The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-15

term in Congress. In putting Mr.. Reed
in nomination, Wilfred G. Chapman ex-
pressed regret that he was not the Presi-
dental candidate of his party. But" he
said. I'VE are broad enough to put aside
feelings of disappointment and we are
now looking forward to the time when
Mr.. Reed will become the Republican
standard bearer, and as President OF the
United States will still further honor
this district
CANDIDATES for governors nominated
last week; Mayor Pingree of Detroit by
the Republicans of Michigan; Major Ed
ward Schofeld (Republican) Wisconsin;
jerome G. Kearby (Populist) Texas, and
Lou V. Stevens (Democratic) Missouri.
FRANCES silver coinage contains only
40 per cent of its face value in silver.
The government is repudiating the
money on a small scale, and it refuses to
accept at their face values francs bear.
ing the effigy of Charles X, Louis Phil
ippe, and Napoleon Ill. without the
laurel leaf.
THE past week was the warmest of the
season, the temperature ranging from
to 10 degrees above the normal over
the whole country east of the Rocky
Mountains, and as much as 6 degrees
above on the North Pacific coast. 1t
was a period of extreme and continued
heat but over the principal agricultural
districts north of the Ohio river it was
accompanied by generous rainfall-over
a considerable part of the territory
more than the normal. This accompany
ing moisture. however, was not present
everywhere during the early part of the
week, when the heat was most marked.
During that period Kansas, Arkansas
and the greater part of Missouri were
entirely rainless, and the same condi-
ton prevailed in North Dakota and
western South Dakota. In the first
group of States showers relieved the
situation Wednesday, and the Dakotas
received local rains before the close of
the week.
THE great heat of the previous week
has continued and the dryness has in
creased. The temperature averaged from
8 to 10 degrees daily above the normal
and maximum touched 80 to 100 degrees.
Good showers fell over the northern Sec
ton of this State on Thursday afternoon
and night, but only very light and scat
tered showers fell in central and south
ern counties.
The growing dryness is most felt
through the southern section of Illinois
and there corn is being prematurely
forced to maturity, In the central sec
ton and on the uplands corn is needing
rain but is still doing we'll, while
throughout the northern section the out
look is excellent Early corn is maturing
finely and late filling nicely; much of the
carly CUTn ONoI tnO Obnto IL a5SuiOu' 1ho
great heat of the week largely prevented
thrashing and blowing, although most
of the shock thrashing has been done.
Late potatoes, pastures, young and sec
ond crop clover and gardens are gener-
ally doing we'll, although needing rain
in southern counties.
AMONG the deaths of prominent per-
sons last week may be named the distir-
guished lawyer of Washington. Judge
Shellabarger, who served in Congress
from Ohio during the war, was Minister
to Portugal in 1870 and member of the
Civil Service Commission in 1875. Since
then he practiced law in Washington;
George I. Anthony, ex Governor of Kan
sas at Topeka. aged seventy-two years
Judge Colvin E. Pratt Of the supreme
court of Brooklyn; and Lady Tennyson,
the widow of England's great poet.
The Corners jury investigating the
railroad disaster at Atlantic City, in
which fortyfo persons lost their lives,
returned three verdicts. The jury found
Farr, the dead engineer, blamable for
the accident in not giving heed in time
to the semaphore signals and not having
his train under proper control when APP
preaching the crossing. Towerman
Hauser was also censured for giving the
excursion train the right of way over a
fast express.
A SAN Francisco despatch says that
facts have just come to light showing
that the Imperial Japanese Steamship
Company, which has arranged to run a
line of steamers between Yokohama and
Seattle, in that enterprise is violating a
contract made with the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, and international
legal complications are likely to result