St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 37, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 21 March 1891 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON, - - _ INDIANA. AN IIUNDKED KILLED. DISASTROUS ARSENAL EXPLOSION IN EGYPT. Hurricane and Blizzard in Montreal— Threaten to I.ynch a Murderer — A Schoolmaster Severely Handled— Mitill Crying for Blood—Visible Grain Supply. HURRICANE AND BLIZZARD. Great Damage to Property at Montreal and Vicinity. A Montreal dispatch* says: This city and vicinity has been visited during the last twenty-four hours by a terrific hurricane and blizra'd, and great damage has been done to the city by the wind. Pillow & Hersey’s new rolling mills weio almost totally destroyed. The spire of -—tit.—Patrick’s Church and the magnificent ^new depot of the Grand Trunk Railway were damaged. Many private buildings, barns and houses in course of construction have been demolished, and early this morning the streets were tilled with flying signs, slates, branches of trees, etc. The storm has done tremendous damage in the country districts, but as the wires are down in all directions, the reports are only just coming in, and cannot be aceu rately determined. THREATEN A LYNCHING. Wichita Negroes Excited Over tho Verdict in the Lopez Murder Case. At Wichita. Kan., the jury in Camello Lopez murder trial brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree. There is general condemnation of the verdict, as the killing was most eold-bloode 1. The murder occurred last .January. Lopez attempted to assault a colored woman, who ran to a neighbor’s for protection. The Mexican followed, knife, in hand, and, springing into the bud where the woman had taken refuge with a negro named Dobbs and his wife, he first disemboweled Dobbs and then so seriously stabbed the two women that for a time their lives were despaired of. The negroes are great'y excited, and threaten to lynch Lopez. To Revo’ntioniz • Oc a an Trave'. Shipbuilders and marine men at Baltimore will this week be permitted to inspect the strange-looking new steamer Howard Cassard, which Mr. Myer, the inventor, asserts will revolutionize ocean travel. The shaft and propeller will be adjusted, giving the visitors an opportunity to see in place a four-bladed screw, each blade of which is set on a different line of rotation, or in spiral order, increasing the pitch toward the stern, as compared with preceding blades. The object is to embody in a single screw as much surface as now exists in a twin screw driven by the same amount of power. Killed in a Drunken Row John Cronan, aged 51 years who has worked on the river at Augusta, Me , for thirty years, has died from injuries received in a fight with John Foley. The men had been drinking together, and, a dispute arising. Foley struck Cronan, knocking him down, and then kicked him in the face, disfiguring it shockingly. Cronan was eared for by the police and taken to his home, where he died. Whipped the Schoolmaster Noah Young and his three sons started after School Tea her L. A. Allen's scalp at Eno. a small town near Springfield, Ohio. They dragged Allen out of school, knocked him down with a billy and then nearly kicked him ti di ath, because, as alleged, he punished Young’s smallest son with undue severity. No arrests have been made. Wouldn’t Hear Him At Allegheny, Prof. D. R. Wilson appeared in the pulpit of Hie Reformed Presbyterian Church to conduct the services, upon which the congregation, with few exceptions, left the church. The recent heresy trials, in which Prof. Wilson was prosecutor, caused the show of public feeling. A Statue Unveiled At Newburgh. N. Y., the stall c of Washington was unveile I ami the tower of liberty, on Washington s headquarters grounds, was thrown open to tl.e public. Tho cost, 867.0 h , was contributed chiefly by the Fnited Sttite.^ Government K Icd 100 D iv sh - An explosion recently demolished th : Cbdurman arsenal and killed 100 dervishes. Immen e stores of ammun ti<m were destroyed, and tho arsenal was badly shatteied and buildings in th t vicinity wore badly shak n up. i>> cria id G a>" ‘ m u v The visible supply of win at as compiled by the New York 1 reduce Ex-t-hange was 2*.’, sr,9. 11 bushe’s. a docroa m es 294,447 bushels, and <•■ rn. 2.7:.’<>.0i i bushels, an iucrciee of >0,704 bushels* I rhst Arrested for Vavrancy. Father Charles O’Conxoh, of tho diocese of New York, but for the hist year engaged as a missionary on the Pacific coast, Las been arrest’d for vagrancy. Crying for Blood. Detroit’s Mafia, which numbers 300 mcmbeßS, held a meeting to take steps to have the New Orleans murders avenged. The Mafia are crying for blood. Being Court-Martialed A court-martial convened at Omaha, Neb., to try Captain Catley. Company C, Second Infantry, on charges of cowardice in the late Indian campaign. Barnum’s GT to Bridgeport. At Bridgeport, Conn., the Hon. P. T. Barnum closed a contract with architects for the erection of a building to cost $125,000 as a gift from him to tho, historical and scientific societies of that city. Iron ruddlers’ Wages Reduced. Ti'E 400 puddlers employed by the Glasgo~ Iron Company and the Potts Brothers iron Company, at Pottstown, Pa , have accepted a reduction in wages froir "#•75 tc $3.50.

' EVENTS OF THE WEEK. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. The entire front of a hotel at Williamsport, Pa., in course of demolition, collapsed and four of tho workmen were buried beneath the debris. They were speedily rescued, but are badly injured. Dudley, Hall & Co., tea merchants, of Boston, have failed. Liabilities, about $400,000. This firm has also dealt quite largely in sugar. Tho business of teas has been a profitable one, but the indorsement of paper for personal friends proved too much for the firm, i The firm's assets consist largely of ; equities in real estate, which has been conveyed by tho senior member as collateral security for the firm’s debts. The firm was the second largest tea house in tho LTnited States, doing a business of over $1,000,00!) a year. Tho announcement of the failure created a sensation. The coke strikers field a secret convention at Uniontown, Pa., where they deliberated on several offers of compromise Tho Clearfield miners sent in $750 to the strikers' support, and other regions are contributing liberally. At Castle, Pa., Mrs. Ida Elder, a ! handsome young woman, was arrested j on the charge of murdeilng her step-I mother, Mrs. Levi Repman, in Wain- | pum, Pa., in July 1889. It is alleged that “Rough on Rats” was given to Mrs Repman, who, it was stated, had died of heart disease. Mrs. Elder is the wife of a locomotive engineer, who lived with her just one month after their marriage. The walls of the Grand Opera House, at Rochester, N. Y which was gutted by fire a few weeks ago, and which have since remained standing, fell outward into St. Paul street during a terrific storm. At least-two persons are thought to be buried under the fallen debris. A heavy explosion of gas blew out the entire rear of the J. R. Weldin & Co. Building, at Pittsburg, Pa. Every stream at the command of the city was ; turned on without avail, and Allegheny i was called to her aid. The entire stock ! of fine stationery, pictures, etc., is a ’ total loss Several offices were also Hl® BURNING OF TUB FIVE STORY WELDIN | BUILDING. located in the building, which was supposed to be fireproof. The Board of Trade Building, just opposite, containing the R. G. Dun agency, the Germania Bank, the Custom House, ami uUtL'f Ui, flees, was also destroyed. The Weldin Building is on the same site as the illfated Willey Building that was blown down by a cyclone one year ago last summer, killing fliirtcen persons. The loss will amount to fully half a million; insurance, $113,000. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. Some of the officials of the Columbus (Ohio) prison believe that George Elmer, a Van Wert County prisoner, serving a term for arson, is Tascott, the murderer of Snell, the Chicago banker. The fact that Elmer knows a great deal about Chicago, is a criminal with quite a record, and resembles Tascott person- j ally, has led the prison official to think ! he is the missing murderer. W. W. Clapp, United States Deputy Marshal, who had Deen on the trail of John Wilder, a noted desperado and mountaineer, for several days, ran him down at Cumberland Gap, Ky. Wilder drew his revolver, but before he could use it the .Marshal's posse opened lire and Wilder went down, dying almost instantly. Settlers in Dong ass and Lincoln 1 counties, Washington, are greatly an- i noyed by raids of an organized band of i cattle and horse thieves. A prominent ! stockman says no less than twelve thou- I sand head of cattle have been stolen in i the past year, besides several hundred ‘ head of horses. The Papal brief, accompanied by aj letter of explanation, appointing Bishop Katzcr Archbishop of the Diocese of Milwaukee, reached him from Rom’. The ceremony of conferring the pallium will take p!a?‘e in Milwaukee in a few weeks, and will be conducted by Cardinal Gibbons. Fire at Findlay, Ohio, destroyed the factory and general oftices of the Lippincott Lamp-Chimney Works in the southern part of the city. Nothing of value was saved from-the burning buildings. Among the property destroyer! were six freight cars of tire Tob-do. Co- । lumbus and Cincinnati Railroad, which I were loaded with fine engraved lamp ■ chimneys. The loss will reach sso,otto. I W. IL Crawford was executed in the I corridor of the Macon County (Ill.) jail in the presence of 200 witnesses. It was the, first hanging on re -ord in Macon County: The crime for which Crawford paid tlie law’s penalty was the murder of Mrs. Lina Mathias. On Aug. 25. 1890. the section was startled by the discovery of the dead body ; of Mrs. Mat bias lying in an open field, with i the throat cut, front car to ear. It was I ' known that Crawford had beqn trying to I fotC‘ his attentions on Mrs. Mathias, and । that his advances had been repelled. He I was immediately suspected of the crime, and a posse which started in pursuit | captured him at Hie house of his ' brotlicr-in-law. but. not until lie had made i an attempt to end his own life by cutting I his throat. Believing that his end was near ’ Crawford confessed to the murder, and after I one of the most sensational trials ever known in the county, during which the prisoner had to be constantly guarded to prevent the people from lynching him, he was sentenced to be hanged The condemned man was one of the most depraved I criminals that ever stretched hemp. Uis i last hours were taken up with senseless profanity and threats against people I against whom he had a grudge. He would I not, allow a minister to attend him, ' and resented all words of pity. He ■ slept soundly and ate a. hearty break- i fast, lie permitted a barber to shave him, :

| and then prepared for his walk to the gallows. He was pinioned after the death warrant was read to him by tho Sheriff Crawford walked up the gallows step without, a break and took his place on the trap" He had nothing to say, and Shorin' Peri pulled the lever. He was pronounced dead in fourteen minutes, tho fall of g Ve j ee( . breaking his neck. Large numbers of visiting sheriffs and county officials w, r( > W j f . nesses to the execution. David Handy, a farmer HviM with i his sons near Piper, a small ■station northeast of Kansas City, Kan.B^g re _ I lated a startling tale of a viA j “White Caps.” He said that fK f n chopped down the door of ■ seized himself and his eldest so^R * I ' them to a fence in their night i tnd then wrecked the house. tAj’ of! tho roof of tho house. smn.«Mh windows, broke off the doors, Al i i stroyed tho furniture. Haviur a de ' Dieted their work they left Hat coin ’ his eldest son tied to the fence, , standing tho night was bitterK tw ।}' and. taking the youngest boy, maSr f | . ’ walk in the snow with bare feX point a half mile distant, whorTh, 9 a set him free. t wiey The family of Edward Moore, inent farmer living several oi Martinsville, Ind., wore taken ■j’jden Ily aiui severely ill. A physiol! , called, nnd ho ♦v.-* 4i TL I p< i-oned in some unknown maiiAA ; r | of the children will die. The oth^ are seriously ill. £ SOUTHERN INCIDENT'S. Ar Kilgore, near Catlettburg, Ky., six men were shot at, a merry-making, and four will probably die. There had been much drinking, and tho fight arose from a quarrel over the selection of partners for a dance. Charles Bunting, Sam Bunting, Andy Howell, Jeff Waugh, Dave Waugh, and Sherman Lucas a're the wounded. The Buntings and Waughs can hardly survive. Ar Corpus ( hristi, Tex., Mrs. John Dunn shot and killed a Mexican. She claims that he burglarized her residence, I and after she had tracked him half a I mile she came upon his camp. The man ' made for her witli an ax, when she shot and killed him instantly with a WinI Chester. The Hennessy case —the trial of nine Sicilians for the assassination of Chief of Police D. <’. Hennessy at New Orleans on the night of Oct 15 —whicli lias occupied the time of Judge Baker’s Criminal District Court since F< l>. Hi, isconduded, the jury bringing in a verdict of not guilty as to six of the accused, and failing to agree upon a verdict as to the ot her thri e. When the jury banded in their verdict, there was apprehensive silence. The prisoners stood up and there was a look of infinite woe pictured on the face of Mecheea and some of the others. Every spectator in the court - room was on bis feet. The States ’ attorneys sat at their tables. The jury ! looked more concerned than any one present in the room except the prisoners. Chief Clerk Scriven did not keep the verdict long. In a voice that could tie heK-d in all I par s of the silent count-room, he spoke the I words that freed six of them, as far as the ' present case is concerned, and virtually nci quitted the other three. As the verdict I was read each person in the court-room turned to the person next to him. *tid there was an audible expression of surprise and dissatisfaction. When the * । • appeared on the streets they wer'” P'*’-■ I by a crowd o* yeiniigandJjjj^^cl)aSeS 'N Lt । place about four miles mni ot $ Lavuia. Carroll County, Tenn. Last ctaristmas Miss Angie Belton, a Ifi-yeVoWlgirl, was dragged from her horse, aulrrHninally assaulted by a neighbor xatnvd Henry Sanders, aged 20. A poss • wa-organized to lynch Sanders, but he escaped to Texas, where he remained till a few days ago He was taken sick while in Texas and came home in order that he might receive the care of his family. The relatives of the girl waited until he had recovered from his illness: a mob went to his home, dragged him from his bed. and hanged him to the limb of a tree within 200 yards of his house. Ar Nashvil'e, Tenn., the police raided the gambling rooms and arrested twenty- ‘ live men. Eleven were playing stud I poker ami thirteen craps. Judge Bell I said there was some excuse for men . playing the seductive game of poker, but none for craps; and he would make the distinction by lining the poker players sio anil the crap players $25. Thri e convicts at work in the North Carolina State Penitentiary brick yard made a break and attempted to escape. The guard opened lire on them, and two iof them were brought down. A white | man named Medlin was shot through I the abdomen, and will die, and a negro I named Mitchell was shot through the । left thigh. None succeeded in escaping. I A. Miner Griswold, of Texas Siftintis, i better known the world over to readers I of humor as “The Fat Contributor,” died | in his bed at a hotel in Sheboygan Falls, W is., of ap iplexy. POLITICAL PORRIDGE, In the Arkansas Hous ■ of Representatives at Little Rock E. H. Mitchell, of Boone, and H. C. Head, of Little R ver, fought. The lie was passed, ami inkstands, spittoons, and other articles that were calculated to do injury were exchanged between the twq. gen th men. No’one wasinjured during me ligin. but several members were welT^ spattered with ink and tobacco juice. S Members of the Ohio Legislature learn that they have been shadowed all win- • ter. Hints have been made that a por- । lion of the public works wore to be abandoned and the property sold to the highest, bidder, it is known that a number of gent lemon interested j n natural gas and oil have been anxious to secure control of a large tract of land borderingon the Miami ami Erie Canal, ceded to the State by tiie Government, and which j at tlie present time is regarded as the i lichcst field in Ohio. Friends of those i interested have been in Columbus most | of the winter, and the forces of tho Standard Oil Company’s agents are prominent. At- ti'.n one ot tiie most memorable Senatorial contests in the history of the । country, Gen. John M. Palmer was chosen United States Senator by the i General Assembly of Illinois on tiie 1 >4th ballot. Messrs. Moore and Cockroll, I’. M. B. A. members, joined tiie 10l Democrats, thus giving Palm r 103 votes exactly enough to elect him On ; this ballot, the Republicans cast. 100 votes I for Cicero J. Lindley, President of the b. 31. B A., and Taubeneck voted for I A. J. Streeter. . Ex-Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, when asked who would Lq (jj' opposing ■ candidates in 1892, replied; “Cleveland • will be the next nominee of the Demo-

• cratic party, no matter what views he niay express on the tariff, the silver or ’ other questions. I believe that Mr. Harrison will be nominated, and that he is 1 entitled to it by the unwritten laws of I parties and by the precedent of our b political system. Hill is not motioned in ■ the West as a candidate. ” FOREIGN GOSSIP, i [ In the Dixon Iron Works in Glasgow, . Scotland, a condenser used in the manul facture of ammonia exploded with teri ri fie force and fatal effect. The mangled , remains of seven of the employes were [ recovered. ' The steamer City of Peking arrive 1 ■ at San Francisco, twenty-five days from ’ Hong Kong and sixteen days from Yokohama. She -reported that 300 Chinese । pirates and robbers were beheaded in Kwantung province during the last few days of the old Chinese year. At London, while there has been no , official confirmation of the rumor that President Balmaceda has been assassinated by the Chilian insurgents, the re- . nort is generally credited. A Buenos L Ayres dispatch says that, the family of Balmac^-’ is safe in the Argentine Rep./i.iic. , Many people Have been drowned by , an overflow of the Danube at Duna- » Fold v ar. FRESH AND NEWSY. At Peoria, 111., fire destroyed the three-story brick starch-house of the Peoria Grape Sugar Company. The loss [ is SIOO,OOO, fully covered by insurance. , At Buffalo Henry W. Burt's five-story • brick and iron building, and the Dental Manufacturing Company’s brick build- ’ ing were burned. Mix horses in a barn . in the rear of the Dental Company's ' building were burned. The Burt Building was burned to the ground. The Dental Building was completely gutted. The loss is 52G4,200; insurance, $191,700. Fire broke out at the Central Insane Asylum, seven miles from Nashville, Tenn. The male wing was destroyed. There were twenty-i ight patients in the wing, and six of them were burned to deatli. The other patients are now in the main hall and under guard and there is no further danger of loss of life. At St. (loud. Minn., the new silverware factory was burned. The plant was nearly ready for operation. There had been no tire in the building for several days, and the origin is : nystery. Loss, SiAOiii.; insurance on building, $9,000; on machinery, $9,000. The steamer Lord Gough from Liverpool passed, when 468 miles from Sandy Hook, a German steamer with broken shaft prcceeding from Naples to New 3 ork under steam and sail. Name unknown. R. G. Di n A Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Foreign influences have again disturbed I Hie money market a little. But there is । more active speculation in breadstuff's, i pork products and cotton, whicli have all | advanced, and tho outlook for farmers has , rarely been better at this season than it is now. Os the great industries nearly all-are expanding and employing labor fully, but tho coke strike and other causes have produced a remarkable shriukage in the output of iron. The prospect for tiie building trades is rather dull in New York, but at , other-Atles, particularly in the West, it is “k' ■ । tip f ,n-1 tl r() t" ^ic u* a i i prl-'es of’*6o6s do not advance; the mills engaged on dress goods and knit goods are especially active, and the worsted works are on fpll time, with fair prospects. In the boot and shoe industry shops are all fairly employed. West of Chicago heavy snows and bad weather have had much in- ; fluence, impeding the lumber trade. ReI ports from the entire South are a shade ' better, because cotton has recovered slightly id price. The business failures occurring I during the last seven days number for the United States 239, and for Canada 34. or a total of 273. as compared with a total of i 265 last week For t lie corresponding week i of last year the figures were 252. The Marine Hospital Bureau has pub- | lislie a bulletin showing the death rate iin a .timber of cith -of the United States; Annual d< ath Cities. rate j>er 1,000. I Chicago 19.0 I St Louis 18.3 I San Francisco 22.8 Cincinnati 22.3 I New Crleans 29.2 I Detroit 18.8 I Cleveland 19.2 Pittsburg 21.3 j Milwaukee 17.9 i Louisville 21.9 Minneapolis 14.7 | I.ansas City 16.5 1 Denver 2 >.9 | Indianapolis 16.2 , ! Toledo 16.4 । Nashville 18.8 I Galveston 2 >.4 1 ' Council Bluffs 11.6 , ! Altoona 15.3 1 Rock Island 14.4 I San Diego 1 .6 i Pensacola 10.6 MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime 53.25 (ff 6.00 Hogs-Shipping Grades 3.00 (« 4.00 Sreep . , 3.00 @ 6.00 | Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.01 yi LC2 ; Corn—No. 2 60 .61 i Oats —No. 2 50 19' .51 Bye—No. 2 94 .96 ' Butter—Choice Creamery 28 iff .33 j Cheese—Full Cream, tints lO'.j^i .11'2 Rggs- Fresh 15 .16 | Potatoes—Western, per Im .... 1,05 cf 1.15 UN DI A NAPOLIS. ' I Cattle—Shipping 3.50 @ 5.00 ' 1 Hogs—Choice Light 3.00 @ 4.00 Sheep—Common to Prime...*.. 3.00 a' 5.25 I Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.00 (a 1.01 i Cons No. 1 Wlnte 59 (<i .60 Oati^-No. 2 White 52 is) .53 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 4.C0 <a 5.50 1 Hogs 3.(0 @ 4.00 Wb^at— No. 2 Red 1.01 (it 1.02 Corn—No. 2 58 @ .59 Oats—No. 2 ' 51 © .52 ' । Barley—Minnesota 72 ® .73 ■ j CINCINNATI. . ; Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 . Hogs 3.00 (<J 4.00 ' I Sheep 3.00 & 575 . Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.02 @ 1.02 G I Corn No. 2 62 itt .63 I Oats—No 2. Mixed 531A@ .54’., 1 I DETROIT. I Cattle 3.00 (St 4.75 . j H< < 3.00 (■? 4.00 Shew 3.00 4.75 1 | Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.03 1.04 , , Corn No. 2 Yellow 62 <« .62t£ Oats—No. 2 White 51 .55 TOLEDO. Wheat 1.03 @ 1.04 Corn—Cash (2 e' .63 Oats—No. 2 White 52'._.<<' .53’-4 Clover Seed 4.55 *@ 4.6a " EAST LIBERTY. 1 Cattle—Common to Primo 4.00 ck 5.50 Hogs—Light 3.25 @ 4.25 Sheep—Medium to Good 4.0) (g. 6.25 Lambs 4.50 ® 6.50 MILWAUKEE. I Wheat—No. 2 Spring O7’£@ .93’0 i Cohn—No. 3 59 .60 I I Oats— No. 2 White SlGgj .52'3 I : Rye—No. 1 95 @ .97 i Barley—No. 2 G 8 m .69 : Pork—Mess 11.00 @11.50 NEW YORK. Cattle 4.00 @ 5.75 , H< G 4 3.25 @ 4.0; I Sheep 5.03 @ 6.50 ' Wheat—No. 2 Rod 1.14 @ 1.17 Col*—No. 2 73 @ .74 Oats—Mixed Western 56 @ ,60 IH tteh—Creamery 31 @ .34 I EgGS—Wes terfi 17 @ .18 Pork—New Mess 11 @12.25

GENERA L PALMER WINS. *THE ILLINOIS SENATORIAL CONTEST ENDED. Moore and Cockrell with the Democrats —Taubeneck Votes for > treeter, and tho Republicans for Lindloy—Exciting Incidents. General John M. Palmer is a United States Senator The contest in the Iliinpis joint assembly continued through seven weeks to a day. and took 154 ballots. It was known early in the morning by everybody that Palmer would be elected unless some accident interfered, and all Springfield went to the Capitol to try to secure admittance to the House floor and galleries. Those who could not get inside remained in the rotunda and satisfied their curiosity with echoing the cheers inside. The Republicans knew they were beaten, and accepted their defeat with complacency. No attempt was made in either house to do any business. Ilie members sat about in groups, telling stories, singing songs, and exchanging experiences. There was good feeling everywhere, Republicans and Democrats mingling on both side;. Two hours before the joint assembly met, th • galleries and the floor of the House hetrnn to fill. An hour before the battle there was a u< ns. packed in every space s-t apart for visitors. The Republicans who were in their seats began to sing. “We Are Going Home.” 'the doorkeeper announced the Senate, and shortly after that body was admitted GEN. JOHN M. PALMER. the vote was taken The Speaker announc d tho result as follows: “(in this, the tme bundled and fiftyfourth . otnt ballot, the whole number of votes cast is 204. Ne essary to a choice, 103, of which John M Palmer has received a total of 103, C. J. Lindley, 100, Streeter, 1.” The Speaker then formally declared G( neral Jolin M. 1 aim t e e ted Senator to represent the t tate of Illinois in the I nited States Senate for six years from March 4. 1891. senator-elect Palmer was then introduced, and delivered a short speech. John M. Palmer was born in Scott County, Kentucky, Sept. 13, 1817. He cast his fir.-t vote in Illinois for Stephen A. Douglas for Congress, but ho was always an anti- lavery man in feeling, apd lcjlt L LUg Djepwci ats when tiie Missotiri ‘“nprofiii 5 wa : repi aled. Then he became a Republican. In 1856 he was Chairman of the Republican Stat ■ Convention at Bloomington. He ran 'or Congress in 1859, but was defeated. In 186(> he was a Republican Pre idcntial Elector for the State it large. In 1861 he was ai pointed one of the five delegates (al! Republican;) s nt by Illinois to the peace congress at Washington. When tiie civil conflict broke out lie offered hi; services to his country, and wa< elected Colonel of tho Fourteenth Illinois Vouiteer Infantry. and participated in the engagements at Island No. 10: at Farmington, where lie sk llfu ly extricated his command from a dangerous position; at Stone River, where his division for several hours, Dec. 31. 1862, held an advanced positi n and stood like a rock, and for his ga lantry there lie was made Major General; at Chickamauga, where his and Yan Clece’s divisions for two hours maintained their position when they were cut off by overpowering numb *rs. I nder Gen. Sherman he was assign d to the Fourteenth Army Corps, ami participau d n the Atlanta campaign up to a date in August, when he ask d to be relieved because Gen. Sherman ordered him to report to Gen. Schofield. In February. 1865, Gen. Palmer was assigned to the military administration of Kentucky, which was a delicate post. General Palmer was nominate 1 for Governor of Illinois by the. Republican State Convent! >n which met at Pearia May 6. 1868, and liis nomination would probably have be; n made by acclamation had he not persistently declared tint he could not accept a candidature for the office. The result of the ensuing (lection gave Mr Palmer a majority of 44,707 over John R. Eden, the Democratic nominee. Since tiie expiration of Governor Palmor’s term, wliiie he lias been someyrhat prominent in Illinois'politics, he lias devoted the most of his time to the practice of his profession. In 1887 and 1883 he was tn ■ candid:;t • of His [ arty for tHe I'inteJ Mates Senatorship, but was de seated. the first time by Chas. B. Falwell, and th > second time by ShelbytM Cullom. The Democratic State Convention held in 1888 nominated him again for the office of Governor. He carefully canvassed the who e State, and was defeated by Joseph W. Fifer, the present incumbent He re eived tiie indorsement of the Demoeiatic State Convention held in June last for the office of L'nited States Senator, and tho instructions whicli every I emo'ratio Senator and Rcprcson;ativa elected in November last received were considered as obligating him to vote for no one for United States .Senator bu* John M. Palmer. Gen Palmer has been twice married. In 1,-42 he was united in mirDageto Malinda Neely, who' died in 1833. He was married to his present wife in the spring of 1888. Adam Oberhoiber is an 8)-year-old re-ident of Wapakoneta, ( hio/ A year or so ago he induced a yo; ng woman I to marry him by giving her a large oil farm and $5,000 cadi. The other day she presented him with a son and heir, and Adam vented Li; joy by going about the streets singing at the top of his voice. ( hari.es A 11. of I rance hid a pair of ill-made legs. IL wore a long coat to conceal them, at dso everyboly else wore long coats.

LAND OF LAFAYETTEj CORDIALLY PROMISES TO ATTEND THE FAIR. Swindled Par sian Jewelers TVant Their D amondt-The Episcopal Church Loses a Prominent Worker. Franco is the first foreign Government to accept an invitation to participate in the Exposition. The acceptance is cordial. The correspondence is as follows: Leoahox of the United States, | „„ „ , Paris, Feb. 1. ’ f Ine Hon. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State : Jtß—On receipt of the instructions in your No. 229. I at once communicated to the French Government through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the name of the I resident of the United States, the formal Invitation to participate in the Exhibition at Chicago in 1893, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of America. M. Ribot promptly acknowledge! this and said that he would communicate the invitation to his colleagues and advise meof the result. Late Saturday evening I received the formal reply of tiie French Governments conveying in cordial terms its acceptance of the Invitation. The substance of this was at once forwarded to you in a telegram, of which a copy Is hereto appended. I inclose also a copy and a translation of M. Ribot’s note. I shall feel obliged If you will kindly send me twenty additional copies of the printed documents annexed to your circuL r No. 229, as M. Ribot expresses the dourc of having ten more copies. I havo the honor to be j our obedient servant, Whitelaw Reid. Minister Ribot’s letter is as follows: Paris, Feb. 14.—Air. Minister: Referring’ to my letter of the 10th of this month, I have the honor to announce to you that the Government of the republic accepts with* the greatest pleasure for France the invitation which you have transmitted to it? in the name of the United States to take part in the Universal Exposition which is to take place at Chicago in 1893 in commemoration of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America. The Government of the republic is already occupying Itself with the measures necessary to insure the participation of French artists and manufacturers in this international celebration, and as soon as the Commissioners to represent it shall have been designated I will take care to inform you. Accept, etc., etc;, Ribot. UNCLE SAM GARNI HED. Two Paris Jewelry Firms Trying to Recover Diamonds. A queer m ve was made on behalf of two Paris jewelry firms to recover valuable diamonds alleged by the Government authorities to have been smuggled into this icountry by Jacob Kronfeld, alias G. Lange. From theJirms of Veuve, L. B. Citreon & Co., and Henri Kaminker & Co., of Paris, it is alleged that Kronfeld, alias Lange, who was ro entiy arrested in Chicago, procured diamonds worth $7,0C0, and in return gave drafts. Before the paper became due Kronfeld. disappeared and the firms heard nothing of him until they saw h s name in tho papers in connection with a diamond seizure. The Government officials took possession of the stones and he’d them. Attachment suits have besn commenced by the Paris diamond firms to recover the valuables, and the District Attorney, the United States Collector, and others at Chicago have been served with garnishment proceedings. The District Attorney says he will pay no attention to the garnishment, as he holds the diamonds by means of an order of tfbnrt Attorney Newman wasaskAi. ^2 the reason of mv —- -a — ment suits.in the State courts dn behalf' of the jewelry firms. “Suppose they can’t psove that the diamonds were smuggled to this country,” he said. “16 they can’t then we will enforce our suits and recover our property. ” DEATH OF THE REV. LENJ. H. PADDOCK. The Episcopal Bishop of Massachusett* Breathes His Last. The Rev. Benjamin H. Paddock, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Dijcese of Massachusetts, died at Boston, aged 63 years. He had been ill for several weeks, and during the recent days had hung between life and death. He was a native of Norwich, Conn.; a graduate of Trinity College and of the General Theological Seminary of. New York City. He taught for a -hort time, but in 1852 he took up his life'work, becoming then assistant minister at the Church of tho Epiphany, New York, while ho was a deacon. In 1853 he was chosen rector of St. Luke’s Church in Portland, Me., but withdrew after three months on account of the climate. For seven years he served as rector at Trinity in Norwich, Conn., and then from 1860 until 1869 had charge of the Christ Church parish in Detroit, Mich For the four years preceding his bishoprio he was rector of Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights. He was elected bishop in 1873. Bishop Paddeck was the author of a number of articles in reviews and periodicals—canonical digests, sermons and charges—among which were “Ten Years in the Episcopate,” published in 1883: “The First Century of the Diocese of Massachusetts,” published in 1885; and “The Pastoral Relation ” In “A. -Miner” Key. Pressed for time —mummies. Jardin des Plantes—the cemetery. Tn.-iu..u al eternity issues no return tickets. A matter of course—table d’hote bill of faro. How’to become fore-handed—evolute back to the monkey. It is quite natural that there should be judges at a bench show. How much information there is in the world that is not at all informing. The flag-bearer of a regiment prefers to be judged by his own standard. Painters are not of a military turn generalljj^yet they stand by their colors. Never believe the man who says he had forgotten all about that little loan you return. Mi;l onaires competed for a running prize at Tuxedo Park recently—a wellto do race. No wonder beer is increasing in popularity when water is rising all along our river courses. What a pity that some men are not as wise as they look, and some women as amiable as they sc mqtimcs appear. When ex-Pn sident C cveland was urged to invest in Florida lands, he said he didn’t care to be transformed into an orange “Grove.” It is said that electricity is to be applied to smelting furnaces. A person who lias been in Butte City, Montana, and not smelt furnaces, electricity wouldn’thelp. Muddy Water, a Seminole, living in the Indian Territory, is said to be the oldest living Indian in tiie United States — 109 y. ars oi l. Muddy Water l^s probably never made the acquaintance oi Fire Wa'vr. —Icras