Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 2, 1902, Page 7

The Herald-Review. |HAIL RUINS CROPS By E. C. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. What a constitution King Edward must have had at the start. Ages will have to pass before we can have a firecracxerless Fourth of July. Nursery reformers who propose to abolish the cradle are attacking a rock of ages. The Polish officials who intend to try snubbing the kaiser will be wiser after their experiment. Prof. Albion W. Small thinks the idle rich should be obliged to work. But who would employ them? Ry By careful economy in his library fund Mr. Schwab is able to build a bigger house than Mr. Carnegie’s. By all means, ladies, adopt the re- form dress proposed by a Cincinnati woman. Making and all,- it costs $1.25. Emperor William is reducing his weight by violent exercise at ping- pong. This is equivalent to swearing it away. A man’s idea of a good wife is one who never asked him for money and who doesn’t sit up for him when he is out late. People who kill themselves because it is hot must be thoroughly con- vinced that the other hot place exists only in fiction. The American artist who was en- gaged to paint the coronation will probably now proceed to sue King Ed- ward for damages. J. Pierpont Morgan is said to be troubled with an affection of the eyes. Still, it does not appear that he is overlooking much. The Duchess of Marlborough spent over $100,000 getting ready for the cor- onation. She is probably taking the king’s illness sadly to heart. 8 cae The monkey that drank too much at a fashionable Newport dinner giv- en in his honor proved that men are only tne victims of a far-off heredity. The girl who was preparing for a wedding with a man named Alred and who eloped with a man named Swope certainly can’t be very particular about names. The Moorish coronation envoy has left London for Morocco, rejoicing that he was “going back to a civilized country.” Perhaps he saw them “maffick.” Wonderful to relate, the automo- bile race from Paris to Innspruck was completed without the destruc- tion or even the mutilation of a sin- gle spectator. When the cashier of that Newport bank was through with it the vaults contained just $35, while the liabili- ties are $300,000. But why did he leave the $35? Aman may figure that he is growing old when it is disinclination rather than dignity that prevents him from getting on the picnic merry-go-round and taking a spin. Hamlin Garland has announced that there are two great English writers now living. One is William Dean Howells. The name of the other | he can mention with one capital let- ter. The Nebraska girls who have de- elared a boycott on all young men who swear and lie will have a chance to discover the truth of Mark Twain’s remark: “Be good and you will be lonely.” It costs $31.62 per capita to govern the city of New York, and, consider- ing the sort of government the people of the metropolis get, and considering other facts, also, the price is infern- ally steep. The news that Prof. 5ristol has shipped from Bermude a pocket sea serpent leads the public to feel sure that the brand of American whisky exported to the island is not what it ought to be. A British naval captain has com- mitted suicide because he was left a fortune of $2,000,000. He consideres his responsibility too great to be borne. What an enigma such a man must be to Hetty Green. Another note of warning has been published against the use of iced drinks during the season of hot weather, although it would seem that an honorable exception might be made in favor of the mint julep. The Northwestern Elevated Rail- way Company has devised a car at- tachment called the “fool catcher.” It is to be hoped that it is not so per- fectly protected by patcnts that it cannot be operated outside of Illi- nois. The New York courts have decided that a woman’s picture may be used for advertising purposes whether she approves of the same or not; all of which, to the layman, looks like a particulariy vicious slap at common sense. : MOST DESTRUCTIVE STORM THAT HAS EVER VISITED NORTH 1 - DAKOTA, THOUSANDS OF ACRES RUINED IMPOSSIBLE EVEN TO GIVE AN ES- ‘ TIMATE OF THE DAMAGE ! DONE. ‘ SWEEPS A LARGE TERRITORY TERRIFIC ELECTRICAL STORM DOES GREAT DAMAGE AT } BEMIDJI. Grand Forks, N. D., July 30.—Late reports show that the storm of Monday evening was probably the most wide- spread and destructive of any that has ever visited the state. ~ An immense storm have traversed the northeastern part of the state, developing centers here and there, which visited various loca- tions with rain, lightning, hail or wind, or with all in a bunch. Damage was done in Pembina, Walsh, Grand Forks, Traill, Nelson, Ramsey and Cavalier counties, the losses being so numerous and spread over such a wide territory that an estimate of their extent at this time is impossible. Hail belts of vary- ing width and severity are Scattered Everywhere, and the damage by wind and lightning is considerable. The section that seems te have suffered most severely is that in a belt crossing the Great Northern about Michigan City. Along the road from a few miles east of Niagara, west of Mapes, crops are totally pounded into the ground. This hail belt is fully ten miles wide, and reaches from north of Devils Lake well into Grand Forks county, through one of the best farm- ing regions in the state. South of Michigan City dozens of buildings were destroyed or,damaged by wind. The insurance men are busy figuring losses, but the correspondence is so heavy that they will not even hazzard a guess at the aggregate. The storm will make a bad hole in the crop, and will ma- terially affect the implement dealers’ sales. 40,000 Acres a Totul Loxs. Larimore, N. D., July 30. — Reports keep coming from sections halled out until it is now estimated that 40,000 acres are nearly a total loss. Much more is from a quarter to one-half de- stroyed. Where the hail did not strike crops are in excellent condition. No more rain is needed until after harvest. At Bowesmont a barn on a farm ope- rated by Robert Delhy was struck by lightning and totally destroyed. The stock was saved except one horse, but all machinery was destroyed. Two Struck by Lightning. Bemidji, Minn., July 30.—The worst electric storm in the history of Be- midji occurred last evening. It con- tinued three hours, doing considerable Gamage to property. Frank Silver- sack’s new house was struck by light- ning and torn to pieces from roof to cellar. Two workmen were struck. They are Frank Carson and George Harvey. The former was taken to a hospital unconscious. Several buildings were struck and more or less damage done. After the electric portion of the storm abated hailstones fell that were larger than ever seen before. Reports of damage from outside of the city have not been received. Buildings Wreeked. Michigan City, N. D.} July 30.—Mon- day at 5 o'clock a terrific windstorm, with rain and hail, wrecked several large buildings here and a score or more south of town. The storm is re- ported from Edmore to run southeast seventy miles to Larimore, with an av- erage width of five miles, with the crop loss reported from 50 per cent to total. No loss of lives reported, but lots of horses and cattle were killed. NEW BARLEY STANDARD. Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce Votes Favorably. Milwaukee, July 30.—The board of di- rectors of the Milwaukee chamber of commerce yesterday voted favorably on a proposed amendment to establish 2 new grade of barley, to be known. as stsandard» barley, which, as the rule states, ‘shall be a good malting barley, testing not less than 461-2 pounds to the measured bushel; reasonably sound and reasonably clean, but not light enough in color for No, 2." The establishment of this grade is an en- tirely new thing in the barley market of the country, and it is said will re- sult in the establishment of a large trade in “futures” on the Milwaukee beard, DULUTH WILL GET IT. Head of the Lakes Will Win in Con- test for New Naval School. Milwaukee, July 30. — Robert Hill, chairman of the local committee on the naval training school, said yesterday that preparations have been made to entertain the government commission on its visit to Milwaukee Aug. 6. The members of the committée do not be- lieve that the commission will recom- mend any location on the great lakes on the basis of its summer conditions alone. It is the purpose of the local committee to do all in its power to se- eure the station in the vicinity of Mil- waukee. However, reports received here are to the effect that Duluth will in all probability secure the station. J STICK THROUGH BODY. Sawmill Hand Lives After Meeting With Terrible Accident. Ashland, Wis., July 30. — Joseph Machutski, an employe of a local saw- mill, met with an accident by which an edging two inches in diameter was driven entirely through his body, emerging four feet from the wound in the back. Fellow worgmen drew the stick out, and he was taken to a hos- pital. Notwithstanding the terrible Histarhs of the wound, the injured man is + .+e seems to; NORTHWESTERN GRAIN Crops, Aggregate Yield for Mimnesota ana the Dako Promises to Exceed Any Previous Year. St. Paul, July 30.—The Northwestern states are now approaching the great- est grain tarvest ever known. Min- nesota, North and South Dakota and Manitoba have produced more wheat, oats, barley and flax than crop esti- maters have credited to this territory, and this has been accomplished und:r adverse conditions unparalleled since the settlement of the country. Wheat and other grain has attained good root and great height. The greatest loss of grain has been from high winds, rain and tornadces, which lodged it; but much of this has recovered. It is not a “bumper” crop that the Northwest has raised. It is not a large yield per acre. It is a good average on a greatly in- creased acrcage, except wheat, that has made th. Northwestern states pro-~ duce the largest crop in its history. corn has come forward at an astonish- ing pace and promises a good crop well up in Northern latitudes. Oats is a fair crop, and as with barley, the farmers are small losers through wet fields and lodged grain. Early-sown flax will ripen into a good crop. | pa te SEN Uli GN tn AR eS 8S Se AT NCS i SHERi?rFS IN EARNEST. They Will Put a Stop to Persistent Horse Thieving. Winona, Minn., July 30.—A meeting of sheriffs was held here yesterday for the purpose of effecting some, means to stop the horse-thieving which has been going on in Southeastern Minnesota. Working individually the efforts of the sheriffs to run down the offenders have been fruitless. It is thought that pos- sibly by united action something more effective may be accomplished. When the mecting was called to order it was | found that those present included Sher- iffs Martin Lins of Winona, E. W. Vine of Rochester, P. J. Lindquist of Red Wing, W. E. Barber of La Crosse, Fred Collins of Waseca, J. C. Johnson of Austin, Frank Evans of Houston, E. K. Blexrud of Preston and Deputy Sheriff Ben Ordway of Wabasha, The sheriffs are in dead earnest in their ef- forts to put a stop to this lawlessness, ~ | REPENTED TOO LATE. Colored Man Raises Check—Then He Erases the Figures. Fargo, N. D., July 30.—Thomas Clark was sentenced to a year in the peniten- ; tiary for a rather peculiar check deal. Clark is a colored man and was en- gaged on a farm in this county, He received a check for $8.75 and raised it to $78.75. His first attempt to cash it created suspicion and Clark became alarmed. He erased his efforts at forgery and had the check cashed for the original amount. He was arrested, pleaded guilty and drew a year in the state prison for his practice with the pen and ink, 5 MAYOR MAKES LAWS. + Dubuque’s Executive Makes Rules for Saloons and Enforces Them. Dubuque, Iowa, July 30.—For keepias his saloon open in violation of orders of Mayor Berg John Stumpf was fined}. $55. The mayor’s orders are that no saloon shall be kept open on Sunday until 2 o’clock, notwithstanding the fact that the mulct law says they shall not be kept open at all on the first day of the week. In other words, Mayor Berg can make laws for Dubuque which are respected, while the law of Iowa is ignored. SCORES AT FORT KEOGH, First Day’s Shooting in Infantry Rifle Competition. Fort Keogh, Mont., July 30.—Results of the first day of preliminary practice in known distance firing, department of Dakota infantry rifle competition, held here, is as follows: Private Percy Henrioth, Company lL, Twenty-first, total, 153; Private Peter Talbot, Com- pany M, 153; Sérgt. Earl McCoy, Com- pany T, 149; Sergt. Joseph Dresler, Company F, 148; Private Dawsen Beal, Company K, 145; above scores five best shots. Killed by Pony’s Weight. Sioux City, Towa, July 20. — Louis Patterson of Kearney, Neb., was killed by an accident in the tent of the Otto Floto Pony and Dog Show. A heavy draft horse kicked a Shetlend pony, which was thrown against Patterson with such violence as to cause fatal in- juries. He had recently joined the show. i ed Murdered His Sister-ir-Law, Grand Rapids, Mich., July 20.—While sitting on the steps in the rear of her home Mrs. Lena Hubelhorst, a widow fifty-three years old, was shot and killed by her brother-in-law, Martin Hubelhorst. Hubelhorst had boarded with his sister-in-law, but had been turned out ‘because of drunkenness. New Richmond's School Population. New Richmond, Wis., July 30.—Clerk Henry Kaae has completed the annual schoo! census, and it shows a gaip of fifteen children of lawful schoo] age over a year ago, the totals being 663 for 1902 and 648 for 1901. Boys are out- numbered by girls, there being 323 boys and 340 girls. Well Drillers Form Union. Spring Valley, Wis., July 30.—A union of the well drillers of Pierce, St. Croix, Dunn and Pepin counties is being formed here, with the idea of raisii prices for work in. the future. They Have Commissions. Pierre, 8S, D., July 30.—Commissions have been issued for Frank W. Carr a5 first ‘lieutenant, and James Barker, second lieutenant of Company D, Sec- ond regiment, at Flandreau. Minnesota Man Robbed. Sioux City, Iowa, July 30.—Sam Ger- molus of Borup, Minn., was robbed of $55 in Sioux City. He is en route home }frcm Wyoming and is stranded here. He has not been home for a long time and is anxious to get there. Farmer Commits Suicide. Durand, Wis., July 30.—Peter Murry, one of Pepin county’s prosperous farm. ers living two miles from Arkansaw, committed suicide by taking ten grains MACHIAS ON HAND AMERICAN WAR VESSEL DROPS “IN ON BELLIGERENT HAITIENS. PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS M’CREA WILL PREVENT BOMBARD- MENT WITHOUT DUE att NOTICE, FOREIGN CONSULS THREATENED ONTHER FOREIGN RESIDENTS WILL ALSO BE PROTECTED BY THE MACHIAS, ‘nae Washington, July 30.—The following cablegram was received at the navy department yesterday afternoon from Commander McCrea of the Machfas, ion arrived at Cape Haitian yester- “Affairs are very disturbed at Cape Haitien. Unorganized mob in the city. Foreign consuls have been threatened. Will give protection on board. I will Athies bombardment without due no- tice.” The state department has no hesita- tion in fully approving the energetic and sufficient attitude of Commander McCrea in taking care of American in- terests and preventing a bombardment without warning. The American and foreign interests in Cape Haitien are large, and an American captain is re- quired by the unwritten law to look after the life and proptrey of other foreign residents as well as Americans in such cases. It is said that the rules of international law as well as the dic- tates of humanity required that proper notice should be given ‘ Before a Bombardment in order that women, children and non- combattants may leave the town and carry off their personal belongings. The navy department considers the Machias is sufficiently large for the work at hand at this point, though if there were more such American gun- kcats in the gulf and Caribbean a quieting and restraining influence could be exerted over these, frequent rebellious outbreaks, involving viola- tions of the rules of war and great suf- fering. However, there is no naval ves- sel, save those now actually engaged in such service as the Machias within 1,800 miles of the various states of trouble in Central and South Amcrica and the West Indies. The Machias is a@ vessel of 1,197 tons, carrying cight four-inch rapid guns and a crew of eleven officers and 143 men. While not taany men could be spared for a land- ing party the vessel could lic in the anchorage and cover the town with her guns. It is not believed that there is the slightest danger of an attack upon her by any of the gunboats there. THREE TIMES AND OUT. Prominent Farmer Succeeds After Three Attempts to Kill Himself. St. Joseph, Mo., July 30. — Charles Preble, a prominent farmer and stock- man residing near Lanham, Neb., made three attempts to commit suicide yes- terday before succeeding. He first tried to shoot himself through the heart, but the bullet, the last one in the revolver, failed to strike the vital spot. He then leaped into a fifty-foot well, but was taken out by relatives. later he took the rope from the well and hung himself from a rafter in the barn. Worry over losses due to heavy floods which ruined hundreds of acres of his crops made him insane. PLACES THAT NEED MEN. No More Women Stenographers in B. & O. Operating Department. New York, July 30.—President L. F. Loree of the Baltimore & Ohio, has is- sued orders that no more women stenographers be employed in the ope- rating department of that road. The yomen now in the company’s service are not to be discharged, but President Loree desires that hereafter only men shall be trained in the the operating departments. He believes in promo- tions and wants all clerks to fit them- selves for higher places. Women, he thinks, are not competent to grasp the railroad business in the way that men do. PREACHER DIES LIKE A HERO, Loses His Life Trying to Save a y Drowning Boy. Bellefoataine, Ohio, July 30.—W. H. Leatherman, pastor of the Methodist chureh at De Graff, was drowned yes- terday in irying to save Earl Nodham, aged thirteen, who went down with him. Thirty boys of the clergyman’s church were on a picnic at a near-by resort. Young Nodham went swim- ming and was seized with cramps, — AUGUST 9 THE DATE. Proclamation for Coronation tained in Gazette. . London, July 30.—The Gazette con- tains a royal proclamation, fixing Aug. 9 as the date for the coronation, in which it says: ‘We were constrained to adjourn to a day in Augu: adding, ‘‘which we have resolved by the favor and blessing of Almighty God to celebrate on the aforesaid date.” Con- Y¥ i= Woman Shoots Herself. Charles City, Iowa, July 30. — Miss Nellie Lock, twenty-six years of age, committed suicide by shooting herself in the temple, It is believed she feared beware! IM Health Prompts Suicide. St. Joseph, Mo,, July 30. — Thomas Payne, for many years a passenger conductor on the Rock Island railway, committed suicide in Trenton, Mo., by shooting. He had been in ill health and had met with financial reverses. © en route to his home from the mines of the Blume Coal company, was shot HUSBAND NEARLY @YNCHED. Mysterious. Disappearance of His Wife Arouses Suspicio: Laporte, Ind., July 30.—Westville, a small town on the Wabash railroad twelve miles southwest of Laporte, is in the throes of excitement, due to the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Will- jam Tolton. Because of threats made ky the woman’s husband he was at- rested on a warrant charging him with murder. He protests his innocence and claims that his wife went to Chicago Monday morning to enter a hospital, but he cannot tell the name of the in- stitution. The people becdme so ex- cited over the alleged murder that a mob of 100 citizens was formed for the purpose of stringing up the man and making him tell what he had done with his wife, but the officers took Such a determined stand, warning the ring- leaders who had brought a rope to the place, that they would fire into the mob if an attenpt was made to storm the jail, that the crowd gave up their in- tention of lynching the man. Sheriff Small took Tolton to Laporte, where je now occupies a cell in the county jail. DUEL WITH PISTOLS, Man in a Room a Block Distant Is Killed. Kansas City, July 30.—A duel with pistols between two negroes in this city last night resulted in the death of Milton Bowers, forty years of age, of Parsons, Kan., who was hit by a stray bullet, although he was in his room in a lodging house a block away from the scene of the trouble. Jim Taylor, one of the negroes, was shot in the shoulder and severely wounded, and Vito Trosceili, a spectator, was shot in the hip. In all seven shots were fired, most of them by Burt Handy, and ex- convict, who was not hit. The negroes met in an alley and renewed -an old quarrel over a game of craps. Bowers’ yoom was at the end of the alley and a bullet hole through a window screen showed that he had been shot by ove of the negroes. LOOKING FOR RONG. ECs ie Mother of Putnam Bradlee Fears Her Son Will Commit Suicide. London, July 30.—Members of Put- nam Bradlee Strong's family are try- ing to get in touch with him, buf so far have been unsuccessful. His moth- er is afraid, it is said, that he will shoot himself. A man from Detective Little- child’s, who is acting for the Finker- tons, called at a newspaper office here in quest of information as to Strong's whereubouts. He said he knew a pro- visional warrant was held at Bow street police court, but he expressed the opmion that May Yohe was disan- pointed at losing Strong and was try- ing to be “nasty,” and also that she wus looking for a good advertisement. The only anxicty of Detective Little- child is to find Strong and bring him in touch with his family. WEALTH FOR DOLLY. Song and Dance Artist Can Have $100,000 by Applying fer It. New York, July 30.—There is an es- tate in Kansas, said to be worth $100,- 000, waiting for Miss Dolly Emerson. Fifteen years ago Miss Emerson was a song and dance actress, and while in the West became acquainted with Jose Donnelly in Junction City, Kan. Don- nelly, it is said, promised Miss Emer- “son that he would leave her his entire estate. Three months ago Donnelly died, and when his will was read it was found that he Lad done as he had said. The estate is declared to be worth $100,000. PECULIAR UPHEAVAL, Strange Disturbance of the Earth at a New York Town. New York, July 30. — The town of Stratford, N. Y., has had, according to a dispatch from Little Falls, a strange upheaval of ground. Tons of sod, gravel and stone were tossed in the air and landed on a knoll twelve feet higher than their original resting place. The debris covers a space of 100 feet square and is more than six feet deep. It is believed lightning ignited a vein of natural gas and caused an under- ground “explosion. DECLINES A JUDGSHIP. Thought He Could Not Satisfacto- rily Discharge the Duties. Frankfort, July 30.—Allie W. Young of Montgomery county, whom Gov. Beckham appointed as special judge to go to Breathitt county and sit in the Cockrill-Hargis feud murder case, has returned his commission to the govern- or. He declines to serve because of a protest against him by Cockrill’s rela- tives, and because of relationship with the Hargis family. Avenge De Mores’ Death. Tunis, July 50.—The trial of the as~ sassins of the Marquis de Mores at Susa, near here, resulted yesterday in the condemning to death of El Kheir and the sentencing of Hamma Chiekh to twenty years imprisonment. Seven: teen others accused of the assassina- tion of the marquis were sentenced in default, six to be put to death and ejeven to hard labor. Whipped by White Caps. * Excelsior Springs, Mo., July 30. — White Caps yesterday took Riley Thompson and wife and Charley ‘Walker, all colored, from the jail out- side a short distance, tied them to a tree and administered a severe whip- ping. The Thompsons were then or- dered to leave the town and did so. pada rE Peas ee Quarrel Ends Fatally. Middlesboro, Ky., July 30.—At Mingo yesterday Malvin Smith killed Calvin Senter by shooting him through the heart after being mortally wounded by Senter. A dispute over a woman wat the cause. we ES Re ee Will Try It Again. London, July 30.—Holbein, who failed in his attempt to swim the channel ffom Dover to Callais last year, but beat the zecord for the distance cov- “ered, will make another attempt to- day is the weather is favorable, Killed By Boiler Explosion. Centralia, Ill,, July 30.—A boiler in a flour mill at Salem exploded yesterday, killing Engineer P. L.:Lefter and WORLD HAS EVER SEEN, Hai ) FORMED WITHOUT PUBLICITY OIL INTERESTS OF ROCKEFELLER, ROTHSCHILD AND NOBEL COMBIN: MEANS: A FIGHT TO THE DEATH WHAT INDUCED RUSSIA TO AGI- TATE ANTI-TRUST CONFER- ENCE. London, July 30.—In its issue of this morning the Daily Mail declares there is no longer any doubt that the three monster oil interests of Rockefeller, Rothschild and Nobel have entered into a working agreement. “Thus,” says the paper, ‘without any publicity the greatest trust the world bas ever seen has sprung into being.” This combination, says the paper, has been hinted at in messages from Batoum and Moscow, and it has been more clearly shown in the offers to Russian oil exporters by representa- tives of Nobel and Rothschilds in the absorption of the whole of their output. ‘The exporters have been forbidden to sell through agencies of these inter- ‘ests at prices arranged by them or to fight the prices of the combined. oil giants. This offer was made openly for the purpose of maintaining prices, and it has been refused, the Russian ex- porters preferring to fight. It was doubtless this combination, continues the Daily Mail, which induced the Rus- sian government to issue invitations to an anti-trust conference. The spokes- man of the great combination declares it means a fight to the death and the independent exporters cannot expect to win. GOES INTO GATES’ POCKET. Profits of Corn Deal Reach Million. Chicago, July 30. — Profits of more than $500,000, supposed to be in the pocket of John Cudahy, were shifted yesterday to the strong box of Harris, Gates & Co. John W. Gates was said to have been the principal beneficiary among those for whom the firm was acting. Mysteries of recent operations in corn were revealed when Mr, Cudahy sent around word to various commis- sion houses yesterday afternoon asking them to transfer to the avcount of Har- ris, Gates & Co, his short line of Sep- tember corn. The tctul amount sold by Mr. Cudahy is supposed to be about 12,000,000 bushels, on which there is an average profit of about 5 cents per pushel, or $600,000. The maize sold above 62 cents during the halcyon days of the July squeeze. ATTACKED BY YAQUIS. Half a Troops Ride to the eRsceue of a Mexican Ranch, San Francisco, July 30. — A special from Tucson, Ariz., says: Driven to desperation by hunger and thirst, a band of thirty Yaquis, nearly half of them women, swooped down upon the Carmen ranch near Hermosillo Satur- day, and a fierce fight followed. When a patrol of Mexican troops galloped down to the rescue two of the women and five of the men lay dead. The Yaquis ‘vere completely overwhelmed. They were weak from hunger and when attacked by superior number they were compelled to surrender. Fifteen pris- oners were marched to Hermosillo, where they will be sentenced by Gen. Torres. These Indians are supposed to be the last remnant of those who took the warpath some time ago. SOME GUESSWORK. Misstatements Regarding the Cana- dian Steamship Service. London,July 30--The Associated Press has been requested by the Canadian min- isters now present in London to say that all the statements which have appeared in the press respecting arrangements for the establishment and maintenance of a steamship service between Canada and England are unauthorized and in many re- spects incorrect, in so far as the Canadian government is concerned. Various proposals are under the con- sideration of the ministers, but no con- clusions have been reached with regard to subsidies and other matters. eee oe SMUGGLERS GET BUSY. One Old Salt Man Has Eight Steam Launches in Service. Shanghai July 30—In connection with the present discussion in regard to the navigation of Chinese Inland waters the correspondent of your paper learns that a famous salt smuggler on the Yangts¢ Kiang already owns eight stei:n launches which are sailing under foreign flags, nominally for trade yurposs, but really for smuggling. This is only one more evidence of the abuse of treaty rights by unscrupulous Chingse with the assist- ance of dishonest foreigners. LIBRARY OR NOTHING. Will Not Consent to Donation Being Diverted to Another Object. Richmond, Va., July 30. — Andrew Carnegie nas declined the proposition submitted to him by the special com- mittee representing the art societies of Richmond to give the $100,000 he pro- nosed to donate to a public library to- ward a fund for the erection of a great building to be the home of the fine arts in this city, which building it was pro- posed should include a library. pio Laken & MARRIES A GRANDMOTHER. Tennessee Bridegroom of 34 and a . Bride of 92. “Knoxville, Tenn., July 30.—Residents of Pea Ridge, a small village in Gibson county, have been anxious for a month for the announced coming nuptials of fens Luddie Bell, ninety-two years wrecking the mill. A passenger train | just pull ia’ wag, badly | MOST GIGANTIC COMBINATION THE. GREAT OIL TRUST — %