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. THE COUNTY RECORD, ! Published Every Thursday AT tlXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, -B T LOU 19 J. BKISTOW, Kdltor and Proprietor. i'* The reindeer is a failure in Alaska, w.vil.l tlio notivo Canada muuso do? The London Lancet continues its war on the dangerous habit of kissing ( the Bible in courts. It calls this habit "a comparatively modern and useless innovation." According to an Oklahoma paper. "Bill Walker stepped into the office of the Osage Indian agent on Thursday last and drew his kak-a-kawka." Instead of telling how bill Lacked the agent with his keen weapon the paper explains that "kak-a-hawkr." is the Osage word for salary. The Prussian Government owns and works seventeen collieries,eight lignite mines, iourteeu iron mine?, five metalliferous mines other than iron and three rock salt mines together with five iron works and seven works for smelting the other metals, six sali. works and five quarries, which together produced an output of a total value during the financial year 1893-6 of more than 330,000,000. It is stated by an authority c u Central American trade that a large pro portion of imports in those countries consists of English cotton cloths. This should be a valuable suggestion to the progressive business men of the southern states. A market, approachable by cheap water carriage, lies at their very doors, needing the product of their fields and looms. For such a climate coarse fabrics, easily woven and of small cos . wo a hi be naturally demanded. These goods should bo made in the United States and be the basis of a profitable commercial intercourse on this hemisphere, declares the Chicago-Times Herald. Practical steps for the cultivation of sugar beets in Illinois have been taken. The latest movement in this direction is the offering of premiums by the State Board of Agriculture for the best sample of fifteen sugar beets raised 011 a patch of not less than one-cpiarter acre, with certain restrictions. The importance of sugar in domestic consumption can be readily realized by the statement that nearly as much Bagar as flour is used l>y the average family. Any movement which looks toward the supplying of this constant and enormous demand by a homegrown crop is of the lirst importance. Farther, in parts of Illinois it is most desirable to provide a crop which will renew soils exhausted by a succession of the same products. Sugar beets combine many advantages in their culture, aud practical farmers will find it a profitable venture to raise an experi mental crop within reasonable limns. WOMEN'S OCCUPATIONS. A Surprising: Report Issued liy the Census Bureau. A recent bulletin from the census bureau gives some figures at>out the num"*? bef of women employed In gainful occupations, that are not only Interesting but surprising, says the Augusta Chronicle. J "or many years we have been accustomed to women in domestie nnrsiiirs and as teachers. and WOSll en stenographers, typewriters au<l clerks in stores, or even as lawyers ami preachers no loutter excite comment as novelties, bur, perhaps few readers of the Chronicle know that women are now at work as jwlots. sailors. 1 oatwomen. locomotive engineers, painters, plumbers, printers, machinists, pokl ami silver workers, hritannia workers, Iron and steel workers, brass workers, wajronmakcrs, lead and zinc workers, stone masons, molders, eoreutakera, patternmakers, musical lnstrunienrmakers. nail and ta< k makers, plasterers, hoilerniukore. tinwaremakers. tool and cutlery makers. stove, furnace and \ grateciakers. roofers and Inters. etc.. etc. The female competitors tin !>;?" Iim.ituiiail IC'sfi- rk-'i-i! mil lit'm graphers. r>. There were also 1b87i) females engaged in manufacturing and mechanical industries not spoeilied, making a grand total of nearly 4.<>00.oi:i> self-sup;>orting women engaged in gainful occupations in this country. The bulletin says: "The numerical iticrease in persons engaged in gainful occupations since 1880 was and the percentage of increase Mo. 72; the increase in males was 4.07t?,008. or 27.04 per cent.; and lit females 1.207.?V>4. or 47.88 per cent. Persons engaged P in manufacturing and mechanical industries have increased 4!>.12 per cent, rince 1880. the percentage of increase for males being 40.01 per cent., and the percentage increase for females 02.87 jK*r trill, i i*rsons fu^ajii-u 111 uauj i and transx>c nation' have increased 78.19 j>er cent., the percentage of increase for females being especially large, 2'*3.2.~> per cent." Whether this great increase in working women is a matter for congratulation or regret is a subject about widen .1? I EXPEDITION TO MiU I j i Preparations Being Rushed by the! \ ! War Department. 1 I MEN ANXIOUS FOR ACTION. Troops in Excellent Condition ami Beady For Hard Service?Second Detachment to Dewey Will Consist of Men? The Women of California Busy Making Bandages. San Fkancisco. Cal. rspeeiaH.?Major General Wesley Morrill itssume.l forrua command of the e:cp-? lition to tho rhilip 1'IUVS IU I..V- I'K-WUIV v. ?" ?>v t j camped at the Presidio. in Camp Jtieh- j in and. General Merritt is arrar.sin.:; the details of the second < lition ; >thePhilippines, but has not vet made publie the assignment , of troop? for th" expedition. ami k" will not make the order pnbli until the date j of the sailiesof tiie fleet has been delivere.l. j It is setn'i-oitieially state! that the vessels > will not be rea :y for ten days vt. After a eareful inspection of the TOi'O j troops now at Camp Uiohmond, it was | semi-Ooieially announced that the second j Manila expedition would probably be eomj posed of the i'irst Colorado llejfiment, 100S i men; the First Nebraska Regiment. 10^3 ' I men. and the Thirteenth Minnesota r?e~i- i [ merit, 1030 men. a total of 30js volunteers, j 1 Arrangements have t>een made to supply i : I quickly all that is lacking in the outfits of ! < i " L s * T TIIE SAN rilANCI I (Seven thousand troops encamp li?ro, in -s por.ation to the the Pennsylvania, Colorado and Minnesota ! yegimcnts. The Tenth Pensvlvania has caught the ' fancy o' visitors to the camp. Its appear- i anee and strict discipline attract much at tention. The Utah Liiyiit Artillery also , comes in for a large share ot popular ap- ! proval. Free reading and writing teuts are being 1 furnished to each regiment by tho Chris- 1 tiari Endeavor Society. J Four batteries of heavy artillery now sta- i tioned at the Presidio will go to Mauila with the next expedition and their places j at tho Presidio will bo filled by men from i j the ranks of tho heavy artillery volunteer force now in camp at the Presidio. i I The present formation of brigades is only i < temporary and made only for administrative purposes. A reorganization will be ef- i fected when the second expedition reaches ] the Philippines. The Pennsylvania volunteers are in a se- I 1 rirmc n!U?iit Thev need shoes sobadlvthat I it he regiment is seriously crippled for the; < lack of them. Many of the men cannot j j drill on account of the dilapidated eondi- : tion of their footgear. i ' The women of the Bed Cross of Califor- 1 nia are tireless in their work, yet it is an- I i nounced that they may be obliged to call . on their sisters in the East for aid in mak- | ing bandages for the soldiers. General 1 Merritt says that every soldier sailing for , . Manila must have three bandages. Thou- j sands have been made, and 10,000 more i will be ready by the end of the week, yet I more will be required. ? The State Bed Cross has furnished all the California boys with identification 1 medals, but the society does not feel able 1 to provide them for all the troops sailing \ from this port. When the members of the | Bed Cross in Kansas, Wyoming and Utah were informed, they responded at once, , promising to furnish them without delay, t i /?r ?icnil rtATCe CtllOOkl IM ULi\Lnnu un i i_o jnun? Ex-Governor of Alabama Assigned to j \ Duty at ChicknmauKa. ' | Brigadier General William C. Oates, J formerly Governor of Alabama, visited the < War Department, Washington, and took the oath of office. He also ma le prelimi- | - HT M BRIGADIER GENERAL W. C. OATES. r.arv arrangements for the detail of the of- J lleeni of hi? staff. General Oates has been assigned to duty with one of tho Army ] corps at Camp Thomas. Ckickamauga. Troops Reviewed at Chickamauga. Major General Breckinridge has reviewed j and inspected the First Division of the ( Third Army Corps, at the head of which is \ ' General Grant, at Cbickamauga Park, Ga. t When Major General Breckinridge toox ins i j position ns reviewingofllccr General Grant brought the division to ' present arms.'' r He then rode down the front of the ti line and tip the rear, while the band <i of eaehlregiment played the national airs, t Riding back to the point from where he t started, the divisions broke into columns 3 by companies, and with General Grant at I its head passed in review. c ' The men acquitted themselves with c honor, and were highly commended by f General Breckinridge und Colonel Astor. s Camp Alger to Be Abandoned. The Board of Officers appointed by Seci retary Alger to investigate the sanitary t [ conditions and water supply of Camp Al- > I ger, at Falls Church. Va., near Washington, I made its report. No more troops will be j thrt r?nmn Tt fa thnilCfht th.'lt in the near future,the troops will be sent v to Chickamauga and points South, and in s this way the camp will gradually be aban- ' doned. Kites For War Signals. Kites will be practically and thoroughly tested for signaling and photographing the * enemy's position Tyhea the AmerksajijiEy ' ?0Wjfo Cubaj_ _ -J-***- Ji WANAMAKER WITHDREW. Pennsylvania KejmliUenn Convention ' Xomiunted Colonel Win. A. Stone. HMtRisr.ri: . Pen-. (SpoeinP.?The Re- mblican State Con* ition on the first balot;nominated Colonel William A. Stone or Governo? over Congressman Charles GENERAL J. P. S. GO3IN. Nominated for Lieutenant Governor ol! l'enn.-ylvania). IV. Sto:i", Mr. John Wr.namaiccr having withdrawn from the race. The letter announcing Mr. Wanamak* r's withdrawal sc rigorously denounces what he terms tnaebine politics" in the party as to indulge the prediction that !" may continue in t lie nii'H as an independent candidate, tieu- 1 jral J. P. S. Gobic, Commander iu Chief ol ! ^ .I TT-v." . --W re--- ^ SCO riiESIDIO. iiTht of tho Coidcc Or.te, awaiting traas* rhilippiue*.) tl'.f Crar.<l Ar:i:y of tho Rennblio. was no:r.- ' j inate?l for Lieutenant Governor; General I W ftf Phil..l?lnKI? fr,ryir,>r.*. 1 i rary of Internal Affairs; Gainsha A. Grow ! j and Samuel A. Davenport for Congressmen i . it Large, and Judge William l'ortcr for | Su] erior Court Judge. Tiie attendance was the largest since the . convention of 1S1?0, when the fight fot liovornor was between George Wallace Delamater. of Meadville, and Daniel H. Hastings. The galleries anil rear of the stage were crowded with spectators. Congressman William A. Stone, of Alleghany, tho nominee, has been a lifelong 1 Republican. He was born in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, April 28, DIG, and received his early education -at the Stat* Xorraal School. Mansfield. He served dur- ' ing the war as Second Lieutenant of Com- ^ puny A, lsTth Pennsylvania Volunteers , He studied law with S. F. Wilson at Wellsl>oro, and was admitted to the bar in 1S70 ' He lnis been District Attorney of Tiogs 1 County and was appointed United State: t Attorney for the Western District of Penn- i -ylvania. He was elected to tho Fifty- ! second. Fifty-third. Fifty-fourth and Fifty Ilfth Congresses, llo id c. personal frlent > A Senator Quay. ?. r SPAIN'S ABJECT POVERTY. ' fweiity Thousand Persons in Madrlc ' Alone Li vine Upon Public Charity. j Madrid, Spain (By Cable).--The economic t situation in Spain is becoming more and ' nore critical. The j>overty of the people i las never been so distressing, and the I Inancial difficulties of the Governmentjare r >ecomiiig overwhelming. The war absorbs s ill funds obtainable and the eountrv is ^ laily creating new debts for the sake ol !l he war, which, in certain political circles, s now described as imbecile foolishness. " The national subscription which the ' Spaniards confldently assured the world r vould bring] to the Government 50,000,000 s pesetas in two days only amounts to 8,- $ 100,000,1 including the royal gifts. The 1 treat est sum to be hoped for from the sub- 0 seription cannot exceed $10,000,000 pesetas. v The Government is exacting contribu- v ions and imposing new tuxes in every j lirection. The customs officers on the J ' rontier have been ordered to be extremely I 1 articular that luggage is thoroughly c earched, and that no opportunity of ' laiming duty, even on hats, neckties and 1 joots, if new or nearly new, be allowed to c >scape. When a traveler reaches his destination v lis luggage is re-examined lest anything J1 hould have been overlooked at the fron- * ier. Tho Government takes no interest in the 1] >eopie runner tnau taxing tnose wno are ; * ibleta pay, while the poor are abandoned j c 0 their late. There are from 15,000 to j 0,000 persons in Madrid alono who are {; iving on public charity. Men, women 1 ind children, garbed almost indecently in T ags. follow one another along the streets, rbiniug piteous appeals for a morsel of J! -read. The correspondent says that he has seen n 1 beggar come from a "fishmonger's shop v vith his hands full of refuse and portions J >f raw fish, and biting ravenously into the j ligusting ina^s. It is a sight too common * o attract attention to see a Spaniard of J lignified mien, wearing the familiar som- x rero and cloak, raktug over dust heaps J n search of a crust. If a bit of food is ound it is devoured immediately. Ail this wretched population sleeps in 1 orners of doorways. They may starve, ob or murder, but nobody cares. They do lot count in the social organization, to rhieh they are unr.bie to pay taxes. As f hey pay the Government nothing they j sui^t cost nothing. The political system on which Spain is irganizcd is responsible for this state of ^ iiiairs, ana 11 mnv oe mai some uay, t Iriveu by hunger, this neglected proporion of the population may give serious 1 rouble to the rulers of the Peninsula. Ieanwhile, the hordes of starving and unortunate beggars who Infest the magniflent avenues of the Spanish capital and ? ontrast so painfully with the splendid t winces, are a shocking, pity-inspiring } ight which no foreigner is likely to forget. Otir Ships Were Not Hit. Commodore Schley's official report on ( he Santiago light was read at Friday's Cab- n Qet meeting. He said he had no reason- ' ble doubt that Cervera's fleet was inside r he harbor, that his firing was to develop ? tin hnttorias nnd in that rpsneet * ras entirely satisfactory. None of his Yesels was bit, and there were no casualties m our side. > Samuel Pllmsoll Dead. ^ Samuel Plirasoll. known as the "Sailor's t 'riend" and originator of the famous j v TUesoII Hark" to prevent the 1 ng of shlj& djed fa London, J- f LSITER'S WHEAT DEM The Chicago Speculator Brings Hi Corner to a Profitable End. STORY OF HIS OPERATIONS Hie Profits of the Deal Kstimated i $ 1,000,000?It is Said 11 ? Has Karne ST.."iO a Minute Since lie llntereri tli Market?Still Holds Mitch Wheat ?i Wlilcb He U ill Lose. Chiiaoo (Special).?Leiter's famou (cheat ileal was formally closed Tuesda; rite last moments were lively, and Josep Leiter, to all appearances, was master < the situation. As if to emphasize his con nandof tho market, Leiter sent May whet Jown from *1.73 to $1 .'25. This inove \vr plainly for tho purpose of evadiui; the l?i receipts and to circumvent the "tailers, josEr] (He lias just successfully engine nrho wanted to "ring in" a lot-of whent o Letter at fancy price?. Leiter fooled ther >y putting the price down. Nevertheless le had to take on another 500,000 bushel :o-dav, in addition to the live million orsi uillioti bushels which he still lias on hi lands. It was generally believed that Leite ivould force up the price beyond the two lollar mark, in order to eclipse the recon nade in 1888 during the Hutchinson "cor ler." Then, on settlement day, the bul sli'jue controlling the market sent th .ri?'c up nearly sixty cent. The wheat deal just closed has beei he most stupendous in the history o. tin rain markets. Leiter not only inadi liraself rich?his profits are estimated a 4,000,000, or e7.50 a minute since April s;i7?but he has placed the farmers of thi Jnited States in a condition of wealth sue! ls they have never known. Kansas am everai Central Western States, wliichafev ears ago were plastered with mortgages ire now experiencing great prosperity. The bull clique in wheat, of which Leito mil French are the remnant, originated ii Villi street. This was nearly eightoei nonths ago. The price of wheat was a ueh a low ebb that planters refused to le jo of their holdings except in cases when hey were obliged to do so in order to se ure the necessaries of life. The railroad; rere doing nothing and the stock marke ras down to hard pan. J. R. Keene and several others decided t( oom wheat, cause its marketing, and pu he price of stocks to a higher level. Chi ago, being the largest wheat market of tin rorld, was selected as the base of opera ions. Leiter was placed at the head of th< ;lique. The scheme worked like n charm After the first healthy feeling had per aded the market and tbo country looket ipon wheat prices as like ly to remain neai he new prices established, George B 'rench induced Leiter to go into n bul aovement til earnest without any clique Everything favored higher prices in tlili ountry. Foreigners had to look to Ameriei or everything they needed in the way o ireadstufls. Countries which had nlway; >een good exporters came to Chicago fi>i [ heat, and they got it at advances. Leiter lias had many obstacles to en ountcr, but he has-surmounted them all .lie tug elevator interests at luicuku mam in attempt to drown litm with hipli-pricet vlieat in December, but their offering: rere all taken without a murmur. Leitei ins always had plenty of money with whicl o conduct his business, and this lias on ibled him at all times to cope successful!] rith those against him. lie will have t( narket considerable cash wlieat at a loss >ut he has cleared enormous profits, est! uated at >4.000.000 on his May deal, am an aiTorJ to lose on his cash wheat. To Go to Cuba lit Once. Secretary Alger sent to Congress a lette rom General Ludlow, Chief of Engineers n which campaign plans are briefly out iued. It is said that tho llrst force to bi ent to Cuba will consist of fifteen thou and or twenty thousand men, and that ftft; housand more will follow as rapidiy a: ossible. Tragedian Keene Dead. Thomas VT. Keene, the well-known actor lied at Staten Island following an opera 1UI1 lur U|>pt*UUlCIU3. lit- ?U3 UVIU 1U.U-V .'ork City October 2G, 1340. Uniforms I-arking;. More than half the 18,000 volunteers ii lamp Alger, and the 8000 at Mobile, lacl irms, uniforms or other equipment. Onl; hose troops equipped by their States an eady for actual service. The troops gath ring at San Francisco for service in thi 'hilippines are nearly all equipped. Youth to Hanjj For Murder, Benjamin F. Willis, aged twenty-om 'ears, was found guilty at Bridgeport lonn., of the murder of David S. R. Lam >ert at Wilton on December 17 last, am pas sentenced by Judge Thayer to b< anged on November i next. J.. j OMAHA EXPOSITION OPENED. I' Great Civic l'arade "With 100 l!an<ls of Music. Omaha (Special).?Amid the music of n ^ ; hundred bands, the cheers of a hundred 1 thousand people, the blasts of manv whistles and the waving of innumerable i flags. the Trans-Mississippi and Interna- < J( tional Exposition was dedicated. < ! The prreat civic parade started on itr < march from the centre of the city to the < ! grounds. The Marine Band from Wash- ] I ington led the splendid pageant and a ' 1 d hundred musical organizations from the | < e various States of the Middle West contrib- i uted to the occasion. The parade was l II j three miles long, consisting of the officers ] and guests of the Exposition in carriages, i 1 the semi-military organizations and all I J . * 1- -- flrt-.i.,.!.,. rtf *Kln . 1 Aitifl.unf if. States. j, One hundred thousand people had nr- i rivei from the surrounding cities and ,r states. These mingled with the citizens of , i i- Omaha and formed one phalanx along the t U route of the pnrnde for ten miles. , I President McKinlev addressed the as- I " j sembled multitude by long distance tele- I - phone, touched the magic button and the " ( Exposition was dedicated. a LEITER. ered a stupendous corner in whect.) 11 The Rev. Dr. Nicholas, of St. Louis, u opened the exercises with prayer. President G. W. Wattles, John L. Webster, of ' Omaha, and John N. Baldwin, of Council s liluiTs, delivered addresses, x In the afternoon the Marine Band gave a s concert at the grounds, and at night a pyrotechnic display on the most elaborate scale r enlivened the occasion. ! PRINCE LUICi'S EXPEDITION LOST. ' 111* Schooner Sink* and Thirty-Six of the Party Drowned. i Seattle,Wash. (Special). Prince Luigi's 0 expedition to Kolzebue Sound. Alaska, has 9 1 t resulted in disaster. His schooner, the , Jane Gray, is at the bottom of the sea, ^ ninety miles off Cape Flattery, and thirty1 six members of the party, including Slg. 1 t Eduardo Gala and Sig. Secundo, of Italy, f the friends of Sella, the world renowned photographer, are lost. Twenty-seven survivors have reached r shore and bring word of the disaster to * this city. The vessel foundered at two p. 1 m. May 22 and went down in ten minutes. 1 t Most of the victims were seasick in their t bunks between decks and were drowned < 3 like rats. The expedition was under command of ( s Major E.S. Iugraham, of Seattle, whoaet companied Prince Luigi to Mount St. Elias last summer, and who two months ago was , commissioned by the Prince to organize a 1 party to explore the gold bearing streams - of Alaska emptying into the Arctic. Ingra3 ham is among the saved. MEDALS FOR DEWEY'JS MEN. " A Board Appointed to Select Designs For Manila Ileroe*. r t nt.r. i.o- nnr.alntn.t otv,iv;uii ? xu'jh^ una m^viuicu A^idiaub I 1 Secretary Allen president of a board which j is to be charged with tbo selection of de- . t signs for the medals which are to be f awarded to Admiral Dewey and the raems bers of his ships' crews in recognition of r their achievements at Manila. It is the purpose to secure designs for the medals - of more than usual excellence, both in . originality of theme and beauty, as is be3 iieved to be warranted by the splendor of 1 the victory. It is expected that the widest j opportunity will be opened to American r genius to submit designs. A Big Engineering Feat. A dispatch from Bismarck, X. D., says that the east pier of the big iron bridge of - the Northern Pacific, sixty feet in length 1 ami weighing over 9,000,000 pounds, was moved from its foundation to a new position. a distance of nearly four feet. This is the ilrst engineering feat of the kind j r ever attempted. The work of preparation | ( for moving the pier has been going on for . ' nearly a year, but with everything ready it - took but a minute to slide it into its new J position. The engineers availed themselves ) - of an artificial eartbslide, which carried v the huge granite pile along the rollers proi vided to its new position. Fifty-Two Thousand Kequired. , | Tifty-two thousand men will be required - I to fill the regiments of volunteers already r I enlisted to the maximum allotted by the ( the law. Spain's Finances in Bad Shape. j | The condition of Spain's ilnanoes is so . : desperate she may not be able to carry on v tho war much longer. The Government has been unable to check the disastrous run on the Bank of Spain, which now has " | only $20,000,000 in silver with which to j meet its note circulation of $260,000,000. Rain Katahdin Disabled. b The ram Katahdin made another effort to , get away from the navy yard at Boston, - but her engines broke down again and she i was towed back to her dock. She will not e start again until she has been thoroughly OYCiiUttlfiiL. . |, j 1 ' ^ PROMOTION FOR DEWEY'S MEN. Recognition of the Gallantrv of Coin* iiinmler* Who Fought at Manila. Washington, I>. ('. (Special . Naval of* Boers are gratified over the a t: mi of the President in nominating for advancement In their respective grades, for conspicuous conduct in battle. the commanding officers ">f vessels which participated in the battle of Manila Hay. The biggest jorr.t> i? that Commander Edward P. Woo l, of the Petrel, who will go up t<-n numb rs in the list of commanders. The Petrel was the smallest vessel in the engagement, and Pommander Wood won his unusual promo tlon by taking the nttie gunpoat miu ex.pose 1 positions ami for general gallant conduct. He is one of the youngest ofliters of his grade and stood n?-ar tlie foot of the list. Captain Frank Wilder, of the ^ Boston, advanees five lumbers, jumping Captain A. S. Crowninshield. Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and Captain Henry C. Taylor, of tin* Indiana. placing him next in seniority to Captain Ilobley I>. Evans, of the Iowa. Cartain Charles B. Coghlan. "f the Raleigh, and Captain Charl- v. Gridley, of the Olyoipia. who stood together on tho naval list, eaeh jump six other Captains, among them Ludlow. of th" Terr *r: Cook, of the Brooklyn, and Clark. of tho Oregon. Captain Nehemlah M.Dyer.of the Baltimore. in advancing -ev?n numl -'is. takes precedence of Captain Sigsbeo. the St. l\auI. formerly* of tti M tin**. Til-* good work or the little Concord won < v.munder Asa Walker an advance of nit: numbers. Captain Benjamin 1\ T.amherton. who was Admiral Dewey's cliief of sta'v. and now commands tin- Olvmi-ia. advan - seven number", jumping 1' dger. of t1 : New Orleans; Chadwick, of the Y< rk: Goodrich. of the St. Louis. ami O N Chief of the Ordnance Bureau. ELEPHANTS CAPTURE RACINE. Trainer Jnsopli Anderson Killed anil the Police Put to Flijrhr. Racine. Wis. (Special). Wallace Bros.' circus train, on which was n herd of elephants, arrived here Friday. Joseph Anderson had charge of the big fellow Xero and several other-. Ho started with him for the grounds and happened to prod Nero with a hook. The huge elephant immediately turne-! ou Anderson, wound his trunk about him and dashed him against it fence. Then the brute hauled the prostrate man back again, trampled upon him and ran his tusk through his body, disemboweliing him. Thousands of persons stool horrorstricken at the ghastly sight, but no one dared offer any assistance to'the dying man. When tbe trouble started t!>^ rv-t of the elephants began trumpeting nud rushed up and down the street, tearing everything they could get hold of with their trunks. People fled in all directions. Alter Nero had mangled his victim beyond recognition he started on a rampage with the rest. A squad of police was ordered to the scene, but tho policemen were obliged to retire. Harry Heed, one of the animal trainers, appeared on the scene and tried to quiet the big fellow, but h - turned on him and struck hint once, slightly, but upon further recognition Nero stopped ills trumpeting and allowed Ree 1 to lead hiin away. Finally Mr. Reed succeeded in getting the herd chained. Joseph Anderson, the ill-fated trainer, had been in the business for, twenty years. He resided in New York. ' COST OF THE WAR. Chairman Cannon Say* Six Hundred Mill* ion Will I$e Needed in One Year. Wasjhsgtox, D. C. (Special t. I:t presenting the Urgent Deficiency bill for ?17,315,000 in tho House Chairman Cannon of th^Committee on Appropriations estimated the appropriations already made on account of tho war and likely to delvelop as essential, including the first six months of the fiscal year beginning June 1,1898, at ?350,000,000. In response to a question by Mr. Dintrley, Mr. Cannon said the war would cost approximately *'600.000,000,provided it should continue one year. Daily disbursements of the Government , are expected to average nearly ?2.000,000 from now until the end of the war. Appropriations aro nowbeine made to meet the estimated expenditures until January 1, with the idea that, if the war is not over by that time, Congress will nscain be in session and additional appropriations can bo made. The House unanimously passed the bill appropriating 9i7,s45,uw to meet cenam urgent demands for war expenditures. The Secretary of war s-nt to Congres3 a request for appropriations amounting to 533,879,33s. These appropriations will be used for tho equipment arid maintenance until January 1.1899, of the 73,099 volunteers recently called for by the President. In the Senate Mr. Hale (Rep., Maine.), Chairman of the Naval Committee, said he had no doubt that if the war continued a year it would cost from 5700.000,000 to 5500,090,000. GOVERNOR ATKINSON'S WIPE FREE Demurrer to the Indictment Charging Her With Forgery Sustained. A free woman is Mrs. Atkinson, the wife of the Governor of West Virginia. At the opening of court at Glenville, W. Va., Judge Blizzard rendered his decision upon the demurrer in the forgery trial of the wife of Governor G. W. Atkinson. ' His opinion was that the demurrer to the indictment was susr'; # \ tained as to Mrs. Atkiuson and was insuffjjr llcient to hold her. V d&kJ but that i? vras n0t " ' f IHUHlt'99IU >u vo...... J=- ^ Owens, who was jointTtcrj; ly indicted with her. Mrs. Atkinson was discharged. Owens was brought x ^x~V^- \ into court, a jury im\,V \\ K* paneled, and Owcns's ? X \ K I hearing is now being uov. atkixson. rapidly pushed. SENATE VOTES FOR BONDS. \1so to Coin the Silver Clullion in the Treasury. The Vuited states Senate, 4S to 31. adopt ill Mr. Wolcott's amendment to tne war Revenue bill directing the Secretary of the Treasury to coin the seigniorage of silver nought under previous laws now in the Treasury to the amount of *42,000,000, at the rate of not less than *4,000.000 a month, and 10 issue silver certificates against the coin. By a vote of 43 to 31, seven Democrats and one Populist voting with thirtyjeven Republican, the Senate adopted the tmendment providing for the issue of *100,000,000 of certificates of indebtedness ,ind *300,000,000 of bonds to be used exclusively for the payment of the expenses af the war. Still Another Ship For Dewev. In addition to the monitors Monterey ""f arAnn.inoct the XavvDepartment will i>end the gunboat Bennington to augment Admiral Dewey's force at Manila. The Bennington is at Honolulu, where she was sent during the trouble between Japan and Hawaii last year. It is probable tnat she will return to the Mare Island (Cal.l Navy bfard to undergo an overhauling before starting for Manila. Poitoflicea at Military Camps. The House of Representatives passed a bill providing lor the eotablialunenw o. pfflde# at military posts and cam pa.