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P.WAT. HflROlN RAM BU^KITT k» "cf- F.T GRE-ENHflL&E- MflbS. ^/UEX.T.M'&ILl.^ N.J.CLX/ CAMPBELL" DEFEATED SHE'S NOW A DUCHESa. DECATUR'S BIG BLAZE ADOPT TORRENS HEAVIEST LOSS THE TOWN HAS -- ' EVER KNOWN'. Ruin Starts fn Powers' Opera House- Many Panic-Stricken--Local Fire Department Impotent -- Springfield Sends Welcome Aid. (Democrats Are Buried Beneath the Landslide. GORMAN IS BEATEN. Kentucky Also Redeemed from Bourbon Rule. town. New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts Do Nobly, While Ohio Raises McKinley's Figures--Mary­ land Tariff Tinker Is Rebuked by a Majority of Nearly 20,000 -- Tairi- many Wins in New York City--Noth­ ing Left for the Democrats that Is Worth Having. .... Pennsylvania, RepubJican majority... 100,000 Ohio, Republican majority... . .-100,000 New York, Republican majority........ 80,000 Iowa, Republican majority.... SO,000 New Jersey, Republican majority.....;,20,000 Maryland, Republican majority. 20,000 Kentucky, Republican majority........ .3,000 Again tlie people have spoken, and in terms no less emphatic than in 1S93 and in 1894, proclaiming that they have had enough of Democracy, and await with impatience the opportunity to sweep that party out of power. New York, Ohio, and Iowa, the .great States lant- Foraker, will succeed to the Sena­ torial seat now occupied by a Wall street plunger.. With John Sherman \ and Joseph B. Foraker in the Senate, Ohio will again occupy the proud pre- eminence it enjoyed when Salmon P. Chase and B. F. Wade were her Sena­ tors. Iowa gave Governor Jackson an overwhelming majority in 1893 and now it does as well by General Drake. All attempts to inject petty side issues into the campaign signally failed. Pennsylvania roll£ up a Republican ma­ jority of 100,000 as an indication of what she will do in 1S96. From several other States in which elections of more or less importance occurred the same general returns are received. Looking the whole field over, it may be added that it is now in order for the Democracy to move to make it unanimous. <. "'A landslide in Maryland, a Republi­ can victory in Kentucky, and the return to power of Tammany in New York City were the features? of the elections. In Maryland the Democrats met a ver­ itable Waterloo.. The whole State.seem­ ingly repudiated Senator Gorman and the indications now are that a Republican will succeed Senator Gibson. Baltimore went Republican by from 5,000 to 10,000. Lowndes'"election as Governor by a ma­ jority of anywhere from 10,000 to 20.000 is-conceded by the Democratic committee. ^ . Tammany Wins in Gotham. { In New York the Republicans elect their entire State ticket and carry the State by an increased majority. Conservative es­ timates place the figures at from 50,000 to 60,000. * New; York "City is carried by Tammany, but the combined Democratic vote ^of that city and -Brooklyn shows a loss of about 12,000. >' The.Legislature, is solidly. Republican. •' . The total vd,te of the State shows, a falling off compared with the vote of 189ty the decrease being confined, however, to the districts north of the Harlem River. The city vote was fully equal to that of two years ago. New Jersey was carried by the Republi­ cans by from 18,000 to 20.000. John W. Griggs is elected Governor. Cities and precincts expected to give large Demo­ cratic majorities were found to have gone the other way when the returns came in and the general result was considerable of a surprise.. Massachusetts Republicans re-elected Gov. Greenhalge by increased majorities. In spite of its being an off year the ticket went through with more to spare than it had last year. Returns in at midnight showed that the Democrats elected noth­ ing and are lucky to b.e in the race at all. Big Majorities in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania went Republican with in­ creased majorities. The voting early in candidate for the-Suprema,bench, is prob­ ably elected by 15,000 majority. Max­ well (Pop.) polled less than 60,00Q, while Phelps (Silver Dera.) got about 25,000* Mahoney, the straight Democratic candi­ date, 0 will not receive to exceed 10,000. Forty-two precincts out of - seventy-six in Omaha gave Broatch (Rep.), for May­ or, 800 plurality. His total plurality is estimated at 2,000. .» Kentucky Goes Republican. Kentucky has been conceded to the Re­ publicans- on the Governorship by the Democrats. The chairman of the .Repub­ lican State committee claims the election Of Bradley over Hardin by 15,000 an<f as­ serts that the Legislature will be close. He hopes for^ party control therein, espe- Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt Married to the Dake of'Marlborough; Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt was united 4n marriage at 12:30 o'clock Wednesday, in the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, New York, to Charles Richard John Spencer Churchill, ninth Duke of Marlborough, Marquis.of Blandford, Barf of Maryborough, Earl of Sunderland, Bar­ on Spencer of Wormleighton, Baron Churchill of SandriSge, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Prince of Min- delheim, in Swabia. The church edifice was guarded by fifty police officers, spe­ cially detailed to hold in check the im­ mense crdwd of spectators who began to gather as early as S o'clock in .the rnorn- THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. MISS COXSTELO VAXDEKBILT. cialiy as it will elect a successor to Sen­ ator Blackburn. In Virginia the Democrats elected three-fourths of the Legislature. Little interest was taken in the election all over the State. In many counties there was so little at stake that many negro voters remained at home. Tho contest in lVl!88ii?fijpp! wns one-sid- ed. Not more than half the Democratic vote was polled, and the majority ranges between 30,000 and 40,000. The princi­ pal interest centered in six or eight of the strong Populist counties, where there were lively contests over the county offices. In Kansas the election of David Mar­ tin, the Republican candidate for chief GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES. -•^Candidates at the front this offest of off years, may be said to have held proxies for the country at large, and the returns from those States make it plain that the flood tide of Republicanism is still at high- water mark. The retention in these three great Northern States of the enor­ mous gains of last year and the year before is supplemented by the addition of two strongholds of Democracy, Ken­ tucky and Maryland, to the Republican columns. Even in the flush of those two former victories these accessions to Republican strength were not so much as dreamed of, and a Republican majority of 20.000 for Governor in New Jersey is as much to be rejoiced over. The victory in New York is an as­ surance not only that the State will go Republican for President next fall, but that David B. Hill will retire from the the day indicated but little interest, and a probable falling off of the votes of both the big parties. In the late hours, how­ ever, this was overconie by the"'rapidly increasing number of electors, who ap­ peared at the pools. The vote was fully up to expectations and the majorities will average 80,000 and better. In Philadel­ phia alone there was a heavy increase in the Republican vote. The city went Re­ publican by 60,000. This may send the toal majority in the State over 100,000. In Ohio Bushnell, the Republican can­ didate, is elected Governor over Camp­ bell by from 80,000 to 100,000 majority. His vote exceeded that of McKinley right through the State. In addition to elect­ ing Bushnell and the rest of the State ticket the Republicans have fully three- fourths of each branch of the Legislature, thus enabling them to elect a Republican successor to Brice in the United States Senate. MERELY PRACTICE FOR THE BIG MATCH OF NOVEMBER, '96. •--Chicago Inter^Ocean. Senate on the same day that Grover T j0TCa surprised the Democrats and even Cleveland will from the White House, the Republicans by giving Gen. Drake an and, like him, be succeeded by a Repub- j estimated plurality of 00,000. The Legis- licau. Such a double victory is enough to wreathe a nation in smiles. The magnificent victory in Ohio means the political deathknell of Senator Calvin S. Brice, as well as a continuance of the Republican party in control of State affairs. General Bushnell will succeed Governor McKinley, and that stalwart champion of Republicanism, the gal- lature will be Overwhelmingly Republi­ can, and a Republican successor to Sena­ tor Allison is thus assured. The vote throughout the State was light, farmers in many sections being too busy in their fields to take the time to go to the polls. The Populists showed a large gain in their vote, ~many- free silver Democrats giving their ticket support. '1^0 C : In Nebraska T. h. Norval, Republican justice of the Supreme Court, is conceded The Republicans carried Chicago and. Cook County by pluralities considerably less than those given their ticket one year ago. The Democrats made gains in al­ most every ward of the city, but their combined gains were not sufficient to over­ come the Republican excess ir 1894. Far- lin Q. Ball, Republican, defeated Richard W. Morrison, Democrat, for the vacancy on the Superior Court bench by 36,098 plurality. For the full term on the same bench Judge Henry M. Shepard, Demo­ crat, was elected without opposition to succeed himself. Judge Shepard received a total vote of .134,339, which was only about 2,000 less than the combined vote of Ball and Morrison. The Republicans also elected five of the Drainage Commis­ sioners, which gives them control of the new board. HORROR IN DETROIT. Boiler Explosion Wrecks a Building -^Several Persons Killed. At about 9 o'clock Wednesday morning the boilers in the Journal Building, cor­ ner of Larned and Shelby streets, De­ troit; exploded with, terrific force. That portion of the building, about forty feet wide, immediately collapsed, burying scores of people in the ruins. A great many girls and women were employed in the bi?ilding« Within a short time nine unidentified bodies had been taken from the ruins, and many more were inaccessi­ ble. While the work of rescue was pro­ gressing, voices could be heard .from im­ prisoned sufferers. Shortly after 9 o'clock the ruins broke out in flames, and the great clouds* of stifling smoke seriously impeded the fire­ men in their work of rescue. A number of stereotypers at work on the fifth floor went down with the wreck. There were from twenty-five to thirty at work in the building. The large building was cut cleanly in two from front to rear by a of which was left an almost solid pile gap of forty feet wide, at the bottom of timbers, bricks and debris. At least a dozen persons are believed to have been at work in Hiller's book bind­ ery on the second floor. Some of those who escaped from the wreck report that they heard the screayis of some of the bindery girls as they fell and were 'pin­ ioned in the wreck. The Habbin type foundry, on the third floor, and the Jour­ nal stereotyping department, on the fifth floor, each contributed jiuman victims to tHte wreck. The members of the editorial staff on the fourth floor, however, all es­ caped. Thomas Thompson, the engineer, came oujt of the wreck painfully injured. He said he knew no reason for the ex­ plosion. ing. As upon previous occasions when American heiresses have bestowed them- .selves upon titled foreigners, tho cere­ mony was witnessed by that select an('. exclusive body known as "society." Fol­ lowing the ceremony at the church, for which over 4,000 invitations were issued, there was a breakfast and reception at the home of Mrs. William iv. Vanderbilt, the guests for the latter functiofi being limited to 300 in number. St. Thomas' Church was converted into a veritable conservatory of rare tropical foliage and vines. The bridesmaids were composed of eight of New York's hand­ somest girls. The bride was attired in a magnificent gown of white satin. Reversof lace were draped from shoulder to shoulder and up­ on the left shoulder over the lace was a spray of orange blossoms. The train to the gown was five yards long, and was fastened to the shoulders just below tho neckbind. The bridal veil, of Brussels velvet, was fastened to the coiffure With a tiara oj orange blogjsoms. The lace which adorns the biTle's veil is an exquisite piece of point d'Angleterre and she is the third genera­ tion to wear it. The lace was first worn when a bride by her maternal grandmoth­ er. Miss Yanderbilt's wedding-gown and lingerie worn at the ceremony cost $6,720. Her white satin slippers with diamond studded buckles alone costing $175. . _ After the ceremony the orchestra struck up the march from "Tannhauser" and the bridal party left the church, going imme­ diately to Mrs. Yanderbilt's house, where. after a brief reception to the duke and duchess, a wedding breakfast was served. Among the guests were the members of the diplomatic corps, the officiating clergy and bishops, the members of the bridal party and the members of their iinme diate families. _ . sing it convenient for stock and dair,j Frightened by Bladders. poeee. For particulars call on or The groundless terror of two ole-iress phants at some blown bladders afford- W. & B. Bonslett. ed amusement to the visitors at the 5G5 Boulevard Place, Chicago. Zoological Garden," Philadelphia, a while ago. PARTICULAR NOTICE. You know that elephants are afl'ai(1;avjng sold out my ousinese this is to of small objects, says the head keeperjjy ajj persons knowing themselves at the garden. "Last July we gave our9bted to me, either by note or book elephants a bath erery afternoon. Weount, to call and settle thesame with- threw half a dozen inflated bladders in delay, as I wish to close up my to the pond one day when they went in'k" at as early a day as possible. Let to swim: At first the bladders almost'81'?? u°tice and govern themselves scared them to death. Then Empress01" lD"' Jacob Bonslett, struck at one of them with her trunk(cH g t 24, 1895. and when it bounded into the air botl trumpeted and scrambled out of the STOVES FOR SALE. pond. Venturing back soon after, Em number of second hand stoves, both press, who has the curiosity of her seM and wood, nearly as good as new, .and a mind of her own, gently fishe< sale cheap. Inquire of .one of the bladders out of the water E. Lawlus, and then kicked at it with her hin< Opposite Riverside House, McHenry. feet. No serious results following, sin' continued her investigations, wliicl)ony°u ^uy any other kind of Rub- ended by her putting her front foo® but Snag I roof. They will surely on the bladder. It exploded with a lou,a8e CmsTy & g Rh]gwood. report, and the two elephants scam pered home in terror." And yet it wouldi be easy to fill a vol­ ume with interesting accounts of the intelligence of elephants, one of the best of which is that doubtless familial to some of our readers, in which an elephant put its trunk inside a tailor's window, expecting an apple or some such luxury. The tailor pricked it with a needle. The elephant withdrew its trunk, went to a dirty pool, filled its trunk with muddy water, and return­ ing, poured it over the tailor. Block in Snins. The bigfeest fire in the history of Deca­ tur started in Powers' Grand Opera House at. 9 o'clock M&nday evening, and at a late hour Tuesday morning had not been entirely subdued. <»" It is reported, on what;appears to be good authority, the opera house was set on fire by incendiaries. The first man to get into the basement says he saw three distinct fires, two under the stage and owe in the auditorium. While the opera house fire was,getting beyond the control of the firemen an alarm was turned in for another fire in the rear of the St, James Hotel, just south of the St. Nicholas, the leading hotel in the city. It was in the roof of an extension of the St. James, and thti smoke was blown into the St. Nicholas, causing a fright which aroused the .guest*, all of whom bn the upper floors fled down the stairway and the elevator; Mahy were partly ..undressed, and' some dressing in the office. There was no im­ mediate danger, but there wasl ,a big scare- in both hotels. ' It is .generally believed firebugs have been at work iu Decatur. • ..Opera House First to Go. The opera house-was ..the first to go.. Only part of the walls is standing., The fire caught in the basement near the stage and swept the house from end to end." It had been burning thirty minutes at least before it was discovered, and the fire was then found in two places beneath the stage and in one place in the audito­ rium. The entire building was filled with smoke. The firemen penetrated through the choking fumes and fought the fire thus seriously handicapped. The flames had burned through to the stage, licking up the scenery and other inflammable material. There was no blaze discerni­ ble at first except on the stage, but with­ in half an hour the whole interior was il­ luminated. The fire crept between the ceiling and roof, and in a short time the roof fell in with a great crash, sending high in the air volumes of flame and v sparks, which were driven by the wind from the south on the roofs of buildings adjoining on the north, as well as across the street. Some structures a block dis­ tant were ignited, but the fire was extin­ guished by men on watch. It was thought for a-time, and this hope was renewed at frequent intervals, that the buildings in the same block north of the opera house might be saved. The occupants were the J. Milligan & Co.'s Bank, the Columbian Manufacturing Company, the II. Fisk furniture store, and Linn & Scruggs' large dry goods house, with the lodge rooms of the Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen, princes of,the Orient, Rathburn Sisters, and»Royal Neighbors of America, on the third floor oyer Linn & Scruggs' g^ore. > Moved Money and PaporaT' "" v The bank at once moved its books and papers, transferring the cash to places of safety. Later Linn & Scruggs, who have a stock of goods valued at nearly $200,000, removed most of their goods, storing them in a dozen different places. Hundreds of men and boys assisted the firm in saving the merchandise. The en­ tire stock of H. Fisk was destroyed, as was also that of the Columbia company. The secret societies saved all portable tproperty, including the secret work. Six odges are now without homes. Great cheers went up when the firemen .v ri'A'o"feLJ£a'11 from Springfield ing water, running into the barhd, vr"l,r> Good Advice. The following extract is from a letter of advice to an Oregon railway presi­ dent: "There is nothing so importan; as the good will of your patrons and there is no better way for you to secure this than by issuing passes to influen­ tial persons when cogent reasons are shown. Now, last week I wrote to Mr. Stone to send mo a pass to Corvallis, as I wanted to go down there to see some friends, and my legs are rather weak but he, with a heart as hard as hir' name, replied that the trouble in nr- limbs was probably caused by not us­ ing them enough and told me I could use the track to walk on. This sort of language is not calculated to create a friendly feeling, to say the least. I would like to have a pass to Corvallis-- some time w.henyouthink of it." WINTER MILLINERY. an hour, ilbuvn,Jj?*/•<_rowfi""Are brought one steamer. It was put to work at once and did good service. There is no other opera house in the city and all en­ gagements made with F. W. Haines, tie manager, will have to be canceled. Mr. Haines says the house will be rebuilt with­ out delay. Tumbled Down the Hatchway. Some years ago-one of our4 frigates dropped anchor in the harbor of Naples, and on a given day the shore, dignitar­ ies in. splendid uniforms, decorations, etc., etc., came on board. During the ceremonies one of them not familiar with ships leaned back against a can­ vas ventilating shaft and instantly van­ ished to the lower deck. ! 4m old salt who saw the performance went to the officer of the deck, and touching..iiis- hat said: "If you please, sir, one of them Kings has just tum­ bled dowii the hatchway." Villa formerly meant a farm and not a house. ' The Losses. Following is a list of property burned: Linn & Scruggs's stock, lately invoiced at $192,000, was nearly all safely carried out. Insurance, $105,000. Harry Fisk, furniture, loss $6,000. In­ surance $4,000. Columbia Company, loss $40,000. Part­ ly insured. Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen and Rathburn Sisters, losses $2,000. In­ sured., Orlando Powers, loss on opera house $75,000. Insurance $20,000. Orlando Powers, loss on other buildings $10,000. Insurance $8,000. H. H. Whitley, loss $30,000. Insurance $4,250. C. W. Utely, tailor, $500. Insurance $30,000. People's Loan Association, Dr. T. S. Hoskins, dentist, Milligans' Bahk, all small losses and insured. Anchor, 111., Fire Swept. Fire broke out at 3 p. m. Monday in Ivaler Brothers' meat market at Anchor, 111., and swept practically the entire busi­ ness portion of the place. A stiff breeze was blowing and the flames were at once beyond control. After sweeping away the business buildings the fire spread into the adjacent meadows and corn fields. There was scarcely a bucketful of water avail­ able in the town, the wells and cisterns being empty, owing to the long drouth. . Among the principal losers are Worley & Hester, three-story brick, general, store; loss,, $6,000. Building owned by E. Bj Stewart; loss, $3,000. T. J. Williams, millinery, $1,000. Watson's drug store; loss on stock $1,000, building $S00. Kaler Brothers' mpj'ket, loss $1,000; Dr. Banks' office and Dauiel & Martin's double store, hardware; loss on building $1,500, stock $5,000. The Farmers' pool hall, loss $500; McReynolda' bank, loss $700; Grandstaff's barber shop, Ricks' pool hall, loss 51,000. The total loss is about $30,000, with in- p*wance of one-half. I TALE OF A TRUNK. What Story It Conveyed to NewiYork Baggage Smasher., There are trunks, and trunks. Tuere are trunks which .the law requires in the spectacular drania for the march­ ing woman, and there is the trunk the elephant brakes on the road, and the commercial traveler's trunk that al­ ways blocks up tire passageways of the country hotels, and the steamer trunk constructed with the view to certain spaces under the berths, and the hump­ backed Saratoga that is as big as a chicken house and as tight as a grip, and the sole leather uusmashable affair that has been around the world. But the trunk that was hustled into the Marlborough Wednesday morning be­ fore brea~kf*lst was noue of these. It was in construction an ordinary, smart, new, medium sized trunk. Yet people lingered on the walks and gazed at it and smiled and looked pleased at each other as the grinning baggageman took it down from the heap. They stopped across the way on Thirty-sixth street and watched him. Even as far as Broadway the infection spread and the public generally approved of this trunk. For, it had dainty white satin ribbon tied in big bows on the handles.. There were other still daintier bows of the same innocent material attached to the locks and hugging the slats and kissing the cold iron plates and caressing the solid'corners. And how tenderly the baggage inaii and the hotel porters han­ dled that trunk! If it had been made of spun glass ot, stuck together with candy it would have come off safely without a scratch' or crack. • Other truhks were dumped on the stones and banged and bruised and shaken up in the usual method. This trunk floated through space as If it were a pitcher of cream, and its precious contents might slop over. I don't say that the rough baggageman actually kissed it, but lie really looked as if he wanted to kiss it--while the porter gently sihooth- ed out the pretty bows until the fring­ ed ends seeme<jl to live been newly done up. And the pleased public looking on distinctly approved of the trunk and the white ribbon and the baggageman and porters and everything and every­ body concerned.--New York Herald. Solid Oxygon. Trof. Dewar, the chemist, has com­ pressed oxygen under an intense de­ gree of cold, a degree almost beyond the power of imagination, into a pale blue fluid, a thing, which, although it has been done before, has not been done to such an extent or in such quantity, has solidified oxygen into a jelly, has made ozone into a lapislazuli-blue liquid, and has also liquefied air. He has made the suggestion that possibly the vast shin­ ing l.Ifelil dy-uds, concerning whose com­ position, whether Of congregate^ starp at immeasurable distance or of nebu­ lous matter slowly concentrating into stars, astronomers have arrived at no fixed conclusion, may really be only masses of carbonic acid gas frozen in the unspeakable cold of the interstellar spaces which is probably the zero of absolute temperature. Lowell's Advice to Young »len. He had enjoyed heartily his own fre­ quent reading of the works of the great authors lie wrote about, and he was able to convey some of this enjoyment to his own readers, and to explain to them the reasons for his liking. His favorite of all was the mighty Floren­ tine poet, Dante, whom Lowell steadily studied from early life. Indeed, the advice he gave to young men seeking culture was to find the great writer whom they most appreciated, and to give themselves to the constant peru­ sal of this great writer, growing up to him slowly, and discovering gradually that to understand him adequately would force them sooner or later to learn many of the things best worth learning.--St. Nicholas. The Dog Was AVearing Her Teeth. Mrs. James Herring, living a few- miles from Lancaster, is the possessor of a fine full set of artificial teeth, and in some way lost the lower plate. After a diligent search she came to the con­ clusion that they could not be found. Imagine her consternation when she found the missing teeth in the mouth of her house dog. The dog had evidently found them, and, thinking them a good thing, proceeded to appropriate them to his own use. He had got them fast­ ened in his own mouth, and it was with much difficulty they were removed. He had lost several natural teeth, and it loked very much as though he wanted to replace them with artificial ones.-- Louisville Courier-Journal. Expectation of Life in England. The British registrar general, who keeps records of births and deaths in the British Isles, has compiled a series of tables giving the expectation of life of males and females for each year between 1 and 100. Of 1,000,000 boys 841,417 will be alive at the end of one year, while of 1,000,000 girls, S71.266 will be aHve. At the end of ten years there will be 708,990 boys and 73 girls; after twenty years, 680,0;io:,tfiales and 707,949 females. The expectation of life for females, is always greater than for males of corresponding ages. Irresistible Arguments. Frederick the Great's father was Iu the habit of kicking the shins of those who differed from him in argument. One day he asked a courtier if he agreed with him on some discussed point. "Sire," he returned, "it is im­ possible to hold a different opinion from a king who has such strong convictions and wears such thick boots." Against His Will. His own heroines were the despair of the late Robert Louis Stevenson. Once a young lady is said to have asked him why he did not create really nice wom­ en, to which lie replied, "I have tried my best, but somehow they all turn to barmaids on my hands." Modern Speed in Hat making. B^ the use of mechanical devices aow employed it is said that a workman can make the "bodies" for 400 hats a day. By the hand process he could only prepare., four or five. „ Before a woman has been married a week, she telltf things that makes en­ gaged girls lopk thoughtful. How women love to tempt men, and then abuse ttiem for being tempted!. NEW SYSTEM OF LAND TRANS­ FERS IN COOK COUNTY. Very Little Opposition to the Measure Encountered in the Country Pre­ cincts, While the Vote in the City Was Nearly All One Way. Fire Pails. The fire pails of a large New En­ gland factory are all placed on hooks which work on steel springs. The hook is strong enough to lift the pail when .nearly* empty, but a pail full forcibly depresses it. a metal point being so placed that when the spriug in closing presses.the point it closest battery cir­ cuit and rings a bell iu, the superin­ tendent's office. He is thus constantly advised if the water in the buckets has evaporated, or if the pails have been removed from their places. Majority of 77,259 Votes. The Torrens land title system was adopted by Cook County by a majority of 77,259. The vote on the question was larger in proportion to the total vote cast than on any similar proposition ever Sub­ mitted to the voters at an election not called for the special purpose, and where the proposition was submitted at the tail of the ticket. It is predicted the law will I soon be adopted by the State. In the country towns, particularly, the vote was not only large in proportion to the total, but was practically unanimous in favor of it. • . ;J Homes in First-Class Shape. Gov. Altgeld Tuesday received the fol­ lowing report from the headquarters of the Department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic: "In the discharge of my official duties as tlie commander of the Department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic, ac­ companied by the committee chosen to make the annual inspWtiou' of the Sol­ diers and Sailors' Honf^p&d the Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Quincy and Normal, the latter was visited Oct. 24 and the former Oct. 30. Both commit­ tees were well represented. The inspec­ tion made in the interest of the Grand Army of the Republic was thorough and complete. The results were very satis­ factory in both homes as to the efficiency of the administration, discipline and. con­ dition of the inmates, and without multi­ plying words I desire to say to you that in behalf of the committees it affords rnd great pleasure to assure you that we com­ mend the good judgment exercised by you in selecting Capt. Bassett and Maj. Kirk-< wood as superintendents of these two im­ portant institutions. We are of the very decided opinion, that they are the right men in their respective places, and we ae- cord all honor to you fop tho good and efficient service, they are rendering. - Yours very respectfully, "W. H. POWELL, "Department Commander Illinois Grand Army of the Republic." Committee Is EnthnsiasHc. Louis A. Seeberger, of the Real Estate Board committee which was charged ' with the campaign for the enactment of the law. and its submission to the people, •was enthusiastic over the victory. "It was the greatest fight the board ever made and we think that it has ac­ complished a result which will be of the ..greatest benefit to" the whole county... In effect this law put's realty ill the categotyr of quick assets, whereas it- has been an exceedingly slow asset in the past. If a man wished'to borrow $500 on property; lie had to have the title examined at a cost/! say of $50, and then he had to pay eome broker a commission of 2% percent, for • the negtiation of the loan. The new law will do away with all" this examining of . titles, and as a consequence brokerage' will fall considerably. Thus the borrower will be benefited in a large measure, and the poor man Who is complied to mort­ gage his property will derive the largest possible cash loan instead of having to fritter away a great deal of it in fees and commissions. How the Law Will Operate. "Briefly the law is this: Any person may register his property for $2. To get u tirle certificate he must present all -the evidence of his ownership he holds Which has not been entered of record, but he is not required to present any abstract. A board of examiners examines these proofs and a written opinion of a majority of the board determines the action of the registrar. Within five years all have the opportunity to contest such certificate of registration, but after five years the cer­ tificate is immune from contest. All liens on property are indorsed upon the certificate and in the registrar's books under the number of the certificate. To make such a memorial of a lien a fee of $3 is charged; to cancel such a notation the fee is $1. Titles may be transferred for $3. Tax titles will not be registered until the holder has had undisputed posses­ sion of the tax sale property for ten years, and paid taxes thereon for seven years. Tax buyers must present their proofs of tax purchase to the registrar immediately and give notice to all concerned befojg Jhe memorial s»yh tax sale is noted on the register, and ii: this notification Is noE made within three mouths the tax buyer loses all his rights in the premises. "After a title is once registered the own­ er cannot be deprived of any of his rights by reason of another person's possession and occupancy of the lantl for any period whatsoever. These certificates are valid proofs of ownership according to their face representations in all courts. "WitMn the five-year limit of the act it is likely that the abstract companies will do a big business supplying proofs for contests >f title, but after that period the abstract business will wane. The burnY records act, though intended to be of general benefit, was not serviceable to the poor because it was costly to obtain a de­ cree under it, so the poor were compelled to go through the long abstract formality. The new law will change all this. To Protect Innocent Persons. "Another benefit of the new law is that an indemnity fund is created out of a tax of one-tenth of 1 per cent, on the value of property certified for the first time. This fund is held for the protection of innocent persons who suffer loss under the operation of the law. It is analogous to the law protecting the innocent holder of a note. In Australia during fifteen years $1,000,000 was collected in such an in­ demnity fund and not a single assault on it was successful. Right to the benefits of such a fund, of course, is settled in the courts. "Now, tho Real Estate Board is aware that the abstract companies are opposed to this law, and will try to make its ope­ ration as odious as possible. We are con­ fident that it is a good law, and we are prepared to enter info the greater'fight of preventing any corporate interest what­ ever from endeavoring to nullify or im­ pair its efficacy or to create sentiment against it. Such laws have been in operas tion for centuries in some foreign Coun­ tries, and in every case whei6 tried they have proved to be economical, sure, safe and satisfactory to the people. It will be so here, and in the future the city will count the passage of the Torrens law in 1S95 as one of the greatest benefits ejer conferred by the Legislature of this State upon its people."