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ILLINOIS NEWS SELY CON. iKil «t Wheat. lx>w Prtea--Tlkeir ICerve faU«d Th«m-UthualM* Sack a *hlng Company's Store -- Infecting Chlneh Bugs Is a Saeeest. >?• : Www Wheat Goes *t M Wheat thrashing is in full blast in , fayette County. Six hundred bushel* ; Of the new crop wai taken to market I Thursday and sold at 46 cents per J»»hei The berry Is exceptionally! fiHe and weighs over sixty pounds tV tae bustel measure. It is thou^i|"t)ie ' Fayette County wilt average S r between thirty and thirty-five bushels - . 'to the acre, being the largest yield for twenty years. ..KJ . Robbed by H Mob of S40.000 Worth. At Spring Valey, Friday, 153 hun- Ifry Lithuanians, all single men. de- Doe n led county aid, and were load ia tried . . a pio­ neer of Ogle County, died in Rock- ford. JOE HSXKBERY, of Chicago, aMonon fireman, was drowned while fishing mi Lafayette, Ind. THOMAS LYMAN, one of the pioneers of Chicago, died at his home In Dow­ ner's Grove, aged 70 years. REV. W. A. HUMPHREY, of Wash* burn, has accepted a call made by th« Christian Church of Virginia. HUGH MCARTHUR received probably fatal injuries at Pairbury from the ex­ plosion of a gun that hi was firing. DEPUTY MARSHAL, ZEPP was killed by the accideatal discharge of a rifle ih the Grand Central Depot, Chieag . CHICAGO dealers in food supplier deny there i« danger of a famine. The chief ditticulty is in making shipments to other towns. ELEVATORS along the river at Chi­ cago have been closed. All employe* except those requited for guard duty- were discharged. THE commander of the State troops r tjbeir threats if it ware not given them. Spring Valley has been ordered by Supervisor Nelson refused it and noti- * ' ' sa|ied the Mayor. About twenty depu- . were sworn in and fully armed. Lithuanians, men, women anl ©nildreo, gathered in front of the coal Company's store one thousand strong, r«*id commenced to hurl stones. This v was soon followed by the bteaking in Of the doors. Every one took.all the goods he could < arry and returned for more. The store contained a stock Valued at $-lC,() 0, and there was not -a dollar's worth in it at 12 o'clock at Bight. The police were power.ess and nmde no show of resistance. Similar scenes were enacted at Ladd. Militia . Was tent to each place. SpreadlnK Disease Arnonf Bags. . The State Entomologist reports ex­ periments for the destruction of the chinch bug by the introduction of con­ tagious diseases. He says he has on hie as many requests for diseased bugs 4MB he can fill tor a month. In the meantime those wishing diseased bugs are advised to obtain them from the infection boxe? of their neighbors where ver this is possible. The chinch bug disease has appeared simultane­ ously in many fields of at lea^t four Opunties, Marion, Clinton, Effingham and Fayette, and it is probably more or le-s prevalent wherever sufficient rain has fallen to give it a chance to devel­ op. The experience of the present season fully confirms that of the six years previous, to the effect that this diease cannot bo expected to -«&r«#d la dry weatyer. . ' . Ballroad Interest• • y:'.'.- Le3i than 12.000 ton i of freight of all 1 . Kind? was:ent east from Chicago for the week ending Thur day. One mu t go back thirty years or more to find a week when the east-bound shipment i were to small. The corresponding | week a year ago over 45,000 tons as forwarded, that amount being the low­ est on record for a corresponding week since three railroads have competed for the business. The total for t -e week could ea ily have been carried in 700 cars. This makes an average of ten carJ a day for each of the lines to do all the business for all Ea tern through and intermediate point*. The grojs earnings for all the linej wai barely $30,000i Potato Famln» Partly Believed. , . The Chicago potato famine, which has made pctatoss a luxury at $rt a barrel, was ended temporarily Sunday ni^ht by the ariival of the steam canal boat China from Peoria, with J,600 bar els for a cargo. The potatoes were #hip])ed from the South by rail to Peoria and there loaded on the China, which was four days coming up the canal. Great delay was caused by the shortage of soft coal for fuel, and while South Water street merchants were looking eagerly for the appearance of the China, Saturday, she was waiting • for enough coal to complete her voy­ age up the canal. While 1,600 barrels do not go a long way, yet they relieved the famine for a day. Chieken-learted'Special Six of Chief Brehnan's special"ottf- oers who were sworn in at Chicago and Were given sta s, at the Harrison street station, turned over their stars when the time came for them to go on duty, saying as they did so that the situation was too dangerous and that they would not undertake to go out as" spacial policemen. A crowd of Harrison street officers were waiting in the roll-call Toom. When the six new men filed out of the Captain's office they were greeted with loud jeers from the old officers. The six rneii looked exceed­ ingly shame-faced as they passed out ift the station. Are Chtrrel with Orave Robbery. -JL C. Webster, the detective who -exhumed the body of Dr. David Wil­ son at Robinson for the purpose of chemical ana'ysis, was arrested, to­ gether with David L. Wilson, one of the heirs, on the charge of grave rob­ bery. The warrant was sworn to by B. V. Carry. They were placed un3er - bonds of $1,000 for their appearance. Indications point to the conviction of H. C. Webster a* chief of the detective •agency of Indianapolis, Ind. ' , XereMitxt.e<i Another Elecrt'on. A cattle-at-large suit developed that • Lawrenceville, though for years gov- •Ortaed as an in orporated village, has never received a charter. It seems that an election had been held on the qnesticn of incorporating, but no rec­ ord had teen made of the vote, nor had any certificate been tiled with the Secretary of State. SENT TO • * • LEGISLATE AGAINST m.E NORTH*- _ • - *i»jr Control the Democratic Majority Vote and All Congressional Action--The Democratic Party as a lie cord-Breaka? gr­ ille Governor to ceasa purchasing sup plies at truck stores. FOR the first time in its history the entire militia fcree of the State, num­ bering about 5,0J0 me , has been or­ dered into active service. JOHN MILLKR and Fred Mexter are lcckedup at Chicago. They were ar­ rested wnile in the act of rifling the residence of Otto Sorenson. REPORTS that 2,000 rioters were on -their way from Kensington to destroy tBi» Hotel Florence at f ullman caused the guests to forsake the place. THE wfiisky trust, has boosted the {>rice of its tanglefoot 5 cents per gal-on within a week. It will go higher yet, because of tariff legislation. THE Illinois State Board of Health has received reports from health officials at Chicago showing that small­ pox is now practically wiped out. MANY cornfield-, in the vicinity of Virginia are fairly alive with chinch bugs, and several hundred acres have been practically destroyed by this pest. HENRY LEADY, an Alton saloon­ keeper, is missing, as is Alice An­ drews, a domestic, and his wife has been unable to ascartain his where­ abouts. Gov. ALTGKLD ordered the purchase of ?,G00 rifles and ammunition from New York, to be sent by express to Rutland, Coal City, Peru, and other points. THE contractors of the drainage canal at Joliet have been compelled to discharge their men and abandon work on account of the scarcity of coal. This will be a great drawback to the contractors. WM. MINER, of Table Grove, two weeks ago fell from a hammock to the ground and broke his neck. Physi­ cians could do nothing for him. He is yet alive, although one side of his body Is completely paralyzed. THE Republicans of Fayette oounty met in convention at Vandalia and se­ lected delegates to the State, Congres­ sional and Senatorial conventions. F. Remonn, of Vandaiia, was indorsed for Congress and J. G. Miller for member of the Legislature. The State de e« gates are J. J. Brown, J. E. Rode, N. B. Jennett, Leroy Washburn, C. R. Davis, J. U. Metzger, G. S. Henninger. While theie were no instruction?, it is known the delegation is favorab'e to S. M. Cul om fcr United States Sena­ tor. Ingalls is the favorite for Super­ intendent of Public Instruction. UNITED STATES regular troops be gan operations quickly at Spring Val* ley. As the train pulled into town, Wednesday, the engineer and firemaD were greeted with a few reeks from n mob of Lithuanians, Italians Belgians, and Poles, who had taken possession of the hill overlooking the depot. The following list of dead and injured in- ol 5 .v^fc*.ms; Dominic Barlmer, were suffering. They taught the peo- T tali an w«it'ln yPlfl that, because Louisiana was an Italian, died later, Walter Grego»- ,"j agricultural State, the panic would not reach it; but the "Robber Barons1' "Colonels" In Control. Mr. Charles Edgeworth Jones, of Augusta. Ga., writes an interesting letter to Senator Walsh's newspaper, the Augusta Chronicle, on the rapid disappearance of prominent Confeder­ ate officers from the arena of national politios. Mr. Jone* is the historian of the Confederate Survivors' Associa­ tion. In commenting upon Mr. Jones' list the Augusta Chronicle remarks: They are passing away. The charge is so frequently made by the Republican press, or that portion of it which likes t » stir ap prejudice and discord, that present legislation Is ruled by Confederate briga­ diers, that tbe facta set forth In Mr. Jones' article are timely and interesting. Oar Bepubllcan friends are shut up to one or two conclusion®. Either they are willfully misrepresenting facts, or else It takes a very few Southern brigadier* to control the action of Congress. The twelve names mentioned by Mr. Jones do not make a co mplete list of those "who distinguished themselves in the military and civil annals of the Confederacy" and who "remain in na­ tional halls upholding in the present, as they strove to do in the past, the rights and interests of the section of which they are the honored represen­ tatives. " Confederate soldiers distinguished themselves in lower grades of military rank than that of Brigadier General. In Mr. Jones' list we find no mention of Senator George, who was a Briga­ dier General of Mississippi troops; of Senator Daniel, Adjutant General of Jubal Early's staff; of Senator Roger Q. Mills, foi merly Colonel of the Tenth Texas; of Senator Berry, of Arkansas, who got to be a Second Lieutenant, and lost a leg at Corinth: of Senators Jones of Arkansas, Blackburn and Lindsay of Kentucky, and Pasco of Florida, all of whom distinguished themselves on the Southern side dur­ ing the war. Nor does the historian of Confede­ rate survivors take account of the fifty- three Confederate veterans besides Gen. Wheeler, of Alabama, who are members of the House of Representa­ tives in the Fi ty-third Congress, in­ cluding eight Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels. The fact is that from the thirteen States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis­ sippi, Missouri, North Carolina, teouth Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Vir ginia, not less than seventy-six of the present Senators and Representatives served on the Confederate side during the war of the rebiilL n. The total representation of ihe«e States is only 142, s > tj at considerably more than half of the whole number are Confederate veterans, survivors of actual service in the field against the Union. When we consider that aim st thirty years have elapsed since the end of the war, and that many South­ ern States and districts are now repre­ sented by men who were babies when the fighting was on, the pr portion of Southern military ar d naval heroism yet in Congress is I emarkable. It con tr Is the CK uthern Democratic vote, the Southern Democratic vote controls the majority party, and the majority contxls legislation.--New York Sun. More Ugh1; In Louisiana. With projer and permanent protec­ tion for raw sugar, Louisiana should be as reliably protectionist in 189(5 as Pennsylvania. This may seem fancy, but it is not. Wonderful changes hava occurred and are still occurring. A section of the pre 38, when the "Cleve land panic" started, were full of satis faction because the Northern States ot a . WTT- firrrtlW'rrtiltffliitiiiiil ill i trioto, and in eaefc one of these the frWf»iwho aeefcs rft-e action will he tried b ? the reoord which he has him« lf made in Cfttygress. If he has obeyed the wishes of his constituents, he ought to b> wad doubtless will be sent back again. . "Then it is w< r.vh while remember- mg that the South will certainly send 129 Democratic members of Congress. This K.-WB that the partv has oaly to elect fifty more to have a maority of the House. We cer.'ainly ought to be able to carry fiftv districts throughout the rest of the United StateewV-^aah* ington Pot.! Owr Saferoard. 'i • Representatives and Senators In OoBcreas now assembled. Since the time of jrou» election there are thousands who have trembled. Just because a good majority ot you are Democratic. And pledged to revolutionise the Tariff-- "plutocratic." And three million idle workingmea In 4es~ peration wait, While in the balls of Congress yon worry and debate Over ad valorem duties and a lot Ot other tilings That a smashing and a mending of the Tariff always bring*. And Grover Cleveland, President et these United States, Asa hater of Protection, all the more alarm creates. For in spite of protestations he will hasten on the storm By insisting on a trial ot his theories ot reform. Why cause this needless suffering to tfaeu labor of our land? •" Oome HS patriots to the rescue. In solid phalanx stand. Set the idle wheels in motion, tell the na­ tions of the world 4 : That Protection's rcyal bannev h^ yoar hands shall not be furled. Only one short year ago we were a prosper­ ous nation. With the heart-throb ot a commerce that was mighty in pulsation; Industrial activity was found on every hand, For a wise Protective Tariff was the safe­ guard of our land. 1i ' S AT CKICAGQ nam miN- NlNG AS USUAL. * reom Every Direction Come Reports of Men Returning to Work, and Both Pas- senger and Freight Trafle Besoming Normal Conditions--Por Arbitration. 4 Record of the Werft. ^ GEORGE PINE, aged 58 yean, died at Greenup. £L BLAISDELL, a leading citizen, died at Weston. DANIEL LUMBY, of Jacksonville, was rt» over by a train and^killed. WILLIAMS SIMENS stabbed a tramp to death in a quarrel at Quincy. HANCOCK COUNTY farmers ask that their taxes be reduced these times. CHICAGO Zouaves captured the prize in the competitive drill at Little Hock Ark. ' ELMER JOHNSTON, livin? at Lodge, committed suicide because Of disap- . pointment in love. A FRANCHISE was granted by Dixon for an extension of the electric rail­ way line from Rockford. MRS. E. S. MCCARTHY, of Deoator, left $3,500 to Bishop Taylor to be used for mission work in Africa. PRANK SCHERTZ was crushed to death by a horse that squeezed him against the side of a stall at Lilly. Ssx fires were started at Litchfield by a mob. Municipal authorities re­ fused protection to the railroads. AT Cairo a mob burned thirty cars and two freight houses belonging to the Eig Four and Mobile ana Ohio loads. RUMORS are afloat to the effect that railroad-s will remove their shops from Blue Island and abandon the place en­ tirely. DIXON Democrats are pleased with Cleveland's appointment of Sherwood Dtxon as District Attoftiey Gf llorfch- •rn Illinois. ̂ - deputy, badly bruised; Lusa i£o:pi deputy from Princeton, shot in the thigh while adjusting a revolver; S. T. Powell, a deputy, and proprietor of the City Hotel, r rinceton. shot in the face; unknown Italian, rioter, extent of his injuries not known: unknown rioter, band and arm badly lacerated by a bayonet. A YOUNG man named Clarke,, from Peoria, has been creating mush ex­ citement in the vicin'ty of Carman. Some weeks ago Clark's wife and four children siarted for Iowa on. a visit. Clark has never recovered from an attack of grip and suddenly became in­ sane. He "tarted to follow his wife to Iowa in a road cart, driviner one horse. He was captured in the vicinity of Car­ man by four men, who had to chain the maniac, and then Clark tore off the chains. He threw himself in front of a-train and the engineer had barely time to stop. When Clark's father came from Peoria on receipt of a tele­ gram, Clark, at the sight of him, ran for the timber like a deer, breaking down barred fences as if they were straw. He was finally captured and taken to Peoria. LIZZIE ETGEN was shot and killed by her husband, Bernard, at Chicago. Four bullets were fired at the woman, each of which took effect. Etgen was locked up. Etgen quarreled with the woman Sunday because she refused to lend nim money. She workei as a scrub woman in Brachetti's .ewelry store. He met her several doors from the jewelry store and began using his revolver without warning. He is a bartender and once owned a saloon. He had been drinking. When askei why he shot his wife Etgen said: "Be­ cause it was impossible to live with her. We have lived unhappily for months. I married her two years ago anl she has not treated ire right. As far as the result is concerned I care nothing. I don t care to live. I would not care if I was taken out of this cell and hanged. That's how I teel about the matter." were the -ones whose bank accounts would be made to feel thd results, and not the cotton planter. The most remarkable and unheard of change is takinsr place. Old men, well on in the sixties, volunteer the the open expression of a change of heart. A large minority of the young and reading men are seeking "more light" and hold to tariff literature *9 never before and part with it very re luctantly. Many of these young men openly announce that they have per­ manently parted company with the free trade part/. While'not a? out spoken as to their intentions of unit­ ing with the protectionists, they do not hesitate to confess their belief is in the princip es t f that na' tv. The business of protection has been brought directly home to the people of Louisiana as it has in other States. Protection means successful business and prosperity. Free trade means.the opposite. At New Iberia there was quite recently a meeting held to dis­ cuss the advisabilitv of erecting a new and central sugar factory. The gentle­ men present were not disposed to risK their capital. People do not like to in­ vest large sums of money in an uncer­ tainty. The sugar planters of Louisiana are not able to place their product on the market ar.d sell it at a profit on the basis of New York prices for raw sugar. Thoy need protection. The sugar industry of Louisiana represents srma $30,000,000 worth of goods pur­ chased in other States. These other Suites are interested in the welfare of Louisiana just as Louisiana is interest­ ed in their welfare. HEAVY re enforcements were sent to Pullman, CoL Turner threatening to resign his command unles< this was done. Escorted by a troop of cavalry, a company of infantry and a phalaix of police, the first meat train pulled out of the Chicago Stock Yards m safety Wednesday. A SIX-FOOT vein of cannel coal wa3 struck near Palestine, Crawford Coun­ ty. The well was being bored by miners who were thrown out of em­ ployment in Indiana recently, and who contracted with the owner of the land to work the mine on shares if success­ ful in finding the supposed vein. PATSEY MURPHY, a two-year con- vict at the Joliet penitentiary, sent from Edgar County in March, lfltt, escaped. Chief cf .Police Lang caught him a mile west of the citv. He es­ caped from the outside gang on the west side of the penitentiary. THE Democratic Senatorial conven­ tion for the Forty-first District was held in Decatur. Herman Manecko, of Macon County, was renominated lor State Senator, and Murray McDonald, of Moultrie County, and A. B. Herr­ mann, of Christian County, for Repre sentatives, by acclamation. Resolu­ tions were adopted deploring the labor troubles, but declaring in iavor of ar­ bitration in all labor difference* The PromUed Tlane.Xg Pifcy' It has come, it is with us. Tfee "gol­ den era" when the "shackles of serf­ dom shall drop from our wearied limbs," "when bloated bondholders shall be made to di-gorge their ill- gotten gains," spoken of by the sugar- cured leaders of Democracy, is here, and we don't seem to know it. Strange as it may appear, the air is not rent with our shouts of gladness nor do loud hosannas go up to the ruling ,pjwer. On the contrary the shouts are thoso of angry men at whose vitals hunger is gnawing. There is the march ng of the military, the sharp crack of the rifle, the cry of the wounded. The hoaannas are tearful wails of "How long, oh, how long will it last?" The ringed, streaked and stripod goddess of ballot b >x stuffers, negro intimidators and political tricksters, sits on high and watches the terrible strife, and with a sinister expression it remarks: "It is a condition and not a theory that confronts us." The peo )le are tired, they are deter­ mined to turn the - whole clique out. The political house cleaning will begin in the local elections and go through to the national one?.-- loungstown Telegram. The Next Congrets. Every once in a while a Congr©*«Man can be found whosa eyes of faith pierce the Democratic gloom. One of these is Mr. Swaasoo, of Virginia. He does not share in the general belief that the next House will be Republican, and he has reasons for the faith that, is ia hfln. "The election next fall," he says,"so far as it relates to mem- Jnst the moment this is threatened. the good times disappear. And in Columbia's bosom creep a growing, lingering fear. That will not be dissipated till at general electioif W* tilegate to private life the foemen ot Protection. . UTTSSKS GRANT WATT* Aiftbn, Wis, Grower's Glorious Konrth. It will be remembered that on the Fourth of July, 1833, the Hon. Benja­ min Folsom distinguished himself, in his official capacity as United States Consul to Sheffield, by banqueting and addressing the Master Cutler of Shef­ field and other manufacturers at that thriving English manufacturing city. He congratulated the people of Shef­ field upon the,good times that were in st re for them owing to the near ap­ proach of free trade, which the Demo­ cratic partv, represented by his dis­ tinguished brother-in-law, Hon. Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, was pledged to establish. That was a year ago. This year we saw the attempt made to explode the first bomb of free trade. A Record- Breaker. Up to date this Democratic adminis­ tration has broken the following rec­ ords : In "resting." In breaking its promises. In relieving the people of work. In relieving business men of busi­ ness. In relieving everybody of money. In causing failure In running the country into debt. J n depleting the gold re _erve. In lack of patriotism. In trying to s-et up a monarchy. In hauling down the flag. In appointing hundreds of clerks in Wa hington departments who cannot write or read, but who terved in the rebel army. * In speculating in sugar stock. ' „ - In causing destitution. &'*'• In cheapening the farmers' wheats In cheapening^he farmers' wool. In making a tariff for Europe and the South. In using Benedict's sugar trust yacht. In using government "war ships for "resting." In raising he bo armies. In making Republican voter*. *. £, In giving Wall street tips. In good-for-nothingness. In gene al cussedness. The Telegram may have onlitted some of the administrations new reco'ds, but if it has it hopes to be re­ minded of them, for it would not in­ tentionally rob the administration of any ot its glory.--Worcester, Mass., Telegram. ______ Democratic Demagogues. No nation ever committed so great a blunder as when we cast off the Har­ rison administration to accept the one which at present retards our prosper­ ity at home and interferes with our dignity and influence abrcad. Our material progress has ceased, our civic pride is wounded, social order is over­ thrown, financial thrift and stability have disappeared, and in their place have come riot, violence, prostration, depression, and uncertainty. The foundations of commerce and currency are being swept away and confidence in republican government shaken. Un­ rest and desperation like twin devils are inciting men every where to> an­ archy and all manner of wickedness. All this comes from placing dema­ gogues in control of the government instead of men who have demonstrated by successful experience of a genera­ tion an ability for wise and good gov- erameul i'yiM Trouble Is Over, The great railway strike is at an<end in Chicago. Trains on all roads are moving. Passenger trains are again on time, and freight traffio is rapidly becoming regular. The railroad com­ panies have called a halt in the impor­ tation of new men to take the places of strikers. They claim to have manned all the important vacancies with com­ petent men,' and that the operation of the various reads is rapidly assuming normal smoothness. It is said by the general managers that there are now enough applicants for work in Chicago to supply temaining vacancies and that no necessity exists for bringing in more men from other labor centers. On some of the roads it is pretty well known, though "officially" denied, that in the employment of men the strikers are b^ing discriminated against. On other roads a more gen­ erous spirit prevails and the old men are given the preference, though without exception ihe companies say tnev will stand by the new men who came forward at ihe risk o* their lives las they believed) ani took the places of the strikers. In the scramble*, among foamer em­ ployes to get back >'their jobs some amusing incidents crop out. The pres­ ident of one of the largest corpora- ions was running through the excuses piled upon his desk from employes ex­ plaining how it happened that thev had not reported for duty the last two or three weeks, and found that out of 135 communications, thirty-two related to births in the family and the consequent train of sickness and misfortune. On comparing notes it was learned that the employing officials on every other road were overwhelmed with similar "excuses, which led them to the conclu­ sion that strikes have an extraordi­ nary lv stimulating effect on population statistics. The epidemic of sickness in the families of strikers who want to get back to work is widespread and include* relatives of all degrees, from Vrives. children, mothers and fathoms to thirty- econd cou-ins by marriage or adoption. Quiet Everywhere, Reports from all over the country indicate that the greatest labor dis­ turbance which has ever occurred in this or in any ether c»untry Is at an end, and it may bo said to the credit of the authorities that the trouble was suppressed with comparatively little bloodshed. Happily the struggle ba- tween the armed representatives of order and those engaged in defying law, destroying property and obstruct­ ing the operation of the rail- toads centering in the great town of Illinois did not materialize to %ny great extent. For those not disposed to reason the ^presence ot an army of 10,00u men in Chicago had a quieting effect, as the troopers had orders to shoot to kill, tvnen law breakers set out to burn and pillage the property of the railroad companies. Undoubtedly their pres­ ence did much to keep the turbulent in subjection. And it must be con­ fessed that the regulars bore them­ selves liko brave soldiers in retraining from shooting when provocation to do so was very strong. Clevel <nd tor Arbitration. It is reported from Washington that the President will appoint a commis­ sion, by the authority given him by the aroitration act of 18.^, to investi­ gate the iabar troubles at Chicago and elsewhere and report to the President and Congress. This determination on the part of the President was arrived at after an interview with Secretary- Treasurer Hayes of the Knights of Labor, McGuire and French of the Executive Committee, and Mr. Schcea- faber, who were introduced to the President by Senator Kyle, and Who came bearing credentials from the American hallway Union, the Pullman employes, and sev­ eral labor organizations. After discussing the various features of the situation for more than an hour the President promise l that if the leaders would return to Chicago and use their influence toward restoring peace and order he would appoint the commission as soon as the disturbances had ceased to such an extent as to render a care­ ful, thoughtful investigation possible. stopping thousands ot people on the plains Ot AriaOtia, and in the Buper«>l>efcted belt of title Northwest, many of them Wom- *t» and children, man? of then, traveler* hastening to the bed-ilde-t ot 'lying moth­ ers. wives or children, many of them inva­ lids who may ioee their lives by theerpo*- ure. is to compel a manufacturing c< m- pany to find contracts to build can and then build the>n. is Just one of those prob­ lems which tbe railway mind is unable to RfaaP' It is impossible to contemplate the action of the many thousands of rail* way employes in blindly following the mandates of an irresp msible leaictfj without a feeling of wonder and aston­ ishment, to say nothing of disappoint­ ment and humiliation, whic 1 it in­ spire 4. The only explanation that can ba given is that thev have aone so be­ cause they aro blind. But this fact only augments the duty devolving upon the n anagcrs of the railroads in resist­ ing the influence of those who arro­ gantly assume the position of supreme dictators, and also in opening the eves of the poor, delude! fellows who fol­ low them. There is no middle ground for the railroad manager. To parley with, or in any way to recognize for a moment, the leaders of such a strike, wouhi be a movement fraught with the greatest danger to the prosperity not a'one of the railroads throughout the country but, also, if the country itself. STATUE OF GEN. HANCOCK. Met Up at Gettysburg la That Soldier's Honor. . The State of Pennsylvania has given $100.01)0 for the erection of three statues^jn the field of Gettysburg an<i one of them is of Gen. Winfield Scot! Hancock. The plaster cast of this last has just been finished by the artist, F. Edwin Elwell, of New Vork. and this will now be cast in bronze. The statue will stand on Cemetery Hill, where'1' THB HANCOCK STATUS SPIRIT OF THK 8TBIKK. with Gen. Howard and hi9 staff Geh. Hancock discussed the battle. The figure is supposed to represent him in the act of telling his asscciates that the brunt of the battle would fall PJ1 Bcund Top. The sculptor's idea has been to represent the intel:ectual characteristics of the commander, and not the merely physi­ cal. _ The height of the horse is six feet six inches to the withers, and the en- t re height of the statue is seventeen feet. The horse stands on a well de­ signed architectural pinth, the work of a friend of the sculptor. On each sido is a cartouch bearing on one the name of the sculptrv and on the other the nama "Hancock." Gen. Hancock is represented seated in tfto saddle in a position which Capt. Wayd. who was his aid during the war, has pronounced very characteris­ tic. There is «no sword or other ap­ purtenance, the purpose being to make the statue broad and dignified in effect. The face wears an expression of intense interest and the eyes are looking out over the field. The horse has three eet on the ground and one raised pawing the air. QUEBEC'S OLD WAI_LS. The linnoos SLAYER OF CHICAGO'S MAYO»- PAYS THE PENALTY. The Gallows Sends Patrick iTngiioe • rMn' dergant Iato Kteratty--BemarkaMy .»&( naelooa Legal Fight to lave Hie Story of the Crime. / •- < ..\iI2t t*s M«rd«r iltrisged ^ Without a word of f rotest or an IM| - of resistance, Patrick Eugene JMefik Prenderga t suffered the extlCPlH penalty of the law Friday for th»; murder of Carter H. Harrison. Ha was hanged at 11:48 o'clock, in tho county jail in Chi ago. He walked to the scaffold without support. He showed no sign of weakness till <;W moment tefore the drop fell, wh«* 'f he stood with the ncose abotafc ' "'4 his neck, the white shroud enwrap- ping hi; form, his feet and knees I strapped together, his arms fastened. t^his body, and the white cap cover­ ing his head and face. Then he almost 5gjj| FATRICK gcoKNa jonpR nnoiiout Banco BiK To Countenance Sueh an Uprising Be Dangerous to the Country. Just when the bituminous coal min­ ers' strike had been settled and it be­ gan to look as if there was some hope of the railroads being able to earn enough to keep them out of the hand? of re»jeivers, the wheels on every road from the eastern slope of the Missis­ sippi Valley to the Pacific coast were either actually stopped, or active preparations were under way to bring them to a standstill.- Never wa; the action of the railroad olEcials more im­ portant, never were the principles in- vol\ ed more vi al. Tno annual traffic re enue of the railro-ds of the United States amounts to considerably more than a thousand million dollars it was proposed to stop this revenue an l in to doing to cripple or destroy every business ente:-prue throughout the count y whi•. h is dependent upon the railroads for transportion, while a few hot-headed labor leaders ^ttied a question of difference which hal arisen wholly outside of the management of the railroad companies themselves. It was absolutely of no consequence whatever whether the position taken by Mr. Pullman, or the Flillinan Palace- Car Company, was risht or wrong; that question was in no way involved. To raise it to the dignity of a moment consideration is to concede that theJ leaders of any labor organization have' a riaht tp stop the turning of thef wheels on 150,000 miles of railroad, while they settled a dispute with the manufacturer of axle grease without the liberal use of which it is, of' course, unsafe to move trains. Or they might pick a quat rel with a car wheel manufacturer and then insist that all the wheels made by the con­ cern should be taken off and replaced bv others, before the trains would be allowed to run again. Indeed, these propositions would be more reasonable than the recent demand made, for there are numerous manufacturers of axle vict, stabbed and instantly killed grease and of car wheels, but with the j Charley 'ihomas, another oonviot, at exception of one other company whose the f rankfort penitentiary. Old Citadel Fast FWlllng Into Decay. The old walls of the Citadel at Que­ bec are famous, and are among the most interesting historical monuments of the continent. A report is current that in p aces they have fallen into decay, and that some of the secret un­ derground passages connecting the fortress with the city have tumbled in and become filled up and absolutely useless. Befcra the withdrawal of British trocps from Canada twenty years ago companies of thehoyal Engiceers were engaged in keeping the citadel In per­ fect repair. That the recent alarm created by the neglect into which the fortress has fallen is not exaggerated is shown by th > annual report of the D parttnent of the Militia and Defense, recently submitted to Parliament. It is recomm jnued in this document that a bady of j>r gineers and artificers be constantly employed to keep the old walls in ord.r. Un ess this is done Quebec s elaborate system of fortifica­ tions, that has for so many years past proved i na cf the principal attractions for tourists, will speedily crumble into a mass of ruins. ' The money spent upon those works in the past is simply incredible. Wooden fortifications were erected there by the French colonists, and so heavy was the expenditure, together with what was boodled by Bigot, the intendant and his associates, that 'Louis XIV. is reported to have asked whether thj fortification* of Quebec •were built of gold. The present walls, which replace those first erected by the royal engineers, date back to 18;-3, and were carried out according to plans sus m it ted to and approved by the Duke of Wellington at a cost of some 00. ^ _ , f * . >i , 1 ijn 1 , • : ' w • , . , v > ' * Two British labor reformer*, Relr Hardy, who is a well-known Radical member of the Housa of Commons, and Frank Smith, who used to be a com- misbioner in the Salvation Army, are coming over to help out in the stump speaking next fall. ; :* Sparks from the Wlr«(|KjaX THE bank of Minneapolis has BEDN awarded $10,(00 in its suit against Philip S'chcig/the defaulting cashier. TflE Brushart Lumber Company, of Portsmouth, Ohio, assigned ,to J. S. Dcdge. Liabilities, $4o,00D; assets, $35,tOO. Music taachers of the country met in sixteenth annual session at Saratoga, N. Y. Several papers were read and a concert given. GEORGE MCGEE, a Louisville con- ana instantly gave way. His knees trembled and seemed to sink under him. His breath came in gas.s and he g u e convulsive gut s that showed his nervous s was breaking. His rul e was at 120 a minute, and he was on the point of physioal collapse when the drop fell. He died painlessly, as his neck was broken by the fall. To the very last moment he expected to be saved from the scaffold by some power. Five min­ utes before he began his walk to th » gallows he said he expected to hear soon from th j Governor. He made no sp ech on the gallows. He had intended to do so, but was dis­ suaded by Iiis spiritual adviser. Rev. Father Barry, who pleaded with him to submit to tne inevitable and hot to make a scone. He accepted the ministrations of the priests who were with him to the last, and he received the last rites of the Catholic Church. Ten minutes before he stepped On the fatal trap he repeated the tta'e- ment that he had so often made--that he killed Mr. Harrison becjiuss hc had to do so and that there was no ma Ice in the act. This was prae^teally his dying declaration. The execution wa? accomplished without aecidet& With­ in three minutes after Prendergaai left his cell he was swinging at the vopeli ̂ eno. Story of the Crime. The crime for which Patrick _ Prendergast was executed was the most cold blooded and ug murders ever committed. Cfe day, Oct :8, 18a;?, Carter H. H; . then Mayor of Chicago, attend* closing of the great World's Exposition, and in his ci Mayor delivered one of the ad< the day. 'Ihe Mayor, tired and worn out by the performance of his many official duties, returned to his home on Ashland avenue at an early hour in the evening. Prendergast first visited the house at 7:30 o'clock and was in­ formed that Mayor Harrison was on- gaged. A hah" hour later he teturned and was let into the hall by the serv­ ant girl. Mayor Harrison was a leep in his armchair, but was awakened by Prendergast s v >i«se and walked to­ ward the main 1 a iway. As he did so Prendergast advanced, revolver in hand, and fired three shots at Mr. Har­ rison. Two of the bullets took effect, one piercing his right hand and the other entering his stomach. wounded man sank to the 11-or twenty minutes later died in the i of his son, William Preston Harr: Immediately following the shcoti Prendergast left the house and his way to Desplaines street station, where he gave himself up. From Des- plaines street station tbe murderor was taken to the city hall, where he midea statement concerning the shooting. He said he was very deepl/ interest d in track elevation and was anx ous to be made Corporation Counsel in ord^r that be might ca**rv out his deas on the subject He said Ma or Ha risoa ijai promised to app inr him Co po a- tioil Counsel, but ha l fa led to u > sot „ and for this reas n i»6 thought he waiiK just'fied in taking the Ma/o/s lif$.' ~ ^ . Kffopt< to *p 1J|« tifi*. In 'ts le:al pha es the Prendega&% case is without precedent in the his- .tory of criminal law.. Never l^fore wore such per.-iste.it mid ingenious efforts made to save a prisoner s neck from the noote. The defense set up the plea of insanity, and on this lina the battle against jv3lica was waged tp the end. • he assassin wai at all, times sur, ounded by legal tale it we h vers-ed in Ihe mast*intricate points ol practice, aad having all the technical" itie at t..eir command. Yet witn al', of these a .vantages tho murderer ot Mayor Harrison ws unable tj e ute the soaffi Id which wa» twi e cro.Wd f.r its victim. , fee V 4 vrj: cars are fully employed on a few lines, there- are no sleeping or palace cars except thoie made by the Pullman Company. A prominent railway pres­ ident stated the matter very tereely when he said: The spirit of the strike, as I understand it, is, by closlug up the railroads and de­ taining travelers all over tbe country wherever they may be, to create a public opinion which will compel the manufac­ turing company to socuru work and do it, ao master what the loss may. With tjfce relations between the munufucturlng com­ pany and their employe! tbe railway com­ panies ha*e nothing to do, and It is none mt their boslneas. That is a matter which MRS. MAGGIE BKANNUM, in a death­ bed contession atKnoxville, Tenn., im- pli ated four men in a murder and rob­ bery that occnnei f< ur years ago. THREE little boys at Fort Wayne, Ind., saw a woman push a man into the St. Mary's river in that city. The dragged the woman into the stream after him and both were drowned. JEREMIAH O'DONOVAN BossA,whoje twenty years of expatriation expired on July 2, 1892, and who returned Ireland last month, has announced intention of standing for el the City Marshal of fiubttn. in l'Vw Word*. ' li : THE wages of female servants=;iaL Prussia range f.om *14.23 t» $7I.;O p6p year; of males 423.^10 to $s*".Sld MICKOSCOPJSTS say t at the strong­ est microscopes do not, p obably. f&f veal the lowest stages of animal Uf®iJ THE wettest pla.^e in this couutrv W Neah Bay, in ashinartcn. Over 12$ inches of rain falls thero every year. - IT is about thirty miles across town in London, and for that t ntire di taaco there is said to be an unbroken lin * of residences and sto -es " THE water that pours" over th© fa'ls of Niagara is wearing the roc«c away at the rata of five yards in four years* . CHICAGO has a Domestic Sci^e" As­ sociation, which prorxt-cs to but d && institution where womou will h» structed in home duties. <£>3MK recent invest'gators ejaUtt,th<i|," the !-weetne s and fragrance w t ' p very best butter is dtt > to a oertaift ; beneficent species df bacteria. MOURNERS at Persian funera s a«w furnished with 1 ttle wads of 00 tail with wh ch to wipe away their tea**; ?he tears are i h n preserved ar.d ajf* ppo»ed to coatain- resltratlrc qeai* > case of faintiBir. ' " ' s • ska