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%»xf& -*N <.\*+ :h*' *?-> .,-^,v. READY BUSINESS THE BFTV-THmO CONGRESS MOW f- m atmon. 7 per cent. of i W tl» ted 10 the \< ;/i 7 * s & «t ail I INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. tufwUit tumeel* Over Vkiik Its' Sss>0« - >yy «iip «e#e» . T/& Hie' Interior has the snper- *- mt mbjeqts that hi* Aflhuenat. Oothii » WW« the pea--urisiE ̂ " rf and daughter* tsorvivarsof th* ifiAJZySfm*ltoS! , sorvtvecvaadwidem at Indian eoldlera isf the w«r of the rsfcsUion. The sate those pensioned oa ..._.. . or death resulting from army or nary service The number of persona remaining oa the rolls June 80.1903, who were pehsio tea ander the act of June £7.190, which allows pension* on account of death and disa­ bility not chargeable to army R^vica (39,Ut. The number added to the rolls during the rear was 123,634 and the number dropped was 33,390. Th»j first payments on pensions allowed during the year amounted to S33,?d8,(M&.9S This in­ cludes arrears or tue accumulation between the time from which the allowance of the pension dates and the time of actually granting the certificate. Feastong for Disabilities. . Although the law of I860 permits pensions for disabilities not related to military service, yet as a requisite to its benefits, a usability- must exist incapacitating applicants -from the per­ formance of manual laoor to such a decree as to ren ler them unable to earn a support," the excution of this law in its ea^ly stages does not seem to have been in accord with its true im entien; but toward the close of ihe last ad- Shinisiratiou an authoritative const auction was Sven to the statute, and he ce since that time is construction has been to* lowed. This has had the ett'ect of limiting the operation of the law to its intended purpose. The discovery bavins been made that many names had been pfat upon the pension roll by means of whole- Bale and gigantic frauds, the commissioner sus pended payments upon a number of pensions Which seem to be fraudulent or unauthorized pending a complete examination, giving notice to the pensioners in oraer that they might have •a opportunity to establish, it' possi­ ble, »e justice of their claims not- WithsMndingr the apparent invalidity. This, 1 understand. is the practice which has for a long time prevailed in the pension bureau; but after entering upon, these recent investi­ gations the commissioner modified this role so •• not to allow, until after complete examina­ tion. interference with the payment of a pen­ sion appareutly not altogether void, but which merely had b en lixed at a rate high r than that authorized by law. I am unable to un­ derstand why frauds in the peusion rolls Should not m exposed and corrected with thoroughness and Vigor. Every name fraudu­ lently put upon these rolls is a wicked im­ position upon the kindly sentiment in Which pen-ions have their origin, every fraudulent pensioner has become a bad citizen; •very false oath in support of a pension has made perjury more common, and fa.se and un­ deserving pensioners rob the people not only of 'their money, but of the patriotic sentiinent which the survivors of a war, fought for the preservation of the union, ou^ht to inspire. Thousands of neighborhoods have their wait- known fraudulent pensioners and recent de­ velopments by the bureau establish appalling conspiracies to accomplish pension frauds. By no means the least wrong done is to brave and deserving pensioners, who certainly ought not to be condemned to such association. Those who attempt in the line of duty to rec­ tify these wrongs should not be accused of en­ mity or indifference to the claims of honest vet­ erans. The sum expended on account of pen­ sions for the year ending June 30, laW3, was $156,740,467.14. The commissioner estimates that #185,000,000 will be required to pay pen­ sions during the year ending June.H 1*94, [In referring to the nation's wards the presi­ dent says the solution of the Indian question ĵ pewU vary largely upon good adegwustra- thatia titosat Se sx «ry line the U and Ireland ahicr' portion Of ed in valae to* nets 000. of which The Public Domain. The vast area of land which but a short time ago constituted the p> .jlic d main is rapidly falling into private hands. It is cer­ tain that in the transfer the benehcient inten« tloa of the government to supply from its domain homes to tue industrious and worthy home** ekers is often frustrated. Though the speculator, who stands witu extortionate purpose between the laud- office and those who, with their families, are Invited by the govern­ ment to settle on the public lands, is a de­ spicable character who ought not to be toler­ ated, yet it is difficult to thwart hie schemes, line recrnt opening to settlement of lands in the Cherokee outlet, embracing an area of 1,500,000 acres, notwithstanding the utmost care in framing the regulations governing the •election of locations and notwithstanding the presence of United States troops, furnished an exhibition, though perhaps in a modified de- E<-e, of the mad scramble, the violence and the tudulent occupation whicu have accompa­ nied previous openings of public land. 1 con­ cur with the secretary in the belief that these Outrageous incidents can not be ent irely pre­ vented without a change in the laws on the subject, and 1 hope his recommendations in ftat direction will be favorabi y considered. I es. ecially commend to the attention of the congress the statement* contain d in the sec­ retary'* report concerning fo estry. The time Mas come when efficient tm-as >rea sh uld be taken for the preservation of our forest from 'Indiscriminate and remediless destruction. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. ' She Secretary's Btpvrt Will Be Found £a@a«(litiiely Interesting. >His report of th® secretary of agriculture %U1 be f 'und exceedingly interesting, es- pec ally to that ar: © part of our citize s inti- isately c ncerned in agricultural occupations. On the 7th day of Ma' c.., 1»«, th re were upon its pay re Is0 «-mplo?e». Thi* number hat beenreduced to l,4d». In vieWof adeplet dpub- lie treasury and the imperative demand o people for economy in the administrat oa el their government, the secretary has entered Upon the task of rationally reducing expendi­ tures by the elimination from the pay-rolls of ill persons not needed for an efficient conduot el the affairs of the department. During the fret quarter of the present year the expenses Of the department aggregated 9846,876.78, as •gainst $4iai,012.42 for the corresponding period ef the fiscal year ending June 80,1888. The see* vetary makes apparent his intention te «ea- tinne this fate of reduetlon by submitting esti* mates for the next fiscal year less by than those for the present year. Anion* the heads of divisions in this depart- ment the changee have been exceeding few. Three vacancies occurring from death and r®s- , lgnatious have been filled oy i he promutiou of assistants in the game divisions. These pre motions of experienced and faithful assistants ^ ' have not only been m the iuU-rest of i-fflcieui Work, but have suggested to those in the de­ partment who look lor promotion and reten­ tion that merit and devotion to duty are their best reliant:®. a,* The amount appropriated for the bureau of animal industry for the «urieut fiscal year is $850,000; the <•*, v afetimate for the en.-uing y«-ar is *700,000. The regulations of 1892 concerning Texas fever have been enforced during the last year and r pie largest stock yards of the country have \ • .been kept free from infection. Occasional local outbreaks Lave been largely, sucu as J: could have been effectually, guarded against " by the owners of the atK-.cted cattle While Contagious yluro pneumonia in cattle uas been • a: •radicated, and animal tuberculosis, a disease •1} • / ••'idesprciid and more Uangei ous to huiuan life .*han ijluro-pneumonia, is e>till prevalent In- • > vesnsacions have be u mttde during the past 5 ' * ^ear~as to ihe means of its communication > ind the method or its correct diagnosis, t •" jnuch progress has been made in this direction •V ' *y the studies of the division of animal pathol- 1 . -> ^gy, but work ought to be extended, in co oper- .••> : nation with local authorities, until the danger to if- iuman lite arising from tnis cause is reduced a minimum. The number of animals arriv- iji7: ,V; Big trom Canada during the year aa'd inspected V by bureau officers was and tue number < f . . . f r o m t r a n s -Atlantic countries was 1.SS97. No ^ontau'ious diseases were found among the im- forted animals. The total number of j •^inspections of cattle for export during •" :?|ho past fiscal year was 611,5€J. , The exports show a failing off of about 25. per 1* ®ent. from the preceding year, the decrease oc- -.^furring entirelv in the last half of the year. fe$.v iSliis suggests thai the falling off may have been g-i\ largely due to an increase in the price of Atuer- r Jean export cattle. During the ypar ending Jji'i. June 30. lt>!>3, exports of inspected pork aggro- "gated 077.410 pounds, as against 38,152,874 pounds sor the preceding year. The fai'iug off in this export was not confined, however, toin- / -spected pork, the total quantity exported in 4;,~, being 6ti5,490.61ti ixmnds, while in ; -im it was only 527,3116.m pounds. J join the secretary m recommending that 4- hereafter each aj^Ucant for the position of iu- actor or assistant inspector in the bureau of imal industry be required as a condition .ecedent to his appointment to exhibit to the nited Statce clvu service commission ma from an sstabWshed, rsynlnr and ' asllsn. sad that tl to sains 'diMCHMicin *ie Theweek^efthe statical dIV'Mon of the departmemt of agriculture deals with all that relates to ti^e economics of fiurnte ̂ Tbt markets in wluwtheir products find sale. Its publications relate especially to the commer­ cial side of farming Important to Farmers, It is therefore of profound importance and vital oonoern to the farmers of the United States, who represent nearly one-half of our population, and also of direct interest to the whole cou.itry. tnat the work of this division Iwefficient!3" peslurmed auu that the informa­ tion it h«~ gathered be promptly diffused. It is a matter of congratulation to know that the secretary wiit not spare any effort to make thia part ot his work thoroughly useful. The year the congress appiopriated $1,(X)0 to be taken from the patent oflice funds for the pur­ pose of collecting and distributing rare andim- proved varieties of seeds, an t for pro.>ecut ng agricultural investigations and procuring ag- cultural statistics. l*'roui this small beginning the seed division of the department of agri­ culture has fji'owu to its present unwieldy and unjustifiably extravagant proportions. During the last fiscal year the cost of seeds purchased was $0ii,5&.G;. The remainder of an appropri­ ation of >ia5,000 was expended in puttn.g them up and*ctistributiiig them. It surely never could have entered the minds of those who first sanctioned appropriations of public money for the purchase oi new and improved varieties of seeds for gratuitous distribution that from this would grow large appropriation' f -r. p jichase and .. i.-tribution l>y member of c»>..re»* of ordinary-ee'is, bulbs and cuttin s whicn ars common in all the states and territories,' and everywhere ea i y < btaina de at low prices. In each state an i territory an agricultural experiment tation has < een •• tab ishe .. The e stations, by ' their very character and name, are the proper agencie < to exi wrlment with and test new varieties of eed ; an l yet. thin in i criminate am wasteful d strir,uti »n by legislation and legislator > • ontin ies, an* fewering no • urpo e unles- it i.e to remind <onstltu» nts that their rep- resentativ s are willing to rememb-r tium with gratuities at public cost. Under the sanction of existing legislation the; e was sent out from the agricultural de­ partment during the last fiscal year euough of cabbage seed to plant 19,200 acres of land, a suf­ ficient quantity of beans to plant 4.000 acres, beet seed enough to plant 55,500 acres, sweet corn enough to plant 7,800 acres, sutticient cu­ cumber seed to cover U,u^5 acres with vines,and enough umsKmeiou and watermelon seeds to plant 2,tt7& acres. The total quantity of flower and vegetable seeds thus distributed was con­ tained lu more than s.uou.ouo pa kagos, ami they were sufficient, if planted, to cover 89,6W acres of land. In view of thsss facts this enormous expen­ diture, without legitimate returns of benefit, ought to be abolished. [The civil service law, the president says, has resulted in incalculable benerits, and he makes sugg stions in regard to clerical assistance for service commission.] t awMMkrers 4att»er te t» TnmmI BwImh for tke Ceaatry--JM»I» Fatets la «b* TrrnmUtmmV* BISMAG* AS IBKNLHM U> CAANTVES*. WAIIHWEROS, DM. 8.--UTSTO WM sa the tm daY ef Hi Hg|j)|j •mljU if coogrsM cxeept to lUlMlt* • tbs prssidsat'a maaaag#, whl«h «u li attentively In b*th hotMM. Th«r« wn fifty-si* senators prsssat wtn tlw roll was called. After the n«M|i had bin rend numerous petitions wsM )Wif *, Ud many bills iatio4uc«d. Bs>olntlons wm adopted deploring tbe sentatires O^Kaill and LUlay, of Pwnn- sylmia, and as an aMIMwal mark of respnet the senate adjournad. Tb« house loudly applauded th* mes­ sage. A reaolation was passed appropri- j ating 150,0(K) t<> pay the salaries of officials < euKaged in enforcing the Chines* exclu* ] sion act. A resolution was offered for an i investigation at the Lshigh railway strike. I Euloyies were then spoken in memory of Representatives O'Neill and Liiley, and the house adjourned. O'Neill was 4*Father of the House," and his death give* Bland that title. - ' WHCRE THE INTEREST CENTERS. mpot fc naaallf mdd* by diffem from Conner raperto ia that tables appear in the body of the text. U •hows 8.798 national banks to fcavt be«a to oparatioa at the oIom ttf jhovapoH fmrr wttfc • spiral Meek repnwmtM by T,«Q^0» M(A by SOo.OOO ehareitoidwn. Atth»l-- i»» etiel condltloi the total nmwnn al |he',haal|« then in opnralioa rnrnU.Tmjmmm. i. The total amooat of mm ^t. II, «ao9.Mim » net iho*M«agitt the year ef During 11® haaks -rsrs organised In thirty-two stales and tsrrltoriai witlTls oapttal «took of til Mil (ML Within the tmm» period 168 hank* mm> pended, with a capital stock of «8M«MXA. Of this aaoaber. Ml, with a capital atock oi $19,905,000, have resumed and 65 passed of Bopre- | into th* hands of receivws, with a capital •took of #10,885,000. At th* eloe* of the year seven remained in th* ehaifcoota*. •miners pending resumption. The comptroller* reasons that th* busi­ ness depression of the paet months was ooeAsioned by th* action of depositor* withdrawing so much money from the banks, which caused a sudden contraction in the volume of money needed or em­ ployed for business wants by the banks, and they being compelled to call in loan* and discounts to meet the demands of de­ positor?! prevented the making of new loans and rendered it hazardous on th* part of banks to grant renewals of credit or extensions. REFORM OF THE TARIFF. The House Wing Will Knjoy the Prlueipal Atteotiuu. • Interest in the regular session will center in thtf house wing of the Capitol, where the new tariff bill ia on th* way. An enormous pressure for legislation of all kiudx, public and private, beneficial and otherwise, will exist from the first, but as soon as vb* decks can be cleared the tariff bill will br.ve th* right of way. The extraordinary session achieved tb« purpose not only of eliminating the silver question, but advauclng tbe tariff prohlsm four months on the road to solution. The Wii*ou bill will be introduced in tbe house tbe latter part of th* week, probably Thursday. " The estimate* of th* v*v*nn* to be r' rived from the tariff bill are complat They show that th* d*fi*it in th* r*v*s on the preseut basis of governmental •*. pendltures will be 965,000,000, which must be raised froui increased internal revonue taxes or an income tax. It is not probable that the tax ou whisky will be increased more than 10 cents psr gallon, whieh will increase the revenue 110,000,000. At on* time last week it was practically decided to impose a tax on th* incomes of corpora­ tions and legacies, but there has been a change of sentiment and it is almost cer­ tain that a straight tax on individual in­ comes over $5,000 will be recommended. As to other bills tbe Torrey bankruptcy bill has the right of way. By tbe terms of the order adopted Oct. 19, this measure must be considered after the morning hour each legislative day until disposed of. A resolution calling for the papers in th* Hawaiian imbroglio is sure to cotiie up. Tbe bill making more stringent the natur­ alization laws is also pending and tbe ! Chinese question promises to come up again. The bill for the repeal of th* election laws will receive the attention of the sen­ ate at an early duy aud there ar* fifty or sixty other measures that will supply that house with abuudantNOCCupatiou,%ud here, too, the Hawaiian question I* likely to come op at any time. 0 a omcinnau man has been fined 950 and oosta for abusing another over the tele­ phone, James Day, a Fountain Given (Ills.) farmer,ha» been notified that he has fallen heir to over $l,u<>0,000 worth of property in the heart of Boston. Green B. Kauru, Jr., son of tbe ex-com­ missioner of pensions, has failed at Perry, O. T., after being defeated tor mayor. He opened a grocery store and a hardware es­ tablishment aud had beau catering to tilt Osage Indian trade. Paul Bennevue, who began his career as & IS What we want. Hove ywamj now t V* II ccrtoohjlfake pooler, w* use none bub ibtbes(» And as sbrcwd dcckrs ketp it, are you behind tfec rcst?* "• -'-.H J - . ̂ fiV; C , ^" % - i Nothing Of so Important a Nature Now Confronts the Country. The duty of public economy is also of im­ mense importance in its intimate and necessary relation to the task now in hand of providing rev­ enue to meet government expenses and yet re­ ducing the people's burden of federal taxation. After a naru struggle "tariff re orm is directly be. ore us. Nothing so important >• aitiia our attention and nothiug so clearly presents it­ self as both au opportunity »,.d a duty--an opportunity to deserve the gratitude ot our fellow citizens and a duty imposed upon ur by our oft-repeated professions and by tne em phatic mandate of the people. After full dis­ cussion our countrymen have spoken in favor of this reform, ana they have confided the work of its accomplishment to the hands of those who are solemnly pledged to it. if there is any tiling in the tueory * r a representation in public places of the people and their desires, if public officers are really the servants of the people, and if pol.tieal promises and professions have any binding force, our failure to give the relief so long awaited will be sheet recreancy. Nothiug should intervene to distract nur attention or disturb our effort until this reform is accom­ pli hed by wise and careful legislation. Wh.le we should stauncuiy adhere to the principle that only the necessity of revenue justifies the imposition of tariff duties aud other federal taxation, and that they should be limited by strict economy, we cannot close our eyes to the fact that conditions have grownup among us whi 'ii in justice and ladrness c. ll for discrim­ inating care in the distribution of such duties and taxation as the emergen­ cies of our government actually demand. Manifestly, if w© are to aid the people directly through tariff reform, one of its most odvious features should be a reduction m present tariff charges upon the neoeesiriescf life. The bene­ fits of SUCH A reduction would LW palpable and substanti 1, seen and felt by thousands who would be better fed and better clothed and bet­ ter sheltered. These gifts siiouid be the will­ ing benef actions, of a government whose high- mi function is the promotion of tha welfare oi the iieople. Open to National Enterprise. Not less closely related to our people's pros­ perity and well-being is the removal of restric­ tions upon the importation of tk@ raw material# necessary to our manu­ factures. The world should bo open to our nation*! ingenuity and enterprise. Ibis cannot be while federal legislation. through tne imposition of high tariff, forbid* to American manufacturers as cheap materials as those used by their competitors. It is quite ooviou tuat the enhancement of tbe price of our manufactured j roducts resulting from thia policy, not only confines the mar et for these product* within our own borders, to t.is diree< disadvantage of our manufacturers, bi also iacrea es their <-ost to our citizens. Jhe intere is at Ubor are certainly; thou* irect y, lavolvsd in thi* feature or our tariff system. The sharp competiti >n and a<tK<* struggle anion our man­ ufacturers to supply th« .im ted demand for their goods, soon fill the narrow market to which they are confined. Then follows a sus­ pension of work in mills and factories, a dis­ charge of employes, and distress in the homes of our workiugmen. Even if the often dis- Jjroved assertion could be made good that a ower rate of wages would result from free raw materials and iovv tariff duties, the intelligence of our workingmen leads them quickly to dis­ cover that their s.eady employment, permit­ ted by Tree raw materials, is the most import­ ant factor in their relation to tariff legislation. N«w Tariff Bill Prepared. A measure has been prepared by the appro­ priate congressional committee embodying tariff reform on the laics herein sugg.steti Which will.be promptly submitted for legisla­ tive action. It is th® result of much patriotic and uiis.llish work, and i believe it d als with its subject consistently and as thoroughly as existing conditions permit. I am satisfied that the reduced tariff duties provi.ied for in he proposed legislation, added to the existing in­ ternal 'revenue tnxation. will in the near future, though perhaps not imme­ diately, produce sufficient revenue to meet the needs of the government. The committee after full consideration and to provide against a temporary deficiency wh.< h may exist before the business of the country adjusts itself to the new tariff schedules, have wisely embraced in their plan a few additional internal revenue taxes, including a small tax upon incomes derived from certain corporate investments. These new assessments are not only absolutely just and easily borne, but they ' have the further merit of being such as can be j . - . . remitted without unfavorable i.uainoss dis- i.P*tion in the profits* of loau aud butid.ng Th* Allen Centramt Labor WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.--The United States supreme court has rendered au opinion which, while affiruiiug the constitution­ ality of.the alien contract labor law, will embarrass to soiu* extent th* practical en­ force toe law. The court holds that - "<Uv >s^ valid, but that when tb* acc'. •» ' * impelled to give evi- 4m%*»lves in a criminal p> v.» r • tnjj'.r - - »»»iit utioual rights are reversed a decision euUsylvanians 91,000 for .land trom Euglawd. |MMM» "ia. v" «• IP, a ttoiiate Ktportoh • , Jea. 4.--Charles J. Hayea, . , -un has repot t*d th* reg- for the- press, is * te-i down toward the end of » lie was a national •• ». ; ; uA* ll^urw aud was known to •tevy. v « man who has ever been in congr*tek i« roceut years, aud by them as well as his now-paper associates he waft lovnd and respected. Comparative Tatal Circulation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4--The total circula­ tion of gold and silver ooins and oertifi- cates and United States national bank notes Dec. 1. was tl ,726.994,̂ 0, as against *1,718,544,682 on Nov. 1 and •1,614,700,806 ou Dec. 1, 1N& :* QUITE LIVELY FOR BALTIMORE. The Old Town Beports a Bias* That Oo*to Ber •700,000. BALtotoRK, Dec. , 4. -- Th* Hciaoa butUHug, 84 and 36 South Paca street, oc­ cupied by D. Laugleld & Co., cloak Man­ ufacturers; tbe Deutsche Lithographing & Printing Company; Max, John & Cory, drapers and overalls, and Charles Heisen, sboe manufacturer, was destroyed by fire. The tire spread to August Menken's To­ bacco Leaf aud Cigar Com pauy, the dissect ing buildiug of tbe Maryland University of Medicine, M. S. Levy, straw hat manu­ facturer; the Jewish synagogue at Paca and German streets, and L. Coblen's stables. Sixteou "subjects" war* "la pickl*" in th* dissecting room and all were consumed. Tb* loss is about WOO,* 000; fully insured. DULUTII, Miun., DM. 4--A fire broke out in the warehouse of the Uuion dock on Lake avenue. It enveloped the adjoin­ ing warehouse and both were destroyed. They were owned by W illiam Dunn, of Chicago. Loss, $11*0,000. Will feet Our Dyaamlteiv LONDON, NOV. 80.--A dispatch the Exchange Telegraph company from Rio Do you need a hen ting ot cook stove? If so, BOW is. the time to buy. W • have a large stock of the celebrated ' A- ACORN & GARLAND STOVES, Our stoves give universal satisfaction and As well a« other makes, are worthy ot inspection. The Largest Stock of Stoves in Ihe County -'i We have on hand Anti-Eustin^ Tinware, Table Cutlery, and c/ .. everything lound in a hardware store. * First class new work and Repairs in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron* t-jr* Your trade it respectfully auliclted* ^ ^ JACOB BONSLETT, McHemy. Vl •acretary to Dumas, pere, aud varied it ; de Jaueiro ^ Admiral De Mello has diplomat, e^to^pubhsber^ politician and ,eft mo witU several of hU swiftest ves- sels to intercept the new ships on tbe way to reinforce Poisoto, and it Is believed a naval battle will shortly be fought off the Brazilian coast. One of Zalinski's dyna­ mite throwers Is in Peixoto's fleat. hank*r, is ending it in s Ibw Mauipsuire poorbouse. The dead body of Thomas S. Bray, a Cincinnati law student, was found in t h* ! woods, he having been killed by tbe acci- deuta! discharge ot his gun while hunting. Captaiu A. E. Bell, editor of the L;vee* pool (O.) Crisis, was taken to i.ue punites- tiary at Columbus to serv* a sentence of a year and a hall for the shooting of Surrey Koblnson. The United Presbyterian church edifice at Aledo, Ills., was burned. Loss, $11,00U, Fir* in th* vaults of tt|» gov*rnm*nt buildings at Cincinnati destroysd among other papers all tbe pension ehoclca that ] had been paid for years. * Engineer Scongall has|mgned contracta at the City of Mexico and Nu*va Larado^ Mexico, for building the largest irrigation works in th* country. Professor John Tyndall died at Hast*, mere, Surrey, England, last evening Th* stock of wheat in tbe private eleval tors of Minneapolis is 989,000 bushels, pa increase of 88,000 bushels compared with • week ago. Waits Going to Blank HeLtatM. DENVER, Dec. 5.--Governor Wait* has removed state peuitentiary Commissioner Reynolds on the ground of malfeasance in offi e. He is charged with having kept on deposit in his bank in Canon City pris­ on iifioney which should have been turned over to the state treasury,and with baying been interested in prison contracts. By the appointing lit of Reynolds'successor the governor will gain control of the peni­ tentiary board and he will taen attempt ; to remove Warden.McLister. Tbe warden has fortified himself by the appoiutment of guards who will sacrifice their lives, if necessary, in defense of his interests. He says he will not surrender tbe prison un­ til tbe courts decide against him. Another Building Association Opinion. SPUINGFIBLD, Ills., ,Dec. 6.--Attorney General Moioney has given an opin n that the by-law providing for noa-partici- i the impo-turbance whenever the. uacessity o£ t sition no longer exists. In my great desire for the success of this measure 1 cannot restrain the suggestion tnat* its succe s can only be obtained uy means of unselllsli counsel on tbe pan of th«^ irienas tariff reform and as a result of their wiling- ness to subordinate persoUiil deslree and amo­ tions to tbe yencral good. The local interest;. affected by the propescd reform are so numer­ ous and so varied that if ail are insisted upon, the legislation embody­ ing the reform must inevitably .ail. In conclusion, my intense feeling of responsi­ bility impels me to invoke for the maniiolu in­ terests ot a generous and couflding people, the most scrupulous care, and to pledge my willing support to every legislative effort for the ad­ vancement of the greatness and prosperity of onr beloved country. G ROVER CtEVtUNO. associations by members who .withdraw before being members a jear is le^al, but very nn reasonable. Caagl»t Those Three Bold Thf|& BKLLEPLAIJSE, Ia., Dec. 5.--The perpe­ trators of tbe daring robbery at Luzerne Were overhauled by officers from Belle- plainfc. They were hiding in a church at Kosta, a farm neighborhood eight miles tfpvtb. REPORT C OMPTROLLER ECKELS. Sirs Costs Chicago «lU,ooa CHICAGO, Dec. 1,--Fire completely gut­ ted the. building IIS) and 188 Quincy street. Gauging a lorn of ^.bout 9185,000. Henry Kats & Co., clothiers, are damaged $60,- 00<), insurance $86,000; Lawton & Hall, water proof clothing, damaged $100,000, in­ surance $60,000; Slater & Sons, woolen aud cotton manufacturers, damaged 105.000; fully insured. Cedar Rapids Is All Bight. CKDAB RAPIDS, Ia. .Dec.4.---'The proclama­ tion of Mayor Daniels will not result aa disastrously to the city as at first appre­ hended. Tbe police force will not be dis­ banded, tbe fire department will not be in­ terfered with, aud the water, gas aud electric light contract will not be annulled. X«w York Murderer Klaetroented. SING SING, N. Y., Dec. 5.--At 11:50 a. m. John Delfiuo, the Italian barber, was sue cessfully electrocuted in the state prison here for tbe murder of Caroline £tiasell in , Brooklyn eleven months ago. SchseferjCannot Meet IvJL CHICAGO, Dec. 1.--Schaefer has an- . nounced that other engagements will pre­ vent him from meeting Ives in the game arranged lor January. Jury Secured in the Conghlin Case. CHICAGO, Dec, 5.--A jury in tbe Cough- lin case has been finally secured and it is expected that the trial will go forward to day. THE DEATH RECORD. bolonel N. B. ELDKEDGK, ex-congress­ man, at Adrian, Mich. WILLIAM HENRY HOLCOMBE, prominent physician, at New Orleans. PHILIP FBKDEKICK; aa aged resident of Btdoit, Wis. SAMUEL RICHABDS, one of the foremost of American artists. ut Denver. Judge E. C. BILLINGS of the United States district court, at New Orleans. HAMILTON Pora, a well known lawyer, at Louisville. t Ex-Congressman W. A. PHILLIPS of Kansas, at Fort Gibson, I. Z. Major M. C. KAISEB, wealthy citizen of Ati&uta, Ga. * Rev. HIBAM EDDY, known as the "Fighting Parson," at Cananan, Conn. General WILLIAM LILT, congressman at large from Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, Hon. STEPHEN HOWARD, prominent citi* •" ,• . Vs "'-'i >>. :: • # ^fjs mm fl v1 V , A The above i« a cut of our new Foldine Machines which can now be Been at work in the Plaindealer Offioe* ' 7 . • A'Z'A • • f. 11, *'v • Our patrons, and those needing such a- machine are invited tov call and see ir at Work. It is simple, easily baud led* and takes such little power that you cannot notice it. The machine was put ^ in by the Bascom Polder <Io., of Sidney, O., who have been bnild> " . , ing and selling them for the past eight years, and every machine is*r fully warranted for five j ears. If you need such a machine please •. write the abeve company for prices, discounts and terms, as they^-^V cell the machine on the most favorable terms. Or write their Agents * V Ghicago Newspaper Union, Chicago; J.Jk F. Garret, Syracuse, N, Y.; Mather Manfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Marder Luse A Co.* Chicago; Benton, Waldo & Cu». Milwaukee; Wright, Barret A Still well, St. Paul; Geoctfcin & Hon, Toronto. Canada, - ? THE NTAFP1 CMF I.IP'fi. -'fs" ,v.< - -. «• •Ifc ; •'WTHRF.-Y.V'BA.-'K. V';- |F*" err "ECONOMY IS WEAIXH » because the«re ord has ti(»en brok*n, «nd tti«* _ . _ . Sold in McHenry since the 1st day of January, 1S93, to the 1st dsy of Oct. 1898, M; It IStMftS v Fourteen Car Loads of Pillsbury'a Best Flour* * AND IT STILL STANDS AT THE TOP. For Bale by all the Leading Merchants, and at tfie Roller Mills We have a good high grade of Flour at f 1 per sach, and for the price we challenge comparison. Also a full Patent Flour at $ 1.05. and we not exagerate when we ^ ^ guarantee it equal to other grades that coat more money. Try it and be convinced. -f; > / f f ' 1 ' , v' To the Farmers of McHenry and vicinity would my that we are again prepared to do your £'• Feed and Wr eat Grinding promptly. On wheat we will guarantee as good a return lo quality tf, anil quantity ae any onstom mill in the state of Illinois, and wotrtd respeotfully ask wasa (a % : aeed of anything In tMs line to give us » trial on the above ^uarsatee * • %_ 1 Bran and Middlings for Sale. •<:* ' Whiai« seed of Flour leave yonr order at tbe Boiler MUts and we will do thereat. ; " Itontirtun t the CaOse Depression -The annual re- JJ-V, J '• /*& •v'