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• V • ik yi Sr^A^vi » • ILLINOIS INCIDENTS, Alderman Mangier of Chic&go asserts that he was offered a bribe of $2,000 to vote for a certain ordinance. The State's Attorney is investigating. _ John Ilupreelit, who claimed the distinc­ tion of being the oldest butcher in Chi­ cago, died.-Tuesday as the result of a sunstroke received a week before. Oscar Gregory, aged 10, and Willie Metzker, aged 14, both of Chicago, are in jail at Janesville, Wis. Metzker was until a few weeks ago in the industrial school at Glenwood, but ran away. They left Chicago Saturday for the West, and were found hiding in the Northwestern freight depot. 1 ' Four bandits attached a Twelfth street electric car at Chicago Sunday night. A revolver was held to the motorman's head and he was compelled to stop the car. The other three robbers, one of whom had a revolver, held up the conductor and took $30 and a watch from him The motor- man's watch was also taken. A horse, frightened by a collision with a bicycle rider Sunday night at North Evanston, overturned the carriage to which it was (attached, and before the five occupants, who reside in Evanston, could be rescued they were all injured by the animal's kicks, one of them, a child of 4 years^ probably fatally. In the sight of thousands Of Chicago pleasure seekers at Lincoln Park Wed­ nesday afternoon a man whose identity is still a- mystery ended his life by leaping from the high bridge that spans the la­ goon. The spectators were dazed at the suddenness of the deed and when a res­ cuing party reached the body life was ex­ tinct.. In the.pocket of his coat was found a note signed K. Wurttenberg. The .premium list, of the Illinois State fair is being distributed. The offerings aggregate $45,000, and the classification is made to conform as nearly as practi­ cable to that of the World's Fair, which will insure a greater uniformity in ex­ hibits, especially in the live stock classes, than heretofore. Many applications have been received for stalls for live stock and exhibit space for farm machinery, vehi­ cles and mercantile displays. Among other prizes offered by the association is one in which the corn growers of Illinois will be especially interested, which is as follows: "To the person raising the great­ est amount of corn on one acre of meas­ ured ground, all things considered, first premium, one set of Fairbanks farm scales and $100; second premium, $100; third premium, $50." A bicycle scorcher is responsible for the death of Mrs. M. A. Morton, who was in­ stantly killed Wednesday afternoon at Chicago, at Forty-third street and Michi- pi.u avenue. The scorcher ran into the hoieo Mrs. Morton was driving, fright­ ened the animal and caused it to dash dowr. the boulevard at a furious speed, overturning the carriage and throwing Mrs. Morton out. Those who saw the bicyclist say he is entirely to blame for the fatal accident. He was a typical scorcher, riding with his head down when he struck the animal. The wheelman was thrown from his bicycle by the col­ lision, I" ut he quickly regained his saddle and rode swiftly away without waiting to ascertain the result of his carelessness. The dead woman was the wife of M. A. Morton, a real estate dealer. Two years ago George W. Moe desert­ ed his wife and baby boy at Chicago. Since that time Mrs. Moe hadn't seen her husband until the other night, when, in company with her sister and mother, she boarded a street car. As she climbed on the car the first person she saw was her husband seated beside a woman with whom he was conversing. Mrs. Moe made a dive for her husband and seized him by the coat collar. Moe struck his wife in the face, and Officer Quigley went to her assistance. Justice Foster issued a warrant for him for wife abandonment. Moe was married to Kitty Butts in Des Moines, la., nine years ago. At that time she was the belle of the Iowa capital and the wedding was a brilliant affair. At­ torney Mrrganstein, who represents Moe, says he secured a decree of divorce for his client in Judge Ilorton's court Satur­ day and that Mrs. Moe now has no claim upon Moe. '• Two men were killed outright, six badly injured and a whole construction train lost Wednesday in a wreck under the Bellefontaine bridge over the Missouri river, a mile beyond West Alton. The Burlington and Missouri, Kansas and Texas loads maintain a joint construction train, which works at intervals from a trestle under the big bridge, in order to fill in riprap when necessary to protect the shore pier,s from the rush of the Missouri current. This is done twice a year, and Wednesday a train of eight cars was or­ dered out for that purpose. The trestle was tried in advance, but gave way when the weight of the cars came upon it. In an instant the whole train, except the oli­ vine, plunged into the river. John Choun and Robert Hatfield went under the first car to the bottom of the river. The six other men saved themselves by jumping, but all were badly hurt. Choun is mar­ ried, living at Bucklin, and Hatfield is a single man of Brookfield, Mo. They are having real nice, exciting times in Chicago nowadays. Every few minutes each night, in various parts of the city, a squad of sandbaggers slug the life out of some belated pedestrian and take his valuables, sometimes even his clothes. A party of calico-masked gentle­ men boa.nl street cars and poke guns the size of mountain howitzers under the noses of ci\w and passengers and get away with Mfc Yerkes' hard-earned nick­ els and much bric-a-brac belonging to Ins patrons, or else the festive marauders "hold up" some luckless wight of saloon­ keeper, administer a quietus with a bun&- starter, and ride off in a buggy. Wednes­ day night the program was varied a little. A policeman happened to see a party of three of the bandits just as they had fin­ ished a job, and calling two patrol wag­ ons full of police, cha&e was made for sev­ eral blocks, the pursued lashing their horse to a run. Twenty or thirty shots were fired, and it is thought one roober was killed and another hurt. But there is no corpse yet in evidence. Mayor E. AY. Brown treated 1,600 poor children of Rockford to a picnic Wednes­ day, taking them to Column on a special train of sixteen coaches. All sorts of games and amusements had been pro­ vided for the,,little folks and it was the greatest excursion that ever went out of Rockford. The children consumed twen­ ty-eight bairels of lemonade, 4,000 ham sandwiches and other refreshments in pro­ portion, all of which were provided by the Mayor. Four trained nurses were also in the party ready for duty, but Mere not needed, not a single accident occurring during the day. The Carrollton City Council passed a curfew ordinance, requiring all children udder 1G years of age to be at home aft«>r 9 o'clock at night, unless accompanied by a written permit from their parents or guardians. Fred Snyder of 6G31 Aberdeen street, who was injured by a Wentworth avenue car at 81st street July 10, died at Mercy hospital.j Snyder, who was 24 years old, boarded a Wentworth avenue car at 31st street Saturday. As he did so one of two men on the car knocked off his hat, say­ ing: "You can't ride on this car, Fred." Snyder turned to catch his hat, lost his balance and fell beneath the wheela o? the trailer. Both legs were cut off- GROWS IN GRAVITY. REAR ADMIRAL BEARDSLEE. United States Naval Officer Who Will Keep an Kye on Hawa^ Rear Admiral Lester A. Beardslee, who will safeguard the interests of the United States in Hawaii during the excitement attendant upon the annexation crisis^, is one of the most interesting character* in the United-States navy. He isuowSl yertrs old, and is A thorough* sailor. He has been in the navy ever, since .1850,- when he was appointed acting midship­ man. In 1855, he was attached to the sloop Plymouth for service in the East Irfdies, and in that year he participated LOADS OF GOLD. IT PASSES THE HOUSE MAD RUSH OF WATER. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH FULLY RECORDED. COAL MINERS' STRIKE IS FAR FROM SETTLEMENT. MINERS RETURN FROM ALASKA WITH FORTUNES. THE NEW TARIFF MEASURE IS PUSHED ALONG. CLOUDBURST DOES AWFUL DAM­ AGE IN OHIO. <Gam|e Warden Loveday Asks Co­ operation of All Sportsmen -- At­ tempt to Prove Unconstitutionality •of the New Garnishee Law. Will Enforce Illinois Game Laws. H. W. Loveday, State game Warden, (has issued an open letter to the people of Illinois asking their co-operation in en­ forcing the State game laws. Warden Loveday declares the laws shall be strict­ ly and impartially enforced, and asks es­ pecially the assistance of sportsmen and sportsmen's clubs. After calling attention to the game laws on the statute books he says: "I propose that the killing and illicit shipment and sale of game in closed season shall stop. With this object in view I invoke and earnestly request the assistance of all true men and sportsmen of the State. I ask you to organize in every cohnty that has not already done so, and to send the names of good men who are willing to undertake the duties of deputy warden. The game law states that it shall be the duty of sheriffs, dep­ uty sheriffs, constables and police officers to enforce the game laws. In the name of the people of the State I demand that the railroads preclude illegal shipments, whether to the markets of Chicago or else­ where. It is your duty to notify me at •once of any violation of the game laws. If a letter will not rench irie in time, tele­ graph me. • Do not hesitate. I am ready and will, respond, day or night. I have sworn to enforce the laws, and I propose to redeem my obligations without fear or favor. Give me your help and I promise game shall not be seen on our streets out of season. The prohibition of water fowl shooting before sunrise and after sun­ down will be a feature of my administra­ tion. Krery riolator of the law must be <lealt with summarily. The market hunt­ ers are warned against further offenses. Strenuous efforts will be made to enforce the full penalty. Where fines are uncol­ lectible our recourse is the jail." Wealth Attftits the Efforts of Daring and Hardy Diggers-Stories Are Not "Overdrawn--Corroborative Accounts of the Richness of Clondyke Claims. tabor of Republican Conferees Up* held by a Decisive Vote--Democrats Make a Vigorous Attack on Sngar Schedule--Vote Stands 1S5 to 118. Crab Creek, Near Younicstown, Be­ comes a Torrent and Bnshea Upon the Residents of the City-Many May Have Perished. Tales of Richness Told. More stories of the golden wonders of the arctic mining camp in Alaska are be­ ing told by the returning miners. The stories of the great gold find are sur­ rounded with the frozen breath of winter, for the new gold field is almost within reach of the arctic circle, and the miners are snow and ice bound for six months in the year. Fortunes await the daring and the hardy who have money enough to buy a season's provisions and strength enough to withstand the extreme cold. Those who were in the gold region of Alaska have been able to withstand everything, and are now returning to warmer and more civilized . climes with plenty of money. In the summer the miners find the climate delightful. Those who do not care to fight the rigors of the journey over the divide north of Juneau reach the gold fields by the steamer route along the Yukon river. But the fight for gold is one in whieh all the natural forces of winter are combined against those who seek some of the conveniences of cities. The miners who have returned to San Francisco and Seattle have not exhaust­ ed their tales of the wonderful richness of the arctic mining camp in the Clon­ dyke district. They are raising their voices, however, in solemn warning to those who would go to the gold region without sufficient means and plenty of supplies. Later and more authentic news places the amount of treasure brought down from the Clondyke by the steamer Port­ land at $1,500,000, and there is good rea­ son to bc-lieve that the sum was nearer $2,000,000. Every man was ordered to place his gold-dust in theship's safe, but this was not done. Many of the miners, perhaps half of them, secreted their dust in blan­ kets and satchels, which were taken eith­ er to staterooms, or, as in some instances, were thrown carelessly about the ship. Others deposited small bags of gold in the ship's treasure box and carried far larger amounts in their valises tucked away in stateroom bunks. Clarence J. Berry, one of the Clondyke kings, brought down at least $84,000, not a cent of which the Portland had on record. This state­ ment is mnde on the authority of Capt. William Kidston. Story of a Fortnuate Miner. One of the most interesting of the many Clondyke stories is told by William Stan­ ley. He is 50 years old and has a family of seven children. When he left Seattle for the Yukon a year ago last March he was poor. One of the sons cared for the family, while another and the father sought fortune in the Alaskan placers. Mr. Stanley made the statement that he would not take $1,000,000 for his posses­ sion on the Clondyke. In less than three months he and his partner took out $120,- 000 from claims Nos. 25 and 26, El Do­ rado creek. This great sum of money, in­ credible as it may seem, simply represents the yield of prospect holes--shafts sunk here and there in order to find bcdrock to ascertain the actual value of the claim. They have actually in sight on these two properties over $1,000,000. They are 500-foot claims, and every prospect hole gives up dirt running over $1,000 to the lineal foot. Stanley and his partners, the Worden brothers, also own claims Nos. 53 and 54, El Dorado, known to contain equally high-paying dirt. They also pur­ chased for $45,000 spot cash a half-inter- est in claim No. 32, El Dorado, and they also own valuable claims on Bear gulch, Last Chance gulch and Indian creek. The pans on the claims run from $300 to $350. Five pans taken at random yielded $750. Advice to Gold-Seckcrs. Miners who have returned advise and urge those who contemplate going to the Yukon not to think of taking in less than one ton of food and plenty of clothing. While it is %poor man's country, yet the hardships and privations to be encounter­ ed by inexperienced persons unused to frontier life are certain to result in much suffering. They should go prepared with at least a year's supplies. There are at present about 3,500 people in the country, and that number is about all that can be accommodated this winter. Provisions are high, as it costs 10 to*15 cents a pound to land goods at Dawson City, and it is impossible to get more provisions in this year than will supply the present popula­ tion. If miners rush up there this sum­ mer, unless they take with them their own supplies, they will suffer great hard­ ships. The fare to Dawson City from San Francisco is $150, and it will cost at least $500 to transport supplies for one man. The first discovery of gold on the Clon­ dyke was in the middle of August, 1890, by George Cormack, on a creek emptying into the Clondyke on the south called by the Indians Bonanza. He found $100 to the pan on a high rim, and, after making the find known as Forty Miles, went back with two Indians and took out $1,400 iu three weeks with three sluice boxes. The creek was soon staked from one end to the other, and all the small gulches were also staked and recorded. This is proba­ bly the richest placer ever known in the world. The miners take out gold so fast, and there is so much of it, that they do not have time to weigh it with gold scales. They use steelyfirds. Swept by a Flood. Thursday night a terrific cloudburst 3truck Youngstown, O., flooding the entire valley and causing great damage to prop- lit! erty, both in the city and along the rail­ way lines. Many people are supposed to be drowned. The entire country east and west for twenty miles was flooded and the damage will be enormous, the rail­ roads being the heaviest losers. The Erie Railroad west of Warren fourteen miles, and north of Sharon for the same distance, was entirely washed out, and orders were issued to discontinue all trains. Many residences in Youngstown were flooded out and the occupants were taken away by the police and fire' departments.1 The Mahoning Valley" electric lines were flooded out and all the bridges washed away. The Catholic church at Niles was struck by iightnjng at the same hour and nearly destroyed bjr fire,, while busi- ness houses and manufacturing concerns were flooded. .Henry Mjers, a tailor, while standing at his residence on Mill street, was struck by lightning and killed instantly. Every railroad loading into the city reports ex- •i tensive vr.t bouts and bridges swept away, and the officials say the loss will be the heaviest they have ever known. About 10 o'clock the water came down the Crab creek valley into the city and formed into a flood, sweeping everything that was not fastened down before it. . » The bed of the creek was not more than ; twenty lVet wide, and the flood spread " out to a width of about 2,000 feet. It i rose quickly, and in less than thirty min­ utes the water was up to the second story of all the dwelling houses in the flooded ; districts and was still rising. The whole district was coveted with darkness ex­ cept one small place where a lonely light « shone. Firemen, police and others were on hand quickly, but were powerless to res- ev; cue anybody, as not a boat of any kind was to be had in that portion of the city. The cries of the people in the houses were heartrending to those who stood at the water's edge and were forced to retreat slowly on account of the gradually rising water; Many People Drowned. It is almost a certainty that many peo­ ple were drowned. One whole family was heard crying for help from an upstair* window, when suddenly there i" was a grinding noise, as if the house was being moved from its foundation, and soon the cries from that place ceased. The in­ tense darkness made it impossible to see what was going on, but it is supposed that the house and its occupants went down la the flood. People at the water's edge heard a man crying for help who was apparently being carried down in the flood. The voice grew fainter and it is supposed the un- , r fortunate man perished. PitifufryMfcea help were heard continually, crowd on the shore could dlD0Wlifl the way of giving aid. Police and'firemen went at^wMPTOff^ other part of the city after boats. It was midnight before boats were gotten to the flooded Crab creek district, and the work' of rescue could be started. The boats were manned by firemen, who went to work with a will, but could not make * rapid progress on account of the swift and dangerous current. Nine families were taken out of second story windows within a half hour, and many people were picked np, clinging to debris. REAR ADMIRAL BEARDSLEE, in some of the actions and in at least one battle with the Chinese army at Shang­ hai. In 1856 he was made passed mid­ shipman and detailed for service on the Meirimac. In 1803 he was attached to the Nantucket, and he participated in the attack on the ironclad fleet in Charleston harbor on April 7, 18G3. After the war Lieut. Beardslee, for that was now his title, commanded the gunboat Aroostook. Subsequently he was transferred to the command of the steamer Sagina>v of the Pacific squadron, and later to the com­ mand of the steam sloop Lackawanna of the same station. In 1809 he was com- To Attack the Garnishee Law. The new garnishee law of Illinois is to be attacked in the courts, and organized labor of Chicago will make the fight through its big central organization--the •Chicago Federation of Labor. At the reg­ ular meeting of the Federation Sunday a •committee was appointed to make a test at the first opportunity, Legal advice is to be taken, and it is probable that some one will be selected to pose as the de­ fendant in a test case. The passage of the new garnishment law and its signing by the Governor was not only a surprise to the labor organizations, but is said to have been a violation of a promise given to some of the leaders that it would not •come up during the session. Under the terms of the new law a workingman is *iot exempt for a sum over $8 a week. Our advice is--stay at home and save what little you have.--Kalamazoo Tele- graph. It's quite easy to get the gold fever, but unfortunately that doesn't lessen the hard work of getting the gold.--Binghamton When Constantinople was captured by the Turks its wills were not batteredi down with "collective" notes.--New York Don't start for the Klondyke gold fields without about $500 and a year's supplies, omitting ice cream from the menu.--Far- go Argus. . \ Peary can very easily reimburse those, who subscribe for his polar expedition by- towing a few icebergs home.--Chicago Times-JIerald. , It costs money to go to the Klondyke,, but you can get all the advice you want about staying at home for nothing.--Phil­ adelphia Ledger. Turkey has anticipated the powers with, an ultiniatuni. ^ It now retnains to be seen ^ tune.--St. Louis Post-Dispatch. | If Russia had known that portions of Alaska were principally composed of gold she wouldn't have sold it to William H. Seward for $7,000,000.--Minneapolis Tribune. The powers are treating the sultan with. great mildness. They evidently believe that moral suasion is much more effica- A cious than brick-bats--Cleveland Plain Dealer. . JmI| Uncle Sam has never made a mistake in. annexations, and he is not likely to go wrong in the next one after having thought it over for sixty years.--St. Louie Globe-Deu.ocrat. In view of the enormous amount of metal some of the pans in that Klondykei district are said to wash, ifs very proba- .fl ble that lots of these stories won't wash. --Philadelphia Times. * And new the Hawaiian volcano of Kl* .|| lauea is in a state of active eruption* «? M "Jlj Maybe the poor thing is trying to voice the native opinion of the annexation scheme* --St. Louis Republic. With his abundant opportunities foraei sociatiug with colossally intell̂ etual war* correspondents the Turk is so shockingly; ignoraut that he does not know the war la really over.--Kansas City Times. No American's slumbers should be trou­ bled because the London Globe says thai jffci Japanese will ravage the coast of Gait* fomia, or because the Saturday Review JKJI declares the Japanese are stronger than we are in the Pacific.--Boston Transcript. * * Ex-President Cleveland will not go |ntg|"jK innocuous desuetude if letter writing cqjr keep him before the public.--Baltimore fipf Many of the young men who are going • to Alaska to get a few bags bf gold dust and a barrel or so of nuggets will be send­ ing home for the price of a return ticket before they have sojourned very, long in the Klondyke country.--Minneapolis Times. 1 , - * "J SHEDS HIS SKIN News of Minor Note. Bellamy Storer, the new United States minister to Belgium, arrived at his post Thursday. . There being no prospect of work in Chili several thousand Chilian laborers may emigrate to Brazil. The Bradley-Martins are said to have purchased Barney Barnato's unfinished palace in London. Robert Ainsworth of 527 North Fran­ cisco street, Chicago, was killed by thieves in New Orleans. The German exports to the United States during the last few months show, with few exceptions, a large increase over those of last year. A great strike of the engineering trades is on in England. Both masters and men have been preparing for the conflict and it promises to be lengthened. Two Cherokee freedmen and one wom­ an were shot and killed by Paul Elliott, a white nan, near Haydeu, I. T. Jealousy over the woman was the cause. Gen. Booth-Tucker of the Salvation ar­ my has interested Secretary of Agricul­ ture Wilson in his plans for self-support­ ing colonies of the unemployed. Owing to the drought in New South Wales and South Australia it will be nec­ essary to import into that country thou­ sands of tons of California wheat. It is believed that Emperor William of Germany intends to promote an under­ standing with the czar which will isolate Great Britain in her oriental policy. The majority of the parliamentary com­ mittee investigating the South African raid has presented a report exonerating Chamberlain and the home government and placing the blame upon Itsoaes. A Montana Miner Affected with a Peculiar Affliction. John H. Price, a miner of Phillipsburg, Mont., is affected with a peculiar afflic­ tion. lie sheds his skin every year. He has twice visited Chicago to be attended by physicians, but this year he went to Butte, Mont., where he underwent the process. Price is now 40 years old, and for the past thirty-two years he has annually ex­ changed his old skin for a new one. He