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HE DEFEAT IN IOWA. lAITKtMBER OF EXPI.ASATIOH8 OF- FEKKD FOB IT, Bat PtohlblHon Smom to B« V>lat]r B«- sponsible-- Factional Jeulousle* in the Kepubllcan 1'arty AU« Contributed ^Largely to tlie Result. i^Des Moines (Iowa) special to Chicago Tribune.] Now that the unexpected lias happened &•,, there are uny uuiuOor" of explanations of- '0$ fered in great confluence by iulSo who al- , ways know why a linug happeuid. if tue j pv*"„ ytb,te ticket, alon^ had ^uttered, less impor- tance muUit ue attained to tuv indueneo of P<,V' ,,prohibition, but wiilie ihe State n<k<St was Slaughtered the Legislative candidates were , fc- , .also. There seemed to be a general desire jH . covering all parts of ttte isiato to give pro- ? ,hibition a black eye. While a vote forth J fe ,":Democratic candidate lor Governor would «bo taken as a veuuke to piohibitlon. it was a .. ; not halt so effective as a vote 101 a Demo- I'-.,:*. >*cratic member lor the .Legist .ture. County £" after county that had good.tafe Kepublican (&£... majorities ueretolore either wiped out toe i| Uepublicau majority or cut it down. So S$"v isomu of the best Republican counties Made j?, *" Jtho poorest showing. Much oi this result is due to the indtlier- Ly once and inactivity ot the pio:essed and !*<. * '.prominent temperance people. They seemed think that the liepublicau party was in |Y •' > duty bound to take care of prcliibiciott and r*:-."would do so without any cate or assistance 5 ? ^ from them. On tbe other hand, the oppo- bf '.Cr1 .nents of prohibition, ot every, description, 1 lalth, and creed worked with more enthusi- asm and energy than ever before. The l.fl anti- 1'rohibitionists turned out and voted i- a mah. The l'rohibitionists by thethou- , sand did not take enough interest in the Pf • result to go to the polls. Perhaps a majority olthe people ot Iowa :f.:('*•>; are not yet opposed to prohibition person- ' ' ally, but there are that nuniber evidently who are disgusted at the way the law has been enforced by disreputable methods or at the way it has been openly violated in l"\fe some places, and are disgusted at the in- • v difference of the chief friends or prohibi- tion who ought to rally to tlie de.ense o( ^ ? the law. Continual hammering wears away " the stone, and tlie continual attacks upon control of this city, and without this city s support no Democrat can get a nomination for President The County Democracy will not cut any tlguro hesealter. On Tuesday, that organization cast only 20,000 votes. There may be a reorganization of that sec­ tion of the party, but for the next three years Tammany Hall will be supreme. Whether it will support Cleveland or Hill is what neither of these gentlemen can Bow find out, and this uncertainty will give both a good deal of trouble hereafter. There is some little talk about the pos-i- bilitv of Campbell, of Ohio, coming to the front as a Presidential possibility, but there is no probability that his boom will over amount to anything. No one believes that a Democratic triumph in Ohio is lasting:, and the leaders would never risk the elec­ tion on the possibility of carrying that State in the Pi evidential year. FORAKERS DOWNFALL. the CHIEF CAtXSKS THAT CONTBIB- UTKI) TO IT. m m prohibition and the charges of its opponents --some doubtless false, some equally true-- havo tired out and prejudiced a great many paoplc against the law and made them feel like giving it up. 1 rohibition undoubtedly is responsible ior the greater part ot the havoc in the Kepublican party o, this year. There are various other causes assigned by different individuals, tome complain that President Harrison's slowness in changing the officers is la gely responsible for the apathy ot Republicans. A great many Iowa liepublicans are of the old-faBh- ioned kind, who want to see Republicans .hand out the mail when Republicans are on top. Few changes ot prominent Federal '•officers have been made in this State. The Democrats still have the United States Marshals, District Attorneys, Pension Agent, and until recently" the 1 e venue Col­ lectors, and many of the important post- offices, with a great many of the minor offices. Some itepublicans think that the President's uidifferenc" tow.irds "the boys .in the trenches" lias caused t.qual in iffer- enee on their part to tt:e success of the Republican party. Of course there are many charges of treachery to the ticket be­ ing passed, as might be expected. Some claim 1hat Mr. "Wheeler's friends in North­ west Iowa lailed to stand by tho ticket as they had promised; others, that Gov. Lar- raboj damned Hutchison with faint praise; others, that the railroad men cut the tick­ et, thinking that Hutchison was loaded down too heavily with granger indorse­ ments; others, tit at the grangers went back on him because they thought he was too friendly towards tne railroads. One can hear almost aiiy explanation ot the do!eat that ho wants. But prubably little weignt is to be attached to the charges that are hastily made. It can salelv I e said that no one cause can be assigned as the solo explanation for the deteat. but that -many entered into the result. One of the chief reasons was the fact that the Repub­ lican party had been in power in this State for thirty- our years, and a good many peo­ ple are cet ting tired of hearing of "Allstides the Just." The natural factional jealousies and en­ mities. tlie natural criticisms and com­ plaints avrainst the party in power, the nat­ ural indifference that comes from long possession of power, all helped to contrib­ ute to the result. It has been rather re­ markable t'.iiu tne Republican party has held power so long in this State, consider­ ing that it has had to carry prohibition and meet all the charges which a fault-finding opposition would accumulate duiingmore than thiity years. It is probn H that prohibition cause 1 the mischief more th in anything dsn, for tho devastatioa was so treneral. Incidenta.lv Hutchison ran behind the ticket tor several reason-- Many Republicans who were opposed to prohibition voted against the head of the ticket to show their feeling 'J hen he \va* caught between the upper and lower millstone on tho railroad ques­ tion. Som i iiepublican-> were roasting him an an extreme anti-monopolist, and others were punching him because they did not think he was enourh of one. ard so he had to taku it on all sides. Tho balance of tbe ticket runs much ahead of him. and it is not unlikely tiiat it may ret be elected. The Legislature is going to be close, with a ma­ jority of less than live on joint ballot for either party, with chances in favor ot the Republicans. BEATEN BY LIQUOR MEN. AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS. IHTEBESTINO ITKMS GATUEKIB FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. miDOta t""°"11'aE NATION'S CAPITAL'DID BURKE CONFESS?i BROTIIEKHOOD MEETING 8*cretly AtaVbed by the Deadly V*t- l'ocket Ticket -- Enemies Within tlie I'arty aiid the Saloon Equally Bsspon- stble. fColumbus (Ohio) special.] That the unexpected result in Ohio is a bitter disappointment to Gov. Foraker and his iriehds goes without saying, but he has been defeated by the enemies within his party, who, too cowardly to openly op­ pose him when he stood for a third nomi­ nation, secretly stabbed him with a vest- pocket ticket on election day. Chairman Conger, who indulged in such rosy reports as to the probable result of the election, is dumfoundedat the outcome, and at a loss to know how the men upon whom be de­ pended for correct information could have been so mistaken in their flouring. The Republican loss is confined to no particu­ lar section of the State, but extends to every county and almost to every election precinct of Ohio from the lake to tho river, and from the Indiana to the Pennsylvania line. Gov. Foraker ran considerably be­ hind his ticket everywhere, but returns to­ day show that his companions went down In deteat also, and the trouble not only ex­ tended to Foraker himself but to the whole ticket, and aided Campbell immensely. The Republican defeat, while disastrous and far-reaching, can only be considered a Foraker disaster, and as such it is regard­ ed in Ohio. For some years Gov. Foraker has occupied a large place in the public eye. and the State is lull of politicians who are jealous of his wonderful career. The friends ot Sherman cannot be made to be­ lieve that Foraker did not betrav the Sena­ tor at Chicago, and hundreds of them scratched their ticket to get even for his alleged duplicity. Sherman himself did what he could to aid Foraker, but he could not stem the tide against him. The Repub­ lican Congressional delegation, with prob­ ably ihe single exception of Major McKin- ley. damned Forakor with faint praise on every stump in Ohio, several of them, in­ cluding Gen. Kennedy, who thought he had been unfairly treated at tho June conven­ tion. not mentioning Foraker's name in their speeches. Gen. Grosvenor, too. is ac­ cused of acting the traitoi and of lurnlsh- ing money in Athens County to secure vo;es lor Campbell, Rutterwoith was but lukewarm in his support, and others <?oul(i not be dragged out to aid'thc third election of Foraker. All these things had an effect on tho canvass. Added to this was the power exerted by the bankin r institutions and ether corpo­ rations, on account of the Govei nor's now famous tax message, in which ho asK^d the Legislature to pa-s ceitain laws that would compel these tax-dod.ers to pay their equitable share of the public burden. Then canio ti.e iigli't over the i-unday la-••?, and although the Owen bill--that wt.s the sub­ ject of so mi ch acrimony in Hamilton County--only became a law by virtue of Democratic votes, yet For. ker had to bear the burden of its uunopulxrity. and thous­ ands of dollars were contributed by the liquor vlement to defeat him. The ftato was flood jd with secret circulars a id es-»ed to the saloon men. and the Republican Mate Executive Committee was not aware of the fact until a day or two I efore tlie election, when irreparable damage had been done. The letter ot Gov. Foraker to Mayor Nosby. ot Cincinnati, last summer, in which he told that executive to smite with a heavy nand a'l offenders against the Owen law, co^t him thousands of votes in that cit\', and the loss was an entirely gratuitous one, for the Govei nor was not called upon to hold up the hands of tho Mayor on that occasion. It was a mistake, then, and so considered by his tiiend*. and has cost him heavily. The cn orcement of the Owen law angered the Cincinnati Germans, and For­ aker lost hundreds of votes in that city by the appointment of Dr. T. W. orayd; n t) tne lloar.1 of Public Affairs, when another man not a politLean had been recommend­ ed h.y the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. Added;- to these was the busaboo of third termism that frightened off Republicans in the Western Reserve, th» enmity of au army of disappointed offlcsseekers. and trouble in Columbus at least on account of some alleged interference in municipal af­ fairs here on the part of some men comect- eil with the State ad mi nitration. Fo- all these Foraker was cut mercilessly, and the whole ticket as well. CAUSE OF THE REPUBLICAN DEFEAT IN SEW YORK. v , ; - '¥; A ph- I^TT P"' Mayor Chapln'n Re-election in Brooklyn Puts Him ID the Gubernatorial Field-- Hill and the Presidential Nomination-- Tammany Hall au Uncertain Factor. [New York special.] The assault of the rum power and so(me dissatisfaction because more changes have not been made in Federal appointments, were too much for tho Republicans in New York and New Jersey. Tne result in both States on Tuesday is attributed mainly to these causes. The liquor question out the greatest figure. Wherever the saloon in­ fluence could be used it was thrown against the Republican candidates. In Doth New York and New Jersey Republican legis­ lators have passed laws restricting the liquor traffic. These statutes have been deieatod by tho vetoes of the Democratic iiovernors. To is year' in both States the Republicans were aaain committed to the enactment of reforms in this direction. The Democrats announced their readiness to defeat them. With the issues thus made Up the Republicans of-the two States went into the fight. The liquor interests allied themselves with the Democrats, as they did in Ohio and Iowa. In many places tue Republicans seemed indifferent, and with this apathy in the ranks the combination proved too strong for the working members Of the party. The tariff reformers and mugwumps are trying to gain comfort out of their allega­ tions that the result shows the effects of Cleveland's "campaign ot education." but the tariff had littie to do with it. Demo­ cratic gains were made only where the liquor interest was strong, and not in those districts where a discussion of the tariff would be likely to cut any figure. It is doubtful whether the so-called dissatis­ faction over Federal appointments ha^i much to do with the result. Great hopes had been built on carrying Brooklyn. A Gabnet officer, the Survevor of the Port of New York, and the Pension Commissioner had been appointed fiom Brooklyn. Other good places had been filled from there, and ft was hoped that enough gains in votes would result to enable the Republicans to elect their nominee for Mayor. There ap­ pears to have been no foundation for these hopes. Mayor Chapin's re-election makes him the most prominent candidate for the nomination for Governor on the Democratic ticket. Outside of the Immediate con­ tinuation of the Democrats in their present offices this seems to be the most important result of the Brooklyn election. The election ot Hill's State ticket means that he will from now out be an open and aggressive candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination. When he forced Tabor and Wemple on the State ticket, Cleveland's friends hoped they would be defeated on account of their connection with the State House ceiling beandal, and that this would prove the complete down­ fall of Governor Hill. While it is true that Governor Hill s pet nominees ran 10,000 be­ hind their fellow candidates, their eleotion bf 12.000 plurality over the Republican can­ didates is sufficient to fasten Hill's grip on the State machine so firmly that Cleveland ' cannot shake it oft unless he can induce the Tammany Hall Democrats to light his battle for him. The only d isappolnting feati.re of the re- suit to Hfll is the fact that he has not got to a point where he can be independent of Tapnmany. The sweeping victory of that Motion of Democrats has giveh It absolute How Jones Backslid. "These 'ere prize fights orter be stopped, or we orter anmit that we have gone back two hundred years in civilization!" he hotly announced as he laid his paper down on the grocery counter. "Yes, sir," mildly replied the red­ headed clerk, as he made twenty-three eggs pass for two dozen on the order he was putting up. "This resortiiv to brute force to see who is the best man is on a par with cannibalism!" continued the grocer. "Yes, sir." At that moment the carpenter came in with a statement of account in his hand, and inquired: "Jones, do you charge a man for what he doesn't get|" "No, sir." "Well, here's seventy-eight cents for white sugar, and we haven't had a pound for a year." ^ "But you must have had it." "No, we didn't." "Are you trying to lie me out of this bill?" MI believe you want to cheat me!" "You are a liar, sir!" "So are you!" And the two grappled and fought all over the store, and out on the walk, and into the street, and when the crowd finally took the carpenter off, and Jones was carried back into the store for repairs, he sat down on a soap box and growled: "Lick him! Why, 111 get Baker to give me a few lessons in boxing, and then I'll knock his impudent head off." Four Rogues. The Austrian empire is composed of quite a number of different nationali­ ties, among them Poles, Hungarians, Bohemians, and Croats. The true Austrian has a very poor opinion of the morals of these people, and illus­ trates it by the following amusing an­ ecdote : Four Austrian soldiers were quar­ tered over night at the house of a peasant. In the morning, after they had resumed their march, the Pole said: "Comrades, that peasant had a very nice watch." "We should have taken it along with us," observed the Hungarian. "I've got the watch," observed the Bohemian. "You did have it; but I've got it now," remarked the Croat, closing the d e b a t e . , . . . He had already stolen it from his comrade. What Oar Neighbor* Are T>olng--Matter* of and Local Interest Mar­ riage* and Heaths--Accidents and Crime* --Personal Pointer*. --The Illinois State Grain Association appeared before the State Board of Rail­ road and Warehouse Commissioners at Springfield last week, and were accorde.l a hearing upon methods pursued by the Inspector of Grain at Chicago. Track scales, the advit ability of clean bills of lading, def«ctive cars, and other matters were discussed. The association objects to the holding of the Inspector that wheat has been damaged since harvest, and to his claim that only sixty-two cars wore appealed ont of 5,000; that 61 per oent. has been inspected fourth grade on account of dampness; that good milling wheat is only considered No. 3 grade; that if the standard is lowered speculators ;will gamble oh some other grade; tbat his department stands as arbitrator be­ tween buyer and seller and has to protect the buyer; that the per cent, of No. 2 wheat in September was 7 per cent, in­ stead of 2 per cent. The commission in­ cline to the belief that No. 3 wheat in Chicago is worth more than No, 2 else­ where; that the producer gets all the grain is worth; that Chicago inspection brings the highest price; that Chicago standards are always the some; that No. 3 corn never gets hot and high standard insures good prices. The committee of the association insist that the branding of an article as inferior is not the way to bring about good results and that good milling wheat should grade as No. 2 ana Bound corn the same. --A Chicago paper remarks: "The men who are on trial for the murder of Dr. Cronin want money for defense. They have not only exhausted every private re­ source, including the purses of their friends and relatives, but they have drawn so heavily on individuals who are openly committed to the cause that they have been compelled to make a public appeal for assistance. For months they have de­ pended on the camps, which have secret­ ly passed the Jiat around for the benefit of Wing, Forrest, Donahoe, and the rest of the lawyers. This source of revenue, however, has proved so unsatisfactory, owing to the factional spirit that prevails in the camps, that it has been determined, to make a direct appeal to the public, or rather to Irishmen in general, for money." --The Auditor of Public Accounts has granted permission for the organization of the State Bank at Mount Sterling, Brown County, with a capital stock of $25,000. --The seventh annual meeting of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical As­ sociation was held at the Sherman House, Chicago, last week. President W. L. Williams delivered his annual address, in which he reviewed the work of the special committee on legislation favoring licenses for veterinary surgeons, and other mat­ ters. An invitation from the Indiana Veteiinnry Association to meet with that body next June at Terre Haute, Ind., was accepted. New officers and members were elected as follows: President W. L. Williams, Bloomington, re-elected; First Vice President, K. W. Story, Princeton; Second Vice President, J. F. Beid, Be- - catur; Becording Secretary, J. F. Pease, Quincy; Corresponding Secretary; C. E. Hollingsworth, La Salle; Treasurer, J. 11. Nathess, Delavan. --Thomas P. Hanem, 6f Salem, Marion County, has made an assignment,' tbe indebtedness aggregating $31,000. The break is said to have been caused by a re­ cent fire, which destroyed Hanem's store in Centralis. ---- . Chicago is to have a new race-track. Original Invalid -Milton lltelianlson, Charted Ixmg, Aaron W. Love. Kli C<«Jk, .lames Stanton, Zacharifth Bipps, John \V. Towner, Noah Bust, Henry E. P. TaiWtt, Thomas G. McLean, Sam­ uel Lloyd, alias Carter, Emberry Huffman, Lawrence Ilieck, .Tohn A. Crumbacker (de­ ceased!, Nicholas C'hoat. Andrew A. Killouah. IncroaBP--Edward S. Pearsons. William Mer- itt. Charles Kranthaus, Henry t". Cleveland, J. Andrews, Joseph C. ScUolfiold, George W. Mayburrv, Stephen <T. Sheltou, John K. Roach, Henry OsboiB, John Smith, Tuomaa W. Botta, «Tohn~Kams'lell,. Allen A. Walker. Samuel Menix, John McAdaua. Francis Massev. George Dean, Ja-oli \V. Fyke, George AI. Gordon, Jeremiah 8. Washburn. Keiesuo--Tohn R. McNultv, .Tames C. Spear, Joseph luple, John P. Beeder, Bird Leffingwell, A BATCH OF MPARTMKHI BBPOKTl Kit FJEfcXOW-PRISONER CLAIM HI Tbe Herald says: A tract of 106% acres, known as the Holmes subdivision, hag been purchased by an associ­ ation which will convert it into a race-coursa. This lan 1 is on Ninety-fifth street, betwe u Miclrgan and South Park avenues, and lies within half a mile of the Bock Island, the 1111- coiB Central, the Eastern Indiana, and the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago roads. The organization, it is paid, will l>e known as the Pullman Jockey Club, and the Western book­ makers are at the head of it. The land is not only well located, but stands high and dry, and is well adapted to the uses designed. The offi­ cers of t!*e Bookmakers' Associat;on will be in Chicago as soon a3 the Nashville raoes are over to perfect arrangements for improving the grounds next season. The traot has acres more thau Washington Park or the West Side Association. It has already been announced that the new club will not anta;?oniio the Washington Park Club, but will run after the meeting of the latter ends. ' --The Chicago Times Company has commenced two suits for f 100,001) each aeainst James J. West, late editor of tbat paper. One of the suits is an assumpsit Buit, based on the allegation that tbe books of the company show that West's personal account is overdrawn $100,000, the overdrafts being alleged to date back to the commencement of West's manage­ ment of the company's affairs. The other case is a trespass suit, founded on alleged incorrect entries on the books, said to have been made by West to cover up money which he had taken. The Cook County Grand Jury has returned two new indictments against James J. Wost and Charles Graham, one on the charge of overissuing-1,250 shares of stock of the Times Company, and one on a charge of signing the certificates. A third in­ dictment was returned against Werft alone, on a charge of overissuing stock. --rDr, W. A. Foster, a piominent physi­ cian of Curran, Sangamon County, sud­ denly disappeared from his home, and his family and friends are left in total ignorance as to his whereabouts. It is feared that he has met with foul play. --A watch and clock factory is to be established at Lincoln, a Iqpal syndicate having offered substantial inducements. --The total net earnings of the Chi­ cago, Burlington and Quincy system for the mouth of September show an in­ crease of $164,130.49. --At Springfield last week the motion for a new trial in the case of ex-State Treasurer Edward Rutz vs. Benjamin So­ ger and the city of St. Louis, was over­ ruled in the United States Court by Judge Allen. The suit was for the possession of what is known as Arsenal Island, neftr the city of St. Louis, the point of conten­ tion being that the current of the river had so worked upon the land as to ulti Andrew Graff, John F. Mitchell. Sidney B. Scott. Win. C. Stasfr, John Kitcli. n, John Jack­ son. Win. M. Keneipp, Joseph Schut^, James P. Jfarver, Squire L \\oodbeek, <« nrse C. Gum- hart, Abraham l)a\i-i, David F. Brewer. John B. l'eazel, Thomas Drake. Thomas liiller, Win. A. Aldrich, G«* rgo W. McKibley. James B. Neill. Win. L. Keifer, Joseph M. Stephen, John D. Phillips. John A. Whlteaker, Samuel Q. .Tar- vis, Keuoen Hester, Seauian A. Stone, Peter Beissue and Increase--Paniel G. Perry, Will­ iam B. Jernigau, James K. Walker, William Livix, Perry Brimberrv. 'ohn Joyce, Andreas Larsen. Jeremiah S. De»n. Original Widows--Jane Clay, mother of Hi­ ram E. Boss: Susan, mother of Lewis B. Crosbv; liachtl E.. widow of William Bur- . gesa ;' Matilda, widow of John Cautrell; minor of Gr< gg l>eCrow, minors < f Norton S. Warner, minor of James M. Carter, Catharine O., v.idow of Richard M. Davis ; Delia Jennings, former widow of James M.Carter ;Elizabeth Saul, former widow of Henry W. Castleberg; minors of John A. Crumbacker : Nancy M. Laird, for­ mer widow of John A. Cruuibaeker; Sarah A., •widow of John Cowen; minors of Win. H. Mur­ phy; Elizabeth M., widow ot Wm H. Murphy ; Hannah E., widow of Wm. W. Louderiuilk: Frances C., widow of Wm. Hargett. - The Pan-American delegates made a pilgrimage to the tomb of Lincoln while they were in Springfield. ... There was among the Southern delegates, writes a correspondent, a spirit almost of rev­ erence as they ascended the steps to the terrace. As remarked by one of the Southern dolt-gates, Lincoln's tomb seemed to him like a Mecca, and tho present pilgrimage could not have been complete without having led thither. As with a common impulse heads were bared as tho partv walked about the monument. At'length the party was gathered at the front of the monument, and Senator Cullom intro­ duced ex-Gov. Ogle shy. who said that the visit­ ors might be indulgent toward the i>eople of Illinois for giving expression uixm almost, all occasions to the deep sense of admiration and love for the great emancipator. He loved his own country, his own race, and his own people, hut no less had he loved other nations and peo­ ples, races, and colors. These gentlemen had in their states and nations their own patriots and statesmen, and they n.ight appreciate to some extent the feeling of intense admiration that moved our hearts toward Abraham Lin­ coln. Why Bhould these nations not come closer together,"not only commercially, socially, morally, and politically, but why not bring about a universal American brotherhood? Gen. Bolet Peraza, a son-in-law of Gen. Jose Gre^orio Monagas, who was President of Vene­ zuela in 1854, and freed the slaves at that time, responded, and said he had been chosen bv his associates to praise the greatest man in North America because of his family associations with one of South America's liberators, who, like Lincoln, made slaves free and deserved the glory of martyrdom. Continuing, he said: 1 "Fifteen free American nations join in this sanctuary to pay their homages to this tomb, which contains nothing but a handful of dust, all that in Abraham Lincoln belongs to death, as his real mausoleum is in the hearts of men. His noble ideal has been realized all over our continent. There is not a single slave in this vast territory ; there are no more human goods in our markets, and the shameful stain dis­ graces no more our institutions and civiliza­ tion. Our visit to this sacred monument is not a mere individual tribute, but a significant pil­ grim a,'o of sovereign sister nations, which comes hcre in the name of liberty, equality, and fraternity to satisfv the Arm purpose of con­ tinuing the work of this great Northern leveler, unifying tho interi sta of the entire America, consolidating her aspirations to the future, tearing down the traditional walls which rise in tlie natural wav of her industrial conve­ niences, leaving standing only the frontiers of the respective sovereignties built by mutual re­ spect." --Vice President McMullin, of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, is angry about the rumor of a sale of that prop­ erty to the Vanderbilt syndicate. In an interview with a Chicago reporter, he is reported as saying: "The Chicago and Alton has not made a close traffic contract or been leased fco the Big Four, Union Pacific, or Vanderbilt interests, or any other railroad company. The controlling inter­ est in the Chicago and Alton has not been sold, nor is it for sale that I know of. The transac­ tions in Chicago and Alton s ock within two weeks have not, 1 suppose, amounted to 100 shares" Mr.' McMullin further stated that the capital stock of tho Chicago and Alton amounted to SlT.ijOO,- oSf*! divided between 1,77»> holders, over one-halt oi whom are women. The stock is held in.every State and Territory iu the United States, and in England, Holland, France, and Germany. While seven men hold about one- third of the slock, the hundred largest stock­ holders would not control a majority of tho stock. The road has paid 8 per ccnt. for over fifteen years, and every dollar of repairs to equipment and track has been paid from sur- Clus earnings. When the Atchisou thought of uying the road instead of building from Kan­ sas City to Chicago, they only saw one of the seven largo stockholders, and he a k -d 200 for bl-t holding. Vice President McMullin eaid he considered hia stock t« be worth 2.X), aud ii was not for saie at any less price. It is stated that- the Chicago and AK in has such a valuable local traffic that it can earn <> per cent, and carry something to surplus wi thoutdoing any through busines. --Some time ago the Supreme Court rendered a decision declaring invalid $100,000 worth of bonds issued to aid the construction of certain railroads, at the same time holding tbat $37,000 worth of another class of bonds were legal. The bonds were all registered in the State Auditor's office, and a considerable sum of money lay in the State Treasury for paying the interest thereon. The Hamilton County authorities, therefore, applied to the State Auditor for a war­ rant to draw ont of the Treasury^ part of tbe fund in proportion to the funds declared invalid. The Auditor refused On application to the Sangamon THE new phosphate company recent ^ ly organized in Florida proposes to de- J matej_ throw it upon the Illinois side of velop no less than thir^n thousand the riyer i|now resting at a point adja- <»•«. Bu,,-. prop,*,. ..a m very large revenue in South Carolina ; took possession. The proper* is valued lor a lo&g term of years. / 1 /•tftt.OM. any. Circuit Coutt a writ was granted to com­ pel him to issue his warrant. The At­ torney General, for the Anditor, carried the case up, and last week the Supreme Court filed its opinion reversing the lower court and sustaining the refusal of the Auditor. The court holds substan­ tially that the fund already in the Treas­ ury must remain to pay interest on the valid bonds, and that it will, therefore, merely operate to obviate the necessity of levying a tax for this interest until the fund is exhausted or the bonds are paid off. --A London syndicate is said to be reaching out for the purchase ot a num­ ber of Chicago elevators. --Governor Fifer has conferred the ap­ pointment of Fish Warden on Michael J. Kelly, of Wilmington. --G. Winelander, a member of the um­ brella house of M. Winelander & Co., Philadelphia, was found dead in bed in; his room in the Palmer House, Chicago. The room^ras full of escaping gat, and there seems to be no doubt that jlr. Wine­ lander committed suicide. --The collections of internal. revenue for the Peoria district during October amounted to $2,248,927. J," 3 --Ulysses S. Grant has beei^ arrested in Chicago for highway robbery;;*; U. S. G. is a negro tough. y --Engineer ' Twombly and Coh&uctor Bnford, of the Rock "Island Road, have Secretary Rn«k'« IdeM on Supervision of Forests, the Sorghum Industry, Pleuro­ pneumonia, and Oth«.- Agricultural Matters--Tho Coinage of.Che Year. Secretary Rusk has given out his annval report. It is quite voluminous and con­ tains some very interesting features. He complains tbat his department has been allowed an appropriation much smaller than its necessities require, the amount being but ^?,«)t)0,00<), while all other countries appropriate much more, and France in appropriated $8,000,000. He says he will ask Congress to increase largely the amount for his department and furnish more elaborate and convenient buildings. The secretary devotes much space to the subject of sorghum sugar culture and manufacture, and regards the experiments as indicating final success and the build­ ing up of a grand industry, especially in Kansas and Indian Territory. He favors government inspection of cattle and legis­ lation to protect American meat interests at home and abroad. The wool industry he considers in a prosperous condition, and recommends additional legislation to keep it so. Of the rapid development of agriculture in the Rocky mountain districts »the Secretary says: "The results will surprise the eastern States with now views of the wealth and progress of the great Amer­ ican desert of the recent past." 'Ihe Secretary, in this connection, suggests the appointment of a State statistician in every State and a comprehensive plan of agricultural surveys of the States and Territories. The report urges the duty of the Government to assume a more definite supervision of ^uch forest areas as are still owned by it and as occupy a position of importance in the regulation of water- flow and of other climatic conditions, and emphasizes tbe importance of tbe relations which the forests bear to the problem of irrigation in the arid lands of their im­ mense annual product. The subject of agricultural organisa­ tions is dwelt upon earnestly, their astonishing growth during the last few years being cited as strong evidence of the growth ot the spirit of self-help among the farmers. The farmers' institutes are referred to particularly as one of the greatest movements in the history of agri­ culture and as the strongest lever for rais­ ing r.nd upholding the work of superior agricultural colleges and experiment stations. The Secretary recommends that tho department should be empowered to afford aid and encouragement to this work. In regard to pleuro pneumonia the sit­ uation is regarded as most encouraging. Thanks to the vigilance and vigorous measures which have been exercised, this disease is now effectually under control and restricted to Kings and Queens coun­ ties in New York State, to New Jersey, and a limited section in each of the States of Pennsylvania and Maryland. A care­ ful review of the field, together with the arrangements made for the supervision of the limited districtsslJill infected, justify, in the Secretary's opinion, "the most sanguine hopes" in regard to the proxi­ mate comrlete eradication of the disease. In conclusion the report submits figures showing the importance of agriculture, which produces an annual yield of nearly $4,000,000,000, employing on the .%000,00') * farms 10,000,000 persons, representing a population of -10,000.000 people, while the value of live stock alone is estimated at $£107,000,000. The roport of the director^of the mint for t ie year ending June 3) shows the follow­ ing value of the coinage: Gold, $'&,• 4551,910; silver, dollars, 33,793,800; sub­ sidiary silver, $726,008; minor coin, $98,- 473; gold bars, $23,^41,121; silver bars, $6. 70|>,24<i. in addition to the above gold bars were exchanged for coin for export to the amount of $"i7,507,812. The profit on coinage of silver during tho year was $9, - 403.01& The total number of silver dollars coined under the Bland act was <4(. 0:58,000. The director estimates that $16,000,000 worth of gold and $8,000,000 of silver were used by the indu-.trial arts during the year. The product of gold and silver in tbe United States for the calendar year 18S S is estimated as follows: Gold, $33,175,- 000; silver, commercial value, $13,000,000; coining value. $59, iy»,000. The pro hiet of tho world for the same time was: Gold, $10 5,1)94,150; silver, commercial value, $10 !,556,000; coinage value, $142,439,158. In conclusion the director recommends the discontinuance of $! and $3 gold-pieces and 3-cent nickel pieces, and the with­ drawal of those outstanding from circula­ tion. The Mexican minister has returned from accompanying the pan-American excur­ sion. His return was caused by advices from his government respecting utterances made by United States Minister Mizuer to Costa Rica upon being presented to the President of that country. Mr. Romero has received a copy of a Mexican newspa­ per containing Mizner's speech. The paragraph which aroused the indignation of tlie Mexican government is as follows: "The states of Central America must unite. A strong federal, government is your only salvation. Colombia is massing her troops on tbe Southern border of Costa Rica. Mexico has her covetous eyes on Guatemala. It will be onlv a short time before Colombia will seek to seize your State aud Mexico will seize Guatemala. Central America will be blotted from the map and her identity sunk in that of Colombia and Mexico. The time is draw­ ing near and only the most energetic ac­ tion in federating Central America can save your freedom." Mr. Romero declined to be interviewed on the subject of what action he - would take, but it is understood hisjgovernment has instructed him to request that Mizner be recalled, as his uncalled for remarks have offended a friendly power. Mr. Romero will call on Secretary Blaine to­ morrow and bring his attention officially to the matter. XEEE PROTESTING BAlX PUTm SUE AN ADDRESS. THE FIGHT FOR THE STRIP. The Cherokee* Likely to Carry the Mat- | f«r to tlie Courts. Little Rock ' (Ark.) dispatch: Tbe Cherokee legislature met Monday at Tahlequah. Chief Mayes has not de ided whether to appoint a committee to confer ! with Wilson and Fairchild, the commis­ sioners, regarding the sale of the strip to the United States or not Secretary Noble's order declaring the leases void and directing the removal of cattle from the strip has arroused much opposition, and is regarded by the Cherokens as an attempt to force them to sell. Wilson and Fair- child decline to speak of the order, but it is believed the CberoKea title will now be teste 1 in the courts and that the opening of the strip will be delayed indefinitely. The cattla men are gathering at Tahle- quah. _______________ FAILURE ATJvANSAS CITY. Creditors of a Jeweler Take Possession of His Property. Kansas City (Mo.) dispatch: Joseph Swartz's loan and jewelry establishment has been attached by local and Eastern creditors and the debts are said to foot up fully $100,000. The first attachmont was been indicted by the Cook County Grand for $30,000. and the rest will come in to- Jury for the murder of the victims or the late tragedy on that road at Englewood Heights, near Chicago. --Almost the entire stock in T. P. Hamm's dry-goods store at Centralis was burned a few days since. The building was saved, but the loss on the stock will exceed $25,000. --Alfred Post, of freight claim bureau notoriety, has brought suit against the .Chicago Journal for $50,000 for alleged lib* morrow. The heaviest creditor* are from Buffalo and New York. Just befora the attachments were issued officers secured a trunk full of Swartz's goods at the depot and Swartz himself was at the hotel there under an assumed name. The trunk was attached and found to contain valuable watches and diamonds. The creditors are now in possession. THE erection of the statue to Bruno in Rome has provoked Pope Leo XIII. to a public protest. The protest, in the shape of an allocution, was read Sunday in all Catholic chnrehgl r ' --if?""' A Forcer's Recital of the Aliened Story of the Cronin Murderer as Kclsted by Mar­ tin Burke In the Jail at Wlnnepeff. A Winnipeg dispatch says: Gillette, the forger, who was sentenced to ten year, in the Manitoba prison and wav was a co- prisoner of Burke, the Chicago suspects was interviewed on his way from Winni­ peg to the v penitentiary at Stony Moan- tain. He said Burke almost incessantly talked about the Cronin murdet and gave details of the crime to the prisoners, and to them sometimes unwillingly. He saidf, that Burke would frequently Durst into tears and bellow like a steer in the pen in which they were confined. Altbougn ne never admitted he killed Cronin he, however, told Gil lette of circumstances connected with the practical abduction of Dr. Cronin from his house, the doctor, who was suspicious of O'Sullivan, being informed that a woman was in child-birth and re­ quired immediate attention. On entering the cottage Cronin was clubbed and the body put in a trunk. Burke! didn't inform Gillette who struck tbe blow, and on being asked the question as to whether the Doc­ tor made a big fight Burke said nothing. While in jail, on more than one occasion, Burke expressed a willingness to give the whole thing away, and then on reconsid­ eration he said there were several men that he did not want to implicate in the crime, and would not give their names away. Gillette asked Burke, while in jail, if an offer of $1,000 was made if he would give the w'lole thing away. His reply was: "I would not for $10,000. Indeed there are men implicated whom I would not like to give away for $'.0,000, for my life would not be worth anything if I did so." Assistant State's Attorney Baker, of Chicago, and Lawyer Howell have secured Gillette's story of the con­ fession about Dr. Cronin's murder, which, he»says, Burke made to him while they were confined in the jail together. They had to drive out to the penitentiary to get it. Mr. Baker places considerable confidence in the story told by Gillette, and after his return made the following memorandum of its substance: "Burke began to talk about his mother soon after he got put in the jail. He was quiet for some time after he came, when he began to talk and mix in with us. There were six cells in one-half of the jail, and they opened in a small room which had a door that could be locked when our cell doors were open and we were all out­ side in the room 'together. It is one of the jail rules that no man should go into an­ other man's cell, but Burke used to come in mine and 6have himself, as I had the only looking glass. We used to talk about our cases together, and he always seemed to think tbat he would go free, aud so he did not mind talking about his case. He thought that the Winnipeg court would hold him in the extradition, but that he would be acquitted in Chicago. "When Martinson came here to identify him he asked me to loan him my coat aud hat, and we changed and he put on mine. When we stood in the room outside in the yard he whispered to me when he saw the expressman: " 'Jhat's him; he's no detective; he's a Swede. I know him, but he don't know "He talked to us all the time we were in together. There were three of us besides him most of the time and most of us were in before he came "As nearly as I can call the names, he tid that tbe men who killed Dr. Cronin .vere himself, a Dennis and a Dan Cough- lin, a Pat Cooney, and one whose name 1 don't remember. One man, he said, who pulled out at the last minute, was a man who worked for McGinnis, a fish and oys­ ter man on West Randolph street and the Haymarket He did not say what weapon they used, but that it was something like a club. When Dr. Cronin was down they pounded him all over the face, so as be couldn't be recognized. He said that he was told tbat Dr. Cronin was to be brought to the Carlson cottage to take care of a woman who was said to be con­ fined. "Burke said that for a time before he had been going with a woman who had been loose, bi)t who was going to reform and whom he meant to marry. He didn't tell her name, but said that she kept furnished rooms on North Clark street, near Chicago avenue. Dan Coughlin knew her and used to visit her place. Burke said that he was afraid of her; that he had treated her shabbily, and that she might squeal on him. "He would not say tbat any one struck the first blow at Dr. Cronin. but that he died hard. I>r. Cronin was a more muscu­ lar man than they thought he was. He said they rented the Carlson cottage and put the furniture in, but said nothing as to where the furniture came from. The corpse was taken away in an express wagon which they hired from an old man on Chicago avenue. They hired it for all bight, and drove it themselves. "They took tne Dody aown to the lake and took it out of the trunk. Tbey said that tbey had expected to find a row boat there, but there was none there and they threw the body into the water. The shore was shallow and the body showed, and the waves moved it back toward them. There was a lot of blood and a lot spilled in the sand. They used the trunk to scoop water on the body and then put the body back into the trunk and then drove away to where they afterward dumped it. Coughlin knew more about the north side than any one, and he showed the way. '"At the catch basin they had hard work to get tbe body in, Dr. Cronin being a large-sized man. They had to double hint up so as to get bim in, because he was too long to stand up in it While they were working at it they got scared at some farmers' wagons going by, but they went on and finished it. He Baid they went back to the cottage the day after. "The money that they got was given in one lump and was divided among them. It was paid, Burke said, in an office on Dearborn street, south of the Tremont house, over the office of Lazarus Silver­ man, bauker. "He said that he did not know Alex­ ander Sullivan; that he was a lawyer, and had only seen him twice--one time in Sul­ livan's office. • "He said that when he came to Winni­ peg be had a box, but he did not say what kind of a box. He said that he . had been here two nights before he was arrested. He had a valise, which he said the police took, and a box, which he took to some people in East Bannajjre street in Winni­ peg. He wanted to get somebody to take a letter to them, but did not know who he could. He asked me if I could get my lawyer to take it, and I said 'No, he would not.' A priest came there, but' I think he would not takp it. Afterward it was taken by a little old man with long hair, aud Burke never talked about it again, j He said that there was a good overcoat and some underclothes of Dr. Cronin's, J and they meant to take them away some- . where. "Burke used sometimes to cry a great deal, and did all sorts of. things to keep up his spirits. We asked him what they killed Dr. Cronin for, and he said he had betrayed a trust, that he gave away se­ crets, and tbat he did not stand by his order, and that he had squealed on a man who was short in his accounts." Mr. Baker would like very much to take Gillette to Chicago, but of course the Tanadian authorities would never permit it, as he would at once be taken possession of under a wnt of habeas corpus. Baker will remain here a day or so longer, as he Is anxious to take Chief McRae back with him. McRae wants the reward promised for apprehending Burke before he goes t* « Chicaf* • ••iM Why They Have l>eeMed to lam Ik* Learne--Tbe Canaes Which Have M •» the ̂ Formation of a Players' Organise i tjon Explained. The council of the Brotherhood of Base Ball Players was held, the other day, at the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York. The first few hours of the meeting were taken up by routing business, and wnen the del­ egates assembled after a shore recess Messrs. Andrews, O' Rourke, Hanion and. Ward were appointed a committee to draw up a statement defining the position of the brotherhood toward the national league. Tbe statement, which is the first official word from the brotherhood on the difficulty with the league, is as follows: "At last the Brotherhood of Baseball Players feels at liberty to make known its intentions and defend itself against the _ 1 aspersions and misrepresentations which - 'j j for weeks it has been forced to suffer in silence. It Is no longer a secret that tl»; : players of the league have determined to • -j.; play next season under different man- J-ri' agement, but for reasons which will, we ^ think, be understood it was deemed ad vis-- " able to make no accouncement of the in-1 /-tp tention until the close of the present sea- ̂ son; and now tbat the struggles for the^ "V various pennants are over and the termai ^ of our contracts have expired there is jk;; longer reason for withholding it v "In taking this step we feel tbat we owc*S •_ It to the public and to ourselves to explainE; •' ^ briefly some of the reasons by which ^ have been moved. There was a time wheal the league stood for integrity and fair dealing. To-day it stands for dollars and! cents. Measures originally intended for1' the good of the game have been perverted! into instruments for wrong. Players havd been bought and sold end exchanged as if they were sheep. Reservation becaino with them another name for property right in the players. Even the disband-* ment and retirement of a club did not frea the players. "Two years ago we went to the league and attempted to remedy some of theser evils, but we completely failed. Wemadf a strong effort last spring to reach an understanding with the league. They replied that the matter was not of sufficient importance to warrant a meeting; and suggested that it be put off until fall.* Upon this final refusal to meet us, we be- gan organizing for ourselves and now ar» . in shape to go ahead next year under ne*r management and new auspices. ' * - "We believe that it is possible to con- * ^ duct our national game upon lines which ' f'1 will not infringe upon mdividual amK <, . 'i $a '} A natural fights. We ask to be juaged' solely by our work, and believing that • - the game can be played more fairly an<t , ; its business conducted more intelligently under a plan which excludes everything . > | arbitrary and un-American we look for* .: ward with confidence to the support of thS ' < ) public and the future of the national* \ game " UTAH AND MORMON ISM. . v Governor Thomas Mako< His Report -- cesslties of the Teiritory. ; .:$i> i -;pi , * Governor Thomas, of Utah Territory* in his annual report, estimates the pom* ' lation of the Territory at 2"i0,000. Tha aggregate assessed valuation of property in incorporated cities and towns is • 596, *69, with an indebtedness of $495,451* The total number of land entries made' during the year at the Salt Lake City land office was 1,795, representing 200,4QT acres. 1 The Governor says the public scoools of Utah fall short of the requirements. The tax collected for their support does not. pay one-half the expenses, consequently the pupils must- pay tuition fees or the schools be closed. In many of the poorer districts the children are denied school privileges for many months of the yeafcj In this connection the report quotes ft letter written by Wilford Woo:;rufl^. president of tbe Mormon church, to show that it is the purpose of the church to establish Mormon schools. The Governor recommends that Congi ess at once plaoa the < ontrol of the public schools in tta»' hands of those^who are disposed to his friendly to the public-s hool system. • ? Speaking of the gentile strength in the & Territory, the Governor says it will ha many years before they will be in tho 5 ?ij majority. Outside of Salt Lake City and, ^ Ogden. where they own more than half of , ' the real property the gentiles are only founii in the mining camps and smaller , railroad towns. The Mormons own nearly all the laud under cultivation and the- water available for irrigating St. -- ' < Of the present attitude of the Mormon ,; J/; people the Governor says: , "They have accepted the doctrine «C . polygamy and will probably adhere to IM as long as they live, and it is a very poor ' tribute to their honesty to say they haia % abandoned it. A firm religious aathu*- -\;$f iasm is their lead ing characteristic,'and as ft • g rule they are law-abiding, especially aa ^ far as the law is confirmed by the priest-t hood, but they accept the doctrine of plural marriage in all sincerity and as ft , | radical and necessary part of their relig-- ^ ion. It may be well to understand that ^ the strength of Mormonism, both in the masses and officials, is in its sincerity and! ^ not in its imposture. Any temporizing _ > policy which leaves the church in a post- vjg tion to control the political policy of the yf_ Territory is only delaying the final settle-- K ment, and future legislation should hs> aimed at the political power of the church || which has been the main pillar '«< Ma> , - s t r e n g t h i n U t a h . " , £ • - . / , v ' iffi! KAUM VS. TANNER The Present Commissioner Reverses ai^ Order of Hie Predecessor, General Raum, Commissioner of Pen­ sions, has rescinded the order of Corporal Tanner respecting the publication of thai list of pensions' granted. These lists arv furnished to press correspondents here fWj telegraphing to their respective papenkf Until Tanner came it was the practice tot show on the lists the name of the pensioner; and the town and State where be resided.. Tanner directed that the towns) be not published, and coasa i quently the lists showed only that a pension had been granted to Johft, Smith or Joe Brown, of lliiuois, as thai case might be. This caused great coo-; fusion, as many times there would be hun­ dreds of persons of the same name in ft. State. Tanner refused to revoke the or-! der on the ground tbat he did not waafr ; pension agents to get this information. Commissioner Raum has also decided to, stop the practice of allowing applicants; for pensions to be ordered before the eaN aniing board here. He says that if thai local boards are not competent or are iar, flue need by prejudice, he will remove; them and have competent surgeons apK pointed. He says the practice of examining pensioners here has been abused, old soih; diers having been ordered here at greatt expense, and if the pensions were not^ granted at once they become penniless and had to subsist cn charity. TROOPS FIGHT 1NIHAN& /% Conflict Between So IU lent ami B*d«fcla% ° a Corporal in; Missins». News has reached Tucson, Arisoaa, of a fight between Indians a&d a detach­ ment of troops from tort Huachaca, tea miles from Crittenden. A number ot shots were exchanged, but none of thai soldiers were hit, although Corporal Grillin is missing. Signal fires baw bees seen in the Whetstone mountains to the south and tue Salt Uiver 1 ;na! IIK UW-- tains to the northwest. l'"rom this i*. #uuHt seem there were more Indians "Ht ttutn tbt fugitives who murde rinl| Sberi-r Rey­ nolds and gu*rd, as the dis'auee t|- Crittenden would necessitate their travel­ ing U0 miles in twelre hours. Sis detachments of cavalry from variooft posts are out makiug every effort «ft Intercept and capture the. India* ceavtetft. * ' ' ' / £ \ • •-a' l,V * . Libd >h