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CHANGES OF A YEAR there is niore smoke here now than •there (i has been at any other time in four years.--Cleveland Leader, Oct. 11, TELLS A GORY TALE, SEALING COMES FIRST. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS The International Conference Begins. v? in Washington. The experts representing the three gov­ ernments, the United States, England and Canada, assembled at the State Depart­ ment in Washington. There were pres­ ent Messrs. Jordan, Thompson and Mc- Coun. In addition Gen; Foster and Mr. Hamlin were in attendance for the u nited States and Sir Louis Da vies for Canada. Sir Julian Pauncefote sent a note excus­ ing himself from coming on account of illness. The meeting lasted for about an' hour, and presumably the proceedings , were mainly preliminary and designed to out­ line a plan of procedure. Mr. Hamlin was elected chairman. It was officially stated that the proceedings were in the sense that^othmg could be given out for publication before the end of the delib­ erations. The treaty which was negotiat­ ed last week between the United States and Japan and Russia for the further protection of the seals was not referred, to in the first meeting, 'although its gen­ eral provisions are known to the British delegates. The feature of the treaty is said to be the short time it is to continue in force, the limit being one year. President McKinley received Sir Wil­ frid Laurier, premier of Canada-, in the blue room at the White House. Secre­ tary Sherman introduced. Sir Wilfrid, Who was accompanied by Sir Julian. Pauncefote. British ambassador SirLouis Da vies and Prof. Thompson, the British seal expert; The visit was entirely for­ mal. . • The Canadian premier received; callers i}i very, democratic fashion at his.apart­ ments in the Shoreham, but to all be gave the reply that it would lw manifestly pre- ' mature at this stage, for him to discuss the Outlook on the Bering sea question or any other subjects which concern the United States and Canada. He and Sir Louis desired first to communicate with the seal experts of the United States and Great Britain before indicating any course of action. He made it clear, also, that they would give their exclusive at­ tention to this subject until some con­ clusion was reached, and that other ques­ tions, such as reciprocity, border immi­ gration, etc., would not be referred to un­ til the first purpose of the visit was ac­ complished. It was stated that the offi­ cial purpose of the visit was to consider the Bering sea matter, and that future circumstances would develop how far oth­ er questions would be opened to consid­ eration. BRYAN FOUND THEM GREAT IN OHIO. MRS. NACK COULD NOT KEEP HER BLOODY SECRET. OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. An Unprotected Industry. The number of merchant vessels that entered or left German ports last year was 133,830. The German flag floated over 72.8 per cent, of them;--New York Evening Post. The American flag floats over only about 11 per cent, of the vessels enter­ ing or leaving our ports which are en­ gaged: in foreign trade. Germany sub­ sidizes her merchant marine, and the Post very strongly objects to subsidiz­ ing American vessels. No one would suppose that the German subsidies have any influence in the office of tile Miserable Woman Reveals the Awful Mystery of How theUnfortunate Gul­ densuppe Was Murdered*by Martin Thorn--Must Have u New Trial. Some of His Statements of Twelve Months Ago Are-Analyzed--They Do Not Bear the Change of Conditions Which Has Occurred. Pardoned Because Driven to Crime by Drink--Mark the Places Where Illi­ nois Soldiers Fell--Defective Side­ walk Cost's Canton $5,000. Willie's Words Not Wise. Special Washington correspondence: In Bryan's recent trip through Ohio considerable interest was awakened as to how he would meet the changed con­ ditions for the better which he found in the State since the advent of McKin- leyism. This also brought to mind some of his sayings of last year, which have not all stood the,, test of the change. Somebody has taken occasion, in view: of his Renaissance of Bryauism, to look up some of those assertions of last year and comment on-them in the light of present conditions. Here are a few of the extracts from his speeches of 1890 and the comments upon them: , This conspiracy which we have to meet is a conspiracy which has for its ultimate object the striking down of silver as one of the standard moneys of- the world.-- Syracuse speech,"1S90. . Mr. Bryan 'assumes that this "con­ spiracy'^ lias been in active operation since 1873. Yet, according to'tbe.Di­ rector of the tlnited States.Mint, there. Is more than double the amount of sil­ ver money in use in the wOrld to-day than there was in 1873, and practical­ ly all of it is a full legal tender. Di- rector Preston estimates the amount of silver money in the world in 1873 at $1,817,000,(tOO, while to-day it is $4.- 200,000,000. If this is the result of a "conspiracy" of twenty-four years, would it not be well to let the "conspir­ acy" go on? We complain of the gold standard be­ cause an increased demand for gold has raised the price of gold and lowered the price of all those things which exchange for money.--Buffalo speech, 1890. How can there be an increased de­ mand for gold, when gold, silver and paper - money, as well as bank ex­ changes, have increased much more rapidly than the population in the past few years? The increased ease of pro­ ducing both gold and silver has enor­ mously increased the quantity of them offered to the public. According to Mulhall and Preston there is nearly six times as much gold and twice as much silver in the world to-day as there was fifty years ago. Does this look as though there'was "an increased de­ mand for gold which has raised the price of gold? Our oppoueuts cannot ignore the fact that gold i»> now going abroad in spite of all legislation intended to prevent it, and that no silver is coined to take its place.-- Madison Square Garden speech, 1S90. In the flw-.il year 1897 the imports of gold were $44,053,200 in excess of the exports ol' that metal and the flow of gold from Europe to the United States recently became so great as to alarm the financiers of that part of the world. We believe that the free coinage of sil­ ver will bring gold to this country, and that. too. without the aid of syndicates.-- Speech at Syracuse, N. Y., 1800. If that is the effect of the free coin­ age of silver, why does it not do so in the countries which now have free coinage? The South American States have had free coinage of silver for many years, yet gold does not appear to be drifting to them. Instead of gold going to them, or their being able to keep the gold which they have mined, as Mr. Bryan says will happen under the free coinage of silver, they have lost their gold until they have to-day but $1.11 for each individual. Bimetallism is endorsed by .human his­ tory. The gold standard has nothing to endorse it except the misery which fol­ lows wherever it has been tried.--Cleve­ land speech, 1890. The sort of bimetallism which Mr. Bryan proposes is that sort which pre­ vails in Mexico, South America, Cen­ tral America and China. The people of Mexico have a per capita of money in circulation amounting to $8.41; those of Central America. $3.00; those of South America, $1.00 (exclusive of their irredeemable paper money), and those of China, $2.08. The gold standard countries have a per capita circulation of from $1<> to $3f» each, and include all the most enlightened and prosperous nations of the globe. The advocates of the gold standard have never dared to submit that standard to the arbitrament of the ballot.--Colum­ bus speech, 1890. There have -been thirteen national elections for Congress since the act which dropped the silver coins of the United States was offered in Congress. In every one of these the people have had full opportunity to "exercise the arbitrament of the ballot", upon this question, and they have never elected a majority of a Congress.in favor of reversing the proposition of that act. Why does Mr. Bryan say that it has not been submitted to the "arbitrament of the ballot?" The silver mine-own­ ers have for a quarter of a century been urging the people to submit the gold standard to the "arbitrament of the ballot" upon it, and they have ex­ pressed themselves every election of members of Congress by refusing to send to the House of Representatives a iftajorify favoring the free coinage of silver, and last year refused to elect a President favoring that proposition. The Republican party has been legislat­ ing to make the dollar dearer. * * » Senator ,Sherman said Jan. 25, 1890: "If our present currency is estimated at $1,- 400,000,000 and our population increasing at the rate of three per cent per annum, it would take $42,000,000 increased circu­ lation each year to keep pace with the increased population." *' * * What provision has the Republican party made for the supply of the money that we need? None whatever.--Greensboro, X. C. speech, 1890. There was added to the metallic cur­ rency of the country last fiscal year $90,959,001, or 112 per cent, more than sufficient to "keep pace with the in­ crease of the population." On the whole it would seem that most of Mr. Bryan's statements are answered. ALBERT B. CARSON. Confession of the Crime. The trial of Martin Thorn for the mur­ der of Will jam. Guldensuppe, begun at Long Island City, was susj>ended owiug to the dangerous illness of Juror-Magnus Larsen. The jury was discharged and a new trial ordered. Juror Larsen was tak­ en ill and physicians called to attend him found that he was suffering from appen­ dicitis. An operation was successfully § performed upon the sick juror, and it is expected that he will be able to leave his bed in two Weeks. All evidence for the prosecution, whose case was nearly completed; will have to be in­ troduced again, and Mrs. Nnck will be required t togo on martin THonx. the "stand and tell her horriblg story anew* The Gulden­ suppe murder was committed, according to Mrs. .Nack's confession, on Friday, June 25, in a cottage rented for that pur­ pose in. WoodsidCj X. I. On that date William Guldensuppe, a Turkish bath attendant, was- killed by Martin Thorn, a barber, and his rival in*" the affections of Mrs, Nack. The latter was at the Woodside cottage at the time of the mur­ der and' aided in covering up the traces of the crime. The Voman confessed in the witness chair that she and Martin Thorn mur­ dered William Guldensuppe. She related IT IS THE EAGLE'S TURN TO LAUGH Ficklin Goes to the Asylum. At Charleston, the sensational case of Attorney Alfred C. Ficklin was brought, to a dramatic close by Ficklin's being sent to the insane asylum. Ficklin acted as a broker, and it was learned that notes for several thousand dollars were forgeries. The grand jury found fifteen indictments against Ficklin. While the trial of one Of the eases was in progress the State'? Attorney made the statement that he had been robbed in open court, and all of the forged notes stolen. A. C. Ficklin was then tried for insanity and taken to the Kankakee asylum. Kankakee Hotel Burned. Riverview Hotel at Kankakee burned. The fire originated in the basement. Loss, $85,000; insurance, $20,000. The hotel was built, by the Illinois Central Railroad and Emory Cobb of Kankakee in 1885. The structure burned in thirty minutes, Robert Goodwin and C. W. Best saved themselves by jumping from , a third- story window. Goodwin was badly bruis­ ed and Best received a broken leg. Forty guests barely escaped with their lives. The guests lost most of their clothing and Valuables. Thieves Hum and Steal. Burglars entered the store of Barthelme & Spitzer at St. Marie and failing to get any money, started a tire which destroyed a $4,000 stock of goods, the buildings, worth $700, and two tenement houses, valued at $800. While fighting the flames Paul Derby had $1,400 in notes and $5,- 200 in cash and checks stolen from his residence, a shoit distance away. Will Fight the Damage Suits. The United States Supreme Court de­ clared the patent on transmitters of the Bell telephone valid, and in view of many damage suits for infringement of the pat­ ent, representatives of a number of inde­ pendent telephone companies in Illinois met in Springfield and organized to fight the eases. Trains Collide at Olencoe. The paper train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, which leaves Chi­ cago at 5:10 o'clock in the morning, was wrecked at Glencoe by a freight train, which crashed into the rear end and tele­ scoped the baggage car and two coaches. No one was severely injured. Widow Heats n City. Sarah Soudidge. a widow, was awarded a verdict for $5,000 in the Fulton County Circuit Court for injuries sustained by her on a defective sidewalk in Canton. She had previously offered to settle with the city for $3,000, but, being bankrupt, it could not settle for such an amount. State News in Brief. William Council, 38 years of age, was killed by a passenger train at Harmon. The President has appointed Charles Page Bryan of Illinois to be minister to China. J. C. Ilubinger of Keokuk, Iowa, has bought the Empire theater at Quincy, which cost $00,000. A dancing master has been engaged to teach the insane patients at the Ivauka- kee hospital how to dance. Joseph Ladue, the bonanza king of the Klondike, was robbed of $700 worth of gold nuggets by a Chicago pickpocket. Guy Dandriege was arrested at Mount Pulaski for horse stealing, and confessed having stolen the horse from Kane Clow of Cisco. Abram Elwood is dead at the Battle Creek (Mich.) sanitarium of dropsy. He W«s a Sycamore manufacturer, of agri­ cultural implements. Two cannon, presented the Kankakee Grand Army of the Republic by the Gov­ ernment, were dedicated by the Rev. Jo­ seph Bell of Pontiac. At Olney, Ed MeCauley, aged 19 years, while out hunting with William Harrai, was instantly killed by the discharge of a gun while climbing over a rail fence. A small acetylene gas generator explod­ ed in M. W. Klock's barber shop at Sheffield, completely wrecking the plate glass front and everything in the place. After being closed down two years, the chair factory of the Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Rattan Company at Kan­ kakee will be reopened in the near future and will employ about 400 hands. • Orders have been signed by Gov. Tan­ ner and by Adjutant General Reece lop­ ping off one-thirdl>of the strength and four companies o^the largest regiment in the Illinois National Guard--the Seventh Infantry of Chicago. Grand Chief P. M. Arthur. Assistant F. E. Ingraham ami Attorney Hadden of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi­ neers have bought Meadow Lawn farm for $17,450. It is generally understood that a home for the dependent widows and orphans of the order will Ik? estab­ lished upon this farm, consisting of, 250 acres, adjoining Mattoon. George Torrance, superintendent of the Illinois reformatory at Pontiac, admits a charge of 10 cents is exacted from visit­ ors shown through the institution, but denies that this money is retained by any employe. It is turned over to the State. Expert safe burglars entered the lw se­ men t occupied by the Yondorf Clothing Company, Halsted and Van Buren streets. Chicago, the other night, and as a result of the visit the,,,clothing concern is short $000 in cash and over $400 worth of jewelry. The discovery of the loss was not made until time to open the establish­ ment. An investigation satisfied, the po­ lice that the burglars were experts in their profession. FARMERS CONGRATULATED. THE WOODSIDE COTTAGE. An Improvement in the Price of Mo«t Products of the Farm. The National Grange, Patrons of Hus­ bandry, convened in the Supreme Court chamber at Harrisburg, Pa. Delegates from almost all the States represented in the national body were present. National Master J. H. Brigham, assistant Secre­ tary of Agriculture, was in the chair and submitted his annual report. He said: We have reason to rejoice over the marked Improvement In the prices of most products of the farm. The prices now received are not burdensome to the consumer but re­ munerative to the farmer and if maintained will cause a marked advance in the value of farm lands. It is also a highly gratifying sign of the times that the business failures in the -South and Southwest in July, Au­ gust. and September of the present year rep­ resented in the aggregate of their liabilities only $4,394,000, as compared with $11,498,- 000 during the corresponding period of the preceding year. Earnest efforts are being made to extend our markets In foreign countries and to se­ cure the abolition of the discriminating re­ strictions and prohibitions uujustly main-, talned by certain foreign countries against the agricultural products. Congress will undoubtedly be urged by in­ terested associations to appropriate large sums of money to build dams, reservoirs and canals for the purpose of irrigating the arid lands of the West. It is not the policy of our grange to espouse the cause of any po­ litical party or indorse the policies advo­ cated by either, but when the people have settled "the questions at Issue, we accept their decision and try to secure for agricul­ ture fair treatment in the legislation carry­ ing into efTect the policy Indorsed by the people. . WED OR LEAVE HOME. the awful details of the crime Without flinching, without a tremor. At times she even smiled as she spoke the words that doomed to the electric chair the pit* iable wretch who had staked his soul for love of her. How the Deed Was Planned. Mrs. Nack told of her arrival in this couutry; how she left her husband and went to live with Guldensuppe. Then came. Early in June he and Guldensuppe quarreled. T h e y gmm aggBStk fought, and Gulden- W suppe got so much a Mr Thorn had to go to weeks. Thorn came I., was selected as a good place for the MRS. nack. consummation of the plot. "We hired the house," she continued. "Thorn gave the name of Brown. Thorn said to me that I should bring Guldensuppe over, and that Guldensuppe should be killed. I went home and told Guldensuppe that he should come with me and look at a house. We left. New York between 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning. We came in the ferry, and took the trolley car that passed the house. "When Guldensuppe and I got to the house I gave Guldensuppe the key. He went in. I went to the back; then I heard a shot. Thorn came downstairs and said: 'I've shot Guldensuppe. He's dead.' I was almost dead myself. Thorn told me to go home and come back. I got oil cloth to cover the parts of the body and went back to the Woodside house. Thorn was there. We went over a ferry. Thorn had the head. It was wrapped in gray paper. He told me he threw it in the river. When we landed in New York we took the First avenue car. I went home. I met Thorn Thursday morning at the Thirty-fourth street ferry. We went to the house in Woodside by a trolley car. Thorn told me lie had a big parcel; he could not carry it. I hired a carriage. We were not long in the house on June 20. We took the breast part and went to New Y'ork together. We took a down­ town ferry. When we were crossing the ferry Thorn left me. He came back and said he had thrown it overboard. "On Saturday I got the carriage and we went to Woodside again. Thorn told me he had a bottle of ammonia, and to clean up the blood stains. I cleaned up blood stains. I took a parcel Thorn gave, me and put it in the bottom of the car­ riage. We drove to a place where both sides was woods. He said: 'This is the place where we're going to fire it down.' We took it out and tired it down over the bank. It was dark. We drove back. I got out and went home. He delivered the carriage. I met Thorn Monday night at Twenty-third street and Ninth avenue. We had no conversation. I went home. I don't know where he went. 1 did not see him again after that at all." ings are both at a high figure and show a heavy increase over those of a year ago. When Bryan talked of the first six months of the McKinley administra­ tion being the most disastrous in the history of the country, he referred ex­ clusively to its effect on the Democratic party. Those poor silver envoys who were to startle the country with explanations of how the "money power" had secured control of the Japanese financiers have* not been heard from even in "low tones." get t' e goods, in before the tariff bill went into effect. At present, however, the manufacturers are not satisfied with the outlook. Exports to this coun­ try are not only falling off, but busi­ ness in general is dull. There have not been as many American visitors as usu­ al. and those who-haVe been in Switzer­ land have made comparatively small and insignificant purchases. The small­ er the purchases abroad the better for our own country. It will not take long for American tourists abroad to get into the habit of keeping their money in their pockets and making their pur- Fonr St. Louis Girls Must Ilustle for Husbands. In St. Louis is a father who has grown tired of seeing young men call on his daughters with no apparent intention of marrying them. To prevent any more dilly-dallying, he has issued to his four girls an ultimatum which compels them to either marry before Dec. 1 or leave the parental roof and shift for themselves. Did Mr. Bryan really make that state­ ment that he failed to see any signs of prosperity in Ohio or was this simply the charge of some jealous enemy Who wanted to create the impression that Bryan's eyesight was failing? Mr. Bryan, in his recent speech-mak­ ing visit to Ohio, "came to bury Hau- na." He made speeches in twelve coun­ ties in the State. Those twelve coun­ ties gave 997 greater Republican ma­ jority than they did in 1890. The suppression of negro votes in some sections of Kentucky indicates that the Democrats of that State are not so dead certain of their old-time large legitimate majorities, and that they consider it necessary to turn ev­ ery stone. Kentucky is now one of the doubtful States. Uncle Sam's Turn Will Conic, THE niTttlvtlART GIBLS. The man's name is Jacob Burkliart, the daughters being Lotta, Emma, Ella and Laura. The family lives at 4511 North Twentieth street, at least Mr. Burkhart does, for all his daughters have now left him. The girls are good-looking, domesti­ cated and accomplished. Each would make an excellent wife. One of them, Ella, might have been married before Dec. 1, but that her father's ultimatum has caused her to defer her plans rather than yield to his insistence. She has fled from her home, not waiting for the ides of November to pass. , Jacob Burkhart is 03 years old, of slight physique, gray hair and straggling white beardv but wiry and tough a-ntl full of nervous energy. He is terse rather than brilliant in conversation. He said: "I don't believe in forcing girls to marry, but I don't belrieve in them growing up totally dependent upon their parents. I think there is too much courting. Young up­ starts, with their hair parted in the mid­ dle run around to see the girls, never in­ tending to marry. I set my foot down on such capers. My girls have had too much company, and as their father I have, the right to break it up. They have court­ ed long enough to have all been married, and as I told them, they must either mar­ ry. by December or get out and make their own way." Sparks froan the Wires. John F. Farley has been made chief of the Denver, Col., police force. Rev. George Reader lias practically been expelled from Boston University for marrying a couple in a lion's cage. Lizzie Burke and Bertha Ingle were probably fatally burned by the explosion of a gas generator, which also wrecked the Pkjua, Ohio, hosiery factory. Major S. A. Mulhauser, of Cleveland, who was reported from Honolulu as hav­ ing tried to commit suicide, has arrived in San Francisco and says the shooting was purely accidental. oS.OTECTIO| ! TO AMERICAN >hiPPmd JOSEPH LADUE IS ROBBED. Klondike Millionare Loses Nuggets of Gold in Chicago. Joseph Ladue, "the bonanza king of the Klondike," was robbed of $950 worth of gold nuggets at the Lake Shore depot in Chicago Thursday afternoon just as he Stepped from the 4 o'clock limited train from New Y'ork City. With Mr. Ladue was E. I. Rosenfeld, a friend and busi­ ness associate from New York, who had gone to Grand Crossing to meet him. They alighted from the train together, stepped briskly to the Pacific avenue en­ trance and hailed a cab. The horse had just started when Ladue sprang from his seat and shouted: "It's gone!" The cab was stopped, while the Klondiker and his companion searched the cushions and La- due's pockets. Then they hurried back and informed the depot police that a leather pouch containing thirty-five outgoes of gold nuggets had been stolen from Ladue's overcoat pocket. The only hope of detection the officers rely upon is the difficulty that will beset the thief and his accomplices when they attempt to dis­ pose of that amount of gold. "After carrying many times that amount about the snowy fields of Alaska in safety it seems hard to be robbed in the heart of civilization," said Mr. Ladue. "I brought two bags of nuggets from New Y'ork. The one ^contained about $250 in gold, the other $700. Both were in my satchel.. As the train pulled iu at the de­ pot I slipped the bags into my overcoat pocket. I felt the weight dragging on my coat Os I passed out of, the car and it is strange that I did not miss it as soon as it was taken. It is the first time I was ever held up like that/' AMERtO John Bull laughs now, but Uncle Sam's turn will eoine when Congress passes a law for the protection of Amer­ ican shipping. Let Them Come. Must Seek Another Opening. Whatever its ultimate effect, it is clear that the immediate result of pro­ tection in America Is to close the Amer­ ican markets largely to British exports. We may as well make up our minds to fU'1? fact and seek an opening for our Under the Djngley tariff foreign man­ ufacturers are building branch fac­ tories in America.