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fenced and outhouses back of the first row of houses in the edge of town, burn­ ing thera, and firing several Cottages, bttt the combined efforts of the departments? savod the cottages and fought the flames back. The soil about the town is' sandy, and now that the grass has been burned off the flames have receded and the town is out of danger at that point. Prayers were offered Sunday in many of the churches in the Kankakee region for rain. The entire Kankakee region is one vast waste of ashes, with here and there the partially burned carcass of some cow or horse to tell of {he fury of the flames. The fire is smoldering along the river for miles and the only danger now is from a high wind driving the sparks and burning brands to territory which has not been burned over. The crisis is believed to have been passed, though there will be frequent heavy losses until there is long and continued rain. v " WHEAT AND CORN. HOLMES. IS TO HANG J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pal). MODERN BORGiA'CONVICTED IN PHILADELPHIA. GROVER EXPECTS iTHE INSUR- GENTS TO LOSE. A.rch Fiend and Monster lncHnman Form Found Guilty of Murder in the. First Degree--Jury Needed No Time for Debate. / CHICAGO TO ATLANTA Attitude of the President in His Com­ing Message Will Be Conservative --Members of the Cabinet Are Now Very Busy Preparing Their Reports Gallows Awuits Him. Ilenry H. Holmes, Otherwise Herman. W. Mudgiett, swindler, bigamist^- murder­ er- and arch fiend, has been arrested in his career of crime by a verdict of murder, in the first degree, that is likely to sendfhiin after his many victims into the unknown beyond the grave. The monster who built in Chicago a labyrinth to share and kill human game without detection, who slew innocent children without reason or compunction, who made a pastime of be­ traying women, who waded through blood for money, who robbed widows and or­ phans, who exhausted an expert's ingenu­ ity in devising new forms of death, who successfully swindled insurance compa­ nies of thousands, who escaped detection for years in the most remarkable , and varied career in the annals of American crime, was convicted in Philadelphia Sat­ urday of the murder of Benjamin F Pit-, zel, of Chicago. ••••; The man who was about to hear the warrant for his death, who had meted out death to others without mercy and who had gone through trying Ordeals almost without a.quiver of the lips Or, a twinge of the conscience, stood' erect in the dock, unmoved, apparently unhecditig: On his face sat the pallor of death, but it-had been there for days, and did nq£ d^,epen .es he gave one swiff glance at the rows of unsympttthizing ef^.at. his back, turned his gaze at the:^iu^ ̂ W blank "stare, and clasped his hands behind him. Once or twice he moistened his,lips with his tongue, apparently betraying a fever of anxiety that he held in check with his iron nerve. There was no other sign of agitation, and Holmes heard his doom in silence, as though it might have been a dream. The clerk of the court, in a voice op- Capital City Chat.' Washington correspondence: A / I ME members of the Cabinet are now very' busy on their annual re- ports, Mr. Adee, the Second Assist- "'sMlaut Secretary of ela\ State, who has written the foreign mfie 101affairs portion of ^ jjUli*" B r! l!!jjjjl " the Pre sideht's" "" j message for a gen- '-'ration, has been "tjlHJBS!-'" buried for several "3 days in his room building the foun- ' .... Jul. <1 a t i o n for the r nTjli President to erect nnnrr ^ll| • n» ' a for(;isn p o i i c y. ii i| »1 IIU • » * It is his annual duty to furnish a brief, reciting events of importance that have occurred in the civilized world since the last message to Congress was written and such' facts relating thereto as may interest- the President. It is understood that the message will be particularly strong on the Monroe "doctrine and con­ servative on Cuba, not withstanding' the opinions add predictions of the Hon. Don M. Dickinson.; I have it straight that the President doesn't expect the Cuban rev­ olution to survive the winter. He thinks it will be. crushed out as soon as the weather will permit an active campaign by the Spanish army. Secretary Carlisle's report, at the time this is written, has not been begun, al­ though several bureau officers of the treasury are preparing material for it. The first copy of Secretary Morton's re­ port is finished and is- being revised. It will be longer than usual', and packed with information of interest and value to farmers, live-stock growers, packers, fruit men, and particularly to those who are seeking foreign markets for agri­ cultural products. The report of the Commissioner of In­ ternal Revenue will show that the total consumption of beer in the United States for the last fiscal year, ended June 30, was 33,409,601 barrels, which was an in­ crease of 191,000 barrels over the con­ sumption of 1894, but a decrease of 353,- 211 barrels from the consumption of 1893. Therefore, it would appear (that hard times have something to do with beer drinking. A barrel of beer in brewers' measure contains 3114 gallons. The people of the United States, therefore, drank 1,045,920.906 gallons of beer last year. The largest consumption of beer in the United States was in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Wiscon­ sin. The total sales in the city of MiU"* waukee alone were 2,000,000 barrels, or about one-sixteenth of the whole. Kansas is credited with only 0,000 barrels of beer. The report of the Secretary of the navy will be of unusual interest this year l'or the reason that it will contain a sort of review of the work of rebuilding . the American marine, which has now been practically completed upon the plans that were adopted at the end of the Arthur administration and the beginning^ of the Cleveland administration ten years ago. England Must Fight. It is the unanimous opinion among diplomats here that England must fight or lose her foothold in the East, and that ever since the close of the Japanese war she has been seeking a pretext for de­ scending upon China to counteract the success of Russia and restore her own prestige. It is believed to be the inten­ tion of Great Britain, sooner or later, to occupy Nanking, just as she seized and held Hong Kong forty years ago. Nan­ king is the greatest city in the interior of China and commands the commerce of the Yang 'tze, which is the greatest river and furnishes transportation for the most productive and prosperous portion of the empire. And as soon as Russia takes possession of Manchuria, the northern province, and starts her railroad down the Liao-Tung Peninsula, John Bull will find an excuse to occupy Nanking and organize a provisional government of his own there, supported by a British fleet. It matters not what the pretext may be, England will demand exactions which the Chinese Government cannot comply with, and nothing but the combined powers of Europe can compel her to loosen her foot­ hold when it is once obtained. Commercial disaster threatens England both in Japan and China. Those coun­ tries have been the largest and most prof­ itable markets for British manufacturers, but her trade is decreasing rapidly and before many years Japan will supply the Asiatic market with almost, everything it needs. The enormous increase of cotton factories in Japan and their rapid intro­ duction into China will soon be felt by the manufacturers of Manchester. Since the treaty of peace between China and Japan was signed four companies, with capital of not less than VI.000,000 each, have been organized in Shanghai to construct -cotton mills; two in Nanking, one in Han­ kow And two more at Hong Kong, which will get their raw material from America and eat a great hole into the English trade. It is true that three-fourths of the capital to be invested in these mills comes from England and is largely furnished by the cotton manufacturers of that coun- tr.f, who realize the evolution in trade and will move their mills from England to Asia as rapidly as they can. India has practically ceased to consume British cot­ tons and is able to furnish almost her entire supply. Japaii will be in the same situation within the next two or throe years and China will follow rapidly after. She Killed a Boy. While public sentiment at the national! capital cordially supports the action of' the Grand Jury of the District of Colum­ bia in indicting Miss Elizabeth M. Flag­ ler for shooting and killing Ernest Green, a colored boy, who was stealing peara. from the premises of her father, there is a strong current of sympathy for the young may running-through all classes of society. , Her whereabouts at present are unknown to all except her family and intimate friends, but it is believed that she is in Baltimore undergoing a course of treatment for nervous prostra^ tion brought on by the tragedy. It is nOti likely that the case will be brought to trial before January, and there is no necessity, for her.appearaij.ee in court until then J Miss Flagleris the daughter of Gen. Di W. Flagler, U. S. A., chief-of the Qrd«|- "nance Bureau of the War Department.1 She was born and reared >n Rock Island,1 111. She is tall, dignified and gracful, and has refined and pleasant features and Spring Wheat Crop' Is Sn,id fo Be Not Very Good in Point of Quality. 1 The quality of the new spring crop has been a mooted question. For this reason a Chicago paper has obtained from official sources-the inspection returns at Minne­ apolis, the largest spring wheat receiving point, and presents it as a very fair index to the character (quality) of the last crop. It is a good: crop in quantity, but the fig­ ures are. not especially encouraging from a quality standpoint. Here are the re­ turns for the last three months, showing the number of car loads received and the way they are graded: ,. Grades-- Aug, Sept. Oct Totals. No. 1 nortliern.2,2li 7^188" 11,235 20,034 No. 1 hard/,.. . 72 153 ' 80 , 305 No. 2. . , .1,009 3,790 4,993 0,998 No. .3. . 207 .. 070 2.900 3,783 Rejected. ... 1,008 3*717 2,087 6,8.12 No grade'....... 75 251: . 208 53* Winter ....... 17 3. 20 40 FOREIGN Total cars.. .5,199 15,778 21,529 39,106 Thus it will be seen that only a fraction of over 50 per cent, received at Minneapo­ lis in three months has been of a quality good enough to grade as really merchant­ able--as contract. The above represents about 25,000,000 bushels of wheat. The new corn crop is beginning to move --is moving, in fact--hence increasing re- MISS ELIZABETH FLAGLER. soft brown eyes. It is recalled that when the terrible result of her recklessness was brought to her notice she wan the first to run to the wounded boy's assist­ ance, and she rubbed his hands and ap-plied ice bandages to the bleeding wound. When informed that the boy was dead she refused to believe the unwel<-omo truth and continued her efforts to revive hirtf.^ The following day she offered £50, which had been set aside for her Slim­ mer vacation, to the parents of the boy to defray the expenses of the funeral. S'ime years ago, while living at Watertown, Mass., she was seized with piymmo'iia, from the effects of which she never fttlly recovered, and since which time she has been somewhat of an invalid. One of the effects of the malady is an instability &.nd ungovernable temper when aroused, r.nd to this is ascribed the unfortunate cir­ cumstance which will culminate in her trial for manslaughter. VA.A^ ceipts at all markets are promised. No matter what the price is a certain amount is sure to be marketed as soon as ready. Taxes have to be paid and debts contract­ ed during the growing of the crop must be met. It would appear that big crop prices already prevail, and for this reason it would not seem possible for values to sink much, if any, lower. In Iowa, Kan­ sas and Nebraska the producer will^get very little for his crop, 12y^g} 15c per bui perhaps. Oats are not being marketed so freely lately, perhaps on account of the very low price. Provisions have shown a little more life, but are still very uninteresting. Death Near to Thurman. Judge Allen G. Thurman recently had a fall at Columbus, Ohio, which resulted in a serious injury to his hip. No bones •being broken and his constitution being SQi wonderfully strong led to the belief that'he would soon regain his accustomed health. Thursday, however, a severe re­ lapse occurred and there was little hope that he could recover. Mr. Thurman was alone in his parlor when he fell. He thought he was strong enough to walk to the library and back to his chair. In re­ turning to his chair he fell. John P. Rockefeller's Latest Present to University of Chicago. The University of Chicago has again been the recipient of John D. Rockefel­ ler's beneficence. lie has given $3,000,- 000 to the institution jfgjfcSfrv u n d o r conditions (\A which will ultimate- ly net it $5,000,000. wfjST Ai One million dollars * of this sum is given outright as an en- dowment and the re- W inaining $2,000,000 i will be placed in the hands of the trus- ^ tees provided $2,- j. i). KOCKEFELI.ER. 000,000 additional are raised before the year 1900. If the full $2,000,000 is not raised bv that time Mr. Rockefeller will give as,'much as the subscriptions amount to. Intelligence of this donation was received Saturday morning at a special meeting of the trus­ tees called for the purpose of listening to a proposition from F. T. Gates, the per­ sonal representative of Mr. Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller has given to the Univer­ sity of Chicago the "grand total of $7,425,- 000, given in installments as follows: May, 1885), $000,000; September, 1890, $1000,000; February, 1892, $1,000,000; December, 1892, $1,000,000; May, 1893, $150,000; July, 1894, $500,000; Decem­ ber. 1894, $175,000; November, 1S95, $3,- 000,000. THANKSGIVING APPOINTED, By Proclamation the President Names Thursday, Nov. 28. President Cleveland has issued a proc­ lamation designating Thursday, Nov. 28, as Thanksgiving Day. The proclamation follows: "The constant goodness and forbear­ ance of Almighty God wjiich have been vouchsafed to the American people during the year which is just past call for their sincere acknowledgment of devout giati- tude. To the end, therefore, that we may with thankful hearts unite in extolling the loving care of our Heavenly Father, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the 28th day of the pres­ ent month of November, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, to be kept and- observed by all our people: On fhat~day let us forego our usual occupations, and in our accustomed places of worship join in rendering thanks to flhe Giver of every good and perfect gift for the bounteous returns that have rewarded our labors in the fields and in, the busy marts of trade; for the peace and order that have pre­ vailed throughout the land; for our pro­ tection from pestilence and dire calamity, and for the other blessings that have been showered upon us from an open hai'd. And'with our thanksgiving let Us liumb'y beseech the Lord to so incline the hearts of our people unto him that he will not leave us nor forsake us as a nation, but will continue to us His mercy and protect­ ing care, guiding us in the path of na- Ilumors of a revolt in Peru are said to be incorrect. A Sir Joseph Renals, Lord Mayor of Lon­ don, has been made a Baronet. The Bank of London and Mexico will establish a branch at Tampico. At Lima, Peru, President Pierola is confined to his bed with an attack of in­ fluenza. • " The third Cuban- expedition from New York will be under the command of De Cespedes. Convicts in camp on the Fort Worth Road made a dash for liberty. The guards killed one and wounded two. Sev­ eral escaped. It is reported that the Mexican steam­ ship lines will end their rate war and pool their earnings. At Vera Cruz patriotic Spanish com­ mittees have raised $4,i>00 for the Span­ ish cause in Cuba. Ex-President Carlos Ezeta of San Sal­ vador has lost all his' money at Monte Carlo and the government has confis­ cated his coffee estates. Chili's Aggressive Policy. It is supposed by some good judges of the course of affairs in South Amer­ ica that Chili has an ambition to dom­ inate the tvliole of that continent and that its alliance with Peru means a war with) the Argentine Republic within a year. Chili possesses the most ser­ viceable army and navy in South Amer­ ica,, and "its aggressive dealings' with its neighbors show that it is well aware of the fact. The Argentine "congress recently, held a secret session to con­ sider the hostile latitude of Chili, and Brazil also is watchful of the- growing Chilian military, establishment*