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ILLINOIS STATE NEWS UNCLE SAM IS SAFE. OCCURRENCES OURINQ PAST WEEK. CHEYENNE INDIANS START ON THE WARPATH. Stupendous Outlay by the Illinois Cen­ tral--Fatal Accident to a Chicago Bi­ cycle Expert-Mr. Kisssen Tries to Beat His Wife and Is Shot by His Son. Illinois Central to Spend Millions. In addition to its mammoth grain ele­ vator, Stuyvesant docks and wharfage, COStiriir about $1,500,000, Intnly-QomplpttMl PgOB&f TlfrN VW> \ Vi at New Orleans, the Illinois Central Rail­ way contemplates new improvements. The original plan was to follow up the first improvements with others, but the road was delayed by litigation, resulting from an attack upon the franchise. The ease is now in the courts, but-so confi­ dent is Mr. Fish that the claims of the road will be legally recognized, that he will soon have work commenced upon a system of warehouses for the deposit of western products. The warehouses will cover about six acres of floor, room and will cost an immense sum of money. Plans are also being prepared for another mill­ ion-bushel elevator on the property. Pres­ ident Fish's recent visit there .brought the matter to a focus and work will be b%un on the improvements soon. The idea of. the Illinois Central people is to build up a big import trade so that they will not only help New Orleans, but Will n6t have to haul so many empty cars back up their li'nea. • • r \ ... Protects Hia Mother. Because she didn't have strawberry shortcake for dinner Sunday Frank Kies­ gen of Chicago attacked his wife with a chisel, and heSvas shot by his son Jacob, 18 years old. Kiesgen is a machinist. Saturday was pay day, and Tie spent the , greater portion of his wages at the sa­ loons in his neighborhood. His wife went to church Sunday morning, and this angered Kiesgen. When she came out of church he met her and attempted to strike her with a chisel. He was prevent­ ed from doing so, and the wife hurried home. She told her son Jacob of the oc­ currence. When Kiesgen came home he , was warned. "Let mother alone or there would be trouble," said the boy. When dinner was ready Kiesgen asked his wife why she had not made a strawberry short­ cake. The wn answered by saying that berries were too high, and if his father did not like what-was there he could go some other place. This enraged Kiesgen, and he attempted to strike-his wife with the chisel. The son shot him in the neck, not fatally. Two Disastrous Firea. Within eight blocks of each other two fierce fires raged simultaneously on the West Side at Chicago the other after­ noon, keeping nearly two score engines busy for three hours and destroying prop­ erty with an aggregate value of $120,000. A 4-11 alarm was' turned in, followed by a special call for ten engines, at 2:30 o'clock to fight flames that were fast con­ suming the William H. Bunge Company's vinegar and yeast factory, 71 to 85 North Ann street. Less than half an hour later, fire broke out Ln the rear of a frame building at 191 West Randolph street, which communicated to three adjacent wooden buildings and threatened to de­ stroy more valuable structures. A 4-11 alarm brought a dozen engines, which quickly got the flames under control and in two hours had extinguished them, af­ ter they had gutted four ramshackle build­ ings. Killed by His Own Wheel. Desire Bruno, a Chicago bicycle rider and racer and a maker of wheels, was killed the other night by the breaking of the machine he was pedaling home from work. Around his neck lie carried the frame of his pet wheel, which he had just enameled. When the wheel he was riding collapsed the frame of the other gripped his neck as in a vise: For a moment he felt as if he was strangling, but soon re­ covered. He carried the wreck home, called on a doctor four hours later, on the advice of another physician, started for a hospital, and dropped dead in the street. The only apparent external cause of death was a small bruise over the Adam's ap- pte. Technically he died of oedema of the larynx; in non-medical language, he choked to death. State News in Brief. Andrew Miller, a laborer of the Lake Erie and Western ballast gang, was run over by a handcar east of Bloomington and almost instantly killed. At a mass meeting of miners at Strea- tor it was decided to go to work at the scale offered by operators of northern Illinois district, which is based on a rate of 52y* cents per ton for Streator field, with differential of 10 cents in favor of Braidwood. This practically ends sus­ pension of work in the district, where 12,- 000 miners are employed. James Gentry fought like a madman in Marshall Field & Co.'s retail store ,*tt Chicago the other day when attempt was made to detain him. hundreds of shoppers fled in dismay," and there was a general uproar. A clerk said that Gentry had smuggled a diamond ring from a tray. Floorwalker William Marshall tried to stop the escaping man and was knocked down. Then Gentry and Otto Kleinke, house detective, rolled together on ti.e floor until Policeman Bloomquist and a dozen clerks succeeded in overpowering the stranger. Sheriff Baxter returned to Springfield from Logausport, Ind., with Dr. W illiam Six, the alleged bigamist, accused of hav­ ing eight wives. Six's Sangamon County wife accompanied "her husband and still believes in his innocence. Six waived ex­ amination and was held to the grand jury in the sum of $1,000. A letter has been received by the sheriff from the Rev. W» D. Cane of Lab<jl!^i Mo., who declares that he married Six and Mrs. Lucy Bry­ ant in September, 1896. Six then went under the name of A. H. Miller. It is claimed he deserted this wife t\Vo days after the ceremony. A woman at Mount Sterling also claims to be the wife of Six. Within the last few days several Chi- cagoans have attempted suicide by swal­ lowing carbolic acid. One man tried Wells street whisky and succeeded. If you are desperate leave earbolic acid alone. Gov. Tanner has honored the follow­ ing requisitions: From the Governor of California for the extradition of Louis Montriol, under arrest at Chicago and wanted at Los Angeles for felony; from the Governor of New York for the extra­ dition of James F. Meagher, under arrest at Chicago and wanted in New York City for grand larceny. Mrs. Martin Sauer, an extremely hand­ some woman of 24, was found uncon­ scious on the street in .Toliet, and taken to the hospital, where she soon died. Her husband had gone to the police station to obtain aid to find hgr when informed where she was. Morphine had been tak­ en. A passenger train on the Michigan Cen­ tral Railway and a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific switch engine had a head-end collision at Ingalls Race Park at Joliet. The engines were-demolished and J&hn Potsch, aged 13 years, who was ridihg on the passenger engine, lost both legs. The passengers were shaken up, but es­ caped unhurt. Edward B. Ivreis and Mary Noden of Rock^ Island surprised their friends by the announcement that they were .married at Milwaukee July 4, 1896. They have kept the matter an absolute secret since. The insurance department of Illinois, prompted thereto by various accusations freely made of late, has made a thorough examination of affairs of the head office. Modern Woodmen pfAmerica, and find all in good shape, thus completely exon­ erating the officials. Russell Sage's grand nephew died a pau­ per's death in the Will County poorhouse Thursday. George Sage was the name of thg multimillionaire's relative. He w&s a son of ;EIizur Sage of Channahon, ~aad^e^-died-n-^a3ifii>r hgrquse his parents could not take care of, him and pay back the $50 they borrowed some time ago of the New York Croesus. Dr. James Six, a veterinary surgeon, who was arrested at Logansport, Ind-, is wanted at Springfield for bigamy. Six came to Berry, a few-miles from the city, recently, and married Miss Kate Horn- ung, daughter of Frank Hornung. Later feer parents learned from six women at different points in Missouri that they had married Six and were undivorced. Mon­ day Six wrote Miss Hornung to join him; at Logansport, warning her not to let her parents know where she went. The sheriff was notified by her parents and traced her to Decatur, where she purchased a railroad ticket for Logansport. The au­ thorities there wAe notified and Six Was arrested. " . 1 , Three tippling bakers entered into a whisky drinking contest at Carl Schoep- fer's saloon, Chicago, Wednesday. When the police from the East Chicago avenue station went to the place in the evening on a tip that something was wrong there, they listed the result of the bibulous riv­ alry as one dead and two unconscious and in a serious condition, as -follows: Dead, Jacob Conrad; overcome, Carl Eisleben and Joseph Bohm. The police held Cart. Schoepfer, Joseph Bohm and Fritz Her- ingslake, the last named of whom is said to have bought liquor for the men after Conrad's cash gave out, to appear at the coroner's inquest on Conrad's body. The stuff drank was light-colored, resembling wood alcohol. The police will have it analyzed. It was called "German whis­ ky." Fire, supposed to have been caused by 'an explosion of a tank of alcohol in the pepsin building of the Armour Packing Company, Chicago, Monday night, de­ stroyed the structure in which it started and threatened for a time the whole of the Armour and Swift plants. The loss approximates $100,000, of which $70,000 is on the new machinery which the build­ ing contained. The building itself was completed less than six weeks agp.and al­ though definite figures as to insurance could not be given, it is believed to be sufficient to fully cover the loss. Eighty persons, half of whom were girls, are thrown out of employment by the fire., The fire was one of the most spectacular and dangerous that has ever broken out in the stock yards district. The body of George Murrow, watchnian of the fac­ tory, was discovered in the ruins. His watch had stopped at 7:53, five minutes after the explosion wliieh wrecked the factory. Chicago Tribune: The Illinois Legisla­ ture has cause for the greenest sort of envy in the report of .a recent session of the Reichsrath in Vienna. The proceed­ ings opened with the fainting away of the president, which was an act of consid­ erable prudence on his part when the character of the missiles that subsequent­ ly filled the air is oonsidered. Then the members warmed up' to their work by some light exercise }n "parliamentary tac­ tics." and later, when the time seemed to be ripe, settled down to the more seri­ ous business in hand. According to the report, "they overturned the desks, smashed inkstands, flung books in the faces of the speakers, indulged in coarse invectives, and finally came to blows in a general riot." And what was the cause of all this turmoil? Simply because the majority of the members were in favor of making the Czech language the official language of Bohemia. Persons familiar with the Czech language may find some adequate reason for violence in this ac­ tion, but to the untutored observer the provocation seems wholly inadequate for the amount of damage that was done. It will require an expert opinion, however, from the inkstand-slingers at Springfield before the merits of the proceeding can be fully understood. The suicide of George E. Paul, for many years prominent in Peoria labor cir­ cles, is one of the most pathetic that has occurred there in recent years. A letter in one of his pockets reads as follows: "It has been .a debatable question for a long time whether a man under certain circumstances is justified in committing suicide, and I have finally reached, the conclusion that he is. » When a man has passed the half-century mark and has not by hook or crook gathered together sufficient wealth to maintain him the bal- .anee of his days, but must of necessity live on the charity of his relatives, friends or the public, it appears to me at this time that he had better shuffle off this mortal coil. I speak now as a working- man, who has been able heretofore to pro­ vide for himself and his family against want, but as the trade at which I have been working hrtsJat'enNlestroyed by the introduction of all kinds\)f machinery, and as an old man is not wanted at a day job and has to be satisfied at odd times to do piece work where it is impossible to make a decent living without the assist­ ance of others, it is no wonder that I have reached the decisive conclusion that self- destruction is justifiable. Being too proud to beg or live on the cha ,*ity of relatives, where I ani satisfied that I would be an unwelcome boarder, and being,too honest to resort to stealing and get myself taken care of by the State, I can see no other way out of a difficulty that confronts me but to seek rest in the grave. If there is a future state I do not fear it, for if I am to be punished it cannot be a worse pun­ ishment than I have endured for some time past, and if there is a just God I know He will be merciful to me. My end is near, as I have no home.. Bury me in a simple manner from an undertaking establishment." At Jacksonville, the grand jury return­ ed an indictment against John W. Davis on the charge of embezzlement. For four years Davis has been City Clerk of Jack­ sonville and at the expiration of his term of office, April 30, his accounts were found to be short about $2,000. Quite a sensation has been created at Carlyle by the indictment of William Don­ aldson and his wife. They are a youthful couple and "were married against the wishes of the boy's parents. The Donald­ sons are first cousins, consequently the marriage was contrary to law,, therefore the indictment At Monmouth, the United Presbyterian committee on home missions allowed sev­ eral applications for aid from old-estab­ lished congregations. Evidence in all the cases showed -the churches had.been self- supporting, but they were compelled to ask for temporary relief on account of bad crops and general business depression. Confessing to three charges of burglary and one of arson, 12-year-old Joseph Van- denski stood in the prisoners'.docket at the South Chicago police court tiie other morning. The arson was committed to hide a burglary, and at the time tije youth set a store on fire he knew that the pro­ prietor and his family were asleep in the rooms above. The hissing of the foreign geese cannot hurt the American boy. M ADE A GOOD EECOfiD. ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOM­ PLISHED MUCH. McKinley"s Vigorous American Pol­ icy--Action on Cuba Will Come in ®oe Time--Continued Business Im­ provement from Authentic Sources. Capital City Chat. Special Washington correspondence: President McKinley has now been three months in office, and the record which his administration has made is a laudable one. In those three months Congress has been called together, a tariff bill framed, passed by the House, considered by the Finance Committee of the Senate, and is now under consid­ eration in that body; prison doors have been opened in Cuba arid American citizens released in great numbers, a commission has been dispatched to Europe to inaugurate and initiate a movement in favor of a bimetallic con­ ference, a commissioner lias been dig- patched to Cuba to obtain information, in order that the President may act in­ telligently in regard to the matters of that island, a warship has been sent to Hawaii to protect the American inter­ ests there and open the way for more important action regarding that appli­ cant for membership in the Union, and changes in the offices are being made as rapidly as consistent with the con­ ditions under which the civil service was left by the preceding administra­ tion. If any gentleman who is inclined to be faultfinding with the progress of events under the new administration can point to any administration in which there was greater promptness of action, let him rise and be heard from; if not. let him cease breeding dissatis­ faction by complaints. Action Shonld Not Be Hasty. People who are inclined to criticise the apparent delay of Congress and the administration in regard to Cuba, are being reminded that an important step which might complicate the rela­ tions of this government with one or more groat nations of Europe, cannot be undertaken without careful thought and examination into the situation. The consular representatives in Cuba must of course to a groat extent be the tyres of the administration, and with all those offices filled by men of a former administration, it is not surprising that President McKinley and, his Cabinet have found it necessary to exercise groat caution in taking so important a step as that which is demanded by many people in the United States, or that they are unwilling to act until re­ ports are received from their own rep­ resentatives recently dispatched to that island. When the!\york which this administration has already done in the release of American citizens from Cuban prisons aild^e relief of other Americans there from starvation, is compared with the attitude and acts of the last administration on this sub­ ject, it would seem that the contrast is decidedly striking. o The Retaliation JJtisraboo. Those foreign countries which are proposing to "retaliate," by shutting out American products, if our tariff law does not suit them, will think twice before they enter upon a one-sided war of this sort. Austria-Hungary, which makes the loudest talk in that line, took $2,439,651 worth of our produc­ tions last year, and sold us $7.(544,154 worth of her own products. Argentina, which has also suggested a course of this kind, took $5,979,840 worth of our products in 189(5 and sold us $9.313.3S5 worth of her own. Japan took $7,040, 250 worth of our exports and sold to people of this country $25,537.02S of her products. When countries with those relations realize that a systematic exclusion of our products fromv their markets wouid result in cutting off much larger sales of their own pro ducts to people of this country, they will stop talking about retaliation against the tariff, or at least do noth­ ing more than talk. China Makes a Move. Even China is waking up on the gold question. Information just received here shows that silver, which in 1866 stood at the rate of 16 to 1 with gold, at Shanghai, fell to 26 to 1 in 1893, and now stands jt 32 to 1, and with the consequence that there has been a marked activity Lh the development, of the gold mine^j of China. There are now fifty-two places in China where gold has been found, while relatively little silver is or has been produced. The Country's Business. Business reports from various parts of the country show a marked improve­ ment. Reports to Dun's and Brad- street's of last week are of a very en­ couraging character. Dun's Review says that unmistakable evidence of im­ provement comes in the general in­ crease of commercial loans; the distinct change gives proof that business has been larger than, many have supposed. There is a continuing increase in the volume Of business, in demands for products and manufactures, and con­ sidering the time of the year, in move­ ments of grain and produce. Reports from various parts of the country show renewed activity, both ln business and manufacturing. The Lehigh and Wilkcgsbarre Coal Com­ pany. which worked but two days a wee.k last winter, is to work twenty days in June; 10,0 looms of the New York cotton mills at Biddeford, Me., were started up last week, aXter a year's silence; work began last Monday in all departments of the Fortage iron works at Duncanville, Me.; the mills of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, at Scranton, Pa., have re­ sumed operations after an extended idleness, part of them now running on double time; the Thomas iron fur­ nace at Birmingham, Ala., which has been idle for several months, has been put in blast, and the Alabama rolling mills have started up after an extend­ ed idleness. Bradstreet's summarizes its reports from various parts of the country by saying that there is a ten­ dency to increase business in the South Atlantic and Gulf States of the Pacific coast and in a few States in the North­ west. Contrast this with the condi­ tions four years ago and see if people are justified in making complaints about the present state of business. Reciprocity in the South. Our Spanish-American friends at the south of us evidently recognize the fact that the Republican party is again in control in the United States. They are sending a delegation of business men here to encourage trade, a step which they carefully avoided taking during the existence of the Cleveland administration, which cut off the reci­ procity treaties and thus closed to the United States the markets which those treaties had opened in those countries. . A. B. CARSON, Japanese Enterprise. The enterprising "Jap," or rather a dozen of them, are expected in England this month to undergo a three years' course of training in private establish­ ments in shipbuilding and naval engi­ neering. The Japanese Government has voted $40,000 to pay the expenses of these students, and an additional vote of a similar amount is to be made for the purpose of sending another doz­ en "Japs" to study the manufacture of firearms in England. The British man­ ufacturers who permit the "Japs" to have the run of their workshops will, within a decade, be deploring the loss of control in the markets of the world. What T>elny Means. Every day of delay in the Senate over the tariff bill means a delay of many days in the return of prosperity. Im­ porters are making the most of the time during which the bill is delayed in the Senate to bring in quantities of foreign goods. Every dollar's worth of foreign goods thus imported means that just so much less will be bought of our home products, and consequently the deman l for American labor will be so much ~^s. 'Typical of McKinley. When the Tennessee Exposition was put in motion a few weeks ago by the pressure of President McKiuley's fin­ ger on the electric button, it was typi­ cal of the way in which the wheels of industry were put in motion when the news of the election of the great pro­ tectionist was flashed over the country last November, and also of the manner in which they will be started humming when the last vestige of Gormah-Wil- sonism is obliterated. Bad for Bradford. Great activity is now being displayed in Bradford in anticipation of the re­ vised American tariff. The January re­ turns of trade with tile States showed a decline of £350,000; but since the draft tariff published phenomenally heavy shipments have been made of a wide range of materials, mainly from stocks. The new tariff, if carried, will be a heavy blow for Bradford.---Even­ ing News, London. Good for the Farmer*. Every one familiar with the subject admits jthat a reasonable duty on hides will directly and immediately benefit the farmers and stock raisers through­ out this country. This fact should lave weight with our national legislators. Mr. Bull's Dilemma. f a. „ %J<<S SETTLERS IN DANGER. Rumor* tbat at Least s Dozen "White Men Have Been Killed -- Farther Slaughter Likely to Follow if Troops Do Not Interfere. Cheyennes in Revolt. The Cheyenne Indians have gon^ on the war path in Montana and are said to have killed almost a dozen men, includ­ ing five United States soldiers. ^Jie In­ dians have, no reservation, but roam over the southern part of the State. The white settlers are up in arms and the women and children are being sent into the north­ ern towns for safety. The Cheyennes- make the Lame Deer agency their headquarters. Hoover, a sheep herder, was recently shot by In­ dians while herding sheep. He was killed because he caught several Indians killing sheep. This so incensed the stockmen that they have armed themselves and will fight to protect their homes, help and stock. Two companies of colored cav­ alry from Custer were ordered to the agency Wednesday, and Saturday a cou­ rier arrived from the agency with the information that George Walters, the postmaster, and Lou Alderson, a stock­ man, had been shot and killed; also that the Indians had shot into the cavalry and killed five men and had sixty armed cow­ boys surrounded. The cavalry from Fort Keoufch and Company E of the infantry left for the .scene; There are cert airily grounds for fear. The Cheyennes are determined and they are being re-enforced by renegade Crows. Rosebud ranchers received a consignment of rifles and am­ munition at this point. Settlers have moved all their families from near the reservation. Ranchmen and stockmen have organ­ ized at Cheyenne agency and demand the Indians who killed Hoover. The names of the InxMans are known and they are protected by fifty bucks. Sheriff Gibbs and Coroner Bateman have returned from XOTHAX COUNTRY IS SHADEI). Barringer's ranch, in the neighborhood of which the inquest was held on the body of Hoover. The verdict was that he came to his death by two shots fired by Chey­ enne Indians. t While the inquest was proceeding sixty men under Legislator James Brown ar­ rived on their way to the agency. The Sheriff pleaded with them to return and told them sixty of them against 400 or 500 Indians armed and such fighters as the Cheyennes are would be helpless. The; Sheriff learned that the crime was com­ mitted by three of the band led by White Bull, who said a day or so previous that his heart was bad; that he wanted to eat white man's heart. The agent said that he knew one of the murderers, and thought with a little time they could find the others, would arrest them, and turn them over to the civil authorities with what evidence they had. He had re­ quested a sufficient force of soldiers to surround itlie Indians, and said he would cut off rations till the murderers were turned over. The Sheriff and committee went back to the main body, which had been augmented by twenty men from the Rosebud, and made report. Though there was much dissatisfaction at the turn affairs had taken, they agreed to disperse for two weeks to allow the agent time to make the arrest. If not then done the original plan of attacking the Indians is to be carried out. The women have been gathered at several ranches for protection under a guard of ten or twelve men in each'instance. Gen. Carlos Ajtuirre. THEY HEAR. NJ'K'NLEY; Merchants of Two Continents Listen to the President; The commercial museums were formal­ ly opened at Philadelphia Wednesday by President McKinley, who presided during the attending exercises at the American Academy of Music. He delivered a siJeech in response to Mayor Warwick's address of welcome, and then at night, in a nota­ ble banquet held at the Bourse, whwrh celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia, as well as the opening of the commercial mu­ seums, the President delivered an im­ promptu address. The ceremonies, which were most im­ pressiveand interesting, were given an added importance by the distinguished character of the assemblage." Besides the President and his party, including the members of his cabinet and the foreign ministers, the guests included the dele­ gates attending as representatives of their countries from South America. Central America, Mexico and even more distant points. ; * ' , v: The banquet was probably the most no­ table ever given on this continent. It was notable not only in point of numbers, near­ ly 1,500 persons participating, but in the distinction of the chief guests. Besides President McKinley there were seated at the table of honor Secretary of Agri­ culture Wilson, Attorney General Me- Kenna, .Congressmen Dingley. Dalzell, Gposvenor, Ileatwole and T&wney; the ministers from Mexico, Brazil; Chili, Ar­ gentina, Venezuela and other South Amer­ ican governments;, the Chinese minister, and a number of other eminent officials from the capital. , The hall in which the dinner was held covers an entire bl<>ek in area. It was gor­ geous with light and color. Ensconced in a compartment formed by- walls-of flags at one end of the hall was the Marine Band, under Director Fanciulli, which alternated with the Germania Orchestra, stationed at the other end. To avoid un­ due delay in reaching the toasts, the serv­ ing of the banquet was promptly begun. GOVERNMENT-CROP BULLETIN. r.cHo » PnAl' Week Generally Cool' and Conditions Unfavorable. The following crop and climate bulletin for the week has been issued from the Chicago office of the weather bureau; Illinois--Week generally unfavorable, but no material damage by light frosts. Some corn still1-being planted, also little replant- ^ cultivation general, although too u°j.r £°°d germination and growth. Wheat heading short and much cheat; oats, pas­ tures and meadows generally good; clover cutting this week in southern section. Fruits generally very promising. Strawberries still being marketed in large quantities. Wisconsin--Week cold and dry, with heavy frosts. lee formed in central and west coun­ ties, but special reports Indicate damage to fruit and other crops comparatively slight. Oorn planting about completed. Oats, barley and spring wheat fair. Winter rye heading and promising well. Michigan--Weather favorable for rye, meadows, pastures and field work, but too cold for much growth of other vegetation and germination of corn. Cold, wet ground has rotted some corn, causing considerable replanting, while oats come up slow and I? i Several frosts, t>ut damage Hght. Corn planting nearing completion. Potato planting well started. Minnesota--Cool weather and deficient, rainfall have retarded corn, grass and truck. Earlv sown wheat stoollng well; late sown small grains need rain. Irregular stand of corn caused by defective seed. Hay pros­ pects good. Insects Injuring plums and ap­ ples. Damage by frosts slight.. Iowa--Week cool and cloudy, with de­ ficient rainfall, except scattering localities. Corn planting practically completed and cul­ tivation general. More replanting necessi­ tated than earlier reports indicated. Condi­ tions more favorable for grass, oats and wheat than for corn. South Dakota--Many localities need rain, especially since frost of last Monday, which more or less temporarily Injured* sprln, wheat, oats and rye in most localities anu permanently damaged some earlv corn, bar­ ley and flax. Indiana--Little rain fell and continued cool weather, with light frost; too cool for corn, which comes up yellow. Wheat, rye, oats and clover continue in promising con­ dition. Meadows promise large hay crops. Tobacco plants are being set out, Nebraska--Cold weather lias caused corn to germinate and grow slowly, but has been favorable for grass, rye, wheat and oats. Rye in bloom. Winter wheat heading. Small ?raln in southwestern counties suffering roiii drought. Some damage from frosts ln northern counties. Ohio--Several frosty nights; no special damage. Wheat, oats, rye, pastures, clover, timothy, potatoes and tobacco on drained soil made some progress, but cool, cloudy weather checked proper growth of all vege­ tation. Corn and tobacco planting contin­ ues. Corn slow, some yellowing, many fields to be replanted. Rye heading. Straw­ berries ripening; some picked. Blackberries blossoming. Tree fruits are dropping badly. The Cuban leader who was dragged te death tied to the tail of a horse by the Spanish soldiers. COLDEST MAY ON RECORD. Month Just Closed Pets a New Mark for the Weather Bureau. Last month will go down as the coldest May on record. In the records for the last twenty-six years, beyond which time the Weather Bureau can tell us nothing, no May can be found which gave as low an average temperature by two degrees as the month just ended. The lowest rec­ ord on the weather man's books for May was in 1875, when the thermometer went down to 25 degrees, but this was an ex­ ception rather than the rule. In Chicago May 1 showed a temperature of 33 de­ grees and the following jlay went only, one better. These were the coldest days of the month, and May 19, when the mer­ cury ran up to 81 degrees, was the warm­ est. Telegraphic Brevities. Former Senator Dubois and Senators Cannon and Pettigrew will sail July 2 for China and Japan to study the financial question from the Oriental standpoint. * Dr. J. W. Prendergast," former health officer of Cincinnati, recently indicted for attempted blackmail, failed to appear when his case was called for trial and his bond of $1,000 was declared forfeited. The Argentine congress has granted the «um of $1,000,000 'for the purchase of seed to aid the farmers of Santa Fe, whose crops were destroyed by locusts' and unpropitious weather. . Harry Singleton, who murdered Officer McCormick two years ago, and Thomas Milton, who murdered his mistress, both condemned murderers, had a desperate fight in jail at Tampa, Fla., andTklilton was nearly cut to pieces. . '.t. The Chinese Government has decided to adopt the free delivery postal system and has honored a Chicagoan with an of­ fer to assume charge of the "undertaking, the same being Fred F. Stoll, formerly general superintendent of city delivery In that city. ALTGELD IS ACCUSED. Former Illinois Governor Blamed for Globe Bank Crash. Startling assertions in regard to former Governor Altgeld are made in the report of the special Senate committee which in­ vestigated the misappropriation of the University of Illinois funds by Charles W. Spalding, late of the Globe Savings Bank of Chicago. The charge <s made that Mr. Altgeld was a very large l>orrower from the bank at the time Spalding became the univer­ sity treasurer, and that he was a large borrower during his entire term as Gov­ ernor. When the bank went down Mr. Altgeld, the report charges, was in debt to it, while his Unity Building collateral was worth only 50 cents on the dollar and his Ogden Gas stock collateral had no commercial value. The declaration is made that the bank was practically insolvent in 1892 and that this must have been known to Mr. Alt­ geld as well as to Mr. Spalding. Further, it is found that Mr. Altgeld, when elected Governor, was both a stockholder and di­ rector in the Globe Bank, and as such should have had knowledge of its preca- ripus condition. Then the report adds, "the committee believes he was acquaint­ ed with its condition." FIRE ON AMERICAN SHIP. Ward Liner Valencia a Target for the Cruiser Maria Mercedes. The Ward' Line steamer Valencia was fired upon by the Spanish cruiser Maria Mercedes while coming out\of the Guan- tanamo Bay a few days ago. Details of the incident are not complete, but the explanation made by the commanding offi­ cer of the Mercedes is that, as he entered the bay, he noticed a steamer goiug out. No flag was flying at masthead. He sig­ naled to learn the nationality of th«*ves- sel, and receiving no reply, fired a blank shot. His signal was still unheeded. He then fired a solid shot,' which, according to his report, failed to reach the vessel. It brought her to, however, and caused her master to hoist the United States flag. When the commander of the Mercedes saw the colors he signaled that he was satisfied and allowed the steamer to pro­ ceed. When the Valencia reached Cienfuegos her captain at once reported the facts to the United St..tes vice consul and also forwarded a report to the owners of the line in New York. The vice consul made a protest against the act of the cruiser. FULTON LOSES THE WOOD MEM Head Camp at Dubuque Orders Head­ quarters to Rock Island. At 'he national convention-,of Modern Woodmen in Dubuque, the headquarters were ordered removed from Fulton to Rock Island in sixty days. It was decid­ ed to hold tie next head camp at Kan­ sas City. Charges of the misappropria­ tion of funds made against the head offi­ cers were, not considered by the conven­ tion. The law prohibiting membership to liquor dealers was so amended as not to affect those in the order before such legislation was enacted. ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS By a vote of S5 yeas to 60 nays the Allen street raHway bill was passed by? the House Friday. The Bogardus Senate bill to create a State board of pardons and regulate the manner of applying for pardon and commutations passed tf-ithoufc debate. Mr. Buckner, the colored mem­ ber, secured unanimous consent to hav» bis civil rights bill read a third time an<f put on passage. The bill .was passed byi a vote of S2 yeas to li pays. The meas­ ure provides that all colored persons shall' be entitled to the same treatment as white people in art public places; The St. Louis bridge bi^, enabling the St. Louis Bridge Company to own and operate atrppf mr lines on.the Illinois side of the Mississippi river, was passed. The House voted to appropriate $iy,000 for ^he erection of a barracks in lake front in Chicago, uponr ground given to the State by the City, Council of Chicago, and $30,000 for re­ pairs and improvements of the executive mansion. Business in the Senate was confined to the advancement*, of appro­ priation bills from second to third read­ ing. Both houses adjourned to 5 o'clock Monday. • . The House met Monday afternoon witiS Mr. Selby in the chair. Speaker Curtis beiftg ill. The gas bills' were advanced! to third reading and made a special order for Tuesday, after several amendments had been made. The £pti-departmesit store t>i|l was advanced to third reading, ' and made a special order for Thursday. An unexpected amendment, was offered on the libel bill: it was to repeal the iaw^ of 1$95 and re-enact the former bill. The amendment passed. The Senate did noth­ ing. • '/• •/. \ •' . ' :y§| The House Tuesday passed these bills: Amending the law providing for the teaching in public schools of the effects of alcoholic drinks; to ratify railroad con­ solidations made between the years 1874 and 1883; the gas consolidation biL!; twen­ ty-one appropriation bills. The Senate also passed a large number of the latter, and the senatorial apportionment bili. A number of minor bills were also passed. In the Senate Wednesday the Alien street railroad bill was ordered to sec-'1 oml reading. Th? House tax levy bill, the East St. Louis warehouse bill, and the anti-long-race-bicycle bill, were ad- \ a need to third reading.. The Senate tax levy oill, the bill to pay balance of Sena­ tor Wells' salary to his widow, the bill fixing $4,000 as salary of. .Joliet peniten­ tiary warden, and the bill appropriating; cash for repairs to Supreme Court build­ ing at Mount Vernon and expenses of home for the blind at Chicago were pass­ ed. In the House the Senate libel mil was amended to provide for the repeal of the libel law of 1S95 and passed. The Sen­ ate bill to regulate the manufacture an<S sale of substitutes for butter came up. As amended in the House the bill permits the coloring of butter, but prohibits the coloring of substitutes therefor. The bill was passed. The Senate bill to punish the fraudulent use of railroad and steam- l>oat passes was passed without opposi­ tion. , _ I iijl| Senator Dunlap's bill preventing the use of coloring matter in the manufacture of outterine was passed by the Senate Thurs­ day afternoon by an overwhelming ma­ jority. The Allen bill was passed to thirJ reading. The Senate concurred, with votes to spare, in the House repeal of the libel law. In the House the motion to strike out the enacting clause of the primary election law was lost. Among! the appropriation bills passed by the House was one for the University of Illi­ nois, made necessary by the defalcation* of Charles Spalding, late treasurer of the institution. The bill obligates the State for the endowment fund of the university umounting to $430,712.01 and provides for the payment of interest thereon at the "f rate of 5 per cent. The Senate hill (Dwy- er's) rev ising the law concerning local im- provejuents by special assessment or spe­ cial or general .taxation was ordered to third reading after an effort by Mr. No­ vak to have the enacting clause stricken out. A resolution agreed upon by the valley people, drainage trustees and canal' commissioners was adopted. It affects the construction of the canal through Joliet. How Chinese Do Various Things. The Chinese dress in white at funer­ als, and in mourning at weddings, while old women always serve as bridesmaids. The Chinese surname comes first in­ stead of last. The men carry on dressmaking and the women carry burdens. The Chinese launch their vessels side­ ways and mount their horses from the off side. The Chinese begin dinner with des­ sert. and end with soup and fish. The Chinese do everything backward. They exactly reverse the usual order of civilization. "v„ The spoken language of China is not written, aud the written language is -"not spoken. Books are read backward, and what we call foot notes are inserted in the top of the page. Note first that the Chinese compass points to the south instead of the north. The Chinese shake their own hands instead of the hands of those they greet. ,3 Terrible Indian Mail Storm. The year 1888 was a great one for vi­ olent hail storms in India. At Morada- bad, a north country station, the deaths amounted to no less than 230. Men and women caught in the open fields were literally pounded to death by the „reat chunks of ice. In one case an entire marriage party was annihilated. At the place named the hailstones were frequently two or three times the size of an ordinary walnut. Before the storms the temperature was always very high, and one observer states that a majority of the deaths occurred through the unfortunate victims being knocked down and buried under the falling ice. Mad-Dog Bites. About six years ago an item was pub­ lished in a newspaper stating that a German physician was going to die. and he wished to make known the dis-, covery he had made in relation to the treatment of a mad dog bite. The pre-> scription he never knew to, fail, and he had tried it many times with men, cat­ tle and horses. It is this: Simply wash the wound as soon as possible in a little warm vinegar and water, j$m1 put a few drops of muriatic acid Into the wound. This will neutralise the poison, and prevent the disease which usually proves fatal. In China. The most powerful Institution in China is the family; and the most re­ markable thing about the family is that it is able to exercise judicial pow­ ers over its members. If a Chiiiamaa commits smy minor offense, it is not the magistrate who abjudicates on the matter. The family compensates the injured man anxj punishes the offender by flogging or imprisonment. It is ouly in graver offeuses. suel^as mur­ der, tl\at the culprit is handed over to the judicial authority. nv v