The state capital., 1891-10-31

s. b. TURNER, Manager.
SrRINGFIELD, - w ILLINOIS
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THERE was an increase of 700. 900
francs in the amount Of ladies' cigar
cites used in France last year.
THE town of COnneaut, O., was Wis
tied about Gas p. m, Oh the Goth, BY
amount Of S75,0
THE doctors say that Katie Cole, of
who dropped dead in the street. on the
25th, died from the effects Of tight lac
ing.
The Russian famine relief fund has
been increased by 10000 900 roubles,
added to it from the public treasury,
the amount to be expended in labor in
the forests.
THE6new provincial deaf mute asy-
Nlum at Winnipeg, Man, was almost
completely destroyed by fire on the
27th. The inmates escaped without
injury. The heavy damage is covered
by insurance.
The official report of the Starodoob
riots states that after the town had
been looted and the Jews driven out
the Russian peasants indnlgcd SO freely
in liquor that many died from the ef-
fects of the debauch.
TESTIMONY in the Hopkins Searles
will case was concluded, on the cath,
and the case was submitted without
argument The court announced that
the will was sustained, and counsel for
the contestant gave notice Of appeal.
TIE st. James Gazette Of London
protests against any such disposition of
the models of Nelson's ship. the Vic
tory, and the Eddystonc lighthouse, as
will make it possible for them to be
taken to Chicago or~-elsewhere outside
of Ireland.
TELEGRAMs from the Austrian and
German frontiers tell Of typhus among
the Russian troops. The epidemic is
severe, and it is expected that in con-
sequence the soldiers will be with
drawn. to the delight Of the Germans
and A uStrianS.
THE navy department received dis
patch from Capt. Schley, of the steamer
Baltimore, on the Goth, announcing the
death Of Coalheaver Turnbull, who
was injured by the mob which at
tackled the American sailors at Val
paraiso recently.
CABLE dispatches from Valparaiso
say that the total results Of the recent
elections show that the different parties
have elected fifty-ive deputies, while
the conservatives, or clericals, have
elected thirtyseven.
THE St Petersburg Novesti estimates
that 20,000,000 people in Russia are
without food. Statistics prove conclu-
sively that in many places spectators
get cXtOrtionate prices. Corn mer-
chants and village koolaks, or usurers,
are charged with responsibility for the
extortion.
AN order was sent to Admiral Brown
at Callao, on the Goth, directing the
cruiser San Francisco to return to San
Francisco for repairs. The vessel has
been at sea for some time and her bot
tom is badly in need Of cleaning and
painting, and the department consid-
crs it unwise to delay.
on the Esd Commissioner Mason re-
ceived the first application for bounty
on cane sugar manufactured under the
new tariff law. 1t came from Joseph
". Dougherty & Co., of Louisiana. The
amount of sugar manufactured upon
which bounty is asked is IS. 963 pounds
and the bounty is $3.50
THE New York court Of appeals
handed down a decision, on the 27th,
affirming the judgment of the lower
court in favor Of the heirs in the Tilden
will case. The estate is now worth
about IS. O0O Ou0 and goes to the chill
dren of the decedent's sister, Mrs. VIM.
j, Hazard, and his brother Henry.
A DISPATCH to the Paris Figaro from
Copenhagen says that at Frederiks-
borg, the palace Of the Danish royal
family, the formation Of League of
Peace" to include Russia, Servia, Mon
tenegro, Greece, Sweden, Denmark and
France, has been discussed and its con-
stitutiOn will be announced in January.
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A SERIOUS cavern in the levee at
New Orleans is creating much alarm.
1t is in front of the French market, and
extends from the Harrison steamship
wharf to a point below the lugger
landing. No measures for permanent
relief have yet been taken, all parties
interested looking to temporary meas
ureS.
INCIDENTS showing the terrible dis
tress in Russia continue to be recorded.
A poor woman Of Ratchino, on return
ing from a neighboring village, whittier
she had gone to try to purchase food,
found all her children dead and post
mortem examination being made, their
stomachs were found filled with rags
and earth.
THE McCarthyite convention at Cork.
on the 27th. was success in numbers
and enthusiasm. John Dillon and VIM.
O Brien delivered orations strongly
supporting Flavin. The police, mounted
and on foot. afterward escorted the
orators to their hotel. Several Nc
Carthyites on their way home were
brutally assaulted.
CANON O'MAHONEY is virtually the
leader of the anti-Parnellite forces in
Cork and is coming to be known as