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ILLINOIS INCIDENTS.' OH 8TARTUN®. FAITH­ FULLY RECORDED. $ f ' An Ancient Colony for Wabash County --Mob Easily Disperse! by a Deter­ mined Sheriff--Assaulted the Man - Who Got His J«b--Soldiers la Wf^lj, - - • -- • " • An Amish colony 3s locating in Wabash County. A representative of that broth­ erhood effected a trade recently b.v which : they corue in possession of several farina J $nd they have contracted to locate twen- j^r-five families in that vicinity within the next six months, bat it is the opinion of IBauy that this is only the advance guard of a great colony which is to follow later. The Ajjiijsh jy#. ft religious body similar to the Quakers in many respects. Most of them are of Swiss or German nationality. - !Fbey are a people of rugged honesty, sim- |Re in their habits, industrious and econ- {cni<;al and calculated to make very de- , air able citizens. They, like the Friends, •re governed entirely by brotherly love Binder the denomination of the church, ihoy absolutely refuse to te drawn into "Eny kind of litigation or trouble and stand each other steadfastly. It i§ said to be 11 matter of history that they have "never |ret allowed one of their number to lose his »ome% or default in the payment for his land. Their object in locating in colonies lis that they may establish and maintain a . • • _ ~ ~ " fimnte CatTSil an Assault. * Leon Huberisch was slashed in a terri- %le manner east of Gern^antown by a man ^Jfchose name is given as Alexander Brown, fie was left to die beside the track o? the liouisville, Evansville and St. JL<ouis Rail­ road. Brewer is under arrest. • Hube- iisch succeeded Brewer as engine&F at a |>ump station one mile east of German- town. The other morning be left the en­ gine house for the purpose of attending - church in the village. It is alleged that Brewer attacked him en route. A desper­ ate struggle ensued. Huberisch finally •ell beside the track; and lapsed into un­ consciousness. He was found by two farmers and later removed to German- tow u and thence to St. Joseph hospital in Breeee. • fliterIff Awes Lynchers. Tke plau to lynch John Howard, the col- * Oreo man in jail at Edwardsville on a Charge of having assaulted a white wem- vj|n near Girard, has failed. Howard is ^ jfsfo behind the bars under a heavy guard. A'ter an attack upon Howard at Foster- fyurg he was taken to Edwardsville for •afe keeping, and when the sheriff learned c. that a mob was forming he swore in addi­ tional deputies and bolted every entrance - to the jail. When the mob reached Ed­ wardsville the sheriff sent the leaders word that he would not give up the pris­ oner under any circumstances. The mob, When they saw that an attack on the jail would be followed by bloodshed, decided to let the law take its course. fw;;' Telephone Grant Repeated. At a meeting of the Nashville City Council the other night an ordinance granting the Central Union Telephone Company permission to erect their lines and maintain a local exchange was re- {iealed and another ordinance was framed giving the Nashville Telephone'Company, • newly incorporated concern, a grant in duplicate of the one repealed. The Coun­ cil claims the Central Union Company ob­ tained their grant under false pretenses by failing to comply with the stipulations ©f the same, hence their action. The Cen­ tal Union people obtained the grant about One year ago and now threaten legal pro- ceedings against the city. Oldest Mason Pauii Away. James Clark, the oldest man In Quincy, and the oldest Mason in the United States, or perhaps in the world, died there the Other day. He was born at Wilkesbarre, fa., 100 years ago, in July. He joined the llasons at Sunbury, Ohio; in 1820, and the records prove him the senior Mason in this country. He was a personal friend of President William Henry Harrison. His first vote was cast for James Monroe and he had voted at every election since. He turned out to the polls at the recent election and caught a cold, from which he died. _____ Soldier4 in a Wreck. A number of Chicago boys of the Sec­ ond Illinois regiment narrowly escaped Injury in a head-end collision on the Au­ gusta, Ga., street railway. An incoming war crowded with soldiers from Camp MacKenzie ran out of a switch half a loile from the camp and struck an outgo­ ing train at full speed. The cars rebound- id and came together, demolishing the front end of the platforms and seriously injuring six persons. Brief State Ktappentnga. Robert M. Cox, aged 45, died of heart disease at Peoria. Thomas Dunaway, one of Cass County's early settlers, died at Virginia, aged 72 years. The Greek community in Chicago cele­ brated the seventy-eighth anniversary of the independence of Greece. Jerry Collins of Morris conveyed to his cons. Oscar and J. It. Collins, a tract of land containing over 5.400 acres, which is the largest conveyance of real estate ever made in Grundy County. Plymouth Congregational Church, erect­ ed at a cost of $12,000. was dedicated at Peoria free of debt. Rev. Graham Tay­ lor of Chicago assisted the pastor, Rev. Frank G. Smith; ill the ceremonies. An order has been enteral in the United States Circuit Court of Appeal's in Chi­ cago, allowing a rehearing of the argu­ ments in the case of the Republic of prance against the World's Columbian Exposition Company. Mrs. Caroline Muelken, the wife of Ern- |»st Muelken of Nashville, committed sui­ cide by drowning herself in Elkhorn creek. tChe woman's act is attributed to melan­ choly, brought on by continued illness, "ilhe was 48 years old. The dead body of Carl Virtue, a youth of 17, was found in a woodshed near his home at Galena. . Beside him lay a rifle liml there was a jagged hole in his fore­ head. A note found near the body told of the intended suicide and of the cause, "which was unrequited love. Francis M. Hosick killed his brother-in- ./law, George Garner, living near Brough >'ton, by cutting him with a knife. A quar­ rel arose between Hosick and Mrs. Gar­ ner, and Hosick struck her. Garner took the part of his wife and this resulted in a fight between the men. Hosick was ar­ rested. Rev. W. B. Thorp of Binghamton, N. Y., has been called to the pastorate of the South Congregational Church in Chicago, of which Rev. Willard Scott, D. D., has been pastor eight years. "Word has been received at Seattle an­ nouncing the death of a Chicago lawyer named French on Valdes glacier. French, . it is said, lost his life three weeks ago, and his body was recovered a few days ,i'later and buried at Valdes. Peter Gutke, 21 years old, fell from a cable car which he attempted to board at lybourn avenue and Cooper street, Chi- ago, and sustained injuries which caused his death a short time later. Gutke was 4 clerk p4^Sfttgwn dry goods store.. JlocbeHe sheep are to be sheared by steap. Westville, with 200 population, has nine Kipling is the favoriteutgB^witii the Woman's clubs. Recruits for the regular army are being Sought at Decatur. - i' One hundred miners at Mount CHh^itad 8taunton have gone out oa strike.vf '» Mormon elders are making a house-to- fefliV^.cpnvass forjcpvorts in Freeport. * The Bliss dealer Manufacturing Com­ pany of Avon will move to Bushnell and erect a plant. | Because the First Methodist, Church of Rushville refused to pay salaries the choir is on a strike. "*i" ' t; Commissioner General F. W. Peck of the Paris exposition commission Has sail­ ed for Paris. Streator is to have a Q^T<3atefjurient building, and everybody in town/ha* his own choice for its site. <_• j v ' - A cow belonging to Williahfc Fartrfdc# of Normal broke into his granary and "simply ate herself" to death. According to the BloomipgtoQ, Para­ graph all of the drag stores hr that city sell ice cream soda for five cent^V/'", A gasoline explosion caused a fire nod pant; among guests of the Delevan Hotel in Chicago. The loss was $2,000. Clarence Eddy of Chicago has received the apft&intmcnt of official organist for the United States to the Paris exposition. At Ottawa^ A. J, Newell of the grain lirfeTofDufeiway, Newell & Co. died sud­ denly of pa"raiy^ls; He was a Mason and a Knight Templar. Six structural iron workers wer£ grounded in. a laboc union fight in a build­ ing under construction in Chicago. Knives, cluba and pistols were used as weapons. i ;• < >, < Tlje unknown and mysterious artist wh<J has been wandering about the country in the vicinity of Nashville in a demented condition for the past several months, as­ tonishing the people with his remarkable talents, has been identified by W. B. Pow­ ell of St. Louis as Alonzo Leoni, an Ital­ ian sculptor and artist and ope of the finest of a number of foreign artists who were brought to this country to work in stucco and plaster at the World's Fair held at Chicago. While working upon a scaffold seventy-five feet from the" ground Leoni fell, striking his head, and as a re­ sult lost his reason. He was confined in an asylum in Marshall County, but escap­ ed and has wandered over the State ever since. Special Officer Henry Sagast of the Al­ ton road was dangerously wounded in a battle which he fought in the dark at Godfrey with an unknown tramp. The man was put off a train at the station. He had lost his bat and the officer started up the track to help him find it when he re­ ceived a bullet in the thigh. He turned and fired in defense in the dark. The first shot luckily went true. When Sagast was found unconscious hi his own blood the tramp was dying a few feet away. The officer was promptly treated and will recover. The tramp was a Pole, 30 years of age, carried a sum of money, was heav­ ily armed and left nothing: by which to identify him. A verdicj, of justifiable homicide was, returned by the coroner's j u r y . " V A child's fingers saved a life the cither iiight. They were those of the little son of Mrs. Fortuna Novi, who clutched her dress and begged "Mamma, don't jump." Mrs. Novi had gone to the big Halsted street lift bridge in Chicago intending to throw herself into the river. When Pa­ trolman Maynard of the Canalport avenue station arrived at the bridge he found the boy beside the prostrate and unconscious mother, vainly imploring her to "wake up." She was taken home. According to the police Mrs. Novi quarreled with her husband and left home, as she said, to commit suicide. She was followed by 6- year-old Antonio, who had heard his mother's threat. She fainted when she heard the boy's entreaty. An explosion of gasoline wrecked the drug store of W. H. Stolte at 258 Thirty- first street, Chicago, and routed out thirty guests of the Hotel Iroquois occupying the two floors of the building above the drug store. Mr. Stolte and Policemen Connell, McGrath and Swanson immedi­ ately after the explosion ran through the halls of the hotel arousing the guests and helping them to find their way to the street. All got out safely, but most of them were clad only in their night clothes. Policeman McGrath was overcome by smoke and was carried out by his com­ panions. The hotel is owned by James Murphy, whose loss was $2,000. Stolte's loss will b«-r $5,000, and that of William Smith, who has a bicycle shop next to the drug store, will be $1,000. Burglars stole all the wedding presents of Mr. and Mrs. John Sokoi of Chicago, who have been married but two months. Much clothing was also taken. Mr. Sokol estimates his loss at over $400. Five other places were visited by the thieves. The burglars began about noon in the first floor flat, occupied by 1). Long. All {he silverware here was taken. When they went from here to the Sokol flat Mrs. Sokol was at work in the kitchen. She did not hear the burglars in the room ad­ joining and did not know that she had been robbed until an hour later. Neigh­ bors had seen three young men in the alley. At the flat of J. S. Fox a gold watch aud some money were taken. Mrs. C. E. Culp of 343 Marshfield avenue had just gone to market when her house was entered. She lost a gold watch and con­ siderable money. The men were scared away from several places. A late crop report states that plowing has been much delayed by unseasonable weather; wheat is in poor condition ex­ cept in the southern districts; clover is badly damaged; stock is in good condition. Adjt. Gen. Reece has issued an order honorably discharging from the military service of the State the following mem­ bers of Company I). Fifth infantry: Ser­ geant Harvey Meyers, Corporal W. L. Meyers and Privates F. L. Collins, G. R. Snyerle, William Wren and Fred Wren. Rosie Harrison, 4 years old, was bitten by a supposedly mad dog near her home in Chicago, and her hands were badly lacerated. The dog was shot after biting several other persons. Richard Bonnamy, 19 -years old, shot and killed his step-father, Michael Mur­ phy, at their house in Chicago, after a quarrel in which the younger man had taken the part of his mother. The deep freezing has left Fulton Coun ty's soil in excellent condition, and witfr' a favorable spring and summer the pro­ duction of the cereals will be quite proba­ bly the greatest in the county's history. The settlement of the coal miners' strike at Moweaqua has been effected. The coal company agreed to pay the union scale, but the question, arose on dead work and that was satisfactorily adjusted, the coal company and the miners' union both sign­ ing the scale. D. K. Pearsons of Hinsdale presented $50,000 to Berea (Ky.) College, which is to be used as an endowment fund. Near­ ly a year ago Mr. Pearsons said that he would give $50,000 when $150,000 had been subscribed. A- short time ago this was done and President Wr. G. Frost and Trustee Davit^ G. Gamhje of Cincinnati came to Chicago to remind Mr. Pearsons of his promise. A NATION'S WEALTH. • • • ; i " 4 ENORMOUS GAIN IN vTV: TEN YEARS. Cojasns. of IdOO Will Show an Increase - of *45,000,000,000 Since 1800, and the largest Wealth Per Capit* of Any Nation in the World. According to all present indications the Federal census of 1900 will be a record-breaking one. If the present rate of increase is maintained it will show a total accumulated wealth not far from $110,000,000,000, or nearly 70 per cent more than the amount shown by the census of 1800. By the Federal census of 1890 the aggregate material wealth of the United States, compared with' the wealth of Great Britain, was less In ships and merchandise, but ex­ ceeded In many other items. The real estate of this country was then valued at $39,000,000,000, the live stock at $2,- 000,000,000, the railroads at $8,000,000,- 000, manufactories and their contents at $3,000,000,000, mines and quarries $1,000,000,000, and gold and sliver coin $1,200,000,000. In 1800 the wealth of the United States was estimated at $20,000,000,000; in 1870 at $25,000,000,- 000; in 1880 at $45,000,000,000, and in 1890 at $65,000,000,000. 000,000 aid giving employment to orer 16,000 persons* show how untruthful Is the blatant denial of Bryan that gen­ eral prosperity has followed the popu­ lar approval "of protection and an hon­ est dollgj, What is thus disclosed as to the Southwest is equally true of erery other part of our great and grow- teg country.--New York Mail and Ex- frresa. Jhe April Electiona. 7 While there have been some surpris­ ing results In the elections in Western States there is nothing to indicate any great change in public sentiment since last November. Chicago has re-elected a Democratic Mayor in the person of Carter H. Harrison, but he won be­ cause of a very prevalent belief that be would administer municipal affairs on non-partisan lines. Many Republicans voted for him, it is stated, because they had full faith In his ability to carry out reform theories more successfully than his Republican opponent Michigan has given a Republican ma­ jority of 25,000 on a light vote, which is equivalent to two or three times that figure when there is a general turnout at the polls. Several Republican cities in Ohio have elected Democratic Mayors, nota­ bly Cleveland, but this result In nearly every case, was due to factional divis­ ions In the stronger political organiza­ tion. in local elections there is a ten- Fttrtr-riRET GENERAL ASSEM. BLY ADJOURNS. published ^ t . tigns was as follows for tfee chief coun tries, for lands, farm utensils, bullion, cattle, houses, furniture, railroads, ^hipping, merchandise and sundries: United States . , United Kingdom France Germany Russia .. Austria .. Italy .... Spain Australia Belgium . Holland . Canada .. .. $65,000,000,000 .. 17,000,000,000 .. 42,500,000.000 .. 32,000,000,000 .. 25,000,000,000 .. 10,000,000,000 .. 14,500,000,000 .. 12,500,000,000 .. !>,500,000,000 .. 5,000,000,000 .. 4,900,000,<RKJ . f 4,900,000,000 On an estimated basis of $110,000,- 000,000 as the total wealth and of 75,- 000,000 as the population in 1900, .the average wealth per capita in the United States will show an increase of from $1,050 in 1890 to $1,466 in 1900, or con­ siderably greater than that of any other nation. Heretofore the United States has ranked fifth among the nations In wealth per capita, the figures being $1,200 for the United Kingdom, $1,150 for Denmark, $1,120 for France, $1,080 for Holland, and $1,050 for the United States. The increase of $45,000,000,000 in the total wealth of the United States In the decade closing with 1900 is unparal­ leled in the history of nations. It rep­ resents a larger sum than the aggregate wealth of any other country ten years ago, with the single exception of the United Kingdom, while the total of $110,000,000,000 will be nearly double that of the next wealthiest country. The Federal census takes account of statistics by decades only. If the twelfth census could show the correct figures for intervening years--for ex­ ample, the aggregate national wealth for 1895, under the fearful depression of values following the enactment of the Wilson-Gorman free trade tariff of 1894--the contrast would be a startling one. Equally startling would be the Contrast between the national wealth per capita in 1892, when protection and prosperity went hand in hand, and that of 1S95, when free trade had begun its deadly work. Unfortunately, these contrasts can­ not be shown, and the countless bil­ lions of shrinkage In material wealth growing out of a ruinous economic pol­ icy can scarcely be approximated, much less accurately estimated. It is enough that the American people know in a general way the tremendous differ­ ence between then and now; that they perfectly understand what made the country poor and what has assisted to bring about the $45,000,000,000 of increase in national wealth in ten years to the present stupendous total of $110,- 000,000,000. A Reflection of Improved Conditions. The advance In wages in cotton mills is merely a reaction of the improved condition of the country. The pros­ perity which has boen promised for so many years seems to have materialised at last. The advancement of wages in the cotton Industry comes at a time when nearly all the industries of the country are responding to the larger employment of labor. The woolen in­ dustry seems practically alone, for the depression that has been dissipated in other Industries still clings to this in­ dustry. It would be unreasonable to assume that the woolen Industry can long remain an exception to other in­ dustries; there are already indications which point to a revival of trade in woolen goods. Still it may be some time before the industry finds steady and Increased employment which will permit of any increase in wages. The country, however, is headed toward a long period of prosperity, from which labor will benefit as much as, if not more than, capital.--New York Textile Manufacturer's Journal. The McKinley Prosperity. "An increase of 10 per cent, in wages went into effect to-day to the 3,500 em­ ployes of the Riverside Iron Works. The increase came unexpectedly." This is a dispatch from|iBellaire, Ohio, and dispatches to the same effect have been in the papers since the year opened from many different points cov­ ering a wide range of territory. The McKinley prosperity is getting in its work, and the free silver organs that did all they could to delay its arrival by wailing calamity are singing low these day 8* and doing their best "to for­ get the past. It is to be regretted the spring campaign this year will not be one of stump speaking, for it would be interesting to know what the silver orators would have to say of the condi­ tion, and not the theory, which exists.-- Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald. Genuinely Pound Prosperity. It is a cheerful review that the St Louis Globe-Democrat has made of the commercial and industrial conditions in five States of the Southwest. It pre­ sents facts that prove conclusively the genuine soundness of the prosperity that has come as a result of the new tariff and of confidence In the financial policy of the McKinley administration. New industries, with plants valued at with capital of nearly $15,- Jnterfercs with party success, but fre­ quently gives to communities a better administration of municipal affairs tTuin thejr would otherwise enjoy. While Cleveland, a Republican city, went Democratic, Columbus, a DemcT- cratlc city, elected a Republican Mayor. Taken as a whole, the results of the April elections are all that could be de­ sired. They show the administration of President McKinley is as strong as ever with the people of the West--Nor- ristown, Pa., Herald. Upset All Theories. While (be revenue under the existing tart# law has not quite come up to ex­ pectation, the effect of the law in in­ fusing life and activity into our indus­ tries has been all that was hoped for. Its operation has confuted all the theories and predictions of its oppon­ ents. It was, in their view, certain to check the exports of manufactured pr6ducts, but ou the contrary these have grown steadily and largely since the law went into effect and are still growing. We were told that it would be harmful to labor, but on the other hand since the law went into effect labor throughout the country has been better employed than almost ever be­ fore. At this time there is not only a good demand for labor in nearly every industry, but in some of them wages are advancing.--Omaha Bee. The 8hoe on the Other Foot. It seems Impossible for antl-Ameri­ can agrarians of Germany to under­ stand that every time they hold forth on the subject of "the unjust discrim­ inations of the American tariff" they are shying rocks and brickbats at their own glazed domiciles. When it comes to discriminating tariffs the Germans can give us points. As an instance It is only necessary to cite the case of United States Consul Bruudage, at Aix-la-Chapelle, who recently imported some American canned goods for his own use, and was forced to pay a duty of $14.85 on goods worth $12.10. If German sausages and cheese had to pay such duties as this there might be some cause for complaint.--Troy (N. Y.) Times. Well-Pald Labor. , This country is competing success­ fully with the rest of the world, not by demanding from its workmen twelve hours' labor at meager wages, but by using well-paid labor and the best ma­ chinery to improve the quality and In­ crease the quantity of its products. We are increasing the economy of labor without reducing the wages of the ar­ tisan.--Trenton (N. J.) Gazette.' Prosperity's Endless Chain. Consumption is the result of abillt.. to purchase, and the ability to purchase depends in a great measure upon wages. Hence increased wages make the producer not only a producer but a consumer. That is why advanced wages are not only an evidence of good times, but a factor also in making them.--Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. S nfficient. The normal Dingley revenue has a little more than equaled the ordinary peace expenditures of the Nat!on;il Gov­ ernment. If the war had not come Congress would not have been asked to add anything to the Federal taxation. The Dingley law was sufficient for all normal purposes.--Boston Journal. Pardoned. In the life of Henry Bradley Plant Is a story which shows that mercy may sometimes temper justice to good ef­ fect by awakening in an offender a loyalty which be has never before shown. Mr. Plant was one day traveling in a baggage-car, when he saw an express­ man, in handling a box marked "Glass," turn it wrong side up. "Here!" be called to the man. "That box Is marked 'Glass,' and should be kept glass-side up, as Indicated." "Oh, I know it's marked 'Glass,'" said the expressman, "but I never pay any attention to that" Mr. Plant said no more, but later, when the superintendent of the office was alone with the man, he asked him; "Do you know who that gentleman was who spoke to you about the box marked 'Glass?'" "No, sir." "Well, that was Mr. Plant" "Then that means my dismissal." "1 think it does. I shall have to dis­ miss you." Later, the superintendent said to Mr. Plant "I shall dismiss that man, of course?" "No," said the president, "don't dis­ charge him. Call him into your office, and impress it upon him that that is not the way the company does its busi­ ness. He won't forget It." He did not forget it. No more loyal employe was to be found in the com­ pany.--Youth's Companion. uwBiuviuuuu yi inner sudjOCTS. Iatious of capital ami Tabor have bei Don't cast your bread upon the wat­ ers to-day and expect it to come back in the form of sponge cake to-morrow. Review of the Work Accomplished and List of the Moat Important Measures iKnacted -Legislation Affecting Street Railways and Capital and Labor. The Firty-first General Assembly, which closed its regular session at Spring­ field Friday night, enacted a large num­ ber of laws, notwithstanding the fact that the session was the shortest in a period of thirty years. There were circum­ stances favorable to the facilitation of business, one of them being that there was no United States Senator to be elect­ ed, and no other strictly political question to come before the General Assembly. The two.houses were able to get to work as soon as the committees were appointed. When the Legislature convened the question uppermost in the minds of mem­ bers was whpther the Allen law should be repealed. The first bill introduced re­ lated to the subject of street railways, and it was followed by a number of oth- ers* length a bill was presented re­ pealing the Allen law and substituting for it the old horse and dummy railway act, with an amendment making it appli­ cable to electric and cable railways. This was passed with practical unanimity, and then the Legislature settled down to the consideration of other subjects tWp re _ een en­ acted inlo laws, The tables which fol­ lowed the importation of nojfro miners to" take the places of union miners at Vir- den and Pana led to a law intended to prevent the importatjon of labor from oth­ er States. This bill prohibits the use of aeeepHoR flnd unlawful force in the pro­ curing of employes to work in any de­ partment of labor in this State. Failure to state in any advertisement or proposal for the employment of workmen that there is a strike, lockout or other labor trouble at the place of the proposed em­ ployment when such trouble exists is made punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000 or confinement in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both. It is, moreover, provided that &ny person or persons who shall hire or assist in hiring, through agencies or otherwise, persons to guard with deadly weapons of any kind other persons or property in this State without a permit in writing from the Governor shall be guilty of a felony and imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than two years. This is tempered, though, with a provision that nothing in the act shali'be construed to interfere with the right of persons or corporations to protect their private prop­ erty. A free employment agency bill was passed. It is designed to apply to Chi­ cago, and provides for the establishment in that city of three free employment agencies under State supervision. Arbitration was the subject of an act making material amendments to the pres­ ent arbitration law. The most important of these amendments enable the State Board of Arbitration to enforce the at­ tendance and testimony of witnesses and to compel obedience to a decision, where both parties to a labor controversy join in the proceedings. Another bill aifecting labor is thfet in troduced by the House Committee on Mines and Mining, revising the laws in re­ lation'to coal mines and subjects relating thereto, and providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein. This measure provides for the making of maps or plans of mines, regulates the construc­ tion of shafts and everything pertaining to the mines, provides for the ventilation of mines and for places of refuge, pro­ hibits the employment of boys under 14 and of girls or women of any age, pro­ vides a code of signals for mines and makes numerous other regulations. Following are some of the other laws enacted: To exempt from the operation of the three- year rule of the Mupreme Court law students who began a coarse of study prior to Nor. 4, 1887. Providing for the organisation of pawners' societies lu cities of more than 250,000 In­ habitants. Providing for the appointment of Justices of the peace la territory recently annexed to Chicago. Ceding to the United States exclusive Jur­ isdiction over lands for public buildings at Klgin, Jollet, Streator, Freeport and Mon­ mouth. Prohibiting the sale, distribution of or giv­ ing away of intoxicating liquors near nation­ al homes for disabled volunteer soldiers. Providing for the appointment of a pure- foK>d commissioner and defining his powers arid duties. Providing that special assessments for local improvements may be paid in ten an­ imal payments. Providing that In cities of not less than 30,000 and not more than 100,000 Inhabitants the Board of Kducatlon inay prescribe ths qualifications of teachers. Amending the military code so as to pro­ vide that Independent military organisa­ tions, with the consent of the Governor, may drill and parade with arms. Making the terms of the Appellate Court in the Second District (Ottawa) begin on the first Tuesdays In April and October. To regulate the shipping, consignment and sale of produce, (fruits, vegetables, pork, live stock, butter, eggs, poultry or other prod­ ucts or property, making it the duty of the consignee to ma"ke Immediately an itemised statement of sales to the consignor. To establish the Illinois State colony for epileptics. Providing for ihe appointment by the Gov­ ernor of a State architect of public buildings and improvements. Ameudlng the building and loan law by providing, among other things, that a mem­ ber of a building and loan association, hav­ ing borrowed upon stock held in such asso­ ciation, may, lr. repaying the loan, obtain as a credit the; withdrawal value of the shares pledged as security; and providing also that a loaj may be repaid In Install­ ments of even hundreds of dollars. Revising the law In relation to the li­ censing of architects. Providing foi the organisation of com­ panies to do the business of burglary and casualty Insurance on the mutual plan. To provide for the deposit of the reserve and the registration of policy and annnlty bonds by life insurance companies. Requiring corporations to make annual re­ ports to the Secretary of fAtte and provid­ ing for the cancellation of Articles of Incor­ poration for falling to do so. Providing foe the appointment of a clerk for each of the Judges of the Appellate Court. Providing that not less than one-half of the revenues derived from the Federal Gov­ ernment for educational purposes shall be applied by the Trustees of the University of Illinois solely 1 i agricultural instruction. Prohibiting the catching In Lake Michigan of any whiteflrti or lake trout between Oct. 14 and Nov. 30. To provide f^r the construction of a boule­ vard connecting the north and south park systems In Chicago and providing for a spe­ cial tax of 1% mills for that purpose. Providing rnat where it Is sought to annex to a city any considerable portion of a town­ ship the proposition must receive the assent of a majority of the voters In the territory sought to be jinnexed. Repealing tt»e Are escape law passed two years ago and providing that'the lQcal au­ thorities of cities shall have supervision of fire escapes. To prevent the colonisation of voters; pro­ viding that the State Board of Health shall have supervision of nil lodging houses In cities of 100.000 Inhabitants or more. The general election bill, revising the law. regulating t*i* holding of elections in cities, villages and Incorporated towns, with sev­ eral amendments. The medical practice act, providing for the recognition of diplomas of all Illinois State medical colleges, but requiring graduates of foreign colleges to take an examination be­ fore the State Board of Health. Persons who heal by purely spiritual or mental sys­ tems without drugs are exempted from the provision of the bill. An examlnattoa to pro­ vided for those desiring to practice the sys- Tke Purchaser Went Down with the CrnUer Maine at Havana. John Hanley of 1^8 Nelson street. New York, who, prior to his discharge from the United States navy in March, 1893. on a pension of $8 a month, had been a policeman and a street Inspector, was recently before Magistrate Bren­ ner in the Butler street court in Brook­ lyn on the complaint of his wife, Mar­ garet, for non-support. "How is it that you ginned your name to the complaint as Margaret Hanley Hamilton when your husband's name is Hanley?" Magistrate Brenner inquired, as the woman, whose neck was orna­ mented with a red, white and blue rib­ bon, took the stand. "Well, ydur honor," she replied, "eight years *go my husband, who was then in the navy, sold me for a pint of beer to his old shipmate, John Hamil­ ton, qnd I lived with Mr."Hamilton un­ til he was blown up with the Maine in Havana harbor a year ago." Further inquiry brought out the fact that there are three Hanley and two Hamilton children in the family, and that the latter got a share of the money awarded by the Government to the fam­ ilies of the Maine victims, and that Hamilton, who must have been a thrifty sailor, five years ago gave to Mrs. Han­ ley $5,000 with which she purchased J]ie Nelson street house. In spite of the peculiar family relations, Sanley and Hamilton always remained good friends, and the former has always made his home with his wj£e. Magistrate l^ren&llr dismissed the complaint, telling the couple to go home and behave themselves. "Youjd better not come into my part of t^e house," said Mrs. Hanley to her husband, and, opening her satchel and taking out a small American flag, she waved it defiantly in his face and re­ marked: "Jack Hamilton went .down with the Maine and I'll stick to my col­ ors." Remarkable Phrases. Here are a few bits of composition which were stopped in the editorial, rooms of a Vienna newspaper: The new political current failed to take root In this district. The happy Kioment is not always seized to grasp tbe wheel of time by the forelock. Near the child lay all o^l man stand­ ing by the edge of the gt*ve. TTpon the grave stood if eiross rusted by the tooth of time. The hinges on which this A'lfair turns are too transparent. When the doctor arrived he found the platform covered with blood--the pas­ senger had been bruised on the fore­ head. Grunenthal was born at Schladen in 1853; and up to this time had been un­ known to the police. Amid tears and sobs, the coffin was lowered. The priest had opened an umbrella. The hall divided itself tnto two par­ ties. Cupid's arrow flew from one end of the hall to the other and lodged in the heart of a visitor, the butcher's appren­ tice, Franz Spath, lodging at Emanuel Schwarz's, Nt>. 20 Johanna street. / So hp h'uri'Ied awajj the towiirdly murderer, with Cain's mark upon his brow, pursued by the Eumenides and two police constables. It is a unique specimen, of Which an example Is to be seen at the exhibi­ tion. , Improved the Occasion. Two strange gentlemen, handsomely dressed, behind a fine pair of horses, drove into the Capitol square. Near the Washington monument they hailed a colored man who was on bis way to the Governor's office. "Come here, Sam, and hold our horses a few minutes, won't you?" said one of the strangers. The colored man did as requested. He got Into the vehicle and waited about twenty minutes, while the Visit­ ors went through the eapltol. On their return a quarter of a dollar was tendered the colored man. "No, I thank you," said he. "I had plenty of time, and held the horses as a favor to you. But If you gentlemen should choose, when you get home, I would thank you for a contribution to the Negro Reformatory fund. If you care to give anything, remit'to the trust company that holds the funds. Here is my card." The man was John H. Smyth, former Minister to Liberia, and now president of the Negro reformatory.--Richmond (Va.)*Times. ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS The House and Senate held three sea-1 sions on Wednesday. By a vote of 66 yeas to 45 nays the House killed the; Greater Chicago resolution. Then the f Housg picked up the Humphrey resolu­ tion, which had been sent over from the • Senate to defeat the Greater Chicago scheme, and threw it into the legislative , ; » waste basket, too. Earlier in the day the | House killed the bill, which bad ..been k j drawn by the Committee on Parks and " Boulevards, granting permission to the . So nth Park commissioners of Chicago to|^ erect an exposition building on the lake front. The bill received only 73 votes. and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. The House passed the bill correct- | ing a defect in the new revenue law by• providing that the tax levy shall be made ' on the assessment of the current year in- * stead of the preceding year. The House passed the Erickson "blue label bill." This ^ measure was prepared by the Committee!}?! on Labor and industrial affairs and is de­ signed to furnish additional protection to ^ labor unions and trades organizations in "'"".y -.v* their labels, trade marks and forms of ad- -,!« * vertising. The bill had no votes against -ft* it. Under a suspension of the rules, the i House took up the Curtis hard-roads bill, and the members, who h£d been waiting 'V for a chance to "get at *" billed it by a;!'% vote of 40 yeas to nays. The Senate < omnibus appropriation bill for State char-:? S itable institutions for ordinary and othefr . ^ expenses for two years, appropriating ap- ^ ? ̂ proximately $3,000,000, went through; unanimously, and so did the Senate bill,, appropriating approximately $000,000 fort Improvements and repairs for all Stated .<* "* « charitable institutions. The House passed^ V ^ the "school teachers" bill. The Senate" * , ^ passed the Drew T>ilf, wti'cn prohibits the AV\; ^ use oj deception and misrepresentation iit "**- v tlie procuring of workmen in any oepart%* ment of the State. This measure prohib-? -! its the importation of labor "under arms,"1: and has been opposed by the mine owners* and manufacturers of the State. The bill was not passed until some of the morer-. drastic features had been toned down.^| Senator Campbell's bill providing that in assessments for lgca^ improvements no jgtj^ ^ 1 or tract of land shall be assessed in the * \ j aggregate for any greater amount payable 4 \ in one year than 5 per centum of the ae- tual value of the land ..was passed. Se»^*S4^£&! ator Humphrey's bills providing that the ' f Australian ballot system shall be used inC '"L ^4 electing school directors and providing^ that no judges at school elections shall school employes or officials were passed- and sent over to the House. Gov. Tanner signed the arbitration bill . j The House worked from 9 o'clock in ther morning until midnight Thursday. Thf^.'^f ^ Senate held a morning session only. Sen*- ator Busse's general election bill passed „ ^ 1 the House by a strict party vote. Thi$ * "if measure amends the law under whict| Chicago holds its elections in thirteei* - , different particulars, most of them of ft • ^ minor character. The House also passed^" * * i by strict party vote, another of Senatof . Busse's election bills. It is called "the anti-colonization" bill, and is ai| amendment to the Board of Health law. The House passed the Dunlap pure food bill; it provides for the appointment of- a State food commission to prohibit and! ' prevent adulteration, fraud and deceptions: in the manufacture and sale of articles ot ' food. The House also passed the Mils ^ Christ bill to empower the city of Chicago "#• to acquire title to lands uow submerged J ^ by the waters of Lake Michigan as a site v. VI for a pumping station for the intersecting sewer system. The Busse bill, which re»J i* peals the Nohe automatic fire escape bill, ; was passed. The game bill, a revision of \ i-, ^ the game laws of the State, was passed*», After one of the shortest legislative ses* 1 •»- s i o n s f o r m a n y . y e a r s t h e F o r t y - f i r s t G e a r , 1 - I eral Assembly adjourned sine die Friday* night. The proceeding? in the Senat* 'J* were remarkably quiet, and good humof , , j ; was the rule. Lieut. Gov. Northcott an« , V , « President Pro Tem. Warder were pre* > ^ t': sented with beautiful coffee services of • silver, and Mr. Northcott also was the happy recipient of a diamond shirt stud; * The Democratic House members gave ^. : John McGoorty, the Democratic leader, 4 ' gold watch, chain and locket, and Speaker ^ Sherman was presented with a portrait of '- / > himself, the work of Oliver Denuett Grov- v v er of Chicago. When the Legislator* started its last day there were thirty* 5 - eight bills on third reading in the Senator 1 and seventy-three in the House. Before ^ supper the House had disposed of nearly, '• •••** \ two-thirds of the bills on its calendar, and ̂ . f the Senate made a record equally good* ^ ^ Chicago is to have another police investi* gation. The Senate adopted a long reso- " \ ~ • lution which is almost identical with th® one which sent the Berry committee to £1 Chicago last spring. The new committa^4§^|;:,^ will be comosed of Senators Baxter, As* /"f ^ pinwall, Berry, Begole, Templeton, Huli ;j »" j and McConnell. In the House the Berry. bill, authorizing the insurance department^ to employ special counsel and control th«r ; litigation of the insurance department, , I.« J M kaM.1 f im/, n-nrL" in (mvatvl t In. Doable-Ed^ed Arguments. Many reasons, bad and good, have been given by applicants for certifi­ cates of exemption under the new vac­ cination act. But it would be hard to beat a plea that was seriously put for­ ward In the Marylebone police court yesterday. The argument ran as fol­ lows: "If God Almighty thought that vac­ cination was necessary or even desir­ able, He would have performed the operation before the child was born." The magistrate granted the certifi­ cate. But we are reminded of the tale of the workman and the Salvation Army lass. He was smoking a pipe; she was walking backward. "If God had meant you to smoke," she said, "you'd have been born with a pipe In your mouth." "If God had mea'nt you to walk backward," retorted the man, "you'd have been born with your feet turned the other way."--Westminster Gazette. A Bank of Bridea. Simla, the summer capital of the In­ dian empire, Is a pretty pine-treed place well up In the foothills of the Hima­ layas. A feature of Simla life is the annual fair held by the native bills people, an attractive item of which Is a "bank of brides" In an amphitheater, where sit numbers of young women who tbus calmly announce that they are candidates for hymeneal honors. Some of these aspirants to matrimony so patiently awaiting a choosing are quite pretty, and have intelligent faces; but those of Mongol caste must needs linger long for a partner, if personal beauty enters Into the equation.--Wom­ an's Home Companion. Snails at $2 Per Thonaand. Edible snails fluorish in Wurtemberg. One town, Gutenburg, received the oth­ er day an Order from Paris for 1,000,000 of them. The price was $2 a thousand. Common •exiulb is the base of all laws, fop* tfy? frHBTHt,«Al!y *S 3: d I- had a hard time working toward the Gov ernor's desk. The bill takes all the litiga* tion of Van Cleave's department out otf the hands of the Attorney General of the State. The sugar beet bounty bill'passed! the House. The bill appropriates $75,000 per annum for two years for the payment of the sugar bounty. The Case bill to reg* ulate the treatment and control of de» ' r;| pendent and neglected children known ast . the "Juveuile court" bill, was passed bjf ' the House, and the Senate passed thtt parental school bill; also the one providing' . ̂ for vacation schools in Chicago. The ' f| ^ S e n a t e p a s s e d t h e M a l a t o b i l l , w h i c h p r o » v J hibits the public exhibition of persons who . & have obtained notoriety through some ^ criminal act, also of persons whose <le- * * j> -1 formity is such as to make them fit candi- V;. * dates for dime museum freaks. The / • .. J House passed the bill which changes the ' Q name of the Lake Front park to Grant • , r park. The Erickson bill giving boards of education the right of eminent domain for school sites was passed in the Senate, Without a dissenting vote the Senate re­ fused to unseat Seuator Joseph P. Ma- honey of the Thirteenth district for the benefit of William J. Cooke.-superintend­ ent of the Chicago west park system, wba has been contesting Mahoney's eieeitee. Vitality of Vegetable Sfecfg, Seeds of grains and vegetables have been tested in liquid air. These were all natives of the temperate zone, the seeds of which will pass the winter in frozen earth without loss of vitality. such as barley and oats for grains, and r peas, cucumber and squash for vegeta-*^ bles. Tbey are kept for 110 hours at ||K3j 312 degrees below zero and then slowly | thawed for fifty hours. After this ;yi| treatment they were still alive. On be- • : lng planted they germinated and glnew." *1 '* • tJteftal Articlea. : Teacher--Who can tell me what use- - ful article we get frOto flfifir* l^tttle? fr!|^ Johnny? Scholar--Whalebone. .> 4 "Right! NOW, what ^ttle jjoy^r fcirt knows what we get fn>m. tba S£ftl7 : Tommy?" "Sealing wax."--Hariem MC* i Clergymen LlT»Loag«ik Id regard to longevity*, tlw stand at the bead of the and physiciaus near the bottom, bet»w