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•ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. S»OBER OR STARTLING, FAITH- FULLY RECORDED. Pastor Meek, of Peoria, Wants Wheel­ men to Forego Sunday Runs--'One Tramp Attempts to Murder Another --Fiendish Cruelty of Italians. r ,_. Christian Endeavorers at Peoria, Tliesixth annual convention of the Pe­ oria District Christian Endeavor Union will be held at Peoria, 111., beginning Fri­ day evening, and" continuing Saturday and Sunday, May 1, 2 and 3, I8'9G. Ev­ ery effort is being made to have the best convention ever held. The following •.,» noted workers in the .Endeavor field will be present: Mr. CiW. Stewart, Rev. M. P. Troxell, Chas. S. Medbury, Rev. John Hood, D. I)., Hon. A. M„ Haswell, Miss Frances B. Patterson, Miss Kate H. H aus, Win. Reynolds. Those intending to attend should send their names as early; ' as possible to Chas. W. Iya-Porte; No. 53u Woollier building. Peoria. State how , X; many in your party, and whether ladies or gentlemen. Entertainment) including board and room, will be 75 cents per day and upward. All railroads 'will sell tick- ' ets on the certificate plan, by which, you take ;a receipt whtiii buying your ticket to Peoria; on presentation of this receipt, at thtt • convention' it is -stamped, a ft el' whicli the -return. ticket can' be bought/for 6 ne-third fare. . .Tickets under this plan are good go;iug, beginning April ^8,. and. returning not later than May 0, ' Ba<I Man Caught-af^Litchfiejd. , A stra'ngt'r >vaAs .captured by the Litch­ field police Tuesday who gave,his name as Robert Bell.. 'He made.a desperate fight and was captured only after being severe­ ly .wounded. About $050 was found in the path that he took across a field south of town while pursued by the officers and under their fire. It was told him that the money had been found, but he denied that it was his. A detective from the Wells-Fargo Express Company has been to see him. but it is thought that he got no evidence against Bell. His wound was probed and the ball located in the back of the neck. Bell is of fair complexion, seems to be of Irish descent, weighs 100 pounds, is 5 feet 10V^ inches high and has a light mustache. He is a good talker and not lacking in pluck, as is shown.by the way he fought four armed policemen --and the way he bears lus painfuTwound. Belh it is suspected, may be one of the robbers who hold up the Frisco train at Sleepy Hill, Mo., April 1. Bicycles Affect Church Attendance. The bicycles are creating great havoc in the Peoria churches;: according to a public statement made by Rev. S. W. Meek, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church. The question of the clnych get­ ting the young men or the bicycle getting them. Mr. Meek says, is a problem tthe evangelistic workers have to meet. This sensational bit of argument was advanc­ ed by him at.a meeting of the Young Peo­ ple's Society of Christian- Endeavor held at Grace Presbyterian Church. "The fault may lie in the churches themselves," said Mr. Meek, "therefore they must! be made attractive and the sermons inviting. The ciJUJ-ah -Ujt.^-sojii^thiiig-t-b^ young mpli need, and we must get them in line/so it can be given them. I have no hesi­ tancy in saying that if the Peoria Bicycle Club would come right out and take ~a bold stand and say 'No more Sunday runs for us,' it would have evei^ greater influ­ ence in the city than some churches." • Attempted Murder Over a Stick. The posse that pursued the tramp who murderously assaulted Henry Schurtz, a fellow tramp, whose home is in St. Louis, captured him east of Cowden, on the Bal­ timore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad, and returned him to Paua, where he is now confined iu jail awaiting his prelimi­ nary hearing. He refused to divulge his name and gives as his only reason for attempting to murder Schurtz that the latter u-sod his walking cane, a broom handle, to build a fire. Schurtz is at the county poor farm, and is in a dangerous condition, his skull being fractured. There appears to be but little chance for his re­ covery. Blinds His Two Boys. Aehille Maselll, a broad-shouldered, bee­ tle-browed Italian, is locked up at the Harrison street station. Chicago, an ob­ ject of grave suspicion on the part of the police. His wife, Fortuna, the embodi­ ment of perpetual sorrow, is a prisoner in the annex, while the kind-hearted mat­ ron in charge takes care of her three baby boys. Two of these little ones know neither night nor day. They sit in the blackest darkness, afraid to move hand or foot in their awful helplessness. If the police are correct, these two mites of mis­ ery were deprived of their sight by unnat­ ural parents that they might win pennies of the charitable public. Staie News in Brief. An elopement took place from Tamalco, in Bond County. The participants were Rufus Harris and Mattie Goodron. They were married by Squire Itogan at Car- lyle. Thursday six to eight inches of snow covered the groi\$d aTBIooniington, and the music of sleighbells was heard on the streets. The mercury was down to 25 above zero. Saturday was a day of swel­ tering heat, the temperature being high in the SO's, with a moist and oppressive .atmosphere. The last of the snow did not disappear until noon. Fulton F. Worcester, lumber dealer and leading citizen of Whitehall, was shot twice by a burglar in his bed chamber. The burglar then jumped out of the win­ dow and escaped. Bloodhounds were brought from Jacksonville, but so many people had visited the scene of the shoot­ ing that no definite starting point could be found. Seven other houses were en­ tered, but nothing of value procured. Mr. Worcester is suffering much pain, but it is thought that his injuries will not prove fatal. Rev. .T. I. Griffes, of Jacksonville, has accepted a call to . the Presbyterian Church at Movveaqua, 111. Fred Ross and Miss Lena Zimmerman, well-known young people of Rockford, eloped to Beloit and were married. TThe parents of the young couple have not re­ lented. Col. James M. Ri«X of Peoria, general inspector of rifle pru tice of the Illinois National Guard, an Col. Edward C. Pace, of Ashley, aid-de-canip on Gov. Aitgeld's staff, have resigned by request, as they have not been reporting for duty to Gov. Altgeld. Several eases of glanders have been discovered at the farm of Joseph Wyss, near Peoria, and the place has been quar­ antined ^by Dr. John Scott, assistant vet­ erinary surgeon. The State Board has been notified. At Peoria, an unknown man, about 20 years of age, was fatally injured .in a street car accident. He was returning from the Peoria-Cleveland baseball game and was rolled between ears going in op­ posite directions. phicago, Burlington and Quincy fast merchandise train No. 5G was wrecked ten miles west of Galesburg by a broken axle. Fifteen cars were in the ditch, sev­ eral loaajed with graiq. £ <J , A„ company composed of Pre*. X M. Jackson, Prof. G. D.' Eaton of Upper Alton, and Henry Wyrnan of St. Louis has purchased the Western Military Academy at Upper Alton for $30,000. Rabbi A. J. Messing, of Cincinnati, has received a call from the congregation Anshai Emieth, of Peoria, and has. ac­ cepted. . He is^expeeted to begin work in a few days. The congregation's temple was recently burned, but the erection of. a magnificent new edifice has been deter­ mined on. : " - °. _ 'j At Joliet, Coroner D&wney held an in­ quest upon the body of Miss Corinne Richard, 20 years old. Miss Richard had been sick the last six months, and died under Christian science treatment* It was impossible 'to secure a burial permit. The inquest developed that the girl died with consumption. ' | Teddy Kelly languishes in the Rock Island prison in default of $10,000 bail and with a, charge of assault with intent to murder hanging over him. Monday night he quarreled with his old sweet­ heart, May Peck, and stabbed her twice in the breast,, one cut penetrating the lungs. It is believed the woman cannot recover. Information of .thes-eighth victim of the: Basiian farm came tq light at Rook Isl­ and in the discovery that August John­ son, - who' had- worked for. Bastian sis "months four.years ago, had not since been heard of, Johnson's home-is at Orion,, whe-re he has $500 in bank-a waiting him; A •brother of the missing man called on Bastian to, find where he had gone and Bastian told his cuatonriafcy story. - After Searching,for him in the. West," Johnson's relatives gave him up and are ribw con­ vinced that he has perished with -jothers at Bastian's handsj - • ' While a. progressive.euchre party was in progress at. a Rock .Island" private resi­ dence Monday evening. a ring at the door was answered by the hostess, who en­ countered a masked man, who with two drawn revolvers forced his way in and asked that a contribution be immediately taken up for him. The gentlemen guests overpowered him until the police arrived, a lady present having climbed through a window and summoned them from a neighboring house by telephone.- The robber is in jail. This is the second of his bold capers. At the first one, two weeks ago. 4ie received $4. Julius^ Zuelke, who shot and instantly killed a/ farmer named 'Ed Uavis near Fox lAiko, \\ is.. April 4. was captured in Crystal Lake by Detective Lafe Ben- thusen,' of the Chicago and Northwestern Railwa y,--Da vid had put Zndk-e- tnit of his wagon while the latter was drunk. Zuelke then secured a rifle and murdered his employer in the presence of Mrs. Da­ vid and daughter. He was locked up pending the arrival of a Wisconsin offi­ cer with requisition papers, as lie refused to return without them. He carries a small Bible and reads and prays constant­ ly. He talks freely of the interior of Wis­ consin prisons, and.by his utterances and resemblance to descriptions published shows that he is the man for whom re­ wards of $800 and over are posted. Champaign County claims to be the best corn producing county in the United States. On a short crop last year the yield in the county was 11,420.000 bush­ els. The County Fair Association is offer­ ing general sweepstake premiums on corn for the whole county. Next the associa- grown in the different townships of the county. These make up 110 cash pre­ miums. In addition to all this, mer­ chants and tradesmen in the different towns offer special premiums in cash and merchandise, making the aggregate num­ ber of premiums 317, and their aggregate cash value is about $1,500. This is the largest aggregate of premiums ever offer­ ed on corn in this country. Mathias Sehnell, a wealthy Rock Island contractor, was sued for breach of prom­ ise by Mrs. Anna McDermott, who claim­ ed damages to the amount of $125,000. It is alleged that Mr. Sehnell promised' to make the plaintiff his wife when the late Mrs. Sehnell. who was an invalid, should die. The death occurred a few months ago, and he now refuses, so says she, to make good his word, while he asserts it is a case of blackmail. The defendant is worth about half a million and is a prom­ inent citizen. The defendant obtained a divorce from her husband. Patrick Mc­ Dermott. in September. 1893, and he has been a fugitive from justice since 1888, when he killed his brother-in-law, Daniel Dougherty, in his wife's presence. Mrs. McDermott has two children. Spontaneous combustion among the oils and paints in the basement of the one and two-story brick buildings covering 100 feet front by 150 feet deep on the corner of Locust and Third streets caused a tire at Fairbury which destroyed nearly $250.- 000 worth of property in about thirty minutes. The buildings were owned and occupied by Walton Bros.7"with a stock of general merchandise, while the second story was occupied by offices. The fire spread rapidly and nothing whatever could be saved. The occupants of the Walton buildings had to flee for their lives. Sydney Swarm, an employe of Walton Bros., who was in the basement when the fire broke out, is in a critical condition from inhaling smoke, and from burns. John A. Stoller was badly in­ jured by jumping from the roof, and oth­ ers received injuries. The united evangelical conference clos­ ed at Davis, having been in session over a week. The conference adopted articles of incorporation.- An examining board, trial court and trustees were elected. Jonesboro is to be constituted a mission. Five thousand two hundred dollars was appropriated to missions. Following are the appointments of ministers for the year in the Chicago district: F. Busse, presiding elder: Chicago, North Hoyne Avenue, W. J. Schmalle; Dearborn Street, C. A. Fuessle; Diversey Boulevard, M. C. Morlock; North Ashland Avenue, J. Schneider; Barrington, Theo. Suhr; Edi­ son Park, C. J. Frey; Naperville, Salem, .1. G. F.idder; Elgin, W. Schweiker; Peo- tone, C. Roloff; Ashton, A. Strickfaden; Reed City, Mich., A. Lutz; Bay City, Mich., Henry Schneider; Terre Haute, Ind., John Stengel. An Evanston young man who eloped and married a girl in Wisconsin has been notified that henceforth he must support himself. Heartless parents! William Ryan, Jr., game warden, was arrested at Peoria by Sheriff Johnston on a charge of burglary and larceny. It is alleged that he stole clothing and hunt­ ers' material, the property of Attorneys Cameron, Scholes and Grimes. Ryan was arrested before on a charge of malicious mischief, it being alleged that he cut up eight "fish nets belonging to Bartson & Hurley. He was released ou bail in this case. Two of Vice-President Stevenson's daughters leave Bloomington soon for Europe, where they will remain over a year. Miss Julia's fiance, the soft of Watt Hardin of Kentucky, will accom­ pany them. Their marriage w,ill be cele­ brated upon their return. That Miss,Marie Linnett-. who at Elgin' shot and killed her companion, Miss Eliz­ abeth Trowbridge, went from Chicago^ with that intent was shown at the inquest. Miss Linnett became a patient at the hos­ pital June 28, 1895, and was discharged on parole Dec. 9. She Was mannish in her actipns and somewhat in her appear­ ance. Her father and brother cared for the remains. Seeds raised in Foreign Countries and Marketed, in ita United States during the two fiscal y£ars ending June30. I89WI895 6»n f laxseed and ,'OtU Seeds ," 895 Dollars- m #2,395,603 t 7 . Other .• V.' HEAT MCOftD BROKEN AUGUST WEATHER IS EXPERI­ ENCED IN APRIL. •. : . r By Beginning Before Sunrise the Tjher- mometer at Chicago Works Itself'Up to 88 at 4 o'Clock, and Winter-Gar­ ment-Wear ins Public Melts. RALLY ROUNCfc PROTECTION. Yes, we'll rally to^lhe rescue, we'll rally once again, Shouting the battle cry, "Protection!" We will rally from the hillside, we'll gath­ er from the plain, Shouting the battle cry, "Protection!" Chorus: Protection forever, Hurrah, boys, Hur­ rah! Down with starvation; back to the law That protects our native land, boys: Then rally once again, shouting the bat­ tle cry, "Protection!" We are joining in the work our fathers did who've gone before. Shouting the battle cry, "Protection!" And we'll fill the party ranks with a mil­ lion voters more, Shouting the battle cry, "Protection!" We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, wise and brave. Shouting the battle cry, "Protection!" And no longer shall our nation to bond­ holders be enslaved, Shouting the battle cr% "Protection!" So we're waiting for election from East clear to the West, Shouting the 1 ttle cry. "Protection!" To bring a better'era to the land we love the best Shouting the battle cry, "Protection!" Chairman Pingley's Ideas. Chariman Dingley of the Committee on Ways and Mcans sauTl 11.IT^w hile it had been quite apparent for several weeks that the Dingley measure could not pass, it was very gratifying to ob­ serve the vigorous and intelligent ef­ forts that were made by the friends of protection to press the matter upon the attention of the Senate. It is a pleasure to me always to speak in terms of praise of the progressive and earnest work of the editor of the Amer­ ican Economist in thus pressing upon the attention of the Senate the de­ plorable situation of our industries, and the only means of relief at hand, or that seems available. It seems to me, however, that as the matter now stands it would be unwise to make further at­ tempts to pass the bill when that result appears to be so hopeless." 89^8% *-$920,324,067 9ooTnil!ioii Dollars 050 -- 800TU"'Itori Dollars ^ 307,543,982 750 . ISO -- lOOlHillion hollars 600Tbdlion Dollars are more anxious thati ever to give us a "touch" of their other policies. If one. "touch" has proved satisfactory to them then another "touch" will be more so. In any assistance given to shifting the issue of the Persidential campaign away from protection, Americans will only be giving a boost to British pre­ dominance in the administration of American affairs. .... \ Topic to Discuss. How many American mills would have been kept busy, how many Ameri­ can workinginen would have been em­ ployed at good wages during 1895, if foreign-made goods had been kept out of this country, and our home people had been given an opportunity to make those goods? Think this over and dis­ cuss it with your free-trade neighbor. With Renewed Interest. The tariff became a tiresome subject a few years ago, but the blighting ef­ fects of tlie'Wilson law have freshened the country's interest in it. The peo­ ple have learned through sore experi­ ence that protection and prosperity are indissolubly connected.--Journal, Kan­ sas City, Mo. Oriental Cotton Manufactures. Japan's cotton manufacturing is pro­ gressive. that country having taken 5,537 bales of cotton from the United States last month, as compared with onIyT,6DOl5ales in February, i*yT>r Oppressive Weather. Records in the weather line underwent a shock Thursday, from which they can­ not recover for at least a year. With a unanimity that was admirable all "the thermometers and all the old residents agree that it was the hottest April day that ever fell to their lot. The thermometer in the Chicago Audi­ torium tower, which always is bashful about climbing up too high, registered at one time during the afternoon as high as 84, but its metallic brothers in the streets below were nbt at all backward in pro­ claiming their knowledge that it was 88. The weather -records hold only two- cases approaching that of Thursday, and those two days were in 1893 and 189-t, respec­ tively. But no proofs written or unwrit- ten could persuade the people that it wasn't: hottest day that any April ever produced. ' - v It- began long -before the sun shot up over Lake* Michigan in the early morning. By -8 o'clock the , jubilant mercury tube registered 78. .From that timfe. on the metal seemed-to haye things its own way. It. shot up with each succeeding hour un­ til at 4 o'clock it registered just '$8. At the-same time the marking in the Audito- Hum tower had it S-l. ' / . . The trouble, as everybody, agreed, Was that people were afraid to discard wool­ ens, which had been in use during the winter, for lighter underwear. While the temperature went up. and up the people kept saying with a fatal persistency, "Well, it'll be cooler to-morrow. It's only April and this can't last." 'But that brought no relief, and the tired men and women simply kept on perspiring. One man was overcome by the'heat. Chicago was not alone in its torridity. New York just tied the record of 84 de­ grees, and the official thermometer of St. Louis, which, like Chicago's, is bashful about too high an ascension, registered 88. In Louisville there was a good, hot, base­ ball temperature of 80, and even frigid Boston mustered up a_marking o.U(L The hot wave extended over practically the whole Mississippi valley. BRITAIN'S BIG SURPLUSL Enormous Revenue Receipts -- Con­ dition of Working Classes. _ Ifi the British House of Commons Thursday the Chancellor of the Exche­ quer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,' made the budget statement. He said that the sur­ plus for 1895 and 189G was £4,210,000, and he estimated the expenditure for the current year at £100,047,000. He said that this, had been a Wonderful year, and one of unexampled revenue in spite of the fact that the expenditures had been the largest sine*} the great war. The sur­ plus was the largest ever known, and a larger sum was devoted to^the reduction of the national debt than ever known. The condition of :the working classes, he continued, judging from the consumption of tea*, tobacco and sugar, had materially improved, and it was a remarkable fact that While the decrease in the exports and imports for the first six months jynounted to £7,531,000 the increase for the second half of tlie year amounted to £28,228,000. Tea, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach further re­ marks, was driving coffee out of the mar­ ket and British and Irish spirits were en­ tirely displacing' foreign spirits. The, increase' in the import of tea was 10,000*000 pounds from India and Ceylon and replacing so much Chinese tea. . The increase in the import of tobacco was 108,000 pounds. The increase in the .im­ port of tobacco was £108,000 over the es- -tirjiate,-chiefly for, cigarettes. The cus­ toms au thorities'calcula ted, he added, that £1.000,000 y'early was- thrown in the gut­ ter, ut the shape of the ends, of cigarettes ai}d cigars. The imports of wines had in­ creased. £1,250,000: light- wines were pre« ferVy'd. - Beer . had increased £017,000, the death duties were £2.881.000. and stamps £1.029,(MM). ; Referring* to the estimates, for the cur­ rent year, the Chancellor of the Exche­ quer said that the expenditures were placed at £1()0,047,0(M), and the revenue calculated upon was £101.755,000. CLASH MUST SOON OCCUR. Another Costly Capture. Provision markets of the world were captured, in February, to the extent of $12,190,732. Tliis was quite a trade, but, unfortunately, it was $1,315,000 less than iu February, 1S95. V Qfegff gay Strong Sentiment Everywhere. There has not been a moment of time since the election of Mr. Cleveland, in the fall of 1892, that the farmers of this country could find any consolation in the situation. The boasted "wider foreign markets," which were to be given the producers of this country in exchange for opening up our own mar­ kets to foreign competition, have failed to appear* The American farmer, who thought he was not haying a fair chance under the protective tariff of 1892, knows better now. The protec­ tion sentiment is quite as strong in the rural districts to-day as it is in the big­ gest manufacturing district in the land. What High Wages Mean. The only way to utilize all the powers of body and mind in a nation is to have something which suits all. By this means the, great army of the unem­ ployed can be diminished. A nation which keeps its people employed is in the -end sure to show the largest gains even of wealth. Diversified industries educate the people .and give, them a broader education than bo@ks can give, and so helps them on the road to great­ er civilization. We have already seen that igreater civilization leads to higher wages, to greater production. In a country of high wages there are great­ er inducements for inventors, for they can save more by their inventions, which are therefore more readily adopted.--Hon. Thomas B. Jteed. Feeling Their Way. ' Since the Britishers have secured a foothold in the United States by a *to«ch" of their free-trade policy, they Biddy's Charmed Life. One of the most exciting things that occurred yesterday was the going over the falls of a hen on a cake of i'"C- Prob­ ably 2,000 people saw the lieu in Au­ burn and Lewiston. It was . in the forenoon, and the ice was running in large cakes over the falls. As one cake aproached the dam a living object was seen moving on if. Some one cried out that it was a baby, others that it was a dog. When it sped, eddying and turning, by Little Island those on the Auburn end of the Maine Central Railroad bridge thought that they discerned a lien sitting on the ice, and as it drew nearer it proved to be one. She was taking it easily and seemed rather to enjoy life. As the cake on which she sat went over the first undulation of the west end of the dam she cast her weather eye up at the folks on the pier as much as to say, "Why don't you folks come and take a ride with me?" "That hen is a goner!" said one who saw the cake of ice strike another and go to pieces in the rips below the falls. But Biddy calmly fluttered over onto the bigger piece and rode on. A great crowd came rushing down to see her fate in the thrashing caldron of West Pitch. "Now she's as good as dead," and it did seem to worry her, for when the cake of ice rode up over the top of the Old Gentleman of the Falls and plung­ ed downward into the mass of flying spray and foam the lien gave a surpris­ ed sort, of call and spread out her short wings and flew cackling over the dash­ ing waters and seething foam, out and down into the eddy below the falls, where she lit on the nearest ice cake and sailed calmly on. Right under the Grand Trunk bridge, says Mr. Nelson A. Dodge, of Whipple street, she lost her footing on the cake she was on and got into the water, but she fluttered and floundered on to another cake, and in a mip-ute or two disappeared below the island. "That hen will live," said the man who saw it go over the falls. "If she doesn't go near enough to the shore to get off she will be picked up at sea by some passing vessel."--Lewiston Even­ ing Journal. Bellicose Forces in the Valley of the Nile Drawing Together. The Emir of Dongola is moving north­ ward with considerable forces. Spies re­ port his having passed/Aboo Fatneh, sev­ enty miles south of Sparda, to join the dervishes who are massing at the latter place, which is forty-five miles from the Egyptian outpost at Akasheh. . Sarras and Akasheh have been strongly garrisoned. The railway between these points is being pushed forward as rapidly MADE BLIND TO BEG 1 Young Children in Chicago Who Are Cruelly Tortured. The police of Chicago have unearthed a system of child torture which is almost without parallel in the world's history. One morning recently a police officer saw a woman of distressing appearance sitting on the sidewalk. With her were three children, two of them being blind. The eyes of the little ones were inflamed and red. The woman by signs was begging the people who passed to drop pennies in a little box which was in front of her. The women and children were taken to ,a po­ lice station. During the course of the day a stalwart Italian walked in and asked for them. He was Aehille Mas- selli, the husband of the woman and the father of the children. He was at once placed under arrest, for physicians had declared that the eyes of the little ones had been made blind with something like pepper or gunpowder. Both the man and the woman denied that anything had been done to the eyes of the little ones, but de­ clared that they were born blind. From the investigation which lias fol­ lowed this startling discovery has de­ veloped the fact, so the police say, that tliQ practice of bligding the eyes of young children so that they will be more "use­ ful" in begging is regularly carried on in Chicago. The blindness thus^ caused is not aTwa ys permanent, but in "the case of the. two children of Masselli, at least, it is» very doubtful if their eyesight will ever be recovered. THE CAPTAIN'S PREMONITION. He Obeyed It, and by So Doing; Avert- 0 ed a Tragedy. At 10 o'clock in the forenoon the vaL ley suddenly narrowed until we hadi no choice but to take the path leading} between two fir-crowned ridges. Wei had sighted Indians the day before, Jbutj the night had passed without an alarm and the morning iad slipped alonjj; . without sight of a warrior. Had the; savages figured it out that the fifty ofi us guarding the ten wagons of cloth-i Ing and provisions were too strong fop them, and that our keeping so well! closed up on the alert niade the capture of stragglers impossible"? » "Halt!" came the word from the head'of the column, and two men-were sent ahead to spy out the lay of the land. They found the path only wide enough "for the wagons, leading down­ wards and away until it crossed a creek and was lost in the gloom beyond. Not a bird sang from the branches--not a rabbit sk'urried a way in alarm. There was t he silence, of death along the path.' Foot by foot, with ears bent forward and nostrils dilating, tlie horses of the scouts rnoyed on, and their riders had the vigilance of- me-n Whose lives might be Snuffed out'.at any moment. No danger along the path--no danger lurking at the crossing of the creek. So the scouts reported as they returned to the column, and the. captain had just: opened his lips toigive the order to inarch when a wolf came running up the path and dashed through the col­ umn. There was fire in his eye. Hiit<y«t liis tail was down. "Sheared!" whispered an old veteran, "and by Injuns at that! That wolf has bin turued out of his lair by the reds!" "An ambush down thar to wipe us out!" whispered a second The captain shaded his eyes with his hand and peered down the path for & moment. Then he quietly said: "Turn the wagons about and keep to the east till we strike another path I Don't hurry--don't shout! Corporal French, strike up "Dixie's Land,' and you boys all join in the chorus!" In five minutes we were out of the mouth of the gorge and marching away to the east on the level plain- again,- and as we marched every trooper sang the chorus of the lively song at the top of his voice. "What Is it? What did the captain see down there?" was asked from man to man. The captain saw nothing. He was obeying-mn instinct--one of those pre- $nonitiops which sometimes stop a man in time to prevent a terrible tragedy. The men jested and sang, but now and then one looked back over his shoulder and gave the lie to the je'st on his lips. No one had seen anything--'no one had heard anything. Miles away they found a safer if longer road, and the fort was reached at last without sight of an In­ dian. Around the me§s table they loked the captain for backing out--o£_ E G Y P T I A N M O U N T E D I N F A N T R Y . as possible. Four miles of rail have beci already laid, and the track will be com pleted along the course laid down in 1884, in order to pass the cataracts. For the guarding of the railway, strong posts have been established on the Nile at Sem- neh, Wady Ambigel, Tangur and Sonki. Each of these posts has been supplied with a contingent to guard the point oppo­ site to it on the line as it is laid,, iu order to prevent the dervishes from destroying the works. The dervishes at Suarda, who nUmber 3,000, have advanced their posts to Mograkeh, distant fifteen miles from Akasheh, the main body of the dervishes still remaining at Doiigolij. The moral effect of the announcement of the expedition has been excellent in the Soudan and has been of the utmost ser­ vice to the Italians at, Kassahy News­ paper correspondents are at pnesent pre­ vented from going beyond SarVas. The opinion is held at Egyptian headquarters that commissariat difficulties will prevent the dervishes from making any formidable advance north of Suarda. CROWDS ATTEND BALL GAMES. Total Attendance on Opening Pay Larger than Last Tear. Nearly 80,000 persons saw the six open­ ing games in the National Baseball League Thursday. This is somewhat larger than the total attendance last year, and is not far from the greatest number ever recorded on an opening day. The figures: 1895. 1S9G. New York... 18,000 Philadelphia 23,000 Baltimore . . ,12.000Baltimore ...11,200 Cincinnati .. .ll.OOOCincinnati ...14,400 Louisville ... 9,000Louisville ...10,000 St. Louis.... 12, OOOSt. Louis ....11,000 Boston 15,000Washington. . 9,250 Total 77,000 Total 7S,856 This will serve to show that great en­ thusiasm is l>e,jjig shown everywhere over the national- game, and seems to testify the predictions of the magnates that 1890 will lie a phenomenally good year for baseball. Chicago defeated Louisville 4 to 2; Brooklyn worsted Baltimore, 0 to 5; St. Louis scored 5 to Cleveland's 2; Wash­ ington won from New York, 0 to 3; Bos­ ton scored 7, Philadelphia 3; and Pitts­ burg almost shut out Cincinnati, 9 to 1. OPPOSES HIGH HATS. Philip Fosdick, the Legislator Who Fathered the Anti-High Hat Dill. This is a portrait of the man who has made pleasure seeking in Ohio a process attended by difficulties. He is Philip Case Sale of Tobacco. The law regulating the manufacture and sale of tobacco is axceedingly rig­ id, regarding as manufacturers all per­ sons whose business it is to sell leaf to­ bacco in quantities less than a hogs­ head, case or bale, or who sell directly to consumers or persons mother than registered dealers or manufacturers. But by an especial provision farmers and growers of leaf tobacco are not re­ garded as manufacturers, and may sell leaf tobacco of their own growing. But the farmer or tobacco grower must not twist or otherwise manipulate his pro­ duct. He may tie it up in hands or bundles and sell it in any quantity to whomsoever he pleases, but he may not delegate the business to another. He can not, for instance, take his tobac­ co to a grocery or storekeeper and get the latter to sell it for him, for the sale must be his own personal act. His hired man may deliver the tobacco when* sold, but the farmer must do the selling. ., ---- ; When fortune means to men most good she looks upon tkem with'a threat­ ening eye.--Shakspeare.- MICHIGAN PROHIBITIONISTS. Adopt a Free Silver Platform and Elect National Delegates. The Michigan Prohibitionists, in ses­ sion at Lansing, spent Thursday discuss­ ing the relative 'tnerits of the dominant idea and the broad-gauged platform. The dominant idea men succeeded in capturing a majority of the Committee on Resolu­ tions and secured a majority report tnak-' ing no mention of free silver. The minority, however, reported a free silver plank and a resolution instructing the delegation to the national convention to work for a free silver plank in the na­ tional platform. The minority report was adopted unanimously and the free silver plank by an overwhelming majority. The resolution of instructions was adopted by a close vote. The delegates-at-large are Henry A. Reynolds of Pontiac, Samuel Dickie of Albion, George It. Malone of Lansing and Rev. John Russell of New Haven. "" United Mine Workers. Tlie national convention of the United M ine Workers of America opened at Co­ lumbus, Ohio, with an unusually large at­ tendance, the various districts of Penn­ sylvania, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia. Kentucky and Ohio being fully represent­ ed. " President P. H. Penna presided, and congratulated the delegates upon the fact that the membership and the financial condition of the organization were strong­ er to-day than at any.time in its history, .despite the fact that in December last the treasury was so depleted as to warrant the raising of the question whether a convention could be held this year. Secretary-Treasurer McBryde, in his re­ port, said the coal trade was better prior to 1890, when this association wns form­ ed, than it is now. The value of coal on board the cars at the mines for 1890 was $110,420,851, and for 1894 the value was $1,768,350 less than in 1890. although the product was greater by 7,500,390 tons. This condition, so detrimental to both miner and operator, was caused by the system of the survival of the fittest. The two Virginias and their cheap coal had much to do with effecting the changed conditions. Formerly all their»coal went tojthe Atlantic seabohrd. To-day there is mor^ West Virginia coal in Chicago' than Ohio corfl, though the^former has to pass through Ohio en route to Chicago* PIIILIP CASE FOSDICK. the gorge and adding miles to his jour­ ney. "A^on account of a scared wolf!" laughed one. > /'-^v -^1 "And scared at his own shadow at that!" added a second. The captain had no reply, but to him­ self he wondered if he had not been over-cautious. It was months later when a captive squaw told him a tale. All night long, as the wagon-guard lay , sleeping, the hostile Indiaps were com­ ing up by dozens and scores aud going into ambush jilong the creek. They had dug rifle-pits--they had piled up logs and stones--they were hidden uty the cedars until over 300 of them* watiing with bated breath for the tr^in to enter tlie trap. When the last wagon and the last trooper should have passed a certain spot the signal was given to open fire. Three hundred jets, of flame--300 bul­ lets seeking living targets! There would not have been twenty troopers left alive after that first volley. At the end of five minutes every man would have been dead *md the red demons scream­ ing with glee as they twisted off their scalps. A frightened wolf betrayed the ambush. The train took another route and was saved. For an hour or more the Indians watched and waited, none daring to move^for fear of betraying his presence. At last all^ realized that their game had escaped from the trap,' and sullenly and noiselessly the 300 moved down the path, up the rise, into the cedars where their ponies were herded, and without shout or curse or sound to be heard ten yards away they mounted and rode away and the ridges hid them from view--Free Press. No Work of the Lord's. The Rev. Samuel E. Pearson, of Port­ land, Me., was a witness in a divorce case the other day. "Mr. Pearson." asked the judge, "were you on this bench in my place and acquainted with all the circumstances of this case, would you grant this divorce?" "Most certainly, your honor," replied the min­ ister. "But how do you reconcile this statement with the injunction. 'What God hath joined together let no man . put asunder?"" "Your honor, I am satisfied that the Lord never joined this couple," replied the clergyman. Fosdick, of Cincinnati, who has achieved fame by introducing into the Ohio Legis­ lature the anti-high hat bill and by hav­ ing it passed. Telegraphic Brevities., It is reported at Shanghai that the Jap­ anese Government has peremptorily for­ bidden the proposed Japanese industrial undertakings in and about that city. Count von Lamberg aud Princess Doro­ thea von Hohenlohe. "youngest daughter of Prince Constantine von Hohenlohe- Sehillingfurst. were marfted at Vienna. Milton Cook, aged 84, a pioneer Mis- sourian, is dead at Pleasant Hill, Mo. He was born in Marietta, Ohio, where his father was prominent in State politics. The London Times says: "The rumor that the Government has decided upon the gradual release of the dynamiters is un­ founded.. Mct'llagh has recently been liberated, but it was only on account of his health. Wesley and Will Wmtaker, who Were implicated? in the French-Eversole feud in Perry County, Kentucky, and sent up for life, have been pardoned out of the Frankfort penitentiary by Gov. Bradley. They have served four years. President Kruger has issued an official denial of tie reports which have found currency in England and have been ca­ bled back here that a strained condition' of relations exists between himself and Colonial Secretary CiiiTiu&erlaia. Would Keep His Word. Many years ago Barney Barnato rented a little house in one of the frontier towns of South Africa. Bar­ ney spent considerable in improving the bouse, but he quarreled with his landlord and decided to move. By in­ serting the following advertisement in the local paper, the prospective million­ aire in some measure got even with his landlord: "Wanted, by a gentle­ men who agreed to leave dwelling oc­ cupied by him in condition In which he found it, 100,000 lively black bee­ tles." Then followed Barney's name and address. Gladstone 's Working Hours. Mr. Gladstone gets to work at 10 in the morning and stops at lunch time. When the lunch gong sounds he lays down his pen. Though Mr. Gladstone does net get to his library until 10 o'clock, he begins his day's work at 8 o'clock every morning, for he reads, in bed while he is taking his breakfast--, a luxury which until quite recently he has not "allowed those about, him to im­ pose upon him. His eyesight is trou- . bling him a grea't deal nowadays, and^ he cannot read as constantly as he would like. »• gert_-I can't think of marriage just yet: you know I'm hot rich." Angelina --"What difference does that make?" Bert--"None, providing you are.,,JL-Rox- \>uxv Gazette.