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mewzmmm U. S. HAS SURPLUS OF 125 MILLIONS JENAB FAZEL Secretary Mellon Announces the Government's May Financ- > ing Program. IV RETIRE VICTORY NOTES Will Issue New Treasury Bonds to Run for Four Years and Bear Interest at Rate of 4% Per Cent. ,; AVashinpton* May 7.--In announcing the government's May financing pro-' ftani, which will comprise a $400,000,- 000 issue of .4% per cent treasury notes maturing on March 15.192". with the treasury reserving the right to allot additional notes to the extent that 494 per cent Victory notes are tendered in payment. Secretary Mellon presented a review of the condition of federal finances, in which he predicted tiSat the national budget for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1023, would show . a surplus /if more t han $125,000,000 In tfVenues oyer expenditures. :; tTliis declaration by the head of the Treasury department supplemented a statement made by Director Lord of the budget bureau that there would be a-furplus of at least $60,000,000 shown In the budget as a result of government economies, record custom receipts, and internal revenue receipts on a scale that exceeded'expectations. Earlier in the fiscal year officials had expressed concern over the possibility of a heavy budget deficit. In his review of'the federal finances contained in a letter to banking institutions, Secretary Mellon gave an Interesting picture of the financing which has been carried on. He stated an encouragingly sound condition, which appeared to indicate that the budget would be balanced from year to year and that economy in expenditures, the process of gradually reducing the public debt, could be maintained steadily from this time. Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons to Fight on July 4 Chicago, May 7.--According to articles of agreement signed here. Jack Derapsev will defend the heavyweight championship of the world at Shelby, Mont., on July 4. Tommy Gibbons of St Paul, challenger, will be his opponent. They will go fifteen or less rotinds to a decision. Under the terms 01 the agreement Dempsey is to get a flat guarantee of $300,000. Gibbons will receive 50 per cent of all receipts IB excess of $300,000 up to $000,000. Jonill) 1' LitltCU Lili; , of Persia," who, told the Bahal convention in Chicago that world courts will en(f international discord and strife only after "durable peace shall have its foundation in the hearts of the people." He added: "Not until lip service gives way to heart sacrifice, and self interest to common interest, will the angel of universal peace descend on the hearts of mankind." FORD HOLDINGS TOP «• S. STEEL Has More Actual Cash in Treas* ury Than Any Other - Corporation. m * THE MoHENRY PLAINDEALEB, McHENRY, ILL. TOTAL FORTUNE IS ENORMOUS AIR RECORD SMASHED Monoplane Crosses the United States in One Hop. %ife of Standard Oil Man to Face Greek Army Trial London, May 5.--Mrs. Virginia Brain, •aid to be the wife of a Standard Oil official, is to be court-martialed at Saloniki, says an Athens dispatch to the Daily Express. The charge against her is not known, the dispatch adds, but it is the outcome of a street incident concerning which Mrs. Brain was questioned by a gendarme, whose ibce was slapped „for alleged impertinence. Ruthenberg Is Found Guilty of Criminal Syndicalism St. Joseph, Mich., May 3.--Three hours and fifty minutes after state prosecutors had told a Berrien county jury that it must convict Charles E. Buthenberg to "preserve the safety of tjie greatest natioD on God's green aarth," the eight fanners, one former Justice of the peace, two oil salesmen SBd one American Legion man returned a verdict of guilty of criminal syndicalism against the Cleveland communist. New York Dry Law Killed; * Enforcement Up to U. S. Albany, N. Y., May 5.--The Mullan- Gage state prohibition enforcement laws were repealed shortly before the flnal adjournment of the legislature jvheri the senate, by a vote of 28 to concurred in the action of the assembly in passing the Cuvillier repeal Mil. The measure now goes to the governor. The bill won in the house with 7G affirmative votes, the exact two-thirds majority necessary. Army Men Fly From Coast to {3&M, 2,700 Miles, in Twenty- Seven Hours. San Diego, Cal., May 4.--The first coast-to-coast non-stop aerial flight was completed Thursday when Lieutenants John A. MacReady and Oakley Kelly arrived in San Diego in the army transport' monoplane T-2 which left Hempstead, N. Y„ at 12:36:53 p. m., eastern standard time, Wednesday. The flight, which covered a distance of approximately 2,635 miles, was accomplished in 26 hours 50 minutes and 48 2-5 seconds. When the giant monoplane was sighted over the city, watching airplanes from Rockwell field and navaL planes from North island flew to meet it and to escort it to Rockwell field. And as the plane landed, warships in the harbor and factories in the city greeted it with congratulatory whistles. Waiting correspondents put the word on the wires to every part of the country. And presently from Washington came this telegram to the record- breaking aviators from President Harding: "Accept my most cordial congratulations on the success of your recordmaking non-stop coast-to-coast flight successfully completed. You have written a new chapter in the triumphs of American aviation." General Pershing and Major General Patrick, chief of the army air service, also sent congratulatory messages^ t» German Government to Pay for U. S. Cash Held Washington, May 3.--Germany is prepared, through her . representatives on the mixed claims commission, to admit that cash assets confiscated from Americans in Germany by the German alien property custodian during the war shall be repaid dollar for dollar, according to Dr. Karl von Lewlnski, a member of the German delegation. Automobile Manufacturer's Wealth la Eatmated at Six Hundred to Seven Hundred Millions--Made in Twenty0 Years. N^w York, May 5.--The Ford Motor company, Inc., has more actual c&sh in its treasury than any other corporation in the United States, if not in the entire world, according to figures announced iu Wall street, which place the total as more than that of the Unite^ States Steel corporation, despite the fact that the total assets of the Kord company is less than onefourth the total assets of the largest., steel organization in the world. The figures, taken from a statement filed with the Massachusetts commission at Boston, show that on Feb. 28. 1923, the Ford company had a total of $159,605,687 cash on hand. This compares with total cash holdings of $126,700,131 reported by the United States Steel corporation in its last annual report of Dec. 31, 1922. The total assets of the company is given at $530,351,939. The excess of assets over liabilities is shown by a profit and lbss surplus of $359,777,598, on Feb. 28, 1923, against a profit and loss surplus of $240,478,736 on the same date last year. Net profits for the year, Wall street estimates said, amounted to $119,000,- 000, equivalent to $G.90 a share on the 172,465 shares of $100 par value capital stock outstanding which Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, own outright. Ford, they believe, has a total fortune, including his Ford Motor company holdings, of between $600,000,000 and $700,000,000, and ranks toward the top of the list of the world's richest men. He is only exceeded, it was believed, by the foldings of John D. Rockefeller, Junior and elder. His vast wealth was obtained in twenty years. When the Ford company was started it was with $100,000 capital stock, a factory space of about one-quarter of an acre and 311 employees. Seventeen hundred cars were built the first year of business. On April 7, last, It was announced, the Ford company had built more than 8,000,000 cars, building more cars now in a single shift than it did in an entire year in its inception. P0CT0R IMR£ Dr. Imre. • ti-> si«riock Holmes of Budapest, whose official title is royal Hungarian director general of public safety, comes to America to attend tha third international frolfce conference in New""York.,-, v.. Dixie Cities Act to Hold Colored Folk Down There ^Jackson, Miss., May 4.--Joint meetings of white and colored citizens will be held May 19 at every courthouse in Mississippi to discuss the exodus of negroes to the and the labor situation, in accordance with the recommendation of a committee of twelve, composed of members of both races, appointed at a meeting here called by the state chamber of commerce. Samuel Gompers Asks U. S. to Join the League Court Washington, May 4.--Unqualified indorsement has been given President Harding's stand in favor of the League of Nations' Permanent Court of International Justice by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who asked for "nonpartisan unity" in support of the pro- Hammond Gets Steel Plant of iones-Laughlin Company Indianapolis, Ind., May 5.--The East Chicago Land company of Hammond presented to Robert Bracken, state auditor, a bid of $375 an acre, or a total of $119,625, for 819 acres of state land In Lake county which are desired as a site for the plant of the Jones & Laughiin Steel company of Pittsburgh. The bid was the only one received and was accepted. 28,800 in England Receive Over $2,000,000 Year Each London, May 4.--In a statement in the house of commons Sfanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchctjucr, said the total numb^of persons in Great Britain liable to a supertax in the last financial year was about 80.000, with a total Income of £470,000,000 (about $2,180,800,000).' The total number of incomes over £300,000 ($2,320,000) yearly was 28,880, with a total income of £367,000,000 (?1,702.880,000). Columbus Klan Parades; Court Bars Use of Park Columbus, O., May 5.--In full regalia approximately one thousand members of the Ku Klux Klan paraded here and then boarded street cars and were taken to the outskirts of the city, where, according to klan officials, two thousand men were inducted into the organization. Prevented by an injunction issued by Common Pleas Court Judge Tarbell from staging a "klonvocation" at the Columbus Driving park, the klansmen, after leaving the street cars, marched about a mile east of the park, where they assembled In an open field. * l ° U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. > ashlngrton.--For the week ending May 3--GRAIN--Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.28; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.21; No. 2 mixed corn, 83c; No. 2 yellow corn, 83c; No. 3 white oats. 46c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa, 70c; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas, $1.05; No. 1 dark northern wheat in central North Dakota, $1.05. DAIRT PRODUCTS--Butter. 92 score, 41V4c Chicago. Cheesa prices at Wisconsin primary markets: Daisies, 21 %c; double daisies, 21 Vic; young Americas, 21 Vic; longhorns, 21V4c; square prints, 22c. HAY--No. 1 timothy, $20.00 Cincinnati. $23.00 Chicago, $25.00 St Louts. $16.5" Minneapolis; No. 1 prairie, $16.00 Minneapolis. ' FEED--Bran, $28.75; middlings. $29.25; flour middlings. $30.75; ry« middlings, $28.50 Minneapolis; gluten feed. $33.65 Chicago; 32 per cent linseed meal, $43.00 Minneapolls;white hominy feed. $32.50 St. Louis. $33.50 Chicago. LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices:, Hogs, top, $8.25; bulk of sales, $7.70®8.15; medium and good beef steers, $8.10® 9.70; butcher cows and heifers, $4.50® 9.60; feeder steers. $6.25@8.50; light and medium weight veal calves, $8.25 @ 10.25; fat lambs, $13.76® 15.25; yearlings, $10.00^)15.75; fat ewes, $7.00® 9.50. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--South Carolina Wakefield cabbage mostly $3.00(3)3.75 per bbl. crate in city markets; Alabama flat Dutch, $3.00@4.50; Mississippi pointed type, $4.00 In Chicago. Florida Spaulding rose potatoes mostly $7.25@8.50 per bbl., reaching $9.00@9.50 in Chicago; sacked round whites, $1.60@2!00 per 100 lbs.; northern round whites. $1.0001.10 in Chicago carlot markets, $1.25@1.85 most other markets, 95c@$1.05 at shipping points. Texas yellow Bermuda onions, $2.50@3.00 per standard crate in leading eitles, $1.55@1.75 in producing sections. Louisiana Klondike strawberries. $2.08(g)2.75 per 24-pint crate at shipping points, $3.50@4.25 in most consuming centers. Baldwin apples reach season's high point at $6.00@7.50 per bbl.; northwestern extra fancy wlnesaps, $2.50 <g> 3.50 per box in leading markets. Sioux Indians Go Out for Uncle Sam's Scalp of Gold Washington, May 7.--The American Indian has abandoned the war ax and scalping knife for the weapons of the white man. The great Sioux nation will sue the United States for payment for lands and property taken from the Sioux by the whites, and the amount of the claim, with interest. Is not less than three-quarters of a billion dollars. This suit will be filed in the United States Court of Claims.- Former Rail Chief's Estate $1,000. Dedham, Mass., May 7.--A petition filed in Norfolk County Prolmfe court declared that Henry M. Whitney" of Boston, once a power in the transportation world, left le^s thun $1,000 in personal property. He died in January. Air Flivver Crosses Channel. Calais; May 7.--Consuming four gallons of gasoline, costing $1,2:1, and 15 cents' worth of oil, Georges Burbot, flying in his "flivver" airplane, flew | across to England and back, 80 .miles im slL Bandits Rob Two Banks. Kansas City. Mo.. May 5.--Two banks at Buckner. Mo., 18 miles from here, were raided by five bandits. The 'robbers escaped in u motorcar with about $6,000 in cash and $25,000 In ^Liberty bonds. - jpour Years for Killing Umps. • ft. Louis. Mo.. May 5.--Charles Woolsey. seventeen',- charged with killing Charles Bouzek; an umpire, was found guilty of manslaughter by a Jury and sentenced, to four years- imprisonment In the boys' reformatory. Bobbing Old Glory. T^kshlngfon. May /".--The American flag is too long In proportion* to its width to be artistic and a reduction of 12.1 per cent jn the length of the present stnndard size has been decided by the Fine Arts commission. Trade Treaty With Spain. Madrid, May 7.--Ambassador Alexander P. Moore has given notice to the cabinet that a commercial treaty between the United States nnd Spain has been completed and will be transmitted to Madrid. Chinese Bandits Raid Train; Kin of Rockefeller Kidnaped Peking, May 7.--Bandits killed one foreigner and" carried off 150 passengers in a raid near the Shantung border on the Tientsin-Pukow railway. Miss Aldrich of New York, sister-inlaw of John D. Rockefeller,,, tlr., and daughter of the late United States Senator Nelson \V. Aldrich, was among the passengers, but her fate is unknown. Soldiers' Bonus Bill Sure to Win, Declares Smoot Washington. May 4.--The next session of congress will pass a soldiers' bonus bill and no cut in taxes can be expected, according to a statement made by Senator Smoot. As the senator is next chairman of the senate finance committee and one of those who Joined with Mr. Harding in insist ing that a sales tax would be necessary to carry the bonus proposed in the last congress, his statement is considered unusually significant. Six Italians Slain by Gang of Mexican Smugglers Laredo, Tex., May 7.--Six Italian immigrants attempting to enter the United States were shot and killed and the seventh member of the party wounded when several Mexicans, hired to assist them across the Rio Grande, fired upon them, according to reports received here from Columbia, Nupvo Leon. Cecil Notifies Europe That America Is "Off" the League London, May 7.--Lord Robert Cecil, who arrived home from his American trip on the White Star liner Olympic, has no illusions about America's atti- 'tude toward the League of Nations, and almost his first words before he landed were to warn English advocates of the league not to place too much reliance on America coming in J BIG CHECK FRAUD ON U.JMRKET Most Colossal Scheme of Kinfl J; Ever Attempted.on Wall Street. STMTS A SELLING STAMPEDE Twenty-five Die In Wreck. Havana, May 7.--Twenty-five persons are reported to have been killed and more than fifty Injure^ in a headon, collision between Hershey Electric fall way trains near Cainusi, province of Matanzas. • \ Congressman John W. Rainey of lllnois Dies at Chicago Chicago. May 5.--John W. Rainey. Democratic congressman from the Fourth district, died in St. Bernard's hospital after a two weeks' fllness of double pneumonia. Mr. Rainey was born in Chicago inj 1880. Two Quakes Recorded. Cleveland, O., May 5.--Two earth shocks, one at 1132 a. m. and the other at 11:47. were recorded by the St. Ignatius college seismograph. The distance is estimated at between four and five thousand miles from here. Anti-Ku Klux Bill is Passed. -Albany. N. Y.. May 5.--The Walker bill, designed to tear the mask from the Ku Klux Klan in this state, passed in the assembly here, 76 to 50, The bill now goes to Governor Smith for signature. ' " ' -i\ Poincare Says No. Paris, May 7.--Premier Polncare's cold "no" to every proposal made by the Cuno government In Its recent reparations offer of 30,000,000,000 gold marks was handed to the German charge d'affaires here. Foochow Troops Capture Hankiang. Amoy. China, May 4.--After two hours of battle Hankiang has been captured by troops from Foochow, capital of Fukien province. Hankiang is approximately fifty miles south of Foochow. ' Fort Dodge Banker Dies. Fort, Dodge. Ia., May 5.--E. R. Campbell, vice president of the Com merclal National Bank of Fort Dodge, is dead here after a brief illness. He .was a former vice president of the Iowa Bankers' association. 8purious Buying Orders Involving $10,000,000 in Worthless Paper 8tarts Tide of Liquidation- Financiers Optimistic. New York, May 8.--One of the most colossal frauds ever attempted .ya launched in Wall street Monduyand before it was discovered had started a selling wave that ultimately all but demoralized the stock market. Although not widely responsible, the gigantic hoax, which was in some quarters credited to unscrupulous professional bear operators, was an important contributing factor in the stock market, which carried average prices to the lowest level this year. At the close most financial and stock market Interests were disposed to take a constructive view. It was asserted that the -decline in securities had extended beyond reason, and there was evidence near the close of good support coming Into the list as well as a fair amount of "bargain" buying. High-grade securities seasoned In character and with an established earning power behind them, held comparativewell during the day and received their greatest support from banking and Investment interests, but the volatile speculative stocks showed wide . declines. 5 Closing prices of twenty high-grade industrial securities Monday night averaged 95.41, as compared with 96.73 on Saturday and 98.38 a week ago. It is estimated that the fraudulent checks circulated involved nearly $1,- 000.000, which although small, was sufficient to unsettle sentiment and start a new tide of liquidation. The fraud took the form of spurious buying orders tendered to brokers" accompanied by checks With forged certifications. They were mailed from numerous outof- town points, mainly small cities in Pennsylvania and New York. Accepted as genuine, execution of the orders had the momentary effect of advancing the market, but when the banks notified brokerage houses of the falsity of the checks there was a rush to unload, as a protection to the firms that had been duped. - • ^ Court Holds Legislature Cannot Imprison a Critic Austin, Tex., May 8.--The Court of Criminal Appeals, at a special sitting, ordered Hull Youngblood, San Antonio, released frorii the twenty-day Jail sentence ordered by a Joint state legislative committee. The court held that a committee of the legislature does not have power to commit an individual for contempt. Youngblood was ad- Judged in contempt of the legislative committee when he refused to testify after having Criticised, the legislature. Street Car Strike in Chicago on June 1 Is Feared There Chicago, May 8.--Prospects of a strike on the Chicago Surface lines on June 1, when the present contract with the street car men's union expires, were increased when a union meeting voted to demand a pay increase from 70 cents to 80 c^nts an hour and to ask one day off a week, with pay, or double pay for Sunday. Powers May Seize Peking; U. S. Joins in the Parley Washington, May 8.--A conference of diplomats now In progress in Peking, at which are represented the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan, will determine If the ^Chinese government shall be taken over and ruled by an international commission. aNews "Nuggets From Illinois British Seek Information on U. S. View of Ships' Liquor London, May 8.--The British are waiting to see what President Hard' ing's polity is to be toward the Supreme court's "dry" ship decision before taking any action, it was stated in official, quarters. Chinese Bandits Ask Ransom of $2,000,000 (Mexican) Shanghai, May 8.--A report received In official circles says the bandits who ridded the Peking express early Sunday morning at Suchow, Province of Kiangsu, capturing a large party of passengers, including foreigners, have demanded $2,000,000 (Mexican) ransom for ail of the captives. Argentina May Rejoin League* Buenos Aires. May 5.--It is understood that President de Alver, In his annual message to congress, will urge that Argentina resume membership In the League of Nations, from whfoh withdrew in December, 1920. ; Fascist! in Latvian Dispute. - Riga, May 4.--Dissolution of the Latvian Fascist! is demanded by the Socialist party as a result of Injuries to more than twenty persons during rioti between Fasclsti and Socialists. Five Socialists are in the cabinet Large Losses by Forest Ffrtt. Washington, May 4.--Chairman Mo Nary of the senate reforestation committee reported that $10,000,000 worth of standing timber was destroyed last month by 20,000 forest" fires In a score at states. Liquor Runner* Fired On. New York. May 4.--Two alleged liquor-running launches ^ithln the three-mile limit were fired on by the coast guard cutter Seneca when they ignored a signal to halt. The boats tnen obeyed. No liquor was found. British Monarchs in Rome. Rome, May 8.--King George and Queen Mary of England arrived here Monday. King Victor Emmanuel, Queen Helena and other royalties greeted tlieni at the station, ancj great crowds filled the streets. Coast Rail Facilities Hearing. Washington, May 8.--The Interstate Commerce commission directed that hearings on the adequacy of railroad facilities on the Pacific coast should be held at Pocatello, Idaho, beginning June 18. Bankers Indorse Poppy Days. Blooinington. 111., May 8. -- State Commander Charles W. Schick of the American Legion announced receipt of an Indorsement by the American Bankers' association of the Legion's "Poppy days," May 29 and 30. U. 8. Agenfs^Off for Mexico. Washington, May 8.--Accompanied by a staff of experts, John Barton Payne of Chicago and former Ambassador Charles B. WaPren left for Mexico to confer on recognition of Mexico by the United States. Fieidon.--Drawing of a name from a hat decided the next mayor of this village. John H. ^Jtfarup and William Baum, Incumbent, each received 69 votes at the election held April 17. Narup wanted Baum 'o consent to the toss of a coin to determine the winner, but Baum insisted on another election. The question was put up to the village board which decided unanimously against the expense of another election. They placed s^ips of paper containing the names of the contenders in a hat and conducted a drawing. Narup won, Danville.--Lamont Webb, wrestling instructor at Eureka college, Eureka, who died of a fractured vertebra re- i celved in the college gymnasium, was buried according to plans made by him during a five-hour period of consciousness. The entire services mapped out were carried out to the letter, the chaplain of the college officiating and the pallbearers being law Students4 from his classes In Eureka. Quincy.^--Prof. William H. Leib, aged eighty-one, vocal Instructor who died in Joplin, Mo., the other day, was the father of Freddi< Leib, five, who mysteriously disappeared from Quincy June 26; 1871, and tor whom the father maintained a world-wide search up to the time of his death. Professor Leib was in Chicago at the time. He hurried home and began a life-long though fruitless search. Decatur.--William Prict, official dogcatcher for this city, who frequently captures 20 stray dogs a day, may be called upon to extend his activity to capturing stray ana unattached cats. The city council has under consideration the suggestion of several property owners that all cat owners be required to obtain & city license. One woman complained that cats have scratched her flower bed. Springfield. -- Illinois is now the mother of 20,000 homeless children. This numerous brood has glyen her the distinction of being by far the greatest foster parent in the commonwealth, and her ministrations to these homeless ones has touched with the warming quality of motherhood that' cold. Invisible creature called the State, with headquarters here. Rockford.--Soldiers of six wars, numbering 802, are buried in Rockford cemeteries, according to information gathered by Joseph N. Norton, member of the Grand Army of the Republic. The Civil war leads with 642. Oun liunwred graves represent the World war, 38 the Spanish-American, IS the War of 1812, three the Mexican war and one the Revolutionary war. Belleville.--Police Magistrate George P. Wagner has been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of extorting excessive costs froin defendants when he fined 21 automobile drivers a total of $105 on charges of breaking the traffic laws. Wagner stated, In reply to the indictment, that If he hadn't fined them somebody else would and "they would have gotten the money." Lincoln.--The city council has passed an ordinance demanding that the Chicago & Alton railroad place 11 flagmen at crossing intersections In Lincoln as a protection from the nonstop mail train running between Chicago and St. Louis at night. Police complained that the train has been rushing through Lincoln at 50 miles an hour. Manito.--An unusual case under the workman's compensation act was settled by a decision of the Illinois industrial commission In favor of the city and the merchants, and against Mrs. Martin Friedrich. She sued for damages for the death of her husband, who was town marshal, and who was killed by a thug whom he sought to arrest. Quincy.--An ornate cascade from which water will play constantly and return to the pool is the chief architectural feature of the new swimming pool to be lmilt by residents In Indian Mounds park. The fynd for building the pool was raised by popular subscription. Springfield. -- Two trains, to be known as "The Newspaper Men's Special," will be run from Springfield and Peoria to the annual summer meeting of the Illinois Press association, to be held at Champaign May 10-12. Galesburg.--Scholarships for study at Woods Hole, Mass., this summei have been awarded Miss Mildred Kimble, Galesburg, and Miss Helen Johnson, Berwick, both Knox students. Springfield.--An appropriation of $f>,- XH),000 for the erection of a cement plant. t(\ be operated and maintained l>y the state of Illinois, was voted by the senate. Paris.--Edgar Gwyer, two years old, fell into a trash fire at Ills parents' home, near here, and was burned tc leath. „ Polo.--James P. Wilson of Polo, banker, is dead! He was a leading Democ rat in his section of the state. Elgin.--A collection of fine art works, valued at more thun $300,OOO, is to, lie placed in the art bqiidirig to be erected out of funds given the Elgin academy and Junior college by Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel C. Sears. Excavation for the building will begin immediately. . . 1 Rockford.--Harlan Merrill, twentyfive, was In Rockford hospital as a result of the breaking of his wooden leg. which gave \va;- wluai he stepped from a street car. Merrill fell on his head on the pavement, suffering severe head wounds. Springfield.--Farm work has made favorable progress during the past two weeks except In the extreme north where it has Just recently begun, and In the extreme smith where heavy rains have been a hindrance, according to the report of the state agricultural statistician. "Springfield.--Public school districts In nilnoiS to the number of 20 are beneficiaries of private endowments. 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