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% r j ; Ik SESSION. ^ ; , SOME CURRENCY LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY. • , • I?*', " ' N » - " * • '¥%&• 4' '* V w, r,;,':*hottWTli*«C*wtgcreeB Fall to Act Pre.- ® Went Cleveland Will Appfeal to the Republicans--So Bays a Strong Ad- Militiatration Democrat--Not«S«* . C a p i t a l C i t y C h a t . - " . 1?> . Washington eenrespondence: THREE weeks of agi, tation by Congress of the currency prob­ lem has brought it no nearer a solution, apparently, than it was when Secretary Carlisle first submit­ ted his plan." T h e s t a t e m e n t fame from one of the friends of the ad­ ministration in Con­ gress and at the same time lie ad­ mitted that he had no hope of Congress passing the Carlisle bill. "The Vendition," said he, "isWgarded bj/the PreMdoni as being serious, \He feera about as he did gCv' ' Sfj. when Congress waacalled together to re- aV' • '> v „• j'oa'Sherman law. President Cleve- V '"Ji 1' .-land is convinced that some currency leg- islation is necessary. He is not insisting |JS^ > that his party in Congress shall pass the r ^ Carlisle bill, but he believes the Demo­ cratic leaders could use it as a foundation ' upon which to construct a satisfactory v ( financial reform bill. The President ,f :fc' means to preserve the gold reserve. It 'will not be permitted to fall far below $75,000,000 till bonds will be sold to re­ plenish it. With the means now at their disposal it looks as if the Wall street peo­ ple could force a bond issue every thirty days if they chose to do so. For this Teason the President feels that it would be folly for this Congress to adjourn with­ out giving some measure of relief. "The prospect of running the treasury from now until the new Congress meets and selling bonds periodically to main­ tain the redemption fund does not strike either the President or Secretary Carlisle ; 5 :1?as eneouraging to the peace or prosperity y. i.,;,1 - of the country. Mr. Cleveland has hopes u>s own party in Congress will show 11 a willingness and the ability to deal with 1 the problem, but if it adjourns without doing so there is every reason to suppose Mr. Cleveland will appeal to the new Re­ publican Congress to come together at once and afford the remedy." "An extra session?" "Yes, that's what it means. Perhaps the suggestion of such a thing may serve v.-jto stiffen the backbone of the Democrats fi^'n Congress and stimulate them to pass a ' Ibill. But it is plain from the tone of Con­ gressman Bryan's speech that the free coinage men in Congress are unwilling to accept anything short of free and un­ limited silver coinage. They might agree on compromise authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem paper money in silver, but President Cleveland will never consent to such a step. The Senatorial Outlook. The several Senators who are candi- 'dates for re-election have gone home with ~' f8' imore or less anxiety in their minds, and " ; % the most of them are not expected to re- Ty" 5turn until the Legislatures of their States k'#*- %ave determined their fate. Senator Cul- lom does not feel any doubt as to the action of the Republic^ caucus in Illi- , . nois. Mr. Berry, of • \»sa.s, has been ;• on the anxious understand that the opposition has given up the fight expects a practically unani­ mous nomination. Mr. Caff fey, of Lou- Isana. and Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, have already been re-elected. Mr. Camden* of West Virginia, "Virill be succeeded by a Re­ publican, probably Stephen B. Elkins. Mr. Carey, of Wyoming, has gone home to engage in a bitter and uncertain con­ test. He is an anti-silver man, with a strong silver constituency. Mr. Coke, of Texas, will have a walk-over. Ex-Gov. Wetmore has already been elected to suc­ ceed Mr. Dixon, of Rhode Island, oiie of » the few men in history who refused a sec­ ond term in the Senate, because he does ; . anot like politics. Mr. Dolph of Oregon, * Mr. Frye of Maine, Mr. Hoar of Massa- > fohusetts, Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky, Mr. McMillan of Michigan, Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota, and Mr. Perkins of Cali­ fornia will not meet with,much opposition, and Mr. Wolcott of.Colorado has received a cheerful letter, signed by every Repub­ lican in the Legislature of that State, ask­ ing him to be a candidate. He has promptly consented and will be nominated unanimously. The venerable Mr. Harris of Tennessee, whom Mr. Hoar called the drum major of the Senate, has gone home to fight a lot of wildcats, as he terms them--scattering ^candidates, with a few votes each, but enough, taken together, to prevent his re­ election unless he can make a distasteful "combine." Mr. Higgius of Delaware is likely to be defeated. Mr. Mandcrson of Nebraska voluntarily retires to earn a lit­ tle money for old age, and Mr. Thurston, general solicitor of the Union Pacific Rail­ road, will take his seat. Mr. Martin of Kansas gives way to some unknown Re­ publican, Mr. McLaurin of Mississippi to his predecessor, who voluntarily retired from the Senate for a year on account of his health, and Mr. McPherson Of New ' Jersey will be succeeded by Gen. Sewall, a Republican. Mr. Power of Montana feels confident of re-election, Mr. Ransom of North Carolina will bo succeeded by a Populist, and Mr. Jarvis, his colleague, by a Republican. *Mr. Shoup of Idaho is in a peculiar posi­ tion. He agreed not to be a candidate ' provided Willis Sweet, the present repre­ sentative from that State, got the indorse­ ment of the Hepublican convention for Senator. Sweet could not get it and Shoup considers himself released from his ] pledge, so that he will enter the contest nnd will probably win. Mr. Washburn of Minnesota will meet with considerable op­ position, but expects to win. Mr. Patton of Michigan is also in the midst of a lively fight, with a half-dozen candidates against t"~\im. Representative Gear has already j/MjKp fleeted to succeed Mr. Wilson of '••*iowa, wnb-roYuntarily retires. There are three vacant seats from Montana, Wyom­ ing, and Washington, which will be filled by Republicans. . , "national Capital Notes. -William A. Phelps, a pension attorney - « i of Richmond, Ohio, has been disbarred from practice before the Interior Depart- • ment for unprofessional conduct. Vice President Stevenson has gone to Asheville, N. C. It is the intention to ac- . company his daughter, who is ill at Ashe- ' ville, to some place farther south, prob- ^ V- • ably in Florida. 'h i -r y At the meeting of the Nebraska His- , torical Society, Secretary Morton will de- sliver an address on "Pioneer Populists." • '•"i The Commerce Committee of the House R'«i> • has favorably reported bills for building railway bridges across the Missouri River , .* * /j-/r-near Jefferson City, the Little River, "f -I t Arkansas, and the Sulphur River In Tex- , jas or Arkansas. John G. Moore, who has brought the ?#|f^suit to test the constitutionality of the in- ' j. I ', "come tax law, is the senior partner in the -i ̂ °* ^oore & Schley, bankers and ' ' ' brokers of New Yo^hMf|ittjdipore under­ takes this suit as a series of I8I& ^controversies to hb lie constitutionality of is really for the bene- They have been carry- ited debate over the sub- rit was passed, and finally to test the matter lit consultuj office the nej fit ol ing jeci th«? ! Se&atdPToorhees is preparing a lecture upon the crusades, and will take the plat­ form as soon as Congress adjourns. Rep- reseiiiafive Wilton of West Virginia will lilso take the lecture platform, and will "Write a political history of the Congress bf the United States. An unmistakable evidence of the hard times is the small number of bridal par­ ties that have made their appearance in Washington so far this season. The hotel clerks tell me they have never known so few. Usually during the months of May and June, November and December the hotels are filled with newly married peo­ ple, and as everybody knows who has been through the experience the bridegroom usually cares more for the pleasure of the honeymoon than for the money he spends, but this year the economy as well as the scarcity of this sort of travelers has been remarkable. PACTS AND FIGURES. OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF Tt*E TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 4 Record that the Republican "Party Has Season to Be Proud Of--Flooda of Foreign Farm-Stnff« Coming-- Wllaon-Geta Angry. '• ^ AMERICANS EAT TOO MUCH. Etesult of Investigations by the Bn- reau of Animal Industry. The nutritive value and cost of foods, is discussed at length ,in a bulletin of the agricultural department, based on inves­ tigation made by the bureau of'animal in­ dustry. The results of these studies, says the bulletin, confirms the general impres­ sion of hygienists that our diet is one­ sided and that we eat toa much. Owing to the large consumption] in this country of sugar and the use of large quantities of fat meats, the food which we actually eat has relatively too little protein and too much fat, starch and sugar. It is found that the protein in ordinary meats, fish and milk is readily and completely digested, that of vegetable foods is much less completely digested than of animal foods. One-fourth or one-third of pota­ toes, whole wheat and rye flour may es­ cape digestion and thus be useless for nourishment, and one-sixth of the pro­ tein of wlifeat Hour, corn, meal, peas and beans may be assumed to be undigested when cooked and eaten in the usual way. "Of the meat extracts in the market," continues the report, "some contain very little and others practically no material which builds tissues or yields energy. Animal foods gratify the palate in many ways which the vegetable foods do not, and what is perhaps of greater weight in regulating the actual usage of communi­ ties by whose demand the prices are regu­ lated, they satisfy a real need by supply­ ing protein and fats, which vegetable foods lack." NOTED FRENCHMAN. Baron De Courcil, Ambassador at ths Court of Britain. The strained relations existing between France and England, make Baron de Courcil, Freneh Ambassador to Great Britain, a person of interest. Baron de Courcil is very wide­ ly known. It will be remembered that he was the principal hero of the diploma­ tic "indiscretions" perpetrated by the Figaro a few months ago. He was presi­ dent of the late in­ ternational Court of Arbitration at Paris on the Behring, Sea baron dk council* gefti fishery dispute between England and America. Baron de Courcil has a peculiar history. His original name was Cliaudron, and his father, a country attorney, was family solicitor to the Talleyrands. The attor­ ney begged Talleyrand to take his clever son to England as one of his secretaries, which the diplomatist finally did, after having procured a change of name and a title for the old attorney. Since then the present Baron's rise has been rapid. He formerly represented France at Berlin. a ITALY'S GRAND OLD MAN. 3TBANCKSCO CRISPL The Peer of Any of Ktirope's Noble S t a t e s m e n . , Not the least impressive figure of the trio of Europe's grand old men--Glad­ stone, Bismarck, and Crispi--is the Ital­ ian statesman, ex- Premier Francesco Crispi. He is in his 75th year, having been born in Ribera, Sicily, in 1819. Ed­ ucated for the law, he was admitted to the bar at Naples. He took a leading part in the Palermo insurrection of 1848 and after its .failure went into exile. In 1859-'G0 he organ­ ized another revolution, landed at Paler­ mo with Garibaldi, and became a member of the provisional government. In 1861 he was elected to the first parliament of United Italy, and in 187G became presi­ dent of the Chamber of Deputies. In 1887 he was chosen Premier, resigned in 1891, not to resume office till 1803. His present retirement will probably be but for a brief period. 8parks from the Wire*. All the towns in Northern Peru are in open rebellion against President Carceres. In a quntrel over a card game at St. Louis, Patrick Noonan was shot and killed by John Lane. A1 Breyman, of Highland, Kan., blew out the gas in a hotel at St. Joseph, Mo. He was buried two days later. Two young Alabama ruffians fired into a schoolhouse near Browuridge, fatally wounding four of the pupils. Eight families from Belgium arrived at Boston, Iud., to found a colony in Perry County, and more will follow. Six robbers attacked the residence of John Yankihs, of Perry, O. T. He killed one and drove the rest away. Charles ,D, Blanton, twice Mayor of Asheville, N. C., and one of the prominent Democrats of the'State, dropped dead. Fire broke out in a mine at Coal Creek, Wash. The river was dammed and used to flood the mine. The damage will be about $20,000. William Strausbaugh, a maker of spurious coin, and two confederates were captured by Federal officials at Tiffin, Ohio. The election by Company B, Indiana National Guard, of a discharged member to the captaincy has created a sensation at Terre Haute. In a Boston tenement house James' Murphy shot his wife and beat herewith an Iudian club and an ax. He then cot his throat. Both will die. Dr. Edward S. Courtney was sen­ tenced at St. Louis, Mo., to three years in the penitentiary for his attempt on the life of Miss Minnie Schilling. Banks in the eleven Pacific coast States have been asked for their co-operation in arranging a convention to be held at Salt Lake City to discuss the financial situa­ tion. David Tuckhorn, chief buyer for the Nelson Morris Packing Company of C cago, committed suicide at Kansas- Ci Mo. It is faid tha't a woman hounded to death. Can't Be Contradlrte#. Soon after the civil war, in 1870, only 4.74 per cent, of our total imports of for­ eign goods were admitted free of duty. The total amount of customs duties paid in that year was $191,513,974, which was equal to $4.96 per capita of our population. Five years later, In 1875, as much as 27.83 per cent of our total imports were goods admitted free of duty. The total amount of customs duties paid in 1875 was $154,554,983, which was $3.51 per capita of our population. , Ten years later, in 1885, as much as SJ3.28 per cent, of'our total Imports were goods admitted free of duty. The total amount of customs duties paid in 1885 was $178,151,601, which was $3.17 per capita of bur population. Seven years later, In 1892, in the height, of ,-our prosperity, as much as 56.30 per cent, of our total imports were goods admitted free of duty. The total amount of customs duties paid in 1892 was $174,124,270, which was less than in any year since 1879, and only $2.00 per capita of our population. During this period of twenty-two years our imports of goods free of duty increased from 4.74 per cent, of all im­ ports to 56.30 per cent. The total amount of money paid by the people for customs duties, notwithstanding the enormous increase in our population of 27,0©j0,000 persons, was $17,389,704 less in p$y2 than in 1870. The per capita proportion of our customs duties was reduced from $4.96 to $2.66, a decrease of $2..3(Kfor every man, woman and child in tbifeeountry. This was the re­ sult of undisturbed protection. It must not be imagined, however, that this large reduction in the people's contribution to the cost of government was accompanied by an increase in th#1 national debt as the result of inefficient administration. Quite the contrary. In 1870 the outstanding principal of the public debt of the United States amounted to $2,480,672,427.81, or $64.33 per capita of our population. In 1892 it amounted to only $1,628,840,151.63, or $25.06 per capita on a basis of 65,000,- 000 population. We thus have the following faiter'y. CUSTOMS DUTIES. Year. , Total. 1870........... .,$191,513,974 1892 174,124,270 Per cap. $4.96 2.66 Decreas ...... $17,389,704 PUBLIC DEBT. $2.30 Year. 1870.... 1892.... Total. Per cap. .$2,480,672,428 $64.33 , 1,628,840,152 25.06 Decrease. .$851,832,270 $39,27 During these twenty-two years of un­ disturbed protection the total annual amount of customs duties decreased by $1 <'.389,704, or $2.30 per capita, even with an increase of 27,000,000 in our population. During the same period the outstanding principal of the public debt was decreased by $851,832,276, or $39.27 per capita, .reducing it from $64.33 in 1870 down to $25.06 in 1892. This is a record that the Republican party has reason to be proud of. It is «t record that should compel the restora­ tion of the policy of protection. Where Are We At? 674.3T; for the quarttr ending Septem­ ber 80, 1894, it was $954,953.58. an in­ crease of $251,279.22. As compared with the quarter of last year there has* been an increase. For the quarter ending September, 1893, the value was; $894,(>43.72, the increase of this quarter for 1894 being $60,309.80. ^ This }in­ crease was all in the months of August and September." Editors Carried Away. The English papers have been gloat­ ing over that distorted interview with' Hon. Thomas B. Reed, in wh.fch it was claimed that the ex-Speaker had modi­ fied his views In regard to the McKin- ley protective tariff, and they are talk­ ing about "the bold bid for favor" that the Republican party is making in this country. We also learn that "the prob­ able consequence of this change of front will be to drive the Democrats nearer free trade." It Is but fair to our English contemporaries to state that these opinions were expressed prior to our elections of November 6, which must have somewhat staggered them. There is no class of papers in the world that is more easily gulled by fake re­ ports nnd distorted interviews than the English provincial press. They are ABOUND A BRIEF COMPILA1 - Ni INCfS tfc*° --He Had Betj^ffrccbootcr- Reserve of CiiicngtJ T-jmik; Crime Buspectcd at Winncbagtt Faithful Doss Guards a Corpse. The body of Martin Strong, who had lived the life of a hermit for several years, was found in his cabin south of St. Elmo, in Fayette County. The body had been dead several days, as decom­ position had set in. A dog, his only com­ panion, was found lying beside the corpse. ^Strong was about 65 years old and was sent to the penitentiary several years ago for horse stealing. He was pardoned by Gov. Ilarhilton after having served one year. Since the burial of Strong letters and papers have been found wjiich bear out the belief that he at one time was connected with a band of robbers which operated in Southeastern Illinois. His neighbors knew nothing of him, as he communicated with no one. During the ten years he lived there ng one was ever known to set foot inside his «ibin. It is so anxious for the establishment of free ; believed that Strong possessed gold and trade in this country that they let their •brains run away from them, never stopping to think that Americans &£? not ail-fools. 7 ... ' About the Blie of It. ^ f * ^ valuables and that they are buried near his cabiu. An effort will be made to un­ earth them. What the State Institutions Ask For. The aggregate amount which the sev­ eral State charitable institutions will ask the Legislature to appropriate for them is $481,370. As approved by the State Board of Charities, the amounts are as follows: Northern Hospital for the In­ sane, $94,900; Eastern Hospital, $132,- 000; Central Hospital, $42,300; Southern Hospital, $47,720; Asylum for Insane Criminals, $6,700; Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, $22,350; Institution for the Blind, $20,500; Institution for Feeble­ minded Children, $27,400; Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, $12,200; Soldiers' Or­ phans' Home, $15,800; Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, $53,500. POPULAR VOTJT It is said thi e&th. } • iV? • Sheffield Shippers Happy. In his annual report to the Depart­ ment of State, Consul Bedle, of Shef­ field, England, under date of Oct. 11, says that there has been a falling off of over $690,000 in the declared value of exports to the United States from the district of Sheffield during the year end­ ing September 30; 1894, as compared with the same period of 1893. The de­ crease is chiefly in steel, $368,000; cut­ lery, $185,000; and steel shells, $38,000. "The volume of trade has been small­ er than for many years past, if not the smallest in the history of the consulate, and is due to the general depression that has existed, and principally to the hesitancy to contract in the face of pros- .pective tariff changes." With reference to the new tariff law of the United States iie says: "Notwithstanding the fact that the new act only came into effect on Aug. 28, improvement in the cutlery trade immediately set in and the exports of this line of goods during the quarter just ended were the largest since Sept. 30, 1890. There is already increhsed business confidence, and there is good reason to expect improved trade with the United States." Good for Glasgow Goods, In a report to the department under date of Oct. 10, Consul Morse, of Glas­ gow, writes: "Large orders are being received by merchants here since the passage of the new United States tariff bill, and many of them have expressed to me the opin ­ ion that the coming year will witness an unprecedented trade between Glas­ gow and the United States, both as to exports and imports. Every indication points that way. "The enactment and operation of the law have given a new impetus to trade between Glasgow and the United States, the months of August and Sep­ tember showing a very perceptible in­ crease in number of invoices and the value of exportations,as compared with the preceding months. "In April, 1894, the number of In­ voices was 269; May, 223; June, 194; ' 1; August, 332; Septemi ue of exportations for ding June 30, 1894, Bradford's Bis Business. The first shipments of goods after the passage of the new tariff bill, and un­ derstood to come wholly under its pro­ visions, were for the week beginning Aug. 19 and ending Aug. 25. For this week Invoices to the number of 100 Were declared, against eighty the pre­ vious week, and so few as fifty In some previous weeks. This was the largest number in any week for a year pre­ viously. The total value of these'de­ clared exports for the week was $180,- 000, compared with $110,000 the pre­ vious week. The value of free wool declared during this week was $51,000, compared with $3,000 the previous week. In a few months prior to this time, however, there had been shipped a considerable quantity of wool as well as manufactured goods, to go into bond and await the operation of the new tariff. CLAUDE MEEKER, Consul. Bradford, Aug. 28,1894. -- Floods of Foreign Farm-8tnffs. The effect of the new United States tariff is being felt in increased trade with Northern Mexico, writes Consul J. B. Gorman. Large exportations of dressed hides, mules, horses, etc., have been added to the usual exports here­ tofore made, and the prospect for a large spring business is most cheering. Under the operations of the McKin- ley law, all live stock ceased to be ex­ ported to the United States from Mex­ ico, the tariff on horse's and uiules^ being $30 each, or from twice to tl^o times the selling value of the a^rfhials here in Mexico. The United States tariff amounted to a total prohibition, and, until thirty days ago, not a live animal of any description had been ex­ ported. Large exportations of dressed hides (leather) show apother new fea­ ture that shares the benefit of the Wil­ son schedule. His Withers UnwrBUg. Hon. William L. Wilson Is getting angry. In the course of a speech which he made at a Boston banquet the other day--not the bauquet given by the Home Market Club--Mr. Wilson, speak­ ing of the result of the recent election, said: 'This was not a deliberate condem­ nation of our party and what It has done. The kick comes from the heels of the American people; there was very little brains in it. They were conscious of being hurt, that th^ir withers wele wrung, so they kicked the first thing in sight, that was the Democratic party, without questioning whether or not it was responsible for t^ieir sufferings." Excited Over a New Grave. Winnebago is excited over the discovery of a new-made grave in the Burritt Cem­ etery near that place. None of the ceme­ tery officials knew of tlie existence of tho grave and it was discovered by workmen at the cemetery. The grave was dug in a secluded part of tiifj cemetery, and the sod was replaced in such a manner as to make the discovery almost impossible. It was undoubtedly under the cover of darkness, and the general impression is that it conceals a crime. The matter will be investigated. : Kockford Overran by Burglars. Carl J. Errickson, of Rockford, who was brutally maltreated by burglars Fri­ day morning, is in a precarious condition and grave fears are entertained for his recovery. His body is one mass of bruises and there are several ugly cuts on his Ijfad. The police have apprehended sev­ eral suspects, but in each instaace they were able to give a good account of them­ selves. The city is f*ll of sneak thieves and burglars, and there is strong talk of a citizens' association, which will employ directives to patrol the districts. State Banks in Good Condition. Chicago State batiks show that the to­ tal resources are $95,978,282, or $1,343,- 000 more than when the last call was made. Individual deposits have increas­ ed $2,000,000 and other deposits de­ creased about $1,000,000, while loans have increased $4,000,000. Cash and sight exchange' amount to $29,377,947 and deposits to $75,830,519, or a cash re- BqfVO of ft' InmlKftt teas than 39 per cent. Record of the Week. James Barry died at Springfield after an illness of s$\oral years. Mr. and Mip. .1/. K. White, well-known old residents pi ISkK'kford, celebrated their golden wedding. George E#m<?r, of Mount Vernon, was found dea<l iiear his home. Heart trou­ ble was the cause. Bridgman, a veteran of two ware jriid thje oldest employe of Pinker- deUctive agency, died at Evanston. ^ While riAting in Janes ville, Wis., Miss Flolencf Jj. Wickes, daughter of ; Vice Presideit /Wickes of the Pullman Com' pany, Ford, Olive age of J1 friend o Coopf, secretly married to George O. rake, of Rockford, died at the years. He was a warm personal the noted author, J. Fennimore nd was formerly keeper of the prisorat 'iAuburn, N. Y. Le'i Z.J Letter will have to pay Augus tus J. Fijnnegan $4,500 in consideration of iijurie^s Finnegan received while em- ployd ofn the Leiter Building, at Chi cagv wfiile it was in process of erection Finnegan was struck by a plank rom the upper story and Judge rdered that Leiter make repara- he sum named Sangnmop Circuit Court Riley in ]»1. fal'ng Duine tiof in< i tl s entered suit against the Wabash ay Company for $5,000 for personal rifes. While Bowers was employed in general shops of the Wabash as a ma- ni,st a forty-pound hammer fell from t» celling of one of the work-rooms, strik iag Bowers on the neck and back, laying dm in bed for several months and seri Misly injuring him for life. The shooting of A. J. Green, a young farmer living three miles southwest of Oakland, by Night Watchman Hawn in There are other asses that have not Oakland, was the result of a brawl. In sense, vigor or brains enough to learn to kick even. They only squirm around on their withers. • Victory for Defenders. The voice of the people as spoken it the polls is emphatic evidence that tfce surrender of our markets to competi­ tion with the poorly paid labor of Mr- rope will not be tolerated by American voters. It is not a triumph for the Re­ publican party alone, but a victoryfor the defenders of American homes and American • industries.--Grand Ra»ds, Mich., Herald. » Although boiling water is fa*l to most microbes, some of them eadure endure extre.ne cold with indift>.*ence. M. Pictet has frozen some of tiem in solidified air at a temperature o about 323 degrees below Farenheit ze-'o, and found Jthem as lively as ever wien M thawed them out ^ •< A Cold Christmas. the rear of J. T. West's restaurant young Green and Jack Foley got into an alterca­ tion over some old feud which had ex­ isted betweeri the two for several years. After settling the uinicuity Green started through the restaurant for the street, and in passing through the front door he in some way broke the glass. The proprie­ tor, J. T. West, pursued Green out into the street. Hawn, the night watchman, who happened to be passing by, noticed the latter running and commanded him to halt, which he failed to do. Hawn then pulled his revolver and shot Green in the I back, the bullet lodging in hj^ left lung. Green is in a dying condition. G. W. Lemley & Son, grocers, assigned at Quincy. Assets. $0,000; liabilities, $5,000. Chicago creditors are Reid, Mur­ doch & Co. and J. S. Kirk. The oldest person in tiat section of the State is Joseph Youn*, a colored man whose home is at Belleville. He has i reached the remarkable age of 102 years, f" the correctness of which is fully attested by papers in the aossession of his son. I Young was born at Frankfort, Kj% and was sold as a slave ive times. He was for some time the jroperty of Governor Edwards, the first Governor of the State of Illinois. The will of the late Colonel John R. Thomas was probated in the St. Clair County Court. He leaves an estate val­ ued at half a millbn dollars. After mak­ ing ample provisbn for his aged widow he directed that ttte remainder of his vast estate be divide! share and share alike among his eight Aildren. A week ago Mrs. Lisetta Groath,' a widow, who lh*d alone at Rockford, died and the friend burned her old clothes, ay the family, while removing the the •lothing, found quite a sum also the charred ends not known how friends though* ge sum. A Swedish Lutheran CJhweh is to b*«» tabllshed at Rockford. A new Swedish Lutheran Church a feW mites east of Sycamore, was dedicated. The county scat war has broken ont between Canton and Lewiston. ^elleville women, who united to wipe out local plague spots, seem to have been defeated all around. » Miss May Emmerspn was married at Marshall to B. A. Sweet, ex-county su­ perintendent flf schools. Henry R. Henburg, a Chicago traveling man, was found dead in South Bend, Ind. It is thought he committed suicide. Waddell, a bunko sharp wanted in Illinois, is in jail at Fonda, N. Y., charged with swindling a farmer out of $4,800. Proprietors of filthy Chicago bakeries ^vdl be given the option of cleaning their l'laces or retiring from business at once. Driven from home by familv discord, Jennie Grimmeng. a 19-year-old Chicago girl, attempted to kill herself with poison. Unemployed workmen in Pullman and Kensington, suffering for food, are circu­ lating petitions asking State and city aid. Lillie \ ale was sentenced to a term of seven years in the penitentiary for horse stealing in Judge Horton's court aL Chi­ cago. Twenty priests assisted Rev. B. of Rock Island, in celebratiag his silver julileo of his entrance into the Driest- hoed. Some unknown person wefit Into the barn of Farmer Lyons, near Rochelle, and slashed the sides of two valuable horses. Benjamin Simpson, of Springfield, has sued the Big Four Railroad Company for $20,000 for damages received while in its employ. The schools at Mackinaw have been closed on account of an epidemic of ma­ lignant diphtheria in the country near that place. Henry Nelson, of Ludlow, and Lavina J. Moore, of Champaign, have been ad­ judged insane and takeu to the asylum at Kankakee. General John A. McClernand, of Spring­ field, who has been ill for a month past, suffering from a carbuncle, is able to be on the streets. , Rev. Edward H. Clarke, rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal, El­ gin, tehdered his resignation Sunday, to take effect Jan. 6. Rendered despondent by business re­ verses, Charles Musson, a Chicago mer­ chant 70 years old, essayed to kill hin*- self by inhailing gas. W. I>. S. Anderson, for twenty yearr assistant treasurer of Cook County, Is* missing. It is feared he has become de­ ranged though overwork. The Northwestern Poultry Association held its first annual exhibition at Lanark. The export poultry fanciers declare they have never seen fiaer specimens. Burglars discovered robbing the store of Moore & Moffett, at Oakland, escaped with five revolvers and fired a bullet through Watchman Hawn's clothes. Brooks Mitchell, an old resident of Bloomington, was found lying dead on n woodpile behind his house. He had suf­ fered for some time from heart disease. Company G, Sixth Regiment, I. N. Q., of Dixon, received from the State new uniforms to replace those damaged while on duty in Chicago during the labor trou­ bles. James Newell, who is accused of rob­ bing A. J. Sherarg, a Chicago traveling man, of $150 and a gold watch, was bound over for trial at Rockford in $500 bonds. Governor Altgeld honored a requisi­ tion from North Dakota for the return of William Bruno, wanted for muf<]cring Albert Peterson and under arrest at CM* cago. A tramp giving the name of Charles An­ derson attempted to criminally assault Mrs. John Allendorff, living near Bloom­ ington, but wns driven off and captured by her husband. Mayor Huffnlan, of Mount Carroll, has issued an order to the force at work shH»* ing an artesian well for city water pur­ poses to continue drilling unUy they strike water or China. The well is already down a distance of oy«r 1,300 feet in snow- white sand. * • The Lewiston courthouse was com* P'etiply wrecked by fire on Friday. The judgment records, extending back for ten years, were destroyed. The library is a total loss, but the current files of the courts were rtscued. The building was erected in 1831 and occupied first in 1838. Many $re the regrets at its de­ struction, as the building was held sacred. In it the voice of Stephen A. Douglas was heard, he for a time having presided therein as judge, aid fr«m its steps the martyred Lincoln delivered one of his immortal addressed in 1858. The elo­ quence of Browniqg, Baker, Bushneil, Cyrus Walker and j others of the early giants had also been heard in it. , . The fifteenth biennial report of the Trustees of the Illinois Asylum for Fee­ ble-minded Children at Lincoln was made to the Governor. Tlu per capita cost for 1894 was $135.25, the lowest in the his­ tory of the institution. The institution has provision for 550 children, but is pro­ viding for 606. The ordinary gross ex­ penses were $83,046.80; income not from State, $9,405.27; coat t» State, $73,641.53.' The trustees ask $193,700 for general expenses for the next two years. The nineteenth biennial report of the Illinois Chariable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chi-, cago, has been laid before the Governor and approved. The treasurer returned $11.-. 770.93 to the treasjiry^-being $3,318.33 unexpended uppropriatiogs for the year ending June 30, 1333, auti $8,452.60 fdP" the year ending June 30, 1894. An ap­ propriation of $06,200 for the ensuing two years is asked for. 'fhe superintendr' ent reports 15,467 persons admitted dur-; ing the last two years. In their twenty- third biennial report the trustees of the State Blind Asylum at Jacksonville ask It FIFTY MILLIONS "Would Not Make Rnch a H»' lamp After All This Talk. Men's minds and newspapers hijyf f#* ^gently been full of the borrowing; \ff our noble country of $50,000,000 tage0 to replenish the national yellow "' says the New. York World. Each has had his own swoet dreams, imsAlf 'seeing in his grasping eye «f- vaults piled up with yellow gold, men questioned by World guessed strange guesses about the i of a $50,000,000 lurhp of gold. thought the lump would be about as the city hall. All were wfde of mark. The pitiful facts are these: A • f with fifty millions could only bqy a mink of gold five and a half f0M& square. He would not have ̂ ol4< to till even a hall bed-room. His would not be bigger than a small plaM, Grover Cleveland, if made of solid golMlk , would be worth fifty millions. A SmO,- 1 000,000 cube would be five and a hall?- , 4' feet In diameter. These statements arfr < * *-j based on calculations that would need­ lessly worry the usual mind.* They arfe. accurate. Let the poor man rejoice*,' '"; "• The man with fifty millions has not sft , s much gold after all, and isn't it funnjr that a nation full of bia'tns. wU"n V J#x>,U00 inhabitants, thinks it needs a " yellow cube five and a half feet smmp ^ to malce it solid? • T ,:ji\ Are They ̂ Planets? • In tho constellation Cygnus, which'fiV plainly marked out to the eye by tbi ' figure called the Northern Cross, is * v faint star, numbered 61, which was i J first star whose distance from the eartli - was measured, and which, notwitH» ", standing its insignificant appearance, 1m-. one of the nearest stars in all tlN • J: heavens. ' ' Examined with a telescope, it Is found to be composed of two nearly *'• ; equal stars which appear to be connect-* •; . J ed by their mutual attraction, so that > they revolve slowly around their com- mon center of gravity. There are, then .*?'In two suns, each considerably smallelfcC?|i than our sun, linked together by gravl- f" tation. t v » Recently Professor Wilsing, at Pots- ' peculiar about this starry pair. finds that there are periodical varia* **i\ tiens in the distance between the tw# stars which are not accounted for bf their own known relations to one an* other, and which, he thinks, could blr >' i explained by supposing that there arts one or more invisible bodies connecte|| / ' with them. 2 , u The thought that these invisible les may be planets is a natural The belief that there are planets volving around some, at least, of stars is widespread,, but the telescope has not yet been able to reveal any tite our eyes. • „ Their attraction, however, must hat# some effect upon the motion of the stam to which they belong, and In case they" are very large and massive, such an ef- fect might be perceptible to us. - If the suspected invisible bodies coo-' nected with the double sun, 61 Cygnl, are planets, they must be enormously larger and heavier than the earth. Th» possibility that a star which is com­ paratively so near us actually possesses planets cannot but stir the most slug­ gish imagination. v . Earnest Musicians. . Doctor Stephen Elvey, who did M much to render the chanting of th» Psalms intelligible in the church seiv' '- vice by "pointing" them, was absorbe# PQ in his subject. His pockets were filled | with bits of paper bearing verses front I the Psalms I ted, th* it he can remember Doctor Elvey's pulling up suddenly in one of the streets of th« town, and to the astonishij|eut of passers-by, asking him, in: a whisper: "What Is a manpeace?" "I don't know." "Neither do I; but when ct error of putting the accent on "man. in- - stead of peace, is almost universal, and *15/^ i s a n i n s t a n c e o f t h e n o n s e n s e f c i a d e o f , " ' i - S c r i p t u r e t h r o u g h c a r e l e s s r e a A n g a t t d f - ' ? indifferent punctuation!" | *:['< The verse to which he had reterencw ! „ runs: "Keep innocency, and take heed "0/ unto the thing that, is right, for that ,**' Shall bring a man peace at the last." Once, when Sir George Elvey was con­ duct i:ii; a rehearsal of the "Messiah,** one of the singers tiuished her solofwith an elaborate cadenza. Sir George wait- e d u n t i l t h e e n d , a n d t h e n a s k e d : i "What's that? Don't you thidpc if Haiulel had wanted that, he wbuld have written it?" [ "Oh," said the lady, "we always do itr that way in London.** • j "Never mind," said he. "Here I^an- del shall have it in his way, so pleitse sing it as it is written." \ W' t The Potato. When Ainerica was discovered the potato was cultivated in all the tem­ perate parts of South America, b|it not in Mexico. Hieronymus Cardou, p. Spanish priest, is believed to have in­ troduced the plant into Europe. Frovp Spain It went into Italy, and thence to an appropriation of $141,8»>6. The trus- Belgium. Some years later it was ili tees of the Dea£ and Dujmb Asylum at Produced into Virginia, and specimens *2S6630 ** *Wtoprifion of , were brought to Ireland about 1590. " V ' I Vai* nani*1tt o hMnrlt«£vj] if wac Miss Minnie iVessler, 18 years of age, was burned to death at Saybrook. She was engaged in cooking supper When her clothing caught fre from the stove. She ran outside and was so badly burned that she died a c<uple of hours later. I A pinch of stnng snuff caused the death of John Pohx, of Chicago. Polax was standing on he Northwestern rail­ road tracks With tvo other men. Oife of them offered Polas a pineii of snuff. He took it and was seized with/'euch a hard fit of sneezing that a train tut him before he could get away. He leaves a wide and six children. ; Police Magistrate Rushton has sued the city of Elgin for $2,000; mostly claimed as fees during two yenrs] The city claims Rushton has paid himself from money collected, and wants [him to turn over money in his possession before it will set­ tle. The outcome m# establish a pre­ cedent for other cities/ W. O. Seeruft,,^f Milwaukee, who left home Oct. 30 wtult temporarily deranged, and who has been working for a farmer near Elgin, was found at a Christian Science meeting by his wife, who, since his departure, has been following oiews. Seerup fancied that creditor^ were after Mm. H i was ove r joyed at j wife. For nearly a hundred years it was cul­ tivated very little in Great Britain. In 1663 the Royal Society urjred its es­ tivation, but it is only within the last century and a half that it has been a common vegetable there. But the sweet potato was brought into England in 1563, and was called the "common potato" as early as 1597, when the white potato was first described in «§i Jta- glish book. - jra were aft ma How Heads Grow. ••• A story was told by Ticknor, WtMk said it was a singular fact that the head of Daniel Webster grew larger after he had passed middle age. Tlek- nor, knowing Webster intimately, a^ked him about the matter, and re­ ceived the reply, "Yes, I find that X have constantly to increase the stee of my hats." We may observe that this Interest­ ing phenomenon does not depend en­ tirely upon increase of years, for com­ paratively young naval been knowu to complain of, in their headgear strain involved in vationa.--The At m -w