Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 17, 1897, Page 2

anenes | oe 5 | | | The Herald-Reveaw, GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA. At least Commissioner Calhoun did not haul down the flag of the United States. The wages of sin and trust officials re about the only ones that hes es- caped the general shrinkage. If General Weyler 1s a Liberal, as appears to be the case, then most of us are Conservatives with all our souls. The man who insists upon the fulfil- ment of campaign pledges must be prepared k We might try an airship experiment with old Weyler before placing the bal- ance of ourselves upon a war footing, remarks an exchange. That Jersey farmer who tied a calf to his bicycle and tried to lead the ani- mal in that fashion will know better by the time the hospital surgeons are through with him. Indians of Montana have been slow to return to their accustomed “in- sus desuetude,” and they will be r when leniency is shown. Per- iocic hangings represent the best means for controlling the noble red men, The A Kentucky strawberry grower re- ports a clear profit this season of $729.63 cn seven acres of ground. Numbers of women and children who would have earned money in no other made $1 or $2 a day picking the Another grower of strawber- ries reports his clear profits to have been $357.50 on two acres of ground. French nerve, unappreciated, has put an end to a Paris engagement, accord- ing to the English newspapers. A young woman was at the Bazaar de la Charitie with the young man she had accepted, when the fire broke out. He ran at the first alarm, leaving her alone, but she managed to get out and go home. There she found the young man, who had politely called to see i? she was safe. He was shown the door. The Porte will form twenty new cav- alry regiments in the Elassona and Salonica districts. An imperial irade raises the army war footing to 70,000 men, while 1,300,000 Mauser rifles have been purchased. So say the foreign dispatches. This would seem to indi- cate that Turkey has settled in her own mind the question of the evacuation of Thessaly. The Sultan is quietly mobi- lizing an army of sufficient size to hold in check Russia and perhaps England. The questions whether the statutes re- lating to national banks prohibiting them from purchasing or subscribing to the stocks of another corporation, and whether the want of authority can be urged by the bank to defeat an at- tempt to enforce against it the liability of a stockholder, were passed on by the United States Supreme Court Mon- day, in the case of the California Nat- ional Bank, plaintiff in error, vs. Nat Kennedy. The court holds that a nat- ional bank has no right to deal in stocks, although it may accept them as securities, and that it may plead its want of power as defense in a case like the one in qucstion. The transaction in the stock of the savings bank is held to have been void, and the judg- ment of the Supreme Court of Califor- nia against the national bank is re- versed. To show how rapidly frozen meats from Australia and Argentina are ob- taining control of the English market, we quote from the Australian Pastor- ialist’s Review: There are in the trade from New Zealand to London 26 ves- sels, insulated to carry 1,468,600 car- cases of sheep; between New Zealand and (or) Australia and the United Kingdom, 15 vessels, insulated to carry 702,000; Australia to United Kingdom, 58 vessels, insulated to carry 1,689,400; River Platte to United Kingdom 24 wessels, insulated to carry 690,000; total 123 vessels, insulated to carry 4,530,000 carcasses. The total import of mutton and lamb into the United Kingdom from all sources, in 1896, was 5,717,937 carcasses. Seeing that each steamer is able to make about two and a half trips in the year, it is evident that the sup- ply of insulated space has more than overtaken the present requirements of the trade. There are sixteen frozen meat stores in London, which alto- gether can hold for an indefinite period over 1,000,000 carcasses of mutton; five in Liverpool to hold 325,000, one in Manchester to hold 120,000, one in Car- diff to hold 75,000, one in Glasgow to hold 60,000, cne in Newcastle to hold 25,000, one in Bristol to hold 24,000. These are being added to by the erec- tion of cold storage warehouses in other large towns. Close upon one- third of the mutton and lamb consumed in Great Britain now comes from New Zealand, Australia and the River Plate. The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians are wrought up over the new law which goes into effect July 1 relating to po- lygamy. After that time each of the forty Cheyenne Indians who has more than one wife will have to choose one of the two, three or five wives that he has, and the cast off wives must go back to their relatives. The interest between the squaws, who have become enlightened to their situation, has be- come intense. Every squaw who wants to remain with her husband is doing ! her best to please him so that she will be the lucky wife. = { set aca e gs THE NEWS RESUME DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, 4 Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports—The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. ‘ The Nation’s Capital. The controller of the currency bas received information of the failure of the First National Bank of Mason, Tex, Bank Examiner Johnson was placed iv charge. The secre of the treasury has is- sued regulations carrying into effect the act of cong! approved Feb. 10, 1893, and known as the Tarsney act. This act authorizes the sec ‘y to obtain plans and specifications for pubiic buildings by competition be- tween architects, People Talked About. Mrs. U. S. Grant and Mrs. Sartoris have closed their house on Massachu- setts avenue, Washingtcn. They will D the summer at Sorrento, Me. Frank L. Campbell of Ohio has been appointed first assistant attorney of the interior, vice Gen. B. Gardner of Kentucky. Charles shipbuilding gaged in investi ress niade there Parson John Cramp, of the Philadelphia rm, is in Germany, en- iting the recent prog- shipbuilding. per, the author of the celebraced “Sun Do Move’ ser- mon. celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday at Richmond, Va. . Col. J. W. S. Ridley is dead at his home near Columbia, Tenn., aged sey- enty-three. He had been called the -“mule king” of the world. Mrs. Katherine Manson is dead at Wausau, Wi She was an old and; very highly esteemed resident, and v the wife of semblyman R. P. Alt Gordes, ci urer of Peoria, Ill, and late president of the board of commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan canal, died suddenly of heart disease, S. E. Morss, editor of the Indianap- sntinel, who has represented the United States as consul general at- ris for the last four years, has re- turned to this country. Rey. C. Lee of Vevay, Ind., whom the blicans have nominat- ed for cong to succeed the late W. S. Holman, retired Methodist min- ster who has become a prosperous mer. At the commencement of Hobart college, ge degree of D. D. was con- ayor and ex-As- ferred upon Rey. H. Richard Harris, -e church, Philadelphia, rector of St. George rector of ( and forme. church, Col. James Andre n.ost prominent mec of the country, is dead of Bright ezse at Pittsburg. Col. Andrew: associated with Capt. James B. Eads the of one in the construction of the Mis‘ ppi jetties and St. Louis bridge. He was sixty years of age. Sister M Evarista is dead at Mount Carmel, the mother house of the Sisters of Charity in Dubuque. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gregorie of Dubuque, and one years old, and until a year ago was the mother superior at Rock Island. | Accidental Happenings. Fire destroyed the stores of J. W. | Lockhart and J. Rathbun at Frank- | Mich. | ke An 1 village of 800 people, | eighteen miles south of Traverse City, | Mich., was almest destroyed by fire. | Herman Meyer, a farmer near | Reedsburg, Wis., was killed while cut- ting hay. His team ran away, throw- ing him out and breaking his neck. Mrs. Lewis Jones, an aged woman, perished in the flames of her home at Onekema, Mich. A neighbor passing by discovered the fire, but could not save the inmate. By the upsetting of a skiff on the river at Little Rock, Ark., four per- sons were drowned. The dead are Miss Josie Sanders, Miss Mary Arbor, Jacob Dante and Joseph Dante. The shafting department to the Ak- ron (Ohio) Iron and Steel company’s works v burned. The loss is $100,- 0c0, fully insured. The fire was caused by the intense heat. Lewis Petrotti and James Youngs were drowned south of Grand Marias, | Mich. Petrotti fell from a raft. Youngs | went to assist him and was pulled un- der. Friends have been notified. Victoria Jasicka, five years old, a daughter of Albert Spicki, 744 West Seventeenth street, Chicago, was ac- cidentaly shot and killed by John Spicki. N. E. Burden, depot agent at the Wabash railroad at Chicago Ridge, and H. A. Sandberg. section foreman, were killed while riding on a railway tricycle, by a gravel train near Blue Island. L. Matthews, one of the oldest citi- zens in Montour, Iowa, a wealthy banker, lies in an unconscious condi- tion, with part of his skull missing, the result of an explosion of a metal fire extinguisher in the bank. i Thirty men narrowly escaped death | in the boiler room of the monitor Yuritan at New York. The cause of the accident was found to be the} blowing out of the boilers on the for- ward starboarl side. oceneer Crimes and Criminals. At Canton, Ohio, Frank Conroy, the wife murderer, has been sentenced to die at Dannemora during the week be- ginning Aug. 6. Section Foreman Warner of Coin, Iowa, was killed by W. J. Woodsey. | ‘he murderer: went to Clarinda and gave himself up to the sheriff. B. LL. Ward, county treasurer of | Clatsop county (Or.) is short in his ac- | counts about $20,000, The county will | lose nothing, as Ward’s bondsmen will make good the shortage. | Grace, a saloonkeeper at 1501 West Forty-seventh street, New | York, and his wife Mary, were shot and mortally wounded by three! masked men who attempted to rob the saloon. Mrs. Mattie Goodwin, a seamstress, was shot at Evansville, Ind., by Chas. Stickman, in an alley near her home. The would-be murderer then Killed himself with a bullet in his brain. Stickman was insanely jealous of the woman, and had threatened her life several times. A state of war exists between Dr. J. B. Roberts, pastor of Trinity Method- ist church, the most fashionable in Atlan Ga., and the local Women’s Christian Temperance union. The stewards and Dr. Roberts discovered that the ladies were discussing poli- tics and suffrage in the church base- ment, instead of confining themselves to temperance work. Foreign Gossip. Three strong earthqvake shocks were felt at Voltri. Signor Amilcare, the Italian socialist leader, has been elected a member of the chamber of deputies for Forli. A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Bombay says a plague of locusts in North India threatens to aggravate the sufferings of famine. Alaska papers of June 26, just re- ceived at Tacoma, state that the vol- eano on Douglas island, opposite Juneau, is in a state of eruption. Egypt’s population ,according to the census just taken, is 9,700,000, an in- G 900,000 since 1882, or about in fifteen years. ‘Three hundred citizens of the United States, residents of London and visit- ors, sat down to the annual dinner of the American society in London, to celebrate Independence Day. A remarkable thunderstorm passed over Italy on April 24. The rain mixed with sand and seeds of the = oub, that must have come from Afri- ca, according to Prof. Tachinni of Rome. Saint Saens made a short speech at the dinner recently given in Paris to celebrate the one-hundredth perform- ance cf “Samson et Dalila.” In an- swer to a toast to his glory he said: “Generally glory only comes after death; let us wait until then.” A purple-blue orchid of a color never seen before in England, discovered by M. Robelin in the Philippine Islands, 6,000 feet above sea level, has just been introduced to the British public under the name of Dendrobium Vic- torae Reginae. Three hundred of the dried-up roots were sold in London at from $4 to $10 apiece. a Otherwise. It is rumored that a dry dock is to be built at Old Superior, Wis. The Bell Telephone company of Mis- souri has increased its stock from $400,000 to $2,000,000, Miss Anna Hegeman, niece and ward of Chauncey M. Depew, will be married in Paris on July 8 to Baron de ‘| Brisson, Rey. A. J. Krieds, pastor of the Car- melite monastery at Falls View, Ont., was elected provincial of the order in the United States and Canada. ‘The National Tin Plate Company of Anderson, Ind., and the American Tin Plate Company of Elwood have start- ed their plants according to the new wage scale. Most the men required on the Crow’s Nest Pass railway in Manitoba will be hired in St. Paul and Minne- apolis. Master of Construction Haney will be there this week. An important combination has been formed by the principal trans-Atlantic steamship lines and the principal Western railroad lines for the main- tenance of through rates for steerage passengers. Lhe Socialist-Labor party of Virginia has put up J. J. Quantz of Richmond for governor and R. 'T. yeomber ot Irredericksburg for lieutenant govern- or. Con Doyle of Chicago put out Jack Crawford of Canada in two minutes and a half of the second round before the Queen City Athletic club at El- mira, N. Y. The queen regent of Spain has par- doned 108 Cubans who had been de- ported to the Spanish penal settle- ments at Cauta, Fernando and the Chaffarine islands. The men_ par- doned will be permitted to return to Cuba. The Pitts, five y president has pardoned U. G. sentenced in South Dakota to ars for mail robbery, and Chas. Bode, sentenced in Wisconsin to two years for embezzlement. Pardon has been denied to Edward Shimbersky of Minnesota. Ten of the largest breweries in Alle- gheny county (Pa.) have consolidated, the company being capitalized at $10,- 000,000. The sole object, the manage- ment says, is to better control the market and lessen expenses, and deny that any attempt will be made to in- crease prices. A party on Commodore Charles Mor- gan’s yacht, Acorn, sailing off Staten Island and coast, came.upon the body of a man, fully clothed, floating face upward. Wounds on the body indi- cated that he had been murdered. The body is believed to be that of a vessel captain or mate, Special dispatches to the government at Madrid announce the complete paci- fication of the Philippine islands, and on the strength of these Marshal Pro- mo Rivera,the captain general at Man- ila, has been authorized to revoke the order confiscating the property of the rebels. Col. E. H. Sellers of Detroit, who has | been a prominent member of the A. P. A. and an organizer in patriotic asso- ciation movements, has mailed several thousand copies of an addresss urging the formation of a new political party and calling a convention for that pur- pose at St. Louis Aug. 25. Cc. B. Pride is completing detailed plans and specifications for the devel- opment of a water power on Apple river in Wisconsin, the power from which is to be transmitted electrically | to New Richmond for manufacturing purposes. About 2,000 horse-power will be available. Contracts for the water wheels and the electric appli- ances have been let. Olga Nethersole has served papers upon Daniel and Charles Frohman at New York in a suit for damages te her professional reputation and a pro- | tential share of the profits in the aban- doned London season. Nethersole had a contract with the Frohmans for eight weeks in London this summer at $200 per week and percentage of profits VICTIMS OF HEAT THE RECORD OF DEATHS AND PROS- TRATIONS IS ERORMOUS. The Fatalities Number About 350 and the Prostrations Over Two Thousand — Scores of Deaths, in Addition, Are Due Indirectly to the Intolerable Heat — Chicago, and St. s the Worst Sufferers, Cincinnati Louis Chicago, July 12. — The heat under which the greater portion of the coun- try b sweltered since July 1 has moderated in many localities, and pre- dictions from the weather bureau at Washington indicate that lower tem- peratures will bring general relief. The record of prostrations and deaths re- sulting from the long heated term ap- proaches in magnitude that of a gen- eral epidemic. Reports from all sec- tions of the country received by the Associated Press show prostrations numbering in the neighborhood of 2,000, with fatalities close to 350. In addition to this there were scores of deaths resulting indirectly from the in- tolerable heat, the death rate of many large cities showing a fearful increase 0 previous years. The Central states suffered more severely than other sections, the heat being most deadly in Chicago, Cincinn Louis. In number of city heads the list with 87 deaths, Cin- nnati and suburban points reporting 65 and St. Louis Throughout the South the heat was intense, but the death rate was much lower than in the North. Widespread Hot Wave. Eighty-seven persons have died from the effects of the heat since July 1. In addition, 6 have drowned w bath- ing to escape the sizzling r: of the sun, 6 have been driven insane, a like number have committed suicide, while 347 prostrations, more or less serious, have occurred. he health department reports show a great increase in the mortality among children and suffer- ers from chronic dise: ge number of deaths for the past three or four days especially having almost doubled, Coroner Haerr of sunstroke for the past seven . This does not include a dozen such fatalities for the ek in Irvington, Nekport and other Kentucky suburbs. In addition there were over 500 prostrations. Go sburg, July 12.—The intense heat uiliys since July 1 is responsible for twenty-two deaths and fo’ serious prostrations. Scores of others were slightly affected. Cincinnati, Ju reports 58 fatal Milw: , TW ‘The number of deatl y resulting from the a total of three, tions. A review f waukee, as deaths and intense heat shov with thirteen prost of the state outside far as reported, show First Honor Militia. Huron, 8. D., July —Company A, Sirst regiment, South Dakota national guard, have arrived here, returning to their home in Pierre from the state militia encampment at Bryant, where they won first honors. They were met here by Company H of this city and the Huron cornet band and given a reception and supper at the Depot ho- tel. Mayor Hutchinson welcomed them t the city, and responsive speeches were made by Lieut. Frost, of the regular army, Capt. Fuller, Chaplain Daly and others, after which an exhibition drill was given. Heir to a Million. New York, July 12.—H. Corine has received a cable message announcing that he had fallen heir to $1,000,000 in Sweden. He sailed for Europe at one Corine, who is twenty-nine years of age, Vv born in Stockhohn, Sweden, and emigrated seven years ago. He went to Cleveland and be- came a member of the crack regiment at Cleveland. Later he went to Buf- falo, and last October he went to live in St. Paul, where he traveled for a shoe factor Condition of Winter Wheat. Washington, July 12.—The following are the percentages of condition of winter wheat on July 1 in the principal winter wheat producing states as shown by the monthly report of the siatistician of the department of agri- culture: Pennsylvania, 101; Tennes- see, 110; Kentucky, 101; Ohio, 88; Michigan, 73; Indiana, 65; Illinois, 40; Missouri, 52; Kansas, 89; California, 78; Maryland, 111; Virginia, 110; Washington, 105; Oregon, 92. Suicide of a Dog. Burlington, Iowa, July 12. — A pet dog owned by the late Matt Madison, who was drowned while saving a friend’s life several days ago, has shown signs of the deepest grief, and deliberately committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a club house formerly frequented by his dead mas- ter. Instantly Killed, La Crosse, W: July 1 Voegelan, a farmer near Genoa, met with a terrible death. In driving down the side of a hill his wagon was overturned, throwing him and _ his wife out. The man was _ instantly killed and the woman had an arm broken. Herman Shot by Mistake. Eldora, lowa, July 12.—Henry Deer- sham, an old farmer near Owasso, was shot in the field. Sheriff Mitterer, searching for a murderer, supposed him to be the same man who beat and robbed Deersham last spring. The community is excited. Rebels Retreated. London, July 12.—A dispatch from Montevideo says that service fighting between the revolutionists and goyv- ernment troops have occurred gua, in the Province of Cerro Largo. Accerding to the government report the rebels were obliged to retreat. Charged With Embezzlement, Antigo, Wis., July 12. — Johannes Anschutz, ex-treasurer of the town of Upham, has been arrested and lodged in jail on the charge of embezzling $1,200. ‘Thus far he has been unsuc- cessful in securing bail. i THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT. Dr. Danforth Gives the Senate Com- mittee Information Regarding It. Milwaukee, Wis., July 10—Dr. Har- ry W. Danforth, who for the past year has been ‘physician to the Cuban pres- ident, has returned from Washington, where he has been testifying before the senate committee on foreign rela- tions. “The object of the committee seemed to be to ascertain whether the Cubans really had a seat of government,” said Mr. Danforth. ‘I think I satisfied the embers that the insurgents had one. The government of Cuba is a repre- sentative government, too. The presi- dent, Salvadore Cisneros; Gen. Maceo, vice president; the treasurer, Mr. Pena; Mr. Portuondo, the secretary of foreign affairs,,and Dr. Canasarius, the secretary of the interior, are all bona fide officials and actually in ser- vice. The capital is Aguera, about three leagues to the west of the city of Guiamaro, in the eastern part of the Province of Principe. The country is almost wholly devastated. In the Province of Principe one can purchase considerable cattle but no vegetables, while in Santiago there are few cattle but plenty of vegetables. In Pinar del Rio there is sufficiency of everything for home consumption, but in Havana there is nothing to be had. When | left the committee at Washington they told me that 1 was the first who had given them direct information regard- ing the Cubans’ seat of government.” WISCONSIN BANKERS. Wind Up Their Business and Ad- journ. Waukesha, Wis., July 10.—The dele- gates in attendance at the State Bank- ers’ association, passed the morning in an informal manner until the business meeting was called at the court house. At the opening President A. J. Frame of Waukesha delivered the annual ad- dress, which was a scholarly argument on the subject “Can the Severity of -anics be Ameliorated?”’ The reports of the secretary and treasurer were read and the address on “Uniformity of Methods and Customs in Banking,” by T. B. Northrop of Racine followed, which drew out a general discussion. J. K. Isley, Milwaukee; W. 8S. Rey- nolds, Hurley; J. J. Sherman, Apple- ton; August Franks, Racine, were elected delegates to the American Bankers’ association. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, W. K. Coffin, Eau Claire; vice president, John Johnson, Milwaukee; treasurer, F. P. Meyer, Lancaster; secretary, George W. Stroh- meyer, Milwaukee. The meeting was closed with a banquet given at the Fountain house. ‘There were nearly 500 in attendance, including all of the delegates and their families and prom- inent citizens, ‘The retiring president served as toastmaster. DISCUSSED BY EDUCATORS, Interesting Papers Touching on Im- portant Educational Questions Are Read. Milwaukee, July 10. —The final de- partment meetings in connection with the National Educational association took place yesterday afternoon. At the library section meeting William Hawley Smith, the well known edu- cator lectured on “Literature and Democracy.” In the library depart- ment William H. Smiley, of the Den- ver high school, had a paper on “The Relation of the Library to Art Educa- tion.” In the normal school section R. G. Boone of Ypsilanti, Mich., had a paper on “How May the Normal School Best Accomplish Its Purpose?’ “he Choice of Books for Libraries,” was the subject of W. R. Eastman, of the University of New York, Albany. Miss Jessie H. Bancroft, director of physical training in the Brooklyn pub- lic schools, spoke on school gymnas- tics. Miss N. D. Kimberly of Detroit, Mich., spoke on physical training. The department of elementary education meeting was taken up with papers on “The New Arithmetic,” by Ji ‘Year of Chicago, and Supt. Frank H. Hall of Jacksonville, Il, on “Imagina- tion in Arithmeti YOUNG LADY DISAPPEARS. Mystery Connected With the Ab- sence of a Boston Millionaire's Daughter. Boston, July 10.—Pretty Grace Stev- enson, aged twenty-two, left her home in Brookline, on the evening of April 26. to go on a short errand, and she has never returned. A search through- out the city and vicinity, an examina- tion of the house lists and inquiries di- rected to all points reached by rail- roads from Boston has failed to reveal her wkereabouts: She is the daughter of James Stevenson, the millionaire real cstate operator, and she lived with he: mother at 1478 Beacon street, Brookline. How About Interest? Yankton, S. D., July 10. — A farmer named William Gemill has received a check for $75 from the United States government in settlement of a claim which he has been endeavoring to col- lect for twenty years. The check was for supplies furnished to Custer’s com- mand as it passed through Yankton going into the Little Big Horn country in 1876. Brighter Prospects. Osage City, Kan., July 10.—Since the dispatch from this city a few days ago setting forth the destitute condition of the coal miners, most of whom have been idle since January, a new order of things have taken place. Many, if not all the men, have been put to work in what is known as_ the company mires, and the prospects are they will be kept at work for several months at least. No Use for Jewelry. Winona, Minn., July 10.—A gang of burglars visited Minnesota City last night and went through six residences, taking small amounts of money. Jew- elry and valuables within easy reach were not touched. Will Open a Bank. St. Paul, July 10.—A meeting of del- egates from German-American socie- ties of the state will be held Saturday, July 18, to consider the advisability of orgsnizing a new bank in St. Paul, to be owned and controlled by the socie- ties referred to. Lightuing’s Mark. West Superior, Wis., July 10.—Anoth- er victim of lightning has been added to the list in this city. Lewis Hansen, the market gardener who leased the Hays tract, was struck and killed. ‘A GREAT SUCCESS: IS THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR GATH-- ERING AT SAN FRANCISCO. It Is Estimated That Over 35,000" Visitors Are Now in the City and More Are Coming—The Monster Halls in Which the Meetings Are” Held Are Packed With Enthusi-- astic Endeavorers. San Francisco, July 11.—Yesterday’s* proceedings and the incidents of the great convention have fully demon- strated the fact that never before ins the history of this organization of phenomenal growth has any of its an- nuai meetings been crowned with such: success. It has required the efforts of a big squad of police to keep the peo- ple away from the monster halls in which the meetings are held. For more than an hour before the time set for the opening of the services last evening the streets near Woodward's: and Mechanics’ pavilions were literal- ly packed with men, women and chil- dven, eager for admission, and almost before sundown the buildings, capable of accommodating 20,000, were sO crowded that the fire authorities posi- tively refused to admit any more of the Endeavorers or their friends. It is to the credit of the police that admira- ble crder was obtained. Thcusands of people from the East poured into town, and it is estimated that not less than 35,000 visitors have rezdy arrived, although several are still delayed. Slumming through Chinatown are being ganized and are proving a source of peculiar attraction. WESTENERS FOR THE. NAVY. Temporary Reeruiting Offices to Be Opened at Lake Ports. Washington, July 11.—The navy de- partment is about to undertake to get more Western blood in the navy, and to this end Lieut. J. M. Hawley, with a surgeon and a boatswain, will start from Washington next week on a tour of the larger Western cities with a view to securing recruits. The first stop will be made at Duluth, and then Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo and other lake cities will be visited. 'The plan is to open temporary recruit- ing offices in these places and secure for the navy as many of the lake sail- ors as possible. The project is to be credited to Lieut. Hawle When the department came to realize the fact ‘that not a single vessel in the naval service had a full complement of ordi- amen and sailors, and that men ¢éf the high standard desired by the navy could not be procured in sufficient numbers in the coast cities, his plan was adopted and he was put in charge of its execution. THE CURRENCY ME The Cabinet Again Has the Matter Under Consideration. Washington, July 11.—The main top- ie of discussion before the cabinet at the regular meeting was the message on the subject of a currency commis- sion, which has been withheld for a few ¢ in deference to the wishes of many prominent Republicans. After considering all of the objections that had been made against the presenta- tion of the message at the present ses- sion of congress, the president and his cabinet were still of the opinion that in order to redeem the party promises. the subject of currency reforms should be treated in a message recommend- ing the creafion of a special non-parti- san commission, and unless there is another change in the plans of the president he will send the message to congress next Monday. AGE. PRESIDENTIAL OUTING. McKinley’s Vacation to Be Spent at: Lake Champlain Washington, July 11.—Pre: Kinley will spend most of lL vacation on the shores of L: plain. He will leave Wa Aug. 1, and go direct to ke Cham- plain. Burlington, Vt., will be his nearest town. His party will consist of the members of the presidential family, of Vice President and Mrs, Hobart, Secretary Alger and family,. Secretary and Mrs. Porter, and prob- several other members of official ty. The president will make quite a prolonged stay, lasting several weeks at least. ident Me- summer Chain- ngton on NEW CHINESE MINISTER. Wu Ting Fang Is Given Little Op-- portunity to Enjoy Life in Amer- ica, Washington, July 11. — Wu Ting Fang, the new Chinese minister, it to- be recalled some time in August. This information comes in the nature of a surprise, as he reached this country only about two months ago to assume diplomatic _ relations between this country and China. No official docu- ment has as yet been received ordering the recall of the minister, but the pri- vate advices were accompanied by copies of Chinese newspapers, all con- taining the same _ intelligence, which leaves but little doubt that the infor- mation is correct. SLEEPING CAR ROBBERY. A Lady Reports the Loss of Two Thousand Dollars. San Francisco, July 11.—Mrs. Swift, a lady from the East, has just arrived on the train, and reports the loss of a small fortune. She was on the regular overland train, and when the sleeping car in which she had a berth came to a stop at Ookland depot her purse and all her jeweiry were gone. She in- formed the police that her purse, con- taining $2,700 in greenbacks and a dia- mond brooch valued at $150, was taken from under her pillow during the night. Consul Baker Dead, Washington, July 11.—United States Minister Buchanan has cabled the state department, under date of Buenos Ayres, July 8, that United States Consul Edward L. Baker, who has been very ill for some time, died@ there yesterday. Mrs. Baker has left the details of the funeral to her son, who is attached to the consulate at Buenos Ayres. Mr. Baker was ap- pointed consul in 1874. He came from IHionis. It is understood that he was injured in a wreck in the Argentine Republic. 1 \ 5 i. »