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•mmm HAS LANDED. -JfOftTO RICAN EXPEDITION DIS- EMBARKS AT GUANICAt " • ________ "i-y - # . ; • | town on the 8outh Coast of the Island * Selected for the Landing ~ More Troope to Be Ordered* the Vront I Withont Delay. > Flax in Porto Rico* , ; WashingtonapecUi: The advance brigades of the artifty of * invasion under Gen. Miles landed on the island of Porto Rico and immediately be- « jg&n establishing bases of supplies for the . re-enforcements that are speedily to fol­ low. The War Department received in­ formation direct from Major Gen. Miles of the landing. Circumstances were such that the American commander deemed it advisa­ ble to take the harbor of Guanica first, - fifteen miles west of Ponce, which was successfully accomplished. The Glouces­ ter, Commander Wainwright, first enter­ ed the harbor, met with slight resistance; fired a few shotB. This is a well protect­ ed harbor; water sufficiently deep for all transports; the heavy vessels can anchor within, a few hundredyards of shore. The {Spanish flag was lowered and the Ameri­ can flag raised. The little village of Guanica, where our troops landed, is on the southwest coast •of Porto Rico not far from Ponce. There were twelve vessels in the expedition, in­ cluding five warships. Among the latter were the battleship Massachusetts, the cruiser Columbia, and the auxiliary gun­ boat Gloucester. These vessels and trans­ port^ conveying 4,000 troops, artillery, horses and ammunition from Guanta- namo, arrived off Porto Rico, and, in ac­ cordance with a plan agreed upon at the council of war held at sea on, board the Yale, Gen. Miles' headquarters, proceeded to Guanica, at which place there is an ex­ cellent approach. At the council it was GBNBRAL, JULIAN PAEI5KDA. ' 'Spanish Commander at Ouantanamo Who Re­ fused to "Capitulate." decided that Guanica afforded a much better landing place than Ponce, which was the real objective point, and th^ the troops could be put ashore without meet­ ing with any serious resistance. The Massachusetts and Columbia •steamer inshore as far as was considered safe and dropped a few of their big mis­ siles among the enemy. At the same time the Gloucester, whose lighter draught enabled her to approach the shore much closer than the heavier war­ ships, opened fire with her three and six pounders. The Spaniards replied without effect with their MauSer rifles ,and then retired. The Gloucester then sent a party ashore to haul down the Spanish flag from the blockhouse near the beach, which had been abandoned by the enemy at the opening of the fire. As the flag was being lowered a number of Spanish troops fired on the landing party, who re­ plied spiritedly with their rifles and a ma­ chine gun, which they had taken ashore with them. The Spanish fire was finally silenced, It is known that at least four ">f the Spaniards were killed. Not an American was hurt. Ponce, toward which place Miles' army immediately began an advance, is the sec­ ond city in population and commercial im­ portance in Porto Rico. It is about three tniles from the coast and has a population of 22,000, with a jurisdiction over 47,000 inhabitants. It is located on a high plain, is -the chief town in the judicial district of the same name, find is said to be the Wealthiest place on the island. There Is a railroad to Yauco and a stage *oad to San Juah, on the north coast; Mayagilez, on the west coast, and Guay- ama, on the east. There was also a tele­ graph and cable station until recently, when the British Cable Company cut out the Porto Rico loop to prevent it being tied up by the war. There are no for­ tifications at Ponce, but about thirty old mountain howitzers. There are reported to be about 2,000 Spanish soldiers garri­ soned there, but from the harbor the war­ ships could command the whole place and land the troops of Gen. Miles with perfect «afety. About 22,000 troops are already under orders to take part in the Porto Rico cam­ paign. Some have reached the island, «ome are steaming thither, others are OBJf. JOSEPH WHEELEB. 1TI» veteran cavalryman at his headquarters be­ fore Santiago, boarding ship, and many have not yet left their camps in the United States. It is asserted in official quarters that from 10,000 to 15,000 more men will be order­ ed to Porto Rico as soon as the transports .are available to carry them. SHAFTKR'S LOSS SB AT SANTIAGO. Fifteen Hundred and Nientyflve Men Killed and Wounded. Gen. Shafter's detailed report of the American casualties in the battle of San­ tiago has been received at the War De­ partment. The total number of casualties was 1,595. Recapitulated, the American losses were: Killed, 23 officers and 208 enlisted men; wounded, 80 officers and 1,203 n>en; missing, 81 men. The miss­ ing are supposed to be dead, as, so far as known, the Spanish forces took no prison­ ers,. . , Wm SPAIN SEES THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL. i»AYi N U M B E K Z E B . Y t f * N * . M A K E A f A N K / N P 1 CAHK FOR 8ICK AND WOUliDKD. Arrangements at Hospital Stations on theCoaat Completed. The medical department of the army has completed arrangements for the care of the sick and wounded soldiers at hos­ pital stations on the Atlantic coast. About 1,000 beds have been provided at Fort Monroe and the accommodations at other points are ample for the present. The surgeon general has received many prof­ fers for the use of private esfates on the Eastern coast for the care of the sick and wounded, but there has l>een no occasion to accept these. Reports received by the surgeon general indicate that the wounds of soldiers injured in the Santiago cam­ paign are healing rapidly. Blood poison­ ing has occurred only in the rarest cases. The wounds from Mauser rifle bullets have in most cases not beep dangerous, and they have antiseptic treatment. BODIES STILL IN THE WRECKS. Spaniards Killed at Manila Have Not Been Removed from the- Water. Divers have examined the hulls and interiors of the Spanish warships sunk by Dewey's squadron in Manila bay. The cruiser Reina Cristina has all its wood­ work burned out and charred human re­ mains were seen in several places. The course of an eight-inch shell is clearly traced by a line of ruin, extending from the stern to the waist. The cruiser Cas- tilla was less burned, but was terribly wrecked. There are plain traces where six big shells tore its hull to pieces. The warship is now a mass of twisted iron and charred beams, a complete wreck, much like the Maine in Havana harbofc\«Many of the bodies aboard are badly burned. TO OVERHAUL THE WARSHIPS. Some Were Slightly Damaged in Battle and Others Need Cleaning. Nearly all the big ships of the navy, which have been constantly in service since long before the war began, are to be brought to the United States for over­ hauling. Only one or two of the battle­ ships and armored cruisers will be taken from the West Indian waters at the same time, but the Navy Department has de­ cided that the work must be performed as rapidly as possible, and available docks will be utiliz&d. The Texas has been ordered to New York from Santiago. Like nearly all the other ships, she is suffering from splintered decks and bulg­ ed bulkheads caused by the concussion of the big guns. Few of the ships require repairs on account of damage done by the enemy's shells. The Indiana needs some renovating; the Brooklyn received a few rounds from the rapid-fire guns of the Cristobal Colon, and the Iowa has an unexploded shell sticking in her side. Lip in (iii^ii ijiti ji iiriqiiiii mi . i plMD s Win fiim. t OVERTURES MADE BY AMflMUP* SADOR CAM BON. Sagasta Realises that War Is Hope* leas'for His Country--Terms Not Sug­ gested--Hostilities Are to Be $Mi* ~ tinned Until Spain Gives Up. 1 ' . Spain on Her Knesifc , Washington special: "; , Poor old Spain is on her knees at last, begging for peace. She has had enough of war and cries quits. She has laid aside her Castilian pride and approached the White House as a suppliant. She has lost her haughtiness and assumed a proper spirit of humility. She has not had the presumption to suggest terms. She has humbly asked whether the President will deign to discuss terms of peace and end a war disastrous to Spain and full of glory for the United States. The Madrid au­ thorities have finally realized that it is useless to keep the Spanish people longer in ignorance of the actual results of the war. The fulminations of bombastic Blanco have come to be regarded at their true worth in the capital of the peninsula. They have ceased to delude even a small portion of the Spanish people. Premier Sagasta, appreciating the utter hopelessness of the situation from his standpoint, comes now holding out in one hand the olive branch, while with the other he presents a petition for clemency to .President McKinley. There was an important conference at the White House Tuesday afternoon. The participants in that meeting, which is likely to become famous in history, were President McKinley, Secretary Day, M. Cambon, the French ambassador, and M. Thiebaulti the first secretary of the French legation. The conference lasted for more than an hour, and when it ad­ journed the American Secretary of State GARCIA IS DISGUSTED. He Feels thst He Has Been Plighted bjr Major General Shafter. Gen. Garcia has written a letter to Gen. Shafter, in which he declares that he is disgusted at his treatment at the hands of the Americans, and will consequently withdraw his own forces to the hills, be­ ing no longer willing to submit to the in­ dignities to which he has been subjected. Among the things of which Gen. Garcia complains is the failure of the American commander to officially notify him of the surrender of the Spanish forces under Gen. Toral, and he is also incensed at the fact that he was not invited to be present at the ceremony attending the formal ca- LIKUT. COMMANDER WAIXWRlQHT. Who with the vacht Gloucester destroyed two Spanish torpedo boats in the naval fight at San­ tiago. made the following official announce­ ment: "The French ambassador, on behalf of the Government of Spain and by direction of the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, presented to the President this afternoon at the White House a message from the Spanish Government looking to the ter- THE ISLAND OF PORTO RICO. rr/so mvadil uO-ytun AMICA ImO KaUftoaA 4W* Don Antonio de Ulloa did not burn. It sank quickly, riddled to pieces by shells of all sizes. A number of bodies all hud­ dled together near the ladder leading to the superstructure shows that the ipeu were killed by a shell as they were at­ tempting to lift the treasure chest to the superstructure and save it. The descrip­ tion of these ships shows the state of the remaining vessels of the sunt;en Spanish squadron. Heaps of bodies near the lad­ ders leading to the engine rooms of the ships shows that the engineers' forces made a rush to escape, but failed. COURT-MARTIAL FOR 8OLDIER8. Riot in Camp at Jacksonville to Be Rigidly Investigated. At Jacksonville, Fla., several members of the First North Carolina and First Wisconsin regiments are in the guard house, under arrest, and will probably be court martialed for participating in a riot which nearly caused bloodshed in the camp. The trouble began when a North .Carolina soldier broke through the Wis­ consin ranks and started a fight. Com­ rades of the Southern soldier came up with rifles and were met with loaded arms by the Wisconsin men. The free fight, in which heads were cracked and many blows struck, was brought to an end by the Second Virginia regiment interfering. SPAIN PUSHES BLINDLY AHEAD. Notwithstanding Defeats She Would Assemble a Third Fleet. Notwithstanding two crushing defeats at sea and the destruction of two fleets, Spain is said to be using her utmost en­ deavors to gather another at Oeuta for the yurpoee of giving battle to Commo­ dore Watson. The only two formidable warships left to Spain--the Pelayo and the Carlos V.--are at Cartagena, where repairs are being made on them, and after they are completed they will rejoin the remainder of Admiral Camera's squad­ ron at Ceuta. It is conceded that if an­ other naval engagement takes place it will be in the vicinity of that place, but no one in Washington has any doubt of the outcome of such a conflict. WILL REORGANIZE THE FLEET. Auxllary Vessels to Be Kept Avail­ able for Service. When the naval auxiliary fleet goes out of commission it will be in such shape that if at any time in the future it should be needed again it can be placed, in ser­ vice at forty-eight hours' notice. Captain J. R. Bartlett, its.chief, is anxious to thoroughly reorganise the service, and this is about the only reason the fleet is being pitulation of Santiago. Another of his grievances is the action of Gen. Shafter in retaining the Spanish civil authorities in the administration of their functions in Santago. For these reasons he declares that he will no longer co-operate with the forces under Gen. Shafter's command, but will act independently, as he did be­ fore the American troops landed in Cuba. TEN THOUSAND MEN LAC KING States Slow to Respond to President's Last Call for Troops. Ten thousand men are lacking under President McKinley's last call for troops. About 65,000 of the 75,000 asked for are ready for Government orders. North Carolina is the furthest behind. Only 55 soldiers of its quota of 783 have come to mination of the war and settlement of terms of peace." When it became known throughout the city that Spain had formally sued for peace there was more excitement in diplo­ matic and administration circles in Wash­ ington than there has been at any thne since the news came that Santiago had surrendered to the American forces. The indications from Madrid are that Spain will try to negotiate peace on the basis of the independence of Cuba. That proposition will be met with the demand that Spain shall withdraw from the West­ ern hemisphere, where her government of colonies has been so ruinous and cruel as to engender strife and anarchy. She must withdraw from both Cuba and Porto Rico. As to the Philippines, the admin­ istration is not ready to declare Its pol­ icy or formulate its demand. That will depend largely upon the situation at Ma­ nila after the surrender, and on public opinion in this country. There will be no armistice pending any negotiations that may be entered upon. The campaign in Porto Rico will be push­ ed with the same vigor. Gen. Miles is in Porto Rico, and the American flag hus been unfurled there. That campaign jvill continue. The war there will be waged until Spain surrenders the island and withdraws her army. PORT OF 2HPE. Map showing location of the Important port won by the expedition under Command­ er Cowries. the front. Colorado, Louisiana, Nebras­ ka, Tennessee and Virginia have furnish­ ed less than one-third of the soldiers ask­ ed of them under the call. SPANISH DESERTERS: GIVE ^JP. • i < " f t Bay a General Feeling of Despair Pre­ vails Among the Enemy. The United States gunboat Castine brought to Key West three deserters from the Spanish gunboat Aguila. These men are Spaniards and their desertion and voluntary surrender to the American forces is perhaps the best indic-avion 0i the existing state of affairs in Cuba. Bad treatment, poor food and the general de­ spair prevailing in the Spanish naval force caused their desertion. KAISER IS FRIENDS®. Sends Message to the President About the Philippines. President McKinley received a message from Emperor William of Germany which is understood to be of a highly gratifying character, in view of the dis- quietfeg rumsra o* German actisn at Ma­ nila. The message was communicated to the President by the German ambassador. It was read to the cabinet, and was con­ sidered to be of such importance that its tenor has been guarded with unusual care. All that is known of it is that it wjis satis­ factory. and leaves the impression that the situation at Manila, as far us the Ger­ mans are concerned, may be left to Ad­ miral Von Diedrichs and Admiral Dewey, without the necessity of the German or the United States Governments taking up the case in mutual representations HAWAII OVERJOYED AN * i rr 'i: M HAPPY. NEWS OP Coptic's Arrival) Greeted with Salutes and Music--PeOple Stop Business- Bands Play Patriotic American Airs and a Procession Is Formed. Honolulu Jubilant, Hawaii is irr the Union and feds it. The roar of cannon, the cheers of enthusiasm, the unfurling of the Stars»and Stripes from every house top and/vantage point, which greeted the news the Coptic brought to Honolulu, has been repeated to the other islands of the group as fast as the message of annexation reached them. And the echo of their enthusiasm came back to Honolulu to redouble and re-enforce the swelling flood of exultation and demonstrative satisfaction. Never was vessel more truly a gospel ship, bringing good news to those who heard it gladly, than the Coptic when she came in last Wednesday afternoon, July 13, with flngs floating from every mast and streamers and peunants from every shroud and stay. While sfce was still far out at sea the message she bcre was read in her signal pennants, and to every vil­ lage and plantation and house on the isl­ and of Oahu the news was sent, by tele­ phone and messenger, and by tUat subtle mode of swift communication which ev­ ery primitive people has, and which the native Hawaiians have not forgotten. With the spread of the news there be­ gan a display of American flags from housetops and doorways and from tall co- cpanut palms and hilltops and mountain peaks, as though the spirit of freedom had just turned loose upon a whole peo­ ple until, to an aeronaut, the whole isl­ and would have looked like a garden of red and blue flowers against the back­ ground of tropical green. * The whole population was awake, alert, each to assure himself that the news so long hoped for, so often deferred, had come at last; to grasp its full meaning and to exchange with his neighbors mu­ tual congratulations. Business ceased. Buyers deserted the stores and merchants their counting rooms to join in the streets and at the wharf their fellow citizens in celebrating their great event. Factories closed. Work everywhere came to a standstill. "We are Americans," was the only theme upon which men would talk. he steamship Coptic arrived from San Francisco on the evening of the 13th inst., with the important news that the United States Senate had ratified the Newlands resolution, making Hawaii a part of the United States. Long before the vessel had reached the hatboiMt was kuown that the steamer brought annexa­ tion news, the information being signalled to the Mohican. After the Coptic was docked the official message of Minister Hatch announcing annexation was read from the balcony of the Government building and was greeted with intense enthusiasm. The Govern­ ment band played American national airs and the people went wild. Then there was an informal procession and cheer­ ing thousands marched through the streets. It was far in the night before the patriotic jubilee ended. EFFECT OF WAR ON HARVEST. Help Scarce in Dakota Because the Boys Joined the Army. The farmers of the Northwest are con­ fronted by a hard proposition as one of the results of the war. With so small a percentage of soldiers from the West it would seem that their absence could make ho difference in the affairs of the States! But the situation is serious for the farm­ er who is ready -to harvest his grain. Heretofore the help has not been large, but with the assistance of tramps during the harvesting season the farmers have been able to care for their crops. Now not only are their own sons away in the army, but there are no tramps in the Northwest. "I have never known anything like it," said one of the largest farmers in South Dakota. "I went into a town near my farm last week to get harvest hands. I could easily have secured 200 men there last year, but row I could not get one. The town has a populaiioi} of 500, but it sent 210 men to fight against Spain. If there are any idle men in the East looking- for plenty of work they should come out here. We must Iiave help or some of us will lose our crops." KLONDIKERS IN DIRE STRAITS. Thousands Kept on Boats at St. Mi­ chael's, Unable to Land. The steamer Humboldt, which arrived in Seattle from St. Michael's,, brings the news that many river boats and thou­ sands of Kloudikers are in dire straits at St. Michaels, on account of lack of dock­ ing facilities. Many river boats and oth­ er vessels towed to Alaskan ports have been unable to land their passengers, some of them having been in port many weeks. The result is that provisions are very low on the boats. Thousands who have landed have been unable to get «p the river, owing to the lowness of th£ water in the Yukon, and provisions in the; town are getting short. Many of the ves­ sels and passengers would return south at once if they had food sufficient to make the voyage to Seattle or San "Francisco. OCCURRENCES DURINGL THE PAST WEEK. F 9hm Strike Situation at Pana--Alleged Babenlsr Returna to Belleville- Favorable Proapfebt for Erection of Sugar Beet Factories. The Pana Coal Btrikfe. Jin attempt to operate the Pana mines with non-union men nearly resulted in a tragedy. The union miners had surround­ ed the Springside, Penwell and Pana mines to intercept the non-union men. Two men started for the Springside mine and were met by the strikers, who asked for an interview. They were answered by one of the men drawing a revolver and, firing into the crowd. The face of one miner was burned with powder, whereup­ on he attacked the two men unarmed. Charles Spires, one of them, was severely beaten. Attorney C. E. Leforgee of Deca­ tur, employed by union miners, is taking evidence in regard to the arrest of certain leaders of the miners' organization. The miners are preparing through Leforgee to bring suit aghinst Mayor Penwell and his bondsmen for $50,000 damages for false imprisonment and defamation of charac­ ter. Both the officers of the miners' or­ ganization and the miije owners were given official notice by the State Board of Arbitration of differences existing be­ tween operators and miners. They de­ cide that 23 cents gross weight per ton for mine run should be paid, all supplies except powder to be furnished by mine owners, and that the 6 per cent discount for cashing coupons should be abolished. The board's verdict was accepted by' the miners. The operators gave out that they woujd not abide by any decision of the board whatever. W. D. Tolle Gives Himself Up. Ex-Secretary W. D. Tolle of the Belle­ ville Investment Loan Association re­ turned there and gave himself up to the sheriff. He declined to make any state­ ment as to where he had been during the last several months or why he returned to face the music. He looked haggard and careworn, but was well clad. It is gen­ erally believed that he had been in Can­ ada. Tolle's alleged shortage was $10,- 000. A large Easterti security company was on his bond. This surety company hired detectives and sought to find Tolle, but never struck a clew. It is not known what the company will do, nor is it known whether Tolle can secure bail. He has many well-to-do relatives in St. Louis and elsewhere. The investment company of which he was secretary is now in the hands of a receiver. Tolle organized the investment association. Last winter he left ostensibly for Granite City. He did not return, and the books of the company were investigated and the shortage dis­ covered. The security company paid $5,- 000. T^e January grand jury indicted Tolle on three counts for embezzlement, and the court fixed his bail at $10,000. Corn Crop Wilt Be Short. The farmers of Coles County are great­ ly alarmed at the outlook for a crop of Indian corn. Coles is one of the banner counties of the State, but conservative estimates made by men from nearly every township show that not a bushel beyond the actual needs of home consumption will be raised this year. The early plant­ ing is already damaged from ten bushels an acre up to twenty-five and late corn will not make good fodder. The chinch bugs have done up the late planting, to­ gether with the ypung broom corn. The bugs left the wheat and oat fields in bad shape. Oats fell short fully one-half of the early estimates and In weight runs only about twenty pounds to the meas­ ured bushel. The hay crop was excellent and was well cared foTp. Live stock of all kinds is doing well, thoagh cholera among hogs is reported in some local cities. CANNOT EXPEND THE MONEY. 1 " Junta Disapproves. The Cuban junta has sent a dispatch to Gen. Garcia and other Cuban officers, tell­ ing them that their course at Santiago is not approved by_ the junta, and if persist­ ed in will""result in serious injury to the Cubans. It,is believed that their repre­ sentations will bring about a better un­ derstanding between the Cuban officers fg Cincinnati City Restrained from Ex­ pending 110,000 on G. A. H. Judge It. B. Smith of the Ohio Su­ preme Court in the suit of A. M. Stem, a taxpayer, to restrain the city of Cincin­ nati from expending $10,000 for the en­ tertainment thb Grand Army of the Republic diuyng the encampment next September, fpund that the objections to the appropriation which had already been passed by the board of city affairs were valid, and granted an injunction. The court rulod ithat "the purpose of the ex­ penditure is"4|?yond the scope of the pow­ er of a municipal corporation." ' Hooley W*oiWy» Own Puffs. Efnest T. Hooley, tLondon specula­ tor npd company promoter, against whom a Deceiving order was issued upon his own petition several weeks ago, was examined in the bankruptcy court Wednesday. Mr. Hooley said that he had paid Earl Del- awarr ±25,000 to act as chairman of the Dunlop Tire Company and had paid the board of directors of the company alto­ gether £50,000. Lord Albemarle, he said, m-eived £12,500. and two solicitors re­ ceived £20,000 each in addition to their fees. Besides these payments he had paid Mr. Kirby £1,000 for the privilege writing his own article in the Financhu Post, and Sheridan and Kirby, the pro­ prietors of that paper, further received £2,500. H^ also paid Mr. Marks of the Financial News £10,000, but said that this was not for the insertion of articles in the paper. Population Now 1,883,000. Chicago has a population of 1,883,000 souls, according to reliable figures de­ duced f romTlieiiew" rltj ̂ lirwicrVy. Tut '98 address book is, the largest in the coun­ try. It contains 539,200 names, or 150,- 000 more than in the directory of any othr cr city. \ For Sugar Bieet Factories. The prospects of a fine crop of beets from the sugar beet stations in Illinois at the present time are so flattering that Theodore Hapke, the sugar beet expert, who has supervision of the cultivation, is of the opinion that next year a number of beet sugar factories will be erected in Illinois at a cost pf $350,000 each. These stations are at Galesburg, Urbana, Pe­ oria, Quincy, Sprin^neiq an<j peciuur^jai. each place the business men's association is back of the experiment and is paying Mr. Hapke for having the beets raised in conformity to factory plans. Explosion Starts a Fire. A terrific explosion caused by a lighted candle carried into the cellar of the firm of Jameson & Son, hardware, of Clinton, started a big fire in the syndicate block Gas arising from asphalt taking fire start­ ed the blaze, severely burning and almost blinding Mr. Jameson. The flames and wafer damaged the stock to the extent of $7,000 and the building $5,000. Brief State Happening* At Moline, Swan Johnson, an aged citl- sen, dropped dead in church. Joseph A. Roy of Quincy was nominat­ ed for Congress by , Fifteenth district Democrats. At Quincy, Rudolph Sass, aged 16, was drowned while bathing in the river. The body was recovered. Frarfk Funk, wanted in Washington, D. C,, on the charge of murder, has been Arrested at Collinsville by United States marshals, who have been on his track ever since April 23 last. The prisoner has been taken to Springfield. Judge Trude sentenced Edward Smith to the penitentiary for life for the murder of John Heitman in South Chicago last May. Heitman, who was a saloonkeeper, was killed by Smith with a coupling pin for refusing to give him a drink. The Intercollegiate Prohibition Associa­ tion of the United States met at Lake Bluff, near Chicago, and elected the fol­ lowing officers: President, Prof. O, B. Clark, Eureka, 111.; vice-president, M. A. Levy, Newton, Mass.; secretary, D. L. Colvin, Delaware, O.; treasurer. Miss Mattie Guild, Wheaton, 111. In a drunken row at New Haven, Jo­ seph Downey was killed and Fred Kelley shot twice in the abdomen and will .die. The shots were fired by John Wood, who escaped. The men quarreled over poli­ tics. Downey was a well-to-do farmer. Solomon Salzenstein, a young member of a prominent Springfield family, was drowned in the north fork of the Ssr.ga mon. The boy was with a camping' par­ ty at the river and while swimming was attacked with cramps. He was drowned while his companions were end<s*voring to get him out of the water, practically dy­ ing in their hands. X John F. Taylor, George Wilson and Ed- w^rd Sticke, all well-known citixens of Wkbash township, were drowned in the W^basb river while seining. John Davi- sori and Irvin Crumrine had narrow es­ capes from death. All of them leave families. The body of a laboring man was found along the Santa Fe tracks near Mazon and Identified by an express receipt as that of S. O. Whitefield of Chicago. Whitefield had been employed as a cook dutisg the -©£ the ?ovir :ni!c crib. Several months ago he left Chi­ cago in search of work and was return- tug home when killed. When found bis neck and one arm W1 a ia«l» hea* I* altocit Peter W. Doyle wis the Chicago Frfemtion * At Tower HOI, Jacob Heble, a 60 years old, was killed by fal a haystack. ^ Safe-blowers wrecked the strong in the postoffice at West Chicago on a cent night and stole $350 ia cash stamps. Gov. Tanner has appointed Gilbert Miller of Canton judge of Fulton Oonntj^ to fill the vacancy occasioned by the destk of Judge S. H. Armstrong. ri Philip Zinkgraf, aged 65, an old dent of O'Fallon, was attacked with vfc>* lent hemorrhages while at work with m threshing machine and expired a few mo­ ments later. Carney M. Staples, an attorney, at his home in Chicago of mnfjAine soning. He threatened to commit but his relatives believe his death to accident. i'v,,, At Monmouth, Miss Minnie McClelland ' i i aged 18, jumped from a runaway and broke her neck. While bathing ta dar creek, James H. Stewart, aged fell on a rock, also breaking his neck. Miss Dora B. Hobson, district president j|;£ of the Women's Christian Temperandfe Union, one of the widest known and moat X-l prominent temperance workers in and A. C. Gorsuch, a leading business 1 man of Louisville, were married at PamC, /,* The furniture store of Barkley & La* ' at Springfield was closed by creditors, the sheriff began selling the stock, ilea, ^ ' James H. Barkley, the senior member at * the firm, was commander of the Secon# | brigade, Illinois National Guard, and was recently appointed a brigadier general of United States volunteers under Gen. ^ hugh Lee at Jacksonville, Fla. ^ C. E. Kimball of New York and 8. P.' f ' f Wheeler of Springfield were appointed eeivers of the Chicago, Peoria and 8)L Louis Railroad of Illinois, which sold last February under foreclosure. The jp»> >. eeivers were asked for by the Mercantile ̂ \ Trust Company of New York, trustee of s' $4,599,000 first mortgage bonds, on which there is now due and unpaid $89,000 fit- v terest. The receivers gave a joint banA of $25,000. The lines of road fnvotret 4 are between Pekin and Jacksonville, be­ tween Havana and East St. Louis, aaft * between Rock Island and Peoria. Emil Miller, a musician, who has eled from one side of the continent to th» other with minstrel companies, weftt Peoria the other day penniless and/with- . out friends. After leaving Mfflt/Ot Ma / J clothing at the city hall nfcopem to tfcta | river front, jumped into a skiff and rowed out into the river. Three men staodlag on the bank saw him jump oveftMMUlA. He arose immediately, however, for tjho water was only three feet deep at lbs "*T". point. Standing up with a look of disgust on his face, the determined man walked " >| into deeper water and dived to bis death. Miller's father lives at Monroe, Whu, sad -; ̂ his wife was at Kalamazoo, Mich., on tbo f way to Peoria. ' Burglars broke into the home of O. •. . Kreis, at Howard avenue, in Austin, Ml , the place on fire and then made their es­ cape. Mr. Kreis was away from the house and Mrs. Kreis and her daflvbtwm; ^ "5f had just returned from a visit. Mrs. Kreis walked into the kitchen, and as she reached the rear part of the house heard a noise upstaira. She started up the tear l~: stairway, but before reaching the sccsnd 1 flocv saw flames coming from the closet *> in the hall. She hastened downstairs and v turned in a fire alarm. Her daughter* • followed, but before leaving the house • they saw two men running out of the . | yard. The damage on the building wsa i slight. Loss on the contents will amount * to $1,500. v The sixth annual convention of the Na- > «- tional Retail Furniture Dealers' Associa- Ai: tion, in session at the Victoria Hotel ia Chicago, adjourned after officers for the | ̂ ensuing year had been elected as follow*: It" President, Simon Fish, Chicago; rfc*- / presidents, H. T. Benham, Colombos; f Leon Hartmann, Chicago: George Olhur-' man, Chicago; Michael Mulvihill, " Louis; A. W. Bosley, Detroit; E. L. D«fr» 1 hard, Louisville; secretary and treanoeg ̂ " % Myer S. Emrich, Chicago; executive cola* I mittee, A. J. Conroy, Cincinnati, chair* ' man; Thomas M. Smyth, Chicago; A. BL Revell, Chicago; Lute WUe, Ev&nsvittej H{flr.y "WplJi Chicago. l*he coayffllti|» fiext year win be neia in Chicago, ilw not being set as jet. At Belleville, William Bohres was •V'jt charged by t£e |ury allied to try him on the charge of assai - * - • son arge of assaulting Maurice Atkb* Bohres was one of the * '£ ' f. ifc.j WI »" ' t ' v. , employe* of the Qelleville stove foundry who irtmek for higher wages several weeks sgo aad Atkinson was one of the men who took the place of the strikers. Bohres aaeaid|^ ed Atkinson, beating him immercifnlly. He was arrested and at the trial Attorney Tom Webb took the stand that a apsfe striking for higher wages was jBltiM in assaulting a man who took his idfcgf; that Bohres was working for humanity n doing the act, for he was working fot bet^ ter wages while Atkinson was an nent of low wages. Webb made i tended address dwelling on this point and the jury took his view of the question. 5?^ Miss C. A. Bellamy, a pretty Kentneity young woman, engaged in corre£i>ondence with Robert Orrey, a farmer living aeiur Kewanee, and who is old, with a view of marriage. They became known to each other through the agency of a matrimonial bureau and Orrey repteeee*- ed that he was a young bachelor, he is a married man, with several grow* ] children. He persuaded Miss Bellamy t** leave her home at Buchanan, ivy., an<|f go to Kewanee, promising to marry heft' :: upon her arrival. The young woman reached there, and as no one met her J proceeded at once to Orrey*s home. When she met him and realized his age and aMi; t his broken-down habitation her 'dieap^;" ' pointment was intense. She returned t*. town and put up at the hotel. When her' story became known a man by the of Baker, living north of the city, tatted at the hotel and offered himself in mar­ riage. Miss Bellamy, however, did not accept him at once, but is now looltiig up his record and reputation. The Momence creamery, together with machinery and $450 worth of butter, was destroyed by fire. The loss was about $4,000, partly covered by insurance. The boycott pronounced against the^ 4 Purington Paving Brick Company tw<j|: months ago by the Bricklayers' Union or v Galesburg was raised as a result of a * conference between a committee repre» 31j senting the union and D. V. Purington of Chicago, president of the company. The company agrees to pay the nnion schedule for bricklayers and the union agrees ta v- send notice immediately to all unions eon- . g-| cerned that the boycott is raised. | The social event of the year at Benton was the marriage of Martha DeBa Browning to Lawrence Elner Chenanlt at the First Baptist Church. Rev, Wal­ ter Harris officiated. The contrae&k* parties are members of two of the oldest, most widely known and highly respected families Is southern Illinois. Cyrus K. Wiiber, general western pas­ senger agent for the Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railway, died at home in Elgin, after ^a long Brizht s diseasv. ht v. a and was born in Elgin. He had 1 years prominent in railway j cles, and was a man of «< MM ' ,1 i