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WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVE OONE IN FOUR YEARS. AMONG the freaks secured lor the World's Fair is a Specimen of tfce laughing jackass.. And with an ex­ travagance that seems almost wanton, A »*.«, -r-s m «» ant • AIAII M 4f\ C if* « * • W uiixz ujaua^ciiiivuv oouu vivai w utiuvu Australia for it. &• ' If. ip • • >' QUEEN VICTORIA will not exuress tier opinion on the crinoline question. She has had considerable experience with wire cages, but feels as if it was not for her to say what other women should wear or reject: THE Sioux Indians are said to be "making medicine." This portends «vil for white people in the vicinity, for however much medicine the Sioux tftav manafacture he depends upon others to take it. THERE are reports that dozens of organ-grinders arc on their way to this country, each with a simian as­ sistant. It is not overstating the truth to say that this monkey bust- Jg$§(5 ought to be stopped. MISSOURI man is going over to England tc recover an estate valued at $187,000,000. The probabilities arc that he will have to work his passage home and bring his fortune along in his vest pocket. A DETROIT anarchist wrote a funeral sermon and was so well pleased with the effort that be killed himself so as to fit it His successful effort to prevent a waste of literary material is generally commended. m- TifE area of Chicago is no# shown to be 181.70 square miles, and when an old-timer begins to think how small a village it was when he first struck it he wants to get up to the toD of some seventeen-story building and crow. > QUEEN LIL of the Sandwich Is­ lands, may have been a stubborn, self-willed, big-fisted and headstrong monarch, but it cannot be charged against her that she ever aspired to be a lecturer for the Woman's Rights Association. 3f~- . f ' THE British have adopted a gun thai will send 100-pound missiles-fo^r miles, and fire so rapidly that four of the unpleasant things will be in the air at. once The layman, knowing little about guns, wonders what the fourth missile will find to strike. THE President of the Maverick Bank in Boston has been found guilty on tltefen counts, of being a rascal. This fact is now confronting the «ther fact that he is a cultured gen­ tleman whose bean-nourished blood is blue, and the outcome is naturally in doubt THERE is getting to be something wrong with the French duel. An­ other man has been hurt in one of them. To be sure, his injury was much less severe than would have toeen caused by a sliver under the thumb, but it tends to unwholesome defiance of precedent « IF the dressmaker is to be conceded all the power she claims what are presidents, cabinets and other pbar- aphenalia of a republic doing? This, seems to be a monarchy with a wo­ man armed with terrible two-edged shears and a needle sitting on the throne. While a harsh ruler, she en­ deavors to be impartial. It is to be observed that she has a foot on the neck of either sex. WHEN the parents of Mr. Smith of Georgia tacked the name of "Hoke" to their helpless offspring, already handicapped by fate with the name they bore themselves, they may have thought they had concealed him for life from public recognition, but genius overrides all obstacles. A BATCH of Missouri jud&es have Just been released from jail, after serving eight months for contempt of & higher court than their own. It is not related, however, that they again taste liberty with their esteem for the saia court roused to a pitch that would ever be mistaken for ardor. INFORMATION that the Chinese dis­ covered America is' again struggling for credence The obstinacy of the country in having refused to remain discovered is hard to explain. How­ ever, if the Chinese can make their claim good, the presumption of tell­ ing them that they must go becomes plain. It will be only decently polite to ask them for the privilege of not going ourselves. » ONK of the Indians recently en­ gaged in the murder of cowboys, at Pine Ridge explains that the reason for the slaughter was that the cow­ boys, were white. The Indians have been petted in instances to a degree they hardly merited, but it is not be­ lieved that this plea will be accepted even from them. The cowboys could not help being white, and the fact of being born pale was probably among their smaller offenses. JUST at this time it is natural to recall the fact that occasionally the United States Government baa , felt itself in duty bound to present to En­ gland written or oral protests. Great Britianhas received them with all the enthusiasm of a blind deaf mute accepting a tract, and has with a gracious view, according with the character, refrained from making an­ swer. The United States seems to be in a position now to do a little diplomatically caustic refraining it­ self. A SPIRIT medium at Indianapolis has been indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses. Her lawyer pleaded in effect that the device used by his client was too palpably a fraud to delude any one but an idiot, and not entitled to the dignity of being considered a false pretense. The Judge said he couldn't see it, and in­ timated that in this country, where justice reigned, the law held within its beneficent pale alike the fool and the unfool. In which ruling many citizens may find a comforting crumb. IN his charge to the Grand Jury Judge Brentano of Chicago, touched a most profound human interest. He told the members of the jury that the greatest danger in the administra­ tion of criminal law consisted in placing young offenders in the society of the hardened convicts, making them students in a school of crim». He said, with entire truth, that chil­ dren arraigned for petty transgres­ sions had better go free than be placed under criminal tutorship with old, irreclaimable criminal adepts as their tutors. ' over the world prominent peo­ ple are not above saying "Hello! hello!" The telephone has Invaded even the Vatican, and recently when a Cardinal who was closeted with the Fope was attacked by sudden illness, t.be Holy Father himself hurried to the telephone, turned the crank, called "Hello! hello" and requested the immediate presence of a physi- cian. " ^ THERE is one way in which pros­ pective decedents may guard against unseemly squabbles over the property to be left behind when they depart. Several unostentatious citizens have ^adopted it lately and no complaints fcavebeen heard from then. One J „ > O .4 t 1 f * THE report sent a New York paper by its Washington correspondent of a triple alliance for mutual benefit and defense between the United States, France, and Russia is, of course, a canard. The benefit to be derived from this international partnership by the United States is to come from a pledge by France and Russia to support by force, if necessary, anv in- terference by Germauy, Great Britain or any other European power with the maintenance by this country of the Monroe doctrine. In this lies the absurdity of any such alliance. While this country was still in its in­ fancy it demonstrated its ability to maintain inviolate the Monroe doc­ trine single-handed, and it has no tears of being at the present day, with its added strength and wealth, capaple of still doing so. The only result to this country of such an alli­ ance would be to entangle it with European nations, and the spirit of our Government is entirely foreign to any such condition. Hln Own Arrangement. There are many modes of enjoying a gratuitous drink in Paris.. One of the most common is that of tilling up with water the flask or carafon out of which the liquor is drawn. Apropos of this stratagem, a good story is told of one well known res­ taurant A gentleman called for cof­ fee, brandy, and a water-bottle- three conmodities which are very often served together in Continental cafes. He drank the coffee and several petits verres of brandy, fitted up th« carafon so that it appeared a3 if onlj one glass had been taken, paid for the coffee and the one- glass, and disap­ peared. "Mine host" was duly informed of what had taken place; but, instead of shoeing any anger, be merely told the waiters to set apart for the special use of the same visitor the carafon which had been tampered with. The visitor reappeared, as had been expected, and repeated the same per­ formance, with a similar result But on the third day he began to find fault with the weakness of the brandy supplied to him, whew the waiter, with polite candor, explained to him that the carafon was the same which he had himself "arranged" on the two previous days. The same customer was not afterwards seen to sit down in that cafe. MOST men are honest as far down as their underclothes, but you only meet one once in a while who is honest clear through. The Republic BH Advanced In » Degree That Bu Commanded the Admiration of Friends and Aroused the JNlootjr of Enemies. m TwSfejjS lE&SLAfllft ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. OE.THE STATE SOL AT THE CAPITAL. The Harrison Administration., The administration of President Harrison, which has now passed into history, will compare most favorably for illustrious and patriotic service with any Presidential term since the organization of the Union. At home and abroad the republic has advanced in a degree that has commanded the admiration of friends and aroused the jealousy of enemies. The best of all tributes to the eminently American spirit of President Harrison's admin­ istration is the fact that nowhere is his departure from the White House hailed with more marked indications of pleasure than among the classes in foreign countries that have always regarded with anxiety and aversion every sign of American prosperity and progress. Those who hate the American republic, who "rejoiced in its reverses thirty years ago, and who desire to see it checked in the march of empire to-day, think that they discern in President Harrison's retire­ ment a sign that their wishes may be fulfilled, and they make no conceal­ ment of their joy at Republican de­ feat It is not strange that foreigners who are envious of American great­ ness should rejoice in the termina- m ui iKomcuv JIIOIiicrvu a iuut years of office. During those years, says the New York Press, the Repub- _ lican party has signally maintained j terms to the traditions an1 principles which have distinguished it for more than a generation. While the duties on customs have been decreased to the amount of many millions yearly be­ low the duties collected during Mr. Cleveland's administration, protec­ tion of American industry has been strengthened to the manifest benefit the American workingman. He ^dS had a free breakfast table through the removal of the tariff on sugar amounting to over fifty millions of dollars a year, and he has been pro­ tected in his wages by the McKinley law, designed to prevent underpaid European labor from driving the products of well-paid American labor from the American market. The beneficial effects of the protective policy consistently maintained by President Harrison and the Repub­ lican Fifty-first Congress may be seen in every part of the United States, from the St Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico, from Maine to the Pacific. The financial affairs of the nation have been manag&i with sound dis­ cretion and with careful regard for the sanctity of the national credit The interest-bearing debt has been reduced from $858,000,000 to $595,- 000,000, notwithstanding the remov­ al of the duty on sugar and other re­ ductions in the revenue, and notwith­ standing that the Republican admin­ istration has provWed liberally for the building up of-the navy, and has faithfully carried out the pledges of the nation to the nation's defenders. The Republican party stands and has always stood for a sound curren­ cy, and to-day the national currency is worth dollar for dollar in gold. No wildcat bank notes exist, or have ex­ isted, under Republican rule to impair the earnings of la­ bor and imperil the interests of trade. In inviting foreign govern­ ments to an international mone­ tary conference President Harrison's administration Ijas made a states­ manlike effort to accomplish a solu­ tion of the monetary problem now so embarrassing to the leading nations of the world. The conference has had an important influence in arous­ ing discussion and attracting popular attention to a question the analytical study of which has been confined chiefly to theorists and experts. If this were all a great "deal would have been accomplished toward the satis­ factory settlement of an issue in which Americans are most deeply concerned. But it is not all; for the Monetary Conference has adjourned, subject to a future summons, and its members may meet ag<}in prepared to recommend to their respective gov­ ernments united and salutary action on the basis of a common arrange­ ment. 1 One of the glories of the retiring Republican government is the ad­ ministration of the land laws. Dur­ ing the previous term of President Cleveland these laws had heen admin­ istered with utter disregard for the rights and claims of settlers and ap- paretttly in the interest of land grab­ bing corporations. President Harri­ son changed all this. Vast tracts have been thrown open to settlement every possible facility has been ex­ tended for the adjustment of claims and the Government has spared no effort to enable Americans to become owners of their homes and independ­ ent cultivators of the soil. The West has advanced With marvelous strides under the stimulus of ^his American policy, and new States are being built up with multitudes of hardy citizens earning an independent living on their freehold farms. While safe-guarding the interests and welfare of the nation at home, President Harrison has vigorously and effectively maintained the honor and prestige of the republic abroad. In calling together the Pan-American Congress President Harrison and Secretary Blaine undertook to show to the the people of the Ahierican continent that their interests lay in association and co-operation as Americans, and not in reliance on transatlantic powers, whose only in­ terest in American affairs is that of selfish profit, regardless of the wel­ fare of the people, from whom fchej profit was derived The Pan-" American Congress was viewed with deep jealousy by European nations, and especially by England. English newspapers endeavored to deride its purpose and belittle its importance. But their derision and jealously conld not overcome the fact that, besides opening the door for recipro­ city, this gathering laid broad and deep the foundation of American unity, with the United States as the keystone of the continental arch. It would be impossible to main­ tain American prestige and influence in face of envious and hostile machi­ nations without a navy strong enough. to command the respect of foreign powers, and to show that the United States could be a formidable foe, as well as a valuable friend. Evec Democratic newspapers do not deny to President Harrison the credit of admirable work in rebuilding the navy. President Harrison has made our navy already respected. The in­ fluence of a strong navy in upholding American honor and interests was eminently shown in the Chilian epi­ sode. Chili, the most pugnacious and aggressive of South ^merican states, undertook, under the prompting of British influences, to insult and defy the American people. A Chilian mob. abetted by the authorities, who aided in the work of outrage and massacre, slaughtered and maltreated Ameri­ can sailors, and refused redress when redress was temperately demanded. President Harrison acted with char­ acteristic firmness and resolution. The Chilians saw that the President was in earnest They saw a major- its in both houses of Congress pre­ pared to support the administration, and they decided to obey the dictates of reason and of justice. Never was a more signal victory won without striking a blow. President Harrison has not been less resolute la dealing with Canadian discrimination against American traffic. One of the closing acts of his administration was to issue a procla­ mation recognizing that Canada had been brought to terms. Great Brit­ ain has been compelled to abandon her arrogant attitude on the Behring Sea question ana to consent reluct­ antly to arbitration. Treaties of reciprocity have been negotiated with a number of foreign states giv­ ing admission on specially favorable American products, and France and Germany have been in­ duced to withdraw their embargo on American pork. The annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, as much a nat- ura outpost of the United States in the Pacific as Bermuda in the Atlan­ tic, would have been a fitting crown to the splendid achievements of Pres­ ident Harrison's foreign policy. For the failure to accomplish annexation the President is not responsible. His message on the subject- bears testi­ mony to his patriotic purpose. Conscious of the integrity of its purpose and of the eternal stability of its principles, the Republican party views the future without apprehen­ sion and the past with gratification. Confident that the American people can be depended upon to arrive ulti­ mately at a correct decision, Repub­ licans look forward with assurance and hope to the coming struggle of 1894 and the more important conflict of 1896. The President Mid the Patronage. The report that Senator Hill pro­ poses to antagonize such of the new President's appointments that are not strictly partisan is entirely con­ sistent with his record and his fre­ quent declarations of opinion upon the question of the distribution of patronage. He is known to hold that the offices should be used to re­ ward faithful and effective political service, and thus to promote future party success. That is the view of a large majority of Democrats, and of a good many Republicans as well. But it is obviously not the view by which Cleveland intends to be guided. He has begun by bestowing the high­ est office in his gift upon a man who has never professed to be a Demo­ crat; and it Is given out that this proceeding will be repeated in other instances. There is no assurance that continuous and unconditional devo­ tion to principles and interests of the Democratic party will be regarded as a valid claim to the favor of the man whom that nnrtv lias fnnJLhe.js°cond tSons of Veterans Union Volunteer tamp, >>o. 197, U. S. A., gave a social ..Itertamment Friday evening, March _\>th, m the G. A. R., Hall. A short pro­ gram was giren, part of which was ^interesting. Address by Dr. Pilcher, ti iilgin. A ft«r the program, refresh men ts vsre served by the Ladies of the W. R. C v very enjoyable time reported by those Ci<esent. * OSTENDITEMS. i)(The P. of I., met Saturday evening ajth a small attendance, owing to the h(d weather. Gfheschooi exhibition was largely st­ all y evening, and wan enjoyed Frank Thompson is reported as slowly aproving His many friends will be Jlad to see him out again. oitf sthfnngfy'tEie successful working of that "sham" reciprocity policy which the Democrats are specifically pledged to repeal. It shows.in brief, that with few exceptions the coun­ tries in the reciprocity scheme havo largely increased their purchases of us, while other countries have been buying less. For example, Cuba tcok from this country 370,382 yards of cotton in 1891 and 544,246 yards in 1892. Puerto Rico's purchases grew from 223,346 to 500,841 yards in the same time; San Domingo's from 691,184 to 1,742,413 yards: other West Indian islands increased their imports from 8,747,894 to 11,088,472 yards, while Brazil's purchases rose from 7,612,037 to 11,712,962 yards. A widely different showing is made by the countries with which no re­ ciprocal treaties have been made. Thus Mexico's imports of our cottons in 1891 were 7,909,240 yards; in 1892 they were only 5,497,135 yards. In the same time Colombia's imports of these goods fell from 5,166,104 to 3,540,296 yards, China's from 83,076,- 300 to 58,979,875 yards, and British India's from 5,631,468 to 3,316,586 yards. The repeal of the reciprocity provision of the McKinley law will be manifestly in the interests of European nations, which will thereby be readmitted to the monopoly which they once enjoyed of the trade of Latin America. \ Jewl*li Humor. The follow iug anecdotes were re- la ted recently by a prominent Rabbi in a lecture ou Jewish humor: One of the many Hebrew apologues that had been preserved, referred to the creation of woman. The Emperor Hadrian was described as conversing with a Rabbi on various religious questions. With the object of cast­ ing ridicule on the Bible, Hadrian exclaimed: "Why, your God is re­ presented therein as a thief, for He surprised Adam in his sleep and rob­ bed him of one of his ribi" The Rabbi's daughter, who was present, craved permission to reply, and when her request was granted, she said: "Let me Implore time imperial pro­ tection. A great outrage has been inflicted upon us." "What has hap­ pened?" asked the Emperor. She answered: "In the darkness of night an audacious thief broke into our house. He took a sliver flagon from our chest of plate, and left a golden one in its place." "Would that such a robber would visit my palace every day!" said Hadrian. "And was not the Creator such a thief as this?" retorted the girl, "for He stole from Adam a rib, and in lieu thereof gave unto him a living, lovely wife." Heine called himself one of the first men of the century; he was born on the eve of New Year's Day, 1800. He came into conflict with the re­ ligion of his race, not from convic­ tion, but because, as he said, 4 Si cer­ tificate of baptism was then the only card of admission to the charmed cir­ cle of European culture." Yet he was always proua to have sprung from Juda. Speaking of his Ina­ bility to acquire proficiency in the Hebrew tongue, he said: "I could never get on so far in Hebrew as my watch, which, by much familiar in­ tercourse with pawnbrokers, has con­ tracted many Jewish habits; it will never go on Saturday." Among his many shrewd comments upon French politics, was one which was not im- appropriate to the present crisis. He said: "In other countries^ when a man is' dissatisfied with his govern­ ment, he emigrates; in France, he requires the government to emigrate." "I»eath is the best physician," said a Hebrew patient to bis too as­ siduous medical man. "Why?" in­ quired the doctor. ' Because he pays only one visit." On the stock ex­ change, the following dialogue was heard: "Mr. Moses, what would you advise me to buy to-day?" "What a question! I should recommend you to buy some thermometers. They are very low to day, and are sure to rise in time." Vast Water 8j stem* In water works construction, un­ doubtedly the greatest-achievement of the past year was the completion of the works for supplying the city of Liverpool from Vyrnwy Lake, an ar­ tificial body of water in Northern Wales. The Vyrnwy River was dam­ med at a point about 70 miles from the city. This dam is at present amcng the ten highest in the world, but others are now under construction in this country and India which will materially reduce its relative stand- It OR STARTLING, FULLY RECORDED. i Poisonons Apple Batter Kill* An Entire Family--Arrested lor Selling Postage Stamps--A Doctor KUled by His Own Medicine--Blew Up the BoUer. ; . ing when they are completed. In by one. From Fair and Near. DB. CHARLES BALL, aged 50, a prom­ inent physician, died in Breeze. A PANTHER has made its appearance in the timber soath of Donneison, and is killing hogs, sheep, and calves. The farmers in that vicinity are organizing a hunting party. • A CAMP of the Modern Woodmen of America was organized in Mount Ver­ non by Head Consul W. A. Northcote. The camp will be known as Mount Vernon Camp, No. 1919, and starts off with fifty-five charter members. THE police of Lincoln caught a ped­ dler selling government postage stamps of the ordinary 2-cent and Columbian design of the same d nomination. Th« prisoner gave the name of Solomon and had in his possession a large quantity of stamps. A DOCTOR from Illinois died in New York the other day from an overdose of antipyrine, which he had taken to al­ leviate palh. If ail the physicians who recklessly proscribe this dangerous drug eould be induced to take their own medicine there would be greater safety for their patients. AT Belleville a meeting of stockhold­ ers of the Louisville, Evansvtlie & St. Louis Road was held to consider the question of the issuance of $15,000,010 in bonds. About four-fifths of the stock was represented. It was almost unani­ mously decided to at once issue bonds to the amount of $15,000,000. JOSEPH PRITCHARD, charged with bigamy, will be tried at Mascoutah. Pritchard was formerly a well-known sporting writer at the East St. Louis race track for different daily news­ papers. He waa indicted about a year ago. It is alleged that he has a wife in Milwaukee and one in St. Louis. JOHN BEROHEHR and Ernest Erwin Berwin were moving a traction engine along the public road south of Fay- ettesville when the boiler exploded. The men were thrown forty feet or more and fell into a large pond. They were rescued from the water, and, al­ though badly hurt, will both recover. The engine was demolished. A BOY giving his name as John E. Roth, son of a wealthy resident of New Oxford, Pa., surrendered himself a? Carlyle. In his confession he stated that his father was a member of the firm of E. Roth <fc Co., of the above city. While there the young man advertised goods very cheap by the use of circu­ lars, signing his father's name, and ob­ tained a large sum of money by inter­ cepting the orders and leaving them un­ filled. LORENZ ZEIS,a Monroe county farmer, died several weeks ago. A week later his daughter died. A week after her death a son died, and last week another child died. Mrs. Zeis was taken sick in the same way a few days ago and is very low. The cause of the deaths was supposed to have been pneumonia, but it turns out that the whole family were the victims of ac­ cidental poisoning. Last fall Mrs. Zeis cooked apple butter In a copper vat and let it stand over night to cool. The result was the formation of a dangerous poison which, when eaten afterward, caused the family to be taken off one Jtt<»cora oT One Week's Bnsl Presented, Considered and What On* Pntiltr Servants Are and Around lieytslattve Balls. :* Southern Contempt for Worklnjjmen. The f£ct that substantially the whole vote cast in the House of Rep­ resentatives against the car-coupler bill came from Southern Democrats confirms the charges often made to the effect that nowhere else in America was labor so little re­ spected as in the old slave States, and that the real masters of the Demo­ cratic party, the men who control its caucuses at Washington and its na­ tional policy, hold the lives and safety and happiness otworkingmen cheaper than they were rated by any other building it a great trench was first excavated across the valley for a length of 1,100 feet, a width of 120 feet, and a maximum of depth of 60 feet The ma-onry was started in this trench, and consisted of immense irregular blocks of slate wedged to­ gether and thoroughly bedded in Pert- land cement mortar, the faces being formed of cut stone blocks fitted to gether with great care. The greatest height of the dam is 161 feet. ltd most remarkable feature is the lack of any channel to carry off floods, the surplus it the lakes flowing down the A>ont of the dam, which is curved to jjernnt as free a descent as possible ;nd prevent the formation of eddies it the bottom. The lake formed by cohis dam covers the site formerly oc- E&ipied by a hamlet of 20 dwellings d^joicing in the picturesque but un­ pronounceable name of Llanwddyn. is four and three-quarter miles from one-quarter to five-eighths got; a mile wide, and ho ds 12,131,000,- EATO gallons. Although the water is ills.1 excellent character, it was con- cred advisable to strain it through e cloth having 14,000 meshes to square inch. These screens are ^]atcd in a picturesque masonary Jer, provided with machinery of tous types for operating the screens valves. The aqueduct leading n this intake tower to the distrib­ uting reservoir, about two miles from the city, is 68 miles long, and con­ sists principally of a large cast-iron pipe line from 39 to 42 inches in di­ ameter. Irrigation In Ariaona* An irrigatmir canal has just been complete^n Arizona which carries the wao^fetf the Gila River over 60,- 000 acres o^fruit land. The casual reader ipa^ treat such an event as a trival matter hardly worth noticing. But the completion of this Arizona enterprise possesses a good deal ol significance. Sixty thousand acres of land are rendered productive, and wonderfully productive too in all semi-tropical fruits. They will make from 4,000 to 6,000 fruit farms. Hence, there are created immediate possibilities for an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 in the population of the Territory. This increase will likely be made in a very few years. Fruit culture, when its advantages are un­ derstood, presents great attraction to the enterprising and thrifty seeking homes in the • West. Colorado pos­ sesses possibilties of fruit culture, to the realization of which more atten­ tion should be given. Legislation is likely to be asked for in the fruit­ growing interest If so, it should re­ ceive favorable consideration.--Age of Steel. De I^esseps' Gigantic Failure. Only twenty-two miles of the Pan­ ama canai remain to be dug, if faith may be put in the statement made by officers of the original company. In­ telligent Americans who have been employed on the canal say that there are fortv-seven miles to be completed, the whole distance from o:ean to ocean, not a mile of the canal having been actually finished. The dredges threw up the dirt on either side, and when th? pile reached a certain height it fell into the ditch. This was the case all along the canal as far as the work progressed. One of the workmen savs that not twenty* five feet can t»e called finished work. ~tfe* Yolk World. • 'MM? MM f. .t A i,/.k., ij FRATERNAL organizations in the State issuing life insurance were con­ siderably excited the other day by a dis­ patch from Springfield, giving details of a bill introduced by Senator Johnson, which imposed upon all associations, whether fraternal or mutual, the same restrictions placed upon the old-line companies. The bill had passed to a third reading, and if it had become a law would probably have wiped out the insurance feature of every fraternity in (he State. Large delegations from dif­ ferent points visited the oapital to pro­ test against the passage of the meas­ ure, and it is thought to be effectually squelched. It is believed to have been instigated by the old-line companies of the East. A COMPANY has been incorporated to construct an electric railroad from Springfield to Winchester via Jackson­ ville. J. OVERHOLT, In the grain and lum­ ber business in Assumption, "made an assignment to J. W. Craig. Liabilities, $30,000; assets, $40,000. CHOLERA has appeared among the hogs in the northwestern part of Mont­ gomery County and the farmers are ex­ periencing heavy losses. ELISHA SANDERS died at his resi­ dence at Pawnee, near Springfield, aged 89. He was for about forty years a Baptist preacher in this State. THE venerable Emanuel Defrates passed away at his home in Morgan County. Ho was almost 100 years old, and was a historic character. He was born in Portugal, and was a religious refugee to this country over fifty years ago- H© leaves a large family. FRANCIS BEIDLER, a very wealthy young Chicagoan, and Miss Elizabeth M. Loose, a prominent Springfield so­ ciety woman, were married at the home of the bride's mother near SprinKfield. A large party of guests from Chicago went down on a special Pullman car to attend the wedding. HENRY LILLT, a white bartofet of Van- dalia, attempted to kill his wife. He was conversing with her at the depot, when he drew a knife across her faoe, cutting a gash four inches long and barely missing the Jugular vein. Lilly was divorced trom his first wife at Van- dalia about three months ago, and he married the woman, he tried to kill six weeks ago in Peoria. She refused to live with him. She was called to Van- dalia by a bogus telegram sent by Lilly purporting that he was dangerously ill. THERE were 1,072 sparrows killed in Cass County during the sparrow exter­ mination law. A DELEGATION of prominent edu­ cators residing in the northern part of the State appeared before the Senate Committee on Education to urge the favorable consideration of Senator Fer­ guson's bill, which provides that a State Normal School be built north of the central portion of the State and appro­ priating $500,000 for the erection of buildings. The bill wa9 practioally killed, as a vote on the motion to report it favorably to the Senate resulted in four yeas to six nays. It was agreed, however, to report it to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. ANDREW DELANEY, a prominent citi­ zen of Assumption, who had been missing seVeral days, was found dead in a field near his residence. The coro­ ner's jury rendered a - verdict of heart disease. GEORGE LOOMIS, aged 19, shot and killed himself in toe bank of Hocker- huil & Elliott, at Jacksonville, where he was employed as book-keeper. He was one of the exemplary young men of the city, and his friends were legion. In a note which he left at home ad­ dressed to his moiher he stated he waa discouraged and could not bear life any longer, that he had made his peace with God, ond wished to be burled from th« church. , • • " • v-s* "^Sr. ... ... . *' If : The Ltw-Mskcn. Tn the absence or the Pfe*tdelit lilt# President pro tempore of tho Senate Sena* • ,/ J tor Caldwell culled the Senate to ortflt i % ,»4 . Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. On uotlM ' v' ; of Senator Niehsus the Senate adJo-.rne^M" 5 - ' - «• In tbe House Representative J. J. Anders y ^ 1 son. In accordance with the notice he gnv* C ' Friday, made a motion to reconsider th» vote by which Representative Ferns* bitU , known as the "cow bill," waa laid on th# ? •* j table. Representative Ferns moved H|' ' t H \<i i make the motion of Mr. Anderson a spttP * " > ; ctal order for Tuesday immediately afte* pf the reading of the journal. This niotloi|: was carried and the House adjourned. After the reading of the journal In th®- s + v House Tuesday morning tbe motion ti re** ,';„w M Consider the vote by which the House oowf^ curred in an unfavorable report by tb#' , .'|J Committee on Municipal Corporations opT v, , the bill repealing the «cow law," was de- >• ^ ^ ^ feated by a vote of 28 to 70. > » \ ^ The calendar was cleared of House on first reading, among the measures or» dered to second reading being the bill ported by the Wann investigating commit^;; tee regulating the transportation Of kerosene, naphtha and other explosive oil%,; The bill providing that all express con£« panies shall be taxed 3 per cent, on the&p gross receipts was read a third time an# passed by a vote of 82 yeas to 27 nays. ThSjr bill to give boards of education autbOTHjr y to establish and maiutaln felndergarfcMt schools la their districts was passed. Tbt Speaker announced as additional fn«mbe»i of the Committee oil Penal and Reformat tory Institutions, Reoresentattvea Fat* : sythn aiiu Caughlan. Th» House then a^» • joumed- Most of the time in the Senat# wa* occupied In discuss in sj Mr. Forbes" bill . CGuQpelliu^ ui:6 iuSUf&uCn COuipauioS tu pijr the assured the full amount given in tbfii policy In c»#e of joss- Senator appropriat ng $1,000 per annum to the Illi­ nois Dairymen's Association was orders® 1 to a third reading, as was also Senatdgr, " Allen's bill appropriating $4,000 per ma* num In aid of the State horticultural Inteftf eats. The bill ap; ropriatlng $11,000 fortlft State fair and for the expenses of the Stat* Board of Agriculture and §100 per annua*' to county or district fair associations was read a second time. Wednesday, the bill of the Chicago Bleep I tlon Commissioners amending the An**-; tralian ballot law by providing that cou­ pons shall be affixed to bail its, to be de* tachod when a voter enters the booth an4 compared when he deposit* the ballots passed the Senate without a dissenting vote, several iong petitions were oifer'nS ln9upportof Senator Coon's bill gran tins women the right of suffrage in towushly elections Mr. Meyer of Cook in the HouM moved to reeonsider the vote by which tbo bill taxing express ^companies 3 per cent. of their gross receipts was passed by the House. The House refused to recooslde* its previous action. The House voted to reconsider the vote by which tke bill to pave the streets around Stat* property at Springfield was defeated. The roll was called on the passage of the bill and it was defeated. Mr. Mclnemer moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill giving Boards of Educat on authority to establish and maintain kindergartens Is their school districts was passed by th« House. Mr. Mclnerney argued that tl** passage of this bill would cost the people $4,000,003 more than is now paid for edocip ttonal purposes He said the bill waa dt> signed only to benefit those mothers who desired to cast off their children and Mill better class of people did not champitMi such a measure. The House refused to rt» consider the vote and the bill will go to tie Senate The Senate started business by a sbovi but sharp tUt over the Johnson-Warrso episode, but the matter remains as It stood. The matter of the prosecution Ot ex-Stare Treasurers and ex-Auditors cam* up, and it was resolved "that It is t|M sense of the Senate that said suits directed to be brought should be prosecuted in the courts In an orderly way, and that any In­ vestigation by this branch of the General Assembly at this time is unnecessary aad inexpedientn Aside from the reportsot various committees, and the fixing of the order of business for several days in ad­ vance, nothing of Importance was done te the Houses After a stormy session, precipitated iff the efforts of a number of members to gM away before adjournment, the House ad­ journed at 12:30 Friday, without havlag transacted any business. In the £~enat«: Senator Johnson offered a substitute f«r bis insurance bill which has caused con­ siderable anxiety among insurance tocle»> ttes and mutual benefit asscciationsof late. There were objections from Senator Wells and others Senator Johnson then intr0*> duced it as an original biiL It Is identic*! with his former bill, with the exception that tt is provided "that nothing contained In this act shall be construei t? relate to or affect mutual assessment Insurance a*w soclations, fraternal Insurance companies. benevolent associations or societies doi«g business In this State." Tho President a%- nounced u.3 the ^^mmtttee to investigate tho irregularities of ex-oflloials of Jollet peuit.iiitlary. Senators O'Connor Gn% Arnold. Allen. Manocke. Bacon and HoweHi Both hou-'*>s adjourned until Monday evefe* ing at 5 o'clock. y' Cort of Stopping s Train. , ^ Ik ieriea of calculations it hasbew demonstrated that it costs a railroad company 10 cents to stop a locomotifi® and 4 cents for each stop of a passen­ ger car. It often happens that a pas­ senger does not make a;;y nlove to lear* the train until the order is given to go ahead, and a train must be brought to a stop again to let the slow-going paa- senger off. This little incident costs the railroad company 16 or 20 cents*, sometimes as much as the tardy pas­ senger has paid. This is one of ths little leaks that a railroad company ua» dertakes to guard against, and thenuiS* ber of coaches to a train is limited to save expense of stoppage as well as to lessen the number of pounds of cod . consumed and wear and tear of its nto- gear. brothers te Congw* Attain. Not since the days of the Washburn'o have there been brothers in the PUIUO Congress. History, in this respect,will repeat itself next year. Senator Cook- rell, of Missouri, will enler upon hfts fourth term, and at the same time his brother, Representative Cockrell, at Texas, will begin his first term. Tito Senator is the young* r of the brothers, by two and a half years. But he has eighteen years the start of the Tessa to Washington life. Both of the Cockrells- are lawyers. • Here's Religion Tor Yo«, V*1-'"V. To such an extent does religion ' vail at Gonoatoa, in tho South Seas, ' that every man, woman, or child on that island who does not go to church ttfc least three times a week is liable to bo ; arrested sod fined, tl e fine going to tfc* *.'M 1 king. " ' \ Scotland'* Vnlqae Exhibit. i V* _'|l - Scotland Is going to make a special , 1 • fr' exhibit at the Chicago Exposition of l«o stalwart Highlanders, in full nations! costume. They will be picked for sii* ' &ad strength, and not for good looks. ^ - * A **• Freaks of Kaohloa. I* lf>00 the French fardingale waa WW shaped; a little later, it resembled a«i enormous soup tureen turned upaidO down. LOOKINC-GLASSES, of polished broatfp* or silver, *rere a ne essary adjunct the toilet in a*ji*it At well as uwdersr times GUEEK dandies, Hke Alcibiades, al­ lowed their hair to fail on their shoot* ders, and at night t » led the carls rous# a stick. * - THE Turkish turban came tn durte£ the reign ol «'ohn ot France It wa%j sometimes three feet h-gh tiad *'i •». ; +*% v • k:*xh' •< , , *