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_ i^ .- ̂ WSS DE!"U>CRACY"S ,.., '•' 'V'f %":«£/ ̂ •' " 1 PBA€E MEET IS OVER. FAST MAIL WRECKED. MURDER NEAR CRYSTAL Wwpi r#3X# ->>*». *'k~s> m: •ftftt ooli^tod^ '-• J»oisI*ws, •NWHtfilMi - S«W Hallway la LieeoMi-VjfaUrioa* Shooting nt OaleiiB -6priB*field Bniineai Man Commits Eutclde--Ac­ cidentally Kill* Hit Friend. . ' A m y s t e r i o u s s h o o t i n g a f f a i r ^ o c c u r r e d , It the Huoy residence ^n Galena, In which George Huoy was shot in the left and very seriously wounded. The from which the shot was fired ihm In-tlsf.^aixls of a 10-year-old son of "**" " ' ;man. The wife and eon of »y the shooting was accident- ge jsub^eguentlywere arrested to tne police station and while > there adqiitted that the head of the fam- jPS^iljr :«ui^iMiie intoxicated and abused - - -them,. which led up to the shooting. • 4 •• Winners of Illinois PehoLar»hip». Reports from the examinations for uni­ versity scholarships wliiely are awarded annually, one to each county, shows that ^Otto Luther gets the scholarship from • Adams, Helen E. Booker of Champaign, for Champaign; Laura M. Dayton of . Paris, for Edgar;, Albert Salb of Elgin, for Kane; John C. Hall of Downs, for I McLean; Ancjrew Mnnson of Henry, for jMarshall; John J. Riehey of Polo, for jOgle; Elizabeth Hall of Oregon, also of f. Ogle, passed the examination, and will be 4 assigned a scholarship from some county, 'having no candidate. > Boy la the Canae of a r trike. Work on the new Coles County court house at Charleston stopped again, caus- ed by a strike of the workmen, who re- t cently organized a labor union. The : grievance was about a 14-year-old boy, x•: nephew of Contractor Fuller, whose duty was to lead the horse used in hoisting J the brick and mortar to the upper floors of the building- His pay was only 75 cents a day. About sixty men are in- ' volved. The building is' but half done, : ' and only two months remain in which to finish it in contract tim£. Unknown Suicide at rfarreaton. At Waukegan,' another- mystery, evi­ dently a suicide, has been added to the two other tragedies which have made •7 news within the past few dbys. The coroner was notified of the finding of the | body of an unknown man oe#r Warren- * ton, who had evidently choUedj himself to **"• '•> death by tying his suspenders'around his ^neck. The man was about 40 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weight about 150 ^ , pounds, sandy complexion and wore shirt, "* overalls and working shoes. Evidently he was a laborer. Ill Health, Cana§p,Suicide. Thomas C. Henkle, one of the best known business men of Springfield, com­ mitted suicide at his home by shooting a bullet through his braia. Mental and nervous prostration from long continued ill health was the cause. Mr. Henkle , was a member of the wholesale grocery : firm of John W. Bunn & Co., and until a stroke of paralysis destroyed his health about two years ago was noted for his i strict attention to business. Killed His Friend. At Carlinville, Roy Potts, son of the editor of the Raymond Independent, while handling an old revolver, jokingly pointed it at Thad Riner, superintendent of the Raymond Lumber Company, and pulled the trigger. The ball entered JHu, Riner's neck, striking the spinal column j&\ causing death in a few hours. The remains were conveyed to Raymond, .and inquest fully exonerated Potts, who, - however, is prostrated with grief. .Fonnd Haunting the Woods. A crazy man who has been haunting the woods in the vicinity . of Crystal Lake, was capturecl the other day by Vil­ lage Marshal Henderson. He was al most starved and was gaunt as a skele­ ton. Detective Benthusen wormed from him the jstatement that his name is John Boon anp that he has served a five years' term in Joliet, having been sent down there from Geneva. * ,, Injured by Robbers. _ * ™ * l>r. Rudolph ' G. Hunn, a prominent 2 . young dentist of Sprhyjfield, was found Jfc' * • lying in the street at Twelfth and Madi- * son; streets early on a recent morning, with his skull fractured. He was taken gfferi-7 to police headquarters, and later to the *•"Wj! Springfield city hospital. During lucid " intervals he said he had been assaulted by two unknown negroes and robbed of $950 in currency. Brief State Happenln Former Sheriff A. M. Messer was sued in the Coles County Circuit Court at Charleston on his bond, which is $10,000, The action is one of debt. The little daughter of Cotirad Mueller, Niles Center, was found drowned in a cistern a few feet from her home. She had been in the water several hours. She was 7 years old. . At an inquest at Dunning into the sud­ den death at that institution of Stephen L. Scott, an insane patient, it was found that death was hastened by scalds re­ ceived at the institution. The second annual fog rolling of the tenth congressional district Woodmen Picnic Association was held at Black Hawk watch tower, Rock Island, at­ tracting 10,000 visitors to the city. There was a big parade, the business section of the *city being gayly decorated. There were addresses at the watch tower by Mayor William McConochie, W. C. Maucker of Rock Island, Lieut. Gov. W. A. Northcott, J. G. Johnson of Peabody, Kan.; M. J. McEniry of the Woodmen order of Rock Island. There was a pro­ gram of sports. Citizens and Woodmen presented J. G. Johnson, ex-Attorney General of the order, with a handsome silver tea set. P. J. Cary of Rock Isl­ and was elected president of the asso­ ciation, while a vice-president was chosen from each county in the district. Levi L. Jackson, a business man and politician of Louisville, died of paralysis. He was 65 years of age. Mayhew Hackett of Canton committed suicide by taking strychnine. He was infatuated with Miss Dora Champlain of Des Moines, Iowa, who was visiting there, but she refused his attentions, which caused him to take his life. C. E. Lanstrum, for thirty-three years • grocer at Galesburg and president of the Retail Merchants' Association, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, showing liabilities amounting to $9,700 and assets of $87,000. ' Charles Gottke of Chicago, while rid­ ing on a street car was robbed of i -watch, a gold ring and a pocket book con taining $14. St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church *t Carterville was struck by lightning. The belfry and front pftrt of the building took fire immediately and .the building, which was almost new, is a. wreck. The a1»?r and communion service were saved. The auditor of public accounts has is­ sued a certificate authorizing the Farm­ ers* Loan and Trust Company of New York, with an office in Springfield, to da trust business in Illinois. This is the first instance of a foreign corporation trust act. ette County. died at. Ramsey. C. A. Wilcox, postmaster at Qulncy and former owner of the Daily Whig, d i e d a t t h e < i g e o f * 5 William B. Austin, a resident of Woodstock for fifty years and a well- known citizen, died there, aged 6ft years. " The body of George B. Skinner Was fonnd the other night in Garfield Patk. He had drunk prussic acid. Several let­ ters were found on the body, stating that he was tired of life. Skinner was a clerk, 20 years old. Captain Samuel Welton, aged 92 yearn, one of the best known citizens of Macou­ pin County and a well-known stockman, died at Carlinville. He was a native Of Massachusetts and had resided in Illinois sixty-two years. The Illinois Telephone Construction Company filed articles of incorporation at Springfield, with a capital stock of $500,- 000. The incorporators are Arthur G. Wlieeler, Edward J. Judd and Louis J. Behan of Chicago. Miss Jane M. Stoker, assistant super­ intendent of the Illinois Training School for Nurses at Chicago, has received no­ tice from Washington that she has been appointed for service with the United States soldiers in the Philippines. B. F. Felt, Galena's widely known philanthropist, is dead, aged 78 years. He had resided in Galena since 1842. He was a generous contributor toward edu­ cational institutions and presented to Ga­ lena the public library and reading rooms it now possesses. At a secret hearing'before Justice Van Deusen in the county jail at Waukegan, George Kruger, charged with the murder of his wife and her mother, was formal­ ly teld on that charge to the grand jury of the Circuit Court, the next ten0 of which will begin in Octobef. Mrs. Judith A. Benson, wife of Dr. V. S. Benson, died at McLeansboro, aged 63 years. Mrs. Benson, who was well known and highly esteemed in Hamilton and Jefferson Counties, was the daugh ter of William Willbanks, a former State Senator from Jefferson County. Thirty union teamsters, employes of Stamsen & Blome, Chicago, paving con­ tractors, have been on strike because the contractors would not grant an increase in mages, and work> on two miles of macadam pavement in Peru was stopped. The men would not allow others to work. Dr. C. P. Johnson of Springfield and Dr. C. P. Lovejoy of Princeton, State veterinarfan, and Dr. Scott of Peoria, assistant State veterinarian, killed three dairy cows at Peoria. Out of the num­ ber of herds examined for tuberculosis in and about the city these cows were the first found to be infected. Willie Gaffney, a member of Company M, Sixth regiment, died at Galena as a result of illness contracted while in Porto Rico during the Spanish-American war. He was 23 years of age and was a com­ mission merchant previous to his enlist­ ment. Of thirty members of Company M who returned home ill Gaffney is the only one who died. According to an imp6rtant ruling bear­ ing on the taxability of building and loan associations, received by Collector of In­ ternal Revenue Coyne at Chicago, an as­ sociation that makes loans only to its shareholders, is not required to pay reve­ nue tax, except on checks and drafts, for instruments executed within the limits of its legitimate operations, including leases and deeds to property. The Illinois district grand lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (col­ ored) met in Springfield for a three days' session. The officers present were Dis­ trict Grand Master D. J. Smith, Deputy Grand Master William Mailer, Grand Secretary Charles S. Smith rfnd Grand Treasurer Howard Bell. Acting Gov­ ernor Northcott made an address of wel­ come and the annual reports of the offi­ cers were presented. A reception was givenjay colored Odd Fellows of the city in honor of the visiting delegates. Secretary of State Rose has licensed the St. Louis, Springfield and Vincennes Railway Company, whose principal office is in Chicago. The railway is to be con­ structed from the west bank of Wabash river, opposite Vincennes, Ind., through the counties .of Lawrence, Richland, Clay, Marion, Clinton and St. Clair, in Illinois, to East St. Louis, and from Shawnectown through the counties of Gallatin, White, Wayne, Clay, Effing­ ham, Fayette, Shelby, Christian, Sanga­ mon and Cass to Beardstown. The cap­ ital stock is $1,000,000. The incorpora­ tors are Harry H. Phillips, Clyde A. Morrison, Albert E. Dacy, Charles D. Clark and Philip H. Treacy of Chicago, 111. Henry Cronin, 22 years old, is in jail at La Salle, charged with assault with mur­ derous intent, which charge may be changed to a graver one later. It is al­ leged that he attaclfced his mother, who fled from the house, taking ra£pge in the home of a neighbor. He followed her, breaking down the door which barred his progress. On entering the house he at­ tacked the owner, Mrs. Edward Cum- mings, striking her repeatedly with a butcher knife, inflicting terrible wounds on the head. Meanwhile his mother es­ caped and the police were notified. Thos. Cummings, son of Cronin's victim, at­ tempted to stop him and was in turn at­ tacked, being cut badly on the arm. Flora Bloomfield, aged 35, of Astoria, arrived at the Illinois Central depot at Anna the other day and was met by T. L. Williams, a prosperous young farmer, whom she came to marry. The look of anxiety on the young farmer's face was pardonable. He was about to meet for the first time the woman to wfiom he was engaged. They had corresponded some, but all they really knew about each oth­ er was what an aunt and cousin of the groom, who made the match, had told them. At 12:45 p. m. she arrived. At 2:30 they were married by Squire O. P. Baggott at the home of Mrs. Mary D. Luton, an aunt of the young man. The man and wife who were perfect stran­ gers up to their wedding will reside at the Williams homestead near Anna. Nels Madsen, 12 years old, of Chicago, was killed by the explosion of a bottle of root beer he was opening. A piece of the glass struck the boy in the neck and severed the jugular vein. He died in twenty minutes from loss of blood. Officer Frank Duncan of Areola and Officers Ike Trail and Ed Armstrong of Terre Haute succeeded in capturing one of the horse thieves who have been op­ erating Terre Haute, Ind., and who had stolen seven valuable horses." Guy Ca­ ble, the other thief, who escaped after being shot in the abdomen, is thought to be badly wounded. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company has had plans drawn for a $60,000 passenger station thiit is to be erected at Rock Island next fall. The board of review of Peoria County will increase the personal assessment of Peoria County to $5,000,000. In 1898 the assessment was $1,500,000 and the assessors returned an assessment for 1899 of $2,000,000. The board of review unearthed on an average of $200,000 daily and State's Attorney Dailey has announced that the total personal assess­ ment for the county will rea.ch $5,000,- 000. This is the largest assessment of personal property ever known in Peoria County. SlWKft WHAT WAS DONE AT THE HAGUE CONFERENCE. ^-Minneapolis Journal. PROSPERITY IN THE WEST. One of the facts that have a dlseout-, aging effect on the leaders of the Dem­ ocratic party is the great Increase in Industrial activity in the West. Every­ body, Democrat as well as Republican, who tells anything nowadays about the social conditions in the Western States mentions the prosperity which is diffused through all of them. Busi­ ness is more active in all of them than •was ever known before. The reports of the bank clearances from all quarters of the West show an immense Increase in transactions since last year at this time. The earnings of the Western railroads are at the highest figures ever touched. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Vanderlip, who has just returned from a tour through several States in the Mfssissippl Valley, is eloquent about the evidences of industrial activity and prosperity which he saw on every hand. He remarks that this is killing the sil­ ver issue as a Democratic dogma. Dem­ ocratic leaders In the West are saying the same thing. There is a strong dis­ position among the shrewder Demo­ cratic magnates of the Western States to take up some other Issue, and let silver drop out altogether, or put it so far in the background that It will- not figure with any prominence In the can­ vass. The Stones* Bryans, Joneses •and Altgelds are apparently still anX- ions to stick to it, and they are likely to carry the convention with them, but the wiser men of their party, both poli­ ticians and editors, are urging their side to give up that issue and. talk of something else. The defection of the West Is a seri­ ous thing for the Democracy. It was on,the West that the Democratic bosses looked for a great part of their elec­ toral votes next year. They knew that the number of States which they can carry In the South will not furnish them with more than half the number of votes which their party will need to give it the victory. The South has long since ceased to be solid for the Democ­ racy. " Many votes will have to come from the West to that party if it, Is to have any chance to win. The Demo­ cratic leaders know that they can get very few votes from the West under present conditions. It was the business depression resulting from the Demo­ cratic panic of 1893 which created the condition? irs T**- •'. -v' Democracy several States In the Mis­ sissippi Valley and on the Pacific slope In 1896. Republican prosperity has en­ sued since then, and the entire situa­ tion is changed. This is why the re­ ports of business activity and general prosperity throughout the West, which come from Democrats and Republicans alike, have a disheartening effect on the Democratic leaders. It means a sweeping victory for the Republican party In 1900.--St. Louis Globe-Demo­ crat. A Matter of Wasres. The efforts which importers of choco­ late are now making to get a lower appraisement on imported chocolate recalls the report which was made to the Ways and Means Committee in 1897, when the provisions of the Ding- ley law were being considered. It was stated in that report that "in the United States in our (the chocolate) Industry men are paid for ten hours' work from $10 to $20 per week; women are paid for ten hours' work from $0 to $12 per week. In Europe, in the largest factories, their rates for men for twelve hours' work are from $4 to $5 per week and for women for twelve hours' work from $2.50 to $3 per week." It will be seen from these figures that wages in this country are from 250 to 400 per cent, higher than wages in Europe. The slightest investigation will show, furthermore, that what Is true in respect to the wages of the em­ ployes In chocolate manufactories is true, in a greater or lesser degree, of workers In all branches of industry. In the face of such facts arguments in favor of a protective tariff would seem to be superfluous, and conscien­ tious efforts to collect the rightful cus­ toms duties should be appreciated by every American workman as well as by every American manufacturer. ble as a tariff ot, 1,000 per cent. Jef­ ferson said: - "My idea is that we should encour­ age liorfie manufacturers to the extent of our own consumption of everything of which we raise tlfeTaw material. I do not think it fair in ship owners to say we.ought not to make our axes, nails, letcu here, that they may have the benefit of carrying the iron to Europe and bringing back the axes, nails, etc." The followers and believers in Jef­ ferson do not belong with Mr. Bryan and his friends, but with the sup­ porters of the American policy of a protective tariff. An Abiding Choice. A million dollars a day represents the size of the demand which the Eu­ ropean nations are making upon the American workshop at the present time.--Chicago Times-Herald. This is a view of the situation which ought to appeal and which undoubted­ ly has appealed most powerfully to American worklngmen. There can be no doubt that they find a most satis f actory state of things, a state of things much more to be desired than the days of idleness and of free soup, which the triumph of free trade and the enact­ ment of the Wilson law ushered in. The policy of protection means that American laboring men are called upon to do the work for our own seventy millions and more of good Americans, whose demands are more extensive than are the demands of double that number of people in any other coun­ try in the world. It means also that American laboring men are called upon to do the work for millions of people In other countries. Without our protective tariff the foreigners would be doing both their own work and .the larger part of ours. A choice be­ tween these two situations Is no$ a difficult one. That choice was taken definitely and decidedly when Ameri­ can worklngmen voted in November, 1896, to put William McKinley in the presidential chair, pledged, as they knew him to be, to the restoration of the American system. - It is a choice which will be an abiding one. Ihe Fcepter of Commerce. England to-day has the greatest fleet on the ocean, but her position as a car­ rier Is entirely due to the fact that she at one time possessed enormous re* disappearance of these her leadership must depart Cheap coal and cheap steel will transfer the scepter of com­ merce to the United States and will deprive Great Britain of the ability to successfully compete in manufactur­ ing. It is vain for the British to de­ lude themselves with the belief that they possess superior qualities which will enable them to maintain their po­ sition in the race. There was a time when such a claim might have been made, but recent experience has dem­ onstrated that Englishmen are not bet­ ter fitted to be the manufacturers of the world than some other peoples. Among these must be numbered the Americans, who, with an equally de­ veloped mechanical ingenuity, plus the possession of enormous stores of cheap fuel and iron, must win in the struggle for commercial primacy.--San Fran­ cisco (Cal.) Chronicle. New We r Secretary. Mr. Elihu Root, the new Secretary of War, is a distinguished lawyer, a man of general ability, and in the prime of a vigorous capacity for work. His selection. Is due to a careful study ot duties ahead. Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines are under military gov­ ernment. When Congress meets their •transition period will begin./ It Is evi­ dent that tlie coming lab6rs of the secretary relate more to qivll problems than to active army operations. In all except one Island of the Philippines this condition has already been reach­ ed. The greatest War Secretary the country has known was a lawyer, and so was the greatest War President, both acting together through the same era. Secretary Root's task will be chiefly one of pacification and develop­ ment. It is believed that he has the qualities and the training to be of sig­ nal service to the country.--Exchange. Ths Foundation of an Ak-bltration Plan the Only Important Achieve' •tent--No Specific Proposition Look­ ing to Disarmament Adopted. The Czar's international' peace confeiv ence at The Hague has concluded its work. A fair estimate of what has been accomplished cannot be made until the propositions agreed to have been pub­ lished in full. But no proposition look­ ing to the disarmament of nations was adopted. The signatory powers agreed to use all their efforts to insure a peace­ ful solution in international differences, but it was provided that the good offices or mediation of a third power shall ex­ clusively have the bearing of good coun­ sel without compulsory force. Offers of mediation in any given case shall not cause the suspension of war preparations or the interruption of war. Special forms of mediation are recommended, but only recommended. Differences which may be made the object of local injury, and which do qpt involve the honor or vital interests of the powers concerned, are to be submitted to international com­ mittees of inquiry, but the reports of these committees are not to have ths character of an arbitration award, but are to leave the powers concerned at lib­ erty to act as they feel best. Arbitration is acknowledged to be the most Efficient and most equitable mode of settling differences, and the signatory powers agr^ to organize a permanent court of arbitration accessible at all times. It is optional with any power whether it shall take any particular case, before the arbitration court or not. Ar­ ticle 27 declares: "The signatory powers consider it their duty, whenever an acute conflict threatening to peace occurs be­ tween any of them, to recall to the lat-i ter that the arbitration court is open to them." The American delegates took exception to this article, and insisted that the language be so modified that the United States may in no case be obliged to interfere in European affairs, or Eu­ rope in American disputes. Declarations were adopted prohibiting the use of as­ phyxiating projectiles or expanding bul­ lets, which Great Britain and the Unit­ ed States declined to accept. Nothing has been accomplished as to disarmament, and little more than a dec­ laration favorable to the principle of ar­ bitration has been accepted by all the powers. The questions that relate to a nation's honor have not been legislated upon, and nearly all questions that pre­ cipitate war do relate to a nation's hon­ or. Even if a court of arbitration is es­ tablished on the plan marked Out, no na­ tion is bound to accept the plan. Cer­ tainly in the United States the scheme will have to be approved by the Senate. The proposal to declare the inviolability of private property during war on land and sea, and the proposal regulating the question of the bombardment of ports, towns and villages by naval forces, were referred to future conferences. The United States has especial cause for gratification and pride at the outcome of the proceedings at The Hague. Ar­ bitration is a policy that this nation more than any other has been instrumental in inducing the world to adopt. In its principles and main provisions, though not in details, the plan agreed upon at The Hague is in accord with the proposi tions submitted by the Americans, which called for a permanent tribunal, with voluntary arbitration, the award to be morally binding upon both pu*ties after they have joined in an application for ar bitration. In the dominating force of its ideas the United States has won recog­ nition as a world power in the best sense of that term. Northwestern Train frtn Ckietgo Ditched Near Boone, Iowa. As the Chicago aad North western's famous - fast mail from Chicago was rounding the "Kate Shelley" curve just west of Boone, Iowa, Tuesday morning the engine and tour cars comprising the train left the track, plunged over the steep embankment and were dashed to pieces against the side of a small hill. Four men were killed and seven others were injury!. Although the cause of the derailment is unknown, it is thought to have been the result, of a heavy rain which fell at 3 o'clock--two hours before the wreck. Less than an hour before the fast mail made its fatal jump the Overland Lim­ ited, carrying hundreds of sleeping pas sengers, sped around the curvfe in safety. Had the rails weakened under its wheels the hospitals and undertaking establish ments at Boone would have cared for scores Instead of ten victims. A heavy froit train also made the curve safely less than twenty minutes before the wreck. The front truck of the engine was torn from its' fastening and was hurled over the slope into a corn field 150 feet away. The driving wheels were twisted under the front part and the boiler and cab were smashed. Masterton and Schmidt, their crushed bodies scalded with steam and burned with coals from the fire box, were fonnd dead under the wrecked rem-* nants of the cab. The express and postal cars were like­ wise dismantled. Messenger O'Brien was pinned under his safe, and Figarfoos, his helper, was found under a mass of wreck age. The first three cars were shattered the worst. Conductor Rose and Brake men Dornan and McVarnes were in th«| rear car and were unhurt save for bruises. TRACED BY A TOMBSTONE. Bryan and Jefferson. Mr. Bryan is most aggressive, if not almost violent, in insisting that he be recognized as the exponent of Jeffer- sonlan Democracy, believing probably that the name of Jefferson will be a name to conjure with «nd ,to draw to him the support of many not now num­ bered nmong his followers. It would pay better If Mr. Bjryan would adopt Jefferson's principles. At present he lacks one very serious quality for be­ ing a follower of Jefferson. Jefferson believed in all things American. He believed in encouraging American In­ dustries, and in using American made goods. Mr. Bryan has put himself on record times without number as being opposed to any system of a protective tariff, declaring on one occasion that a tariff of 10 per cent was as uajustifla- Where Capital Combines. The evolution of the trust is possible anywhere that capital can combine and control the market.--Buffalo Courier (free trade). That Is precisely what has happened In Great Britain, a country of abso­ lute free trade, where capital has al­ ready combined and' is in control of the market to an extent unknown in protected America. Alike In number and In the- amount of combined cap­ ital, trusts in Great Britain far exceed those of the United States. Alarmins Conduct. "When I kiss you, Edgar, you are not afraid I am going to ask for money, are you?"' "No, dear; but I'm afraid you have al­ ready cleaned me out while I was asleep." ^ v»'t. OK KRUKQKB NEW LIGHT ON A TRAGEDY. Woman Supposed to Have Killed Her* self Evidently Was Murdered. Near Libertyville. 111., the body of Mrs. Bertha Krueger, who was supposed to have killed her mother on July 16 and then committed sui­ cide, was the other day exhumed and a bullet Wound round at the base of the brain, show­ ing that sLe was murdered and did not commit suicide. Her husband was arrested on the charge of murder a'nd taken to the county jail at Wauke­ gan to await the action of the grand jury. On July 16 Krueger, bleeding from wounds, told his neighbors his wife had shot and killed her mother, Mrs. Voss, and t^ien shot him. At the coroner's in­ quest he swore his wife had met him at the door and shot him in the arm as he was about to enter the house. Undertak­ ers discovered the second -bullet hole in the back of the head, and it was at Coroner Knight's and Spate's Attorney Heydecker's orders the body was exhumed. It is claimed that Krueger and his wife had quarreled regarding family matters and the owner­ ship of certain property. Augustus Johnson's Body Venn# wMfc the Head Completely Cewred. , , : The body of Augustas Johnson, wita' the head completely several from tlsr trunk, was picked up by section mett neat the Chicago and Northwestern tracks • half-mile north of Crystal Lake. Friend* from Elgin, where Johnson formerly lil^ ed, identified the remains. Johnson*# ' pocketbook. Northwestern baggage check No. 3719, issued from May wood station;, a notebook and other articles were fouaf scattered near the body. The dead mail was seen with a stranger the previoas day, and the position of the body wbe» found and other significant facts point strongly to murder. The detective on the case found tracks of two men leading" from the body and passing through • corn field and leading by a circuitous route back to the railroad. One of the tracks correspond to shoes worn by the victim. If murder has been committei it probably was because of Johnson's knowledge of a crime rather than for his money. Johnson left Chicago about Julf 20, according to figures in his notebook. He was 36 years old. He had been dead about six hours when found. Furthtft investigation by the detective leads hlM' to think the case one of suicide. SUPERVISORS OF CENSUS. ̂ 1 #• 8transe Manner in Which a Bepar* ated Conple Were Reunited. After a separation of six years, Mrs. Ethel Fredler of Louisville found her hus­ band recently through the agency of a tombstone. . About seven years ago Miss Ethel Treaner of St. Louis, daughter of E. T. Treaner, fell in love with Charles Fred­ ler. The young man was making only a small salary, and for this reason the parents of the girl objected to the match. A secret marriage resulted. Afterward Fredler told the firm of hi? secret, with the result that his compensation was suf­ ficiently increased for the couple to in-> form their parents of their matrimonial venture. When the panic came the firm in which Fredler was employed assigned. Fredlen suddenly left St. Louis, leaving a note tqj his wife to the,effect that he would not; return until he had acquired wealth. ft A few weeks ago Mrs. Fredler and her1 mother were driving in Louisville when they passed a. dray containing a tomb-r stone bearing an inscription with the date of the birth and death of Charles Fred­ ler. They learned that the stone was to be sent to St. Louis, and found out the name of the consignee. Taking the next train for St. Louis, they visited the store, where Mrs. Fredler was confronted by her husband FAILED TO RETAKE CALAMBA. Director Merrlam's List for Illinois ^ Sent to the President. Director Merriam of the census bureas has made up a partial list of census sup­ ervisors for presentation to the Presi­ dent. Selections are yet to be made for the sixth, seventh and ninth censua (twelfth, thirteenth and fifteenth congres­ sional) districts of Illinois. The Illinois list, as made up for the President, is as follows: First census district (city Of Chicago), George F. Gilbert, Chicago; second, William Jackson, Shabbona; third; Horatio C. Burchard, Freepott; fourth, William G. Galloway, Alede; fifth, William E. Birkenbeul, La Salle; eighth, Garrett De F. Kinney, Peoria; tenth, Thomas Worthington, Jackson- ville; eleventh, E. D. Blinn, Lincoln; twelfth, James M. Truitt, Hillsboro; thirteenth, F. W. Booth, Marshall; foar- teenth, Theodore G. Risley, Mount Car* mel; fifteenth, Henry J. Schmidt, Nash­ ville; sixteenth, Captain Jonathan Q. Willis, Metropolis. . x s ELOPE IN SPITE OF PARENTS*; :: Filipinos Bepulsed by Americans,Who Lose One Killed. The Filipino insurgents Sunday mads an attempt to recapture Calamba, which was taken by the Americans on Wednes­ day. A force of 2,400 rebels attacked the town simultaneously on the north and south. In repulsing the attack the Americans did not even require all theii force. Two companies of the Twenty first regulars, some cavalry and one gun were sufficient to repulse the attack oq the north, while 400 men from the Wash' ington Volunteers drove the enemy back on the south. The American loss was one killed and seven wounded. MBS. KRUKGKB. LAKE OF BOILING FIRE. Volcano of Mauna Loa Presents a Spectacle of Grandeur. The main crater in the volcano of Mau­ na Loa, Hawaii, has ceased to belch forth anything but smoke, but the new crater, two miles down the mountain sidp, continues to feed the great lake of liquid fire which is steadily flowing to­ ward the town of Hilo, which will un­ doubtedly be destroyed. The scene is one of such grandeur that words fail to describe it. Daring tour* ists tell of great stones of white heat heaved hundreds of feet into the air, only to fall back with a terrible hissing roar Into the lake from which they were vom­ ited. Besides the large lake, there are about ten smaller fountains of fire and lava, which form another flow going to­ ward Wimea, from the same crater. BRITAIN STILL RULES THE SEAS, Controls* with America, One-Half the Merchant tehip Tonnage. Lloyds' register of shipping gives the entire fleet of the world as 28,180 steam­ ers and sailing vessels, with a total ton­ nage of 27,673,528, of which 39 per cent '« British. The Americans come next with 3,010 vessels, with a total tonnage of 2,465,- 387. Norway has 2,523 vessels, tonnage 1,694,230. Germany has 1,676 vessels, tonnage 2,453,834. Sweden has 1,408 vessels, with 005,- 991 tonnage. Russia has 1,218 vessels, tonnage 643,.|27: ItaJy has 1,150 vessel* and Prance 1,132. No other nationality has over 1.000 ships. The British and Americans together control o*ie-hn!f of the entire merchant ship tonnage afloat. Though the late Robert Ingersoll had many oratorical triumphs he is charged with at least one disastrous failure. It occurred at an evening meeting of the delegates to the Republican National con­ vention in 1888. Before the convention met there had been much favorable men­ tion of the name of Walter Q. Gresham as a candidate. Indiana had, however, Instructed for Harrison. Ingersoll fav­ ored Gresham and he took the first op­ portunity to make a speech in his favor. The delegates who sat aiid listened to the famous orator had no idea what his ob­ ject was. They heard him describe in eloquent terms the qualities to be de­ sired in a candidate. They were spell­ bound as he glorified the history of the party. Finally, he came to the climax. As he named Walter Q. Gresham a chill seemed to fall on the audience. Inger­ soll stood with a smile on his face to watch the effect of his words. Gradu­ ally it faded away. The entire Indiana delegation got up and left the house in a body. There was no applause. In some way the great orator had entirely spoiled the chances of his favorite. Final­ ly he put on his hat and went out, a thoroughly disappointed man. It seems a little strange that yellow fever should make its appearance at Hampton, Vt., while no cases are report­ ed from the Gulf States. Once during the '50s Norfolk and Portdtnouth were visited severely by yellow fever, both places being then in filthy condition. Since then Virginia has been free from the disease. It is tiot agreeable to learn that In spite of all the precautions which have been taken yellow fever has found its way into this country. But it is much better the disease should break out at a place like Hampton, off the highways of trade, than in New Orleans or Charles­ ton. In the great amount of matter which has been printed in regard to the trans- Siberian railroad which Russia is build­ ing, the fact has been almost overlooked that she is also constructing one of the greatest ship canals in the world. It will reach from the Baltic to the Black Sea, a distance of 1,080 miles, pr more than a hundred miles further than from Chi­ cago to New York. It will be 217 feet wide and 29 feet deep, so that the larg­ est war vessels may steam through with­ out danger of stranding. Its estimated cost is $125,000,000. The letters addressed to the President average 1,200 a day. Eighty per cent of them never reach tly> eye of either the chief executive or his private secretary. They are sorted by the clerks under the direction of Private Secretary Porter and sent to the proper departments for atten­ tion. The largest proportion of the let­ ters ask for financial assistance. The next largest number pray for the Presi­ dent's assistance in purely personal mat­ ters. A large per cent are from people who Imagine that vast fortunes are in the vaults of the treasury, to obtain which it will be only necessary for the President to make the proper order H. M. Lisle and May me 8psldinsr O# Peoria Are Married in Chicago, Dr. and Mrs. L. H. Spalding of Pt» oria are greatly worried over the elope­ ment of their daughter, Mayme C., aged 21 years, and Robert M. Lisle. Dr. Spalding is a brother of Bishop John h. Spalding of the Peoria Catholic diocese and is a well-known physician. Hia daughter Mayme is a favorite of her dh- cle, the bishop, who opposed her in her desire to marry a man not a member of the Catholic Church. Miss Spalding fell in love with Lisle two years ago, but her family's vigorous objections were with­ out result. Then they sent their daugh­ ter to school in the hope that this would break off the engagement. On her re­ turn their secret meetings were resumed and Lisle's attentions became more fre­ quent. The young couple eloped to Chi­ cago a few days ago and were marri|!& lt«~NOIS FEUD IS RENEWED. .i ie Has* Leaders of Two Factions Keaua tilities at a Picnic. At a picnic given by Menard Cotmtjf Woodmen and Knights of Honor at Oak- ford a fight was started by Town Mar­ shal Thomas Watkins and Henry Hair, leaders of two feudal factions. The mar­ shal, in attempting to arrest Hair, used a billy, and gave his prisoner a severe beating. The Mayor of Oakford suc­ ceeded in quelling the disturbance for the time being and Watkins and Hair were separated. Hair and his friends armed themselves and a feud of long standing is renewed. During a recent fight be­ tween the two factions the home of one of the leaders was destroyed by dyna­ mite. . < WlUtOW GANG RAIDS A TOW«4 Police Anticipate the Trouttle and Make Twenty Arrests. The other day over 2,500 people left Belvidere for a picnic on Fox river. Tak­ ing advantage of the desertion of the city, the "Willow gang" from Beloit Lliuuv; 14 1U1U VU tuv bU •« U| " " ' '"H w rob houses and intimidate people in Hie streets. The police had anticipated trem­ ble and the force was increased for the occasion, a half-dozen officers patrolling the city in buggies. These officers ar­ rested nearly twenty of the tramps and about twenty-five others were "rounded up" and marched out of town. There is talk of concerted action to rid northern Illinois of this notorious gang, which li making a great deal of trouble. TWIN BOYS, COLTS AND CALVES Illinois Farmer Has an Odd Streak pit Luck In One Day. The old saying that unusual oceBr- rences come in groups of three was strik­ ingly illustrated in Sangamon County, The wife of William Barry of Spring­ field gave birth to twin boys. Mr. Bar­ ry remained at his home long enough to get a glimpse of his two sons and then drove to his farm, a short distance north of the city. He went to his stables and fonnd that a reliable family mare had that morning foaled two healthy colts, both of which are males. From the sta­ ble he repaired to the barn lot and there he was confronted by a milch cow with-, two new-born bull calves at her side, v;',; * CAVERN DISCOVERED^ riald Knob, Near Alto Fans* Km m r \ . Mammoth Cava, A monstrous cave has recently been discovered near the foot of Bald Knobt two miles west of Alto Pass, which prom­ ises all sorts of revelations to the ex­ plorer. The entrance is barely large enough for a man to enter, and is almost unnoticeable, but, onee Inside, the explor­ er finds himself in a cavern of almset immeasureable size. MASTIFF ATTACKS A WOMAN, Mrs. P. B. Bennett in a Serious Condi* tion as a Besnlt of Wounds. Physicians who attended her report that Mrs. P. B. Bennett, aged over 70 years, who lives south of Galesburg, was seriously injured by a powerful mastiff. The mgntiff sprang ferociously upon her and forced her to the ground. It pinned her down with its weight and tried to grasp her throat. The woman, despite her years, made a desperate fight, pre- tecting her throat with her arms, which the dog tore and lacerated ^ ^ Jasper J. Peddecord, a resident Of Of--4S catur since 1838. is dead. He went to Decatur when it was a village of log house® and saw it grow into a flourishing city of 30,000 people. He took up 160 acres of laud aud it was while he w«a living on that that he took in Richard & Oglesbv, who at the age of 14 wa Iked there from Terre Haute. He had a buad in many commercial ventures, including the seuding of flatboats of produce down the Mississippi to New Orleans. Ue wan a member of the bankiug firm of Peddt* eord, Burrows & Co. He married Mrsw Adamson. sister of Richard Ogleeby, it 1842. Five children survive him. ;«s