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- - •;$. V. • ' / • .1 CLAIM TITLE TO THRONES. BREAKS ALL RECORDS CONDEMN ALLEN LAW (&st<r WM&m X. Love Story of the War. cause. Our army had been victorious SHE was-a bit hasgbty to me on that .particular day, but I didn't care, for I was desperately in love with another girl. The "she" of whom I am writing Is way wife, and as my pencil traced the paper, sh/sits by my side, smiling and cooing sifruj/40 our youngest grand­ child; a lovely baby boy. . 1 can't recall the day that I have not known my wife. We were children to­ gether in our lovely home in the Blue Hills. By some freakish relationship, for which one of our ancestors was re­ sponsible, Jane Merriam was nominal­ ly my aunt, though several years my Junior. Her father and mother died before she was 12, and from that day . on she made her home with our family, with whom she was connected by dis­ tant blood ties. I was away at school lit the time of her bereavement and vpon returning for vacation found her at the old Marcelline homestead. "Aunt Jane," the younger children called her, soon fell into their way, although ishe was Jennie to me, and we were playmates. "Aunt Jane" was a beautiful child, with dark hair and rich gray eyes, and ehe had grown. into a handsome girl, •when at the, expiration of my coliege term at Richmond I returned to my home in the Blue Hills to liang up my shingle as a lawyer. It was just a year before the breaking out of the war. I was getting along famously, when all say calculations were upset, and I. en­ listed in a company of volunteers from onr little place to help Lee defeat the enemy. It was on the day of my departure that Jane Merriam gave me that haughty answer, with which my story begins. "Aunt Jane," I had said, when I told her 1 was going away that night, "I'll be back in less than six months. By that time we'll have driven the Yan­ kees across our lines, and I'll celebrate the victory by marrying , the girl I lover "Yon don't know what you are say­ ing," answered Aunt Jane, with a iiaughty stare. "I fear the Yankees will do us all great harm!" Tossing her beautiful head that I might not see her furiously blushing face, she ran to$.o the house. There was Yankee blood in Aunt at Chancellorsvllle, and from all over the South came the clamor for Lee's army to invade the Northern States. Early in June our forces were centered at Culpeper, and Charlie and I were two of 100,000 men ready to sacrifice our life's blood for Lee and our coun­ try. In the waning days of June my friend received a letter from home, caught him reading it in a corner of our tent by the light of his pipe, for the sun was^/ust going down behind Culp's Hill./ a "From h6me?" I asked anxiously. -7 "Yes, fron\Aunt Jane. She sends her love to you and bids you not to grow discouraged." "Any word from Lucy?' "None.'* ' • ^ • •" I had never known Charlie to be so reticent about his letters, which he usually handed me for perusal. But this I saw him put away in his breast pocket.;,./'.I In the days that followed I had little time to wonder what had made my mate so downhearted and gloomy. Then came that memorable day in July, which none can forget who lived to tell REVERENTLY I OPENED IT. its tale of horror. Charlie was shot by my side on Seminary Ridge. I saw at a glance that he was badly wounded and picked him up in my arms to carry him back to the lines. There I laid him down, putting him in the care of one of our boys, whose arm was shattered by a bullet. "Stay with him," I begged, "until I return, and if he should be dead, do not let his body be buried. I promised to return it to his poor old mother." Toward night, when the battle ceased, I hastened back to my friend Charlie. He had died while I was gone, and his Jane, although of a distant strain. Her ^ody *n a trench with hun- - . 3 • j.,. , , . i Hra/lc Af nfVt J-- 1 - 1 "* §icai giauuiuuiuer iiau cuuie i mm jfcjii- gland to marry Jane's handsome an- with earth as soon as the men who had dug this wholesale grave could catch their breath and complete their terrible work. The guard I had.put over him stood by the side of the ditch where he lay. "Lieutenant," said he, "Mr. Fergu- I had been in love with i requested me to tell you that the of the same age as Aunt .Jane. *21. Two women were never eestor, from whom she inherited her dark beauty. "Aha!" I whistled softly to myself, "Aunt Jane's sympathies are a trifle divided!" I said nothing to the family about my discovery, but hurried away to take leave of Cousin IiUcy"G»rdon. Lucy before I went away to college, and I fancied myself more desperately smitten than ever now that I was to bid her farewell. We were distant­ ly related, Lucy and I, and she was barely more strangely contrasted. Lucy was a but­ terfly, a doll with golden curls, eyes like the summer sky, lips like cherries land kittenish ways. She shed bitter £4ears and kissed her farewell. With­ out much coaxing on my part she promised that she would wait for me till the end of doom to become my wife. So I went away happy after all, for sweet Lucy's promise was the talis­ man that strengthened me and bade me hope in the terrible days that fol- j lowed. Several gushing, girlish letters came from her in answer to my passionate avowals of undying love and fealty. , How they sweetened the hardships and dull, aching moments of those inter­ minable days and nights! I had been in several battles and a number of the boys from our place were either killed or maimed. Charlie Ferguson, my collegemate and the son of the district attorney of Marcelline, with whom I hgd been reading law, es- letter in his breast pocket should not be taken out by any one but you. He also bade me tell you to read it." Gently I lifted the body in my arms and from his pocket extracted the document he had left me. I thought it perhaps a memorandum of his last wishes, which he wanted me to carry out. The receptacle over his heart car­ ried nothing but a letter. It was from Aunt Jane. Reverently I opened it. I knew that Charlie was fond of her, but I never dreamed that he loved her and had asked her to be his wife. Tenderly but firmly she refused him. "I love another,"- she wrote. "You may guess it is my old playfellow, Ben Sut- liff, but he will never know. He is madly in love with Lucy--she has for­ gotten him. Yesterday we received the anouncemeni of her marriage with a wealthy Boston merchant. Do not tell Ben this! He needs all his courage. It would be cruel to blast his hopes In these hard, trying times." My eyes filled with tears as I read Aunt Jane's letter. A sigh for Lucy, yes, fickle Lucy, wrung itself from my heart; but the pain her faithlessness gave me was wiped out by Aunt Jane's divine love. I placed the letter in the pocket overi my heart. There it lay until I returned to Marcelline at the close of the war. Aunt Jane stood by the gate to wel­ come me. My father had died, but my mother was still there to greet me. That Qight under the trees of the old homestead, with no other face but the moon for a witness, I told Aunt Jane of my find. She turned scarlet and then deadly pale, but before she had time to fly from me I caught her in my arms and exacted the promise that made her my wife.--Utica Globe YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. a scratch. Our good vow to stick together caped without lock made us through it all, or see each other's bod­ ies home, should fate deal more- un­ kindly with us than it had. ^ _ Months passed without a word from (fy borne. Then a letter came from Lucy, || postmarked New York. It bore the marks of having been opened, censor­ ed and resealed, to prevent contraband Information, before it was^ sent to its ;« • f •; destination--Lee s. camp. Lucy had been sent to New York by her parents to some of Aunt Jane's re lotions to escape the dreariness of the wsr at home. Aunt Jane was asked to join her, but she chose to remain with my father and mother and the smaller children in the dear old, desolate Mar­ celline home. The little sweetheart's letter was as gushing as ever. It was filled" with endearing terms, and re counted enthusiastically how delight fully she was being entertained by a select cirele £of New York friends, Somehow, the Ingenuous ring in the butterfly nature was lacking, that die tated that first letter from her new home, and my heart ached for it. We were nearing the days of Gettys burg, and needed all the encouragement that should be given ^ men who real- IK that they are fighting for a lost Some of the Pretenders to the Crown of Spain and France. The profession of the royal pretender is very much overdone in Europe Just now. A Madrid editor has found six men who think they have claims to the crown of France, besides any number who think that they have paramount rights to the; throne of Spain, and the purple of small Italian principalities. The most interesting of the Spanish pretenders is not Don Carlos, but a man whose name is seldom mentioned outside the Iberian peninsula. He is the duke of Medina-Cell, chief defender of the faith, fourte^n-fold grandee and direct descendant of Ferdinand and Is­ abella. For him and his family the' race of Bourbon-Anjou, who now rule Spain, are nothing more than usurpers. As often as a new king of Spain is crowned the duke's herald appears In the palace," and, in the presence of all the grandees of Spain, protests in the name of his lord against this usurpa­ tion, sets forth the claim of the Medina Cells to the throne and challenges every knight who may venture to dispute the legitimacy of the duke's rights to de­ fend his opinion in a duel to the death, "on the mountain or on the plain, by day or by night.** As no grandee of Spain liasever seen fit to take the duke anQ lfi&Jierald se­ riously the head of tnk^hgale of Me­ dina-Cell has been left free to spend the income from his enormous fortune on his fads and to make perennial tours of his numerous estates. It is said that he can travel from one end of Spain to the other and sleep-eyery night in one of his own houses. Under these Cir­ cumstances he has proved a less trou­ blesome pretender than Don Carlos. •This chief of Spanish pretenders was once so impoverished that, with the help of his secretary, he tried to turn into coin the gold chain of his Order of the Golden Fleece. By the d^ath of Count Chambord and some luck in mat­ rimony, however, he was eventually en­ abled to lay up a fortune against a rainy day and keep his decorations away from the goldsmiths and the pawnbrokers. A group of pretenders who are chron­ ically bankrupt afflict the Italian prov­ inces. At almost any time one may find in the continental newspapers brief paragraphs concerning the difficulties which a count of Aquila, or Trani, or Syracuse, is having with the sheriffs. A census of pretenders has not been taken. A partial list of those who think that they have valid claims to the throne of France was published recent­ ly, however. They are Don Carlos, Al­ fonso XIII., ,king of Spain; Francis, sometime king of both Sicilies; Francis, Sebastian's son by his second wife, an aunt of the dead king; Robert, once duke of Parma; Louis Philippe of Or­ leans. All these gentlemen are descend­ ants of Louis XIII. of France. The last one to announce his pretensions to the world is Gen. Francis of Bourbon, who suddenly began calling himself duke of Anjou after the count of Paris' death, and sent out a manifesto concerning his claims. This course has been rath­ er disastrous to him, for he has been deprived not only of his command in the Spanish army, but also of the sal­ ary that went with it.--London Tid- Bits. ' REMARKABLE EXHIBIT FOR THE PAST FISCAL YEAR. care This Concerning Clothes. Of all men, tramps and peers least about their appearance, indifference to public opinion of one's clothes is indeed an enviable state to reach. I have alw«ys liked the story of the old fellow who at home dressed badly because every one knew him, and badly when he traveled because no one knew him. He was one of the few men who have had courage to dress to please themselves. Most of us dress to please other persons; and, even then, it must be added, rarely suc­ ceed. The late Prof. Fawcett objected on principle to making himself uncom­ fortable by dressing for dinner, but he had a very charming way of disarm­ ing criticism and propitiating his host­ ess. He had upstairs, lie would assure her, an excellent dress suit for which he . had paid a high price, and if it would be any satisfaction to the cofn- pany his secretary would bring it down and display It. But one has to be a Prof. Fawcett to carry off such an idiosyncrasy as this. At many dinner parties the guests have been asked as much on account of ti^eir clothes as their wit--the man without a wedding garment in the parable ap­ parently had no compensating distinc­ tion of intellect. A good dinner story tells how Dean Stanley once arrived at table with one side of his collar flap ping in the air. During the meal his hostess asked him if he was aware of his Condition, and if he would like any assistance in rectifying it. "Oh, no," he replied genially; "it broke while I was dressing. I don't mind. Do you?" These are the men one envies.--Cornhill Magazine. A Queeniy Milkmaid. The Queen of the Belgians and Prin cess Clementine, while driving in pony-cart one day last summer, had a harming rural adventure, which the oudon Post describes: They stopped at a farmhouse to buy glass of milk. NObody but an old, paralyaed woman was in the house, and she replied that no milk was left in the jugs, and that she was unable to go to milk a cow. Never mind," said the queen; "if you will allow me, I will go to the pas­ ture. Just tell me where the jugs are." "But, my dear lady, you are from the town, and you will never be able to milk a cow," objected the old woman. She was mistaken, however, for a little later her majesty returned with a half-filled jug. Meantime, Princess Clementine had laid, on the table three bowls, a loaf and the needful knives and plates. The old farmer's wife was served by the.princess, who, it appears, greatly enjoyed the adventure. The Blue Lobster Is Rare. One of the very' rarest of all marine creatures, the "wandering fish" not ex­ cepted, is the crustacean known as the indigo lobster. During the years 1890-1 the lobstei* men of New Loudon, Conn., caught five of these wonders, two of them in the Fisher Island sound. Lob­ sters of that variety are so exceedingly rare that it is not known that more than two of that kind had ever been captured before in the history of the world. The capture of two blue lob­ sters off the coast of Maine in 1894 was reported, but on good authority it is said that the report was never verified. The Largest Congregation. The largest congregation in America is that of St. Stanislaus Kostka, in Chi­ cago, which has 30,000 communicants. The number of attendants at the sev­ eral Sunday services frequently- ex ceeds 15,000. A woman" never jgets so old that she outlives an attachment for the wedding presents which were given her. Englishman Made a Mistake. An Englishman was once persuaded to see a game of base-ball, and during the play, when he happened to look away for a moment, a foul tip caught him on the ear and knocked him sense­ less. On coming to himself lie asked, faintly, "What was it?" "A foul--only a foul." "Good heavens!" he exclaim­ ed, "I thought it was a mule." How the Various Branches of Industry Have Prospered by Season of Our Unparalleled Increase of Trade with Foreign Countries--Hawaila Now In. Bursted Theories. Tlie^detailed record of our foreign couyiuV'rce fot' the ten months 'ended with :lA^^, ^98,^18 issued from the Bureau :'0|.Statistics of the Treasury Department cdntainsjgorue instructive figures which^s^^lS Ej?ove unusually gratifying, to interesting, if hotHexi those who have sb streiiuously contend­ ed that the control of the home market can only be maintained through the loss of foreign markets. The falsity of this contention has been so convincing­ ly demonstrated by the immense expan­ sion of our export trade during the first eleven months of the Diugley tariff period that it li^s compelled the Cob- denites to admit that we have estab-1 iislied a notable exception to their fa­ vorite rule.- ' But they qualify this admission by the claim that the credit balance of §600,000,000 in faVor of the United States for the fiscal year is wholly due to the exceptional conjuncture of an almost universal crop shortage outside of the United States, wlierefrom lias sprung up a demand for our surplus foodstuffs at greatly advanced prices. They tell us that this condition is un­ usual and not likely to occur again in many years, and that it in nowise dis­ turbs the soundness of the Manchester theory that a protective tariff is wholly incompatible with the exportation of manufactured products.- If this were true, our sale of manu­ factured commodities to foreign coun­ tries should show a marked decrease in the past ten months. But there has been no decrease; on the contrary, a steady and important increase. Not only has the outside world bought more largely than ever before of our manu­ factures since the Dingley tariff Went into operation, but it has broken the record in another respect--that of buy­ ing from us a larger quantity of manu­ factured goods than iit has sold to us. This is wholly uuprecedented in the history of the United States. In the fiscal year 1897 the imports of manufactured articles exceeded the value of exports of manufactures by the sum of $27,3152,21'?; in 1896 by $104,- 759,734, and in 1895 by $121,413,783. In the ten months of the fiscal year, whose detailed record the bureau of statistics has just completed, the exports of man­ ufactures exceed by over $40,000,000 the value of the manufactures import­ ed, and it is probable that for the full year's record this excess will reacn $50,000,000. Coming to the details of this splendid showing in favor of the American pol­ icy, we find that nearly every branch of industrial enterprise has sharecptffi this foreign trade extension. The ex­ ports of agricultural implements, which in 1888 were about $2,600,000 iu value, will in the year 1898 be in round num­ bers $6,000,000. Locomotive engines, whose exportation in 1888 was less than $500,000 in value, will in 1898 reach probably $4,000,000, orders for more than 150 engines having been placed with the great manufacturing establishments during the past two months for use in China, Japan, Russia, Egypt, Australasia and South America. Bar iron, of which we exported 1,500,- 000 pounds in 18S8, will amount to 10,- 000,000 pounds of exports in 1898. Builders' hardware, the exports of which in 1888 were valued at $1,442,- 635, were last fiscal year $4,152,336 in value. The exports of cut nails, which in 1888 amounted to 11,963,604 pounds, will in 189* amount to more than 35,- 000,000 pounds, an increase of 200 per cent, while wire nails have increased over 1.000 per cent, the exports of wire, wrought and horseshoe nails in 1888 being 1,547.078 pounds, while those of 1898 will reach nearly, if not quite, 20,- 000,000. Exports of iron plates and sheets, which in 1889 were less than 1,000,000 pounds, will, in the year which ends with this month, amount to nearly 8,000,000 pounds, while those of steel plates and sheets, which were but 119,- 419 pounds in 1888, will exceed 20,000,- 000 pounds in 189S. The total value of the exports of man­ ufactures of iron and steel, which in 1888 amounted to $17,763,034, will in 1898 exceed $65,000,000. The exports of leather and manufactures in the same period have increased by $10,000,- 000. Exports' of illuminating oils in­ creased by 344,000,000 gallons a year. Manufactures of cotton show an in­ crease of 50 per cent, in the value of their exports during the past ten years; exports of chemicals have also in­ creased 50 per cent, in value during the same time. Manufactures of copper in 1888 were $3,812,798, and last year $31,- 621,125. In most other Manufactured articles there have been similar gains,.nearly the entire list having shared in a great­ er or less degree in the growth of the export trade during the past decade. The total exportation of manufactures in 1888 amounted to $130,300,087, and in 1898 seems likely to reach nearly or quite $290,000,000. No more conclusive demonstration of the practical wisdom of the American polic'y than that given in our foreign trade statistics could possibly be fur­ nished. The history of nations contains no parallel to the, record already made under the first eleven months of re­ stored protection, extension o£ republican government; the strengthening of our national de­ fenses and. the advancement of civili- zatlonT The hand of Providence seems to ap­ pear In the events which have paved the way for this peaceable consumma­ tion.' Twenty years ago the mere sug­ gestion of such a thing woul<^? have" caused a shower of protests from Euro­ pean governments, and probably open opposition by Great Britain. In- 1843 Great Britain actually seized the isl­ ands, but afterwards relinquished them under a treaty with France. There have been times since when Brit­ ish influence has come near gaining the ascendency. The overthrow of the mon­ archy, the establishment of a republic and the formal offer\of the islands to the United States simfoyied the way for annexation, and the"~"cqmmence- ment of the present war showed that the time had come when the United States should ratify the plain intent of destiny. No doubt the annexation of the islands will be regarded by some as a dangerous new departure, a first step in a policjr of "imperialism," etc., but time will show that It was an act of broad statesmanship, and a hundred years hence the American people would as soon think of surrendering Califor­ nia as Hawaii.®--Indianapolis Journal. Fourth of July Celebration, 18D8, 8H % sr ;1 / i Good for Trade Relations. The Dingley tariff continues to vindi­ cate itself. Not only have Ave made over $90,000,000 worth more manufac­ tures than under the last year of Wilson- Gormanism, but we have strengthened our financial position and enormously raised our balance of trade. But the reciprocity features of the Dingley tar­ iff are working fine results. A recip­ rocity treaty with France was conclud­ ed o,n Monday, and with South Ameri­ can countries reciprocal trade relations multiply. The conclusion of the traffic treaty with France shows that the French Government is not being run by Spanish bondholders and a visual press.--Lewiston (Me.) Journal, Increasing Imports. The United States Consul at St. Gall, Switzerland, reports that "During the first four mouths of 1898 the exports from St. Gall to the United States were $1,819,055, which was $103,575 less than during the same period in 1897. This falling off is due directly to the influence of the war, and also to an energetic attempt to check undervalu­ ations of goods sent to the United States from St. Gall." Heretofore an unfair advantage over honest dealers has enabled some of the manufacturers of St. Gall embroider­ ies, handkerchiefs and neckwear to ob­ tain the entry of their goods into the United States at fraudulently low val­ uations. This pra6t<i^e has now been rendered impossible by the vigorous measures adopted by our customs au­ thorities, and although the volume of this trade may be in consequence de­ creased somewhat the gross value of the goods will in the long run probably suffer no diminution. She?p Raising in Connecticut. Connecticut produces' but a fraction of the ihuttou consumed in the State. The number of sheep kept declined from 403,462 In 1810, to 46,759 in 1890, according to the census, but the aver­ age weight of fleeces has increased from 2.25 to 7.68 pounds. Some people think that if they put "town" on an envelope, insteod of "city," it is a sure sign of culture. I x Talking Through Their Hata. Those papers which insist on assert­ ing that the Sugar Trust has worked for the annexation of Hawaii seem not to have noted the fact th.lt members of that organization were the most active of the lobby against it. Claus Spreck- els, the Pacific head of the trust, has been one of the most relentless oppo­ nents of annexation. Furthermore, as Hawaii sugar has been admitted free of duty by treaty for ten years or more, it Is difficult to see what effect annexa­ tion can have upon the interests of those who are growing sugar at the present time in Hawaii. A little more information and a little less pertness would improve the comment on the su­ gar feature of Hawaii. Two Desirable Results. The effects of the reduction of the tariff on diamonds in the Dingley law are shown in the heavy increase in im­ portations. At the port of New York, where nearly all the importations of diamonds are received, the imports from January 1 to April 30, 1898, were $2,085,435, against $241,175 for the same period in 1897 under the Wilson tariff. Two very desirable results are thereby secured: First, a heavy in­ crease in the revenues of the govern­ ment paid entirely by people who can best afford to pay; second, a large de­ crease, if not a total disappearance, of diamond smuggling. Our New Acquisition. The annexation of the Hawaiian Isl­ ands by the United States will rank among the most interesting events of the nineteenth century. The end crowns the work, and this is the end of a long series of events plainly tending In that direction. Those who read aright the teachings of manifest destiny have seen from the time the islands were first Christianized by • American mis­ sionaries, then colonized by American emigrants and finally brought under the political influence of the United States by the extension of our boun­ daries to the Pacific Ocean,and of our commerce beyond, that they must even­ tually come under our flag. The Jour­ nal believes that time, will fully justify the wisdom of their acquisition in the Does Not Look Like Hostility. Reciprocity with France under sec­ tion 3 of the Dingley bill is an accom­ plish fact. France reduces her rates on our meats and lard compounds, and gets reduced rates on brandies, distilled wines, vermuth and works of art. Reciprocity is in application the do ut des policy of Bismarck: "I give that you may give." This commercial agree­ ment does not look much like hostility on the part of France.--Watertown (N. Y.) Standard. Demo-Popa Did It. It may be remarked, as a matter of current history, that the Democrats and Populists in the United States Sen­ ate prevented the passage of the House bill to authorize volunteers in the field to vote for Representatives to Con- Congress. V Right Sort of Policy. A policy which yields a favorable trade balance of $600,000,000 In ^one year is a good policy. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC CONVEfi- TION DEMANDS REPEAL. J/ • . y Great Gathering at the State Capital --Ticket Placed in Nomination la Endorsed by Populists--Tenor of the Resolutions Adopted. Proceedings of the Convention. The delegates to' the Democratic State convention at Springfield on Tuesday be­ gan assembling before 12 o'clock' and were greeted bystrams-from DeBaugh's band. There was a large attendance, prominent Democrats from all parts of the State being present. Ex-Gov. Alt- geld was noticeable in the convention hall, also Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chicago and ex-Gov. Stone of Missouri. Chairman J. W. Orr of the State com­ mittee called the convention to order at 12:30. Judge William Prentiss opened the exercises with a speech in which he gave an able jreView of the political situa­ tion as it exists and it'was received, with applause. The appointment of commit­ tees to discharge the usual duties of the, convention was accomplished by a" mo­ tion made by Senator Mahoney. The committee on permanent organization re­ ported in favor of continuing Judge Pren­ tiss as chairman and Secretary Bentley as permanent secretary. The report was adopted. The only fight that occurred in the con­ vention arose from selection of members of the State committee, and was provoked by the naming of Roger C. Sullivan of Cliicagosand Ben. T. Cable of Rock Isl­ and to represent the Fifth and Tenth Dis­ tricts respectively. Both had been gold Democrats, but evidence of their present loyalty to the Chicago platform being presented, both were elected. The State Central Committee, as finally selected, w a s a s f o l l o w s - District Members-- 1--Alexander J. Jones, Chicago. 2--Thomas Byrne, Chicago. 3--William J. Roach, Chicago. 4--William Loefller, Chicago." 5--Roger C. Sullivan, Chicago. 6--Robert Emmet Burke, Chicago. 7--Joseph S. Schwab, Chicago. 8--Dennis J. Hogan, Geneva. 9--C. W. Ferguson, Rockford, 10--Ben T. Cable, Rock Island. 11--Daniel Heenan* Streator. 12--Thomas F. TX&n^vjvn Kankakee. IS--A. J. Bauer, Bloomfiigton. 14--Frank J. Quinn, Peoria. 15--Thomas F. Dunne, Macomb. 10--Arthur C. Bentley, Pittsfleld, 17--James B. Ricks, Taylorville. 18--Judge Alexander, Hope. 19--H. B. Lee, Casey. 20--Walter Watson, Fairfield. 21--W. Scott Matthews, Kinmundy. 22--James Single, Cairo. Members at Large--Thomas Gahan, Chi­ cago; Fred H. Eldred, CJfaTGago; Joseph P. Mahoney, Chicago; Jame^VV. Orr, Cham­ paign; J. E. Murphy, Peoria; A. W. Hope, Alton; Frank W. Havill, Mount Carmel; E. T. Mayhew, Kewaunee; William L. Mounts, Carllnvllle. While waiting for the report of the committee on credentials the convention listened to a speech by ex-Gov. John P: Altgeld, who spoke at length on the is­ sues before the party. He was received with hearty cheera when he stepped to the front of the platform. The convention then voted to go on with the nominations. Judge Thompson of Jacksonville named Millard Fillmore Dunlap for the office of State Treasurer. Vincent H. Perkins seconded the nomina­ tion in behalf of all the delegates from Cook County. The nomination was made by acclamation. Perry O. Stiver of Ste­ venson County, was placed in nomination for the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction and he received the indorsement of the Cook County dele­ gates. Prof. C. W. Andrews of LaSalle County was also nominated. The roll call was completed before the supporters of Mr. Andrews withdrew his name. When this had been done Mr. Stiver was declared unanimously nominated. Jones read a communication from the Populist convntion which was in session at the statehouse. It asked that Jacob E. Seiler of Mount Carmel be nominated for trus­ tee of the University of Illinois. The convention took this action by acclama­ tion. Isaac S. Raymond of Champaign, Napoleon P. Morrison and Dr. Julia Holmes Smith of Chicago were placed in nomination for trustees. On the mo­ tion of Joseph P. Mahoney Mrs. Smith was nominated by acclamation. The Cook County delegates again voted solid­ ly for Mr. Morris^h- The name of Mr. Raymond was withdrawn and Mr. Morri­ son was declared nominated by acclama­ tion. Resolutions adopted by the convention denounce the Allen law and demand its immediate repeal, declare faith in the in­ itiative and referendum, indorse the pres­ ent war with Spain, coinlwnn the conven­ ing of the late extraordinary session of the Legislature, denounce the revenue law passed at the extraordinary session, reaffirm the Chicago platform, indorse W. J. Bryan and ex-Gov. John P. Alt­ geld and declare strongly against the State civil service law. After adopting the resolutions the con­ vention adjourned. The fusion Populists held their con­ vention in the statehouse assembly hall on the same day. ,T. H. Jones of Mount Vernon was the chairman and Eugene Smith of Chicago the secretary. The convention met at noon and appointed Dr. H. E. Taylor of Chicago, A. L. Max­ well of Flat Rock and S. P. V. Arnold of Springfield as a committee to confer with the committee from the Democratic convention. The convention adjourned then until 3 o'clock, when it reassembled and indorsed the ticket nominated by the Democratic convention. State Items of Interest. J, R. Goddard, a member of the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners, died at his home in Galesburg. At Rockford, a deal has been closed for the consolidation of the City Railway and Rockford Traction companies, to be man­ aged under the name* of. the Rockford Railway, Light and Power Company. John Farson of Chicago owhed the trac­ tion company. The product of the Peoria binding twine factory has doubled in value since the opening of the war. From 5^4 cents the price has advanced to 12^ cents per pound, and there is the possibility^ of a famine before the harvest is over. This is due to the state of affairs at Manila. Five men Were precipitated fifty feet to the ground from a scaffold on top of storage tanks being erected at the glucose works at Marshalltown, Iowa. John Mc­ Laughlin, Adolph Brender, .Tolm Carrigan and James Lamb were killed and'Michael Driscoll is not expected to recover. They all lived at Peoria. Abolition of a Prussian Custom. An administrative regulation which held good in Prussia for a century and moire has been abolished. It was the provision that every official and em­ ploye of t3IO State should, before he Could lawfully marry, obtain the con­ sent of his superiors to the step. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH­ FULLY RECORDED. Interest in an Old Mnrder Revived-- Colored' Editor Driven from Camp Tanner--Crops Damaged in Douglas I Counter. Dead Men Accused of Murder. Two dead men are charged with the murder of Thomas King, a grain buyer of Chillicothe, Mo., who was . decoyed .behind a corn crib Sept. 13, 1890, and slain, pre­ sumably for the purpose of robbery. Their names were Hugh Marley, who died of consumption at the workhouse in Peoria, and George Maurice, who was shot sever­ al months ago while attempting to escape5 from the Joliet penitentiary. The accusa­ tion is made by a brother of the latter, who was 12 years old at the time of the crime, and who says that on several occa­ sions he overheard the men- talking about it. One Maine Family. One Trenton (Me.) faniily consists of faithor, mother, six children, four sons- in-law,- two daughters-In-law and 17 grandchildren. The oldest parent Is 83, «b\ld 5Qt Douglas County Crops Damaged. The general condition of crops around Areola has probably not been as bad at this period of the season for years. Both Indian and broom corn are suffering se­ verely from the continued drought. The wheat harvest is a dismal failure, what little grain there is being black and prncV'<4* tically lifeless. Nearly every field of oats in that locality is infested with an army of chinch bugs. A conservative estimate places the broom corn acreage this year at about 600 acres less than that planted in 1897 in Douglas County. This decrease, together with the damage from varfous sources to the crop, will considerably less­ en the yield for 1898. " • Angry Negroes at Camp Tanne*. An outbreak among the negro soldiers at Camp Tanner, Springfield, was precip­ itated by Gov. Tanner's denunciation of a colored editor for his criticisms of the regiment, which resulted in the editor be­ ing chased out of camp by the infuriated soldiers. There is still ill feeling between the white and colored soldiers, and anoth­ er scrimmage was barely averted, when one of the white men addressed a remark to two colored wonien and was chased by several negroes, who threw stones at him and cut his head badly. He was rescued by the officer of the guard. Arrested as a Coiner. A stranger who has been stopping at a Centralia boarding house was arrested on the charge of making and passing counter- feat money. The man gave the name of Smith, and is also known as Howels, and in his room were found six sets of molds for making coins from $10 gold pieces down to 50-cent pieces. He also, it is Claimed, disposed of counterfeit money and approached others to assist him, on the promise of big profits. He refuses to reveal his true identity. Miners Afraid to Work. Notwithstanding the statement of the operators of the four Pana mines that they would open their shafts with non­ union miners, and although police protec­ tion was offered the men, no miners at­ tempted to enter the mines.-All the mines were surrounded by large forces of union miners, and had non-union men attempted to work serious trouble would have been precipitated. Union men declare they will not permit non-union men to take their places. " Brief State Happenings. At Alton, Mrs. Sarah P. Lindley is dead, at the age ot 99 years. Because he was unable to find employ­ ment William Faulpracli committed sui­ cide by hanging himself in the kitchen of his home, 87 Emma street, Chicago. John W. Farrel, a negro, was shot and killed in Chicago by John Keebles. They quarreled over a woman. Robert Smith, a bystander, was also shot. He will re­ cover. The Democrats of the Thirty-seventh Senatorial District met at Quincy and re­ nominated John McAdams for the Sen­ ate and Elmer Perry and Jacob Groves for the Legislature. Considerable excitement prevailed at Areola over the discovery of an alligator in the Okaw, four ..miles west of that place. The wily monster has eluded sev­ eral attempts to capture him. At Mount Vernon the resignation, of Mayor Hall, now serving as surgeon of Col. Campbell's regiment at Springfield, hrs been accepted and Aid. William T. 1 let, elected to fill the vacancy. Scott Larrimore of Barry charged with sending obscene letters through the mails, was arraigned in court at Quincy. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over in the sum of $1,000. Nels Johnson, a car repairer for the Chicago and Great Western Railroad, was held up and robbed the other night at Clark and 14th streets, Chicago, and so severely beaten by the robbers that he died. > ., , Ex-Banker Edward S. Dreyer of. Chi­ cago was sentenced by Judge Smith to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary on • the charge of withholding J>315,QOO-jD^the funds of the West Chicagq Pa^fe vonimis- &ioB* i r* 1 Fire partly destroyed J. Lt/diiapman's four-story building, at 184 to 18G Wash­ ington street, Chicago,' aiid damaged five firms. The loss aggregated $29*000. ̂ \The loss on the building is $12;000/': All of the losses are covered by insurance. ^ ' Supt. Fitzgerald, of the Chicago school census bureau, has completed his work and announces that the population of th&tf city to-day is 1,851,588, an increase ofl 234,953 in two years. The estimate.®ade \ by the publishers of the city directory a few weeks ago was 1,893,000.. y J A judgment of $10,000 damages waU given to Rev. William A. Waterman, of the Milliard Avenue Congregational Church, Chicago, against the Chjcago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad * Com­ pany for injuries received by him in Sep­ tember, 1896, at the Millard avenue cross­ ing. After a deliberation of eleven hours the jury in the case of Thomas Layden, ac­ cused of the: murder of Martin Hart, at Chicago, disagreed, and Judge Baker dis­ charged them. Layden was taken, to the county jail, where he will be held pending another trial. The body of G. H. Ellis, chief yeoman of the United States cruiser Brooklyn, who was killed in the engagement with the Spanish fleet, was taken to Guantana- mo, Cuba, by the Brooklyn and was bur­ ied on the side of the hill On which the marines are entrenched. Ellisj riif«£at Peoria. The case of J. W against the Covena: ciation of Galesbu: tion of alleged ille, association, pendi: at Springfield, was plaintiffs. The c; preme Court. The trustees of elected John M. B: professor Of ma H. Rogers, resi Monmouth gra has been takin University of Higgason of Kipi feasor of vocal™** is and others lal Life Asso-* iin the collec- . tents by the • Circuit Court favor of the :)go to the Su-, ith College have Chicago to be .J™,-, vice Thomas Mr. Brosius is a i^t for two years lanced work in the 5$|&$ Miss Carrie Ash p ' as chosen pro-