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• \HH-,. '>.,r '!V lTti •*8 VI? **;/' - RVrpt^r^r 7*\Fxi; 4 '#?•,WPf^ '^W 4 j JW'SWT1,B1WW* RR,V-<£*P'V- , • V tHE WHITE MAS RULES. *-*$< '>«! •s, '-• IOITILBHN JUSTICE AKD HUMANITY TO THE BI^CKMA*. (N* '-•' „ ' « • -- • "A ftm Conflict la West Virginia**-- v . y* Troops Sent to Suppress m Negro In- "jrarrectlon In Mississippi" -- •' Trouble " ̂ Between Whites and Negroes Near New '(pudge Albion W. Tourgee, in Chicago Inter ^ Ocean.] ' 'These are the headlines of a stngto morn­ ing's news in tne daily papers of the first Monday in September, 1889. On the day before there had appeared the report of a Committee appointed by a colored emigra- ' tion convention in North Caiolina. assert­ ing that 70.000 colored peopl? had signified a desire to remove lrom that btato alone, because of the condittons which affect them there. On the next day appeared an account of the buruing at tha stake of a colored man by a iaot> in Kentucky, on the ehurgre of rape. This is the t.itrfl ease of burning reported during the present year. The number of n- grcod killed by whi e mobs during the fl :st eight months of the centennial year of our nation outnumbers the tale ot murders during ten yt-arst'-ot the Irish troubles. and almost equals the rec­ ord of victims of one year of Bloody Mary's reign. < 'i his is the story of Koutbern justice and humanity during half a year of profound ypeace, with the rule of the while man un- - disturbed rnd unquestioned. On such a record the "Whitn-line" Demooracy of the • -j South ask the civilized, Christina people of 6^=^ the United States to confirm them In aniin- i, -.:r lawful usurpation ot power and approve £•.their absolute subversion and control or a race their barbarous in .umaiiity to which has for a hundred years shocked the com­ mon sentiment of humanity. • Will they do it? The hearing has only just begun and the record of ihe first three days of September is one of the argu- meats upon tho Southern side of the ques­ tion. The manufacture of sentiment against the. negro is an habitual function or the South­ ern press and politicians, because it offers a sure and safe road to popularity.. Ani­ mosity toward the negro has become an in- f herited attribute of by fur the la ger part of the white people of the South--not that they are all cruel or intend to be unjust, but simply because the Mas of ancient prejudice makes it well-nigh impossible for them to recognize him a1? a man entitled of right to equal privilege and equal protec­ tion under the law. The relation between master and slave was very often, perhaps generallv. one of kindness, but it was merely the kindness of grace and favor which one extends to a pjt an.ma), not any recognition of a right baseil on manhood or inhering in a slave as a member of society. On the part of the mastor this feelinsc was . natural, and is appreciated by the Northern mind without specific explanation. A man Who buys and sells another, who demands of him implicit obedience and unrelax- ing service, controls his family relations, refuses him the right of marriage, forbids him to defend himself, strips his daughter's virtue of any legal protection, forbids him to acquire knowledge, and shut? him off from opportunity--such H man jr.ay be kind to his dependent as one is kjr.d to a horse or a dog, but he has no"conception of that dependent as a map capable oi possessing or asserting the rights of a man--an auto­ matic element o human society. The pop­ ular phrasing of a noted judicial decision, that the colored mftn had "no »ijrhts which the white man was bound to respect." was a true and accurate paraphrase, not merely of the decision. but of the whole law of slavery. The slave could appeal to the law for but one thing-- his libertv. This was all he could ask. If not entitlod to that, he could not be heard to ask for protection or redress of any other sort. He was emphat­ ically "dumb before his master." Even the tenets of Christianity were un­ consciously modified in their application to him. "How did you ever get over the injunc­ tion. 'Do unto others as vou would they should do to you?"* asked the Bystander once in a candid conversation with one who had been noted as a just but rigorous mas­ ter and a devout believer. "We did not have to got over it." was the reply. "But did it not require you to act toward the slave as youl would have desired a mas­ ter to act toward you had you been a slave?" "Undoubtedly--as a slave. And so we did --or tried to ao," he added, modestly. "If you had been a slave, would you not nave desired to be free ?" SNo doubt." "Then did not the fundamental rule of Christianity demand that you should give freedom to your slaves?" "Not at all." "But why not?" "Well, because I am not a 'nigger.' If God hadjmade me a ,'netrro. and assigned me to a condition of slavery, I should have had no right to wish to be made equal to a White man. His duty as a Christian would have been to treat me as I ought to have wished to be. treated in my natural position as a slave. Besides." he added, thought­ fully, "it was for their real good. A child wants many things that a Christian parent is not bound to give to it I believed then and I believe now, that it was better for the negro to be a slave than to be free--to belong to a good master than to be his own nigger." o The assumption formed a bomb-proOf behind which the Christian conscience rested secure from attack. This conversation oceured in those early days when the Byttunder was feeling his way toward a comprehension of that most obsoure and difficult or questions--the race problem in America. The man who pro­ mulgated tnese views was neither n weak­ ling nor a hypocrite; his name was eminent in church and state. The vi^w which such a man naturally and almost unavoidably takes of the negro in a sti.tj of freedom is not hard to inter. Its justice or propriety does not depend at all upon his sincerity. Now, as then, it is simply a question Whether his view of the negro's right is the true one. The question underlying the race problem is one of fundamental right: "Is the negro entitled to the same rights, a* a man, as if he were white?" Either the affirmative or negative of this is true. There is no middle ground. This question American Christianity and American statesmanship must settle before this great problem is solved. But the question is often asked why the sentiment of non-slaveholders at the South is so hostile td the negro? The attitude of the non-slaveholder of the South toward the negro is as much mis­ conceived by the average Northern man as was his relation to the.Confederacy. It has been generally assumed that the non-slave- holding white ot the South was dragooned into the support or the Confederacy by the power and influence of the slave-holding class and sorely against his will. Thiswas the Oase only to a very limited extent. No considerable portion of the non-slave . holding class of the South was in favor of emancipation. Even of those wtio wore opposed to rebellion the greater number were bitterly hostile to the freedom of the slave. This was but natural. Slavery was based on the essent al postulate of the ne- gro's inferiority to the white man. and the nearer the white man approached the ne­ gro's condition the more jealous he beoame of the two things that marked the distinc­ tion between them--color and liberty. To be a white man was to be presumed--taken and accepted as of course--to be Iree. It constituted, therefore, a certain rank, an order of nobility, as it were, which was all the poor man of tlio South had to boast of* He naturally and almost unanimously favored the Confederacy, and felt himseli aggrieved in his tenderest tradition when the slave was made free and the freedman enfranchised. To him it seemed like an in­ fringement or deprivation of liis proscrip- tive rights; and in some sense it was. Pre­ vious to that the poo est white mau had the r u * v° a nigger for any show of What he chose to consider disrespect, such as speaking to him with his hat on. or fail­ ing to give him as much as he saw lit to take of the sidewalk. Until that time the mean­ est white man could gratify his passion to­ ward a colored woman without fear of con­ sequences. felie could not be heard to testi­ ly against him, and her seduction was a favor rather than an injury to the master. To giyj a race which for two centuries had been tHe helpless victims of the whites the that "negro domination must b» prevented at whatever cost," and the sl<>ughier of col* ored citizens and/heir brutal torture with­ out form of law, ffom the Ohio to the Gulf. Is heralded in Christian ear.} as a "heroic J1 to Prote«U, civ liz.ition against the in- F?,i S °' barbarism." It is just as reason­ able and just as valid an excuse lor reckless diabolism as the claim that slavery was the only method of preserving the Christian civilization of the men who turned its thumbscrews and profited by its intamie*. 'What excuse really exists lor the widely flaunted claim of thiea race-conflicts in a single day? It Is the old. old story so often traced in blood before the eyes of the American people and so often unheeded. No. 2 amount s simply to this: A train loaded with colored excursionists ste imed Vip lo a depot. There were very few people living near the stat on. The police of 4ke town seem to have been gathered in force, however, and providentially armed with Winchesters. The negro-s and the police are the only witnesses as to the affray. The police say one of the excursionists shot one of their number in trying to make an arrest. The negroes say that the tra'n was fired into beiore it stopped, and the crowd stampeded as soon as tney could get out. "rive hundred shots from Win­ chesters and revolvers were flieJ." the police say, "in five minutes." It is not claimed that the negroes had Winchesters< One white man was wounaed, and several colored men aud women. The next morn­ ing a colored church near bv was fired, and those who hastened to the scene of destruction iound a cordon of white men armed with rifles guarding the flames that consumed the eltar a race 1 ad contributed of their poverty to build to tae worship oi the Most High God! It was a desperate effort to teach civilization and Christianity to the "inferior raceI" No. 2 is like a curious mixture of absur­ dity and apparent falsehood. A rumor comes fromChar)estown,W..Va.--so says the dispatch--"that the negroes had collected on New River, and a concerted movement on the whites was intended." Result: Qr- ders_ were received for all the "Winches­ ters available. Assigned cause: A negro had threatened to "do* up" the employeeio a store, and had been shot dead by one o. them. AFFAIRS IX JLLIXOIS. IHTSBX8TI50 ITSX8 GATHERED FRO* VARIOUS SOURCES. \ " Wfcat Our Neighbors Are Doing--Matters of General and Local Interest -- Mar­ riages and Deaths--Accidents and Crimes --Personal Pointers. --A strange sight was witnessed at Chicago the other day, according to a local print: Three large fish erf the "sucker* variety got lost in a great city yesterday aud came to grief. They were evidently on a vovago of discovery around the lakes, and when ihty rt ai-hwi Clil- cago Kiver they intended seeing what it was like. The northerly wind had raised the water ®-foot or more aud there was a good current up th© river. The visitors started gavly up the stream. They knew not v has theV "did. The water they soon found was l«ad, and ilio farther they got the worse it became. 8U51 they Struggled braVely on until they reached Mai-i- son street bridge. There they came to tlM sur­ face aud wieeled around in «, luint, disneart- enedway. Hundreds of vassersby Btopixd and watched the like of what had not been seen in Chicago for several decades--live fish in the river. A tugboat went bv and then turned around and came back. One of the \ isitors was Bpeared and taken on board w ithout trouble. Jt weighed between forty and fiitv pounds. The other two continued to paddl • uiost of the after­ noon before tbey died, Soiue of the tuguieu called them "rtdhorge ;* others said they were "Buffalo fish." • --The Springfield correspondent of the Chicago Tribune tells where Illinois sportsmen may find good game: The season for the shooting of pratrfe chick­ ens, as determined by the publisned law, bow being at hand, sportsmen of the State are hap­ py. There are any number of birds this sea- Bon, although the sport has been somewhat interfered with from the fact that a great xuany have been killed during the last two weeks, contrary to the provisions of the law. The best fields for the chickens seem to be Lee, Whiteside, and Bureau counties. There never were so many birds in these localities before, aud sportsmen report no difficulty in securing 100birds in a short time. To do this, --Following is a summary of the last weekly crop bulletin issued by the Illinois Weather Service: Cloudy weather preTalla in' the counting of Sangamon, Bond and Schuyler. In the other counties from which rerorlshave been received an avei age amount of sunshine was reported. The rainfall has been below a seasonable aver­ age, but two counties re-sorting rainfall above the "normal -- Mercer and Bond. Showers oc- about^to'"rise°w1ivdsh®£leero®'• **" |re however , it is necessarv to get out in the prairie of "that con^i«n?« . 5aKfPeaf^ Writ® districts and away from railroads. TIi OI mat conscience which doth *3<tlce cow­ ards of us all?" "Kace war" No. 3 wars mor serious and deadly. Its theater was Shell Mound, Miss. It is 8uid that the negroe? had been *organ- izing alliances" (whatever these may be), as it was thought, in this part of the delta for two weeks." I» consequence of threats made ajrainst sfae of their leaders, it is said that "seveply-tlve armt-d negroes came into Shell M^nU, Miss., and boasted what they would do if their leader was interfered with." TKs was the casus belli as stated by the whites--nothing more. "Whaf was the result? A call for troops; the Adjutant General orders out fourcom- panAs; live hundred white citizens volun­ teer to assist; the Governor hastens on bv etpress and ferveDtlv "cautions the peouie hot to violate the iaw." What is the sequel' The Governor went back as expeditiously as ho came. "The jstate troops were withdrawn," says the dispatch, "for the reason that the posse did not want them there, bee tuse they would restrain them from their determination to kill every neprro who had anything to do With the mob 1" Final outcome -- "Ov< r fifteen negroes have been nanged and shot already, and the soldiers s:iy the citizens hnd begun the killing before tney got out of sight!" This was iu the Republic oi the United States, on th^ third day of t-eptembjr. in the year of Grace one thousand ei«ht hun­ dred and eighty-nine 1 Governor Lowry will probably be sent to the Senate, at the first opportunity, to keep company with the South Carolina butchers, Hampton und Butler! status of free men, with the right to testify against the white asrgrossor, was an infrac­ tion of immemorial personal privilege which nopeopieever yet willingly relinquished. Whether right or wrong. This relation is very clearly and forcibly set forth in a recent work, entitled -Eighty-nine." pubUahld by Cassell & Co.. New York. It is among such tinder that the flra of political denunciation is thrown by the press and politicians ot the South with a reckless disregard of consequences that reminds the man of middle age most forci­ bly Of the days immediately preceding the outbreak of the war of the rebellion. Then it was persistently declared that the eman­ cipation of the slave meant a reign of rapine and horror which it was necessary to pre­ sent at all hazards. Therefore slavery post be perpetuated. Now we have the 017 Cut the burning at the stakd--that cer­ tainly was justifiable? The crime charged was a most atrocious one; of this there is no doubt. There is no one who can desire <0 extenuate it or shield its Derpetrator from punishment. It is also one hard to p.ove and harder still to de end. A colored ooy "nearly g own" is said to have over­ come two white girls about his own age and raviBhed one of them. If the charge wae true Kentucky law punishes the crime with death. There w«*s no chance of the victim's escape--no possibility of a failure or justice. Possibly, as in a similar case a few months ago. there may come, by and by, a tardy acknowledgement that it was a mistake. But granting the crime to have been committed, if such barbarity is nec­ essary, why not put burning at the stake among the statutory punishments of the Commonwealth? Was it a horror of the crime or a wild rnge lor barbario brutality to the negro that inspired those who con­ ducted this nineteenth . century burning? One can not help wondering what would have been done had the conditions been reversed--if the girl's fnee had been black and the "nearly grown" boy's white. Tjtie punishment for the crime iu all the South­ ern States is death. In the twenty-four years since it became unlawful for a white man to compel a colored woman to his will, has a single white nu\n been executed for ravishment of u colore*} woman? After reading these reports of one day's horrors, can anyone fail to ask himself these questions: Is there any doubt that there is yet a race problem, ana one of infinite dffflculty and danger, to be solved by the American poo- pie? Is it true that "there is one law for black and white" at the South? Is it possible that "the ordinary civil rights of the negr o" are likely to be "secured and preserved" by a people who are so ready to shed his blood? Ciin a Christian civ lization reco rnlze, the claim of the South to be "permitted to settle the race question' for themselves? Is it not a part of the duty of the Govern* ment and people of the United States to And a way to secure to those to whom It has guaranteed the rights of citizenship, the protection of law? Are murder and church-burning the most desirable methods of ' preparing the negro for civilization and iha Christianization of of Africa?" Do these often recurring and almost un­ provoked conflicts, ending always in fresh slaughter of the blacks, indicate a purpose to do "equal and exact justice to the col­ ored man," or a determination to crush and destroy him? If you were a colored man, would you feel that American Christianity desired your welfare and exerted itself for your protection? Are the Christian people of the North guiltless of the blood shed by their white brethren of the South, simply because, those in whose veins it ran have colored skins? Thes« are ugly auestions. but they must be answered sooner or later. €1. A. R. Recruits. Thetpaen who enlisted in the Union armies'during the rebellion numbered 2,883,000, and if one-fourth of them are still living they number 700.000. „ There is no doubt that there are fully The whites from all that many old soldiers^n the country. the regCQe d the Then why should it alarm the Demo­ cratic editors to see the Grand Army of the Republic increase from year to year a« these men are drawn closer to­ gether, until the membership numbers almost 400,000, or little more than one- half of those who are still living. The Democratic editors try to make it ap­ pear that the G. A. R. is recruiting from the outside, and that its increased membership is made up from men who were never soldiers. This is too ridicu­ lous for serious thought, but it shows the disposition of the opponents of the Grand Army.--Exchange. Have YOQ Heard from Mississippi J Extract from its Democratic plat­ form : We must show the world that that race created to govern, aud that has governed all other races where thrown to contact, wilj in Mississippi stand by the common civilization of the Union which that race has con­ structed and maintained, and that it will never consent to be ruled by any other race as a race manipulated by renegades. The flag of a Caucasian civilization must float triumphantly at the South and in everv other section of this proud land and throughout Chris­ tendom. • I ADMIRE that man Smith," said Squire Closefist at the club, "even if he is a fraud. He managed to borrow $10 from me the other day, and Z ad­ mire him fox it." districts and away from railroads. There is also good hunting in Champaign, l'ike, Moultrie, and Shelby Counties, and along the entire Illi­ nois Kiver Valley. There never was a time when game was more plentiful than in tnese localities this year. In Mason County game is also abundant, but it is so hard to work that few attempt to go there. The Illinois liiver is higher this year than it has been for a number of years at this season, and in consequence the duck shooting is also excellent along this stream. The following Illinois pensions hare been granted: Original Invalid--Eugene M. Kronkright, Jonathan R. Finney, Oscar Johnson, Daniel Ridenour. Asa C. Thomas. Meredith I). Meach- •m, James C. Duncan, William McGunnigle, Michael Casey, Henry J. Brown, Axariali4rro- vart, John Frey, Levi Suavely, Francis M. Teel, James T. Wilson George W. Myers, Isaac Weirich, Howell <1. Trogden, Laurence Kerwin, Alex. Jordons, Koburt F. Mercer, James 13. John­ son, Lewis Jaycox, Henry Miller, Alonzo Bunt­ ing, James Taylor, John C. Hayes, Jas. K. Irwin, Thos. P. Terwilliger, Abraham filnck, Jackson Harman, H. B. Cozine. I110. Klippel, Adam Klein, Charles H. Barnes, Benjamin Keeler. Increase --John Donovan, James N. Shan, Samuel Fuller, George W. Hilt, James W. Kublc-tt, James D. Smith, 'William Wood, Alexander M. Davis, George H. Corrie, George Liplitner, John Kier- lnan, Thomas Walker, Lymati Bacon, Emauuel Furry, Michael Cull, Lavi'.l Erisnjan, Wesley H. Bentley, Fain H. Thompson, Andrew J. Harsli- barger, Keuben J. Nebergall, J11 lives L. N'ewniaD, J. A. Bowman, Samuel M. fitoltz, David W. Martin, Samuel Sheptrd, Wrilliam C. Liston, Abraham Harmon, Lewis Cameron, John J. Funkhouscr, Tnonias 11. Crawford. Silas Bingham, David Lane, William H. Ball, Lecni- daB Cassle, Charles Owen, Jesse Danley. Origi­ nal Widows--Moses, father of Robert M. Fugate; minor of The. Demoss ; Miranda M., widow ot S. T. Harding; brothers of .Joseph Mouton ; So- pha, mother of Wni. H. H. Ridgway; I ye si a, wid­ ow of Uto. W. Myers. Minors of JohnL. Hewett. --Governor Fifer. recently issued ac­ quisition upon the Governor of Iowa for the surrender of Harry White and William Evans for burglarly xopunitted at Bock Island. --The Illinois Auditor of Public Ac­ counts last week issued a certificate of authority to tlie First State Bank of Mound City to do business, the eor- poratiou having its capital stock of $26,- 0C0 paid in. --Governor Fifer appointed William F, Babb of Pittsburg, Pa., as Commis­ sioner of Deeds of that St ate for Illinois. --Chicago papers state that Vice Presi­ dent McMulliu, »of the Alton Koad, is figuring on an ailiance amounting to a ^ practical purchase of the Missouri, Kan- j sag & Texas Toad. I --Three masked men entered the resi- : dence of Fred Noterman, of Hillsboro, : the other night, and although Mr. Noter­ man opened fire on the burglars he was foroed to surrender. The thieves secured $35 in cash, two watches and some jew­ elry. --An incipient race war broke out in Lawrenceville last week that has stirred Lawrence County as it has not been stirred since the war. While passing along the main street in Lawrenceville County Judge Barnes saw a desperate negro running amuck with a knife. The Judge arrested the negro, after a warm struggle, and was taking him to the county jail when the black fellow's friends rallied to his support. Several white citizens, led by Drs. Purdy and Robinson, assisted the Judge. In the fight that followed the whites were victo­ rious. Besides the ne^ro who caused the trouble, who is a St. Louis man known as "Slick," the whites captured three other negroes and lauded the quartet in the county jail. The Sheriff and his deputies took charge of the jail and no further trouble was expected. Tlie ne­ groes, however, quickly organized and made a raid on th<j jail. Tbey smashed down the door and rescued the prisoners. The whites again rallied under Judge Barnes, and in the fight that followed Judge Barnes was cut and shot, but not fatally. Two negroes received gunshot wounds, and scores of heads were broken. over town came to negroes were beaten and all the ringleaders of the mob and the original prisoners placed in jail. A strong guard armed with Winchesters was put around the jail. The feeling ran so high that many negroes left the place. --Gov. Fifer has appointed the follow­ ing delegates to the America Forestry Congress, which meets in Philadelphia Oct. 15: Dr. A. C. Hammond., Warsaw; A. S. Alexander, Chicago; Charles A. Gehrmann, Springfield; T. F. Hauls, Olney; M. Conrad, Chicago; William B. Caldwell, Paris; D. B. Gillham, Upper Alton. --Judge Blodgett, of Chicago, has ren­ dered a decision, declaring the State laws prohibiting the importation of dressed beef unconstitutional. --The Grand Jury of Rock Island County has returned an indictment against Mrs. Lute Dimick. A few weeks since Mrs. Dimick followed her husband to a house of ill-fame, ancl, seeing him in company with an inmate, fatally shot him. It was given out at the time that the shooting was accidental, and Mrs. Dimick so claimed. --At Peoria, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Xullemyer obtained possession of a bottle of carbolic acid and swal­ lowed a large quantity. The child's face and hands were eaten away, and it died ®ve hours afterward. curred principally in the northern and western counties of the State. Bond County--The ground It In good condi­ tion for .putting in wh«at, but will need rain I soon. No rainfall. Coles--Rain would help pastures. The weath­ er was favorable to corn crop. Clay--Tlie last Bevtm days have been favora­ ble for preparing ground for wheat; a larger acreage will be planted. Seeding next week Henry-Have had just enough rain to settle the dust, Corn is past salvation for a lareo crop ; will make about three-fourths of a cron Stock-water fcarce. f Iroquois--Local showers in some parts ot feounty. Corn maturing fast. Early corn out of danger. Lu.ko-Oats are being thrashed; yield good. Corn growing rapidly; will make a good crop It not hurt by frost. La Salle--The week has been all that could bo desired for corn, much of which is now out ot danger. Pastures in excellent condition McHenry--The dry weather of the week ma­ tures the corn rapidly, but pastures need more rain. Mercer-The rainfall greatly increased the supply of stock water. Pastures in excellent condition. Marshall--Corn and pastures in good condi­ tion, Stock healthy. The com will soon be out of danger from frosts. Ogle--C-orn doing well; in another week will be out of danger. Potatoes yielding good Perry--Local showers beneficial to the corn Plowing for wheat nearly finished. Thrashing done. Richland--Wheat seeding commenced • ground in excellent condition for planting. % » Sanf. anion--The weather has affected the com crop favorably. Stephenson--The light showers have affected tlie pastures and corn favorably. Stock is do­ ing well on the new wasture. Shelby--Corn is maturing rapidly; a good por­ tion of it out of the danger of frosts. ' Schuyler--Seeding has begun, but will be de­ layed some by lack of rain. Corn maturing rap­ idly. Scott--Corn, fruit, and live stock about an average condition. Meadows and pastu>es slight­ ly t>elow. ' Washington--Corn is safe from frost, and the crop is the best since 1882. Wavne--Preparation for seeding wheat pro- grossing nicely. Thrashing nearly finished* yield good. Corn cutting commenced. ' --The Sangamon Fair Association and Springfield Exjiosition adopted resolu­ tions favoring the location of the World's Exposition of 1892 at Chicago, for the following reasons: 1. The various national live-stock breeders' aBSOciatious of America for years past have held their annual meetings at Chicago, which is the most popular place for the meeting of the great majority of stockmen. 2. The agricultural products of the country find the best market at. Chicago. 3. The producers of meat, products have es­ tablished the largest market in the known world at Chicago. 4. The most aggressive and influential busi­ ness men of Chicago are farmers' boys, and are in full sympathy with the agricultural interests of tlie country. 5. The agricultural and industrial interests of the country favor the location of the World's Exposition of 189!i at Cnicago, because its citi­ zens have more vim, energy, push, enterprise, aud char conception of the « ant s of an institu­ tion of the mammoth proportions such as this show promises to be than the business men of any other city in the United States. 0. Because the farmers are in sympathy with the great majority of the munufajturtrs of tlio country, who distrioute the great bulk of their wares at Chicsgo, and the vast liuuil er of con­ sumers located in all portions of the country who obtain their supplies at Chicago, all of whom favor the location of the World's Exposi­ tion of 1892 at the ctnter of trade and in the city of magnificent proportions and unparal­ leled success--yiz., Chicago. --The best time on record in a divorce suit was made last week in the case of Edward D. against L. Josephine Tucker. Ten minutes after the bill was filed the decree was granted. The couple were married Dec. 10, 18(58; a Year later Mrs. Tucker abandoned her husband "and went to Kansas, where sfte procured a divorce from him and married a man named Morris, by whom she has five children. Tucker mar­ ried again, but unhappily, and he left No. 2 and went to Utah# where ho obtained a divorce from her. Returning to Illinois he married for tlie third time, a young lady in Kankakee. Wife No. 2 had him arrested tor bigamy ; his Utah divorce was declared invalid and he was con­ victed and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $350. He served his terra and was released a. few weeks ago. During his imprfsonment \vlfe No. 2 married a:;ain. In the course of the trial for bigamy it was discovered that wife No. l's divorce from Tucker was also invalid because of a defect in the papers, and, 011 regaining his liberty, Tucker took steps to have it legally set aside. Mrs. Morris--or, "No, 1"--had never known that her divorce was not perfectlv legal, and when she was informed that such v'as the case she was completely prostrated by the news. Shame prevented her telling her husband and the father of her five children, but as soon as she w as able she determined to come to Chieigo and told hfr husband she was coming to ^sit friends. When she learned that her pitiful se­ cret must be ma le known to her husband and the friends of twentv vears in Kansas she sob­ bed in court as though lier heart would break. Tlie evidence was quickly given and the decree which straightened out the matrimonial com­ plications was granted. Mrs. Morris at once started for her home in Kansas, where another marriage ceremony will be performed. --A sequel to the most sensational tragedy that ever took place in Southern Illinois occurred |t East Carondelet a few days ago. Monroe Gray, a schoolmaster, well known in Monroe and Randolph Counties, shot himself through the heart and added another chapter to the terrible crime of five yrars ago. At that time Gray was teaching school in Columbia, 111. He had a handsome wife and two bright chil­ dren. Among the visitors* at his home was William Diet sell, the wealthiest farmer in southern Illinois. Dietsch lived like a prince and bisamours were notorious. 'Mr*, tiray was charmed by his prepossessing appearance aud she fell. For months the scandalous conduct of the pair was unknown to Monroa Gray; Who steadily taught school. At last 'Gray caught them in au apartment in his o^n house, aud rooll v gave each one minute for prayer and then shot' them both dead. DietBch pleadid hard for liis life, offering his vast Wfsalth in huge sums. The schoolmaster was Jike cla­ mant. He shot Dietsch first, killing him '.with two shots. Then he placed the revolver atJhis wife's head and she fell dead over the body <jf her paramour. Gray was arrested and his mal developed a great sensation. He was given one year in the penitentiary and was panlrtned out after serving two months. On Thursday last he wrote a long letier to his children, telling them that his load was too heavy, and that hu three times Irit d 10 shoot himself.' Ho than lay down 011 the iluor aud sent a bullet through his heart. SCORES BURIED ALIVE.,THIEVING OFFICIALS. HAWKEYE S3Cf>ERI£NCCS iAND-SUOE^ ' - -- Chicago Daily AV-irs: "If good work counts, Chicago is certain to get the World's Fair. Her citizens are at work with such earnestness that no reasonable person questions the probability of Chi­ cago's success in the contest. The real fight is between Chicago and Washing­ ton." ' 7*0. H. Starling, a farmer of Fayette County, committed suicide by hanging. --The Hon. A. E. Touzalin of Chicago, Pre>ident of the Burlington and North­ ern Railway, died recently at Benning­ ton, yt. --The annual meeting of the old set­ tlers of Peoria County, held at Birket's Hollow, near Peoria, was attended by about 500 persons. Josiah Fulton, who went there in 1819, received the prize for being the oldest sett!er. The oldest boy born in the country, now 57, was given a toy drum. --George W. Glass, a switchman, has entered suit at Chicago against the Chi­ cago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company for $50,000 fcr injuries sus­ tained while in the company's employ. --Members of the Grand Army of the Re­ public have undertaken to raise $100,000 for a club house for old soldiers, to be opened in Chieago during the World's Fair. The building is intended to be a home for the veterans, but to be ased for the purposes of the Exposition during its eontinuanco. --The Rock Isla # Citizenf Improve­ ment Association has adopted a resolu­ tion strongly favoring Chieago as the place for holding the proposed World's Fair of 1892, and setting forth its unri­ valed hotel, railroad, and terminal facili­ ties, American spirit, and central location. A Portion of an Overhanging Cliff, Looa- •ned by Heavy Balm, Crashes Down ITpob Many Homes, Burying and Man­ gling the lTnfortti 11 ate l 11 mates. A Quebec dispatch; says: Thursday evening people living in the neigh­ borhood of the Citadel were startled on hearing a low, rumbling sound, accom­ panied by a perceptible quiver of the earth. Houses were shaken, dishes rattled, and even in some cases people had difficul­ ty in maintaining their footing. Every one rushed into the street and it was learned that a large portion of - Cape Dia­ mond, just below the Citide), had become detatched, and, sliding down the declivity to Cham plain street, had buried several residences and their inmates under from fifteen to twenty-five feet of rock, dirt and wreckage. At the foot of the cliff is a narrow street, which occupies all the space be­ tween the cape and the river, and this was tilled with the debris which- had crushed out the li^es of at least twenty- five people. The exact* number is not yet known, as the enormous mass of earth and stone has shown but little diminution, notwithstanding that a large force of men was at work clearing it away in less than a half an hour after the horrible disaster took place. It is believed, however, that not less than 25 have perished. About half a score of bodies have already been taken out of the ruins, and a number of people terribly crushed, but still alive, have also been rescued. Cham plain street, on which the terrible visitation fell, presents a scene of unmiti­ gated sorrow and des9lation. The heads ot lamilies are rushing about franticully seeking their offspring, while children are quite distracted searching for their par­ ents, The portion o the cliff overhanging this street which started from its place demolished about eight houses, occupied by twenty or thirty families. The cause of the disaster is said to be the receut heavy rains. The amount o " fallen rock is immense, and completely blocks the road. The story given by a survivor is that he was standing in his door when the land slide occured, and that as soon as he saw the huge bowlders and masses of rock bounding down the steep incline ho rushed up the street only in time to escape being crushed to death. The houses struck were all three or four stories bigb, and gave way before the avalanche like past 'board. Some of them caught fire. This added to the terror and general confusion, and for awhile it appeared that those who had es->' caped death by the weight of stone and timbers would be cremated. The timely arrival of the fire brigade soon dispelled this fear, and the way was clear for the eager by-standers to begin their work of rescuing; those imbedded 111 the ruins. Those who witnessed the fall of the rock say they heard a long, loud noise, as o„f several cannon, and 011 looking up toward the terrace and citadel were horrified by the sight of a large mass of stones, rock, and earth breaking loose and rushing down the 300 feet of declivtty upon the doomed houses below. Immediately the air was filled with dust, so that no one could see ten feet in front of him and breathing was made ditHcult. This was foyowed by the sound of timbers crushing and yielding to the immense power of the avalanche, and the shouting and scream­ ing of men, women, and children in all the agony of despair. The avalanche was caused by the hot weather of the past few weeks cracking the earth and rock, which were loosened and driven down by tlie heavy rain of the last few days. The men of the water po­ lice, whose station is near the scene of the accident, set to work at once to rescue the imprisoned persons while the general alarm was sounded, which called out the fire brigade and police. The tlames were soon extinguished, and the men from the battery began the work of extricating the unfortunates from the ruins, assisted by many of the citizens. A detachment'of Battery D Canadian Artillery, under Major Wilson, soon started at a double quick for the scene of destruction. The water police and the men of the civic police force also worked bravely, every one present working his life for his fellow creature in distress. The soldiers especially distinguished themselves by their braveay. After the first few bodies had been ex­ tracted the work proceeded more rapidly till at last an almost continuous string of dead, dying and wounded kept pouring into the marine department, where almost all the doctors of the city were assembled. The spacious rooms of this building were soon filled with a crowd of sorrowing rela­ tives. It is estimated that between twenty and thirty persons are dead and over twenty wounded. Two men of the fire brigade were also injured, but not serious­ ly. Some families have not yet been re­ covered, and it is feared that their mem­ bers have breathed their last. The recov­ ered dead are: Thomas Farrell. two Far- rell children, two Burke ohildren, an un­ known child, Mrs. Berrigan, five unidenti­ fied bodies. Besides these it is believed almost to a certainty that Richard Maybury, laborer, and wife: Henry Black, grocer and pro­ prietor of a large loundry, and his whole family; Maggie and Ellen Waish, Mrs. Stevens. Mrs. Allan, Mrs. Henry, Richard Kemp and family, and the Lawsou fa/nily nan tiAi'nP Ha raarharl alitra Tka SSYKKK CHARGES AGAINST 8POKAMS RK8UX.T OW THK STATlt Cftsvgiwiw PAULS' PUBLIC SKKVANTS. > * -- 0CRA WASHBURN. tives, neighbors and workers are afraid to guess at the actual number of the dead. Among the injured so far recovered are: Thomas Graves, leg broken: Stephen Burke, injured internally; W. Power, badly crushed; Mrs. O'Neal, tadly hurt; Pat Fitzgerald, leg broken and badly hurt otherwise: M. Keddy, injured internally; Nellie Deehy, leg broicen. It will take hours to get down to the Black family and others, who are believed to be beyond all assistance. The occupants of the destroyed houses were the following, with their families: Charles Allan, Thomas Berrigan, Tim Ber­ rigan, Black's grocery, Henry Black, Mrs. W. Bracken, James Bradley, Stephen Burke, Michael Dehey, Thomas Farrell, Patrick Fitzgerald, Henry Lawson, Rob­ ert lawson, Richard l^eahy, Frank Carl­ son, James Hayden, Joseph Kemp, Luke Kir win, Henry Mullins, Richard Maybury, ^Widow John O'Dowd, John O'Neil, Wil­ liam Stephen, Thomas Power, John Read and John Henry. AMERICANS SLAIN. Bloody Riot on tho Is'and of NMTMM Sn tli«? Ciirrihean. A cable dispatch has been received at the Department of State ironi the consul at Kingston, Jamaica, saying that a riot has occurred at Navassa, an inland iu the Carib­ bean sea, in which a number of Americans were killed. | Tbe consul says that at his request a ' British war ship has left Jamaica for the scene of the trouble. The dispatch con­ tained no further information. It is learned at the navy department that the United States ship Galena is now on her way to Navassa and will probably arri. e there to-morrow. She was at St. Nicholas Mole, Hayti, when news of the riot was received at Washing­ ton, and was at once ordered to Navassa. That island is heid by no particular power, but is regarded as under the protection of the United States. It is said to be owned by an American com­ pany, of which Gen. B. F. Butler is a member. It is about two huudred and fifty miles from Kingston ami is known as a guano island. TBE Servian Government lias decided to dismiss from his position in the diplomatio service M. Christieh, whose wife so turned the head of King Mil^n that she induced him to abdioate after se­ curing a divorce from Queen TTatalie. Realised of Stealing Goods * Donated far the Itelief of the Fire Sufferers--The Peculations Will Amount to Several Thousand Dollars--Some Arrests Made. A Spokane Falls (W. T.) dispatch says: Disgraceful exposures have just been made here which implicate the members of the common council and a police officer. The names of the suspected persons are Sidney D. Waters, Peter Dueber, and William Gillespie. These men are charged with having formed a conspiracy to appropriate funds and supplies furnished for the relief of those who suffered by the recent disastrous fire. Several weeks ago Robert Inglis was arrested at Chico, Cal., on a charge of having sold contributed provisions and appropriated the proceeds. On being brought back he made the startling state­ ment that a con-piracy existed among the officials and others for the appropriating on a large scale of relief supplies. Inglis was examined and admitted to bail,but has since disappeared. A partial investigation shows that several thousands of dollars worth of goods have been stolen and converted into •money. A report which has been made implicates Councilmeu Dueber and Waters and Police Officer Gillespie. Bitter feel­ ing prevails over the scandalous exposures. At a meeting it was resolved to protect the city's good name by prosecuting to the full extent of the law alt who are sus­ pected of complicity in the proceedings. Warrants have been sworn out by A. M. Cannon, chairman of the relief committee, for the arrest of the three suspects on a charge of grand larceny. Arrests will be made at once. It is understood that other warrants will be sworn out soon. II has long been suspected that a "boodle" conspiracy existed in the council. The three men appeared before Justice Dunning and were released in bondt of *1,000 each. They have en­ gaged some of> tbe ablest attorneys in the city to defend them. There is great excitement over the arrest, and tbe relief committee has adopted vigorous measure: for the discovery of the whereabouts of Inglis. SENATOR WASHBURN OUT. Thomas Lowry Succeeds Him as Presi­ dent of th» "SOO" Road. At a meeting of the stockholders of the "Spo" railway, held in Minneapolis, United States Senator W. D. Washburn was de­ posed from the presi­ dency and Thomas Lowry elected in his stead. While the an­ nouncement will be a surprise to the public those intimately ac­ quainted with tha situation on the Soo know that the move has been contemplated for some time, and this action is merely the result of a premeditated arrangement. Thomas Lowry is the ex-vice president of the company, and the chair which he vacates will be filled by B. B. Langdon. M. P. Hawkins, treasurer, was re-elected and will remain in supremacy in his office until further notice. Tbe board of direct­ ors has been reduced from thirteen to seven. NINE LOST 1N_ LAKE ERIE. Terrible Fate of a Boating Party of Lorain, • Ohio. A Cleveland (O.) dispatch says: The steam yacht Leo left Black River Sunday after­ noon about 4 o'clock, presumably for this port, and nothing has been seen of her since. A few hours after leaving the har- I or a storm, accompanied by heavy winds, broke over the lake, and it isbolieved that she was unable to weather the gale or make any port and went to the bottom. She had nine people on board. The Leo is a small craft of about seventeen tons burden, and is owned by John Tunta of Black River. Telegrams have been sent to all Lake Erie ports, but so for nothing has been learned of their whereabouts. The names of the the supposed victims are: John B. Tunte, a well-known merchant, formerly of Cleve­ land, L. D. Lawler, T. P. Ritter. Ben­ jamin Klino, S. D. Knight, D. A. Law­ ler, Capt. Samuel Port, l-'red Pelow, and an engineer, recently from Detroit Two of tho bodies ha^e been found, and some wreckage of the boat has been washed ashore. VICTORY FOR DWYER BROTHERS Their Horse Kingston Wins the Oriental Handicap at Gravnend. A Gravesend (L. I.) dispatch says: The first day of the fall meeting of the Brook­ lyn Jockey club dawned with a cloudy sky. The meeting just beginning bids fair to eclipse all other meetings of the year. The Dwyer brothers have gone away down In their money bags and have offered purses worth $93,000. The jmain interest of the day was in the fourth race, the Oriental handicap, 1J miles. At the third attempt off the horses went, with Cracks­ man, Orifiamme, Kingston, and Badge in front. Badge was leading a length at the half-mile post, with Los Angeles and Cracksman lapped a length and a half be­ fore Cortes. Raceland was fifth, and that was as near the front as he could get throughout the race. At the end of three- quarters Cracksman bad worked himself to the front. At the mile post Badge and Los Angeles were on even terms. King­ ston and Courtney were close up. From the head of the stretch to the wire it was a pretty race. Exile, Kingston, Badge, and Los Angeles ran almost lapped, all under a drive. Then Murphy slowly but surely forged Kingston's nose in front and passed under the wire iu that position. The offi­ cial finish was: Kingston first by a head, Los Angeles second, a head before Badge, who was a head in front of Cortes. Time 2:124. Other winners were Volunteer, Strideaway, Reclare, Lisim ny, and Vivid. CANNIBALISM AMONG INDIANS. AT SIOUX C1TT. Horace Boies Named for "---rmrr Tla • Resolutions Demand Tariff Reform tumtL | License of the Liquor Traffic. For Governor HORACE BoIXS For Lieutenant-Governor. 8. L. BESTOW For Supreme Judge (long and short(term( .W. H. Bit ANNO* For Supt- Pub. Instruction,.THOMAS IRISH For Railroad Com DAVID MoiiGAK j Sioux City (Iowa) telegram: 11* I Democratic State convention met 1 Wednesday, nominated a State , with Horace Boies at its head, adopted platform demanding high license and local option, and declared unanimously in favor of Chicago as the site of tbe world's fair. TEE convention was called to order SI 11 o'clock by E. H. Hunter, chairman of j the State central committee. After a j fervent prayer by the Rev. M1. W. Darling » and a son a; by the Schubert quartet, Major Clelland welcomed the delegate* irving , B. Richman of Muscatine was made tnwa • porury chairman. I In the afternoon the committee cm. per- I manent organization named Judge Kinu for permanent chairman. On taking the*"" chair Mr. Kinne made a 3hori speech, touching on the tariff, prohibition, aad railway questions. The convention then proceeded to malt* nominations. For Governor tbe names sf Horace Boies and John E. Craig of Lea i were presented and tha informal ballot n- I suited: Boles SIM, Craig 16H, Whiting | -7 J, Bolter 10, and Allen of Woodbury SO. I Patterson of Union (Lee county) tiiea witik- i drew Craig and seconded Boies' nomina­ tion, and he was nominated by arrlnma tion. The ticket was completed by tbe follow­ ing names: For Lieutenant-Governor, 8L L. Bestow of Charlton: for Supreme judge (long and short terms) W. H. Eraunon of Muscatine: for Superintendent of * FuhUe Instruction, Thomas Irish of Dubuque; far Railroad Commissioner, David .Morgan of Powaschiek. The platform was reported and adopted unanimously, together with the world's fair resolution and a resolution tbankiag Sioux City for its reception of the conven­ tion. The platform indorses the declara­ tion of principles made at St. Louis 1b 1$89; renews opposition to the unconstitu­ tional and unjust policy of high tariff taxation, which robs the many to enrich the few, makes the producer the slave of the manufacturer, lays its heaviest bur­ dens on the farmer, t. e mechanic, and tha day laborer, gives no return through atcf channel whom it daily robs, and fosters trusts, which are the legitimate results of our present tariff system; denounces the fallacy of the Republican State platform of Iowa that a high .tariff is or can be any protection to the farmer; favors the Aus­ tralian system of voting: recognizes • approves the doctrine of State and nation­ al control "of railroads aud other corpora­ tions; demands the passage of a carefully guarded license tax law which shall pro­ vide for the issuance ot' lite uses for not 1MS than $500 iu towns, townships, and muni­ cipal corporations by a vote of the people of such corporations; arraigns the Repub­ lican party for changing the pharmacy- laws of the State; and resolves that while demanding that all honorably discharged Union soldiers who were injured in tha line of duty or who are uuable l»y reascss of age cr other infirmities to support their , fsm (lies shall receive liberal pensions de­ nounces the decision of tbe present national administration that the dishonorable dis­ charge of a soldier from the service of the United States is no bar to his receiving • pension. « A resolution was passed deploring the death of S. S. Cox and extended sympa­ thy to his family. At 5:15 the convention adjourned sine die. The State central committee is compoe- ed of these men: Charles D. lulli Cohn, of Muscat buque: M. K. Ci John Baum, of Bel Mahaska; J. B. El! Lewis, of Lucas; T. ery; G. W. Hyatt, H. Lee, of Montgoea- of Webster; Q. & A Woman Kills and Devours Her Slater- Starvation In the Far North. A Winnipeg dispatch says: Arch­ deacon Reeves, who has labored in the far north for twenty years, is here and brings a terrible tale of suffering among the In­ diana Archdeacon Reeves said: "Two months ago thirty dieel from starvation. Last winter a large number died, owing to privations and failure to procure game. There was great scarcity of food. It was not so much the general lack of subsist­ ence, but the rabbits were a complete fail­ ure." Reeves told of a case of cannibal­ ism three months ago on the Peace river, the only one he heard of, where one wo­ man killed another. He had seen the woman at Fort Vermilion. She had killed her sister in order to procure enough meat to keep herself alive. Sometimes the fish in the waters failed, and intense suffering resulted. Oddfellows at Columbus. At Columbus, Ohio, the sovereign grand lodge of Oddfellows indefinitely postponed a proposition made by Repre­ sentative Carlin of Illinois to increase the basis of representation in the sovereign grand lodge and defeated the proposition to change the age of eligibility to mem­ bership from 21 to 18 by a vot-j of 103 yeas to 60 nays, a three?fourths vote being necessary to carry it. Over 100 delegates, mainly from the Eastern, Middle and Western States, met and took the initial step toward forming a National association of Rebekah degree lodges. The delegates were welcomed on behalf of the S^ate by Mrs. Phillips of Cincinnati, and ou behalf of tbe city by Mrs. G. S. Innis of Columbus. Responase were made by Mrs. L. P. Hall of Indiana and Mra Annie E. Moreland of Illinois. Healey, of Woodbury. NKGKOES HEIRS TO $5,000,000. Three Brothers and Two Sister* PtM Sl.OOO ooo l.iti'ii tor l"ri>».f IIy„ Lima (Ohio) dispatch: Henry Talbot^ a colored man of this city, left to-day for Cincinnati to got possession of a fortune of nearly a million dollars, of which he baa just discovered he is the rightful owner. His two brothers and two sisters each get possession of a similar amount, a property held years ago by their father, Benjamin Talbott, having iu the course eC time become worth millions of dol­ lars. Fifty-three years ago Talbott was a slave in Kentucky. David Talbot^ one of the family who lives at Rochester. Ind.,'heard accidentally some time ago eC the great value of the property in Indiaan which bad once been his father's, and de­ termined to inquire into the matter. The result showed that the Talbott heirs ware tne legal owners of the most valuable property in Logansport The Wabash Eel River roads cross the property, which is also occupied by their buildings and numerous side tracks. These companies^ on being informed of the development)^, compromised with the heirs for the m$m of fMOO.OOO. _ An Expert Blind Han. It is almost incredible that Collins, of Marietta, who has bees blind for twenty-seven years, is an ex­ pert carpet weaver, makes and prints dour sacks in cdlors, doing the print­ ing on a Washington hand press and with a perfect register, but "The Mari­ etta Times" vouches for that. I have known him for seven or eight yearn, and have seen him frequently on the streets of his town, cane in hand, walk­ ing rapidly, making all the ins and outs, going down into a basement or up stairs to a business office, never making a mistake and never being hurt. A year ago he made a canoe from Me own design, and the same boat won m race in the regatta upon the Susqu«r» hanna at Columbia. He is the paton tee of a brush handle, makes fl'Mng nets and cane-seated chairs. His latest triumph is the mastery the type-writer. He bought one months ago and is now able to operate it quickly and correctly. He is eai& to be an expert euchre \ layer, but I cannot vouch for that, though it Is scarcely more notable than many thingi already mentioned which I have knowtf him to do. --Ph i ladeln h in Tim es. Trees on a Steeple. Growing out of tlie masonry of th* Catholic Church steeple in Biddfrfoid^ almost at the upper limit of the brick work, are two young trees. One upon the side of the steeple facing down Elm street, and the other is upon the opposite side. They are so in the air that they look niuch smallei than they really are, and probably very few who pass the church notion them, yet masons who are able to mak% comparisons by a knowledge of dis­ tances between points upon the spir* say that the tree uj oa the south s&utn of the steeple is fully eight feet tall and the other about six. Both ar# green and healthy-looking, ancl har# grown rapidly within a year. Th y as#; beyond reach from the upper wui4s>"*i and oould not be removed withont % stage being built. 1 he opinion is , ; one is a willow and the other a pofpfcur^ > 1 How they obtained toot in the ittasomy-. I is a niTstery.--Portland IVest. " ""W C'Swr ii-. A1 'im