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^ ILLINOIS POLITICS Mtoajl ftwcL T&.«^ nOi i^IoMce^ of tHi Campalfn by the BejmtticaD Candidate fer Governor. c-•••••• li'- . r S>: r* D'.V ; t' ItetlMd ui Slate Pelltif* ami IHM IB • Masterly laner. 33i« campaign wu fairly opened In Illi- wifii on the 16th of July, by a grand rally at Springfield. Hon. Joseph Fifer, the Bepuolican candidate for Governor, deliv­ ered an able speech, from which we make copious extracts. Said he: We are now entering upon a political canvass the results of which most prove of high and lasting importanee to the people of this nation. A long-established American policy, vital to all interests, is on trial before the voters on oue band, while upon the other an administration that gained power nnder a mask of reform and 4>y the most solemn promises of a Jeffersonian virtue is to receive attention in response to the dotuand that Its doings and pretentions shall ba ratified in November. The result of this campaign mast also go a long way toward determining whether any ef­ fort in the future is to be made to enforce the provisions of the Constitution relating to suf­ frage in the South, or whether we are to sit •down helplessly and allow a political party to •enjoy the perpetual fruits of violence and fraud. Such questions may well receive the candid con­ sideration of candid men. This campaign is, 1 hope, to ba a battle of op­ posing principles, and not a patty fusillade of personal detraction and calumny. Mr. Cleveland was elected upon his repeated and persistent assertion that he would, if elected, •enforce in the civil servic J of the country these principles: 1. That appointments to and change* in the public service ought hi no casa to be made for political reasons. 2. That fitness for the office and not party ad­ herence or service should be the sole ground of all appointments in the civil service. 3. That active partisanship by persons en­ gaged in the public service should not be toler­ ated. 4. That the eligibility for re-election of the President, by reason of the temptation it offers to the use of patronge to gratify personal ambi­ tion, is a serious danger to the proper adminis­ tration of the government. Yet Mr. Cleveland, in face of these pledges, has •dragged the public service down into the sewers of party politics and has permitted the civil :aervice to become the battening ground of cam­ paign strikers wherein the diriiest political service finds high and sure re war . Every utterance of Mr Cleveland three or four years ago was pregnant with civil-service re­ form. whi e the slogan, "Public office is a public trust," was heard to reverberate through the land from the lips of a party which in practice had never treated public office as anything else than a private benefaction to be used for per­ sonal gain and advancement. No tedious statis ics are needed to prove the recreancy of this administration to its promises. •Scarcely had the ink with which the President wrote his reform inaugural become dry before tho ax of the administration headsman began to l»e wet with The blood of Republican officials whose efflcien v and faithfulness were unques­ tioned, and who were slain soiely that their places might be filled by Demo -Tats. Even private character was not safe from as­ sassination at the hands of the executive head of the pajioa in tjia search for "causes" which would help to maka partisan acts seem to ac­ cord with ante-election professions, and we find this same executive, aB tho time approached when he should in all honesty respect his own declaration of tho great danger lying in a Presi- •fienJ'jj personal ambition to renominate himself, not only setting at' naught his own argument but sliding down from his^high pedestal into the very camp of the party spoilsman, where he has ibeen wholly invisible to the longing eye of the ""mugwump" for, lo I these many months. All the alleged abuses which before election fur­ nished the texts of Mr. Cleveland's various hom­ ilies on reform now hold unlimited sway under his administration. Pernicious activity" by offi­ cials in party management, the levying of as­ sessments upon government employas for cam­ paign purposes, the removal of faithful officials to uiako places with which to reward ignorant party helpers--all these vices and raaay more about which Mr. Cleveland theorized so well that he won the admiration of Mr. TJiirlis and Mr. Schurz, have held unbounded sway at Wash­ ington for the past two years, and that, too, not only in violation of the President's personal pledges, but in violation of the statute law of the land. Oh, reform, thou art a jewel, but thou art not a Demcrat! {promise of real reform in it as can be found in the heavy and self-righteous palterings of the present spoils adinistration. Above all the hy­ pocrisy and sham of the past four years rises the , great fact that the President gained j>ower by professions and promises which he knew his party would not allow him to keep, and which it is evident be never meant to keep when he mado them. «600,0»in favor Other instances the ttats, bat fur-many yean in the ther illuatrattott la aaneouasry. Now, it ia obviously unfair to compare the levy of H86 with that Of 1887, and no one knew this fact batter than the Democratic managers themselves, u they had wished to t e fair, and had no purposa to deoe.ve and mi lead the pub­ lic, they would have compared tha levy oi 1881 with that of 1886 and th) levy of 1385 with th.it of 1887. But it is said by some that the levy bill of 1837 provided lor raising about •l,5Od,OU0 more money than did the levy billot IMS, and that the differ- ence in the amount paid oat in an odd-numbered year over an even-numbered one wtll not ac­ count for this huge difference in the amount levied. You will observe that the platform does not say outright that the expenditures of tho year 1««7 exceed those-of 1884 in the aunt of <1,500,000, but white the platform does not so state in terms, it so state* by insinuation and suggestion, which is the most unjustifiable and cowardly species of falaehood; and it fully proves by assertion that the Democratic man­ agers knew when they adopted their platform that it waa both untruthful and unfair. The Legislature of 188>, as I have before said, appropriated tar the two auoceeding years #7,- 776,468, but that Legislature provided in its levy bill for the raising of only •5, 50 ),OK). The Dem­ ocratic notion of economy was to stop the flow of money into the Treasury, but at the same time to ODen wider a till the sluice-wavs by which that money was to flo# out. If you add to the $•3,500,000 levied by the Legislature of 1885 the revenue derived from the Illinois Central Kail- road Company and from the fees of the State officers, amounting in all to about *8J0,000, for two years, you will find there would still be a balance of about #1,50 J.Oft.) unprovided for in the levy of 1835. That is to say, the Democratic Legislature of 188-i appropriated about SI, 500,000 more than it made provision to pay; and but for the fact that a large amount ox taxes which had been tied up by injunctions happened to be about this time paid into the Treasury, and for the further fact that there was a working balance in the Treasury, part of which surplus was the sum of :£Sii,W)J levied by the Legisla­ ture of 1883 to complete the State House, the ap­ propriation of which lapsed through the failure of the necessary vote of the peojile, the State Government could not have run upon the amount allowed it until the next regular meeting of the Legislature. The Legislature of 188? was com­ pelled to increase, not the amount of its appro­ priations, bat the amount of tax levied; and, i-uumberad year. | TJaa I know haa b5n yen, going back j at the risk of the Ohio 1* ratted at and vtatcme but even ; b ' Mr. Cleveland makes a much better figure as an ffvowod spoilsman than he ever did in the guise of a reformer. In the height of the exhibi- :* *ion be resembled a hippopotamus trying to bal- ;• ;anoe on a slack rope. All is now changed. The ' loft "mugwump" has disappeared down the back stairs of the white house, followed close y by the < masterful boot of tho Democratic "bouncer, "and honceforth there is to be none to molest the s President or to make him afraid. It is to be hoped we shall in future have less of hypocrisy, whatever may be the fate of the civil service. ' ? A campaign of the most virulent abuse and falsehood, waged ostensibly for reform, deceived : some licpublicans into believing that there was j corruption in high places, and that the public ' good required a change; and when the change did come it was found that this Government had i never been, from the hour of Washington's first inauguration, more faithfully, honestly, or effici­ ently administered than it was on the very day • that Arthur pasBed it over into the hands of Cleveland. Having by these means deceived the [people and gotten control of the Federal Govern­ ment, tho same tactics are now being adopted to gain power in the State of Illinois. It is charged that the Republican party of the State has been •extravagant and corrupt in the levy of taxes and in the expenditure of the people's money; that . : it has by fraud and corruption increased the ex- ., penditures of the State fl,500,000 in one year. I will try to answer this charge, and that, too, ! without the aid of a brass band playing "March- " ing Through Georgia." Some one haa said "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrela kindred proposition, • and a truer one,'would be that "revenue reform" is the last refuge of the Democratic party in Illi­ nois. Revenue and taxation form a favorite • jrgntage ground from which Doinocrats appeal fo popular prejudices ; and, on this ground, as in a last ditch, the Democratic party of Illinois and of the nation has been standing for the last twenty-five years, shooting the poisoned arrows . of slander at the Kepuhlican party. Those who remember with what facility the Democratic orator of 1803 and 1864 could demon­ strate that tho war revenues had sapped the na­ tion's life and that the Republican party had by -excessive taxation destroyed :the Union from • within more effectually than the rebels could „ destroy it from vcitl'.out will not bg surprised to Hud that some ofthe"t'ddt?- men are rfowUMe to pr?V«? by a little Democratic arithmetic that the State of Illinois is beinc ruined by taxation to :} support its asylums, its homes for the soldier ; and the orphan, and its normal schorls. The Democratic party Iius l7oeh in control of the National Government for more than three - years, and it is now demanding that its control be extended over the imperial State of Illinois. - To this end that party met in Springfield, las^ p May, nominated a State ticket, and adopted a gi platform of principles. Now ic is fair to say that if there existed any good reason why the .Republicans of this State should yield their v«„ y;«*oiitrol to ihe Democrats, t'mt Democratic con- ^ ' -vent ion would have been swift to find out and 1 state in i;s platform the particular reason why g, isuch a change should have been made. I have EfcvV S'ead with some care the Democratic State plat- J • , form, and the following is the only charge I find ; "j. against the Republican party of this State: ft ' ,rH s '"Not less urgent, they (the Democratic party) Is* .4.;>be]teve„ is tho demand for reform in State taxa- jjv >. J tion tiiia® in National, and they call the serioua f, attention of the voters of Illinois to the enor- imona increase in the expenditure of public I payers. Fo alarmingly have these expenditures increased that the people were taxed to raise . Jthe aum of $4,328,039 for the year 18S7, a sum at least 91,500,000 in excess of the former year, a , i Bum so lane that it demonstrates that the longer the Republican party remains in power .in the 'State the mora corrupt and extravagant ^it gmnrs, and juatiftee the demand of the paople »•_ fffar a change, not only to the end that such ex- IS,v travagance shall cease, but that a proper in- Testigation may be had to ascertain if the money Jihas been honestly expended." Here, then, we have the charge not only of ex­ travagance out also a charge of corruption, i Now, it is highly probable that the men who -: wrote the Democratic platform, and a large ma­ jority of those who vo ed for its adoption, knew .at the time that the statements were false in every line, word, and syllable; and there is no good reason known to me why a political party should not be held morally responsible for ita falsehoods and slander* to the same extent as an individual. The impression sought to be, and which no i.doubt largely has been, made on the minds of " the people by this Democratic falsehood, is that ; the expenditures for tho year 1887 were 81,500,0JO ; in excess of what they were for the preceding year, and that through extravagance or dishon- • estv, or both, the expenditures of the State have" increased £1,500,000 in one year. . A larger levy of taxes is required for a year •J bearing an odd number than for a year bearing j an even number, the reason being that in addi- t, tion to one-half of the regular appropriations for » charities, normal schools, and p»nal and refor- matory institutions, all of the incidental, or * what are called "spot" appropriations, aro paid J* during, the first or odd-numbered year, which in ^ every instanoe is a legislative year. To illus­ trate, the Legislature of 1885 provided by its levy •bill for raising M.000,000 in 1883, and in the year '. 188B only •2,600,OCO> or $500,000 leas for the even tthan for the odd numbered year. Again, the J/agialature of 1887 provided tor raising by ita inj bill the swn of *8,800,000 for the ymt UK. JOSEPH although no more revenue was raised "•«" was actually needed, Republicans are now arraigned for thiB necessary aud unavoidable increase by would-be Democratic reformers. The falseness of this charge can be made ap­ parent in another way. The appropriations mode by the last two Legislatures exceed th sa made by the two preceding ones bv about *1,500,- 000. The items that go to make up this increase are as follows : 8700,000, or about that sum. to the Soldiers and Sailors' Home at Quincy, 111.; $10J,000 to rebuild the insane institution at Anna; and $100,0J0 for rebuilding the State X^tjaal School, located at Carbondals, both of said institutions having been destroyed by fire. There have been other additicnal expenditures incurred, such, for instance, as the appropria­ tion made for the establishing nt of an Industrial Home for the Blind, $50,000 t > the Logan monu­ ment fund, and the increased appropriation Dja'io to our penitentiaries and r. form school EBflOan^ing to about $306,000, rendered necessary by the amendment to the constitution prohibit- BlfilfZra contract-labor systoj^ in tESffc Tnsflfn- tloi)9, No one could Fationallv question the propriety of these additional "appropriations. Whether the fimenfftflfot to the constitution prohibiting contrast labor in penal institutiona be wise or unwise, the people have adopted it and the inmates of those tnstitnt ons must bo maintained. I have great faith in the good sense as well as in the honesty of Illinois people; and if they do nof YSbuke the Democratic managers for their hypoerisy in this matter then I have been fireat- ly mistaken in my estimation of their intelli­ gence and character. It is a favorite resource of Pemocratic politi­ cian a to seek to set off an immediate apparent dis­ advantage resulting from protection against large ultimate benefits, and relying upon the ig­ norance and short-sightedness which sees only the affairs of to-day and takes no thought for the morrow so-called Democratic statesmen have always arraigned protection laws as taking money from the pockets of one class to be put into the pockets of another class. One would not know from'reading the President's message or Democratic platform but that a protective tariff is a device solely for the protection of the individual and not for the whole people. From such documents one not otherwise acquainted with the subject would necessarily infer that those engaged in manufacturing ars to-day ac­ cumulating fabulous wealth at the expense of the other classes of our people. The Presi­ dent does not even suggest the fact that there is nothing at all to prevent any pers/n among our sixty million of population from engag ng in any manufacturing enterprise promising lar.e rewards. Money is plenty in the market to be loaned at 6 per cent, and even a leBs rat». If manufacturing enterprises promise to capital auch large reward < under what the President is pleased to term our "vicious and illogical" tariff laws, why will capitalists, who are certainly as ahrewd and far-seeing as the President himself, loan their money at 4, 5 and 6 per cent. ? I am ready to say now that if it be true that pro­ tection is for a class and not the whole nation as a nation then I am not in favor of it. Protection for the couuntry and not for any individual or cla- s is the end to ba attained, and with this kind of protection all articles that, by reason of our natural advantages aud resources can and should be manufactured in this country will in­ evitably and cer ainly, through the influence of home competition, ba reduced to the lowest prico at which they can be manufactured at home, and this, I say, is as low as any patriotic American should ask to buy them. Kxperiencs has taught us that in the manufacture of many articles that should be and now are produced in this country we cannot compete with European manufacture, and par- ticu arly with the manufacture of England. The moment we allow our home manufactures to be broken down the so-called "monopolies" and "trusts" upon which the froe-trader loves to descant arj only removed to the other side of tho Atlantic Ocean. We would in that event soon learn by sad experience, as has boen learned by several countries trying the experiment, that we would be required to pay more for the manufact­ ured articles than they cost under the policy of protection. If Mr. Cleveland really believes the Treasury surplus to be such a deadly foe of national pros­ perity how does it happen that he did not men­ tion the subject sooner •> I think I can answer this question. The surplus troubles the Presi­ dent and his party far less than the protective character of the tariff law now in force. The surplus is only a convenient scarecrow, over the shoulder of which the President strikes at the industrial system of tho United States. There was a plain law upon tho statute books under which the President had power to disiwse of the surplus*revenues at any time he saw fit. In effect the President says, "Let. us look out for the surplus, and the industries of the coun­ try, including the four million laborers employed in our mines and factories, can look out for them­ selves. " I do not say and I do not believe that the pres­ ent tariff act is perfect. Tho Republican partv long ago set th® example of revising the tariff «nd may be relied on to correct all its nresent and its future inequalities. But there'ii one matter in which I am fully persuaded that the good sense of the American people as a whole wi<l constrain them to agree with Republican policy and principles, and that is that the doc­ trines of the Engliah free trade schools, under which American manufacture would inevitably be confined to auch simple operations as sawing wood and mending shoes, should never be per­ mitted to gain ascendency upon this continent. Men who can only view the tariff questiou through the free trade goggles of Richard Cobden and from the standpoint occupied by the Eng­ lish manufacturer, whose desire in the matter is hiB own selfish gain, will never be permitted by the voters of this nation to lay their unwaenea and ignorant hands upon the citadel of Ameri­ can industry. In order that the American laborer may have his hire, the Americtm^ manufacturer must have his reasonable profit, and home competition will not be trusted in vain, as all experience proves, to prevent his profit from becoming ex­ orbitant. We can not have depression in one branch of industry, or class of industries, and prosperity in the rest, and that party which falsely and dishonestly, through appeals to prejudice, attempts to incite ons class of Ameri­ can producera against anothsr class should be treated by the voter* of the nation aa the enemy of this Republic, and cast again into outer dark­ ness. Feliow-cltizens, I should feel that I had been recreant to my sense of duty If I failed to call your attention to one other question--a question that lies at the *ery foundation of our free insti­ tutions, and compared with which,, ail o hen sink into nothdngaeea. I refer to tie political condition of the colored race in the South. Nearly twiewna many membera of Congress aa constitute ftae present Damoeratte majority in tibalflWsrhueseholdthBir seete tor oounting in provoking harehorttieism and Wt- ter vituparattan it ought to bs aaidand abonted and proclaimed in the faee at heavon until a joat Uod heara the cry of the oppressed and the fact ceaaea ton sL Twenty-three years have elapaed airoe the great tragedy closed at Appomattox. A new gen­ eration with faces toward the rising sun ia al­ ready on the atage. The passions sasd bitter hates engendered by war ace gradually giving WB y before the bright sunlight ofpeaoe. No one rejoices at this more than I do. I would not I wantonly revive the bitter memories Of a bitter ! ™ ®r »Ur up the angry passions a# men. Let j the dead paat bury i.a dead. But thia is not a queation of the deiad paat, but of the living pres­ ent, and turn whioh way we will it states at us from every section of the South. i.-Tb?r* we™ according to the census of 1880 in the eleven 8tates that composed the Southern Confederacy, in round nurnWa 1,700,000 white voters to 1.088,000 oolored. These States elect eighty-five membera to the lower house of Con­ gress. at least thirty-four of whom hold their seats by counting in the enumeration th® colored population. Otat of theae eighty-five members only four are Repub­ licans, all the others are Democratic, Ten­ nessee and North Carolina being the only Statea having Republican Congreaamen, each of them having two. During General Gr int'a administra­ tion there were on an average about thirty-four members from these States, being nearly the number based on the colored population. In two of these States. Mississippi and South Caro­ lina, the colored vote is in a large majority. In Mississippi the majority is 22,000, and in South Carolina it is 32,000, and yet these States send no Republicans to Congress. Their electoral votes were counted for Cleveland in 1*81 aud will be again in lt>8H, as will also tho votes of all the other Southern States in my judgment. There ia a clear majority of colored voters in every one of the seven Congressional districts in South Caro­ lina, and yet tbat State, as we have seen, sends no Republican to Congress. In no one of these districts except the Seventh did the Democratic candidate have any opposition at the last Con­ gressional election. According to the census of 1880, there were in the Seventh District 31,000 colored voters to 6,304' white; still, notwithstandingtfcis fact, the Rs^ publican candidate was defeated bv nearly 1,000 majority. Some one may ask what evidence have we that these colored voters have not all become Democrats. The common sense of the American people concedes that thev are al­ most unanimously Republican. It is not prob­ able that the colored race would so soon forget that their right to vota received the bitter and malignant opposition of the entire Democratic party in Congress and in the different Legisla­ tures and wherever else it could make itself heard. But if proofs are wanting thev are fur­ nished by the statistics. We have seen that in the Seventh District there are 31,000 colored voters to 6,304 white. At the Congr ssional elec­ tion of 1883 the Democratic candidate received 8,493 votes, or about the number of white voters ill the district, while tho Republican candidate received less than 6,000 votes. The question ia, what became of the other 26,000 votes ? Doubt­ less they were kept away by violence or counted out by fraud. What has been said of this dis­ trict will apply with almost equal force to near­ ly every other Congresssional district in these eleven States. Let no Republican be so mealy-mouthed and Unpatriotic as not to speak of theae outrages. Let such injustice be arraigned at the bar of tha civilized opinion of America. Denounce it on the stump! Denounce it everywhere! Produce the statistics and cease not to proclaim the ahame of it until the sense of justice of the Am rican people shall correct the outrage and place the negro's hut and the white man's pal- acc equal beneath the protecting shield of the Constitution. Fellow Rep blioana, I feel that we shall go forth to victory in this canvass, not alone by reason of what we have done but by reason also of what we can and will do for the country in the future. The party which has done all the political reforming in the last fifty years can do some more if needed. If the tariff needs reform­ ing and readjusting what party can better do it than the one which has proven itself tlie friend of American enterprise and American labor? If the constitutional amendments which embody the great results of the civil war are to be vitalized and protected from practical nullifica­ tion in the South, what party can better be trusted to do it than the one which with bayo­ nets and blood wrote these amendments in the Constitution against the relentless opposition of the entire Democratic party ? If letters and newspapers are to be carried and delivered should not those undertake it who can read rather than those who have dragged the public service down to its present state of supine inefficiency ? If the civil service is to be relorm- ed can not we do it a little better than it is likely to be done by the original inventors of the spoils system ? If perjurers, ballot-box stuffers, and tally sheet forgers are to be prosecuted and pun­ ished con we not do it aa weU aa those who profit by the crimes ? PREPARING FOB ACTIYI WORK. - ' •"* - -Tg - Car Drivers of New York to B« Organized Into Republican Cluba. The politicians were bnsy to-day. In the morning the Republican National Committee met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Campaign Committee of the Re­ publican National League assembled at the league headquarters. This afternoon the National Democratic Campaign Com. mittee met at their headquarters, and the Executive Committee of the Democratic State Committee gathered together at the Hoffman House. Chairman Quay's com­ pletion of the organization of the Repub­ lican National Executive Committee yes­ terday made even-thing ready for active work to-day. From an early hour this morning the committee's temporary room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel was a scene of much activity. At the meeting of the Campaign Com­ mittee of the National Republican tieagu% President Foster reported that the league had taken up the subject of organizing the car drivers of the city into Republi-s can clubs. This was done at the urgent request of the car drivers themselves^ and last night the first of this work wai begun by taking the preliminary steps to o r g a n i z e a c l u b o f 4 0 0 , a l a r g e m a j o r i t y o f whom voted for Cleveland in 1884. They oppose the free trade policy of Cleveland and his party. It was also reported that four Republican clubs were nearly completed among the elevated railway employes. Hundreds of calls have come to the committee for tariff documents, and President Foster received to-day a request from one district in this city for 100,000 tariff documents.--New York special. A 5EW FACTOR 1ST POLITICS. The Deaf Mattes Organizing Sr>r the Sup­ port of Harrison and Morton. Among the Republican politicians at the Fifth Avenue hotel to-day was J. F. J. Tresch, who, with Theodore Lounes- berv, is to start a Harrison and Morton newspaper in the interest of the deaf mutes, and to becalled the National Deaf Mute Advocate. It is estimated that there are 44,000 deaf mute voters in this country, and it is on record that 31,000 of them voted for Blaine and Logan. Harrison and Morton will receive the full 44,000 votes if the newspaper accomplishes what it sets out to> do. Tresch is the new­ ly appdilited leader of the Republican club of deaf-mutes. As there is to be a Demo­ cratic deaf-mute paper Tre«ch wants all possible assistance from the Republi­ cans in his work. He said in the sign language: "The fact that Blaine, advocat­ ed the establishment of a national deaf- mute college in Washington when in Con­ gress made him a great favorite with them, and the local leathers of the Republican clubs of deaf mutes worked like beavers for him in 1884. This year they are pre­ pared to work equally hard for Harrison, and what they dot will be published in the newspapers. There are about twenty-five- deaf-mute papers published in the United States, but the editors are prohibited from coming out politically." A conference oi deaf-mute Republicans, in this city, has been called to meet in Tresch's studio next week to start the campaign among them for Harrison and Morton. Tresch is one of the Democratic World's best ar­ tists.--New York dispatch. THE campaign has opened with un* usual vigor in Missouri, the champioh Democratic State of the West. In Yernon County, where a number of unrecon­ structed rebels still live, they made and raised a rebel flag the other day. When the loyal citizens of the community re­ monstrated the unreconstructed declared that it was an attempt to destroy freedom, and they, being loyal supporters of Presi­ dent Cleveland, did not propose to be bnlldo.'ed by Republicans. When the flag was pnlled down by the enraged citizens a local magistrate fined them $100 for disturbing the peace. The case has been appealed, and it is to be hoped that Mis­ souri will not be etornally disgraced by her higher courts affirming this decision. --Chicago Inter Ocean. RUB the teakettle with kerosene Hid polish with a dry flannel clotfc. DYNAMITERS IN COURT. Damaging and Sensational Evident* Deduced Against the «(|" , . Jfr--ltors. ,; , Bowlei Identifisi by Indiana ffat&imte •ho Sold Him Quantities of &4^.;iExnlMhraB. t 1 - ' ftihicago special.] ' " The six men charged with engaging in the lata dynamite conspiracy against tha «Q." Road have been placed on preliminary trial before Commis. •toner Hoyne, at Chicago. The defendants! George 3. Coding and J. A. Bauereisen. who were out on bail, were in the court-room early, in earnest eonveraation with their attorneys, Don- shoe and • David. These voung barristers clamored for an opportunity to confer with their other clienta, three of whom, J. Q. Wilson, J. A. Bowles, and Thomas Broderick. were brought over from the county jail so early that they wore compelled to paaa away a long hoar in the narrow limits of the three-cornered cage in the Marshal's office. Hundreds of people forced their way into the office and gazed at the men, much as they would at wild beasts in a menagerie. Detective Plunkett entered the court-room with a natty young man, at whom the hardy, bronzed men in the audience glanced contemptuously, it waa John J. Kelly, one of the -squoalers." Almost immediately a dejmtv marsval entered with a poorly dressed, uncomfortablo-looking. lank young man, who waa placed far away from his old companions, in a seat behind a party of railroad officials, including General Manager Stone, Paul Morton, and Attorneys Chester TB8 ITVm DXRXDAWta. Dawes and Frank H. Collier. The lahk young man waa Alexander Smith, an ex-ftreman on the "O," who is also regarded aa a traitor to his fellows. Then the other defendants were brought in, and the quintet were arranged in a row alonfi the aoutb wall of the room. A demand was made for separate trials for the men, as they were ar­ rested on three, different complaints, but the Commissioner ruled against it aud ordered the trial to proceed on the "omnibus" plan. All wit­ nesses were excluded from the court room, save in tho case of Manager Stone and Inspector Bon- field, who were allowed to remain. The nlot about which so much hoa been aaid, as told in brief by Attorney Ewing, is as fol­ lows : On May 29 and June 14, at about 10 o'clock on each night, there were explosions of dvnainite under engines drawing trains on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy llond, the former at Kola and the latter near South Aurora. Mr. Ewing aaid that tho prosecution would prove that several days prior to the ftrst explosion Howies Colled at the Orand Pacific Hotel and showed to Chairman Hoge several dynamite cartridges, and that ihe two men talked of their use ; that later Bowlea told Smith how the cartridges were used, and invited him to accompany him ; that the two hired a buggv in Aurora on May 29, at 9 o'clock at night, and diovo to Eobt, tridges, and tlifit fcfter hs wns gone Bauereisen tm° Smith hp Von Id find a package for him in the hottjl, vhtoh Smith aecnviil, aud which cou- ta^iefl cartridges, caps, and fus.'. "A few davs later Bnuereison asked Smith if he had -set off and again, on Julie Hi ttil'3 Turn it vvoald iu a good ni^ht to set it off," and Sin it I accordingly tied tho car­ tridge on tho track near Soul li Aurora. Bauer- eis4i lold him next day that he had heard the ex plosion. The District Attorney s&fdlt wauld be £F3Vsd that while Bowles was away there was a corre­ spondence between him and Bauereisen, in which the latter adviaed him to be careful, to look out for persona aupposed to be following him, and not to "buy anymore of the stuff." Mr, Ewing tola of meetings between Bowles, Bauereisen, Wilson, Broderick, Coding and Smith. July 4 and 5, and how God ing took Smith to his house and gave him the four cartridges, the caps and the fuse, with which Broderick, Wilson and Bowles were bubsequently arrested on the train. Mr. Ewinsj concluded by relating hia experience in exploding some of the captured dynamite, and exhibited shattered pieces of the pipe used for the purpose. After the testimony of two or three unimpor­ tant witnesses, John J. Kelly waa put on tho atand. He said: "In May last I was secretary to Stewart E. Hoge in room 34 of the Grand Pacific Hotel. 1 knew J. A. Bowlea. Ono day I •aw a package there, which I waa told contained MU'L'G A J f D KELLY, TOT Ajroamlte. It waa marked "Hercules.' Bowlea had thepack ige and he showed it to Hoge. He alao had some little caps in his pocket, which he aittd were used to explode ths dynamite. He apoke of going up on the Fulton branch to use the dynamite. He told me personally that the way he used the dynamite was to fasten it to the track with sheet lead, and that the cap a would explode it." Among a number of Indiana witnessea waa one Thomas C. Lloyd. H*etated that he owned a hardware store at Noblesville, Ind. He iden­ tified Bowles as the man who had on three dif­ ferent occasions, betwe en the latter part of May ant the latter part of June, visited his store, oach time purchasing about five'pounds of dy­ namite, or Hereulea powder, with caps and fuse. Andrew E. Barnes, a cleric in> Lloyd's store, coarebogated hia employer and alao identified Bowlea as a man to whom he 1^ aold dynamite on at least two different Oocasiona. The ma- teraal he sold to him waa either 40, 45 or 59 per cent, of nitro-glycerine and very powerful. Bowles had asked him If there' waa any danger in handling it. and was thereupon fully in- atrncted in its use. When Bowles visited Nobleavillehe waa in the habit of stopping at the house of a man. named Safper, who lived a mile and a half from the town. Thomas Jester, who also lived with Sap­ per, was called to the stand and told of Bowlea' visits. He swore that on one occasion Bowlea boasted in his presence that he waa "going over to Creston, Iowa, to raise a little h 1 imwyg the boys." Kirk Howe was the last of the damaging wit- n eases from Indiana. He ia a clerk in a a tore at Weatfield. He positively identified Bowles as the man to whom he had sold eight sticks of "D* dynamite some six weeks ago. He described accurately how he packed the dynamite and the faae in a wooden candy-box and delivered it to Bowles. He examined one of ther cartridges captured with the three men on July 5, and said it was the same in appearance as that sold by him. Sensational evidence ia anticipated aa the examination progresses. No new arrasta are anticipated for tha present. THE T&ADE SITUATION* ; BaalaaH Ia Dull, but Than Ia Kowhara Any Disturbance. In their trade review tor the past week, B. G. Dun & Co., of New York, say: Quiet hopefulness prevails. Business now is dull. That it is goin,' to be good, more favora­ ble crop prospects lead people to hope. In finan­ cial markets there in nowhere disturbance, though the unprecedented volume of loans at New York raises questions that are not yet answered. The reports from interior points re­ flect a hopeful spirit, with most frequi nt refer­ ence to improved crop prospects. Cora and cats would probably exceed any previous yield if the weather should prove entirely favorable from this time onward through harvest, but the point of greatest danger is not yet pasaed. The hay crop at the East is ample, and the latest reports are more encouraging aa to the wheat. Prices are v. cent higher than a week ago for oats, 1 cent lower for t orn, and' 1 cent for wheat. Stocks have advanced, the more active averaging about $2 per share higher than a week ago. Hogs, eggs, and potatoes are higher, while coffee is 'v cent lower than the previous week. An advance in circular prices of coal is expected. The cotton manufacture still holds pncea well, with advances in a few grades, but the outlook for woolens doea not change. Money is abundant, not only at New Yprk but at every other point reporting. I n almost every instance, alao, collection* are now r ported as satisfac­ tory or improving. The bn amass failures during the laat seven days number, for the United States 216, tor Canada ^4; total 240, compared witii 214 tha pravious week. WB let tbs oor- Mspaadli* wssfc at last yea4 THE NATIONAL GAME. Th» Chieafo l|«am Away from Hons ~ ~ in and Kelly ia fie Twenfr-'IThamand-Pollar Battery Leave a Ba# Becord Behind Tfcenu MOURNFUL DYNAMITERS They Are Arraigned in Conrt All Xiowh4f» , * P*«t • 1 . and Hronek and Chapek Interviewed--The Oue* Continued for Ten The past week has been an interesting one to lovers of base-ball all over the conntjy, and {k«re in Chicago in particu­ lar. Boston played its farewell games of the Rtries hare and took two victories oqt of the three g imes. Then Washing­ ton onnje down upon Anson's men for one of the most sweeping victories of the reason. The Chicago Club does not often knnekle down lo a short-end team, but when it does lose it gives the victory to the opposing team in the same free­ hearted, off-hand atyle with which it takes a victory itself. * The talk oi the week was the record which ClarkKon and Kelly made for them­ selves during the stay of the Boston team in this city. The twenty-thousand-dollar battery were billed to appear here in the opening game with Boston, but neither man showed np until the last game of the series was called, 'fhe cause of their non-appearance, as stated to the public by the Boston Club management, was that Kelly was sick, and Clnrksou had a sore toe. The real cause was that Kelly had been seeing too much of the city with convivial companions, and that Clarkson refused to pitch because he thought that by disapi oiuting the ciowds at the ball park he could even up a grudge he holds against President Spalding. The nature of John's grudge is as follows: When the Boston Club paid its first visit to Chicago last spring Clarkson called upon Presi­ dent Spalding and asked him for "n slice" of the $10,000 whioh the Boston Trium­ virs paid the Chicago management to se­ cure John's .elease. To say thit Spalling was paralyzed at the cool audacity of the player would be putting it mildly. He was simply as­ tonished into temporary silence. When ha did find his tongus and realized that Clarkso'i was in earnest, he said: "And you really think you ought to h&vo part of this money?" "Yep." , "How much of; it do you thiak yon are entitled to?" Oh, the 4 rake-off/ whatever that may i were explained, lount tn " Raid Jnhn na lia nnnlr^/l nna A.h, it is th' rCbtcagoapecial The three Bohemians arrested for the con­ spiracy to murder Grinnell, Gary, and Bonlleld ware arraigned before Justice Lyou.. who con­ tinued their case ten daya. No more arrests have bean made, but it is believed that aomi may be. There is an impreaaion that more than three were gathered in the other day. It ia baaed on the statement of Jamea Heinik, who was arrested along with Hronek, but dis harped later in the day. He is a carpenter by trade, and lives at No. 517 West Twenty-flrst street. Hronek was his employe, but he repudiates any knowledge of dynamite or anarchism, Hronek, after being confined in prison, waa in­ terviewed by a Tribune reporter. When hia name waa OHII.HI he rose to his feet, grinned pleasantly, and then drawing one finger across bis throat to imitate a noose, made a gesture with his other hand toward the sky, at the Rime time making a significant click with his lip a. Aftfr iliis pontcmimehe burat into a laugh. "You are accused of making a plot to blow up Judge (irinnell. Judge Gary and Inspector Bon- field with dynamite." He shrugged his shoulders, scowled, awt ex­ claimed : "it ia a lie, a pack of Ilea.* "Then there waa no conspiracy?" ^ "How about the dynamite?" > "Karafiat, a friend of mine, had that when' the Hayiuarkttt raid was made by th J polic e. He brought it to my hou&e and left it there, as he hwd to leave town in a hurry. It did not belong/ to me, and after keeping it a while I threw some of it into tho river. While coming back I met a policemun, and was afraid to go for more for fear I should lie arrested." "Tton you had made ne plot?" -No." "What were you doing near GrinnelT* hmwein Aldine Square the Fourth of July?" "lies again; i waa not there. I wtt'k only near my home." "What w e e the bombs for?- "Not for us • by mo. I wiah them in the river.* "Do you know Chapsk and Chleboun?* "Yes; I do know tnsm. I like n ,t Chleboun too much." "Are you apt afraid ?* The i risorier expressed his indifference in em­ phatic pantomime, and the conversation ended aa it began, with a shrug and a glane'e aside. Chapek is a different type, and a ma'i of much more intelligence. His dress Is neat, and his ap- I>earanc£ npt unprepossessing. He was de- Cidodly nervous, ahd was pacing up and down his cell and biting the end of his cigar as be smoked. Hia voice is soft and agreeable. He . effect,: [bnt know clearly why I was arrested." The charges made against him by the police amount to," said John, as he cocked one foot across his knee and impudently looked the President of the Chicago Club in the eyes. "The rake off, eh? Well, let me tell yon, Mr. Clarkson, that there is no rake off whatever to that transaction, and that the Chicago Club does not owe you a dollar." , "O. come, that is not treating me fairly. You got big money for my release, and'I ought to have a share of it." "^Vell, John, all I can say in criticism of your views on that point is that you are an exceedingly soft young man or an ex­ ceedingly impudent one. i "'You won't whack up, then?" "If by whacking up yon mean I ant to give you any share of the money received y the Chicago Club for your release, I most certainly will not 'whack up.' " "Well, then, I'll tell you what yon can do. To-morrow is Mrs. C lark son's birth­ day. You can give me n little present- say $150 to send to her. Mow does that Strike you?" "Not at all favorably, sir. I am not mak- presents to Jjjll players or ball play­ ers Wives at this particular stage of the game." "Then yon won't do anything?" "No, sir; and I may tell yon that I am astonished at yoor indelicacy in suggest­ ing such a thing." , All right, then; I'll get even with yon." "I suppose you mean by that that yon will not pitch in the Boston games here?" "Never mind what I mean. Just re­ member that I will get even." And the once great pitcher of the Chicago team turned on his heel and left the office. The above story will enable our reader* to understand why Clarkson has pitched in but two of the seven games played with Boston in Chicago this season. During their stay in Chicago every member of the Boston club knew that Mike was "off." They did not know, how­ ever, that Capt. Morrill had lined the versatile comedian $25, and that expecta­ tion of a heavy fine accounted for his prolonged absence. Kelly has thousands of friends in Chicago who will learn With regret that he has not been doing himself justice of late. Before leaving Chicago Capt. Morrill said: "Yes, it iB true that I have been obliged to fine Kelly for irregular habits. Since the fine was imposed he has con- tinned his course and deserves additional discipline. I have laid all the facts of the case before this Boston owners of the club and await advices from them. I am sorry I was not able to keep faith with President Spalding and the patrons of the games here on Saturday, but I have done the best I could." The Chicago team left home July 18 for Detroit and Indianapolis, and will not appear on the home grounds again until July 26, when they meet the Detroit team in the first of a sehes of three games. KOTE8. The market i» overran with ball play­ ers. Perhaps there are one thousand drawing salaries for playing the game, and yet it i» safe to say that there are not over fifty really first-class ball players to­ day in thi» country that can demand $3,000 a year. Pfeffer, Williamson, and Bnrns have signed with Spalding for the Australian trip. The- contracts date from the close of the League season to April 13, 1889. It is thought that one or two other Chi­ cago players will go, probably Van Hal- tren and Daljr. Fogarty, of the Phila­ delphia Club, is also spoken of, and Col­ lins, of the Louisville Club. John Ward and others of the New York Club have been spoken to> HABBY PALMES. THEATRICAL. It has been many yeara since Shak- speare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" has been seen in Chicago. Some thirty-four years ago Burton presented a somewhat notable revival of the old comedy in his Chambers Street Theater, New York, and it had quite a run for those days. After that it was not presented, in any very notable way at least, until the brilliant revival by Mr. Daly last season. In Oc­ tober, 1868, now nearly twenty years ago, Mr. McVicker revived the eomedy in his theater in qjaito an elaborate way, and it crowded the house for six weeks. Now,, ofter the lapse of nearly two decades, Mr. McVicker is on the point of another re­ vival of the fine old comedy. On this occasion it can run but four weeks, as contracts for time will stand in its way. It was intended to produce it at an earlier date and thus give it more time, but the necessary work was delayed and the time shortened. With the artists engaged and the attention the paraphernalia will re­ ceive, success cannot be doubted. The costumes were made in New York, and include Greek costnmes, afmor, and brilliant accouterment**. Mr. Mc­ Vicker has had many applications from ambitious specialists *to introduce cats and frogs and dolls and all sorts of specialties which modern spectacle has pressed into service, but with the good taste that so many show speculators lack has declined these temptations to inar­ tistic devices, and decided to make the re­ vival legitimate in its character, but to aim at the same time at the highest de­ gree of splendor modern stage art will admit, while presenting » dramatic cast stronger aa a whole than any with w-tieb the - " Ah, it is the same old charge--and I am chosen as a victim. I know not of any plot." "Why do you say 'betray' if there was no plot?" "No plot; I will say no more; 'all false, all false." During the interview the prisoner grew mueh excltted. When he referred to his wife and chil­ dren his eyes filled with tears and he turned away to hide his face. His manner when deny­ ing the existence of a plot was emphatic, and hia eyes flashed. Access to Chleboun was denied by the police. Alter the hearing in court Chleboun, ths in­ former, was carried off by Bonfteld to undergo a further application of th9 pumping process, and Hronek and Chapek were taken to the gallery where they were photographed. A description of ihe two men was then taken according to the Bertillc n system. HEAVY LOSS BT FIRE. 'JLii R*plosion in a Basement Results in the Destruction of a Chicago Ptano Store. [Chicago special dispatch.] > The large piano manufactory of Julius Bauer, at 156 and 158 Wabash avenue, Chicago, was de­ stroyed by fire, causing a loss of over $100,000. The porter employed at the piano store went into the basement in the morning to get some vamisJt He had a lighted lantern in Ma hand, ft Wording to the accounts 6r the men who knoW most about his death, and somehow an ex- was „ ___ xwci ish < aught fire no o;'.o l:no-.Tg. But ill a few lmuut.^B the great build­ ing was oh fire. Vi> the oWstor sh^ft the flames roared, and from the top of the hous i to the bot- tscjthe Are had everything its own way. Ttifr porter, John b'chwenk, has not since been seen. Hd is believed to be lying dead under a pile of broken pianos in the flooded basement, crushed and mangled by the avalanche of debris down through the broken floors ; but ploBicm occurred. Whether the basement full of gas or whetlie van ish < aught fir that came < he was probably killed by the explosion. His THE VCKSAE BUTUXNO. cap and part of his coat were found when the debris was cool enough to permit a search, but nothing haa been seen of his body. It was a very quick fire, the building being filled with highly inflammable material. A great many pejple new at work in the building, which, besides the piano and organ warehouse, was occupied by the Chicago Carpet Company. This company" also pccupied the next building south. On the top floors about oue hundred and fifty young women were at work, and these were got out with a good deal of excitement but no casualties. The chapter of accidents is a long one. Frank Loor was in front of the store, sitting on a box. He was knocke i down and badly Hinged. Louis Wasche was also slightly scorehed. Firemen Scott and Caesar were partially smothered. Marshal Murphy was also temporarily over­ come, and another fireman was badly wounded in the face. It WHS thought for a time that the Chicago Carpet Company's store WODU go, too, but by hard and well-directed work it was saved. For more than an hour the fire had things en­ tirely its own way, but flnallv it was brought under control, and, little by little, flooded out and stopped. A great deal ot damage was done. The heaviest sufferer ia. of course, Mrs. Julius Bauer, who BOW conducts the business which her haxband began in Chicago nearly forty years ago. Nothing more than an approximation of her loss, is possible at present, but a very conservative estimate puts the figure at 875,00,). If the papers in the fire­ proof safes aro intact it i» said it will not go much over this figure, but if the accounts and notes are lost the sum will be increased by a good many thousand dollars. Outside" the stock which the Chicago Carpet Company bad in the burned building its loes is due rather to water than to the fire, and it will not be as heavy as was at first supposed. The other neighbors also suffered, but the total damage done, both by fire and water, to build­ ings und stock will not run over $ris,000, if it reaches that figure. The building was insured for $75,000, which is distributed among a large number of borne and foreign companies. The insurance on the stock is not definitely known." The W»11h of the Bauer stove are standing in­ tact. No hing is gone but the floors, the win­ dows, and the iron pavement m front. 11M building will speedily be put back into its for­ mer condition the play eooanr. HIS HEART FAILED HIM. Informer Bowies' Story--The "Q" Inves­ tigation Mot Startling bat Quite Inter­ esting. [Chicago special telegram.} The "Q" dynamite plot is nearing an end. The Government closed its case when Bowles finish­ ed his testimony before Commissioner Hoyne. This was somewhat of a surprise to the defense, for they at once asked for an adjournment. Attorney David said, after adjournment, that he did not think the defense would introduce a single witness, but would rest upon the Gov­ ernment's case for the disch rge of all their clients. When court opened the room was crowded, and remained BO. There was nothing, however, of a startling nature developed, though the evidence was rather spicy throughout. The only thing approaching a sensstion waa the evidence of Detective McGinn, one of IMnkerton's operatives, who reluctantly admit­ ted that Wilson, one of the alleged plotters, was u Pinkerion detective, and was no other than John Mulligan. John Alexander Bowles, whose "heart failed* him when he was deputized to place dynamite on the "Q" trnck, was placed on the stand. He is a big, swarthy, mild-looking U How, and at times was very nervous while giving his testi­ mony, which did not mater ally confliat with . statements heretofore published. *" '-m FBUIT on the table icgulorly will do much to counteract the craving for alco­ holic stimulant.-- Massachusetts ftgigpJk- ILLINOIS STATE NEW& --Mrs. Amelia Brimhall, wife ( tired Baptist minister, committed « Kiikwood,..by cutting her throat "p r̂asor w île ŝ e «as temporarily. " - iC --John Fay, of Champaign, a brake* man on the Havana line of the IIHnoi)» Central, was missed from his train el Bondville. Conductor Woodcock ran hi* ,;j train back about five miles, and near mour Fay was found with his m h crushed off below the knee. He died soak j afterward. ' |f f f • . "?1 --The farmers of Southern Illinois j held a convention at Bobinson, Crawford i County, and adopted measures looking to 4 the extermination of the chinch-bugs. --The Bev. A. Kinney Hall's rftfglill - tion as rector of St. John's EpbOOfel | Church, at Decatur, has been accepted. Failing health is assigned as the cause ot, j the resignation. He will probably go to Indiana. ^ J A construction train on the Chicago Madison and Northern Rtrilroad struck $ . cow near Elgin, causing a bad wreck. Na-- /"I thaniel West, of Laketown, Ind., foreman of the fence-builders, was instant ly killed, - ^ his brother George probably fatally hurt, „ • ] and the engineer seriously, injured. West • • ; waa SO years old, and unmarried. In the Jnly installment of Dr. Xd« ward Eggleston's stoiy, "The Graysons,* v in the Century, there is a graphic descrip­ tion of a murder trial In whioh Abraham* ; v Lincoln appears as attorney for the ae- V 0u«Qd> and secures the acquittal of an ife* iiocenfr man by impeaching the prosecuting j "witness (and real murderer) trough IfiS* ; medium of an almanac. Such a trial actually occurred in this State at an early day, substantially as Dr. Eggleston Befit ; forth, including the fact o4 Mr. Lincoln'® special connection with it. The older 13 citizens of the State Will remember, it ai ;;; "the Armstrong case;" and there araai be a number of persons living who witnessed the strange and dramatic spectacle. --The oldjettlers of Piatt County will hold a reunion Aug. 15, during the Piatt* .•"] County Fair. There will be on exhibition j on the fair-grounds the first house ever bnilt in Piatt County. It waa erected sixty-six years ago by George Ha worth. 1 The Indians assisted him to erect this log - cabin, which afterward became the home of William A. Piatt, after whom the county . • J was named. --Mary Beckwith, of Bird's Point, pro* ; ® prietress of the railroad boarding houso there, attempted to commit suicide bgr chopping herself in the head with an at, but was prevented from accomplishing* the deed by. one of the railroad men, who* wrenched the ax from her hands befom she h#d inflicted serious injury upon her­ self. The woman is believed to haw been driven to the deed by remorse. Sev* oral days ago she shot and killed a young negro for improper behavior toward her. The authorities paid no attention to th* act, but it is thought that remorse drovo her insane. ^ --John C. Haines, mate of the raft steamer Nina, and an old and popular ; ^ riverman, was drowned near Hannibal, mo. . r -jiff --A son of L»vi Doty, of Custer, left home in quest of farm work, and n* . f| (thought was given his absence until somo • days after, when his elothes were fount- , ";** on the bank of the Kankakee river. Sont* * hours later his body was found, inducing \: the belief that he took cramps whiles bathing. Bfe irea about fifteen yean «f • ' a g e . ' ̂ . j f --A wild woman has made her appear* ance near Sinclair, Morgan County, ahd is terrifying all the women and children si in that vicinity. No one knows how sha 't/Sf lives, and though she eludes all who try . to catch her, she does not leave the neigh- ? 4': borhood, but sleeps in the fields the hedges. Over twelve men trfteked :̂ her to a corn field one night, but she out- can them all and escaped. Who she ia, and whence she came, no one knows, --At the regular meeting of the Cole** County Board of Supervisors a resolution was passed requesting Judge Hngkas to call a special session of the Circuit Comt to inquire into the recent unlawful hang­ ing of William Moore in Charleston am the morning of June 26. Judge Hughe* went to Charleston and ordered a special term to begin Aug. 5. A special list at grand jurors will be summoned, and some startling developments will be mado. The Hon. Horace S. Clark, of Mattoon, has been engaged to assist State's Attor­ ney Leitch in prosecuting, and no effort will be spared to show up the guilty par­ ties if it is possible to identify them., From the moves the officials are making, it is evident the guilty men are blown, o«t a number of them at least. The peopl# of that county are .determined that eveij^ violator of the law shall be punished fit they can be found, and no law-abiding citizen sanctions the work of tibe anh which hanged Moore. . --A peculiar case is troubling the Judge* of the County Court in Effingham Consty*. It is nothing more nor less than the tion whether a newspaper has the to publish a black list of the persons wfttif may happen to be seen upon the strod^ after drinking more than the tenets temperance people allow. The which is mixed up in the case is a Prohibition organ,called the Friend ontfj Home, edited and owned by Mrs. Adta H»! -Ji\: Kepley. Mrs. Kepley has been mwaiaf^ .? the sheet in an aggressive manner, and^ 1 evidently thinking to shame those wh# •/! are accustomed to drink occasionally, ha^ .re­ published each month a list of tha per^ sous who have been seeta drunk ob^$ha Streets during the month. One nittfifwhoe* name appeared in the last iaeue is am habitual patron of saloons, claims tfca& he was not drunk, and had Mrs. arrested. The trial, which took place he- .. fore a justice of the peace, was a spirited! one, during which Mrs. Kepley took oeea-* sion to deliver a red-hot prohibition v ̂ speech. In spite of her eloquence th» lively editor was fined $5 and costs. Ia ; her opinion this was entirely unjust, andf she immediately took an appeal to thei> higher court, where the case is now pend­ ing. The trial promises to be interesting and is causing a great deal of local oosa- ment. --Alexandor Hill, of Decatur, ea-Mays3 and President of the Deeatar Na*k*a» Bank, died of apoplexy, ag* *'. • ! M