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FIRM IN PARTY FAITH THE WRECK OF FREE TRADE ILLINOIS STATE NEWS LEADER OF MANY MEN. Michael Ratchford, National Preti* dent of the United Mint Workers. Michael Ratchford, national president of the United Mine Workers, upon whom devolves the responsibility of managing the national strike of the miners, is a resi­ dent of Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. He is a product of the coal mines of that county, where his father, of English de­ scent, was a miner before him. He re­ ceived his schooling jn labor agitation un­ der John McBride, also of Massillon, who was president of the national miners' or- PEPUBLICAN LEAGUE DELE- GATES IN DETROIT OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. Heated Term Resulted in Many Fatal­ ities, Much Suffering, and Violent Electrical Disturbances--Governor's Residence to Be Greatly Im proved. Applaud McKinley's Policy and Honor the Nation's Rnler -- Speeches by President Woodmansee and Others-- Indorse SC. L>onis Platform. ------• % • Great Party Love Feast. Ringing cheers for President McKinley, hearty approval of his adiiiiuistration and vociferous indorsement of the platform adopted by the Republican party at St. Louis marked the high tide of enthusiasm * at the tenth national convention of Re­ publican League Clubs in Detroit. A cordial greeting from these Repub­ licans in convention assembled sped over the wires to Washington to the leader whom they love as the champion of pro­ tection, patriotism and national honor. From the White House came a message of cheer and good fellowship. It brought 1,200 delegates to their feet, shouting with the zeal of patriots. The convention was a success. It was •an assemblage of the rank and file in the Republican columns. It was it meeting in an "off" year to keep the fire of enthu­ siasm burning brightly on party altars. The middle west and east had the larg­ est representation. President Woodmansee called the con­ vention to order at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday moraing in the Auditorium. His annual Address was delivered with eloquence, ®nd seasoned with ideas that met hearty and demonstrative approval. He upheld •a protective tariff and sound money, the unfurling of the American flag over Ha- Tvaii, ihe courage and ability of Presi­ dent McKinley, and the Cuban strife ior independence. He referred to tHe fact that the league was free from debt and on a splendid basis. His denunciation of Democrats made a hit. He said that Re­ publicans favored civil service, but not that kind that retained a col>ny of in­ competent Democrats in office. Gov. Pingree of Michigan and Col. Duflleld of Detroit delivered speeches of welcome. The speech of welcome deliv­ ered by President Dingley in behalf of the Michigan State League introduced to the coi.vention the son of the framer o? the new tariff bill. He bears a scriiring likeness to his father. Appointment of committees, reports of officers and routine work occupied the morning session. A recess was taken un­ til Wednesday morning. The afternoon was devoted largely to State caucuses. v ' Welcome from the Governor. In his address of welcome to the dele­ gates Gov. Pingrc-e said in part: . T'?0 Republican party, from the day of its oirtn, became a great power because It was tne party of the people, and it will remain a<.sfi!at l)ower 80 long as It remains the party or the people and no longer. It was con­ trolled by men who believed In the great principle of equal rights, but It has been n^8sary to flfiht to keep what we have. Ihe great masses of the people are honest and patriotic. They are willing to share the burdens of civilization If they can receive a few of its benefits. Sometimes they be­ come Impatient and demand an Inspection of the books. Thej, the people, know they are not re­ sponsible for the present conditions in this country. Farmers and mechanics, who are the; principal burden bearers, wonder what lias become of the old principle of equal tax­ ation. They wonder how and why many priv­ ileged classes still exist In this republic. The people have been reading and studying. Some of them have been thinking. ?rhey know that the principle of equal taxation is closely allied to the principle of equal rights, end that It is a Republican principle, and they expect the Republican.party to enforce It, and they are going to see that it is en­ forced. T We hear a great deal said about the home market It is the most Valuable market we have. If I were going to destroy that mar­ ket entirely, I would favor the continued formation of trusts and combinations of cap­ ital. This would result in throwing about half of the workingmen out of employment and of wiping out small concerns and de­ stroying Individuality, which Is another name for patriotism. Then It would be only necessary to see that the greater portion of the taxes are collected from the working classes, and that all railroad companies and •other watered stock concerns are taxed from one-third to one-seventh as much as the widow's cottage and the farmer's farm. The majority of the people are not In favor of destroying the home market In this way. I have great faith that the right will pre­ vail. The people are patient, and when they are betrayed by their representatives they .make other selections and try again. They •expect relief from the Republican party, and they are willins to give it a fair trial. You are here as the representatives of that par­ ty, fresh from the people themselves, and your utterances and your recommendations will be awaited with interest, and If they are wise and true and practical they will be received with welcome. Duffield's Retort to Pinsrree. When it came to Col. Duffield's turn to act as spokesman for Detroit he thus criti­ cised the Governor's sentiments: It has been said by the Governor that the itope of this country is in the people, but I tell the Governor that the hope of the people Is In the Republican party. (Great applause ) The hope of the people has nothing to do - T " ~ . -- * * T • U V L U I U 6 t . u u u with the demagogism and the vituperation of Bryan. The hope of the people Is In that party which has always been true to the poor man. and which has been and, I trust always will be equally just and true to cap­ ital. In a great growing country like this there will always be strife between capital and labor, but let us do all we can to make that strife a friendly one. If the miner is not getting wages enough let us help him to get his proper share, but if the miner who does not want to work attempts to interfere with the one who does tell him he can't do that. Our party is the party of the rich and poor pjlke, with no fear of the rich and no favor­ itism to the poor. It is easy to oppose corporations and easy to arouse a handclap against them, but, my friends, this country could not live without corporations. What the law should do, what the Republican party should see to It that the law does, is to say to the corporations: "These are your legal limitations; the min­ ute you overstep them the law will put Its bands on you." Woodmansee'* Address. President Woodmausee's valedictory was characterized by his praise of the policy of the new national administration. He said in part: As a part of our deliberations at this con­ vention I would suggest the propriety of discussing the proposition as to whether it would not be wise to establish a fixed day of the year upon which to hold our national conventions. I would also advise that this convention recommend to the various State leagues that the State conventions of all the leagues throughout the Union be held on the same day. Being thus held, that day would pre® sent the League prominently before the peo­ ple of the country in every State, and such concert of action would bring the various State organizations in closer" touch wUh each other. They would seem to have a common purpose. By having the entire army in the field upon one particular day we would very clearly show our continued de­ velopment in power and in influence I would suggest as the day for this extra­ ordinary event the birthday of the father of the Republican party. Abraham Llm-oln I am justified In saying that the Leaauo l« growing. In a number of States a few vears ago our party leaders looked unon it with suspicion. Now they recognize Its use­ fulness and gladly encourage and support it We have a number of distinguished states­ men who have hardly realized the fact that there exists in this country tilt National Re­ publican League. They have unsatisfied am­ bitions, and are somewhat disappointed at the slow progress they have.made in nation­ al politics. My advice to them is to get In line and not overlook the League men In this country, who, with a comradeship of 2,500,000 members, have no axes to grind but naturally think more of their friends than they do of their enemies. Of the large number of distinguished Re­ publicans wno have been friends of the League there is one who stands out conspic­ uous among all the rest. That man is Will­ iam McKinley. As an organization the League cannot aeatet any candidate for of- ;flce until nominations are duly made, but as individuals Its members naturally remem­ ber their friends. As a consequence William McKinley to-day is President of the United States. That magnificent pngeaht given in Wash­ ington at his Inauguration, said to have been the most remarkable In our nation's history, was composed in large part of . members of this League. They were there, -not as paid officers or men of the army or navy, but as the volunteer representatives of the army which last fall went out upon the "field of political battle and fought with a vigor that knew no weariness, with a courage that was a stranger to defeat. Our share in the re­ markable victory of 1896 i«ads enduring lau­ rels to the cause of club organization throughout the United States. The people of this country are to be eon gratulat-ed upon the fact that during these trying times we have a Republican Presi­ dent at Washington, a man of lofty charac­ ter and rugged pariotlsm, a man pure in life, sincere In purpose and with convictions of honor that are as stable and unflinching as the granite hills. As we are proud of the party of Lincoln, of Grant, of Garfield and of Biaiue, so are we proud of the party of William McKinley. The question Is often asked by our political adversaries. "What-has President McKinley done?" ' - We nnswer that he has unfurled the stars and stripes upon the Island of Hawaii. By that act he will reclaim our country's terri tory and our nation's honor. He has gone into the southland and taught the gospel of enduring peace and Christian fellowship. He has rebuked the pessimist, and In the place of his discordant wall of despair has proclaimed the joyous message of brighter days and l>etter times. He has made it possible to pass a Republi­ can tariff law when his party was in the mi­ nority, which, indeed, is nu accomplishment almost unknown in American politics. He has done even more. He has taught our people that our President is one of us and for us; that there should be no insur­ mountable wall between our chief ruler and his subjects, and it may be said that each official act of our new President brings him In closer touch, with the American people, who have learned-to 16ve >and admire him. ^ With confidence in our leaders and isUtu in our party principles, we will enter the t-ohtests that are before us with a courage that is undaunted. The Republican party is right upon the great questions that con­ cern the masses of our people, and, being right, it is sure to win. Those who have been Incredulous will allow their incredu­ lity to melt awav in the glow of promises that have been faithfiJly kept. The marts of trade will assume tne busy air of better times. The merchant will be happy witn his increased revenues, the laborer awl me­ chanic with better wages, and, indeed, all classes and'conditlous of men. will be lifted up into an atmosphere that breeds content­ ment. the very safeguard of our free instl tutions. To this end, my friends, let us consecrate the National Republican League of Clubs. Let us make of it an organization strong, ju­ dicious and helpful. Let us keep It free from those entanglements that would destroy it. Make it in all the States, in name and in fact, a standing political army, subject to our party's call, brave and victorious in ev­ ery conflict. Greetinc Sent by McKinley. Following is the text of the greeting telegraphed by President McKinley to President Woodmansee: I offer you my heartfelt congratulations on the tenth annual convention of the Repub­ lican League and my continued best wishes for the Increased usefuln».-NS and prosperity of this worthy' organization. WILLIAM M'KINLEY. Telegrams of regret were read from Vice-President Hobnrt, Secretary Sher man, Senators Allison, Quay, Wellington, Warren, Fairbanks and Burrows, Speak­ er Reod, Congressmen Grosvenor, Ding- ley, Fowler and Henderson, Secretaries Alger, Gary, Gage, Long and Wilson, Pension Commissioner Evans and others. At a well-attended mass meeting in the Auditorium at night Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia spoke on "Repub lican Continental Policy." Webster Da vis of Kansas City, assistant Secretary of the Interior, was the next speaker. Elo­ quence and vigor characterized his ad­ dress, and the enthusiasm of the audience rose to a high pitch. Second Day's Session. Wednesday's session was called to or­ der at 11 o'clock. "Dick" Woods of South Dakota read the report of the com­ mittee on credentials. The committee on resolutions reported as follows: The representatives of the National League of Republican Clubs of the United States, in convention assembled In the city of Detroit, reaffirm their unfaltering allegiance to the principles and policies of the party of pro­ tection, sound money, reciprocity and patri­ otism, as expressed In the St. Louie plat­ form. The faith which prompted the nom­ ination of William McKinley and a Republi­ can Congress has been justified, and we con­ gratulate the country upon the evidences of returning prosperity. We pledge anew the energy and support of the great army of or­ ganized League men, In every State of the republic, for the advancement and continued success of the party of Abraham Lincoln. We view with satisfaction the progress that has been made during the short period of the present Republican administration toward the fulfillment of every pledge made to the people; and commend the President aud Congress for their prompt and decisive action In sending a monetary commission to confer with Atlier great powers of the world in the Interests of International bimetallism. We rejoice in a conclusion of a treaty pro­ viding for the annexation of Hawaii, and expect that, pending the ratification thereof by the Senate Of the United States, the ad­ ministration will protect the Islands against all Interference. The Republican party proclaimed, In 1896, its active Interest in and sympathy with the Cuban patriots In their long and heroic strug­ gle against foreign misrule and oppression, as well as the fact that Spain has lost con­ trol of Cuba. The first and practical evi­ dence of the lincerity of these declarations Is the great and unmistakable lessening of Spanish atrocities and butcheries In Cuba, at the demand of this nation since March 4, 1897. The verdict of the American people and the voice of humanity Is that the useless and inhuman efforts of Spain to govern Cuba have lasted long enough, and we beUeve that President McKinley may be relied upon to Interpose Ills good offices to end that struggle with the greatest promptitude con­ sistent with wise administration. In order to carry into effect the policy ad­ vocated in the last national Republicnn plat­ form. we earnestly urge upon Congress the earliest possible passage of a discriminating duty measure for the protection and up building of our shipping in the foreign trade We earnestly ask of Congress such legisla­ tion by bounties as will encourage our beet- sugar Industries. < We again commend to the consideration of the Republican clubs of the United States, as a matter of education, the question of granting suffrage to. women. We emphatically condemn the partisan ac­ tion of the last Democratic President in sum­ marily removing from office Union soldiers and other tried and competent public serv­ ants, and In extending the protection of the classified service over his own appointees without requiring any examination as to their fitness, and without regard to their qualifications, as a sham and a fraud, and a subversion of the Intent and purpose of the civil service law; and we favor a modifica­ tion of the ri!<!s and provisions of said 1-iw foe, the benefit of the public service, and to remedy the gross injustice thus perpetrated We request that new safeguards be incor­ porated Into our immigration laws to pre­ vent unworthy immigrants from landinir upon our shores and from entering Into com­ petition with the citizen labor of our coun- try > We sympathize with the miners and other laboring men of the land In their peaceful struggles for living wages; and believe that the tariff bill soon to be passed by Congress will restore the good times enjoyed bv nil citizens under former Republican adminis­ trations and destroyed by Democratic free- trade legislation. On the suggestion of several colored delegates, a supplementary resolution was adopted condemning lynchings and all mob violence as a flagiant denial of jus­ tice and a reproach to morality. O. Au­ gustus St raker of Detroit wanted the res­ olutions amended by including a clause denouncing mob violence and hanging, and later this was 'ncluded. Crawford Elected President., . " Then the motion came to prdceed to the election of officers, and the chair called for nominations by States. Speeches were limited to five minutes. Storms of In­ diana presented A. M. Higgiiis of Terre Haute; Wilson of Kentucky presented L. J. Crawford of Newport; W. W. Wede- meyer of Michigan presented Grant Fel­ lows of Hudson; Prof. W. H. Barry of New Jersey presented Congressman Thomas McEwen of Jersey City; Dele­ gate Warren of Pennsylvania presented Fred W. Flietz of Erie, and S. S. Reed, a West Virginia editor, nominated Mar­ cus Pol'asky tof Chicago#-^, The roll-call followed, and the total vote was: Crawford, 918 8-15; Flietz, 704 7-15. The league committee on place and time of next convention selected Omaha. You can gauge a man's -character pretty throughly by what he considers laughable. The more some men fail the more they think they've succeeded. ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS. Improvement in the Business Out­ look a Matter of Congratulation. From all sections of the country come reports of increased activity in all lines of business. Factories and foundries that have lain idle for many months will again be started up and additional labor will be employed in those that have been running on re­ duced time, with smaller force. The change has come almost within a few weeks. Hope was revived by the elec­ tion of Ma jor McKinley as President, but the well-known difficulty of hasten­ ing through Congress a tariff bill has delayed realization. As it becomes more plain that home industries are really to be protected from the competi­ tion of the foreigner new life is being infused into American enterprises. Un­ certainty chills trade. The conviction that four years of protection are to be ours lias made business men once more willing to enter into engagements for the future. The depression follow­ ing the recent free trade experiment has taught us a costly lesson. In the railway service alone over a quarter of a million of men were thrown out of employment because the mills,"' fac­ tories and all industrial enterprises no longer furnish tonnage. If a country is prosperous its railroads prosper. They are the great distributors. The money they receive is, all but a very small portion, spent in the public ser­ vice. Interest on bonds and dividends on stocks are but the commission charged by the disbursing agent. In most cases this commission is far be­ low the ruling rate. Protection will put money in circulation that is held now by capitalists too prudent to un­ dertake to compete with the products of foreign pauper labor. Men now idle will once more find employment in the shops and factories and on the rail­ roads. The employment of these will bring business as well to the store­ keeper, and the farmer will again find a more profitable demand for his products. History of Onr Fiasr. One of the most interesting pieces of history connected with the American flag remains to be told. For eiglity- nine years after the Stars and Stripes were adopted, they were made of for­ eign goods. All through the war of 1812 and the civil war, no American soldier or sailor ever fought under a yard of American bunting. No bunt- iiig was made in this country, for two reasons, first, because nobody knew how to make it, and, second, because nobody could make it and compete with England. General Butler induced Con­ gress in 1865 to put a tariff of 50 per cent, on bunting, and a man was sent to England to learn how to make it, and when he returned twelve looms were put in operation, and then, on February 24, 1800, a notable event oc­ curred in Washington. The first Amer­ ican flag, made of American bunting, was hoisted over the National Capitol. The flag was 21 feet by 12 feet, and was the gift of General Ben Butler. We said there were twelve looms en­ gaged in making bunting in 1805; well, that was a good many then, but in twelve years afterward there were 13,- 000 looms making the same article. Under free trade in bunting we paid from $25 to $35 a bale for the goods, and under a protective tariff the price fell to $18 for a first-class article.-- Fond du Lac (Wis.) Commonwealth. publicanism--protection--before they can be accorded a hearing in Republi­ can councils.--Darlington (Mo.) Ree- ord. Southern Protection Sentiment. The voting on the Dingley tariff bill in both House and Senate lias brought out some interesting and significant facts, some Democrats and even a few Populists having joined with the Re­ publicans in support of a protective measure. This evidences that the prin­ ciple of protection has growh broader than party lines. But the most isighifi- cant fact is that nearly all of these non- Republican votes for protection came from the South. The day was when, in making a forecast of .elation ;, re­ turns, the votes of the>'"lij?Bd^outh" were assigned without discission to the party of free trade. But that day has gone, never to return. The "solid South" is broken, and the break is greater than that which is pleasured by party lines. Not only has tlie party whose watchword is protection more Southern members in Congress than ever before, except at the time imme­ diately following the civil war, but the number of their votes does not meas­ ure even the whole strength of protec­ tion sentiment in the South. The growth of manufactures in the South and the opening up of Southern re­ sources is swinging the South surely and not slowly into the protection col­ umn. It is quite conceivable that jn the not far distant future we will have again a "solid South"--a South solid for the American system of protection. --American Economist. What Farmers Depend Upon. Farmers depend upon a protective tariff just as surely as does the pros­ perity of every other American pro­ ducer. The remedy for agricultural depression is an enlargement of the market for agricultural products. In order to secure a larger market for ag­ ricultural products we must make the home market larger and" increase the home demand. The only way to do that is by building up our manufac­ tures, by increasing the number of our industrial plants, by giving employ­ ment to all idle workingmen, by creat­ ing such a demand for labor through the opening up of new industries, that the increased number of consumers will afford a ni^et for all the farmers' products. "Hns is the best way to se- cwe prosperity to the farmers, and the rctment of a protective tariff law will benefit no class of workers more than it will benefit the farmers. Republican Fundamental Principle. The fundamental principle of Repub­ licanism is protection--protection to American labor, protection to Ameri­ can capital, protection to American far­ mers, protection to American finances, protection to American interests and the American citizen no matter where he may be found. Therefore, the men who voted for McKinley on account of his standing, on the financial question, must show that they are in accord with the foundation principle of Re­ How a Nation Grows. A nation grows in prosperity and power according as it trades, and it trades only as it produces, and it pro­ duces only as it is able to satisfy its wants thereby.--Minneapolis limes. And it cannot produce if a free trade tariff permits other countries, with cheaper labor, to do its production. We have experienced this condition un­ der the (Jorma n-Wi I son bill of the Democratic party, which checked this nation's growth in prosperity and pow­ er. But we will grow again under the Dingley protective tariff. Their Numbers Decrease. The country has been pleasantly dis­ appointed by the large number of Democrats in the Senate who have cast the heresy of "tariff for revenue only" to the winds and who have voted as Jackson and Jefferson would have voted in a crisis like to the present.-- Chicago Inter Ocean. And there will be still greater pleas­ ure, during future tariff discussions, when it is seen that the supporters of the old heresy number less and less. The Only Difference. "There is not so much difference be­ tween the parties 011 the tariff." says the Louisville Courier-Journal. Of course not. The Democrats favor a tariff for deficit only, while the Repub­ licans believe in a tariff which gives a surplus and protection to American labor. That's the only difference be­ tween them.--Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Killed by the Heat. Not less than 200 horses and many cat­ tle were killed by the h»at in McLean County. Near Virginia there were a num­ ber of prostrations, but no fatalities. The farmers plowed by moonlight. A number of horses and cattle died from the effects of the intense heat. John Russel^ com­ mitted suicide in his orchard, near Wa- taga. He was (59 years old, and a wealthy land owner. He was overheated in tlie hayfield, and was unable to sleep. It is thought his act resulted from the heat. Repairs on Executive Mansion. WorkPwill commence at once at Spring­ field upon the extensive-repairs to be made upon the Governor's .mansion. The mansion lias not been repaired since 1889, at which time it was improved at a cost of $13,500 under the direction of a com­ mittee appointed by the Legislature con­ sisting of Col. N. B. ̂ Wiggins, George PasSeld and E. L. Merritt. This time the repair work will cost $20,741 and $1,500. for incidentals and architects' services. The principal .work of remodeling will be done in the basement. Attention will be given to putting in an entire new system of sewerage. The basement will then be fitted up into reception rooms, cloak rooms, and the Governor will have a pri­ vate office fitted up there. The furnace will be removed to the rear of the house and new pipes will be put in where need­ ed. The front of the mansion will be re­ modeled, the veranda enlarged and a new roof put on. A driveway will lead to the front basement door, so that at receptions guests may be deposited at the door. The building will be newly decorated in the interior from top to bottom. Lil&rhtninit's Fntnl Work. Monroe Eaton, an old farmer, was kill­ ed by lightning ten miles west of Decatur. At Mattoon, Clifton Taylor, a butcher, stopped to wipe the mud from his feet on a grass plat near a short pole to which a guy wire was attached, and, placing his hand upon the wire, was instantly killed. Near Fairbury, lightning struck a num­ ber of structures, among them the high school building and the barn of Robert Watt. A number of farmers sought ref­ uge in a barn. All were badly injured by a bolt -which struck near by, killing a mule. Lightning set fire to the Presbyte­ rian Church at Chenoa, and thirty-five feet of the spire, which was 135 feet high, wag destroyed before the fire was check­ ed. Twenty places in the village of Lex­ ington were struck by lightniug in ten minutes, but 110 serious damage resulted. At Yates lightning struck Robert Watts' barn, the bolt passing through the hay in the mow, but not igniting it, and killing a horse in a stall below and injuring three others so that they had to be killed. Failure at Rockf&rd, The Monitor Publishing Company of Rockford was forced to the wall Jaktur- day afternoon 011 a judgment jM^for $4,000, held by the People's Baralr As­ s e t s a n d l i a b i l i t i e s a r e e a c h $ 2 0 , - 000. The company publishesnTOv Monitor, a weekly prohibition organ, iftjllhc Lever of Rockford and Chicago, oinTo1 the na­ tional organs of the party. Publication of these papers will be continued in any event and the company will endeavor to resume. Slow collections caused the fail­ ure. James Lamont will probably be con­ tinued as editor. The Lever is the oldest prohibition party paper in the country, having been founded twenty years ago. We Guess Not. Is there any honest American toiler who rejoices in slightly cheaper cloth­ ing with the knowledge that it came at tlie cost of loss of employment and wages to many thousands who, like themselves, must depend upon the pros­ perity of an industry for what they eat and wear?--Wheeling (W. Va.) In­ telligencer. He Ought to Know. Sugar can be refined in this country as cheaply as anywhere in the world.-- Lafayette (Ind.) Journal. More cheaply, Mr. Havemeyer has said. One of Wilson's Friends. A member of the British Board of Trade reflecting upon the effect of the Dingley protective tariff upon British industries. State News in Brief. Battery B, of the Illinois National Guard, was mustered iuto service at Galesburg by Capt.' Frank A. Murdock of Oneida, Maj. D. C. Clark of Mon­ mouth and Maj. Russell of Chicago. The new laws of the Fortieth General Assembly will soon be ready for distri­ bution by Secretary of State Rose. The work of compiling, editing and getting ready of the new laws has been in charge of Chief Clerk Spear, of the index depart­ ment, and his assistant, Thomas W. Flynn. They have worked almost day and night since the session closed and have succeeded in getting the laws ready for the public weeks ahead of any pre­ vious session. Their work is now in the hands of the public printer. The volume w.«l V the largest book ever sent out con­ taining lUlHoia S'SjiM laws. Fire broke out in Grossdale shortly be­ fore noon Wednesday and inside of half an hour the flames had wiped out several houses and the town hall and created the greatest excitement in the little village. There was no fire department in the town and all the inhabitants could do was to stand by and see the buildings destroyed. A bucket brigade was organ­ ized aud with the aid of assistance from La Grange, Lyons and Riverside the res­ idents managed to save considerable prop­ erty, which might have been swept away by the flames. The losses aggregate $10,- 500, with $5,500 insurance. Chicago wholesale merchants won their Lfight for reduced railroad fares to all their Western country buyers. The roads have agreed to sell round-trip tickets from all points in the territory west of Chicago for a fare and one-third upon four dates in August and September, two consecutive duys in each month. These dates are yet to be decided upon. From points east of the Missouri River tickets will be good for ten days, while the return limit upon points west of the river will be fifteen days. Tickets will be sold upon the cer­ tificate plan. The purchaser, paying full fare in Chicago, on presentation of a cer­ tificate showing he is a member of the National Association of Merchants and Travelers, will be sold a return ticket at one-tliird fare. The roads further stipu­ late that at least 100 tickets must be is­ sued upon each month's trips. In full view of his wife and child and a carload of people, Fred Arndt of Chicago leaped from a fast moving trolley car to catch his hat, blown from his head by the wind, stumbled and fell on his head and died within twenty minutes. Judgments, liens and mortgages to the amount of $120,000 have been filed at Hillsboro against the property of Lewis H. Thomas, who has been considered one of the wealthiest men in Montgomery County.- Mr. Thomas' financial difficul­ ties were largely the result of his connec­ tion with various railroad enterprises. He is well known throughout Illinois. Miss Lois Iv., daughter of William Yeo, ono of Elgin's best known school teach­ ers, was married to Thomas W. O'Con­ nor, principal of the public schools at Bartlett. As the result of a weel^ of quiet work by State Factory Inspector Harris, sev­ eral Rockford factories will have to pay fines for violation of the law against child labor. Warrants have been issued for oflicials^f the Ingersoll Milling Company, Illinois Chair Company, Forest City Knit­ ting Company and Bursou Knitting Com­ pany. Some of the firms will plead guilty of unintentionally violating the age limit of 14- years, but others will make a de­ fense „ ' . Mrs. Alice Gregg, 35 years old, of Chl- cagO, while riding her bicycle Monday evening, km run down and killedby a trolley car onthe South Chicago line- James, W. Iveefe, of Chicago, was kill­ ed in the yard of his own home. He had just left a party of merrymakers. The young man's friends are sure that he has been foully dealt with. At Elgin Harry Muntz was injured by the bursting of a cannon. Carl -Wilson and Leo Mackey received revolver wounds. A lad named Andrews will lose an eye as the result of a cannon cracker explosion. a11 the Joliet stone quarries have re­ sumed work with smaller forces at $1.50 per day, the price demanded by the strik­ ers a month ago. except the Western Stone Company, who tried to resume ope­ rations at $1.25 and failed. Knowing death a certainty, Charles B. Nelson, of Chicago, swore he did not know who shot him in Washington Park. Knowing the police did not believe one statement in a dozen she made, Mrs. Edith Marguerite Staples, who was in Nelson's company shortly before the shots were fired, declared she was equally ig­ norant. The police are convinced both Nelson and the woman know who the as­ sailant ;Was, and they hope to learn. Whether it was a jealous man or jealous woman is, a question to be settled. Out of her own mouth Mrs. Staples has con­ victed herself of prevarication. There is some excuse for this, however. She is a morphine eater. Additions to the. butter industry are promised Chieago'through the bill parsed in the Legislature putting a stop to the manufacture and sale of butteriue. Sev­ eral of the big houses in the stock yards and other sections of the city, according to a. well grounded rumor, are contem­ plating new use for their warehouses and are taking to butter in retaliation toward the producers, who caused the measure to be passed," prohibiting the use of col­ oring matter in oleomargarine, and thus effectually killing the trade in this State. The names of Swift & Co., Armour & Co. and Hammond & Co. are associated in tlie new deal. Different grades of butter are said to have been arranged for by the prospective makers. Besides the high quality of creamery, inferior kinds will be washed and placed in the market. It is said that the plan, if carried out by the stock yards men, will bring down the price of the staple through the facilities that will be established to put it on the market. Tons of cream will be Shipped direct to Chicago to be churned into but­ ter, instead of the work being carried on by farmers in the country. Illinois has been suffering from pro­ tracted and intense heat. From all sec­ tions come reports of numerous fatalities. In many instances the temperature in the fielils was beyond endurauce of man or beast, and all midday work was aban­ doned. Health Commissioner Reynolds, of Chicago, published the following to the people of the city: "It is probable we shall yet have one or more spells of ex­ cessively hot weather during the next sixty days. For this reason I think it worth while to supplement what has al­ ready been said about the different kinds of sunstrokes and their treatment by a few words on the warning symptoms, so that those who are in danger of being prosrtr&ted may take precautionary meas- ures-in season. Certain positive symp­ toms of threatened heat prostration.may appear some hours or even days before the serious attack. There is frequently more or less uneasiness, depression or ir­ ritability and the individual is fidgety. The breathing may be hurried and tlie skin hot and feverish; there is great thirst; headache and dizziness are common; the sight is affected, sometimes a mere intol­ erance of light, but often and most dan­ gerous, OTerytliing seems of a reddish or purplish color. Later there is a sinking sensation at the pit of the stomach and a sense of lightness around the chest. When Ihese symptoms are observed in hot weather it is time to quit work, go home and send for a doctor. Better the loss of a few days' time than a perma nent injury to health or sudden death from failure of the regular influences of the 'lie^it center' in the brain." Hundreds of masons went to Macon Wednesday to be present at the dedica tion of the new and beautiful home which has just been completed by the Masons and Eastern Star of Illinois. The home is clone to Macon, in a thirty-acre fruit farm. It is the only institution of its kind in the State, and one of the finest of that kind in the country. The idea of founding this retreat for the wives, wid­ ows, sisters and daughters of Master Masons in Illinois was born at a meeting of the Grand Chapter of the Illinois East­ ern Star, which was held in Chicago in October, 1895. Within a year the prop­ erty was acquired, and the work of im provement was rapidly carried forward ganization when the great strike of 1804 was fought% In 18S8 Ratchford was a member of the national executive board of the miners' organization, and last year he was president of the Ohio miners' or­ ganization. At tlie national convention in Columbus last January he was elected to the highest oflice in the organization. He is 43 years old. is niarried and has two children. Five feet ten inches in stature, stoutly built, with firm-set jaw and mouih, flashing eyes, he looks like the leader of his fellows that he is. DIE IN THE WATER. Eagle Lake, Ind., Is the Scene of a Yachtine Disaster. The hundreds of cottages on the shores of Eagle Lake, Ind., were shocked be­ yond measure the other evening by the announcement of the overturning of a sailboat and the drowning of two of the most popular young ladies at this resort. Miss Georgia Coulter of Chicago and Ber­ tha Yarnelle of Fort Wayne. The news flashed through the grounds in an instant and scores went to the beach, where the sad news was confirmed. These two girls, with Miss Eunice, daughter of F. W. Muneon of Chicago, went for a ride in a small sailboat with . John M. Coulter, Jr., and William Gray of Chicago. The boat capsized off Yar- nelle's point, half a mile from shore and a mile and a half from the landing. Coul­ ter saved Miss Munson, but the other two girls were drowned. Miss Yarnelle'was tangled in the rigging, but Miss Coulter sank in ninety feet of water. \ George Ititter of Warsaw, a fisherman, hastened to the scene of the accident in a rowboat and William Scheimer, the park boatman, arrived about the same time. They found Coulter and Gray exhausted by repeated diving for the missing girls. The survivors were brought in and an­ other rescue party went out at once in a steamer. Scheimer, after finding Miss Yarnelle's body so entangled in the rig­ ging that it had to be cut loose, dived for the other girl until he was so nearly drowned that only prompt medical assist­ ance saved his life. The body of Miss Yarnelle was taken to her father's cot­ tage and several doctors worked for hours to resuscitate her, but without effect. Pro­ fessional divers recovered the other body. JUDGE JOHN C. CLIGGETT. NEW MASONIC HOME NEAR MACON. under the personal supervision of Mrs. Mary A. Bradley, of Decatur. The house was built by a wealthy physician, Dr. D. F Kyner, who designed it for a summer residence. Its original cost was in the neighborhood of $14,000, and Mrs. Brad ley secured it for her order at the greatly reduced price of $0,500. ,This price in­ cludes flie fine fruit farm, which contains trees bearing almost all of the deciduous fruits in a high state of cultivation. The building is of brick, solidly constructed and arranged interiorly, as may be sup­ posed, with attention to every detail cal­ culated to give its occupants ease and comfort. Already it has a few inmates, who are more than delighted with this charming retreat from the troublesome world. When a dog runs about at this season of the year with its tongue hanging out it needs a drink of water much oftener than it needs a bullet. "Mad dog" muz­ zles should be applied to the cheerful im­ beciles who believe that every dog in sum­ mer is rabid. W. C. Kier & Son, of Sterling, dealers 111 men's furnishings, made an assign­ ment for the benefit of their creditors, who are mostly Chicago houses. The firm was one of the oldest and most reliable in the city and has been forced to the wall by hard times and poor col­ lections. Estimated gross earnings of the entire system ot the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, both east and west of the Missouri River, for the month of June, 1897, are $1,233,300,33, an in­ crease as compared with estimated earn­ ings of June, 1890, of $12,897.80. Information comes from parts of Mc­ Lean County and Tazewell County that the chinch bugs are threatening com­ plete destruction of the spring wheat. Many fields of this cereal have been ut­ terly destroyed within a fortnight, and the bugs are attacking the adjacent corn­ fields. The tarmers are Imping for a hard rain in time to save their cotfe ' nd oats from, the insects. . : Candidate for Governor Chosen Iowa Gold Democrats. John C. Cliggett, national Democratic candidate for Governor of Iowa, is the senior paitner of the law firm of Cliggett & Rule of Mason City. In 1892 and again in 1S94 he was the Democratic candidate for judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa. He was born in Rensselaer County, New York, Aug. 25, 1840. He went to Mason City in 1871, where he has since engaged JUDGE JOHN C. CLIOGETT. in the practice of law. He was brought up on a farm, receiving a common school' education. He afterward divided his time for some years between farm work, teach­ ing school and reading law. He attended Chicago Law School, and received his first certificate of admission to the bar from the Supreme Court of Illinois in the spring 01" 1809. He has been a lifelong Democrat. Notes of Current Events. The steamship St. Paul took out 625,- 000 ounces of silver. The yacht Seaflower, with ten persons, aboard, was captized in a squall at Chi­ cago. All were rescued. The .1. F. Crawford Lumber Company' of Louisiana, Mo., assigned. Assets about $75,000; liabilities, $00,000. Otto W. Ropiequet of Belleville, 111., confessed to misappropriating $8,000 of the funds of the Belleville Savings Bank., with which he had been connected for nineteen years. The London Lancet, the English medi­ cal authority, makes a semi-official an­ nouncement of the condition of the, queen's eyesight, which will be said to be much affected by age. Frank Eyek of Elizabeth, N. J., ac­ knowledges himself the slave of cigar­ ettes. lie voluntarily, surrendered him­ self to the police and had himself locked up that he might break the habit. Gen. Harrison and Baby Harrison were among the sufferers from the heat at In­ dianapolis, and the family hurriedly left fer their summer home in the Adiron­ dack s early Friday morning. almoSt |i month before the time contemplated by the ex-President. At New York, Mrs. Abraham Rosen­ thal received the congratulations of friends oa the one hundredth anniversary of her birth FritHiy. The aged woman retains all of her faculties except that of hearing to a remarkable degree. She was born in Bucha, Germany, near the Rhiue. After the death of her husband she came to America in 1853 with her son Auson, who is 05 years old. -is