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m*" «*•-**< * ^ « j,jh» «#" ESKwPw • * ' A - i f i ' V * ! " * > " * :: >. .;.;-v-:v4^ jf.V w lifr: ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. *; _;' •OBEft OR STARTLING, FAITH- £ * *n FULLY RECOROED.>« %**r' ?*' *, ' '>--?^'^ .• &A * ^on»wajr W ife in Man's Garb - League ,,' of Buildins Associationa-Physicians »f' * of the Military Tract'Diad 4in a Milwaakec Hotel* •*.!*** *wm Dressed is male garb, rttrjHfng1 * red v |>andana iti which was food. Mrs. Isaac T. ?ivSVatson was found by her husband walk* fng railroad ties near Martinsville. Ind. .. He brought her back to her parents' home. pr. Isaac T. Watson is a grocer, and about six ;•' Cheeks ago his wife disappeared. She had . left home before and Mr. Watson had .decided to let her continue roaming until he could get a divorce for desertion. But few days ago her father, A. C. Moses, 'received a telegram asking for money to 'Jke forwarded to "Mrs. I. T. Watson. Mar­ tinsville, Ind." Mr. Moses pleaded with .' JMr. Watson to bring back his only daugh­ ter and showed him the message. The , ||iusband consented, and started in search • -%f his wife. When he reached Martins- •ille he learned that a woman answering J jhe description of his wife had registered • t a hotel. Mr. Watson was told that she %ad gone down the railroad track. When < . |k,! had walked two miles he overtook a :;jj>erBon in a man's clothes. Mr. Watson . Asked: "Have you seen a woman walking . / down the track, stranger?" The person f; Jp'd not answer. Watson hurried in front .jj>f the stranger and recognized his wife's ;'*3lface. Mrs. Watson was willing to ac­ company her husbaffid to Chicago, and •ays she will never leave her home again. She is 28 years old. V ' ' , Pythians Choose Grand Officers. The Illinois grand lodge. Knights of Py­ thias, held its annual session in Gales- burg. Much of the time on the last day of the meeting was consumed in the elec­ tion of officers. For grand outer guard there were ten candidates. W. G. Edens of Galesburg was elected on the fourth ballot. An effort to defeat Henry P. Cald well of Chicago for grand keeper of rec­ ords and seal proved futule. The other officers elected were: Grand chancellor, A. H. Comings, Rockford; grand vice- chancellor. Robert J. McElvain, Murphys- boro; grand prelate, James E. Jewett. Lin­ coln; grand master of exchequer, M. P. Dunlap. Jacksonville; grand master-at- arms, C. H. Gushing, Chicago; grand in- ?" er guard. Gen. J. H. Barkley, Spring-eld: grand trustee, Charles Skagg, Har- jfisburg. In the fight for the next meeting jEa8t St. Louis, was successful over Springfield and Rock Island. The na- 4i°nn 1 sanitarium project was postponed. .The salaries of the grand chancellor and •peeper of records and seal were made $2,- r*KK) each. Decatur M^n la President. The nineteenth annual meeting of the Building Association League of Illinois was held in Springfield. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President. Albert Barnes of Decatur; vice-presidents, W. R. Smith of Chicago and J. F. Quinn of Joliet; treasurer, J. N. C. Shumway of Taylorville; secretarv, B. G. Vasen of Quincy. Among the matters upon which new legislation is desired by the league are classification of stock, the holding of stock by minors and such a change in the present law governing the settlement of the affairs of insolvent asso­ ciations that borrowers can btf credited with the full amount paid in on their stocks. The next meeting willheJield in Joliet. / New Military Tract Officers. The fifty-ninth session of the Military Tract Medical Association was held in Canton. President E. L. Mitchell of Itose- ville responded to the address of welcome delivered by Mayor Lewis. Officers elect­ ed for the ensuing year are: President. M. S. Marcy of Peoria; first vice-president, J. E. button of Canton; second vice-presi­ dent, R. E. Lewis of Macomb; secretary and treasurer. O. B. Will of Peoria. Prof. David M. Graham of Chicago delivered an address on surgical topics. A banquet was given the physicians by; the Altruistic "ciub. - : - • Illinois Farmer on Kaffir Corn. At the Central Illinois Farmers' Insti­ tute at Jacksonville interest centered .•round a paper by James Ranson, a prac­ tical grower of small grain, who has been experimenting with Kaffir corn. He finds It well adapted to this State, rich in yield, well calculated for feed for every farm an­ imal and good for many uses for man. Fred H. Rankin, secretary of the State Live Stock Association, gave some valua­ ble hints on hog raising, and Mrs. West- lake of Pittsfield detailed her experiences In raising poultry. Railway Headquarters Movfd. The division headquarters of th«i Iowa Central Railroad at Iveithsburg was re­ moved to Monmouth the other dir.-. The transaction was consummated by the lat­ ter city paying a bonus of $28,000. The improvements consist of a ten-stall round house, repair shops and other aecessary buildings and au increase of 500 to the population of the city. • Found Dead in Hia Bed. W. S. Hutchinson was found dead in his bed at the St. Charles Hotel in Mil­ waukee. He was a member of the firm of Hutchinson & Co. of 52 Dearborn street, Chicago, and was there selhng a patent smokeless furnace. He wis about 55 years old. . Brief State Happening*. The 13-year-old son of Albert Ward was killed in a runaway accident at Fairbury. David English of Jersej'ville has given himself up to the police ir St. I^otiis, say­ ing his conscience troubles him because he is a bigamist. He sa.vj he has married four women. , At the session of the Northern Illinois . Dental So'tfety in Roekfordjtjio following 'j^bflieers were elected: Presidpfit. Dr. C. W. "^..jCox of Batavia; vice-piesidra't. Dr. C. Ii. fit Dillon of Sterling; secretary. Dr. J. W. :A^Corma ny of Mount Carroll; treasurer, Dr. ^ M. R. Harned of Rockford. Among the opinions handed down by the iiJSupreme^'onrt the other day was one in the case of the People ex rel. vs. Simon. "Which affirms the judgment of the criminal court of Cook County and sustains the Torrens land title law. Twenty negro miners and their families left Atlanta on a recent morning for East Louis. Their expenses were paid by >T*P|he coal company. The two men who had V* fhem in charge are influential colored men ,0f Birmingham. Ala. One is a bank di­ rector and the other a prominent business man and high degree Mason. The miners Were a very quiet, orderly set of people, i George Wing. 14 years old, died of lock­ jaw following the fracture of one of his 53rmf. The boy fell over a stair rail at his home in Chicago. Tom Scott of Epmax was climbing be­ tween two cars of • freight train at Plato* , Mo., when the engine "kicked," crushing £m»i» right foot between the bumpers. He ^K'as taken to Burlington, Iowa, where the Q^foot WM #®P#t,tei ""V? Two men played a joke on Patrick Ca- bill, bartender in a saloon at 2550 Emer­ ald avenue, Chicago, by lassoing him with rope and tying him to a table. They L 41rank a bottle of pop. ate the free lunch- A --«on and departed without Taking any - money. > • - • ' r~'-y :f; The wet weather about rained the wheat c»p near Bo wen. - - A horse and buggy belonging to 3. H. Linder was stolen from a hitch rack In Mattoon. Augusta voters will say, at a special election, whether bonds shall be issued to buy a park site. Matthew Myers, on. H. C. Suttle'a farm, north of Leroy, has lost eighty head of hogs from cholera. „ The total enrollment in the Chicago achools is 215,082 and the average daily attendance 190,390. The Hammond company of Chicago has certified to the Secretary of State a change of name to the Newport Laundry Com­ pany. Private Morrison of Company D, Sec­ ond Illinois, died at Jacksonville, Fla. Trooper Richard Clark of Troop H is also dead. Thomas D. Burke, an ex-alderman of Chicago and the brother of Oil Inspects Robert Burke, died at the insane asylum at Elgin. The Peoria City Council offers to ex­ empt the property from taxation for five years as au inducement for the rebuilding of a large distillery. Ralph Johnston, aged 17 years, the only son of W. K. Johnston, architect, of Chi­ cago, was killed .almost instantly in a bi­ cycle accident at Whitsby, Ont. The receipts of the office of Secretary of State James A. Rose at Springfield for the six months ending Sept. 30, aggregate $105,033.25 from all •sources. John Bonfield, once famous Chicago po-, lice inspector and for a time chief of po­ lice, died of Bright's disease, from which he had been a sufferer for some time. Dr. George H. Rice, who has been on trial in the Marion County Court on the charge of poisoning his wife, was ac­ quitted at Salem. The judge ordered the jury to bring in such a verdict and it waa accordingly done. Willoughby Walling of Chicago, former paymaster of the Illinois naral militia, has been promoted to the position of signal officer, with the rank of lieutenant. Jo);a W. McKinnon of Chicago is appointed paymaster to succeed Walling. Thomas Sheahan, a farmer living thrav miles from Streator, was brutally murder, ed by a number of Hungarians in a saloou brawl at Heenanville, his skull being frac­ tured in no less than twenty place* by chairs, the stock of a gun and other in­ struments. The National Government has paid in full the claim of this State for $250,000 for feeding and equipping the Illinois regi­ ments that went into the volunteer ser­ vice. The money has been received from Washington and Gen. Reece was buay taking up claims against the State held by various Springfield merchants. These foreign legacies do not always pan out as well as a Klondike claim. An exchange tells of a NaUvoo man who saw his name in a list of heirs to an estate in Germany, and sent aiyl power to act as attorney to a Cincinnati lawyer. Some time after his attorney wrote him that his share of the estate was $18, and that the lawyer's fee was $34.50. leaving a bal­ ance due the lawyer of $10.50. In the United States Circuit Court at Springfield, in the case of L. Leonard Boyee of Chicago against the Continental Wire Company of St. Louis to foreclose a mortgage on the company's plant at Granite City, given as security foT pay­ ment of bonds to the amount of $125,000, together with interest a mounting to $20,- 000, both of which are alleged to be over­ due, and for the appointment of a re­ ceiver,, Judge Allen appointed Mr. Boyce receiver. - l<\-' *•" '*ni The Grand Army post of Normhl has changed its uame from Williiita McCul- lough Post-to Charles E. Hovey Post. Mr. Hovey was the first president of the Illi­ nois State Normal University of that place. He organized and was made the colonel of the Thirty-third Illinois volun­ teers, raised at Bloomington and kiio'wn as the Normal regiment. He was made a brigadier general and was< distinguished for bravery. He died one year ago at hisf home in Washington, D. C.' The Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in session at Galesburg. amended the law fixing the time for the annual election of officers on the morning of the third day of the Grand Lodge meeting. The ques­ tion of allowing subordinate lodges to consolidate was considered and will be permitted in the future, under prescribed conditions. lodges which have failed to pay dues were barred from representation. A tribunal consisting of five past chan­ cellors was designated to bear charges against graud officers. A resolution al­ lows subordinate lodges to regulate the fees for the attainment of the rank of knighthood, making it not less than $10. Cabery has furnished an astonishing exhibition of the extent to which business rivalry and race prejudice may be carried by some merchants. Harry Pinko, a Jew­ ish clothing dealer, has been charged with perjury and subjected to extraordinary inconveniences. The charge of perjury is based upon Tinko's advertisement, ap­ pearing upon hand bills, that he intended closing out his business upon a certain date. That date came and went, but Pinko continued to sell goods at the old stand. Whereupon some of his rivals in trade, not appreciating modern advertis­ ing methods, had Pinko arrested for false swearing. When the hand bills were printed Mr. Breneisa of the Cabery En­ quirer. who happen* tf> be a notary public, it is alleged, made Pinko swear orally thai the statement madje in his advertisement was true. The^village constable and his prisoners were put off the train at Buck­ ingham because the officer did not have enough money to pay their fares. From Buckingham to Herscher. a distance of tive'aud one-half miles, they walked. At Herscher they hired a rig and drove to Kankakee. In the evening they returned to Cabery. the coustnble having been ad­ vised to do so by every one to whom he related the circumstances of PrrJk'vo's ar­ rest. Pinko is a tine looking man of 35 years. ^ 4 < . Members of the Lake Seameh's Union at Chicago voted for a 25-cent increase in the scale of wag^s. The new scale does away entirely with trip wages, and goes into effect at once. Stewart Crawford died at Galena in hia eighty-fourth year. He was a native of Ireland, but had lived in vialena sine* 1840. He had been a director of the Mer­ chants' Bank since its organization in 1865. lie retired from a successful busi­ ness career several years ago. His chil­ dren surviving him are Mrs. I. F. Moore, Mrs. L. J. Ilusted. John Crawford of Galena and W. R. Crawford of Chicago. Dr. John M. Gregory, the noted edu­ cator and author, first president of the University of Illinois and-one of the first commissioners under the present civil ser­ vice law, died at Washington, aged 76 years. The suit of W. R. Brown against the Methodist Episcopal Church South of Nashville,tried in the Circuit Court and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff. Mr. Browne Vas the former pastor of the church and was suspended from the con­ ference for one year because of sensation­ al charges which were preferred against him. Only pa?t of his salary was paid him, the church claiming that by his con­ tact he had violated his contract. ALIENS TO CONTROL. FOREIGN AND AMERICAN TRANS­ PORTATION ALLIANCES* A Combination of Interests that Hay Be Kxpected <• Oppose Measures Cor the Rehabilltatioa At tin iswrictn Merchant Marine. It Is a fact, though probably not gen­ erally known outside of transportation circles, that there is, so to speak, a close community of interest between the principal trunk lines of railroad in this country and foreign steamship companies. This combination enables the railroad companies to secure the distribution of imported goods and also to gather and deliver to the steamship lines outward bound cargoes, l»oth steamship anc railroad lines apportion­ ing the rates of freight and sharing in the profits of the transportation. Of the five principal lines of railroad connecting the Interior with Atlantic porta, ail but one have combinations with foreign steamship lines, and thus the carriage of the commerce of the country, from the various points of pro­ duction to those of distribution and con­ sumption, is almost wholly directly or indirectly controlled by alien interests and combinations. The solitary excep­ tion among the railroad lines maintains an Independent system of steamship connection; otherwise it also would probably be obliged to combine with alien ocean transportation interests in order to get its share of the traffic. This shows how absolutely necessary It is that whatever protection is af­ forded to American oter sea shipping interests shall be ample and of such a character as to give assurance of per­ manency in order to be entirely effec­ tive. The reciprocity navigation trea­ ties now in force require that at least twelve months' notice shall be given of their abrogation. It is easily conceiv­ able that during this interval of twelve months the enormous aggregation of foreign capital employed in alien trans­ portation lines, and the influence of the railroad interests allied rfith these lines, would combine with the object of securlug the repeal or at least the mod­ ification of enactments of a character so inimical to their interests as pro­ vided for the imposition of discrimina­ ting duties against imports in foreign vessels. The profits of ocean freight carrying are very largely derived from Imported goods having high freight classifica­ tion. Aliens practically enjoy the monopoly of ocean transportation, and through agreements among themselves, freight rates are maintained with gen­ eral uniformity. With outward bound cargoes practically assured, through combinations with the principal rail­ road lines, and with but little competi­ tion in passenger business, the foreign pteamship companies could well afford to lower rates on imports to such a fig­ ure as would materially lessen the prof­ its of American ships enjoying the pro­ tection of discriminating duties against imports in foreign vessels. Therefore, the measure of protection which it is proposed to give with the object of .promoting American ship­ building Interests and restoring the American merchant marine should, at the outset, be so liberal aud of such a .character as not only to be entirely ef fective in its purpose but such as to ;give assurance of being maintained for a term of years. i Capitalists could not be expected to take the risk of establishing plants for "tin*-construction of cargo ships to com- pAe with foreign vessels If there should be the remotest probability of such Modification of the measure of protec­ tion, through foreign or domestic influ­ ences, as would tend to discourage the ^operation of such vessels when they were water borne. Neither would man agers of the projected ships be likely to perfect their arrangements for employ­ ing the vessels in the over sea trade without some assurance that the pro­ tection afforded would be sufficient to enable them successfully to compete with alien enterprises. "It is believed by those who have given this matter careful consideration that 10 per cent, discriminating duty against Imports in foreign vessels Is none too great, and that any less degree of protection would be ineffective and. moreover, discouraging to the interests which are sought to be promoted. Hon. Stephen B. Elkins. the framer and tlje earnest advocate of the nieasure pro­ viding for discriminating duties on Im­ ports in foreign vessels, in his speech in the Senate in April, 1897. said. "It is not claimed that the bill under consideration is perfect or will bring all needed relief. It will have to be supplemented by further legislation. It is claimed, however, in its behalf, that the principle lias been tried fee nearly forty years aud produced the most ben­ eficial results, and to rest-ore discrimin­ ating duties now would l>e a start in the right direction." Though the measure is some ex­ tent tentative, the principle is by no means experimental. Perfection of the measure, according to the best lights obtainable, would give promise of such results as would l>e a practical guar­ anty of its successful operation, de­ spite the opposition of the combinations of capital and of influence that would be arrayed against it. , Don't Wait Too Long. It la reported by those professing to know that Congress is disposed to en­ act legislation in aid of American ship­ ping, but that the difficulty will come in agreeing upon a plan. There was once a man who set out to teach hie horse to live without eating. Accord­ ing to his statement of the case, just as the horse had learned to live with­ out eating he died. We hope that Con­ gress will learn how to protect Ameri­ can shipping before our merchant ma­ rine which is engaged in the ocean car­ rying trade Is entirely dead. It is near­ ly defunct now. Hurry .up, Congress! Good in Peace or War. The incontrovertible figures of the bulletins issued by the Bureau of Sta­ tistics will not permit the Dingley tar­ iff law to be lost from sight. Demo­ crats, Populists and other opponents of the Republican policy cannot get around the fact that the Dingley law Is pulling steadily in the right dlrec- lion and piling up statistics for the dis­ comfiture of free-traders. The dutiable imports for August amounted to $27,- 819,693, and the Imports free of duty to $21,359,693; total Imports. $49,17ifc886. The exports of merchandise for August amounted to $84,608,774; excess of ex­ ports over Imports, $35,429,388; in­ crease of exports over A ugust last year, $4,210,276. Even in a war month we sold more abroad than we bought. Our imports for the first eight months of 1898 were valued at $426,- 412.038, and the exports at $778,674,- 025; excess of exports over imports, $352,262,987. This represents a foreign trade of $1,205,086,062 for the eight months, or $1,807,628,986 for the year. The Dingley law put a balance of trade in favor of the United States and has held It there during the last four months under the extraordinary condi­ tion of,a foreign war.--Spokane Chron­ icle.- 4,/ , Mow to Get More Gold. The American people, like Oliver Twist, want "more"--"more," when the thing in question is gold. It is true that gold, has been pouring into the country as a result of the heavy bal­ ance of trade in our favor, and that is well, but it 1$ not enough. According to W. W. Bates. ex-UnKed States Com­ missioner of Navigation, the people of the United States have paid out, on an average, $150,000,000 annually, for the last thirty years, to foreign ships for ocean transportation. However much gold we may take in, in paynient for our surplus exports-- and we Intend to take in all we can get --it will never be enough, and it ought never to be enough until we add to it the millions we are now paying out to foreign vessels for our ocean carrying. That amount, added to the American side of the balance sheet, by being paid to the American owners of Amer­ ican, vessels, would look well when we came to make up our yearly statement of receipts and expenditures. Than and Now. THIS THE ONLY I8S0E " " Li' • TERRITORIAL EXPANSION THE ^ 1 Wvot 6f THE CAMPAIGN. One hundred years ago American ships carried 93 per cent, of American commerce. To-day, John Bull does the lion's share of America's carrying trade. tfbvious Values. The value of a merchant marine as an auxiliary navy was well illustrated in the recent war. It was fortuiuwe for the country that so many American millionaires had yachts which could be transferred to navy service. It was fortunate that the Government was able to secure Mie use of the big ocean steamers of one tranasatlantic line. It would have been much more fortunate if we had had an inexhaustible supply of merchant vessels and many times the number of ocean liners available for service. Perhaps the Government agents would not have had to hunt Europe over so anxiously in order to piece out our navy. We might have pieced it out more satisfactorily at home. Certainly the valuable services rendered by the auxiliary cruisers ought to be suffi­ cient to lead Congress to take measures to secure a large auxiliary navy for the Government by securing the establish­ ment of more lines of ocean steamers sailing under the American flag and by building up an extensive merchant ma­ rine. And not even the peace-at-any- prlee men could object, since a mer­ chant marine and fa« liners would be of even more benefit to the nation In time of peace than they would be in war. W hat It Demonstrates. Last year over $50,000,000 worth of Amefican typewriters, bicycles, sew­ ing machines and scientific and compli­ cated instruments were purchased by foreign couutries. It demonstrates that American inventive genius and skill in manufacturing beat the world, and that our foreign trade in manufac­ tured goods was not killed by Republi­ can tariff. Add to this the millions paid this country for heavy machinery, im­ plements aud food products, and the grand total is something enormous, with a trade balance in our favor of over $600.000,000.--St. Johns (Mich.) Republican. . Cause for Gratitude* The duty on citrus fruit Is none too high. This section owes a deep debt of gratitude to those' who gave it so ample protection from foreign comi»e- tition. Some of this gratitude is due even to the Democrats who made a fight for a high duty in coinnjiUee. But we must not forget their peculiar inconsistency in voting against the whole bill on its final passage. If pro­ tection is so good for oranges, we who get the benefit must not fail to stand In for a similar benefit to American pro­ ducers of other things.--Los Ange'.es Express. Value and Potency. The present tariff law has not had an opportunity to fully prove its Tnerit. But it has exhibited in the practical conditions of Industry, commerce and finance the essential value and potency of protection as a principle and policy. --Kalamazoo Telegraph. An Obvion* Absurdity. The present mode of conducting our export trade is about as sensible as it would be for one of the large depart­ ment stores to trust the delivery wag­ ons of its rivals to carry its sales to their destination.--New York Mail and Express. President's Brlef«Terse Speeches Have Beached the Heart* of the People-- Bepnblicans Bally Around McKin- Iey, and Contest Takes on New Life. Washington correspondence: President McKinley's Western tour put life into the political campaign. The con­ gressional committees of both parties are ..'alizing this from the reports that come to them. The principal effect is felt in the West, especially in Ohio, Indiana, Illi­ nois and Iowa, the States through which the President traveled, and where he made short speeches. But the whole West seems to have felt the new vigor which came from the President's plain talk about the war and its results. The Republican congressional committee has been ham­ pered by usage, which confines its official efltots to sending out documents and liter­ ature relating to subjects upon which the party has either in national convention, in Congress or by act of the Republican Pres­ ident, taken a decided stand. The committee began its work in this campaign on the tariff and the currency questions, because it knew just where the party stood on those questions. It took no stand on the great question of terri­ torial expansion, because no national con­ vection had ever considered that question, a Republican Congress had not acted upon it, and President McKinley had not made public his instructions to the peace com­ missioners. The committee found much difficulty in arousing Republican enthu­ siasm over either the tariff or the money question, because the people seemed to consider those questions practically set­ tled, and were giving their attention to another and more important question, which had been developed by the war with Spain. The flag had been placed over Manila, and Spain had been driven out of the Philippines, as well as out of Cuba and Porto Rico. There has been no mistaking the sentiment of the people regarding the Philippines, but Republican Congressmen, as well as the Republican commission, have hesitated to take a posi­ tion upon thia question until the peace commissioners should act and show to the world what were their instructions from the Republican administration. Another Issue1. Some of these gentlemen, a few weeks ago, expressed the belief that the cam­ paign would be fought ont on the silver question, but they ha*^ changed their minds. Republican Congressmen who have visited Washington in the last three weeks have reported that there, is an­ other and a dominant issue, and the Re­ publican party must take its position on that issue and declare its purpose regard­ ing the bruits and responsibilities of the war. President McKinley went West to at­ tend the Omaha exposition and the peace Jubilee at Chicago., He did not start out on a pleasure tour. It developed, a's did his campaign of 1894, when he left Ohio to make a dozen brief speeches in as many different States and was kept busy talk­ ing to the people from the car platform over a trail of about 10,000 miles, which summed up more than 100 speeches to crowds that aggregated several millions of people. The President met the same demonstra­ tion from the people on his Western tour. Wherever he went the people wanted to har him, and instead of three or four speeches, scheduled for him when he left Washington, he made seventy-five talks of from two minutes' duration to twenty minutes, and more than a million people heard him. He knew what the people were thinking about, and he knew they wanted to know what were his purposes regarding the results of the war. He could not speek in detail about questions now in the hands of the peace commission­ ers, but he could enunciate certain prin­ ciples Which were governing his actions in making a peaceful settlement of all the questions which have been developed by the war. That the President's speeches have been satisfactory to the Republicans of the West is shown by the reports from West­ ern States to the congressional commit­ tee. The Republican Congressmen are more confident of a large vote and victory than they have been at any time since the opening of the campaign, and all over the West it is reported that the Republican candidates are taking their stand on this question of expansion, and declaring their purpose to uphold the hands of the Presi­ dent in keeping the American flag where it has been placed by the army and navy. The same condition is reported in the East, and the Democrats have recognized the danger of the new life in the cam­ paign. Ex-Senator Hill, in the first speech he has made since he left the Sen­ ate, began with a defense, claiming that there were no party differences regarding the war. that both parties stood together, and that there was no prospect of party differences in the settlement of the peace negotiations. The wily Senator from New York realized that his party could not hope to win by antagonizing the adminis­ tration on this issue, and he sought to pass it over as a war without politics and get the people of New York to consider State issues alone. * This and That. The present system of inuslcal nota­ tion was Invented iu the eleventh cen­ tury. Nearly 1,000,000 persons make their living in this country by the electric industries. Mexico has had fifty-five presidents since 1821. Of these, sixteen have died violent deaths. At the Strozzl Palace, in Rome, there is a book made of marble, (he leaves be­ ing of marvelous thinness. Agents from the Congo Free State are scouring Slam and the far East for 50,000 cooiies to be shipped to the Congo. The lovely vivid green hiddenite, or lithia emerald, is found in North Caro­ lina. It has never been found outside the United States. The eye of the vulture is so con­ structed that it Is a high-power tele­ scope, enabling the bird to see objects at an almost incrediblo distance. The cost of keeping up the drinking fountains and cattle troughs in London Is $8,500 per annum. A single trough In a busy thoroughfare costs $250. Among the many mysteries of bird migration is the fact that over-sea Journeys are generally conducted in the darkness and invariably against a head wind. The pupil of the eye is so called be­ cause when looking in it a very small Image of the observer may be seen, hence the term from the Latin "pupll- lus," or little pupil. In this country last year the number of milch cows increased about 25 pel cent., and the number of o*her cattla over 30 per cent., while the number ol sheep and sr>ine slightly decreased. v - v - > * • -- • ; • ' INSTRUCTIONS TO AMERICAN PEACE COMMISSIONERS. MKBB1TT AM) II1S BttlDil. United States Positively Declines to Tolerate Any More Jockeying;--Span­ iards Must Hurry Ont of Cuba and Pay Cuban Debt-Debate to Stop. Spanish sovereignty in Cuba must .end forever with the advent of the new year, and all Spanish soldiers must be out of the island by Jan. 1, according to an ultima­ tum that was cabled to Madrid Tuesday. All of the Spanish troops that remain in Cuba after the date named will be subject to the regulation of the American army. This question and several others of equal importance were finally decided at an informal cabinet meeting, which was attended by President McKinley, Secre­ taries Long, Alger and Hay, and Attorney General Griggs, which was followed by the dispatch of warm messages to Madrid and Parjs. The United StateB will take possession of Cuba on Dec. 1, and will assume con­ trol of the custom houses and direct the civil government. Gen. Blanco will cease to be chief of the island, and must busy himself with the deportation of his troops, Spain asked to be given until Feb. I to evacuate, but the cabinet decided not tc extend the time beyond this year. / The American peace commissioners at Paris were directed to inform their Span­ ish colleagues in unmistakable terms that it is useless to discuss the Cuban debt, which will not be assumed by either this country or Cuba. They are to take up questions that are open to discussion, of which the disposal of the Philippines is the most important. It is reported thnt Spain has agreed to the cession of the isl­ and of Guam in the Ladcones. MERRIT f IS MARRlEa ceremony Is in Private on Account of the Illness of the Bride. Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, United States army, and Miss Laura Williams of Chicago wefe married in London Monday. Elaborate plans had been made for the redding, which was to have taken place at St. Andrew's Church in the presence of Sen. Merritt's staff and a Wfge gatheritag 3f British nobility and army officers, both the bride and groom being well known in the London exclusive set. But the seri­ ous illness of Miss Williams disarranged *11 the plans and the wedding was a quiet ind most unostentatious ceremony, ac­ cording to London dispatches, performed in the apartments of the bride's mother in the Savoy Hotel. TRAFFIC POOL ILLEGAL Snpreme Court Gives Railroads* Com­ bination a Death Hlow. The.Supreme Court on Monday reuder- sd an opinion on the so-called Joint Traffic Association case, which has been {tending over a year. The court by a vote of five to three (Justices Gray. Shiras and White) reversed the findings of the court below •nd held against the Joint Traflie Asso­ ciation. Incidentally the court affirmed the constitutionality of the anti-trust law. The court also decided two other cases brought under the anti-trust law. - These were the Kansas City Live Stock Asso- ciatiou cases, which the court below dceid- ed were in restraint of trade. This judg­ ment was reversed. The Supreme Court's decision holding that the Joint Traffic Association was a combination in restraint of trade and com­ merce, and that the association was ille­ gal, means that organization must stop transacting the business for which it was formed or else must operate on entirely new lines. The case is considered one of the most important that has ever come before the Supreme Coupt. The associa­ tion was forced Nov. 19, lK>f\ by thirty- one railways, representing the great trunk lines and their network of branches. The purpose of the association, as stated in the articles A' agreement, was "to establish and maintain reasonable and just rates, fares and regulations on State and inter­ state traffic." PULLMAN COMPANY HIT. Court Declares Corporation Haa Ex / ceeded Its Limitations. The Pullman Palace Car Company L hard hit by a decision of the Illinois Su­ preme Court, which has declared that the corporation usurped power not granted in its charter when it bought real estate and built thereon the town of Pullman. Char« ter violation is also held in the company's owning stock in the Pullman Iron ahd Steel Company and the land it owns near the Belt Line. The directors of the big sleeping car company received an unpleasant surprise iu the decision. J. S. Runnells, the corpo­ ration counsel, states it may be decided to accept the decree of the court aud soil the real estate said to be illegally held. Stripped of all legal technicalities the important parts of the decision affecting the company are as follows: The court holds that the charter of the company did not clothe it with power to purchase the real estate upon which the town or city of Pullman is built, or to construct the build­ ings in said town or city, or to engage in the business of renting dwellings, store­ rooms, market places, etc. It holds that it may not own stock in the Pullman Iron and Steel Company, but that it may sell liquors to the passengers on its cars. PECK SURPRISES PARISIANS. \ Ex-Queen Lil did not present a rlahat before the Hawaiian commission for demnity or compensation for the hundreds of thousands of acres of choice land in thai Hawaiian Islands formerly vested in th* royal family and which were seized by th«t Dole Government. She refrained from' presenting her claim to the commission be ­ cause she was advised that the rnlinit. would be against her and that a formal de-4 cision by the commission might have weight with the Congress of the United States, to whom she must finally appeal for recognition in any event. The tw«| Hawaiian members of the commission* were openly opposed to her pretensions,' and Senator Morgan, one of the thre# American commissioners, is believed to lean the same way. That would consti* tute a majority of, the commission, re­ gardless of the attitude of Senator Cot*", lom and Mr. Hitt. the other two Ameri­ cans. Believing the cards to be thtui stacked against her, she concluded to ig-> nore the commission entirely and lay her' claim lie fore Congress direct. The Dole people hold that she has no standing what­ ever and no rights in the premises whick this Government is bound to respect. - # i $ The thirteenth annual report of Carroll ,4 D. Wright, commissioner of labor, will make a book of 1,200 pages, and some ^ months will probably elapse before copies A are ready for distribution. It tilts bee* the policy of the bureau ever since its es- 3,4 tahlishmeot to discuss each year some oo« topic and to lay before the public snch statistical and other information gathered by the bureau during a number of years . -*£S, as relates to the one subject chosen foe jy investigation. This year the effect of the use of machinery upon labor and cost of 4 ^ production is the topic discussed. Previa ous reports have covered such subjects,-'- as industrial depressions, convict la bo# and strikes and lockouts. It has beenj . found necessary thus to specialize in tho ^ s *• annual reports in order to bring out fact* and figures sufficiently minute to have any . statistical value. •••. -- The capital guides meet queer pe<!fpk» } sometimes. One of the"ki \t"ks showing si -3 party of well-dressed gentlemen and ladies '• % around the building, and as they looked •*, > 1 prosperous and took great interest in hi«r explanations of objects of interest he laitl- \ himself out to do a good job and make an ' impression--for revenue only. After therf - ' J $ had completed the tour of the great buildlj ing the spokesman of the party, evidently a prosperous business man, said to th«t guide: "You have been very kind to us. You have shown us the Supreme Courts the rotunda, statuary hall, the Senat# chamber and the hall of the llouse o£ Representatives, as well as many othef* things I never knew about. Now if yoij| will show us where Congress meets we will let.yon off." r* r ^ * k V : The treasury tables show that during the nine months ending Sept. 30 exports from the United States exceeded imports by $393,955,000. The total exports for the nine months are $809,128,000 and thfr total imports $475,173,000. The export# for the period named are larger by nearly $125 ,000,000 than for the corresponding period of 1897, .which up to that time was ^ i - high-water mark. The imports, on th*.; contrary, are smaller for the last nins |j montJhs than they have been for any c*>r« . responding nine months for fifteen years.. "v^ Peru has not been heard from, but it i* ^ ">• safe to say the official copy of the judg* * ' - * >3, nient rendered by Justice Strong will re* ~». ^ main in charge of the bank until he re** eeives the full amount- of his "We. '* ~ -f The Chief Justice of Canada is afcpar- * " » ently determined to take no chances on se- c u r i n g t h e f e e w h i e h h e e a r n e d f o r a c t i n g s ^ a s a r b i t r a t o r i n t h e c a s e o f V i c t o r M c « . ^ Cord, the American citizen, against tlra 1. v«,V »»„' Government of Peru. He telegraphed th<^~ State Department that he had formulated!! t 1 "4 his decision and placed it in the keeping ^ of a Canadian bank. The telegram alstKt ***$& contained the information that Justice Stroug's fee was $2,000. The State De- : % partment took the hint at once, and halC <1 of thnt amount, the share of the United!* „ * I:- \ States, was sent to the Chief Justice. The consular bureau issues a bulletin de­ voted entirely to the use of nuts as an^/fes: article of human food. The bulletin con- .1, tains reports from consuls and consular,, 3? agents in France, Italy. Syria, Corea and: ; | ^ other fruit-raising and fruit-eating coun- ^ tries. The bulletin leads up to the morsl^ - ^ that we in the United States have all the-fc variety of the soils and climatic conditional necessary to produce every kind of nut,.- ' ,j and that if proper attention were given ts ;• * am* their cultivation the people would b*' greatly benefited thereby. Cancels Applications of Many Expo­ sition Concessionaires. Ferdinand W. Peck. United States com­ missioner to the Paris exposition, has can­ celed the applications of twenty-eight con­ cessionaires which had been approved by his predecessor. Major Moses P. Handy, and granted by the commissioner general Of the exposition. The action of the Amer­ ican commissioner is an unpleasant sur­ prise to Che exposition authorities. They naturally ask. if every new commissioner to the exposition is to undo the work of his predecessors where will "they be at" in 1900? In this connection, it may be mentioned that, notwithstanding all the fuss and feathers made on both sides of the water in regard to the United States being ac­ corded more space, it now turns out that, not one inch more than was secured by. Major Handy will be accorded by the ex­ position authorities. M. Picard plainly told Commissioner Peek in a speech at the American Chamber of Commerce ban­ quet that t> give more space to the Unitfd States wu utterly iaaposaiMs. Senator Thurston of Nebraska will re- ^ ^ & tire from the Senate at the end of h»a|t'"^fl present term in 1901. He announced- ' formally some time ago that he would not ' * accept a re-election, thereby serving no- "^ tice to all that there would be a free field for his seat. The chances are that he will" " *' ,< V kcome a resident of Chicago and establish - jX- a great law firm there. f ^ When Judge Day and William McKin- » ^ ley first met they were employed on op- posite sides of a case that involved than $20. This was thirty years ago. both gentlemen having just come to Canton/ * V- ^ Ohio, to practice law. The case was tried, y'V5 in a blacksmith shop in the southeast cor-1 ~£ ner of Stark County, a country justice of . y, the peace presiding. , . v' * TrW M A statement recently prepared by ex- J&v-'- y p e r t s o f t h e T r e a s u r y D e p a r t m e n t f i x e # h , ̂ A ; the cost of the war up to Sept. 1 at $120.-^;|':4 000.000. and estimates that the expense*^* during the remaiuder of the calendar yea* ' \ will aggregate about $115.C^XyXtt «$&-. tional, or $235,000,000 in all. , ^ * -af' 5 4^ - . I Americans Whip Germans. Officers of the Empress of Japan report that shortly before they left Houg Kong, there was a serious fight betweeu Ameri­ can and German sailors, in which the fo«* mcr were victorious. It is*eUeT*d that the battfeiMpYew-j:'jjj will be sent to Manila to become the flag* * ship of Admiral Dewey. ^ ,'J-a Nearly 23.000 Spanish soldiers, indsdetf ; I in the surrender of Santiago, Cuba, have been transported to Spain. Sheriff Honpt of Hot Springs, Ark., h*» Weeu iudicted, charged with being short about $17,000 in his accounts. , Fifty-five warships for the United States Government are under contr»c% * - J aud twenty are nearing completion. SSE3