Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 23, 1899, Page 6

i E. ©, KILEY, Editor. MINNESOTA, GRAND RAPIDS - No one knows the weight of another's burden, A book may be as great a thing 23 a battle.—Disraeli. “Put Yourself in His Place” is the office-seeker’s favorite novel. No one ever heard of appendicitis re- sulting from a diet of sour grapes, Fortune gives to many too much, but to no one enough.—German Proy- erb, Revenge may be sweet, but overin- dulgence in sweet things makes trouble. About the time a man’s argument is exhausted he begins to lose interest in the subject, When a man neglects his duty ae always says it resulted from his ab- sent-mindedness, A miss may be as good as a mile, but with a designing widow in the race a man is safer at two miles. ‘When a woman doesn’t want to ex- press her opinion in words she merely shrugs her shoulders, and that set- tes it. Mules in the Transvaal are bringing $100 each. It is hoped that this will not lead any diplomat to make an ase of himself, “Brains count,” says a college presi- dent. Of course they do, but some- times they get pretty badly mixed up in their figuring. Wit, bright, rapid and blasting as the lightning, strikes and vanishes in an instant; humor, warm and ell-embra- cing as the sunshine, bathes its object in a genial and abiding light. Great improvement in public roads is sure to attend and follow the multipli- | cation of automobiles, One writer pre- | dicts that “before the end of 1900 the | total mileage of macadam and asphalt | will be increase by fully 100 per cent.” More than $300,000,000 is said to be pledged already to the manufacture of this class of vehicles. Till the storage battery is perfected and cheapened, the means of propulsion are practically limited to gas engines and petroleum products, It seems, after all, that in spite of the confusion of architectural styles and the self-confessed ugliness of sky- scrapers, the prospects for American architecture are by no means so dark as certain native critics have insisted. Leopold Gmelin, formerly instructor at the Art Industrial schools at Karls- ruhe and Munich, editor of Kunst und Handwerk, and a recognized authority, contributes to a recent issue of the Fo- rum an article in which he declares that the change in the conditions of American architecture since the close of the last decade “has created a com- plete revolution in German profession- al circles regarding the status in Amer- ica of this branch of the art.” The Jains of India agree with the Buddhists in disallowing those Brah- manical ceremonies which involve the destruction of life. Being rigid vege- tarians, they take extreme pains not to injure any living creature. They may drive a snake out of the house, but they spare its life. A rajah or prince of this persuasion says: “We endeavor to avoid even green vege- tables, under the idea that cutting the plant may hurt it. We would not needlessly pluck a leaf from a tree, lest the tree should possibly feel pain.” Similar was the superstition of a kin- dergartner, who taught the children that when it was necessary to pull up garden weeds, they shou!d be carefully replanted in some other place! Wireless telegraphy across the At- lantic is to be tried by Sig. Marconi. At present the inventor is in Rome negotiating with the Italian admiralty regarding the adoption of the system by that branch of the Italian service. The experiments which have been made indicate that wireless telegraphy is easily practicable, but that in its present condition of development it cannot be relied on for the severely practical work that the wire insures. A train dispatcher could not under- take to time trains by it. Two co- operating military columns could not depend upon it for communication. War vessels at sea might find it help- ful, but could not make it their sole reliance. The objection that messages transmitted by a wireless system could be received by others than those to whom they are sent amounts to little. The same is true of the ordinary tele- graph wire. As a rule secret messages, even in the mails, are written in cipher. ———_____. While the bison is Practically ex- tinct within the limits of the United’ States, with the exception of the few herded in Yellowstone park, it is re- ported that in the vast region between Alaska and Manitoba the buffaloes are numerous and even increasing. The Killing of them is forbidden by Cana- dian law for two more years, and after i that only the killing of males will be permitted. It is said also that the American bison is to be found on the northern plains of Australia, where a number were liberated as aD experi- meat in the early years of the century. EVENTS OF THE 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. —= Accidental Happenings. Miss Alice Knott was found in bed at Washington, having been asphyxi- ated. A pet dog had turned on the gas. Warren L. Aborn, well known in Chicago racing circles, and at one time owner of a fast string of horses, was suffocated in a fire that destroyed a livery stable over which he lived. The government steamer Ramona struck a skiff containing six belated merrymakers in Quincy bay at Quincy, Ii. All were thrown into the water and three were drowned. The German third-class cruiser Wacht, while participating in the au- tumn maneuvers, exploded her boilers, four persons being killed and four oth- ers wounded. Foreign. ‘The queen regent of Spain has signed a decree proclaiming martial law in the province of Vizcaya. A courier who has arrived at Tripoli reports that the French mission, headed by Frederick Foureau and Maj. Lamy, has been annihilated. An unconfirmed report is current at Buluwayo that an exploring party which recently left Lake Tanganyika, in Central Africa, has, with only one exception, been murdered by the na- tives. The German government has re- solved not to send a special represent- ative to the Philadelphia congress, but has delegated the German consul at Philadelphia and the German agricul- tural attache at Washington to make a report. The British Association for the Ad- vancement of Science successfully ex- changed courtesies with the French Society for the Advancement of Science new in session at Boulogne-sur- Mer, using wireless telegraphy for the purpese. Crimes and Criminals. Robbers held up a Southern Pacific train, dynamite the express safe and get all the money. Louis Deitch, seventeen years old, a typewriter, was arrested in New York on the charge of forging four checks, amounting in all to $1,600. “Devil Anse” Hatfield has been ar- rested at Warnliffe, W. Va., by a sher- iff’s posse. ‘Devil Anse” is famous for his connection with the Hatfield-Mc- Coy feud. John King and wife, an aged couple of Fiskdale, Mass., were found dead at their home. They had been clubbed to death by their son, Peter King, while suffering from delirium. A Hungarian named Sohor was ar- rested at New York at the request of the police of Kerryille, Tex. He is ac- cused of obtaining $2,500 from Charles Schermer of Kerrville by fraudulent means. U Dr. Jacob W. Smith of Marshall, Il. was arrested by the sheriff on the charge of the murder of Henry Craig in Bath county, Ky., in September, 1877. He was then a lad of sixteen. Smith claims to have killed Craig in self-defense. Washington Talk. The government will manufacture its own powder. 5 The war department orders the form- ation of two colored regiments. The cabinet discusses the question of government for Porto Rico. The holding of an American trans- port at Hongkong develops into an in- ternational question. The war department has chartered the steamer Dubuque, which will carry 550 animals to Manila. Inspector Myrendorff, of the interior department, who was suspended, will be reinstated. Secretary Hay says that President McKinley has not formed an alliance with any European power, nor will he. The Gepartment of agriculture names the country along the Assinaboine riv- er, in the Northwest Territory, as the breeding place of grasshoppers. The president intends to have a new system of civil government in opera- tion in Porto Rico by the time congress meets. ¢ A telegram was received at the navy department from Admiral Dewey, Say- ing: “New York, 28th,” indicating that Admiral Dewey expects to arrive in this country at that date. Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, has had an interview with Acting Sec- retary Adee, respecting the inquiry which is making into the killing of the five Italians at Tallulah, La., last sum- mer. He was informed that the state department had not yet received the detailed report of the Louisiana au- thorities on this subject, and it was in- timated that the matter might be re- ferred to congress. People Talked About, Gen. Lawton is ill with chills and fever. Maj. Charles ernon has been detailed as professor of military tactics at the Orchard Lake Academy, Mich. Mahlon Purcell was elected to suc- ceed Mr. P. H. Donnelly as disbursing agent of the industrial commission. Merritt Hoblit, formerly of Atlanta, Ti, now of Monterey, Mex., has been appointed professor in Spanish in rake university. Mr. G. Lowther, British consul at Buda Pest, has been appointed secre- tary of the British embassy at Wash- ington. Chief Justice Charles B. Roberts, of the Sixth judicial district of Maryland, is dead at his home in Westminster, Md., aged fifty-seven years. He was a Demecratic member of the Forty- fourth and Forty-fifth congresses. The Berali-Review.| THE NEWS RESUME General. Wisconsin good roads convention met in Milwaukee last week. Both the imports and exports: con- tinue to increase. Prof. Campbell, of Lick observatory, discovers that Polaris, the north star, is a triple system. Greely’s ¢amp in the arctic was found by Lieut. Peary just as it was left sixteen years ago. A reduction in hard coal rates for North Dakota is announced by the Great Northern. A new labor union, with legislation its chief weapon, is incorporated in Missouri. The directors of the Manhattan Rail- way Company of New York haye de-/ clared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent. Premier Laurier has accepted Chi- cago’s invitation to attend the fall festival there. Lord Minto postpones his answer. Sioux City, Iowa, has extended an invitation to President McKinley to visit the city during his preposed Western tour. It is said that another effort will be made to bring the national organiza- tion of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers into the ranks of the Inter national Order of Railway Men. President Cannon, of the Chase Na- tional bank, New York, says the North- west did more than any other section to bring about the present prosperous condition of the country. The directors of the Mergenthaler Linotype company has declared the regular quarterly dividend of 2% per cent and an extra dividend of 2% per cent, payable Sept. 30. The Westinghouse Electric company declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1% per cent on the first pre&ferred stock, payable Oct. 3 to stock of record Sept. 23. * Michael Duffy, who was one of New York’s boodle aldermen of 1894, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. Liabili- ties, $303,670, mostly contracted as a speculative builder. No assets. A hospital in which consumptives alone will be treated is soon to be erected at Chicago by a number of ! philanthropic citizens at a cost of $125,000. The St. Louis exposition, which marks the beginning of the fall festiv- ivals, has opened its sixteenth aynual exhibition with the finest display and the most striking features ever offered there for inspection. The Republic Iron and Steel com- pany has begun active preparations for constructing a million-dollar Besse- mer steel plant in Youngstown, Ohio, The plant will have a daily output of 600 tons. A manufacturing firm of Hamilton, Ohio, shipped to Yokohama for the Japanese government, equipment for one of the finest paper mills in the world. Japan has decided to make her own paper. 2 Pittsburgers interested in the pro- posed bridge structural iron and steel combine, which is being promoted by J. Gifford Ladd of New York, to be capitalized at $65,000,000, are confident that the deal will go through. Pittsburghers interested in the pro- posed bridge structural iron and steel combine which is being promoted by J. Gifford Ladd of New York, to be ,capi-, talized at $65,000,000, are confident that the deal will go through. The armor for the battleship Wis- consin, in course of construction at the Union iron works at San Franciseo, is now arriving, but the vessel will not be turned over to the government until next spring. A Hamilton, Ohio, manufacturing firm has shipped to Yokohama for the Japanese government equipment for one of the finest paper mills in the world. The machine is loaded on twen- ty-five cars and the transportation wil cost $11,000. The Roadmasters’ Association of America selected Les Angeles, Cal., for their next meeting place after receiy- ing invitations from Milwaukee. ‘Cin- cinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo and Kansas City. The date was fixed for the sec- ond Tuesday in November. A large aerolite fell near Sycamore, south of Tiffin, Ohio. It weighed over 500 Ibs and burst into many pieces. The light of the meteor was Blinding and its roar in passing through the air was deafening. It made the éarth tremble when it struckD James P. Travin of Covington, Ky., president of the Ohio Valley League of Bimetallic clubs, would like to see all the silver organizations of the coun- try amalgamated, and he is credited with starting a movement to attain that end. ‘The health statistics of Havana for the month of August, which have been just issued, show that there were 11 deaths from yellow fever, 76 from dysentery, 65 from consumption, 54 from heart disease and 41 from other causes. Samuel Moore Pelton, receiver of the Queen & Crescent line, has been elect- ed to the presidency of the Chicago & Alton road, vice E. H. Harriman, who resigned to become chairman of the executive committee of the syndicate- owned property. Cramp’s shipbuilding yards at Phila- delphia have resumed operations, after being closed from Sept. 1. when work was stopped at the plant. Charles 8. Cramp announced that the action was taken in order to give the veterans at- tending the Grand Army encampment an opportunity of inspecting the yards. Louis Lapiner, the father of little Gerald Lapiner, who was kidnaped two years ago, has filed a petition in bankruptcy at Chicago. Liabilities $24,- 000; no assets. The indebtedness was contracted in Ogden, Utah, in 1898, while Mr. Lapiner was in the general merchandise business. , M. Henri de Regnier, the distin- guished French poet, will give a third series of lectures before Harvard Uni- versity, at Cambridge, under the aus- pices of the Cercle Francaifs d B’Uni- versite Harvard, beginning March 1, on “French Modern Poetry.” A suit for nearly a million dollars’ worth of taxes has been ordered filed at Austin, Tex., against the Interna- tional & Great Northern railroad for back taxes covering a period of twenty- five years. The suit is brought to re- cover taxes for that period on property valued at $9.000.000. . ; DEFECTIVE PAGE | CONDITION : COCKRAN WAS ELOQuENT. FEW CASES OF DISABILITY IN THE THIRTEENTH. In Cases Where Disability Is Found by the Doctors It Is Only of a Trifling Nature—Gen. Reeve'’s Dif- ficulty With the Customs Officers Will Probably Be Dropped—Min- nesota Boys Have a Good Time in Town After Pay Day and Con- duct Themselves With Propriety. San Francisco, Sept. 17.—The physi- cal examinations in the Thirteenth are progressing rapidly. Companies BE, F, G, H and I were examined yesterday, and the three remaining companies will probably be completed to-day. Very few of the men are found suffer- ing from any disability, and in cases that are found the disability is slight. The officers of the companies are very busy on the muster rolls and the mus- tering officers are assisting the compa- nies’ commanders. The morning papers here printed a statement that there was a possibility of Gen. Reeve being arrested for going on board the Sheridan before she was ‘given a clean bill of health by the quarantine officers. Gen. Reeve was on the quarantine tug and was invited aboard by officers and men of the regi- ment. He says he received no intima- tion from the quarantine officers that going aboard was against regulations, and was practically hauled aboard by men on the transport. The matter was reported by the quarantine officer to the collector of the port and district attorney, ‘but it is not thought that there will be any trouble. While boarding a vessel bef sed by quarantine officers is in ation of law, it has been done by many, and, under the peculiar circumstances, it is not thought that anything will be done. Gen. Reeve expresses the opin- ion that nothing will ever come of it. District Attorney Croombs has done ucthing yet. and says he cannot tell if he ever will. Gen. Shafter and staff reviewed the Twenty-seventh, Thirtieth and Thirty- first volunteer regiments at .the Pre- sidio yesterday morning. Gov. Lind and staff and Goy. Lee were invited to be present and accompanied the re- viewing party. Large numbers of Min- nesota soldiers witnessed the review, which was a very fine one. San Francisco is very proud of the Minnesota boys. In spite of the fact that Thursday was pay day and the men were expected to have a good time, not one of the regiment was ar- rested that night, although the police are instructed to arrest all drunken soldiers, place them in a station until sober and then turn them loose. Since the regiment has been in the city only two or three have been arrested, and they were released in the morning. Yesterday afternoon Gov. Lind and staff visited the battleship Iowa and Union iron works, where tke Oregon was built. In the evening they were cntertained at the Occidental hotel at a ball given by Gov. Gage to visiting officials. Gov. Lind and staff will re- turn home early next week. _ TO SECURE PEACE. Most Liberal Offers Made to Aguin aldo. New York, Sept. 17.—A special to the World from Ithaca, N. Y., says: Your correspondent is able to say on authority that the Schurman peace commission offered every possible in ducement short of absolute self-gov- ernment to Aguinaldo and his follow. ers. Aguinaldo was promised, as the price for the restoration of peace in the Tagalos tribe, a bonus of more than’ $5,000 a year while the Tagalos re- mained peaceful. He was told that he eculd choose men from his tribe for the minor municipal offices. The com- mission went so far as to. promise Aguinaldo the moral support of the United States government, if such were needed, to make his leadership of the Tagalos thoroughly secure. With all these inducements, tempt- ing as they must have been, Aguinaldo declined to yield. He insisted upon im- mediate self-government, and as his insistence was so firm as to make an agreement impossible, the American commissioners ceased negotiations. President Schurman was frank in telling your correspondent a day or two ago that he favored giving to the various tribes the largest possible measure of home rule at the earliest moment. He thought that several tribes could administer their local at- fairs, elect their municipal officers, es- tablish courts and penal institutions, a judiciary, ete, but he did not be- lieve it possible to allow the natives to participate in the general govern- ment. “How could they govern the island in view of the heterogenity and multiplicity of the tribes?’ he asked. CONCEDING TO STRIKERS. Necessary in Order to Get Crews to Make the Ocean Voyage. South Shields, Sept. 17.—T'wo steain- ers have been obliged to meet the de- mands of the strikers in order to ob- tain crews. One of these vessels is the new Atlantic liner British Princess, bound for New York, which is making her maiden trip. Mr. Joseph Havelock Wilson, Radical member of parlia- ment for Middlesborough, said: “We have now got into the thick of the fight, but the agitation must be carried on for three months in order to obtain success.” Berlin, Sept. 17. — Charles Allen, a mail robber, who escaped from Sing Sing in 1895, and Sidney Wennie, a pickpocket of Washington, have been arrested at Frankfort. Permission Refused. Melbourne, Sept. 17.-The postmas- ter general announced in the legisla- ture that he had refused permission to the Eastern Extension company to lay an alternative cable pending con- sultation with the other governments concerned in the Pacific cable project. O'Brien Got the Decision. Chicago, Sept. 17—Jack O’Brien, the Philadelphia welter-weight, won a de- cision over Tommy Tracy of Australia at the Fort Dearborn Athletic club after six rounds of hard fighting. elivers a Speech Before the Trust Conference. Chicago, Sept. 17.—The exciting de- bate looked for last night between W. J. Bryan and Bourke Cockran on trusts did not take place. Central Music hall was packed with an en-— thusiastic audience, but the people present had to content themselves without the oratory of the famous Nebraskan, who, however, occupied a seat on the platform. Mr, Bryan reached the city early in the evening. He went direct to a room upstairs, where he was greeted by Chairman Franklin Head. Congressman Caines, Ralph M. Easley and other members of the programme committee of the Civic Federation conference on trusts. Mr. Bryan surprised the committee by declining to speak at the night session with Bourke Cockran, in accordance with the programme previously ar- ranged. Mr. Bryan explained that he did not wish to let the impression go out that he was to enter into a debate with Mr. Cockran, For that reason he said he would not speak with Mr. Cockran at the same session. The programme was then changed to meet Mr. Bryan’s wishes. Mr. Bryan said he was anxious to address the conter- ence, and repeated that his only reason for changing the prograrame was to avoid any indication of a pub- lic debate with Mr. Cockran, Mr. Bryan will speak at today’s session, While disappointed at not seeing Mr. Bryan and Mr. Cockran pitted against each other, the audience nevertheless enjoyed a rare treat, as Mr. Cockran was at his best, and the speech was punctured with frequent and pro- longed applause. When Mr. Bryan made his appearance at the entrance it was the signal for tumultuous cheering which lasted until the Ne- braskan had taken his seat on the speaker’s stand. Mr. Foulke of In- diana, who was in the middle an ad- dress when the outburst occurred, put the audience in good hearing by say- ing: “I guess you came here to-night to hear somebody else speak.” = Mr. Foatke was followed by Hon. Edward Rosewater of Omaha, whose address drew notably close attention from his hearers. At the close of his speech Mr. Cock- ran won the hearts of his listeners by paying Mr. Bryan a few well chosen compliments which the Democratic leader blushingly acknowledged. Mr. Cockran likened Mr. Bryan to a mo- nopoly, aud claimed he was a bigger monopoly as the leader of the Demo- cratic party than any of the corpora- ticns in the world. Mr. Cockran spoke for about two and when he concluded cries for Bryan came from all over the house. Finally Mr. Bryan arose and said for the good of the conference all partisan feelings had been eliminated from the gathering, and, although he agreed with Mr. Cockran in many of his argu- ments, it was necessary that his side of the controversy should be given, too. MARKETS, Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. Barley and Rye ‘ley ,31@33¢c; No. 2 rye, 481-2 No. 3 rye. 48@48 1-4¢. Duluth, Sept. 1S—-Wheat—No 1 hard, cash, 701-8c; No. 1 Northern, 67 5-8c, No Northern, 65 1-Se; No. 3 spring, 615-8c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 69 7-8¢; No. 1 Nort) rf r, No. 1h 69 7-Se; No, 1 Northern, 6 December, No. 1 Northern, 6 May, No. 1 Northern, 713-Sc; cats, 21@21 1-4¢; rye, 54c; barley, @1i0e; , to arrive, 08; September, $1.08; October, $1.06 1-4; corn, 29c. Minneapolis, Sept. 18—Wheat—Sep- tember opened at 66 3-4c¢ and closed at 66 7-8c; December opened at -8e and closed at 67 5-8c; May opened at 69 7-Se and closed at 701-8e. On track No. 1 hard, old, 7038-4¢; new, T0c; No. 1 Northern, old, 693-4c; new, 67 3-4¢: Northern, old, 683-4c; new, Sept. 18.—Flour is ‘0. 1 Northern, ukee, Wis. Wheat stead, Oats steady at Chicago, Sept 713-4¢; . 8, 68 uter, 68 1-2c¢; Northern 0. 3, 6 3, 31 , 21. 8-4e, Chicago, Sept. 17. Hogs — Mix: and butchers, $4.85@4.75; good $4.35@4.70; rough heavy, $4.15@4. light, $4.30@4.75. Cattle—Beeves, $4.50 cows and heifers, $2 @ 5.40; feeders, $3@5. Sheep—Natives, $2.75@ 460; lambs, $4@6.35. Sept. 18.—Cattle— 50; cows and bulls, .75; stockers and feea- .50@4.50; calves and yearlings, Hogs, $4.12 1-2 @ 4.40; bulk, 22¢; No, ed South St. Paul, Sept. 18. — Hogs — $4 254.65. Cattle—Stockers, $2.90@ 50; heifers, $3.40; cows, $3.75@3.80. Sheep, $3.60; lambs, $4.75@5. KILLED HER CHILD. Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 17. — A fatal accident occurred in the town of Amora Thursday. The discharge of a rifle in the hand of Mrs. Ed Lepple in- stantly killed her two-year-old son. Mr. and Mrs. Lepple were hunting ducks on Lake Wilker and the child lay asleep in the bottom of the boat. The gun was discharged while Mrs. Lepple was putting in fresh shells, and the bullet passed through the child’s kidneys. Disastrous Frost. Plainfield, Wis., Sept. 17. — The re- sult of the hard frost here was very disastrous, as corn was not fully ma- tured and will be badly injured. Buck- wheat was also nipped, and the all- important crop—potatoes—was killed. Labor at a Carnival. Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 17.—The 1lo- cal labor organizations arranged the carnival programme for last evening. Twenty-five hundred workingmen and over 100 floats were in line. The pro- cession was followed by addresses, FORMALLY OPENE EXPORT EXHIBITION IN | FULL BLAST AT PHILADELPHIA. Distinguished Visitors Present From. All Sections of the Country—Mes- sage Read From the President = Extending Greetings and Off-— cially Opening the Great Exposi-- tion—Admiral Sampson and His- Officers and Men Participate im_ the Opening—Gov. Stone Delivers: an Address of Welcome. Philadelphia, Sept. 16. — With cere- monies unattended by ostentation, the» National Export exposition was form- ally opened at noon yesterday. Dis- tinguished visitors from all sections of” the country were in attendance, in- cluding representatives of the diplo- matic corps, officers of the army and navy, merchants and business and pro- fessional men. After the benediction by Archbishop Ryan, which concluded the dedicatory exercises, a message was received from President McKinley extending greetings and officially opening the great exposition. When the message had been read a chorus of 600 yoices- and the audience sang "The Star Spangled Banner,” accompanied by the United States Marine band and. the big exposition organ. The exposition. grounds were opened to the public at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, and long before noon thou- sands of people had passed through the gates. The dedicatory ceremonies- were held in the immense auditorium, which was crowded to its utmost ca~- pacity. The first event of the day was the { landing of Admiral Sampson and the officers of his squadron at the Chest- nut street pier. Carriages were in waiting and the naval officers were driven to the city hall, where, in May- or Ashbridge’s office, they met Gov. ae Stoné and his staff, the officers and di- 7 rectors of the exposition, the officers ] and ¢ trustees of the Commercial museum, the officers and managers of 4 the Branklin institute, various railway / \ | { Y— r ih 4 oflicials and about 100 other promi- nent, men of Philadelphia and other cities. Subsequently those who had gath- ered in the mayor's office re-entered the carriages and were conveyed to { the exposition grounds, escorted by a i plattoon of mounted police and 250 ma- i rines from the North Atlantic squad- ron. Arriving at the grounds the dis- tinguished guests were escorted to the platform in the auditorium. In the absence of P. A. B. Widener, president of the exposition, the first vice presi- dent, W. W. Foulkrode, delivered the address, turning the exposition over to- the governor of the state. Director General W. P. Wilson delivered an ad- dress on “The Inception, Purpose, Plan and Scope of the Exposition.” i i Gov. Stone made an address welcom- tt. — ing the visitors, accepting the exposi- tion and turning it over to the mayor i of Philadelphia. j Reunion of Veterans. Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 16.—Nearly 200 surviving members of the Twenty-first Iowa regiment met in annual reunion on the river bank on ground which was known as Camp Franklin Sept. 14, 1862, where these men were mus- tered into service. Many of these old veterans had not seen each other since the war, and had not seen this spot nee they left it thirty-seven years ago. Prairie Fires In Texas. Austin. Tex., Sept. 16—For several days past large prairie fires have been raging on the plains and in the Pan- handle section of Texas. Reports from ; there last night are to the effect that the Denver railroad lost fifty cars, which were caught o nthe sidings in . the fire-sticken district. Other roads traversing that section are reported to have-sueffred some damage. Lange Investigation. Berlin, Sept. 16—The representative here/of the Associated Press learns thatdLouis Lange, Jr., the late United States consul at Bremen, was investi- gated officially a month ago by United States Consul General Frank Mason on very serious charges, A full report of tho matter has been forwarded to the state den>"*ment at Washington. a a Chi senge a fare > «.< trom all points in its ter. jee to the fall festival to be held here next month, The association also decided to make p rate of one and one-third fares from ,Chicago for the Dewey celebra- tion at New York Oct. 1. Milwaukee Extension. Chieago, Sept. 16—The Milwaukee & St. Paul has decided to build a short- cut from Storm Lake to the Iowa & i Dakota division at Rock Valley. The new ‘ine will be about eighty miles long «nd will shorten the running time fromChamberlain, S. D., to Chicago by about five hours. {Parker Prairie’s Robbery. Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 16. — Burglars entered the postoffice at Parker’s Prairie and made an unsuc- cessful attempt to blow the safe. They secured $5 in the outside drawer and took some small articles of merchan- dise.; No definite clue. Flouring Mill a Total Loss. Baraboo, Wis., Sept. 16.—The fiour- ing mill of E. H. Theile was recently destroyed by fire at Arkdale, Adams county. The loss is estimated at $20,- 000. It is a total loss; no insurance. — Burglars Wreck a Bank. Milaca, Minn., Sept. 16. — Burglars wrecked the Milaca bank vault and building. The vault is in hundreds \ pieces, while the front of the building , is entirely ruined and the walls in 4 rear and north side were thrown Lynching in Georgia. Tifton, Ga. Sept. 16—A negro arrested at and positively id fied as one of the two n i saulted Miss Johnson. o hun men lynched the prisoner. Seat the other negro is continued.