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im.ijl i#»r„ MEET LN MILWAUKEE. THE ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. Prof. A. T. Ormond, of Princeton Thrf. versity, read the first paper. President James. H. Baker, of the University of Colorado, presented the second address. He said that the university represents the philosophy of a people at a given epoch and their poetical, social and industrial tendencies. The third of the series of -ad­ dresses was delivered by Prof. Joseph Swain, of the University of Indiana, and formerly of the faculty of Stanford Uni­ versity. , • At the afternoon meeting of the coun­ cil the subject discussed was election in general education, and an address on the subject was delivered by E. E. White of Columbus, Ohio. He gave his views as to the policy of permitting the student to step aside from set courses of study and mark out his own line of research and investigation. At 2:30 in the afternoon the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the N. E. A. took place. Treasurer J. C. McNeill of West Superior reported that the total income of the association for the year amounted to $20,540.87, and the total expenditures to $19,948.16, leaving a cash balance of $592.71. During the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Educational Association it was re­ ported that $4,000 had been added to the treasury during the year, and that the "re­ serve fund of the organization now amounts to over $60,000. ABOUND A BIG STATE FREDERICK E. WHITE, "I • v Candidate for Governor Named bjr the lowa Free Pilver Parties. Frederick Edward -White, the silver to- sionist candidate for Governor of Iowa, is a farm owner in Keokuk Comity. Candidate White went to Keokuk County in 1857 from his native land of Germany and worked as a farm hand until the be­ ginning; of tihe war. When he was mus­ tered out in 1865 he returned to Webster and bought farm land in the vicinity, which be has tilled ever since, with tibe exception of a term which he served in Congress. In 1S92 he ran against Majov John F. Lacey for that office and won. H< ' H:' • . " v.' .• ^ BRIEF COMPILATION OF ILLI NOIS NEWS. .XATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSO­ CIATION CONVENES. Twelve Thousand Present at the Open­ ing Session--Warm Welcome Ex­ tended to the Delegates by the City's High Officials. " GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. Uncle Sam--"I think I will taks a little.band in this game myself. OUT IN A SNOWSTORM, Throngs of Teachers. In the vast auditorium of the gayly dec­ orated exposition building in Milwaukee the thirty-sixth annual convention of the National Education Association was for­ mally opened Tuesday night. It was the launching of an event of dual brilliancy. The people of a city and State that have ever fittingly responded to the demands made upon their hospitality and their re­ sources paid tribute to their guests in cor­ dial love and greeting. The delegates whose presence had inspired the magnifi­ cence of the welcome formed an array that was a composite picture of intellect and of merit. It was an inspiring scene. Whc-n the great throngs had pressed through the doorways for more than an hour and when no more could enter, 12,- 000 persons confronted the stage. Prom the edge of the platform, buried behind a wealth of palms and Other tropical foliage, to the furthermost galleries there were tiers upon tiers of faces. Into every cran­ ny of the immense ball, never before so tested, were massed members of the mul­ titude. In the long rbws of chairs that 'extended the length and breadth of the place below Were the educational forces, and all about them and in the galleries 'were the people that had assembled to greet them. On the platform were distin­ guished public men, speakers and guests. Teachers from the little red school- houses in the rural districts, school- ma'ams from the big cities and educators •of national reputation from the universi- ities and famous institutions of learning met and mingled with each other. They assembled to listen to suggestions for bet­ ter educational methods, to tell what they knew of the working of the present sys­ tems, to learn and to advise, and, from a Favorable Weather Helps Growth In Northern and Western Regions. The following crop bulletin is based on the reports of the directors of the cli­ mate and crop sections: . In the States of the central valleys, lake region and New England the week has been very favorable to crops, the high temperature being especially favor­ able to corn. In the Southern States the conditions have been less favorable, the excessive heat and absence of rainfall proving injurious to most crops. Oh the Pacific coast the week has been very fa­ vorable. In the principal corn States of the cen­ tral valleys corn has made rapid growth, but in the Southern States it is suffering for rain, in some sections seriously. Ex­ cessive rains in Missouri have retarded THE MEETING IN THE EXPOSITION BUILDING. Vast or limited experience, to add some­ thing to the efforts of the best educators to insinuate rather than force knowledge into the minds of the young. First General Session. The first general session was opened with prayer by Rabbi S. Hecht, and after ithe singing of "America" by the immense male chorus, composed of over 300 voices jfrom the leading musical societies of the icity, which was lustily applauded by the ;12,000 teachers in attendance at the gath- jering, the addresses of welcome and re­ sponses thereto were delivered and met iwith a kind reception from the audience. A number of pleasant things were said Iby Gov. Scofield, Mayor Bauschenberger, State Superintendent of Public Instruc- jtion J. Q. Emery and H. O. R. Siefert, •superintendent of public schools in Mil- iwaukee, in welcoming the visiting educa­ tors to the fair Cream City. The ad­ dress of Mayor Rauschenberger was par- iticularly calculated to tickle the fancy of ithe visitors, and called forth a generous tround of applause. The responses by A. ;E. Winehip of Boston, J. L. Holloway of iArkansas, Aaron Gove of Denver and Al­ bert G. Lane of Chicago were also in a lhappy vein and calculated to make the Milwaukee people feel good over the great success of this year's convention of the ! Educational Association, as well as con­ tent with the manner in which they ar­ ranged for the reception of the immense jthrong of people now being entertained in the city. After these formalities had been gone through with President Charles R. Skin­ ner delivered his annual address, and Newton S. Dougherty of Peoria followed 'him with a paper on "The Study of His­ tory in Our Public Schools." Both were ;masterly expositions of the topics treat­ ed, and formed a fitting intellectual finale ito the evening's program. Mayor Rauschenberger only echoed the .sentiments of every Milwaukeean when ihe said every citizen was proud of the fact that his native heath had been se­ lected as. the rendezvous of Ihe 20,000 .bright pedagogues. The addr^Se^ by Gov. Scofield, Principal Siefert and State Su­ perintendent Emery were brie'f and ex­ tended to the visitors a hearty welcome to the city and State. In responding to these words of wel­ come Prof. A. E. Winship, of the Ameri­ can Institute of Instruction, said it was a!n honor to extend thanks to the people of Milwaukee in the name of the institu­ tion he represented, the oldest teachers' association in the world. Deliberations Begun. After another musical selection by the .male chorus the deliberations proper of the convention were begun with address­ es by President Skinner and Newton C. [Dougherty. The topic dwelt upon by President Skinner was "The Best Educa­ tion for the Masses." Prof. Skinner re­ ferred to the development of educational linstitutioas in this country, until now it lis no longer necessary for any person to go abrojid for his schooling. He placed great stress upon the importance of prop­ erly educating the children of the masses jin the right direction, to the end that they shall beefcme fully equipped for ex­ ercising the duties of citizenship and ful­ filling the obligations due their country and society. Newton C. Dougherty of Peoria followed President Skinner in a 'timely address bn "The Study of History iin Our, Public Schools." The second day's session of the Na- ftional Council of Education; which is rec- jognized as the senate of the Educational .Association, attracted a large assemblage tof distinguished educators to Temple !Emanu-El in the morning and afternoon. '"University Ideals" was the subject of [three papers read at the morning session. cultivation and the crop is still back­ ward in Minnesota. In Texas, while the late crop is suffering from drought, the early planted is matured and a good yield assured. Cotton is needing rain over the greater portion of the cotton belt. The bulk of the winter wheat crop is now harvested south of the fortieth par­ allel, about the latitude of the central portions of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Excessive rains have retarded harvesting in Missouri and caused furrher damage to that in shock. Good p'*-gress with har­ vesting.lias been made in Nebraska and Northern Indiana, and harvesting will soon begin in Michigan. The crop is maturing on the North Pacific coast, and in California, where harvesting is prog­ ressing rapidly, the grain is shrunken less than was anticipated. Spring wheat has continued to make favorable progress. FATAL WRECK IN PITTSBURG. Street Cars Collide* with Severe In- / juries to Passengers. people were fatally injured and eighteen or twenty others were hurt in a street car wreck Tuesday night on the Forbes street line of the Consolidated Traction Company at Pittsburg. The wreck occurred on the Solio hill. An Atwood street car had gone ioout half­ way down the hill when it jumpel lie track. Closely following it came an open summer car with a trailer, both densely packed with people. Before the second train could be stopped it crashed into the derailed car. Hardly had the first col­ lision happened before a third car, heavily laden, enme down the hill at full speed and forced its way into the wrecs ahead. It was the second crash that did most o£ the damage. Told in a Few Line*. The twentieth annual convention of the American Flint Glass Workers' Union was held at Pittsburg. 0 Richard Adams, a wealthy Moweaqua, 111., fanner and an old soldier, died from injuries received in a runaway. Mrs. B. F. Willey is dead at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lester F. Bahr, of South Bend, Ind. She was 97 years of age. Mrs. Hannah Sherfey Farnsworth, of Washington, Iowa, is dead, aged 80. She lived with her son-in-law, W. N. Hood, the postmaster. The wild gas well north of Anderson, Ind., which caught fire Saturday night, is still burning, and a great deal of dam­ age is being done. David Perkins, a veteran of the Mexi­ can war and a member of Company D, Fifty-fourth Illinois Veteran Volunteers, during the civil war, is dead, aged 72 years. ° Thomas Morgan, an iron worker at Youngstown, Ohio, and his wife were driving, when their horse backed the rig over Manning's Heights, and both were killed. John Henry Breens, an eccentric old man living alone on his farm near Au­ burn, Ind., was found unconscious and bady beaten, ftfurder was evidently in­ tended. . When the turnkey at the Joliet,- 111., po­ lice station opened up the cells he found Michael Sullivan dead. He had fallen from his berth with his head twisted' un­ der his arm. --. • ' Property valued at $75,000 has been assigned by the J. F. Crawford Lumber Company of Mexico, Mo., subject to debts for atnounts aggregating $60,000. Calla­ way, Independence, St. Charles and Lou­ isiana banks held notes. Christian Kndeavorers Caught in a Midsummer Blizzard. Out of the frying pan into the ice box. That is the kitchen allegory which tells of the pilgrimage of the Christian En- deavorers, Gaily the train loads of tour­ ists left Chicago for their long westward journey. It was hot when they left--ir­ religiously hot--but they didn't mind that. Clad in lir.eu coats, dock trousers and shirt waists and carrying fans and forti­ fied by a copious supply of Bible texts and hymn l»ooks, they felt themselves ready for every emergency of the way. Bucthe girls didn't know and the boys wouldn't letrn. Mountain visions did not trouble their serenity, and the red fire that signaled the approach of the glorious Fourth melted all their memories of snow storms. Pleasure and profit, gospel meet­ ings hnd excursions made up the sum of all that was spread out before th<?m. But up in the mountains of Colorado old Boreas was making fro«t and showing tnat no knew just the proper antidote for too much enthusiasm. The temperature was seven degrees below the freezing point, and the natives were planning to cele­ brate the national holiday with the big­ gest snowball game of the year. The stat­ ues of George Washington were clad in icicles, and hot scotch was scoring a vic­ tory over the. festive gin Rickey. The excursionists left Denver with the thermometi-r at SO. Four hours later they were huddling in the corners of the cars trying to keep warm. They had gone the foolish virgins one better. Not only had they failed to have their lamps trimmed and burning--they had actually left them home. The general condition of the weather throw chon#' the State has been very un­ usual for the summer time, even in the higher altitudes of the Rocky Mountains. Snow was reported from various parts, and at Tellnride there was a fall of eight inches of flakes, while trees were broken by the weijrhJv of concealed coldness. Many of the excursionists were treated to the unusual spectacle of bucking snow on tlv^ Pike's Peak eogway in .Tuly. MANY SLAIN OR HURT. Fourth of July Fireworks Do Their Usnal Bloedy Work. The three-day observance of the na­ tion's holiday was the ideal Independ­ ence day for the American .small boy. He began on Saturday, continued Inter­ mittently on Sunday, and made as much as possible of his fast waning opportunity on Monday. He put torpedoes on the car tracks and shot off bunches of firecrackers under boxes and old tin cans for the first two days. Monday he touched off cannon crackers, fired pistols and discharged miniature bombs at the risk of life and limb and property. The strain of forty- eight hours' excitement and noise had its effect upon the juvenile, however, and the delayed "Fourth," it is said, was quieter throughout the country than such occa­ sions have been for years past. The cas­ ualties of the day were not as numerous as in previous years. In Chicago only thirty-live alarms were received during the day, fewer than ever before record­ ed, the number last year being considera­ bly over 100. Five persons were killed, four others seriously injured and a num­ ber of others slightly hurt. The prema­ ture exolosion of a bottle filled with gun­ powder < fused one fatality. Another vic­ tim met death from a bullet fired by a youth in celebration of the day. One boy in his fright fell from a window on ac­ count of the firing of a cannon cracker and was killed. The accidental explosion of fireworks cost the life of one man, and the bursting of a toy cannon ended the earthly career of a 12-year-old boy. Fatal accidents elsewhere were also comparatively few. The minor casualties covered a wide range of cases, bnt were principally dne to the careless use of large -firecrackers, which in many cases inflict­ ed painful, if not serious, injuries. The small boy was not always to blame in the matter, as much of the recklessness was manifested by his elders. ALTGELD AND THE ISSUES. lvx-Governor of Illinois Addrtwes a Britok'TB Meeting. John P. Altgeld, former Governor of Illinois, spoke to an attentive audience of atymt 2,300 persons Monday morning in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The meting was held under the auspices of the Democratic League of, Kings County, and was ostensibly a Fourth of July celebra­ tion. For those Democrats who would temporize, who would ignore the silver question, and run the campaign on purely local issues, Altgeld has but one epithet, "Traitors!" "The Benedict Arnold of 1780," he said in his peroration, "sleeps on English soil. Let the Benedict Arn­ olds of the present time make their graves beside him!" For those Democrats who, having put their hand to the plow, would turn back for the sake of a temporary lo­ cal triumph, he has the bftteregt con­ tempt. "Lobbyists and corruptlonists who debauch legislatures or pollute the stream of justice are not Democrats," he said. "So-called leaders who use their positions in their party to assist corpo­ rations in getting an unfair advantage over the public are not Democrats.'. GUILTYdOF BAD FAITH. State Deportment's Sharp Tone To­ ward Great Britain. ' . The Washington correspondent of the London Chronicle asserts that recent of­ ficial correspondence includes a dispatch sent by Secretary Sherman to Ambassa­ dor Hay, dated May 10, for submission to Lord Salisbury, insinuating that En­ gland has been guilty of bad faith in car­ rying out the terms of the Paris seal award. The correspondent says: "Thelte is no doiibt that the publica- Many Stricken Sown During the Days of the Torrid Visitation. A tremendous death roll from the ex­ cessive heat during the past week has been placed on the record. In Chicago during the first six days of the hot; wave thirty-seven persons succumbed and 149 were prostrated. Monday there were twelve deaths in Cincinnati and seventy prostrations, while in Detroit and vicinity on the same day the unmerciful rays of the sun brought death to five. There were many prostrations and several deaths in other cities. Following Is the recorded temperature Monday at the places named: Pittsburg 98. Boston 04 - - - . .96 Albany, N. Y 94 . .94 New iork 82 ..92 Dodge City, Kan...96 . .94 Concordia ; 94 . .90 Pueblo 94 ..96 North Platte.......92 . .90 Cleveland 94 ..94 St. Paul 86 . .92 New Orleans 90 . .88 Abilene, Texas 94 ..92 Vlcksburg 92 Little Rock ...98 Nashville 90 Memphis 90 Charlotte, N. C....92 Jacksonville, tsla. .80 Montgomery 92 Parkersburg . Indianapolis . Cincinnati ... Cairo St. Louis Detroit . Omaha ....... Oswego, N. Y. Montreal .... Galveston Oklahoma TORNADO STRIKES A GROVE. Panic and Death Among Picnickers Near Hnron, Ohio. Buggies Beach, four miles east of Hu­ ron, Ohio, was the scene of a severe storm Monday afternoon. A cyclone cut a swath through the large oak grove, felling large numbers of trees, twisting them off like pipe stems. Frank Chandler had both legs crushed at the hips by falling trees, both his horses also being killed. A dozen horses were killed and a large number of buggies and carriages smashed into kind­ ling wood. The grove contained several thousand people, who were driven into a panic by the storm. Secretary of the Interior Bliss has as the assistants in his department four ex- Congressmen and an ex-Mayor. Neither the Chinese nor the Portu­ guese minister has made a protest against the Hawaiian treaty of annexation. The congressional district represented by Jerry Simpson is, in point of popula­ tion, the largest in the United States. The resignation of M^rane Cox, United States minister to Honduras and Salva­ dor, has been received at the State De­ partment. The State Department has resolved to again press the McCoid claim upon the Peruvian Government and try to bring it to a settlement. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich is back in Washington after a long rest at his home at Sharwiek Neck, B. I. His health is much improved. Carroll D. Wright, chief of the National Bureau of Labor at Washington, has been nominated for president of the American Unitarian Association. A bell has been purchased by the family of the late Secretary of the Treasury Dan­ iel Manning for the United States cruiser which bears his name. Senator Spooner presented a petition to the Senate signed by 103,000 citizens of Chicago, protesting against the proposed increase of the tax on beer. j r 1 Senator Chandler is a devotee of bicy­ cling and spends much of his time at home riding over the roads of New'Hampahire. He has nearly 5,000 m>les^><ms credit. Senator Frye of Maine <flas incited Pres­ ident McKlnley and Senator Mark^Hanna to visit him during the summer and enjoy the fishing of the famous lake region of Maine. Senator Harris of Tennessee, the octo­ genarian of the United States Senate, who has been in public life for fifty-six years, is at Atlantic City and is much improved in health. Congressman George S. White of North Carolina, the only colored member of the House of Representatives, is not a full* blooded negro. H? claims both Irish and Indian blood in his ancestry. Congressman Suiloway of New Hamp­ shire is a member^of-the Salvation Army and his wife was f$tneriy an army "las­ sie." He has -ffiBQueptly been seen in Salvation Army parades, both in Massa­ chusetts and in Washington. Representative Bailey of Texas was aroused from youthful laziness and- stirred to an ambition that was the starting oil his career by reading Mrs. Southworth's "Ishmael ; or, In'the Depths," being great­ ly impressed by the character of Ishmael Worth. • ==P , . \ tion of this dispatch will cause resent­ ment in Ergland. It was really the worlj of Mr. Foster and Mr. Hamlin, jointly. I learn th:U the administration is very prouJ of the dispatch^ and believes it wil| be received in the- United States with the same pecui'ar approval as greeted Mr. Olney's Venezuela dispatch. Lord Salis­ bury has not yet replied. "A later dispatch of the same series comp'-sins that while America maintain­ ed a fleet of five vessels to prevent ille-i gal sealing in Behring Sea England had only two, one of these being a mere yacht." HOT WAVE IS FATAL. Village of Erie Has a Bad Fire-Six '• Chicago Victims to Patriotic En* thusiasm--Terrific Heat Kills Many --Railroads Have a Big Week. Fire Burns Fifteen Bnlldings. A fire broke out in the general merchan- flise store of William Smith at Erie Sat- arday forenoon, and in the three hours in which the flames raged uncontrolled three itores and twelve dwelling houses were destroyed, but the department at Lyndon was brought on a special train. By he­ roic work the big elevator and the rail­ road station were saved. During the tire several men and women were overcome by the lieat and one of the latter is not expected to recover. The fire is sup­ posed to have been started by the prema­ ture explosion of some fireworks. Loss estimated from $15,000 to $20,000, with little insurance. Railway Business Enormous. Passenger business out of Chicago has been enormous,, city ticket agents declar­ ing that it has been the greatest since the close of the World's Fair. The great de­ mand, for tickets has been the result of the Christian Endeavor convention in Cal­ ifornia. Ticket men say they have been sleeping in their offices and have worked full forces of meu night and day. The Christian Endeavor business is likely to produce some surprises. In the first place, it is said to have broken all previous rec­ ords of excursion business moving by sleepers. The .two big sleeping car com­ panies were utterly unable to meet the demands for cars, though Woodruffs, Manu boudoir cars and other old patterns were repaired and pressed into service. On many roads chair cars were made to serve as Sleepers, as were also parlor cars. All along it has been the opinion that the Chicago and "Northwestern and the Burlington carried nearly all the bus­ iness out of Chicago. The Bock Island people claimed that they carried 200 extra Pullmans filled with people into Colora­ do. The Santa Fee, it is reported, car­ ried 130 Pullmans into California. These figures surpass those of the Chicago and Northwestern, which ran 111 sleepers, and of the Burlington, which ran about ninety. Hot Wave Is Fatal. Wednesday Thursday . Friday Saturday .. Sunday ... Monday ... Died. .. 3 .. 0 .. 1 .. 5 . . . 8 ..20 Pros­ trated. 8 I) 16 64 30 16 Total 37 140 In this table is recorded the mortality and prostration from heat in the six days' duration of the hot wave at Chicago. Belief to a suffering people came Mon­ day, when the hot wave vanished and there came the balmy atmosphere of an ideal July day. But the sick and weak who had been stricken by the fiery heat succumbed when the climax was past and the fatalities were more numerous than on any previous day. Following the thunderstorm that cooled the air just be­ fore midnight Sunday, there was a rapid lowering of the temperature and the ther­ mometer did not again rise jfbove 78. The change saved hundreds of lives. It brought refreshment and sleep to the weary and faint, and restored those who were not past saving. It came too late for some. John B. Newcomb Dead. John B. Newcomb, an old resident of Elgin, died Friday morning, aged 73 years. He had been compiliug data of the earliest corners to that section. He was historian of Veteran Post, G. A. B., and secretary of the Old Settlers' Association, and always took an active part iif its an­ nual meetings. He served as city sexton and superintendent of cemeteries and dug the first grave in the Elgin cemetery in 1845. lie learned the names and dates of birth and death of many of the soldiers killed in battle during the war, and caus­ ed headstones to be erected in their mem­ ory. In 1857 he was chosen principal of the Elgin Academy, and in 1860 was ap­ pointed superintendent of schools there. He later became a member of the Board of Education, and for some years was secretary of that board. He devoted a great part of his life to educational work, in which he took the deepest interest. His widow, who survives him, was Are- thusa Gould, whom he married in Han­ over in 1850. Six Die. Six dead--men, boys and girls. This is the Chicago record of the giant cracker, the toy cannon, the revolver and the bot­ tle filled with powder that exploded. Not all of them were victims of accidents that occurred Monday. Some were injured the day before and died with the noises of the celebration ringing in their almost stilled ears. Along with the dead is a list of those who may die, and a large number of others who will bear the marks of their 1897 enthusiasm throughout the years to come. Fortunately fires were few aud those that did occur were not destructive. Chief Swenie's men were vigilant, but they had scarcely a blaze to battle with that firemen considered worth the fighting. State News in Brief. The Will County Teachers' Institute closed a five days' session. Over 500 teach­ ers were present. At Joliet the Consolidated Steel and Wire Company closed down their Joliet plant for repairs. There were over 900 men working at this plant who were laid off. Henry Yates, of Jacksonville was de­ cided upon for the position of chief depu­ ty under ex-Judge Bichard Yates, recent­ ly appointed collector of revenue for the southern district of Illinois. John Shaw disappeared from his home near Gilberts Sunday and his friends are fearful of foul play. He is 22 years old. No reason is known for his departure. Money was due him from his employer. He took nothing but what he wore. Five persons were drowned at Chicago Tuesday while seeking relief from the ex­ cessive heat in the water, being seized with cramps owing to the high tempera­ ture of their bodies. One man died f-om an apoplectic stroke induced by beat, while another was driven temporarily in­ sane and is now confined at the county hospital in danger of brain fever. Mrs. Alexander Gilmore of Urbana threw th>? contents of a pan of very strong lye in the eye$ of Chailes Philles, a truck gardener. He will lose the sight of both eyes and may die. The woman said she did the deed in self-defense. Emma Oschner, aged 12 years, was in­ stantly killed at Joliet by coming in conj tact with a guy wire of the Economy Light and Power Company. The child was watching the funeral of Emil Wag­ ner, a playmate, who was killed by a horse. Albert Oschner, thje father of the child, received a tremendous shock in releasing the child. The coroner's jury held the Economy Light and Power Com­ pany liable for the death. Thomas F. McShatje was drowned .while bathing in the Okaw river, • The population of Peoria City, as an­ nounced by the directory census, 4s 68,- 728, or .in increase of J,TO2 over last vear. It is claimed that "one-sixth of the peo­ ple of Chicago ride bicycles." The other five-sixths get more exercise by/dodging. Two thugs blindfolded Mrs. Martin Ho- gan in the doorway of the Holy "Family Church at Chicago Sunday night and rob­ bed her of her purse containing $95. t Judge David J. Baker of Cairo, who was defeated for re-election to the Su-' preme Court of Illinois has announced his intention of removing to Chicago to practice law. That Wisconsin minister who thinks that "the Garden of Eden was located south of Milwaukee" may be able to find it there yet if he will only come far enough south. i J A. • Walbaum, president of the Gales- burg Fuel Company, died suddenly on a passenger train. Since 1868 he had op­ erated large quarries near Gladstone. He leaves a widow and five children. The home of Henry Gensert, a Gales- burg cigar manufacturer, was entered bjr burglars and jewelry worth $500 was stol­ en. The plunder included diamond rings, a gold, watch and diamond bracelets. The amalgamated scale of wages at the Illinois Steel' Company's works in Joliet is the same as last year. The men and their employers are both satisfied. The reports in .the Chicago morning papers to the effect, that there was trouble ai-d a shut-down, with prospects of a strike, ar<; without foundation^ A frightened horse drawing a wagon in which were eight persons galloped at fu­ rious speed down a precipitous hill near Hubbard's woods, north of Evanston on the shore of Lake Michigan, Sunday noon and, falling at its foot, hurled the human cargo into a ragged ditch. One may die. All were injured. The white dress of a girl cyclist who ran across the roadway in^ front of the horse frightened the ani mal and the disaster resulted. Tea importations at the Chicago cus­ tom house have come to a full stop, and Tea Examiner Langley says in all his forty years' government service be never went so long without a cup of tea boiling on his desk to have its quality tested. All of the Chicago importers are clearing their tea at San Francisco and Tac«ma in fear of the passage of the tariff bill be­ fore the consignment could reach Chi­ cago. Ten cents a pound duty is to be impose 1 while tea is now on the free ist. Chicago's death rate for the week end ing Tuesday was the lowest ever recorded. The total number of deaths reported fvom all causes was 342. The previous week 439 deaths were reported. This, is con­ sidered a remarkable showing,> and is causing much comment among physicians Dr. Beilly, assistant commissioner of health, declares the death rate last week is the lowest ever recorded for a single week in any city of Chicago's size in the world. The most marked decrease was found in the deaths from pulmonary dis­ eases. Grandma Mary Baker, the oldest person in Cas-3 County, celebrated her ninety- seventh birthday Tuesday at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Cyrus Evans. Her health is good ind she enjoys the use of her faculties to a remarkable ex­ tent. Following a' custom begun several years ago, she went out in the harvest field and bound several sheaves of wheat Her descendants number six children, fifty-nine grandchildren, 1(30 great-grand­ children, or a total of 242 living children. She hopes to reach :be hundredth mile­ stone. Adam Dulein was one of a party of eight employing themselves at Baldwin's Park, Quincy, Sunday night shooting the chutes. During one cf the trips a worn- ,an in the party became frightened, and, jumping to her feet, upset the boat, throwing all into the water. It was sup­ posed that all were rescued, as the witer in the 'ake was shallow and n'd"trouble was experienced in getting the unfortu­ nate persons out. Monday evening, how ever, the attendants at the chutes were startled by seeing Dulein's body floating in the lake. Dulein was 21 years of age The trial of A. C. Gregory, charged with the murder of his wife, began at Gales- burg Monday and came to an unexpected end. His attorneys discovered a technical error in the drawing of the jury panel and the court sustained the objection, ruling that no case could be tried at this term of court without the defense consenting to accept the jury selected. Gregory is charged with having assaulted his wifi last winter, causing her death within a few days. Public feeling runs high against him aud there is much excitement at the postponement of his trial. Some consternation has been occasion­ ed among the young society men of Bloom ingtou and Bloomiugton township by the discovery that Assessor Ator has assess­ ed at a good round figure every diamond he could locate in making his rounds. Hundreds of the young men of the city are paying for diamonds on the install ment plan and many oi them are sporting gigantic crystals for which they have as­ signed fabulous values.. They are all tu- multuourly protesting now, but will have to contribute to the public fund just the same. Assessor Ator and other assessors of the county say the stocks of goods in business houses are much lighter than they were one year ago. Estimates on Chicago's population made by accountants in the employ of the Lake­ side Directory Company place the figure? at 1,828,000. The work is not complete, but the result will not it is believed, differ greatly with the estimate. The estimate shows an increase of 76,000 over last year and exceeds grfcatly the one mr.de when the canvass of the city was com pletc^. At that time the compilers be­ lieved that the increase would be but little more than 50,000. Taking the in crease of the last few years as a basis, officers of the directory company assert that tne census of l'JOO will show that the population of Chicago has passed the 2,000,000 mark. .The directory this veai will contain about 100 pages more than the issue of 1890. The ltockford Sugar Belining Company has resumed the buying of corn, takir.g in 9,000 bushels per d'<y, after a paitial shut-down for a monti for repairs. Th« officials of the company smile at the ruinoi that the concern is thinking of going into the trust. A breach of promise suit, in which dam­ ages of $20,000 are asked, was filed in th« Superior Court at Chicago. James J. Townsend of Chicago, the well-known stock broker, politician and clubman, is made defendant, and Miss Bose Brady ol Media, Pa., appears in the role of plain­ tiff. Three footpads held up Ole Schiffier al Chicago aud robbed him of a satchel con­ taining $640. He was guarded by foui associates, but by a quick dash the rob bers captured the plunder and escaped Schiffier keeps a saloon, and was carrying the money to his home. So far there is no indication of any in­ tention on the part of the 300 coal minen of Bloomington going on a strike in con­ sequence of the order of Secretary B.v an A large proportion of the BloomingtQB miners are union men. They are, how­ ever, an unusually contented set, and have in the past been slow to strike oi participate in labor movements general in their character. Tv&s then, as now, a most ardent. of free silver,, and thoss fanners in hia district who agreed with Mm in that! opinion gave him,their most hearty sup­ port In t)he next election Major Laceyi opposed him again, and this time defeated him. Congressman Lacey a gam defeated* him last fall,, but these defeats omJy served' to strengthen his hold witih the free sUve^ minority in the State, and he was soon- talked of for Governor. BIMETALLIC MEN MEET. C Ohio Valley League Convenes at CIn« cinnati and Hears Speeches. The Ohio Valley Bimetallic League met Tuesday at the Pike Opera House head­ ing In Cincinnati, and chose George Washington of Newport, Ky., temporary chairman. Delegates were present from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Vir­ ginia. Ex-Congressman H. F. Baxtine made an address. After an outing in the afternoon to Coney Island the principal event was the ovation to William J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan arrived late in the afternoon, and with his friend, Horace B. Dunbar, dined at the residence of John B. McLean. People crowded the streets around the residence nd compelled Mr. Bryan, as he went to is carriage, to go through a brief season •of handshaking. Mr. Bryan was driven to the Pike Opera House. His reception was one long, protracted, deafening roar of enthusiasm. He said he was not there to speak, but to exhort. What he wanted was organization and agitation until bi­ metallism 'triumphed. DIED ON SHTPBOARIX Archbishop Jansaens, Who Bled While on a Visit to Hia Old Home. Archbishop Francis Janssens of Nam Orleans died on the steamer en route to New York, wh« take a ship for Europe, his ing to visit his family in archbishop had labored hard i time it had been apparent breaking down. Yielding to the importu- ARCHBISHOP JANSSEX8. nities of his friends, he decided to pay a visit to his family, believing that a sea voyage would do him good. Archbishop Janssens came to America as a priest, became bishop in Mississippi and on the death of Archbishop Leray was appoint­ ed in 18S8 archbishop of the New Orleans diocese, one of the largest and most im­ portant in America. JUDGE COPLEY AN INVALID. Loss of Memory Is Followed by a Dis­ play of Deep Melancholy. It is learned that Thomas M. Cooley, who has for many years been one of the leading legal lights of the country and an authority on several of his special sub­ jects, has lost his mind almost, pletely, an< there is a that he may be taken to som* vate asylum in the near future. For some time Mr. Coo­ ley has been gradu­ ally failing in he/lth* and for several THOMAS jr. COOLEY months he has had to be constantly attended. It was only; recently, however, that his mind became affected. Judge Cooley was for many| years i member of the faculty of the Unit versity of Michigan, a judge of the Su­ preme Court, and constituted for som? time the head and front of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Sparks from the Wi^ea. The State Department has received _ statement from . Consul General L«e at Havana in which he declares his son has * no connection whatever with the prema­ tura publication some time ago of the Buiz report. • Speaker Beed says that he has the; matter of the appointment of the COSOM mittees under consideration and that un­ less something now unforeseen occufca to ! change l'is present inclination, he wilt prepare the lists and submit them prior to the final adjournment. Bobert J. Powley was successfully elec troeuted at Auburn penitentiary, N. Y. ? His crime was the murder of his wife, Bepresentative Shafroth of Colorado s introduced a bill providing that when e Government receipts fall off the sal­ aries of all Federal officers except the President and niembers of the 8< Court shall be reduced proportionately, Harris H. Cutting, about 19 age, was drowned at Waltham, Mi was in a double pointed boat and a companion Miss Bridget Cady. cideut was the result of "feoling." Cady was r»a«tted by a man in another boat. IW? 4 sSI