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|e The Bierald. Review. PITH OF THE NEWS § by E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA. Perhaps Mr. Keeley’s motor would zet a move on itself if it were taken out of Philadelphia. A local paper says that “Dr. Powell ook his life yesterday by shooting at Sollinsville, 1.” The doctor evidently was a very bad marksman. Gen. Wyler has just received one of she finest saddle horses ever raised in Missouri and if he doesn’t crush the nsurrection now it will be because he tan’t find a telegraph office. The population of Dublin has de- creased in the last forty years from 261,000 to 245,000. If Dublin wants to zeep from becoming a hamlet she should offer more inducements to pros- gective policemen. ghe goose in the golden egg story seems to have had a cousin. A New York woman who bought a dead duck ‘or dinner found in its body a diam- ond, which she sold to a jeweler for $85. The Kentucky Court of Appeals has jecided that an accident insurance sompany must pay to the heirs of a woman who died of a mosquito bite the amount of the policy. It is held that he bite was an accident. A New Jer- sey court probably would have decided it to have been an accident if she had zone thrcugh a season without being pitten. The late George W. Childs of Phil- adelphia, newspaper owner and philan- thropist, did not obtrude his dislikes apon those about him; but he had one aversion that he could not conceal—his strong dislike for tobacco smoke It seems as if some law ought to have been found under which the recent outrage of naming a brand of cigars after him could have been prevented— especially in view of the fact that they are “five-centers.” The Buffalo Commercial tells a story of a little girl who was greatly dis- turbed by the discovery that her broth- ers had set traps to catch birds. Ques- tioned as to what she had done in the matter, she replied: “I prayed that the traps might not catch the birds.” “Anything else?” “Yes,” she said; “I then prayed that God would prevent the birds from gétting into the traps, u,’ as if to illustrate the doctrine of abu, i faith and works, “I went and kicked the traps all to pieces,’ Ca wesw | Sho WHS a fruit peqdler. There has been a lot of fun poked at | the new dog-muzzling law in Eng- land, and a lot of denunciation of it, ys the New York Tribune. But here are some figures: In 1889 the muzzling order was made and kept in force un- til 1893. In 1889 there were 312 cases of rabies, in 1890 there were 129 and in 1892 only 38. The order was then re- voked and in 1893 there were 93 cases, in 1894 there were 248 and in 1895 there were It seems difficult to escape the significance of such facts. 672. y A commission, of which ex-Senator Dawes is chalrifian, has been tor sev: ears engaged, under the authori- of congress, in endeavoring to secure cS the consent of the Indfans of Indian Territory to the allotment of their lands in severalty, gr individual hold- ings. So far as tw6 of the five tribes are concerned, the Choctaws and Chick- asaws, the commission has been suc- sessful, and an agreement has _ been concluded and transmitted to congress, This agreement, ‘which covers more an 11,000,000 acres of land, and affects the interests of 14,000 Indians and 100,- 00 whites, is one of the most important steps taken in making the Indians cit- zens by treating with them as individ- aals rather than as tribes. : & me The United States consular reports from Berlin state that Prof. Linde of Munich has invented a method of liquefying air at a cost of 2% cents for each five cubic meters of air reduced. In Prof. Linde’s method an air pump of five horse power condenses air to a pressure of 200 atmospheres; this air passes down a spiral tube and is ex- panded into a chamber, causing great cold; then it rises and passes on the outside of the spiral tube, bathing it and thus cooling the new air that has been pumped into the tube to take its place. This cooled air follows on in- to the chamber, expands and again lowers its temperature, then passes on up around the same spiral tube; but as its temperature has become’ much low- er, the new air in the tube is still fur- ther refrigerated. This circulating process goes on until the new air pumped into the tube reaches the ex- pansion chamber at a temperature of 272 degrees below zero, when it drops into the chamber in the form of liquid. Thus the air, steadily cooled, is made to refrigerate the newly-pumped air more and more, until the necessary degree of cold is attained. Mrs. Theosophical Besant says “de: votion,” as emanating from the human body, is a pale-blue cloud, sometimes taking the shape of flowers. A pic- ture of aldermanic devotion to corpor- ations contains other things a trifle more substantial than clouds and pos- ies. A New York millionaire has recently tiaied a Russian drosky and several Japanese jinrickshas, Slowly but sure- ly the great American cocktail is being relegated to the background by new- fangied foreign drinks, EVENTS UF THE PAS 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 Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Washington Talk. Representative Linney of North Car- olina has introduced a Dill to reduce the tax on distilled spirits to 70 cents a gallon. The controller of the currency will be notified at once that the Mercantile National Bank of Hartford, Conn., will go into voluntary liquidation Aug. | 2, 1897. It will require more than two months to reach a settlement with the creditors, although every dollar is now ready. Personal Mention. Father John, for twenty years a mis- siorary among the Chippewas in Wis- consin, is dead. The old home, in Niles, Ohio, in ich President McKinley was born, sold last week to W. C. Allison, a e of the president, Clara Novello, the well known Eng- lish oratorio singer, who in private life is the Countess Giglieucci, has. just entered upon her eightieth year. Sir Arthur Sullivan has set to musice T sional,” Rudyard Kipling’s “omposed in honor of the queen's jubilee. Commodore Robert L. Pythian, sup- erirtendent of the naval observatory, has been placed on the retired list of the nav He entered the navy from Kentucky ‘in 1853. - Secretary of the Navy Richard W. ‘Thompson has just celebrated his | eighty-eighth birthday quietly dt his home in Terre Haute, Ind. He is in good health, and continues to take | much interest in public affairs. Chief Justice Fuller said, in his ad- dress at the centennial celebration in sta. Me., Wedresday: “The past | s that our fathers knew not how to command, but how to Ww! eli tea only obey, and that true freedom flourishes best when self-restrained.” Baron Fava, the Italian minister, and Mme. Fava will spend the sum- mer in Italy. It is their intention to | have the remains of their son, Rene Fava, now lying in a vault at Naples, interred, and the spot marked by a tomb, the work 9f Amateis, the famous Italian sculptor, aa Casualties. J. H. Babcock, inventor of the fire extinguisher, is dead at Goston, aged fifty- -three. ‘An Assyrian woman named Mary Joseph was run over and killed in the ‘ds of the Milwaukee at La Crosses. Maj. Williams Mahdéney, one of the most” popular veterans of Wisconsin, is dead at Wausau. He was formerly deputy collector of internal revenue, and under the Peck administration was assistant quartermaster general. A succession of terrible electrical storms, with heavy rainfall, have { passed over Marion, Ohio, and vicin- tout, while driving a hine, was killed by light- men near Radburn, fif- Four teen miles from Marion, were killed. By the burning out of a fuse of an ning. electric car at Cambridge. passengers were in great 1 panic ensued, as the car suddenly broke out into flames underneath. As it was, four rie were severely yurned, { ee ae e Criminal. Sarah E. Hamilton, nineteen years old, drowned herself and her thirteen- months-old babe at Saginaw, Mich. Despondency, caused by her betrayal, was the cause. A mob of infuriated citizens of Coosa county, Alabama, shot to death James Daniel, a negro, who had attempted an assault on Mrs. John Baker, the wife of a white farmer. Jcseph Borkenhagen, a farmer of North Greenfield, Wis. who was vaiting trial for attempting to kill 1 neighbors, committed suicide by hanging in in his barn, "Ricardo de Requesous, principal con- spirator in the plot to flood Cos ea an with counterfeit bank bills, now in jail awaiting trial, has hs le % written confession. This confession implicates three wealthy coffee plant- ers and the present minister of war of that republic. Foreign Notes. The Paris Figaro announces that Princess Isabelle of Orleans is shortly to be betrothed to Prince Albert of Belgium. ? Miss Greene, a beautiful American, long prominent in London, is engaged to be married to a member of the ducal family of Hamilton. The duchess of Hamilton was mar- ried quietly Tuesday morning at Lei- cester, Eng., to Mr. Foster. Little is known locally of the bridegroom. Sir John Charles Bucknill, one of the founders of the volunteer movement of 1855, is dead at London. He was iu his eightieth year. In honor of the conclusion of the treaty of friendship between Peru and Spain the queen regerft has conferred upon President Pierola the Cross of Isabelle Catolica. A violent earthquake occurred in the Island of Stromboli, one of the Lipari group, off the north coast of Sicily on Saturday. The shock was followed by an active eruption of the volcano of Stromboli. At the meeting of the French cabi- net, M. Lebon, minister of the colonies, announced that a force of French cavalry from ‘Timbuctoo, while. pur- suing a band of robbers, met with a serious disaster. In the house of commons George N. Curzon, under secretary of foreign af- fairs, replying to Michael Davitt, anti- Parnellite, said the government was convinced that the seals in Be sea .| while the train was crossing the Flat- 5 recent practice at Okehampton, out of eighteen guns of the horse artillery using cordite in place of ordinary powder, seven guns became useless after firing only two rounds each. Pope Leo has issued a decree making sacredotal the congregation of Joseph- ites, established at Grammont, in Bel- gium, in 1817 for the education of the upper and middle classes. All who join the congregation in future will be- come priests. Cardinal Svampa has been appointed protector of the order. The Duchess of Cumberland, Prin- cess Thyra of Denmark, sister of the Princess of Wales and of the dowager ezarina, has again broken down and been taken to a private asylum near Vienna. The cause is anxiety on ac- count of the long illness of her son, who was recently subjected to anoth- ; er surgical operation to prevent the decay of the bones of his leg. Prof. Camillo Antona Traversi, the well known Italian literary. historian and dramatist, has been convicted of forgery at Rome, and condemned to four years’ imprisonment. He has ap- | pealed, and in a letter published in the Corriere della Sera, declares that he is innocent, and that if the appeal goes against him he will kill himself. General. A seventy-eight-pound melon has been sent to McKinley from Atlanta. Opinion at Berlin is that Andree will be blown to Greenland or North America. Earthquake tremors were felt at Saratoga, N. Y. Vibrations passed from east to west. John Lawson, the “Terrible Swede,” the Chicago bicycle rider, is dangerous- ly sick with typhoid fever. Hanlan has challenged Gaudaur to row on Toronto Bay for $1,000 and the | world’s championship. Santa Barbara boys have killed three sea otter near San Miguel island. The skins are valued at $400 each. The force of men in the tin depart- ment of the Burlington shops in St. Joseph, Mo., have begun working ten hours a day. The Broadmoor Casino at Colorado Springs, which was burned recently, wil! be rebuilt. The loss was $65,000; insurance, $21,000. In his paper of this week Thomas Watson calls on Senator Marion Butler to resign the national chairmanship of the People’s party. There is a strong probability that the people of Smith River Valley, Mon- tana, will market $120,000 worth of beef this year. The furniture factory of Keeler & Co., corner Thorndyke and Second streets, East Cambridge, Mass., partly burned. The loss will be about $25,- 000; fully insured, The National Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, in session at Buffalo, N. Y., refused the application of the ‘aradian association to be taken into ! the alliance, James J. Coogan is said to be in Eu- rope on behalf of 'Cammany hall to ob- tain Richard Croker's assent to the project for making himself the nomi- nee for mayor of Greater New York. ‘That $400,000 hotel that the Yellow- stone Park association decided upon last winter, is to be built at the Up- per Basin, fifty miles from Mammoth Hot Springs. ‘the State of Colorado has for sale 8200,000 worth of what are known as “insurrection bonds,” issued to defray the expenses of suppressing the Lead- ville strike. It is estimated that the loss to Cali- fornia fruitgrowers, caused by delay in getting fruit East on account of the Christian Endeavor trains, will aggre- gate over $100,000. The damage done to the Union Pa- cific tracks in Nebraska by the cloud- burst of Sunday night has been re- paired and trains are now moving again, _ There are indications of an- GHG deluge, > --- i Mrs. N. ©. Creede has arrived at Ios Angeles, ., from Iuka, Miss. She refused to say anything about her, projected contest for the estate of the dead miner, except that she would claim about two-thirds of the estate. Solly Smith and “Pedlar’ Palmer have been matched to fight twenty rounds for the bantamweight champi- ouship of the world and a purse of $3,000 at the National Sporting club on Oct. 18. Albert Acruman, wholesale notion dealer of St. Louis, has filed a deed of trust to George W. Lubke, Jr., for the benefit of his creditors. His liabilities are placed at $55,000; assets, $60,000. Preferred creditors hold claims anjounting to $37,921, Poe ae The reports from Cheyenne Agency show that State Veterinarian Hlliott has already killed over 250 glandered horses on the Cheyenne reservation, and is out on a final trip to clean up the work, and that the number will raech fully 300 before he is through. ‘The formation of a safemakers’ com- bination, which will include almost every manufacturer in the country, is now under consideration. Overtures, it is said, have been made and fayora- bly received by the principal safe com- panies, News has been received at Millville, N. J., from Director George Branin, of the Green Glass Workers associa- tion, that the manufacturers have ac- cepted the same wage scale as last year. This means an early resump- tion in the green glass industry throughout the country. Police Commissioner F. D. Grant of New York, at a meeting of the board, said, in making his report on the case of Capt. Groo, who is charged with failing to suppress a disorderly house in his precinct, that the police should not disgrace themselves by performing certain work to get evidence against disorderly houses. The fish commission steamer Alba- tross lowered the deep-water fish net off Cape Flattery, and when the net was drawn up with great difficulty, an enormous shark was found, weighing 650 pounds and being ten feet long. It had devoured all the small fish in the net. The shark was cut up afterward und thrown overboard. M. Cary, aa easthound Northern Pa- cific passenger from San Francisco, Cal, to Butte, Mont., went insane mee in no imminent danger at pres- en The English wef office av thorities are a good deal tyoubled ov: gee head Indian yeservation. Before sey- eral pessengers be cut his throat from ear to ear, and then 5 Peanae the knife into his pease and jumped off the yoing at full speed. ONLY HALF A WHEAT, CROP {S PREDICTED OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. This Is the Opinion of Some Farm- ers, but Others Think the Crop May Recuperate With a Plenty of Sunny Weather — Thousands of Acres of Grain Under Water—In the Vicinity of Grand Forks the Condition of Wheat Is Reported Excellent. Fargo, N. D., Special, July 23.—The crop conditions in the Red river valley are far from encouraging. Up to last Sunday it Was thought the moiseure limit had been reached and farmers frequently predicted that another heavy rain would reduce the crops one-fourzh. The rain came and it lasted three days, with a fall of more than five inches, and as a result thou- sands of acres of wheat in the immediate valley are inundited ard after three days since the rain ceased it seems that only about half the water has run off. Some of the farmers declar? there will be only a hasf crop in the valley, while others say that much depends on whether the sun comes out hot before the water disap- pears, The last three days has been cool and cloudy. At present a conservative estimate would place the crop in the val- ley below the average und certainly noth- ing like that of ’91 or ’95. Outside the valley, except in the extreme northwest- ; ern part of the wheat section of the state | and a small strip in the southern tier of | counsies, the prospect could not be im- proved upon, All over the state the crop | is, however, from ten deys to two weeks | late and dlready farmers have begun to fear frost. The harvest will be unusually late. Grand Forks, N. D., Special, July 23.— Careful investigation of crop prospects in this section shows the growing grains to be in as fine a condition as ever known. Notwithstandirg the enormous quantity of water that has fallen during the past few days, no damage has resulted here, except in a very few low pieces. Farmers are busy cutting hay. Some fields of bar- ley will be ready to cut in ten days. A conservative estimate of the wheat yield per acre for this section is eighteen bush- els. Several hail storms have damaged growing crops in some sections, notably in Walsh and Pembina counties, where nearly a hundred thousand acres have been destroyed or injured. Where the damage has not been too extensive the crops will recover to some extent. In Minnescta, a large section in the vicinity of Fertile and Ada is under water and crops dareged. og a ~. Bart esville, Minn., Special. July 23.—Oa heavy and low iands the crops were badly damaged by excessive rains, but are in good shape in general, on account of sandy soil. The percentage of damage ranges from 10 to 20. Fergus Falls, Minn., Special, July 23.— While there has be-n plerty of moisture in Otter Tail county, there has not been an excess, and crops are looking very fine. The precipitation at Fergus Falls has been less than two inches during the past week, while north of the Northern Pa- cific it has been four cr five times as great. The streams in Otter Tail show no gigns of heavy rain, and the roads are Ae mud ly. There have been gentle winds after thé showers and the ground has dried off nicely. There is very little grain lodged, nctwithstanding so niuch of it is very heavy. The wheat is very even in its condition; some fields sowed at the same time seem to show two weeks’ difference. This is attributed-to the frost which froze some of the fields and not others. The grain is beginning to have a yellow tinge, and with warm weather some fields will soon be ready for cutting. Farmers are preparing for an carly har- vest and are full of hope, on account of the excellent prospects at this time. [ Adrian, Minn., Special, July ‘The weather during the past two weeks has | been favorable for small grains and for haying. Much hay has been put up in fine shape. Barley and oats are very fine and the acreage is large. Many have be- gun cutting barley and with continued good weather the quelity will be ggod. Wheat is fait, many fields being very fine. The stand of wheat is generally rather thin. Blight and the Hessian fly have damaged a few fields slightly, but the damage ‘r>m these causes is small. Rust has also injured some fields, but with good weither this damage will probably be light. More rain has fallen than has been needed for wheat, and on low lands has keen an injury. Corn is generally back- ward, though some fields are fire, and with warm weather corn will yet make a fair crop. All crops are about two weeks later than usual. The area de. stroyed by hail ‘n this county is much less than last year and the loss from this cause will’ be light. Marshall, Minn., ‘Special, July 23.—First barley is being cut this week in Lyon county. The crop is a good one. Oats are reported rather light, as the crop was injured by frost and too much rain. All ether crops look very promising. The wheat crop is exceptionally fine. The ex- pected weakness of straw and rust failed to injure it and many farmers tow, from all directions, say that their wheat is filling out splendidly, and is the best they have had for years The wheat yield of Lyon county this year is estimated by conservative men at a million and three- quarters bushels. This, with other crops, will certainly ensure good times for this county. In addition to this, the county is now quite extensively engaged in stock and dairy business. Lyon county is all right, and the wave of prosperity is al- ready washing its shores, Winnebago City, Minn., Special, July 23. —Chinch bugs have appeared in many fields of grain, and are,doing much dam- ase. Grain fields lying along the river and on the border of Rice Lake are suf- fering most. The frequent heavy rains have undoubtedly greatly hindered their progress, yet the lateness of the season will give them a longer time than usual in which to work and at least a few fields will not be worth harvesting. In other respects the small grain is in good condi- tion and promises a good crop. Rye is in the shock and barley is being harvested. Some fields of early wheat will be har- vested next week. Cumberland, Wis., Special, July 23.— Crops of all kinds are looking well ere, especiaily small grain. Corn is now com- ing on rapidly and promises a fair crop, despite the late spring Grass on new meadows is Very heavy indeed. Our farn~ ers are now turning their attention more to stock and it looks as though Barron county was destined to become one of the foremost dairy counties in the state. Jake Schaefer, the billiardist. has concluded to bid farewell to America and establish himself in Varis, where another American expert, Engene Car- ter. has long rit eal himself with in opulence. Ps , STILL MANY GO. Rush for Alaskan Boats Is Greater Than Ever. Portland, Or., July 24. — The an- nouncement that the steamer George W. Elder would sail from this port July 30, direct for Alaska, has caused a rush to the office of the Pacific Coast Steamrhip company, and already one balf the passenger accommodations have been sold and a large amount of freight space disposed of. ‘The Elder can carry 200 cabin and 300 steerage passengerr, while her freight carrying capacity is 1,400 tons. Of these berths 100 cabins are allotted to Portland for sale and one-half the number of steer- age. The balance are reserved for sale in San Francisco, Orders for miners’ supplies have been coming into the city by the hundreds. oe BOUND FOR THE YUKON. Great Demand at San Francisco for ‘Transportation. San Francisco, July 24.—The demand for transportation to Alarka har, in- creared ro rapidly that the Pacific Coast Steamship company has decided to place another steamer on the north- ern route. The steamer State of Cal- ifornia will leave here on the 27th, con- necting with the George W. Elder at Portland on the 30th. Advices from the North have been received to the effect that all accommodationr 6n the steamer Topeka, which leaver Puget sound on the 28th, and the Alki, which will sail in August, have been sold and that no further transportation can be had on either vessel. Seattle, Wash., July 24.—The steam- ship Queen sailed for Alaska, carry- ing 413 passengers, of whom 163 were from Seattle, bound for the Klondy fe gold fields. The others y and Christian Endeavor going to 1 a. The st 400 tons of freight, cons gage and prov s Oo Look Out for Yourself. Otta Ont., July 24.—Clifford tor, minister of the interior, has sued a statement to the press to the effect that the government will not be responsible for getting provisions into the Yukon during the approaching winter. He is afraid that the rush there may lead people to go in with- our taking the nece: y provisions with them, and has, therefore, thought it well to remind all who contemplate such a movement that the food sup- ply there is very limited. The govern- ment, however, is preparing to make some shelters for parties going in and out of the country. STRIKE IS TELLING. Factories Closing All Over the Coun- try for Lack of Fuel. St. Louis, July 24. — On account of the coal famine the electric lights in Alton, IIL, will be extinguished at midnight until the strike is settled and coal is more plentiful. 'Che Ili- nois Glass company has also closed down factory . 7 By special ar- rangemen with the glass workers’ union this factory was to have been run all summer to make fruit jars in ecmpetition with the non-union fac- tories. However, the scarcity of coal has prevented, and no attempt will be made to further operate. The coal strike so far has thrown 700 hands out of employment in Alton. $1,000,000 AT STAKE, Ocean Liners Racing Against the Tariff Bill. New York, July 24.—According to re- ports circulated around the custom heuse there has been in progress dur- ing the week an exciting race across the Atlantic. Fully a dozen ‘huge liners and freighters have been striv- ing to make port before the tariff bill becomes a law. Large sums are at stake, according to gossip, upon the timely arrival of the Paris from South- amptoen and the Umbria from Liver- pool. If they get in before the tariff takes effect it will mean a saving of } $1,000,000 in duties to the importers. They have vast cargoes of wool. Powers Should Pay the Indemnity. St. Petersburg, July 24.—The Novoe Vremya urges the powers most inter- ested in the settlement of the Eastern question to pay immediately on he- half of Greece the whole of the war indemnity as the only means of fore- ing Turkey to evacuate Thessaly, which is indispensible if the tranquil- ity of European policy is to be re- stored. Stronger Than Ever Before. Jacksonville, Fla., July 24. — Gen. Emilio Nunez has arrived from Key West. Asked with regard to reports that the insurgent cause is weakening, he said: “The revolution in Cuba is stronger than ever before and Spain will be compelled to leave the island soon if the Canovas government does not strike a decisive blow. Boat Capsized. Berlin, July 24. — A dispatch from Hamburg says that a boat containing forty-five employes of the Hamburg engine works capsized in the River Elbe and six persons were drowned. A Significant Present. Vienna, July 24.—A special dispatch received here says that Emperor Nicholas has presented King Alexan- der of Servia with 40,000 Berdan rifles and 25,000,000 cartridges. Turkish Troops for Crete. London, July 24.—A special dispatch from Vienna reiterates the statement that the: Turkish government is pre- paring to send thirty-two batallions of troops to Crete. Grocers Asked to Help. Columbus, Ohio, July 24.—A commit- tee of Hocking Valley miners are here to solicit flour, meat and such from wholesale grocers who do business in the valley. Painters in Sympathy. ‘Columbus, Ohio, July 24. —W. Rea, second vice president of the Brother- hood of Painters and Decorators, is here at the expense of his brother- ‘hood to be assigned to duty by Presi- ‘dent Ratchford, free of charge to the miners. Tired of Life. New Orleans, July 24.—Louis Boundt ‘of Memphis, who came here for treat- ment at the Touri infirmary some time ago, ‘shot himself twice with suicidal and will probably + PREACHER MOBBED PASTOR OF A BILLINGS CHURCH A DISCIPLE OF OSCAR WILDE. ' He Does Not Deny the Revolting: Charges and Indignant Citizens. Escort Him From Town—One Re-- port Says He Was Treated to » Coat of Tar and Feathers — His School Nk Victims Were Sunday Boys. Anaconda, Mont., July 24.—A seus tional story comes from Billings charg— ing Rev. E. C. Avis, at one time pastor of the M. E. church in this city, with a most damnable crime. The crime» with which he is charged is identical with that for which Oscar Wilde served two years in an English prison. Avis’ victims are small boys of his Sunday school. About 10 o’clock last night a committee of citizens called at the parsonage and escorted Mr. Avis about seven miles from the city, and, after cautioning him, under @ penalty of a coat of tur and feathers, , never to return, bade him go. <A later ) report is that a mounted posse, plenti- fully supplied with tar and feathers, are in pursuit of the self-styled man of God. While in this city he tried by a series of sensational sermons to at- tract a2 crowd, He was opposed to card playing and dancing, and in more than one of his sermons attacked prominent citizens of Anaconda. He came to Montana from Tennessee in nl was pastor of a church here par. He was recently changed i to Billings. When accused he made no attempt to deny the charge. -_— TRAMPS GET ANOTHER TRAIN. \ More Trouble in Nebraska on the Omaha—Three Trains Stopped. Omaha, July 24. — When the first north-bound freight on the Omaha road reached Takemiah it was imme- diately taken possession of by tramps congregated there. The crew under- took to eject the hoboes but could not succeed. The train was held there, Another freight train and a mail t ave standing on the main line, w: for the captured train to move. the mail train is a force of United States deputies to prevent any inter- ference with the mails. —O- Webster City, Iowa, July 24—An army of tramps swooped down upon Jewell Junction, just south of here, and took the place by storm. Instead of travel- ing im small parties the hoboes have . now changed their tactics and go in large groups. Twenty-two of the party left on one tr: last night and the towns ahead were telegraphed the fact. Officers, a: ted by citizens, in- duced the hobves to go before any dan.age was done. DISCHARGED T0O SOON. a Woman, Released From an Insane- Asylum, Suicides. Ackley, Iowa, July 24.—On the 20th instant Mrr. Sarah J. Leach, formerly of Marshalltown, but lately of Abbott, Hardin county, s taken before the commissionerr of insanity of this coun- ty and the attempt was made to have- her adjudged insane and sent to the asylum, but the commissioners dis- charged her. Yesterday afternoon it was discovered that she had taken a large dose of morphine with suicidal intent. Medical aid was called in but she died. Who Burned the Church? Le Mars, lowa, July 24.—Mrs. Har- riet Somers, the woman accused of arson in setting fire to the Mount Hope Methodist church and the barn of the parsonage, has been released on her” ' owr recognizance pending the tak- ing of testimony of the wife of Rew. J. T. Smith, pastor of the burned church. This is equivalent to a dis- charge. Mrs. Smith is now quite sick and will not be able to give her testi- mony for a month. Off for Alaska. Madison, Wis., July 24.—Harry Hew- itt of Oconto, Henry ,F. Cochems of Sturgeon Bay and C. A. McGee of Mil- waukee will leave this city in a few days for the Alaska gold __ fields. . Hewitt is a nephew of Gov. Scofield and McGee and Cochems have beem students in the university and are well known through their work in the last political campaign in this state. Woman Was Murdered. Keokuk, Iowa, July 24. — Two chil- dren playing in the yard of the White Bridge rchool house, near Wayland, Mo., have discovered the body of a beautiful woman in a well. The coro- ner’r jury returned a verdict that she had been assassinated a week ago and the body thrown into the well. The woman is unknown. She was about twenty-five years old. Tramps at Pipestone, Pipestone, Minn., July 24.—During the past week this city has been infect- ? ed with tramps and pettit thieves. } Numerous cases of housebreaking have been reported. Last night the Omaha depot was broken into, but the fellows were taken in tow by the marshal just as they were making an. exit. Other arrests have been made. Robbed at Howard. ‘ Howard, S. D., July 24. — Burglars- entered Shove’s store through a win- dow and took all the money in the cash drawer, $7, all jewelry, some: leans and shoes, in all about $1100- worth. Fire at Green Bay, Green Bay, Wis., July 24.—Fire dam- aged the Kemnitz furniture factory to } thé extent of $30,000. Loss covered by> ‘ insurance, Salk 3 Released on Parole.. S Winona, Minn., July 24. — Herman. s Felstow, who was sent from here to- the penitentiary in February, 1896, for two and a half years, has been re- leased on parole. His. offense was. stabbing Ernest Schwanke. Americaus Present. Suinnanees July 24.—Americans’ day at the fair was a great re) 3,000 from Minnesota pac Das kota arrived by four ins,. The grou