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MANY SHOT IN IINERS' RI01!
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A Mob Attacked Non-Union Men al!
Shenandoah, Pa.
TROOPS SENT TO THE SCENE
A Conflict Deputy Sheriff mod
MImti Led to n Terrific FaiUUdf-.l I
Merchant Killed. Policeman Shot Mil {
Striker* Wounded?A ttelgn of Tertoi ,
?Cane* f the Trouble. t
Harrifburp. Pa. ? The Kitflith and 1
iweinn regiuiems auu uir
troop of cavalry were ordeml to Shv
nandoab. The total strength of the
troops nambers 1500. +
Shenandoah. Pa.?A reign of terror,
compared with which the scenes enact
ed during the riots of 1000 seem insignificant.
held Shenandoah in its gras|:
Wednesday night. Centre street, one
of the principal thoroughfares, was in {
the hands of an infuriated mob. Twc
of the borough policemen were shot,
one perhaps fatally. Joseph Beddall.
a leading merchant and cou-dn ot
Sheriff Beddall. was brutally clubbed
to death, and upward of a score of
strikers whose names could not l>e as
certalned were shot by policemen, and
It is expected that many deathsrwill result.
The trouble started al?out C o'clock
p. m. when Deputy Stariff Thomi's
Beddall attempted to escort two nonunion
workers through the strikers' line
of pickets.
The workmen were dressed In their
street clot be*, but one or mem carn?Mi ?
a bundle under tils arm. and tbb
aroused tbe suspicion of the strikers
The bundle was torn from blui. and
wben It was found to contain a blouse
ind overalls the man was taken from
the deputy and beaten almost to death.
In the meantime Beddall opened Arc
on the mob, which had gathered and
emptied his revolver. Two of the shots
took effect, one man being shot in the
le? and the other In the foot.
The deputy and his men were now
compelled to fly for their lives, and
took refuge in tbe Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad depot. Tbe <k>pot
, was soon surrounded by an angry mob
of 5000. which was becoming more
threatening and demonstrative every
moment.
Joseph Beddall. a hardware merchant.
was seen making bis way
through the crowd, and the mob. dinning
that he was carrying ammunition
to those Inside the depot, seised
him and beat him with clubs and billies
Into Insensibility. He died en route
to the Miners' Hospital.
Shortly after this the entire borough
police force arrived on the scene and
escorted the deputy sheriff and bis man
to an enghle which had been backed
Into the depot for that purpose. When
tbe mob realised that they were about
to escape tbey surrounded the engine c
and tbe engineer was afraid to move.
T*? Saw mompnfi hnir?vpr the im.
'Ire fired a volley, dispersing the crowd .
* fbr a brief period, aod the engineer 1
turned on fall steam and sot away
o with hia men.
8tones were now thrown thick and .
fast about the heads of the police. 2
whereupon Chief John Fry gave the c
order to fire. At the first volley the f
mob fell back and several were seen to '
fall, 1
Their retreat however, was but momentary.
? They turned, and with re- '
volvers, stones and shotguns charged "
on the little band of policemen and i
made them fly for their lives. The policemen
turned In their flight at short
interval* and fired volley after volley
at tbetr pursuers, but the mob seemed t
thoroughly Infuriated and smoking revolver*
seemed to have no terrors for
them. / When
the Lehigh Ballroad crossing
was reached a passing freight train '
blocked the progress of the police, two :
of whom were caught and brutally
beaten. One of them. Stiney Yacopsky ?
.was fatally injured.
It is estimated that upward of 1000
hots were fired, and the wonder Is that
more fatalities did not result. More
Th.in fVMhr i(rlk?ri *11 nf whnm TP*ar?? !
foreigners, were shot, and at least tw?
of them will die.
BOY OF SIX KILLS BROTHER.
Vtadi ? IHto Maul Tmr IkMttag Cat*
ud Pall* Ike Trigger.
Xorwalk, Conn.?George McMullen.
the alx-year-okl son of Andrew McMullen,
the sexton of Willowbr&ok Cemetery.
Westport, shot bis eight-year-old
brother Charles last evening witb a
rifle. The Uttle fellow died.
Mr. McMulleo purchased tbe weapon
to rid the premises of cats. He left
it In his bedroom, where tbe boys
found It Little George told his brotbei
that as eats were scarce he would
make' a target of him, and taking aim
pulled the trigger. Tbe bullet took
effect in the boy's forehead.
men 9AVCW, WIKLS UKUWNtD.
An* Tamaf Winn RtwUati Lost on
Lake Jaffaraoa.
St Paul. Minn.?Three young women
students of the State Agricultural Col
lege were drowned In Lake Jefferson.
They were Miss Eva Fasten and Mis* '
Mira Pye, ot Faribault, and Ml*s Ma- '
bel Wells, of Montlcello. They had
gone boating with Professor C. L.
Bingham and N. L. Hanson, of the
college. The lake was rough, the boat
Was overcrowded and It was swamped.
All were thrown Into the water. The
girls were drowned while their men
companions swam to shore.
Sfcot Hia In tad BlaMif.
Dcuglas P. Dye. In a lit of insanity,
at loutorllle. Ky., shot his son Carroll,
aged eleven years, as the boy lay sleeping
and then fired one shot Into his own
brain, killing himself Instantly. Dye
imagined tnat nis son was in danger or
being kidnaped.
MM* MI Treats.
The London Dally Mall says there is
reason to bellere that the power* will
decline Russia's invitation to take part
In a conference on the subject of
trusts.
C?iilaalaa to Make Boar War Ioqalry
Kn tbe British Houxe of Common*
Prime Minister Balfour said that the
commission of Inquiry into the conduct
of tbe war In South Africa bad not
been formed beyond the appointment
of the Earl of Elgin as Chairmau. Mr.
Balfour thought seven member* would
be sufllclent He said tbe commission
would be non-political, with military
and naval representatives.
Vi Tlac-fiaBg to Bomala.
Minister Wu Ting-fang bas been ordered
to remain at Washington indefinitely
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Bfllfeiiwiirf
RIOTS MAR A FUNERAL
Remarkable Scenes Attend the Burial
of a Rabbi in New York City.
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Mourner* Insulted Storm Building ana j
lOa Cer?oni Arc More or U?i In* j
J100.000 Honored the D?wi.
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New York Cify.?One hundred 'iiou j t
(and men. wotneu am! ehlldreu ?>f |
:he Hebrew faith thronged one uatrow
Unit Side street a few dnys ago to J
xpress their great grief for the death 1
?f their Moved rabbi. Jacob Joseph. <
ate head of the orthodox Ile'irew conrregations
of the United States. It <
ivas a most remarkable demonstration '
?f sorrow. Its like has never before !
leen seen in New York. |
Fourteen .rears ago to the very day t
according to the Jewish calendari saw I
he streets of the lower part of this
rlty dark with a great mass of hu- g
nanity welcoming the holy man to i
bese shores. From Wilna, Russia, he o
arne. and thousands, who bad heard t
>f bis fame as a pious and learned
nan. aud as a clarlon-tongued preacher
and singer of the devout chants of
he synagogue, poured out to greet him. (
\nd those same thousands, augmeuted
>y scores of other thousands, have
'ollowed him to the grave. '
Ag the cortege was passing the big
Eloe Printing Press Factory at Grand g
ind Sheriff streets, going toward the
ferry to Brooklyn, the fiercest riot in ;
be history of the East Side was pre t
.-ipitUted. r
Some workmen, oblivious to the reipect
due to the dead, and Incapable of
ippreciatlng the pic us grief of the
nourning tbronrs, seized tne occasion
:o throw missiles at the procession.
There is n confusion of testimony ns 1
o the nature of the objects thrown,
is well as to tbe identity of tbe mis- a
reams. It is certain, however, that n
he missiles llunjj at tbe paraders were c
lufflcient to arouse their indignation v
o tbe highest pitch. J
Tbe lamentations of the mourning
housands turned to frenzy ut tbe in- t
lult to their dead, and a conflict eu g
>ued In which scores of mourners were
njured. Every window in tbe im
nense establishment of tbe Hoes was
>roken. and a vast crowd surged Into i
be building. i c
A riot call was sent out. and tbe ! ?
eserves of half a dozen police stations
-esponded. Tbe police charged tbe k
rensied mot) unmercuuuy ami ireeiy
pilled' the blood of the mourners.
Ibout 2U0 persons were injured in the
lgbtiug. including women and cbilIren.
A second riot occurred while the prosession
was passing the axle works of
former Mayor VFureter, of Brooklyn,
it Kent avenue and South Sixth
itreet Some one hurled a heavy block
>f wood from an upper window into
he crowd, and a repetition of the
tloody affray on the Manhattan aide of
he river was narrowly averted. The
arge force of police who were called
?ut did not hesitate to use both fists '
ind clubs.
An impromptu meeting was held on
he East bide and arrangements made
or a monster gathering to protest c
gainst the alleged police brutality. e
At a meeting of business and profes- c
ilonnl men. of the East Side. It was
etermlned to organise an investigating
ommlttee to take testimony for the *
turpose of punishing those who were
esponslble for the riot and for al- ?
eged police brutality.
Several fraternal and political or- J
tanlxations held special meetings and c
dopted resolutions denouncing R. Hoe
i Co. and the police. t
t
THE CROWN PRINCE'S VISIT. j a
loir to tk? lltntM Throaa to Bats b
PImmwI Tlm?.
Washington. D. C.?While the Crown
*rince of Slam, during his approaching
isit to the United States, will not he
be guest of the Government, he will
>e entertained and shown every conilderation.
the money for this purpose
?elng taken from the contingent funds
cnowy rstxcB or sun.
available for uae by the President and
the State Department
Tiie Crown Prince will reacb tbi*
country about Septeml>er 1. possibly
Itefore that date. A committee of entertainment
will be appointed by the
State Department officials, and pains
will be taken to make the Crowu
Prince's visit an event of importance.
CtiMctlral't r?Kh Cray.
Tbe Connecticut Pomological society i
baa Just completed a census of the <
c-oiiilug peach crop of the State which j
shows that it will aggregate 341.57?'? i
bushels, or 683.152 baskets. It is estl
muted that at least 273.0MO baskets will (
l?e shipped out of the State. .
Kmw Ttrk't Poor Ray Crop.
Harvesting of the hay crop is de
layed in many sections by continued 1
win* In Xcw York State there Is
little rut aud the crop will be of pmr <
quality
PramlMit Praplt.
King Edward In n great lover of dog*,
aud has had many favorites.
The King of Portugal In no ardent
tenuis player, devoting most of his
spare time to that sport.
Pope Leo recently gave an audience
to Auna Morenl. 102 years old. the
uurse of hb youthful days.
Secrpfary Hay has left Washington,
to spend the remainder of the summer
at his New Hampshire home.
J. W. Hutchinson Is the last survivor i
?f the famous Hutchinson family of
singers. He still sings almost as well
in ?*ver
MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
President Roosevelt approved the
court-martial sentences of Major Glenn
?nd Lieutenant Gaujot for cruelty to
Filipinos, ami disapproved the acquit:;il
of Lieutenant Cook.
It was stated that Consul-General
Bragg was likely to be recalled or
ransferred from Havana a9 it result of
lis criticism of the Cubans. ,
The Catholic Missionary t'nlon rewived
a gift of for the estabishment
of the apostolic mission bouse
ivhteh is to be opened for the training
>f Roman Catholic priests. i
Secretary Shaw denied that he had
established a five-year service limit In j
Jie Treasury Department.
Hannls Taylor. Former Minister to j (
ipain, was reappointed as Special ,
Counsel for the Department of Justice ,
lefore the 8panish Treaty Claims Com- ,
DlMlOQ.
The Court of Inquiry which Investigated
the grounding of the battleship i
lllnois, while entering Chrlstianla reently,
found that no blame attached to
he officers or crew.
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OUB ADOPTED ISLANDS.
The typhoon which prevailed over
>?-? r a? u?K?i.inJ
/tUHUl LU^UU LUl BUU1L' UU?a OUI/OIUCU.
A quiet meeting In opposition to the ,
riara was bold at Manila^
An analysis of the water at Manila <
bowed tbat It was uncontamlnated. i
A native, reared as a Christian in 1
Spain, wan said to lie tbe Sultan of
he mysterious race of white Fill- 1
>lnos in tbe Island of Mindanao.
Over 7000 cigar makers went on |
trike at Manila.
The bodies of tbe teachers murdered ,
d the Philippines will be brought to
fie United States. ,
Tbe Civil Service Commission issued
l statement expressing gratification
it tbe remarkable showing made by
tatlve Porto Ricans In tbe postal ser-Ice
examinations recently held at San
uan.
Ross Douglass, formerly Treasurer of
be Island of Cebu, P. I., was found 1
ullty of embezzlement. 1
DOMESTIC.
An unknown negro, apparently with- j
iut cause, shot and killed Arthur A i
Schneider, at Chicago, and escaned.
Albert Edward Tower, whose wife '
:iUed her sod and herself at Pough;eepsie.
N. Y.. last April. wlU wed Miss
iary Towne Bogardus, a former tele- 1
>hone girL 1
A premature blast at the Clay Mine.
Cew Cumberland. W. Va.. killed two
Qlners, who leave large families.
Angry from drinking. John Dlckehon
shot and killed Roe and Jack Dyer (
it a picnic at Vanceburg, Ky.
Bad feeling over a lawsuit caused
he murder of Sherman Dyer by Berry
>onahue at Luttrell. Tenu.
The Coroner's Jury that Investigated I
he Johnstown, Pa., mine disaster, ox- 1
nerated the company from blame. 1
William J. White, cashier of the
Joard of Public Works at San Franisco,
Cal, bad disappeared and it was
fflelally announced that be was sevral
thousand dollars short In his acousts.
The cloudburst In New York State
ffected nearly eighty square miles of
erritory and caused nearly $250,000
lamage.
Because of Ul health Police Justice
McKenny White declined the police
asrshallhlp of Baltimore, Md.
Incendiaries almost succeeded In
ilowlng up Fort Stevens, a new miliary
post near Astoria. Ore., and left
. threatening letter.
The Common Pleas Court, at Camirldge.
Ohio, decided that the munlci?al
local option law enacted last winer,
known as the Beal law, is constlntlonaL
Julia Plgg. colored, was fined 15 by
'ollce Judge McCann at Louisville.
Ly? because she maliciously sat on
he cat of a neighbor with whom she
tad quarrelled.
Th# Ronnhll^nna r\t \fnnH? Pnnnfr
Coil, nominated M1m Kate Beerlng
or Treasurer.
As a result of a water (amine, Trlnllad,
CoL, was without Are protection,
ind water for domestic purposes had
o be purchased by tbe bucketful.
Mrs. Elisabeth Chase Ingalla, mother
>f the late Senator Ingalls, died In
laverhill, Mass.
Lightning killed E. White, a farmer,
ind his son, at Indianapolis, Ind.
vouiox.
The freedom of the city of Edln>urgh,
Scotland, was conferred on tbe
Colonial Premiers.
Tbe provisional government of Haiti
ledared General Firman, the revolulonary
leader, an outlaw.
Anxiety was expressed In Paris remrrflnir
rha ratllUl nf fha AnTln-Ion.in.
iso agreement oo Korea.
The Costa Rlcan Government, It was
innounced, will grant Chile a coaling
itadon on Cocos Island, In the Pacific.
Insurgents in Venezuela defeated renforcements
on the way to General
Dastro, and captured a quantity of
immunitlou.
Successful experiments in wireless
elephony over a distance of more thau
four miles were reported from Berlin.
President Zelayn, of Nicaragua, comnuted
the death sentence of Dr. Wllion
Russell, an American.
Mr. Balfour declined in the House of
Commons to explain the Government's
relations with the Morgan shipping
?mbine.
Premier Balfour was rcqulstloned by
the Tory leaders to distribute the
jfflcew In financial proportion to the
numerical strength of the Liberals and
Conservatives.
Further earthquakes and slight volcanic
eruptions occurred on the Island
if St. Vincent.
Mr. George Wyndbam's administration
of Ireland was hotly discussed in
the British House of Commons.
Oil was discovered io large quantities
3D tbe Island of Trinidad. It will be
(forked uuder Canadian auspices.
Thirty thousand persons took part
in demonstrations in Paris growing out
of the order for tbe expulsion or unauthorized
religious teaching congregations.
Cardinal Ledochowski. Prefect of the
Congregation of the ltoman Catholic
propaganda, died at Home.
King Edward issued au official denial
of the report that he inteuded to retire
from the turf.
Archibald W. Maconorhle. M. P..
gave a dinner in tbe British House of
Commons restaurant to Prime Miulster
Balfour, J. P. Morgan. Ambassador
Cboate, Mr. Westlngbouse and Sir
Thomas Lipton.
EARTHOUAKESINTHEWEST
Froporty Damaged and People Terrorized
in California.
fthocka In Kcbruka and Sooth Dakota
Mujr Hour* Later - Dry Kl??r
Bod rilled With Water.
Santa Barbara. Cal. ? The worst
earthquake Southern California has
uail in years caused much damage
from Lompoc to Santa Maria, the centre
of activity evidently being nearly
at the latter place. The first shock
was felt a few minutes past 11 o'clock,
vibrations continuing for several minutes.
Shortly after there were fourteen
distinct shocks, but none so severe
as the first Nearly fifteen minutes
elapsed betjveeu the first and final
hocks.
In the Careaga oil fields large fissures
irere cut In the earth. Two tanks containing
3000 barrels of oil each were
wrecked, oil flooding the district
Nearly all of the surface pipe lines
for conveying oil and water were
twisted or broken in such a manner
that renewal will be necessary.
At Los Alamos adobe buildings were
razed to the ground while in business
places windows were broken and goods
on shelves thrown to the floor.
Lompoc, several miles to the south*
west, shared badly. The city is practically
without a water supply, as the ]
mains were broken and water has been
flooding certain districts. The Santa
[nez River, which in summer Is usually
a small stream but in winter a torrent
was comparatively dry. Now
water is rushing over the river bed as
during a freshet No one will attempt
to explain this phenomenon. The presence
of such a large volume of water
at this time is considered some compensation
for the damage In other
ways.
Over 100 years ago the Franciscan
fathers undertook to establish a mission
at Lompoc. The large building
was nearly completed after several
years of hard work, when an earthquake
visited the district and utterly
destroyed the edifice. Further attempts I
to build at that point were abandoned, j
Omaha. Neb.?More tlian 100 towns !
In Central and Northeastern Nebraska I
and Southeastern South Dakota were
visited by seven; earthquakes shortly
nfter noon. The disturbances came
from the northwest and no great
amount of damage was done at any
one place. Because this was the first
earthquake In the history of Nebraska
great excitement was caused.
The country over which the shock
was felt Is 200 miles square and includes
two Indian reservations. Here, I
while no damage occurred by reason
of the nature of the bouses, the greatest
excitement was caused.
The shocks lasted ten minutes, and
were at Intervals of three, four and
three minutes. Among the towns reporting
the heaviest shocks are Nellgh.
O'Neill. Norfolk. Tllden. Hooper. Battle
Creek. Elgin. Petersburg. Ewing.
Plulnview, Albion and Madison.
FIFTH LYNCHING FOR A MURDER.
Ntfro Who Klodtd Many Po?Mi mt Lait
a anted Down by Mob.
Clarksburg, W. Va.?in the mountains
fifteen miles northwest of Beverly
a mob with rides and bloodhounds,
who have been bunting the murderer
of Chief of Police Wllmoth of Womalsdorf.
came upon the fugitive and a battle
followed.
The negro, who bail confessed the
murder to another negro. stood at bay,
and, with one arm broken, fired at
least 100 shots at his pursuers, who
closed in upon him. He was struck
by several bullets, but none in a vital
place and so the unequal combat went
on until the murderer fell with 100
bullets in his body.
A rope was then procured and the
body was swung up to a tree with this
placard written on a piece of cardltoard
on it: "The days of the luted negr*
have ended."
After the shooting the mob dispersed.
The name of the negro is not known,
but that be was a desperate character,
as well as a shrewd one. is shown by
the long chase required to find him. He 1
eluded posse after posse and made a
desperate fight with no show of escape.
All negroes within a radius of ten
miles of Womelsdorf have left. Four
negroes have been killed, two of them
admittedly Innocent, as a result of
the death of Chief Wilmoth.
N?|ro Lynched to Gtor|l*.
Savannah, Ga.?John Wise, a negro,
was lynched near Pembroke. Bryan
County, for assaulting Mrs. John
Smith. He was wounded before being
caught, placed aboard a train and
tfitran tn thn nf hid prlmn wht?rp
be was banged to a telegraph pole.
BOERS YET, SAYS BOTHA.
Ua Telia the Beaton Army to Keep Up the
Spirit of Nationality.
Cape Town, Soutb Africa.?Generals
Botba and Delarey. the old Boers leaders.
in their speeches to their compatriots
here have insisted upon the preserratioti
of their nationality. General
Botha said that darkness wns in front
of them, hut that faith would carry
them through. Africa was their fatherland.
their birthright and inheritance.
General Delarey said he respected
nis British opponents, but grieved
wheu he thought of the burghers who
surrendered and became National
scouts uuder the British. The conduct
of the Boer women throughout the bitter
stnggle had made the tighting
burghers taste many sweet drops.
Brltlab Cabinet Change.
J. Austen Chamberlain. Financial
Cecretary to the Treasury, will, it is
an jounced at Londou. succeed the
Itlgbt lion. Gerald W. Kalfour as President
of the Board of Trade.
Anti'IinparlalUU' Opea Utttr.
f"i a:i open letter to President Kooserelt
the ami-Imperialists' committee arraign
tlie Army for cruelties in the
1'lillippiueK. and offer to sustain all
charges before courts-martial.
> ; Ijicaninft
Korea has promise] to be representoil
a; the 11)1)1 exposition in St. Louis.
The cholen epidemic in the Far East
Is said to be the worst in twenty years.
A war agaiust the guillotine is being
waged in France. with some chance of
success.
Emperor William has selected several
army cithers to visit America to
studj horse breeding and the remount
system.
Professor Wagner, of Vienna, thinks
the .vliole of Venice is doomed. Th?
foundations sinking so many years, be
says, cannot support the buildings.
A GflDO YHR FOR FAfillEBS1
A Summing Up of the Season's
Principal Crops. j
AN ENORMOUS YIELD OF CO,IN j
Wheat Not as runtlfnl 11 It Wan Last
Year, Bat Farmer* Have a Lot of th* '
Olil Crop la Their Bars* aad Control J
tils Marast? Millioaa of PreflU E?tittuiie'l?Cotton
Crop Oatiook.
Wichita. Kan.?Wheat has all been
harver^ed in the United State*, corn I
has msselled and ripened beyond the
ranger of a burning drouth, rye and
barley, oats and millet are likewise j
safe for the year 1902. Consequently j
the farmers are beginning to look !
around to "see where they are at." In j
Western parlance. And Just ft little
looking?not more than a peep?will j
convince them that they are on the
right side of the ledger this year.
There Is a bumper crop of corn. The '
wheat, while not quite as good as last
year. ! sufficiently plentiful not to
cause any strenuous kicking. Other
crops are good. The early fruit did
not produce a full yield, but late apples
and peaches promise better results.
Reports of expert statisticians place
the yields of the various cereals of the
United States for iuw as rowows: i
Wheat, 033,500.000 busliela: corn. 2.- I
580.951.000 bushels; oats. 751.528.724 ;
bnshels: rye. 30,350.900 bushels; bar- i
ley. 120.900.850 bushels. A total of
4.128.220.500 bushels of cereals has
been produced by less than 4.000.000
farmers on 841,000.000 acres of soil, the
land being worth $20,000,000,000.
The products in 1809 sold for $4,739.118.752.
and the quantity of every cereal
this year is about equal to that of
1899, excepting corn. There were
raised this year 500.000,000 more bashels
of corn than in 1899.
The farmers have millions of bnshels
of the 1901 wheat crop In their bins,
and they can almost control the prices
of grain In so far as the supplying of
the export trade is concerted. On July j
1 of the present year they held seven
per cent, of the crop of 1901 In their
granaries. Hence the present wheat [
holdings of the farmers of the United j
States more than surpass the total 1
yield for 1901. The annual export of i
wheat from the United States to for- I
clgn countries Is about 400,000,000
bushels. This wheat Is held by the
fanners. Tne elevator men uave uecu i
tinahle. so far. to buy the usual amount
of grain.
There seems to be bat little doubt
that the farmers of the United States
will clear from their wheat and corn
a profit of $1,000,000,000. Besides these
two principal crops the farmer has all
others upon which to make up the $4.00C.000.000
income of 1890.
The oats crop this year will reach
the 750,000,000 bushel mark. There
will be the usual crop of 30.000.000
bushels of rye and 126,000,000 bushels
of barley. It Is difficult to figure the
profit on these cereals. The potato
crop is about the same as last year, except
that 100.000 acres more hare been
own to the Irish potato, and half the
number of acres deducted from the
acreages of sweet potatles.
The crop of Irish potatoes will reach
about 300,000.000 bushels this fall and
the selling price has fallen from sixty
to twenty cents per bushel.
In 1901, 10.401.453 bales of cotton,
weighing on an average of 513 pounds
to the bale, were sold. This year the
condition of the .crops is not so prom*
tain* Dronths in the Carulinas and
Southwestern Texas bare damaged the
crop considerably. It is possible that
the yield will be cut short of last year's
enormous yield by twenty per cent.
However. It is believed that the value
of cotton exported will reach $300,000,000.
or less than the crop of last season
by $15,000,000. Many wheat fields
of Oklahoma, Iudiqn Territory and !
Southern Kansas are being converted
Into cotton fields. Even Missouri has
become a cotton-growing State.
The hen last year brought in $130.000.000
to her owners. The fruit
trees, which are not exclusively owned
by farmers, brought in twice that
amount of money. The total value of
farm products exported In 1001 was
$951,028,331.
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BOLD BANK ROBBER CAUGHT.
Caahiar tt FurtillU, lad.. Pmm a Gaa?
Bat righta Plaeklly.
Indianapolis. Ind.?"Give me $2500
and be quick about It!" said an unknown
mun to Assistant Cashier Prittipo
in the Fortvllle bank.
Mr. Prittipo dodged behind the counter
for a club kept ready for such
emergencies. Quickly the robber
opened fire. Two shots missed the
mark. Then the banker rushed at
him.
A crowd collected and the robber
hastily made bis exit, turning bis revolver
on the crowd as be paused out
of the door.
Half a dozen armed men tracked the
robl>er to a nearby wood, surrounded
him and demanded his surrencer. He
opened fire with his revolver, sending
half a dozen suots among tne posse.
John Bills, armed with a ride, returned
the tire and at the secoud shot
wounded the man In the hand. The !
robber then dropped his revolver anl
surrendered.
Later detectives from Indianapolis
Identified ulin as C. A. Hall, of Marlon.
Ohio. He formerly was a resident of
Indianapolis. where he was engaged
as a plumber.
Bis Fir* la Albany, N. T.
One fireman dead, one in the hospital
fatally hurt aud a ouoioer seriously
injured, in additon to a monetary loss
variously estimated at from $300,000 j
to $730,000, is the result of a fire which
occurred in the heart of the business
district of Albany, N. Y.
Lightning Kill* Twaaty-flva Sheep.
Lightning killed twenty-five Sourh- ;
down sheep at one time near Charlotte, j
N. C. Th?* animals had huddled under I
a tree to escape the storm when the
stroko killed them.
I
Two Chll?lr?* Die From Barn*.
Nellie McTague. aged live years, and
her three-year-old brother. William, j
children of .Martiii McTague. were so
badly burned at their home iu l*blla- |
delphia that they died iu a hospital a
few hours later. The ehildtvn were in
bed at the tiuie they were burned, and
ti'urn iilun* in fhi? rnntii I r iu uilliltiisPii
they bad beeu playing with matches. i
Rwtu-lUlIu Raptor* Mettled.
The Swiss au<l Italiau Ciovernments
hare settled thett- diplomatic rupture. :
and the respective Ministers will re- |
8UPU? thotr r?i it? I
A GIRL WAIF IDENTIFIED
She Was Carried to Sea in a S.orm
and Thought Lost
rami 17 Resemblance Lad Father to Claim
Poaaeaaloa, and Sew Orleans Judge
Fcond In Hla Favor.
Now Orleans, La. ? Judge Robert
Hlngle. In the District Court of
Plaquemlne. has decided the case of
the wivlf of the Chcuiere Cammada
storm in favor of Captain M. Torrebonne.
declaring that the little girl in
dispute was the latte^s child. The
case had aroused a great deal of Inter*
est as one of the most remarkable
Identifications on record.
On October 1. 1893. in the famous
hurricane which devastated the Louisiana
coast, the settlement of Cheniere
Cnmmada was destroyed, and over
2500 people there and.on the coast
were drowned. Among those lost at
Cheniere Cammada were the family of
Captain Torrebonne, whose wife and
fire children. Including a little girl of
five, were swept out to sea and reported
all drowned The Captain and three
sons, who were absent from the settlement
at the time, escaped. Nearly
all the bodies were washed out Into
the Gulf and never recovered.
A few months ago a negro woman
reported to Captain Torrebonne that
she had seen in New Orleans a child
looking much like one of bis. The
Captain came to the city, saw the child
and claimed her as the daughter believed
for nine years to have besn
drowned at Cheniere Cammada. There
was not the sllgbest evidence to support
his claim, and the girl did not
know or recognize him. She was
named Mary Lee and was supposed to
be the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Lee. of Llbervllle, La.
Upon investigation the Lees confessed
that the girl was not their
child, but bad been adopted by tbeiu
from tbe children's borne at Beauvolr.
MIm. A further investigation brought
to light the fact that the child bad
beeu brought to the home eight years
ago by Sheriff Nunez, of St Bernard,
who found ber in the possession of a
poor fisherman named Galala Caballo.
living In a palmetto but In the Lake
Borgne swamp.
The flaborman confessed that fire
children did come to (pis hut with a
German woman named Rosa. who. he
supposed, was their mother. When
taken to the children's home she wa? as
wild as an Indian, and was with difficulty
rescued from tbe fisherman, to
whom she bad taken a liking. The
Lees, who were well to do. had adopted
and educated her and refused to
surrender ber.
The trial left little doubt that the
girl is the child swept out to sea nine
years ago. and believed to have been
drowned, but how rescued will never
be known. Tbe Identification was perfect,
the strongest feature being the
three surviving brothers, who bear tbe
closest resemblance to tbe child, and
a slight cut on the ear. due to an ear
riojf mac uau uwu caugui iu suuir
bushes and pulled out.
TOWNS FLOODED BY CLOUDBURST
Crap* ud Property Dtiur*4 la Vtitora
Maw Tork-Oit Life Lo?t.
Elmlra. N. Y.?Hornellsvllle and
Canesteo were visited by a cloudburst
which flooded the country, washed out
the Erie Railroad tracks for miles and
wrought heavy damage. The towns of
Fremont and Howard were alao swept
by the flood. Houses and barns were
swept away by the flood at Hornellsrllle.
It struck the tannery of A. T.
Prindle & Son. breaking through the
windows of the buildings. Their losa
will reach $10,000. There was serious
damage in Howard and Fremont
Canandaigua. N. Y.?Another terrific
storm has visited this section, doing
great damage to crops and property
that had not already suffered. Edward
Chamberlain, living two miles south of
Cheshire, was struck by lightning ns
he stood in the door of a barn and was
instantly killed.
MARCONI NOT THE INVENTOR.
Bis Pttnt Piper* Give Credit to mm
Italian Naval OAc?r.
London.?The Saturday Review says
a startling denouement followed Professor
Thompson's attacks in the Review
on the validity of the Marconi
patents, in which the professor said
'??? ? ??f?l namoH Knlnri
UU Iiuuau uai at uiuvvt, ?
was tbe real inventor of tbe wireless
telejfrapb system. It says:
"Tbe Official Journal of tbe Patent
Office contains a brief notice of a very
unusual character. It announces tbat
Guglielmo Marconi, wbo. on September
10. 1901. bad filed a patent In his
own name for tbls invention, now seeks
leave to amend tbe application by converting
it Into an application for a
patent for an invention communicated
to blm from abroad by tbe Marquis
Luigo SolarI. of Italy."
MOTHER STRANGLES BABIES.
fltd Twin About Thalr Nceki Whlla It
Aleobollc Da ma at la.
New York City.?When Richard
Mead, a night watchman, returned to
his home at Brooklyn, be found two
of bis children dead in bed. choked
with stout twine, another barely alive.
and nis wire wrunini; uu iuc ?m;ui-u
door in an alcoholic delirium.
Tbere were three children in the
family?Alice, aged three and one-half
yean; May. one year old. and Hannah,
two years old. the latter being the
one survivor. It is thought by the police
that in a frenzy produced by liquor
Mrs. Mead strangled the children with
string and then fell upon the door exhausted
and unconscious.
Nur Drovi?(t In T?iu Ftoo4a.
Twelve persons have lost their lives
In the doods of Pulaka and Bosque
Uivers, Texas. Five victims were
white, the remainder negroes who
were camped in the river bottoms.
Many houses have been washed away.
A Death Sentence Commuted.
President Kousevelt has commuted
to dishonorable discharge aud dfteen
years' Imprisonment the death senteure
imposed on Private (Juy Steven-oii.
Troop M. Xinrh Cavalry, by a eo'irtmartial
in Samar. P. I.
Saltan Hal<l *? Hoiligt.
Captain John J. I'ersbiu?. of .he
Fifteeuth Cavalry, who Is iu command
of tbe Lanao. Mindanao. IV I.. ex|M*ditioo.
has arrested the Sultan of Bluadayau
as a hostage for tile delivery to
hiiu of the .Moros who on .luue attacked
two American*. The Sultan
has ordered his followers to produce
the guilty Mcros.
Korea's Independence <?uarante?d.
Great Britain and Japan have made
ou agreement to maintain the independence
of Korea in return for concessions.
CONNECTICUT'S BUND MILLER.
SomI Hyttaia by Which Ha Weljhs Grain
and reed Which U? Sell*.
Hugh Leo. sealer of weights and
measures, a few (Jays ago. in his tour
of inspection, stumbled on to one of
the most remarkable business men in
Connecticut. D. F. Dfckerman. who
owns the grist mm on the Westtield
road, formerly belonging to W. H.
Baldwin, which he conducts in a very
successful manner He is blind, but he
has been at the mill so long that he
knows every plank in the building, and
without assistance is able to grind the
grist of the farmers, as well as sell
grain and feed to others.
One of the most interesting portiona
of his work is the weighing of the
grain and feed which he sells. He has
devised a system whereby he can
weigh out any quantity with accuracy.
He has a number of little sticks, which
11 rv L'Ul JUUl lllf It-llif" ?' lUUlft vu vu
the arm of the iwalo the different
weights. By selecting his fifty-pound
stick, which he can pick oat by feeling
its length, be placet it against the end
of the arm of the scale, and tben mores
the pendant up until it reaches tht
other end of the stick.
He has sticks ranging from fire to
fifty pounds, and if he wanted to weigh
eighty pounds be would take bis twen
I ty-pound stick and place it at the op
posite end of the arm. which is gradu
ated for 100 pounds. After setting the
scale to weigh wiiat he wants he put*
his goods on the platform, and by putting
bis band lightly over the arm is
able to tell when the scales balance,
and thus be weighs accurately any
amount he desires
All the different grains are kept io
separate bins, and be knows where tc
find every article in bis place. . He
handily waits on the farmers who drive
un to the front door to buy feed for
tbelr atock. In operating tbe machinery
of tbe mill be I* Just as methodical
as clockwork, and any one watching
bim would never dream tbat be could
not see.?New York Sun.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
To bury a truth is to raise a lie.
Every moral inheritance is entailed.
Regeneration rioex more than reform.
Moral exercise makes moral athletes.
Hard living docs not make easy dying.
All great work consists of small
deeds.
Blessings come in service as well a?
after it.
Men are either moulders or ar?
moulded.
The heart makes a good engine, bat
a poor rudder.
Growing and giving arc the best evi
dences of living. * ,
Sponges gather easily, but they are
quickly wrung dry.
Yesterday's suc<-esi may be the secret
of to-day's failure.
It is better to lie saved in a storm
than drowned in a calm.
The edifice of character cannot be
built without an architect.
The first effect of knowledge is the
consciousness of iguorance. ? Ram's
Horn.
British ??. Tanker Boy*.
A stout Englishwoman said the other
day that in ber opinion the American
climate is "better for boys" than jthat
of her native island.
".My first two boys were born in
Yorkshire." she said, "and my younger
three were born in Massachusetts and
Ohio. Well. tbe*e three fellows are
way ahead of their British brothers
They have mor.? brain* and they're
quicker to catch on to things."
Her husband agreed with her so far
as the intellectual superiority of bis
American boys was concerned. He
added, however, that the blessing was
not an unmixed one.
"The Ameriain boy has more check."
be *aid. "He talks too much and t bio lea
little of bis father. My English boys,
when they were boys, used to look up
to their pop. They thought me the
clererest and bravest man on earth.
That isn't what my Yankee lads think
of me. They obey me all right enough,
but there is something in their eye all
tlx> time which makes me feel as if
they set me down for a foreign old
fool. They're too prowl of tbeir country.
and everything rbat isn't American
seem* small and funny to them."?
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Crowns by WholMal*.
They did many thiugs better in the
old world than in tlie new. Corona*
tion processions was one of them. It
is told of one of the ancient kings of
Egypt that bis coronation procession
occupied a whole day in passing
through the city of Alexandria, and
that &WO crowns of gold were carried
by the servants. One crown was three
feet in height and twenty-four feet in
circumference. There were also carried
in the processions sixty-four suits
of golden armor, two !>oots of gold
four and a half f?vt in leugtb. twelve
golden basins, ten large vases of per fumes
for the baths, twelve ewert,
Ln?? ?i-i? m,i .1 innru number of
nil} uinuca Kuu ? .?.Sv
tables?all of gold Twenty-three of
3J0U crowns were valued at ?334.400
and it is not surprising that tbe procession
was guarded by "JO.OJO soldiers.
?dt. James's ??az?-tfe.
ITiiat Mb* ?ld.
A litr.lc sermon which will be appreciated
by nurses and doctors was innocently
preached by a small girl who
little knew tne beanng of her tale.
lier auut bad been ill tor a long time,
aud sotnv oue ask?*d Dorothy how the
invalid was progressing. The Washington
Post thus report* the auswer:
? _i_i. tinrnthv E
ailOS Silk, dll3KtlV.M ? .
"She hat the worst headachea. aud
.she has to stay In a dark room. But
-he's got lots of frauds. aud they try
to make her feel lietter. They come
to ate her every day. to see it there's
anything they ran do. They scud her
Jelly ami thing* to make her want to
eat, l)Ui she doesn't eat a bit. Then
they're always coming in to cheer her
tip. It doesn't seem to <lo much good.
!>ut." she added, with an effort to
?peak the speech of her elders, "she
boars indictiotis nobly!"
Wh?? It'* a HImiIbc.
A national debt is a national blessing
j to those Who hold the gilt-edged tecuriI
tics.?New York News
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