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It WUtT**. itfdtr an* PaUlfthw ILLINOIS. HEWS RECORD. r, - fht Ewntfttl Happen- fcgt of % Wttk, m Btportad If lUtfraph. ' #»1W««1, On»«rdil, Ml Tnimtrlal j* , Itewt, Hr«i, Accidents, Crimea, v ^ Suicides, Etc., Etc. H V . ' I i A T E S T D I S P A T C H E S i OBITUARY. t>f Bishop William L. Harris, of the Methodist Church, at New York. NEW YORK dispatch announces the of William Logan Harris, the New York resident Bishop of the Methodist Church. The Bishop was taken ill with heart trouble a mouth ago w hen in Liver- ?»ol. He sailed immediately for New ©rk, and had been under medical care ever since. He died surrounded by his fiunily. Deceased was bom at Troy, Ohio, la 1817. Studied in Norwalk Seminary And was admitted to the Michigan Confer­ ence in 1837. He has been a member of file Michigan, North Ohio, and Central Ohio Conferences. From 1848 to 1851 he Was principal of the Baldwin Institute, fierea, Ohio, and from 1851 to 18(i0 was Professor of Chemistry and Natural His­ tory in the Ohio We6leyan University. He was elected and ordained a Bishop in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1872. Bishop Harris was a prominent abolitionist, and took an active part in the movement preceding the late war. V THE FISHERY QUESTION. John Vacdonald Disposed to lteaent a v^npposed Slight by the Home Government-- ^llnother American Vessel Captured. OTTAWA (Ontario) special: "As a result of the appointment of the Fisheries Com­ mission by the British Government to settle the fishery disputes between Canada and the United States without consulting the Dominion authorities, it is stated in the highest official circles that it is Sir John Macdonald's intention to repudiate and ignore any decision that may be arrived at, owing to the fact that neither he nor Sis cabinet was consul ted. That there Is trouble brewing is apparent to the most casual observer. The affair is likely to culminate in some sort of rupture between Great Britain and her largest colony." A Wasi ington dispatch credits Secretary Bay­ ard with saying that be had great reason to Itope that a fair and final settlement would be reached of the differences which had al­ ways existed between this country and Great Britain over the fisheries since 1818, and a final settlement of which differences had never been reached as yet. Advices from St. John, N. B., state that the pro­ tection cruiser Intrepid captured an Ameri­ can schooner iishuig within the three- mile limit of Campobello, N. B., and took fear into port. ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECK. ipgMcn Try to Derail an Excursion Train Near Lebanon, Ohio. A HOST infamous attempt to wreck a train for the purpose of robbery is reported ftom Lebanon, Ohio. As a train of eleven cars with 500 passengers was returning from a visit to the spectacle of "Rome Un­ der Nero," at Cincinnati, the engine en­ countered an obstruction made up of ties and fence-rails. By good fortune the train had stopped only a short distance before and let off some passengers, and had not obtained sufficient speed to be seriously injured when the obstruction was reached. 3&e passengers were shaken op, but no fie was hurt. The National Game. THE record of games won and lost by i&e teams of the National Base-Ball I~r» to M tqO"* ,-Ptabs. <Sa Mew York Philadelphia Boston Pittsburg "Washington Indianapolis The American Association schedule of Percent- •Se­ an .754 44 £64 48 .571 49 .687 65 .481 56 .«ee 71 ^17 78 Xll Tariff Legislation. A WASHINGTON paper thinks it proba­ ble that a measure of tariff reform will be presented to Congress this winter, with the lull support of the administration. "The President, the Secretary of the Treasury, and Speaker Carlisle," the paper says, "have been oonsideriag the matter since ngress adjourned." Troubles of a Saloon-Keeper. Two MONTHS ago the law-abiding peo­ ple of Fairmount, Ind., used dynamite in blowing up a building intended to be used «• a saloon. The owner erected another house, but the people on Thursday night tore it down, piling the material in the ^ Work of the Mints. . . THB total coinage executed at the mints of the United States during the month of August was 9,282,000 pieces of the value of $3,303,300. Of this amount $69,000 •Was half-eagles, $2,710,000 silver, $1'J5,- 000 dimes, and $78,300 minor coins. The total gold coinage was $60,000 and total #ver *3,1G5,000. The Ute Indian Troubles. GOVERNOR ADAMS and General Crook ftached an agreement at Meeker, says a Penver telegram, by which two companies Of United States troops will be kept on the line between the Uintah reservation and Colorado, for the protection of settlers and ties out of the latter State. Won. Percent- Won. Loct age. 36 .603 ...54 38 .566 ....55 42 J567 ,...53 44 .540 ,...51 49 ....41 53 .436 ...37 58 .397 ,...29 68 .298 8a Louis Cincinnati. Baltimore. •. Athletic 51 Brooklyn 48 Metropolitan*,; 33 Cleveland 29 •Y 4v - has been em clerk. EAST. . THE Ball-players' Brotherhood held its ,-Jhitial meeting at New York on Sunday, all ^ s lite League clubs being represented. It ^as decided to require of the League a ^ the existing form of con- i •• TCt> Hie Pr^ncipal change desired being in £?: fbe release clause, the object of ttie f V- Brotherhood being to do away with the buy- • &'>/-;|ng and selling of players. In the ball- f;' IT6 ^ Captain Anson imposed "f S ou Pfeffer, of the ChicagoB, K1' f?5 *y° outplays, and a row was the result. (• ' 1 feffer said he would never pay it, and the * • ©ther players stood by him, and he further- ' iPaore 8®*® it out that unless it was remitted ,would never play another game with the W Chicagos. || C. A. PERCY passed through the Niagara whirlpool in a life-boat of his own inven- % 1 ^'on on Saturday. The experiment, which Was entirely successful, was made to test his boat, which he claims will fcea, however boisterous. BOBEET HABB POWEL & Co., and Bob- *rt Hare Powel's Sons 4 Co., two great 45oal-mining firms of Philadelphia, have failed. The liabilities are estimated at ,$4,000,000. S^.V.; A "youNo Napoleon of finance" named ^Prank C. McNeilly, aged 19, has disap *1* ' Speared from Saco, Maine, with $279,500 Only W,600 of the plunder waa in money, but, f91,000.was in railroad, municipal, ana other securities, probably negotiable, while $186,000 of United State* registered bonds, constituting Ute remainder oftiw "boodle," will be worthless luggage to the thief. McNeilly's retirement from the bank under such circumstances is a painful surprise to the confiding officers, who had trusted him implicitly. WEST. SWPOJMPS from the Sonth art* feet- fhr.f {tc coxr. fc- t^jiecsdcntcdiy large, and that section will this year be nearly self-supporting in the matter of com, thus making a saving to the farmers of millions of dollars. Cotton still prom­ ises a large yield, and the advanced prioes for tobacco will counterbalance the de­ creased yield. Business prospects are brighter than ever before. THOMAS MOODT, a daring Texas stage robber, has been released from the Chester (111.) penitentiary on a writ of habeas corpus, the court holding that sentences to the penitentiary must be upon indictment and not information. A PETITION has been prepared by the receiver of the wrecked Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati in a suit against the directors of the concern for a sum in excess of $2,000,- 060. It is claimed the directors betrayed their trust and are individually liable for the losses of depositors. NINETEEN damage suits, aggregating $127,500, were begun in the Circuit Court at Peoria, 111., on Thursday, against the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad on account of the Chatsworth disaster. The administrators of Mrs. James Deal, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Ball, Mrs. Valentine, Mrs. Putney, J. D. McFadden, Elton Waters, M. Began, William Stevens, and Alice Stevens, sue for $5,000 each. Jacob Bogart sues in trespass for $10,0000 for injuries, and so do Earl French, Lizzie Jones, and Albert Valentine for $5,000 each. Edward Putney and Phena Frahm claim $20,000 each, and Emma Ryan $15,000. INDIAN COMMISSIONEB ATKINS has or* dered the removal forthwith from the Ute reservation of all persons found thereon whose presence in an}- way tends to dis­ turb the peace and quiet of the Indians, and if found necessary to carry out this order to call upon the military for assist­ ance. KENOSHA (Wis.) dispatch:* Bichard Emerson, sixteen years of age, son of Charles Emerson, a conductor on one of the roads leading out of Chicago, died here last night of hydrophobia. He was bitten about two months ago by a pet dog belonging to the family, and though the animal showed ,no signs of madness the father took the precaution of call­ ing a - physician and having the wound cauterized. Nothing more was thought of the matter, and about two weeks ago the lad came to Kenosha to visit his grandfather, George Lninosh. The day before yesterday he commenced com­ plaining of a swelling in his arm, and a physician was summoned, who, upon learning the facts, pronounced it a well- defined case of hydrophobia. The lad grew rapidly worse and became so violent that he would tear the sheets and bed­ clothes when the paroxysms would come on him. Before death came to his release the mattress and bedd ng were literally torn up and scattered about the room." A SPECIAL from New Albany, Ind'., says: "On Tuesday night a gang of law­ less men in Spencer Township, Harrison County, calling themselves "White-Caps," took from his bed John Hildebrant, a popular citizen, who last April was elected Justice of the Peace by a nearly unanimous vote, and tying him to a tree beat him unmercifully with hickory switches. They told him they were not pleas­ ed with his decisions, and charged him wi.J cruelty to his family. The same night at Depauw they warned a saloonkeeper to stop selling liquor, and at Fren htown they awakened the Postmaster, Paul Henriott, told him what they had been, doing, and ordered him under penalty of a hundred lashes to spread the news quickly. These men had previously warned a widow named Dougherty that 6be must not marry a young man to whom she is engaged. Her friends have organized for her protection, and will resist any interference on the part of the ' White-Caps.'" • SENATOR STANFORD does not seem quite satisfied with the position in which his legal victory over the Congressional committee left him. In the expectation of improving it a little he is preparing a "deposition" concerning his management of the Central Pacific Railroad, and pro­ poses to send the Commissioners a copy and furnish the substanc J of the paper to the press. ' soura SHOCKS of earthquake were felt at Charleston, Columbia, and Summerville, S. C., and Augusta, Ga., on Saturday. No damage is reported. A SPECIAL from Lexington, Ky., says: "In the Rowan Circuit Court at Moorhead, on Thursday, Plgman and Perry, charged with the murder of Craig Tolliver, were cleared, after two hours' deliberation by the jury. Everything is quiet, and no danger is apprehended from an outbreak." WASHINGTON. ft THE Treasury Department is nwVIng strenuous efforts to break up the practice of issuing imitations of the national cur­ rency to which many "commercial" colleges and business firms are addicted. This bogus currency has been extensively used by sharpers to swindle ignorant people, and ito manufacture is in express violation of law. The chief of the secret service on Saturday seized and destroyed a large quantity of the stuff issued by a Washing- ion "business college." THE Treasury Department at Washing­ ton opened bids for 4£ per cent, bonds. The offerings were $2,960,000 registered end $490,000 coupons, at from 107.75 to 109.98. Purchases to the amount of $401,- 700 were made, in various sums, at prices ranging from 10fc£ to 109. la UM Qoam oc jadMai att. eaatott w aitewt •nift fwtlMrtpuiwaer &is a teretbl* intrusion Into airtt aotapalaory otal jxroMwlinga, which Is contrary to tte pita- elplM of (tee SOVWBBMM and abboraat to the insttnets of Ensliahmen and Amarloau. Xa Hallett Kilboorne vs. Thooopaon (lis U. &, 108), Kilbonroe had refused to obey an (Hdat oc the House of Beprntatitlm to HOdiiM boifti and papers, and waa by order of UM Speaker confined in jaU forty-five days, when he was re­ leased on habeas corpus by the Supreme Otmrt of the .District of Columbia. He sued the Sergeant-at-AriiiB, and the Bupreme Court of the United States held that Congress dtd not possess the power to inquire into the private allUm cCyifvate citizens. - -v- *s..,. > POLaliCa IN the Democratic State convention at Allen town, Pa., J. Ross Thompson was nominated for J udge of the Supreme Conrt, and Bernard J. McGrann for Treasurer. The platform was reported by Congressman Scott. It demands that the snrplns in the National Treasury be used to pay the public debt, favors a "wise and prudent reduction of internal taxation and of duties on imports," indorses the ad­ ministration of President Cleveland, fa­ vors "liberal pensions to deserving Union soldiers and sailors," expresses sympathy for the people of Ireland in their struggle for Home Rule, and concludes as fol­ lows: We still hold to the ancient doctrine of the party that the preservation of the rights of the people demand that we should look with jeal­ ousy upon monopolies and restrict corporate power within its proper sphere, ancl we heartily approve the action of the national administra­ tion in reclaiming and throwing open to the people for settlement 100,000,000 acres of lands which, through artifice and fraud, were wrong­ fully held by corporations, having been for­ feited to the people by failures to comply with the conditions of tho grant. A Dfis MOINES dispatch of Thursday says; ' The Greenback party in Iowa finally passed out of existence here yesterday. After the organization of the Union Labor party at Cin­ cinnati the Greenback leaders in Iowa fell smoothly in with the new movement until the State convention was held at Marshalltown. There are two factions in the party here--one led by General Weaver and the other by ex- Congressman Weller. Both plotted to capture the convention, and Weller succeeded. Then the Weaver faction ' bolted, and called this convention. There were about forty delegates present. Beridus differences at once arose, one element wanting to indorse the Mar- shalltown ticket and another insisting on straight nominations, • A qompromise was finally effected by which th'6 Greenback party becomes a thing of the past in Iowa. No tioket was named, but resolutions were adopted in­ dorsing the Marshalitowti platform, and calling on the farmers to immediately call a non­ partisan State convention t» place an inde­ pendent ticket in the , . THE Iowa State Democratic Convention assembled at Des Moines on Thursday, the 1st inst., and made the following nom­ inations: For Governor, Maj. T. J. Ander­ son; Lieutenant Governor, J. M. Elder; Supreme Court Judge, Charles S. Fogg; Superintendent of Publio Instruction, H. W. Sawyer. Following is a synopsis of the platform: It "commends the fidelity of President Cleve­ land to the obligations of his high trust, and congratulates tho country upon the economy, courage, honesty and patriotism of his admin­ istration approves the civil-service policy; comiuendB the "efficiency of the Pension De­ partment;" demands of Congress a remission of tariff laws in tho interest of equal taxation, and favors retaining its internal revenue taxes; welcomes to our shores tho liberty-loving people of all lands; approves the efforts of Gladstone and Parnell in behalf of the cause of Ireland; declares "the vigorous prosecution of faithless officials and those who have corrupted them now being oonductad by Democratic pros­ ecuting officers in New York and Chicago a hopeful sign of reform of public morals," and demands that the same measure of justice vis­ ited upon bribery of local boards should be vis­ ited upon the defense wheu committed in State and national legislatures ; favors the repeal of the present prohibitory liquor law and the sub­ stitution iu its stead of a local option and care­ fully guarded license law, with a minimum li­ cense fee of $300, for the better control of the liquor trafflo. PowDEBiiT will decline a re-election as head of the Knights of Labor, and will take the stump in New York to ddfeat the nomi­ nation of Blaine next year. THE New York Democratic State Con* vention will be held at Saratoga, Tuesday, 27. , 4. GENERAl* TfeE Typographical Union Of ChiC&^O' resolved to demand nine hours' work with ten hours' pay, to take effect Nov. 1. REY. DAVID SEYMOUR, a Methodist minister, and Mrs. Fannie Henry, wife of a newspaper editor, who eloped from Janesville, Minnesota, August 1, were ar­ rested at New York upon their debarkation from the steamship Adriatic. . After their flight from Janesville they went to Europe, and were followed by the woman's hus­ band. They took the first steamer back, and were arrested on the strength of a cable message from Henry. The woman was subsequently released, Seymour being held on charges of adultery and larceny. FOREIGN. A LIVE Indian prince, the first to visit the United States, has arrived at New York. After paying his respects to the President, he will visit all the leading cities in the country. THE Duke of Argyll has written a letter to the London papers, in which he says that Mr. Gladstone's attempt to minimize and excuse the detestable tyranny of the Irish National League "shows a condition of mind on which no reliance can be placed for counsel and guidance." A MOB of twenty thousand persons col­ lected at the prison in Paris where Pran- zini, the murderer of two women and a child, was to be guillotined. Pranzini re­ fused to confess, and fought with the exe­ cutioner, but was quickly overpowered. His head was buried, and the body given to the doctors. RAILWAYS. £N the application of the Pacific Railroad Commission to compel Senator Stanford and other officers of the Central Pacific Railroad to answer certain questions in re­ gard to the expenditure of funds for the purpose of influencing legislation, Justice Field of the United States Supreme Court delivered an adverse opinion at Sfan Francisco: The Court decides that the Pacific Railway Commission is not a judicial body. It POBBHSS- •s no judicial power. It can determine no right of tho Government or of the companies investi­ gated by it. Its report to the President will not even be admissible in a judicial inquiry as evi­ dence of any matters investigated. It is a mere board of inquiry to obtain information on cer­ tain matters and report the result to the Presi­ dent and to Congress. It is authorized to in­ voke the aid of the United States Courts in re­ quiring the attendance and testimony of wit­ nesses, the production of books, papers and documents, and such courts may, in case of refusal of a witness to obey the subp<cna, issue an order requiring such witness to obey, and to produce books and papers and answer questions. The citizen's right of personal se­ curity involves not only the protection of his person from assault, but the exemption of hia private affairs, books and papers from the scrutiny of others. The law compels the pro­ duction in judicial proceedings of such docu­ ments as affect the interest of others or which are nccessary to the prosecution of criminals, and in only one of these ways can they be ob­ tained and made public againct the will of the owners. In Bovd vs. The United States <116 U. S., nil) the Bupreme Court said "Any compulsory discovery l>y extorting the party g oath or compelling the production of his private books and papers to convict him of crimes or to forfeit his property is contrary to the principles of free government, "This had reference to criminal MARKET REPORTS. NEW YORK. CATTLE $4.00 HOGS. 5.50 WHEAT--No. 1 White. a') No. 2 lttd... 80 COBS--NO. 2 .50 OATS--White PORK--Family Mess 17.25 CHICAGO. . CATTLE--Choice to Prime Steers 5.00 Good 4.00 3.00 4.7j a.75 .70 .40 .34 .21 .17 & 5.50 @6 6.00 @ .84 & .81 (A .5*2 & .40 @17.75 & 5.50 4.75 W 3.50 & 5.50 4.145 15.80 t« 16.00 <69 @ .6!»6 .41)6 4 .42!<s .27 (9 .27 W, .41 .40 14.23 «<14.7i .<•>8*3 .60 .334 .24 <3 .-24 U 14.75 15.25 .74 © .43 .2334 £ .74 H .41 .26)4 Common. Hoos--Shipping tirades FLOUR--Winter Wheat. 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CATTLE--Prime Fair Common... • ...VkV.. 8.S0 .* 4.50 8.75 0 4.50 4.00 4.75 .77 '4 « .78!4 .44 54 .43 .29 ii .29)6 .71 '4 % ..43)6 <« .72)4 •44 "4 .8'<4® .47 " 4.00 81U a .48 «» 6.0J 8.50 6.00 8.00 .70 .42 9 4.73 5.50 & 4.00 us> .70*4 «9 .42)4 4.25 850 8.00 foo i.00 .4. 25)4$ .26 & 4.50 & 4.00 « I.S0 a 1.T6 0 4.70 OR BACON. Igaatlas Dwaellj Would Rob th« Bard •f A?oi 91 AM Fane with a Com- •'T*. * W *•* en*®* "• SkWate Exposition of the Fortiooming Volume by a Critic--Extraota from the Work. * [New York tpeelaL] UWOO&ALE EXPOSITION O£ MI. nelly'a attempt to dethrone Shakspeare, ana award the honor of the so-called Shakspaara plays to Lord Bacon. The aitiola i* written by Professor Thomas Davidson, a well-known scholar, philoao- £har and critic, whose opinion as to Mr. •onnelly'l work can not fail to carry great weight. Mr. Davidson has recently paid Mr. Donnelly a visit at his home at Hastings, Minn., examined the mannscript of his forthcoming work, the "Great Cryptogram," had the main features of the cypher ex­ plained to him, and obtained permission to report. Before examining Mr. Donnelly's work Mr. Davidson was an entire skeptic in regard to the Bacon theory; but he now ad­ mits that he is very much shaken in his belief that the plays were written by Shakspeue, and declares that if they had come down to us without any author's name attached, they would have been unhesitatingly attributed to Bacon. He says he reached this conviction alto­ gether apart trorn the cypher. The articles give a brief summary of the results reached in Mr. Donnelly's book, which is to be published about the 1st of December. The book is divided into two parts--an argu­ ment and a demonstration. The former collects, arranges, and sums up all the arguments that have been put forward in the last thirty years In favor of the Baconian theory, and adds a large number to them. The author first endeavors to show that the education and character of William Shakspeare were such that it is even ridiculous to imagine that he could have written plays which are distilled from all the wisdom and learning of the world. He shows that his education must have been extremely meager, while that of the author of the plays was broad and deep. He emphasizes the fact that we have no record of any study on the .part of Shak­ speare. His account of Shakspeare's character will certainly be a surprise to most readers. He shows him to have been steeped in al­ most every kind of Tice, to have been a fornicator, an adulterer, a usurer and op­ pressor of the poor, a drunkard, a system­ atic liar, and forger of pedigrees, dying in the prime of life from the results of a three days' drunken spree. He next shows tbat we have no record that Shakspeare ever owned a library of even a book, and that not a single scrap of manuscript of his ever came down to us, not even a letter to any of the numerous men with whom he is known to have been acquainted; nay, more, that there is extant no letter addressed to him, except one asking for a loan of money. There is nothing to t-how that Shakspeare was not very illiterate. Mr. Donnelly next proves very clearly tbat while the author of the plays was an accomplished lawyer, there is nothing to Bhow tbat Shakspeare ever opened a law book, or was inside a lawyer's Office, except on usurious business. Having demonstrated to his own satis­ faction that the author of the plays was not Shakspeare, Mr. Donnelly next pro­ ceeds to prove that he was Bacon. After adducing evidence to show that Bacon was a poet, and the author of the plays, and a profound and learned philosopher, be treats of the geography of the plays, and here he brings out some most tell-tale facts. While neither Stratford (where Shakspeare was born) nor Avon is ever once mentioned in the plays, St. Albans, the home of Bacon, is mentioned twenty-three times. He next shows that the politics and the religion of the writer of the plays are identical with Bacon's politics and religion, and that what Bacon declarod to be his great life purpose is fully exemplified in the plays. A chapter is devoted to Bacon's reasons for concealment, and here come out some startling facts. It appears not only that Bacon wrote works which he never public­ ly acknowledged, but that he is addressed by one of his friends as the greatest wit in England, though not known as such by his own name. Among the reasons for con­ cealment, Mr. Donnelly puts the political tendency of some of the plays, which was to encourage treason. The first part of the work closes with a long list of parallelisms between Bacon's acknowledged works and the Shakspearaan plays, identical expressions metaphors, opinions, quotations, studies, errors, nse of unusual words, character, style, etc. The parallelisms will occupy over seventy closely printed pages. The result of the whole argument according to Mr. David­ son, is to leave upon the mind a strong im­ pression that, if Bacon was not the sole author of the plays, he had at least a prin­ cipal hand in them, supplying the scholar­ ship, the art, and the philosophy. After the argument making the author­ ship of Bacon probable comes the demon­ stration, that is, the cipher narrative, which has already aroused so much inter­ est in the public. Mr. Davidson's article tells how Mr. Donnelly came to look for a cipher, and the laborious process by which he finally found it (as he believes*). The story is frill of interest As to the cipher itself, Mr. Davidson does not claim to be in a position to en­ tirely satisfy the psblic, not having re«- reived from Mr. Donnelly the ultimate formula of it. He does, however, express his strong conviction that Mr. Donnelly is neither a fraud nor a "crank." To clear away any feeling of this sort on the part of the public, he gives a brief account of Mr. Donnelly's career, and a description of his simple home life in Minnesota. It seems that Mr. Donnelly is a quiet, genial, coun­ try-loving, studious man, demoted to thought, and fond of a good joke. The picture drawn of his life on the Mississippi bluff is charming. It being certain that Mr. Donnelly is hot a fraud, and not like­ ly, his character and intelligence being taken into account, to be self-deceived, Mr. Davidson hardly sees how the con­ clusion that the cipher is a reality can be avoided. He. however, suspends his own judgment until Mr. Donnelly has said his last word. About the cipher itself, much new information is given. Its basis, num­ bers, and its modifiers are disclosed, and it is shown whence they are derived. In­ formation is also given as to how the cal­ culations are made, and assurance is made excepting possible clerical errors they are correct. Some notion of the labor gone through by Mr. Donnelly may be obtained from the statement that the slips of paper on which he has made his calculations (he writes a find hand and on both sides of the slip) when tied up in a bundle, can with difficulty be lifted from the floor by a sttong man using one hand. Four essential points Mr. Davidson declares that Mr. Donnelly still reserves to himself: First, the rule determining the succession of the basis numbers; second, the rule determining the use of the various modifiers; third, the rule determining the column or page on which the count in each case is made; fourth, the rule determining the starting poLi* of the count in each case after the page is settled. These, he admits, are the most important points to know, since without them it is utterly impossible to pronounce any independent judgment on the cipher. He quotes, however, from a letter in which Mr. Donnelly affirms in the most positive and unequivocal way that everything is conducted according to fixed and invariable rules of microscopic ac­ curacy. Mr. Donnelly has evidently made the issue a very definite one. If such rules exist the cipher is a reality and the author of the plays settled. And a great deal more is true, for the cipher narrative con­ tains a whole history of Shakspeare and his relation to the plays and of the time in which he lived. The whole thing reads like a novel writ­ ten in vigorous Elizabethan English. Here 1-1"" fraea was in ft of fid . pw friend with UM UM ena ox tMt mvrj ttutdi. poor wretoh took to his he«l«, hot the ill-tempered old Jade followed him. •testing him again and again on the head and the aides of Ida body. His health was not good; ht* limbs were weakened with a fevor he had had. His joints gave way under him and he fell to the earth. She doth bestride him, and, bending down, beats him till the stick breaks." There is here certainly no laek of vigor or definiteness. The article is illustrated with nnn»#«>n« AKA f#e. Hmfi»V*. JESSE PQHEROY'S LATEST TEMPT. AT- XlM Stotetrlotia Boy HnrdtN^i jfajiXag Attempt to Set Hiinxelf Frw. (Boston dispatch. J Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer, mads another well-planned and desperate at* tempt to escape from the Charlestowxi State Prison a few nights ago by sawing through the bars of his cell. It was purely by accident that the young murderer's plat| was discovered. It was so cautiously ma­ tured that he would have otherwise suo- ceeded. On Pomeroy's person were found two fine saws of the best chilled steel and a quantity of gelatine which he had used to hide his work. Last Friday night Keeper Winslow went his rounds as usual, and while waiting to be relieved by the next watch leaned accidentally against the grat­ ing of the window which opens from the corridor opposite Pomeroy's cell into the prison yard. To Winslow'B amazement, the great inch and a half bars yielded. He pressed his hand against them, and two of the bars fell to the pavement below. The en­ tire watch was aroused, and they instinc­ tively began the search of the prison with Pomeroy s eel!. By testing the bars in the little window of the young murderer's cell, it was found that enough of them had been Bawed through to admit the passage of a man's body. They were held in place by gelatine, colored by the bits of steel filings so that it could not be detected. There was no dust or bits of iron to be Been, and the work had been done as carefully as it must have been done noiselessly, to escape the ears of the watchman. Pomeroy was at once searched, and two steel saws were found secreted in the lining of his prison jacket. He was furious at the discovery of his plot, and declared that if they hod given him time in the corridor window he would have killed the watchman In lids ward and made his escape. A NOTED BALL-PAYER. Bichard son. One ot the Famous *' Alg Four" of the Detroit Club. Hardy Bichardson, as he is known to the frequenters of the game, is one of the men that have helped to make the Detroit Club what it is, and enables it to stand where it does in the race for the pennant of 1887. Bichardson was one of the "Big Four" who were purchased from the Buffalos, and since that time the "Big Four" has become •v'.v'Jv/.' v' • • the "Big Five," Thompson--Detroit's right fielder--having been admitted to the eote- rie. Bichardson is one of the veterans of the League, having played with them for eight seasons, and ho stands eighth with an average of 301 for the eight seasons. His batting average for 188G was 351, he standing fourth in the League. In his play at second base he was second, with an av­ erage of 940, and in the field his average was 899. •§t] SUSPENDED, TMe^bnkota Bell Will Ring No More. [Sioux Falls (Dak.) telegram.] The Dakota Bell, which in the space Of a few months has managed to make for it­ self a front place in the ranks of the dis­ tinctively humorous papers of the country, publishes its valedictory in to-day's issue, and hereafter it will be a thing of the past. This is because both its publisher, Samuel T. Clover, and its humorist, Fred. H. Car- ruth, formerly of the Estelline Bell, have arrived at the conclusion that the Territory in other directions affords more opportuni­ ties for money-making than does the Bell. The latter goes out of existence, however, with clean hands, owing a cent to no man and remittiug to all subscribers the balance due to them at the date of the suspension. Publisher Clover will continue to devote his energies to the printing and bookbind­ ing offices that have been connected with the Bell, while the humorist will hereafter be connected w th a syndicate of New York and Chicago dailies. American Legion of Honov. [Washington dispatch.] r The Supreme Council of the American Legion of Honor has adjourned after a session lasting eight days. The visiting members have been royally entertained, and are profuse in their ] raise of the hos­ pitalities and attentions shown to Ihem. The work and enjoyment of the week was fittingly closed by a grand banquet. There was the accustomed line of toasts, the first of which, "to the President of the United States." was hanpily responded to by Colonel McLean, Deputy Commissioner of Pensions. The Legion now numbers 63,000 members, and has paid out in death and sick benefits nearly $9,560,000. Her Ticket Matched Her Dress. First Kansas woman--Wore you at the polls yesterday, Minnie ? Second Kansas woman--O, yes, I was out at the dear little polls. Isn't it just too nice to vote? "How did you vote?" "Really, dear, I don't remember." "Well, you remember that they had two kinds of tickets--white and red." "Oh, I remember now. It was tho lovely little red ticket that I put on tho polls." "Why, I am surprised. That was tho Republican ticket." "Well, I didn't ask. I saw that tlie color of the ticket was a delicate red and that it exactly matched my dress." --Nashville American.. It should be woman's office to move in the midst of practical affairs and to gild them all, the very homeliest, were it even the scouring of pots and kettles, with an atmosphere of loveliness and joy.--Hawthorne. REV. DB. DIX, rector of Trinity Church, New York, gets ft salary of $30,000 a year. His two assistants get $5,000 each. v.- - WANTED--The vehicle in which peo­ ple are driven to desperation. 1. Origin of the Present Outbreak- trait of Chief Colorow. A Western correspondent dedans thift the war with the White River Utes is a white man's war; that the Indian* are not forcing the fighting, nor are they desirous of continuing the war. The facts of the case appear in this wise: In the spring of 1887 a band of lawless, drunken cowboys shot one of Chief Colorow's bucks without any active protest on his part, and mhs*. fLifc.!.C." !• 1 -j, j :"'A • 1 ' ~'fe' did not arouse any efforts at retalia­ tion. Seeing that the wily old Ute was not to be entrapped into warfare, a charge of horse stealing was trumped up by Sheriff Kendall, and ho forthwith attempted to arrest two of Colorow's bucks, but these were not to be found. In the meantime Colorow gathered up his tribe, sent runners out in all directions, and it is not improba­ ble that a general uprising will result. Colorow is the chief who participated in the Meeker massacre of 1880, and no at­ tempt is made to make him out a saint. The Indians form a very insignificant part of the population of the State of Colorado (which as it will be remembered is as large as the states of New York, Pennsylvania, >lew Jersey and Delaware combined), but their methods of warfare make them for­ midable antagonists. The action of the desperadoes is the more to be deprecated in that it conveys the impression to the gen­ eral public that the Indians are still a great factor in the affairs of Colorado, whereas an Indian is almost as scarce as a buffalo, and of the latter species of there are scarcely a dozen in the entire State, and these few are seldom seen. From the Seat of War--Colorow Charged with Murder. [Denver telegram.] From the scattered information received the Indiaus number anywhere from 400 to 600. The regular troops number about 250 and the State force nearly if not quite as many. The State forces are now acting on the defensive and the Indians are held in check by the regulars, or from the fact that they are not yet prepared to assume the offensive. Peace may be the result, but more bloodshed is just as likely to fol­ low. The death of Lieut. Folsom has em­ bittered the whites, and a citizen of Glen- wood Springs, wheri Folsom resided, hat sworn out a warrant charging Colorow with, his murder. This document has been sent to Sheriff Kendall by a special courier, |uid it will only serve to complicate matters. DR. PARKER. lie Fight for the I*ag«e Base-Ball • Qmn la terest. >'U-- The Probable Successor of Henrjr Ward Beecher as Pastor of Plymouth Church. A recent dispatch from New York an­ nounced the arrival in that city of Bev. Dr. Joseph Parker, the eminent London di­ vine. It is said he comes to this country to fill the vacancy in Plymouth Churchy Brooklyn, caused by the death of the late Henry Ward Beecher. Dr. Parker will preach for some time at Plymouth, and< will also, it is said, deliver several lectures in the United States as part of his pro­ gramme. Dr. Parker is a man of some- what past middle age, born in the North oi England, and who during his early minis­ terial career did most of his preaching among the diBsenters of Northumberland. His first public life began with his being a Wesley an Methodist local preacher. He was a candidate for the minis­ try of that body at a time when it was torn by internal strife and mutilated by a great loss of membership. Hence no new men were received, and Mr. Parker's min­ isterial aspirations were temporarily checked. Joining the Congregational de­ nomination, he was encouraged to continue preparations for the ministry, and was soon chosen pastor for the church at Ban­ bury, Oxfordshire. Here he outgrew hia sphere, and accepted a call to Cavendish Chapel, Manchester. In 1869 he was in­ vited to become pastor of Poultney Chapel, London, and consented. Dr. Parker next preached in the "City Temple." In 1873 Dr. Parker attended the meeting of the Evangelical Alliance in New York, when he formed the personal acquaintance of Henry Ward Beecher. In 1877 Dr. Parker started a weekly journal, which soon accumulated a large circulation. By his preachings he has won to himself the hearts of all his hearers, and this mainly through his wondrous oratory, his kindly benevolent charity, and his ardent belief in the living issues of the hum-drum every day life. . Peaked Pointers. NEARLY English--Baby talk. WRITING a wrong is the forger's work. WHEN does a tree feel contented? When it is sappy. IT is not right to make game of a man out of season. THE coins paid for the beer are the bar- nickels of society. BASE-BALL becomes popular because if is a very striking and catchy game. MILLERS consider the grasshopper ft bftd one for holding wheat. -- Waterloo Observer. A SCHOOLBOY remarks that when his teacher undertakes to show him what is what, he only finds out which is switch. A GREAT drouth is anticipated in Georgia, several counties having re­ cently voted for prohibition.--Cle­ burne Bulletin. A WOMAN'S most eloquent speech is, *1 love you I" A man's is, "Come and take something, boys!"--Cedar Jiapids Qossip. ToLEix^ia just now pretty well sup- glied with new corn, ou cumbers, Ful­ ton County excursionists and other, green stuff.---Toledo American. The Present Champions Losing Ground, of Disssnsioos AateBf i the Players. ,5 . Chicago, ulidilgii iwinw-' able weather at Pittsburg and Boston, has Z," made but little headway in the League pen-.,1 : nant race upon its present trip East. Phil­ adelphia has passed New York and is now ambitiously turning its eyes toward second place, which the champions hold. There has been much of the sensational during ; the past week in connection with ^ affairs of the national game. Die- -.; f patches, which upon their fao*.;^!<| seem highly colored, announce that trouble . occurred between Anson and Pfeffer dur-* •' ing the last game of the series with Newf>*; York last week, and that the great second < baseman was heavily fined by his captain - for what the latter believed to be inten- -»j tional carelessness. The trouble, it is stated, began in the sixth inning, when the score was tied one to one and New York came to bat. Welch went out at first base by Clarkson to Anson. Gore popped up a ', little fly over Anson's head, and Ans went after it, while Clarkson and Pfeffer started to cover first. Pfeffer got there, but caught . the ball awkwardly as it was thrown by Anson, and then stumbled at the bag so that • Gore was safe. That made Anson angry. He criticised Pfeffer sharply. Pfeffer- ; made some reply and Anson made it cost him $25. Then Pfeffer was angry. He didn't say anything, but he showed that he « didn't like it as he went back to his posi­ tion Tiernan, next at bat, drove the ball; toward second. Pfeffer got it, touched the bag, retiring Gore, and then in trying to- effect a double play threw fifteen feet over Anson's head, letting Tiernan to third. Ward's hit that followed brought Tiernan in, and then Connor flew out, ending the inning. The first man to bat in the next inning was Connor and he bit an easy grounder to Pfeffer. Fritz got it easily enough, but for some reason, either to play smart or be­ cause he was angry and didn't care, he de­ liberately bounced the ball once, and be­ fore he could recover it and handle it Con­ nor was safe at first. "That'll cost yon a hundred," said Anson, who was boiling over. When Pfeffer returned to the Rossemore House after the game, he wrote a letter to President Spalding, in which he declared that he would not play ball if the $ne of $125 imposed by Anson was not remitted.» He considers Anson's action in fining him to be withont excuse or reason, ana de­ clares that he will not pay the fine. President Spalding laughed over the, matter when he received Pfeffer's letter Monday, and said: "Fred is a little hot un­ der the collar, and that is about all that ails him. I presume all of the boys feel testy and quick-tempered as the result of the bad weather they have encoun­ tered down East, but I venture.- to say that Anson and Pfeffer will be just as good friends as ever when the team reaches home. I have just sent Pfeffer the following dispatch: "Fred Pfeffer, Willard Hotel, Washington. D. C.: "Your letter received. The matter shall be in­ vestigated, and it any injustice has been done you it shall be righted. Do not air your private affairs through the press, but play ball and win the pennant. A. G. tSi'Ai.niNO. "Whatever may be the outcome of the misunderstanding between Pfeffer and Anson," continued Mr. Spalding, "if indeed such exists, the club will go ahead mid win the pennant just the same. We h'ave had a little bad luck on this trip, but that will not prevent our catching Detroit in the race, and when we take the lead we .will stay there." N THE BAOE. As to the race itself, there never was a prettier one, contested for League pennant than the one now being run by the five leading clubs, three from the East and two from the WeBt. Detroit is still a neck ahead of Chicago, and right after Chicago is Philadelphia, with New York only a nose behind, and Boston at the Giants' heels. So far as the chances may be estimated by the figures, it is anybody's race, though the game Boston is playing would not win in the Amateur League of Chicago. The pennant will go to Detroit or Chicago, New York or Philadelphia, and he is a smart man who can pick the • winner. The clubs have now begun upon, the last quarter of their long run, and at this juncture Detroit's chances are brighter than they have been for a long time. The marked feature of the closing half of the League race is the phenomenal spurt of the Philadelphias. About the middle of July the Phillies struck their winning gait, and have kept it up ever since. Of thirty-seven games played since July 11 they have won twenty-eight and lost nine, taking in that lime six from Detroit, eight from Indianapolis, four from Pittsburg, five from Washington, three from Chicago, and two from New York. This is a great record, and if Harry Wright's men keep up their present boom they will soon be abreast of the leaders. NOTES. Arthur Irwin says the Phillies are going to win the pennant. Shreve is the twenty-third man that the Indianapolis Club has played this season. The Boston management lost $10,000 by the postponement of the Chicago-Boston games. Baldwin's catcher in the Northwestern League last year was a full-blooded Chero­ kee Indian. The but with which Williamson made his Seat hit in Boston was turned for him in ttsburgh. Hickey Flynn's arm is still in bad con­ dition. The little fellow is at his home in Lawrence, Mass. Baldwin wants to pitch again for the De­ troit^, but won't be allowed to until the club returns home. Hornung is suffering from a spiked leg. He hod a surgical operation performed on it last Tuesday. Ferguson has played pitcher, second and third bases, center ana left fields for' the Philadelphias this season. McCormick, of the Pittsburgh*, stole his first base of the season on Tuesday, and he has played twenty-seven games. Baldwin and Burns will probably ac­ company the Chicagos to San Francisco this winter. Flint will spend the winterin • New Orleans. „ Dan Brouthers failed to make a hit in the three games August 18, 19, 20, a thing that has not happened to him befbie this season. He got three bases on balls, how­ ever. - Ryan falls upon the ball even as the festive tramp swoopeth down upon a free lunch. What a great batting team nine Ryans, all in good health, would make. Anson says of Ward's views on the sell­ ing of players' releases: "Ward is too visionary, and has too much principle. I ° would like to see him tested with a good round sum offered him by a club that would first buy his release from New York." Darling, of the Chicasos, has one of the best batting averages of the League-- 350. He was a hard, but not lucky, hitter in the International Association. In his last four games he made eleven hits. He has played in twenty-six games. Doescher has had a mask made especially for him. It has a piece fitted to cover his throat. The wires project well from the front of the mask, (Old are very strong. Doescher doesn't like to wear a mask, but he has been banged and battered so much that he had to come to it. Rainey, New York's new third baseman, was secured lrom the Hamilton, Ont., club.. While playing third base for the Toronto team, J uly 27, 1885, he made the remark­ able record of putting out three men and assisting thirteen times. ' '•P% 0k m . •>'J. . : ... • .