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fcta^sas? HOPE OF ALLIANCE w \ w v 3 * ™ : 1 ..•STEftSE «EV!g\¥ OF THE ANNUAL |f|||f. : OFFICIAL EPISTLE. " ': ' ' ~ ' " ' . R(*4N*mm?Tid«tlnap " «,r«it , Urtef Review of the »*§ttrMftmtal R®|pira»--Our President la U|lW LIIIB Witfc titt* Party ou Tliu*ly liinilss >•' .(Omaha Bee] , - annual message ofPresi- aent'.||||ifeon is a comprehensive review of the Affairs of the government during the past year. It Is pertjfltjl; by expres­ sions of satisfaction with existing con- . ditions which ouEht to be reassuring and encouraging to the country. iHilpttloDS are intelligent and thoughtful, and its recommendations generally sound and judicious. In a word, it is a candid, straightforward presentation of facts, views and suggestions which ought to recicve the attention of every citizen, and which are made in a spirit that should command general respect. The president refers at the outset to the success of the administration in transacting the vast business of the gov- ernnwnt so as to have almost wholly es­ cape® unfavorable criticism, fidelity and integrity marking to an exception*! de­ gree the operations of every department, for all ol which the credit is given to the chiefs of departments and the faithful officers and employes under them. It is a signal tribute which is thus paid to ail connected with the administration of the business of the government, and the popular judgment will not fail to accord to the chief executive his full share of •credit for the honorable record of faith­ ful and honest performance of duty. By reason both of example and influence he Is entitled to a large measure of the honor. Passing over the review of our relations with foreign powers, which are universally friendly, and the references to the several department reports, the recommendations of which are concurred in, the president says of the new silver law that some months of farther trial will be necessary to determine the per­ manent effect of the legislation upon silver values, but he regards it as grati­ fying that the increased circulation se­ cured by the act has exerted and will continue to exert a beneficial influence upon business and general values. While it has not been thought best to seek an International conference regarding sil­ ver, the situation abroad has been carefully observed and no favorable opportunity will be lost to pro­ mote a fall use of silver among the na­ tions for coinage at a uniform ratio. A re-examination of opinions on this sub­ ject the president thinks is not unlikely to be suggested by tho recent monetary disturbances in England, and if our large supply of gold is not lost in impul­ sive legislation in tho supposed interest of silver we shall bo in a position of ad­ vantage in promoting a permanent and «afe international agreement for the free use of silver as a coin metal. In this the president clearly implies that ho does not favor free coinage. Regarding the new tariff law the presl- ient is distinctly in line with those who relieve it should not be interfered with ,t the present session of congress. He lares that there is neither wisdom >r justice in the suggestion that the [bjecfc of tariff revision shall be opened ore tho law has had a fair trial and resses the opinion that "it will justify support of those who believe that •lean legislation should conserve defend American trade and the s of American workmen." The argument of the president is di- against any changes in the law at t, nnd it is entirely safe to pre- "Jj^^^kgiews will be t h e m a j o r i t y i n O f l W J ™ given to the reciprocity c tariff act, and the right of * maintained to make special trade concessions, which it is .does not impair either the comity due to others or what is knowu as the . favorod nation clause of international v treaties. Regarding this much discussed question, the president holds that what -4s given to one nation for an adequate agreed consideration, cannot be claimed by another freely. It is stated that the indications thus far given of favorable action by the countries from which we -receive our large imports of.coffee and sugar are very hopeful, and It is be­ lieved that if steam communication with those countries can be promptly im­ proved and enlarged tho next year will show a most gratifying increase in our Itcaa guageef the last aatloon] republican convention. - Inthe matter of apportfon- •a»at;*heni wit] be BO two opinions in re­ publican circle#, provided only the bill iiW iwt cut JftWft^he present represen- state. It will, of course, N>lMiM;|Ml of most. Every republican eanbe relfod upon to sincerely support Bitasure, assuming that it shall not M'iJft&n to the objection just alluded to, ftfid Which can be easily obviated. It Is an open question how far con­ gress can go in preventing gerryman­ dering. If has the constitutional au­ thority necessary to the prohibition of it,, nut Mow can it be exercised so as to b.» effective? It was provided by the last apportionment that a district should be contiguous. One member of the census cotnmittee, Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, proposes that seme provision shall be made as to squareness and majority, but no such regulations could be made without leav­ ing large discretionary latitude for state legislatures. About all that could be done would be to copy the anti-gfcrry- mauder provision of oqr Illinois state constitution, which reads: "Senatorial districts , shall be formed of contiguous compact territory bounded by county lines, and contain, as nearly as practicable, an equai number of inhabitants." Very little account can be taken in tho con­ gressional act of party majorities, es­ pecially as the returns of 1890 would not be much of a guide for the politics of the decade. "Compact" should be added to "contiguous," and that is about ait that could be done in that line. No time should be lost oyer either bill In balancing the pros and cons of second­ ary details. If it will only pass these two bills this congress will go into his­ tory distinguished as having excelled all its predecessors in the honorable re­ demption of the pledges on which a ma- j<|rity|»f its members were okcto^j, LOST FLAG FOUNftw ined by val is tho is exports of breadstuffs aud provisions, as ' well as of somo important lines of manu­ factured goods. Tho president makes an argument for the "development of the existing law ^'" providing for a federal supervisin of congressional elections," from which it is to be inferred that he would approve $'• ° che election bill which has passed the "V house and is now in the senate. The passage of an apportionment bill at the present session is recommended,, and also legislation for tho development of American steamship lines", for g : the relief of the supreme courts, for affording copyright pro­ tection to foreign authors, for requiring railroads engaged in Interstate com­ merce to use uniformly the safest train appliances, for enabliug the postoffice department to test by experiment the advantages of a postal telegraph system, and for securing a national bankrupt l^'v'^iaw. The message concludes with a y proper and perhaps necessary adtnoni- V .*• tiou to congress to exercise care in tho s •" preparation of appropriation bills and s*l^' not to waste the brief time remaining ' for the consideration of important legis- /'*•'. lation. • I ' TWO IMPORTANT BILLS, t. • >;•* • [Chicago Inter-Ocean.] * ^fherc are two bills of overshadowln g II,)- * importance, the election bill, which has iff,- - - passed the house, and is pending in tho k;*. , senate, and the apportionment bill, $;•> which has not been framed yet, and from the nature of the case could not be until tho total population of tho United | ,ld't , States had been definitely determined. It is not easy to discriminate between the */- y . two as to relative importance. At first ® one would say that the former was quite overshadowing. It embodies a great principle, one vital to self government, 3Pwhile the latter relates to a detail of *7 procedure temporary in character. An apportionment bill has never before been ^ made ac issue beetwecn the two parties. It is perfectly obvious that the demo- . crats care much more about the appor- <' tionment than they do about the election J* » bill. When they speak without reserve % •' * : it is substantially in this wise: It does v, not matter much if there is federal su- jg! pervision of congressional elections. We can elect presidential electors by the sev- gpf&lk eral legislatures at the south, and thus • .. , escape the real object of its enactment !, " and defeat its practical operation; but i '• when it comes to apportionment, if made , at all, would increase the republican fftv*V vote for president at least twenty elect- f.£ ors over what it would be under the ap- portionment of 1880. There is no possi- itvj'/': - ble way to evade the practical operation of a new apportionment except by post- \V poning it until after tho next presiden- £ty'-r tial election, just as the admission of tho /-x* ' new states was postponed until after the K . last presidential election. If such post­ ponement can be tided over this winter it will bo easy enough thereafter, for I the next house of representatives will be democratic.' " * There Is another difference between supervision and apportionment; some re- ^ • publicansiu*e opposed to trying to secure ; .. , ... . ....., ... E& in- [Minneapolis Tribune.] "The American flag has b$en driven from the seas," is a phrase that has been rolled under the tongue as a sweet mor­ sel by free traders for many, many year*. It has done constant service in the harts of legislation and on tho stump, and has served to convince many an unthinking voter that American commerce went to the demnition bowwows years ago, never to return. Granting the proposition that It has been driven from tho briny Atlan­ tic, just for the sake of .argument, it is only fair to inquire as to its whereabouts, and doing so wo have not far «to look. We find it floating gaily oveij Proctor Knott's "great unsalted seas.'* At this season navigation of the great lakes closes and statistics of commerce on thoso vast inland oceans begin to come in. A brief examination of those figures for tho season just closing will Interest and perhaps surprise those heartbroken Individuals who have been mourning the alleged disappearance of tho stars and stripes from tho Atlan­ tic. The bulk of the freight traffic of the lakes--more than ninetcen-twen- tieths, in fact--is made up of coal, iron ore and grain shipments. Beginning with iron ore, we find that in 1887 the output of the Lake Superior region was 4,700,000 tons. Tho next year it had in­ creased to 5,000,000 tons: it leaped to 7,500,000 tons in 1889 and this year to 8,500,000 tons. In this ono Item, with the mining regions of Minnesota and Wisconsin still in tho iiifancy of their development, tho American flag seems to be kept pretty busy on fresh water and each year for an indefinite time to come, it will float over a constantly in­ creasing number of ships by reason of the growth of the ore carrying trado alone. 11 But tho vessels that go down the lakes ore come back with coal, and this yek 3,500,000 tons went by water from La,ke\fc<rio ports to Chicago, Milwaukee and Thirty-fivo millions of bushels, n^ftfjpnd numbers, will repre­ sent the wlftcat movement and about 4,000,000 ba%£ls the amount of flour transported. WitTiS^he development of the northwest the pacfeage freight busi­ ness has also Increase^ largely and a constant growth iu that oijrcction Is evitable. "• The same gentlemton who disappearance ol the flag, protection has killed our shii industry/ Let us see if it hi the month of July last the vessels launched on tho Clyde 6G8; the number of vessels of all twenty-three. During tho same po at lake yards fifteen vessels were pu afloat with a total tonnage of 17,G6B, and only one of those ships was built in Can­ ada. In quality and speed the lake built vessels aro pronounced by good judges to compare favorably with those built on tho Clyde. Many of tho now steel steamers can make fifteen miles per hour and travel regularly at a twelve-mile rate. The total tonnago launched on the lakes in 1890 will reach 100,000. More than half of these new vessels are steel, and four-fifths are steamers. More tons of freight aro locked through the "Soo" in a year than pass through Suer, and tho total lake com­ merce is greater by more than one-half than the combined foreign and coast­ wise shipping of Liverpool and London. Less than 10 per cent, of this vast lake traltic is in Canadian bottoms, and in five years tho tonnago launched from Canadian shipyards has been less than 5 per cent, of the total launch. Tho gentlemen who mourn the alleged disappearance of tho flag aro Invited to examine into the causes which have created this enormous lake carrying trade. They aro invited to ask themselves why Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio want oro, and the north­ western wilderness of a few years ago now wants millions upon millions of bushels of coal every year. If they be­ lieve that protection has driven the flag from salt water, are they so blind that they cannot see it floating over the "un- salted seas?" And seeing it there wav­ ing above millions of tons of ore and coal, and wheat and flour, floating in United States built ships and to and from United States ports they must find protection to bo the cause of its reap­ pearance as well as of its disappearance. With their vaunted free trade' tbe soil over the ore beds of the northwest would never have been disturbed; Pennsyl­ vania and tho whole manufacturing east would have been a pleasant woods pas­ ture and nothing more; and Indian can­ oes, gliding stealthily along the shore, would have constituted the sum total of American lake tonnage even to this day. THE MESSAGE AND AGRICULT­ URE. :%n Inc ss. - - - -- ultwrei'||f,:^ii WMkI to- tcstft JfjWlsitiers. The *gMlu» calls attention to the re- marlcsM* HiMli .very gratifying advance In the prtc^vjtjfjM-ni products. ThtpHee of whet* advaiMed lrom si cents teOc- tober, 1896, to it.00% in October, 1«00; corn from 31 tents to 50K; oats from 19& to 43 cents, and barley from 63 to 78 cents. Meats also showed an In­ crease, while the export trade In live animals and fowls shows a very large increase. Nearly 200,000 more cattle and 43,000 more hogs were export IB 1890 that) In 1889. Tho total export* of live animals and fowls for the year w*S S33,000,000, an increase of 315,000,000. Tho exports of beef and pork prod acts, as well as dairy, were also largely Ill- creased. The exports -of butter atone during the year wuro almost double, ad­ vancing from 15,504,958 pounds in 1889 to 29,748,043 pounds in 1890. This In­ crease in tirade, says President Harrison, has been helpful to the farmers. But the administration by continuous efforts will further and very largely increase these figures by bringing into full oper­ ation tho system of inspection and sani­ tary suppression provided for la recent legislation. Tho message speaks of the beet sugar industry as beingJMgend the experimen­ tal stage and congratulates the farmers upon the fact t&at another field crop is thus added to the list. Tho concurrence of tho secretary of tho treasury has been given to the recommendation that tho department of agriculture ,Jt>o entrusted with tho supervision, provided by the tariff law, of the manufacture of domes­ tic sugar. In this way the department is given increased opportunities to labor for the welfare and advancement of tho farming interests of the country. J The space and attention given to the agricultural department shows on the part of the president an adequate recog­ nition of the agricultural interests of the country. The past year has been one of renewed interest in agriculture and a marked restoration of the influence of farmers, in national affairs. With Sec­ retary Kusk presiding over agriculture at the national capital the farmer's in­ terest wiH receive proper care. POLITICAL NOTES, SPEAKER REED is in the saddle again; and he can do a good deal of riding be­ tween now and the 4th of March. WHEN Senator Vest makes a state­ ment he always puts his foot In it; and when he adds an explanation he puts both feet in it. * THE only thing that Mr. Blaine' needs to do to secure tho presidential nomina­ tion in 1892 is to go on sawing wood as secretary of state. THE apportionment bill should be passed this winter. This is a recom­ mendation of the president which all re­ publicans will favor. THE more the republicans do at the coming session of congress -to promote tho cause of reciprocity, the easier it will be for their party to .elect the next president. * IT is a significant fact that for the first time in twenty years the republican t>ress is practically a unit in favor of one man for the presidency--and his name Is James G. Blaine. THERE was an increase of nearly 20,- 000,000 gallons in the production of whisky during the past fiscal year, and tho election retnrns show that it had a decided influence in politics. HFNRV CLAY, nearly half a century ago, defeated himself for the presidency by a letter written by him in confidence, but which was mado public by the re­ cipient. Let Mr. Cleveland beware. IF Mr.*Cleveland wants to execute a flop on the silver question he should go about it in a decent and manly way, and not by assailing the memory of Daniel Manning, the best friend he ever had. CLEVELAND'S candidacy would make republican success so easy to attain that the party might be overconfident. Against this feeling, however, the party stump orators and press could ade­ quately guard. THE postal revenue for the past fiscal year was $5,000,000 greater than that of any preceding year. Is not this a suffi­ cient reason for redeeming the repub­ lican party's pledge in favor ol 1-cent letter postage? THE two-thirds vote which tho demo- will have in the next house of rep- tatives offers unlimited possibilities financiering. The repub- ite, fortunately, will save the vagaries of the mone- : A s s \ # [Des Moines Register.] President Harrison's message, given to congress last Monday, is one'of es­ pecial interest to the farmers. It shows an advancement of the agricultural in­ terests almost unequaled. With a capa­ ble secretary of the department of agri­ culture, these large and important in­ terests aro for the first time in the his­ tory of the country receiving adequate attention at the hands of the administra­ tion to the full extent of the law. Speak­ ing of the report of Secretary Rusk, the president says that it is worthy of es­ pecial attention in view of the fact that the past year has been one of unusual agitation and" organization among the ~ { . •* r .-<>• » > i ^ the democrats will ient measure which bring before the present Nevertheless, the re- publicans sHHrroako a serious attempt to secure appWWnment in the coming session, and they %idoubtedly will. TnE rcpublicta n will do well to dispen holiday recess at the There is much importa done, and no time sho1 when it can ho profitably employe pulling ilie party together lor future victory. TWENTY or thirty words on the free silver coinage question from Mr. Cleve­ land just now would be mighty interest­ ing reading for both republicans and democrats, but these words don't come. And yet the ex-prcsident.has been very fluent with both tongue and pen recently on much smaller provocation. IF Mr. Cleveland be a free silver man now, his change of mind on tho quastion must have taken place recently. " His hostility to tho white metal remained with him throughout his whole term in the presidency, and was manifested while Mr. Fairchild was at tho head of tho treasury department as well as pre­ viously when Mr. Manniug was in that post. A change now in the indicated direction would simply mean that he was willing to make any sacrifice principle or conviction to MM; nomination in 1892. FARMERS AMBITIOUS TO CUT A WIDER SWATH IN 1892. Aw»«ai *** Oimiattw. »« Oe»i». n«. Fr«»»»ig|r • ttek*tftt the Next *'f» P*mu>I» Combination of U>« Farmers wttk fto W»rki«gm»it. fWasbingtoB dispatch.] The annual maefctal of the National Farmers' AlUMMte nrff be held at Ocala, ay, Dec. 2. In bo the most lot­ ting held iu this s, and the action 'clear the political *y or complicate Fla., begionin# T many respeeH"iI: ^ portant Industrial country in many taken there will ett atmosphere wondei matters so that tWaMwst poUtfcaTfuess- ers will be put to their wits' ends to divine the course of affairs in the next Presidential election. There is a strong possibility that tho Farmers' Alliance will bloom out as a full-fledged third party with a full ticket in tho field in 1892. This matter will oe settled prac­ tically at the Ocala convention. At its recent meeting at Denver. Col., the General Assembly of the Knights of Labor appointed General Master Work­ man Powderly, A. W. Wright of Can­ ada, and Ralph Beaumont of Now York ta attend the Alliance Convention as fra­ ternal delegates. These thrue aro clear, forcible speakers and earnest men, and it is altogether likely that the partial combination effected between these two great industrial organizations will be made closer in the matter of political action at all events. The Knights of Labor bear a proposition to the Alliance to join with that order in calling, at as early a date as possible, a convention of all labor and reform organizations to decide the question of independent political action. They are strongly of tho opinion that the Alliance will take this action. Such a convention would take in the Patrons of Husbandry, the Grange, the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, and the Now England Farmers' Organization, all of which are thoroughly in sympathy with tho Alliance, but have not as yet joined It. Then the K(iights of Labor, tho Federation of Railroad Employes, tho American FctleraUon of Labor, and the big tracks unions would be invited to attend the c<ShWnt7oii. i:h£ a"tu|i voting s'rength of these organizations will reach well up toward tTiree millions, and it can readily be seen if such a con­ vention is called and should decide to take independent action. It would cause some queer overturning^ in 1892, and it is among the probabilities. In speaking of the Ocala convention C. W. Maroine, Chairman of the Execu­ tive Committee and editor of tho Na­ tional Economist, tho organ of the Alli­ ance, said: "Tho meeting is a most im­ portant ono from the Farmers' Alliance standpoint, a political standpoint, and an economic standpoint. Being the na­ tional meeting of the order, it will probably take tho next step in tho devel­ opment of this great new force, and sinco there is every indication that sec­ tionalism, so far as it depends upon prejudice between the farmers of the South and Northwest, will be forever buried, the political significance cannot be overestimated. It is impossible for us to obtain exact date as to the victories in the recent elections; many men have been elected as partisans on whom we can depend on almost all questions to represent tho farmers. It is probably now a conservative estimate to say we will have forty men in tho Fifty-second Congress who can be depended on to represent the farmers' interest on all occasions, •With a thorough understanding from all sections, enlightened and educating, and sectionalism replaced by co-ope ra­ tion and unity, the economic possibilities for the good of this igro|t order are al­ most immeasurable.^ The Farmers' Alliance was started in Texas in 1876, but it was not until eleven years later that the order became national and began to develop strength. It absorbed the old Agricultural Wheel, in 1889, at St. Louis. At that conven­ tion the Knights of Labor were repre­ sented and after a long discussion and many conferences the "St. Louis plat­ form" was adopted. Among other things it Includes practically the Knights of Labor planks on land, currency, and transpotottion, which read as follows: The land, including the nattirai sources of wealth, is the heritage of all the people, and should not be subject to speculative traffic. Occupancy should be the only title t-o the possession of land. The taxes upon land should be levied upon its full value for use, exclusive of improvements, and should be sufficient to take for the com­ munity all unearned increments. The establishment of a national mone­ tary system, in which a circulating medium in necessary quantity shall issue direct to the people without the intervention of banks; that all the national issues shall be full legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and that the Govern­ ment shall not guarantee or recognize any private banks, or create any banking cor­ porations; that Interest-bearing bonds, bilis of credit, or notes shall never be issued by tho Government; but that when need arises the emergency shall be met by issue tender, non-interest bearing UN NY DINNERS. NINE WORKMEN KILLED of Tiurlir PHrtvtw*.: -V/vr- (New York Press.] This is the way the McKinlay duty on two-ply Ingrain carpets is not added to the price and made a tax on the con­ sumer. The price given is from a Third avonuq advertisement iu yesterday's aft­ ernoon papers: Price of two-ply ingrains 15 centej^ard. Duty on two-ply ingrains *0 centsayarcT ALLIGATORS invade the hen houses of Louisiana planters. A resident of Plaqucmine parish, bearing a commotion among his biddies a few nights ago, went out to discover the cause, and was grop­ ing in the dark when something snapped at him, cutting a gash iu the cheek. Procuring a lantern and summoning help, he found a big alligator, which was killed and found to measure eleven feet ten inches in length, with a head tw« ajid a half feet long. " OJSE of tfic most curious spectacles of mo&ra tipes was witnessed a few days agvth Cambridge. It was a Roman cat|olie hishop lecturing in the univer­ sity chapel of Harvard college and re- ceiq}pg therefor the annual iacoMO of a funa given for lecture purpoaM in 1750 by Chief Justice Paul Dudley, who hated the ItoHfeli ebareh'like a saake. Government shall obtain pos­ ts IT base, under tbe right of &ln, of all telegraph, tele- railroads; and that hereafter no charter or license be issued to any cor­ poration for construction or operation of any means of transporting intelligence, pas­ sengers, or freight. The meeting at Ocala will consist of about 250 delegates, representing thirty- two States. The session will last from a week to ten days. After the adjourn­ ment arrangements have been mado for a free excursion al| over the State of Florida, stopping at all the principal points and giving the delegates ft genet al good time for a week or so. M'VICKEB'S NEW THEATER. A Beautiful Play House--The Building *• lie Impervious to Fir*. [Chicago special] McVicker's Theater, when the restora­ tions are completed, will be visited with enthusiasm by the people of Chicago, who, In spite of new structures, always keep the warmest corner of their hearts for this bit of old Chicago, which is to the West what Drury Lane is to the Englishman. The latter has been sev­ eral times burned down and rebuilt, ahd so, indeed, has McVicker's; but this time it will be perfectly fire­ proof--as much so as the Auditorium, which marks the highest notch achieved by architects in the construction of fire­ proof theaters. And the old theater will be made exceedingly beautiful. In the new proscenium tho upper boxes disap­ pear, and there will only be one row. Experience has demonstrated to Mr. McVicker that it is impossible to let the upper ones, and their place will bo filled with decoration. On each side there will bo ;i relief by Gelert four and one-half fact in height and eighteen feet in length of a historic character--one of a tragic cast, the other full of joyous- Df ss. One will be the massacre of Fort Dearborn, which took place in 1812. The*other relief will commemorate the joyous march of LaSalle through North­ ern Illinois with his soldiers, Indians, aud French artisans, and the effect will be processional and decorative, like the relief of the panathenaic procession in the Parthenon. The theater Upon Sun­ day is occupied by the congregation of Or. Thomas, and they have asked and obtained Mr. McVicker's permission to introduce 4n organ. It will cost 96,000, »ad will be hid away on the left-hand jideof the proscenium above the LaSttlle Q»w Kxperienneit Related at «m • iCt wkby Diners-Out. - -j " TJ» bachelor dinner I ever partoofc Mid a well-known club man tltt eHwr evning, "I ate one night last *eek with a married friend of mine in the artKirbs, whose wife was away. My iioety JCBQwing that I was something of a gourmet, spread himself for the ocoasi^a^j^iilaiuly could see. The repast furnished was evidently of nn- u.sual elaborateness, and it went fairly well until the salad came on. I could not eat any of that after the first mouth­ ful, which Inianaged with difficulty to swallow. Ofeeerving that I refrained from the dish Ay entertainer add: " 'I'm afraid you don't find ihifl first rate?' • * 'It has a peculiar flavor' 1 admitted reluctantly. "'Ah,' reolied nay friend, who had finished with apparent gusto his own h<^p of the salad, 'I was afraid that it might not prove satiaKscte*?. < You see, there was no olive oil in the house, and, having nothing better on hand for the purpose I used Castor oil for the dre»s- ing.' - "He did not appear aft aU epbaras&ed, at making this statement, but what broke him up entirely for the moment was the appearance at dessert of a honk of ordinary grocer's cheese. * Why!' he exclaimed, addressing the servant, 'where is the Roquefort that I ordered sent home to-day ?' " 'Begorra, sir,' responded the hand­ maid, 'if you mane the chase that came this afternoon from the store, it was that moldy it had to be thrown away, and I sent back to the grocery for this, that is nice and fresh. The other men in the little party at the club window smiled languidly at the story, bat th% bald-headed member said; "Speaking of dining out reminds me of a repast that I enjoyed very much the other day in a small but very excel­ lent restaurant herein town. What struck me particularly on the occasion I speak of was the exceptional quality of the !cb?ter sa||d. J.here was eyjdentlv garlic in it, bot that eatunaole vege- j TO* so arti«Jicflily infnsed that in- bioad of communicating an Mtnal taste of garlic it simply contributed an in­ describable and undefined acoentnation to the flavor of the dish. I asked that the chef be summoned and demanded •of htm how he was able to use garlio with such marvelous delicacy and ef­ fectiveness. He replied: " 'The way I do it i» to chew up a small bulb of garlic, and when the dis'i i* being stirred I breathe very gently upon the mixture. That gives* the sug­ gestion of flavor yon speak of, sir.'" Indian Courts of Juttloe. As a judge the Indian is a great suc­ cess. Several years ago the Indian Commissioner directed the agents to organize Indian courts. He prepared a code of rules and a list of offenses. The experiment has worked surpris­ ingly well. The red man may leave his mowing machine out of doors to rust He may discard his stone house for a tepee. But when it comes to holding oourt he follows the white man's road with great dignity and eflicieney. Each of these Indian oourts consists of three judges. The Indian agents make the nominations. The Indiai Commissioner confirms. The term is one year, bnt the judge may be re­ moved at any time. Regular cessions are held every other week. The cata­ logue of crimes is rather interesting. It includes Indian dances, plural mar­ riages, and the practice* of medicine men. Will Indian judges oonvic# and punish for such offenses. ? They will, indeed. The only trouble the ager.ts have with these courts IB to re­ strain them from making the punish­ ment misfit the crime by excess. Theft, destruction of property belong­ ing to another, drunkenness, buying and selling squaws, are also dealt with by these oourts. There is a civil code as well. The Indian judges have aboui the same powers that a justice of the peace has. The civil practice is made to conform as nearly as possible to thai in the State and Territory where the reservation is located. Commissions Morgan says that, "in spite of their crudities anomalies and disadvantages, these courts have reached a degree oi dignity, influence and usefulness which could hardly have beeu expected." Two years ago the Government be­ gan to pay small judicial salaries. The sum of $5,000 was allowed. This gave the Indian judges from $3 to $8 a month for seven months in the year. Salaries added dignity and importance to the position. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT' THE JOLIET STEEL WWKSK A Great Retort Collifjlf: 'Ppfcrtwimtm Crushed to Death ajy Masse* of Iron--Several |jrlnjiir«<l- How the Terrible A One of the most distressing calamities that have ever befalS n occurred at the works of the Jollet.,Steel Com­ pany, in this city, at no<w;,t9^iay. re­ sulting iu the death of nine wen and the wounding of nipe others. The cause was the giving way of the columns wjhlch support the huge bla*t furnace known as No. 2, and the consequent collapsing of the great 200-ton retort. TJie blast had been blown out, and the men weft at. Work on the inside taking out the brick: lining preparatory to reliningit when the accident occurred. The killed are; Gsti Lbosa, ctfger; Nels Larson, bottoft fiBer; John Peterson, rigger; Hans Fattiieek, top filler: Thomas Swanson, 'rigger; Frank Miller, bottom filler; John Urn- lustadis,rigger: two men unidentified. The news of the accident spread rap- Idly. and thousands of men, women, and children rushed to the scene of the dis­ aster. They had to be kept away by the police, while all the available force that could be put to work was (engaged in re­ moving the ponderous masses of iron and debris to rescue the unfortunate men un­ derneath the wreck. When tho furnace collapsed there were eleven men engaged on the inside at the bottom and five or six on top. When the furnace, fell with its iron coating, it carried with it the blow-pipes and roof of the casting shed, and hurled itself in the earth in so mys­ terious a shape that no engineer could, even on short notice, under calm reflec­ tion, unravel the problem of how to res- euo the dead and living. Never, how­ ever, was quicker or more prompt action Witnessed. Tho crowd of women %nd children around the gates Iu doubtful despair as to the fate of relatives or friends pre­ sented a sight which was painful to wit­ ness. On reaching the furnaces there were hundreds of men whose faces de­ noted the intensity of their feeling and what they were prepared to sacrifice if their help could aid in any way to rescue the victims from under the tons *of masonry and iron which burled them, Superintendent Pettigrew was leading the rescuing party by all the skillful means in his power, and there wore plenty of willing hands, ready to aid In tho work. Drs. Nash, Kelly, and Doogall were on tho ground, but, on learning from Mr. Pettigrew that there was little .ikelihood of any under the wreck being alive, all left for the hospital. On reaching that Institution there wore crowds outside and inside, as the Sisters made no effort to check the friends and relatives from accompanying their injured. Tho dangerously injured are: Patrick Ki cullen, leg taken off above the knee, Is not expected to livo; Oscar Wenberg of No. KMX) Irving street, dangerous injuries to the head: Olav Johnson of tho same address, leg broken and other injuries; U. Lind, badly crushed; August Diremer, seriously in­ jured; B. Sismer, North Hickory street, leg badly injured. A number severely but not fatally injured were taken to tbeir homes. Cashier Wilson said to-night:**, "This is the most unaccountable as well as the most terrible accident that we have ever had in the mills. I cannot conceive how it occurred. The furnace has stood where it does for years and carried a load of from 1,000 to 1.500 tons without a particle of trouble. It surely ought to be strong enough to stand by itself, and as far as any living man could tell, it was so. The accident cannot be accounted for, so far as we know now, and it will probably remain a mystery." Kilcullen was the most seriously In­ jured. His left leg was shockingly mangled, and the surgeons were obliged to amputate it above the knee. His right was broken below the knee, and fie was badly bruised. As to the cause there are different opinions. The superintend­ ents cannot account for it. Some'Ojr the men claim that the iron was rotten. It is also stated that the insurance compa­ nies Sometime ago canceled all their pol­ icies and refused to carry any risks on lives of men working about this furnace on account of th:1 great hazard. « AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS ITEMS GATHERED FROM VAftf. OUS SOURCES, Win* Our Sa^Uan Aw IMac-Msttan of Gawal and Local IatMMt- ita£ea and Death*--AccilMb aactCriMM* --Personal Potatoes. THE Governor has ordered a special election in the Twenty-first ft ----- District, to be held on Tuesday, to fill the vacancy in thi T caused by the resignation of William! Collins. SCARLKT-FKVKTJ has again broken out i in Vandalia, and there is talk of closing . r the public schools. ' /- THE Illinois State Millers* Association mm its annual meeting at M week, and re-elect?d thep Cp. E. C. Kreider, Jacksoatl'" F* Brickey. Prairie*# Sccwriiry aUd Treasurer; Henry mahC't&rryfe, Assistant Setretary. THE Ohio Veterans' Associat ion, com- ? posed of restate of Illinois who served in Oftlo regiments during the war. • held a sagdeasful and satisfactory re­ union at Springfield last week, with 2,000 Ohio vetWMia present. Letters were read from many prominent ex-soidi^4kf Ohio. OfBoat* were elected as fatoURi' President, Dir."!*. -Patterson. MaaijjlSS®? Vice President, J. W. Gou'iy, AmBt' Secretary-Treasurer, O. MI. Ol Springfield; Chaolan. the ttev. Bell, Ei Paso. The Mttocialton sen ted with a handsome as4ociatioa i__ ner by the merchants of Springfield. The next meeting will be held at Galesburg Dec. 17 and is, 1891. - TIIRRR men made the following »ew4 ^ at Jacksonville in husking corn: Ptffefck- , PAgan, 187 bushels and 25 James Vaughn, 108 bushels W, PARMER'S WILL BE IN iil" V. v v.,, "•'*> Would Help Him. An editor was sitting in his offioe when a man rushed in and exclaimed: "I want to know what yon mean, sir?" "Mean about what?" "You employed me to canvass foi subscriptions, and this morning you de­ nounce me and savthat! have nothing to do with your paper?" •„ "Yes." "But explain your inconsistent con­ duct." • • - Well, HI toll I did it to helr you along." > "Help me along !* "Yes, help you along; Borne time ago we sent out a man. We gave bin: credentials and a complimentary notice, lie went out and didn't do much ol anything. Just about that time a fel­ low who claimed to represent us began to travel through the country. Out office was flooded with compliants oi not getting the paper,and we denounced the fellow, but the more we denounced him the more he prospered. We had given our authorized agent authority tc draw on us, but he went to a bank and was refused. The next day the fraud came along and drew on us. So now I think that the only way to aid you in your modest but laudable enterprise, is to denounce you." "You are right," said the canvasser, as he seized the editor's hand. "Yon are right. I want to make some money out of this thing, tmd to-morrow I wish you would say that J ought to be Ar­ rested."--Arkansato Traveler.t: Tb« Kf&«a«y of Spanking. Opinions are much divided as to the efficacy of "spanking," so called. There are mothers who pride themselves on "never laying a hand" upon the theit children, and the fiat has gone forth among educators that the teacher un­ able to manage her class without a re­ sort to corporal punishment does not deserve to be a teacher. Well, all can think as they please, of oourse, but there are certainly times with children and moods in children which call for a genuine old-fashioned spanking as a means of grace. As not a few mothers can testify from actual experience, bad tempers and naughty ways have often been "nj^ped in the bud" by a little physical pain administered just at the rifht *' They Will probably Hav» a PralMtsUal . Candidate In 18M. fOcala, Kla.. dispatch.] The atmosphere here, so far as a third party movement is concerned, Is begin­ ning to clear up, and while on account of tho opposition of many of tho most Influential Southern members it is not probable that any formal action looking towards the formation of such a party will be taken, it is a perfectly safe pre­ diction to make that there Will be a third party in the-field in 1S92 which will have the moral backing of the Alliance as an .order and will receive the active support of all the Western members and many those from the South. Among the fraternal delegates here from other bodies are John Davis, Con- gressman-elect from Kansas, and mem­ bers of the General Election Board of the Knights of Labor; Gen. John H. Rice, who ran for the Kansas Legisla­ ture on the Alliance ticket, and was de­ feated by his own son, who is a member of the Missouri River Improvement As­ sociation and a leading candidate for the United States Senate to succeed Senator Ingalls. Delegates from the Citizens' Alliance, after consulting with many of the leading delegates to the Alliance convention, prepared a mani­ festo which will be circulated for sig­ natures among the delegates and issued in a few days. The manifesto Is as follows: WHEREAS. In unity there Is strength, therefore It is desirable that there should be a union of ail the Industrial organiza­ tions that stand upon common ground. To this end the individuals from the various States whose names are hereunto signed make this call for a national conference, to be composed of delegates from the follow­ ing industrial organisations: The Farmers' Alliance, the Farmers' Mutual Benefit As­ sociation, the Citizens' Alliance, the Knights of Labor, and all other industrial organizations that support the principles of the St. Louis agreement of 1889. Each State to send one delegate from each Con­ gressional district and two for the State at large, each district organization three dele­ gates, and each county organization one delegate, the delegates to be chosen accord­ ing to custom during the month of January, 1891; also the editors of such newspapers as have advocated the principles of the St. Louis agreement, and supported the can­ didates nominated thereon In 1890. The delegates are to meet in the city of Cincin­ nati, Ohio, Monday, Feb. 3, 1891. for the purpose of forming a National Union party based upon the fundamental ideas of money, transportation, labor and land in furtherance of the work already begun by these organizations and preparatory for a united struggle for country and home in the great political conflict now pending, that must decide who in this countrv is the sovereign, "the citizen or the dollar."'* This practically leaves the Alliance as a body free, and the State, county and sub-Alliances can do as they please about sending delegates. The Knights of Labor at the recent meeting in Denver instructed General Master Workman Powderly to call a similar convention. As Messrs. Laxls end Beaumont, the other members of the^Knights" committee here, have been active in the prepara­ tion of the manifesto, it is eertain ihat the Knights will participate In thaocen- vention. pounds; William Haze, l'?5 bushe. 25 pr/dtids. These m5fi work for Howes, an extensive farmer and shipper. They shucked this eort eight hours and forty-five Mlijfjjtf . .. took forty minutes of this for AWTv '% EXCITEMENT is running high!* Haifa# County over the proposed oxtenateftvlii the Wabash Railroad south I mont through the county to Ky. A route has been surveyed MIWHUPP Omega and Iuka, in the eastern part the county, but inducements are ta ,-w offered the road to run its line via Slftf mundy and Salon, 'C A STRANGER who registered his name vv as Andrew Euler, Portland, Ore., com- 5 mitted suicide at the Sherman lioun, In Qu'ncy. He claimed to have relatfvee.' In Belleville, 111., and Osage Missouri. * '•*£ ALL the public schools In Alton have ; •1 been closed on account of tin preva enco ' of diphtheria and scarlet fever. ^ JOHN OWENS, a miner, was k'llod by *&£ the cars at Cartersvil.e, Williamson County. MRS. CYNTHIA HIQODOV. of Bridge­ port. Lawrence County, wae pronouAced dead by physicians and her body jra£ prepared for Interment. Her luishaft* b came satisfied that she wan y t ttft&g: and stopped the funeral. A ph v-stetiWk. was sent for and applied elect ie tl ud other tests and decided that she iMK dead, after which the exercise proronflaf The affair caused much exdteaeaV and y all the people of Bridgeport are net yet satisfied that she was dead when MufiMt. DR. JOSEPH BE STRFANO, Of Medical College, has left Chicago far Berlin, Germany, to study and TrramftMr: into the now world-famed Keeh treat­ ment for consumption. Dr. De StefaikO carries recommendations with kin frees a personal friend of Dr. Koeh--Dr;r.||.^i Senn, the professor of pv anatomy at Rush Medical Dr. Koch cannot be persuaded _ with his medical treasure even £Sjpj sake of an old friend, Dr. De StdSuw will watch closely the method of admioi-- istering the lymph, so that he may brlntt the invaluable knowledge back with hta to Chicago. On his return he inteodl tO establish an office in Rush Collejjjefor the administering of the new reaM^. This Journey is the first one undertaken by any Western physician for tbe,fjji^ pose of investigating Koch's discovery. Tins First National Bank of Marlon has been organized, with $53*006capital stock: RAVEN SPRAGCE, Qulncy*s noted race­ horse, has participated in thirty races this season, won first money twenty-eight times, and reduced his record Iron 9:35 to 2:19. THE ineligibility of W. C. Re­ publican member-elect from ttivTShraty- first District, having been established on tho ground of nou-reft^ienee «n» five years in the State, that gnntlniaan last %* * week forwarded his resignation to the ^ , Governor in deference id fin wtll ? Chairman Jones, of tho BtpiMlfim Btata, C " « Central Committee, in order that a apeetol ' : election may be held before the meeting \ ^ of the Legislature, THE official returns of the November ' ^ election show that the total vote C'illpi State for State Treasurer was as follom: Wilson, D .831,(4ttiLlnk. P.. ».•/. Amber*. B ..38I.9W1 T* / For Bttptfiokmdout of Public IostractloBr ,4 Baab, ft, 345.912 Johaun, P.: -V-., •»/« EdwarflB, R 311,8«>: ^ For Tro_eteea of the University tUiaoie Morgan, D Bryant, I) Graham, D... Neeley, H.... Mansfield, R. .340,731 ...333. U1 ..S31.3OT .. .922,7^ ...322,491 viMsc w ^ * i. », «£ 3 M i For Clerk of the Supreme Court, Southern Division, the plurality for Howell ;i)em.) is 8,871. For Clerk t.f the Supreme Court, Central Division, the plurality for Salvely (Deni.) is 17,351. For Clerk of the Appellate Court, Second District, the plurality for Duffy (Rep.) Is 27.039. For Clerk of the Appellate Court, Thirl District, the plural­ ity for Jones (Dem.) is 16,104. For Clerk of the Appellate Oou«-t, Fourth District, tbe plurality for Burton (Dem.) is 7.808. The constitutional amendment to enable Chi­ cago to borrow for World's Fair purposes received 500,399 voles, and has been'rattled, as have the a urn Intents to the State banking art. which received *80,512 affirmative votes, with 54,7,16 against. PATRICK PAOAX, on O. M Wright* place, near Jacksonville, turned out fifty-one bushels of corn in three hours, and In a day husked and delivered at the elevator 103 bushels. Sio. J CAST BCKBABOSE visited the Sec­ retary of the State Board of Agrieaiture last week. He is an agent of the Kex!- san Government and is buying eattle, Shropshire sheep and China hogs for introduction Into Mfiitcck Most of his stock will be boughtln tt* vicinity of SDringtiehk. Wm. VAIJS-NTINK. a mrafifr, met ut awful death near Chatham, County. His team became and unmanageable, and tore loose from the wagon in which Mr. Valentine Was seated. He was dragged from the ve­ hicle, and, becoming entangled In the harness, was trampled to death. CHICAGO Herald: Old Peter Miller, the hermit of Cicero, has been tent to the bridewell on a charge of vagrancy. The old man is reported t ) be worth up­ ward of $1,000,000. lie owns 580 acres of land iu the town of Cicero, iMtoin 31 and 36. The Illinois and Michigan Canal skirts the sou$h bank of the old man's property, SM the n •»(*& wea­ ther-beaten hut in which he miiia te air most on the brink of the mud<jbf ltre%m. For over twenty years he jfc|§ UVMI alongside the canal, making veakif tripe to the city oo begging expwitti*. A ooc*T**rwT«3 sihrer cerfeftnato has. made its appearance at îltiMatt, 1% is well executed, and rnmm* «ae bet aa • ' ilrts