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AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS. -*-* W. H, Neebe, of Chicago, bu • ;;* - - had a Oafcferftnco wit!* the Governor. Ht •eeks a pardon fpr bis Brother, Oscar W. V««be. --®y tha of Amelia K«cr, of New /*' What Our Neighbors Are Doing -- Matter* ! Yorlt» among other bequests, she gave $5,- 000 to the Presbyterian Board for aid to IBXKBK8TING ITEMS OiTHIKID W, '3JBOH VARIOUS SOURCES.' coljegos and academies in Chicago, Hew Postmasters of this State: Thomas B. Fleming, Flemington; John H. Foster, Foster; B. H. Hench, Myrtle; W. W. Mc- Creary, Benton; C. C. Bpwell, Danvers; G. D. Dimmick, Frankfort; William M. Miller, Hebron; William A. Berry, Hop- jof General and luteal Interest -- Mar- % and Deaths--Accidents and Crimes •i- --Personal Pointers. ., --Tha biennial report of the State Peni­ tentiary authorities for the two fiscal yean •tided Sept. 30, shows that the number of jrisoners On hand at that date was 224 less than the number on hand two years previous. This resulted in a very material j . -» redaction of the revenues from contract i ^ll^' ^ast®r> New Philadelphia; labor without a corresponding decrease in ' ' * Frairie View; O. W. Park- tke expenses of the institution, M it costs j ilu,on> 8t- FrancisTille. Marly as much to run the prison with I --The question of prohibition was sub- 1,200 inmates as it does with 1,500. The m>tted to the citizens of Maplewood, and, revenue from contract labor during the j by a vote of 147 to 91, they decided in two yean is nearly $50,000 less than the j '*TOr no liquor. preceding two years. The Commissioners --CoL J. A. Stafford, a soldier who made drew on the contingent fund pet apart in i a most gallant reoord in the war of the re- the State Treasury for the penitentiary i bellion, died at his residence in Chie&go. for $35,000 to meet the deficiency. The Col. Stafford raised the first military com- •tcess of expenses over current revenue j pany in Ohio that was mustered into the pill be about $25,000. The Commission- ^service for the suppression of the rebel- •Jfs assert that the penitentiary can only be lion, a company mustered in at Lancaster lf-sustnining when it has from 1,400 to Ohio, April 16, 1861. On the expiration BONANZA FLOOD DEAD. nUHBSOT rXKXPKCTKl*-8TOKT OF His LITE. 1,1)00 prisoners at work under contract. The hew school-houses for which the last Legislature made an appropriation are fcflarly completed, and when finished en­ larged plans for educational work 'among the convicts are contemplated. The total earnings of the convicts for the two years ; from contract labor were $427,047, the av­ erage contract price per man per day be­ ing 63 cents. The average earnings per man per day were nearly 43 cents. The yearly cost to support, clothe and guard each convict for the year ended Sept. 30, 1888, was $169.45 per man, or nearly 46J (puts per man per day. Five hundred and thirty-six convicts from Chicago were on hand Sept. 30, which is over 42 per cent, of the total number. Of th^ prisoners in the penitentiary, fifty-seven are in for the V:**hn of their natural lives. --A terrible tale of a subterranean mys­ tery has been solved at Litchfield. While Sam Varner, he .d driller for the Litch­ field Natural Gas Company, was at work at a well on the Potts farm, About a mile Mid a hnlf from Litchfield on the Mount Olive road, the drill beoame stuck and re*-"1 fused to respond to the efforts of the ma­ chinery to raise it. The drill is made up of a large bar of steel, weighing about half a ton, and is" drawn up by a windlass and then dropped sometimes as much as fifty feet. This drill forces its way through thick strata of rock and is often sunk to the depth of 3,000 feet. The Well in question had been sunk about 300 feet. Varner worked for nearly an hour before he could get the drill free, and he then brought it to the surface to make an examination. As it came to view he was astonished to discover that it was covered with blood, as was the rope for several feet above the drill. He called his assist­ ant, and both decided that the crimson clots on the drill and rope were unmistakably blood. They were horrified. The ponderous bar of steel, they thought, had punctured the life oat of something in some remote place far down in the bowel&of the earth. Yarner placed his ear to the mouth of the tubing, and could plainly hear a roar­ ing sound. While in this posture a voice came up. "Hsu have killed somebody down here," it said, and Yarner was 60 dazed that he aind his assistant made for the village at a rapid speed. The two men hurried into town, and their earnest man­ ner inspired belief in their story. People flocked to the Potts farm, and, gathering about the well, examined the bloody evi­ dence of the subterranean tragedy, and discussed its probable cause. A physician and a chemist, who were in the crowd, de­ clared that the red clots on the drill tip were blood, but could not tell whether hu­ man or animal. Late in the evening the mystery was explained by the presenta­ tion of the following bill by the Litchfield Coal Company: - LITCHFIELD NATUBA.II GAS COMPANY.--TO one mule killed by gas company's drill this day, $50; and, fellow-citizens, there was never a more faithful or useful mule in a coal mine than old Tom, who lias met so tragic a death. --Nearly 200 prominent society woman took part in the merchants' carnival at Bloomington. They were all attired in special costumes, many of which were elegant and costly, and each woman repre­ sented either a place of business or an in­ dustry in that city. Nearly every business house in that city was represented, and the town turned out almost en masse to witness the grand affair. The carnival was gotten up by the women of the First $fptist chutch and was pronounced a peat success. --Henry Dibblee and l^|rshall Field, of Chicago, have purchased $96,000 worth of Brookdale division property at Duluth, ICtnn., from C. E. Lovett & Co. for cash. --The Brewster hotel at Freeport,owned by J, S. Gates, oaught fire from a defective flue and was damaged to the extent of $5,000. The guests escaped 6afely. The house will be closed several weeks for re­ pairs. --Henry Plessner and William F. Shaw were found guilty of receiving stolen property by the juiy at Chicago, while Otis Corbett was acquitted. Plessner's pun­ ishment was fixed at oue year in this peni­ tentiary and Shaw's at two years. --Butchers of Pittsburg and Allegheny, are formulating a plan for the pur­ chase of a slaughter-house in Chicago to be run on the co-operative plan. They will abandon their eastern slaughter­ houses and have all their killing done in Chicago and the meat then rushed east. --Ignatz Lederer, Collector of Bloom- inpton Township, McLean County, and bis Deputy, Harry M. Loehr, have been arrested on the charge of falsifying their books and Overcharging taxpayers. An overcharge of $1,500 is alleged. * --Hattie E. Richmond, once a Washing­ ton belle, distinguished herself by getting into the Chicago police court on a charge of disorderly. The Justioe was about to •end her to the bridbwell.but she pleaded so bard that he suspended execution and af­ forded her friends an opportunity to send bar out of the city. . --Charles Gardner, in the Circuit Court at Bloomington. pleaded guilty to three indictments for horse-stealing and two for grand larceny, and was given a tern of •eleven yean in the penitentiary. He is an old jail-bird and has been in the 4Kat®'« priaau belec*. of the service of this company, Capt. Stafford raised Company A, First Ohio volunteers, and shortly afterward was promoted to the position of major of his j regiment. On the formation of the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio, in the eju-ly part of 1864, from fragments of sev­ eral regiments that had sustained very heavy losses in numerous battles, Col. Stafford was selected as the colonel of the regiment, and continued in service until the end of the war. March 5, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general by an act of Congress. Col. Stafford actively participated in twenty-six battles and re­ ceived several wounds. Although se­ verely wounded at the battle of Mission­ ary Bidge in the early part of the action, he continued in the field at the head of his regiment throughout the Imtire en­ gagement. --A Chicago syndicate secured control of the street-oar lines in Toledo, Ohio. Chicago has a peat grip in the car line. --Captain W. M. Meredith, the Illinois candidate for the position of Public Printer, has just returned to Chicago from a two weeks' sojourn in Washington. He considers his chances good. --C. J. Hull, of Chicago, died at Hous­ ton, Texas, of Bright's diseash. He owned over $75,000 worth of real estate in Houston. He is reputed to have left an estate valued at $4,000,000. His remains were taken to Chicago for burial. C. J. Hull went to Chicago nearly forty years ago, and at once engaged in real estate transactions. Of late years he piad»spent considerable time out of that city, and was not much seen by acquaintances formed during the period he was actually engaged in business. Years ago, when Halsted street was prairie land, Mr. Hull built a homestead on that thoroughfare, but it is now thirty years since his wife died and a new home was found for him­ self and three children on Ashland avenue. Fifteen years ago the last of his family died, and since that time he had not been in active business. For many years he was a trustee of the University of Chi­ cago, and was for some time interested in the Washingtonian Home. Mr. Hull had been in Texas since November, and his death was a surprise to his friends. A cousin, Miss Culver, went to Houston and brought the remains back to Chicago, where the interment took place. --Erastus Birge, a burglar who escaped from the jail at Centralia last fall, has been recaptured at Nashville, Tenn. --Frank Hatton, a Sheriff at Deer Lodge, M. T., has informed the Chicago police that he thinks he bat'Willie Tascott in jail there. --The great fox hunt, which has been talked of for several weeks, took place six miles northeast of Nokomis, Montgomery County, in Audubon Township. About one thousand men and women, assisted by fifty hounds and numberless curs, took part in the chase. The commanders of the forces were Ed. A. Bice, David Pyle and John L. Groden. Nearly half the township was surrounded by the lines and the round-up took place in a piece of tim­ ber. As the lines closed in two red foxes, were discovered, and the eagerness of some of the banters to capture the ani­ mals resulted in a break in the lines. Be-' fdre the gap could be filled both foxes', dashed through and, with 20) men and half a hundred dogs at their heels, made their escape. --James B. Gavin, for over twenty years associated with the millinery firm, of Gflge Bros. & Co., died at his residence, in Chicago. The deceased had suffered from Bright's disease for nearly one year. --The Wabash train knocked down and instantly killed an unknown man two; miles east of CoatBburg. The man had, nothing on his person that would lead to his identification, but he is supposed to have been a wanderer from the Adams County Poor Farm. He was standing on the track wrapped in a ffed quilt, and was mistaken for a cowj| When the engineer blew the whistle tire man walked to the edge of the track, Mid when struck was knocked a distanceof twenty-five feet. He was evidently a Germah-*nd apparently: 50 years of age. --John Gurley and his wife Josie war* held to the Criminal Court in Chicago on the charge of kidnaping Annie Tessie Redmond. The child gave her evidence very clearly in regard to having been stolen by Mrs. Gurley, and it was shown that Gurley had sworn on three occasions that the little girl was his child. --Cornelius Carl was robbed of $700 in Chicago recently. Th^ money was stolen from his house, and John Malik, a tin­ ware peddler, was arrested charged with the crime. --The Illinois Press Association, re­ cently in session, elected the following officers: President, Owen Scott of Bloom­ ington; Vice Presidents, W. J. Lewis of Lena, G. W. Harper of Robinson, and S. Y. Thornton of Canton; Secretary, F. B. Fletcher of Morris; Treasurer, George W. Tatham of Greenville. --John D. BockafcHer, the billionain President of the Standard Oil Company, is believed by ail the prominent clergymen in New York to be the person who has promised to give $20,000,000 for the aa» dowment of a great Baptist university, to b® Moated either in New Yorkor Chicago. PersoMl Appearance and Business Oper»- ttoM of California's Great Millionaire--A Fermar Variety Actrsw' Daring fmh la Wyoming. [San Francisco (Cal.1 special.] i x James C. Flood, California's million­ aire, died at the Grand Hotel at Heidel­ berg, Germany. His demise had been so long antic pated that it caused little com­ ment here, and the sto.k market showed no appreciable change. James Ciair Flood came from Wicklow, Irs am, to tills cxranixy aboot 19 si, when 26 years old. He was accompa- niel by William O Brian and both were steerage passengers. John W. .l aefcay and James Fair, friends of the twain, in- duod them to go to t aliforula, Maokay «iwi Fair being inclined to mining. Flood and O'Brien B t art od a whi#ky-sl.oi> and with the proceeds "staked" Maokay and Fair in prospect,ing enterprises. Idtt-la came at first ot the prospecting, bot for years the whisky busi­ ness paid well, and JAMES c. FLOOD. Flood and O'Brien, In­ vesting money in land ai»d_ occasionally gpeo- nlatmc in mining slocks, 'aid up money. Fair and Maokay tv.catne superintendents of mines in Nevada, and they. too. earned a poad income. In the course of their operations Fair and Mackuy, with 1 lood and O'Brien, bought from a dissipated proBpecior for a few hundred dol­ lars a "promising 1< ad." This load developed into the Consolidated Virginia Mine, which made the foui Irishmen "bonaiva kings." Ac­ quiring other property on tlio Comstock lode the four Irishmen sprung at onae to the finan­ cial rank of millionaires. Between 1870 and 1890 the Cc-mstock lode yie ded and the richest properties on th© loda wsre owned by the fonr "bounma kings." In 1874 F.'ood, desiring to control the bullion and mining-stock markets, until then controlled by the Bank of California, induced his associ­ ates toestaklish the Bank of Nevada.aud through it accomplished his purposes, bevec-lenths of every earned dollar of California and Nevada, outside of mnintenanee, must for some years have flowid through its j ortals. Hie bank and its owners manipulated the S xvi.O H'.OO ) of s lver builion. They .sweaied every dollar used in speculation. It has beeu estimated that Irom 1875 to 1880 nt least ¥100,000.000 was absorbed by them through the agency of tha mines and the bank, and that outside of tliaore diiectly worked and owned in their mines. In Its80 cavne a collapso, nnd in a few years Flood was compelled to re! ire from its control with hi3 great fortune reduced to a few millions. In appeRrance Mr. Flood was about medium height, slightiy corpulent, and of a full face, which was very pale. His hair and whiskers were of H peculiar copper color. It was some­ times remarket! on 'Change that they almost matched in color with the yellow gold pieces hs loved so well. He dressed very plainly, liked his clothes rather loose and baggy, and was very much given to white w aistcoajis. He was selttsh, his great passion being Jo acquire prop­ erty, which he seldom improved. He was a pood hater, and in revenge for a slighting re­ mark made by Ralston, the hanker, he drove the latter to ruin and to suicide. He IMVM a wife and a daughter of whom he was very fond. His health failing rapidly in 1^68 ha sought the German baths in the hope of recovery. Mr. Flood's Ban Francisco residence is a gran­ ite and white marble palace, situated on rising ground known as "Nob Hill." It cost over $1,- l Oy OJ. From its well-kept lawns a fine view of San Francisco Bay, Angel Island, and the Golden Gate is had. Mr. t lood possessed also a country house at Mcnlo Fart, twenty-five miles south of San Francisco. It is situated in the midst of 15,000 acres of land, laid out in drives, walks, game preserves, flower gardens,, and artii'Ciai lakes. The lawns are adorned with statuary. The coumtiy house is luxuri­ ously furnished, possesses a fine library, art gallery, sumptuous baths, and a conservatory, and its wine cellar is richly stocked. Private gae and waterworks are on the property, and a large stable in which is kept a tine stud ot horses. ______ "CATTLE KATE " OF WYOMING. She Breaks Up s Gambling Den, Secure* the Money, and Prevents a Hanging. [Cheyenne (Wyo.) telegram.] Mrs. Kato Maxwell, the "Belle Starr of Wyom­ ing," oiosed up a gambling-house at Bessemer, Wyo., recovered several thousand dollars which had been lost by her cowboys, and then saved the lives of the two Chicago "tin-horn gamblers" just as the infuriated cowboys were going to string them up She is known as "Cattle Kate," and runs a small ranch, whic h, it is suspected, is the rendezvous for cattle-thieves and lawless people. About twenty cowboys make their headquarters there, and of late they have drawn large sums in advance of wage* from her. She is generous and has Iteen in funds sinoe last fall, when she shipped nearly all her cattle to Chicago. The other day she was robbed of SI,300 by her own men and her resentment was aroused against the gamblers. They are known, one as Mike Farly and the other as Goodwin, and had to leave Colorado for crooked work. Their gambling hell at Bessemer was crowded when Kato rode in on her trusty horse, accom­ panied only by her foreman, and both armed to the teeth. While Kate covered the dealer and players with two large six-shooters Mason, her foreman, secured the box and showed the crowd that the game was an unfair or "brace" one. This enraged the cowboys, and Farly and Good­ win were terribly beaten and > rdered to prepare for lynching. The ropes were in Bight when "Cattle Kate" interceded for the two wretches and announced that she would divide their money, amount­ ing to several thousand dollars, which she had secured. Goodwin and Farly were placed on a couple of scrub ponies and chased out of town. Their place was fired, und all hands went over to Mrs. Maxwell's ranch, where a dance and general good time followed. "Cattle Kate's" reputation among the stockmen is very unsa­ vory, but ber popularity among a certain class is wonderful. Catt'e-owners have organized for protection against the wholesale thieving that is depopulating the herds, and it would not be surprising if "Cattle Kate" should become a regular outlaw queen, i-he is a big. good-look­ ing woman of 3u, and it is said used to be a variety singer in Chicago. SEND HIM AFTER TASCOTT. A Monkey in India Said to Have Played Detective on a Murderer. An extraordinary story is related of a brutal tragedy near (Singapore, India, in which a monkey detected the criminal. It appears that a juggler, with his wife, a goat and two monkeys, was attacked by two natives, who killed all except the male monkey, whioh escaped, and the na­ tives buried the bodies in a jungle. The male monkey tcok its station npon a big tree and . watched everything, and when a constable passed by made after him, laid hold on the man's leg and dragged him to where the bodies were buried. The bodies were ex­ humed, after which the monkey showed the way to finding the murderers. The animal took the constable in another di­ rection, and suddenly ran at full speed and seized one of the murderers, who was going to bathe, by tbe neck and waited till the eonstable arrived. This led to the detection of the murderers. "Cowboys" for the Inaugural Parade. The great West is to be represented at Gen. Harrison's inauguration by a cow­ boy brigade in cowboy trappings. The nucleus of the brigade will be 10U leading citizens of Denver, Col., who are about equally interestsd in politics, cattle, and mining. They will be joined en route to Washington by otber "cowboys." At Kan­ sas City the "Dodge City Cowboy Band" will be attached to the brigade. Most of the members of the brigade are brawny six-footers, who wilt be attired in true cowboy style, - and decked out with re­ volver, knife, cartridge-belt, and lasso. . Accommodations f jr In iuyur»l TlUtors. The Presidential Inaugural Committee announces that its resources are ample to enable it to provide with pleasant and com­ fortable lodgings and boird, in the mo3t desirable parts of Washington^ all who wish to attend the inaugural ceremonies. The prices range from $2 to $4 a day- While the committee has already provided for between 20,000 and 30,001) people, then is no lack of really desirable places and st reasonable rates. EDGERTON TALKS BACK. HOT WORDS FOR THE FREglDKNT-- AN OPEN, TART LETTER. A Bitter Personal Attack oa Mr. Cleveland and His Policy--Tlte Removal Attributed to a Desire to Curry Favor with Mug* wamps. [Washington special telegram.) •Tudce A. P. Edgtrtos, who was rmoently re­ moved from the office of Civil-Service Commis­ sioner. has written an open letter to the Presi­ dent. He says --other things: "I was indebted to you for the only appointive office 1 ever held. You now declare by your own action t hat you regret the appointment. I with eoual right can lay that X regret the accept snoe. Your regret wae never made known to me by you in any word or utterance or action until now, at the close of your administration and on the day b fore my removal. Of course, if you believed me unfit for the position or neglectful ot duty, von should have removed me long ago, but I presume thrre were prudential political reasons why vou did not make the removal un­ til after the* election. In this regard it would Notable Deaths. SBHATOHDAVID F. HOUSTON, of Roa­ noke, Ya., is dead. C. J . BRIDGES, Land Commissioner of the Hudson Bay Company, died at Winni­ peg, Manitoba. HENBY AUSTIN WHITNEY, President of the Boston and Providence Railway Com­ pany, died at his horns in Boston. DB. FBAMCIS WHARTON, of the State Department and author of the "Standard Digest of International Law," etc., died at his residence in Washington, D. C., JU3K5K EDGERTOX. almost seem at if you were Trilling to plav false •with the mugwumps to enable you to win with t: e Democrats. And hero permit me to define the term mugwump as referring to a class of jolitioal reformers who have the spirit of ref­ ormation without the common sense a::d good judgment, to reform, as reforms are not effected by unjust personal denunciation, but by reason. "The result of the election placed you iu a dilemma rrom which few people would have known how to extricate themselves. You found a man on your hands whom the mugwumps had declared war upon, an enemy to their civil- service reform theories, and your plan of becom­ ing their representative in the future would be weakened or defeated if an t&ssurMnce of vonr fidelity to their cause could not be secured." Ac­ cordingly, it appears that you decided apon the removal of the head of the commission, aSd, deeming Mr. Thompson a good enough mug­ wump for them, you therefore demanded my resignation that yon might appoint hi^f .ap- parently as an atonement for your previous U|- setion. "Mr. President, with due courtesy to the high office you hold, allow me to sav iliat vou are a very peculiar man, a positive man; positively wrons or positively ri^ht, and therefore an un­ safe man to trust; and that element in your cnaracter I believe led to your defeat, l'ope says: 'The most positive nun are the most credulous, since they most believe themselvoa and advise most with their felfow-flatterere and worst enemies.' lieing one of that kind of posi­ tive men yourself, you have kepi some men of like character around you who are positive only in their malace and conceit. They flatter you and have the conceit that would magnifv themselves and the malignity that would detract from others. Juvenal says: 'There is nothing a man will not believe in his own favor.' Vou were credulous enough to believe that you were elected President by the mugwumps, and, therefore, you permitted them to malign your real friends and to flatter you into a policy which led to your defeat. You "are j|i man who would not permit your real friend* to admonish you with freedom and confideuoe, laid as a result you have suffered for the want of friends, and your wrecked and wretched greatness has discovered that there is no true success in life without the power and bleSBing of friendship. You believe that vour will and power to enforce it wag above all powers, but the will of the people expressed in a constitu­ tional way has taught you that there was a wiser and better way than that chosen by you. "Having sworn to support the civil-service law it has beeu my constant effort to do BO ; bnt I never did swear to support a mugwumii inter­ pretation of it, based on a monstrous aasum- tion that the commission was independent of law. How manv poor unfortunates have bean denied th© advantages and benefits ol the law by questions never contemplate! by it, and how many expenses have been incurred through unnecessary and deviods requirements and practices, it is not my purpose at this time to state. The Judge then gives his understanding of the civil-service law, and alluding to his removal says: "I do not ask you to give any reason for this act. I know, and ao do you, tbafc, the only one you could give would be that it was your will, for if you attempted to give any other your own previous words would prove it to'be untrue. In my interviews with you before the removal you expressly disclaimed having any reason for it except my refusal to rtsign to" enable; you to make Mr. Thompson s nomination. "The people have the right to know the truth In all matters of this kind, and for this reason only do I address you. 1 cannot, like you, make a prayer for relief to the public, such as the article seemed to be in the Baltimore SIUI of the Hth inst. This is the first time in the his­ tory of tho (rovernment that an outgoing Presi­ dent has found it necessary to advertise through the newspapers bis particular work durim; his lerm of oltke and his claims upon his party and ttie country lor approval. Between the "lines can be lead the npecial plea for re-election. "I can point to another removal than mine, beyond a parallel, to go down through history when I Shu!) be forgotten. Before I do so, let me refer, as proof of youi igiioifcuct of public opinion and not of your indifference to it, to what you say in the Sun article of Mr. Burnea, of Missouri, as oue not guilty of the annoyance to which you were subjected by tha country members of Congress introducing to you tbear constituent*, because he always presented hia ooniitituents at public reeeptiona. If Mr. Barnes were living he could tell you another reason, which he often told to otbera, that he had been rudely treated by you, and had no reapect for you personally, and ascribed the defeat of tbe Democratic party to your ignorance of it. It was necessary that you should make some such explanation for your attack upon tho 'way- back ' members, but you were unfortunate m the selection of your witness--one ol the ablest and noblest legislators in Congress. "But to the case of removal, which must be­ come an important part of tbe history of the country. I was on the floor of the House of Representatives during the time th® votes of the Electoral College were counted and heard the announcement of the result--that Benjamin Harribon was duly elected President of the United States ; but the words that burned deep through the empty boxes of the administration could not be officially added, though known to be true, in place of Grover Cleveland, removed.' By whom, and for what cause removed? The answer is now being made in every home, in every business in the"laud, ana history will in­ scribe it upon m11 its records." Judge Kdgerton attributes Mr. Cleveland's de­ feat to his disregard of the opinion end advice of the most eminent men ot his party and to his political ingratitude, and continues aa fol­ lows : "In the atatement of your public acta, as printed in tbe 8/>n article referred to. is thia dec aration: •\Vhon Mr. Cleveland came into office lie found the departments filled with in­ competents who had found permanent lodg­ ment there through favoritism,'etc. How can you •ay that you found the departmen, s filled with incompetents and yet retained all in office dur­ ing your administration? There is a mistake somewhere. Did you not know, Mr. President, that nearly three-fourths of all the parsons now in office in tbe departmental service were there in ls85 > Let me present to you the fact that one State -- the State of Maine -- haa in one Department only, the Treaa- ury department, sixty - one clerks, but all found 'permanent lodgment' there through favoritism and were there when von wero Inaugurated in lf#> and are yet to ofhea. The same condition of things exists in other de­ partments. You will soon have no power of re­ moval, and the places they hold will not be subject to your 'clearing-oat" eliorts. Yon have •but vour eyes to the lact that these clerks have been active and successful in aiding in your clearing out, and the poor civil-service eligibles still have the wide scope you have se­ cured for them on t!:e outside, while the incom­ petents are rejoicing within. "You ao not understand tbe civil-service law, Mr. President. Its examinations are not made forithose inside, but for thOBe outside. Your theory of inaction would deieat the law. You have notdared to weed out incompetents." Judge Kdgerton criticises the conduct of one of the otber Commissioners, without mention­ ing his name, and concludes as follows: "I am justified in stating one single fact of mischievous distrust and wrong-doing on the part of a'commissioner in charge.' Collector * Manone, of New York, addressed to as a ' per- •cnat' letter, thus marked oa the envelope, the . postage paid, no indication that it could be of- . ncial, on the inside also marked 'personal,' and this letter was opened and read by the * comrnis- Bloner in charge' and forwarded to the other commissioner, then in ]3oaton, and by him an- i •wered before the letter was sent to me, then at i home fn the West. From such sources as thia have come nearly all of the attacks upon sue, and, I doubt not, most of the misrepresenta- tions of my opinions made to you. Whether they had any influence is questionable." , Aecide itally Killed bjr His Friend. Bo Burt Garver, the 18-year-old son of the Hon. T. F. Garver, of Salina, Kan., was accidentally shot dead by Tom White. Jr., wsgr-: MICHIGAN MURDERS. WXKA THE MYSTKKY SVRROVHDflMI VBXHITEB Bl gOLTKDt Jacob D. Crouch, Hi« Daughter and 8on-tv j Law, and a Drover Slaughtered in Their en the Night ef Xovembe* Sl» 1883--A Strange Cue. ^ [Chicago Daily TriLsme.] The publication in the Tribune er the dispatch from Ann Arbor. Mich., in which a detective named Ballard claimed to have discovered a clew which might result in the apprehension of the Crouch murderers, has revived the interest in a dark and bloody mystery which for five years has remained unsolved. The night of Nov. 21. 1883, seven miles from the Village of Jackson. Mich., in the Township of Sprinj? Arbor, Jacob D. Crouch, his daughter, Eunice White, her husband, Henry White, and Moses Polley, a drover, were murdered in their bode at the home of Crouch. Jacob D. Crouch removed to Michigan in 1830 from Orange County, N. Y., settling two years later on the farm where afterward he was murdered. A keen, shrewd driver of bargains in horses and cattle, at the time of his death he was worth $500,(100, and, though 74 years old, he jJTSfJ ® vigorous, hard-working man. In 3.850 his eldest daughter eloped with a poor young man of the neighborhood, Daniel 8. Holcomb. and. though the father Anally ex­ tended his forgiveness, it was with reluc­ tance. 1 he old man doled out io iho couple occasional pittances, so that outwardly they seeme ! fairly prosperous. Mrs. Crouch died in childbirth, Judd Crouch, a puny, crippled infant, surviving her. The sight of Judd Seemed to increase the sfornness of the old man's, nature, and while still a babe he was T?°I* k0ni0 °t his sister, Mrs. Dan Holcomb, where he grew up. his father, however, always seeming to cherish an an­ tipathy toward him. There were three other chiildreu--Eunice, at the time of her mother's death 6 years old, and Byron and Dayton, who left home and beoame Texas drovers. Thus Eunice as she grew up took the principal place in her father's heart. Davton died leaving an estate worth $60,000. Byron bought his father's interest therein, and gave notes to the extent of $30,000 to cover a part of the transaction. In 1880 Eunice asked permis­ sion to marry Henry White, a young mer­ chant of Jackson. The old man freely consented to the proposed union, but it met strenuous opposition from the Holooihbs and Judd and Bvron Crouch. The morning of Nov. 22, 1883. Mr. Croueh. Mr. and Mrs. White and Moses Polley, the latter a Pennsylvania cattle dealer who was stopping at the Crouch homestead tempor­ arily while on a purchasing tour, were found dead in bed. The house was a roomy, two-story country residence, standing back some distance from the road. The old man had a whim never to lock door or window. He had been killed by a gunshot wound in tho back of the neck, the weapon evidently having been placed close to the body. In a front bedroom his son-in-law and daughter were found. Both had been shot in the head and there were bullet holes elsewhere in the bodies. The bed on which thev rested literally dripped with blood. Polley had been killed by a bullet fired into the neck, almost identical with Crouch's death wound, while another leaden missile had entered his side. The night had been wild, dark, and stormy. Two servants slept in the house. One. a negro boy, George Bolles. occupied an up-stairs room, above where the slaugh­ ter -was committed. He heard repeated shots and groans, and, paralyzed with ter­ ror, secreted himself in a trunk, into which he could scarcely press his form. The stairway door was opened and some one listened for a few moments to see whether the lad had been aroused, and then, evi­ dently satisfied, closed it. The boy lay con­ cealed until daylight came, and then stepped into Crouch's room, as had been his cus­ tom, to awaken him, only to And him dead. He immediately alarmed the neighbors. Julia Reese, a domestic, had occupied a little back bedroom und had slept undis­ turbed throughout the tragedy. The inquest developed some important facts. One was that, though Crouch him­ self had considerable money in the house and the drover Polley also had several thousand dollars in a pocketbook in his clothes, not a cent had been taken, but a package of notes, mortgages, and other pa­ pers of a family nature was missing. Be­ neath the parlor window was a large, plain track made by a rubber boot, as if some one had stood there watchinjr. Anoth­ er point brought out was through the testi­ mony of a Jackson merchant that he had sold to Dan Holcomb shortly before the murder a pistol of the same caliber as that with which evidently the deed had been committed. The Miohigan woods were soon full of de­ tectives, principally amateurs, stimulated by the large rewards offered by the State and county authorities. Capt. Byron Crouoh came from Texas anU gave to Pinkerton un­ limited authority to run down the assassins at any cost. An inquest begun which through adjournments dragged its way far into the months of the succeeding spring. Both the servants were arrested, but almost immediately released. Then James Foy, a hired hand, was suspected because ho wore rubber boots which fitted into the tracks made under the window. In the face of the testimony of a Jackson merchant that he had bought a pistol from him, Dan Holoomb made a square denial. Then tragedies crowded quick and fast upon one another. Mrs. Dan Halcomb was found dead in her bed, the victim of heart- disease, aggravated by the tragedy, though it was widely rumored that she had taken her own life. A few days later Jamos Foy. the hired man, stung at un article iu tho Union City Register, mistook Elmer Shules lor D. J. Easton. the newspaper ealtor, shot 1 m dangerously, returned home, lay down on a lounge, and an hour later was found dead, shot through the heud. and although he grasped in his hand a pistol, physicians so positively scouted the idea of suicide that a verdict was returned: "Death from hands unknown." The weapon in his hand was of the same caliber as that with which the four people had been slain at the Crouch residence. Then Detective Brown, who was at work on the case, was met at night on the highway by two men. one of whom, after inquiring his name, shot him in his thigh. Both then lied, but the detective at once caused tho ar­ rest of Judd Crouch and Hugh MoCallum for the shooting. Following this Dan Hol­ comb and Judd Crouch were arrested, char ged with tho quadrupple killing. Three weeks later Lor -nzo D. Bean, a farmer, be­ came insane from brooding over the trag­ edy. and died alter seven days of terrible suffering. Within the two weeks following A. II. Lee imagined he was the murderer, and killed himself. Ten days afterward Joseph Allen was arrested in Canada at the instance of Henry Holcomb, who alleged that Allen had confessed, white both Were tramping together, that he oommited the crime, further telling where some of the papers, were concealed. Allen was held but a short time, however, and then caused Henry Holcomb's arrest for perjury, but the latter was released a few months ago. Briefly summarieed. this remarkable crime has the following record up to the present time: Four victims of the original murder the night of Nov. 21, 1883: Jacob D. Grouch, aged 74 years; Eunice White, his daughter, aged 33 years, and her unborn babe; Henry White, her husband, aged 31 years; Moses Polley. the drover, aged 23 years. Four other violent deaths: Mrs. Daniel Holcomb, heart disease, ag­ gravated by tho tragedy. Feb. 2, 1884. James Foy, either committed suicide or was murdered, Feb. 8, 1884. Lorenzo D. Bean, died in paroxysms brought on by insanity, caused from brood­ ing over the crime. March 28. 1884. Alexander H. Lee thought he was one ot the murderers, and killed himself April 13, 1884. Two persons wounded: Elmer Shules. shot by James Foy, Feb. 4, 1884* Detective Brown's attempted assassina­ tion. Feb. 7,1884. The arrests have been: Julia lieese and George Bolles, the ser­ vants. discharged. Andrews, at the instanoe of "CoL" Perry, released. ' Judd Crouch and Hugh MoCallum. Feb. 8. 1884. charged with shooting Detective Brown, discharged, t ut Judd rearrested, held in bail, and aftorwards acquitted. Dan Holcomb and Judd Crouch, Mareh 1. 1884, charged with the quadruple murders, held in $20,000 bail, and Dan acquitted Jan. 10.1885. this practically settling Judd's case. Joseph Allen, April 22.1884. charged with complicity in the murders, discharged. Henry Holcomb. for alleged perjury in tha Allen ease, acquitted. A case with a record like the above cer­ tainly ranks with the most celebrated mil** der mysteries of the world. ILLINOIS LAW-MAKERS. THE (-consideration of the resolution conoam- ing Chicago sewage was postponed in the Senate on tbe 15th inst. A bill to fix the duty and compensation of tbe Commission ot Claims wa» considered as a special order. It was amended so as to provide that the Commiasioners shall S( rve only four yeara and that they shall not all lie of the same political faith. The bill was or­ dered to a third reading. The Senate went into executive session and confirmed the following appointments: Edwin A, Finero, Public Administrator for Calhoon county; .Tames M. Brock, Public Administrator for Mercer connty; Don H. Krazier. at Carroll county, for Printer Expert; Thomas Jamieaon, of Cook, to succeed Herman Schneider aa a mem­ ber of the Board of Pharmacy. Bills ware in­ troduced aa follows : Increasing Corotiera' fees from 810 to 8l-"»; making three barb wires a legal fenee; to enabl# cities, towns, and villages to tax merchants. The bill io regulate stock­ yard charges was ordered engrossed and to third reading in the House. Bills of tbe following character were introduced: Amending the law compelling the owners of thrashing and other machines to gnard against accident; making Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday through­ out the State; prohibiting, under peniaty of fine and imprisonment, the plaving of base­ ball on Sunday; appropriating rfOO.'VO for the establishment ot an Illinois hospital for in­ ebriates and providing for the appointment of a commission to select and purchase it; amend­ ing the criminal code so as to provide that the time a man serves ia I'm- countv jail before conviction shall be credited to him" and deducted from his penitentiary term at the time of his sentence by tha Judge. The bill amending the law concerning tha time of holding Circuit Courts was read a third time and passed with­ out discussion. The House took up the drain­ age bill in committee of the whole. The bill was read scctlon by section. Many amendments were proposed, but with few important changes the bill was reported to the House and ordered to aecond reading. THE following hilla were introduced In tha House on the lath inst.: Forbidding life insur­ ance companies from making or permitting any discrimination in favor of individuals between insurees of the same olasi and equal expecta­ tion of life in the amount or payment of premi- im or rates charged for life or endowment in­ surance or in the dividends or other benefits payable thereon, and prohibiting the payment or allowance of any rebate of premium or other coaaideration not specifiod in the policy as an inducement to insumuce. The penalty is a flue. Provided that any person who abducts a child under 16 vears of age shall Buffer capital punishment bv hanging, or shall be im­ prisoned in the penitentiary for life, and any person *ho aaaiata, abets, encourages, or ad' viaea such abduction wav be imprisoned in the ptniteutlury no* to kx-jeod ten vears. The fol­ lowing resolution Was referred to the Judiciary Committe«: Btsolveii, By the House of Kepre sentatlres, tbe Senate concurring herein, that there be Rubmlttsd to ths people of the State of Illinois for their ratification or rejection at the next general election for mem­ bers of the General Assembly the following additional amendment to section 1 of article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois: Every person having resided in this State one year, in the county ninety days, and in the eleo- Vion precinct thirtv clays next preceding any election therein, who was an elector in thia State on the 1st day of April in the year If48, or obtained a certificate ot naturalization before any court of record in this State prior to Jan. 1, 1870, or who shall be a male citizen of tbe United States above the uge of i.'.l years and able to read and write in the .English language or in his own native tongue shall be entitled to vote at such election. ABOUT twenty members were present when the Senate convened on the 16th inst. Tha journal was read in full and appro red. A peti­ tion against the repeal of the pharmacy law was offered. Th# following bills were Introduced: Enabling corporations organized under special charters to own and possets as much personal and real estate M is necessary for the transac­ ts on of their business, the same as corporationa organized under the general law; providing punishment for persons who defraud the keet>erB of hotels or restaurants; giving county courts jurisdiction in casea of voluntary assignments; prohibiting the formation of "protective combines" bv insurance agents. The bill nroviding "that in all criminal prosecutions involving proof of the legal existence of a corpo­ ration, user Bhall be a prima faole evidence of such existence." was read a second time and or­ dered to a third reading. The House bill chang­ ing the time of hold'ng Circuit Co jrt in Fulton County was laid on the table, a similar bill hav­ ing been passed by the Senate. The bill amend­ ing the geueroi road and hri<lge> law came up in the House on second reading. This bill provides that when two vehicles meet on a public road each shall turn to the right for ths passage of the other: the vehicle failing to so turn shall be held liable for any damage that may ensue from collision unless it be proven that the nature of the road rendered it impossible tor aach vehicle to give the partial road, etc. The bill was ordered engrossed. Several important bills wore read a second time, after which bills of the following character were introduced: Abolishing the State Bourd ot Agriculture, and establishing instead an agricul­ tural commissionconsist of seven members to be appointed by the Governor; a bill appro­ priating «i8,i«H) for the support (luring the next two years of the day tVhool ior deaf and dumb children, located in the) city* of Chicago -tbe bill also appropriates S8,7«) for expenses during the past year, act the lest r.egi stature failed to make an appropriation. To declare unlawful all trusts and combinations iu respect to trade and pie- ducts, and to provide penalties therefor. Tp prohibit the treating of persons to intoxicat­ ing liquors. Mr. (>. levee introduced a bill pro­ viding for the ]>ermancnt location of the State Fair at some city, the name of which waa left blank, to be determined by subsequent action of the House By unanimous consent the rules were suspended, the bill read a first time, and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Brokoski In­ troduced a bill to enable mechanics, journeymen, trndesmen. and .aborers to form societies and associntions for their mutual aid, benefit and protection, and to peaceably meet, discuss, and establish all necessary by-laws, rules and regu­ lations to carry out the same. Mr. Kenny in­ troduced a bill, which created considerable sen­ sation, defining lager beer and preventing its adulteration. SKNVTOH THOMAS' bill to assign judges in one np]>ellate district to duty in any other appellate district which may be overcrowded, being * special order, was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee at tbe request of the author, ou the l'.Hh in»t. Senator Newell'« resolution for an investigation of the effect upon the lowlands along the Illinois Hiver which would result from the opening of tbe proposed drainage canal was, without discussion, committed to the Commit­ tee on Waterways and Drainage. Mr. Leeper'a b!!l to repeal t ho law permitting the fiadisig of special verdicts bv juries in civil eases was re­ ferred back to the Judiciary Committee for further consideration. Bills were introduced as follows: Kequlring property-owners to be notified within two years of the sale of their land for taxes; providing that, onlv one year's reaidenoe in the State shall be required of Illinola soldiers, and two years' residence for otner soldiera to entitle them to admission to the Soldiera and Sailors" Home; fixing the niaximum rate for the' transmission of tele­ graphic messages within this State at 'JO cents lor messages of not more than ten words each, and 2 cents for each additional wora for a distance of 350 miles or over. For a less distance 15 cents may be charged for each meat-atce of no more than ten words and 1 cent for each additional word, and a fee of 10 cents may be required for repeating any such message. Mr. Hamer's bill making an appropriation for the erection of a monument to the memory of Illinois soldiers upon the battlefield of Gettysburg was advanced to tha order of third reading without debate. In tha House nearly the entire day was devoted to the Chicago drainage bid, which passed the amend­ ment stage in good shape. It was sent to a third reading, and Mareh 14th fixed for the next consideration. Bills of miuor importance wan introduced. FRANK JOBE shot dead Joe Brown at Argentine, Eas. The men were ear clean- en in the Union Pacillc shops. The shoot* Wr* . Fig* as Food. . - Ql» of the Persian kings caused the celebrated Attic figs to be set before liim whenever he dined, for one reason, to remind him that the land where they grew was not yet his, and that, instead of receiving the fruit as a trib­ ute, he was obliged to buy it from abroad ? and, for another, that it was not only the emblem of health bat the most wholesome fruit grown. The fig is now pretty well known to be, es­ pecially at certain seasons, almost the common food of the Italian people, and for months they may be said to live entirely upon it. As "Dr. Nichols says, it is not only possible for a man to live upon tigs, but, sitting under his own vine and lig tree, a man has plenty of food and no landlord. When eaten fresh, the tig is a medicine as well as food; and they who eat freely need no potions and no aperieuts. Full of nu­ trition and all those properties that make it valuable as an article of diet, we are confident that the fig will take a prominent position in the estimation of all who work for and helieve in food reform. For myself, I would simply add that, again and again, without liquid of any kiad, the luscious green fig, eaten with whole-meal bread, has formed a meal at once simple but rich, | and, like the ^laniard's salad, tit for a king. The fig is not only very popu- j lar but it is the most ancient fruit we | cultivate. In many countries the { failure of this crop also means starva- > tion and famine. Travelers in Asia Minor and Southern Europe provide themselves with tigs and olives aa pro- ' visions for long journeys, and not only, live but grow fat on the diet. The fig has more medicinal properties and more nutriment than any other fruit, with clive.--Interior* 1 Speak Kindly. Why not? Why should not and wives, bound together as in the most intimate of all earthly rela­ tions. and necessarily in constant Inter­ course with each other, consecrate hallow the sacred relation, and blew themselves, by always Using kind words when they speak to each other? Whez* is the place for hard words, angry word* and words of reproach and bitternesa? Such words always leave a sharp sting behind them. They are not the void* of affection, and become neither hna- • band nor wife. They contribute notk- ! ing to the happiness of either, and ate the prolific source of a large amount of misery. The husband who abuses his wife by his words, and the wife snaps and snarls at her husband, ar» alike untrue to their marital pledge and really in a very bad way. Snail husbands and wives ought at once to repent of their sins against each other, and acquire better affections and better manners. Speak kindly. Why should not JMRP* . . ents always speak in this way to their ? children, and why should not children always so speak to their parents? Sf parents thus speak children will natus* ally learn do the same thing. Til® ? example of the parents will reproduce* itself iu the practice and habits of th® ; ! children; and the latter will gx-ow «j> . into manhood or womanhood with a gentleness and softness erf manners* Midi a carefulness in the use of words, that is characteristic of refined and cultivated beings. Authority, when exercise*! through kind words, is scarcely felt simply as authority. The element of> j; severity is withdrawn from it; and obe­ dience to it is secured by love. Parent# who allow themselves to get into fits of passion with their children, and thoa " thunder and storm at them in the lasK * guage of vehemence and anger, are mak-. ? ing a grave mistake in the matter of family government. Such parents need 1 first of all to govern themselves and put their own passions under a health- ' f ful restraint. ' A Speak kindly. Why not? Whjr ' should not brothers and sisters living in the same house, eating at the same table, and fed and clothed by the same bounty, always speak to each other lb this way? By so doing they will min­ ister to each other's happiness, avoid petty quarrels, make home pleasant, " cultivate good affections, gratify their affections and please God. As they be­ come men and women they will l» scattered hither and thither; and when y thus scattered, it will be pleasant far them to look back to their childhood days, and remember that their inter- ^ course with one another was kindly and ^ affectionate. The friendship theft - " . formed will follow them through life. Af g Yes, speak kindly. Why not? Why should not men who Are associated t®- ,/ ^ gether in business study and practicw * ;: the law of kind words toward each other? Why should not the master speak kindly to his servants? Why : should not one speak kindly to ft stranger who may ask him a question t | Why should not those who differ opinion address each other in the use of respectful and kindly words? Whar should not those who oppose moral em temper their language with the law of kindness in the form of utterance? Why should not the minister of th® gospel, the doctor and the nurse in thr sick-room, the buyer and seller, th® banker and the merchant, the govern** and the governed, the judge on hi® bench, the warden of a prison, and, ia- deed, every man and every woman, on all occasions, in all circumstances, and under all provocations, both study and practice the law of kind words in the t«r ; tal intercourse of life from the cradle to the grave ?--The Independent Queer Mistakes of Paris Experts The annals of the Hotel Drouot abound ' in stories of the queer mistakes made by so-called experts; how one mistook the title of a picture, " Salvator Mundi, * for the name of a "Venetian paintel; rival of Salvator Rosa;" how anotheK attributed to "Velasquez, who died i» ; 1660, a portrait of Louis XV., who wa(j| , born in 1710; how another offered a pi# ture of a woman washing dishes as ® fi- Portrait of Rubens' Wife, by himself,* and volunteered the explanation thaffc "as everybody knew, Rubens married his cook." The men who are at thjt head of their profession are incapably of such gross ignorance as this; never* thelesb, even experts of the highest grade are fallible. Thus quite recently an eminent Parisian dealer offere® without hesitation 30,000 francs ior a® antique Persian mosquelamp, fabricated. a few years ago at Vaugirard by th® famous Brocart; and still more recent!] the most eminent expert in Paris askc in a sale the modest sum of 100 franc® for a hawthorn pot which, to his astoa» ishment, sold for 4,600 francs, and after­ ward went to England, where it was re­ sold to a New "Xork collector for $2,00t|» --Theodore Chudr^i Harper's Mtaga- zine.- Stonished tpe Old Man. . of Glens Falls wh® •. among the boys, and by vuki^ 31 intimate relations with thei® often proffers advice, one day ran acres® a couple of lads who were smoking el ay. pipes. "Well, well, boys;" said he^ with an impressive sigh and solemn manner intended to make the boys feel the seriousness of the occasion, "I amp 70 years old and have never smoked * pipe in my life." "You old fool, you, ^ it's your own fault," replied one of th® V1 pair. The old man was so dreadfully taken aback that, he couldn't say an* , t other word and left the pair to enjojf M t h e i r s m o k e w i t h o u t h e a r i n g h i s t a * ' / tended homily. He tells the joke him* / « self with evident enjoyment.--Albany Journal. One Consolatto®. "And now we are made on®»»*li®«feid ̂ "all my anxiety is over and Jtm are my sweet little wife at last." "Yes, dearest," she replied, "theknot is tied." "What a thing it would be," he said; musingly, "if we should ever oeaae to love each other." f "Don't think of such a thing." "T^T* "But oh, Mamie, if we ever shouldT "Well, there's one consolation," ah®' ft said, sweetly, "it ain't far to Chicago.* . --Boston Courier. , J A Fair Average. Friend--Allow me to congratulate you. I hear that your daughter haaf married a foreign nobleman. Mr. Goldbug--Yes: it's pretty tough on me, but by a streak of good luck her sister has eloped with a steady street­ car driver, so the affliction is somewhat mitigated. This is a world of oomp«--,i sation, and I can't expect all my girls? to do as well as the one who mafcrrwii the street-car driver.--Ifcras Sifting*. A L AUOK decrease of Chinese immi­ gration into British Columbia ia w- mm*:-" v ' ' i'A- V-\