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ABOUND A BIO STATE BRIEF COMPILATION OF ILLI­ NOIS NEWS. The winter wheat crop in the vicinity \ of Carlylelt badly damaged. City Collector Maas of Chicago sent a fcts.tcmept to the City Comptroller %c- cbpntirig for tws ori licenses and taxeai receiyed, during 189G. It shows $21,- 434.60 from amusements, $84,480 from dog licenses, $18,730 'from pawnbrokers, $28,693,10 from wholesale liquor dealers, $33,985.09 from wholesale malt dealers, $2,991,965.34 from saloons and $68,841 from the Street car companies on car li­ censes. An unusual case came up in the Circuit Court at Joliet when Prank Wright, a convict at the penitentiary, was brought out to plead to the charge of assaulting his cellmate, George Boddy, with a deadly, weapon. He entered a plea of not guilty. This is only the second or third time in the history of the State penitentiary that a prisoner has been tried in the Joliet courts for a crime committed within the prison walls. Philip Lynn, city marshal of Brooklyn, was sentenced to sixteen years in the penitentiary for the killing of Milas Brad- shaw, alias "Lightning Bug," July 9, 1896. Lynn was carrying a shotgun for the pftrpose of killing dogs, when he en­ countered Bradshaw , quarreling with Janie Williams, a colored woman. An al­ tercation ensued between Lynn and Brad­ shaw and -the former shot the latter through the heart. • At 5 o'clock Wednesday morning in the People's power station at Moline, a large miter gear, connecting the rope trans­ mission apparatus of the dynamos; broke, and the S00 horse power ehgiiie went oti the rampage. Five and six-inch steel shafting was twisted off like pipe stems, jind the frame building containing the gearing was completely demolished. It appears as if struck by a cyclone. Heavy pieces, of casting were hurled 500 feet. Nobody was seriously injured. The loss, it is estimated, will reach $35,000. The Selz-Schwab Shoe Company of Chi­ cago bought the Ludlow shoe factory plant at Elgin for $100,000. This com­ pany has controlled the output of the El­ gin factory since last September, and has arranged to increase it from 1,000 to 4,000 pairs of shoes at an early date. The factory employs between 300 ar.d 400 hands. This number will be increased as soon as the market warrants. The newly acquired factory Will be made the main one of the five operated by the com­ pany. Its capacity will be enlarged and the grounds extended. "A significant fact in connection with the relief work that has been done the last'few days," said Chief Badenoch of Chicago, "is that crime has1 fallen off from 35 to 40 per cent as compared with the record of the previous week. This means that the men who have pleaded in their own defense in the police courts day after day that they stole because they had wives and children at home that were starving were telling the truth. The amount of crime the present week has been unusually small for this season of the year under any conditions." Major George S. Roper, of Rockford, died suddenly Wednesday morning. He was for many years prominent in State politics, being Republican State commit­ teeman. He was a member of the staff of ex-National Commander-in-Chief Law- ler of the Grand Army of the Republic, was the secretary of the Manufacturers and Merchants' Insurance Company, and was a prominent secret society man, being a high-degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He served on the staff of Gen. George H. Thomas during the war. Richard Sealy, the oldest resident of the city, died Wed­ nesday morning at the age of 94 years. Wednesday afternoon George Tschan, an employe of the Fox Solid Pressed Steel works, Joliet, fired three bullets into his wife's breast, head and arm, killing her, and then, locking himself in his own room, fired an equal number of bullets into his own body, and slashed his throat with a razor, cutting the jugular vein. Mr. and Mrs. Tschan had been married only two years. She was very pretty, and the husband is said to have grown jealous of the attentions which her beauty at­ tracted. Mrs. Tschan had taken steps to procure a divorce. The woman's clothing was packed in two valises, while the hus­ band's effects were also gathered into a valise. Evidently a conference ended in the tragedy. A petition was filed in the Circuit Court at Lincoln by J. T. Hoblit, E. D. Blinn, II. C. Quisenberry and W. H. Trailer for the appointment of a receiver for the Lin­ coln Electric Street Railway, operated by Bert M. Ivuhn and W. H. Patterson of Bloomington. The petitioners claim fail­ ure of the operating company to comply with the terms of a trust deed held by the St. Louis Trust Company, executed May 8, 1895, which holds as trustee 100 first mortgage bonds of $500 each. The street railway company 'defaulted payment of the interest coupons maturing Jan. 1, 1897. and on Feb. 2 a written demand was made upon the St. LOuis Trust Com­ pany to foreclose the mortgage. Hoblit, Blinn, Quisenberry and Trailer are the owners of all the 100 6 per cent bonds of $500 each. The defendants. Patterson and Ivuhn, resist the appointment of a receiver. The funeral of the late Major George Stevens Roper was held Saturday at Rockford, at Christian Union Church, of which he had long been a member and chief supporter. Rev. Dr. Thomas Kerr preached the funeral sermon. The mem­ bers of the G. L. Nevius Post, No. 1, G. A. II., of the city, and Crusader Com­ mander}-, No. 17, Knights Templar, turn­ ed out in regalia. The Masonic service was read at the grave, and a squad from Nevius Post fired a salute. Many persons were present from Springfield and sur­ rounding towns, and the Masonic com- mandery from Freeport sent a large dele­ gation. The Illinois Commandery, Loyal Legion, of Chicago, was represented by a large delegation. The Chicago members of the Grand Army present were Com­ mander McConnell of Columbia Post. Col. Partridge and Major, Charles A. Stone. Gen. W. B. Sears of the Charlestown, Mass., Loyal Legion was »n attendance, as well as many insurance men from Chi­ cago. " . The police of Moline have arrested Wil­ liam Rice on a charge of counterfeiting. Rice's outfit consisted of dies, made of lead, containing the impression of a dol­ lar. Ordinary clamps were used to stamp the counterfeit pieces, which were of block tin and lead. Walter Owen, the 17-year-old son of Patrick Owen, Chicago, was shot and al­ most instantly killed Wednesday night by John Flaherty, one of his companions. The ball entered^the right breast and caused death before the youth could be carried into an adjoining house. It was a case of "didn't know it was loaded." W. H. Ashelford, a farmer residing four miles west of Sycamore, has been experi­ menting in raising artichokes for feeding swine. On one acre he raised a crop o2 900 bushels. He also claims hogs fed on artichokes will never have cholera. The hogs like the tubers better than corn, and fatten rapidly when fed with them. Mrs. Mary Denning, who lived at,4036 State street, Chicago, was shot and in­ stantly killed by William A. Cunning, a coachman. The' murderer tried to kill the woman's two sons, but, failing, he turned the weapon on himself and inflict­ ed a fatal wound in his left lung. The tragedy occi'TTed in the dead woman's home and was the result of jealousy. HOUSE COMMITTEES. Wen Who WW Give Consideration to PrOpbsed Legislation. fiale, Hart, Conlee, Harnsberger, Barnett, Staudacher and Galligan. v ' To Visit Penal and, Reformatory Institu­ tions--Booth, Chairman; Parrlsh, Lyon. Wood, Garver, King, Harnsberger, McGce mlMi . To Visit Educational Institutions--Ward, Chairman; Allen of Vermilion, Powell or Cook, Torrence, Morey, Scrogin, Alsehuler, Montgomery and Salmans. To Visit State Charitable Institutions-- Berry man. Chairman; Merrlam, Funk, Pow­ ell of Iroquois, Metcalf, Dlneen, McGulre, Compton and O'Shea. Soldiers' Home and Soldiers* Orphans' Home--Merrlam, Chalrman{ Funk, Payne, Nichols, Anderson, King, Joy, Wood, Garver, McGnlre, Price, O'Donnell and Beer. Judicial Apportionment--Cochran, Chair­ man, Bailey, Boyd, Merrill, J^ardock, R. C. Busse, Berryman. Lathrop, La Monte, Tor­ rence, Williams, Busell, Flannlgan, Stos­ kopf, Atchison, Alsehuler, Craig, Conlee, Gaines, Organ and Barnes. '. WOLVES IN YELLOWSTONE PARK Preserve Said to Be Full of Them and They Prey on Klk and Deer. The National Park is said to be in­ fested "with large numbers of wolves and coyotes, which prey unhindered upon the game animals in the park. So numerous have they become and so bold in their attacks that elk and deer in large bands have sought refuge from them by leaving the great game pre­ serve and rendezvousing in the vicin­ ity of Cinnibar, Gardiner and Horr, their natural timidity toward man be­ ing overcome by their abject fear of their carnivorous enemies, whose frightful howls resound through the park in one continual chorus from the setting in of each night until the break­ ing of the' dawn. The wolves and coyotes will not ven­ ture very close to Imuran habitation, but deer and elk, evidently choosing between two evils, appear to prefer taking their chances of falling victims to the hunter rather than to be set up­ on by a pack of wolves and torn and devoured alive. These pests are in­ creasing rapidly each year, and at this time are even leaving the security af­ forded them In the park and following as closely after their prey as their sneaking instincts and fear of men will allow. The State pays a bounty on them of $3 a head, and wolf hunting has become quite a profitable business along the park border, put they are so numerous that the destruction of a few hundred does not materially re­ duce thqlr number. The bounty fund disappears, that's true enough, but the money is paid out for nothing, for by another season the increase will be much greater than the number killed for the bounty. Said a gentleman who came 4own from the park the other day, discussing how best to get,, rid of them: "A systematic wholesale hunt would seem to be the only way to go about it, but the park rules appear to stand in the way of this, wolves and coyotes re­ ceiving the same protection as any other auimal. If the peopto of tie per Yellowstone were allowed the privilege they would be only too glad to organize and exterminate the pests, While this might be allowed by a sus­ pension of the park rules, yet before such a course would meet with favor from the park guardians some means would have to be found to guarantee the safety of all game animals in the preserve. If there is any way to ac compllsh; this let it be suggested to Captain Anderson, that he, if it meets with his favor, may make a proelama tion that a grand hunt will begin on'a certain day, in which all persons who come within the restrictions and regu­ lations ^deemed necessary will be Itf- vited to participate.*' DEATH IN THE STORM. FIENDISH MURDERER CAUGHT. , • Lured Victims Into the Mountains of Australia and Killed. Them. SPRINGFIELD GOSSIP. JFrclcht Trains Collide, Killinc One Man and Injnring Two--Famous Baseball Man Dead-^Kpldeniic of 8uicide in Chicago--The Victims. Fatal Collision in Illinois. During a dense fog early Saturday morning two,freight trains on the Elgin, Joltet and Eastern Railway crashed to­ gether at Frontenae, on the Waukegan line, near Naperville. One man was kill­ ed and two others seriously hurt. "The dead: Conrad Dyer, a brakeman, crushed between the engine and cars. The injured: Andrew Allen, engineer; John Jenkins, fireman. On account of the fog it. was impossible to see only a few feet, and by mistake one freight ran by the switch which was to be the meeting place and col­ lided with another freight running at a high rate of speed. The engines and cars were badly smashed and the trainmen jumped to save their lives. Two freight trains on the Illinois Central collided two miles north of Toloiio early Saturday morning. Both engines were completely demolished, as were also five cars of mer­ chandise and three empty box cars. In one of the cars were thirty horses being shipped to Tennessee. They were all kill­ ed. The trains were running at full speed when they: came, together. The dense fog prevented the engineers from seeing the danger in time to reverse their engines. The engineers, firemen and brakemen jumped before the crash. Peveri Seek to Knd Life. Suicides have been epidemic in Chicago. In forty-eight hours three persons--two men and a woman--died by their own hands, two others are in a critical condi­ tion, and two remaining victims ,of the mania for self-destruction have recovered. The dead are: Warren E. Linney, 20 years old, 718% Adams street, plunged a bodkin into his heart; died instantly. Ovedia Viggen, 38 years old, a domestic, residence unknown, died at the county hospital, morphine poisoning; thought to have been a case of suicide. Gustav Je- reoke, 29 years old, 20 Goethe street, hanged himself to a bed post Saturday; was dead when cut down. Those in a se­ rious condition are: Dr. A. G. Benes, 25 years old, 72 Johnson street, took poison in his Wife's presence; removed to county hospital, where he may die. Go Dee, a Chinaman, 309 South Clark street, cut his throat with a razor. Those out of danger: Cornelius Dennick, 183 Sedgwick street, hanged himself to a door casing; discharged from county hospital. Mrs. August Nelson, 118 Hudson avenue, jumped in the Lincoln Park lagoon; recov­ ered at Augustinia hospital. Peoria Water War Is Knded. Gen. John McNulta, for the United States Court, G. H. Benzenberg of Mil­ waukee, representing the city of Peoria, and Robert Moore of St. Louis, represent­ ing the Peoria Water Company, compris­ ing the board of arbitration authorized by Judge Grosscup to consider the contro­ versy between the city of Peoria and the water company, has finished its labors. O. B. Gold, the receiver for the water company, was allowed $40,471, after de­ ductions of $7,213 in favor of the city. This amount represents deductions for in­ terest charges, shortage of water during dry weather and $3,525 which was adjudi­ cated in the State courts. This practi­ cally ends the war between the city and the company which has waged for several years, as all parties interested in the arbi­ tration will abide by the result. The board was appointed recently when the receiver petitioned Judge Grosscup to shut off the city's water supply on the grounds that the city failed to pay hydrant rentals. Charles Hadbourne Passes Away. Charles Iladbourne, the famous base­ ball pitcher, so long identified with the National League clubs of Providence and Boston, died at Bloomington Friday from paresis. He had been living in retirement at his home in Bloomington for seven years. His last professional engagement was with Cincinnati in 1890. At the close of his baseball career Radbourne engaged in the saloon business. Two years ago he lost the sight of one eye through the accidental discharge of a gun. He was born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1S54. He married a widow in Boston ten years ago. He had accumulated a neat fortune through his work on the diamond. Anson and Pfeffer of Chicago expressed sorrow at the news of Radbourne's death. Joe Van Lewen said: "Undoubtedly he was one of the greatest of pitchers. Once he pitched twenty-two straight games for the Providence club and won them all." Will Produce Spirits in Open Court. Luke Leslie, a fortune teller and spirit­ ualistic medium; who is in jail at Spring­ field on a charge of swindling a number of prominent people, proposes to make a novel defense when his case comes up for trial. Leslie is accused of getting inoney and diamonds from Dr. Jennie F. Spur­ rier by means of alleged communications from the spirit world. Leslie says he will reproduce the spirit manifestations before the jury for the purpose of showing that he is the genuine article and that Dr. Spurrier got what she paid for. Leslie has inspired much terror among his ignor­ ant companions in the county jail by his work and they are fully convinced that he can walk through the bars whenever he takes a notion to leave the place. The State's attorney has withheld the names of Leslie's victims at their request. State News iu Brief. Mrs. Mary Wray celebrated her 105th birthday anniversary at Fairbury. She resides with her daughter, Mrs. R. G. Crouch, and is hale and hearty. Her eye­ sight is good and she is able to assist in doing the housework. William Beck, a well-to-do farmer re­ siding six miles from Quincy, is dead from being gored by all angry bull. The ani­ mal trampled upon his body and then tossed him over the fence into a pig pen, where the hogs indicted other injuries. Mrs. Mary Garrett, one of the pioneer women of Pike County, died at Springfield Saturday, aged 79 years. " The trial of Frank Wright, a convict in the Joliet penitentiary, who is charged with assaulting his cell mate, George Boddy, came up in the Circuit. Court Thursday. Boddy refused to testify against Wright, and Judge Dibell judged Boddy guilty of contempt of court and gave him a three months' jail sentence. Just when Boddy will commence the jail sentence is, not known, as he is now under an indeterminate sentence in the peniten­ tiary for burglary. 'r An epidemic of diphtheria is prevailing in the western part of Deerfield. There have bee^i eight cases of the disease, and one death resulted, that of Mrs. John Fritsch. Mrs. Fritsch contracted the dis­ ease while caring for her four children. Other families which have been attacked by the disease are: August Winters' two children, 3 and 5 years old, recovery doubtful; James Fritsch's only child, a girl, aged 7, will recover; John Fritseli's four children, eldest 10 years, youngest 5 months. Prof. William A. Gilmore clos­ ed his school, owing to the prevalence of the disease. Three years ago diphtheria visited the same locality and nine deaths resulted, Speaker Curtis of theHouse of Repre­ sentatives has announced the following standing committees for that body: State and Municipal Civil Service Beform-- Bryan, Chairman: Tisdel, Hammers, Miller. Thiemann, Powell of Iroquois, Avery, Pow­ ell of Cook, Daugherty, Lathrop, Bowbrldge, Rowe, McGulre, Bryant, Large, Perry, Huff­ man, Bristol, Sattle, Hussman and Alschu ler. Corporations--Murdock, Chairman; Selby, Revefl, Fuller, Schubert, Andrus, Nohe, Glade. Ely, F. A. Busse, Ward, Kilcourse, Brown, Buckner, Shanahan, Meaney, Far- rell, Novak, Branen, Johnson of Whiteside, Barnes, Walleck, McGulre, O'Shea, Car- mody and Kaln. •. Railroads--F. A. Busse, Chairman; Bryan, Powell of Iroquois. Kilcourse, Sherman, Weldmaler, Booth, Cavanaugh, Nollng, Re- vell. Nohe, Thomas, Murray of Stark. Hough­ ton, Morris, Stoskopf. Farrell, Stewart, Blood, Hair of Pike, Sterchie, Novak and Mitchell. o _ Warehouses--Revell, Chairman; Thiemann, Daugherty, Eldredge, F. A. Busse. La Monte, Wathler, Rowe, Quanstrom, Buckner, Brlg- nadello, Bartling, English, Kaln, Horn, At­ chison and Sullivan. Canal and River Improvement and Com­ merce--Wylie, Chairman; Payne, Merrill, Kohlstedt, Men-lam, Murray of Stark, Dl­ neen, White, Wood, Andrus, King, Dickson, Flannlgan, McLaughlin, Jarvls, Suttle, Mc- Goorty, McGinnls, Hall of Cook. McDonough, and Kaln. Finance--Thomas, Chairman; Houghton, Shanahan, Lyon, Miller, Andrus,. Thiemann, Nollng, Powell of Cook, Shepherd, Bryant, O'Shea, Alsehuler, and Murray of Clinton. Mines and Mining--Trowbridge, Chairman; Steen. Murray of Sangamon, Selby, Bally, Dewoody, Sharrock, Thoma&^SbTirison of Ful­ ton, Merry, Wood, Wylle, McLaughlin, Large, Webb, Kaln, Bristol, Salmans, Jarvls and Staudacher. Fees and Salaries--Glade, Chairman; Booth, Boyd, Fuller. Perrottet, Nohe, Ward, Meaney, Stewart, O'Shea, Lovett, Allen of Randolph, and Trousdale. Penal and Reformatory Institutions--Guf- fln. Chairman; Needles. Anderson, Nollng, Steen, Brown, Scrogin, Lyon, Avery, Hough­ ton, Lathrop, Avery, of Stark, Powell of Cook, Laub. Large, Montgomery, Rhodes, Huffman, Atchison, Murray of Clinton, Huss­ man, McEnlry and Bristol. Municipal Corporations--Schubert, Chair­ man; Sherman. Revell, Cavanaugh. Perrot- tet, Nohe, Nollng, Kilcourse, Heughton, R. C. Busse, Quanstrom, Sayler, Wathler, Weld­ maler, Farrell. Johnson of Whiteside, Bar­ rlcklow; Schwab, Morris, Bragnadello, Bar­ tling, Craig and McGinnls. Education--Murray of Sangamon, Chair­ man; Bryan, Merrlam, Schubert, Hammers, Tisdel, Scrogin, Parrlsh, Wathler, Trow­ bridge, Joy, Dickson, Barrlcklow, Johnson of Whiteside, O'Donnell, Gaines, Alsehuler, Trousdale, Hall of Cook, and Suttle. » State Institutions -- Brown, Chairman; Daugherty, Payne, Wylle, Anderson, Kohl­ stedt, Nothnagle, Marqulss, Joy, King, Large, Lovett, Hall of Pike, Edelsteln, Allen of Randolph. English and Beer. Public Charities--Merrill, Chairman; Funk, F. A. Busse Dineen, Lathrop. Kilcourse, Dickson, Williams, Joy, King, Merry, Horn, McGulre, Hussman, McLaughlin, Perry and Hart. Public Buildings and Grounds--Daugherty, Chairman; Cavanaugh, Buckner, Houghton, Glade, Laub, Torrence, Marqulss, Sayler, Metcalf, Atchison, Harnsberger, Conlee, Mc­ Enlry and Montgomery. Revenue--Selby, Chairman; Cochran, Shan­ ahan, Guffin, Merrlam. Needles, Schubert, BoYey, Glade. Daugherty, Hunter, Scrogin, Nichols, Berryman, Sayler, Novak, Craig, Brignadello, Stoskopf, Walleck, Edelsteln, Blood, Mitchell, Suttle and Stewart. Banks and Banking--Boyd, Chairman; Funk, Lyon, Merrlam, Needles, Glade, Muf- dock, Busell, Powell of Iroquois, Wilson, Metcalf, Laub, Lathrop, Schwab, Barney Suttle, Shepherd, Horn, Montgomery, Trous­ dale and Edelsteln. County and Township Organization--Per- rottet. Chairman; Andrus, Sharrock, Shana­ han, Kincheloe, Powell of Cook, Berryman, Dewoody, Laub, White, Williams, Huffman, Bryant, Lovett, Jarvls, Mitchell, Atchison; Salmans and Hussman. Agriculture--Fuller, Chairman; Thiemann, Wilson, Bovey, Murray of Stark, Perrottet, Anderson, Scrogin, White, Williams, Mar­ qulss, Berryman, Busell, Dewoody, Dickson, Branen, Huffman, Hart, Hussman, McGuire, Bristol. Atchison, Rhodes, Allen of Ran­ dolph, and Price. Live Stock and Dairying--Powell of Iro­ quois, Chairman; Olsen, Thiemann, Schu­ bert, Miller, F. A. Busse, Perrottet, Andrus, Shanahan, Nollng, Cavanaugh, Kohlstedt, Brown, Hunter, Johnson of Whiteside, Bra­ nen, Morris, Farrell, Bartling, Butler, Mc- Glnls and Galligan. Parks and Boulevards--Sayler. Chairman; Schubert, Bryan, Daugherty, Tisdel, Rowe, Olsen, It. C. Busse, Revell, .Cavanaugh, Weld­ maler, Kilcourse, Quanstrom, Meaney, Wath­ ler, Laub, Sterchie, Sullivan, Galligan, Wal­ leck, McDonough, Butler, Mitchell, McGin­ nls and Carmody. , State and County Fairs--Wilson. Chair­ man; Hammers, Sherman, Thiemann, Mur­ dock, Murray of Sangajnon, Williams, Wood, Garver. Harnsberger, Large, McGuire, Bar- nett, Rhodes and Price. Horticulture--Garver, Chairman; Merry, Joy, Fuller, Nollng, Kohlstedt, Dlneen, Metcalf, Dickson, Meaney, Johnson of Ful­ ton, Flannigan, King, Jarvls, Hart, Horn, Allen of Randolph, Huffman, Hall of Pike, Rhodes and Hussman. Labor and Industrial Affairs--Steen. Chair­ man; Glade, Bailey, Murray of Sangamon, Ward, Bovey, Olsen, Torrence, Eldredge. Dewoody, McLaughlin, Rhodes, Allen of Randolph, Huffman, Large, Salmans and Staudacher. Manufactures--Bovey, Chairman; Cavan­ augh, Guffin, Ely, Thiemann, Meaney, La Monte, Quanstrom, Sayler, Kohlstedt, No­ vak, Hull of, Cook, Carmody, Blood and Kaln. Building, Loan and Homestead Associa­ tions--NoTing, Chairman; Lyon, Nothnagel, Needles, Murdoch, Murray of Sangamon, Rowe, Nichols, Trowbridge, Avery, Tabe, La Monte, Garver. Barrlcklow, Shepherd, Mur­ ray of Clinton, O'Donnell, Montgomery, Bry­ ant, Atchison and Stewart. Statutory Revision--Tisdel, Chairman: Jklil- ler, Williams, Murray of Sangamon, Boyd, Bailey, Torrence, Eldredge, Flannlgan, Al­ sehuler, Organ, Murray of Clinton, McGee, Horn and Compton. Sanitary Affairs--Meaney, Chairman; Ol­ sen, Merrill, Quanstrom, Nothnagel. Steen, Dineen. Powell of Cook, Morey, Mitchell, Beqr, Sterchie, McDonough, Carmody and Bristol. State and Municipal Indebtedness--Joh - son of Fulton, Chairman; Kohlstedt, Fui c, Kilcourse, Cavaiiaugh, Busell, La Mon't), Marqulss, Joy, Brignadello, Lovett, Conlse, Butler, Hall of Pike and Allen of Randolph. Insurance--Nohe, Chairman; Fuller, La Monte, Hunter, Schubert, Bovey, Kilcourse, Johnson of Fulton. Parrlsh, Weldmaler, Glade, Laub, O'Donnell, Barnes, Novak, Stoskopf, Bartling, Craig, Schwab, McDon­ ough and Barnett. Federal Relations--Flannlgan, Chairman; Sharrock, Wilson, Hunter, Parrlsh, Noth­ nagel, Williams, Houghton. Eldredge, Stos­ kopf, Salmans, Webb, O'Donnell, English, and Hall of Cook. Claims--Kincheloe, Chairman; Funk, Mer­ rill, Ely. -Berryman. Brown, Wathler, Mur­ ray of Sangamon, Dineen, Schwab, Blood, Galligan, Atchisou, Brignadello and Mitchell. Military Affairs--Buckner, Chairman; Bry­ an, Cockran, Nichols, Payne, King, Rowe, Perrottet, Tisdel, Walte, Farrell, McLaugh­ lin, Sullivan. McGulre, Horn, Price and Compton. Retrenchment--Lyon, Chairman; Daugher­ ty, Guffin,. Bailey,, Ely, Ward, Marqulss, Whise, Torrence, Edelsteln, Staudacher, "Montfi'omery, Jarvls, Lovett and Beer,. History, Geology and Science--Lathroj Chairman; Nothnagel, Trowbridge, Kinoh loe, 'Nollng, Selby, Dlneen, Marqulss, Huss­ man, Hall of Cook, Organ, Gaines, McDon­ ough and Allen of Randolph. Printing--Rowe, Chairman; Wilson, Hunt­ er, Shanahan, R. C. Busse, Andrus, Busell, Metcalf, Thomas, Kohlstedt, Galligan, Ster­ chie, Carmody, Bryan and Hart.' Roads and Bridges--Thiemann, Chairman; Efg>, Bovey, Perrottet, Guffin, Murray of Stark, Johnson of Fulton, Wilson, Beiry- man, Avery. Thomas, Dewoody, Garvoy, Marqulss, Morey, Price,McLaughlin, Stewart, Beer, Salmans. Bristol, Hart, Allen of R^q- dolph, Conlee and Jarvls. Executive Department--Hammers, Chair­ man; Buckner, Merrill, Bovey, Glade, Kil­ course, Fuller, Meaney, Metcalf, Wfcbb, H^'U of Pike, Murray of Clinton, Edelsteln, Gained and Kaln. Drainage and Waterways -- Sharroc%, Chairman; Olsen, Merrlam, Buckner, Alle:i of Vermilion, Nohe. Houghton, Murray o» Stark. Ely, Steen. Payne, Trowbrldgv'. White, Nothnagel, Merrill, McGoorty, Haji of Cook, Atchison, Barrlcklow, Stewart, Kaln, Barnes, Craig and McGinnls. Miscellaneous Subjects--Parrlsh, Chair­ man; Sharrock, Revell. Hammers. Wylle, Wilson, White, King, Wood, Atchison, Huff­ man. Salmans, Schwab, O'Donnell and Trousdale. Libraries--Dewoody, Chairman; Bovey, Bryan, Olsen,'Avery, Busell, Garver. Morey, Williams, Harnaborger, Ocgan. Atchison and Perry. - Fish and Game Laws--Nichols, Chairman; Lyon, Allen of Vermilion, La Monte, Wylle, Merrill, Perrottet, Hunter, Olsen, Brown, Quanstrom, Wood. Dewoody. Bartling, Large, Price, Allen of Randolph, Hart, Montgom­ ery, Jarvls and Barnett. License--Kilcourse, Chairman; Glade, Met­ calf, Nothnagel, Joy, Tisdel, Schubert, Allen of Vermilion, Needles. Wathler, Trowbridge, Powell of Cook, Marqulss, Branen, Schwab. Barnes, Galligan, Morris. Craig, Barrlcklow and McDonough. . . *•• Farm Drainage--Payne, Chairman; Ely, Andrus. Johnston of Fulton, Rowe, Wylle, Dickson, White, Scrogan, Troua- BATTLESHlPS WEATHER A FEAR- FUL GALE. Three Sailors on tiiie Maine Are Lost --Three Beacued by Heroic Work-- Marblehead's Carpenter Crushed to Death--Beveral Injured. He Wanted Stamps. "I obtained a peculiar order from a Kentucky storekeeper," said a cigar salesman. "I left the railroad to Work some interior towns and stopped at the country stores en route. At one of those places I found a man whom the commercial agencies gave a good rat­ ing and who acted as postmaster as well as storekeeper. I handed him my card and he said: " " 'Thar ain't but one thing yo' kin sell me.' " 'What is that?' I inquired. •• 'Yo' kin sell me 'bout $50 wurh o stamps, envelopes an' postal kyards.' " 'Why, you can get them from the government.' "No, I kain't. Yo' see they won't credit me. I liev tev sell stamps an' put 'em on people's bills, but tli' gov­ ernment won't let me liev noun 'tliout sendin' th' money. 'Tain't right, o' cose, fer I'm good, they orter know thot. But I ain't got a stamp nor a kyard In th' office an' no way ter git none. I'll hev to buy 'em soiiiewnaivj.' "After becoming convinced of the man's solvency, I sold him a Hue of stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards, to be shipped with a bill of ci­ gars."- - Washington Star. A Chinese Telegram. Chinese is the only language that cannot be telegraphed. So a cipher sys tem has been invented, by which mes­ sages can be sent The sender of the message need not botner himself about the meaning. He may telegraph all day without the slightest Idea of the Information he is sending, for he transmits only numer­ als. ' --- /' • -- . It !s very different with the receiver, however. He has a code dictionary at is elbow, and after each message Is received he must translate it, writing each literary character in the place of the numeral that stands for it. Only about an eighth of the words in the written language appear In the code. Hump Is Disappearing. One feature of bicyle riding this sea­ son is that there is a vast improvement in the position of the riders. Too ma.ay men and boys still arch themselves hid­ eously over their handles, apparently In the absurd conviction that it giv^s them a professional air. But there are fewer of these ambitious souls than formerly, and the women, as they al­ ways have done, sit well and ride eas­ ily. - Indian Hymn Writer. An American Indian who wrote the only hymn known to have been pro­ duced by one of his race was Samson Occum, '"ah Indian preacher of great ability. In 1766 be visited England to raise funds for cn Indian school and secured $50,000 for what afterward be­ came Dartmouth College. His hymn is "Awakened by Sinai's Awful Sound." Tall Sycamores of the Wabasb. The State of Indiana furnished a great many tall men for the army. Oiit of 118,254 men whose descriptions vfrefle taken at the time of enlisting, ll.- 392 were six feet or more in height. Gunboats in a Gale. Admiral Bunce's blockading, squadron: reached port Mouday at Charleston, S. O., after a disastrous voyage from Hampton Roads. Three men were lost overboard from the battleship Maine during the gale- of Friday, one man was Crushed to death on the cruiser Marblehead, another was fatally injured, and six others were so badly hurt that several may lose limbs. The details of the accidents on the Mar­ blehead are not obtainable. Monday night, as she lay off the jet­ ties, she presented a dismantled appear­ ance. Her forecastle was stove in, a portion of her superstructure and two hatches carried away. The hwjiVy seas that swept her decks rilso earned away her searchlight, lower port boom, smash­ ed the rails and swept overboard the life­ boats^' Carpenter Shawberl was crushed to death in the forecastle when it was wreck­ ed by a monster wave and Plumber Hick- ey had his skull crushed by the wreckage and probably will die. The six seamen who were injured are believed to have been hurl at the same time, but the officers of the vessel are reticent as to the details of the accident. Carpenter Shawberl was buried at sea. j:* Signs of Sough Voyage. The other vessels of the fleet show marks of their rough voyage, their upper works and deck hamper being damaged. The squadron weighed anchor in the Roads Thursday morning and put to seai Friday evening the weather thickened and by night was blowing a gale. The In­ diana returned to the Roads owing to the condition of her turrets. The rest of the fleet, however, pokedc their noses into the storm and headed south. When about fifty miles off Hatteras the fleet encoun­ tered the full force of the blow. Open squadron formation wtts maintained and the vessels were put in order for a siege of weather. The battleship Maine rolled in the big Beas, the water washing her decks at every plunge. It was late Friday after­ noon when the accident took place which cost three seamen their lives, and three others Were rescued only by prompt and heroic work. A gang of men was ordered forward to make more secure the lash­ ings, when an unusually heavy sea curled over her bows and swept aft. Six of the gang wertf picked up and carried over­ board before they could escape the wave. 8allors Are Lost. When the cry of "Man overboard" was carried back there was a scene of momen­ tary confusion, but in an instant the splendid discipline of the crew was ap­ parent. Life buoys were cut loose and the order quickly given to get a boat over­ board. The high seas made this work one of peril and difficulty, but a boat's crew Under Naval Cadet Walter R. Gherardi, son of Rear Admiral Gherardi, retired, waB finally .lowered, excellent seamanship alone preventing the frail craft from being crushed aginst the sides of the big bat­ tleship. > ,, • • While the engines had been reversed at the first signal from the bridge, the mo­ mentum of the ship had carried her some distance beyond* the epot"whore the sea­ men were swept overboard, and the set of the current, was carrying them farther away every moment. The ship's crew hatched the rescuers as they pulled man­ fully in the heavy seas, the waves run­ ning so high that the little boat was at times hidden from the vessel's deck as it rushed down into the trough. Meantime the drowning men fought bravely, and three of them managed to keep afloat until their mates hauled them out of the water. They were Seamen Hassel, Cronan and Freeman. The remaining three--Brown, Nelson and Kogel--were not to be seen. The lifeboat cruised bnck and forth over the sea, but the brave fellows had given up the struggle and met a sailor's fate. Cadet Gherardi and his boat's crew were highly complimented by the officers for their brave work. Boats Keep Toeether. Friday night the fleet made heavy weather of it, but managed to keep within signaling distance of one another. To­ ward morning the squadron was hove to and weathered out the rest of the gale in that manner. The officers say it was one of the worst gales the fleet lias ever experienced. Beyond the loss of the three men there were no further accidents. The Dolphin, which came up from the south, arrived Sunday and experienced no severe weather. A boat from the Maine visited Charleston Monday after­ noon with several bfficers. They visited the collector of the port and tiled tele­ grams. A dispatch from Washington was awaiting Admiral Bunce, presumably from the Navy Department in connection with the blockading maneuvers. Inquiry among oflicers of the Navy Department in Washington failed to elicit any infor­ mation regarding the fleet. The Marble- head is one of the second-rate cruisers recently constructed. She is a sister ship to the Montgomery-and Detroit. She is a twin-screw vessel of 2,089 tons aud car­ ries a main battery of.nine guns. Sparks from the Wires. President Cleveland has approved the act for the relief of telegraph operators who served in the war of the rebellion. The report recently circulated that Bishop H. A. Neely (Episcopal), of Maine, will soon retire, is authoritatively de­ nied. yv~ -. Four new cotton mills are about to be opened in the State of Puebla, Mex., and other mills will be built at various points. The importation of British cotton textile in the past year amounted to over 50,000,- 000 yards, while the United States «sent only a quarter as much. In the United States Court at Spring­ field, O., Judge Allen appointed Waiter C. Arthur, Mt. Vernon, receiver for the Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Company with a bond of $25,000. J. R. Hawkins, proprietor of the R. F. Hawkins iron works, bridge builders, Springfield, Mass., made a voluntary peti­ tion in insolvency. Liabilities, $200,000; assets about the same. Rudd Smith, one of the best known newspaper writers and editors in New York, was accidentally killed by gas es­ caping from a defective jet in a room in :the Putnam House in that city. Twelve life-savers were drowned while out searching for some fishing smacks at Harborre, Jutland. Robbers took the town of Newkirk, O. T. Saloons were robbed of all money and quantities of whisky and beer. Res­ idences were entered and many things taken out. Oflicers think the robbers came into town under the guise of tramps. "Little Pete," the most noted Chinaman in San Francisco, was murdered by his countrymen in Chinatown. He was sit­ ting in a chair in a Chinese barber shop when three Chinese entered and shot him • The murderers were arrested. It is sup­ posed they are highbinders hired to do the job. ° . The story of the. crimes, flight, pursuit and capture of Frank Butler, the Aus­ tralian murderer, who has been caught at San Francisce as he was about to land from .the sailing ship Swanhilda, is a re­ markable one. « On the°21st of November, in the year i896, appeared in one of the newspapers of Sydney, Australia, an advertisement to the effect that one Frank Butler-- mining ̂ prospector, was in search of a partnerwith whom to engage in a vertain mining venture. It was stipulated„„that applicants should possess at least ten pounds and como well recommended. Capt. Lee Weller answered the adver­ tisement and accompanied Butler to the Blue Mountain mining region, in what Is known as the Glenbrook district. There Butler shot him in the back of the head LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. Insurance Matters Up for Conattfera* tlon-Oppoae Loanifl* Public Fnnda --Repaira Needed on Capitol Build- ins--Two-cent Fare Bill Introduced* MUBDKBER FRANK BTIT1.KR. and buried the body in such a way that a stream of trickling water would help in its decomposition. But Capt. Weller had friends; he was missed; a search was made and it was not long before the de­ tectives discovered the grave and identi­ fied the remains. Meanwhile, news had been brought to the Australian police that another man named Preston had gone into the moun­ tains and never returned. Next the body of this Preston was discovered. Then it was found that another man had disap­ peared under the same circumstances as those surrounding the vanishing of Wel­ ler. Then another and another, and still another." The news of these disappear­ ances ran from end to end of Australia, and the whole police system of the coun­ try was brought to bear upon the case. Finally it was found that a man named Lee Weller had applied to the Sailors' Home at Newcastle for a berth on a ship. Seven days later this Lee Weller shipped out of Newcastle before the mast on the British tramp ship Swanhilda, bound for San Francisco in coal. This was all the letectrves wanted to know. The man calling himself Weller was Butler beyond any doubt; suddenly grown suspicious and resolved upon a bolt. Butler's photograph was identified at once by the Superintend­ ent of the Sailors' Home as the supposed Lee Weller. It was out of the question to overhaul Butler now, but two Austra­ lian detectives,- McHattie and Conroy, took passage on,.a steamer for San Fran­ cisco, where they arrived some three weeks ago. " • # • They outstripped Butler and waited for him. At the same time another detec­ tive set out for London to ofotain extradi­ tion papers. Uptn obtaining these docu­ ments he crossed the ocean to New York and immediately departed for San Fran­ cisco, where he joined the other'detec­ tives. <%» ,. f. «»•?"" The detectives, re-enforced by others until there were seven in all, took'up their quarters in a room on Meiggs' wharf at San Francisco to await the arrival of the Swanhilda. The ship arrived Friday and Butler, doubtless astounded to find that he had been outstripped, was taken into custody. COL. CROFTON'S RETIREMENT. President Cleveland's Action Creates a Sensation in Army Circlcs. The retirement of Col. Crofton, of the Fifteenth Infantry, by order of the Presi­ dent, has created a sensation in army circles. Col. Crofton refused to accept an invitation to voluntarily retire. While he was in command at Fort Sheridan there were several sensatioual affairs. Lieut. Maney killed Captain Hedberg. Crofton was struck in the face by Lieut. Welsh during a dispute in the colonel's tent. Lieut. Samuel F. Pague, of . Com­ pany F, fired three bullets at Col. Crofton, one of the missiles going into the ground and the other two piercing the command- COLOXEL R. E. A. CBOFTOX. ing officer's overcoat. The colonel was with the lieutenant's wife at the time. These cases, together with an odd mur­ der or two among the privates and some other evidences of disorganization at the post, excited the indignation of the Secre­ tary of War and the President to the ut­ most degree. , Col. Crofton is one of a lit­ tle company of foreigners who were jump­ ed into the regular army' early in the war in pursuance of a well-matured plan by President Lincoln looking toward the ac­ ceptance of the services of foreign sol­ diers who could be depended upon to be without bias in the sectional strife then beginning. • . . : - Mark Twain is in London, preparing his book descriptive of his recent tour around the world. '• The young king, of Spain may be seen any fine morning taking his sea bath at San Sebastian, where the Spanish court is now in residence. C. P. Villiers, "Father of the House of Commons," who has just celebrated his 05th birthday, has represented Wolver- 'lampton uninterruptedly for 02 years. The agent of theVpuke of Portland has distributed among forty-two charities the f-.ura of nearly $10,000, paid by visitors to Well-cck Abbey during the past tourist season. Jose Echegaray, Spain's great play­ wright, is 64 years old. He is an engineer and a mathematician. He was once a minister of state. He has written fifty- two plays. \ Rear Admiral Peurose-Fitzgerald, of the British navy, is now engaged on a biography of the late Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, whose life was a very eventful one. Work of the 8olons. Springfield correspondence:. Senator Fitzpatrick has introduced a bill calculated to arouse keen interest in insurance circles. It is one of a series of • bills placed in his han&s by the Under­ writers' Association of Chicago, and aims to "regulate" foreign insurance companies doing business in the . State. In the cap-. tion the bill is described as: "A bill for an act, to incorporate insurance companies described herein, and to regulate and con­ trol such companies and similar companies organized under the laws of other States and foreign governments, doing business in this State, and to exercise police juris­ diction and supervision over all incorpo­ rations, companies, associations, partner­ ships, or individuals or any individual acting alone or individuals associated together in any manner or as so-called Lloyds or otherwise, either incorporated' or unincorporated and engaged in the bus-, iuess of issuing policies or certificates ofi insurance; as more fully hereafter defined! herein." Two years ago Secretary of State Hin- richsen called the attention of the General Assembly to a serious condition of affairs respecting the Capitol building. He said the roof of the building' was decayed and rotten, so much so that the rain, came through in places, to the destruction of the ceiling and the ruination of the walls. He wanted the Legislature to make an appropriation of $50,000 so the entire Cap­ itol building could be reroofed with cop­ per. The Legislature took no heed of Mr. Hinrichsen's warning. Now the froofing of the dome Is in such a frightful condition that the rain pours into the foundations iu streams. These founda­ tions are being sapped and undermined, so much so that immediate steps must be taken to repair the injuries and roof the dome or the dome itself will topple over. This will cost the State $80,000. It could have been done for much less two years ago. Committees of the House and Sen­ ate are making inquiries into the condi­ tion of the Capitol building and the mat­ ter will be-laid before the Legislature at no distant day. An appropriation neces­ sary to ihsure the safety of the building will be jisked. It is understood also that an appropria­ tion will be granted to refit and refurnish the executive mansion. The house, when it was built fifty years ago or thereabouts, :was considered the most elegant mansion in Illinois. It was undoubtedly quite up to date for those times. It needs repaint­ ing, remodeling and refurnishing. A com­ mittee of the House has been looking through the building and will make recom­ mendations respecting it in the course of three or four weeks. Representative Jonathan Merriam of Tazewell has introduced a bill that will c%use some of the Cook County machin­ ists having control of ^public moneys a good'deal of mental Anguish. In 1893 the Legislature passed a law providing that all public officials holding public funds be required to loan the same out to the highest bidder, and that the public offi­ cial in question be permitted to retain one- fourth of the interest en the loan as com- pensation for his services. The Merriam bill repeals this and leaves the old law sytand. The law which would be re-en­ acted by the passage of the Merriam bill provides that public funds shall not be loaned under any circumstances. The chances are, if the Merriam bill becomes a law. the old statute will be amended by a proviso that any one found guilty of loaning public funds shall be fined In heavy amount and also imprisoned in the county jail or the penitentiary for a term of years. Representative Weimaier introduced a two-cent railroad fare bill. It requires railroad companies to tfell thousand-mile tickets at two cents a mile, good on all railroads in Illinois. These tickets are transferable and can be used by any one who wants to have them in his or her possession. A committee of traveling men was down here in the interests of the measure, but there are scores of other traveling men who are bitterly opposed to It. They claim that a cheapening of fare means a corresponding reduction in ac­ commodations for the traveling public, and they are fighting the bill. The railroad men, conductors, brake- men, and that class of employes are also working as best they can among the mem­ ber^ of the General Assembly against any such measure. They make the claim that the passage of the bill would mean a re­ duction in their number, a decrease hi their salaries and au increase in their 1 labors. It is hinted that the Weidmaier bill i was drawn by Representative Nohe. It is said also that it was offered to Mr. La Monte, who declined to introduce it, and that after that it came into Weirmaier's possession. Its chances of success are not deemed particularly bright I Several members of the House Commit­ tee on Appropriations met with the Gov­ ernor at the executive mansion and dis­ cussed the question of appropriations to be made by the General Assembly. It was resolved and agreed to hold appro­ priations down to the lowest possible point and at the same time not to recom -- mend any appropriations for new build­ ings. This means that the new normal schools at Charleston and De Kalb wilt remain in statu quo until the Legislature of two years hence grants appropriations. The same conditions will obtain respect­ ing the university at Champaign, with regard to. the erection of new buildings they want, and also the new insane asy­ lum in the northwest. This will undoubt­ edly reduce the appropriations to be grant­ ed by the General Assembly $1,500,000 at least. The Appropriations Committee will get to work as quickly as it can and get out .the bills in accordance with the idea of the Governor. The special claim of H. W. Rokker, ef Springfield, against the State for $13,60^ was disalloVed by the State Claims Com­ mission. This claim was before the Leg­ islature for several years, and was finally presented to the Claims Commission . It is now rejected for several reasons* the chief one being that it is barred by the statute of limitations. The claim grew out of the "printing combine" scandal ef 1S80. Rokker had secured the contract for the State printing at high prices; as it was alleged^ through a secret understand­ ing with rival bidders.. After he had done considerable work the contract was set aside, but by direction of the Secretary of State he completed the woak already be­ gun. It was for this work that he claims the $13,000. . iupiuaitf Baskets. Baskets are made both by hand and by machine. Very fine qualities of bas­ kets come from China, Japan and In­ dia, being made of peculiar varieties of grasses which grow in tWe parts of the world. Willow baskets are still made by hand, although machinery haa been extensively introduced In their manufacture. Wire baskets are ma­ chine-made