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m N1 ,i& m L)nufw3N nnT,kj.. ALARM TNjrOtfOIUIA, HARBOR DOTTED WITH FOREIGN WARSHIPS. Mannllsn VnMrn A ned cif 1lnIIM(r to Unllrd 8lid- NnltnrK Condition of Af fair Hnlil t lin Itlpn for ti I'npuliir Onl lirmk iiiul t'otnpllintlmit. Nnw Yoiik, Aug. XA dispatch to the Herald from Vancouver saye that the steamer Mlowora, from Honolulu, brings the following Hawaiian nl vices: "Honolulu hurbor 1 dotted with British. .Iap.inc.se and United States war vessels and mm-u Hritlsli nnd .Tnpaueso vessel nro expected dally. In semi ofllcial quarter.") every thing Is reported quiet, but the im pression among citizens It that tho condition of affair Is very threaten ing it ml n populur outbreak may oecMr at any time, wlt.Mi international Inter ference from ships tn the harbor would occasion compile ttlons. The Htrcam of Asiatic laborers Is atlll pouring in, each hliipload causing u fiesh out brotkof feeling among the different factions on the Islands. "An immediate cause of alarm Is tho fnct that the United States blue Jack ets are bitterly hostile to tho Hawa iian police, who exercise almost mili tary rule. BrilUh and .Inpsinoic sail ors are not molested, hut American blue jackets are constantly arivste I as deserters without cause, and an no.veil in cwry conceivable wav. The object of the authorities in this per.si' rution cannot at pro tout bo f.ithome 1. The blue jackets are writing num r ous letters to the press, protesting against their treatment Heavy re wards are oiVjrod to tli.i potieo fo- u. resting I'nlte.l Slates naval deserters, which hn ciiitsj.l whole .ilo urrusts of men of tin American Ihvt. "Kews of Hie annevation of several Solomon islands to (ireat Britain lias caused great excitement, and j;;uin i.tarted a report that advices have been received from Kngluuil tliatthu United States will not bo allowed to annex Hawaii, as (Ircat Britain wants tho islands herself. Americans Insist on vigilance committees bolng uppoluted to look after American Interests, in view of the persecution of American blue jackets by the police. They ask that the police Rystem bo douo away with, as a tnenueo to the country," NEW VESSELS FOR ALASKA Tlirrr Nlrmnlnintund Tliri-u Slilpt Ordi-rrd (Inlil l'err llimbuted. Skaiti.k, Wash., Aug. 3. The. Northern Transportation and Trading company has lot a contract to Moran Bros, of Neattlo for the Immediate construction of three now river steam ers to ply upon tho Yukon river from St, Michael to Dawson City and for a tng o bo used in tho vicinity of St Michael. Tho same company ac knowledged that it would bring thrco teumshipi around tho Horn from tho Atlantic coast next winter to Seattlo and run them to St Michael. Tho steamers, If built here, will be largo and fine, but tho company has not de cided whether it will build or pur- ouubo Eomo aircauy in use. The Hteamer Alkl arrived yestordoy raornlDg with forty-five passengers fnn Juneau, Sitka and Fort Wrangel. Her freight was light Her oftlccrs report having loft a largo colony at Dyca, all tho raombors of which were In tho best of health and spirit. Ju neau Is fast becoming dcponulatod. Stocks of goods were so reduced by the purchuses of those leaving for up the Yukon that It would bo dlflleult to secure an outfit Henry Doro and J. K. Iloueher, who returned on the Alkl, declared that they had dug for gold for eight months nnd saved only Mo. Tho last thirty days they lived on flour nnd water. Then they went to tho Klon.lvko and after a year's work managed' to uet 50,000. b Despite theso roports nnd others of hardshsps In tho North, hundreds aro .gathered hero anxious to go in search of gold and ull sorts of schemes aro atloat to secure transportation thin iunmcr, but many of those wili com to naught A great blockade of gold humors and supplies Is reported at Dyca and hundreds who havo no means of trans porting supplies will havo to winter there. Indians aro charging more than over for carrying supplies and tho situation Is serious. Tho Wllllamotte Is on its way hero from San Francisco with 100 passen gers. Hero It will take on 100 mora hod then sail for Juneau. It has no passenger accommodations and tho 203 will have to endure many hurdsbjpat Cigarette Prior Ilia. Nkw Yomc, Aug. X.-Clgorotte tnanu facturors havo decided upon an In crease In tho prlco of cigarettes, and letters of notification aro now going through tho mails. Tho ndvnnce In 'quotations Is about. 15 per cent on tho whole list from Turkish to common brands. Turkish cigarettes that woru bold from 87 to 817 will now cost the dealer from SCO.', to 820.30 according to the brand. Louisiana Poriquo ad" vances from 85.13 and SV75 to S'l.1.1 undSo.r.O. Brands of domestic make which dealers bought for 83.80 per thousand have been increased In price to 84. 10. Indian rail Dead la a Dance. GuTiiniK, Okla., July 2 8. During a sun dunce of tho Ponca Indians White Foothor, a noted Iowa Indian from Nebraska, fell drnd In a fit. Ho was on a visit with fllty of his people. There were fully 1,300 Indians In tho dance. Tho Kaws, Osages, Otoos nnd Tonka was wero present at tho nnuual religious rite. Leavenworth I'aitor Dead. Lravknwoiitii, Kan., Aug. 2, Rov. Thomas Mason Boss, for ten years pastor of tho First Congregational church of this city, died at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. THE MANYSIRIKERSMARCHINQ Hundred of Men nt lie Armltt' Mln The I'rnreaalon Orderly. PiTTsnuno, I'a., Aug. 3. Three hun dred strikers frem tho Beech Cliff mines, on tho Panhandle railroad, marched through tho city at 3 o'clock this morning, bound for Camp Deter mination, at Turtle creek. They were mostly foreigners and carried canes and clubs. About an hour afterward 400 Imperial miners, bonded by a brass band, passed through tho city. The mardi was without noise of any kind until the Oaulnnd power house was passed, whom the band started tip a lively march. Four liundrod men from tho Third Monongahelu pool passed through Mo Keesport nt 5:10 o'clock this morning for Turtle creek. They wero headed by two bnnds and tho American flag. Tho procession was orderly. Tho strikers In the vicinity of the Tnrtlo ereok mlno numbered 1,300 at 9 o clock and It Is believed that 3,300 men wero horo in camp by evening. So far during tho marching not a strlkor has shown any sign of tho uso oi liquor. While tho ranks of tho strikers at Turtle exeek were being augmented about 200 mjii gathered at tho Turtlo creek mlnps before tho men started to work and as tho dlgge.a neared tho pit mouth thoy passed between lines of tho strikers. There was no attempt at force, but a number of tho dlggera stopped ami talked with tho strikers and thon passed on into tho mlno. Some wore induced to come out. At the Oak Hill mine a demonstration was made, but no men wore Induced to quit. At 1:15 o'clock this morning the strikers at Cump Determination were aroused and 500 men ordered to march to Sandy creek mid 500 to Plum creek. Tho marches began wluh President Patrick Dolan heading tho forco going to Sandy creek. After they had gone a short distance Dolan was served with a writ charging him with riot and unlawful assembly. This was dono at tho Instance of Thomas P. Do Armltt. For a tlmo great excitement prevailed among tho marchers, but Dolan quieted them by saying that he would be all right and soon join them. Ho was then tuken back to tho jus tice's ollico and tho ranrchers pro ceeded. Secretary Warner, Organizer Cameron Miller and other leaders wero included In tho writ A citizen of Turtle Creek was rendy to furnish bull for Dolan, and ho was soon re leased for hearing Wednesday. Tho Incident caused a very ugly fooling among tho strikers. At 0:15 o'clock tho marchers, led by Dolan, left Turtlo Creek, about 2,000 strong, and started for the muss meet ing at tho McCrca schoolhouse. The procession was headed by four brass bands. At tho big mass meeting speeches wero mado in tho Italian and Hun garian languuges by Interpreters. Between 5.000 and li.OOO minors wero present The greatest enthusiasm was manifested, but there was no disorder. Tho speakers all cautioned the strlkors against breaking tho law. President Dolan, who arrived later, said that out of 1,000 miners employed In the thrcr mines but sixty wero at work. Secretary Warner was In the city this morning and sent out some pro visions to camp. Ha said ho would not go Into court to-day to make appli cation for an Injunction restraining Sheriff Lowry from Interfering with tho marchers, but would place the matter beforo Judge Sheaffer aa sooc as he had tlmo. None of tho district officers were present when the big meeting at Mc Crea's school houso was called to order. Spocchcs were tnado by M. P. Carrlck, M. J. Counahan, William Carney and Mr. T. O. Jones of Chicago, Tho detachmontsseutto Plum creek proposed to hold another meeting at the Bethlehem school houso and invite the Plum creek minors to attend, but when they reached tho place they found that a fenco had been erected around tho school property and notice posted that no trespassing would be allowed. This caused considerable IH feeling, as tho school house grounds were the only public plnoo In tho vicinity of tho mines whore a meeting could be held. The men marched back to McCrea'a bchool house. Faihmount, W. Va., Aug. 3. One by one additions aro being mado to the number of strikers In tho Falrmount district through the quiet efforts of Joseph Ilea und Edward Davis, labor ugiutors. Eleven hundred and thirty men aro now with tho strlkors, while nearly thrco times that numbor are stllPii. work. It Is thought that this will not bo tho enso a week hence. Ilea's work umong tho minors is prov ing very successful. Should there be a general strike, however, It will bo because tho operators aro making no contracts of over ten days duration. KANSAS MINERS TO CONFER. Pmsnuua, Kan., Aug 2. Notlcos wero posted to-day at the different mines in this district calllcg for a mass meeting of miners hero to-mor-row to consider purely local matters. Tho miners at WoirCnnl f.nm.in shaft No. 5 aro In a quandary bocauao of uio inci, xnnt tho local acltators iio caused tho suspension of NfttlfH.l.... 1 , . . . . work ....,v iiuvu (lesoriea inein. Mr. Kherrann Much lletter. WA8IIINOTO.Y, jay 31.-Word comes to Washington from Secretary Sher man at Atnagansett, Long Island, that his health has Improved very much slucoho urrlved at that placo. He will leave for ltoston In a day or two and this trip will bo followed by a bea voyage. bUbtd by a Mlaiourl farmer. Mkxico, Mo., Aug. 1. Wash Woods, 30, and Will Summers, aged 33, quar reled at the farm house of the latter near Cunuda, southeast of hero, when Woods atabbed Summers In tho breast, und it is thought ho will die. KED CLOUD CHIEF, FELDAY, AUGUST 6 187. TARIFF PROTESTS. A Kinbtr of Raropean Nations Object to the flew Dlagley Law. WAsruxoTox, Aug. 3. In i late dumber of tho Congressional Record containing speeches on tho tariff con feroneo report Is a speech by M. N. Johnson of North Dakota, In which ho makes compilation of the protests ro celvod by tho etato department from the representatives of foreign govern ments agnlnst certain duties Imnrxml J In the Dlngley tariff bill, while thot ; measure was pending. Some of theso protests havo be on mado public, others havo been referred to the committees of dongrcss hovlng tho tariff bill in charge, and little or no nttcntlon has been paid, to them. Nearly all of theso eommunlcatlons revert to tho commerce between tho several coun tries and tho United States. They In Hist that the now tariff will retard that commerce, and some of them Inti mate that It will result In decreasing tho demand for American goods. There were three communications from Haron Fava, the Italian Embas sador. Tho first protests against tho duty on Italian oranges and lemons, wnion, no soys, would provo very dis astrous to tho Italian trado In "theso fruits. A second communication from Karon Fava is against tho 00 per cent duty on candled fruits, which the manufacturers of Leghorn say would destroy their market In tho United States. In a third communication Haron Fava speaks of a loiter of tho secretary of agriculture, In which he refers to a ministerial decree of Italy rolattng to meats from tho United States. This decreo required n consu lar vise for certificates of origin, issued by American authorities and accom panying shipments of meats. Haron Fava Informs the state department that tho question has been submitted for examination to tho Zootechnlc and Epizootlo Hoard. Count LIchterveldo, Minister of Bel gium, sent thrco communications con cerning tho tariff. One referred to the retroactive clause adopted by tho House, and pointed out that It works great hardship upon those who wore fdilpplng articles which could not bo safely transported In the winter, such ns plants and bulbs. Tho other com munications rofor to tho rates on cement and sprats and sordines. He says that tho discontinuance of expor tation of Ilolglan cement would re sult disastrously to grain exported from tho United States on account of the high rates that would bo charged because vessels would havo to sail one way in ballast The Turkish government protests against tho duty of 81 per pound on crudo opium, and says that tho tariff can not be for the purposo of protect ing a homo Industry. Ho thinks the revenue of tho government would suf fer, but says that In case It did not tho cost of tho drug used for medici nal purposes would bo greatly In creased to tho consumers. Fifty-threo Irish members of the British parliament join In n lotter to President MeKlnley, saying that the duty on cured mackerel and herring caught on tho west coast of Ireland will work a great hardship to tho Irish fishermen, and praying the President to seeuro a modification of tho rates in tho Dlngley bill. GOING TO HAWAII. tenaton Qnay and Morgan to Inveitl Rate the Anneiatlon Qoettlon. New Youk, Aug. 3. United States Senator M. a Quay of Pennsylvania, who is spending a few days at Atlan tic City, N. J., announces his Inten tion of making an early trio to the Hawaiian Islands to carefully study the country, Its prospects and the ad vantages or dlsaMvantoges which would accrue to this country through annoxatlon. Indirectly bo gave tho Impression that ho was going as tho Informal agont of tho committee on foreign relations and that on what he should see und learn would be based a voluminous report, which would ho read when tho Hawaiian annoxatlon treaty should como up for considera tion. Sonotor Morgan of Alabama senle. Democratic mombor of tho foreign relatloars committee, Is also arranging for an extonded visit iu Septerabor to the Hawaiian islands. He is In favor of annoxatlon. Ho will visit Hawaii at tho same tlmo as Senator Quay. Whltoi Hake War on Negroes. OIU.NOK, Toxas, Aug. 3. News has reached hero to the effect that a squad of negroes who had been working on the Kansas City, Pittsburg fc Oulf railroad near West Lako, La., had boon transferred to tho stone quarry near Hornbeck. The white people of tho neighborhood objected to the ne groes being employed at the qunrry, and last night at midnight a pitched battlo occurred botween tho whites and negroes Two negroes wero mor tally wounded nnd suvcral others less uriouslv shot ' lUlitoarl'e rlnaualal Statement. Jeffxiisox City, Mo., Aug. 3. Stoto Treasurer Pitts gave ont his monthly report to-day as follows: Balance June 30, 81,407, M.70; receipts of July, 8170,055.22; disbursements for July, 8285,533.28; balance July 31, 81,304, 500.84; earnlnirs of the penitentiary, Sid, 740. 50; endowment tax distribution under the now law, 81,337.25. A Colorado Caihler Convicted, Akhon, Colo , Aug. 3. In tho cuo of II. ti. Newson, cx-cashlor of tho de funct Washington County bank, charged with receiving deposits know ing the bank was Insolvent, and with embezzling 82, 000 of tho bank's money, tho jury returned a verdict of guilty. A t'oet and a Cumpoior'i Wife Klope. Pakis, Aug. 3. -Jean Itlchopln, poet and drainatla author, and the wife of the composer, M. Warnot, whose re lations have been gossiped about for somo time, have eloped, but Waruet Is on their trail and has threatened to kill Rlohepln on algh JUDGES MUST APPOINT HEW LAW REMOVES ELEC TION BOARDS. Attornr-n-nrrl Rymth Annwrri Nnmer one !nialrl'4 and Myi County Joriges HTnet Appoint Rinl)lkun Chairman niunttefled. As the time for holding conventions ami performing other political work ap proaches, politicians and officers all over tho statu ate making Inquiries as to the meaning of some of tho election blWS Passed bv t.lln Inst l,rliliirn Several county judges ami eounty at torneys have written Attorney-General Smyth asking whether the act re lating to tho appointment of "non hartlMui" election boards by county Judges renlly legislates the present electieu bo.irds out of otUce. Tho at torneygeneral answered these Inquir ies by Miylng that the law does remove me prosent boards and that county judges must make appointments this fall under tin npw act. Tho act in question is house roll No. 10, by Mr. Clark of Lancaster, a rcpub Ilcim. The act was condemned recent ly by Chairman Post of tho republican state central committee because It takes from the people the right to elect members of the boards and provides a system for appointing w hereby there publican party may always b'e in tho inin-jrity on the boards. It Is admitted by populists that this will be the re sult as long as fusion prevails between uvo or more parties in tliu state. When the new law was before the legisla ture for consideration it was argued that the present system of selecting election boards was not satisfactory because the dominant party in every precinct had the entire board and op position parties had no representation thereon. It wan claimed that the bill before tho legislature would result In the selection of a better grade of of ficers becatiM the county judge would be the appointing power. GRAIN MOVING RAPIDLY. Itullrond Are Doing a Itunhtng Iludueii In Nfiw utid Old Uraln. The wheat fields of Nebraska are ,wurlng tlmlr golden riches Into the clcvotors these days, und from them Into the cars of the railroud companies, to be transferred to the southern marke'ts. Railroad companies are handling hundreds of cars daily and the trnfllo is reported to be increasing. It Is said to bo double what it was last year at this time, and well posted rail road men f ny they do not think tho grain movement has fairly commenced. Much of tho grain Is going south, as tho eastern grain men appear to be afraid of the effect of the holdiug back of the grain upon the inarkeU. Nrhraskn Is U. K. John .7. Oililan, a prominent Lincoln real-estate dealer, has returned to Ne braska from New York much better Mitinfied with this statu than he was when ho went away. He finds that there has been much more depreciation of land in tho eastern states than in eastern Nobrasku and the farmers who nre in debt hack there are actually In worse condition than in this state. (iold Near Aihlnnd. Edwia Larkln who owns a big ranch on tho banks of the Plato north of Ashland, has brought to town a few grains of gold which ho found In the bed of a smull stream on his nlace. Tho substance has been tested by acids ano in oiuer ways proven to bo pure gold. There was ono nugget about the sue of a grain of wheat. Expert examination oi mis nnd outer streams in the locality will bo made at once. Claim riled. Claims from the homo for the friend less at Lincoln wore filed us usual Fri day lust week The board of public lands and buildings will meet in a few days and pass upon these claims. It Is reported tho claims will be disallowed and then tho Koclcty for tho home for the friendless will hogiu it mandamus mi it to compel the board to allow them To Determine Legality. Auditor Cornell was notified Friday last week by telegraph that a trial to detormino the legality of the Cherry cmirt house bonds would bo hold Mon. day by agreement of both sides. The bonds amount to 812,000 and cattle men of the county who opposo tho bonds havo declared votes against the bonds were fiaudulently thrown out. Tnln llano Die. The twins born Friday lost to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Andrew of Table Rock only lived a short time, one dying In the afternoon, the other at night The two only weighed five pounds. STATE NEWS NOTES. William II. Wymore, had cars. Dugan, a brakeman at his leg cut off by the Miss Mllloy Vance, a Seward county teachor, was badly injured In a rua away. The Ellis rupo case at Auburn has been continued to tho November terra of court Hlldroth and vicinity was visited by n bovero hailstorm lust week that did considerable damage to crops. J. C. Draho. a deaf man living nt Amherst, was walking on the track near that town and was struck by an onglne and badly injured. Crockery to Be Advanced. Nkw Yomc, July 20. Crockery Is to bo advanced in selling prlco because of the now tariff law. This woh de elded upon by a resolution passed to day at a meeting of the Importers of earthenware of New York hold at the crockery board of trade. Waif Located In Kama Unmet. Ei.DOKAno, Kan., Aug. 3, Robert Ilrnce and Frederick King of tho Children's Aid society of New York, brought thirteen boys here yesterday and found homes for them among But ler county neooU- THE ROADS MAKE ANSWER Want Mr. Tibbie to De More Implicit In lit Complaint. Tho principal railroads that enter Nebraska bled answers and motions Tuesday wltii tho board of transpor tation In reply to a petition of T. H. Tibbies, who complains that all roade In tho state are charging unreasonable local freight rates. Nearly all tho roads simply file a general denial nnd most of them join fn asking that Mr. Tibbies bo required to make his com plaint more definite. They want hhn to point out tho commodities on which the roads ore charging the alleged ex orbitant rates. F. C. Hills, locelvcr of the Sioux: City, O'Neill & Western railroad, gjes no far ns to deny that Mr. Tibbies is u farmer, nnd it resident of Cutnlug county. Tho receiver de clares his road Is hardly making ex penses. Judge W. K.' Kelly, repre senting the Union Paellic, claims that road was organized under tho laws of the United States nnd is therefore not subject to tho control of tho legisla ture. This miestlon bus lonir horn n mooted one. Luuyurt, no of no court decision on the matter. Tho Burling ton road usks that the complainant name the commodities on which that road is charging unjust rates, nndstuto whether ho Is u shipper nnd wherein he Is nggrleved in respect to local rates. The board will probably set a tlmo for henring the motion to make 'he complaint more definite. GOVERNMENT TAKES HOLD "Iillcet from WimhliiRlnn MmIh the i:inltlcm Authorities. T. A, Crane, of the irovernment ru- iiervishig architect's office has come to Omaha to inspect the exposition grounds and to confer with the archi tects In chief of thu exposition with respect to the government building. He brought with him u sketch of tho building, and says thnt work on tho construction drawings will be com menced on his return to Washington, which will bo about tho middle of next week. Bills for the construction of tho mines and mining building and tho auditorium building will be opened by the department of buildings and grounds next Saturday. The Nebraska building will not be erected by contract. '1 he state com m edon has decided that It will appoint a supeiMitciulent, buy the mnteritl, and have the structure completed under its own direction. Architects of the statj nro submitting sketches for building, which will bo passed on at the meeting August 10. Governor lloleomh lias under consid eration the invitation which ho will extend to the people of the stato and of other states to participate in the exposition. STRUCK BY A WHEEL. Accident nt irud Inland Itroiltlng In One Fatality. Jucrgcn Klintworth and Rule Per dew, two employes of thu Union Pa cific shops at (irand Island, were tho victims of a .severe accident at tho shops late Saturday afternoon. A force of men were eniriiL'ed In re moving a twelvo hundred pound wheel from one shaft to another. Thev had successfully lowered it from the ono shaft and had raised It to the point of adjustment on tho other when a ropo broke und the heavy wheel came crash ing down. It struck Perdew In tho abdomen and the internal injuries thus received may prove fatal. His right letr was also broken ns was that of Klintworth. Tho latter Is doing as well as can be expected, but tho former is In a precarious condition and it is not believed he can recover. Later Perdew died of his injuries. Drowned Iu the ISIur. Herbert Elliott, a young man 21 yca-s of age. was drowned In the Blue river Saturday afternoon at a point near Seeley's mill near Lushton, York county. He nnd two other young men had stepped Into a boat for a ride, but having no paddles they became fright ened nnd his two companions jumped out, whllo yo2ng Elliott remained in the boat, and drifting toward the dam It is supposed In his fright he. too, Jumped into tho stream, and being mm bio to swim sank iu twelve feet of water. His body was recovered be fore night. He lived nt Charleston nnd his father is T. F. Elliott, who has charge of a grain elevator thoro. BREVITIES. Miss Lizzie Lonncman, a talented West Point young lady, departed re cently to join the Sisters of Mercy, near Cincinnati, O. The first bricks for the new B. ,fc M. depot at Omaha wero laid last Satur day nnd It is thought the building will bo under cover before snow Hies. Dick Alexander and Frank Smith of Homer, have been arrestod by Deputy United States Marshal Allen. They aro accused of selling liquor to tho Indians. John Howard, the man who fell from a ladder and lit on a stake, at Fair mont Monday, July 2(1, died Saturday after four days of terrible suffering. Tho stato oillcers have received word from Superintendent Fall of tho Beat rice institute for feeble minded youth that his predecessor, Dr. Armstrong, paid in 81,000 Thursday last. There Is Jtlll duo tho stato about 81,300. Mrs. Victoria (Jrahiiwsky was taken beforo tho board of insanltyof Cuming county recently and exumlned. She is about eighty years old, and her hobby is money matters. She was taken to V'0 'St- "ernard hospital in Council JSlulls. W. H. Dugan, a II. & m. brakeman injured nt Hardy a few days ogo, died at Wymore .Saturday, As an out-growth of tho arrest at lokumah of ll W. Monroe for selling w iuM? U,,im,rf' tho Informant, nVrlVv nT1?' ,m? becn "rested for iwV ,7 H,n,r.chn,r-efl that ho ,nail tho information hoping to get a dlvis- Ion of the fine were Monroe convicted. While' threshing on tho farm of Anion Hull, south-west of Exeter, Walters Bros, soparator and two stacks of whoat belonging to Mr. Hull wore burned, tho fire occurlng whllo nil hands wore at dinnor, It is thought to havo caught from sparks from the engine. $ REVIEvV OF TRADE. Ilradttreet's Report An Knconraglng Outlook for the Farmer. ( Nkw York. Aug. 2. Bradstrcotl lays: "Tho unexpectedly early fall demand for staple merchandise has commenced and, although not con spicuous at some of the larger Eastern cities, wlilch it Is npproachlng, la nota bly so at points in tho Mississippi and Missouri valleys, In the larger wheat growing states. A special investiga tion by Bradstreet's this week shows that Increased purchases by country merchants In the region apoclfled based on tho prospectively largo wheat crop at homo iu the fnco of short wheat crops abroad hns incrcasod bus iness with Western jobbors from 10 to 15 per cent, compared with fall trado at a like period last year. Tho total vol u mo of this new business Is not lnrgc, but it is unusual in this, tho dull month of the year, nnd it Is grow ing. The most favorabto feature of trado Is lis slow, conservative, steady expansion, it being based on tho In creased wants and largor consumptive capacity of the agricultural commu nity, for whom the prospect Is brighter khan It has been beforo for six years." R. O. Dun .t Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade: "Tho most important event since tho passago of the new tariff, which was generally anticipated a wcok ago, has been tho marked Increaso In for eign demand and advance In price for wheat. Tho latter has risen l?fc d Ing tho week. "The fact that corn exports ei. last yenr's, although tho prlco has a vanced to 32.87 cents, is further proof that foreign demands are substantial. With crop news still favorable, pro ducers may probably rcallzo some thing liko 830,000,000 more than last year on wheat, which means a great difference in purchases by agricultural states. Corn also advanced 1.25 cents and cotton a sixteenth, though reports as to yield aro good." SEVEN DEAD IN A TORNADO Wind Storm Wreek an Illinois Farm With Fatal Remit. Br.ooMtNOTO.v, 111., Aug. 2. A special from San Jor.o, III., thlrty-flvo miles west, on the Jacksonville "divis ion of the Chicago and Alton, gives meager particulars of a tornado last evening ut 7 o'clock. It passed through tho farm of A. C. McDowall, two and a quarter miles north of that town, completely destroying tho house and barn. Seven persons were killed. They arc: A. C. McDowell, McDowell's grand son, wlfo of Samuel Browulco, throo of Brownlec's children, Miss Jebsie Groves. The following wero seriously In jured: Mrs. A. C. McDowell, her son Charles, and daughter, Mary. Miss McDowell Is but slightly hurt. Tho storm cumo directly from therf ' north, and entirely destroyed the Moll I Dowoll house, bnrn and walnut grove. It thon rose and went over the town of San Jose. At Mason City lightning struck the spire of the Presbyterian church and net it on tire. SHOOTS INTO A PICNIC. An Kiiglneer Charge on it Sunday Bchool With Fearful Effect. Pkiuiv, Okla., Aug. 2. -Last even ing Ben Vaughan, a youngenginoor of Porry, was arrested by Lawyer S. H. Harris and put in jail for shooting a holf dozen people ut a Sunday school picnic near Perry. Four or five hun dred Sunday school children wore on tho picnic grounds when Vaughan camo up, nourishing two heavy pistols and a huge knife. Ho shot several times. Ono shot took offect In tho leg of J. I). Smith, on old soldier, who was conducting tho children's picnic. Twenty shots wero fired, and several little children were wounded, but not fatally. Ono little boy was shot off his bicycle, and a freight train man was also shot. A negio driver and Kay Prcssler, who were In u hack with Vaughan, were arrested. Great Hrltaln Wilt Coment WABHI50T0.V, Aug. 2.-Ollielal In formation just received In Washington Indicates that Great Britain will con sent to join in an International mon etary conference to bo hold In this city next winter. rahls reprort comes through official channels, and givos much satisfaction to those who hope ... "v.muununiu ngrccmont Is nosi POB' sioi e. IlllnoU -Striker Dixtltuto. DAXVU.I.K, 111., Aug '.'.-Miners In the Danvlllo district nro In destitute circumstances. Ovor 100 fnmilies are reported without means. Citizens nnd many of tho opurutors aro contrlbut Ing liberally with provisions and monoy. There is no evidence that tho utrlkors contemplate giving up. THE MARKETS. Knnnts City drain nnd Live Hard Wheat-No ! Htoclc 3, 70d ricj no. Io. 4, 07c; rejected ,r3 tilUc sort wneat-No 'J. 74cs No. t 4, eaaooc: rejected 00302c 72e: Ni. apring o neat-No. 2, 70c Corn-No, 2. 'J3:t No. 3 v v j ffiea.iWicNSai03afl,Ktttto in aicauy; .'lie. ' my. 17 o(, .No. 1, 10.6037: clover, mixed, nay- 1 1, oil; timothy, 10.7. t'e-Hecclpts, 213 calves 7 1 nominally steady Uhc mrkcl "J" 4.85; native heifers. I3.10O4.O0- il.7.S. .,:r:"wi' COW8 II ,oan.f,o. .,, 1 .:.: v."r:"" ""v v tnlIfErKece,pUl73'"' "hl'.p-d. 1,770. The the hulJ8f , Tb. top fca,e wa 3-6 aud We bulk of sales from I3.83K to w.00. tf ,m i, it- 1 mc Wi gir int "to Ion Th am 1 ent ,to aVn A 011 tat par J uw. ,mu 'wal fitei ten ure 4 fou ife S! occi mnt her upo bad Bldl ilow "1 you in "I ttha V Frei 'A 1 my seen flttli fcrc bo 1 " hapi "J dim rieai ..'if 1 lyou "J J1ffll?$15ifP