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•J?*."5 •/ -ft! • .j i r «^ 'A^".w ; •> ? . 7^ I 7^ - / <?•< W**> •'. '̂ •V'T •; ^Svi 1 •'; v'" JfeJJeify J ktsleilw. J. TAX SL1KK, KDILW * PCKU*K«R. : : : ILLINOIS EPITOME OF THE WEEK. WMUUT I*AKA6I ^§veral fatal cases of Asiatic cholera hfT6 appeared in Sweden. The New York Democratic State Convention is to be held at Syracuse, on the 25th of September. * The Massachusetts State Democratic Convention has been called to meet at Wor­ cester on Sept. 17. -ii-fcf > Stephen Cobb, formerly Member of y"',v Congress from the Second Kansas DUtrlct, v'% v ̂ . 4ied a few days ago. The assassin of Gen. Metsentzow, the Chief of the Russian Police, has been discov­ ered. His name is Deutsch. • »<«,* :0S?$ ' The Greenback ticket of Vermont ia as follow :̂ For Governor, C. C. Martin; Lieutenant-Governor, J. W. Currier; State Treasurer, Fletcher Tarble. The celebrated horse Rarus trotted three heats at Hartford, Conn., on the 23d, in 8:15,3:18>£ and 2:13%--the fastest three con­ secutive heats ever trotted. The New York Republicans have de­ cided to hold a State Convention, and a call has been issued directing delegates to meet at \Saratoga, on the 85th of September. At Oaktown, Ind., on the evening of the 26th, Mrs. Marshal Charley was fatally burned by the explosion of a can of kerosene- OIL 8he was kindling the kitchen fire. Dennis Kearney was in Washington, and called on the President, on the 28th, and was courteously received and entertained for a few moments in general conversation. '*A Nashville (Tenn.) dispatch of a recent date announces the receipt of a tele­ gram from Hon. Emerson Etheridge, who is * now in Europe, declining the receDtly-tender- ed Republican nomination for Governor. The shoemaker s' strike in Chicago was ended by a compromise between the man- . nfacturers and workmen, on the 24th, and the latter were to resume operations on the 26th, good feeling prevailing between the employ «rs and employes. The censns of Washington, D. C.f just completed, shows a population of 131,000, 43,000of whom are Colored. There were found twenty-two colored persona over 100 years old, one being reported as old as 110. Seventy persons were between ninety and 100. T<he International Monetary Confer­ ence, which had been in session at Paris, ad­ journed sine die, on the 29th ult. The Ameri­ can delegates urged some positive action, but the delegates adopted a formula affirming the - necessity of maintaining the monetary char­ acter of silver as well as gold, but recom­ mending that each State be left free to use either or both, and to allow or disallow the tree coinageof silver. The Association for the Advancement of Scien ce, recently in session at St Louis, «lected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, George F. Barker, Philadel­ phia; Vice-Presidents, S. B. Langley, Alle­ gheny City,Pa.,Maj. J. W.Powell, Washings- ton ; Grand Secretary, G. A. Little, Georgia; Treasurer, W. F. Vaux, Philadelphia. The Per­ manent Secretary, F. W. Putnam, holds over. T*e next session of the society is to be held at Saratoga on the third Wednesday in August of next year. I *-*i rtbit pi' V % % The J&mperor of Austria issued an order, on the 23d, directing the formation of an army of 180, (KM) men, to operate in Bosnia and Heieegovina. It was reported, on the came day, that the Servians were massing troops near Oranga, and a war with that Pow­ er was feared. A Hague* telegram of the 23d says the Montenegrins were endeavoring to shell HwTurksowtof Podgoritza. /. The weavers and winders in thirteen cotton mills, At Radcliife, Eng., struck against «reduction of pay, on the 23d. About 3,500 looms were idle, and several hundred more were expeetod to «top when the notices should expire. A Buehareet dispatch of the 24th •ays Russia had sent to Roumania an ener­ getic note demanding the immediate surren­ der or Bessarabia. A Paris dispateh of the 25th says the distribution of Exposition prizes had been postponed until Oct. 20. A Berlin telegram of the 25th says that Nobellng, the would-be-assassin of the Kmperor, was either mad or feigning mad­ ness. Experts would endeavor to decide which. More Indian troubles in Oregon were reported on the 25th. Several settlers at Priest's Rapids, ou the Columbia River, had been killed. A Constantinople telegram of the 190th announces the removal of the Russian headquarters from San Stefano to Rodosto. Two violent earthquake shocks were felt in portions of Germany on the 26th. No ,great damage was don«. Vienna dispatches of the 27th say it had been authoritatively ascertained that the Servian Government waa mixed up with the Bosnian troubles. The Servian Ministry has resigned, and Premier Ristics has been Intrusted with flie formation of a new one. On the 27th, a deputation of the Ule- mas waited on the Sultan of Turkey with a demand for a change in the Cabinet. The National Agricultural Congress began its annual session at New Haven, Conn,, «& the 27th. A Vienna telegram of the 28th says . <he Bosnian insurgents had offered to submit to Austrian occupation If liberal autonomy srere offered. A Constantinople dispatch of the 28th **ys the Lazis had concluded not to resist jfurther the Russian occupation of Batoum. rhe Connecticut State Prohibition - <Ceevention met at Hartford, on the 28th, and nominated Jesse G. Baldwin for Governor, Oeo. iP. Rogers, Jr., for Lieutenant-Governor, . A- S. Beardsley for Secretary of State, W. 8. Williams for Treasurer and Edmund Tuttle lilrComptrotlef. Two of the coaches of an excursion- train on the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad were thrown down an embankment, near I*ockwoo4» Micja., OB the 28th. Thirty-five persons were tajured, several seriously and three fatally. The cause of the accident was supposed to have been a broken rail. A BERLIN dispatch of the 29th says a sanguinary fi^ht had occurred at Jamboli between the Russians and Bulgarians, because the former endeavored to stop the maltreat* 4»ent of Jews and Turks. Many on both sides were killed or wounded. The Democratic Convention for the TSWitory of Dakota was held at Yankton, on the 29th. Bartlett Tripp, of Yankton, was nominated for Congress. . . , The Bank at Concordia, Mo., was entered by three men, on the afternoon of the 29tli, »uu out <_>! uiciu nbkeil Ui« utsMer, who was alone in the bank, to change a ton-dollar bill. While he was doing so, another of the men jumped over the counter, caught the cashier by the arm, and placed one hand over his mouth. The men then took what money was in sight, and putting a pistol to the cash­ ier's head, compelled him to open the safe. The robbers took all the paper-money (be­ tween $3,000 and $4,000) there was in the aafe, but refused to take the silver, of which there was between $2,000 and ff3,000. The rObbers then made their escape from the town on horseback.. The Whole affair occupied about ten minutes. The Tennessee Greenback State Con­ vention was held at Nashville, On the 29th. The resolutions adopted demand the abolition of the National Banks; the issuing by the Government of legal-tender paper money, to be an absolute dollar, equal to a dollar in gold or stiver; that the public lands shall be held in trust for homes for American citizens; that a postal depository be established, and certificates be issued on deposits; a graduated tax on all incomes over $1,000; declare oppo­ sition to the importation of servile Chinese; denounce all violent measures, and appeal to the ballot-box for a redress of grievances. Judge E. H. East was nominated for Governor. THE VEUOW-rBVER SOOVBfiE. A Memphis dispatch of the 25th says in­ stances were known in that city of parents de­ serting their children, and children their par­ ents. The wife and three children of a prom* inent citizen were taken with the fever dur­ ing his absence from the city. He was tele­ graphed for by the Howards, and replied: "Take care of my family." His wife died, and the children were conveyed to the City Hospital, where one of them died, on the 25th. A Washington telegram of the 25th says the southwestern coast cities had so far escaped the yellow-fever. The Secretary of War had made liberal provisions for furnish­ ing rations to the destitute in the South, and orders were given, on that day, for a supply of 5,000 rations for Grenada. Liberal contribu­ tions were being made for the yellow-fever sufferers. Two cases of yellow-fever were dis­ covered, in Philadelphia, on the night of the 24th. A man died at the New York City Quar­ antine Hospital, on the 23d, of yellow-fever, contracted while unloading a cargo of log­ wood. A man died in Cairo, on the 24th, of, it is supposed, yellow fever. He was from Memphis. A somewhat similar case occurred in Pittsburgh, the victim dying on the 26th. The health report from the Surgeon- General's Office in Washington, issued on the 35th, gives the total of cases in New Orleans, so far, at 1,073; deaths, 534. Vicksburg, 400 cases and sixty-nine deaths. Memphis, 144 cases and fifty-three deaths during preceding six days. Canton, Miss., eighteen cases and eight deaths. Port Gibson, Miss., 118 cases and nine deaths. In Grenada, so many of the remain!Ti£ population were stricken with the disease that definite Information of the num­ ber of cases and deaths could not be obtained. A Grenada special of the 27th says the situation there was more encouraging, but help was still needed. The night before people had died without an attendant of any kind. Generous contributions were being made all over the country, on the 27th, for the relief of the suffering South. During the twenty-four hours ending at six p. m., on the 2Stb, there were 119 new cases and fifty-eight deaths in Memphis. Of the latter forty-seven were white and eleven colored. More physicians were needed. Dr Mitchell reported that he found scores of people sick and d ving without having been seen by the physicians. He says the scenes of death and distress were indescribable. The negroes had become clamorous for ratiors, and surrounded the Commissary Department, hptt the crowd was kept back by a colored mil­ itary company. The new cases in New Or­ leans numbered 220'; deaths, fifty-seven. In Vicksburg there were 125 new cases and fif­ teen deaths. Port Gibson and Canton, Miss., were suffering severely. Two drug stores were the only business houses open in the latter place. Another death from yetlow fever occurred in Cincinnati, on the 28th. A number of deaths from fever were reported from country places adjacent to Memphis, on the 29th. The deaths in that city on that day numbered seventy; new cases, ninety-nine. A drenching rain fell in the afternoon. The number of new cases in Vicksburg, during twenty-four hours ending on the 29th, was 129; deaths, seventeen. Quarantine regulations were still being rigid­ ly enforced in Cairo, 111., and there was said to be no yellow fever in that city. Up to the 30th, nearly $30,000 had been subscribed in New York City for the re­ lief of the yellow-fever localities, $15,000 in Chicago and proportionate amounts in other Eastern and Western cities. --George Eliot is now a trifle more than fifty-eight years ol<J. She began her literary career young, and was ed­ itor of the Westminster Review when only twenty-three; but her first novel, " Adam Bede," was published when she was thirty-eight, so that her brill­ iant career as a novelist is included within a score of years. Her late poetp, " A College Breakfast Party," pub­ lished in MacMUlari1 s for July, was written four years ago, and its publica­ tion does not appear to have created the faintest flutter of interest. --"I'm a resting!" Baid a tramp yes­ terday to a person who interrogated him. "This is my vacation. The goods which "I manufacture are now out of sea­ son." And he took oJF the rim of his hat through which his hair projected like a Prince-of-Wales plume. In the inside was pasted a piece of paper bearing the date, "May 8, 1900--1 p.m. "That," said he cheerfully, " is the next eclipse of the sun. Shall sell the rest of my smoked glass then." And, with an en­ terprising air, he resumed his vacation. --A- JT. Trtaphic. A MAN is not really consistently fitted for married life until he can satisfac­ torily explain to a woman why it that, when off On business, he can nev­ er get to the station to return until the train has gone. f£YER«STRlCKEN MEMPHIS. A Dcdertel tlty-The Work of the Kowarl **»oclation--Noble Heroism of litany beldiug Cttlxena -- What might Toid. The Memphis correspondent of the CSricf.g-o Tribune writes to that paper, utifcr date of Aug. 25, as follows: Memphis is a oity without a people. The echo of my music, as I whistle to keep up my courage, comes back in a sort of wail that jars on my car. It is almost as bad as a midnight stroll in a graveyard, one's imagina­ tion assisting to picture the hand ot death reaching out from the corner of every bad- smelling alley. To have lived in Memphis for the past ten days is almost to have grown gray with frig hi. TUG wil>i i^nViic which seized the city, the scramble for foothold on steamboat- deck or car-platform, the agony of- fright pictured everywhere, on everyone's face, Were trying enough to the stoutest. More trying, however, it has been to see the death-rate gradually crawl tip, to see familiar names on the death-roll and in the record of the smitten, to witness the mon­ ster fingers of death relaxing and stretching forth to grasp a wider hold on the doomed city. Then the hearses betrin to go by on a trot, and a man , mathematically inclined? could sit down and flarnre on his chances, and from the ratio of " deaths" to " new cases" learn that if attacked by fever he would hold the chance of one out of two principals in a duel where but. one pistol was loaded with ball, the space being ov^r a handkerchief, and he must choose' his weapon blindfolded. Ugh! I am but human, and I shiver myself at the thought. iSo wonder, then, that so few are left, held by necessity or a higher pur­ pose, noble and philanthropic. No wonder that five physicians have turned patients themselves, and on their own prescriptions soutrht a cooler clime. The panic that made ours a silent, sleeping city, however, was a Godsend./It snatched from the monster the human lives upon which he feeds. To increase the exodus has been the aim of the benevolent societies. You have read of the Government's charity, of its thousands of tents and its thousands of rations, a gratis presentation to our distressed city. The tents are pitched on high hills in "resularly-governed camps about the city. The benevolence of a hundred cities is sending food for their poor unemployed occupants, and "leave the city or die," is the cry of the true men who are fighting with all of human strength this awful scourge. Strange to say, many will not accept their offer of safety, but cling to their hovel homes, though death grins upon them from every crack in the wall. The work in this sad hour is divided between care for the sick and dead and care for the sufferers in health. The Howard Association began the campaign with $35,000 in United States bonds in hand, the amount of the coun­ try's contribution in 1873, with interest ac­ crued, less dotlations since to plague-stricken cities over the South. Before the first case Was announced this Association had their stores of medicines, disinfectants and stimu­ lants laid in, their nurses located and register­ ed, their district lines drawn, and their men in readiness to start with ambulance and doctor at a moment's notice. The plague came, and the yellow badge of a Howard was at the first bedside. It has been at the bedside of every sick man, woman or child of all the great number since. Their nurses have been in every stricken family, their physicians have been ready for any calls. The Association takes the sick-room in hand, and, from its treasury pays for doctor, nurse, drugs and, if need be, coffin. At the nead of the Associa­ tion are A. D. Langstaff, a hardware mer­ chant, ex-Mayor John Johnson, Gen. W. J. Smith and Butler P. Anderson. The latter two went into the Charnel-House City of Gren­ ada, and there, amid the foul air of disease, worked as few men have worked before to break the grip of death. It was a sad sight which I encountered a few nights'ago. The rumble of a vehicle over the cobble-stones of the deserted street surprised me. I stepped out to it, and recognized Langstaff, of the Howards, walking beside the dark ambulance, for sqch it was. " Who was it?" I asked. "Gen. Smith," was the reply. I looked within, where the moonlight fell on the emaciated form stretched upon the mattress, and was proud to shake the clammy hand of the hero of Grenada--the General brought home from the field of battle to die. j>uiici F. Axidefisou, Gen. Siuiih's co-laborer, remains in Grenada, and to-day, two voune volunteers, Brogan and Coan, left to jofn him there. They go as the 600 went to the charge atBalaklava--" into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell." The Howards are at an expense of over $1,000 per diem, yet the benevolence of the people of our land has kept them from want. As the wires have told you, new cases have appeared in the last three days, and a scarcity oi nurses has crippled the works of the Asso­ ciation. Twenty-five new nurses are expected from Mobile to-morrow, and with the help of these it is hoped to give the sick all attention. The Howards have not come out of the fever district unscathed, so far. John C. Forbes volunteered to take charge of the branch depot of supplies, in the heart of the plague- ravaged section. He was buried Friday. William Finnie took his place. He was buried Saturday. John Morton succeeded him and is lying ill. Acting-President Langstaff has now gone thither himself. History contains no grander illustrations of God-like self-sacrifice than are found in this city every dav and every hour. The care of the destitute is in the hands of the Citizens' Relief Committee, composed of a half-dozen business men, Att'y-Gen. Luke E. Wright, the Rev. Dr. Landrum, the Hon. Casey Young, M. C., William Willis, of the Southern Express Company, N. D. Menken, Cc/Y. Fishor, Mayor Flippin and D. T. Porter. They are the first men of the city, kept here only by their convictions of duty. Two of them are tossing on burning beds of fever to­ day., and the others are hourly risking their lives. They have ward organizations, which report to the Central Committee. Their storeroom is organized as systematically as a large business concern. Their books are kept to a nicety. Economy, care aud good sense reigns through their whole organization, and money is pouring in to them. Theirs is the duty to feed the destitute, and the destitute number thousands. The cessation of all busi­ ness has thrown them out of employment and made them helpless objects of charity. In addition to these organizations, all the benevolent societies, such as Masons, Odd- Fellows, Knights of Pythias, etc., have relief committees at work day and night. Despite all this, the plague increases 4n virulence dai­ ly. If the new cases continue at the ratio of the past two days, in five weeks every white man, woman and child will have been at­ tacked by the dreadful scourge, for there can- not be over 5,000 white people left in the city upon whom it can prey. To depopulate the city is the aim now, and force is being resort­ ed to for making the exodus greater. The fever is of a violent form. It kills in many instances within forty-eight hours. The body's heat gets up to 105 deg. when the pulse shows but eighty beats. This is the un­ mistakable sign of vellow fever. Then the «kin turn a pale-buff color, the eyes become bloodshot and glassy; the flesh is puffed out about the cheek-bones, then black-vomit-- death. The comparatively low death rate shows that many are getting well. The phv- sicfans are divided as to treatment. The method of the majority is a teacup of castor- oil, mustard balh, blankets. The leading physician of the minority, and a very success­ ful one with this disease, gives his treatment as follows: Wash the natie nt off well with tepid water and soap; give thirty to fifty grains of calomel, with "A. enun qt morphine; three hours after, oom- mence giving five to twenty grains quinine, with A cram of morphine, and give every three or four Kmrs. Keep the patient on heavy ,s®8 of nitrate of potash all the time, BO aa to luake tiie kidneys work; and in cases of sick •tomaeh use mustard-plaster on the stomach and give lime-water with milk internally; also portions of water, without ice. If the patient n«w dark, indigo-vomiting, give small dosea of calomel with the quinine at each dose. The physicians of Memphis are doing their full duty. Drs. M arable, Fravser, John (X Rog­ ers, Robbias, Ess and Burrell have gone to their beus. Dr. Roger® has passed his to the grave. Trie others are rapidly recovering. Business is as dead as Hector was after the last forced trip behind Achilles' chariot around the walls of Troy. The newspapers will probably have to suspend in a week for lack of typos. They are at a half-sheet now, and last night the and Apul'mcJtc could get but five cases ,oing each to work up an apology of a paper for this morning. Many men of busi­ ness sleep in the country around, coming In town late in the forenoon and scampering off to the country before sunset. The loss to our city will be incalculable. To repair it in part the most thorough sewerage must be begun this winter, and Memphis must be made u cleaner city. I could " a tale unfold" which would harrow the soul of every person who reads this--a long, pathetic tale, made up of dark chapters of human suffering, where death has played his horrible part in hundreds of domestie trag­ edies. It touches the heart, it makes the sympathetic soul bleed, the sight of such tnings as are being enacted in this city to­ night. Terrible deaths of delirium, horrible ravings of fever, widowhood born, orphanage brought into life---great God! what miseries, what anguish, what sorrows! I could write you of families buried from the same hearse the same day; of waifs picked up, trying, in ha by-way, to kiss' the pale, vomit^nnliuthed features'of a mother back into life--but then I cannot. The man who lives through these surrounding scenes turns with horror from their description. » --• CAPITAL AND LABOR. Meeting of tlie CoDgrei«lon«l Commit* leo on the Labor Question. HORACE WHITE was called by the Com­ mittee, on the 23d, and stated that he had stndied the financial question, and had paid a great deal of attention to it when he was a journalist and since he retired from journalism. He thought the present commercial crisis is only one of a series that nave occurred among Nations for the past 200 years, and they have been preceded by rampant speculations. In 1873 he thought specu­ lations in railroads had a great deal to do in causing the depression which existed. There was enormous speculation in lands all over the country. The prices of real estate multiplied be- vond anything in the recollection of the witness. The obligations incurred by the building of these railroads and the purchase of real estate caused many parties to become insolvent. The condi­ tion of the currency had not increased this state of thingSj the witness thought. He found that these periods of crisis came upon Nations, no matter whether the .currency was gold or paper. The speculative era which existed from 18G9 to 1873. the witness thought, had something to do with the present condition of affairs. Over-pro­ duction bv machinery had contributed to de­ crease business, by producing more than there was a demand for, and prices fell accordingly. He did not think that the introduction of machinery had produced this speculative era and the collapse which followed it. He did not think that a protective tariff would raise the wages of the working peo­ ple. It might raise the price of some of the commodities to be bought. Protective tariffs would stimulate some branches of business and iead capital to some extent into it. Witness said he did not think the wages of the laboring classes had been decreased by competition be­ tween countries in producing and exporting. The wages of the laboring classes had been greatly increased during the past 200 years. About the middle-men question,the witness said that a great many of these had been driven out of business, and went into bankruptcy because they were un­ necessary. He said that business was injured to a great extent by a protective tariff. It stimu­ lated some manufactures, if it was properly laid down. The accumulation of capital has been so great that we had to go elsewhere to spend it. We had more capital than we could employ. The limitation in the hours of labor should not be made the subject, of legislation. The main ob­ ject of the Government was to prevent murders, robberies and all deeds of violence. An abridge­ ment of the hours of labor would transfer a part of the w(uges of the employed to the unem­ ployed. Every legislative attempt to transfer capital from the rich to the poor has resulted in this way--that the rich became richer and the poor poorer. He did not think that the proceeds of the sales of the public lands could be used by the Government for colonization purposes. He did not think the s urplus population in cities would be content to live on lands in the West, and did not suppose that they could be drawn there with a yoke of oxen; and. if taken there, they would not stay on the lands. The witness thougnt the workipg classes would be better off under free trade than under a tariff system. Charles F. Adams, Jr.. of Guincy, Mass., was called, and spoke of railroaa construction, and said excessive construction led to the present de­ pression in business. 'J he railroad manager had nothing to do with the construction of railroads, and so had nothing t<» do with causing the, de­ pression. He did not see how legislation could help or remedy the present depression. The railroad Bystem was engaged in a ruinous compe­ tition, and this led to two points--one was vio­ lent fiuctations and discrimination against local­ ities. He thought this could only be remedied by equalizing rates and fares. He doubted if it would be advantageous to have the Federal Government apply remedies to railroad troubles, lie Uioutflii the manner in which the English railroads were run would soon be adopted in this country. That manner was "hands off." Let the railroads take care of themselves, and con­ solidate on any measure they may desire. The Federal Government could not. supervise the railroad rates; at least it could not De done at present. He was of opinion that Federal supervision of railroads might be cautious­ ly begun in a short time. If any change had taken place in the power of railroads over legislation within the past few years he thought it had slightly diminished. He was not prepared to say that the establishment of Government Commission to supervise railroads would alleviate the depression in labor. He did not suppose it would be feasible for the Govern­ ment to purchase railroads or become possessed of them. Witness stated he believed Mr. Van*- derbilt would have done better to have only at­ tended to local business, and left the through business to take care of itBelf. J. J. HINCHMAN, of Brooklyn, gave his views to the Committee; on the 24th. He did not think the depression of business was so great m reported, and believed that the Government should not interfere by legislation. F. B. Thurber, a merchant, testified that he believed the primary causes of the ills which both the laboring and other classes are complaining of are the development of fsteam and electricity, which, in connec­ tion . with labor-saving machinery, have, with­ in comparatively a few years, revolutionized production and . commerce, altered our manners and custonts of life, and now absorb the attention of the statesmen of the day in the iMljiuiuxeut of u law to meet the changed condition of the age in which we live. An overstocked market means & commercial crisis, with all Its attendant phenomena of de­ clining prices, idle manufactories and distress among operatives. The only remedy for this is to wait until consumption catches up with pro­ duction again*-. Some further testimony of a similar quality was given. MR. HEWITT, on the 26th, read a postal card he had received from John Peters, telling him he (Hewitt) had " made it a point to gather up all the crazy men of New York, and show them up as examples, of Ameri­ can mechanics. You are a fraud, a bad counter­ feit, and every intelligent man can see your game." Charles N.Marshall, ship-owner, told the story of the decline in the American shipping trade, attributing it to England's getting ahead in the use of iron in the construction of vessels, and to Navigation laws which crushed out the remain­ ing vitality in the shipping interests. There was absolutely no return to the capital­ ist in the ship-owning trade at pres­ ent. Our profit is a negative onev as we only save ourselves by running our ships at a loss from the greater loss we would sustain by letting them remain idle. He believed that Bound currency and the abolition of the Naviga­ tion laws would ultimately bring good around. Thorough economy in National, State and Mu­ nicipal Government* was a vital necessity. Vice-President Walker, of the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company, held that the commercial crisis was caused by over-absorption of ready capital into fixed or permanent in­ vestments, thus drawing off from the daily commercial business the capital necessary for its proper continuance. A settled currency on sound coin basis, Government supervision of all corporations, tentative financial and fiscal legis­ lation, and a slight protective tariff, he believed would bring about aiwther era of prosperity and activity. OK the 27th, the Committee listened to the recital of the labor statistics of Massa­ chusetts, by Carroll D. Wright, Superintendent of the Bureau, who also took a most hopeful view of the outlook. C. W. ELLIOTT, formerly an import­ er of Boston, now a cattle-raiaer of Nebraska, was before the Committee, on the 28th. He thought machinery and steam combined to pro- r duce more than men could consume. This re­ duced wages and left many unemployed. He, however, could suggest no remedy. John Roach, ship-builder, then took the stand. He regarded the chief cause of the present trouble to be extravagant habits, formed m Hush times. He was satisfied we had every natural fa­ cility for building iron ships cheaper than any other country in the world. He then dwelt at length upon the advantages of using United States vessels for carrying mails, etc., thus giving employment to American seamen. Cyrus Busgey, President of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, was next called. He spoke for some time on the value of the Missis- eppi iiiver m uue oi (he outlets fox the jwdstcte of the country, was strongly in favor of the im­ mediate increase of American steamship lines with extra postal services, and thought tor that purpose toe Government rfwmM give them a bonus. He believed that #3,000,000 spent m sub­ sidies would be about the best investment the Government could make, Geo, A. Potter, merchant, of New York City, next took the stand and asserted that one of the k ; titution _ . was depreciated currency and unequal taxation. He thought the country could not earry more than *200,000,(W of paper currency with safety, and thought the Government ought to purchase the surplus paper money at the rate of .f MM) in gold for $160 in currency. The Committee adjourned to meet next la Pittsburgh, and then in Chicago. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. RECENTLY, Pat Brennan, a wealthy farmer, living near Dal ton City, in Moultrie Coun­ ty, got into an altercation with a neighboring farmer, named Alex Freeland. The latter knocked or pushed Brennan, and was proceed­ ing to punish him, when Brennan drew a pocket-knife and stabbed Freeland in the side, cutting him severely. Brennan was held to answer to the charge of assault with intent to kill. It is almost certain that Freeland's in­ juries will prove fatal. THE Adjutant-General has permitted the First Brigade of the State Militia to parade at the Inter-State Fireman's Tournament, at Chicago, on the 3d of September, and to act as escort for President Hayes on that occasion. THE Democrats of the Seventeenth District have renominated Hon. William R. Morrison for Congress. THE State Journal establlsment, at Spring­ field, has been again advertised for sale, this time by the Springfield Savings Bank. AGUE is distressingly prevalent iu Southern Illinois. AT Carlinville, on the 22dj an Irish laborer, named Jerry Coffey, attempted to kill A. Mc- Klm Dubois. The shot took effect In the lat- ter's side, but struck a rib and glanced off without causing fatal injury^ There was some business trouble between the parties. Coffey was locked up. CONSTABLE MAT LEWIS and a man named Jackson Charles, both living at Yatesville, in Morgan County, quarreled the other morn­ ing, when Charles struck Lewis over the head with the blade of a hatchet, killing him in­ stantly. Charles is under arrest. WILLIAM WALKER, a farmer, living In the southern part of Vermillion County, was fa­ tally injured, the other day, by being kicked in the neck by a mule. PATRICK MCE WEN was fatally injured, at Grand Rapids, on the 22d, by the caving in of a sewer on which he was working. AT Flint, a few days ago, Frank Wakeman fell into a wheat-bin, in Smith & Stone's Ele­ vator, was drawn into the spout and suffo­ cated. THE following is the report of the local As­ sessors throughout the State, showing the valuation by counties for purposes of taxation: Adams $19,434,373!Livingston.. $11,670,358 Alexander... 2,565.90(>;Logan 11,164.852 Bond 8,011,098! Macon-- .. 10,y07,295 Boone j. 5,931,792 Macoupin... 6.175,4(13 Brown 2,b8K.87S Madison 14,(ill.541 Bureaa 10,671.551 Marion B,93Q,371 Calhoun.... 1,364.208 \ Marshall. ... 5,68:1370 Carroll 6,060,990 Mason 8,830,294 Cass 4,483,184;Massae ....... 999,502 Champaign. l.l03,425iMcl)onough. 9,650,831 C hristian.... 8,987,629 McHenry.... 41392,820 Clark 2,534,045 McLean 19.706,182 Clay.... I Clinton I Coles I Cook... Crawford ! Cumtierland DeKalb. 2.869.001! frlenard. 3,680,013 Mercer 5,674.198 Monroe 128,356,752 Montgomery 2.032,256 Mortran 1,200,833 Moultrie.... 11,863,846 Ogle.... L)e\V itt 5,115,616 Peoria Douglas.. DnPage Edgar Edwards Effingham... I Fayette Ford Franklin-- Fulton Gallatin Greene. Grundy .... Hamilton . . Hancock Hardin Henderson.. Henry Iroquois Jackson .. .. Jasper Jefferson.. . Jersey Jo Daviess.. Johnson Kane Kankakee 4,69.!,970 Perry. 5,735.760 Piatt 6,844.066 Pike 1,875.470 P<,p2 .. 2,499,796 Pa,aski... .« 3,624,713 Putnam 8,546,027 llandolph.,,. 1,191,1S3'Richland .. . 14,154,135 Kock Island. 1.910,760 Saline 6.628,185 Sangamon 5,640.016 Schuyler.... 1,276,897 Scott 10,560.377 Shelby .... 4,888.314 714.241 2,344,425 " 7,162.397 11.164,506 3,506.085 12,714.689 10.345,205 2,221,561 5.124.031 9,107,864 . 1.238.140 858,017 2,132,608 3.977,427 9. up <ui 9401 323 1,149,804 *.747,027 8 979,321 * 8,501,006 7,908,270 683,267 Stark B,723.001 3,585,484 St. Clair- 18,611.088 Stephenson • 10,810,583.Tazewell.... 2,659,3861U nion 1,753.679 Vermillion.. 1,879,1881 Wabash 5.047,182 Warren 5,528,247 Washington* 667.877: Wayne >,429.567 11,870.608 11,441,404 1,82').120 11,538.847 1,861,499 ft,204,141 • 4.240,251 2,113.806 1,848,576 10,584,805 14,781.4221 White 6,601,385! Whiteside... Kendall 5,503,406 Will 13,670.891 Knox 16,840,722 Williamson.. 1,462,631 Lake 5,4:©,296 Winnebago . 9,794.516 LaSalle .. 26,616,9821 Woodford... 7,549,138 Lawrence. . . 1,776,627 Lee ll.177.33l! Total $801,712,532 THE August report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture gives the follow­ ing figures respecting the spring wheat crop of 1878: Acres sown, 301,912; average yield per acre, 13% bushels; number of bushels, 8,- 870,251; value per bushel, eighty-two cents; total value of the crop of 1878, $8,189,203; value of last year's crop, $3,041,258. THOMAS BUKK, a farmer, living near Charles­ ton, was seriously and probably fatally injured the other day by his team running away, throwing him from the wagon and breaking his shoulder-bone. His internal injuries are considered very dangerou THB Jo Daviess County Jail, in Galena, was set^on fire, as is supposed, by an incendiary, at an early hour on the morning of the 24th, and totally destroyed, despite the efforts of the entire fire department to save the build­ ing. The Jail was a two-story stone struck ure, built in the side hill, and had done duty as a prison house since 1839. It was a damp, dark and poorly-ventilated concern, and will probably be replaced by a new structure that will prove a credit to the ci(^ and county. The east end of the Jail was occupied by Sheriff Bonier and his family, who escaped through the rear entrance, saving most of their household furniture. The prisoners, four in number, were secured and taken to Freeport, Stephenson County. ALBERT T. SCHOFIELD, of Freeport, at­ tempted to commit suicide, a few nights ago. His life was saved by the timely use of the stomach pump. He was engaged to be mar­ ried to a Chicago girl, who went back on him because of his dissipated habits. THE State Board of Agriculture furnishes the following figures in relation to the oat crop for 1878: Acres sown, 1,558,120; average yield per acre, 39% bushels; total yield, 61,- 941,740 bushels; market price Aug. 1, twenty cents; total value, $12,388,148. A HORRIBLE case of attempted self-crema­ tion occurred in Scales Mound Township, in Jo Davie'ss County, a few days ago. A young man named Henry Haar, who has been labor­ ing under a mild form of insanity, left hia father's house, and, going to the corner of a fence near by, built a bonfire out of corn-fod­ der, and, divesting himself of all his clothing save a shirt, deliberately walked into the burn­ ing mass, chanting at the same time his own funeral dirge. He was stifled by the smoke and fell to the ground, his feet and legs re­ maining in the fire. He was found in that condition, and rescued from the flames by hit parents, and was still singing while fairly roasting alive. His feet and legs were horri­ bly charred, and both members have been am­ putated. At last accounts he was still alive, although no hopes were entertained of his re­ covery. NEVER ask a young lady why her back hair does not match that in front. k THE POTTEB IBYESTIGATINtf CO^ ~ JftTTKB. W. IB. HOBNE was recalled on thfe 23d, and announced his readiness TO lay hia tela*- grams and letters before the Committee as AOTGFE as he could get them. • Maj. Burke was recalled, and testified further, as to his connection with Louisiana affairs. HFR considered, he said, all the acts of the RETURNING Board illegal, and the Board itself an illegally- constituted body. None of the Packawt Legislature were allowed to become mem-- hers of the Nicholls Legislature who were- elected by minority votes. He declared the report of the visiting statesmen to the Sen­ ate that the Nicholls Government was founded, on bloodshed and riot to be emphatically un­ true. Witness presented a telegram from W. EL Home, saying that "Hayes waa firm," etc. An. letter wmjMwtinir to oive an aeennpt of dissensions in the Cabinet over the Louisiana troubles and indicating the course of the Presi­ dent was presented, witness refused to name- the writer. He stated that Senator Matthews had repeatedly told him that Senator Morton would sustain the President's policy and would* make a speech on the subject. Witnen said that he and has friends construed' the President's policy--the withdrawal of the" troops to mean the overthrow of the Packardi Government, and anyone with a particle t»f sens® would reach the same conclusion. The friends, of the JSiqholls Government did not make any secret of their intentions in respect to- the Packard Government. Many question* wete propounded by Gen. Butler to the witness with a view of finding out why South Carolina was demanded, as well as Louisiana* and what was guaranteed in return bv South Carolina for overturning the Chamberlain Gov­ ernment. For answer to these questions, witnesa> referred the Committee to Mr. Wattcrson, and added, parenthetically, that no sane man ever doubted the election of Hampton. A dispatch was read from Gov. Young, of Ohio,, authorizing Mr. Home to testify to all he knows, of his (Young's) connection with the matter un­ der investigation, and also one from Gee. Gib­ son, denying the allegation of Maj. Burke that he- had consulted with Gen. Sherman in relation to Louisiana affaus. BEFORE the Committee, on the 24th, J. B. A. Gouthreaux, of New Orleans, testified that he had charge of the Registration Bureau in 1874, and that the fraudulent registrations aggre­ gated 13,000, and affidavits had been made against 4,400. Witness said that many of the Re-- publican Supervisors and Registrars were non­ residents, fugitives from justice, and in sev­ eral cases were under indictment. He said that he had a conversation with Judge Dib­ ble, who made the remark that he and Burke " were foolish to work for the Democracy, for if they had a majority of 20,000 they would be counted out by the Returning Board.' Witness referred to the "sewing-machine circular," by which he said the Republicans made their regis­ tration list, and said that, when Maj. Burke and himself protested to the Returning Board against this fraud they were laughed at. He then gave, the names of a large number of those who ma- nipulated the late election, all of whom now hold Federal otfifes. including J.. Madison Wells, and Thomas C. Anderson. Richard B„ Edge worth, Captain of Police, New Orleans, and Supervisor of Election, handed in> the following, among other letters: "HEADQUARTEKS OF THE ) "REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LOUISIANA, > " NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 25,1876. )• " R. B. Edgewortb, Esq., Supervisor of Registra­ tion, Parish of Plaquemine, La: " DEAR SIR--It is well-known to this commit­ tee, from an examination of the census of JHTB, that the Republican vote in your parish is 3,UOO„ and the Republican majority 2,200. You are ex­ pected to register and vote the full strength of- the Republican party in your parish. Your recog­ nition by the next State Administration will depend upon your doing your rull duty in the premises, and you will not be held to have done your full duty unless the Republican registration in your parish reaches 3,000, and the Republican vote is at least 3,<i0n„ All local can­ didates and committees are directed to aid you to the utmost in obtaining the. results called for herein, without fail. Once obtained, your recog­ nition will be ample and generous. Very re- •• spectfully your obedient servant, " D. J. M. A. JEWETT, Secretary." James B. Kelly, of New Orleans, testified to seeing Eliza Pinkston taken from her home on Granier street to the Republican Investigating Committee, and she walked down the steps un­ aided. ^ ANNOUNCEMENT was made, on the 26th, that the next meeting of the Committee would be held at Washington, about the 1st of October. --The Captain of the canalboat P. HL Hanley, of Ellenville, has one of the- most remarkable dogs in the State. He is extremely fond of being iu the water, and is a noted diver. He is known to- have dived to the depth of twenty-five feet and brought up a piece of iron thrown overboard. On Monday a piece of wood and a piece of iron tied to­ gether were thrown overboard, and to them was attached a small line with which to haul up the dog when he had recovered the former articles. He' gathered himself up in the style of a man or a frog when entering the water, and after being under for a long time- appeared with the wood and iron in his mouth and was hauled on board the boat, hanging by his teeth to the wood attached to the rope. He has only one known rival at this business, the latter- being a New Foundland dog owned at Verplanek's Point on the Hudson-. Hanley's dog is abrindle bull-dog. The distance the iron was sunk on Monday was nineteen feet. The Captain claims •that the dog saved him from drowning at one time.--Ellenville (N. Y.) Jour­ nal. m --Tappan, the Boston defaulter, is not poor, even after the assignment of his property. His father, who was a. rich Boston merchant, left him $80,000 intrust. One of his horses is worth $1,00°* VEILS are not worn by quite young: ladies; they must not wear lace till they are twenty-one, or married.--^. F. Graphic. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. August 30, 1878. LIVE STOCK--Cattle F8X*0 @$10.75 Sheep 3.60 @ 5.00 Hogs 4.40 @ 4.60 FLOUR--1Good to Choice. 4^6 @ 6.75 WHEAT-No. 2 Chicago l.G2*@ 1.08 CORN--Western Mixed .45 ® .49 OATS--Western Mixed 26 @ .38 RYE--Western .60 & .62 PORK--Mess ,10.15 & 10.20 LARD Steam. 7.45 & 7.60 CHEESE .06 @ jOttfc WOOL--Domestic fleece-- 29 & .48 CHICAGO. BEEYES-Extra *6.00 ® f5.40 Choice 4.40 & 4.65 Good 4.00 & 4.40 Medium-- 8.60 @ 3.85 Butchers' Stock 2.60 (Si 3.00- Stock Cattle 2.75 & 3.25- HOGS--Live--Good to Choice.. 4.00 % 4.7$- SHEEP--Common to Choice... 2.50 @ 5.(10* BUTTER--Fancy Creamery.... @ .28- Good I&o Choice -.14 @ .18 EGOS--Fresh J0L/»@ .12; FLOOR--Fine 2.50 @ 3.50' Superfine 8.50 4.00 Extra 4.50 6.50 Double Extra 5.00 (<X 6.00 Patents 6.00 @ 8.00 S'inter Extra 4.50 5.50 ye Flour 2.85 (& 2/J5 GRAIN--Wheat, No. 2 Spring.. .837a@ .90 Corn. N.v 2 £!%<& .$1% Oats, No. 2 ^0 '8@ .2051 Bye, No. 2 4t>!»@ .47 __DT, Barley, No. 2 (New) .. .99 & L.oo PORK-Mess 9.12H@ F.15 LARD 7.05 <& 7.0714, LUMBER-lst and 2d Clear.... 32.00 @ 83.50 3d Clear 28.00 (<t 30.00 Clear Dressed'Sid'g. 16.00 16.50 Common Siding-- 14 00 <&. 14.50 Com'on and Fenc'G. 10.00 11.50 Lath 1.50 0) 1.75 A Shingles 2.25 @ 2.60 „ EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best f5.10 $6.25 Medium 4.10 @ 4 65 HOGS--Yorkers 4.00 @ 4 15 . . . . Philadelphias. 4.40 @ 4^70 SHEEP--Best 4X0 @ 4.35 Common 8JQ0 © 8.26 « BALTIMORE. CATTLE-Best. #4.75 @ #5.00 _ Medium 3.75 © 4 HOGS--Good 6.60 I 6.fa SBEEP--Qow|... SISO % - i .