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PITH OF THE NEWS. CONTEST DOMESTIC Tbb elections in Wisconsin show RepubU- M. B. Lsavt says be will build (oar tbee-fan in Chicago next jeer. Miss Olba Bcix, daughter of Ol Bull, th violinist, has gone on the stage.

XrsonaaBB and 1 Reno, Oklahoma, are irith robber and pickpockets. Txa Southeastern Iowa Dairy Association was organized at Ottumwa Wednesday. Thsbb colored children were burned all re at their home in Clayton, on Tuesday night, Tuisdat the Prohibition law of South Dakota was declared constitutional by the State Supreme Court. Drx Putts, bankers, of Wall street. New York, ere said to have beea robbed of $68,000 by three employes.

Tbb Straits of Mackinaw were reported clear of ice Wednesday. Navigation is now open to both lakes. Patti was presented with a small black dog Wednesday evening at New Turk. President Diaz's wife seat it. A looomottts exploded st Long Island City Wednesday, fatally injuring five men and seriously injuring three.

Jobb M. En oa, of Charleston, EL, an intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln, died Wednesday, aged 64 years. Wbdsbsdax the doors of the Duluth Stock Exchange were opened for the transaction of business for the first time. Thb Northern Pacific Hospital at Missoula, burned Wednesday. All the patients were saved.

The loss is $50,000. Two trained Arabian horses fought Wednesday at Madison Square Garden, New York. One stallion nearly killed the other. Mb. Chaubcbt Dim denies that trunk lines hare agreed to discontinue the payment of eonmiMani to eaeh other as agents.

Curmtu in six cities will on May 2 demand an eight-hour day, and in seventy-one disss they will demand a nine-hour day. Tata St. Paul White Lead and Oil Company's works at West St. Paul, Mine-, burned Wednesday. Loea, J106.000 insurance Jobb RraesxL.

Yocso, of Philadelphia, Wednesday was appointed Fourth Vice Presi-' dent of I he Philadelphia and Reading Bail-road. Sxbcb April 1 the Southern Express Company has discharged about ninety messengers for belonging to the Messengers' Brotherhood. No Iixnois Cbbtbax, trains are running sooth of Grenada, the road-bed baring been washed out by high water for some distance. Taa capstone of the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City was laid Wednesday noon, by President Woodruff, in the presence of 60,000 people. Thb Iowa Columbian Fair Commission began a session at Des Moines Wednesday to make final arrangement for Iowa a exhibit at Chicago.

Tbb Georgia Lumbermen's Exchange was organized in Macon Wednesday. It is a trust embracing forty-five firms with a capital of Fnajnc a Democratic politician, was arrested at Springfield, Ohio, Wednesday for attacking a saloonkeeper'a wife with a beer glass. Wbdbxsdat the Nebraska Supreme Court handed down a decision denying the application of John M. Thayer for a reopening of the gubernatorial contest. Ii Wall street Wednesday money closed easy at 2 per cent.

Bar silver was 87. The stock market closed quiet and firm at the highest figures of the day. Ia a cyclone at Olean, N. night, Mrs. Otto Schrsder was killed and a number of other persons were injured.

The loss to property will amount to $50,000. Chart as Whbitab was arrested at St. James. Wednesday for the murder of Gerald Spau'ding at Portage, Win. Whealan resisted and was shot, but not fatally.

At Alton, II the Bev. J. W. Phillips, Chaplain of the Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, Was fouad guilty before an ecclesiastical church of improper relations with Mrs. J.

M. Laird. Miss Bxttxb Ftbtschmab, daughter of a millionaire yeast manufacturer of Cincinnati, has broken her engagement with Count Logothatti. of Hungary, because be refused to be naturalized. A jcbt was secured Wednesday in the Daviess County arson esse, on trial at Peters-bury, Ind.

Basil Ledgerwood testified that James C. and Michael Lavelle hired him to burn the court-house. Coba Yaboba, aged 13, of Allegheny. accidentally killed her baby sister a week ago by dropping her down stairs. Her playmates told her ebe would be hanged for murder.

This sofrightened her that she lost her reason and is now dying. roxxiON. Sib Edward Watkoi and Mrs. Ingram, '-widow of the proprietor of the Illustrated lxmdon tftica, were married in London Wednesday. The bride is S3 years old and the groom 73.

Exfbbob WnxiAK has requested Chancellor Von Capriri to take a holiday. It is reported in political circles that the vacation foreshadows General von Capriri' a complete retirement. Chalks Kjcobt Smith, United Slates Min ister, was given audience Wednesday at Gatschina by the Czar of who expressed his thanks to America for the relief sent amino sufferers. At Angers, ranee, Wednesday anarchists partly destroyed a police station and injured a policeman by means of a dynamite bomb. Six persons have been arrested at Pueblo Nuevo, Spain, charged with exploding petards.

PORT1NO. I 1 Thbbb outsiders, a second choice, and one favorite won races yeeteroayat East St Louis Thb New Orleans race track has been leased for two years by Charles Burch and associates. BrocABBBB won the race for the City and Saburban Handicap at Epsom, England, on Wedaeeday. Abthcb Wbitbbt, the third baseman, has refused to accept the nsual tea days' notice of release fxx-n the Pittsburg club, and says be will enter suit for his season's salary of Whitney won a similar suit from tbe Detroit club; but last year tried to compel Yonder 'Abe to pay him bis full salary and failed. CHICAOO.

AXDBBXAB JbHB J. McCoBXXCK, of the Twenty-third Ward, died yesterday. Thb regular session of the World's Columbian Commission was begun yesterday. Colohbt. Calvxb Goddabd, President of the Alley Road died of heart disease at San Francisco.

Fbotbssob Habpbb, of tbe University of Chicago, lectured oa Technology" last night at Apollo Hall. rBBssrnro exercises were held yesterday St the Andersen School, Lincoln and West Division streets, in honor of Hans Christian Andersen, a bust of the distinguished Dane being preaeoted by Q. H. Knndson. Delecmtes Barred.

Nbw Tobx. April 6. The Newark Methodist Episcopal Confsreaee votes! against admit-tiag women delegates to the coming General Con fa re nee at Omaha. -t 1 7roet sit Bartlnartow 1. -CBLTBOTOB.

Iowa, April 6. SoecialTele. am. A heavy frost covered the ground hers this morning, and It ts reared rxuu buds are Five It ts qv 2 Ocmtinutifrmm. Jwwf Pas.

7 State, they have no hope of carrying the full ticket, and therefore they make a fight for their candidate for Governor, letting all minor offices, and even the Presidential vote, go by default. "Thus it has come about that ia recent elections in Illinois the Democratic candidate for Governor baa generally run ahead of the Democratic candidate for President, even the presidency being made subservient to the desire to elect a Governor in Illinois. In the election of 1888, aa in those preceding, trades were freely made by the Democrats of three or five to one in favor of the Democratic candidate for Governor. This fully accounts for the alight excess of President Harrison's majority over that of Governor Fifer. But see bow other Republican candidates for Governor have fared in the same situa tion.

Those who now depreciate the popu larity of Governor Fifer will perhaps not admit that Senator Cullom was an unpopular candidate yet in 1876, when Cullom ran for Governor, Hayes, who beaded the National ticket, received a majority, over Tilden of 19,631 votes. Cullom at the same election received over his Steward, a majority of but 6,793. Thus CMfcm's majority in Illinois was votes less than the majority of Hayes, and by the same way of reckoning, now applied to Fifer, it could be said that Cullom 13,833 votes behind his ticket. This, however, would not be true, bacauso Steward, the Democratic candidate for Governor, owing to trades and other transient causes, ran very far ahead ot til den, Lac Democratic candidate for President. The figures of 1884 are equally instructive.

General Oglesby, who then ran for Governor, will be admitted upon all hands to haTo been an exceptionally popular candidate. He was opposed by Mayor Carter Harrison. Now, now stood Ute vote in that year Blaine received all told in Illinois, 337,469 votes. Oglesby received 3,236 less than were east for Blaine. But the excess of Blaine's majority over Oglesby 'a was much greater thnn the difference in their respective votes.

Blaine's majority over Cleveland was 25,1 lti, while Oglesby's majority over Harrison was but excess of Biaine's majority over Oglesby's 10.519. If Oglesby were now a candidate his oppooents eon d. with equal fairm as, say that in I80I he had run 10.519 votes behind his ticket. But this would be just as un 'air and as misleading as what is now said with refervatce to Governor Fifer. The Democrats in 1M84 made a desperate effort to e.rct Carter Harrison, just ss they did in 1888 to elect Ialmer; and Carter Harrison, though eertaialy not more popular with the Democrats of the State than Cleveland, had his total vote in Illinois pushed up more than above Cleveland's.

To recapitulate, the official figures show majority was 2.615 leas than Harrison's. The difference is, therefore, in favor of Governor Fifer. This discrepancy ia majorities in 1883, like those in the other years named, is largely ac counted for by the fact that others besides straight Democrats were induced to vote for Governor Fifer'a opponent. It is well known that many Prohibitionists voted for Palmer, and every arrangement fair or otherwise wss freely made which could possibly produce a vote for Palmer. Governor Fifer defeated the most eompre-he naive and the most determined combination that was ever formed to defeat the Republican ticket in Illinois, snd the fact that be defeated that combination at all is a proof of his great popularity.

Under the circumstances a ma jority of 1,000 votes would have been a great victory. COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE. The Cook County Republican Central Committee will meet next Monday and will then make the neceasary arrangementa for calling the primaries to elect delegates to the county convention. This meeting will attract very general attention among politicians and people alike. It should be remembered thafCook County will have 285 delegates out of the 1,235 in the Re.

publican State convention. These 285 will be divided among tire ten Senatorial districts in Cook County, as follows District. Delegate. iDUtrlct. Delegate.

One 21 Six 43 Two 56 Seven 32 .24 1 Nine la 31'Eleven ...80 Thirteen 15 ui'e likely that the county conven tion will be called for about tbe last week in April. This will be the week before the meeting of the State convention. Already about half of the county conventions throughout the State have been held, and there are now from eight to ten a week, so tnat Look County will be along about the very last. EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT REPUBLICANS. The Eighteenth Illinois Congressional District comprise the counties of Bond, Madi son, Monroe, SL Clair, and Vtas ington.

It ia Colonel William R. Morrison's district-That marvelous orator, Jehu Baker, represented it. He it was who defeated Colonel Morrison The district is now represented by Congressman Forman, who was one of tbe "Big Four" in the Illinois State Senate six years ago, and who, whatever efara is said of him, was an uncompromising opponent of the steal known ss the Springfield "printing combine." The Republicans have been looking around this year for a man to carry the district. It seems that Mr. J.

T. McCasland, of East St. Louis, is looked upon by many of tbe active and sagacious men of the Republican party of the district as the one man to pit against tbe Democratic nomin ee this year. Mr. McCasland is a man of business.

He has been visiting in Chicago, and has been- a guest at the Auditorium. He is a young man in the "thirties." His business s'andmg East St, Louis has naturally attracted the party leaders to him. He is capitalist who nas seoared for his cry some very valuable advantages. He has built an opera house there, and is the chief promoter of a number of successful real estate enterprises, which have attracts i wide attention for their novelty and have been of much permanent value to the city. In East St Louis they call Mr.

McCasland the "city's mascot," because of tbe fact that everything he baa gone into as a business enterprise has been so successful. They behove his fortune would follow him if he were to be nominated by the Republicans for Congress. Mr. McCasland is favorably known in financial circles in Chicago. His success in the field of politfc-s would only be adding another leaf to his wreath.

It is -stated by thoe- who understand the situation politically in tbe Eighteenth District, that Mr. Mc Casland will be nominated and that his election will naturally follow, because not only of his personal strength, but also because of the political situation this year ia that part of Illinois. ECHOES FROM THB PRAT. Tbe eitisens of the Twenty-seventh Ward will ratify the election of the Reiwblican ticket Monday evening at a von dale. Steven Carek, who sought to illegally vote on election day by impersonating a voter in tbe twelfth precinct of the Seventh Ward, appeared for trial before Justice Eberbsrdt but his case wss continued until Saturday that more evidence might be seemed.

There era not many cases in the Armory Potioe Court irrowinw out of disturbances at the polls Tuesday, a fact, soeording to Justice Glennona opinion, attributable to tbe reiiiCT ot Uta Australian system. Dick Man- ley insulted nicer Hickey when tbe latter tried to arrest him at the polls at Twenty, fifth street -and- Wabash svenuo. Justice Glennon 1 discharged him after making him apologize ia open oourt to the cfllcer. George Handy, who tried to vote under the name of John Foley six hours after be arrived her from Jackson, asked for a eonuan--ance of bis case until Saturday, which was granted. 1 John Gardner, a eitiasa who became over ambitious ia bis seal to elect bis favorite caa-didats Tuesday, was ordered to appear for investigation before the grand Jury by est At Blums yesterday morning.

Gardner was ar rested on attempting to impersonate a voter in the nineteenth reeiaetof tbe Eighteentki Ward. Us appeared before judges ot leo THE JJAIIiY INTER: OCEAN TE5UHSD A MOBNINO, APHUi 7, tion giving his name as Nicholas Brown, of No. 200 West Madison street, but one of the lodges. Cyrus iw Hummer, remnniwiraa was Brown bad already voted. Gardner sought to explain matters to the euurt by sayiug that be was offered $5 to vote in this bat eould not tell who it was that had offered turn the xaoney.

HIRED TO FTRKACOTJKT-HOUSK. Basil SVedgarweod mUm Ills Story, la the Daviess Coasty Arson Case. Pxxbbsbtjbo, April 6. Special Tel. gram, The trial of the great Daviess County arson case was resumed this morning, and it took until 10 JO o'clock to complete the selection of the jury.

A statement of the case was then made by J. A. Ogden, one of the State's attorneys. In the afternoon Basil Ledgerwood, one of the men whom Lavelle and Hawes paid to do the firing, was put on the stand. He is one i the principal State's witnesses, and great interest was manifested in his testimony.

It is known that Ledgerwood's family is being cared for at avelle's expense, with a hope that the testimony of Ledgerwobd, whose confessions had implicated the ex-Auditor and Beoorder, would be modified. The fire occurred on the morning of Oct. 7. Ledgerwood testified that he was first approached by the down-fallen James and Mike Lavelle, for the purpos? of obtaining his services in burning the court bouse on Sept. 22.

They took him in a buggy to a saloon on the outskirts of Washington. On the way Lavelle told Ledgewood that be wanted him to burn the oourt bouse, and would pay him for the job either $000 in cash, or would give him a deed to the bouse in which Ledgerwood was then living. Ledgerwood says he neither refused nor promised at that time to do the job. They went to the saloon, Lavelle treated and Led-gerwood's memory of what elsj was said at this meeting is somewhat blurred by an excess of drrhk. Several days after this J.

C. Lavelle and Ledgerwood met at the fair ground and talked about the matter. Lavelle to'd Ledger-wood that he wanted to burn the courthouse, as there was $50,000 insurance on the building, which would build a better bouse, and be thought the county should have the benefit of the insurance. He would be in Cincinnati on the night that the work was done. This plan, however, he afterwards changed, and aaid that he would remain at home and have a card party that night.

Lavelle also fold Ledgerwood that be had made arrangementa for procuring a large quantity of coal oil to start the fire rith. He also told Ledgerwood that James Padgett and Samuel Harbin would help him commit the crime, and instructed Ledger-wood to meat him at his office at 7 or 8 o'clock that evening to make further arrangements. The next day the final consultation of the conspirators was held in tha back room to a laundry, at which meeting there were present James C. Lavelle, Mike Lavelle, A. B.

Howes, James Padgett, and Samuel Hardin, besides Ledgerwood. A. B. Hawes administered to all present an iron-dad oath binding them to absolute secrecy, and the penalty ot divulg ing anything raid was to be death. After perfecting arrangements they left the building by twos and threes to avoid attracting attention, Hawes, Harbin and Ledger-wood leaving together.

The court-house was to be burned on the night of Oct. 6. Hswes and Lavelle instructed Ledgerwood and Harbin to soak the books with ooal oil, twenty gallons of which would in the meantime be concealed in the grand jurors' room Aod gave them minute instructions for carrying out the great crime. Such in brief is the history ef the conspiracy ss related by one who set the match to the building, and who ia now serving a seventeen-year sentence for his crime. DEPEW DENIES THE 8TOHY.

Trunk Unea Have Made Ko New men I Ke ardtag Coaaajiltsleaa. Naw York, April 6. Special Trlegrnm. A report was published to-day that a combination had been formed in Chicago between the Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania line in the East and the Chicago. Milwaukee and St.

Paul, tbe Chicago Burlington and Quincy, the Chicago and Northwestern and tbe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe in the West, by which the companies named bad agreed to discontinue the payment of commissions to each other as agent. To a reporter Mr. Depew said to-day. "All the trunk lines agreed at one time to refuse to sell the Alton tickets by which the Alton paid commissions. At tbe last meeting of the Board of Preeidenta of the Trunk Line Association it was reported that the Grand Trunk and the Erie had selling the Alton tickets, notwithstanding the agreement, whereupon a resolution was passed th all the lines in the be released from the agreement, whatever that might be.

"Since then there has been no meeting of the trunk line presidents, and there has been no consideration, combination, or united action on the subject by any of the members of the Bssociution. Eastern members have acted under tbe resolution which gave all full liberty to act aa tbe -managers of each separate road saw fit." UNIVKRSITY OP CHICAGO. Mm trlealattoa Exavaalawtteaa to II aid at Several Centers April 14 aad IS. The first session of the preliminary examination for the University of Chicago will be held April 14 and 15, at tbe Y. M.

A. Building, No. 143 Madison street and also in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Dayton, Springfield, Louisville, Nashville, St. Louis, Atlanta, Washington, Detroit, St.

Paul, In dianapolis, Omaha, Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon; Seattle, New Orleans, Dallas, and Toronto, Canada. 1 All candidates must present themselves punctually at o'clock. The examination will embrace elementary Greek, Lath, French, German, history and mathematics. This will constitute one-half of the examinations, the second session will be held June 27 and 28, and in A tee of $5 for the examination, payable before April 12, ahould be seat to T. W.

Goodspeed, secretary, room 1213 Chamber of Commerce Building. WANTS OF COLORED! MEN. Besolarloas dopted by the Afro-AjBcrieaa froteetlve Lm(d. Lahsxbo, April 6. Resolutions were sdopted by tbe Michigan Afro-American Protective League whose convention has Just closed, calling on Congress to enforce the law granting free speech, assemblage and eom pe tition in industrial pursuits, regardless of race or color; and 'that Congress pass a National clsction bill, granting political privileges to all men.

The National administration was indorsed and a request made that tba Stats Republican convention name as delegate at large to the Minneapolis convention a man chosen by league. John J. Evans, of Battle Creek, was chosen. The name of the organisation was changed to The Michigan Equal Suffrage Asso ciation. i Mr.

Cable Readina; To-day. George W. Cable, tbe novelist of Creole life, will give a reading at 8 clock this afternoon at tbe Newberry Library under the auspices of tbe Alumni Association of Smith College and for tbe benefit of tbe college "library. All friends of the institution and friends of education geaerally axe invited to attend. 1 River Men's Strike ISnkteeV; i Sx.

Lorxs, April CWThe river men's strike, which has been on just week, ended to-day by mutual concessions. Several ban- daed men have returned to Tax Prso'S Rbhbdt bob Cat abb It handy aad pleasant to take, and, what Is ear, au oraggisis. swe. INSURANCE. CIRCLES.

bim New Orleans Compact Commlt- io inor eases uaT.es. til- iti' SUNDAY'S FIRE THE CAUSE. Busings of 'Ijfre Western era' Offered. MIU- Legaltty of" "the Beers Pension" Questioned General News The Fire Record. INCREASES THB RATES.

Nxw Obxbabs, April 6. Special Telegram. Owing to the heavy losses by Sunday's fire the oompnet committee has ad vanced rates to the following figures, to go into effect immediately Un cotton presses, buildings, and ma chinery, $3 a hundred cotton ia standard presses contained within the yards (not in cluding the streets adjoining pretse), subject to the coinsurance clause and all policies to contain warranty that same will be vitiated if cotton is piled ia the court or ranged in open court within thirty feet of any compartment. On the hit ing tariff an advance of 50 per cent ia declared in foroe on all retail stocks and 25 per cent advance on the buildings in which such Stocks are contained. On whole sale stocks the advance is 25 per cent, and the same on buildings in wlucn they are con tained.

xtaiea on ones siatod noe mills, new pro- ocas, are advanced to a basis rate of $2, and on onca aisled, old process the usual clause for exposure to prevail in both PLACED ON THB MARKET. It is learned that propositions have been made to dispose of the business of d9 West- era Millers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Minneapolis, to-stock companies, and if a proper price can bo obtained a deal of some kind will undoubtedly be made. The com pany was organized a year ago, and in that time has built up quite a business in flour mills, elevators, and triaiii. Just bow the transfer will be made underwriters can hardly understand, as 10 such a deal undoubtedly much of the business would be lost. And.

too, the lines carried are large for the ordinary a lock company. THB BE ESS PENSION. Nbw Yobk, April Sproiai Tr Ingram. It is learned that the courts will be called upon to establish tbe legality of the contract entered into by Ute trustees of the New York Life In surance Company whereby a pension of 00 was voted to the then President of the company, Win. H.

Beers, in consideration of his resigning that office. This statement is confirmed by Presidrat John A. McCall. A regular cautract waa executed between Mr. Boers and she trustees of tbe oomnsny, but be uas as yet Qntvn pair 01 1 ne pension, ana will not be allowed 'to the courts settle the matter.

ON TEXTILE MILLS. The Philadelphia Fire Underwriters' Asso- 1 ciation has lust adopted the following "Rrtolttd, Thai all rates on all textile mills be advanced 8.1iper cent, and the 80 per cent co-insurance -clause required, and that on Mites already advanced JJ per cent Mine be related and brought up to the basis of S3X and 80 per cent co-insurance c'aus? re quired, the foregoing not to apply to risks protected by Sfyinklers snd rated on that basis." fiUIT FOR RECOVERY. Wikchkshb, April 6. Special Telegram. Suits have been filed in the Circuit Court hen, by Jones Gray, large grain and hemp dealers, against the following companies to recover under policies covering the contents of their largo warehouse which was rece ntly destroyed by fire North British and Mercantile, Germainia, of New York, 'Royal, 14.00; Phoenix, of Hartford.

Fire Association, $5X00; Liverpool and London and Globe, $5410; German American, Hartford, Insurance Company of North America, London and Lancashire. $100. A LITTLE FRICTION. Thf re is said to be some li'tlo friction at Milwaukee over tbe twelve agents of the Rockford in that city, the board rules allowing general agency companies only five. Tbe Hock ford 'e position is that as local com panies are allowed twenty agencies it is un just that general agency companies should only have a lesser number.

The company has refused to take up the extra seven. INSURANCE NOTES. A new real estate title insurance company is on foot in Indianapolis. P. R.

Goodrich, of Des Moines, specia agent of the Niagara, is in Chicago. E. W. Wile, of Laporta, InL, special agent of the Manchester, was in the city yesterday. John E.

DeWitt, President of the Union Mutual Life, of Portland, Maine, is in Chicago. George R. Lewis and F. F. Gordon, of the firm of Fletcher.

Lewis A prominent Minneapolis agents, are in Chicago. About thirty agents of tbe Northwestern Department of the State Mutual Life held a meeting at the company offices in this city yesterday. Geonre B. Edwards, for eijrhteea rears in the service of tbe German ia Fire Insurance Company, of New York, has been elected second vice president of the company. A.

3. Bullock, of Worcester, President of the State Mutual Lifs. is in Chicago attending a meeting of the World's Columbian Commission, of which he is a member- at-large. Lewis S. Higgins.

of Omaha, formerly with IKm Kmntra Ktnte. has been armoinled anecial agent of the Northwestern national of Mil waukee for the S.aies of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. A. D. Eaa'on, of Cincinnati, representing the New York Accident Society, was arrested in that city Tuesdsy at the instance of Insurance Commissioner Kinder, charged with so liciting DUSiness wrmout a license.

The Newspaper Men's Annuity Fund Association is the scheme of a bright fellow in Ohio, who propones that all publishing firms devote halfyrf 1 pet'fcent of their gross receipts for nve yea to a jima tor pensioning veteran The firm til WorUiington Everts, of Min aeapolisL has dissolved. A. W. Wortbington and A. B.

Exerts dixiding the companies and each continuing 1 tha business. It is under stood that O. Cae i with Mr. rerts. has become associated Gridley tku Banard, of Omaha have been appointed agents of the New Yoik Underwriter's Agency, vie Perfect i A Newman.

Thiichaima'ii rnroa ia consequence of the recent engaemeritof C. E. Baboock with the Phemx of "Brooklyn, and the placing ox a Pbenix agyaaiy wish the latter firm. Much saUrfactfty was expressed on tbe street yesterday at the result of the meeting Tuesdsy lnfTjgA0 the world Fair insurance represents toon. The board of management eleetedewaa considered to be exoep: ion- ally strong, and it is expected that ao time wiil tost in completing the plans and pushing the work.

THB FIRE RECORD. PrcrCA, Ohio, April 6. Special Telegram. The oss and insurance on Cronkilla a. Co.

furniture factory which burned last evening is ss follows Loss on buildings, $90,000 machinery, $20,000 -finished stock, material, total, $155,000. Insurance on buildings, machinery, stock snd material amounting to $00,000 is as follows: Rhode Iland Uixierwrita Ooaeaof British America Beearity of New 2)00 Continental. Niagara r.f New Hoaoeof New Rochester (iennaa. A.O0O Traders of Chteejro. X.9H9 Concordia of aldwaukas SJMO Pbeulx of BrooHrn.

t.tOO Franklin of PaUAdolphia IaMraneCoinrwareaiorth iisrica E.wiO PsBasvivuia ftr art -t Leaden and 0 UiAm 1 ii B.0US Beottiah Unioa and KiehlaadMatnaL Mansfield. t.oro Ohio Mutual, National oi HarUonL.MM IM x.orvU0ro qi ijowiod Suuu Mieliiaaa Fire and 100 American of New IJtm.MmilRMm jrton 01 in rimrflold Firs and 1.000 1,000 North British and Mercantile UiO jtaneneater 4 Knox County Mutual 1JM0 Uirard of 14U0 St. Path Aonl 6. Snedal Tela. trraua.

The large works of the St. Paul White Lead and Oil Company, at West SL Paul, were totally destroyed by Ore this morning. Tbe total loss ia about $105,000, as follows: On stock, on building, $30,000 on machinery, $30,000. The total insurance ia about $50,000, in the folWiag companies: Insurance Company of North America. Liv- London.

Lancashire. Commercial Union. Con necucut ire, uerman American, rnenix 01 Brooklyn. UoyaL American of New York Manchester. Qranita State, Hartford and eonay.

varoa. FsAirrroBT. April 9. Special TeUoram. The Klkhorn Mills at this place were par.

tially burned this morniiuz. The loss is about (25.000. Companies interested are as follows North British and Mercantile, Niagara, Mich igan ira and Marine. Lon. 1 radera of Ciu CHgo, Springfield, New York Bowery, and St.

I'aui liermnn. TTJSTnt. A mil fi. Sneeial TWearam. Odd Fellows' Hall, Javernes reeidenos.

Andrews printing owce, tialt meat market. Lavernes A Sti-ohenson's arocerv snd drv goods store, and Jones' hotel were destroyed ty nrj at. 2 clock this morning. Hotel gurs's left the build ng with night clothes only. Two girls badly burned.

Loss, insured lor 1 2 it. BuBsnuj. April 6. Special Trle- crram. Fire broke out at an early boar in Manning's big livery establishment, which cremated seven horses aad at one time threat ened to wipe out tbe entire east section of tbe place.

1 he wires are down in consequence of the storm and no details are obtainable yet. Alimorxi. MenU. ADril 6. Tbe northern Pacific Hospital is now burning aad will be a total loss.

All patients, and st of furni ture, have been saved. 1 he building was a unite structure, and the names Bureau with great rapidity. The loss may reach $50,000. vernn, April 6. Sitmal TeUaram.

Four business place, the Odd Fellows' and O. A. B. balls, and several dwel ing houses were burned bore late last night. loss.

$JQ, 0U); insurance, $3,000. OrUEJi BLAHS Atro rasCBAKCB. Companies interested in the Otsego Chair Company's loss at Otsego, are as fol lows: Hartford, aad Mercantile, Niagara, Pennayl- vama, si.OOi; tspnngneld, Loss about Insurance on the Bedfield Proctor property at Toledo is as follows: Home, Niagara, Liberty, $1,600. At Chiilioothe. in tbe irrocery bouse of Moorman 3c Cleveland.

Loss, $4, CM): insur ance, $3,500. IB CBICAOO. A two-story frame house on Florence ave nue, near One Hundred and raifhth street. South Chicago, owned by Daniel Scully and occupied by Charles Uennehy, was destroyed by ore yesterday. The loss on the building as II.UJO and on the contents $300.

Tbe cause of the fire is unknown. OBITUARY. COLONEL CALVIN OODOARD. Colonel Calvin Goddard, President of the Alley Road, died of heart diseasa Mon day in the Occidental Hotel, San Francisco. Colonel Goddard had been ill for several months.

Buffering from insomnia, indigea'ion, and heart disease, superinduced by a severe attack of the grip. In January his physician ordered him a warmer climate, and accompanied by his wife, he left for Los Angeles Feo. 9. Occasional letters to Chicago told of returning health, and frieads thought tbe Colonel was on the highway to bfwlth. Two weeks ago be went to Monterey and suffered a relapse.

On Monday a letter was received from Mrs. Goddard announcing that the set-back was but temporary. While tbe letter was being read ia the office of C. C. Gurley.

attorney for the road, a telegram was received from the proprietor of the Occidental Hotel, announcing tbe sudden death of Colonel Goddard. Calvin Goddard was born in Norwiea, about 1839. When young he entered a local bank as paying teller. He afterwards went to Cincinnati and secured fine position in a bank. Later he came to Chicago, and waa associated with Lyman J.

Gage as teller of i be old Merchants' Loan and Trust Com pany. During the war' he entered the service at Cleveland and served on General Garescbe'e staff, until that officer was killed at Stone River, and young Goddard succeeded him adjutant general, although but 23 years old. He was associated wi Russell A. Alger in tbe Michigan pine business, finally going to ew York, where he resided until three years aga, coming to Utucaffo to accept the presi dency of the Alley Road. In New York Colonel Goddard gave particular attention to the adjustment of financial problems and business controversies.

He represented the Northern Pacific Railroad. New York City and Noithern Railway, and the Hannibal and St. Joe. He adjusted the plan of organization of the present elevated railway system of New York city, a settle ment that involved millions. He also promoted the Broadway Arcade Road, in which tho late President Arthur was interested.

Colonel Goddard resided at No. 414 North State street, and leaves son, Herbert and a daughter, Mrs. R. A. Woodward, of New York.

Toe son left last night for ffsnsss City to meet the remains, which will arrive here on Saturday. JOHN J. M'CORMICK. Alderman John J. McCormick.

of the Twenty-third Ward, died yesterday afternoon, at his residence, No. 86 Superior street, after a lingering illness. His death had been expected for some time, so that his family and friends were not surprised when the sad event took place. Mr. McCormick bas been prominent figure in Twenty-third Ward politics for several years.

He was born thirty-three years ago in this city. His father and mother, both of whom have passed sway, came to Chicago from the Western part of Ireland. John McCormick attended school la this city, being graduated from the West Division High School with high honors. He was anxious to become a polios officer, and soon after completing his high school course was appointed a detective at the can- tral station. Those who are familiar with tbe Bolioe department ten years ago remember Mr.

McCormick as an officac whose wss connected with anaay important He and Detective Granger always traveled together, and they were regarded as two of tbe beet? iflksers on the foroe. When Mr. McCormick left tbe fore he accepted the candidacy for supervisor on the D. mocratic North Town ticket. He was elected and served two years, making a record creditable to bimsalf and acoantabl to bis iv years ago ne was prevailed upon so make the alderman io race in the Twenty, third Ward on the Democratic ticket.

He ac cepted tbe nomination and was elected. So well pleased were the people of bis ward with his services that ha was sent back -to th Coun cil in 1889 and again last year. Mr. McCormick was married April loo. to Mary O' Ala Hey.

His wife and three children survive him. He leaves also three broth-era, Thomas, James, and Martin McCormick, and two sisters, Mrs. John Sweeney and Mrs. Tbe funeral will be Mid Saturday, iromme late residence to the Cathedral of the Holy Name, at 10 :30 o'clock. Tba burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, f.

Lottery Officer Will Giw TJx. Sab Abtowto, Texas, April 6. John A. Morris, of the Louisiana Stats Lottery Company, said to a reporter that th lottery company would dissolve snd go out of business at tbe expiration of its charter fa 1835. Morris denied that the company contemplates establishing itself in Mexico or e'sswbera, BOURBONS ARE BLUE Michigan and -Wisconsin Town Elections Dismay Them.

ILLINOIS AFFORDS NO HOPE. The Cains by Republicans Considered Important. Are Big Cuts Mad In Fortntr Demo ratio Majorities Sam Soab-- taring Return. DEMOCRATS DRPRBSSBO. Obabo Rakd.

Mictu, April Special 1 etegrami. la ula eoaatort eaa ttaa Democrats gain from the results of the municipal lections hell in the Stat Monday. Looking over tbe Stat to-day they see saaroaly a city of any size that they can ball their own. De troit, by virtue -of a Utter factional fight, led on one aid by Don Dickinson, elected but fall a full Republican ticket This city, which a year ago elected a Democratic Mayor by LGOO plurality, on Monday elected a Republican Mayor by a plurality of nearly 603. Lansing, with the influenoe of the Stat Housa clerks, officials and employes in the balance, elected a full Re publican, ticket.

Saginaw, a Democratic strooghold, will have a tt9publioaa mayor and etty officials tha ensuing yeir. Ionia and Jackson, both Democratic strongholds, have gone over to the other side. Kalamazoo, runt, Cold water, Muskegon, Grand Haven, Ypsilanti, Cheboygan, Albion and ington, Republican cities which the Democrats were confident thsy would carry, have all elected Republican tickets by largely increased pluralities. Bay City, Alpena and a few other Democratic cities have been saved by the Democracy, but by greatly decreased pluralities. In every quarter the Republicans have made substantial gains, and they enter upon the National and State campaign in eseesioa ot th municipal machinery of every city of any aize in the State.

BOURBONS LOST VOTES. April 6. The election throughout Wisconsin yesterday was watched with great interest by loliUcxana, as it was the first election of cous-quenca sinee the Democrats under the leadership of Governor Peck wrested the State from the Republicans. The principal interest, of course, centered in Milwaukee City and County, which Governor Peck carried by about Yesterday Mayor Somers (Democrat) waa chosen by 8,201 plurality, and the rest of the Democratic ticket, with the exception of the candidate for the Municipal Court clerkship, pulled through with majorities running from 200 to L20Q. Frank Woller (Rep) for Municipal Court e'erk, was elected by L245 majority.

Two years ago tbe average Democratic major ity in city and county was 600. Yesterday it was 1,400. In the State, party lines were not closely drawn, and the vote seems to have been as usual at spring elections. Republican gams are reported from many points, notably Ashland, where Colonel John U. Knight was defeated and W.

R. Durfee is elected Mayor by 400 plurality. Several ci ics in Northern Wisconsin that gave majorities to Peck elected Republican city tickets yesterday by good majorities. Among these Chippewa Falls, Wauaau, and Merrill are the most notable. Waukesha elected all Republican candi dates eicDt chairman.

State Oil InsDectoi (Dem.) was beaten for Mayor of De- cere. khorn. for the Brst time in many years, elected an entire Republican ticket, and aneboygaa goes rtepuDiican. John B. Vlmalow waa elected to tbe Su preme Wench wiinoul opposition.

4uage Frank Fish is re-elected Judtre of tbe First Judicial Circuit, and Judge N. S. Gilaon the Fonddu Lac circuit. WrsT Scpbbjob. is.

April 5. The mumc- pal election yesterday resulted in a victory for J. W. Scott, over William Noonan, Dem. The total votes oast was 605.

Tbe vote shows sn increase of 2-300 over last year, and waa leas than expected, as the registration surpassed 7.00J. Abe enure Republican ticket was elected. Racibb. April 6. Special Telegram.

Full returns from the city and county on the judicial election, show that James R. Dooattle received TUB majority in toe city and 117 in the county making his total majority 825. In Kenosha County Mr. Doouttle ma jdrity is 250. Full returns from Walworth County give Frank M.

Fish, the opponent of Mr.DooLttle, 2.461 majority which insure his election by nearly 2,000 majority. Tbe figures on tbe city ejeoftoa are unchanged except that it was discovered that John Leigler (Democrat) was elected assessor by sixteen majority. 1. B. Winslow.

for associate iustioe. received 2.595 votes in tbe city. The total number of votes cast against liquor license was 1 UL'l. and lor license Zaci. George Thomas, young maa not Zl years of aire, is charged with voting, and an election inspector is charged with conspiring and aid ing him.

Both will be" arrested. U-UNOIS RETURNS. MoBTir ixo. April Spdal Tele-gram. Ths complete returns from Piatt County show large Republican gains.

The Board of Supervisors at the last election was lour Democrats and four Republicans. It bow stands six Republicans and two Demo crats. The Australian system worked well. There were only ten votes rejected in a vote of 65 ia this city, Mattoob, IlL. April 6.

Special Telegram. Complete returns show a large increase in tba Republican vote all over Coles County and a reeovery of the majority on the county board, which baa by the grace of a Mug wump element beea Democratic for the hut few years. Fatbbttby, April 6. Special Telegram. Returns from Livingston County at large show that the Democrats have elected enough Supervisors to insure a majority in the Board of Supervisors.

The new board is composed of eighteen Democrats and thirteen Repub licans. Ttjsooxa. April Special Telegram. Later xenons from the back townships In Douslass County show that the. Democrats have carried Garrett, which insures them on majority on tbe Board of Supervisor.

BsBTOjr. 111., April S. Special Telegram. The following is tbe ticket ss elected by the Democrats ia this county yesterday: For State's Attorney, -W. F.

8piHer: Circuit Clerk, G. B. Shaw: Surveyor, P. Lager Cor. oner.

I. TaytoK CaAKiroH. IlL. April 6. Speetof Tsfs-rrram.

The Australian ballot system wss tried yesterday. Republicans made gains all over toe coun ana tne voumy uoara was changed to Republican by two majority. Only light vote was polled. ErraoaiK IILi April 6. Special Ttf.egram.

Tba Australian ballot triad in this county yesterday for tbe first tin resulted disastrously for th Democrats. Tbe Republicans mads a clear gaia of thre township supervisors. The board will now stand ten Democrats and four Republicans. The Republican also elected- portions their ticket in two other townships heretofore Democratic A big majority was cast for the stock law. Cabtbaobv April specia retegram.

tlTUHWW! nun Returns from Hancock County show Demo eratie gains. The following supervisors were elected Di Pi CoUwaa, Augusta, Republican Marion Hows, Hancock Dallas. Jesse Wimp, Democrat; Laharpe, W. E. Maaifold, Democrat; Prairie.

Dr.C. D. Denton, Republican; Wilcox, Homer McMahcn, Democrat Sonora' Milo Fulton, Democrat. i 'J. BiooaraoTOjr, IiL, April Telegram.

ia th township elect ions in this county yesterday fourteen Supervisors were elected. The Republicans gained three Su pervisors, making the 'board stand twenty. sin xtertttDlicans ana ten ueiuecrars, as against twenty-six Republicans aad thirteen Dacnoerats ia the retiring bardv Th vote was light. Bbxtob, HU April 6. Special TeUvrams The Republicans carried fiv out of ths thir.

leen townships in Franklin County yesterosy. the same as last spring. Chakfaiow, IlL, April fcSpeeiof Tele. prnin. Reports flora many of ths townships in this eounty give good results for the Australian system and fewer mistakes ooourrsd than were expected.

Sadoras eleeted the following Town Clerk, H. Morgan, majority Assessor. M. H. Uannon, Collector, W.

M. Hirwin, 61 1 Commissioner of Highways, A. i. XL Homer elected a straight Republican ticket, as follows i Supervisor, S. H.

Ball. tXit Town Clerk. J. B. Speaker, 147f Aaeesjor, Hugh 0.

Neil, 20; Will, lam Vretng, (fit Commissioner of Highways, Clint Brown, 20. OXEOON REPUBLICANS. Poitlod, Oregon, April Th Republican ets Convention met to-day, and sdopted resolutions ia favor of th tariff aad red- procity, and indorsed Ah adminis ration of President Harrison. They also favor th election of United States Senators by copular rot, and demand th ssohjsioa of th Chinese. Of silver the platform sarst Indorse th emended coinage act of the last Repub- licaa Congress, by which tbe entire prodae tion of the silver mines of the United 8' a tee is added to the currency of the peepta.

The following delegates to the Republican National Convention were elected i JommcJi Simon, Jonathan Bourne, Thomas U. Toague, O. C. Applegate, C. M.

Donaldson. K. noiverton, c. r. jrulton, and K.

IL. ilayes. Eight alternates were selected. CoDsressman Bioirer Hermann wss nomi. nated to succeed himaeU ia the First Con.

gressional District by acclamation. W. R. Ellis, of Heppner, was nominated for Congress from the Second District. Without coiriDletinff the State ticket th convention adjourned.

POLITICAL. NOTES. Cabxi, IIL, April 9. Special TeVvram- The Democratic primaries for this (White) county yesterday resulted ia instruct ions for J. R.

Williams for Congress in the Nineteenth District, and A. M. Htratton, of Jefferson County, for of SBts Board of Equal. i tion; John T. Norsworthy, fof the General George R.

Williams for Circuit Court, F. N. Parish for State's At torney end R- T. Organ for CommiUeman. At the mass conventaou Lo-day John T.

Norsworthy of "101 fame endeavored to secure the indorsement of General John M. I'afcuer for Prwident, but the resolution was promptly vo'ed down. The fight in the primaries for letrislativ candidates wss probably the most hotly tested that has ever taken rlaoe in this eountr. John T. Norsworthy, the present Repraeeat.

uve. hunoa Grant, city Mayor, and Arthur Welsh, of Enfield, were th county coo teat-suts. and Norsworthy won the race againS the held, securing an indorsement of bis offi. rial career. His nomination for the Senate is probable at the convention of tbe Forty-sixth District.

Psac, April 6. Sntcial TeUaram. After three days of flsrunnt by the canvass ing board the result of last Saturday's Democratic primary is mads known. The following is the ticket aa nominated Represents- tire, H. V.

Passage; Sheriff, Thomas Mo Kinatry; Treasurer, W. H. Zimmerman Prosecuting Attorney. F. D.

Butler: County" Assessor, John Lougbridge Surveyor, Noah Truwal. The contest was very close and much bad blood is now being exhibited by the defeated candidates. The Republicans are jubilant over tbe ticke. as they are oonfi. dent it can be defeated in November.

Woodstock, 111., April 8. Sitecial Tele gram. The Democratic County Convention waa held in this ei'y to-day. lao, five dele. gates to the State convention are: John Donnelly, J.

N. Palmer, John Donahue, J. A. Sweeney, and Willitm Suffel. They go un-instructed.

The National delegates were in. r.ructed for the Hon. John C. Donnely, for Rcpreeentative. No preferences for Presi.

dent or Governor. WILL. DOUBLE THE GRANT. Positive itnraat That Great Britain's Fair raid Is tm Doubled. Lowoos, April 6.

A large meeting of the Society of Arts wss held this evening. Douglas Galton was in the chair. Mr. McCormick, tbe Chicago Fair Commissioner, read an exhaustive paper on the futur of trade relations between Greet Britain and the United States. He gave a forcible array of statis'ks showing that the United States is England's best customer, and said there was every reason why England should be well represented at th Chicago fair.

Replying to English, criticisms on ths) American tariff legislation, he denied that th McKinley law was especially aimed at England. That law, be aaid, was simply based upon intelligent self -lata rest, which was the motive of actios of individuals as well as of atin Ha reverted to the English history of protection, proving that protection was maia tained by England ss long as it was ex pedient to maintaia it, and that free trad waa resorted to only when the position of Great Britain mads protection hurtful. He quoted official date disclosing the fact that tbe British manufacturers' outcry against the McKinley law is not Justified by tbe results of its operation, maaufaotoracs still having th largest share of th Amerioaa bad. Th greatest complaints about the tariff, said, cam from ooUon and woolen manirfao-turers, who had special reason to be satisfied with the McKinley law. Apart from this, the exports from th Uni'ed Kingdom to Rna United States during the last quarter ot 1881 increased by 4470.0UD over th exports for th same quarter ia 1800.

Ia conclusion Mr. McCormick said that trad disputes need not separate tbe two pa, pies; that they cou'd meet in Chicago as rivals, not only in trade, but also ia ela rating and purifying its methods. Mr. Galton In proposing a rot of tbsnks to Mr. McCormick said be eould definitely snnoune that th British Government would more than doubls the present grant for tbe Chicago fair, and that the society -would eboliah all charges for space.

lai announcement was raoatvea wita An Associated Press representative learned that the grant will probably amount to 300.00a ii QCLNN MEANS BUSINESS, -j Be Says Be wm Bare the BcAbeee Before th Oread Jwry. James A- Quinn, th North Clark street hatter, who says he was assaulted by M. B. and Charles McAbee ia his store Tuesday night, says be will not cause the arrest of bis assailant before a Justio of th pesos, b. cause he does not think, he eaa get justio in that manner.

'I shall take the matter before ths grand Jury," said Mr. Quinn last er ling, Maad have the two Mo A bees and th men who earn with them to my store indicted for Oon-spiracy to murder. From what I have learned I am oonviaeed that McAbee and his gang intended to murder me. I wss formed by soma of my friends election day that the Mo- -Abeee intended to do me an. and only for th fact of my brother coming to my aasisteno with a revolver, I believe they would have killed Toeeday night, I am quwtlyvooU Untia avUnaa.

and whoa th time arrives I will have abundant proof of a conspiracy that will land McAbee, his nrouter. ana several members of the gang in Joliet," Water-works for Cincinnati. CouT-wos, Ohio, April 6. Th bill author. Ixing Cincinnati to expend 9o.000.000 for water-works and for tbe appointment of a commission to have charge of th same be- 1 a law to-day without the apparent knowledge of its opponents.

Ladle Want to Voti DArvriXB. Ill- April t. Special Telegram. Twenty-flVs prominsnt ladiss have called a meeting of women to-morrow to consider whether they shall avail themselves of thalx privilrgrs in ths eominjr school slectioa..