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AROUND A BIG STATE BRIEF COMPILATION Of ILLI­ NOIS NEWS. Chicaeo Italian Sets Fire to Rats and Now Recretg It--Herman Mau and His Sister-in-L,aw Arrested for Eloping--Laborer Sues the Bis Four. His House Bnrned by Rats. ! By the lime Stephen Perletice, of Chi­ cago, gets through with the Illinois Hu­ mane Society, the police and two or three insurance companies he will know enough cot to set fire to any m'ore rats. Some of the retribution that is comiug to him has readied him already, for the poor beasts which he tortured rari^under his •house and bnrned it down. Perletice is an Italian. When the news of the burn­ ed, rats reached the Illinois Humane So­ ciety there was indignation, which rap­ idly assumed a practical form. It was decided to at once send a man to the bouse of Perletice to secure evidence and fae was given orders to swear out a war­ rant as soon ag.- he considered' he had a case. The two* burned houses were both owned by 13. Tid'holriie and he has an idea that no one. has a right to burn his houses down. He also is investigating Perletice. Lastly, thfere are two insurance com­ panies, both of which think Pcrletice's experiment verges on incendiarism. • Klopee with His Brnrtcr 's Wife^ ; Mrs. Helene Mau and. her brother-in- law, Herman Mau, were arrested at Jlockford Friday morning by local police «tnd taken to' Freepo-rt, where a warrant had been issued- for their arrest by Gtis- tav- Mau, the husband of the- woman. Onistnv Mau and his wife have been liv­ ing at Chicago. Herman Man, Gustav's brother, fell in love with his brother's wife, and hjs affection was reciprocated. The young.coup!e eloped. Mrs. Man tak­ ing her little 4-monthte-old baby with her. They went to Freeport first, and the an­ gry husband followed so close on their trail that they walked seven miles across the country, leaving their trunk behind. They then went to Rockford, keeping in hiding in nn obscure boarding house. De­ scriptions of the couple had been sent out, and they were located by Chief of Police 'Bargren. Mrs. Mau alleged that her husband treated her cruelly, and that she loved Herman. She was married in Ber­ lin eight years ago. The irate husband threatens to kill his brother. Crushed by a Train. A fast express train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad crash­ ed into a carriage at Humboldt boulevard, Chicago. Thursday, while running at full speed. The driver and two girls were burled many feet. One of the girls was fatally injured. The other may die. The driver escaped serious injury. The in­ jured are: Sadie White, 14 years old, will die; Nellie Hindle, 12 years old, condition serious; William Buchholz, driver, severe bruises, locked up. The carriage was raquarely on the track when the train struck it. Sadie White i<s a daughter of William K. White, 737 West North ave- Hue. Nellie Hindle is a young friend of Sadie, who lives in Joliet. but who has been visiting friends at 9(52 Armitage avenue. Tuesday night the child of James White, of Maplewood and North avenues, died, and was to have been buried Thurs­ day afternoon. The two. girls were on their way to the residence of Rev. .Tames McN amee to bring him to the funeral. Ten Thousand for His Heel . Will iam Weakley, of Rosemond, has in­ stituted suit in the Christian County Cir­ cuit Court against the Bis Font Railroad Company for $10,000. Weakley, who is a Big Four laborer, had the heel of his left foot mashed off between the draw- beads of two cars on the Big Four work train, which was engaged in work at a washout the latter part of May. It is wllened that. Weakley's injuries are for life and that they were caused by negli­ gence fin the part of the railroad com­ pany')": employes starting the train when no signal for doing so was given, and other allegations. Convicts Are Made Cit izens. During the month of July Gov. Alfgcld restored the rights of citizenship to twen­ ty-two discharged convicts, who were in prison upon conviction of the following offenses: Five for assault with iutent to kill, one for manslaughter, seven for lar­ ceny. six burglars, two forgers, one mur­ derer and one robber. Two pardons were granted, one to John Miller of Chicago, who wa.b sentenced for one year for con­ tempt of court; and La Fayette Sherell of Jo Daviess County, who was sentenced for fifteen years, in 1892, for assault. State News in Brief. Gov. Altgeld honored a requisition for Charles A Smith, under arrest at Mon­ mouth, and wanted in Boyd County, Ne­ braska. for conveying property with in­ tent to st<;al. A new kind of bug, which destroys corn, has made its appearance in the farming lands of the Mississippi bottoms, near Percy. In two days it killed 100 acres of corn for Captain Bowles. The bugs are about as big as a potato bug, but of different shape, and black in color, nnd have a bill on them something like h mosquito. They cannot fly, but crawl very rapidly over the ground, and kill a .stalk of corn very speedily. It is thought the recent high water brought the bugs. Three desperadoes took possession of John C. McClelland's restaurant,0 157% Van Boron street, Chicago, at 4 o'clock Saturday morning. At the muzzle of re­ volvers they held up Oscar Hamilton, night manager, and George Williams, the cook, and robbed the cash register of .$10. The restaurant is located two doers west of Sherman street and directly across the street from the Atlantic Hotel, the office of which was brilliantly lighted at the time of the robbery, and beside'the night clerk a ha'lf-dozen persous were in the office. The colored citizens of Elgin held an old-fashioned barbecue at'Oakwood I'ark. Then* was a large attendance and many interested spectators. Selena Moroe shot and instantly killed George Tagnty, a well-known Chicago character, with a revolver belonging to. him and which she had wrested from his hand. There were no eye witnesses to the killing, but the woman, who is locked up at the Harrison street police station, says she shot Tagney in self-defense. Tagne.v bad formerly lived at the house where he died. A few days ago he left because of a quarrel with the woman. Wesley Golden, one of Clay County's prominent farmers, who has reached the ripe old age of 70, was married jit' Louis­ ville to Mrs. Frances Crooks, who is 63 yflars old. Both are widely known *nd very prominent in the county.- John, alias Moocher, Smith, was arrest­ ed at Decatur charged with having mur­ dered Walter G. Carlisle of I^ongview, Tex., in a Wabash box car Wednesday last'. It is positively known that Smith »Kd a man answering the description of Carlisle slept in the Moran barn ifear the scene of the tragedy Tuesday night. Some boys have. been found who assert that they saw Smith and a stranger going to­ ward the car. The Christian Church of Virginia has extended a call to Rev. Joseph D. Dab- ney of Jacksonville, ^ Thomas J. McGinnis. aged 38 nnd un­ married, ,committed suicide by shooting at his house near Jacksonville. Miss Adm^i Widm«^yer; of Virginia, won the Demorest medal at the contest held there under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. of Cass County. ' Frank Auburn, who is wanted in Co­ lumbus. Ohio, for an assault, to kill, was arrested at Decatur. The crime was com­ mitted two years ago. Ed Jackson, colored, shot Swan Brodie and GeOrge,Shairer in the former's saloon at Galesburg. The wounds arc „not con­ sidered dangerous. Jackson was caught. Mrs. John Moore, of Rockford, whose husband dropped dead Sunday, died of grief. She was well Wednesday morn­ ing, but said she* w'as ready and wanted to die. - At Jacksonville, E. C. Matthews, presi­ dent of the Mathews Fence Company, was run down by a Wabash tntin. His spine and skull were injured, and he was otherwise hurt. His condition, is critical. Herbert Harrison was drowned in the rush of water at the crevasse in the Lima lake leyee. He was going to Meyer to teach Sunday school, and in trying to cross the stream near.the break in the levee he and his horse were swept away. Mrs. E. J. Hoffman, wife of the presi­ dent of the Cream City Mirror Plate Com pany, and the 7-year-old son of Attorney Stanton A. Hycr, who have been camp­ ing on the banks of the Kishwaukee river near Rockford, were drowned while ba.th- , ing. Jacob Iylein, a tailor employed , at El­ gin by A. .idler & Son, was, found dead in Oakwood Park, with'two bullet holes in his breast and two revolvers lying by his side. In his pocket was a letter written in. German,' saying lie was tired of life. He was determined to end his life, and ex­ pressed sympathy for his aged mother Klein was 29 years old, and his home was at Ravenswood. Saturday he told his fellow workmen he was going there to bid his mother a last farewell, and that they would never see him again. He returned to Elgin Sunday evening and went direct to the park, whore he carried his throat into execution. At Walker, a little station ten miles south of Decatur, two tramps held up and shot E. B. Hunt, the agent of the Illinois Central, Monday night. Hunt thinks that the fellows were new at the holding-up business, and that the gun was discharg­ ed accidentally. He fell to the platform and his assailants fled. Hunt, when he regained consciousness, got into the sta­ tion and telegraphed to headquarters that he had been shot. This gave rise to the story that,an attempt had been made to rob the station. The bullet struck Hunt just above the right eye and followed the skull around the right ear, where it came out. The wound is not a serious oue and the agent is on duty again. The coroner's jury holding an inquest on the death of Dr. I. N. Coffee, of Cairo, finished hearing testimony and after hear­ ing counsel for the State and for the de­ fendant returned the following verdict: "We, the jury, find that I. N. Coffee came to his death from a stab wound in the left side by a dagger or dirk in the hands of Green P. Crabtree, and that he was not. fully justified in the act." The relatives of the late Dr. I. N. Coffee, it is said, will make a vigorous prosecution. Judge •C. M. Loungblood, of Marion, is reported to have been retained to prosecute. There is much and deep feeling in the case, as both the deceased and the defendant stood well in the community and each has many friends. - - But for the timely interference of Sher­ iff .Johnson and his deputies Wednesday morning, Tom Wilson, the Washburn bank robber, and thirty-seven prisoners in the Peoria county jail would be at liberty. Deputy S. S. Tripp, who was on the look­ out for the accomplices on the outside, was summoned by means of a signal, and going to the rear of the jail discovered Ellsworth Chapin standing on a ladder talking to Wilson, the bank robber, who occupied a cage near the window. Cha­ pin had his pockets full of bits, augers, files, chisels, etc., and on the window sill he had secreted enough tools for every prisoner in the jail. Chapin was taken into custody and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury. John A. Jackman, one of the most noted pioneer railway men of Illinois, died Wed­ nesday at Bloomington, aged 80. He was born in Boscawen, N. H., and began his railway life as station agent of the Boston and Worcester lino in 1837. He came to Bloomington in 1804 and took charge of the machinery department of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. He was a leading spirit in educational matters and was for a number of years president of the city board-of education. He was married in 1843 at West Newton, Mass., to Miss Sarah F. Sargent, who survives him. Ho leaves three children, Mrs. Horace Soper of Chicago, Dr. Fred O. Jackman of the hospital for the insane at Mount Pleas­ ant, Iowa, and Frank Jackman of Rock- port, 111. His eldest sou. John A. Jack- man, died in St. Louis last week. The reported failure of C. S. Dole, the wealthy farmer and stock raiser of Crys­ tal Lake, is incorrect. Advancing age and the pressure under present business conditions induced him to place all his property and business interests in the hands of his son-in-law, A. C. . ' 'towel!, of Kansas City, who is now arranging a I] ob­ ligations to the entire satisfaction of creditors. Mr. Dole's possessions com­ prised not only his place at Crystal Lake, which is valued at $200,000, but also the mammoth icehouses bordering*on Crystal x < o > x < o > x < o > x <o> x < o > x < o > x < o > x <o> x < o > x < o ^ EXTRACTS FROM JVTK!NLEY\S SPEECHES. J A : ' ----; : ; : 1 _V o > x < o > 1 x < o > x < o > x < o > x < o > x < o > x < O > ' X < C S > X < 0 > X proved futile. These are a- few sign? of the prevailing discontent, and they increase in number every day. Fusion is easy to talk about, but it is not easy to achieve when both parties are look­ ing for the advantage.--Chicago Times')- Ilerald. The American people hold, the financial honor of our Government as sacred as our flag, and can be relied upon to guard it with the same sleepless vigilance. Otir creed embraces an honest dollar, an un­ tarnished national- credit, adequate revenues world.' It mast not only be current, at its full face value at home, but it must be counted at parkin any and every commercial center of the globe. ; The employment: of the idle money we .al­ ready have in gainful pursuits will put>v<iry t McKinley's Good Advice. Vote the Republican ticl^et. stand by the protective policy, stand by Ameri­ can. industries, stand by that, policy which believes in American work for American workmen, that believes in American Stages tor; A"tiiericah labor­ ers, that believes in American homes for American citizens.- Vote to main­ tain that system by which you can earn enough not only to give you the comforts of life but the refinements of life; enough to educate and equip your children, who may not have been for­ tunate by birth, who may not have been born with a silver spoon in their mouths; enough to enable them in turn to educate and prepare their children for the great possibilities of American life. I am for America, because Amer­ ica is for the common people.--Hon. William Mclvinley. for t he uses of tjie GoVerncsient; protection 1 ^ i ^ i?: '* V*'.» en labor and.industry, preservation of the home ^ V"' a. when there market and reciprocity which will' extend our " » foreign markets. is \Vages, and when there B there .are consumers who constitute tihe t(eSt market for the product of • our \ Our trouble is not with the character of tl»e The platfrom adopted" bv the Republican money that we have, but with to Njmou£, Convention has received my careful debase It. have the s^ipetMirrentytha ponaUJeratlon,-and has my unqualified ap- we-Uad -In .1893, go<f>d the world^oyer,^h»!v proval. It Is a matter of gratification t.o me; .questioned by any people. Than., too, we lad, ag j am 8Upe it must-be to you and Kepubll- nnexamplcd credit and prosperity,^ ; . .cans everywhere and to all our people, that iC1 ' - 'sj. i , t~ t 1* 't.fee expressions, of its declaration of princi- Tsot content with the inauguration . o. the pies are,so Uireei, clpur and emphatic. They ruinous policy which has aa<| positive to leave any chance wages of the laborer and the price of farm ^01. doubt of question as products. Its advocates now offer a new pol- meaning. ley which will diminish the value' of money . In which wages and-prices are paid. rquestion as to their purport, and TO RETIRE. BRITAIN'S QUEEN DESIRES TO END HER DAYS IN QUIET. finmorg of a Transfer of the Crown Again Revived--Feels tlie Weight of Years--Condition of Her Majesty's Health Iq Precarious. Our Loss John Bull 's Gain. What we want is a sound policy, financial and industrial, which will give courage and confidence to all, for when that is done the money now unemployed, because of fear for the future and lack of confidence in invest­ ment, will quickly appear in the channels of trade. The money of the United States, and every kind and form of it, whether of paper, silver or gold, must be as Rood as the best iff the Recent events have Imposed upon the patri­ otic people of this country a responsibility aud a duty greater than any siuce the civil war. Then it was a struggle to preserve the Government of the United States; now it is a struggle to preserve the financial honor of the Government of the United States. Then it was a contest to save the Union; now it is a contest to save spotless its credit. Then section was arrayed against section; now men of all sections can unite, and will unite, to rebuke the repudiation of our obligations and the debasement of our cureney. and California real liabilities arc put""at $30,000, wiwalsets of 9000,000. Sir. Dole was 'f^pjbrly con­ nected with IV JD. Armour rn- the grain elevator business on the Chieag/i. Bur­ lington and Quincy, and it wa^ -ffiere he a m a s s e d m o s t o f h i s f o r t u n e , . \ j L $ T Faulty electrical wiring caiu^'a*jp£^' the hat and fur store of C. D. Roberta Co. at Springfield, that resulted in the loss of $25,000. Of this amount $lfO,OtM> is the loss of Roberts & Co. and $5,000 the loss of Klaholt & Fogarty. shoe deal­ ers, in an adjoining building.* .Sanies P. Isom, one of the desperate characters of Peoria, Saturday night shot Lee Mays, a colored man* inflicting in­ juries from which he died. The inquest was conducted to-day. and Isom was held without bail'as principal, with Anderson Grace, a colored man, as accessory. Mays leaves a wife and daughter in Decatur. The State firemen have been out in force at Naperville. The town gave an enthu­ siastic welcome, and in return the lire- men gave an excellent three days' pro­ gram. Chief Sweenie of Chicago was present. Teams were present from over 250 miles distant. v,. •..... For some time fears have been enter­ tained that ~the big Winnebago County court house, which fell during its con­ struction with great loss of life, is un­ safe, a Rockford architect employed by the Supervisors having pronounced it in a dangerous condition. General William Spoy Smith, of*Chicago, made an exam­ ination and pronounced it as safe as th» day it was completed. TO ALL REPUBLICANS! We trust that all Republicans are alive to the responsibility which rests upon tliem in this campaign. It is not to Democrats or Mugwumps that the country looks for rescue from its pres­ ent troubles, but to Republicans. It will not do for any Republican to rely on the aid that is promised by mem­ bers of other parties. We must wage the battle as if we had no allies. We must tight to the last minute as if we stood alone against all our foes com­ bined. What assistance we get from others we should welcome, but the tight is ours: we must .make it, and on us de­ pends the result.-^ Republicans, singly and i" groups, must take off their coats and go to work as they have not worked since '00 and '04. There are thousands on thousands of voters who have become confused by the mingling of issues and the merging of lines iu the excitement of the last few weeks. Many of them do not know what the party is striving for. These people must be enlightened, instructed, encouraged. Every em­ ployer must make himself an instruc­ tor of his employes. Every business man must make himself a missionary among his brothers. Every working- man who lias learned his lesson well must teach those who labor at his side or enjoy their leisure in his company. It is not enough that most Republi­ cans know what they wish to vote for. Tliev must make their friends and ac­ quaintances understand the questions that are before the people. They must struggle with the stubborn; they must convince the doubtful. They must put the right arguments before every one who has a vote. The only sound argu­ ments are the straight Republican ar­ guments. The only sound doctrine is straight Republican doctrine. Do not trust others. Do not look to Demo­ cratic speakers or to Democratic news­ papers. Look to yourselves. Put straight Republican principles before your friends. (Jive them straight Re­ publican papers to read. Preach straight Republicanism every day! There can be no misunderstanding about Republicanism. "Its cardinal principle is protection, by which every man is enabled to earn bis living, and sound money, by which every man is h nab led to receive full, honest wages for his work. From this-doctrine there should be no turning. It is the doctrine on which depends the honor and the life of the nation. Republicans, get to work now! The country looks to you. The whole world looks to you. Republicans now, as in other times of peril, must tight the battle and win the victory.--New York Press. ture for Maj. Mclvinley and the main­ tenance of the existing gold standard? Why should the fear of a "high pro­ tective tariff" keep them away when Mr. Hanna informs them the enact­ ment of no such tariff is anticipated'. '-- Chicago Tribune. More Work Wanted. If the tariff is so adjusted as to in- | duee the investment of idle money in | industries that will employ labor at I American wages so that men can eat | their till and pay for what they eat, the , money question will settle itself. It is i not a question of more money, but more work. Metropolitan l^ife Building. (New York City.) SISTVlill uflTjolIci^ <• JOJ'Fiilittfl Oaiiais 275TTliUio'n 9ol'n rf ~ jsntMlion 0 ??STnillior Dollars - 200 TniHion Dollars - 05 TUtHion Dollars - iSofriillion Dollars " 125TlliflioTi Dollars - 100 trillion,Ooltors ~ F\sca\ 1892 43*6.011,1)51 . • « (Ifoekiniejj) ' Boionc; oflx D ' .t\ and Impor 'f u»lUWl)nilfd Kmytarii - 0 larjB balance in our.^vuf Tneaiyslarge amplcyment foi , Qmincan UlcaVrnen. OvnoW tyiWttt jfMan&lJafc rrwrc oj t^e labor produces our clotKirvj ar\d oiktr nECf JSfiriu is pSTj«rnid w tnjWd,instead _ oj iT\ihe Umltd S\al?5. Throne Will Go to Wales. The rumor that Queen Victoria intends to retire in favor of the Prince of Wales is again current in London, and it is add­ ed that court circles are greatly trbubled regarding the. condition of the queen's health. Such reports have frequently ap­ peared in recent years, only to be semi­ officially contradicted later. But it now seems that there may be some actual foundation for the statements made. It is added that her majesty has decided to spend her time in future at Balmoral or at Osborne, and that she will give the prince and princess of Wales the use of Buckingham palace and Windsor Castle. There is no doubt that the queen seems to feel greatly the weight of her years and bereavements, and her majesty is quoted as haying repeatedly remarked during her last stay in Iiondon :it Buckingham pal" ace, upon. tho occasion of th0 recent S ?O513N_,9I0 (Soman) - in our [over in Ojy jovor javor in out favor CtAcndar H«ov 1895 Frowi:- Tariff ^cts" In Where the Eastern Hpadiitiarfrvrs nf (tie TC p u b l i c a n N a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e a r e < s i t u a t e d , . I Polit ical Klasphenijr . The Cross of Jesus Christ was rle- -signed to bo the symbol of the atone- ! inent, and was never intended to be the i emblem of a political party, ro be used : to teach anarchistic doctrines. The j crown of thorns was for the Savior's i brow and not for those who would Financial Definit ions. response to many inquiries as to the meaning of expressions commonly used in the discussion of issues in­ volved in this campaign, the New York Press has prepared the following brief table of terms and equivalents: • • ' Free Coinage.--Tlu> melting and jtVa'mi)- tng into money, without charge for tlie service, of all silver bullion brought to the mints. Sixteen to One.---The ratio nought to lie maintained by law, according to which sixteen ounces of silver shall equal in Vdiue one ounce of gold. Commercial Ratio.--The ratio of actual value, the rate at which gold and silver can be exchanged. It is now thirty-One ounces of silver to one of gold. Sound Money. -- A currency of which ev­ ery dollar is exchangeable at par with'tbo j standard dollar of the country--in this country i gold dollar. The (Jo'.ii Standard.--The measure of I value adopted by the leading nations of the world as a basis for their currency- file coin i gold I in which all obligations are tinaiiy redeemahie. A Fifty-Cent Dollar.--One which, ow­ ing ti> the depreciation"of silver, is intrin­ sically worth fully this amount, a'nd main­ tains its face value only by reason of the (iovernnicut's pledge to keep it at a parity with' gold. Carlis le vs . Grosvenor. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1XJM. Secretary Carlisle estimated a revenue of >. 1 '_'llie was Tariff Facts . Total Treasury receipts.first twenty- two months of the Wilson law, com­ pared with lirst twenty-two mouths of the Mclvinley law: McKinley law. 1S;)4. ,$30,222,174 Sept ... . 28,<!78.074 October . 27,646,r»l.r> Nov . .. 1800, ()< tober Nov . . . 1 )pc 1801. Jan Feb;.... Mrircli i ><>( 30,810.283 1S0.V 20,273.173 Jnn .. 20,427.455, Feb . . '..April 25.465,231 March 27.0Kl.84S>! April vjrtltte 31,280,205: Mar . 34,158,244'June . August... 28,773,081 July . Sept* 27,505.454! August WVAikr -- -- 'October Nov . .. lh«e .... JS02. March . . April .. Way ... June ... July Total. . .$060,420,350, Total. . . Loss tn twenty-two months un­ der Democratic "tariff for rev­ enue only" $102, 28,448,502 Sept 20,804,887 October 27,040,515: Nov . .. Dec . . . 30,383,478| 1800. 30,608,944 Jan .... .20,830,000 Feb 28,071,224! March . 28.228.398' April .. 30,958.017 May 34.314,331'.lime .. . H I M AGAIN, Wilson 10.130.240 to.4n.4o:: 21.30S.130 27,804,390 2.SSS.05 25.470.575 24.247.830 25,015,474 iverurnent 20,000.097 28.952,096 27.549.678 001,748 25.080,503 20.288,037 20.207,070 2(5,050,228 20.041,149 24,282.803 24,043.717 W.219 3,144 701 Hanna Declares the Issue. Chairman Hanna declares that the issue is honest money and a protec­ tive tariff-- "And when I say a protective tariff I do not mean a high protective tariff by any means--a sufficient readjust­ ment of duties to pa^v its expenses and bring us back to the prosperity of 1892." That the present duties are not high enough to produce sufficient revenue to run the government is denied by no one. EVen the -Popocmts admit it. They say in their platform that they are opposed to further changes in the tariff, "except such as are necessary to make good the deficit in revenue/' Whatever Mr. Hanna says may be taken confidently as representing Maj. McKinley's sentiments. That being ,'the case why should any sound money Democrat hesitate to vote at this junc- overthrow ea rth. I predict, too. that the man who dares to blaspheme the sacred cross will find written ou the wall of his chamber some night the words. "Mene, meue, tekel, upharsin--thou are weighed in the balance and found' wanting. ' and no man who has been educated to re­ spect his country and its financial credit with sister nations will betray his country for thirty pieces of silver.-- From Bishop ^sewnian's sermon. Pops Refuse to Stay Swallowed. The Populists may be guileless, but they are sufficiently vigorous to put difficulties in the way of the-wholesale jprocess of assimilation which Demo­ cratic lenders predicted after tlie' St. Louis convention. It the cat has swal­ lowed the'canary the bird is still; alive and capable of making trouble for a not too squeamish stomach. Tom Wat­ son gives warning that "it is by 110 means certain that the Georgia Popu­ list convention will indorse what the St. Louis convention did." The In­ diana Populists have refused td "fuse" op tfte State ticket and have thus laid a foundation for future trouble. The Alabama Populists naively insist that if they support Bryan they shall "have a fair.count" from the Democrats, In Missouri all of Governor Stone's efforts to wip, over the Populist leaders have • 'V.' ' £ ;ns..8ii7 too high in his estimate. For the ISO.", year his lirst estimate was $454,427,748. which was $<>4,000,000 too high; while his second estimate, made a year later, was $34,000,000 too high. He has not improved much since tlieu. as his first estimate for the fiscal year just closed was nearly $77,000,000 too high, while his latest estimate was al­ most $.'>2,00'i.OOO in excess of the actual revenue received. As a "figurer" the Democratic Secretary of the Treasury is not in it compared with Gen. Gros- •venor. " An Object Lfrssoin. f tic nut / wAcis WPfNTHs, 7 S 0 / I f . 0 0 MULE WAS SURPRISED. Q r F. 'VICTO n I K. marriage of Princess Maud of Wales to Prince Charles of Denmark: "This is mf last visit to London." Reigned Nearly Sixty Years. Queen Victoria first saw the light in Kensington palace May 24, 1819, and as­ cended the throne June 20, 18.37. She is the only child of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George 111., and of the Princess Louisa Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. Abraham Lincoln was then a 10-year-old boy, Gladstone ran about in pantalettes with frills to them and probably trundled a hoop, while Lord Salisbury had not as yet come into existence. The Duke of Wellington was fresh from his triumphs at Waterloo, and Daniel Webster was in the zenith of his fame. Feb. 10, 1S40, Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert, of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha, with whom she had long been deeply in love. Ii proved, as every one knows, a most happy union. During their twenty-one years of married life they were blessed with nine children--four sons and live daughters. George III. is the only English sovereign who has occu­ pied the throne for a longer period than Queen Victoria. , During the fifty-nine years of Queen Victoria's rule the" popu­ lation of the mother country has increas­ ed from something under twenty-six mil­ lions to close on forty-live millions, and that of the colonies has steadily grown from four -millions to seventeen millions. As Empress of India her rule extends over nearly one and a half million square miles with a population of 275,000,000. Albert Edward Is 55. All>ert Edward, Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the throne of Great Brit­ ain and Ireland and the Empire of India, was born at Buckingham palace Nov. 9, 1841. He studied under private tutors for several years, passed one session of the University of Edinburgh, spent a year at Oxford, where he attended lectures, and for four years pursued his course at Cam­ bridge. In 18(50 he paid a visit to the United States aud Canada, where he was tlye teleBrBph Wire Drops on Sit* Back and Trouble Follows. Not long ago one of the, telephone^ companies was stringing some -wirea at the lower end of St. Francis street when one of their wires fell across on» of the police telegraph wires and then oil to the trolley. Around at the cor­ ner of St. Michael and Commerce streets the wire, which was thus charged with the heavy current, passed about half an inch from one of the converters of the electric lighting com­ pany and an arc was formed. This burned the wire in two. Just at the moment that this happen­ ed there was standing across the street an old mule hitched to a light farm wagon, which was loaded with pota­ toes. The mule had his head down and his ears pulled down over his eyes, evi­ dently engaged in a deep study of the days of his childhood, for he was an old mule and his race was nearly run. The owner of the aforesaid mule was in a store near by bartering for the sale of the potatoes. ' This was the condition of affairs af that corner just before that electrified wire fell and settled quietly on the ' back of the mule. In an instant there was a change in the landscape. That mule woke up suddenly. He was sur­ prised. He could not understand why be felt so gay. He evidently thought it was his sceond time on earth. Ho couldn't stick a pi i f f in himself t<NM*d <•< out whether, or not it was a dream, but he did the next: beet thing that a. in tile can do, and a thing at which most healthy mules are adepts. ' He let flv bis heels. Simultaneous­ ly with the putting into play of his heels there was an avalanche of wagon and potatoes sailing through Commerce street. Rani! slam! kerjam! went" the heels of that old mule against the frail sides of that wagon and its load of p-> tatoes and for a time it fairly rained potatoes and pieces of wagon. The owner had just settled on a price for the load of potatoes when be heard a sound as of a cyclone coming. He hastened to the door to see what was the cause thereof. lie could scarce be­ lieve his eyes. ° There before his as­ tonished vision, was old Pete, working his heels just as merrily as lie had done when he was a 2-year-old, .while the chain traces clanked responsive sympathy to the touches of the mule's heels. Visions of various and sundry saplings that he had worn to a frazzle to get Pete out of a walk rose before his astonished vision, and he could not account for it. Finally a negro discovered that it was all caused by "one o' deui 'lectric wires," and he went at the wire with a hatchet to cut it. He was about as astonished as the mule when *the hatchet went up in the air and he re­ ceived a severe shock. But his act caused a transformation sce.ne. All tbe- ga.vety left old Pete as suddenly as it had come and he once more relapsed in­ to a thoughtful mood, while the owner went arolmd gathering up the frag­ ments of the wagon and the potatoes that remained.--Mobile Register. PRINCE OF WAI.E5 received with the distinction due to his rank. Albert Edward's titles are multi­ tudinous. He is a K. C., a general of the arm v. colonel of hussars, Duke of Corn­ wall", Duke of Rothesay, Baron "of Ren­ frew and Lord of the Isles of Scotland, Earl of Dublin and Carrick in Ireland, and enjoys the patronage of twenty-nine livings in the church as Duke of Corn­ wall. His marriage with Princess Alex­ andria of Denmark took place March 10, 18(33. He was chosen president of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in IStW. At the close of the year 1871 he was seriously ill with typhoid fever, which was about the only dangerous sickness he ever experien-,. ced. The dignity which he esteems most highly w ras conferred upon him in 1S74 by his election as grand master of Free­ masons of England. News of Minor Note. The pontoon bridge across the Missouri river at Chamberlain, S. D., has been completed and the structure opened for traffic. E. R. Tyler, proprietor of the Brooks House at Brattleboro, Vt., and his wife were drowned while bathing in the Con­ necticut river. Abram Tinkey, postmaster, and Rob­ ert Stark, merchant, died at Sequoia, Wash., from the effects of drinking alco­ hol made froth Wood. The Bicycle Did It. "Never caught a thing!" declared the old man. "Never eveu got a decent bite. Got up before daylight and rode and walked forty miles, spent $3 in fares and $5 for sandwiches and rum, and never teched 'em. "Fisliin' ain't what it used to be, anyhow," he * continued, mournfully. "We used to go 'round New York 'most anywheres and bring in a good mess. Now you can't bring anything but a jag." "How do you account for it?" I in­ quired, sympathetically. "The bicycle," said he. "Wha-at'! What in the world has the bicycle got to do with it?" "I don't know--everybody says it's the bicycle, you see. The bike has just everlastingly knocked the spots out of fishin' 'u everything else--sq they say. 'S plum' discouragin'. but I s'pose we've got to stand it."--Pitts­ burg Dispatch. Antiquity of Soap. Soap is not a modern Tnveution. It Is twice mentioned in tlie Bible, first in Jeremiah and again in Malaeld. His­ tory tells us that more than 2.000 y$ans ago the Gauls manufactured it by com­ bining beech tree ashes with goat's fat. A few years ago a soap-boiler's shop was discovered in Pompeii, having been buried beneath the terrible rain of ashes that fell upon that city 79 A. D. The soap found in the shop had not lost all its efficacy, although it had been buried 1,800 years. At the time that Pompeii was destroyed the soap- making business was carried on in sev­ eral of the Italian cities.--Grocer's Re­ view. Khama Is Up to Date. King Khama of Beohuanaland was in England last summer to protest against Mr. Rhodes' chartered company selling liquor to his people. He has recently set an example of civilization to Ilia subjects by having an up-to-date wed ding at Palapye. He went to the altai in a frock coat, light trousers, and a white tie; his bride, a young woman of 20, wore white satin, a tulle veil, and orange blossoms. The minister was an English misisonary; there was a wed­ ding cake. The only unusual thing was the hour, 9 o'clock In the morning. An Enormous Sacrifice. When Sir William Harcourt resigned his practice at the parliamentary bar lit order to enter upon political life, lie was earning $70,000 a year. Up to Decem­ ber last liis servitude iu Parliament covers a period of twenty-seven years. Supposing he had not improved on a young man. Sir William would, in this more than a quarter of a century, have netted $1,890,000. His receipt of min­ isterial salary within that time is put at $225,000.--New York Mail and Express. Albert Bridgeman, of Moorehouse. Mo., position gained while a comparayV^J abducted from his home in 1894, was found at Logansport, Ind., by his grand­ father and will be returned to his par­ ents. " . A cornered bicycle thief, who had with­ in two days left two stolen wheels in a shop at Providence, R^ I., plunged through a large plate glass window and shot two men who stood iu bis way of escape. There were numerous prostrations and five deaths during the hot spell at Cincin­ nati. The victims were: Belle Bright.' a laundry girl; Mary Brown, infant; John Crone, moulder; Barney Diekhors and John Schulte, tanners. M '1 " Lightniqg Sef fire to the barn 'on the dairy farm of William McGregor, wesj ot jPiudlay, "O., arid the structure \Vas de- dfrpyed-. ,Itcontained twenty-five fine Jersey' cqws, and all efforts to save the «,aim.ils were unavailing a ad they wers tremat^ . , •> ;--i After Years of Service. lu a lot of old paper stock received lately lu a mill at Andover, Conn., was a Bible, the inscription In which reads; "This Bible was used in the pulpit by Rev. Steven West,, pastor in Stockbridge, Mass.. from l<a9 to 1SI;*. Women enjoy prominence, chiefly foe the reason that the papers always saj of prominent-men that they are devot­ ed to their wives; Sooner or later- we a«re all done np by some one younger thud we ar*, and it harts as much in business as ht lcm^