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Jy in nMwu'Mmi TARIFF QUESTIONS SOME STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS. '* l*'ntrti« of Beat Sam^TarqM In- v. % In V»la«--Stspplif with H»U I H" -~'f **** *tory--Am l*trr#<tla( Latter INm * McKlnlay Damor.rat. m Tariff Queatioua AnaworaA. ; :i Question No. 21. How lonz should S protee- lira duty on an article be retatued ? V- Forever. It finally abolishes itself, tnd as it then harms no one, it should e retained to gaard against luture exi- ' "irencies and future dangers. Is anyone Injured by the duty of 2 cents per |>ound on wire nails, now selling at 1.7 *ents per pound, or by the duty of 5 fenta a yard on calico, which can be Ifcotight for 4 cents a yard? No. Why vjjjhen abolish them ? They secure our gaarkets so that they cannot be over­ whelmed. by the possible overproduc­ tion of foreign countries, and therefore perve a good purpose. Question No. 22. Under free trade, wonld a CSeorkmzman fca able to buy in tha cbeaseKt Biarket and at tac same time sell ia the dearest (k Market? • •2 No. Oar own market would be de- it royed and he would have no place to •ell the products of his labor, and by the tisac he would nuut to atari buving IP the so-caiied "cheapest" market, he %puld find himself without the money •Aith which to buy. Practically and iu flie honest sense of the word, "that mar™ • ket is the cheapest in which a given imount of labor will purchase the most ^BwmuLnmiiiOB. 9 > ; s Question No. 2S, Will restricted importations i' /IfesuU in restricted exportation*? ;'--J No. Experience has shown that the : Volume of imports has nothing at all to M86 Sr. »8» The Wit- ImporH 9$f/7,yr>i74S 64ZW4,(r* f 24,689, .'i7i wm.'ju 6«T,697,693 r>77,527,K?» CS5.4K6.1S6 WAS 19.768 7J8,yf)7.114 ?4.t,isi,<;5:J ?$9.;n0.40» 84*1,916,196 fc: do with the volume of exports. Hess the following table: Ifcar. ., Exports. 1880 ..„U....... ts&.&tKMS Iff! ........ <MH, UTT.m •88. .» • « ..W. .>.......... ..H gss ... 8% *39,«» |B84 7i0.5l:iS<» 1886 .... 74J. 189,755 «... '679.524,3S0 --- tk IM,211 i 69=>,y5l,S07 ...... 742.401,srs 857.82.x, 884 881,430,810 proterHosiieit does not advocate Restricted importations generally. He Believes in restricted importations of ttrticies which compete with our own productions; and thus t»ke ?™,ey cm {iioyiuent from our workingmen; but inDorlations of non-competing articles Should not be restricted. Thus, under the McKinley tariff'our imports have greatly increased, but this increase has oeen almost entirely in articles which We do not ourselves produce. Question No. 24. What advantage 4s a tariff n wool and other raw material? The same advantage as a tariff on manufactures. It protects the pro­ ducers of the raw materials from foreign Competition. Raw materials, as that term is usually employed, are about the only kind of products farmers produce. They are more directly interested in ..their protection than any other class of (®ur people. • Question No. 25. Do American mannfaetnr- ig-s pell cheaper abroad than at home? 11 so, -fhyv • ; A. B. Cohu, of the A. B. Cohu Com­ pany, manufacturer* of agricultural im- filementej 197 Water Street, New York, •,#ys: We have been twenty yearn in the busi­ ness, and our experience has been that goods are sold In this country as low if not lower than they are sold for export, with this exception: Export buyers pav cash or give a letter of credit on London/which we sell here on the day the goods are de­ livered 011 board, and get cash for it. This gives them a slight discount, but do­ mestic buyers at all times can obtain the •feme discount by buying on the same terms--that is, by paying spot cash. This allusion .to the slight discount f ven for spot cash, as against sales on irty, sixty or ninety days' time, which generally demanded by the domestic buyer, probably explains the apparent discount said to be given to the for­ eigner. But it should be remembered that it iB given, not because he is a for­ eigner, but because he pays spot cash. The American who will pay spot cash can get the very same discount. Progress of Beet Sugar. Henry F. Oxnard, who is largely in­ terested in the manufacture of beet gjigar at Grand Island, Neb., and in California, thinks the sugar beet culture Can be extended in this country until Ire produce all our own sugar. The •ugar bounty will make this result Srobable in a very few years, but remove le bounty, and success can never be accomplished, Germany ana France have extended and continue to extend direct governmental assistance to their sugar producers and exporters, and .with no sugar tariff to protect it, Ameri­ can sugar beet culture would be an im­ possibility without the bounty. Great advances have been made in improving the quality of the beet, and there remain great possibilities of . further advance. But even under present conditions, sugar beets are •bout the most profitable crop farmers can raise. Col. Cotton, of Norfolk, Neb., made 1225 net profit from five teres of sugar beets in 1891^ whereas the same ground under corn the year before netted him only $50. Yankee energy has set itself, not only to im­ proving the teet, but also t j improving the machinery used in the industry. A harvester was tested iast year which topped the beets and dug them, and did SO per cent, perfect work. A little further improvement in this direction concurrently with improved quality of the root, a?d the days of cane sugar are numbered. Up to date the beet sugar experiment in this country . . baa proved a success under the present bounty system, and it is strange that freetraders adopt the iinbusiness-like 'ttoJicy of demanding the removal of the sugar bounty. Farms Increasing In Value. A short time ago the Hon. R. G. Horr Have his observations concerningthe in­ crease in the value of farms in various farts of the country to the New York ribune, and here is what he savs; Within the last eight months I have traveled extensively through the states of Kew York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, J llmois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kan­ sas and Nebraska. In conversation with hundreds oi farmers and business men in each one of these states. 1 have learned that the verdict is nearly unanimous that land has been increasing in value steadily ^br nearly two years past. In Kansas I have visited twenty coun­ ties. The people I met have assured me that land will lo-day bring from So to $8 more pei*acre f!ian it would two years ano. The statements made in Nebraska have been to the same effect. in Iowa the im- Sroveinent in price is placed still higner. a the vicinity of Atlantic City 1 was as­ sured by trustworthy men that farming lands are fully §15 an acre higher than they were in 1889, and that sal^s are much more readily made, at ths> e advanced prices, than they were two years ago at the Ifery low prices of that date. I have been in mor<-|than twenty coun­ ties in Iowa. In no place do the people -Jut the rise in land at less than $10 per Vlpcre. - In Wisconsin the rise is just as pro­ nounced but the increase is not so great per acer. In Illinois the statements all agree that tend has advanced in price within two Jears between $10 and $20 per acre. In le neighborhood ot Paris, Sterling, Alton and Deeatui the advance in the price is ad­ mitted by axi with whom I have con­ versed. v , In Michigan the advance Is marked, but •ot so large as in Illinois. ' in Ohio, after visiting thirty of her .bounties, 1 am able to state that farming hinds in that state have risen in value be- ; tween $5 and SIS per acre within two Shears. The tone of the Ohio farmers has entirely changed within that perloj. They 1 avo ceased tc< e am mi and ufe now £iul 01 courage and hope. An Ne* * orit ana I'ennsvlvania the im­ provement is not as great as' in the West, yet there is a decided change for the better in these two states also. .From my per­ sonal observation, I am able to state that times are more promising, and that there is prosperity in store for men who till tho soil. r*«ta That Prow A(rwi)ltur«l i*rn«parity. In the month of December, 1891, the farmers of this country exported barley to the value of $&>7,22S, as against the value &iS,218 in December, 1890; they exported corn to the v,alue of $3,^9,837, as against the value of 4861,73S; they ex­ ported oats to the value of $1,178,549, as against the value of $ 16,980; thev ex­ ported oatmeal to the %-alue of $36.2(56, as againBt the value ot $7.W0; they ex­ ported rye to the value of $900,S24, as against the value $22,250; thev exported wheat to the value of $l(i,tt8li,301, as against the value of $4,155,228; they ex- ported_ wheat flour to the value of $7,<>20.737, as against the value of $4,853,747. Their total sales of bread- stuffs in December, 1891, amounted to $30,241,893, as against $l0,120,73i>; and taking the whole calendar year of 1891, their sales of bread stuffs amounted to $224,319,500, as against $13G,845,89G in 1890. This enormous addition to the earnings of the farmers, amounting to $b8,!JQO,(}?jO, was accomplished under tha operation of a tariff which they were told by Democratic free traders would bring about their utter ruin. It has been accomplished under the polici«s of a party which the Farmers' Alli.*;ve has painted to them as wholly mimical to their interest. It may bo iuwumed ihai With these $88,000,000 in their pockets they will now listen to free traders and Alliance lecturers with a degree of amusement only equaled by their cos- tempt. Another ilhistration of oar foreign trade during December, 1891. In that month we bought of other nations goods valued at $69,444,055. We told to other nations products wortk $119,932,.'*32. Thus we sold far more goods tiian we bought, and the excess of our sales over our purchases was $50,487,877. It is no wonder that the calamity howlers are dumb wheo they see the nation doing business at a profit of fifty millions of dollars a month. Stopping with Half th* Story. Senator Hill in his Birmingham speech said of the city's crowth • " Vour triumphs here ia every £epartm@nt are the wonders of the world. There is no example like it afforded in the country. The place where this city stands only a few years ago was an open plain, and now is one of the most thriving cities in the whole South." The Senator spoke the truth as far as he went, but he should have told the whole truth, and Baid that ail that wonderful growth was the direct result of the Republican pol­ icy of protection to home industries. Birmingham's chief industry is the manufacture of iron, and without pro­ tection the place would yet be as the speaker said it was a few years ago-- "an open plain/' The coal and iron mines in Alabama would have slum­ bered eternally had it not been for pro­ tection. The South has made greater advancement in material prosperity during the past fifteen years under the Republican system of protection than it did in fifty years under the Democrati c system of free trade. How th* llcmocrkti i«ra Lookiag AhtU, The claim is now made that the Dem­ ocratic party, if it will only do this or that thing, has a certainty of success. The only trouble is that these advisers cannot agree about the thing necessary to make success certain. The New York Times says, if the silver bill is dead there is nothing now in sight that can prevent tariff reform from becoming the issue and Mr. Cleveland the candi­ date, and under those circumstances vic­ tory is almost absolutely sure." But the New York Herald declares: "There is no one in New York whom it will be entiiely sale to tie to. * * * * The present political condition of New York state, cut up into political factions as it is, makes such an experiment daneer- oug in the extreme. On the other haud, a man from the West, with Hill to look alter the interests of the vice- presidency, would make a victory next to certain." Tneae two journals both consider tariff reform the necessary and only issue, but one holds Mr. Cleve­ land essential, and the other holds tlfe nomination of somebody else essential. Then come the free silver men of the West and South, declaring that party can win with absolute certainty if ft makes silver the one issue and nomi­ nates a candidate pledged to that policy, but can win in no other way. Predictions so contradictory have a tendency to create the impression that success is not certain under any condi­ tions. It always hapoens that men enamored of a theory see with mar­ velous clearness, it not with glasses of high magnifying power, all its advant­ ages and benefits, but fail to see its dangers and objections. The silver men are stone-blind to the certain loss of votes at the £asi. But the tarifi re­ formers are stone-blind to the certain loss of Democratic votes at the West and South. The Democratic party can­ not win -without New York, according to one set of prophets. The other set, with equal truth, shows that the party cannot win without Indiana and a Soliti South. It has become plain to many Demo­ cratic leaders that the Alliance will cut their party all to pieces in some South­ ern and Western states if it defeats the free coinage bill and nominates Mr. Cleveland. Already some of the best- informed Democrats in Georgia declare that the Alliance will sweep that state, defeating most of the present Demo­ cratic representatives, and probably Speaker Crisp among them, and giving the electorial votes to a third party candidate. Similar predictions are made as to other Southern states by men who have> the best opportunity to know the situation there. If only one of these states should be lost, New York would not save the Democratic ticket, and several will be unless influential Democrats are mistaken. They show also that the Alliance tickets in West Virginia, Vir­ ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and ia Indiana and the Western States would draw off Democratic votes almost exclusively, and give the Republicans an extraordinary opportunity. On the other hand, the Eastern tariff reformers are better informed than other Democrats in regard to the con­ sequences cf silver agitationat the East. The/ are telling the truth when they say that neither Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, nor Massachusetts could possibly be carried by the Demo­ cratic party if tainted with the silver heresy. They make it clear also that the state of New York could not be brought to vote for any candidate be­ lieved to lean toward free coinage. Now the legitimate conclusion from all this information and these predictions is that the Democrats cannot win in any way. The tariff reformers calculate upon throwing the election into the House. True, they reason. Alliance tickets may carry some Southern states, and thus prevent any election of President by the people, but the choice would then have to be made by the present Demo­ cratic House, which would elect the present Democratic candidate. Would it? Did the Democratic caucus nomi­ nate Mr. Clfl'jeLand's candidate for Speaker?* Did the majority of Demo­ crats in. the House vote as Mr. Cleve­ land desired on the silver bill? What would happen if the Democrats fram silvei states should vote for the Alli­ ance candidate for President? And what would happen if the Alliance tickets izk half a dozen states ordinarily Price In Hb'y, '94 •O&W •04« .Oft .0* 0514 .0% .06}* .06 Democratic shonld give the eleetont votes of those states to the Republicas candidate ?-- Fort Tribune, Soma Important Truths About Pri«*a. When the Democratic representativi in Congress from Tennessee, Mr. Mc- Millin, made a speech last month on th# tariff question, he saw lit to make th'i statement: The laborer has been forced to pay mors for the roof that shelters him, for the hat that covers his head and tne woolens thai cover his back. He has had to pay mors for the linen he wears, the hammer and the hoe with which he works. Yet hia wages have not gone up one cent What benefit has increased protection been to hiui ? ' This is the demagogic way of discuss­ ing th<* question of the tariff. To show how near Mr. McMillin tells the truth, let us take some reliable figures from the Dry Goods l^conomist, which is not a partisan paper, but is rather of free trade tendencies. In quoting prices of standard cotton fabrics in April, 1890, and in February, 1892, it gives the fol­ lowing: _ , 1 Price in Print*. # Marcn.'so. American indigo bine .ocu Passaic fancy 0$ Victoria solid black*..1.0M£ ' Domestic ginghams. . Bates WarwicK dres»._ .08* „ Cumber la tut staple Westbrook dress ulyte.. .<j8h •_ Brown «himngs and sheetings. AtlBS K 06Ji®.06M Atlantic A .07<w.0",%; Pacific, eJtr«.. .0S${$.u7 Cotton fUnnels (brownV. Amt»»o«g A-A-A ....... ,1a KHerton O .!!%£ JHwn.iltore M .__.U6£j If any farmer, or mechan^ cMr any­ one e.'»e, douht|thc %u&>8 of the Dry Goods Economist, let uim K.»s this price statement to any home dotler in th^se gooits, and than he c*i learn whether the laborer, or any^ui else, has to pay more for his clothing, or anything etae he buys, under tfefe prssent tariff laws, tha* he <rlid bafore. A Latter troau a Mr.vtalar INmnent. Savenal days ago G<rv. McKinfey re­ ceived a pocket-knife, the frst made by the CaMaraticus Cutlery Com­ pany, of Little Fails, New York. The factory in one of the produrts of the McKinley law. With tne keife came the following letter: 1 voted the Democratic ticket for nearly thirty years, but a drive through New England in the year 18s«). past idle cutlery factories iu Uriilgeiioru NarijniJii.-lr City and Torrington, together w'itti the nearly paralyzed industries of Lakeville, Northfield, Thomaston and Shelburne Falls, convince me of the error of my ways. 1 found old friends, who were good me­ chanics in our line, driven by tne cheap Dutch knives, which were 011 sale in every city aud haiulct through which I passed, out of profitable employment, and seeking work as common laborers, ditch diggers and coal heavers. Grass grew around many of the doors of factories. Passing through the towns, I heard Bill McKinley and the McKinley hill talked of on every side. I was first convicted, then converted, and, like Saul of Tarsus, the scales fell from my eyes and I saw the parties contending over American indus­ tries in their true light. Thanks to your' efforts, the McKinley law was enacted, and hard times in our line of industry are past. Trade is good, wages are good, our little town Has nearly doubled its population ,in two years, and we believe it will double again in two years more. Hoping in the near future to address 3'ou at the Executive Mansion, Washington, D. (J., instead of Columbus, O., we remain, yours sinccrely, J. B. F. ( HASIPLIN. For Cattaraugus Cutlery Company. A Wise Warning. The New York Staats-Zeitung (Dem.), the leading German-American organ in the country,tells the Democrats that "a century of McKinley could not hurt the country so badly as one year of Bland," and that, while "the Bland bill will nev­ er become a law, it will, nevertheless, ruin the Democratic party." It further admonishes the Democracy that if it passes the Bland bill "it must elect its candidate for the presidency without the German vote." DANGBR IN MEAT OIBT. Water or tho Alkalines Should Bar tJwd with tho Flesh Pota. The evils of a meat diet are being ap­ preciated by many high livers in cities, and these are being counteracted part­ ly by the wealthy in adding more fruits and vegetables to their cables duringthe winter. The cheapness of meat, and a peculiar craving which the system seems to have for meat have gradually made it common for city people to live almost entirely off meat in the winter months. Meat iB eaten three times a day in quantities, and tho excessive use 6f such a diet is that rheumatic and gout temperaments are acquired. These temjjeraments are on the in- Cl"7.. , ~ , 1 r,v"» *" *1) e will, no doubt, become a law. Some e laws that pass our legitlatures are thctly ridiculous. If a fool wants to ™his life by jumping out of a baloon, fi, let him jump, whose business is it re his own? Had better pass a law ^ing it a crime for a man to blow into j,nuule of a gun. j^emorest Silver Xedal Oontost. n«ere will be a Demorest Silver Medal "est at Ringwood on the evening of wi 29. The ioiiowing pieces will be eaan: "Who is to Blame", "The ^d on Fire", "A Glorious Monument", ' Monstrous Character of the Liquor ic", "A Vision of Prohibition", Two Pictures", "Looking For- Su'^ "In the Bushel or in the Jug". tbQ. A. Wells, of McHenry, and the Gibbs, ol Genoa will assist in the pt" Admission ten oents. Bamember abate, April 29, ot _ , ' ---- tignk Lselie's Popular. Monthly for yo Kay. BIG DECLINE IN WHEAT .FIVE SG0RE PERiSHED.! HEADS AND HEARTS ACHB IN THE CHICAGO PIT. OVER lfl«r Mm Go PamplBf Up m4 Diva for an Hoar or So May Whsat Dfeopa Fin Cants and Pardrldf* la Happy-- Cleveland la th Doubt. Took • Big- Tmnbte. The Chlcago wheat market started olf, Monday as if it were going out of sight;! it finally collapsed and dropped as if a corner had "busted" and as if a panlo had resulted. It was a most remarkable affair, however. Without the collapse: of any corner, without any sensational fkilure, without any panic of any sort,' there was a straightaway decline in thei price of five cents. This big drop was. all the more remarkable because it was a drop from under 85 cents. People who had orders to execute were in distress every minute. Although the market had the semblance of a big one, it was impossible to execute big orders at anything like one price. Indeed, It was the fact that it wasjmpossible most of tho time to execute orders for 25,000 at one price. These difficulties were as great early, when the market was ad­ vancing, as they were later, whea the market was going to pieces. The scalp­ ing element, the governor at all times of the market fluctuations, was afraid to fcot. "Kicks" from customers were In­ numerable. Explanations were almost impossible, because traders themselves hardly knew why it was they were doing so poorly. In the pit. it was a dav of backaches, headaches and heart­ aches. The first incident was the receipt of weak cables, a surprise all around. The Government report Saturday afternoon had made the condition of winter wheat 81 i, a very low figure, as almost every­ body on this side thought. It was the expectation that the foreigners would look at it in the same way. An open­ ing decline at Liverpcol was a stunnnr. The tt ade didn't know what to make of it. A happy thought struck one bright1, fellow. Liverpool was laboring under, a misapprehension. There had been m, drop in the price Saturday, and there' also had been the Government crop report. The drop in the price had preceded the Government, and really had had nothing to do with it. But here was the discovery; Liver­ pool, the bright man said, thought the Saturday decline at Chicago was on the Government report. Pretty nearly •everybody adopted that brilliant idea, charged himself with being stupid, and declared that the closing Liverpool cables would be higher. The theory helped the price of wheat. May had opened at 84. It got to 80$. But it did not hold. A failure in London settled the thing. Messrs. Borriman, Philips & Co., of London, a concern known to grain people the world over for thirty years, were annouced suspended. The jig was up from that moment. Wheat started down. From 85 cents it got to 84 cents; from 84 cents to 83 cents; from 83 cents to 82 cents. Before the close It was at 80$ cents for May, 5i cents nnder the price of tho early morning. The close, 80| cents, was only a little over the bottom. BROKE DOWN CHURCH DOORS. Brsiii (lad.) Christiana Enfagtd la m Bit* tor Factional Fight. A Brazil (Ind.) dispatch says: Trou­ ble has been brewing between rival faotions of the Evangelical Church in this city for some time past, and cul­ minated the other day iu the seizure of the place of worship by the opponents of the local pastor. The trouble dates back to the time when an attempt was made to expel Bishops Dubs and Bow­ man, both of whom were prominent in Evangelical church circles. One con­ ference was held at Philadelphia and one at Indianapolis. The East­ ern conference found no charges against the bishops and they were permitted to continue in the service of the church. The conference held at In­ dianapolis, however, expelled them. This caused a split, and since that dis­ satisfaction and contention have pre­ vailed. A meeting was held here re­ cently to make arrangements to secure money toxepair the church, and it was decided unanimously to instruct the trustees to make a contract for the necessary repairs, which amounted'to nearly $400. The trustees did as ordered and the contractors com­ menced work, but had only gotten the rcof torn off when the pastor ordered them to discontinue the work. This they refused to do, claiming they had a uiu contract with the trustees In wrlt- re.nK°>? The enraged divine and a few of minds {followers declared the trustees were names|0naiiy responsible, and the presid- substitLsder refused to mortgage the church. ™tes his caused intense dissatisfaotion, voted Sever since that time there has been en havioatinuous wrangle in the church, h resulted in the recent sensational rrence. The branch of tho congre- n opposed to the pastor desired to a Sunday school session, and upon A HUNDRED NE ARE DROWNED. 7 ROES, Appalling lma of Ufa Oaaasd by Soddsa; Flood* Sn Mia«ls»! pp'l--Large Numb®raj of Homolesa Colored Pnonln Wtthant) . Food--Minnesota Towns Menaoed. ---- Government Aid Invoked. A Columbus, Miss., dispatch says;] Later advices from the low lands just; south of here indicate that over one hundred negroes have been drowned inj this county. It will be weeks before! anything like a correct estimate of the: loss of cattle can be obtained. The) bodies of horses, mules and cows are! constantly floating down the Tombigbec. For miles on both sides of this river! there remain nothing but poverty andj desolation. Dr. J. D. Hutcherson, onej of the largest planters in this State, hasJ just returned from one ol his pluutu-i tions in the northern portion cf thel county and reports great destitution! from overflow of the Butahatehie. He| lost seventy-five head of cattle and one; of his laborers. A. K. Keith, liv-j ing a few miles south, saved) his mulea and cattle by putting! them in the parlor aud dining-room where the water was only two feet deep.j His family and fifty negroes were in the; same story of the residence. The; waters have receded about seven feet and continue to fall slowly. Most of th« county bridges have been swept away and it will be weeks before or­ dinary traffic will bo regularly iesurued.' The Mobile and Ohio Railway has three work trains with 200 men on the roadj between here and Artesia and will prob-, ably have trains running soon. U. BJ Rider, Superintendent of the GeorgiaJ Pacific Railroad, is here with repair trains and is pushing work with great] rapidity, but it will be weeks beforei trains can be run on that road between! here and West Point. Mr. Rider has; made arrangements with the M. & O. to use its track from here to that city by! way of Artesia. A cold rain has fallen almost constantly since Sunday night. No mail has been received there for a week. Only one body has been re-; covered. At Helena, Ark., the river has now1 reached a stage which endangers thei new levees in the southern part of the' country and excites the apprehension oft the planters. • , At Jackson, Miss., so great is the de-| vastation that citizens have appealed to< Congressman Allen for assistance from the General Government. Hundreds o{ negroes arc homeless and without any-l thing to eat. Along the river bottom all; the work they have dono toward putting, in a crop has been swept away, together, with fences and much stock. The greatest loss of life and injury to prop* erty is along the line of the Tombigbee; River.' It is not large enough in the dry* season to float a small steamboat, bub now it is ten miles wide. Its valley! is,extremely fertile and is thickly popu-< lated. All of the plantations along its, border for four or five miles are sub-* merged from five to twenty feet. It was ton feet higher than the great flood of. 1847, previous to which time nothing like it had ever been seen. In many in­ stances so rapidly did the river rise that small cabins were swept from the face of the earth and whole families with' them.. The river was bank full before the recent heavy rains, which served to make it a veritable inland sea. Tho Red ICIvor The late and heavy rains of this spring have also been having disastrous effects in some parts of North Dakota. The Red Itiver at St. Vincent, Minn., is over the banks, and has begun flooding that town and Emerson. It is forty feet above low water mark, and still rising. As the ice drive has not yet gone out, a greater height is feared. A rise of one foot more will cover the town of Emer­ son. The indications are that the dis astrous flood of 1880 will be repeated, and as the towns are more settled the loss would be greater. Families imthe lower parts of both Emerson and Bt. •Vinoent have already begun to move out. BLOODY FIGHT WITH INDIANS. sion King then minsn A Number of Mexican Soldiers and Yaquls Killed Iu a Battle An authentic report has reached Phoenix, A. T., that the Mexican soldiers under Lieutenant Montana, of the First Bona Military, had met the renegade Yaquis well up the Yaqui River and had had a hard fight with them, in which a number of both soldiers and Indians were killed. Later the absolute truth of the report was determined by dis­ patches to prominent Sonorans in Phoenix. The soldiers, 200 strong, met the Indians in a defile of the Sunis Blancos. There were a large number of the Indains, though }ust how many could not be determined. The en- fageineut lasted eight hours, when the ndians dispersed through the moun­ tains, leaving the .-soldiers masters of the situation. Ttyls if the way the Yaquis fight, and it makes them a They formidable adversary* They will rise, g refused the keys gained admission ' Up in ]arge numbers, and when closely creaking down tho doors. Pastoi j pressed every one become his own com­ ers was asked to preach, but re-1 aiander and takes to the brush. They 1 to do so, whereupon the dissenter* ' are brave, too, and seldom refuse to ganised an ln(IePeudent song service and fight tho soldiers when equal In num- P - in* maaflnrr A ffor aapfina fKnv nui • 1 rr»i ^ _x. ~ ^~ up, Frank Leslie's vivacious chronicle th« grand transcontinental excursion "nrst convention of the International ie of Press Clubs appropriately the brilliant May number of Frank Ja Popular Monthly. Valerian Gri- maoff illustrates with some spirited lialigs a timely paperfull of instructive an»»i, on the "Armies of Continental arr«," by Thomas Donnelly. "Felix eapihtiFaoollections..' an -- appears, by his own statement, to have been squandered in extravagant living and gambling. He must have bad ageniuc for business, however, or he could nol have succeeded in accumulating such heavy debts without capital.--PhiladeU phia Ledger. Be Never Touehea a Card. It was at the gaming table at Colnm< bus, O. One of the players wore gloves and, as he won nearly every stake, his friends asked him whether he wort gloves as a charm. "Not at all," he re­ plied. "But I promised my wife, on my word of honor, never again t< touch a card." A TELEPHONE up the volcano on Hawaii is the latest novelty for dwelleri on the island. In the old days men rode on horseback ahead of the lavi flow to let the settlers know there ha<3 been an eruption, but hereafter it wU] be necessary only to turn the crank ami call up "Central." FAITH in dreams is still active in Geor gia, where a few nights ago a womat dreamed that a Indian angel appeared and, hovering over her couch, imparted to her the spot where golden troasun lies hidden. m dueaer meet*n8- After service they put locks on the doors and announced ' *; determination of holding posses- vicinity The matter will be taken intp the 1,440 pfs* tefctol CROVER IS IN DOUBT. boquetiJ -- , Flowersi-x-Presldent Writes a Letter to a Clothinj Chattanooga Democrat. buudleB|novement was started in this State tables, a weeks ago, says a Chattanooga, butter. dispatch, to organize Cleveland of c'othpcratic clubs in every city and town suffereraennessee. The movement grew little rillly, and within a few days clubs Th® J formed in Memphis. Nashville, , 7, f Hville, Clarksville and Chattanooga. oil ufpub in ci<y wa8 organized two Th "Tir a8°. when nearly all tho le-'al j}® f>UIpcrat8 came forward and signed address; name8 to the roster of members. aj8 H. Bible made a ringing speech, Distnctt tiicti he eulogized Mr. Cleveland ty andjdeclared that the delegation from essee must go to the Chicago con­ vention instructed to vote for the "man of destiny" as long as his name re­ mained in nomination. Mr. Bible's adr dress created great enthusiasm and his Speech was printed in full in the local newspapers. Copies were mailed to Mr. j •,Cleveland, and brought from him thet following letter, the first in which the ( ex-President has referred in any way to £iis candidacy: LAKE WOOD. N. J., Apri 18, 1892. To James H. Bible. Chattanooga, Tenn.: ; Mr DKAB SIR--I desire to thank you for •the report of the nieetinjc at Chattanooga, which you so kindly sent tne, and for the 'words you spoke of me on that occasion. I ,am exceedingly anxious to have our party do exactly the right thinir at tha Chicago Convention, and I hope that the delegate* wilt be guided by judgment aud actuated by true Deruocratlc spirit and the single de-' sire to succeed on principle. 1 should not be frank if 1 did not say to you that I often fear I uu nut unserve ail 'he kind thing* such friends a*you say of me. and I have frequent misgivings as to the wisdom ot again putting me in nomination. I there­ fore am anxious that sentiment and too un­ measured personal devotion shouffl be checked when .tbe delegates to the conven­ tion reach the period of deliberation. In any event there w'li he no disappointment for me ia the re. u t. Yours very truly, GUOVEK CI.C7SLAWV bers. The fighting forces of Mexicans have sent for re-enforcement, when they will pursue the renegades lurther into mountains. , /* * The Suicidal Mania. MURDER and suicide are not so paired as to prevent either from acting. It is a pity, that, if killing must be done, the culprit does not begin with suicide.-- Toledo Commercial. THB suicide of a child after reproof or correction is a by no m< ans wholly un known occurrence. The act of a young Philadelphia monkey in cutting ~ its throat with a piece of glass after its mother had chastis, d it is perhaps a piece of the "missing link. --Detroit Journal. THE young man in Illinois who took two ounces of laudanum beoause his girl went back on him, was a great im­ provement on the fool fellows who want to shoot the girl before making way with .themselves. Only brutes try to wreak a vengeance on the innocent and in­ offensive girl.--St. Paul Globe. IT is not easy to realize the melan­ choly mental condition of a man who will go and try to kill himself because his best girl does not love him in a State where there are 60,000 more women thau men, and where ttie old adage holds good that "the fish in the water are just as good as any that ever were caught.-- Boston Globe. THE Canton young man who cut his throat because a fair young widow would not marry him, is a vast improve­ ment over the other species of crazy lover, who would have killed the widow instead of himself under similar provo­ cation. As between the two we are everlastingly in favor of the suicide.-- Columbus Post. SUICIDES are not as considerate as the world expects people to be who are about to face judgment for deeds done in the body. They terrorize a car full of fellow beings, plunge to death in the midst of a startled crowd, stop railroad trains, mar the pleasure of hotel guests, break up weddings and check the course of business in public places. These self-destroyers should at least seek privacy for the final tragedy in their mistaken existence.--Detroit Free Press. YETS"FALL INTO ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. rWELVE HUNDRED STRONG AT SPRINu FIELD. SOBgR OR STARTLING, FAITH-* FULLY REC&nDEO. fwMty-eixttt Annual Eacanpa«iaf1|* ' Department ot Illinois -- Captain 1UI £juiiu>. »[ Msruuitii! vmnmander tor tha Year--Reports and Resolutions. PhUUjM* IVedlcsnmt-fWNw Witllo C«lttlii'itliH)j Mar Arintttt Couuty Moy Shoots Himself--Briar Blair Mlasi* Return to Work--He Fought lor Lqtv, • Hoets or Veterans. Fully 1,300 strong, the veterans'of the war of the rebellion took possession of the capital city Thursday, and flags and portraits of great war captains were I From Far and Hear. CLIFTON MCADAMS, of Liifea ToW»* ship, Adams County,4 shot and killed himself. He was 18 years old and of a good family. A-cold wave struck Yandalia and the everywhere displayed, and army songs I meroory dropped to 28 degrees above and incidents of army life heard wherever a group of veterans gathered. Tho occasion was the twenty-sixth an­ nual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illinois, and delegates were in attendance from every portion of the State. There was little important business before the encampment this year, and the social features of the gathering, more than anything else, engrossed attention. The contest for the position of Depart­ ment Commander was quite warm be­ tween the followers of Captain V,d Harland on the one hand, and* those of Dr. P. L. McKinnie and A. D. Cad- wollader on the other. The former won, much to the delight of tho Marshall post, which claims h$m as a member. Some of the social events were the reception given by the Woman's Relief Corps nt the St. Nicholas Hotel and a reception tendered the visiting com­ rades, members of the Relief Corps, and ladies of the G. A. R., at the Lincoln Home by Mr, and Mrs. O. H. Oldrcyd. The reports of the officers show that the membership in the department is over 32,000; that 477 comrades died during the year, and that $11,000 was expended in charity. A year ago the treasury was empty and there was a debt of about $1,000 hanging over the encampment. This debt has since been paid and there is a balance of about $1,300 in the treasury. The Grand Arlfty has grown in Illinois during the last year, twenty-seven new p:>sta having been established, making a total of 266, and the membership is nearly 32,000, an increase of 1,000 over last year. A number of resolutions were adopted. They reaffirm faith in Comrade R. A, Alger and "point to his splendid record as a soldier as a complete refutation oi the slanders of his enemies;" favor the appropriation by Legislature of a sum sufficient to do away with the fee that ia exacted from visitors to the Lincoln monument at Springfield; approve the establishment of a John A. Logan memorial hall at Athens, Tenn.; opposu the bill in Congress to appropriate $100,- 000 to assist in entertaining the dele­ gates to the National Encampment; fa­ vor the Woman's Relief Corps scheme to establish a home for disabled soldiers, their wives and widows; urge the pas­ sage of a law by the Legislature, > similar to the New York law, for t he relief of destitute war veterans by counties, towns, etc.; commend tho Sons of Veterans for abolishing shoulder- straps and high-sounding titles; heart­ ily indorse the order deprecating the carrying of the rebel flag in processions participated in by Grand Army posts. Major Blodgett's resolution proposing an appropriation of $100 to the Missouri home for ex-Con federate soldiers was overwhelmingly defeated. A gavel made from wood of the floor ot Libby Prison was presented to the encampment by the management of the Libby Prison Museum at Chicago. The address of Commander Clark, congratulated the order upon the prog­ ress made during the last year and its present prosperous condition. He said that the year had been one of deep and earnest labor by those who have been intrusted with the interests of tho de­ partment. He also congratulated the sons and daughters of veterans, the Wo­ man's Relief Corps, and the ladies of the G. A. R. He bespoke for the Na­ tional Memorial Hall at Decatur the con­ tinued and hearty support of the G. A. R. He further said: "The con­ tinuance of the practice, indorsed in General Order No. 2 of the Post Commander, by himself or by detail, visiting the session of the public schools preceding Memorial day and, with fitting suggestions of patriotism, extending to the teachers and pupils special invita­ tions to join in the exercises, is recom­ mended. Attention was called, in cir­ cular orde'r No. 5, to the generous pres­ entation of a gavel at our last State encampment by Comrade O. H. Oldroyd, of Post No. 30, of Springfield, and I would suggest the appointment of a committee to determine what post has made the greatest average during the past year, that the wish of the donor may be attained, with the hope that the gift will be highly cherished by the suc­ cessful post and the memories cluster­ ing around the name and the home of Lincoln will add strength and harmony to our organization. Attending divine services in a body on the Sunday preceding and following Memorial Day was indorsed. Thanks were returned to the General Assembly for the passage of the act to provide for the burial of deceases1, indigent or friend­ less soldiers at public expense and the act prohibiting the unauthorized wear­ ing of the G. A. R. badge. The Committee 011 Seniority of De­ partmental Organization, pf which Rob­ ert Mann Woods was Chairman, -sub­ mitted a voluminous report giving a history of the organization of the De­ partment of Illinois as it appears cn the records of the Grand Army of the Re­ public, kept by the First Adjutant Gen­ eral. From this it appears that the Illinois department was organized in April, 1866, with B. F. Stephenson as Commander, and that it at once set to work organizing posts. It further ap­ pears that the Department of Wisconsin was orgauized May 14, 1866. In view of these facts a resolution was adopted re­ questing the Department Commander to appoint a committee of six members to present the case of this department to the National Encampment at its meet­ ing at Washington. The report was adopted, and the commander appointed as the committee R» J. Oglesby of Elk* hart, James A, Connolly of Springfield, Robert Mann Woods of Joliet, Thomas G. Lawler of Rockford, H. H. Thomas of Chicago, and Horace S. Carkof Mat- toon. L. H. Whitney of Chicago, Com-, rade Bridges of Elgin, W. H. Tenable ol Macomb, James S. Martin of Salem, and William L. Distin of Chieagc^ere ap­ pointed a committee on resolutions and communications. A campfire was held which was at­ tended by a majority of the delegates. There were ^addresses, recitations and singing. The principal- speakers^ were Gov. Fifer and Department Commander Horace S. Clark. Ex-Gov. Oglesby was not present and his place was supplied by National Commander Palmer. During the afternoon the survivors of the Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry held a reunion, which was addressed by Gen. John C. Black, Gen. John A. Mc- Clernand and others. HASSAS BEN Au, the Arab who was in this county some months ago in­ teresting himself in the World's Fair, has since obtained permission of the Snltan of Morocco to prepare an ex­ hibit for the exposition from that coun­ try. One of his promised attractions ia a band of cannibal dwarfs and a num­ ber of savage war songs for phono- graphic reproduction. zero. Ice a quarter of an inch thiok was formed. It is feared fruit has been badly injured. 'I'HE Briar Bluff coal miners, who have been out for a month because of differences between themselves and the company, which resulted in the mines being closed, have returned to work on the company's terms. A PriiASKi saloon-keeper nasaed Joseph Cook and Major Williams, a No­ torious negro tough, had a quarrel some days ago about a bar bill. Williams shot at Cook several times, but in the sffray received a wound himself of which he died. AT Cairo, the Oak Hall Clothing Oom- fany has failed for $10,000. Charles O. 'itier is assignee, and has taken posses­ sion. The assets are thought to nearly equal to the liabilities. The creditors are Chicago and Eastern cloth­ ing and hat firms. "WHILE celebrating early morning mass at St. Mary's Churoh, Troy, the Rev. Peter Havermans, the venerable pastor, had a fainting spell ou the altar and fell to the floor. He was removed to. the parochial residence. Father Haverirans is the oldest parish priest iB the United States. THE trial of Elder Phillips, late pre­ siding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, just concluded at Alton, has thrown his friends into amazed astonish­ ment. Hitherto he had occupied a high position !n the minds cf the pcr-ple- all sects, and it is held by many that time will clear the reverend gentleman of all the charges of adultery made against him by Mrs. Laird, wife of the unfortunate Methodist minister. Elder Phillips is now chaplain at the Joliet penitentiary, but fnay, in light of the recent charges brought against him by Mrs. Laird, be forced to resign. WIIILIAM TBACEWELL, a young Eng­ lishman, has been paying attentions to the daughter of John Stromberger, a prominent farmer. Stromberger was bitterly opposed to Traeewell and drove him from his house. The two men met near Mascoutah and a quarrel ensued, xraceweii used a knife, cutting the clothing over Stromberger's heart. He was arrested, charged with simple as* sault. It was clearly shown that he acted in self-defense. It is now recalled that another young man was chased by the farmer for being attentive to his older daughter. This lover was seri­ ously injured. He recovered, however, and married the farmer's daughter ia spite of parental opposition. THE statistical report of coal produc­ tion in Illinois shows that the output for the year ending with June, 1891, waa 321,860 tons of "lump" greater than that of any preceding similar period. The average value at the mines is substan­ tially the same as for 1889-90. The fol­ lowing are the principal totals stated in the report for last year: Counties in which coal is mined, 57; number of mines and openings of all kinds, 918; tons of all grades mined, 15,660,698; tons of lump coal mined, 12,960,224; acres worked out, 2,802; employes of all kinds, 32,951; number of miners, 26,059; boys over 14 years of age, 993; average number of days of active operation, 215.6; home value of product, $14,237,- 074; average value per ton of lump coal at the mines, $1.0084; average value of other grades, $0.4321; average per ton paid for hand mining, $0.72527; tons of lump coal mined by hand, 9,961,- 159; tons mined by hand and paid for by the day, 1,216,258; number of mining machines in use, 241; tons mined by them, 3,027,305; kegs of powder used, 261,392; number of men killed, 60; wives made widows, 37; children made father­ less, 212; men injured £0 much as to lose time, 367; tons of coal mined for eaeh life lost, 261,011; number of employes for each life lost, 549; new mines opened and old oneB reopened, 91; mines closed or abandoned, 104. The report contains a valuable table showing the following results of analysis of coal at 29 differ­ ent mines in the State: Thermal units of -heating power, 11,272 to 13,068; volatile matter, 30.35 to 43.7 percent.; fixed car­ bon, 43.95 to 57.5 per cent.; ash, 3.65 to 14.71 per cent., and moisture, 3.9 to 11.8S ' per cent. AT Nashville, J. W. Johnson and John Bragg were on trial for the assault on John Seafried, night operator of the Western Union depot at the Louisville and Nashville, March 4, 1890; Mr. Sea<* fried appeared on the stand and exposed the place where part of his skull was re­ moved. Bragg turn d State's evidence, making a very clear statement as to the ocourreuce of this noiou case, t he jury found J. W. Johnson guilty and his pen­ alty was fixed at fourteen years in the pefiitentiary. Wilson will receive eight years. The sentence of Johnson is con­ sidered very lig!j£. JJush interest is manifested Cver tho trial of tiavis and Dickerson, colored, for the murder of the Jewish peddler Deiteeh. It appears that nothing short of hanging will satis­ fy the people. Two MEN were.crossing a high trestle on the Illinois Central, south of Cairo, when they were overtaken by a freight train. One succeeded in making his way over in safety, but the other, an old man, 70 years of age, was too infirm to run and lay down on the ends of the ties, hoping the train would pass over him. The engine caught him and he was thrown into a slough and drowned. The man had been a prosperous bakerat New Orleans, but lost all he owned by the recent great fire, and becoming dis­ couraged he walked out of the city* a tramp in hie old'age, to, meet a tragi*) death. THE creditors of the bankrupt firm of Keener Jt Pike, Jacksonville, wt>r<*prac­ tically left out in the cold by Keeuet's father entering a claim of $77,000 against - the assets. THE Sangamon County World's Fair Columbian Exposition Club, composed exclusively of women, decided to devote its attention mainly to the collection of a Lincoln exhibit. It is proposed to have a Lincoln memorial volume prepared en­ tirely by the women of the county, anl to collect for exhibition a variety el Lincoln relics. The exhibit promises to be a fine one. * MARSHALL FIELD has given $100,000 to the University of Chicago ou vuudi- tion that a million, Mr. S. A. Kent's $150,000 allowed for, be raised within ninety days. AT Springfield, the Sangamon River ha? reached high water mark and is 1 rising. Several small bridges washed away iu the county, but no in* rious damage has resulted. ANOTHER big lot ot coal was dumped into :hc Ohio Elver at Cairo. Tb» steamer Joseph Williams from Pitts­ burg, with a large fleet of coal boats ilk tow, was carried against one of the pint of the Illinois Central bridge by the rent and five boat* sunk. Aboat 15' " bushels of coal was lost. .'m •m d •• • > + ' ' ^ 1