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GATHERED FROM !« THE STATE#, ^ OVEI tOar Ketchborii Are «t Md Local Interest -- ̂ btrrtecaa A&Mtlw-Accidents and Crlnjie*--Per- «Mal Pointer*. . . * % Minor Stat* The wood-sawing' wager which two young ladies of the Rock City Metho­ dist Church carried out attracted a great deal of attention, not only among Wei:- own congregation but through- OUt all that sect'on of country. D. F. "Welling, a wealthy youn? farmer, in a bantering mood lemarked the other day,that he understood the tt usteea of the church were about to lay in their annual bupjl/ of wood, but that it wamt ne.es ary to purchase it, as he woull donate from his forest all the wood that any two lady members of the church could saw with a common "buck-saw. The remark was looked up n as a challenge, and at the next ladies' Aid Society meeting it va< •ery freely discussed. The insinua­ tion that they cou d not saw wood seemed to rile up the ladies, and they determined to teach the young gentle­ men a lesson. They selected two of their haidiest members to do the saw­ ing, and told Mr. Welling to bring on his wood. He was a mtm of his word tod be^-an hauling from his forest. The ladies began sawing: wood. After several loads had been won on the wager the young man acknowledged defeat, it is said that both of the girls hare since received proposals of a mat­ rimonial nature. •4 Bat* Have a Ghastly Feast. Mrs. Loretta Bundy, aged 91, was •found dead in her bed in the village of Spencer. She had frozen to death. Mrs. Bundy had been a town charge for many years. When found the re­ mains lay upon the floor in front of the stove, her strckingless feet and poorly dad fcrm making a heart-rending pic­ ture to the man who had called to Jeave her some provisions. The body was frozen stiff and numerous wounds on the head and trunk bore sickening evi­ dence of the awful feast enjoyed by the rats with which the place was overrun. Blocd had oozed from the holes and frozen in red streams and pools. The supposition is that the fire "•rent out and the old lady had arisen frem her bed to light it, when she be­ came benumbed and fell down, over­ come with the cold. Her husband died thirty years ago. Y Shows Largely Increased Receipts. The receipts of the Secretary of State's office for the fiscal year ending Jan. 10, 1894, show $48,660, against f21 ,786 for the year ending Jan. 10, 1893, at which time William H. Hin- richson succeeded Isaac N. Pearson. The receipts the last yea? were several thousand dollars in excess of the run­ ning expenses of the office. Secretary Einrichson says that under the new law providing for the payment of $25 tfor each license, instead of the nominal price heretofore, the receipts will largely exceed those of any former year. Skiff Capsized on the Ohio. ; Ben W. Hughey and Alonzo Cran dall, both of Mount Carmel, capsiei a skiff in the Ohio River three miles below Shawneetown and were drowned. The bodies have not been found. Perry Gilkinson, another member of the .party, floated down stream before he was rescued, The men were hunters and camped cn the! river bantc. Record of the Week. THE Engham furniture factory,which has been closed for two months, re thimed operations. JOSEPH M. DONNELL, a member of the Assembly in 1892, died at his home ; : fai Greenville, III. WILLIAM MEGLADE, an old resident Of Chicago, died at his home. He was * native of Ireland. ; ' STATE GAME WARDEN BLOW teeks to drive out the English sparrows by • • - feeding poisoned grain. BLOOMINGTON is in the midst of a great revival, conducted by Rev. J. S. Bitter, an Indiana evangelist. * THE Chicago Relief Association is thankful for the support given it, but r its still in great need of receipts. IN Chicago, expense of the street : work bv the poor in three wards for twelve days amounted to $1,298.15. -- JAMES C. WILSON, one of the early -Settlers of Montgomery County, died -.•rift his home in Rillsbor'o, aged 78years. HOMEOPATHIC doctors have been ex­ pelled by the Medical Society of Otta­ wa, whereat the residents smile and scoff. CHARLES SWAN, a 12-year-old boy, broke through the ice while skating on the river at JJeardstown, and was drowned. GREAT interest is being manifested in a eeries of revivals now in progress At Canton. One hundred converts are : reported. ' HEALTH COMMISSIONER REYNOLDS. ' Chicago, wants a new small-pox hospital with better facilities for treat­ ing contagious diseases. ILLINOIS railroads paid dividends last year of $28,712,961, against $25,- 327,515 the previous year. Employes in the State number 71,884. **. IN a fight at Alton Radford Osborne hit William Hale with a pair of tongs. Hale fell on a bench and smashed his skull, producing probably fatal injuries. JOHN CLARK died at Cairo, from -J: Wounds inflicted bv John Eennett. Both are fcolo.ed. They quarreled on • the steamer State of Missouri, where the attack occurred. IN the United States Court, at Springfield, Sarah Allison obtained a ; Irerdict of $6,50 l against the Big Four Itailroad Company on account of the death of her husband, an engineer. J ' LUKE DOLNEY, who beat his wife to ; death with a llatiron, was brought be­ fore Judge Freeman, in Chicago, for sentence. Addressing the murderer "the Judge said: "Dolney, you have en­ tered a plea of guilty to the greatest . crime known to tne law. I have given •our case much thought and study. *The sentence of the court is," contin­ ued the Judge, "that you be taken to the county jail, thence to the peniten- • tiary, where you shall remain during ^ the term of your natural life. It is also ordered that upon Dec. 11 of each year, ' the anniver- ary of your crime, you shall y- lie kept in solitary confinement." " GEORGE RILEY, the fraudulent agent Of the Ladies' Home Journal, who made •ictims of so many people in Iowa and ittid Central Illinois and who was cap­ tured at Peoria, was arraigned in the * Coulaty Court, acd on a plea of guilty was sentenced to eight months in the ; workhouse. THE jury at Lincoln, in the Peoria, •-*- ©ecatur and EVfcnsviUe train robbery Ofise, was out but one hour when they brought in a verdict of guilty against all throe of the defendants. Edward x,. Van Meter received ten years in the penitentiary, while Robert Woodward and Clarence Howe, being under age, '«tw sentenced to the State Reformatory wtPontiac. " LURCHES ADOPTS *TOR JAMES ROBERTS has been arrested at Jacksonville for dealing ita bogus drafts. He has confessed. THE,Rev. Wilson Aull, of Chicago, has been called to become the pastor of Westminster Church at Rockford. C. P. JOHNSON, of Springfield, was elected President of the American Pro­ tective Association at the Bloomington convention. A SUCCESSFUL three days conven­ tion for the training of Christian work­ ers was held in the Chatsworth Bap­ tist Church. ALL SOULS CHURCH is endeavoring to relieve the distress in the Chicago stock yards district, where 12,000 men are out of work. PRESIDENT GREENHTJT, of Peoria, said the whisky trust would rai e the price of its product to make up for the increase in the tax. THE State Board of Agriculture re- scined their action appropriating$500,- (HiO to improve the State Fair grounds and made it $300,000 instead. MKS. HARRY T. PLUMMER, wife of a prominent Elgin manufacturer, was found dead in tel. the had expired durirg the night qf heart disease. JOHN SEABOLD, of South Danville, died in terrible ageny of hydrophobia. He was bitten on the right arm by a horse at Paola, Ind., five years ago. ANDY P. ROHAN walked out of his office at 250 Clark street, Chicago, the morning of Dec. 19, 1**93, and vanished. Since then he has not been seen at any of his familiar haunts. THE body of a man was found in the Rock River below Rockford. It is sup­ posed to bp the remains of Charles Olsen, who was reported to have com­ mitted suicide some weeks ago. No LIGHT has been thrown upon the mystery turrounding the McClelland tragedy at Salem, and though over six­ ty witnesses were examined by the Grand Jury, no indictments were re­ turned. NOTA BOOTH, of Swan Creek, was held to the Grand Jury at Monmouth for throwing a switch in front of a freight train on the St. Louis division of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. BY the prompt use of a common syr­ inge and a bucket of water a doctor in Rushville managed to throw a stream and put out a fire that threatened the other day to destroy hig dwelling. The incident deserves to live in history as the first of its kind. AT Peoria Mrs. Ella Powers, aged 37, murdered her 3-year-old daughter Ethel and committed suicide by shoot­ ing. She was the wife of John R. Powers, a saloonkeeper and gambler. The tragedy is the culmination of re­ cent domestic troubles. ATTORNEY GENERAL MOLONEY gave an opinion that violation by the in­ sured of any conditions of a policy will work a forfeiture of insurance. Con­ ditions, the Attorney General says, are a mere matter of contract and are not prohibited by statute. THE Altcn Horticultural Society has made the startling discovery that the cold wave killed the buds and destroyed, all chances of a peach crop this year in that section of the State. The ex­ amination of several hundred buds of different varieties was made under a microscope and revealed the fact that less than one-twentieth had escaped the frost. , THE Coroner investigated a queer case at Kent. Several young men going home from a party found what they supposed to be a deai man near the Chicago and Great Western Ry. track. He was carried to the village. Mr. Silar took the supposed dead body into the house from the barn. He was greatly surprised to see signs of life. Medical aid was called and the man revived enough to speak and then died from the effects of exposure. He gave the name of Archibald Gillanders and on his body was found a ticket from San Francisco to New York and a steamer ticket for Scotland, also $500 in money. It is believed that he fell or was knocked from the eastbound Great Wester n train. SECRETARY MINER, of the State Board of Public Charities, has given out his report for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1813. The average attend­ ance and cost per capita for mainten­ ance is shown by the following figures: Average number Costpei Inmates. capita. 1,083.06 HITS 'EM HARD *»'•!» WiLSON BILL DISSECTED BY THE o. fij EX-SPEAKCSt. §jp;fkY' Northern Eastern Central Southern Insane criminals....'. Deaf and Dtunb Blind Feeble-minded Soldiers' Orphans' Home. Eye andEar Infirmary.. 1,9SW.M> t 1.OT.90 837.86 109.98 473.30 220.29 565.70 389.78 103.79 Soldiers and Bailors' Home..1,075.40 $3S 81 37 66 33 3S 38 31 R9 83 69 80 71 69 34 35 33 61 CO 65 40 61 8,049.52 AT. 139 73 This is the number now on hand at the close of the pre-ent year. The to­ tal average attendance for 1892 was 7,718, being a few short of the attend­ ance in 1893. The average cost per capita for 1892 was $40.35, being Jarger than for J 893 with its larger number of inmates. AT tho annual meeting of the State Beard of Health, Dr. William E. Quine, of Chicago, was re-elected President: Dr. J. W. Scott, of Spring­ field, Secretary: and Dr. B. M. Grif­ fith, also of Springdeld, Treasurer. It was decided to recognbe the diplomas of the Toledo Medical College. It was also decided to extend tho vaccination order of the board so as to make it in- ' dude all children of the tchcol age in the State, and the teachers as well, and to use all the power of the board for the enforcement of the order, 'y'he treasurer's report shows that 4/6,- 252.06 was expended for the fiscal * ear endine Sept. 30, 1893. Of this $9,- 327.61 was taken from the regular appropriation, $2,912.15 from the con­ tingent fund, and $4,012.30 from the office receipts. The office receipts for the year were $4,146. The issuance of a preventable disease circular rel­ ative to tuberculosis was ordered. THE Auditor of Public Accounts has declared th^ Temple Building and Loan Association of Chicago insolvent, an examination of its condition having bjen completed by the State Examin­ ers. POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR GOULD, of Chicago, has detected a scheme of Edward Frye, of Moline, by which a number of Chicago oyster hou es have been defrauded. His pl%n was to order oysters under a fictitious name and have them come "C. O. D." No one would call for them and he would then buy them at 5 > per cent, discount on account of being perishable. GEN. JASPER N. REECE. of Spring­ field, ex-Adjutant General of the Na­ tional Guard, will sue the Louisiana Lottery Company for defamation of character. The lottery company is­ sued a circular stating tbat Gen. Rsece had drawn a $15,0(10 prize. Gen. Reece says he never bought a lottery ticket ill his life. MAYORS BENNETT, Medill, and Voll- mer, of the cities of Moline and Rock Island, 111., and Davenport, Iowa, to­ gether with the Street and Alley Com­ mittees of the Councils of these ad­ joining cities, held a meeting in Rock Island and agreed to a uniform wagon- tire ordinance to be recommended to the several Councils. Denounced a* a Ruinous Measure--Merely a Temporary Expedient of Free Trade Advocates--Wacea Mmt Infallibly fall If It] • "T" Pica for Protection. Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Read closed the tariff debate on the Republican side with one of the most eloquent speeches and forceful argument > de­ livered in the remarkable discussion. Mr. Reed's speach was of great length, requiring an hour and a half for de­ livery, and aroused intense enthusiasm among his hearers. He spoke in part as follows: , In this debate, which has extended over so many weeks, one remarkable result has already been reached--a result ot tho deepest importance to this con ttry. That result Is that the bill before u* Is odious to both sides of tne House. It meets with favor nowhere and command* ike respect of neither party. On tbli bide we believe that, while it pretend* to be for protection, it does not oifer it, and on the other aide they believe that, while it looks toward free trade. It does not accomplish it Those who will vote against this bill will do so because it opens our markets to the destructive competition of foreigners, and those who voto for it do it with a reserva­ tion that they will instantly devote them­ selves to a new crusado against whatever barriers are left. Whatever sreeches have been made in defense of tho bill on the other side, whether by gentlemen who were responsible wWto &»*• ' _ _ . ... aadJwrv aotyet tafoa to clsmor for lower wages. To sum It up, If this i rotactlon gives as money and men. and our vast country jieeds both. It may show why we have so konderfully prospered. If It does I am In­ clined to think that the way to have two Jobs hunting one man Is to keep on making new mills and try to prevent the Commit­ tee on Ways and Means from pulling down the old ones. But what do you say about the farmer? ISVell. on that subject I do not profess any Spprfnl lenrnins. but there it one simple statement 1 wish to make, and leave the question there. If, with cities growing up like mazic, manufacturing Tillages dot- tin : every ellslble site. es»ch und all s * amain? with mouths to be filled, the pro­ ducers ot food are worse off than when half this country was a desert. I abandon sense in favor of political eoonomjr. Gives Simpson a Sly Dig. One other thing I have noticed In this debate, when the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Simpson) gets a little money ahead he does not put it into stocks in these immense­ ly profitable manufactories; he has too much sense. He adds to his farm, and has >o:d us so. Example is richer than pre­ cept. If the hope of agriculturists Is in En­ glish free trade they had better ponder on tho fact that while the *ages of artisans have increased in England S3.43 per week since 1S50. the wages of agricultural la­ borers have only increased 72 cents, and, while the Lancashire operatives in the factories live as well as anytody. except' Americans, the agricultural laborers are hardly better off than the continental peasar try. England's example will not do for agriculture. Here let me meet one other question and let me meet It fairly. We are charged with having claimed that the tariff alone will raise wagfss. We have never made such a claim In any form. Free-traders have set up that claim for us In order to triumphantly knock it over. What we do say Is that where two nations have equal skill and equal appliances and a market nearly equal, and one of them can hire labor at one-half less, nothing but a tariff SECRETARY CARLISLE SAYS ' WILL SE LEGAW^. . FcMraiffRers In the Pennsylvania Mines At- ta«k Their EnglUh-Spesklns Fel'ows-- Drive Them from Work and Destroy Mseh Valubte Property- HON. THOMAS B. BEEIX only to their own constituencies or by the gentleman from West Virzlnla, who ought to have been steadied by his sense of re­ sponsibility to the whole country, have one and all, with but rare exceptions, placed their authors uncompromisingly, ex­ cept for temporary purposes, on the sidA of unrestricted free trade. Is a Measure of Uncertainty. lMs evident that there la no ground for that hope entertained by so many mode­ rate men tbat this bill, bad as it is, could be a resting-place where our manufactur­ ing and productive industries, such as may survive, can re-establUh themselves and have a sure foundation for the future, free front party bickering and party strife Hence, also, there can be no foundation for that cry, so insidiously raised, that this bill should le passed at once, because un­ certainty is worse than any bilk can possi­ bly be. Were this bill to pass both branches to-day, uncertainty would reign Just the same. So utterly undisputed and so distinctly visible to every human being in this audi­ ence has been our growth and progress that whatever the future industrial system of this country may be, the past system is a splendid monument to that series of suc­ cessful statesmen who found the country bankrupt and distracted and left It first on the list of nations. Mr. Reed here quoted at length from En­ glish authorities showing the strength of their confldeace in the prosperity of this country, and continued: These quotations also are reminders for you, Mr. Speaker, and all who hear me Jcnow that the American who has been long enough here to know his opportunities has found the best place for waires in the world. Is there any example in the history of the world of any nation situated like ours who has taken the step to which we are in­ vited? Some gentlemen, perhaps, are hastening; to say that England affords us the needed example; that we have but to turn to her history and iind all that we need by way of examples, just as in the statements of her political economists wo shall find all that Is necessary for advice, for guidance and instruction. Mr. Speaker, I have looked there, an^ I am amazed how little the example of England can teach. Why Men Become Free-Traders. After quoting statistics to show the great rise in wages since 1860, Mr. Reed con­ tinued: The truth is that this very question of rising wages is what makes a good mauy free-traders.- People with fixed incomes think that anything which raises wages is inimical to them, and manufacturers who have foreign markets are naturally anxious to have wages on the foreign standard. I confess to you tbat this question of wages is to me the vital question. To in­ sure our growth In civilisation and wealth we must not only have wases as high as they are now. but constantly and steadily Increasing. This desire of mine for con­ stantly increasing waves do<*s not have its origin In love for tht Individual, but in love for the nation. Mr. Reed eulogised the American market as being the best in the world, owing to the high wages paid here, enabling working- men to purchase largely of the comforts of lifec "Instead of Increasing this market," he said, "by leaving it to the steady in­ crease of wages which the figures of the Aldrich report to conclusively show, and which have received the- sanction of the members from New York, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Democratic Bureau of Statistics, our committee proposes to loner wages and so lessen the market, and then divide tbat market with somebody else, and all on the chance of getting the markets of the world Wsge* Mutt Be Reduced. To add to the Interesting impossibilities of this contention the orators on the other side say they are going to maintain wageji How can that be possible? All things sell at the cost of production. If the differ­ ence between cost of pi oductlon here and cost of production in England "be not equal­ ized by the duty, then our cost of pro­ duction must go down or we must go out Our laws have invited money and men and we have grown great and rich thereby. The gentleman from Illinois 1 (Mr. Black) has noticed that men come here, and he does not want them to come; hence he is willing tbat our wages shall be lowered to keep people away. Well, this Is not the time to discuss Immigration; but . ' - - - J,**- • • • ^ STARVING ITALIANS. Frightful Misery and Suffering Through­ out Italy. - * Temporary tranquillity has been re­ stored in Italy and Sicily, where the I talian government has been in conflict with anarchists and revolutionists. With the withdrawing of trcops, how­ ever, from the disturbed districts it is probable that troiible will break out anew. The, poverty and suffering among the people are appalling. Mi-ery reigns everywhere, and in the remoter rural districts men, women and children are dying daily of actual hunger. An *idea o! what is going on in the interior of Italy may ba gathered from the fact, official­ ly admitted, that 200 persons, the entire population of the village of Roghudi Calabria, suddenly arrived at Cittanova one day last week, ragged and shoeless, thp younger men carry­ ing the old folks and the women their children. Many were in a pitiable state of exhaustion. Several women had dead children in their arms, and two or threei old men had died on the way. They declared that they had left the village because unless they left they would die of starvation. There was not a scrap of food in the place when they left, and nothing was growing on the land. The only way in which the govern­ ment can stop the present discontent and end the prevailing wretchedness of the people is by establishing relief works ana reducing taxation. But this the bankrupt government cannot do. As a member of the triple alli­ ance Italy must grind the people to maintain her enormous army. Make* Public John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury, has made public the follow­ ing statement: It has been erroneontly published In some newspapers that the Committee on the Ju­ diciary of the House of Representatives had agreed to and reported a resolution denying .the authority of th« Secretary of the Treasury to issue and sell bonds, as proposed in his re­ cent circular, and these publications have evi­ dently made an unfavorable impression upon the minds ot some who contemplated making bids for these securities. The only resolution In relation to this subject that has been before the committee is as follows: "Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of the Treasury has no authority under existing; law to itsue and sell bonds of the United States, except such as is conferred upon him by the act approved Jan. 14,18T.<, entitled, 'An act to pfovlde for the resumption of specie payment and that the money derived from the sale of bonds issued under that act cannot be lawfully applied to any purpose except those specified therein." It will be seen that this resolution assumed that the authority to issue bonds was con­ ferred upon tbe Secretary ot the Treasury by the act ot Jan. 14, 1*75. and that snch author­ ity still exists; but it asserts that the proceeds of the bonds can not be lawfully used except for the purpose of resumption. The official telegraphic report of the proceedings in the committee when the Secretary appeared be­ fore it last Thursday shows that his authority to Issue bonds was not questioned by any member, tha only question being whether he could use the proceeds for any otl-er purpose than the redemption of United Stutes notes. Mr. Bailey, the author of the resolution, distinctly" admitted the existence ot' the au­ thority. ' Addressing the Secretary Mr. Bailey •aid: "The resolution does not impeach your right to issue bonds; it expressly recognizee it, but questions your riaht to apply the pro­ ceeds to any purpose except those specified in the act." The .ludiciary Committee of the House examined and reported upon this same question during tbeUld Congress, and it then conceded that the authority existed under the act of IH -5. The question as to the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to use the money in any particular manner or for any particular purpose is wholly distinct from the question, as to his authority to issue and tell, bonds. No matter what he may do with the money tbe validity of the bonds will not be affected and there is. therefore, no reason why any one should hesitate to invest lit those se­ curities on the gi ound that the proceeds might potelbly be used for other than redemption' purpotes. _________________ ANGRY MINERS RIOT. i jprantedi and of arrears. i are to he paid so far as >le (rota the income of the na' sien food. Some minor are made a part of the bill. One pro­ vides that each member of an examin­ ing board shall receive S2 for each applicant when five or less are exam­ ined on one day, and $1 for each ad­ ditional applicant. When more than twenty appear no fewer than twenty are to be examined in a day. No fees are to be paid to examiners not present and assisting in examinations, Tho amount of clerk hire for each, agency is to be apportioned as nea ly as prac­ ticable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at the agency. Commissioner Lochren's lecommen- dations, which the bill follows; showed that the amount of first payments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, was $33.75tv>?9, and first payments for the six months of the present fiscal year $4*769,3.10.43. The num ber of pen- sioners on the rolls Eec. 31 last was but 130 more than on tbe first of July. The number of cases pending is 711,150. KILLED ROBBING HIMSELF. can maintain the higher wages, and that we can prove. We are the only rival that England fears, for we alone have in our borders the population and the vages, the raw ma­ terial. and within ourselves the great market which Insures to us the most im­ proved machinery. Our constant power to Increase our wages insures us also con­ tinuous progress. If you wish us to follow the example of England. I say yes, with all my heart, bat her real example and nothing else. Let us keep protection, as she did, until no rival dares to Invade out territory, and then we may take out chances for a future which by that time will not be unknown. A Day of \ ictory la Coming. Nobody knows so well as I do how much I have failed to present of oven my own comprehensidn of the great argument which should control this vote. I have said not a word of tbe great fall of prices which has always come from the competi­ tion of the whole world rendered possible by protection and substituted for the com­ petition of a single island. I have said not a word of the great difference between the attitude ot employers who And their own workmen their best customers in their own land, and who are. therefore, moved by their own best interests to give their workmen fair wages and those who sell abroad and are therefore anxious for low wages at home, and on whom works un­ restrictedly that pernicious doctrine, as wages fall profits rise. These and much more have I omitted, for there it a limit to all speaking. We know, my friends, that before this tribunal we all of us plead In vain. Why we fall let those answer who read the touching words ot Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural and remember that he pleaded in vain with these same men und their predecessor*. Where he failed we cannot expect to succeed. But though we fall here to-day. like our ttreat leader of other days, in the larger field, before the mlghtiei tribunal which will finally and forever de­ cide this question, we shall be more than conquerors; for this great nation, shaking off as it has onco before the influence of a lower civilization, will go on to fulfill It* high destiny until over the South, as well as over tbe North, shall be spread the full measure of that amazing prosperity which )s the wonder of tbe world. One ot Them Fatally Wounded and Sev­ eral Are Sadly Hurt. A wave of anarchy in whose train followed bloodshed, arson, and the destruction of property passed over the Mansfield, Pa., coal region the other day. It began at dawn and at dusk it was estimated that $200,000 worth of property had been destroyed. Made mad by "fancied grievances and liquor, a mob of several hundred foreigners-- Hungarians, Slavs and Italians--swept j over the county surrounding Mans­ field and through the valleys of Toms and Painters run. They attacked mine owners, miners, tni a few scat­ tered deputy sheriffs, and destroyed railroad property. tlniil noon the mob met hardly any tesi-stance. At that tipj it reagh^ the mines or the BeaolTn * Br JIT., near Federal, on the Pittsburg, Chartieis and Youghiogheny Railroad. Here the rioters jnet determined resistance and were checked. With repeating Win­ chester rifles in their hands, Thomas F., William and Henry Beadling stood their ground and opened fire upon the mob as it advanced. They fired four volleys in quick succession, fatally wounding one and injuring a half-dozen others. The man fatally wounded was Frank Stahle, a t renchman. He vtfas shot through the body. The names of the other men injured could not be learned. After the fourth volley the rioters turned and fled precipitately down the hill. At this moment a train bearing Sheriff Rich­ ards and forty deputies pulled into Beadling and the ott'ears, quickly alighting, started in pnrsuit of the rioters, tiring as they ran. The chase was a long and hot one, but finally sixteen were overtaken and capturea. They were marched to the Mansfield jail at the point of revolvers. On the way the party was met by a posse of citizens of Bridgeville, under command of Squire Ccshe.' Meyers. They will be held for riot and arson. As a result of the fighting it is stated that a demand will be made by the cit­ izens of the Mansfield region that the coal operators discharge all foreigners now in their employ, and hereafter hire none but Anrerican workingmeu. To avoid similar trouble in the future it is thought this course will be neces­ sary. BAD YEAR FOR FARMERS. Georgia Tax Collector Awumet the Gnlte of a Negfiro Thief and I* Shot. A sensat'onal story has been re­ ceived from Union County, Ga. Tax Collector Jones, who lives in the wilds of Cooper's Creek, returned on Satur­ day from a tour of the county collect­ ing taxes. In the evening a peddler well known in that locality stopped at his house, asked for lodging, and was taken in. After supper Jones went out to look after his cattle. While he was gone a dis- leputable-looking negro knocked at tjie front door, and when it was opened 6tuck two pistols into the faces of the peddler and Mrs. Jones. He first de­ manded the peddler's money, and get­ ting that made Mrs. Jones bring the tax money. As he got it he turned to go out, when the peddler quickly drew a pistol and firing struck the robber in the head, killing him instantly. It was then discovered that the would-be robber was none other than the tax collector himself, blacked up. SAT ON THE WOULD-BE ROBBER. A DOG'S CHARITY. John Dal ton Conceals Himself Stuffed Buffalo. A train-robber named John Dalton was oaptured by one of the Northwest­ ern express messengers beyond Dead- wood, S. D. Dalton had himself ex­ pressed on the inside of a stuffed buf­ falo, but his game was spoiled by his removing one of the animal's glass eyes, through the socket of which he stuck a six-shooter, covering the mes­ senger. The latter, however, got out of range and leaped upon the back of the stuffed animal. The back caved in and he dropped upon the robber inside, and sat on him until the next station was reached, when he was turned over to the authorities. The safe contained $50,u00. Evidently Dalton had confed­ erates. who were to act at his signal. They have not been apprehended. ' THOUSANDS VISIT THE. FAIR. J The Pah# Attendan ;e" gfltlie San Francisco Show Pepcids 60,000. Official figures from the Midwinter Fair headquarters show that 72,248 people passed through the turnstiles Saturday, the opening day. Of this number over 60,000 paid the regular admission fee of 50 cents. So far there has been little or no agitation to close the fair Sunday and everything on the grounds is wide open on that day. In the management of concessionaires and the general conduct of the exhibition there was nothing to distinguish Sun­ day from any other day, and though chaos still reigns in Machinery Hall and all of the exhibits in other build­ ings are still in a state of disorder thousands of people on last Sunday afternoon visited the grounds. BANDITS ROB A SILVER TRAIN. BeatarhaMe <0-- wt< a . ft* a ' ;; Late in the afternoon of a raw (htf in November as the Doctor alighted from his carriage at the door of lite stable, after a long drive over fratt- bound roads, he was somewhat start* led by the sudden appearance of ft hound, which trotted up to him with­ out ceremony, and, seizing him bj the skii'tMH his lung driving coat, en­ deavored to pull him in the direction of a shed ad oining the stable. Tbe Doctor remonstrate 1 rather vigor­ ously, whereat the dog immediately released his hold, but instead of run­ ning away, retreated In good order toward the shed, whence he present­ ly reappeared and tagged at the coat as before. Having freed the horse from the shafts of his buggy, the Doctor went into the house for a lantern; as he came out tbe hound again approached and repeated the performances. This time, greatly to the creature's de­ light, tbe Doctor followed him into the shed; and there, in a remote 'Cor­ ner, stretched at full length upon his side, and evidently in a condi­ tion of exhaustion, lay what is known as a "coach dog"--a short-haired ani­ mal of medium size, whose coat Is ' thickly covered with small black and white spots. By the light of the lantern the Doctor looked th^ poor fellow over carefully and soon found the cause ot his breakdown in torn and bleeding feet that made travel impossible: Here was a charity case indeed; and to such appeals of charity the phvsi- cian is ever ready to respond. A comfortable bed of straw and >i good supper were quickly provided for the sufferer. His feet were then clcansed, anointed with a soothing ointment, and wrapped in bandages, the hound looking on meanwhile with every manifestation of interest and pleasure. He was inyited by the hospital Doctor to spend the night with his canine friend, but he de­ clined the invitation. Having seen his companion properly cared for he hurried away as it on important busi­ ness, but when the Doctor went to the stable next morning he found the faithful creature at the stable door waiting lor admission. When he was permitted to enter he went stra eht to the patient and 1 wish I could report word for word what passed between the two. 1 have no doubt the hound inquired into his friend's condition, congratulated him upon having found an asylum in his extremity, and, in reply to expressions of gratitude and obligation, protest­ ed that he had done no more than any self-respecting dog would do un­ der the same circumstances. He re­ mained about the stable for half #1} hour and then left. Report of the Agricultural Department It Mot Kncoaraglnff. In the report of the Agricultural De­ partment the total value of the corn crop for 1893 is placed at $591,H:5,627, and although the crop is only about 9,000,0u0 bushels less than that of 1892 its money value on the farm is $50,500,- 000 less. The value per acre is $8.21, the lowest figure for ten years, except for the years of 188H and 1889. The falling off in the wheat crop for the year ii even more marked. The total product, as estimated, amounts to 396,131,725 measured bushels, which falls below the average for the ten years 1880 to 1889 to the amount of 53.- 5153,364 bushels, ar.d is 8J,64S,95ti bushels less than the average crop for the years 1890 to 1893, inclusive. There has aho been a fall in the fi-lce of wneat, so that tho farm value of the crop is esti­ mated at no more than $213,171,381, which is believed to be the lowest ever recorded. The crop of oats in 1893 was 22,180,150 bushels less than in 1892, and the farm value was $21,<>77,519 less The report also shows a corresponding decrease in the crop, of potatoes, rye and barley, not alone in the production but in the price. Kill the Foreman and Get Pottettloa of Much Valuable Ore. The authorities at Durango, Mexico, were notified of a desperate murder and robbery committed about eighty miles west of there in the teierra Madi e mountains, the perpetrators being a band of brigands led by the notorious outliw, Francisco Reiseda. A mule train loaded with silver ore from the Santa Maria mine was on its way to the reducing works when the bandits made an attack upon the guards, killing the foreman, Jose Nillaieel, who attempt­ ed to offer resistance. The other guards fled, leaving the burros with their Erecious cargoes in possession of the andits, who drove the animals to their rendezvous in the mountains. A force of troops will be sent in pursuit of the robbers. . LOCOMOTIVE AND SNOW PLOW. MONEY FOR PENSIONS. and THE longest wire span is a telegraph wire over the River Bistuah, in India. It is over 6,000 feet. PEDIGREE has ruined manv a Ane young man. - /. r " - L, , ... A Total of •181,U1<A70 Asked For, Wilt Be Allowed. The appropriation bill for pensions has been reported to the House by the Committee on Appropriations. There were no surprises in the recommenda­ tions, although mate ial reductions from the expenditures of last year were made in the bill. The total amount recommended for pension expen es for the fiscal year ending June 30,1895, is $151,581,57.0, which is practically in ac­ cordance with the last revised es­ timates of the Commissioner of Pen­ sions. The total is $14,949,780 less than the appropriation for the fiscal year of 1894, which was $16f>,.5,31,350, but is more than the sum applied for pensions in any year before 1893, when the amount was $160,581,787, including de­ ficiencies. In detail the expenditures recommended by the commission are for payment of pensions, $150,000,000: fees of examining surgeons, $1,000,000; salaries of agents, $72,000: clerk hire at agencies, $450,000; miscellaneous, $69,570. The commissioner's, original esti­ mate, based on the operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, were $162,631,570, but revision reduced them about $10,000,0001 The business of the Strike a Broken Rail, Throwing the Crew Over an Embankment. A severe wind and snow storm pre­ vailed at Como, Col., for thirty-six hours. Trains on the Union Pacific high line are blocked. The rotary snow plow, pushed by two engines, struck a bi oke i rail near Como and the plow and one of the locomotives wen'/ over the embankment, rolling over three times and landing about 150 feet from the track. Engineer Stowe, Con­ ductor Heed, and Firemen Kalahar, Evans, and Mcrdan received severe i%y juries. CAMPBELL HAS A BEE. May Bun for .governor In 'OS, With an Kye on the White Honta. Ex-Gov. Campbell's friends have stated that he will be an active candi- i date for Governor in '95, with a view j to securing the Presidential nomina- j tion in 1896. It is claimed by these friends that the machinery of the ad- I ministration is behind the movement, ' and the fact that Campbell dictated all the federal appointments in Ohio is quoted in support of this claim. Telegraphic Click*. THIRTY-EIGHT 4-year olds won 383 races and earned $342,780 last season, Lamplighter leading. ALL the Danbury, Conn., hat facto­ ries are to reopen. Six of the number will employ union men. AMERICAN Minister Smythe is said" to havo IBa^e himself objectionable at Hayti by giving advice £o the officials. ADDITIONAL advices say that 12,000 lives were lost in the earthquake which destroyed the city of Kuchan, Persia. THE financial ruin of ex-Governor Campbell is attributed by his Hamil­ ton, Ohio, neighbors to his political ambition. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE BIERER took the oath of office as Judge of the District Court at Guthrie, O. T., and appointed John Havighorst his clerk. IT had been planned to raid gambling hettses at Muncie, Ind., and burn the paraphernalia, but the gamblers moved their property out of the city. MRS. DAVID REYNOLDS, wife of a settler in the Cherokee Strip, near Ponca, died from drinking water from a spring supposed to have been poi­ soned by sooners. THE body of Frank Kramer, ex- cashier of the Bank of Lawrence,, and later of the Bank of Wekanda, Mo., was found at Lawrenoe, Kan. fib had Placing a root in a large pot by one side of a window, they will tra:n it as it grows untill it forms a pretty frame for the entire window. The English ivy growing over the walls of a building, instead of promoting dampness, as most persons would 8upi.d*e. fe said to be a remedy for ik and it is ment oned as a fact tbat in a room where dampness had prevail­ ed for a length of time the affected parts inside had become dry when i?y had grown up to cover the opposite exterior side. The close, overhang­ ing pendent leaves prevent the rain or moisture from penetrating the wall. In order to train ivy over a door*, buy a couple of brackets, such as lamps for the burning of kerosene are sometimes placed on, and screw them to the sides of the door, Pnfc in each a plant of English ivy, the longer the better, then train the plants over the top, against the sides --any way your fancy dictates. The common ungiazed pots will answer i every purpose by placing in each two i or three sprays of Coliseum ivy. In- | a month's time no vestige of the pot | itself can be discerned through thick screen.--Kew York Kecoree# f Episeo- ifr-s; ly •JST • J/X* \ f*- ^ - • v:f'!: < •< $ m - . ' ^ ; 4 A Chinese Jiady Doctor. The San Francisco Examiner says the idea of liberal education has In­ vaded Chinatown and Inspired the Chinese maiden Oy Yoice with the desire to become a doctor. Oy Yoke is sufficient past the senti­ mental age to know what she wants ̂ and has declined matrimony for a more independent career. During the past few years she has heen sup­ porting herself by nursing the sick among her own people, but is dissat­ isfied with her small amount of knowledge and wants, first to take a course in a nurse's training school and then study mediciue and be grad­ uated a full-fledged physician. She would have studied for a trained nurse long ago had there been a training school open to her. Some months ago an application was made to the training school in con­ nection with the Children's Hospital for the admission of a Chinese girl, but the nurses raised strenuous ob­ jections, and in order to prevent a small revolution the Directors de­ cided it undesirable to take her in. A number of ladies of the Board of Managers are in favor of allowing Oy Yoke the privileges of a medical education, but do not exactly know how to overcome the scruples of the nurses. They reali. e what a good work she could accomplish among the Chinese if properly equipped, and would like to give her equal advan­ tages with the American nurses. It is understood that Oy Yoke's case will be presented for consideration at the next meeting of the Board ot Lady Managers in January, and, if possible, arrangements will be ^f. fected whereby she will be glvea • thorough training as a nurse. < Ivy Within Doors. ! ? The Germans cultivate iv? Itt the r houses with great ml- -h •V# :r * ii % ' t&L • ,< x Si. l-'IM •m mm '•j®! firptsix months of the year showed a great falling off in. the number of new /evidently been murdered. LINCOLN'S Rebuke. Secretary Sewaiii was an palian. On one of the occasions when President Lincoln's patience waa i tried by a self-appointed adviser who j got warm and used stroug language, Mr. Lincoln interrupted him by say­ ing: "You are an Episcopalian* , aren't you?" and when a ked why he thought so, said: "You swear jut ' like Mr. Seward, and he is.'* Thia ; was Mr, Lincoln's way of getting rid of such advisers. ACTRESS--You are adivoroe law* yer, I understand. Lawyer--Yifc madam; I secure divorces without publicity* Actress--In that cut I'm in tbe wioag olBoe. (feod d*fj» 41 * •