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*» ruriffglaradcaler X VAN SLYKE, Editor and jhiblisher.. McffBNRY, I " - ' ILLINOIS. R. I., seven sots of cards and 125 broad i a Western man, but will not fuel that looms, making fancy cassimeres. The lio Is confined to a selection from the i machinery in all these mills is almost i Judicial circuit presided over by the late * Inew, and they al*e doing A jy ustico Miller. Among ihe" nameft Ural The owners se!l because of the greatly j mentioned in connection with the va- Increased cost of wool. ' eancy is that of Attorney General Miller, RRORNT developments in tho affairs of I holds a high place in the esteem of America at Philadelphia ! JTosident Harrison, and is said to have the Bank of ! show that the depositors have been so THE SEWS REC 0 RD. ^roughly rohbed of their.money that it is unlikely that they will receive, even as much as 10 cents on the dollar in HERB payment of their claims. I GADKK KIIOWIKVSH. of t»erth Amboy. j N. J., quarreled with liis wife, aftd the woman soaked the heads of matches in BVENTFUL HAPPENINGS AND THERE. Political, Oommercl-.l and Industrial Ntwi fiom All Over tho Land--Firm, Aoci- <«at* and Crlm«HXbi Gist of N«Wa tk a IK* UBM. V y SHOT BY 8AFB BLOWERl Hot Battle Waged with Robbers In an Ofrlo 'I own. • f As SEVERAL citizens were returning home about 3 o'clock in the morning ? from a neighboring town, they detected ;f robbers in' Franklin Hall's grocery and general storo at Ohio City. The robbers £|;,-were at work on the safe when they were discovered by the men, who immediately . gave the alarm, and a iww wavorgan- | p ized to capture tliem. The town lias l»e:*n y/ ' troubled with burglars and safe-blowers for some time, and when it became known that they had ' been discovered , in the act every one was Anxious to have the' burglars arrestei. and accordingly r|*^' they turned out en masse. A guard was *?;t' • stationed at the rear end of the building, 5*j.while double the force started iti at the front entrance. Xo sooner had the first guafd made its appearance than the rob- 'bers detected it and opened fire. A largo ,,VA*V" 'number of shots were exchanged. The robbers had tho advantage, and &•< while the battle was going on in front &• V ,,of the store blew open the safe. The f' * f ammunition of the crowd of eitizeus IjV-i > ,gave out, and the robbers seeming to be ' abundantly supplied drove them back, i,/r . ~Jb«t not until one of their number was \3eft behind, and Charles Hoover and L'V - 'AVilliam Place, two of the crowd who % , , nttempted to arrest them, were killed, f^*_Fjind Adolph Kern and lr. W. Sanders j, badly wouuded. The four robbers then 01 Jnade good their escape. W' JAMES MAXWELL. HANGED. The Murderer of Farmer Decker Payj the Penalty. JAMES MAXWELL was iianged at Mor- • ris, 111., for the murder of Charles ";:.'pecker'Juue 25. Maxwell retained his ¥elf-possession until the last. He walked rom the jail to the gallows between two *, / k *>fticers unassisted, took his seat on the <rirop, heard the minister's prayer, I'fe^v'jnadc a kick because the windows «f the temporary shed were not £ - '«-urtained, whispered to the death-watch, p"}1" and was dropped into eternity without . revealing his identity. Some called the tdeliberation of his action nerve, while Jothers looked upon him as not possess­ es'- " jing the instincts of a human being to 1 . an extent that he could realize the awful- s".*f tiess of the situation. Maxwell left the ^ , following letter for a Christian woman l.-fv-. "*"h° had sometimes prayed with him: |v."•' *To Mrs. Tinsman: S ? - DEAR FRIEND IN CHHIST--If I am to be - Jleve all I have beard and read and what ,,F Instructions I have had from my Christian Ji-'i friend. Miss Gordon, I earnestly hope and £ l>ray we will meet beyond that beautiful - river of which I have so often sung. All f1.iny trust is staid on Him who has said: "He »; v' Mho will seek me I will in no wise cast out." ^Language fails me to express my feelings V *o you and i iy dear friend, Miss Gordon, and my appreciation of your many acts of ^'V-i iklnduess t<? me. and for your expressions of '** sympathy. Hoping and trusting that your Pis-'? W-\ Wit1 yprayers and the prayers of all good Chris­ tians ia my behalf may be answered, I re­ main yoar brother in Christ, J. F. MAXWEI,I. BUM'S REVIEW O* TRADE. la All Directions the Business Outlook I: Im- proving. }t\" ' "* R <*. Dus & Co.'s weekly review of f-j . trade says: iff* ' - In all directions the business outlook im­ proves, and the volume of trade so increases that, notwithstanding the recent enormous increase of circulation, the money markets ^ ^ are growing strin^ont, cxiiorts have become remarkably largo, and the domestic trade ' ' is such that exchanges outside New York fe5 *.' exceed last year's by 15 per cent. But 1$;, while New York and Boston money '*r >s markets are fairly supplied and steady at 5 to 6 per cent., the market is «" ) tight at Chicago and stringent at Phila- delphia, only part of the commercial pa- per offered beingtakenat tlti»7percent.; St. ty.-'X Louis notes an active market at 7 to 8 per cent., Milwaukee a close market at 7, and jfe . Savannah a tight market. Trade is strong • everywhere. At Botston wool is rising and p|;; si: good are in better demand, while cottons £ ' are selling well and firm. The liquor trade is stimulated by new duties, Chicago re- $-/' * , ports smaller receipts of grain, cured meats, ft1 * and dressed beef, cheese, and butter than a year ago, but a slight increase in lard and |f€double the receipts of woaL WELCOME RAINS. ftor Will Do Great Good to the Ground- Crop Prospects. THE present month opened with a gen­ eral need of moisture. Pastures were very short, and the ground needed rain for plowing and for seeding winter wheat. As the month has advanced tho rainfalls have increased to a very grati­ fying degree. In Southern Illinois the wheat is all up and the stand very good. Receipts from farmers' hands are very small. Millers have about enough wheat to last them for sixty days. The reports from Ohio all show that the seeding of winter wheat has been done under very favorable circumstances. The crop is up two or three inches and looks clean and healthy. Cuba Wants Reciprocity. THE meeting called by thfc Board of Planters at Havana, to consider the tariff question was attended by the wealthiest ' planters in Cuba and many other promi­ nent persons. It was decided to send to ! the Minister of the Colonies a petition in : favor of reciprocity with America, the j abatement of the Cuban budget, the sus­ pension of the conversion of Cuban j bonds, and the revocation of the law of mercantile relations with Spain. Forced to Become Christians. Two HUNDRED Jewish students at Odessa, Russia, have renounced tho Jewish faith and become Christians. They have taken this coursc in order that they may not suffer expulsion from thrir universities in accordance with the enforcement of the anti-Jewish laws. Married an Actress. REV. MB. SHUTTI.KWOIU H, vicar of the English Church at Egloshayle, Cornwall, has married Miss Cudmore, a well-known actress on the London stage, herself the daughter of a Cornish clergyman. ' EASTERN OCCURRENCES. ' The assignee of R. Gardner Chase & Co., of Boston, reported that the total- assets were $85(5,707. AN English syndicate has just closed a bargain whereby it becomes the owner of three of the largest woolen mills in New England. The mills are those of the Lymansville Company at North Providence, R. I., fourteen sets of cards and sixty hand looms, making worsted suitings; the Harrisville, R. I., mills of William Tinkham & Co., ten sets of cards, 128 broad and two narrow looms; •ad the H. A. Kimball mills at Mantoa, water and swallowed the itoison, dying soon afterward in great agony. When Snowdasli found his wife dead he shot and killed himself. The only child of the couple wa-s poisoned by t he mother. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. ATTORNEY (JKXKKAI. CI.ATP of Minne­ sota commenced an action, against the Knights of Aurora tj have the affairs of the order wound u|». * , , I llv a giant-powder explosion at th» Ivanhoe-Rusk tunnel, near Load villa, Col., two men were killed and eight in­ jured. six of them fatally, Jons SPEI.MAX. son of the wcmjjtiiy Peoria distiller. *vas placed on triaTat Bloomington. 111., on the charge of rob­ bing a gun store, lie is also wanted by the postoftice authorities for robbing a mail p<mch, at Pekin for blowing open a safe, and at Terre Haute for robbing a. ticket office. Ills counsel did not deny the acts, but claimed emotional or im­ pulsive insanity. The jury returned the following verdict: "We find the defend- j ant guilty as charged in the indictment: j we also ftnd that he was insane when the crime was committed and that he is still partially insane.", Judge Sample has or- : dered that Spelman bo conveyed to the asylum at Kankakee. . A CONFKIIKXCK of the State Charities j of Indiana Is Iwing held in Indianapolis with an attendance of several hundred persons prominently identified with pub­ lic and. private, charities. The meeting has devoted sometime to a consideration of the management, of poor asylums, and a number of interesting papers were read and discussed. The opinion was general that the county asylums are j rarely provided with enough land and | that pauperism is encouraged by the i fact that the. poor farms are places o? rest rather than of work, a condition that would be reversed if more land were provided. R. G. PKTKRS, of Manistee, Mich., the largest lumber and salt dealer in the State, lias made an assignment to O. M. Henry, of Detroit. Mr. Peters was in­ terested in a score *of large enterprises. The failure is the largest financial crash in Michigan for many yeais. The as­ signment covers millions of dollars' worth of property, and will be far-reach­ ing in its effect'. Meigs Co.. lumber­ men, and Dunham & Co., of Grand Rap­ ids, and the Fifth National Bank of the same city are all interested in the col-' lapse. No schedule of assets or liabilities has been filed as yet. "From outside but reliable sources it is learned that the liabilities will be fully $3,000,000, with assets in the Fifth National Bank, Arthur Meigs & Co., and W. Dunham Jfc Co. of Grand Rapids, Mich.; the Butters & Peters Company of Ludington and .North Carol inr; the R. G: Peters Lum­ ber Company of Brewton, Ala.: the In­ terior Lumber Company of Interior. Mich.; High & Peters of Chicago; and Marthinson & White of Sanlt Ste. Marie. The plant at Manistee has made enor­ mous profits, but the outside ventures as a rule have been disastrous, especially the Southern ventures, which absorbed an enormous amouut of capital without, much returns. AT Cleveland, Bishop . Gilmour lias, published a card admitting that he wyotff a letter to Archbishop Elder, attacking the management of affairs at Rome. In . conclusion the Bishop sav§j. ."X hereby and by these presents withdraw eve; J 'word in said letter of apparent disre­ spect to Rome, and every word that could be construed as "a doubt of Rome." j Ax explosion occurrcd in the Bessemer department of the Cleveland (Ohio) Steel j Works, caused by cold water accidentally finding its way into a converter filled with molten metal. The roof was blown off, the building ignited, and a score of men injured. CHARLES MII.LER, 15 years old, was arrested at. Lconardville, Kan., Thurs­ day and confessed that lr; murdered Fislibaugh and Emerson, the two young men froth St. Joseph, Mo.. f6und dead in a box-car et Cheyenne S pt. .27, fcr their money while'they slept. WHILE an express trainftas crossing a stream near Jacksonville, III., the .en­ gineer felt the road-bed sink, ar.d at once opened the throttle and sent the | train over at lightning speed. Investi­ gation showed thftt part of the bridge had collapsed, and that the prompt action of the engineer had averted a horror. THE report of the Illinois State Board of Charity shows an expenditure for tho quarter ending Sept. 30 of 8285,301. narrowly missed appointment wlieu Judge Brewer got tho prize. Friends of I Secretary Noble, claim that' If tho ' nominee Is taken from the Cabinet j Mr. Noble will be more likely t » be ap- ; pointed than Mr. Miller, because the former is equally popular with tho President and will have stronger support outside of his own State. Respecting Judge Gresham of Illinois, it is believed that the President is fully aware of his fitness for the place. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin is popular, able, young and energetic. The President is known to be particularly partial to Senator Spoon­ er. President Harrison makes no con­ cealment of his desire to take time to make the bfcst possible selection from j among the names that may be suggested as available west of the ii Allcghani.c|^ FOREICxN GOSSIP. J, AirfciSfcAN railway securities dWllhed in London to the lowest point reached for years. English capitalists were of the opinion that the McKinley bill in­ jured railways. ' THE Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, who had chief command of the army, has become hopelessly insane. TIIK marked and steady decrease of the export trade in Russian grain is at­ tracting the attention of the Russian Government, The total shipments from all Russian ports for the first six months of the present year only reached 257.- roxooo poods, the pood being equal to thirty-six pounds, as against 310,000,000 poods in 1889, and 34C>,000,000 in 1888. Russian economists arp awaking to the fact that American, Indian, and Egyptian grain is driving the Rus­ sian producfout of the market and de­ priving their country of its former title of "the granary»of Europe." While tho decrease is acknowledged to be pro­ gressing, nothing is being done to en­ courage other industries to take the place of wheat-raising, and the prospect for the future of the already wretvhedly poor and oppressed peasantry, who had barely held their own while Russia was still at the head of grain-sellin§ nations, is dark indeed. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. EVIDENCE was discovered in Cincin­ nati going to show that Elwood West, of Lexington, Ky., invented and put in operation a steamboat iu 1797, six years prior to that of Fulton. A COMMITTEE of colored men ad­ dressed the following petition to the Police Justice, at Richmond, Va.: "Wc, the undersigned, do most respectfully and urgently move this most honorable court to discharge from jail all the Amer­ ican citizens of African descent (feions excepted) in order that they may witness j the emancipation, and besides to thank God and this most honorable court for 1 their freedom, under the penalty that those who are arrested within thirty days j from discharge will receive a double scn- 1 tence." The Justice agreed to the peti- I tion. , I Miss SHAW, the beautiful young act- j ress who was rescued from the roof of the Putnam Building at Richmond, Va., while walking in a nude condition along the roof, has been adjudged a lunatic. Miss Shaw belongs to Putnam's Variety Show, and is about twenty-two years old, and is a beautiful girl of a mild blonde type. The girl is an opium eater, and has been drinking to excess for sev­ eral weeks. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. FRESH AND NEWSY. SEXOR R. BEXGOCHEA, husband Of the youngest daughter of the late Gen. JbSe Marl Barrundia, has arrived iu New York. He comes to make a demand for $100,000 from the United States Govern­ ment for the killing of his father-in-law. lie claims that the Government, is re­ sponsible because United States Minister Mizner induced the captain of the Pacific Mail steamer to turn oy|>r Gen. Barrundia to the Guate­ malan troops, and thus caused him to bo murdered. The claim of the family for monetary damages is not con­ sidered alarming, but the demand made bv the widow and children of the dead man for President Harrison to Vindicate the majesty of the United States Will, it is thought, cause .trouble. Senor Bongochea will engage tho best lawyer he can find on international law and will then pro­ ceed to Washington to press the case be­ fore the State Department. The con­ tinued asitation of the case may yet lead to diplomatic complications between Guatemala and the United States. Senor Bengochea will claim before the State Department that all civilized nations ex­ tend the right of asylum to political refugees, and under the fourteenth arti­ cle of the treaty between Guatemala and the United States Gen. Barrundia's blood 'is certainly upon this Government. Ab­ solute liberty and security were guaran­ teed to Barrundia, he claims, under that treaty. > - * > ! ACCORDING to tho. Government officials at Ottawa, intelligence from the various^ provinces of Canada indicates that ther# is a strong feeling among business men in the country in favor of Canada adopt­ ing a higher tariff in order to practically exclude American products, both raw and manufactured. The Dominion last year imported meats, grain, Hour and other food fioni the United States at a cost of over $11.000,000. By adopting pro­ hibitory duties Canada, leading Conserva­ tives assert, will create a homo market for her own farmers. The Cabinet Minis­ ters will not talk, but the utterances of the Hon. Mr. Foster, -Minister, of Fi-. nance, at St. John, N. B., ind.iep.te that the duties on manufactured articles will, if necessary, be further increased, in or­ der to protect the Canadian manufactur­ ers. Sir John Macdotiald is anthor of the epigram, "That if there cannot be reciprocity in natural and manufactured products, there must be reciprocity in tariff." . Ix the case of the Board of Trade of Chicago, complainants, vs. the Ch'cago and Alton and other railroads, defend­ ants, and the Armour and ten other packing companies and the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, inter­ veners, the Interstate Commerce Com­ mission decided in favor of tho Chicago Board of Trade. The defendant-* were charged with discriminating against Chicago in rates. AT tho annual meeting of directors of the Great Northern Railway at St. Paul a dividend of 1 per cent, was declared. The gross earnings of the road for the first live months of its existence were £3,082.587. • MARKET RKPOBT8. TIIK Ohio Republican State Committee has received a telegram from Secretary Blaine expressing himself as satisfied with the date of Canton. Oct. 26, for his first speech, and asking the committee not to name, the date of his second speech until further advised. Congressman Smyser telegraphs that Major McKinley can not be at Cincinnati Oct. 23. as lias been arranged, but another date will have to be agreed upon for his speech at that place. WHILE it is not expected that the President will name the successor of the late Associate Justice Miller before De­ cember, astlieappoint.ee, whoever lie may 1 CVITLE--Common toPrim«... bo, would not can; to participate in the ' deliberations of the Supreme Court be­ fore confirmation by the Senate, specu­ lation is already rife as to the men whoso names will be considered by the President. Naturally it is taken lot granted that lie will choose CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to I'rime., Hoos--Shi pi>ing Or odea HHI;E? WHEAT--NO. 2 bed <IOHN--No.:i OATS--No. i HTK-NO. 2 HUT TEH--Choice Creamery. CHKKSI:--Full Cream, ll«ta EC;<;h--Fresh A POTATOES;--Western, PER bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shi ppi ng HOGS -Choice Light biiKEP--Comiuou to Prim*...... \V 1JKat--No. 2 Ked CORK--No. 1 White OATJ--No. % Ytliite hT. Lull 18. CATTLE. Hoos W HEAT--No. S HeU. Coiix--No. % v.... OATS--No. Jt HYE--No, 2 CINCINNATI. CATTLE Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 Bed . COBN-- 0O. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed MILWAUKKK WHEAT--NO. 2 BpUug COHN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White BAULKY--No. 2 ........ liVE--No. 1 DJiTltOIT. CATTLE Hugh BKKKP., WHEAT--No. 2 Red v... COBS--No. 2 Y ellow OAI S--No. 2 VN hi to ^ TOLEDO. WHEAT Cons--Cash OATS--No. 2 White BUFFALO. ' ATTLE--Good to Prime Hoea--Medium and Heavy WHEAT--No. X Hard COUK--No. 2 : EAST LIBEUTY. Hoo.Sr- Light HHEHP--Medium to Good LAMBS NEW YOHX. CATTLE.;......,....... HOOH.. HHEKP. WHEiT-Wo.fi Bed. COBS--So. 1 ....Vii.t,.... OATft--lttxed WMtMtt.*,.'. 9 3.2 > 0 P.21 4.2J l<* 4.75 3.1)0 ($ 5.00 . .49 iS .41 .21 a. <0 .08 .18 .08 41! .63!«J .24 .0'J 'M 3.60 8.10 3.5U .97 .41) ,4U 0 6.03 # 4 .SO (31 4.60 <& <® .O) & .40»a 3.50 U.'iO & 0.00 & 4.50 .0*# <9 .99 .47?* «, .4 % •38hf±* .<0<2 M & .02 2.C0 3.00 3.00 1.00 .68 .43 .60 .51 & 4.00 l<4 4.50 & 5.00 <3i l.Ot .45^ 0 .67 & .65 & 3.C0 S.OU 3.00 LOl .42 JUSTICE MILLERIS DEAD THE VENERABLE JURIST HAS BREATHED HIS LAST. Brief Sketch of the Ufa and Harvlce* ol the D«C«MWI Judge--Appointed to the Brnch by Abraham Lincoln -- General Belknap, ex-Secretary or War. Dead. [Washington dispatch.] Justice Miller died to-night at eight minutes of 11 o'clock without a struggle, and apparently without pain. A few minutes before ho died the phlegm in his throat gradually accumulated and his frame quivered. " It w'as evident that tho end was fast approaching, and tho mem­ bers of his household who were not in the sick room were hastily summoned to his bedside. Besides Mrs. Miller and her son, Irving, there were present Dr. Cook, J. \V. Woolworth. an old friend of Jus­ tice Miller, who had just arrived from Omaha, the family servants, and Chief Clerk McKenney of the Supreme Court. Soon after death the face of the Jus­ tice, which had become somewhat drawn during the last day of his illness, changed to a perfectly natural condition, and he looked as if in a auiet sleep. Samuel Freeman Millpr was born in Richmond, Ky., April 5, 1816. His father emigrated there from Reading in 1812. His mother was the daughter of parents who had removed to Ken­ tucky l'rom North Carolina before her birth. His early years were spent upon a farm, but the drudgery of agriculture, was a source of discontent to him and employment in a drug storo gave him the opportunity for reading medicine. He graduated in the medical department of Transylvania University when 22 years of age, and entered ujxm the prac­ tice of medicine, in Knox County, Ky. He had been married in the meantime and had begun the study of law, and was ad­ mitted to the bar in 1847. In 1862 Presi­ dent Lincoln appointed Mr. Miller as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, which position lie retained to the time of his death. ^ During thejrwenty^eight years Justice Miller had resided in Washington his was a familiar figure on th6 stroets. Un­ til within the last few. years Justicp Miller was in the habit of walking to and from the Supreme Court. Only on great public occasions did he use a car­ riage. He was so democratic in his na­ ture that he derided much of the pomp and frippery of official life. He was fre­ quently heard to say that walking was good enough for him. Justice Miller was a glutton for work. During the dinner hour and for an hour succeeding it he engaged in social cdn- vorso with his familv and with such guests as might be present. Then hp re­ tired to his office in tho basement and labored frequently far into the morning hours. In spf£& of his 74 years his move­ ments were as lively as those of a man of 55 or 60. He was of giant mold phys- ieally as well as mentally, aud a man of herculean strength. His bold, bluff, hearty way of speak­ ing even when a young man threatened on several dceasions to get him into se­ rious trouble. He did not shrink from any physical encountor, although ho never engaged in one. His moral cour­ age was superb. Soon after ho was seated on the bench of tho Supreme Court he had occasion to rute on some matter of law that would eithor ruin or enrich his old law partner, Cof. Ballen- ger. He promptly decided against him, however, on the merits of tho case, and an estrangement followed which was never healed. His genius for the inter­ pretation of the law was almost infalli­ ble. While lie was tho best-natured man in the world, he would, as a prominent attorney said this evening, hang his own father if it was legally tho thing to do and he was called upon to decide tho matter. He was looked up to by every member of the Supreme Bench, from the Chief J u$jjfee down to tho, lte^e^l meinbeV of the court. BILLINGS MAY ESCAPE. AWFUL LOSS AFFAIKS IN GATHERED <6US SOUR THE IOWA SUPREME COWBT REVERSES HIS CASE*. MANY PEOPLE BURNED TO; DEATH AT SYRACUSE. N. Y. .53 '** .08 .51 >4 .43^ .08 .06 & 4.60 & 4.50 & 4.75 & 1.01V. .St>4 l.<tt & 1.01V. .40}a 4 .41 lit 4.C0 <£ 4.50 3 60 & 4.76 1.11 .60*4 .61 3.50 4.00 4.36 4.5J & 4.75 & 4.76 & S.OO m e.oj 8.09 & 6.00 4.45 & 6.00 4.00 0 6.60 ^ V Ti GEN. W. W. BELKNAP DEAD. Tho Ex-tfocrotarr of War Stricken Witl* Heart DI«e«M Willie Alone. [Washington dispatch.] The War Department Building is draped in mourning for ex-Secretary of War Gen. W. W. Ilelknap!, liis many friends were shocked this morning to hear that he had died suddenly and alone, and that tho fact was not discov­ ered until many hours had elapsed after life became extinct. A dream which lie dreamed on the night of Friday, Oct. 3, exactly a week before the sudden stroke which felled Justice Miller, mado a deep and vivid impression upon Gen. Belknap's mind and imagination, and, a'though ho was a man of sunny, cheerful temperament, by no means given to indulgence in superstitious or morbid fancies, he re­ lated tho dream to several friends and dwelt upon it with considerable serious­ ness. He said that In the dream he was engaged in conversation with Just'co Miller, and that the latter suddenly dropped to the ground, stricken with apoplexy. A week later when General Belknap heard that his old friend had been stricken ho became more deeply concerned than ever, and remarked to several friends, "I haven't heard tho last of that: there is more to come." Several friends called at Gen. Bel­ knap's, office on Sunday mornuig; but, unsuspecting tho truth, loft supposing that he was asleep in the adjoining room. This morning at 8:30 a lawyer who occupied the same office with Bel­ knap learned that the General had not been seen since Saturday night. The bedroom was opened by the janitor and the body was found lying partly on the bed, as though death had overtaken him in an attempt to arise. A physician ex­ amined the body and announced that death was due to heart disease. Mrs. Belknap and her daughter, who -have been spending some time in Now York, were promptly notified of the death of the husband and father, as also was Hugh Belknap, the General's son. l'abullillng of M'Vlcker'a Theater. McVickcr's Theater is to be rebnllt according to the most approved methods of fireproof construction. The audience room will be spanned by six heavy steel trusses, and over theso trusses will be built two stories of offices, connected with tho business building in front. Each of the six trusses are to be supported at the ends by latticed wrought steel columns rising direct­ ly from the foundations, and independ­ ently of the walls. Thus no weight will bo thrown upon the old outer walls, which are retained solely ior shelter. It Is an axiom of modern construction that no building can be eallcd iireproof* in the full sonsc of the term, in which any struc­ tural iron or steel work is left expost?d to the action of flames. Every individ­ ual piece therefore of tho steel con­ struction surmounting tho audience- room will be encasod in porous terra cotta tile, and tho floors, ceilings, roofs and partitions, will bo built of the same material. Twenty-four offices will be included within this new con­ struction, and an additional elevator will bo placed in the front building to serve them. Theso offices will be very well lighted, and will be fittid with all modern conveniences. In tho re-design of the interior of the theater, the main floor, balcony and gallery will be kept substantially as before In shape, but all e'so will be of a flew and beautiful de­ sign. The arrangements for heating, lighting and ventilating will bo very complete, and an opera chair of novel It 1* the Opinion of ttao Court that Klnge- 1 )«y Killed Hlmttelf, and that There Wan No Evidence on Which to Conriot Bu­ lla S« "f HI* Mtorder--The Case MentBaek. [DCB Moines (Iowa) dispatch.] For the second time the Supreme Court has reversed the decision in the cele­ brated case of The State vs. M. E. Bil­ lings, the charge being that of the mur­ der of Willis Kingsley, County Attorney of Bremer County. The opinion, which was handed down by Justice Granger, holds that the evidence tends to establish suicide .on tho part of Kingsley, and practically advises that the case be dis­ missed by the lower court, to which It is remanded. The case is one of the most famous in the annals of Iowa criminal ju­ risprudence. Billings Is a man past fifty years of ago. He had lived in Waverly 6ince 1868, engaged all tho time in tho practice of law. Kingsley was a young man, having been born of a most excel­ lent family in that county, and Laving boarded for some time at Billings' house. On the afternoon of Dec. 21, 1887, be­ tween 4 and 5 o'clock, Billings was^en to go up the stairway leading to Kings- ley's office and into the door. The two men wcro closeted ther# for some time. Their visit was a stormy .one, and occu­ pants of office rooms across the hall dis­ tinctly heard the voices of both of the men raised in angry dispute. Finally, about 6 o'clock, or after dark, two pistol shots were heard in rapid succession, there was a heavy fall upon the floor, and Billings caaue bounding down tho stairway to the sidewaik crying, "I'm shot! I'm shot!" 0 Kingsley was found on the floor of his office lying just inside the rear room, with his head against one of the folding doors. When found the body was cramped up agaiqst tho wall, but was soon moved. The right arm lay along the side ou the flotor,. apd beside it a revolver from' which two shots had been fired. Upon a chair in the room lay Billings' coat with an empty revolver that had not been fired in the pocket. Upon Billings' person were papers showing that he had visited Kingsley for the pur­ pose of procuring from him pecuniaiy damages for alleged intimacy; that had existed between Kingsley and Mrs. Billings. These papers consisted of a written confession of,Mrs. BMlings and sundry promissoiry notes running to 1!)02. Billings was iliimjly arraigned for trial. His counsel moved for a change of venue, the affidavit as to prejudice of ;tlie popu­ lace and court being amply fortified by the names of many responsible eitiz >ns. The motion, however, was promptly overruled. After 9 most exhaustive hearing tho jury returned a verdict of guilty, fixing the penalty at imprison­ ment for life. The Judge in passing sentence displayed his feeling by re­ marking that it was a mattor of regret that tho death penalty could not have been visited upon the defendant. An appeal was taken, which resulted in a reversal by tho Supreme Court, Its decision being based upoii the error in­ volved in the refusal of a change of venue. The merits of the case were not considered by the court, judge Ruddick then sent it to Black hawk County, where it was triv1# by Judge Ney. A second verdict of guilty resulted, and a second sentence of imprisonment for life fol­ lowed. It was here that the most strik­ ing incident in the history of the case occurred. The court in overruling a motion to set a*ide the verdict remarked that if he had been upon tho jury he would have bt>en compelled to vote for an acquittal, as there was absolutely no evidence upon which to base conviction. The Judge said: "If I were the jury trying tills case I should render a verdict of not guilty, from the evidence intro­ duced here. It Is a striking fact that Kingsley's eyelashes and the side of his nose nearly down to the end were burn­ ed with powder. Above the eyebrow there was no powder. That shows con- conclusively that the revolver was held in such close proximity to the angles oj tho eye that the fire could not ascend and burn the forehead. The evidence in •regard to the holes in the clothing,: tho bullet on tho suspender, the wound on th& back, certainly indicate that Bill­ ings was shot in the back by Kingsley or some other person. "Billings pretended to have discovered an intimacy between Kingsley and Bill­ ings' wife. He docs not act the part of an injured husband. He does not appear indignant and furious, but like a slimy viper gets up a story--a confession-- that shows tho mind given over to evil intentions. That confession certainly came from uobody but a man of vile and badfenind. "Accompanying it in his pocket were notes drawn for several years, amount­ ing to something in the neighborhood of 52,000 and running for sixteen years, a good share of Kingslcy's lifetime. If that confession was out. of this case, if Billings did not appear in the light he does before me by reason of that confes­ sion, and tho vilencss, of his mind, and the cunning of his hand in preparing and writing and imagining the things that are contained in that confession, I would have set aside this verdict as quickly as it ,was rendered; but in.the light of that confession, of course,smy suspicion, as well as the suspicion of every juror that heard this case, must bo aroused against Billings. Now wl*.le I say, even in the light of that confession, believing Billings to be the vile man that confession shows him to be, if I were a juror I would find a verdict of not guilty hero." Mr. Billings replied to theso strictures, of tho court. He explained the reason he had resorted to'thc method ot procur­ ing pecuniary damages privately from Kingsley because he did not wish to blacken his wife's name with publicity by resorting to the courts. Then, con­ tinuing, he said: "Is that tho vilest thing on earth? If it be, then tho jury f nd your Honor propose sending me to tliQ, penitentiary for doing a thing I doubt not your Honor, in tho love of a life partner, would do if it became neces­ sary to protect her name. May I be per­ mitted to ask your Honor what would you have done in such case where that loved partner riped Out by -Ave to Fifty --What? Court--I would have' killed By the Court--I would have killed him. Billings By tho him. Billings--Well, I was going to say, that would expose her. Has it become the unwritten law of America in such cases, which are so often settled in tho p ivate office, that wo must go to Spain for ideas of vindication of one's so- callfd honor, adopt their customs, uso the stiletto, the <!a?ger? Has it become tho unwritten law of this age that a man shall be sent to the penitentiary for murder became I10 does not slay the man who has \i >lated his home? The Great Leland Hotel ' the Flames--From Twenty Persoaa -Meet Death in the BtirnlnR ^buUdlnc--Hutv the Flro Originated. [Syracuse dispatch.J From twenty-five to fifty lives were lost early this morning by the burning 6f the Leland Hotel here, the largest hotel in Central New York. The build­ ing will prove a total loss. An eye wit­ ness says that he saw twenty-five people lose their lives In attempting to escape, and a guest who narrowly escaped death says that fully twice that number have perished In the burning building. The lire started a few minutes after 1 o'clock this morning, and almost instantly the large structure was enveloped in flames from cellar to roof. Every effort was mado to arouse the sleeping guests, but the smoke in the halls was so dense that it was found impossible to reach the up­ per floors, and it. is believed mauv per­ sons wero suffocateil and their bodies burned. A number of people jumped from windowa and were killed or in­ jured. , The fire started In the kitchen near the elevator, and shot up tho shaft with al­ most incredible rabidity to the sixth story and burst through, the roof. All the fire engines of the city were quickly upon the scene, but the fire " continued to gain headway, and it soon became apparent that the building would bo destroyed. The firemen worked hero­ ically to save the inmates of the hotel, and a number wfcrc dragged uncon­ scious from the first, second, and third stories, abovo which the rescuers could not ascend 011 account of the dense smoke which filled the upper sto­ ries. The scene was one of the wildest con­ fusion. People were seen at the windows on every floor, shrieking frantically for help, which could .not be given them. Many fell back into the flames, fainting and exhausted, while others hurled them­ selves from the windows, meeting instant death on the pavement. Many who es­ caped from the lower stories will die from the effects of their injuries, occa­ sioned by tho flames and portions of the falling walls. How many victims perished will not be known until the fire has spent its force and the debris has been cleared away. Indications, however, are that at least fifty persons have lost their lives, and probably a much larger num­ ber. The hotel' was well filled with guests, and though many escaped, it seems almost certain that the loss of life has been very large. ; Five bodies partially hidden by bricks are lying in the alley, but cannot bo reached, owing to the intense heat. Two of the victims were women, and are. sup­ posed from the location of the bodies to have been domestics who. jumped from their dormitory on the sixth floor. One woman was being lowered from a window by the aid of a rope and had reached a point opposito the third story when the rope bccamo ignited from a burning sill. The ropo parted and tho woman fell to the pavement. Her brains were dashed out and her body flattened into a shapeless mass. So great is the confusion and excite­ ment that the indentity of those killed and injured cannot be ascertained. Un­ dertakers and ambulances are flying in all directions, and the streets in the neighborhood of the Ill-fated hotel are thronged with excited crowds of people. Every physician in tho city is on tho scene, and the wounded are being cared for as well as possible. Among those injured is Cora Tanner, the actress, who was. severely burned about the head and feet. She was play­ ing an engagement at tho Grand Opera House and had a room in the hotel. Frank Casey of Glens Falls, N. Y., and Emil Forbes, a prominent brewer of Syracuse, are among the dead. Many lives were lost by people crazed with fright jumping from windows. One man says he saw six people jump from different windows on tho Fayette street side of the building within a space of four minutes, and the sight sickened him with its horror, and he was compel­ led to leave the spot. The building was provided with both iron fire escapes on tho outsido and ropes 011 the inside, which were tho means of saving many lives. Burnet Forbes, a stock-broker, escaped into tho street almost naked. He was slightly injured about the lianos. lie loses a gold watch valued at $500 and all his clothing. One woman was found with a nursing babe in her arms crouched in a stairway, where she had been overcome by smoke. She was removed by the firemen, but has not yet regained consciousness, and it is impossible to say what liar name or ex­ perience was. , Escape by the stairways was cut off, and those in the upper stories were com­ pelled to jump. The clerk of the hotel began sounding in the alarm by tele" phone, but the flames spread So rapidly that he was driven from tho instrument and compelled to jump to save his own life. Nothing Is left of the building ex­ cept the elevator shaft and the chimney. Tho New York Central Depot, which is across the street from the hotel, was in great danger, but was finally saved. The loss will exceed half a million dol­ lars. This covers tho hotel and furni­ ture, the stores on the first floor and their stocks. The insurance wiil prob­ ably bo about one-half the amount of the loss. The hotel was one of the finest In Central New York. It stood on one of the most prominent corners of the city, and was .w*cll known to the traveling public of the United States. There were 400 rooms in the house, and, owing to its convenient location as regards tho rail­ road depot, it had always been filled with guests. The New York Central Rail­ road's station adjoined tho hotel. Re­ cently all the rooms and parlors of tho house wero redecorated and renovated. Elegant furniture was put in, and tho entire hotel given a practically new ap- j pearance. It was a six-story structure' built of stone, brick, and iron. There was an entrance on each corner. Run­ ning along the two street sides between the entrances were a number of stores. A restaurant was attached to the hotel. All the rooms wero steam-heated. The Items of Interest. A THIBTERX-YKAK-OLI) girl is the or­ ganist in a Maine churchi , A CHILD born to an Albany! Ga., couple had at birth two teeth. A NiNE-YKA.u-or>p Buchanan, Ga., boy sets ever a column of type a day. MANY of Georgia's new legislators cannot spell or write the English lan­ guage or any other. A IAJMI* of coal was sent from tno Roslyn mine to the Spokano Falls expo­ sition. It measured. 11M. feet long, 4M weight ./J*® . • i '.~i ifer-sr-. What Onr Xe^hbon Are Roinc--1 of Gemml and Loral Interest - M«r» rfogeeand Death* - Accident? and Criin**. --Personal I'olntere. ' CHICAGO Tribune: All the political par­ ties in Illinois, Republican, Democratic, Farmers' Alliance, Prohibition, and In­ dustrial, have completed their Congress­ ional nominations except in the Second, Thirteenth and Sixteenth districts, where the Republicans have made no- nominations as yet. In the Sixteenth. District the Republicans have tacitly in­ dorsed the Farmers' candidate by refus­ ing to make a nomination. The com­ plete list, with the postoffice address of tho various candidates, is as follows: Diat. K& up. P. O. Addresfs. I'uHtf&u 1. »Abner Taylor. Chicago Rep. William G. Ewlng. Chicago Dem, ' •< I. H. Pedrick Chicago . Pro. 2 Bep. 4. L. E. McG»nn Chicago Dew. 8. »Wm, E. Mason Chicago Bop. Allan C. Durborow. .Chicago Dem. 4. »George E. Adam a. .Chicago Hep. J W. C. Newberry... .Chicago ....... Dem.' 5. *A. J. Hopkins Aurora Bep. •Tacob Haish De Kalb I>eiu. F. F. Farwilo. Pro. 0. »B. R. Hitt ...Mt. Morris Kap. . .^ • ^Andrew Ashton.....Bockford ... | 7. *T. ,T. Henderson--Princeton. -- Bep. ' ?i JobnW. Blee Jjadd.... l)e;>i. ' >*& f & *C. A. Hill .Toliei........ Rep. "» liWia Stewart Piano ...Dein, "*/"• ,'V* F. Fan-ell Hickory Point. Pro. » " 9. »l<e-wiB E. Pay son. .Pontiac Hep. H. W. Snow Sheldon Detu. Oliver W. Stewart. .Eureka Pro. "V^» 10. 'P. S. Pott. Galesborg.--Bep. r " "T George A. Wilson.. .Peoria Dem. " ' A. 8. Barnum ftrincevilla.. -j jj*® «T. G. Evans. Abingdon Pro. ,e« 11. »W. H. Gest......... Bock Island.. Kep. M B. T. Cable.. Bock Island..Dein. 1]* • S. T. Sheldon Cameron Pro. 12. Milton McClare Beardstown. ..Bep. . * • Scott Wike Plttsfield Demi -"X 13. J. W. Bush.... .Pro. T ; ,0 •William Springer. .Ppringfiold Dem. B. H. Patton........ 8pringfteld Pro. 14. *.f. H. Bowell Bloomington. .Bep. s\f Owen Scott Bloomington.. Dem.* 'UV . W. C. Out ten Decatur. Pro. ,, 15. *J. G. Cannon Danville Bep. " 8. T. Bimey IJrbana. Dem..;>: Jesse Harper Danrille IndulL 10. John W. iteeder Newton F.A.,1 *G. W. Fithlan. Newton D«m_, J. W. Vancleve Olney. Pro. 17. F. H. Chapman Carlinville. Bep. •Edward Liwne Hillsboro Dem. - Kdward Ro6ssler : F. A. J. L. Dauthit Shelbyville Pro. - 18. Cicero J. Lindley...Greenville.....Bep. •$ • W. S. Formal* Nashville Dem. ' Jas. P. Courtney.. .Beaucamp .Pro. 19. Geo. W. Pillow Shawneetowu.Bep. • Jaa. K. William s.. Carmi Dem. John H. Wilson McLeansboro..Pro. 20. *G. W. Smith Murphysboro..Bep. W. S. Morris Golconda Dein. Xi. L. T.awrence Ozark IJ. L. IS. A. Davis Ava .Pro. • Benomi nated. TUK official returns of the Illinois census have been given out by the Onsws Bureau. If a ratio of apportionment of I s 0,000 shall be selected Illinois will be entitled to four additional Congressmen, of whom It seenis< that three new ones should be assigned to Chicago. In 1880 the population was 3,017,871. To­ day it is 3,818,536. a gain of 740,608, or 21.00 per cent. Tho following is the official population of the Seventh Illinois District: ' Counties. 4 ; ftopulatlon. I'ncipase.. Clay .16,719 Craw ford. .;i. .f.. 17.237 Effingham h....;. i~. . .19,332 Fayette .. •> ....... .23,322 J a s p e r . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 , 8 5 1 1 Eawrence .......... .14,427 Madison ....:........51.371 Marion .".J .» ............. 24,33;(' St. Clair .66,571 527 1,040- 432 81 3,375 . 1,064 1,245 647 4.765 Cwtase. Cities. ,v ; 1890. v BWtttaf Belleville -15.360 •> , Central!* • 4,7f2 . 1,1 ColUnmfflto.. *•***, « Pflinohom . • * 1 Bond„<.f^*.^,^./*»*!HM-..14.S16V^.<-: 851 CUntoa.-.t.»^^,.-.*«..:.iiv.^...l7,407 v;&,307 Monroa...12,947 > ,! 735 Bichland....15,017 528 Washington;...; 19.283 1,850 The total population for the district is .130,670. In, 1880 the population was 330,265. Increase, 8,405, or 2.61 per cent. Population of cities in the Seventh District: Cities. •••" ; 1890. v IttMfcase. ,677 ,141 till Eflingtiam ..».s. • S.atiO Edwardaville.U . . . i . . 3 , 5 7 5 • 688 East:; St. Louis.................13,150 5,971 Nashville .;.. \ .•«*.. 2,083 13&- Olney 3,828 THE population of the Fourth IUinois- - Census Dist^t»^clally, is as follows: ,,7 Pop. Pop. In- Countt*a. r % 1890. 188). crease. Grundv... ..20,976 16,732 4,244 Kankakee ^'...,^.....28,751 ' 5,017 3,704 La t-alle. 70.40J 10,275 Livingston,..............3S, 416 38,450 *31 Logan. 25.4,2 2 » OT > 435 McLean <"2,967 60,100 > 2,8 YT Marshall .13,(5C8 15.055 *1.387 Mason ..16,052 16.242 TawwelL 29 521 29,866 •145- Will 61,923 . 63,422 8,501 Woodford. 21,3-2 21,ii0 *229 The total population for the dis­ trict is 390,816. In 1880 the popula­ tion was 371,774. The Increase is 28,042, or 7.54 per cent. The Eighth District by counties is as follows: Pop. Counties. 1890. Alexander 0 Edwards 9.898 Franklin .17,067 Gallatin ...........14.932 Hamilton .17,761 Hardin. 7,223 Jackson .27,772 Jefferson Johnson Massao. Perry Pope Pulaski llandotpb Saline.. Union... WabaBh Wayne. .........25.510 14,896 ........11,287 ........17,514 ........14.004 .;..... .11 290 24,948 19,228 ..21,540 11.868 ...23,712 'ayne. White 24,945 .22,184 Pop. 1880. 14.803 8,597 16,121 12,861 16,712 6,024 22,505 2 ',686 13,078 10,441 10.007 IS,256 9.507 23.690 15,940 18,102 9,945 21 91 23,087 19,324 In­ crease. 1,418- 801 988 2,071 1,051 1,19» 5 267 1,824 1,81K 844 1,507 74S 1,78» •742 3,28tt 3,447 1,918 2.421 i,83& 2,660 caravansary was owned by Warrea Ice­ land, Jr., & Co. Items of Interest. BEIILIX drank- in 18£9 269,247,100 quarts of beer--that is aboat 150 quarts to every man, woman, and child. SAYS a writer in the Houston (Tex.) Herald: I have a buzzard I v ill fight against any dog iu Harris Conuiy for a wager of £50. PAUKS BRI.I.ocK, an ll-year-o'.d Oka- humpka (Kla.) boy, is under arrest, charged witli attempting to assassinate Wiiliaui >1. Bennett. IOWA physicians arc interested in a dropsical patient who has been tapped 141 tlm' s mid goes about the household duties notwithstanding, THE Independence was the first steam- ' boat to navigate the Missouri River. She left St. I^ouls May 15, 1819, and stopped near Boonville, whero a great banquet was tendered. , Ax Athens ((Ja.) man has given to the University Museum the skin of a rattle­ snake killed at Sapelo this summer. The rattler was ten feet long, and at the largest part of the body inches in Williamson... •Decrease. The total population for the district is 350,311, an increase of 36,319, or. il.5? percent. ' THE great Stock-Yards deal, involving* the sum of 923,000,000, was formally closed In New York last week, and the Union Stock-Yards and Transit, Com- I pany, of Chicago, becomes a corporation i of the past. Its successor is the Chi­ cago Junction Railways and Union Stock- Yards Company, and it will continue- business at the old stand under tho same local management. THE annual State Lodge of Colored Free Masons was held at Springfield last week. They report a membership of 1,000. TVANKAKEE is to have*a street car line. THE Secretary of State has granted permission for the organization of the Mount Carmel Aeronautic Navigation. (Company, for the construction and opera­ tions of air vessels for the transportation, of passengers and freight; capital stock, 5520.000,000. "OLD BAB," the big lion in Lincoln. Park, Chicago, is dead. He was cap­ tured when a cub in Africa, and lived. ( forty years iiva cage. A PIECE of property on the northwest corner of Clark and Madison streets* Chicago, has been leased for ninety-nine years at a valuation of $lfi,503 per front- foot. The lot is only eighty feet deep. THE Illinois State Board of Health has received information of the outbreak of scarlet fever at Sumner, Lawrence County, and of diphthoria at Clinton, De- Witt County. A um-niNo twenty stories high is to be erected on the northwest corner'of State- and Madison streets, Chicago. WILLIAM PK.NX, the largest man in Lawrence County, and doubtless the big­ gest man in Southern Illinois, died on his farm near Sumner a few days ago. He weighed 400 pounds. He realized that he was dying, and the day before his death he ordered his cottin, saying he would die at 6 o'clock the next morning. H'fp v > oclock* - .--~v ' v, ,