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3 •••s-f •_? - y i..';,.v-..»«..-, :' *<• : _/.'•• -V ",'. ' ,"'.,S!;'>"'-'->:A *,»'" % \ /t - 4-< - , im% ffahiclcaJer I. VMM tLYKC, Etter end Publishst. IICHENBY, jL ILLINOIS. THE WIDE WORLD. t.. 4 OMdogm of Hie Week's Im- ?'*f ' portent Occurrences Con* . v,, cisely Summarized. * - m* Intelligence by Electric Win from Every Quarter of the Civil* >*'! ixed World. LATEST DISPATCHES. £-"v * i f h, i tile. cor.BietfDK of a light atraoture elevated toiue twenty feet from Y>E ground, thereby offering no hindrance to the cultiva­ tion of fields over which it may pui. Cars pointed »t I>oth end# are rnn on two track* hav­ ing also an unper or thir l rail, which acta in the two-fold caducity of a guide-rail AND the conductor of the electric curront. Each ear i* provided with an upper or guide wheel at each end. The flanges Inclose the upper rail on each aide, thus rendering tlie jumping off the track a mutter of impossibility. The motive power consists of a permanent generator of certain horse power located at each end of the line, irom which the current passes to the induction rail, where it is immediately taken up by the traveling motor, to which one or more cars mav be attached. The whole train is au­ tomatic In its action, each cor springing its own brakes. I*v the proponed line Haltimore news­ papers, mail matter, or express packages would reach (ftiicago in about two hours. Chicago is distant from Baltimore 801 miles' by rail. Mat­ ter from San Francisco FOR New York would be nine hours in transit. A DERRICK fell upon A Reed avenue street car, in Brooklyn, killing fonr men and wounding nine others. It is believed that four of the latter can not rcoonr. WEST. J?1- | ? A. J. SWELL'S MURDERER. VWIBam B. Taseott, the Son of a Prominent Chicago Business Man, Charged with the Terrible Crime. THE Chicago police are certain that they inow who murdered Millionaire Snell, gays a dispatch from that city. 1 •'Sfee man under suspicion is William B. Tas- coxt, the son of Col. James H. Taseott, the head of the J. B. Taseott Manufacturing Company. Col. Taseott has been in businesfc in Chicago many years. His house is engaged in the man­ ufacture of paints. His youngest son, William B., during his boyhood, had every care and op­ portunity for culture and refinement which could be given by a kind, thoughtful and rich father. But he was by nature a scapegrace,the black sheep in the family. He would not attend school and associated with the worst class of boys. When he was about Its years old lie ran away fr»m home and was not heard from for several years. Less than throe years ago he had become a confirmed thief. He landed in the Kentucky penitentiary and served a term of two years for burglary. A few mouths ago he return­ ed to Chicago, and, although his father was making every effort to reform hiui, and treated him kiudly. he has continued to associate with burglars and thieves. It is established beyond douot that be wits the chief of the formidable gang of burglars who have, during the last Uionth, been guilty of so many daring crimes on the West Side that citizens of that section of the city have lived in a partial state of ter­ ror. It is said there is jiositive evidence of hia .connection with the Snell murder. ENGLAND'S LAST PROMISE. Hex Navy Pledged to the Triple Alliance in. Case of War. THE exact relation which England occu­ pies to the Powers composing the triple alliance, says a London dispatch, may be defined as not an engagement but an un­ derstanding. There is no treaty, no prom- . ise, no written undertaking by which Italy could in the event of wa recall upon Great Britain for help. But Lord Salisbury has given both Prince Bismarck and Sig. Crispi assurances which they regard as satis­ factory. They may be called personal, but they are binding on the Prime Minister so long as he remains Prime Minister. Should Italy be attacked, an English fleet will pro­ tect the Italian coast. This is some­ thing more than mere conjecture. It has twice been affirmed by the leading Con- servative organ, which, as a rule, dis­ cusses foreign affairs in accordance with Ministerial wishes and not without official knowledge. A leading Vienna paper as­ sert- the same thing, and extends the Lnglish obligation to the defense of the tif'r'"' coast. TRADE PROSPECTS. In £ Co.'s Advices Indicate that PnTlt-- in General Trade Still Prevails. * K. G. Des & Co., in their weekly re­ view of the condition of trade, say: ' Itcacn A be said that business has changed tor better or worse during the past week. The caaats of the recent tie, region in the markets have became more clearly visible; the severe weather, prolonged strikes and a reaction irom last year's over-tiopefuiaess being prominent, i The effects of speculation, based on hopes of a foreign war, *?* made plain by the preliminary accounts of Janruary* TScportB, showing a iosa <& in breadstuff*, ?HL«OO,O<JO in cotton, *l,30a,©g0 in provisions, and fcsua.ouo in oil com­ pared with January, 1W7 ; but an improvement is expected to apptar in minor items, and ttat returns.'for February show a better muwB ment Markets continue i.niitually stagnant, and prices vary but little on the whole. The shrinkage in exports forces a slow reaction in wheat, 10,000,000 bushels leas having gone out in seven months this year than last year; at date about Mi.000 bushels remain for export lh axcess of supplies for seed and food, where­ as last year's exports, after this date, were 56,- oo0,i.oo bubhels. Mr. Childs is Not a Candidate. , Philadelphia Public Ledger of Mflay publishes an editorial in regard to the persistent rumors that its proprietor, Mr. George \V. Childs,, would accept the Republican nomination for President. Mr. Childs.empbatically repeats his refusal to' be % candidate, or to be voted for, and adds that«hc would be compelled to decline the office, honorable and exalted as it is, if by any chance in the chapter of unforeseen ©yeata, he should happen to be elected. • The Drams. :;.'\!JPBB engagement of the famous MM, Langtry at McVicker's Theater, Chicago, is proving a great suocess, financially as well as artistically. Crowded houses have been the uniform rule. This week she will be seen in "The Lady of Lyons." The acting of Mr. Charles Cqghlan, Mrs. Langtrf's leading support, is quite as highly praised by the Chicago critics as that Of the "Lily" herself. • • Randall's Revenue Bill. stated by a Washington correspon­ dent that Mr. Randall has prepared a rev­ enue reduction bill by whieh he reduces the revenue ?20,000,000 by placing cer­ tain articles on the free list; $30,000,000 by the repeal of the tobacco tax; and $30,- #0,000 by the reduction of the whisky tax cents per gallon. Iowa State Republican Convention. THE Iowa Republican State Committee has set Wednesday, March 21, for the meeting of the State and District Conven­ tions at Des Moines to select delegates to Chicago. THE aniieut bill tor the relief of Nathaniel MeKay and the executors of Donald McKay, the snip-builder, caina up in the House on the 17th inst. Mr. Springer made a stubborn fi(.ht •gainst the bill, but ic was p tgte I by I5t> yeas ioTi nivs. McKay s couuact; for punboats tailed tit $1,050,000. He was paid that and •SW.000 for extras, and what he has been trying to get ever since is fciw.i,ooo more io.- alditlonal extras. There is a considerable lot of these claims o; pretty much the same character, ajuountuig in the aggregate to muny million* • •dollars, eni thej will all be pushea before EAST. V jkl.BWRT, the pedestrian, finished link in Six days' walking match at New York, beating the world's record. He made 621} miles in the six days. A WIIIKESBARKE (Pa.) special says that , "a new Polish Catholic Church was dedi­ cated in Hizelton, Pa,, on Sunday, and the Slavic population poured in from all sides. Many I ecame drunk on polinki, a Hun­ garian beverage, composed of bad beer and coarse whisky. A party of them returned intoxicated to their boarding-house, where they engaged in a tight, during which a lamp was knocked off a table and flM noose set on fire. The door was locked and the key could not be found, ftaas* escaped through the windows, but the more besoted ones were roasted to death Following is the list: John Elias. aged 20; John Keddo, aged 25; John Ko- tinko, aged 35, and married; Michael Ynakovitech, aged 30; Mrs. Mary Manliek, aged 16; Paul Siskowiiz, aged 30. Mrs. Manliek threw her babe out of the window to save it, but it was fatally bruised. Half • 4o*en others were badly burned." »a' A BAI/IIMOICE dispatch to the Chicago • tribune says that-- if i DavM 6. Weems, the inventor, of that etty, lHM tntenated capitalists to organize the Klec- trie Aatosoatle Transit Company, and a test line will be built to Washington at once for the rapid delivery of newspapers and express . DAVID R. LOCKE, better known by his nom de plume of "Petroleum V. Nasby," died at his home in Toledo, Ohio, of con­ sumption,on Wednesday,Feb. 15. Deceased was born at Vestal, Broome County, New York, in 1833, nnd learned the printer's trade in the office of the Cortland Demo­ crat. Moving to Ohio, he became subse­ quently editor and publisher of the Ply­ mouth Advertiser, \Mansfield Herald, Bucyrus Journal, Pindlay Jeffernonian and Toledo Blade. In 1860 he began the publication of the "Nasby" letters in the Jcffersonian and soon after continued them in the Blad*. As an editor Mr. Locke was a terse and trenchanft writer. He amassed a considerable fortune from the Toledo Blade. AT Indianapolis the Supreme Coitrt sus­ tained a decision fining a saloon-keeper for selling liquor on Sunday, the sale not being a direct one. THE last hope of the "boodlers" faded away yesterday, say3 a Chicago dispatch of Friday, and the counsel for the State scored a signal triumph when the Appellate Court handed down its opinion and affirm­ ed the findings of the court below, thus sending Adam Ochs, Dan Wren. Mike Was- serman, John E. Van Pelt, Mike Leyden, ex-County Commissioners, and Harry A. Varnell, late Warden of the Insane Asylum, down to Joliet penitentiary for two years each. The sentence of Ed McDonald, ex- Engineer of the County Hospital, and brother of Mike'McDonald, was likewise affirmed, and he goes to Joliet for three years. The convicted boodlers had been led to expect a decision favorable to them,, and they were sorely disappointed when they were apprised of the court s ruling. THE Illinois G. A. K. held a three days' encampment at Springfield last week. The attendance was unusually large. Nearly every candidate for a State office was on hand, freely mingling with the boys in blue. Col. Sexton, of Chieatjo, was chosen Department Commander. It was decided to meet next veer at Springfield. The service pension res­ olution was defeated, and the de­ partment pension bill, now before Con­ gress, was approved. Commander-in-Chief Eea reported that he thought President Cleveland would sigu the latter measure. Mrs. Sarah Bradford, of Augustus, was elected Piesident of the Woman's Belief Corps. THE Wisconsin G. A. B. held their an­ nual meeting at Milwaukee. There was a good attendance, and a good time gener­ ally. A. G. Weissert, of Milwaukee, was elected Department Commander. Mrs. Charity Rusk Craig, of Viroqua, siBter of Governor Rusk, was chosen President of Woman's Belief Corps. SOUTH. Gv&~LaEKRap & Cp., tobaeco desleAt SiKfcohmond, Va., failed for, $1,004^ antf William Ewan A Son, clothiers at Mon­ treal, faded for)f100,000. 1 v " A NEW ORLEANS dispatch says that a party of eight persons, all colored, con­ sisting of Horace Carter and his eldest daughter, Eliza, and youngest daughter, Hannah, Pierre and Frisbie Allen, Pris- cilla Smith, Cecilia Lewis, and a boy named Ike Carter, crossed the river in a skiff. The boat was old, and when the party were re­ turning and were within a hundred feet of their home landing the swells of a passing steamer caused the skiff to go to pieces and seven of Ihe occupants were drowned. Ike Carter, the boy, saved himself by cling­ ing to a piece of Ifae broken boat. A COLOBED family of five persons, liv-. ing at Colfax, La., were poisoned, and all died within twenty-four hours.* Instead of soda, Rough on Rats had, my mistake, been put in a pot of greens. DISPATCHES from the Southwest state that Brack Cornett, better known as Capt. Dick, the desperado leader of the notorious Texas train robbers, was shot and killed while resisting arrest by the sheriff of Frio County, Texas, near Pearsall, a station on the International & Great Northern Road. Cornett was a noted outlaw, and a year or two organized a band of hone- thieves as "rustlers," or they are called in the Southwest, for the purpose of robbing express and mail trains in Texas. They have within a year robbed three express trains. Their first job netted them $65,- 000 in cash and $35,000 in jewelrv. Large rewards were offered by Wells «fc Fargo for the robbers, which caused the gang to break up and scatter. fisheries, of the North Atlantic coast, and does not include any provisions concerning the Behring's Sea trouble or commercial reciprocity. The treaty, it may also be added, does not contemplate the admis­ sion of fish into the United States free of duty. . POLITICS. PBKSIDEKT CLEVEI^AKD'B supporters in Jersey are making preparations for the State Convention. Says a Trenton dispatch: But tneir pros poets are by no means encour­ aging. The i'act is, the Administration leaders have very little political influence in this State. They are without entlirsiasm, and their meth­ ods are amateurish. Instead of FIGHTING boldly the endeavor to compromise with enemies who publicly admit that they are implacable. Jersey almost rivals Pennsylvania in i ts nigh tar i f f not ions . But this i s not the worst of it. The "hustlers" have had no "wliack" at the spoils ttiat they fondly hoped would be distributed to them with a generous hand. Kx-Gov. Leon Abbett, a most itter par isan and at tne same time the most ambitious leader the State has, vigorousiy oj>- raed the nomination ot Cleveland in 1884. He, is said, will lead the opposition again this year, and if he does there will be a scattering of Cleveland men from the hills of Sussex to the snnas of Cape May. He is a worker from way back and knows how to hustle. He is dis­ appointed that the Presidential ax has not fallen more swiftly and frequently. A BILL has been introduced in the Ma- lyland Legislature making it a penalty for egistered voters to fail to vote. A DISPATCH of Friday, from Marquette, Mich., says: "Seymour's plurality is less than 200 now, and the official figures will be needed to establish the result. Breen, the Democratic-Labor candidate, says he will contest the seat, and that the Knights of tabor will back him up. He claims that iere was fraud, intimidation, bull-dozing and 'boodle' employed in Seymour's be- nalf." LABOR A SPECIAL from Reading, Pa., says that "both parties to the great strike of miners in the Schuyikill regions are resorting to most desperate measures to attain their ends. The situation, in a nutshell, is this: The company wants its miners to resume at the wages they were getting before last September. The men want 8 per cent, more than this. Neither side will yield. Each party is taking extreme measures. The Rending Company is importing Ital­ ians by the hundreds and putting them to work in the mines. There is great indig­ nation throughout the coal regions over this new move of the company. The miners on their port also propose extreme measures. The engineers, firemen, and pump-men are to be called out if possible." FOREIGN. STBAH6E CASE OF CALVIK PEASE. THB peace with which Blbmarck'B speech invested the European situation has passed away, says a Berlin dispatch. It is now beli^red that there was really nothing pacific in it beyond leaving the Czar the alternative of peace or war. If the Berlin official press were not bridled, its opinion on the situation would be found to concur in Russia's convictions that war is inevitable. The North German iiazctte says that the conflict is still undi­ minished in its intensity, although Bis­ marck's speech relieved the people from the fear of an immediate catastrophe. The sincerity of the Czar's desire for peace is not doubted, but it iB known that influences surround him and he is unable to withstand the pressure in the direction of war. A CABLEGRAM from Dublin says that Father Stephens was sentenced at Fal- coragh, County Donegal, to three months' imprisonment, without hard labor, for in­ citing tenants not to pay rents. The clergyman appeared in court surrounded by excited crowds, but there was no disor­ der. Fourteen persons, including O'Sulli- vnn and Ashe, members of the Municipal Government, were sentenced at Galway to -imprisonment/ varying fram-two weeks te» one month, for taking part in the demon­ stration on the occasion of Sir Wilfrid Blunt's arrival at'Galwhy. O'Sullivan was sentenced to two extra weeks' imprison­ ment for saying he would do FO again. THE negotiations for s Russo-Franco alliance are in a forward condition, says a Vienna dispatch. France only hesitates as to when the treaty ought to be signed and how to keep it a secret from Bismarck, who, it is expeoted, would at once declare war on learning of the compact. WASHINGTON: BLAINE'S letter has been the leading topic of political gossip in Washington, says a dispatch from that city. Mr. Blaine's avowed iriends in Congress show a desire not to express their opinions, but inti­ mate that the letter only emphasizes the disin­ clination which Mr. Blaine has shown to press his claims for the nomination The promi­ nent men known as opponents of Mr. Blaine hail the letter as an actual withdrawal on his part from the Presidential race, Sen­ ator Allison and others who may be classed as Presidential candidates content themselves with saying that Mr. Blaine's ex­ pressions are unquestionably sincere, but that he would have yield to the demand of the party that he should become its candidate if it should so express itself IN convention. Among prominent Democrats in both houses the im­ pression seems to prevail that the letter is far from establishes the fact that Mr. Blaine will not be a Presidential candidate. Mr. Dalzell, Kepublican representative from the Pittsburg district, an inti­ mate friend of long standing of Chairman Jones of the National Kepublican Committee, says that he is not surprised to read Mr. Blaine's letter; that he had an intimation several months ago that Mr. Blaine had suffered se­ verely from nervous prostration since the cam­ paign of 1H84, and would not likely be physical­ ly able to withstand the rigorous demands of another campaign ; that he went abroad with the hope of recovering his health, and that the letter MD icates he is disai pointed in the object ol his trip. A WASHINGTON telegram says: "The President has practically decided to spend a few days in Florida during the present month, and unless unforeseen circum­ stances 6hould arise he will probably leave here next Monday and be absent about a week. For some time the Floridians have been trying to have the President visit them, and have at last succeeded in per­ suading him that such a trip will be bene­ ficial to his health and comfort." A WASHINGTON telegram says the Fish­ eries Commissioners completed their labors on Wednesday, A treaty was signed which it is believed will result in • Hntigfiictory settlement of the disputes that have ex­ isted for almost a century be­ tween this Government and Great Britain over the North Atlantic fisheries. Before the treaty can take effect it must have the ratification of the Queen of Great Britain, the Dominion of Canada, and the Province of Newfoundland, *f> well as of the Senate of the United States. Although the treaty will not at present be made public, H can be Btated that it relates exclusively to the disputes concent ing the GENERAL. Touching the new fisheries treaty with Canada, a Washington correspondent tele­ graphs as follows: The "touch and trade" privileges had been reluctantly conceded by Canada, and hereafter American fishing vessels will have the same commercial rights in Canadian ports that Canadian vessels have in the ports of the United States. The only limitation is on the right of the fishermen of the United States to buy bait. This, it is said, will be some­ thing of a salve to the Dominion people and will be no real disadvantage to us. The Canadia contention ou the headland theory was so absurd that its abandonment was inevitable. The concession to the Cana> dians of the inshore fisheries, it is thought, will please them without hurting the New. Fnglanders. The exclusion ofiree ttsh" has been inevitable from tbe start, and it excites no comment except A* there seems to be a squint toward ultimately biinging this about in the agreement ttiat the license exacted from American vessels trading in Canadian ports is to be abolished upon the placing of fish on the free list by tbe United States. J . P. DONALDSON Sc Co., ship chandlers, Detroit. Gustav Ranger & Co., cotton merchants of New York and Galveston; liabilities, $150,000. John A. Dusbane & Co., paper dealers, Baltimore; liabilities. $200,001); assets, $100,000. Church & Graves, sash, doors aDd blinds, Minneap­ olis; liabilities, $75,000; assets, $60,000. MARKETREPORTS. NEW YORK. . .44 15.00 4.50 .79 .47 M .80 .33 14.00 .84 .49 .»a 3.1)5 CATTLE... Hoos SHEEP ... WHEAT--No: 2 Spring No. 1 liad COBN--No. 2 OATH-White . POBK--New Mess CHICAGO. CATTLE--Choice to Prime Steers 5.00 Good 4.25 Common to Jrair i.75 Hoes--Shipping Grades 8.00 Shut WHEAT--No. i Bad CORN--MO. 2. OATS--NO. I Bablet--No. 2 Btrrriut-- Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new.....'. E«os--Fresh POTATO »»• Choice, per Ira Poaa--Mess TOLEDO. WHEAT--Ca«h COBN--Cash OATS-- CLOVEB SEED KANSAS CITY. CATTLE Moos f, WHEAT--No. 2..., Cons--No. 2. OAT*--No. 2 MELWAUKBK. WHEAT--Cash COMN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White K*E--No. 1 liABLET--No. 2 Poaa--Mas* 8T. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bad Co UN--Mixed OATS--Cash RTE liAHLET Poaa--Mess BUFFALO. CATTLE Hoos. SHEEP COBS--No. S Yellow EAST LIBBHTY CATTLE--Prime Pair Common....* Hoos. PBEXP LAMM OMAHA. CATTLE--Trim a. fl.50 0 A.60 S.0U @ 5.75 4.00 5.25 .88'<g& .01^ A .00 » .CI 0 .48 015.50 0 5.50 & 4.73 » 4.50 (.4 5.78 M 6.50 A .80 & .47* M .UN* & .ca «J> .20 .» >'• .-a .12* <» .12 H .24 .%% * .88 «14.25 « .85 M .00 # .92* «• 4.06 4.25 4.75 .7B .41V* (A 5.0) «* 5.50 .70 •421$ .2J •«5* .47% •83* .61% .75 14.00 « 11.50 •80 <9 •!?* .00 .85 14.25 .75 « .45* 4 74 475 5.00 C.'H) .65 525 4.00 2.75 C.50 4.75 5.0J Hoos--Heavy Light Sua*--Prima 4.00 8.25 5.00 4.50 8.75 % « -CO* & .W) 014.75 «* 5.50 9 5.75 0 5.75 «* .55* @ 5.75 0 4.59 « 3.25 <A C OO «* 5.50 6 «.tp © 4 75 <£ 4.00 TRT 5.75 » 5.28 •.50 His Brain Shattered by Dynamite, H9 m Betains Consoioutnasa > - - for a Week. ̂ Testimony of the Snr*eons--A. 0ne flft Will Probably Set t!» Doctors bjr tbe Ears, [Sail Antonio special to Chicago Da'ly News.] Calvui l'eaae, a small farmer living at De- vine, a station on the International & Qreat Northern railway, was blasting a well a few weeks ago. Ho was sixty feet below the suiw face of the ground when he fired his last cartridge in the world, lie was engaged in what is technically known aa "tamping"--that is, be had inserted his dynamite and was ponnding in gravel nround it to tighten and give the explosive greater purchase. Somo slip of tbe long iron bar which he wielded fired the dynamite. His family heard the report and, noticing hia failure to ascend, ran to the well in alarm. Peering down they saw him in erect posture, leaning against the side of the shaft. A ropo was lowered and with his remaining Rood arm he mauaged to fasten himself somehow aud was hauled to the top. He was placed in a common country wagon and driven thirty-three miles over horrible roads to this city. He was placed in the hospital and lived a week. Taken all in ail--the character of the agent which injured him, his distance from succor, the tremeudous strain to which he was Bnbjeeted, his ghastly wounds, his utter tang froid, his entire reten­ tion of consciousness, and the length of time for which he lived--he furnieljea, probably, the most remarkable instance of the tenacity of life under brain destruction to be found in the medical records of any country. 80 re­ markable was it that members of tho West Texas Medical Association daily receive let­ ters from prominent surgeons in every part EXAMINING THE BRAIN. of the Union asking for some offioial con­ firmation of details of the case as reported by the St. Louis agent of the Associated Press. In every instance the first account has been added to rather than detracted from. But seeing is believing, and, with this idea, pho­ tographs have been>made, both ante ana post mortem. Briefiv summarized, Pease's injuries were; The right hand blown partially off, the %'ft eye blinded, the right eye entirely gone; above it; and extending far toward the top of the head, the skull removed, leaving all that portion of tho brain exposed to view; loss of some throe tablespoonfuls of brain tissue, a fracture of the skull extending from the nose- base back to rear of right ear. During his seven days' confinement at the hospital he was thoroughly conscious, had a reasonable appe­ tite, slept well, was able to distinguish between different foods by the taste, alleged that lie felt no pain, and more than once expressed strong hopes of getting well. Photo No. 1 repre­ sents City Physic an Braunnagel and Dr. Berry lifting the flap and making an ex- j /i1' 'jjiV THE FACE BEFORE DEATH. .mfhaftoii. It wkii taken five dayct after the accident At this time the patient expressed a strong desire for ability to see himself. He was quite a pleasant suf­ ferer, and gave the SSuters of Charity as little trouble as poesible. Photo No. 2 was taken upon the same day. The physician's notes state: "Taken from the sick bed in hos­ pital five days after brain and skull injury from dynamite explosition; the man perfectly conscious and able to speak, eat and drink; no paralytic symptoms in extremities. A large portion of the frontal bone is entirely gone and about eight splinters were found in the brain substance. A large fracture runs from base of nose toward and beyond occipital pro­ tuberance. The eyes are entirely blown out of their pockets." Photo No. 3 givi the appearance of the aaiafonra Ken<1 effav . brain as held in the assistant's hand after re- APPEARANCE OF THE BRAIN. movaL The frontal lobes show a brain-sub- atanee defect about the S:ZJ of an ordinary whisky glass. This matter was carried away by th; explosion and spattered against the walls of the welL Driven deep into the brain, and practically honeycombing it in many di­ rect ons, were numerous splinters of bone, which were tediously picked out They ranged in size from a pea to a nickel, and were of ail shapes and degrees of roughness. Photo No. 4 pictures the appearance of Peas3 after removal of upper part of skull. A A, right and left fbrain lobos. B B, loss of brain substance b#low frontal-bone region (tho entire frontal region near base of uose gone), C, dura mater. D D, brain mem brane flapped over E, cranium. F F, frontal muscle thrown aside, H, right ear. I, peri- ideut; Adolph Herff, K D., Dr. Bertey, R Monger, M. D., members; Amos Graves, M. D., surgeon-general Southern Pacific uailway Company, and Julius Braunnagel, city physi­ cian. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The Genius and Manhood of the Ennui»%,. • Portrayed. AFTER REMOVAL or VPPEB PAST OF SKULL. A Natural Orator, and a Man to Himself and to Otherfe Trne ob. servance ot Lincoln's birthday, Col. Rob­ ert G. Ingersoll, responding to the toast "Abraham Lincoln," spoke as follows: "Abraham Lincoln was one of the few who saw that slavery could not exist forever. He was born in a cabin--laid in the lap of the poor--bom in a cabin in the wilderness of Kentucky, yet he rose to such a supreme and splendid bight that fame never reached higher than his brow when putting his laurels on the brow of a human being. He was a man who was true to himself, and for that reason was true to others. He was a strange ming­ ling of mirth and toara, of the perfect and grotesque, of Bocr-ites and Rabelais, of JEsop and 01 Marcus Aurelius, of all that was noble and just, of mercy and honesty, merciiul, wise, lovable, and divine--and all consecrated to tne use of man, whilo through all and over all wai an over­ whelming sense of chivalry and loyalty, and above all the shadow of a perfect mind. Of nearly all the great characters of history we know nothing of tluir peculiarities. About the oaks of these great men, and about the roots of these oaks, wo know nothing of the earth that clings to them. Washington him­ self is now a steel engraving. About the real man who lived, who loved, who schemed, aud who succeeded, we know nothing. The glass through which we look at him is of such nigh niagnilying power that the features aro indis­ tinct Hundreds of people are now engaged smoothing out the liues in Lincoln's face so that he may be known, not as he really was, but, according to their poor standard, as he should have been. "Abraham Lincoln was not a type; he otands alone--no ancestors, no followers, and no successors. He had tbe advantage of liv­ ing in a new country, the advantage of social equality, of personal freedom, of seeing in the horizon of his life the perpetual star of hope. He knew and mingled with men of every kind, aud became familiar with the best books. In a new country you must pos­ sess at leaBt three qualities--nonoaty, cour­ age and generosity. In cultivated society, cultivaiion is often more important than soil; and, while a polished counterfeit sometimes passes more rtadUy than the blurred genu­ ine, it is necessary only to observe the un­ certain laws of society to be honest enough to keep out of the penitentiary, and generous enough to subscribe in public when the sub­ scription can be defined as a business invest­ ment In a new country character is essen­ tial ; in the old reputation is often sufficient. In the new they find what a man is; in the old he generally passes for what ne resem­ bles. People separated by distance are much nearer together than those divided by tbe wa'li of caste j"Lincoln never finished his education, al­ though he was always an inquirer and a seeker after knowledge. You have no idea how many men are spoiled by what is called education. For the most part colleges are where pebbles are polished aud diamonds are dimmed. If Miakspeare had graduated at Ox­ ford he might have been a quibbling attorney or a poor parson. L ncoln was a many-sided man, as reliable as the direction of gravity. His words were kind as mercy, and gave a per­ fect image of his thought He was never afraid to ask, never too dignified to admit that he did not know. "Lincoln was natural in his life and though^ master of the story-telling art, liberal in speech, using any word which wit would dis­ infect He was a logician. He did not say what he thought others thought, but what he thought He was sincerely natural. If you wish to be tublime you must keep close to ihe frass. Too much polish suggests insincerity, f you wish to know what JS the difference between an orator and an elocutionist, read Lincoln's wondrous words at Gettysburg and then read the speech of Edward Everett The oration of Lincoln will never be forgotten; it will lire until languages are dead and lip3 are. dust 'tffae speech of Everett ill never be. read Lincoln v.as an immense personality, firm but n Jt obstinate--obstinacy is ogotiBin, firmness 1.4 heroism. He influenced others, and they submitted to him. He was severe to hiuiseli, and for that reason lenient to oth­ ers, aud appeared to' apologize for being kinder than his lellows. Ho did meroifiii things as stealthily as others committed crimea He did and said the noblest deeds and words with that nobleness that is the grace of modesty. Everything for principle, nothingfor money, everything for independ­ ence. Where no principle was involved eas­ ily swayed, willing to go somewhere if in the right direction; wilitng to stop sometimes; but he would not go back, and he would not go away. He knew that tight was needed and full of chances; he knew that slavery had defenders, but no defense, and that those who advocatoil the right must win some time. He was neither tyrant or slave. Nothing dis­ closes real character like the use of power, and it was the quality of Lincoln that, nav.ng almost absolute power, he never abused it except on the side of mercy. Wealth could not uvrchaso power couldnotawe this divine, thisloving man, He knew no fear except the fear of doing wrong. He was the embodiment of Relr-denial and courage. He spoke not to upbraid, but to convince. He raised his hands, not to stride, but in benediction, and lived to see pearls of tears on the cheeks of the wives whose husbands he had saved from death. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the greatest civil war of the world " WOMAN'S CONGRESS. The Forthcoming International Council ol Women--An Important Gathering. From March 25th to April 1st, 1888, in­ clusive, will be held the International Goudcil of Women, in Albaugh's Opera House, Wsshingion, D. C. There will be present delegates from all or. anized de­ partments of women'! work in the known %orld. The author of "Prisoners of Pov­ erty, " Helen Campbell, and Miss Henrietta Mtiller, member of the London School Board, will represent England; Pnndita Ramabai, India; Madame Isabella Bag^lot, France; Fanny Zampim Salazaro, Italy; and there are promised delegates fiom among the workers in Finland, Denmark and Sweden. Miss Clara Barton and Frances E. Wil- lard will represent their well-known inter­ ests, and every literary, art, and scientific club will send delegates, as well as every labor league, missionary, charitable, edu­ cational, professional, and industrial as­ sociation. It is impossible to overesti­ mate the far-reaching influence of such a council. An interchange of opinions on the great questions now agitating the world will arouse women to new thought, will in­ tensify their love of liberty, and will give them a realizing sense of the power of combination. THE POLITICAL FIELD. osteuin. The entire edge of the skull (E) represents' the line of fracture from li to i>. Huch is the cute of Calvin Pease, Texan farmer and amateur miner. He was 24 year* of age and not, in appearance, a man of any remarkable vitality, lit wul figure ponder­ ously in medical magaz nea, arid for many a year to como will "buid the record" in tome* which treat of the eccentricities of ac­ cident ai c >nii6ct<-d with «nrg«ry. How far his instance will KO toward disproving pet theories of brain gi/r -rinitice remains to be se>; 11. How much wind si ktK.cks out of psy- eholos»i«- din4i?rtat'>rs au 1 phrenologic demon­ strators no man can nmj. Th'»ro is enough in it, however, to set tfc'i doctors by th'» ears-- not a difficult matter it any time. That the •bovo are true counterfeit presentment# of the material asp«ct# of the esso, aud that it has be'in and is hereIn correctly represented, the following rrpnteM* physicians will bear w tnewc V. lierfT, 1L I*, President of the West Texan Medical'Association; £ C Iten- aett. Vice 1'rusident: V. W. Johns, Vice l'res- rm THE NATIONAL GAME i Belief tbal th* Coming Season Will Be a Great One for Hal!. NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS. How Captain Anaon Regards (ho f Flaying Strength of tfo Teams. ' -4 KSSiSSS:. A Mayor Who Wunt-t to lie Governor. Mayor D. R. Francis, of St Louis, has formally announced himself as a candidate for Governor of Missouri. Gov. Morehouse and Congressman Glover are also in the race, and it is anticipated that Congress­ man Dockery will also be a candidate. The St. Jotiultcn Will Move Upon Iowa. A Des Moines dispatch states that "Prof. Fellows, Piesident of the State Temper­ ance Alliance, has received a notice trorn tbe National Prohibition Committee that tbe St. John party aie preparing to move upon Iowa and organise a third party movement. Mr. Dickie, tbe successor of Chairman Finch, is to visit this State in darch." _______ lllalne Men Will Contest Ohio. A Columbus dispatch says "the feeling In Ohio that tbe letter of James G. lilaine must not be taken as bis absolute with­ drawal from the race for the Presidency focused here Monday night in a meeting of adherents of tha * Plumed Knight' rep­ resenting a number of points in the State, to look over tbe political situation. It was de'-ided to hold in C olumbus, shortly, a monster banquet, intended to eclipse Ihe Sherman affair, at which only Blaine's friends are to be invited, and only adher­ ents of his candidacy are to have any place on the programme.. This move is to be taken In order to show the country that Ohio is not solid for Sherman." * [CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.] "We are going to have one of the great­ est seasons in base-ball and general out­ door sports," said Captain Anson, of the Chicago Club, <0 your correspondent the other day, "that this country has known for many a long year. I have watched the feeling of the public closely daring the past live or six months, and I tell yon that not in all of'my expeiience as a ball player have I ever seen the same interest displayed by the general public in every­ thing pertaining to athletic contests. Just look at the boom that has struck amateur athletics in this city of late. I expected it would come, sooner or later, but 'pon my word I did not expect to»see it come with such a rush. Here are athletic clubs form­ ing in the city almost by the dozen, club­ house openings and gymnasiums springing up like mushrooms, while everything in the 6hape of athletic entertainments, draws packed houses of enthusiastic spec­ tators. As for base-ball--well, in the first place, the League will have at least six splendidly organized teams in the race ior the pennant, and the other two clubs -- Washington and Indianapolis -- are strengthening at a rate that will, if con­ tinued, make them anything but unimport­ ant factors in the 'ace of 1888." "How do you think the different teams will show up this year?" "Weil, I look for Detroit fo bat in just about its last year's form. The change of four strikes to three may affect their work with the stick a little, but it will affect tbat oi competing teams proportionately, and I should not be at all surprised to see tbe rule of four strikes restored before the season is far advanced. New York should play a twenty "per cent, stronger game this year than it played last, in consideration of the new men it has secured, and I look to see the giants make things interesting from the start to the finish of the Beason. Philadelphia will be a strong team again this season, and should playj just about the Rame it played during the season of 1888. It wiil have harder teams to go against, however, and may not stand so well this year as it did last" "And Boston. What do JO a think of Kelly's team?" "Well, Boston has not filled its entry list of players yet. Should Clarkson and Ed Andrews go to Boston, I think the team would be much strengthened. Kelly I think will also be worth more to the team this season than he was last year, when he was in no condition to play ball. But there is another team in the League that is, I think, going to surprise some of us. I refer to Pittsburg. That team will do good work both with the stick and iu the field this year. Mark what I Hay, and see how near right I am. As for Washingtou and Indianapolis, I think tliey will both play a stronger game this year than they played last." " What will the White Stockings do this season?" "Chicago? Well, we will play tbe stillest game we ever put up, and if we don't fly the pennant ourselves, we will most everlastingly worry the club that does win it." Last week the Cincinnati Club left Cin­ cinnati in a special Pullman car for New Orleans, where itjplays the first game of its preparatory exhibition serieaof the season. Thus the first blast of the tvnmpet for the season of 1SH8 has sounded, and within three weeks' time every League team and tho majority of other professional teams will have reported at their respective head­ quarters for duty, and to go into training for the big race that begins dnring the last week in April. The Chicago players will leave here in a body for Hot Springs on the night of March 1, where they will re­ main until they depart for the first cham­ pionship game of the Beason. \ DIAMOND GOSSIP. Sunday will play center field iu the Pitts­ burg team. The Detroits will report for duty at New Orleans, April 1. Denny objects to playing with the Indi­ anapolis club this season. Dalrymple has signed with the Pittsburgs for the season of 18H8. The Louisville team will report for duty at Hot Springs March 1. The Detroit club will open the League season in Chicago April 2(i. Dick Johnson has signed to play center field with the Boston club. Dunlap says that Detroit will be lucky to get third place this season. Keefe, the crack pitcher of the New Yorks, wants to buy his release. President Young has received 350 appli­ cations for umpire positions. Pittsburg will sign pitcher McCormick if he M ill accept a reduction in salary. President Spalding will sell Clarkson's release to Boston if enough money is ottered for it. The Boston Club is bidding high for Ed Andrews and may get him. The De­ troit Free Pxetw doesn't think its club will pay the price asked for him--$7,000. Anson reports that lie has quite recovered the throwing use of bis right arm, which has been Btrained for somo years. He at­ tributes his recovery to hand-ball playing. Iliirdie, who was for a little time on the Clrcago team, has signed with the Green- hood aud Morau Club, of San Francisco. Little Davy Force is 4(i years old, and is one of the base-ball veterans, but he will play with the Memphis club this season. Foutz, Caruthers, Welch, and Bushong all express themselves pleased, not at leav­ ing St. Louis, but at getting away from Von der Abe. Casey writes that he is in good condition, and has no doubt that be and th^ Philadel­ phia management will agree on terms with­ out any trouble. Base-ball will have a big boom in Montana the coming season. The Mon­ tana League will be composed of teams from Anaconda, Butte City, Helena, Marysville, Great Falls, Phillipsburg, Billings, and Missoula. The placing of the St. Louis Browns will be left entirely with Captain Comis- key. He will not decide as to the make-np of the team until he sees his men in practice, and his selection will stand for tbe season--barring accident. The infield will probably be: Comiskey, McGarr, and Latham on bases and ltobinsou at short. Base-ball is still in primitive form in the West Indies. Telegrams from Grenada, via Jamaica, state that in the first match played between tbo American and West Indian teams the latter scored a triumph by one: Americans, 44; West Indians, 45. The Pittsburg rainngers are having difficulty signing their players. Carroll is the latest ouo to kick for an Increase in salary. Miller and tiulviu are still hold­ ing out, expecting to lccelvw what they have dercanaed. President lioung recently received a let­ ter from Mr. Furlong, tho umpire, but now engaged in privato business, recommend­ ing a young mau named Sullivan as a League umpire. Mr. Young, in reply to Mr. Furlong, stated that if Mr. Hullivan could reverse tbe order of things and recommend Mr. Furlong for appointment, the latter would bo promptly signed as a member of the League staff. "Inside of three years players' salaries will be about one-half what they are now, owing to the large number of players now on the market. The trouble is that about every young fellow who can catch and throw a ball, all want to go in the business, as they see an easy way to got big salaries. First-class talent can always get big pay in laroe cities."--Boston lieferee. I* Being Deae by the $»• tfonal legislature^ • T Vim resolution regarding the allefM lolli. * elency of the postal department was consid­ ered by the Senate on the 13th in3t. Mr. Reagan defended the department. Mr. Yoor- hees introduced a bill to increase the pension! of those who have lost a limb or two limbs 01 both eyes, and Mr. 'Xurpie introduced one tc grant SERVICE pensions in the army and navy. The address ot the Dakota Constitutional Con­ vention, favoring the division of the territory and tne admission of tLe boutti half as a State, was presented to tne benate. A petition was presented for the forfeiture of the Marquette, Superior and Ontonagon Railroad lauU grant in Michi­ gan. A bill was pasfied to prohibit any person in Washington or Georgetown irom making, books or pools'on result oi any races or of any caiue of base-ball. IMIIB were introduced in the House for the erection of public buildings at Galesbnrg, 111.; Kichmoi.d, lud.; Lafayette, Ind.; Davenport, Iowa, and Eau Claire, Wis. ; and in the Benate for public buildings at Ster- iin£' I'1" WOO,out; at Helena, Ji. T., ©IUJ.OOO: AT Fort Worth, Texas, $130,000. THB resolution for an inquiry into the causes of the alleged inefficiency of the mail servioe was further discussed in the Senate on the 1 ith inst. The Senate passed the bill for the relief of David L. Brainard and eighteen of the Uni- tod States army who were on the Greoly expe­ dition in the arctic regions--AS commutation for fuel and quarters. Senator Cullom intro­ duced a bill lor the compensation OF female nurses during the war. Tho Senate confirmed the nominations of B F. Wade, Marshal of Northern Ohio, and Alex­ ander McCue, Assistant Treasurer at New York. The House Committee on Public Buildings re­ ported the bill authorizing the condemnation of land for sites for public buildings, aud it was placed on the calendar. Hills were re­ ported to the House and referred to the committee of the whole for the erection of a public building at Omaha, Neb., and for the enlargement of the building' at Charleston, W. Va.; also for tho purchase of additional land at Council Bluffs, Iowa. An adverse report was made by tne Houne Labor Committee on the bill to license railroad con­ ductors. Secretary Endicott sent u> the House a message in answer to Representative Grosve- nor'S resolution calling for information regard­ ing the publication of the official records of the rebellion, aad whether nny parson has been forbidden access to tne records. The Secretary says the work is being carried out strictly ac­ cording to the plan adopted in ISHI and re­ quired by the provisions of tne act of July 31. 188(5. THE Blair Edueational Bill passed the Senate on the lsth inst., by a vote ot 89 yeas to 29 nays. The announcement of the vote was greeted with applause by its friends. Mr. Beck introduced a bill to reimburse States tor interest paid on moneys expended in raising troops for the war of tbe rebellion. Tho House bill for the appoint­ ment of eleven division superintendents of rail­ way mail service was amended by making the number "two, in addition to those heretofore authorized," and a bill was passed by the House providing that: Nebraska shall constitute an entire judicial district to be known as the Dis­ trict of Nebraska. The House Committee on Public Buildings favorably reported the bills for public buildings at Milwaukee, Wis., and Bay City, Mich. The Milwaukee building is to cost $250,000. The House Military Committee made a favorable report JON the bill for the payment of SLUO to soldiers who enlisted under tne act of July 22, 18til, and who were dis­ charged by reason of surgeon's certificate of disability or by promotion before the expira­ tion of two years, and who have not received §100 bounty. The report was referred to tbe committee of the wholes The resolution offered by Mr. Manderson re quiring the Secretary of War to furiiisn to Sen. ators on their roquest lists of persons to whom copies of the Records of the Rebellion are to oe issued, was taken up in the Senate on the 16th inst., and after a protracted discussion, partici­ pated in by henators Vest, Manderson, Teller, Hawley and Gorman, was adopted. One hun­ dred and eight private pension bills were passed. Bills were reported from committees and placed on the calendar: For thei relief of vol­ unteers of the Fourth Iowa Infantry ; authoriz­ ing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux Cfty. Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: By Mr. Fwrwell, to brevet army officers on the active and retired list; by Mr. babln, to authorize the 1'resident to confer brevet rank on army officers for brilliant ser­ vices in Indian campaigns; by Mr. Mander­ son, to authorize the wearing of the budges of the Grand Army of the Hepublic. The resolution offered by Mr. Plumb some weeks ago directing an inquiry as to the causes of inefficient mail service was takeu up and ngrood to. Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill to appropriate SLOO.OOD for the erection of a public uuilding at Richmond, LI:d. Keimtor Mander­ son introduced a joint resolution for tho aboli­ tion of the office of Surveyor General of Ne­ braska and Iowa. The House of Kopresenta- tives devoted tho day to the consideration of the urgency deficiency bill. Au amendment wae adopted directing the Public Printer to enforce rigidly tbe provisions of the eight-hour law. The Voice of Birds. "What is the great bird center of the United States?" "New Jersey. Many of the Southern birds fly no further north, and many of the Northern birds no further south than New Jersey." "Do the voices of the birds corres­ pond in their registers to those of hu­ man beings?" "Decidedly; although this has never before been asked. I or instance, the nightingale is a rich contralto, the mccking-bird a soprano sopracnto, the wood thrush a fine soprano, the skylark a curious combination of the mezzo and the soprano, with the odds in favor of the Mezzo. The stakedriver is a basso profnndo. His notes are deep and sonorous, and his song is Tunk-a-gonk! A-gonk-a-wunck.' The cedar bird or the waxing lisps. He tries to sing in all parts and cannot sing in any. The bob­ olink is of a musical hybrid of meters. His is a jingling song. He is the only bird that the mocking can't imitate. If a bobolink be shut up in the same cage with a mocking bird the mocking bird will not unfrequeutly die within three months ot a broken heart, be­ cause of his failure to imitate the bob­ olink. The winter wren is a crystalline contralto tenor. The rapidity of its song defies lightning and consequently analysis. The blue bird, as Mr. Beecher said, always seems to be about to siDg something, but never gets there. The vulture is the musical discord of the bird family. Its voice, which is even more hoarse than that of the blue jay, is perceptibly vitiated by its in­ temperate habits. The vulture is the drunkard of the birds. The bell bird of Florida has a voice whose sounds represent the higher and lower tones of a peal of bells. The voice of the oriole sounds as though the bird were singing Tuscan Latin. The voico of.the wood dove is like a flute. The red bird's voice resembles a pieeolo. The scrap­ ing voice of the whet-saw resembles so exactly the sound of a saw at mill that when it scrapes its song out at night more than one sawder has been waked from hiB sleep supposing that the mill was in motion. The canary has a zither voice. The catbird imi­ tates a violin. The monotonous voice of the blue ;ay is like a Scotch bag­ pipe."--New York San. f A«onanzaT When Major Stofah was a young man he courted a girl whose father objected to him. After a time the old man failed, aad when the Sheriff sold his effects the Major bought the watch-dog. "What in thunder do you want with tint brute?" asked a friend, as he saw the Major leading the dog away. "Don't you worry." replied the Major, confidently. "He only cost me half a dol­ lar, and 1 think I can pick about two pairs of Sunday pantaloons out of his teeth."-- Washington Critic. NATURAL gas has been known extensively used-in Asia and China for a long time. History tells us of a well in France in the time of Julius Cnsar. The first in the United States was in Charleston. The Taylor H >use, in Fredonia, N. Y., was illuminated in 1824 in honor of Lafayette. A few years ago a gas well was discovered in Ocean Spray, near Boston. The nature and efficiency of natural figfe partly understood. a&MJ itr'-'lMt -