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31892- 10.39 Bushel) 6Ttochper§ a.66B^lSj wcochpei^Ji tide tw* JSSraWt] .ihorecorn >CS3 Taeoij CL Shorter Corn Tltaket LOOK AT THIS LOSS, is. Moreover, the very low price THE PLA1NDEALER ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. THE STATE CAPITAL] J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. ALARMING DECREASE IN 1 PORTS OF THIS COUNTRY, SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH FULLY RECORDED. WHAT ILLINOIS- LEGISLATURE; IS DOING. ILLINOIS. Will the man-of-war of the future be manned by women? Johann Most's "presence has been de­ tected in,Detroit" But perhaps it was sewer gas. _____ An Indiana lover, who was recently rejected by a Chicago?girl speaks of her as "a swell-foot tyrant." This 1s a slander, though it is not baseless. A notable Instanee -of retribution soofner or later overtaking the malefac­ tor is the suicide of the man' Who manu­ factured the first hand organs in this -country. •_ It isn't easy to raise money anywhere just now, but some fellow over in Omahai appears to have been doing it very successfully with a pen, making $10 bills out of $1 ones. A Kansas City paper lias learned that "a cousin of President Diaz of Mexico has been gored in the arena." It will probably go hard with him if his arena was damaged much. Actor Crane has issued a protest against modern, plays whose themes are impure. "And yet Mr. Crane's re­ cent production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" was quite an artistic suc­ cess, we believe. That Jamestown (X. D.) man who "forgot his wife" and eloped with an­ other woman is no worse than many ottj^r men who have done the same thing. Usually,* however, the derelict husband also forgets to mention his for- getfulness. natural rights sanctioned by the law, but;, man has no natural right to ba single at thirty-two. He' is under every, possible" obligation to be married at that, time, and in remaining single he simply shirks, evades, dodges and runs away from his duty. Every man must) be made responsible" for the support of one woman, and if he is not, some other fellow has to support half a dozen. Therefore make the bachelors pay. John Sullivan, a youngster residng at Chicago, recently bought two large re­ volvers and a bowie knife and left, home after announcing his intention to "go out West and fight Indians." This case might be permitted to pass unno­ ticed were it not. for the fact that John Sullivan is a type instead of an indi­ vidual. The blood-and-thunder novels are continually sending out new heroes to destroy the supposititiousred man. Last fall six' Chicago boys left in a body for "the West" to kill IndLans. They were gone three hours. There is a good remedy for this. Change the bby's reading. If he still per­ sists in his bloodthirsty desire to slaughter Indians change his course of thought by starting his blood to cir­ culating right. Use the slipper. Total Loss of Two Hundred Millions of Dollars--Nebraska's Good Move- Effect of the Gorman Tariff on To­ bacco GroWers. It is a wonderful thing that oysters, after they have been brought away from the sea, know by instinct the hour when the tide is rising and approaching their beds, and so of their own accord open their shells to receive their food from the sea, as if they were still at home. Some fellow with a vivid imagina­ tion and plenty of time to waste has revived the discussion concerning what Jeff Davis really wore when lie was captured. What possible interest can there be now in that incident? Suffice it to say it was the close of tbi Confederacy. A New York genius has invented an infernal machine which grinds out sev­ eral thousand pies a day wjtnout the in­ tervention of human /Tuinds. What chance does the great American stom- ash have against the allied agents of indigestion? Smash the aHtoiriatie pie machine and close the foundry. At New York the typewriter girl be­ came a heroine; While D. H. McConnell, treasurer of the Union Publishing Com­ pany, was pouring alcohol from a bottle near a burning gas jet in his office the paper caught lire and he was enveloped . in flames. Ilis life was threatened, but Josephine Sawyer, a typewriter, applied her apron to the blaze. After the res­ cue Miss Sawyer gave the fiual proof of heroism by fainting. During last year the American people managed to use up nearly eighteen mill­ ion bunches of bananas, the exact num­ ber reported being 17,864,714. Of these New Orleans;received about one-third, New Vork nearly a quarter, Philadel­ phia a sixth, Boston more than one- ninth, Mobile a tenth, and Baltimore one-eighteenth part, the small remain­ der being distributed among^other re­ ceiving points. Stated to the nearest million and tenth of a million bunches these bananas were contributed as follows: By Jamaica, 5.2; Cuba, 3.0; Honduras, 3.0; Colombia, 2.4; Blue- fields, 2.1; Costa Rica, 1.5; and other countries, 0.0. The Northern ports ob­ tain the most of their bananas from the West Indies, Jamaica and Cuba, while New Orleans chiefly receives from South and Central America. . The trade is an important one interiorly, but it is of no small consequence as an ltem~of ocean transportation. The imports of the one year composed no less than 1,37(5 cargoes. The consumption per year averages more than one bunch to every four persons in this country, and appears not to have reached its per capita limit, as men engaged in the business report indications of a steady growth of the article in popular favor in the United States. A certain old Scotch lady was once protesting against the resignation of her pastor. The worthy man tasted sweetness in her words, but wishing modestly to comfort her in the thought that all was not lost in his departure, bid her not to worry. "You'll get a better man after I'm gone." But how was the tine edge of her compliment taken off by her remonstrating reply: "Na, na! We've had four pastors al­ ready, and every one's been worse than the rest!" Love must have expression, or it will die. It can be kept forever, beau­ tiful and blessed as at first, by giv­ ing constant utterance in word and act. The more it is allowed to flow out in delicate attentions and noble service. Indian Bargains. f Indian travel is full of surprises, pleasant and otherwise. A gentleman wishing to purchase some of the beau­ tiful cashmere shawls which are made not fat- from Delhi, went to one of the largest establishments in the city. The merchant showed him a book in which were travelers' written recommenda­ tions of his wares. Among the recom­ mendations was this one in German: "I have bought shawls of this man, and think I got them cheap, but do not offer him a third of what he asks.". The gentleman selected two very beautiful cashmere shawls and asked the price. The merchant, after a little consulta­ tion with his clerks, said: "I have not sold a shawl to your par­ ty. I sell you very, very cheap. You may have these shawls for fourteen hundred rupees." "Absurd! Let us go!" said the gen­ tleman, having in mind the German's advice; dud he walked away. "Don't go!" said the merchant; "make me an offer." "I will give you four hundred rupees for both shawls." To his astonishment the merchant sai<jl: "Take them, sir; I will send them to your hotel." At Jaipur the same traveler lodged in an hotel conducted by a native but owned by the rajah. He found the fol­ lowing amusing notices posted in va­ rious places: "If visitors are not sat­ isfied with the fare or cooking, they can deduct from the bill what they con­ sider fair?' "Guests are requested not to strike the servants." '•Visitors wish­ ing ice are requested to give a day's notice and name how much they re­ quire." Wilsonism Is Costly. The brief summary of our import and export trade for February that has been published enables more interest­ ing comparison. We first take our ex­ ports of domestic products for eight months ending Feb. 2S during the last six years, from 1890-1895 inclusive, as follows: -- »--. ' ;•••• •' Domestic exports for 6ight months end­ ing Feb. 28: Value. 1S90 §002,875,0S0 1891..... 015,213,257 1892.... 728,723,954 1893 ...... 578.170,139 1894. 019,377,183 1895 549,000,040 It will be seen that during the three years ending Feb. 28, 1S92, our Exports of American products and manufac­ tures amounted to almost $1,950,000.- 000, Whereas during the three subse­ quent years ending Feb. 28, 1895, our exports were less than $1,750,000.000,. showing a decrease of $200,000,000 in the total exports of American products and manufactures in the more recent period. ' Turning next to our imports during the same months of the same years we have the following: Imports for eight months ending Feb. 28: 1890 . $504,(504,780 1891. 540,510,150 1892 j; 523,777,741 1893... .. 007,917,142 159 4 415.415,102 1595 400,243,447 In each of the three first periods there was an excess of exports over imports, the total up to Feb. 28, 1892, reaching $377,859,020. During the sub­ sequent periods the excess of exports was 'only $247,038,211. During the eight months ending Feb; 2S, 1893, our imports exceeded our Exports by near­ ly $30,000,000, and for the whole of the later period our excess of exports was $130,221,409 less than during the earlier period from 1890-1S92. The following is a summary of the com­ parisons: July to February: 1S90-92, excess of exports., .$377,859,(520 1893-95, excess of exports.. . 247,(538,211 Stifrt of stfgar now ruling must entirely .pre­ clude all possibility of raising; sugar .at a profit-, unlep some State or na- tional aid be granted to those engaged in business. / Experience has unfortunately shown the sugar producers of the United States that no dependence can be plac­ ed upon Congressional action tending to stimulate this new industry by means ot a bounty. Hence it is all the more gratifying, to find that the State of Nebraska has promptly stepped in not only for the relief of its own citi­ zens, but also to promote and encour­ age a pew industry which .will supply one of the necessary commodities of li£e for consumption within its own borders.1 This will stimulate the value* of property, increase settlement-and enhance the worth of,its lands, and it will help to relieve our markets of a surplus of other products. , Free Trade's Seat of Industry. Loss, 1S93-95.. v.- .$130,221,409 A Comparison. Corn Consumed in the U.S. the stronger and more satisfying and more blessed it will be. The house becomes home only when love drops its heavenly manna in it fresh every day; and the true marriage vow is not inade once for all at the altar, but by loving words, helpful services, and del­ icate attentions to the end. The Japanese Government promptly disavowed the action of the fanatic who shot at Li Hung Chang in Shimonoseki and expressed its regret. In an official circular it. stated that in accordance with international usages it had ac­ corded the Ambassador a suitable es­ cort and had ordered its functionaries to receive him with honor. In closing the Emperor said: "The culprit must receive the severest punishment pro­ vided by law," and that "other official subjects must respect our wishes to preserve the glory of our country un­ tarnished, and must provide against the recurrence of such violence." Except in the contingency of Li Hung Chang's death, the assault could hardly affect the peace negotiations. Japan made every possible apology for the occur­ rence, for which the government was no more responsible than was our own for the acts of Guiteau or Booth. There are fanatics everywhere, and no one can tell when they will break out into violence. In view of the cruelty which the Chinese more than once have prac­ ticed upon the Japanese, it is little won­ der that the crazy culprit in this case assaulted Li Hung Chang, go New York World: It is proposed in one of the. Western States that a man who is thirty-two years of. age and un­ married Shall be declared a bachelor, and shall pay a tax to the State for being and continuing a bachelor, unless he can prove to a jury of women that lie has three times proposed marriage to eligible damsels and cannot get any one to marry him. The tax, or fine, thus levied upon such an offender shall be allowed to accumulate in the State Treasury until it reaches the sum of $50,000, when it shall be devoted to founding, establishing and equipping a home for old maids; that is to say, for unmarried women advanced in life who have lost the opportunity of being the wives and mothers of the community, through the delinquency of that very sort of men compelled to pay the tax. This excellent bill should become & law without delay. All our rights are Trying the New Horse. When the new purchase--harnessed, we will assume, to a two-seated wagou --is brought around for the first drive, he is received in gloomy silence, the young ladies being disgusted with his color. They expected a strawberry roan, or at least a rich bay, whereas he is of a shade which they stigmatize at once as "yellow ochre." The eldest son, who by continually frequenting the nearest livery stable has acquired some reputation in the family as a horseman, would be glad to suggest curb or quarter-deck, or weakness in the off knee; but being overawed by the superior authority of the vet, he contents himself with a critical exam­ ination of the animal's eye, in which he professes to discover a spirit of devilish malignity that bodes ill for life and limb. Cheered by this prophecy, the family take their seats, paterfamilias firmly grasping the reins, and preparing for the worst. The first drive with a new horse is commonly one of silent and resolute^anticipation. That the animal will behave well no one expects. The only doubt is as to whether lie will stand still and kick, run away, or sud­ denly develope some incurable disease; but as mile after mile is slowly but steadily reeled off without accident, the horse exhibiting no special depravity and no signs of lameness, the spirits of paterfamilias rise. He touches the, new steed with his whip, cuts out an express wagon in grand style, and finally brings up with a flourish at the home curb­ stone. Already the new horse has passed from the awful region of the mysteri­ ous to that of the homely and familiar, and, now presents himself to the im- agmation of~Tlis~uwners, not as an un­ known brute, but as a faithful^Dobbin, destined, let us hope, to a long and user ful career.--The Century. The Tobacco Trade. The growers of tobacco and the to­ bacco trade generally are. interested in watching the effect of the Gorman tariff upon the imports of tobacco. This we give, by request, for live months of the new tariff period, ending Jan. 31, 1895, in comparison with the corresponding five months a year ear­ lier, at the port of Now York, as fol­ lows: Imports of tobacco Sept. 1 to Jan. 31: 1893-94. Pounds. .. .1.118,043 . .3,007,199 . . 108,085 "Wrappers .. Other leaf.. Cigars, etc. Value. $1,17(5,003 1,434,788 519,539 Total 4,893.927 $3,130,330 1894-95. Pounds. \Yrappers .. . Other leaf . .. Cigars, etc. .., . 1.779.500 .5.81(5.470 . 123,459 Value. $2,270,744 2,048,581 574.841 i The Kodak Fiend. Mrs. Tibbits (in railroad wreck)--My poor husband! All that we can be thankful for is that we die together. Mr. Tibbits (faintly)--Quick, my dear! Your arm don't seem to be broken. Get just one exposure before the survivors come.--Judge. • The Single Taxer--How is the earth divided? New Convert--Between those that have it and those that want it,-- Philadelphia Record. - • v • . Totals w,... .7,719,429 $4,894,109 Including wrapper and other leaf to­ bacco and cigars, we have imported, under the Gorman tariff, nearly 2,000,- 000 pounds more tobacco in the five months than we did a year earlier. The additional amount of money sent out of the country was $1,704,000, which might very much better have been used to buy American grown to­ bacco, so that the money could have been circulated among our own farm­ ers, who are not receiving exorbitant prices for their tobacco crops. During these free-trade times they will appre­ ciate the fact that $1,704,000 have been taken out of their pockets in five months by the action of the free-trade party in Congress. Meeker's Bad Mess. The State Department recently cir­ culated a report from Consul Meeker, Bradford, England, to the effect that American woolen gopds were being sold in the Bradford market Our worthy Consul seems to have gone off at half cock. After firing off his first report he proceeded to investigate the subject, learning that only one case of samples of American cloth had been furnished to one Bradford house to try aud have their fabric placed in the Indian and South African markets. Consul Meeker's anxiety to find a foreign market for American goods, now that our wall of protection has been smashed down, evidently got the better of lils~discretion. The Department ought not to have cfl^ju- lated such a stoij without proper in- vestigation at this end, at least. In­ quiries should have been made from our manufacturers aud exporters. Follow This Example. The State of Nebraska is .going the right way to work to encourage the growth of sugar beets and the produc­ tion of beet sugar within its own boun­ daries. It has never been questioned that the cost of producing beet sugar in this country, is higher than in Eu­ rope, owing to the better rate of wages that is paid for labor in the United The Statehouse at Springfieldj Dam­ aged $>25,000 by Fire Saturday- Vice President Stevenson Talks of the Interstate Loan Association. Fire at the Capitol, Fire broke out Saturday in the Senate wing of the vState House at Springfield, sj^nd fanned by the fierce gale which was blowing, raged for an hour and caused" a damage of-$25jOOO. For a tinie .it was feared the whole State House would be ruined. - The firemen were compelled to go on the roof and chop holes in the Metal sheathing and run their streams in that way. When the streams began to play the fire had crept along from the Senate wing to the base of the dome. Here, for­ tunately, was a brick fire wall completely shutting off the rest of the building. The strong wind, however, caused the flames to burn fiercely and dense volumes of smoke to penetrate all quarters of the State House. The water leaked through the Senate ceiling, causing considerable water damage to the frescoes and orna­ mental reliefs in the Senate chamber. The smoke has probably caused considerable damage to the walls. The origin of the fire is supposed to have been a tinner's furnace which had been left on the roof by the men who were engaged in making repairs.. There is no insurance, as it has never been the custom of the State ,to insure its property. A large force of men lias been set to work to repair the dam­ age. Senator Hnmer thjnks the Senate will not be able to usa the room again this session. The most serious condition is in the room of the enrolling and en­ grossing clerk of the Senate. Bank Clearings Talk. Probably the best comparison that can be Instituted between the workings of the Gorman tariff and the McKinley tariff is to make it by the bank clear­ ings. beginning from the date of the. passage of each law. This wilj give us an idea of the total volume of business transacted throughout the United States at each period, and must deter­ mine under which law we prosper most. Taking the bauk clearings, as compiled by Bradstreet's, for each month from last September until the close of February, aud comparing these figures with the bank clearings at the time of the passage of the McKinley tariff, we have the following results: Bank clearings Sept. 1 to Feb. 28: Gov. Altgeld restoredxthe rights 0f zenship to Joseph Sullivan, of Lee Coun­ ty, who served one ..year in prkonfor grand larceny. It is asserted that Dr. Roy Wilcox, who mysteriously disappeared fiom Elgin, bought a ticket for Omaha. He was soon to marry a St. Louis girl. The marriage ot MIsb Belle Burrows, daugh­ ter of Lowber Burrow?;, the Decatur banker, and Walter M. Str-s6ge, of Minneapolis, Minn., was celebrated Thursday. A reception was 'given. ... ' *•' • The election contest case at Quiney. has been dropped by the Republicans. The fight wa# between Gus Roth, Demo­ crat, the present sheriff, and James Rob- bius, Republican candidate for the office. 'Seventeen iniles of the'Hennepin canal is now ready for use. The, portion of the canal completed last, fall was publicly opened Wednesday afternoon by Captain Marshall, chief of engineers, in the pres­ ence of 2(50 business men from Daven­ port. Rock Island and Moline. The par­ ry was taken to the lower lock by the steamer W. J. Y oungjuid from there was. taken to a point Seven miles from fire- mouth of the canal by the Lone Star and barge. The'locks work perfectly and will soon be used regularly for barges bring­ ing coal from the rich fields pierced by the completed section of the canal. At Vandalia, Louis Sturgeon. 18, shot himself and is now in a critical condition. Sturgeon had been paying attentions to Miss Phillips, the pretty daughter of the Rev. >lr. Phillips, aud the young couple hud decided to marry. The parents of the young man opposed. Sturgeon called on Miss Phillips and talked the matter over. With hor. They decided to elope. Then ^Sturgeon said his father would never forgive him, and started to leave the house, saying he did not care to live. Miss Phillips tried to encourage him, when he drew the weapon from his pocket and, turning to her. said: "I shall end this.trouble right here," and fired the shot. An Impartial Record of, the Wor* Accomplished by Those .Who Slakd Our Laws-How the Time Has Been; . . . . ' . ' m Occupied Boring the Past Wset. f Month. 1894-95. 1890-91. Sept .. $3,483,727,495 $4,900,538,442 Oct ... 4,228,287,550. 5,705,089,919 Nov .'.. 4,103,494,202 5,330,201,085 Dec ... 4,249,248,008 4.752,340,004 J an . .. 4,304,874.055 4,890,037.505 Feb . .. 3,384,015,518 3,894,929,512 Total..$23,814,246,888 $29,479,197,(5(57 Including in the McKinley era the month of September, immediately prior to the enactment of our best protective tariff, we find that the aggregate of bank clearings from September, 1S90, to the end of February, 1891, exceeded twenty-nine billions of dollars. Since the Gorman tariff became law until the close of February, our bank clear­ ings were less than twenty-four bil­ lions of dollars. The actual difference was $5.(554,950,779, and by this amount the country has already lost, in its total volume of trade, under our pres­ ent free trade, tariff as compared with the amount of business that was trans­ acted in the early months of Mclvipley protection. HongliKli Letter 'lids. We received a letter from a member of the United States Senate a few days ago which was written upon English stationery! Although the loyal mem­ bers of that body were In a minority, it seems to us that they ought to at least have the right to insist that Amer­ ican stationery should be used by American law makers. The idea that the United States Senate should be fur­ nished with English stationery for its use is only another illustration of the foreign ideas and the foreign interfer­ ence policy of the present administra­ tion. Our own country's interests must not be regarded when they would inter­ fere with those of a foreigner.--Ameri­ can Economist. A Word on Wool. We do not wish to wound any feel­ ings, but it is in order to remark that 10V^-cent wool in the seaboard market is not what was promised by the ad­ vocates of free wool. We are tempted to remind further some of our friends the enemy that the market for 26-cent wool seenig^o have closed with the close of their disastrous campaign of 1894. What that high-priced wool had to do with the sad and serious reverse of the5 free woolers no tongue may ever tell. It had its effect, beyond doubt. Peo­ ple read about it, could get no closer to it and got desperately hot in the collar.--Wheeling Intelligencer. The Victims Want Wages. In 1890 and again in 1892 we heard something about the "tariff being re­ vised by its victims." Siuce the tariff lias been revised the victims have made up their minds that there is a good deal more id a demand' for work at good wages than there is in a low tariff and low wages and no demand for labor.-- Dally Republican, Decatur, 111. Democratic Orators, Attention. There are said to be ninety millions of people in Africa who do not wear clothes. What a bonanza for the free­ traders who are hunting the markets of the world.--Inter Ocean. The Democratic Way. Stirs Up the People. The proposed legislative investigation of the Interstate Building aud Loan Asso­ ciation of Bloouiington, of which Vice- President Stevenson is the president and which is one of the oldest and best known of the many similar institutions operating there, caused a good deal of commotion in that community, in which every one is directly or indirectly interested in such concern. The examiners from the Audi­ tor's office had just completed their ex-, animation and it is now known had made a favorable report. The attack made by Mr. Lowenthal's resolution upon the pres­ ident of the association, the Hon. A. E. Stevenson, vice-president of the United States, rendered it all the more sensa­ tional, especially in Bloomington, Mr. Stevenson's home. Mr. Stevenson said: "The Interstate Building and Loan Asso­ ciation is solvent. This will appear from the official statement of the Auditor, which has just been completed. Of course shareholders who are dissatisfied can, as provided by statute and the by-laws of the association, present their certificates and receive the amounts due upon them. Any stockholder who desires to examine the books and the loans is at perfect liberty to do so. The affairs of the company have just undergone a careful examina­ tion by the officers from the Auditor's otlice, with the result above, stated. I personally know that this company Mia.sjf been managed with the greatest possible care and attention. I have devoted a great deal of time to it myself and know that the amounts paid to Mr. Ewing, my law partner, oV that I at any time have received through him, were no more than just compensation for the services actual­ ly rendered. A great deal of labor has been performed in the m.ere matter of the examination of abstracts of title for pro­ posed loans.- I need hardly add that in the organization of the association the preparation of forms, etc., much impor­ tant and laborious legal services was ren­ dered. It is hardly to be supposed that the services I have enumerated, involving great labor and responsibility, could be rendered without reasonable equivalent. The matter of compensation for these ser­ vices was properly one of agreement be­ tween the secretary and the attorney. That the services indicated were valua­ ble is manifested by the past history and the present solvent condition of the asso­ ciation." A telegram received from Auditor Gore says: "Our examination of the Interstate Building and Loan Association of Bloom­ ington, made with reference to its condi­ tion March 1, 1895. discloses the fact that it is in a solvent condition and that dur­ ing the last year its surplus has increased very largely over what it was last year." Record of the Week. John Brown, colored, was sentenced to two years in prison at Waukegan for stealing an overcoat. Robert Obee, ofJlIighland Park, was run over and killed while trying to board a freight train at Lakeside. A temple of Rathbone Sisters of Illi­ nois was instituted at Fairburv, with a charter member list of over forty. - An order has been issued for the elec­ tion of a captain for Company K, Fourth infantry, I. N. G., at Effingham. The dry goods firm of S. G. Austin & Co. at Dixon, was closed by the sheriff on a judgment for $5,400. The liabilities are $8,0iX), assets about $12,000. Governor Altgeld honored the requisi­ tion of the Governor of Michigan for the surrender of James Donovan and Albert Johnson, wanted at Battle Creek for house breaking and under arrest in Chi­ cago. Robert Todd, of Elgin, who served three years in the penitentiary for assault to murder, and Henry Engler, of Peoria, who served one year for forgery, have been restored to citizenship by the Gov­ ernor. ) Adjutant General Orendorff has adver­ tised for proposals for furnishing 3,000 blouses and trousers and the same num­ ber of overcoats and fatigue caps for the Illinois National Guard. These uni­ forms are to be delivered at Springfield by July 1. Honorable discharges from the service of the State have been granted to Pri­ vates Walter P. Taylor, Company I, First infantry, and George R. Parker, of Com­ pany K, First infantry. John McNulta, receiver of the whisky trust, has employed as his stenographer Miss Belle Blue, a young colored woman of Bloomington. She has gone to Chi­ cago to assume her duties. Fred Nightlinger. aged 17 years, had his arm crushed at Marshall while coupling cars. He was working at a mill and went out on the switch to practice. The frac­ tured arm was amputated. Schools in and about McCowen have been closed on account of measles. In McCowen there are no less than twenty cases. A new trial was denied to Julius Schwa- macher, of Peoria, who was convicted^of burglary a few days ago and whose term of imprisonment in the penitentiary was fixed at five years. Judge Epler has decided that soldiers, inmates,of the Illinois Soldiers' Home at Quiney, who had wives living in other towns, must go to the towns where their twives live to vote. A large portion of the 1,100 inmates have wives living elsewhere. The residence of the wife, the judge holt s, is the legal home of the husband. According to the terms of the will of the late Anton C. Hesing, of Chicago, which was probated recently, all the property of the deceased is bequeathed to his son Washington. The petition for letters sets up that the property left by the deceased is worth $3^5,000, $225,(XX> of which is in personal property and $150,000 is in real estate. The will provides that Wash­ ington Hosing- shall receive only the in­ come of the estate, the latter being left in trust with Charles F. Pietsch and William H. Lee, of Evanston. The in­ come is not subject to liability for debts, and upon Mr. Hesing's death shall go to his wife, Henrietta C. In relation to the stock of the Illinois Staats Zeitung it it provided that the trustees shall vote it under the advice and direction of the son. A serious and complicated problem is brought to the attention of the Senate by Senator Salomon's committee for investi­ gating department stores. The scope, of the power of a legislative chamber to compel witnesses to testify regarding priA vate affairs is the question at issue. Frank II. Cooper, of Siegel, Cooper & Co., ac­ companied by his attorney, appeared in the Senate on a warrant charging him with refusing to answer questions put to him by the committee. Senator Salomon, for the committee, asked that Mr. Cooper be miide to answer the questions or be punished for contempt. Senator Craw­ ford thought the committee was prying into private affairs, and that>attempting to force Mr. Cooper to' testify on the points involved would tend to bring the Senate into contempt. He wanted the matter referred to a body of lawyers for decision, and moved to refer the whole question to theV Judiciary Committee. This was carried my a vote of 27 to 20. Representative Schubert, of Cook, has. in his possession a petition on the subject of convict labor which lie is waiting for a favorable opportunity to present. It declares it to be the general wish of or- •ga if lied labor and manufacturers of the State of Illinois that no more money be appropriated for,the purchase of improv­ ed or new machinery for. the penitentiaries /,of the State. The experience of the last two years lias shown that while the pro­ ducing power of the convict has been increased by improved facilities, the ap­ propriations asked for are larger than ever. The reason for this is the low prices for goods made in the prison. It is asked that all portions of appropriation bills giving power to prison commissioners to purchase new or improved machinery be stricken out. The petition is signed by W. II. Grady, president of the Chicago Trade and Labor Assembly; Walter M. Groves, secretary, and John J. McGrath, chairman of the legislative committee of the same body; Thomas .T. Elderkin, vice- president of the American Federation of Labor; William C. Poineroy, organizer for Illinois, and Charles J. Riefler, presi­ dent of the Illinois State Federation of Lalwir. Tile thirteenth biennial report of the State Board of Public Charities has been laid before the Governor. It covers the" two years ending Oct. 31', 1894. Regard­ ing the workings of the new lunacy law the report says: "The results have been reasonably satisfactory. The number of persons declared insane from July 1, 1893, to Dec. 25, 1894, was 2,1(51. Of these 1,823 were committed by juries and 329 by boards of medical commissioners. Nearly half the number--900--were re­ ported from Cook County, all committed by the old jury system." The necessity of another hospital for the insane is strongly urged. The four institutions now in existence accommodate 5,000 pa­ tients, while fully 2.000 more, the report says, are scattered throughout the State. An institution having a capacity of 1,000 beds is recommended. An asylum for the care of epileptics is recommended. The report states there are S.000 of this class of. unfortunates in the State: The results of the investigation of county almshouses are given in detail. A num­ ber of cases are reported in which insane patients are poorly cared for in the poor- houses. In Crawford, Du Page and other counties insane patients were found lock­ ed up in their cells in December and Jan­ uary without any fire. These cases are cited merely as examples of the many that are found throughout the State. The remains of Prof. William Me.^tl- ams, the venerable geologist and archae­ ologist, were found, by a searching party on the yacht Glad Tidings in the river at Eagle's Nest Island, ten miles above Alton. The recovery was due to the ac­ tions of the professor's dog, which was found at the edge of the water where the drowning occurred. It had remained there apparently for three days and nights. The drowning is supposed to be due to. an attempt by the professor to recover his sail boat after it had drifted from the shore. The remains were taken to Otter- ville for interment----- Doings of State Dads. , W^cn Representative Merriam's bill re­ pealing the acts of 1845 and 1861 making the, Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago a corporation sole for the purpose of holding real estate for charitable and religious purposes was reported in the House Fri­ day morning it was recommitted to th» Committee on .Education. Mr. Merriam Was absent. When he arrived later he would not allow his bill to be killed in committee. - There. was considerable de­ bate and some opposition in the Senate to Senator Crawford's bill providing?for the .incorporation and regulation of pawners', societies and limiting the rate of interest on pawns and pledges. Consideration of the bill was postponed. Senator Littler was unsuccessful in his effort to have his revenue bill made a special order. In the course of the discussion. Senator Hum-| phrey said he was opposed to the bill and wanted to see it defeated. Senator Lit-v?.: tier might1 as well understand that then as at some other time. Senator Bogardus* train robbing bill and the House bill au­ thorizing the establishment of kindergar­ ten schools were advanced to third read-" ing. Senator Fisher introduced a bill providing for the taxation of dining and. sleeping cars operated and used on rail­ roads in this State and not owned by tha corporation using them, ^ *" 1. Friday's session of the House was Very lightly attended and was devoted almost entirely to the first reading of House bills--a mere formality. About forty' bills were thus advanced to second read­ ing, the number including all on the cal­ endar on the order of first reading and many more. Among the bills was that recommended by the Committee on Banks and Banking providing for the establish­ ment of a separate department to be known as the "department of banks and banking and building and loan associa­ tions." 4"he bill makes no appropriation, from the State treasury, but provides that all salaries shall be paid from the fees of the department, the surplus fees to be paid into the State treasury. In the Sen­ ate no business was transacted. Both houses adjourned until Wednesday morn­ ing at 10 o'clock. , In the Senate Wednesday there was a warm debate over Senator Littler's bill amending the anti-trust law by allowing combknations by persons engaged in the. production of articles the cost of which' consists mainly of wages. It was charged that the bill..was an effort to repeal the anti-trust law in the interest of the cor­ porations. Senator Paisley offered an- amendment providing that where the price of coal was raised by such a combination half of the additional amount should bo divided with the miners, and providing a fine of from $5,000 to $20,000 for a vio­ lation of the provision. A motion to strike out the enacting clause was defeat­ ed by a vote of" 15 to 20. Consideration of the matter was then postponed for a week, with Paisley's amendment pending. Both houses adopted by unanimous vote resolutions expressing sorrow for the death of James W. Scott, which were introduced in the House by Representa­ tive Merritt of Sangamon. In the House the arbitration bill was called up by Mr. Bryan as a special order on third read­ ing. It was passed with the emergency, clause, there being 110 votes for it and none against it." There was much par­ liamentary sparring over the vote on the bill reported by the Appropriation Com­ mittee making the salaries of mine in­ spectors payable by fees levied against mine operators instead of the State, as at present. The bill was defeated by a vote of 52 yeas to 72 nays. j The Senate went into executive session after reading the journal Thursday morn­ ing and confirmed a number of appoint­ ments. The McKinlay-Wilson contest was ended by the seating of McKinlay. Senator Littler's revenue bill was a spe­ cial order. A number of minor amend­ ments were adopted. Senator Duniap's amendment providing that the present' State Board of Equalization should not be prevented from completing the term; for which it was elected was adopted. In the House Mr. Needles moved to recon­ sider the vote by which the mine inspec­ tion bill failed to pass. The motion pre-, vailed aud the bill was made a special or­ der. Mr. Glade's bill amending the elec­ tion law, providing among other things that contests between candidates of the same party shall be settled by the State Central Committee of that party, was ad­ vanced to third reading. The Judiciary Committee bill was advanced to third reading. Mr. Perrottet, from the com­ mittee to visit penal and reformatory in- - J. J. Splann. of Chicago, a civil engi­ neer on the drainage canal, was married in Rockford to Miss Margaret Ilickey. John Gibson, a prominent farmer near W a v e r l y , h a d h i s n e c k b r o k e n b y a k i e k from a cow that he was milking. He died soon afterward. The police department costs the people of Chicago more than twice as much each year as does the fire departzr^tat. Iu 1S94 the appropriation for the former was $3,- 434,511.00 and that for the latter but $1,- 523,900.58. In 1S88, before annexation, hen-ever, the appropriations fo#- the two t >partmerjts were more nearly identical, t\ police department receiving $1,438,- 037 and the fire department $907,390.50. stitutions, made a report regarding the State Home for Juvenile Female Offend­ ers at Chicago. The report says the re­ formatory as at present conducted is useless, and recommends its close. This report was signed by four members of the committee. Mr. McConnell, on behalf of himself and Mr. Briscoe, presented a minority report, stating that the unusu­ ally large expense of mainteaance was due to the fact that the Home for Juvenile Offftpders was a new institution, having been in operation only fourteen months. The minority report says that the mem­ bers of the board are inspired by a lofty and unselfish purpose. Never Gaudy. Gruff old Doctor Johnson was not al- .way.s,.uncivil to women. He had a little friend, whose small stature was some­ what of a trial to her. She was fond of ^dressing in dark colore, but when­ ever the Doctor saw her thus soberly garbed, he was vexed. At last he told her why. "Every small bird should be; as gayly plumed as possible," said he, adding a request that she would not, again go in such a rainment. Small women who love color should thank him for the hint. After all, a bright little woman is rather like a bird; and Nature's tiniest feathered creatures are decked with the gayest of hues. A: bit of glowing color will certainly re­ deem a small stature from insignific­ ance; so--remembering, that men cei> taiuly prefer little women to tall ones* as a rule--let those who lack Inches take heart of grace, and adopt the quaint advice of theboid philosopher. Parrots and macaws have been called gaudj-; humming-birds never. Bric-a-Brac. "Mv wife and daughter." remarked the rich American, "secured some ele­ gant articles of bric-a-brac during their sojourn in Europe." "Does the list include the count who is your daughter's affianced?" inquired a friend of the family who had views of his own.--Detroit Free Press. To know that there are some souls.' hearts aud miuds, here and there, who trust and whom we trust, some who know us and whom we know,i some on whom we can always rely and who will, always rely on us, makes A para­ dise of this great World. This makes our life really life.--Jas. Freemaa Cl8rke. i