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L. - ' m OR STARTLlHfll F*ITH- FOLLY RECORDED. g' Import on Stat* Charities-Wedding Qtopped by u Elopement--Killing of ,b Wife Who Wonted to Be Booo-- >atal to Horsea-91,300 Stolon. The bulletin of the State Board of Charities for the quarter ending June 80 •hows that daring the last three months the total receipts of the fifteen State charitable institutions under its jurisdic­ tion have been $508,874. Of this amount $142,(>00 was the net cash balance April 1, $425,561 was received from appropria­ tions and $30,704 is from miscellaneous sources. TThe expense incurred has been $450,523, and the cash payments hare been $449,545, of which $72,230 was on account of previous quarter. The out­ standing indebtedness June 30 was $73,- 225. To meet this indebtedness the in­ stitutions had available $252,299, making a net surplus of $179,074. The number of inmates of all the institutions at the beginning of the quarter was 9,942, at the dose of the quarter 9,063, and the aver­ age was 9,580. The gross per capita cost to the State was $35.88. The lowest net per capita cost of maintenance was $26.39, Soldiers and Bailors' Home, while the highest, $75.77, was at the Soldiers' Widows' Home. . Diteut la Fatal to Horse*. , An epidemic of what has been called fcerebro spinal meningitis has been killing off horses in great numbers around Ar­ eola. Dr. Hunt of that city says there is absolutely no cure for the malady. As­ sistant State Veterinarian L. C. Tiffany of Springfield made an examination of an animal belonging to Peter Wesch. The animal was not afflicted with the same disease as were the others. This dis­ ease was pronounced to be catarrhal fe­ ver, which is not only fatal but which is dangerously contagious. Steals Her rister** Fiance. Miss Lena Spitz of Baldwin was to have been married at Belleville to Fred Deichmann of Belleville. Her sister Anna and her fiance, Eugene Isselhardt, were to be the attendants. When Anna arrived to assist with the preparations for the wedding she met Deichmann for the first time. He fell in love with her and told her so, and an elopement/was arranged. They slipped away to Sr. Louis. They are reported to have been married at Union, Mo. Anna left two notes, one to her sister and one to the jilted Isselhardt. Boaats of Killing H'a Wife. Z. C. Rosendahl, a saloonkeeper of Dan- forth, shot his wife through the head, in­ flicting fatal injuries. After shooting her he proceeded uptown and boasted of what he had done and defied the authorities to arrest him. He threatened to kill the first person attempting to arrest him and then himself. He had the town awed for half an hour, but was finally disarm­ ed. His excuse for shooting his wife was that "she wanted to wear the pants." Defnnct Bank Found Solvent. The motion of the creditors of the Bank of Waverly, recently adjudged a bank- --rapt in the United States District Court, was heard at Springfield, and upon their recommendation the court appointed L. 8. Brown, cashier of the Bank of Mod­ esto, and A. B. Curtis and George W. Dunseth of Waverly trustees of the bank. The bank's liabilities are $330,000 and as­ sets $500,000, according to the statement Of its officers. Farmer Cut In Two, While cutting oats on his farm near Nashville, Christ Marbick, a German farmer, was killed in a terrible manner. Marbick accidentally fell beneath the ma­ chine and before be could be rescued the machine passed over bim and he was lit­ erally cut in two by the knife of the binder. Mrs. Kelen Oibbs Gets Three Tears. Mrs. Helen Gibbs of Galesbnrg, con­ victed at the last term of the Henry County Circuit Court of the murder of Mrs. Ida Bates of Galva, and sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary, was granted a new trial by Judge Ramsey, and pleaded guilty to the charge of man- daughter. She was given three years in the penitentiary. Burglar* Get a Good Haul. - The^eneral merchandise store of H. M. Waite '& Co. at Buda was entered by burglars, the safe cracked and robbed of $1,300. Other losses and damages bring the total up to $5,500. No clew to the burglars. Brief State Happenings. M. Reidy of Chicago was struck and instantly killed by a Wabash train at De­ catur. Edward Merton of Chicago, aged about 21 years, was knocked off a yacht at Green Bay, Wis., and drowned. Samuel Sutton, an old settler of New Douglas, died. He was nearly 80 years old, fifty -t>f which he had lived there. The committee on construction of the State Board of Agriculture has awarded the contract for constructing the woman's building at the State fair grounds for $7,000. The party of thirty who left Galesburg for Alaska fifteen months ago are now at St. Michael's. A letter from A. E. Anderson, one of the number, says that they will soon leave St. Michael's for home. The party, according to Mr. An­ derson. went 650 miles from the mouth of the Iveyukuk river into the interior, and were one degree above the arctic cir­ cle. They found no gold in that region, although last fall every old miner they met spoke of its richness. At times the temperature reached 82 degrees below sero. Mr. Anderson says that no new mines have been found any place on the Yukon river and that the Cape Nome boom is only a boom. The entire party is in excellent health, despite its hard­ ships. W. A. Dickerman, one of the first bankers in Rockford, is dead, aged 79 years. Rev. James Harry, pastor of St. Fran­ cis Xavier Church of Jerseyville, is dead. He had charge of this church for thirty- two years, since his ordination in 1807. He was a native of County Waterford, Ireland, and was aged 66 years. Fire in the pathological laboratory of the Kankakee insane hospital destroyed valuable specimens and data that have been fourteen years accumulating. The loss to science can scarcely be estimated. The fire was caused by pa IT. ..in igniting. A plant at Mount Vernon proposes to lengthen the iife of railroad cross ties by forcing chloride of rinc into the wood after the sap has been steamed out. " At Galena, William Owens, aged 50 years, while walking in his sleep, stepped through a third-story window, being in­ stantly killed by striking on a stone pave­ ment below. Miss Julia O'Connell, who has been acting as Gov. Tanner's private stenog­ rapher since his inauguration, will tender her resignation at an early day, and will become the wife of Otto Koenig of New York. Mr. Koenig is a man of means, and was a member of the Astor battery during the Spanish-American war. The UHnois Naval Militia will camp at * Wankegan.. Charles Fletcher, a resident of Rock* ford district since 1838 and a well-to-do citizen, dropped dead on the street of j heart failure. Mrs. Henry D. Johnson dropped dead in a La Salle dry goods store while shop­ ping. She was 65 years of age and one of the oldest residents of La Salle Coun­ ty. David Y. Minnium, county treasurer of Brbwn County and ex-officio supervisor of assessments, died at his home in Mount Sterling, after a lingering illness of three months. He was 49 years of age, and leaves a wife and eight chil­ dren. Russell Hogan, 15 years old, in the juvenile court in Chicago, told Judge Tnthill he was a witness to the shooting of George Saxton of Canton, Ohio, last October., He said Mrs. Anna George, who was accused of the- crime, was tried and was acquited, was guilty of the crime. Ntews reached Nashville of the mar­ riage id Chicago of Miss Bertie Yernor and Lingard Rountree, both of Nash­ ville, greatly to the surprise of their rel­ atives and friends. The groom is 17 years old and the bride 19. They had been together a good deal, but it was never suspected they intended to marry. Recently Miss Vernor left for Chicago to visit relatives and later Mr. Rountree re­ turned from the Indian Territory, and also went to Chicago. Their parents threaten to have the marriage annulled. Attorney General Akin has sent to the State's attorneys of the 102 counties in Illinois a list of 20,000 corporations that have failed to comply with the anti-trust law for 1888, in not reporting to the Sec­ retary of State they were not in a trust. About 17,000 of these are in Cook Coun­ ty. The Attorney General directs that he be furnished a list of the corporations that have gone out of business or have no assets, in order that their charters may be forfeited. The State's attorneys are ordered to proceed against all other delinquents and to collect the penalty for failure to comply with the law. Belvidere has a child that Is a wonder. The prodigy, Lawrence Church, is the 4-year-old son of p. M. Church. He is like other children, prattling and playing around, except that he has a passion for literature and music. He is now reading such books as "Evangeline," having se­ lected it of his own volition. His taste is for first-class literature. He is fond of the dictionary, and will pore over its contents by the hour, surprising his par­ ents with frequent questions. -He can spell any ordinary word and many diffi­ cult ones. He could read before he could talk. He will read the columns of a newspaper as readily and intelligently as a grown person. He also reads music. Deputy United States Marshal F. L. Dowell captured William Smith, want­ ed on the charge of murder in connec­ tion with the killing of the negro woman at the time the attack was made on an Illinois Central train by miners at Carterville. He was released on bail in the United States Circuit Court at Springfield, but was rearrested on a charge of murder.. He escaped from Dep­ uty United States Marshal Link Dowell as he was being conveyed to the Wil­ liamson County jail. The State president of the Miners' Union and other promi­ nent labor leaders requested of Dowell that the prisoner be not placed in irons. At Morrison Dowell went to sleep and his prisoner walked from the train. The case of John Charles Barclay, plaintiff in error, vs. Grace Leslie Bar­ clay, defendant in error, was taken to the Supreme Court on a writ of error from the Circuit Court of Cook County, and Justice Phillips granted a superse- das. Defendant in error had been award­ ed alimony in a suit for separate main­ tenance. The sum of $532 was due her, which the plaintiff in error declined to pay, on the ground that he had filed his petition in bankruptcy, and scheduled this very indebtedness in favor of the defendant in error. The court below paid no attention to this plea, adjudged the plaintiff in error guilty of contempt anil directed the issuance of a forthwith writ of attachment against his person. The State Board of Arbitration has announced its decision in the Williamson County coal case. The board was asked to fix the mining price for Williamson County. The price fixed is 33 cents a ton, run of mine for hand mining, and 26 cents for machine mining. The rate which has been paid in that county for more than a year is 30 cents a ton for hand mining. This is the highest price ever received by Williamson County miners, the rate before the general coal strike of 1897 having been from 20 to 23 cents a ton. Whether or not the rate fixed by the board will be permanently accepted is problematical. The St. Louis and Big Muddy Coal Company of Car­ terville, commonly known as the "Brush Mine," which produces * more coal than any other in the county, is not bound by the decision, not having joined in the ar­ bitration. The bottom of the Hennepin canal In Henry and Bureau counties has fallen out and the Cincinnati firm which has the contract for construction on that section is puzzled and in dismay. Near Sheffield the big steam shovels were busy scooping out the earth. Below the soft superstrata of earth was a bed of hard- pan and when this was scooped through the water suddenly vanished. The next morning it was found that the ground for 100 feet around where the big shovel stood had sunk ten feet. Subsequent bor­ ings brought to light the fact that no solid bottom existed for a depth of for­ ty-two feet below the level of the hard- pan. Quicksand in the soil is thought to be the reason of this shrinking of the ground. Inasmuch as the c%nal has to lie cut according to the accepted surveys through about four miles of ground ap­ parently of the same character the case presents some engineering features that are quite out of the ordinary, and it is puzzling the contractors to know how they are going to build a canal forty feet above an adequate bottom. The Columbia Theater Amusement Company of Chicago, capitalized at $100,- 000, was incorporated at Springfield. The object of the company, as stated' in the articles, is "to own and operate theaters and other places of amusement." Farmers west of Waukegan who are largely engaged in dairying and shipping milk to Chicago are much worked up over the investigations for tuberculosis conducted by the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners. Seme of them de­ clare they will not peaceably submit to having their herd examined and perhaps some cattle taken and killed. As the result of using water from a foul well two of the family of George Dean of Moweaqua died from typhoid fever. Several neighbors also are seri­ ously ill with typhoid fever. James H. Anderson, attorney for J. C. Hubinger, the Keokuk, Iowa, capitalist, authorizes the statement that plans are in progress fot the construction of an electric railroad from Keokt\k to Peoria. Right-of-way consents have been secured in Hancock and McDonough counties, and franchises will be asked from the principal towns on the route at an early date. It is the intention to build short feeders to the main line and to have the road in operation within two years. OUH MANUFACTURES. - • - -•••* - HOW THE OUTSIDE WORLD IS CALLING FOR THEM. What the United States Baa Accom­ plished by Adhering to the Protec­ tionist Policy of Deploying Do­ mestic Industrie*. Rememberingthe yean during which disinterested free-traders wer# urging and often reiterating their advice that the people of the United States confine themselves to the pursuit of agricul­ ture, to food-raising and to the produc­ tion of raw materials, and to leave to other and far more favored countries the business of converting these raw materials into manufactured commodi­ ties, It la interesting to note some of the important consequences resulting from the disregard of that extraordin­ ary counsel and the consequent estab­ lishment of the policy of protection. From statistics gleaned by the Treas­ ury Bureau of Statistics It appears that manufactures are now; forming more than one-third of our total domestic ex­ ports. During the last month they were 33.77 per cent, of the total domes­ tic exports, during the three months ending with May they were 35.50 per cynt., and during the fiscal year Just ending they will form a larger percent­ age of our total domestic exports than Ufa aniyoM. riax, Map, jot aununtM Jute aad of.... Books, maps, engrav­ ings, etc. India rubber and gut- ta percba, manufac­ tures of Spirits Marble and stone, manufactures of.... Cars for railways.... Clocks and watches.. Carriages and horse ^ars Gunpowder and other explosives Soap Mostcat Instruments.. Starch Zinc, manufactures of Brass, manufactures of Oils, vegetable (omit­ ting cotton and lin­ seed) Glass and glassware.. Wool, manufactures of Paints and painters' colors Sugar, refined, aad confectionery Stationery, except of paper 1.033*388 1,6*4,406 1,712,079 831,748 2*218,101 610,064 1.4SCU37 1,368,818 2,770,808 *S8M«B 2.43M2S 1,861,501 1,880,363 1,792,682 1,738,581 1,727,488 1,864,284 1,1 885,637 889,358 908,072 272,630 28,684 1,386,406 1,890,608 1,383,887 1,371,549 1,339,068 821,137 1,320,093 244,416 894,200 843,919 607,749 1,881,921 474,839 1,267,365 1,211.064 1,069,632 1,079,518 1,082,3T6 1,006,016 Keep Hands Off! There baa been a great deal of fool­ ish talk as to the necessity for a pro* tective tariff having passed, because in some articles of manufacture we care able to undersell the world, and hence our exports of these manufactured goods are Increasing at a magnificent rate. This is a proof of the soundness of the Republican doctrine that a pro­ tective tariff does not Interfere with the development of our export trade. The free traders have always declared DEMOCRACY'S CAflPAIQN CRY FOR 1900. --New York Tribune. in any preceding year, and exceed by many millions the total exports of manufactures in any preceding year. The fiscal year 1898 showed the largest exports of manufactures in our history, $290,(387,354, and in the eleven months of the fiscal year 1899 the increase over the corresponding months of the preceding year has been $45,104,000, so that it is now apparent that the ex­ ports of manufactures in the fiscal year now ending will be about $335,000,000, as against the high-water mark, $290,- G97.354 in the fiscal year 1898. This would seem to indicate that we did well to run exactly counter to the views and wishes of our Cobdenite advisers. Iron and steel continue to form the most Important, or at least by far the largest Item of value in the exports of manufactures. In the month of May, 1899, the exports of iron aud steel, and manufactures thereof, amounted to $8,601,114, making the total for the eleven months $84,873,842, against $63,- 235,029 in the corresponding months of last year--a gain in the eleven months of over $21,000,000. The recent ad­ vances in prices of iron and steel caused the belief that a reduction in the exports of iron and steel would fol­ low, but certainly has not been realized up to the present time, since the expor- tations of iron and steel in the month of May are 20 per cent, in excess of those of May of last year, while those of April are nearly 50 per cent, in ex­ cess of April, 1898. The increase which the year's exports of manufactures will show over earlier years lends especial interest to a table prepared by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics showing the exportation of manufactures by great classes in each year from 1889 to 1898. The following extracts from it show the exportation^ in 1889 and 1898 of all articles whose total value exceeded $1,000,000 in the year 1898: 1889. 1898. Iron and steel, and manufactures of... .$21,156,077 $70,406,805 lleflned mineral oil... 44,S30,545 51,782,316 Copper manufactures of 2,34S,954 Leather, aud manu­ factures of 10,747,710 Cotton, manufactures of 10,212,644 Wood, manufactures that a large volume of manufactured exports is impossible under protection. We have, during the past two years, proved the utter falsity of this theory. Don't go to Juggling with the tariff, Let well enough alone. The people of this country have lost, in the aggre­ gate, many millions of dollars by the check to enterprise which has resulted from the agitation of the tariff ques­ tion from 1884 to 1896. We are getting ample revenue from the Dlngley bill. It oppresses no one. Keep hands off, and let the country go on prospering!-- Toledo Blade. of and Chemicals, drugs dyes Agricultural Imple­ ments Cycles and parts of... I'nrnffln and paraffin wnx JPaper, and manufac­ tures of Fob&cco, ni a n u f a c- tnres of Fertilisers 6,150,281 4,732,831 8,623,769 2,029,002 1.191,036 3,706,600 938,569 32,180,872 21.113,640 17,024,092 9.098,219 8,635,478 7.009.732 6,846,529 6,030,292 5.494,564 4.818,493 4,359.834 To Some Extent Responsible. It is useless to deny that the policy of protection to American labor and in­ dustry is more or less responsible for the existing deadlock 011 the wage question between the tin plate manu­ facturers and their employes. Had there been no protective tariff on tin plate there would certainly be no labor trouble in that industry at the present time, and for the best of all reasons: There would now be no tin plate indus­ try In this country, and the question of wages could not possibly have come up. It will be remembered that prior to the enactment of the Mclvinley law there were no tin plate mills and hence no labor troubles. Fubjccts to Be Avoided. The condition of the United States Treasury at the close of the war, the advance in wages throughout the coun­ try, the commercial showing at the close of a year that had witnessed the beginning and end of a successful for­ eign war, and the international feeling of respectful admiration for America under the present Republican adminis­ tration are subjects avoided by polite gentlemen when talking with Demo­ crats.--Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal. Arrest Disease bjKilliiiK the Patient, The tariff has simply made good times; good times have made it possi­ ble for trusts to be profitable. The pro­ posal is now made by the free traders that the tariff should be done away with, thus doing away with these good times, in order to do away with the trusts. It is much like urging one to cure a painful corn by cutting off the foot.--Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Would Rather Not Notice It. The advance In wages of working- men in various parts of the couiftry goes merrily on, but the Democratic papers are so busy howling at expan­ sion that they fail to notice it at all.-- Cleveland (Ohio) Leader. BY FAR THE FINEST FIGURE ON THE BEACH. STATE TROOPS CAMB. OUTINGS FOR THE SECOND AND SEVENTH REGIMENTS*V Illinois Soldiers Enjoy Koutiae «££•• canpnent Life Despite High Ten* perature--Chicago Private LoaM His Life in Pool at Camp Lincoln. Camp Lincoln, at Springfield, Is nqt the coolest place on earth, but the Illinois State troops have borne up under the heat with fortitude, have gone through their drills, rifle practice, guard duty and the regular routine of encampment life with energy and spirit, and. Incidentally have derived considerable pleasure from the annual outing, despite the burning ardor of the sun's glances. The Seventh regiment returned to Chi­ cago Saturday, after a very enjoyable outing. Camp was broken at 3 o'clock in the morning. The men boarded the train St 5 o'clock and started for home at 5:30. At the crossing just out of Springfield the train passed that bearing the Second regi­ ment, which was on its way to Camp Lincoln for its annual outing. As the two pulled by each other the men ex­ changed cheer after cheer. There was no further incident to the journey, and Chi­ cago was reached in mid-afternoon. It was fully an hour after the members of the regiment had reached the armory be­ fore the last of the men had departed for their homes. They stood about in little groups reluctant to say good-by. All of them showed that the outing had been a pleasant one and successful in every way. Their bronzed faces told of a life in the sun. The Second regiment, Col. James E. Stuart commanding, arrived at Camp Lincoln at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. The regiment journeyed from Chicago over the Chicago and Alton road. The first section carried the colonel and staff, the first battalion, Company D, band and field staff and bicycle corps. The second section carried the second and third bat­ talions, and was commanded by MaJ. Mair. The trip to Springfield was with­ out incident. The regiment numbers about 740 men. Upon the arrival of the regiment at Camp Lincoln the men were assigned to their quarters and the camp placed in con­ dition for work. Guard mount was held at 11 o'clock. In the afternoon the men were put through a hard drill by com­ panies. Dress parade was given at 7 o'clock in the evening. While in camp the regiment has been drilled hard and the boys put through ev­ erything pertaining to a Soldier's life. Much time has been spent on the rifle range. Private Theodore Cleppish of Company I, Second infantry, was drowned Satur­ day while swimming at Camp Lincoln, and the accident caused a spirit of Bad­ ness to prevail throughout the camp. About 4 o"dock in the afternoon young Cleppish and several companions entered the pool for the purpose of bathing. Clep­ pish, who was not able to swim, got into water so deep that he was carried off his feet and sank. Rudolph Gilhause, one of his companions, saw the danger he was in and swam to his rescue. As Cleppish sank the second time Gilhause seized him and started toward the shore, but was un­ able to save him, as Cleppish was thor­ oughly. frightened, and seizing Gilhause by the leg, drew him under, thus forcing him to release his hold and seek his own safety. Cleppish then Bank for the last time, and Gilhause himself would have been drowned had it not been for Pri­ vates Ford and Hemphry of Company D, who came to his aid. The body of Clep­ pish was soon after taken from the water by Private Erickson, who dived for it. For over an hour the physicians worked to resuscitate the drowned man, but their efforts were'unavailing. Friends in Chi­ cago were notified of the sad event by wire and the body was shipped home Cleppish was about 25 years old. He was a tailor by trade. His father is a clergyman. The Adjutant General has confirmed the following appointments made by Col. Arthur E. Fisher, Third infantry: W. H. Brogunir, Rockford, captain and adjutant. Harry E. Lander, Rockford, captain and quartermaster. Fred L. Manny, Belvidere, captain and inspector of rifle practice. Dr. Henry Richings, Rockford, major and assistant surgeon. Dr. C. E. Starrett, Elgin, captain and assistant surgeon. Joseph C. Davis, Oregon, and Arthur W. Moore, Joliet, first lieutenant and as­ sistant surgeons. The following appointments in the naval militia have also been confirmed: Charles W. Johnson, commander second ship's crew. Harry G. Finney, executive officer, with the rank of lieutenant commander. William H. Thompson, navigation and ordnance officer, with the rank of lieu­ tenant. Charles W. Thobrun, signal officer, with the rank of lieutenant. Leo F. Hurkart, secretary, with the rank of lieutenant, all of the first ship's crew. Clinton Lar« Corner Stone. The corner stone was laid at Clinton, before a large audience of the townspeo pie and neighboring residents, of the city's First Universalist Church. The Rev. Gossow delivered the principal ad­ dress. Dr. Cook of Leroy, president of the State Society of Universalist Young People, and other clergymen spoke. CASE WHERE MONEY A Blsff Which noa in a Coathera Political tanpilgn. "Your political campaigns are tame compared to the ones we used to carry on in the South," said an old Mississlp- plari who was In Chicago during the! city election. "Before the war, when! the opposing candidates spoke from the same platform--'dividing time,' it was called--a political meeting, with a barbecue attachment, was a veritable picnic, attended with exciting and sometimes amusing incidents. I recall such a meeting held in the early fifties In Claiborne County, Mississippi. "The election was for member of the Legislature, Old Eph Haddock and Dr. Magruder being the candidates, the former having served In the preceding Legislature. Nearly every voter in the county was present, including some sixty overseers, whose votes were bound to carry the day provided they voted as one man, as they sonntHmes did. "Dr. Magruder, who was n<Vc verj* punctual in paying his debts, and who owed money to many of the overseers present, first addressed the meeting. He made a very convincing speech and concluded by charging that at the last session of the Legislature Haddock had been Instrumental in defeating a bill which gave overseers a lien on the crop for any wages due them. The point was a new one and made a profound Impression on the slxfy men whose votes were coveted. " 'What Dr. Magruder has told you about my votin' agin' a bill' to give overseers a Hen on the craps is true,' began old Eph, to the consternation of his supporters* 'I see a good many overseers here, and jjuite a few who have overseed for me!' "He paused, thrust his hand into his pocket and lard upon the table before him an immense roll of bank notes. " 'If there's any overseer present to whom I owe anything, if he will step to the platform I am prepared to set­ tle.' "Then, taking a step forward and shading his eyes with his broad hand, he looked searchingly in every direction except the one where his opponent sat, not ten feet away, and cried in a loud voice: " 'Dr. Magruder! Dr. Magruder! Are you prepared to step up here and tell these gentlemen the same thing?' "Amid the laughter that ensued old Eph took his seat. Every overseer In the county voted for him and he was elected by a majority of 40." TALKED; and POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. • Short State Item*. Hugh Wilson, contractor and manufac­ turer of Jacksonville, has filed a volun tary petition in bankruptcy. He sched­ ules his liabilities at $20,730 and his as­ sets as $23,831. Byron Lockwood, a well-known old res­ ident of Rockford, who attended the mar­ riage of his son Daniel to Miss Katherine Hurley the other nigbt, was found dead In bis bed next morrdng. He was 62 years of age. O. C. Merrifield, one of the stockhold holders of the Western Piano and Organ Company, died at Ottawa, aged 63 years. Captain Martin Burke has been ap­ pointed successor to Maj. Fitzpatriek as 'superintendent of the National Cemetery at Mound City. Master in Chancery Finn has recom­ mended that the Decatur City Electric Railway Company be Bold and a decree ordering a sale was granted. The amount due to bondholders is $195,000. John M. Coulter, 47 years of age, for­ merly a promine&t cigar manufacturer in Peru, was found dead at his home in La Salle. A London man who always takes a cigar when invited out to dinner, though he does not smoke, has now a collection of half a century's accumu­ lations, each <4gar wrapped up and la­ beled with the date and occasion on which It was taken. In. New York City there are 168,843 bachelors and 133,036 spinsters, an overplus of 37,907 single men of 30 or over. In spite of a popular desire for Inno­ vations.'pet hyenas are as scarce now as fifty years ago. Remnants of Old Beliefs that Btill Ex­ ist Among the People. Several years ago the inmates of a small, respectable dwelling house in Philadelphia discovered upon the whitewashed wall of one of the rooms the likeness of a human face, which faded and returned again. The neigh­ bors came In to view the wonder. Oth­ er faces appeared and vanished. Crowds thronged the house and street, and accqpnts of the mystery were printed in the daily papers. It was to no purpose that scientific men insisted that the figures were caused by moldy growths which came aud went with the dampness, and that the likeness to the human face was imaginary. The house was pronounced by the public to be haunted, and the owner was unable to find a tenant for It for years. About the same time another mys­ tery came to light In one of the moun­ tain counties of Pennsylvania, and commanded public attention. It was a pane of glass In the window of a farm­ house, in which appeared the face «f a woman looking out. 6he could be seen only by a person standing outside at a certain angle. At first it was declared to be the ghost of a former owner, but when tjie public took hold of the matter ..it was decided that each spectator feitw a different ghost, that of the dead friend for whom he cared most. Many visitors made pilgrimages to inspect this defective pane of glass. Nor is It only the Ignorant who are moved* by these cheap mysteries. One of the most stately mansions in Berke­ ley Square, In London, stood vacant for a long time because It was said to be haunted by ghosts, who appeared one at a time, night after night. In an attic window, with a single caudle burning dimly beside tliem. It was explained th^Lt the hbftse had been left in the care of a crazy butler, who chose thus to exhibit the family portraits, one after another, to the public; but in spke of this explanation the mansion could'find no tenant, even among the educated class who occupied the houses of its grade. Many of us are superstitious and alert to find mysteries in unlucky num­ bers, in spiked salt or haunted houses. There Is a mystery behipd each tree or stone or hit of matter--the power and wisdom of the Unknown; but we do not look for that.--Youth's Com­ panion. Thought He Was a Sport, Hoppenstein keeps a clothing store in Harlem and likes to be considered something of a "sport" as well. Know­ ing his weakness, his friends and cus­ tomers humor him in many ways. One day a week or two ago there dropped into his place a friend, who, after mak­ ing a purchase, said solemnly: "Hop­ penstein, do you want a good thing on the races? I can give you the best ever for to-morrow." "Did I vant id? I bet you so." "Give me your word not to tell any­ one?" "I bromlse I don't spoke It to any- podiea." 1. "Not a living soul?" "Not a lifting soul." ."Well, come here and I wilt whisper It- Elate with joy, Hoppenstein chuckled when he beard the name. The next day, gorgeous In a flaring red tie, he sought the track. "I been somedings of a plunger mineself, yes?" he asked. "Ahav I bet so mooch as $2 by dot hOTse --I vas a sporty boy alretty yet." Arrived in the betting ring, he made his way to a bookmaker. "Hey, mis­ ter!" he cried, "I bets you $2." "What on?" "Vat on?" "Sure--what horse?" "Vat horse? Aha, I vouldn't told you --neffer!" j Lynchings in Louisiana. The entire country is involved shares the disgrace of Louisiana.--Phila­ delphia Record. The facts in the ease In no wise justf- fied the action of the mob.--Birmingham (AJa.) Age-Herald. Louisiana mefaods are some what bar* barous, but there is no question a* to their effectiveness.--Detroit News-Trib- une. The lynching shows that negroes an not the only ones against whom the Southern mobs direct their vengeance.-- New York Sun. The law-abiding people of LouislaBsl will read the terrible news from TalTulah with profound regret.--New Orleabs Times-Democrat. A. community which permits all these civilised methods to be trampled upon and allows passion to exercise itself in barbaric revenge should pay the penalty. ---Council Bluffs Nonpareil. --- If lynchings are tolerated at . aU, against any class of the people or for any class of alleged crime, it is a dead certainty that they will grow more num­ erous, and that no class of people will be spared.--Leavenworth Times. The lynchings of five Italians in Louis­ iana because one of their cumber had engaged in a quarrel with and shot and wounded a doctor in the parish in which the affair occurred, again brings befor* the world America's disgrace.--Milwau­ kee News. A lynching of a negro in Missouri and of five Italians in Louisiana last week are blotches on our record as humanita­ rians. Besides, in the latter case the Government may be called upon to pay a handsome indemnity.--St. Joseph Her­ ald. In his recent letter on lynching, Mr. Booker T. Washington warned the South­ ern whites that the habit grew by what it fed upon. His warning finds an early and impressive illustration in the lynch, ing of five Italians at Tallulah, La.-« Boston Herald. Robert G. Ingersoll. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll has solved the problem concerning which he had so much doubt.--New York Herald. The great agnostic had many follow­ ers, but it is a question whether his* a#- saults on religion did not promote rather than retard its progress.---Omaha Bee*" - Whatever else he was or was not, no was an American, a product of our soil and racy of it, particularly a product of the middle West, which is developing lis own subvariety of American.--New York Times. The evil of his teaching was its effect on weak and unintelligent minds. He professed ignorance of the hereafter, and his ignorant hearers went a step further and disbelieved in any hereafter.--St. Paul Dispatch. Ingersoll is no more, but the churches continue to point with taper spires to heaven. What is good in religion will withstand the assaults of revilers; what abuses grow up within its fold are more likely to yield before the onslaughta of reformers within than of wreckers with­ out.--Milwaukee Wisconsin. The sudden blow only emphasizes the . force of that reflection of Pascal, who j said that he could not imagine any one suffering harm by being mistaken in be* '• lieving Christianity to be true, wherecs ' he could easily see that it would be a fearful error to be mistaken in believing Christianity to be false.--Cleveland Leader. The Messenger Boys' Strike. Even the marble-playing messenger boys seem to be tolerably lively when they are on a strike.--Cincinnati Con* merciaUTribune. The general Impression Is that If the ' boys take as long to strike as they do to deliver messages no great inconvenience will ensue.--Nashville American. Who shall win fame by identifying the strike germ? Even the New York news? boys have caught the disease ,and the messenger boys of tbte metropolis threat­ en to go out to-day. As we all know, when messengers go out it is a matter of some moment.--Boston Journal. i „ The messenger boys' strike ought, i| the strikers are true to their immemorial traditions, to be conducted with the ut* most leisure and deliberation, even with a touch of "that repose which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere." If, how­ ever, it shall have the effect of changing the nature of the strikers, so as to make them a trifle more sudden, not to say pre­ cipitate, the wondering public will with fitting awe.--New York Tribumk • r England's 6poiled Child. England's "spoiled child" needs sobm earnest admonition from the mothes country.--Omaha Bee. If England can only quiet Canada, the enfant terrible of the mother country, who insists on making such a rumpus that her elders can't hear themselves talk, the difficulty will probably b« smoothed over.--New York Herald. Since the firm stand taken and main* tained by the United States on the Alas> kan boundary question Great Britain is said to be yielding something of hef claims and responding in better spirit to our representations. It is well for Mr. Bull to understand that other people can be firm as well as himself.--Indianapolis Journal. There is an almost universal opinion in this country to the effect that Great Britain has permited the amity now ex­ isting between the two countries to be un­ necessarily threatened by her weakness in the treatment of Canada. The latter country has played her traditional role of a spoiled child.--Washington Star. Horseless Paragraphs. The automobile wagons thus far hoyfe have been, fti many respects, reproduc­ tions of wagons and carriages intended to be pulled by horses; but with more expe­ rience we feel confident that wide de­ partures will be made from this old type; --Boston Herald. Thar Chicago officials appear to bm thinking seriously of keeping autonlbbUea out of the parks, because they mayr frighten horses. They fail to recognlaal that the more automobiles there are tfco fewer horses there will be to frighten.-- St. Paul Pionee. Press. A wort! of one syllable, to which BO > etymological objection can be - made, i|..|j wanted as a name for the new rehiclcs automatically propelled by electricity.-* Philadelphia Ledger. Automobile or ought not to Mobil# •t?etus to be the questiou anssae between! tiie South Park commissioners of Chicago and the owners of several hundred povre* propelled vehicles.--St. I^ouis Republics. : There's a great tight on in Chicago as to whether automobiles shall be allowed •M J I to run in the public parks. The park When an old girl uiarcies, she tells j commissioners are against the &utoao> around that he has been "wanting her" ] biles, and the public generally are tor for ten years: sometimes longer. I them. So we reckon the automobiles wilt ' iria.--Boston HaiuUL . - "A4* ?A-