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Igfe SHOWING PORTO RICQ ANJ> NEIGHBORING WATERS, SAMPSON SHELLS SAN JUAN. Big American War Ships Reduce the Spanish Batteriss in Short Order. RKAlt ADMIRAL W. T. SAMPSON. Washington special: ' Admiral Sampson and the fleet of Amer­ ican warships that follow^gt'the cruiser New York from th^'H^ronia, blockade have contributed a new chapter to the glorious naval history of the United States, SJan Juan de Porto Rico has gone down under the destructive and deadly fire of the great guns of the battleships Iowa and Indiana, monitors Amphitrite and Purifau and the cruisers New York, Montgomery and Detroit. The ancient walls and fortifications of the city that was founded nearly 400 years ago by Ponce de Leon crumbled be­ fore the matchless gunnery of the Ameri­ can bluejackets as if they had been con­ structed of paper, and their defenders were either killed or wounded by the 1,000-pound shells from the thirteen-ineh guns of the monitors and battleships. Great breaches were shot through the walls overhanging the bay, and the moni­ tors by working close to-these were en­ abled to send their terrible broadsides right through the city itself. The fighting began right after sunrise Thursday morn­ ing. When the sentries in the ornamental •boxes that adorn the sea wall of the town got their first glimpse of th£ sea their hearts must have jumped into--their mouths, for there before their eyes, steam­ ing defiantly and majestically past the old lighthouse toward the mouth of the harbor, were the eight floating engines of war, for whose coming they had looked through weary and anxious night vigils. The Iowa, with her biggest guns protrud­ ing from her forward turret, and eager, impatient bluejackets gathered behind the breeches, waiting for the signal to shoot, •led the way. Tut* ships glided into the harbor one after another, moving as noiselessly as Dewey ran the batteries of Corregidor when he stole upon Montejo at Manila. Their decks were cleared for action, every gun was shotted and every man was at his station. As they neared the mouth of the bay Admiral Sampson's plan of battle began to be apparent to the dazed and seemingly paralyzed Spaniards. The Iowa swung to port, heading directly for the old-fash- A ioned circular castle that has been known as the Morro of San Juan. The Indiana followed in her wake at a distance of alx>nt 300 yards. The New York went to Starboard, followed by the monitors Am­ phitrite and Puritan. The Detroit fol­ lowed the admiral, and the Montgomery went with the battleships in the direction .of the castle. Presently the flags that conveyed the words, "Remember the Maine," the shib­ boleth of revenge to every man who sails under the Stars and Stripes, were snap­ ping from the masthead of the flagship New York, h •: Scarcely had they been run up, and their import comprehended by the eager Ameri­ can sailors when "Fighting Bob" Evans replied to their command by banging aWay •at the old castle with one of the Iowa's twelve-inch guns. He did not wait for the specific signal to commence firing. "Remember the Maine" was devised to end. The Iowa and Iudiana concentrat­ ed their fire on the castle until- its de­ fenders were forced out and its guns si­ lenced. At times for a period of five, and even ten, minutes smoke hung in such dense clouds that the Spaniards could,not sef», the ships, nor could the Americans see the fortifications. The gunners on the ships did not need the walls before their eyes to continue the execution which was begun with the first shot. They had the range of the wall. That was enough for them, and their shells, shrapnel and solid shot swept one position after another, de­ stroyed guns, exploded ammunition, crum­ bled bastions and killed Spaniards just as if their targets were in plain sight. It is to the credit of the Spaniards who defended San Juan that they put up a gallant and even dogged-resistance. They stuck to their guns until they were de­ stroyed or disabled, and if their aim was bad their courage was magnificent. They were frightfully handicapped by the ma­ sonry that was thrown up at every dis­ charge of an American shell. The inhab­ itantsof SanJuan fled in terror as soon as they hoard the first discharges of the guns of the Iowa and Indiana. The foreign consuls followed the refugees into the country, and the volunteers fled. Location of San Juan. San Juan is 1,000 miles due southeast from Havana, 500 miles from Cape Maisi, the eastern tip of Cuba, and only 1,600 miles from New York. The nearest port is St. Thomas, distant only sixty-nine miles. The city of" San Juan is situated on an island in the bay and is connected with the main island by a bridge and causeway of ancient military construction. It is inclosed by a heavy wall of stone that is from-fifty to one hundred feet high in places. The harbor is one of the finest in the world. It offers a safe anchorage to vessels of all sizes. Next to Cuba Porto Rico is the richest and most desirable of Spain's possessions. It possesses an ideal climate and vast resources. Its popula­ tion is nearly 800,000, 90 per cent of whom are negroes and mulattoes. The reduction and occupation of Porto Rico were determined on just as soon as the news of Dewey's victory came from WHEAT REACHES $1.85. FORTIFICATION" AT SAN JUAN. remind the Seamen of the treacherous anurderof 2G6 of their fellows in Havana, and it was enough to precipitate.the bom­ bardment of San Juan de Porto Rico. • The Iowa's shell struck fair and plump, and a section of the castle nearly as big as the side of a gunboat crumbled as if the ground had sunk under it. The In­ diana cut loose one of her cannon at the same mark, and before the effect of the shot could be seen the Iowa had swung broadside to the fortification and emptied every gun on her starboard side. The shore guns began to reply. Half a dozen of them were fired at the same time from the turrets of the castkv but the men on the battleships were not sure whether they were aimed at themselves or the Yale, three miles away. The Spaniards were poor marksmen, and Admiral Samp­ son was not long in discovering this fact. He moved the New York to closer quar­ ters. Her eight and six-inch guns, fired almost with the rapidity of Maxims, were Sbon pumping shot and shell into the for­ tifications with deadly accuracy and exe­ cution. The other cruisers followed the example of the flagship, raking the entire sea wall from-end to end. The monitors began creeping closer and closer to the wall. The Puritan got within 800 yards of the castle, and at that range her big guns pounded one hole after another un­ til the ancient defense looked as if it would fall of its own weight. The Am­ phitrite did similar service at the other ADMIRAL BERMEJO. Spanish minister of the navy. Manila. The port of San Juan was the only harbor where a Spanish fleet coming to this side of the Atlantic for a fight could take refuge. Its capture leaves them to the mercy of the open sea and the American squadrons. Only seven shots were fired from the big guns of the American fleet, but Morro fort was a crumbling ruin. Her guns were silent and her gunners killed or in flight. Then the attack on the land bat­ teries began aiid the fortifications about the Government buildings and the palace were assailed. The cruisers did effective service here and soon the postoffice and the governor's palace were tumbled about the heads of the officials, the guns dis­ mounted or abandoned. Not one Ameri­ can ship was harmed. Not a single American seaman was killed 6'r injured. RIOT IN MILAN. Three Hundred Persons Reported Killed and a Thousand Wounded.; Sunday was a terrible day for Milan, Italy. The bread riots are increasing in violence, and in many cases the troops are powerless to repress the uprising. About 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon a ver­ itable battle occurred in the Via Somtra- rie. Thousands of tiles and chimneys were hurled from the roofs upon the troops, who were compelled to retire. A similar fight took place in the Via Tori­ no, and it is believed that no fewer than 300 were killed and 1,000 injured. Eight thousand troops are quartered in the city. The law courts, schools and public offices are closed and guarded by artillery. The mobs are well organized. They marched in columns from the different city gates and converged upon the center of the town. The troops, horse, foot and artillery, bivouacked in the Piazzo del Duomo, and troops were pouring into the city throughout the night. Twenty-five of the sdxtynnine provinces of Italy are now under martial law. STARVATION REIGNS IN HAVANA, Prices for Food Rival Those that Ob- V* tain in the Klondike. The city of Havana is a sad sight. There are still a few of the reeoncentra- dos about the streets now, but starvation has ended the misery of most of them, and their bones have been thrown into the trenches outside of the city. Starvation now faces the Spanish citizens them­ selves. Havana is a graveyard. Two- thirds of the inhabitants have fled. The prices rival those of Klondike. Beef­ steak is $1 a pound. Chickens are $1 each. Flour is $50 a barrel. Every­ thing is l>eing confiscated for Blanco's army. Sleek, well-fed persons are daily threatened wfith death to make them di­ vulge the whereabouts of their hidden stores of provisions. Several provision stores in the side streets have been brok­ en into and looted. England is overwhelmed by the great victory won by Dewev at Manila. His daring, coolness and skill have surprised the entire world. C*rfO$ -- JOK rr •' May Crop Goes to Best Price for Farm­ ers Since 1877. May wheat sold up to $1.85 in Chicago Tuesday, and July touched $1.26, but\re>> acted some. \ Following are the net advances of Sat­ urday and for the week apd Saturday's closing prices for wheat in the principal speculative markets of the world, the Chicago figures being given first: Advance, Advance Closing Month. cents, for week, price. May .. 17V4 46% $1.07 July 5% ll% 1.06% September 3% 4% 87% NEW YORK. May ....16% 41% 1.60 July 4 10% 1.13 MINNEAPOLIS. Cash .. ... 14 1.45U May 14 31% 1.45 July 11% 24% 1.35% DUI.TJTH! - Cash „....17% vi41% 1.58 May is ,40% 1.57 July 19 30% 1.44 ST. LOUIS. May ...18% ' 25% 1.35 July • 4-% v»f 8% 98% LIVERPOOL. Spot No. 1 North'n. 1% .......... 3% 12 15 17% 4% 1.53% 1.54% 1-48% ,1.14% 1.50% 1.50% May July September •May ...... September •Decline. Following are the top prices for con­ tract wheat in Chicago for forty years: 1859 .......... .$1.15- 1SS0 I860..;. 1.13, 1881 1861... 1.25 1S82 92% 1S83 1.15 1884 1862 . 1863 1S64 ... 1865 ... 1866 1 8 6 7 , . . 1 S 6 8 . . . 1869 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... 1874 ... 1875 ... 1876 ... 1878 ... 1879 ... 2.26 1.55 2.03 2.95 2.20 2.47 1885 18S6 1887 1SSS 1889 1890 1.31V, 1891 1.32 ~ 1892 l'.Ol 1893 1.46 1S94 1.28 1895 1.30% 1S96 1.26% 1897 1.76% 1S9S 1.14 $1.32 1.43% 1.40 1.13% ? 96 91% 84% 94% 2.00 1,08% 1.08% 1.16 91% 88 65% S5% 94% 1.09 1.70 HIGH PRICES RULE IN DAWSON. Scores Would Leave if Certain of Beaching Civilization. William Newton has arrived in Taco- ma from Dawson, having started out April 2. He has little to say himself, but brought out letters which detail conditions at Dawson up to the time h« left. When he left, Dawson was suffering from an epidemic of scurvy, caused by improper food, or rather lack of variety in diet. The hospital was crowded with patients and others were sick in cabins. The health conditions were worse than ever before, and uo doubt exists that many deaths will occur before the miners are able to take the river steamers to civili­ zation. This feeling is so general that dozens would come out overland if certain they could reach tide waters safely at this season. March was unusually warm in the Klondike country, and the snow melted rapidly. C. C. Pagett, writing on March 29, says many new buildings were being started. Lumber was hard to get at'$150 per 1,000, and dressed lumber at $250. It was impossible to obtain nails, $4 and $5 a pound being the lowest prices quoted for eight and ten penny. Wooden pegs were being used instead. Twelve or fif­ teen horses have survived the winter, and the owners arc earning big money haul­ ing logs. Many dog teams are engaged in(f the same work. Food prices were high, flour $50 per sack, lard $5 per pound, but­ ter $3 per pound, and other provisions on the same scale.,; Very few had anything ,to sell. Real estate prices were also sky­ ward. Two froi^t street lots, near the old opera house site, brought $40,000 in, March. Prices of all unsold lots have been raised from $100 to $1,000 each. Considerable speculating is going on in the bsying and selling of "dumps." ASPLENDID SHOWING feFFECT OF DINGLEY TARIFF ON OREGON'S INDUSTRIES. Increase of 125 Per Cent, in Number of Hands Employed, 141 in Amount of Wages Paid, and 7 in Rate of Wages. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE FEARED. Play Waterspouts and Tornadoes Havoc in Arkansas. Waterspouts and tornadoes have played havoc at Van Buren, Ark., and done hundreds of thousands of dollars dam­ ages. Three houses were blown down at Rudy, and it is reported that Winslow, a summer resort on the top of Boston Mountain, is entirely gone. Two bridges on the 'Frisco Railroad over Clear Creek have been swept away and the road aban­ doned. The Kansas and Arkansas Valley Road had a two-mile washout and 300 yards landslide. The Arkansas River is twenty-five miles wide in places and is four inches higher than it was in 1892, which was the high­ est on record. Boats have been busy in the bottoms rescuing the inhabitants. Thousands were rescued, and it is feared that many have been drowned. Two houses were seen going down- the river, but boatmen could not reach them. The destruction by floods iu^the Grand, Verdi­ gris, and Arkansas bottoms is reported to be enormous. It has been raining in parts of the Indian Territory almost continu­ ously for five days, and the surrounding country is flooded. Much property north of Muskogee has been destroyed, and large numbers of stock are reported drowned Relief parties are at work at­ tempting to rescue the people caught in the floods in the lowlands of the Grand and Verdigris. A small skiff containing a woman and three children capsized and the occupants were reported drowned in the high waters of the South Canadian near Eufaula. Another report states that seventeen families have perished in the floods of that swift stream. 0> Tint® few? t Everybody is agreed that Spain began hostilities by firing Minister Woodford. Advice to Gen. Weyler: Go to Cuba, young man, and blow up with the coun­ try. If Spain can do it she would better trade a little of her "honor" for gunpow­ der. • • How lucky is it that^Steve Brodie has never thought of burning his bridges.Mter him. "Roosevelt's Rough Riders" will teach the Spaniards the three r's in the curricu­ lum of war. And now Missouri is said to have form­ ed a mule trust. It's a new idea to have any trust in mules. The powers in the Orient are just now examining a prize package labeled "Chi­ na, handle with care!" While the land forces may be slower to get into action, it's expected the war­ ships will do fleet work. There's no doubt about it. The won­ derful performances of this Holland sub­ marine boat are oufof sight. The Somers, having been held by Brit­ ish authority, will doubtless spend its summer's vacation at Falmouth. If it costs $1,500,000 for two modern battle ships to fight an hour Spain would better make a bee line for the nearest pawnshop. Protection's Work in Oregon. Pursuant to its policy for several years past the American Protective Tariff League has undertaken a poll of the industrial establishments of the United States with a view to obtaining trustworthy information as to the con­ dition of American labor after eight mouths of protection as contrasted with its condition during the corre­ sponding period following the enact­ ment of the Wilson-Gorman low tariff and no tariff law of 1894. Accordingly the request for information has includ­ ed these two points: Average number of hands employed during the month of March, 1S95, and 1S98. ' Amount of paif roll during the month of March, 1895, and 1898. In order to insure the utmost free­ dom in the matter of replies and hence the utmost accuracy of information the League has in e^ery case given the fol­ lowing pledge: "'The information asked will be held as strictly confidential, and in no case will the amount of wages be divulged in connection with your firm." The returns thus far submitted show some extraordinary results. The first inquiry cards were addressed to par­ ties doing business in the State of Ore­ gon, and in response there have been received 102 reports representing thir­ ty-three different classes "of industry. A summary of the reports from the State of Oregon is as follows: Hands employed-- Number of establishments re­ porting '.. 102 Number of hands employed during March, 1898 * 1,886 Number of hands employed during March, 1895 837 ing the Dinglfey period was purchase^ abroad to the amount of 80,000,000, while the quantity for the Wilson pe­ riod Vfas 106,000,000 pounds; manufac­ tures of fibers, $8,tOO,000 and $$2,500,- 000; manufactures of wool, $5,500,000 and $14,400,000; pottery. $3,360,000 and $5,000,000; lumber and manufactures of wood, $5,600,000 and $8,750,000; cut­ lery, $340,000 and $850,000. Measured in dollars the decrease in imports of articles coming directly into competition with domestic products amounted to fully $30,000,000 in the first six months of the Dingley law, while fou the nine months ending March 31, 1898, the total decrease was $43,667,298. All this time the revenue receipts were constantly increasing up to the point where the war excitement began to have ari injurious effect upon commerce of all kinds, and the Dingley law was proving itself a splendid suc­ cess alike as to protection and reve­ nues. The contrast shown In the opera­ tion of the two laws is In all "ways a Striking one. It is the contrast between sound and unsound fiscal policies, be­ tween the patriotic good sense of pro­ tection and the Anglophobic folly of free trade. America's Opportunity. Gain for 1898 in number of hahds employed Percentage of gain Wages paid- Number of establishments re­ porting Amount of wages paid during March, 1898 $100,013 16 Amount of wages paid during March, 1895 . ..... . 41,504 51 1,049 125.19 Gain for 1898 in wages pa id. $58,538 65 Percentage of gain 41.04 Average wages per capita, month of March, 1898 $53 04 Average wages per capita, month of March, 1895 49 55 $3 49 7.04 Gain in wages per capita, per month, 1898 Percentage of gain muu ,„•»* « ixiio i» an uii|[Ki Ruieieu snowing--a gain of 11*5.19 per cent, in the number of hands employed under Dingley pro­ tection as compared with Wilson-Gor­ man free trade; a gain of 141.04 pet- cent. in the amount of wages paid, and a gain of 7.04 per cent, in the rate of wages paid. » The latest authentic and accurate re­ turns as to the manufacturing indus­ tries of Oregon are those of the elev­ enth census of 1890. At that time 1.523 establishments reported, with a total capital of $32,122,051; number of em­ ployes, 18,798. The eight years that have elapsed since 1890 have been years of splendid progress and devel­ opment for Oregon, barring the four years of depression and industrial par­ alysis that followed the free trade folly of 1893-97. There lias been a large in­ crease in population and industrial ac­ tivity wherewith to measure the enor­ mous benefits that have followed the restoration of the American policy of protection to American lal>or and in­ dustries. In 1896 a vastly different showing was made by Oregon in the investiga­ tion then made by the American Pro­ tective Tariff League covering the eon- dition« existing in July of that year, after two years of Wilson-Gormanism, as com pa ml with July of 1892, under the McKinley tariff. It was then found that by the sixteen establishments re­ porting there were employed in 1892 521 hands, and in 3896 this nuniber.had fallen to 240 hands employed, a de­ crease of more tiian 50 per cent. If to the great gain in wages and in­ dustrial production shown for Oregon by the contrast between March, 1895, under low tariff and no tariff, and March, 1898, under t lie Dingley tariff, be added the advance in value of farm products and farm property and the general advance in values throughout that flourishing State, the showing for protection in Oregon would have to be reckoned by tens of millions of dollars. On tlie first Monday in June of this year Oregon elects two representatives in the United States Congress. This will afford the people of that State the op­ portunity for an expression of their views concerning a Federal policy that lias wrought the splendid results indi­ cated in the returns summarized above. The friends of protection throughout the United States will be interested in hearing from Oregon on this subject. Practical Results. Some interesting facts relative to the operation of a policy designed to benefit American labor and industries, wheth­ er of the factory or the farm, are shown in the Treasury Department sta­ tistics of the imports of twenty leadiiig articles during the first six months of the Dingley law. compared with the im­ ports of the same articles during the corresponding six months, of the pre­ ceding year under the Wilson law. A decided falling off in our purchases of foreign merchandise is indicated throughout the entire list, and in uear- ly every case the decrease in importa­ tion has necessarily resulted in larger purchases of home products. N For example, while we imported dur­ ing the first six months of the Dingley law 52,000,000 pounds of wool, the im­ ports of the corresponding six months of the previous year, when wool came in free under the'Wilson law, were 73,- 000,000 pounds. In fruits the figures show $6,200,000, for the Dingley arid $7,500,000 for the Wilson law; in veg­ etables, $731,000 and $998,000, respect­ ively; in hay, $7,262 and $502,000: in oranges and lemons, $1,500,000 and $3,- 000.000; in chicory, 113,000 pounds and 2,500,000 ppunds. In manufactured articles the discrep­ ancy of importations# for the two pe- liods is equally marked. Tin plate dur- A recent estimate of the total pur­ chases by the United States of-Ameri­ can vessels for war purposes places the tonnage thus transferred from private bauds to Government ownership at 85,- 700 tons. Additional purchases made since the date of this estimate will bring the total tonnage up to at least 100,000. So far none but iron and steel steam vessels have been bought by the Government. At this rate of absorp­ tion a wide gap in existing American tonnage will result. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, the total iron and steel steam tonnage built on the At­ lantic and Gulf coasts amounted to 21,- 586. It would therefore require nearly five years of construction at the same rate to make good the withdrawals of ships for Government uses. A great shipbuilding boom is evident­ ly due in a short time. In addition to the large depletion of our merchant fleet as a consequence of war emergen­ cies there is to be spent by the Govern­ ment at once in American shipyards between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 for battle ships, cruisers, monitors, torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. The situation and outlook are such as to confirm the view recently expressed by Mr. Andrew Carnegie as to the wisdom of establishing near Ne>v York an im­ mense shipbuilding and dry dock plant. With the great development in our naval equipment that is certain to take place within the next decade there should come a vast revival in Ameri­ ca's merchant marine. Under suitable and sensible protection and encourage­ ment in the shape of national legisla­ tion American shipping will rapidly overtake and come abreast with other departments of American industry. We have tried the free trn.de policy of al­ lowing foreign ships to enter Ameri- can ports on the same terms as Ameri­ can ships, and have seen as a conse­ quence, the almost total obliteration of our over-sea carrying trade. Resulting from this free trade folly the percentage of imports into America in American vessels fell from 63 per cent, in 1860 to 33 per cent, in 1870, and to 15 per cent, in 1896. From $353,000, 000 in 1870 the value of exports and im­ ports in American vessels fell to $180,- 000,000 in 1896. This is not a creditable record for a great and powerful nation like the United States. The fact that foreign ships carry and exact freight charges upon $85 out of every $100 worth of American exports and imports does not speak well for the keen commercial shrewdness with which the Unitod States is very generally credited. There will be great need of American merchant ships when the pending con­ flict with Spain shall have ended in vic ­ tory for American arms. 'Whether the war shall last ten weeks or ten months Congress cannot better employ the in­ terval of time than in maturing legisla­ tion that shall restore the American flag to the mastheads of an American merchant marine that is worthy of the name. A Lesson in Orthography. ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. John Bull--How do-you spell "Pros­ perity?" Uncle, Sam--Easy enough. "P-r-o- t-e-c-t i-o-n," of course. An Obvious Necessity. The present international situation again shows the necessity for upbuild­ ing the American merchant marine, and all possible steps which do not con­ flict with other interests should be tali- en to further the project. America ought to be able to send all over the world not only her excess of crops, but also the products of her mines and mills. And these should be carried in ships built in American yards, con­ structed of American materials, and manned by American sailors.--Wool Record. Q' First Navy, Then Merchant Marine. Tliiji nation is on the high road to real greatness. We are building up a navy that will command the respect as well as the admiration of the world. With a great navy there will come a great mer­ cantile marine as a matter of course. The American traveler of the future will have" no excuse for complaining that .the Star Spangled Bauer is seen nowhere on earth outside of the United States.--Chicago Inter Ocean. -- SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH- FULLY RECORDED. Engineer Trapped the Thieves Who Robbed Him--Illinois Build*2»g at Omaha JEx position Is Accepted--Sen­ tences for Church Murderers. Trapped by an Engineer. Three men charged with the robbery of F. L. Faireloth, the engineer of a freight train, in the cab were taken to Chicago feOm - Aurora-the*=©ther-night. The™ rob­ bery occurred at Loomis and Sixteenth streets, Chicago. The capture of the al­ leged robbers was due to the ingenuity of the victim, who saw the men secrete themselves in «an empty car, and tele­ graphed to the Naperville police to meet the train and take the robbers in custody. Faireloth was alone in the cab When four men climbed over the tender, presented revolver^ and ordered- him. to remain quiet. The robbers secured a gold watch and a Knights of Pythias ring. Accord­ ing to the instructions he received, Mar­ shal Laird of Naperville was at the train with a force two hours after the train left Chicago and the three men were ar­ rested and taken to Aurora. The watch chain taken f^om the engineer was found ill the possession of one of the men. The men gave the. names of Patrick Leveil, Edward G-reein. and William Johnson. Illinois Building Accepted. The executive committee of the Illinois commission for the Trans-Mississippi ex­ position, headed by Col. William H. Har­ per of Chicago, visited Omaha. Mr. Har­ per, being chairman of the executive com­ mittee, formally accepted the Illinois building from the contractor. The com­ mittee inspected the building, found it to be satisfactory and took charge of it. After a conference with the exposition officials the . Illinois party fixed upon Tuesday, June 21, 1S98, as Illinois day. Gov. John 11. Tamner stated to Chairman Harper that he would attend the exposi­ tion with his staff on Illinois day. The aninex of the Illinois building will contain the art exhibit, including four pictures 10 by 20, being seeues from the World's Columbian Exposition, painted by J. R. Key. These paintings will be taken to Paris after the close of the Omaha exposi­ tion. Fix-Year-Old Heroine. Six-year-old Mary Gleason saved her two younger sisters from being burned to death at their home in Chicago. Find­ ing them surrounded by flames, she drag­ ged them from the burning house. The sisters, who are but 2 and 4 years old. re­ spectively, managed to secure a handful of matches, which they scattered around the room. A fire resulted and the screams of the two eliildren called the older, Mary, from the kitchen, two rooms back. Rush­ ing into the burning room she managed to lead the babies through the flames and down the stairs to the street, where she gave the alarm of fire. A crowd gathered there and greeted her as a heroine. Giri Burned at Kockford. There was a lively scene at the annual reception to the students at Rockford Cdl- lege. Miss Alice H. Tobey of Washing­ ton, Kan., one of the students serving re­ freshments, stepped too near a small gas stove on the floor. Her organdie dress ignfced, and in a second there was almost a panic among the guests. Miss Tobey's arms and neck were quite badly burned, but her Injuries will not prove serious. W. A. Taleott, John H. Sherratt and oth­ ers had their hands severely burned in extinguishing,the burning clothes of the young student. _ Illinois Missionary Killed. v Among the victims of the rage of the negroes in the revolution over the hut tax at Sierra Leone, west Africa, was Miss Hatfield, secretary of the. central Illinois conference of the United Breth­ ren Church. She was made n missionary in Decatur several years ago, having fit­ ted herself for the work by taking a course of medicine at Cincinnati. She was well known at Paxton. Nothing but Emptiness. Under the Wilson law the Treasury never was full of gold, except it was borrowed. In fact, under tlie Cleve­ land-Wilson x-egime the Treasury was never full of anything, except, empti­ ness.--St. Louis Star-Sayings. Church's Slayers Found Guilty. The trial of the two Hampton brothers at Marion was concluded, when the jury returned a, verdict giving the elder Hamp­ ton eight years in the penitentiary, and the younger an indefinite term at the re­ form school. The boys were indicted for killing Isham Price at Freedom Church last July. Brief State Happenings. The citizens of Mattoon have presented their home company, E of the Fourth Regiment, with a beautiful silk flag. Mrs. Lewis Seala of Chicago was rob­ bed of $1,000 one day recently. The money was hidden behind a picture in a room.where a strange paper hanger was at work. Tlie police are looking for the paper hanger. Fourth-class postmasters have been ap­ pointed for Illinois towns as follows: Faucher, Henry Richmond; Gary, Md- deste Lenai; Loding, Guy Jamieson; Mid­ dles worth, Samuel J. Ditzler; Todd's Point, John W. Atkinson. A double wedding was celebrated at tlie home of the bride's.mother, Mrs. Car­ oline A. Dubrock, in Aurora. The par­ ties were Robert J. McKay and Miss Elizabeth S. Dubrock and James A. Hoi- den and Miss Mary E. Dubrock. Members of the two companies of Sons of Veterans volunteers at Elgin were pleased to hear from Col. Clark that the volunteers will go on the next call for troops, as soon as the militia leaves Springfield. Col. Clark has received word from Gov. Tanner to this effect. Col. Andel has wired Joseph Fuess, president of the First National Bank at Belleville, announcing his appointment as colonel. He said he would accept if granted leave of absence from the bank. The directors met and granted the leave, and he later accepted the commission. The sixtieth anniversary of the mar­ riage of Hiram Burgett and Miss Char­ lotte Willard was celebrated at the home of their daughter, Mrs. L. M. Churchill at Keith^bnrg, in the presence of their children, grandchildren and one great­ grandchild. Mr. Burgett is 84 years old and his wife 80. They have been resi­ dents of Illinois since 1851. Mr. Bur­ gett constructed the first turbine wheels used in the West. He was also construc­ tor of one,of the early railroads of this country at Woodstock, Vt. Mr. and Mrs. Burgett have had but three deaths in their family. •• The Galesburg Y. M. C. A. building is; completed and thrown open to the public, A south-bound train on the Chicago and Alton Railroad struck and killed Fred Delette, a Chicago cyclist, about one mile south of Joliet. Deiett was 33 years old and was an engineer. Delette and his friend, E. H. Thayer, left Chicago for a tandem trip to Joliet and Manooka. Rough roads in. the viciuity of Lemont forced them to take to the railroad tracks, and they walked along in the darkness for several hours, trundling the bicycle with them. The train overtook them south of Joliet, and although they had warning Delette became confused and 8fQPPC<i,upon the wrong track. • - . . ; v : - •--.-'-'.-=--.-1 »- mm The Southern Illinois Picnic Associa­ tion of the Modern Woodmen of America will hold the annual picnic at Mount Ver­ non Sept.1. At a Democratic convention at Fair­ field, J. R. Williams of Carmi was nomi> nated to represent the twentieth Illinois district in Congress. William Gorsueh of Knox College woo first honors in the oratorical con\?st at Beloit, Wis. His subject was "John Randolph of Roanoke." For the eighth consecutive time, AI- bert J. Hopkins has been nomisated fer Representative in Congress by the Repub­ licans of the Eighth Illinois district. Archbishop Feehan of Chicago, assist­ ed by twelve priests from that vicinity, confirmed a class of 225 French Cana­ dians at St. Rose Cathoiic Church in Kan­ kakee. x At Peoria, George Sihelnik, stack paint­ er of St. Louis, fell sixty-five feet from the smokestack of the Central Railway Company's poWer house, and was instant­ ly killed. At Lemont, the Western Stone Com­ pany has given to its striking quarrymea 15 cents per hour, and 450 men returned to work. The Illinois Stone (Company has also resumed. The Decatur Brick Company has 2,Q00;-r 000 building brick, carried over from laSt year, and expect to make at least 4,000,- 000 more this year, looking for even a bet­ ter trade than that of last year. Vermilion Coqnty has a debt of $33,000 on hand, and will economize all expendi­ tures. having cut down° the Supervisors' salaries and rescinded the donation of $10,000 for the soldiers* monument. The second trial of Charles L. Draper, for the murder of Charles L. Hastings at Jacksonville on the night of March 30, 1897, has been commenced at Jerseyville. A change of venue was taken from Mor­ gan County. '• Tlie 10,000 residents of the district of Pullman and West Pullman enjoyed the free delivery system for the first time the other day. Thirteen carriers were seat over the routes. This force will be en- largd within a short time. D. B. Nathan, a steckman from Galena, was robbed of $S0 on a Halsted street car in Chicago. When he reported his loss to the police Nathan said an hour before he left the stock yards he deposited $400 in the Drovers' National Bank. George Denny of Galesburg has asked the Chicago police to find his father, Frank Denny, who went to Chicago some months ago. Denny, Sr., is a printer and worked on newspapers. He lived for a time at 1014 North Clark street. Since he left that place the son has not heard from him. "Old Settler" is a variable term. Not many years ago it applied only to on* who had been a resident of a community since the '40s. An effort is now being made to organize an old settlers' association at Forrest, and all persons who have lived in that vicinity since 1872 and were 21 * years old at that time are eligible. Monmouth College students have plac­ ed themselves on record as a temperance institution, having unanimously adopted resolutions condemning Yale College for burning the New York Voice in efflgy; also pledging themselves to use their un­ divided influence, against the patronage of Yale or any other university or college allowing the sale of liquor on its grounds or sanctioning the sale of the same in its city. Tlie night letter pouch which reaches Belvidere on the eastern night express was stolen from the Chicago and North­ western depot. It contained the heaviest mail of the week, and the postoffice au­ thorities estimate that the pouch con­ tain txl about 5,000 letters. The upper part of the sack was found in a culvert a block from the station. Railroad and postal detectives are working on the case, but with uo clew at present. The Illinois State Typographical UniCM held its annual meeting at Peoria. The following officers were elected: President, J. Maurice Farnham, Ottawa; vice-presi­ dent, William Sehen<:kf Cfidcago; secre­ tary-treasurer, John A. Onyun, Peoriaj delegates to the State Federation of Tj£» bor meeting, Frank Sneed, Rotk Island; C. P. Cole, Danville; J. A. Stevenson, Peoria; Adrian M. Jones and George W. Harris, Chicago. Tlie convention ad­ journed to meet at-Ottawaoln June, 1899. Near Green River, a remarkable and almost unheard-of mishap befell th« Rocky Mountain limited, on'tie Rock Island Railway. The' train was to break the record between Chicago and Omaha and made fast time. After leaving Chi­ cago the left rear driver showed evidence of a hot box. Speed was interfered with at once, but an effort to break the record was continued. Shortly after leaving Green River tlie wheel wrenched com­ pletely off and rolled across the adjoining track into a wheat field, where it plowed up the ground for several yards before' falling on its side. The broken driving rod flying against the engine cab at once told the engineer what had happened. The train was stopped and a new engine * sent for. " \?:«L *-'• .v& New Illinois postmasters lately nominat­ ed are: William E. Cummings, High- wood; W. A. Hutchinson, Oak Park; John C. Goodyear, Mattoon; Howard Robertson, Austin; Clara M. Murphy, Sparta; James H. Lincoln, Franklin Grove; Frank Rockwell, St. Charles. Domestic trouble is supposed to have led to the suicide of John W. Blanchard at the Avenue-House, Evanston. Lauda­ num and chloroform were used to end life. Letters addressed to his sister. Mrs; J. Wilson Howell of Ingleside Park, and a note declaring that he had taken his life were found on tlie dressing table. A general strike of all union stonecut­ ters and rubbers in Chicago was inaugu­ rated because of a reduction of ,$l a day in wages. , The union derricknien and hoisting engineers also went on strike for an increase of wages. Eight hundred men are involved. The Bridgeport reducing plant of Ar­ mour & Co. at Chicago was ravaged by fire oue recent afternoon. Several em- ploves were injured iu the pauie which followed the discovery of the blaxe. The plant covers a ground area of fifteen acres, one-quarter of which was swept by the games. The loss is estimated at, $200,000 to buildings, machinery and ma­ terial and is covered by insurance. Mrs. J. R. High, who died recently at Peoria, was the first white girl born hi Tazewell County. Her father was Maj. Perkins. Pedestrians on West Madison street, Chicago, have missed the familiar figure of the old man who used to sell songs at a penny apiece over near the Haymarket Theater. The old fellow was one of the most familiar sights of the neighborhood, for he had been there for years. About four months ago the song seller died and Public Administrator Patrick H. O'Don- neil took charge of his effects, and now . Mr. O'Donnell is looking for an heir to what may turn out to be a nice little for­ tune, there being $1,200 in cash and docu­ ments indicating that Furney owned an orange grove down in Florida, which may be one of great value. The name of the man was William Fttrney, but whether or not he left any relatives the adminis­ trator has so far been unable to ascertain, except a statement which he made before he died that he had relatives living in northern Wisconsin.