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ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. "While in a rowboat on' Pistaqua bay, Chris Reen, an Elgin merchant, died of heart disease. . . A gray eagle measuring seven feet eight inches from tip to tip was shot by Charles Rickey on Fort's land, south of Lacon. Rev. W. H. Penhaliegon, of the First Presbyterian Church of Decatur, has been asked by the official board of the Fullerton Avenue Church, of Chicago, if •he will consider a call to become their pastor. He has not yet had time to toake up his mind on the subject. The church of "which he is pastor in Decatur is one of the wealthiest and he is one of the most popular clergymen in the city. Hans Stange, of Joliet, the owner of a- trunk that exploded in Chicago, sayS that he is at a loss to know what caused the explosions A box of burned matches was found in the trunk and the wearing ap­ parel was burned. It is thought to have been the result of careless packing and that a small quantity of powder may have been in the pockets of the clothing. His wife, who helped pack the trunk, de­ clares there was nothing to her knowl­ edge in the trunk-to cause the explosion. A Roek Island passenger train at Chi­ cago ran into a delivery wagon Wednes­ day, killing one man and perhaps fatally injuring another. Christian. Warner lost. his life and Robert Scott may die. They were employes of the, Schultz Baking Company, ,63d- street and Stewart avenue. 'As they approached the crossing, it is said, the gates .were up and no danger signals were displayed. The engine struck the Wagon squarely. ScOtt was thrown some distance, and was picked up in an . unconscious condition; His- head .was- badly cut arid he also received internal injuries.' Warner was-struck by the pilot •of the engine, and hi$ body was found Wedged in the slats. Judge Karriekman gave an important decision in the Livingston County Court, the case in question being known as The People against Leslie E. Keeley of Dwight. Two months ago State's Attor­ ney E. P. Holley, to the surprise of every­ one1, filed information against the Keeley company for selling liquor without a li­ cense. The case was on this term's dock­ et. and the point argued by the company's attorney was questioning the legality of arresting a corporation for the offense stated. The judge decided that a corpora­ tion could not be arrested for such an of­ fense, whereupon Mr. Holley gave notice of an appeal, and the case will go up to the higher courts for a final decision. Rev. Robert Beattyi, one of the pioneer Methodist pastors of northern Illinois, died Wednesday at his home iu Rock- ford, passing away a few minutes after having sung a long gospel liyiuu. He was born in Ireland eighty years ago and becarnft a Methodist minister in that country at the age of 19. He was admit­ ted to the Roek River conference in 1844, there now being only three others who have been connected with it as long as he. During, his active life he filled appoint­ ments as pastor iu twenty-two towns and cities in northern Illinois. He was ap­ pointed by President Lincoln a member of the famous Christian commission dur­ ing the war. Rev. M. E. Cady, of .Toliet, officiated at the funeral and all of the ministers o"f the city were honorary pall­ bearers. Rev. Mr. Beatty made all of the funeral arrangements before his death, The Illinois Master Plumbers' Associa­ tion closed its annual convention at Rock- ford'with a banquet at the Nelson Hotel, at which toasts were responded to by half a dozen delegates, John O'Neil, of Peoria, being the toastmaster. .The day was spent in routine work., The secretary's report showed a gain of 297 during the year, making the membership (300. The treasurer reported collections of $1,781 during the year. Springfield was selected as the place of the next meeting, and the following officers were elected: President, T. B. Davis, Rock Island: vice-president, L. I'. Hopkins, Springfield; secretary, John O'Xeil, Jr., Peoria; treasurer, John G. Roland. Chicago. Resolutions were passed requesting that manufacturers and dealersjn plumbing supplies in this State confine their sales lo members of this association only and the latter pledg­ ed themselves to patronize the firms who comply with the request. The resolu­ tion was presented by the Chicago dele­ gation. The third annual report of the State Factory Inspectors has been laid before the Governor. It shows that during the year 1893' forty-eight cities and towns were visited and 4,540 establishments in­ spected. employing 190,3(59 persons. This is an increase over 1894 of 1,100 estab­ lishments and more than 00,000 persons •employed. The number of children found at work between the ages of 14 and 10 was 8,024. Some 500 children under 14 years were discovered and discharged un­ der the law from further work. Fifty- six defendants were prosecuted and con­ victed for employing eighty children un­ der 14 years of age, aj,id 223 defendants were convicted of employing 403 children between the ages of 14 and 10 without the required affidavits. There is a marked increase in the tenement house sweat shops of Chicago. The number found there during the year 1895 was 1,715, as against 1,413 in 1894. The number of employes increased from 11,102 in 1894 to 14.904 in 1895; and child labor employ­ ed had increased from 721 in 1894 to 1,307 in 1895. Of this number 1,180 were little girls, at least two-thirds of whom could neither read nor.write the English lan­ guage. The most encouraging matter shown in the report is the decrease in child labor as compared with adults since the organization of the department in 1893. -The per cent has fallen from 8 5-10 in 1893 to 0 2-10 in 1894 to but 4.5-10 in 1895. The report urgently recommends that the provisions of the law be extended to children in mercantile occupations; that the medical certificate clause of the law be so strengthened that the working of children in dangerous occupations may be prohibited; that children under 16 years of age who cannot read or write the English language be required by law to be sent to school for such time as will enable them to do so; that the articles manufactured in prohibited tenement houses be not allowed to be offered for sale. J. W. Lintz & Co., grocers of Canton, have been closed on judgment notes held by Peoria and Canton wholesalers. At Lincoln, the coroner's jury held Wil­ liam J. Pettit and John Miller responsible for the giving of whisky to William Hoag- land Saturday, March 21, at a primary in West Lincoln, which caused Hoag- land's death Sunday. At the same place where free whisky was dispensed two oth­ er young men were made crazy and two boys reduced to such a state of drunk­ enness that for several hours their condi­ tions were alarming. Hoagland leaves a wife and six small children. A revival of five weeks' duration, re­ sulting in twenty-seven conversions and sixteen accessions to the church, closed at the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, at Clay City. The revival was led by Rev. H. R. Huntor; of Ramsey. Returns from Chicago's registration show that the number of new names add­ ed to the registry lists was 60,556.. This was the largest registration ever record­ ed in Chicago previous to a local election. The registration last October was about 45,000, and that was regarded as a re­ markable showing. As no general mov­ ing day has occurred since the last regis­ tration, the, increase is regarded as ijtv creased, population. the- Island, and English commercial In­ terests could not look on unchoved while the price of sugar was moving upward as the result of the destructiou^.of Cuban canefiekts. Therefore came the informal intimation that Great Britain would gladly stand aside and see the United States take the initiative in Cuba. No promises were made that could.bind Great Britain in any way, and the Queen's gov­ ernment was not put on-record in any way, but Secretary Olney has b4eri given to understand that if the President de­ cides to recognize the patriots as bellig­ erents Great Britain will not be far be­ hind in, doing the same thing. MILLS IS FOR WAR. Texas Bonotor Says the United States' Duty Is to free Cuba. Senator Mills spoke Tuesday in defense of the Cuban resolution introduced by him. He said the resolutions heretofore ami; Earthenware made'm "t i i --1 Foreign"Coimliies ITHitin and tttakcted United States SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH FULLY RECORDED. TWENTY COLONIES GO FROM THE EAST TO TH E,WEST, Another Fatal Shooting at F&rt Sheridan -- Reuben Betzor's Will Made Public--State Fites--a IClaim Against the Ramsey Estate. Members Arc frbin Six Different States and They Pass Through Chicago on Their Way to Dakota--Britain to Rec­ ognize Cnbaas, Tragedy at Fort Sheridan* Fort Sheridan was the scene of another fatal tragedy Friday. Private Allen, of Company A, Fifteenth Infantry, whose sanity -is* questioned by the post surgeon, murderously assaulted his fellow soldier, Private Daniel M. Call, of the same com­ pany, and sent a bullet from a big regula­ tion army revolver into Call's body. Scores of bluecoats witnessed the infuri­ ated soldier's act, and several comrades rushed upon the man with the intention of disarming him. In the struggle which followed Allen writhed and squirmed with almost superhuman strength, tossing his assailants about with ease. He retained a firm hold upon his weapon. Suddenly « loud report sounded, and the soldiers •were startled to see.Private Allen-fall to the ground, perhaps fatally wounded by his own revolver. Tarious stories of the origin of the trouble between the soldiers were circulated, The generally accepted version is that the two mfen had been eh-, gaged in a boxing1 match. A Water Bulwark. The new ram Katahdin. of the United States navy, is so shaped that her deck in front curves down to the waterline, and as she rushes ahead a huge wave is raised over her bow. It has been suggested that this wave would be a mean's of protection to the ship from an enemy firinsr at «TOwvM»ivh_ ,v -- «*•; UFr,v«v.ii- ed. : She lies very low in the water, and with the liquid wall at her bow is practically behind a kind.of fortifica- l-tion. The Secret of the Birds In a recent review, .in Science of , a new book on birds it is stated that "there is as yet no proof that the mus­ cles of birds;exert any unusual power; on the contrary, birds which, ljke the larger petrels, have mastered, the. prob­ lem' of sailing flight, not only have small wing .muscles* ' but have very little,strength in them." If "men 'of science could only talk with birds, as the farmer in the "Arabian Nights" did with the animals in his barn-yard, the secret of flight might be revealed. Horseless Carriages. Special efforts are being made in France to popularize'"the use of car­ riages driven by small engines en­ closed in the body of the ylehicle. It is proposed, if the consent of the city authorities can be obtained, to place , these automobile carriages on the i streets of Paris for hire at the regular ; rates now demanded for cabs drawn i by horses. Iu England the use of horse- | less carriages on highways has been ' opposed on the ground that they are, in effect, "locomotive engines," and as such cannot be lawfully used on pub­ lic roads without the special authoriza­ tion of an act of Parliament. '.Dollars.'- 'bVnillionV v - Dollars; 'fUmiirion" Dollars. ; pie of Cuba had far greater claims on the United States than mere recognition of belligerency. If . Ireland struck for liberty to-day the hearts of the American people would beat in sympathy, and so if Poland or Hungary asserted the right df liberty. But the United States had much closer relations to Cuba than to' Ireland or Poland or Hungary, for it was part of, the Western Hemisphere over which the Gi ves Money to- 'Charity. The Will of Reuben Betzor, filed at De­ catur, makes many unusual bequests. Thirty thousand dollars is bequeathed to the widow" for life. The rest of the es­ tate is divided among charities. The most important is $2,000 to the Young Men's Christian Association for a building and $1,000 for a library. One thousand dol­ lars is given to the Presbyterian and $1.- 000 to Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Decatur. One thousand dollars is given to North Fork Cumberland Pres­ byterian Church and $500 to the Blue Mound Cumberland Presbyterian Church, on condition that a sermon is preached once every year on the goodness and mercy of Christ. The sermon is to be known as the "Betzor" sermon. One thousand dollars is left to Lincoln Uni­ versity. The Young Men's Christian As­ sociation bequest eventually will be about $15,000, because the residuary estate, after all bequests are made, will be add­ ed to it. 2 Million .-Dollars M Trillion .Dollars ; '6KlilKanv ;• Do|iars ANANIAS ON CARPETS. McKinley newspapers tell their read­ ers that the imports of carpets have been largely increased under th§ pres­ ent tariff. This is not true. Compare last year's total of $1,3(51.405 with the total of $1,5S0,S14 in 1S93, under the McKinley tariff. Why, the annual average for the first three years of that tariff was $1,413,211, or more than last year's total. How McKinleyism has encouraged the industry of lying! --The New York Times, Feb. 10, 1890. The Free Trade Ananias of the New York Times is getting all tangled up with bis carpets and tacks. The facts won't indorse his theories. He twists and turns his figures, but still his car­ pet lies won't keep down. His Free- Trade tacks won't stanh'against good, strong protection points. The statis­ tical abstract issued by the Treasury Southern State are sure to give their electoral votes to the Republican party. The op­ portunity of effectually breaking up the solid South is now presented to the Republican party of this nation. There­ in lies the hope of the South.--Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard, U. S. S., of North Carolina. SENATOR MILLS. Monroe doctrine extended the infiuencej of this country. Mr. Mills declared that the Monroe doctrine was a law of protec-j tion and that as such God was the author! of it. It was the same right of self-pro-i teetion which an individual exercises in abating a nuisance or destroying a pow­ der house near his premises. Jefferson had used plain words in threatening to join Englilud and sweep the French fleets from the seas if France persisted in holding the mouth of the Mis­ sissippi river. The same spirit had brought forth President Cleveland's Ven­ ezuela message. Cuba stood as the key to the gulf, and our unvarying policy, said Mr. Mills, has been to resist any trans­ fer of Cuba to another monarchy. The United States has stood by as a ji&er and prevented Cuba from going to France or England. And, if we insisted on keep­ ing Cuba in the possession of Spain, was it not the moral obligation of the United States to see that Spain gave Cuba fair government, to see that the hell of all hellish despotism was lifted from the Cu- ban people?---- 3 <• "The day will come," said Mr. Mills, "when the American conscience will be aroused to its guilt in permitting the op­ pression of Cuba, and when that con­ sciousness conies the American people will fill this chamber with Senators who will stop that oppression." The Senator read of atrocities attrib­ uted to Gen. Weyler and added: "This is the work of that atrocious scoundrel. He could not be in Cuba to-day if the United States would draw her sword. How the cheeks of our American women must be suffused, how our children must blush to kuow that this government stands idly by while Spain, with the keys of her dungeons dangling at her side, per­ mits such an atrocious villain to raise his hand against defenseless women." Failures'of Manufacturers. Indicating the Democratic idea of "restored confidence," of the "great im­ provement" iu trade and the "business revival" that we are promised in 1896, the following record of failures among manufacturers, as given by Dun's Re­ view of March 7, is very instructive: January and February: Manufactures. No. Liabilities. Iron 20 $780,800 Machinery 2S 830,215 Wool .*...11 258,000 Cotton 7 831,324 Lumber 91 1.881.128 Clothing . 03 597,119 Halts ' 13 204,500 Cheupcals IS 181,124 Printing 38 700,827 Milling 35 289.172 L«U:m-i- 32 1,103,223 Liquors .. • 30 1,091.917- Glass 14 288,059 Other 101 4,182,290 As Surety on Baker's Bond. The State of Illinois, tiled a claim against the estate of Rufus N. Ramsay, which is in the nature of suit on a bond. It appears that Ramsay was one of the sureties on the bond of James I). Baker, of Lebanon, who was warden of the southern Illinois State penitentiary. He also had charge of the State asylum for the insane, both institutions located at Chester. A similar claim has also been filed against Henry Seiter, proprietor of the defunct Lebanon Bank, lie being also one of the sureties. At the time of Bak­ er's resignation his accounts showed a deficit of $11,750 in the penitentiary ac­ counts and a deficit of $(>,143 in the asy­ lum accounts. The deficit was caused by the failure of the Seiter Bank, Baker hav­ ing deposited $18,000 with that concern. Baker was for many years cashier of this bank. Ramsay and Seiter are the only sureties that Baker furnished. The filing of this claim makes the total liabilities of the Ramsay estate $140,000. Mount Washington's Inhabitants. Mrs. Annie T. Slosson has captured on and near the summit of Mount Washington insects belonging to no less than eight hundred and thirty different species. While many of these species also live in the valleys below, some are peculiar to this mountain-top and never leave it, their relatives being found only in northern Canada and Labrador, where similar climatic con­ ditions prevail. It is an old theory that the ancestors of these Mount Washington insects, as well as certain peculiar plants found there, came dOwlT from the north in the glacial ages, and were left behind when the ice dis­ appeared. » How Streams Rob One Another. The Schoharie Creek, which in many parts of the world would be called a river, rises iu the heart of the Catskill Mountains and flows northward until it joins the Mohawk. The Kaaterskill and Plaaterskill creeks also rise in the Catskills, but flow eastward into the Hudson. At a recent meeting of the Geological Society of America Mr. N. H. Darton showed how the two last- named creeks have robbed the Scho­ harie of some of its head-waters by gradually wearing away the mountain slopes behind them until the watershed inclining toward the Hudson has en­ croached on that which supplies the Schoharie. About Brains. Professor Ranke has recently brought out a new fact concerning the brain of man as compared with that of other animals. It has long been known that the brain of a man does not weigh as much as that of a whale or an ele­ phant, and that there are birds and apes whose brains are heavier than man's in proportion to the weight of their £>odies. But Professor Ranke showed at a recent meeting of the German Anthropological Society that the way to reveal the actual superiority of the human brain is to compare its weight with that of the spinal cord. Measured iu this way, man's brain is proportionately far heavier than that of any of the lower animals. small towns have sprung Up along thef line and the country is rapidly being broken up into farms. Each head of a Dimkard. family will homestead on 100 acres of land. His sons and sons-in-law over 21 years old will take a like amount. In this way families will absorb entire sections of land. Each family will also be a nucleus around which other Dunkards will settle. In a few generations the big farms will be di­ vided and subdivided among the children, until finally no more land will remain and another exodus will be necessary. Total Manufactures. Iron Machinery .. Wool Cotton Lumber C l o t h i n g . . . . Hats Chemicals . .. Printing Milling Leather Liquors Glass O t h e r $14,185,704 Liabilities. $537,298 135,900 133,545 114,400 State News in Brief. Frank Baldwin, of Griggsville. was kill­ ed by the accidental discharge of a gun. John Jones, wanted at Anna for kicking M rs. Susan Mendenhall to death while he was marshal of the town, has been ar­ rested in St. Louis. Ilis wife, who claims he went there to kill her, caused his arrest. The home of I. W. Fowler, nt Pana, was destroyed by fire, together with <oatcnts. The building was owned by WliPe <'c Funk, grocers. Loss, $3,000; insurance, $1,000. Burglars made a raid on the village of Tremont Sunday morning. Half a dozen residences were entered, and watches, jewelry and money were stolen. The burglars left no clew. The matter was reported to the Peoria authorities with a request that bloodhounds be sent to Tre­ mont immediately to be used in tracking them, but Peoria is not supplied with the; animals. J . Miss Mary Stewart, a popular society young woman of 'Marissa. has brought suit in the St. Clair County Court against John C. Hamilton, a wealthy mill owner of that place, for $20,000 damages, for breaking his promise to marry her. Ham­ ilton is a widower who it is alleged re­ considered his determination to marry the young lady after consulting with his grown-up children, who bitterly opposed the union. W. T. Wilson, a retired farmer of Nor­ mal, has given Rev. C. F. Winbigler, pas­ tor of the First Baptist Church of Bloom- ington, $0,000 to be distributed as follows: Five thousand dollars to the American Baptist Missionary Union, Boston, and $1,000 to the Baptist W oman's Foreign Missionary Society of the West. The $1,000 is given on condition that the la­ dies' society of the First Baptist Church support a foreign missionary for five years. They have accepted the proposi­ tion., Judge Marshall, of the Will County Court, ordered the payment of the first dividend to the creditors of the defunct Fish bank in the sum of 33 1-3 per cent. This means the payment of about $120,- 000 within a few days. It is thought the dividends will reach 00 or 70 per cent. The bank failed in November, 1892. The Governor and State Board of Char­ ities spent the greater part of Wednes­ day at the Jacksonville deaf and dumb and blind institutions, and announced their decision regarding the investigation at the insane hospitail. They found the charges wholly unsupported and fully ex­ onerated the management from all blame. Joseph Young, a colored man "known to be upwards of 100 years old, died at Belle­ ville. He was brought to the county as a slave by Gov. Edwards, the first Governor of the territory and the second Governor of the State of Illinois. The annual report of the State Super­ intendent o.f Insurance, showing the re^. ceipts of the department for the past year, was made to the Governor. This report shows the receipts were $177,553, the largest in the history of the State, flue to the enforcement of insurance laws. Of this amount $41,030 was from agents' license^ and $124,404 from raxes. A letter from William L. Sachtleben, received by his father at Alton, says the Alton wheelman left Erzeroum March 1 -for home. The letter infers that he has given up the trip. He also gives his in­ tention of traveling by way of the Black sea and Constantinople to avoid the dan­ gers of the overland route. Lige Curtiss, the veteran Lacon fisher­ man, says there will be an abundance of fish this spring. The high water has brought in the carp from the small lakes and the Mississippi river has given up many of its catfish. Prices are ranging low. In the last shipments from Lacon Xo Chicago but half a cent a pound was, «iven for carp. v A MORTON RALLY, Department gives the quantities and values of our imports of carpets dur­ ing the four McKinley tariff years, as follows: Imports of carpets: Year ending .Tune 30. Square yards. Value. 189 1 . . 058,000 $1,373', 102 1892 022,982 1,285,057 1893 088,304 1,580,814 189 4 421,758 959,02(5 Enthusiastic Gathering of Republic­ ans in the Empire State. Messrs. Depe*.v, Miller, Piatt and Lau- terbach vyill be the four delegates-at-large to St. Louis from New York State, and they are instructed \ I1!10 blpt upon the in- y d o r s e m e n t w h i c h New York gave to sist of 109 votes out against the election of Messrs. Piatt and Lauterbach as dele- gatcs-at-largc to St. ///( l/'\ Louis. A correspon- I y \ |t\ dent says: In reality LEVI P. MORTON. this vote was a pro- tost against the leadership of Mr. Piatt rather than a protest against the candi­ dacy of Gov. Morton, and in the conven­ tion those who at heart favored Major McK inley as second choice nunjbered at least 400. In the platform no mention is made of State issues, and the expected fight over the Raines excise tax law did not there­ fore materialize. The resolutions de­ clare for a protective tariff, are unequiv­ ocally for a gold standard and against the free coinage of silver, and present Gov. Morton to the Republicans of the nation as New York's choice for the presidency, lauding his publie service, praising his ability, and declaring that notwithstanding his age he is still in the prime of his vigor. HK3H THEATER HAT BILL PASSED Total 43G $7,313,3S4 An increase of 131 failures among manufacturers, and of $0,870,000 in li­ abilities (almost double the 1895 amount) is the way the Gorman tariff is working out the second year of its existence. Every industry.is>sufferiug. Ohio Legislators Have Fun with the Measure. The Fosdick bill to prohibit the wearing of high hats by women in theaters was passed in the Ohio House. The bill near­ ly passed two weeks ago, under suspen­ sion of the rules, but was prevented from going through with a whirl by Mr. Stew­ art's amendments adding six months' imprisonment to the penalty of a fine. Mr. Stewart withdrew this amendment. Mr. Bosler thought the women ought not to be fined for wearing the hats, but that the managers of theaters w}jo per­ mitted his patrons to wear such obstruc­ tions should be fined, and, moreover, then there would be some way of enforcing the law. He accordingly offered an amend­ ment making that change, fining the man­ ager of an opera house or theater $10 for permitting a person to wear an ob­ struction in the shape of a hat or head­ gear, and the amendment was agreed to. Mr. Stewart of Clarke made an exceed­ ingly serious argument against the bill. He thought the bill ought to be fixed to give women protection against men who go out between acts, to the great annoy­ ance of the women. Mr. Stewart pro­ posed to amend the bill, making it a mis­ demeanor, for men to go out between the acts for drinks; also a chief inspector of hats, he to appoint deputies in all cities. They would seize all the hats worn in violation of the law. These amendments were disagreed to. Fosdick said his bill was a temperance measure, as high hats drive men to drink between acts. Protection average 1895 Speaker Reed 011 Labor. I confess to you that this question of wages is to me the vital question. To insure our growth in civilization and wealth we must not only have wages as high as they are now but constantly and steadily increasing. (Loud ap­ plause on the Republican side. ) No ap­ plause for this sentiment I notice 011 the Democratic side. This desire of mine for constantly increasing wages does not have its origin in love for the in­ dividual, but in love ror the whole na­ tion in that enlightened selfishness which recognizes the great truth that your fate and mine, Mr. Speaker, and the fate of your descendants and mine are so wrapped up in the fate of all others that whatever contributes to their progress gives to us all ;a nobler future and a higher hope.--Hon. Tlios. B. Reed. Free-Trade increase 275.780 $12S,894 The 1895 figures ape for the calendar year, this being the only complete twelve months under Free Ttade in wool. We leave our readers to imagine in what direction "the industry of ly­ ing" has been encouraged. Again we quote: "But a very large part of the imports classed as carpets is composed of East­ ern hand-made rugs. The value of real machine-made carpets brought into this country is small." We suppose that the "Eastern hand­ made rugs," made possibly by labor that is even cheaper tliac the miserably paid British help, do not take the place of American carpets, that people buy both when they need only one, placing the rugs 011 top of the carpets, or. per­ haps, feed them to moths iu the attic. No matter t?here the rugs or carpets come from, each one of them takes the place of an Americafi product. Now let us see how "small" is the proportion of machine-made carpets. Last year the United Kingdom sent us 550.207 square yards out of a total of 873,558 square yards of carpets im­ ported over 00 per cent, of the whole. Other European countries sent us 240,- 090 square yards, leaving only 71,500 square yards sent here from Jap&n and other countries in the Orient and else­ where. As for our exports of carpets, they were 75,000 square yards less under free wool in 1895 than in 1S94. There used- to be some display of skill and artifice in the mendacious- methods of the New York Times, but we are sorry to note that it has now degenerated into nothing better than a blundering, don't-care-a-hang, every day sort of liar, so that a ready refer­ ence to the official Democratic statis­ tics promptly exposes the fraud. But We suppose it must lie for a living.-- American Economist. Singular Discoiveries. A very strange thing happened to the Prince of Monaco's steamyacht Priucesse Alice, near the island of Ter- ceira in the Azores last summer. The prince has devoted his yacht to the study of the ocean and its inhabitants, and many important facts have thus been gathered for science. On the occasion referretl to a sperm-whale, or cachalot, about forty-five feet long, was harpooned by some fishermen, and in its dying struggles it made direct for the Priucesse Alice. If it had struck the little yacht the-consequences might have been very serious, but just when the collision seemed in­ evitable the whale dived, and coming up on the other side of the yacht, turn­ ed upon its back in the death-agony. At tliis instant the bodies of three gi­ gantic ceplialopods--the class to which cuttlefishes belong--were ejected from the whale's mouth. These were se­ cured by a boat from the yacht, and later the bodies of a number of curi­ ous inhabitants of the sea were founti in the whale's stomach. The ceplialo­ pods belong to a new species. Other captures that the whale had made were so interesting as to lead Mr. J. Y. Buchanan, the naturalist, to re­ mark in a recent numbe* of "Nature: "The cachalot which was killed by the whalers of Terceira almost under the keel of the Princesse Alice seems as if it had been guided in the pursuit of its food by a desire to devour noth­ ing but animals which, up to the pres­ ent, are completely unknown." From Down East. Is it . not passing strange that the Democratic laborers of the North, hun­ dreds of thousands of them exiles from Ireland, forced from home by British free trade, should have joined hands with the Democratic planters and cap­ italists of the South in this shameless attempt to compel them to become hewers of wood and drawers of water for their slaves? It came, I suppose, from force of habit. It was brawn yielding to brain. The wealth and in­ telligence, the political head of the party, was always in the South. The Northern wing was always obedient to its imperious will; as in everything else,' so in this.--Hon. William I*. Frye, U. S. S., of Maine. BRITAIN TO AID CUBA, To Follow America in Recognizing the Patriots, yA-id for Cuba has come-from an unex­ pected source. John Bull will pat Uncie Sam on the shoulder in any proposition to intervene, to stop the butchery on the island. An informal intimation to this effect has been received at the State De­ partment and the status of the Cuban question has changed at once owing to this sudden development. While Spain has been preparing for an appeal to European nations against the United States, Oreat Britain has quietly taken the other tack, and decided to join with the United States in helping the Cu­ ban patriots. Naturally, such a communi­ cation was not conveyed in an official letter, but Secretary Otney was given to understand by Sir Julian Pauncefote that. Great Britain wouid not only not object to any action the United- States might take in regard to Cuba, but would even welcome any reasonable interference which would tend to stop the butchery now going on in the island. That such an intimation was given semi-officially was learned positively, and the effect of the information when it be­ comes generally known will be to render almost Certain speedy action by this country. Dispatches from Spain within the last few days are authority , for the statement that a definite policy has been agreed upon there. Spain proposed to pose as the champion of European na­ tions holding • possessions in America against the arrogance of the Yankees. The European nations were to be sound­ ed in order to secure concert of action, and then Spain was to tell President Cleveland to go ahead if he dafed itr the face of a formidable alliance which Would prevent active intervention by force if necessary. ,v This j)lan has been blocked completely by the action of Great Britain, and Presi­ dent Cleveland's hands *;, have been strengthened immeasurably by Lord Sal­ isbury's governnient. Great Britain de­ plored the inhuman Spanish warfare on BOOST FOR M'KINLEY. Eighteen More Votes Go Into the Ohio Column. Just before the Minnesota State Repub­ lican convention was called to order it was announced that Senator Davis had wired Congressman ! Tawney withdraw- \ ing from the presi- g | | \ dential race. This action was due to \ the refusal of three of five Minnesota district conventions T" to indorse his candi- dacy. Before au ad- journment the fol- lowing resolutions 1 were adopted by a "Resolved, That 61K- DAVIS. the well considered and pronounced prefr erence of the Republicans of Minnesota for presidential standard bearer in 1890 is William McKinley, and this convention expects the delegates and alternates-at- large to-day to be elected by it to do all in their power honorably from now until •that object is accomplished to bring about promptly the nomination of William Mc­ Kinley for President of the United States." Money Talks. Better coast defenses and a larger navy are among the needs of the coun­ try. But we cannot have them with­ out a tariff for protection and revenue. Some Congressmen seem to forget this. Rag-Bag Wilson's Load, What North Carolina Wants. We need a man who, although living north of Mason and Dixon's line, com­ mands the admiration and respect of every Southern voter, and while living in a manufacturing State had the cour­ age and patriotism to take care of the interests of the Southern people. In my judgment we should nominate that man whose name is identified with the prosperous times of the past and, as a consequence, has become a household word and a synonym for prosperity throughout the length and breadth of this land. I jftjfer to the Hon. William McKinley, of Ohio. With such a plat­ form and with Gov. McKinley as our standard bearer, ^orth Carolina, Ten­ nessee, Virginia and perhaps other Little Things. „ Louis Pasteur once said that there were forms of bacteria and microbes that were <go small that a bundle of them containing 1,000,000,000 specimens could be put through the eye of a com­ mon sewing needle. Telegraphic Brevities. Col. Thomas P. Ochiltree is seriously ill at his home in New York. His valet says he is-unable to see anyone and hi^ physician has ofdered absolute quiet. •>, Capt. W. II. Bradbury, deputy warden of the Missouri penitentiary for thirty-six years, is dead, aged 75. He had a re­ markable record for.personal courage. John'Jones, -who is wanted by Gov. Alt- geld for kicking Mrs. Susan Mendenhall to death while he was town marshal of Anna, 111., has been arrested in St. Louis. Can This Be True?- It is reported in an English literary journal that the Board of Educatlou in Philadelphia has excluded1 the works of Mr. Kipling' and Mr. Du Maurier from the public library shelves of that cit& X:.