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Minor Mention.

Emperor Menelik Of Abyssilia will soon
be able to communicate with the outside
world by telegraph. A line is being laid
from Harrar to his capital.
1t costs only ten cents to send telegram
500 miles in France.
Father Henry Van Rensselaer,, grandson
of the last Albany IN. W PATRON, took q
final VOW In the Jesuit Brotherhood and
gave his entire fortune to the church.
Prince Henri OF Prussia has bought a five
months-old Siberian bear cub ut Hamburg
to present as suitable pet to the crew
Of the German warship Koenlg Wilhelm.
section OF the British Tories, led by
Lord Londonderry, is making q deter
mined effort to shake Off Joseph Chamber
lain's domination of the Unionist party.
j. L. Johnson, of Chicago, recently pur-
chased at auction for $3.50 q bed upon
which Bonnie Prince Charlie" used to
sleep, and the old relic is now on its way to
Chicago.
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Foreign.

The Constantinople prisons are crowded
,Tith Armenians and Turkish Liberals who
have been arrested on suspicion. The Ar
menian who exploded bomb in the Turk
ish Government offices has been tortured
and whipped until he was covered with
blood, and the soles Of his feet have been
burned, Yet he refuses to confess. Six
soldiers at Toschkschla, Turkey, outraged
some nuns, and cut off the hands and feet
of two Of them. They tied the others to
trees and abandoned them.
Twenty women were killed In an acci-
dent to an apparatus used for raising water
at Moncada, Spain.
In speech before the Volksraad Of the
South African Republic President Kruger
repudiated British suzerainty Of the Trans
vaal.
Fort Al-Musji i'd in the Khyber Pass was
captured and burned by the rebel tribes
men Of the Indian frontier; the entire pass
is now In possession Of the rebels.
Count Mutsu, formerly Japanese Minister
to Washington and Minister Of Foreign
Affairs during Japan's war with China, is
dead
President Faure, Of France, and the Car
and Czariua reviewed fifty thousand Rus
sian troops and attended state banquet.
All the British Army officers on leave of
absence have been ordered to Immediately
rejoin their regiments.
india, owing to the mutiny and reduced
acreage following the plague, will have
little or no wheat to export to Europe this
year, and the field will be left to America.
The steamer Cheang-hy-Eteng, Captain
Scott. bound from Penang, for Japan,
foundered in typhoon. OF the thirty-two
members Of the ships company twenty-one
were drowned. Captain Scott, as the yes
sci sank, committed suicide by shooting
himself with q revolver. The eleven survi-
vors experienced the most terrible suffer
ing from exposure in open boats for five
days, under the intense rays of tropical
sun and with no water.
The strike at the slate quarries OF Lord
Penrhyn In Wales Is ended. The men have
wona complete victory, Lord Penrhyn con-
ceding them the full right to combine -
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FOREIGN CROP REPORTS.
Shortage Of Wheat and Rye in Europe
Sends UP Prices.

WASHINGTON, D. C. GpeciaD.-T Agri-
cultural Department Is informed through
its agents abroad that the reports OF q
shortage in the wheat and rye crops OF
European countries are fully warranted Dy
the facts. In eastern Europe particularly
there Is deficiency OF rye. In a special
grain crop report Statistician Hyde, d the
Department, said:
"This fact, as we'll as the wheat deli
cheney, will tend to restrict the exporta-
tion OF the latter from those European
countries which usually have surplus OF
that grain. As to non-European countries
other than the United States, their aggre-
gate contribution to the European supply
will be materially affected by the fact that
India, denuded by the famine, will have
practically no wheat to export"
Conservative commercial estimates put
the total wheat crop in France asi low as
100, 900 900 hectoliters, making 1t about
one-seventh less than the heavy crop OF
1896.
An official report from Germany says
that none Of the leading cereals are rated
as good"
Mail advices from Russia speak llnfavor.
ably regarding the wheat and rye crops,
mature ripening.
Prices OF wheat at Vienna are reported
to be the highest in ten years, and foreign
wheat is being imported.
In Belgium the yield Of wheat Is report.
ed as satisfactory, but that Of rye def
cient.
Advices from Copenhagen, Denmark,
say that rye had suffered from, storms but
wheat was q fair average crop and barely
good.
The wheat crop OF Roumania Is described
as Every Disappointing" and parcels Of
new grain received In London are irreSu'
lar and Of very poor quality.
Crop prospects In India were improved
by rains In many districts. but in Bombay
and Punjab much more rain was needed
Reports from Australia say the crops have
been improved by rain, and according to
latest mail advices were fairly good.
Telegraphic reports from Argentina rep
resent the weather as being favorable for
the crops.
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Cycling Notes.

Judge McKcnna, the Attorney
of the United States, is IN enthusiastic
wheelman.
J. Platt Belts broke the mile bicycle rec
ord at Crystal Palace, London. Time, one
minute, 81 3-5 seconds.
Very few wheelmen any where would OBJ
iect to rule like that passed by the Dis
trict Commissioners requiring all cyclists
in the streets of Washington to ride with
the head erect.
Massachusetts, has a State law which re-
gulates bicycle riding. and prevents cities
and towns from passing any regulations
which would conflict with the State law.
The limit Of speed allowed by this State law
Is ten miles an hour.
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New York's New Police Chief.

=. A change oS much Importance to the Po-
lice Department, of interest to all New
Yorkers and OF possible far-reaching effect
upon the coming election In the Greater
New York, took place at Police Headquar.
ters when Peter Conlin retired from the
office Of Chief Of Police and John McCul.
lagh, one OF the Acting Inspectors, was ap.
pointed Chief to fill the vacancy. The re-.
tirement OF Chief Conlin was surprise to
many. The appointment Of Chief McCul-
lagh was even more Of a surprise, because
it was generally supposed that Deputy
Chief Moses W. Cortright would be pro-
NOTED in the event of the retirement Of
Chief Conlin.
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A SAD ACCIDENT.
Score of Children Thrown Into Water and
Five Drowned.

Score of Children Thrown Into Water and
Five Drowned.
AT the foot Of Cherry street, Toronto,
Canada, there is float made Of rough
timber, twelve feet long by six feet wide
used for conveying workmen from the
mainland to the breakwater, distance Of
about hundred yards. The float Is worked
by chains attached to the bank on one side
and the breakwater on the other side.
Twenty-one children, boys and girls
from eight to thireen years old, crowded IL
the raft to go to bathe at the breakwater.
Half way cross the channel, whore the
water Is very deep, the raft capsized and
all the children were thrown into the water.
There were many boats in the neighbor.
hood, and these were soon at the scene OF
the accident. All Of the children we're res
cued except five. Three bvdies have been
recovered, those Of Albert Driscoll, eight
years; Gertie Harvey, eleven years, and
"Jack" Bethel, ten years. The names OF
the other two children are not known.
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Prominent People.

Conan Doyle, after having his first novel
rejected by eleven publishers, sold it for
$1.25.
Verdi Is amusing himself at Monte
,atini by writing the requiem for his OVID
funeral.
Canovas's father was modest school
teacher und his mother was q washer
woman.
Guglielo Marconi, the italian, who is to
telegraph without wires, is only twenty
three years of age.
Edhem Pasha, the commander Of the
victorious Turkish army In Thessaly, Is to
be presented with Q ieweled sword Worth
go 900,
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TO DEATH over NIAGARA
Two Men and a Boy Swept Over the
Horseshoe Falls.
PERISHED BEFORE THOUSANDS

Frank Weber. of Buffalo, and Warren
Bush and Charles Glasner, of Chi.
caSo, Sailed In Small Boat to TheiI
Watery Graves-Thousands Stood Pow.
erless on Shore Watching the Tragedy.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. Especially "A thrill.
Ing tragedy was enacted in the raging
waters Of the Niagara Sunday afternoon,
and three lives were sacrificed to the treach-
srous waters Of the river. About o'clock
1t was reported that boat had ventured
Too near the rapids, had been caught in
the swift current and was seen to be car
ried over the Horseshoe Falls.
In short time the river bank was lined
with persons from the hotels and Prospect
Park. Some one deserted the boat, and
the cry went up in the throng, 'There she
goes!" The men clung with desperate
energy to the boat, which was swept along
with lightning rapidity into the long rapids
Of the Canadian side.
The boat was tossed about as II were
paper. Then it disappeared altogether be-
tween the huge waves, to reappear again.
No effort was made by the occupants be-
fore they reached the swift water to stem
the course Of the craft, and 1t is supposed
they were intoxicated. When they reached
the rapids they must have realized that
death was staring them in the face, but
they simply clung to the boat and went
down to their fate.
The crowds on the shore groaned and
watched the boat with it's occupants with
strange fascination. Thea great strong
waves picked 1t up, hurled it down, and
downward again toward the brink OF the
cataract.
The distance from the falls to the be-
ginning Of the swift water Is fully mile.
The boat was less than four minutes in
going this distance and, just before reach
ing the terrible plunge, capsized. This
was the last seen of the men, and 1t Is
supposed that their bodies were swept over
the falls. The boat afterward was seen In
the river below, but was not recovered.
An oar was found by one Of the crew OF
the Maid OF the Mist.
No sooner had the news OF the tragedy
spread than search began for the persons
who were in the boat. It was learned that
the victims of the tragedy were Frank
Weber, of Buffalo; Warren Bush, twenty
one years old, of Chicago, q former en-
ploye OF the United States Express Com
pany, and Charles Glasner, twenty-nine
years old, of Chicago, employed by the
United States Express Company. They
had been camping on the banks OF the
Niagara River, with several companions.
On the fatal day they hired small boat at
La Sale and started to row across the Nj
agara River to the Canadian shore.
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SORROW FOR JOHN p. LOWELL.
General Expression of sympathy Called
Out by His Death.

= UcueTHl L4pTcbbioH VI yhhpothJ
Out by His Death.
Seldom has there been such general ez-
preston Of sympathy over the loss Of one
whose life has been devoted to business
pursuits, as has been called forth by the
recent death at Cottage City, Mass, Of that
venerable landmark Of the business world,
the late John P. Lowell, founder and Presi-
dent Of the John P. Lowell Arms Company
Of Boston. Almost numberless messages
and letters OF coincidence, on the death OF
his honored father, have been received by
Colonel Benjamin 8. Lowell, Treasurer Of
the Lowell Arms Company. The wide scope
covered by these communications Is IN IT.
self evidence of the great regard In which
be was held by the leaders In business and
public life. These expressions OF sympathy
have not been confined to New England,
but they have come from every prominent
business centre OF the North, East, West
and South-in fact, from every portion Of
The Union; because the name OF John r
Lowell, and the corporation created by him,
have been for more than half century the
synonym Of honest dealing and business
integrity. Even from England, from firms
VIII whom MIR. Lowell had enjoyed the
peasantest business relations for more
than fifty years, Colonel Lowell has received
messages OF sympathy.
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London Takes Fright.

LONDON, England (By Cable).-It is ad-
mitted even in official circles that the news
from India Is Of the gravest description.
All those who are familiar with the situa-
tion attach the greatest Importance to the
Afridis, however, only form q part Of the
Insurgents that the British must put down.
A letter from India, published in the
Standard, emphasizes the belief that the
Sultan Of Turkey is at the back Of the
whole uprising.
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WHEAT MARKET ACTIVE
All Europe Must Look to the United
States For Grain Supplies.
CAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL RISE.
In New York September Wheat Touched
S1.o6 3D. and Cash Wheat 81 IA If
Then There Was Drop In Prices Due
to Sales to Take Profits-The Govern
ment's Report on Short Foreign Crops

ment's Report on Short Foreign Crops
New YORK CRY GpeciaD.-There was
again great activity in wheat on Monday
and new high record price was made for
1t, although 1t was not maintained. The
chief dealings were in September wheat, or
wheat deliverable in September. On the
New York Produce Exchange September
wheat touched s1.O69%, or ~ cents
bushel above the high price OF Saturday,
which up to that day was the top price.
The closing price was s1.o35l, or ~ cents
below Saturdays closing price. The high
price was Az cents above the high
price one week before august 16).
The drop in prices in the late trading was
due to sales to take accumulated prohts,
and to information that the reports from
the West of damage to spring wheat were
greatly exaggerated. These reports ema-
mated chiefly from the Chicago Board
Of Trade, and from the large
holders OF wheat In Minneap-
oils, who were interested in rushing
up the price for speculative purposes. at
the same time 1t was generally thought that
the large foreign demand would sooner or
later legitimately take wheat to much
higher place. Cash wheat took Jump.
The high quotation was S1.14A, against
the high price Of Sill on Saturday. Tho
closing quotation was S1.11A.
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NEW JERSEY FLOODED.
A Terrific Cloudburst Destroyed Large
Amount of Property.

a Ierr1nc ClOuQDQrsC destroyed Large
Amount of Property.
A terrific cloudburst over central and
northern parts Of New Jersey rendered hun
dreds Of people homeless and destroyed
thousands and thousands Of dollars worth
Of property.
Newark, Linden, Paterson, Trenton, New
Brunswick, Elizabeth, Railway and Wood
bridge were flooded, and that there was not
a great loss of life appears almost miracu-
lous. Railway, Linden and Woodbridge
were inundated.
Houses were flooded, giant trees uprooted,
railroad tracks covered by sliding land, all
traffic suspended and crops literally de-
stroyed. It was one Of the most disastrous
storms In the history Of New Jersey.
The heavy rain caused much damage to
crops in the farming districts, including
Warren, Sussex, Hunterdon, Somerset, Ber-
gen, Middlesex and Morris Counties. There
was heavy rain In those places, but as
they are but sparsely populated, except in
some districts, the only damage done was
that to crops.
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Disastrous Collision.

Running at fast speed to Coney Island, a
trolley car of the Nassau Electric Railroad
dashed into drag upon which forty per.
sons were riding, and, after killing two
horses outright, hurled the passengers to
the roadway. Many Of the party were SER
iously injured, and the passengers In the
trolley car were thrown into wild panic.
Three of the passengers on the car were
also injured. william Grupp, driver, thir-
ty-two years old, OF Brookly, was fatally
tpi,1red
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throplst. short time ago it was believed
that he would die, but he rallied and Is now
reported to be improving.
Blairstown was named after him, and all
the working people in 1t owe their living tc
him, as the men are engaged In the various
enterprises which he founded. He made
his first dollar when he was boy Of eight
years, and he has said that he felt prouder
and happier over that dollar than he felt
when he had his first million.
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Price of Bread Stationary.

Bread has not advanced in price in con-
sequence OF the sensational advance In
wheat. though in few places the bakers
are making their loaves smaller. Some Of
them say that If wheat continues to sell
about the dollar mark, and -four costs them
80 much more, the size will be generally re-
duced, rather than make any increase IN
the selling price Of the loaf.
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1icbt sentence Caused Lynching.

At williamsburg, Ky, Caney Sullivan, a
white farmer, who was sentenced to twenty
years Imprisonment for asssulting his
sister -in-law, was taken from jnil and
hanged bya mob. There were about fifty
men In the mob, all we'll armed. They
came from the neighborhood OF CorDin,
and entered town so noisclessly that they
did not awaken any OF the inhabitants.
The light sentence for so dastardly crime
caused the lynching.
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American Flag FLYING.

1t is learned from Paul J. Hending, an
employe Of the Pacific Phosphate Company,
that the American flag Is flying on Clipper
ton Island. He has been living on the ISL
and with two other men, and they success
fully resisted the attempt Of Captain Nc
Murtry, Of the ship Kinkora, to hoist the
British flag there three months ago.
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A Triple Crime.

In East Nashville, Tenn, J. B. Rich shot
and killed his wife and brother-ir.- Law, and
then turning his weapon upon himself, in
fiicted fatal wounds. Not long ago Rich
began suit for divorce. He attempted to
kidnap one of his children and was ar
rested. He was soon released on bond and
at once repaired to his mother-in-law's
home,
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Sensational Crops Estimate

The shortage of crops In Europe this year
Is estimated by the Orange Judd syndicate
Of agricultural papers at 300 900, 900 bushels
Of wheat, 1925, 900, 900 bushels OF rye, and
1000, 900, 900 bushels OF potatoes, which it
predicts will cause the largest exports from
this country ever made In any year with
prices advancing.
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Sensational Rumor About the Kaiser.

The affair Of the German Kaiser's black
eye received on board the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern, of the Norwegian coast, is
commented on by Harold Frederic, re.
liable European correspondent, In the
light Of the latest rumors that Lieutenant
Won Hahnke, stung by some insulting
speech Of his imperial master, assaulted
the latter, and then, knowing that he had
ruined himself for life, calmly committed
suioi6a
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Women Drivers at Horse Race.

Miss Lotta Elliott, of Danforth, Me-, was
the driver of the winning horse at the re-
cent horse race in Pittsfcld, in which all
the drivers were women. The women wore
divided skirts, and acquitted themselves
most creditably.
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AN AGED PHllANTHRoPlST.

John I. Blair, Of New Jersey, Reaches the
Age Of Ninety-five.
The Hon. John I. Blair, Of Blairstown, N.
J., on Sunday was ninety-hve years Of age,
There 'fas no public demonstration, owing
to the impaired health Of the aged philan.
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THE NEWS EPITOMlZED.
Washington Items.

The two sessions Of Congress last winter
are found to have appropriated S52S, ,OOO,-
600.
The Government will send out new ex-
ploring party to Alaska next year.
Statistics for tho past year show that
Great Britain, Germany and France, re-
spectively, were leaders in trade with the
United States.
A. ". Faber, the lead pencil manufac-
turer, was fined $4,000 by the United
States Government for unvaluing imported
pencils.
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Where the Apple Crop Is Big.

Kansas and Missouri are rejoicing in big
apple crops. while everywhere else in the
Union the fruit seems to be scarce, small,
and Of rather poor quality. New York
buyers are reported to be swarming in the
two States, buying up all the apples in
sight
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Bought by Englishmen.

Edwin Corbin, of Chicago, has closed a
deal amalgamating the United States and
Canadian Lakes Fisheries companies,
whereby the control OF twenty companies
passes into the hands OF British company,
with S5 900 900 capital
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Tried to Sacrifice His Boy.

Samuel Hostetter, Of Wooster, Ohio,
while laboring under the delusion that the
Lord had called upon him for sacrifice,
tried to cut his young sons throat and
olrer him up. Mrs. Hostetter was terribly
cut while rescuing her boy.
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A UNIQUE Jubilee.

A midwife at Stolpe, near Berlin, Ger
many, celebrated the 6OOOth occasion on
which her services had been required by
inviting all the children she had helped into
the world to dinner at her house. They
afterward formed torchlight procession
and marched through the town.
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armv of the Potomac Reunion.

President Mckinley and Secretary Alger
attended the twenty eighth reunion Of the
Society of tho Army Of the Potomac, at
Troy N Y
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Discoveries of Pearls,

New discoveries Of pearls in Arkansas
rivers have made tho people wild with ex-
element, and thousands Of persons are
wading in the water throughout the State
searching for them.
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Bank Deposits Increase,

The State Bank Commission Of Kansas
reports that bank deposits have increased
sis OOO, 900 since January |.
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Say Wheat win Go to $3.50.

TOPEKA, Kan. (spsciaD.-"Hold your
wheat" is the advice by many of the lead.
ing whest raisers OF Kansas. The big jump
In the wheat market induces the farmers to
II Western farmers will hold their crop six
ty days wheat will 60 to S1.5O.
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ChulaIonrkorn Not Coming Over.

The King of Siam, Chulalongkorn l., will
not visit the United States, as at first
proposed. After his continental visits, His
Majesty will re-embark on his yacht at
MarseIlles, France, and will sail for home.
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London has $4,000 policemen, Paris has
5000. New York has $500 -----I
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Domestic.

RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.