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* -- l -QCCURRENCES DURING f-!(. PAST WEEK. THE wer Farm* of LawreMX Connl; ^Thrilling Experience of a Station 1 ,5r ' Agent-• Attacked at Her Own Door-- £|t|pqyji>£field Street. Car la Blown Up. In Latfrtitee ^Ctiuiity there are acres ^ and acres of good farm land that every * itumnier are given up entirely to sunflow- ers. When the new wheat is getting •trong in the fields of otht*r parts of the V 4 country, the fields of La \v retrte va I ley are \ ' dotted with little, treelike plants that «• ^grow with astonishing rapidity and finally ? burst into blossom, turning gbftit purpte>- fcfrown disks fringed with golden'petals V , to the sun. These sunflowers make a Wonderfully pretty picture when one gets tip ou a high place and looks over the top a field of them. In the fall, when the JBbeds begin to ripen, thousands of Ameri- «Sun goldfinches camp in the sunflower Ids--for the seeds ate favorites with ni. But the sunflowers are not culti­ vated i or the benefit of the goldfinches. 5|h^y lorrh a valuable farm product of Jkawrcnce County. Lawrence valley is jgud'to Be the gTeat sunflower seed mar- )l|et of the world. Since the first clever termer raised a crop and sold it at t» -<Jeuts a pound, sunflower seed raising has "fiecoine an industry among the local farm- ens. The cost of raising, thrashing and ;p?reitaring for the market an acre crop of : funllower seed is much less than the cost f raising an acre of corn or wheat, and e ,crop is less disturbed by drought. This gear's crop will amount ~ SjUtK),l)00 v.'jjjontttte, it is estimated. ' -"a '* : ' , * : ||| Kobbers Tie Station Agent. Tied hand and foot by three robbers, cS|£L, IV Brockeluieyr, night operator at a am ail transfer station on the Kankakee 4tnd Seneca brancl^ of the "Big Four" •Itailroad at Coster,\iy for five hours on -41 recent morning helplessl He managed to free his feet, and, after answering l&e frantic calls over the wire from Kan­ kakee with his hands still tied, he walked the nearest house, 300 yards distant, Where he was released from his bonds, i. The robbers secured 50 cents, a gold - Watch valued at $40, a cap and a pair of jgfloves. The robbers also entered the .Attansfcr station at Gardner, two miles - distant, where they secured only t>0 cents fey smashing a penny-in-the-slot machine. Xater on they made an attempt to break Into the postofBce at Clark City, but were linsuocessful. £ . Dynamite Wrecks a Street .Car. A street car on the Governor street' line » **' of the Consolidated Street Railway Com- f pany at Springfield was destroyed by dy­ namite at midnight. The car was the last one out ol' the barn and it contained one passenger, who escaped with a - iew slight injuries. The dynamite had 'ileeii placed on the track near the en­ trance to the alley. When the car struck >V ft there was an explosion which shat- tered one side of the car and threw it from the track. The conductor and mo- " .tsprman were both thrown off, but were not hurt. The trucks were so? badly broken that the wrecked car could not * Jbe taken in. This attack came as a se- ^ ^fuel to the riot of the previous morning, When a mob tore up the tracks at Elev­ enth street and Black avenue, Itidgely. Woman Beaten by Robbers. Mrs. J. B. Hutten, the wife of a Han- over hardware merchant, is in an exceed- Jtogly serious condition of health as a re- jiult of an encounter with two hold-up IDen, who robbed her of a purse contain­ ing $140. When she was about to enter • tier yard two men suddenly appeared and, |b their attempt to secure her money, beat her with the end of a revolver until •he became unconscious and sank to the sidewalk, where she was found by her ? - husband. Mrs. Hutton had secured the •»oney from her husband's store and was fallowed by the robbers. ;V > Equalizing Is Finished. 1 d*t The gtate B6ard of Equalization has ;f, Completed its labors and adjourned sine fc die. The total equalized assessed value of the property of tlie State, for 1899 i Amounts to $953,099,574, an increase of $174.1524.(504 over last year. The- equal- • Iced values are divided as follows: Per- : i*)nal property, $185,316,053; lands, $314,- $31,332; lots, $374,791,238. The capital gtock assessed by the board amounts to f 2,348,203, and the railroad property to 75,912,148. */&,>•?• ' 1 Brief State Happenings. 'V^rr Isaac L. Pratt died at his homle in >,. Rossville, aged 82 years. ^ >' Ernest Person, a telephone lineman, 4 • >4 fell from a pole and was killed at Cham- • *.paign. • Philip^C. Lampert, one of the leading .'^lawyers of Belvidere, died o£ Bright's 1 disease. Isaac Garner, aged 54 years, a well- •*>. ^Anown citizen of Cas» County, died at ¥* »|rirginia. 4' -Evangelists Hart and Meagan of St. Louis closed their revival at Carmi after >240 conversions. Mountain of gold is said to have been i| -discovered near Cairo. One assay turned ; -(iut $584 to the ton. ' Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloeh has (_ heen elected president of the Illinois Squal Suffrage Association. The incorporation of the Woods Motor * Cab Company at Chicago, with a capital : §f $500,000, has been licensed. ' Judge A. H. Jones, pure food commis- . flioner, states that his headquarters will fee in the Manhattan building, 315 Dear- ^ jborn street, Chicago, where a laboratory . fWill be established. He says there have i!.*2few complaints made to him so far. An old log -house that in the early days of the Calumet region was known as Bouts' Tavern and has since been stand­ ing near the Chittenden bridge^ at Hege- WTscli" has been torn down. The struc- ' ; ture was buiK by a trapper named Bout - & 1839. 'v George C. Maynard, Belleville, died at ' \ Havana, Cuba, Dec. 3, 1899. Mr. May- - ' • Bard was connected with the postal ser- > • Vice. "t\s, The City Council at Clinton granted to , •* Olds & Anderson of Lincoln, the exclu- live right to furnish illuminating and fuel 1 $as for twenty years. , ' David McCaffrey, a watchman at the ^Chicago stock yards, was badly hurt in I'* ^topping a runaway horse attached to a .Wagon in which were two members of *\ the family of Max-Young. The horse fell •a|n McCaffrey, injured his leg and split ,fhe ball of his hand. , 3 k. r The jury in the Alton school case was charged, by Judge Burroughs. The jury -Was out fifty-five hours and failed to '"jllgree. This is the second time the ease; has been tried. The first trial was a" Victory for the whites, but the verdict V'\' . was reversed by the Supreme Court and 'f J , the case remanded for retrial. 1. / * The trustees of the northern hospital ffsv Vfor the insane met at Elgin to approve of ,Oew plans and specifications for the pro- f *J>osed woman's infirmary. Bids will be •. advertised for and will be received by the ^trustees at their first meeting in January. (5 "l'ho former bids all largely exceeded the ) appropriation, which is but $30,000, and ^ { torw plana were necessary. , _ > v Michael Fellows died at Sterling, aged 90 years. Prof. E. L. Blake of Ullin Is ill fat the pest house at Cairo, with snvallpoo^ At Flora, Geo. Sloan, conductor had : both his legs crushed off by the cars. The County court house and jail at Louisville is to be lighted by electricity. Walter Lawrence of Fairfield and Blanche Sharp were married at Nash­ ville. The sparrow bounty Jaw was not re­ pealed by the last Legislature, as gener­ ally supposed. Gerry Goff, an early settler of Grundy County, died at his home near Morris, aged 76 years. Henry Telgemann. Jr., residing at -Strausburg, fell dead while sitting in a chhir reading a paper. * A barn and six horses belonging to Sam Jlagan at Mount Vernon were burned, entailing a loss of $600. . Albert Kloepper, aged 3, of Red Bud. was scalded to death by the overturning of a tub of hot water. Lyman F. Wheeler, aged 81 years, one the best-known merchants in central Illinois, died at Carrollton. A memorial fountain to the late Capt. W. P. Halliday is to be erected by the heirs in the park at Cairo. Mrs. Mary Meehan, a resident of Elgin for twenty-five years, died at Maple Park, aged 100 years and 8 months. Mrs. Jane Newton, an aged woman of Limestone, slipped off a porch and dislo­ cated her neck, dying instancy, . ^ The final test of the new water vorks i at .White Hall proved very successful. Tha plunt will belong to the city at the endloi ten years. , Frank Johnson, a tramp, who shot Brakeman John Kobards on a freight train Nov. 19, near Mount Vernon, has been arrested and identified by Robards. The Hodkenhull-Elliott Bank and Tnist Company, capital $100,000, has be­ gun business at Jacksonville, having.( bought out the private banking house Of Hockenhuii & Elliott. , State's Attorney Heydeeker announces that owing to a mistake in drawing tljjje jury the Krueger murder case will, noti be tried at this term of the Circuit C<w$t at Waukegan. It goes over to the March term. Frank Steiner was found guilty in Chi­ cago of the murder of Joseph Karns, and the jury fixed his punishment at. death. Louise Schrader, also known as Mrs. Karus, who was co-defendant -with Stein­ er, was acquitted. Detective Timothy de Roche and .T. J. Galpin have been sent from Chicago to London, England, to bring back Michael J. Sampson, the absconding bookkeeper, of the special assessment bureau, who is awaiting extradition there on the charge of forgery. 7 Rt. Rev. Bishop Spalding of Peoria,' assisted by Rev. J. P. Reilly of Peoria, Fathers Canon of Gibson City, Dueling of Clinton, Weldon of Bloomington and Kelly of Pekin, blessed the new altar and statuary that have been placed on St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Pekin. Henry G. Miller of Chicago died at Eureka Springs, Ark., of diabetes, in his seventy-sixth year. Mr. Miller was one of the older members of the Chi­ cago bar, and retired from active prac­ tice about fifteen years ago. He came to Chicago in 1851. He was born in Oneida County, N. Y., in 1824. Herman Brunner of Peru, head of the Peru Brewing Company, committed sui­ cide by hanging. For some time past he had been mentally deranged, but self- destruction was not feared by his at­ tendants. A specialist was called and during his consultation with members of the family Brunner slipped from the room and went to the gymnasium and hanged himself. The method of death was pecu­ liar. He placed one end of the cord from an exerciser around his neck and then drew the cord through the block with enough force to cause strangulation. Mr. Brunner was interested in several of the large industries in Peru and La Salle and had amassed a large fortune. Cheatham's hill, which includes about sixty acres lying south of Chickamauga, has been purchased by the survivors of Dan McCook's fighting brigade of the Northern army of the civil war and is to be converted into a national park. Monuments to Dan McCook, Col. Har- man, Col. Dillon and others are to be erected. At a meeting of the Eighty sixth Illinois regiment a year ago Capt. L. J. Dawdy of Peoria was authorized to pur- chose the hill if possible. While at Chick­ amauga a few days ago he closed the deal for sixty acres and will report to the meeting of the brigade to be held in the spring. The scene of the brigade's charge is sometimes called "Kenesaw Moun­ tain." In twenty minutes over 400 mem­ bers of the brigade were killed. The charge was made June 27, 1864. The brigade was composed of the Eighty- fifth, Eighty-sixth and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Illinois, Twenty-second In­ diana and Fifty-second Ohio regiments. Attorney General Akin has filed in the Supreme Court a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel Sam B. Raymond, County Treasurer of Cook County, to pay into the State treasury the money col­ lected by him on account of the inherit­ ance tax. The action is brought to have the court construe the law as it applies to the time in which moneys collected under the inheritance tax law should be paid into the State treasury. The Attor­ ney General contended that under the law it is the duty of the county treasurer to pay over all taxes collected under and by virtue of the act as soon as received by him. The county treasurer's conten­ tion was that he is only required to pay over these collections on the first Mon­ day of March and September of each year. Of the sum now in the hands of Treasurer Raymond $158,282.04 was re­ ceived from Robert T. Lincoln and Nor­ man B. Ream, executors of the estate of fhe late George M. Pullman, on account of the inheritance tax due from the es­ tate Aug. 16, 1899. Ellis Glenn, the woman who has been masquerading in male attire and is ac­ cused of numerous forgeries, was releas­ ed at Hillsboro and surrendered to the West Virginia authorities to answer to similar charges in that State. Acacia lodge, No. 67, Ancient Order Free and Accepted Masons, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in Turner Hall, La Salle. The banquet was attended by 400 Masons of La Sail?, Ottawa, Peru, Streator, Mendota, Princeton, Spring Valley, Utica and other towns and their wives and daughters. W. E. Burkenbuel was toastmaster. Dr. Egan, secretary of the State Board of Health, received notice that smallpox had made its appearance at Weldon and Santa Anna township. A strict quaran­ tine was ordered. At Fargo, N. D., Judge Lauder hand­ ed down his decision in the Hoge divorce case of Morris. Hoge sought a decree on the aground of cruelty. The test imony was long and largely unprintable. Mrs. Hoge contested the case and was award­ ed the deeree herself, in addition to the custody of the two children and $100 a month alimony. The court also ordered Hoge to pay her attorneys. Hoge is young and is .said to have recently fca- kerited $lQO.pQ0. DMxurnut » * UWBtRTJ Congressman-elect Roberts of Utah, against whose seating there has been auch a storm of protest, has no more valiant defender than his daughter, Adah, who is now at the nation's capital. She is not yet years old, but is prepared to aid her father to retain the seat' in Congress to which he was elected. It is probable that this fair daughter of the State of Mormonism and polygamy may go before the National Legislature in her father's behalf. Miss Roberts is a tall, hazel-eyed girl, with a fair com- plfrifcn and a wealth of light brown hair, a*d her manner is dignified. Miss Rob­ erts was a school teacher, but went to Washington to help her father as she did during the campaign in Utah. wrftygyg BUSINESS SITUATION. & > <xxxxNsc<x>ac<xxxxxxxxx>a>o Chicago Correspondence: The last month of the year is one when the business world cleans house and makes preparations for the new year, and a slight lull is noted in some branches Of trade. Manufacturing plants which have filled their orders or nearly so are reported to be making slight concessions in prices in order to secure new business. During the present month the greatest activity will probably be in the retail trade. There is every indication that Christmas shopping will be on an exten­ sive scale. It has been an exciting week in the stock markets. The reference to trusts Ox the President's message was made the excuse by the professional bear element jn Wall street for a smashing raid on the entire group of industrial stocks, and during the greater part of the time the market has been demoralized. In the case of the iron and steel stocks, the de­ clines have been sharp, prices for the common shares going to the lowest points seen this year. , The bears have been aided in their efforts by the money mar­ ket, which is again showing a decided tendency to harden as the time ap­ proaches for making provision for the heavy dividend and interest' payments due the first of the year. Grain markets were fairly active this week and at better prices. Wheat that looked so hopelessly depressed a week ago developed unexpected strngth and* gained 2 cents a bushel. Corn also dis­ appointed the bears and advanced in the face of considerable effort to direct its course in the opposite direction. Wheat was influenced chiefly by the falling off in the receipts from farmers in the North- .west, and corn by the fact of receipts, already small, giving no indication of sub­ stantial enlargement in the near future as had been confidently expected by a food many usually well-informed specu­ lators. TAYLOR IS ELECTED. Kentucky Canvassing Board Finally Awards Him the Commission. The Kentucky State canvassing board bas awarded the Governor's commission to W. S. Taylor, Republican. Thursday night it was decid­ ed to give the com­ mission to Taylor and the other Re- publican candi­ dates. The formal decision was not an­ nounced, however, till Saturday. The Louisville Courier- Journal, Goebel's main organ, Friday morning devoted the entire first page to the decision in favor of Taylor and declared the matter Is forever settled. The board was unanimously composed of Goebel men, but Member Poytz was the only dissenting member in Goebel's favor to the last. The opinion holds that the State election board has not judicial powers and therefore cannot go beyond the face of the returns while sitting as a canvassing board. However, it denounces election methods employed in Louisville by anti-Goebelites. Member Poyntz, in his dissenting opinion, says he does not propose to be bound down by legal tech­ nicalities and says beyonet rule and fraudulent methods were employed to de­ feat Goebel. w. 8. TAYLOB. | CHURCH AND CLERGY. | Japan has 53,872 Roman Catholics. Boston's Christian Science churches have 16,000 members. During the last year the Mormons have made twenty-one converts in Milwaukee. The Christian Science churches of the country have^ 5,000 readers, lecturers and healers. " The Rev. W. O. Carrier of Wausau has been elected president of the Wisconsin Federation of Reforms. Seventeen Baptist missionaries sailed from Boston recently, the largest com­ pany sent at one time in many years. Mrs. Humphry Ward has made an ap­ peal in the English press for the preserv­ ation of the standards- Of the Established Church. In the Metropolitan Methodist Church. Toronto, nearly $300,000 has been raised toward the Methodist million1 dollar twen­ tieth century fund. Thei Rev. Robert MacDoinald of Wash­ ington Avenue Baptist Church, Brook­ lyn, is to be o®e of the preachers at Har­ vard University this year. Mrs. Mary Si Knowles of Delaware, Ohio, has taught the infant class in St. Paul's Methodist Sunday school for thiiv ty-one years. The Rev. Daniel J. Hauer of Hanover, Pa., claims to be the oldest Lutheran minister in the United States. He is 94 years of age. The non-sectarian Protestant Order of St. Christopher was reorganized at Col­ lege Point, N. Y., recently for Christian work in prisons. The Salt Lake Ministerial Association has sent to every clergyman in the coun­ try asking that mass meetings be held to arouse sentiment against the seating of Roberts. The following facts relative to the growing crops of wheat and rye and the corn yield of the State have been deduc­ ed from the reports,made to the Illinois department of agriculture: The area de­ voted to winter wheat this fall is 11 per cent smaller than the 1899 area, when 2,268,300 acres were reported by assess­ ors, the 1900 area being 2,028.000 acres. In northern Illinois the deficiency is 7 per cent, the area reported being 36,000 acres; in central Illinois 893,000 acres are reported, the deficiency being 19 per cent, while in the southern division of the State almost as large an area as last year is reported, the amount being 1,- 099,000 acres. While there is complaint of Hessian fly from a good many coun­ ties, the condition of the crop is nearly normal. Army worms destroyed some fields, while chinch bugs, grasshoppers and wire worms also did some damage. The area of Illinois for 1900 is given as 102,300 acres, a deficiency of 10 per cent as compared with 1899. The average con­ dition of rye is 9$ per cent. The 1899 corn area of Illinois is a little smaller than that of 1S98--6,941,500 acres being reported this year and 6,944,000 last year. As the average yield per acre of thirty-seven bushels this year is consid­ erably above the 1898 yield, the total yield of 259,619,000 bushels is 44,396 bushels greater than that of 1898. The 4argest average yield per acre was ob­ tained in northern Illinois, 41 bushels. Twenty-six cents a bushel is the average value of the crop this season, the same as the ruling price last fall, making the crop worth to the producer $67,792,000. Secretary David Ross of the State board of labor statistics has prepared a summary of the Illinois coal report for the year ending July 1, 1899, and it shows that the year's production of bitu­ minous coal is 5,000,000 bushels in ex­ cess of any previous year. The average number of days of active operations for shipping mines, 206 days, is more than for any other year except 1893, when it was 226 days. Illinois now ranks next to Pennsylvania in the production of bi­ tuminous coal. The summary shows: "Number of counties producing coal, 52; number of mines and openings of all kinds, 889; new mines or old mines re­ opened, 129; mines closed or abandoned since last report, 121; total output of all mines in tons of 2,000 pounds, 23,464.445; total tons shipped, 20,019,147; aggregate home value of total product, $18,443,946; average number of miners Employed dur­ ing the year, 26,449; average number of other eniRjoyes, 10,542; total wages paid ,all employes, excepting office help, $14,- 730,179; number of men at work under- round, 33,199; number of men accident- killed, 99." NBW DEMOCRATIC LEADER. erou ially The Railroad and Warehouse Commis* sion rendered two interesting decisions recently. In the case of William Atzel against the Chicago Terminal Transfer Company, alleging extortionate switch­ ing charges, it was shown that some of the cars were hauled more and some less than three miles. The rules of the board are that $2 per car may be charged where the distance does not exceed three miles, while for a distance of more than three miles it was entitled to charge the regular schedule of rates fixed by the commission. In the complaint of Keeney & Little, grain dealers of Watseka, against the Toledo and Western Rail­ road Company, the board holds that the refusal of the railroad company to make a rate on grain to Ohio river points is a question of interstate commerce, but or­ ders the railroad company to switch grain destined for such points to the nearest junction. Gov. Tanner and State Auditor McCul- lough have computed the State tax rate for 1899, which will be certified to the various county clerks throughout the State as follows: For general State pur­ poses, designated "revenue fund," 3.08 mills of each dollar, and for State school purposes, designated "State school fund," 1.12 mills of each dollar. The State rate thus aggregates 42 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property. The rate last year was 56 cents and the year before 66. | THE STATE METROPOLIS. 8 CCm^KKSSlIAN J. D. RK HAHDSO*. Congressman James D. Richardson of Tennessee, who succeeds young Mr. Bai­ ley of Texas as leader of the Democratic minority in the House of Representatives, i6 a. tall, slight man of 50, looking ten years younger, with a broad, Southern pronunciation. As a member of the old Democratic majority it was frequently Mr. Richardson's duty to preside over the House, especially when it was sitting as the committee of the whole. Mr. Rich­ ardson gave general satisfaction to both sides of the House. There is a quality which has been famous in successive gen­ erations of Southerners which is known as Southern courtesy. Mr. Richardson possesses this quality, and keeps it in in­ conspicuous but graceful display. Mr. Richardson, who is a Confederate vet­ eran, is a lawyer by profession. BRITONS AGAIN IWEEf DISASTER. Second Attack on the Boers at Modder River 4s a Failure. Close upon the heels ot the news of Gen. Gatacre's disaster at Stromberg comes the startling intelligence that Gen. Methuen, commanding the Kimberlcy re­ lief column, after two weeks of recuper­ ation since the Modder river battle, has again met the Boers, and this time has suffered a severe repulse with heavy loss. There has been no buffer of fa­ vorable war news to break the shock of these two disasters coming in crushing succession. Following Saturday's bombardment of Boer position by the naval contingent the artillery reopened fire Monday morning on the Boer trenches around the Magers- fontein kopje, apparently silencing the enemy. The British iufantry then ad­ vanced, but th^ Boers remained in their trenches, and wTien the British approach­ ed they poured in a terrific rifle fire, re­ pulsing the British with heavy losses. The Highland brigade suffered especial- ly< „ , The only compensation the British have been able to discover in the dis­ heartening story of the fight is in Gen. Methuen's statement that he maintains his position close to the Boers, arousing hope that he will retrieve the situation. It is apparent that the bombardment of Saturday and Sunday did not shake the Boers' grip on their position, and it seems certain that they merely withdrew their guns and riflemen under cover, The probate court allowed a dentist bill of $1,605 against' the Pullman es­ tate. «s Nathan Hermes' box factory was de­ stroyed by fire, which also damaged a cottage next door. The loss is less than $3,000. W. A. Pinkerton advocates whipping post for footpads and says burglars de­ serve same treatment as murderers. Dur­ ing last month property valued at over $30,000 stolen in hold-ups a'nd other rob­ beries. Col. Thomas H. Monstrey, the well- known fencing, Aiaster, who fell, break­ ing his arm, wn* compelled to" have the bone rebroken ijjd reset on account of former imperfect setting. The difficult operation was performed by Dr. Nicholas Senn and has been pronounced success­ ful. Suspension from membership for five years was decreed against Henry A. An­ gel, a broker connected with Nash, Wright & Co., for "skinning orders" 'by the directors of the Board of Trade. The charges were brought by Director T. M. Baxter, and the claim was made that Angel bought 10,000 bushels of oats, for a customer and reported the sale as hav- ; ing been made at % cent more than was actually paid. Tbe Japanese Aristocracy. The better class of Japanese do not live in the treaty ports of Japan, which are frequented by the casual traveler. Life in these towns is so different from the real life of Japan that it is impos-. sible to get an idea of the country Disapproved. Putt--What I want to know, sir, is if you referred to me as a born liar? Terr--No, sir. I don't believe you learned to talk so soon as that Throe Generations of Vanderhilts. Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on the 27th of November, 1843, and according­ ly was 56 years of age at his death. His father, William H. Vanderbilt, was born May 8, 1821, and died Dec. 8, 1885, or in his sixty-etiglith year. Commodore Vanderbilt was born May 27, 1794, and died Jan. 4, 1877, or at 83 years. A Petty JLawsnit. A suit to recover 25 cents occupied the attention of the court in Geneva, X* tor two days. ENGLISH BRIGADE COMMANDERS I SOUTH AFRICA. MaJ. Gen. Woodgate. M»j Gen. Cooke. while Gen. Methuen indulged in the usu­ al artillery preliminaries Monday, and that when the British guns were obliged to cease firing, owing to the danger of hitting the advancing troops, the Boers speedily reoccupied their trenches and overwhelmed the highlanders with a ter­ rible fire, probably accompanying this by an attack on the British right flank and rear. Gen. Wauchope- was killed in ac­ tion Tuesday. Five fiundred men under Col. Metcalf made a sortie from Lady smith and the Boers were surprised. These troops were of the Second Rifle Brigade in the command of Gen. White. After recover­ ing from the first onslaught the Boers rallied and by strategic movements Cut off the retreat of the British troops. Then followed a fierce fight. The Rifle Bri­ gade had to fight their way through at the point of the bayonet. The British loss was considerable, and some wounded were left on the field. Additional news received from the fight places the num­ ber of British killed at eleven and forty wounded. Six British soldiers are said to have been taken prisoners. Lieut. Fer­ guson was killed and Capt. Paley and Lieuts. Davenport and Bond were wounded. ALLEN GOES TO THE SENATE. Will Fill Vacancy Cafcsted by the Death of Senator Wayivard. Gov. Poynter of Xebnvskn has appoint­ ed ex-Senator Allen to fill the Senatorial vacancy caused by the death of Hay- Svard.' A good deal of contention devel­ oped over the va­ cancy. Strong ef­ forts were made to induce W. J. Bryan to accept the posi­ tion, and G. M. Hitchcock, of Oma- "'r a very promising candidate. The Governor favored a SENATOE AI.I.EX. postal card ballot from all fusionists to determine a choice, but as this would have required a month it was regarded as impracticable. The newly appointed Senator proceeds at once to Washington to assume his du­ ties. HER TRIAL POSTPONED. Another Delay in the Viola Horlocker Case at Hastings, Neb. The trial of Viola Horlocker at Hast­ ings, Neb., on the charge of sending a package of poisoned candy io the wife of Mr. Morey, her employer, last sum­ mer, has again been postponed. It had confidently been ex­ pected that this time it Would be brought to trial. Miss Horlocker is at present at.Jack­ sonville, 111., where she is employed as VIOLA UOKLOCKEB. bookkeeper in the sanitarium. There are many in Hastings who now predict that the case will never be tried, as several who would be supposed to take an inter­ est in prosecuting it have for some time shown a disposition to let it drop. . JL\ .• V.r i. . OH . IWHMt lf;S ISMS, iifwn tan tuna nuas To* em nmmim * »t jr'ou aha If < flUBSt • 131.75 IS OUR SPECIAL 90 BtrS' trfcrftfuc.s.1 beninnd direct from a beiiiailfal at appearance. From the lllmiCratlon shown, i kBnotograph jou can torm somefdeac atrie. THE iCSE WTO lae feet Mncheehteb.- V, W Inches wide and weighs SMpotmfe. Coa- 11 stops, as funowt: Biiw, frtadMi latest 1 U incbes long, tains 5 octares, 11 sto.™. , , i,., VaMsaa, • 1«M«, Celeste. Cimn, Iw Cmptar. TMtk Ceapl«s H«t-- rerte swlfea lM»m 3 Ortiw daalen. I Taae Swell, 1 Oread Orgea Ml, 4 8*t» Orriiotral Tcm£ Reeeaaten Hpe •eaUty 1W «fS7 Pure tiliBi >««*», 1 let ef II Cfc«rile|lj SxflBeatCelMic' H--<1^ 1 Set M WellMeWew I--eUrMinw tofc, 1 !;>s or it n eilni •eflleMlee* Madpel Keeie. THE ACM F. QCEEJI ac­ tion consist of the oelebratedSenall Re*4*, ?rhi»h arc on i - used In the highest grade insCraments, fH< <*-1 with H -K mat Ooeplen *a< T«i ••aaaa, also best l-hrp f«l&. leathers, etc., bellows ot the beet rubber cloth, bellowsstock and finest leather in vmlTr^ THE ACME QUEEN 1s furnished witha J0ii4 plate French mirror, nickel plated pedal frames, and every modern Improvement. We fornisu fr.. * K-ni' Meteerkea Meet ea4 ttm teilensallltaetlsa GUARANTEED 25 YEARS. ^2;̂ Issue a written blading rear i terms and conditions of which If; we repair it IWx ef charge, ft w# will refund your money If yo . --loftr •arantee, by the r;!**tR>»eeou» due month and are not perfectly •ttlsfled. 400 of them organs will be sold at SSI. "5. iBDER AT ONCE. BOST DELAY. OUR RELIABILITY IS ESTABLISHED " r<>° Bet dealt with us ask 70117 neighbor about us, write Met -- ~ '• g® >'»». Bai We hat* a {he publisher of this paper or IfetropoUtanKationa! Bank, or Corn Exchaoge N*M - Bank, Chi ik, Chicago; or itarm&zi Fi^an^e Bank, Yorkj ornri r- , - •» •»* $100,000.00, occupy entire one of (kolafmt Chicago, and employ nearly 9*1*0 people In our own building. WK &KLL ORG * AT ItlM u< • oUo everything in musical instrament# *t lowest wholesale Wiite forfroOsa - „ t»ea«, Beefce-u A Ce. me reS.Me l 6EAR8, ROEBUCK * CO. (Inc.), Fulton. OMptaiMsiind Waymen St*., CHICAOO. IUU SEND NO MONEY UAH WHAiiUfMhlbitf am Ham™ aetlen. YoucanexamiMKitat yeur nearest frtlght d< Jrelgbt feund perfectly utiihstefi, exactly as represented, easel te aaeUeee etkenacllae High seMO.M, as« THK. WUATK8T liMUX TOO IT IK MA ED OF, p«j ind you tUC. 9. >. eatyeet depot and " Our Special Offer Pric* tea. The machine weighs INMI easel and freight charges. 1S> pounds and the freight will average ~ IT THREE MONTHS' TV return your tlo.5* any 4ay you ar eke* ui grstee ef teiriag Bathlae* 15.50 :e 75 ccnt« for eaeh M0 [Tiler QIVE IT THREE MONTHS' TKIAL lc your own home, and we wilt return your 116.5* any 4ay you are no. sa'UAed. We ••II M- at t&M, (11.00, lll.OOul «?• all fellr 4eMrihe< la Oar Free Sewtax leokla* Cttelerae, «« StS.SCI «"• DROP J>£SX CABINET BURBXCK te the groatoat value ever offered by any house. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS * various Inducements. Brtte eeste !». <uxl ieara whe art. muuftu AHD WHO tu ROT. bss evtiy KQESR3I IirROTHUST THE BURPICK KTUY OMB POINT OV 1TSBT HIGli -- OUI UCHMK BADC, WITH THE BBISCTS OP 50S*. MA1»E BY TBE BERT MAKER IN AMEBIC A, FROM THE BEST MATEBIAJ $ IS ot i. PIANO rtUHD, one Illustration shows machine < ping from sitrht) to be used as a eeater laMe, atuS epea with fall length table and head In place for see drawen, lilnt 1M0 ekeUtea frimr. carved, paneled, «aktSN<«3 deoorated cabinet finish, finest nickel drawer palls, rests ea4 ou­ ters, ball bearing adjuxtable treadle, genoine Smyth iroa lerge D|k in head, positive four motion feed, self thl Ing shuttle, automatic bobbin winder, adjustable bearings, i liberator, Improved loose wheel, adjustable presser foot. Improved carrier, patent needle bar, patent dress guard, head is haldssnly f andenwiM e»4 beaaUfeily KXOKEIa TRIMKED. GUARANTEED the mfcteetraaahg, m»H4wrJKtST i I I ill ill • WM mat*. keewe sttuhswet i« IbwMirt «»< ear Tiee IllStrSCtlOaBW^Iljh Inst how anyone can ran it and do either plain or any klad of tmaof aeslu A fiO-YBAKS' BINDING OTTABANTU Is sent with every 1 j IT COSTS YOU NOTHING to £60.OO. and then tr conviaced yea aresattag tM.00 te 9M et*Bt th« $16.60. we TO RITV'RN TOl'K tlS.lO If »i any Itaae wHMa three sieatte yea ssy jeaeea ONtl TO BU. DOIT DIUT. (Sears. Roebock A Co. are thoroughly reliable.--BdttMT.) Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.) Chicago, III. SEND ONE DOLLAR Cut this *<!. outasd send to t»; state whether you wlah Sa or Ladle.' Bleyele, also eeler aid) by impress, < - - Toa eai araiue it at your express office and iff perfectly aatWMIevy, euMf m Ikr moat weaderftal raise ywew heard of, equal to bicycles* (sal as high as (te.oe, if yon think you caaasll ltatilOOO profit aayd*y,paythe MtMMa ajfent Ou r Special Cleee Osl MhrJntjA SI3.75and express charges, less the|k JO sent with order. Tin WifUl is t by a binding f YOU CAN MAKE SSOO.OO C A1 MAR BI JEfc - - SEARS, ROEBUCK ft CO. (H* >Chicago. iraastle llree, eaenrled bleek, green er siereee :f¥(1!4» AT TO S25.00. ORDKH TOIUT 'l .."M. i PANTS AT HALF PRICE SI.OO. 91.60, *2.00 and S2.SO Wesheli eleeeeatear entire eteek of Xea'e nee •ade>le*aeesare Faete, which we cut and made to measureat(3.00,13.00, tt.00 and 06 00 In competition with pants thattslles«fBniUhat(t.OOtetlO. 11(118 OTIK 1,000 PASTS DAILY, measure errors creep In and some •itsat psaUascasisleie, aadte keepeareteek eleeawe else, tlua eat at Ol.OOte 11.10, lessUsaeestorslelheleBe. Atdgleastoas. SEND NO MONEYcutthisad out and send to us, state pants wanted by letter, color wanted, give your Height, ateker ef laefeee arena* M> r* Waist, aresad M; at Hlw, sad lesgta b^lnMemana tight la eretch te heet. eight, ataker ef laefeee arenad M> Waist, areaad M; at Hlw, sad lesgta et InMemaMa tight la eretch te heet. will select panta neajet t your exact is ore, n^ittkl fe-Ufior them to your exact else, send to you by expreea O. O. D., subject to examination, yo< amine them and if found perfectly i ... - , .per­ fectly trimmed, sewed and finished, factory, geaalae taller aaade, the same as If flrstmade to year ewa fectly trimmed, sewed I S:actly oae-half esr lowest irleS) and less than one-lrd the price charged by tailors. Pay the express .ar sjeeelal eloee-oat srlee aad enreee chuge* • •T •) THbBBPAITS AT $1.00 are Mde mm seed welgkt *" sss»lwi«es aa<wsrite<ssadsreregalart«.00geeee. aerr ae T1MI PASTS AT Ol.CO from - - worsteds andoasalmeres we re laeUMea wlthpeatethat telle* SSPAKT8 ATCt.Oorrom tali SEND US ONE DOllAR lew 191)9 patt«n UttKll €00 K STOVK. by freight C.O.D.. SOtj Examine it at your freight depot and if found perfect­ ly satisfactory sad thp (rrrilrjt BAR- VAIN V O U ever saw or heard cf.pay the FEKltlHT A8CST ear SPKCIAL PRII S, $13.00 len.s the U.00 sent with der or »il< and freight charges WltlTKfOR OCR at IS.00 laeeemeUMee wlthpeatethat tallen get 04. te li. TlUSBPAJKTSAT«8.Mfrom high L wenteds aad ual.mi pants fabrics we never i grade Iswerted UT 88. aold at less than M.Q0 and tailors get $7.00 and upwards, in u THE8C PASTS AT f>. 60a>a4e-to-weei.re fey ntlll. fremlke vety laeet speelel Istperted eaate fhMeela saaelaeree aad seisledsinskss teIleiSfetfS.o6leSll.00feat aoawa iMJUIS re-cat to your measure, exactly the same as if yoa ordered them at d.able the prloe, and such value as you never before saw or heard of, then deo'i take Uea. wider tedey. SEARS, ROEBUCK ft CO.. (Inc.).Chicaso fcsili.sk ACs. are lhsrsa»kly roUafele.- IdHssQ ONLY S2.7S SEND NO MONEY. Cutthis ad. out, ana send to us, state your welgkt sad height, alto num­ ber of inches around bedy at but aad atck, and we will send thit (EAUTIFUL FUR TRIMMID BEAVER ClOTH CAPE to you by ei(jre»j, .O.l'.,subject to examination, oucar. examine and try it on at your nearest exLn«8S of- iiceand if foutul prrfr»lly ssUifsetory, eiartly aa rep- rewalpd ud Ihe aeit wonderful YTLOE JOB giee or heard of, I iay the exprcs* agent, our •neclul offer price $2.75, aad eiprt •• efaargpa. Kxpress <• Imi'io'j will avt>rag« 40 to 60 cents for eaolt 1,000 miles. THI9 CAPE IS LA­ TEST STY LB FOR FALL and WINTER, mad* from an extra fine aul beaty all wool black orblo# genuine Kiriton Ilea* ver cloth. 27 inches lontr, very full sweep, UMnch upr^r <$ADe, extra full. I'pper rape and largo stcrm collar. l>eautt- fnliy trimmed with, black Baltic seal for; upper cap# trimmed with three rows and collar with two rows or |m ••hair br&IAt cloth button ornaments. Th\» i® •eetaller madr throughoat and equal t capes ttsat ^Cila.8 more than cloul>!e the price. Write for free Cloak CaU!»*B£e 8EARS. ROEBUCK & CO., CHICAGO Sssrs, Boeback & €o» are Ueresiklj rtliable--KSItwr.) SEND ONE DOLLAR CUT THIS AD. OUT uid Atad (o state your heigbt, ! number inches around body atbreakt, j ta^en over vest, under coat, close up » under arms*, number inches around ) body at waist aud hips, and length of le# inside pants eeam from tlfbt fa crotch to heel, state whether you wish tack or frock coat andcolur wanted, and Iwp will Konrt von hv «XDress. C. O. IK* SCBJECT TO EXiMIXATION^ a tailor Made tulUoToartxactiaeasBre. You can examine and try It on at your express ofllce.and If you find it the best made, most stylish suit you ever liad, equal to anything-your tailor would make YOU for $20.00 and the most wonderful value you e ver heard of, pay the expregs agent 0!CK Kit? OTTI RIC* t'LAK FR1CK or $6.25 and express ckargca less the 11.00 sent with order. AT ftl *> Rfl we cot aad make thrsp tf> Mi yMeasure In competition with taUore cet $20.00 for. They are all fine ca»to» tailor made-to-measure, but making: over 1,000 asit* daily measure errors creep in and eonie misfit ^uftsj accumu­ late, and to keep our stock dean we shall close them out at ONE HALF PRICK and less than cost of cloth alone A blglo«atoat. These suits were made to measure at $12.50 to $14.00 from tine Foreign eiul Domestic all wool cassmures, worsteds, meltons and cbeviut cloths, in lltrht, medium •nd dark =hades, also plain etteets. made in very latest Sti le with fl'ie UnliiSSsndtrimminfrB.eoats satiu piped, tancy arm phiel ds,6ilk and linen sewinp.hwt or».»rj thing. We will select the exact kind and style Of suit vou want, reeut uJ rem li to jooreiMthenar* iu:d, •hen vou eret it. if youdo not »jr ltiato every pun'ose Bictl'y the same as if orifrlnslly made to your nieasuro by us at, SIS. 50 t« 814.00. or by your own tailiir at KO.OO to9^^-00 return «t our ejpeane. ®rder today. JJob t ihfiaj* Write for free ( loth Sample? of men's tailoring. AMms, Sears, Roebuck A Co., Chicago (Bear*, Useunek * Co. are tB.romgWj r»ll»W*.--UMar.) STOVE CATALC This ftOTS is slasKo. t. lSHxlSxil. top la «ix2J; made from b»s» pic iron, •«*% large flues, heavy corera, heavy llnlsgs ut mist lars-fl oven shelf, heavy Un-Uned OTSB (toot*, hssasiiis nickel plated ornamentations and largo deep, genuineHuflrt >• wish 11 some large ornamented base. Bcstssall we furnish Fill an extra wood grate, maktactfjk feet WMS Soraer. WE ISBCS A MlMM MUUlW ' every stove and frtiarante* safedeUrsry ta road station. Your looal dealsr would oharf for EU('h a etove. tbe freight Is only abf eacb .*>00 niiles.Mwessnrasatlsssl S10.M. 8EARS, ROEBUCK A CO.OKJ ftsarc, gwlwsUCa asllwsililf $1.98 BUYS A $3.50 MW CIIIMU1IB HliT UDMU. MKVCUBJS.MM PIECE UN FASTS KRI AT send to us, state sgeef biyandssiyi large or msll for«®e and wevtlla the Bult by express, C.O. D. sab JSC*» •»- amlnation. 1 au csw wwhs HaiyeSjjf express uml if found perfectly sstw. fa.-tnrv atui e«u>l te saMsssMks jearisMste •«.&«,j " *" Offer f , T««l 16 yeare of age i ft: AD. Made with POL'KM BUT SSHI urn, latest lttoo Il;h as Uhntntsd. as* ha I •pedal heavy weight, we»MMistls|t •» sssl Staatoa Caulawre, neat, handsons* (Sim, f.ne Italian lining, gsasiae Oraytea latsHWsfc MMhqh fttsjlag aad rcbferelRi, silk sad llaea sswteg, teetsMMMMft thnagboat.aault «ny bey er pareat wssW he |HSl sit roil KREK I I,urn SAIrLKS sf Bsys' flethlsg fcr k«JS 4 !• 19 TEARS, write tor Sample BmA S,. HI. containsfashj«» platee, tape measure and fu 1Hn«tractions how to Onbr. SlenV Suit* ni»de to order fVoiw W.M ay. Saa» pies sent tree on application. Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.), Chicago, IIL (Sears, KoebufL 1 te. are thorMghly reliable. --KilNSS.) "SSI J3H HAIR SWITCH (rtedtiwoMHs hair, . Wa wtlllaeleas ; suiltowrteeyiee isssMty««ltt SENO ONE DOLLAR WEITKPLilM-Y I.KTTKKIN* wo vill ad ou by freiffLt, KRI- 'AID, V. 0.1>., subjc M: t, examination. tlH* R«X%I Bine Barbie - •tOB^, guaranteeing -;il- delivery. KiAmlme si as T«ar f»^l(rht dejwt, a i M found p*Tfefilrhati*fric-^r y, •xart'.r v aa4 e^nal to hlincs thf;f rvt«!l at riO.OO t« $80.00, p«j tbf frri;ct<t »f*nt Our Spci'tu! QWer Price. S9.98. les? th^ ?ent with onier. We iijv pnptj the freight to lay point ett( of tlitt K^kr Xoutalas. Biae l>?sua Slari'lr, Is Boo-dc'itroeUbi'^, anii a rjefa, klfhlv yollshod, uaf&din? polor. H SO iaefcos htgh, at ba»«>. WHIP forpr!e*s ©a ot ?<•« and 8EMIS, t filUfiMiOhi ON EASY CONDITIONS* Cut tbl* nd. out sad mall to vm. BM* small sample of your balr.cntelaMtotka roots. v-s<- no want -we sfliaswtii Bend vou bv i^ail, postpaid, a (Ml •HNM ounces, short stem. in package with ?>»lt<-b to return it to usifarljierfseMy but if found exactly as r«| most extraordinary vaiaa to keep it. either tea* asH.Whl 10d«y»«rTAkE ORDERS HW I ^ it ii.iti uru among Toar frlsato aa< send to isa wlifeoat as]> SMasf, wttoMMM the 3 switches to them direct hT wilL to be paid for io days after received tf perfectly :< .-t 11 s f u ctory.and yea iss >ea »•> the iwltek »f neadjaaftee IW|-- llialh. We (lie Pia.M, Otysas, 8ewh« Dishei, raraMara, Wstshsi, H|< s. I wrras sad ether |iaiha» Mr laUsa Si rim tar Oar Swttchss. *ae Mjsasasi a Piass laIftMa dajs, aaeaSswI^BasUaa in 2 days. Order a Switch slMaSat write to-day far FKEI FH^Ml t MOFFElt. Ladles' Hair Emporium, Chlcaco. TRUSSES, es& w.2s m m m I WE SaT Fe are »lllit the wn at FACTOR* PRICKS, fe®' than ose-th<rd tlie price charged by others, on OUAMNTII T8 ftT t0» WjWtTlT whetlier you Wisli u!-r •*« ntaMt fro . l'ork Keurslblp £Sms 4c Tr«M. illustrated abore, CQlthil out and tend to uswltnOtE SFKtUi* PSifK stael, state your Height, Wei|tbt, Afe, fcow!cii|c you have beet: ruptured, whether rapture is larj^e or stnal!; alsogtat* number inches around the body c:i a line with th« rupture. Fay -whether rupture on right or left and we wit! send either truss to you with, the under standi:^. IfH U *«ta fit aad eqaalto trvim (Jbai retail ot three t ime* our priee^you can return it aad w# will return your money- of Iticludiispc the $10.00 L** 1res3 tkateures almost aaj aad whiclt for A*ir* sSEARS, ROEBUCK & Co. C »»r# UM $2.75 HfCASO l m-llts tm rrou and C $2.75 RQX lgA'lt COAT A LtK 9&.W WITIimWf i-ou S2.7S. Send No Money. aa4 & (alt ot irehes aromtd body ai brt^t tak^n wr urJer c^aj k>se up under arme*, and v.« will end v«->u this coat ly ex press, C. ^ , i".. »v> eiaais tthMi: cxamint / . :...i trv ii on. at )our " ; oiri'ot* artd i repr^^cnU'd and t.'.? ni! vahie vou *ver ^ w or heani ar.d to any rrit** f*2. Ti, atid THIS MACKINTOSH A. color, xeauiee extra double bt»<•<»«* •.,tlar. fancy pUui Uni-i.-. waterprort M i>ptM Mienteii both r»iao* by us or amy oth^r h- SB j.-e. F«* »«>, Sasiple.of »a'<M i.-*kat.»beea» to jL .tki. a id Ma^ 'o Measare &*t«* tvojita At front »5.tW to »K.W. *lH» «« »"• BSARsfROEBUCk 4 CO., CHICAI " «. 1