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h: 7*WW$' f • *'•>& •#*;i',jj;s •?4bj::f:$.:' v ?:t ' ? <"* *' " tf-1 ¥*- -' ; • >' i jj-T futg fflaindcalc? 1. VAFI SLYKE, Editor and Publish*. McHgKRY, - - - ILUNOm Tfl® profit from t:ie sa;e of Charles I>ickens* works ̂ till amounts to about* 110, UyO & year. | of the human family, as before, but | they arc not on the farm, but at the j centers of industry and trade which j all this change £alls for and has mad® inevitable. There is no mystery or perversity of human nature about it. ' ZOTLA ha$ made $400,000 by his pen in twenty years. Chicago real estate r, *Isn't, the, only kind of dirt" that pays. , Taft railroads arc getting ready for fer'" the fair. Car builders are over-run - with orders. One eastern firm is p| is M turning out 75 ears per day, ana has |f^ x orders ahead fof 5,009 cars. 5 •* Fiv • !:•." A SPRINGFIELD man, according to the testimony in a divorce case there, after a row with his wife, seized the house cat .and bit off her tail. The testimony is singularly silent as to f •*, what the cat was doing meantime. OJTE mere professional of the Bro- . die type has dropped from the Brook- lyn hrir'ire. The truth fur chronicler lY\" of tbe event is denied the pleasing duty of recording a fatality, for the : jumper was not even encouragingly kt . * wounded. 1% *•"' WHEN so much news of a jrrave and even alarming character is flashed over the wires, information that the f *A largest and most culpable hand-organ * . factory in the world has been burned * • comes like a sunny #!eain through &' rifted'clouds. THE owners of the Spree have neen asked on behalf of the Lake Huron for a trifle of £20.000 as salvage. And yet Mr, Moody, backed by no less an authority than Gen. O. O. t Howard, declares that the rescue of the Spree, was the work of Provi­ dence alone, •'OTON~ what meat hath this our Ca'sar fed?" is the way Shakespeare is mutilated in an alleged quotation in a recent, issue of the Philadelphia Press. "Is it so nominated in the bond" in the Quaker Citv? Philadel­ phia will l e In danger turning over ; and snoring soon. TIJB University of Chicago con tinuea in good luck. Mrs. Joseph Reynolds, widow of the "Diamond ® Joe" Reynolds, has presented the in­ stitution with $250,000, wbilo the institution will also benelit to the 1 amount of $500,000 from the will of J&e late William B. Ogden. MRS. OICAR WILDE will probably accompany her husband on his ap­ proach! tic visit to this country. It does not take a woman long to find out that a long-haired, sage-green husband needs quite as m ich looking after when he is away from home as an ordinary husband would. Sm i DITI GRAVES, uuder sentence of death in the Colorado penitentiary, has signed a contract for a lecture tour, to «be made in the Uesli. The doctor's faith in the existence of a lod^bo'e of about the size to be use­ ful to him is a touching testimonial to ,tjie dr'ffrtity ®f the statutes. dismissed by tbe St, Louift Sthb'jl Board on account of her getting married has obtained a di- ! vorce and been reappointed to her old place. ' As a general rule a husband ! ,i& agopS thing.to have in the honse,' but occasionally a "woman discovers that even a husband doesn't bejin to compare with an emo'umental posi­ tion where the ghost walks regularly. TJTE ghost of a white man has ap­ peared, with a face as black as tar, before a Minnesota prfest. The specter explained that he had been changed into a negro as punishment for crimes committed in Ihis world. The story, like all ghost storie$, is fishy. The departed gentleman had probably blackened his face by shovel­ ing coal down below, and did not like to admit that he had been set at such menial employment. - '.! " • REPORTER TKICKEY, late of Bos­ ton. who presented an array of * affi­ davits setting forth the guilt of Liz­ zie Bordon, which affidavits had the distinguishing peculiarity of being bogus, is no longer a fugitive from justice. He has the unhappiness to be dead. While in Canada, whither desire to avoid personal contact with an indictment had suggested his go- *V 1 ing, he fell under a moving car. Doubtless the justice he dreaded t would have been far less harsh than :: :m his. . LADIES' clubs are the order of the "'ay. Lovely woman lias simply r»pied man's idta. She will have a fit<,:e where no man can set foot, as _4n has lomr had one where he was 'secure * from feminine intrusion. When Jack comes home late from his fVrefuge" he is liable to find Gill on the ront steps, and to hear her say that •she was detained at her clubby some awfully nice ladies!" Why not? Why, saving the comparison, isn't pauce for the gander proper sauce for he goosey THE folly of human pride* fs shown by the experience of Florlan Waldeck, an absconding cashier. from San Francisco. He decamped with $25,- 000 of his employer s money and took refuge among a gang of railroad la­ borers, disguised as one of their num­ ber. He Jiad dressed in workman^ clothing, had begrimed his face with dirt, ancHiad even sacrificed his mus- tached. But his small white hands were the pride of life*. These he kept unsoiled and thev betrayed him. The detective who pursued Waldeck was not from Chicago and he knew that railroad laborers did not have white hands and tapering Jiager nails. J f THE ^Neville case, which was tried in "New York and attracted a good deal " of attention, was chifeHy irnpor* tant so tar as the'outside world is concerned, for the e vidence ft a (forded that the duel in this country is indeed "plaved out.,? Under the code, if Mr. Neville--who describes himself as'a perfect gentleman, but fails to estab­ lish the claim--had gone t<f a public place for the express purpose of slap­ ping another man's face, and had car­ ried out his purpose, nothing but blood would have washed out the in­ sult. As it was, the insult was washed out with a tine of $100 in the Police Court; and both parties are as well satisfied, apparently, as if one of them had been killed, and the other compelled to flee the country to avoid electrocution. Mr.« Neville probably reasoned that Be who is fined an! la able to pay HU a chance to be sancy > ome other any. IT is said fiat the Atlantic steam, ship companies have determined to raise passenger rates and withdraw excursion rites during next year, Though the managers of the com­ panies defly that this action is in­ tended to injure the World's Fair, considerable fear is felt by friends of the fair on this side of the water that great damage to the exposition must result. Those who are becoming alarmed may feel assured that there is no cause for serious apprehension. In the first place, the success of the fair depends mainly upon the peoplo of this country. The attendance from European countries will not, in any event, be extraordinary. In the second place, no action by the steam­ ship companies is likely to keep away any considerable number o;f foreign visitors who desire to attend the fair. In other words, the steamship com panies are in the business to make mouev, and they will not do anything the eflfect of which will be' to reduce their cash receipts. , . • TIIAT the steamer Spree, which Ihna such a remarkably narrow escape from destruction 1,000 miles out from Queenstown, was not lost with nearly 300 passengers aboard was due rather to her extraordinary stanchness than to the exercise of proper care and fore sight on the part of the North Ger man Lloyd Company, her owners. According to the cabled report of her thrilling experience, she was com­ pelled to lie helpless in the trough of an angry sea, with mountainous waves pounding her sides and decks for two days, each billow threatening to crush and swamp her. She had not been provided with sails, and by the complete disablement of her ma- cainery was thus not only unable to make any effort to return to port, but was prevented from attaining even steerage way, which would have made the situatioa cdmparatively easjjand safe for lior l ending the ar­ rival of assistance Ilad not the in­ telligence of her officers prompted the expedient of casting oil on the troubled waters maritime history would probably have had another story of shocking disaster to record. Color IlliiulncHM iii Sailors. Dr. T. H. Bickerton has taken up the question in England of seeking to induce legislative work to test the sight of sailors before they can be qualified as alle ^seamen. Dr. Brick- erton rfcgards iv^a\ leyond question that many shipping drafters have been caused from the absence ot such restrictions as the.-e, and he urges all who interest themselves in the sut> ject tm abate none of their endeavors to promote agitation, although be­ fore any steps are likely to be taken by the authorities many more valu­ able lives will probably be lost He says there are none so difficult to con- vince as those who will not believe, and the men who have had the form­ ing of the rules of the road at sea are the very men who hitherto have turned from all suggestions on the eyesight question with contempt Meanwhile, Dr. Bickerton presses on the attention of the public the fol­ lowing facts: That 4 per cent of the whole male population are color blind; that about 8 per cent more have marked impairment of sight from refractive errors; that there is no sufficient official test as to the eye­ sight ot sailors: that man may be subject to any of the forms of eye diseases and mav have any degree of blindness, or may be so shortsighted THEY'RE IN A BAD BOAT.' that competing imports should pay a ; duty not less than the rate of taxa- THREE WAYS OPEN DEMOCRACY. Bow the Administration Ctb In rrrair th6 Revenue and Ward Off « Deficit--'Th* Monetary Conference--Brltlati Repudiate Free Trade. tion on home industry in order to place them on a level with articles of home production. A resolution in favor of bimetallism was also adopted. A leading speaker, Mr. Chaplin, said that: "If he were obliged to choose between the ruin of farming and the adoption of protection he would choose the latter!" And this declara­ tion was received with renewed cheering. This rebellion of so larare a bodv nf A Problem for Democrats. -Three ways of increasing the rev­ enue and of warding off a deficit are open to the Democracy. First, a duty can be placed on sugar, coffee of influence greatly troubled the and tea; secondly, an income tax can I London Times, which says: "bimct- be created; and thirdly, duties on! manufactured goods and on the raw | materials of manufacture can be re- j duced. The first plan would yield from $70,000,000 to $80,000,000 of, revenue. As much or more, depend­ ing on the rate and scope of the tax, ? " [ as to be unable to see distinctly more WWUE are the farm laborers gone? I t'ian a ^ew inches in front of his nose, eu^lTwitT hdiCattha t SchangW [corned ^ilpr.^AUboug^e^ is a enough, with others that suggest j compulsorv examination to be passed themselves, to tell where they are before a sailor can become an officer, gone? They are building and work­ ing in factories, shoeshops and ma­ chine shops of all kinds, turniug out the cloths, clothing, shoes, machinery and lue.ius of railroad transportation. Thev ^re still at supplying the needs it is in many cases a most inefficient one, and reform in this direction is urgently needed. THE Crockery Trust is broken". It ran up against the Servant Girla* Trust. A. could be gained by the second scheme. There is much uncertainty as to how the third scheme would operate and the amount of revenue it would bring in, says the Globe-Democrat. A cut of duties to what is vaguely under­ stood as the revenue rate would increase importation sufficiently to materially enlarge the cus­ tom house receipts, but the Democrats would aot dare make a -cu-t-Df- that sort. The utmost gain perhaps in the revenues from any re­ duction in duties which could have a chance of adoption in the next Con­ gress would be from $20,000,000 to $30,000,000. Of course a decrease in expenditures would lessen the neces­ sity for an increase in receipts, but the "economists" of the Democracy, judging by their management of af­ fair in the House in the present Congress, will hardly go far in this direction. The natural tendency in all growing countries is toward an expansion in governmental expendi­ tures, and the total in this country, even in the next three or four years, is not likely to be brought much be­ low the present figures. An increase in ths revenue, there­ fore, to some degree, appears to be imperative, but any method which can be proposed fordoing this will be sure to encounter opposition from souie quarters. The placing of a duty on sugar, coffee, and tea would be an exceeding unpopular move, for it would bring about an immediate increase in the price of these com­ modities, and harmfully affect all classes of people. As they are articles of general necessity, nobody could escape the burden, and the bur­ den would be as heavy absolutely on the poor as on the rich. In this re­ spect it would be fir more ojectlon- able than the income tax. In theory the income tax Is ideally just. It compels men to pay to the state in proportion to the means which the state has enabled them to acquire and which it defends them in maintaining. In practice, however, it has been found to be an equal and unjuit. It is necessarily inquisitorial to an offensive degree, and it puts a bounty on trickery and a penalty on honesty by permitting the dishonest to evade much of their obligations and to thus increase the burdens of their honest neighbors. A reduction of duties on the raw ma­ terials of manufacture would encoun­ ter the hostility of the domestic pro­ ducers, and a cut in the finished prod­ ucts would call out the opposition of manufacturers and lead to the lobbying which in the past was so de­ moralizing to law-makers and dis- fraceful to the country. If, as now appears probable, the Treasury in the coming fiscal year will find itself un­ able to meet its current obligations a task calling for the highest qualities of statesmanship will confront the Democracv. allism, with protection, is an experi­ ment that no amount of fair words will induce the public to try." The British farmer has had enough of free trade. The American farmer may have enough in four years to come.' What a Revenue Tariff Means. Certain people labor under the im­ pression that free trade and "a tariff |or revenue only" are not synony­ mous. This is a mistake. Free trade does not imply an absence of tariff imposts. It fneans that no tariff duties shall- be levied on for­ eign products coming in competition with domestic products. On foreign products not of this description it recognizes the right to impose duties as exigency may dictate. Such is the character of the fice trade policy of Great Britain. Here the revenue deri trade tariff of the United Kingdom for the fiscal vcar end?d March 31, 1891: Tea Coffee,... Spirits... •\\ ine Tobacco Dried fruits Other articles The Monetary Conference. The course of the British delegates to the Monetary Conference evidently illustrates the effects which a change in the policy of the United States Government involves. Unfortunately It is clear that some foreign powers imagine that the recent election in this country was a complete victory of those who favor free silver coin­ age. In view of this the British del­ egates have been instructed to do what they can to render the Confer­ ence barren of results. It is believed by the British Government, appar­ ently, that If nothing definite is de­ termined upon by the Conference, our Government will soon take upon it­ self the entire responsibility of regu­ lating the currency of the whole world by attempting the free coin­ age of silver without the co-opera­ tion of any other power. It has been thought that the ur­ gent necessities of India would force* the British Government to some co­ operation with this country in main­ taining the value of silver, but, how­ ever great England's interests in In­ dia, she has even greater interests at home. London has often been called "the pawnshop of the world." The greater part of the commerce of the world is transacted by means of bills of exchange on London. So long as this is so England's chief interest is to maintain the present gold stand­ ard, as thereby she holds the control­ ling power in commerce. --The Exports of Gold. Some alarm has been created in financial circles by the rapid growth recently in the bulk of our gold ex- parts. It is true that, according to statistical precedents, the flow of gold should be in the contrary direc­ tion. Our merchandise exports in November amounted to $95,000,000, and our imports to $75,000,000. Very naturally we might expect a return of gold to meet the trade balance of $20,000,000 in our favor. Instead of that, however, our shipments of gold to the other side are growing steadily larger. A very plausible explanation of the present condition is that foreign holders of American securities have sent their certificates here for re^1 demption, and that the output of gold is simply in the process of pay­ ing American debts in American gold to the whilottT purchasers of American bonds. And it must not be forgotten that for some time past both Austria and Russia have been hoarding gold, paying a premium to get it. Russia's purpose in doing this is not well understood, except that it be a preparation for war, but Aus­ tria is preparing to resume specie payments, and, consequently, needs all the gold she can get. Returns to Plague Theme Democrats who laughed loudly and long when President Cleveland placed the railway mail service under the protecting wing of civil service legis­ lation are most indignant now be caase there se^ms to be a probability of an extensiqn of the civil service rules to the Government printing office. That a movement which prom ises to promote happiness and -pros perity should meet with opposition is unnaturally-natural. Man's Inhu manity to man is no less marked and no less cruel than it was when Burns put his regrets on that score into verse. Democrats tell heartrending ORGANIZED FOR WORK; lerc is a report of j stories of misery caused by dismissals yed from The free) consequent upon the incoming of the jjarrjson administration, and yet they insist that others shaU suffer similarly or worse, because Mr. Cleve land comes into power next March From a purely business standpoint, the system of quadrennial change is without reason: viewed through hu­ manitarian eyes, it is abominable.-- Weshington Star. $n,rC2,200 SO!>,515 22,,'04,055 6,.V.Xi,i«o 47,<;m\44y 1,(1X4,1.10 Total r.t7,3!>7,356 This is purely "a tariff for revenue only" and practically free trade as dis­ tinguished from protection. Not one domestic interest obtains an iota of advantage by means of this schedule. On the contrary, it imp »s..s a posi- tive tax upon every consuner of the foreign articles included in it. In the United States the breakfast table is at present free, while in Great B»it- ain, where the distress of the work­ ing classes is steadily increasing, it is burdened with heavy exaction. This is the Democratic model of taxation. The, Democratic party, however, contemplates several improvements. Sugar, which forms part of the Amer­ ican free list, is to b? taxed alike with tea and coffee. In addition we are promised an income tax to help cover the deficit which the Demo­ cratic party expects its "reform" measures wifl create. The American people are in a fair way to learn soon whether a revenue tariff is a tax or not, and the- experiment will be one that will not be readily forgotten. - Repadlatei Free Trade. A great convention of British Agri­ culturists was held In London, at which every farmer club or associa­ tion in the United Kingdom was rep­ resented. The depressed condition of the farming interest and its causes were main matters of discussion. The following resolution was adopted by a decided majority: Besolved, That the unfair compe­ tition of untaxed foreign imports with home produce and manufac­ tures, which are subject to heavy in­ ternal taxes, is an anomaly, and does njustice by causing a diminution of demand for home labor, and, by con­ tracting the purchasing power of the country, adversely affects every trade and industry in the country." ffhe resolution further declared it to be tits opinion of the conference M • STATE LEGISLATURE IS MALLY OPENED. #OR- Dae of the 153 Representative* Present When the Hoaae Is Called to Order--Clayton E. Craft* Re-elected Speaker--Routine Proceedings. Ready to Pass Laws. The Thirty-eighth General Assembly is now in session at Springfield. Secre­ tary uf State Pearson called the House of Bepresentativesto order. Every one of the 153 Representa­ tives was in his seat. The newly furnished .chamber was re­ splendent with a new luxurious carpet, rich hangings and highly polished desks and furnishings of ma­ hogany. After prayer sac or STATS PEAR-by Rev. Joseph Haw- sow. kins, Caleb C. John­ son was elected Temporary Speaker, and in a brief speech thanked the House for the honor. Some preliminary mo­ tion were made, and then, on motion of Free P. Morris. Clayton E. Crafts, of Cook County, was placed in nomination for Permanent Speaker on behalf of the Democrats. Edgar C. Hnwley, of Kane, waa named for the Republicans. Mr. Crafts "was elected, and upon assuming the chair made an appropriate speech. Ths permanent organization of^the House was made perfect by the elec­ tion of the following officers: Clerk, Robert W. Ross, of Vandalia: First As­ sistant Clerk, W. E. Handy, Cham* SPtAKBH CRAtTA Those Pensions. The Republicans contend that only worthy persons are in receipt of pen­ sions. The Democrats contend that enormous frauds have been commit­ ted on the country through the Pen sion Bureau. 'There is one good way out of the dilemma. In every ham­ let In the country there is some post or organization of the G. A. B. Let the cases of the persons now receive ing relief be submitted to each dis trict organization for report. We have much confidence in the G. A. R. that any cases of fraud coming to their notice will be promptly reported. Besides, the G. A. R. contains Dem ocrats as well as Republicans, and so the investigation would be non-politi­ cal.--Dolgeville Herald. UnprlncipleJ Popnlists. The Populists arc evidently in pol­ itics for what they can get. Peffer says his party will favor either the Democrats or Republicans in the Senatorial contests in close States as best serves their interests, while Jerry Simpson is said to have promised to vote with the Democrats if they will help elect him Senator from Kansas. Principle cuts a mighty small figure in Populist politics. -- Cleveland Leader. - -* No Profit in a ^ank Shop. The sooner Uncle Sam understands that his policy of booming the silver market is the direct road to the poor- house the better it will be for him. --Louisville Commercial. THE Kansas City (Kan.) Gazette declares that Mrs. Lease has more brains in her little toe than 10,000 Jerry Simpsons have in their beads. And still one Jerry has the face to go back to Topeka and ask the Legisla­ ture to turn that brainy women down and proaiote him to the Senate! palgn; Second Assistant Clerk, W. E. Morris, Pope; Third Assistant Clerk, James E. "Vail, MeDonough; Bill Clerk, Harry Lichenberg, Stephenson; Door­ keeper, E. S. Browne, LaSalle; As­ sistant Doorkeeper, John Sommers, Cook; Second Assistant Doorkeeper, John McDarragh, Rock Island; Third Assistant Doorkeeper, B. W. Reeves, Kankakee; Engrossing Clerk, "W. E. Simonson, Lee; First Assistant En­ grossing Clerk, Adain Gard, Clark; Seo- ond Assistant Engrossing Clerk, L. J. Hutchtns, Keithsburg; P<v|tmistress, Miss Mollie McCabe, Sangamon; As­ sistant Postmistress, Miss Kate Gal* lagher, Springfield. In the Senate. In the Senate Lieutenant Gover­ nor Ray called the body to order about the same time the Hou8e mot, and prayer was offered by liev. Dr. Taylor. In accordance with the decision of the Democratio caucus Senator J. W. Cop- pinger, of Alton, was elected tempo- MKUT. GOV. BAT. rary chairman of the* Senate. Quickly the preliminaries were gone through with. The formalities of the opening did not take long to accomplish. On motion of Senator Caldwell, the following officials were chosen as the permanent organization of the Senate: Secretary Finis E. Downing, of Cass; first assistant, E. P. Kimball^ of Ma­ coupin; second assistant. R. S. Payne, of Marshall; Sergeant-at-arms, Robert H. Davis of Green; first assistant, Ed- THE 1I.LIXOIS STATE FLOCSE. ILLINOIS LEADS THEM ALL. --f - Has More Miles of Railway than Anjr Othe* State In the Union. * For the y»ai ending Juay -30, 1892, th» railroad mileage of ,as fol­ lows; $taln line and branches . - « ^276 additional tracks, }'»rd tracks, etc 1,401 Total H,677 The new road built was 102.89 miles, an increase of 102 per cent. Illinois leads all States in total mileage and in the number of miles per square mile of territory. The capital of the roads doing basi­ net* in Illinois is: ' Capital stock...... .t '878,359,740 Funded debt 1*034,086,050 Current C8.«)3,7»l Total ".\'I.......$1,977,399,590 The total of capital stock-; funded debt, and current liabilities per mile is $56,259. The increase in total capital compared with last year is $30,735,820. Fifteen operating and eleven leased roads paid dividends of $25,327,515, the inerease being $1,249,464, or 5.19 pejr cent. The gross earnings from opeMf- tion were $306,618,011; the operating.(ex­ penses, $206,049,930; the income from operation, $100,568,081; total income from other sonrces, $13,858,227; total in­ come, $114,426,308; expenses assignable to fixed charges, $80,086,358; net in­ come of ilfty-four roads, $36;616,701; net deficit of twenty-seven loads, $2,276,751. The Centralia and Chester, East Stv Louis Connecting andPawae® roads failed to earn enough to pay oper­ ating expenses. The earnings &nd in­ come of Illinois were: PA8SENGER DEPARTMENT. Pasnenfter revenue .$17,238,464.64 Malls I,yi3,2l*.66 Express and other bastfrafffe......... 1,431,095.48 Total, including miscellaneous 21,09l,833.fl0 FREIGHT DEPARTMENT. Freight revenue f51,8fl",845.78 Total, including miscellaneous.... 52,082,468.30 Other earnings from operation 3,302,1^6.23 Total earnings from ©Deration pas- aenger and'freight departments.. 76,470,438.03 Income from property owned bat not operated 5,316,574.43 Total earnings and inoome 8l,»i>3,0ii« The total earnings from ooeration show an increase of $8,293,845, or 11.28 per cent. The total expenditures in Il­ linois during the year were $71,686,106, of which $50,457,276 was for operating expenses and $21,226,830 for fixed charges. The increase in operating ex­ penses over last year was $5,332,231, or 11.79 per cent. The number of paying passengers in Illinois was 36,28^,537. The amount of freight carried, earning revenue, was 59,441,3o6 tons. The gross operating earnings per mile were $7,772; the ex­ penses per mile $5,128. and the net earn­ ings per mile $2,644. The total number of employes In Illi­ nois was 6tf,680; aggregate salary $40,- 072,677. On the entire iines there were 211,946 employes, paid $128,310,961. The entire lines are equipped with 7,768 lo­ comotives and 263,346 cars of all kinds.' An increased number of train brakes and automatic couplers was used during the year. There was consumed in Illi­ nois 2,965,019 tons of fuel in running 72,650,657 miles, or an average of 81.65 pounds per mile. Accidents in Illinois during the year were as follow#^ / ' 'lulled. Jured. :.......TIT is atts J18 1/T27 cos . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4 4 0 these accidents aro P&ssenwrs Kmployea Others Total The causes of thus enumerated: Coupling tnd uncoupling.. Falling from trainw and engines 42 In- Killed. Juted. Overhead obstructions. Collisions ; • . Derailments t i*.. i. O biier train accidentst.». At highway crossings.....,.'... At stations Other canses 81 ..; JO ... 07 ... 70 ...35* IMC 12 171 63 116 130 123 980 ward Bowan, of Macon; second asslf§i^ ant, Eoberc Welch, of Cook; Postmis^' tress, Mrs. Mary O'Connor, of Sanga­ mon; assistant, Mary E. Turner, of Coles; Enrolling aud Engrossing Clerk, Frederick J. Kern, ot St. Clair; first as­ sistant, Harvey J. Jones, of Clinton; second assistant, C. A. Freeland, of Montgomery. On the second day, previous to listening to the Governor's message, ihe two houses, In joint session, canv:vssed the voto cast at the last general election for State officers. Mr. Paddock offered a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of three Senators and Ave Representatives to inspect and ascertain the correctness ot the tabulation and canvass of the vote for State officers mude by the Secretary ot State. Mr. Paddock took the ground that it would bo a good precedent to es­ tablish, as a joint assembly should not accept as conclusive evidence the tabulations of the Secretary of Ftate. but should at l.east make some formal investi­ gation In the way of canvassing the vote. Speaker Crafts ruled the tuotlon out of order. At the conclusion of the message adjournment of the joint assembly was taken, and the Senate convened. Senator Berry Introduced a bill providing for uni­ form school text b03ks throughout the State, excepting in counties of over 100,000 population. Senator Hamer introduced two bills, one providing for an establish­ ment of an Illinois naval militia, with officers and organization similar to thai ot the United States navy. The other pro­ vided l'or the establishment ot a State re­ form school for girls The Committees on Rules of both houses were appointed Thursday and are as fol­ lows: . Senate--Messrs. Higbee. Paisley, Cop pin ger, O'Conor, Lee per, Thiele, Bogar- dus, SliLr.'dau, Hunter, aud Berry. House --Messrt: Crafts, McKinlay, Morris. John­ son, Zimmerman. Paddock, and Hawley. A batch of appointments was sent to the Sen­ ate for confirmation, but no action was taken In the Senate a bill wa» introduced providing for the establishment and main­ tenance of a State reform school for girlGL An appropriation of $100,090 Is made for the securing of a location and erection of a building, it being provided that not more than 115,000 shall be expended for the site No imbecile or idiot, or person suffering from a contagious or incurable disease. Is to be admitted to the institution. Pro­ vision la also made by which any prisonei may shorten ber period of Imprisonment by good behavior. , The amount paid in taxe» in . Illinois during the year was $3,337*662.96. Legislation will, be asked empowering the Commissioners, to deal in A, more summary manner with railway officials who neglect or refusfe lo put in good re­ pair bridges, trestles, etc., on their ro* spective lines of roads. Alton Light Company Defeated. The company which has been furnish' ing light to the city of Alton has beed given a beautiful black eye by the City Council. The lights have been wretched, and the city opened negotiations with an Eastern company, which proposed to buy the street car lines, change from Aorses to electricity for motive power, and supply the city with lights at re­ duced prices. The old company had a "moonlight schedule" Contract, which expired about the time the moon was full and the 6ky clear. It threatened to shut off its lights unless the contract was renewed at an increased figure, but the Council replied that so long as Luna attended to business they could shut off the lights, if they wanted to, and nego tiations were hurried with the new com­ pany. Then the local company came to its senses, ani agreed to improve its service and accept th? city's figuros. State News. JOSEPH UBBAV'S jewelry store, at Vandalia, was robbed of $1,000 worth of jewelry and silverware by unknown thieves. AT Jacksonville, Grandfather Wie- gand died, almost one hundred y^ars old. Ho was the oldest German citizen of the city and had a great many chil­ dren, grandchildren and great-grand^ children. THE report of the Chief Grain In­ spector shows an inspection by the Chicago department during the year of 217,000,000 bushels of grain, of which 110,000,000 bushels went into store in class "A" warehouses. THE Belleville and St. Louis Railway Company filed with the Secretary of State resolutions increasing the capital stock to $500,000 and authorizing the issuance of bonds for the same amount, bearing 5 per cent, interest and matur­ ing in t wenty years. JESSE A. BID WELL, of Chicago, prin­ cipal attornoy of the insurance depart­ ment of the State Auditor's office, has tendered his resignation to Auditor Pavey, and the same has been accepted. It is said that he leaves the affairs of the department in excellent condition. Gov. EIFEB granted a pardon to James Blake, who was convicted of burglary in Cook County in 1891, and sentenced to the penitentiary for eight years. The Governor is convinced that Blake is wholly innocent of the crime. The Governor commuted to four years the sentence of Geoige Jordan, who was convicted in Cook County, in 1890, or assault with Intent to kill, and sen­ tenced to the penitentiary for twelve years. • Currencies Condensed. PITTSBURG brewers will form a trust. Six prisoners broke jail at Atlanta,Ga. BISHOP BISSEL, ill at Burlington.Vt, Is recovering. ' DH. W. L. CHAiiiiis failed at Atchison, Kan., owing $135,000. NEW MEXICO formally asks Statehood through its Legislature. A KEHEARINO lias been asked in the Indiana apportionment case. THE Rev. John T. Burrows, a noted minister, died at Augusta, Ga. THE Lehigh and Wiikesbarre Coal Company will leave t he coal trust. LEADViiiiiE's gold and silver output last year amounted to $8,160,388. ANNIE MURPHY, the female forger, was held to trial at St. Cloud, Mlntt. ILLINOIS INCIDENTS* SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH­ FULLY RECORDED. StoW the Httten Gold--Kltlc4 Target Choi--Fell Down State* Pied Vera Aim Victimizes Sheriff From Far and N>*r. FBEEPORT had an ugly fire Trfdaj^f it morn in tr in the Weishar Block. Seeley-'- * & Bead, dry goods, lost $50,000. r« THE Governor issued a requisition upon the Governor ot Nebraska tor Sherman Tullis, wanted in Quincy foir... horse stealing. , THE Enterprise Distillery, a rccenfc acquisition of the whisky trust, a&. Peoria, burned for the third time Frt* > day. Loss $100,000. , J jfi JAMES LOVETT, a 12-year-old boy ot' Barry, while shooting sparrows with m la ' **- target gun accidentally shot and killed Harry Downs, aged 10 years. JACOB HOUSER, of Bloomington, ha* , begun suit against the Big FOOT to$ $8,000 damages, because of injuries re­ ceived through the carelessness of th« road's employes'. ROCKFOKO politicians are exclte<| over the reported candidacy of ex-Sher­ iff Hutchins for Mayor. The election , i will be the hottest and most compll* cated ever held in Rockford. JAMES LEIGHTOX, son of a merchant , "I \ of Manchester, Scott County, uied ^ Jacksonville from the effects of a fall, * . He had reached the top of a flight of ,4 1 ( 1 stairs in the hotel, when he slipped aa<§ -i fell backward. The fall produced con* , P* K '-fj cussion of the brain. - ;" SHERIFF REED, of Kane County, wa®*'. in Quincy to see what valuables w?r« * there belonging to Vera Ava, who was - ' arrested some time ago, and who is ( * - >'i now held for trial at Geneva, on the , J / q h a r g e o f s t e a l i n g $ 7 0 0 o r m o r e f r o m 3 L ~ , H - Kane County widow. During her con* f/j T finement she has been living on th$ ' • fat of the land, the sheriff running utt * quite a bill. She gave him a bill o| sale for articles she claimed to hav« \ in Quincy, but Sheriff Reed finds that^ she owns nothing. , j JOHN H. STARR, of Buena Vist* ^ Township, Schuyler County, moved t# x ^ ^ McDonough County recently to livlr with his son. A few days ago they de- , cldo'! to p'lrcb^®1? * fflriri jolntW, ^ w father telling his son he had $2,000 i& ;^j®\ gold bid under a stump at his forme#. > { ' ,.y home. The next day they went t* •* t ^ where he had secreted the treasurer . *- Evidences of digging were notice# I "! around the .stump and an attempt 14 , M find the money proved that it had beeH v taken away. The old man had had th« *< l{ ^ ^ gold in his possession for many years. -- THE State Auditor has sent to thl V\ 1= Governor his annual report of the con* ^ "S dition of building and loan association*. • ^ ^ in the State of Illinois. It includes associations, whose fiscal years expirfc from Nov. 30, 1891, to Nov. 30. 1892. It- A . :#s shows the aggregate assets of $56,313,^, "I 276, consisting of cash on hand, $1,780^ j 757; loans to stockholders, $52,637,380|' dues, interest, fines, etc., unpaid, $610,«» 793- other sasets, $1,294,339. Ths biiities are: installments paid on stocky >»'£ $39,067,829; interest and premiums »>off < ' earned, $2,833,514; installments, inter*,, <• est, and premiums paid in advancd|?v'"^ $1,523,693; surplus or profit, $11,561,598^ '• other liabilities, $1,326,610. Total# (56,313,276. Aggregate receipts--Caslfr . on hand, $1,<50,937; installments ofe stock, $15,662,781; interest and premifr • \v ums, $4,634,016; loans repaid, $7,658^ >? . 907, other receipts, $1,>99,133. Tct». « tail, $30,5*15,795. Aggregate expendi* • tures--Loans, $16,59;),814; installment^ „ Interest, and profits on stock withdrawn^ . i }>10,081,867; return premiums, $231,577;' expenses and salaries, $718,601; cash oj*- ( t band, $1,722,259; other expenditures^ I $1,198,674. Aggregate number of sljare® of stock issued during the fiscal yea % 669,213; number issued since organizaK- J >'» tion, 3,563,417; matured and withdrawn^ 1,51»»,155; now in force, 1,593,262; num^ _ ,, ber loaned on, 559,872. * MATTHEW MiTCHEiiL,a wealthy Joliei { saloon-keeper, was found insane by *.. • ^ Jury and sentenced to Kankakee.' ' - < v ' l MISS JOSIE SOUTHWOBTH,daughter o# Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Southworth, and : ; prominent in Rockford social circles, i|L 1 . dead. * f JOHN WitiXiiAHs, a soldier in th# Thirty-ninth Illinois regffbent durinjf ^ the civil war, cut his throat at Deeatut^r1:-4 He is not expected to recover. f THE corpse of a new-born infant wai £ found in a vacant lot in Litchfield. & *>• U: coroner's jury returned a verdict charg* 5..^ ing Maggie, Harriet, Ella and Jamea Carlyle, Jr., with its death, all of whon| ~f have been arrested. Ella Carlyle is thtff mother of the child J THE 400 Centralia coal miners who ar» TTt on a strike held a public meeting at the, Opera House. They claim that they aro „;-V ready to work cn the sam^ term's a£ when they quit, but are locked out un-> less they return to the old system of s M screen-mining in use before passing th# gross-weight law, | t' f; A SYNDICATE composed of Eastern^ stockholders of the Chicago, Burlinjjtonf & Quinoy Railroad have purchased the- street-car lines of Alton. The transfer ! of stock has not yet been made, but all \ the parties have accepted the terms. The object is to give Alton splendid:. strcet-car service, and use the roads as feeders for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in St. Louis-Alton traffic. The whole system will be changed into eleotric lines and the powerhouse will supply electric lights fcr the city. v . CHARITABLE Rockford citizens aro making an effort to raise a fund suf­ ficient to keep Henry Niles, a man over's: 90 yeare of age, from the poor-house. Interest centers in him chiefly because of his connections. He is an uncle of = Nathaniel Niles, who was in 1872 1 Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, « Government Director of the Union Pa­ cific Railroad in 1879, and now President j of the Tradesmen's National Bank, of New York City. He traces his ances­ try back to 1674. His ancestors have been famous men in the pulpit, in poli­ tics, and in literature, and years ago he was himself fairly well-to-do. Two OK the Illinois electors, Andrew J. O'Conor and David5 W. Carraker. aro ineligible to the position. Both Messrs* O'Conor and Carraker are holdover Senators from their respective districts, and in case the Republicans should in­ sist, which, under the circumstances, th^re is little likelihood of their doing, both would be disqualified, and the two Republicans who received the greatest number of votes would be declared elected. The Repubiic&iis are F. W. Meak and William Garrett. The cir­ cumstance shows what might have been the result had the eleetoral vote beea close. NEAR Vandalia Frank H. Brown was loading straw when his 14-year-old son approached unotkserved just as Ms father iai.-ed the pitchfork, and was struck with full force, a tine of the fork entering the toy's left eye, tearing it from its socket. THE State Board of Agriculture closed up its business at Springfield, and the new board, with Mr. David Gore as President, will organize a£ once. The office force will be un­ changed. The members of the Board presented Judge TVoshburne, the senior member of tha Board, with * gold-headed cane, and Mr. Funk, the outgoing President, wltk a wgajjpwH •nyx clock.