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m . tit f ' ^ *?' i , Wife follow* a Tailor from Africa to Peoria--Murder Xhmojrr Conln««4- Vtetery for the Congregation--Man* «l«d by a Train--Troopa Fired Upon. • A passenger arrived at Peoria the oth­ er day, whose baggage was marked **Cape Town,_ .Africa." She gave her name as Mri-Alfred Sack. She is a Jewess andjbtifjgss of $1,000,000. Upon reaching thfropfishe went to police head­ quarters add wire related a story to the effect that^pteen months ago she was married to Alfred Sack at Cape Town, s*d that after a few weeks he deserted her and sailed for America. The cause of t|e desertion, she asserted, was Sack's unsuccessful attempt to obtain control of h<»r prujHfrty. Mrs. Sack, when informed that he was living with an uncle in Pe­ oria, packed her trunk and took passage for thin country. The city directory re­ vealed that Alfred Sack was living at the home of the Rev. Wolf Heller, who prov­ ed to be Sack's uncle. Policeman Dona­ hue took Mrs. Sack to the house. She entered the front door and was greeted by her husband. Then she had her bag- taken into the house. Murder to Conceal Bobbery. Coroner Marsh of Rockford has receiv­ ed a letter from Jonas Carlson, foreman of the ballasting crew near Galena, which confirms the theory that Robert Martin and George Woodward, two negroes, •ere robbed and then thrown from an east-bo nnd freight train, receiving in­ juries from which they died. Both men Were paid off in full by Carlson, Wood­ ward also drawing the wages due his brother, who had been taken ill and re­ turned South. Then they started for their home at Boliver, Teno. They had been working since last April and each had quite a sum coming. No money was found on either of the men when picked Up along the track, but the ghastly Wounds about their heads indicated that they had been slugged and then thrown from a train. Victory Over Their Bishop. The rebellious and excommunicated parishioners of St. Patrick's Church at East St. Louis won a signal victory over Bishop Jaussen. Father Cluse, whom the bishop appointed to the charge and Whom the parishioners refused to accept OH the ground that they were entitled to an Irish or Irish-American priest, resign­ ed the charge. Father Cluse met the bishop at the residence of Father Harkins of St. Mary's. The troubles in the par- lih were discussed and Father Cluse, disgusted with the fight and eager to quit it, concluded to hand the bishop his resig­ nation. It w.as waived by the bishop, who referred it'to Monsignore Martinelli, the papal delegate, for action. fourth to tial chua Dies to Save Hie Hone, While returning from a ride with his •Weetheart Henry Driskell was struck by »n engine on the St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railroad at Springfield and killed. Drukell and Miss Viola Van Kirk were returning from a trip to the country and had driven on to the railroad track before they noticed the engine back­ ing down upon them. The horse became frightened and upset the buggy, throw­ ing OUt both OOcupHtita. LJ i'lskcll WS.S dragged from the tracks by the young lady, but he returned to save his horse and was struck by the engine. He died ef his injuries twenty minutes later;. Farmer Shoots Companion. " Ed Morris and two brothers, Lee and Robert Ashby, young farmers living sev­ en miles north of Marion, were driving to Marion in the same carriage. Two miles out they stopped under the shade of a tree to let the horses rest. Robert Ash- by alighted from the carriage and sought the shade of another tree. Lee began to pick a quarrel with Morris ,who was slow to resent. Suddenly Ashby jumped out, drew his revolver and shot Morris in the right breast. Before he could fire again the wounded man fell forward and the second shot missed him. Ashby fled. Fired Upon the * oldiora. The troops stationed at the village of ©atterville were fired upon late the other aight by unknown men from ambush. The guards were stationed on the main high­ way leading from Carterville to the Brash mines. Several shots were fired at the guards, who returned the fire, and cleared the surrounding country of the at­ tacking party. About thirty shots were exchanged, but no casualties occurred. The demands lately made by the Brush miners were from the non-union men, not those who are on strike. ' Safe Robbery at Arlington. Burg'nrs cracked the safe at Larkina 4k Black's store at Arlington, using nitro­ glycerin. They secured $1,300 in cash, part of which was postofflce money, and jewelry to the value of several hundred dollars. The explosion did great damage. The burglars were chased by a gssse with bloodhounds, but were not captured. Brief State Happening* k ISk-Representative J. A. Race of Pana died, aged 70 years. E. B. Vaughn of Kellogg, Iowa, was killed by a west-bound Rock Island train at Moiine. R. L. Little died at Kewanee, at the age of 74 years; He went to Henry Count} in 1837. ; The sixteenth annual reunion of the old settlers of Clinton County was held fat the court house park at Carlyle and was attended by a large number of represent­ ative persons from all parts of the coun­ ty, with many visitors from neighboring eounfies. The association now has a membership of 160. The new officers are James W. Maddux of Carlyle, president; William G. Burnside of Irishtow:>, vice- president; John J. McGatflgan of Carlyle, secretary; Daniel Locey of Carlyle, treas­ urer. •* The sudden reduction of 4 cents in the price of whisky, establishing a quotation of $1.22 instead of $1.26, on a basis of finished goods, is looked upon by well-in­ formed commercial men at Peoria as the beginning of another hard fight between the trust and the independents. One thousand dollars has been wagerecf on the result of a race between automo­ biles. The challenge was issued by Dr. Morris of Galesburg and is for a race of 100 miles on the Galesburg mile track. It has been accepted by F. B. Snow of Elm wood. The race will be held some time after Oct. 15. Proctor Russell, who resided south of Harvard, is dead. He was one of the wealthiest fanners of Dunham. Judge Allen in the United States Cir- «uit Court at Springfield, on the applica­ tion of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of New York, appointed Whol- aton V. Stockton of Sparta receiver for the Illinois Fuel and power Company of Sparta. Willie Bendell was,>hot and instantly killed by his 11-year-old brother at Au» rora. They were playing with a shotgun, While alone in the house. The boys had been inmates of the Glenwood home tor eight years, and wete adopted last Jaa* fcy G. P. Johnson, o! Aurora. v m- young woman Chicago and the two were married. A fire which was fought by hundreds of farmers destroyed three granaries, 2,000 bushels of thrashed oats, fifteen stacks of oats, two large barns and most of the stock ot William Byers at South Grove. Firo threatened the large plant of the Illinois steel works in South Chicagobat was extinguished after five extra engine* had been sent. The fire started In the open hearth furnace plant. A leak in a fuel oil pipe caused the Maze. Michael McKeon and Daniel Sullivan, each 14 years old, escaped from the John Worthy School at the house of correction in Chicago. The escape was a daring one, for to accomplish it the boys had to drop a distance of twenty-five feet. „ . John Robinson, a prominent farmer of Honey Point, was adjudged insane in Macoupin County Court and while lodg­ ed in jail awaiting to be taken to the Jacksonville asylum cut the arteries in his arms. He is dead. Two years ago he inherited an estate of $15,000, which he squandered. Brooding over his finan­ cial losses caused failure of, reason. Two saloons have opened for business in Harvey. Threats and prayers were alike unavailing in preventing the open­ ing, for which preparations have been making ever since saloon licenses were is­ sued by the Harvey Council a few weeks ago. For the first time in the history o* the mnch-advertised prohibition town sa­ loons are ^.operation free of all liquor restrictions. J. P. Bellenger shot and killed Joseph Riley, a transfer man, and fatally wound­ ed Hattie Watson at Alton. The shoot­ ing is attributed to jealousy. Bellenger Is a furniture dealer in the city. He recent­ ly secured a divorce from his wife and it is understood that he was in love with the Watson woman. He found her with Riley and shot both of them twice. Riley died in a few minutes and the woman was fatally wounded. Bellenger is in jaU. •" A daring attempt at safe robbery re- salted in failure at the office of J. A. & W. H. Gardner, lumber dealers in Chi­ cago. Four men entered the office of the concern and proceeded to work upon the big iron strong box. A large hole was drilled in the outer plate of the safe and a charge of dynamite inserted. A loud report followed the explosion of the cart­ ridge. As persons were running toward the place from which the explosion had been heard they caught sight of the safe­ crackers as they fled from the office and were able to furnish good descriptions of the men. Policeman William Lee caught five burglars trying to hold up the Mer­ chants' restaurant at Moiine. The burg­ lars tired ten shots at the officer, but' none struck him. Lee wounded one of the burglars in the left cheek and right lung. With the officer in close pursuit the burglars kept up a running fire for a distance of ten blocks, when the wound­ ed burglar fell. He persistently refused to disclose his confederates or any facts concerning himself. He is supposed to be one of a gang which came to last week's street fair from the Dubuqae race meeting. The longest bridge in Illinois, that of the Illinois Central Railway, crossing the Illinois river at La Salle, is about to be eclipsed by the erection near Marquette of a structure greater both in height and length. In the extension of the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railway westward from Streator, it has been decided to cross the Illinois river at the point nam* ed, and the officials of the company fear that in view of a big increase in river traffic following the opening of the Hen­ nepin and drainage canals, the bridge might be condemned as an obstruction They are preparing, accordingly, to build a bridge so high that the lowest span will clear the largest boats. Naturally the length will have to be increased to nearly a mile. The cost will be msse tttu $ly 000,000. Palmyra is all excitement over a report that has been gaining circulation in a very secret way of a ghastly find that was made on a farm two miles east oi there of a human skeleton and a pair oi boots, supposed to have belonged to a former citizen, Spencer Mays, who dis» appeared about ten years ago. About that time Mays went to St. Louis with a number of persons from Palmyra on an excursion and was last seen on the Eada bridge and was supposed to have been drowned, but the report was never veri­ fied. His wife secured a divorce and married William Denby of Oarlinville prairie. It is now reported that the house has been removed where Mays for­ merly lived and that the mover, noticing a depression under the house, dug and found a skeleton and a pair of boots, the latter said to be like Mays. La tee de­ velopments may clear up a long-standing mystery. The Morehonse & Wells Company of Decatur has begun a salt in the Circuit Court against the American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey for $150,- 000. This suit is on a contract entered into between the Morehouse & Wells Company and the Laidlaw Bale Tile Company, an Illinois corporation, over a year ago. The contract was to sell at a fixed price all of the bale ties ordered by the Decatur company by June 1, 1809. Afterward the Laidlaw Bale Tile Com­ pany sold out to the American Steel and Wire Company. There was an immense rise in the price of iron. The American company filled some orders on the con­ tract, then declined to fill more. The Morehouse & Wells Company took or­ ders all over the country for bale ties and sold many car loads of them, forwarding the orders to the American company. All have been turned down and now that the time of the contract has expired the snit is brought. The Decatur Electric Railway has been sold to David A. Schellenberger, repre­ senting a syndicate of bondholders, for $121,000. The sale was under a foreclos­ ure of mortgage for $195,000. The line has ten miles of track. A. Cunningham of New York City, rep­ resenting a syndicate of Eastern capital­ ists, has purchased the entire plant of the Big Muddy Coal and Coke Company, seven miles from Carbondale. The plant has been closed for eight months, not be­ ing able to pay the union scale, but the new company will operate the shaft as a union mine. A brakeman on the Illinois Central Railroad captured George Arry at Ma- kanda, who is supposed to be a noted thief. Arry had $1,400 and sixteen gold watches. He was trying to sell the watches when caught. He is supposed to be wanted in Alabama for highway robbery. Some time ago Congressman Hitt re­ ceived a petition from the residents of Rock City for free delivery of their mail, and the petition was acted on favorably. I>. G. Lashell, a local man, was given the contract for carrying the mall. Resi­ dents living within twenty miles of the Rock City postofltce will have their mall served at their doom once a day. mm Bryan--Eh? Ah, excuse me; 1 didn't see yon. ap Won't Find the Ieene. Bryan has Indicated his purpose to make the big standing army the har­ den of his attack upon the administra­ tion in the campaigns of this year and next. He will try to make the people believe that this army was organized for the purpose of oppressing them, and he will raise hiB hands In holy horror at the specter of militarism. But when Bryan takes the stump this fall he will find that issue disposed of. The big standing army to which he ex­ pects to point will not be found !n the United States as a menace to the lib­ erty of the people. Every company of it will be In the Philippines or on the way there. The troops are lx*ng rais­ ed to fight the Philippine rebels and not to oppress the people of America, and Bryan and the other Democratic demagogues know that. A story has been circulated to the effect that a big reserve of the new army was to be kept In this country. The story reached the ears of Secre­ tary of War Root. That official denied it emphatically. Every one of the vol­ unteers, he declares, will eat his Christ­ mas dinner In Manila. Of course, it will be difficult to prove that a standing army engaged In put­ ting down an insurrection on the other side of the Pacific ocean can be a men­ ace to the people of the United States, and in view of the circumstances the Democrats will be foolish to try it.-- Cleveland Leader. yet shown the slightest disposition to condemn & war in which national honor and interests have been once Involved as a blunder or a failure*. Col. Bryan forgets history and misjudges both na­ tive and foreign born Americana when he jumps to the conclusion that they can be led to disavow the administra­ tion's purpose to establish the author­ ity of the United States in the Philip­ pines by any empty exhibitions of phrase Jugglery a la Edward Atkinson. The Republican, party has nothing to fear from a canvass conducted on the assertion that the generalities of the preamble to ,the declaration of inde­ pendence apply with Immediate force and literal exactness to the military and political situation in Luzon. It can invite a contest on this or oo the silver Issue with equal complacency.-- New York Tribune. •'* • • Hard Time* for One Ctaea. The effects of a protective tariff are probably felt nowhere in the coun­ try more than In Pittsburg. Conse­ quently the following statistics, com­ piled by the New York World, are of more than passing interest: Area of Pittsburgh industrial Klondykev 180 square miles; number of industries be­ ing operated on full time, 118; number of men employed In these, embracing all classes, 270,000; average wages per day, $2.15; range of wages, $1.75 to $7 per day; number of idle men, none, ex- C*rpt ?rCK5 S!okwCSSJ nvimhar wijllg and factories unable to run full time by reason of scarcity of labor, 00; rail­ roads unable to move freight promptly because tha traffle Is 30 per cent, larger than all the freight cars In service; gross daily value of trade ta Industrial Klondyke, $6,000,000. When it is remembered that the fore­ going statements are published by a journal that has lost no opportunity for denouncing and ridiculing the Dtngley tariff bill, they form pretty good evi­ dence that there is more comfort In the present situation for industrial toilers than for free-trade theorists. And it should also be remembered that most industries throughout the country are nearly if not quite as active as those of Pittsburg. These are hard times only for those who are fiunttng anti- tariff arguments.--Pittsburg Commer­ cial Gazette. * The McKlnley Policy.; It Is American first, last and aft the time. It never halts, never hesitates, whether the question be the defense of American industries or the .defense of American dignity. McKinleyism and Americanism are synonymous terms. The one involves the other. Listen to what the President of the United States said In his address before the Catholic summer school at Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1899t "The flag symbolizes our purpose^ and our aspirations; it represents what we believe and what we mean to main­ tain, and wherever it floats it is the flag of the free, the hope of the op­ pressed; and wherever it Is assailed, at any sacrifice It ^svill be carried to a triumphant peace.'* This utterance was greeted with ringing cheers, all the reports agree in saying. Its lofty purport appealed In­ stantly to the intelligent minds to which It was addressed. It appeals to every true American throughout a country consecrated to freedom and progress. It ought to make the small coterie of "flre-ln-the-rear" anti-Ameri­ cans feel smaller and smallef. Northwestern Harvest Hands. The farmers of the Northwest are kicking again, but it is a different kind of a kick from that of three years ago. In those days of '96, when lamenta­ tions for the crime of '73 filled the air of the Northwest, the burden of com­ plaint was scarcity of work, scarcity of dollars and the too large purchas­ ing capacity of the dollar when ac­ quired because of the cheapness of everything. This year the times are out of joint for the farmers because of the scarcity of men to work in the har­ vest fields. Wages are offered ranging from $2.50 a day and board for com­ mon harvest hands to $6 a day for threshing machine engineers, and even at these figures It is well nigh impossi­ ble to get men enough to do the work. Everybody able to work seems to be having something else to do that Is more congenial or more profitable than harvest field work. If Brother Bryan would make a tour of the Northwest at this time he could still expound 16 to 1 --16 jobs looking for every idle man, and his explanation of the phenomenon would be interesting in view of the doctrines he preached In the last cam­ paign year.--Grand Rapids (Midi.) Herald. - . • Bryan's MI#Jnd«rn»«nt. The American people have never yet discountenanced a military enterprise undertaken to extend or enforce the national authority. They have op?er » Cart̂ basi**U*t much time In teaants that his family has opme to stay at Skibo for XlMUBy generations! and the northern press have already accorded him the baronial designation of "Sktbo," which for centuries pertained to the family of Gray. The magistrates of the royal brash of Doraoch. in memory of the ancient kindness between the inhab­ itants of this miniature city and its neighbors, the Barons of Skibo, have hastened to bestow the freedom of the burgh on the new laird. Already the American millionaire has worked wonders. Vast additions to the castle are la progress, and before long it will surpass every other northern residence in its magnificent and princely propor­ tions. But one cannot readily forgive him for cutting down so many of the huge trees which for generations have been the pride and glory of the estate. A weird ban has for the last century and a half attached to the lands of Skibo, and It remains to be seen whether the evil speU will now be broken. It is a tale of cruel wrong done to the original possessors--the Murrays of Pnlrossle and the Grays of Skibo, who for centuries owned the lands now incorporated Into one es­ tate. They were both deprived of their ancestral Inheritance by foul means, and thus a curse was brought upon the place. The Douls, who ousted the Grays, gave place to the Mackays, who, in turn, were succeeded by the Gor­ dons, Dempsters, Sopper-Dempsters, Chirnsides and Sutherlands. Against the latter's protests the estate passed Into the hands of Mr. Carnegie. For the last 150 years no family has pos­ sessed the lands for more than one generation.--Rosshire Journal. Gloomy Pays for Cpparheedn. The feelings of the copperheads as they read of the preparations In this country to stamp out the rebellion promptly , must be about as gloomy as those of their friend Aguinaldo. The ten regiments already filled are rapidly getting into shape to aid the veterans of Otis' army when the word for the general advance comes at the close of the rainy season. The ranks of the ten regiments authorized a few days ago will probably be filled by the latter part of September. Otis will have three times as many effective men with him by February next at the latest ae he had at the opening of last February when the war began. These prepara­ tions to stamp but Aguinaldo are cal­ culated to have a depressing influence on Atkinson, Bryan, Garrison and the rest of the Aguinaldlsts. "Antl-imperi- allsm" Will begin to look sick when Mao Arthur, Wheaton and Lawton start out to round up the Tagals a few months hence.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat, > ' Work Peek bur the Man. The following advertisement appears conspicuously In a leading North west- Cni newspaper of recent date; WANTED--Laborers are needed in the harvest fields of Minnesota and especially in the Dakotas. Harvest will soon begin, to be followed by threshing. Good wages are offered and low rates of transporta­ tion are offered by the railroads. Here is an opportunity for all that are unem­ ployed.--St. Paul (Mipn.) Pioneer Press. This Is a time when work seeks the man, and qo man need search for work. It Is. a time of McKinley and prosperity. Cause for Chastened Satisfaction* ... \ '* 1*1 V 1 • , John Bull--We don't worry about merchandise balances so long as our deficit is made good by returns on for­ eign Investments and profits on our ocean carrying trade. Uncle Sam--Well, if ybu're satisfied we are; but what is to become of Brit­ ish industries if your American debtors keep on increasing their payments to you in the shape of manufactured goods, in place of raw materials? The President's Policy. There spoke the uncompromising pat­ riot, the Intrepid champion of the na­ tion's honor, the faithful conservator of the common weal.--New York Mall and Express. It makes the President's meaning so plain that the dullest can take it in, and the most dishonest cannot any long­ er pretend to be In doubt about it- Hartford Courant As time goes on, the conviction has become stronger with all thinking men that the President took the only course ADVENTURE WITH SNAKES, Bow a Peacefal Sleep Wee Abruptly Interrupted In Penneylvania. Newton Me Morris, who lives in Don­ egal Township, just on the edge of the Butler County line, Pa., was awakened one morning recently by hearing an unusual noise on the floor of his house, and on getting out of bed stepped on something cold and clammy. The next instpnt he was horrified to feel a large sna)"s crawling up his body. He screamed, and his wife got out of bed and lit a candle. She had no sooner done this than a blacksnake wrapped Itself about her person. She fell to the floor in a faint, but her son, hearing the cries of his father, came from his room, and, thinking that there were robbers in the house, had a shotgun in his hand. He at once killed the snake which was around his mother's neck and after that he disposed of the one that was around his father. Then a horrible discovery was made. There were a dozen or more snakes hanging about the walls of the house, while sev­ eral more had their heads hanging from their ceiling. The elder Mr. McMorris and his son went to work, and before they had concluded had killed no leaa iiiau sixteen Buakes, the largest of which was 5 feet 2 inches long and the smallest about 18 inches. The family resides in a log bouse, and it Is supposed that the reptiles had been making the walls la home for some time. The younger McMorris says that one of the snakes must have had two heads, for there were sixteen heads found after the slaughter and only fif­ teen bodies. Mm ttlrta Ar«î v6iie^r:a till er sol A^erlean DreyfneT The Dreyfis 4a*» hs* a pmftel la our own country, if the charges of counsel for Capt. Oberlin M. Carter are true. They assert that this disgraced army officer, who was found guilty of em­ bezzlement to the extent of several million dollars by a court martial ap- poiated to investi­ gate charges pre­ ferred against him in connection with the improvements in Savannah har­ bor, is really the CAPT. CARTER. The swallow has a larger mouth, In proportion to its size, than any other bird. London has one street seventy feet long, being the shortest street in the city. Cannon are said to have been in uss as early as 1888, while artillery con­ structed of brass first appeared la 1635. Muskets were first used In 1414, dur­ ing the siege of Arras. They finally replaced the bows and arrows of the British soldiers In 1521. Women sailors are employed in Den­ mark, Norway and Finland, and they are often found to be most excellent and delightful mariners. Frost has a variety of effects upon different products. Under the same In­ fluence eggsWlll burst, apples contract and potatoes turn black. In the fourteenth century armor be­ came so heavy that many soldiers only 30 years old were deformed or perma­ nently disabled by Its weight. In Buffalo a planer is In operation which at each cut removes a shaving full twelve inches wide from solid cast- iron. The knife is between twelve and thirteen Inches wide. The largest music school in the world is the Guildhall in London. The num­ ber of pupils this year Is 3,600. In 1898 the professors, 121 in number, were paid the sum of something over $118,000. Modern Popular Education. It is not uncommon to find more Ad­ vanced children required to give their possible in regard to the Philippines.-- j attention in one day to the geography Springfield Union. of Egypt, genders of French nouns, the The politicians seeking by intrigue ! w'ves °' VIII., the circulation and every other artifice to trap this sin- t °' M°°d. and the leaders of rebel cere and masterful man might Just as ' aQgels in "Paradise Lost" A con- well give up and save their credit and their reputation.--Cedar Rapids Repub­ lican. That Is a brief statement of an en­ larged and profound policy. It Is the condensation of columns that have pre­ viously been written, and contains all the promises of the original proclama­ tion to the Filipinos.--Buffalo News. How much higher, and purer, and healthier is the tone of these exalted sentiments than the tricky and treach­ erous utterances of a Bryan who dares to slander the flag'of his country by saying that It carries tyranny and op­ pression to the Filipinos Instead of the light of liberty and civilization.--Leav­ enworth Times. There is nothing of equivocation here, and the candid, emphatic manner in Which this declaration of the purpose of American loyalty and patriotism is made, coupled with the surroundings and the circumstances in which It was made, should silence for all time the tinned course of unrelated scraps of knowledge tends to weaken the power of concentration. The extraordinary development of scrappy literature of the Tit-Bits type, which has arisen and (grown with our popular education, shows how the minds of the people , lack the power of connected thought. "One ought to be glad," says Profes- ' sor Rein, In discussing such congeries of study; "if the child does not trou­ ble himself about these things, but, 1 withdrawing his interest, devotes bis I energies to something else." Mr. i Squeers had certainly grasped one i essential principle of education. In I spite of his crudeness In formulating | it, wheti he said: "Winders, winders! Go and clean 'em."--National Review. One of the greatest troubles that be­ fall a boy Is to have a boll in a place where he can't see it, and know how bad it looks. When a girl is teased bj her brothers carping critics who were so sternly re- (and sisterf buked.--Baltimore American. '»anw* X' " \ victim of injustice and intrigue which rivals French military justice and that he will be vindicated if given a fair trial. Carter was declared guilty by ti$e court martial over a year ago, but the Presi­ dent had ex-Senator Edmunds review the evidence and directed Attorney General Griggs to hear oral arguments by the counsel on both sides and render an opin­ ion. Meanwhile the opponents of Carter charge that political influence has been exerted to save a guilty man from the punishment he merits, viz., dismissal from the army and imprisonment. As a sensational denouement. Gen. Elwell S. Otis, now in the Philippines,, who presid­ ed over the court martial, is accused of perjury and subornation- of perjury in this connection. Of all the scandals concerning the hon­ or and integrity of the army none has been so serious as that affecting the rep­ utation of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, late Government engineer in charge of the works at Savannah, Gn. In the winter of 1868 it was whispered that extensive frauds had been committed in connection with the Government work in Savannah harbor. Capt. Carter had been in charge of this work for a number of years, and it was his successor, Capt Cassins E. Gil­ lette, who first intimated that the work at Savannah was suspicious. Following an investigation by Col. Gillespie, Maj. Raymond and Maj. Adams of the engi­ neer corps of the Savannah works, the charges were formulated against Capt. Carter, then military attache to the American embassy at London, to the ef­ fect that he conspired with contractors to defraud the United States and obtain allowance for fraudulent claims amount­ ing to two and a half million dollars; that he indorsed a false pay roll and did di­ vers other criminal acts, including embez­ zlement. A court martial was ordered, with Gen. Otis as president, and Col. Thomas H. Barr as judge advocate. The proceed­ ings of the court martial were no sooner begun than intimations were heard that through the operations rot a hostile clique in the engineering corps of the army the court had been packed against Carter and that he was to be condemned to a certainty. On the other hand, it was charged by Carter's enemies that political influence and wealth were being used to secure his escape from punishment. How­ ever this may be, he was tried, found guilty In May, 1808, and the findings of the court sent to the President OYSTER SEASON IS ON. Be Un« The Supply This Year Wilt usually Abundant, The oyster season is on. From now until the last day of April--during which time the spelling of all the months will contain an "r"--it will be proper to eat oysters. The first dredgings this year, dealers say, indicate that the supply for the season will be unusually abundant All of the Eastern oystermen are report­ ed as having increased their facilities for dredging, extended their beds,'and pro­ vided more boats. Western dealers also AVATOltr OF THE declare that better transportation facili­ ties have been obtained. Last year It took 250,000 oysters a week to supply Chicago. In previous years the average was considerably leas. With the increased supply the dealers are preparing for a saie that will come nearer the 500,000 mark. New York consumes 1,000,000 oysters a week, half of which aro sold at the wharves at low prices, and it is estimated that 15C\,000 are con­ sumed each week in St. Louis. y 9)-iA 0*U. mM. | TWENTY YEARS AQ0. $ "Pinafore" was ragmg. Telephones were a novelty. • j "Baby Mine" was prevalent fs Denis Kearney was rampanfe, 't Sitting Bull was a "big Injun;* ' Campanini was the great tenor. Adelaide Neilson was playing Juliet. Six-day walking matches were a craze. Prince Louis Napoleon was slain by Zulus. 4; England was fighting Afghans and Zulus. Kaiser William celebrated his golden wedding. Gen. Grant was finishing a tour of the world. "Wot d'yer soy?" was the slang phrase of the day. The gi*eat Brooklyn bridge was nearing completion. The United States army was fighting with Ute Indians. Leadville was two years old and had 20,000 inhabitants. Zola's "L'Assommoir" had just shock­ ed the reading world. Millionaire A T. Stewart's body was stolen for ransom. Grevy succeeded Marshal McMahon ai president of France. Sol Ely tinge, Jr., Frank Bellew and Thomas Worth were leading humorous artists. Bernhardt created § furore In London and announced an intention of coming to America. Pierre Lorillard's Parole won the New­ market handicap in England. The "exodus" of negroes from Missis­ sippi, Louisiana and Texas to Kansas was in progress. "She's a daisy, she's a darling, she's a dumpling, she's a lamb," was sung in all circles of society. Paul Boyton, in bis life-saving suit floated 2,342 miles down the Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi rivers in eighty days. Stanley's "Through the Dark Conti­ nent" was outselling any other book and Stanley himself had just returned to Af­ rica. to •'$! - At the request of the War Department̂ Gov. Tanner has recommended fhe tal­ lowing I l l inois off icere for ~ * " T i f fWH ' in the new United States volunteer ngl' • ments to be organised for duty ia tlf Philippines: Benjaaein F. Patrick, ba§* talion adjutant First Illinois; Harry Bi/ Culver, second lieutenant Wtx#' Stephen B. Thompson, battalion- ad^ tant, Second Illinois; Trnnn flsiannd. fO. ond lieutenant, Second IlHnofo; Jowpfc*. Caughey, major. Third Illinois; Beojamlg R. Hall, second lieutenant, Third IUbMiMC Louis E. Bennett, major, Fourth ffllnuis' Eugene E. Barton, captain, - nois; W. Lee Capps, quartermaster. Ftft& Illinois; Arthur J. Gallagher, battaUdSI adjutant. Fifth Illinois; Thomas L. Itoi.,.., fiarr, captain. Sixth Illinois; Clarence At* Mcintosh, first lieutenant, Sixth UUaoi*« James L. Malley, captain, Seventh 10i* nois; James Clark, captain, Seventh JH^ 4 nois; Theodore R. Vanpelt captain, ; Eighth Illinois (colored); William T. Jefr ferson, captain, Eighth Illinois (colored); Edward Nash, second lieutenant, Xintp Illinois; W. H. Woodworth, first lieUh tenant Ninth Illinois; Paul B. Lino, cafr» tain, First Illinois cavalry; George ]&> Tyaer, captain, First Illinois cavalry. 3sx test eases have been begun In tbl> Circuit Court of Sangamon County against corporations which have failed tb report to the Secretary of State whether they arc connected with a trust. Tins complainant is State's Attorney Smitl, on the relation of Attorney General AkUL The defendants are: Springfield Co-operi* tive Coal Mining Company, Black Dia­ mond Coal and Tile Company, Htarnes Coal Mining Company, Little & Sons* Livery Company, McCaskey & Holcomb. Company, Ballou Grocery Company. The suits in all cases ask for $10,000 dam­ ages for failure to comply with the lair requiring such reports. Notices calling for fulfillment were sent out last year, but the defendants, with hundreds of otlb- er corporations throughout the State, have ignored them. The requirement of reports is regarded as one of the most important features of the Illinois antl* trust law, and the result of the suits W<|| be of national importance.* According to a bulletin issued by tint State Board of Agriculture, there was 48 per cent of the area of wheat seeded last fall wfoicfc was winter killed, leatttagr 1,168,200 acres for harvest The jhAd was 10,280,000 bushels, which, at 65 cents, the average price on Aug. 1, would make the crop worth $6,687,000. Otf spring wheat there was seeded 46,000 acres, yielding 774,000 bushels, valued at 63 cents Aug. 1, or $486,000. It is esti­ mated that it will require 3,036,000 bush­ els for seed this fall and 15,271,000 busk" els for home consumption, a total of 18,- 857,000 bushels, therefore exceeding the i: amount raised in the State by 7,000,000 bushels. The corn area is 6,92&.<iB3 1 acres, a slight decrease from last year. The condition is excellent, being 97 per ̂ cent of a normal In northern, 83 in cen­ tral and 92 per cent in southern IMinoht | f I The first monthly report of the opera- ~ tion of the free State employment offices at Chicago, as compiled by the State board of labor statistics for the month ended Aug. 26, shows: Applications tor employment, 7,108, of which 5,680 were males and 1,428 females; applications for help from employers, 4.022, of which 2,546 were for males and 1,476 females; > positions secured for 2,361 appUOtitttft,-..'•jf 1,557 males and 804 females. This is * considered a satisfactory showing. ~ Massac and Pulaski feunties were tike first under the new revenue law to return | statements of ^assessments jtor local as- If sessors to the auditor. In Majbae Coun­ ty the assessment shows a decrease of $552,568 from last year. Xke new as­ sessment is expected to prodiftee hardly enough revenue to run the SBfuity. Pu­ laski's is nractically the SjAe as yew. " . ---C-V The Bftlttore iin!! Ohts ̂ outhwi „ ̂ Railroad has filed in the office of the -fik corder of deeds of Sangamon County a mortgage including properties on its en­ tire system in Illinois, Indiana to the Farmers' Loan and Trust Com­ pany of New York to secure bonds ef $40,000,000. Revenue stamps on the b*» strument cost $20,000. Gov. Tanner has appointed the folio#* ing additional delegates to the farmer- national congress, which meets at Bostea this month: Benjamin Weaver, Danville;. Fred A. Chenbach, Rockbridge; Mrs. tt, G. Chapman, Freedom, and John , Hunter, Owaneco. John S. Hurt has tendered his resign nation as captain of the local cavalry troop and the same has been accepted The question of a successor is' a matter* of conjecture. ' > Z- 1 -^ ** * «**• *-* a p - ,;.v> - - m •• • Odda and Knda. -- i Immense oyster crop reported., •t;V" There are eighteen Mormon elders hdw '5 *> working in Ohio. About fifty more wis be sent there. ' Cincinnati police are searching f<«t Peter McFarlane. His sister at Trear* ton, N. J., fears foul play. Haii Caine is at his desk by 5 a. xn. works three hours, and usually spends tip rest of the day in long walks. George Green, the negro wife murderert' who escaped from the Jefferson viil^. Ind., jail, was caught at Elizabettuawa*' : Ky. •. Gov. Badhnell, Ohio, will present that S United States gunboat Marietta with 4 ' • U illver service given by. the citizens Marietta. V ' ^ Mummy, 1,000 years old, found in a >' ' • >?' cave in Alaska. Sent to New York. " Packages sent to Labori, Renne%' | i. France, contained nothing moce tha% remedies seat by admirers to care his wound. A report on last winter's grip epidemia In Chicago shows that between Jan. . and April 30, 549 deaths were caused byj; the disease. Michael Fitsheary, Pittsburg, Pa„ wast f ;j killed and his brother, John, totally ia^ ^ a * jured by the breaking of their painting1 . scaffold. They fell forty feet, alighting £ on a concrete floor. Home of Will Woods, Deboe, Ky.t burned. His 20-months-old child burned . ' s , to death. Woods and his wife wer#;'-isi'?|^ away from the house at work. „ Private J. H. Brookman, confined at Fort Sheridan for desertion, attempted to escape, and was shot in the hack bj* the guards. 1 Jules Luquiens, professor of Romas languages at Yale, died at the home ot­ itis father-in-law, W. H. Clark, Salem, Ohio, of heart failure. • John Hubbard. Hammond. Sf, drank, was handling his revolver. brother, Bradley, attempts* to tela weapon from him. Bradis? jjtyl taptantiy and Joka fatally wsaMML • .> v 1" - • * ;' t ' K „ ** * ',7«. ' -p* -• <