Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 5, 1901, Page 2

—_— —— eee The Herald--Heview. By E. C. KILEY, GRAND RAPID: The new cone on Mount Vesuvius, formed during the late eruptions, has been suddenly engulfedyinto the crater. ‘The mountain has now assumed its old appearance. Dr. Hans Blum, one of the biograph- ers of Bismarck, has become mentally deranged, owing to his losses through the recent failure of the Leipziger bank, 2nd has been placed in an asy- lum. He is a son of Robert Blum, who was executed in Vienna during the revolution of 1848. In cold countries, where snow pre- vails during a long winter, many of the animals change the hue of their coats to a white tint. The Arctic bear and fox are white throughout the year. The northern hare is brown in sum- mer and white in winter. The weasel is especially curious; it retains its brown coat unti! the first snow ap- pears, and then whitens in a few hours, Forty years ago President Lincoln appointed John Jap Jackson of Park- ersburg, W. Va., judge of the United States circuit court and he still holds the position. During all these years he has never failed but once to hold court at the appointed time. That was when confederate troops under Gen. Loring were in possession of Charles- town, where the sessions were held, and the session assigned for that date had to be postponed. It is announced from Constantinople that the Sultan has had to be bled. For some time he has manifested a somnotent tendency. Recently he slept continuously fcr fifteen hours, and af- ter awaking for about an hour he went to sleep again. He was only roused by his Arab body physician applying ice to his temples. The physician then intimated to the Sultan that his condi- tion indicated excess of blood, and that bleeding was necessary in order to ob- viate danger to the brain. After mak- ing the doctor swear on the Koran that no injurious results need be ap- prehended, the Sultan let himself be bled, and his quick-witted servitors gathered the blood into tiny phials, which can be sold to the faithful at 100 piastres each. Dr. L, O. Howard, entomologist of the department of agriculture, has just made public some startling state- ments of the property losses caused by insects. He believes they aggregate over $300,000,000 a year. The Rocky Mountain locust or western grasshop- per in 1874, ate up $100,000,000 worth of growing crops. The chinch-bug alone has eats $390,000,000 worth of corn a24.wheat {n the Western states since 1850. As for the mosquito, apare ffoia the losses believed to be due to its pernicious activity in the spread of yellow fever and malaria, it is an im- mense depreciator of real estate val ues. A New Jersey newspaper re- cently estimated that its extermina- tion in that one state alone would add to its real estate valuation not lezs than $100,000,000. The miners of the town of Pas D2 Calais have elected Mlle. Lea Bourdon as their queen of the coal carnival. This young woman is in the coal trade in the capacity of a sifter, and al- though her work is so grimy she has a beautiful complexion, which, no doubt, added to her good character, gave her the necessary number of vetes, although the competition was keen, her fellow-candidates being drawn from the cleaner walks of life. The car which carried the queen and her maids of honor was decorated with flowers, picks, lanterns, etc. Mlle. Bourdon is only 17, and the coronation in the center of the town made a very beautiful tableau. To be coal queen en- titles her to a small annuity from the treasury of the town, and with her French thrift she will save this for her dot. As the steamer Sheffield was leaving the river Scheldt one evening recently the captain and passengers observed the unusual phenomenon (in these lati- tudes) of a large waterspout. The steamer was a few miles off West Capple, and from a _ heavy thunder cloud lying due west of this point, and computed to be about ten miles dis- tant, a dense black column was formed, which appeared to fall by a sinuous course into the sea. At this distance the surface of the sea—where the waterspout touched its surface— was at once surrounded by a smoke- like obscurity. Hundreds of tons of water must have dropped heavily into the sea. The black line of communi- cation between the cloud and the sea fell precipitately at first, then for some distance appeared to encounter a fresh current of air and was borne along laterally, after which it dropped into the sea, The phenomenon contin- ued dashing up the surface of the sea for about four minutes. Arrangements have been concluded for the resumption of business in Prussia of American insurance com- panies, which have been excluded from the kingdom for the past six years. The officials of the insurance compan- fes have completed exhaustive ex- aminations of the new German law covering the control of insurance throughout the empire and find that it removes the conditions which the American companies have hitherto regarded as prohibitory. These re- strictions consisted in part of a strict supervision of all accounts A LIFE FOR A LIFE LEON CZOLGOSZ MUST PAY THE PENALTY OF HIS AWFUL CRIME, ' JUDGE PRONOUNCES SENTENCE TO BE ELECTROCUTED DURING THE WEEK BEGINNING a ocr. 28. NO ONE ELSE IS IMPLICATED PRISONER STATES THAT HE ALONE 1S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIME, Buffalo, Sept. 27.—Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley, was yesterday sentenced to be electro- cuted in Auburn state prison during the week beginning Oct. 28, 1901. Be- fore sentence was passed the assassin evidenced a desire to speak, but he could not get his voice above a whisper and his words were’ repeated to the court by his counsel. “There was no one else but me,” the prisoner said in a whisper, “No one else but me to do it and no one paid me to do it. I was not told anything about the crime and I never thought anything about that until a couple of days before I committed the crime.” Czolgosz sat down. He was quite calm but it was evident that his mind was flooded with thoughts of his own distress. His eyes were dilated, mak- ing them appear very bright. His cheeks were a trifle pale and his out- stretched hand trembled. The guards put the handcuffs on his wrists. He looked at one of the officers. There was an expression of the Profoundest Fear and helplessness in his eyes. He glanced about at the people who crowded the room in efforts to get a look at him. The prisoner’s eyelids rose and fell tremulously and then he fixed his gaze on the floor in front of him. At this point Judge Titus came over to the prisoner and bade him good-bye. Czolgosz replied very faintly, lettiny his eye rest upon the man who had been his counsel. “Good-bye,” he said weakly. He was then hurried down stairs and through the tunnel to the jail where he will remain until removed to Auburn to pay the penalty for his crime. Although the time announced for the convening of court was 2 o'clock every seat and every foot of standing room were occupied before 1:30 and scores were clamoring outside for admission. The doors were locked and no more were admitted to the room. In passing sentence Judge White said: “In taking the life of our beloved j connection with LIBELED SCHLEY. Evidence in the Court of Inquiry Destroya Sampson's Cause. Washington, Oct. 2.-Admiral Dewey and his associates on the Schley court of inquiry have been busy for ten days or so listening to evidence sub- mitted by the navy department, and it is a curious fact that up to the present time absolutely nothing has been de- veloped which could convict Rear Ad- miral Schley of anything worse than an error of judgment. but this same evidence shows beyond the shadow of a doubt that Rear Admiral Sampson, who was Schley’s superior during the war, but since then has been his sub- ordinate, has barn guilty of gross slander against ais superior officer. The evidence agsinst Rear Admiral Sampson is so complete that he could hardly escape a trial and conviction by court-martial if it were not for the fact that the scandalous attack was published more than two years ago, and hence is barred by the naval stat- ute of limitation. The evidence sub- mitted to the court the past week has shown that any time since the Span- ish war Rear Admiral Schley might have Demanded the Court-Martial of Rear Admiral Sampson, and it is apparently only Schley’s forbearance which has saved the professional rep- utation of Rear Admiral Sampson, That the whole fabrick of Admiral Sampson's charges would be swept away by the testimony of his own friends was too much to expect, but the court of inquiry has developed this extraordinary state of affairs, and it is Sampson, and not Schley, who has been shown guilty of con- duct which must necessarily be pro- nounced conduct unbecoming an of- ficer and a gentleman. One of the most striking develop- ments is that official charts, log books, reports of the commanding officers of the North Atlantic fleet, and the offi- cial report of the war compiled by the bureau of navigation have been changed without regard to facts and are worthless as evidence. This has been sworn to by a number of wit- nesses, and when confronted with these judges the judge advocate of the court has ‘frankly admitted that the official documents relating to the Spanish war Are Inaccurate and consequently entirely worthless. The most significant fact in this con- nection is that all the “mistakes” as Counsel Rayner generously character- izes them are against Rear Admiral Schley, and in every instance this testimony has been badly shuken on cross-examination. This is regarded by fair-minded persons who have fol- lowed the case closely to indicate prejudice against Schley on the part of the officers who have already given their version of the circumstances in the battle of Santi- ago. Rear Admiral Evans, who, as cap- tain, commanded the battleship Lowa during the Santiago campaign, was 4 witness yesterday. His testimony president you committed a crime which Shocked and Outraged the moral sense of the ciyfized world. You have confegged that guilt, and at- ter ting all that ae his Lim? cant be learned from tn®- facts and circittm stances of the case tWélve good jurors have pronounced you guilty: of murder | in the first degree. You have Said, ac» cording to the testiMf0ny of ged* able witnesses, that no othep $cthan aided or abétted you ip the commission of this terrible &ct. God grant it may be so. The penalty of the crime for whith you stand convicted is fixed by the statute and it now becomes my duty to pronounce this judgment against you. “The sentence of the court is that in the week beginning Oct. 28, 1901, at the place, in the manner and means prescribed by law, you suffer the pun- ishment of death. “Remove the prisoner.” The crowd slowly filed out of the room and court adjourned at 6 Now Safe in Auburn Prison. Auburn, N. ¥., Sept. 27, 3 a, m.—Leon F. Czolgosz, the condemned assassin of President McKinley, is now in murder- er’s row in the prison here, where he will remain until put to death by elec- tricity during the week beginning Oct. 28. Czolgosz was accompanied by. Sheriff Caldwell and a guard of sixteen men. The party arrived in a special car attached to the regular New York Central train which left Buffalo at 10 p. m. The departure from Buffalo was so unexpected by the citizens that practically no one besides the officers know that the assassin is no longer in Buffalo. Czolgosz occasioned no trouble whatever during the trip. Soon after he was placed in his cell with the death watch before his door he was sound asleep. — AERONAUT’S LAST DROP. Lands in a Big Reservoir and Is Drowned. Lima. Ohio, Sept. 27.—Frank Hague, better known as Zeno, an aeronaut, was drowned in the city water works reservoir yesterday afternoon. Hague was in a parachute and balloon race with C. M. Hawley at the county fair grounds and were about 1,200 feet in the air when they cut loose. Hawley landed in a private yard near the res- ervoir, while Hague landed in the mid- dle of the big reservoir and was drowned by becoming entangled in the ropes of the parachute. Not Included in Ce: Indianapoiis, Sept. 27.—Daleville, a town of about 1,000 inhabitants in Del- aware county, is probably the only town in Indiana which was not includ- ed in the last census. For some reason it has been entirely overlooked and is not even mentioned, although the township in which it is located is given. Concentration Camps. London, Sept. 27.—The official return covered the entire period from the time the Iowa left the port of Key West on the 20thvof May, 1898, until the 5th of July, when Admiral Evans testified he had a conversation with Samir: ley” cern. the Battie of the Sd. He described in detali the principal battle off Santiago, and also gave particulars concerning the bom- barament of the Colon on the 3ist of May. Nothing new was developed by the testimony of Admiral Evans. He covered the principal events of the campaign much as those who have preceded him on the stand. He said that he did not communicate the code of signals to Schley when he joined his squadren at Cienfuegos because he supposed the admiral was fully in- formed on the subject. In his opinion there was only one day, the 26th of May, when it was not possible to coal at sea. Other witnesses of the day were Capt. Theodore F. Jewell, who was commander of the cruiser Minneapolis during the Spanish war, and Com- mander James M. Miller, who was in command of the collier Merrimac un- til that vessel was turned over to Lieut. Hobson to be sunk in the mouth of the harbor at Santiago. Admiral Evans had not concluded his testi- mony when the court adjourned for ‘the day. —— WAS MUCH WORSE. Officers Also Perished in the Slaugh- ter at Samar Island. Manila, Oct. 2.—Gen, Hughes, from the Island of Samar, reports the ar- rival of Sergeant Markley and one private at Tannan from the fight at Balangiga, where nearly fifty men of Company C, Ninth infantry, were killed by insurgents who attacked the trcops while at breakfast Saturday last. The men who have reached Tan- nan say that the officers of the com- pany, who were at first reported to have escaped, were killed with the ma- jority of the company. The troops were attacked while unprepared, by 400 belomen, of whom the Americans killed about 140, Many of the soldiers were killed in their they had time to grasp their rifles. | Gen. the disaster and will personally com- mand the troops. dence on the part of the people, who Ninth with music and fiestas. Officers Also Perished. copy of Gen. Chaffee’s cable from Ma-~ just reported shows the Souch African concentration camps in August con- tained 137,619 persons. were children. Suicide and Smoke. Pana, Ill., Sept. 27.— Because her husband would not quit smoking Mrs. , drinking carbolic acid. She cannet live._ ; escaped. The corrected ‘that the cipher _the officers mentioned are safe. quarters before Hughes is going to the scene of The American officers at Manila do not attempt to explain the massacre, except on the ground of over confi- troops at Balangiga and lack of watchfulness. This was due probably to the extreme friendliness of the residents and towns recently welcomed the Washington, Oct. 2. — A corrected nila in regard to the massacre ‘of ‘the American soldiers in Samar was made public at the war department yester- The deaths | . h8 ‘day. By a mistake in translating the 2,345, numbered 2,345, of which number 1,878 cipher the dispatch was first Interpret- ed as saying that Capt. Connell, ‘Lieut. Bumpus and Surgeon Griswold had copy shows words. mistaken ‘for ‘have escaped” really meant “inves- Henry Watts, aged forty, of Sharps- | tigation will be made.” The corrected burg, this county, attempted suicide by ‘copy docs not show, therefore, ‘that CORBIN. INVOLVED INVESTIGATION OF THE ALLEGED MANILA HEMP COMBINA- TION, SENATE COMMITTEE IN SESSION CHARGES AGAINST COL. HEIS’ MADE BY BROTHER OrF- FICER, i} OTHER ARMY OFFICERS IN IT eee eee iG COL. HEISTAND SAYS HE CONSID- ERS THE DEAL A LEGITI- MATE ONE, Washington, Oct. 2. — The senate subcommittee on military affairs, con- sisting of Senators Hawley, chairman; Proctor, Burrows, Cockrell and Harris, began yesterday morning the investi- gation of charges against Lieut. Col. H. O. S. Heistad of the army, in con- nection with the alleged Manila hemp combination. The charges were preferred by Maj. ©. O. Hawkes, formerly a volunteer officer, and was deemed of sufficient importance to warrant an investiga- tion by the senate. In brief the charges against Col. Heistad are that he, in connection with other oflicers in the army and some cther officials of the government attempted to form a combination to control the output of hemp from the Philippines, using their official posi- tions and influence to further their ends. At the opening of the inquiry sev- eral important documents from the war department were submitted to the committee, including a copy of The Charges Made against Col. Heistand and his reply to them. In his reply Col, Heistand says he was identified with the proposed company and considered his connec- tion with it legitimate and honorable. Some time prior to the making of the charges Col. Heistand says he ceased all nazotiations with Maj. Hawkes, effecting a settlement in full with him. Maj. Hawkes delivered to him all pa- pers in the case and took a receipt for them. Subsequently Col. Heistand re- ceived a telegrain from Maj. Hawkes n which the latter said he had re- tained certified copies of all the letters and papers in the case and had pho- tographs of the more important docu- ments. Among the papers sent by the war department were those relative to the appointment of Maj. Hawkes to the army and assignment to the Philip- pines customs service and his removal from that place. At the afternoon session Maj. Hawkes was sworn and testified to the statements heretofore made in the statement which Caused tke Investigation. He went into details and read conies of letters which Heistand had written to him, The most important develop- sent. during the day S$ Maj. Hawkes’ testimony regarding the first meeting of some of those who were projectors of the proposed Manila Rope company, which was held in Dudley & Michener’s law office in this xity in the summer of 1889. Those pres- ont besides the attorneys were Col. Heistand and J. E. Wharton. In an- swer to an inquiry as to who were in the ecmpany Col. Heistand wrote the following names? William W. Dudley, Lewis T. Mich- sner, E. L. Hawkes, James E. Boyd, George D. Meiklejohn, Charles H. Al- ‘en, H. O. S. Heistand, H. C. Corbin and Lewis B. Jackson. Maj. Hawkes produced a paper containing this list, saying he saw Heistand writing the aatt.es. Col. Heistand inspected the paper and said he thought it was his writing, but where or when he wrote the names he had no recollection. Members of the committee brought out the fact that Boyd, Meiklejohn, Allen, Corbin and Jackson were not present at the mecting. WKINLEY WILL PROBATED. Judge Day and Secretary Cortelyou Appointed Administrators. Canton, Ohio, Oct. 2. — The will of President McKinley was admitted to probate at the conclusion of the formal hearing yesterday by Probate Judge Maurice E. August. The papers waiv- ing: notice of probating by Mrs. Sarah Duncan and Miss Helen McKinley of Meveland, sisters of the deceased, were filed and this completed the prelimi- naries necessary for admitting the will to probate. In pursuance of the wishes of Mrs. McKinley, and upon her signed recommendation. the court appointed Judge William R. Day and Secretary George B. Cortelyou administrators of the estate with will annexed, and is- sued letters of administration, CAPT. LEMLY’S SISTER DEAD. Admiral Schley Offers to Move the Adjournment of the Court. Washington, Oct. 2.—News was re- ceived here last night of the death by burning of a sister of Capt. Lemly, judge advocate of the Schley court of inquiry, Which ‘occurred in North Car- olina yesterday. Immediately upon receipt of the news Admiral Schley and his courtsel ‘sent ‘word to Capt. Lemly offering ‘to move the court to adjourn to-day, but the captain had retired and ‘could ‘not ‘be seen. ——— ‘IS NOT RESIGNING. kQawali's Executive Declines to Yield ‘to the Opposition. ‘Washington, ‘Oct. 2.—Harry E. Coop- er, secretary of Hawaii, has arrived here, and deriies'the report that he was bearing the resignation of Gov. Dole to the president. Mr. ‘Cooper said that, go ‘far as he knew, Gov. Dole has not only not resigned, but ‘has no intention 6f resigning. To him'the governor had not’ m tioned or intimated that -he'had “any*such interition'in ‘view. FAILS TO DELIVER. “Fighaing Bob” Evans Disappoints the Opponents of Schley. , Washington, Oct. 3. — Rear Admiral R. D. Evans finished his testimony be- fore the Schley court of inquiry yes- terday morning. The Schley people assert that the man who commanded the Iowa before Santiago had failed to give the important anti-Schley testi- mony that was expected, and they de- clare the rear admiral added little of importance to the record. Evans kept his temper admirably until Rayner asked him if he had withdrawn his ship on July 2, when the land batteries were bombarded by the big-ships of the fleet, because of a disarrangement of the guns. He em- phatically declared that he had stayed untii all the rest had gone away. He refused to say that he was worried about coaling at sea, “Not worried, but anxious about it,’ was the way the rear admiral analyzed his feeling Regarding Conling. o Mr. Rayner failed to elicit anything sensational from Evans except to make the admiral admit the inaccur- acy of the figures used in his report regarding the distance of the Brook- lyn from Santiago on the morning of May 27. Evans said thirty miles, while measurements on the chart showed twenty-two. This distance, he said, was given him by the navigating officer of the Iowa, and that he sup- posed that it was correct. In the re- examination Mr. Hanna asked Mr. Evans if, during the bombardment of the Colon on May 30, the warships went close enough to fully develop the shore batteries. The rear admiral evaded the question, but said he saw only three shells come close to the warships, two of which fell near the Iowa. Thomas Dieuaide, correspondent of a New York newspaper, Followed “Fighting Bob” on the witness stand. He testified that he was aboard the Texas during the battle of Santiago. He told how he went to the upper bridge of the warship when the alarm was given. He reinforced his memory from a formidable looking book in which he said he had put down the notes from which he wrote his report of the bat- tle. He testified to the stopping of the engines of the Texas, and said he saw the Brooklyn directly in front of the Texas. He said he thought the flag- ship was less than a quarter of a mile from the Texas. Dieuaide, it was revealed by Mr. Rayner, had not men- tioned the reversing of the Texas’ en- gines in the report of the battle which he had written. He said he had tried to make his story as Nice to Everybody as possible at the request of Capt. Philip, so he left out all the important facts to which he had just testified. Mr. Rayner demanded that his printed report be introduced in court to-day, and it was finally agreed that the re- ports would be introduced, but net ad- mitted as evidence if objectionable. The third witness was Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee. His testimony covered his communication to Commodore Schley upon the latter's arrival off Santiago May 26, 1898, and at subse- quent dates, and dealt with the state of the weather at that period. He was asked a great number of questions by the court. THE MARKETS. St. Paul, Oct. 3. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 70@701-2c; No. 2 North- ern, 681-2@69e. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 57@57 1-2c; No. 3, 561-2@57c. Oats—No. 3 white, 36@361-2c; No. 3, 25 1-2@26c. Minneapolis, Oct. 3—Wheat — No. 1 hard, 703-8c; No. 1 Northern, 67 3-8¢; No. 2 Northern, 64 3-8@647-8c. Flax— Cash, $1.44. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 56 3-4c; No. 3, 553-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 85 1-2c; No. 3, 35c. Duluth, Oct. 3—Wheat — Cash, No. 1 hard, 69 7-8c; No. 1 Northern, 66 7-8c, No. 2 Northern, 643-8c; No. 3 spring, 597-Sc; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 69 7-8e; No. 1 Northern, 667-8c; October, 66 7-Se; December, 67 3-8@67 1-2c; May, 71 1-8e; oats, 35@351-4c; rye, 5le; barley, feeding, 45@50c; malting, 50@ 6Ce; flax, cash, $1.5 to arrive, $1.50; September, $1.56; October, $1.47 1-2; No- vember, $1.48 1-2; December, $1.36; May, $1.42 new; corn, 55c. . Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3. — Flour is steady. Wheat steady: No. 1 North- ern, 70@70 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 68 1-2@ 67 8-4c; December, 701-4c. Rye steady; No. 1, 541-2@55e. Barley steady; No. 2, 60c; sample, 45@59c. Oats drooping; No. 2 white, 38@381-2c. _Corn—December, 56 1-2c. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 3. — Cattle — Beeves, $3.50 @ 5.50; cows, bulls and mixed, $2@3.50; stockers and feeders, $2.50@2.75; calves and yearlings, $2.50@ 3.40. Hogs, $6.60@6.77 1-2; bulk of sales, $6.60@6.65. Chicago, Oct. 3. — Cash Wheat—No. 2 red, 70 1-4@70 3-4c; No. 3 red, 69@70c; No. 2 hard winter, 69@70c; No. 3 hard winter, 68 1-2@69 1-2c; No. 1 Northern spring, 70@711-2c; No. 2 Northern spring, 69 1-2@70c; No. 3 spring, 66@69c. Corn—No. 2, 57 1-4@57 3-4c; No. 3, 57@ 57 8-4c. Oats—No. 2, 36@36 1-4c; No. 3, 35 1-2@26¢, ‘ Chicago, Oct. 3. — Cattle — Good to prime steers, $6.20@6.60; poor to medi- um, $4 @ 5.75; stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.30; cows, $1.40@4.30; heifers, $2 @5; canners, $1.50@2.60; bulls, $2.40@4. calves, $3 @ 6; Texas steers, $3.50 5; Westerns, $3.75 @ 5.40. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $6.65 @ 7.15; good to choice heavy, $6.80@7.20; rough heavy, $6.60@6.70; light, $6.70@6.95; bulk of sales, $6.75@6.871-2. Sheep, $3.25@3.95; lambs, $2@5. South St. Paul, Oct. 3. — Cattle — Prime butcher steers, $5@5.25; good to ' choice, $4.b0@4.90; common to fair, $3@ | 4.25; prime butcher cows and heifers, '$3.80@4.10; good to choice, $3.35@3.75; | fair to good, $2.75@3.25; canners and cutters, $1.50@2.60; good to choice ‘butcher bulls, $3@3.75; bologna bulls, $2@2.75; good to choice veals, $4.50@5.50; common to fair, $3@4.25; geod to choice feeders, $3.15@3.40; fair to good, $2.25@ 2.75; guod to choice milch cows, $35@ 40: fair to good, $30@35, Hogs — Light, $6.50@6.80; mixed and butchers, $6.50@6.95, heavy, $6.50 @ 7; packers, $5.80@6.20; boars, $3 @ 5.50; stags, $4.50@5.50. Sheep—Good to choice spring lambs, $3.85@4.25; fair to good, $3.25@3.75; fat wethers, $3@3.35; fat ewes, $2.90@3.15;, good to choice stock and feeding lambs, 1$2.75@8; fair to good, $2.50@2.75; feeding ‘wethers, $2.90@3.15; thin sheep, $2.25@ inc75; ‘Killing ‘bucks, $2@2.25. Westerns: ‘Wethers, $3-2503.40; ewes, $3.1503.25. _ BURN THE LETTER FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HEMP COMBINATION IN- QUIRY. ue DESTROY ALL CORRESPONDENCE THAT SUGGESTION WAS MADE TO’ MAJ. HAWKES BY COL, fi HEISTAND. CORBIN WAS NOT IN THE DEAL TOLD HAWKES THAT HE NOTHING TO DO WITH T COMPANY, HAD Washington, Oct. 3. — The senate commitiee on military affairs yester- day continued its hearing of the charges against Lieut. Col. Heistand. Maj. Hawkes, continuing his testi- mony, asked that Col, Heistand pro- duce a memorandum made in May, 1899, by the colonel and himself in which $150,000 of the promoters’ stock of the Manila Rope company was 2p- portioned. Counsel for Heistand said his client had no knowledge of su a document, but would search for it. Hawkes said that his recollection was that he and Heistand, by the terms of the memorandum, were to have $40,- 000 of the stock, and that Gen. Corbin, George D. Meiklejohn, Charies H. Al- len, James E. Boyd, W. W. Dudley and Lieut. Michener were to Receive the Remainder in equal portions. Only Hawkes and Heistand were present when the ap- propriation was made. Hawkes said that no testimony he should give would connect Corbin, Meikeljohn, Al- len or Boyd personally with the trans- action. Hawkes detailed a conversa- tion with Heistand in October, 1999, in which Heistand told him that Cor- bin and Allen had withdrawn from the combination and that Meikeljohn had asked for the return of Hawkes” letter of introduction to Heistand. Hawkes returned it and Heistand sug- gested that he burn the entire corres- pendence, but he did not accede to that proposition. During the day it was developed that the telegram from Gen. Otis relating to Sites for Hemp Factory at Manila was addressed to the adju- tant general. A letter from Acting Secretary Sanger said there was no record of a dispatch to Gen. Otis which called for the reply. Maj. Hawkes told of a conversation with Gen. Corbin relative to a settlement with Heistand for his services in connection with the hemp company. He said Gen. Corbin told him the bill ought to be paid and to make out his bill and he (Corbin) would forward it through channels. Gen. Corbin had inf him emphatically that he was not in the company and had nothing to do with it. Hawkes said he made out the bill but Corbin never forwarded also said that in an_ interview Assistant Secretary Allen the emphatically denied that he had connection with the company. FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE. . Nation Has a Surplus for September of Twelve Million Dollars. Washington, Oct. 3. — The monthly statement of the government receipts and expenditures shows that for Sep- tember, 1901, the receipts amounted to $44,454,422 and the expenditures $32,- 310,736, leaving a surplus for the month of $12,123,686. The monthly statement of the di- rector of the mint shows the total coinage executed at the mints of the United States during September, 1901, was $8,160,401, as follows: Gold, $4,- 100, silver, $3,889,524; minor coins, $166,700. The monthly statement of the public debt issued shows that at the close of business Sept. 30, 1901, the debt, iess cash in treasury, amounted to $1.031,- 524,365, a decrease for the month of $4,825,201. ‘The monthly statement of the con= troller of the currency shows that the total circulation of national bank. notes at the close of business Sept. 30, 1901, was $358,830,548, an increase for the year of $30,414,121, and for the month of $488,716. The circulation secured by lawful money aggregated $29,985,480, a decrease for the year of $4,207,967, and an increase for the month of $972,677. ATTACKED BY PRISONERS. Gen, Otis’ Theory on the Incident at MeKinley's Tomb. Chicago, Octy 8. — Maj. Gen. Otis, commander of the department of the lakes, yesterday stated that undoubt- edly there has been an assault on cne of the guards at President McKinley's tomb at Canton. “I am satisfied that this assault was made, and that it was made by prisoners who had escaped from the jail at Canton,” said the gen- feral. “I base my assertion on a full report which has been submitted to me by Capt. Biddle, who is in charge of the guard at Canton. The man on whom the assault was made is one of the best soldiers in the army, accord- ing to Capt. Biddle’s report.” Butts Sentenced, Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 3.—Wills fam M. Butts, former secretary of th? Worden Grocery company, convicted a number of months ago of embezzles ment, was sentenced to five years a@ hard labor i Jackson prison. READY TO DISSOLVE. Cuban Constitutional Convertiom Completes Its Work. Havana, Oct. 3.—The constitutional convention has addressed a letter to Gov. Gen. Wood informing him that the changes which he suggested should be made fn the election law have been made and that tMe convention, deém- ing its work completed, is ready to dissolve. It is probable that Gen. ‘Wood in his reply will suggest a dizso- lution, wa te An ee — a