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RAFTELON FREE-TJ y CHASING RAl A&tkS BOWS. ARE f. * • ' b 4> fT'. 'L': ••-'• ftaAtleta Knnon that President Me> '. Kialey L>ooka FaTorabtj Upon tke r. Poller of Giving Outsiders m Wid»r Entrance to the American Market. ' It we may credit what purports to | |ea dispatch from London to one of |J> the New York .papers, the free-trade guild of Great Britain Is being fooled ifer: 'Into building up hopes upon an ex- % <; - , pected abandonment of the protection I'-;;-policy by President McKinley. The Very statement of what is expected by jfc- the Cobdenites will sound so ludicrous t '.to all who know the sentiments of P President McKinley on the question £-•. ' of protection to American Industries ^ that no statement that Mr. McKinley :t lias not changed bis opinions in respect jf to that doctrine in industrial economics Heed be made. But, so prompt are the tree-trade advocates of this country to |ake up the London gossip about an Alleged statement by the President to #ne of the Canadian members of the High Joint Commission engaged in ef­ forts to make a treaty for reciprocal trad* relations between this country Idnd Canada--which statement was to the effect, as quoted, that the Presi­ dent has changed his views and will •^recommend a revision of the tariff be­ fore he leaves the Office of President-- that it is worthy of some notice. The fact is that the comments by the free-trade press upon the workings of the Dingley tariff have been so replete vwltli misstatements and misrepresenta­ tions that when the little coterie of Cobdenites in this country set about to show the necessity of tariff revision upon the ground that the Dingley law Is not producing sufficient revenues, they will find themselves confronted by a pretty big contract. The facts, are, the Dingley protective tariff is pro­ ducing, every month of its operation, more revenue from customs duties than was raised in any month during the life^of the Gorman-Wilson free- rade tariff, and more revenues than ave been raised from customs tariffs during any time sirtce the McKinley ^ariff was stricken down by the free- trade victory in this country in 1892. •Not only is the law successful as a ifevenue producer, but It is successful in giving encouragement to domestic industries by removing competition from goods the like of which are pro­ duced in this country. There is no doubt that President Mc­ Kinley is desirous of seeing a treaty concluded, between the United States and Canada which would settle some of the vexed questions which have arisen in our relations with the Do­ minion government. But the Cobden^ ltes may rest their souls in contempla­ tion of the fact that Mr. McKinley will not advocate the making of such treaty If to do so will place in Jeopardy a single Industry in this country, or de­ tract in the least from the free opera­ tion of the protective policy in respect to such Industries. The organs in this country of the British manufacturers, and the entire brood of visionary speculators upon the "grandeur and glory to oOme to the United States from the policy of per­ mitting British manufacturers to fab­ ricate goods for the American market," should take their cues from the free trade ripostles in Congress. The spokes­ men of the Cobdenites in the halls of the National Legislature have practical­ ly ceased their clamor about the alleged unsuccessful workings of the Dingley tariff. Improved business conditions throughout the country since that law was enacted, and Increased customs revenues under the law, have practical­ ly silenced the carping critics of the protection policy. If the organ editors for the Cobden clubs in this country can find no better evidence that William McKinley will turn his back on the pol- * Icy of protection to American industries than gossip in the London press, whose editors are straining their Vision for a glimpse of even a possible return to the days of WIlson-Gormanlsm and a Brit­ ish revel in American markets, they are wastlttg their time. It !s, of course, nothing to the pfrtbt that millions of pacKages of Airiertckn tinned meats are constantly In uaeifcy the families of this an<V-orher countries, and that sickness from this cause haa been hitherto unknown. The fact Re­ mains that a considerable percentage of our troops did not thrive In the hot cli­ mate of the trpplcs. and It that the Dingley tariff was the «ause Protection in Minnesota. A joint committee of the Minnesota Legislature has reported in favor of a bounty of 50 cents per ton for all pig Iron made in Minnesota for the next ten years. Minnesota finds the reward of labor distributed in that State does not exceed $1 per ton of iron ore mined, whereas Bessemer pig sells for $10 per ton, steel rails for $18. tin plates for $70. Most all of the advance in prices over the cost of the ore in the ground is paid to labor, either In manufacturing or transporting. Now it is proposed that much of the cost of transportation shall be saved to the consumers of the Northwest and the money paid for con­ verting the ore Into useful products shall be distributed in Minnesota, .where the laborers shall be consumers of the products of Minnesota farmers. It is noticeable that a year from next fall the Minnesota farmers will be as­ sured that they are injured by the near market and will be asked to vote for those who will send all manufacturing to England and Germany. Kinetjr-aeveii Thousand Men. The army bill as it passed the Senate provides for (»2,000 regulars, for the en­ listment of 35,000 volunteers in the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico, for the continuance of the volunteer staff, and for the Immediate re-enlistment for six months of such volunteers as ar- now In the service In Cuba and (he Philippines. The amendment over which Senator Gorman made so much noise was slmfrty to limit this organiza­ tion of the army to two years from July next. This limitation Is of no great importance, because If so minded the Fifty-sixth Congress may pass a bill thoroughly reorganizing the army (Hi a basis of 100,000 men. The bill as it stands gives the President an effec­ tive force of 97,000 men. & That Terrible Tariff. According to some of the Democratic papers, the real cause of the sickness among the soldiers of the United States army in Cuba was the Dingley tariff. They claim that by the shutting out of l' foreign importations American packers fvere forced to use cans made of domes­ tic tin in which to pack the meats for army use, and that the lead used in this cheap tin poisoned the soldiers! The Tariff Wall. ^ ̂ English journals are seriously discuss­ ing the inroads already made and pro­ jected by American manufacturers in British home markets and in neutral markets hitherto in the almost undis­ puted possession of British traders. Trade rivalry from this time forth is sure to become more^ strenuous between the United States and Great Britain, and there is more danger of all inter­ ruption of the present cordial relations from this cause than from any other. The policy of the "open door" which Englishmen both preach and practice would give to the United States a seem­ ing advantage in the terms of competi­ tion, but It is to be noted that more and more English capitalists are' avail­ ing themselves of the obstructive taxa­ tion on imports/in the United States by investing their ^money in American plants, and thus taking a hand them* selves in the plunder of the Ainerjeau consumer behind the tariff wall,-- Philadelphia Record. It will be pretty hard t© convince the American consumer that be Is. being plundered when American mnnuhic- tures are driving British manufactures out of the British market. It will be still harder to convince the American worklngman that he does not profit when American competition compels British manufacturers to erect plants in the United States and thus increase# demand for American labor. It ought to lie needless to say that British man­ ufacturers are investing in plants on this side of the Atlantic because there­ by they save cost of ocean transporta­ tion on products designed for American consumption and because they arc able to purchase much of their raw material" and machlnefy cheaper,--New Vork Commercial Advertiser. Manifest Destiny. All the statistics show that Canada has gained nothing by Its unfriendly legislation against the United States, and that its efforts to help tho United Kingdom by discrimination in its faror has been as complete a failure. Can­ ada's Interests are parallel with those of the United States, and the sooner its people recognize this fact and act accordingly the soouer our great north­ ern neighbor will approach its mani­ fest destiny.--Port Huron (Mich.) Times. Proportions Never Dreamed Of. Treasury statistics prove that in time of peace the Dingley act would have provided the revenues necessary for the expenses of the Government and thus have vindicated the claims of Its framers. It also has been even more of a success in reviving the industries of the nation and in expanding its for­ eign commerce to proportions never dreamed of before. The Dingley tariff is the most successful act of that na­ ture erer enacted.--Springfield (111.) Journal. Ought to Hear Leas About It. With the full restoration of the pup- chasing power and consumptive capa­ city of our people, the multiplication of our industries, the expansion of our export trade by the judicious and peaceful methods which have thus far been pursued with unexampled success, and the firm, maintenance of our pres­ ent protective tariff, we believe that we shall hear much less about the im­ paired value of the home market.-- Boston Home Market Bulletin. Tendencr to Increase Uxporta. It may be said that if a protective tariff adds to the wealth of a country, it also stimulates Importations in many classes of goods because of the ability to buy abroad. Nevertheless, it proba­ bly will be true that a highly produc­ tive country like the United States will exhibit a constant tendency to increase its exports at a more rapid rate than Its imports.--Buffalo Express. ( Should Be All Ane'riCatt. >' From abolishing the old British whi­ ter load line the next step 'should be the building of America*) ships and the carrying of American commerce in American bottoms.--Philadelphia In­ quirer. Takes What Is Left. Britannia now rules only such por­ tions of the wave as Uncle Sam d^sn't need in his expansion business.--Den­ ver Post. Stuck on Cleopatra. A Worcester (Mass.) man tells that when visiting the British Museum some time ago he stuck, a postage stamp on the mummy case of Cleopatra. "I was all alone," he says. "No one was looking, and I stood there gazing at the mummy case and thinking over the stories, when I put my hand in my pocket and felt the postage stamp I could not help it. The thought of the mummy thousands of years old and the brand new stamp of the brand new country was too much. I hastily whis­ pered in the ear of the effigy, 'Why is this stamp like Antony? Give it up? Because It's stucky on you;* slapped it on the case and started out to establish an alibi as quickly as possible." We Coin Money for Other Nations. It is not generally known that Uncle Sam coins money for foreign nations, but such is the fact. The report of the United States mint at Philadelphia shows that during the past year there were coined 511,873 pesos for the gov­ ernment of San Domingo, and orders for 200,000 more of these coins have been received. The domestic coinage was the largest since 1890, the total number of coins produced being 100,- 258,483, valued at $27,654,452. A Rello of Gordon. It Is said that a private soldier found in a street in Omdurman the letter which Godron wrote to the Maluli in answer to the demand for retreat and surrender. The letter has been exam­ ined by all the ablest experts and Is pronounced to be in Gordon's hand­ writing. As might be expectod, all idea of surrender is scouted, and the Mahdi is reminded of his evil doings and his destruction at the hands of English soldiers is prophesied. AGRICULTURAL THING* PERTAINING TO FAFTM AND HOME. TH* How to .Keep Meat 8«Mt tor Maattw --Apples Marketed in Boxes--Trana- plant Trees in Winter--Kerosene for Scale--Orchard and Garden Notes. With the following methods the housewife can keep meat from butcher­ ing time fresh and sweet for months. The meat should not be long exposed to the air, but used as soon as It is c fcld and firm. Slice the steak or frying meat, sprinkle the bottom of quart fruit cans freely with salt, pepper, and the least perceptible dash of pulver­ ized saltpeter and borax; borax Is used freely in meat-packing houses. Put In a layer of sliced meat, sprinkle with salt, pepper, etc., as before; fill to with­ in an Inch of the top with layers of sea­ soned meat, pressing each down very firmly, leaving no air spaces. Season the top layer more freely and All cans to the brim with softened, not melted, lard; hermetically seal, put In paper bags, keep dark and cool. Meat so canned in February was sweet and nice in August. Slice side pork, or what Is usually kept In brine pickle, fry and season as if for present use and pack in large jars, covering as before. Will keep the year around and taste like fried fresh pork. Well seasoned sausage packed in the same manner will keep until early summer. Slice ham from the bones, remove the rind and the dark rough edges of the slices, pack solidly in jars and cover an inch deep with lard. Will keep indefinitely. Whenever meat Is taken from any of these jars, immediately warm the lard, strain and return to the jar.--Epitomist. Marketing Apples in Boxes. Never before were so many apples displayed in the markets in packages of this character. This is true of Chi­ cago, New York and other cities, the apples for the most part comprising Pacific coast grown, where the method originated. Apples have been shipped East in bushel boxes from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California, dis­ tributed chiefly through the middle West, and some reaching the Eastern and English markets. Newtown pip­ pins and Baldwins are the varieties mostly boxed, only fine to fancy sorts being thus handled. It is claimed re tailers are taking kindly to this form, but it is still a comparative novelty. A few packers wrap each specimen of fruit in tissue paper like an orange, and are careful that the box contains nothing but choice quality, uniform in size, thus adding to the selling value. Transplanting Trees. There is no better time to transplant shade trees than during the winter when the trees are dormant, as the dig- giug up and moving does not interfere with their sap circulation at that time. It pays to dig up quite large trees to set out for shade, for then they are of use in a year or two. Dig a ditch around the tree several feet from the body, cutting off the roots cleanly as they are exposed. Then undermine the tree until it tips over. Trim the top as closely as the roots have been trimmed, roll, the roots on a mudboat and "snake" It to the place where It is to be set out. Brace it so it will not blow ov^r, and in the spring it will start into new and vigorous growth, and in a year or "two make a thick shade. Kerosene for Fcale. Opinions as to this remedy differ widely. The second year's work with it at Cornell leads H. P. Gould to these conclusions (Bulletin 155): Pure kero­ sene Is likely to seriously Injure peach trees, even when they are perfectly dormant. A 20 per cent, mixture of kerosene can probably be safely used on the peach'at any time, but a strong­ er mixture can not always be so ap­ plied. Apple trees do not appear to be as susceptible to the action of kerosene as peaches; in some instances clear kerosene did not barm them. There seems to be little, if any, danger to ap­ ple trees from a mixture containing 50 per cent, or less of kerosene. Very con­ flicting results are often obtained from the use of kerosene. Kerosene is espe­ cially likely to cause injury if applied on other than a bright, sunny day. In our experience a 20 per cent, solution (one part oil to four parts water) Is harmless to plants and destructive to insects, even to the San Jose seal/ • [ Dipping Pigs. An American breeder says: "Having a number of pigs, I noticed after they were eight to ten weeks old, old enough to weanr, some of them were not doing just as I would like to have them; some of them wejje lousy, some a little mangy, and others looked measly fled; I had used kerosene and It did not have the desired effect. I was disappointed, but had some sheep dip in store; seeing it was goo>d fo.r lice and mange and skin diseases in sheep, concluded to try it on the pigs. "I put in a barrel twenty-five gallons of water and one quart of dip, and stirred it up good, then dipped the pigs. Left barrel In pen, and whenever I saw a pig the least thing the matter with the skin. I dumped It In the barrel of dip. I have the cleanest, nicest lot of shoats ever raised, and advise all rais­ ers of hogs to try It. Dip your pigs sev­ eral times at four to twelve weeks old. It will more than save the price in feed, better growth; kills all lice and humor in the skin, besides disinfects them." Kceding Smutty Corn. Whenever you come to a smutty ear of corn put it in the fire. This should have been done at husking time, but some smut may have been overlooked then and developed since. If all farm­ ers would stamp out the corn smut wherever found the disease could soon be eradicated. Feeding it to either cows or hogs, as Is often done, is the readiest way to send it to the manure pile, where It will propagate very rap­ idly. Besides, it is a serious danger to llie animals to which it Is fed. Garlr Hatching. The object in hatching early is not ouly to have the chicks of a proper size to be sold as soon as the demand be- giu.3, but also to make up for any de- lieiftncy in growth, as one-pound chicks arc usually in demand when the broil­ ers tor spring chickens; first come in. Another point is that the work is UM- ally done in winter, and will not Inter­ fere with other operations. It is the care and work required to hatch and raise the chicks that causes the price to be so high, so you must consider that this attention, which the consum­ ers are willing to pay for, must be be­ stowed. It does not cost over 5 cents a pound of meat in the shape of broil­ ers, and yet the prices have reached 50 cents a pound, or ten times the cost; but this Is what the producer obtains for his labor.--Farm and Fireside. Profit in Bheep. A shepherd can make from 25 per cent, to 50 per cent, on his investment in mutton sheep, according to his skill. A good breeding ewe can produce enough wool to pay for keeping her. A ewe can be kept in thrifty condition, being fed such coarse fodders as straw, clover hay and corn codder, with one- half pound of grain daily when she re­ quires it, at a cost of 1 cent per day, during the period of most expensive feeding. To pay for her keep she needs to produce no more than ten pounds of good wool, and that a mutton ewe can do. In addition to the wool the returns from the ewe will be at least one lamb --the average of the mutton breeds is nearer one and one-half.--Farmer's Tribune. Planting Peach Stone*. Any one who will be in need of young peach trees, two years hence, will do well to procure pits at once from some nursery supply company. Fall is the proper time for startifying the pits in the sand, but if done now there may still be enough freezing weather to loosen the shells so that they will ger­ minate readily in the spring. Plant the seeds in straight, narrow furrows, 3 feet apart, covering them about 2 Inches deep. Keep the seedlings well cultivated during summer and by August they will be half an inch In diameter and ready to be budded. Kansas farmer. Bean Straw for Feeding Cows. While the sheep take naturally to bean straw and to Nje grain itself, there are many who grdw beans who do not keep sheep. With a little care In giving only small amounts at first, and when the cow Is hungry, she will eat bean straw and soon come to like it for a change, as well as the hay or corn stalks which are her regular diet. Bean straw is very nutritious, and as It causes wind on the stomach It should be given with caution. The refuse beans that are often thrown away may prop­ erly be ground and mixed with corn- meal as £ed for hogs. They are very nutritious, more so than corn. Winter-Grown Pie Plant. Growing pieplant in winter has pass­ ed the experimental stage and become a profitable industry. Thousands of dollars are paid the gardeners each winter for the product, which Is bought at high prices, both for home consump­ tion and for shipment Any cellar or outbuilding which can be made abso­ lutely frost proof and light proof will answer the purpose. There is no objee tion to the house cellar, as no manure and very little water Is required, so no odor or dampness will arise. Sap Injuring Sheep. Sheep are exceedingly fond of the sweet of the maple, and if allowed where trees are tapped they will drink it to excess. One of its effects Is to -make fbe sheep stagger, or, as people say, "become drunk." This, however, is a misnomer, for in the maple sap while it remains sweet there is uo in­ toxicating quality. The real effect of the sap is to weaken the sheep. So much liquid prevents the animal from eating as much nourishing food aa it requires. To Care Lockjaw. In case of a nail or other sharp In­ strument being stuck In the foot of human or animal, and lockjaw Is threatened, take a bucket of unleach- ed wood ashes, put in tub and pour on two buckets of warm water; stir well and place the wounded foot In the mix­ ture. Relief will be felt immediately. Let remain an hour or so, if necessary. Another remedy is to burn a flannel rag under the foot, but the latter ap­ plies to any cut,that is painful.--Prai­ rie Farmer. Orchard and Garden. In transplanting cut off all broken or mutilated roots. Fumes from an oil stove are not good for house plants. In mulching, use material that Is free as possible from weed seeds. In growing fruit for market it Is an advantage to have varieties that will keep well and bear transportation. While lilies and gladiolas are injured by manuring, tulips, hyacinths and crocuses are benefited by "a liberal al­ lowance. Nearly or quite all kinds of fruits and vegetables keep much better if the tem­ perature in the place where they are stored can be kept even. A Rainy Day. It Is not; until we take the rainfall in the bulk that we can realize what a stupendous quantity of Water showers down in Great Britain and Ireland In one year, and even when we have the figures before us it is difficult to realize their magnitude. To say, for instance, that 9,262,370,000,000 cubic feet of rain on an average fall annually on the United Kingdom conveys little or noth­ ing, though It implies something moist, and when we further learn that the weight of the same amounts to 258,- 120,500,000 tons, except for a feeling of thankfulness that it did not fall oa our toes all at once, we are only con­ scious that it makes a very pretty row of figures. With the laudable inten­ tion of making these latter figures look small we will merely say that the total weight of the rain that falls in one year on the British Isles Is only equal to 1-119 part of the weight of one paltry square mile of the earth's surface, from the surface to the center of the earth. When we consider that there are 121,- OOfo square miles of such surface in the United Kingdom alone one can under­ stand what Infinitesimal fraction of the total weight of the British Isles the an­ nual rainfall would amount to. Why, 4,300,000 Forth bridges would almost equal it--Ludgate. Invention of the Ballet. The ballet is said to have been In­ vented by the Duchess of Maine Paris. ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH­ FULLY RECORDED. Vtorla Has a Murder Mystery-Blsc- tric Roads to Be Built from Elgin and Aurora--taiclde at a Slater's Wadding-Coal Statistics. at The body recently fished from the river t Peoria has been identified as that of Herman Birtieux. formerly a wealthy sa­ loonkeepers of Streator. Circumstances lead the authorities to believe that Bir­ tieux was killed by some one in a spirit of revenge. While the body bears no marks of violence, it is almost certain that death was not due to drowning. Bir­ tieux had been missing from Streator for more than a week. His wife, whom he married a year and a half ago, is also missing. More than a year ago Birtieux engaged in a dispute with a man named Fielding over money matters and shot Fielding. He escaped punishment on the ground of insanity and was committed to the asylum at Chester. Not long ago he was discharged as cured and returned to Streator. Shortly before his body was discovered in the river he was seen in a notorious saloon near the spot, but was sober. The fact that death was not due to drowning leads to the belief that he was drugged or poisoned. - ' Coal Mining in the Ftata. • Advance sheets of the forthcoming an­ nual report of the State Board of Labor are out. This portion of the report relates to the coal mining interests of the State. It shows that the number of counties pro­ ducing coal in the State is fifty-two, and that the number of mines and openings of all kinds is 881. The number of new mines or old ones reopened during the year was 120. The total output of all mines was 18,599,299 tons. The estimated pos­ sible output with present equipment is 41,082,925 tons. The aggregate home valu<? of the total product of the mines is $14,567,508. There are fifty-five mines in which machines are used, and the number of mining machines in use is 392. The average number of miners employed dur­ ing the year was 26,520, and the average number of other employes 8,506, making a total of 35,026. The average price paid per gross ton for all hand mining was 44 cents, and the average price per ton for machine mining was 31.37 cents. The number of men accidentally killed was 75, the number of women made widows 45 and the number of children left father­ less 112. New Electric Boads Into Chicago. Two companies, each capitalised for $300,000, were incorporated the other day for the purpose of building electric raii- roads from Aurora and from Elgin to Chi­ cago. They are to be known as the Au­ rora and Chicago Railway Company and the Elgin and Chicago Railway Company, and they will compete with the steam rail­ road companies in the carrying of passen­ gers, mails and express. The incorpora­ tors--B. Mahler, H. A. Everett, E. V. Moore, Elmer E. Barrett and Edward Dickinson--are all Cleveland, Ohio, men, with the exception of the last two, who reside in Chicago, and their experience with long-distance electric lines hifs been practical. They organised and still op­ erate five lines, running between Cleve­ land, Lorain, Oberlin, Berea, Akron, Cha­ grin Falls, Painesville, Elyria and Bed ford, Ohio, with a maximum distance of thirty miles between terminal points. All of these lines are now paying dividends. As far as is now known the Overhead trol­ ley will be used, and it is calculated that the cars will be able to attain a speed of forty-five miles an hour. College students in a Riot. For the second time in several years the freshmen of Monmouth College enjoyed their annual banquet in peace. A revival of class warfare, however, has been ap­ parent for several days, culminating in an old-time rough-and-tumble engagement be­ tween the freshmen and sophomores. The trouble originated in the discovery of the red and black banner of the sophomores suspended from the highest rafter in the auditorium. The freshtnen secured it and attempted to burn it on the campus. When the fight ended only small remnants.of the banner were visible, and black^eycs and battered heads were numerous. • Heirs to an Estate Missing. A heritage in Bourbon County, Kan., Is awaiting one Hobart and John McCau- ley, sons of William Henry and Oscar McCauley respectively, late of Greenfield. The whereabouts of the heirs is unknown. The estate is left by their aunt. Miss Sarah McCauley, who recently died at the age of 86, after having lived an eccentric and unique life. The will, it is believed, is defective, and in such case the estate will be distributed under the law. The estate consists of a farm adjoining the town of Hammond and some personal property. •Takes Poison at a Wedding. Grace Sanner, aged 20 years, committed suicide by taking poison at a wedding feast In Penn township. John B. Orris had paid his addresses to her, but trans­ ferred his affections to her younger sister, to whom he was married a few days ago. Grace sat down to the wedding dinner, and without intimating her purpose to any one, deliberately took from her pocket some arsenic powder, put it on a spoon and swallowed it. After rising from the table she told what she had done, and in a few minutes was dead. She was tho daughter of Shields II. Snnner, one of the wealthiest farmers of Shelby County. Brief State Happenings, At Mowequa, Mrs. John D. Hays arose fron> the dinner table and fell dead upon the floor from heart disease. Thomas J. Robertson, a farmer living in Locttst township, was drowned on his farm while attempting to ford a creek. Mrs. Mary Woodward of West Vir­ ginia, mother of ex-Alderman Woodward of Virginia, and a Cass County pioneer, died, aged 81 years. The Chicago and Northwestern Rail­ road Company is trying to solve the mys­ tery of the disappearance of about $50 from its safe at West Elgin. The money was taken during one night recently and the operator in charge does not know the combination. John Rathgeber, a prominent farmer, residing near CarrolIton,*shot and killed his wife and then put the revolver to his right temple and sent a ball through his brain. The wife had filed a bill for di­ vorce, alleging drunkenness and cruelty. Tbi8, with a dispute over their large real estate interests, led to the tragedy. Rube Whittaker, under sentence for burgtary and larceny under the habitual criminal act, escaped from the county jail at Springfield. He made a dash for lib­ erty while the prisoners were being fed and managed to get away. The State camp of the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America was brought to a close at Centralia. The St;?.te officers were elected and installed, and the camp ad­ journed to meet in Pullman in June, 1900. W. H. Wurth of Normal Park v*s elect­ ed president and F. Schmidt of Chicago was chosen secretary. M. B. Downer of Jolietgind.C. C. Gillespie of Chicago were chosen iJpJegates to the State camp, which meets in Boston next summer. Canton has reached the limit of her stituUonal indebtedness, $40,500. ; By a vote of 142 to 9 the town of Grant decided to establish a village government Saratoga township has decided at a spe­ cial election to issue bonds for $15,000 for good roads. The average monthly wages of male teachers in Illinois in 1808 was $00.87, and of female teachers $51.84. Morris Levy, 8 years old, fell Into an elevator shaft in A. M. Rothschild & Co.'s •tore in Chicago and was instantly killed. April 3 Nauvoo citizens will vote on the proposition to surrender the town's old charter and reorganise under the general law. F. R. Brown of Cornell and a graduate from West Point and Miss Maud Buttrick of Stockton, Cal., were married at Fair- bury. The King's Daughters will maintain a class in domestic science--in other words, a cooking school--in the Moline public schools. Three cases of smallpox hare developed at Monmouth, but a careful quarantine has doubtless stopped the spread of the disease. The new opera house erected last sum­ mer at Kewanee at a cost of $25,000 was totally destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Bank of Edelstein, oft^he Atchi­ son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, was robbed the other night. All the contents of the safe was taken. The Supreme Court of Illinois held con­ stitutional the law which provides that cities and counties are liable for three- fourths of the value of property destroyed in riots. Acting Governor Northeott has called special elections to be held April 3 as fol­ lows: In Douglas County, for a clerk of the Circuit Court; in Henry County, for a county judge. Fifty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Anson Leach of Pekin were married. The other day they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at the residence of their only daughter, Mrs. George P. Kroll. The steamer Fox was swept down the river from Mount Carmel when the ice in the Wabash broke. Captain Henry Car- mon was on board the boat and is thought to have perished. He refused to leave the boat. Mrs. Joanna Haynor, a prominent musi­ cian and society woman of Jacksonville, becoming tired of life, took a draught of laudanum, and when found she was dead. She left a letter to her friends saying she had lived long enough. In order to be with her husband, Ed­ ward Half, who is in the county jail at Edwardsville, Mrs. Lenie Ilaff, 21 years old, stole from a dry goods store in Ed­ wardsville and surrendered to Sheriff Kuhn. The young wife is devotedly at­ tached to her husband, who, the police say, is a desperate character. The couple were married a year before his arrest. She visited him at the jail regularly, traveling fifteen miles from Alton. Then her money gave out and she had to walk. Finally she determined to be near him altogether, but to do so she was forced to commit her first offense against the law. A cabiuet council of the Epworth League of Illinois was held at Peoria, and for the first time since the organization of the league in this State, full totals of membership in the thirty-four districts were available. Of these four are Ger­ man, two Swedish, one Norwegian-Dan­ ish and the remainder American. Illinois has 1,293 senior chapters, with a member­ ship of 65,258, and 680 junior, with a membership of 28,936. Illinois ranks first in tjhe world in the matter of junior chap­ ters. The meeting was called to arrange 2 for the international conference in Indian­ apolis next July, and a general transpor­ tation committee was appointed. Five Knox College freshmen held pos­ session of Beecher Chapel belfry at Gales- burg all night and until late in the after­ noon, when they were ejected by the po­ lice. They broke into the chapel and flung from the tower the class colors of pink and green. They then barricaded the m belfry door and stood guard. During the day all attempts to dislodge them failed, even threats by the professors being of no avail. The police did not gain an entrance until they forced the door. They allowed the boys to escape by a back door with the flag, which, while averting a serious scrimmage, was a severe disappointment to the hundreds of students awaiting them. The Secretary of State has licensed theM incorporation of the Quincy Belt Line®* Railroad and Terminal Company, with a capital stock of $5,000. The object is to construct a line of railway from a point on the east shore of the Mississippi river In Adams County, either within or with­ out the limits of the city of Quincy/$r through and into the city of Quincy, form­ ing a junction with and furnishing ter­ minal facilities for transportation com­ panies entering or doing business in the city of Quincy. The incorporators and first board of directors are^Chauncey H. Sastie, Charles H. Williamson, John S., Cruttenden, Lewis S. Boswoll, Antoi Binkert and Diekerson McAfee, all of Quincy. The location of the principal of flee is to be at Quincy. ? The five German farmers who purchsj ed tracts of land from ex-Mayor Robert C® Lambe of Carlyle, administrator oi th1 Owen Mulligan estate, are declared lega owners of the property involved by at; opinion filed in the Illinois Supreme Cour at Springfield. Owen Mulligan was ai eccentric bucueiar. who had accumulate^ a fortune of $50,000. He bequeathed hi. property to relatives, naming a life-Ion. friend as executor. This friend also died and subsequently ex-Mayor Lambe wajpi. appointed administrator by the court. H sold the land and the heirs demanded i settlement. When pressed for the mone. he said he did not have it and admittc< he had squandered it. The heirs averm; that Lambe had no right to sell the lam without giving an additional bond, whic^ he had not done. This plea was sustain* ed in the Circuit Court, but has been re versed and remanded in the Suprem^e' Court. At Carlinville, State's Attorney Vaughi has entered a nolle prosequi in the cas of Gov. John R. Tanner, indicted by th Macoupin County grand jury. Gov. Taqpnry ner was indicted for palpable omission o duty, three counts for failure to sen* troops to avert the Virden riots. John Evans, colored, supervisor o Brooklyn, arrested his own son on th charge of stealing money and turned hit over to the St. Clair County authorities The boy is 16 years old and will be sen tenced to the reform school. Evans i State president of the African-Americai League. Putnam County has lately, made offer of $50,000 in twenty-year boads, free right of way and exemption for te: years from taxation to any company tha will build and operate a railroad into Hen " nepin, the county seat. Its only mean of transportation is by boat to,Peoria. Th county and city have not a dollar of deb The meeting of the Illinois Librarian£Q|ga ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS •ifeKii M' »• f\ Four bills were introduced in the Hont Friday morning, thei Speaker inDooaaA : the appointment of a committee to iiiTeatS4| gate the condition of the Lincoln moss- ment, eleven additions to the standing* committees were announced, and the? House adjonrned until Monday. Efforts! 'J were made to take up bills for considers- * ^ "4 tion, but there were objections on ae~ | count of the absence of a quorum. That, -teL/V*- Senate was in session but a few minntes.' * " ' t In the absence of Speaker Sherman* ^ Mr. Rankin presided over the House at ^ ' x * the 5 o'clock session on Monday. Les»v. i* ^ ^ rj than twenty members were in their seats,' and without transacting any^>usiness anL . $ adjournment was taken to 10 o'clock tbe next morning. The Senate convened atr 5 o'clock. Without transacting any bnsi- # # , s i, ness an adjournment was taken at lQl" , o'clock the following morning. ' ^ The Willard statue bill is now a lav. The Senate on Tuesday concurred in House amendment, and Acting Governor!' ^ Northeott at once affixed his signatarer * to the measure appropriating $9,000 for a"1/k statue of Frances E. Willard, to bet ; V'fv *1 placed in the rotunda of the capitol boild- ^ i ' ing at Washington. The low of Congress* 5 provides that each State may place in|»' the rotunda statues of two of its con-* " % spicuous citizens. A statue of Gen, ?'< Shields has already been placed, there by? ' order of the Illinois Legislature. statue of Miss Willard is the only one a woman to be given a place in th<e ro-i tunda. The act of the Legislature pro-4 vides that the statue shall be either of" V bsonze or marble. It is probable that tkef material will be white marble. The Sen4^|, ate concurred in the Honse resolution ree* ognising the provisional regiments raises during the war with Spain and authorix*'"' ing the Governor to issue complrmentaryf commissions to their officers. Represent­ ative Kumler introduced a bill modeled after the measure proposed by Gov.. Mount, of Indiana, intended to prevent , f • lynching. It gives relatives of a persoi%, £ killed in any riot, mob or lynching tbdK '4 •; m the county to tte WHRLD. in] NATIONAL FLAGS. 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