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ft i SMrWI rPHIWif. ILLINOIS. SETS OF GOLD. rAHTi BAPPKMINGS nc ITMET jMtttnr <w m Gtomt. IitoDifMiM Received by Wh« L«MI and «t Home--Tile CrtMMN-ef the News Gathered from All Qui l»ll ml MM World. ' . WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW ̂. Bra* ConMtclal Ajrency Bepoitt Lower • Prices. S. 6. Dra & Co.'s review of trade for last west says: Tlwoatf) of gold and ttoe situation ia specu­ lative auugfcs caused lower priees in almost tWT briMB, but ill • locks some reooyery lol- ItfM Mparts of new and important agreements •fcatomtoa railroad managers. At Kansas City* Ball was comparatively quiet, and atClevelao d. Sttrait, and Milwaukee improvement wag noted, ant active demand for money. Col- da did not Improve at the South, but 1 fairly satisfactory at most Northern Tbe dry-goods market was more healthy asto oottoas, and with print cloths stronger at * Prices of other goods appear to be stiffen- No advance in prices of boot s and shoes is •Zpeotod. Tbe breftdstuffs market, after deprasaion, recovered a little.. Oil _ A little; ooffec was marked up halt a *wnt,~while portt was 25 cents per barrel lower, lard 17 cents and hogs 10 cents lower per 100 pounds. The uncertainty of the iron business increased. More fnrnaoes awe going into blast; every furnace in the PittBMUg district " is in operation, and the output larger than ever. Buyers look for lower prices. The anthracite coal trade su ffered from recent overproduction, and it ie proposed to work only three-quarters time. Monongahela mining oeased Pec. J, putting 6,003 persons oat of worn. Ttie coke production is the largest on record. The exports of merchandise from New York; wma substantial!v the same in November •a in the same month last veuf, with a decrease of 8 pear cent, in imports. The business failures number for the week 23J, as compared with a total of 29t> for the previous week, and 237 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 244. ELECTION RETURNS. - './ft* OfcU Figures from Several States. THE official retains from the election in Wisconsin give these resnlts: Total for President, 354,664; Harrison's Surslity, 21,271; Hoard's plurality, 20,-5. The prohibition vote for President was 14,277, and the labor vote for Presi­ dent, 8,552. THE official returns of the vote of Ore­ gon give these results: Harrison, 33,293; Cleveland, 26,524; Fisk, 1,667; Streeter, 363; scattering, 61; total vote, 61,918; Harrison's plurality, 6,769. Blaine's plurality in 1884 was 2,256 on a total vote ©f 51,554. THE electoral vote of California as an­ nounced by the Secretary of State is: Harrison, 124,809; Cleveland, 117,729; lisk, 5,761; Curtis, 1,591. THE official vote of Kentucky is : Cleve- ' land, 183,800; Harrison, 155,134; Fisk, 5,225; Labor, 622; Belva Lockwood, 2; CHeveland'^^uralitv, 28,666. TOOK A "ROLL" WITH HIM. ' The Ittkr of an Indiana Bank Joins the Cana­ dian Colony. Wllii SCHBIEBEB, teller of the First National Bank of Columbus, Ind., has fled to Canada, taking $8,500 of the bank's funds with him. After the time-lock had the vault door was made an excuse for and unobserved cou- erson seventeen pack- ag 9500. He said that Thanksgiving -day in In- The bank was closed and the i not discovered until the second L. Kon£, the cashier has re­ ft telegram from Z Schrieber in the latter said he would be at the it's Hotel, Toronto. There is said to man in the case, her name being Janes, and her home Chicago. ftWtober is 22 years old, nas been in the bank's employ six years, and was paid $60 a' month. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. Jtt Ohio Man's Way of Getting Even with a a Bail road Company. A BOliD attempt to wreck a Dayton and Michigan passenger-train was made near - Station. A man boarded la at Dayton, Ohio, and, rt- _ to pay his fare, was put off at Johnson Station. He walked down the track about a mile, where he drove a num­ ber of spikes between the joints of the tails, ana placed splice bars, heavy stones, and other obstructions on the track so S3 to derail and wreck the passenger trai». Section men who were at "WQrk on the track near by caught him just as he had finished his work, and took him to Dayton. He •awe his name as John Bodgers, and warned that he had been living around Dayton for four years. ' f JBLOWN INTO ETERNITY. _i ft* Ken Killed and Several Injured by a Premature Dynamite Explosion. THE second fatal dynamite explosion on the' Kentucky Midland Railroad within ten days has occurred near Lexington, Ky. Four men were killed and several danger­ ously wounded. The men working at the place where the explosion occurred were convicts leased from the State by con­ tractors on the road. The men were blast- ' ing rock in a cut, when the dynamite charge was exploded while all were at work. James McNairy, the boss of thegang, was among the killed. Hayti Pays $10,000 Indemnity. THE United States Consul at Port-an- Prince informs the Department of State, under date of Nov. 16, that the MHWW "William Jones of Boston, which was cap­ tured on Oct. 20 by a Haytien war vessel, AM been released, and an indemnity of $10,000 paid to Capt. Collins, the princi­ pal owner, and all port charges and cus­ toms duties on the cargo remitted. The Consul says this may be considered a very satisfactory disposition of the incident. li­ te ill tutioa is dear ontfaa tMsfad makts H point was never raised bafots. nave been triad Cor murder a convicted, and tanged, and it would be interesting to know Sow many have Man unconstitutionally hanged in Pennsyl­ vania. The decision will have tfc* effect of releasing several men who an now awaiting trial after juries in their first trial had disagreed. Hereafter it will be much more difficult to convict a man of murder in Pennsylvania, since the law­ yers need only work for a disagreement in order to save their clients. THE new church of the First Congrega­ tional Society at Northampton, Mass.. has been ruined by Are. It cost $65,000. The insurance is $50,000. Three firemen nar­ rowly escaped death. UFWABD of seventy tramps appeared at a little hamlet near Olean, N. Y., on the line of the Buffalo, New York and Phila­ delphia Railway, and began to invade the the town and ransack the dwellings. Forty men with shotguns attacked them and the tramps soon had the shotguns, Assistance was asked of the surrounding towns. AT New Haven, Conn., John B. King, aryoung law student, was shot and killed by an unknown man, who quickly disap­ peared. The cause of the tragedy "is shrouded in mystery. 2% SA8TEKN OCCURRENCES. 1 ; lOHH WEXSMAH, aged 28, who was Romantically married six months ago to a ^Pennsylvania girl in answer to an advSr- leD ̂ i? • Philadelphia paper, was dead at his home in Shelburne. •s., with a bullet-hole in his heart pool of blood beside him, ; "DOCK" HAOQEBTT was UNITING glycerine at Pleasantville, Venango ;Col»nty, P*. He had 1,040 pounds of it tin a wagon, when it exploded by some SET pL!^\ert? literally ^aihi-i i^f*. r ^ ,ls two borses were found |in neighboring trees. A piece of the found half a mile away. Mrs. ,Gutechaw, m a house in the vicinity was injured from falling timbers !S? explosion was heard twelve flirtmit. -rr ! THE Supreme (Court of Pennsjtfvante jfeas rendered a remarkable decision rela­ tive to the trial of persons charged with imarder. It was decided that a disagree- meat of the JUIY In murder trials is equiv­ alent to an acquittal, and that the accused person cannot be again arraigned for trial * PWW jury hae failed to agree. The : ffyud for the decision is the Con- • KttlWoo, which says that man can- *5*JSS1> be put in jeopardy fw life and liah." The Supreme Coot WESTERN HAPPENINGS. THE boiler in the chair factory at Cochran, Ind., exploded, killing AVilliam Bencke, John Stark, and "William Mat­ thews, Jr., and severely injuring Fred Prince, the engineer. -- CHARLES E. ST AXLE Y, for many years Treasurer of the Cleveland, Ohio, Gas- Light and Coke Company, and a man who stood high in business, society and Ma­ sonic circles, has been found short in his accounts to the amount, it is said, of about $22,000. He is supposed to be in California. Stanley is a thirty-third de­ gree MasonQ a Past Grand Master of the order in Ohio, and was Treasurer of the Webb Lodge in Cleveland. He was also short about $1,000 in his accounts with the lodge. JUDGE FREDERICK W. VIEHE died suddenly in his home at Yincennes, Ind. JAY EYE SEE, owned by J. I. Case, of Racine, Wis., and valued at $40,000, was found in his pasture almost dead from loss of blood, caused by stepping on some sharp substance that severed an artery. The re­ covery of the famous trotter is uncertain. His record is 2:10. A HORRIBLE outrage, murder, and sui­ cide occurred near Nevada, Me. The out­ rage and murder was committed about eight miles south of Nevada, the victim being Miss Ella Wray, aged 21 years, the daughter of a widow, and belonging to one of the best families in that section. Miss Wray, accompanied by George Corb, who taught the district school and boarded with Mrs. Wray, went to Nevada City. Corb returned at night alone, and informed a brother of Miss Wray that the girl had been dragged from the buggy and> mur­ dered by two unknown men. * The" body was found in a clump of bftshes near the roadside, tne young woman's throat having been cut from ear to ear. Corb was placed under guard, and during the night com­ mitted suicide by taking poison, thus es­ caping lynching. The coroner's inquest developed the fact that the girl had been outraged, criminally assaulted, and then murdered. P. HIKTON, Postmaster at White Church, Kan., is missing. His accounts with the Government are so badly mixed that his bondsmen fear that they will be called upon to settle with Uncle Bam. Several suits againBt Hinton have been begun by men who indorsed his notes. FBAKK GAYNOB, a brother of the man who murdered Marshal Hamilton at LeMars, Iowa, is also charged with mur­ der. Gaynor, Charles Sogers, and Amos Andrews quarreled while drunk recently, and the next morning An­ drews died, heart disease being given as the cause of his death, llogers was hurt during the night, and h£ said that he had fallen upon a scythe. Blood poisoning set in. Rogers, believing -death near, has made a new statement, in which he charges that Andrews wounded him with a knife and that Gaynor broke Andrews' skull with a sledge-hammed. Andrews' body has been exhumed, and >a fracture of his stall has been found. StTBYEYOB GEKBBAII W ILL I AM ' G. BOWMAN died in Bait Lake City, Utah, aged 60. He had been ill a long time. His body was embalmed and shipped to Shawnee town, 111., from whence he went to Salt Lake City on his appointment three years ago. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. JOHX L. BBYAK, son of Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, an authoress living in New York, is a fugitive from Lloyd's, Jefferson County, Fla., with a charge of murder hanging over him. The crime was committed on election night, and was shocking In its details. About a month •go a fight occurred in the mill-house at Lloyd's Station, in which John L. Bryan was seriously ent with a knife, and for some time it was thought that the wound would prove mortal. Judson Gas eon, a negro living over the Jefiereon Cotmty line in Leon, was charged with the crime, and a warrant was issued against hioi. On the evening of election day Bryan and two others enticed Caseon across the county bound­ ary line, where, they arrested him, tied his hands behind him with a rope, and locked him up for the night in the depot warehouse of Lloyd's. £arlv in the night some men put htm in a wagon and carted h<m to Mixcoankle Sinks two miles distant. There his body was found. It had been shockingly cut up, and five or six trig stones had been tied to it to insure its sink- lag, It was probably placed in tbe water before life was extinct, and it is believed that the men died of strangulation, although tbe wounds were frightful and sufficient to eventually cause death. THE Board of Health of Jacksonville, Fla., reported for tbe twenty-four hours ended at 6 p. m., Tuesdny, Nov. 27th, no new cases and no deaths. There were not more than twenty cases in that city and all were out of danger. Restric­ tions on travel will be removed as soon as disinfection shall have been completed,- which will be as early as possible. AT Ozark, Ark., John W. Watson, a planter, gave his sick wife a dose of car- 1t>olic acid by mistake, and die died after an honr of agony. A MOCKT STEBLIKG (Ky.) special says that a man supposed to be Tascott, the murderer of Millionaire Snell, of Chicago, has been captured in Menifee Countv by a posse of men, under the leadership of Deputy Marshal John Day. This man for some weeks past has been staying about Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky. He gave his name as Dickerson. He bor­ rowed a fine shotgun at OwingBville, stating that he was going to the mountains to prospect for minerals. From the descrip­ tion and a photograph of Tascott, suspi­ cion attached to Dickerson, answering, as he does, the description most minutely. He was followed to the mountains, and, after a fight in which he was wounded, was captured and lodged in the Frenchburg jafl. He had in his possession a large sum of money, and refused to say where he got it. NATIONAL CAPITAL. Alt Indianapolis, Ind., special says: "There are two Indianapolis Republicans who are aspirants for the position of Pub­ lic Printer. One is Colonel W. R. Hol- loway, a relative of the late O. P. Mor­ ton, who was prominent as one of the In­ diana supporters of Judge Gmsham, an& - a a f i r x • liiiw in tfea liMl Btaaniiatious, and who There are manyRe- who believe that Meredith, of Chicago, the position. He was a . r- --Harrison's regiment daring to hrte war, and it is well known that the PreMdent-elect has a warm feel­ ing for nun.* • Tin Postmaster General has submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury his .esti­ mates for appropriations for the postal service tor the figeal year ending June 80, against $66,800,933, the appropriation for the present fiscal year. In the item of mail-'bags and mail-bs mates *re $60,000 less tion for the present year, and the sum of locks and keys is $10,000 less than for the present year. These reductions, it is said, *5® „°®c*8*oned bjr the systematic repair of all defective pouches and bags ana by the bringing into use of locks which have accumulated in the various postoffices throughout the country. The revenues of the department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890 are estimated at $62,608,658, which is an increase of $9,813,482 over the revenues for t he fiscal year ended June 30, 1888, and an increase of $4,544,324 over the estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. This will leave an ap­ parent deficiency for the year ending June 30, 1890, of $4,403,414. A STATEMENT prepared at the Pension Bureau shows that of the 15,000 estimated cases under act of June 7, 1888, allowing widows arrears of pension from the date of their husbands' death, 14,502 have already been allowed and settled without expense to the government. The Commissioner expresses the hope that widows having claims under the act of June 7 will speedily file the same in the pension of­ fice. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. THE official canvass of the vote of Mich­ igan gives Harrison a plurality of 22,966. The total number of votes cast was 475,- 260, an increase of 12,860 over four years ago, divided as follows: Harrison, 236,370; Cleveland, 213,404; Fisk, 20,942; Streeter, 4,542. THE official vote of Florida is as fol­ lower Cleveland, 39,561; Harrison, 26,659; Fisk, 403. Cleveland's plurality, 12,902. THE official canvass of the Indiana vote gives this result on electors, the vote of the leading candidates on each ticket being given: Republican, 263,361; Demo­ crat, 261,013; Prohibition,9,881; Union La­ bor, 2,694. Harrison's plurality, 2,348. The plurality of the lowest Republican elector over the lowest Democratic elector is 2,434. The total vote for Governor was only 139 less than for President. Gen. Hovev'a plurality is 2S191. The largest plurality received by any candidate on the State ticket was 3,361, received by LaFollette, candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction. O* TBI COMMISSIONBB OW 1XTBKNAL RBVENUB. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. THE Knights of Labor General Assem­ bly, in session at Indianapolis, Ind., ad­ journed without selecting a place for the next meeting, the question being referred to the General Executive Board. It will be either Atlanta, New Orleans, or Albany. The Blair educational bill and a recommendation to estab­ lish junior locals were indorsed. A resolution severely denouncing the Provisional Committee was referred back to the Committee on Resolutions without action. Mr. Powderly was given the privilege of appointing the committee to investigate the Philadelphia office, and named Delegates McGee, Beaton, and GaipD,, ACROSS THE OCEAN. MB. PUBCEI.II O'GOBMAN, formerly member of Parliament for Waterford, Ire­ land, is dead. MACKIB & Co.'s steamer Newburg of Leith, while on a voyage from Grange­ mouth to Aaruss with coal, foundered in the North Sea. Sixteen persons were drowned and one was rescued and landed in Norway. • FRESH AND NEWSY. REPOBTS from Rochester and Albany, N. Y., and St. John, N. B., say that ves­ sels have been frozen in and navigation is closed up. THE fishing schooner Edward Norton, of Boston, went ashore on First Cliff Point, near Scituate, Mass., and was al­ most immediately broken to pieces. Of her crew of sixteen, fifteen perished, the survivor reaching shore after a night of terrible sufferiug. THE Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com­ pany have declared a dividend - of 2% per cent against 2 per cent in May. and the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore one of 4 per cent against 3 per cent in May. THE discovery has been made by the postal authorities in Ottawa, Ont., that a number of registered letters, either at or en route to Ottawa, have been stolen or have gone astray. The money they con­ tained was chiefly sent from the West to Ottawa. It is said that not only were registered letters Btolen but that a whole mail over the Grand Trunk Railroad is missing. Where the robbery took place is a mystery. The matter has been kept quiet. An investigation is in progress. MARKET HErORTS. CHICAGO. CATTM--Prime Steers.......... Mediant Common. HOGS-- Shipping Ondes BHKKP ; WmtAT--No. 2 Bed. COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 3 RTE-- NO. ». BCTTBR-- Choice Creamery CBBBSE--FUU Cream, flat; Koos--Fresh POTATOES--Car-loads, per ton.... POBK--Mess MILWAUKEE, WHEAT--Cash COB*--No. 3 OATS--No. S White BT*-- NO. 1 BilLBT-KO.1 PORK--Mess... DETROIT. CATIXB. Hoos..,, BHEXP... i. WHfcAT-- No. 3 Bed. COBM-W). 2 Yellow... OATB-->io. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COHM OATS--No. 2 White..: NEW YOB&. CATTLE.. Hooi BKKKP. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 ; OATS--White Poiui--New Mess ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 COBN--No. 8 OATS--No. 2 B ABLET--Iowa INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE Hoas SHEEP LAMBS CINCINNATI. Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2... OATS--No. 2 Mixed BYE--No. 8 \ POBK--MOM EAST LIBERTY. CATBUf-Prlme Fair Common Hm........... „ ............. as. so e e.oo 4.90 <9 6.00 3.00 & 4.(0 5.00 S.75 8.00 & 4.7$ 1.08* .37 & .38 .26 & .27 .» & M .so m .84 .10M • .11)* M 49 .23 .88 9 .88 14.23 014.73 f.W & M .85 <& .88 M d .w>!4 .GS 0 .s« .«f 0 .88 14.SS 014.75 8.40 • 6.00 4.80 0 6.00 a.ao 01.50 LOS 0 1.07 .45 0 .<• JB 0 .29 1.0S 0 1.08* .15 0 .37 SI 0 .28 4.00 0 5.50 5.50 0 &2> 4.00 0 6.90 1.04 0 1.06 .IS 0 .51 .85 0 .42 10.75 016.25 4.0C 6.00 0 S.25 & 6.75 .68 , The Withdrawals from Warehouses for Aotaal Us* Were Much in Excess of Last Tear--Qusntlty of Liquor and Tobacco Consumed. [Washington special.] ' Joseph Miller, Commissioner of Internal Bevenue, has made a report to the Secretary of the Treasury on the working of that ser- vloe during the fiscal year ended June 90 last. The report shows that the total re­ ceipts for the fiscal year were (124.826,475. an increase of $5,489,174 oVer the receipts for the previous year. The estimated re­ ceipts for the current fiscal year are $125,- 000,000. provided no changes are made in the existing rates of taxation. The with­ drawals for consumption during the year were: Spirits distilled from apples, peaches, and grapes. 886.107 gallons; other spirits. 70.6W.S79 gallons; fer­ mented liquors, 24,680.219 barrels; cijrars. 3,844.726.650; cigarettes, 1,862,726.100; snuff. 7.436.989 pounds; tobacco, chew­ ing and smoking. 201,925.613 pounds; oleomargarine, 32.607,755 pounds. This shows a large increase as compared with the previous year. The cost of collection of internal tuxes for the year was $3,978,283, being loss than 3.2 per cent, of the amount collected. During the year 881 persons havo been arrested for revenue violations; property to the value of $132,744 has been reported for seizure, and $73,619 for assess­ ments for unpaid taxes and penalties. Dur­ ing the year 518 illicit stills were seized, re­ sulting in the death of one officer and the wounding of another. The number of dis­ tilleries registered during the year was 3.994, and the number operated was 3,646. The Commissioner renews his recom­ mendation that authority bo given for the distillation of all kinds of fruit under the regulations which govern the production of brandy from apples, peaches, or grapes ex­ clusively. In regard to the proposition to remove the tux from brandy distilled from frnit. he says that it appeirs to be probable that the relief of this article from taxation would lead to the utilization of a large num­ ber of different fruits for the distillation of spirits, and to the production of an ad-, dltional volume of such spirits, which might reasonably be expected to have an appreciable effect upon tho tax- paid grain and molasses spirits with which it would come into competition. The quantity of spirits (70,279.406 gallons) produced aud deposited in distillery ware­ houses during the year is less than the pro­ duction of 1887 by 7,552.193 gallons. There was an increase amounting to 4,827,669 gal­ lons in the production of alcohol, rum. gin, pure, neutral, cologne spirits and miscella­ neous, and a decrease amounting t*» 12,379.- 862 gallons in the production of bourbon whisky, rye whisky, and highwines. The quantity of spirits (70,741.811 gallons) with­ drawn, tax paid, from distillery warehouses during the year exceeds that of last year by 4,353,508 gallons. The Commissioned says that in response to numerous suggestions by membeis of Congress aud others as to the practicability of withdrawing spirits from distillery ware­ houses free of tax for use in the mechanical arts, and protecting the revenue against fraud by methylating the spirits in bonded warehouses, established for the purpose, the microscopist of his office was requested to make experiments in the chemical laboratory for the purpose of ascertaining whether such spirits could be demethylated. He has succeeded, by the use of a small still, in separating the methyl or wood alcohol from tho ethyl or taxable alcohol, and in deodorizing a portion of ethyl alcohol through the use of bone black and other chemical substances. The Commissioner says further: "It may be urged that if the demothylation cannot be accomplished without the use of a still the operator is readily liable to detection because of the speciul surveillance required by the inter­ nal-revenue laws in the'matter of stills and distilling, but I do not take this view of the case. The internal-revenue laws do not prohibit the use of stills by persons other than the distillers of spirits, and, as a mat­ ter of fact, many druggists and others use stills on their premises. The still used in this office was among the smallest of ithe stills which druggists and others, not dis­ tillers. are permitted to use, and its use would be hard to detect." < The quantity of spirits remaining In dis­ tillery warehouses at the close of the year is given at 61,033,018 gallons, being 4.112.251 gallons more than at the close of the pre­ vious year. The quantity so remaining Oct 1 last is given at 52,554.625 gallons. Of the 864,704 gallons grade brandy of bonded during the year 535,583 were produced in the First district of California, 10,089 gallons in the Tenth district of Ohio, and 416 gallons in the Fifth district of New Jersey. The uantlty of distilled spirits in the United Itates. except what was in customs bonded warehouses, on Oct. 1,1888. was 98,712,919 gallons. The aggregate amount of taxes collected from tobacco during the year was $30,662,431. The export account shows a decrease in manufactured tobacco of 224.700 pounds; a decrease in the number of cigars exported of 462,425, and an increase in the number of cigarettes exported of 40.834,500. The num­ ber of cigars imported during the fiscal year ended June 30.1888, was 84.203.78a The value of the xn;uiufactured tobacco im­ ported was $98,457. The quantity of oleomargarine produoed from Nov. 1,1886, tho day on which the law took effect, to June 30, 1888, was 56,020,154 pounds: tax paid, 53,232,784 pounds; export­ ed, 2,410,730 pounds; lost or destroyed, 60,790 pounds; remaining in factory June 30 last. 315,900 pounds. The Commissioner stys: "The falling off in the number of special tax-payers has been a subject of great solicitude to this office, as it may be partly due to fraud. The statement as to the production and use of oleo oil shows that more than 27.000.000 pounds out of a production during the year of 59.000,000 pounds of this substance Invented for the purpose of being used in the man­ ufacture of a butter substitute was neither exported nor used, as shown by re­ ports received at this office on the manu­ facture of oleomargarine. The question as to what actually becomes of this material will never be satisfactorily answered until the manufacturers thereof are compelled to account for it with the same particularity as they are required to account for the arti­ cle subject to tax. It is undoubtedly used in the manufacture of some product, such, for instance, as cheese. It can not be economically used as a lubricant in the face of the fact that its market price is nearly double the price of tallow." The retail liquor licenses in Illinois num­ ber 11,271. a decrease of 364 for the year, and the retail beer licenses are 634. an in­ crease of 40 for tho year. In Indiana the retp.il liquor licenses are 5,567, a decrease of 67 for the year, and tho retail beer licenses are 182, an increase of 12. In Michigan the retail liquor licenses are 215, an increase of 9. In Wisconsin the retail liquor licenses are 5,466. a decrease of 842, and the retail beer licenses are 345. an increase of 154. In tho prohibitory State of Iowa the retail liquor licenses havo been reduced from 3,584 to 2,928, and the retail beer licenses have decreased from 283 to 249. In the prohibitory State of Kansas the retail liquor licenses have decreased from 2,098 to 1,277, but the retail beer licenses have increased from 84 to 119. In tho three States of Maine, Now Hampshire, and Vermont the retail liquor licenses have decreased from 2.570 to 2.214, and the retail beer licenses have de­ creased from 318 to 218, For the entire country the retail liquor licenses number 168.687, a decrease for the year of 19,520. The retail beer licenses are 8.161. a decrease for the year of 524. There was an increased production of 1.500.000 .barrels of beer, and a decreased production of 7,500,000 gallons of spirits. In Illinois the total collections of 1888 largely exceeded those of 1887. Ih the First District tho collections were $9,463,818, or $241,450 more than the Aggregate of tho First aud Second Districts the previous year. In the Fifth the collections were $18,388,340, an increase of $4,372,021 over the collections the year before in the Fourth and Fifth Dis­ tricts together. In the Eighth District the collections were $1,693,203, an increase of 666.297, and in the Thirteenth District they Wore $585,632, an increase of $5,937. 8.00 S.OO 8.00 & 4.25 & 4.25^ & 4.85 4.50 & 5.60' LO1K0 1.02)4 .48 # .44 ® 0 .80 .64 8 .66 14.26 614.71 5.00 0 6i.2* Tlie Vote of Cities. • The following fable gives the total num ber of votes cast in each of eleven leading citfes"f6r President at the recent election; « Totol vote in 161?. N e w Y o r k . . . . . . . . , : . i . . ; . V :'S.r....270,104 Philadelphia .205,747 Brooklyn.......... 147, Art Chleaco. 128,476 Baltimore... 85,409 Boston 8S,S» Cincinnati 68,706 St Louis........ i ,-t i i i-. < f 66,462 gmFranctrio 55,870 O a k l a n d . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 , KOT UUDY TO MAKE VntBAlKW ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS. President-Elect Harrison's Lettsr ts • Southern Editor--Death of Mrs. General Staermaa--A Grand Army Organisation •f Indiana Democrats. tGreehtille (a C.) special.] The Greenville Daily Neve* has printed a letter recently received by its editor from General Harrison, and published by his permission. It was written in reply to a letter urging that Southern commercial interests would be relieved from obstruc­ tion Caused by doubts and fears regarding the Southern policy of the coming admin­ istration if Mr. Harrison would make some general assurances of his purpose to follow a conservative course toward the South. It is as follows: INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 27. A. B. Williams, Esq., Greenville, S. C.: >11* DKAB BIB--Your letter or Nov. 10 has been received. I am not ready to make any public utterances upon any pablio question. Every day I am solicited by special correspon­ dents of the press to speak upon tbis subject or that, but 1 have invariably declined, and to your appeal for some expression upon ihe question that interests you I must for tho present make the same answer. I understand tbat youfharfe yourself been satisfied with the expreiwtons made by me in my pabTio utterances to visit- inst delegations during tie campaign. When ihe surprise and disappointment which some of your people have felt over the result has passed awav, and Ihey give some calm thought to the situation, I thick they will be as much surprised as 1 am that they should, in thought or speech, impute to me unfriendiine • s toward the South The policies in legislation ad ­ vised by the Republican party I believe are wholesome for the whole country, and if those who in their hearts believe with us upon these questions would act with us, some other ques­ tions that give you local concern would settle themselves. Very truly yours, . BKNJAMIN HABRISON. ' „ f'S-m i- .Method* Employed % Aetwm in Compoa- taS Their BIBS. GEN. SHERMAN DEAD. The Wife of the Hero of "Atlanta tOtltfo Sen" Expires Suddenly at New fork, [New York telegram.] j, Mrs. Gen. William T. Sherman is dead. She expired at her residence in this city. For nearly five years Mrs. Sherman had been suffering from heart trouble, and a few weeks ago ber malady assumed a se­ rious aspect. Eminent medical men were summoned, but their skill was unavailing. The malady increased, and the patient sank rapidly from heart trouble. Gen. Sherman and the children who live at home--Rachel, Lizzie, and Tecumseh--• were at the bedside when Mrs. Sherman breathed her last. Mrs. Sherman's maiden name was Ellen Ewlng. She was born in Lancaster, Ohio, sixty-four years ago, and was the daughter of the Bon. Thomas and Maria Boyle Ewing, the remains of both of whom are interred in the old Catholic cemetery in the eastern part of that city. Mr. Ewing served two terms in the United States Senate and two in the Cabiuet. Upon the death of President Harrison President Tyler invited him with the rest of the Cabinet to remain, but he resigned. Mrs. Sherman and her illustrious husband were schoolmates, the old residences of tbe two families in Lancaster having but one other house between them. Gen. Sherman was born oh Feb. 8, 1820. His father dying, ho was adopted by the Hon. Thorn a B Ewing, one of his father's intimate friends, as a member of his own family, when about 9 years old. He was sent to school until 1836 by the old statesman and by him obtained entrance to West Point in that year and was Rraduated in 184<>. In 1843 he visited Lancaster and became engaged to Miss Ewing. Mrs. Sher­ man, like her mother and many of her relatives, was a devout Catholic and incessantly*engaged in work for the church. One of her sons became a priest of that faith some years ago. She was the first American lady f> be decorated with the Golden Bose by tbe Pope in 1882, a very high Catholic honor. Of the mourners left by the deceased are her brothers, Judga Philemon B. and Gen. Hugh Boyle Ewing and their faiqil'es, of Lancaster; Gen. Thomas Ewing, o£ New York; and her sitter, Mrs. Col. Clement F. Steale, of Columbus. Ellen Boyle, the eldest daughter of the Hon. Thomas Ewing and Maria Boyle Ewing, was born at Lancaster, Oct. 4,1824, and married to Geo. W. T. Sherman at the residence of her father in Washington, D. C., May 1, 1830. She resided successively at St. Louis, New Orleans. San Frsncisco, Leavenworth, Washington, I>. C., and New York. She leaves surviving' her two sons and four dauguters, having lost two sons In their early years, who are buried in the Cathollo Calvary Cemetery at Bt. Louis. The eldest daughter is married to Capt. Fitch, now of Pittsburg, and the third daughter to Lieut. Thackara, now of I'hilapelpbia, both formerly of tbe United States navy. Each of these married daughters has a family of several children. The remains were interred in Calvary Cemetery at St. Louis, which adjoins Bellefontaine. The services were of a simple nature. THE NEW GRAND ARMY. An Organization Effected at Indianapolis by Democratic Veterans. t [Indianapolis (Ind.) dispatch.] & meeting of about threescore Demo­ cratic Grand Army of the Republio vet­ erans was held in this city, at which an. organization was perfected known as the Democratic Soldiers and Sailors' Veteran Association of Indiana. This organiza­ tion is the lesult of what has been termed the revolt against the G. A. R. The ob­ ject of the new association is set forth in the following preamble to their conatitu- tion and by-laws: The purpose of this association shall be to In­ culcate tbe true principles of patriotism, love of country, and to foster and maintain true demo­ cratic principles in the administration of the Government, both state and national, and se­ cure a pure, simple, and efficient administra­ tion of the same, and to resist witbaail our might any and every encroachment upon the constitutional rights and liberties of tbe people. To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together those who, as soldiers, sailors, and marines, united to suppress the rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead. To aid in every possible way all persons who have been honorably discharged from the mili­ tary and navnl service of the United States. To secure for them preferment and promotion in the civil Bervice, eto. After the adoption of the constitution, the following officers were elected: Presi­ dent, R. A. Taylor; Secretary, W. C. Lar- kington; Treasurer, L. C. Daniels; Vice President, Samuel C. Green. Under the constitution the entire management of the association is placed in the hands of an executive board. George W. Koontz was elected Chairman, and was given power to appoini the other members of the board, which ne will do by naming one man from each Congressional district and two from the State-at-large at the next meet­ ing. PRESIDENTIAL JNAUGURATI0N. It Is Proposed to Make the Procession and Display Exceed Those of Past Yeara. [Washington (D. C.) special.] The indications at present are thai the coming inaugural procession will exceed in numbers and display anything of the kind ever witnessed in tbis city. Gen. Axline, Adjutant General of the Ohio National Guard, and other officers of the Ohio militia were in the city arranging for quarters for their troops. The Ohio Na­ tional Guard has never been represented heretofore at an inauguration, but it is proposed to send a brigade of 2,500 men, composed of every arm of the service, to Gen. Harrison's inauguration. Gen. D. M. Hastings, Ad­ jutant General, and Gen. J. P. S. Gobin, of the Third Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, who were in the city, said that in addition to the large number of infantry sent here fiom Pennsylvania four years ago the State would this time be represented by a number of mounted men and artillery. It is expected that a large number of Indiana troops will come on, including Gen. Harmon's old regi­ ment, which it is said will act as an esoort to the President-elect. The Vote In-Virginia. The fdnowing is the official vote of ViiS- ginia: Cleveland, 151,977; Harrison, 150,- 438; Fisk, 1,678. Congressmen elected: First District, Browne (Rep.); Second Bowden (Rep.); Third, Wise (Dem.); Fourth, Venable (Dem.); Fifth, Lester (Dem.); Sixth, Edmunds (Dem.); Seventh, O'Ferrall (Dem.); Eighth, Lee (Dem.); Niath, Boefcenaa. !Sant)M Tuckav [Drake's ifagarine,] Through the "make-up* we (pre our faces the appeararce of age ai d youth, of health and sickness, of race aad blood. To be natural it is necessary only to follow the suggeations given withbnt taking further thought; to be accurate demands study and hard woi In doing this kind of work the actox sits before a mirror, and uses his face in it as a canvas upon the easel. And here good work tells. The audienoe who sit delighted with some charming piece of art seldom realize the study and labor which the actor has expended upon the part. It should be remembered that in making up the idea of tbe actor is to produce a symmetric whole. He or she who confines the change to paint and a wig has not yet learned the A B C of the profession. Thus, in representing an old man,' the hair and beard are eauly taken care of. The whitish but vari&ose complexion of old age presents no greater obstacles. The wrinkles and fWds of the, skin increase the diffi­ culty ,tbut<^ be handled without too much jtfouble. All thus far has been done /with pigments. In treating the teeth all Jt&ts of expedients are em ployed. The way adopted- by many comedians is to cover them with black silk. This throws the uncovered ivories into bold relief and gives an effect that is extremely ludicrous.. Wax, black and green, is used for the same purpose. The most curious thing in this line I ever heard of was a conscientious French player, who presented "old man" parts, and who, to be accurate, had all his teeth extracted and a dozen sets of false ones made by some clever dentist, imitating what nature produces in the various stages of old age. I would hardly recommend this to the pro­ fession as a good precedent, however, though the hero of the action certainly deserves special mention and praise for his fidelity to art. As to the effect of "make-up"--that is of paint--upon the health a word may be of. both interest and use. The opin­ ion that they are very deleterious is just; about as unintelligent and false as the opp6site, which proclaims them innocu­ ous. Any cosmetic is injurious to the complexion. The mere mechanical ac­ tion toughens the skin and enlarges the I>ores. I question if there be a profes­ sional of five years' experience whose epidermis has not assumed a tint and hardness inconsistent with the highest beauty. But this is the limit of the in-, jury as far as the vast majority of stage pigments is concerned. On the other hand, the perspiration induced by ex­ citement, hard work, and, it may be, heated dressing-rooms, and the repeated washings and scrubbings to which the face is forever subjected, keep the skin in excellent condition and prevent the eruptions'and blemishes so common to the outside world. In many cases when actors are naturally careless of their appearance and neglectful, "make-up" is a blessing and bestows upon them a healthier and handsomer complexion than they would otherwise have. Petroleum Wells In Burmah. The petroleum field of Yenangyoong extends over an area of sixteen square miles, the physical conformation of which reproduces almost exactly that of the oil producing district in Baku in the Bussian Caucasus. . Bare crumbling ridges alternate with deep, dry gullies, half choked with sand, while every hero and there you come upon a black, nar­ row, and seemingly unfathomable chasm in the parched earth, all around the mouth of which the dusty, yellowish gray surface is spotted with pools of thick, dark,* glutinous liquid, as if some boy giant had been set to fill a number of colossal jars of molasses, and had done it so awkwardly as to spill the precious fluid all over the place. The petroleum wells of Yenangyoong are about 300 in nulnber, and vary in depth from 200 to 320 feet. They have be$n worked for a considerable period, but hitherto without much success, partly on account of the unskillful and costly system adopted by the natives and partly on account of the ingrained rapacity of the Burmese Government, which, up to the very latest moment of its existence, never failed to lay its greedy claws upon every native indus­ try which showed the slightest token of yielding any profit whatever, thereby verifying to the letter a famous passage in the ancient Brahmin hymn to the five- headed deity of night: "The priest is one of thy mouthq, and with that mouth thou devourest the people; the king is one of thy mouths, and with that mouth thou devourest everybody." The oil yielded by the Yenangyoong well is somewhat lighter than the ordi­ nary color, and unusually thin when first taken ont, although after having been exposed to the air for some -time (more especially in cold weather) it shows a tendency to become thick and glutinous. As regards its quality the resident experts are not altogether of one mind, but all alike agree in pro­ nouncing it far inferior to the American article, and not likely to compare favor­ ably even with the best quality of pe­ troleum vielded by the Bussian oil wells at 'Baku.--David Ker, in New York Times. Death. Natural death is to die sweetly with­ out a sob, struggle, or sigh. It is the result of a long life of uninterrupted health, of a long life of "temperance in all things," and such a death should be one of the aims of every human being, so that we may not only live long, but in that long life be able to do much for man and much for God. - The love of life is a universal in­ stincts ; life is a duty, its peril or neg­ lect a crime. We are placed on earth for a purpose; that purpose can be none other than to give us an opportu­ nity of doing good to ourselves and oth­ ers; and to be anxious to* be "off duty" sooner than God wills, is no indication of true piety. The good man has one ruling, ever- present desire, aud that is to live as long on the earth as bis Maker pleases, and while living to do the utmost he can to benefit and bless mankind; and to ac­ complish a long and active and useful life, to study how to preserve and pro­ mote a high degree of bodily health ia indispensableS-And it seems to be or­ dained by a Providence both kind and wise, as a reward of a temperate life, and that such a life should be largely extended, that its decline should be as calm as a summer's evening, as gentle as the babe sleeps itself away on its mother's breast. Miss AMANDA DKLMAS, a Creole who was brought up to a life of indolence and was then thrown upon her own re­ sources, is one of the most successful sugar planters ii>Ijouisiaaa. BUDGET. AMI* irfemnrrs THAT HAV» UTKTY OOTORKKD. Aa Interesting: Summary of tho Mara portant Dolo** of Our Neighbors--W«d-j dts|> and Deaths -- Crlaaaa, funrtlHni atod General News No tea, ' THE OENERAIi BANKIKOLAW. --An examination of *U>a general bank' ing law" which was adopted by the peo­ ple of tl is State at the recent election by an overwhelming majority proves eon-j ctaftively that it 1B not applicable in those sections of the State where it is. perhaps, most desirable that it s':o lid ba applied. Section 11 of the net, relating to where banks may be orgaub.e.l uu'e: it, sav«: Associations may ba organised undsr this act in inccrporated towns, villages, or cicios not to exceed d.oo population wLh a cnpital stock of) not less tban S&MOJ, aud in dries, villages, or in- corp * * • witli rrated tewns not to exceed l MJi Q.poiaUatii a capital stojk of not le.-ia than »XI,Oft). Attorney General Hnnt, to whom this provision of the law has beea referred, holds that it is not applicable to cities, villages, or towns with a population greater than 10,00#. This will exclude not only Chicago and its suburbs like Lake, Lake View, and Hyde Park from the oper­ ation of the act, says the Chicago Tribune, but will also exclude every considerable center of population throughout the State, such as Springfield, Bloomingtoa, Peoria. Joliet, Ro^k Island, and Decatur, It was the intention of tbe Cramers of the act that its operations extend to those cities.. The evident purpose of the frain/rs onthe; bill was to designate a Minimum capital' for banking institution? under -the law in: municipalities of 10,u00 population and; under. The draftsmen blundered in not adding a qlause or a sentence desig­ nating the minimum amount of capi­ tal required for banks organised un­ der tbe law in cities of "more than' 10,000 population. The Legislature did! not discover the error. There isj no doubt of the purpose of the Legislature in passing it. It was intended to be of general application. The people who. voted for it so understood i}. There are some provisions of the act relating to the increase of the capital stQck of existing banks, the consolidation of banks, etc., which can be utilized, but the main pro­ vision which rendered the adoption of the act desirable is that which relates to new banking organizations. If these cor-* porations were formed subject to the in­ spection and rigid supervision of the. State as provided by the other sections of j the law, old banking institutions existingj under special acts would have to reorgan-j ize under it to hold their patrons. The law| as it 6tands will be ntilized only to a lim-,1 ited extent. It can doubtless be amended so as to apply to Chicago and the other' principal cities of the State without ne-' cessitating its being submitted to a vote* of the people again. The principle of thei law has been affirmed by an overwhelming! majority. The amendment of the act so­ lar as to carry out the original intention' of the Legislature will not be such an amendment as will necessarily require submission. The gefteral (municipal) in~; corporation act has bee a materially amend­ ed at successive sessions of the General Assembly. It has not been found neces­ sary to submit any of those amendments to Ithe popular vote. They did not effeet the principle of the act. The Legislature' at the forthcoming session can on the| s ime principle and following the preoe- <*^nts thus set amend the general banking; law so that it may go into force next June, as its framers and promoters, and the last Legislature, and the peeple of the intended that it should. r,-lh« --The wife of Chief Justice Fuller, Wbo arrived in Washington recently from Chi­ cago, accompanied by her eldest daughter, a young lady in her mid-twenties, says a correspondent, has taken possession ^ of the spacious Elizabethan sto&e mansion on the hill north of the city, which will be the residence of the new ohief of the judicial department of the Government for tbe next fifteen months, until a dwell­ ing of his own shall have been erected. Mrs. Fuller is an active, energetic woman, of noticeable beauty, 'and remarkable force of character. While not trained in the stately code of the colonial and revo­ lutionary school, which gave to the court oircle its first chief lady, Mrs. Jay, she represents the easy grace, vivacity, and decorum of modern manners and methods of social intercourse which may be said to be typically American. The new home of the Chief Justice is ample in accommoda­ tions, having twenty-five rooms, and ar­ chitecturally is one of the best represen­ tations of the pointed style so popular in the Elizabethan age of England. It is admirably arranged for social entertain- monts, and will afford Mrs Fuller and her four charming daughters in society an opportunity to make tbeir debut into the circle of official fashionable life the event of the season. Three younger daughters will afford a continuity of social events at the home of the Chief Justice in the not, very remote future. --John Bemsen Onderdonk, engineer In. charge of the new water-works at Chicago, died of pneumonia. --The Daughters of Xtebekah of this State, in annual convocation at Spring-* field, elected Mrs. J. W. Morrison, of Chi- , cago, President. The Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., of the State selected 8pringfield aw the place for the next annual meeting. --The Western Association of Architects, at their convention in Chicago, decided to petition Congress for the passage of a law, squiring architects to be examined prior to being admitted to practice, the same as lawyers and medical men. --Charles E. Howard has been arrested, at Mattoon and imprisoned, on the charge of passing a check for $85 to which he had forged the name of J. C. Dale, a farmer. --J. S. Dickerson, a native of this State, who studied law in the office of President­ elect Harrison, and was also a journalist and stenographer, died at Helena, M. T. --Thomas M. Gafney, of Dixon, about 34 years old, shot himself. He leaves a small property to his sisters and brother. WRITING was puzzling to savages.' In South America, on one occasion, a native was sent by a missionary to a friend with a note and four loaves of bread. pDhe native ate one on the way, and was amazed to find that the note discovered his theft. On the next oc­ casion that he was sent with four loaves he sat on the note while eating one of them. In North \jneri$a miting iy> considered a charau 'f '