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•31PKS - MART FOUND GUILTY. , ;;f . A iMwwNT8o^s;RHErVAtKLY l:' As Interesting Smmbmt of tbt to* Int- . portant Dolofl of Oar Ndfhlwn-Wed- ; ,;'. 40mg» and Deathe-Crlaaea, OMMHIM, Mil OttMrsl Kewi Xotea. Within Oar Borden. r The Davis Junction war broke out in * new spot the other night. The Jolly Three Club established their legal right to use the only public hall in the town for a year under a lease, despite the opposition of the trustee who was elected e pecially to see that no danc­ ing was done. One night recently the* e was another dance. It started out all right, but the anti-dancers had pre­ pared for it. A hole had baen cut in the floor and a pipe run up from telow into the stave. When the revelry was at its height the anti-dancers below blew a charge of sulphur into the stove. Presently there was no dance. The dancers were compelled to flee to the street to clear their lungs and re­ cover their breath. After awhile some ventured back to the scene of action and thiew the stove out of doors. Then the room was aired and the dance went bravely on. Forced to Blgn Notes. M. L. Knapp, a traveling man, en­ tered the office of Dr. W. H. Fitch, at Rockford, and at the point of a re­ volver compelled the physician to sign notes aggregating $3,000* Keeping tne physician in the room, Knapp sum­ moned a messenger and sent one of the notes to the bank, where it was re­ fused payment. His arrest quickly fol­ lowed, and he went to jail in default of 811,000 bonds. The affair has created a sensation. Dr. Fitch says it is sim­ ply a case of brackmail. Knapp asserts that the physician owed him that amount, and he 110k that method to get it. Knapp's wife, who died a few fnonths ago, was employed by Dr. Fitch several years. i Encampment of National Gaard» ̂ , It has been decided to hold an en­ campment of the Illinois National Guard at Camp Lincoln this year. No encampment was held last year on ac­ count of the World's Fair. This year's will be a regimental encampment like the last one. In an order issued Adjt. Gen. Orendorff directs the several reg­ iments to report at Camp Lincoln for their annual tour of instruction as fol­ lows: First Infantry and Battery D, Chicago, July 10 to lt>; Second Infantry, July 17 to 23; Seventh Infantry and Troop A, Chicago, July 24 to 30: Third Infantry and Troop B, July 31 to Aug. 6; Sixth Infantry, Aug. 7 to 13: Fourth Infantry, Aug. 14 to 20; Fifth Infantry and Battery A, Aug. 21 to 27. LIMBM to Incorporate Refused* -Secretary of State Hinrichsen re- ' Wived from F. M. Charlton, a Chicago lawyer, a letter saying some of his cli­ ents contemplate the organization of a company insuring the unmarried against marrying, issuing a policy Agreeing to pay the assut ed the sum of $1,000 should he marry any time after one year from the time the policy is taken out, and asking for a license to incorporate. The Sesretary re­ fused, sayinsr that while the Jaw is si­ lent as to the right to organize such corporations, he believes, it contrary to good morals and public polity. v' X Polaon Communicated by Rat&1 The inquest in the case of the pois­ oning in the family of Charles Hey- man, st Barstow, resulting in the death of Hevinan and the serious illness of his wife and child, has developed the fact that the canned grapes, which caused the trouble, had been kept in a cellar in which poison had been depos­ ited for ratH, and an examination of the package containing the canned fruit shows that the rats had eaten into it, indicating that poison had been communicated to the fruit by the rata after they had taken it. Jealousy Camei a Fatal Fight. Jealousy caused an encounter at Blue Ridge between Thomas Loyd and Frank Stucker, two farm hands, which resulted in the death of the latter. Miss Rose Haneline was the cause of the fatal tight. She received Loyd's attentions for a time, but transferred Jher affections to Stucker. The bad blood thus caused culminated when the rivals mat. Loyd was lodged in jail. Record of the Week. HIRAM BAHNEY, a traveling man, oommitted suicide at the Park Hotel, Decatur. CHARLES B. TAYLOR was shot and instantly killed by Thomas Gallagher «i Gilford. AT Waterloo, a State bank is author­ ized to begin business with a capital st.ck of $25,000. MAYOR HOPKINS has ordered the discontinuance of periodical raids on Chicago disreputable houses. CHICAGO West Division High School £irls having appropriated all the class onors, the male seniors threaten to bolt. B. F. SCOTT, a Peoria printer, has mysteriously disappeared and his ab­ sence is causing his relatives great alarm. IN Chicago Justice Brad well was as­ saulted by two footpads. He pommeled them and then kicked them into the street. ENGLEWOOD'S Church Union is said to have prompted arrests of druggists on charges of selling intoxicating liquor. WHILE prospecting for water, flow of natural gas was discovered on the Kyle farm, two miles from East Psoria. A REGIMENTAL reunion of the Eigh­ ty-third Illinois was held at Kirkwood to commemorate the second battle of Fort Donelson. E. L. MCDONALD died at Jackson­ ville. He had been a State Senator. MRS. POWERS, of Peoria, mui-dered her adopted daughter and then killed herself. A CAMP FIRE and banquet, under the auspices of Fairbury Post,No. 75, G. A. R., took place in the opera house at Fairbury. Many interesting speeches were made. JUDGE VAIL, at Decatur, decided Edwin S. Gray's sale of 200 acres of land at a sacrifice of $6,000 should be set aside. Gray's widow claimed he was insane when he made the sale. THE "Rev." J. W. Powell, a religous impostor, has been exposed at Alton. He became acquainted with the best residents of the city, borrowed all the money he could and then decamped. He was arrested. THE Rev. E. A. Lovett, pastor of the Bethany Baptist Church at Peoria, has tendered his resignation because a newspaper correspondent slandered him, although the charges were proven to be false. AFTER a week's trial, Elizabeth Dun­ ham, of Wenona, was given a verdict in the Circuit Court against the We­ nona Zinc Company for $750 for injury tabor health caused by gases, she "liv- g but short distance from the works. organised. THE watch factory at Rockford has opened up to run three days a week. MORE thaa 103 teachers attended a session of the teachers' meeting at Virginia. TEN boys escaped from the State Reformatory at Pontiac; all were re­ cap! m ed. THE pestofB.ee at Wesley City has been discontinued. The mail is now sent to Pekin. THE convicted train robbers, Van Meter. Woodward and Howe, were sen­ tenced at Lincoln. FROM the effect! of injuries received in a runaway, Charles Mishler, • of Champaign, is dead. WHILE sleeping in a gas house at Joliet, Wa-hington Rider, aged 50, was asphyxiated and died. THE State Convention of the Inde­ pendent Order of Mutual Aid he® its S annual session in Aurora. THE Auditor of Public Accounts au­ thorized the organization of the Farm­ ers' State Eank at Lewiston. SPRINGFIELD churches oppased the ball for charity, and the e^ent waj, therefore, anything but a success. THE safes of the Iicuisville and Nash­ ville depots at Ashley and Beaucoup were blown open and a few cents taken. WILLIAM NEWBY has perfected an appeal of his case to the Supreme Court at Springfield, and is now out on bail. BY the sale of fruits, etc., since the Fair the Horticultural exhibit has earned $289.56 lor the Illinois State treasury. A SON of the late Col. J. L. D. Mor­ rison, William E. Morrison, fell dead on the street from heart disease at Mor- risonville. IN its answer the Spring Valley Coal Company says the charges made by Attorney General Moloney ate groundless. THE Scotch traveler from San Fran­ cisco who died on a Great Western railroad train near Stocton was Archi­ bald Gillander. THOMAS LOYD has been held on the verdict of a Coroner's jury at Monti- cello charged with the murder of Frank Stucker. JUDGE GROSSCUP, of Chicago, de cided that the Federal courts had jm is diction in the affairs of building and loan associations. FIRE at Quincy burned Joseph Knit- tel's excelsior works and Geo. Stahl's incubator factory. Loss, $100,000; in­ surance, $50,000. GOVERNOR ALTGELD appointed Wm. Prentiss, of Evanston, a member of the Board of Trustees of the institution for juvenile offenders. PROF. W. S. DYSINGER, principal of the normal department of Carthasre College, ha* resigned to enter the Lutheran ministry. BONDSMEN of ex-City Clerk John H. Starkey, of Lincoln, will have to make good a shortage in his accounts to the amount of $1,937.93. A CIRCULAR commending the wcrk of the Central Relief Association and asking donations has been issued by Chicago business men. THE convention of Jewish benevo­ lent order B'nai B'rith was ended in Chicago by the selection of Omaha a- the next meeting place. REPORTS of the Illinois Car Service Association have been given out at Pe­ oria. During the past year 167,315cars were handled by the order. DR. JEFF MAJORS, under indictment at Springfield for personating a pen­ sion examiner and a postoffice inspect­ or, was arrested at Indianapolis. WHILE working about one of the engines of the Kankakee Electric Com­ pany, Charles Davis fell u;:on the fly wheel and was literally torn to pieces. GOVERNOR ALTGELD issued his req­ uisition upon the Governor of New York for Joseph A. Brown, wanted in Chicago for bigamy, and now under ar­ rest at Buffalo. AT Virginia. Jailer Robinson was overpowered while feeding the prison­ ers in the County Jail, and James Bon- nett, Joseph Brown, and John Garrett, desperate characters, escaped. TRAMPS boarded a motor car at Alton the other night and robbed the conductor of $20. The only pas­ sengers .in the car were women, who became highly excited over the affair. JOHN D. DINNING, a wealthy farmer and stock dealer- at Benton, has dis­ appeared. He went to at. Louis with two car loads of stock and nothing has been heard of him since. Foul play suspected. JUDGE ALLEN at Springfield has confirmed the decree of the United States Court in Kansas appointing Joseph W. Reinhart, John J. MeCook, and Joseph C. Wilson receivers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Road. SEVERAL prominent business men of Alton have gone to Washington with resolutions urging the authorities of the War Department to permit the immediate completion of the Burling­ ton bridge across the Mississippi river. AGENTS for the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company nave lately leaded coal lands alor g the line of the road two or three miles west of Lewiston. It is estimated that the royalty for the land will amount to $200 per acre. WHILE the convicts in the Chester Penitentiary were returning from the yard Frederick George and Charles Copeland broke from the line and seiz­ ing Keeper Perry Stiff ran him toward the south gate, using him as a shield t) prevent the guards from 6hocting them. They also took his revolver and were getting along nicely toward a consummation of their plans when Deputy Warden Randolph came upon them. Without a moment's hesitation he shot George twice, bringing him to the ground. The convicts had a dyna­ mite bomb, to be used upon the ga'e). ADJUTANT GENERAL ORENDORFF has accepted the resignation of John J. Dreiiii&n as Lieutenant Colonel and Judge Advocate of the Second Brigade, Illinois National Guard, and appointed William F. Dose to fill the vacancy. Mr. Dosa is Gov. Altgeld's private sec­ retary. FOUR swindlers, who hailed from Chicago, have la'ely been over Alton and surroundinsr countrv selling sad­ irons. After selling a large number they decamped, leaving hotel, livery, and other bills unpaid. Seven barrels and three boxes of sad-irons were at­ tached. BY the absorption of the Cherokee Paoket Company by the Eagle Packet Company, one of the bitterest steam­ boat wars in the history of Missis­ sippi traffic has ended. For two years the companies have bitterly opposed each other and have carried freight and passengers at losing prices. THE First Swedish Lutheran Church of Rockford, the largest Swedish Lu­ theran church in America, is seriously discussing the advisability of expelling the members who attended the recent charity ball. The Lutheran Church is opposed to dancing, and the pastor, the Rev. J. A. Johnston, is urging drastic measures. * < ? C V *>4* -, r it':'*:'. 1 ' » 3ML VteAftNlMCk \jLt\ONft smtm j/ VII tm'yfh /Rockford Jury Sentence* the Red-Headed Mnrdrrcr to Death. The jury in the Hart murder trial at Rockford, after being oat one hour and twenty minutes, brought in a verdict •finding the defendant guilty and fixing his punishment at death. One ballot was all that was taken. Hart received the verdict coolly and made no demon­ stration. Public sentiment approves the verdict. The crime for which Hart was tried was the murder of his two sisters, Mary and Nellie, on the afternoon of ' Sept. 5 last. His act was undoubtedly the result of trouble in the family over the division of the estate left by John Hart, the father of the defendant, who committed suicide two years ago, leav­ ing much valuable property. The fam­ ily consisted of Mrs. Hart, two daugh- OVER ONE HUNDRED BLOOMS* KQUtNES CREMATED. ? >Tre, Started PreeamaMy by the Klwood Stables, Xett DeKalb, €«*• NBM Valuable Stoek-Awfal n&L «|| Era tea Burning to Death. " *WILSON (to. American workingman)--" You must throw away all those things you have and come down to tha level of that poor fellow. We must even things up."--Copyrighted, 1894, by Judge. REED'S GREAT SPEECH. A Complete Exposure of the Absurdity of Free Trade Arguments. The Republican minority in the House of Representatives made no mis­ take in choosing Mr. Reed to conclude its side of the case in the great tariff debate. Senator Sherman said the Re­ publicans were powerless to act, and could only aid by advice or express their disapproval by protest, and there Js certainly not a public man in the country who could have registered a more powerful protest than Mr. Reed against the iniquitous measure forced through the Houte. Mr. Reed's speech was perfectly free Irom the arts and pyrotechnics'employed by the average orator to attract attention. He relied altogether upon the inherent merits of the industrial policy under which the country has prospered for thirty years, and it is safe to say that if his speech were placed in the hands of every in­ telligent American there would be very f<m modesty do not dteftre'their nam^B ®fe paper. J. B.--All ye moneys shall goe to re- \toish ye coffers of ye Universalist Iorch. 6 HER® will be a Valentine social at the i$ae of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Besley, on P Wednesday evening, given under the f*pices of the Epworth League. This omises to be one of the most interest- v and pleasant socials given this sea- ^ An interesting program will be gen jJgxhur the evenimr. Evervona to be. It would be incorrect to say that he has not perfect faith in his theory, but many of his more experi­ enced colleagues cn the Democratic side have neither his faith nor his courage, and aro at this moment quak­ ing in their boots for fear that the bill jnay, after all, become a law. There were some Democrats who preferred |he stability and encouragement of American industries and the prosperity of American workingmen to a wild ana reckless search for a chimera. Neither a foolish shibboleth nor the imperious command from the White House made any impression on them, and they will live to Dless the inspiration which told them to revolt.--Baltimore American. York World's cartoon, representing the President as in the grasp of the electrical machine, is a fair description of his position. Everybody had come to the conclusion that Mr. Cleveland would let go. But if the President re­ vives hostilities he will be more harsh­ ly dealt with in the future. By com­ mon consent in this country the letter of President Dole was justified ,.by events that had happened, Willis, acting under Mr. Cleveland s instruc­ tions, had given moral aid to the de­ posed Queen. He had continued to do so after having been assured by the ex- Queen that she intended to cut off the heads of the revolutionists at her earli­ est opportunity. President Dole would have been justified in sending Willis home when the latter asked him to re­ tire in favor -«6"<&e ex-Queon. The Hawaiian President was restrained doubtless by his regard for the Ameri­ can people and his desire to continue the friendly fee ling already manifested toward his administration. But if j^Villis pops up with any more offensive . " ̂ tractions he would be a wise man lan 10 could tell what would happen. died leal "WheI1 Floor Was In the Barrel.** fe. do leave that tub a moment, with Its DPO' reeking, stifling steam;, whe • *° h*ve to take In washing seems ahor- , rid. fearful dream! nOO t you're brave and hopeful ever, don't i know what it is toshirlc, N^d you've been our one salvation, now Hi that I am out of work. you never did such drudgery, never nu» till our fortune sauk, .<«>r the flour was in tho barrel, aud the wu money In the bank. at £very morn I took my dinner, and With honest, hopeful joy, Went to work down at the factory, well content with my employ; Every night, though often weary, I would meet you with a smile. And our children's cheerful chatter would the supper hour begulla Even they now know tho difference, with their faces pinched and blank; There's no flour in the barrel and no money in the bank. The Immigrant* of 1803. The report of the Immigration Com­ missioners at New York shows that of the 352,885 immigrants arriving in 1893, only about 25 per cent, went West and South, and the rest remained in the Eastern and Middle States. Nearly one-half of the whole number are sup­ posed to have camped down in New York City, and many of these are now living on charity. Upwards of 37,000 of the immigrants were Russian Jews, very few of whom had more than money enough to support themselves a month. About 53,000 of the aliens could not read in any language, nearly the same number could not write, and over 54,- 000 could neither read nor write. Nearly one-half of the Italians were utterly illiterate, while of the 5t>,000 Germans only 1,239 were unable to read or write. Contrary to the general im­ pression, the Russians are better edu­ cated than the immigrants from South­ ern Europe. Of the 37,000 Russian Jews only 4,400 were illiterate. The liiiancial and industrial depres­ sion has had some effect upon the vol­ ume of immigration, and yet the fall­ ing off is only about 6 per cent., as compared with 1892. Even with hard times, this country is still an Eldorado with the poor foreigner, and nothing but the most rigid prohibition will pre­ vent their coming. If the distribution could be better regulated, the arrival of 350,000 foreigners in a year ought not to trouble us, bat so long as these poor foreigners caijnp down in our cit­ ies where there is little chance for them to earn a livelihood, the problem of their absorbtion w.ll continue to jgrQW^more and more serious. Would He Approve It t. It has been a favorite taunt of the Democratic and Mugwump oracles that the Republicans passed the Sher­ man silver law because they dared not trust President Harrison to veto a free silver bill. There was no trnth in the jibe, but it served its purpose. We may now ask these same Democrats ana Mugwumps who are dead set against the proposed income tax, what they think President Cleveland would do with it if it should pass both houses of Congress. It is a Populist measure, and was not even thought of by the Democrats when they constructed their platform of 1§*'2. Mr. Cleveland sug­ gested in his message at the opening of the present session that the ways and means committee might propose a small tax on the incomes of corpora­ tions, but what are his opinions on the tax on all personal incomes over $4,001)? Do any of the President's friends know, or are they very doubtful about it? Do they think he would approve or veto a -bill containing this "income tax madness," this inquisitorial, tyranni­ cal, detestable method of raising reve- eue which, they declare, would wreck the Democratic party? It might re- i lieve the strain in the Democratic EartJ* if the President's admirers could ring from the White House some ex- 1 pressxon of opinion on this meaqure.-- Springfield Union. I "He Can't Let Go." VJllgpceial Washington dispatch re- | cently stated that Pre ident Cleveland had written to Minister Willis to come home unless President Dole would withdraw the letter in which Willis is charged with giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the Provisional Gov­ ernment. If President Cleveland has ,. sent such instructions as are outlined they ^111 tend to show that the New If the trouble now upon me were not tn measure due To any own accursed folly, which X ne'er . . shall cease to rue, I could bear it, but with thousands, deep- deluded, just like me, I gave ear to blatant preachers of the free trade sophistry; And they told us that we workmen suffered ' wrongs and evils rank. Though the flour was In the barrel, and the money in the bank. So we voted for the party which declared they'd do away With the Ills the poor man suffered, and bring In the glorious day When the rich should cease to grind us. and prosperity would come. And low prices till with plenty every hon- ejt laborer's home Vain delusion! lyif g promUe! But we have curselves to thank That no flour is in the barrel and no money fa the bank. »{W. H. a. in Chicago later Ocean The Bill la the Senate. The New York Press does not believe the Wilson bill, as it passed the House, will get through the Senate. The Press made a complete poll of the United States Senate on the question, "Will the Wilson bill and the income tax measure, which the House passed, succeed in the Senate?" The views of all but eleven of the eighty-five Sena­ tors were taken ste^nograpliically so that the result may be depended upen as practically correct. Several Dome cratie Senators say they will defeat the tariff bill in its present form, but an amende i bill may pass. The income tax, obnoxious in the East, makes the bill stronger in the South and West. This is the result of the poll as exactly as it can be given in figures. Oppo.-ea to the Wilson bill in any form: Re­ publicans, 36; Democrats, 7; Populists, 2; total, 45; Republicans in doubt, 2. In favor of the bill--Democrats, 37; Populists, 1; total, 38. Republicans In favor of income tax if a separate meas­ ure, 4; Democrats, 23s Populists, 3: total, 30. Opposed--Republicans. 34; Democrats, It); total, 44. Noncommit­ tal or in doubt--Republicans, 10; Dem­ ocrats, 11; total, 21. Hornblower and Paekham. It doesn't make a particle of differ­ ence, as far as the marits of the con­ troversy are concerned, whether Will­ iam B. Hornblower and Wheeler H. 1 eckham were fit candidates as Asso­ ciate Justices of the United States Su­ preme Court or not. The rejection of the former and the probable rejection of the other proves that the peanut politics of tho Democratic party d es not hold as tacred the highest tribunal of the nation. Hornblower was ap­ pointed by the President as a personal matter. Cleveland liked the man and cared nothing for his fitness or unfit­ ness. Neither did David B. Hill, but Hill saw an opportunity to use that vindictive knife, and he did so, by ac­ complishing Mr. Hornblower's rejec­ tion by the Senate. Of course the President was exasperated. In turn he sent to the Senate the nkme of one of the rankest Mugwump anti-Hillites in the State of New York, simiply to spite Hill, but David B. wa? equal to the occasion, and it is now announced that the nomination of Mr. Peckham will be rejected. Politic* has come to a pretty pass in the United States when personal spite governs appoint­ ments to the most august body of ju­ rists in the nation and in the world.-- Dolgeville Herald. Attempting to Coeree the 8raata. In his angor at the Senate for exer­ cising in a dignifie'd and deliberate manner the powers vested by the Con­ stitution in the representatives of the sovereign States, President Cleveland, it is announced by a Cleveland organ, has»re~olvei t > send no more nomina­ tions to the Senate until the case of Wheeler H. Peckham, nominated io~ Justice of the Supreme Court, Is dis­ posed of. That is to say, the Presi­ dent refuses to do his duty because the Senate will not surrender its constitu­ tional authority. It is by coercion of this kind, and by other methods little short of absolute corruption, that Mr. Cleveland is endeavoring to compel the Senate to yield to his will, ana to di­ vest itself virtually of one of the most solemn and important Senatorial func­ tions. i Free Trade In the South. I attended a funeral in Pickens Countv, Georgia, of a poor man. They buried him the midst of a marble quarry; they cut through solid marble to make hi.* grave, yet the little tomb­ stone they put above him was from Vermont. They buried him in the heart of a pine forest, and yet the pine coffin was imported from Cincinnati. They buried him within touch of an iron mine, and yet the nails in his coffin, and the iron in the shovel that dug his grave, were imported from Pittsburg. They buried nim by the side of the best sheep grazing country on the earth, and yet the wool in the coffin band, and the coffin bands them­ selves, were brought from the North. The South did not furnish a thing for that funeral but the corpse and the hole in the ground. There they they put him away, and the clods rattled down on his coffin; and they buried him in a New York ccat and a Boston pair of shoe?, and a pair of breeches from Chicago, and a shirt from Cincinnati, leaving him nothing to carry into the next world with him to remind him of the country in which he lived, for which he fought for four years, but the chill of blood in his vein* and the marrow in his bones. --Henry W. Gradv. JOHN BAB* Ignorant Legislators. One of the items in the,Wilson bill Is for a duty of $1 per pound on "santon- ine." Some one on a debate in Congress asked the various members of the ma­ jority of tho committee what "santon- me" was, but not one of them could in­ form him either about the character of the article or its use. It was a piti­ able spectacle which the committee made of itself constructing a tariff without knowing the objects that were being taxed. It turned out that pan­ tonine is a drug largely used in making vermifuge to relieve children from worms. It is quite probable that the dose of santonine which Congress took in this debate will relieve that body after the next election of those who have been legislating on subjects they did not understand. There are said to be at least 150 items in the Wilson bill with regard to which its authors kn w no more than they did about "santon­ ine." It is not a comfortable feeling that legislation affecting important in­ dustrial interests is in the hands for the time of men confessedly ignorant of the subjects they ar3 legislating about. Reducing the Pensions. ' It may sound like economy for the Appropriation Committee of the House to reduce the appropriations for pen­ sions $15,000,01)0, but the amount due for pensions during the coming year can be pretty accurately calculated, and the amount need not be guessed at. The law regulates the payment of pen­ sions, and if Congress does not appro- Sriate money enough to meet the pay-lents there will be a deficiency at the end of the year. This was the policy of the Democrats under Cleveland's first administration. Commissioner Beach understated the amount neces­ sary in the first place and then the economists in the House cut down his figures. The result was a deficiency to provide for in the next Congress. A Square Hackdown. It is a square backdown which the Pension Department has made ih re­ storing the pension of Judge _Lohg, which had been suspended pending an investigation. Tn3 judge had made preparations for testing the question whether the soldier's vested right in a •pension that had been granted to him cn proof that it was his due could be arbitrarily taken away without a hear­ ing. The law of Congress passed Dec. 21, forbidding further suspension, was probabiy the cause of the backdown, and all other cases of suspended pen­ sions will follow the precedent set in Judge Long's ca^e.---American Culti­ vator. Loos of 35 Per Cent. The total imports of cutlery during the fiscal- year ending June 30, 18'.Ks, were valued at $l,15ti,000, and this, too, when the American manufacturers of cutlery received from 63 to 96 per cent, ad valorem protection, or an average of 8 per cent. The Wilson bill propo.-es to reduce this protection to 45 per cent., thus openly increasing by 35 per cent, the business of the foreign manufacturers. This means a loss of 35 per cent, to wage earners en­ gaged in making cutlery unless they can induce all good Americans, to buy nothing but the American goods through a patriotic interest for Ameri­ can industries. The Campaign of Education. Speaking of a campaign of edue»> tion, it is going on at a rapid rate through the able instrumentality of the House of Representatives. Pro­ tectionists need nothing better than the speeches that fall from Democratic lips against the Wilson bill.--Wheel­ ing Intelligencer. Won't Be a Marker. The free iron which the Democrat* are so enthusiastic in voting for this season won't be a marker to the free irony with which the voters will im­ pale them at the next Congressional eleetioa.--Philadelphia Inquirer. THE MURDERED GIRLS tors and six sons. John, who was the oldest bay, wanted the estate divided, while the mother and sisters would not consent to break up the homestead. Up to the time of the double murder the counsel of Mrs. Hart and her daughters pre­ vailed, and the family lived together on the farm, which prospered under the management of the b >ys. The day of the tragedy John \va- at home alone with his mother and sis-tera. During the afternoon Mrs. Hart left the hcu-e for a short time. It was during her ab­ sence that Hart attacked the two girls, killing Mary instantly and fatally in­ juring Nellie. She died the following day, but made an ante-mortem state­ ment fixing the crime upon her brother, John Hart. Hart's crime was most deliberate and findish. No sooner had Mrs. Hart left the hon«e than he called Nellie to the barn and induced her to go with him to the basement, where he nearly pounded the life out of her and then compelled her to drink a mixture of paris green. Not satisfied that the in­ juries he had inflicted would prove fatal, Hart completed his murderous attack with two pistol shots. Leaving the dying girl in the barn, the murderer went to the front yard and attacked Mary. The girl was al­ most as strong as her brother and made' & desperate fight for her life. Low About S30.0001 About 4 o'clock in the morning the large bam on what is called the Lyon» Farm, belonging to W. L. El wood, tb# millionaire horse importer of De Kalt% f t : 111., were burned, with their efcttlf* contents. Cne hund r ed and forty-eetrtdi ^ : pure-bred and high-grade Fercheron horses and three standard-bred trof», ters perished in the flames. The hartl was located just outside the city lin# its, and, therefore, beyond the react* of the fire department. When discov­ ered the upper part of the building was a mass of flames, and, althongfi every effort was made to free the imr prisoned horses, not one escaped. The scene was a frightful one. Tb# frenzied brutes dashed madly about their fire-ridden prison, ana. their snorts of agony drowned all else. He> roic efforts were made by the attache* of the place and those who had gath­ ered around to rescue even a few of thf» noble animals, but to no avail. The ex­ citement was intense, and hundreds of men and boys came to witness the con­ flagration. Bucket brigades were or­ ganized, several leads of hes© draggeft out and attached to a near-by pumjv and in this way the uneven battle wgB wagod. The cries of the dying horses reached the ears of those being led safety, and that added to the pande­ monium. Several horses broke their halters and da hed wildly through the throngs of spectators, but fortunately they were recaptured before anyone was very seriously injured. The damage to "the barn is estimated at $15,000. The horses, which were of the fit est stock in the country, are val­ ued at about the same figure. One hundred t ins of hay which was stored in the gutted barn "was also fuel for the flames. The origin of the fire can nek b > ascertained positively just now, bat there is said to have been discovered good evidence to show that the blaze was an incendiary one, started hy tramps who had been but a few hours before routed from an adjacent hay­ mow. The loss is partially covered by insurance. The porch where she had been sitting was stained with blood, and the sur­ roundings showed that a terrible struggle had taken place. The design of the murderer was successfully exe­ cuted, for he left his sister dying upon the grass. As Mrs. Hart was returning to the farmhouse she saw John gallop out of the barnyard gate on an unsaddled horse. Near tho porch she was horri­ fied to find the dead body of Mary. The alarm was given, and a search for Nellie led to tho discovery of her sense­ less body under the barn. She was cared for and every effort made to save her life. There was no hope, however, and to Attorney R. G. McEvoy, a part­ ner of State's Attorney Arthur H. Frost, she made her statement. 3Unor Mentaoa. Fm#r, t<?8t of the Takam ine process of whisky fermentation is to be made at a Peoria distillery. . J. E. BARHAM, of Brooklyn, was sen­ tenced to a year in the penitentiary tor making counterfeit coin. THOMAS SNELL, walking along the Burlington tracks near Berwyn, was struck by a train and killeftl. SCARLET FEVER is prevailing in Odell. The scourge exists in several families, and one death has ensued. BY a premature explosion in the coal mine at Breeze, George and William Zinn, miners, were fatally injurod. ARTHUR E. HULL is under arrost in Chicago on a charge of abducting Lena Dolley and holding her for ransom. MAYOR J. S. HARRIS, of Champaign, suspended Chief cu Police Patrick R. Clancy and Capt. Charles R. Young. ALBERT SCHULTZ, of Aurora, thinks he has found gold in digging a well on his premises in the heart of the city. GIRLS of the West Division High School, Chicago, defend their action in seizing all the class honors from the boys. " CHICAGO factory inspectors will con­ tinue to prosecute violators, despite (ha organization formed to fight the State law. THE minstrel entertainment for charity given by the belles of Kenwood was a great success. Full 1,500 tickets were sold. MEMBERS of the Chicago G. A. R are in favor of going south with the 1895 annual encampment of the or ganization. CATTLE have been bitten by mad dogs in the country districts about Marshall, and the community has been terrorized bv tho rabid canines. AT Effingham Mrs. Malinda King, nee Shields, died. She was born in Virginia in 1813 and settled in Effing­ ham County forty-three years ago. AT Quincy the Excelsior Show Case Works burned to tho ground. The loss is $80,000; insuranc?, $41,OOC. Tho fire throws ICO men out of employment. GEORGE DEVINE and* John Kavan- aueh pleaded guilty to robbing the postoffice at Alton and were each sen­ tenced to one year in the penitentiary. Thin and That THE deepest coal shaft in America is at Pottsville.Pa. In 1885 it had reached 1,576 feet. THE lowest body of water is the Dead Sea, nearly 1,300 feet below the level of the sea. THE Chinese language is spoken by the greatest number of people, over 400,000,001). THE longest river is the Mississippi and Missouri, considered as one; about 4,300 miles. THE oldest natural weapon Is the club; the oldest manufactured weapon is the sword. TRAMPS USE THE TORCH. Two Attempts to Reduce the Huge Agri­ cultural Building to Ashes. Fire has eaten another black hole into the wreck of the World's Fair. There are men who are trying to de­ stroy what is left of the White City with the torch. Twice Wednesday they attempted to burn up the Agri­ cultural Building, and it cost a hard fight to prevent the second attempt from being successful. For all tne splendid work of the fire companies, £ Chicago dispatch says, the "south- 'we.-t corner of the building Is in ruins. The whole of the great structure is flooded and sedden. The beauty of the building is spoiled. The vandal chose for a place to begfh. his work of destruction one of tbe great Corinthian columns at the south* 'western corner of the building. Care­ less toamsters had broken and crushed the staff covering of the column with the wheel's of their heavy trucks, and made black holes at the base of the pillars. The incendiary selected this as an advantageous place to make the attempt to destroy the building. A little straw or some paper was thrown into the hole and the match applied. Then the incendiary disappeared to await the result of his work. Supposably the work was done by the pestilential tramps who find the deserted palaces such a convenient camping place. These vagabonds have been thick in the park since the Fair closed; the great fire last month which destroyed the peristyle is known to have been started by* them out of re­ venge, and everything indicates that this blaze was even more deliberately kindled. This fire has not caused * great money loss--probably $5,000 or less will cover it all. The damage to the big, useless building can scarca^r be accounted as loss, and there vere few gocds within exposed to damage. IREPEAL BILL PASSEO. I J w. >. Stewart and the PopolbftS Tale with the Democrats. Washington dispatch: The bill re­ pealing in toto all Federal laws regu­ lating the control of Congressional elections has passed both houses of Congiess, and only awaits the signa* . ture of President Cleveland to become a law. After several weeks of discus­ sion the Senate finally came to a vote on the House bill, and it passed by a vote of 39 yeas to 28 nays. Numerous amendments were presented by the Re­ publicans, but they were voted down, the Democrats not even taking the trouble to join in the debate on the amendatory propositions. Sena* tor Stewart, of Nevada, voted with the Democrats on every proposition, giv­ ing as his reasons that he thought the power of the executive was already toe great and that the centralizing tend­ ency of the age should be checked at once if the republic is to survive. The three Populists--Senators Allen, Kyle and Peffer--also voted with the Demo­ crats on every amendment, as well as on the main bill. The measure as it passed the Senate is identical with the bill as it pasted the House, no committee amendments having proposed. ROBBED BY BIG FIRMS. •luAota Defraaded or e400,000 ly Lumber Dealer*. The great Minnesota pine land fight ; has come to a head, complaints haviag been drawn in the name of tha Stale* charging six of tne large l«mb#r Unas of Minneapolis and elsewhere with stealing over 100,f>j0t000 feet of piae from forests belonging to the State. The namos of the companies are with­ held until the formal filing of tha complaints. The amount of money claimed by the State is about iMQ,0G& The suits are brought in obedience to the report of the Joint Legislative Pine Land Cor*nittee. This body began its work shortly after the adjournment of the Legisla­ ture last spring and has just completed its labors. Its findings are of a sense* tional nature. The theft of pin© has bean baldly carried on for the psat twelve years. Almcst whol© town­ ships have been drsp >iled, upon which only partial rero -ts have been mad®. In other cases millions of feat of piaa have been taken and no re ;x>rt what* ever made. The center • f this whole­ sale robberv ha* been lta -ka Oow^r, but all adjoining counties to the SOttth and east have suffered severely* Tragedy ta Te*«e, • •- SHERIFF HAMILTON DICKSOW wa* killed near Wharton, Te*ss»j dock, the murderer of ~ send. Braddock was at i by deputies.