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fmsm ' • r-a.sT»?>- * U »'%2 w& * <> » P»5S *V 't » Mi ggfrprotg f laindcalrr I. VAN tLYKE, Editor and PaWithw. f . McHENRY, ILLINOIS. H#5 THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST* C. F. WOERISHOFFER, a leading mem­ ber of the New Ipork Stock Exchange, who became famous for bold raids on the mar­ ket, died of apoplexy. For some months past he was a heavy trader in wheat. Backed by Dutch and German capitalists, he projected the Denver and Rio Grande Road, bulled the stock to 110, dropped it upon greedy investors, and went heavilv short to fill contracts at 40. He left $2,000,000 or more Near Os­ wego, N. Y., Norman Lounsberry, aged 78, a farmer, in a fit of jeal­ ousy shot his wife, aged 16, and her rela­ tive, Horace Payson, aged 35. He then shot himself before the officers arrived to anest him. All are dead. THE Supreme Court of New York has de­ nied the application of Miss Kate Stone- man for admission to the bar. and holds that women can not practice in the courts of the State. Judge Landon bases his opinion on the section of the code which prescribes regulations and rales for the case of a male citizen applying to be admitted to practice. Although public opinion has changed in regard to women practicing, he maintains that the use of the word "male" in the code prevents their admission. HERR MOST, the blatant New York an­ archist, now languishes in durance vile, having been captured after a long hunt. New York detectives traced him to a house of ill-repute and found that he was in the room of one Lena Fisher. They knocked at the door, and Lena came out and locked her door behind her. The door was broken down and the detectives, after a search, found Most hidden under the bed. They dragged him out by the heels, dusty and spider-webbed. He was pale as a sheet. The detectives searched the room and found many copies of the Freiheit and about two hundred books, many of them treating of the manufacture and use of dynamite and other explosives. A Win­ chester rifle and a policeman's club were the only weapons found. ™Baktl,ey CAMPBELL was brought into a New York court by his wife and lawyers, and the Judge ordered him committed to Be lie rue Hospital for examination as to his ; *W$> . . ' THE WEST. 1-it"'4 '•* *&*** JACOB'TIANG shot his wife through the heart at Mount Vernon, Ind. It is sup­ posed that his mind is unsound. He was a soldier of the Eighty-seventh Indiana, and was in the Andersonville prison, where he suffered greatly from hardship and dis­ ease. .. .At St. Paul Building Inspector W. S. Pardee, Architect G. W. Orfif, and Charles It. Putnam, a contractor, have been found guilty of gross neglect in the erec­ tion of the Brackett building, which fell with disastrous results there re­ cently At Wabash, Ind.. William Fordyce probably fatally cut Alfred Wat- Ions, whom he " found walking with his daughter, 16 years old. The victim is a married man but does not live with his wife... .Chicago elevators contain 10,490,- 583 bushels of wheat. 3,368,921 bushels of corn, 480,527 bushels of oats, 116,085 bushels of rye, and 54,884 bushels of bar­ ley; total, 14,511,600 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 16,138,527 bushels a year ago. DURING the recent riots in Chicago, Bo­ hemian anarchists sacked and destroyed a drug-store at the corner of West Eighteenth street and Center avenue. It now develops that nearly a dozen Nihilists who partici­ pated in the looting of the store have died worn drinking poisonous concoctions under the belief that they were swallowing tangle­ foot whisky. A half-dozen more are sick nigh unto death, and •with small hopes of re­ covery. It also transpired that several of the participants in the riots were buried in the Bohemian Cemetery without permits, which leads to the conclusion that the po­ licemen fired their pistols with better aim and more deadly effect than was at first supposed. Tho owner of the building oc­ cupied by the Nihilistic Arbeiter Zeitung filed a bill to set aside the lease granted to the backers of the paper on the ground that the contract has been broken by the storage of explosives in the office, and the lease was canceled. At the meeting of the Chicago Methodist ministers resolutions were passed denouncing the rioters.... There is a de­ cided improvement in the labor situation at Cincinnati, and no violence is now antici­ pated. FRANCIS T. Hord, Attorney- General of Indiana, a man of considerable prominence in the State, has been declared insane. In his public conduct he has appeared to be perfectly rational. His official opinions and Supreme Court arguments have been clear and forcible, and it has not been sus­ pected by those who were brought into close contact with him that his mind was in any way deranged. His mania, it is claimed, however, is of a dangerous nature, and his family has feared that he would commit murder. He has been madly jealous of his wife, a lady 54 years old, and the mother of a family of grown-up children, wholly, it is agreed, without cause. THE Chicago police have succeeded in arresting seventeen of the scoundrelly Bo­ hemians who wrecked Rosenfeld's drug store on Center avenue, and have found more or less of Mr. Rosenfeld's stolen property in_their houses....A passenger train on theBloomington and Western Road ran into a culvert near New Castle, Ind., killing the engineer and fireman and a passenger and severely injuring the con­ ductor and baggageman. Oomplalaw be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the oomplain- ant. The report* of the commission shallbe in writing, and it* decision shall be made prima- facia evidence in all judicial proceedings. IT is announced with positiveness that the marriage of President Cleveland and Miss Folsom will take place at Bnffalo on the 12th of June. ...A "Washington dis­ patch says: "Secretary Lnmur says that since the report went forth that Commis­ sioner Sparks intended resigning he has re­ ceived hundreds of letters from the North­ west, in which the writers congratulated both themselves and the Government upon Gen. Sparks' speedy retirement. It is Sec­ retary Lamar's belief that the great majori­ ty of these letters were written by land sharks. He says that no honest, Wna-fide settler has anything to fear from Commis­ sioner Sparks, and that he not only has not requested the Commissioner's resignation, but that he would vigorously protest if Gen- Sparks should intimate an intention to re­ sign." _ . POIJTICALI THE Republican members of the .Ohio Senate met on Satnrday, and without trans­ acting any business went into caucus to discuss a proposition to consider the special order--the Hamilton County contest cases-- and seat the four Republican claimants by a viva voce vote before it was officially as­ certained that there was no quorum pres­ ent. The caucus decided to pursue this course, and accordingly Mr. Pavey, of Fay­ ette, moved to take from the table the re­ port of the Republican members of the Senatorial Investigating Committee, which was agreed to by a viva voce vote, and then the resolution submitted by the same com­ mittee was adopted, which recommended the seating of the four Republican claim­ ants. The resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote and the new Senators came forward and took the oath of offioe. IN the Ohio Senate on Monday, the 10th inst., Mr. Van Cleaf (Democrat) moved for a correction of the journal with reference to the seating of the four Republicans from Hamilton County, but the motion was ruled out of order. He then desired to enter a protest, but the Chair refused to receive it. During a recess of the Senate the journal was 6toli*n, resulting in some excitement. Clerk Vallandigbam, however, prepared a new record of the day's proceedings, which was certified to by the Secretary of State. During the evening the stolen journal was returned to the State Department. AT Auburn, Ind., the Democrats of the Twelfth District renominated Judge Lowery for Congress. The opponents of the nomine a then left the hall in a body. N. D. Wallace, President of the New Orleans Produce Exchange, has been nom­ inated for Congress by the Democrats of the Second Louisiana District... .A liquor tax bill, similar to the Scott law, has pass­ ed the Ohio Legislature, and goes into effect at onee. Pottah<provine«4s to be accomplished by the simple but 40Rcacious plan of buying up the lands of the Polish landlords and expelling the Polish peasantry. The land is purchased by the Gov­ ernment, about $50,000,000 being appropriated for the purpose. When the Polish landlord will not agree upon a price he is offered a certain number of years' rental and is thrust out of the coun­ try. Without choice or recourse on his part he ceases to be a land-owner or eveu an in­ habitant of Prussia. The fate of the peas­ antry is even severer. With no accumulated surplus to fall back upon in many cases they must go to another land and V.mong strangers to seek bread. LEADING English physicians have in­ vited M. Pasteur to London to describe his method of treating hydrophobic.... An Odessa dispatch says that agents of an American company are at Taschkend with permission from the Russian Government to introduce the cotton culture in Turkestan.... Schumacher & Schull, rice merchants of London, have failed, with liabilit e* of £183,000; The firm have no assets. Their failure is due to the falling market... .A hurricane which swept across the central portion of Spain killed seventy-three per­ sons in Madrid alone. Street cars were overturned ani broken into splinters, and the parks were devastated. IWAKEIHO BY DEATH. GENERAL. THE SOUTH. A MAD dog belonging to A. J. Hall, a farmer, of Cabott, Ark., bit his milch cow last week. The cow showed symptoms of hydrophobia, as did also two children of Hall's, who had been nourished on the ani­ mal's milk. Other members of the family axe also ,ill, but may survive, but no hopes are entertained of the children's recovery. IN the Methodist Episcopal General Con­ ference at Richmond, Va., a committee on episcopacy reported in favor of electing four new bishops, and the report was adopted... .The grain commission house of Tyson & Brothers, of Baltimore, whose li­ abilities are estimated at $200,000, has mAde an assignment. • ' ^ : . WASULWFON. THE Ctillom interstate commerce bi'j,„ as It was passed by the United States Senate, provides,as follows: A commission of five persons Khali bo ap­ pointed by the President, by and with the ad- and consent of tiie Seuat >, to carry out the . -- of the bill. Not more thin throe of the five coinrafteaionera shall be animated from the aame political pact,)', and all persons holding stocks or bonds of uhy common carrier, or hold­ ing official relations to sifek^ c">rpurat:o;iK, are Ineligible. The commissioners must not (li­ nage in any other business. The commis­ sion is given authority to inquire into tho busi­ ness and management of all common carriers •abject to the provisions of the bill, and to ob­ tain full and complete information as to such business ; may require the attendance and testi­ mony of, witnesses and the production of all . books, papers, agreements, taritfn, and docu­ ments relating to matter under investigation and may to that end invoke the aid of the United States Courts. All complaints shall be made in writing to the commission The commission shall send the complaint to the common carrier, and require either rat- lsfaction of the complaint or an answer in writ­ ing within a reasonable time specified. If repa­ ration is not made within the time stated the oommlsalon shall investigate the complaint. Ibe commission shall also investigate all com- fteints forwarded to it by Stqfee commissions, apd may Institute inquiries on its own motion. HERB MOST, the anarchist aud agitator was arrested in New York at the house of a Mrs. Fisher. He endeavored to elude the officers by crawling under the bed, but was soon hauled out and hustled to the station house. Charles J. Schoemaker, another of the socialistic riot victims, died at Chi­ cago op Tuesday, making the ninth caused ' by the recent disturbances in that city. Charles J. Bruschke, of the firm of Bruschke & Ricke, furniture manufac­ turers, Chicago, shot and seriously wound­ ed two strikers who were loitering about the factory and intimidating non-union workmen. There has been a marked im­ provement in the Pittsburg (Pa.) iron trade since last week. Many of the pud­ dling furnaces are on double time, as well as the finishing departments. The employ­ ing metal-workers of Chicago are deter­ mined in their resolution not to yield to the eight-hour system. The employes manifest equal firmness, and there is the prospect of a protracted lock-out. The 4,000 striking and idle sewing women in Chicago have organized, and united with the Trades Assembly. The switchmen in the Yandalia Railroad yards at Indian­ apolis struck because one of their number, a Knight of Labor, was discharged and a non-knight given employment in his place. The strikers visited other yards and in­ duced their fellow-switchmen to join in? the strike. A serious freight blockade was the result. The great strike at the Brook­ lyn (N. Y.) Sugar Refineries has collapsed, the men going back withont having received a single concession. The union men of all trades locked out on strikes at New York number 5,505. The Third avenue car­ men's strike is about over, the men having failed to gain a single point. Four of the strikers were sent to the penitentiary for shouting "scab" and "rats" at the non-union drivers and making threats. BEFOBE the Curtin Labor Investigating Committee at St. Louis several employes of the Missouri Pacific Railroad shops tes­ tified that not only had the March (1885) agreement been broken but its provisions had in several instances not even been put into effect. Father O'Leary, editor of the Catholic World, testified that he knew many strikers who were good honest men and church members. He saw that the company was doing its utmost to crush the Knights of Labor, using unscrupulous means to accomplish its ends. The cause of the strike he had studied, and thought he knew. The Knights were a society formed to teach its members justice and equity, but looking at the entire railway system, he thought it was cafried on by trickery and fraud, being governed by villainy and un­ fairness from Mr. Gould down to the lowest subordinate. He said that the employes of the road who were not Knights of Labor were afraid to speak to members of that organization for fear of being dis­ charged. Labor notes: Several of the new freight-handlers on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Road at Chicago became ill from the change of water and diet. They were doctored up with whisky and ginger, and nearly all the rest of the gang, on discovering what sort of medicine was being " given out, violently afflicted with cramps. One Seidell, a boycotter, was fined $25 and costs at Milwaukee by Judge Mallory, who denounced tho boycotting business as an outrage. About eleven hundred carpenters at Allegheny City have struck for more pay and less hours. The switch­ men's strike at Iudianapoiis has proved a failure. The Pittsburg ice companies have granted the demands of their striking em­ ployes for ati advance in wages of $2 per week, and all hrive returned to work. There were 17,500 lumber-shovers on a strike in Chicago last Thursday. The strikers at (he Standard Coke Works at Mount Pleas­ ant, Pa., have returned to work, a compro­ mise having been effected. ON invitation of the Executive Council the Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, of Chicago, will act as President of the American Ex­ hibition which will be opened in London next May... .The National Association of Millers of the United States held its yearly session in Chicago 1 ist week. About threo hundred and fifty delegates were present. NEARLY all the boot and sho? manufac­ turers of Chicago, after having tried the eight-hour system for two weeks, met and resolved to return to the ten-hour schedule, and not to knowingly employ an anarchist or socialist. The cutting departments of ,#11 the wholesale clothing houses in Chica- g& ekifsed for an indefinite period on ac­ count of a strike of male and female tailors for better pav. Tee bakers and the ice men of Pittsburgh obtained their demands, and have returned to work. The washer­ women of Pittsburgh have organized a close Co as--No. 2... union, and will hereafter demand $1 a daj^ t °ATs--*o. a for six hours' work. ~ ADDITIONAL NEWS. THE business failures in the United States and Canada for the week numbered 176, against 192 the previous week It is claimed by the leaders of the eight-hour movement at Chicago that 150 manufac­ turers and contractors in the city haVe con­ ceded the demands of the men fer eight hours. Some of those who have conceded are paying for eight hours, some for nine, and others for ten. About one-third of the employes in the .southwestern lumber dis­ trict were at work Monday, and business was resumed in all the yards. A large number of the planing mills had also started up, but they were not fully manned. The furniture manufacturers were firm in their refusal to make any concessions. The metal-workers were still holding out for eight-hours. Thirty-five of the manufacturers had shut down and sixteen, mostly small shops, were running on eight hours. The Pullman em­ ployes stood firm in their demands, and Mr. Pullman threatened to close the mammoth works indefinitely unless the men returned to work. To give in to the strikers, he claimed, would canse a loss to the management of $900 a day, $5,400 a week, or $270,800 a year. Tho strikers have lost over $80,000 the ten days they have already given to the strike.... Thirty-foUr of the forty-six upholstery firms in Chicago, employing 383 men, have adopted the eight-hour system with ten hours' pay and 20 per cent, increase for piece work. The twelve outstanding firms are practically closed. In Pittsburgh the system is in general use, and in New York seventy-two firms, employing (>36 men, have complied with the demand.... Secret petitions are circulating among Pennsylvania railroad employes asking a general advance in wages of 10 per ceut. The movement, it is claimed, is backed by the Kni«hts of Labor, and is to include both passenger and freight men and all the men in the yards... .The masons and hod- carriers of Worcester, Mass., have abandon­ ed their strike, and will seek work individu­ ally. Good workmen aniong the masons | will get $3 per day. The new men who were ! hired during the strike will be retained.... i There is not much cohesion to the strike ! movement in Cincinnati now, except among | the furniture-makers and safe-makers. Two ! of the three regiments of militia sent there i have gone home.... The bricklayers and hod-carriers of Troy, N. Y., have returned to work, the bosses acceding to the demand of the strikers that the eight-hour day be begun at 7 a. m. and end at 4 p. m... .Of the 5,100 union furniture workers in New York City there are 3,994 working on the eight-hour basis and 1,106 are locked out and on strike. The bosses are preparing to compel ten hours work all around.... Special telegrams to Bradstreefs Journal, of New York, indicate that the industrial agitation in favor of fewer hours' work daily has largely disappeared elsewhere than at Chicago. At New York it has been a practical failure, while at Chicago the at­ titude of manufacturers in several leading liilfes in locking out some 47,000 employes who demanded a shorter working day promises to arrest the progress of the move­ ment. BEN ALI won the Kentucky Derby at Louisville in 2:36£, beating the record.... A representative of a British syndicate iB at Baltimore prepared to contract for build­ ing the Chesapeake and Delaware ship canal at a cost of $8,000,000, provided the citizens of Maryland subscribe $1,000,000 toward the project. • A PETITION- from citizens of Iowa, praying for the abolition of the American House of Lords, was presented in the Senate on the 14th inst. A bill was passed to authorize the Kansas City and Galf Road to lay its tracks through Indian Territory. Bills were also passed for public buildings at Lafayette, Indiunft. Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Kt. Paul, besides largely extending the limit of previous appropriat:oun for other points. Heury F. Heverns, of Kalamazoo, Michigan; was nominated by the Presi­ dent as successor to the late 8. L. Withey as United S'ates Judge for the Western lMstrict of Michigan. 1). C. Fulton was nominated United States Marshal for the Western District of Wisconsin. The business (?) of the House was confined to debate on the pen­ sion bill, which merged itself into a tariff talk before adjournment was reached. PizARito, the conqueror of Pern, never learned to read or write. He was cunning, treacherous, and cruel, his chief merits being courage and- forti­ tude. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. 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BEEF CATTLE > HOGS HHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed 5.50 5.00 4.25 4.00 4.50 .75 .34 .28 .17 .14 .10 .0o .40 8.50 .78 .34 .28 .60 8.25 •83 .37 .81 180 .82 99 9.60 & .18 ee * .is @ .12 & .07 .10 <$ .48 <g> 9.00 .78 VJ .35 .29 @ .68 & 8.75 % .86 © .37 & .33 <a .81 <T$ .34 <3 .30 <DI 9.50 & .88 <A> .83 .86 @ .37 .31 «32>£ 9.00 0 9.50 '& 4.25 FOBE1CU9. THE driving out of the Poles from Prus­ sia under the direction of Bismark has be­ gun. The so-called "Oermanization"of tb „ EAST LIBERTY. CltlUi--Best Fair Common Hoos...VT...........v. SHEEP BUFFALO. WHEAT-NO. 1 Hard CATTLE .W. RT, ;> 4.00 3.50 2.50 .84 .3.1 •2J 6.50 4.75 4.00 •.00 m A1 mo & 5.50 & 5.25 . <4 4.50 @ .84 & .38 & .37 & 5.75 & 4.25 & 4.50 & .86 & .35 & .31 6.00 & S.25 & 4,50 & 4.T5 & 4.00 0 .87 2<« Sleeping Citizens of Xenia, O hio Startled by a Wild Rush A Score or More Swept Withont Warn" inf Into Eternity by the Seeth­ ing Wares. .. A dood-lmnt at Xenia, OWA,* «e»n ^e night of Wednesday, the 13th inst., speed­ ily filled all streams in the vicinity, and the water, laden with logs, rushing into a rail- Way culvert, quickly formed a dam of huge dimensions, which was burst by the pres­ sure of the water. The flood, when re­ leased, swept through the town, carrying off everything in its path. In some in­ stances whole families were drowned. The number drowned or missing is placed at twenty-seven, while the loss to property will reach $100,000. A Xenia dispatch gives the following details of the terrible affair: It seemed as if a water­ spout had burst over the place, the streets and alleys running full like rivers, and with a powerful current, carrying everything before it. The point of danger that threat­ ened to engulf the city and afterward did prove to be the source of wholesale drown­ ing of the people aud destruction of prop­ erty was Archer Creek, a small stream that runs through the town and into a culvert under the Pan Handle Railway depot. This stream became so greatly swollen on account of the heavy rain that the culvert was taxed to its utmost to give the water vent, and driftwood began coming down the swollen stream and was caught at the culvert until a great dam was formed. A number of citizen*, perceiving the danger that threatened them, went out in the storm and worked earnestly to dislodge the tim­ ber aud drift, but the force of the current was such that they became jammed in so tightly that it was impossible tb dislodge them. The water backed up ittod soon overflowed its barriers and formed a mighty reservoir. In a short time the embankment gave way under the pressure, and the huge Volume of water tbat stretched out like a sea broke over with a sullen roar and ran like a mill-race through the streets of the city, tearing down trees aud washing away houses in its mad flight of destruction. The extent and power of the flood may be imagined when it is said that the water cov­ ered a surface of over a mile square, and at some places was over fifty feet deep, hav­ ing formed into a mighty sea in the deep ravine that skirts the town along the Little Miami Railway track. When the water broke the citizens became panic-stricken, and ran out of their houses in every direction for safety. The night was intensely dark, the gloom only being at invervals lighted up by the display of heavenly pyrotechnics, while the cries of terror that came up from all parts of the engult'ed town made a picture that will never be forgotten. The water, re­ leased from its close quarters, soon sur­ rounded the residences in the lower part of the town, the swift enrrent lifting many of the smaller ones bodily from the foun­ dations and carrying them away, over­ turning the structures and sending them down the current toward the panic-stricken people, who were running like sheep to a place of safety. The first house struck by the flood was that of Aaron Ferguson, con­ taining nine persons of his own family and three of John Biirch's, who had fled there for safety. The bank gave way suddenly and the flood came crashing through town in waves fifteen or twenty feet high, and swept twenty or thirty houses away and did $100,000 worth of damage. The gas-works were flooded and the town in darkness and terror. The cries of the people in the flooded dis­ trict were awful to hear. Many acts of heroism in saving the drowning are re­ ported. Bonfires were lighted and the peo­ ple worked all night. Twenty bodies were recovered and there are still a number miss­ ing. Whole families perished in the flood­ ed districts. There was great damage to property all round in the country, and the extent of damage cannot now be even ap­ proximated. The people residing in quarters not cov­ ered by the flood made up rescuing parties, and by the hundreds ran to the scene of desolation and death. The storm in the meantime raged with unparalleled fury, and Serteons out on missions of mercy en-eavoring to save the unfortunate were al­ most carried off their feet by the wild sweep of the rain and wind. The work of finding the bodies was pros­ ecuted all night. The Mayor's office was turned into a morgue, and twenty-two bodies were conveyed there. The scenes were heartrending. The loss of houses is placed at sixty- eight, and it is believed the death-list will reach thirty. Appeals for aid have been sent out bv the authorities, and donations are asked for in behalf of the stricken peo­ ple. The great majority of those thrown out of their homes were poor people, and aid is earnestly asked in their behalf. BTOBM-DAMAGIS ELSEWHEBE. Wreck and Buiii iii Illinois, Indiana, and . Ohio. The storm which did such fearful work at Xenia was far-reaching, extending throughout Northern and Central Illinois, Central Indiana, and Central Ohio. The winds blew a hurricane and the rain fell in torrents, flooding streams, and washing away bridges, culverts, and farm fences. At Dayton, Obio, the rainfall measured four and a half inches in three hours. It i3 roughly estimated that the damage to property in Ohio alone will reach $500,000. Many of the railroads were seriously crippled by washouts. In­ diana suffered severely from this phenom­ enal meteorological disturbance. At Kemp- ton many houses were partially wrecked, one man killed, and several wounded. At Wilkinson the storm blew down all the buildings in town except. three. Sam­ uel White was killed, and his wife was fatullv injured. A boy named Shaffer was alsafckilled, and about twenty persons seri­ ously hurt, several of whom will die. At La­ fayette the Court House and the Roman Catholic and German Methodist Churches were badly damaged, two large carpenter shops bnrned to the ground by the light­ ning, and numbers of smaller buildings de­ molished. At Attica the buildings of the Attica Milling Company, the Revere House, tho Hess and Harvey Carriage Factory, the depot, and nearly a hundred dwellings and smaller business houses were destroyed. Over 700 people are homeless, four were killed outright and two more fatally injured, while a large number are seriously hurt. The aggregate losses at Attica will be' in tho neighborhood of $2(10,000. Seventy build­ ings were hit hard, being half demolished or entirely annihilated. One of the many losses at Attica will be of valuable shade trees, the district swept over being almost entirely devastated in this respect. At Williamsport several, houses were wrecked, two persons killed, and a number badly in­ jured. At Logausport property was dam­ aged to the amount of $10,000. In the vi­ cinity of Richmond houses and barns were wrecked, whole woods ruined, some stock killed, and one barn destroyed by lightning. Reports from Tipton, Taylor's, Monou, and intermediate points show great loss of property, live stock, and crops. Many per­ sons are reported injured from all points, and it seems miraculous that the loss of life wa<* so small. The Wabash River in­ undated the crops along its valley and ru­ ined them. In Illinois the storm was not so violent, though much damage was in­ flicted in certain sections. Near East I^rnn, Rossville, and Potomac a number of houses were demolished and five persons killed. The country was deluged by the tremendous rainfall.' The damage by the storm in Jo Daviess County will exceed $20,000. Buildings were unroofed, glass broken, and fences leveled. Several houses were wrecked in the vicinity of Jackson­ ville, and two or three people seriously in- jared. - L ( «'•' f ' ' , -II fhc Race for the Championship of the National League and the American jAssocletlon--V««t Crowds Aiten4 thf Owning Games. t If any there were who doubted that base­ ball is the national game of America, or that it had lost its place in the favor of oar citizens, such doubt must have beeh re­ moved <ru April 29th last, when the open­ ing gai&dii of the National League season of 1886 were played, in the presence of thousands of delighted and enthusiastic spectators. New York and Boston, at the polo grounds in the former city, had an attendance of over 12,000, and«A$ the close of the game, which was won by New York, the winning nine were borue from the grounds upon the shoulders of admir­ ing friends. Similar crowds witne.-sed tne opening games in Washington and St. Louis. Rain prevented the first game betwen Chicago and Kansas City, in the latter place, but on the following day over 6,000 spectators witnessed a thirteen- inning game, which Was won by the cham­ pions by one run. Not a few prophesied that the admission of Washington and Kansas City into the league would lessen the interest of the general public, as the new members would not be strong enough to compete with the older clubs in the or­ ganization. The opening games dispelled this illusion, as in addition to Kansas City tieing the champions for twelve innings, Washington defeated Harry Wright's strong team, winning two of the three first games. It is now conceded that greater un­ certainty exists as to who will tfy the championship pennant of the league for 1$86 than in any jire- vfous season. The opening games of the American Association were more largely at­ tended than in any previous ye.iv, t,n;l the same element of uncertainty awaits the re­ sult as to the championship. The games of the many State and other leagues have also been largely attended; and it goes without siying that base ball has lost none of its interest for the public, and that more peo­ ple will witness the games of 1886 than in any previous year. STANDING OP THE IiEAOTTE CLVBS. The second week in their race for the league pennant ended with Saturday, May 8, and found Chicago, New York, Detroit, and Philadelphia leading the string, and very well bunched. From present indica­ tions the race of last year between Chicago and New York is to be run again this year, each club having entered the season under a strong and determined style of play. Both Detroit and Philadelphia are playing excellent ball, and, barring accident to their men, there seems to be litt'e doubt that both will stand very closs to each other and vlfcy near the top at the finish. Boston has not played the game up to the present time that was expected of her, and wit'a her strong army of sixteen players, includ­ ing Radbonm and Buflfington--without question two of the greatest twirlers in the league--it is something to be won­ dered at. The following table will sho.v the first two weeks' work of the clubs: 0 • - Post- Lost. pouod. Won. . 6 . . 6 . 5 . 4 5*;, Clubs-- * Cliicaco. New York Detroit l'hihulolpbia Kt. Ixmis Bos fx n Wimhingtou Kaunas City In the American Association, at the close of the third week, St. Louis still retaius the lead, Brooklyn a good second, with the Me'ropolitans bringing up the rear., Th1 following will show the standing of the clubs to date: ' y Games Oaooes Clubs-- , St. I.oui8.»jv..... Pli t s . i u r n . Metropolitan.... IxiUisvillo...;,... Cincinnati.... Brooklyn... Baltimore Athletic The guesses as to the standing of the league clubs at the end of the season, re­ ceived in response to A. G. Spalding & Bro.'s offer of $100 to the person making the correct guess, have shown considerable diversity of opinion as to the result. Out of 620 guesses, 436 place Chicago first, 152 place New York first, 21 place Detroit first, 8 place Philadelphia first, 2 place Boston first, and 1 asserts that St. Louis will fly the pennant for 1886. One of the singularities of the year is, that not a single member of the numerous Smith family appears on the roll of the clubs of the National League. «*«^«fVt,. •. ..... won. lost. ...13 5 ... R 9 ... 8 11 ... 7 10 ... 7 10 ... 9 4 ... 8 7 . . . 8 6 GENERAL SPORTING NOTES. THE Bostons lost three out of their first four games in the last iuning. FROM the crowds attending the ball games this season it is evident the game has found many new admti-ers. THE two longest base ball throws on record are: Ed Crane, Boston Unions, 135 yards 1 foot $ inch, and 134 yards 5 inches. BASE-HAIVL players will probably not join the strike for eight hours as the limit of a day's, labor. They are perfectly con­ tented With two hours. THE National League was organized ten years ago, and the championship has been held by three clubs, as follows: Chicago, *76, '80, '81, '82, '85; Boston, '77, '78, '84; Providence, '70, '83. AN agreement has practically been con­ cluded by which Teenier aud Gaudaur will row their contemplated race at Pullman or Lake Calumet about the 1st of June. THE Northwestern League has furnished some of the best pitchers in the profession; the most prominent being ClarksOn, Foutz, Porter, Getzein, Baldwin, Cushman, and Caruthers. THE work of Andrews, of the Philadel- fthias, has been terrific. He is the only eague player who has batted safely in every one of the first seven league games. H$ made eleven runs and thirteen hits, with IT total of seventeen in those contests; and his battiug average was .433, with a total of .566. THE North Springfield (Mo.) Sonth- iccHtern reports a local base-ball game with the following new and nuique table of points in its score: R. --Runs. O.--Outs. F. D.--Fell down. M.--Muffed the ball. Umpires--Sperry, Gates, Freeman, Me is eh- bach and others. One player had eighteen "F. D.'s" marked against him, and another had "M. 36" opposite his name. The larg- number of umpires shows that the ganio was an exciting one. THE fleet-footed Amerioan Myers again showed his heels to George, the British champion, at the Madison Square Garden May 8. Both men were in prime condi­ tion. The race was practically a repetition of the previous Saturday's contest, Myers ly­ ing back until well into the last quarter, and then cutting loose and winning with ease. The distance was three-quarters of a mile and was covered in 3 minutes 15 4-5 sec­ onds, fast time considering the condition of the track. This ends the series--Myers having won both races and the proud title of champion runner of the world. THE Boston Hi-ruUi says: Captains like Anson are few. Without him the Chicago nine would not stand a ghost of a chance for the championship. He knows how to bear defeat, and he never crows over a vic­ tory. His men are the best drilled in tho land--at the bat, in the field, on bases. They rarely go to pieces; they don't play for a record; they know how to take ad­ vantage of weaknesses in their opponents; tbev are not grand stand players; they play "sail all the time, and these are some of the SUMMER A Cyclone Canses Devastation and Lo«s or Life in Illinois end • * ' ^Indta«p>^!^ / ^ A teri^Iie ttarricane accompanied "by lightning and sheets of rain struck the town of Odell, 111., eighty-one miles south of Chicago, on the afternoon of Wednes­ day, the 12th inst., causing loss of life and great destruction of property. The north­ bound Chicago and Alton train encountered the s'orm some miles southwest of Odell, but did not experience its full force until that place was reached. As the train pulled into the station a shower of boards struck the engine and tender, a large shed on the right of the track having been demolished and its wreck sent whirling over the prairie. On the left of the station a livery stable with an adjoining shed full of horses, carriages, and farmers' teams was totally wrecked. The large brick store of S. S. Cole was laid in ruins and four children buried beneath it-- the daughters of John Miller. As the store went down, broken bricks, fragments of mortar, and pieces of timbers -were whirled through the air and dashed against the sides of the cars, breaking the windows and creating a wild degree of terror among the passengers. As soon as the tempest lulled sufficiently many of the passengers jumped from the train and made a hasty exploration of the ruins. Efforts were made to clear the debris from the Cole building, nnd the children were rescued. Three were seriously hurt, but will survive, and the others miraculously escaped injury. The searchers then proceeded with their work, assisted by the calmer of the citizens, but for the most part the residents seemed crazed by the calamity and stood about the streets gazing at the wreck of their property and wailing in a distressing manner. Alto­ gether about seven persons sustained seri­ ous injuries, of whom those likely to die are: Lottie Zwifle, a ten-year-old girl, who was carried over 200 feet in the air and fell On the railroad track, smashing her skull. George and Charles Hoke, liverymen. S. S. Cole, hardware merchant. The view presented to the eyes of the passengers as they looked about the town wa,s startling. .Every portion of the village showed traces of the wide-spread wreck wrought by the storm. It demolished one brick block, wrecked three warehouses, un­ roofed the hotel, the Masonic Hall, and four store buildings, and tore to pieces the upper ' story of the Angell block, in which the Odell Bank and the Odd-Fellows' Hall were located. Hardly a storeroom in town escaped injury, and many dwelling-houses were demolished. The loss will exceed $50,- 000. Houses, barns and sheds were twisted from their foundations and completely de­ stroyed. Trees a foot in diameter were twisted entirely to pieces. The storm did not last more than five minutes. Ten minutes before it appeared the air seemed to get green. Two clouds appeared to advance, one from the southeast, the other from the southwest, and met over the town, forming a monstrous whirlwind, which swept every­ thing in its track. P. W. Kenyon's lumberyard, a few yards away from the station, was taken up bodily by the wind and scattered for rods around, but the flying boards broke the force of the wind to some extent and protected the train from injury. At Dwight floods of rain had fallen, pre­ ceded by hailstorfes of remarkable size, some weighing from five to six ounces. The storm moved in an easterly direction, pass­ ing into Indiana. Courae of thr Storm. [Williamsport (Ind.) special.] A cyclone struck this place Wednesday evening, destroying everything in its track. Several houses and barns in the north end of the town were carried away. It seemed to have formed about two miles northwest of the town and took a southeasterly direc­ tion, traveling about thirty miles an hour, striking the extreme north end of this place. Reports come from Attica, about two miles east of here, that it struck that place about the center of the town and destroyed several of the business buildings, including a new mill. The Revere House, the Chica­ go and Great Southern Railway offices, and the wagon bridge over the Wabash river were torn down. Several persons were on the bridge at the time it went down, and all are supposed to have been killed. At the Revere House several are reported to have been killed. At this place two brick houfces belonging to Henry Butt were torn down and Mrs. Butt was badlv injured. [•Toilet (111.) special.] A rain, hail, and thunder storm swept over Joliet Wednesday evening, wrecking the circus tent of Burr Robbins, in which a performance was being given at the time. A panic resulted, during which three per­ sons were seriously and many others slightly injured. California's New Senator. Mr. George Hearst, appointed by Gov. Stoneman, of California, to succeed the late Senator Miller, has had an eventful history. He went to California across the plains in 1850, and commenced as a com­ mon laborer in the mines. Finally he made some money and formed a partnership with Haggin & Tevis, and the firm has amassed a large fortune in jumping and buying mining claims. They now own one of the largest and most profitable mines in Butte City, Montana, and also mines in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Mexico, Idaho, and Cal­ ifornia. Mr. Hearst is considered the most expert prospector on the Pacific coast, and his judgment in regard to a mine has never yet been at fault. He is a tall, well-formed man about 55 years old. He was a can­ didate for Governor of California in .1882, but Gen. Stoneman sccured the nomination and was elected. At the time of Senator Stanford's election in 1885 Mr. Hearst re­ ceived the complimentary votes of the Dem­ ocrats. He is a very wealthy man, and | among his real estafe owns 40,000 acres of the finest lands in the State, situated in San Luis Obispo. He is the sole owner of the San Francisco Examiner. Senator Hearst made his maiden speech in the Senate a few days ago, when he asked that a peti­ tion introduced by him might "be placed on record." This sally was greeted with subdued laughter, for the enator merely wanted the petition printed in the Record. This incident recalled to old stagers the first speech made in the Senate by Mr. Tabor, who was aleo a West­ ern member. The yeas and nays were be­ ing called when Mr. Tabor said: "Mr. President, I am paired o!T with the Senator from Hampton, Mr. South Carolina." He was only in the Senate for a month, and that was the only speech Mr. Tabor madef reasons that they got the, championship in L until he prcseuted the ciedentials of his 1885, and will cpnp very near it in 1W*. /rtuooessor. NATIONAL LAW-lUKER$, MtrSamuuraftlw PtmnA. We* Cw^lUM. Ta* House of Representatives pi--ad )>B1 on the 6tfa tnstw, authorizing the Kansas City and Gulf Road to lay its tracks through the In- dlau Territory. The military academy bill was passed. It appropriates 1297,805 for the main­ tenance of tne schools at Annapolis and West Point. The Congressional Printer notified the House that bis presses would have to stop un­ less an extra appropriation of 1200,000 was made before the 25th of the n innth. Members of tbe House wero taken by surprise on receiving vetoes of two private Derision bills, in which the President had taken time to discover grave faults. The Senate was not in session. A HKBOLCTION offered by Senator IiOgn, di­ recting tjie Committee on Pensions to wpfft back to the Senate the Ingalls bill, providing for the repeal of the limitation on the arrears of 1 tensions, was agreed to by the Senate. A bill to limit the commercial privileges of vessels be­ longing to foreign countries which restrict the privileges of American .ships was introduced. The same measure was oSered in the House. Mr. Beach (N. Y.) intro­ duced in the House a resolution amending the rules so as to subject to a fine of $100 every member who is absent during a call of the House. The House passed a bill to punish the advert sement of lottery tickets in the District ot Columbia. With the intention of putting to service the sum of *50,507,005 lying in the Treas­ ury at the close ot Aprils Mr. Breckinridge introduced a joint resolution directing the call­ ing in of 351,000,000 in 3 i>er cent bonds by the end of August. Mr. Bland introduced a bill pro­ viding that auy holder of standard gold or silver coin may deposit the same with the treasurer or any Government depository in sums of not less than #10, and receive therefor notes to tie called "coin notes" of the United States. THE Senate, in discussing the interstate ebm- merce bill, on the 11th inst., tabled an amend­ ment to fine and imprison men who conspire to interfere with the running of trains. The Presi­ dent nominated Clarence E. Greathouse, of California, to be Consul General at Kanagawa. The House of Representatives passed a bill for the appointment of three comniilnoners, to settle Spanish ami Mexican land claims in tlae State of Colorado and the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona. They are to receive salaries of $5,000 each, and to servo for four years. While the arnfy appropriation bill was under considera­ tion, Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, made charges against Edwin M. Stanton, Mr. Lincoln's Secre­ tary or War, which precipitated u. violent parti­ san debate, Messrs. Hepburn, of Iowa, and Hiscock, of New York, coining to tbe defense of the dead War Secretary. SENATOR MITCHELL, of Oregon, submitted in the Senate, on tne 12th inst., a concurrent reso­ lution expressing it to be the sense of Congress that negotiations shonld be entered Into be­ tween the United States and Chinsss Govern­ ments with a view to securing such modifica­ tions of the present treaty with China as may result in stopping the coming of Chinese to this country, except in the case of diplomats and their servants, and except also in the case ot persons at sea to seek a place of shel­ ter. The Senate, by a vote of 47 to 4, passed the int-jrsta\e commerce bill, which pro­ vides for a commission of five parsons, with a principal office at Washington, to inquire into the business and management of all common carriers. The House of Representatives passed the army appropriation bill, after voting down an amendment to increase by #100,000 the item for the Springfield armory. "A bill extending the jurisdiction of the Court oi Claims over clainiB for the use of patents and patented in­ ventions against the United States was reported to the House. Tbe House considered the diplo* matic appropriation biJl without disposing of it. THE general pension bill was discussed by the Senate on the 13th inst. The Senate con­ curred in the House amendments to the bill providing for the sale of the old bridewell lot in Chicago. The following nominations were con­ firmed : Collectors Seeberger of Chicago, Seiop of Milwaukee, Cgdwallader of Philadelphia; Marshal W. M. Campbell of Minnesota; H. F. Merritt, Consul at Aix-la-Chapclle; I* T, Boyd, Receiver of Public Moneys at Bayfield, Wis.; and J. B. Webb, Register of the Land Office at LaCrosse, Wis. The House of Representatives passed the dip­ lomatic and consular appropriation bill, with an item cf $150,000 for contingent expenses at con­ sulates. The House discussed without action the b:ll to enlarge the powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture. Messrs. McCreary (Ky.) and Weaver (Iowa) supported the measure. Mr. Reagan (Texas I opposed it on constitutional grounds, and said he would offer as a substitute is bill to create a Department of Industries.. James II. of England. James II. of England was the decond son of Charles I. and Queen Henrietta Maria. He was created Dnke of York in infancy. He accompanied bis father during the civil war, and was taken prisoner, but escaped, disguised as a girl, in April, 1648, and went over to Holland. He served with distinction in both the French and Spanish armies, and after the restoration returned to England and was made Lord High Ad­ miral of the English navy. In the en­ suing war with the Dutch he command­ ed the English fleet ably. In 16(i0 the Duke had married Anne, daughter of Edward Hyde, the Earl of Clarendon. In lt»71 this lady died, leaving two daughters, both of whom subsequently sat upon the throne of England. Be­ fore her death she disavowed Protest­ antism, through the influence of her husband, who several years before had become a Catliol c. In 1673 the Duke was compelled by the conditions of the "test act" to resign the office of Ad­ miral. This same year he married Mary of Modeua, a Catholic princess. Bo strong was the feeling in Parliament and through the kingdom against him for liis change of religion, that he was obliged to go to the continent to reside for a time, and a bill excluding him from succession to the Eng­ lish crown passed the House of Com­ mons, bat failed to pass the House of Lords. He returned while this bill was pending and was made Lord High Commissioner of Scotland, but was so unpopular there that he did not remain long. However, . in 1(585, after his brother's death, he succeeded to the throne without opposition. His reign was brief, however, being filled with contentions with Parliament and the Established Church. He seemed ut­ terly wanting in th%,tact of his brother, but, like his unfortunate father, rashly contended for the right of personal government which he believed the "di­ vine right" of a king. In the first year of his reign occurred Monmouth's re­ bellion. This was not generally up­ held by the people, and was soon over­ thrown, all those implicated in it being punished with great severity. The sub­ sequent acts of the King, his claim to the power of dispensing with laws at his will, and dismissing the Parliament whenever it would not carry out his wishes, convinced the people that his permanent rule could not be tolerated, and in 1C.88 William of Orange, James* son-in-law, was called over "to protect the liberties and religion of the English people." William came, and James was forced to abdicate the throne. James made an effort to regain his crown by undertaking an expedition to Ireland in lt»S9. The troops and money for this expedition were furnished by King Louis XIV. of France. The ex- King was received kindly in Ireland, but at the battle of the Boyne his array was totally routed. The remaining eleven years of his life were spent at St. tiermain, in France, in vain in­ trigues for recovering possession of Iris lost kingdom.--Inter Oqean. . A Reasonable Request. Bill Simpson is an engineer on the L & G. N, Itailroad. He was off duty at Austin a few days ago. He met J udge Peterby, with whom he was ac­ quainted. "I say, Judge, I wish yon would do me a favor. "I'll do it" "It will be appreciated by all the en­ gineers on the I & G. N. Railroad.* "What c <n I do for you all ?" "Please don't hang'around the depot when the tra;ns are coming in. They are everlastingly mistaking your red nose for a danger signal, and it con- fuaes them."-- Texws Sifiing*.