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MISS MINNIE KLKVESAHI, Icfustard Not. Food. Stroue-food-law prosecution Ha that n. Pa., Judge Craig ruk*| \ia not food, ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH­ FULLY RECORDED. Gale Causes a Fire at Cairo--Six In-' jured in a Railroad Collision--Pupils Slay Their Teacher--Belleville Votes to Not Obey th^ Law. Severe Gale Causes a Blaze. A severe gale toppled over a high wall Jeft from the wreck of the City National Bank building, which was burned on New Year's morning.at Cairo, and falling on to the roof of Louis Herbert's's commission store crushed through the roof and second floor. A stove in the office was overturn­ ed, and the house was almost instantly in a blaze. The flames were fanned by the high wind, but fortunately it was blowing directly to the river, which en­ abled the fire department to confine the lire to the Herbert building. This and its contents were totally destroyed, entail­ ing a loss of $5,000; insured for $4,000 in the. Phoenix of New York. Among things lost was Herbert's collection of rare coins, safd to be the finest in the West.' It in­ cluded one of the famous dollars of 1804. Teacher Slain by Pupils. John McGowan, the young teacher from Williamson; County who has been teach­ ing the "Cauble school," in the northern portion of Alexander County, is dead from injuries? inflicted by two iS'upiis-- Henry and Scott Jordan, 19 and 20 years Did, respectively. Mr. McGowan made, i rule for all pupils to greet each other '••Upon entering, the school each morning and to show some respect for one another. The Jordan boys did not like rule and ilisobeyed it. This resulted a whipping being given them by the teacher.* The boys later waylaid McGowan while on tlis way to church and gave him a beat­ ing. Collision Near Peoria. A collision occurred at Farindale, on the,Toledo, Peoria and Western, between the incoming passenger from Chicago and a, Toledo, Peoria and Western freight. Both engines were badly wrecked and the baggage car was telescoped. The Alton Breman, J. C. lleeder of Washington jumped and was badly cut on the head. The Alton baggage man, Frank Brubaker jf Dwight, was badly hurt internally, a iieavy safe falling on him, and his left arm was terribly torn. Passengers were bruised and cut, but not seriously. The Toledo, Peoria and Western freight was running off its time. Vote Not to Obey the Law. The Belleville Board of Education is in trouble' about the new State law re­ quiring the teaching of temperance physi- slogy in the public schools. The board lecided to submit the matter to a vote of the people. Nearly all are German or of German descent, and the election went against the teaching of the new study. The members of the board congratulated themselves on the success of their plan and thought the matter settled. But the election aroused the prohibitionists of the county and legal steps will be taken to have the school law enforced. Farmer's Daughter a Tramp. The Eiizabethtown, Ky., police took in charge a young and good-looking woman *vho was masquerading in a man's attire and held her until relatives could be heard from. She is about 20 years of age and Bays she is the daughter of George Plant, a farmer who lives three miles from Cen- tralia. About a year ago she left the farm and went to Anna, with the consent of her parents, to go to work. She lost her position and since then has been wan­ dering about the country. Against Free Seed Distribution, Two important resolutions were adopt­ ed at the Henry County Farmers' insti­ tute. The first was to the effect that it was the sense of the institute that the free seed distribution of the Department of Agriculture had ceased to be a benefit and should, therefore, be discontinued. The other asks the State Board of Agri­ culture of Illinois to co-operate with the State boards of other corn States in se­ curing a corn exhibit at the Paris exhibi­ tion in 1900. Murderer Shannon to Hang. Edward Shannon was sentenced to be hanged Feb. 11 by Judge Willis of Syca­ more. The prisoner assured the court that the sentence was all right, as he was ready to hang. Shannon shot and killed his wife at Belvidere about two years ago, after she had obtained a divorce from him. Elgin Boy 111 from Fright. A hideous mask worn by a juvenile, who made a call at Edward Fisk's home in Elgin, had a result entirely unexpect­ ed. Mr. Fisk's young son was terribly frightened and thrown into convulsions. Spinal disease followed and serious con­ sequences are feared. Brief State Happenings. Five gambling house proprietors were fined $100 each at Quincy. J. C. Snell, former Mayor of Carlyle, is dead at St. Louis, aged 61 years. Mrs. Margaret Koch died from the ef­ fects of a fall into a fire at Freeburg. Rev. T. W. B. DaAvson, an aged recluse, was burned to death in his cottage near Troy. Mrs. Anna Wollert, who-killed her step­ daughter at Algonquin, has confessed her crime. Perry & Bugg, clothing merchants of Moweaqua, have made an assignment, M. P. Aydclotte was appointed assignee. As­ sets and liabilities unknown. For several years the factories in Ot­ tawa belonging to the United Glass Com­ pany have been idle, but recently they have been repaired and are now in shape to be put io operation at any time. While the officers of the Company will say noth­ ing it is the general belief that the Ottawa factories may start up at the next firing. Dr. D. M. Harris, editor of the Ob­ server, St. Louis, Mo., succeeds President A. E. Turner in the faculty of Lincoln University. President Turner will go into the field and work to increase the endow­ ment fund of the university. The big whaleback Christopher Colum­ bus is to cross the Atlantic in 19CO and be a feature of the Paris exposition. The plans are to run the boat in Chicago next summer, take her to New York in the fall, and after running Hip a season there cross the Ocean with a special party of ex­ cursionists. The boat will be remodeled inside for ocean travel. As soon as the insane hospital at Rock Island is ready for,i"uecupaliey 114 pa­ tients now in Elgin will be transferred- Three counties now in the Elgin disiifct will become part of the Rock Island dis­ trict and the quota of patients from coun­ ties remaining in the Elgin district will be enlarged. Sixteen'miles of the Hennepin canal is now completed and ready--for the water to be turned in. One thousand men are at work in Bureau County, the work be­ ing pushed night and day. Congressman Prince is making active efforts in Wash-' ingion to secure the necessary appropria­ tion 'b$r which the canal may be complet­ ed in live yea.rs. An electric railway is soon to be builtj from East St. Louis to Vincennes, Ind. Joseph Diebot jumped in front of a train near Carlinville and was instantly killed. P. J, Bowman has been elected presi­ dent of the Cumberland County farmers' institute. , _ Charles Kilbourne has donated $2,. 500 toward a $15,000 endowment to main­ tain the Aurora city hospital. Archie Ferrell was mortally wounded by the accidental discharge of his gun while out hunting near Fairbury. The dry goods- firm of Volney G. Hatch & Bro. of Decatur assigned. Liabilities, $7,100; assets, estimated at $8,000. Ten thousand dollars' worth of logs be­ longing to the Chisago Mill and Lumber Company was carried away by floods from Cairo. The grand jury of Massac County has adjourned, after returning one indictment for murder and twenty-three for petty of­ fenses. , Frank Hamilton, a lG-year-old boy of Kewanee, exploded a percussion cap and pieces of steel were driven into his eyes, destroying the sight. The Metropolitan Iron and Land Com­ pany, operating the Norris group of mines and employing 1,000 men, has announced a raise in wages to go into effect Feb.-1. The remains of Gus Ballon, a well- known Roekford man, who disappeared last fall, have been fbtmd in the woods eight miles south of the city by a farm hand. - . " . Caleb Elliott at .Tamesburg, John Sen- nitt at-Plainfield, Bcownlow Cox of Ellen Spring and Robert Bradbury of Cottage Home lfa>ve been appointed- fourth-class postmasters. • ' ' >,' .. ' ; ' ' ' C./-H- Magner, superintendent of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Normal, has presented his resignation to the Governor, and it is understood that it will be accept­ ed. There is little doubt that Mtfgner's successor will be Col. Isaac Clements of Carbonda'e. Conductor Paul Wqlf of the Chicago City Railway proved too much for three robbers who tried to hold him up on his car in Seventy-ninth street. He fought the thugs-for three blocks on the rear plat­ form and succeeded in beating them off, though badly bruised himself. Chicago's penny savings system is a success. It was organized last June, and the total deposits Dec. 31 were $19,750. The withdrawals were $24270, leaving a balance of $17,4S0. It is known that thir­ ty-one children have opened savings bank accounts as a result of the penny system. Under a clump of evergreen trees in Lincoln Park, Chicago, a millunan found the dead body, of a suicide. »ome time during the night the man, who was fair­ ly well dressed and about 35 years old, placed the muzzle of a revolver between his teeth and fired, inflicting a wound in his head that must have been immediately fatal. Between 500 and 000 boys employed at the Streator Bottle and Glass Works re-; fused to go to work because of a reduc-i tion in their wages. They had been re­ ceiving 65 cents per day and the manage­ ment cut it to 50 cents without consulting/ them. This the boys refused to accejrc and the works are therefore idle. About 400 men await the return of the boys. At the half-yearly election of officers for thf» Chiofl^o Federation of Labor these were chosen: President, William T. Dunn, horseshoers; vice-president, H. F. Engelking, Amalgamated Woodworkers; recording secretary, S. A. Wilson, carpen­ ters, re-elected; reading clerk, H. H. Hull, Typographical No. 10; financial secretary, George 1'. Thompson, cigarmakers; treas­ urer, W. II. Keeler, carpenters, re-elect­ ed; sergeant-at-arms, Frank Larson, car­ penters. Executive Committee--T. J. O'Brien, printers: James Brannock, car­ penters; James O'Connor, musicians. The Commission of Claims at Spring­ field has rendered an opinion in the case of the State Bank of Chicago, adminis­ trators of the estate of Samuel Hobson, against the State of Illinois, dismissing the claim. Hobson was killed in an ex­ plosion of dynamite at the World's Fair grounds while engaged in wrecking a building on Oct. 17, 1SD5. He was em­ ployed at the time by a salvage and wrecking company. The commission held that the State could not be held liable for the negligence which resulted in the acci­ dent, and that whatever liability is at­ tached to the accident must fall upon the wrecking company. ^ •*~xs The 200 miners employed in the Acme shaft at Streator have quit work and the mine is idle. At the time the Springfield scale was adopted, which gave that field 48 cents a ton gross weight, it was de­ cided that no mine should be allowed to resume until all went to work. Later an agreement w-as reached that any mine paying the scale should be allowed to op­ erate. The Acme paid the scale and has been working ever since. Then came the compromise which gave this field 44 cents a ton gross weight. The Acme company paid the 48-cent rate until Jan. 1, and the. men went out on a strike because they had not been officially notified by the company that the 44-cent rate was now in force. The next State encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Illinois will be held in Streator Tuesday, Wednes­ day and Thursday, May 10, 11 and 12. The council of administration met there the other morning. The council was com­ posed of the following members: Com­ mander A. L. Schimpff of Peoria, Senior Vice-Commander II. P. Barnum of Wau- kegan. Junior Vice-Commander Henry Emerick of Galesburg, Assistant Adju­ tant General C. A. Partridge of Wauke- gan, Assistant Quartermaster General C. B. Wilson of Chicago, W. T. Boyd of Peoria, Chief of Staff C. II. Tebbetts of Chicago, O. F. Avery of Pontiac, A. D. Cadwallader of Lincoln, T. W. Cole of Roekford. Officials of the Roman's Re­ lief Corps and other kindred societies of the Grand Army were present and se­ lected their headquarters. The business sessions of the encampment will be held in Spalding Lyceum, and the headquarters will be at the Plumb House. .. The lumber plant and box factory at Mound City belouging to Captain John McDowell was seized by the sheriff of Pulaski County on a writ of attachment issued at the instance of John A. Waugh, cashier of the First State Bank of Mound City. Just before Dr. Nansen began his lec­ ture before a crowded house at Galesburg the other night, Dr. John H. Finley, pres­ ident of Knox College, in behalf ef that institution, announced that the trustees had authorized him to confer on Dr. Nan- sen the degree of doctor of laws, the high­ est honor in the gift of the college. Miss Etta. Leats, IS years old, daughter of the Rev. William Leats, m Union town­ ship, about ten miles from Greenup, was burned to death at the farm home of John R, Drum. Her clothing caught fire from the kitchen stove. The Covenant Mutual Life Association held its twenty-first annual meeting at Galesburg. Out of 45,000 members 29,000 were represented in person or by proxy. An important change was made in sup­ planting post-mortem assassineuts with a stipulated premium named in the policy. The old officers were re-elected, as fol­ lows: President, W. H. Smollinger; vice- president, L. ^W. Sanborn; secretary, B. F. Reinmund; treasurer, A. W. Berggren. TRADE NOW BETTER. DEMAND FOR SPRING MERCHAN­ DISE BRISK. This Is All the More Encouraging Be­ cause It Conies Unusually Karly in the Season--Speculation and Invest­ ments Also Becoming Active. Marked Improvement. The spring demand for merchandise lias already set In, if we are to judge by the bank clearings of tlie country, which gained 37.6 per cent, last week, the largest gain for a long time. This is all the more encouraging in that it is not often that this demand sets in so early. It usually makes its appearance about the first of February, and for several years has not appeared at all. There is evidently a general disposition to go into business much more heavily than usual, which indicates confidence in the future. Indeed, Bradstreet's "Financial Review says that "both spec­ ulation and investments have been ac­ tive during the past week. The best feature of the market has been the very heavy dealings in bonds at gen­ erally higher prices, both for the high grade and new and more speculative classes. Transactions, rising as they have to $34,000,000 or .$35,000,000 of bonds on the Stock Exchange, with the trading distributed among an unusual­ ly large number of different' issues,, would indicate a large demand for in­ vestments and the growth of confidence, in regard to the position and future of the market." . One of the leading reasons for this augmented business on the New York Stock Exchange is the marked increase in railroad earnings, which were over $43,300,000 in December, a gain of 10.5 per cent, oyer 1S97, and which, in fact, were the largest earnings in the history of American railroads. The iron fur­ naces also report an increased output, and orders in this branch of trade are unusually large for this time of the year. The woolen manufacturers are also buying wool heavily and have a rush of orders to fill from now on. The cotton manufacturers, on the Contrary, have been overlooked by excessive pro­ duction, and find no increase in the de­ mand or gain in prices. * The commer­ cial failures continue to decrease, those ylast week being 323, against 479 for the same week in 1S97 and 412 in 1896. Wheat exports have fallen off. owing purely to the usual holiday dullness iu Europe, and not to any decrease in the demand itself; but corn exports have increased 1,000.000 bushels during the past week. The-4 distributive trade tlioughout the country is good, and whatever tendency is exhibited ia prices is upward rather than down­ ward.--San Francisco Call. Concealment and Evasion. The depression of the cotton manu­ facturing industry in New England has been seized upon by the free trade press as a sweet morsel to roll under the tongue. With one accord they gleefully point to the fact that protec­ tion lias not proved potent enough to prevent the lowering of wages in the factories of the Fall, River district, and lience "protection is a failure." The fact of overproduction and the competition of Southern factories where wages are lower and the hours of labor longer than in the mills of New England are factors in the prob­ lem which obtain no recognition; and you will search m vain for any ac­ knowledgment of the obvious fact that it is directly due to protection that the cotton manufacturing industry of United States has reached a stage of development where competition lowers prices. Such has been the invariable histoid' of protection; it has iu no ease failed to stimulate competition and cheapen the cost of production through the in­ troduction of Improved mechanical ap­ pliances and through the development of a higher degree of efficiency in labor. It is only by concealing the facts and ignoring the logic of the case that the present condition of the trade in manu­ facture*! cotton can be used as an ar­ gument against protection. tries placed" her in the pre-eminent po­ sition, the credit for which is claimed by free-traders for the few years of free trade. The principle of protection to her own industries is the corner­ stone of British diplomacy all over the world to-day. ^There is many an in­ direct way of protecting her manufac­ tures and she has made good use of them all, but every day strengthens the proof that a tariff is the best pro­ tective engine, and it is but a matter of a short time until the British pro­ tective system will be extended into a harmonious tariff wall about the whole empire.--Canadian Manufacturer. An End to Bond' Sales. The new tariff act lias successfully passed the crucial period. It is restor­ ing the industries of the country to prosperity, is giving work to idle labor, is giving the American markets to American products, and last, but not least, it is replenishing the National Treasury and putting an end to the ruinous bond sales that marked and marred the administration of President Cleveland. Let us all rejoice. The new year opens under the most happy aus­ pices.--Wil kes-Barre Record. ; Will Control the World's Markets. A glance at the list of manufactured articles which we export is well calcu­ lated to create the impression that our manufacturing resources are being de­ veloped at a remarkable rate and that the statement that we shall have con­ trol, virtually, of the markets of the world before many years is not an ex­ travagant one.--Savannah (Ga.) News, Free Trade. CUBAN DEBATE ENDED Has Confounded Its Enemies. The enemies of protection and of the Republican party have pursued the Dingley tariff bill with a malignity that was l>orn of hate and the disappoint­ ment growing out of baffled schemes. But the Dingley tariff has justified the confidence its framers have reposed in it. It has surprised its friends and confounded its enemies.--Buffalo News. Railroad. Prosperity. Earnings of 156,221' miles of railroad in the United States for 1897 are re­ ported by Dun's Review at $903,442,- 095, being 4.7 per cent, larger than last year, and only 4.7 per cent., less than in 1892, with some of the best roads yet to come in. Every month since August has shown larger earnings than in any previous year. Protection and Revenue. Here is a tariff which not only pro­ tects the home market, but increases the revenues.--St. lxiuis Globe-Demo­ crat. Fruits of Protection, Ships Needed. Our ships, like the ships of England and Germany, should be known to-day, in the age of the iron ship, as they were years ago in the age of the wooden ship, upon every sea and navigable channel open to the commerce of the world. We would thus be able to en­ gage our capital, our energy and labor in an industry which should be as re­ munerative to us as to any other peo­ ple. We would be able, furthermore, to establish commercial connections with foreign countries, over routes which are now traversed irregularly and with markets which our exporters and producers now find it difficult to reach. These ends cannot be attained without an effort. It is certain that they cannot be attained without legis­ lation. This country should have the best transportation facilities which the world affords.--Philadelphia Manufac­ turer. sour grapes. The World Will Buy of Us. Among the exports not diminished by the operation of the Dingley tariff may be mentioned American horses. Re­ cent auction sales in New York, Cleve­ land and Chicago indicate a much larger foreign demand for horses of speed, style and finish than ever before known. It is also noticeable that the home market for fine horses has im­ proved as a c onsequence of better times and more money to spend for luxuries. The increased foreign demand is only another proof of the fact that.protec­ tion erects no barriers against trade that are not easily surmounted by superiority in the quality of the articles offered for sale. If we have what the world wants, and if the price suits, the world will buy of us, whether it be horses, bi­ cycles, locomotives, sewing machines, watches, or foodstuffs, tariff or no tariff. Proof of this is found in the largely increased volume of trade with for­ eign countries since the enactment of the Dingley law. A C U R I O U S P E O P L E . French Have Vanity, but Not Pridei Religion, but Not Morality. "The French must be the most cu­ rious people on earth," writes Lilian Bell in a letter from Paris to the La­ dies' Home Journal. "How could even Heavenly ingenuity create a more un­ common or bewildering contradiction and combination? Make up your mind that they are as simple as • hildren when you see their innocent i nicking along the boulevards and in ; parks with their whole families, yet you dare not trust yourself to hear what they are saying. Believe that they are cyni­ cal, and fin de siecle, and skeptical .of all women when you hear two men talk, and the next day you hear that one of them has shot himself on the grave of his sweetheart. Believe that politeness is the ruling characteristic of the country because a man kisses your hand when he takes leave of you. But marry him, and no insult is too low, for him to heap upon you. Believe thai the French men are sympathetic because they laugh and cry openly at the theater. But appeal to their chival­ ry, and they will rescue you from one discomfort only to offer you a wo-Se. The French have sentimentality, but not sentiment. They have gallantry, but not chivalry. They have vanity, (but not pride. They have religion, but not morality. They are a combination of tihe wildest extravagance and the strictest parsimony. They cultivate the ground so close to the railroad tracks that the trains almost rim over their roses, and yet they leave a Place de la Concorde in the heart of the city:" Will Adopt Protection. With less than half a century of free trade Great Britain is losing her hold, and her great thinkers are already cast­ ing about for some means of maintain­ ing the status she reached supreme in the/frorld of commerce. Five hundred years of the strongest protection in the history of a world of protected coun­ . Moody on Sunday Labor. ^ "There are one or two principles which apply directly to the frequent difficulties whij|i meet the Christian young man," writes Dwight L. Moody of "A Young Man's Religious Life" in the Dadies' Home Journal. "In Sun­ day labor there is a certain amount of work that must be done of Sunday, both for the needs and health of a community. But in necessary work it should be dispatched as quickly as possible, and not be used as an excuse for unnecessary work. "When the Lord ordained a day of rest it was for man's best interests, physically, mentally and spiritually, and any man who barters the day of rest to gratify the selfisli interests of another is always the loser. Mail needs for the welfare of his soul, as well as his body, at least one day in seven to devote to its special needs. I know, frOm personal experience, that no man can work- seven days in the week, not even in religious work, and do the best work he, is capable of, either for God or man. And I have no right to take from my neighbor what I prize myself." Jules Verne, the veteran story teller, has been married fifty-five years. DISCUSSION CAUSES A HOTTIME IN THE HOUSE.4 Speaker Reed and Congressman Bailey Clash on Veracity--Attempt to Spring the Belligerency Resolution Defeated •-Bayonets Bring Calm in Havana. CHIEF OF GOTHAM POLICE. John McCnllagh Is at the Head of the Force in the Big Metropolis. - The police commissioners of New York City have appointed Acting Chief John McCullagh chief of police of the big me­ tropolis. McCullagh is a solid'citizen of comfortable fortune, who has been upon the force since 1870. In 1872 he was Turmoil in the House. All day Wednesday the question of granting belligerent rights to the Cuban insurgents was argued in the House, but as on the preceding day the minority hurl­ ed itself (against a stone wall. On the only vote taken Wednesday--a motion de­ signed to overrule the decision of the Speaker and direct the Committee on For­ eign Affairs to report without further de­ lay the Cuban resolution passed by the Senate at the last session--the Republi­ cans stood solid and Voted to sustain the chair. The galleries were banked to the doors, and there was considerable excitement throughout the early part of the session when the members of the minority were successively pressing all sorts of amend­ ments bearing on the Cuban question for the purpose of embarrassing the major­ ity. During the general debate Chairman Hitt of the Foreign Affairs 'Committee, made an impressive speech of less than an hour, explaining at length the situation which made action by Congress inadvisa­ ble. He asserted that the President must assume, the responsibility of any action which niight eventuate in the War and appealed to both Sides of the chamber to patriotically support the executive if a crisis, shall come. A sensational ending marked the third and last day of the debate. Speaker Reed, in unqualified words, stamped as false an assertion made by Congressman^ Bailey, the floor leader of the Democrats, and turmoil ensued. Notice was given WednesYay by Mr.. Williams (dem., Miss.) that at the con­ clusion of the debate Thursday a motion would be made to recommit the diplo­ matic and consular appropriation bill, the basis of dispute, with instructions. Thurs­ day when the motion was made by Mr. Bailey it was ruled out of order by Speak­ er Reed. Mr. Bailey thereupon startled the House by affirming that he had a pri­ vate understanding with the Speaker by which a vote should be taken directly on the motion to recommit. This the Speak­ er emphatically denied, and these two leaders of their respective parties ill the House, with white faces and voices shak­ en by emotion, set their statements each' against the other, while the galleries look­ ed on in breathless amazement and the members were in an uproar. Mr. Smith of Michigan, who said lie was present, corroborated the Speaker's side of the case. The result'of the Speaker's position was that an appeal was taken from his decis­ ion, and by a strict party vote the appeal was laid mi the table--1G8 to 114--the Democrats and Populists, as on the two previous day, voting against the solid Republican strength. The debate Thursday was not as inter­ esting as on either of the two preceding days. The features were a characteristic speech by Olinmn Clark of Missouri, a strong appeal for- conservatism from Mr. Johnson (rep., Ind.), and a presentation of the result of his observations in Cuba •during his recent trip to the island from Mr. King (dem., Utah). Be Lome Fears a Crisis. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, fears the debate in the House of Representatives may cause a crisis. Thursday he called at the State Depart­ ment, and for over an hour was closeted with Judge Day, the assistant secretary. He expressed extreme regret over the speeches made by the Congressmen, and especially that of Mr. Hitt, which, he said, might inflame the Spanish populace to some overt act, such as driving Minister Woodford and the United States consuls from Spain before such demonstrations could be checked by the Spanish Govern­ ment. "Expressing extreme regret" is the dip­ lomatic mode of making a protest without bringing about an international complica­ tion. The Spanish minister was appre­ hensive particularly of the effect of Mr. Hitt's speech, because of the prominent position he occupied as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He point­ ed out to Judge Day that because of the excitement in Spain over the Cuban ques­ tion, the reports of such utterances as that of Mr. Hitt would have the effect of further stirring up the people. He also regretted extremely the unusual activity in the navy yards. The manufacture of guns, ammunition and other utensils of war is being pushed along more rapidly than for years, and Senor de Lome told Judge Day that his people could not re­ gard this activity otherwise than prepara­ tion for war, in anticipation of some rad­ ical move on the part of this Government. He explained to Judge Day that, while he personally knew the feeling pf the admin­ istration tp be friendly, the people of his country had to take the talk in Con­ gress and the reports of the activity at the navy yards at their face value, and that his information would go for nothing with them. BAYONETS BRING CALM. J01IX M'CTTI.X.AG II. made roundsman. He was advanced to sergeant in 1870 and to, captain in 1883.' McCullagh became a conspicuous member of the department as captain of the sixth precinct,," where lie. fought the evils qf Chinatown and the remnants of the no­ t o r i o u s W h y o g a n g . . . . . FIND FLAWS !N SYSTEM. Senators Believe Changes Are Needed in the Postoflice Department. During the investigation of the civil ser­ vice by the Senate committee, Chief Clerk Bailey of the chief examiner's office, civil service commission, advised a general re­ classification of the Government offices. The present grouping, he declared, was accidental, based on salaries, while he be­ lieved it should be based on the kind of work done. The debate over the letter carriers ser­ vice continued at some length, Hoar strongly appealing for additional appro­ priation to prevent a reduction iu deliv­ eries. Allison, chairman of the Appro­ priation Committee, expressed the opinion that there was a defect in the adminis­ tration of the free delivery system, that the appropriation was either not equally divided between cities or that the Post­ master General's estimates to Congress were too small. Wolcott said that he desired to call the Senate's attention to the real basis of the trouble with the financial affairs of the Postoffice Department. "It is well un­ derstood," said he, "that second class mail in this country absorbs 65 per cent of the expenses of the Postoffice Depart­ ment and supplies only about 3 per cent of the revenues. This is the serious point of this discussion and if Congress should enact'into law a measure relating to sec­ ond class mail matter which can be laid before Congress a recurrence of the pres­ ent difficulty will be obviated." Wolcott then called attention to the opposition of the publishers of New Englandrto the en­ actment of the bill restricting second class matter; Allen of Nebraska thought the great point involved in the discussion of the postoffice finances was the charge that there was an annual leakage of from $S,- 000.000 to $10,000,000 on account of un- derweighing mail matter. Q U E E N O F T H E G O L D E N W E S T . Miss Ivlevesahl If as the Post of Honor in 5 an Francisco's Jubilee. San Francisco is about to celebrate the jubilee ol' the discovery of gold in Cali­ fornia. The festivities will be on an elab­ orate scale. In connection with this event Miss Minnie Ivlevesahl has been proclaim­ ed "Queen of the Golden West." She is one of California's most beautiful native daughters. She was born in San Fran­ cisco about 20 years ago and lias grown ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS The Senate revenue bill was read a .third time on" Friday, and then after a short3 but somewhat warm speech by Senator Littler the roll was called. The bill was passed by a vote of 34 yeas to 8 nays. The House was not in session. Although there were only three mem­ bers of the Senate present when President Northcott called that body to order Mon­ day afternoon, Senator Crawford suc­ ceeded in recalling his primary election bill to second reading for the purpos4 of amendment; The • amendment offered restores the original provision of the bil^r that a primary election district shall con­ sist of not less than two nor more than> five election precincts. Senators Hunt and Mounts, the other two members pres­ ent, voted for the amendment, and it waa adopted. The bill was then ordered to third reading and the Senate adjourned. The House convened at 5 o'clock, but no business wa- attempted. On Tuesday Cook County Republicans held a series of caucuses. The results were two amendments to the bill--one pro­ viding for a board of five assessors for all Cook County in lieu of all the town-1 ship assessor^, and the other providing for a boarS of review of three, both boards to be elected at the next regular couoty. election; The Cook County Democrats at once agreed to oppose both and to sup­ port one which Mr. McGporty had drawn up, providing for a board of three, asses-; sors for Chicago and an appointive board of review for the whole county. When the Democratic amendment was introduc- . ed Mr. Busse moved to lay it on the table. Democrats were incensed at; this attempt to shut off debate, but when a vote, was taken upon the question'it was carried,. 57 to 31, a strict party vote. Among the important amendments to the revenue bill adopted by the House was one which struck out entirejy the section providing for the appointment of a board "Of assess­ ors to serve until a board is elected. An­ other amendment adopted was. one which, places the maximum tax levy of any mu­ nicipal corporation or body authorized to levy taxes or appropriate money at one- fourth the amouut now authorized by­ law, and the maximum bond issue at li per cent of the value of the taxable prop­ erty. In the House on Wednesday Mr. Tis- del's compromise amendment, which pro^ vides that in the country towns of Cook County assessors shall be elected to serve as deputy assessors under the County Board of Assessors, was adopted. The Democrats succeeded in passing an amendment, proposed by Mr. Stoskopt, repealing that section of the revenue law which exempts from taxation by the State Board of Equalization the capital stock of corporations organized for the purpose of manufacturing, publishing newspapers, mining coal and breeding and raising live stock. Other amendments adopted by the House were as follows: By Mr. Busse, providing for the election of a board of review for Cook County; By Mr. Shana- han, providing that "in counties contain­ ing 125,000 or more inhabitants the amount to which any such municipal cor­ poration shall be allowed to become in­ debted in any manner or for any purpose shall not exceed one-half of 1 per cent on the valuation of the taxable property;" by Mr. Berrymau, providing that taxes shall become a lien upon all property, real and personal: by Mr. Wilson, providing that "the person or agent whose duty it is to list the property of any corporation or­ ganized under the laws of this State for assessment by tlie State Board of Equal­ ization shall make oat a schedule of such, property and specifying what such sched­ ule shall set forth;" by Mr. Alschuler, fix­ ing the compensation of township assess- ors. . There was a tempestuous session of the House on Thursday, the bone of conten­ tion being the revenue bill. Final consid­ eration of the measure was postponed. The primary election law passed the Sen­ ate by a vote of 35 to 6. Military Force Quells the Spirit of Revolt in Havana. Advices say that absolute calm now reigns in Havana, and it is difficult to realize that a few days ago the city was apparently on the verge of a revolution. Although the rioting was practically over ou Friday night, troops continued to be poured into the city Sunday. Gen. Bernal arrived from Pinar del Rio oti that morn­ ing with a force estimated at 2,000 men and bivouacked in the railroad yards, in Prado, where most of the forces still re­ main. About the same time a column of 1,000 cavalry rode in and found quarters in the Cuartel de la Fucrza,. In Cuba street, on the artillery wharf, batteries of field artillery were planted in position to rake Cuba and Chacon streets. It is estimated that fully 12,000 were in the city, in addition to the regular garrison. There was much speculation as to the cause of such extraordinary precautions, in riew of the fact that the city was ap­ parently tranquil. The usual parade of the volunteer palace guard in the Prado was permitted, but a cordon of regulars kept the crowd at a distance, permitting no one to approach the volunteers or to cross the park. There is no question that the bitterest feeling against Gen. Blanco and auton­ omy is entertained in conservative circles and among the volunteers and iu the ar­ my. The volunteer officers are open la expressions of hostility, and fhe regulars are no less hostile, but are generally morCj.gjg" guarded in their utterances. i'. .* A regular officer said that Gen. Blanct- » 18 would hdve to go, and if tlie regulars arJ°r a ordered to fire on the volunteers or peojsaive pie -he believed they Would refuse t(jjpo|g 0bey- *sible Several officers and men have notifier Gen. Blanco tlfat if be continues to spent have money to win over rebel chiefs instead o, paying the troops they will take mattenacific into their own hand^. Long arrears o'V, M. pay|ire^t^l due to tue soldiers, and greav dissatisfaction is caused thereby. v cento. up to womanhood iu the glorious climate. She lia£ the bright beauty that life in tlie ozone and oxygen of the coast confers on California .women, and she is most popu­ lar among the young people of the me­ tropolis of the Golden State. Miss Kle- vesahl is a half blonde. Her eyes are dark blue and she has a head of beautiful brown hair. N O M O R E N E W S T A T E S . New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arizona Mnst Wait Awhile. The House Committee on Territories has been considering the_Arizona, Okla­ homa and New Mexico statehood bills for several days and will probably be ready to make a report next Friday. These territories have sent strong delega­ tions to Washington to plead for state­ hood, but it is more than likely that the urging will be in vain, for the committee, seems disposed to make adverse reports on all three bills. It is felt in Congress that a mistake was made iu admitting two or three Western territories into the sis­ terhood of States, and that a further mis­ take migat be committed by taking in eith­ er New Mexico. Oklahoma or Arizona at this time. Nevada, with a voting popula­ tion of less than ten thousand, is perpet­ ually aii example ever in view to deter Congress from being too hasty in matters of this kind. D E N V E R ' S W A R I S E N D E D . Big Stores Abandon Their Fight Against the Newspapers. After a fight lasting nine days, the ad­ vertising department stores of Denver which attempted to dictate rates to the CRtANI Wrong Knct tip. Two Irishmen recently were crossing Marllnstowu bog, ou their way to mar­ ket, when one of them, Mick, slipped and fell iuto a bog hole. Pat, his mate, immediately ran to the nearest farmhouse and, meeting the farmer, asked for the loan of a spade. - • • - • - > "What do yer want the spade for?" asked tlie farmer. "Mick is stuck in the bog," said Pat, "and I want to dig him out." "How far has he sunk?" queried the farmer. . "Up to his ankles," said Pat. v "Begone," said the farmer; "sure, he can aisy walk out." "Begorra," said Pat, "he can't, for he's in head first!"--Answers. Empress Frederick's Simplicity. The Empress Frederick owns a pret­ ty villa near Homburg, where she lives quite simply. When she drives it is usually in an open carriage, for, like lier mother. Queen Victoria, she does not mind what sort of weather she en­ counters. Her favorite carriage is a yellow phaeton with gray uphols>tery, and her servants wear black and silver livery. Migrating Crabs. It is said that land crabs of the West Indies once every year leave their na­ tive home in multitudes, and in regular orders march down to the sea. When In the water they frequently fasten sea­ weeds on their backs.-to hide them­ selves. and the growths selected are al­ ways in perfect harmony with the sur­ roundings. A Bieycle Ice Cream Freezer. A Manchester confectioner has con­ verted a bicycle into an ice creami freezer. Mounting liis wheel, which, of course, is stationary, he pedals away at a good rate, the chain being comacct---' ed with the freezer, causing it to turn very quickly. He can freeze a 17-gaI- lon can of ice cream in twenty minutes. A Musical Mousetrap. * Acting upon the idea that mice are very sensitive to music, a Belgian man­ ufacturer has substituted a musical mousetrap for the common trap. In­ stead of baiting the apparatus with a bit of cheese or lard the Inventor has hidden- in a double bottom a small mu­ sic box, which plays automatically va­ rious popular airs of the country. The mice, he insists, are drawn irresistibly toward the music box, and in order to hear better they step into the trap and find themselves prisoners! The Lady from Albany. tA party of Buffalo people', who went '^Niagara Falls the other day, made ^acquaintance while there of an AI- woman, who had been around and in the various views of the greats ^ele. . She thought it was just id, but. she asked innocently, tiaey ttffa it off in the winter Juffalo Commercial. MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Crape Cream of Tartar Powder. Frcf from Ammoilia, Alum or any other adulterant 40 YEARS THE STANDARD V':,