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WEDNESDAY, September 14, 1808 [Bow It Was Enjoyed and lff*de the Host Of by Anarchist PC Sdiming. Pt fnoi MW RIDES IN SLEEP1H8 GARS. Ue 1® Ollcc Srb^Ung Speat 4JJ |he Latter Bureau'* Appropriation Hd B<eft k Large Deficit for the Taaaer AtaUUtration to Pay--He Ate and £lept la Bnf«a« Reeoas. ' Springfield, HI., Sept. Ag-Qfqtf© (Schilling, secretary of the state labor [bureau upder the last administration, ^tra's perhaps the most unique of the fjnany political microbes which gener­ ated in the nurturing warmth of the &ltgeld sun. That he was an anarchr |lst,: and proclaimed it with pride; that jbe Was "agin the government," no mat- tier what its form, were his sole qualifi­ cations for the secretaryship of the la­ ter boajd. In accepting the position (be violated the fundamental principle |pf his social existence, but the wounds his aoul were monthly healed with he salve of the auditor's salary check. "he letter files and other records of he labor bureau give Interesting in- ight into the character of Schilling and the workings of the bureau under s management. His feelings with egard to his position under "the tat©" are indicated in a letter to Prof. dward Bemis, of the Chicago univer- ty. The letter, under date of August 1893, three months after his ap- intment, is as follows: "Dear Sir: Yours of the 17th re- eived, Will send to you by express py of report asked for. The duties f my office have been very congenial ,p to date, and I am enjoying life un- the state* much better than "philosophica**" anarchist perhaps o*4dr fbelleve you told me once that .^subtenants, ou had never read Proudhon'a 'Prop- rty.' If this is correct I should like o present you a copy if you will ac- ept it. Truly, WSORGB A. SCHIL.LINO, Secretary." He certainly did enjoy iiie under !*'the state," for the state furnished jtUm a home as well as employment. lie vedi in the two small rooms which onstitute the office of the labor bu- eau in the state house. His desk and s bed were in the rfear room; a bed uilt Btretched across the windows rovided an ample wardrobe, while the t>£3ce vault was his kitchen. Here he sept Ms rye bread and pretzels, his of sour wine, and on a little oil tove he fried his sauer kraut, whose 'ragrance;aroused but refused to as- ate wi'+b the native-born profan- ty of the railroad commission, across he corridor. Life under "the state," th the state paying the expense, per- tted him to taste of those sweets rn of a government for money bar­ ns, and for the first time in his life eorge rode in a sleeping car. He imade many trips between Springfield and Chicago, and, judging from his expense account, he always traveled In a sleeping car. He did not, how­ ever, tip the porter, for no such charge appears in his accounts. His friends •ay that he never waB in a sleeping car, ftnd hold the accusation as an insult lo his nature. They say he couldn't be forced into a sleeping car unless he was blindfolded and backed in. That watchdog of democratic virtue, fthe Springfield Register, will probably Kind in this accusation another "assas­ sination of private character," but {here is the record. George has ac- Sknowledged that he rode in sleeping [cars--rodescores of times and charged. ("the state" with every ride. Some­ times he would forget it for days to- ether, and then, recalling it, he would ake out a bill for five rides at a time. eorgf, was honest in money matters. a didn't charge "the state" with any, eeping car rides he didn't get. He ipent all of the bureau's appropriation nd left* a large deficit fdr the Tanner Eadministration to pay, but he account-d for all of it. He evidently had rouble with some of the democratic ('•grafter®" associated with him, and !was compelled on one occasion, at least, to call to account a member of (the board of .examiners for falsifying (his expense account. The following letter tells the storyt f '""November 24, 1893.--'William Mtf- ponald, Esq., Member State Board of {Examiners, Braid wood, HI.--Dear Sir: dosed find the treasurer's check for bills rendered. I have this new vouchers and sub- members of your make matters more Hereafter I do -W ^>r ins ks $3.4 iBrai I While jfrwtni weife jrter t6 g bill for hotel or accompanied by e party with bills I no- meet- a vnjj bt in- r re­ use ac- tin I would) go tiro >unt and ask me 1 Unable to do so, and I would not wish be caught napping. Very respect- iy. "O. A. SCHILLING, Secretary." ̂ If will be observed that the fals« iiharge for railroad fare was paid by Pthe state," as Schilling sends McDon­ ald a check "as per bills rendered." He pnows the charge is false, but he per­ mits its payment. He is troubled, not po much at the commission of a petty theft by a fellow democrat, as the fear fef its discovery by some "newspaper reporter." He is alarmed only at the prospect of being "caught napping." pohilllng was, as he claimed to be, a Ml«soipher, and his moril philosophy ^ *ed the belief that only those, ^committed whichare'dlscoT- iK uglasSboe, without mom;mulish and best ?rear- e market, ean be found «t Be was especially desirous at this time that .the public should not lose confidence in the department's "work and reports"--particularly its reports, for he was then preparing the depart­ ment biennial report for 1894, the sub­ ject of which was "Taxation," and the object of which was not to seek the truth on the subje*: t, but to establish Schilling's theo-y that the poor bore the greater burden of taxation. He had several experts at work, preparing ta­ bles and figures to prove his theory, and all were instructed to gather such facts as would fit the theory. The fol­ lowing letter to his chief helper indi­ cates his method: "January 8, 1895.--C. F. Seib, Esq., Recorder's Office, Chicago, HI.--Dear Seib: The tabulated list of property handed me by Miss Johnson, arranged progressively from $250 per lot up­ wards, shows no discrimination in taxes between smaller and larger holdings. "1 think we must pursue some other test in order to discover the discrim­ inations practiced against the smaller holders. This method is to classify property belonging to the North, South, and West sides respectively. "My judgment is thai all properties on the South side are assessed much lower than on the West side, where the bulk of the poorer classes live. This classification may involve considerable work, but we must have it or else the data we have gathered will be of no consequence. "While you arein Chicago I ask that you secure the taxes on the following properties for 1894: '"Taxes paid by the West Chicago City Railway company; North Chicago City Railway company; City Street Car com­ pany, gas companies, sky-scrapers and other large buildings and depots, buildings occupying school lands. "The other point I think we can show is: That all properties owned by the working classes ih their respective neighborhoods does not increase in value like the holdings of the rich, particularly in the business portion, and therefore the unearned increment constantly flows to the rich. This proof can be found when we tabulate the sales of downtown property with that in the workingmen's neighbor­ hoods running same back to 1870. Truly, "G. A. SCHILLING." To anpdher statistician la his em­ ploy he writes! "March 5, 1895.--Dear Sir: I here­ with inclose copy of table of the ten tenants of the school lands showing the amount paid into the school fund' and amount received by thean from I am anxious to have the details upon which these totals are based. I showed the table to the governor this morning--at his request--and he think* the oorner of State, and Madi­ son, put down at $100,000, is a little high. "I am, therefore, anxioue for you to make «>ut a list of subtenants and amount they are supposed to pay. You can readily see that I naturally feel nervous about publishing a table that will in all probability be assailed and then be without the evidence upon which it is baaed. "Give me as complete a statement upon this subject as it is possible for you to make. I cannot afford to be caught napping with this advanced story, because, if they should succeed la impeaching the correctness of these figures the stockholders of the gas trust and street care would have no trouble in convincing the public that the figures given in the gas and street car charters are likewise faulty. Very trulyi " • "G. A. SCHILLING." Tables prepared by one of his statisticians he refuted to use, be­ cause, while they constituted a truth­ ful exhibit, they did not agree with the theory of oppression of the poor. After heroic and expensive work and long delay In publication, when the fig­ ures and tables had been culled and trimmed to his liking, Schilling launched his essay on "Taxation." The utter worthlessness of his conclusions, and the true value of his statistics are shown in the criticism of his friend, L. G. Powers, commissioner of labor for Minnesota. The following le a copy of Powers' letter to Schilling on the sub­ ject: "St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 26, 1895.--Hon. George A. Schilling, Commissioned of Labor, Springfield, ' 111.--Dear Mr. Schilling: In compliance with, your request and my promise of the other day I call your attention to a few of what I deem your improperly drawn conclusions from your primary tables. Your comments assert that in Cook county there is a great discrimination in favor of the rich and against the poor. In your analysis in central south Chicago of land, owned by 1,194 persons and summarized on pages 244 to 246 I note these factB: "First. You have here for each of three years enough cases to make the lew of average work. The land owned by these Individuals averages not far from 100 feet front for each man. It is a little less, however. Employing.thi* as the'average I find that 61.13 per cent, of the land owned by 21.45 per cent, of the owners paid for each of the years 1892, 1893 and 1894, 66.67 percent, of the taxes. This is the percentage for 1892 and likewise the average for the three years. This shows that the larger holders, those possessing moire than the average holding, paid 9.13 per eent. above their jutt share of taxa­ tion, while the smaller holdings, thoBe below the average, were relieved of 16.62 per cenit. of their just share of taxes. An examination in detail shows that the richest holders, those paying1 taxes upon over 500 feet, had their taxes increased most, while those be­ tween 25 and 75 feet all paid less than their just share of taxes, according to your figures. This shows that for the larger part of land in 1892, 1893 and 1804 your deduction about the rich is not justified but is thoroughly refuted. "Turning to what you call your pri- Biar^tabletHl^ Do yon know that E. Lawlus, Tailor, has taken measures for six, seven and eight suits a wp<k. Good prod-* low. Pricte from $4.80 to $12. Keep you? hand pit your pocket book until you see E. Lawliia. ________ 49tf The chief Burgess, of Miles burg, Pa., say a De Witt's Little Early Risers arethe besft pills he ever used in his family dur­ ing forty of house keeping. They cure constipation, sick headache and stomach ana liver troubles Small in sis' bat greet in result. By J. A, Story. T^va vpur orders lorVsatnng peaches find on page 403 an exhibit of the sales of 30,297 pieces of land. The average of each sale is a little over $10,000. The land /sold in amounts over $10,000 paid taxes according to the equalization board of 19.93 per cent, of their value. Those under $10,000 18.51 per cent., all of 19.64. Here we find the rich losing 1.4 per cent., and the poor gaining 5.7 per cent. These figures cover very many years. An examination of your figures or summaries by years shows a threat discrinination in favor of the rich 20 years ago. This, according to y our figures, seems to have been cor­ rected in the latter years, especially in ltt93 and 1894. The lands worth over $10,000 paid taxes in 1893 and 1894 upon 16.34 per cent, of their value. Those under $10,000 upon 11.02 per cent., while all together paid taxes on 14.57 per cent. In these two years the poor gained by unequal taxation, according to your figures, 24.04 per eent.,mad the rich lost 12 per cent. aYour arguments and figures in sup­ port of the single tax really rests upon the summary given upon page 102. Your vacant lots, nominally 98 pieces sold actually includes 34. Your cheap residence property, nominally 80 pieces of such property, actually contains not over 15 pieces of residence and 65 va­ cant lots, or more than you actually. calculated in your vacant property list. As a matter of fact in your dsal- ing with vacant property you have evidently picked out 34 lota that were at a very low rate out of a total of 168 given in 1893 and 1894 with a per­ centage of less thari ten per eent. There were only 13 lots in these two years sold, for over $10,000 that were assessed by the equalization board at less than ten per cent, of their selling value, while there were 153 selling less than $10,tXK) that paid taxes upon less than ten per c4nt. of their selling value. Only 1.3 of the richest pieces of land were assessed these low rates, while over one-half of the cheapest were assessed these low rates. "Your comments on page 102 relat­ ing to discrimination between rich and poor are contradicted by what you yourself have shown on page 99. Your statement of latld, vacant property and all shows a greater taxation for the rich on page 99. To make out an­ other case you have on page 102 com­ pared land sold with land, estimated, lands wrongly labeled 'Cheap Resi­ dences,* but actually almost wholly made up of unimproved property with afew--34--actual sales of unimproved property. '•These are some, a few may I say, of what I deen» faulty deduct ions from your primary tables and a faulty use of figures. Your figures from one end of the book to the other show no dis­ crimination between rich and poor. They do show, however, the influences of corrupt political influence, favors shown on the part of the assessors of Cook county by reason of political fa­ voritism by which the corrupt and dis­ honest man, rich and poor alike, are able to get an advantage over their honest neighbor, whether rich or poor. You have a mass of valuable figures which, supplementing the report of •he tax commission in Illinois in 1886, ought to have had great weight In tax reform. I fear that by calling at­ tention as you have to inequalities that do not exist in your figures you have lost the power of aid in making 1he reform in taxation in which we are all interested. I have written plainly, just as I feel. If I have made any mistake in these deductions I should be pleased to have you point them out, or any error in my deduc­ tions therefrom. Yours very truly, "I*. O. POWEKI) "Commissioner of Laber.1 This was, indeed, an awful blow* coming from such an authority, and Schilling, in evident anger, wrote on the margin of; Power*' lettert "This is a lie!" His report for 189*, dealing with tranchlses, was not published until long after his successor was in office. His conclusions on this subject are probably as correct as his taxation theory. For a time he busied himself with inspiring newspaper articles, lay­ ing the blame for the nonappearance of the 1896 report upon his successor. Secretary David RQSS. That good-na­ tured Scotchman stood it for a long time, but he finally addressed himself to Schilling, telling him that if he ever heard from him again on the Bubject of- the 1896 report he would publish a bit of bis recejrd on tile in the office. From that day Schilling disappeared from public view in IMinois. In ad­ dition to his treatise on "Taxation" lie left behind him as a monument of liis four years' work a bad odor in the office vault and an oil stove for frying sauer Jcraut. PAUL. HULL. The Kaiser's Vavaflte Poet. It is interesting to note that Ernst von Wildenbruch, who recited a poem of his own on Bismarck at the service held in memory of the great chancel* lor at the Royal opera house, Berlin, on Sunday, is the German emperor's favorite modern poet. It was in his favor, it will be remembered,,that the kaiser once set aside the award of the experts in the triennial Schiller memorial foundation, and if the prize had been destined for the poet who might do most to glorify the Hohen- zollerns, it was assuredly von Wilden- bruch's right. His "Hohenzollera Dramas" have, no doubt, greatly stim­ ulated patriotic feeling in Germany. Wildenbruch is not, however, a patri­ otic playwright alone., Among his most celebrated dramas is one on the subject of Harold, the last of the Sax­ ons, amj another on that of Chris­ topher Marlowe. Nor has he confined himself to the drama. His novels-- notable among which'are "Der Meister ton Tanagra" and "Der Zauberer Cy- prianus"--are hardly less famous than his pla3*s; while his "Hexenlied" and his patriotic poems have had thou­ sands of readers In all part* of the fatherland.--London Chroniole. For Sal*. Feed warehouse and Coal sheds, situ­ ated at West McHenry, III., together with a well established Feed and Coa trade. For further particulars apply at once to W. A. Cristy, West McHenry, or J. E. Cristy, Rinirwood. III. S8tf Sick headaches, bilioasaee*, ~eoaat>pa- tion and ail liver and stomach trouble*- can be quickly cured by using those Famous little pills known as DeWittV little Early Risers. They are pleasant to take and never gripe. By J. A.Story. Factory at th* Iadwitrial for the Blind Only *. Source of Expense. SAME 018 STORY OF MMUFA6TMI& Leave jtpatr or dent lor canningpeaehee Michigan | aad get onm «r«a |r9<u M*»^ssr "Seit-Simfttat" nils* Work* Mm Have Loat tor tke State la lMta Hsklag mm Average of $800 Pee Heath fee Three Yeare--Cea4l- t^w Wkea Taaaer West Is. Chicago, I1L Sept. 5.--The state of Illinois can save money by closing Its Industrial Heme for the Blind and paying for the keep of its inmates at a first-class hotel. Any-Michigan ave­ nue boarding house will take the pop­ ulation of the home for less money than the state pays for their bed and board. While the industrial home is, In theory, self-sustaining, the net per capita cost of feeding and housing its inmates is more than double that of any state charitable institution. The financial condition of the home for the past year is immensely better than it was for the last year under Altgeld, but to-day the cost of feeding and em­ ploying the 56 inmates is, in even fig­ ures, $1,200 per month, or about 75 cents per day. ' The chief expense to the state ia in furnishing the Inmates employment at broom making. Each inmate pays the state three dollars per week for board and room. At this rate the dor mi toru­ loses an average of $400 per month. In order that the inmates shall be self- sustaining, and not objects of charity the state employs them at broom mak­ ing, on the state's account, allowing each worker to earn a maximum of one dollar per day, at piece work. This makes the inmates more than 6elf-Bus- iaiuiug, but the state looses $800 per month in the broom business. It is the same old story of the state engaging in the manufacturing business--its goods are necessarily inferior in qual­ ity, and. must be sold at less than the cost of production. If the state would close Its broom factory, and fed and house and clothe the present number of inmates free of cost it would aave money over present conditions. The institution had birth 1^ 1893, when the legislature appropriated $100,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of a dormitory building and factory. This appropriation was in furtherance of the act of 1887 estab­ lishing such a home. The board of trus­ tees appointed by Altgeld organized in August, 1893, and then visited varl' oua institutions for the blind, investi­ gating the matter of employment and style of building best adapted to the blind. A site at the Intersection of Nineteenth street and Douglas Park boulevard was purchased in November, 1893, for $15,500. Building began in January, 1894. Inmates were received in January, 180S, with the dormitory partially completed and the factory finished. {The dormitory lea substantial build­ ing of brick, faced with pressed brick It is.four storlee in height and is de­ signed to house 150 inmates. The third and fourth stories have not been fin ished, and the capacity of the building Laa. never been, more than HO inmates. The factory is 100 feet from the dor­ mitory, adjoining the C., B. & Q. rail­ road tracks. It is of brick, four sto­ ries, 50x100 feet in size, and.i»demgned to accommodate 150 workers at broom- making. The home is not supposed to be a charitable institution, and is not un­ der the supervision of the state board o# charities. Like the state peniten­ tiaries and the university, the trustees are directly responsible to the gov­ ernor. The board made its first re­ port to the governor in December, 1894, yhowlng that there had been ex­ pended at that time $70,299.85 on ground and buildings and $80,002.31 on salaries and expense, leaving $23,177.36 imexpended out of the 1100,000 appro­ priated and $1,479.52 interest allowed by the treasurer. They estimated a deficit of $3,715.75 July 1, 1895, and adced the legislature for $85,000 to complete the dormitory and employ Ihe inmates to July 1, 1897. The legie» lature of 1895 appropriated $37,000, of which $7,000 was for completing the third and fourth floors of the dormi­ tory, $10,000 for working capital in the broom business and $20,000' for or­ dinary expenses. The trustees/made no published re­ port for the year 1895, and how the re^ ccipta were expended will never be known, for the office books do not be­ tray it. This la scarcely remarkable, however, for in the 11 state institu­ tions I have visited to date not one set of o®ce books nor reports kept dur­ ing the Altgeld reign tell the truth. The report of the home for 1894 showed a balance December 14 of $23,- 177.36. During the next year there was received from the state treasury $20,000, making $43,177.36. The report of 1896 shows a balance December 14, .895, of $13,463.19, so that there was expended during 1895 $29,714.17. Of this, $15,000 in even figures can be ao» counted for In deficit on maintenance and the broom business, but what was done with the other $15,000 cannot be determined. The report of 1896 showed a deficit in the factory and dormitory accounts of $12,048.76, with a balance on hand December 14 of $10,308. The greatest leakage in the finances of the home, and the most unfathomable bookkeep­ ing occurred between the democratic defeat of November, 1896, and the dis­ charge of the Altgeld superintendent in September, 1897. The present board of trustees was appointed by Gov. Tan­ ner In June, 1897. In its report to the governor in December, 1897, the board says: "We fpnnd the institution in the Matchless fl< or--every sack guaran­ teed, at Qwen ft Chnpeli'a. . Entire wheat flour^recomraeaded bj physicians, at Owen & Chopell's. The ladies should not fail to see tbos« nobby Waist Sets at Simon Stoffel's. Cotton Bats, the best stock in town kt GHmon Stoffel's. - Get your husking Gloves, . at Simon Stoffel's. Prices way down. 1ole charge of A. W. Killets, superinten­ dent. The policies of insurance had lapsed and the institution was deeply ir. dept for supplies and material for the factory. The books were kept in such shape that it was practically im­ possible togetau intelligent statement of the business transactions. The. board met every week and held special meetings to get at the bottom facts. The former board of trustees We never had the pleasure of meeting, with the exception of Mr. Henry C. Zutter- meister, the president, who came and by special invitation. We employed an expert bookkeeper to examine the books. The pay r<Ms were three months behind and several accounts were long past due." To settle the most pressing claims $3,546.24 was paid before September 1, while the investi­ gation was proceeding. The Tanner board had retained Superintendent Killets in the hope of getting an ac- .counttng from him, but he was unable to explain the books, and he was dis­ charged September 1. At that time the board had arrived at this state­ ment: Accounts payable, $7,192.62; due on pay roll, $1,469.#7; paid on ac­ counts due, $3,546.24. Adding to this the cash balance of $10,308 December 14, 1896, the gross cost of running the home from December 14, 1896, to Sep­ tember 1, 1897, was shown to be $22,- 516.73. As a credit there appeared stock on hand, $2,778.01; accounts re­ ceivable, $1,639.72; cash on hand. $60.16. There was also tied up in the defunct bank of E. S. Dreyer, the former treas­ urer of the home, $3,234.74. This credit allows the net cost of running the home for the eight months from December, 1896, to September, 1897, to be $18,- 032.84, jr above $2,000 per month. Since that time the net expense has been under $1,200, for the same number of inmates. • • • Iti their report the trustees say: •"Whatever the promotors of the insti­ tution may liaiFe anticipated when they founded it, the present board of trustees is satisfied that it is impossi­ ble to run the institution on anything like a self-supporting basis, although a great improvement can be made in that direction. We believe a mistake was made when blind persons, male and female were brought together un­ der one roof, and the results show it. Several have got married and others were preparing to marry. In order to check it the trustees made a rule that all Inmates must live in the home, ex- •ept those who had already married. There are al&o a number of men and all the women who should be provided, for in some way other than at an in­ dustrial institution. It is not justice to the blind who are good and faithful workmen to be responsible in a meas­ ure for those whose labor is almost worthless." The report also says that special appropriations are now being used lor ordinary expenses, because the appropriation for ordinary ex­ pense was not sufficient. A large num­ ber of applications for admission to the home are on file, but none has been admitted for over a year, as there is no place to house them" and no money to pay» for their keeping. The education and, if needs be, the support through life, of the blind by the state is a most beautiful form of the highest Chmtian charity, but the experience of the Illinois Industrial home shows that the state is paying too much for a false sentiment. As self-sustaining workmen their main­ tenance has cost the statedouble what it would have cost had they been treat­ ed as subjects of charity.' As,a class the blind always have been a public charge, and the fact is no discredit to them. The state now educates the blind in nearly «>verv intellectual field, and if they cannct then support them­ selves the state should keep them in comfort, but the nroposition is evident­ ly false that the blind can support themselves by manual labor ia^compe- tition with the seeing. Fifty "self- supporting" blind workmen have lost for the state in bj oommalting an aver­ age of $800 per n.onth for over three years. It would have been more profit­ able to the state, and will be in the fu­ ture to pay them 50 cents per da^ for lifting dumbbells. If the state will close its broom factory to-day and feed, clothe and house the inmates of the home free of cost hereafter, it will save about *$6,000 per year. PAUL HTILL. Mxereletttff on it Mrd-of-War. During quarters the various exer­ cises and emergency drills are gone through with, including sword prac­ tice, bayonet drill, physical exercises for straightening the figure and ex­ panding the chest, boarding drill, fire •Trill, collision drill and many others. A huge mat, weighing perhaps 500 founds, is brought up on deck, heaved ever the side, and held there within 60 seconds after the order is given. S'hould a Spanish ship ram one of ours, this mat would be thrown over the aperture made in the side, and held there by the pressure of the water. Again, lines of hose are run out and connected, a wheel is turned, and a strong stream of water floods the deck immediately. In a very few seconds 20 streams of water can be directed upon any part of the ship. Suddenly the band plays a lively march, and the ord^r for the run around iB given. JackieHikes this. It is his exercise. It lo to him what wheeling is to a lands­ man. It is his opportunity of moving a little faster than usual. In double- quick time each section runs in an ellipse for five minutes, the line of eailors being usually barefooted at time of the day. They dodge in and out of the sunlight and shadow, laugh­ ing and showing their gayety of feel- ing.~Walter Russell, in Century. ' Tke Honing la Plata. Yeast--When a woman says she's in a hurry and cant stop a minute, and then talk# for an hour, what do you suppose she means? Crimsonbeak--Why, sh.e means she can't stop talking.--Yonkers States­ man. < ^15; Bow Its Financial Affairs W| Conducted by Thieving Democrats. FALSIFYING INSTITUTION'S ACCOUNTS. Boolclceei>«ra end Treaaerera, la* •trattcd from Sprlnsilcld to Keep Mo ltecord of Borrowed Money or Its 1'uyuient That Would be Filed la the Public Archl-ree. The handsomest assortment of Shin Waists to be found in the county. The ladies should rot fail to call and ee< them at Simon Stoffel's. The ladies are invited to call at the store of 8imon Stoffel and set the Sept. sheet of Mel ropolitan Fashions. Canning Peaches direct from the finest orchard in Michigan. Leave order? •arly for one half and one bushel baskets. Just received word from the shipper* that the beat canners are ' ready to ship now. Owen A Chapell. '«! 1 SwtboltektiM at Oaeo & Chains. Normal, 111., Aug. 22.--'Among all the tender and touching beauties ot the Illinois soldiers' orphan home, the most refreshing- spectacle presented to the observer is the financial reports of the Altgeld managers, from 1K93 to I8I1T. Their open truthfulness is, indeed, beautiful to contemplate.' In compar­ ison with the bookkeeping of nearly every other state institution during the same period these accounts are a four- year-old orphan to a fourth-term bur­ glar. They are absolutely truthful as to the riatfure and amount of cash re­ ceipts nnd expenditures, and in this they are unique and worthy . of all praise. During tjiat pea-iod in 1895 and when, through theoperation of the Alt­ geld syylem of finance the state treas­ ury was empty, all those institutions which receive their funds quarterly were compelled to borrow money to pay current expenses. It was considered bad polities to boihxnv this money open­ ly 011 jjccount of the state,,for, that wouljd tJSsclose }he fact of the empty treasury and tltie hollow mockery bf thf Altgeld economy as exhibited in the tax Jevy. Tq cover the matter from the public eve the triistees of each institu­ tion vJt're.Instructed from Springfield to borrow the necessary funds and each bookkeeper and treasurer was instruct­ ed to k'uve. no record of the loan or its paymem that would be filed in the pub­ lic arcll ves. instructions were gener­ ally followed and the accounts and pub­ lished -reports'fail to show the, total cash receipts and expenditures by the amourtt of the loans. The expenditure on account of interest 'wbs necessarily recorded, but in the published reports for the iiscal year of 1896 the tell-tale item is shrouded under the head of "Expenses not cla§pifi^d." t In the quarterly reports of the state board of charities this expenditure on account of interest was, with tlfls sin­ gle exception, never recorded, as "inter­ est on loans." In the soldiers' hom1^ accounts It was called "rebate on bonds." In the blind asylum accc s it was called "interest on overdral.* showing that yie rate of interest paid was about 36 pe? cent. It was some­ times called "interest," and sometimes "discount," but noftc except the treas­ urer of the Normal home hadHhe brav­ ery to call it by its right name. While these loans were made between July 18i)5, and Ajf>ril, 1896, so well was the fact concealed that as late as January, 1898, the Springfield Register, the dem­ ocratic organ, declared that the demo­ cratic administration had borrowed no money--and the poor, old imbecile prob­ ably believed it was telling the truth. In view of all this wholesale lying and falsifying of public accounts by ,,democratic officials to cover the error of their chief, the accounts%f ex-Treas urer A. J. Barr, of the soldiers' or­ phans' home, are as beautiful to con­ template as the face of the first-born His report, included in the published biennial report for July 1, 1896, shows receipts in February, 1896, of $26,500 from "loan," applied to the ordinary fund. It shows receipts from the state treasurer for the same fund of $13,125 in July, 1895, and no further receipts from the treasury uhtil April, 30, 1896 --a period of above nine months. With­ in the next 15 days, from April 30 to May 15. the receipts from the state treasury for. ordinary expenses are $39,375, or three quarterly appropria­ tions past due. By pr&perly recording the loans in the receipts the total is raised to $78,750 for the year, or !j 250 more than tl^e appropriation. If Treasurer Barr had obeyed instruc­ tions from Springfield he would not have recorded the amount of the loan, but would have shown It as being re­ ceived from the state treasury. Then, when he received $.'19,375 between April 30 and May 15, 1896, he would have entered $13,125 as received from the treasury and used the balance of $26,- 250 to pay the loan. This would have made the receipts of the ordinary fund correspond with the amount of the ap­ propriation and would have concealed the fact of the loan. ^ Treasurer Barr's statement" further shows that $414.25, was expended on ac­ count of "interest on loafn." The financial showing vol the sol­ diers' orphans' harme is noteworfhy only by comparison with the ingenious lies of 11 other state Institutions which borrowed money and falsified their accounts to hide theffact. Mr. Barr has the peculiar distinction of be­ ing the only democratic treasurer of a state institution whose accounts tell the truth^about borrowed money. The conditpt of the home under the democrats was marked by that de­ structive economy which character­ ized the Altgeld administration. The buildings have gone to rack in the last five years, and extensive repairs arr needed at once. During the first two democratic years the management saved above $16,000 out of the ordinary expense fund and returned it, on Alt­ geld 's order, to the state treasurer. As an indirect result the present man­ agement is using money out of the or­ dinary fund for imperative repairs. How long Illinois will need a home fof soldiers' orphans is a question>the wise men have been unsuccessfully answer­ ing for several years, and the war with Spain and the prospect of a new generatlpn of orphans still further In- aites volv^fche problem. T^e ioldier of tke rebetapu is long-lived fend prolific. He .was out M years ago, and to 57 years of o orphans here ' ,t.der five yeara rs' orphans yet 'O^De^YnllFIJNqjHpFand the state wilt need a home for xhfem as long as de­ signing young women continue to mar­ ry susceptible old soldiers with pen­ sions. Thirty years from now there will be children in this home whose fa­ thers fought in the war of the rebel­ lion. The population of the home haa been increasing, and the wisest statia- tician cannot tell when it tvill reach- the maximum. Its winter population is about 450, which U decreased about 100 during the summer months. It is hot strictly a home for soldiers* orphans, bu{' rather for apldiers' chil­ dren. The children of any indigent sol­ dier may be sent here. Above 100 of the children are full orphans. Above 200 have no father, and about 90 have both father and mother. One little girl complained to me that she has no place to visit this summer, and she thought it strange, too, because she had two fatheis and two mothers. Her parents had divorced and each remarried. There are a few children here who should be in the reform schools at Pontiac or Geneva, and a few who properly belong in the feeble­ minded asylum at Lincoln. The health of the children is remark­ ably good, and their sturdy bodies and cheerful minds evidence that they are well fed and well treated. Physically thby could not be better off, but itt other respects the institution ia not ideal. It is a "back number." The buildings are constructed on the re­ formatory rather than the home plan. *Khe life and discipline of the children is necessarily military rather than family, and the hotne idea is lost. They sleep in large dormitories, and march to their meals in a general dining- room. The results would be far better if the institution had the plan of the Geneva reformatory for girls, where the family idea is excellently carried out by the division into flats, each flat, Tl or ward, constituting a complete home ^ '^3 for a family of 20. ^ The schools are thoroughly and well ' ^ conducted. Thie school year consists , ' .*] of 40 weeks' work. A manual training 1 school has? befen In operation for two years, fcnd the work promises good re- ^ i suits. The training school building la \ en architectural abortion, and belonga * to the family of institution buildings . *, ,, erected by Altgeld. Like all the rest ^ V ^ of them, it is in the Indescribable, un- rV- »: classified, Altgeltized c«istellated-Tu- *"'*• dor style, and is as unsightly and im- ' *'« practical as any the political architect 'v„ ever designed. * & 'd The home of the soldiers' orphans Is * „ V> ^ j.sndly in neoed of repairing and remod- ^ " « eling. But whatever be its physical " dl faults no criticism #at be made of the r 15 personal qualifications of Its preeent superintjfiixJent. It must have been or- 'w 1 j daifled #om tt$ beginning that Ike Clements shouf^be the foster father *"'• -* * .' ^ of the Illinois soldiers' orphans. The Snly investigation of his methods nec­ essary is to watch him for an hour any day he is at the home. Eyery time be walks acrqss the lawn there Is a 13<- year-old orphari clinging to each of hla arms, an eight year-old orphaftvhold- ing to his coat tail'and a four-ye&r-old ^ " f - " A , -ir* +• • < orphan trying to climb up each of his !egs» .̂.' > V if '"r^T m. The Year of IHOS Exceed# bjr Mitajr Millions 'Amrt\fnm< la the His*' " ' pi the KiHo% '•V.aH*! $4 •v •; / ? SCHOOL SHOES. /The finest stock of Children's 8choot ,'Shoes ever brought to this town, can be found at Simon Sto^ra. A large line of clothing samples t< select from, at M. J. Walsh'b. DcWitt's Witch hazel Salve Cures Piles, Scalds, Bam* Get a shirt waist cheap at Owen Jb 'hapell'a. Remember the great closing ont sale ol jammer goods at Owec St ChapeH'ft. ;5»sj COfSS 52d *5TtS. 15 5*st . The bureau of statistics at Washing- ton has just issued th^ statement of s & the country's foreign trade for., April-^ and for the ten months/of the fiscal , year, and ^he document makes a rife- markable showing. The record had already been mentioned in telegraphic «*" *1-0 «V advices as the most remarkable in the t history of the United States. In the * f past ten months the country has sold and exported more thanHvice asmuch merchandise as it has bought frofia abroad. ~ To be exact, the total mer­ chandise exports for the ten montha were $1,025,426,681, while the imports were $511,181,186, an excess of exports ol $514,245,495. This is far ahead of anything of th# sort in recent years. In 1&>2, which, like the present year* followed a pe­ riod of crop failure abroad, the excesa of exports over imports amounted to $202,S75.6S6. Last year made a still more favorable showing, the excess of exports establishing a new record, but V; ̂ the excess was only $287,613;144,where- ^ * as for the present fiscal year it ises- tiinated\>y the bureau of statistics the excess for the full 12 months ending with Junê vill probably be $600,000,000. V; In 85 years prior to 1876 there were 1 only 16 years in which the exports ex- * ^ ceeded the imports. Since 1876 there have been only three years in which . * ' the exports have not exceeded the im- J ports, but never previously has the - ' excess been half so great as that which , ' the present year is expected to show. " The year 1879, preceding a period ot ' great prosperity, was a record one la our foreign trade for a long time, bajt ' the excess of exports over imports * * that year was but $264,661,000. / For the ten months so far In the " £ „v,' present fiscal year the exports of ag- riculturai products alone have been . more than $100,000,G00 in excess of JfpF those of the corresponding ten months ? of the preceding year, and they vttil ri - exceed by many millions the agrical- turat exports of any year in the conn- try's history. The failure of the cropa of foreign countries has resulted" la the rushing out of immense quantities of our cereals to fill depleted gran­ aries abroad. While exports have in­ creased. Imports have decreased. The resultfngimmense favorable trade bal- snce conservative predictions agree can mean but one thing--prosperity <0 this eountry<~N. Y. San. •' '• •v V A,: national encampment sons or VETERANS, IT. S. A , OMAHA, 8EPT. 12-16, 1898. #4 For this occasion, all agents of tW Northwestern Line * ill sell round-trip •ickets to Omaha, Sept. 10-ll, atredoce« "•stee, good until Sept. 91. Apply tJfc •gents for full particulars. d-3« | Bob Moore, of LiFayette, I id., flayd that for constipation he has found Dli Witt's Little Early Risers to be perfee|» They never gripe. Try them lor sb«aA | and liver troubles. By J. A. Story. 2, Children's School Hats aad Cfeps, $«(& M £ g i « a ( L a t S i m o n S t o f f e T | . v - '