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•MM i. VAN 8LYKE, Editor and PablUk*. . - " - ILLINOIS. fHE SEWS RECORD. JEVBNTFUL HAPPENINQ8 HERE ^ AND THERfi. yilmli Oottmewlal IMwtHal lm 4 All Ov»r the I*and--Flr*s, Aoct- -deats Mid OrlBM-Xk* CHrtoTtlw Newi fin a Few Lines. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. V* ^ i K : - • Ska'l They Be R-ad In lh«Srra>? ^IA-K executive communication from Peere- 1 Hry Noble, inclosing a long letter trom Major Powell, director of the Geological Harvey, on the subject of irrigation «.nd canal sites was laid before the Senate on tile .'Jlst ult... and Mr. Gorman asked to have it read. This led to a sharp discussion about printing such documents in the rec­ ord, and some warih words, passed between ', Mr. Gorman and Mr. Sherman. The former Insisted upon haying the letter read. Mr. Sherman objected to the further read- fag of the letter. Mr. Gorman re­ marked that if the Senator for Ohio liad been in the chamber in time finder his own resolution , the document could have been read and tho public busi­ ness facilitated. Mr Sherman resented the emphasizing of the fact that he had come ' Into the chamber fifteen minutes after the hour fixed for meeting. He had been on-* gaged during these fifteen minutes in pub­ lic business, which he considered of more Importance than listening to the reading of the. journal. Mr. Gorman, with some warmth, resented the insinuation that because he wanted it read he- Was delaying public business. The Senate decided that the doc­ ument should not be read. The presiding officer then said the letter wouid Vie printed as a miscellaneous document. The conference report on the District of Colum­ bia appropriation bill was agreed to and then the tariff bill was taken up. In the House. Mr. Oates. of Alabama, as a quest ion of privilege, offered a resolution for the in­ vest igation of the charges of corruption in connection with the passage of the silver Mil, against members of the House, con­ tained in a recent editorial of the National E&mamixt. The Speaker decided the motion was not a privileged one. Mr. Oates ap­ pealed from the decision, which, however, was sustained by a vote of 95 to 71. The House then went into the committee of the whole oil the Senate amendments to the sun­ dry civil appropriation bill and discussion ; «f the Irrigation clause was renewed. •J : • • \ THE NATIONAL GAME. Standing •f .tha Clubs in the Six Leading Or­ ganizations Flayers. W. L. $»c.| National. W. I* fc. Boston 48 31 .608 Philadelp'a.55 27 .two Brooklyn... .50 37 .57;VBrooklya .. .53 2!) .045 New York...46 36 .564 HOSTOII 53 32 .623 Philadelii'a. .4G 38 .548 Cincinnati... 49 33 ,5»7 Chicago 44 38 .537|Chicu&o 43 36 .531 Pittsburg....34 42 .448 New York...36 4!) .425 Cleveland.. .34 44 43U Cleveland.. .23 58 .281 Buffalo 20 36 .a^Pittsburg.. .18 02 .22; American. W. Louisville. ..47 fit. Louis ...47 Rochester.. .44 Athletic 45 Columbus...S7 Xoit Jo ...,. .34 Syracuse.. ..34 Brooklyn ...28 111.-Iowa. W. Ottumwa... 47 ICou month ..<1 Dnbuque.. ..88 Ottawa .38 O'dr Kapida.37 Aurora 37 Joliet 27 (Stoning 23 ¥ c. I Western. W. .6181Iilwaukee. .46 ,587: Minneapolis 46 .5b4iKansas City.44 .555 Denver...." .42 .456!Sioux City..87 .45:)iOniaha 33 ,430|Des Moines.32 .298) St. Paul.....23 V e l Interstate. W. ,G52 Terre Haute 11 .569 Evansville. ...9 W e . ,6a". .607 .588 .54.-. .800 .440 .421 .315 .527 Peoria.... .527 Quincy .5-2r Burlington. .513! .36©! .315 L. «c 5 .687 6 .600 6 .454 10 .411 ia xx tot on the west-bound track. They stepped upon the east-tyound track to es­ cape, but failed to* notice a fast passe n go r train which jtist then, with whistle screaming, came rush­ ing toward them. Tho children were paralyzed with fear i and crouched together directly before the approaching train. In an instant the heavy locomotive struck tho group of little ones, and hurled three of them upon the track dead. Jennie Drews, aged 13; Nellie Warren, aged 10: and Mamie Warren, aged «, were dashed to death. Jane Warren, aged 13, was frightfully injured, and Willie Warren was hurled into the river, where he was found alive In about a foot of water. Ix New York City, the affairs of Franklin Woodruff, who made an assign­ ment for over ?4."i0,000 some mouths ago, have been settled, and the business will be continued by a corporation, the Franklin Woodruff Trading and Ware­ house Company, of which Mr. Woxfrihiff will be President. The creditors will have five of, tho nino directors of the company. POOBMASTER Scirurvrz, of Wolcottville, N. Y., was so badly beaten by a lunatic named Yago that he has since died. Yago escaped and lias not yet been ap­ prehended. - - ( J CHARLES THOMPSON, of Great Che- beague Island, reports that while berry­ ing in (loose Island, near Chebeague, Me., he came across tho remains of the bodies of some children. On a rock were four hands and four feet recently cut off. A large, fire had been built pear bv and among the charred coals were bones, as if the children's bodies had been burned. He left them without disturbing them a,nd told the story to the captain of a steamer, who brought it to Portlahd. At'tho meeting of the American Pa­ per-Makers' Association at Saratoga, ex- Senator Warner Miller said that. Ameri­ can paper-makers could control the trade of Mexico, Central and South America and the West Indies if they had the proper shipping and banking facilities. County, was nominated for Lieutenant pn fell Governor and Charles M. Maybury, of vlllulL Pawnee County, for Secretary of Stole. MICHIGAN'S INDUSTRIAL PARTY ft Holds a Convention at Lansing and Pots a Ticket In the Field. A SEW political organization was born Michigan last week. It is composed fUnfOn Labor people,1 Greenbackers, WESTERN HAPPENINGS. THE man who secures an intoxicating drink on Sunday in Cincinnati hereafter will have to "know the ropes." Some ti'mo ago judgment was rendered in a police court against John Lederer for violating tho Sunday law. He was sentenced to ten days in the workhouse and to pay a line of $25 and costs. This was a test case as to the right to do a restaurant business in a room where liquors were sold on other days of the week. No evidence was pro­ duced to show that intoxicating drinks were served and the bar was screened. The Judge, however, decided that Led­ erer had violated the law and the judg­ ment of the lower court was affirmed. PETER THEOBALD, agc<I 19,, was stabbed and killed at a birthday party in Hamilton, Ohio, by John Haacks, an un­ invited guest. CORPORAL FRANCIS, of Company B, Twelfth Infantry, U. S. A., stationed across the river from Pierre. S. D.. was drowned in the Missouri River while bathing- . . JOHN- STEVEXSOX, a brute who has been driving an ice wagon, was arrested in Chicago for cruelly beating one of his horses with his ice-tongs and fined §100. Fortunately his cruelty was observed by a policeman who did not hesitate to ar­ rest him. Fortunately he was brought before a Justice who had some humanity in his composition and appreciated what the brute had done and administered richly deserved punishment. CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM MCKIXLEV, JR., was called home from Washington by the serious illness of his sister. Miss Annie McKinley. Miss McKinley died at Canton. Oh^o. She was tmo of the most active public-school education Farmers' Alliance, and Knights of writers for the last twenty years. bor. . It has been christened the In- iistrial party. One of the first moves of the Industrial party at its State Con­ vention, held at Lansing, was.to adopt a resolution forbidding fusion with Pro­ hibitionists. The new party nominated for Governor Eugene If. Belden, a prom­ inent Patron of Industry and a member of the Farmers' Alliance. The entire State ticket named by the new order is as follows: Governor, Eugene H. Belden, of Jackson; Lieutenant Governor, Capt. John McGregor, of Wayne; Secretary of State, William E. Adams, of Berrien; State Treasurer, H. E. Blackman of Al­ legan; Auditor, Gen. William W. Gra­ ham, of Oakland; Attorney General, A. Hi - r, *.*• V. pt the Board of Education, James Pow ers, of Kalamazoo; Supreme Court Jus­ tice, O'Brien J. Atkinson, of St. Clair. People of Distinction. CONGRESSIONAL nominees; Clinton B, Breckinridge, Democrat, Second Arkan­ sas District; C. L. Moses, Alliance man, Indorsed by Democrats of Fourth Geor-* gia; N. V. Harlan, Republican, Second Nebraska; W. J. Bryan. Democrat, First Nebraska; C. H. Van Wyck, .Independ­ ent, First Nebraska; Col. Everett, Farmers' Alliance,' indorsed by Demo­ crats in Seventh Georgia; Charles E. Allen, Democrat. Second Maine; Judge Ezra B. Taylor, Republican, Nineteenth Ohio; G. W. Covington, ~ Prohibitionist, First Maryland; Edward Iliggins, Prohibitionist, Second Mary­ land; WT. II. J. Gluck. Prohibitionist, Third Maryland: Mr. Moulton, Prohibi- , tlonist, Sixth Maryland. In Georgia, Capt. Sydenham Alexander, Farmers' Alliance, was indorsed by Democrats in the Sixth District, and B. R. Grady, Alliance candidate, was indorsed by Third District Democrats. t . Victims of tta? Fioo 1. .gr"1 A LOCAL paper of Johnstown, Pa. prints what la claimed to be a correct list of the victims of the flood, giving the number of the dead at 2,187, which leaves over 200 bodies not yet recovered. I ' ' . Fire at Rraddock, Pa. V 4-> \ ABOUT two acres of closely packed » r buildings at Braddock, Pa., occupied i " - V chiefly by Hungarian laborers, burned $he other day. The loss is $100,000. THIRTEEN IS~UNLUCKY. Slfttt. Thompson, POTT,master at Louisville That Many Years, Retires. AFTEK a service of thirteen years, Mrs. Virginia Campbell-Thompson has -retired from the position of Postmaster' of LouisvUie, Ky. Mrs. Thompson was the only female postmaster in the United ••JtStates that had served so long. She Is also tho only woman who ever filled the ftr' jposition of Postmaster in a cfty the size »i Louisville. Mrs. Thompson is tho ^daughter of Alexander Campbell, tho fouuder of the Christian Church. r .f JEASTERN OCCURRENCES* ,• AT New York Frederick Betzel, aged 40, shot Katie Murphy, 10 years old, lu 4he foot. The affair created great ex­ citement, and Betzel at once shot him­ self twice, dying a few hours later. It is believed that he was insane. SEVERAL children returning f^rom a ; blackberrying expedition into Bergen County started to cross the Erie Railroad !, bridge over the Passaic River, at Pater- ; son, N. J. When nearly across the ' bridge, which is without rail or foot­ path, the children saw a train approach- j SEVENTEEN engine companies fought forty acres of fire in tho lumber district at Chicago for three hours, the other night. A spark from a tug caused the trouble. Two hundred thousand dollars worth of property was consumed belong­ ing to FitzSimons & Connell, E. E. Aver, the Northwestern Railroad, and the city and United States Government Forty freight ears were burned, 8125,- 000 worth of telegraph poles, a fire en­ gine, and the lens of the light-house lantern. It was one of the fiercest and mo6t stubborn fires of recent years, and for a time appearances indicated that fl,000,000 worth of property would be consumed. Louis DE W. WASHBURN, a leading civil, engineer of Minneapolis, Was drowned in Lake Minuctonka with his niece, Gussie Buckman, daughter of E. H. Buckman, of Sioux City, Iowa. He was in the water jiear his cottage, trying to teach the girl to swim, when he was seized with cramps aqd both went down. Mary Buckman, sister to the unfortu­ nate girl, was in a boat near by, but could render no assistance. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. RECENT Congressional nominations: Sixth Peimylvania District, John B. Rob­ inson (Rep.); Sixth Mississippi, T. R. Stockdale (Dem.) renominated. TnK North Dakota Republican State Convention met at Grand Forks and nominated Capt. Burke of Fargo for Governor, Roger Allen for Lieutenant Governor, aud M. H. Johnson for Con­ gress. TIIR Prohibitionists of Michigan, as­ sembled in State convention at Lansing, adopted a platform indorsing woman suffrage and Government control of rail­ roads an<l telegraph lines, and choso the following as their State ticket: For Governor--Aaoriaa' £. Partridge of Slushing. ( Lieutenant Governor--Henry J. Allen of Schoolcraft. Secretary of State--E. S. Parmenter 'Ot Hart. Auditor General--MaJ. L. S. Ives of Mason. Stutc Treasurer--Anson P. Coddiugton of Lenawee. Commissioner of Land Office •-- Carlton Peck of Lapeer. Attorney General--James t>. Adslt of Traverse City. 1 Superintendent Public Instruction?--David Howell of Lansing. Member Bourd of Education -- Charles Scott of Hope College, Judge of Supreme Court -- Noah W. Chesver of Ann Arbor. , * FOREIGN OOSSiP. THE rapid extension of Russians rail road system through Siberia to the Pa­ cific coast, and the menace it conveys toward Chinese interests, at last have aroused the Celestials from their con­ servatism. It is reported that China in­ tends to borrow $45,000,000 in this coun­ try for railroad purposes, and that in addition to the road projected from Pekin southward others will be laid out in Manchooria to offset tho designs of Russia. The appearance of danger evi­ dently has alarmed the Chinese, and from present prospects the empire sopn will be engaged actively in railroad construc­ tion. SPECIAL from Portland, Mo.: A gen­ tleman formerly prominent in two Repub­ lican administrations, who is now at Bar Harbo,r intimates that the United States is likely t<j annex Hayti or Santo Do­ mingo, and that Mr. Blaiiie's views on sugar duties have a bearing on this point. A Dominican statesman recently paid a hurried visit to Mr. Blaine. Min­ ister Douglass' return from llayti may have come connection with the matter. A SENSATION is reported from Land- shut, in Lower Bavaria, over the discov­ ery that the cemetery-keepers have been robbing the bodies of tho rich dead dur­ ing the last two years. Clothes, orna­ ments. and even hair have been stolen, while the costly caskets have been re­ placed by plain pine coffins. The ghouls have been arrested FOUR persons were killed by a railway collision at Manchester. England. Tho trains contained laborers who were on their way to work on the now ship canal. A number of cars were thrown over tho canal bank. v THE Rev. Robert Laird Collier, ono of the most widely known Unitarian divines in this country, died at his country home, The Evergladas, situated about twelve miles from Salisbury, Md. AN Englishman named J. F. Farrell was shot and killed by an unknown party at Middlesborougli, Ky.,, and the body laid across the railroad track, where it was afterward run over by a train. A CAREFUL canvass of the business community of Macon, Ga., revealed not a single firm in favor of the Northern boycott in case the force bill passes. At Chattanooga, Tcnn., a similar feeling was displayed. A SPECIAL from Baltimore says: The steamer Virginia collided with the steamer Louise between Steel ton and Fort Carroll, and, it is known that at least eight of the Louise's passengers are killed and missing, while a number of others are seriously injured. 'The Vir­ ginia is blamed by the passengers on the Louise. The latter is an excursion boat, and was on her way from Colchester with about 150 people. Just after passing Fort Carroll it met the Virginia on its way from the city to Norfolk. It ex­ pected the Virginia to pass it, but in­ stead the big vessel came along head on and struck near the wheel-house, tear­ ing out the entire side and leaving a hole eight feet deep through which the water poured as the Virginia pulled out. The names of five of the dead are: Mrs. Ma- halia Marshall. Charles Grenzer, Daniel Kopp, Mrs. Howard Keizer, William Riegel. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL* JOIIX H. POWERS, of Hitchcocl: Coun­ ty, President of the State Farmers' Al­ liance, was nominated for Governor on the second ballot by the Independent People's State Convention of Nebraska, at Lincoln. The convention had 873 delegates, representing seventy-seven counties. Allen Root, of Douglas Coun­ ty, was chosen Chairman. The platform demands the enactment of the Aus­ tralian ballot system; that eight hours shall constitute . a day's work except on farms: that a liberal ser­ vice pension bill he passod by Congress. It invites all men without regard to past or present political affiliation to join in an effort tor pure government, for relief from the shackles of party politics, and the domination of corporate power in public affairs. W. H, Deck, of Saunders FRESH AND NEWSY. THERE is considerable excitement oyer the discovery that leprosy has made its appearance in several remote parts of the Dominion hitherto unaffected, says a dispatch from Ottawa, Ont. Heretoforo the dread disease was believed to have been confined within the limits of tho Lazaretto at Tracadle. Dr. Smith, the medical officer at the Lazaretto, is now investigating the cases lately reported on the Island of Anticosti. It is believed •to have beeh the result of intermarriage, and has secured a strong foothold, spreading out to the mainland. It ap­ pears that an infected family went from Port Mansfell, Caraquet, to the Island of Anticosti some years ago. , THE Superintendent of the Census has written a letter to the Secretary of the Interior recommending a recount of the population of St. :Paul and Minneapolis. NATHAXIAL R. LOCKE, father of tho famous "Petroleum V. Nasbv." died at his home at Toledo, Ohio, aged 97. He was considered the oldest Methodist in the United States and was one of the founders of the Republican party. Two FARMERS named Duncans'on and Patterson were overcome by gas while repairing an old well at Rossburn. Man­ itoba, and both were brought to the sur­ face dead. Duncanson was a wealthy Scotchman recently arrived from the old country, and was going into farming ex­ tensively. THE Senate Committee on the District of Columbia has so far failed to take any decisive action on the petition of the residents of the city of Alexandria in Virginia for the repeal of the act of 1840 by which the city, originally a portion of the ten miles square, wa§ allowed to go back to Virginia. The petition is based upon the grounds that the signatories are tired of paying heavy taxes into the State Treasury of Virginia and se6ing money squandered by politicians while the city is neglected. They claim that they paid $88,000 in 1887. and as yet not a single cent has been spent on improve­ ments for the benefit of the municipality. Alexandria is represented in Congress by General Lee, a son of the great Confed­ erate leader, and is one of the most ex­ clusive towns in the South. LOTTERIES. TTIFB PRESIDENT SENDS A MES­ SAGE TO CONGRESS. la Which B* Cifti That Body to Immediate *IMI IJeclxlve Action--Mora Stringent, L*ir« liomaurted to Prevent the Use of the Mall*. The following message has been sent to Congress by President Harrison: ' "To the Senate and House of Representatives: "The recent attempt to secure a char­ ter from the State of North Dakota for a lottery company, the pending effort to obtain from tho Stato of Louisiana, a re­ newal of the charter of the Louisiana State Lottery, and tho establishment of one or more lottery companies at Mexi­ can towns near our border, have served a good purpose of calling public atten­ tion to an evil of vast proportions. If the baneful effects of the lotteries were confined to the States that gave the com­ panies corporate powers and a license tc conduct a business, the citizens of other States, being powerless to apply legal remedies, might clear themselves of re­ sponsibility by the use of such moral agencies as were within their reach. But the caso is not so. The people of all the States ire debauched and defrauded. The vast sums of money offered to the States for charters arc drawn from the people of the United States and the Gen­ eral Government, through its mail sys­ tem, is made the effective and profitable medium of intercourse betwpen the lot­ tery company and its victims. "The use of the'mails is quite as essen­ tial to the companies as the State license. It would be practically impossible for these companies to exist if the public mails were once effectually closed against their advertisements and remittances. The use of the mails by these companies is a prostitution of an agency only in­ tended to serve purposes of legitimate trade and a decent social intercourse. It is not necessary, lam sure, for mo to at­ tempt to portray the robbery of the poor and the widespread corruption of public aud private morals which arc tho neces­ sary incidents of these lottery schemes. "Tho National Capital has become a sub-headquarters of the Louisiana Lot­ tery Company, and its numerous agents and attorneys are conducting here a busi­ ness involving probably a larger use of the mails than that of any legitimate business enterprise, in tho District of Columbia. There seems to be good rea­ son to believe that the corrupting touch of these agents lias been felt by the clerks in tho postal service and by some of the police officers in tho District. Severe and effective legislation should be promptly enacted to enable the postoffice department to purge the mails of all let­ ters. The letter of the postmaster-gen­ eral, which I transmit herewith, points out the inadequacy of the existing stat­ utes and suggests legislation that would be effective. It may also be necessary to so regulate the carry­ ing of letters by the express companies as to prevent tho* use of those agencies to maintain communication between the lottery companies and their agents or customers in other cities. It does not seem possible that there can be any di­ vision of sentiment as to the propriety of closing the mails against these compa­ nies, and I therefore venture to express the hope that such proper powers as are necessary to that c-nd will be given to the postoffice department. "BENJAMIN HARBISON. "Executive Mansion, July 29, 1890.* The letter of the Postmaster General referred to by the President calls atten­ tion to the inefficiency of the present law, •'and recommends the passage of the anti- lottery bill recently reported to the House. _____ ALTERED THE CHECKS. ChMS«A* Uwv Um MARKET BBFOOTS. CHICAGO. • CATTLB- Prima Kair to Good Common HOGS--Shipping Grades BHKEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. COBK--No. 2 OATB--No. i RYE--No. a. JiUTTKR--Choice Creamery CHEKBK-- Full Cream, flats EGOS--tYesh POTATOES--Early Ohio, per bu.. INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping. Hoofs-- Choice Light FHEKP--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. 2 Hod CORN--No. 1 White OATS--No. i White bT. LOUIS. CATTLE Hoos WHEAT--No. A R».1 CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Ii*E--No. 2 CINCINNATI. Boos YV'HKAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 MixeI. MILWAUKEE. • WHEAT--No. 2 Spring CORN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 VNhite BYE-NO. 1.. BARLEY-- NO. 2L DETROIT. CATTLB Hooe HHKEL' WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--N& 2 Yellow, OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT CORN--Caah.. OATS--No. 2 White BUEVAXIO. CATTLE--Good to Prime......... Hoos--Medium and Heavy..;... WHEAT--No. I H&rd ....... CORN--No. 2 EAST liIBEBTV. CATTLE--Common to Prime.... Hoos-- Light SHKEP--Medium to Good MEW YOUK. CATTLKL Hoos 8HKW.. WnEAT--No. 2 Bed... CORK--No. S , OATS--Mixed Weatern ..» 4.50 .. 4.00 .. 8.<W .. 8.50 . . &e:) .. .94 .. .40 .. .33 .. .54 .14 & & & .13 & M (9 3.00 8.25 8.5J .88 .41 .40 iso 8.25 .92 .41 & 5.00 & 4.50 » 4.00 » 4.00 «« 5.45 (4 .95 .47 JM'/i .60 .16 .06 .14 .83 m 4.so <3 4.33 (9 4.75 @ JBH & .41)6 <® .41 . Money. New York telegram: Inspector Uyrnes' men are looking /or Thomas T Graff, who was confidential clerk for Stewart & Parker, insurance brokers. The tirm thought a great deal of Graff, for ho was a novelty to them, conscien­ tious, attentive to business, and appar­ ently without any vices. Thefr first confidential clerk, an Englishman, fell in love with a pretty American eirl, at­ tempted to shoot her at her house be­ cause she would not marry him, and then committed suicide. His successor and Graff's predecessor weut mad in » rowboat in New York bay. On Saturday, July 19, Mr. Ste^arti drew three checks on the German- American bank. In all They were drawn to tho orders of three in­ surance companies. Mr. Stewart gave the checks to Graff and told him to see that they were delivered. Graff took the checks into th<5 next office, the door of which was open, and, according to Mr. Parker, while talking with his em­ ployer. removed the names of the payees from the checks by means of acids. Then ho wrote "bearer" on two of the checks and his own name on the third. Mr. Stewart sat only a tow feet away from him at the time, and Graff kept talking in the most natural man­ ner about business affairs. When the work had been completed Graff went around to the bank and had the check bearing his own name certified. The The other two he had cashed. He re­ turned to tho office and told Mr. Stew­ art that tho companies had been paid. Then he left the office, it being a half- holiday, and has not beer, seen since. A WASHINGTON ELOPEMENT. A RICH WOMAN'S PALL. .34 .60 & O 4.51 «* 3.75 • .93 <0 .42 .MU .62 8.00 & 4.03 .42 & .39,'£ 31 .91 .44)6® .3.1 .54 .57 .80 .43 .395* .92 .46)4 .97 .66 .60 A tVell-Known IWflle Supposed to Have Contracted a Clandestine Marriage. Washington dispatch: The family of Admiral Porter are casting longing eyes in the direction of Chicago just now. Miss Llllle B. Porter, grand- niece of Admiral Porter, left home lately, saying she was going to a mati­ nee. and later sent a note saying she was married and was going to Chicago with her husband, but not giving the name of the gentleman. Tho family had been in a great state of distress ever since and unable to learn definitely her whereabouts. Some of her family give the opinion that she was married some weeks aao to a young man named O'lirien, formerly a clerk in the Briggs house here, and tho family now re­ member she had been for some time wearing a plain gold ring which she said had been loaned to her. She is 24 years of age and welt known In a social way, as are all members of the Porter family here. O'Brien was un­ known to her family. 8.00 8.00 3.0.) ,K> .41 W& .35 8.75 8*5 1.0') .44 8.03 3.75 3.60 3.63 4.03 4.00 1.01 0 4.75 W 4.00 ® 4.75 <0 .90 •42'-6 •38)i .94 .48*$ & 4.73 & 4.25 <$ 1.02 & .45 & 4.63 & 4.2J & 6.25 C<9 4.73 & 4.50 & 6.7S & LOt .81 <9 .6# m m M Told I n a Few Word*. PRTKU MACKIN, a Pan Handle em­ ployee, was run over and killed toy an eugltie at Logansport, Ind. TnK total loss from Sunday's firo at Wallace, Idaho, foots up £412,000. The Insurance v.-as only £38,000. ADAM BIIKKI.AXD of Harrison county, Mississippi, while beating his wife, was shot and killed by his sou. PUEMIKU MKHCIKII of Quebec will go to Franco In September to uesrotiate the conversion of tho Quebec debt. LIOHTNINO struck and Instantly killed Ilenry Gago and seriously if not fatally injured John Lenhlrtat Nora Springs, Iowa. AT Pajmer's storo near Glasgow, Ky., William Martin shot and killed John Bucks. Martin surrendered. AT Syracuse, N. Y., by tho explosion of Si barrel of whisky whlch Was stand­ ing on tho sidewalk in the •un sevoral people wore hurt. Oaee a Mltlf«a«l»V» Wife Now Uvtag lm Poverty. ' MM. Caroline Miller, colored, ERF West port, received from Manhaset, L. I., a letter from Mrs. Georgeanna Al- den, the contentn of which show tA what depths of poverty those in opu­ lence may fall. The writer is the widow of the late Stephen Alden, who for j ears was one of the wealthiest men in the country. She is now without money and without friends, is suffering from hunger and want of proper shel­ ter, and, reduced to the lowest depths of poverty, begs this poor -woman, who was once employed in her household, for aid. So reduced had .she become that only three cents were in her purse, and two of them were nsed to Vmy the stamp for her letter. Mrs. Miller showed the letter to perrons who had associated with Mrs. Alden at a time when fortune smiled upon her, think­ ing that they were better able than her­ self to answer the appeal.. They offered no assistance. One of the persons to whom the letter was shown is the wife of a well-known citizen who, when the unfortunate lady was shining in society there, borrowed her diamonds, valued at many hundreds of dollars, to wear at an evening reception. They were loaned, worn and had their effect, but were never returned. Subsequently, when demand for them was made, the borrower pleaded as a reason for re­ taining the jewels that the owner owed her husband a bill, and that when the claim was satisfied the property would be restored. 'Phe colored woman's ap­ peal to these people for a contribution was met with a rebuff. Twenty years ago Mrs. Alden'a htls- baud was reported to be worth from three to five millions of dollars. He had previous to that time been presi­ dent of one of the banks in Albany and was also a prominent resident and poli­ tician of that city. Subsequently he married, removed to New York and be­ came a broker of the Stock Exchange. By a series of daring manipulations he made the major portion of his great wealth. He spent his summers in Westport, and erected an elegant man­ sion, with spacious lawns and parks, and lived in princely style. At length business reverses set in. Heavy losses followed, and in a surprisingly short time money and property were swept away to satisfy tlie claims of creditors. Mr. Alden died under the weight of his obligations, and his widow, shattered in health, started westward. For several years she remained on the Pacific coast, but later returned East,--Utica Globe. Low and Tritgedy. A romance-tinged story comes from Bucharest (Roumania) in connection with a double suicide that has lately shocked society there. A daughter of an ex-minister, married to a doctor in Moldavia, sought and obtained a divorce. She and an officer in the artillery, Captain G , had become very strongly attached to each other, and after the formalities of the divorce had been gone through Captain G sought and obtained the Kiug's consent to his marriage with Mine. N . The wedding day was fixed, and all seemed bright and promising, when Bucharest was one morning pained and astonished to lean that Mine. N had put au end to her life. Just prior to the wed­ ding the discovery was made and re- vealod to the unfortunate lady that a blood relationship existed between her­ self aud l>er lover that proved a bar to their marriage. Siwee Mine. N--'a death the Captain has been in despair, visiting lier tomb twice daily, and say­ ing to his comrade * that he should soon be with the object of his love. On Friday morning his orderly, going to awake him to go on duty, found his master lying dead. It seems he had taken a strong dose of poison. By tho side of his bed was a volume of poems with dried edelweiss between the leaves, and on the sofa a gown belong­ ing to the late Mme. N , strewn thickly with fresh rose leaves. Abandoned but Saved. The following pathetic fox atOry comes from England: A fox was fairly hallooed from a hid­ ing place amid a ledge of rocks--high, secluded and inaccessible, yet withal conveniently enough situated for those nightly forays by which she had laid half the hen joosts in the district under repeated contribution. As the hounds were at hand tho felon bounded away through the bushes, distancing her pur­ suers in the first instance, and holding out the promise of a day's excellent Bport. These exertions, however, were too violent to be long continued, and the hunters knew from the increased yelling of the pack that it was gaining upon the enemy every moment. At this juncture a gentleman who; rode foremost in the chase observed the animal pause, look1 around and then bound away, apparently with fresh vigor and greatly increased speed. At­ tracted by this circumstance he rode up to this_spot, aiul there found a very young' cub, which the affectionate mother had carried at least two miles in her teeth and which she did not abandon till the very last extremity. Situated as they were the party had no means of restoring the cub,, but as a reward for the fidelity of the mother the whipper in was immediately ordered to call off t he dogs and recommence the sports of the day in a totally different quarter--Exchange. Meeting an Old friend. People are treated to a great many surprises in this world. The man who tries to shake hands with hit image in a large mirror was mightily astonished when he felt the cold surface of the glass. Not less so was a well-known local journalist, who, while reading a work of fiction the other day, was sur­ prised to find incorporated in its pages au account of an occurrence which he Had written up years ago for a metro­ politan paper, and, as he made a spe­ cialty of nuch matters, the author of the book had drawn heavily upon the storo of facts und descriptions. The use of the material was perfectly legit­ imate, as the facts found in newspapers are at every one's service, but to the reader it was like meeting a lonor-lost literary child, and he recognized it by family traits, even if it was under an­ other name.--.S/. Paul Pioneer Press, M m A BUILDING CONSTRUCTED PRINCIPALLY OF BALED HAY. Isawtlilaf About the Interstate Ti.y •Itlon gssn to Be Held la H Isitm Illinois Town--Some of It* Novel Feat­ ures. [Monjence (III.) dispatch to Chicago Trfbnue.] Preparations for the Interstate Hay Palace Exposition, which is to be held at Momence Oct. 1-11, are now well ad­ vanced, and^ work on the building is in progress. The building, as its name indicates, will' bo constructed principally of baled hay, but, as a matter of course, lumber, iron and glass will be necessary in a building of such proportions. The pal­ ace will be 204 feet in length, with a width of 170 feet in the center. The accompanying engraving, taken from •the architect's plans, gives a good idea of its appearance, but does not show the auditorium tn the rear of the central or main hall. This main hall is a perfect circle 103 feet In diameter, surmounted :by a central glass dome 81 feet in cir­ cumference, the top of which will be 87 feet from the jground. A gallery, sixteen feet wide, sweeps entirely around this main hall, from tho inner circle of which there is an unob­ structed view to the center and to the ;top of the dome. Three wings lead from the main hall, the larger or rear wing being designed for an auditorium, .seating 1,200 people. The Kankakee marshes east of Mo­ mence annually profluce thousands of tons of a. species of wild hay that is baled and shipped principally for packing pur­ poses. This hay, pressed in bales 16 by 22 by 36 Inches, will furnish the princi­ pal visible material used in building the walls and towers, but enough baled oat now THE BUILDING WILL LOOK, and rye straw, grasses, etc., will be used in trimming to give the exterior a pleas­ ing contrast of color and shading. Corn in various forms, sheaf wheat and oats, and other farm products will enter large­ ly in the interior decorations. The ex­ hibit is designed primarily to show the resources and products of Will, Iroquois, Kankakee, Vermillion, Livingston,Grun­ dy and Ford counties in Illinois, and of Lake, Newton, Benton, Warren and Fountain counties in Indiana. These counties are being organized by town­ ships to secure a proper representation of the products of their farms, factories, forests, mines, etc., together with the acquirements of their people in the way of music, art, athletics, and manual training. Among some of the novel features will be an immense aquarium containing, as far as possible, every species of fish na­ tive to the Kankakee, Iroquois and Wabash Rivers; collections of the geo­ logical, botanical, ornithological and zo­ ological features of the district; a collec­ tion of Indian and prehistoric relics, owned and mostly collected within the district. The latter feature promises to be unusually interesting, as several large collections have already been secured, including tho noted mound-builders' col­ lection, belonging to H. M. Keyser of this city, embracing the relics obtained from over 600 mounds in the Upper Kan- jkakee Valley. The reunion of the survivors of the Seventy-sixth Regiment, Illinois Infantry, •wJU ^ke place Oct. 2 and 3, the second and third days of the exposition. This •will be followed by a band tournament, a firemen's tournament and bicycle, .tournament. There will also be a con­ test of tho church choirs of the district, •for which the association offers liberal iprizes; also,of male quartettes, solo sing- jers, etc. One room In the palace will be set apart for drawings and models illustrat­ ing the methods of constructing and operating manufacturing plants of the 'class that seek locations in the smaller cities and towns. Lectures and such other information as can be procured will be given in this room, on methods of se­ curing manufacturing establishments, and the experience of various cities and towns will be detailed in the hope of in­ citing the people of the district to stronger efforts in the way of building up and increasing their manufacturing industries. The hay palace will be the first palace exposition east of tho Mississippi Rivfer, and the fact that a small city like Mo­ mence has raised the money and carried the work of organization to a point where success seems certain speaks well for the enterprise and public spirit of her people. The project of the exposition was conceived by Charles S. McNichols, Secretary of the Association, after a visit to Creston, Iowa, where the success of the Blue Grass Palace has almost turned the heads of the Crestonites. The Doctor's Atlvice. Frau Von Mulhof, notorious for her parsimony, mot the famous Dr. Lind- man in the street. . As soon as she caught sight of him, tho lady deter­ mined to make the most of the oppor­ tunity, and exclaimed: "How fortunate that we have met, Doctor. I have been suffering a good deal from weakness lately, and every time I walk out, I feel tired directly. What would you ad­ vise me to take?" - « "Take a cab. madam," replied the doctor, and quickly disappeared.--Flie- aende Blatter. REED AND BLAINE Hold Different Views on Reciprocity ud Tariff 1 egislatlon. Washington dispatch: Speaker Reed believes in the French saying: "Al­ ways and everywhere be bold." He is bold enough to throw himself across the track which a large eleir.ent in his party Is following toward reciprocity. Piquancy is added to Lis position be­ cause of the Speaker's well-known views that the days of Secretary Blaine's leadership aro past But, outside of any persoual feeling, Mr. Reed thinks that reciprocity is not the •Republican party doctrine and is doing his best to stop the movement which at present has its opportunity tn the Senate. The Speaker has been .seekins interviews with Republican Senators, particularly the members of the Finance Committee, aud urging his views upon them. But he has failed to convince them, for, at a conference this afternoon of leading members of tho committee it was agreed that an amend­ ment drawn up by Senator Aldrich should be offered and made a part of the Tariff bill. The Aldrich amendment Is not just what Secretary Blaine would like, as it is in the nature of a compromise, but it recognizes a principle that seems dis­ tasteful to Speaker Reed and many of his colleagues. The principle is that in the present, and in all future tariff legislation regard Is to be had to foreign as well as to domestic, trade. In other words, that a country whose policy is protection will undertake fcy re­ el proeitv treaties to provide its producers with a maricet • or their surplus products. Tho Aldrich amendment sets forth the policy of tho United States in reenacting a tariff law to discriminate against countries ; which fail to offer reciprocal advantages In return for a free entry to the markets of the United States. It empowers the j President, when in his view the ad- i vantage of a freo United States market has not been reciprocated by the admission on similar conditions of the agricultural and other products of the United States, to relmpose a speci­ fied duty on sugar, rubber, hides, and coffee. These are all the articles now specified, but before the amendment is Introduced in the Senate others may be Included. _ WORK or OUR NATIONAL LAW­ MAKERS. 'A'-'g' w •' wn .Proeeeittwfs mi tfc* Ssnaf mmA KMU» ? _ ItejVrexenuUlvee _ Important MsstsfM «•;; '•, DtowMBsetl and A«M Vvoa-OM aTtk* B««i nes*. f !;.*r Ix the Senate, on the 25th, Mr. Aldrich Mkedt that the formal reading of the tar iff bill be dis­ pensed with, and that tbe bill be read by para- 1 graphs for consideration. Unanimous consent. > Cf was given, and Mr. Vanoe proceeded to addresa- : the Senate. Senator Call fntroduced a resolu­ tion, instructing tne interstate Commerce Com­ mittee to inquire and report to the Senate whether any arrangement* have been m&cin between the persona owning elevators •« " and the transportation companies in any of the Western States which will * . f have the effect, or which are Intended. to hare the effect, of preventing the storage of grain aud of compelling the farmers to sell ,* ?*' their grain at such prices as may be offered. - . They are also to inquire if such an arrange- . ment ban beeh made in any of the cotton-pro- ducing States. The resolution instructs lh» committee to report a bill which will require < elevator companies and others engaged in th» J storage of grain to accept such grain when offered to the extent of their storags capaci- , . ty. The House went into committra of tho whole for consideration of th» 1 'rf% sundry civil appropriation bill with Ken&tu > * " amendment!*. 'X'lie Postoffice Committee agreed ' X"' upon a substitute in lieu of a number of pend- „ ing bills adverse to lotteries, and ordered it ' .',-f ? to be reported to the House. The substitute ' prohibits lottery circulars and tickets, lists of1 ^ draw ing 8, money or drafts for purchase ot lottery Tickets, or newspaners containing lot­ tery advertisements or drawings from be- in« carried in the mails or delivered by car­ riers : and a penalty of a fine not exceeding: iS5,000 and imprisonment not exceading one year is to be imposed upon any person depositing sttch matter in the mails. The Postmaster General is also to be authorized upon evidenco of the existence of a lottery or gift enterprise to cause registered letters directed to the com­ pany to l»o stamped "Fraudulent" aud returned to the senders, and he may also forbid the pay­ ment of money-orders addressed to a lottery or gift-enterprise company. IN the Senate, on tho 26th, Mr. Callom offered' a resolution, which was agreed to, requesting the President to transmit to the Senate all cor­ respondence not already submitted to Congress and now on tile in the State Department; touch­ ing the efforts made by the Oovernme nt to ob­ tain a modi timtion or repeal of tne decrea of the French Government of 1831 prohibiting the importation into ' France of American pork and kindred American products. A bill was passed granting a pension of S'i.OOO a year to the widow of the Lite Maj. Gen. Crook. Bills were also parsed giving life pen­ sions to Mrs. Fremont and to Mrs. McClellaui In the House, Mr. McKinley of Ohio, from the- Committee on Rules, reported a resolution di­ recting the Speaker to appoint a committee of five meml>er8 to investigate the charges brought against Pension Commissioner Haum by Repre­ sentative Cooper of Indiana. Adopted. After- this matter hod been disposed of the House. went into committee of the whole (Mr. Burrows of Michigan in the chair) on the Senate amend­ ments to the sundry civil bill. THK Senate, on tho 28th, passed the Sen­ ate bill to pension all surviving officers and; men of Powell's battalion of Missouri mounted volunteers raised during the war with Mexico. Mr. Aldrich offered a resolu­ tion fixing the hour of meeting of the Sen­ ate at 11a. m.. which was finally agreed to, with the understanding that tho Senate should adjourn at 0 o'clock. During the- discussion Mr. Ingalls said that the morn­ ing hour should last two hours daily fop the consideration of business on the cal­ endar. He said that as soon as tb» tariff bill, the appropriation hills and th» election bill were passed Congress would un­ doubtedly adjourn promptly. Mr. Coleman, of Louisiana, introduced In the House a bill to create a Bureau of Health and to prevent* the introduction and extension of contagious and infectious diseases in the United States. T'lie hill authorizes tho President to appoint a Chief Commissioner of Health at a salary of SS.000 per annum, who shall be under tho Secretary of the Interior, and who shall hold his office until seventy years of age, unless removed by tho President. The President is also authorized to appoint a Health Commission of twenty members, di­ vided as follows: Five Commissioners for the yellow fever scction and three each for the-following sections: Cholera, small-pox, diphtheria, typhoid fever and scarlet fever, each Commissioner to receive a salary of ?2.000 per annum. The commission is tt> designate five of their number to be known as the "Quarantine Commission." The bill appropriates $100,000 to salaries and the cxpeM slon. The hill was tee on Conimerc&|^^^^^^^^Ht M,r. Sher­ man offered went for tho-dally at 10 a. m. The Senatj^^HPmee on Judiciary has practically roAfPPFd its consideration of the hill for tho relief of tho Supreme Court and will report it to the Senate in a tew days. In the Mouse, Mr. Cannon (Illinois), from the Committee on Appropriations, re­ ported a joint resolution providing tempora­ rily (until Au£. 14) for such of the expendi­ tures of iito Government as have not been provided for b; the appropriation bills which l.i;\ . rlrcady become laws. Passed. The House then went into committee of tho whole, Mr. Burrows (Mich.) in tho chair, on the Senate amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill. The House Committee on Indian affairs has decided to recommend that the House non-concur in all of the Sen­ ate amendments to the Indian appropria­ tion bill and ask a conference. The Housw Committee on Commerce has ordered a fa­ vorable report on the bill providing for a steam vessel at Chicago, to cost $28,000, to bo used under the direction of tho Treasury to board and inspect incoming vessels. Rep­ resentative Farquhar of Now York has in­ troduced a bill to create a commission, to be known as the United States Commission of the World's Congress of Labor, to consist of nine members to be appointed by the Presi­ dent. THE President sent to the Senate the fol­ lowing nominations on the 30th nit.: Thad- deus S. Sharrett, of Maryland, to be General Appraiser of Merchandise, under the pro­ visions of the act approved June 10, 1890; Louis Desmarais, of Louisiana, to be Coiner of the Mint at New Orleans. Indian Agent# --D. F. Royer, at the Pine Ridge Agency iu South Dakota; George Steoll, at the Black- foot Agency In Montana. Postmasters--A. D. Lawrence, Tecumseli, Mich.; H. C. Bulls, Decorah, Iowa; Charles 11. Schoregge, Sleepy Eye, Minn. Withdrawn--Mrs. Min­ nie B. Taylor at Hicksville, Ohio (at her own request). A favorable report has boon order­ ed on the bill introduced by Senator Sher­ man to incorporate the Society of the Red Cross, with Clara Barton, George Ivennan and other prominent people as incorporat­ ors. The Speaker laid before the House fifteen requests for leaves of absence. The bill taxing manufacturers and dealers in compound lard and fixing a tax oh the ar­ ticle itself was reported to the House with a l-econ/nendation that it pass. The bill taxes compound lard 2 mills per pound and fixes the annual license of manufacturer* at 800 per year, wholesale dealers at 824 per year, retail dealers at $1.92 per year, and requires that alt lard be branded in all packages as "compound lard," and when sold in other than the original packages to be inclosed in wrappers or receptacles 1j»ar- ing such label. " f'•'f. ho first year he CiHtftn Commit RAILROAD NOTES. The first elevatod railway was ^ jected in New York etty In J871 aud completed in 1878. The largest locomotive now In ns© weighs seventv-nine tons and has twelve driving-wheels. It wasn't until that suitable ma­ chinery was devised for rolling rails into other than flat shapes. Joseph Smith recently recovered 8?0,- 000 from the New York Central railroad coinpanv for injuries caused by a defec­ tive brake. A "horse" locomotive was once de­ vised which was operated by a horse treading an endless platform. Thi» drew a car at the rate of twelve miles an hour. The New York, Lake Erie St. Western railroad changed the guaec of its ontire line from six feet to four feet nJne Inches in a single Sunday without tho stoppage of trains. ^, It Is said that at the trial of an elec- 4*11 trie headlight near Columbus small print could be read on a card when the light was more than a mile away. The light was Visible wh*n eight mi las tM»V ' " V . if . ; W. : „v • m* >• t. .A '. .M . ij V" . *"< 1 ALJL.M: .... Sit* I