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ILLINOIS STATE NEWS CANADA COMPETITION OCCURRENCE^ DURING PAST WEEK. THE klotong Students Expelled from the State University--Terrible Suffering: from Cold in the Large Citiee--Low- Down Trick of a Chicago Scamp. The Champaign On trace. Chicago Tribune: "A 'sociable' arrang­ ed by the freshmen of the University, of . -Illinois was delayed for several hours at Urbana by a party of sophomores, who (ought the police and the fire department before they would delist from their at-' tempt to break up the gathering. The sophomores threw noxious eheinicals into .t: the hall and on the rival students, and; succeeded among other things in probably blinding for life a young girl who was one of the guests. The episode, it appears, was considered a prank. It may have been a 'prank,' but it undoubtedly was a crime of the most flagrant sort, and the. perpetrators should be punished with the utmost severity. No consideration should be shown a student who sees any fun in throwing chemicals where there is danger of inflicting blindness. There were no ex- tenuating circumstances about the act. It was a vicious and beastly j>erformance at best to try in that manner to break up i 4 a gathering attended by ladies as well as fellow-students. There wasn't a sugges­ tion of humor or legitimate amusement in the act, even if it had not resulted so seri­ ously. It was low-lived and discreditable from every point of view, especially from the point of view of a decent student. The degenerates who took an active part in the proceeding should be treated to the full punishment allowed by. the law." The students implicated Were expelled.. The Cold Wave. Saturday night there came sweeping down from the Northwest the most bitter­ ly cold blast ever recorded by the. weather bureau. In sections of Illinois, Iowa, In­ diana, Michigan and Wisconsin the mer­ cury dropped GO degrees within twelve hours. Chicago experienced a tempera­ ture 20 degrees below zero. In the coun­ try districts and villages. whei^e the peo- ple had not much to do except get in shelter and keep warm, there was not much of suffering. But in all large citios, where there is always an element of im­ poverished people, the suffering was in­ tense. Police stations, churches, public buildings and depots were besieged by miserable beings who were not only per­ ishing from cold, but starving. In Chi­ cago the Mayor issued a proclamation, calling upon all who were able, to give relief. The usual avenues through which aid is extended were overworked. It is estimated that 100,000 people were aided. Many of them had never before been com­ pelled to ask help. And thousands more who were in dire need were prevented by pride from making an appeal. Abraham Marberry, of MossviHe, was : killed by a tree falling on him. , At Decatur, Newton Herring met his death under a Wabash switch engine. At Moweaqua, a coal miner named HOW THE WILSON LAW DIS- slate SPUZ ^ iD8tantlykmed H-£alli?fe FAR MING INDUSTRY. The Government engineer says tbetun- nels under the river at Chicago must h£ lowered to permit of channel improve­ ment. The work will cost millions of dol­ lars. Oliver E. Ray and Miss Ella ^Mayf) Moore, both of Poplar Grove, and B. G. Delong and Miss Lillian Myers, both of Rjockford, were married by Rev. Dr. Sabin Halsey at Janesville. Wis. A few years ago John S. Thompson, of JLacon, purchased some lrfhd at Cripple Creek, Colo., for its real estate value. Gold was discovered in the vicinity and he refused $500,000forhis property. Sat­ urday he received advices from his man­ ager that at the depth of thirty-five feet traces of gold were noticed. A car load was shipped to the smelting works, and it returned 8.287 ounces pure gold to the ton, realizing $1,500 for the car load of He Sells Ancient Ejjjrs. Captain Baer of the Attrill street, Chi­ cago, police station is looking for a man who has violated the confidences of house­ wives in his district by selling them eggs of doubtful age. Early in the day com­ plaints began to come in at the station that a man attired in the garb of a farmer Was selling eggs which he claimed were "just laid" to women who live in the northwest side. The trusting women bought and paid for the eggs, but when they were broken open they gave every evidence* of haying been laid months ago. There was a great demand for chloride of lime in the drug stores in the vicinity where the alleged farmer had found cus­ tomers. The reports were so numerous that finally the captain decided to send out messages asking for the egg seller's arrest. State News in Brief. In Decatur Wednesday, the stockhold­ ers of the Terre Haute and Peoria Rail­ road Company held their annual meeting and elected the following directors: James McCrea, James T. Books and E. F. Leonard. A deed of assignment from Scheer & Hauskins, grocers at Alton, was filed in the County Court. The creditors are principally Chicago and St. Louis firms. Liabilities are $4,418. No estimate of the assets is furnished. The Vandalia Catholic,.,.'Church and school house adjoining it were destroyed by fire. It was the oldest church build­ ing in Vandalia. Work on the new Cath­ olic Church building, which is to cost $10.- 000, will now be pushed rapidly. Christopher E. Murtagh, general sup­ erintendent of the Rockford Traction Company, which is owned by Farson, Leach & Co., of Chicago, died in Rock­ ford. He was one of the best-known r.nd most popular young men in that city. A well-dressed man, aged about 55,* who registered at Hotel Madison in Alton as F. W. Miller of Evansville, Ind., was found dead in bed. A half-empty bottle of morphine powder told the tale of Sui­ cide. The remains are yet unidentified. The Central Machine and Foundry Company of Quincy has filed in the Fed­ eral Court at Springfield a bill for an in­ junction to restrain the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad and the Santa Fe Railroad from discontinuing their through freight line, via Hurdland, 3Io., to Chicago and points east. The Appellate Court at Chicago set aside the verdict of $85,000 which tvas awarded in Judge Sears' court to 9-y«ar- old Jessie Ivrueger last year for injuries received during an accident on the West Madison street cable line. The reviewing court commented very strongly on the action of lawyers in "attempting to in­ flame the passions of juries instead of try­ ing cases by due process of law." The case resulted in a verdict of $50,000 for the little girl, but this was cut down by the trial court to $35,000. The cable company was represented by Senator Wil­ liam E. Mason and Attorney Edmirnd Furthmann, while Attorney Theodore G. Case tried the case for td& plaintiff. Dr. O. H. Staehle, a Joliet dentist with a $10,000 per year practice, was inveigled into a saloon by an irate man and pounded nearly to death, the saloon door bfting locked so that the doctor could not escape. Dr. Staehle is worth $250,000, manied, and a leading society man. At Decatur, the jury in the case of Jo­ seph Meyers, charged with the murder of August Hackelman. returned a verdirt of not guilty after being out only three hours. The verdict meets popular senti­ ment. The court room was crowded, and cheers were given by the spectators when the verdict was announced. Charles Wehrenberg, Jr., and Miss Ida Mertz of Mound City have just announc­ ed to their friends that they were married in Dresden, Tenn., June 14 last. A very largely attended meeting of rail­ way employes was held in Bloorrangton to disQuss the proposed legislation in favor of a 2-cent fare on Illinois ronds. The sentiment against cutting down present passenger rates appeared to be unani­ mous. George W. Whgatley of the Al­ ton, the ̂ chairman of the meeting, said: "The railroad men of Illinois are solid against the proposed reduction. We feel that if passenger rates are cut the loss to the railroads will be made up largely, through reduction of our wages." While Alonzo Black was painting the pipes attached to a ceiling in the Warren Springer building at Chicago his clothes became tangled in a rapidly revolving shart. The shaft is within three feet of the ceiling and is parallel to the joists. As the man was whirled around his head and feet grazed the*joists. The rapidly revolving shaft gathered Black's clothing, tore it from his body and he fell to the floor, practically naked. Yet save a few scratches he was uninjured. An indictment was returned at Rock. Island by the grand jury against Matthias Schnell, a wealthy contractor, who is accused of conspiracy in connection with a city contract. Other well-known people are implicated in the affair! but their names have been suppressed until arrests are made. The contract was the con­ struction of a storm drain, which the city has refused to accept, alleging that in­ ferior material has been worked into it. Schnell recently figured in a sensational breach of promise suit with Mrs. Anna McDermott, who sued for $25,000, but subsequently accepted a smaller amount as a settlement. W. Y. Sanford went to the county jail in Springfield in preference to paying a judgment which had been obtained against him. Sanford has the money with which to pay, but he declines to surrender it. A few days ago Sanford sold out his stock of furniture and received $2,000 for it. At the same time there was an ac­ count against him at the First National Bank and the bank people, finding he was going out of business, denianded a set­ tlement. Sanford did not make it and the bank got judgment in the Circuit Court. Then Sanford became stubborn and refused to pay., His arrest on a ca­ pias was the result and he is now in jail. The judgment was for $1,763.82. The State Board of Pubiic Charities has finished its regular quarterly report and sent the same to the public printer. The condition of the thirteen State ch^i-lt- able institutions for the period is showj* in the following grand totals for the quar­ ter: Average number inmates, 8,956; aver­ age cost per capita (gross), $41.58; net, $39.12; present at beginning of quarter. 8,692; admitted new, 832; readmitted, 155; former inmates returned, 320; dis­ charged or absent, 809; died. 112; present at end of quarter, males, 4,210; females, 4,S63; making a grand total at end of quarter for the thirteen institutions of 9,999; cost to the State for the quarter of the thirteen institutions, $350,393.19. The Illinois Steel Company's steel and rail plants at South Chicago were closed indefinitely Tuesday, leaving 2,000 to 3,000 employes idle. At the office of the company it was stated that the shut-down is only temporary for the purpose of changing the rolls. Announcement of the intended shut-down had not been made to the workmen, and they were at the mills in the morning as usuak When they ar­ rived at the gates they found them closed with notices posted bearing the informa­ tion that the mills would be closed indefi­ nitely. The men are at a loss to explain this unexpected action. To many of them a long-continued shut-down meaus desti­ tution and suffering. A large part of the force has only been employed since the last week in December. An investiga­ tion among the homes of the mill em­ ployes revealed a general condition of des­ titution and misery, and the common opin­ ion of workmen and of tradespeople was that the outlook for the winter was ap­ palling. The little they have recently earned was insufficient to pay indebted­ ness contracted during former periods of idleness. C. L. Porter, the proprietor of a hotel at Colona, died about three weeks ago, apparently of paralysis. Tuesday Carrie Dion, a domestic at the Porter Hotel, con­ fessed that Mrs. Porter had killed her husband by slowly poisoning him with fly paper, her object being to secure $1,000 life insurance. Mrs. Porter, who is 40 years old, was arrested, charged with murder. Miss Dion is Slso under arrest, having confessed that she was Mrs. Por­ ter's accomplice in the crime. The charge against Mrs. Porter is not credited by the people of Colona. Carrie Dion is of French extraction, and her parents, who reside at Kankakee in moderate circum­ stances, are said to have driven her away from home on account of her temper, which is uncontrollable at times. She came to the Porters about four years ago. having met them at the World's Fair, and begged them to give her a home, which they did. She was a nervous, rattle-brain­ ed woman of 25 or 30. and a man hater, the neighbors say. She frequently made threats against the lives of various men, including Mr. Porter, although this was to persons not members of the family. She is believed to be partially demented. Neighbors say that Porter's death was from natural causes. H." K. Griffith, at whose store Dion says she purchased the fly paper, declares there never has been any fly paper of any .kind in the store for four years. Both Mr. and, Mrs. Griffith insist that the girl is insane and there is no reliance to be placed on her story. The agricultural implement house of McReynolds, at Standford has been clos­ ed by the sheriff. McReynolds assigned to Miles Pi Brooks. The liabilities foot up $2,622.54; assets, $1,263.49. L. P. McReynolds' liabilities foot up $10,087. The assets consist principally of lands. James Gaughan, a tailor of Canton, 60 years of age, was found dead in bed at his boarding house. rHe was recently from Chicago, where a son and daughter reside. The Chicago address of the relatives is unknown J and an attempt to communi­ cate with then by the Canton authorities failed. . i. , Monday night the 12-year-old son of Robert Savage, living at Bloomington, heated a poker Ted hot and stuck it into a big bombshell that had been used for many years as an anvil and was supposed to be empty. A terrific explosion follow­ ed, jarring houses for blocks around. Young Savage was1 seriously injured. Returns from the whole county show the election of T. A. Burt, of Urbana, as County Clerk to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. S. McCullough to accept the office of State Auditor. Burt's opponent was Col. W. H. Purcell, a member of Gay. Altgeld's staff. The vote was light, bat Purcell is beaten by 2,000 majority. I^^io Startling Figures from Official S A farces Relative to Imptfrts from Canada Onder Two Tariff Lawg-The Cleveland Deficit Still Growing. .W.v . •; ' .' Effect of Low Tariff. New Tork correspondence: The effect of low tariff rates upon the farmers of the United States is illus trated in the increase in the importa­ tions of five -leading articles of farm products from Canada under the Wil­ son law, as compared with the McKin­ ley law. Official figures of the Treas­ ury Department, showing the importa­ tions of hay, cattle, meat and dairy products, tobacco and wool during the fiscal year 1895 and 1896, compared with those of 1893 and 1894, will give something of an idea of the desirability of free trade or low tariff as against adequate protection, viewed from a farmer's standpoint. The Wilson law operated during ten months of the fis­ cal year 1895 and all of the fiscal year 1896. The McKinley law Operated dur­ ing all of the fiscal year 1893 and 1894 and two months of the fiscal year 1895. having gone into effect Sept. 1, 1893; the "fiscal year," it will be Understood, begins July 1 and ends June 30, of each year.;7"• ' V. ' The McKinley tariff law placed a duty of $4 per ton on hay, while the Wilson law reduced the duty to $2 per ton. Now see the result. Importations of hAy under the McKinley law from Quebec, Ontario, etc., amounted to $943,669 in value in the fiscal year 1893, and $759,266 in 1894. In the fiscal year 1895, ten months of which were under the Wilson law, with half the rate of duty fixed by the McKinley law, the importations of hay amounted to $1,- 409,263, being practically double those of 1894 under the McKinley law. In the fiscal year 1896, all Of which was under the Wilson law, the importations of hay amounted to $2,646,234 in value, or practically four times what they were under the McKinley law. The average importations of hay from the provinces of Canada, above named, during the four years of the .McKinley law amonuted to, in round numbers. $700,000 per annum, while during the yeans of the Wilson law they amount­ ed to over $2,000,000 per annum, in round numbers. Here are the figures in tabular form: Importations of hay-- 1893 (McKinley law) $943,669 1894 (McKinley, law) 759,266 1895 (Wilson law) 1,409.263 1896 (Wilson law).. 2,646,234 In the matter of cattle of the dutiable class the increase is quite striking as to Canada and much more so as to Mex­ ico. The rate of duty on cattle under the McKinley law was $10 per huid ol- animals of the dutiable class above 1 year old, while under the Wilson law the rate of duty was fixed at 20 per cent, ad valorem, making it*practicablii for the Importers to attach a very low nominal valuation to the cattle import­ ed to get. them in at a very low duty. The importations from the provinces above natued were in 1895, under the McKinley law, in value $6,641, in 1894 $1,367, in 1895, under the Wilson law. $13,815, and in 1896, $12,784. In tabular form as follows dutiable cattle im­ ported: Dutable cattle imported-- 1S93 (McKinley law).. $6,641 1894 (McKinley law) . 1,367 1895 (Wilson law) 13,815 1S96 (Wilson ljiw) 12,784 The importations of meat and dairy products increased also in a remark­ able degree under the low rates of the Wilson law. McKinley law rates on bacon and hams were 5 cents pt" pound, on meats dressed or undressed 10 per cent., ou prepared or preserved meats 25 per cent., on fresh beef, mui- ton or pork 2 cents per pound, on live poultry 5 cents per pound. The Wilson law rates were, on most of these a ft i cles. 20 per cent, aid valorem, enabling the importers, by fixing a low nominal price, to get a low tariff rate. Oil lard the rate was reduced from 2 cents per pound to 1 cent per pound, on live poul­ try from 5 cents to 3 cents per pound, On butter and cheese the McKinley r.itu was 6 cents per pound; under the Wil­ son law 4 cents per pound. On pre­ served and condensed milk the rate under the McKinley law was 3 coiUs per pound, and that of the Wilson law 2 cents per pound. On sugar of milk the McKinley law rates were S cents per pound; those of the Wilsi-n law were 5 cents per pound. Now s«e the result. Under the McKinley law the importations of meat and dairy prod­ ucts in 1893 from the Canadian prov­ inces above named were $20,488 in val­ ue, in 1894 $51,620. The importations in the fiscal year 1895, ten months of which were under the Wilson law. were $82,978. and in 1896 under the Wilson law $102,966. Here it is in tabular form: 1893 (McKinley law) $26,488 1894 (McKinley law) 51.620 1895 (Wilson law) ." 82,978 1896 (Wils.on law)..... 102,966 On tobacco the Wilson law reduced the duty on leaf tobacco suitable for cigar wrappers from $2 per pound to $1.50 per pound, and upon stemmed to­ bacco suitable for wrappers it was re­ duced from $2.75 to $2.25 pdr pound, while on cigars and cheroots the spe­ cific rates were reduced from $4.50 per pound to $4 per pound under the Wilson law. Note the result: The importa­ tion of tobacco from the Canadian prov­ inces, named above, in 1893 under the McKinley law were $72,724 in value, in 1894 $111,942, in 1895, ten months *f which were under the Wilson law, $265,836, and in 1896 under the Wilson law $379,388. Thus the average impor­ tations of tobacco in the four years of the McKinley law from the provinces under consideration amounted to about $75,000 per annum, and in the two years of the Wilson law amounted to nearly $600,000 per annum, an average increase of about 800 per cent. Here are the figures in tabular form: Tobacco importations-- 1893 (McKinley law):.......C i .$72,724 1894 (McKinley law) .111,942 1895 (Wilson law) 265,836 1896 (Wilson law) 879,588 Everybody knows the increase of importations of wool under absolute free trade, as provided by the- Wilson law, has been enormous. The total wool Importations from the provinces under consideration were in 1893, under the McKinley law, $250,871," in 1894 $78,497, in 1895, ten months Of which were under the Wilson law, $1,203,919, and in 1896 $1,009,845. Tabulated the figures stand as follows: 5 . Importations of wool-- 1893 (McKinley law).. .$250,871 1894 (McKinley law) 78,497 1895 (Wilson law)... 1,203,919 1896 (Wilson law).. .' 1,009,845 Grouping the figures into a single table which every farmer will want to patfte in his ,hat for reference, ^*hey stand as follows:' Importations from Canadian prov­ inces, Quebec,, Ontario, etc., under the McKinley law for the fiscal years 1893 and 1894; compared with the importa­ tions under the Wilson law for the fls- cal years 1895 and 1806: 1893. 1894. McKinley McKinley Articles. law. f; law. Hay •. .$943,669 $759,266 Cattle, dutiable.... 6,641 1,367 Meat & dairy pdts. 26,488 51,620 Tobacco ..... . U'. 72;724 111,942 Wool 250,871 78,497 1895. 1896. Wilson. Wilson . Articles. <;•' •- law. law. Hay ...........$1,^09,263 $2,646,834 Cattle, dutiable.. 13,8i5 12,784 Meat & dairy pdts 82,273 102,966 Tobacco 265,836 879,588 Wool .......... 1,203,910 1,009,845 Is the Silver Oneation Eying? •; The following editorial from the At­ lanta Journal, owned and controlled by Hoke Smith, who withdrew from Cleveland's cabinet because he disa­ greed with the President on the silver question, is extremely interesting and suggestive: , The speech delivered a few days ago at the banquet of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association in Balti­ more, by Hon. Joseph Patterson, of Tennessee, has attracted attention all over the country and provoked much comment from the press. Mr. Patter­ son was one of those who voted for Bryan and Sewall because he felt bound to stand by the regular nomi- neies of the Democratic party, but he would not accept the Chicago platform as a declaration of true Democratic principles. ' ' ^ ~ •' In his Baltimore speech he expressed surprise that the South should have been so carried away by the free silver idea. On this line he said: "Engaged in the production of cotton, 68 per cent, of which is exported and sold to gold standard countries, with­ out a silver mine from the Chesapeake bay to the Rio Grande River, without even the temptation of a burden of debt, and with the teachings of such illustrious statesmen as Jefferson, Jackson, Calhoun, Benton, Lamar and Hill to guide them, how the people of these States, in disregard of the en­ lightened judgment of the commercial and scholastic world; could have aban­ doned their old allies, antagonized the President of their choice, and staked everything on an economic heresy, which, if adopted, would have led inev­ itably to silver monometallism and na­ tional disaster, is a problem which de­ fies a rational solution. It is unlike the Southern people. It is contrary to their history and traditions. It is not their plunder, but the blunder of the politi­ cians who manipulated and controlled the party machinery. They never con­ templated the political disaster which they have wrought." In the last sentence Mr. Patterson al­ ludes to the cutting loose of the South from its natural political and commer­ cial alliance with the North and its co­ operation with the little silver produc­ ing States of the West. There is much truth in his assertion that the South was induced to adopt the «free silver idea largely through the efforts of pol­ iticians. it is safe to say that this idea is not as strong in the South to­ day as it was six months ago, and it is also safe to predict that it will never again be as strong in this section as it was then. The Deficit Still Growing. The Treasury deficit for the current month of January is estimated at $15,- 000,000. This means a deficit which is accumulating, at the rate of $is0,000,- 0(H) a year. There is no nation on earth whose Treasury is capable Of standing such an enormous drain indefinitely. There is hardly a nation on earth whose credit would not be seriously impaired by such a condition of affairs. Of course, there is no likelihood that gov­ ernment expenditures will continue to outstrip receipts at the ra.te of $15,000,- 000 a month. The fact, however, that at the close of the first half of the pres­ ent fiscal year, on Dec. 31 last, the de­ ficit had reached $39,000,000 demon­ strates how urgent it is that Congress should take early action to supply the government with adequate revenue. It also shows the absurdity of Mr.. Cleve­ land's Mark Tapleyisin in contending in his recent annual message that the Treasury is not in need of more in­ come." Fortunately, the revenue problem will soon be solved. An administration will be ushered Into power sixty days hence which holds that this nation is rich enough to pay as it goes, which does not believe in playing the u\edicant, and which has no insane dread of a sur­ plus--New York Commercial-Adver­ tiser. • *• - '• t. Those Bank Failures. Our free silver friends are talking of the recent Chicago bank failures as though Jhey were directly attributable to the lack of free silver in this coun­ try. The argument is not only far­ fetched; it is foolish. Does not success in banking depend upon honesty, in­ tegrity and sound, hard common sense, as It does in every other line of busi-„ ness? If our free silver friends think the "gold standard" is the cause of these failures, they should proceed to show how. under this or any other adminis­ tration, friendly or unfriendly to silver, bank officials can recklessly loan mil­ lions of the Institution's money to irre­ sponsible borrowers without endanger­ ing the bank's solvency. A waiting world will pay liberally for a demon­ stration of how it can be done success- fiilly. v " " - • The failure at St. Paul can likewise be atributed to the same shortsighted­ ness In financial ' matters.--Toledo Blade. • White lead for. paint Is now produced by electrolysis, and is said to be a very much better article than th&t produced in the old wof. WINTER'S ICY BLAST. MERCURY BELOW ZERO IN MANY STATES. Cities of the Northwest Suffering with the Intense Cold and Trains Block­ aded in Several Places--Coldest for* Many Years--Several Deaths. The Blizzard. The remarkable and unseasonable mild­ ness of December and the earlier part of January has beeh broken by a severe cold wave, which has swept across the conti­ nent from the far northwest The weath­ er conditions prevailing in the middle west for the previous ten weeks have been ex­ traordinary. The thermometer has regis­ tered a temperature more suitable for early November than for midwinter. There has been little or no snow, and a heavy, soggy rainfall has drenched the in­ habitants of the Mississippi valley and the lake regiqn. The sudden drop of the mercury upon the arrival of the cold wave marks an­ other of the curiosities of the temperate zone in North America. The west has been visited by a blizzard of unusual vio­ lence. The entire region from British Columbia has been swept by an icy wind, followed by a heavy fall of snow. On the whole, the average citizen will welcome ^he change. The real winter article Is considerably more wholesome .than the "open" winter weather of preceding weeks. The poor, however, miffer severe­ ly from the sudden and severe cold. The cold wave has been general throughout the central west and has been felt more or less over the entire country. •The temperature has been below freezing in Tennessee and central Texas. It is jbelow zero in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, and 20 degrees below zero over the Dakotas and Minnesota. Reports from every part of the North­ west indicate that Saturday night was the coldest night in two winters. St. Paul, about the warmest point in this whole section, registered 25 below. The range was from that figure to 30 below at St. Cloud, 36 below at Aitkin and 40 below at St. Hilaire. Suffering in tho country must have been very great. Rail­ way traffic is everywhere greatly retard­ ed, either because of drifts or inability to keep up steam. A Chicago, Milwau­ kee and St. Paul passenger train stuck: in ft drift near Bonilla, S. D. Another train sontaining $250,000 of the money of South Dakota stuck in a drift near Highmore, S. D. Reports from points along the Missouri river indicate that there will be heavy mortality among cattle and pheep in that section. In Chicago Sunday was the coldest day fn twenty-five years, according to the records of the weather bureau. At no time since the Chicago station has been established has there been so low a max­ imum temperature recorded. It was a steady cold. There was a variation of but four degrees in the twelve hours from 6 o'clock in the morning until the same hour in the evening. Not the poor alone felt the sting of the thirty-mile "norther" that blew in from the Dakotas before sunrise and raved through the skeleton iron work of the elevated roa/3s long after people had gone shivering to their beds at night. Suburban furnaces and down town heating plants were as inadequate to the task of keeping the frost rime off the windows as were the pitifully small stoves in the tenements of the river wards. Fifty-three persons were listed as over­ come by the terrible cold and were res: cued in a partly frozen condition. One death occurred, which was due to the cold, and a number of people are likely to die as the result of frozen limbs or exposure. Most of the sufferers succumbed to the cold while about their work, but a number of the victims were homeless wanderers. In Wisconsin the lowest temperature known for years was recorded Sunday. According to the government reports it was 18 degrees below zero in Milwaukee, while private thermometers in various parts of the city made it 24 degrees. Out in the State there were some great records made, Stevens Point leading with 32 de­ grees below zero. In Michigan the tem­ perature ranged from 6 degrees below zero in Detroit to 15 degrees below at upper peninsula points. At Omaha, Neb., in twenty-four hours the thermometer dropped from 30 above to 10 below zero, and in some parts of the State it crowded the 15 mark very closely in that time. In Indianapolis, at 7 o'clock Sunday evening the temperature was 5 degrees be­ low zero, and the weather bureau an­ nounced that it would continue to fall un­ til morning. There is a shortage of nat­ ural gas in some sections of the city, and it is feared there wili be much suffering if the low temperature should last long. At Lexington, Mo., Martha Lacey, an aged negro woman who had no home, was frozen to death in the basement of a di­ lapidated and unused house, where she had gone for shelter with her two little Children. The cries of the' children at­ tracted attention to them in the morn- inS- Park Sterling, a negro coal miner, was frozen to death near Hamilton, Mo. In the vicinity of Milan, Mo., the mercury fell fifty degrees Saturday night, reaching 10 below zero--the coldest it has been for years. It was accompanied by a se­ vere blizzard, doing great damage to stock. At Dubuque, Iowa, the Missis­ sippi is frozeh solid as far as can be seen up and down. Told in a Few Lines. The largest annual pension is $95,000, paid by Great Britain to the Duke of Richmond. It is a perpetuity from the time of Charles II. John W. Glover and Harry Glover, contractors, and T. A. Degarmo and John W. Schreiver were killed by an explosion of giant powder in a mine at Wrird, Colo. Miss Ethel Belle Appel is one of the best known designers of book covers in New York. She says the greatest need in her profession is originality that is practical. : More than thirty members of the Chi­ cago bar are negroes. The first negro to be admitted 'to the -bar in the State of Illinois was Lloyd G. Wheeler, who was admitted in 1869. - In the Missouri Senate, Senator Lyons of Jackson County introduced a sensa­ tional resolution, making serious charges against the Kansas City police depart­ ment and asking for the appointment of a committee of three to make an investiga­ tion. The Behring Sea Commission will not meet in San Francisco as expected. Nich­ olas R. Harris, who has just returned from Victoria, B. C., where he had been in attendance on the commission, reports that the commissioners will remain in Victoria. The Indiana Supreme Court spent the day in listening to arguihents in the ajj- peal from the decision of the lower court, refusing a new trial for Rev. W. E. Hinshaw, who is now in the prison south {or the murder of his wife in Hendricks County. The annual celebration of the wed­ ding of George Washington was held at Shorry's, New York City, by the New York Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Among the fea­ tures was an original poem by Ell* Wheeler WUcox. HON. THOMAS a PLATT. The "Tioga Chieftain" Will Be New York's Next Senator. The expected happened at the Republi­ can joint legislative caucus in Albany, N. Y., when Thomas C. Piatt was select­ ed by an almost unanimous vote to suc­ ceed David B. Hill as United States Sen­ ator. Of 150 votes "the" Tioga chieftain received 143, the other seven going to Joseph H. Choate, New York's distin» guished lawyer. - v ' The career of Thomas G< Piatt striking­ ly illustrates the "ups and downs" of American politics. When with the mighty Conkling he left the Senate sixteen years ago to seek vindication and found defeat, US THOMAS C. PLATT. nobody dreamed that he would ever again return to the Senate, much less rise to the supreme leadership and almost abso­ lute mastery of his party and State. Bora in Owego.'Tioga County, July 15, 1833, Thomas Collier Piatt was educated at Yale, and at the age of 20 entered mer­ cantile life in Owego. As a young man he become president of the Tioga Nation­ al Bank, made money in Michigan lumber and became an officer of the United States Express Company. Of the latter he has been president since 1880. In 1872 he was elected to Congress, re-elected two years later, and in 1881 was chosen the successor of Hon. Francis Kernan in the United States Senate. The historic dis­ agreement of Senator Conkling and Pres­ ident Garfield regarding New , York Fed­ eral patronage led to the dramatic resig­ nation of Mr. Conkling and Mr. Piatt in May, 1881, after Piatt had served but" a few months. They sought vindication in a re-election and were denied it. Conk­ ling left the political arena forever, but Plait remained. Though the party was wrecked in that State he was not dis­ couraged and when better times appeared he reaped the harvest. International Arbitration. The arbitration treaty with Great Brit­ ain is likely to go through in a way that will make the earth subject in great meas­ ure to the English-speaking nations.-- Louisville Commercial. The spectacle of Johnny Bull desiring to be friendly is so sudden and unexpected that the ordinary citizen will be sure to suspect there is something the matter with John.--Washington Post. The arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain is a great step in the progress of civilization. There should be such treaties between all the nations of the world.--St. Louis Post-Dis- patch. National passions, which are often but national prejudices, cannot be extinguish­ ed save by the slow process of broadening ideas of right and wrong, but to this pro­ cess arbitration lends assistance.--Boston Transcript. When asked to express an opinion of the arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain, Gen. Harrison said: "Mr. Olney has made a great record for himself as a statesman and a diplo­ mat."--New York Herald. Now that the two great Anglo-Saxon nations of the world have set this most patriotic and statesmanlike example, it is to be hoped that France, Germany, Rus­ sia and the other countries of Europe will fall in line for international arbitra­ tion.--New York Herald. It would be infinitely more preferable to let matters jog along as they are now doing, and meanwhile push our coast de­ fenses and naval equipment to' that de­ gree of effectiveness where our defensive ability will offset Great Britain's offen­ sive ability.--Chicago Tribune. It was a beautiful coincidence that the arbitration treaty reached the Senate while Mr. Mills, of the placid State of Texas, was making one of his peace speeches on Cuba. Mills, we understand, wants Spain whipped in the interest of arbitration and pacification.--Brooklyn Standard Union. There could be no more auspicious open­ ing of the new century.. It should be a source of pride to Americans that their Government took the lead in a matter of such vital concern to the progress of civ­ ilization. Secretary Olney deserves great credit for the successful outcome of the negotiations.--Chicago Record. This and That. Now if the Corbett-Fitzsimmons filibus­ tering expedition would only go to the bot­ tom.--Chicago Dispatch. Chicago's water can only be used after it is boiled, and it is necessary to soak it over night before, boiling.--Daily Nonpa­ reil. - ' Senator Wolcott will probably confine himself to one song while abroad, viz.: "Silver Threads Among the Gold."--Cin­ cinnati Post. * . . . So many Pennsylvanians are going to the McKinley inauguration that some of the Ohio office-seekers are feeling mis­ givings.--St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Alderman Plotke has an unhappy lotke, for the ladies are making it hotke, since he = secured the passage of his high hat ordinance in Chicago.--Keokuk Constitu­ tion-Democrat. It would not be advisable, under most circumstances, for the United States to undertake the manufacture of armor; but if there is any intention to "hold up" the Navy Department the sooner a national armor plant is started the" better.--New York Herald. E. S. Dreyer & Co., bankers of Chicago, failed for $1,400,000, and had only $9,000 in cash on hand. They must have labored with great diligence to scoop lthe deposit­ ors to that extent. There is scarcely a crumb of comfort to divide.-rBinghamton Republican. It strikes us that there is no need just now for either a permanent or temporary tariff commission. The Ways and Means Committee of the House, which is a con­ tinuing body, although its membership is subject to change, is in reality a perma­ nent tariff commission.--Minneapolis Tribune. HXIKOIS LAW-MAKERS.' No business was transacted in the Sen­ ate Monday. When Secretary Paddock announced at 5 o'clock that the Lieuten­ ant Governor and President pro tempore were absent there was less than a quo­ rum present. On motion of Senator Chap­ man. Senator Kingsbury was chosen presideut pro tem. Senator Kingsbury, then called the Senate to order', imme­ diately after which ah adjournment was taken. The Honse met at 5 o'clock with a better attendance than is usual on Mbn- day afternoon. No business, however, was transacted. The House immediately adjourned until Tuesday morning. Owing to the slight illness of Speaker Curtis, Representative Charles A. Allen, of Vermilion, presided over the House Tuesday. Mr. Organ presented petitions from White and Wabash Counties favor­ ing equal suffrage. A large ijumber of bills was introduced. Robert C. Busse introduced a joint resolution opposing the Olney-Pauncefote treaty. Mr. McLauch- lan offered a joint resolution providing for the submission to the people of the State at the next general election the fol­ lowing amendment to the constitution: "That the General Assembly shall have power and it shall be its duty to enact and provide for the enforcement of all laws that it shall deem necessary to regulate' and control contracts, conditions and re­ lations existing or arising from tithe to time between corporations and their em­ ployes." Mr. Hall of Cook- again sought unanimous consent to introduce his reso­ lution urging Congress to recognize the independence of Cuba, but Republican members objected. In the Senate a xmsn- ber of bills were introduced. Representative Charles A. Allen again presided over the House Wednesday, Speaker Curtis being ill. Revell's bill repealing the libel law came up as a spe­ cial order immediately after the reading * of the journal. There had developed «/ strong opposition to the bill, but after a! long wrangle it was ordered to a second1 reading. A large number of petitions favoring woman suffrage, a resolution favoring annexation of Cuba, and a num­ ber of bills were introduced. No business was transacted in the Senate beyond the introduction of a large number of bills. Speaker Curtis was able to preside over the House Thursday. He announced sev­ eral committees. Several bills were in­ troduced, and debate was continued upon the Busse resolution denouncing the pro­ posed arbitration treaty between the Unit­ ed States and Great Britain. The resolu­ tion was finally referred to committee. There was a short session of the Senate and it was devoted almost entirely to the introduction of bills. A message was re­ ceived from Gov. Tanner appointing Wil­ liam C. Simpson of Vienna, 111., as a mem­ ber of the Illinois State Board of Phar­ macy, to succeed William E. Boyd, whose term has expired, and also containing the list of appointments of notaries. The Sen­ ate went into executive session and on call of the roll the appointments of the notaries and the member of the State Board of Pharmacy were unanimously affirmed. Chief Clear Sky. Lord Aberdeen, the governor general of Canada, now bears, besides numer­ ous other titles, the name of Clfeir Sky.^ He has been made a chief of th£ Seneca, tribe of the Six Nations. His initiation, took place at the recent fair of these In-| dians on their reservation. In the coun­ cil-house there were, on either hand of the governor general, chiefs of the Mo­ hawks, Senecas. Cayugas, Oneidas, Tuscaroras and Delawares. The initiation was in front cf the grand stand. Lord Aberdeen was led through lines of Indians, the chief who conducted him moving in a sort of half- dance and chanting a song. A blind chief, famous for his elo­ quence, talked in his native tongue to the newly initiated Seneca, and the gov­ ernor general begged the interpreter to express his thasks to his "brother chief." The new civilization was everywhere apparent. The farewell greeting to the new chief was "three war-whoops and a tiger;" a bicycle was seen at an In­ dian's house; the band was composed of Indians, and played the national an­ them. Cooper's red man is a thing of the past. What He Did. The author of "Thoughts for the Peo­ ple" tells a suggestiveanecdote of a man who scandalized an entire community; by spending most of his time indoors, engaged in reading and study. This waste of golden hours gave peculiar pain to an energetic farmer, who final­ ly asked the new neighbor why he did not work for a living, like other men. The apparent idler replied, in Yankee fashion, by a question about a plow he had seen in the farmer's barn. "It's the best plow ever made," the farmer answered. "It does twice the Work of an old-fashioned plow. But I don't see what that has to do with the question of your earning your living." "I invented that plow," said the other, calmly. - , - It is seldom possible to fix the exact value of another man's achievements. It is never safe to estimate his work by the noise he makes. A prisoner in the treadmill is one of the most active men . on earth--but what does his industry profit? Great works grow slowly and in silence, and the man who promises least may some day command the most potent forces. This and That. In A. D. loo, Dioscorides mentions a substance, which he calls saccharou, as a great dainty among the people of East. The dentists, almost to a man, are in favor of candy, as it makes liberal ad­ ditions to theii* ?>usiness all the year round. •„ Beethoven is to music what Shak- speare is to the drama, a universal* genius. It is claimed by philosophical musicians that every motion of the hu­ man soul is depicted in the writings of Beethoven. '<•" ".3S Mozart was the greatest writer of; opera and the father of the modern, school. He was in most respects the the greatest musical genius who ever lived. At the age of 5 he wrote com­ positions of much beauty, and died at 36, leaving over 800 finished composi- tions. I®! The Arabic used in the Koran dtffete as much from the Arabic used in ordi­ nary conversation and intercourse In the East as the Latin differs from the Italian. The KOran Arabic is that o^ the literary classes; the colloquial Ara­ bic that of the common people. Tasso was in love with the Princess Leonora d'Este, in honor of whom his "Jerusalem Delivered" was written. She returned his affection, and, al­ though her relatives would not permit her' to marry him, she steadfastly re­ fused all suitors and remained single for his sake.