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4 CHANGES HIS CREED. Her, Walter Clayton Clapp Be-comes. a Roman Catholic. GRADUATE 1 OF" AMHERST. lately Professor at Nashotah Seminary, "Wisconsin.

He Was vjnce uensurea oy nis episcopal Bishop for Ritualistic Practices. New York, Sept 8. Special TiUljrv. "Walter Clayton Clapp, until reoently a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, is a convert to the Roman Catholic Church. He was received into tne eourcn Friday by Eev.

Father Elliott, of the Faul- ist Church, Mr. Clapp Is very weu Known among Episcopalian high churchmen, and his conversion will cause considerable talk. He was graduated from Amherst College in the class of 1883. After ordination fen hrcame assistant minister of 'Mount Calvary. an nltra-rltualistle chnreh in Baltimore.

This 1 church rccentlv been a source of disturbance in the Episcopal Chnreh. nishon Pa ret. of Maryland, censured its rlitrn far ritualistic practices and forbade the use of incense ana other things. Two years ago Mr. Clapp was appointed pro- lessor of exegesia in Nashotah Tbeologl-nl Rnminarv.

Wisconsin, an institution hiehly regarded by a large body of high churchmen. He resigned his appointment Aug. 1. He lias recently returned from Europe, where he visited Rome, bnt has only Just reached the determination to Join the Roman Catholic Church. He is stndvin? with the Panlist fathers, the superior of whom.

Father Hewitt, is him self a graduate of Amherst College ana convert. AN ENCOfKAGING BANK 8TATEMKNT. The Reserve, Ilowever, Still Much in Excess of Legal Requirement. New Yokk, Sept. 8.

Special Telegram. The New York Financier says this week: The statement of the associated banks of this rity (or the livo business da sending Sept. Sis Very gratifying and remarkably encouraging. Hankers report that there is a good demand for money from the South and West, although those awtinns will not need as much as usual from this center, owint; to the fine condition of their local The decrease In the cash foldings ot the banks in the clearing-house during thn iiast wduk amounted to St. 435.

(XX). of which 3.t56.H0 is in legal tenders, ana H78.9U0 is soecie. This reduced the total cash holdings to against IU6.413.3U0 at this time a year ao, but this sum must be reduced to a much greater extent before bankers can make any money here, as the rate for call money continues to be daily reported at I per cent, and will But be any higher until the surplus reserve now held by the banks is reduced by many millions Loans Increased during the week W9 1,701. 400. which is tl.tt.'I.SuO higher than they were a week azo.

and nearly one hundred millions, greater than the were one year ago. This item, now- ever, can stnd a decided expansion with the deposits at i.i83.780.100, which is tHO.000.000 greater than the loans. The decrease in the deposits amounts to S2.1D3.8U0, leaving the total deposits ns given above, against t3rd.787.700 a year ago. The changes brought about a reduction in the reserve of tt.BM.oSO. and the banks still hold fill sol u)mv the leeal reaulrements.

The averages In the statement for the week tndlni; Sent. B. 1KL compared with those of the lorresponding week in 1893 and are as follows: Sent. B. M.

Sept. 9. "93. Sept. 10.

Tn. S4UI 701 40D B3US 9t 300 4(X) Swri Sl0 6.2o0.9U0 M.STT.ttOO Lesalteniles JI7.I70.400 27.ise4)0 53.S3S.300 Net deposits. 873,787,708 S00.128.iM Circulation 1100.400 Total reser r7.879.300," t08.4l3.900 IIS.814 tOO Tt-atrve 143.W5.025 125.032,23 Exc'sofrese 161,934.275 2.960,375 POLICY-HOLDERS WILL NOT LOSE. But a Receiver Will Be Appointed for Mutual Benefit Life Association. New York, Sept.

8. Holders of policies in the Mutual Benefit Life Association will lose nothing by the winding np of the affairs of that corporation, is the promise of President W. H. Whiton today. The State Insurance Superintendent, after careful investigation.

has decided that receiver should be appointed, the liabilities of the association being far in excess of its assets. Bnt Mr. Whiton said all the holders would be reinsured in one of the older companies which one he could not sav. The Mntual Benefit Life, Mr. Whiton said, has a reserve fund of 000 and about $20,000 additional assets, which will permit of the payment of a rood proportion of the mortuary claims outstanding.

CONTRACTORS GIVE IN. Striking Tailors and Ciarmeat-Makers Gain Their PolaL New York, Sept 8. The strike of the clothing workers is virtually at an end. The executive committee of the Brother hood of Tailors met tonight, and it was ariven out that over threescore of con tractors had acceded to the' demands of the workmen, ten hours' work and regular weekly wages. As a fuarantee of good faith the bosses are to le a bond indorsed by responsible persons.

and upon failure to carry out their agreement this bond is to be forfeited. The executive committee will confer with the bosses tomorrow, when it is expected that all grievances will be settled to the satis faction of both parties. TRYING HARD TO ESCAPE. Accused Chicago Thieves Resort to Legal Device. There Yesterday.

Every New York, Sept. 8. Special Telegram. Charles and Anna Belmont and William and Kitty Raymond, accused of getting $3,000 from a Kansas City man in Chicago bv the panel game, were taken before Gov ernor Flower at Syracuse today, and their counsel asked that their requisition -papers be rescinded, as the prisoners had not been- fully identified. Tho Governor directed that they be returned to this city for further identification.

Today they were taken before Justice O'Brien, in the Supreme Court, and writs of habeas corpus were se cured for their appearance Tuesday CHICAGOAN8 IN NEW YORK. LUt of Arrivals at the Leading Hotels New York, Sept 8. Sprefal Telegram. The following Chiragoans are registered at the New York hotels: Morton Sylvester. W.

IIol- man. St. Debts Mrs. K. L.

Schrocder, H. B. Ralr- cen. Sinclair J. J.

Kelly. Rev. T. F. Cashmaa.

Piaxa 11. L. Swift. W. Perry, Mrs.

J. F. Nich ols. K. Morris.

Mrs. ri. Morris, U. Koqua. Savoy W.

J. Woolmaa. Broadway Central A R. Harrington, H. O.

JNourse. J. U. liali. Metropolitan 3.

W. Leslie, a A Bay, J. aiciariny. Astor J. R.

Ellerton, E. R. Stanton, E. Lobb- tem. Windsor T.

S. Fauntleroy. Si. Cloud S. Morris.

Marlborough II. P. Young. VIENNA BANKERS ACCUSED. Slegel Brothers Arrested la New York for Extensive Forgeries.

New. Yobk, Sept 8. Julius and Siegfried Siegcl, bankers of Vienna, were arraigned before United States Commissioner. Alex- ander today on the charge of forgery of the names of a number of bankers in Vienna. The total amount of their speculations is said to reach 50.0X10 florins.

The men were arrested last evening on the arrival of the steamship Persia, on which they were passengers. The complaint was sworn; out by Vice Consul OtloP. Kheruadt, oi Austria- Hungary. The alleged forgeries were com- itted during Jane, ear. and August ef MBW TORKERglH A PLIGHT.

'a Heary Storm Thlrd.lfMM Cables Break Dovi and Bridge Cars Stop. Niw Sepk 8. The rain storm here was unusually heavy. The Third avenue tables gave oat and-an aeeidnt delayed travel on the Brooklyn bridge. The rainfall was the heaviest the year, amounting to 1.71 ihehee, William Smith, a -fisherman, was killed at Newark Bay by lightning.

Lightning I also atrnek the Mounmouth while the I steamer was en ronte from the AUantie Highlands to this city. Captain Martin I was slightly injured, and the passengers were greatly alarmed for a few minutes. TIHHIt TEAK 1894. What It Means for Past and rat Mr. Wrean's Good Generalship.

Boston AdvertUer: The tennis champion ship of America Is settled for another year, and settled In a way which has upset all the calculations of the experts. When Wrenn won the championship in 1893 there were many who were ready to insinuate that it was the result of a "fluke;" that he had been attended by good fortune in being drawn in the "easy half," and that in the finals he was comparatively fresh, while Hovey, his opponent, whom be had never before beaten, was worn ont by an ex haustive week's work, especially by the great victory the preceding day over Ho- bart (Hovey's most dreaded adversary). This year Wrenn's play, until the Nor wood Park tournament had been decidedly weak. Entering the W. Newton tourna ment he was easily beaten by Foote, and thereupon defaulted bis other matchea.

At Longwood Stevens found no difficulty in beating him. At Norwood Park, while Wrenn was neatcn by Larned In the first match plaved in three straight sets, he abowed such rapid improvement during the remainder of the week that he. came off winner, beating Stevens In three straight sets, Goodbody in a long five set match the first two sets of which went to Goodbody, and Chace twice (the second match being the play-off of the tie). Despite this excellent snowing it was tne commonly expressed opinion that Wrenn could not for the second time pass the or deal of Newport Larned, Hovey, and Ho bart were generally believed to be stronger players. Larned and Hobart for their superior ground strokes, and Hovey for his net play.

Mow, tnen, may renn victory lor the second ear at Newport be explained In one word generalship. While it may be that his drives lack the tremendous speed and his general play the theatrical strokes of some of the other championship aspi rants, he has applied what skill he is pos sessed of in such a way as to bring about the best results and at the same time to prevent his adversary from using his best strokes. How was it that Hobart was beaten when he had Goodbody 5-2 in the deciding set and several chances to take the match on a single stroke! And Larned, likewise, after having the score 5-3? The best explanation is, poor neralship. Hobart has been remonstrated with by his best friends for attempting to make a difficult stroke at snch a his reply always is: "That is my game. 1 cannot play any other wav." When Hobart (ana Larnea likewise) had trained a winning lead by the most fatiguing work terrific drives they still -continued to attempt to pass Goodbody when he came to the net by strokes of the same ex hausting description instead or trying the far easier and safer lob.

The far less num ber of placed balls made by Good bod (in tho first set against Hobart only 4) is sufficiently significant Goodbody allowed his opponents to beat themselves. Larned won nine games in succession, making the score 4-0 in the last set, but to continue that sort of work was more than human endurance could accomplish. Hia failing nerve foree is shown by the fact that ha made 11 double faults and 7-i nets during the match, lio- bart's double faults numbered 7. Wrenn made not one 1 Wrenn's course throughout affords a direct contrast He had watched Good body's play carefully, and' learned the salient points of his especially his weakness in smasning. wnen uooaooay came to the net Wrenn did not invariably try to pass him bv a straight drive, but often used -the lob; In fact he piobably lobbed more than in any other match he ever played for the reason that he knew Goodbody could not volley with any de gree of velocity, 'i bla accurate lobbing, combined with excellent strategic work at the net is what in reality won him the match.

His smashing deserved special remark. Never before has he so distinguished him self. He smashed Wood body's lobs from the back court The latter was probably never more soundly beaten in hia life, Wrenn taking four love games in suc cession in the first act It may be asked bow this brat set eventually went to Good- body when Wrenn had him 5-L 40-15. One answer lies in the fact that one of the umpires (who, by the way, was one of the first nve ranaea piayersi maae a most wretcnea decision, giving to Goodbody a point when the ball was plainly ont and Wrenn had made no attempt to return it This point wonld have won Wrenn the set Wrenn said afterward that this was very disconcerting, and doubtless it unnerved him to some slight extent at least An excellent illustration oi wrenn's sci entific and systematic preparation for the battle which was to insure to him the championship for another year or else to denude mm or nis laurels lies in mis little incident: On the eve of the Lain ed -Good bodv contest Wrenn said to Hobart: "Clar ence, it Larned wins i want a practice match with yon, if agreeable; iiuoodbody wins am going to play witn Tom rettit The game necessary to beat Hobart wonld beat Larned, ana the gam to beat Petti would beat Goodbody, since the respective players used different sorts of strokes. casper wnitncys recently puousnea pas quinade against tne National Association awakened much irritation.

Said one, somewhat "Whitney holds the association responsible for the small number of players of the first rank enter ing the lists. Of course this la absurd. The association cannot create tennis play ers nor compel the attendance of all the ex tierta. neither can it compel Western clubs to pay tne expenses oi tneir representa tives, as Whitney has actually suggested. He accuses the association of failing to set itself earnestly to the task, whleh some are obstinate enough to believe its rightful one, that of encouraging the game, and setting a standard ot play- for the and presumes to tell them that they ought to favor State and sectional tournaments.

Now, this advice shows Whitney to be about three years behind the times. ror tne reason that during that entire period the association has been doing all in its power to do lust this very thing; and if Whit ney haa taken tne irouoie to tooa tnrougn this year's Gnide he wonld have learned how many such annaai tournaments have been established. His suggestion that only the winners of sueh events (the State and afterward the sectional championship), and the ten -ranked men. should be allowed contest at Newport will never be looked on with favor, for the reason that the all' comers must always bean open tournament, otherwise it loses its national character, nis Farm on Fire. Des Moines RtgUlor: The Anamosa cor respondent of the BegUter gives the par ticulars of a strange fire In that vicinity, A farmer cut the thistles in a slough' and in an effort to exterminate them entirely raked them up and burned them.

The flames ran down the crevices tn the baked s-round and set fire to a bed of peat under lying the tract The very ground seems to be anre ana an enorts to stop it seem to oe unavailing. A strange fact is that tne ore is smokeless, bnt through the ere vises the flames can be seen. The farmer is in a bad plight and Is afraid that his whole fifteen acres of land will be burned and left with layer of ashes. The fire calls attention to tne terrioie exnaustion ox moisrure irons the soil. That peat bed.

haa probably neretoiore oeen saturatea witn water. It may have been, drained, or its. Present dryness mav be dne simnlv to the 100 days' drought. It teaches anew the Im portant lesson of a system-ol -local ponds. The value the meed ot water has.

aevsx before been impressively c. BOLTS FROM HEAVEN.I Blinding Flash of lightning CAUSES Creates COLLISION. Steeple of a Church Badly Wrecked at Hermosa, Several Houses Struck and Damage Done to Chimneys Late Local Items. A the result of a blinding flash of lightning at 7:90 o'clock last night August Hoppe, of No. 686 Baclne avenue, and Herman Hsu pie, both beer peddlers, were painfully injured.

Their beer wagon was overturned and wrecked and a North Shore electric atreet ear badly damaged and its passenrers were given a severe shock and fright Hoppe and Hauple were driving west on Cornelia atreet their wagon being heavily loaded with bottles of. beer. As they reached Halsted street a brilliant flash of lightning blinded their eyes and frightened their horses so that they became uncontrollable and dashed into a North Side electric ear, which was running south on Halsted street in eharge of Motorman Harley and Conductor W. S. Keep.

The flash of lightning had also blinded the street ear men so that they did not see the Impending collision, or Motors man Harley would have been able to stop his ear. The beer wagon was overturned and Hoppe and Hauple were both thrown out upon the cases of bottles which were strewn over the ground, most of the bottles being broken. They were badly cut by the broken glass and received severe bodv bruises. The horses were knocked" down, but proved to be uninjured. Motorman Harley and the fonr occupants of the electric car escaped injury by jumping.

-The front of the car was badly wrecked and it was derailed. Hoppe and Hauple were taken to their homes, where it was found they were not dangerously injured. Knocked Dowa a Steeple. The Hermosa Methodist Church, at the northwest corner of Tripp street snd Dick ens avenue, is minus its steeple this morn ing, the result of a stroke of lightning which visited the structure about 7:90 'clock last night The current ran down the steeple, wrecking it badly and tearing great hole la the ground at its loot The damage to the church, which Is a frame structure, is estimated at $500. Lightninr struck the two-story frame house owned and occupied by William Kub- fuss at No.

89 Greenwich street at 7:30 clock last nicrht The chimney was thrown down and the kitchen stove over turned, filling the house with smoke and setting it on fire. An alarm of fire was turned In and the names were soon ex tinguished. Beyond breaking a few win dows the lightning did no further damage, and the whole will not amount to more than $50. There were several persons in the house at the time, but beyond a slight shock none of them was injured. i ns house oi Kohert Dudley, on Central street North Bvanston, was struck by lightning early yesterday morning.

His family bad a miraculous escape from injurv. The ehimney was torn down and large holes were torn in the hingle roof, while the bedroom walla were badly blackened ana wrencnea. Although there was evidence of the effects of the current all over the bouse the family of several children was not injured beyond a The. house hart, been with lightning rods, bnA they failed to eon. trpl the current i As Miss Mareie Laaf.

of No. Lin coln avenue, was entering the bouse last nirht she was rendered unconscious by shock from lightning, which struck in the vicinity. She was attended by Dr. W. D.

Storcr. who said her injuries were not serious. ACROSS SIBKlXa. of the Great raaa-H Iberia a Railroad. San Iraneiaeo Examiner: One of the arreatest of modern enterprises Is the Trans-Siberian Railroad, in course of eon strnction by the Russian government This road ia to be 5,700 miles in length and will cost $150,000,000.

ItwUl be completed in six years if no unexpected delay occurs. B. Fetropavloosky, one of the civil en gineers engaged in the construction of this railroad, arrived in San rrenelsco a lew days ago from Siberia by way of Yoko hama en route to turope. xie says mat au the material used tn the construction oi the road is of Russian manufacture. The first section of the line from Vladivostock, on the Sea of Japan, to Grafska has been com pleted, a distance of about two hundred miles, work on toe seconu section, irom Grafska inland, is in progress.

From Vladivostock to St Petersburg the distance Is about 6.000 miles. It is learned from other soarees that work- on the opposite end of tne line naa also made good, progress. It starts at Cbela- binsk. on the western edge oi sioeria. ai that point it connects with the European systems of railways and a direct line to St Petersburg by way oi Moscow, wnatmay be termed the first section of the road, ex tending eastward from Cbelabinsk to Omsk, a distance of 600 miles, is already practically finished and wui be openea ior traffic oeiore tne ena oi mis year, rom Omsk 800 miles eastward the road is built but the necessary bridges are wanting.

This section will be in operation in ikw. A government commission, of whleh the Caarowitz, heir to the throne, is at the bead, has eharge ox tne construction, witn unlimited powers. There is no lack of funds, and the. work is pushed expedi tiously. Accoraing to a ttussian oureau ox im migration, which is actively endeavoring to settle the country traversed by the line as building pro ureases.

Siberia has millions of acres of fertile land suited to the profit able production of wheat and rye. There is abundance of rainfall in the summer season. Siberia is twice as large as the United States, and the arreater part' of it has never been fully explored. has a population of 5,000,000, oi whom are congregated tn towns. it extends as iar sou in as tne latitude of New York.

The Russian government has in mind several other schemes for the development of Siberia. It proposes to establish steam navigation On the river systems lnterseet- Inr the eat railway. Help will be given to the mining industries of the Ural region. Here are mined gold, platinum, and auantities of Iron, as well as gems. The extent to which the development of Siberia's agricultural resources may affect the world's market lor wheat la a question of importance the wheat-growers of California." Even now Russia is a large exporter of grain.

Russia exported last year $20,000,000 worth of oats, $30,000,000 worth ot barley, $5,000,000 worth of corn, and $70,000,000 worth of wheat Ordinarily she sends ont.of the country ior sale about I70. 000.000 worth of rve, but this quantity was reduced to $11,000,000 worth last year by a tariff war with Germany. If there are millions ef acre! of virgin soil in Siberia which this road will-make available for wheat production the effect of its construction may be like that of the government railways ia India, which at once brought that country into prominence as a producer and exporter oi wheat Bnt the road was primarily designed as a great military highway. Were it in operation at this time Russia would be vastly better prepared to take a hand is the settlement of the difficulty between China and Japan bv approaching the- territory in dis pute. read-will also Russia an.

Immense advantage in any eggreesiee move noon Br means of this line troops may be landed on the Paclfio In rom bt fetcrsourg: or jaoscow SCORED BY M'KINLEY. 1 Continual from First Use Brlce a protective tariff on wool for his Ohio constituents for the Senator did not demand it Hs says he did not He does not tell us whst eon cessions were made to him nor by whom they were made, but the people of Ohio, looking- upon their distressed In dustries, hare fully determined that not one of them received consideration at his bands. It gives some Protection. It haa some free trade ia it here and some there, but mostly here ia the North. There is tariff on peanuts, but free trade la cotton ties: there Is a tariff on sumac but free trade In; wool; there la a tariff on mica, out tree trade' in lumoer.

in orery schedule there Is the grossest exhibition Of sectionalism and unjust discrimination. Governor McKinleV was especially severe in his eharaeterisation of the ease of the Louisiana Representatives who were prom ised protection for their sugar interests and then left out In' the cold. He devoted considerable time to comparison of the tariff bill of 1890 with the new law, to the disadvantage of the latter. The law of 1894, he said, has struck the farmer right and left He has been shown no mercy whatever. The deadliest blow is against the wool growers.

'xne concluding portion ox tne aaaresa was an arraignment of the Democratic party for what were described as its false for its aeherv to pensioners of the Union army and navy, and for its incapacity to conduct the affairs of the nation. Portland. Sent 8. Three tbsusand people listened to the sddresses of Gov ernor Cleaves and Congressman Seed here tonight. The former spoke on state issues.

while Mr. Reed scored the Democracy for its tariff record. "While the Republican party has not always lived np to the glory of God." said Mr. Reed, "it wlU profit by the Democratic mistakes and secure power lor the next quarter of a century." KILL LIZES VXIVLST. Tho Hew Tork Senator Regards the Governor as a Great Man.

Ohio Washington correspondence of the Cin cinnati- Oommcretal UazetU: Senator Hill was seen by your correspondent yesterday and requested to give his public and pri vate opinions of Governor William MeKin- ley and to calculate his ehsnees for a nomination in the next Presidential campaign. Senator Hill was loth to -speak at first, but was finally persuaded to give a character istic talk. "Yes," said he. ul know Governor Me- Kinley. I first met him In the fall of 1890, during his campaien for re-election as Congressman in Ohio, where I had gone to assist the Democrats in defeating him.

We were both upon the same railroad train journeving te different places in the district to speak, and he, learning that I was on the train, courteously came back into mv car with some mutual friends, where I was Introduced to him, and we passed a pleasant half hour together in conversation. I was favorably Impressed with him. He good-naturedly and humorously protested againa ernorof New York-eominr so borne to take part in a local campaign against him, but I reminded him in the same spirit that the author of the Me- Klnley bill was necessarily a national issue, and therefore I was entirely excusa ble. I had spoken. the night before in his own city of Canton, and while severely as sailing his political principles and arraign ing his Intense Itepeblicanlsm.

1 paid him a high personal compliment by admitting his deserved popularity among bis neighbors, alluding to his. many excellent quali ties, his conceded integrity and his ability and qualifications aa a Representative in Congress, of which any district might well oe proud; and, while deeming It my polit ical doty to oppose hi election, took pleasure in saying these things ot Mr. Me- K. in ley in bis own home. WI did aot meet aim.

again durinr that campaign, tts conclusion Mr. Mo- Kipley generously did me tne noaov to assert in a public --tatecviow that, try efforts against him had largely contributed to his detest -we occasionally since -Sbja7'1eoaBorttmipetonabaei qaalntanee began -wehe heat of a political haabeeareaewedand continued. "He is easily descnaeo. jr small stature. Napoleonic tn appearanceal wavs dignified, his face as so U-ran as a benedict ion, his manner polite but never obsequious, imper sonal, in aeoate.

vteosieriaa seldom witty, vigorous in the presentation of bis arguments, apparently candid and anxious to convince nis nearers ratner than to display himself, deliberative and self-possessed, conscious of his own reserved powers this is a faithful pen picture of the great Apostle of Protection. "So conspicuously has he been identified with that cause that 'MeKinleylsm' is now the recognized synonym for "protection' everywhere in the country. "You ask me to predict bis future This I must decline to do. Although a United States Senator, strange as it may seem to the public. I neither deal in sugar nor in futures.

I can only say that as the author of the McKinlev act and as a Republican Governor of the great central Republican State of Ohio be cannot well be ignored in the distribution of the honors of rewards which his partv mav hereafter be permitted to bestow. If the tariff shall continue to be the principal issue in the pontics oi tne country, his friends mav well insist that the rreat pro tection leader himself, rather than any snb-ordinste, should lead the contest on the Republican side. AS-a Democrat I am op posed to Governor political principles, as I think are also a majority of the American people, but this does not prevent the people nor myself from apprec la in nil hign enaraeter as an American statesman. is all I have to say, ex cent to -aoersrest that His not mv custom either to eulogise or criticise public men of the day in the newspaper press, but I make an exception to this rule in this instance at the urgent request -or a young and ambitious correspondent whom I am desirous of encouraging." STABS 07 BRIDOB TOBJI AW XT. Serious Effects at Muscoda, of a IleaTy Rains to ran.

MCBOODa, Sept. 8. Special Telegram. 4-A severe wind storm of a hurricane character atrnek this eity this afternoon. Torrents of rain fell and the wind blew down sheds, barns, and ont building, tore np and twisted off a targe number of shade trees, blew on oi -tne.

piers two 150-foot spans from the Wisconsin Biver bridire. which will seriously cripple the business of the town until the bridge can be re MaBEXOO, UL, SepCa. Speetat Telegram. xne Heaviest rainstorm wmcn ever visited this part of Illinois occurred last evening-. The downpour commenced at about 7 o'clock and.

lasted for ore honrs. durinr which time about seven inches of water leiL Tne storm was accompanied by ter rific lifrntninir, heavy wind, and haiL Numerous barns are blown down and several struck by ug-ntnlnir and burned. uoraea and cattle were killed and oonltrv drowned. In the city large shade trees were blown over, tearing down the electric light wires. Je liars and basements were Hooded.

4 Aboriginal. Boston Budget: JUrt the awort of it ixra Doner ana Alias BUHon had gone down to umey isiana to see the sights. The surz was tuied witn bathers of every name, age and race, and some of their antics were, to say the rinauy, eery comely and shapely younr woman eame up oat oe tne water and made her way toward the bathhouse. Her abbreviated bathinr suis seemed to please nitrdship immensely. now original j- am remarked.

Miss Billion trie ten leel shocked. She looked at the girLthea at her eomnanion. then at the girl again. -Do tou think sol" she asked heughtilyTT should sav 'How aoonginaii' 'Nebraska. $oou tins; in Xafope.

Omaha Nebnukaas will be inter ested in the- reported success of Captain Jack Crawford, -the In London- Nebraska has contributed several of the American successes avbeoad and is entitled to lay as much, ii not more, claim te Cap tain jacitas any state. 'SHOULD BE NATIONAL! So the Denver Congress Thinks of Control of Irrigation. MINORITY REPORT LOST. Cession of Arid Tands to the States Not Features in the Propositions Formu lated by the Committee on Resolutions. Dxxtxb.

Sept 8. That portion of the majority report of the committee on resolutions of the irrigation congress per taining to national legislation, which was under discussion today, is as follows: The national legislative committee of the ir rigation congress is hereby instructed te prepare a series of bills for presentation to the Congress of the United States, embodying the following propositions: 1. Repeal of the nesert land law. X. Withdrawals from settlement of all lands within the arid region not found to be capable of irrigation; au sues lands, except mineral lands.

to be held for catchment areas, pasturage and limner. S. A leasing of the pasturage lands, civing preference to actual occupants and cultivators of adjoinlnc irrigable lands and the sale of sur plus timber, the proceeds arising from suck sources to be devoted to the development of water supply for irrigation with la the State and when no longer required for such purposes to belong to tne estate. 4. That States be permitted to select lands for reclamation and make them the basts of security for the construction of irrigation works.

titles to such lands to rema.n In the Federal gov ernment until It passes through the Slate to the actual settler, no one Individual being per mitted to acquire title to more than forty acres of land, except In cases ot lands so situated that local conditions necessitate the enlargement of the home unit because of the small value of the crops produced. The money received from snch sources to be reserved for the purpose of dla-charvtng obligations Incurred in the work of reclamation. Tnis recommeodation is Independent of the Carey law and Is not Intended to conflict with or modify that law. Stat Authority Provided ror. S.

That when any State shall have reclaimed land under the plan provided in section it shall form i (Titration divisions according to bydro- rapnlc conditions, and wnen a sufficient gum' ber of settlers Cava actually located upon the land within such division the Slate shall con dilionaliy turn over the local administration to the authorities of said water division. ft. That if any State caa avail itself of the pro visions it shall have a legally conatltuted State Irrigation department. Tnal there shall be ap pointed a national Irrigation -commission vested with the administration of rovemmrnt. pas toral, and forest lands, of such Irrigation works msy be undertaken on Federal authority, and be empowered to consider and authorise general plans of reclamation submitted by the irrigation department or any Slate.

Tne Na tional Irrigation Commission shall also be charged with the work of making an Immediate Investigation of tne proclem or Interstate streams and report to the Congress of the United states ss early as possible tne measure providing a means for the speedy and hnal adjudication of the Questions between States and a plan lor tne division or streams on a basis or justice and equity. 7. Tnst tne several Territories be included la provisions of the Carey law. 8 That an international commission be slituted, composed of the representatives of the United states, Canada, and Jdexlco, whose pur pose It snail be to tnorougnly examine into and arbitrate questions arising between said nations because or tne waters oi tne rivers partly each of the countries or serving as a bounds between two. and to settle upon a basis and method for the equitable division of the waters of such streams wnen used lor irruatioc Maaaer of Expeadltarw of Fends.

S. Tbat sufficient appropriations be secured for carrying oa the work of gauging atreama. select ing and segregating reservoir sites, for prosecuting surveTs to determine tne locating or laada susceptible to reclamation, and such other work in tne line or investigation and experiment as may be legitimately undertaken, sum appro- prln torn to be erpeaded under the atrecllon of ID National irrigation commissioa. 10. That the reservoir sites, heretofore re served by the government, which may become necessary ior toe use or ue states under the operations of the Carey law, shall be released and made available upon application therefor by EHaies ana l-emtones.

The minority report favored the eesslon of arid land to the States within whose territory it lies, and provided for condi tions on which such cessions shall be made. Elwood llAd. of Wnnlir. nresident of the congress, spoke in favor of the majority report Hall, of California, in advocating the minority report argued that with the slow policy of the government in prosecuting publie work and the necessary preliminaries to be gone through, the present generation would be dead and forgotten before tbe canals would be completed. He was opposed to the Fed eral government having anvtbin to say about the reclamation of arid lands except to control and distribute the waters of in terstate and international streams.

Tbe time allowed for tbe discussion of the resolutions as a whole having expired. the minority report was voted down. The report of the committee on resolu tions was practically adopted in its en tirety, after which the congress adjourned sine die. Following is the most important change made: Wkertat, There is wide diversity of opinion concerniac the best policy to pursue with rela tion to tne remaining irrigable tanas; inereiore be It Metolved. That the proposition contained In sections 4 and of the report of tbe majority of the committee oa resolutions Is ported back to the several Slate irrigation commissions, witn instructions to endeavor to report to the Fourth National irrigation congress a morsaennite ana satisfactory nlaa for the reclamation ot arid pubiio tanas tnrougn tne co-ope ration or na tional ana state authorities.

TO XXET DT TATTIES ALL'S AUIA Preparations ef a Quartet of Boxers for a Mooting Kept. 17. Jim Kinney, the backer and manager of Hen- Baker, has gone to If ilwaukee to superintend the Dual preparation of his principal, who is to box Billy Woods, the Denver heavy-weight, eight rounds at Tattersall'a, Monday evening. Sept. 17.

Pat McHug-a, the Fond du Lac giant, has been training Baker, and reports tbat have come from the latter's Quarters so far have been to the effect that he la working harder than he i ever done, aad la confident of getting the decision over Woods on the 17th. Woods, who ia bj far the best man that Baker ever met, has been training diligently for some time. The Denver man ltkes to work and may always be depended upon to face any opponent tn the best of condition. Host of Woods' work ass been aon outdoors, nis nrin- elpal exercise being long walks and trots oa the nouievarda ue naa reduced nia weisnt eon aiderablv since he started In. and savs his wind la perfect.

Tne contest between tnese weu-known "big fellows" wul doubtless be one of the best seea here for a Ionic who will the same evening make a seeona attempt to stop Hike Boden, tne nuwji- paia trial norse, in lour vueeusoerry Is at present in Cincinnati, the guest of the Hercules Athletic Club, in whose gymnasium he la taking his exercise. Joe will. It is say. report for the task fit and willing, while Boden. hia pros pec lire opponent, will lack nothing In point of condition.

Mike past ex perience WllB unoynsai nmm pnv SL.w ntnet attention to business and he Is doing So. Ha takes long walks ova ry day. rets a good rub dowa and thee wrestles, uses the dumbbells, punches the ball and boxes. His wind has improved greatly, hs says, and he is sure he will be there wnen taa iuni iwaov. nnn Davitfe received aa offer of a 11,000 ure for a ten-round contest between Choynskf and Peter liaher.

to take place la Boston, which he was foraed to decline, aa Joe has two important en. gagsmenta ahead. Plasa Bowling Club's- Challenge. It looks as if bowling le to be very popular this winter, especially oa the North Side. Clubs are forming la all the alleys, and the old clubs are practicing for coming events.

They have formed aelnbat the Plaza Bowling Alley and have issued a challenge to any club ia the- State. Several clubs are making arraogemeute te accept the challenge. Some exciting games may be xneoton. The aiieva are maoe of siave. which require less speed.

This may aooount for tne sign scores taat ciud is mssing ra praoii nmna. The nlnn ia 11 line to bowl half of any contest oa any alley of regulation length aad for any amount from up, parting Nates. A match game ef balk -Hue bOHards betweea M- Caa field aad A. at. Clarke will be played Wednesday aigat at.

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