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A FREE WOOL FIEND at stake. Our experience lias taught us that it is the business men of the country, as a rule, who are standing by its best interests; hence, a,..large number of business men should be in Congress to help shape legislation. Suggestions Not Wanted. The organs of the free trade party- are to the . front with suggestions for raising sufficient revenue, which their "tariff for revenue only" failed to do., A tax upon tea, a tax; Upon coffee and an increased tax upon beer are among the more favored suggestions of the free traders. This, of course, is to be expected from the leaders of a party having no ideas of their own, and who are mere imitators of anything and ev­ erything that is English. Direct taxa­ tion upon every article' that enters into general consumption, and which be­ comes a necessity of life, is the Eng­ lish idea of making life agreeable. Hence its recommendations for adoption by bur free traders. But, what have they to say about it? The people have, elected protectionists to legislate upon revenue matter hereafter. The pro­ tectionists will not pay the slightest at­ tention to any of the suggestions Of the free -traders-, but will proceed to- do what the free tradei's could not--frame a tariff law that will provide a sufficien­ cy of revenue, and' frame it in sueh a way that it Will afford protection to American, not to foreign, interests. " The Flag of Protection. ILLINOIS,INCIDENTS: I RILGRIMS TO ST. S SHRINE PERISH. fHIRTY lyiJLLION POUNDS OF OUR WOOL SUPPLANTED. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH FULLY RECORDED. etfVn'd Section of an Excursion Train T^loWs Into the First--Pullman Cars Telescoped--Wheat Drops Five Cents in Chicago--Cornell Wins. The Foreign Farm Product Sold Cheap- " er than Home Grown Wool--Greatest /Loss in Growing Grades of Clothing \ Wooif-Utah to the Front. • Family Poiso,ned by Eating Potatoes --New Scheme Worked by Sharpers- Gasoline Blaze Claims Two Lives-- Site Selected for Deaconness Home. Gets the Republican Nomination on the Third Ballot--Deciding Vote Was a Neck-and-Neck One--Proceedings of the'Special Session. Injury. Wrought by Democrats. The free wool schedule of the, Gor­ man tariff went into effect August 28, 1S94, consequently it had been in opera­ tion seven months and a few days at the end of last March. Omitting the few days we give the values of our im­ ports of raw wool for the seven months from September 1, 1S94, to April. I, 1895, as follows:' • 1 " Values of imports of raw wool for seven months: Sept. 1. ISO*. Articles. to April 1. 1895. Class One, clothing . .. $0,979,240 Class two, combing . 1,880,208 Class three, carpet.. 0,024,543 -- ~ Was# a'Fatal Crash. At Craig's Road station, Quebec, a pil­ grim excursioh on the Grand Trunk road from Sherbrooke Was being run in two sections. v The first section stopped at •Craig's Road to cross an uptrain, when the second section ran into it, the engine plowing through the Pullman and first- class car. Thirteen persons were killed outright and over thirty hurt. Ten passenger 'cars and the engine were wrecked. The pilgrims. were. en route to the famous shrine of St. Anne de Baupre, where every summer large numbers of sick and. crippled gather to invoke the saint to cure them of their diseases, The trains were made iip of residents from Sherbrooke, Magog, Windsor Mills, and surrounding parishes. The forward train Was making good time,' having l^ft Rich­ mond at 10 o'clock the night before. On the rear of this train was a Pullman, in Which were the priests and . others in . jqliarge. of the party, and it was in this far .that wofyof the loss of life 6ccurred, The- first train reached Craig's lioa'd, which is fourteen miles west of Levis, about .3 o'clock and .stopped at flie .tank to take water.' Precautions were taken and the semaphore -- thrown. to danger against the following train. Only the trainmen were out and aboit, attending to their duties. The Pullman in the'rear was wrapped in silence and the sleepers were unaware of the terrible fate "hat was rushing upon them. Suddenly there was a great crash. The second train coming at full speed dashed into the rear Pullman of the first section. So great was the impetus of the colliding train that the engine embedded itself in the palace car, and the latter | hinged forward and partly telescoped the first - •class car immediately in froat. Every berth in the Pullman was wrecked and some of the occupants who were billed never knew What happened to 'hem. They died sleeping. Others a woke to their hor­ rible surroundings and position, mai.ned. bleeding, and bruised, conscious of little else but the agony that racked them. The cries of the wounded ami the moans •of the dying, and the outpouring of pas­ sengers from cars that" were not badly damaged, and the hurrying forins of the uninjured trainmen with their flickering lanterns, all combined to make a sight 'seldom exceeded in its horror. Poisoged by Potatoes. Four members of the family Of Jacob McClosky, of Urbana, have been under the care of physicians as a result of eating 1 new potatoes, the vines of which had been ' sprinkled with paris green for the purpose ( of exterminating bugs. Physicians say that none of the victims will die, but some 1 of them had close calls. •./.„> Home for Deaconesses. Mrs. J. Sprunger, of Chicago, president . of the Order of Deaconesses, has con- . eluded the purchase of a tract 6f ten acres ( 'lying between Bloomington and Normal and; known as Midway Park, at which for some years meetings have been held. The Orderj^f Deaconesses will immediately begin the erection of a hospital to cost $30,000 and to be built of brick and stone. The Order of Deaconesses is a wealthy Protectant institution with a mother house in Chicago and branches in many citjes. " They are a nursing order and de­ vote their labor and talents to this end. . They are of no one denomination; but are members of all churches and"are all train­ ed nurses and graduates of the modern schools.. - - Springfield Officials at War. The war between the Democratic May­ or, "and the Republican City' Council of Springfield will result in litigation. A few days ago Alderman Steele, chairman of the finance committee of the Council, noti­ fied the treasurer not to honor warrants issued for the pay of the Mayor's ap- < •jointees. Saturday Mayor Woodruff made a formal demand on the treasurer to pay these warrants and he refused to do so. The Mayor then announced that he would commence mandamus proceedings to com­ pel the treasurer to comply with his order. Scheme to Swindle Farmers. A new trick to defraud the farmer is being practiced in many counties of the State. Two well-appearing men paint signs on a farmer's fence and tender him a few dollars to guarantee them that no one else be permitted to paint a sign over them. The farmer is asked to sign a re­ ceipt acknowledging the payment of the money in order that they can return the same to their employers. The receipt which he signs turns out to be a promis­ sory note. Two Killed by Gasoline. Two lives were lost Sunday morning in the flames following a gasoline explosion at the frame cottage of the Gunnwald family. Eightieth street and Arthur ave­ nue, South Oxueago. A woman was fa­ tally burned by the flaming liquid, and her husband sacrificed his life in trying to save his wife from a frightful death. Their home is in ashes, and the aged moth­ er of the dead woman is prostrated by the tragedy. One Month's Food at Joliet. The ,Toliet penitentiary has a population of 1,(578. The food to be consumed in July will include 10,000 pounds fore quar­ ters beef, 5,000 pounds hind quarters beef, 2,500„ pounds bologna sausage, 1,500 pounds dried beef, 1,200 pounds smoked bellies, 1.000 pounds smoked shoulders, 30 pounds plate corned beef, 12 cases 15- pound cans corn beef, pressed; 000 pounds choice mutton, 40 -JO-pound tubs butterine. State News in Brief. John C. Rice was drowned in Smith's lake, near Paris. William White was so badly hurt in a quarrel at Alton it is thought he will die. Charles G. L. Quillen. 75 years old, was decapitated at Moline by a switch engine. Joseph Greer fell from a water tank at Rushville and crushed his skull so badly he died shortly afterward. Henry Ilyslop, while driving across the Santa Ee tracks at. Verona, was struck by a train and instantly killed. Myrtle Hopper, aged 13, was burned to death at her home in Kiio-xville While lighting a fire with kerosene. A seven weeks' encampment of the Illi­ nois National Guard is in progress at Camp Lincoln, near Springfield. / At Aurora, the jury in the case of the people vs. Lillian Stiles and Herbert Crane brought irNF verdict of guilty. O. C. Simmons, of Kansas City, is un­ der arrest at Quincy for tlw? abduction of 13-year-old Anna Polite three years ago. t A jail delivery took place at Clinton. Six prisoners made good their escape. It isrthought they were aided from the out­ side. Hebron Norman, aged 13, of Marion, fell off a heavy wagon he was driving. The wheels passed over him, killing him in­ stantly. Mrs. Hooley, GO years old, of South Rockford, jumped into a Well. She was rescued, and though injured will probably recover. Thirty-three 'citizens of Salem have been sued for $7,000 subscribed for the Chicago, Padueah and Memphis Railroad Company. At Rockford, the Illinois Central east uide passenger station was burned to the ground. It is supposed to have originated from fireworks. Mrs. Adolph Schunomon, wife of a farmer near Princeton, was fatally burn­ ed by the explosion of a kerosene lamp, which set fire to her clothing. William White, formerly yardmaster of the Alton road at Alton, was stabbed in a drunken brawl by Jeff Hamilton and died of his injuries. Hamilton escaped. The body of Thomas Horan, whose fam­ ily lives at Rockford, was found in the Missouri river at Chamberlain, S. D. lie is supposed to have committed suicide. James Parsons disappeared from Rock­ ford two weeks.ago and his relatives fear he has either ended his life or been mur­ dered. The iron framework of the dome of the horticultural building at the World's Fan lias arrived at Springfield, to be used oil the State fair building for farm and or­ chard products. Samuel Wilson, a farmer living near Sparta, was given $5,000 by a jury in the United States Circuit Court as damages for personal injuries. He was driving across the track and a train ran into his wagon. " Mrs. David Reed' was fatally injured in a runaway at Elgin. An Elgin wringer mender, who claims to have been bitten by a dog about ten days ago, gives evidence of hydrophobia. Three daring highwaymen, each armed with a revolver, held up and robbed Wil­ liam J. Ralyban in his saloon at 3328 South Halsted street, Chicago, early Sat- urdfcy morning, and then ransacked the place. . Graver C. Schultz, the 9-year-old son of a firmer living north o£ Quincy. was in swimming in a creek when he got beyond his depth. His sister Leila, 11 years old, sprang into the water to Bave him and both were drowned- . $12,1)75,548 Comparing the two foregoing exhib­ its for periods of seven months each, the first under free trade and the sec­ ond Under protecton, we find that we Imported under free trade $2.800,1 >00 worth more raw wool than under pro­ tection. Under free trade we bought nearly $2,500,000 more clothing wool;, we bought over $1,200,000 more Comb­ ing wool, but $884,000 less of carpet wool. I Looking next at the quantities of the different-imports of raw wool, during /the similar period of seven months under free trade and under protection, we find that we have bought over 32,- 000,000 pounds more wool under free trade than under protection, as the fol­ lowing exhibit shows: Quantities of imports of raw n ool for seven months: Oct. 1. 1N90- Sept. 1, 1S04- May l.lN'.H. April !. 1 .V.I5. Protection. Free trade. Articles. Pounds. Pounds. Glass one, clothing.20.083,S3t> 43.5(Mi.5t>0 Class two, combing. 2,831.511 P.7iNi,031 Class three, carpet.04,459,205 07,351,300 The Flag of Free Trade. CORNELL THE WINNER, Sensational Result of th» Lonj>-Kx- peeted International ISoat Kace, All the flower of England's nobility, so­ ciety and college folk saw Cornell de­ feat the crack English eight, the Loan- dors, Without rowing against them in the first day's race for the Grand Challenge •cup of the,Ilenley regatta. The Leanders were not ready when the gun was tired and the Cornells started over the course alone. The winners of the two other ••aces for the Grand Challenge cup were Total 88.274, <112 120,054,500 Without doubt, this larger quantity of foreign wool that we are now import­ ing has,taken the place |of American grown wool, the money paid for it be­ ing sent abroad instead of being circu­ lated among our Western farmers. Of clothing wool we have bought 23.500,- 000 pounds more during the first seven months of free trade in wool than un­ der protection to wool. We bought nearly 7,000,000 pounds more combing wool and nearly 3,000,000 pounds more carpet wool. II ow Wire Nails Increased. The production of wire nails in the* United States in 1SS0 was estimated at 000,000 kegs. In 1SS7 the production was estimated at 1.250.000 kegs and in 1SNS at 1.5oo,ooo kegs. In 1S89 di­ rect reports from most of the works and estimates for the others showed I .the total production to be 2,435,000 j kegs. In is:to and subsequent years complete returns of production were received from all wire nail works. The production of wire nails iu 1894 was 5,081,801 kegs, against 5,095,945 • kegs in 1893, an increase of 585,850 kegs. The wire nails made in 1894 were produced by forty works, the same number that made nails in 1893. Not a Dead Issue. It has come to be a common thing to hear the tariff spoken of as a dead is­ sue. Democrats generally recognize the fact that their party has made such a miserable failure of its efforts at re­ form that they would gladly see the subject relegated to the rear until their folly is forgotten. But it is still a live subject and one that will have to be given attention by Congress--and it will 1 resent in the„coming national campCupi, no matter who may be the candidates of the respective parties. In a recent number of the American Economist there is given the opinions of 101 Senators and Representatives in Congress, and of a large number of the editors of prominent newspapers in all parts of the country, all of whom believe in the necessity for tariff re­ vision along the line of protection to American industries. There are letters from three Congress­ men from Kentucky who declare them­ selves to be protectionists, and they are joined by three from Tennessee, four from Missouri, one from Texas, two from West Virginia and a Senator from Delaware. Of the newspaper opinions there are letters from the West and South quite as pronounced in favor of the protection idea as any from New England. If anybody can read these letters and still hold to the belief that the misera­ ble failure made by the last Congress to better the condition of the country's trade and industries will be allowed to stand unchanged he will read to little purpose. The Vasson set by Grover Cleveland and his party has been a dear one, but it was a lesson that will never be forgotteu The people have had time to do a deal of thinking and- they have thought to good purpose. If there is any one subject on which -the public mind has lingered more than on another it i§ the destruction of the purchasing power of the wage earner and the transfer of a grfcat part of the manufactumg industry of the country to foreign shores. 7'lie only remedy to be found is in a restoration of the policy of protection. And it will be done. Better Business Experience. The experience of the past few years has certainly taught the country that its best interests are best served by serving ourselves. Tariff legislation that has contributed to the promotion and success of our own business'inter- terests, agricultural and manufactur­ ing. has invariably advanced the wel­ fare and prosperity of the American people as individuals and as a whole. On the other hauptV tariff legislation, that has been enacted with the direct purp'ose of promoting prosperity among manufacturing and producing interests •of other countries, has very naturally served to depress our American inter­ ests. The late Congress afforded a de­ pressing example of such legislation, and that Congress was sadly lacking in business experience. But a small num­ ber of its members were business inen who understood business affairs or ap­ preciated business ipethods,. It is not wise to leave in the hands of such men the national legislation in which tlid_ (prosperity, of the people in America is | the Eton and Trinity eights. The Trin­ ity crew beat the London crew by six lengths, while the Eton boys came across the finish line with a quarter of a length of clear wafer showing between its stern anil the prow of the Thames boat. Every good American expected that 'Cornell Would win. Every good American is sorry that it has won in form and manner as related by cable dispatches. Not that Cornell is to blame for tlie^ out­ come; the American crew »vas leady to start when the umpire, a Briton, gave the word "Go;" the British row did not start, and the Americans, von without opposition. It is a barren victory. Ob­ viously, the Leander crew was in a state' of poor discipline, for in answer to the umpire's question, "Ready?" one of its members said "Yes!" and Cornell had got under way in obedience to the command •"Go!" before Leander's coxswain had countermanded his comrade's "Yes!" The grand challenge cup now is a trophy of Cornell, but it is a trophy won by mis- adventure^of the Leander tcw, rather than of conquest. The expectation was of victory for Cornell; its crew had made better time than that of the Leander in trial rowing trips over the course; its style of rowing was considered better by competent judges. The best thing that -can be done is to row the race over i-gain. The grand challenge cup is the most cov­ eted of rowing prizes. It can be con­ tested over only by amateurs vho are members of a university, or of a public school affiliated to a university, >>r are members of her Majesty's army or navy. The cup is held by the winning crew un- til it isdefeated by another. It was be­ lieved in America that Cornell would cap­ ture the cup. It has captured,it, but un­ der existing circumstances it 'nay be veil that it shall capture it again. Iowa--Weather favorable except seri­ ous need of rain in some eastern counties; oats harvest begun, with prospects of heavy yield; corn lias made rapid ad­ vancement and-other crops are in satisfac­ tory condition. Michigan--Showers over tipper penin­ sula which were poorly distributed; in lower peninsula there has practically been no rain, and drouth continues with great severity; hay and wheat very poor crops, and oats will give a light yield; corn is just beginning to show effects of drouth; if rain comes soon it can yet help corn, po­ tatoes, pastures and gard.ms. Ohio--Favorable" for thrashing wheat and hay harvesting; light yields reported; corn, oats, late potatoes and tobacco have improved in growth from rains, except over middle section, where drouth ret lrds growth; pasturage very poor, and water becoming Scarce. Indiana--Warm, fair weather favorable to harvesting; end of week favorable to corn and potatoes, and both crops are in line condition and growing rapidly; thrash­ ing wheat and rye continues; yield better wheat and rye continues; yield better than expected in localities; haying con­ tinues; crop poor. Wisconsin--The past week has been hot and dry; haying about half completed; rye and barley harvest in progress, and the crop is generally good; corn and po­ tatoes unaffected by drouth, end grow­ ing rapidly; oats promise a good crop; pastures very poor. DEADLY RAID OF BURGLARS. No More Kniglisli Ideas. Are the Republican leaders likely to countenance a resort, even temporarily, to the tariff-for-revenue-only policy of the Democracy, as in the case of the du­ ties on tea and coffee?--Springfield. (Mass.) Republican. Not niuclj. The tariff-for-revenue- only policy <if the Democracy is an En- glish policy. The Republican leaders are Americans. They have ideas of their own and are for American pro­ tection. They don't have to go wool­ gathering to the London Times to get Ideas. Utah to the Front, , The people of Utah, in proportion to numbers, have always been conspicu­ ous and of great importance. As never before they have now the weight of responsibility and the gaze of the world upon them. Whatever ideas of public polity the great conservative masses of the people of Utah desire to work out, they and their measures are safer and surer in association with the great pro­ gressive and intelligent party of pro­ tection and its advancing government in this country. Armed Men Lie in Wait for the Ex­ pected Thieves at Poland, Ind. As a consequence of a bold attempt to rob W. E. lvattemau's general merchan­ dise store at Poland, Ind., one burglar was shot dead and another fatally wound­ ed. Mr. Kattoman's store has been robbed twice within the last two months, and recently two men have been guard­ ing the store at night. They were armed with Winchester repeating shotguns. About 1 o'clock Tuesday morning the guards heard a noise in the wareroom and discovered three men, one of whom carried a large revolver. Huffman and Dressier, who were guarding the store, opened fire on the burglars,instantly kill­ ing one and sending a charge, of shot in another's, head, inflicting a fatal wound. The third man escaped, but was subse­ quently captured and is now in jail. Of­ ficers of Terre Haute recognized the men. The wounded man's name is Edgar and he resides at Terre Haute. He has sen ed a term in the penitentiary. The dead man was "recognized as Harry Jujksoil, a noted cro^k of Chicago. Income Taxes lieturned. The commissioner of internal revenue Tuesday allowed eighty-five claims for tax paid under the income tax law, ag­ gregating -$13,823', The amounts ranged from $30.30 to $2. The collection of the tax under the law before it was declared unconstitutional amounted to about $75,- 000. The names of taxpayers to whom money was refunded will not be disclosed by the commissioner. •'_ • Retail .Clerks iu Session. The fifth annual convention of the Re­ tail Clerks' National Protective Associa­ tion begun in the Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, with about 100 delegates in attendance. The organization has a membership of nearly 30,000 and has lodges in twenty States. 17 PANIC IN THE PIT. Buy American Stockings. Foreign knit goods are doubling up. In March, 1894, our imports of knot fabrics were worth only $37,550; last March they were worth $70,903--more than double the amount of the year be­ fore. Free Trade Means Free Gifts. Wheat Drops Five Cents a Bushel 'Slid Exciting Scenes. Tuesday was the most nervous and ex­ citing day the Chicago Board of Trade lias seen since the farmers <-ame into town some weeks ago and bought wheat up from 52 cents t'o 82% cents. Wheat declined 5 cents, and many an excited man chased his fortune to the brink of the wheat pit to see it sink out of sight. And these crazy bulls, says a Chicago •dispatch, brought their grappling hooks jin the shape of reported damage to North­ west crops by hot winds, and thjwitening frosts, etc.. and dragged the pit~j|mt they •couldn't find their gold. Surely!enough, it seemed to be a bottq.mless pit. The bulls were nevW in it at al|7 The "bears ran the w hole ..shftwf ro m the start. Wheat opened tip at 07j£-Se, and in three or four minutes had sunk to Otitic. This was a great surprise to the bull element, which hoped for a firmer market. The- bulls tried to talk, but were choked off. A week ago when the market was hang­ ing fire they were somebody, for they could frighten the bears with a little tele­ gram telling hqw wheat was growing in­ to the shock or something of that kind, but Tuesday morning their chinch l ugs were dead, their hot winds didn't blow, and their frost melted. If the bulls.were disappointed when the price of September went to .00Vic they were doomed to greater disappointment later. They smiled when a little rally to "0714c was made, but that market was •only fooling them when it went up there. It soon turned around and came down hill When People Are Shocked. In the treatment of persons shocked by electricity the following directions for artificial respiration, by Dr. Augus­ tus II. Goelet, the Boston scientist, of which the New York Electric World has just issued 10.000 copies through­ out this country and Europe, should be preserved: The body of the subject must be placed upon the ba'Ck; the shoulders elevated by a wat--aWwwis the head to drop backward. The tongue should be drawn out to free the throat. It should be-seized forcibly by an assistant, the bridle under the tongue being pressed against the lower teeth. Then proceed to stimulate res­ piration by the methods usually em­ ployed in cases of drowning, viz.^Iyneel1 belliud thp patient's head, grasp the •elfeows, draw them over the head, unit­ ing them above it and holding theui about three seconds, the maneuvers to be repeated fifteen times per minute. The tongue meanwhile, during the act of inspiration, when the anus are above the head is "to be drawn but forcibly and allowed to recede wheu'the chest is compressed by the operator throwing his whole weight upon it. when the hands are drawn to the side.--New York Recorder., ; George Brown committed suicide at Carrolltown. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keig, who have been residents of Rockford _ forty-five years, celebrated their golden wedding-the other day. They have seen children and grandchildren and during the fifty years there have'been no deaths in the family circle. The L. A. W. Racing Board has sus­ pended all the wheelmen who entered for the unsanctioned races' of the, Victor Cycle Club at Belleville. Not only were the competitors suspended, but also those who entered and did not ride. - The sus­ pensions are for one year from the date of the races. William "Musk. who.had a grocery at 557 03d street, has not been seen in En- glewood since lie made an assignment last Wednesday. Nor has Mrs. Edith R. R. Nickless, leader of tire Englewood So­ ciety of Progressive Spiritualists. Friends of both say they went away to be mar­ ried. A special meeting of the Peoria Scien­ tific Association was held to consider the possibility of sending a representative oh the Cook expedition to the Antarctic re­ gion, leaving New York Sept.-l. A young Peoria physician and surgeon volunteered to accompany the party and a. committee was appointed to solicit the necessary, funds. • 0';i *. •