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m?r? itel,MB#i H VAN tLYKE, filter eMl PoWlstier. ILLINOIS. J. COALUHN NEW .YORK. 4i iPWBNtV-FIve CENTS TACiCJifiK ^ TO DECEMBER'S PRICE. 1 » Pr.- Eyeterlonii Commotion In TenntiM*- Oouicl I* Gone--Kit Oiri«n, Jr., I* Pret­ ty Tough-Uiile Borden Indicted-- |4, - ^Nfefr* »• Souvenir Coii^^l, £ ' * i Kqnrftlni; <ioth»mttM COAL has gone up twenty-five cents a. toft at New York. Seventy-live. mem­ bers of the retail coal exchange met, debated and wrang'ed, aud the secretary said: "The price of coal was advanced 25 cents a ion. This advance has been made to equalize the advance made by the Wholesale companies S pt. 1, who *; then raised the price ot coal '2 > cents. We had not u,) to this date made a propor­ tionate a vance, paying 2 > cents a ton more lor our coal and selling at the old price. We find it impossible to do this any longer. On the sizes of coal chiefly used by the family the advance at wholesale ha9 been $1.10 per ton since Jan. 1, Including the advance made to-nipht the retailers will have f advanced their prices only 75 wnts a ton in that time.™ : = The World's Greatest Financier Gone. Jay GOULD, the greatest financier ' that the United States has ever known, died at New York Friday morning. His end was peaceful. Twelve hours before he was prostrated by a nervous attack, and his jhyseian, (Dr. Munn, was summoned. Ewry member of the Gould family was also summoned, and they watched at h's bedside until the end came. The death pt the great financier inspired unusual 'regret, but it did not cause any unusual break futhe stock market, in which for twenty years he was the most iihportant figure. The market was not even shaken, main­ ly because 2>ir. Gould had provided against it by placing his immense hold­ ings in the hands of men whose in­ tegrity he trusted. There was no con- feidetabie sale of Bccu'ities known as Gould stocks, and no attempt to forces panic was made. Shot After Robbing a Man. AT St. Louis, Mo., James Cleary was •hot by some unknown party and died. Be hailed from Bay City, Mich., and ac­ cording to his own confession was a crook. Before he die! he said that while he was standing on the levee he saw a well-dressed man approaching him whom he intended to rob. He held the man up all right, out the fellow pulled a sun on him. and as he attempt­ ed to run awav the man shot him in the back. It is not known whether this li­ the true'story. ______ Lands Upon a Human Cushion. Gus HOHN and M. J. Kelly, of Chi­ cago, had a peculiar experience. Hohn tumbled down an elevator shaft and lit upon Kelly. He fell from the thlrc floor while the elevator was at the ground level, riohn's right hip was shattered and his knee broken. Kelly, who felt as if he had been hit by a pile driver, sustained internal rin»urie8 and hfaispine was hurt J ' « r Bit Blase In St. Lnah. - - FIRE at St. Louis. Mo., destroyed the door and sash , fa' tory of the Hofner- Lothwer Company, a large two-story bric'v building. Water Irom the engines destroyed practically the contents of a large warehouse ad o'ning. The loss is Slwo.ftoo; lairJy well)insured. The firm has a branch at Oshkosh. Lizzie Borden Indictpd. LIZZIE BORDCN has been indicted by the grand jury at Taunton, Mass., op three counts for the murder at her father and mother. •- «««#&.« •S«r'hr here ostensibly on World's Fair business, but politicians say he had an interview with William C. Whitney, and may be regarded as a f»retty strong t iavorite for a place n President Cleveland's Cabinet. Though ex-Congressman Morrison, ex-Minister Tree and other op­ ponents of "National .Committee­ man Cable have permitted it tq be understood that they favored John B. Walsh ai the llllnoifV member of the Cabinet, Mr. Gage is ?iitlw understood to be their choice. It was in his behalf that ex-Committeeman Erskine M. Phelps was here h fetv days ago. He failed to see Mr. Cleveland, but ex- Minister Tree did. What encourage­ ment he received lis yet but conjecture. It is said that the President-elect as­ sured him that as yet he had not con­ sidered whom he would choose as mem­ bers of his official family. When he did he would think of Illinois. : v\S: WESTERN. % " m h" f' BREVITIES. £ \BOBEB8 and teamsters at work on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St Louis Kail road, have struck for, an advance in wages. THE North German Lloyd steamship Spree is more than a. day overdue at New York. Much alarm is felt for her safety. COLORADO silver elubs held a con­ vention at Denver to elect delegates to the El Paso convention. Senator Stew- Itt of Nevada addtessed the meeting. &XPEBT accountants have found that F. Snyder, of Indianapolis, confi­ dential clerk of the Cincinnati, Hamil­ ton and Dayton Bailroad, has stolen over $7,000. An engine belonging to the Leh'ffh Valley Bailroad exploded near Shenan­ doah, kiliing Engineer Wm. Barry and seriously injuring the fireman and a brakeman., BY an eleetr'.c car jumping the track at Tacoma, Wash., several persons were thrown off. Capt. James O'Brien, of the steamer Wetmore was probably fatally injured. THE Columbian souvenir coins weigh 381 8-10 grains each, of which 347 22-100 grains are silver and 38 38-100 grains Copper. This was ascertained by an 'Official as?ay made at Washington. KIT CARSON, JB., has been found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder in La? Animas, Cola The crime for which he was found guilty was shooting at an inoffensive stranger to make him danee. A VEHY perceptible earth iuake shock was felt at Chattanooga, Tenn. The Vibrations lasted ten seconds. The •hock was not so severe as the one Which first shook Charleston in 1886, but was like the lesser shocks which followed several days after. Hundreds f of people felt the shock, and it has ere- , Ated a great sensation. LEONARD BEDM ASTER, a miner, was Killed at Washington, Ind., by a piece SI Of slate falling 'n hiir. •E:- -R ^ SURVEYORS are locating a line of the Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis and r Omaha from Ponca to Newcastle, Neb., §* v, ; v distance of sixty miles. THE street railroads of New Orleans £ *1 ' " kave been sold to a New York syndicate 'V Jbr $J0,000,too. . t . EX-GOVERXOB CAMPBELL and family -0 Columbus, Ohio, have gone to New York to temporarily reside th»;re. EASTERN. --#l^e®e*t«o'is panther made lNl ap­ pearance at Hopkins' trading post, in the Cherokee Outlet, and killed an In­ dian child in the presence of its mother. William Timmons, a trader, started in pursuit of the panther and killed it. The dead animal measured seven feet from nose to tail. PROF. T. A. VOLBATH, a musician of Independence, Mo., was horse­ whipped on the streets by Mrs. Mary Wasson, the wife of an optician, whom he is alleged to have slandered. Voi- rath's wife assisted his assailant by throwing her husband to the pavement and holding him while Mrs. Wasson. ap-. plied the lash. AT St. Joseph, Mo., Folk Harfcey. father of Robert Harvey, who killed Robert Little last week, circulated a. subscription among h's friends and raised considerable money with which to employ counsel to defend his son. His success induced him to drink and he assaulted an old eoldier named Albert Jinks. The latter drew a knife and stabbed Harvey four times, fatally wounding him. AT St Joseph, Mo., Stephen C. Wood­ son, President of the Saxton' National Bank; Isaac Curd, a capitalist; James Patton, a contractor; Aid. James Hall; Mrs. Rachel Fleming, society leader: and John F. Phillips, a hotel-keeper, were all indicted by the Grand Jury on the charge of renting houses to disrep­ utable characters for immoral purposes. All the parties, with the exception of Phillips, are leaders in a social or busi­ ness way. MRS. ANNA JOHNSTON, of Logansport, Ind., sister-in-law of J. D. Johnston, proprietor of the Johnston Hotel, filed her complaint in the Circuit Court, at­ taching money in the hands of the Cin­ cinnati Enquirer's agents and demand­ ing $20,00'i damages for slander. The suit is ba«ed on a special sent to the Enquirer from Logansport that a strike at the Johnston House was occasioned by the discharge of one of the servants for incorrect reasons. AX accident that has cost one human life, will probably cost another, and possibly a third, occurred on the Pitts­ burg, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway at Jackson's Hill, ten miles from Richmond,:Ind., Friday morning. The killed and injured are as follows: Beerman, WT. E.. of Indianapolis, fire­ man; instantly i killed. Grose, Henry, of Indianapolis, engineer; both leg* crushed; will probably die. Hendricks, Harry, of Indianapolis, brakeman; severely and probably fatally scalded. THE condition of affairs on the Mil­ waukee Toad owing to the heavy grain deliveries is worse than it bas ever been since the rdad- was built. There is a prospect of relief, though. WTieat is piled in the streets of half the villages along the line, and every elevator is full to bursting. " Elevator companies have had to stop doing business, as no cars are obtainable to relieve them. There is .every probabili­ ty that the famine on most lines will be soon brought to a close. Since the snow fell receipts have fallen off one-half, and reports from the elevator companies show that on most of the roads relief will be given almost immediately. At present all elevators on the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern, and the Milwaukee are full, but the two former ipads are in a position to get the grain pretty well started within the next week. 088 pensioners, an increase during the year of 189,908. There were added to the rolls during the year 222.JW7 new pensioners and 2,477 pensioners pre­ viously dropped were restored to the pension lists. During the year 25,- 307 persona were dropped from the rolls. The total amount expended for pensions during the fiscal year was §13i»,035,612. For the present fiscal year $144,966,000 is appropriated, and taking the cost of pension allowances during the first four months of this fis­ cal year as a basis or calculation, the Commissioner estimates that a defi­ ciency appropriation of $10,508,621 will be necessary to supplement this year's appropriation. An estimate of $65,- 000,000 is submitted for the next fiscal year, but Commissioner Baum says that if as many allowances of pensions shall be made during the fiscal year to come as during the fiscal year ended June 30 last, this amount, will not be large enough. He says, however, that it is difficult to forecast pension payments so far in ad­ vance, and that as Congress will be in session, no embarrassment will arise if his successor, in the light of actual cost of the work for the first six months of the fiscal year, finds that a. further appropriation will be needed. Under the dependent and disability pension act 9*0,957 claims have been filed, of which number 403,859 have been al­ lowed. The pension payments under the law up to December... 30, 1892c , amounted to $76,494,443. ,. POLITICAL. COHORE88UAN LEWIS STEWARD, Of the Illinois Eighth Congressional Dis­ trict, will contest the seat in Congress of Robert A. Childs, who has a plurality of 17 votes. THE Executive Council finished the count of the Massachusetts returns, and found the number of blank ballots in exesss of Gov. Russell's plurality. Fol­ lowing is the official count for Gover­ nor: William H. Hale, Republican.-.............183,600 Walcott Hamlin 7,088 Sqnire E. Putney 378 William E. Russell, Democrat............ 186.346 Henry Winn 1,977 Blanks -- '... ..'.v.. IV,166 THERE is going to be a bitter contest over the G ovornorshlp of Alabama after all. Kolb has been making all the preparations in his power to oust Gov- ernoi Jones. Alabama has no law pro­ viding for a contest over the election of State officers. The constitution has a mandatory provision for such a law, but it bas never been introduced in the House. Upon its passage depends Kolb's chances. Kolb has piepured a very long, type-written statement. In it is incor­ porated every charge which he could make. In hh'statement Kolb says that he can prove that he carried the State by 45,000 majority. He claims that in many of the counties the entire con­ tents of the ballot-boxes were removed and strips of newspapers placed in them in place of the ballots. Governor Jones says: "Kolb's charges of fraud are ab­ surd. They have absolutely no founda­ tion and tbere is not one of them which has not been absolutely disproved." FOREIGN. LAST week's cholera record for the whole of Holland shows sixteen deaths. IT is feared that the schooner War­ rior, from Newfoundland to North Sydney, N. S., has been lost, with her captain and crew of five. THE threatened heavy import tax by the French Government, to take effect Jan. 1, 1893, causes great excitement among the petroleum exporters. MAKIN and his wife, the Sydney, N. S. W., baby farmers, who are charged with having caused the death of fifteen infants intrusted to their eare, have been committed for trial on charges of manslaughter. SOUTHERN. wm. Two MX were hanged to a telegraph pole near Benton in North Bossier Par­ ish, La. Richard Magee was the man who shot and killed Mrs. Ellie Lingle. Carmichael assisted in deceiving Mrs. Lingle by telling h»r that Magee was stealing and selling her hogs, which brought her out into the yard, where Magee shot her. Boto men had sur­ rendered to Sheriff Thompson, but citi­ zens hanged them. Mag-e was the husband of Mrs. Lingle's adopted daughter. THE Nicaragua Canal convention met at New Orleans Wednesday. The States represented so far in the conven­ tion, with the number of delegates, are as follows: Arkansas, 2; Alabama, 2; California, 11; Washington, D. C., 11; Florida, 16; Georgia, 5; Illinois, ll; Iowa, 14; Indiana: 2; Kentucky, 3; Kansas, 11; Louisiana, 150; Missis­ sippi, 19; Maine, 2; Missouri, 8; Michi­ gan, 3; New York, 15; Nebraska. 1; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 7; Oregon, 2; Pennsylvania, «; South Carolina, 11; Tennessee, 10; Texas, 15; Virginia, 3; making a total of 336. Others are com­ ing. CONSIDERATION is being given by the people of Georgia to a bill introduced in the House of Representatives of the Georgia Legislature by Major Bacon. The bill is designed to prevent the wrecking of railroad pr perty and prescribes severe penalties for acts done with this pnrpose in view. Any person not a director or officer of the company who conspires with a director or officer to do acts pro­ hibited by this bill shall be punished to the same extent as though a director or officer. It is said that there is a good j WHEAT--NO. 2 Red...!. prospect for the bill to become a law. IN GENERAI* IN a great political convention held at Montreal, a vote on the form of govern­ ment most favored for Canada resulted in 1,614 for national independence, 992 for annexation to the United States, 364 for colonial status, and 29 for imperial federation. R. G. DUN & CO.'S weekly review of trade says: The announcement that gold would be exported, though not In large amount, hmt not necessarily as much meaning as many supposed. Foreign exchange does not yet justify exports, and movements not war­ ranted may be due to temporary and tri­ fling influences. The condition of business throughout the couutry appears excellent, with the volume of trade greater than In any previous year. THE paper mills of C. S. Garrett A Sons, at Beaver Dam, Pa., have been destroyed by fire; the loss is $80,000. At Sanford, Me., the carding and weaving mills of the blanket department of the Sanford mills have been burned. Other buildings were saved. Loss $150,000, covered by insurance. One hundred and fifty hands are thrown out of em­ ployment The buildings and 300 head of poultry belonging to the Beatrice (Neb.) Poultry Company were destroyed by fire from the explosion of a lamp in an incubator. Loss, $3,000; insurance, $700. The foundry of A. C. Williams at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was burned. Loss, $35,000; insurance, $18,000; in­ cendiarism* The grocery store of C. J. Baldwin & Co., Norwalk, Ohio, was damaged several thousand dollars. MARKET- REPORTS, CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common t > Prime .... ! Hoos--Shipping Grades BHEEP--fair to Choioe WHEAT--No. 2 Spring COKN--No. •1 OATS--No. 2 RYE--NO. a BUTTER--Choice Creamery ..... EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--New, per bn INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping HOGS--Choice Light ....; HHEEP--Common to Prime...... WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--No. 2 White OAT8--No. 2 White 8T. LOUIS, CATTLE Hoos . HUGH Ross and Burgess McLuckle, 7 0t Homestead, have returned and sub- ^Bitted to arrest on the charges of mur- 4* der and treason preferred against them J Jor the riot® of July 6th. ; REV. GEOBGE J. BBENSINGEB, Secre- tfrry of the Unique Building and Loan Association, has been committed to jail In Philadelphia In default of $2,000 bail on the charge of embezzling $1,000 of the association -funds. THE Mew York World says: Lyman Gage, of Chicago, it a. guest at the WASHINGTON/ REV. E. S. TODD, pastor of the Ham- line M. E. Church at Washington, has brought suit for divorce. THE Secretary of the Interior has in­ cluded in his estimates for the next fiscal year the sum of $166,831,350 for pensions and the maintenance of pen­ sion agencies. DR. SCOTT, the President's father-in- law, died Tuesday at Washington, aged 93. Nov. 19 Dr. Scott was stricken with a colj^i accompanied by a low, consuming fever, and continued getting weaker and Weaker until Saturday, when he rallied to such an extent that the fa'aily were encouraged to believe he might recover. The improvement in his condition, however, was of short duration, and the following evening he had a relapse. a The aged individual passed away without a struggle, as quietly and peacefully as a child asleep. THE annual report of Green B. Baum. Commissioner of Pensions, made pub­ lic the other day, shows that there were on the pension rolls June 30, 1892, 876.- -7. COBN--No. 2 . OATB--No. 2 RYE--No. 2. CINCINNATI CATTLE HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. COBK--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed BYE--No. 2 DETBOlT. I CATTLE, .. ; HOGS 1 HHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed.... i . . . 1 COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. • WHEAT--No. 2 : COBN--No. 2 White..... i OATB--No". 2 White 1 BYE. BUFFALO. . I CATTLE--Common to Prime.... i HOGS--Best Grades J WHEAT--No. 1 Hard: I COBN--No. 2 > MILWAUKEE. 1 WHEAT--No. 2Spring............ | COBN--No. 3 .v....7 I OATS-NO. 2 White ' BYE-NO. 1 . . . n . BABLEY--No. 2 POBK--Mess 8.00 8.00 8.00 .73 .44 .87 .73 .4*> £4 .54 8.00 4.00 .81 .48 .67 .42 •35 - 61 .66 GOULD DEAD. PASSES OUT OP LIFE CAINLB8S. LY AND PEACEFULLY. JAY GOULD 8.50 3.00 3.00 14.76 NEW YORK. CATTLE HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2Bed... Comx--^O 2 61 OATS--Mixed Weet«m.;...86 K V T T E B -- C r e a m e r y . . . 2 0 Pol*--New Mean 14.26 .78 >4 .43!$ .85 .66 & 6.00 & 6.00 & .82 & .48*4 I :S % £ Si.:g ® F.78 @ 6.21 <§ m /• ' <2P .*4 » .« Hla Family All About Htm-The Wizard of Wall Street Knda Hla Remarkable Career--Estimates of Hia \Vealth--,Sk$tch ; ̂ t ;>?%? , Gould Is OoSi. ' '"' ;a ;, . Jay Gould, the greatest financier the United States has ever known, died at his Fifth avenue residence in New York at 9:12 o'clock Friday morning. His end was peaceful. The troubles from which he died were diagnosed as consumption of the stomach, supple­ mented with a bilious attack. Twelve hours before his death he was prostrat­ ed by a nervous attack, and his physi­ cian, Dr. Munn, was summoned. Every member of the Gould family was also summoned and they watched at his bed­ side until the end came. The death of the great financier in­ spired unusual regret, but it did not cause any sensaUonal break in the stock market, in which, for twenty years, he was the most important fig­ ure. The market was not even shaken. It was not believed until 2 o'clock in the morning that Mr. Gould was going to die. He had been prostrated several times within the past three years. The attack was thought to be like the others, merely temporary. . Sketch of the Wiiard'* Career. Jay Gould was a native of Boxbury, N. Y., where he was born on the 27th of May, 1836. His early life was spent on larm. He entered Hobart College when 14 years of age, paying for his tuition with money earned by keeping the books of the village blacksmith dur­ ing the evenings. He developed a taste for surveying and one of his earliest en­ terprises was the publication of a coun­ ty map of his own drawing. The ac­ curacy of the work attracted attention and he was employed by the Legislature to make a topographical survey of the State. For several years he was en­ gaged in this work and in making siir- eys of several counties in Ohio and Michigan. In 1856 he became associated with Zadock Pratt in the management of a tannery and conducting a large lumber­ ing business. He soon purchased his partner's interest, and sold his plant just in time to avoid the panic of 1857. He invested his money ha a bank Stroudsburg, Pa., purchased bonds of a Vermont railroad at their lowest price, 10 cents on the dollar, and Realized fourfold from the increase in value within a year. He removed to New York City in 1859, where he be­ came a broker, and Invested largely in the stock of the Erie Boad. He soon became President of that company and remained in the directory till 18/2, he and James Fisk being the controlling spirits of the corporation. He invested largely in the stock of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com­ pany, and a lavorable opportunity oc­ curring he obtained a controlling inter­ est. A depression in the stock of the W'estern Union taking place, he was enabled to grasp control of that cor­ poration also, and he consolidated the two, not only increasing the value of the Atlantic and Pacific properties by a favorable alliance but also benefiting the Western Union by destroying competition. The American Union and the Mutual Union companies, both organized as competitors of the Western Union, were subsequently absorbed by methods known best to the stock manipulators of Wrall street, and the monopoly of the telegraph business was assured to the Western Union. In 1887 he purchased a controlling interest the St. Louis and San Francisco Bailroad and obtained a joint interest with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Bailroad in the Atlantic and Pacific and the western portion of the Southern Pacific Boad. He was either bull or bear, as best suited his purpose to plusk the unWary fool who dared attempt to trade In his favorites, and hundreds of fortunes of the too venturesome passed into his coffers. Like a giant octopus he guard­ ed his properties and his tentacles grasped and destroyed all within £each. Compassion was an unknown quality in his breast. Friend and foe alike con­ tributed to the gratification of his ra­ pacity. Mr. Gould's methods were constantly changing. He was exceedingly secre­ tive and the brokers nearest to him, who at times fancied they Were fully in his confidence, were often surprised by orders to sell when they thought it best to buy or to buy when they thought expedient to sell. His operations were a constant eeries of surprises. Their object was always the same. His first money was made by the sale of a rat-trap which he hai invented. He seemed in after life to keep a trap con­ stantly at hand for the purpose of catching the Wrall street rats who swarmed ab:>ut hiqj. Mr. Gould was frfee from the vices that commonly attach to men of the world. He seldom Indulged in wine, never used tobacco, and had no liking for gay or dissolute society. He was devotedly attached to his family, and the death of his wife several years ago was a severe blow to him. Since that event his daughter Helen was mistress of his household, and the two were almost inseparable. Miss Helen accompanied him on his tours over the country, sacrificing her opportunities of shining in society that she might minis­ ter to his happiness. His son George was his business confidant. He inher­ ited much of the shrewdness of his father, and in recent years has been the active manager of some of the most im­ portant of the Gould properties. He married Edith Kingdon, the well-known actress, and they are living happily to­ gether. No acr-urate estimate can be made of Mr. Gould's wealth. Two hundred and fifty million dollars is generally re­ garded as approximating the value of his possessions. He was not given to ostentatious charities, and considering his wealth he was niggardly, although he has donated large sums to deserving objects on rare occasions. Aphorlftms. A GOOD conscience is a good sleeper. IT is only great men wbo love work better than play.' THE first man to denounoe gossip i> the man who is the aubjeetof it. A MAN never outlives those who have •een him ma'ce a fool of himself. > Jt)LIST'S BAD FArLUmr;" Duped DepoalUtra Talk of Criminal Prose­ cution*. The condition of the collapsed bank and the Enterprise Company, at Joliet, 111., looks more serious fas the days go by. ; Everything in sight has been at­ tached. The transfer of the property of the Fishes subjects them to bitter re­ proach. - All the transfers will be con­ tested In the courts. The trouble began by a run being ing made ou the Stone City Fank, a pri­ vate institution operated by Henry Fish & Sons. Before the doors were opened a large crowd collected, and no sooner did the hour for opening arrive than a feverish orowd pushed to the teller's window and had their notes,, chccks, certificates and books turned into cash. The rush grew rather than diminished with the flight of time, and the fact that all comers got their money without a murmur did not deter the others in the crowd, who stood stolidly waiting their turn. By 9:30 a. m. $£0,000 had been paid out. It was evident that the pay­ ment could not la?-t much longer, so orders were issued to the teller to pay out no more money. The crowd was dismissed with the assurance that the bank would pay depositors every dollar and the doors were closed to the public, while the bankers, with their attorneys, got their heads together to see how affairs stood and what would be best to do under the circumstances. George M. Fish, Treasurer of the tank, said: "We owed depositors about $*50,»'00„ We paid out over $50,000, and now owe our depositors about $175,000, and have taken every possible measure to protect them. We have taken pos­ session of the manufactured stock of the Joliet Enterprise Company, which is worth $250,000, and I am Bure our as­ sets are thus amply sufficient to pay all depositors. We have let go of the en­ tire business by turning everything over to Chauncey J. Blair, of Chicago, as trustee, and thus the rights of all par- Jies will be secured." The Joliet Enterprise Company is a total failure. The liabilities are over $500,000, while the assets are valued at about the same figures. The Circuit Court and Becorder's offlces'were busy all day with filing of papers and record­ ing ot deeds that pertaine 1 to the trouble. The citizens are greatly ex­ cited. Never before was excitement known to be at such a high pitch. The •business houses in all parts of the city did but little business, and men left their work In the mills, factories, farms, and stores to inquire about the deposits they had left at the Stone City Bank. POPULISTS AHEAD IN KANSAS. Majority of One In the LegUlature on Joint Ballot. The Kansas Canvassing. Board has completed the official count. The can­ vass progressed without excitement un­ til the tie for member of the lower house from Coffey County was reached. The statute provides that in a case of a tie the board shall determine by lot who is elected. Attorney General Ives, the only Populist member of the board, claimed that the statute was unconsti­ tutional, and that it was tlie duty of the board to decide that no election had been made and that the Governor should call a special election. All of the other members of the board insisted that the provision of the statute should be carried out and the Attorney Gen­ eral withdrew, declining to be a party to an act that he considered unconsti­ tutional. The remaining members of board, Bepubllcans, proceeded to settle the tie by drawing lots, and the Bepublican candidate was successful. In Haskell County Joseph Bosenthal, a Democrat, was elected by a majority of 156, but the County Clerk in certifying to the returns gave Bosenthal's vote to W. A. Stubbs, the Bepublican, "through an error." As the board had no author­ ity to go behind the returns Stubbs was declared elected. When the report from Haskell County was read the Populists and Democrats who were watching the count failed to notice the error, and Stubbs' certificate was made out and mailed him. The certificates as issued give the Bepubli- cans in the House 64, Populists 58; Democrats 2, Independent 1. In the Senate the Populists have 25, Bepub­ llcans 15. On the face of the certifi­ cates the Populists have a majority of 1 on joint ballot. ' " BOLD OUTLAW CAUGHT. Ellsworth Wyatt, a Kansas Desperado, Captured Near Cory, Ind. • Ellsworth Wyatt, one of the famous Dalton gang of Kansas, was captured at the home of his uncle, in the little town of Cory, about fifteen miles south of T«rre Haute, Ind., by a detachment of Six officers, including Sheriff Hixon of Guthrie, Oklahoma; Sheriff Stout of Vigo County, and a posse of the Terre Haute police force. Wyatt sustained his reputation as a dangerous character by attempting to shoot Patrolman Smith, who was the first to enter the house where he was stopping. Tne policeman was too quick for him, and forced him to throw down his weapon and throw up his hands. The prisoner is wanted in Kan­ sas for murder, and there is a standing reward of $1,200 offered for his arrest. He is also wanttd in Oklahoma to answer to nine different indictments for various charges, such as shooting with intent to kill, carrying concealed weap­ ons, etc. . , CLEVELAND GETS CALIFORNIA. The Official Canvass Shows a Democratic Majority of 271. The canvass of the official returns of the vote for Harrison and Cleveland has been completed in San Francisco, and the result shows the largest vote cast for Bepublican Presidential elector, 24,416, as aaainst 31,012 for the highest Democratic elector. The Democratic elector receiving the smallest number of votes has a plurality over the highest Bepublican elector of 6,504. The aver­ age of votes for electors in San Fran­ cisco County shows a plurality for the Democratic ticket of 6,603. The aver­ age plurality for Bepublican electors outside of San Fraucisco is 6,422, giving the Democrats a plurality in the entire State of 271. Minor Mention. THE Bepublican plurality in Minne­ sota is 22,157. A CONSIGNMENT of 5,040 canary birds has arrived at New York from Ger­ many. EX-GOVEBNOB GEAB has assumed the duties ot Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. THE Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy road estimates its damage by floods last summer at $3,000,000. THE World's Fair National Commis­ sion wiil ask an appropriation of $140,- 000 of the next Congress. A 4-YF.AR-OLD girl of B. L. Leverton, of Birmingham, N. Y., tipped a plate of hot soup over her, and she was scalded to death. IN applying for Statehood New Mexi­ co will ask ihat tie bill be amended so that Spanish shall be taught in the public schools. THE census report shows that the number of Canadians in the country at the taking of the census in 1890 was 983,000, compared with 717,000 in 1880, showing an increase of 37 per cent. PASSENGER rates are being slashed from Puget Sound to SVPaul and Chi­ cago. Second-class tickets from Ta­ coma to Chicago/the regular price, of r which ia $42.50, are being sold for $9|. GOING FARTHER WEST. MANY FARMERS CHANGING THEIR HOMES Urge Numbers of lUinoli and Wisconsin Agriculturists said to Be Moving to Sections of Iowa, Sarfth Dakota auU 2»e- braska. v •- ' V* - Toward the Settingffva. The movement of Northern Illinois and Southern Wis onsin farmers to Northern and Western Iowa, which has been an important factor in the devel­ opment of these portions of Iowa during the past two or thiee years, is extend­ ing further west, says a Sioux City, lowa, correspondent, and this fall hun­ dreds of farmers from Illinois and Wis­ consin, and not a few ffom the Missis­ sippi liiver counties in Iowa, have made purchases in Northern Nebraska aud Snuth Dakota, with tho intention of making their homes in these States in the future. The farmers came out on the annual harvest excursions given by the railroad companies. Most of them come from about Council Hill, Galena, Pecatonica, from Kane t ounty, and from the southern counties of Illi­ nois. They invariably buy the best farms here ahd pay cash for them. They sell their old homes for from $40 to $70 an acre, and are able to buy the best farms here for irom $18 to $30 per acre. This leaves them enough money to put on good improvements after paying cash for) their farms and still have A neat bal­ ance left to theircredlt. v ^ ^ "'""•'TV- ""'Better "FarmePfc^T-T-r--- '- This movement to the West Kais £aa a great deal to do with its development. It is an undeniable fact that the Illinois and Wisconsin men are better farmers than those they found in possession of the country. They use more machinery and give more attention to the breeding of stock and to dairy farming. They are responsible for the wonderful growth of the dairy business throughout Iowa, and are developing it as rapidly in the new fields they are seeking in Ne­ braska and South Dakota. They buiia better houses and their farms are neater in appearance. A person can come very near to picking out their places in driv­ ing through the country. Those whp tought this fall already have under way or are planning improvements that will add greatly to the value of their places and at the same time enhance the value of surrounding property. Real estate men agree in saying that It is this immigration that has had more to do than any other one thing in ad­ vancing the prices of raw lands in this section, from $4 to $6 to $10 to $15, and of improved lands from $10 to $20 to from $15 to $25 during the past two years. Their coming has been a relief to many a mortgage-ridden Western farmer, who has received from them the money in exchange for his farm with which to clear away his indebtedness and start anew on a gooc foothold. The farmer who sells generally buys cheaper lands in the same neighborhood or raw lands and starts in again. This year the sales to Illinois ancj Wisconsin farmers have been 60 per cent, greater than ever before, and it is estimated that the farm population of the country within a radius of 160 miles of this city will, In the next eight months, be increased by at least 8,000 persons, because of their removal to purchases made in this area. m MONEY PROBLEMS. nam of Be Rothf^hlld and Prof. SoetbMt,' Considered The plan of M. de Bothsehild, r*»i ported to the monetaiy conference ii Brussels, is, in brief, that a syndicat^f-": v of the nations be formed to make yearly , - purchases of silver to the amount of? £5,000,000, and that America continue £ her purchases of silver as at present^ >v- In the event of the price of silver rising above 43d an ounce the purchases are tO< ^ be at once suspended. Itjk y. Prof. Soetbeer's plan is to establish one gramme of fine gold as the-interns?' national unit of value and to stop th«.^v minting of coins containing less thaift . 5.8065 grammes of pure gold. The cir- culation of coin of forefgn ' less than the new standard will^ be pro*rf \ hibited by the countries signing thlk? ; agreement, and gold coin of Inferior V' value will be withdrawn within fiv<r years. Private individuals will. be aiw lowea to coin gold upon the payment o|r an agreed seigniorage. Gold certifi* cates may be iscued ' againsjkl, gold held in reserve. Prof. Sot t*> beer's plan also includes the coinage of silver in the proportion of twenty valuflj • y unlts of that metal to one of gold, but; , private individuals will not be allowed ,' ; i. free coinage of silver. It is the gen*| • -, v eral expectation that M.de Bothschild'a* proposals will be accepted by the cota* - , mittee and then referred for adoption o»i rejection to the conference and the Gov# ~ ernments represented, wilh modifica*.^ Y4*~\\ tlons suggested by the schemes of M+ Levi and Prof. Soetbeer. One of the , 1 modifications will undoubtedly be that^ all gold coins fceSo"w the value of t,wenty>**v t francs be withdrawn from circulation * and replaced by silver notes. •' y,7 : The adhesion of the German dele**' gates is now considered certain, as Herr " *•' Decbend, formerly President of th» - " Beichsbank, approved the main lines of Prof. Soetbeer's proposal. The Frencl| • representatives will also accept thl:^";|f! plan of Prof. Soetbeer, which was com* 1 municated by M. Tlrard, French exj - ••'Ji Minister of Finance. The Americai)^--^--i delegates have strong reasons to b4r " satisfied with the recognition of the au«,; vocates of monometalism and the Be*/ • jd riousness of the dangers arising from ajH further fall in silver. They are disposed * to support M. de Bothschild's proposal? - ^ on the principle that half a loaf is betf^*'„".f'. ter than no bread. BAD AS THE CHOLERA. !:1 NATURAL GAS FAILING. $ & Reservoirs of the Fluid In Ohio and In­ diana Amost Empty, That the reckless consumption of natural gas during the last ten years has almost emptied the vast subterran­ ean reservoirs of this inflammable fluid seems certain. From many points where natural gas has for years been almost the only form of fuel used come accounts of decreasing pressure in the wells, constantly failing supply, and in many cases total cessation of the flow of gas. At Lima, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Connersville arid other Indiana towns the deficiency has been so great as to compel the closing of many factories. In hundreds of instances families which relied on gas for heating and cooking purposes have been obliged to recur to coal stoves, and occasionally suffering has been caused by lack of fuel where adequate precautions against failure of the natural-gas supply had not been takt n. Warning Circular Issued. Th • following olrcular, recently sent out to its patrons by the Sallmonie Mining and (;as Company of Fort Wayne, Ind., one of the largest purvey­ ors of natural gas in the State, shows the straits to which consumers are re­ duced: To Our Patrons: The supply of natural gas is certainly fail­ ing throughout our field, and the experience or cities in Ohio promise* to be duplicated in In­ diana. After considering the matter for some time our board reluctantly consented to the expenditure of trjo.ooo more for the better­ ment of our supply and service to consumers. The expense Is both great, and hazardous in view of the experience of other cities. The additional lines and wells are now being pushed as rapidly as possible, and with fairly good weather we hope to give better service in tne next three weeks. We fear from present indications It will be necessary to turn off all factories, but this step will not be taken until absolutely necessary. In the meantime we would ad'viss all manufacturers to secure a supply of coal and be prepared to have gas turned off at any time on short notice. We sincerelv hope our friends will bear with us and do their utmost to assist us in the present emergency. Lima, Ohio, three years ago had a rock press­ ure on her line of 340 j'ounds, being much above the Indiana field: to-day it has fallen to 80 pounds and pumps are being put in. to help force the gas to consumers. All her churches, school houses and public buildings have been shut off entirely and not a boiler is supplied at any price. This circular Is not issued to alarm the public, but to enlist their co-operation and bring about a proper use of gas and avoid all waste and extravagant use of the same. Nat­ ural gas is certainly the "champagne of fuels" and should be so used. He who wastes a foot of it now is not only an enemy of the company) but also a public enemy. We are ar­ ranging for a display of gas-saving appliances, which we will have ready by the latter part of next month, of which you will be duly ad­ vised. typhoid Fever Alarms St. looted Jjftnijl .. Cases Average ISO Dally. \ ; The typhoid fever epidemic in St ( C' * Louis has begun to Increase to ail ' A,j: alarming extent. The most deplorable development is tjie fact that the fatal-; •' W ities have nearly doubled, and that** - v, j whereas the malady has heretofore been ,-- » v M mainly confined to persons between th* i 1 ages of 15 and 30 years, it has begun to. • lay hold on children and on the aged. ^ ' Captain Joseph Labarge says that th$s>l|f plague is due to the recent overflow; foi^- * ' since that time, water has stood in. . J c e l l a r s a l l a l o n g t h e r i v e r f r o n t a n d b e * V ' : ' s come stagnant. There has, he says, 1 ' been no overflow within his memory/, *'^'4 that was not followed by numerous cases • * of typhoid fever. Prior to 1850. and be* n • fore there was any city sewerage, th* ,\ fact was known to everybody, and well- to-do people invariably left the cit^ \ after an overflow and remained away.*' < until the danger had been averted by nature's cleansing process. On thfl! other hand the disease is confined al* most wholly to the city proper, where , ,^5s nothing but city water is used and where . /* the sewerage is good, as St. Louis sew*" erage goes. The citizens are almost panic-stricken. Two hundred new cases,* V " I developed Saturday, 115 Sunday, 220 Monday and 118 Tuesday. >s<' . ^ According to a press dispatch ChielfeJ. -'v Sanitary Officer Francis is now engaged 1 in making a thorough inspection of tho > homes and surroundings of every one of ' , \ the many nundreds of patients reported' • to the health department by the physif^ clans. His report is not complete, and • ' ' will not be for several days yet. It i#" " apparent to anyone who visits tho City Hall that Mr. Francis him* self is excited. He is the onft official who seems to realize the city'f danger, but his hand s are tied. Thon truth is that the abatement of th# epidemic will rest largely with thf' street commissioner. Ten thousand: men turned loose on the streets wittf brooms and other implements could noil remove the filth in a month. The alley^ are rich with nastiness, and their punC? gent odor pervades the downtown dis&, trlcts from Baden on the north to kr» senal street on the south. It Is shameful state of affairs, for. whicli '> . there seems to be no remedy. \ - r -lit LUMPY-JAW NOT M Result of tho Slaughter and Official (nation of Diseased Cattle. ^ALIMONIE MINING AND GAS Co. Ancestors of Illustrious Men. THE father of Ampere, mathemati­ cian, was a dry goods merchant of small means. THE father of Turner, the painter of the "Slave Ship," was a barber and hair dresser. BEN JONSON was the son of a brick­ layer, and for a time himself worked at that trade. HOGABTH'S father was a small tenant farmer, who disapproved of his son's taste for art. THE father of Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States, was a poor farmer. SoPHOCiiEs, the Greek poet, was the son of a blacksmith whose wife had been a felave. The father of Sir Humphrey Davy was a wood carver, and intended His son for that business. LATIMER'S father was an honest, God­ fearing English peasant who prayed with his children. GRAY'S father was a scrivener, or copyist, and designed the poet for the same occupation. THE father of Palestrina, the compos­ er of sacred music, was a cook, or, as some say, a waiter. MARSHAL AUGEREAV was the son of a grocer, and left that business to enlist as a private soldier. MARSHAII BESSIBBBS was a farmer's boy, and after enlisting as a private, tose from the ranks* An investigation of importance to the j;vJ cattle industry of the entire country hai T-*1 been concluded at the Chicago Stocl& ' '"*-"3 Yards. The result proved that thf : much-talked-of "lumpy-jaw," at least in ^ a mild form, is curable, and that tho disease, even in itb most advanced stages, is not necessarily, if at all, con-* tagious. The test was conducted by tho Bureau of Animal Industry of the Gov­ ernment Department of Agriculture^;^r|, and Dr. Salmon, chief of 1 he bureau| * came from Washington especially for it|, ( supervision. Eiehty head of cattle were t brought from the Biverdale Distillery^^ ; to the slaughter-house of Hess Brothers^ at 40th and Union streets, "fe. few werfr hopelessly diseased, and had been fop weeks with the others, some of which / £ were slightly affected, the others per» : fectly healthy. On these th« test ha§ / ; been in progress for over two monllupi^^ti and the result was most satisfactory^ Iodide of potassium was used in the f treatment. Terse Telegram*. ' ^ THE New York militia will probably i:,-, ? attend the World's Fair in a body. ' \ * KATE GREEN, colored, of Louisvllloi Ky., beat her 10-year-old daughter to J death for lying. BOGEB Q. MIIIIIS has enough votes pledged to secure his re-election by d large majority. K : THE Democratic maiority in the* House will be 32 over both Bepublican# and Populists. « . THE Pennsylvania Bailroad will spend. '• $2,000,000 in improvements in an<§ > - around Washington. "'k A DECREASE in the sugar output ot J' '* , Louisiana from 370,000,000 pounds Uy J 300,000,000 is predicted. 1 BEPUBLICANS have control of the Wy» • oming Legislature, and will elect a Be* V-1" publican I nited States Senator. , -VH 4 ,< IT develops that the burglars wh<>- M d y n a m i t e d t h e s a f e i n t h e F i r s t N a t i o n a l . . j Bank at Liberty, Mo., secured $15,000. /' /..'U THE waterlogged bark Capella is hi . mid-ocean, directly in the path of steamy* • " ships. The derelict is a dangerous ob» jj •ti uction. ( * r>! THE body of a man who died sixty years ago has been exhumed at Louis. It was in an excellent state of' ' preservation. 1 ^^5 A VIGII AXCE committee has beea , formed at Wenatchee, Wash., to rid the. *' 3 place of a band of robbers, and othef • *+ ;"~"f desperate people. THE Standard Oil Company sent armed men and cannon to Hancock, N|' Y., to defend its interests in the pipe' < line war tgaiaafc the United (Company. * •