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HUTS. ALTGELD HARD. FORMAN'S CHARGES RAISE GREAT GALE. fOpea Letter by the Democratic Kx- Cpngxessniaa Will Transfer 50,001? ' Votes to the. Republicans--Some of GoVernor'a Alleged Transactions. On John Peter's Trail. Oliirges and rumors, more or less dofi- iiite, which have been in the air for awioiiths, touching Gov. Altgeld's •connec­ tion with the Ramsay defalcation, have <at last--found expression. Ex-Congress-i. i Mum Forman, a Democrat, lias taken it ."upon himself to get those accusations be­ fore thesjmblic in a form which will eora- j»el the Governor to take cognizance of •them. Mr. Porman, whose letter was published in all the Chicago morning dail­ ies, does not claim .'to have any new evi­ dence. He refers to the charges as hav­ ing lion ted around the press before, anil does not hesitate to give the name of , the Governor's especial political friend,. /Hhirichsen, a's-authority for what is really •the most,serious charge in the whole, lis't. Mr. Porman, by implication, makes these charges agaiilst Gov. Altgeld: -. . I That'he procured upward of $.>0,000 Trom Rufns N. Ilamsay, Treasurer of the State of Illinois, giving no security; and paying' 110, interest; (hat 'to cover tip his .offense he feloniously .broke the seals of tlie safe between Rain say's death' and buriaL and, with the; help of \\ : H. Hih- richspii and Insurant v. Gon'imissioner Dur- fw, olhiiinated liiiiiselt from the apparent list of debtors "to the dead def aulter. .2.-. Thnt.Gov; AltgHd attempted to use liis'official patronage to extort money1 on tiiiity Building shares as security, and that when the attempt failed the removal .power was employed in revenge', or for the "compulsion of others. ;t That the Governor permitted State institutions, or their special treasurers, to exceed in drafts nn the State Treasury the installment it had been customary for .theni to draw, about Slu.OOO, and that the excessive and unusual sums drawn were for the accommodation of the Governor and his friends. 4. That, in defiance of the law that ex­ penditures of State institutions shall be •(limited to appropriations, Gov. Altgeld 'has borrowed money avowedly for State institutions at 7 per cent., and that to pay •this interest he must have used or must the using State money appropriated for (some specific purpose. Treasurer Ramsay died near the, close of his term of office, late in 1894. He was j« defaulter for nearly $,">00,000. The •statute makes it the duty of the Governor, an case of a State Treasurer's death, to [close the treasury vaults, with their con­ sents untouched, and to seal the doors .with the State seal. The doors must be .opened only by the new Treasurer, that he may discover all the cash, vouches. »nd property left by his predecessor, i At some time after the death of Ram­ say. the defaulter, and the appointment of his son. E. I*. Ramsay, to. fill the va­ cancy the notes or memoranda relating jo Altgeld's alleged loan of $50,000 or $'10,000 disappeared. The implication of « es-Congressman i'orman is that Gov. Alt- geld either abstracted his notes or mem­ oranda from the vaulfs before sealing ttiem or that the seals w _ them in by the tens of thousam'Ts to flenl to the people. The demand is so great for these pamphlets that we are rushed night and day trying to fill orders, and, in addition' the National Committee is plac­ ing orders with us for them in English, Scandinavian .and German; besides this, seventeen other States are getting the book for Circulation from Illinois. The difficulty is that the 'Silversnake' Is not liked by the 'free silverites,' and it. is no wonder they should circulate false reports to weaken the. effect of the book , or to diminish its circulation." Perry S. Heath, chief of the Bureau of Printing and Publication of the National Committee, referring to the same subject)* says: ' • '•No member of, the National Committee has ever made any'of the statements at­ tributed to this committee about the 'Sil­ versnake,' nor has any person with au­ thority to speak for this committee made any such statements; neither this commit­ tee nor any person entitled to speak for it has ever stated that the. 'Silversnake! contained errors or that it ought to ?>e Vailed in.' Any statement to that effect atributed to either this committee or to any person entitled to speak for it, is wholly unauthorized and pure fabrics tion." , A YOUNG SOLDIER. Capf.'John, R. Tanner as a Volunteer , in the. Union Army. We reproduce a portrait of John R. Tanner. Republican candidate ..for Gov­ ernor, taken'shortly after his enlistment in" the army in 1803. He had an honora­ ble career as a soldier, and is jvoptjUfc with all of his comrades in arms. He enlisted as a private on" Nov.- 28, 180.1, when riot yet If years of age, in Company A. .Nine-; »-ty,-eighth Illinois Infantry. On Jitue '28, 1805, he Was transferred to .the Sixty- first Illinois. which was then stationed at Franklin. Tenn., and was mustered out of the service on Sept. 8, 1805. John R. Tanner came of a fighting family. His father enlisted in the Fourteenth Illinois Cavalry, was captured in Viatic, and died in the prison pen at Columbus. Miss. Albert Tanner, a brother of John It., vol­ unteered in the Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infantry..^vas severely wounded in barle, and died at Nashville, Tenn., in I860. The youngest, brother, Frederick, enlisted in broken aud •the papers abstracted afterward, 6r that l»y a juggle and trick when young Ramsay took the office the papers were concealed and returned to Gov. Altgeld to be de­ stroyed. • It does..not appear that Gov. Altgeld jborr'6wed^l£& money direct from Ramsay or from dj^State treasury or from Raui- •say's bank. The transaction was com­ pleted through the late .1. W. Lanehart. M relative of Gov. Altgeld and his busi- •ness representative in many affairs. It appears that heroic efforts were made •in raising money for Gov. Altgeld to re- plae'e the amouut represented by his or Tjanehart's vouchers in the looted treas- 'nry. Subordinate State officers and per- •sonal friends were sent hurrying and scurrying about the State to borrow mon­ ey 011 Unity Building stock. ' Sufficient money was raised temporarily to redeem the vouchers. Bui the transac­ tion was secret and illicit. The vouchers were removed from the treasury vaults and replaced by money in violation of law. which provides that the contents shall re- jinain untouched, under seal, exactly as left by the deoe^aseel Treasurer until the the new Treasurer takes possession. The •examination of treasury affairs after the death of Ramsay, the defaulter, virtually convicts Lanehart in his refusal to testi- ify. Lanehart represented Altgeld in the •money transactions. Conclusive evi­ dence against Lanehart convicts Altgeld by implication. Mr. Porman describes other scandalous 'transactions of Gov. Altgeld, especially in attempts to borrow money from the •treasurers of Slate institutions for the purpose, evidently, of replacing the money borrowed from the State treasury, 'Whether legally liable or not for, their utterance, in the -evasive style adopted. Mr. Formau stands responsible for them before the community, and if the state­ ments and implications are true a history 4«f official scaudai and venal misuse of 3»ower is revealed that is without parallel in any other State. f This letter is one of the irruptions due to the bad blood'of the Democracy. Mr. jPorwan admits that lie has long known all that he knows now. The truth is the iDemocratic party is divided into two "hostile camps, and the war is to the hilt •of the knife. The Republican party is <jn no wise responsible t'i»t- this assault on *he integrity of the Governor. It is a part of the general Democratic situation. •Hut, the real significance of the whole matter is not, however, political. The ^Uate of Illinois cannot afford to take a strictly political view of a matter so vital to the good government <»f the State. John ••P. Altgeld is a candidate for re-election, and all the people have a special interest in all who ask their suffrages for high positions. Secretary Van Cleave, of the Republi­ can State Committee, declares that the* Porman letter will shake 50,000 Demo- •tTats loose from their moorings. "We are," said Mr. Van < 'leave, "getting nu­ merous telegrams from various parts of •he State saying the letter is having a tre­ mendous effect. Some of these assert it is the last straw to turn tlie scales in doubtful counties, l l e re is a sample t e le ­ gram from Senator .1, E. Willougliby, of IVclk'ville -}t says; .(""'Foruian's letter settles §t. Clair ' County and doubtless the .State.' "Our committee knew two weeks ago nve had the Stat,-. Now we have found the corpse, and it's so dead there is no ifiope of resurrection. Altgeld is done }for." JOHN1' R. TANNER. l'rorn a photograph taken shortly afisr his en­ listment in ls&s. 1 the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry, nnu died, iii the hospital at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. -I. 1S04. J. M. Tanner. John's remaining also a-menrber~oftlic 1'liir- teenth Illinois Cavalry, and served with' distinction through the war, being muster­ ed out a lieutenant in rank, in I860. He still survives, and is an honored citizen' of Clay County, Illinois. TANNER' SPEECHES. /l/L R,N 'FTNIRIRT ..V A HT IT F a movenioKV. which, If successful, ,would, vXv/JJL' 1 IvIVL^L . ;xxiXL£UU» when eoupvkl with the tariffi.brigandage of tlie ILLINOIS ANTI-SILVER DEMO­ CRATS CHOOSE BLACK. Named for Governor by Acclamation --Platform Declares for Gold and Praises Cleveland's Administration --Wabcock, Brinki' Wiley» Porman and Others Complete ttfieTHc^ket, The Tieket#_ 1. ; - ' . '- For fTovernor. ..,....... .*,.. John C. Black For Lieutenant OoVernor.. . . r; ... .... Chester A'. Itabcoek For Secretary of State... /Charles S. Wiley For Auditor Henry \V. Brink Fof Treasurer. Edward Kldgely For Attorney General..... .Wm. S. Fornian For University Trustees--Albert Eisner, C. B. Babcock, August B. House. The above ticket was nominated in. Chi­ cago Tuesday by the gold Democratic State convention of "Illinois. The con­ vention adopted a platform which in ef­ fect declares against everything ..enun­ ciated in the platform ofjhe silver wing ot the Democracy. It declares for an "holiest" money standr.-J, r.r. l lauds the administraiion of Presiileiit Cleveland. It was a reii'iarkabje convention---i:t'its raafecMip,. in its - almost " Solemn caruj'st- r.ess. More than l.OtX) delegates were in attendance, and the galleries and spaces outside the delegates'- inelo'sure were thronged. The presence of no fewer than "tOO richly dressed vy-omcn-..gave the occa­ sion a social tinge. ,lt.' was, iiarticularly noticeable that the convetition was in the main a convention of old men. i'-res­ ident Cleveland's name, was heartily cheered every time it was ineutioned,* and was nientiosied often r.F.v. JOHN nr .AfK. ^'CampaiiC'i Siorj Re>11 te<l. ' Ciliimian Charles I*. Hitch, of the Re- fiuhlican State Central Conimittoe of Illi- inois. referring to newspaper reports re­ specting the "Silvershake,." a pamphlet <«n the silver-question, authorizes the fol­ lowing statement : \ -'The statement that the'Silversnake' is Ko be withdrawn from virculation or that Errors have been found-in it by the Na­ tional Committee, is a campaign lie. There Hs no truth whatever in the assertion. '"The only, places from •• which the 'Silver- jsnakes' are h&lng 'called in' are the print­ ing Offices, and theiiCo wc are getting Hia Masterly Address at Carthage Discussed by the l'ress. ('apt. John K. Tanner. Republican can­ didate for Governor, delivered another stirring speech at Breese, 011 Saturday. \\ here he was greeted by an immense and 1 nthusiastic throng of people. Pie was accompanied by a number of gentlemeu from Chicago and other cities of the State, several of whom also made address­ es. Capt. Tanner subsequently had a tri­ umphal tour across the State from Clin­ ton County to his home, Louisville, in Clay County. At Odin a mass meeting in progress adjourned to the station when his train arrived, and there he spoke briefly to several thousand people from the rear platform of his car, his remarks being wildly cheered. At Flora another lousing meeting welcomed him. and at Louisville he met his old-time friends and neighbors, who gave him a royal reception. He spoke on Monday at Fairfield to one of die largest Republican meeting ever held there. At all of these places lie was happy aud forceful in expression and illus­ tration. His opening speech at Carthage is received by the press of the State with the highest favor, prominent newspapers classing it with the best campaign litera­ ture of the year. Some of the comments follow: Without.doubt the speech of Capt. Tan­ ner Is otic of^'the .strongest, tersest and plainest that have been delivered during the year. The person who says that Mr. Tanner lias not ability, and the ability to express/himself clearly and logically, evi- deutl-yl^as "not taken the trouble "to read what he says.--Alton Telegraph. John It. Tanner's speech at Carthage Monday was a clear and concise state­ ment of the silver question and a keen expose of the broken promises of the Alt­ geld administration.--Quincy Whig. No man hits the nail 011 the head more squarely than he, aud hits it harder or oftener. Tanner is"hll right.--Champaign Gazette. l i e exhibited a thorough knowledge of the issues and presented the truths of the Republican gospel in an exceedingly piq- uan' and entertaining ttyle.--I'aris Bea- con. ' ' .. The Carthage speech contains n?fire s.,und sense than will bo found in the ut­ terances of stumpers whose tongues vi­ brate to the propulsion of greater^ wind power. From not many political speeches can meatier paragraphs be assembled.-- Rock ford Republican. One ot the best* answers to Bryan's appeal to anti-British prejudice is found In John R. • Tanner's Carthage speech. Bryan says we don't need to • wait' for England's co-operation before we adopt free coinage and lie loftily asserts that wo can do it without England's consent. To which Tanner responds, "We do not need' international consent to make fools of ourselves. ' This is sententious, but at the same time a complete exposure of the folly of the anti-English appeal.- Rock- ford Republican. Mr. Tanner hits straight from the shoul­ der. His points are the embodiment of plain common sense. There is none oft toe Kunt'le. oily demagogy of his opponent, he is a plain man.of the people ajjd will' make a vigorous and "telling ea 111 pa^51.-- 1'out.iac Sentinel. If there is a citizen of Illinois who can scotch the snake of anarchy at the polls next November, John It. Tanner is the man. Wherever he goes and speaks he is 'sure to be greeted with rounds of ap­ plause.--Peliin Evening Post. Mr, Tanner is making an excellent stump speaker, and those Democrats who, raid that Tanner could not stump the State, will find to their disgust that not' only can Tanner make puHtical speeches, but that the speeches he makes are of ,i kind that win votes.--Galesburg Plain-' dealer. r one of the many speakers had a word of commendation for the President. Nearly ••very speaker, too, had a stone 10 hurl at Gov. Altgeld. It was not a convention of frills. There were 110 bands, mid but few banners. It was businesslike to the point of convening exactly at the hour specified in the call--high noon. The heroes of the day were Senator Palmer. Comptroller Eckels. W. S. Forman, .President Cleve­ land and Gen. Black. The big hurrahs of the day were for them. Senator Palmer spoke t wice. lie spoke early in the day. while the various com­ mittees were at work, and lie delivered a speech in nominating Gen. Black. After Mr. Palmer had finished Mr. Eckels called for other nominations. A delegate from Cook County moved that the nomination lie made by acclamation, and Mr. Black was nominated by a viva voce vote. There was the usual cheering. The committee on resolutions was ready to report. Chester A. Babcock, the chair­ man of the committee, read the report. The delegates listened intently to the platform. When the resolutions declared for "honest money" there was a roar of applause, while that part which indorse i every act of -President Cleveland also brought out noise from the delegates. The resolutions follow: We, the Democra ts of I l l inois , in conven­ t ion asseuio led . cher i sh ing the pr inc ip les and the t rad i t ions of t i le g rea t par ty of f reedom and equal i ty , made i l lus t r ious through four genera t ions of Democra t ic - pa t r io ts and s ta tesmen, do dec lare : That the Democra t ic par ty i s pr imar i ly and so lemnly p ledged to l iber ty regula ted by law; to equal and exact Jus t ice to a l l men of whatever condi t ion or persuas ion , re ­ l ig ious or pol i t ica l ; to economy In t l ie t publ ic expense ; to peace , commerce and uoues t f r iendship wi th a l l na t ions , and cntagl ing a l l ' ances \<i th none; to the suppor t of the S la te g i ivr inm.ents in 11P the i r r ights : to the preserva t ion of the Federal Government in i t s whole cons t i tu t ional v igor ; to the pay­ ment of debts in l iones i money, and to the ma 'n tenance of the publ ic fa i th ; tha t i t i s opposed to c lass leg is la t ion which begets the animosi ty of c lass aga ins t c lass , and the s t r i fe of sec t ion aga ins t sec t ion; tha t i t p roc la ims wi th a l l the Impress!veuess tha t recent events make necessary tha t funda­ menta l of Democracy . "Equal r ights for a l l and specia l pr iv i leges for none ," and tha t I t indorses every ac t . execut ive , leg is la t ive or judic ia l , of the present Democra t ic na­ t ional adminis t ra t ion which has tended to sus ta in the e lements of the Democra t ic fa i th , and to mainta in the in tegr i ty of the law. to uphold the d igni ty of the republ ic abroad , to preserve the credi t of the na t ion , and to res is t the sp i r i t of monopoly , fore ign adventure and express ion 011 the one hand, and of d isu i (>r , repudia t ion and d ishonor on the o ther . That the gold dol la r i s now. and for more than s ix tv years has been , the Amer ican s tandard of va lue . t lxeU by Democra t ic s ta tesmen who were opposed to a debased and f luc tua t ing cur rency; and tha t i t i s the measure upon which pr iva te and . publ ic fa i th has res ted and now res ts ; tha t i t i s the dol la r which labor hones t ly earns , and wi th which labor must be hones t ly pa id , and tha t we unreservedly dec lare in favor of main ta in ing tha t s tandard . And we refuse to make concess ions of any charac ter to the e lement which would subs t i tu te therefor the monetary s tandard of the leas t en l ightened na t ions and races of 1 he wor ld . That we favor the use of s i lver ns cur rency and the co 'nage anC. c i rcu la t ion of such quan­ t i t ies thereof as can be kept a t par i ty wi th gold coin , bu t we are opposed to the f ree and unl imi ted coinage of s i lver by the Cni- ted Sta tes ' t iovernfnent as a measure cer ta in to impai r cont rac ts , d i s turb bus iness , d imin­ ish the purchas ing power of the wages of labor , inf l ic t I r reparable in jury upon com­ merce an ' 1 Indus t ry and fas ten an Inef face­ able s t igma upon the f inancia l honor of the Amer ican people . • ' Tha t we demand the re t i rement of the Uni ted S ta tes Government f rom the banking- bus iness and the gradual redempt ion and cancel la t ion of a l l I 'n l ted S ta tes and Treas­ ury notes under such leg is la t ive provis ions as wi l l p revent undes i rable cont rac t ion , to the end tha t the pre tended Republ ican re­ sumpt ion of spec ie payment in 1870 sha l l he- come a g-nuiue resumpt ion and redempt ion in fac t . That 1 he panic and depress ion of 18! l . ' l and succeeding years were the d i rec t resu l t of the opera t ions of the monst rous AJcKinley ta r i f f and the McKinley-Sher inan s i lver pur­ chase ac t , ne i ther of which could have , passed a log-ro l l ing and • money-wast ing Congress wi thout the o ther ; tha t the greed of the pro­ tec ted , in teres ts , as expressed - in the McKln- ley law. was of l ly equaled by the greed of the s i lver in teres ts as expressed in the Me- Kinley-Shi r inan law; i .&at whj le the one op­ pressed hcnes t indus t ry and commerce by unjus t taxa t ion , the o t l je r f para lysed credi t aud "undermined conf idence in the se l f i sh in­ te res t of a c las , j , and tha t we again denounce Republ ican pro tec t ion , whether of manu­ fac turers or of s l iver mine owners , as a f raud , a robbery of a grea t major i ty of the Amer i ­ can people for the benef i t of a few; tha t the? Government- .of the Uni ted S ta tes has no con s t l tu t lonul power U> Impose and t jo l lec t pu ' . i l ie t axes for , the benef i t of pr iva te indiv iduals ; and tha t , n i l t a r , f t t axa t ion should be for rev enue only -That 1 lie- Republican National Convention in June w is dominated by the intrlguing.at torneys of favorite Interests, and was actu­ ated solely by 11 conspiracy of the few who have become rich and powerful through op pressive 1 lotectlve tariffs bearing heavily upon the whole people; that the so-e'alled Democratic National Convention In July was controlled by tile agents of the silver mining Interests, many of them Republicans, by var'ous agftr.tors. sectlonallsts and dema gogues, who do not pretend ti tie Democrats and by'emissaries from a Senatorial syndl cate, who afterward completed In St. Louis ;the work, hi betrayal that was done. In Chi­ cago. and that we recognize in the shameful demand of "that convention for 11 debased dollar with which to 1^1 y debut and wages Republican p'nrty, Impoverish labor, unsettle values, destroy confidence' and inflict upon the republic evils so Insupportable that tho people would not recover from them for many years to come; and in Its reckless at­ tack upoiv the courts, upon the sanctity of contracts and upon civil service refdrui a spirit hostile to Democracy and "subversive ol" the besi interests of the country. That the Democrats of Illinois commend the hsnesty, economy, courage and fidelity of the present. Democratic national admin­ istration of Urover Cleveland, holdlu'g that in Its standi maintenance of public credit. In its attempts to rescue the people from flits' thrnlldom of unjust taxation, in the dignity anel Justice of Its foreign policy and in its enforcement of law, it has justified the faith of the electors who gave It power and exem­ plified the best impulses of American Democ­ racy, and that all those Demociatlc mem­ bers of the House of Representatives and of the United States Senate who. In spite of the treachery of pretended Democrats, remained steadfast Iii their support of Democratic Ideas of tariff reform. • are entitled to the thanks of Democrats everywhere. That we are uncompromisingly In favor of the constitutional independence of the Uni­ ted States Supreme.Court as one of the three co-ordinate powers in this Government. We believe in the appointment of the ablest rep­ resentatives of the bench and ,bar to this tribunal, irrespective of their political views or personal. influences We maintain the right of this court as guaranteed by the Con­ stitution o interpret the law of the land -without fear or favor We deprecate all C-orts made by partisans to assure ill ad­ vance by appointments to the judiciary the declaration of constitutionality In favor of pet measures, or theories of government; w'e especial!.? commend President Cleveland for his Impartiality in the'selection of the mem­ bers-of tills, the highest court of the land, on whose-ben,ch to-day' sits as. Chief Justice one of tho heuiored sons of Illinois? - Holding these ideas to; be among the basic principles of American Democracy, Which cannot "bo departed from with safety, and be­ lieving H'lint' the Democratic party, always necessary to -the preservation of the republic, , more than ever - indispens­ able at this; time, when years of Re­ publican rnisruie and corruption have, brought forth the inevitable harvest of sec­ tionalism, class hatred, distress and despair,,, we appeal to mil good- citizens who have the welfare of their country at heart, to assist us In rebuking the avaricious, restraining the lawless and protecting the peace, happiness and virtue of the people. Franz O'Neill, of Champaign "County, moved that the resolutions lie adopted by a rising vote. This was done," and then tho convention proceeded with'the other nominations, all of which were by accla­ mation. The Tickct Completed. For Lieutenant Governor Z. B. Bos Well nominated Chester A. Babcock. of Quincy, and Mr. Babcock was nominated by acclamation. Mr. Babcock made a brief speech thanking the convention for the honor, saying lie would tight till elec­ tion day for the Democracy of Jefferson and Jackson, of Tilden, and Grover Cleve­ land. . Robert E. Hamill. of Clark Coun-, ty. presented the name of Charles S. Wiley, of Coles County, for Secretary of State. The name of Jacob II. Hopkins was presented by a Cook County delegate, but Mr. Hopkins insisted on withdrawing and Air. Wiley was nominated by accla­ mation. Mr. Wiley nlse> made a speech of thanks. For Auditor, Judge Murpliv, of Perry Comity, nominated Henry Brink, of Washington County. The name of Col. James F. Rodman was presented, but af­ terward withdrawn, and Mr. Brink was nominated by acclamation. For State Treasurer. Edward Ridgely, of Springfield, was nominated by Jacob Hop­ kins. Mr. Ridgely's nomination was made, likowise. hy acclamation, and he respond­ ed in an appropriate speech. For Attor­ ney General W. S. Fornian, of East St. Louis, w'as noiiiinateel with a whoop. Mr, Forman. made a speech that seemed to ready enthuse the delegates. For Uni­ versity Trustees, Albert Eisner of Chnin- paign. C. E. Babcock of Chicago, and August B. House of Peoria were pre­ sented and all were nominated. After a vote of thanfcs to the officers, and three cheers for the ticket, the convention ad­ journed. Over a Hundred Are Converted. Sunday at Camp Epworth closed the most successful camp-meeting ever held in the Rockford district. The day was perfect, and the attendance the largest ever on the grounds, between 9,000 and 10,000 being present. The services have been of the highest order, and much en­ thusiasm was manifested. Much good has resulted from these meetings, over 100 being converted. The 10 o'clock meet­ ing was led by Rev. John Hill, of Rock- ford, and the attendance was so great as to necessitate an overflow meeting led by Rev. W. A. Cross. At the afternoon meeting Rev W- M- Craven, of Belvi- dere delivered a sermon. At the evening service Presiding Elder Hardin led an interesting meeting. Everything Backward. Tho Chinese dfi everything the wrong way according to our views. Tlieir com­ pass poir.ts to the south instead of the nort.li. The men wear skirts nifiTtlio women wear trousers: the men wear their hair long, while the women coil theirs into a knot. The dressmakers are men, and wom­ en carry the burdens. The spoken language is not written, and the written language is not spoken. Books are read backward and any notes are inserted at the top. White is,,used for mourning and bridesmaids always wear black, and in­ stead of being young maidens are old women. The Chinese surname comes first and they shake their own hand instead of the hand of the person introduced. Vessels are lauuehed eiilewise and horses are mounted from the off side. They commence their dinner with dessert and end with soup and fish.-- Chicago News. 'KJG* AROUND A BIG STATE BRIEF COMPILATION OF NOIS N:EWS. ILLI- fiumane Society After Brutal Team- dters-Briilc of u Dajr Faithful for f 20 Years to Her Insane l-fusband-- Serious lipidemic Anions; Stock, Cruelty to Horaeo". _ The Humane Society officers at Chicago recently have received numerous com­ plaints that the horses employed 011 the sanitary canal are subjected to ill treat­ ment. As a result; Ostiar E, Little and George Nolan, agents for the society, and Dr. -X):i Schwartxkolf, a veterinary sur- geom MVre sent t<i'>make an.investigation. It wiis fotinfl 'that! nearly all the horses and mules working on the wheel-shovels anil dump-f,'arts were more of less chafed, aSd in the brick-yards of Michael Myers four horses out of seven that were haul­ ing clay from the canal to the kilns were so badly galled that, the foreman of the works will be.prosecuted. The Huniane Society officia Is aSseVt that the case is. one of the most flagrant that has come to their attpUtion, and they say the trouble might ha^e.beenavoided easily, They teay that, as a i;nlcv horses chaf.e of /'scald" on the shoulders .a'nti'.under'the* collars in the summer, and Jha£ it.is practically impossi­ ble duriit(g-the hpt weather to avoid a cer­ tain'amount of .the "trouble.But- in the case of Myers" horses, they s(iy their flanks were worn till they bled by the con­ stant .rubbing of singletrees and chain fastenings that should not have, touched the horses at all,. One of the horses had its right flank lacerated in half a dozen places by an iron prong that acted as a Coupling between the tug and singletree. There were holes half an inch deep in the flank spread over a blood-smeared space six inches in diameter. Another horse's flank had lieeii pounded till the flesh had cracked for a distance of over eighteeti inches by (lie constant thfunprhg of a sin7 gletree that should have been fastened to the harness above when not in use. Eye Disease Blindintr Cuttle- The peculiar disease which has afflicted the cattle of Breioktield Township, two' miles south of Marseilles, continues to, spread, and the farmers who own large herds of cattle are becoming greatly alarmed over its rapid progress. It is a disease of the eye, and lasts from one to four Wfcks, leaving in most cases the animal totally blind. It first made, its appearance about three weeks ago in it herd of 110' steers which Mr. Summer- boys recently shipped in from Chicago, and it is thought that the epidemic was brought by them. The disease-has now spread to the adjoining farms, and be­ sides the-cattle of Mr. Summerboys, which are all affected eilhi r in cue or both eyes, about seventy-live" others are suffering from the same disease. The symptoms are a watery condition of the eyes, which is soon followed by inflammation and ulcers. A white film also covers the entire eye. In the most severe cases the eye bulges out of the head and breaks. Dr. Lennon states that he; thinks the disease infectious, but not contagious, and that if properly treated in time the animal's eyesight can be saved. lie says that the disease has been known so far only to make--its--appearance in extremely liotr weather, and thinks that it may be caused by some kind of weed which grows in the lowlands. National Party's Tickct. At the National Silver Prohibitionist party State convention at Decatur the "broad-gauge" platform adopted at Pitts­ burg was indorsed, and the effort to cause the Illinois Prohibitionists to fuse with the "narrow-gauge" Prohibitionists prov­ ed a failure. The following State ticket was nominated: Governor, Isaac'Wiggs, Chicago: Lieutenant Governor. A. C. Allen. Murphysboro; Secretary of State, L. G. Spem-er, Chicago; Auditor, J. A, Hoopes, Ipjiva: Treasurer, A. L. Scott, Orangeville: Attorney General, G. A. Gor­ don, Campbell Hill; Fniversity Trustees, Mary E. Metzger, Moline; Mrs. Eliza J. Adams, Quincy, and Mrs. ,1. D. Collins, Yandalia: United States Senator. Daniel R. Sheen. Peoria; Electors-at-large. W. E. Mann, Decatur, J. W. Wells, Chicago; Electors for nine districts. L. Webster, C. I). Payne, N. H. Kane. John Hoskins. M. Schoolcraft. Marshall Irey, T. J. Bullard, R. Allen and H. E. Killam; National Committeemen, Henry H. Roser and doyel G. Spencer, Chicago. Money was pledged to pay campaign expenses. C. E. Bent ley. nominee for President, addressed the convention. He addressed a mass meeting at. the tabernacle, taking up each plank of the national party. Close of a Fitiful Tras.eely. The announcement of the death Satur- iiy of Martin Eekerich at the State in­ ane asylum at Anna recalls a tragedy 1111 twenty years ago and closed with death. He was a prosperous harness dealer at Belleville find was married to a highly esteemed young lady there twenty cars ago. The wedding festivities took ill ace in the evening and none was happier thap the groom. Th\ next morning lie was found a raving maniac. Ilis condi­ tion was hopeless and lie was removed to the asyluill,-where he remained until his death. The cause of his insanity was never known. Ilis bride of a day remain­ ed true to him and was the first one noti­ fied of his final end. Preserving Wootl. A new method of preserving wood is known as vulcanizing or llaskinizing, after the name of itjs inventor. Colonel S. E. Haskiu. Hitherto, all methods of preserving wood have been based upon the assumption that the sap must be discharged from out the pores, and must be replaced by some chemical .antiseptic body such as creosote. Col. ilaskin holds that this system is wrong in theory, and that the ,sap being the life blood of the wood should remain, being subject to special treatment. By ertain processes in which heat, plays a very important part the sap is ren­ dered insoluble, and .the wooel is 110 longer capable e>f absorbing moisture. This vu.canized wood is coming into use for all kinds of constructive work. It is odorless, can in the process be barged with any desired stain; it works aveli under'all cutting tools ,and is practically indestructible. ' Sheep delight in the short grass and peculiar herbage of hill pastures and bare downs, and the mutton produced in such pastures and by the breeds most suitable to them is of superior quality to that of thev large, fat sheep fed on richer sod. The multitude of tiny shells so often found on every foot of down turf is also very efficacious in fattenin and nourishing the animal. Col. Sinu, of Brooklyn. Is the dean of theatrical ̂ managers in this country. He has been a manager for nearly forty live years, and during that time he has never passed a salary day or cut sal­ aries, on account of bard times or bad bu&laess. State News in Brief. The thirteenth annual reunion of the Doolev family was held Thivrstlay at the home of M. H. Young, near Brokaw. What may prove two important arrests were made at Yirginia by Sheriff Pilger. and the suspected murderers are now ly­ ing in Ihe county jail awaiting identifica­ tion. One is supposed to be Abb Mead, alias "Jack" Dalton, who i,s wanted at Pierce City. Lawrence County, Mo., for the murder of a son of C. I,. Egan in Oc­ tober. ISO."). Tiie other is Rufus Frank­ lin, alias "Billy" Sidwell. Who is wanted for the killing of Noah Storjr and William Kelly near-Linn Grove, Calloway County, Ivy., about a year ago. The. first annual music festival of the recently organize*! League of American Musicians of the State took place at Pe­ oria S^dag'. Bands were present from Kvunsvijfe,,Decatur..Bloomington, Spring­ field. Mount Pulaski and other places. While;, riding info Rockford on top of a freight train M. A*. Bond, of Chicago, was struck l»y a'bridge, under which the train was1 pftSsihg,' and was instantly killed. The hmly fell ou'tlie tracks and was ntn over by two trains. The man was a member, of (.-Chicago Typographical. Union. No. Hi, and had been employed by Chicago newspapers as a linotype operator. At Pana, III.. Mrs. Anna II.^Hum­ phreys, wife-of the ex-City Attorney and Democratic nominee for State's Attorney, E. A. Humphreys, died suddenly of heavt failure, aged 55 years. •„ Thursday was golelcti wedding day at the Rockford district camp meeting, only those who had seen fifty years of relig­ ious service taking a place on the platform. Presiding Elder Hardin conducted the novel service, the first of the kind ever' . held ein the ground, and in his sermon elis- cussed courtship, the engagement and the betrothal robe. The number enrolled was forty-five, the Aggregate of ages, &000 years, and the years of Christian service, 2,500. It was a profitable meeting. Sickness and despondency caused F'red Matt, a Chicago saloon-keep®, 30 years old, to shoot himself at-his home. Matt had been confined to liis bed for nearly a week. He left a .note to his wife, dated Aug. 8, showiiig that he had contem­ plated suicide for.a fortnight. He leaves, also, four-small children. Charles Do­ na r, 01 years old and a laborer, commit­ ted suicide by shooting himself through the head. Tuesday his wife procured a warrant for his arrest, charging disorder­ ly conduct and assault. The case was set for hearing in Justice Hennessy's court Wednesday morning. While the Justice \Vas waiting for him to appear Donar returned to his home and killed himself. » Five thousand members of the fraternal order Modern Woodmen of America nar- ticipated in the annual picnic of the Win­ nebago County association, which was held at the fair grounds in liockford Wednesday. There were band contests aud a lengthy athletic program. The ad­ dress was given by W. A. Northcott, head consul of the order and Republican candi­ date for Lieutenant Governor. The Speaker refrained ffemi discussing poli­ tics,- confining himself to matters con­ nected' with the order. He complimented Rockford -as being in the heart of wood­ craft, having the banner Camp of the country in point of numbers. The annual election of the association resulted : Fifes-, idenf. Frank Seaverns Latham; Vice President, Charles Bos well; Secretary, • J^rin&tt; Treasurer, T. F. Hop­ kins, The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois met at Champaign, anel deckled to make temporary repairs to the amount of $10,- 000 011 the chemical-laboratory building, which was "almost .totally destroyed" by fire Sunday morning. The board has no available funds -at the present tiine to meet the expense of a complete remodel­ ing. and this work will have to be deferred until the convening of the Legislature, when- an appropriation sufficient'to meet the expense will 110 doubt be made. At present a permanent roof will be put on the walls of the ruins anel the interior will be furiMshoel' and equipped temporarily, to -be torn out when the appropriation is made. Thjj ^structure will be r?ady for occupancy early, in the school year, to open the 1st. of September. Charles Pauza, of .".'104 Laurel street, Chicago, was awakened early Thursday morning by two burglars in his room, who were ransacking the drawers in a dressing case. He sprang out of bed and grappled With the smaller of the two thieves and succeeded in throwing him to the floor, choking him severely. The second robber went to his companion's assistance and struck Pauza ovei^ the head with his revolver. Pauza grappled with his antagonist, and during the scuf­ fle the man discharged his revolver three times. One of the bullets struck Pauza in the hip, inflicting a serious wound, lie fell to the floor and die burglars es­ caped. Other persons in the house were aroused and they chased the fugitives. A police officer in the neighborhood saw tlic men, but they managed to avoid him. Pauza was taken to the County Hospital. One of the most brutal murders that have ever been 011 record iff the county occurred about five miles east of MeLeausboro at I o'clock Wednesday morning. A. M. Ray, a wealthy farmer, 05 years of age, shot and instantly killed^ Joshua Biggerstaff, anel Biggerstaff's mother, aged 0.'5, had been meeting in a woods pasture near their honle, and the woman's family grew suspicious of her conduct, anel some time ago her husband upbraided Ray about it. Since then both men have gone armed. Wednesday morning Biggerstaff and his brother starteel to a neighbor's home to get a friend to go fishing, and while going through the woods pasture Ray stepped from behind a tree and struck Bigger- staff with his gun, breaking both jaw bones, and then shot him in the head. Ray got on his horse and rode home, where Sheriff Buck arrested him. Bigger- staff's wife is in poor health and will die from prostration. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company is about to engage iu sheep raising in Kendall County. There has been secured a lease of 250 acres of liue grazing land, well watered by Big Rock Creek. 011 which the company wili at once commence the erection of sheds and the necessary chutes for loading and unloading stock from the cars. The rent­ al agreed upon is 1111 acre, and tho agreement calls further for the use^ of 1,500 acres additional for a stated period for grazing each spring and fall. The land is rented from Lewis Steward, who owns 5,000 acres of land in Kendall Coun­ ty. It is understood the company has gone into the business as a way of gain­ ing relief from the sharp competition that exists in securing Western shipments of sheep for Chicago. Sheep will be pur­ chased as favorable prices offer, and shipped to the farm, which is so close to ihe market that it can be easily watched, •and the sheep delivered at the stock yards on short notice whenever strong prices prevail. The plans provide for the holding of anywhere from 5,000 to l.i,000 slfte'cp. Mayor Brown, of Rockford, will veto the1 franchise granted to the Rockford Traction Company 011 7th street by,the Council. This was settled by the com­ pletion of the report of the City Engineer 011 the subject of frontage, the company being short over 000 feet of the majority required by law to secure a franchise, be­ cause of the revocations to their petitions which were secured and presented the Council Monday evening by the opposing company, just before a vote 011 the pass­ age of the franchise was taken. It4would require ten out of fourteen votes in the Council to pass it over the Mayor's veto, and this number the Traction Company will be unable to" secure. The latter tiled an acceptance of the franchise granted to them Monday evening, together with .a check for $1,000 as their portion of the expense of the pavement laid several years ago. The Council does not me*et again for three weeks, anel^in the mean­ time the "fraction Company will not be allowed to start work 011 7th street. The courts will probably be calk'el 011 to finally settle, the railway war. Mrs. Henry Miller, of Sterling. 4 shot and instantly killed Frank Thompson at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning'. TiKrtf-.p- soii went to the Miller honle- and, it is laimed, attempted to force an entrance, contrary to the wishes of the inmates. Mrs. Miller was arrested. -* -?v V b PhjiiS have been completed for tiie cere^, monies;attending the laying of the corner stone for the Western Hospital for the Insa$B#ht Watertowh Sept. 5. Gov. Alt­ geld stthd staff, the Sixth Regiment, the ntivai-reserves^eif -Chicago, Moliue and Altoii, and Ihe civic societies of liock Isl­ and .and Moline will partieipiate. Allen White, while returning from church at Mishawukji with his wife, was held up by four men Sunday night, drag­ ged from his buggy and robbed of .$25 in pension money. The annual statement of the Chicago water department has bee a estimated for 1890. and in a report to Mayor Swift Bookkeeper Gosselin, of the public works department, predicts a net income for the year. The balance to the credit of the department at the beginning of the pres­ ent year was $595,518.72. The estimated receipts of the water office are given as -$2,l85yl02.07. The expenses are *stt mateel at-$l,534,880, leaving a balance oi $000,222.07 to the credit of the fund. , •> - - Gilbert Parker's new novel, J"TM Pomp of the Lavilettes," is nearly ready. Mr. Parker has also completed the manuscript 6f a new short serial to be called "Cumner's Soul" An important ' work soon to issue Trom the Macinlllan press is Henry O. Wakeman's "An Introduction to the History of the Church of England, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day." President Roswell D." Hitchcock, of the Union Theological Seminary, New York, has issued in tasteful brochure from an American version of "The Gos­ pel According to John," with the read­ ings prefaced by the American Commit­ tee of Revision. The autobiography of Augustus .T. C. Hare is at last to see the light in the coming autumn. Two of the projected four volumes will appear in September. This monumental work is to be enti­ tled "The Story of My Life," and will be illustrated with numerous wood cuts and photogravures. A new terror "looms ahead £or maga­ zine publishers. The proprietor of Mo-"" Clure's Magazine is now traveling in Palestine making arrangements for. elaborate illustrations to embellish A aerial; life of Christ to be printed at enormous expense in, colors. The text is to be written by Maclaren or Crock­ ett. ' ' W. M. Meredith, George Meredith's son/who is now a partner in the Lon­ don publishing house of Archibald Con­ stable & Co., has purchased the copy­ right of his father's book, "The Tragic Comedians." The ^dribners are to han­ dle the new thirfy-four-volume edition of Meredith, 1,000 sets being apportion- eel to America. The Scientific American celebrates the completion of its fiftieth year with a striking anniversary number cover­ ing seventy-two pages and reviewing in severalty all the leading industrial arts during the Inst half century. The publishers have doue a valuably serv­ ice for students of science as well as for their own justly esteemed periodi­ cal. The Bookman says of the great thir- ty-volume literary anthology which Charles Dudley Warner is editing: "He is building a sort of literary Pantheon wherein shall be set the masterpieces of those alone who stand for something sound and strong and wholesome. No other living American is so well quali­ fied to carry out this plan with breadth of vision and judgment; and, we may- add, not many would possess the cour­ age to attempt the task." Competitive Preaching. Elijah Hedding, the well-known Mtf-thodist bishop who lived in the first- half of the present century, was partic­ ularly felicitous iu making appoint­ ments for the different circuits. He used, however, to tell with keen enjoy­ ment of one occasion on which he fail­ ed to give satisfaction. At the close of a conference when he bad made numerous appointments for circuits, a boy appeared, gasping for breath, and informed him that a man at the hotel, who seemed to be in a dying condition, was anxiously calling the bishop's name. Hurrying to the hotel, be found the man in a state bordering on hysterics because he had failed to secure the ap­ pointment he wished, but had been as­ signed to another Circuit. "Now stop bawling," said the bishop f'rnily. when the man had made his complaint, "and go to your post and la­ bor like a man." He thought lie had seen the last of the fault finder, but a short time after the man appeared again, in a great state of excitement. "I don't blame you, bishop," he said, "but it's that presiding elder! And now if you'll only hear him and me preach two bouts of twenty sermons apiece," lie continued, looking anxious­ ly at. Bishop Hedding for encourage­ ment, "two bouts of twenty sermons apiece, if I don't beat him, bishop, why I'll give up!" This trial never took place, but the bishop had^somP difficulty in persuad­ ing the discontented preacher to return to his post. AVhere Space Is Liimited. jiAce^ordiiig to the Washington Star, a young fMsui who contributes--or tries to contribute--to the newspapers was seen standing out 111 the* .night and gazing long and earnestly at the sky. "What are you doing? Studying as­ tronomy V" asked the friend who e :n- countered him there. ••No; go away and don't disturb me. I am gazing into infiu!te distance." "I don^ see what satisfaction you find in that." "That's because you have never had any experience wi^^fe^tors. ^u don't know what comfort it is to lind some place where nothing is ever crowded out for want of space." Degenerating;. No Jokes are better appreciated than those that are made unwittingly by sober-minded men. An Btiglish journal relates a case in point, the sober-minded man being Mr. John Burns, a very serious iftjmber of the House of Commons. He speak­ ing in a pessimistic strain aboj.u.t what lie felt to be a great falling off in the character and standing bf th^ut august body. ;. ^'Sint?e I came into, this hous^, four ^vears ago," be said, "the conmfenee of the public iu it has much dii<j|&tshed." .i '•*" ^ i Different .Now. Hodge--Too bad that youVftave to work nights in addition to i^ie long hours you put in'during the day. Henson--Oh, I don't have -to work nights. I get through at 5 o'clock ev­ ery day. " . f*!\ Hodge--Why. your wife toldjny wife that you had to work until 11, or 12 o'clock every night. . Henson--Yes, but you know my wife's away, from home now.--Cleveland Leader. The Reason. . Manager--Don't you think that your dress is--well, just a little bit low cut? Miss Monkfort--You see, the reason Is that my voice is a trifle off to-night, and it is necessary to distract the audi­ ence's attention from the fact.--Judy.