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The state capital., 1892-03-05
A REGULAR NOR'EASTER
The Most Severe storm i'm Years Ragin
on the atlantic Coast.

The Most Severe storm in Years Raging
on the atlantic Coast.
PLEAsANTvILLE, n. j., March "A
furious, binding snowstorm is raging at
Absecomb, where are many homes of
retired sea captains. The storm is a
regular northeast one. There is fear
for the safety of vessels belonging here
that are known to be ont on the ocean
The Camden & Atlantic railroad, which
runs between Absecomb and Atlantic
City, is entirely covered with wreckage
and seaweed, and travel over it has
been suspended. Brigantine Beach is
entirely isolated from the outside
world, the road to it being washed out
and the telegraph wires down. This is
the most severe storm in this region for
several years, and the same conditions
are reported as prevailing all along the
coast, particularly to the northward.
The state capital., 1892-03-05
BOLD BURGLARS.


west End Residents of st, Louis suffer-
ing from tile Depredations of Bold
and Skiflfui Gang OF Bdfglars who. APP
parently. Use Chloroform TO Facilitate
Their Operations.
ST. LOUIS, March S.-The citizens re-
siding in the vicinity of Lee avenue,
Penrose street, Newstead avenue and
Clay avenue are in state of abiect tef=
ror from the depredations of an organ
lied gang of bold marauders against
whom the police appear to be abso-
lutely powerless to grant protection.
The extent of the depredations COM
mitted by the gang, has been kept
carefully concealed by the police. as
well as the fact that early Monday
morning two families We're ehloro-
formed in their beds while their houses
were ransacked by the thieves.
Among those visited by the burglars
during the past three days are Wallace
Keller, residing at 4164 Lee avenue
T. j. Temple, grocer, at AGO Lee ave-
nue.: Mr.. and Mrs. Donahue, residing
at 4127A Lee avenue; Mrs. Cochran, re-
siding at 420l Lee avenue, and Mrs
Cremore, residing at 1852 PenrOse
street. The burglars succeeded in
obtaining entrance at only two
of the above places. Mrs. Edward
Donahues's. at 41a7A Lee ave-
nue.. and Mrs. Crcmore's, at 4153
Penrose street, and chloroformed both
families before ransaclzing their houses.
Most of the members of both the fami-
lies were i'll for some time after the
burglars left as direct result of the
cllloroforming. Mrs. Donahue is still
barely able to move about, and regards
it as little less than miracle that she
ever returned to life and consciousness
at all,
The state capital., 1892-03-05
Town EIectiOiis.

Attorney-General Hunt says that not
withstanding the decision of the repub-
Lcan and democratic central commit
tees that town meetings or elections"
come within the provisions of the Aus
tralian ballot law, he has not changed
his own opinion regarding the matter.
In recent interview at Springfield the
attorney general is quoted as saying:
II have held all along that the nominations
and the printing of the tickets at town meet
ings should be done under the provisions of the
Australian ballot law. My position was that
the law did not apply TO the conducting of thu
town meeting; that the meetings was provided
for by the township organization law, which still
remains in full force, and does not provide the
machinery seemingly required for an
election under the Australian ballot-law I
have held. however, that a town meeting would
probably be valid conducted in either way; in
other words, that the validity of the result
would not depend on the manner iii which the
meeting was conducted regard it as all i'm
portant that contention should be avoided. The
local authorities should agree on the manner in
which the Meeting is to be conducted, and the
agreement should be understood and acquiesced
accordance with the recommendations OF the
two state central committees, which, as un.
d .rstand, concur i'll the conclusion that the
Australian ballot law should be oh served, l do
not think the validity of the result would be af.
fectcd thereby. 1t would at most be irregular,
but not void. The matter is one which have
no official authority to determine, and have
never attempted so to do 1t unfortunate
that the law was not so plain as to avoid con-
troverSy in regard to its meaning.
The state capital., 1892-03-05
Preparing for tho Worlds Fair.

The Illinois board Of agriculture has
determined to make a liberal display
OF cereals grasses, textile and forage
plants, vegetables and fruits from the
state in both the national building and
state building at the Worlds Colum-
bian exposition, and has issued cir
cular offering list of prizes to be
awarded at the state fair to be held in
Peoria, September 26-3O, 1898
All samples to be shown in this class are to
become the property of the board of agricul-
ture, from which selections will be made for the
purpose of exhibition at the World S fair. Tho
prizes aggregate S6450. They are as follows
For the best and largest display from any coun-
ty in each of the grand divisions of Illinois, $3.50
second prize, S150; third prize, Sl00. All coun-
ties competing, but failing to receive one of the
foregoing prizes, will each be paid $50 by an
award of that amount to the best and largest
display sent from them respectively
The state capital., 1892-03-05
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS.
Democratic State Convention:

Secretary Theordore Nelson of the
democratic state central committee has
issued the call tor the state convention
at Springfield, April 81.
1t calls for nominations by the convention OF
candidates for governor. lieutenant governor,
secretary of state, auditor of public accounts,
state treasurer, three trustees for the universi-
ty OF Illinois and two congressman at large
1t also calls for the election of one presidential
elector for each congressional district and four
presidential electors at large; two delegates fei
each congressional district and eight delegates
tt-large for the national democratic conven-
tlon at Chicago, and for one state central COM
initteeman for each district and seven at large
The basis of repres esantation for each county is
one delegate for each 400 votes cast for Cleve-
land and Thurman in 1888, and one delegate for
each fractional part thereof of 200 votes or
more. Under this call the repres ontation by
counties will he.
The state capital., 1892-03-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the senate. on the I'd, bill was
adopted appropriating So, 600 to defray
the cost of the typhus fever and immi-
grafton Investigation. Mr. Dolph in
troduced memorials and spoke in favor
of the Nicaragua canal. The senate
| then resumed consideration of the Idaho
election case......In the house, after the
introduction tnI reference of several
bills and resolutions, the District of
Columbia appropriation bill was taken
up, and occupied the remainder of the
session. The bill appropriates 81, 9S7,-
555, reduction from last year of $685.
17O,3l0; 81, 730, 80 less than the esti-
mates of the District commissioners,
and S614, 500 less than the estimates of
the secretary of the treasury.
The first meeting of the English
Women's committee on the Chicago fair
was held in London, on the I'd, the
Princess Christian of Teclx presiding.
A large number of titled and other
prominent ladies attended and showed
deep interest in the proceedings, and
much progress was made.
THE board of trade of Guayauuil
Ecuador, has forwarded to Quito an en-
ergetic protest against the ratification
by the congress of the proposed reci-
procity treaty with the United States
the paper being signed by nine-tenths
of the importers and exporters of the
republic.
In the New York assembly, on the
I'd. the Judiciary committee reported
concurrent resolution, which was
adopted, calling upon New York's rep
resentatives in congress to favor the
bill providing for the election of United
States senators by the people.
THRRE were several orderly demon
strations of unemployed workmen, on
the I'd, at Hanover, Leipsig and other
places in Germany. In all instances,
the municipal authorities promised to
do their utmost to find work for men
in need of it.
AS SOON as the new Greek ministry
is completed the cham ber, with which
it cannot co-exist, will be dissolved
and an appeal made to the country
The crisis is the most serious which
Greece has had for many years
The house committee on labor has
appointed subcommittee to investi-
gate the question whether the eight
hour law regarding convict labor on
public works is being violated.
Mr.. Ross. adjuster for the National
Marine Insurance Co., of London, has
been selected as arbitrator of Great
Britain in the Behring sea matter.
Hon. CHARLES FOSTER, secretary of
the United States treasury, and party
trrived in London on the Cd,
The state capital., 1892-03-05
An Attorneys Opinion.

A well-known attorney of SPRING
neld is quoted as follows regarding the
new ballot law:
''There is one defect in the law which has
been overlooked. The law makes it the duty Of
the county judge, the county clerk and the
states attorney to sit as a board Of arbitration
to hear and act upon any objections to nomina-
tions that may be made. The same duty is i'm
posed on the county judges of the different
counties composing congressional. district, in
case of objections to congressional nominations
This is all right outside of Cook county. Inside
of Cook county there are four congressional dis,
tricts, and the county judge of Cook county is
the sole arbter in all contests in any of these
districts. The same would de true OF legislative
nominations j.. Cook county. Then, in case Of
an objection tu candidate nominated for office
of clerk of the supreme court, the county judges
in that division would have to settle the matter.
There are thirty or forty counties in each divi-
sion, so that about forty. county judges would
have to get together to hear and act upon the
matter This is little better than calling spe.
cial session of the legislature for the purpose"
The state capital., 1892-03-05
A Negro EnterDrise,

A transaction was completed at Chi.
cago the other day the outcome of which
will be watched with interest through
out the land.
The Columbia Cotton Mill Co, an enterprise
controlled almost exclusively by colored men,
purchased large tract of land 62 miles from
Chicago, on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail
road upon which they began the building of a
plant for the manufacture of cotton cloth The
mills, it is expected. will give when in operation
employment to between 600 and 700 men, The
company was organic I'd in Chicago in Decem-
ber and is incorporated under the Illinois stat
utes. 1t is the intention to establish agencies
in every city and town where found practica.
BILE. The site of the mills has been named But
Ter City. An attempt will be made to produce a
superior fabric and to bring into play in manu-
featuring and mercantile life industrial forces
Of the colored people never before utilized.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

IRON AND STEEL MEN.

a New Association of Iron and steel Man.
ufacturers, Employing Nearly Forty
Thousand Men. Organized-A Change OF
Base in the Working scale to be De-
manded, which May Provoke War.
PfTTsBrHGH, Pa, March 3.-A new
association Of iron and steel manu-
facturers representing thirty firms in
Pittsburgh and the Ohio valiey.and en-
ploying nearly 10000 men has been or
ganized 1t is stated that this organi-
zation, which is entirely independent
of the Bar Iron Manufacturers associa-
tion and the Tin Plate association, will
make determined effort for an early
adjustment of the wage scale. The
association, 1t Is said, will demand
from the Ama1gamated association a
change In the base Of the scale
which has heretofore been dictated
by the bar iron men. The association
will also demand that there shall be
three turns of eight hours each, and
that hereafter all work shall be paid
for oy the ton and not by the day or
piece work. That the new association
will meet with determined opposition
from the Amalgamated association and
the bar iron manufacturers is certain.
The proposition is the most radical yet
presented to the Amalgamated asso-
citation and unless complied with means
a war to the death between the manu-
facturers and the labor organizations
and will affect the iron and steel in
dustries of the United States.
Negotiations have been under way
with John Jarrett, United States con-
sll at Birmingham, to induce him to
accept the secretaryship of the manu-
facturers' new association, and while
no definite arrangements have been
made, it is reasonably certain that he
will be secured and will take charge of
the new iron and steel association.
The state capital., 1892-03-05
Time TABLE.
Chicago & Aitcn Ry

Depot corner Third and Jefferson
streets. Three through trains between
St. Louis and Chicago. On and after
Sunday, this date, trains will leave
Springfield as follows:
No ! Ex. Mail, daily ex. Sun. II :55 a. m,
No. 8 Lightning Ex., daily II 90 pm.
No. z Through Express, daily $40 pm.
SOUTH
No. 2 Elk. Mail, daily ex. Sun. 3 80 p IN.
No. 4 Lightning Ex., daily 3:i5 am.
No. s Through Express daily 6 As a. m.
No. 7 leaves st. Louis daily at 80 D.
m. takes sleeping car from Springfield
and arrives in Chicago at a. m.
No. leaves Chicago at 11:cO p. m.
daily with sleeping car for Springfield
and arrives in st. Louis at 10 40 a. m.
No. and 4. Lightning express trains,
stop only at principal stations. Close
connection made in St. Louis in Union
depot with all roads and in Chicago with
all points east, west and north.
No l makes close connection for Peo-
ria and Rock Island via Bloomington.
Two trains for Kansas City, connecting
there with all trains north, south and
west.
Fare always as low as by any other
route and time much quicker, chair cars
on passenger trains free
Baggage checks to all principal points
For passenger and sleeping car tickets
and ali information apply at the depot
ticket office. Call and see ticket agent
before purchasing tickets elsewhere.
=. r LINDLEY, Agent.
JAMF cnARLToN, Gen. Pas. agent.
' n, ,~GaAFPELL. Genera Manager.
The state capital., 1892-03-05
RUMBLINGS ON THE RAILS.

BALTIMORE is soon to have an elevated
railroad costing $1,000, 600.
Two RAILROAD cars are now being
completed in California which were
made from the trunk of one tree.
MORE railway trains pass Clapham
Junction. London, than any other sta
tion in the world. Between a. m and
10 p. m. fully 1000 trains pass-an aver
age of one in every fifty-four seconds.
AN enormous bowlder, said TO be the
largest ever moved in railroad construc
ton. was excavated recently on the
line of the Mexican Southern railway.
1t was 120 feet in height and measured
1000 cubic meters
BOXES filled with sodium acetate are
used in the French railway carriages as
heat producers. They are filled with
the salt in solid state, which is hque
fed by putting the boxes in hot water,
and during the five or six hours that it
takes to solidify give out heat steadily.
N. Y Medical Record.
The state capital., 1892-03-05
The Gale at Cape May.

CAPE MAY. N. j., March 3.-The
fullest tide of the prevailing heavy
gale poured in over the meadows yes
terday heavy sea beat upon the
shore carrying away lore of the beach
drive extension, but doing no other
damage to the city front. A stone
cnrbing will be placed in front of the
presidents cottage where the sea
threatens to encroach upon The drive.
Train service to Ocean City and Five
mile Beach is still suspended. Several
sections OF brick have been carried
away. There are no signs yet Of clear
ug weather.
The state capital., 1892-03-05
@. & Nh
OHIO & MISSISSIPPI RA1EW4
Fast Time
10
Cincinnati, louisville and all points
East and southeast
But one Night Out
But one Night Out

10 Washington, Baltimore, Phlladel'
ph,a and New York.
Pullman. D..lfct sleeping Cars
from Flora, on Main Line, to above
points, without change.
The Ohio & Mississippi Railway IS the
only line running its own trains over its
own track to Cincinnati and Louisville
where they make direct connections i'm
Union Depots with through trains for
the East and for Jacksonville, Fla and
all points in the Southeast. Our trains
make the best time and connections for
Tore Haute, Greencastle, Indianapolis,
New Albany, Evansville. Nashville.
Tenn. D., Cairo, and all poiDts South via
Cairo
The o & M. Ry. is the direct icutcs
with new and inn rGvcd train servIct Tor
Kansas City, Omaha. ST. Paul, Denver and
all points west, northwest and southwest.
Passengers desiring tickets to any
point East, West, North or South, should
call On or address the undcs gned who
will cheerfuliy furnish information as to
rates for tickets and freight, time OF
trains. connections. etc, and will attend
to shipping freight and checking
baggage through to destination.
Passengers will save money by pur-
chasing tickets before entering the cars,
as the ticket rate is ten cents less THAI
the train rate. NJ. NEER,
Ticket Agent 0. s. M.
Springfield, Illinois.
C. q. JONES, District Pass'r Agent,
Vincennes, Ind.
T. Brainard w. B Shattuc
Pres Gen'l Mangr. Gen Pass Agt
The state capital., 1892-03-05

The supreme court Of the United
States has decided in the worsted
schedule case of the United States
versus Ballin. Josephs & Co., from the
circuit court Of New York, that the
tariff law is valid. The decision up
holds the power of the speaker of the
house to count quorum under the
rules of the last house.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

THESstatement is made in Paris that
the 1shembers Of the right in the French
chamber of deputies have decided to
make no further attack on the repub-
lie, but to confine their operations to
assaults upon the existing ministry and
individual statesmen.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

The case of M. B. Curtis, the actor on
trial at San Francisco for the murder Of
Officer Grant, resulted in mistrial. the
jury standing ten for conviction and
two for acquittal, and being unable to
fully agree.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

THE house committee on rules has
agreed TO report a resolution making
the Bland silver bill the order of busi-
ness for three days beginning on the
22d. No date has been fixed for meas
ures concerning the tariff.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

THE claims of the crew Of the Balti-
more for damages for injuries and false
imprisonment during the Valparaiso
riots have been filed with the state de-
partment. The total is 1905, 900, and
the individual claims range from sSO,-
600 TO s15J,0O0.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

THE bureau of American republics is
informed that the Anchor line of
steamers has extended it's service by
the establishment of line between
New York and the Colombian ports,
calling at Kingston, Jamaica.
The state capital., 1892-03-05
The Dreariest Day on the Massachusetts
Coast for Many Years.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, March ITO
day has been one of the dreariest seen
here for many years. The northeast
storm continues to rage with great
energy and the whole of the cape is
envclopcd in a blizzard with intense
cold, the mercury having fallen
nearly to zero. SO thick and dark has
it been at times that opposite sides of
is believed by seafaring men that the
storm extends long way out to sea
and that great damage will occur to
shipping.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

NEWSPAPER comment in st. Peters
burg upon the speech Of Emperor
William to the Brandenburg diet is
most unfavorable. The opinion is gen
orally expressed that it's worst effect is
to inspire doubt as to the stability Of
the emperor's pacific intentions
The state capital., 1892-03-05

THE house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce has agreed on
bill for increasing the compensation Of
members of the life-saving service.
The compensation Of keepers is fixed
at 81, 900 per annum, and that of surf
men at S75 per month during active
service.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

The Behring sea agents are nearing
the end of their work and will probably
adjourn soon. As they meet behind
closed doors and observe the utmost
secrecy, it is impossible to assert pos
sitively what conclusions have been
reached by them so far. but it is ru-
mored that they have agreed unani-
mously that pelgic sealing shall be
stopped.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

RI. Hon. WIN f. GLADSTONE arrived
in Paris, on the Goth, to remain for a
few days previous to resuming his
Journey back to England. Mr.. Glad
stone appears to be hale and in every
way enjoying good health.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

THE Lima (O.) national bank has
passed into the hands Of the comp
troller. President Farout says his
financial EN- barrassment is due to IN
fortunate railway investments. Far
out was president Of the Columbus,
Lima & Milwaukee Railway Co.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

AN effort is being made by the Knights
of Pythias of Ashta bula, O., to raise
fund for the erection of monument to
the memory Of the unrecognized dead
who perished in the terrible railway
disaster at that place in 1876. A circu-
lar containing list of the names of the
passengers killed is issued by com
mittee whose business it is to receive
all subscriptions and answer all com
munications. The attention of the pub
lie generally is solicited. All commu-
nications Or inquiries shoald be sent to
I. W. McCreary, secretary, aid all con
tributions to Lucien seymosr, treasu-
Ter, Ashtabpla, 0.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

The Sayward case and the case Of
the schooner Sylvia Hardy. involving
the jurisdiction of the United States
over the Behring sea, was decided by
the United States supreme court, on
the Goth, against the British govern
ment. This does not make invalid the
arbitration negotiations now going on
between this country and Great Brit
ian, but it would have had its effect
against the United States in the nego-
tiations if the court had rendered diff
ferent decision.
The state capital., 1892-03-05
For Lieutenant Governor.
=. n Monticello Snecia1 to the

Jdyo q
Louis Globe-Democrat:
The friends of Gen, Ivory Pike will present
his name for lieutenant governor or Illinois.
Tte has served two terms in the Illinois legisla-
ture and is we'll versed in parliamentary low.
He is the present senior vice commander of tho
department of Illinois Grand Army of the Re-
public, and is known the Giant of Central
Illinois" He was one of the los that elected
Gen. John A. Logan to the United States senate
the last time. He suffered one year in Ander-
sonville prison
The state capital., 1892-03-05
Bad Fire at Moline.

The station of the Peoples Electric
Light Co. at Moline burned the other
evening, involving $50, 900 loss, with
only S12,a insurance, Adjoining prop
erty of the Moline Water Power Co.,
located on the river, was destroyed to
the value Of about $40, 600. The fire
was caused by the explosion of one of
the sixteen dynamos in the power sta
ton. This dynamo furnished power to
the Central street railway. The acci-
dent is supposed to have been brought
about in some way by the dropping
by a line repairer of a telephone wire
on the trolley wire of the street rail
Wav line
The state capital., 1892-03-05

SECRETARY BLAINE was closeted with
The president for half an hour. on the
2ath, discussing matters pending be
tween Great Britain and America
The state capital., 1892-03-05

A MAN giving his name as Strassing
has been arrested in Paris, charged
with committing extensive frauds un-
der the pretense of being IN agent of
the Chicago fair. The police say that
he is an old offender.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

THE Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railway Go. has perfected arrange
ments by which it's trains will enter the
Worlds fair grounds in Chicago over the
Baltimore & Ohio tracks, at the south
west corner.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

YOUTHFUL and dangerous forger
named Charles Schmidt, IA years cf
age. has been arrested in Newark, n
j., who had been enjoying trip to
New York on the proceeds of cleverly-
executed forgeries. number of fault
lessly (save one) executed checks were
found on his person. He acquired his
proficiency in penmanship in the New
ark high school.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

THREE bank officials in Sydney, n.
S. W., have been sentenced for seven
years each for fraudulent mismanage-
ment Of the affairs Of the institution.
The state capital., 1892-03-05

THE United States supreme court has
affirmed the validity of the barbed-
wire-fence patent held by the WASH
bourne and Moen Manufacturing Go.