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AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS. JHlBRESTHtO ITEMf GATHERED VRQS VARIOl'S SjQf HCjES. - w"*t ^Pr Sdcliborn Are Ttning--Matter* ;; 8f General aud Local Interest -- Mur- %•: IMIL Dtathi--AOCMMU a lid CHUM ! * *•-fPersonal Pointers. r ' --The Thirty-third Be?imsnt of IJli- iwis Volunteers, vhich wh orginlzed bv Students of the Illinois Noriual School •and known as "The Normal Iiegiment," held a two-days' leopion at Blooming- ton last week. Members of the Eleventh Wisconsin and Eighth and Eighteenth Indiana Regiments, with, which it was brigaded, were present as invited gaests. GOT.' Fifer, who served in the Thirty- third Regiment as a private, addressed the veterans and was warmly received. The Governor's young son, Herman, played a violin solo, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Fifer. Gen. I. H. Elliott, formerly Adjutant General of Illinois, delivered an address, and his wife, who is the daughter of Owen Love- joy, read a paper. : .yj.--At Peoria fire destroyed St. Paul's "Episcopal Church, 4 large frame building. ' The church was valued at &.0 003, on j irhich. there is a small insurance. --Henry Curtis, a wealthy Chicago lumber dealer, commenced in October, K87, to speculate on the Chicago Bo trd •of Trade through A. M. AVright & Co. and an employe named Bennett. At first Cm lis wis success u! and made some epcoureging profits, but in March, 1888, there was a considerable balance on the wrong side of his account. He declined to pay and A. M. Wright & Co. brought •nit. Mr. Curtis filed a bill in the Cir­ cuit Court to restrain A. M. Wright & Co. from prosecuting their suit, and the case was heard at length by Judge Tuley. The Chancellor decided that the court could not interfere with the case in any way , as the entire matter was based on a gambling transaction. The bill was dis­ missed and the original action stood. This coming up for trial a few days ago, Judge Barnum, who represents Curtis, took Judge Tuley's hint and pleaded the defense that the whole deal was a gam­ bling transaction, and therefore Wright & Co. could not collect. The defense is of great importance, as, if the jury and up per courts find the transaction was one of gambling, almost every deal on the Board of Trade will be in the same category It is not the old argument that options and puts end calls are gambling transac­ tions, but that every deal where margins only are placed comes under the head. --What is said to be the largest verdict ever recovered in the West in a case of . the same character has just been secured by Henry Bush against the Northern Pa cific Railroad Company in the United States Circuit Court at Chicago. The jury returned a verdict finding the North ern Pacific guilty and assessing Bush's damages at the Unprecedented sum of $40,000. Bush was a fireman employed by the Nprthern Pacific, and had charge of a "working" tiain between Hope and Sand Point, Idaho, in October, 1888. An extra freight train crashed into his con­ struction car, upBet it, and sent Bush roll ' . def^n a ravine. A large bowlder fell bn him and the escaping steam scalded him so badly that, with his other injuries, he became paral.vzed and has no use of his legs. In his argument* o the jury, Bush's attorney dwelt forcibly on the fact as brought out by the testimony that the company had employed an abandoned woman and two detectives who inveigled Bush into a room and then swore that he was able to walk. Three reputable phy­ sicians swore that he could not, and never would be able to, walk. When the nasty work of the railroad company was tdld from the witness-stand Judge Gresham used some very strong lan­ guage. The law reports show only one other case in this country in which a larger verdict against a railroad for per- aonal injuries was ever recovered. This was a veidict of $42,000, secured by Ben Butler in Boston, many years ago, against the Grand Trunk of Canada. --Jacksonville dispatch to Chicago < Herald: The stories put afloat about the Asylum for the blind--that the pupils are subjected to corporal punishment and poorly clothed and fed--are scouted by ! the people in charge of the institution. Superintendent Phillips says the charges made against the man gement are not worthy of notice. "I have nothing to conceal," he said. "Go among the pupi's yourself," he continued, "and tnlk to them piiv ttely. Nobody shall inter­ fere with you." Several of the boys were questioned in private, as suggested by the Superintendent, and all denied that they had been ill-used. Their clothes were well kept and the boys were all neat and comfortable. They Baid their food was good and palatable* That Mr. Hinchee is not the right man for the place he occupies is practically admitted. The boys say that in drilling he is quick­ tempered and sometimes strikes pupils without just cause. --At East St. Louis, the works of the Freeman Wire apd Iron Company, ex­ cept the warehouse filled with manufac­ tured stock, was burned. Loss, $100,- 000; insurance, $60,000. They will be re­ built at onoe. The company employs 200 bands. ' --Thirteen prisoners broke jail at Quincy the other night by sawing through the heavy bars. Tlie work was done by ; Daniels and Walpole, two safe crackers. One of those who escaped was being held for attempted murder. The others were pickpockets, burglars, and confidence men. Henry Fleer, who was baing held for an assault to do bodily injur)', escaped with the crowd, but, the weather being cold, dccided to return and give himself up to the Sheriff. The others are all at large. --At Peoria, fire which caught from a blast furnace destroyed the Vulcan Iron Works, owned by M. M. Aleenan. The plant consisted of a foundry, boiler-shop, and machine-shop, and was valued at $15,000. The loss- is fully covered by insurance. --Judge Jacob Foulke of Vandalia has presented to the State the sword used by Colonel James W. Borry, the first Adju­ tant General of the State, during bis term of office from 1835 to 1839. The sword was an elegant one in its day, will be treasured with other relics in IXwotiiliiO. •The Illinois tile-makers* convention Springfield adjourned to meet in that city on the third Tuesday in January, 1891. The new officers are: President, J. D. Spalding, of Gibson Citv; Vice President, William Hammerschinid, of Lombard; Treasurer, John McCabe, of Bushville; Secretary, G. C. Stall, of Lexington. --Morle^ai Hunt, of Saiem, a man widely knpwn in that section, was killed < while attempting to bourd a moving train. --Governor Fifer has issued a procla­ mation offering the usual $200 reward for the apprehension of Thomas Palmer, wbo murdered George Biipp, near Sumner, Lawrence County, Dec, 26, 1889. , --A negro farmer who has lived near Puloski for years is gradually turning white. Small white spots appeared on his face and have grown until tome of them are as large as a silver dollar and are still getting bigger. As his oiignal color was coal-black, the white spots give him a polka-dot appearance. --Gov. Fifer has issued his requisition upon the Governor of Iowa for the ex­ tradition of John Philip, wanted at Bloomington for burglary and larceny. Philip is about to be released from tUe Iowa Penitentiary at Anamosi. ' . ,--Peter G rant, is young coal-miner, shot and mortally wounded George Slane, another yoting coa!-miner, in .a saloon fight at Peoria. The shooting was the outgrowth of a family feud of long standing. --The Bailroad Commission complains that the railroad companies neglect to re­ port to it accidents upon their roads re­ sulting in loss of life or injury to per­ son, as required by law, aud it is under­ stood that the Commission will issue an official circular letter demanding the strictest observance br all the ra'lroads of the State of the exact provisions of the statutes governing this point. The statutes make it the duty of the General Superintendent or Manager of each rail­ road company in the State to inform the board of any 6uch accident immediately after its oocurrence. Every ra lroad com­ pany and every officer, agent, or employe of anv railroad company who shall will­ fully neglect to make and furnish any re­ port required in the act, at the time re­ quired, becomes liable to a line of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 for each offense, and for every subsequent ten days of the continuance of such re­ fusal or neglect. --Gov. Fifer has appointed Christian C. Kohlsaat Judge of the Probate Court of Cook County tasuecced th«. late Judge Knickerbocker. --In 1886 there were 6,065 practicing physicians in this State. The revised list which the State Board of Health has just prepared shows that there are n6w about 6,500. As the population of Illinois falls short of four millions it appears that there aie not over 680 men, women and ohildren to each medioine man, or that there are more doctors than there is any urgent need of, except during an influenza season, when the percentage of sickness is enormously increased. It also appears since 1886 the number of physicians in Cook County has increased over 500, while in sixty-one rural counties there has been a falling off of 170. I his is an­ other indication ihat, whila the popula­ tion of Chicago has increased with great rapidity, that of the country districts of Illinois has remained stationary or grown more healthy. The total number of doc­ tors in Cook County in 1886 was 1,370. Since then there has been a gain of near­ ly 40 per cent., which seems almost in­ credible. Medical men admit that the profession is increasing faster than is needed and would be glad if they could find some way to lessen the rush into their ranks, as they are now seeking to do in Germany. --The body ot Samuel Telford, who died at Eureka Springs, Aik., arrived at Salem and was buried by the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Telford was an ex-Sheriff of Marion County, and a brother of Ma'thew Telford, Bepublican member of thrf Legislature. --At Chicago Judge Jamieson has ap­ pointed a receiver to take eharge of the financial affairs of George P. Smith, a well-known horseman. This action was taken at the suit of Mary A. Lake, who obtained a judgment against Smith sev­ eral years ago in Denver, Colo., and an­ other in the Superior Court of Cook County in 188T, the judgments together amounting to $5,500. --Arthur Opalla, a young man who is charged with embezzling a large sum from a Chicago building and loan associ­ ation, has been held in default of $1,504 bail. --Mrs. Lesem, wife of the Hon. Isaac Lesem, died at Qaincy, agel 50. She leaves a husband and five children. She was very charitable and wealth enabled her to cany out her good work. --J. Drayton, one of the early settlers of Clinton County, died at Trenton, of apoplexy, aged nboat 70. He was to have served as pall-bearer at the funeral of John L. Hatris, another old eitizen of Trenton, but droppe I dead an hour be­ fore the funeral was held. --The men's department of D. L. Moo­ dy's Bible Institute, at 89 West Pearson street, Chicago, has been formally opened. The third annual convention of the Master Painters of Illinois was held at Bloomington. The following officers were elocted: Pres dent, II. H. S'ewart of Chicago; Vice President, John A. Bush of Peoria; Secretary, G. D. Green of Chicago; Treasurer, J. D. Peck of Peoria. Earnest Ziemann, a German uphol­ sterer of Chicago, is under arrest. He got on a drunken debauch, daring which he accidentally shot and killed his 6-year- old son, Max August. --Articles ot incorporation of the Jack­ sonville, Louisville, i nd St. Louis Bail- way Company, with capital stock of $1,- •500,000, and principal office at Jackson­ ville, have been filed in the office of the Secretary of State. It is proposed to contract, leaso, and operate a railroad from Jai ksoiville through the counties of Sangamon, Morgan, Macoupin, Bond, Clinton, and terminating at Centralis, Marion County. INGALLS AT HIS BEST. BOPLANGISTSEXPELLED A RAILROAD HORROR. KANSAS SENATOR - DISCUSSES THK NEGKO PROBLEM. But Shot for the South--It It Advised to Try Justice In It* Oealinj(> with the --Give the Black Man a Khow--It WIU Then He Known Whether or Not He Can Be t'iriliiml. [Washington Bpedal.J The Senate chamber was crowded Thursday afternoon to hear Senator In­ galls' speech on the But­ ler bil to provide for •he em'gration of col­ ored people from the South. Senator Ingalls began with a glowing eulogy of the Caucasian race, which, he said, was the most exclusive and in­ domitable in history, and which had alwavs SENATOR INGILLS. refused to assimilate with the two great human families--the Mongolian and African. Mr. Ingalls pro­ ceeded': On tbe threshold of our second century we are confronted with the most formidable" and portentous problem ever submitted to a free people for solution--complex, unprecedented, involving social, moral, and political considera­ tions, party supremacy. and in the estimation of many--though not in mv own--the existence of our system of government. Let me state the arithmetic of this problem. In 18G0 there were in the United Stales M-SO.OOU negroes, slaves BEHOTED BY FORCE FROM: FBXKCH CHAMBER. The Presiding Officer, Failing; to Enforco Order in tho Assembly by Any Other Means, Reaorts to Extreme Measures and Kject* the Offending Members. Paris cable: Ift tho Chamber of Deputies M. Fleurens attacked the gov­ ernment'charging them with neglecting to protect the rights of French fishermen in Newfoundland. M. Spullor, minister of foreign affairs, defended the govern­ ment. It had been fully alive to the interests and grievances of the Freuch fishermen and was in communication with the British government. 'He was hopeful of an early and satisfactory re­ sult. Tho chamber adopted a vote ap­ proving of the minister's explanation. In the evening there was a highly ex­ citing scene during the debate on the subject, of strikes. M. JolTrin, deputy from Montmatre, who was seated in place of Gen. Boulanger, declared inel­ igible, essayed to address the chamber. The Conservatives and Boulangists united in their efforts to prevent his be­ ing heard. They interposed all kinds of objections and mnde constant appeals to the president. Their motions having been dccided against them and M. Joff- rin granted a hearing, his Opponents rose one after another and interrupted him and free. In 1870 there were 4,4*0,000; in i880, fithe moment lie uttered a word. Then | 6,580,ooo an increase which can only be ac- sometimes in groups and sometimes all and intc-iiMonal fmad'on'^the^riyufl^^Arthe pother they Lugllt to drown close of this century, probably, there will not his Voice by the uproar be less than is.uoo.ouo of the blnck and colored tliev made. Mil. Derouledc. Milleville Tho problem is till further complicated by ' *n.^ ^.IgUCrre, all Boulailgists, were COn- the .fact*' that they are gregarious. They m- spicnously violent in their demonstra- fitinctivel v separate themselves into their own communities, with their own habits, their own I customs, and their own methods of life. The I line of cleavage bet ween whites and blacks is becoming constantly- more distinjt and per­ ceptible. Politically they are affiliated with the I victors in tho late civil war. Socially and by locality and residence tliev are associated with the vanquished. Will the experiment that has failed elsewhere succeed here? Ca t the black raoe exist as citizens of the United States on terms of political equalitv with the Caucasian race? And if not, *hy notV The Speaker then quoted a remark of tions and they were suspended by the president. TVte suspension had no effect lyton them. They became more violent than ever, showing utter contempt for the authority of the chair. The situa­ tion became serious, the excitement in­ tense, apd it began to look as if the president would lose all control of tho House, for the Republican majority was getting enraged at being battled and tauntec^bya handful of malcontents. Fred Douglas, that, as prejudice and* so- , I)ros»dont having again pronounced cial and politic 1 antagonism disap­ peared, the races would blend. The Senator did not agree with this»belief, as there was no natural sftinity between the race8. After praising tbe colored people for their tidelity to the South during tbe war, he said: It seems incrediblc that gratitude should not have defended and shielded theui from the'hld- eous and indescribable wrojig* and crimes of which they have l>een for a quarter of a century the guiltless and unresisting victims. The same impulse which made tliem loyal to their masters throughout tl.e war has made them faithful to their deliverers since. Their allegiance to the party of Lincoln and Uraut is persistent and unswerving. Their Instincts were mora in­ fallible than reason. They have voted withihiir triends. Mr. Ingalls went on to speak of the de­ termination of the Sonth to eliminate the negro as a factor from its political and social history, and quoted evidence on that point from Democratic newspa­ pers and Democratic politicians. He continued: The pretexts for this condition of things have been mauy, but they all rest upon the inferiority of the African race, upon this fear of negro su­ premacy. I confess with humiliation that to nullification ~of the Constitution, to this b.f aeh of plighted faith, the denial of 1he nat­ ural rights of mau, the people of the North have apparently consented. Practically--I say it with shame and remorse--the negroes have been abandoned to their faith. There are un­ doubtedly some thoughtful men in tlie South who apprehend coining events and woiMd wil­ lingly relinquish the right to representation if the States could be xvTiijitted to impose the race condition upon suffrage. But- this is im­ possible. It would shock the sense of mankind. The t^ods cannot recall their gifts. Educational qualifications aud other qualifications would only postpone the crisis, it may l>e postponed for a genera'ion or it may l>e prtcipitated at the next Presidential election, but 1 warn those who are parpetratiug these wrorgs upon the suffrage tnat the North and the West and the Nor. Invest will not consent, to have their Insti­ tutions, their industries, their wealth, and their civilization changed, modified, or destroyed by a Government resting upon deliberate and habit­ ual suppression of the colored vote, or any other vote, by force or by fraud. Sooner or later there w ill be arm«l collision betwetu the races. The South is standing upon a volcano. It is breeding innumerable John Hrowns aud Nat Turners. Already murmurings of disconte nt by hostile organizations are heard, the use of the torch and the dagger is advised. I deplore it; but, as God is my judge, I aav that 110 other iK>opfle on the face of the earth have ever sul'initte<l to the wrongs and injustice which have been for twenty-live y< ars put ui>on the colored meu of the South 'without revolu­ tion and blood. [Applause from the negroes in the gallery.l The conduct of the colored race has l>een beyond all praise. They have been patient; they have been loyal; thtyhave been docile to their masters and to the couutry. Mr. Ingalls went on to warn the Sonth of the natural cousequences of its coarse toward the colored people, saving: Despotism makes nihilists. Injustice is the great manufactory of dynanii.e. A man who is a thief robB himself. A murderer inflicts a deeper wt.und 0)1 himself than that which slays hiB victim. '1 he South, in imposing chains on the African race, lays heavier manacles on it­ self limn those with which it burdens the help­ less slave. And those who are denying to American citizens the privileges of freedom should remembi r that there is nothing so un­ profitable as injustice, and that God is an un­ relenting creditor. Silent it mav be, tardy and slow it may be, but inexorable and relentless. Behind the wrong-doer stalks the menacing specter of vengeance and of retribution. Mr. Ingalls then went on to speak of an outrage committed in A4>erdeen, Miss., on the day of Jetlerson Davis' funernl, when a German tinner, a citizen of Indiana, accidentally (in the course of his work) let fall from a house roof a cable which had been stretched across the strett by tbe citizens, beariug the effigy of the Sec- letary of War, with the inscription "Bed Proctor, traitor." For this accident the tinner had been brutally whipped by onfc McDonald with a whalebone coach whip of the la'gest size, receiving at least 200 lashes and being nearly blinded and ter­ ribly lacerated. McDonald had been Ar­ rested aud fined $.'50. Ihe citizens im- -mediately subscribed twice the amount, discharged the fine, paid for the broken whip, bought a raiiroad ticket for the vic­ tim, and sent him out of town. He has never been heard from since. If, he continued, an outrage like that had been inflicted on an American citizen in England, in France, in Spain, any­ where on the face of the earth, and if there bad not been instantaneous disa­ vowal and repartition, a million men in this country would have sprung to arms to avenga the outrage and wrong. The Senator went on to say that race antagonism applied only to tbe colored man in the South when he desired to vote < the ^Republican ticket. If the colored men theie were all Democrats the race question would be over. He continued: Four Solutions of the problem have been sug­ gested--emigration, extermination, absorption, ana disfianchiisenient--but there is ftill a fifth solution which has never been tried, and thkt solution is justice. I appeal to the South to try the experiment of justice. Stack your guns. Open your ballot-boxes. Register vour voters, black and white. And if. after the experiment has been fairly and honestly tiied. i a pilars that the African race is incapable of civiliza­ tion, if it appears that the complexion burned upon him I'v a i Indian si.n is incompa ible with freedom, I will pledge mvself to consult with you about son e measure of solving the race problem. But until then nothing be done. The citizenship of the negro must be abso­ lutely recognizea. His right to vote must be admitted, aud the ballots that he casts must be honostly counted. These are the essential prelimiuariss. the conditions precedent to anv consideration of ihe ulterior and fundamental questions of race supremacy or race equality in the United Stetes, North or South. Those who freed the(, sla\ ,'s ask nothii g more ; they will be content with nothing less. The experi­ ment must be fairlv tried. " This is the starling point, and this is the goal. Tlie longer it is de­ ferred the greater w ill be tho exasperation and the more doubtful the final result. the sentence of suspension against each of tlie three Boulangists on their re­ fusal to keep quiet, called upon tho officers to do their duty and the disturb­ ing deputies were expelled from the chamber by force. Tlie House then quieted down and M. Joffrin delivered his maiden speech without further in­ terruption. CountHFigueirodo, president of the Bank of Brazil, has arrived in Paris from Rio Janeiro. He comes as finan­ cial agent of the provisional gov­ ernment to negotiate a loan ot $10,000,- 000, of which ho expects to secure $7,000,000 in France, the Hank of France taking a large portion, and the remain­ der in England. The Count says Brazil was never in better condition linancially than when ho left Rio, and that it con­ tinues to be so, the best evidence of which is that the stock of the Bank of Brazil is rated on tho Paris bourse to­ day at 100 francs. Paper is being re­ placed by gold and silver. Alreiidv 500 centcjs have been redeemed. To meet its immediate obligations tho govern­ ment has issued 4 per cent bonds, and receives most gratifying encouragement from the people. The army of pensioners have agreed to give one day's pay every three months toward paying tho rtational debt. The pensions given widows and orphans of Doni Pedro's government are continued. The minister of finance proposes to con­ tract for a submariric cable between Brazil and the; United States. A Presi­ dential mansion is to be built at a cost of $500,000. The government has not!- lied Dora Pedro that it will buy his pal­ ace and other property to. prevent it* depreciation. The palace will be used as a national museum. Count Figueiredo declares that Gen. da Fonseca becomes more popular every day. He asserts that the charact#- and extent of the riots of Dec. H have been groatelv exaggerated. Some city men and privates of the Second in fan try, in­ stigated by their officers, ran through the streets shouting for monarchy. They were quickly arrested aud tried next day by the council of State. All were set at liberty except two nrmy officers, who were the instigators of the outbreak. The count Is a personal friend of Dom Pedro and is commis­ sioned by the provincial government to visit him for tho purpose of arranging for the disposal of his private property in Brazil in accordance, as far as possi­ ble, with his wishes. London cable: Vast crowds began to assemble early t&is morning in the streets through which it was announced that the funeral procession of Field Marshal Lord Napier of Magdala was to pass. No emblems of mourning were dis played on the streets or appeared on tin public buildings, but tho general regret was none the less evident by the quiet­ ness of the crowds, and the last honors paid to the dead hero formed one of tho most impressive military spectacles ever witnessed in London. The funeral was conducted with full military honors. Lord Napier's body was placed upon a gun-carriage at tho quarters of the Royal Horse artillery at 9 o'clock amid the customary marks of military respect. Tlie gun-carriage was draped with the union jack and upon the coffin rested Lord Napier's plumed hat and sword. The carriage was drawn by six black horses and was escorted by lancers. The body passed through tho streets holding the place of honor be­ hind a long line of mourning coaches, including the Queen's State carriages, family coaches, and others. One of these was loaded with flowers and wreaths, sent by the royal family and many per­ sons of distinction. The route of the procession was lined with soldiers. The cortege; passing by way of the embankment, arrived at the tower at ll:15o'cloek. Thence it moved via the Eastcheap and Cannon street, mi PERSONS KIIXKD A* CBtCDC* NAT!. J?overml Other* Injnr^d by a Co'tision Be­ tween Passenger Trains --tlie W-vck Catches,'Fire* Adding to the Horrur of the Disaster--Suburb in Passengers Im- ferilleil. Cincinnati (Ohio) dispatch: Tho fast train on the Cincinnati. Hamilton «& Dayton road bou iid for Chicago ran into the Glendale accommodation at Winton place recently, with the Result that a dozen lives ^were lost fend more than a score of persons injured. Ti.e Glendale accommodation had just stopped to allow the Winton place com­ muters to drop off, and the vestibule train, running at a speed of sixty miles an hour, plunged into the rear of the accommodation. Tlie rear car on the accommodation was an express car. and this alone saved at least two score lives. The big engine • on the fast line plowed half way through the baggage car, -frightfully wounding the baggage master, Robert Stevenson, who has since died. His assistant atid also the firemen and engineer are badly wounded. A red hot stove in the baggage car was overturned, and, the car catching fire, the flames seemed instantly to commu­ nicate with the two coaches, and they too, with from six to twelve people, who were wedged iu by the broken scats, were burned. The dead are: JOHN WILSOST, superintendent, of the Metroi>olitan Life Insurance Coftipany, Cin­ cinnati; residence, Wintdn place, ' F. W. WITHERBEE, conductor of No.77; resklcnco, Toledo, JAMES STALEY, bagga&em&ster, died In hospital. WILLIAM LLAMITZ, a young man, died In hospital. An unknown woman. Two of the dead bodies are in the morgue In this city. They were all burned to death. Tho wounded are: WILLIAM OOAC.LKV. engineer of No. 31, hurt by Jumping. \ GEORGE MCKEE, fireman of 31, injured by Jumping. At once the fire department of Cincin­ nati was summoned, and several patrol wagons quickly responded to the call. By the timo two fire engines had arrived tho two coaches were almost in ashes, and little could be done except to clear the wrcck so that the" search for the dead might begin. There was the smell of burning flesh in the air, and tho screams and sobs of frantic women were heard. As tho flames gnawed their way into the two coaches agonizing shrieks from tho helpless victims pierced the atmosphere and many women fainted as they heard the awful cries for help. The passengers of the vestibule train, many of whom were badly bruised bv the shock, did all in their power to aid Chose in the accommodation train, who had suffered more than tliev. Glendale is fifteen miios from Cincin­ nati and one of the most aristocratic of its many suburbs. The bulk of those on the accommodation were leading mer­ chants, bankers and brokers of the city, though many of those who got off at Winton place were clerks. A special train with surgeons was sent out from here, and another special brought tho most seriously injured to tho hospital in tho city. BURN'EDJTO DEATH. Fatal Accident at the Illinoia Steel CM- pany'a Works. . Chicago dispatch: Blast furnace No. 4, in operation at tho Illinois Steel com­ pany's works at South Chicago, burst during working hours, resulting in the death of one man, the serious injury of four others and more or less serious seri­ ous Injuries of half a dozen. The shift of ir.en that had been work­ ing all day had ' drawn off" the furnace but a short time before, but the metal clogging in tlie center of the furnace prevented it from working with its cus­ tomary freedom. The men were ordered to clear tht furnacn of the hanging- mass and were busy at work when without anv warning the mass of molten metal and slag parted in the center and fell to the bottom. The heavy weight fell but a short distance, but.it. was enough to tear the sides from the furnace, and the metal, heated to IUI intense degree, flushing out, enveloped the workmen in the vicinity. As soon as those who were able could do aio they hastened to the assistance of those who were buried beneath the debris. It was found that Edward John­ son, married, 50 years old, was the only person fatally injured. He was terribly burned externally and badly injured in­ ternally. He was placed In a patrol wagon, but died on the way to his home. Six others" who were injured are: JOHN JOHNSON, unmarried, burned about the face and body. FRANK BRINK, unmarried, leg broken, face apd body burned. JOSEPH LEONARD, married, head and body burned. JOHN CRAPP, unmarried, leg broken and body burned. FRANK DOHERTF, married, out on the faoe and body. FRANK CONNORS, married, eut on the head and scalded. Edward Johnson was the father of John Johnson, one of the injured. Many others were slightly hurt. Tho amount >>f the damage will not exceed $1,200 and work will be delayed but a short timo. Another version of the cause of the ac­ cident is that water came in contact with the hot iron. The officials are reticent concerning the cause of the accident and will say very little about it. A Strang* Thrilling My story That toang Men and Maidens Jtluy stndy with. De- light. Ah, who can toll? Surely if any­ thing in the world "goes without say­ ing" it is a kiss, and tho more one says the farther one feems' removed from ihe true comprehension of the idea. Viewed in tlie calm light of reason, a kiss is rather an absurd, rather a disa­ greeable, certainly a very extraordinary proceeding. Two people set their mouths against each other, contract and press th#r lips together, and emit a sound varying from the explosion of a toy pistol to a faint sibilation or a gen­ tle concussiou. Why, now, shonld any one have Jut upon this strange performance as an ex­ pression of affection ? Was it an un­ born instinct of humanity, like eating or looking at one's reflection in "mir­ rored ]MX>1S ?" Did Adam kiss Eve, and did she understand what he was at­ tempting. or did she fancy he was about to eat her? « A very strange, a decidedly unoouth proceeding, and yet how very natural and how very common. What divers manners of kiss have l>een invented since that Adam and Eve inauguration. Theirs would be tbe kiss of tender and assured conjugal de­ votion ; well, that is very nice and very satisfying to the feeling, but then there is the timid experimental kiss of the uewly declared lover and tbe faint re­ sponsive kiss of the gentle beloved, and then there is the mad burning kiss of passion, and the quivering kiss of sep- aration? when loving hearts are rent asunder, and there is the cold kiss of despair, pressed by bloodless lips upon an icy brow--tlie kiss of death.that all of us have at some time felt through our heart's core. Then there is the tender and emo mm Qt'BES ASP CPBIOlfg* As odd subject for discussion wad rh«sen by a debating society in Fred­ ericksburg, Pa. It was this: * Which makes the better wife--a cross and clean woman, or a dirty urid good-natured Mie? The decision wa* in favc-. of thg latter. f JAMES MCLAUGHLIX, the jockey, often gained in we-'ght seven pounds in one day. If thi4 addition was in excess ol his riding weight, and he had to ride the next day, he wouUI have to work it off the next morning, by running from seven to fourteen mile3 in heavy cloth- m g - v g » ' * • ' , COLD air is supplied to He batchen in Washington Market, New York, through pipe*. It is mode cold by the use of ammonia, and by its use the butchers will-be enabled to utilize foe meat the space heretofore occupied by - icef. It is tho intention of the company to also supply restaurants and saloogs with cold air. Pit. ISAAC BARTLETT, of Hope, ME** Is one of those who have attained a good old age, and ho is said to have lived all his life upon bread and milk and neve? to have eaten an ounce of meat in lik life, never to have taken a teaspoonfal of intoxicating liquors, and never to havt used tea, coffee, or tobacco. •• He noil w^i^hs 240 pounds and is in the reguhu practice of his profession. FOR over three yeara an electric phy­ sician in New York city has been ea- gaged in removing the superfluous hairt from a lady's lip. The process was veatj slow, as the electric needle had to be inserted in the capillary tube of eacfc hair, to kill the root. Her lip is now as free from hair as the lip of a child, but this desideratum has been secured at > cost of some thousands of dollars. IN Bowling Green, Ky., there is Jt? very sagacious dog. The other • mom- ing a horse wiis left standing, hi tehee tionless kiss of friendship and loving to a buggv, and while its owner was in kinship, and the light touch of cere­ mony, as in French fashion, we faintly brush the cheeks of our dear 500 ac- quantances; aud there is the forced kiss of relationship that is not loving, or of the husband and wife who still keep up the form from which the life has fled; ami there is the kiss of loving reverence for the haud of the monarch, or the priest, or the holy relic or tomb, and there are grades and shades of all liese almost innumerable, and yet, after all, there is but one kiss worth the talking about, and that is the lass of love, pure and simple and mutual; the kiss which clings and trembles and throbs with de­ light, and yet is too near Heaven to know the stain of earth; the kiss in which the soul swoons and yet resem- l»le< God: the kiss that one would die in giving, andean give to only one; the kiss that once freely given binds twe souls forever in one--no matter what "chances and changes" time may bring. The indescribable and yet the uni­ versal delight of love is as sweet to-day as it ever was in Eden.--Frank .Leslie in the Hooaier. FLOCKING INTO OKLAHOMA. Over Twenty Thousand N'egrosi Already There--Many More on the Way. St. Louis (Mo.) dispatch: Letters re­ ceived by W. L. Eagleson, business man- where immense throngs were assem- I aKer °' the Oklahoma Immigration bled, and arrived at St. Paul's cathedral 'n Kansas, from points in North -Y- IT is an open secret that several pro­ fessional inventors are trying to perfect a new street car motor to combine the advantages of cable and overhead elec­ tricity, and to combine disadvantages of both systems. To make the inven- --The Frentress Barb Wire Company, tion a success the engineer must be able of East Dubuqae, has made an assign- to ride on the surface car and yet have urat to N. P. Morton. It is stated ftial a perfect control over the motor run- all claims will be paid in full. 5!SOS£er about noon. Here the funeral train.was met by the Prince of Wales, who after­ ward passed into the cathedral and was an attentive listener to the solemn and impressive funeral services. The death of Lord Napier of Magdala has given rise to a somewhat curious complication. The deceased nobleman left two sons, twins, Robert and George. After much discussion as to which e*i- tered the world first the family dccided tl»t Robert should inherit the title, tieorge thought of appealing to Parlia­ ment to divide the honors, as there are twx) titles. As a compromise the family council, influenced by the fact that Rob­ ert, though married, had no child, and that George must eventually inherit everything, propose to give George a handsome annuity and one of the titles. T,here is no parallel case in the history of the British peerage. Lisbon cable: The Portuguese gov­ ernment. finding the powers unwilling to mediate in the dispute between Portugal and England, will submit to Lord Salis­ bury's full demands under protest, while at the same time it will try to conciliato Portuguese public opinion. The Cortes has been dissolved. The newly elected body will assemble.April 19. The supporters of the late gov­ ernment are incensed at the dissolu- Caroiina, say that a large number of negroes from that State are going through in wagons this winter to the new Territory. Mr. Eagleson says there are now about twenty-two thous­ and negroes in Oklahoma and that by spring there will be at least lifty thous­ and! lie claims they ought to havo that country, and says President Lincoln and the Republican party promised to give it to them, lie adds: "Wo are determined to take it any­ how, and we will make it one of the grandest States in the Union. I 'favor Col. Morgan's scheme to pdrchase the Cherokee strip and other lands in the Indian Territory, exclusively fior negro settlement. Give us the Blair bill, the Indian Territory and Senator Butler's $5,000,000 and we shall be content. Oklahoma, in my judgment, is the land of promise for the race, and migration the panacea for every ill now affecting the negroes of the South." JS VICTORIA ILL? A. Uaxttor That Her MAJESTY HM the In- lluenza. Much alarm has been occasioned at London by ^he rumbr that the Queen is ill at Osborne with the in­ fluenza. The fact that the news has tion, because they are thereby likely tq been kept back accentuates the general lose their seats. It is supposed this ac- uneasiness which is nrturally increased tion was intended to enable the cabinet by the knowledge that her majesty has to deal with England unfettered by the suffered much recently from rheumatic Cortes and to secure a majority during symptoms. Her health for many w3eks id* <M peiHriarUjr. «aat has been asything hat Great Demand in Frogi, "I wouder why there isn't more at­ tention paid to Irog culture," romarked Charies H. Dawson, of the Ganaevoort Market, to me a day or two ago, as he looked admiringly at a dozen plump green batrncliians from Canada, which he had just taken from a crate. "I mean in the United States," he continued. "The Kanucks now con- trot the irog market and jaiake big mopey, and I don't see why New York State or New Jersey shouldn't furnish UH. There are a good many wild frogs sold which are speared around iu the swamps and marshes of New Jersey, but they are not as palatable a8 the cul­ tivated product reared in Canada. The Canadians pay considerable attention to frog culture, and h^ve immense artifi­ cial • ponds around St. Catharines. Their frogs are larger, and have none of that gauiey, fishy taste noticable in every swamp frog. A few years ago a Frenchman in Canada, who had been in the market business here for some time, attempted to start a frog farm on a big scale in Forrest County, Pa, "He carried a large Btock from St. Catherines. He took advantage of a big swamp on his farm in the woods, aud had his markets secured, and every­ thing looked promising. But he played to bad luck. A terrible drougth -dried up the bigger part of his swamp; he was unable to secure proper feed for his young stock, and the natives used to scoop up his croakers by the pailful at night, and his frog industry went^ to pieces. He is now engaged in cooking frogs and other delicacies in an up-town restaurant. But he still looks forward to running a frog farm of his own, aud if he had the money to start right, I think he could make it pay, for the de­ mand for frogs has nearly doubled in the last five years, and the popular taste lias beeu educated up to the artificially cul­ tivated sorts."--New York Star. "Razors in the Air." The Southerner of the olden time used to carry a bowie knife for emer­ gencies, and as a general thing he kept the latch string out for the emergency to come in. The Westerner prides himself on the revolver. It has seven bullets in its mouth, and when it begins to talk, its arguments are very convincing. The negro, however, has a weapon, or, as he calls it, a "veauun" of his own, the razor, or "razzer." When ready for use, the blade is swung clear clean to tbe handle. It is firmly grasped by the back with four fingers on one side and the thumb on the other, and when skillfully used, can do an immense deal of slashing in an incredibly short time. Its adavntages as described by a col­ ored Colonel in the Washington Post as obvious: His air allwus loaded. Hit air quick on de dror. Hit never git out'n ordah. Hit don't go off in de pocket. Hit know its owner's wissle. Hit bite quick and never bark. --Xew York Herald. The World's Richest Nation. Great Britain's claim to l>e the rich­ est nation in the world, relatively speak­ ing, must go undisputed' According to the figures of Robert Giffin, the English statesman, in 1885 the accumulated wealth of Great Britain amounted to £10,000,000,000, or £270 for pach person in thekingd>m. Dividing the total amount according to the wealth of the three divisions of the kingdom the residents of Englaud would receive £208 each, those in Scotland i.'*242 and Ireland £93. Giffin's figures make Great Britain the richest per capita of any nation in the world, France conies second, with £190 tor each person, and the United States Ihird with £lt>0 for each inhabitant. The boast of the En- g.ish jingo that his country has the ships and the money is well substan­ tiated, but when it comes to a question of men she must fall back from the V+m . *' « \ * - *> »v . adjacent place of business, the animal took fright and ran awav. He was going at a breakneck speed, when tbt dog taw him, jumped the fence, headed the horse, grabbed the line in hit mouth, aud held him fast until tltt owner of the beast came up and l* lieved him. ONE of the unhappiest men in th« country is a real estate agent in Kings­ ton, N. Y. Hs hired a painter to deao- rate, refresh, and brighten one of th< houses he has for sale or to rent. He gtvve the painter the wron£ number, and the wrong house was painted, in­ side and out, almost regardless of ex­ pense. As the agent must foot the bill, he receives the sympathy of hu friends; the owucr of the house needs no sympathy; he is not only resigned, but oheerful. THE sensitive heart of Mr. John Leverslia, of Saudhurst, Australia, suffered a lamentable laceration at thf hands of Miss Sarali Wrongham, who, after being persistently courted by him for two years, and agreeing to marry him refused to keep her promise. He brought suit for one thonsand pounds, claiming that even this sum would no! fully heal his wounded heart. The jury decided that he had been abusedf~ just a little; and their award was o$m shilling. WHAT is called a Siberian sqnflowet has been discovered in Northern Siberia, where tiie ground is continually covered with frost. The wonderful object shoots forth from the frozen soil early each year--usually the first week in January, and lives but a single day. The leaves are three in number, and each about three inches in diameter. They are developed only on that side o* the stem t-oward tho north, and each seems covered with mibrosoopio crystal* of snow. Phases or the Decollete. Women who wear decollete gownf comprise three classes, but one ol which is justified, and wears it with propriety. The woman "to the manner born," educated to it, taught the pro­ priety of such exposure along with h#*; catechism, wears this dress as a sold ift does his uniform, as a matter of foraf| of duty, of necessity, and of habit. Such women wear this exposeful gar­ ment with no more notion of indelicacy than is entertained by the dusky bell* of the Sandwich Islands when shit makes her debut in a string of beads, cotton apron and clinking anklets. t The second class, not so well war ­ ranted in following tli^ fashion, are the women not educatel to it, ladies whoat early life and training were not in de­ collete circles, but who instead hawi. imbibed much of the stern puritanisca, or prudishness or provincialism, if yam will, of orthodox teaching, of mpdegfc example, and of rnral simplicity. ? The woman, whose sudden rise o^; position tempts her into an unaccu»» tomed baring of neok and arms againdfc her conscience commits an impropriety. The third class are the vain women, the silly and coquettish women, tligi women who have perfect figures and malformed intellects. These are the women who have in the eagerness foir admiration disgraced the social regalip and made it a reproach. The important thing is not how thi body, but hoW the mind is clothed*: When a high-cut mind goes out iu com­ pany with a low-cut dress, the world does not concern itself with the robey But a decollete spirit; will pecmeate a^, assembly, though the neckband tickle# ! its ears and its wrist frills mask th#A hand.-- Washington Post. Flight or Birds. It has been remarked that sailing vessels do not lay down their course up- ; on the area of a great circle, as thejf i' would if distance were the only mattoe . to be considered. The prevailing^ " winds, the currents in the oceau, and many other aids or hindrances to navi- , ga'ion have to be taken into account. It is ot interest to find that migratory- birds are equally sensible of the ad van- ; tages of different routes. That is par-' ticularly noticeable in their crossing of mountain ranges. A Russian traveller in Central Asia writes of this habit of the wild fowl : "The observation on the spring flight ;, at Lob-nor afforded new proofs that birds of passage do*not take the short- V est meridional cour«e, but prefer a more favorable, though more circuitous route. "All the flocks, without exception, ? which appeared at Lob-nor, came from west-southwest, occasionally frotn south­ west and west. Not a bird flew direct from tlie south, over the Alfiu-tagh Mountains, thus proving that migratory birds, or, at all events, water fowl, will not venture to cross 1« ftv and cold Thi- < jj lie tan highlands on their tmssage from the trans-Hi iialavan countries, but pass s over this difficult country a; its nar- -'i% rowest poiut." • * • .m WHEN a young mum b£gfrw to oosrt a girl, with the purjwse of reaelim? the goal of matrimony, he gwieiaj^ty gets there bv the "belt" line.- --Kvrtutttoum ' 'MeraltL V „ v r • r