter through the mails. Personal Mention. Charlotte Wolter, the tragedienne, is critically ill at Vienna. Dr. Traell Green, an eminent phy- sician and famous scientist, is dead at his home in E: Pa. Abraham of the editorial | staff of the N perch, w York Staats Zeitung, } died of pneumonia in New York . Judge N. ©. McFarland, United States land commissioner under Presi- dents Gartield and Arthur, died at To- peka, Kan., aged seventy-five years. Richard Long, aged thirty-five years, was found dead in bed at Saratoga, N. Y. He is survived by a wife and two children, living in Charleston, 8. C. The Century Road club has elected iV. A. Shinkle of Cleveland, president. A. L, Mace of St. Paul is centurian for Minnesota. The will of the late John W. Foster of Boston bequeaths $30,000 for the | erection of a étatue of William Ellery Channing in Boston. Capt. Otto J. Paul, formerly of the | Ohio national guard, is organizing a} company to gb to Greece. venty- five applications have been received. A Richmond, , advice says Col. J. S. Mosby is reported as very much bet- | ter and the strongest hopes are enter- tained of his entire recovery. Archibald M. Marshall, of the Mar- shall-Kennedy Milling company, Pitts- burg, died of apoplexy, aged eighty- | three years. He had been prominent in business circles in Pittsburg for more than half a century. First’ Lieut. Rufus H. Lake, of the United States cruiser New York, was} married to Miss Gertrude FE. Mills at the home of her parents in Geneva, Ohio. ° Second Lieut. James T. Moore, Third infantry, now at Fort Snelling, has been detailed for a two years’ course of instruction at the Fort Leavenworth infanury and cayalry school. Casualties. Two poys of Eagle Grove, Iowa, named Cotton and «Hall, aged about ten, ate wild parsnips found near the river. Cotton is dead and Hall can- not live. ‘The traction roads were responsible for three deaths m Pittsburg in one day. The victims were John R. Me- Kelvy, Mrs. Christian Wachter and her babe. Joe Johnson was coming to Jackson, Me., in a2 covered wagon, accompanied | by Mrs. Bugg, her ‘five-year-old son | and her baby and Miss Minnie Frazer. } Johnson attempted to ford a creek and | all were drowned except Johnson. A man and his son digging a ditch on | their Warren, Fa., were blown to pie by an explosion of nitro-glycerine. A pick in the hands of the boy struck a can of the stuff buried in the ground and it exploded. The farm w: ‘ly the site of a nitro- glyc Criminal. Samuel Davidoy, who has been cut- ting quite a swell in society at Cleve- land, Ohio, for some time past, has been arrested on the charge of forgery. Emil Sohlern, a saloonkeeper of Chi- cago, hot and instantly killed just before midnight last night by one of three men who entered the saloon for the purpose of robbery. Two women were murdered and a man nearly killed near Watertown, N. Y. The divorced husband of one of the women has been arrested, charged with the murders. Isador Weber of New York city shot ear-old daughter Josie, 1. ing her, and then killed himself w' the same weapon. Weber had beea turned out of doors by his wife. A bank cashier in Somersworth N. H., was attacked and killed and the bank robbed of several thousand dol- lars. The supposed murderer has been arrested. P. Nicholas, president of the defunct Bank of Commerce of New Orleans, has been «pnvicted of the embezzie- ment of $20,000, The money was used to purchase the Esperanza sug2s plantation and was withdrawn with- out obtaining consent of the directors. Foreign Notes. The people of Lesser Slave Lake, N. W. T., are eating horse flesh to keep them alive. According to a dispatch to the Lon- don Times from Cape Town the Brit- ish cape squadron will remain in Del- agoa bay until the middle of Jung, Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria and the czar were present at a bril- liant review of the troops of the St. Petersburg garrison. The state department has been in- formed that the government of Rou- mania has prohibited the entry of Jews into that country. The Chinese - government has de- cided to establish and fortify a naval station at Kiaochau, on the south side of the Shan Tung promontory on the Yellow sea. 3 ‘The Chilean squadron has arrived at Rio Janeiro and been accorded a mag- nificent reception. The government has arranged a programme of public fetes which will last for a fortnight. A special from Athens, Ga., says that a temporary receiver was ap- pointed ‘for the Northwestern Railroad of Georgia, now entered under lease 4 from the state by E. A. Richards & Co, of New York. s ‘Walker Fearne, American judge in the international court in Cairo, Egypt, minister to Greece under President Cleveland's first administration, and chief of the department of foreign af- fairs at the Chicago world’s fair, is critically ill. Fourier’s 125th birthday was cele- brated by a band of Paris Fourierists recently. They marched to his tomb in Montmatre cemetery, where speeches were made, one by a Mme. Endes, 91 years of age, who had been 'a member of the original pbalanstere. In the evening there was a banquet in the Palais Royal, where a gift of $10,000 to the cause of Fourierism was an- nounced. General. A deputy fish warden captured fif- teen barrels of fish at Oshkosh, Wis. The Northwestern National Bank of Great Falls, Mont., will pay a 50 per cent dividend about May 1. A Rockford, Ill, man has left $100,- 000 for Williams college and $100,000 forthe Hampton, Va., institute. Over 60,000 head of cattle crossed the line from Mexico into Arizona within two days recently. One man paid $5,000 duties. In some parts of Tulare county, Cai., this season’s sheep-shesring has been given entirely to the Indians and Chi- nese, The Enterprise department store at Warsaw, Ind., closed its doors Sat- urday night. Liabilities from $50,000 to $70,000. The committee having the question in charge has selected Denver, Colo., as the place of meeting of the Y. M. C. A. of 1899. London, Ont., gets the con- | ference of secretaries. It is understood that W. I. Calhoun of Springfield, I1l., has been offered the assignment as special counsel in the Ruiz case, the post which was relin- quished by Judge Day. William Van Ordstrand & Co., pri- vate bankers at Heyworth, Il., have closed their doors and made .an as- signment in favor of creditors. As- sets, $22,000; liabilities, $30,000. George Dixon of Boston gained a de- esion over Johnny Griffin of Brain- tree, Mass., in a twenty-round bout at 128 pounds at the Broadway Ath- letic club, New York. Burruss, Son & Co., bankers of Nor- folk, Va., who failed yesterday for $340,000, paid to-day between $20,000 and $30,000 to depositors who placed money in the bank the day it failed. The war department has forwarded from the quartermaster’s department at St, Louis 250 tents to Vicksburg, Miss., in answer to the appeal of Gov. McLaurin for shelter for the flood suf- ferers. Congressman Henderson's surgeons at Dubuque have advised the amputa- tion of his leg above the knee, erysip- elas having developed some time ago. He has shown some improvement the past two days. The third annual convention of the Theosophical Society of America was held in the concert hall of the Madison Square Garden, New York. Ernest T. Hargrave was chosen permanent chairman. Commissioner «f Indian Affairs D. M. Browning has relinquished his of- fice and has started for his home in East St. Louis, Ill, where he has formed a partnership with ex-Con- gressman Forman. The Chicago Daily News says it is common talk in Chicago society circles that Mr. Marshall Field is engaged to the widow of the late Gen. Philip A. Sheridan, and that the wedding will take place in the near future. State Bank Examiner Breidenthal has taken charge of the Bank of Hutch- inson, Kan., a private concern. ‘he bank was a reorganization of the Val- ley State bank, which closed a year ago, but has not been able to regain prestige. John M. Risher, the big coal operator of Pittsburg, Pa., has confeséed judg- ment to his wife for the sum of $116,- 378 on notes given to her at divers times. Mr. Risher was supposed to be one of the wealthiest operators in the district. Gov. Altgeld, whose name from time to time has been connected with the affairs of the defunct Globe Savings bank, gave out an interview in which he denied that he was in any way re- sponsible for the irregularities of its management. John R. Lewis, other Superior citl- zens and a number from Duluth, St. Paul and Minneapolis, are forming a company to build a large private club- house on Minnesota point. It will be the largest club house on the point and beautifully situated. In the case of George Harris ys. the Modern Woodmen of America, which was before the federal court at Du- buque, Judge Shiras made an order re- quising defendant to submit that por- tion of the ritual relating to the initia- tion ceremony at which Harris was in- jured. In Blair county, Pa., court the ap- praisers of the assets of the defunct bank of Gardner, Morrow & Co. filed a statement showing that A. S. Mor- row, the deceased cashier, had oyer- drawn his account $41,622, and that Bookkeeper Howard Russ was a debtor to the bank for $22,500. ‘The three-story summer hotel Iro- quois, at Sault Ste. Marie, owned by Phillips & Rexford, Detroit, was burned. The origin of the fire is un- known. The hotel had just been re- furnished at considerable expense for the summer, and had not yet opened. The loss is $40,000, with only $15,000 insurance. A rubber company witha capital of $3,000,000 has purchased a rubber farm of 400 square miles in Mexico, on which, ready for tapping, are 350,000 trees, whose juices make, it is said, a substitute for rubber little inferior to Para, which the company proposes to gather and prepare on scientific prin- ciples, estimating the gross revenue for 1897 at about $500,000. Assays made from several specimens of ore taken from different parts of the two-foot vein in the Hidden Trea- | Iris, in Gunnison county, Colorado, show: Assay Na. 1, $206.73 in gold values, with a slight trace of silver; assay No. 2, $38.83, the sample having been taken from the vein proper at eight feet below the surface; assay No. 3, $12.82, being obtained form a streak near the vein, supposed to be valueles« : GREEKS BRACE UP THE TURKS SUCCESSFULLY COM- BATTED AT VELESTINO. Troops Under Smolenski Pat Up a Stubborn Fight the Turks and Are Successful in Holding Their Show Their Dislike for Constan- time—Ralli Well Satissied With the Condition of the Army, Against Ground—People London, May 4.— The Times prints the following dispatch from its Volo correspondent: When I arrived at Volestino yesterday afternoon I had just seen the Turkish infantry advanc- ing in two columns, intending to cut the railway. The Greeks, 12,000 strong, under Gen. Smolenski, by whose side I watched the encounter in the rear of the’ Eighth regiment. under Col. Gannikosta, gradually advanced one battalion to hold the railway, the oth- er to support the artillery which had mounted guns on the right center. ‘The Turks were evidently about 14,000 strong. Their cavalry reconnoitered the wood where the Greeks were con- cealed, but the batteries remained silent until 6, and at that time the fire fell short of being effective, though the Greek practice was the best I have noticed. The Turks ran away from the shells, but continued to ad- vance in good order. Our right was really never engaged, and the railway station was defended by only a small force, with two Krupp guns. Toward the end the large Turkish center was seen to advance in the distance, but sunset at 6:45 caused a temporary ces- sation. Trains aré running to Pharsa- los now, and I managed to get through. Returnirg on horseback in the dark- ness to Volo, I was captured by the Greek outposts, thanks to the failure of headquarters to issue regular passe: I was treated with much civ- ility, but w: detained until a late hour. Having met reinforcements on the way to Velestino, I went out again to-day, when the Greeks brought up nearly the whole. Pharsalos — force. Save in the shape of struggles during the night the Greeks have been suc- cessful, holding their ground. The Turks mounted a battery on a hill fac- ing the Greek left, approached the end of the wood and burned a small village. Nearly all the fighting to-day has been on the extreme right in the direction of Lake Karla and the east- ern Volo road. Whoever gains this road commands Volo and could cut off retreat here. The trains are still run to Velestino, the officials displaying great coolness and courage. In one ease a railway director is working a locomotive. More decisive fighting is expected to-morrow. A: et the Greek losses have not been heavy. The Red Cros society, formerly much in evi- dence, is now conspicuous by its ab- sence, and this fact causes comment. eae geren ENGLISH INTERVENTION. The Princess of Wales Will Ask Gladston’e Assistance to Bring It About. : New York, May 4. — A copyrighted dispatch from London to the Journal says: The report that the Princess of Wales was using her utmost influence to bring about English intervention in favor of Greece in ihe East is corrob- orated by the London press. The princess, accompanied by the prince, takes the unprecedented course of ask- ing the assistance of Mr. Gladstone. They have made an engagement to visit the ex-premier at Hawarden May 10. Mr. Gladstone is in splendid health once more. eee RALLI IS PLEASED. Expresses Satisfaction With Condition of the Army. London, May 4. — The Athens cor- the respondent of the Telegraph sa. “T had an interview to-day with M. Ralli, who told me that the report sent by the ministers of war and the in- terior from Pharsalos was in most re- spects highly satisfactory. He said they had wired him that the front line of the army was in battle array and the Turkish attack imminent. All preparations possible had been made for heroic defense, and the spirit of the army was better than before, owing to the change in the supreme command. Under the circumstances the cabinet deems it advisable to leave Gen, Smo- lenski with his own brigade and not to promote him to a higher post for the moment.” ggg MISTAKES OF THE GREEKS. The Attack Upon Prevesn Was Poor- ly Conducted. London, May 4+.—The correspendent of the Daily Mail at Arta says: “One of the worst mistakes the Greeks have made has been the casual and inter- mittent character of the attack upon Preves: Its capture was ential if the Greeks meant business in Epirus. To capture so strong a place by the means adopted was quite im possible. and now the opportunity is lost altogether.” xP el Loyalty for the Sultan, London, May +4. — A special from Janina. Epirus, say After traveling 200 miles across the country I found the greatest loyalty to the sultan and hatred of the Greeks everywhere. The Greek prisoners are bitter at the con- duct of their officers. ‘They are all well treated by the Turks. Seventy Turks and twenty-two Greeks are in one hospital here, <0 Greek Squadron Awaiting Orders. London, May 4,—A dispatch to the Post from Karvassara says that the Greek squadron at Prevesa is passive- ly awaiting orders, and that the Pre- vesa forts bombarded Actum on Sat- urday. ak > Overtares for Peace. Athens, May 4.—It is said here on good authority that the powers have made overtures to Greece on the sub- ject of peace but that the government’ declines to invoke the mediation of Europe. The king has decided to re- main here for the present. f parte Col. Vassos Recalled. Athens, May 4.—The Greek govern- ment has recalled Col. Vassos from Crete. He will be replaced in. com~ mand of the Greek forces in the island by Col. Staikos, iz, ; NEWS FROM ATHENS. Conflicting Reports Regarding the Diplomatic Attitude of Tarkey. Athens, May 4. — Col, Tosamedos, minister of war, and M. Theotokis, minister of the interior, are said to be favorably impressed with the situation at Pharsalos, both as respects the po- sitions of the troops and the plan of defense. Rumors conflict materially as to the diplomatic attitude of Tur- key. According to one report Edhem Pasha, the Turkish commander in Thessaly, has asked an armistice of five days; according to another, an armistice exists by the tacit acquies- cence of both commanders; while a third story describes Edhem Pasha as only awaiting reinforcements for an attack upon Pharsalos to be followed by an attack upon Volo. It is also said to be probable that Admiral Tamatello is preparing to prevent a possible attempt of the Turks to seize Volo by the coast roads. —o— Greece Anxious for the. Powers to Mediate. Paris, May 4.—Advices received here from Athens say that the Greek mi ister for foreign affairs, M. Skouloud is not opposed to mediation, but will not ask for it. Official circles at Athens, the advices add, seem ious that the powers should impose media- tion. pa King George Has Spasms. Paris, May 4. — An Athens dispatch asserts that King George is suffe from eardiacal spasms and that physician insists that a change of to the Island of Milo or the Island of Syra is necessary. Levees in Good Shape. Natchez, Miss., May 4.—The levees between St. Joe and this city are all looking well, and as the river how- ing a slight decline there is little ap- prehension felt concerning them. The back levee of the Rosedale plantation in Concordia parish proke and com- pletes the overflow of Concordia par- ish and the whole front is now under water from a point ten miles below Vidalia to the mouth of Red river, Prominent Citizens Arrested. Frankfort, Ky., May 4.—The wa of the penitentiary under the of the attorney general and other officers swore out warrants against R. H. Sutter, K. H, Ethrington, Ambrose Ethrington, William Sharp and Wen- dell ‘Trust, all prominent citizens, charging them with collusion and de- frauding the state out of a large sum of money on bogus claims for lumber sold the penitentiary chair factory. Southern Pacific Earnings. New York, May 4:—The annual re- port of the Southern Pacific for 1896, just iseued, shows gross earnings for the year to have bee! s, $44,- 000,000; decrease, $1,790,357. Oper: ing expenses, $31,962,200; decrease, $1,280,228. Net earnings, $16,704,460; decrease, Surplus after ; decrease, $395,668. charges, $1,78! Zertucha in Prison. New York, May 4.—A dispatch from Havana say mo. Zertucha, Antonio Maceo’s physician, who is al- leged to have betrayed the Cuban gen- eral to the Spaniards, was arrested at his home near Guines and brought to Havana, under close guard. He is now in the military prison in the fort- ress of La Cabanas, opposite this city. Cincinnati Has Two Mayors. Cincinnati, May 4.—Last month Gus- tave Tafel was elected mayor to suc- ceed Hon. J. A. Caldwell. The latter claims his term does not expire until July. Tafel qualified late last month and claims to be n Pending a decision of the supreme court, both are making appointments of members of the boards. All Gave Bonds But Spalding. Chicago, May 4.—All the indicted of- ficials of the defunct Globe Savings bank, with the exception of ex-Presi- dent Spalding, gave bonds and were released from custody. Spalding’s bonds foot up nearly $320,000, and he cannot furnish that amount. Composer Dead. New York, May 4.—Woolson Morse, the composer, is dead in this city after an illness of six weeks, aged thirty years. He furnished the score and J. hever Goodwin the words of “The Merry Monarch,” “Wang,” “Penjan- drum” and “Dr. Syntax.” A Railroad Sold. Albrquerque, N. Mex., May 4.—'[he Atl ntic & Ps ie Railway company was cold at Gallup, this county, for $12,000,000. The only bidder was A. F. Walker, chairman of the be of directors of the Atchisen, To 1 & Santa Fe railway Davidson to Michael, Toronto. Ont., May 4.—Harley David- known bicyclist. will ‘list, will challenge little Welshman, for a ces of one and five miles, ance to be decided by the son, the well known biey Michael, the in southwest Virginia and the effect on small fruit ard garden truck was disastrous. : Fish Packers Will Meet. Cleveland, May 4. — A meeting at- tended by fish packers and dealers from all the fishing ports on the great lakes will be held in Chicago Friday for the purpose of forming a trust or pool. Unitarian Conference. Chicago, May 4.—The Western Uni- terian conference was opened at Unity church, the exerzises comprising a ser- mon by Rev. Ida C, Hulton of Moline, IL, and a number of addresses. Creamery a Total Loss. Grand Meadow, Minn., May 4.—The co-operative creamery here has bnrned, It was a total loss. It is thought the fire caught in the engine room. The buttermaker was down town at the time the fire broke out. Down a Shaft to Eternity. St. Paul, May 4. — Nels P. Larson was killed by falling down a shaft in the new building of the Shufeldt Packing company at New Brighton. Hie neck was broken and his skull was fractured, te te FIGHTIHG IN CUBA a9 INSURGENTS DESTROY PROPERTY IN SANTA CLARA, Fifty Huts, a Quantity of Forester and Two Hundred Bales of To bacco Burned — One Hundred Families Rendered Homeless— Military Commander of the Dis- trict Asks for Reinforcements. Havana, May 4.—On Saturday last it was officially announced the imsur- gents attacked the cultivation zone of Vueltas, Province of Santa Clara, and burned the ward of Santa Maria, fitty huts, a quantity of furniture and 200 pales of tobacco, rendering 100 fami- lies homeless. ‘The military command- er of the district has asked for as- sistance and the Estremadura bat- talion has been sent to reinforce him. RIOTING IN SAN LUIS. Laboring Classes Form Mobs and ‘Threaten Violence. New York, May 4.—A dispatch to the Herald from Buenos Ayres Says: _ Serious rioting is reported from San Luis province and the government has sent troops there to preserve order. The outbreak is the result of great destitution and suffering in the prov- ince, and the delay of congress in ex tending aid to the sufferers. The riot- ing is confined to the laboring classes. A mob was formed and open threats were made against the governor of the province. As a result of the critical situation congress at once decided to tend aid to the sufferers, but in spite of this the rioting continues, THREE WER Looks Like an Attempt on the Lives of the Family. Cinsinnati, May 4. — A special from Brazil, Ind., says: Mrs. Clark Moore, her sixteen-year-old son and sixteen- year-old daughter and her young granddaughter are in a critical con- dition from poisoning. They were taken ill after dinner. The physicians pronounce it arsenical poisoning, but the manner in which it was adminis- tered was a mystery. Mr. Moore and two other children, who ate at the same table were not affected. It is believed an attempt was made by some enemy on the lives of the family. ACCOUNTS ARE SHORT. Prominent Officials in Cincinnati im a Tough Position. Cincinna May 4.—Another sensa- tion in official circles was created by the revelation that John C. Whetstone, secretary of the water works, and Al- bert F’. Ensline, one of the receivers, are short in their accounts. An in- vestigation is in progress, from which, it is said, that it already appears that Whetstone’s shortage will reach $15,- 000. The amount of Enline’s deficit does not yet appear. J. Vv, CRUM DEAD. Demise Due to an Operation for Ap- pendisitis. Des Moines, Iowa, May 4.—John V. Crum, the famous sprinter, died here in the hospital, as the result of an operation for appendicitis. Crum ran and jumped a week ago without pre- vious training, which caused his illness. Denied by Gen. Lee. Milwaukee, May 4.—Gen. Joseph B- Dee denies the charges telegraphed from Washington to the effect that he took advantage of his position as as- sistant secretary of war to supply him- self with many useful and ornamental articles at the expense of the govern- ment. He declined to make specitic denial of the different charges, but de- clared that the accusations constituted a ridiculous mass of falsehoods. He also defended Mr. Whitton of Janes- ville, who was his secretary. Street Railway Employes. Dayton, Ohio, May 4. — A delegate convention of the-Amalgamated As- sociation of Street Railway Employes of America is in session here. The delegates are from the state bodies and represent numerous minor broth- erhoods and federations. The secre- tary’s report shows that internal dis- sepsions have been subdued and that the strikes of the past year have been of a different character and more suc- cessful than ever before. Looks Like Foul PL Cincinnati, May 4.— William Moore was locked up here charged with fraudulently soliciting aid from Ma- sonic lodges. Three months ago Will- iam Moore, a wealthy shoe dealer of Rochester, N. Y., disappeared and took with him about $5,000. It is thought the man arrested here knows some- thing of the whereabouts of Mr. Moore and has been impersonating him. It is feared that Mr. Moore has been foully dealt with. Base Ball Player Injured. Cedar Rapids, lowa, May 4. — Capt. Thomas, of the Iowa State university base ball club, was seriously injured at Mount Vernon in a game with Cor- nell college. ‘Thomas, who was on first base, stooped to pick up the ball when Smith, of Cornell, collided with him, striking the captain on the templ= with his knee. Thomas was uncon- “scious for several hours, and it is feared has sustained fatal injuries. For the Heirs of Lynched Italians. Washington, May 4.—President Mc- Kinley has sent to congress a message concerning the lynching of three Ital- jans at Hahnville, La., on the night of Aug, 8, 1896, He recommends the ap- propriation of $6,000 for the heirs of the persons without admitting the lia- bility of the United States in the pre= mises. The message is poeaee, by papers from the secretary of statw” : Early Log Drive. Grantsburg, Wis., May 4.—The big St. Croix drive, containing seme 50- 000,000 feet, will reach the big dam to-night, where the boom company takes charge of them. This is the earliest since the dam was built. Fires in the Woods. Ashland, Wis., May 4.—Forest fires are starting up about Ashland. Ai big fire has been burning for several days across the bay. Another is threatening Brule and has burned a store at Maple, near here. | i