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J®?3i "TV wmt* i^vy* • * , . . ' . - : - " • - > > • * • ; # . :McHenry Plalndealer. J. VAN SLYKE, Edifcr and Pub. T«ftr * "- -"SF PC'.i iiif^ ••'} !\* u. \ S&4 f McHENRY, , >.. v •. ILLINOIS. p |̂p - jy .̂ : 5' t ; SUMMARY OF NEWS. 0 s- '.V The llftes of the Consolidated Electric Street Car Company In Dallas. Texas, are tied up by a strike. Several motormen were discharged liy the new superintend­ ent aud other men were put in their places. The employes demanded the rein- * statement of the discharged men. A Great Northern through train was held up and robbed about fifty miles west of Fergus Falls. Minn., by a gang of eight wen. The local express safe was blown open and considerable money secured, but the robbers failed to get into the through safe, though they worked two hours over it. i 4 Johh Haley of Nashville, Tenn.. was arrested in New Orleans, charged with be­ ing a fugitive from justice. He is wanted on five warrants charging him with con­ cealing stolen property. Haley is alleged , to be the confederate of John Leonard, who systematically robbed the Cudahy Packing Company. Gen. Miles' report, now made public, covers his connection with the war from its inception to its close. His story is told In great part by dispatches, consecutively arranged. A large part of the report, however, is made up of an account of the movements of Gen. Miles at Tampa, at Santiago and in Porto Rieo. The steamer Australia has arrived at San Francisco seven days from Honolulu. Among her passengers were thirty sol­ diers afflicted with malarial fever. The majority of the sick men are members.of the cavalry who were detailed on garri­ son duty in the islands. The voyage im­ proved the condition of most of the men. The condition of affairs in the American consulate general at the City of Mexico attracts much attention. Vice-Consul Benett has been suspended and forbidden entrance to the consulate by Consul Gen­ eral Barlow, who has not made known the grounds for his action. Col. Bennett's friends assert that he has been unjustly treated. . Charles F. Phillips, a Mining expert.Tias gone to Colorado in the interest ot East­ ern capitalists who ovn valuable claims In the Cripple Creek district. "These gen­ tlemen have seen great possibilities in the development of low grade properties in Colorado. They see the necessity of mills for treating low grade ore. Several East­ ern capitalists are planning for the con­ struction of big mills. Dr. Probst of the Ohio State Board of Health has returned from Loveland, where seventy cases of smallpox have been discovered. The epidemic is in mild form and has been raging for months. He •ays there is no exeuse for mistaking the disease for chicken pox, which was done. The disease is on the increase at San­ dusky. It was learned that a clerk in a store had been at work after being expos­ ed and that he had come in contact with scores of persons. Fifteen sailors of the steam whaling bark Belvidere have filed a libel against the bark in the United States District Court at San Francisco. They allege that they shipped for a twelve months' whaling cruise, that they were frozen in tfll winter in the Arctic near Point Barrow and that when the vesfiel got away and reached Port Clarence at the expiration of their term of service they asked to be discharg­ ed. They aver that the master, Captain Mallard, not only refused to comply with their request, bua kept them virtually prisoners on board the bark for eight "months longer. There has been fighting at Okmulgee, L T., the capital of the Creek nation. Ok­ mulgee is forty miles off the railway and without telegraph or telephone service. It is known, however, that the full bloods made an attack on the treaty leaders at Okmulgee and that at least one man has been killed and seven or eight wounded. Ail the Indian police at Agent Wisdom's disposal have been ordered to Okmulgee. The white people feel able to take, care of themselves. The only fear is for the half- breeds who voted for the treaty. The Creek returns are all in and show that the treaty was carried. Twelve hundred full bloods stayed away from the polls. BREVITIES. td by fire. J Loss, $60,000. Mr. and Mackay wwe in the housil, bat escaped. , Two steamers--the Starrucca, laden frith coal, and the Maritana, with a cargo of iron ore--collided near Buffalo, N. Y. Both were badly, damaged and sank ife shallow water. David A. Wells, the economist, died at Norwich, Conn. He was born at Spring­ field, Mass., June 17, 1828. He was the author of a -number of books on tariff and financial questions. The Rutland and Canadian Railroad bill, incorporating the Rutland and Cana­ dian Railroad Company, with a capital stock of $1,000,000, has been passed by the Vermont Legislature^ Harvey, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smith of Newville, Pa., *an a splinter in his hip. The bit of wood was extracted and the wound healed, but still the boy suffered. Finally lockjaw set in and the lad died. Seven men were killed and three fatal­ ly injured in the Exeter colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, West Pitts- ton, Pa. The accident was due to the alleged carelessness of Engineer David Price, in allowing three loaded cars to fall down the 300-foot shaft. the <jr. A. B. is for the veterans of the civil war, lias been organized at Lexingv ton, Ky. Its officers are: Commander, Colonel Leonard; Vice Commander, Lien* tenant Colonel Banks; Adjutant and Chief of Staff, Captain Pmrrnnjr] TIIM nrer, Colonel Guilder. WASHINGTON. WESTERN. P£r M": Francisco Baca, chief justice of Mexico, Is dead. Gen. Blanco has ordered the arrest of two Spanish editors at Havana who wrote insulting articles against Ameri­ cans. Lottie Collins, the music hall singer, at­ tempted suicide at London because of do­ mestic troubles. Her condition is not se­ rious. Great Britain, France and Italy have accepted Russia's proposal to appoint Prince George of Greece high commission­ er of the powers in Crete. Four negroes were lynched by a mob of 100 white men near Phoenix, S. C. The negroes were charged with being impli­ cated in the shooting of whites daring the election troubles. President Masso and the secretaries rep­ resenting the so-called Cuban republic since October, 1897, have presented their resignations to^the Cuban assembly, and they were accepted. Edward Woodward, a farmer at Rich­ field Center, Ohio, killed his lialf-brother, Joseph Woodward, in a quarrel about where to place some fodder they were drawing. It is claimed the deed was com­ mitted in self-defense. Andres Anderson, a sailor of the Nor- wegian bark Sigrid, was rescued at sea, after an exciting ind thrilling time, by the German oil tank steamer Standard. The remainder of the crew was taken off by an unknown steamer. He had been for­ gotten. s Sixteen negroes were killed and scores founded in the war of races at Wilming­ ton, N. C. One white nian was killed and two slightly wounded. The grand jury at Covington, Ky., has Started in to break up an alleged fire in­ surance pool by returning indictments against fifty-three leading companies charging thwn with illegal combination. At Little Rock, Ark., E. C. Bruce, op­ erator for the Iron Mountain Railroad, •hot Mrs. Fred B. Day because she or­ dered him to leave her hous<>, where h« bad been boarding. Bruce then commit­ ted suicid^ The woman Wfl' '©cover. EASTERN/ 'Rev. W. W. Steel, at one time rector o# Grace Church in Ardmore, Pa., ha« been called to the rectorship of St. Mai^n > Church, Philadelphia. Charles McCloskey and Joharr^rawley were killed and twelve other sum slightly injured by the explosion of a boiler in the Qii Gity, Pa., oil works, . A man apparently 60 or <55 years of age, who registered at the Jefferson Hotel in Cleveland as John Jones, Boston, Mass., Vas found dead in his room. The summer residence of ' Clarence Mackay at West bury, L. I., was destroy At Little River, Kan., fire destroyed ev­ ery building on the west side of Main street, including eighteen houses and a hotel. D At( Toledo, Ohio, William Beck, a Lake Shore employe, was arrested for system­ atic stealing from express cars. He con­ fessed. An incendiary fire destroyed several liv­ ery barns land the Troy steam laundry and damaged the Reublin flouring mill in Ely- ria, Ohio. Osa Woodward and John Martin, work­ ing at the Chicago Consolidated mine at Joplia, Mo., were instantly killed by fall­ ing bowlders. The right of a city or town to assess an occupation tax on a railroad corporation has been sustained by the Supreme Court of Nebraska. Samuel Norrish. with la.xge grain and elevator interests in Minnesota and North Dakota, died suddenly at his home in Hastings, Neb, At Cleveland, Ohio, John W. Averill, a wholesale fish dealer, filed a valuntary bankruptcy petition. Assets, $61,547; li­ abilities, $43,622. P. B. O'Reilly, aged 86, the oldest mem­ ber of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in the United Stales, is dead at his home in Terre Haute, Ind. Judge Seaman, of the United States Court at Milwaukee, has rendered a de­ cision that wooden rims for bicycle wheels are not now patentable. The town of Green Ridge, Mo., was al­ most swept out of existence by fire. Among the buildings destroyed are the Baptist and Christian Churches. Engineer Richard A. House, of the Chi­ cago and Altori, was found dead on his engine while „his train was speeding be­ tween Kansas City and Glendale, Mo. The First National Bank of Flushing, Ohio, posted notices that it wonld receive no more deposits as it had been decided to quit business and go into liquidation. William Beck, a Lake Shore employe, has been arrested in Toledo for systematic riealing from express cars. More than $5,000 worth of goods were found in his house. The officers' quarters at Fort Russell, near Cheyenne, Wyo., were destroyed by an incendiary fire. Lieut. Rf £}. Landon, Eighth infantry, tost all of nts personal effects. The "Curfew bill," designed to compel children under the age of 15 to be off the streets after 8 p- m. in winter and 9 p. m. in summer, has passed the St. Louis City Council. The works of the Standard Car Wheel Company, Cleveland, Ohio, together with considerable stock, were totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $90,000, covered by in­ surance. • The Mayor of Spokans, Wash., has is­ sued a proclamation enrolling all persons over 21 years of age special constables to assist in arresting the robbers who hare been active lately. Two masked robbers entered the post- office at Arago, Oregon, forced Postmaster Schroeder to open the safe, and secured $1,300 belonging to the Arago Creamery Company and $299 of postal funds. Travel on the Central Pacific Railway was delayed about twenty-six hours by a fire in the snowsheds and tunnel between Summit and Truckee, Cal. Much damage was done before the flames were subdued. Decrees of foreclosure and sale have been entered against the Denver -City Cable Railroad Company and the Denver W<?srt End Street Railway Company in favor of the Central Trust Company of New York. At Alva, Okla., George Lout, a farmer, went crazy and killed his wife with an ax. He then entered a room where his three children slept, but as he raised the ax one of them awoke and the insane man dropped the weapon, went to his room and cut his own throat. Deputy State Factory Inspector Hull has ordered 300 children of school age out of factories at East Liverpool, Ohio. Dif­ ficulty is being experienced in filling their places, while many schools are over­ crowded. The girls were employed in pot­ tery decorating generally. A dozen prisoners in the county jail at Bucyrus, Ohio, nearly gained their free­ dom the other night in a strange manner. They conducted gas by means of a tube to the stone wall, and when it was heated turned cold water • on it, shattering the stone. They were discovered before they could get away. A fire which broke out in the extensive railroad shops of the Southern Pacific Company at Sacramento, Cal., caused a loss of over $200,000. It started in the car and machine shop in the center of a group of large buildings, and, fanned by a stiff northwest wind, destroyed the structure and its machinery in less than half an hour. It next atacked the big saw and planing mill and cabinet shop, filled with seasoned lumber of all kinds, and in a few minutes the whole interior of the big brick structure was a raging furnace. The flames were got under control by daylight President McKinley hasissued a procla­ mation reserving .lands for naval docks and wharves at Honolulu. Texas electors gave a majority for the constitutional amendment authorising the pensioning of ex-Confederates. Col. Amos Webster, a member of Gen. Grant's personal staff in the campaign around Richmond, is dead at Washington. He was 62 years old. An explosion occurred at the national capitol at Washington in the basement beneath the Supreme Court chambers, and caused a fire which consumed a part of the Congressional law library, a price­ less collection, and destroyed the furnish­ ings of the Supreme Court chamber. The explosion was caused by the ignition of illuminating gas. The damage is irrepar­ able. The damage to the building will amount to about $200,000. FOREIGN. Russia proposes to build an immense ship canal to connect the Baltic and Black seas. v Zola is reported to have agreed to de­ liver a series of lectures in the United States. A terrible fire broke out in Sydney, N. S. W.. and in a few hours had destroyed twenty large mills. The loss was heavy, and the fire raged tnrough an entire sec­ tion of the city before being extinguished. The Greek cabinet has resigned, its members considering that the exceptional circumstances under which they assumed office have expired. M. Zaimis has been intrusted with the reconstruction of the cabinet. The Chilian congress has approved the protocol between Chili and Argentina for the settlement of the Puna de Atacama dispute. William I. Buchanan, United States minister to Argentina,. will act as final arbitrator. , The Turkish troops at Retimo having refused to leave that place, the Russian admiral in those waters, following the ex­ ample of Admiral Noel, the British com­ mander there, forcibly conveyed them on board a transport. Dr. V on Rudhart, at one time minister for Bavaria at Berlin, died at Garmiseh, Bavaria. He resigned his post in 1880 under sensational conditions, Prince Bis­ marck having insulted him at a parlia­ mentary soiree at Bismarck's palace. The London Chronicle publishes the startling statement that before the battle of Omdurman Maj. Marchand addressed a communication to the khalifa inviting him to hoist the French flag and thereby pre­ vent an attack by becoming an ally of France. The cruiser Maria Teresa, Admiral Cer- vera's flagship when he made his mem­ orable dash out of Santiago harbor the morning of July 3, raised at great expense by Lieut. Hobson and added to the Amer­ ican navy, foundered off San Salvador in a terrible storm. IN GENERAL. The announcement is made that the en­ tire sugar crop of the Hawaiian Islands has been contracted to the American Su­ gar Refining Company (the sugar trust). The Spanish transport steamer Gran Antilla, Capt. Bayona, from Havana, via Porto Rico, with repatriated troops on board, has arrived at Malaga, and re­ ports that there were 100 deaths among the soldiers during the voyage across the Atlantic. Bears and panthers, impelled by the pangs of hunger, are invading many towns in British Columbia and are terrifying the ranchers. Four bears entered Whitewater city, in Kootenai, recently at night, at­ tacked the meat safe of the principal ho­ tel, demolished it and got away in safety with the provender. One of Lieut. Peary's publishers in New York has received an interesting personal letter from the explorer, in which he writes: "Thus far my plans have prog­ ressed well, and I myself am in good condition." The letter was sent from Etah, Greenland, by one of Peary's two steamships, the Hope. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "Not even the election has disturbed business or industries on the financial side this week. The volume of business through clearing houses is 8.5 per cent larger than last year and 1.54 per cent larger than in 1892. Neither the vol­ ume of business nor the value of manu­ factured products diminishes. While Bes­ semer pig is sold against the combination, at Pittsburg 10 cents lower, with other iron there and elsewhere steady, the gen­ eral demand crowds closely on the heels of production. Wool holders at Boston have begun selling largely at concessions said to be 'several cents' per ponnd. The cotton mills are helped a little by the com­ bination to restrict production about Fall River. Cotton Is again at the lowest point ever known--5.31 cents for spot--while Mr. Neill estimates a crop of 11,500,000 bales, besides large stocks brought over here and abroad. Failures for the week have been 194 in the United States, gainst 276 last yeariVand 28 in Canada, gainst 30 last year." SOUTHERN. Dr. Perry H. Bencoater of Bloomsdale, Pa., contract surgeon at Camp Hamilton Lexington, Ky., died qf typhoid fever. Dr. T. D. Witherspoon, president of the Louisville Theological Seminary and an eminent Presbyterian divine, died at Louisville. % Private William Kane, Company E Third Kentucky, whose home is at Car lisle, Ky., shot and killed a woman named Maud McClure, in Lexington, Ky. Arthur Williams, colored, was lynched in Welborne, Fla., for the murder of Miss Ellva Ogden. Buck James and Mon roe Leggitt, also colored, charged by Will iams with having aided him, are in jail Henry Reboul, discharged from the Sixth Cavalry because of physical disa bility on the day the Maine was blown up committed suicide in a New Orleans cem etery because of grief at inability to se­ cure reinstatement and take part in the war. "The Service Men of the Spanish War, which aims to be to the soldiers wh'o en listed for the Spanish-American war what ILLINOIS STATE NEWS OCCURRENCES m " ' ' 3*V PUB! WEEK. Host Die on the Gallows -- Negroes and White Miners in Conflict-Gift to Monmouth CoHesre-Peoria M«ti 81>ot-IMinoU Soldier Kilted. f Carter Martin was found guilty in the Coles County Circuit Court at Charleston of the murder of Albert Buser and was sentenced to death. One hundred and sixty-three men were called before a jury was secured. Every effort was made by the friends of Martin to secure any ver­ dict except hanging, and during the six days of the trial much interest prevailed all over the county, and the sittings of the court Were in the presence of large crowds. The jtiry was out twenty-four hours. The crime for which Martin is to suffer was committed Monday night, Oct. 3, in Mattoon. during the progress of the street fair. Btiser was a farmer and was driving homeward about 11 o'clock. When he was near the outskirts of the town Martin and a young man of the name of Gilliland attempted to hold him up. Buser refused to stop his tea in and was shot dead by Martin. Gilliland turned State's evidence and the jury set him- free. If Martin hangs it will be the first judicial execution in that county for twenty years. ' s* Si* ."w4-W; Battle in Pana's Street*. There was a renewal of hostilities be­ tween the union miners and the imported negroes from Alabama at Pana the other day. John Boyle, a union miner, and a negro engaged in a fist fight, which was taken Up by other union men. The negro ran through the town, yelling, with the union miners after him. At last they met ten or fifteen negroes armed jvith revol­ vers and rifles, who opened fire on the union miners. The union men promptly returned the fire, and twenty-five or thirty shots were exchanged. It was later ad­ mitted by the negroes that two of their number were injured. The union miners say that none of their men, w'as wounded. Maj. Butler immediately sent to the scene a detachment of soldiers, but when they arrived the negroes and miners had made good their escape. Gives $50,000 to a College. Rev. Riley M. Little, of Chicago, was in Monmouth one day recently to offer, in behalf of James Law, a wealthy citizen of Chicago, a donation of $50,000 to the trustees of Monmouth College, on condi­ tion that they raise a like amount by commencement day next June. The mon­ ey is to go to the endowment of the chairs of literature and sociology, now occupied by Mrs. Jennie Logue Campbell and Pro£ Russell Graham. The proposition was ac­ cepted by the trustees, who will proceed at once to carry out their part of the con­ ditions. Mr. Law gave $1,000 to the new auditorium of Monmouth College, dedi­ cated in June, 1897. Illinois Foldier Is Blain. Private Shermaii Cunningham, Com­ pany M, Ninth Illinois Regiment, was shot and killed by Private Reuben U. Benham, Company L, Ninth Regiment, at Savannah, Ga., the bullet which killed Cunningham also wounding Private Rob­ ert Rice, Company M, Ninth Illinois, who was standing in the line of fire. Cunning­ ham's home was in Flora. Rice's home is in Ridgeway. His wound is in the arm and is not regarded as serious. Although the shooting was reported to headquarters as an accident, Benham was arrested and will be held pending an investifiation. Quarrel Ends in a Killing. At Peoria Harry Wolf, a cooper, shot and instantly killed Jim Monahan. They had a quarrel in a saloon and Wolf claims he. shot in self-defense. At present there are four men in the county jail accused of murder. The others are Louis Ahrens, John Hinkle, charged with killing Thomas Cline, a horse trader, and Henry Turner, charged with killing Stewart Morris, of Knox County. The principals in the latest tragedy were members of the Twen­ tieth United States Infantry and were recently discharged. Rive Freshmen Kidnaped. While going to a social the other night five members of the freshmen class of Monmouth College were kidnaped by up­ per classmen. One of the victims endeav­ ored to elude his captors by donning wom­ an's apparel. He was taken and marched in this attire through the principal streets. Another victim, named Arthur Brown, while attempting to escape fell and broke his collarbone. The accident caused a cassation of hostilities, and the freshmen ended their festivities in peace. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to 66c; corn. No 2, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 52c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 19c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep, $3.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 68c to 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 52c to 54c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 66c to 68c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 56c to 58c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye, 52c to 54c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye. No. 2, 52c to 54c; clover seed, new, $4.85 to $4.90. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 3, 3i3c to 34c: oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 28c; rye, No. 1, 51c to 53c; barley, No. 2, 40c to 48c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8,252 Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $5.50. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00. wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2, 29c to SOcj butter, creamery, 16c to 24e; eggs, Wesv • era, to • Brief State Happenings. Thomas Anthony Hardin, a well-knftwn banker of Fulton, died at his home there. The Baptist church at Fairbury cele­ brated the fortieth anniversary ®f its or­ ganization. At Green Garden John Rosenbrocke, a young farmer, was caught in a cornstalk cutter and killed. --^ S. D. Hailes, formerly of Greenville, died of yellow fever in Tampico, Miss., where he was engaged in business. After a bitter fight of several hours, the Rockford City Council, by a vote of 8 to 6, passed a curfew ordinance compelling all children under 16 years of age to be off the streets by 9 o'clock at night. Reports from Winnipeg, Man., say that Robert Wills, of Chicago, who had been in business at the stock yards twenty-sev­ en years, was drowned while going down the Athabasca River en route to the Klondike. At Nashville Judge Burroughs has granted the defendants a new trial in the case of W. R. Browne against the Meth­ odist Episcopal Church, South, for salary. The case was tried by a jury at the regu­ lar term of the Circuit Court, and Browne was given a verdict for $175. The court was not satisfied with the evidence, and held it Was a question whether a church was obliged by its contracts. Five inmates of the Illinois Industrial School for Girls in Evanston escaped from the institution on a recent evening. Three of them took their departure at 8 o'clock by climbing down a fire escape from the second story and an hour later two more left in a similar manner. Dr. Joseph Sidney Mitchell, president of the Chicago Homeopathic Medical Col­ lege and one of the foremost exponents of the Hahnemann doctrines, died at his home in that city, aged 59 years. His death was sudden, resulting from the rup­ ture of a blood vessel near the heart dur­ ing a coughing spell. At Kewanee, upon recommendation of the coroner's jury sworn to inquire into the cause of the death of Mrs. Ada Bates, Mrs. Helen Julia Gibbs has been held to the grand jury without bail. The result was not unexpected, irl view of the testi­ mony of witnesses. A bold burglary was committed at the Jewelry establishment of Knylor Broth­ ers in Pekin. ' Fred Knylor locked up his sto»e at supper and was gone twenty-five minutes. During his absence a couple ot burglars entered through a rear transom and helped themselves to watches, move­ ments, diamonds, rings aud all the best goods, and escaped. The goods were val­ ued dt $2,000. : Green B. Choat, one of the oldest set­ tlers of Illinois, died at Metropolis, aged years. Snyder & Warne, carriage manufactur­ ers of Rockford, have assigned. Assets and liabilities unknown. Joseph Merriman, 4 years old, died from burns received while playing with matches at his home in Chicago. At Ottawa, an early train on the Rock Island ran down and instantly killed Tim­ othy Collins of Meiulota. , . Justus Carpenter, a private of Company E, Third Illinois regiment, is dead at bla home in Elgin of typhoid fever. John W. Gates, president of the Illinois Steel Company, has purchased a planta­ tion on the southern coast of Cuba. Michael Garrity, who yvas injured at the Illinois Steel Works at South Chicago by a falling iron inj^ot, died at the com­ pany's hospital. The Governor has issued a proclamation offering a reward of $200 for the arrest of Joe EHius for the murder of Thomas Sheelian, at Heenanville. By a fire at the - cold storage, plant of Hardtner & Blackstock in Springfield, four horses were cremated. The plant itself was not greatly damaged. Gov. Tanner has ordered discharged from the service of the State about forty enlisted men of the Third division, Second battalion, Illinois naval militia. Fire, started by accident, destroyed the. Hayward College building at Fairfield, causing a loss 'of $4,000. School is being continued in temporary quarters. A. M. Searles of Chicago is to be named aS receiver of the Charleston Thomson- Houston Electric Company on application of the General Electric Company of Bos­ ton. Louis Jacobowski, a Chicago saloon­ keeper, was shot three times the other evening by one of two men who attempted to rob his saloon. None of the wounds is serious. • i' Gov. Tanner has appointed Robert At­ chison of Carthage a trustee of the Illi­ nois institution for the education of the deaf and dumb, to succeed J. R. Smith, resigned. Rev. Dr. Samuel C. Edsall announced to the members of St. Peter's Church in Chicago that he had decided to accept the appointment of missionary bishop of the Episcopal diocese of North Dakota. Henry Rogan of Ottawa, who was acci­ dentally shot in the breast Oct. 16 by his brother, died at the county hospital in Chi­ cago. The^ young men were returning from a hunting expedition when the acci­ dent occurred. John Frost, a switchman employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was killed in Chicago. Frost was standing on a flat car and a sudden lurch of the train threw him under the wheels. Two cars passed over his body before the train was stopped. Gen. James H. Bark ley, commanding the Second brigade of the Illinois National Guard, has sent his resignation to Gov. Tanner and has asked that it be accepted as soon as possible. Gen. Barkley gives as his reason for quitting the service that liis business affairs will not permit him giving the service the attention it deserves. The Illinois naval reserves who are still in the service have been ordered home to be mustered out. There are about 100 of them, distributed on the Newark; Vulcan and other'vessels. The Illinois men have been ordered to rendezvous on the Ver­ mont at New York. They will be sent to Chicago on a special train, and Command­ er Hawley will accompany them to muster them out. Some of the men are from Chi­ cago, others from Quincy and Alton. Private Eugene William Sawyer died at the home of a relative, Mrs. J. Boardman, in Lowell, Mass. He served in the First Illinois regiment and while suffering from fever was brought to Montauk Point. There he attracted the attention of Mrs. John A. Logan, who had hkn removed in a yacht to Newport. Dr. Sawyer of Chi­ cago, father of the young man, decided he would not be able to stand a railroad jour­ ney to Chicago and had him removed to the home of relatives. Harvey thinks a vigorous curfew law the only solution of the street boy problem. According to business and professional men and the superintendent of schools^ parental restraint is unequal to the task of checking the growing tendency to vi- ciousness among the young of both sexes. Two years ago a city curfew law was drawn by City Attorney Frank A. Stobs, but an effort to secure its acceptance by the City Council met with a storm of oppo­ sition and the project was abandoned. To­ day the popular clamor for a curfew law is as great as « as the objection to the law two years ago. ' The Marquise de Merinville, who was formerly well known in America as Miss Mary Gwendoline Caldwell, marked tie occasion of a recent visit to the Catholic university at Washington by giving to the rector of the university, Right Rev. Mon- signor Thomas J. Conaty, D. D., a check for $5,00>0 with which to establish a schol­ arship in the Caldwell hall of divinity for the diocese of Peoria. The scholarship is founded in the name of her young nephew, Waldemar Conrad Baron Von Zedtwitz, son of her widowed sister, the Baroness Von Zedtwitz, formerly Miss Lena Cald­ well, who gave to the university the divin­ ity chapel as a memorial to her beloved parents. , There is another chapter to/the Bunker Hill tragedy. Capt. • F. Y. pledley was married there the other nightlto Miss Ella Brown, on whose account Hedley killed Mayor Richards of Bunker Hill, June 12, 1897. Two weeks before that Mrs. Hed­ ley secured a divorce. Miss Brown was a near relative of Mayor Richards, and was a stenographer in his office. Richards asked her to become his wife. She refus­ ed, but did not quit his employ. Richards thought Hedley was at the bottom of the refusal. The story angered Hedley, who was the editor of a paper. Three times Hedley and Richards met, and twice the Mayor assaulted the editor. The third time he tried it Hedley drew his pistol and fired, mortally wounding Richards, who died soon after. Hedley was acquitted. BelleviHe justices of the peace are at war as a -result of the intense rivalry among them to marry eloping yoong cou­ ples from St. Louis and other adjacent cities. Adolph Luctgert's residence in Chicago has been sold under decree of foreclosure on the Real Estate Board to Fritz von Frantzius for $2,000, the amount of th« mortgage. John McDonald rushed into the hofoe of his children in Chicago the other night and shot the dishes off the dinner table. He was in a rage because-he believed his children were robbing him. , J. F. Phillips, treasurer of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, died suddenly at his home in Chicago. Mr. Phillips was 61 years old and had been connected with the Rock Island Railroad for thirty years. He had been in poor hetilth for some time, but had been able to attend to his business. Hamlin Garland, poet, novelist and, since April last, a Klondike gold hunter, has reached Chicago a^d is accustoming himself to civilization again at his house, while he is waiting for news of strikes on his Atlin Lake claims and preparing to complete the American novel and the, book of verse interrupted by his journey after -sold and new literary material GREAT DAMAGE TO CORN. %Mtker Bnrtan's Snmmarjr of Crop Conditions for October. The monthly summary of crop condi­ tions issued by the weather bureau saysi The month of October was generally very favorable for germination and growth of rail-sown grain throughout the country east of the Rocky Mountains, but excessive moisture In the Central Valleys, East Gulf and South Atlantic States Interfered with farm work aud caused much damage to crops remaining In the fields. On the Fa- clfle coast, In New England, and In the Mid­ dle Atlantic States the weather conditions were generally favorable for farming In­ terests. • Generally throughout the Central Valleys Southern States corn, both the uncut and that in shock, suffered great damage pom excessive rnlns, whij£h caused sprout­ ing and rotting to a great extent and de­ layed husking and cribbing. Except In Texas and portions of the Gsro- llnas, where cotton-plcklng has progressed satisfactorily, the month has been very un­ favorable for gathering the late crop, much ? ' 'n eentral portion of t been greatly the cot- damaged by ton belt, has heavy rains. The reports generally Indicate that early sown grain, germinated qnlckly, had made vigorous growth and was In excellent con­ dition at the. close Of the month. * i Ĵ ®ntu°ky tobacco in barns has sos- talned injury from the effect of excessive moisture. jm®ntb has been comparatively free from destructive frosts, although they oc­ curred as far south as Northern Florida. XYNCH LAW IN ILLINOIS^" | ̂ Negro Taken from the Marshall County Jail toy a Mob. W. Stewart, a negro of Toluca, charged with assault upon Miss Mary O Brien of that place, was taken from the jail at Lacon, III., early Monday morn­ ing by a moh and hanged to a tree until dead.^ Miss O'Brien is the daughter of the-^ut boss of the Toluca coal mine. While she was on her way home Friday evening she was knocked down with a stone by a negro, who then completed his crime. Dogs were put on the trail, and went directly to the house of Stewart. The latter was. arrested, and as there was some talk of lynching, was taken to the county jail for safe keeping, where he confessed the crime. Meanwhile the peo­ ple of Toluca quietly organized for ven­ geance. Early Monday morning about 100 armed and masked men appeared at Lacon. They broke into the jail, took out Stewart, and hanged him. A coro« ner's jury returned a verdict that the ne­ gro came to his death at the hands of persons unknown. WILL ASK MORE SOLDIERS. Secretary Alger Recommends In* crease of 75,000 Men. Secretary Alger in his annual report to the President will recommend an increase in the standing army, and it is likely h'fe will suggest 75,000 as the number of men required. The leaders of both houses have at different times expressed themselves as favorable to an increased standing army. Gen. Lee, who will command the army in Cuba, says that to bring order out of chaos in Cuba 50,000 men will be required, while in Porto Rico from 5,000 to 10,000 will be needed. Chairman Hull of the House Committee on Military Affairs will formulate a bill embodying the views of the administration. HARD WORDS FOR THE THIRD. General Grant Criticises an Illinois Regiment. J Word comes from Porto Rico that Chap­ lain D. D. Odell of the Third Illinois in­ fantry and Gen. Grant, brigade command­ er, have had trouble, and the first named has been ordered away from the regi- i mental and brigade hospitals. I The chaplain,*it is alleged, wrote home urging that everything possible be done to get the regiment back to this country, on account of the illness and disease which threatened to wipe it out of existence. He also wrote President McKinley. Gen. Grant told the chaplain that the Third Illinois was the worst body of sol­ diers he had ever seen, from colonel down, and he ordered the chaplain to keep away from all the hospitals indefinitely. OUR POPULATION IN 1000. It May Exceed Ninety Million by son of Recent Expansion. If the United States retains the Philip­ pine Islands as a colony, the combined population of the United States^ and her colonies, based on figures now obtainable, will reach 84,803,729. Probably when the next census of the United States is taken in 1900, the combined population may ex­ ceed 90,000,000. This is a greater popu­ lation than any other nation, except China, the British empire and the Russian em­ pire. Before the annexation of Hawaii the area in square miles of the United States was 3,602,990. Taken with the Philippines, Porto Rico and Hawaii it will be 3,727,453 square miles, the fourth larg­ est in the world. DITCH WILL BE DUG. American Contractors to Complete Big Nicaragnan Canal. The Nicaraguan congress has unani­ mously approved the agreement provision­ ally made by President Zelaya and the American contractors, Edward F. Cragin of Chicago and Edward Eyre of New York, authorizing the construction of the inter-ocean canal. The adoption of that clause of the agree­ ment declaring that the concession to the Maritime Canal Company will terminate Oct. 19, 1899, was received with prolong­ ed cheers. A syndicate hedded by ex- Mayor William P. Grace of New York City controls the new concession, which must complete the big canal under penalty within twenty-five years. 8pain's Mourning Stamp. As a means of paying off the war debt, which is claimed to be 2,000,000,000 pese­ tas ($500,000,000), the Spanish Govern-; ment has issued a stamp of mourning, which is to be used on all the inland mall of Spain and her colonies. The stamp, which is of the denomination of five cent de pesetes (one cent), is printed in somber black, and must be affixed to all mail mat­ ter in addition to the regular postage stamp. Sparks from the Wire*. New York police believe that they have unearthed an extensive scheme to defraud life insurance companies. Senator Hale of Maine has been fined $40 for violating the State game law by shipping game out of the State. Twenty-six sick and dying persons were recently picked up on the streets of Ma- tanzas, Cuba, on the same day. Postmaster General Smith has directed that Hawaiian stamps be recognized at their face value on articles mailed in Ha­ waii. **"•" A movement is on foot in Buenos Ayres to divert the*trade of Spanish-American countries to Spain as against the United States. The cruiser Philadelphia, instead of go­ ing to Samoa, will be thoroughly over­ hauled at Mare Island navy yard, San Francisco. Advices from Hawaii intimate that the people of th£ islands expect a delegate in Congress, with rights to debate and votie On all measures. The Agricultural Department, after two years of experimenting, finds that the swine plague can be easily and inexpen­ sively extern ina ted. Although Hidmiral Sampson's report^ sent through the press dispatches, does not contain a word of censure, criticism or complaint concerning the conduct of Ad­ miral Schley, but dimply gives the corre­ spondence and orders in their sequence ) and allows the department and the public ! to judge it for themselves, it places the • commander of the flying squadron in an ' embarrassing position, and explains why ; the Secretary of the Navy asked Congress not to pass resolutions conveying a vote of thanks to Admiral Schley. It also con- ; firms the story telegraphed from St. Louis ! that Schley's fleet remained before the : harbor of Cienfuegos for five days after he • was informed that Cervera was in the har- ; bor at Santiago, and that he started for s Key West for coal, leaving Cervera free to go where he pleased until recalled by sharp orders from the Secretary of the Navy, who then placed Captain Sampson over his head. Every year the heads of the gTeat de­ partments in Washington are having in­ creased trouble with superannuated clerks. Many of these clerks have been in public service from twenty-five to thirty-five years, and there are not a few on the rolls who have been working uninterruptedly for the Government for forty-five or fifty years. Many of these old clerks have been holding-salaried positions for a great many years, but the great majority are middle- class, where the salaries range from $1,- 000 to $1,400. With advancing years they lose in efficiency and their retention on the pay rolls in important positions is an in­ justice to younger and better clerks, who are doing a greater amount of work for less money. Heads of departments can­ not nerve themselves to discharge these veteran clerks, and so they drag on year after year,•incumbering the service. Officials of the quartermaster general's office of the War Department say that those who desire to avail themselves of the Government's order to transport Christmas packages to the American sol­ diers at Honolulu and Mauila should ad­ dress the quartermaster general, Wash­ ington, D. C., for instructions. The de­ partment desires to regulate and control the number, size and contents of the pack­ ages so far as possible, and will not under­ take to pay ocean freight upon everything that may be sent. Exportation of wirenalls from the Unit­ ed States has increased fifteen fold during the lasj ten years, going from 1,547,000 pounds in 1888 to 22,894,000 pounds dur­ ing the fiscal year 1898. This product of American workmen goes to every grand division of the globe and practically every country. Ten years ago the price per pound was 10 cents. To-day it is 2 cents. Thus, the 1,547,000 pounds exported In 1888 brought $155,000, while the 22,894,- 000 pounds exported during the last fiscal year yielded only $458,000. Speaker Reed is dead set against keep* ing Congress in session any longer than is absolutely necessary. His influence may, therefore, be counted upon to be thrown against a special session. He can practically control the committees in a short session and keep matters back which he does not wish to have acted on. In a long session this is more difficult and there is constant danger of the House breaking away from him. This was done two or three timeB last spring and summer. The Comptroller of the Currency finds that he cannot issue a charter to a ̂ na­ tional bank in the Hawaiian Islands. This will be a severe disappointment to several ambitious politicians in Washing­ ton, who have been planning for months to secure the first charter for a national bank at Honolulu. The same crowd is after national bank charters in Porto Rico and Manila. It is believed that Congress will have to give specific authorization be­ fore the Comptroller can issue charters in any of these places. The clerk of the Supreme Court is in ceipt of a large number of letters from lawyers in all parts of the country inquir­ ing of hkn when the Supreme Court will issue rules and regulations for the govern- , ment of courts in the enforcement of the | bankruptcy law. Having no definite in> ' formation on the subject, Major McKen- ney is obliged to write non-committal re­ plies to the effect that the court has not as yet promulgated the rules and regula­ tions. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has written a Very complimentary letter concerning the work of the Young Men's Christian Association among the soldiers in Floridd'gnd has re­ quested that their representatives may be authorized to accompany his army to Cuba and prepare for even more extensive work. The United States will have to take charge of the postal system in Cuba as Boon as the Spaniards evacuate, for the Cubans have no governmental organiza­ tion of any sort and chaos would result at- J once if this action were not taken. I Up to date 2,000 claims for pensions have been filed by soldiers aud sailors and their dependents on account of the war with Spain. Seventy were for victims of the Maine. For lack of something else to talk ftatift. politicians in Washington are discussing the probabilities of an extra session of Congress after the 4th of next March. j , Told in a Few Linen, ! The distribution of free rations in San- . tiago province is demoralizing the Cubans. James Cook of Wood County, Texas, was killed near Anniston, Ala., by a fall­ ing tree. Miss Ella Cason of Casky, Ky., fell from her chair while talking with friends and expired. j Another fierce battle has been fough^/' between Japanese troops and native sav­ ages in Formosa. The judges of the Porto Rican Supreme ; Court have received American naturalisa­ tion and been reinducted into office. I A Newark, N. J., inventor is experl- ) menting with a propeller which Works upon the principle of the tail of a fish. I The apple crop of the United States ! this season is smaller than it has been since reliable statistics have been gather* ed. The boundaijy dispute between Chili and Argentina, which has threatened to inr volve the two countries iu war, will be set­ tled by arbitration. The Oklahoma Territory Live Stock Board raised the quarantine heretofoiw enforced against cattle from Custer, Washita and Mills counties, placing those in tb« safe districts. . . 1%;