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!trg flaindcalrr I. HittYKt. IO>i nt ftiMlstor. ILLINOIS. K: REWB CONDENSED. TUB r.AHT. Mis* CONSTANCE OSBOURNK, an aspir- falK actress, horsewhipped Charles Bom* bam, the manager of the Star Theater in New York. She spent $695 in making her debut, received in return $66, and at­ tributed her failure to Burnham The •ehooner A. W. Thompson was ran down by the steamer Idlewild in Long Island •ound. Three of (he crew were lost W. E. Lawton, the New York absconder, has not been heard from. His confidential clerk, however, has followed him, and Upon opening his safe it was found thai Lawton had not left a dollar that could be Viced in the settlement of his personal affairs... .Representative citizens of Buffa­ lo, in view of the obstructions offered to firemen by telegraph wires in front of the Richmond Hotel, held a meeting and passed resolutions requesting the telephone company to move its cables immediately. THE success of a wonderful surgical Operation, performed in New Bedford, Mass., nearly a year ago, has just been demonstrated. Seventeen years ago Ed­ ward K. Russell met with an accident in Which the tendons in one of his legs were •evered, rendering the limb useless. Twelve months apo two tendons of a dog Were transferred to Russell's leg and united With the severed tendons. For ten months after the operation Russell was not allowed to nse his leg, but within a few days he has been permitted to exercise it. He has now resumed bis work, and has complete con- trol of the limb. This is the first time that this operation has been performed in this conn try, though it has been previously at­ tempted with only partial success. : ELIZA WEATHEKSBY GOODWIN, wife of Die noted comedian, N. C. Goodwin, died •t New York from the effects of a surgical operation. She had been ill for three wears, much of the time confined to her oed, and for several months part she had been failing. _ THE WEST. PAMICULAKS of a horrible disaster are I telegraphed from Hurley, Wis. A board­ ing-house belonging to the Colby Iron- Vining Company, at Bessemer, Mich., was destroyed by fire, and twelve of the com­ pany's employes perished in the flames. A number of others were seriously injured. The following is a list of the killed: John Button, John Lyons, Max Privedell, Simon Bin, Henry Saam, T. Brassa, William Williams, John Baal, John Garvy, James Ryan. A man whose first name is Ole and ft man no part of whose name is known were also burned to death. At the time of the tire the bouse was occupied fcytwsnty-on 3 miners, the boarding boss and Wife, and two woman servants. The occupants ef the building were all asleep, audit is not known exactly how the fire originated. It is •apposed. however, that the tire started in the Si tune-room on the first floor. The flames SJmad so rapidly that it was impossible Jo give any alarm to the occupants o£ the ibbou abovfl. There were twremj'-oLS Euners 6B the second floor, and those who escaped Bay Out when they awoke the whole house was one SUHl of flame. A number of the men who hap­ pened to awake made their escape by jumping Iran the windows. Several persons who thus escaped had limbs broken. The victims are Many all single men and Btrangers, and it is not known where their homes are. With a few exceptions they are foreigners, having on y recently come to this country. When the eharrea bodies were removed from the debris of the burned building it was impossible to iden­ tify them, so badly were thev burned. A CORONER'S jury exonerated every one connected with the Bessemer (Mich.) boarding-house, by the burning of which twelve human lives were sacrificed. Frank ; Miller, the manager, was the only one of llie persons who escaped from the building that was examined. He ex­ plained the arrangements of rooms, Stoves, lamps, etc. A tire was kept in ttie front sitting-room until after mid­ night, when he retired. Two boarders had fast come in, and were preparing to retire. Both of them were drunk. One of them was a newcomer, who perished. Mr. Miller bad no notion how the fire originated, but thought that it started in the front part of the building, as his room in the back of the building was the last to be entered by the flames. He thought that those who per- ' tsbed must have been suffocated in their beds. They could have escaped through (he windows. THE investigating committee of the Board of Supervisors of LaSalle County, Illinois, reported that the accounts of for­ mer county officers were short about $38,000. The ex-Probate Clerk is charged With altering his books; and a note for $10,000, which the ex-Treasurer received, Is not on tine records. THE SOUTH. $BS Governor of Louisiana has offered a reward for the conviction of persons im­ plicated in outrages recently committed in the parish of West Carroll against Polish "Jews, with the view of driving them out of the community. . A HEAVY frost in Mississippi severely , ilamtkged fruit trees, tomatoes, and straw­ berries. A FBEIGHT tiain on the Norfolk and Western Road went through Otter River Bridge, nine miles from Liberty, Va. The bridge was in process of repair, and- eight ©r nine workmen were killed. Several others were wounded. The engine and several cars crossed the bridge safely before it gave way. WASHINGTON. which was suspended by Congress within thirty days, it having been learned that the Supreme Court had decided against the claimants, and that under the law govern­ ing grants only 2,500 acres could be grant­ ed. The matter was then again brought before the Land Office, the claimants al­ leging that the act was in the nature of a contract, which could not be annulled by Congress. The question will probably be taken to the Supreme Court. THE President has appointed Oscar S. Straus, of New York, td be Envoy Extraor­ dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Turkey; Harold Marsh Sewall, of Maine, Consul General at Apia, and N. J. George, of Tennessee, Consul at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Jacob F. Grove has been appointed Postmaster at Burn- side, 111., and Thomas B. Buskirk, of In­ diana, has been appointed Special Internal Revenue Agent. J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, is mentioned for a place on the Pacific Railway Commission. POUTICliX ̂'• . ' A BIT of political gossip Washington to the effect that Secretary Whitney is in the field as a caddidate for Governor of New York....E. B. Sellers has been appointed United States District Attorney for Indiana, to succeed Mr. Turpie. THE Democrats of Chicago have nomin­ ated Carter H. Harrison' for Mayor, John H. McAvoy for Treasurer, C. F. M. Allen for Attorney, and Henry Stuckert for Clerk. SENATOR SHERMAN, cn the invitation of the Republican members of the Legisla­ ture of Tennessee, delivered a political ad­ dress at Nashville... .The State officers of Indiana rejected a proposition by a New York house to loan $300,(WO at 2i per cent. ... .The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill prohibiting municipal subscriptions to rail­ road 6tockB.... The Democrats of Cincin­ nati have made the following nominations: For Mayor, Isaac B. Matson; Judge of the Superior Court, J. R. Saylor; Judge of the Police Court, J. W. Fitzgerald; C|jty Treasurer, Valentine Nicholas; City Solic­ itor, Alfred M. Cohen. THE President has appointed the follow­ ing Interstate Commissioners: Thomas M. Cooley of Michigan, for the term of six years; Willian^R. Morrison of Illinois, for the term of five years; Augustus Schoon- maker of New York, for the term of four years; Aldace F. Walker of Vermont, for the term of three years; Walter L. Bragg of Alabama, for the term of two years. Cooley and Walker are Repub­ licans, the others are Democrats.... The President has appointed the following Collectors of Internal Revenue: Whitfield Walker, for the District of Florida; Dud­ ley W. Stewart, for the Second District of Iowa. Also these Postmasters. Illinois- John McNamee, Bement; James Keagy, Cambridge; W. J. Furlong, Rochelle. Ohio--James W. Kerr, Washington Court House., Wisconsin--Wm. M. Underbill, Oconto. Minnesota--D. K. Htacv, Albert Lea; Christian Johnson, Austin; Frank E. Newell, Morris John McCarthy, Stillwater. Iowa--Wm. C. Swigart, Maquoketa.. . A Washington telegram says: "Represen­ tative Townshend says he expects an extra session of Congress to be called in Octo- ber. He does not think there is any need for Congress to meet before then, but there are many reasons why it should meet at that time. The deficiencv bill and the llw and harbor bill, he thinks, will need (O be acted on before Congress meets in December, and besides that it is important tbat the House should be organized and prepared for work soon enough to get through with the business before political discussions begin to take up the time." THE Commissioner of the General Land Office has rejected the application of the beirs of John E. Bouligny for the issue of ppfcc land scrip to the extent of 70,000 acres. This claim dates from the year ITU, and is has d upon an alleged grant ^ w.lpi Government qf France covering a portion of the then French colony of Lou- The Land Office decided against tbetiaim in l(s38, but in 1868 the heirs , mooeeded in securing the passage 4 «f an act by Congress affirming their title, IXDI STBIAL NOTES. THE brick-makers of the Star Fire-brick Works, at Pittsburgh, have been granted an advance in wages ranging from 15 to 25 per cent. THE nail factory, plate mill, and cooper shop of the Bay View (Wis.) iron works will, it is reported, be closed for an indefi­ nite period. A CHICAGO dispatch says that "John Jarrett of Pittsburg, William H. Muldoon of District Assembly No. 57, Mr. O. W. Potter of the North Chicago rolling mills, and Alderman O. D. Wetherell, who acted as umpire, were in session for the last fow days and agreed upon a new scale of wages demanded by the men. The wages of the men were advanced about "J per cent. The company will pay them for time and a half while engaged in certain lines of work dan­ gerous to their health, and will engbge ex­ tra men to relieve those who desire not to work Sundays. The agreement has effect in the mills at Irondale, South Chicago, North Chicago, Bridgeport, Joliet, Ham­ mond, and Milwaukee, and dates from January 1." AT a meeting of wrought iron pipe man­ ufacturers at Pittsburgh, last year's prices were reaffirmed. Business reported as in a favorable condition. WOEK on a new iron mine near Mar­ quette, Mich., has begun, and great results are anticipated The Pittsburgh master Cainters refuse to sign the 6cale presented y the journeymen or to recognize the union men as a body of Knights of Labor. GENERAL. IT is stated that fully $500,000 has al­ ready bqen pat up on the great ocean yacht race, with the Dauntless as the fa­ vorite. ... Sir Alexander Campbell has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, vice the Hon. John B. Robinson, whose term has expired. IN connection with the difficulty between Lawrence Barrett and the American Ex­ change in Europe, the actor has instructed his counsel. Col. Ingersoll, to commence suit for $50,000 for malicious prosecution against the President of the Exchange, the Hon. James R. Hawley, and its Directors and General Manager. \ THE RAILWAYS. PRESIDENT ADAMS,of the Union Pacific Railroad, in his address before the Boston Commercial Club, approved the provision of the interstate commerce law prohibit­ ing free passes and the long and short haul clause, but condemned the non-pooling clause. A DISPATCH from St. Louis asserts that a contract has been signed for the construc­ tion of the Missouri Central Road between St. Louis and Kansas City; but not even the names of the contractors are given. THE President of the Ohio and Missis­ sippi Road Btates that only its interstate passes have been called in Robert Gar­ rett has informed the Mayor of Baltimore that the details of the mammoth railroad deal will soon be given to the public. THE pass agent of the Wisconsin Cen­ tral Railroad has given notice that mem­ bers of the Wisconsin Legislature will be asked to return their passes, but that the company will issue free transportation to the members and elective Stale officers. It •8 said that the St. Paul, Northwestern, Omaha, Lake Shore, Milwaukee and North­ ern, and Wisconsin Central have entered into an agreement not to issue any more Easses....The lease of the Passumpsic load by the Boston and Lowell makes Boston the seaport terminus of the Canadian Pacific system, and gives to the Boston and Maine Road con­ trol of two thousand miles of track.... The new freight tariff from Pittsburg to Chicago shows a reduction of l\ cents per hundred pounds in first-class rates, and 2J cents iu three other classes. Coal rates are unchanged The sale of the New York, Rutland and Montreal Railway, to 1;** $350,000 in certificates issued by receiver, has been ordered lift the jority of 1,400. He would scarcely head the poll were there a contest How..,. The Pope is stated to be fairly oontsnt with the result of his recent intervention with Germany, but the Roman Cardinals, es­ pecially Czaki and his friends, still fear that the Vatican is putting too much trust in Bismarok... .Father Keller was Satur­ day driven to Court in Dublin in the car­ riage of the Lord Mayor. On refusing to give testimony as to his custody of money for tenants, he was committed to prison for contempt... .The French Cabinet has de­ cided to raise the sum of 119,000,000 francs to balance the ordinary expense. A SQUAD of police at Tralee, Ireland, fired upon a band of moonlighters, killing one of them.... A controversy at Tunis in regard to burials led all the Hebrew mer­ chants to close their shops, and the city has been placed under military protection.- GERMANY has refused to participate in the Paris International Exhibition of 1889. French^texperiments with the "self- steering torpedo" have resulted in failure. Advices from China say that over 300 tramps appeared in the village of Hsia- Shib-Chen and greatly irritated the inhab­ itants. who inveigled them into the temple, and during the night set fire to it. Only forty of the tramps escaped, the remainder being burned to death... .Eighty-five men were entombed by an explosion in a collery near Sydney, New South Wale^ • ADDITIONAL NEW& 1 FIVE fine steamships are under construc­ tion in the ship-yards at Detroit and vicin­ ity. .. .Mrs. Joseph Matteson, of New York Mills, Minn., murdered her infant daugh­ ter and then committed suicide The Court House at Yorkville, 111., was burned, but the records were saved.... Constable Pierce, at Des Moines, refuses to surrender to the United States Marshal, on Federal writs of replevin, the liquors seized in the drug store of Hurlbut, Hess & Co. Some person unknown bought a draft for $1,995 at St. Joseph, Mo., and forward­ ed it to the Secretary of the Treasury to be placed to the credit of an unknown debtor. Jackson Marion, who killed John Cameron fifteen years ago, was hanged at Beatrice, Neb. He addressed the spec­ tator* in a firm voice, and exhibit­ ed unusual firmnesB on the scaffold.... Thomas H. Harding was hanged at Dillon, M. T., for the muider of William Fergu­ son, a young stage-driver, while driving his stage from Melrose to Glendale, May 29, 1886... .A freight train ran into a standing passenger train on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne <fc Chicago Railroad, near Leetonia, Ohio, telescoping two cars. The engineer of the passenger train was killed, and several other persons were injured. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FAIRCHILD of the Grand Army of the Republic has issued a general order appointing the Grant Mem­ orial Committee, which consists of one member for each department. A HITCH has occurred between the Sec­ retary of War and tho Lieutenant General over some of the appointments of the regi­ mental staff, the Secretaiy having inti­ mated that Gen. Sheridan exceeded his authority. AT a meeting of the coal managers in New York it was decided to restrict the pro­ duction of anthracite for the ̂ month of April to 2,250°,000 tons. SAN ANTONIO (Texas) Bpecial: "Reliable, reports from the grazing districts of the Rio Grande show that the winter just clos­ ing was very severe on sheep. Owing to the long drought last fall the grass was very scarce, and many thousand sheep per­ ished from starvation. One firm alone i3 reported to have lost 30,000 Lead. Good rams have recently fallen along the Rio Grande."... .Amos Johnson, colored, aged 40, was hanged at Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, for assaulting a white child only 8 years old, who had been left in his obarge by her parents. He con­ fessed, and made a long harangue from the scaffold. -Fully fifteen hundred peo­ ple, mostly colored, witnessed the execu-. tion. ARGUMENTS in a case involving $15,- 000,000, which is virtually a contest of the will of Francis Palms, were begun last week at Detroit. The special point involved is a clause which, it is alleged, violates the statute of perpetuity. A bill has been introduced in the New York Assembly to charter an aqueduct company, with a capital of $60,000,000, to furnish water from the Adirondack region to the Hudson River valley and New York city. THE Grand Jury at Chicago on Satur­ day returned indictments against the fol­ lowing persons for malfeasance in office anoi conspiracy to defraud the county: Daniel J. Wren, County Commissioner; Adam Ochs, ex-County Commissioner, Chairman of the board in 1884-'85; John E. Van Pelt, ex-County Commissioner; Harry Varnell, Warden of the Insane Asy­ lum; William J. McGarigle, Warden of the County Hospital; Charles Frey, Warden of the Infirmary; Elisha A. Robinson, grocer, furnisher of county supplies. The parties were arrested and gave bail. THAT charming and popular little actress, MiBB Annie Pixley, appears at McVicker's Theater, Chicago, this week, in her old favorite character "M'liss" and in her new and successful plav, "The Deacon's Daugh­ ter." THE birthday presents received by Em­ peror William are sufficient to fill Jive furniture vans....The Bulgarian Prime Minister is making a tour of the country openly advocating independence. t A CAUSE CELEBRIS. Th» Mordent, tt Bar. Sr. Hridook for Trlal| Sioux City. 4 Jury Consisting Chiefly of Farm- -Formidable Array of Counsel ers- tsfajtrct CITY correspondence.! ON a dark and rainy night, in the month of August, I80G, Rev. George C. Haddock, a minister of the Methodist Church and a stalwart Prohibitionist, was assassinated in one of Sioux City's public streets. The murder created a profound sensation in the community. There was universal con­ demnation of the deed, and an almost pas- THE MARKETS. NiiW YOLIK. BEEVES $4.50 @6.00 HOGS 5.75 @ 6.35 WHEAT--No. 1 White 90 .91K No. 2 Bed 90 & .91 COBN--No 2 48 (<£ .50 OATS-White .88 & .42 POBX--New Men M.25 (GLO.75 CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers S.21 5.75 by Judge Wallace, of Syracuse.... The Secretary of the Merchants and Manu­ facturers' Association of Chicago has mailed a letter to the General Managers of twenty-six different railroads asking if it were the railroad managers' ultimatum that the price of commercial travelers' 1,000- mile tickets be fixed at $25 instead of $20, as at present, and that free baggage be lim­ ited to 150 pounds on each ticket. Secre­ tary H. W. k. Cutter says if an amicable set­ tlement cannot be reached there will be a bitter fight. FOKE1GM. THE Czar is now regarded as holding the key to the peace or ruin of Europe, and there are very grave fears tbat he may pre­ cipitate war, if for no other purpose than distracting attention from the anarchical condition of Russia. The only considera­ tion that makes a European peace more probable than a week ago is the fact that Italy has signed the treaty with Germany and Austria. It is stated to be now Bis­ marck's leading maneuver to induce Eng­ land to join this alliance too W. S. Caine, Mr. Chamberlain's principal lieutenant, who was once a member of a Gladstone Ministry, was hooted, egged, and black-balled a fe* days ago in his con­ stituency at Barrow-un-Furness for his persistent opposition (4> Mr. Gladstone. The incident is said to have creat d con­ sternation among the Liberal-Unionists. The ringleaders of the riotng party were formerly stanch supporters or Mr. Caine, when he was elected by a ma- Good Shipping... 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Contributions came in from every di­ rection and a handsome sum was thus pro­ vided for her, and smaller sums were sent to aid in closing the saloons and discover­ ing the murderers. The day of the mur­ der Gov. Larrabee offered a reward of $500, the limit allowed by law, for the ap­ prehension of the guilty parties. The City Council also ottered a reward. Later the MetLodist ministers offered a reward of $1,000. On the day following th6 murder the Coroner's inquest began taking evidence, and after two days «the evidence showing the fact that valuable clews were likely to be developed, the investigation was made' secret. The investigation covered a long period of time, there being extended adjournments. Circumstances were developed which fastened serious sus- Eicion on one Harry L. Leavitf, who had ept a low variety show in Sioux City. Suspicion was also fastened upon several others with whom h y been intimately assoc g was there was nosatig V itt and other suspecte /- fore the Coroner's jui |ij tell in which they < M part in the crime. But before the Core f it was noticed that i whom suspicion point g pear from the among those wl % was finally arret and confessed all he with the tragedy. Arensdorf, a member ing Company, as the >. 'ito have .trouble Leav- %&• be- ^ies to . ffedge or iT^ourned;; |M| toward "•"I "^disap- was 1 '."f He ' #aicag°, , %-iection - kr JOHN ARE *=; G. Clarke, Judge 3. N. Weaver, and Geo. W« Kellogg. The prosecution is represented by County Attorney 8. M. Marsh, M. D. O'Connell, of Fort Dodge, ex-United Srates District Attorney; Hon. T. P. Murphy, United States District Attorney; and the well- known law firm of Hubbard, Spalding « Taylor. v ^ The jury, in the selection of which onlv one day was consumed, consists of John O Connor, a fanner, of Morgan Township; Tnomas Crille.v, a farmer, of Morgan Township; C. C. Bartlett, a farmer, of Little Sioux Township; John Maddeny a inrmer, of Miller Township; Dennis Mur­ phy, a farmer, ot Kedron Township; C. G. Gross, a merchant, of Correctionville; Thomas Frazier, a farmer, of Rutland Township; W. P. Pennell, a farmer, of Concord Township; David Keiffer, a farmer, of Floyd Township; E. Webster, a farmer, of Woodbury Township; John D. O < °nnell, a farmer, of Liberty Township, .and John Adair, a railroad grader, of Sioux '.City. ; Mr* H. J. Taylor presented the case for the State and Mr. G. W. Argo presented the case for the defense. Mr. Taylor, after Jreadinsf the indictment, recited the story of the crime in a delicate and somewhat la­ bored manner. Mr. Taylor laid the founda­ tion of the motive for the murder in the exciting incidents of the injunction suits against the Sioux City liquor dealers. The ifv.ev" ^e?rK® Haddock's participation in jthese suits and his advocacy of temperance .were shown to have incited the enmity of certain men, among whom was John Arens­ dorf. Mr. Taylor grew ruggedly eloquent as he neared the climax. In few words he out­ lined the plan of the State in its proof of the murder. He described the assembling ot the alleged conspirators at Junk's saloon, the watching for Haddock's return from his temperance mission to Greenville, the ar­ rival of the minister at Merr.ll's stable after leaving Mr. Turner at his home in the western part of the city, and the wtartiwg Of Haddock for his own home. Then came the deed of blood. Had- <Jtt$r? £ifter once retnrning to (he stable JUDGE XdEWXSg door to tbat mob wfsc tying in wait for him," started to cross Water street, di­ rectly in the face of the band on the corner of Fourth and Water streets. A man stepped firmly forward, passed the victim, then turned and fired the deadly shot. This man, Mr. Taylor declared the State was ready to prove, was none other than John Arensdorf. "And the blood then shed on our city's streets," said he, "now cries for justice at your hands." Mr. Argo entered a general denial of the State's charge, and introduced the defend­ ant to the jury in a brief biographical sketch. John Arensdorf was born in Bel­ gium in 1851. His parents were farmers. At fourteen years of age he Was appren­ ticed to a brewer. In 1871 he came to America and has been employed as a brewer since that time. He has resided in Sioux City for nearly ten years. Mr. Argo showed that the defense pro­ posed to rely upon proving an alibi, and upon the general good character of the de- fendent. The counsel devoted consider­ able time to an arraignment of Harry Leavitt, who, he said, was the chief witness for the State. It was for the prosecution to prove the guilt of Arensdorf. But the deiense would unquestionably demonstrate that he not only knew nothing of the mur­ der, but that he had, on the night of the shooting, actually saved a temperance work­ er from assault. SHEET. ....... 5.00 3 5.50 fatal shot, and decla: present at the murder; brewery driver, sta: elbow; Fred Mttnchrai Paul Leader, Harry S and two other Ge Leader, Munchrath instantly arrested, sworn out for the oth< disappeared. Albert rested in Californ Grande in Kansas and patient investigat' returned two indict] nine defendants abc them jointly with mu At the January term neys for Arensdorf de be fi»t put on trial, an for trial. The prosecu l ight to say which defi tried, and asked that signed for trial. The the 21st of March. So date the ^tefense insists tion should elect whicl should b^ first tried, 1: replied electing J principal/defendant, on the charge of murd court sojordered, and 23d of March. r * J THE On Wednesday, the^.J fore Judge Lewis, be, Arensdorf for the m Haddock, and at th progress. Able counsel rep: the side of the def< O. C. Tredway, Judge, W. Argo, of Le Mars: Logan's First Election a* Senator. It was just about sixteen years ago that I first met Logan, and the occa-. sion was characteristic of him. I was managing editor of the Chicago Even­ ing Poxt and was in full charge, the editor-in-chief being in Europe. One morning Oen. Logan came in, inquired me out, walked up to my desk and introduced himself. Seating him­ self, he said, "I've come down to give you an item." "Yes?" I answered, with the slight rising reflection which denotes the in­ quisitive mind, "what can you do for us?" I can give you a point. You want to be on the winning side, don't you?" I rather resented this, and told him we not only wanted to be, but expected to be, and usually were, as a matter of fact. "Very well," he said, twirling his hat on his hand, "I just dropped in to tell you that I am going to be the next Sen­ ator from Illinois." I was astonished. Dick Yates, the incumbent, was believed to be sure of succeeding himself, and I had hard- lv heard Logan's name mentioned for tlie place. Oglesbv was for Yates, the Journal was for Yates, the Tribune was for Yates, and Yates was the mani­ fest destiny of the State. It was two or three minutes before I recovered my breath, for I thought my visitor was perhaps not Logan at all, but an impostor, using his name to guy me. But lie seemed to correspond with Black Jack's tawny pictures and long-haired reputation. "Want to announce it?^ he asked. "I am certainly goiug to win. No Chi; cago paper lias mentioned it. Perhaps - -- ro always treated tell* tion. "Logan's all right," ho said. "He is on the right track. I guess he is going and wrote an formal I got a short All right. I tee you got the uews." I went down to Springfield and wit­ nessed his canvass. It was unique. His headquarters were in one suite of rooms ' and those of his energetic and spirited wife were at the other end of the hall. She had a bevy of handsome and ac­ complished girls to help her. The rooms were crowded till late at night. Mrs. Logan was moro than an agreea­ ble entertainer; she was a politician. She know the politics of different counties and towns and who the infiu- -ntial men were in different localities; ^f^.id she seemed to understand the : "atus of a visitor intuitively. It was a iort, sharp campaign, and Logan waa cted.-- Washington Post, ppari ARBITEBS OF RATES. Th« Interstate Commerce Com- (ion Finally Named by the President. Judge Thomas K. Cooley, of Michigan, Head! the List for the Loag> est Term. CeL Wm. R. Morrison and Xessrs. Bchoonmaker, Walker, aH|. Bragg the Others. rWaahlngtpn special.] The President has appointed the follow­ ing Interstate Commissioners: Thomas M. Cooley of Michigan, tor Che term of six years. - : William H. Morrison of Illinois, for the term of five years. Augustus Scboonmaker of New York, for (he term of four years. Aldace F. Walker of Vermont, for the term of three years. Walter L. Bragg of Alabama, for the term of two years. Temporary quarters for the Commission will be found by the Secretary of the In­ terior before the end of the next week. It is likely these will be in the new Pension Building. The Commission has for its use from now until July 1, 1888, a little more than fifteen months, $100,000. If the sal­ aries of its members are to come out of this nearly half the sum will be gone, and the remainder wilknot go far toward cover­ ing the necessary expenses. But the ap­ propriation is available at once and the Commission will have money enough to 6tart with. If the sum set aside is not enough it will at least last until December, when Congress will be in session. > * Sketches of the Men, Thpmas M. Cooley was born in Attica, N. Y., in 1824, and removed to Michigan in 1843, where he has since resided. In 1857 he was elected compiler of the State laws, and in 1858 he was chosen reporter of the Supreme Court. In 1859 he was appointed commissioner to organize the law department of the University of Michi­ gan, and he has ever since been connected with it. He served three terms in the Su- Ereme Court, but was defeated in 1885. He 1 the author of numerous standard legal works and holds high rank as a jurist. He was appointed last December by Judge Gresham as reoeiver of the Wabash Bail- road. William E. Morrison, of Waterloo, 111., waB born in Monroe County, Illinois, Sept. 14, 1825. He was educated at the common schools and at McKendree College, Illinois. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was made Clerk of the Circuit Court, and for four terms was a member or and for one term Speaker of the Illinois House of Eepresentatives. He was elected to the Thirty-eighth, Foity-third, Forty- fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty- seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses as a Democrat. In the contest for the United States Senatorship in the Illinois Legislature in 1885 he was one of the favorites of the Democratic members, and all through that memorable contest, which resulted in Logan being returned, Morrison held the sympathies of his fol­ lowers. In the last Congressional cam­ paign he was defeated by the Hon. Jehu Baker. * Aldace F. Walker is about 44 years old, and is a Republican in politics. He stud­ ied law with Senator Edmunds. He served as a Colonel in the Union army, and since the war has practiced law at Rutland. In the Yermoiit Senate he has taken a leading part in framing legislation to solve the rail­ way problem, and has given much study to the question. Walter L. Bragg was borigin Alabama in 1838. He is a graduate of Harvard Uni­ versity and Cambridge Law School, and practiced law in Alabama for some years. At the close of the war he settled in Ala­ bama, and was for some years the law part­ ner of General Morgan. He has been a leading Democrat in that State for some years, and has served as national delegate, Presidential elector, and member of the Democratic National Committee. In 1881 he was made President of the Alabama State Bailroad Commission, and served in that position four years, during which time many important questions arising between the railroads and their customers were sat­ isfactorily adjusted. August Schoonmaker, of Kingston, N. Y., was born in Rochester, in that State, in March, 1'828. He studied law and has practiced it ever since. From 1851 to 1870 he was a member of school boards and a County Judge. In 1875 he was elected to the State Senate as a Democrat. In 1877 he was nominated by the Democratic con­ vention for Attorney General, and was elected by a plurality of over 11,000. In 1879 he was nominated for Attorney Gen­ eral, but was defeated. In 1871 he was the Democratic nominee for Judge of the Court of Appeals, but was defeated. In 1886 he was presented by the anti-Tammany dele- fition from New York in the Democratic tate Convention as their candidate for Governor, and was a delegate to the Dem­ ocratic National Conventions in 1876 and 1880, and also to the Chicago convention in 1884. ' FOUR-SCORE AND TEN. Celebration of Kaiser William's Birth­ day--Berlin in Holiday At- F tire. Grand Demonstrations in the German Oapital--Processions, Salutes, and Banquets. [Cable dispatch from Berlin.1 The 90th anniversary of Emperor Will­ iam's birthday was ushered in Tuesday, March 22, by the pealing of bells and the sounding of a choral. Early in the day special religious services were held in all the churches, which were attended by the children from all the schools in the city, who marched to the churches in procession, headed by bands of music. The city is decorated as it never was before, flags and drapery being hung from every building. The monument of Frederick the Great was covered with wreaths and flowers. Wherever there was a bust or statue of the Emperor in a shop window or other ex­ posed place it was buried in flowers. The streets were thronged with people in holi­ day attire from an early hour. The students' procession, on horseback and in carriages, was a grand affair. Pass­ ing the pulace the bands played the na­ tional anthem, "Preussenlied," and "Wacht am Rhein," the students all sing­ ing to the muBic. The Emperor appeared at the window as tha procession was mov­ ing past and bowed, remaining there a con­ siderable time. The municipal procession was preceded by heralds and marshals bearing the town banner, the whole body of tbe evangelical clergy, the chief civil and military authori­ ties, representatives of German science, art, and commerce, the directors of the gymnasia, and tl>e burgesses ami commu­ nal officers--in all over two thousand per­ sons. The procession was accompanied by several bands, which pWyed marches alter­ nately with chorals by trumpeters. The procession went in state from the town nail to attend the commemoration religious service in the Church of St. Nicholas. The clergymen were all full robed, and tbe of­ ficials wore their uniforms and regalia. Wh n the procession entered the church tiie organ played a prelude. This was fol­ lowed by the singing of the "Salvum fac liegem" and the chanting of the Ambro- sian hymn. The festival sermon was preached by Provost Bruechner. At noon a royal salute of 101 guns was fired from the Koenigsplatz. Prince Bis­ marck and Marshal von Moltke went to pay their eonenbdatftms to the at 1 o'clock* Their were enthusiastically cheered all along toe route of their way tft and from the palace. The illuminations at night throughout' the city wen superb. Emperor Wfluam conferred the deoonil| of the grand cross of the Red Eagle upoir Ministers von Puttkamer, Lucius, and vofi Boetticher; the grand cress of the Heheu* rollem family order upon Ministers voir Gossler, von Scholz, and von Scheellenl dorf, and General Albedyll; the first clasf of the Bed Eagle upon General vo§ Caprivi and Count Nesselrode, and the star of the Red Eagle of the second clasa upon Count Herbert Bismarck. Geneiap Katze was appointed Grand Huntsman^ and Count Pueckler Chief Cupbearer. Among the presents received by the Emir' peror were an exact duplicate of the Gen. . eral'B sash worn by Frederick the Grea^ from the Empress; "Grandpapa's Births k day," a terra-cotta group by Eugene Blot from Paris; besides floral tributes from all parts of Germany and from England. > The day was celebrated with similar an^ equal enthusiasm in all the towns of thp^ empire. Banquets, thanksgiving service^: - receptions, etc., were held at all the capi-. tals of Europe in honor of the venerable monarch. • < A HORRIBLE CONFESSION. ̂ Willie Sells Confesses that He His Mother, Brother, and Sister p with a Hatchet. A Whole Family in "Kansas Under Circumstances of Revo&' ing A'rooity. [Kansas City speclal.l , Willie Sell, the 16-year-old boy who was , convicted last July of murdering his father mother, brother and sister, near the tow&l' of Erie, Kas., has made a confession, ilE; which he says that his father, J. W. Sell, 1^ well-to-do farmer, was killed by his broth!* v er, and that he (Willie) killed his brother tfc revenge his father, and afterward killed hiii mother and sister. The murders were comf^" mitted at night, and the first information o||s the tragedy was given by the murderer, wh#i awaked a neighbor and told him some maii* was hurting his father and mother. ThK1 bodies of the murdered people were fouu<g • in the farm-house, with their throat!,? cut from ear to ear and their heads cni8hed|f* A bloody hatchet and butcher-knife werti-k" found in a chair. Suspicion rested strong­ ly on the boy and he was arrested, tried, convicted, ana sentenced to be hanged. He is now in the penitentiary awaiting tho signing by the Governor of the death warrant. The boy's confession is as fol­ lows: "Mother and sister Ina had gone to bed. Father, Waty and I were still up, when the calves got out and came up ardfand the house. Waty sat at the table reading and father had just taken his coat and pants ofj^ to goto bed, and told Waty to go and put1 the calves up. He said: 'Let Willie do it. I won't go out now.' Father said that he should go, and Waty did not want to, and, * while they were talking, I went out and got the hatchet, which was sticking in a log of wood outside the door, and came back to see if Waty would go out with me. I go| the hatchet to nail up the calf-pen. Father and Waty were there quarreling, and ha<|lt become very mad. When I came in where they were, with the hatchet, Waty snatched it out of my hand and struck father several times, at last knock­ ing him down. When I saw what Waty had done I caught hold of the hatchet and jerked it out of bis hands, and, striking at Waty, hit him on the head and he fell down on the floor, and I supposed that killed him. Then mother, seeing what was 1 being done, jumped out of bed, screaming, and, before I thought what I was doing, I struck her. Ina, my sister, at that raised uo in bed and screamed, and I don't lmoi^l; why I did it, but I struck her with th4 hatchet and she fell back. They were alKf lying quiet. I took off all mv clothes ex-' cept my shirt and drawers, then pulled off Waty's pants, raised him up and carried him into the other room and put him into our bed. After that I went back and got the hatchet and pounded his head all to Eieces. I felt mad at Waty because he had illed father. I went to the cupboard and got the butcher-knife and cut Waty's head nearly off. Then I went back into the other room and sat down, and I did not know what to do. Then I thought that if any of them should come to life they would say I killed Waty. So I took the butcher-knife and cut their throats to make sure work of it. I then blew out the lamp and sat down for several hours, but at last could not stand it any longer and again lit the lamp, and, putting on my clothes, ran over to Mr. Mendall's and told him some one was at our house with a hatchet and had hurt pa and ma." There has always been a giteat diversity of opinion among the people as to whether Willie Sell committed the murder. On the trial there was no positive evidence, and the State utterly failed to find any motive for the crime. On the contrary, it was proven that Willie was an exceptionally good boy, and that he and his sister Ina were more than commonly fond of each other. The neighbors all swore to the boy's good disposition, and thai he was a favorite in the community, while his brother Waty, who ^as older than he, was not so generally liked. A MISCREANT'S BULLET. Dastardly Attempt to Assassinate Bep* resentative Bailey at Spring- fi)ld, IU A Poeket-Book Stops the Missile -Suspi­ cion Directed Against the Anarchists. fSpringfield (111.1 special.] A cold-blooded attempt to assussinate Representative George 8. Bailey, the United Labor member from East St. Louis, was made Tuesday evening. About 9 o'clock Mr. Bailey approached the door of his boarding-house, Mr. S. S. Elder's, on Capital avenue, near the Alton track. The, house has an ample yard, and nothing in­ tervenes between it and the railroad em­ bankment a few rods to the 'west, the rail­ road here crossing the avenue by a bridge. Mr. Bailey says he was facing his door when the discharge of a pistol sounded from the vacant lot, and he staggered into his house and to his anxious wife awaiting him in their front room, on the ground floor. Mr. Bailey was seen shortly after. _ but could furnish little speculation regarding the would-be mur­ derer or his motives. Mr. Bailey's escape was not of an uncommon kind, but his life-preserver was certainly effectual. When he reached his room, uncertain if shot or not, search was made for any trace of the ball, th* shock of which he had felt as it struck his person. Through a heavy coat it had penetrated, then through his Prince Albert, and through a pamphlet or two, and quite through one of the leather- bound books of rules carried by the mem­ bers, finally pending itself against the cover of a still thicker memorandum book. The entire package rested three or four inches below his heart, and in it was found the 32-ball. It will be remembered that Mr. Bailey and Mr. Karlowski, the latter also a Labor party member of the House, signed a reso­ lution reading Senator Burke and Repre- senl ative liohrbach out of the Labor party last week foi attending the funeral of An­ archist Neebe's wife. It is said that let­ ters have been received in this city, saying that these "traitors" would be dealt with in some way soon. Mr. Bailey refuses to say what his, theory of the attempted assassination is, but admits tbat he has one. He says he" did not see the assailant. He only saw the flash of the discharge. The poiice have not yet struck any trail of the man.