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1IS8ME. jiitIV i|Nl*ORTANT ^JBJECTS VfGOROUSLY DISCUSSES. : - , t£kc Machinery of Justice was the Tool of Corporations--Ad- Abolisbmcnt of State Board *>?BttHMtion-Pointed simile*. - T^nshew the Capitalists. C: •-governor Altgeld" s biennial message ** Was transmitted to the General Assem­ bly Thursday. Copies of it were deliv- /' ew»d iu both houses by "the governor's * , private secretary and read by the clerks * . of the respective houses. The message v Is nvi exhaustive one, containing nearly / !&»,000 words. The first half of the mes- V «age is devoted to the details of State .Institutions. The%ther half treats of the labor troubles. The, Situation in I; . (J. . w, , Chicago and elsewhere duiing the Debs ;* rebellion is reviewed, and/the governor . attempts to prove that the State militia 1 *,{ X-ere thoroughly Competent to handle '«ny uprising that might take place. He "asserts that the President and Mr. . ^Jlney were induced to send troops here by false representations of trouble; that the sending of troops before the - strength of the State had been spent was n perversion of the constitutional i} . prerogative; that most of the trouble *arose after the troops arrived; that it ;Was quelled by the militia, and that , even at its worst it was no more disas­ trous than the riots in Buffalo and Pennsylvania, in which the Govern­ or ment did not dare to interfere. The I GOV. AI.TGELD. i? (power which Mr. Cleveland exercised, / 'Mr. Altgeld says, was no more than (Emperor William and the Czar of ftus- ; i«in claim for themselves. ' The judges of the United States courts come in for a vicious scoring. They are denounced as usurpers. The governor declares that their punish­ ment for contempt Is not only unconsti- tutional. but that it violates the usage ?of years. He asserts that an attempt Is on foot to Russianize the Govtyn- ; incut, that the foundations of the suite » are undermined, that we are tending to- Ward a "cruel oligarchy oppressing the ? spiritless poor." At the very ontset the Governor ex- >plains why he made so many changes in pnblie offices soon after his election. On this point he says: : "As the affairs of the State had been fontinuonsly controlled J>y one political party for thirty-six yenr? both the rea- iishable expectations of i ho public and the existing political, COD for great changeJgSHiif ad ministra i' ions of ami sars tnar tne rules 'i Tally observed. The Gov- j that the standard most llli- itutions is high. He then refers change made in the method of buy­ ing supplies for these institutions--the sub­ stitution of the competitive bidding plan far the purchasing plan--and evnressss satisfaction with the result, both in the obtaining of cheaper supplies and in abol- / Miing a number of offices. Notwithstand­ ing an increase in the number of depend- etts the institutions have effected a gross comparative saving of $476,000 without Impairment of the usefulness of the pub­ lic service. One new feature the report .refers to particularly and in complimen­ tary terms is the pathological laboratory at Kankakee. The present system of criminal judica­ ture is characterized by the Governor as a relic of barbarism. "Under this sys­ tem," he says, "the**,! jnjplxed ironclad sentence for each offefcjlf trillion)1 regard to the age or chnrm'tliribf the offender. It frequently happens that the young are sentenced for a long term because they are poorly defended, while the hardened criminal, ably defended, receives a short term.'" As a remedy for this state of things Governor Altgeld recommends an entire change of the system. The court and the jury should do nothing except ascertain the gnilt of the defendant, and simply sentence him to prison. ^The re­ lease of the prisoner should then depend upon circumstances. Gov. Altgeld also has serious^oubts as to the efficacy of the death penalty in preventing jjiurders. "I respectfully sub­ mit to youci%>iisideration." he says, "the question Whether the death penalty does any substantial good: whether we are any better off than they are in those States where they long ago abolished it. and whether it wonkl not be better to have a more rational system of managing our prisons, and then abolish capital punish­ ment entirely.*' An urgent ueed of legislation in regard to the civil service. State and municipal,, is called to the attention of the legisla­ ture by the Governor. "I doubt the wis­ dom of a system that forever keeps the same men oil the payroll. Every execu­ tive officer should have the power of dis­ charging any employe when it is best for the service but when he does so the place shouldvbe filled by hiking the first from a list of names selected on the ground of inerit by an examining board. We must strike a mean between the retention of incompetents and the distribution of spoils.'7 . A careful revision of the election law is recommended as urgently necessary. Police and Justice Courts. The police and justice courts of Chica­ go are characterized as a disgrace and the Governor declares that the legisla­ ture will not rise to the demands of the occasion if it does not devise some reme­ dy for these evils. He also calls attention to the danger of permitting any officer connected with the administration of jus­ tice to keep fees. Says he: "This is the very foundation upon which the whole structure of frand, extortions and oppres­ sion rests. No man's bread should de­ pend upon the amount of business he can. drum up around a so-called court of jus­ tice." The system of assessing taxes comes in for a savage denunciation, atid the Governor declares thiit the inequalities are always in favor of the rich and against the poor. Corporations especially escape taxation. "One corporation alone." he says, referring evidently to the Pull­ man Company, "which subjected the State to a large expense last summer to protect its property, has in the neighbor­ hood of $40,000,000 of property upon which it pays no taxes whatever. In­ deed, it is the corporations that shirk the payment of their taxes that are the first to call upon the Sta£e or local authorities for protection." The Governor pays his respects to the daily newspapers also in this connection and declared that "they are in a sense above and beyond the law* for a poor, private individual has no practical remedy against an uujust attack and yet they manage to throw the burden of sup­ porting our government upon the shoul­ ders of others." An inheritance tax law is recommended. Gov. Altgeld calls attention to the fact that during the last twenty years the prices of all commodities and carrying charges have been reduced from 30 to 50 per cent., "but our people still have to pay the old extortionate rates for sleeping car service. The people pf this State/' he says, "should long ago' have been pro­ tected against this extortion, and I rec­ ommend legislation on this subject and the establishing of rates that shall be just to both the carrier and the public." • Government by Injunction. The really interesting portion of the Governor's message is, of course, that iii which he deals with the labor troubles of the past year, with his remarks and con­ clusions upon tire use of Federal troops and what he calls "Government by in­ junction." His remarks on these sub­ jects comprise nearly one-half of the mes­ sage, which is 25,000 words in length. Beginning with a general discussion of the labor problem he takes up in turn the coal miners' strike at Spring Valley, fhe railroad strike, the issuance of injunc­ tions by Federal courts, the sending of United States troops into Illinois, and concludes with the declaration that those conditions, if not arrested, will change the character of our Government and give us in time a corrupt oligarchy, the worst form of government known to man. Commencing with the strike of the coal miners at Spring Valley, Gov. Altgeld re­ cites the facts Of that disturbance and then proceeds to give what he deems the cause of the strike, i^e declares that the coal company when thymines were open­ ed induced many thousand American miners to move there. VThe company then pursued so greedy a course toward its employes that the menibecame rest­ less. Then it displaced the American I laborers with foreigners and^these in turn with negroes. Many of the former Regarding State Homes. The Governor finds the condition of the Soldiers and Sailors' Home practically * perfect, 'despite the clash between the trustees and the discipline-loving superin­ tendent, resulting in the latter's removal. 5fhe Governor recommends a liberal pol­ icy toward the home, saying: "This great State owes these unfortunate veterans a debt of gratitude, and we must see to it [ employes, he says, now find themselves that their declining years are not only without work and without bread, for no '•^peaceful but comfortable. i matter how hard they worked ihey could The report merely touches upon the In- j barely keep their families a liver and could dustrial Home for the Blind, in Chicago; j save nothing. This company has been a ; the Reformatory for Girls, near Geneva, [ curse and a bill of expense to the State and the very recent fire in the insane asv-1 from the time it commenced operations lum at Anna, recommending in the latter The r^bo- Trouble case that the asylum be rebuilt at once. a„ -• i ' . ' , £_ ,, He recommends more accommodation for *1 -i n (^xt deT^tes hnnself fee deaf and dumb and for the feeble ! °°f !n P®"* P?!,roiul minded and urges the building of an asv- ti \ ,v t r ul 08 ,W e !in'.)Wn history him for epileptics, and another for the ! ba,nCe and mi^lzfs,th(!di«- fcopelcssly insane, to the latter of which +_•!, "\irfT fiS"eS-S 'n to e ' strike. Wlule the noting was no more disturbances that have occurred in the State of Pennsylvania, still there was a systematic effort to exaggerate everything and to make it appear that the city itself was in danger and that there was scarce­ ly a limit to the destruction of property. He cites the bulletins of the General Managers' Association, and the reports of the postoffice officials to show that at no time was there any such disorder as the newspapers were endeavoring to have the public believe. He also quotes from the report of the United States Labor Com- be removed. He commends the work of 8erious was witnessed at Buffalo -the State Board of Charities in exposing j i years ago he declares, "and at ?/•_;* loathsome jails and looks for the utter' ,ORO P«mts in Ohio during last year, •#, •.« disappearance of such blots. As to the a vvas uot ^ 80 bloody as numerous ^ , work of the State Board of Health he f < 7 says: "The State has for a number of pf»i' years been laboring to raise the standard £/•' of the medical profession, and now it is L ^ , regarded as the highest in the Union." Wit- He compliments the State printer upon f having saved ,$10,000 in one year and the . State Superintendent of Insurance upon g turning $150,000 into the State treasury; commends the successful application of the factory inspection law and the wiping $3; «#t of foul sanitary conditions. "The <: ,»cene," he says, "of thousands of little children stunting their lives by working mi8sion to the same effect. He then de i hours a day in a factory, doing the clare* that the State authorities of Illinois 4 < Jwork of adults for a mere pittance, no 1 Btood ready at any time and at all times longer disgraces the State.",f The Board during the strike to enforce the law. "A11 ;t>f the Historical Library, the Governor the assistance necessary had been furnish- says, has been zealous, progressive, and ^ w'thout a moment's delay, and as the effective,^ and the Board of Live Stock federal officials had in every case been Commissioners exceedingly vigilant, pre- enabled to discharge their duty thorough- venting the spread of any contagious dis- ^ 5t apparent that the Attorney General ease. The Governor notes, however, would naturally refer the Federal officials that owing to the vast extent of the °f Chicago to the State authorities if Union Stock Yards and the hostility of they needed further assistance. And it lany live stock dealers the State inspec- '8 reasonable to assume that if the protoc­ ol! which was maintained at Chicago tion of property and the enforcement of preventing traffic in diseased cattle the law was all that was aimed at, this ineffective*. He drew the attention of stock yards exchange to these facts notified them that, as the inspection largely for their benefit, they must co-operate with the State or the tion would be withdrawn entirely. ipo® the exchange adopted new tions, as the result of which the in diseased cattle has been snb- II-- k.»bAn MQ l directly under its immediate protection, so that, no matter whether $hc local au­ thorities were in any case amply able to enforce the law or not, the corporations could intttie future ignore them and deal directly with the Federal Government and have Federal troops at pleasure." The Governor pursues this line of argu­ ment at great length. "Inasmuch," he says, "as there was at. no time, according to the statement of the railroad managers above quoted, any serious delay in the coming or going out of the mails, and inas­ much as the special counsel for the gov­ ernment had been appointed the next morning after the superintendent of the railway mail service had telegraphed that there had been practically no delay in re­ ceiving or sending out trains, it is evi­ dent that there had to be some other pre­ text on the part of the Federal Govern­ ment for its action than the mere protec­ tion of the mails, or the suppression of the riots. That pretext was the enforcement of the processes of the Federal courts. These processes were warrants for arrest issued by Federal Judges charging men. not with the commission of a crime and not with the violation of a law but with being guilty of contempt of court." Objectionable Federal Interferon This lirings the Governor down to he terms "government by injunctio a subjert'which he attacks with vigor energy. He begins by saying that during the last two or three years the usurpation of ]>ower oil the part of tfac Federal ju­ diciary. which ha.d been going on for a long time, has assumed a form where if is destroying tli& very foundations of re­ publican government. "During the last two years the people of this country have repeatedly witnessed the operation of tin entirely new form of government'which was never before heard of among ni'en in either monarchy or republic--that is, government by" injunction, whereby a Federal judge, not content with deciding controversies brought into his court, pro­ ceeds to legislate and then to adminis­ trate. He issues a ukase which he Calls an injunction, forbidding whatever he ^pleases and what the law does not for­ bid, and thus legislates for himself; he makes things penal which the law does not make penal; he deprives men of the right of trial by jury when the law guar­ antees this right, and he then enforces this vkase by imprisonment--throwing men into prison, noyfor violating a law but for beipg guiltj/of contempt of court in disregarding on« of these injunctions. During the last two years some of these judges actually enj\ned men from quit­ ting the employment o*K.a railroad. These injunctions are a greiVt convenience to corporations, when they can be had for the asking by a corporation lawyer, and these were the processes of the court to enforce which the President sent the Federal troops to Chicago. Governor Altgeld dismisses as <a stale pretense the contention that the Federal judges base the injunctions on the inter­ state commerce law. This act he de­ scribes as "as harmless as a dead rabbit," so far as it regulated or controlled the railroads. He declared that the Federal judges proceeded to hold section after section of the"law to be unconstitutional so far as it affected the roads. "Then," he continues, "after having thus ntilHfie#' «n act of Congress intended for the pnb- tection of the people, they turned aromid and made of it a club with which to break the backs of the men who toil with their hands--men whom Congress did not think of legislating against." The Governor also has something to say about the control of railroads by the Federal courts when receivers have been appointed by those courts. "Anything done to the railroad is treated as con­ tempt of court," lie exclaims. "If you commit an offense against a railroad that is in the hands of its owners you will be prosecuted in the county where the of­ fense is committed and may be sent to the penitentiary. But if you 'tread on the grass' or throw a stone on a railroad that has been robbed by speculators and then put into the hands of a receiver to freeze out stockholders you will be guilty of con­ tempt of some court sitting several hun­ dred miles away, and you will be liable to be carried thither, there to be tried, not by a jury but by that court whose awful dignity you have offended. It is in connection with these bankrupt roads that most of the outrageous injunctions were issued during the last two years." Criticism of Cleveland. The question of President Cleveland's authority to send Federal troops into the State/of Illinois is debated briefly. Gov. Altgfeld declares that Mr. Cleveland's action was an entirely new departure in the history of our Government and a vio­ lation of the Constitution as it has been understood for a century. The old doctrine of State rights is in no way involved," declares Gov. Altgeld. "Nobody for a moment questions jthe v a- premacy of the Union. But it does in­ volve the question whether, in connection with Federal supremacy, there does not, go hand in hand the principle of local self-government. One is just as sacred, just as important as the other. Without FfedorftiA union there must follow an- archJva&Si without local self-government there must follow despotism. The great civil war settled that we should not have! anarchy. It remains to be settled wheth­ er we shall be destroyed by despotism. If the President can, at his pleasure, in the first instance send troops into any city, town or hamlet in the country under pre­ tense of enforcing some law, his judgment --which means his pleasure--being the sole criterion, then there can be no dif­ ference whatever between the powers of the President an^ those of Emperor Will­ iam or of the Czar of Russia. Neither of these potentates ever claimed anything more." r / GovernOr-.^Altgeld concludes his mes­ sage with a statement of his views on "anarchy and the preservation of the gov­ ernment." He declares that the marked feature of the age is consolidation. The trusts, he says, destroy all competition as to the public and as to labor. They arbitrarily fix the prices of goods on the one hand and the rate of wages on the other, and neither the public nor the la­ borer has any remedy. "Prompted by the instinct of self-preservation, the la­ borers of the country are endeavoring to form combinations. They see that unless they can meet combination with combina­ tion they must soon be reduced to abject poverty and hopeless slavery. The Fed­ eral Courts, that have been the special guardians of corporations and capitalis­ tic combinations, seem to be determined to crush labor organizations. At present the status seems to be this: Combina­ tions by capital against the public and against labor have succeeded, by what means, and the men plish It are patriots; comibin laborers for self-protec and the men who advo mies of society." If these conditions Altgeld declares the can laborer Jfcsealed. SHOW UP TM^OUTH. * PREPARATIONS FOR ATLANTA'S OftEAT EXPOSITION > Arrangements for the First Inter­ national Exhibition Which the Cot­ ton States Have Ever Held--tafeow to Open Next September. , • !, v Site and Btilldintcs* Atlanta. 0»., correspondence: *<< When in the face of hard titti^ witti cotton a drug on the market at live cents a pound, Atlanta said, "Let us have an ex|K)siti^»n," people were thunderstruck with the audacity of the proposition. When the#' Queen City of the South went further, and said, "Let us make our ,A»xposit;on na­ tional--yea, interna­ tional--in character and scope," theii the people thought it wis .a mammoth joke. But Atlan: C. A. C'OI.I.IEll. has gone on with the project, and a result all those who once laughed sQ/foiur at the idea have been.struck with<*tfwe by the1'wonderful success which seems as­ sured for the Cottbn States and the In­ ternational Exposition which will open its gates to the world September 18 next, to close them on the last day of 1895. There is every prospect that the Cotton exposition a success financially, tta m«» cess along other linos !s already assured. Charles A. Collier, the President and director general of the Cotton States and International Exposition, has had a large experience in public affairs and in expo­ sition work. He was born in 1848, being the son of one of the pioneers of Atlanta. Most of his life has been devoted to busk; ness enterprises, jn which he has be6n uniformly successful. His greatest achievement was the successful con­ duct of the Piedmont Exposition of 1887. Only 104 days elapsed from the first sug- jgestion to the opening day of this exposi­ tion. At the close of the exposition, after paying all expenses, the treasurer had a b a l a n c e o f $ 5 ( 5 . 0 0 0 , r ; • ; CURRENCY BILL IS DEAD, CurllsJe-Sprinicer Measure Ignomin- onsly Killed in the Honae. "Washington special: The Carlisle cur­ rency bill, which has been under debate in the House for about two weeks, was ig- noininioutdy ditched Wednesday. It had not strength enough to surmount the first parliamentary obstacle placed in its path. The Committee on Rules, in obedience to the decree of the Democratic caucus on Monday, brought in an order to close genera)/ debate and proceed under the fivcHtfinute rule until Saturday, when the fipal vote should be taken, but the supporters of the bill showed lamentable weakness. They were unable to order the previous question, the demand there­ for being refused, first by a rising vote of 92 to 101, and then on a yea and nay vote of 124 to 129. The advocates of the bill were dum- founded when they discovered that they had been beaten in the parliamentary jjpllg ffle 9 »««IU ATLANTA, LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE 'rfi EQUITABLE BUILDING. States and International Exposition will be ahead of the Centennial Exhibition in splendor and usefulness. Even with its excellent exhibit at the World's Fair in 189.'} the South could not hope to bring as prominently as it wished before the world its advantages in the industrial and agri­ cultural fields, and so a fair for the special reason of attracting wide atten­ tion to these things will be of especial .Mtility. And if superior organization were all that were needed to insure its success that is a foregone conclusion, for the men and women iu whose hands the management of the* exposition has been placed stand at the head of the business ' people of the South. All things of a purely local character have been put in the background as far as Atlanta and Georgia are concerned, and the aim of the exposition will be the advancement UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IU IMHSO. would have been done. The fact that it was not done, but on the contrary all State authorities were ignored and an en­ tirely new and revolutionary policj pursued, warrants the conclusion some other and ulterior object was at. The special counsel for the g ment apparently directed matters for railroads and assistance from the ever, disci It, di er,' says Gov. Altgeld, "is needed the, board to deal more efffec- »ao nut WUllieU, OUt 0V< bent to establish a might be useful in t elpilil& 'iBea . wha db& the authari- have the Federal and take the corpora r-' *?$£• Mm Mb "S'JI'.IAV, '-iiSa : & ergy was ent that hat is, to step in country 4S; ov. Ameri- how- mnee ssianizing a govern- business," he sa^s, succeeded--not even be a sorry day for our shall have only the very one hand and a crushed and s i»oor on the other. It behooves friend of republican institutions give these things most serious con- sidetfition." The Big Sandy, in Kentucky, took its English name from its sandbarg. Tl»e Indians called It the Cbatteroi, metu- inc f'the sandy river." of the interests of the country in general and the South in particular. Site of the Exposition. Piedmont Park, the site of the exposi­ tion, is located two miles from the geo­ graphical center of the city. The 189 acres within the exposition enclosure stretch over immense hills of gentle acclivity and vales of surpassing loveli­ ness. The J landscape gardening, rich in the profusion of Southern foliage and flowers, wfyicji will form part of the dis­ play, win be pne of the most pleasing at­ tractions. A beautiful artificial lake, to be navigated by electric launches and gondolas, will be to the exposition what the lagoons were to the World's Fair. The main buildings, with their dimen­ sions, are as follows: United States Gov­ ernment Building, lS0x2(50 feet; Manu­ factures and Liberal Arts, 210x370 feet; Machinery, 100x500 feet; Minerals and Forestry, 80x220 feet; Agriculture, 150x 300 feet; Transportation, 120x413 feet.; Woman's Building (according to the or­ iginal plaus to be 124x134 feet, but these dimensions will probably be materially increased): Fine Arts, 100x245 feet; Negro Building, 100x300 feet. One of the novelties of the exposition will be a building, as above mentioned, for the use of the negroes and to contain exhibits for' their benefit. The negroes of the South will probably form no s m a l l p a r t o f t h e a t - tenda^Js at the exhi bition, and the fore­ thought of the man­ agement in thus pro­ viding for them is to be commended. A different plan as to the construc­ tion of the exposi­ tion buildings will £• be followed from that adopted by the, MHS. THOMPSON. World's Fair managers, for the buildings are to remain after the close of the fair to adorn the park and form one of the future attractions of this city. Georgia pine will be the principal material em­ ployed. the inside of the buildings being for the most part finished in yellow pine. The exposition will not be without its Midway Plaisance, that part of the grounds devoted to such exhibits as were to be found on the Midway of Jackson Park in Chicago being known as the Ter­ race. The principal features of the Chi­ cago Midway and many others will be ti#, re to furnish amusement to those sur­ feited with sight-seeing of a higher order in the other parts of the grounds. The Demand for Space. There need be no fears that all the space which can be furnished will be in demand, for already applications are in for much more room than can be set apart for ex­ hibitors The management is wisely put­ ting these applications through a sifting process and will grant space only to the best of those who desire to exhibit. Not alone is the United States expected to have splendid exhibits at the exposition, but other countries as well will without doubt take advantage of it to show the world what they can grow and make. The three months and a half through Niix^U IUV CA|HIDIUVII nui UC ujvcu DIE those during which the greatest number of people from the North and West and from other climes are seeking the South­ east for health and pleasure, and these skirmish, and the order was withdrawn. This was the first reverse the Committee on Rules had suffered in four years. An analysis of the vote showed that all of the 124 votes in favor of the motion were cast by Democrats, while 82 Republicans, 39 Democrats and 8 Populists voted against it. Mr. Bland and others loudly protested that the adoption of the rule would cut them off, Mr, Outhwait rejected all sug­ gestions for amending the rule and de­ manded the previous question. The Re­ publicans voted solidly with the Demo­ cratic opponents of the measure against ordering the previous question and it was defeated on a rising vote, 92 to 101. Among the Democrats who voted against ordering the previous question were Cockrell, of Texas; McGann, of Illinois; Hooker, of Mississippi: Ellis, of Ken­ tucky; Money, of Mississippi; Bailey, of Texas; Bla!:d, of Missouri; Hall, of Mis­ souri; Holman, of Indiana, and Conn, of Indiana. Mr. Outhwait hurriedly demanded the yeas and nays and the roll was called. The roll call was watched with intense interest, but announcement of the result of the vote only confirmed the defeat of the advocjite&of the measure. The sup­ porters of ttyb bill made a desperate ef­ fort to seethe a majority of the votes, but the previous question was again re­ jected, 124 to 129. The advocates of the bill had suffered their first parliamentary reverse. The failure to order the previ­ ous question threw the special order open to .amendment. Though there was no demonstration from the opponents of the bill, its advocates w-ere panic-stricken, realizing that the vote given probably sealed the doom of the currency bill. Mr. Outhwait immediately arose and with­ drew the special order. ALL THE MONEY GONE. Kx-Treasiirer Taylor of South Dakota Is a Defaulter and Fugitive. Tflfe most startling failure that has ever Vcurred in South Dakota or the Northwest was revealed Wednesday morning,\ when word was received at lied field from William Walter Taylor, the out-gojing State Treasurer and presi­ dent of the First National Bank and Northwestern Mortgage Trust Company of that city, that he would not appear to make his settlement at Pierre with his successor. Treasurer-elect Phillips of Deadwood. The news and the closing of his bank came like a thunderclap from a clear sky, because both Taylor and the financial institutions with which he was connected were regarded as firm and reliable beyond question. The news from Pierre demonstrates that no money is held there to the credit of the State Treasurer and none is held in the bank at Redfield. It is estimated that about $350,000 is missing with Taylor. Taylor, says a Redfield dispatch, was last seen in Chicago .Tan. 4 by a citizen of this place. He went from Chicago to New York, since which time no informa­ tion has been received as to his where­ abouts, and it is not known whether the State or his bondsmen have been pro­ tected in any way or not by him. No bank elsewhere is involved in the default. Pierre banks were suspicious of Taylor's absence and withdrew their deposits from the bank before it closed. Next to the State, the blow falls terribly hard on his principal bondsmen. They qualified in sums representing all they have in the world. The entire city used the bank for a depository, hence a deadly paralysis has seized all the arteries of trade and social life. Taylor is about 41 years old, married, but has no children. He came to Redfield from Lafayette, lnd., in 1885, and opened a banking business. He soon secured the entire field for business, two banks here going out of business. Taylor got into politics and secured the nomination for State Treasurer at the Republican con­ vention at Mitchell in 1890 and in 1892 secured renomination for the same office at 3k* ridison. As an indication of his general standing heretofore in the State and the utter lack of suspicion as to any questionable designs it is noted that Gov. Sheldon pays a compliment to Taylor's efficiency in his message to the Legisla­ ture. Comptroller Eckels has wired that Examiner Zimmerman has been ordered to come here at once and take charge of the bank. Jtt »• the News by Wire. William Jackson was killed by a boiler explosion In Sclma, Ala. Ivy Bobo, colored, was hanged at Fri­ ars Point, Miss., for the murder of his wifa Tin mnfesaed on the callows. Thomas Albert, a member of Company Cat Bradford, Pa., was found dead near the ritle range with a bullet in his heart. It is not known whether it is an accident LEGISLATORS VALUE OF Many Old-Timers in Attendance, bat Tjlew Faces Are Numerous--Republi­ cans Have . Fall Swing in Both Branches-Several Contests On. Th-i Grind Is On. > Springfield Correspondence: Promptly at 12 o'clock Wednesday ths Speaker's gavel fell, and called to order In the State House the Thirty-ninth Gen­ eral Assembly of 'Illinois. Springfield was crowded with candidates for office, members of the Legislature, Senatorial candidates, and a noble army of patriotic citizens. The State House had bee;i scrubbed up, the hotels renovated, and anticipation of the happy event the keep­ ers of "thirst parlors" had laid in extra­ ordinary supplies of "shelf goods." Thj marshaling of the; forces in the Senato­ rial battle has long been perfected, but actual arrival on the field disclosed unex­ pected conditions that caused some lively changes of position. The presiding Qfficer of each branch was confronted by a majority of Republi­ cans, many of whom have seen long ser­ vice; but there is a plentiful showing of. THE STATE CAPITOI, new faces. This condition promises to expedite business. ,A short session is pre­ dicted. The seats of three members-elec|:aof the Legislature will be contested, the papers having already been filed with the Secre­ tary of State. In the Ninth District the election of William J. O'Brien (Dem.) will be contested by Peter Craigmile (Rep.), while in the Forty-third District the election of Robert L. McKinlay (Dem.) will be contested by William O Wilson (Rep.). The only contest in the House is between two Democrats, Em­ met P. Poindexter of Greenville, on the face of the returns, is elected ltepresenta tive from the Thirty-eighth District, but his seat will be contested by F. M. Guinn, his running mate. Fruud and errors in the counting of the ballots are alleged in all of these cases. Immediately after the bodies were call­ ed to order, a joint committee was ap­ pointed to wait upon the Governor and notify him of the presence of the Legisla­ ture and an adjournment until the next day. Gov. Altgeld had devotcd much of his time while at Hot Springs to the preparation of tiis message, and the ex­ traordinary interest it excited is shown by the fact that newspapers all over the United States telegraphed to make ar­ rangements for the transmission of the document. The New York journals were £pst"as eager to get it as the Chicago papers. The message refers to the labor troubles and the big strike of last year. It embraces the Governor's ideas on some system of arbitration between employer and employe. He also calls particular attention to the State institutions, nota bly the charities. The Governor is par­ ticularly proud of the record made by the superintendents of the charitable insti­ tutions. The claim is made that while the cost of maintaining these institutions hn« lessened under the present ad­ ministration, the comfort of the inmatca has been increased. He will refer to the great changes that have been made in the penal institutions, particularly the Joliet penitentiary and the reformatory at Pontiac, where vast sums of money have been expended in power and manu­ facturing plants. The message comprised about thirty pages of closely type-written manuscript, and is already furnishing food for editorial writers all over the country, as it will undoubtedly do for months to come. The Legislative grind is on, and readers of this column will be fully informed of all important work. John Meyer of Cook was Tuesday night nominated for Speaker of the House by the Republican caucus ont the first ballot, receiving 48 votes, one more than a ma­ jority. John W. Wliite of Whiteside County had 20 votes, T. B. Needles of Washington 13, and W. G. Cochran of ^loutrie 11. In Jhis order they united in moving that the nomination be made unanimous, which was done. Both branches effected a permanent organization on Wednesday afternoon. The Senate did not occupy more than thirty minutes in getting into harness, after which it adjourned until 10 o'clock Thursday. The House consumed two hours in speech ma,king and ,roll calls be­ fore John Meyer Assumed the Speaker's gavel, when that body also adjourned. The proceedings at both ends of the Cap­ itol were tamo. The Senate and House met in joint ses­ sion Tlv.\rs:lay and canvassed the vote cast for State offices. It. only took a min­ ute or two, and then the Treasurer,Super­ intendent of Public Instruction and the three University trustees were declared elected. Aside from receiving the Gov­ ernor's message the principal feature of the House session was the introduction by Mr. Shanahan, of Cook, of the civil service reform bill which was prepared by the Civic Federation and the Chicago Civil Reform League. The bill is No. 1 on the calendar and will be referred to the proper committee when the commit­ tees are appointed. Two resolutions were introduced in the Senate providing for the better care of the Lincoln monument. Senator Hamer introduced a bill making the destruction of buildings by anar- chists a capital offense. *: rV,-v* m j X1 . .'>.,1. .1 - vf 1 * 'A; Minor State Ray Randall, aged 7, died Of hydro­ phobia Saturday at Decatur. He was bitten by a dog a few days before. J. II. Ferguson, a farmer of Shirland, was sandbagged, robbed and left for dead while on his way home from Harrison. He is in a critical condition. His assail­ ants left no clew. Robbers entered the home of Leopold Ruff, of Clinton, and beat him into in­ sensibility. They then made an unsuc­ cessful search for money. Two neighbors have been arrested. A gun in the hands of Conrad Wengar burst while he was helping at a charivari east of Fairbnry. Wengar lost an arm and was probably fatally injured. Wiliam Marion, of Dols«n, Stark Coun- -ty, convicted of larceny and whose two- year sentence has expired, has been re­ stored to citizenship by Governor Altgeld. Unknown persons at Flora, attired in black domino costumes, and wearing black masks, secrete themselves in lonely places uuu ciubluec uieu uiiu women as they are passing. They also peep into windows pf prominent private residences. The identity of the parties so far has not been ascertained and the 'community is ifV Ar A Suggestion for Those as Yet Uoftti*' nished with One. The beauty books advise women cultivate a hobby. They say that a pet» sou with a hobby keeps bright eye* rosy cheeks, and an expression of anfe motion which in themselves constitute beauty far beyond the period at whicfc the hobbyless women lode these attra# tlons. j.;- Tlio b<?st sort of hobby--the one whicji will keep women young longest anip will afford them the most enjoyment during the time--is an intellectual one* In this advanced day and generation most women have enough knowledge' " '( of various branches of learning to bp ^ able to choose one in which they will be honestly interested. The impersonal " - % nature of study is something which should recommend It. If one studies French or literature, or dives into tlijt forgotten poets, or makes a study of some period of history, she is doin(j something which takes her mind com» pletely away from herself, her worries, pleasures, friends, foes, an$ lovers. This is in itself a blessing an|§s; a beautifier. Novhing produces wrin­ kles and the signs of care and age sa f quickly as thought of one's self, and - conversely soothing wards off thed# : evils so effectively as thought of othe^. things. Study is a better hobby than cne col- , lecting mania. Possessions soon b^>'- 1 come almost a part of one's self. The woman who has collected china Is I||. ' "'jh" '1 constant dread of her maid's clumsl^"'f <t-l tf ,V < ,«< J., , ,1 J"#' ! . 1 Ik"*; S 'f^Ji I ness. She who has a collection of lace worries over her washerwoman. Fire and thieves enter into the calculation^. of all collectors. But she who storep her mind rather than her cabinets not increasing her anxieties. In addition to the good effect of th§|> mere exercise of study there .pre more- practical results. The woman whfer studies most knows the most. Knowji* ' 5 edge has a way of molding the featurel^-i"; and imparting new graces to the pression. Knowledge makes wome||i i ? bettre talkers, better listeners, better «[ ,' hostesses, and guests. In every way ! the study hobby pays. She who leavei | ! off her twenty-minute facial massage ' and her half-hour face steaming ana'.i.'•] devotes the time instead to study wifi find that even from the vain and frivol* o u s b e a u t y p o i n t o f v i e w s t u d y i s a n e a & V j ; ' cellent thing. m s . v J $ : ;»;.}*• " # • ' - • • • What a Brahman Thinks, .* I(i We want English free schools wherj0c no money is charged and where stijr. dents are encouraged" by scholarship!. Americans can have no idea how pod>! the people of India are. They live ill small huts and have no cot or bedding f: Some of the lower classes cannot get second meal a day, the first meal being a piece of bread or a little boiled rice. Now, if every dollar that kind-heart­ ed Americans spend on the missionary * ies were used in bringing up these lovj^;*, er classes by educating them, it woul0< ? be the greatest charity in the worl#! \ v!' 1^1 Building more railroads, teaching m#t j c h a n i c s , e l e c t r i c i t y , a n d a l l k i n d s o f . manufactures; making sanitary in}-! provements in the villages and to wop to prevent thousands of people from b||r ing swept away annually by choler|i| and other diseases which have ma^ j India their home--for those the people ! cf India would bless the Americana.^ In every poor man's house the prai&S of your nation would be sung, and the; name "America" would be dear t$ them, and they would bless you froflft their hearts. If your object is truly tigfe improve the Condition of India's poo|£ then, instead of teaching them religioU^ send teachers and open schools; give them education and let them select any religion they like. ^ But it is a sheer waste of money t^i spend it on the missionaries. It doeH" not help the people. On the contrary* it only strengthens their own religiou# faith and creates international preji|»:. dice. The people bitterly complain against them for their interference, not only in religion, but in politics, toe. What benefit is It to India or Americ^^^. ' if a few pariahs are Christianized ataiij ' : j enormous cost? I again affirm that ft i i is a waste of nioney. Send your mis»: L; sionaries to those who have no relig­ ion--for instance, in the interior of Af­ rica and the South Sea Islands, and to the cities of the United States.--Pu- rushotam Rao Telang in The Forum. ^ 'v̂ ;# fv 131 Last of Her Species. A story is told of Prince John Van Huron a few years before the civil war. The Whig and native American parties; • had disbanded. At a ball in Baltimorfi about 1858 or 1859 one of the belles of the evening was very outspoken in her political dislikes. "I am not a Democrat, nor am I a Re­ publican," said she. . "But what politics are yon, then?" was the natural question of the by­ standers. "I would have you knox" replied tWB.-'ii lady, "that I am an old line Whig." fjtj;; Instantly taking the lady by the arni, John VanBuren faced the assemblage : and remarked: "Here, ladles and gen» tlemen, you may see one of the greatest curiosities in the whole country. This young lady says she is an old line Whig! The male of this species is ex- tin ct!"--BostouBudget. < A Missing One. : a':' A couple of neighbors were visiting the room in a museum where a large collection of various instruments of tor­ ture were on exhibition. "I swan, Bill," said one; "they've got *em all here, haven't they?" Bill looked over the collection carefully, and shook his head! $ * "No," he replied, "they haven't I don't see nothin' of that squeaky old. clarinet you practice on every night," j I • His InUveat • Duiing a trial for tiie recovery of watch and some jewelry iujpi£w$ pawnbroker was so indifferent aboil the matter that the. attorney b6ca provoked. "You don't take any interest in tb thing at all, do you?" he asked angrily, "Yes, 10 per cent, a month," replied#: the pawnbroker slowly, and ik Into his former condition.^' ^ M;**? '•*> ;. Straifs' Good Work. K' The death rate among little children in New York City, which had been steadily increasing, has shown a de^- crease of more than 10 per cent, since? > / "' I the inauguration by Nathan Straus ojfr-N i t 4 *.«• Alhininul ~.«lr ) gSEsf •' ^ Million* Cross The foot travel across London bridge each year reduces to powder twenty^ mms ' • ••