Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 15, 1897, Page 2

The Hevald By E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA. No one ever thinks that a boy is tired. he water color painters have a great spportunity this year. bout the first lie a liar or a lover tells is that he isn’t fickle. The poet’s “Into all lives some rain must fall” might well have been writ- ten in 1897. There are some men who experience no greater enjoyment than sharpening a dull knife. When a man starts down hill people seem to take an interest in letting him £0, out of curiosity, to see where he will land. It is not difficult to make old people bappy; show them someone twenty years older than themselves who is still in good health. Cambridge, Mass., has been ten years without a saloon. It would be interest- ing to know just how Cambridge man- ages to carry on a municipal govern- ment. A prematurely charitable English lady who gave away nearly $2,000,000 by deed recently tried to have the deed set aside on the ground that she did not know what she was doing, but chancery has decided that the deeds are valid and that she cannot get her money back. The government of Sweden has not!- fied the Canadian government that Mr. Andree will start from Stockholm about the end of June for Spitzbergen to at- tempt his balloon voyage to the north pole, and it requests that instructions be given to Canadian officials at dif- ferent points in the northwest territo- ries and Hudson Bay region to report the balloon if it is sighted. ‘The North Dakota house of represen- tatives passed by a vote of forty-four to five a bill requiring strangers who go there to obtain divorces to remain four times as long as under the present law. The senate rejected it by a vote of fif- teen to fourteen. The slight advance toward a less shameful condition of things fails, but the vote indicates an ewakening in behalf of decency. The following is the capitalization of a few of the leading trusts and com- binations: Sugar trust $75,000,000; coal trust, $85,000,000; cottonseed-ofl trust, $20,000,000; wall-paper trust, $20,- 000,000; lead trust, $30,000,000; rubber trust, $50,000,000; linseed-oil trust, $18,- 000,000; match trust, $8,000,000; school- furniture trust, $15,000,000; type trust, $6,000,000; dressed beef and provision trust, $100,000,000; condensed milk trust, $15,000,000; straw-board trust, $6,000,000; leather trust, $125,000,000. It is asserted by the defenders of “trusts” that in almost every instance the formation of a trust has been fol- lowed by a decrease in the price of the product. This is true; but in most in- stances trusts have been formed to check the downward tendency of prices ty interfering with the operation of the law of supply and demand. Probably there is no conspicuous instance of lower prices following the organiza- tion of a trust, in which the prices to the consumer would not have fallen still lower if the trust had not been formed. The greatest objection to trusts is that they are wrong in prin- ciple, in that they interfere with a fundamental law of trade. Only persons under thirty years of age were ready to accept promptly Har- vey’s great discovery of the circulation of the blood; and just as youth is most apt to respond to the touch of genius, so men of rare abilities seldom fail of the spirit of perpetual youth. Keeping young is simply keeping abreast h the times we are in. At the recent niversary in New York City of the founding of Stevens Institute, ex-Mayor Hewitt related this incident: “When I was a student at Columbia, base ball wes our only game, and not such a det- riment to a college as it is to-day. We lost most of our balls by knocking them over into a yard of a house in Barclay street. One day when we were short and could not get any base balls, I was appointed a committee of one to visit the house and ask for some. A gen- tleman appeared in answer to my ques- tion, and producing a basket contain- ing twenty-five or thirty balls, asked if they were ours. I said that I supposed they were. ‘Every one of them has broken a window in my house,’ he re- joined. ‘You may take them, and when you have all the windows in my music- room broken, come over to Hoboken and there you shall have a fair field.’ ‘That man was the greatest mechanical engineer, the greatest naval engineer, the greatest railroad engineer which the nineteenth century has produced.— Robert L. Stevens.” “A man in office,” says a well-known statesman, “who can bring himself to utter the simple form of words, ‘That is wrong,’ may carry his point in council, though everybody be against him.” Such initiative courage was recently exercised by ‘the trustees of the public library in Newark, in excluding certain notorious specimens of the new jour- nalism from its tables; and the con- tagion of its example has spread rap- 4dly through scores of the prominent libraries and club-houses of the coun- try. To have set the fashion is, in this 4nstance, no small honor. EVENTS UF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM, A Gencral Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week, From All Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Washington Talk. ‘ Dr. J. H. Hollander has_ been ap- pointed secretary of the international bimetallic conference committee. He is professor of economies at the Johus Hopkins university, and a French and German scholar. United States Consul O'Hara at San Juan Del Norte reports to the state de- partment that the government of Nic- uragua has sent an agent there to buy from the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua such instruments, furniture, ete, as the government may require. The agent has bought about $8.000 worth of stuff for $3,606, and but little remains to be sold. Personal Mention. Ex-Congressman John J. Perry of Portland, Me., is dead, aged 86. James B. Runnion, associate editor of the Kansas City Star, is dead of Bright’s disease. A. G. Spaulding, known as_ the “father of the greenback,” died at his home in Buffalo, N. Y¥., aged eighty- eight years. He was one of the found- ers of the Republican party. William Lindsay, one of the first set- tlers of Fayette county, Iowa, and a wealthy farmer, died very suddenly of heart disease. He leaves a wife and daughter. John Dwyer, commercial agent of the Burlington railroad, having super- vision of all routes in Western Ne- braska and the Northern Kansas lines of the road, with headquarters at Beatrice, Neb., is dead at his home. Rey. Edward Fairfax Berkeley, D. D., the oldest Episcopal minister in the Missouri diocese, died at St. Louis. as the result of a severe cold. He w: eighty-four years of age, forty of whi n he had passed in the Christian minis- | ir William J. Bryan is gradually re- covering from the injuries he received at St. Augustine, Fla. The bruises were more serious than at first thought and have been slow in healing. His mail still occupies all his time during the day. but he reserves the evening for reading. Casualties. Two men and two women in a small boat were swept over the dam at Cum- berland Falls, Ky., and drowned. While endeavoring to ford a creek at Jackson, Mo., in a wagon, four persons drowned recently. e Sinig, aged twenty, and her brother Anthony, aged fi were burned to death in a fire at their home in Detroit. Joseph Carrine, while attempting to swim the Des Moines river at Em- metsburg, Iowa, was taken with cramps and drowned. A trolley car, while descending a hill in Portland, Ore., got beyond control and jumped the track. Three persons were killed and a number of others jured. Brakeman Doll, of the Decorah, Ioa. train, got badly squeezed between two box cars while switching at Conover, Iowa. His lungs were seriously in- jured and his recovery is doubtful. Criminal. An extensive counterfeit plant has been unearthed at Benton Harbor, Mich. Albert Goslin and Samuel Keller, members of the defunct firm of E. 8. Dean & Co., alleged bucket shop keep- ers, have been drrested at New York. Two prominent banking institutions in Atlanta, Ga., have been wrecked by the malfeasance of some of their ofti cers, In addition to his shortage of about $60,000, it is found that County Clerk George Hobson of Cincinnati is also guilty of forgery . A Bohemian shoemaker of Marshall- town, Iowa, named Charles Paduska, nearly severed his head from his body with a razor. <A sick wife and three children are left penniless. Lack of work drove him to the deed. At Breckenridge, Mo., John Miller, twenty-two years ‘old, a Nettleton farmer, was shot through the head and instantly killed by John McGlo- thin. The motive apparent was rob- bery. At Dubuque, Iowa,, Judge Woolson held Carl Volger to await a warrant | for his extradition to Prussia for ar- son. Volger was disinherited by his father. set fire to his father’s buildings. He then fled to America, and was arrested last Friday. It is probable that the recent em- bezziemént of $15,000 at the St. Louis postoflice and the subsequent arrest of Cashier Hays and recovery of the money, will be followed by a change in the postmastership. The present postmaster is James L. Carlisle and his term does not expire until March 19 next. A woman known as Miss Belle Walk- er, was shot and instantly killed at Leadville, Colo., by her lover, who called himself George Ratliffe, after a quarrel. ‘Che assassin then took his own life. <A letter found on the per- son of the dead man addressed to the coroner states that his real name was Gardiner Marchbank. The woman's name was Laura Belle Lantz, Foreign Notes. The reconstruction of the Victoria bridge at Montreal will cost $1,500,000. James Theodore Bent, the’ well known traveler and author of works of travel is dead in London. In the house of commons the miners’ eight-hour bill was rejected by a vote of 227 to 186. Col. John Hay, the American ambas- sador, gave a dinner to Mr. and Mrs. Bayard and a small party at his resi- dence in London, The Duc d’Aumale died at Zuces; Sicily, of the shock he experienced upon hearing of the death of the Duch- ess d’Alencon. . J. A. McKenzie, minister to Peru, has just arrived at Bowling Green. Ky., much improved in health. He has seit in his resignation to Washington and expects to remain in Bowling Green. Ambassador Uhl has been directed to demand from Germany the immediate release of a man named Mayer, now compelled to do military service against his will. The supreme court of Canada gave a decision declaring that a man or wo- man who leaves Canada to go to the United States for divorce without in- tending to live there afterward, mar- rying and returning to Canada, can be prosecuted for bigamy. Five of the anarchists convicted of participation in the bomb outrage on June 4 last at the feast of Corpus Christi, were shot at Barcelona. ‘Chey shouted “Long live anarchy!” just be- fore the order to fire was given. Capt. Edward Murphy, formerly of the American steamer Laurada, was arrested at Port Antonio, Jamaica, on his arrival there from New York, by order of the Jamaica government, on two charges of filibustering. Germany is trying to persuade France and through her Russia, to support Germany in resisting Great Britain’s imperious attitude toward the Boers in the Transvaal, in exchange for Ger- many’s support of France in the Egypt- ian question. Staff correspondents of German and other continental papers with the Turkish army in the field write enthu- siastically of the bravery shown at Larissa by Grumbkoff Pasha, who re- organized the sultan’s artillery, and is now a member of the Turkish general staff. General. Rey. John C. Sharp of Pittsburg, rted to the presidency of Coe col- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, declines the position. The budget committee of the reichs- tag has authorized the non-recurring expenditure of 40,000,000 marks to cre- ate a reserve of field artillery. The Boone Valley Medical associa- tion, composed of the physicians of Wright and Humboldt counties, or- ganized at Eagle Grove, Iowa. The Dawes commission has arranged with the Choctaw and Chickisaw Indi- ans for the allotment of lands in sey- eralty. Col. Wahis, governor general of the Congo Free State, reports a column ot native soldiers at Ndirfiwelle mutined in February and killed five white of- ficers, convention of the International Association of Machinists, in session ansas City, has adopted a rule providing for the initiative and refer- endum. It is reported at Philadelphia that he anthracite coal companies are ar- ranging to advance prices 15 to 25 cents per ton on various sizes about June 1. A man named Lawrence, a confiden- tial servant of Mrs. Arthur H. Blair ot Chicago has disappeared, and with him diamonds to the value of $3,000 and $2,500 in money. A private cable dispatch from Bonn, Germany, brings news of the birth of a son to Frau von Rottenburg, wife of Dr. Franz Johannes von Rottenburg, and daughter of the late William Walter Phelps. James T. Stanford is permanent re ceiver of the Northwestern National bank at Great Falls, Mont. ‘There is $250,000 in cash on hand and it is likely a dividend of 50 per cent will soon be paid. ‘The second annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of Marquette has opened at Marquette, Mic! th a ses- sion of the woman's auxiliary. ‘The convention sermon was preached by Rev. J. P. Kaye of Ironwood. As the result of the passage of the manufacture bill in Iowa the Blatz Brewing company will erect a large brewery at Cedar Rapids covering one entire block. The,brewery will have a capacity of 300 barrels a day. American Horse and Red Cloud and other Sioux from the Pine Ridge agency in South Dakota, have had an inte w with Secretary Bliss, in | which they paid their respects and aired their grievancies. Exhibition of kinetoscope pictures of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight is to be prohibited in Pueblo, Colo. On petition of the W. C, T. U. of that city the al- dermen instructed the city attorney to draw up such an ordinance, There is a movement on foot at Melbourn, Victoria. to send 20,000 sheep and 5,000 bullocks to England in connection with the dinner which the Princess of Wales is promoting for the poor of the slums of London. Dwight W. Andrews, ex-chief grain inspector of Chicago, whose alleged criminal manipulation of state pay rolls has been under investigation, can- not be found. His official bond for $50,000 is regarded as doubtful securi- | ty. Last December, in revenge, he | ty. The Bakers’ International unior. has resolved to make a stand for an eight- hour day. Resolutions were offered at the session at Cleveland to make the demand uniform throughout the country. and met with enthusiastic approval. The trial of Harris vs. the M. W. A. to recover $20,000 for injuries received during an initiation into a local lodge has begun in the federal court at Du- buque, Iowa, Judge Woolson presid- ing. By order of Judge Shiras parts of the ritual were submitted in court. By direction of the president the fortification of Lime Point, on_ the north side of the entrance of the Gold- en Gate, San Francisco harbor, will hereafter be known and designated as Fort Baker, in honor of the late Col. Edward Dickinson Baker, United States volunteers. Reports that the Northern Michigan Mine Workers’ union is moribund are vehemently denied by the organiza- tion. Should a crisis in mining affairs, affecting the interests of - the union, present itself, they assert it will be found firm, strong and energetic throughout the entire iron district. A test case is to be made at Webster City, Iowa, of the practice of the Lli- nois Central railroad compelling pas- sengers to show their tickets before entering the train. The suit was THE COST OF PEACE GREECE MUST AGREE TO AN AUTON- OMOUS RULE FOR CRETE, 4 The Powers Have Prepared a Note Giving Conditions Under Which They Will Intervene in the In- terests of Peace—Domokes Will Fall—The Sultan Says Greece Was Forced Into War by Revolution- ary Agents. Athens, May 11.—The conditions in- sisted upon by Germany, the chief of which is that Greece shall give her formal consent to the principle of au- tonomy for Crete, will be accepted by the Greek government. The note of the powers has not yet been presented, but it has been drawn and is to the following effect: Upon a formal dec- laration by Greece that she will recall her troops and agree to such an auton- omous regime for Crete as the powers in their wisdom shall deem best, and accept unreservedly the counsels of the powers, they will intervene in the interests of peace. The note will prob- ably be presented to-morrow after the German minister has received final in- structions. It is understood that Greece in her reply will assent to all of these conditions. A dispatch from Domokos Says that the heavy rains there pre- vent fighting. DISASTER FOR THE GREEKS. Unless the Powers Quickly Arrange fr Settlement. London, May 11. — Apart from the peace Legotiations the principal feature of the Eastern situation is that Turkey is pr ssing re reements forward and preparing for a rapid advance. Unless the powers succeed in quickly arranging a settlement the Greeks are likely to suffer further disasters. The exact disposition of the Greek army is uncertain, but, roughly speaking, the first line of defense extends from Almyros to Loucon, the second follows the old frontier, and the third is drawn at Thermopylae. Fighting is probable within the next few days unless the powers intervene. The Greck fleet is at Lamia, and the transport and other services are still deficient, while a seri- ous outbreak of typhoid fever and dys- entery threatens Arta. kaart RANK COWARDICE. Cause of the Loss of Thessaly by the Greeks. London, May 11.—The Daily Mail's Berlin correspondent says it is report- ed there that the king of Greece has summoned M. Delyannis in view of a possible cabinet. crisi Mr. Stevens, the special correspondent of the Daily Mail with the Greek forces at ‘Thessa- ly, declares that the province has been lost through rank cowardice. The cor- respondent of the Daily Mail at Patras say: Sverything is ripe for a serious political crisis or for a’ revolution. The army is disgusted, and the armed peasantry are universally discontented. The Greek national society could not have a better opportunity. Seg s TURKS COMPLAIN, They Say It Is Not a War, but a MIL tary Promenade. Larissa, May 11.—The Turks found a quantity of railroad material at the Volo railroad station but they were unable to use the engines as the Grecks had removed the essential parts. The French naval detachments saiuted the Ottoman troops and the latter responded. The Turkish officers complain of the non-resistance of the Greeks, and declare it is not war, but merely a military promenade. The opinion is expressed - here that the Greeks are avoiding a serious fight in order to spare their troops who may be needed in Athens in the event of a revolvtion. pa a THE SULTA MPATHIZES. Says the Greek Government Is Forced by Revolutionary Agents, London, May 11.—According to the Exchange Telegraph company, private advices received in London from Con- stantinople declare that the sultan has expressed deep sympathy for King George and the Greek government, whose hands, in his opinion, were forced by revolutionary agents at Ath- ens and Alexandria. ‘The sultan, ac- cording to these advices, declines to claim a war indemnity, and proposes a Turko-Greek treaty upon the simul- taneous evacuation of Thessaly and Crete. Finally, it is. said that the sultan desires to deal direct with Greece and not through the powers. —o— The Feeling at Athens. Athens, May 11.—The recall of the forees from Crete has been received with resignation by the public. The Delyannis organs attack the govern- ment bitterly for appealing to Europe, but most of the papers accept this as inevitable, and violently attack the Ethnike Hetairia, asking it to render an account of its action. The Greek army now occupies all of the passes from Lake Zynias, south of Domokos, to Gura on the east, the latter point being . occupied by Gen. Smolenski’s brigade. Skirmishes have occurred at Plaka. BONE Some One Blundered. London, May 11.—The Athens cor- respondent of the Daily Chronicle say: “The real and only cause of the Greek retreat to Pharsalos was the blunder of one who mistook the retreat of the enemy for a forward movement designed to outflank the Greeks, and therefore ordered a hasty retreat. Crown Prince Constantine left Larissa becarse he believed the exaggerated reports of danger to his forces. The state of tha Turkish army at the mo- ment was simply pitiful, and terror reigned at the Yildiz Kiosk.” +o— Abandoned by the Greeks. London, May 11.—The Athens cor- respondent of the Times says: ‘The Greek army has been compelled to abandon Salegora and Fort Imaret, the Turks having occupied the heights commanding the latter.” =o Domokos Wilk Fall. Larissa, May 11+~-The Turks have no doubt whatever as to the speedy cap- brought by Ald. Bunker, who was, ture of Domokos, although the place is ejected from a train because he did; fairly well defended. Edhem Pasha not show his ticket to a person oe i his staff have gone on to Pharsa- than the conductor. RE eos 3% aot aa ate CURSED CONSTANTINE. Grecian Disasters Due to His Cowardly Actions. London, May 12.—The Daily Mail's correspondent at Volo says: “From the first day of the war Crown Prince Constantine, in his capacity of chief censor, blocked all the news which the English correspondents sent from the scene of hostilities. This explains the inaccuracy obvious in so many cases, The crown prince, who understands English perfectly, altered the news so as to make it favorable to himself. For instance: In a telegram to a New York newspaper describing the ‘cold’ recep- ticn given him at Larissa, the prince changed it to ‘enthusiastic’ reception. When the correspondents went to him in a body and protested vigorously, he answered evasively. The Greek dis- aster was due primarily to Constantine himself. He destroyed the morale of the army by ordering the evacuation of Kurtsiovali and the retreat of the Tyrnavos, and then he ran away in a shameful flight from Larissa, when the disgraceful scene was witnessed of a Greek colonel shrieking with ter- ror. All cursed Constantine for de- serting them, though there were other reasons for the disasters which fol- lowed, such as lack of discipline, the insufficiency of officers and a general maladministration of the non-com- batant branches of the service.” —o— Quiet at Volo. Larissa, May 12.—The Greek fieet has left Volo but the French, Italian and British guardships remain. ‘The town is quiet and has been occupied by the Turkish troops. A considerable number of the latter have taken up po- sitions on the surrounding heights. The bulk of the Ottoman army, how- ever, has been withdrawn and is marching in another direction. Quan- tities of arms, ammunition and a num- ber of ambulances were captured by the Turks at Volo. All the heights commanding Pharsalos are now occu- pied by the Turks. ia ee Greek Officers Recalled. Athens, May 12. — On learning that the crown prince had appointed his dismissed chief of staff, Col. Spaound- zaki, and his aide-de-camp, Capt. Had- jipetro, to the command of an artillery regiment, the government recalled both officers to Athens and ordered them to return immediately. The CHEERS FOR BISMARCK. Big Demonstration in Honor of the Iron Chancellor, Friedrichsruhe, May 12.—Three thou- sand men were in line in a torchlight procession given in honor of Prince Bismarck. A heavy rai nwas falling, but in spite of this Prince Bismarck appeared upon the balcony and wit- uessed the procession march past. The crowd then gathered in front of him and listened to a brief address by Dr. Semler, congratulating him on his re- covery from his recent illness. Despite the rain everybody uncovered when Prince Bismarck began his reply. He spoke deliberately and distinctly and with much of his old vigor. In con- eluding ‘he expressed his love for all who had done him the honor of the evening, called for cheers for Ham- burg, and then left the balcony and sat in a tent erected in the park to witness the further proceedings. Evy- erybody was delighted to see the ven- erable ex-chancellor looking so well. N DEAD. Two Vessels Collide and Both Go Down. Hamburg, May 12.—A dispatch from the Island of Heligoland announces that the Dutch steamer Firdene, from Cagliare, Island of Sardinia, for Stock- been in collision with the Norwegian bark Roedvar. Both ves- sels are supposed to have foundered. It is reported that thirteen men of the two crews have been saved and that the drowned are largely in excess of that number. Hundreds See Him Drown. Chicago, May 12.—A peculiar double fatality occurred befcre hundreds of spectators in Lincoln park. While boating on Lake Michigan, Matthew Roche and his ten-year-old nephew, Harry Flinn, attempted . to exchange seats. The boat was overturned and the boy.drowned, although Roche twice suceceded in putting the little fellow on top of the capsiz2d craft. While this was goirg on Albert Mattare, who was in the crowd at the water's edge, pitched forward on his face dead. His death is ascribed to excitement caused by watching the struggles of the drowning boy. Robbed a Priest. South Bend, Ind.. May 12. — Two masked robbers entered the residence of Rev. Joseph Flache, the Catholic priest at Dyer, Ind., and ransacked the house. The priest and cook were awakened, and, seeing probable resis- tance, the robber used an iron bar, striking the cook on the head, inflicting dangerous weuads. The priest attempt- ed to shoot, but his revolver failed to work and he was roughly handled. Bloodhounds are on the trail. Extravagance in the Woodmen. Clinton, Iowa, May 12.—About forty camps of the Modern Woodmen of America, representing the Central West, in convention here, received the report of a committee appointed about six weeks ago to investigate the af- fairs of Head Clerk Hawes’ office. The report as adopted sharply censures the head officers, charging extravagance, excessive allowances, lax business management, It Is a Mystery. West Superior, Wis., May 12.—Coro- ner Downs reports that the unknown man whose body was recently found on the Brule river, was murdered, the jury empaneled on the spot having decided this. The skull was apparently crushed by some blunt instrument. The body is badly decomposed and identification is impossible, Volger Must Go Back to Germany. Washington, May 12.—The secretary of state has issued a warrant for the surrender to the authorities of Ger- many of Carl Volger, who is wanted in Prussia on a charge of arson and is now held at Keokuk, Iowa, for sur- render. babel Forest Fires Raging. Milwaukee, May 12.—A special from Antigo, Wis., says fires around that place are causing great anxiety to the citizens. A farm house in out skirts was burned. IT REALLY FLIES BARNARD’S AIR SHIP CAUSES A SENSATION. ; Experimental Trip pa | Peet Pies uccess of His Ma- De- The strates the S chine—The Youngs Inventor clares That Under Normal Condi- tions the Progress of the Ship Can Be Controlled by the Opers- tor. Chicago, May 10. — ‘Times-Heralad Nashville special: The actual flight of the real air ship, invented, con- structed and propelled by Prof. Arthur Wallace Barnard, is the topic of the day. The successful voyage 1! ae air by the daring young aeronaut | as developed into a bigger sensation oe even the directors of the centenpia exposition had expected, and es while hoping that the airship wou fly, are as much surprised and oe: lighted over the result as the man who went into the air with his machine. Prof. Barnard, who is the physical di- rector of the Y. M. C. A. of this city, took his flight from the grounds o! the exposition. He alighted in a afore twelve miles away, breaking a Spar © his ship in the process, put while in the air circles round and round. ant declares that he demonstrated ond a doubt that his machine is a stiecess that under normal ‘conditions its. Lt gress can be regulated and coutrolle by its operator. Se ieee RICHES IN RACQUET. Anglo-American Matches for Stakes of $20,000 Arranged. — May 10.—George Stand- New Yo ing, Amer 's professional racquet champion, has signed the~ articles of agreement for a series of matches with Peter Latham, the English champion, and they have been f ‘orwarded to Lon- don for Latham’s signature. The date of the first match was fixed for Oct. 16, at the Princes club, London, at which club Latham is employed. The second match will be played in the New York court, early in December. The stakes are probably the highest ever played for at this game, namely, $5,000 a side for each match, or 2 total of $20,000. ci F ohler. Cleveland, Ohio, May 10.—The wife, daughter and son-in-law of Jobn Kohler, a wealthy commission man of Cincinnati, are in Cleveland looking for him. Last Wednesday morning he left home for a walk and they have not seen him since. Later in the day they received a letier from him say- ing he was going to Detroit. From that city he wrote. saying he was go- ing to Buffalo. ‘The wife, daughter and son-in-law went to Buffalo, and there another letter was forwarded to them in which Kohler said he had gone to Cleveland. The family can give no explanation of his strange ac- tions. Suicide of a Millionaire. Chicago, May 10.—B. Kellogg Beach, a retired capitalist, committed suicide in the bath room at his home, 510 North State street, by shooting him- self in the mouth. Despondency over ill health is supposed to have been the cause. Mr. Beach was a graduate } of West Point. His fortune is esti- mated at $1,500,000. One of the ew Gunboats. Newport News, Va., May 10. — The Nashville, the third of a trio of gun- boats built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dock Yards com- pany, has left here under her own steam for New London, Conn., where, on next Wednesday, she will make her official trial trip over a fifteen- mile course. Another Fatal F in Paris. Paris, May 10. he ring and stables of the Circus Moliere were burned, 2 fireman and policeman being serious- ly injured. M. Casimir-Perier was to have presided at the opening of a charity fete in the circus, but the func- tion was postponed in consequence of the terrible calamity at the bazaar on ‘Tuesday. Henderson's Bad Leg. Dubuque, Iowa, May 10.—Congress- man Henderson has recovered suf- ficiently from his recent illness to start for Washington. His leg, which caused the trouble, is in such a con- dition that another operation will be necessary, but the operation will net be performed until he reaches Wash- ington, Lynching Hinted At. Corydon, Ind., May 10.—John Rupert and John Wright, prominent and. wealthy farmers, engaged in a quarrel over a small matter. during which Ru- pert seized a hoe and struck Wright on the head, causing instant death. Rupert was arrested. There is talk of lynching. Shortage in Florida. Jacksonville, Fla,, May 10.—The leg- Islative investigating committee has- found State Treasurer Collins short $50,000, and has demanded his im- peachment and immediate retirement from office. Other prominent people are mixed up in the affair. Satisfactory Armor Plate. Bethlehem, Pa., May 10. —The gov- ernment test at the Bethlehem Iron company’s proving grounds of ten- inch plate, representing side armor for- the cruisers Kearsarge and Kentucky, was successful in every respect. Murder and Suicide. Chicago, May 10.—I'reeman ©. - ner, a carpenter, shot Ida Miller, 's Ida Dreyer, and then shot hi if. Both will die. Jealousy was the cause. Consecrat d a Bishop. as Wilmington, Del., May 10. — In the” Roman Catholic pru-Cathedral of St.- Peter the Rt. Rev James J. Monaghan was consecrated bishop of the diocese of Wilmington. His eminence, Cardi- nal Gibbons of Baltimore, officiated. Death From a Poisoned Spring. Pikeville, Ky., May 10.—Some fiend put poison of some kind in Ball creek spring, and as a result fieve persons died and five more are \> a