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VA'4 S'.YKE, editor iRd Publistar. MCHENRY, "THE MAN * V* '5ft '" W ®V«C IM,T!fO»f Who doe9n*lT^nife-iS^^ &PK. . &*&}!*>'. 2^ing profitable in his busi- J,, ; , ^ ness finds business unprofit- abla " fa'M. MA'X who is not at heart ashamed of himself Deed not be ashamed of his early condition iu life. tfmN-skixNED people feel a slight ant ark more easily cut than others. It's the same in a barber shop. THE rumor that the Czar has had to dcage another bomb is an indica­ tion that affairs in Russia are moving oa about as usual. IBSEN has written a new play, but bless his old Norwegian whiskers, Bostonians are keeping both eyes sharp on Boston Common now. MEN sometimes affcct to deny the depravity-of our race; but it is' as clearly taught in the lawyer's office and in the court of justice as in the Bible itself. QUEEN VICTORIA is rated at £5,- COb,000, exclusive Of land interests This showing detn mstrates the value or economy and the wisdom or stick­ ing to a good job. • - - M. EIFFEL, who built the high tower, now goes to a low cell for two years. He is one of those who, like Wolsey, has sounded the heights and depths of greatness. the y«llow visitor Yet other people comply with laws and seem to feel they are not being wronged. WHEN the Rajah of Lahore visit's Chicago, and goes to the Exposition in state, it is expected that he will decorate himself in jewels worth $10,000,000. Of course all the poli­ tician* and policemen will be kept under lo?k and key while he is parad­ ing around. 1 Miss ELLA * IIALIS of Sandusky, Ohio, list her voice and became en­ tirely mute during a paroxysm of coughing some Ave years ago. Her silent affliction clung to her until a few days ago, when; in another fit of coughing, she regained her voice as suddenly as she had formerly lost it. fwffl King of Grcece has a salary of ),000 and finds it all little enough when he has to foot the bills of a stud of 200 horses and to pay the expenses of his royal position. THE new stamps are suggestive of Columbus in other ways too- One of them 6n a letter, like the Spanish hero himself, shows the ocean can be <u$|sed by sticking to it DH. HENRY M. FIELD has completed and will shortly publish his history of the Atlantic telegraph which has been written as a memo­ rial of his brother, Cyrus W. Field- MANY brokers are said to have earned in commissions more than $1,000 per hour during the Read­ ing cyclone. What many of their customers made will be kno«n to the sheriff. 1 ^ A DENVER boarder made dispar­ aging remarks about the cooking set oefore him, and much to his amuse­ ment the landlady sued him for $20,- 000. His merriment died away when the jurv brought in a verdict for $750, and be has put in his time since in wondering what there ever was in the episode to strike him as humor­ ous. A CITIZEN of San Francisco had his scalp draped over his ear by a blow from a bear's paw. He should be grateful, not so much for escaping with his life as for ascertaining, even at the cost Of pain, that he is not yet too old to acquire a degree of knowl­ edge that mav take the place of com­ mon sens& He had poked the bear with a short stick. WELL! Well! The South is in a bad way ipdeed, 'twould seem. Two Louisiana editors fought a duel, us­ ing pistols at fifteen paces, and neither was hurt! It's about time for the Southern authorities on the code to quit poking fun at the Par­ isian deputies and journalists on ac­ count of the harmless naturgh^tticir affairses d'honneur, • ; ^ IN a Fall River, Mass , evening school the boy pupils have got into the filthy habit of squirting their to­ bacco juice into the ink-stands, and the teacher threatens to resign un­ less they discontinue the practice and patronize the cuspidors. New En­ gland school teachers have fanny prejudices against allowing boys to have their own way. * PARIS is disturbed and shocked over a salacious play imported from Sweden. If the play is really as bad as this would indicate the quarantine officers at French ports of entry have . «.U can BUU Also spectacles from 25 cents to e. warranted first class. Blue glasses L| 15 to 35 cents. Call and see. ita'T think the editor loses any sleep •i stop your paper, but don't forget < ad the amount doe when you order paper discontinued. Also don't the paper waiting a year, or even •r for your subscription, bot pay ptly. E ENTION IRI called to the notice of W. ord, Woo tlawn Park, to be found in tfier column. As Mr. Ford is well .favorably known in this vicinity, tig been a former resident here, Jes who wish to eeenre rooms during World's Fair will do w«>ll to commu­ te with him without delay. I F. E. PILCHER, Dentist, who has fed permanently here, has a card in place in this paper. He can now nd at the office of Dr/Auringer. on side, prepared to do all work in tint line in the best manner and tontee satisfaction. He comes highly tjUtnended and we predict for him a jfel patronage. *1ENTS should furnish their children good papers to read. A. boy or .hua mind is interested in reading yt forever longing to be on the- r'j8 gadding about at night. Sup- tour family with good newspapers missives about it. A LIE is not necessarily an untruth at all. It may be merely an over­ statement of truth, or putting an emphasis in the wrong place. A bent mirror is as really a mirror as if it were a plane surface, yet it lies to every man who walks before it, mak­ ing him think himself a son of An&k. Tou may construct a falsehood out of any truth whatsoever by twisting ita trifle out of shape. A SALVATION ARMY captain had lay away $70 for the landlord, when urglar broke in and took it The ANNA d captain scrutinized the affair THE lVfullv, recognized it as a blessing ciet.y .disguise and said "hallelujah." Ct urcb"an safely be wagered, aside from onThtf immoral tendency of such a prac ladies that the waiting landlord was churchk^e to penetrate the disguise and rateth^t his remark was not "hallelujah." are asli -- i YOVNG lady at San Diego, laugh blithely, playfully pointed a gun T®® another young lady, and playfully lawn C»S3ed the trigger, but at this point to mee'yfuines8 seemed to absent itself, day evjg raortal wound was not suggest- The LN 0F hilarity, the funeral was som- art> aH and the frame of mind in which 10008 °i survivor finds herself would lurally be avoided by people of " rual tendencies toward playful- A BAP- noighbt it has £ NOTEWORTHY example of the I . J agricultural resources of our calls atntry 18 found in tlje offlclal report he cereal -harvest for the year Whethe> 1 The yield of three cereals-- at, corn, aud, oats--reached the mous aggregate of 2,341,430,000 as he let ring fro' vaiuab°<iels* Assumin*f ^at the pppula- handsor of the Unite(l States ,s 65'°°0,- house k> ^ose three crop* would give an offers tc**e of over thirty*six bushels to JtAMnJy man» woman, and child in the whole country. . Dir. VIVCINT of Fresno, Cal.» has been indefinitely respited from the gallows. All that seems to be lack­ ing now is an apology from the courts for having inconvenienced a gentle­ man whose worst offense was the Itptcbcry of his wife. *£wo MORE French deputies have fought a duel and neither was seri­ ously hurt If France ever expects to reclaim Alsace-Lorrainc she will have to get her timber from other sources than those that supply her legislative material. At Harvard the decree has gone forth that scholarship money will not hereafter be paid except to students who need it. Rich men's sons will b? vc to be content with the honors conferred without having a check Ja- closed in their diplomas. THE failure of the law to punish is the usual excuse for the exercise*of lynch law, and it is, in the general estimation, the cause of much of the increase in crime. Severity of pun­ ishment is by no means as great a preventive of crime as* the certainty of it To act as a restraint upon criminals justicc must be both swift and sure. Failure of the law to Dun- isb breeds contempt for it in the criminal classes and distrust of it ip. others. On the one hand it leads to tbs commission of more crime and on the other to displays of popular pas­ sion aud the execution of private vengeance. WHEN a California girl goes Eait people are sure to hear about her. One stopped in Chicago recently and in the mere effort to curl her hair effectually set the biggest hotel in the place on fire. This is a little ex­ pensive, but keep* the record good. ||INISTERS of Portland express great sympathy for the Chinese, and a fervent desire that the hard- ship 0* liayin« Ikmlof of Oysters. Many of the waters of Maryland and Virginia richest in oysters are now frozen over, so that oyster catch ing is suspended, and should the severity of the winter continue thou­ sands of oystermen must be idle. Many of the outlying islands in the Chesapeake Bay are firmly knit to the mainland by the ice There will te a rush fur the oyster bed when the water opens and ovsters are likely to be very cheap throughout Maryland and V'rginia before the oyster-catch­ ing seascn closes at the end of April. Speculators are making readv to buy up the early spring oysters at low rates and hold them until the price advances. This is a simple matter, as the taming of oysters, so to speak, r jrapVica , i?:-' ' \Ll ftunrato. *ith the permission of its Editor, in Wy of long ago. 1 again extend : to the readers of, tl* Oat of Forty-one Committees to Whtcli Chairmen Have Been Assigned, Only Thirteen Northern Men Have Secured Ciutir.man8h.ips - tl rover the Great. The South in the Saddle. For the first time in many years vhe foimation of the United States Senate committees is in the hands of the Democrats, and already most of the important p'.aces have been al­ lotted. The list of chairmen so far chosen is full of significance. Senator Coskrell, of Missouri, heads the ap­ propriation committee. White, of Louisiana, another Southern Demo­ crat, should work with a common purpose as chairman of the committee on contingent expenses. Senator Call, the Florida Bourbon, is given first place on the committee which has charge of civil service bills. The three Democrats who serve with him are all from the South. Hundreds of millions in Southern claims will prob­ ably be urged for payment in the next Congress as they never were before. Senator Pasco, of Florida, is chairman of the claims committee All three of his Democratic associates are Southerners. The great subjects which come before the Commerce Committee will be submitted to seven Democrats and six Republicans, and of the Democrats the Chairman, Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, and four otheis are from the South. The Financc Committee has Voor- hees, of Indiana, a Northern man, but errattc and unsound on financial questions, at its head. Witb him are four Southern Democrats and Senator McPherson, of New Jersey, the only safe man of the lot, to make up the Democratic majority. The fisheries are a Northern interest most emphat­ ically, but Senator Coke, of Texas, is chairman of the committee to which this subject is assigned. The Com­ mittee on Foreign Relations is headed by Senator Morgan, of Alabama, and three of the four Democrats who serve with him are Southerners. The Interstate Commerce Committee surely ought to have a Northern man at its head, but Butler, of South Carolina, has been given the place. With him will work four other Democrats from the former slave States, and the one Northern man in the majority will be that eminent railroad jobber, Brice, of Ohio and Wall street, who is wholly unfit for the duties of a committee which ought to be devoted to the interests of the people and not of the common carriers. For that matter Gorman, of Maryland, and Camden, of West Virginia, are thoroughly bound to the corporations, which need careful watching and regulation. Senator Pugh, of Alabama, is chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Walthall, of Mississippi, is at the head of the Committee on Military Affairs, and Gray, of Delaware, is chairman of the Committee on Patents. The Manufactures Committee is headed by Senator Gibson, of Maryland. The great bulk of the postal business of the United States is done in the North, but the Committee on Post- offices and Post Roads is in charge of Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, as chairman, and three other Demo­ crats from the .South serve with him. Senator Vance, of North Carolina, is at the head of the Privileges and Elections Committee, and the ma­ jority party might as well be wholly represented by Southerners. Two of them are from the o'd slave States, and Turpie, of Indiana, and Palmer, of Illinois, will never stand in their way. The South should get its full share of the money appropriated for public buildings while Vest, of Mis­ souri, is chairman of the committee having charge of that subject, and his Democratic associates are all Southerners except Brice, whose property interests are largely in Southern railroads. Senator Berry, of Arkansas, is placed at the head of the Public Lands Committee, and Camden, of West Virginia, a rich man having large corporation invest­ ments, is the friendly chairman of the Committee on Railroads. S»> it goes throughout the list, says the Cleveland Leader, small commit­ tees on unimportant subjects fur-1 Dishing nearly all of the chairman-1 ships given to Democrats from the J North. Out of the forty-one com- j mittees to which chairmen have been i Cold March weather It Impoverishes Farmers. . /. The same promises made by Demo­ crats to agricultural voters in the last campaign were made by their prede­ cessors to the farmers in order to win their support far the free trade tariff of 1846. How well those promises were kept is recorded in the annual messages of President Fillmore, writ­ ten after the free trade act had got under full headway, lnjthe message of 1851 he said: : "The value of oui* exports of bread- stuffs and provisions, which it was supposed the incentive of a low tariff and large importation from abioad would greatly augment, has fallen from 868.000,000 in 1847 to $21,000,- 000 in 1851, with almost a certainty of a still further reduction in 1852." The farmer's welfare was assailed not alone by a loss of markets for his produce. His living expenses, the prices of the "necessaries of life," of which we have heard so much from Democratic campaigners, were like­ wise increased. In his next annual message, in 1852, President Fillmore felt constrained to call the attention of Congress and the country to the fact that "the destruction of our man­ ufactures by the tariff of 1846 leaves the foreigner without competition in our market, and he consequently raises the price of the articles sent here for sale." If anything has been established by the experience of nations it is that agriculture is speedily impoverished by a free trade policy. Our own ex­ perience under fitee trade is re-en­ forced by the wretchedness of agri­ culture in Ireland and Great Britain. Orover the Great. The vaunted statesmanship of Grover Cleveland is a myth. He is a politician of the practical sort, and the first prizes he has given out have been captured by men of that stamp. Josiah Quli.'cy, chairman of the Mas­ sachusetts Democratic Committee, and Isaac- Pusey Gray, the chronic oftice-seeket of Indiana, are honored in advance of everybody else. Cleve­ land's action., in sending Minister West out of the country because of the Murcliison letter and his message on the fiflhcAies question in 1888 were both bidi for the Irish vote which none bufc a practical politician would have mr»1e. Cleveland has, however, attained the height of his ambition. He knows that he cannot hope for a third term tsS President and he will make his personal administration dis­ tasteful alike to the Democratic party anil to the country. Rumor has it-- of course nbbody cah find out what Mr. Cleveland thinks--that no Dem­ ocrat will get an office until the com­ missions of Republicans holding office expire. It is a'so announced that no offices will be given to the constit­ uents of Democratic Congressmen who oppose the repeal of the Sher­ man silver law. This will bring the entire Democratic party to its knees in humility before Grover the Great. David B. Hill recognizes the inevit­ able and he has already humbled himself. This is but the beginning, and before Cleveland retires from of­ fice the Democrats wiil be as tired of him as the country at large is dis gusted with the benevolent paternal­ ism of his personal administration. A Billion Dollar Congress at Last. A comparison between the appro­ priations of the last two Congresses made by Senator Allison shows that the Democrats surpassed their Re­ publican predecessors by $38,404,066 in total expenditures. The appropria­ tions of the first session of the Fifty- first Congress amounted to $463,398,- 510, and those of the second session to $525,018,672, a total of $988,417,- 183. One of the first moves of the immense Democratic majority re­ turned to the IIous3 -in 1890 was to pass resolutions pledging themselves to economical expenditures. Then they settled down to appropriating the public funds as follows: $507,600,- 186 in the first se.s ion and $519,221,- 861 in the session just ended, a total of $1,026,822,049. The Fifty-second Congress goes on record as the real billion dollar Congress, the first we have had sin:e the war. assigned twenty-eight will be headed , . by Senators from the South, and only | ,or e thirteen will have Northern chair- j ^Vls *°°^s a men. Of committees having nine or more members eight will be directed by men from the North, and eighteen have Southern Senators for chairmen. In the Senate, at least, the prepon­ derance of Southern icFuence and Southern leaders is evidently to be in inverse ratio to the population, busi Where Would He Be "At?" President Cleveland is sa^3 to have determined not to appoiut editors to office. The reason given is that it looks too much like a reward for past for future ones, far-stretched dis­ crimination against the newspaper profession. Editors do not stand on a different footing in this regard from other precessions, except that, as a class, they render more party service than any oth'jr.. As offices generally • go according to party service, why ! should EH OR STARTLINQ, FAITH*" FULLY RECORDED. ^ v _ not editors be rewarded as ness interests, and general Import- j a® others? If Mr. Cleveland had ince of the Southern States. Tlie ltush. for the Spoils. The importance which the Demo­ cratic party attach to Mr. Cleveland's pompous profession of civil service made known this determination six months ago, where would he now be "at?" V Due to False Preteosas. __ _ How does Mr. CleAeland reconcile reformTs shown by the frantic rush ! his declaration that "every American of office grabbers to the national ! citizen must contemplate with the capital. The morning Mugwump journal of this city confesses despair­ ingly that "despite the perfectly plain utterances of Mr. Cleveland before | taking office, and the equally distinct j and significant words of his inaugu- < ral address, rll reports agree that j Washington is swarming with office- j seekers." The horde of hungry and utmost pride and enthusiasm the growth and expansion of our country," and "the wonderful thrift and enter­ prise of our people," with the state­ ment of th3 Chicago platform, that "we deny that there has been any in­ crease of prosperity to the country since the tariff went-into operation and we point to the dullness and dis- thirsty Democrats, who are besieging i tress," etc..' His last inaugural is a every executive department, know that the "perfectly plain utterances" about which the Mugwumps prate are no more valuable than the same kind of "utterances" eight years ago. Mr. Cleveland's pretenses ct devo­ tion to non-partisan civil service dur­ ing his previous term only made his complete surrender to the spoils poli­ ticians more conspicuous than it would otherwise have been. No mat­ ter how many blustering professions he may make now, the result will be the same. The conspiracy for pub­ lic plunder known as the Democratic party will get the spoils and make the most of them.--New York Press. Benefits of Reciprocity. Our exports to Cuba, during the year 1892, were valued at $16,782,014, against $10,906,789 the year previous., The increase is due to the reciprocal arrangement made under the Mc- Kinley law. The increase in bread- confession that as far as the tariff is concerned his election last fall was due to false pretenses. Can Sign His Name. The Philadelphia Times, speaking of the newly appointed Minister to Mexico, says: "Mr. Gray is a man of mark." Oh, ao; It isn't so bad as that. He can sign his name. THE Harrison administration paid off $296,000,000 of the public debt, and reduced the annual interest charge to the extent of $55,000,000; but that kind of statesmanship will now come to a stop for four years. Mary Murray Wins Her Case at Alton- Bold Midday Robbery In Chicago--Two Young McLean County People Killed-- Lty«d 119 Years. • From fmr and V, MRS. BARBARA WELCH, of HiafieouTafc, died suddenly, aged 90 yeara. She was born in Germany and went to Mascoutah sixty years ago. she was among the earliest pioneer settlers in Southern Illinois. Gov. AiiTGEtiD commuted the sen­ tence of Eavid Winters, who was sen­ tenced to the penitentiary by the Cook County Criminal Court for fifteen years for burglary, cutting down the sentence to fourteen years and two months, which will release Winters April 4. Miss KATHEBIKE HENNESSY, daugh­ ter of a citizen of Merna, was fatally injured. She was walking upon a coun­ try road when two horsemen came along riding at high speed. One of the horses struck the young lady knocking her down, and causing wounds that must result in death. W. C. KTJEFFNEB, a well-known Ger­ man-American, - died at Belleville of pneumonia. He served In the German army in the Crimean campaign, and coming to America, fought all through the civil war. He enlisted in the Forty- ninth Illinois Infantry, and was mus­ tered out a Brigadier General. Since the war he has taken an active part in politics. THE State Board of Agriculture has no official reports aa to the condition of winter wheat throughout tK« Rt»te Chairman Gore expresses the opinion that early sown wheat is in fairly good condition, but that late sown has been injured to a yeater or less extent by the severe winter. This opinion he bases on personal observation, which, however, has not been extended. HARRT RTBUBN, a young Blooming- ton business man, who hod just reachrd his majority, was instantly killed. He jumped upon a Texas pony to set out on a business errand. The pony shied and ran In front of an electric motor car. Ryburn'3 head struck the vestibule of oar with terriflc force and he was un­ horsed, falling in front of the ear with the pony upon him. crushing hira. He was the son of James Byburn, deceased, who was a wealthy resident of Bloom- ington. AT Quincy, III., Henderson Smith died. He was 119 years of age and married his second wife at the age of 90. He was a confirmed tobacco-user and a life-long Democrat. He was known as the lone fisherman, having fished in the Mississippi every season since the settlement of the country. He saw Washington several times, and at one time was iu the employ of the "father of his country." He was the oldest citizen of the State, having been born in Virginia on New Year's Day, 1774. HARRT G. Fox, collector of the First National Bank of Chicago, was robbed of $1,20U on the stairway loading from the main floor of the Court House to the Washington street entrance about noon the other day. The robbery did not take over a minute. Then Fox made the vital mistake of running for the police instead of following the thief. Lost in the midday throng, with but a meager description in the hands of the officers, the bold garroter was isecure. Only by aocident can ho now be discovered. The story is of a single dash, bold even to desperation, but which was successful because of its swift execution. Thb famous Mary Murray adoption case, involving the title to valuable real estate in Oregon, was decided in the Alton Cily Court in favor of the peti­ tioner by entering the record of her legal adoption. The details of Miss Murray's adoption in 1869 and of the mysterious disappearance of the reoord is familiar to newspaper readers. The case was bitterly fought by the Port­ land Railway and Navigation Company and by Michael Seis and Henry Wein- hart, who occupy part of the property. The total value of the estate now is said to be $3f.0,00P. The Portland company's attorney left for home, stat­ ing that the case will be appealed and taken to the highest courts. THE large barns of Moues Berry, re­ siding near Butler, were struck by lightning and destroyed by fire. Four­ teen horses were cremated. The barn also contained a large quantity of corn, hay and oats and 1,000 bushels of wheat and a lot of farm implements, all of which were destroyed. The loss is estimated at over $6,000, partially covered by insurance. AT Freeport, according to a corre- ; spondent, the coronet's jury investi­ gating the cause of the death of Mr. and Mrs. H«.nry Boedeker is making slow progress. C. C. Wilson, an insurance agent who wrote out a life insurance I olicy for Mr. Boedeker the night be­ fore the fire, testified to the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Boedeker wanted the policy made payable to his brother Frederick, but the agent advised him to have it made payable to himself, which he finally did. The coroner is working in the dark, and can find no evidence which has a tendency to solve the mys­ tery. A lady of responsibility, who re- fcides in the vicinity of the Boedeker home, stated that about the time the Boedeker residence was discovered on fire three men ra» through her yard to­ ward the city. She will be called upon to testify before the corjner's inquest. H. Leemhuis, the administrator of the Boedeker estate, made an examination of the dead man's safe and found lifo insurance policies amounting to $29,- 000, and of this amount $18,' 00 is acci­ dental insurance. It is said that be­ sides these several policies were burned up in the residence. Several of the in­ surance companies have given notice that they will fight the payment of the policies. GOVEBNOB AIITOEIID has ordered a special election June 5 to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court caused by the death of Justice John J. Schoifield. ANNA BELI«, the daughter of S. H. Bell, a prominent farmer living near Fairland, while playing around an old well which was uncovered, fell in and was drowned. Only two weeks ago Bell lost three of his children from diph­ theria, and the one drowned was the last child he had. A scHooii district in Logan County is having a strife over the raising of a flag. The School Directors delayed the raising until they could get a suitable pole. John A. Hoblit and A. L. Lari- son took the matter into their own hands and announced that they would raise the flag. They were arrested. THB Litchfield fire and explcslon are still drawing hundreds of the curious to the city, who surround the site of the turned mill. An investiga­ tion has shown the boilers to be intact, yet observers are loath to believe that flour dust was the cause of. the ex- THE last Congress spent $115,707 j plosion, the mill being one of the for each Congressional district in the j cleanest in existence. The coroner's country more than the "billion dollar j 3ury ha9 returned a verdict In the case Congress" that the Democrats talked ?{J®hn 'Ca«fwl. no "ne to b}fm0 Hbuilonaries Claim that Official Corre­ spondence la Tampered With. Several representatives of the Ameri­ can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions visited Washington last week. They came from the Eoslon head­ quarters of the body, with which they are connected, and had several inter­ views w thMr. Josiah (Quincy, the First Assistant Secretary of State. The visitors were Dr. S. Judson Smith, Jr., secretary for foreign missions; Dr. Edwin Webb of the prudential com­ mittee, the governing body of the board, and the Rev. C. C. Tracey, a mis­ sionary, whose station is at Marsovan, Turkey. They told Mr. Quincy that Turkish officials interfered with the correspondence of the American mis­ sionaries in that country; that the mis­ sionaries were subjeet to much Ill-treat­ ment by the natives who were not re­ strained by the authorities, and that messages irom United States Minister Thompson to the State department in Wash ngton had never reached their destination, from which he (Thompson^ inferred that his mail was tampered with. Their statements were so positive that investigation of the records of the de­ partment was ordered to determine whether or not the correspondence on file substantiated tho assertions. This investigation is not yet completed, but it is understood that tifb allegations of Messrs. Smith, Tracey and Webb will be fully sustained. This question of dealing with the relations growing out of the presence of missionaries in Tur­ key has always been a vexing and per­ plexing one to the officials of the State Department. The mlpeionaries have a right of domicile in the Ottoman em­ pire. but it is evident they are unwel- ?hc«r rc!stlrm2 'vTith the Armenians, who are more or less en­ gaged in political movements against existing authority, do not tend to com­ mend them to the good graces of the Turks. The consequence is that the correspondence between the govern­ ments of the two countries is to a great extent devoted to a discussion of com­ plaints by missionaries of asilaalt and other ill-treatment. HOME FOR* ft ED CROSS SOCIETY PieskSssi Clara Barton OratsSally Accepts Dr. Gardner'* Offer. Miss Clara Barton, President of the American National Bed Cross Society, has sent the following letter to Dr. Joseph Gardner, of Bedford, Ind., in accepting the gift of land tendered by himself and wife: This land, as thfe property of the American National Kcd Cross, will be the jpne piece of neutral ground on the western hemisphere protcctea by International treaty against the tread of hostile feet. It is a perpetual sanc­ tuary against invading armies, and will be so respected and he'd sacred by the military powers of the world. Forty nations are pledged to hold all material and stores of the lied Cross, and all its followers, neutral in war, and free to go and come as their duties re­ quire. While its business headquarters will remain, as before, at the capital of the nation, this gift still forms a realization of the hope so long cherished--thst the National Red Cross may have a place to accumulate and produce material and stores for sudden emer­ gencies and great calamities; and if war should come upon our land, which may God avert, we may be ready to fulfill th« mission that onr adhesion to the Geneva treaty has made binding upon us. I wll direct that monuments be erected de­ fining the boundaries of this domain, dedicated to eternal peace and humanity, upon which Bhall be inscribed the insignia or the treaty of Geneva, which insignia all the nations of the earth are bound by solemn covenant to respect. Not only our own iteople but the peoples of all civilized nations will have published to their knowledge that the American National Red Cross has a homo and a recognized abiding place through all generations. For this 1 have striven for years, mainly misunderztood, often misinterpreted, and it is through your clear in­ tuition and humane thought that the clouds have been swept away and my hopos have been realised. In accordance with views expresses by yon in your letter of gift, I appoiut an ad­ viser, which I insist shall be yourself, leaving you free to appoint another to work jointly with you, knowing that in the future, tn in the put, your heart will bo in the wotfe. WORK OF THE STATE SO y. AT THE CAPITAL. Jlocord of One VTeeU'» 1»witHwi-- He Presented. Considered and WJjat Our Public SerranSt Are In Mid Arownd Legislative HtfBa* KANSAS HAS A WHISKY WAR. Destruction of a Car Load of Liquor at Osage City Begrlna the Battle. A great whisky war is on in Osage County, Kansas. The people are up In arms t gainst the Kansas City houses that are running joints in eeveral towns. Eev. D. C. Miiner. President of the State Temperance Union, was called to Osage County two weeks ago. and has lectured at several towns. The people are divided and bad blood is shown on all sides. At Osage City a car load of liquors was seized and destroyed in the presence of a gieat throng. The liq­ uors were hauled out of town lo an abandoned coal sha'.t, where the bottles and demijohns were broken by the hun­ dred and the contents poured into the hole in the ground. Beer kega and whisky ban els were piled on a bonfire and thousands of gallons of red liquor were lapped up by the flames. Mr. Mii­ ner stood by and glorified over the pro­ ceedings, assisting in smashing the bottles containing the "liquid damna­ tion." The State Temperance Union will wage a vigorous war on "jo nts" all over the State. Feeling Is running high and a genuine whisky war is im­ minent. CONSULSHIPS ARE IN DEMAND about so much two years ago. • - - > :v.' gtiifffi was fmm axia R4S. in IRQ? to j but they didn't *T! 1* - t, ** '" i«'**-• -* * ' * •' X- . ; ' ;i , for his death, and holding tho accident as unavoidable. Nothing has occurred A GREAT many Democratic office J°_ cha?ge j?Tf,viouf os.Vma!'e3 °' t.1}e spiikpr* "camp *arlv" tn Washington *°8S* addition to other losses fully seeKers came early to _ Washington, $10tC0a worth of gla3s was broken In the Avoid tae ru*u« 1 lAvn. MMjr Applicants for the Hiffhly Lucrative Posts in Great Britain. There is said to te an unprecedented rush of applicants for the various con­ sulships, especially those whieh are re­ ported to be desirable from a financial point of view. The best of these are are in Great Britain, where, under the operations of a peculiar law governing the administration of oaths, the con­ suls are enabled to retain the greatest part of the fees received on that ac­ count. That is what makes London, Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Bir­ mingham, Belfast, Glasgow and sev­ eral others such highly attractive posts. On the continent, and indeed in all other countries, these fees are part of the official receipts of the office and al­ most wholly go to the government. Paris, for this reason, is said to pay not more than $10,000 or $1*2,000 per year, and it is the best consulate on the continent, while London is credited with being worth four or five times as much. Brleflets. THB bill appropriating $2,000,000 for a new capital passed the Minnesota As­ sembly. A STOBT that the new war ship Monte­ rey is a failure is vigorously denied in naval circles. THE Cleveland Cliff Company will build a furnace at Presque Isle, Mich., to cost $250,000. DAVID HILL will visit Taooma,^Wash., in the fall, and address the Democratlo Society of Washington. B. F. TBAcr.ex-Secretaryof the Navy, was elected president of the Brooklyn Club, succeeding Gen. Slocum. MB. GLADSTONE has recovered from his recent indisposition and is again giving his attention to government af­ fairs. A MOVEMENT is on foot.wlth the sanc­ tion of Private Seeretary Thurber, to uniform the attendants at the White House. FATHER JAMES T. COFFEE has been appointed vlcar-general of the Catholie Diocose of St. Louis.vice Father Brady, deceased. XELS NEIISON, of Huntington, Neb., was found dead on a railway track at Sioux City, la. Ho had arpar?s49 killed by falling off a tralft i The Low-Makers. . i-At In the House Monday evening the Journal ' of l riday was read Sn fall. Mf\ Berry ob­ jected to the reading tetnsc dispensed with. Mr. 'VVltii.lejr u^ked unanimous consent to introduce a bill, but Mr. Kobe objected. uEo you raise a point of order?-7 asked tbs Speaker. "Yca. sir; no quorum is present* /"The gent'eipen raises the- point of order that no quorum is present.; the mem­ bers will please stand and counted." sail Speaker Crafts, who then proceeded to count the members pres­ ent. He ascertained that but seventy- three members were in the House, and announced that no quorum was present; the House then adjonrm d. In the afcsenO» of President Gill and: President Pro Ton Copplnger, Senator' Nlehaus called the Senate to order. The reading of tho min­ utes was dispensed with, and the regular order of business was called for. wben en a tor Johnson, ih order to demonstrate that a quorum was not tresent, moved the roll be called. This developed tfce fact that but twelvo Senators were present uad. the Senate adjourned. ^ In the House Tuesday, after Chairman, Mclnemey had reported tho Berrv antfc# gamblins bill from the Committee oa fia- rolled and Engrossed Bills, the blU.Aom,the elevation of railroad tracks Jn Cbton^gft was unfavorably reported by the ConimlrMe da Railroads. After long dlscussioti the bill appropriating the widow of Judge ScholflsM the,salary that would have accrued to her husband for the remainder of the yetr was ordered to third reading. Mr. Novalit» of Cook, • gave notice that he would move to reconsider the unfavorable vote on the bill for the elevation of railroM; tracks in Chicago. In the Senate MR Paisley's resolution for a constitutional amendment to the Ievenae code WHS sent to the Judiciary Committee. Senator Wells' bill, providing that the polls te closed at ? o'clock pi m. instead of 5 o'clock, was deflated. Senator Selbertfs Villi to prohibit, the placing of Insurance oa property In Illinois through agents out­ side the State was without objection seat back to second reading and referred to Qn Judiciary Committee. In the Senate Wednesday morning tbt bill of the Committee on Municipalities to enable cities and villages to erect aa& maintain electric light plants and to fur­ nish light and power to the inhabitants came up under the head of snwi*' or^*r of business Immediately after the reading of the journal. It was read a second timet ordered encrossed and advanced to its final reading. Several bills were passed. In­ cluding Senator Caldwell's to comt el htgtk- wav commissioner* to submit annual item­ ized accounts of receipts and expenses. Senator Crawford's appropriating £50 each to county farmers' institutes, and the committee bill making an appropriation for improving and maintaining the asylom for the criminal Insane at Chester. The bill for the location of tho State Fair at Ttloomlngton introduced by Representative O'Connell was discussed in the House Com­ mittee on Agriculture. It was reported back with the rccommeQuatiou that tbe word "Bloomlnnton" be stricken out aad location be fixed by the Douse. Mr. Herd- man's bill appropriating £132,000 for es­ tablishing and maintaining a State re­ formatory for girls was cousldete i by the House Committee on Penal and Reforma­ tory Institutions and ordered to be re­ ported with favorable recommendation. The compulsory education question oc­ cupied most of the time of the Home ~ Thursday. Outside of this the only matter of importance considered wa* the resolu­ tion limiting the time for the iniroducttoa- of bill?. No bills can be introduce! after April 14 except by committee* or under suspension of the tulea The session of the Senate was of considerable interest The resolution allowing Chicago people to ee- tabllsh a yachting institute and naval academy and to construct breakwaters and piers in Lake Michigan opposite Jackson Park was favorably reported by the judiciary committee Mr. Johnsioa'a'anti- Plnkerton bill, to prevent non-residents of a county from serving as deputy sheriff* cr special policemen or ccnstablea^ came up on second reading. Upon the request of Senator Eunlap the vote by which the bill appropriating money to enable the r>alrymen'8 Association, the State Horticultural Society, and the Bee­ keepers' Association to make an exhibit at the World's Fair was :tdva> c:d to thtnl reading was reconsidered. Mr. Coon's bill granting women, the right of suffrage In ton nsbip elections then came up on thifd reading, as did also Senatcr Ford's bill, making it a t cnal offence, punishable by fine or imprisonment, for husbands and fathers to desert their wives and children. A bill was introduced by Mr. Wrisrht, cre­ ating the office of inspector of beer and malt liquors, and providing for the creation of a fund for tho construction of roads aad highways. It Is provided that a commis­ sion of one cent a gallou uo p»iu fur iae Inspection of malt liquor.*, and provides n penalty for the use of drugs tn their mana- facture. Tho General Assembly Friday maintained its reputation for utter worthiessneaa Two rows in the House, one in the Senate and practically no business whatever were the net results of t^e session. Representative Noho opened the ball on a question of priv­ ilege. in which he occupied about all of the latitude possible. Mr. Wilson of Ogle made the point of order that the gentleman freta Ccok. In rising to a question of priv­ ilege, had no right to abuse a ny officer ot the House. Speaker Craft* took much of the venom out tf Mr. Nohel remarks by saying: ult Is a privilege of any n.o'ober of tho House lo abuse the Speaker at all timea" Mr. Nohecontinued brleily, and said that he and his associates would continue to demand the yeas and nays s> leng as they felt that unfair de­ cisions were rendered. The Senate squab* 1 ble was over Senator Crawford's bill regu­ lating stock-yards charges. It Is the piece of legislation which is familiar to all lob­ byist* and which has come up one session after another for ten years past. It pro­ vides that It shall be unlawful for any- person. company or cor­ poration owning or operating a stock yard in this StatJ to charge er collect a greater rate of yardage than ft cents a head for cattle over 1 year old and 25 cents a head for horses and mules over J year old; 8 cents a head for stock under I year of age. It is provided that not over C cents a head for hogs or 5 cents a head for sheep shall be charged. The bill further provides that it shall be unlawful to charge over 75 per cent, above the market priee for feed, and it shall be unlawful to make • any charges whatever for watering stoofc;-' She Ought to Be Satisfied Now. , A woman in Delaware was blacklisted because of a coal bill which it was alleged she owed and would not pay. Because of the blacklisting she was us­ able to obtain credit. She immediately commenced su't for $10,000 damages, Saturday a jury returned a verdiet {to her favor for $2,500. ^ Kicks About HU •*00,000 Salary. ."V They say the Prince ot Walee la "kicking" about the smallness of hfe salary. He receives $200,000 a year, which must seem small to him m com­ pared with the $9,000,000 a year the Czar disposes of. But Albert Edward does not pretend to live within hla te* come. ' Sirprbe Pies. The surprise pie in old England coo- tained a dozen live frogs that leaned over the table when the cover was n> • moved. Fighting Without Tlr«»;»ruU. AT the siege of Jerusalem the Roman#* had a catapult that threw a stone weigh^. - i ing 170 pounds a distance ot o4M> yardafc V' THE battle-ax was originally a Celtie ., S weapon. The ancient Irish carried axes as the men of other nations carried " swords. r WITH a two-handed sword Godfrey of; Bouillon, at the elege of Antioeh, eat e' Turk into halves from the shoulders tf tho hips. THE army of St Louis in Ej 1 , V '