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FOR THE FRAY fcpSl^lsi " 7* r ; rnfrfi if ii if" WEPVJBLICAN BATTLE ^ JS IN ORQBR. Where UM Eo«ti WIS th« Railroads Win Bo-How Iko Botota WU1 Care for the PaopU-PNM mad Telegraph FacllttlM. - Meatter Convention BafiL iy-Wt Republican National Conven­ tion has ever been better provided for than will the great gathering in this city on the 7th of this month, says a M i n n e a p o l i s c o r r e ­ spondent The hall in which the con- f •ention will be held i 4 is what is known as " 5 the main floor of the !§£ Minneapolis Indus- strial Exposition ^ Building. The seat- ** * • ing capacity is placed >rj -t $'\~T •' by the committee at • - 11,000. This includes L ^ A. BRACK***. the delegates and al- s - ' * > . T b m n - C i t i z n 8 ' C o m t e r n a t e s , w h o n u m b e r ,,.1,800. The building is on the east %snk of the Mississippi River. It ila within the noise of the ruinble ' a to the West Hotel, and Is classed one of'the hotis^ ftt ttfS city. It is located about three«quar- QROUNO«ters of a mile from the conftMitifta hall on the line of the electric cars, on Washington avenue between Ni­ collet and Hennepin avenues. Of the other first-class hotels the Victoria and the Holmes maybe men­ tioned. Each of these has 175 rooms. Among the cheaper grade of hotels are the St. James (70 rooms), Paully House (100 rooms), Brunswick (100 rooms), Windom (70 rooms), and Wind­ sor (75 rooms). The Ryan Hotel, in St. Paul, lo­ cated on the interurban line, thirty minutes' ride from the convention hall, is the equal of the West In ev­ ery detail. The Merchants*, 500 rooms; Metro- politan, 400 rooms; * Windsor, 350 rooms; Aberdeen, 250 rooms; and Colonnade, 100 rooms, are all strictly first-class hotel. Then oome the Clarendon, 100 rooms; Sherman, 100 rooms; International, 75 rooms; and Clifton, 75 rooms.- Hotel Lafayette is tfieleadihg sum­ mer resort on Lake Minnetonka and can accommodate 1,000 visitors. It is sixteen miles from Minneapolis, and trains make the run In thirty-five minutes. "iF; «nn n BIRD'S-CT* VIEW T.OOKIKO TOWARDS COXVENTION BATC. ; jpf St. Anthony Falls, and from the . 'front and west sides one obtains a •f i'iylevr decidedly picturesque. To thfcl' Ijjiorth the falls dash in a shower or spray, and there is a sweeping bend of the river; to the east the business portion of the city and the gilt-edged residence portion as well; to the south, a still further view of the ;fiver, in which there is Nicollet Island. To the west is the manu­ facturing district, in connection with the beginning of that section of the c o u n t r y w h i c h t h e Eastern citizen is * fond of alluding to •is the "wild and Coolly West." The aim of the com­ mittee " is to make r» everything look per­ manent and not as though it had been! thrown together hap-' -Jazjml. On this line p. a WIN8TON. . DO little skill h&SM&yorof M'oeap'lls been shown by members of the committee and particularly by the chairman of the committee on decorations. In the painting special pains have been taken, and no little experimenting has been done to get the desired effect and have a uni- V" formity in all the decorations. Tin for McKlnlejrlte*. William McKinley, Jr., in particu­ lar and the protectionists generally itfill be complimented with a liberal „-flisplay of American tin plate in the decorations. The manufacturers wanted at first to put an immense shield of their product, one that would extend from the floor to the tsp of the hall, but the committee ecided that the spectators would ap­ preciate the room more than the ^ Shield, and the matter-was aim pro­ mised by allowing them to contribute pfty-one shields, each bearing the lianoo of some State or Territory. They "have been placed around the railing of the gallery, eaeh one surmounted by a fac-simile of the great American '• eagle and two American flags, and Will be by no means the least con­ spicuous part of the decorations. At «ither end of the hall and over the Elatform are American flags of the irgest size obtainable, while smaller ones are displayed in every part of the hall where practicable. The girders overhead are hung with old-gold draperies. This part of the decorating has been placed in the hands of the best artists in this ^section of thei country, and neither ' .jnoney nor pains have been spared to have the best work obtainable. The best of facilities for ventila­ tion have been provided. The top of the hall is surrounded by small win­ dows, and other arrangements have been made to insure a plentiful sup- ?ly of fresh air without draughts, 'here are sixteen exits, each one leading down a broad double stair­ way, and it is calculated that the hall can be vacated of the 11,000 people in seven mlnptes without crowding. So there will be no delay Whatever in getting out of the build­ ing at the close of any session. On the west side of the building, facing the river, is a long grassy slope, and TteSt. Louis^totel and the Lake • ParkTfctel, both of about 150 rooms, are located on the opposite side of the lakgpfrom the Lafayette, and are reached by the Milwaukee and St. Paul and Minneapolis and St. Louts Railroads. Headquarter* tor Delegates. -• W. E. Steele, Chairman of the Committee on Accommodations, an­ nounces that he has succeeded in securing boarding places for at least 30,000 people at private residences and in hotels at the lake resorts with­ in easy reach of the convention hall. The plan adopted is to have agent* go through every train before reach­ ing the city, and whenever a passe n- gei is found who has -not already been provided with a place to sleep and eat to assign him to one of the many private residences or suburban hotels on the lists of the Secretary. In this way many visitors will be sent direct from the depots to the place to which they are assigned by the committee. The committee having charge of Hew York Life Insurance Company ft* the «se of its handsome ten-story building on Fifth street fo* the ex­ clusive occupancy of the visiting newspaper men. Here will be located about 250 journalists, and they are comfortably provided for in rooms > HKSjrep:* ITNIY^ SRIMI. (Connecting East &ad West Minneapolis.) Well furnished and not crowded. A cafe is open at all hours of the day and night, where the newspaper workers can obtain their meals, and the elevators also runs twenty-four hours each day. An experienced hotel man has charge ot the rooms and cafe. Many of the leading Eastern papers have headquarters in this building, and it is considered as the headquar­ ters for all the visiting jo&rnaljstA iiiw .convention. Arrangements. •» -In no part of the work of the con­ vention will there be as much reaison for complaint--and there will be many to - complain, no doubt--as in the work of telegraphing the news of the gathering away from the city. Both of the tele­ graph companies have made every ef­ fort t/o provide facilities for the news­ papers of the country to get the news, and yet when It is all over there will be many and pronounced complaints because "specialswere not sent in time for publication." With the best possible weather and the greatest exertion of the Western tTnion and North American Tele­ graph Companies, it is a reasonable certainty that the telegraph facilities will be inadequate, 'This is so -first, because there are not enough wires between Minneapolis and the East and South; second, because all of the matter to be transmitted must be sent one way (via Chicago and Mil­ waukee), and third, because 6f the fact that the greatest amount of the matter must be sent East, where the time of day is over an hour faster than that of Minneapolis. The necessities of the occasion do not warrant the building of enough wires to meet the requirements of the hundreds of newspapers that want special 'service. Old circuits have been patched up, single and duplex wires have been quadrupled, and a few lines borrowed from railroad compa­ nies, but with all of these, and with the best of weather there will be thousands of words written Chat can- THB CONVKHTION BALI* the United Press, the arrangements providing for a complete quaduplex for this association. The North American operating-room is located in the southwest end of the building, about seventy-flve feet to the rear of the Chairman's platform, and is con­ nected by pneumatic tubes with a receiving office located at the the right of the Chairman's plat­ form. A score of the most rapid send­ ing code operators of Chicago and the East, employed by the North American and Postal Telegraph Com­ panies, have been brought here to transmit the reports, and a large number of the St Paul and Minne­ apolis force will assist in handling the specials. With the united facilities of the two telegraph companies, as above outlined, are flfty-one circuits run* ning from Minneapolis to Chicago or Milwaukee over which the reports of two big press associations and over a hundred big daily newspapers must be transmitted. What the Udl«« W1U Do. The ladies of the city, acting in connection with the Committee on Reception, organized what is known as the Woiiiaa's, Cleaning Club. At the head of this as President is.Mrs. Winston, wife of the Mayor of Min­ neapolis--and, by the way, the first white child • born in Minneapolis. These ladles have made it their busi­ ness to see that the principal WB8T BOTSIB streets are clean and that everything is kept in good order, and so far as their influence will go they expect to see to it that the city's reputation will not sufTer in an? way during this convention. At the close of the convention it is the intention of these ladies to give a grand reception in Contention Hall to all delegates and their wives and friends who will remain over in the city one day after the convention. HBW YORK LIFE--PBBSS HEADQUARTERS. this has been planted with ever- . greens, affording at least one pretty spot outside the building. Hotel Arrangement*. The leading hotel and the place Where the headquarters of nearly all of the State delegates will be is the West, located on Hennepin avenue, about a mile from the convention ball. Nearly every room in this big hotel will be occupied by National Committeemen, delegates and alter­ nates. The Masonic Temple and one or two other blocks in -the vicinity of the West have been fitted up, and ^ ^ Will be used as annexes to the head- •rU - garters botef. •k: The Nicollet House is .next in size •, • k •jHF-'-T"" the arrangements for accommoda­ tions for the respective State delega­ tions has a list showing what hotels and rooms have been set aside for their use. Local Transportation Facilities. The convention building is sur­ rounded on three sides by electric and steam railroad tracks, which ex­ tend to every part of both cities and all the suburban and interurban dis­ tricts, including the lakes. The vis­ itor fan take an electric car at the building and reach the business cen­ ter of St. Paul or farthest corner of Minneapolis in forty-five minutes; or he can take the steam cars and reach either place or the lakes in less time and with a trifle more expense. Every car line in both cities practically reaches the grounds, and there will be a continual stream of cars passing the building both ways at all hours of the day and night. The cars from every portion of Minne­ apolis will pass the door of the hall, as will the Interurban cars, which carry one past every ho­ tel of importance in both cities and from which owe can obtain a transfer to any other line in either city and continue his journey without loss of time, as the cars all connect. The Great Northern Railroad has a double spur track to the building and trains will be there to take one to St. Paul or to any of the lakes near the two Cities. Then just across the river at the Union Depot will be found the Milwaukee, Omalm, Kan­ sas City, and a dozen other trains to carry you wherever you may want to go in a jiffy. This is about three minutes' walk from the convention hall. Pmt Facilities. The work of providing and assign­ ing seats in the convention hall, rooms for press associations and big daily papers and of securing lodging and boarding places for visiting journalists has devolved entirely upon the press committee. The United Press is provided with tables and chairs for six reporters directly on the right of the Chairman of the convention. A pneumatic tube con- srcts their tables with the rooms of the association, located directly in the rear of the platform and adjoin­ ing the operating-room of the North American Telegraph Company. The United Press occupies three rooms on the south end of the building, one for telegraph operators, the second for typewriters and the third for its corps of reporters. The Associated Press is similarly provided for, except that its six tables are located on the left of the Chairman. The committee arranged with the not be transmitted in time for publi­ cation,, especially in the far Eastern papers. The Western Union has thirty complete circuits over which special matter can be transmitted to the East. From fifty to seventy-five of the most expert operators in the company's employ at Chicago were brought to Minneapolis to send the reports. Complete sets of new quad- ruplex instruments were put in the operating-room, which has been established, in the southeast cor­ ner of the Exposition Build­ ing, in rooms about 100, feet in the rear of the Chairman's platform. The Associated Press has two wires to the East, or more cor­ rectly speaking, has one wire which has been quadrupled, giving them two circuits each way from the con­ vention hall; Outside of these two circuits none others to the East are under the control of other than the 100,6DO Utiles In One Field. , l*his is a sight to be seen only on picturesque islands of the Bermudas. There these flowers are raised as a regular field crop. In value and in the esteem of the it habitants they come next to the potato, though both are less esteemed than the onion, which is the staple crop of the islands. No more beautiful sight can be im­ agined that at this season of the year greets the eye of the traveler as he comes suddenly upon one of these fields, hundreds of yards square and a mass of most fragrant white. Unfortunately, the lily fields are not in the most profitable state. The beautiful bloom represents to its owner's waste, for the lilies should be marketed in the form of buds. They are cut from the stems and packed in cases, sixty-four in a box, and sent by express all over the United States. If kept ia a cool, dry place, the buds will remain without opening for several weeks, while by be­ ing placed in water they can be brought to perfection in a day or two; or, if the water is slightly warmed, in a ¥ew hours. This fortunate pe­ culiarity of the lily has made it pos­ sible for it to be transplanted, not­ withstanding the long journey. The culture was introduced only a few years ago \ipon the Bermudas by an American gentleman, Gen., Hastings. Some of the largest fields are still owned by this gentleman, and it is said that on one of them at any time in the season over 100,000 lilies may be seen in bloom at the same time. --Buffalo Express. * *' * Brasll. ... This wonderful country is about as large as the United States and terri­ tories. It has a length north and south of £,675 miles, and a breadth, along the seventh degree of south latitude, of 2,500 miles. A fact, of which few seem to be aware, is thai the meridian of longitude whicQ passes through New York Cltf touches the western limit of Brazil* so that country lies almost wholly east of the United States. The dis­ tance from the southern limit of Florida to the northern boundary of Brazil is only 1,400 miles, or less than 'the distance from New York to Omaha. It is divided now into twenty States, which include in their P 1 SWEPT BY A CYCLONE. GREAT LOSS OP LIFE 1*1 A KAN- f ' • n ' - ' S A B T O W N . - M - VtiUjF Are Killed anil ISO Others Iretired --Fir® in the WreoAed District Add* to the Horror ot the Disaster--The Klectrio Ufkt Plant Destroyed. PROPERTY LOM or Half a Million. Wellington (Kan.) special: This city has had a visitation to-night (Friday) from the funnel-shaped cloud which plowed its devastating track through the business part of the town, with immense destruction of property and heavy loss of life. A storm of wind preceded the cyclone about half an hour. A few minutes after 9 o'clock the cyclone struck the city, ooming from the south­ west. There were no premonitory signs. Everybody wiS indoors, and the cloud passed with its destructive rush and awful roar unseen. Jefferson avenue, the principal business street, is lined on both sides for blocks with ruins. Those known to i>e dead are: Mrs. William Asher, Rank D. Campbel), Mjchael Fanning, laborer; Walter For­ syth, James E. Hastie, Ida Jones, dining- room girl at the Phillips houaa: Mo- Adams, X. Silva, Mrs. Susan Slasher, burned; Kittie Strahn, two unknown Salvation Krtnv «f>lHir.ro Th? in­ jured whoso names were learned are: Edward Forsyth, James Lawrence, can­ didate for Attorney General. The people were thrown into such a state of excitement and the torrent of rain which succeeded the cyclone fell so mercilessly that no organized search for the dead and dying was attempted for some time, and the darkness almost baffled the efforts of the most earnest. How many may lie dead in the ruins of the Philiips House and beneath the ragged piles of broken brick and splisv- tered timbers everywhere about there is as yet no means of estimating. As fast as the injured are found they are being conveyed t§ the Grand Army Hall, which serves as a hospital, and their number is now increased to sixty- three. The number of the dead is now reported as being fifty. All of the finest^ buildings are in ruins, and every news-! paper office in the city Is a wreck. It is now estimated that the number of build­ ings destroyed exceeds 200 -ini the ma­ jority of them are business blocks. While the Ball Was In I'rogreM. A ball was in progress at'the Phillips Hotel, and the guests were nearly ail there when the storm broke. Seven bodies, ail unidentified, have been taken from the ruins. Beneath the ruins Imprisoned OCQQ- pants were calling for aid, while many others were beyond earthly assistance. Some of the guests escaped as by a miracle; how many, no one knows. The proprietor of the hotel says his house was well filled and he does not see how it was possible for many of his guests, who were in their rooms in the upper stories ot the structure, 1o have escaped. To add to the horrors of the hotel wreck fire broke out in the ruins, and it is believed some who might have been taken out alive perished in the flames and smoke. Seven bodies thus far have been taken from the ruins of the hotel. A Woman Burned to Death. Flames also followed the cyclone in the debris of the Robinson Block on Washington avenue. Mrs. Susan Asher was known to be in the ruins. Those who first reached there heard her call­ ing for help. They went to work with a will, when the flames, which had al­ ready made some progress, seemed to gain a fresh impetus. A sheet of fire swept over the spot where the woman was pir»ned down by timbers, and the rescuers were compelled to retreat,leav- • lug her to her fate. Farther down the street are the offices of the Monitor, Press, and Voice papers. They were completely wrecked. Build­ ings and contents 'are alike useless. Across the street were the fragments of a big business block. Here, under a great timber, was found the body of Michel Fanning, JI laborer. The wreck of every business house was much like those described. All had occupants. That a large number of these are dead is beyond question. It was impossible for them to escape. Among the other buildings of prominence de-1 stroyed are the Wellington foundry and. the First Ward School Building. j One Hundred HOUM< Destroyed. The width of the cyclone's path was about two blocks. In the residence see -j tion the destruction was nearly as greati as in the business portion of the town.j Fully 100 residences are practically ru-i ined, and. in fact, the whole north partj of the city is devastated. The Presby-| terian and Lutheran churches, the old etone court house, the Wellington Ho-' tel--all are in ruins. The streets are impassable. Where buildings on the edge of the storm's; path withstood its fury, great trees,' twisted into fantastic shapes, are prone across the roadway, while entangled in the branches and trunks is a network of telegraph wires, the whole forming a thorough bar to progress on sidewalk or street. The work of caring for such of the in­ jured as have been extricated from the wreck Is proceeding as rapidly as it is in the power of hundreds of the towns-; people to expedite it. AU Horta or Humors Prevail. It is at this time utterly impossible to state with absolute certainty the loss of, life. The excitement is such that It is impossible to speak with knowledge of entire facts as to either loss of life, in­ juries, or damage to property. The wildest rumors prevail, and the estimate* previously given is the mo3t conserva­ tive possible under the circumstances. That the death and damage are great no one can gainsay. Wellington is the county.seat of Sum­ ner County, Kansas. It has a popula­ tion of 10,000. Thrifty and enterpris­ ing, it is located in the center of a thickly populated agricultural district, and is the most prominent town in Southern Kansas. This is the first cy­ clone that has ever visited the town. -?HE..RUSTLER'S TOWN. Tfc» l*laeo Where the Catt * TM«?M Rolen »npr«-m«. About 350 miles north of Cheyenne, in Wyoming, Is the little town of Buffalo, the headquarters of the cat­ tle thieves, or rustlers as they are called, a town run wholly jn their in: terest. Its inhabitants comprises all classes that are found, io . Western towns, men desperate and willing tc do anything that, promises money, and a large number of young fellows from the Cast who have conic there in the hope of making their . fortune. Buffalo owes its existence to the en- terprise of a Chicago man, J. H. Con. rad. In 1878 the United States mil­ itary department moved its garrison from old fort Kearney to Fori McKinney and Conrad opened a store to supply the", soldiers': necessities of life near bv. Until 1880 the sol­ diers were his neighbors, hut in that year the region began to be known as a great place for the cattle industry. Rumors were sprcaf as to the fertility of the soil and. rich.oil ,weils were salcX to underlie the whole region.* Ac- cordinglj large numbers from everj quarter of the country hurried there and the population was increased bj the advent of <» uuiuWi o£ Texans who had been outlawed from theii own State for cattic stealing. At flrst the law abiding people of Buffalo did not realiz* what they were doinc in receiving this class of men and it was only the growing > Joss of cattle which opened their eyes. It was then too late to do anything for the grangers, the small ranchmen, and even the employes of the cattlemen themselves sided with the rustler* against the large and influential cat­ tle owners. It is said that leading citizens favored the rustlers and that as the sheriff of the county, "Red Angus." was elected by the rust!ei vote he protected this element. Whether that be true or not after his election it was impossible to obtain conviction against the thieves, whe largely iucreased in number until justicc in the couuty a luert farce. Desparingof obtaining justice in a regular way the cattfle owners banded together and organized the recent expedition which ended so di& astrously. Small, Sweat Courtesies. Life is so complex, its machinery so intricate, that it is impossible that the wheels should always move smoothly and without friction. There is a continual straining of every nerve to gain and keep a place in this over­ crowded, busy world. Wha& wondei if in the hurry and pushing the right! of others were trampled or completely ignored, when everylndlviclual is it such haste that time fails for the "small sweet courtesies of life!" But it is the little offices of frienel ship--the encouraging smile, the ap preciative word, the thought for oui preferences, the avoidance of our pre judices--which make life easier, anc which lesson in a marvelous degree all its worries and perplexities. Foi nothing prevents friction so perfectlj as the exercise of what we sometime! disdainfully call the minor virtues. As though one should be endowec with truth, and yet, lacking prudence and delicate insiirht and circumspe^c tion, wound with sharp needlepricki the sensitive hearer We do not care to be constantly reminded of our fail ings. A gentlewoman never fails In the small, sweet courtesies. Instinctively she respects the feelings of others, fend, having the golden rule by heart, it is from her heart that all lovely, love-pompelling graces flow.- "In hei tongue is the law of kindness," anc she has the ready tact which take* advantage of every oportunity te render the lives of others happier. 'And every morn lug, with 'good-4ay>'. Makes each Uav gdbd.w Herwinning smileand gentle minis­ trations, her soft voice and unfailing sympathy, insure her always a read) welcome, and, like the sun, she '*flndf the world bright, ' because1 she Htsi makes it so." ? ARODNDieiit BfU&F COMPILATION .w WKSTEBtr UNION TXLEGBAFH OFFIC*. Western Union Company. Officials have received offers from Chicago and Eastern newspapers for the ex­ clusive use of wires to the East, but owing to the fact that they have not enough for their own use they did not give any exclusive privileges, and every newspaper is therefore placed on an equal footing. The North American Telegraph Company (postal) will operate nine­ teen Circuits between Minneapolis and the East. Eighteen of these are quadruplex circuits, and the nine­ teenth is a single wire borrowed from a railroad company. Two of these circuits will ba used exclusively by | area 500,000 square miles more than one-half of all South America. The present population of Brazil is about 14,000,000, and about 65 per cent, of the inhabitants are of the mixed races. Legalized slavery no longer exists in Brazil. The exjuntry now has 6,000 miles of very ordinary rail­ roads and 3,000 miles more projected.' The people are primitive and the masses ignorant. Most of the in­ terior movement of goods is still effected by the use of pack animals. Altogether Brazil is a e*ntury behind the United States. The inhabitants of Argentina and Chili are called the Yankees of South America.* Tills and Titafe THERE are new silver watches made heart-shaped. THE earth is the greatest distance from the sun on the morning of July 6. JAPAN has no fewer than 700 earth­ quake observing stations scattered over the empire. 1 A BROOKLYN Inventor proposes to tap the earth's interior for heat and thus save fuel. THE household maintained hy the Queen of England consists of nearly 1,000 persons. WHILE endeavoring to swallow a mouse an owl choked to death at Nock- amixon a few days ago. A PRESBYTERIAN pastor at Greenville, 111., has a pulpit lined with olive wood from the Mount of Olives. A NEW YORK curiosity is an under­ taker's wagon, from the erevices of which oats are growing nicely. THE fastest ship afloat is the City of Pekin, and she was built by Philadelphia •hip builders. She cost $1,000,000. J. N. ANDREWS, of West Rockport, Me., interfered in a cat fight the other day, and now carries seventeen wounds. AFTER absenting himself for thirty- two years, Edward Dimoeh returned to his parents at Middletown, Cairn., re­ cently. Pole-Vaultlnr. A beginner is apt to be appalled a a height of Ave or six fe?et when he i: unused to the exercise, and he gener ally sprawls over the ground at firsi when using any force. The besi practice for a novice is to use a gooe stout pole, one measuring betweet twelve and fourteen feet in lengtl and about one and three-quarte: inches in diameter at the thickesi part, which should be the middle. A pole of the length spoken of is en tirely unnecessary for clearing suet heights as a novice is equal to, anc he nwiy not need to grasp it above the middle in getting over the bar, but it is well for him to get accustomed t< using a full length pole, for should he become at all expert he will tint that a pole about fourteen feet lon^ is about right Toles are generally made of ash or hickory, or any strong wood not to heavy. Spruce and pint have l>een used in some cases on ac count of their lightness, but unles: they are large enough they are likely to break when an extra strain is pu! on them. Athletes should take grea". care never to use a pole to light foj them.--Outihg. The ^oMier. ttee'le. _ What would you say of a beetle but that could tire a tiny gun? Yet then is such a one. The Bombardier is £ real soldier, with his gun always loaded for instant us<N Sometime: several of them will advance upor a foe at once, fire their guns, and re treat in true military style. The gut is their own bo.lv, and the powder is an acid, vapor-like smoke, which thej can expel when excited, being able tc Are as many'as thirty-six dise&argei in quick succession, each one making a distinct report like a gun loadec with powder. , Thus the tiniest creatures are giver a means of support and defence. Disastrous Wreck t IrmoM-l Qnarrtfl HaqpjMM* Mur­ der En»ne»-- BHter Temperm** War Lebanon--Points la the School faw, . " » f| * ' ' CnrXftiifis SCHXEID^R, a burglar, courteously returned vali_ to Mrs.. Handrey at here residence, was arrested laterf GILBERT BOSSIE, A sailor, fell over­ board from the deck of an Incoming schooner M&t the government pier, Chi­ cago, Monday night, and was drowned. He Was but 22 years of age and M been in America but a few weeks, com­ ing here from Scotland* „ AT Chicago 100 tinners employed by Andrews * & Johnson and James Av Mfller struck for an tight-hour day and a minimum' wage of 35 cents per hour. Twenty molders employed by Brown Bros, also struck for an increase of 25 cents per day. Both demands were granted. •. , ? THE Chicago and Alton suffered u expensive accident %ear Jacksonville. A freight train was hurrying dowp a grade to gather momentum to climb the next one when a brnlfi wimni ••»»*•/>»-- every car from the track and scattered them promiscuously in every conceivs- ble shape. Several persons were BADLY injured, but none killed. THE educational situation in Chicago and divers other portions of ffilnoia verges on the ridiculous. A compuleorjr educatit n law forces parent** to «eatl their children to school. The State-- which enact; and spasmodically en- lorctsthelaw--fails to furnish schools for their reception. Country school boards in Ihe fullness of their wisdom deny to certain schools the right fo do their work because they teach in Ger­ man. In Chicago taxpayers are mulcted of tens of thousands of dollars annually that German may be taught. "There is a prodigious deal of lawmaking to an infinitesimal amount of common sense. MEMORIAL DAY was generally ob­ served throughout the State, despite the threatening, and in many instances in­ clement, weather. In Chicago 12,000 Sunn %vv. iii « pfvvvsoiou most imposing. At the different cemeteries '»» th"* '•ity exercises were appropriate and impres­ sive. Springfield's observance was also worthy of the city. At Jacksonville the colored G. A. R. post participated, hav­ ing charge of the ceremonies at one cemetery. At Lincoln the day called out a large crowd in the rain. Alton and Mascoutah observed the day in a style never before surpassed there. Re­ ports from all quarters of the State show increasing interest in the event. A TRIP of several hundred miles through the central and "river" parts of the State during the past week fur­ nishes ample data for remark and com­ ment relative to the situation resulting <rom almost continuous rain, and while much has been said and written, it can be truthfully said that the half has not yet been told. In tome of the most noted corn belt sections in the State, where in ordinary seasons the first of June finds .three-fourths of the torn not only plant­ ed but up, and the busy cultivator active in exterminating weeds and grass be­ tween the well-defined rows of the basis »>f State wealth, these same sections liresent a rather gloomy aspect; in un- »>!owed fields, implanted if plowed, not up. or rotted if planted, and the entire : .uurface soaked and sodden by previous rains or those almost constantly follow­ ing. All the, promise ip these localities tomes from the hill sides or other ele­ vations, all ;of . which have been spe­ cially attended to, and the trail .)f the team' and planter through standing water and bottomless mud to' reach the elevations and plant 'hem to the wste'r. <or mud) edge can be , 3learly traced by the «jye of the passen­ ger as he is Whirred along any time, provided the falling rain does not ob­ struct his range of Vision. This brief JqsoVlption wiil answer with little varia­ tion for over two-thirds of the prairie Cornfields of the State. The broad acreage of" rfmall grain has suffered rreatly from standing water. Some fields where n part looks well will show streaks and patetus of yellow, indicating the constant presence of water, while the most favored fields reveal an irregu­ larity in height and development. No favorable condition of weather from now until haivest could remove the inevita­ ble certainty of a greatly reduced yield and a possible deterioration of quality, notably of wheat and oats. Where not drowned out by lakes of water the past­ urage and meadow lands show a rank growth, indicative of an Immense crdp of hay, provided it ean the 1 rop» r time. THE City Council of voked the franchise the Belleville Water and are negotiating capitalists for the construction of watier works. JOHN G. RAKDIE, of Litchfield, was stricken with paralyse Tuesday. Ite was one of the early settlers of Mftn* gomery County. * Gov. FIFER has received from the United States Express Company, Chi­ cago, a draft for $100 for the benefit of the flood sufferers in Southern Illinois. The draft was turned over to State Treasurer Wilson, who has charae of the funds, and wiil be placed where it will do the most good. • A PASSENOER train on the Jackson and Southeastern Ballioad, known as »,he Ktkl Express, was wrecked at Le- nont Sunday night. The train was in charge of Engineer W. A. Isabelle, who was instantly killed. Fourteen passen­ gers were injured, as the train was well filled, being made up of five coaches and * sleeper. The wreck occurred on the itchison, Topeka and Santa Fe tracks, which are crossed by those of the Jack­ son and Southeastern at Eureka, 111. The train was derailed by the locomo­ tive striking several head o£ stock gn a cattle guard. The engine was thrown to an lrnrn in be ee t Believl recently vared for at svlUe has re- itly granted Works Company, with New York °l • Honey KM Oe^ Drank? Honey bees from somewhere haunt the flowers and blossoming trees o: New York, especially the horse chest nuts. The blossoms oi this tree have a peculiar fascination for bees of all sorts, and in regions where bees are plentiful there swarm about. is an old tt chestnut bk cant whicl drunk au( less to tt the prei noise as of s chestnut. II t the ns an honey to dro; ere they, o onej-itje Iqjhg and the baggage- oaf on, tne other side, and the smoker and express pileil on top of them. - « THE temperance people of the collegi town ot Lebanon are making a bittei war upon the saloons there. Two prom inent saloonkeepers were sentenced to the. county Jail for nonpayment of fines inflicted by the local courts. The sa­ loonkeepers left town to keep from be­ ing committed to jail. The crusade la being led by William K. Tipton, a tem­ perance agitator. People who are well acquainted with the situation fear that there will be serious trouble before the war is ended. Tiptou is a six-footer of powerful build. He had a sensational encounter with a prominent farmer named Boquett. FI LL particulars of the eyelone w&eh traversed the northeastern section of Kichland County Saturday evening shows that the property loss is much greater than supposed, amounting fee not less than $10,000 in the path of the funnel-shaped cloud, traversing a dis­ tance of nearly teu ndles. FOR some time the places of business at IUiopolis have been kept* open on Sunday contrary to the ordinance. Sat­ urday the police magistrate, S. P. Will- a, served notices on quite a number keep their stores Closed on Sunday. has received a Whiteeap letter from known persons threatening him with ire consequences If he dares to prose- , te ttoi anttterlwrfctwu.. . ^ , -• „•