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ILLINOIS STATE KEWS iAu, •OCCURRENCES DURIN& PAST WEEK. : THE ^ f BlaiilM to Her KldMpcd 8oa-Ia- cendUry an Insane Phyilclan-Hor |§'v ' rible Murder at Pana -- Burglars pffel - "puiiuba. «,t a Job-Peoria Hotel Fire.. ^ ' ' . After being separated for eighteen year* pjMrs. Effle Cannon, of Springfield, and her .* ' «on, Charles M. Price, have been reunited. V The son and a younger brother were kid- f"\ • naped by their father when they were at vittfcthe respective ages of 4 and 2 years. ?' Since that time the mother knew nothing , -of their whereabouts until a fey days ago. Mrs. Price tried every means to regain possession of the children, but all efforts " were futile. After trying for several w years, the grief-stricken mother gave up *' in despair. She waited ten years, se- -cured a decree of divorce from Price and married James Cannon, of Springfield. Cannon was in Missouri last fall on busi- . ness, and while there he heard from a public administrator the name, Peter W. K"/, Price. He ascertained the man's address, ' which was Clinton. Further inquiry re- "vealed that Price had two sons. When "Cannon returned home he imparted this , news to his wife, and she wrote a letter 1^,to her eldest son, addressing it to Clinton. "I ' <Jreat was her surprise a week later to re- - ceive an answer from her son, and still -ftn't* < greater her joy when he came to visit her. Insane Physician Commits Arson. , The fourth fire in Bunker Hill within « few months occurred the other night. ^*3 • The Mayor of the town has charged Dr. Hayes with the Work of setting fire to his own building. The physician had his office in a block where the fire originated. He removed the carpet and placed candle wick in holes bored in the back of furniture that corresponded to holes in the plastering. In the plastering kindling had been placed, saturated with oil. Dr. Hayes disappeared at once, but • was captured in Alton and taken to 5 Bunker Hill, where, waiving preliminary hearing, he was placed under $2,000 bond. His attorney took out a writ of habeas corpus. Dr. Hayes was brought into the County Court and adjudged insane by a medical commission. He has been . taken to the asylum at Jacksonville. Woman Murdered in ;Pana. The dead body of Mrs. Mary Mclntyre, aged 60 years, one of the oldest residents and earliest settlers of Pana, was found in her home. There were indications of a Struggle, blood being scattered over the house and the clothing being torn from the body. Mrs. Mclntyre was an eccen­ tric woman and was the sole occupant of her home for many years. She was well to do and was supposed to have consider­ able money concealed in her home. The neighbors became suspicious and called. Rapping at the door and receiving no re­ sponse,- they decided that something was wrong, and they broke into the house. A bloody ax and shovel told the tale. Mrs. Mclntyre's body was found under the bed in a cramped position, with a gaping wound in the forehead and one in the back of the head. Bank Robbers Are Foiled. The State Bank of Carlyle narrowly es­ caped being looted the other night. The •afe-blowers were discovered by Joseph 6. Schrader, a private watchman, while making his round. Schrader saw three men who had been standing directly oppo­ site the bank building approach the front door, produce a bunch of keys and enter. Two of the robbers returned to the out- aide to give signals. At this point Schrae- der, who was secreted near by, challenged the robbers. They called to their com­ panion and all started to run when Schraeder sent a load of buckshot after The three made their escape. *«at to Chester Prison. In the Circuit Court at Belleville Will- lam D. Tolle, absconding secretary of the Belleville Investment Loan Associntion, pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Judge Schaefer to an indeterminate term of imprisonment in the Chester peniten­ tiary. Under the law he must serve one year and cannot be required to serve more than ten years. There were five counts in the indictment against Tolle. The first charged him with absconding with $10,000 of the funds of the association. The four other counts were dismissed. ~ 7 Hotel Fire at Peoria. Fire, caused by a defective furnace, broke out in the Hotel Prochazka at Pe­ oria. The house was crowded and the alarm created a panic on the upper floors. The corridors and rooms were tilled with stifling smoke, and the guests scrambled down the fire escapes and ladders hoisted by the firemen, with whatever clothing they could grasp hurriedly, most of them dressed only in their night clothes. No ope was injured and the damage to the hotel is nominal. Brief State Happenlnga. Morris Bosenfield, of Rock Island, died at Tuebingen, Germany, aged 57. Horatio F. Henry died in Monmouth. Be,was born in Vermont ninety-one years ago and had resided in Monmouth sixty years. Judge Peter S. Grosscup of Chicago has been confirmed by the Senate a« Unit­ ed States Circuit judge for the seventh judicial circuit. jUr. and Mrs. Daniel Robertson, pio­ neers of Knox County, died at their home north of Galesburg, an#were buried in the same grave. John Chapman, aged 84 years, the fath­ er of Mrs. Helen G. Goodner of Nashville, died very* suddenly ̂ Mr. Chapman was one of the pioneer settlers of Washington County. At Galena McNeil's drug store was par­ tially destroyed by fire. The loss by fire and water is over $5,000; insurance car­ ried by Various companies on building, stock and fixtures, $7,000. This was the oldest drug house in Jo Daviess County. The plant of the Lancaster & Rice Lumber Company, at Cairo, was com­ pletely wiped out by fire, together with eight small dwellings, causing a loss of 925,000. The fire started from an over­ turned stove, and swept the block clean. The Macoupin County grand jury has returned an indictment for murder against Willie Kent, who, on Dec. 5, 1898, shot and killed his brother Noble on a Chicago and Alton train while the latter was hand­ cuffed and in the custody of an officer. Kent is still at large, but his attorneys say they will produce him for his trial. The defense will be insanity. The historic log cabin of David Rowley, of Elmwood, erected more than half a century ago, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Rowley's sister, past 80 years of age, was carried out, but her feeble condition, com­ bined with the shock, resulted in her death a few hours later. John Sansome, in Judge Stein's court in Chicago, was given twenty years' impris­ onment for the murder of Edwjird J. Mc­ Donald, the morning of Sept. 17, in a drunken quarrel. After a separation of thirty years John Perkins, an Areola farmer, has located his sister at Linn, Kan. He claims she abducted by an uncle, Freeman m'XT•* was abducted by an i ; Wctt, aVMoline, h) 10G6. frSiirst. • A farmers' institute trill beheld at'JTair- bury Feb. 15 and 16. Eleneher Noyes, aged 92, di& at Mat; toon. He was a prominent pioneer. Rev. H. H. McKaw, for several years pastor of the United Presbyterian Church in Hanover, is dead. The prevailing epidemic of the grip in Centralis is proving total Among the old people. Several deaths have taken place. Mrs. C. C. Clay, one of the earliest set­ tlers of Winnebago County, born in Hew York Oct. 14, 1800. is dead at Rock- ford. The court has appointed W. C. Dallen- bach of Champaign receiver for the Champaign and Urbana Phoenix Tele­ phone Company. Sergeant James E. Barton an<l Private O. Nale, Company D, Sixth infantry, are honorably discharged from the military service of the State. Five hundred gallons gj* benzine in a car at 13Gth street and Harvard avenue, Chicago, exploded, causing damage in the neighborhood of $3,000. Superintendents of Illinois institutions condemn the Chester insane asylum as un­ safe and say the land on which it is sit­ uated is gradually slipping into the river. The will of L. C. Garwood, who died in Champaign a few days ago, was filed for probate. It sets apart ten acres of ground adjacent to Champaign for a site for a home for aged and infirm women. Rev. W. W. Leete, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Rockford, has tendered this resignation to accept a call from the Congregational Church at New Haven, Conn., to take effect April 1. Fire in the county clerk's room in the stone court house at Carlinville destroyed many valuable documents. Thousands of dollars' worth of notes were burned. Estates will suffer because of the destruc­ tion of estimate papers. The large residence of Orlando Baker, four miles northwest of Salem, was de­ stroyed by fire and Mr. Baker perished in the flames. Only a small portion of his charred remains was recovered. He was a well-to-do farmer and well connected. Peter Eder, night watchman at the Kankakee hospital for the insane, was se­ verely beaten while making the rounds by four men, who sprang at him from the basement vestibule. They are supposed to be discharged employes Whom he had reported. A distinct earthquake shock was felt at Richview. It appeared to vibrate from north to south, lasting from five to seven seconds. A low rumbling noise, which accompanied the trembling of the earth, was distinctly heard. Residents of the town were much alarmed. C. E. Cooper, while drilling a well at Rockton, at a depth of 180 feet struck an alluvial deposit of iron clay that con­ tains gold in considerable quantity. This deposit is the drift of the Rock river val­ ley and covers a large area. Rockford chemists are investigating the richness of the dirt. S. R. Chittenden, aged 82 years, died suddenly at his home in Mendon. The first Congregational church in Illinois was organized in his house in Mendon, which town he laid out in 18G6. He was elect­ ed to the State Senate, was a member of the State Board of Equalization and del­ egate to the national Democratic conven­ tion in 1876. The postoffice in Charleston was en­ tered by burglars on a recent night and the contents of the letters in the boxes rifled. Over $1,000 in drafts and checks was taken, mostly from the mail of the banks. As these were nearly all paya­ ble to order, they were useless to the rob­ bers. Entrance was made through a sky­ light. The apartments of C. P. Reed, a wealthy bachelor, were also looted and over $1,000 and many checks secured. Walter Craft, member of Company A, Fourth Illinois volunteer infantry, shot and seriously injured his brother Charles in Areola. The soldier had packed his valise preparatory to returning to his com­ pany in Cuba, and the younger lad, in a spirit of fun, picked the valise up and started into an adjoining room with it, bidding his brother good-by. Walter had a revolver in his hand, and pointing it in the direction of the lad, commanded him to halt. The weapon was accidentally discharged, the bullet striking the floor and, bounding up, embedded itself in the boy's neck. The wound is painful, but not fatal. Members of "the Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission, on a tour of in­ spection, had a narrow escape from death. They were traveling in a special train over the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis line, which ends at Pekin, the train com­ ing over the Peoria and Pekin Union tracks. A switching crew had shunted a lot of cars to the main track, and the special train, bowling along at terrific speed, came around a curve upon the cars. The engineer applied the air brakes, but could not prevent a collision. The engine split a car of lumber and wrecked two others. Everybody on the train was bad* ly shaken, but not injured. Walter L. Barker, aged 19, a clerk is George A. McDonald's grocery store, in Rock Island, had a struggle for life with a burglar at noon the other day in the basement of the store. Barker was shot twice by the desperado before the latter escaped. Barker was alone in the store, the proprietor and other clerks being at dinner. While getting some coal in the cellar his attention was attracted by a noise,fug of the wrenching open of the money drawer. He ran upstairs, but just as he reached the floor he was-struck in a!.-- J Vrith « fth"|y »Knn/|n a# intruder. Barker grappled with his as­ sailant, and the two fell backward into the cellar, where a 'fierce hand-to-hand fight ensued. The burglar finally threw Barker down, and, pulling a revolver from his hip pocket, placed the muzzle in the helpless clerk's n.outh and pulled the trigger. The ball went through Barker's left cheek. Two more shots were fired, one taking effect in the clerk's left arm and the other going wide of its mark. The bandit secured $35 from the cash drawer and made his exit through a back door. Five generations gathered around the board of J. W. Johnson of Arcadia to honoi%Ir. Johnson's aged mother. Han­ nah Johnson came to this county with her baby boy, now a gray-halted grandfather, over seventy years ago. On this occasion her ninety-fifth birthday was celebrated. The coroner's jury, after a careful in­ vestigation, agreed that Thomas Passly of Pea Ridge township came to his death by eating poisonous or unwholesome food. The evidence did not show that any poison had been kept about the house nor how, if there was any in the food, it came to be there. _ , Woe has fallen upon Peoria's mortuary prophet. Prof. Meyer Goodman, who pre­ dicted that John Block would become a corpse Jan. 15, only to fail miserably in the prediction, was set upon by a crowd of five rebellions corpses and beaten with­ in an inch of his prophetic life. John R. Kuykendall, county clerk of White County, and one of the best known Democratic officials in southern Illinois, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head while sitting at his desk in the county clerk's office at Carmi. With the exception of four years when he serv­ ed as deputy, he had been county clerk since 1880, and he had just entered upon another term of four yean. AN UNHOL.V ALLIANCE. m plCTATo PAT AS A LOVER. A "Back Number" Contingent. One of the leading Democratic* news­ papers in New York, commenting upon the letters sent by Cleveland and Bry­ an to the anti-expansion meeting held in the metropolis last Sunday evening, proceeds to demonstrate that neither of those men can be regarded as a leader of the Democracy. Cleveland it accuses of treachery to the Democratic party. He/-etired from the Wihite House, it says, the most un-< popular President in American his­ tory. He hauled down the flag In Ha­ waii, and he was responsible for the present complications in Samoa, be­ cause he disavowed the acts of our Consul in checking German aggression there. To Cleveland's cowardice with respect to the Cuban question it as­ cribes the present popularity of Presi­ dent McKiuley--a popularity so great that, in the opinion of one of the shrewdest Democratic leaders, he would, if A; candidate for re-election now, carry three-fourths Of the States of the Union. 'y That paper points out to Bryan the mistake he is making by Joihlng com­ pany with Cleveland, Carl Schurz, Lawrence W. Godkin, Andrew Carne­ gie, and Senator Hoar, and it declares in conclusion that "if the Democratic party shall once be thoroughly identi-, fled with opposition to American pro2 gress it will be the most hopelessly beaten party that has ever been known in the United States since the days of the Federalists." Th© Democratic leaders who are bat­ tling with the specter of "imperialism" are likely to discover before long that there is nothing for them In the issue, and unless they are .filing to go for­ ward blindly to defeat they will aban­ don the fight against expansion before next fall's election.--Cleveland Leader. Money of the United States. The people of the United States are richer in money than ever before in the history of the country, and the per capita circulation Is at high water mark. The total amount of free money in the hands of the people Dec. 1 was $1,886,879,504 and the per capita circu­ lation was $25.09 on a population esti­ mate of $75,194,000. A year ago the total circulation was $1,721,084,538, the comparison showing a gain of $165,- 000,000. The general reader will be In­ terested in running over the following estimate of money building in this country during the last forty years. It Is am instructive tabulation: Amount In , Popu- Clr- eiroulatlon. latlonL per cap. 1435,407,252 448,405,767 334,0;t7,744 51)5,35)4,038 H6U, 041,478 714,702,995 073,488,244 601.!)S)2,06» 680,103,061 664,452,891 • 675,212,794 715,889,005 738,300,549 751,881,809 776,083,031 754,101,947 727,(n)!>,388 722,314,883 72S), 132,634 818,631,793 973,382,228 1,114,238,119 1,174,280,419 1,230,205.696 1,243,925,969 1,292,568,615 1,262,700,525 1,317,539,143 1.372,170,870 1,380,361,649 1,429,251,270 1.497.440.707 1.601,347,187 1,596,701,245 1.660.808.708 1,601.968,473 1,506,434,966 1,640,209,519 1,837.85D,895 1,886,879,504 I860.. 1861.. 1862.. 1863.. 1864.. 1865.. 1866.. 1867.. 1868.. 1869.. 1870.. 1871.. 1872.. 1873.. 1874.. 1875.. 1876.. 1877.. 1878.. 1879.. 1880.. 1881.. 1882.. 1883.. 1884.. 1885.. 1887... 1888... 1889... 1890... 1891.-. 1892... 1893... 1894... 1895... 1896... 1897... 1898... Dec. 1. , Popu­ lation. 81,443,321 82,064,000 32.704,000 83,365,000 34,046,000 84,748,000 85,461), 000 36,211,000 36,973.000 87,756.00Q/ 38,558,371 89,555,000 40,596,000 41.677,000 42,796,000 43,951,000 45,137,000 46,353,000 47,598,000 48.S66.000 BO, 155,783 51,316,000 52,495,000 53,693,000 54,911,000 56,148,000 57,404,000 58,680,000 59,974,000 61,289,000 62,622,250 63,975,000 ti.»,l>2U,O0O 66,5)46,000 68,397,000 69.878,000 71,35)0,000 72,937,000 74,522,000 75,194,000 |13.85 13.98 10.23 17.84 19.67 20.57 18.9s) 18.28 18.39 17.60 17.50 18.10 18.19 18.04 18.13 17.16 16.12 15.58 15.32 16.75 19.41 19.41 22.37 22.91 22.65 23.02 21.82 22.45 22.88 22.52 22.82 23.41 554.44 23.85 24.28 22.93 21.10 22.49 24.66 25.09 official tenure. People have ahort mem­ ories, they argue. It was so in 1892, when by the popular vote a condition of substantial prosperity was converted into prolonged disaster and distress. In the face of the extraordinary show­ ing for the year 1898, when all previ­ ous records of prosperity were surpass­ ed, the free-trade press is fighting pro­ tection as vigorously as ever. There is no notion of giving up the struggle. All signs point to the intention of the Democratic party to n^ake the tariff a leading issue next year.' ' ^ Bryan Is a Dcmnifouuc. Bryan has been preaching calamity to the people of Colorado, and in a speech at Denver he said that if the gold standard were established bank­ ruptcy would soon follow. The Cleveland Leader thinks that Is queer stuff to talk to the voters jjn a State which has enjoyed such a Ikrge measure of prosperity as has come to Colorado since free coinage and re­ pudiation were repudiated by the peo­ ple in 1896. Bryan must have a low estimate of the intelligence of the peo­ ple of Colorado if he expects them to believe what he says. He any they know that the gold standard Wiks been established in this county. He and they know that the gold standard was in force in 1896 and that it is still in force for a41 practical purposes, because silver is not admitted to the mints for free coinage as the sil- verltes ask that it shall be. Yet bankruptcy has not come. In fact, the conditions In tills country are a thousand per cent, better than they were in November, 1896, when the peo­ ple gave their verdict agalnat Bryan- ism. The maintaining of the gold standard has resulted in a commercial and Industrial revival the mosit re­ markable ever seen in this country. Times are growing better all the while, and, as a matter of fact, the country was never so prosperous .as it is to­ day. Bryan appears to disregard facte en­ tirely when he appeals to the people whom he thinks he can delude. But the voters are beginning to discover that he is an irresponsible demagogue whose only purpose Is to advance his personal interests. It Da a* a Wooer that the Boft-Toncned Irishman Shines. As a wooer Pat shines. When Irish lovers begin to talk they have some­ thing worth saying, writes Michael MacDonough, in MacmiUan's, nor do they lack romance. The youthful cou­ ples meet at dances or on Sundays after mass-^even a wake is turnedInto account for a little courting and they are in hearty accord with the iwy who said, "It's a grate pleasure entirely to be alone, especftflly whin yer sweet­ heart Is wid ye." "Do you drame of me, Mike?1* said the girl to her lover, as they walked arm-in-arm down the lonely glen. "Drame of you, Is it, Kate? Sbure 'tis the way wid me, that I can't sleep dramln' of you, me darlint!" Indeed, those Irish boys have the flattering tongue. "Och, I wish I was in jail for stealin' ye," was the compliment one of them paid to a pretty "colleen." Nor are the girls deficient in this re­ spect "Ah," said one, shyly, to a boy, who was slow in making up his mind, "if you wor me. Jack, and I wor you, I wud be married long ago." Pat's love passages are yet to be ruf­ fled by storms. A laborer out of 'employment applied for outdoor relief for himself and his wife at the North Dublin Union. 'Well, my good fellow, we must have evidence that you are legally married," said the chairman of the relief com­ mittee. ) 'BegjBT, sir, I've the best proof in the wuruld," said the applicant, and. bend­ ing his head, he displayed a scar on his skull. "Does yer honner think," he added, "I'd be after taking that abuse from any wan but a wife?" Having happy homes and faithful wives Irishmen are loath to leave them behind. An Irish car-driver was wrap­ ping himself up carefully before start­ ing on a journey on a cold winter's day. •You seem to be taking very good care of yourself," said the impatient fare.- "To be sure I am, sur," replied the driver. "What's all the wuruld to a man when his wife's a widow!" ARCH ENEMY IN AGONCILLO. Filipino Representative Appears la the Role of a Spy. Filipe Agoncillo, the agent sent to this country by Aguinaldo, has placed himself M the position of a public enemy to the United States, and as he is construed by authorities to be still a subject of Spain he could be arrested and tried as a spy. A dispatch sent to the Filipino junta at Hong Kong by Auroncllio is what got Aijnlnnlfto's ' ynftthfnl' in trouble. In the message Agoncillo asked that Aguinaldo be informed that it was fMipiiinii i>in.ii-ii-i.i--. „giSHi His Monument. Dewey a Republican. The two brothers of Admiral Dewey have stuck pins in the Presidential boom which Colonel Henry' Wattersou inflated for the hero of Manilla by de­ claring that the admiral is and always has been a Republican. Of course this was to have been expected. They do not breed Democrats down in Vermont, especially Democrats who amount to anything and there was good reason to suspect that, the Democratic news­ papers were making a serious mistake when, after the battle of Manilla, they sought to claim credit for the Demo­ cratic party by insisting that Dewey was a Democrat. Will Renew the StrvBgle. The tariff question was settled by the people in 1892, and it was settled by the people the'qkber /vyay in 1890. It is quite possible that in i900 there will be still another settlement.--Schenectady (N. Y.) Star. Such is the confident prediction of a free-trade writer who expresses the prediction that "The Democratic party will make tariff reform a very promi­ nent issue in 1900 instead of a merely perfunctory declaration of traditional principles, as it actually was in 1896." Every day strengthens this conviction among Democrats. They do not regard the tariff question as settled for any period beyond President McKinley'a % JHNMmr itiwv. NCLCY TARIFF JULY 1*189? The wonderful increase of the pros­ perity and happiness of seventy-flv^ millions of people which so swiftly fol­ lowed upon the workings of the tariff law of 1897 is Nelson Dlngley's monu­ ment--American Economist, Jan. 20, 1899. . Timely Notes. General Prosperity is one of the line officers who will not be mustered out this year. 0 The President has made a wiser treaty than the minority in the Senate could frame in a thousand ^eaprf. It is strange that the Boston Boot and Shoe Club should oppose the policy of expansion. The-more territory, the more boots and "shoes, is a reasonable proposition. Germany's beet sugar last year, of 1,844,399 tons, was raised on 1,080,256 acres, an average of 3,733 pounds to the acre, ( The crop is evidently one of exceptional value to the farmer. Shrewd real estate de>alers express the opinion that an outlay of $20,000,- 000 for the Philippines is not too high. They would be worth that much in this country to raise watermelons and pe­ cans on. AGONCILLO, FILIPINO DIPLOMAT. Home Famous Old MaMi. Elizabeth of England was one of the most illustrious of modern sovereigns. Her rule over Great Britain certainly comprised the most brilliant literary age of the English-speaking people. Her political acumen was certainly put to as severe tests as the world ever saw. Maria Edgeworth was an old maid. It was her writings that first suggested the thought of writing sim­ ilarly to Sir Walter Scott. Her brain may well be called the mother 6f the Waverley Novels. Jane Porter lived and died an old maid. The children of her busy brain were "Thaddeus of War­ saw" and tfle "Scottish Chiefs," which have moved the hearts of millions to excitement and tears. Joanna Baillie, poet and play writer, was "one of 'em." Florence Nightingale, most gracious lady, heroine of Inkermann and Bala- klava hospitals, has to the present written "Miss" before her /iame. The man who should marry her might well crave to take the name of Nightingale. Sister Dora, the brave spirit of Eng­ lish pesthouBes, whose story Is as a happy evangel, was the bride of the world's sorrow only. And then what names could the writer and reader add of those whom the great World may not know, but; we know, and the little worlds of the village, the church, the family, know and prizes beyond worlds. Adaptabflity of the Rat. Confronted with the difficulties which modern builders and householders put In the way of rats In drains, floors and skirtings, the black rat would probably be baffied, but the sagacious gray rat remains more or less master of the sit­ uation. The case of the rat Is typical of the value of brain power. Routine, which is the usual condition of animal existence, does not exist for them. They have to force "reconstructions" of their common surroundings at any given moment, and their resources and adap­ tability have seldom been found want-, ing. Ship rats have survived the era of steam and steel, and recently thrived so successfully in a big ironclad as to make it almost uninhabitable. House rats have learned how to cope with gas fittings, lead pipes, brick drains and cement floors. "Sewer rats" have made for themselves a name coeval with modern urban sanitation, and others are now learning to live In "cold stores" and to eat chilled meat and game in an atmosphere where breath turns to snow. Egypt's Population. How many inhabitants the Egypt of the Pharaohs had is problematical, but it is doubtful if it had more than did the Egypt of the Ptolemys, and that w»8 not more than eight millions. A couple of centuries ago, under the Mamelukes, the number had fallen to three millions. Under Melieinet Ali and his successors there was some im­ provement, and the census roll of 1875 was increased to six millions, at which figure, or a little less, it stood in 1882. Now, after scarcely sixteen years of British rule, the population Is about ten millions. That means an increase of 00 per cent, in sixteen years, or more than 4 per cent, a year. It means that Egypt to-day, Egypt proper, not count­ ing the vast regions of Equatoria and the Bahr-el-Ghazel, is more populous than ever before In all its history. That in itself is a singularly impressive and significant fact. Standing? Armies of the World. A French statistician states that the total number of men permanently un­ der arms is 4,250,000. If universal war broke out there would be 44,250,000 men ready to take up arms at once. Placed in one line, the soldiers of the world would cover the equator right around the earth. To pass along the whole lftie one would need to ride in an express train at sixty miles an hour for seventy days. If the soldiers received orders to exterminate the rest of the population they would only have to kill thirty-three persons apiece. No man does everything r'gjt. Aesop wrote thousands of fables, but only a few of them were good. The dozen or two good fables he wrote made him famous. The world Is always ready to exploit the man who does a thing. the purpose of the President to pursue an aggressive policy in the Philippines when the ratification of the treaty had been ob tained; that re-enforcements sent to Gen. Otis would arrive about that time; that if the Filipinos wanted independence they would be obliged to fight for it, and that the time to act was before the American lines were strengthened by re-enforce­ ments. Agoncillo has offended several times. A copy of the instructions sent to Gen. Otis In regard to the Situation at lloilo, voic­ ing the purpose of the President to avoid a conflict with the Filipinos, was transmit­ ted by him to Hong Kong. This know! edge of the President's forbearance, it is believed, is responsible for the defiant at­ titude of the Filipinos at Manila and lloilo. It has also come to light that Agoncillo attempted to get the Cuban and Porto Rican delegations now in Washings ton to act with him in opposition to the United States Advices from Manila say the Filipino congress at Malolos passed a resolution expressing confidence in Aguinaldo and empowering him to declare war at any time and for any purpose against the Americans or any one else. London papers. are impressed by the increasing gravity of the position in the Philippines. They fear that the defiant attitude of the Filipinos renders war prob­ able, if not imminent. The Times advises the United States to'be prepared for a serious struggle. The Chronicle ridicules the new republic, which, it says, if it is allowed to run, will endure for about a month. The paper blames the United States for allowing the movement to gain such headway ILLINOIS LAWMAKJ5BS The House and Senate adjourned aft## brief and merely perfunctory sessions Frfr, day morning. Nine-tenths of the membeni got away the previous night and the^s wis hardly a corporal'*- guard present h> either House or Senate to hear the pray­ er.' Ti "*• Rnmn m^all and see our large stock of Qlas*- (1 mre and Fauci? Chin«. A p_ P.4p;> , ' Ak • \.': poiave you seen the new line of NedctkH ge the latest styles jast received at If. J. fish's.' n^few Prints just items, and at prices loi fore. Simon Stoffel. lu ______ trOur line of Shoes are like the America# vi.vy, "Can't be Beat." M. J. Walsh. ^ bA large stock of New Winter Dre«« n^ods to select from at M. J. Walsh's. |^rhe celebrated Douglas Shoe, without J* eetion the most stylish and beet wear " shoe on the market, can be found rik 'Jnon Stoffel's. • '2 /loaks and Overcoats at 20 per *• Jascount for cash. Simon Utoitil. '• <1,53 sure to leave your orders for PilMS Cry's or Washburn's best at JItofW# Ijjiivered promptly lu aoypf£rtfbf town* larg® line of samples to select a Suit jt Overcoat from, and only a sniaS vofit charged at M. J. Walsh's. ^ , m. !v*ed Blankets from 42 cents to $4 naif 5 *'tr at Simon Stofiel's. " ? pFable Rugs, Fancy Table CoTarA * b ble Liuen, Napkins, etc., In gnat tlty and at the lowest prices, at Simoft Ivffel's. it ' k 1 you want to see the finest stock at ^mp8 to bo found in McHenry county i at the Farmers Store WsstMcBranL estMcBenrjb p • A. P. BAUL ; Chamberlain's uonc, Cholera and Dia* * tbea Remedy can always be dependent t on and is pleasant and safe to tak& rld by J. A. Story. jA.ll goods fresh and new and Prim fht - ^west, at the Farmer's Store. Call hi jid learn our prices. No trouble tow Uoods. v ,t A. P^Bau. , J House to Rant. A good house to rent on the WaaA# -de. Good barn, well, cistern iMftd fldtf ^ odern conveniences. Inquire of M3 Simon Stoftel. 11 .!* Spend your winter in Florida. Bw| ^ f Hunting, Fishing and Boating ob tfcfc imous Indian River. Get over you# atarrh and rheumatism. I have spent winters at Melburne. Write amphlet and cost. J. F. Po Waukegan, * & . FLANNEL WAISTS. If you want something warm. Mat an<|; tylish ia this line, call at Simoa V-i •toffel's. 'ANTED--"EVEBAL person* in this state to manage (islnes* in their own and nearb TRUST WORTH* * * nage ob*- oonntla A dispatch from Hong Kong Friday de- FU #9^° * yZTZ? clared that Aguinaldo had officially noti- [jfloite, bmafide, no more no fled Gen. Otis that the Philippine repub- lie had been proclaimed. axa«nae»-«> |.onthiy, t;r>. H-ferenoeii Kncloaa*aSfi( % Ureaaeti stamped envelope, BerlNrt •8, PreatH Dept. M. Chloago. * SEARCH FOR DEAD dlVEN UP. Victim* of Paul Jones Tragedy Itlkely Carried Out to Sea. The search for the victims of the Paul FLOOR OIL CLOTHS. ^Patterns and by tin Yard, at Stool* 4W Jones disaster has been abandoned. The If you are looking for bargains do aol Taggart-Jones expedition, which consist- ail to call at the Farmer's Store brforf ed of Mayor Taggart, Lawrence Jones 'OU buy. We know we oan surely miW ttnd Messrs. Patterson and Breuning, the OU money. two latter from Indianapolis, and which " A. P. ̂ m THREE PAUL JONES VICTIM*. , Harry C. Yocum. Varjte Woodland. Florence R. Yocnm. * Peland China Boars ftr Ma undersigned has a fsw fine ^hina Boars for sale. a - „ B. A. 8TCVBK,S Spring Grove, III. 3^ A CTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED everywhere for "The Story of thf Philipp:nes" by Murat Halstead, com* nissioned by the Government as offleiai- fcistorian to the War Department. Thtf look was written in army camps at Sair th General J; Francisco, on the Pacific wit Iferritt, in the hospitals at Honolulu, in Bong Kong, in the American trenches at was the last to make a search, returned Manila, in the insurgent camps to New Orleans empty handed. They Aguinaldo, on the deck of the Olympia ' ' found no trace of the bodies, which.have^ith Dewey, and in the roar of battle al I' ; probably been carried to sea by the heavy he fall of Manila. Bonansa tot wind from the northwest. The other,!two Igents. Brimful of original pictures 'T searching parties returned without any taken by government photographers OH , tidings of a significant nature. he spot. Large book. Low prices, a-oflts. Freight paid. Credit given. ATTACKS PRESIDENT'S POLICY. )rop all trashy unofficial war books* ... )utfit free. Address, F. T. Barber,Sec'y# Hot Debate Between Johnson of lndl* it&r Insurance Bidg., ChicaCK 174s ana and Dolliver of Iolta. Congressman Johnson of Indiana, 'who has been opposed to the war policy of the administration, made a fierce attack upon Jition of President McKinley. It was made In gainst the course of debate with Dolliver of Iowa, and was the most exciting and ac­ rimonious discussion on the war yet held in Congress. Johnson denounced the pol­ icy of expansion and advocated the aban­ donment of the Philippines to any fate that might overtake them. In his reply to Johnson Congressm iman Dolliver characterized as little better than traitors the men who were now giving encouragement to the insurgents in the Philippines, and declared that if it should be necessary to use force to preserve the fruits of Admiral Dewey's great victory it would be due to the almost treasonable action of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Johnson stat­ ed Dolliver's replies were not satisfac­ tory, and demanded to know direct wheth­ er or not Dolliver favored the subjection of the Filipinos by force. Johnson fur­ ther advocated the cause of the Filipinos by saying they were brave enough to take a stand in arms against the imposition of government by the United States. PL AM OF THE EXPANSIONISTS. Action on the Peace Treaty Mar Be Postponed. Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska declared that unless the friends of the peace treaty were absolutely assured of a two-thirds vote for it in the United States Senate the question of ratification would be put over until after March 4, when a special session of the new Senate would be called and the prompt ratifica­ tion of the treaty would be assured. Senator Thurston is sure that the new Congress will ratify the treaty. SPEECHES BY TELEPHONE. Guests of Pine Tree ftate Club, Boston, Are So Entertained. At the annual dinucr of the Pine Tree State Club in Boston a novelty was in­ troduced in that the speaking and music were by telephone. The first speaker introduced was Senator Frye of Mafne, who was in Washington. The Senator sent p-reetings to those present. Secre­ tary Long, also in Washington, was the next speaker. Every word was heard di^ tinctly. The connection was made witn the Grand Hotel at Milwaukee, and for five minutes the guests listened to a cor- n*t solo with orchestral aesMnpaaimenk all kinds of damage >7 T » A T I 1 ~ * • / - * « . T V £ > Jewels is $4(1,000,000. If His LUSpeaK^ able Majesty has any hobby at all It may be said to be the purchasing of Jewels and witnessing private theatri­ cals. No professional of note, be he actor, singer or conjurer, passes through Constantinople without an invitation from the Sultan. And be always pays for these performances in Bank Btt- gland notes '-<• • :"*V* Odds and End*. I f some busy men had their jttet serts they would have time to spend la Jail. When the small boy takes a trip to the woodshed. It is often on a whaling voyage. Olga Nethersole calls her brindle imp Camille, and frirs. Langtry's French poodles are world-famous. She some­ times brings one on the stage with hftr. Aconite grows in Siberia and Central Aai», and was first used as medicine by Storck in 1762. The percentage of profits on the rail­ ways of India is, on the average, as against 2.00 for Great Britain. S for the United States, and 2.3% for the Australian colouies. One of the largest forests In the world stands on ice. It Is situated be­ tween Ural and ,the Okhotsk Sea. A well was recently dug ia that region, when It was found that at a depth of 330 feet the ground was still frozen. Hasheesh, or India hemp, is a resQF ous substance produced from the to^ai ^ of the plants in India. It has beeu used, s as has opium, since Indian history ht- V gan. \ Brazilian grass does sot come front Brazil, or even grow in Brasil, nor is4t grass at all. It. consists of strips »f palui leaf, and is chiefly Imported frop Cuba. i Sir Arthur Sullivan Is not asbamvd t* confess that be takes an interest la dress. Uistwardrobe ts^ certainly well stocked, for he Is Seldom ssen twice 1% ^., t h e s a p e ^ ^ ;' H: \t m 4s- -