1897-09-03; Clare Sentinel

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Mrs, May Hutchinson, of I?iinfc, told
'hear attaband. that'she would like to
telle tier eVjidren^ OujsV.- riding. Mr.
Hutchinson obtains^ a-hovse and buggy
and Mrs. Hutchinson said she wished
•<2» give littlo Fern, aged 6, a ride by
Siefc'sslfi 8© the mother and child drove
cway apparently for a happy time.
TOie mother returned about an hour
a&fcer without the little girl and Mr.
Hutchinson anxiously inquired for her.
The mother replied that she had left
Iter at a neighbor's while she gave her
3.7-year-old daughter Ivy a ride. Ivy
got into the 1>uggy and her mother
4rove to a secluded spot outside of the
<Qity limits, and there informed Ivy
that she had killed little Fern and hid
ihe body in a clump of bushes, and
^hat she, too, had to die, and the ua-
atatural mother whipped out a revolver
*§nd began snooting.'--Ivy soreame'd
Said tried to leap from the buggy, but
ta bullet Went crashing through her
mouth, knocking out two of her teeth,
and another one through her breast
from left to right. The wounded girl
(Succeeded in getting away from the
Craggy, and while she was running
across the field a third bullet Btruck'
$ier in the abdomen. The rapid shooting and the screams of the wounded
and agonized girl attracted the attention .of a farmer named White, who
sun to the rescue. He took the revolver from fche insane parent, lifted the
Meeding daughter into the buggy
.again and then jumped into the rig
sand drove with all possible speed to
€he city. The girl was taken to her
foome by Dr. Campbell and the mother
was locked in the county jaiL The remains of little Fern were found later
in a clump of hazel brush near the out-
shirts of Flint. She had been killed
Tby the use of chloroform and two
Siandkerchiefa soaked with the stuff
were spread over her faee when she
was found.
Mrs. Hutchinson is the wife of W.
35. Hutchinson, proprietor and editor
of the Bee Keepers' Review. She was
sent to the Pontiac asylum about two
years ago, but she got better and was
•allowed to come bome. She seemed
rational when she drove away with
little Fern. The older daughter Ivy
•icanuot recover.
Stolland Celeb rafcts Her Semi-Centennial.
©ne of the most unique celebrations
laeid in Michigan in a long time was
ihe semi-centennial jubilee of the city
of Holland and Ottawa county, whieh
was first settled in the fall of 1846 by a
party of Dutch led by Dr. A. 0. Van
Saalte. Fully 30,000 visitors flocked
4o the town, which was handsomely
decorated with American and Dutch
colors. The festivities, which lasted
two days, were initiated by a parade
svhich consisted of nine divisions. Benjamin Van Raalte, a son of the founder
of the city of Holland was chief max-
■dhal. A band of Indians on horseback
•and on foot, several historic and picturesque floats, bands of music and
plenty of Holland costumes were features of the parade. During the afternoon two separate programs were
,fjiven, one in Dutch on tho college
isampus, the other in English at Cen-
•fennial park, and these were followed
lby vocal music by a chorus of 310
voices and a band concert by Finney's
CT. S. band from Chicago. In the evening there were fireworks and a banquet
jfhe second day was devoted principally to speeches and reading hisfcoB-
acal papers. Gov. Pingree was present
s&nd made a speech whieh endeared
3him to the Hollanders and he was the
-center of attraction the remainder of
the day. In his speech Congressman
"William Alden Smith spoke of Pingree
as "his good friend and a model governor.'* Ex-Speaker G-. J. Diekema referred to him as a man "as good as he
is handsome," and Prof. J. T. Bergen,
<of Hope college declared that his name
would be forever handed down as "the
great reform governor of Michigan—
the man who had shown his character
<by opposiug all that was wrong."
Another of the interesting features
of the day was a pathetic address by
<Chief Pokagon of the Pottawatomies,
Forty historical papers were read in
Sour of the city churches during the
<day and evening.
IT. T. Minora KefuBo to Strike.
The attempt of the officers- of the
Iron miners'union in Ishpeming, Ne-
jgaunce and Other upper peninsula
snining towns to induce the union men
Jto strike unless all non-union men were
discharged resulted in a big failure.
The workmen have all been told that
ihe non-unionists shall be kept at work
and protected, if necessary, in the
<avenfe of a walk-out of the unionists,
Tho merchants and people of the
5ron country are jubilant that the
(Strike did not materialize. They re-
aiemuer the hardships of the previous
one. Tho strikers would have very
little sympathy, for all know that the
snines are not making much money at
"ihe present prices for ore. One peculiarity of this strike agitation is that
the non-union miners have a good organization, and this perhaps dampens
tjhe ardor of the union leaders.
A traction engine owned by Pearl
Price ran through a bridge near Mt,
Morris and waa wrecked.
"The Michigan Forester, official organ
af the Michigan L O. F,, has been sold
hy C. E. Patterson to C, F. B. Stowell,
of May ville.
The barn of "Wlllard Marble, near
Buehanau, burned, with two horses
and a large amount of grain. Loss
01,000; insured foi- 51,300.
Two JSlUofl by !* Cyclone.
E. Mourch, of Three Rivers, was instantly killed and W. M. Snyder, near
Petoskev, was fatally-injured by a tree
falling on them while they were driving
by, six miles southeast of Petoskey.
A heavy storm came up very suddenly.
The carriage was smashed in two by
the tree, but the occupants of the rear
seat, and the horses, wore not injured.
A severe storm passed over Lake St,
Clatr and came near causing tho loss of
several lives. Wm. Lowe and wife and
three daughters, F. J. Banty, wife and
son, and E. Mitchell and wife, all prom-
'inenfc people of Lima, O., were on
board.tho steam yacht Vulcan,, which
was caught in the gale. In attempting to make a landing at McSweeney's
the boat was thrown against a clump
of piles and a large hole was stove iu
her bow. AU on board were rescued,
but some of the ladies were taken to
the club house in an unconscious condition. Later the Vulcan put out into
the lake and rescued four young men
who were in a cat-boat flying distress
signals.
MICHIGAN   NEWS  ITEMS.
About 6,000 people attended the
farmers' picnic at Saranac.
Lightning destroyed Edwin Montague's barn, hear Birch Run; loss $3,000.
William Atkins, ha3 discovered coal
on his place at Arbela, and will sink a
shaft.
Over 1,000 persons attended tho St.
Joseph county Sunday school rally at
Colon.
About 6,000 people attended the supervisors' picnic at Sylvan lake near
Pontiac.
Blaine Little, aged 18, was fatally
burned by an explosion of asphaltum
paint at Grand Ledge.
Edward Scully's barn and all contents, including four horses, burned at
Webberville; loss $1,500.
Mrs. J. H. Clark wa? fatally hurt in
a runaway at Petoskey. Left ear torn
completely off and several ribs broken.
A 74-year-old Grand Rapids man has
been sent to the poorhouse who only a
few years ago was a prosperous dentist, worth 835,000.
Ewart Foster, aged 6, was fatally
burned while playing with kerosene
oil and matches at Benton Harbor.
Nearly all his skin came off.
Mrs. Flora Anderson, of Detroit, suicided by jumping into Lake Erie from
the D. &C. steamer Cityof Cleveland,
near Cleveland. Drink and family
troubles.
A pile of ties was discovered on the
tracks of the Alpena & Northern railroad near Alpena, which would have
wrecked a train had it struck the obstruction at full speed.
Wm. H, Kelly, aged 40, despondent
because he couldn't got work, took
morphine and was found dead on the
street at Grand Rapids. He leaves a
widow and an infant child.
Benton Haroor capitalists are organizing a stock company with a capital of
3550,000 to send 20 men to prospect for
gold in Alaska, They will also engage
in the lumber business there.
Robert Nicholas, aged 18, was almost
instantly killed by falling 63 feet down
the shaft of the Black Diamond mine,
near Jackson. The only visible injury
was a mark on one side of the face.
Two large waterspouts were seen at
Petoskey by a great number of people
during the windstorm that came up
suddenly. They made an imposing
spectacle, but no damage is reported.
Work was -resumed at the Crystal
Falls mine at Crystal Falls afc the same
wage rate thafc prevailed before the
strike. All except the leaders in the
late strike are given their old positions.
Lightning destroyed the barn of
Arthur Corey, near Hubbardston.
Eight years ago to the day his barn
was struck and destroyed. On each
occasion Mr. Corey was in town buying
a binder.
Thirty striking miners employed by
the Saginaw Coal Co. went back to
work at the old wages of 70 cents a
ton. The backbone of the strike is
now broken and no further difficulty
is anticipated.
The 5-year-old daughter of Timothy
McNeill was burned to death at Water-
vliet, her dress being set on fire by her
little brother who was playing with
matches. The parents were away
working at the time.
Lynn Cranston was frightfully injured at Constantine when he attempted to pull a shotqnn out of a
"boat. The gun exploded, blowing the
muscles of his arm entirely off. He is
in a critical condition.
Ralph Gould, of tho real estate and
loan firm of Andrew Gould & Son, of
Jackson, was arrested on a charge of
embezzlement and larceny of $800 collected on a mortgage executed to Sylva
R. Rosson, of Missouri.
A man who gave his name as B, A
Brown, and said that he was wanted
in Blairsville, Pa., for embezzlement
of money to the amount of §750, walked
into police headquarters at Grand Eapids and gave himself up.
Judge Maxwell, of Bay county, says
he will call a grand jury Oct. 15, to investigate alleged irregularities in city
and county affairs. Supervisors are
shaking in their boots, as they fear
another general overhauling, as was
the case two years ago.
Royal Oak and vicinity suffered
from a, cyclone whieh played havoc
with everything in its path. Straw
stacks, hay stacks and fences went
down before its fury. Maples four and
five feet of girth wero snapped like
pipe stems. Apple trees were torn up
by the roots, and a stretch of timber
to the southeast of the village was
leveled as if cut down by axes." Cur-
rin's windmill was blown over. Chimneys fell like ninepins and several
roofs wero lipped off. The electric
railway also suffered severely. A tree
broken off by the storm was whirled
along, tearing down nine posts.
o The deep waterways board bun decided to mako their headquarters at
Detroit. A surveying party will be at
once be pub to work on the route of the
Niagara ship canal.
Henry Jennisoti, of Antioch township, Wexford connty, which many
people imagine is a wilderness of pine
stpmps, has raised 330 bushels of wheat
off 30 acres, and other farmers average
from 20 to 25, all of fine quality
The largest single shipment of lumber from Bay City this year was five
targes which cleared lasfc week for
Cleveland and'Ton a wanda with 2,300,-
000 feet. The Bay Oity lumber market
shows signs of returning activity.
Miss Nellie Clark, a pretty 16-year-
old girl, of Ypsilanti, outwitted bet
mother and escaped on a borrowed bicycle to meet her lover, Geo. McDan-
iels, of Detroit, with whom she fled to
Windsor, where they were married.
Ludington is greatly interested at
present over the Christian socialistic
movement which engages every class
of people in discussion. There is talk
of establishinir socialist industrial institutions, truck gardens and fruit
f arms.there, thus utilizing some of the
waste lands,
In order to keep members from dropping out and to awaken interest Grand
Chancellor D. P. MeMullen, of the
Michigan grand lodge 1C. of P., has offered a prize to the Michigan lodge
that lives the closest to the law and reports the fewest suspensions for the
coming year.
The Bay View Epworth League
elected the following officers: President, F. A. Smart, of Detroit; vice-
president, Rev. A. W. Stalker, of Detroit; secretary, Rev. H, F. Shier, of
West Branch; treasurer, Mrs. Cross-
man, of St. Johns; trustees, J. T. Berry,
J. E. Mason, Rev. A. W. Stalker.
The State fair opens at Grand Rapids
Sept. 6. The first day will be Labor
day and suitable program will be carried out in connedion with the usual
doings of labor's holiday. Tuesday is
designated as Children's day, Wednesday will be Grand Rapids day, Thursday for farmers and fruit growers, and
Friday for everybody.
Just after dark G. B. Ross, the station agenfc at Minden City, walked
down the siding to seal some freight
cars. Two rods from the depot he was
seized by two men who quickly bound
and gagged him and then robbed him
of $325 and a gold watch and tossed him
under a freight car. After struggling
some time Ross loosened the bandage
on his mouth and his cries soon brought
help, but the robbers escaped.
While thrashing was in progress on
the farm of Lewis Lefevere, near
Galesburg, a bundle of wheafc containing some explosive, presumably dynamite, was fed into the cylinder. The
whole interior of the barn was instantly in flames and the season's crops,
together with an entirely new separator, the latter the property of Jesse
Simmons, were destroyed. The man
who was feeding was blown out of the
door and seriously burned.
Fire broke out in Ed Croarkin's
clothing store in the Masonic block at
Dexter and threatened to destroy tho
building and spread to other structures.
Ann Arbor was appealed to for help,
but the home bucket brigade did such
excellent work the fire was gotten
under control before the engine arrived. The building is a three-story
brick and was damaged §1,000. Ed
Croarkin's loss on stock is §3,000, while
E. Jedele's meat market was damaged 8700.
The three military companies at
Grand Rapids have applied to the quartermaster-general for the loan of shelter tents for their accommodation for
two days during September. They intend to leave the city in heavy marching order, with tents, blankets, haversacks and canteens, and strike a camp
six miles out. They will go through
all the military regulations and routine, and the next day will move to
another location, and change several
times before returning.
The mysterious death of Geo. Beck-
wifch and the finding of his body in the
Huron river, near Ann Arbor, Aug. 17,
is forcibly recalled by the coroner's
verdict which says that the young man
was dead before he was placed in the
water. Monroe Kendall and Walter
Warren, who claimed to have heard
Beckwith's cries, and ran to help him,
but arrived too late, have been arrested
as have Mrs. Kate Neff, her daughter
Mary, and Alice Kearney, who live in
an old house with an unpleasant reputation near the scene of the supposed
drowning.
AJfJTAiu8 Ll\ tti^EKAJLt
BRIEF MENTION  OP EVENTS OF
INTEREST.
Mount St, Elias, in Alaska, has been
scaled by the Italian party led by
Prince Luigi, duke of Savoy, and they
fix its altitude at 18,130 feet, Ifc was
also determined that Mount St. Elias
has no volcanic formation. The party
took many photographs and Prince
Luigi declares the scenery to excel
that of the Alps in grandeur. The
cosh of the expedition was over $25,000.
Farmers throughout central and
western Kansas are using every means
possible to get their wheafc on the market at the present high prices. Teams
block tbe streets of many towns and
mills aud elevators are crowded to their
utmost capacity. The railroad yards
in many of 'the larger towns are
blocked with loaded cars which cannot
be moved.
At the meeting of the uniform law
commission at Cleveland John C. Rich-
berg, Esq., of Chicago, reported a
draft of a divorce bill for adoption in
all the states, to be submitted to the
National Bar association, If tho association approves of ifc the members will
urge its adoption by their different
state legislatures. The bill is modelled
arfter the divorce law in forco in the
District of Columbia, which of necessity was drawn by committees of congress, which represents the entire
country.
Inherited wealth does not necessarily render a man despicable.
Over 300 Japanese Drowned and 6,000
Ilooaea Deotroyed by a Tidal Wave
—Starvation Staring Striken In the
lfuce In the Ohio Mine Districts,
New Boom Town In Alaska.,
Letters■. received at Seattle, Wash,,
say: "Skaguay is the boom town of
Alaska. Every man whose heart
failed him when ho encountered the
first hardship has turned town site
boomer. Four Weeks ago Skaguay
was not known: today there are not
less than 4,000 people in addition to
those on ships in the harbor. They
have surveyed off the town site, the
first comers having first choice. Skaguay has all the useful accompaniments of a fr6ntier mining town.
Dance halls, roulette, faro, stud poker
and craps find devotees ready to tempt
fortune's smiles. There is no danger
of famine here, though there may be
shortages in certain Hues. Great piles
of hay, grain, flour, bacon, sugar and
all the necessaries of life are in stock,
apparently for some time to come."
Tidal -Wave Drowns 300 Japanese.
Oriental advices state that a great
earthquake occurred in Japan, lasting
eight minutes and was followed by a
tidal wave, which swept up rivers
flowing into the sea, and causing great
destruction. Reports received afc Yokohama show that our 5,000 houses
had been inundated or washed away
and 300 people were known to have
been drowned or seriously injured. It
was reported from Hosoku that coal
mines there were flooded by an overflowing river, drowning over 100 miners. For several days before the
earthquake rain had fallen almost incessantly and the rivers were already
very high. The tidal wave raised
them in so many minutes from 13 to 20
feet higher.
President of Uruguay Assassinated.
President idiairte Borda was shot and
killed as he was leaving the cathedral
at Montevideo, Uruguay, where the Te
Deum had just been sung in honor of
the national fetes. Tho murderer, a
youth named Arredondo, was arrested.
Borda was elected three years ago by
a small majority, and he has always
been very unpopular. While the assassination is universally denounced the
removal of President Borda from the
control of her affairs is a g-ood thing
for Uruguay. Ib is alleged thafc he
used his position for personal gain.
Ohio Striking Miners Starving.
A dispatch from Nelsonville, O., says
that the destitution among miners
there is very great. Mayor Buckley
says 1,260 persons, the entire mining
population of the town, have absolutely nothing to eat and 100 of these
are sick. In this immediate vicinity
there are 7,000 destitute people, a large
number of whom are children. Local
charity has helped them till its means
are goue. Gardens supplied the wants
of these people until rocently, but that
resource is now exhausted.
Facer Makes n Mile In 1:59%.
The most wonderful performance of
a race track horse was that of Star
Pointer, the famous bay pacer, afc the
Readville park track afc Boston, last
week. After haviug beaten all the
other great racers of the day he was
started against the world's record—a
mile in 2:01 y>. On the third trip to Ihe
wire Star Pointer's driver got the word
to "go," and away he went like an arrow, making the circuit of the mile
track in 1:59 K. The first qanrter was
made in :30, the second in :29|&, third
:29&, fourth in :30&.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS.
Japan has ordered 1,500,000 pounds
of prepared meat from the Armour
Packing Co. at Kansas City, for use in
the Japanese army.
The Zionist congress at Basle, Switzerland, enthusiasticalty adopted a program for re-establishing tho Hebrews
in Palestine wifch publicly recognized
rights.
The Austrian government has proposed the rejection of the British plan
for thesettleinenfcof the Greco-Turkish
difficulty and urges that the five continental powers proceed with the peace
negotiations without Great Britain.
Marie Valdez, aged 14, attempted to
start a fire, with kerosene afc Port
Tampa City, Fla., when an explosion
enveloped her in flames. Her mother's
clothes caught fire trying to save the
girl. The house caught fire and both
women and a small boy were burned
to death. Five other houses were also
destroyed.
A new political party named the
American party was launched in St.
Louis by a convention of 50 delegates
representing 10 states. It promises
reforms in suffrage, in internal ami
tariff revenues, aud in the financial
system. A national committee of 10
members was elected with Col. E. H.
Sellers, of Detroit, who fathered the
party, as chairman. Headquarters will
be established at Detroit with Fred H.
Carlisle,,of Detroit, as secretary.
President MeKinley, Secretary of
Wav Alger, Senator' Hanna and fche
rest of the presidential party greatly
disappointed the citizens of Cleveland
who intended to give the President a
grand] reception on his arrival from
Buffalo. It was oftly after thousands
had been standing On the streets for
two hours or more to get a look at the
President that thoy learned that tho
party had arrived early in the morning on Senator Hanna's yacht and were
quietly driven to the senator's summer
home at Windermere. The President
squared himself by attending a public
reception at the Hollonden hotel.
4.5,000 VETS MAHCH.
The Grand . Armv of   tha   KepafeUo   In
Camp at Buffalo.
The thirty-first annual encampment
of fche Grand Army of the Republic
was held at Buffalo and attracted one
of the largest assemblages of veterans
of recent years. The first day's program consisted of a reception to Commander-in-chief Clarkson, the opening
of Camp Jewett, a city of tents on fche
bluff shores of Lake Erie at the mouth
of Niagara river. Thousands of veterans and-, other visitors made-the first
day an opportunity to see Niagara
falls and other'points of interest.
On the second day the visit' &t the
nation's chief executive, President MeKinley, and his party, which included
Secretary of War Alger, was an attraction drew the thousands back into the
city. From the moment that the special train that bore the President arrived until he retired, there was one
glorious and spontaneous demonstration. Even when with Mrs. MeEftnley
and Gov. Black the President had entered his hotel and vanished from'
sight,' there followed after him the-
cheers of the people until he was-
obliged to come to the balcony where,
after order had been restored, he made
a brief speech of thanks for the generous welcome given him. Later in
day Columbia Post, of Chicago, arrived
at the hotel and acted as escort to the
President to the Elljpott building,
where the post entertained the President at a banquet. As the President
passed from the hotel to the banquet
hall the police had to literally drive a
way through for the carriages, and at
the Ellicott club the corridors were so
densely packed thafc fche President had
to be lifted through by stalwart policemen. In the reception room of the
club he met prominent citizens of Buffalo and then he entered the banquet
hall as the guest of honor of Columbia
post, with 500 other distinguished
guests and soldiers. When an elaborate menu had been discussed to the
satisfaction of the guests the toast-
master called for Gov. Frank S. Black,
of New York, who extended a welcome
for Columbia post; to President MeKinley. When President MeKinley
was introduced for fully five minutes
it seemed as though the roof would
have to raise with the roars of applause
and greeting. He was finally able to
be heard and he replied in a pleasant,
simple speech which caught his hearers' fancy and the applause was repeated when he had finished. Secre-'
tary of War Alger, Commander-in-Chief
Clarkson, and Archbishop Ireland were
among the other speakers.
There were fully 200,000 people on
the streets of Buffalo when the 45,000
veterans of 1861-65 marched before tbe
applauding multitude to the strains of
martial music which brought back to
them wifch great vividness many scenes
which had grown dim io the intervening
years. It was a grand,a noble an, inspiring patriotic sight to see these 45,000
men as they marched the streets, which
wero made glorious in dec irations of
flags and bunting, receiving the ovations of the vast throngs of people.
The President of the Union they fought
to save, himself their comrade, was at
their head. The procession moved for
six hours. Along the route 1,000 girls'
dressed in the colors of the flag scattered flowers in the path of the soldiers. President MeKinley rode in a
carriage at the head of the procession
and waved his hat at the cheering
crowd. At the reviewing stand lie
took his position wifch Commander-in-
Chief Clarkson and Gov. Black, and
theheadquarters staff passed in review.
Of all fche throng viewing the procession no one person was more enthusiastic or more affected by the sight than
President MeKinley. With his hand
on his hat, continually uncovering to
the national colors or the salutes of
fche veterans, the President watched
the array of old heroes march by.
After the parade a luncheon was
given to the President and his party,
after which he was driven back to his
hotel. The closing events of the day
wereapublic reception to the President
at Music hall and a reception by the
Loyal Legion at the Buffalo club.
The business sessions of the eUcamp-
raenfc were full of "go," and after
speeches of welcome by Gov. Black
ahd Mayor Jewett Commander-in-Chief
Clarkson gave tbe annual address. The
report of Adjt.-Gen. Burmester showed
that the total membership of the order
in good standing June 30, 1896, was
7,302 posts with 340,610 members; on
Dec. 31, 1896, 7,276 posts with 337,413
members; on June 30, 1897, 7,106 posts,
with 319,456 members. The gain by'
muster in was 10,534; by transfer,
4,381; by reinstatement; 11,207; from
delinquent report,'6,807; total 33,929.
The losses were, by deaths, 7,515; honorable discharge, 1.357; transfer, 4,643;
suspension, 30,771; dishonorable discharge, 411; by delinquent reports,
8,981; by surrender of charter, 606;:
total, 54,183, Including1 the members
remaining suspended June 30, 1897;,.
(43,360) fche total on the rolls is 303,816,,
The election of a eotnmander-inr-
chief and the choice of a city for the
'98 encampment were the most interesting features of business. Pennsylvania captured fche first prize, J. P:. S.
Gobin, of Lebanon, being elected ower
three other aspirants. Cincinnati and
San Francisco were contestants foe-the
next encampment, but Cincinnati, won
out with a good lead.
Michigan was represented by more
than 2,000 veterans in the big- parade
and were given an ovation that was
not exceeded by any other- stato or
post. The applause was of the enthusiastic kind and was taken up by the
vast Crowds in the grandstands along
the entire line of march.
Herbert, A. Chapman, was released
from 1he Ionia houso of correction
after serving a three and a half years'
sentence- for burglarizing Benson &
Crawford's hardware store at Saranac.
Re was at once rearrested for entering
Riley Taft's house in Orange township.
Women'* Belief CJor£*n'
The 15th national convention of the
Woman'* Belief Corps, auxiliary'lo the
6. A. R. convened in Buffalo duVing
the G, A. R. encampment. The usual
preliminaries of speeches and reports-
occupied considerable attention, -President Mrs. Agnes Hitt, of Indianapolis,
making a pleasant review of the post-
year and the hopesof t.^e future. Secretary Ida S. McBride showed that there
were now 35 departments and 55 detached corps, with a total membership
in good standing of 111,633. The total
gains in membership from all sources1-
were 33.797, and the • total losses,*36,-
317, of which l;255 were from deaths
and 17,303 from suspension, making-'
the total membership, including1 those
not reporting, 143,883, The total
amount expended for relief was $ 164,-
720, making $1,537,833, since organization. Treasurer Isabella T- Barley
reported receipts to the general fund
of830,595y expenditures of 823,572, the
balance being 87,033, The total cash
in all funds on hand July 1 was- *13t,fv3i.
The assets are $18-,578, and the liabilities none.- <
r^-
twdlei of tlie «.  A. B.
President Mrs. C, F. Hirst presided
over the-deliberations of the Ladles ot
the Gr. Av B. The most interesfciBg'
event was the vote against consolidat-
injr with, the W. R- ©-, owing to- tfMfer-*,.
ences ins the eligibility to< membership.
These officers were chosen::.National '
president, Mrs. Flora; ML. Davy,- of Minnesota;- senior vice-president. Mrs,
Sarah A.. Mason, of Nebraska; junior
vice-presideut, Mrs. Helena-Fibzheni'y,.
of New Jersey; treasurer, Mrs. Etta*
Tobey, of Indiana; chaplain, Mrs^M, Du
Cummings,of Oklahoma:.
-y
FAURE- VISITS THE CZAR..
An Enthusiastic Keception'of the-French-
by- the Russian*.
President Faure, of France,, reached
Cronstadfc, Russia, on the-French* warship Pothuau after a- disagreeable
journey from Havre. The weather-
was fine, however, when the czar-
steamed alongside the Pothuau in. fche
imperial yacht Alexandriai. The- reception of the French president and
the exchange of greetings were the
signals for great enthusiasm on. the
part of the many thousands of Russians
assembled on land and water. Upon"
landing from the Alexandria President;
Faure was greeted by the grand dUkea
of Russia and other dignitaries of fche
empire of Russia and the repnblic-of
France. A presentation to the court
of tho czar at the Peterhof palace was-
followed by a visit to the czarina at
Alexandria palace. The royal yacht
carried the czar and president and a.
large party to St. Petersburg where-
the cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul
was visited and a wreath placed on the
tomb of the late Czar Alexander EEL
President Faure drove across the Neva
•and laid the cornerstone of tho new-
French hospital and also took part lathe brilliant ceremony of laying the-
foundation stone of the new Troitsky
bridge. Dinners, receptions and visits
to many points of interests made the
visit of the president a memorable one.
He was greeted with enthusiastic popular demonstration wherever h,e appeared in the public thoroughfares..
i*
Oom Taut Denies British Suzerainty*.
President Kruger, of the Transvaal
republic, South Africa, delivered; a.
speech before the volksraad which.'is-
likely to cause great excitement in
Great Britain. He said that the relations between Great Britain and-the
South African republic are regulated
by the convention of 1884. He added
that in the convention cf November,
1881, a reference to the sjizeraiofcy of
Great Britain did appear, bu*- that ki
the next convention, that of 1884,,not
a single word bearing precisely upon
that-point, and siuee then the- sueeis-
ainty had ceased to exist, and; thoy
could nofc recognize tlie suzerainty of
Great Britain, because it was-entirely
opposed to that convention. President
Kruger's remarks were greeted, wdthi
the loudest applause.
THE  MARKETS.
MVE STOC&
Spring-
Sevr York—Cattle      Sheep Tjambs Hogs.
Best Rrades...8l 9.®o 15    $3 75    S> 65    3u 10'
Lower grades..2 60 *4 75     2.6J     4.35     4.80
Chicago—
Best grades....4 8o®'> 15      3i73      8 25      4-50'
Lower grades. .2 50 t-4 75      2:25      3 50      4>20.
Detroit—
Best grades....4 2> "14 50.
Lower grades. .2 5j@1 00
ISaffHlo—
Best grades....5 00@"i 20
Lower grades..2 5j@1 75-
Cincinnati)—
Best grades*-..4 4J®4 65-
Lower grades..2 5j@4 25-
Cleveland/—■
Best grades 4 25© 1 59.
Lower grades..2 5J@4 00.
Pittsburg—
Best grades—4 0')@5.1S
Lowei;gr,ades~-2 50@>1 75-,
3 63
2.-25-
4 00
2,50
5 00.
4 00
430'
3 50
2.25
a 75
2 50
4*0
2 75
5 75.
4 00<
5 35.
S75.
5 25-
3 75-
5 25-
4 00.
4.50'
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4-31
4:10'
4-ft
4-45
4-SS
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Wheat,, Corn,     Oafcs*
Uo. 2.red; Wo. 2 inlxWo. 2 vrtttttt
NeW-XOBfe SUiUH- 1101& 35iJ@3j2£ 25H®2 34.
Gliiougo 94   ®. 0*      3J   ©30      2-2   ©22.J4
*D«trolB 9.   <& 9iH   32   © 2    .23   ©22V&-
Totecto. 94   © !M%   31   ©31      20   ©SJJi
CJaollluiktl. 98, <i 9tt^ 30J£33'& 20 ©20
Clov.olaiwl' 9-1. @\ 91 3.1 © 0 20 @20
Ftbtsburff 9? © 07 32 ©32 22 @22
Biiffialo. 93,  © 98      34   ©34     E4   ©24
*Detroit—Kay, Uo, 1 timothy, 58>o 1 a ton.
New Pot&Koes,. S'C per bu. Lire Poultry,
SBptag chiekeus, lOcp'crlb; fowl, se; duclss,
8c; turkeys, 8c. Eggs, strictlv fresh. 14c per
d.00... Butter, dairy, 14c per lb"; creasacry, 18c
KEVIEW O* TKADE.
Speculative markets have their turns of
reaction, hnt business has none this season,
gaining with a steadiness which is most,
gratifying. The starting of work, increasing hands employed, advance in wagcv and
in prices of products and. the lleavv movement of crous are facts before which aU
speculative inftuences have to Ijow. The
past week's dis-patctfes mention 38 iron
works which have started, against one dosing; ^woolen works started and so ou in
many other branches, while many more
works have increased force and many are
preparing to resume, and some have increased wages. While those things continue
—with grain rising and going abroad in
enormous, quantities—money markets have
reason for abounding contlde'nce and speculative markets for strength. Crop prospects,
arc ccmtracUctQry, as usual at this tUoe.,
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