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VETSCAFfURE CAIRO. ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT ILLINOIS G. A. R. Largest Gathering: in Its History- Many of the Boys Had Been There Before--Cochran Elected Commander -GalesbnrB Gets the Next Meet. On Historic Gronnd. The weiither was perfect for the en­ campment of the Illinois Department G. A, R. at Cairo. Visitors were present in multitudes, and in the parade Tuesday probably 5,000 soldiers and civilians were in line, and the streets were packed with spectators. A very pleasing feature of the parade was the public school children, 2,500 hi number, who were stationed along the line of march. As the veterans passed along the children sang patriotic songs apd strewed flowers in their pathway. Belleville's crfick mi­ litia organization, Company D; Com­ pany C of Carbon- dale, and a section of Battery A, Dian- GKjf. POWEiiL. ville I. N. G.; Com­ pany B. Kentucky Guards, and the Cairo High School Cadets also participated in the march. • : " C. Famed in History. No more historically appropriate. place for an- Illinois G. A. R. reunion could pos­ sibly have been selected than Cairo. Many a veteran Can recall his first visit to the, city, When the war broke out and when the Illinois troops were massed there. It was one of the most important military posts during the war. and continued to be so until the strife was over. T h i s e n c a m p m e n t was perhaps the largest ever held by the State Depart­ ment. and will be long remembered by the veterans fortu­ nate enough to be present. The business meeting of the encamp­ ment was commenced at the Cairo Opera House at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn­ ing, with Department Commander Powell in the chair. After prayer by Chaplain Ayling and a solo by Col. O. B. Knight, the committee on credentials reported that all delegates entitled to seats in the convention had been given badges. Com- SHIMPFF. the days, of the old soldier are slipping away. Fo^ the last year the losses Were 3,Si5 and the gaiffs only 2,882, showing a decrease of nearly 1,009 in membership. Woman's Kelief Corps. The Woman's Relief Corps transacted routine business in the forenoon. The officers' reports indicate a flourishing con­ dition of the corps. A-resolution to con­ tribute one-half of the. $(>.000 required to erect the- Emily' W. Lippincott house- on the grounds of the Soldiers'"Home at Quincy was adopted. Mrs. Lippincott Was the first matron of the home, and as such endearetd herself to the old veterans living there. Nearly $2,000 has been col­ lected by the inmates.,of the home, and this action of the relief corps assures the success of the proposed cottage. The retiring president, Mrs. Flo Miller, was presented with a silver tea set and a diamond ring. The election of officers resulted as fol­ lows: President--Mrs. Mary E^McCauley of Olney. » . Vice-President--Mrs. Ella A. Scragg of Aurora. Junior Vice--Mrs. Carrie T. Alexander q'f Belleville, who received 101 votes to 66 for Mrs. Maggie Ruffington of Chi­ cago. . Treasurer--Mrs. Helen F. Bristol of Quincy. Chaplain--Mrs. BIsa Farmer of Farm­ er. City. . " i. ;; Two hundred and thirty-four delegates were present.,' - . v The following officers were elected by the Ladies of the G. A. R.: President--Mrs. Amanda E. Howell, ' Chicago,' . 1, ' ' Vice-President--Mrs,; Charity Nichols, Galva. f Junior Vice-President--Mrs. Olive ,I3st- o v e r , C h i c a g o . . . . . Chaplain--Mrs. Mary E. Ivuhl, Chi­ cago. Treasurer--Mrs. Nellie Underwood. Chicago. Council of Administration--Mrs. Mary Scott, Chicago; Mrs. Mary Frost, Au­ rora; Mrs. Emma Adams,® Centralia. Delegates to National Convention--Mrs. Elmira Springer. Chicago; Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, Chicago; Mrs. Charles Page. Aurora; Mrs. Jennie Miller, Aurora. It rained hard afternoon and evening, which detracted from the success of the reception at the Halliday House. Dur­ ing the evening President Flo Miller of the Woman's Relief Corps presented to the naval branch of the Grand Army a Union jack of blue silk. Sketch of W. G. Cochran. William G. Cochran, the new depart­ ment commander, was born in Ross Coun­ ty, O., on Nov. 13, 1844, and with his parents moved to Moultrie County, 111., in 1849. He received a limited education and was raised on a farm, quitting work to enlist in Company A, 126th Illinois Major General John Alexander Mc­ Clernand was the most picturesque man at the big encampment. The old' soldier, now in his eighty-fourth year, is a vet­ eran among veterans. He is a product of Kentucky, a lawyer, a journalist, but most thoroughly a soldier* His youth was passed on a farm in this State, in which he has sp^nt his life since lie was 4 years old. . His education was given him iii^the Common schools. In 1832 he was admitted to the bar, but left his practice to be a volunteer in the waff with the Sao and Fox Indians, It was in 1835 that he became an editor. In that year he found­ ed the Shawneetown Democrat, but did not give up his legal profession. He took a part in polities, and from 1836 to 1842 was a member of the Illinois Legislature. In 1842 lie was elected to Congress, and aTthe beginning of the civil war recruit­ ed the McClernand brigade. President Lincoln made liini a brigadier general of volunteers. He was at tlie battle of Bel­ mont. and at Fort Donelson he com­ manded the right wing of the Federal army. In March. 1862, he was made a major general and led a .division at Shi- loh. In 18153 Gen. McClernand succeed­ ed Gen. Sherman as commander of the expedition against Vicksburg and cap­ tured Arkansas^Post. In 1891 he was a member of the Utah commission, but late­ ly lie has taken no part in public life. ) THE ~WORLD'S IHARKET8. Bunco Man's Poor Job. He was long, lank, and gawky-look­ ing, and, as be Stepped up to the win­ dow of one of the Third street band's the other morning the clerk sized farm up at once for a hayseed. . v - "Say. mister." lie drasvied, as he shoved a check through the grating, "that thai* paper ain't wuth shucks, I don't reckon?" . X , "Not worth a cent, sir." was the re: ply, after a brief inspection. "It sez James .Tones on the paper, don't it V" "That name is signed to it. sir." • "He nil's a fraud, ain't he?" "Aery likely. Where did you get th'e check?" "Down tliar at tlier (I rand-Central Depot. A right slick-lookin' feller got me ter sorter 'blige him by tlier loan er $20 ter buy his ticket with. He wuz er feller what wuz er studyin' for the ministry, he tole me. an' hadn't no money ter take tlier train ter some preachers' college he wuz er goin' ter." "That may be so. All the same, he was a bunco man, my young friend." "Bunco man--you don't say! Well, I be doggoned! Say, mister, pap came near er bein' right, after all. He tole me when I wuz er startin' for town that I orter have somebody erlong ter take ^ 87,958,280 Bushelsi ftOWtillign HQmtHinTi Bushels • "75,931,639 Bushels winjltiQTl Bushels Bushels BO iTlillton Bushels | Jung 50 J i 8 9 5 Bushels ' 20iHII!ion million Suskels ' Bushels IQMliioh' Bushels THE ILLINOIS GRAND ARMY MEN MEET AT CAIRO. ffi 8 There have l.een a few changes since the veterans followed Grant to the hisloric iiver town, but the " boys" are as young as ever. keer o' me. But. say. that tlier bunko feller kinder got in too much nv er hurry el' money wuz what he wuz after." "How do you mean?" "Why, jest because. Thar's $147 in tills here wallet an' he never asked me fer only $20. I bet he'd feel like craw- lin' inter a knot hole an' dyin' ef he wuz ter know erbout it, wouldn't he, sa y ?"--C inci nnati Tri bune. GEN. ATKINS. mandcr Powell read his annual report, which was very long and touched upon pensions, women's relief corps, sons , of veterans, the soldiers' and sailors' home at Quincy and other matters. After committees on resolutions and officers' reports were appointed Col. .Tas. A. Sexton, of Chi­ cago, in a short but eloquent speech, pre­ sented Commander Powell with a gold medal on behalf of I lie Department of Illinois, to which the recipient made a fetching response. Gen. Powell then, in behalf of the De­ partment, presented Adjutant General Spink with a gold-headed caue. Klection of Officers. Tn the afternoon, choice of officers was first in order. For commander, P. C. Hayes, of Joliet; W. G. Cochran, of Sul­ livan, and A. L. Sebinipff, of Peoria, were nominated. A ballot was taken, but be­ fore the vote could' be announced a dele­ gate from Galesburg succeeded in getting a motiou through for the immediate con­ sideration of the place for next year's encampment. Nominating speeches were limited to five minutes, and Galesburg, Danville, Belleville. Springfield and Joliet were placed before the convention. The order of business then reverted to the question of the comniandership. and the first ballot was announced as follows: Schrimpff 160 Scattering 2 Cochran 15S Hayes 36 Total vpte 365 Necessary 183 There l>eing no choice, the convention proceeded to take a second ballot, which resulted: Cochran .183 Hayes 6 Schrimpff 108 Total vote. . ..350 Necessary 179^ The vote for next year's encampment resulted in an easy victory for Galesburg. as follows: Galesburg 183 Belleville 4;. Danville 74 Springfield 40 A reception at the Halliday and a camp fire at the opera house comprised the night's program. Thursday the encamp­ ment concluded its business by the elec­ tion of Dr. John Little of Bloomington, medical examiner; Rev. A. P. Stover, of Delavan, chaplain; six members of the council of administration, and A. A. Adair, of Oak Park, senior vice-com­ mander, and Captain L. B. Church, of Cairo, junior vice-commander. The veterans proposed to get a rate of one cent a mile next year, lion giving the council of administration pow­ er within ninety days of the annual c n c a m p m e n t to change the location if satisfactory rail­ road rates have not been granted. A committee consisting of Col. Lynch, Col, Avery and Capt. Cadwallader was appointed to visit the Woman's Relief Corps and carry good will greetings'of the veterans. . The Adjutant's report iaditiaUa that Infantry. He was mustered out on Aug. 5, 18G5. He was in the Army of the West. After the war he returned to the farm, then read law, and was admitted to prac­ tice in 1879. lie has practiced ever since at Lovington and Sullivan. He was elect­ ed by the Republicans a member oft the Illinois House of Representatives in 1888 and again in 1894, and was speaker of the special World's Fair session of 1890. He is a Maso'n, an Odd Fellow, and his always been a Methodist. He ;s married and has three sons and' two daughters. The Other Candidates. Prominent among those proposed for commander were Gen. Atkins, of Free- port; Albert G. Schimpff, of Peoria, and Gen. Hayes, of Joliet. Gen. Atkins' war record is excellent and his citizenship record is without a spot. He was bom near Elmira in 1836, and came to live in Illinois when only 10 years old. He liva 1 on his father's farm until 1850, and then apprenticed himself to learn the trade of printing. Later he turned proprietor, bought the Mount Morris Gazette and then established the Savanna Register. He studied law in Chicago, and in 1850 went to Freeport to practice. He stumped the State for Lincoln, enlisted as a private soldier and rose to be a brigadier general. He marched to the sea with Sherman, and a resolu- was adopted v. c. HAYES. W. G. COCHRAN. and when mustered out was breveted major general. After the war he return­ ed to his first love--journalism--and is now editor of the Freeport Journal. Albert G. Schimpff, one of Peoria's stanchest citizens and a teller in the German-American Bank, is a native of Germany, born in 1844, and came to America in 1S50. When the war broke out he ran away from home in order to enlist. Repeatedly rejected because of his age and small stature, he finally got into the Twenty-sixth Mississippi In­ fantry as an officer's servant. At New Madrid he disobeyed the order to stay in camp and went kiting into the fight. He engaged in many battles until he was captured by the Confederates and sent to prison. He was honorably discharged in 1863. Gen. Hayes is one of the early settlers of Illinois. Born in Connecticut, he came at an early age to Illinois, and his par­ ents settled on a-farm in La Sifile Coun­ ty. Young Hayes was a student' in Ober- lin, Ohio, when the war broke out and eilisted in the 103d Ohio regiment and became a captain before he was mustered out. Since the war he has engaged in journalism - Freezing; a Burning Candle. Cold is merely a relative term. The resident of semi-tropical countries shiv­ ers when the thermometer falls to 50 degrees, while the Laplander and Es­ quimau think it is comfortable at zero. For real cold and plenty of it, one must go to the polar regions. Think of living where the mercury goes down to 35 degrees below zero in the house, in spite of the stove. Of course, in such a case, fur garments are piled on until a man looks like a great bundle of skins. Dr. Moss, of the polar expedition of 1875-'7G. among other odd things, tells us of tli' effect of cold on a wax candle which he burned there. The tempera­ ture was 35 degrees below zero; and the doctor must have been considerably dis­ couraged when, upon looking at his candle, lie discovered that the flame had all it cotild do to keep warm. It was so cold that the flame could not melt all the wax of the candle, but was forced to cut its way down* leaving a sort of skeleton of the candle standing. There was heat enough, however* to melt oddly shaped holes in the thin walls of wax; and the result was a beautiful lace-like cylinder of white, with a tongue of yellow flame burning inside it, and sending out into the dark­ ness many streaks of light.--Popular Scieuce News. The 'treasury Under Protection. I'uler the Harrison administration the revenues of the Government, brought in under the operation of the McKiuley law. were not only more than sufficient to meet the current expendi­ tures of the Government, but, under tha wise administration of the Republican party, the excess was applied to the payment of the national debt, and more than $200,000,000 of the national debt was paid off. Not only that, but the Republican party turned the treasury over -' itli $107,000,000 in gold and near­ ly $40,000,000 of other money to the incoming Democratic administration. What has been done by the Democratic party or the Democratic administra­ tion since it came into power? Instead of paying off any part of our national debt, they have increased our national debt in the enormous sum of $202,315,- 000 in a period of a little over three years' time. This imposes upon the people of this country an indebtedness in interest alone of $11,492,016 over and above the other expenditures that we had under a Republican administration. This expense comes year after year, nnd :hese $262,000,000 are a mortgage upon the people of this country extend- ing over a period of thirty years.--Hon. Albert J. Hopkins, M. C., of Illinois. Senator Mantle's Prediction. There are those who affect to believe that the industrial situation in Japan in­ volves no serious menace to the labor and industries of this nation. gard tliis currency question as the great and leading issue of the cam­ paign. That is protection to American industries. Republicanism has never been a one-idea party.--Chicago Inter Ocean. More Pension Vetoes. President Cleveland again comes to the front as a vetoer of pension legis­ lation, two bills which had passed both Houses of Congress being return­ ed without his approval. Mr. Cleve­ land is seemingly anxious to save the Treasury from the small drain due to private pension bills. Rut. when it comes to raiding the Treasury by striking down the policy of protection, or in tapping it for the benefit of the New "York gold ring, the President is lavishly reckless. He favors filling up pin hole leaks, but approves of leaving the bung out of the barrel. Evidently Mr. Cleveland is no friend of the pen­ sioner. Then and Now. They (the pessimists) can find nothing in the present condition of the country to justify or excuse the smallest calam­ ity howl.--New York Herald, July 17, 1892. T1 lis was quite true of 1892.--But what has been the "condition of the conn ry" during 1894. 1895 and 1890? Study the records of bank clearings, trade failures and Coxey's armv. Those who take this position are fool- islilv and fatuouslv blind to the real Interest on National Deht. Per capita of population. Aluminum in Commerce. Aluminum to the amount of only 150 pounds was used in the United States in 1884, and the price was $9 a pound. By 1888 19,000 pounds had come to be used and the price had dropped to $3.30 a pound. Thereafter the price fell rap­ idly to $1.55 in 1890. to $1 in 1892, and to an average of 53 cents in 1S94, when the amount used rose to 700,000 pounds. The average price last year was 50 cents a pound, and the use of the metal had greatly increased, though the exact figures are not yet compiled. Now the price is down to 48 cents. Most of the output is being turned into cooking utensils, which are finding a rapidly widening market.--Scicntifi^Vmerican • conditions. The Japanese nation num­ bers 40,000,000 of people, who, in point of skill and ingenuity, and in the power of adaptability and imitation, have no superiors among any of the nations. It is stated oil good authority that a Japanese workman can make anything he has ever seen, and that his ingenuity is such that he can reproduce and put in operation without instruction the most difficult and complicated modern machinery of every character. It is this astonishing faculty which enables the Japanese to avail themselves of all the latest inventions of this and other countries, and it is this marvelous pow­ er of imitation and adaptation which has not only enabled tlieni in a few short years to become a dangerous rival of our own at this moment, but is de­ stined in a very short time to place Japan among the great manufacturing nations of the world.--Hon. Lee Mantle, U. S. Senator, of Montana. Senator Mitchell 's Sentiment. In ; s general characteristics the Wil­ son bill reminds one of the lines of Wordsworth: The swan on still St. Mary's Lake, Float double swan and shadow. The bill is sectional in the extreme in its general makeup, giving protection to the products and industries of one sec­ tion and denying that protection to an­ other. In a word, the Wilson bill is a legislative monstrosity, with the head of a man, the arms of a dragon, the tail of a fish and the claws of a bear. It is un- American, un-Democratic, un-Republi- can. It is a dangerous menace to the prosperity and general welfare of the people of the United States--Hon. John H. Mitchell, U. S. Senator, of Oregon. How Senator Thurston Feels. We feel that it is no longer necessary to make an argument for protection in the United States. That argument is being made by the silent water wheel, by the still spindles, by the smokeless chimneys; that story is in every Ameri­ can home, graven on every American mind, and now, the American people are ready to act, they are eager to act, they are burning to act, and they are going to act at the St. Louis convention and at the polls in next November.-- Hon. J. M. Thurston, U. S. Senator, of N ebraska. 1X95. Democratic crease.. . 34 cents. 44 cents. 10 cents. Smallest since the war. Back to 1890 condition. ABOUND A BIO STATE BRIEF COMPILATION OF NOIS NEWS. ILLI- E< R. Brainerd and Sherman, Flavin A Co. of Chicago Go to the Wall-- Naperville Children Mnst Stay in Nights--Rocked the Boat and Died. Fail for 6ver $G00,000. -- Er 1L Brainerd, the well-known Chi­ cago stone; contractor and member of the Republican State Central Committee, with offices at 07 and 08 Hartford build­ ing, failed the other day.^ In his failure the firm of Sherman, Flavin & Co., marble cutters at State rind 25th streets, was car­ ried down, Mr. Brainerd being a mem­ ber of the firm, with a large interest in it. Brainerd's assets are about $300,000 and his liabilities about the same amount. The firm of Sherman, Flavin £ Co. has assets of about $300.1100, with liabilities of some­ what more than that amount. The fail­ ures were a surprise. Condition of Il l inois Crops, The Illinois State Board of Agriculture issues, its crop bulletin as follows: Grow­ ing wheat in the northern section is 96 per cent of a seasonable average1;-central, 90jper cent; southern. S3; the small area seeded last Jan will reduce the crop. Five per cent seeded lust year was winter kill­ ed, leaving 1,591,000 acres for harvest this- year. The crop looks better since the spring rains. Old chinch bugs are doing much damage in many sections. Hard rains are badly heeded to kill'them. The Hessian fly has done no damage yet. Wheat i$, jointing in Pope County and heading hi Saline County. Henderson County wheat is rank and loding. Army worms are doing damage in Alexander County. Of 18,093,000 bushels of crop of 1895, 10 per cent was in producers' hands May 1. 1890. Spring wheat in the north­ ern section is 7 per cent less than in 1895. The central section has 5 per cent in­ crease and is 90 per cent of an average; southern section is 75 and 85 per cent of an average. Two per cent of the rye seeded last fall was winter killed, leaving 121,000 acres for harvest. In the north- era section it is 99 per cent of an average; centrai, 94 per cent; southern, 90 per cent. There was 2 per cent less acreage sown to oats this year in the northern section; 1 per cent less in the central and 4 per cent less in the southern section. The condition May 1 in the northern sec­ tion was 3 points above the average, central 3 points below, southern 34 below. The amount of old corn on hand May 1 was 104.S08.000, the largest ever known, twice the amount of 1895. Corn is held by producers for better prices. The Democratic Lesson. New Orleans, which at the last elec­ tion. gave 22,272 Democratic majority, has been carried by the Republicans, while' all throughout Louisiana the Democratic vote has materially dwin­ dled. This is another illustration of a Southern protest against free trade stagnation, Clevelandisni, and scandal­ ous bond issues. Free Trade Makes Trusts. Free trade offers no protection to trusts.--New York World, April 11, 1S92. It creates them; then they neither need nor deserve protection. Peorisi Disti l leries to Close. The distilling business is rapidly draw­ ing to a eloSe in Peoria, and it will be but a few weeks until nearly all the local plants have suspended operations for a few months at least. The houses have been running at their utmost capacity for some months, even though trade was slightly dull. This heavy run has been on account of the cheapness of corn. All the warehouses have been filled with goods, and it is estimated that there are now stored in these warehouses 00,000 barrel* of spirits and al-wholx- on - whicli- the tax to the Government will amount to $(>,330,000. All tlie American Spirits Manufacturing Conipanys plants will be closed early in June after the shipment of the cattle. Probably the only house to run there during the summer will be that of the Atlas, an independent distillery, which has never closed since the com­ mencement of operations nearly two years ago. The present closing is the regular summer shut-down, but if the price of corn advances this fall the resumption of business may be delaved somewhat. A time-honored prerogative, of which no one exactly knows the origin, is en­ joyed by the natives of the Spanish village of Espinosa, who, for centuries, have possessed the curious monopoly of watching ovei* the clumbers of the ruler of Spain. In 1800 Bell's* method of visible speech began to attract widespread at­ tention. i Will Make Our Own Laws. The demand for a return 'to reciproci­ ty is as universal and vigorous as is the demand for a restoration of other fea­ tures of the McKinley tariff. This com­ bination will form the basis for the construction of a protective tariff that will, we trust, be enacted by a special session of Congress in less than a year from now, and without any suggestions from Bermuda potato growers, Austra­ lian sheep farmers, French Chambers of Commerce, Austrian manufacturers or British bulldozers. Not a One-Idea Party. Republicans favor sound tnouey and have always done so. They are the makers of the present greenback and national bank currency, and there is none better upon the globe.1 They fa­ vor both gold and silver and will con­ tinue to do so, while they Vill care­ fully guard the interests q§, the people from anj" wild schemes that visionaries- bring forward. , But they dp not re- Presidential Gossip. (Governor Pattison talks like a man who would not dodge if a Presidential nomination should blow his way.--Phil­ adelphia Ledger. At the present rate of declinations, the national Democracy will have to offer not less than $1,000,000 reward for a Presidential candidate this year.-- Philadelphia Inquirer. Senator Teller dolefully predicts that "the St. Louis convention will declare for the gold standard." The indica­ tions do, indeed, point that way.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Perhaps the third-term scheme is dead, as its Democratic enemies sug­ gest, but the trouble is that Mr. Cleve­ land refuses to permit any arrange­ ments to be made for the funeral.-- New York Mail and Express. The Russell l>ooni in Massachusetts, like the Pattison boom .in Pennsyl­ vania, is open to the suspicion of being merely a large, wind-stuffed pontoon, designed to help the third-term ele­ phant across the stream.--New York Mail and Express. Colonel William R. Morrison, having taken a seat astride the topmost rail of the fence which divides the sound money Democrats from the free silver shouters of his party, is now prepared to reiterate the doctrine that the office should seek the man.--Exchange. William E. Russell is, like-hundreds of other Harvard graduates, smug, smooth and suave. He is an aristocrat by in­ clination and tastes, if not by birth, and a more inepngruous candidate for the Democratic party could scarcely be chosen. Billy is not built on the Presi­ dential plan.--Syracuse Herald. A Queer Little Republic. East of Australia and north of New Caledonia is the Republic of France- ville, an island with an area of 85 miles. Its inhabitants number 550, of whom 40 are white and 510 natives. It was once a colony of France, but ir 1879 it was declared independent, am. its people at x>nce adopted a repub­ lican constitution. It is governed by a President and a council of eight, elect­ ed by the people--black and white, men and women. Only white males hold office. The President elected re­ cently is" R. D. Polk, a native of Ten­ nessee, and a relative of James K. Polk, one of the Presidents of our own republic. = r Foolishness Costa Two Lives. Michael Welsh's gaypty led to his own death and that of a girl companion, and also jeopardized the lives of two others who were riding with liini in a boat Sat­ urday afternoon. The dead are: Mary Berry, 10001 Exchange avenue, South Chicago; Michael Welsh, 10001 Exchange avenue, South Chicago. The four per­ sons in the boat were Welsh and Mary Berry, who lived at 10001 Exchange ave­ nue, and Maggie Calder and Dan Mor­ rison, of 0(50 100th street. The,bout cap­ sized and Welf.h and Miss Berry were drowned, while Morrison succeeded in saving himself and Miss Calder, who is his sister-in-law, only after an exciting struggle in the water. The overturning of the boat was due, it is said, to the hilarity of Welsh, who persisted in rock­ ing the craft in fun. He finally gave it too vigorous a lurch and tlie entire party was tipped into the water. The boat was on a pond owned by the Washington Ice Company. Curfew to King in NapervUle. The City Council of Naperville lias passed nn ordinance making it unlawful for any boy or girl under the age of 15 years to be upon the streets, alleys or public grounds of Naperville between the hours of 9 p. m. and 0 a. m. unless ac­ companied by some person of lawful age haVilg him cr her in charge, or unless up*# some errand by permission or direc­ tion of his or her parents, guardian or eriployer. The city marshal will desig­ nee the hour of 9 p. m. by nine slow taps rf the bell. Anyone found violating the Ordinance will be subject to arrest with- rut process, and upon the second convic­ tion will be punished by a fine not ex­ ceeding $5. State News in Brief. Around Bloomington farmers are com­ plaining of the dry and hot weather as the oats and meadows are suffering great­ ly. Many of the fields of oats have been ruined and are being replowed and plant­ ed in corn. The incurable insane asylum commis­ sioners held a meeting in Peoria. All members were present except Commis­ sioner McAndrews of Chicago. It has been practically decided that the corner stone will be laid June 5. RoCkford has been on tlie verge of a water famine. Houses on the highe^ points in the city had no supply what­ ever. The trouble was caused by the shifting of a big compressor. N. B. Brackenridge. a representative of the Hawaiian Government, - while in Rockford on business, met and fell in love with Miss Hazel McManners, a very handsome and promising elocutionist. The two became engaged, leaving for Chi­ cago, where Miss McManners will re­ main with her sister until Mr. Bracken­ ridge returns from Scotland, when they will be married. Bids were opened for the construction of the new Northwestern hospital for the insane, to be located at East Moline. Twenty-seven bids were received, rang­ ing from $70,000 to $80,000. according to the material used. The bids are very vol­ uminous and the contract will not be awarded for several days. , The trustees of the Western insane hos­ pital were in session at'Rock Island, strug­ gling with the bids for the construction of the proposed institution in that county. The bids are many and the figures close. It will require a few days before the low­ est bidder cap be determined. The build­ ings will be four in number and the ma­ terial will be brick, with stone trim mines. W- w. Johnson, an early" settler of Rockford, and father of Harry M. John- sin, editor df tJie Republic, is dead. . ^ A stringer giving his n£n*e as P, Arm- field, who represents himself as a sales­ man £or the Hector-Terni Fruit Company, of St. Louis, has figured in a number of transactions near Vandalia; try* which country merchants have lost considerable money. The Hector-Terni company repu­ diates him. The preliminary hearing of LndwSg Misling, alias S. B. Davis, the alleged diamond thief, was held at Joliet. Mis- ling is accused of entering the apartments of Mrs. S. Williams at the Hotel Mnnroe and stealing $700 worth of diamonds. Misling was arrested when he complained to the hotel proprietor that he had been robbed. He was bound over to the grand jury in bonds of $1,500. .Misling is con­ nected with a New York engraving house. An event of interest in Moline Wednes­ day was the laying of the corner stone of the new public hospital, with appropri­ ate ceremonies. Addresses were made by Mayor Swenson, F. G. Allen and Dr. L. D. Dunn. The hospital will cost, complete, something over $18,000, exclu­ sive of the grounds, which were purchased last year for $10,000. The: site ia one of the finest in the city, overlooking the Mississippi river and valley and the three cities of Moline. Davenport and Rock Island. The superstructure is of Colona s a n d s t o n e , b a c k e d w i t h b r i c k . ; , ' - c The gist of the decision of the Supreme CouEt of Illinois as to the Cody law is that the Legislature hiis no right to dis­ criminate against persons engaged in any particular occupation by forbidding them to follow that occupation oh Spfiday. The Court holds that "if the public welfare of the State demands that all business and all labor of every description except that of necessity and charity should cease on Sunday," the Legislature may pass a law to that effect. But it cannot order bar­ bers to close their shops on Sunday unless it treats persons engaged in other occupa­ tions which stand on the same footing in the same way. Saloonkeepers, of course, stand on a different footing. It is admit­ ted that there are police reasons why sa­ loons should be treated differently from most other places where merchandise is sold or services are rendered. A small blaze in the apartment house at 1805 State street, Chicago, caused much excitement among thfi occupants W ednesday evening. Miss Lizzie White, on the third floor, was engaged in curling her hair, using a kerosene lamp with which to hear the iron. The lamp was ac­ cidentally overturned and exploded. The fire spread to the lace curtain and soon the room was filled with smoke. When the department arrived on the scene a small panic was prevalent among the women occupants of the building. Miss bite and Miss Collins were too fright­ ened to attempt to escape, and they were assisted to the street by Lieut. Thomas and other officers of the Stanton avenue police station. Miss Collins is subject to epileptic fits and after reaching the street in safety she had five attacks in succession. She was later conveyed to Mercy hospital. Livery stables cannot be built in strictly residence districts of Chicago without the consent of the property owners. This lias been decided after a long legal fight, in which the city and property owners were defeated up to the last moment-- From the lower courts to the appellate the battle for the privilege of prohibiting the erection of a livery stable in a resi­ dent district was carried. When the case reached the Supreme-Court the property, owners made their last stand, and won the day. The city ordinance, which is now declared good law, makes it illegal to erect a livery, boarding and sale stable, gas house, gas reservoir, paint, oil or varnish works within 200 feet of any resi­ dence in an exclusive residence district without the consent of the owners of the frontage. The decision, it is said, will also affect the establishment of saloons in residence districts against the protests of residents. .*! 1 he Supreme Court of Illinois, in the case of Mariah Butler et al. vs. John H. Butler, et al., appealed from Lawrence County, holds that slave marriages, one or both of the two contracting parties being slaves, are of ho binding force and may be repudiated by either party there­ to. In 1841 Allen Butler, a slave, was married to Mary Ann House, a free negro woman, in Maryland, according to the laws of that State. In 1854 Allen But­ ler, having previously acquired his free­ dom, married Mariah Conway, a 'free negro woman, in the State of Ohio, ac­ cording to the marriage laws of that State. Butler died' intestate in Lawrence County. The heirs of both marriages claimed the right of inheritance to the lands. The heirs by the second marriage appealed the case to the Supreme Court, which reversed and remanded the decis­ ion of the court below, holding the slave marriage of no effect and that the heirs V the sccond marriage were the true legal heirs. Miss Ida Steers, daughter of Mrs. M. A. Steers, was shot and mortally wounded by Charles Burrell, aged 26, who after he had committed the act turned the same weapon towards his breast and killed himself Wednesday morning. The affair occurred in the farm residence of John Masterson, brother-in-law to Miss Steers, who is IS years old, in Belle Prairie town­ ship. eight miles south of Fairbnry. Bur­ rell had been paying attention to Miss Steers the last two months. Sunday he drove to the residence and asked lier to go driving. She informed him she did not care to go. On Monday he saw her again, talked with her. and asked her to elope with him. This she refused. She then became alarmed, and left her own home and went to the Masterson place in order to evade Burrell. He found out where she was stopping, and with a 3S- caliber revolver in his pocket he drove to the place. After he met her he asked her whether she did not care anything for him, and receiving "No. sir," as a .re­ ply. began firing in the presence of the entire family of Mr. Masterson. They were unable to reach the murderer before he killed himself. Fire practically destroyed the Troy laundry building at Peoria, entailing a loss of $10,000. The entire block had a narrow escape from destruction. E. J. Darst is the owner and says the building will be rebuilt immediately. The commissioner of the new western hospital at Rock Island let the contract to the Edwards & Walsh Construction Company of Rock Island. Berea white sandstone will be the material used. The contract price is $SS,000, and the contract calls for four buildings--central, adminis­ tration, ward A and ward 1. Operations will be commenced at once. The Chicago, Burlington and Quinpy._ Railway Company has secured options on about three blocks of property in the cen­ tral portion of Rock Island, whereon it is anticipated one t ~ the West will soon be built. A number ofi officials were there with reference to this matter. The rear wall of a three-story building in course of erection in Main street, at Freeport. collapsed Monday night and five workmen on the third story were hurled to the baseffient and buried under the brick and framework. Howard Hit­ ter, a carpenter, was killed, and John Arno and Peter Kautenburger, brick- uiasons, wilt' probably d'e.