Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 5, 1899, Page 6

The Levaia-Beview. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS - A man never sees himself as others tee him or as he sees otuers, Try to be pleasant; any one can be disagreeable without half tryins. The self-made man is always willing to admit the inferiority of others. The laborer sometimes gets his re- freshments indirectly from the crow- bar. About the worst thing you can take for an ailment is the advice of your friends. to believe a pleasing lie about our- selves. It seems inconsistent that fourth- vlass postmasters shou!d be allowed to handle first-cl mail. History continues to repeat itself in spite the fact thai two-thirds of histor does When a man really stumble onto a good money-making scheme he seldom has enough money to work it. have a charm, but im- hould consider the ate nature of “Ex- that all poets are sa and there have been men who held that the only sane men were the insane ones, Funston sa he is afraid he wouldn’t succeed as a lecturer; but the pply of girls is as large as it was when Hobson was with us. The production of copper in this eccuntry during 1898 was over 526,000,- 000 pounds. And yet some people com- plain when they are asked to take pen- n change upon a trolley car! A Long Island jury has discharged a man who killed a boy in the act of eating cherries in his trees without Only one consideration from being grossly ridicu- a monstrous travesty on rvera for losing hi bay. Generous will be well pleased to Spain has at last risen su- r to its old traditions and refused d unmerited censure to the mis- unes of a gallant sailor—a man hese character and conduct have been worthy of the noblest dop days. ight on the heels of the weak- ed personage who celebrates the urth of July with dynamite crackers comes the joker who puts messages in bottles and throws the bottles into the ak There is no apparent link or ecting chain between the two es of comedians, but the fact re- s the same—the humorist of the ng bottle always comes along a cracker has retired to the seclusion of the hosp other pretty little story has been ed and another tale of marvelous fortune laid away on the same shelf as the legends of unlimited gold finds in the Klondike. A young man who paid $4 for an old coat at a South Side auc- tion, and who found $3,000 in bonds in the inside pocket, has learned that his bonds are worthless and that his profit of 96 has vanished utterly. It is just well. That story would have been quoted at every gathering of un- lucky men for thirty years to come, and would have shared honors with the narrative of the farmer whose plow turned up an old brass kettle contain- ing $43,597 in Spanish gold and a chart locating the rest of Capt. Kidd’s buried treasures, The death of valuable cattle from eating wild cherry leaves in New Hampshire has led to investigations which show that while the wild red cherry and horse plum are harmless, the dwarf cherry should be viewed with suspicion, and the wild black cherry and choke cherry are danger- ous. The common impression that only wilted leaves are harmful was not verified, Both wilted and fresh leaves were found to be poisonous and dried leaves not beyond distrust. Vigorous, succulent leaves from young shoots— the ones most likely to be eaten by cat- tle—are far more poisonous than the leaves of a mature tree or stunted shrub. To sum up the facts in the most forcible terms, the farmer who permits these trees to flourish is sim- ply cultivating r~ussic acid in his own pasture, Russell Sage has contributed to the restoration of*the Pennsylvania ceme- tery where his parents are buried. While it could scarcely be said to be an investment creditable to Russell’s commercial instinct, there is one of the cases where he did well to lay mone- tary considerations aside, It is not known that Marchand ever did any fighting, but only a discreet general could have got out of the scrape he got into in the Soudan; and he certainly played a fine game ‘ of bluff. PITH OF THE NEWS DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports — The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Attracted Attention. Accidental Happenings. A Toledo grain elevator was burned, the loss being nearly a million. An unknown man was found buried in sand on the beach north of Wauke- gan, Ill. Edna Curtis, Miss Dedrich, Inez and Mabel Neil of Caldwell, Kas., drowned while bathing. The new passenger steamer Mistas- sini has been burned at her wharf at on Lake St. John, Quebec. Loss, $50,000; no insurance. Fire partially destroyed the five- story stone building at the northeast corner of Wabash avenue and Monroe street, Chicago, entailing a ‘loss of $122,000. Passengers on the steamer Bruns- wick, from Alaska, report that a mes- senger is on his way from Kotzebue sound to Washington, D. C., in behalf of 1,000 miners said to be stranded in the Kotzebue district. The messenger will ask the government to send reve- nue cutters to the sound, and he is provided with proof that unl gov- ernment help is given many lives will be lost. Criminal Record. Indians in Idaho thres Northern Pacific grade’ A Georgia negro is lynched and cut into hundreds of pieces. Dan Coughlin’s bartender, William Armstrong, wanted in Chicago for al- leged jury-bribing,, was arrested at Seattle, Wash. The secret service has received in- formation of the ar , at Knoxville, Tenn., of Frank Farrell, charged with raising United States notes. The bodies of two white men, sup- posed to be father and son, have been found in the brush four miles from Fort Gibson, Ind. T. Officers believe they were murdered and robbed. Minister Hart at Bogota has tele- graphed the department of state tnat Randolph, the American charged with murder, has been sentenced to four- teen years’ imprisonment, which is the same sentence imposed as the re- sult of a previous trial, and an appeal will be taken. City Marshall John Gates of Strong City, twenty miles from Emporia, Kan., shot and almost instantly killed Mrs. Johnson on the S: Fe plat- form. He had ordered her off the platform, whereupon she attacked him with a knife, and to save his life the ctlicer fired at her. Domingo Casales, a planter near Cardenas, Cuba, received a written de- rand for $8,000 over the signature of Felix Martel, the letter threatening Casales’ life should he refuse. Delga- do, the bearer of the letter, was told to return to Martel with the money, and did so, but was captured by rural guards. ten to kill Washington Talk. he Ranger is about to be put in com- ion after undergoing repairs. Sne ll be added to the Pacific squadron. William O. Smith, son of the late Col. Smith of the quartermaster’s de- partment, has been appointed a sec- ond lieutenant in the regular army, subject tg examination, ~~ . Stocking, assistant postmaster oma, Wash., has been appointed nt director general of posts at Manila. He will be next in rank to Director General Vaille. Secretary Long has received the re- port of the board which inquired into the recent fire at the Brooklyn navy yard. It shows a loss on stock of $200,000, which is $100,000 less than the first estimate, and $15,000 on build- ings. The board was unable to locate the cause of the fire. The secretary of the navy has dis- posed of several vessels purchased by the government for naval purposes during the Spanish war, but no longer needed by the navy, among them the following: Repair ship Vulcan, at League Island, appraised at $100,000, sold to Michael Jenkins, of the Mer- chants and Miners’ Transportation company, for $175,000. Personal, President Hadley of Yale college will be inaugurated Oct. 18. Mascagni composes a magnificent. hymn in honor of Admiral Dewey. Ex-Secretary Alger bids adieu to his late colleagues and leaves Washing- ton., Oscar Gerrard, an American com- edian who has been playing with the Belle of New York company at Ade- laide, Australia, is dead. George Ladd, a diamond expert and jeweler, is dead at his home in New York, aged eighty-two years. He went to California in 1850 and remained there ten years. Peter C. Young of Philadeiphia, for- merly prominent in the Republican party in the State of Ohio, died here, aged seventy-five years, after a short illness. Mrs. Ada Gray Tingay, the actress, better known as Ada Gray, is serious- ly ill in New York, having just under- gone an operation for removal of can- cer. @hauncey M. Depew was smitten with the delights of the autemobile in Lendon, and will keep one in Wash- ington. Charles W. Dabbs has purchased the assets of the Leland hotel in Chicago from the assignee, who has been con- ducting the business. Mr. Dabbs iaas leased the property until April 1, 1902. The German steamer Rhenania, Capt. Frost, from Colon, which grounded in the roads at Port au Prince July 23, has been released with- out damage and has proceeded on her voyage Foreizm . Americans are invited to bid on the construction of a railroad from [re- toria to Rustenberg, in the Transvaal. ‘rhe French ministry has issued a decree degrading Gen. de Negrier for violently censuring the government for alleged failure to defend the army. It is announced that the British gov- ernment has renewed its contracts with the Cunard and White Star Steamship companies for the carrying of the American mails. ‘The Paris Republique Francaise de- neunces the reciprocity. treaty with the United States, saying it will tena to destroy French industry and agri- culture. The London Post's Paris cbrrespona- ent says he believes the request of the American commissioners to be allowed to moor a pontoon on the Seine oppo- site the American pavilion at the ex- position of 1900 will be granted. In the Span'sh senate recently, Senor Dato severely censured Gen. Weyler, charging him with threatening a revo- luticn, and warning him that any at- tempt in that direction would be pro- ceeded against with the utmost rigor. The Eastern Telegraph company is reparing to lay a cable from South rica to Australia without pecuniary assistance ef any kind, and that on re- ceipt of landing rights for the new cable they will forthwith reduce the. Australian rate to 4 shillings a word. The British flagship Crescent, with Admiral Bedford on Board, and the cruisers, Indefatigable, Prosperine and the torpedo destroyer Quail, have ar- rived at Halifax from St. Johns, N. F., and will remain until the latter part of August, when the fleet will go to Mon- treal. In the dominion parliament a-reso- lution granting subsidies to railways was passed to the extent of $6,540,245. This includes $1,000,000 for a bridge over the St. Lawrence at Quebec and $986,000 for the Ontario & Rainy Riv- er railway. The remainder cf the money goes to new roads built for de- velopment purposes. The wedding of Crown Prince Dan- ilo of Montenegro and the duchess of Jutta was celebrated by the metropoli- tan of Cettinje in the presence of the bride’s mother and brother, the prince and princess of Montenegro, the duch- ess of Mecklenberg-Stelitz, Duke Frederick and others. The inhabitants displayed the greatest enthusiasm and throughout the day royal salutes were fired. é Otherwise. Lessening majorities are weakening the Salisbury ministry. The relief farms in Cuba are an un- qualified success. ‘The trades unions of New York city have decided to form what will be called the United Labor party. Citizens of Philadelphia will present to the city of Paris a statue of Ben: min Franklin, during the exposition | next ir Hugh R. Healy, formerly a molesses merchant in New York, has filed a pe- tition in bankruptey. Liabilities, $123,- 312; no assets, The state health department of Tex- as has received information from Vera Cruz showing that during the month of June there were 465 cases of yel- low fever and 185 deaths. Contracts have been let by the Na- tional Steel company at Newcastle, Pa., for the building and equipment of the largest blast furnace in the She- nango valley. The furnace is to cost $1,000,000, with a capacity of 600 tons caily. P: he Republic Iron and Steel Com- pany of East St. Louis increased the wages. of its 1,000 employes 16 per cent. Supt. Hanpeter, of the plant, said that the raise had been made be- cguse of the general prosperity the Dlafit is enjoying. — »i—weasxataater=~ Exports of gold and silver from New York to all countries for the past week aggregate $845,485 silver bars and coin and $2,415 gold. The imports of dry goods and merchandise for the week were valued at $9,060641. The imports of specie were $102,752 gold and $98,200 silver. Gen. Jacob S. Coxey has purchased the old steel plant of Graff, Bennett & Co., at Millvale, near Pittsburg, and will remove it to Massillon, Ohio. It is his intention to erect a large open- hearth steel plant at a cost of $150,000. The new works will give employment to 300 men. 'The Wilder monument at Chicka- mauga Park has been completed and the Wilder Brigade association, com- posed of old federal soldiers in In- diana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, will dedicate the monument on Sept. 20. Gov. Mount of Indiana has ac- cepted the invitation to deliver an ad- dress. A committee, of which James A. Schrimser, 37 Wall street, New York, is treasurer, has been formed in that city to raise funds for the relief of the Russian famine sufferers, and contri- butions are solicited. Several millions of people in Eastern Russia are lit- erally starving. Typhoid and scurvy are also devastating the country. The 400 coal miners working for the J. H. Durkee Coal company at Weir City, Kas., went on strike Saturday, supposing Durkee was selling coal to ore of the striking coal companies to fill their contract. Durkee affirmea that he has not sold any coal to the of- fending company, and the strikers have returned to work. Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge, in an ed: itcrial in the Lexington, (Ky..) Morn- ing Herald, takes the position that, as | the recent Democratic state convention adopted the credential committee's re- port by only 441 votes in a convention of 1,092 votes, that body ceased to be a Democratic convention, and that this action was invalid. . ’ A call has been issued for an extra- ordinary session of the National Fed- eration of Colored Men, to meet in Cleveland, Aug. 10, to consider ques- tions of vital importance to colored men. Tae Colorado state board of arbitra- tion concluded its investigations in Denver of the causes of the deadlock between the smelter managers and their workmen, in consequence of : which the smelters that are in the! trust have been idle since June 15. The board will take testimony at Pueblo, ' and will reassemble at Denver on Fri- , day to near arguments, i MANY WERE KILLED JAPANESE COAST VISITED BY A TERRIBLE HURRICANE. A Large Number of Houses Washed Away and Many People Drowned —Japanese Celebrate the Coming Into Force of the Revised Trea- ties—Capt. Bradley Praises Otis’ Management of the Campaign— Japs Filled a Large Order for Ri- fles for the Filipinos. Victoria, B. C., July 29.—The steam- ship Kinshu Maru arrived yesterday after a record-breaking trip from China. She had few white passengers, among them being Dr. Eastlake of New York, who is introducing the electric trolley system in Japan. The oificers of the ship report that the plague has been almost stamped out so far as ships are concerned. Elaborate arrangements are being made for the celebration of the re- vised treaties coming into force on the 17th. This will not apply to France, Austria and Italy, with whom the treaties do not apply until Aug. 4 United States Minister Buck has is- sued a proclamation calling on all United States citizens to loyally ob- serve the new arrangements, and Dr. Eastlake says the general impression is that foreigners will be more lenient- ly treated than the natives. A terrible hurricane swept the Jap- anese coast from the 8th to the 11th of July. In Ushitjimamura, Oye dis- trict, to Kushima prefecture, seventy heuses were washed away and fifty persons were killed and _ thirty are missing. In Isajo-Mura, Itano district, the same prefecture, over forty houses were demolished and many people are missing. At Aigu Mura, Kitsmoro dis- trict, Myio prefecture, a landslide oc- curred on the night of July 10. Five houses were crushed under the debris and twenty-eight persons were report- ed killed or injured. Railway trafiic east of Tanagil, on the Sanyor railway, is still interrupted on account of dam- age done to the track. When the Kinshu Maru left Yoko- hama the United States cruiser Bos- ton had arrived from Manila on her way to San Francisco, also transport Hancock, which had 900 Nebraska men on board. The transport relief left on the same day as the Maru, July 13, for America, with 300 sick on board from Manila, mostly Kansas men. Of these Capt. Bradley, of the ‘Tenth Kansas, has a bullet in the rear of his heart, and Dr. Eastlake says he can- not recover. His signal man is with him with a shattered jaw, having been wounded three times before dropping out. Capt. Bradley eulogizes Gen. Otis’ management of the campaign, but says he is overworked, The cap- tain recommends the pouring in of troops enough to suppress the rebels. He speaks in terms of the warmest admiration of the American troops, who, he says, have displayed the ut- most coolness and bravery. He brings a sensational report with reference to the army of the Filipinos, saying that the range of the Filipinos’ rifles and character of the wounds shows that they are not Mausers. In the same connection he gives currency to the tumor that before the outbreak a Japanese firm in Tokio filled a large order to the Filipinos for the deadly Murata rifle, which has.a much longer range than the American weapon. The sale is alleged to have been consum- mated secretly, without the knowledge of the Japanese government. Strong indignation is expressed in Hongkong over the reported withdrawal of Great Britain from Shamchim. _ It is said that an indemhity of $93,000 was ac- cepted by Great Britain. ON GOOD TERMS. Ill Feeling Between China and Ja- an Disappearing. Washington, July 29.—In diplomatic quarters concerning the affairs of China and Japan, it is said that the old ill-feeling between the two coun- tries, dating long before the war, and made more acute by that struggle, re- cently has been obliterated by several graceful and significant courtesies ex- changed between the emperor of China and the emperor of Japan. The latter was the first to extend the Olive branch by conferring on the emperor ot China the decoration of the highest order of Japan. This was conveyed to Peking with great ceremony, and recently the emperor of China has re- turned the compliment by decorating the emperor of Japan with the highest order of China. IN THE CREMATORY. Firal Disosition of the Body of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. New York, July 29. — The body of Robert G. Ingersoll was removed from Dobb’s Ferry to the Fresh Pond, L. L., erematory. The body was in a plain black coffin, without ornament. The top of the coffin was covered with roses. The funeral party included Mrs. Ingerscll, her two daughters, Clinton B. Farrell, Walston H. Brown, Maj. O. J. Smith and Mrs. Smith and Frederick C. Penfield. The body was placed in the retort in the crematory shortly after noon. Only the members of the funeral party were allowed in the crematory. On a Tour of Inspection. Washington, July 29. — Mr. James Knox Taylor, the supervising archi- tect of the treasury, left Washington Jast night for the Northwest where, in addition to other things, he will ex- amine-the several sites offered for public buildings. During his absence he will visit Pittsburg, Chicago, St. Paul, Aberdeen, Fergus Falls, St. Cloud, Eau Claire and Janesville, Wis. Howell Won. London, July 29.—B. H. Howell, the American oarsman, won the Wing- field silver sculls and the amateur championship on the Thames, finish- ing four lengths ahead of Blackstaffe. Yox was third in the contest. ‘ The Dynamite Question. Pretoria, July 29.—The raad has re- ferred the dynamite question to a com- mission of five members for examina- tion in conjunction with the govern- ment with a view to finding a satis. factory settlement. TO DiG UNDER BUTTE. Company Organized to Tunnel for Copper Ore. Butte, Mont., duty 29. — A mining Cou.pauy under the name of the Smokehouse Copper Mining company ‘has been organized here for the pur- pose of tunneling under the entire city for copper ore. The organization of the company was brought about through a_ settlement of a litigation which has been going on for many years and ipvolving the Smokehouse, Destroying Angel and Copper Bottom mining claims, which cover the princi- pal parts of the city of Butte. The importance of the new company is re- garded as second only to that of the Amalgammated Copper company. J. A. Murray, the millionaire banker, and other capitalists are at the head of the company, which starts out wita a capital stock of $1,500,000. ESCAPED FROM THE ASYLUM. Insane Man Attempts Wife Murder Near Madison. Madison, Minn., July 29.—John An- derson of Providence township at- tempted to murder his wife by cutting her throat with a dull pocket knife. | Three wounds were inflicted, none of which will prove fatal. Anderson was adjudged insane in May and sent to the St. Peter asylum, but shortly after made his escape. On July 1 he re- turned home and has apparently been all right until Tuesday morning. The authorities at St. Peter were notified of Anderson’s return here, but failed to come after him as requested. He is now in charge of the sheriff. SMALLPOX ON A TRAIN. Cook in a Dining Car Afflicted and Was Let Off at Helena. Helena, Mont., July 29.—Excitement exists here over an incident at the Northern Pacific depot on the arrival of the east-bound overland train, Af- ter its departure the police department was telephoned that a sick man was detained at the depot. A hack driver was instructed to bring him to town. Upon arrival at police headquarters they found the man had a well devel- oped case of smallpox. He was a cook’ on the dining car. _ It is feared the contagion may spread, as he came in contact with many people around the depot and police station. DARING HOLD-UP, Burglar Goes Through the Depot at Black River Falls. Black River Falls, Wis., July 29. — daring hold-up took place at the Oma- ha depot. ‘Cwo burglars entered the station and ordered the night operator and message boy to stand and deliver. They then marched them off and locked them up in a refrigerator car. returning, they went through the safe, taking about $20 in money and two watches. The night operator was struck over the head by one of the burglars and received a serious wound. A posse of citizens is in pursuit. SUICIDE AT STEWART. William Proehl Got Up Early to Hang Himself, Stewart, Minn., July 29. — William Prochl, one of the most prosperous farmers in this vicinity, hung himself. He got up out of bed at 3 o'clock, and it is supposed he hung himself then. When the hired man went to do the chores he found him hanging. No cause can be given, except that sev- eral years ago he was sunstruck and has since been subject to fits. He left a wife and one child, besides many relatives in this vicinity. Sherift’s Successful Chase. Mount Pleasant, Iowa, July 29.—The two negroes who murdered Fred Ben. nett, white, railroad employe, while resisting an attempt to rob him, were captured by the sheriff yesterday after a ofur days’ chase. They have been fully identified and the proceeds of the robbery found on them. Bennett's fellow workmen at the railroad camp are much excited, and while no seri- ous trouble is anticipated, extra pre- cautions have been taken to guard the prisoners. New Justice Building. Washington, July 29. — Of the ten designs submitted by leading archi- tecis of the country for a new depart- ment of justice building, three have been selected for further examination and the remaining seven have been rejected. These designs will be elab- orated and when completed the at- torney general will select one which he regards the most meritorious. The building will be of white marble and Will cost $1,000,000. Cheated in Guatemala. Sap Francisco, July 29.—J. J. Noel, a colored man from New Orleans, who arrived here on the steamer Colon, says he and 150 others went to Guate- mala to work on the Northern railway urder the belief that they were to re- ceive $6 per day. Instead they were given $1.50 a day and their food was insufficient. Noel claims that the men could obtain no relief from the Ameri- ean consul. Coreoran Found Guilty. Wallace, Idaho, July 29.—In the case of Paul Corcoran, charged with the murder of James Cheyne in connection with the Wardner strike, a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree was returned. Under the Idaho laws murder in the second degree is punish- able by imprisonment from ten years to life. Sentence was deferred, An Aeronaut Drowned. Hillsdale, Mich., July 29.—Bert Kim- pall of North Adams, Mich., an aecro- naut, was drowned at Baw Mees Park. His parachute dropped in the middle of Baw Bees lake. Storekeeper’s Fatal Error. Grand Forks, N. D., July 29. — At Grafton Ed Sinkler sent for kerosene and by mistake gasoline was sent. A domestic used the oil to light a fire and an explosion followed. The girl was probably fatally burned. Granada Larceny the Charge. Hastings, Minn., July 29. — H. W. Emery, an elderly traveling man, was arrested here and taken back to Fer- | gus Falls by Sheriff J. S. Billings of that town, to answer a charge of grand larceny. ‘STAMP OUT RIOTING MAYOR OF CLEVELAND DETER- MINED TO STOP LAWLESSNESS. He Will Not Tolerate Any Interfer- ence and Through His Influence the Attempt to Institute an In- estigation of the Strike by a Spe- cial Committee of the Council ‘Was Defeated—The Presence of the Troops Has a Depressing Ef- fect on the Rioters. Cleveland, July 29. — Mayor Farley purposes to finish the campaign against lawlessness in Cleveland on’ the lines he has laid down and he wilk not tolerate any interference. That Was made clear at the special meeting of the city council last evening when the attempt to institute an investiga- tion of the strike on the Big Consoli- dated Street railway lines by a spe- cial committee of that body was de- feated. When the previous strike wa: settled a month ago an agreement be tween the company and the strikers was brought about. by a special com- mittee of the council. The agreement provided for the. taking back of a cer- tain percentage of the old men, for the retention of a certain number of new men and for tne loyal treatment of the company and the new men by the old men who were taken back. On the part of the men it is charged the agreement had been broken by the company, while on the other hand, it is charged by the company that the men have not been loyal to it or the non-union men in its employ. It was the purpose of the motion to investi- gate the strike by subpoenaing w. nesses and sending for books and pa- pers to ascertain whether the agree- ments had been lived up to and in- form the public where the blame for the strike belonged. Mayor Farley op- posed the proposed action in a vigor- ous speech in which he declared that the appointment of the special commit- tee would interfere with the plans of the executive for the crushing out of disorder. He said the only result would be to keep alive the agitation and that no good purpose would be served. “In time of peace,” he declared, “prepare for war, but when you have war, the best thing to do it to bring about peace, but that cannot be done by keeping up the agitation waich caused the war. This seems to be a good time,” the mayor declared, “for everybody to mind his own business.” Several of the councilmen favored the appointment of the committee, but when the resolution came to a vote it was lost. e Many of the strike sympathizers have been very bitter toward Mayor Farley. In public meetings they have charged him with responsibility for the present troubles, and threats against his life have been made. This had led him to provide a guard for his residence on Euclid avenue, and de- tectives watch the house day and night. ‘The presence of the troops has a de- pressing effect upon the rioters and up to 10 o’elock last night there had not been a single outbreak of violence. The cars were operating on nearly all lines and on nearly the usual schedule, but in some parts of the city they ran almost empty, the boycott of the lines by the working people being almost universal. President Everett says, however, he does not believe the b cott is effective. He thinks people are deterred from riding by fear of per- sonal injury, and he says that as soon as the safety of its passengers are as- sured the cars will be filled. ‘The boycott has extended to the sol- diers. Merchants are refusing to sell them any supplies and representatives of organized labor have refused to petronize anybody who takes a sol- dier's money for anything or supplies any of his wants. TWO MAJOR LEAGUES. The American Association Begin! ning to Show Its Hand. St. Louis, July 29—The project to oiganize a new baseball club and as- sociation in this city, to become a member of the American association which was organized about a month ago, has been perfected and a team to be called the St. Louis Browns will be organized in time to take the field early next season, The situation is now stated to be as follows: There will be two major baseball leagues in 1900. One will be known as the Amer- ican association and the other as tne National league, and the circuits will be made up in this way: American Association — New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing- ton in the East, and Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis in the West. National League—Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Pittsburg in the East, and Chicago, St. Louis, Cincin- nati and Louisville in the West. NICARAGUA CANAL. Senor Correa to Negotiate Teherfor at Washington. New Orleans, July 29.—Senor Luis F. Correa, minister of Nicaragua to the United States, has reached New Orleans on the steamship Alabama. He will remain here for a day or so coming to the United States Senor Correa is charged particularly with fa- cilitating the building of the Nicar- agua canal. Notwithstanding the fact that the government I represent has given the promise of concession to the Eyre-Cragin syndicate,” declared Senor Correa, “Nicaragua would make no objection to treating directly with the United States regarding the canal, if the United States would undertake to settle the differences between the conflicting interests.” Populists Name a Ticket. Frankfort, Ky., July 29.—The Popu- list state «cOnvention named a full state ticket. John G. Blair of Nichol- as county was nominated for governor by acclamation. The platform adopted indorses Wharton Parker of Phila-~ aeiphia for president and Ignatius Dennelly of Minnesota for vice presi- dent. It reaffirms the former Popu- list national platform and declares in favor of government ownership of all public institutions as a means of ; stamping out trusts, emphasizing the | government ownership of railroads. | wy. ae Al ! i] ! S ae —_—