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Reports.
oUARTERMASTER- GENERAL.

In his annual report Quartermaster Gen :
aral Taylor gave the receipts for the fiscal
year a s39, LOO; expenditures, 1926; bal
ance, ST. ,Soi. The assets of the organization
lie gave as s2i,71l. The posts, he said, a
obligations, and the financial future of the
order was apparently bright one.
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Inspector General j. w. Burst, in his re-
port, complained of the inadequate facli-
ties afforded his department to perform its
out les, because of the changes in the dates
for inspection constantly made by the ma
tional encampmcnt. He had been able to
secure repoLts CT inspection from only a
part of the posts, but such as had been in
spected were in good condition.
THE SURGEON GENERAL.
B. T. Stevenson, surgeon general, reported
the number of deaths in the order, so far as
reported during the year, to be 3l57, anon z
them being those eminent comrades, WILL
lam Tecumseh Sherman, Admiral David ID.
porter and Gems. Charles Devins, f. NoyeS,
John w. Fuller and John McNeall. In regard
to the pen sion list, DIR. Stevenson read a letter
frem Commissioner Raum, ,g wing the number
of pensioners now upon the rolls and the
amount paid by the government for pen
siors during the present fiscal year Sum-
married it is: Pensioners on the rolls May
81, 1891: Army-Invalids,i ,il5 ,6l5 w idows, 105.
159; Savy-Invalids, s,459; widows 23S: Act
of June 23 l69J: Army-Invaiids, 56,417;
widows. Sill. Navy-InvaIids, 1885; widows,
$50 War OF 1912 Survivors. 29j; widows,
1,T5s. Total. e33,39s To pay these pension
ers will cost, daring the present fiscal year,
about sIl6, ,Q0l,010
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HINTS FOR THE KITCHEN.

NEVER put salt on a steak until after
it is cooked.
THE lid of a saucepan should never be
raised over a smoky fire.
BEFORE broiling fish rub the gridiron
with piece of fat to prevent its stick
ing.
THE earthly taste often found in fresh
water fish can be removed by soaking in
salt and water.
ALL sorts of vessels and utensils, may
be purified from long retained smells of
any kind by rinsing them out well with
charcoal powdered after they have been
secured with sandsoap.
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State Board of Health.

The state board of health had meet
ing at Springfield the other day and
elected a successor to DR.. j. Ii. Rauch
as secretary of the board, in the person
of Dr. w. II. Mackenzie, of Chester, a
member of the board. The selection
however, is only temporary. Only four
out of the seven members of the board
were prcsent-Dr w. A. Haskell, pres
ident; DIR. W. r. Mackenzie. Dr. d. H.
Williams and Dr. Griffith. The alb
sentees were Drs. Ludlow and Clark,
now in Europe, and DR.. Bateman, now
in Maine. In view of the absence of
these members it was deemed best to
make only a temporary appointment.
DR.. Mackenzie will serve until the Sep
tember meeting of the board and then
the secretaryship will be subject to
chance,
The state capital., 1891-08-08
A FR!GHTFUL ACCIDENT.
An Engine Thrown from the Track on
the West Virginia Central and a Number
of People Seriously Injured.

An Engine Thrown from the Track on
the West Virginia Central and Number
ofPeople Seriously Injured.
CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. 6.--News
has reached here of frightful accident
which occurred at point called Switch
Back, on the West Virginia Central
road about 60 miles from here. Tues
day morning, as usual, the men, seven
teen in number, boarded the tram-road
engine to go to their work in the lun-
Der regions. Two women asked per-
mission to ride out short distance to Il
berry patch. Their request was
granted, and the engine containing the
nineteen passengers started. 1t had
hardly gotten under good headway
when the engine struck a piece of tim
Der that was lying on the track, turn
ing it completely over. The occur
renee was so sudden that none of the
people on the engine had a chance to
escape and all were more or less in
jured. either by escaping steam or from
the fall of the engine.
John Mckenzie, who lives at Frost
burg, was caughtunder the engine and
scalded SO badly that he died that
evening. The others seriously but not
fatally injured are: Robert Robinson,
engineer, badly scalded and bruised;
Frank Craver, fireman, scalded and
bruised; Lewis Layman, scalded about
hands and face; John Hickey, hurt in
ternally and scalded: Jennie burst,
badly bruised and scalded.
AS soon as word could be sent the
physicians of Elk Garden, the nearest
town, were telegraphed for, and they
promptly responded, relieving as far as
possible the sufferings of the injured.
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The "a. ooe. 600 BANKRUPT.

New YORK. Aug. 6. - Abraham
Baker, the s4,o0o,o 900 bankrupt, is at
his home in West Fifty-eighth street,
but he sturdily declines to talk upon
the subject of his failure. Benz Elm
stein, his attorney, said yesterday af-
ternoon that the failure was due to de-
probation in southern securities. The
company would be held responsible,
however and in most cases it was but
a temporary embarrassment. The
stock taking and accounting will take
ten days or thereabouts. Mr. Einstein
confidently expected that his client
would come ,pt all right in the end.
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Can This BE True?

A shocking case of cruelty is reported
from Lockport, Will county, where
Jerry Mccarthy and wife are alleged to
have kept their deaf and dumb daugh-
ter, 10 years old, imprisoned. Mrs.
Friendenricht and her husband, neigh
bors, say that Mccarthy beat the girl
horribly, sometimes using his fist and
sometimes stick. Mrs Mccarthy, the
girls step-mother, is alleged to serve
her in the same way. On one occasion
Mccarthy threw the girl down in a
woodshed and beat her black and blue
with club. At another time Mrs.
Friendenricht says she heard Mccarthy
say to the girl: Curse you, | do not
know whether to fill your blasted~eyes
with salt or string You and lick you to
death" Mrs. Mccarthy often drags
her around her prison room by the hair
of her head. Mrs. Friendenricht's IS
daughter. Mrs. Geo. Hoffman, corrob-
crates the story. The girl has been i'm
prisoned for years. On one occasion,
Mrs Hoffman alleges, Mrs. Mccarthy
burned the girls face with hot iron,
and at another time threw a large
butcher-knife at her. The states at
torney will take up the case. Mccarthy
is a section hand on the Alton Rail
road
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Restless Indians.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. Ga special
dispatch from Ell Reno, l. T., says:
Thirteen Cheyenne Indians, Chief Old
Crow leading them, started for Walker
Lake, New, to-day to see the
Messiah They hope to induce him
to come and annihilate the whites
with wave of mud. They expect the
buffaloes to come from the north and
again cover the prairies. The Messiah
dancers are everywhere to be seen, and
the Messiah craze has not by any means
ceased. The indications point to an
other outbreak of these restless red
skins.
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COSTLY PAPERS AND RELICS.

GEORGE ScHwEIcH, merchant of
Richmond, Mo-, owns the table upon
which the Book of Mormon was writ
ten He values it at $1,000.
PROF. r. L. PERKINS, of Boston, has q
copy of Horace that is more than three
hundred years old. 1t was printed in
1915, and has an index to every word
LORD AsHBUENuAM's famous s'Te1tGs
of the Gospels" is valued at s50,oo0 and
is on view at the Boolkbinder's eyposi-
tion in London with the Mazarine Bible
and Mary Tudor prayer book.
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ILLINOIS 5rATE NEWS.
Fraud Alleged.


An importnent decision concerning
assignments was recently rendered by
Judge Allen, of the United States
court at Springfield. The case was that
of George III. Moore and others, of
Lanesville, KY, against John Meyer
and others, of Quincy, III. 1t has been
in court for couple of years. The
bill, which is dismissed by the court,
was filed by the creditors of the defend
ants, Meyer & Bachrach, to set aside
various chattel and other mortgages
and transfers made by them to
relatives and alleged favorite cred
itors. 1t was alleged in the
bill that the defendants at the
time of making their mortgage were
hopelessly insolvent, and they by these
means disposed substantially of all
their property, in fraud Of the volun-
tary assignment laws of Illinois, by
preferring one class. 1t was sought in
the bill to treat the acts of the defend
ants in making their preferential trans
fers as the equivalent of an assignment
under the statute of the state. The
court holds that there can be no con-
structive assignment under this statute.
but that an instrument creating a trust
for the benefit of creditors must be ex-
ecuted by the falling debtor. There is
a large amout of property involved in
the case
The state capital., 1891-08-08

THE condition Of affairs in Spain is
very uneasy. The whole country has
been made restless by the fighting in
Barcelona, and in Madrid the workmen
assembled, on the Sd, in groups on
the street corners and discussed the
struggle and its objects. The sym
pathies Of the people are evidently
with the captive revolutionists.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

On the 3Oth the jetty at the mouth of
the Columbia river, in Oregon, reached
its western limit when the last pile was
driven about five miles ont at sea. A
large amount Of filling with rock, how
ever, remains to be done, and it is
thought two years will be required to
complete the work.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

OK the 4th the New York grand jury
returned batch of indictments against
the editors and publishers of New York
city newspapers, charging them with
misdemeanor in publishing details of
the execution of the four murderers re-
Gently killed at Sing Sing. The Trib-
une was the only paper that was found
to have complied with the law.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

ADMIRAL GERvAIs Of the French feet,
in giving the toast: ''The Russian
army at dinner given in St Peters
burg, on the 31st, BY Russian artillery
officers to the officers Of the French
fleet, said he hoped the Russian army
would cover itself with fresh laurels if
the Almighty summoned it to the de-
fense of the fatherland.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

THE comptroller Of the currency has
declared a final dividend Of 1913 per
cent. making in all 100 per cent. Of
principal and the interest in full on
claims amounting to S232, 203 "a "a
proved against the First national bank
of Monmouth Ill
The state capital., 1891-08-08

FIFTEEN inches Of rain fell in Bonn
bay, India, within twenty-four hours
ending on the 30th. The towns of Ma
hooda and Bhownugger, in the province
of Giurat, were flooded, and the water
was breast-high in the streets. Three
hundred people and countless number
of animals were drowned.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

THE secretary Of the Chilian legation
in London is authority for the state
ment that large sums Of money have
been contributed by interested Europe
ans to detain and, if possible, to de-
stroy the two new ships of war re
Gently built in France for the Chilian
government.
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PRIVATE SECRETARY HALFoRD said,
on the 31st, that Secretary Noble had
not resigned, and that the president had
no knowledge that he contemplated any
such move.
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From Italy comes the news that the
government has begun retrenching at
the foot by deciding to dismiss 5000
workingmen from the government
dock yards this month. The decision
has aroused widespread discomfort
among the workmen and large num-
ber to be thus thrown on their own re-
sources are said to be ripe for mis-,
chief.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

The overdue British ship City of
Florence was towed into San Fran
cisco, on the 3'st, ISL days from Ant
werp. Her bulwarks and masts were
partly gSae. This was the result of a
hurricane encountered Nav 26
The state capital., 1891-08-08

The Colombian government has de-
clared exempt from postage all articles
forwarded to the Society Of Natural
Sciences at Bogota for exhibition at the
Chicago exposition.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

THE tunnel under the Hudson river
between New York and Jersey City is
rapidly nearing completion. The COM
pany has notified the various trunk
lines terminating in Jersey City that it
will have the first single track in run
ming order in three months
The state capital., 1891-08-08

On the 31st ex-Congressman ". z.
Simonds, of Connecticut, took the oath
Of office as United States patent COM
missioner, and began his duties at once.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

THE Official Gazette Of Madrid pub
lished decree, on the 1st, promnlgat-
ing the new treaty between Spain and
the United States in regard to trade be-
tween the United States and Cuba and
Porto Rico.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

DR.. FRED M. FLING, Of Biddeford,
Me, has been elected to the chair Of
European history in the university OF
Nebraska. He will assume his duties
in September.
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gowns and India vcilings are accom-
paniel by petticoats Of tinted silk.
This gives a very pretty tone and effect,
and greatly improves the general ap-
pearance of the toilet, rs the color Of
the silk shows through the scrli-trans-
parent fabric. Cream and ecru guipure
laces, and Irish crochet bands, sleeves,
and special bodice pieces are most ef-
fectiyely used to trim every sort of
summer gown, excepting perhaps those
which cmanate from the tailor. Silk
and linen tatting which bears a close
resem blance TO Irish crochet makes a
delicate and effective dress trimming
Knife-plaited ruf1les once more APP
pear up"a the fronts Of diaphanous
The state capital., 1891-08-08

THE commission which is to under
take the preparation Of the exhibits Of
the government Of Salvador for the Co
lumbian exposition have already been
organized and are at work.
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IT is reported by parties from Mont
gornery county, n. G., that another rich
gold find has been made close to the
Euwharrie river
The state capital., 1891-08-08

A DISPATCH from Sydney, n. S. w.,
says that the legislative assembly has,
by vote Of 81 to 81, rejected the mo-
tion offered by Sir Henry Parkes in ia
vor of granting suffrage to women.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

ADvIcEs from Foo-Chow, China, are
to the effect that riots are imminent
there, and that the city is entirely un-
protected The Chinese authorities ap-
pear to be either criminally supine or
unconscious Of the danger which men
aces the foreign population.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

SENIOR CARvALEso, Portuguese min
lister Of finance, has issued an address
giving legal currency to francs I'M
ported into the state and prohibiting
the expectation of silver coin.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

THE president, on the Sd, signed the
commission of j. Sioat Fassett, to be
collector Of the port of New York.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

Two SEIZURES of sealing schooners
had been made up to July 20, the
British schooner e. Il. Marvin, formerly
the American schooner Mollie Adams,
and the American schooner La Nina.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

RI REV. Emil. GROUARD was conse-
Grated vicar apostolic Of the Athabasca
River and Mckenzie River district at
Winnipeg, Man, on the 31st. It is the
first time such celebration was ever
held in this country.
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pear up"n II

Marie Antoinette fichus OF crepe de
chine, organdie muslin and fancy silk
nets Of various designs have lace frills
or plated ruf1les as a finish, and, worn
with the ribbon trimmed gowns now
in fashion, they have a quaint and old
fashioned look that is quite cnchant-
ing. A great deal of color is used this
season in fashionable neck dressing
White chantilly lace is employed both
for entire dresses and for trimming.
Tawny golden browns, russets and the
dahlia dyes win be in high vogue next
season, also copper coiors and the W.
perb dark velyety reds and yellows Of
the nastEltlUn, G. ID. r.
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IT was rumored in Washington, on
the 3lst. that before the first Monday in
December the secretary of war, the
secretary of the interior and the attor-
ney general will resign from the cab
met
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FASHION LETTER.

Cotton Ms King OF the Seasons FasfIOns-
beautiful Patter and Styjes-SiIk and
Wooden Costumes -Laces, Etc.
Especial New York Correspondence
Tf cotton was king IN the financial
world, few yeurs ago, certainly this
same fabric must be heir-apparent III
the present seasons dry goods trade.
for surely it has IN immense kingdom
to rule over The beautiful patterns
in muslin, India lawn, zepLYrs, ging-
hams. cotton crepes and en- oroidered
skirtings, have met with unpre cedented
favor, and the summer girl Il. every
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opening over pretty blouse OF "ni.e
hand wrought nainsook or OF plain
white China silk. The sleeves are 1nil
and wrinkled, a standing collar Is
sewed to the blouse front, while the
embroidery on the basque is continued
across the back in very deep turn
down rounding collar. Sometimes on
very drcssy toilets there are merely
souare-shaped Hungarian caps Tor
sleeves these about ten inches IN length
and OF the tinted Chambfay or other
cotton material. They are slashed to
the shoulder on the outside OF
the arm. Beneath this is plain sleeve
of embroidered nainsook, India muslln'
NJ. some other white fabric matching
the vest. This style repeats one that
is now very popular on youthful toilets
Of India silk and net, for evening wear
These dresses are charming exponents
Of the infinite taste and ingenuity OF
thc modern dressmal1er There is
ou,int and al1rring simplicity, coupled
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where revel-
ing in deli
cious gowns
made of these
dainty a y d
most beccm
irg textiles.
These really
n + t i S t i c
dresses a r e
maze up very
much like q
, summer silk
or fancy WOO.
costume. The
b o di Q pur-
ton t q k G 8
-eit t Ii e 4 the
or IN of a
pointed waist
with s1irplice
folds, or as q
coat basque
edged W t Il
EN- broi derry,
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Looks Like Murder.

The body of an unknown man was
found on the railway track near Lex
ington, Mclean county. Indications
point 10 a murder,
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toilets. around
the open neck Of
the bodic c, down
the front of the
blouse and at
t h e DOT a n d
up t Il Q b ac k
breadths of the
skirt. Thc cf-
feet is complete
when q ruf1le
bordered parasol
is added. There
is much coolnesS
and grace inn
parted by these
frills of trans
pare n t fabric
and they also
give II pretty ef-
feet to a negllge
& 0 w n, jaboted
down the front
and sides aid all
arounu. tho bot
tom of the skirt.
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with fine ar
tistic grace, no
ticeable among
t Ii G sc fres II
creations, and
all the pretty
girl S in t b e
world of fash
ion arc looking
their very best,
in their jaunt.y
" ais I S Il n d
wa i S t co a t S,
t h cir a ir y
gowns, and the
additional ac-
casso ri c S o t
| a &c c q pes,
fchus, berthas,
picture h q t S,
and gay rib
bon adornings.
Some of the
very S h G ei'
Venetian wool
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Cof.. MIsNER of the Seventh infantry
has been placed on the retired list
The state capital., 1891-08-08

Opened Their New Assembly Grounds.
The new grounds of the Rock River
assembly near Dixon were opened few
days ago. The new grounds contain
about thirty acres.
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Milk sickness.

Minnie Gosnald, aged II years, died
in Douglas county of milk sickness.
Several other members of the family
are seriously sick.
The state capital., 1891-08-08
The Pearl Hunting Craze.

The pearl-hunting craze has been re-
vived at Kappa, Woodford county, by
the finding by Mr.. James Mawn, in a
mussel from the Mackinaw river, the
largest and most perfect pearl ever
taken from that stream. 1t is as large
as very large pea, and is perfectly
globular, without flaw and of fine
color. The find has created much ex-
citement and the banks of the river are
thronged with pearl hunters. The
Mackinaw is winding stream, which
is crossed by the Chicago & Alton at
Lexington and the Illinois Central at
Kappa, and empties into the Illinois
below Pekin. A great many pearls,
some of quite good size, have been
found in it, especially near Kappa.
The state capital., 1891-08-08
A Farmer Suicides.

John Crogton, a prominent farmer
and stock raiser of Marshall county,
suicided by shooting. Domestic trouble
is given as the cause.
The state capital., 1891-08-08
Will Follow the big Three"

The success of the Big Three pack
ers in bringing the Union Stock Yards
Co. to terms by threatening to move
their plant to Tolleston has given the
smaller packers of Chicago an idea by
which they hope to secure equally as
good terms as did Armour, Swift and
Morris The method outlined, it is
said, is very similar to that adopted by
the big Three with the difference
that Sticlney will take the place of
Tolleston as cudgel to be held over
the head of the stock yards company.
The state capital., 1891-08-08
Chaplain Goodwin.

Rev. Montgomery M. Goodwin, rector
st. Johns church, Decatur, has been
appointed by the governor chaplain of
the Fifth regiment, |. N. G., with the
rank of captain, in place of Rev. Dr.
Post, of the Congregational church of
Springfield, who resigned to go to Ohio.
Rev. Mr. Goodwin has had military
education given him at an eastern col
lege, is a gentleman of fine personal
appearance and address, and his selec-
ton by the governor adds to the hedignity
and intellectual force of the national
guard.
The state capital., 1891-08-08
A Case of IeprOsY.

The physicians at the Cook county
hospital are almost certain that they
have case of leprosy on their hands
Martin Gaelicl1, the patient, is an Aus
trian He affirms that his parents were
never afflicted with any skin disease.
He has been in Chicago about two years.
The state capital., 1891-08-08

A company has been organized at
Chicago with the object of constructing
a tunnel so as to take railway trains
into the heart of the city.
The state capital., 1891-08-08
A Mail Carrier i'm Trouble.

Henry E. Barlow, a Chicago letter
carrier, was arrested in that city few
days ago on the charge of having per-
petrated heavy mail robberies.
The rustler., 1891-10-02

Clark Rogers. says tho Silver
City Entcrprl-e, has proven him'
self az Inventive genius, and has
mastered The praine deg question
"Buy some good sized Gsh hooks
with cyclct- on top, says Mr.
Rogers, "apd nail two or three OF
them on a narrow board. Put the
board in the dogs den. The dog
will come up all right, bat will al.
way slide down, when they ara
lupaled on tho hooks. Il never
ialls 10 catch them, aud the method
D. both cheap and rapid. By prop.
cr attention ono man can caech O
whole town Of prairie dogs in
few days<
The rustler., 1891-10-02

Miss Laura b. Marsh has an IN
tercsting story now unnlng in the
Detroit Free Press, entitled, 81
Pine Trees shadow" It's plot n
lain IN Colorado and New Mexico,
aud one acquainted with western
scenes, can read realism in every
chapter. Ia happy smile one
oi her characters exclaims;
Mature makes strange breaks in
this western country. She plants
flowers where You would suppose
nothing but weeds would grow
Aud they thrive, too. We SEE
them peepiug irm the side of snow
banks, from among rocks; anc
some OF the whitest aud dantiesI
things we find blossoming perfect
IS in the dryest and most sterile o
our land, that y ould die in you
hothuu,es."
Miss Marsh comes OF family o
printers oud is sister OF Georg'
Marsh, Of the Santa Fe Sun.