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Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

broad, spreading canvas the welcoming
rally was held. The crowds poured in
through the four entrances on either
side and down the six broad sawdust-
covered aisles until the great tents ca
pacity of 10000 was filled; after that
a crowd of outsiders obtained sight and
hearing through dropping of the tent
walls at either side. Promptly at 1880
the comparative silence was broken by
the swelling strains of 1.-The Son of God
Goes Forth to War;" followed by There
Shall Be Showers of Blessing" ''On-
ward, Christian Soldiers" ETC., in all of
which the great crowd enthusiastically
joined. Devotional exercises were led
by Rev. J. G. Butler, of Washington.
The welcome of the local committee
was extended by William H. Strong, it's
chairman. Rev. Charles B. Newman
eloquently welcomed the convention on
behalf of the Detroit pastors, Mayor
Mayberry welcomed the visitors on be-
half of the city of Detroit.
There was enthusiastic applause
when Secretary Baer read the following
telegram from the president of the
United States:
REV. Dr. Francis E. Clark, Detroit,
Mich: On the occasion Of the eighteenth
international convention of your society.
I desire to express my cordial interest in
its work, my best wishes to those as
sembled with you in convention, and my
earnest hope for the continuance and in
crease Of the great results which the ef-
forts of the Christian Endeavor society
have achieved
HWTTJIIAlT M'KJNJ Ev
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
THE TEXAS FLOODS,
Damage Greater Than First Report
ed - Thousands Are
Starving.

Austin, Tex, July G.-The devasta-
ton in Waller, Washington, Fort Bend,
Grimes and other counties along the
lower courses of the Brazos river and
the Colorado river is much greater than
indicated by the earher reports. The
destitution of the people is startling.
Appeals for aid in the way of clothing
and food reached here from several
points Wednesday. The larger Texas
cities are responding generously to
these calls for assistance, and the neces-
stiles asked for will be sent to the suf-
fering people as soon as transportation
facilities can be secured. In the re-
mote districts of the Brazos bottoms,
where were numerous small settle
ments of from so to 100 inha abitants
each, the small clusters of houses were
occupied almost exclusively by negroes,
and it is feared that most of them have
been swept away by the flood and many
of them drowned.
Additional authentic reports of
drowning at many points in the inun-
dated region were received here. A
COuScIVdl i've cSllllilc VI TIE uuulU lUcI
of persons drowned is as follows: Wal
Ter county, II; Grimes county, 3; Aus
tin county, 2; Brazos county, 7; Rob-
ertson county, AZ; Bell county,1; Wash
ington county, 4; Matagorda county, s.;
Burleson county, g.; Fort Bend county,
i; Brazoria county, g.; total, 80.
Nearly all of the persons known to
have been drowned are negroes. In
several instances negro families
warned of the impending rise refused
to desert their cabins and continued to
occupy them until swept away by the
torrent. An uncOnfrmed rumor that
125 negroes had been drowned in Wal
Ter county reached here Wednesday
evening. It is thought the loss of life
will exceed the foregoing estimate
when the real situation is revealed aft
| er the waters have subsidized.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
THE EAST.

In the United States there were 1s1
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 30th ult., against 17s the week
ing period of 1898.
At haywood, L. l., Charles M.
Murphy, of the Kings county wheelmen.
rode a mile on a bicycle, paced by a To-
comotive, in 81 As seconds.
The famous novelist, Mrs. Emma D.
Elizabeth Nevitte Southworth, died at
her residence in Georgetown, D. c.,
aged 70 years.
In the National league the per-
centages of the baseball clubs ended on
the I'd were: Brooklyn, .7O3; Boston,
.635; Chicago, .613; Philadelphia, .6o7;
Baltimore, .574; St. Louis, .544; Cincin-
natl, .525; New York, .47G; Pittsburgh,
ATS; Louisville, 1865; Washington, .277;
Cleveland, .197.
At Summit, N. j., II buildings were
burned by an incendiary fire. Loss,
100000.
Two persons were killed, five serious
ly injured and ten others more or less
hurt in a street car collision in Pitts
burgh, Pa.
BY the swamping of a boat at Saco,
Me-, Philip Picard, his wife and Mrs.
Joseph Thompson wer drowned.
During the fiscal year just ended
the coinage of the United States mint
in Philadelphia shows the full value
to be $50, ,794, ,4O1.79.
The large plant of the Beacon Light
Lamp company at New Brunswick, N.
j.. was totally destroyed by fire. Loss,
$15o,OOO.
Secret service agents arrested five
men in Pittsburgh, Pa, on suspicion
of their being implicated in a coun-
terfeiting scheme. The city was food
ed with bogus dollars.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Gov. PinEree's Plan for Municipal
Ownership of Detroit Street Rail-
ways Given a Fatal Blow.

Lansing, Mich, July 6. - The Michi-
gan supreme court has decided the
case brought to test the validity of the
Mcleod law, which authorized the ap-
pointment of the Detroit street railway
commission, whose object was the pur-
chase and municipal ownership and op-
Grafton of street railways of Detroit.
The decision is that the law is uncon-
stitutional; that there is no such Of
fee as the "Detroit street railway COM
mission;" that Gov. Pingree and the
other commissioners have no title
thereto and that judgment of custer
must be entered against them. The De-
troit plan for municipal ownership had
been temporarily blocked by the legal
difficulties in the way of holding a
special election on the question. By
Wednesdays decision all authority is
taken from the commission.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
NAMED A TICKET.
United Christian Party of Iowa Holds
Convention and Prepares
for Campaign.

Des Moines, Ia, July 5.-The United
Christian party of Iowa met in this
city Tuesday and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: For governor, C. D.
Heacock, of Brighton; judge of su-
preme bench, John M. Helmick, of Du-
buque; superintendent of public in
struction, w. C. Pidgeon, of Richland.
No nomination was made for railroad
commissioner and lieutenant governor.
The following resolution was adopted:
1--WE believe in direct legislation of peo-
pie, and in order to make a government,
government from God through Christ,
we should be govern ed in all things, law
making included, by the standard: What
would Jesus do?"
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
SCORE A VICTORY.
ment of Their Idea Regarding
Private Property at Sea.

The Hague, July 6.-The American
delegates scored great success
Wednesday in obtaining from the peace
conference a unanimous vote in favor
of having the question of private prop
erty at sea in time of war dealt with
at special conference to be summoned
hereafter. Much diplomatic manage
mentwas necessary and many obstacles
had to be surmounted before this result
was reached.
Washington, July 6.-The news from
The Hague announcing the unanimous
vote of the peace conference in favor of
holding a special conference hereafter
to discuss the freedom from seizure of
private property at sea in time of war
is a source of genuine satisfaction to
the administration. The American del
egates had more interest in this ques-
tion perhaps than any other before the
| conference. There have been times
| during sessions of the peace conference
at which it appeared that this subject
would be passed over without favor
| able action, and the officials had almost
given up hope of anything in that di-
rection being accomplished.
Secretary Hay was shown a copy of
the dispatch. He regarded it as SUBJ
| stantial victory for the advanced po-
sition the American government has
taken on this matter, as the news indi-
Gated that the conference had accepted
the principle embraced in the PROPOSE
ton. The question of the freedom from
seizure of private property at sea be-
longing to the subjects of the belliger-
ent nations, the secretary said, was not
in the list of subjects enumerated in
the czar's call for the conference, but
it was embodied in the instructions
given to the American delegates. The
subject, the secretary said, is one in
which the American government has al
ways taken the greatest interest and a
most decided stand ever since the foun-
dation of the government. The United
States refused to sign the convention
at Paris back in the sos because the
articles agreed upon did not contain a
declaration exempting from capture
the private property at sea belonging
to the subjects of the belligerent ma
tions. In the presidents last message
to congress he urged that provision he
made for calling a conference of the
powers of the world to consider the
question. Bills were introduced in both
houses having this object in view, but
no final action was taken on them.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

FHOM "
The secretary of the treasury report
ed at cabinet meeting that the annual
deficit would be about $s9,25o,OO0, in
stead of his estimate of $120.000,CGO
made in the last final report.
The statement of the public debt is
sued on the 1st shows that the debt de-
creased $13,571,172 during the month of
June. The cash balance in the treas
ury was $907,o61 ,13s. The total debt,
less the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts to $685. ,32o,235.
Preparations are being made by the
war department to land $4,000 recruits
in Manila by September 20.
In the fiscal year just closed 1928
men were enlisted in the naval service,
of whom 2,147 were enlisted for the
war only.
The United States patent Office re-
ceipts for the last fiscal year were ST.
209,654, which leaves balance to the
credit of tn. patent fund of $4,000 over
expenditures.
Rev. DR.. James l. Brownson, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
Washington and one of the most noted
divines and prominent educators in the
United States, died at the age of 50
years.
The celebrated modeler, John Walter
Hendley, employed for many years by
the Smithsonian institution and the Ma
tional museum, died suddenly in Wash
ington, aged 72 years.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
MEET IN DETROIT.
President Clark II Reelected ~ inc
Annual Gathering of the ChrAs-
tian EndeavOrers.

Detroit, Mich, July 6.-Rev. DR.. Fran
els E. Clark was reelected president OF
the United Society of Christian En-
deavor at Wednesdays meeting OF the
trustees. John Willis Baer was reflect
ed secretary and William Shaw treas
urer.
The annual meeting of the United
society was called to order at the Hotel
Cadillac in the morning.
The business before the United So
ciety was quickly transacted. Treasur-
er Shaw's report showed expenditures
during the fiscal year of $9,67s, and 1882
now in the treasury. The report OF
George B. Graft, of Boston, agent of the
publishing department, under whose
direction the Christian Endeavor
World is published, showed cash On
hand at the beginning of the fiscal
year, June 1, 1898, S1,11O; receipts dur
ing the year, $67, ,956; expenditures, $685.
62s; cash on hand, s., ,439. The western
office of the publishing department, To-
Gated at Chicago, reported expenditures
of 1868. and 1864 now in it's treasury.
At sundown long, wavering lines of
young people from various directions
wended across the green fields about
the white tented city, all converging
toward tent Endeavor, beneath whose
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

Jeans and Washington D. c. He was
chaplain of the United States senate 1S69-74
He has published several works. He was
elected bishop in 1888, and presided at Rock
River conference in 1889. He has been hon
ored with appointments in foreign lands,
giving him an excellent opportunity for
travel and study without personal expense.
He was in attendance upon Gen. Grant
during his last illness, and preached his
funeral sermon. He also officiated at the
funeral of John A. Logan, and preached
the funeral sermon on the occasion of the
death of Senator Leland Stanford's son,
receiving therefor a fee of $4,000. He was
thrice elected to the general conference of
his church, and was intruSted with many
important missions. He was a brilliant
pulpit orator and wrote many well-known
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
WEST AND SOUTH.

In southern Texas remarkably heavy
rains for four days have done damage
amounting to millions of dollars.
At Omaha the gates of the Greater
American exposition, the first colonial
exposition of the republic, were
thrown open for term of four months.
AT Hinsdale, ILL.,, William Cody shot
and killed his young wife, and then
killed himself. Mrs. Cody had left her
husband because of his brutality.
John and Bert Hoover and Roy Har-
baugh were drowned at Waterloo, Ia,
while bathing in Cedar river.
For cause unknown Clarence Mills
killed his wife and then took his own
life at Bloomfield, Ia. The. couple had
only been married six months.
The report that Gov. Pingree. of
Michigan, has formed an alliance with
Secretary Alger to aid the latter in
his candidacy for United States SEN
ator is pronounced by the governor a
pure fabrication.
On bicycle without handle bars
William T. Battolfson rode from Mil
waukee to Racine and return, and cov-
cred the distance, 50 miles. in three
hours and twenty-seven minutes.
At the University of Chicago CON-
mencement degrees and diplomas were
awarded $50 young men and women.
To put stop to the riots caused by
striking miners troops arrived at Car
terville, Ill.
Elizabeth Ann Ingersoll and John
c. Collins, the white-haired kidnapers
Of little Gerald Lapiner, were found
guilty in Chicago and given indeter-
inmate sentences.
say that so lives have been lost in. the
floods. and that the property loss will
be $4,ooo,oo0.
From Milwaukee Fred Culvert. who
claims to be the champion walker of
the world, started to walk 1,40O miles
in 90 days. =.
Floods washed away the village OF
Dewey. Tex. and it was feared that
many lives were lost.
The democratic national committee
will meet in July 20 in Chicago.
In Iowa the United Christian party
met in Des Moines and nominated a
| state ticket headed by e. u. Heacock, OF
Brighton, for governor. -.
| On the Denver & Rio Grande road a
passenger train was wrecked eight
miles west of Leadville, Col, and nine
persons were injured. Il s:s'4..
The death of ]. Q. Jones, aged 80, oc-
scurred in Terre Haute, Ind. He was
postmaster under ten Presidents.
Because she refused to marry him
| William Ludwig, Of Rockwell City, ia,
shot and killed 20-year-old Bertha
Nhiteside at her home in Des Moines,
and then killed himself.
At Helena. Alont., the corner stone
OF the new state ca pitol was laid
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

Strangely enough the price of horses
is steadily rising, Notwithstanding the
bicycle, the automobile and other rivals.
When this advance began year ago it
was accounted for by the outbreak of
the war. but certainly the war has
nothing to do with the continuance of
the rise. There must be some other ex-
planation, and the best one available is
that the horse is too good friend to
man to be lightly thrust aside in favor
of the new-fangled machines. It's the
horses turn to laugh.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

The famous Schenck chain letter has
at last been broken. Since May, 1898,
Miss Nathalie Schenck. of Babylon, l..
l., has received from one to twelve thou
sand letters per day. each inclosing a
dime. and all in all she has turned over
$4,000 to the Red Cross society. Miss
Schenck began by writing letter to
each of four friends, asking them to
send her ten cents for the purchase of
ice and luxuries for the sick soldiers.
She asked each friend to write similar
letters to four friends. making similar
requests of them. That was the begin
ninp
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
Alxer Revokes tie Order.

Washington, July 3.-sfcretary AL
ger Saturday revoked tn It portion of
the order of the assistant secretary of
war relating to the proposals for GER
tain ordnance which directed that the
award to the Briggs-SeaHry Gun and
Ammunition company be 1nnulled and
that new bids be invited. The contract
for 40 six-pounders and q 15-pounder
rapid-fire guns, mounts ind ammuni-
ton, will therefore be re aimed by the
Briggs-Seabury company That por-
tion of the order which imposes the
penalties for delay undertheir present
contract for 100000 was approved.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
Amidst the hue and cry the worl

/ Amidst the hue and cry the world
over against that large but more or less
unfortunate portion Of humanity which
does not wear shirt waists it is encour-
aging to find some woman endowed
with intelligence, courage and charity
who asserts. with positiveness born Of
conviction, that there is some good in
man. Such woman is Mime. Antoi-
nette Stirling, who dec red in the Wom-
i ans congress in London that she
thought the speeches were too severe
upon the opposite sex, and that8a wom-
san, to realize the true alue Of q man,
/ had only to lose him,
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
BISHOP NEWMAN DEAD.
Venerable Old Man Passes Into the
Beyond After a Long Strug-
81 gle for Life. .

Saratoga, N. Y, July 6.-Bishop John
P. Newman, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, of San Francisco, died at 2:3O
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon. Bishop
Newman had been in failing ealth for
year past, but it was only week ago
that his condition really alarmed his
friends. Since July he had been sink
ing rapidly and this morning his physi-
clans announced that in all probability
he would not survive the day. The i'm
mediate cause of the death of Bishop
Newman was pneumonia and myths.
bishop John P. Newman D. D., ILL., D.,
was born in New York on September !.
1926, and joined the Oneida conference in
1910. He wes pastor for many years in the
leading churches of New York, New Or
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

Queen Natalie, late of Servia, will, it
is said, devote her saddened life to lit
erature," and is now said to be compos-
ing an photographed romance-sad,
of course. Readers of romance would
be glad if all persons, royal and other
wise, who are moved to embalm their
woesin print would experience change
of heart and go to raising vegetables.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

Gov. Bushnell has pardoned William
j. Elliott, former editor Of the Column
bus CO., Sunday Capital, from the
penitentiary, where he was serving o
life sentence, on condition that he
leave the state.
Flames destroyed the Gayoso hotel,
one of the oldest landmarks of Mem
phis, Tenn, and several other build
ings, the loss being $450,000, and ex-
Fire Chief Cleary was killed.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

The growth of the United States in
the important element of iron produc-
ton in the past IS or 20 years is one OF
the marvels of the age. In 1880 this
country's output of pig iron was $685.
19l tons. 1t was ll.773.934 tons in 1898,
an increase Of 2o7 per cent. Great Brit
ain produced 1921 1873 tons of it in 1880
and s.63l, ,151 in 1898, the gain in her case.
being III per cent. Germany produced
2.72o,0s3 in the frst-named year and
7,215,927 in the last. her increase being
164.4 per cent. These countries are the
three leading iron producers OF the
world. -. =
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
Damnre by Wind md Hail.

Ainsworth, Neb., July "a furious
hail and windstorm passed over this
part of the country Tuesdhy afternoon.
Hailstones measuring ten inches
around fell, breaking evf fry window
glass and sash on the nbrth and east
sides of the buildings. Limbs two
inches thick we're STRIPPED from the
trees. Hogs, cattle and horses have
been killed, and many Il those not
killed have their eyes k{ocked out.
All kinds of crops are be- ten into the
ground and completely des |royed where
the hail fell. Many peopk celebrating
the Fourth were out in d fferent parts
of the country, and it is feared some
lives are lost.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
MARKETS..
MinneapO1iS. MINI.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 6.
Wheat-No. + northern, 71@72c.
No. 2 northern, 7o@71c; Sept, 70T. T.
Oats-No. 8, white, 26c. (, ... ..-><.
: Corn-No. 3, Sic. = ~
Cattle-Steers, $s.75@4.O0; cows, $2.70
@3.5O. z.* i: E.. '.S>. .s=s \. ,s.:- !.
+ Sheep Muttons, 50. So; lambs, $3.50.
q Hogs $S. 3O@3.65. s.s 5<....sss ,..z.
Butter Creamery, extras, 16@17c;
creamery, frsts, 14@15c; dairy, fancy,
514@ 15c. zsz Il 5...
Poultry 7 turkeys, s@1oc; spring
chickens, 12c s3..
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
DEATH OF KAPIOLANI.
Demise of the Ex-Queea of the Ha-
waiian Island Was Not Tn
expected.

San Francisco, July 5.-The news
brought from Honolulu by the Coptic
of the death on June "a of the Dowager
Queen Kapiolani was not a surprise, as
her death had been expected for some
time. She was 65 years of age and was
a sufferer from cancer and recently had
a stroke of paralysis, following several
attacks of apoplexy. She was much
esteemed in the islands and her death
was sincerely mourned. Her remains
lay in state for eight days and were
buried with impressive ceremonies.
She left no. children and during her life
devoted much of her time to charitable
work, the Kapiolani home for leper
girls and other institutions having been
founded by her. She visited San Fran
cisco in state in 1887, with her sister-in-
law, then Princess Liliuokalani, and
was given royal welcome.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

A Cincinnati paper comments on re-
markable coincident in the famous
Baker-Howard fcud in Kentucky. On
June 2, 1859, 40 years ago, Gov. Owsley
ordered out the state troops to quell the
feud between the Baker and Howard
factions. On June 2, of this year, Gov.
Bradley ordered out the state troops
for the same purpose. Forty years is
long enough for any family row, and it
is hoped that the end is in sight.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

The editor of an Iowa paper must
have received an unusually poor collec-
tion of bad manuscripts and poems, for
he exclaims: "While Mark Twain is
writing book that will not be pub
lished for 100 years, other writer's are
wasting their energy on matter that
will not be published any sooner"
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
Praises Otis and His Troops.

Washington, July 3.-Gen. Harrison
Gray Otis, of California, who saw con-
siderable active duty in the Philippines,
arrived in Washington Sunday. Gen.
Otis has nothing but praise for the man
ner in which Maj. Gen. Otis has man
aged the campaign against the insur-
gents in the Philippines. The volun-
teers, though not enlisting to fight
against the Filipinos, have accepted the
situation like true Americans and have
done their work unconplainingly
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
Attacked in the Dark.

Manila, July a.-The rebels made a
demonstration at San Fernando Friday
evening. They took advantage of the
darkness and rain to make a sally
against the north line, seemingly only
for the purpose Of annoying the Amer
loans, as they failed to push their at
tack. The American loss was private
of the Seventeenth regiment killed and
four men wounded. .z.s.....4 ssssss;ssszz-
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

The most costly leather in the world
is known to the trade as piano leather.
The secret of tanning this leather is
known only to a family of tanners in
Germany, though the skins from which
it is tanned come almost entirely from
America
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
Iowa Has O Surplus.

Des Moines, Ia, July 3.-At the close
of the fiscal year, June 30, the state of
Iowa had a cash balance on hand of
$445,O02 and $1,000 due from the fed
eral government, making a total sur
plus of $496,oo2. At the beginning of
the same period, July 1, 1897, there was
a deficit in the treasury of $412,000.
Two months ago the state treasurer
called in the interest-bearing state war
rants, amounting to $412,ooo. The
treasury closes the year with the larg-
est surplus in the last 25 years.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12

Models of the Maine, the Olympia and
the Oregon are to be part of the Ameri
can exhibit at the Paris exposition next
year. Spanish visitors can halt at the
American quarters, look upon the
models and realize what did it.