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'•-Z .. ' ' ' ' THE WOOL INDUSTRY built in England, but our builders can- furnish them on shorter notice. The free-trade plan was to have all such tliiugs as locomotives built in- England, but our policy of protection lias- changed all that, to the great advan­ tage of locomotive users.. Under the Dingley Law. The following table shows six: months' exportations under the Ding- ley law to the fourteen countries which protested against that measure, an<l comparing the same with correspond­ ing six mpnths under the Wilson law:: Aug.. 1, 1897, Aug. 1, 1896, to Feb. 1,1898. to Feb. 1, 1S97. U n 1 t ed Kingdom and Canada . . . . .$330,230,133 $319,807,218 Germany -83.30o.141 71,995,141 France 53,787,433 42,518,914 Netherlands 33,934,562 24,584,938 Belgium 26,778,804 18,007,757 Italy i- 12,257,498 11,177,686 Japan 9,041,485 6,528,873 Denmark 6,040,969 4,699,103 China ......... 4,2S)>\273 5,670,890 Argentine .... i.... 3,670,184 3,682,955 Austria-Hungary .. 2,958,057 1,717,063 Turkey 332,35S 157,940 Switzerland ....... 129,486 33,038 Greece ...i........ 58,052 47,943 Totals $566,822,435 $510,329,459 This increase in the purchase of our products by the countries which pro­ tested against the adoption of the new tariff and accompanied their protests wijth the implied threat of retaliation through reduction of their purchases from lis Js the more interesting because of the fact that in nearly all cases; their sales to the United States have been reduced since the adoption of the Dingley law. The total importations from the fourteen countries named in the above table fell off during the first six months of the Dingley law nearly $23,000,000, as compared with the cor­ responding six months of the preced­ ing year under the low tariff Wilson law. the imports from these countries from Aug. 1, 1807, to Feb. 1, 1808, being $182,927,5)05, against $205,093,688 in the corresponding months of the preceding year. Sheep Values Contrasted. C. .<3 ) ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. At Areola, a barn of William Harm(4 was destroyed by fire. At Louisville, MoseB Land; aged 72, wa$ , J found almost dead from starvation. Fire destroyed part of the Illinois Ircni and Boat Company's works at Elgin. i " Plans have been preparpd for a new yI A. building at Karkakee, to cost Hereafter all tramps arrested in Elgin will be made to pound stone. This move ° ' , 1&'J| is taken because the city is overrun with The Republican committee of the Tenth congressional district has decided to hold the congressional sonverction in Rock Isl- •Tohn T. Donoghue, a prominent member of the La Salle County bar and one of the prominent leaders of the sound money movement in 1S9G. died at La Salle of At Mount Olivet the monster reservoir r of the Consolidated Coal Company, cov­ ering six acres and fifteen feet in depth, -M, burst, flooding the bottoms. The engi­ neers climbed trees in time to save their ! dyes. The loss is heavy. AH the union-cigarmakers employed In the "open" shops in Canton have quit work. Several non-union workmen from Chicago also quit. There are twenty-five cigar factories there, arid the eight largest ones, when running full force, employ about yOO workmen. Chicago. Lawn Baptists will Worship for the next few weeks in a new sanctuary without instrumental music, because fire destroyed the two-story frame building fit ; -~°0 Sixty-first place. ..With the Ml ing all the church furnishings in the hall on the second floor, including a pipe organ and numerous hymn books, were consum­ ed. The total loss to the building and to the premises adjoining is $0,100. The Oatman brothers, creamery men, have nude a proposition to their Dundee creditors to pay 25 per cent of the claims in cash and the balance in three equal in- . v stallments, three, six and nine months af­ ter the cash payment. This has been ac­ cepted, and the same proposition will be made to the other creditors. The Oat- mans are confident that it is but a matter of time when they will again be on their * > feet and on the way to prosperity. r Charles Link, a young man 21 years old, the son of John H. Link, a wealthy farm­ er living near Forreston, committed sui­ cide by shooting himself in the head. He was found dead in the barn by his sister with a heavy revolver, of which two chambers had been discharged, clutched >v£| J in his hand. When the news reached his sweetheart. Miss Billig, living in the same neighborhood, she was stricken with heart trouble and is in a precarious con- In the United States Court.at Spring- field, in the matter of George F. Graves of Saline County against the county'of Salftie, a suit in assumpsit for $10,00(1 damages, Judge Allen rendered judgment for plaintiff for the amount sued. De­ fendants in 1871 issued bonds in aid of the Danville and Cairo'Railroad, now the Big Four. Plaintiff purchased some $10,- 000 worth at a 7 per cent rate of interest^ ^ The company defaulted on principal audi . interest. The troubles of Dr Johnson and Mrsi Clayton of P*« •nee continue to asitipiy,; and hn'ye, peached the sensational point. A mass meetirfg"*&f citizens was held at) Pawnee for the purpose of considering the rumors and taking action upon the I M same. Many speeches were made, whicM finally resulted in a set of resolutions be­ ing adopted calling upon Dr. Johnson and Mrs, Clayton and her husband to leave the village within five days or suffer the consequences. A new application for the incorporation of the Americau Steel and Wire Com-> pan.v of Chicago was tiled with the Secre­ tary of State at Springfield by John W. Gates, Isaac L. Ellwood and Elbert H. Gary. The first applicatipn, filed some time ago, placed the capital stock at $87,- 000,000. Some of the expected companies declined to enter the combination, and this made necessary a reorganization, witib a ; capital stock of $24,000,000. The fee for incorporation is $24,040. Twelve million is preferred and the rest common stock. The Selz-Schwab shoe factory in Elgin is closed indefinitely. An order came from Mr. Selz to close the entire factory, and the superintendent told all workmen to take their tools with them, as there would be no further wofk. This order throw* 200. people out of employment. The ae- I f tion was precipitated by a strike of nine­ teen lasters a few days ago. Their wages I had been cut and a change made in their j work which further reduced their pay, | | and they went out. "No agreement could be made with the company, and a general strike was anticipated in sympathy with ?* .1 the lasters. The action of the company i forestalled this. <. *<' * '3 !• Linn McNeil, who was convicted ai | / Jj|l Peoria of an assorted lot of burglaries, I enjoys the distinction of being the most I 1 versatile thief in the district. When the I police raided his three caches they found - three wagon loads of stolen property, in* I 'M-l| eluding ten hives of bees, three cools f • ' I stoves, five sets of harness, two grind-. ' 1 4 stones, one granite gravestone, half a bar- & rel of pickled pigs' feet, twenty younff I trees stolen from a subdivision, one rub* # • , ber foot mat stamped "Welcome," and I* f more than a F.undred articles of household | goods, including Bibles, autograph album*! and children's toys, storm doors, one seif 4 of false t'?eth, chickens, hogs and even pet; cuts On July 7. 1895. Father Ilogan of Har| ; -- vard. his brother, Dr. John Hogan of tfc Elgin asylum staff, and wife and ch£i were drowned while boating on Lai®" / .;J ||j|9gj9 Geneva. Father Hogan left two insrf- / a nee policies. One was payable to Sify brother and the other to his brothfr jf wife. Litigation as to heirship is now P* progress, the final hearing to be April Mrs. Dr. Hogan was a McGrath of Her people seek what would h-?~e. bee* her share. The point is as to priority of death. In the absence of »,r°of to the contrary the plaintiff's attorney claims that the child natural? died ***& that the doctor's wi« survived her hm» band. On this Sun>osition her insurance money should go to her heirs. Henry B. Br*hl of Blue Island, who i* in Ottawa engaged in the publication of ft directory d that city, was accidentally shot, but not injured beyond a slight flesh wound. A wild shot from a man doing target practice struck him in the shoui- AN IMPORTANT BUSINESS,, CRIP­ PLED 3Y LEGISLATION. SQ6ER OR STARTLING, FAITH FULLY RECORDED. The Free Wool P*>wi8ion of the Wil­ son-Gorman Law .flooded This Conn- try with Foreign Fleeces and In­ flicted Heavy Losses Upon Farmers. Carlyle Bank Case Will Be Pushed- Siver Overflows at Pctersbnrg- Farmer Indicted for Child Murder- Death Caused by Tooth-Filling.. New Trial in the Kamsny Cas™. The case of John H. Witbeck and others of Chicago versus Elijah II. Ramsay, ad­ ministrator of the estate of the late Rnfus N. Ramsay, will be heard at the May term of the Clinton County Circuit Court. The bondsmen of the late treasurer were defeated in the lower court and again in the higher court. The case was reversed and remanded, and now M. O. Murray, counsel for the administrator, has served notice on all the parties concerned to be ready as above stated. The case will be pushed to a final issue in the Supreme Court. The creditors of the defunct bank­ ing institution concluded to resume the contest. how you had given the things all to me. "The next day mother and me took the baby and walked around to find a place to stay in that night where we could look af­ ter the baby, for it was sick and freezing, mother said. So she put her own shawl around it, and all day long I carried the basket full of bread, and we was glad we had that; but when night came we was still without a place to sleep again, so we slipped into a shed where we found noth- in' in. Mother kissed little brother many, times like as if to keep him warm wjtli kisses; but I guess it was no good kissiu' for that. When I waked in the mornin' I tried to wake mother kind of easy like so as not to wake the baby, but I seed they Were both asleep, and not a little boy like me could wake 'em." The lady bowed her head and she could not speak, but took the child by the hand and led him along with her for a little way, and when .she could speak again, she snid: "And where are you now, FreddieV" "I am with some kind folks--the ones as lived in the little house that the shed belonged with. They took care of mother and the baby apd took me to live with them till I find a better place." "We will go and see them." The lady found them to be thrifty, hon­ est people, and in a short time a few changes were made and Freddie sent to school. , f A year passed and little Freddie was spoken of as the child artist. Among his drawings, and through his books, was found a face pictured as an angel's. The face seemed evef before him. When the Eastertide came he had painted on a card the figure of an angel about which shone a shower of light; the face was that of the lady who had found him, hungry and cold. The angel hovered over a portal at which knelt a woman with a little child held close to her breast. Freddie looked long and lovingly at this little emblem, then started out to take it to the lady--to hand it to her himself, he thought. In crossing one of the thorough­ fares on his way, so intent was he upon his happy errand, that he was heedless of the horses dashing this way and that. Suddenly there was a warning cry, but all too late. The little fellow was picked from the pavement a moment later, the blood trickling from his head where the print of the horse's iron shoe showed the cause. They carried him to a place near by, where all that could be was done for him. In one little hand he still grasped Indicted for Murder. Louis Fritz, a German' farmer living south of Nashville, has'been arrested and placed in jail without bond, charged with murdering his 4-vear-old, stepson. ' About two weeks ago the child suddenly died, its myth or being absent from home, and after its burial it became known that Pritz had come into possession of! considerable'prop­ erty which he could riot, have acquired had the child lived. Suspicion was aroused to such an extent that the State's Attorney ordered the body exhumed and an autopsy held. It was found that the child's neck Was dislocated and that it was bruised about the head and body. HAIL to Him whose star Is seen Glowing in the Eastern skies; Fairest of the sons of men, Sweetest song In Paradise! All the paths of earth He trod. From the manger to the grave. Proving life, "The gift of God," Deathless, as the hand which gave. Christ Is risen! Hear the song. Filling all the aisles of air. Where the stars of glory throng. Where the angels answer prayer: Christ is risen over all-- Every claim of mortal sense. Sin no longer need enthrall. Death no more life's ardor quench. Christ is risen! Sing the words. Till they feed the hungering world, As the forest fills with birds, As the floral fields unfold; Sing them till the winds of heaven Have their pure aromas blown Into every port, and haven, Where the name of Christ is known. Many Rendered Homeless. Two hundred and fifty people were ren­ dered homeless at Petersburg by the over­ flow of the Sangamon river, which passes through the eastern part of the city. No lives were lost, but many narrow escapes were reported by the citizens, who were compelled to leave cr» short notice. The entire territory east of the Chicago, Peo­ ria and St. Louis tracks is entirely under water from two to six feet in depth. The sudden rise of the river came upon the inhabitants of the eastern part of the city without notice and many of them did not secure their property before leaving. Wife Beater Shot Down. Officer James Pack of the Alton city police force was dangerously assaulted and crippled while trying to arrest Joe Gesser for wife and child beating. Just before other officers arrived on the scene Pack shot Gesser through the neck, in­ flicting a fatal wound. The warrant for Cesser's arrest was issued at noon od complaint of his wife. He let the officer into the house and then locked the door behind him, when he began the assaul' which ended in the tragedy. Money for City of Moline. Twenty-five thousand difllars, or s< much thereof as may be necessary, is rec- onimeiidrd-by the committee <m commerce with which the Secretary of War is to ife<?ftmpejise the city. of Moline for the removal of* rebuilding of its bridge j),cross Rock river. The present bridge, con­ structed when the Rock river was not considered a navigable stream, has no draw and will be an obstruction to miti­ gation on the Hennepin canal, when that shall be finished. Christ Is risen! Evil powers Flee like mists the morning's sun, Truth descends in healing showers, God and Goodness, shine as one! In these resurrection hours Let us from our Idols turn. Wreath the cross with Easter flowers, And the risen Christ discern. -Ram's Horn. FREDDIE'S EASTER CARD THE NEW EASTER EQU Big Haul of Safe Blowers. The store of I)r. Thomas Kennedy of Hinckley was entered one recent night by burglars, the safe opened and $1,200 in cash, jewelry and postage stamps tak­ en. The burglars are supposed to have been from Chicago. Dr. Kennedy lives in the upper story of the frame structure. The outer safe door was broken by a sledge hammer and the inner lock was blown open, but he slept through the noise. What It Costa. The best posted men" in the United States estimate that the sum paid to foreign shipowners by the people of the United States each year for the car­ riage of the imports and exports of the United States approximates about $300,000,000. This is an enormous sum of money for a nation to drain from it­ self to enrich foreign shipowners and shipbuilders, foreign peoples and gov­ ernments. During the fiscal year end­ ing June 30, 1890, the total value of the mineral productions of the United States is placed by the government statisticians at $623,717,288. So it took one-half of the entire mineral produc­ tion of the United States that year to pay foreign shipowners for the freights they earned in carrying the imports aud exports of the United States. How many Americans realize that it re­ quires the value of one-ilia If our entire annual mineral production to pay our yearly bill to foreign shipowners for doing a carrying that we ought to do ourselves? What is the matter with the party of protection that it does not bestir itself to put a stop to so colossal a drain? Why should American ships in the foreign trade be chosen by the Repub­ lican party to demonstrate to all the world the withering effects of free trade?---New York Commercial. Snppresion of a Fraud. Considerable attention lias been given recently by the Treasury Department to the elimination of an evil which was assuming large proportions, and which had become seriously annoying to hon­ est American manufacturers of cutlery. The practice of having American trade­ marks stamped on t,lie blades of foreign made knives and scissors has been per­ emptorily prohibited by an order of the Secretary of the Treasury. This recent order was designed to put in active force section 11 of the new tariff law, which says in effect that no imported article shall bear a name or trade-mark which tends to the belief that the said article was made in the United States. Within the past few years American manufacturers of cutlery have had to compete with an enormous traffic in cheaply made goods brought to this country from abroad and sold widely on the strength of bogus American trade-marks. The alertness of the Government examiner in the local ap­ praiser's department is now making short work of this particular kind of deception. Night blindness is a rare condition, in which a person toward evening finds that objects are becoming less and less distinct, and at last he is totally blind. This may occur without previous warn­ ing, and cause great alarm, and next morning lie finds that his sight is re­ stored. This is repeated every night; but at last the eyes become weak dur­ ing the day also, and suffer paralysis of the optic nerve. This strange affec­ tion may, in some cases, become epi­ demic. It has attacked bodies of troops exposed to great fatigue and the glare of the sun's rays. If there are no symp­ toms of disease within the brain, recov­ ery generally results by protection of the eyes from the light, and entire re­ pose. It is frequent among the natives of some parts of India, who attribute it to sleeping exposed to the mooubeams. Looks Like a Murder. The lifeless body of an unknown man, apparently 30 years old, was discovered floating in the Ohio river at Metropolis. A gunshot woujid was found back of his left ear. In a pocket was a deck passage ticket on the steamer Spread Eagle from Alton to St. Louis. The condition of the body indicated that he had been dead some days. Dental Work Causes Death. Henry V. Brown, a postal clerk running between Dubuque and Chicago, died at his home in Freeport of arsenical poison­ ing. Mr. Brown went to a dentist in Chi­ cago to have the nerve of a tooth killed. Through the carelessness of the dentist, or in some other way. the arsenic used got into the system of the patient. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lord. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Lord, who gave to Elgin the beautiful park bearing their name aud have been liberal donors to all objects of a public nature, have offered to give the Elgin Y. M. C- A. $10,000 to­ ward a building fund, providing the $20,- 000 balance required would be raised by subscription by July 1. Brief State Happenings. Gov. Tanner has appointed William Burkey State fish warden of Hancock County, vice John Harper of Colchester, removed. Wilmette lias decided to remain a vil­ lage. The proposition to make a city of the Chicago suburb was lost by a vote of 181 to 50. I). C. Copeland, aged 87, of Warren County, married Mrs. Nora Johnson, aged 30, of Peoria. He deeded to his new wife all his property, valued at several thou­ sand dollars. In the meantime the bride left her aged lord. Cope'and's children will sue to recover. Upon the recommendation of the State board of pardons Gov. Tanner has par­ doned Samuel J. Dos« out of the Chester penitentiary. Doss was sentenced in 1805 from Jackson County for five years for grand larceny. The Governor deemed the sentence excessive and grants the pardon. The l)oard of trustees of the Bradley polytechnic institute at Peoria made plans for the coming year, which begins July 1. The appropriation of $37,000 to cover the running expenses for the twelve months was adopted. ^ ° The engine of a Chicago and Northwest­ ern passenger train on the Kenosha divis­ ion jumped the track two miles' north of Rockford the other night. The engine tipped over on its side. Fireman Darnel O'Leary was badly scalded and will prob­ ably die. Engineer James Boodle was se­ riously hurt. Both live at Harvard. No passengers were injured. A big petition was presented at the reg­ ular meeting of the Aurora City Council, asking for the abolishment of wine rooms in saloons and an ordinance to that effec t was presented. 'This is the culmination of a long and vigorous campaign ^.induct­ ed by the W. C. T. U. and other temper­ ance societies. Twenty colonists have left Bradley to take up farms in the vicinity of Edmon­ ton, N. W. T. Agents of the Canadian Government have been working two months organizing the colony, which rep­ resents a population of 150, but all the families do not expect to depart until June, when their hemes will have been erablished. National bank reports to the Comptroll­ er of the Currency at Washington under the call of Feb. 18 show that the num­ ber of banks in Illinois, exclusive of Chi­ cago, is not changed since Dee. 15, the date of the last call. There are still 202 t of these, nor is there any marked change in their condition. A collision on the Northwestern Rail­ road occurred on a curve two miles from Roseoe. 'Three lives, were crushed out and three trainmen were hurt. The wreek^ was caused by the head end collision of ^ the passenger which arrives from ^ tfie uorth at 8:3# and an eugine running lighL Suits aggregating $10,000 were docket­ ed in the Circuit Court at Rockford " against the Illinois Central Railroad by relatives of Frank A. Kendberg and Cart A. Beckman, a man and boy killed at a grade crossing accident some months ago. The coroner's jury at the time returned "a verdict exonerating the road, and it i* ex­ pected that the cases will be warmly eoi*-. tested. '.