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McHENBY, rg paradcalcr VAN SLTKC. ESKsrtti PuMMitr. ILLINOIS. NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. JAKES N. TAGGABT, paying teller of the Union Trust Company at Philadelphia, who dfoiappeared about April 18, proves to have embezzled $100,000 of the company's jfends By the great floods in the Kenne­ bec River in Maine millions of feet of tsmber were swept into the sea. THE explosion of asteam-pipO on atow- boat at Pittsburgh caused the loss of one fife and the fatal injury of two other per­ sons The burning of a breaker of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company, at Sugar Notch, Pa., caused a loss of #fce,ooo. AT Pittsburgh last week the temperature Muse to 'J5 degrees--the highest ever known^ there in May A switch-engine exploded •I New Haven, Conn., badly wounding six parsons, and wrecking the roand-housa «ad two other locomotives. A TERRIFIC thncder-storm, accompanied by heavy hail and wind equal to a hurri­ cane, swept over the Allegheny Mountains ill Somerset and Bedford Counties, Penn­ sylvania, causing great destruction to prop­ erty. .. .Peter Smith was hanged in New York City for the murder of John Han- THE WEST. BKPOBTS show that the recent earth- in fiie Southwest extended from the Pacific coast in Mexico and Southern Cali­ fornia to the Rio Grande River. The dis­ patches state that there was an unusual disturbance, and that eruptions have broken out at various points. Southern Arizona experienced the peveresfc shocks. At Tucson considerable damage was done to buildings. Goods were thrown from the shelves in stores and many houses were cracked. The shock was accompanied by a rambling sound. Many clocks were stopped and the entire population fled to the streets terror-strick­ en. The court-house cupola swayed like the mast of a ship in a turbulent sea, and the building seemed as though it were top­ pling over. When the shock struck Santa Catalina Mountain great slices of the Mountain were torn from its side and thrown to its base. The public school 4 building rocked to and fro like a cradle and some of the plastering fell, causing Que utmost consternation among the scholars. Shortly after the earthquake a volcano broke out twenty-two miles south of Tucson, in Total Wreck Mountains, and file sky was brilliantly illuminated. At Benson the shocks were quite se­ vere, and several buildings were; damaged by serious cracks. At Tomb- atone, windows were broken and buildings cracked and injured, but no persons were hurt. Ten miles from the city a lake cov­ eting an acre of (pound dried up com­ pletely in twenty minutes. The embank­ ments along the New Mexico and Arizona Railway were moved from their former positions, in many instances as much as twelve inches. At Wilcox, a two-story dwelling-house was ruined, and. other buildings were seriously damaged. The Iftdians on the Carlos Reservation were -badly frightened. A LOT 128x114 feet at Chestnut and Seventh streets, St. Louis, has been pur­ chased by Jay Gould, who will build Upon it a nine-story structure, to be used as headquarters of the Missouri Pacific sys­ tem. .. The mills (flour, saw, and planing) •ad elevator of Mills & Haulton, at Elk River, Minn., a chair factory, and Dickey's Hotel, were burned, the loss aggregating $85,000... .W. C. DePauw, the millionaire capitalist, manufacturer, and philanthro­ pist, of New Albany, Jnd., died in Chicago from a stroke of apoplexy. THE SOUTH* cases of genuine, leprosy flifM fliree "suspicious" cases exiBt in St. Mar­ tin's Parish, Louisiana. Two suspicious cases are reported at New Orleans.... Fire at Louisville burned elevators, warehouses, freight care, and other property, the total lass being $250,000. A SHOCK of earthquake lasting two urin­ ates terrified the people of El Paso, Tens, on the afternoon ofHhe 3d inst. Buildings were cracked, the plastering of houses ftil, and household articles were thrown down. An offensive sulphuric smell pre­ ceded the vibrations. .Severe shocks were . .also felt at Alhaquerqub and other points JB New Mexico. ,,:A PHKMATCBE blast in the Coosa Tun- Hil in Georgia killed twelve out of eighteen •en who were working for the Georgia Central Railroad. CUT T WOODFORD refused $100,000 for the famous stallion Hindoo, conditioned 1$on his living four years after the pur­ chase Col. Jones S. Hamilton, lessee ef the Mississippi Penitentiary, and R. D. Gambrel, editor of the Sword and Shifbl, fought a duel at Jackson, Miss. Gambrel was shot dead, and Hamilton mortally wounded. The cause of the affray was an article published in the Sword and Shield severely criticising CoL Hamilton's private and public character. POMTICAL. JOHN G. CABLIS&B presided over the .Kentucky Democratic Convention at Louisville. The platform, jointly evolved by himself and Editor Wattereon, pro­ tests confidence in the "integrity and conscientious devotion to duty of President Cleveland," but gives his civil-service pol­ icy & slap; is non-committal on the silver question, denounces "sumptuary" legisla­ tion, and demands an "immediate reduction ef the war tariff." Gen. Buckner was nom­ inated for Governor The Ohia Repub­ lican State Central Committee has decided '§> hold the State convention at Toledo, j|uly 27 and 28. • ; JUDGE CHARLES JAMES FAULKNER, of -- ||Iartin8burg, has been chosen United States J|enator by the West Virginia Legislature, i succeed Senator Camden. #>' i' INDVSTBUL NOTES. sacramental, medical, or scientific pur­ poses. The iuiporfHtion of breech-loading rifle s is also prohibited, exccpt v, here in­ tended for the peiBonal use of white set­ tlers aud temporary visitors not traders.... The President has appo:ntod William H. MeLyman Collector of Customs for the District of Miami, Ohio; J. W. Bonne of Chicago. William K. Carlisle of Wichita, Kss., and Isaac J. Cox of Ellenville, N. Y., commissioners to examine and report upon thirty-four miles of the Norihorn Pa­ cific Railroad. THE following is a recapitulation of the publio debt statement issued on the 2d inst by the United States Treasurer: lNTRRKST-BKABUTO DKJIT. Bonds at 4*$ percent $ 250.000,000 Bonds at 4 p«r cent 7S7.TO7.5JO Bonds at 3 per cent, 88,07.-f,9 H) Refunding certificates at 4 percent. 177,750' Navy pension fu'id at 3 per cent.... 14.000.0j0 Pacific Uailroadbonds at G percent. 04,623,512 Principal... ,»••»*»•• . J1,0SM,678,712 Interest.••••,«.,.*«» •*•••••••••••*». 6,780.653 Total 1 ... ..«1,103.459,308 DEBT ON WBICH 1NXKHKST HAS CKA8KD SINCE MATURITY. Principal fc.310,715 Interest 193,300 Total 18,504,015 DEBT BKARIHG XO 1KTKBXST. Old demand and legal-tender notes 1846,738,18S Certificates of deposit.. Gold certittc&tes Silver certificates _ Fractional curnency (less 98,475,934 estimated as lost or destroyed)... 8,3->O,00 J 94,434,48) 137,740,430 4,948.472 . DOTAL SSH, e a a » e » * i . •994,211,573 .$1,695,301,000 Principal.. Principal....".. interact. Total '..'..11,704,174.957 Less cash stems available (or reduc­ tion of th<> debt 9 204.11?.459 Less reserve held for redemption of United States notes....... Total.. 103,000,000 •t 9M.118.459 fot«J debt less available cash items..... 11,340,056,496 Net cash in the Treasury 34,810,038 Debt les* cash in Treasury May i, 1W87 *1,335,170,45# Debt less cash in Treasury April J, 1887. 1,318,223,55* Decrease of debt during the month f 13,053,038 CASH IN THK TRKASURY AVAILABLE FOB KKDOO- TION OF PUBLIC DEBT. Gold held for yold certificates actu­ ally outstanding Silver held for Bilver certificates ao- tually outstanding U. S. notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding Cash held for matured debt and in­ terest unpaid Cash hekt tor bonds called not ma­ tured and balance of interest Fractional currency Total available RKSEBVK FUND. Held for redemption of U. & notes, acts January 14, 1875, aad July 12, 1882 ." f Unavailable for redaction of debt: Fractional silver coin 9S6,*D1,07S Minor coin 117,588 104,434,485 137,740,430 8^350,000 15,284,672 8,305,950 2,922 •064,118,459 10Q.000.030 L- ; A OEKXBAIJ strike of New York cigar- fnakers was inanfe-uratod last week.,. .A lockout has been inaugurated in the Cin­ cinnati shoe factories. A strike of Chicago Tiodcamers also took place. THE Cotton Council of Hew Orleans, an |prganization embracing laborers of, all kinds engaged in handling cotton, has col- - -lapsed, after an existence of six years. Jpnarked by several strikes aud riots. THE strike of coke-workers in the Con- yiellsville region for an advanoe in wages Cj^as inaugurated on the 4th inst. Over J«St3,000 men are idle, and not an even in the fjdistrict is in operation. THE Union Steel Company, of Chicago, have shut down their steel and rail mill. Seven hundred and fifty men were locked out on the strength of a strike of twenty- eight drillers, chippers, and others. WASHINGTON. THE President has issued an executive order forbidding the importation of intoxi- -i eating liquors into the Territory of Alaska Ms- * ' jjexcept upon permit of a customs officer at •the port of destination, who shall be #sHsftad that the liquors are needed for Steamship Company to oust the Gould clique, which has been in control for sev­ eral years. T*i Chinese Oovernment hat dlNkred that every foreign missionary in China must hold a passport from his own Gov ernment in order that his nationality may l>e shown The Paris Steele sees a sinister significance in General Wal dersee's tour along the frontiers of Alsace-Lorraine, despite the plausible ex­ planations of his mission given by the German press. The Steele professes to believe that "he is solely studying the best points of concentration for German troops in proximity to the eastern frontier of France." ANTI-GERMAN demonstrations continue to be made in various sections of Paris, says a dispatch from that city. A proces­ sion carrying a banner inscribed "To Ber­ lin" marched to the palace of the Elys^e, the residence of President Grevy, where it was dispersed by the police. Twelve of the persons who took prominent pait in this demonstration were arrested. The Government has decided to prosecute the publishers of the paper La Revanche for publishing an article entitled "Down with the Germans," and calculated to arouse a warlike feeling among the French people the Germans. ADDITIONAL NEWS. Total $ 87,028,658 Certificate* held as cash. 34,072,743 Met cash balance on hand 81,888,038 Total cash in Treasury as shown by the Treasurer's genar.il account. .$ - 463,10>,896 ** : : -- THE RAILWAYS* A KATLBOAD war is- predicted from the refusal of the Pennsylvania Road to sell tickets to the accredited agents of the Western lines. It is said that the latter will retaliate by legal proceedings to com­ pel the trunk lines to show cause-why they should not furnish tickets Jay Gould has purchased 168 acres of land just south of Carondelet Park, St. Louis, on which to place the machine-shops of the Missouri Pacific and Iron fountain Roads. IT is said that the forthcomi ng annual report of the Atchison, Topeka. and Santa Fe Bailroad will show that the contem­ plated extension of that system are of more magnitude than the public has supposed. Among the proposed lines is one through Indian Territory, Southwestern Texas, and tbe southwestern^ part of New Mexico, which will bring El Paso 600 miles nearer to the Missouri fhrer than at present 'and give the Atchison the shortest transconti­ nental route. Is* INTERSTATE COMMISSION. THE Interstate Commerce Commission met at Memphis cn the 4th inst., and were occupied all day hearing testimony on be­ half of the Louisville and Nashville aud Nashville and Chattanooga Railroads, and points traversed by those roads. The evi­ dence elicited was not of a character to raise the conviction in the mindu cf those who followed it closely that a good case had been made out in favor of the suspen­ sion ' of the long and short haul clause. The Commissioners cross- examined witnesses closely. and in nearly every instance drew from them admfesions that weakened the force of thefr testimony. One Nashville wtfciess disclosed the fact that the Louisville and Nashville Road allowed Nashville Hour mills a rate that enabled them to buy wheat at Detroit, take it to Nashville, convert it into four, and deliver it at points of con­ sumption as cheaply as if it hod been made into flour at Detroit in tbe first place with­ out paying tribute to Nashville mills. THE Interstate Commerce Commission concluded its two days' labors at Memphis after hearing evidence from merchants of Memphis, Louisville, Lexington, Little Rock, and Newport, Ark., to the effect that the enforcement of Section 4 would be disastrous to the commerce and industries of the points named. The Louisville and Nashville, the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, and the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroads were granted two weeks' time to file arguments and stat stical information in support of their petition for the permanent suspension of Section 4. Representatives of the river interests were also fciven leave to present their case in writing. GEMERAKm A RIVAL telegraph company has aston­ ished the Western Union by announcing a rate of $1 for ten words between New York and San Francisco, which is a cut of 33 per cent. A reduced rate was also made on money orders.... The schooner Louie O'Neill went to the bottom of Lake Erie after colliding with the schooner Thomas L. Parker. Every member of the crew perished with her. CHOLEKA is disappearing in Chili, and the blockade to commerce is about tb be raised. Chicago elevators and vessels contain 14,089,S09 bushels of wheat, 9,012,- 645 bushels of corn, 1,495,866 bushels of oats, 137,120 bushels of rye, and 51,141 bushels of barley; total, 24,786,684 bushels of all kinds of grain, against K>,026,609 bushels a year ago The supply of all kinds of grain n eight in this country was decreased last week 2,517,703 bushels. In wheat the decrease amounted to 1,364.147 bushels, and in corn to 566,147 bushels. The visible supply of wheat is 47,313,476 bushels, and of corn 18,650,550 bushels. THE steamer John Knox, Captain Broely, from Glasgow for Quebec, with a cargo of iron, liquors, and bricks, and a crew of about thirty souls, went down off the coast of Newfoundland, and every one on board perished. IN a coal mine at Nanaimo, British Co­ lombia, two explosions occurred, resulting fai the breaking out of a fire which speedily destroyed the fan-bouse. There were up- ward of 150 men in the shaft at the time, °f whom, it is believed, have per­ ished. But fifteen have been rescued. The scenes around the mouth of the mine are described as heartrending. At the opening of May the available stock" of wheat, which includes the supplies at twenty-one leading points east of the Rocky Mountains and the amount in tran­ sit to the seaboard and afloat on the ocean, amounted to 68,353,000 bushels, against 63,969,000 bushels on the corresponding date last year. AN effort will be made at the forthcom- tafe annual meeting of the Pacific Mail R. G. Dux & Co. report 153 failrres in the United States and twenty-nine in Can­ ada during the week, against a total of 191 the previoa-i week... Spaculation in real estate, coupled with great activity iu build­ ing operations, continues to be lively throug .out the West The railway con­ struction "boom" is unchecked, 937 miles having been completed already this year, against 652 miles to the correspond­ ing date oc" 1886. "The enormous supply of money," say It. G. Dun <fc Co. in their weekly review, "goes fw to explain the s.tuation. Large amounts of foreign capital are seeking investment here on account of the inadequate demaud abroad." While this state of things coutinues, and crop pros­ pects grow more favorable, no reaction is deemed probable.... .The Yankee tisuing- schooner Humboldt, whioh wa-j damaged in the recent gales ol the coast of Nova Scotia, has been allowed by the Dominion authorities to buy new lines at Halifax. It is expressly stated, however, that the priv­ ilege is granted simply as a matter of "courtesy, " and that it is not to be regarded as a precedent. UP to this time forty-four railroad com­ panies have filed with the Interstate Com­ merce Commission formal petitions ask­ ing to be relieved from section 4 of the in­ terstate commerce law. Probably as many more have been rec jived and return­ ed for further information. A much larger number has been received from trade organizations, private corporations, and individuals proteUin^ against the sus­ pension of section 4 in particular cases. A MARQUETTE (Mich.) telegram s vs: "Reports of the recent windstorm are com­ ing in freely. Tbe thirteen counties of the upper peninsula were all swept. Iu some rich pine fields the trees were mowed down like grass. Millions of feet of pin9 are destroyed, houses unroofed or demol­ ished, unfinished buildings scattered, and chimneys and outhouses destroyed. Scarce­ ly a town or settlement escaped. Only three fatalities are reported, but many per­ sons were seriously iujured." JEFF DAVIS has written a caustic review of General Wolseley's "Life of General Lee." Davis tikes exception to many of the English General's statements, and, while not finding fault with the opin­ ion of General Lee's military abil­ ity expressed in the book, he con­ siders General Wolseley's criticisms of other Sopthern leaders unjust and un­ warrantable. The review contains inter­ esting matter in the way of estimates of the relative value of the services of the Confederate leaders At Louisville, Ky., a police magistrate released on a writ of habeas corpus John J. Corneilson, who cowhided aud caused the suicide of Jud^e iteid, the magistrate thui overruling a de­ cision of the Court of Appeals. The affair creates a sensation in legal circles. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has appointed Martin J. Russell, of Illinois, and J. P. Thome, of-Maryland, to be members of the Board of Visitors of the Military Academy at West Point, in place of Gen. Palmer and Mr. Gwinn, of Maryland, de­ clined. Mr. Russell is editor of the Chi­ cago Herald. THE death of James Grant, author of many popular romances, is announced from Edinburgh Gen. Gresser, Pre ect of St. Petersburg, has been presented with 100,000 rubles by the Czarina for frus­ trating the plot against her husband's lite. The Australian delegates to the recent colonial conference at London are re­ ported as being greatly displeased with the position of the Ministry on the New Hebrides question, as defined by Lord Salisbury before the conference. The Agent General of Victoria, Sir Graham Berry, is said to have declared that his Lordship's speech on that occasion "would have been excellent coming from the mouth of the French Premier." Colonial sentiment is strongly against any course which implies the slightest recognition of French preten­ sions in the New Hebrides, while the Im­ perial Government is apparently deter­ mined not to risk a rupture with France even to satisfy the Australians. The situa­ tion certainly does not look promising for the federation scheme. GREAT TRADE REVIVAL fei?? to mow railway bunding in THE XABKET& NEW YORK. « 4.50 @ 5.50 5.60 @ 6.00 Cattm .... Hoos Wheat--No. 1 White No. 2 Red. Corn--No. 2 OATS--White ." Pobk--New M«h CHICAGO. CATTLE--Choice to Prime SteeiS Goo.1 Khippinn. Common Hoos--Shipping Grades FTX>CR--Winter Wheat WHEAT--No. 2 Spring Cokn--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 liUTTEK--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy.. CHKESK--Full Cream, Cheddar.. Full Cream, new...... Eoos--Fregh .... Potatofs--Choice, per bu PoBK-Meii MILWAUKEE. Wheat--Cash COIIN--No. 3 ?... Oatu--No. 2 White Kyk--NO. 1 .97)4 .95 .U6JA •i!» 9 .49* a .42 @17.29 18.73 5.00 4.50 4.00 5.00 4.25 .63 .88 .27 .21 .19 PORK -- Meet*.. WJLKDO. .10 .65 & 93.00 .82 .38 .31 .58 15.25 & 5.25 & 5.00 4.5J '9 5.50 4.50 & .84 '(t .38)$ & .27ft m .22 .21 •14M .70 @23.50 & .38ft (S» .31ft & .60 (fl 15.73 Whf.at--Cash COUN--No. 2....". OATS DETROIT. Bet'.P CATXI.* HJGS Bhkep. Wheat--No. 2 Bed Coun--No. 2 OATS -White ST. LOUIB. WHEAT--No. 2 Coun--Mixed ........ Oats--Mixed POKK--New Mess CINCINNATI. Wheat--No. 8 Bed.... COBN--No. 2 OATH--No. 2 POBK--Mesi .....' LIVE HOGS BUFFAIJO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard CORN--No. i Yellow Cattue .01. „ INDIANAPOLIS. sBeef Cattle hoos SpEKP WpKAT-No. 2 Red.. ' COITX--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed „ EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair Common .....'.'.'i 522!L BHKKF Tgfe'f,., •83ft 9 .84 •40ft@ .41ft .28 .30 4.25 4.00 4.50 .87 .41 & 5.00 <0 5.00 A 5.75 & .86 .3 2ft 4 .85 @ .36ft <9 .28 & .49 .98 .85ft •37ft .28 ft 15.75 (016.25 .84*« .85K .43 .44 .29 .80* 10.75 @17.25 4.75 5.50 90ft® .44 ~ 4.2> 8.50 5.00 8.50 82 .38 .29 4.75 4.50 4.25 1.60 too The Early Spring Buoinefta in ^ ^ ,<Gfelcago Without M%. % . * •::;V I • Parallel. ' "f ' Similar Reparts froai Gr««t M ̂ Basin. Every StctJoa 91ft ta .45 ' & 4.75 & 5.00 g 5.50 4.75 & .83 (9 .99 & .29ft <1 5.25 @ 4.75 «* 4.50 0 5.T5 0 4.K [Chicago special.] Tha early spring trade in all branches of the wholesale business of Chicago was al­ most without a parallel in its history. The consumption of goods was simply enormous. This was in a great measure attributed to the chauge to be made in railroad freight rates by the operation of the interstate com­ merce law, which went into elfeot early in April. Now that that'time has passed and dealers throughout the country are be­ ginning to understand tie present cost of transportation, tbe immense demands for goods throughout the month of March turns out not to ha7e been so spasmodio as it was then supposed to be, but a genuine revival of business throughout the West and Northwest, as ,|berc nas been during the last three weeks imd is now greater activity among the wholesale firms of this city than is nsnal at this 8enson of the year. The new law acted as a check and nothing more. All through tbe country west of Chicago, even to the Paoific coast, the new law is a benefit to the Garden City, as it enables shippers to send goods to points they could not cover before, as they were controlled by the jobbers in the interior (owns. Thus Chicago is becoming more and more the base of supplies for the whole West and Northwest. There was, of course, a marked fall­ ing off in the dry-goods trade during last month as compared with March, which was a phenomenal one; but April more than h»4d its own as against the same time last year, and the outloook for a late spring and summer demand is a very satisfactory one. A good volume of business was transacted all through the month by the millinery houses. There has never been so satisfac­ tory a Bpring season, and it is closing earlier than usual. A good order trade is anticipated until the hot weather sets in. So far there is no fault whatever to be found with the situation. The condition of the wholesale grocery trade is very satis­ factory, and it has been daily improving since April 10. There Beems to be a boom through the country so far as trade is concerned, and the heavy volume of railroad work now in course of construction is in a great meas­ ure accountable for it. The opening of lake navigation has also given it an im­ petus, and, with collections good in all >ranches of trade, a feeling of satisfaction exists that has not been known for years. Business generally is being conducted on a conservative basis, and "therein lies its strength. Dealers are buying in smaller quantities and oftener, and hence they find it easier to pay for their goods. Telegraphic reports to the Chicago Trib- uneTrom leading trade centers in the West, UTorthwest, and Southwest are of one tenor. They all speak of an unparalleled revival of business. A dispatch from Mil­ waukee says: "A stroll among Milwaukee merchants and manufacturers will show the prevalence of contentment, mingled with a due allowance of hopefulness, regarding the present condition of the season's pros­ pects for business in the various branches. Comparatively little complaint is made re­ garding the interstate commerce law, so J far as the matter of freights is concerned, and it appears to out litUe or no figure in affecting trade." St. Paul reports as follows: "Spring trade has generally opened up earlier than last year, owing to the favorable season, and th^volyme of business in all depart­ ments is reported to be larger than last year. The effect of the interstate law, which it was feared would prove a serious blow to Northwestern trade, has not been as disastrous as expected." Omaha: uThe merchants of this city re­ port a large increase in their business over any former year. Some of them say it will run from 30 to 50 per cent, higher, especially in the grocery trade. Orders liave not only grown in numbers, but are double and even triple in size. This is due, they say, to the interstate commerce law, which has raised j rates so that country store-keepers who Jheretofore made their big purchases in Chicago now get everything from Omaha. While sales are good, collections are also much better than usual for the time of year." Denver: "There is a striking unanimity among the business men of Denver in re­ gard to their present trade, and this feel­ ing extends to an agreement among them that they do not look for its continuance beyond a few weeks, or months at the out­ side. In comparison with last year, they estimate the increase variously from 20 to 50 per cent., the latter in special lines. Nearly every jobber is loud in condemning tbe present railroad tariffs as adjusted from a railroad standpoint to suit the provisions of the interstate commerce law.' Kansas City: "Unless the present indi­ cations prove misleading the year 1887 will be marked by an unprecedented develop­ ment of the commercial interests of Kansas City. The spring trade is satisfactory, and even more than satisfactory, as the surpris­ ing boom in business fairly takes away the breath of the most conservative business men. Jobbers in dnr goods are to a certain extent feeling the effects of the interstate commerce bill so far as it relates to long and short hauls. They get their goods in fairly good time, but are compelled to pay more freight than formerly. The increase, how­ ever, is not sufficient to injure the jobbing business of the city." • St. Louis: "The volume of St. Louis' spring business averages fully an increase Of thirty per cent, over the three correspond­ ing months of last year. Merchants are al­ most unanimous in their indorsement of the interstate commerce law." New Orleans: "Nearly all lines of trade been more satisfactory this spring than for several seasons past. The interstate com­ merce law has not unfavorably affected business." Louisville: "Spring trade in Louisville opened out with a steady feeling and firm demand for almost all classes of goods. Except in a few lines of specialties there has been no complaint on account of the interstate commerce law." Cleveland: "Cleveland's trade has some bad features about it, but on tbe whole there is very little drawback to tbe strong feeling that has existed, for several months past. The dry-goods houses report busi­ ness as better by almost one-fifth this spring than last, and the trade of last year was tbe best ever known. They generally like the new law, as calculated to leave them what tbey term tbe local trade and prevent the competition of New York and Chicago houses. Collections are very good, Cincinnati: •*Interviews with prominent merchants in various branches of business show conflicting statements in regard to the condition of spring trade in several lines. The dry goods men say that trade is better this spring than last, but it is not up to expectations. This has been the best spring the grocery men have had for several years. The furniture, hat and cap, and boot and shoe dealers all report a big spring business. More complaint is heard from the feed and grain men about the in­ terstate law than any other class." Detroit: "Barring serious labor troubles, the prospect for a good spring and summer trade in all lines of business is much bet­ ter than for several previous seasons. While the interstate commerce bill is being roundly denounced, it does not seem to have had any appreciable ill effect on trade so far." Fort Worth, Texas: "Grocery men report a large increase in trade from 1886. One house, doing a business of $3,000,000 per annum, reports an increase of 20 per rent Dry-goods and other merchants note a marked increase In trade.* The indications are that the interstate commerce law will Texas." <^BEV. H. W. THOMAijfc k Bnttrait and Sketch of tha Well- Known Chicago Divine. Tha popular pastor of tha People's Church, of Chicago, whose portrait accom­ panies this sketch, was born April 29, P432, in the Allegheny Mountains, in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia). His parents were farmers in modest circum­ stances. His father was of German and Welsh descent, and his mother of Scotch and English. The family was large, Wit-am being the fourth son. Dr. Thomas grew up in an atmosphere of freedom, which has influenced his whole life. Born and reared in the mountains, like the Swiss and Scotch Highlanders, he hss naturally inherited a bold and free spirit. His father was of Quaker proclivi­ ties, and his family never owned slaves. He early became an Abolitionist, and has, like Beecher, never ceased to preach free­ dom, political and intellectual He commenced preaching under great embarrassments. He joined the Pittsburg Conference of'the Evangelical Association, or German Methodists, in 1851. He re­ ceived for the first three years of his min­ istry an annual salary of $100, and for sev­ eral subsequent years, when he had a fam­ ily to support, $300, on which latter sum he says he lived well and saved money. In 1856 he joined the Iowa Conference of the M. E. Church, and has Bince filled the leading charges of Marshall, Fort Madison--passing two years additional as Chaplain of the State Penitentiary-*- Mt. Pleasant, and Burlington. In 1861) he was transferred to the Bock Biver Con­ ference, and stationed at Park Avenue Church, Chicago. After three years he was appointed to the First Church (Metho-, dist Church Block), of the same city, where he likewise remained three years. He was then tent to Aurora for three years, and next (o Centenary Church, in Chicago, where he remained till October, 1880. His early preaching gave promise of his later fame. He always drew large congre­ gations, and the churches named always flourished under his care. Early in life he married Miss Emily C. Merrick, a brilliant and accomplished lady of Dempseytown. Pa., whose practical food sense and cheerfulness have power-ully served him in his many difficulties and discouragements. Their "varied life has been an ideal one of love and devo­ tion, and (heir home a charming resort for their many friends. They have had seven children, only one of whom is now living, Dr. Hiram M. Thomas, of Chicago. Dr. Thomas was always liberal in his views and free in expressing them. No church forms, whether of dogma or cere­ mony, could fetter him. > In 1881 he was tried for heresy by his conference on ac­ count of his peculiar views on inspiration, the atonement, and future punishment. He held that there were errors in the Bible, that Christ was not punished to save man, and that there was no eternal tor­ ment. These views were held by a small majority of the examining committee to be heretical, and he was expelled, in conse­ quence, from the M. E. Church. Before this, some of his friends had or­ ganized the People's Church in the central part of Chicago, where he had been preaching. He now identified himself permanently with this organization, and has been its pastor ever since. Dr. Thomas has frequent calls to lecture throughout the country, and is one of the moSt appreciated platform speakers in the West. He is popular among all classes, and does a vast amount of pastoral and social work, ft?r vhich he is phenomenally fitted. His sertndns are widely read, being generally reported by the press. HOST AGAIN BREAKS LOOSE. Ho Attacks the Chicago Police Force and All Repreeentatlves of the law, [New Haven (Conn.) dispatch.] Herr Most made one of his characteristic speeches here, Sunday night, on "Free Speech and Imprisonment," and gave a sketch of his imprisonment on Blackwell's Island. He sdid that he bore his im­ prisonment patiently because he knew that he had done and said more than his friends in Chicago had*who were now under sentence of death. He said a'bomb was thrown and seven policemen, the tools of a corrupt government, went to hell, and seven honest men, that were never proved to have had anything to do with throwing a bomb, were sentenced to be hanged by an infamous court that was the tool of the capitalists. But he said those sevei men were not yet hanged, nor never would be. The cowards dare not hang them. Most said he hoped that he would meet Inspector Bonfield on the streets of some great or small city after nightfall. At this sugges­ tion there was great applause. He said that he was tried by a fellow named Fel­ lows, the Assistant District Attorney of New York. The only difference that theie was between tbe speaker and Fellows was that he (Most) advised the people to arm themselves, but Fellows wnilty of high treason. He took up arms against the United States and went into the Confeder­ ate army. Fellows ought to be hanged, but he was now a portion of the capitalistic machinery, and he goes before the courts spouting about liberty and justice and comes jo the conclusion th§t JJerr Most ought to be hanged. ^* THE CROPS* A Review of the Condition of Growing Grain In tbe Northwest. [Chicago speoialj The following is the weekly crop sum­ mary of the Farmers' Review: The condi­ tions, in the main,-have been favorable for the growing winter wheat during the pust weak. Bains have fallen in all of the States, though in portions of Kansas, Mis­ souri, and Illinois the need of rain is still said to be urgent. The average of the con- dit.on in twenty Illinois counties reporting this week is 80 per cent In Ohio the averaee ranges lower, very few of the counties reporting a full average of condition. The average condition of twenty-one Kansas counties is 84 per cent., a number of the counties noting an improvement in consequence of recent rains. In M.ssouri the average percentage is 91. The condition of spring wheat iu Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska is reported to be good, though rains are needed. The acre­ age in Iowa promises to be fully as large as last year, if not somewhat larger. The meadows in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are thin and slow in starting. Wide­ spread injury to clover-tields in Illinois is reported; owing to injury from freeling. TEARS sprinkled across life's high- way settle the dust of sorrow. H00DY AND MURPHY. "Tbeir Mission ia Chicago Brought to # *,Closf̂ What• Has ., 'h complfah&d. * 'I*v A Portrait and Biographioal of the Celebrated Er&n- gelfct / fChicatro BpeclaL] After four months of incessant labor, Chicago's honored evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, has brought his mission to a close in this city. None but those who have watched the evangelistio services olosely can form any conception of the immense amount of labor he has accomplished. Day after day, and week after week, he has sacrificed comfort, and even health itself, in the effort to accomplish one great and noble object--to proclaim the glad tidings of salvation to the people, and seek to win sonls to Christ On Jan. 2 he preached, at the First Congregational Church for the first time in the campaign against Bin and tlie devil, and in a few days his audiences grew so large that the church would not contain them. Equal to the emergency, he at once held services in the afternoon for the church-workers and those who could attend iu the day, and in the evening for those whose business occupied their attention during the day. Still his congregations increased, and from all parts of the city there came to him the cry, "Come and help us.' He at once called to his as­ sistance Evangelist Bliss, of Boston, and the churches at once threw open their doors for tbe work. Ministers of the various de­ nominations united, the Chicago Evangeli­ zation Society was inaugurated, and a carefully considered, systematic warfare organized. After being here a month, Mr. Moody determined to call to his assistance Francis Murphy, the well-known apostle of temperance. Feb. 8 Mr. Murphy de­ livered his first address at Farwell Hall. From that time until the present gospel temperance has been in the ascendant. Thousands nightly flocked to hear Mur­ phy, and hundreds daily signed the pledge and donned the blue ribbon, until the gos­ pel temperance army now numbers ever 17,000. Dwlfht Kymu Moody. D. L. Moody was born near Northfield, Mass., Feb. 3, 1837. When the boy was four years of age his father died, leaving the care and support of a large family to {roung Moody's mother, a most estimable adv of the Unitarian faith, to whose influ­ ence and superior traits many of the strong elements of Mr. Moody's character and work are confessedly due. In 1854 he Sought employment in a Boston shoe store, and in the following year came to Chicago, to enter a similar business situa­ tion. In both of these cities his earnest impulsiveness to do good became a marked feature of his daily life. The excellent ministrations of the churches which he at­ tended confirmed him in his conviction of his life mission, and he resolved to relin- auish all business of a personal nature and evote himself to the work of evangelizing. He took an active interest in the Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago, and established the North Market Mission Sunday-school, since become famous for its success in the conversion of men to religion. In the summer of 1861, says a biographer, he devoted most of his labor to the volunteers of the war of th« rebellion who were stationed in Chicago, and in Novem­ ber of that year, when the United States Christian Commission was established, proceeded under its auspices to the camps and battle fields of the South, where he worked, alleviating the sufferings and sup­ plying the spiritual necessities of both friend and foe. In August, 1862, he was married to Miss Emma C. Iie'vell, of Chicago, by reason of whose sympathy of temper and religious ardor the union has resulted in great good, not to them alone but to the world. Mr. Moody has been blessed with two children --a son and a daughter. The duties of the Christian Commission did not prevent him from attending to his Chicago school. A chapel--Farwell Hall --was built to supply its growing needs, and soon out of the organization arose an independent churoh, of which Mr. Moody became the pastor. In 1865 he was elected President of tbe Young Men's Christian Association, and was incessant and inde­ fatigable in his labors tp further its work. Within two years thereafter, chiefly through his influence, a building, admirably adapt­ ed to its purposes, was erected at a cost of $200,000. In October, 1871, the terrible fire, which devastated Chicago, destroyed Mr. Moody's home, Farwell Hall, and bis church; but within a month thereafter the latter was replaced by a wooden structure, called the North Side Tabernacle, and capable of holding 1,500 persons. Here his labors, aided by the musical abilities of Mr. San- key, continued through several years, until the summer of 1873, when he visited Eng­ land, accompanied by Mr. Sankey. Since that time Mr. Moody has been un­ tiring in his good work. He is one of the most resolute and successful of evangelists. DESTRUCTION IN MAINE. Mills and Buildings Wrecked by Flood*-- Trains and Mails Delayed. [Bangor (Me.) special.] The flood in the Penobscot does not abate aad tbe bridge piers are being slowly un­ dermined. Thursday the pressure at the dam broke tbe connectingj rod of the main pumps in the waterworks, completely dis­ abling them. A rotary pump, which is kept for emergencies, is being used, but only about one-eighth of l he city's water supply is available. All the elevators which are run by water or steam have been shut down. The wash­ outs at Costigan, Kinman, and Mattawa continue to grow larger. Houses are start­ ing from their foundations all along the river, and thousands of dollars' worth of household property has been washed away, causing much suffering to families along the banks. Farmers will be weeks behind with their crops. All the trestle-work supporting the railroad at Stillwater has bean torn away and houses there have floated down the river. Business is suspended on the Ban­ gor A Kathadin Iron-Works Boad, where there are many washouts. The Piscataquis River rose twenty-five feet, making high­ ways impassable. The new woolen-mill dam and most of the great Campbell dam at Sangerville haye been washed away, sue- {tending work in hundreds of mills-for a ong time. A TRAGIC MElffiOEY. 1 J First Aanivenary of the Haymarket - , m- XNttenta CW^. eagtt, * * * j; JTames of the Polioemen TTil]̂ For-.-̂ ¥ Deadly Bomb, ,r m ,4*^' & ' J ; fChieago special.] Tha lint anniversary of the event.which will be known to history as the Ifayaunketi massacre occurred on Wednesday last. ' The night of May 4, 1886, six eompaues of police, numbering 175 men, under com- . mand of Inspector John Bonfield and Capt<' Ward, marched from the Desplaines Street,; Police Station up Desplaines street to a. point a short distance north of Randolph, street, and there halted. A socialists" meeting was in progress on the street, and| several fire-eating anarchists were doing their utmost to incite the people to a riot. Capt. Ward formally ordered the crowd "in the name of the people of the State of' I linois to quietly and peaceably disperse."'; Samuel Fielden, the anarchist who was then making a speech, replied, "We are" peaceable," and it the same instant a dyn­ amite bomb was thrown into the ranks of the police. Instantly upon the explosion of the bomb, and before the police force-1 had a chance to rally, a fusillade of re- -i volver shots was poured into ihe police from both sides of tbe street. The police immediatelv rallied and returned the fire, and the mob fled with the police in hot pur- ' suit. When the smoke of battle had cleared away the ground was found to be covered with wounded and dying policemen, stricken down by the deadly bomb. One officer died almost immediately and sixty- six others were wounded, six of whom died within the next week or two from the effect of their wounds. There was also one civilian found killed cn the spot and about twenty others wounded, but as the wounded socialists were mostly hidden away, the total casualties resulting from the battle will never be known. At least twelve, and probably over twenty, lives were lost, and over 100 people seriously injured. Follow­ ing are the names of the policemen injured, classified as fatally injured, permanently disabled, and seriously disabled, still unfit for duty. FATAI&Y INJRBED--7. Mathiau J. Began, Michael Sheehan, George Miller. Nels Hansen. John J. Barrett, Thomas Retden. Timothy FL&vihan. .. , ̂ permanently DISABLED--11. * ^ Michael O'Brien, Lawrence J. Mnrafepfe. • ' Thomas U cEnery, Adam Barber, Jacob Hanson, Patrick MoNqltyJ Charles W. Whitney, John F. McMi " Nich. J. Shannon, Jr., Patriok Hartford. Daniel Hogan, Joseph Norman, Peter Butterly, Alexander .JaiiiietoB, Charles H. Kink, Kdward Barrett, ' Henry F. Smitli. T . > SBBIOVSLT INJUBKD AND 8TILL VWFOf Mft DUTY--12. August C. Keller, John E. Doyle, John H. King, Arthur Connelly, James A. Brady, Timothy Sullivan, But though the bomb did all the work expected of it, the results were not what the anarchists anticipated. The police, instead of running away, rallied and charged the mob, and drove the conspira­ tors to their holes, utterly routing them at the first onset. Numerous arrests followed, and the whole conspiracy was laid bare. Jane 21 eight of the leading conspirators--Spies, Parsons, Fischer, Engel, Lingg, Schwab, Fielden, and Neebe--were placed on trial before Judge Gary, and the next twenty- one days were consumed in securing a jury. The details of the trial are tresh in the minds of all. it lasted about two months, and resulted in a ver­ dict condemning seven of the prisoners to death, and the eighth, Neebe, to fifteen years' penal servitude. Motions in sup­ port of a new trial have since been argued before the State Supreme Court, and the oase is still pending. The decision of the Supreme Court is not expected until Sep­ tember, and the general impression of all who heard the arguments at Ottawa was that the motions will be refused. That verdict was the death-blow to an­ archy in this country. It is a warning that anarchy has no resting-place here, and that Johann Most and all his criminal as­ sociates and befooled followers the mo­ ment they begin to out their theories into effect stand beneath the Bhadow of the gallows. WORK AND WORKERS. Items of Interest for Employers anil Em­ ployed. THE rush of immigration from abroad has been stimulated by great activity in railroad building and by the demand for labor in mills, factories and shops of all kinds. Mechanical labor is coming over in abundance, while comparatively few miners are changing their abode. The inducements to miners of Europe or Great Britain to change their homes is not so strong as to workmen in other branches. Com­ mon labor has extraordinary inducements offered. There will be railroad mileage laid this year double that of la«t year. House building will be at leaBt 23 per cent, greater. Shop labor of all kinds is in de­ mand, and there is therefore an opportunity for a great influx of common labor. Even in the lumber camps in the Northwest men are paid from $1.75 to $2 per day, but they are skilled woodsmen. Mining labor is wanted in the gold and silver mines all along the Rocky Mountain range, from Northern Montana to the City of Mexico. MANUFAOTUBElfe of mining machinery in St. Louis, Chicago and New York have lately received orders for an unusually large quantity of special machinery, and a long list of mining companies have re­ cently announced themselves, to operate a 1 through the mineral regions from the lakes down into Mexico. One company has been organised with a capital of $12,000,000, two in St. Louis with a capi­ tal of $5,(100,000, one in Chicago with $5,C0;),0G0, to say nothing of tbe long Btring of smaller companies, all 4>f whioh seem to be well backed with capital and prepared to enter upon active work. AT the spring meetings of the Western lumber men tbe opinions were generally expressed that prices for lumber must be stronger under the extraordinary Eastern and Western demand. Stocks in all sec­ tions of the country are shown to be much lower than a year ago. The decrease . in six Western lumber States is piven at 928,- 082,85)1 feet. In Minnesota there is a de­ crease ef 100,000,000 feet. SOME people in Cbicago are trying to i make out that cotton and woolen goods can be manufactured there as cheaply as in Fall Biver, Providence, or Philadelphia, or ] any other textile center. Tbe machinery, they sny, can be made there, land is cheap, and from whatever standpoint the subject I is viewed it is claimed the advantages are in favor of the West. BUSINESS men in the far West are notl paying much attention to their former] Eastern sources of supply. New ones are I springing up nearer, where purchases are f more conveniently made, and where ex­ changes can be effected if goods prove un­ satisfactory. THE total number of wage-workers whol went on strike during April was 31,072. In] very few cases the strikes were for more| wages. Wages are generally satisfactory, but other causes of complaint are numer­ ous. WAGES have been advanced in shops I and mills throughout Pennsylvania andl Ohio during the past week. Demands arel made at many more, and will be favorably! considered. A great deal of contract work| is on hand. THERE is more real organization now| going on among the Knights of Labor than- when the great rash was on. The good! material is getting into harmony,and thi" poor is dropping out.