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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-06-01

Brummagem French is dangerous.
A Birmingham citizen passing two
policemen on the street in the even
ing said bon jour, messieurs, to
them. They at once arrested him,
charging him with being drunk and
swearing at them in a foreign lam
QUaRe.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-06-01
Religion In Vain.

In one of the lunch places on Park
row, where the walls are decorated
with Scriptural texts gaudily paint
ed and neatly framed, is one OF
which the final line reads, This
mans religion is vain" Immedi-
ately underneath hangs sign read
ing, watch your hat and coat. -
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-06-01

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 1.-The
Harvard sailed at p. m. to join Com
modore Schley's squadron. She took a
pilot familiar with the south coast Of
Cuba,
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Prohibits Expectation Of silver.

MADRID, June An the chamber of
deputies Senior Puigceiver, minister Of
finance, presented bill to prohibit the
expectation Of silver money.
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Live Stock Prices at St. Paul.

NOSSAA
HOGS - Market firm and active.
Range of prices, $3.75@4.20.
CATTLE-Market steady; good de-
mand for fat cattle and heifers.
Sales ranged at $4O0@4.S5 for stockers;
$2.85@37 70 for COWS; $1,000 80 for heif-
ers; 81. ON4.50 for steers.
SHEEP Market steady.
Muttons, $30O@410; lambs $685..
Receipts: Hogs, 700; CATTLE 100; calves
80; sheep, 20.
Live Stock Prices at Chicago.
HOGS-Market slow, &c lower than
yesterday
Sales ranged at S37O@4.1O for light;
$3.95@425 Tor mixed; $3.9 L4.35 for
heavy; $3.9O@4.OO for rough.
CATTLE-Market quiet unchanged.
Sales ranged at So 95@j.O5 for beeves;
A3.4O "a. go for COWS and heifers; $500
4. for Texas steers; $3.9O@4.SO for
stockers and feeders.
SHEEP Market quiet unchanged.
Sales ranged at $3.25@4.55 for natives:
$4.OO@445 for Westerns; S4.O0@6.00 for
lambs.
Receipts: Hogs. 1000; cattle, 300;
sheep 1000
Grain and Provision Prices at Chicago.
WHEAT-May, $40; june $1.a6;
July, $l.O371@1.O41z; September, $3.50;
December, 1870.
CORN-May, 3229c; July, $50; Sep.
TENDER, 1870; December, 1890.
OATS-May, $3.50: July, 24Ac; Sep
tember 2lIsc.
PORK-May, SLID; July, S1l.47; Sep
tember SLIGO.
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Grain Prices at Minneapolis.

WHEAT May closed at $l.42; July,
$1.41H; September 1870. On Track
No. hard, $1.4OM; No / Northern,
81 1897
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HE1sH, 4Uc'
sionx City Live Stock.

SIOUX CITY AIVb SUZUKI
HOGS-Market 5@1Oc lower. Ran91
prices. 81. 95(Q4.15.
CATTLE-Market quiet.
Sales ranged at $1.5O@4. 40 for COWS,
bulls and mixed; SS.6O@465 for stockers
and feeders; $S.5O@5.3 30 for yearlings and
calves
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POULTRY-Live, in good demand
Turkeys, $3.50; spring chickens, 5000:
ducks 5000.
BUTTERFLY Creameries, 100
16c; dairies, 11@13c.
realistically. Fresh, 10c.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Price of Wheat at Duluth.

WHEAT-C No. | hard, 81. As;
No. / Northern, $1.40; No. 2 Northern,
$1.20 TO Arrive-No. l hard, 81. 40:
No. l Northern, $l.45; May, $1.45:
July, SLAB, September, $40.
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Always the Way. !:
An insufferable nuisance is one
that people have to put up with
Ioneest.-Salt Lake Herald.
The herald., 1898-08-12
ANOTHER RAILROAD DEAL
The Big Four Absorbs the Monon Road
and Wants More

NEW YORK, Aug. ia controlling
interest In the Chicago, Indiana & Louis
VILE Railroad, better known as the Monon
has been acquired by the Big Four, says
the Herald, and negotiations are under
way for the acquisition of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton. The latter deal, how
ever, has not yet been perfected, although
1t is believed in Wall street that 1t Is only
a question Of a few days before an agree
ment will be reached.
The Big Four. or Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago and st. Louis Railroad Is controlled
by the Vanderbilts and this road is operated
in such close connection with the Chesa-
peake & Ohio, that gossip has lntimated
that it Is a part of the deal that the Chesa-
peake road shall be eventually taken into
the enlarged Big Four system.
Strictly speaking. majority of the Mo-
non stock has been acquired by the finan-
cial interests that control the Big Four and
not by the railroad proper. although the
effect Is the same, and 1t is understood to
be the intention to turn the property over
to the Big Four at no distant date. The ac-
QUESTION Of the Monon will give the Big
Four an entrance OF its own into Chicago
over the Chicago and Western Indiana
The herald., 1898-08-12
GIBRALTAR'S GUNS
Spain Still Fortifying Her One I'm.
pregnable Fortress


NEW YORK, Aug. ia dispatch to the
Tribune from Gibraltar says:
Reports circulated by the Spanish au-
thorities at Tarifa to the effect that troops
had been sent back from Carbonero and
adjacent posts to Algeciras, whence they
were being drafted TO their homes are
without foundation. On the contrary,
measures for defense actively continue,
and the 1900 men who garrison the line of
forts from San Rogue to Carbonero and
Guadalmina have Just been reinforced by
an entire regiment of mountain artillery
with forty guns. and are encamped on the
heights Of San Rogue.
The ornaments of three batteries re-
Gently completed at Punte Carnero, at San
Garcia tower and on the Isle of Verte con-
tst for each battery of four quick-fir
Ordonez guns Of fifteen centimetres cali
Der and two twenty-four centimeter cali
Der Ordonex guns. Twenty-Five or thirty
guns of smaller caliber, but also OF the
Ordonez pattern are in barges; near the
water batteries apparently waiting TO be
placed in position.
To military observer 1t is perfectly evil
dent that the Notifications recently COM
pleted by the Spanish engineer officers,
and now receiving their ornaments, are
especially directed against any offensive
movement from Gibraltar. The Spanish
government is thus not only taking serious
precautions against any possible Anglo
American combination near Gibraltar, but
Isl profiting by the last days of the Ameri-
can war to finish the formidable line of
works confronting Gibraltar, which, If
done in ordinary times of peace might be
interpreted as a menace to England and
cause demands for explanation.
The herald., 1898-08-12
A BUSY BOAT
WAR CRUISE OF THE YACHT
WANDA ENDED
The Busy Servant Of the Associated
Press Travelled Hundreds of Miles
and Stood the Test of Fire

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE steam yacht
Wanda, Captain Miller, which has been
In the service of the Associated Press for
nearly four months as a dispatch boat, &C
companying the American fleet and army
in West Indian waters, arrived here from
Porto Rico this morning, having touched
at Nassau en- route.
On board were Colonel Chas. s. Dehl
assistant general manager; Mr.. F.. r. John
stone and Mr.. N. c. Wright, staff CORE
spondents.
The Wanda has steamed more than B 900
knots in carrying news 10 the cable sta
tons in Jamaica, Hayti and ST. Thomas
since leaving New York on May 3. The
yacht witnessed the bombardment Of the
defenses outside Of Santiago. was present
at the landing Of The troops at Baiquiri
and Siboney, Cuba; witnessed the destruc-
ton of Cervera's fleet. having on that oc-
easton taken on Board eleven surviving
officers and men Of the Spanish torpedo
boat destroyer Pluton. and was present at
the landing OF the American troops al
Ponce, Porto Rico. Now that cable COM
municatlon has been restored in eastern
Cuba and southern Porto Rico, the neces-
stty for dispatch Doats mas ceased, 1or a
time at least.
The Wanda has on board a relic of the
geat sea fight off Santiago, a six-pounder
quick firing gun taken from the deck of
the Spanish cruiser Oquendo by the Asso-
ciated Press dispatch boat Cynthia. The
Wanda brings mail from the feet off
Porto Rico and also carries mall for Mas
sau. owing 10 the irregularity with which
steamers now touch at that British port.
The herald., 1898-08-12
MONKS BEG FOR TERMS
Want to Save Their Wealth-Future
of Religious Orders Uncertain

NEW YORK. Aug. ia dispatch to the
World from Madrid says:
Powerful influences are being brought to
bear again on the government In the in
terests of the monastic orders In the Phil
ippines, whose fate exoites much apprehen.
sion in church circles and at the Vatican.
The Papal Nuncio visited Premier Sagasta
today In the name Of the Pope to plead the
cause Of the Monks and Jesuits, who have
suffered sorely In person and property in
the past and present instructions.
Premier Sagasta promised that the au-
thorities shall give protection to the order
wherever Spanish rule still prevails in
the Pacific Archipelago. but he could do
nothing on the island of Luzon which is
now In possession Of the Americans and
the insurgents. Beyond this the Premier
would only give evasive and conditional
answers.
The Madrid press believes that 1t will
60 hard with the Monks. as II is an open
secret that both the natives and the Ameri-
The herald., 1898-08-12
IT WAS RED not
A sCoRCHIN0 DAY DOWN IN THE
VALLEY
Thermometer Beats the Record at Sac
manifestation and Fresno
Get Warming Up

SACRAMENTO, August 1l.-This was
the hottest day ever experienced in Sacra-
mento since settled by Americans. or at
least Of which there is any record. Fer
two hours the mercury stood at the ITO
mark. Nobody has suffered, however. and
men and horses were about their work as
usual. Indeed. the average estimate Of
the heat was about 100 degrees. Tonight
there Is a comfortable breeze from the
south, and a change in the temperature Is
looked for.
Up to three days ago the prevailing tenn
perature had been only little above 50.
No reports have been received from other
places in this section. 1t is feared that
the hot wave has injured grapes in vine
yards not irrigated. as the fruit is less pro-
tected by the foliage of the vines owing TO
the dry season. Irrigated vines have
heavy foliage, which protects the grapes.
STOCKTON, August u.-This has been
the hottest day of the year. and thermom-
eters held up their hands until close 20
shutdown, when it began to moderate some
what. The highest recorded here was los
degrees, though there are reports OF other
glasses somewhat higher. Reports from
near by towns were as follows: Lathrop,
100: Elliott. 1lS; Pennington, lis and 1l2;
Clements, los; Woodbridge, 1O5; Tracy, lis;
Bellota, lis. and Ripon. H.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 11.-Maxi-
mun temperature es; minimum SO.
FRESNO, August 1.-THE weather OBJ
server said It was 1l3 degrees in Fresno to-
day, but there Is an able-bodied impress
sion hereabouts that he keeps his thermom-
eter on Ice. Though the mercury has
been up to ia twice this season, the heat
today was felt more than on either of
those occasions. This was probably due
to greater degree of humidity. While
there was considerable suffering from the
heat, there were no prostrations, at least
none have been reported. The heat Is said
- have been even greater in MADEIRA and
MERGED than here.
TRACY. August 11.-Today has been the
hottest Of the season, the thermometer
registering lis degrees In the shade at 8
p. m. with a hot westerly wind. One case
of sunstroke was reported, but it was not
fatal.
The herald., 1898-08-12
THE CHINESE QUESTION
EUROPE AGITATED OVER THE
ACTION OF RUSSIA
Salisbury Attacked by the Newspapers
and Charged With Weakness.
France and Belgium at Work

LONDON, Aug. 11.-All the morning pa
pers, including the supporters of the gov
eminent, attack Lord Salisbury for weak
ness In dealing with the Chinese question.
The Daily Chronicle says:
What is to be the result, nobody can
say. There is room for the gloomest fore
bodIngs. Does the country realize that
for want of a little foresight and firmness
Great Britain may, ere long, be plunged
into a colossal war? Such, without the
least doubt or exaggeration, is the appali-
ing possibility.
The Daily Mail says:
THE door Is closed. The proudly boast
ed British lion does not exist in the Yang
Use valley. 1t is a mistake and looking TO
what Lord Salisbury has done in Egypt,
his failure in China is inexplicable.'
The Standard says:
These repeated humiliations are becom-
ing intoierable."
PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE papers are full of
significance of the Chinese question The
1atin says:
I'm China the greatest game in the world
is being played. The French intervention
should be efficacious and decisive"
The Soir has a sensational article head
ed: War Between England and Russia
Imminent
The Journal des Debats says:
England is now seeking an arrange
ment with Russia. That understanding is
Impossible unless Russia remains mistress
Of the north and England is insured her
influence on the Yang Use river. In short,
the lines Of the section are beginning to be
marked along which the disruption would
occur whenever China falls to pieces.
Clearly, neither France, Germany nor
Japan could hold aloof from such an agree
ment."
The article hints that France would sup
port Russia in the event of war and says
in conclusion:
France will, be content with the southern
provinces bordering on Tonquin."
LONDON, Aug. 11.-According to sps-
c1al dispatch from Shanghai, it is reported
France has obtained promise to lease her
the Man Tai district of Foo Chow together
with the right o repair her warships in the
Chinese government dock yard at Foo
Chow.
SHANGHAI, Aug. ia dispatch from
Pekin dated today says that an imperial
edict has finally issued, sanctioning the
Belgian loan for the construction Of the
railway line from Pekin to Hankau, de-
spite the protests of Sir Claude MacDon-
aid, the British minister.
The herald., 1898-08-12
THE NEW BATTLESHIPS
Bids Must Contemplate Better Speed
Than the Illinois Can Show

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1l,-Although the
navy department has concluded that in the
interest of better speed for the three new
battleships to be built, it cannot afford to
defer the reception of bids beyond the pc
Rod fixed in the original advertisement,
bidders will have an opportunity to base
estimates upon plans for battleships SUI
peror in speed to the Illinois type. which
formed the basis of the original advertise
ments.
Engineer in Chief Melville has prepared
eleven separate and distinct sets of plans
whereby higher speed can be realized In the
new ships than the Illinois type possesses,
and these plans will be sent to the ship
building firms which are likely to COM
pete in order that they may submit bids
based on them as well as upon the original
Illinois designs The eleven plans con-
template speeds ranging from 16h to IS
knots.
The herald., 1898-08-12
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
ADOLPh SUTRO'S Will
WHETHER IT IS HIS LAST TESLA
MENT Is NOT KNOWN
The Cliffs to Be Sold at Auction-Mrs
Kluge Will Probably Contest
the Document

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1.-THE will of
Adolph Sutro was opened and read In the
presence of the children and attorneys of
the deceased today.
The will Is a very long document, con-
tanning a great many small requests to
friends and relatives. It first made pro-
vision for a large number Of friends and
relatives of the deceased. Small legacies
were left his nieces, nephews and cousins.
made in remembrance. The will also con-
tanned a small bequest to Judge Wood
ward, of Pennsylvania, and another ex-
congressman or two who lent him their aid
when he was struggling 70 get the Sutro
tunnel bill through congress. The be-
quests were small and merely to show that
he had not forgotten them.
The will then sets aside about 1000 acres
of land south OF the park. to be dedicated
as trust for charitable and educational
purposes. No specific scheme was out
lined, but the trust created Is on very gen
eral terms.
A specific legacy of about So. 900 was left
each of the children OF deceased, to be paid
out Of the first moneys that came into the
estate.
After the payment of all legacies and the
satisfaction of the trust imposed upon the
estate, the residue of the estate is to be d.
vided equally among the children.
The will named Elliot J. Moore, Gustav
Sutro, DR.. Emma Merritt and Mr.. Adam
sen as executors; but as Mr. Moore and
Gustav Sutro have since died DR.. Merritt
and Mr.. Adamsen will act alone. Mr..
Adamsen was for many years the confiden-
tial agent of Mr., Sutro
The great library, which the deceased al
ways intended to give TO the public, was
not mentioned in the will, for 1t was not
gathered until after the execution of the
document.
The will makes no mention of Mrs.
Kluge, the putative widow, as 1t bears date
before Mr.. Sutro knew her She processes
knowledge of a later will, in which pro-
vision was made for her. and she has de-
clared that If that will is not sustained she
will make a contest. The will produced
this morning is declared by Mr.. Sutro $
representatives to be the last will and test
ament of which they have any knowledge,
and 1t will be offered for probate as such
without reference to Mrs. Kluge. They
are Indifferent as to the course she may
pursue.
The document was yellow with age, 1t
had been lying away for over sixteen
years.
1t was specified that the heights at the
cliff are to be offered for sale at auction.
The city will then be permitted to pur-
chase the grounds at 70 per cent. less than
the highest bidder. The property is to be
devoted to the uses of the public as a
park.
The herald., 1898-08-12
LIBERTY PROCLAIr11NG PEACE
tracks. The Big Four has been dependent

tracks. The Big -Four has been dependent
upon the Illinois Central for an entrance
into Chicago, having to pay for the use of
fifty miles of tracks.
The acquisition of the Monon will add
5S5 more miles to the Big Four's system
CT 1888 miles and If It secures the Cfncin-
natl. Hamilton & Dayton, which has GAO
miles, It will have a combined mileage Of
30l5 miles. In addition to this, the Big Four
operates nearly 400 miles of other tracks.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton ira
verses most of the territory of the Big
Four, but 1t would add much new territory
to the Vanderbilt system.
1t is calculated that combination of the
two systems would lead to greater uniform
ity of rates and that both companies would
be a gamer. The Big Four has no line into
Toledo and If 1t acquires the Hamilton &
Dayton road, the latter will afford short
and convenient connection between the Big
Four and the Lake Shore and connection
between Michigan points.
The herald., 1898-08-12
ANOTHER MURDER
San Francisco's Record of Crime Is
Steadily Increasing

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. n-There was
a mysterious murder on the water front
tonight Two shots were heard on the
fishermen's wharf by a couple of boys, who
rushed to the scene and found the dead,
but still warm, body of a man. At the
same time they saw a man running away,
but feared to follow him.
The body proved to be that of Antoine
Scraffino, an Italian fisherman, q years
old, who was married three weeks ago to
young girl who arrived from Italy on
July /. The Identity of the assassin is
unknown. One theory is that he is an
Italian who came out on the same ship
with the girl, and that jealousy caused him
to commit the crime. 1t Is said that An
tone Guisepi, brother-in-law of the dead
man. is missing. but no charge Is made
against him. When the coroner's depu-
ties attempted to remove the badly to the
morgue wagon they were forcibly resisted
by the male relatives and friends Of the
deceased, while the females of his family
screamed and created a scene unparalleled
in this city.
The herald., 1898-08-12
GAVE THEM RATES
The Hoosiers Succeed in Bringing the
Passenger Agents to Time

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 11.-Word was re-
ceived here today that the trunk lines have
granted a rate of one fare for the round
arp on account of the knights of Pythias
encampment to be held here during the
week Of August % to q. The eastern roads
have steadily refused to make any con-
cessions TO western cities which failed to
pass anti-scalping ordinances. and Indian
apolis being unable to pass such an ordi-
nance on account of conflict with state
law. had lost all hope Of getting favorable
rate. The western passenger associations
have already made a rate of one cent mile
for the encampment.
The herald., 1898-08-12
A Great Performance

NEW YORK, Aug. u.-Over 5000 people
attended the initial production of "Our
Naval Victories" at Madisonl Square Gar
den tonight. The idea Of the American
show was to create correct reproductions
of the American and Spanish warships
which have taken part in the recent naval
engagements. The entire arena of Madison
Square Garden was transformed into a
basin holding 100000 gallons Of water. In
this basin tonight Dewey's victory, the de-
struction of Cervera's feet and the other
naval events of interest were produced
with an accuracy and fidelity which de-
lighted the spectators.
The herald., 1898-08-12
PARIS EXPOSITION
Commissioner General Peck Chooses
His Staff and Starts to Work

CHICAGO, Aug. u.-Ferdinand W. Peck
Commissdoner-General for the United
States to the Paris Exposition of 1900 an
nounced the following appointments on his
staff, with the statement that no further
appointments would be made until he re-
turned from Paris:
Director of Affairs, Paul Blackmer.
Director of Mining and Mineralogy, F. G.
v. Skif.
Temporary Director OF Press Bureau
Robert X. Thompson.
Private Secretary, K. II. McGibbons.
Secretaire Franchise, Count de Van Court
Vermont.
Paul Blackmer, Director OF Affairs, wa.
Identified with the Worlds Columbian Elk
position as Superintendent of Collections
a position which called for high admins.
trative ability. F. g. v. Skiff held the posi-
tion of chief of the Department of Mines
ana Metallurgy at the Worlds Columbian
Exposition and is the present director in
chief of the Field Columbian Museum.
Count de Vermont is Partisan born and
a member OF prominent family. He is at
present connected with the Omaha Expo-
sition and was officially identified with the
Midwinter Fair at San Francisco
ommissioner-General Peck goes to Paris
next month, hoping to secure an Increase OF
the space allotted to the United States al
the exposition.
Only 10000 square feet of space have been
given to the United States thus far, an al.
lotment totally inadequate to the applica-
lions that have been received by the Com
missioner-General. Mr. Peck will endeayo,
20 secure at least 100000 square feet.
Commissioner Peck has sent out 40, 900 cir.
culars to intending exhibitors and those
who have manifested a desire TO be renre
scented at the Paris Exposition. He make,
an urgent request in the circular that an.
piications for space be made immediately
80 that all arrangements and plans of in.
staliation may be completed and forward
ed to the directors Of the exposition befors
February 10, 1899. Intending exhibitors ar,
also ADVISED that In estima ting the souar,
feet OF space necessary they should allow
TOR only one article Of kind so far a posi-.
BILE and consider that the relative sizes and
Importance of the industry of the appli
cants will have to be the guide In determin.
ing the equitable distribution of the space
This last admonition has been effective
IN consolidating several exhibits. In one
case twenty-seven kindred industries have
agreed to put their exhibits in charge OF
one agent. 1t Is probable that a special
commission will be appointed, the duty OF
which will be to award space and pass or
applications. Thus far more than 200 an.
rlications have been received at the New
York office Of the ommissioner-Genera]
and 600 at the Chicago office.
The herald., 1898-08-12
TAMMANY'S DEFIANCE
Refuses to Recognize the Election Law
Recently Passed

NEW YORK, Aug. n.-Tammany Hail
through its executive committee, today
tdopted resolutions uttering its defiance OF
the elections bill passed at the special SEES
sion of the legislature. Tammany an
nounces Its intention not to recognize the
law in any manner, nor will 1t name hsi
of names for appointment as deputy COM
missioners. The resolutions state that
Tammany Hall believes the elections bill
an unconstitutional enactment.