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hi H ii j]j^ K'y v^Vik'S,1WW 8BW8 ® » 0 iraMft' Ulffi.UOLLI.I.S!! ifflassi PREPARING FOR WAR BILVER AND PRICES GOVERNMENT RUSHING WORK IN IVIILITARY DEPARTMENTS. Day and Night the Making of Guris, Shot and Shell Goes On--How the Messengers of Destruction and Death •Are Prepared for Use. * japtktry of the iba, Johu R. jGra- iree feet of water, the baptistry, and jug releasing the u tiiin WHM| Engines of War. Hurry up! Hurry up! This has been "the watchword in all departments of mili­ tary work during the past two weeks. It is particularly so at. Reading, Pa., and Newark, N. J. In the former place the Carpenter Steel Company has an order from the Government for 27,000 projec­ tiles, and at the latter place the Ben­ jamin Atha and Illingworth Company have an order for all the heavy guns they can make. Both these orders are to be gotten out in "hurry up" time. This of courseois all because the. trouble between the United States and Spain. We have a lo't of beautiful vessels, but it is learned from trustworthy sources that of all our first-class floating engines of war, only one--the Massachusetts--is supplied with projectiles sufficient to last over a day in action. It is only since 1S90 that pro­ jectiles have been manufactured in this "country. In that year the Carpenter Steel Company undertook the work at the solicitation of the Navy Department. The tests of the work for the past seven years have shown that the projectiles of Ameri­ can manufacture are not only up to but even surpass in quality and effectiveness the very best thateanjbe made abroad; Day and night tlSVer«rk of getting ready the munitions of w<.r is going on in these two places.. The' grinding wheels and boiling cauldrons of metal are continually doing their work. There is no time to lose. The projectiles must be ready and MAKING PROJECTILES FOR THE BIG GUNS. REPRESENTATIVE CANNON, "Who introduced a bill appropriating $50,000,- 000 for national defense. the guns to fire them must be complete if we have any business with Spain. There are several kinds of projectiles projectile which is intended to contain a high explosive. The base of this cavity is closed with a plug which screws into the projectile, and which contains a small aperture through which a detonating fuse can be introduced to fire the explosive. The most delicate operation iy the whole process is the hardening of the projectiles. This is done by heating and cooling re­ peatedly. The work'of all the other de­ partments may be spoiled here. If the steel is too hard, it will shatter on the face of the plate against which it is fired. If too soft, it will "mush," in either case failing in its purpose. Every step in the process is under the direct supervision of a skilled Government officer, and when the projectiles are turned out one from each lot ia selected for test firing. Upon the quality of this the acceptance of the whole pile depends. Thus, while all possi­ ble speed is being made in getjting out these messengers of destruction and death, there is also the strictest regard paid to accuracy and efficiency. The work of making guns at Newark is just as intricate and important as that of manufacturing projectiles at .Reading. Tons of metal are melted in the great fur- militia organizations will be depended on to man a great number of ships, except those which will form the auxiliary fleet for operations in the open sea. Fast yachts have been found innumerable, and owners of some of the fleetest and most sumpt-^op^have. informed the officials that if required they will be willing to deliver rheni to the Government for war pur­ poses. Big tugs and little yachts are now being considered with a view to forming a tor­ pedo boat flotilla, each being manned with a torpedo tube and two or three six-pound­ ers. It is proposed-to utilize a large num­ ber of heavy towing ocean-going tugs as improved rams, and assign them exclu­ sively for harbor defense purposes. The information so far received by the department shows that 929 vessels of all types available for impressment are at the service of the Government, including a large number on the lakes, which would not under any circumstances be used un­ less it was developed that the Eastern ports failed to present the requisite num­ ber. Of these forty-three are on the list of auxiliary cruisers, or ships which are engaged in coastwise and foreign trade, BASIC ARGUMENT OF BRYAN „ THEORY DISPROVED. Steady Advjnce in Value of Farm Products Accompanics Decline in the White Metal--Another Nail for the Coffin of Free Coinage Fanaticism. 1S52 9.50 1.029 ,1850 ...... 10.30 1.039 1800 '. 11.00 1.045 1861 13.01 1.031 1802 31.29 1.041 1863 ...... .. 07.21 1.040. 1804 1.040 1805 1.035 1800 ...... 43.20 1.030 1807 31.59 1.027 1S0S ...... 24.85 1.025 1870 23.90 1.027 1871 10.95 1.025 WORKING ON THE HEAVY RIFLES IN TI1E NAVAL ORDNANCE FOUNDRY INr WASHINGTON. known respectively as armor-piercing pro­ jectiles, semi-armor piercing or deck- piercing projectiles, mortar shells and common, or target, shells. The armor piercers are of the highest grade of pro­ jectiles and are intended to perforate the heaviest armor that can be placed on a battleship. With adequate velocity given by the powder charge in the gun a pro­ jectile of this class is designed to pene­ trate a face-hardened nickel steel plate which is equal in thickness to the diame­ ter of the shot. The tremendous strain brought upon the projectile at the mo­ ment of impact with the plate calls for steel of the very highest strength and toughness. To begin with, these missiles are made of pig iron. This is selected with special reference to its strength and purity. It is melted and converted by the process known as puddling into very pure and strong muckbar, which consists of almost chemically pure metallic iron. Every known precaution is observed to eliminate innate impurities from the metal in the puddling process. When the contents of the crucibles that contain the molten metal is thoroughly melted it is poured or "teemed" into a ladle, from which the steel is tapped into iron molds and form ingots of the proper shape and size for the further work. For a projectile of the largest size, which measures when finish­ ed 13 inches in diameter and 48 inches in length, the ingot weighs one ton. When the steel has solidified the mold is stripped from. the ingot. It then goes to the forge and under a steam hammer which weighs almost ten tons it assumes approximately the required shape. •=• After being gradually coolcd the forg- ings are taken to the machine shop, where they are turned and bored to their final dimensions. An idea of the accuracy of this work may be formed from the fact that for most of the dimensions the great­ est variation allowed is one-hundredth of an inch, while for certain parts, such as the diameter of the fuse hole, absolute accuracy is required, and the variation of even one-thousandth of an inch is not allowed, the purpose of the boring is to produce a chamber or cavity within the naces and this when at the proper degree of heat and purity is let off into the great casting i>ot. The gun comes out in the rough, and the worthless i>ortions are broken off and the manner in which these stand the tests is the standard upon which the quality of the metal in the entire gun is judged. At first the gun is cast in a solid piece. Then it is bored with machinery adjusted with the accuracy of the movement of a watch. Six weeks is the shortest time in which a modern gun can be made, but this is when everything goes along satisfactorily. Oftouer than otherwise this result can only be obtained through much trying and expenditure of time. The work of making the guns, to one not thoroughly acquainted with all the intricacies of the business, seems to be largely a matter of knowing how to properly manipulate the machinery employed in the process. Ex­ cept in the forging room scarcely a blow of a hammer is heard. The shops are al­ most as silent as the grave. Wheels re­ volve, cutters turn, men stand placidly by the side of machines, moving softly here and there. All this time, each sec­ ond, the gun that some day will belch forrti fird arid steel of its own is coming nearer completion. Chips fall as the-bars revolve, but the cutters are not heard. The guns, it would appear to the onlook­ ers, are almost making themselves. NEARLY 1,000 SHIPS ARE READY. Available for War Purposes If Manned by Quick-Fire Guns. The naval militia organizations, in ac­ cordance with the instructions issued by the department last week, are beginning to report on the number of merchant ships and steam craft of all kinds available for war purposes if manned with quick-fire guns. Pennsylvania and Maryland-and some of the New England States report a large number of vessels in readiness for impressment by the national Government on receipt of orders from the President. These craft vary in tonnage from large coastwise ships to powerful seagoing tugs, and all, when properly equipped, could render most effective service. The FLEET OF MONITORS FOR COAST AND HARBOR DEFENSE. and capable of high »peed and great steaming radius. These would be man­ ned with guns manufactured at the Wash­ ington gun factory and sent to join the flying squadrons or to harrass the ene­ mies' commerce. SEVEN~MINES IN THE HARBOR. Maine Court of Inquiry Will Present Sortie Material Kvidence. A Key West correspondent asserts that the court of inquiry will present with its findings the material evidence of the ex­ istence of not one mine, but of seven, in the harbor of Havana. A shattered sec­ tion of a submarine cable, containing seven conductor,?, is in the possession of the court, delivered to it by one of the American divers, and it is the strongest proof yet offered that the Maine's destruc­ tion was encompassed by an agency with­ in the control of the Spanish authorities. It is about fourteen inches long, seven- eighths of an inch in diameter, and con­ tained seven copper wires insulated with a gutta perclia covering. The outside was of lead, one thirty-second of an inch thick. The discovery was made about thirty feet from the submerged bow, and.Within the radius of fifty feet in which the divers have been working. To those of the court familiar with electrical appliances the character of this section of lead-covered cable was at once apparent. It was such as would be used only in deep seas, or for some work in shallow waters when abso­ lute protection against breakage or in­ duction would lie assured. An ordinary okonitc or gutta perclia covered wire would be all that would be necessary for telegraph or. telephone service. KANSAS LAW VALID. A JAX. WYANDOTTE. AMPX1ITI11TK. M1ANTONOMAH. NANTUCKET. PASSAIC. The State Has a Right to Keep Out Texas Cattle. The Supreme Court, in an opinion ren­ dered by Justice Harlan, affirmed in the broadest way validity and constitutionali­ ty of the law of Kansas forbidding the bringing into the State of cattle capable of communicating to local cattle the Texas fever. Justice Brewer dissented. Cer­ tain citizens of Kansas sued the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company to recover damages for the loss of cattle which were affected with the Texas fever communicated from cattle brought into the State by the railroad company, under a State law which made the company lia­ ble for the effects of disease derived from cattle so imported into the State, Judg­ ment was given against the railroad com­ pany and it appealed to the Supreme Court. A Nebraska league of Maine avengers lias been formed in Lincoln, composed largely of veterans of the late war, al­ though there is no restriction in member­ ship. The motto of the league is: "He who insults the American flag must apolo­ gize or fight." When the membership list is complete it is proposed to send it to President McKiuley. "The feeling in Spain toward the Unit­ ed States is very bitter," we are informed by the cable. There are sweeter things on earth than the feeling the United States has for Spain, if the Spaniards are looking for facts these days. Quotations Are Compared. ' Mr. Bryali's recent trip through the South is understood to have been made with the purpose of trying to strengthen the waning cause of silver in that sec­ tion, and at the same time to encourage fusion, which has been coldly received by the Populists of the South generally. The tone of the Populist press has been far from satisfactory to the fusion leaders, and great anxiety is felt among the friends of silver lest this last at­ tempt to unite the voters of the three parties in its support will prove an ab­ solute failure. The Populist press of that section is insisting that the party cannot march under Democratic ban­ ners, and is carefully omitting the ac­ tive: support of the silver cause which characterized the earlier history of the' party and press. The rapid improvement of business, conditions in the South and the ad-* vance in prices of farm products gen­ erally, in the face of the steely fall of silver since Mr. Bryan's nomination, are causing the average citizen to lose confidence in" those assertions which were the basis of the silver campaign fn 1890. Notwithstanding the claim that prices could not rise without the free coinage of silver, there has been a steady ad­ vance in practically all farm products since the date of Mr. Bryan's nomina­ tion, and this has happened iii the face pf a steady fall in the price of silver. Silver, which was (>9.2 cents per ounce in the New York market on the date of Mr. Bryan's nomination, was on Wed­ nesday of last week 54.3 cents, while meats, provisions, dairy products and all kinds of grain have advanced. The excuse which the supporters of silver have constantly offered for the advance in wheat lias been that of the shortage abroad, and their explanation of the advance in other classes of grain has been that it has been "due to sym­ pathy" with the advance in wheat. An examination, however, of some tables just issued by the bureau of sta­ tistics shows that the advance in prices, which attracted most attention with reference to wheat, lias been equally felt in practically all articles of farm production, and that all this has hap­ pened in the face of a steady fall in silver. Upward Course of Priccs. Tuese tables, which show the range of prices in silver and various farm productions, are too lengthy to repro­ duce in full. It is practicable, however, to present in a single table the history of the upward course of prices in all classes of farm products in the face of the downward course of silver. These facts are especially interesting and make the table one worth the study and preservation of everyone interested in the coming campaign. The articles selected for comparison with silver represent the three great classes of farm production--bread- stuffs, provisions and wool--while other articles of the classes thus represented have advanced in an equally marked ratio. The comparison includes the pe­ riod from July 10. 1890, the date of Mr. Bryan's nomination, to March 10, 1898. The table follows: The table,.jjiven below shows the in­ crease in production of cotton in the United States, with the coincidental fall in price from 1872 to 1898: Av. price Year's New York. production. 1872 2219 2,974.351 1875 ....... 15.40 3.827,845 1870 ... 12.98 4,632,313 1880 ..... 11.51 5,701.252 1880 ....... 9.28 0.575.091 1891 ... 8.00 8,652,59? 1895 7.44 9,901,925 ?1897-8 .. . 7.-0 11,000.000 'Estimated. . v. It Is a Money Maker. " Receipts averaging more than $1,000,- 000 per day under the Dingley law are shown by the figures for February, the total for the twenty-eight days being $28,572,538. The receipts of February, 1S97, under the Wilson-Gormail law were $24,400,- 997, a difference of $4,171,541 in favor of the Dingley law. The receipts from customs alone dur­ ing the month of February, 1898, were $15,040,080, against $11,587,200 for the Wilson-Gorman law during the same mouth a year ago. The expenditures for the month of February were $20,729,010, leaving an actual surplus of $1,843,258. This is the first surplus the month of February has shown since the election of Presi­ dent Cleveland and his free trade Con­ gress. The average daily receipts for Febru­ ary were $1,020,447, this being more than $17,000 a day in excess of the av­ erage dally expenditures during the last five years. The total receipts under the Dingley law have gained steadily from August, 1897, to February, 1898, inclusive, the average daily receipts showing an in­ crease every month over the receipts of the preceding month. Thus, for August last the daily receipts averaged $029,- 794; for September, $731,103; for Octo­ ber, $780,819; for November, $838,900; for December, $901,115;' for January, $(>3-1,084; and for February, $1,020,447. Comparative receipts under the Wil­ son and Dingley laws for the first sev­ en months of their operation show q balance in favor of the Dingley law of $10,015,743. The law that produces a surplus of revenue over expenditures while at the same time defending American indus­ tries from foreign competition is a good law. : C 10 : ; X .Tnlv 10, 1896.'.. .69.2 03.5 7.75 17.0 Sept. 20 00.0 74.5 8.25 18.0 Nov. 1 65.0 85.0 8.50 19.0 April 17. 1897... .02.5 90.5 8.75 21.5 Sept. 10 <n .4 100.5 9.o0 20.o Dec. 18 50.0 102.2 9.00 27.5 Feb. 25. 1898 55.0 104.2 10.75 27.5 March 10 54.3. 100.5 10.75 28.0 Another difficulty which Mr. Bryan has encountered in his tour through the South is the remarkable advance in manufacturing industries in that sec­ tion in the face of the fall in silver. Even during the last year, with silver galloping downhill at the rate of 15 per cent reduction per annum, cotton mills have sprung up all over the South and are running overtime, sending their goods to all parts of the country and all parts of the world and paying dividends of from 10 to 12% per cent per annum. In the calendar year 1897 thirty-seven new cotton mills, with more than a quarter of a million spindles, were erected in the South, while in preced­ ing years the increase has been equally great. Here is a table showing the increase in cotton manufactories in the South and the money invested in them during the last seventeen years, in the face of *i constant fall of silver during that time: Mills. Spindles. Looms. Capital. 1880.. 180 007,000 14.000 $21,900,000 1890. .254 1,712,000 39,000 01,900.000 1898 . .490 4,100,000 115,000 125,000,000 Another embarrassment which Mr. Bryan has encountered in his tour is the publication in a number of Demo­ cratic newspapers of the South of cer­ tain statistical tables controverting his claim that the reduction in the price of cotton during the last few years has been due or in any way related to the fall in the price of silver. Tables on Southern Production. One of these tables shows that the cotton production of the South and of the world has quadrupled since 1872, being in the United States 2,975,000 bales in 1872 and above 11,000,000 bales in 1897-8. Another of these tables, quoted by the Democratic press of that section in controveution of the claim that the price of silver controls in any way the price of cotton, shows that the average price of middling cotton in New York fluctuated very greatly between' 1850 and 1870, while the price of silver re­ mained practically unchanged. The following table gives the average prices of silver and cottou in New York prior to the act of 1873, showing fluc­ tuations In the prices of cotton, while the price of silver of the bullion value of 37414 grains remained unchanged: Cotton; price .. Silver, per lb. price. 1849 7.55 1.013 Montana's Sheep, Wool and Cnttlc. The extent to which Montana has been benefited by the Dingley tariff is shown in the annual report of the State Commissioner of Labor, Agriculture and Industry. For the year 1897 there were owned in Montana 3,095,192 sheep, with a wool production of 24,- 012,498 pounds. The average selling price for the year was 11.58 cents per pound, against 8.01 cents per pound in 1S90, and the values of tlie clips for the two years were, respectively, $2, .780,047 ami $1,745,402, a gain of more than $1,000,000 in favor of the clip of 1897. I11 the abstract of the Commissioner s report which has reached 11s 110 men­ tion is made of the,comparative market values of the sheep for the two years, but it is safe to conclude that Montana is 110 exception to the general rule of heavy increase I11 sheep values as the result of the Dingley tariff, and that at the rate of an increase of $1 per head the sheep owners of that State are more than $3,000,000 richer than they were a year ago. Cattle in Montana have advanced in value $4 a head, and the shipmenrs for 1897 amounted to $7,109,994, against $0,430,512 in 1890. It is. therefore, evident that in the three items of sheep, wool and cattle Montana's gain as the result of six months of protection has been about $5,000,000. This is a goodly sum. but it is only a fraction of the gross sum of the benefits which that State has real­ ized from the reinauguration of the American policy. AROUND A BIO STATE Free Trade Stock Arguments. Just as soon as the Dingley tariff be­ gins to yield a steady surplus the ene­ mies of protection will set up a howl about "needless taxa tion." "draining t'he people's subs'tance," "accumulation of millions of idle money a temptation to extravagance and profligacy in Govern­ ment expenditures," and all tlia.t sort of thing. The law was a failure while it fell short of producing necessary rev­ enue through 110 fault of its own. and it will be a "curse" and a "blight" the moment it shows itself as a surplus pro­ ducer! Such are the stock arguments of the free-traders. Substantial Benefits. New Jersey has greatly benefited by the new tariff. Pottery importation in­ creased 50 per cent, under the Wilson law, and decreased about 50 per cent, under the Dingley law. The importa­ tion of silk, flax aud other similar goods decreased about 40 per cent, in the five months of 1897. In glass and gkissware South Jersey is benefited to the extent of 50 per cent. The new tariff law has already proved a conspicuous success. You can always hereafter count New Jersey among the Republican tariff States of the Union.--Newark Adver­ tiser. The Family Had Moved. The Washington Posit tells of a 1110011- ber of Congress who was going home very late when he met a young man who was hopelessly drunk. The Con­ gressman had 110 sooner pulled the l>ell than the door was flung open and a tali and vigorous woman appeared. She said not a word, but grabbed the intoxi­ cated young man by the collar and gave him a shaking that fairly loosen­ ed his teeth. Into the hall she shook him and slammed the door. The Con­ gressman was descending the steps, when the door opened again and his friend flew out as if flung from a cata­ pult. He landed at the foot of the stairs, and the Congressman picked him up. (He was very much frightened, and he was almost sober. He managed to gasp out: "We don't live here. We--we moved last week." The really imteresi- ing thing would be to know what hap­ pened to the man who does live there. BRIEF COMPILATION OF ILLI­ NOIS NEWS. Young Farmer Assaulted and Loaded Into His Wagon--Mrs. Sice Was Not Poisoned--Sues a Railroad for Fast Running--Hall for Conviction. Sent Lifeless Home, Eli Young, a prominent farmer living in the southern part of McDonough County, was found lying in the road in an uncon­ scious condition. He died a few minutes later without becoming conscious. He had had some trouble with Elliott McCor- mick, another farmer, some time before, but it was supposed his death was caused from falling from his wagon. At the cor­ oner's inquest evidence was brought out showing that McCormiek had struck him over the head with 'a pitchfork handle. The trouble occurred at McCormick's home. After striking him, as he failed to recover, with the help of the hired hand Young was loaded 011 his wagon and the team started home. When abo\it three miles from his home he fell from the wag­ on, the team continuing 011 to the house. Finds No Trace of Poison. , One of the experts employed to make a chemical analysis of the remains of the wife of George H. Rice, a physician and newspaper man of Sandoval, has finished his labors, and reports that there is not the slightest trace of arsenical .poisonings The death pf Mrs. It ice occurred Aug. 10 last. She returned from. Chicago very ill and died a few days later. Her life was insured for $7,000 in the Metropolitan of New York, Court of Honor, Empire Life of New York and Home Forum. The noney has not been paid as yet. The Metropolitan people were responsible for the body being exhumed. Certain parts were removed and. divided equally be­ tween two St. Louis chemists, one repre­ senting tlie plaintiff and the other the de­ fendant. Sues for Large Amount. The authorities of Upper Alton have commenced suit in the Circuit Court against the Chicago and Alton Railway Company for $048,000. The village ordi­ nances provide that the speed of the freight trains shall not exceed six and that passenger trains shall not run to ex­ ceed ten miles an hour. The company runs all its fast trains over what is known as the cutoff, which passes through a por­ tion of Upper Alton. Every train passing over this section of the road during the past two years is charged with violating the ordinances, and the maximum penalty pf $100 for each violation is the amount asked for. Select a Convention Hall. A special committee of six, selected to agree upon a suitable building for the holding of the two Stcte political conven­ tions, has agreed upon Machinery Hail, at the State fair grounds in Springfield. The convention will be held in the annex and canvas will be provided for side walls I11 case the weather is inclement. Ten thousand seats will be placed in the hall and there will be ample accommodations Kl re ri>l. . * \ .. ' . - . . . i:Ol mtr uig CiuWuS. I lit; i'tfiiiuti aiie coll- vention will be held May 17 and the Re­ publican June 14. Leaves Money to a Library. The will of the late Sarah Billings Sim­ mons bequeaths to the library association of Monmouth real estate valued at $40,- 000, the .stipulations being that the asso­ ciation shall enter into possession of the same at. the death of the surviving hus­ band. and that the proposed building shall be called the Mark Billings memorial, the name being a-tribute in memory of a be­ loved son. Quincy Woman Kruls Her Life. At Quiury, Airs. John Brown, tageil 20, committed suicide by taking prussic acid. She hud been in ill health. She leaves a husband and two babes. Brief State Happening^. Yandalia's postofliee tight has been de­ cided in favor of J. A. Bingham. Grand council Royal Arcanum of Illi­ nois selected Quiucy as the place of meet­ ing next year. William L. Miller of Fort Leavenworth, Kan;, while in a fit of despondency, com­ mitted suicide in a Rockford hotel. Mrs. C. I). James, Mrs. Mary James, Aldice James and Annie Dustcrt were jvoisoned at the home of C. D. James, 2371 North Robey street, Chicago. It is sup­ posed arsenic found its way into the tea. All will recover. Rev. J. D. Borden, aged 50, died at his home in Greenup. Rev. Mr. Borden serv­ ed in the Union army through the civil war. He was lieutenant in the First Ken­ tucky cavalry, then captain of the Thirty- seventh Kentucky mounted infantry and afterward post commissary at Lexington, Ky. Mrs. William Baumen of Belleville, Mrs. James Atkinson of O'Fallon and Winfield Scott, a prominent farmer of St. Clair County, are believed to be among the heirs to an $8,000,000 estate in Eng­ land, left by William Biggs. Biggs was a solicitor in the Black Hawk war. lie was captured by a band of Kiekapoo In­ dians at Old Caholajia, but escaped before the day set for execution. He returned to England and accumulated the fortune which his American heirs have begun a legal battle to secure. The Railroad and Warehouse Commis­ sion at its regular monthly meeting took up the comp|aints caused by the recent accidents at grade crossings of the Grand Trunk Railway. The Blue Island acci­ dent was takeir up first. After examining the photographs of the vicinity of the crossing, one of which showed the- old omnibus lying by the track with its cur­ tains drawn 011 either side of the driver's seat. Commissioners Lindley and Run- nells decided that there was 110 need to consider the complaint further, as it was clear the accident would have been avoid­ ed by attention 011 the part of the driver. Charles II. Childs, an insurance agent, committed suicide at Decatur by shooting himself through the head. Despoudency over bad business is supposed to have been the cause. The Rock Island Plow Company has raised the wages of the molders in the sltops 10 per cent. The increase affects 000 men, and under the new scale the men will receive on the average $2.75 a day. Newman Miller, secretary of the corre­ spondence-study department of the exten­ sion division of the Uuiversity of Chi­ cago, has resigned to become proprietor of the Albion Recorder at Albion, Mich, The new directory of Quincy contains 1,097 names, which multiplied by two and one-half, the lowest multiple used by di­ rectory publishers, gives Quincy, includ­ ing the 1,000 inmates of the soldiers* home, a population of 45,919, an increase of 2,014 since 1890. At Kirkwood, Mrs. Gertrude Ackerman celebrated her 100th birthday anniver­ sary. She is a remarkable woman in many respects. She has fairly good health and seems destined to live quite a while yet. She was born in Hudson, N. J., in 1798, and lived in that place for sixty years, when she moved She is the mother of cl^^^^^^tlren, six of whom are still liril Navigation esc. the Illinois river is open* Lyman J. Gage has sold his residence in Chicago to George Castle, the consid­ eration being $5(0,000. Gov. Tanner has appointed Charles Em- merson of Albion a member of the board of arbitration to succeed John R. Boyd, deceased. Rev. Frank Bristol of Evanston haa finally accepted the call from the Metro­ politan Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington. At Sycamore, Oscar Calhoun was found guilty of placing obstructions on the Northwestern tracks and was sentenced to the penitentiary. At a meeting of the Peoria Agricultural and Trotting Society, July 12,.13, 14 and 15 were set for the big racing meet; $25,- 000 in prizes will be hung up. hat will be the largest ore vessel on the lakes is to be built immediately by the Chicago Ship Building Company for the Minnesota Steamship Company. Albert Holly, Mayor of Jacksonville, ^j1®5 found dead in his bed at the St.. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield. Heart dis­ ease was assigned by the coroner's jury as tlie cause of his death. ~ v James F. Farrell. Mayor of Seneca, has been in Chicago hunting for Daniel Cahill." a grain dealer of Seneca, who disappeared -eight months ago. His' wife ahd five children were left unprovided for. 'Jack the Hair Clipper" lias reappeared in Chicago and attacked Hattie Anderson, 14 years old. The girl screamed and ran away when the mysterious individual grasped her braid. She reached home in time and the man disappeared. . s ; • Dwight Compton was sentenced to five years -iii the penitentiary by a Chicago judge. Compton is 44 years old, and for years prior had been a peddler. He lived with his wife at 1199 West Twelfth street. On July 22 jast Compton, in an insane rage, strangled their child to death with his hands. He attempted suicide, but failed in his purpQSQ,•. . Members of the Epworth League to the number of 300 gathered in Kewanee from towns in western Illinois, the occasion be­ ing a district league rally. The guest of honor was Bishop Bowerman of jSvass- ton, who spoke during the afternoon and also in the evening. Other speakers were Rev. M. A. Head of Galva. Rev. S. P. Archer of Neponset and S. O. Adkins of Kewanee. A banquet was tendered the visitors. Adjt. Gen. Iieece has issued an orde? confirming the following elections: J. C. Wilson to be second lieutenant of troop Ai cavalry squadron at Chicago; William James to be first lieutenant and George Redding to be second-lieutenant of com­ pany M, Sixth infantry, Illinois National Guard, at Galena. The resignation of Edwin B. Ellis as second lieutenant of company M, Fourth infantry, at Cham­ paign, is accepted. John Jones, farmer of Laona, was found dead in the road near Durand, where he had spent several hours trading. Twa farmers saw his horse and empty cutter, and after stopping the horse drove back and discovered the body. Coroner Frank M. Marsh impaneled a jury, which took several hours in reconciling the number of bruises 011 the head with the idea of a fall from the cutter. The fall was caus­ ed by apoplexy, according to the verdict. Almost no evidence could be obtained. Prof. Joseph Bundy, superintendent of the Nashville public schools for the past five years, was arrested and arraigned before Police Justice Wehmeyer on a charge of unmercifully beating Henry Sieveking, an 11-year-old boy. The evi­ dence went to show that the boy had been whipi>ed beyond the limit of reason and had been confined to his bed for two days as the result of his injuries. The defense held that the State law upheld the super­ intendent in his action. The jury failed to reach an agreement and was dismissed. The case will be tried again. The stockholders of the State Bank of Elniwood. which was closed by the Audi­ tor of State several months ago because of revelations precipitated by thesuicide of Miles J. Caveriy, its cashier, met to consider reorganization. The bank's af­ fairs were finally turned ove? to a com­ mittee. It will probably be reorganized with a reduced capital stock, and it is pos­ sible that the old stockholders may escape an assessment if the assets are well han­ dled. An inspection of the accounts showed that the cashier who killed him­ self was short in his accounts to the amount of $5,000. In the Circuit Court at Shelbyville the suit of Amos Walker vs. Sarah W. Wal- den came to an abrupt termination after the jury had been sworn. This case in­ volved the title to over $100,000 worth of property. The action was filed by Amos Walker, a Chicago attorney, to set aside various deeds and the last will of his father, Joseph Walker of Windsor, on the ground of undue influence and senility, the fact being that Joseph Walker had given his vast estate to persons who were not acknowledged as kin, and left his children lwrn in wedlock practically none of it. By the terms of the compromise there is an equitable division of the prop­ erty among the various claimants. The suspension of Warren T. Heaps, a senior in the Kewanee high school, has brought the Board of Education into a le­ gal tangle. Heaps was caught by the teachers passing notes during school hours and was ordered to bring the note to the principal's desk, but as soon,as he*was de­ tected he tore the note in pieces and min­ gled them with those of a private letter he had in his pocket. The principal, H. S. Latham, insisted that he give up all tlie pieces, but Heaps refused to part with the pieces of his private correspondence* although professing a willingness to givtf up the parts of his school note. For hif action he was suspended unless he would1 apologize. This he refused to do, and his father sustained him. The Board of Ed­ ucation resolved itself into a jury and heard all the evidence. The numerous witnesses were sworn by a justice of the peace. The board gave its decision sup­ porting the superintendent in suspending1 young Heaps. The boy's father has taken the matter to the courts and say^he will fight it to the end. The Rev. John Henry Barrows. D.'D., has resigned the pastorate of the Ken­ wood Presbyterian Church in Chicago* which he has been holding, pending a final decision, since last September. It is stated that another strike of Illi­ nois coal miners is probable as a result, of the cut in wages by the I£ig Muddy Coal Company of Cartersville. The Big Muddy Coal Company has made a con­ tract with the miners in its employ at a cut of 0 cents below the Springfield scale. Officers of other companies say that if the Big Muddy is permitted to cut they will have to do so also. v f - The Paris policy holders of the Cove­ nant Mutual^ Insurance Company of Galesburg held an indignation meeting: and took preliminary-steps toward con­ testing the legality of advanced assess­ ments recently imposed upon the older members. 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