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Our Flag Wlll Float.

CHICAGO, August 6.-Ihe omcefs ana oileo
tors of the Pan-American Transporsanon
company. an organization formed Tor the
purpose of putting on lines OF steamers %
tween the southern ports Of the United Seeses
and the principal ports of South Amenca'
Central America and West Indies, are IN 81
sion in this city. Tho purpose = to map oot
the work moro completely and porSecs of-
ranrsmenfs for additional sscurif.s9 II.
Xu1n. Of Galvcston, says Chicago yin = TIE
eooixai dislxibufion paint for 81 - peoouces
r. eeu1h AnneuicA H. VI - No.
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Wisconsin Crops.

MILWAUKEE, August 5.-The weather CROP
bulletin of Wisconsin says: The southwest
part of the state and generally throughout
the western and northern portions, all
growing crops are reported in fine condl-
ton. Chinch bugs have caused serious dam
age in many counties in the southeast and
central portions of the state.
They are reported to have totally destroyed
the spring wheat in Waukeshs, Jefferson,
Dodge, Walworth ana Manitowac counties.
The pasturage in many eastern and central
counties are burned up, and the farmers are
feeding nearly as much hay to stock as i'll
winter.
Notwithstanding the bugs and the drought,
the general average of the oat crop through
out the state will far exceed the expectations
placed upon it few weeks ago. It will
yield nearly up to the average crop. Barley
will be about three fourths of an average
crop.
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SuccessfuI MeetinR,

DETROIT, August 8.-''The Ladies of the
G. A. R." have held very successful meet
ing. Its total membership is between 5000
and 10000, and the president states that geo
new circles have been chartered during the
past year. Its object is very broad, being
simply to render protection and aid to all
soldiers, their widows and orphans and see
that no one who has served his country in its
hour of need shall be an inmate of the poor
house.
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CHICAGO. August 5.-Among the delegates
10 the Grand army of the Republic national
.ncampment at Detroit was that of the depart
ment of Louisiana and Mississippi. Comrade
Graham and others of the delegations, say in
published interviews that they are going to
Detroit to make an issue on the exclusion of
negroes from the Grand Army ranks, and
they declare that unless their demand is
acceded they will withdraw from the organ
ization. Mr.. Graham gives the origin of the
trouble az follows: "The Grand Army posts
of Louisiana and Mississippi have always
refused to grant charters for negro posts on
the ground that the G. A. R. is social or
Ranization and has power to restrict its MEM
bership to those who are agreeable in social
sense to its members. This policy was pur-
sued until about the time of the death of Jef
Davis.
At that time Jacob Gray, the officer COM
manding the department of Louisiana and
Mississippi, was called upon in his ofticia!
capacity by the mayor and q number OF
prominent citizens of New Orleans to express
himself in regard to the appearances OF the
6. A. r. post at the official ceremonies. He
replied by pledging the Grand Army to as.
sist in the ceremonies over the remains OF
the ex-confederate chieftain. This act not
being in accordance to the rules and regula-
lions of the department, it refused to take
any part in the affair.
Gray, angered at the refusal of his COM
mand TO obey his orders to turn out at Jeh
Davis funeral. said he would make it do
what was more distasteful, namely, to march
behind negro posts which he proposes to or
ganize. In pursuance of this threat he
granted charters to nine negro posts anc
mustered in 800 men, This being an official
act of the department commander these ne
groes are now members of the G. A. &.
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Will be an Heirloom.

DETROIT, August 6.-The day was marked
with many pleasant incidents, but none that
attracted more admiration than the spectacle
of an ex-president of the United States hon.
oring the commander-in-chief of the G. A.
R. Ex-President Hayes, accompanied by
Colonel j. F. j. Hecker and the committee
that purchased the $4,000 diamond badge
for Colonel Veazey, called at the national
department headquarters to make the pre-
sentation. The ceremony took place in the
large parlor of the hotel, where General Yea
zey stood with his wife, surrounded by his
entire staff.
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Election of Officers.

DETROIT, August 8.-Following the cleo
ton of Captain John Palmer, of Albany, N.
Y, as chief, other officers
elected were as follows: Senior vice COM
commander ln.chief, Henry NJ. Duffield, of
Michigan; junior vice commander in chief,
L. S. Clarkson, of Nebraska; chaplain. S. B.
Payne, of Florida q. e. Miner, of Kansas,
was one of Payne's opponents for the place.;
surgeon general. Benjamin L. Stephenson,
of Connecticut (re-elected.)
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Platform Adopted.

PLATFORM Adopted.
SPRINGFIELD, O., August 8.-The platform
adopted by the peoples party state conven-
ton, and with which full state ticket was
launched, is. in substances:
"We hold that labor is the basis of all
wealth, happiness and progress, and must have
equal protection by the law; in the organiZa-
ton OF our party we know no north. south,
east or west and we are determined that the
government shall be SO administered as to
secure equal rights to all the people; we de-
mand that taxation, national, state and
municipal, shall not be used to build up ore
interest or class at the expense of another;
we demand the abolition of national banks
as banks Of issue and as q substitute for ma
tional bank notes we demand that full lega-
tender treasury notes be issued in sufficient
volume to conduct the business of the coun-
try on cash basis; We demand the payment
of all bonds of the government instead of re-
funding them, in such money as they were
originally made payable; we demand gov
eminent ownership of all the means of trans
pOrtation and communication between and
by the people of the United States; we favor
liberal pensions to all honorably DISCHARGED
union soldiers of the late civil war and gen.
erous care of their widows and orphans, and
demand that the difference between the value
of gold and greenbacks at the date of pay
ment he made equal to gold so as to place
the soldier on the same footing as the bond
holder has been.
A woman's suffrage plank is included IN
the platform. The platform favors govern
ment loans directly to individuals; favors free
coinage of silver; opposes alien ownership of
lands, and demands that congress devise
means of obtaining all lands already owned
by foreign synaicates; also demands that all
lands held by railroads and other corpora
tions, in excess of what is actually needed.
be reclaimed by the government and held
for actual settlers only; demands graduated
tax on incomes.
We demand the enactment and rigid en-
forcement of laws for the suppression of all
forms of gambling in futures and all agri-
cultural products; favors the election of all
United States senators by the peculiar vote
of the people; demands the rigid enforce
ment of the laws against the adulteration
and counterfeiting of all food products; de-
mands compulsory education and free school
books; demands the forfeiture of the charter
of the Standard Oil company.
A resolution adopted, favoring govern
ment or state control of the sale, manufac-
ture, importation and expectation of spirit
uous liquors, was recommended to the ma
tional convention as the solution of the
liquor problem.
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A finder Box.

BLUNT. S. D., August 1.-The mercury 10
at 100 in the shade and the wind blowing .
fearful gale. An east bound freight engine
fred the prairie west of this city and the en-
tire population turned out to subdue the
flames. which were travelling with fearful
rapidity north to the grain fields of Sully
county. The train hands lent assistance,
and by strenuous efforts the fire was placed
under control. The whole county is like .
finder box, and everyone Is on the alert for
fires, which are liable to spring up at q mo-
ment's notice. The fire south of the city de-
stroyed thousands of acres of hay and about
500 tons of cut hay in stack went up in SMOKE
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Tho Needs OF Europe.

Inc Noo0S OF europe.
NEW York. August u.-Bradstreet pub
fishes an extended special review of the pro-
duction and needs of wheat in European
countries during the year.
After detailed reports and estimates of the
wheat crop by countries the article concludes
with table giving the results.
This table gives the exporting countries
Russia. Cncluding Poland). Australians
gary, Ronmania. Bulgaria and Servia. q
having $4,000, 600 bushels for export; while
Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain.
Portugal, Switzerland. Turkey and the res
of Europe will require to import 81, 000, 900
bushels; making q net importing require
ment of 2S1, O00, 600.
The London correspondent of Bradstreet's,
who makes these estimates, says:
I'm my desire to avoid exa9Qeration of the
deficiency of Europe / am not sure that
have allowed enough for the deficiency of tho
rye CROP elsewhere than in Germany. The
crop Is a very bad one all over Europe, and
unless wheat becomes so dear that the peas
antry will be driven to the consumption of
other kinds of grain to take the place of rye,
there must be large extra use of wheat.
1t we allow average exports from India
during the cereal year, including q portion
of the surplus of next springs wheat-say
81 100000 bushels-and suppose that the
United States will spare for Europe la ,000-
600 bushels, making IL, 600, 900 bushels to-
gether, there will be. according to the esti-
mated European deficiency, about 1O4 ,000, 600
bushels to obtain from minor sources of
supply outside of Europe"
Bradstreet's comments upon the foregoing
as follows:
This report is an extremely bullish one
when Mr.. Bears well known care and con-
servatlsm are taken into account. It Will be
observed how guardedly reference is made to
the probable effect of the short crop of rye
in central and eastern Europe. and what the
probable effect will be if full allowance be
made for it. Allowing 1O0, 0O0, 900 bushels Of
wheat for export from the United States to
Europe, and Is, 900 600 bushels from India,
there would remain fully $4,000, 900 bushels
to bo supplied by Australia, Argentine, Chill,
Asia Minor, Canada and such other countries
as may be found to have wheat to spare"
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May as Well Settle It.

NEW York, August 6.-The grand jury
handed up a bunch of indictments AGAINST
the editors and publishers of New York city
newspapers, all except the Tribune, charging
them with misdemeanor in publishing de-
tails of the execution of the four murderers
at Sing Sing recently. The Tribune was the
only paper that was found to have complied
with the Law. The indicted men will be sum-
moued to give bail.
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Spanish workmen Object.

SpdUISU "O' ~''o" OS9$OO
BAncx1oSA, August 1.-THE National La
Dor association, fearing the consequences 70
SPANISH workmen that, it 10 believed. will
follow the going into effect of the treaty in
rroard TO Cuba and Porto Rico recently rati-
fied By SPAN and tho United States. held g
meeting to protest against the commercial
relations that will 30 established under the
new arrangement.
The effect of the treaty was set forth at
length b. the various speakers, Who declared
that Il would render Cubs . colony OF the
limited States. The speakers were very en-
eroetic IN the denunciasion of the treaty ano
there was great excitement in the audience.
he meeting decided to use all the means IN
ia mower 20 secure the revocation OF the
treaty, and it was also decided to summon 2
monsaer meeting of all the people engaged
in the Catalan trade to protest againse It
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A Strike in Topeka,

TOPEKA, August 7.-One hundred and
twenty men left the boiler shops of the Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad in this city
with grievance.
They are almost constantly asked to work
over hours, sometimes all night. For this
they have been paid at the regular rate for
regular hours. The men want extra pay for
the extra hours; 80 per cent. more than the
rate for regular hours.
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Santa Fs OF. Gals Speak Out

Santa Fe OFF Gals Speak Out
BosroN, August 11.-Oficials of the Atchi-
son, Topeka 4 Santa Fe are tired of taking
blame for the short comings OF their ally,
the Jacksonville & Southeastern, and have
determined to call q halt. Passenger Tfan1c
Manager White has notified General Passen-
ger Agent Kent that if he does not ilnmedi-
6tely cease his demoralizing tactics and main
tain tariff rates. the Atchison will no longer
do business in connection with the Jackson
vile d Southeastern.
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Rain In Sheets.

Lou1sv11aI, August h-The heaviest rain
known in many years fell here Sunday night.
The damage is estimated at $4,000 The
rain continued in torrents nearly two hours.
In some sections cellars were filed. and in
one or two cases the water covered the first
door. Several sewers caved and stzeet csrs
were greatly delayed.
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Taxable Property.

TopxKA, August THE auditors Office has
completed the tabulation of the'proceedines
of the state board of equalization, and finds
tho following totals in regard to the taxable
property of the state as it is compiled from
the abstracts of the county clerks: Total
valuation of taxable property in the state,
$342, 632. z07; rate of tax for state purposes,
39H cents per 500, making the total assess
ment 81 35S 500
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The Boss Gold Bug.

LONDON, August SIT is stated in banking
circles here that Governor Lidderdale. of the
Bank of England. may visit the United States
and Canada this fall: he may also take in
South America in his travels.
His object will be to obtain by personal
observation q complete knowledge and un-
derstanding Of the financial and commercial
situations in these countries.
He will give particular attention to the
movement that is being made in the United
States IN favor of free silver coinage.
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Gold Loans,

NEW York, August 5.-The desire for gold
payments for mortgage loans appears to be
growing. The Equitable Life Insurance
company will make none other than gold
loans. Franklin B. Day said that many of
his clients insisted on gold payments, while
others were willing to make loans on the
usual terms. There was no difference in the
rates of interest, he said, between gold and
and ordinary loans. The Mutual Life In
surance company, which is large lender on
real estate, has not caught the gold fever.
Its loans are made on the usual notes.
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Murderous Malta.

CALKT1sBuRG. KY., August h-In Wayne
county, West Virginia, Friday night, Mr..
Brumfield, his wife and five children were
murdered by . party of Italian railroad
iaborers. He was farmer and had caught
an Italian stealing his wheat and gave him q
charge of shot A large party committed the
murder and robbed the house.
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Fred Harvey's Eating Houses.

Fred Harvey's Eating Houses.
CH1cAeo, August 10-On bill fled in IL
circuit court BY Fred Harvey. Judge Driep
has issued an INJUNCTION restraining the Atch-
ison. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad com
pany from running dining cars upon il
fines west of the Missouri river, covered b.
contract With him, from feeding passengers
between any of the points upon this portion
Of it, road and from refusin0 TO stop it pas.
ssugsr trains at complainans's hotels and
lunch rooms.
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The Barb Wire rr,,.&

CncAao, August A-The barb wire txusi
has gone into eject and IN immediats IN
Qease N TIE prices Of ths mssSrial uuav b
oxpectod. -
~ oa1y licensed manufoctuxoRs - -
- = - oool - - CovU1nn1 - ~
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kentucky Legislature.

LOUISVILLE, August &-Tbe election re-
turns show the senate will stand, democrats,
a: republicans, 10; peoples party. L
peoples party, IL: independent democrat, 1.
Many of tho democrats arc farmers In
sympathy with the alliance. The farmers
have q majority ON joint ballot.
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Going Into Politics.

New YORK, August 8.-The Central Labor
union adopted this:
Resolved, That the Central Labor union
indorse the platform of the peoples party,
and that the necessary steps be taken by the
Central Labor union to go into politics and
to elect committee for that purpose.
The Central Labor union represents the
federated trades of New York city, which
have nearly &C, 900 members.
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Ina Box Of Pears.

SEDAI1A, Mo-, August &-Sam Williams.
manager of the Union News company, while
mpacking q box of pears was stung By
scorpion, which happened to be in the box.
Medical aid was Immediately summoned, bus
Williams' condition ID critical
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HOW MUCH?
A Comparative Statement Of
Money in Circulation.

Gradual Increase From S1a.as
IN 1850 to $24. 10 Per Capita on
January l. 1904 Little Lower
on July Because Of Large Ex-
ports Of Gold.
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A Terrible Deed,


LIMA, O., August n.-One of the boldest
bank robberies and murders ever perpetrated
occurred at Columbus Grove, twelve miles
north of here.
Cashier 7. ]. Maple had just opened the
Exchange bank, of which his father is pro-
prietor, and laid out about $1,000 near the
cashiers window. man appeared at the
door with a revolver in his hand. He imme-
diately began shooting.
Cashier Maple was struck twice, once in
the arm and once in the right side.
As he fell to the floor an old farmer, Will
liam Vendebark, aged 60, entered the door.
having come to get his money for some hogs
he had just sold. The robber turned and
shot HIM deao. A third man sat in the lobby
of the bank paralyzed with fear. He was
not molested.
The desperate then grabbed $3.50 in
greenbacks, showed them in the pockets of
his sack coat and darted out the door shout
ing. "1'm a second Jesse James"
Quite a crowd had been attracted by the
sounds of the shots, but there was scatter
ing when the wild-eyed murderer appeared
on the streets having a pistol in either hand
and shooting unfortunately. One of the
bystanders, Henry Buck, failed to get out of
his way fast enough and was struck down by
bullet from the rapidly speaking revolver.
The fellow ran to the outskirts of the town
and disappeared into big cornfeld. Il is
thought the wounds of Maple and Buck are
not necessarily fatal. Vandebark, who was
killed, was q prosperous farmer in Union
township.
HIS REWARD CAME QUICK.
WAPoxENATA, O.-Word has reached here
by telephone that the Columbus Grove bank
robber was overtaken in the woods and shot.
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Hot and Dry.

jamestown, N. D., August 1.-THE three
days of extreme hot weather is causing great
alarm about the wheat crop, which is now
within ten days of harvest.
The hot wave has prevailed over the entire
state, and is also reported as being felt to an
equal extent in South Dakota.
DRoCTH IN MICHIGAN.
CHEBoYGAN, MIcH.-Forest fires are raging
everywhere about here, and the smoke 10
very dense. The crops are an entire failure
and the situation is alarming.
NO CROPS ON THE RIO GRANDE-
HAVANA, TEx.-Those who have lived
twenty five years on the Rio Grande have
never seen SO much misery among the Mexi-
can population as this year. The staple crop
of the Rio Grande valley is corn and the
Mexican frijo!e, but the drouth is so terrible
for tho last eighteen months that scarcely
ANYTHING has been raised and stock has died
by thousands. If the crouth continues until
the cold northers come on. there will be but
little cattle to live through the winter and
families will suffer for the necessaries of life.
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INGALLS, IN DIXIE
He Waves the Bloody Shirt no
Longer.

70 introduced by q Rebel Soldier
VINO Proclaims the Proofs That
the War 10 Over and the Bloody
ChaDm Filled.
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oeorre Of Ceorria Beaten.

JAcxsos, MISS, August a-Senator George
has been badly beaten at the county prima-
riee. Barksdale (alliance candidate even car
sying Georges home county.
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THE NIGGER QUESTION.
Southern G. A. r. All Broken
Up Over 1t.

louisiana and Mississippi white
Veterans Make an Issue at the
National Gathering ana VIII Have
None OF Niger veterans in
Theirs.