Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 29, 1899, Page 2

The Heraii-Beview. ee ve GRAND RAPIDS - Marrying a title is the dream of many an b s A pretty girl’s mirror indulges ‘2 Pleasant reflections. The man with the least money often = the biggest purse. ling of a man’s countenance ally lowers bis face value. darkest cloud, financially speak- one that has no silver lining. Matches may be made in heaven, but love cam be made in any old place. Laugh a little more at your own troubles and a little less at your neigh- bors. A woman seldom loves her friend with the same intensity that she hates ber enemies. It may never be too late to mend, but a wise mother begins early on her smal! boy’s trousers. Methuselah probably lived to a ripe old age just to spite some girl who married him for his money. lady who horsewhipped Marcus M has not yet selected the play in which she will star next season. Louis bride-to-be broke up a wedding by eloping with the best man, who proved to be the worst fellow in the crowd. A summer resort, established thirty years ago on temperance and religious principles, has today as large a net in- come as any hotel in this country. The very restriction from which cynics pre- dicted failure, have been the secret of its triumph. Young people cannot be too often reminded that it is by rais- ing rather than by lowering one’s standard that success is permanently won. Citizens of Belgium who neglect or retuse to vote are promptly arrested, tried and heavily fined for their un- willingness to participate in the poli- tics of the nation. The Belgian law, enforced in this country, would cause a marvelous shaking-up of serene old fossils, “lofty-minded” people who af- fect to despise politics and men who never go to the polls when the weather is rainy. It would also put a new com- plexion upon the chances of campaigns in almost every locality. It is one of the curiosities of human justice that a man against whom the most indubitable evidence of murder could be brought might go scot free through such a clerical error as the writing of a wrong given name in the indictment. The defendant Becker, lately on trial in Chicago, made several confessions of the murder of his wife; but perhaps the most important po in his case just nof turns on the mis- take made in drawing the indictment. The dead woman’s name was Theresa Becker. The indictment read Elizabe*h Becker, and positive evidence that the accused man committed the crime might finally be overthrown by this slip of the pen. No one but the law- yers really knows why. “Cash K.” is the curious verbal die- guise under which, for ten years past, some generous person, who uses an Omaha paper as his agency, has given many thousands of dollars to worthy people and deserving objects. No one but the editor of the paper knows who the hidden philanthropist is. Yet hap- pily, although “Cash K.” is able to give large sums of money, he is only a type of many who, in equally self- effacing ways, are offering help and hope to the needy and the unfortunate. A soldier’s widow went the other day to the Emperor of Austria to beg the granting of a pension to which she was not, through some technicality, legally entitled. He heard her appeal and granted it. But as she was leaving the castle some one told her that the em- peror had not signed his name upon her written petition, and that therefore she must, in spite of his kind words, consider it rejected. At that she burst into fit of weeping, so vehemently that the emperor heard her from his win- dow, and came out to see what was the matter. On being informed, he gave her a thousand gulden from his own purse, and assured her that her peti- tion was granted, for, he added, “An emperor’s word needs not the confir- mation of his signature;” as the com- mon saying has it, “His word is as good as his bond.” It was a little in- cident, although great to the poor woman, and great, too, in its signifi- cance of a character that is loved by the people above those of most other sovereigns, If the German settlers in Brazil wao are entreating the fatherland to raise the German flag over them think the Monroe doctrine has been abandoned they are grievously in error, Your Uncle Sam may have laid the Monroe doctrine on the shelf for a minute while he attends to more pressing busi- ness, but he is ready at any time to pick it up and give any European pow- er that can’t keep its hands off the western continent a sharp rap over the knuckles with it. This continent was closed to European colonization once, and bas aot been reopened, PITH OF THE NEWS = : DIGEST OF THE NEWS ROM ALL PASTS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Keview of the Important Happcnings of the Past Week Colled From the Tel- esraph Reports — The Netable Events at Home and Abroad That _ Attracted Attention. 5s ‘Washington Talk. Secretary Alger has approved plans for a building for the refrigerator Plant at Manila. The building will cost $230,000 and the plant and ma- chinery $400,000. Gen. Luddington, quartermaster gen- eral, has telegraphed Chief Quarter- master Col. Rond at St. Paul asking if he can provide 600 horses for the Phil- ippines. Representatives of the Western Fed- eration of Miners called upon Presi- dent McKinley to protest against the sending of troops recently to Warduer, Idaho. The president told them the troops were sent upon the request of the governor and only to preserve peace. _ The board of naval chiefs has de- cided to completely refit the cruiser Buffalo as a naval transport, at a cost of $70,000. This ship was bought of the Brazilian government at the time of the war, and was commonly known as a dynamite cruiser. She has not proved all that was expected, however, and it seemed desirable to transform her into a trausport for the Philipine service. Accidental Happenings. Rudyard Kipling was bitten by a dog in London, and carries his hand in a sling. David Weitiger and Otto Fisher, both farm laborers near Urbana, Ill, were struck by lightning and instantly | killed. | Lake Horrel, aged twenty-three, and ; Henry Boettker, aged twenty-two, were drowned in the Kaskasqia river at Evansville, I. The plant of Somers Bros. of St. Louis, manufacturers of horse collars and leggings, was burned. Loss $75,- 000, covered by insurance. Daniel Casterline and Verne Dildino were thrown into the Chemung river at Waverly, N. Y., and drowned by the capsizing of a boat. The Standard Oil company’s tank} steamer Maverick, with a cargo of oil, | is sunk in the harbor of Halifax, N. S. Her cargo took fire, and an explosion blew a hole in her side. Mrs. John Edgett of Lakeville, Ind., was bitten by a dog a year ago. There were no indications of hydrophobia un- | til recently, when she harnessed her- self to a buggy, placed the bit in her | mouth and pulled the outfit quite a dis- | tance. When locked in the barn she) ate hay. She now barks and snaps like a dog. Her sufferings are terrible. Criminal Record. A regularly organized body of would- be revolutionists is at work in Cuba. | A battle occurs in Kentucky, growing out of a fend, and five men are killed. Louis French of Freelandville, Ind., Testauranteur, was shot and killed by a mob of twenty men, during a saloon brawl. Clay Ford, a negro, was hanged at Ia Grange, Tex., for the murder of an old negro woman for the purpose of | robbery. | Hugh McMahon of Vincennes, Ind., a Peeping Tom, shot by Peter ger, who supposed McMahon was a burglar. Richard Robinson, who lived near Westfield, Ill, committed suicide by taking morphine. He was seventy years of age and worth $200,000. At Cincinatti, the jury in the case of Joseph Depew, charged with the mur- der of James Patterson, a noted local politician and prize fighter, disagreed and was dismissed. Depew wa P manded to jail. His case is not bail- able and he must remain in jail some months before securing a new trial. M. J. Alton, former postmaster of Lorain, Ohio, who retired on April 1, was arrested on the charge of having stolen $166.88 from two young women who were clerks in his office. He was released on $1,000 bail by Commission- er Uhl. The charge is based on the al- legation that when these clerks were granted an increase of salary by the postmaster general, Alton did not noti- fy them, but put the increased pay in his own pocket. Personal, Rev. Frederick W. MacDonald, uncle of Rudyard Kipling, has been elected president of the Wesleyan conference, Dr. Allis, president of the American Presbyterian mission, died at Valpa- raiso, Ind. Mrs. Hearst was commissioned re. gent of the California State University, and will contribute towards its endow- ment. Rt. Rev. Charles Graves, D. D., D. C. L., bishop of Limerick, and ex-presi- dent of the royal Irish academy, is dead. Glasgow university conferred the honorary degree of doctor of laws upon Sir Henry Irving, who, on the occasion, was given an ovation. Maj. J. L. Fowler, Tenth United States cavalry, died on board the Mun- son line steamer Ella, from Baracoa, Death was caused by gastritis. Judge L. W. King, a prominent law- yer and Republican politician of Youngstown, Ohio, died after an ill- ness of several months. He was forty- five years old. Col. William Preston Johnston, pres- ident of Tulane university, New Or- leans, died at the home of his son-in- law, Hon. Harry St. George Tucker, at Lexington, Va. Titus Sudduth, president of the Farmers’ National Bank of Springfield, IL, and one of the largest land owners and stock raisers in Illinois, died, aged seventy years, Prof. F. M. Warren, professor of Ro- man languages in Western Reserve university, has declined the offer of the headship of the department in| again! Michigan university. Foreign. gin its sittings Aug. 10. Ex-King Milan of Servia % said to have planned the recent @@.empt upon his life. Frenchmen and Ita¥ams at Aubagne and Cazea indulged im street fights, two of each being killed and several seriously wounded. The court of ‘cassation has suspend- ed Mr. Grosjean, the Marseilles judge, for two months for communicating to Bewspapers a document co! the Dreyfus case. The minister of finance of proposes to reduce the tax on foreign insurance companies from 10 to 5 per cemt, raising those on Argentina cor- porations from 2 to 5 per cent. Much surprise is expressed at Em- peror William's decision not to attend the opening of the Dortmund-Ems canal and not to pay his promised visit to Herr Krupp. The reason for this sudden change of plans is not known and many rumors are current. In a pitched battle at Cimmason, N. Mex.. between a sheriffs posse and the outlaws who held up a Colorado & Southern passenger train, Sheriff Farr was killed and two of his deputies wounded. The robbers were unin- jured and escaped to the hills. In the elections for the Bavarian chamber the Clericals gained ten seats and the Liberals lost twenty-two, ow- ing to the compromise effected by the Clericals and the Socialists at the ex- pense of the Liberals.. The Clericals now have an absolute majority in the chamber. The duke of Westminster has pre- sented the winnings of his colt Flying Fox in the Eclipse stake at Sandown Park on Friday last, amounting to £1- 000, to the Royal Alexandria hospital at Rhyl, Wales, of which he is presi- dent and the princess of Wales patrop ess. Otherwise. The cruiser Newark has arrived at Iquique, en route to San Francisco. The cruiser Yosemite has arrived at Cavite. The Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company was incorporated at Trenton, N. J., with a eapital of $5,- 000,000. An upper leather combine has been formed at New York with a capital of $70,000,000. Thirty of the leading tan- ners will be represented. The Philadelphia Baseball club has offered a prize of $5,000 to the players if they win the pennant this year, and 2,500 if they finish second. The Scott street plant of the Amer- ican Steel and Wire company of Joliet, IIL, has started up after several weeks | and about 700 men are at work. Canadian Pacific railway earnings for the week ended July 14 were $567.- 000; same period last year, $436,000; increase, $51,000. There are 2,110 women’s clubs in the United States, having a membership of 132,023. Minnesota has eighty-three with a membership of 3,516. The Columbus (Ohio) city council, by a vote of 15 to 3, impeached and re- moved from office Joseph W. Dusen- berry, director of public safety. During the past year aplications for patents, trade marks, etc., to the num- ber of 41,930 were made. The commis- sioner asks for a new building at Washington. Flour dropped 20 cents a barrel in Ckicago and is now cheaper than for some time. The drop is said to be due to the steady decline in the price of wheat. Gen. S. Stanley, acting president of the Society of the Army of the Cum- berland, announces the next annual re- union of the society at Detroit, Sept. 26 and 27. An application for a charter to build a wireless telegraph from ‘Lake Ben- nett, Alaska, to the Canadian Pacific railway in British Columbia has been made at Victoria, B. C. An injunction has been issued at Fort Scott, Kan. restraining union miners from interfering with or boy- cotting non-union men engaged in the mines in Southeast Kansas. The third annual convention of the Priests’ Eucharistic league, which was to have taken place this summer, has been postponed to Oct. 18 and 19 next, and will be held at Philadelphia. The New York circuit court of ap- peals has decided against the Westing- house Air Brake company in its suit against the New York Air Brake com- pany for alleged infringement of pat- ents. The steamship Olympia arrived at San Francisco with cases of. bubonic plague on board, and brought news that the German infantry had killed nine peasants who had attacked the railway near Kiachou. Former Gov. Campbell of Ohio and his faction were defeated in their at- tempt to control the Democratic sena- torial convention. Mr. Campbell will probably try to re-enter congress from his old district. Goy. Roosevelt's committee, which investigated the alleged canal frauds, exonerates the state engineer and superintendent of public works and réports there are no grounds for pro- ceedings at law against either official, A scheme to draw trade away from all the big jobbing centers west of the Allegheny mountains in favor of Bos- ton has been discovered by agents of the railroads running east from Chi- cago. Free railroad tickets figure in it. The Pressed Steel Car Company of Pittsburg has contracted with the Car- negie Steel company for 30,000 tons of steel plates monthly for a period of ten years. This is the largest steel con- tract ever awarded to one firm and amounts to about $150,000,000. Eleven of the principal chain manu- facturers met at Pittsburg and decided to advance the price of standard 3-8 size from 41-4¢ to 41-2c per pound. It was agreed to meet in New York in general convention om Sept. 1, with the purpose in view of forming a combina- tion of the entire trade. The city council of St. Louis adopted the resolution authorizing the city ad- ac beso it to pees the ecitig of it might see 0} Chicago drainage canal. The reso- any action brought se perentrecaat win ve! PINGREE ON ALGER. MICHIGAN GOVERNOR TALKS OF THE RESIGNATION. He Makes « Vicious Attack Upon the President—He Says “the Course Pursued by the President Is Lit- tle Less Than Cowardly; It Is, to Say the Least, Unmanly”—Gov. Pimgree Says the Cause of the Resignation Was the Alleged Al- lance With Him—Root Will Be Alger’s Successor. Detroit, Mich.. July 23. — Gov. Pin- gree handed to the Associated Press a prepared, signed interview, giving what the governor asserts to be “facts which are absolutely reliable, bearing upon the relations between Gen. Alger and president McKinley with which the public is not familiar.” At the outset the governor says: “I have no hesitation in saying that the course pursued by the president in this matter is little less than coward- ly. It is, to say the least, very un- manly.” Goy. Pingree said the information did not come from Gen. Alger, but from “one whose kuowledge of the facts cannot be disputed.” Proceea- ing. he says that repeatedly since the Eastern newspapers began their at- tack upon Secretary Alger the secre- tary informed the president that if these press comments embarrassed the administration in the slightest de- gree he would resign at once, but the president as often protested emphat- ically that he had the utmost conti- dence in Secretary Alger and his con- duct of the war department and that the country could not afford to lose his services. The governor says that the time his “alleged alliance” with Gen. Alger was announced and before his disavowal of interviews criticising the president had reached Washington, Gen. Alger told the president that upon the president’s slightest intima- tion he would resign, but the president refused to entertain the idea for a mo- ment. Commenting upon the whole matter, the governor says that Gen. Alger’s “sacrifice” was compelled by demands of New York politicians, backed by the unscrupulous and heart- less. He predicts that it will be learned “that the president himself has been responsible for whatever mis- takes have been made in conducting the war.” The governor alleges that the more recent attacks upon Gen. Alger in the East were caused by his frank declar- ation of opposition to trusts, and he adds: “There is a decided odor of trusts around the present administra- tion, with Mark Hanna as the acknowl- edged ‘kingmaker.’” In conclusion, the governor calls upon Michigan peo- ple and newspapers to protest against the injustice done the state’s foremost representative in public life. ROOT THE MAN, His Appointment Practically De- ~ cided Upon. Washington, July 23.—The name of the successor to Gen. Alger as secre- tary of war may be announced to-day. Th epresident has made his selection and it is understood that Elihu Root of New York is the choice. The ques- tion of the appointment of a successor to Mr. Alger was the subject of a con- ference last night at the White House between the President and Thomas C. Platt of New York, who came over on a late train. The conference lasted about an hour and afterwards Mr. Platt said that the president had about decided upon the person to whom he wiil tender the position and that an- nouncement of his name will be made very soon, probably to-day. The sen- ator was non-communicative as to whom the appointee probably will be, saying that he did not feel at liberty to talk of what passed at the conference. DEFENDER QUIT. Owing to an Accident—The Race With the Columbia. Newport, R. 1... July 23.—Defender ana Columbia started in a trial race from Brenton’s Reef lightship. The course was to have been forty-six miles, but about forty-five minutes after the start an accident happened topsail and she quit the race, lowering all sails but her jibs. Columbia seemed to be about two minutes ahead at the time. The course was to have been from Brenton’s Reef lightship to the whistling buoy off Point Judith, then toa mark boat off West island, and re- turning to the lightship, twice over, distance forty-six miles. SCHOONER FOUNDERED. And Three of Her Crew Go to the Bottom. Port Huron. Mich.. July 23. — The schooner John Breden foundered off Lexington on Lake Huron in the heavy north gale. Three of her crew were drowned. The name of only one—John Connors, the cook—is known. The Breden left for Green Bay. She was coat laden from Ohio ports. The wreck lies in forty feet of water, di- rectly in the course of vessels going up and down, and is a great menace to navigation. NO CHANCE OF WAR. Cecil Rhodes Says There Will Be No Conflict With the Transvaal. Cane Town. July 23.—Ip the course of his reply to an address of welcome at Claremont, Mr. Cecil Rhedes, for- merly premier of Cape Colony, de- clared that there was not the slightest chance of war between Great Britain and the Transvaal Republic breaking out. Mysterious Shooting. Kokomo, Ind., July 23. — George W. Wintrowd, a wealthy farmer near here, was shot by some unknown per- son on his way home from market. The bullet entered the head at the base of the brain, but he is still alive. Will Not Meet Aug. 15. — Ottawa, Ont., July 23.—It has been arranged between Senator Fairbanks and Sir Wilfred Laurier that the joint high commission will not meet Aug. 15, but will be adjourned to a date to it shall be brought im | be agreed upon mutually. OIE ES DEILEE DEAD EB ELIE DED ELA ALA ALAA OR NO a ce EE eT St. Paul, July 22.—“Unanimous sen- timent of regiment muster out San Francisco.” That came by cable to Gov. Lind from Col. Friedrich yester- day. And that settles it—the settle- ment that was foreseen. Plans for bringing the boys home now wait on the joint action of the five -mayors. Col Friedrich reports 215 men sick, but not seriously. This is better than was feared. In April there were 175 sick; in the report of May 1 there were 191. Since then doleful tales have come from the returning coast contingents of regiments reduced to skeletons and companies fallen away to a single squad of four. With the rainy season and heat it was feared the Thirteenth might suffer likewise. A sick list of 20 per cent is not so formidable as fears suggested. The regiment is again doing outpost duty and the cablegram says “nothing cer- tain about time of return.” Lafans, who was discharged by orders from Lae June § is on his way me. CHANGING THE CHANNEL. Dynamite Used at a Point on the Missouri River. Sioux City, Iowa, July 22.—Govern- ment authorities are looking for per- sons who attempted a few nights ago to open a channel with dynamite through Reninger’s neck, the narrow- est portion of a big Missouri river bend twelve miles above here. The neck is 150 feet wide and the loop seven miles around. Such a change would cause immense damage and pos- sible loss of life. It is supposed that neighboring land owners, fearing the river would make the cut-off itself, tried to hasten it at a point favorable to themselves. They are liable to se- vere punishment. BIG BREWERY DEAL. It Involves the Expediture of Over $100,000,000. Milwaukee, Wis., July 22. — A big brewery deal that will involve an ex- penditure of more than $100,000,000 is svid to be on, the Western end of which is being worked from this city. The deal will include a large number of breweries in the East, West and South. It is said the deal will include al! the larger breweries in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee, and that large breweries have been taken in Cincin- nati, Buffalo, New York, New Or- leans and some other Eastern and Southern cities. St. Louis does not figure in the deal. IRELAND RETURNING. The Archbishop Sails From Queens- town on the Britannic. Queenstown, July 22. — Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul, Minn., sailed for the United States on board the steamer Britannic. A large number of priests and influential people bade the archbishop farewell before the de- parture of the steamer. The arch- bishop delivered a powerful address before an immense audience in the opera house at Cork Wednesday even- ing on the subject of the people of Ireland and temperance. Big Sawmill Deal. Ashland, Wis., July 22. — Congress- man Stewart is at the head of a Wau- sau company of lumbermen which has just purchased the Lea-Ingram saw- mill plant at Iron River, with lumber, yards and 90,000,000 feet of standing timber. The consideration is said to be $500,000. Breaks Out in a New Spot. Cinnabar, Mont., July 22. — The old -Fountain geyser in the Yellowstone Park has broken out in another por- tion of the crater, and during the past twenty-four hours has played twice. The eruption threw out rocks and pieces of wood. Injured in a Runaway. Appleton, Minn., July 22.—Theodore Semrau, a prosperous farmer living in Akron township, a few miles north- west of Appleton, met with a severe accident in a runaway, his left arm be- ing broken and other injuries received. A Wisconsin Central Loss. Oshkosh, Wis., July 22. — The Wis- consin Central roundhouse on the South side, an old wooden structure with eight stalls, was destroyed by fire early this morning. together with a freight locomotive. Loss, $10,000. Child Peris! n a Marsh. Annandale, Minn., July 22.—A Sun- day school picnic was held at Cedar lake and a five-year-old son of Otto Stuhr was missed. A search was in- stituted and he was found dead, hay- ing wandered into a marsh. La Crosse, Wis., July 22. — The La (rosse county board, in special ses- sion, voted $500 to the New Richmond cyclone sufferers. The First Metho- dist church sent $162 to the church in New Richmond. Bled to Death, Carthage, S. D., July 22.—Jonas An- derson, a farmer living near here, was found dead in a pasture near his house. He had evidently been cut in the leg by barbed wire and bled to death. Death From Boiling Milk. Sleepy Eye, Minn., July 22. — The three-year-old daughter of William Krienke was scalded by pulling a pail- ful of boiling milk off the stove and over itself, death following in a short time. Large Barn Destroyed. New Paynesville, Minn., July 22—A large barn upon the farm of Christ Rien was burned. The barn was filled with hay. Loss, $1,500; covered by in- surance, For Porcelain-Making. Menomonie, Wis., July 22.—S. Geys- beck of New Brighton, Pa., and J. B. Geysbeck of Cineinnat{ are here to ex- amine the clay banks of this vicinity as to their adaptability for the manu- facture of porcelain. Under a Loaded Wagon. Menomonie, Wis., July 22.—A son of Emil Zuchlke, a farmer li near this city, came to an accidental death | The Loss on Building and Conte, WH Reach About one Mill Dollars_900,000 Bushels of Wheat Were Stored im the Elevator— Half an Hour After the Fire Was Discovered the Enormous Build- ing Was a Mass of Ruins—The Waachman Has a Narrow Escape. i i Toledo, Ohio, July 25.—The C.. 3. & i D. elevator, located in East Toledo, co | Was totally destroyed by fire last nignt and the loss on building and contenis will figure nearly a million dollars. it is not known how much insurance is on the grain, amounting to 900,000 bushels of wheat, but the building car- Ties $185,000 insurance. The elevator bas been unusually busy for the past two weeks and was working night and day to store the 150 cars of wheat which are received daily at the place. The fact that it was Sunday prevented 4 the fatalities which might have fol- lowed, for the forty men employed had quit work early and had been out of the place about two hours. The watchman had made once the rounds of the building and had tf $u* *%. everything safe and was on his way : up to the top on his second trip. He Was not aware that there Was a fire, but observers noticed a small blaze in the cupola. An alarm was immediate- ly turned in, but befove the fire depart- ment arrived a terrific explosion took uy place. A mass of flames shot up into the air hundreds «f feet. The build- ing was aimost in-Mediately enveloped and within ten Minutes another ex- plosion occurred Which tore out the entire side of tre building near the river. This explosion hurled the watch- man, W. E. Welch. out of the fames j and saved his life. He was only slight- ly injured. The enormous building was a mass of ruins half an hour after the first blaze was noticed. The work of the fire department was futile, most of their Nergies being directed toward } saving Adjoining property. } HORRIBLE DOUBT. Family of a Dead California Vo! teer Fear That They Buried Body of a Filipino Instead of Him. San Francisco, July 25.—The Chron- icle says: A casket supposed to con- tain the remains of Private Francis j Deckelman, Company L, First Califor- nia volunteers, was lowered in May last into a grave in the Deckman fam- 4 ily plat at Odd Fellows’ cemetery. On the llth of the present month, on the suspicion that a mistake had been made, the casket was disinterred at the request of the boy’s father and the suspicion verified. Decomposition had set in to such an extent that identifi- cation was impossible, but it was plain to the bereaved father that a dead Filipino had been given the resting place intended for his son. S. Reinard of this city, who disinterred the re- mains at Manila, states, however, that they are the remains of young Deck- elman. LAKE SUPERIOR TIDAL WAVE. It Raises the Water Three Feet on the South Shore. Ashland, Wis. July 25. — A tidal wave raised the water in Chequame- gon bay and the north shore of Lake Superior three feet Saturday after- noop. It was the highest rise of water that has been reported for sev- eral years. It came nearly to the top of some of the docks, flooded roads and backed up so high that several saw mills were obliged to shut down. The water ran over many of the lum- ber docks and into the boiler rooms of the mills. The strange thing abut it is that the wind was from off shore. Vessel captains report the same phe- nomenon on the Apostle islands. The water backed up in streams flowing into the bay, flooding and destroying crops. GOLD GALORE. Director of the Mint Roberts Says — There Will Be a Big Supply. New York, July 25.—George E. Rob- erts, director of the mint, called at the local assay office recently. In discuss- ing the output of gold from the Klon- dike country, Mr. Roberts said: “We have already received $11,000,000 in gold from the Klendike this calendar year. That is as much as last year’s entire receipts from tnat region amounted to, and from information re- ceived from leading buyers of bullion I believe that this year’s total yield will reach $18,000,000 or $20,000,000. We shall have all the gold we need in these parts this year, and in addition to that we shall no doubt be able to suprly the metal to any one else who desires to purchase it.” Was Once Lincoln’s Sweetheart. Lexington, Ky., July 25.—Mrs. Mary Love Lawless died here in the eighty- second year of her age. She was a sweetheart of Abraham Lincoln and a reigning belle of her day. Her maiden name was Joplin and her home was at Mount eVrnon, Ky. Her hus band is James R. Lawless, a Mexican war veteran, who survives her. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mary L. Scott, widow of Lieut. John Ceott, of the United States army. Bubonic Plague Spreads. Lordon, July 25.—The colonial of. ¥ . announces that the bubonic plague spread from Hongkong and Mauritius to Reunion. There were 36 cases at Mauritius during the week, of which y 29 resulted fatally. + Clemency for Mrs. Maybrick. issued in the house of commons to-day; with regard to Mrs. Maybrick, of whether, her conduct being uniformly, good, the home secretary will not rec ommend the exercise of royal ency in her case. i