The advocate., 1897-10-06
OFFICIAL STATE PAPER.

insulting remark to the woman, which
McNally resented with a blow. Klinger
retallated and his blow killed McNally
almost instantly. The friends of the two
men took up the fight and when a riot
call brought out the police they found
men and women engaged in free fight,
using beer glasses and stones. Klinger
Disappeared but was captured later.
Chicago, October 1.-Game Warden
LOveday Saturday seized sixty cases Of
partridges that were being placed In
storage at the Monarch cold storage
warehouse, Cass and Michigan streets.
Each of the cases contained twenty-five
birds, for each Of which someone Is liza
BILE to fine Of So X the identity OF the
owner can be fixed. The season FOR
shooting grouse does not begin until
October /, and the law provides strict
penalty for the killing or exposing for
sale Of the birds Even the possession
Of them is frOwned upon by the law.
0ne-half Of the fine goes to the game
warden when collected and the remain
ing half to the school fund.
Duluth, Mimi, October 1.-The move
ment In wheat at the head of the lakes
is breaking all previous records. TIL
receipts for the past week are said D.
be the largest ever known at any market
In the world. Up to Saturday night
3,749,000 bushels had been received and
100000 bushels shipped, against re-
Ceipts Of 1,395,148 bushels and ship
ments of 2,307,123 bushels last year
Grain men say that the rush will con-
tinue until the first week IN November,
and it Is expected that the movement
will be still heavier from now on. Coun-
try elevators report that most farmers
are selling their wheat now and that but
few are waiting for q further advance
in the price Of grain.
Washington, October 1.-The monthly
statement Of the government receipts
and expenditures during September,
1897, shows the receipts to have been
$21 ,933,O9S and the expenditures $685.
368,S15, an excess OF expenditures over
receipts of $3,4S5,817. For the three
months of the fiscal year, the excess has
been $29,015,954. AS compared with
September, 1896, there is a loss of $2,651-
LAG in the amount OF the revenues and
a decrease of $1,210,720 in the expendi-
lures, The receipts for September last
are given as follows: Customs, S7943,-
100; internal revenue, $16,7O1, ,975; mis-
81, ,288, ,022. AS compared with
September, 1896, this Is a loss of about
80, 400, 900 from customs and a gain OF
about $1,0O0,000 from internal revenue
sources.
Washington, October 1.--SOme inter-
esting experiments will be made at the
Philadelphia mint next month. Direc-
tor Preston, Of the mint, has decided
to secure some alloy which Is better
adapted for the manufacture of scent
pieces than the metal now in use. Great
complaint has been found with the
nickel and penny as at present coined,
it being claimed that they are so soft
as to wear smooth in very short time
after being put into circulation. The
present nickel is composed of an alloy
made up of rs per cent. of nickel and
25 per cent of copper. Mr.. Preston says
that coin made Of pure nickel would be
almost impossible to counterfeit, as 1t
is magnetic. A spurious coin could be
at once detected by the use of magnet.
Mr.. Preston will make full report to
Congress on the results of his experi-
ments and will recommend new alloy
for nickels and pennies to be made next
year.