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For the Swedes and Norwegians and especially the Germans, who s!/ - ^ who are alleged to fear "imperialism" as a corollary of national expansion, ', * '" had plain, cogent* lawyer-like argument. Each audience received at least * Vf -' one gem of succinct expressions, like these:" £."* „ We will not take down that flag (in th« ninM whes those who commenced theoa ?iilippine8), representing liberty to the will stop; and they will not cease until tSfvRTv people, representing civilization to those our flag, representing liberty, humanity I islands; we will not withdraw it, because " , the territory over which it floats is ours " by every tenet of international law and 1/ the sacred sanction of the Constitu- r ' •' ' tion of the United States. We are not fr there to oppress, we are there to liberate. ^ 4 - We are not there to establish an imperial fi>' s 1 government. We are there to establish -"•v:* * government of liberty under law and 4|t:v protection to life, property and opportu- 51" , ;;. nity to all who dwell therein. and civilization, shall float triumphantly in every island of the archipelago under the undisputed and acknowledged sover­ eignty of the republic of the United States. That treaty of peace, ratified by the! ftenate at the United States, approved of; by a vote of Congress, gave to the United ! States the sovereignty and the authority1 •f the Philippine Islands. , ji" - \ " If I sm not mistaken, the American' 4>e*iiple do not propose, Whatever may be! the tost, t» iee our* flag dishonored any­ where. Our flag in tfie Philippines still waves ( there, and it waves not as the banner of' imperialism, it waves not as the symbol •f oppression, but it waves as it waves here and everywhere, the flag of free­ dom, of hope, of home and of civiliza- AU hostilities will cease la the Philip- That territory, my fellow-citizens, the President has ho power to alienate if he were disposed to do so, which he is not. The sovereignty of the United States in the Philippines cannot be given away by a President. That sovereignty is there by right, not by right of conquest only, but by right of solemn treaty. The Presi­ dent of the United States has but one duty to perform, and that is to maintain and establish the authority of the United States in those islands. . " Wherever we have raised our flag we have raised it not for territorial aggran­ dizement, not for national gain, but we have raised it for civilization and human­ ity. And let those lower it who will: I never* travel through this mighty West, a part of the Louisiana purchase. Iowa, part of Minnesota and the Da- kotas, that I do not feel like offering my gratitude to Thomas Jefferson for his wisdom and foresight in acquiring this vast territory. Prosperity and Kdncation. tfrom all over the country tnere arc reports that the enrollments at public and private schools, from the primary grades to the universities, are larger this year than ever before. Some in­ crease mighit have been expected as a uesult of the steady growth of popula­ tion, but the marked gain noted this ae&aon is much more largely due to the general prosperity of the country. Thus the good times that have resulted from wise national policies, from large crops and from good markets not only bring employment to all who seek It, not only afford good investments for all who have money to invest, not oply increase the earning power of both la­ bor and capital and comfcribufce to the comforts and necessities of daily life, but they open the way for more liberal education. Children who had been forced to earn something for the fam­ ily are released from their employment and sent to school. Young men and jfoung women who have had but limit­ ed opportunities for higher education now find themselves able to attend the colleges and universities. The benefits of prosperity are incalculable, but among them one at the gireateet is along educational lines.--Kansas City Journal. iff as a law prohibiting any one but the Havemeyer combination manufactur- lmg or selling sugar. From his exhibi­ tions of monumental gall and selfish­ ness, It is a wonder he has not urged such action by Congress.--Tacoma (Wash.) Ledger. &o Time to Spare. The laboring men who still ding to Bryan ism should take Into considera­ tion this fact: When Bryan made his previous tour through the country they could go and hear him without losing any time whatever from the jobs they didn't have. Now every industriously inclined mechanic and day laborer will have to "lay off" from his Job or miss the speech. The lesson la ' Clear enough.--Indianapolis Journal! One of the Evil*. Those Denver steam whistles which the inhabitants of that city are com­ plaining about aa nuisances are one of the evils of a Republican protective tar­ iff administration. When Republicans are ltn power factories are always run­ ning, whistles blowing, chimneys smok­ ing and like misfortunes worrying the people.--Martinez (Cal.) Contra Costa Gazette. litter A sain. Trust Aided by Democrats. In 1896 we imported over eighty-nines Million dollars' worth of sugar and over^ ninety-nine million dollars' worth of su­ gar in 1897, while in 1898 our imports of sugar fell off to a little over sixty4' million dollars' worth. The . Wilson Tariff was in force in 1896 and most of the year 189? and the increase of sugar importations in 1897 was due to the ef­ forts of the sugar trusts to rush in large quantities of sugar before the; Dlngley Tariff took effect, and they were aided in this effort by Senator Vest of Missouri and other Democratic senators who held up the Dlngley bill until the sugar arrived, aod yet the Democrats pretend to denounce trusts. --Benton (111.) Republican. '• m Ha* Lost Its ' harm. iel Bryan, like the funny man on the American stage, makes "local hits." When he is in the East, the heart of America's commercial life, he lets sil­ ver alone and talks on something more to the Eastern taste. When in the South among his silver-plated followers he talks free silver. In the West he need to whang away on this one "sil­ ver string," but the prosperity of the West under a Protective Tariff and a gold standard has caused the silver tune to lose Its charm for the Western­ ers.--Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune. Whut He Xced®*; i Here is a bright and shining example of the Protection afforded consumers by competition. Without the Doscfeere and Arbuckles there would b'e no cheap sugar. With them the fangs of the Sugar Trust are draiwn, and instead of a, monopoly it is only a large corpora- ,tlon in competition with smaller ones, which have the power to regulate prices. What Mr. Havemeyer seems to need fm not so much modification of the Tar- "i" '• V* * , FTf " **** inn** Bill Bryan on an auttmn day,, In Canttfa, 111., wit making ' Making hay, for the day was fab. And the fair committee brought I there. Down to the depot rushed the throqg. And so Bill' Bryan went along. McKinl^y's traift came rolling And Bryan met it with a grin. J, Hfa grin was wide, and sweet-- it occupied the entire street It rippled with atglad surprise,* 7f * And. echoed in his twinkling eyes. And, 'mid the music of the band. He reached out with his horny hand. ? (His horny hand, with calloused palm. Made so by many a gesture calm. As well as by sawing the gentle «ir To emphasise a point most rare; For the only work His hand had done Was to rake in the £ahr committee's "mun.") And, as he felt McKinley's clasn, "How are you, Bill?" they heaid gasp. Mat Wage-earner--No, I thank you; not any for me. I tried your game in 1892, and know exactly how it works. Pro­ tection is good enough for me. And SHU ThterCry, Labor Commissioner McCormack of Indiana makes the statement that there is work for every one in Indiana who Is willing to work. In referring to the condition of things in the labor field. Mr. McCormack says that the improve­ ment has been wonderful in the last few years, and the prospects are that It will be permanent. And still the Democrats are crying for free silver and hard times.--Logansport (Ind.) Journal. Viewed with Alarm. Notwithstanding the crime of '73 and the "robber tariff" in connection with the present Republican administration, the farmers eliow a degree of prosper­ ity and happiness that must be very trying to Blliy Bryan and his Kttle gang of pessimists, who view It with alarm.--Pomona (Kan.) Republican. A Qwest ion. T*S! If the Tariff is the "mother of trusts" it will be necessary to inquire into th© legitimacy of the British and Gtecman "How are you, Bill?" the President Replied, as o'er the rail he beat. And soon McKinley's speech was d'er. And he was riding on once more. BUI Bryan looked, and sighed: "Aiht DM* That I the President might be. * WI should be glad and free from care, And I should shake the county fair. "I should not have to mark my place, And stop till after the next race. "But I could talk, or I could not; Just as I liked," so Bryan thought. "I would not be," he mused some bmv% "Emblazoned on billboards, galore, "Along with heaps of fancy fruit. And yellow pumpkins, too, to boot. "The bills would not, in letters big, * Say: 'Come and See the Giant Pig. "'And Bide the Merry-Go-Around, And Eat Your Luncheon on the Ground. " 'And Hear the Canton Toot, Brass Band Likewise, Bill Bryan Eloeute.' 4r "They would not sandwich thought: 'Tween heats of the two-forty trot" And then the fair ground's wooden walla Stretched away into stately halls; The fair committee, heavy-Set,^ Turned to a statesman's cabinjfits The set of faces round the track ' '• r Became a Congress at his back}';; And for a moment, heart elate. He dreamed he steered the ship of state. But he looked at the fair-ground fence again, Sadly sighing: "It might have been.", --Josh Wink in Baltimore American. Truth as to Trusts-' Mr. Oxnard's statement that trust* are the result of competition which has taken business beyond a paying point is certainly the truth as applied to most cases. Combinations are the law of present day tendencies, and it is only natural that when competition so re­ duced profits that there was nothing left for the producer, combination should step In to prevent such a slaughter. This does not justify such combinations but merely explains them. It also indicates the foolishness of con­ necting these results with the Tariff. The greater trusts now In the United States were formed under the Gorman- Wilson Tariff system. The greatest trusts in all history have been formed in other countries at other times and under nothing in the shape of a Pro­ tective Tariff system.--Peoria (111.) Journal. Are There Any Fo BlittdY Ten thousand dollars paid to working men and women by four Xenla fac­ tories last Saturday. "The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker;" the dry goods, dealer and the grocer; the clothier, the shoe dealer and the prin­ ter; and every line of trade, and the landlord, each got part of this money. Within a few hours It had passed from hand to hand and had bought the neces­ saries of life to make home comfortable and happy. This is what Internal In­ dustries do for a nation. This Is what the Republican party has long and bravely fought for--Protection to American Industries. Is there a man or woman in our community so blind as to not see that these should be fos­ tered?--Xenla (Ohio) Gazette. -.T^otlViU 1 Utility of Trnsts. a fine thing for Democrats that we have trusts, for without them there would be nothing for Democrats to de­ nounce. Yes, trusts ar? good things to have around when platform making time comes in this country. The Dem­ ocratic* party would be more consistent If her leaders In Congress would help Republicans to annihilate them with good laws on the subject--Wllllams- port (Ind.) Republican. INCIDliHTB. •OUR OR STARTLING, FAITH­ FULLY RECORDED. AtndoW Crime of a Peoria Mall Car- ' rier-ftiot Between Hungarian and Polish Miners--Corn Crops Cat Down ' -»Societies Gleet New Officera. Harry Adair, a mail carrier, shot his wife, Maude.Poor Adair, at Peoria, kill­ ing her instantly. Then he blew his head off with the same gun. The tra­ gedy was prompted by jealousy. Adair On leaving the house at noon told his wife she must not go to see the parade. She had been forbidden to leave the house any day during the corn exposi­ tion. Mrs. Adair talked with her mother after Adair's departure and concluded to •ee the parade. At 0:30 o'clock she re­ turned and Adair met her at the kitchen door. Without warning he sent a charge of buckshot through her heart. Then he killed himself. Adair was 24 years of tge and had been connected with the mail department for eight years. Mrs. Adair was the daughtei* of the late Rev. P. A. Pool. Adair had always been insanely jealous of his wife. '"' • ' v Union Veterans' Union. The annual convention of the Union ^Veterans' Union was held in Peoria. Re­ ports were heard from the standing com­ mittees showing the Union veterans to have enjoyed a successful year's work. Dr. E. P. Bartlett' of Springfield was elected State commander. The other of­ ficers selected are: First deputy com­ mander, William E. Ward, Galesburg; second deputy, J. H. Thornton, Moline; Sergeant general. Dr. R. D. Bradley, 1'e- Oria; chaplain, William Jenks, Ottawa; txecutive committee, L. E. Hannifen, Ot­ tawa; G. M. Stoddard, Moline, and E. fW. Willcox, Rock Island. Galesburg Was selected as the place for holding the next encampment. Killed at s Christening. Af the christening of a child in a Polish family at Auburn, a riot started between the Hungarians and Polanders present, and Stephen Roskie, a Hungarian, was killed. The men work for the Chicago- Virden Coal Company at the Auburn aaine and live in company houses. Sev­ eral men are said to have been injured in the tight, but they would not allow the physicians who were sent to the scene to Bee them. Two men have been held by the friends of Roskie, who are believed to be his murderers. The riot was due to enmity of long standing between the two nationalities. The participants are expected to resist arrest. Illinois' Colored Masons' New Officers. The grand lodge of Illinois, A. F. and A. M., colored Masons, closed at Peoria. Officers were elected as follows: Grand master, Henry E. Burris, Rock Island; deputy grand master, G. C. Lee, Cham­ paign; senior warden, D. D. Lacey, Chi­ cago; junior warden, G. H. Green, Springfield; treasurer, H. C. Gibson, Pe- pria; secretary, R. E. Moore, Chicago; lecturer, L. W. Diekerson, Chicago; trus­ tees of Widows and Orphans' Home, H. E. Burris, H. L. Bartholomew and H. Singleton. Illinois Cora Is DamascH, Depressing reports of the condition of Corn in the great Illinois belt have been teceived at Springfield. Many correspon­ dents believe that the crop will not be more than 80 per cent of aa average. These reports are sent in from a dozen counties in the principal corn-growing district. Immense damage in the aggre­ gate was done to the late corn by the frost and freeze of Sept. 28. The late corn was soft and sappy when caught, and will be fit only for feeding purposes. Freight Locomotive Blown Upb Locomotive No. 896 on the main line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific blew up near Moms, killing Brakeinan Focd. The engineer and fireman escaped with scalds and bruises. Ford was in the cab at the time of the explosion. The locomotive was completely demolished, the freight train badly wrecked and the tracks and roadway torn up for some distance. All traffic was stopped. Howling Has Become Unpopalar. Mr. Bryan Is against trusts, but he hasn't said yet what he would do to throttle them were he' elected Presi­ dent And it may be necessary for him to outline a policy before the people place their undivided confidence In his ability. Mere howliug Isn't popular any more. The voters are too busy with the new McKinley prosperity to listen to Reclamation.--'Winchester (111.) Standard. Nnvlcrs Not Want*4. There isn't any question that William McKinley will be re-employed in 1900 as Advance Agent of Prosperity. Even if the "crops" should be a little short In that year, there will be enough of farm products left over from 1899 to encourage his employers to stick to hiin. The people won't risk a green hand at the buainesa.--Greenville (O.) Courier. / y Makes Them Stutter. ' General prosperity seems to be the hardest thing for the Bryanites to get over. It is a serious impediment in their speech.--Clayton (Minn.) Gazette. Concerts In Gaum. ; Daily concerts are to be given by tha KanH In flnorw Brief State Happenings. Clark Ballon of Piper City was attack­ ed by Vance Sweet 2and Joseph Garty while in Gilman. They demanded his money, but he withstood them until help came. The assailants were arrested. King George, the Australian snake charmer, was bitten in the face at Cairo by a large rattlesnake. The snake was one received a few days before from Weiner, Ark. The man died from the bite. Nearly the entire business portion of Baylis has been destroyed by fire. Ten business houses, one residence, a hotel, the Wabash depot and other smaller buildings were burned. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is over $30,- 000, with insurance of about $20,000. Winfield Scott Mason, Frank Thomp­ son and Fred Dillman of Chicago, who went to the Klondike, in the vicinity of Mount Davidson, in search of some won­ derful streams which a miner told them were rich In gold, have returned, after many adventures and exciting experi­ ences, but without, an ounce of gold. Judge Chetlain of Chicago sustained the constitutionality of the Illinois flag law in deciding the habea£ corpusr pro­ ceedings brought for Neumann & Hirsch- horn, cigar dealers, who were charged with violating the law in using the Hag to advertise their cigars. He held that the law did not interfere with the Fed­ eral statute, establishing and providing for the national colors, and his decision covcrs every argument advanced by the counsel for the Tobacco Dealers' Asso­ ciation in support of their petition for the releasing writ. It is stated that the case will be taken at once to the Su­ preme Court for a final ruling upon the validity of the statute. E. S. Condit, Sr., one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Centralia, died sud­ denly in the eighty-first year of his age. He had been president of the old Nation­ al ,jBpnk for twenty-eight years. One of the'Morlei brothers, Syrian swordsmen, who has been the chief at­ traction at the Streets of Cairo perform­ ance at the corn exposition, has been united in marriage to Miss Emma Blue, an American of Peru. Ind. The cere­ mony was performed by Justice George Sueher at Peoria, and the event was cele­ brated at the Midway after the corn ex­ position closed. Miss Mary W. Pearce of Waukegan and John J. Kellar of Albany, N. Y., were married in Chicago by Rev. W. 11. Notnian. Mrs. Kellar is the, daughter of the Mayor of Waukegan. Mrs. Lena Woolner, wife of Abraham tWoolner of the well-known Woolner fam­ ily, died at Peoria, aged 72 years. She leaves a family of six children. She was horn in Vienna and came to America foi;ty years ago. . In a family row at Ashton Calvijj Walker shot his father-in-law, S. Jack­ son, and his brother-in-law. William Jackson. The bullets were extracted by "Dr. Petermeyer. Walker was arrested. -£$? iwtt-defeftse. J 4r ^ P. M. Potter, a welt-to-do and proml- nent dtisen, died at Faiilraty, aged « years. John V. Fithian of Joiiet has been ap­ pointed census supervisor for the •hrth census district of Illinois. James Crum, one of Can County's early settlers, died, aged 93 years. He went to that county in 1830. About 100 iron workers in the shops of Solomon Brothers in Chicago went out on a strike because they have a griev­ ance about payment of wages. W. A. Hopkins, a young dairyman, committed suicide by shooting himself at Mattoon. Despondency over business re­ verses was the cause. He left a wife and two children. Mrs. Isabelle Bartlitt was convicted of bigamy at Rockford and sentenced to one year at Joiiet. The woman has been married three times, without having ob­ tained a divorce, within three years. An eighteen-inch. vein of silver was found on the farm of C. C. Bailey, near Parkersburg, and citizens are much ex­ cited. William Coombs brought in a fine specimen of gold found on his farm. Colonel Robert Holloway's sale of Clydesdale horses at Monmouth was the largest and most successful ever held in that section. Fifty-one head sold at an average price of over $500. The high­ est figure, $1,000, was paid for Princess Charming. The total aggregated $26,•• 000. Three years ago John C. Hayes left Chicago the owner of $200. He went to Klondike and recently returned the pos­ sessor of a fortune of $300,000. He found waiting for him the girl who ten years ago in Ireland promised to be his wife and whom he had not seen since. They were married. The first effect of the predicted coal famine has already struck Waukegan. As a result the local factory of the American Steel and Wire Company, em­ ploying nearly 1,000 men, had to close down. Superintendent Rice says the shortage is due to scarcity of cars rath­ er than to shortage of coal. Louis Joslin, the most noted beggar is Chicago, died in a cell at the Harri­ son street police station. During the last ten years his income, it is estimated, has been no less than $10 a day. In his death the "barrel houses" that abound in Clark street south of Van Buren street have lost their best customer. In Springfield'1'the State officers of the United Mine Workers of America receiv­ ed a telegram that the operators of the coal mines at Gilchrist and Wanlock, employing 300 miners, agreed to pay the State mining scale of 55 cents. This is the first time in the history of thess mines that the scale has been paid. Chicago excels every other city in the Union with the exception of Greater' New York in the number of pupils in its schools. The membership of the schools in the city is 220,351. Greater New York had an enrollment of 493,849 in September, and Philadelphia comes third with an estimated enrollment of 147,000. The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythiaa finished its labors at East St. Louis and adjourned to meet in 1900 at Danville. The following grand officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: Grand chancellor, Robert McElvain, Smtthboroj grand vice-chancellor, James E. Jewett, Lincoln; grand prelate, Charles M. Cushr- ing, Chicago; grand master-at-arms, Gen, James H. Barkley, Springfield; grand master of exchequer, M. F. Dunlap, Jacksonville; grand inside guard, W. G. Edens, Bloomfield; grand outer guard, James G. Whiting, Canton. Baptiste Rigazio, a miner of Oglesby, lies at iiis home with a bullet wound in his leg and groin and his brothers John and Frank are under arrest for causing his injury. The three men quarreled and Baptiste went to John's home* forced their way into the house and fight followed. The men had revolvers and Baptiste was shot. The other men then continued the fight in a nearby sa loon by breaking windows and show­ cases. When La Salle officers arrived none of the fighters could be found. The next morning the brothers were arrested After a session lasting all day the jc«nt committee appointed at the conference of the international miners' hoisting en­ gineers association in Illinois and the Illinois coai operators' association came to an agreement at Springfield regard­ ing the scale of wages to be paid to the hoisting engineers. The scale is as fol­ lows: For one engineer at a mine, $75 per month; where two are employed, $75 and $05 respectively; where three are employed, $75, $G5 and $00 per month, respectively. This scale Is -for eight-hour days. Where the days are nine or ten hours the pay is to be increased propor­ tionately. The law provides that all the time a mine is running there must be a hoisting engineer on duty. The annexation of Austin to the city of Chicago holds, according to a decision rendered by the Supreme Court. This is the effect of an opinion handed down af­ firming the decision of the Superior Court of Cook County in sustaining trie demurrer and dismissing the bill in the suit of the town of Cicero against the city of Chicago. In its bill of complaint the town of Cicero prayed that the city of Chicago should be enjoined from exer­ cising jurisdiction over that part of the original town known as Austin, which had been annexed to Chicago. The annual convention of the Illinois Baptist societies was held in Monmouth. One hundred pastors registered. The first organization to meet was the Pas­ toral union, which was called to order by W. L. Sanders of Aurora. Secretary Sanders was chosen to succeed himself and Dr. J. F. Burhoe of Rockford was made moderator. The general associa­ tion met with Dr. L. A. Abbott of Up­ per Alton, moderator, and Rev. C. E. Taylor of Rock Island, secretary, in the chairs. Committees were appointed and then Rev. J. F. Howard, El Paso, wel­ comed the seventeen new pastors to the association. Dr. Rugg of Urbana and Dr. Burhic of Rockford responded. The annual sermon was delivered by Rev. S. A. McGay of Bloomington. In deciding the suit of George F. Hard­ ing and others against the American Glu­ cose Company of Peoria, the Supreme Court declared that concern a trust and its charter in violation of the anti-trust laws of Illinois of 1891 and 1892, and therefore void. Julia A. Wilson, of Thackery, spent the other night at the county jail at New Albany, Ind., rather than pay for a night's lodging, and in a handbag that she carried was found deeds, mortgages, and certificates of deposit aggregating $110,00Q. She had traveled as a pauper from her home to New Albany. The Old Swedish Settlers' Club was organized at Chicago the other night by more than 100 Swedes who came to Chi­ cago before the fire of 1871. A meeting has held in Lincoln Hall, in North Clark street, which took the form of a reunion and banquet. In a report to the War .Department Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Anderson, com­ manding the department of the lakes, says Fort Sheridan is in good condition, but in his opinion is too expensive for a small garrison. No provision has been made in the barracks for company messes; and general messing does not meet the approval of any considerable proportion e<F,<a^t;ers. BUSINESS SITUATION. Chicago Correspondence: 'The money market continues to be the interesting point in the business as well as the speculative situation. Rates have worked considerably lower, although they are still well above the normal and prom­ ise to stay so during the remainder of the month at least. During the last few days call money in New Yerk has ruled at about 5 per cent, while time loans .for all periods from thirty days to six months have been quoted at 6 per cent. The offer of the Treasury Department to discount the interest on the public debt up to July 1, 1900, was largely re­ sponsible for the easing up of the East­ ern money market. It is hardly likely that any great amount of government funds will be released through this means, but the proposition exerted an important influence nevertheless in that it almost immediately checked the ten­ dency of a .clique of money brokers to ma­ nipulate rates. There has been no strin­ gency in the generally accepted sense of that term. Conditions have been such, however, as to make it possible for a few people to mark up rates to such an ex­ tent as to bring about considerable dis­ turbance in the speculative markets. Speculation in grain was not particular* ly active during the week, but the re­ verse was true of the demand for imme­ diate requirements. Heavy foreign buy­ ing orders were in the market for wheat, corn and oats, more especially ?or the coarse grains; the only limit to the ship­ ments of the latter was the cars and ves­ sels to convey them, which were far be­ hind the demands. Exports for the week of more than 5,000,000 bushels of wheat and flour and over 4,000,000 bushels of corn offer irrefutable evidence of the need of the importing nations for Amer­ ican grain, Prices did not advance any for wheat, notwithstanding the activity of the for­ eign demand. This was because of a pre­ vailing impression that much of that pur­ chased was as a precaution against re­ mote possibilities connected with war in the Transvaal. Another reason why speculative buying of futures lagged ber hind the Immediate demand for the ex­ isting commodity was the ease with which the great foreign shipments could be spared, as indicated by the visible supply. Stocks of corn and oats in sight not being so conspicuously liberal as those of wheat, the shipping demand for the former had a more stimulative effect up­ on prices. WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. Klmberly is garrisoned by a force Wt 2,500. It is believed Mafeking will never sur­ render. Gen. White has 15,000 men under h's command. - £ .̂ Women and children have been sent )ack to Cape Town. Englishmen are transportad to lbs Jrontier free of charge. • Germans of all classes ar# said to be prejudiced for the Boera. Col. Plumer, with 600 men on . the northern frontier, is cut off. Rhodesia* to the north of the Trans' vaal is completely at the Boers' mercy. In many instances different members a® the same family are taking opposite sides. The force under Col. Baden-Powell con­ sists largely of expert colonial marksmen. At Mafeking the buildings are fortified, Intrenohments thrown up and mines axe laid. Gen. Oronje, a veteran Boer command- ant, has a force estimated at more than 6,000. The closing of parliament at Cape Town occurred without any rrfnraiinn to &e war. The Transvaal has never been regarded S* other than a vassal state to Great Britain. Five hundred Britishers applied to the Landdrost for permission to remain la Pretoria. Paris dispatches continue to narrate the hostile attitude of Franoe towards England. Mafeking is cut off by 2,000 Boers, who crossed the border forty miles south of the town. Every man or boy who can carry a gun gladly volunteered to fight with the forces in the trenches of Cape Town. It is reported that the Boers have been trying to induce the Basutos to aid the enemies of England and have failed. A rumor is afloat iu\British towns that the Boers intend tofflfod the mines. All those in the Rand have been closed. Reports say that the British plan Is to limit the first engagements to defen­ sive measures, driving back Bo«>raids. President Steyn of the Orange Free Shite issued a strong appeal to his burgh* 9s to unite and resist English aggre»» sion. The British forces at Mafeking are commanded by Lieut. Col. Baden Powell of the Fifth Dragoons, a distinguished fighter. It will seem a miracle to many observe ers if the small force at Mafeking does not suffer a repetition <xf the Majuba Hjji • cau.au • Two trains loaded with refugees from the Transvaal .came together at Victoria West, Cape Colony, and nine persons were killed. Mafeking is the-uearest British camp west of the Transvaal. North of this po­ sition tlie British are encamped at Ra- Siathlabama. The announcement of President Steyn that the Orange Free State would make "common cause with the Transvaal" waa not surprising. Gen. White has supreme command in Natal, Gen. Symons has the fourth divis­ ion of the army corps and Baden Powell has command in Bechuanaland. Mr. Conyngham Greene, the British agent, and his staff bade farewell to President Kruger Wednesday afternoon and then took a train for Cape Town. In the United States District Coutt Judge Allen rendered an important de­ cision, involving the entire construction of the bankruptcy act. The case was that of Mrs. Nancy E. Gast, owner of Sa valuable farm near Girard, who filed « petition in bankruptcy, scheduling assets at $24,000 and liabilities at $21,00& Sev­ en holders of mortgages in various of the property sought to for pendent of the bankruptcy act. C. Hamilton, trustee of the banjfflfcpk asked for leave to sell all the property free and clear of mortgages. Judge Al­ len, in his decision, held that the bank­ rupt court had full power over all mort­ gages and dower interests, and that they must go into the bankrupt court. The practical effect of the decision is to com- < pel the sale of estates wMch are mort- gaged to the full extent of their value bj^ the District Court, and the claim is made that the referees and trustees in suctt cases can claim and take from the pro­ ceeds of the sale their legal percentage upon the amounts which are payable to the mortgagees. Secretary of State Rose has mailed each of the 30,000 corporations in the State an affidavit to be signed and swora to by the secretary of the corporation to the effect that said corporation is not ' connected with any trust. The law pro­ vides that if the affidavit is not filed with the Secretary of State within thirty days of the time the notice is sent out the de» linquent corporation shall be fined $50 for eacn day after thirty days aad tut' char- , ter revoked. The penalty for being con­ nected with any trust is a fine not exceed­ ing $500 for the first offense, not lew than $500 or over $2,000 for the second offense, not under $2,000 and not exceed­ ing $5,000 for the third offense, not un­ der $5,000 or exceeding $10,000 for the fourth offense and $15,000 and Imprison" ment in jail after the fourth offense; In case the affidavit is not filed within thirty | days of sending the notice the Attorney J General is to commence proceedings against the delinquents. ; i i ^ "; ; - I The sureties in the bond of the lst« State Treasurer, Rufus N. Ramsay, re­ ceived a severe Setback when the $u-> preme Court of Illinois decided against them. On Nov. 10, 1894, Ramsay died, and four days later Governor Altgeld ap­ pointed his son Elijah P. Ramsay, his successor. Upon his taking charge of the office it was found that there should have been $1,570,384.14 in the treasury, but there was on-ly $1,051,843.62, a shortage of $478,539.52. Those directly concerned in the decision are: John A. King, John H. Witbeck, Elbridge G. Keith, Edson Keith, Andrew McNally, William A. Hammond, Edward S. Dreyer, Charles L. Hutchinson and Ernest A. Hamilton. The sureties had set up a claim to pie- furred creditors and the claim Ind been allowed by the lower courts. * • " 'I--'• ' f At a recent meeting of the State Board of Agriculture a resolution was adopted " that will have the effect in the future of fully acquainting the public with the financial transactions of the board. It provides that after the January jneetlng of the board there shall be puMfahed in pamphlet or circular form a complete rec­ ord of the board's receipts and- expendi­ tures of money, showing every item, the amounts received from gate receipts, from entries, from sales of concessions, etc., and, on the other hand, to whom, for what purpose and on what dates, all moneys were paid out. The resolution was offered by Mr. Rossiter of Chicago and was seconded by Mr. Love joy of the ninth district. It was not debated and was adopted by. u|>ani^nous vote--ail members and officers fave^g' ̂ ^ | Attorney General Akin has rendered an important opinion to the 'State Board of Health regarding the medical pmefciei# act. The Attorney Geneirii 'hefd ihat the act was for the examination of more than to license them, and gives tfce board power to revoke eertiMcats* of physicians in the State uiideir or any previous act. He advise^ th^thoard^io act under this opinion until tbe Supreme Court decides otherwise. 1 '* - ; Attorney General Akin has rendered an opinion that foreign banking corporations doing business In the State ai«e subject to the rules and regulations provided In the State banking law for State banks In so far as they pertain to making reports to the State Auditor and being subject to examination by the bankang depai&nent. Heretofore foreign ,bai»kt«g corporations ; haye not been called upon to, report. ̂ ; • .•""ifc'Nt The assessment of Illinois by the local assessors has t^een completed, with the exception of Cook County. The total) increase over 1898, under the old law, fat $30,5(50,308; total decrease. $26,988,758, or net increase over the 1808 assessment, outside of Cook County, $3,571,550. At a meeting of the.State board «4t% dental examiners the other day the fol* lowing resolution was adopted by a unan­ imous vote: "Resolved, That no examinat­ ion in the future will be held by Illinois State board of dental exasussrSr in any other than the English language." Governor Tanner has appointed A. Jones of Robinson State Food Commlar sioner, vice T. S. Chapman resigned. The appointee is a lawyer and trustee of tfee Eastern Illinois Normal School. . • |f The State live stock commissioner# have appointed Harry Jones of Williams- ville. W. H. Curtiss of Marengo and TP- B. Newby of Pana as assistant St&tfr veterinarians. " . s' in 5 THE STATE METROPOUS. C J -ei-f-rr- Mr. Hoffmeyer, the Afrikander leader, whose efforts have been strenuous in the fnterests of peace in the Transvaal diffi­ culty, is so chagrined at the outcome that he is reported to have broken down and to be in a dying condition. It is understood that Sir Red vers Bul- ler intends to so conduct the eainpaign as to involve as little bloodshed as pos­ sible. He thinks no advance will be made before February. Two weeks ago the Boers could have commenced hostilities, with a tremendous advantage in view of England'^, unpre­ pared condition. They could have swept Natal and driven the British far back from all along the border. , The feeling in France will not be soon forgotten by England. The sentiment of the country during the American war with Spain is dwelt on and her alienation from the Anglo-Saxon spirit of progress Mrs. Harriet Elliott, one of the settlers "of Chicago, died at her after a protracted illness. She wis years of age. Paul Feucher fell fourteen feet from the roof of a house, striking on a fence. His right arm was broken and right luag punctured. * The wife of Frank Con lee went into her husband's room and found htea lyin# on a cot dead. A bucket of beer, half; consumed, stood on the floor near hiai. Dr. John C. Kennedy, head of th*. Paralytic Institute of Chicago, and one of the moat successful advertising phy­ sicians in the country, died of ehroai% gastritis, aged 05 years. Patrick Dougherty, a resident of the North Side since I8C1O, died at Ms i»e*V dence. Mr. Dougherty was born in West- port. Count}- Mayo. Ireland, in 1K»0. In 18G5 he became a member of the Chicago; police force and retained his position mi* til retired under the twenty-years* SNS •] 4-;-" . - ,..f . J* 1C. .. *Jk i dl i