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•fo CORRESPONDENTS. 1 jjim after a year of'tempestuous mar- All commujiicutio£s for this paper should be aoccm, ried Hfe. Tile gl'OOm WOFe klllcke\ panied by the name of Uie.intior; not necessorjly fox boekers. He is a hbril diver at Willd^ publication, but as an evidence of B°c«i faitk on the part i , -, Of the writer. .Writ© only oir one side of the paper. Bei&rlx uea.CIl illlu lUlS rOCOru for particularly careful, In giving names and dates, to have -| plUUgJng headlonjf^lntb everytlliUg he the letters and figures plain and distinct. .- .- j Undertakes. George liad JOttOWn Eva three afternoons. Chicago, first. In everything, of "course, was destined to be first in the-bloomer business.- But The horce-meat scare is" merely a nightmare. „" No wonder the Vanderbilts' cottage at Newport is called "The Breakers." It cost $2,000,000. , The big tobacco ^inpanies have, de­ clared war upon each other, but the whole matter probably will end in j smoke. the whole thing is startling, neverthe­ less; who ever would have suspected that the "new woman" with the bicycle face and the baggy^bloomers conld be coaxed, cajoled ol- driven into matri­ mony under any circumstances? It is passing strange. GRRAT STAPLES. HOW EREE TRADE WORKS THEIR RUIN. What will thelady in bloomers pick up when she passes over a .muddy street crossing?--Minneapolis Journal. A few remarks dropped by bystanders. Buffalo wants the next national con­ ventions. She hasn't a hall which can Perhaps there is a certain lack of courtesy, of delicate regard for the feel­ ings of the aggrieved contractors in the inquiry. Would the Chicago Coli­ seum have been as likely ;to tumble down after it was finished? Still, the inquiry is one that will probably Come into the minds of nine persons out of ten who read of the remarkable acci­ dent Sere was a structure designed seat more than 2,100 persons, but that to hold 40 000 persons. It was to have makes no, difference purpose for advertising Heavy Irving onjiiis.forthcoming tour "to. this country will play a great, many one-night stauds. Henry himself, it is needless to add, will assume the role of ' t h e o n e k n i g h t ; - • • . • : • - The San Francisco Call says: "The California girl is . the. double-distilled extract of gold, sunshine, roses and bal­ loons."1: She ••must- be a very unsub­ stantial young woman. The New York correspondent who telegraphs that potato bugs are hold­ ing up express trains down east-must think the readers out here are green- very, very Paris green. Frederick Seitel, of New York, has sueda Alberta Mooney for $23,000 dam­ ages for breach of promise to marry. The new woman is rapidly securing equal rights for the old man.,, been opened soon, anil as near 40,000 as could be, induced to come would then ! have been inside it. Without any warn- • lug or especial reason a vast arch-of I the roof lurches, falls, and the rest of j the- gigantic building goes tumbling j after like a house of cards. Perhaps ( the completed building would have | been so braced and interdependent that 1 ;such ah accident Could'hot possibly j have befallen. The builders may be j able to furnish satisfactory assurances j that their plans are, sound and; their methods safe. But the fact remains that the building did fall down, and it Is not reasonable to assume that their plans contemplated that it should fall. W h a t m ight h avcrb P rath o result if 40,' 000 people had been sitting under, those vast arches when they came • crashing down is not a pleasant thing 4o think about. -'New York announces the failure of a house that dealt exclusively by whole­ sale in "gent's pants." It probably could easily recoup its fortunes by manufacturing "lade's blooms." A Wisconsin paper "speaks enthusi­ astically of "blueberries picked by In­ dians with the dew of inorning on them." Personally, we would prefer berries picked by Indians who haven't dew on them. Dr. Reilly says bicycle riding shat­ ters the nervous system. Henry George says bicycle riding cured him of nerv­ ous prostration. When doctors dis­ agree we can't blame the bloomer girl for deciding for herself. When the assessors call upon the As- tors and Vanderbilts next time we ad­ vise them to take along copies of the New York papers containing descrip­ tions of the Vanderbilt ball at New­ port, with the estimates of jewels dis­ played. Another young woman has been ad­ mitted to the Chicago bar, and threat­ ens further to take active part in Re­ publican politics. Judging from her picture, however, she isn't quite a "new woman," for the only visible bifurcated garment apparent is a pair of eye­ glasses. Dumb Animals: The offering of prizes at agricultural fairs for the -yokes of-oxen, drawing the heaviest loads, with the accompanying whip­ ping, yelling and strain on the unfor­ tunate animals, is almost as barbarous as the Spanish and Mexican bull-fights and ought to be denounced by every humane man, whether he claims to be a Christian or not. Just imagine what kind of a govern­ ment Cuba would have if the mountain brigands, profesisonal greasers, half- breed tramps and military adventurers who constitute the forges in insurrec­ tion should be successful. Not enough sugar ever was raised in Cuba to sweeten such a government as they' would impose on the island. Spanish rule, no doubt, is oppressive and a bur­ den of the greatest kind. But brigand rule would be worse. According to a Troy fisherman the latest triumph nf Yankee inventive genius is an india rubber fishworm. It is said to be a remarkably good imita­ tion of the common earthworm, is in­ destructible and in actual use proves as alluring to the fishes as the genuiue article. The old fishermen will be quick to see its advantages. One Can equip himself for a day's sport with­ out digging over a whole garden in a search for bait. A handful of india rubber worms will last him, through the seasou. and there will be no neces­ sity for pulling up the line every few minutes to see if the small-fry nibWers have left the hook bare. It is possibly hardly necessary to add here that the fisherman who tells of this invention may be like some other fishermen, in which case the reader need not believe the story unless he wants to. The Chicago Chronicle has a fearful picture, showing the dreams that may come to the child employer. The em­ ployer lies asleep under the shadow of "Cripple & Killem's factory," and the pale figures of the ghost children hover around him. Dreams of torment are his as he lies in half sleep. The graves that have been dug under his system are open before him, and the wealth that he has gathered by the sacrifice of little children Is a millstone around his neck to drag him down. It * j continu­ ally said that there is no sentiment in business, but there should be enough decency and right thinking among those who labor to see to it that the children get. the right kind of oppor­ tunities. The slavish labor put upon young shoulders should be abandoned and abolished, and the youngsters should have a chance to grow up right. Chicago introduces to a dizzy world the bloomer marriage. Eva Mae Chris­ ten and George W. Clarke were united in matrimony--and two minutes--by Justice Murphy at the city building. At the conclusion of the ceremony the justice remarked with a sigh: "You are now ^ne-but I'll be blessed if I know which one you are." The bride wore bloomers and a confident air. She had faced matrimony before, having eloped with a saloonkeeper- and left It is a wonder that the advocates, ex­ ploiters and investigators of the new science, hypnotism, do "not apply its wonderful powers to hydrophobia, that professedly hysterical disease, which is so nervous and so telepathic in its nature as to have raised a twin in symptoms--a disease of pure imagina tion, causing death, so fatal are its terrors, whose signs, although not ex­ actly corresponding to those of the real hydjedphobia, yet tally with those exist­ ing in the patient's mind as pertainin to that dreaded disease. For example, the lyssophobic patient barks like a dog, that being the supposititious accom­ paniment of human rabies, and not one of the true symptoms at all. ^If hypnotic suggestion is so potent as to induce calmness in raving maniacs and sleep in raging insomniacs, if it can arrest the whole nervous system and turn the imagination, mind and physical movement into new channels, it seems reasonable to suppose that the same force can be used with merciful effect upon those unhappy beings who are going through acute torture of mind in anticipation of worse torture of the body. Instead of making men eat aloes with relish, by inducing them to believe them to be sugar; 'telling them they are hippopotami and en­ couraging them to behave "as such," why not devote dilettante energies to a really humane branch .of necessity? If hypnotism is efficacious in' curing the sick the best use to which it can be put is curing those sick whom medicine has not been able to reach. Inoculation is coming into disfavor now; there will be no prevention of hydrophobia soon. People cannot be made to take care of their dogs, and neglect and abuse of them, with fear, ignorance and hys­ terics supplementing the damage, are developing more cases every day. Wool, aud Barley Growers Find by Bltt0r Experience that a Low Tariff Is Beautiful in Theory Only--Some Startling Figures. 1 f The Wool Grower^1 Appeal. It is now conceded oii all hands that 'the Gorman-Brice-Wilson tariff act of August 28, 1S94, is a failure as a reven­ ue measure. Under it the government, in a time of peace, is issuing bonds to meet current expenses. President Cleveland will of necessity ask C®H>- gi;ess in December to increase the rev­ enue. The present law, with its inad­ equate duties on farm products aud free wool, is an invidious and odious discrimination against the agricultur­ ists of this country. The sheep farm- el's have lost by free wool more than, $100,000,000 in the decline in value of sheep1 and wool. Congress now has the power to incorporate in any reven­ ue bill that may be passed, provisions for duties on wool and other farm pro­ ducts, as amply protective as the pres­ ent duties for the most favored of the manufacturing industries. You are urged to organize and demand that Congress incorporate in any revenue bill that may fee passed such protection for our industries. Let them be made a condition of any increase of revenues. There is no reason why Congress should yield to the President in denying us tlijs measure of justice. If he will veto any such bill or will not permit it to become a law without his signature--as lie did the present tariff law--let him take the consequences. Now^is the time to urge-members of Congress to do justice to the agricultural industries of the country. WILLIAM LAWREXCE, President of the National Wool Grow­ ers' Association. Bellefontaine, Ohio. month than the Gorman tariff has done. The McKinley tariff was a revenue raiser. The Gorman concern is a tariff for deficiency. Beet Sugar Success, Among the very successful sugar beet farmers on the Chlno ranch in Calif<jr- nia are the Gustafson Brother's. Louis. Victor and Charles. There is a signal example of what perseverance and in­ dustry will accomplish in the sugar beet business. The Gustafson Brothers went to Chi- no four years ago without capital and commenced farming on their own ac­ count, doing their work thoroughly. The result is they have been success­ ful in every crop they litfve planted. They bought twenty acres of choice land west of Chlno for $175 per acre, and on this they made the last i>ay- ment in 185)3. They have a clear deed of their twenty acres to-day. and they have paid for it from beets raised on the land. They came to Chino, as Mr. that "American c^psuls. did a great deal more in this direction than our own (English) did." It is gratifying to know that there has recently been an iuiprovemejit in the commercial value of our consular reports. Manufacturers need reliable information in these for­ eign competition times.. Where Free Wool Works Well. It is interesting to know that free wool is of benefit to somebody. The monthly circular of Messrs. Golds- brough, Mort~&."Co., issi$Hl at Mel­ bourne, June 24. said: , . ~ The present position of the. wool mar­ ket is certainly promising, and the in­ dications are all in favor of ah -improve, ment in values for the enshing season. General activity is reported in manu­ facturing districts of Europe and Amer­ ica and a good demand foe wool pre­ vails, while the production of the last and the ensuing Australasian clip point to a very moderate increase in supplies. The American demand promises to be ufiprovokeu Mui'uer of aii- Iix-Police­ man--A. M. E. Conference at Bloom­ ington--Interesting Figures Con* cerning Chicago Public Schools. Monkeys Steal a Drum. Captain T. C. Carew, an ex-officer of the British army, who, during his military career, spent a good deal of time.in Africa, tells the following amus­ ing incident, which the New.York Morn­ ing Journal records: "A short distance from the little vil­ lage in which our troops wq^e stationed was a large forest which was infested by chimpanzees of great stature, who made almost nightly raids an the town and barracks, carrying away anything they took a fancy to. "On one occasion a member of this intelligent tribe stole a drum from one of our tents and made off with it to the forest, beating it as he ran. "The monkey took the drum to the headquarters of his own 'people,' who were evidently much charmed with it, as we often afterward heard the mon­ keys beating it vigorously. "Sometimes in the mi<ld?e of the-night we would be awakened by some sleep­ less chimpanzee beating the drum with might and main. "Just what the other chimpanzees thought of this midnight musical per­ formance was never known, but from the fact that it created no war among them we were forced to conclude that they liked it." Impaot of the Wheel. The ability of a bicycle rider in rapid motion to do serious damage in a col7 lision with another machine or with a pedestrian is fully appreciated by few wheelmen. A man weighing 150 pounds and moving at the rate of ten feet a second (which is only about seven miles an hour) has a momentum of 1,500 pounds, leaving out of the account the weight of the wheel. This is sufficient to upset any pedestrian with terrific force. It has been suggested that the pneumatic tire forms a sort of fender which would prevent- serious concus­ sion in case of a collision. It would undoubtedly have a slight modifying effect, but it would be of light account. A collision between two wheels, each with a 150-pound rider, spinning at the moderate speed of seven miles an hour, would result in a smash-up with a force of 3,000 pounds. In view of these facts, it is no wonder that bicycle accidents are often very serious. Novel Proposition from a Prisoner. Detective Woodwortliy, of Amster­ dam, N. Y., left Pittsburg for home the other day with Anthony Soblosky, an alleged burglar, Who was caught in the Mercy Hospital, where he was employ­ ed as nurse. Rather than go back h<3 proposed that the officer give him teq feet of a start and then try to prevent his escape by shooting or otherwise. The officer declined to take chances. Jones--This chicken is fourteen years old. Smith--How can you tell the ago of a chicken? Jones--By the teeth! Smith--By the teeth! Chickens don't have any teeth. Jones--But I have.-« Barley Growers. In 1832 a duty of 15 per cent ad va­ lorem was placed upon foreign barley, and it was fixed at 20 cents a bushel in 1842. It was subsequently lowered to 10 cents, but advanced to 30 cents in 1S90, and the result was that our im­ ports of barley fell off from 10,000,000 bushels to less than 2,000,000 bushels. The 30 per cent rate given barley in 1894 is only 14 cents specific. The pro­ duction of barley in the United States increased nearly 118 per cent in the past' twenty years, from 32.000.000 bushels in 1873 to 69,809,000 bushels in 1S93. The result has clearly proven that our protective policy in favor of this im­ portant agricultural product was wise in the interests erf the farmers who were annually increasing the domestic output. By increasing tlie duty on barley in 1890 we lost only about half a million of revenue, in return for which our farmers increased their products 15,000,000 bushelsjjver the average for eight years. This increase in one year was worth at least $6,200,000, making the loss of revenue of trifling compara­ tive importance. - The tendency was to draw farmers away from wheat and corn, just as the raising of beets for sugar would draw them away from cotton in Kentucky, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Alabama. The gain in domestic barley product, since the extra encouragement given it in 1890, ought to have guarded it. Was the duty lowered in 1894 in the interests of Russian and Canadian pro­ ducers? It certainly was a piece of leg­ islation that the farmers cannot regard with favor. This subject was of concern to those who framed our first tariff law in 1789. At that time, when the subject of plac­ ing a proper rate of duty on ale, beer and porter was under consideration, Mr. Fitzsiinmons thought the manufac­ ture of those liquids "highly deserving of encouragement.," as calculated to im­ prove the morals of the people as fos­ tering home, manufacture. Mr. Law­ rence favored a duty on them high enough to give a decided preference to American beer, as it "would tend to encourage agriculture, because the malt and hops consumed in their manufac­ ture were the produce of our own soil." Mr. uSinnickson favored a protective duty in order to increase the manufac­ ture and lessen the price, and inasmuch as the raw material was produced in this country, the agricultural interests would be advanced. Mr. Madison mov­ ed a duty of 8 cents on beer. He did not think this would give a monopoly, but hoped it would be such encourage­ ment as to induce the manufacture to take deep root in this country, in which case it would produce the collateral good (agriculture) hinted at by Mr. Sin- nickson--the increase of barley and hops. Not a word was said about reve­ nue from agricultural products. That was never a consideration with the true Democracy. Revenue and' Deficiency. Please inform me the entire amount of money received by the United States for tariff duties on imports under the McKinley bill. Also under the.present "Gorman-Wilson" bill up to date. J. M. IRWIN. The tariff duties received through the custom house department during forty- five months of the McKinley tariff pe­ riod--from Oct. 1, 1890, to June 30, 1894 --were as follows: McKinley tariff period., Amount. 1890, Oct. 1 to Dec. 31... $50,206,288 42 1891, Jan. 1 to June SO. . 97,021,543 05 1891-2, July 1 to June 30. 177,336,944 S4 1892-3, July 1 to June 30. 203,142,670 81 1893-4, July 1 to June 30. 131,807,758 88 Total receipts, forty-five months .$005,575,2(^6 00 Monthly average. $17,065,774 51 During ten months of the Gorman tariff period--from Sept. 1,1894, to June 30, 1895--the custom house receipts stood thus: » Gorman tariff period. 1894, Sept. 1 to Dee. 31. 1S95, Jan. 1 to June 30. Amount. $48,990,850 (59 82,684,485 58 Total receipts, 10 mos.. .$131,675,336 27 Monthly average**...... $13,167,533 03 It appears that the average monthly receipts from customs during the Mc- Ivinley tariff period was $17,065,774.51, as compared with average monthly re­ ceipt's of $13,167,533.63 under the oGr- man tariff. The McKinley tariff sup­ plied $3k89S,240.88 more revenue every ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. SOBER** OR STARTLING, FAITH- FULLY RECORDED. Shot by an Unknown Man. Jacob Ivizor, an ex-policeman of Cham­ paign, wfis murdered Saturday night. His slayer was arrested, but'refuses to give his name. Kizer, in company with two companions, was going home. Seeing a man lying at the side pf the walk in an apparently drunken condition, Ivizer aroused himand informed liim that he had better get up. The man sprang up and, without a word of warning, shot Kizer, who expired immediately. The man is a stranger and refuses to reveal his identity. Protection for Farmers \i§ , S&A :'*.V:-!§3S0SSS2̂ •' V- :207nfllfoTi ;• ^ O l n i l l i o n i l l i o r i " - "SoTiilJion. flollqr&'V; ilMlifgIk, i 665,767 in the United States in Jonuari) 1892 ond 1695 2 Chicago's Public Schools. The Chicago public schools .begin an­ other year's work with a preliminary en­ rollment. exceeding 175,000. These fig­ ures will be materially increased. Chi­ cago has a very large -foreign-born popu­ lation, an element which does not patron­ ize the public school system' to such an extent as our native Americans do. ^ Chi*, cage's public Schools furnish unmistak­ able proof of her municipal greatness and present .magnificent prophecy of future supremacy in all fines. The total value Of all lots on which the city school build­ ings stand is placed at, $4,730,995, an in­ crease over this last year of $i)?52,5iS, the increase being mainly due to thX' con­ siderable addition during the year in the number of buildings, aud consequently in the number and aggregate value of the lots occupied. The total value of im­ provements, this item including the school buildings and furniture, is placed at $12,- 542.495, against $10,811,270 last year, an increase of $1,731,225. The total value of all property used for school purposes as given in the table prepared by the auditor is $17,273,490, or about $100 worth of property for each pupil now at­ tending the public schools. The actual seating capacity of the school buildings ^vvtled by the city at present as shown in the table is 175,517, as against 174,205 at the end of last June and 151,788 in June, 1894. The sittings provided in rented rooms number 13,524, as against 12,640 last June.and 11,037 in June, 1S94. Free Trade for Farmers. Gustafson said, "without a dollar," and they now own a piece of land that is not excelled iu California. They kept a carefully itemized ac­ count of their expenses on the twenty acres .of beets in 1893, including their own work. Which they counted at $1.50 per day, aud which amounted to $275. That much should be added to their net profit, as it is their personal earn­ ings from labor on their crop. They har­ vested from twenty acres 43(5 tons, for which they received an average of $4.50 per ton. The figures are: Gross returns, 436 tons Plowing 20 acres. . Harrowing twice... Seed Seeding Thinning Cultivating twice.. Weeding Topping Ploying out beets. . Hauling to factory. Teai* and factory ex­ penses Total expenses. Net profit $1,962 00 40 00 12 00 30 00 8 00 80 00 12 oo 20 00 108 00 40 oo ' 174 00 60 20 $584 60 1,377 40 very prominent during the ensuing AVLS' traliau season. An increased quantity lias been purchased oh" their account during the recent London sales and our American correspondents anticipate that a large business may be expected in direct importations. Build Up the West. Tiie American Economist makes the practical suggestion to Western and Southern cities desirous of attracting capital and securing the building of more factories, that they should help elect, protectionist Congressmen, and make their influence felt by chambers of commerce and the press in favor of protection. Such displays of the in­ dustrial spirit impel manufacturers to establish factories and encourage their wealthy friends in invest therein. When a town votes for a rampant free-trader for Congress, and through its Board of Trade denounces manufacturers as "monopolists," it is likely to be left se­ verely alone, despite all probable un­ doubted natural advantages.--Bing- hamton (N. Y.) Republican. Total $1,962 Net profit per acre. . 00--$1,9C2 <MI 68 87 Favors His French Friends. Mr James Gordon Bennett must be intensely gratified with the manner in which he is depriving American manu­ facturers of their home market for. the benefit of his French clientele. Dur­ ing the first three months of the pres­ ent year the total exports from France to the United States were valued at $ 17,(524,697, an increase, of $<i,425,74.S over the imports during the correspond­ ing three months of 1894. This was a gain of 70 per cent. Among the larg­ est items we find manufacturers of silk, $2,555,000: dress goods,'$2,673.(503: feathers and flowers, ,$1.303.5(51: laces, veilings and embroideries, $1,208,049; gloves, $775,219, and buttons and trim­ mings, $332,945. Among other articles that Mr. Bennett's French friends have been sending to this country are French works #f^art valued at $458,132 and French pictures and engravings worth $102,000. The good feeling that is ex­ perienced in France is echoed here by the Herald every morning, when we "are told of the "splendid success" in the workings of the Wilson bill. He low the 18J>2 Kccoril. Bradstreefs record of bank clearings for July shows an increr.se of over a billion dollars as compared with July, 1M94, but it was still" over a hundred million dollars below the record for July, 1892. Protection autl Prosperity. Immigration is increasing again. This is in anticipation of the return to pow­ er of tlie party of protection, -which al­ ways restores prosperity to the United States. Charlie Not in It.. From 1893 to 1895 Grover I. touched over 60,000.000 people for over $300,000,- 00(>. What would Charles II. think of such a record as that?--Telegram, Wor­ cester, Mass. One Horse Concern. The Herald (N. Y.) is not a searcher after truth--it is tied down to an idea, and it permits nothing to interfere with that idea.--Textile Manufacturers' Journal. Capttirintr the Markets of the World# I89H 1895 Don't Trust the Free Traders. The Reform Club or the Tariff Re­ form Club, tnore properly the Free Trade Club, of New York, has for years fought American interests and Ameri­ can prosperity by the assistance of the importing classes. Recently this or­ ganization has devoted considerable ef­ fort to the currency question, and some of the matter issued has found its way into protection Republican newspapers. With an entering wedge to the columns of Republican newspapers, this free trade organization has naturally gone back to the advocacy of the "policy of destruction"--namely, free trade. We earnestly ask all protection editors to scrutinize every paragraph received from this agent of foreign interests. It is not safe to use matter that is issued by the Reform Club upon any subject. We Need Good Mien. « A good word has been said for our American consuls by Englishmen. At a recent meeting of the Bradford Cham­ ber of Commerce, which had been ask­ ed for suggestions whereby the British consular service would be improved in the interests of commerce, it was stated Bushels Export BarjetJ jar the biuojiscaUjaavs finding June 30 1094 and 1695 (.556,"715*^ Susbete t milfoil- MMK Mtilei) Taftjj Gtmngnlmijf Growth of African M. K. Church. The conference of the African Method­ ist Church for the Fourth Episcopal Dis­ trict was held at Bloomington. There are 5,000 ministers in the twelve Episcopal districts composing the African Methodist Church, more than half a million' of church members, and the value of the property of the denomination is abov^ ten millions of dollars. The conference recently in session was organized in Bloomington twenty years ago by Bishop Wayman. One of the ablest men attend­ ing the conference is Dr. Coppin, of Phila­ delphia, who is the editor of the Christian Review. In a thrilling speech in reply to ex-Gov. Fifer's address of welcome Dr. Coppin said in part: "In consequence of our previous condition we are the weaker people. We therefore ask the sympathy that should be accorded to the weaker ones of the earth. We do not ask for 'social rfghts.' There is no such tiling. I ask no man to invite me to his parlor. But 1 do ask him to invite me to his workshop. Every colored man should have three things. They are a Bible, a spelling book, and a bank book. Without these we are weak indeed. Wo simply ask for an equal chance with the for­ eigner. We ask that the white people help us on the spelling book side." Jjrnore the Law. "In the matter of births and deaths," said a Cook County official, "Evanstou is the strangest town in the world. It has a population of some 20,000, composed largely of professional men, and yet dur­ ing the last eight years only three or four births and deaths have been recorded. This year there lias been only one death, according to the returns sent in to the county registrar." Evanston is undoubt­ edly a healthy place, but, outside the official statistics, there is no evidence that the operations of nature have been sus­ pended there. The fact i^ that the people of Evanston, who boast of it as the edu­ cational and moral center of the North­ west, evade the law relating to vital statis­ tics. In no other town "of the size in the country is there such utter disregard of an important function of civic adminis­ tration. That it should prevail in a place so largely devoted to intellectual pur­ suits is one of the marvels of the times. Gov. Altgeld restored the rights of dtU zen shi,p to William Hicks,- o£ Chicago. MrsY Fr&nk King sat down) cm the Mil­ waukee Track nfear Elgin and "Was in-, stantly killed by a freight train. Benjamin Stevensom a;farmer of "Mur­ phy ville, committed suicide by taking , strychnine. He had typhoid fever. William Ivueper, a night watchman at Carlyie, while making his rounds, fell into a deep cellar and broke his arm. Louis Clark and'Charies Swift drove on the Northwestern track in front of a lim­ ited train at Carr station and wera killed. At Mascoutah Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schauinger and Mrs. Mary Weber, three people upward of 70 years of age, were thrown from a wagon and badly injured. Mrs. Schauinger sustained the worst in­ juries, and it is doubtful if she will re­ cover. The,others escaped with broken ribs and bad bfuises.- Aid. Dunn of the Rockford .Council will introduce a curfew ordinance for keeping all children under 15 years of age, unattended by older persons, from the streets after 9 o'clock. At that hour bells Will ring throughout the city. Enough Aldermen haye expressed themselves in favor of the ordinance to insure its pas­ sage. • ; V; ,v-: £f|5 The quaint little church-of the Society of Friends in the Quaker village of Ben-. jaminville was the scene'of an interesting gathering Sunday. Among the worship­ ers at the church were Mr. ghd Mrs. Rob­ ert Fell, of Bloomington, who celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage, imdnvho are in excellent health, with the prospect of years of activity before them> The; State Board's live stock commis­ sioner's report of horses .killed during August for glanders is as follows: Cook County, 10; Stephenson, 3; Pike, 2; Clay, 2; Henry, i. Large numbers of hogs are dying from cholera in Northern Illinois. Tuberculosis is reported in cattle hi sev­ eral counties, with some fatalities, but there is no anthrax in the State. The Texas fever in Brown County has sub­ sided. The board elected Representative George W. Lecrone, of Eflingham, to take the place of A. M. Brownlee, of Ben­ ton, resigned. One feature of the Winnebago County fair at Rockford was the address of ex- Congressman George E Adams, of Chi­ cago, who spoke for half an hour to a great throng. He dwelt on,,the sturdy character of the pioneerls of this. State and the sacrifices made by them that the people of this day might enjoy the bene­ fits. Touching on the tendency of the people to drift from the country to the city to do business, but who still desired to rear the children under country influ­ ences, he predicted that the suburbs of Chicago would yet extend 100 miles' into Illinois. There were 15,000 persons on the grounds. - . The souvenirs to be given all Old sol­ diers on their day at the State fair are beautiful. The souvenir is a small Uni­ ted States flag, two inches long by an inch wide, having printed upon its face "Ilinois State , Fair. Old Soldiers Day, 1895." Appended to the bottom of the flag is a celluloid medallion the size of a "silver half-dollar, around the edge being the words, "Compliments of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, Sept. 24, 1S95." Every old soldier who is properly vouched for by the local G. A. R. camps is given admission free of all charge to the grounds. , Mount Pulaski celebrated the birthday of her founder Monday when Jabez Capps turned his 99tli milestone in life. Mr. Capps has been the father of fourteen sons and daughters. Of these nine are still living, aud eight of these were with the aged sire at his birthday party. The family reunion was held at the old home­ stead, which stands within a block of the spot where Jabez settled in 1836, Three hundred persons took part in the reunion, all of whom were related either by blood or marriage, and among this number was a niece, Miss Ida Capps, who had crossed the Atlantic, coming from her English home in order to take part jn the festivities. State News in Brief. Hog cholera in a very severe form lias appeared in Condit Township, near Cham­ paign. and hogs in*.arge numbers are be­ ing carried off. One farmer has, lost al­ ready 150 fine stock hogs. Governor Altgeld has restored the rights of citizenship to Albert 1). Leaf, of Mans­ field, who served one year in the peni­ tentiary for larceny, and to Nola E. Booth, of Swan Creek, who served one year from Jersey County for malicious mischief. Henry Schuetz, a prominent farmer residing west of Mascoutah, determined to smoke out mosquitoes by burning damp­ ened powder. As a result there was a big explosion and the farmer was badly injured. He is disfigured for life and may lose his eyesight. a On the 11th day of last May James N. Robinson, a Wealthy and prominent farmer near Mount Sterling, died sudden­ ly. The following day Frank Mayfield, his farm hand, died in like manner. Both men took a drink from a bottie of beer, and their death was supposed to be caused by purposely poisoned beer. Dr. Henry J. Dearborn, coroner of Brown County, refused to hold an inquest. The grand jury has just returned an indictment in the Circuit Cotirt against him for palpable omission of duty. The beer remaining in the bottle was analyzed by a Chicago chemist and traces of strychnine found. Owing to increased business, due to better times, the Central Furniture Com­ pany, one Of the largest in Rockford, has raised wages of piece Workers 5 per cent, and day workers 10 per cent. Other Rockford furniture companies note gen­ eral improvement in trade. At Jacksonville, in the missionary con­ vention of the fifth district of the Chris­ tian Church, T. T. Holton, of Lincoln, scored the idea of depending on paid choirs and instruments, which are all right in their places, he said, but should always be subservient to the voice and congregational singing. A vein of hard coal has been found on the farm of A. P. Meharry, near Tolouo. It is overlaid by a thick stratum of rock. The coal is of excellent quality and thes discovery has created great excitement. It is the first find of hard coal, so far as known-hero, in this part of the country. John Rosander, of Rockford, has filed suit for divorce from Mamie Rosander, of Chicago. Rosander met the girl in a variety theater, where she acted under the name of Mamie Woods. The octiple were married some time ago in Chicago, and went to Rockford on their -wedding trip. The next morning the groom found his wife had fled, and she never came back F. L. Lade, a Chicago veterinary sur­ geon, was roughly handled by an enraged crowd, and but for the timely arrival of Officer Dean, of the Humane Society, he would have been seriously injured. Lade was then placed under arrest, charged with cruelty to animals. Lade was driv­ ing a spirited horse, when the animal shied and halted. Lade sprang from his buggy and commenced to beat and kick the horse unmercifully. A crowd of peo­ ple gathered and spectators implored the enraged man to stop. He only redoubled his efforts, and was promptly knocked down by a bystander. The Humane So­ ciety officer appeared and placed the horse beater under arrest. He was fined $5. .. ' • Fred and J. M. Brian, doing business as the Grayville Milling Company, mer­ chant and custom millers, made an as­ signment to H. L. Renalds. Liabilities are about $10,000; assets, $8,000. Most of the creditors are farmers, whose claims are unsecured. The failure is due to loss­ es made in buying wheat. William Bass, son of Eli Bass, a farm­ er living six miles south of Pana, who has been missing since Aug. 8 and who was supposed to be dead, is alive. One niontii ago he took a car of live stock to Chi­ cago. drew the proceeds, $1,000, and dis­ appeared. Monday his father received a letter from him stating that his dead body would be found at a certain spot hear, the Bass homestead, and that he had for­ warded his casket and burial clothes, to­ gether with $175 in money, to Rev. Mr. Waltz, pastor of a church in Oconee, whom he wished to have preach at his funeral, naming the text. To his wife and two children he also addressed a touching letter. The spot named in his letter was guarded all night and Bass was found in the woods near by. He stated that he had taken poison, but phy­ sicians found that the statement was false. The casket and burial robe ar­ rived at Oconee, but no money was found in the clothing. Bass stated that he had been robbed of $1,000 in Chicago. Tt is. reported that he was backed in the cattle business by the Fsiyette County Bank at Ramsey. .. -' The University of Illinois has opened, and judging from the influx of students the opening day there is every reason io believe that before the college year ends the 1,000 mark will have been reached. Thomas Coffey and George Williams, army convicts and prisoners at Fort Sher­ idan, made a break for liberty. In twenty seconds Coffey lay against a tree at the bottom of the ravine with a bullet through his brain. Fifteen minutes later Will­ iams was flying through the woods for l^s life, with a troop of cavalry aud a .company of infantry beating theTsmntry for him. Williams escaped capture. William Workman, a farmer, aged S3 years, while being drawn out of a newly, dug well at Petersburg, was overcome by gas and fell to the bottom. His neck was broken.- .. ' r: • •; A strong effort is being made to organ­ ize the miners of the Springfield district to secure a restoration of the 40-cent rate of wages Oct. 1. The men are how get- iug 35 cents a ton, and there is much dis$ satisfaction. At the Woodside mine fifty men are out on a strike. This, however, is a local affair. The district is so thor­ oughly disorganized, the "officers of the union state, that a thorough canvass will- have to be made before any concerted a«f tion can bo taken. 0 j -