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%•£' v ' ?!f "" < S. ' *V z-Z/tt-;&y*v-y"- TBsaifty >•«• i MALARIA GERM AGAINST THREE LUSTY PHAGOCYTES. . • Combat OlwcnM Un4«r a Microscope ;h| --Canses of Malaria and Life of Xta |. Microbe--How Mo«qnitoei Transmit f.%vi ;*lte Oiaeaae to Men* " \ tt there were no mosquitoes in the '"world probably there would be no ma­ laria. This is because malaria is ; , <£aused by a microbe which is carried About from person to person by the ,' 5.. mosquito. In other words, malaria is ill blood disease, in that mosquitoes «uck up the micrpbes from the blood of Jb ^ne person and then fly off and iuocu- 1/ late other persons with those germs. j Meantime, the^ mosquitoe^ have mala- tia. Flies transmit the germs of ty­ phoid fever, fleas disseminate anthrax, *nd mosquitoes are the purveyors of , . the malaria which cause elephantiasis, - 'iind of the Plasmodium which causes j jDalaria. * J^H^ejoalaria germ propogates its spe- •' ^ies by segmentation. Periodically •very day, or every three days, or fcvery four days, according to the type A. * of the disease,"the full-grown germ •ubd! vides and each division becomes a -full-fledged microbe, with power to re­ produce itself. AU the germs--plaa- ..modia, as they are called--subdivide. ' throughout the human body within > . ftome minutes of one another. U is this % that causes the periodical chill in ma- " Jaria patients. In fact, when you see A malaria patient undergoing his daily • chill you may know that millions of jroung malaria germs are Just breaking f. away from the parent stems' The young f germ is in danger of being devoured by phagocytes In the blood. In fact, a ? ' |freat many are thus devoured. When i". tnalarla Is well advanced the number «of germs is so much greater than the Iflumber of phagocytes that quite Enough are spared to do damage. When the segmentation at last is 4«omplete, some wonderful process of 1 telegraphy, or perhaps the recognition Of the germ itself of the end of the . <hen stage of its existence, gives what - -might be called an intra-human signal «nd the universal breaking away of . (be young germs takes place. The process is repeated again and again, - an til the sufferer dies or the growth of the germs Is checked by medical or other means. But In describing the > life of the germ it has been assumed Jthat It existed within the human body. How did it get there? Undoubtedly air *.:v- tod wat^r transport the malaria germ, p * under certain conditions, but there is a "f l^r more potent disseminating agent-- the mosquito. While there can be no doubt that ma­ laria In its several forms is the result ; • ffif a microbe, it is yet evident that there : ire conditions under which the germ Will not thrive. A dry atmosphere is fbtal to germs of all diseases, and to | - . Bie malaria germ particularly. Mala­ ys" fia affects those who break the soil of v. * *|ow ground, who sleep on or near the ' • earth, who bathe In or drink stagnant Water. Soldiers fatigued by long marches who camp amid enervating surroundings are extremely liable to It. Yet the disease may not show itself until some time after the march, for the reason that troops traveling In awampy districts usually are allotted a daily proportion of quinine, which after all may merely deaden the effects of tjie germ for the time being. This prob- flibly was the reason so many soldiers 'were ill of malaria at Montauk point, jts Cuba the quinine held the disease lit check. In fact, it may be said that #here marshy districts exist so also Will malaria. PEEPS AT DAWSON. filings Which Make It Unique Among Cities of the North. In its simplest geographical setting ? ;/Dawson, this Mecca of the north, is a Settlement of the northwest territory of Canada, situated at a point 1,300 Smiles as the crow flies northwest of Seattle, says Popular Science Monthly, fl is close to, If not quite on, the arctic Circle, and it lies the better part of 300 gilles nearer to the pole than does St. Petersburg In Russia. By its side one V of the mighty rivers of the globe hur­ ries its course to the ocean, but not too swiftly to permit of 1,000 miles of its lower waters being navigated by craft 9t the size of nearly the largest of the Ulssissippl steamers, and 500 miles ^ above by craft of about half this size. In its own particular world the longest day of the year draws Itself out to twenty-two hours of sunlight, while the shortest contracts to the same length of sun absence. During the warmer days of summer the heat feels almost tropical; the win­ ter cold is, on the other baud, of almost the extreme Siberian rigor. Yet a ;;beautiful vegetation smiles not only ;; over the valleys, but on the hilltops; r ' Che birds gambol in the thickets, and f tjie tiny mosquito, either here or near . . • *>y. pipes out its daily sustenance to the wrath of man. The hungry forest •! v. stretches out its gnarled and ragged arms for still another'hundred or even tliree hundred miles farther to the * >7 north. HIS ROSES the Other Man's Card Lost Him p-:* > the Business. r H o w a b u n c h o f r o s e s s o l d a c o u p l e ; high-priced railroad tickets is the fjjasls of a queer little comedy of errors \ enacted last Saturday at a leading city : hotel. Among the guests of the house Was a wealthy Texas merchant, who was en route, with his wife, for a visit to New England. The Texan had a lo- ? ISal business representative here in the li. person of a hustling young man about ^>;i)wn, who was especially anxious to make the stay of his principal as pleas- ' • ant as possible. Accordingly he rushed f tp a florist's as soon as he saw the . ; fiames on the register and ordered him '* '-.to put up the handsomest bunch of roses he had in the shop and send them over to Mrs. Blank at such-and- . such a hotel. In his hurry he forfcot to l£ave bis card for inclosure, and, sup­ posing it was omitted intentionally, the# florist proceeded to jprepare a magnili- r cent bouquet, which he dispatched forthwith by messenger. It so hap­ pened at the moment the flowers ar­ rived that a city passenger solicitor for ohe of the north-bound roads had just luuMltd orer Us card to be seat In Texas gentleman's ~ - apartments, and, quite natowty, the pasteboard and the roses went up togetber. The visi­ tors were both astonished and pleased. "This is certainly a princely way of soliciting business!" exclaimed the merchant, examining the _ flowers. "Why, these things must have cost all of $10. Show the gentleman up." The solicitor was shown up, received most cordially and given an Immediate or­ der for through transportation both ways, He departed, chacl^ng metv rfly, but anmeaazea by the faculty of his deal, and puzzled to understand the many references to his "courtesy" and "thoughtfulness." An hour or so later the local representative dropped around, and was met by his employer In the lobby. The meeting was pain­ fully matter of fact and not a word was said about the flowers. The young man was greatly chagrined, and began to believe he had made a bad break. Next day he accompanied the couple to the depot, and Incidentally some­ thing was said about the route. "We decided to go this way on account of the gentleman who called to sell ns tickets," explained the lady. "He was so courteous and pleasant! Why, would you believe it!" she continued, "he ac­ tually sent me an enormous bunch OT beauty roses with his business card!" Light dawned on the local representa­ tive, and he groaned. In his pocket was a florist's bill for $12.75.--New Orleans Times-Democrat DEWEY AND EVANS. Maintained theT>liinity of Their t hips as United States Territory. The deck of a man-of-war is the terri­ tory of the nation whose flag she flies from the masthead. "The bearings of this observation lay in the application on it," to quote Jack Bunsby. An an­ ecdote, told In Watterson's "History of the Spanish-American War," shows "the application on it" made by Dewey, while in command of the Pensacola. While the Pensacola was at Manila in 1887, a number of sailors who bad gone ashore on leave became engaged In a street brawl. An alarm was turn­ ed In, but the sailors escaped to the ship. The next morning the Spanish captain of the port visited the Pensa­ cola to complain to Captain Dewey of the action of his sailors. "What can I do?" asked Dewey. "Why, your men raised a riot on shore, and you can assist me in arrest­ ing and punishing them," replied the Spaniard. Dewey courteously expressed his re­ gret that sailors of the Pensacola should be lawless while on shore leave, but could see no way In which he might assist his visitor in searching out the guilty ones. The reply of Dewey angered the port captain, and he said peremptorily: "You certainly can parade your crew before me, in order that the rioters may be identified." Looking aloft and pointing to the Stars and Stripes waving at the mast­ head, Dewey made reply: "The deck of this vessel Is United States territory, and I'll parade my men for no foreigner that ever drew breath." In 1892 Capt. Robley D. Evans's ship, the Baltimore, was lying in the harbor of Valparaiso, and some Chilian revo­ lutionists sought refuge on board. There were three Chilian men-of-war In the harbor. The admiral called on Cap­ tain Evans to notify him that if the ref­ ugees were not surrendered his three ships would follow the Baltimore out of the harbor and sink her. Captain Evans ("Fighting Bob") con­ veyed the warning to his guests and told them decide for themselves--for his part he was ready to protect them at all hazards. They concluded to re­ main with him, and Captain Evans so informed the Chilian admiral, adding that as long as they chose to stay he would protect them. "Very well," replied the admiral; "your ship will be sunk half an- hour after you leave the harbor." "That may be true," said Captain Ev­ ans, "but the Baltimore will make you a lot of trouble for h'alf an hour." He had his way, and kept the refu­ gees. What Lincoln "Could Not Help." In some interesting reminiscences of Lincoln, related by J. B. Montgomery, a story of Lincoln's mercifulness, told by Gen. Moorhead of Pennsylvania, is repeated. * As Gen. Moorhead was once entering the White House, he saw a woman, al­ most overcome with excitement, hurry­ ing out. Within he found President Lincoln pacing his room in a manner so distracted that the Congressman feared he had lost his reason. 'Mr. President," Gen. Moo?Ji8ad ex­ claimed, "what Is the matter?" * -<• "Matter enough!" answered Lincoln. "This is Black Friday; It is shooting day in the army. The boy of that wom­ an who has just gone out was going to l>e shot to-day; he was found .sleeping on his post. He ought never to 'have been enlisted; he was hardly sixteen years old. I pardoned him. I shall be denounced by the generals for denipt*- , alizing the army, but I could, npfc help it--I could not help it!", uj .There Is a general agreement that Mr; Lincoln's frequent merciful Interfer­ ence with the disciplinary orders'of the generals of the army did have a Certain demoralizing effect, but it has not low­ ered the world's estimation of him as a man, and it is not likely, as Mr. Mont­ gomery says in telling this story, to, count against him in "the great ac-' count." Church Store. The latest scheme of Calvary Epis­ copal Church, New York City, which already manages a woodyard, lodging house and restaurant, all self-support­ ing, Is to open a shop for the sale of dry goods to the poor on the Install­ ment plan. A reasonable price will be charged for the goods, but it will be far below that asked in other install­ ment stores. A Philadelphia church made a great success of such a shop some years ago. It Is still a source of gain to the poor and profit to the church funds. QUESTION STILL UNANSWlRtP» a Camera Had B*«a Used ' to Catch the Thief. "Talk about your Lady and the Tiger enigmas!" exclaimed a young actuary of tins city, "I struck something in that line when I first started in busi­ ness that has bothered me ever since. I had goue up to a country town to straighten out a set of books for a mer­ chant and, as a matter of amusement, 1 Inerehan? ̂ va" a beacon uT cliurclf^nd strait-laced. I put up at his house, and after I'd been there for a day or two I noticed that the contents of a bottle of whisky which I had hidden In a lit­ tle closet had mysteriously diminished. I suspected an old negro man servant and, without saying anything, I set a trap by so arranging my camera in the closet that the opening of the door would snap the shutter. The light was first rate and I went away purposely in the afternoon to give the pilferer a chance. When I came back the trap was sprung and the whisky was gone. I carried the camera in high glee to the deacon, being careful to explain, in connection with my story, that I had the liquor for medicinal < purposes only. The old man looked grave. 'You haven't seen the plate yet?' he asked. 'No, sir,' I replied, 'I'll have to develop it. first' 'Well, I'd rather you wouldn't,V he said, after a long pause. 'There are a number of people in this household, and you can't tell \yliat complications it might lead to--if the clarity Took the stuff it doesn't amount to much, and if It was somebody else I'd prefer not to know. I wish you'd give me the plate and let me destroy It.' Of course, I had to comply, but I playAl rather a low- down trick. Instead of giving him the plate just exposed I handed him one from the rear of the camera's maga­ zine, and he immediately smashed it to pieces on the hearth. I could hardly control my curiosity during the rest of my stay, and as soon as I reached home I rushed at once to my darkroom and put the glass into the developer. What do you think I found? The shy old deacon? You'll have to guess again. I had an excellent picture of the dea­ con's sister, who was a lbvely, refined old maiden lady, with tfee sweetest dis­ position in the world. In my surprise I almost dropped the plate, and have been nonplused ever since. Did she open the door by chance, and did the negro come along afterward? Or was she getting the liquor for some one else? Or was there--possible--a but, pshaw, there are too many Intricate questions involved. I have been sorry a hun­ dred times I didn't follow tho deacon's suggestion."--Philadelphia Item. If QUEER INCIDENT That Revealed How a Murderer Pre* pared an Alibi. "One evening, some years ago," feaid a New Orleans druggist who had been reminded of a story, "I was standiug behind the counter, just about where I am now, when I saw a man slip in very quietly at the side door and stop in the rear of that tall case full of fancy goods. I walked over at once and asked what I could do for him, and it was at least half a minute before he replied. 'You don't seem very keen for trade,' he said at length, and he spoke in a curious, gasping voice, like a man out of breath. 'I've been wait­ ing here,' says he, 'for a quarter of an hour.' Now, I was positive that he had Just come in, but it is always un­ wise to contradict a customer, so I made no remark. 'I want you to put me up some quinine capsules,* be went on, 'and be qKuck about it for I have engagement at 8:30 oclock.' I looked at my watch and told him he had 20 minutes to spare. It was th%n exactly 8:10. 'All right,' he said, and 1 went for the quinine. I handed him the package a few moments later, and as he reached for It he upset a tall vase on the counter and broke it all to pieces. It was the clumsiest thing I ever, saw, and had any |*osslble motive been ap­ parent I would have sworn he did It on purpose. But he cursed like a pir­ ate, and after some grumbling paid the bill, which was $3, and went away, and I never saw him again. Next morning I read in the paper that a murder had been committed In a house nearly half a mile from the store at about 8 o'clock the previous evening. I gave it no spe­ cial thought but something like a month later I received a visit from a lawyer, who told me that he represent­ ed a certain man who was under sus­ picion for this very murder, and who expected dally to be placed under ar­ rest. 'My client is not guilty,' he con­ tinued, 'and at the time of the crime was nowhere near the house. As near­ ly ae he remembers he was In this store, making some trifling purchase. He recalls.it, because he accidentally broke a vase. Do you remember the circumstance?' I did, instantly, and of a sudden the whole thing became clear. You see, my attention had been called to the hour, and the vase-break­ ing was evidently a ruse to fix the visit in my mind. I looked the lawyer in the eye. 'Your client entered the store at 8:10,' I said, 'and I have reason to be­ lieve he was running Just before he reached It.' That ended the conversa­ tion. The man was never arrested, but soon after left the city. What was he doing that night? Why, preparing an alibi, of course."--New Orleans Time* Democrat. . ' The Fxannle of Iowa. The assured election of Congressman David B. Henderson as Speaker of the next House calls attention to the knowledge that the Republican party of Iowa has brought to the front a great number of strong and capable men. She has In Congress to-day at least four men who are national fig­ ures. Either Hepburn or Dolliver might have aspired to' the Speakership with Henderfem, and of Iowa's eleven Re­ publican Congressmen not oue Is a stick of a hoTe-flller. In Senator Allen she has a man who some day may grace the Presidential chair, and in Senator Gear she has another who ranks high in the upper house of Congress, while taken as a whole her delegation is one of the strongest that ever came from any State. We doubt, however, if Iowa is pos­ sessed of more latent and undeveloped talent than any other of the Northern and Western States. In every State ane many men with attainments enough and capacity enough to become marked figures before the nation. But in Iowa the Republican party has been wise enough to draw upon its best tal­ ent, to encourage the development of statesmanship, and to reward abaility wherever found. Every one of the eleven Congressmen from Iowa Is serving his second, third, fourth, fifth or even tenth term In Congress. By keeping its strong men to the front the Republican party of that State has been able to preserve a satisfied condition within the ranks of the party at home, to the end that the State is always safe for the Republican ticket. In brief, the Republican party of Iowa has been wisely managed, and in this respect it offers a fine example to the States around it--Kansas City Journal. No Reciprocity. Experiences like this arc not strict­ ly speaking, unusual: "Hopkins is the meanest, man ea earth." ,' , 'Why?" "I rode down-town with him this morning, and let him tell all about his sufferings with the grip, but when I began to tell mine, he got off the Tar." '-Chicago Recawd. • . Two Men's Methods. Two men stood in the office of one of Washington's big hotels the other evening and each asked at the desk for the key to his room. The first man was red, over-fed and over-important. "Gimme my key," he said, in a loud voice. "Hurry up, too!" The ot&er man was tall and thin and a trifle pale. "I'd like my key, If you please," he said, softly. "Thank you." The first man was from New York, a stockbroker, and worth nearly §<100,000; the other was from New York, too, and his name was Johril Jacob Astor. 'r Bryan's Chief Trouble. A Kentucklan who Is visiting the city tells this story of the impression made by the boy orator In Loudsville: "Louisville, as you know, is one of the greatest tanning centers in the world," he said. "The day after Will­ iam Jennings Bryan was in Louisville I was riding in a street car, when a passenger boarded the car and sat down next to me. He had the solid, robust look and dress of a cross be­ tween a Gernjan-Amerlcan manufac­ turer and a tanyard laborer. The smell of the tanyard was all over and about him. He spied an old friend sitting just opposite him in the car. " 'Did you hear Bryan?' asked the friend. " 'I did,' said the tanner. " 'What do you thiffk of him?* said the friend. " 'Veil,' said the tanner, 'there is only one trubble mit Brine; he ain't got some sense. He's good for shust one ting: He would make a good drum­ mer. He's certainly a fine traveler; makes five or ten towns a day--been doing it for several years without los­ ing a day, and iss always full of vlnd.- I gif him $100 a month to go on de road to sell ledder. If necessary I gif him $1,350 for de ferst year, but I wouldn't make a contrakt mit him for more dan a year. He iss worth nearer $1,200 als $1,350, as a ledder drummer, and good for nothing else. He knows a good deal, but what he knows Iss all wrong.' "--New York Tribune. Tattooinc* and Snake Bite. While scientific minds are discussing the anti-toxin serum treatment of dis­ ease as if it were a new thing, the peo­ ple of ancient Burmah are calling at­ tention to the fact that for centuries the material they have used , in the common custom of tattooing has been an efficient anti toxin for snake bites When you are lazy, acknowledge it, Without going fishing. A Question of Comparisons. Nobody needs to be told that pros­ perity is here. Every one knows that from having actual Individual partici­ pation in it. It is so universal that it is getting to be accepted quite as the nat­ ural order of things, and interest be­ gins to center In a comparison between our present prosperityand that of other years when a protective tariff policy has been in effect The indications are that the period of prosperity inaugu­ rated by the Dingley law is to be a rec­ ord breaker. In many cases it has been stated that the prosperity now being enjoyed surpasses that of any other period. A recent instance of this sort is re­ ported from Connellsvllle, Pa., where the 12,000 men employed by the H. C. Frick Coke Company have Just been most agreeably surprised by having been informed that a general advance of wages, ranging from 6 to 12^ per cent., would take effect from May 1. The new scale, it is stated, will be the highest ever paid In the Connellsvllle region. This is the kind of news which we may begin to expect now. The question is not "Are we prosperous?" but "How much more prosperous are we than during any previous period?" Importance of the Ohio Campaign, Nobody doubts that Ohio will be the scene this year of the first great politi­ cal battle in the Presidential campaign of 1900. It is conceded that the Mc- Kinley administration will be placed on trial here, and the result in Ohio will be regarded as an Indication of how the greater battle next year will go. The friends of President McKinley realized this when they asked that a firm friend and loyal supporter of the President be chosen as the Republican candidate for Governor, and that thought was uppermost in the minds of the delegates at Columbus when they made up the splendid ticket which has been presented to the people for their indorsement That is why the cam­ paign in Ohio promises to be one of the most memorable in the history of the Statyr*--Cleveland Leader. g4vin#-off«se to the Brrnnth*. Wit* admirable ingenuity they expressed re­ newed fidelity to the, principles "de­ clared in the platforms of our several national conventions." That might have answered the purpose of a "hedge" very nicely, but the continua­ tion of the same sentence expressed pride in "our matchless leader, William Jennings Bryan." There Is the real Indorsement of the Chicago platform. If Bryan means anything he means the • Chicago platform. Pride in him ia pride in 16 to 1. The Pennsylvania peuiocratg haven't done it In so many words, but they have Indorsed the Chi­ cago platform specifically.--Sioux City Journal. « . « , ----_ S' '-4 Other and Better Ways. The free-trade element is clamoring for the repeal of the protective tariff as a method of stamping out trusts. There Sis no doubt that the introduction of free trade as our national policy woald stamp out many trusts; but it would stamp them out by stamping out the industries of the country. If there are no industries, there can be no indus­ trial trusts. That's sure. And free trade has,proved itself a hustler in get­ ting rid of industries. But however anxious the people of the country may be to get rid of trusts, they are not like­ ly to be willing to get rid of them at that cost. If a man has a boil on his leg he can get rid of it beyond a doubt, by cutting off his leg. But there are other ways. The cutting off of the leg would be the method approved of by the free traders, if they would be con­ sistent Kill the trusts, they say, by killing the industries. Protectionists prefer to keep the Industries, and to dejl with the trusts in some other way. The question Is a complicated one, and will need for its satisfactory solu­ tion the broadest statesmanship and the maximum of ability. That It will be rightly solved in time there can be »-.tle doubt. The American people have a pretty good record for solving difficult problems. Just what that so­ lution will be th§ future alone can show. It Is safe to prophesy, however, that the solution will not involve the wholesale industrial ruin which would be the inevitable result of an abandon­ ment of the protective policy. No Backward Step. There has been a good deal of talk about President McKlnley's "back­ ward step" In the matter of civil ser­ vice reform. The National Civil Ser­ vice Reform League jumped before it looked and quite a number of Repub­ lican newspapers joined In the process of Interpreting the President's exemp­ tions as meaning the complete turning over of the appointments affected to the "spoils" politicians. President Mc-? Kinley's mere statement that the changes were made for the increased efficiency of the government service was not accepted and long strings of details were printed illustrating the al­ leged evil effects of the new order. Secretary Gage, who Is admittedly a consistent advocate of civil service re­ form, has deemed the misrepresenta­ tions of suMclent Importance to war­ rant attention, and he has voluntarily bestowed a little upon them. The re­ sult is an authorized statement from Mr. Gage that will be accepted by the friends of civil service reform as worthy of more credence than the ir­ responsible criticisms, so hastily voiced by lightweight critics. Mr. Gage's statement amounts to a categorical de­ nial of every one of the accusations so brusquely put forward by the civil ser­ vice league #nd the p^pers'whlch took its say so for gospel.--Sipux.City Jour­ nal • • I,/ Political Orphan*. The Popocratfs who are demanding that silver be "relegated to the rear" forget that, s^ch ictidn' would leave the "free silver ^Republicans" entirely orphaned. Of course, a majority of them are Populists or Democrats, but they wish to keey> up their separate or­ ganization in brder that they may de­ mand a Share of the offices. If there Is no chance for this kind of plunder they may sulk In their tents or vote the Re­ publican ticket out of pyre pique. Of course, this has no reference to the large number of Republicans who were led temporarily astray by the sophistry of "Coin," but regained their senses as soon as the beft'er t^mfes began to dawn. These people a^e all back In the Re­ publican party at present, leaving no­ body in the "silver Republican" organi­ zation but the officers and professional politician®.--Deadwood, S. D., Pioneer- Times. Echo Answerst "Who?" | Now that Peffer is with us who will j look after the octopus? Some one will j have to exercise the octopus, or he will die of lethargy. Also, who will prod the Rothschilds, and make the money barons writhe with anguish? Who will blow tue hot breath of sirocco into Wall street .' Who will dynamite cor­ porate wealth? Who will succor the great plain people? And the owl in the thick woods of oblivion answers: "Who, who, who!"--Emporia, Kan., Gazette. Excusable Delay. Manager--Does it take you an hour j to go round the corner, sir? j Office Boy--Please, slr,( a man ; dropped half a dollar in the gutter. I Manager--And it took you all this | time to get it out? j Office Boy--Please, sir, I had to wait ; till the man had gone away. { AE0UNB A BIG STATE •KIEF COMPILATION OF NOIS NEWS. I14J- Changes lii Salaries of Illinois Fbst- masters-Snicide of a Cherry Valley Physician -- Game Shipper Wins a Cass. Officers Elected by Maccabees. First Assistant Postmaster General Heath has announced the sixteenth annual readjustment of presidential postmasters' salaries, the changes in classification and salary {o take effect on the first of next mouth. Under tjys readjustment the fol­ lowing changes in classification and in­ crease and decrease in compensation will occur in Illinois: - Anrora, Evanston, Oak Part and Roek isl­ and advanced from second to first class. Harvey, Murphysbcro, 1'ana, Tuscola and Wheaton advanced from the third to the second class. Increases to-- Albion Altamout ... Ashland ....... Assumption ., Atlanta Aurora ....... Austin ....... Batavla .. Bement ...... Benton ...... Blandlnsvlile Bradley Bra Id wood .. Canton Carlyle ..... Carterville .. Casey Central!* ... Charleston ChatswoFth .. Chenoa .$1,200 . 1,200 . 1,100 . 1,400 Increases to-- Ml! ford .: |1,800 Mollne Momence Montieello 1,400 Morgan Park... 3,000| Morris ........ 2,4001 Mt. Carmel 2.400 Mt. Mofrris 1,400 1,300 .1,200 1,500 1,300 2,500 1,300 1,100 1,400 2,200 2,300 1,300 1,400 Chi. Heights... 1,900 Clayton 1,100 Clinton 2,200 Colchester .... 1,400 Colfax 1,100 CollinsvUle ... 1,400 Duquoln 1,800 Dwlght 2,100 Earlville 1,400 E. St. Louis... 2,600 El I'aao 1,500| Evanston "Preeport 2,800 Geneseo 1,800 Geneva ....... 1,700 Glrard 1,400 Golconda 1,100 Greenville .... 1,800 Griggsvitte .... 1,400 Harvey 2,30;) Havana 1.800 Joliet 3,100 Kansas 1,100 Kelthsburg ... 1,300 Kewanee 2,400 Klnmundjr .... 1,200 Knoxvllle 1,500 La Harpe...... 1,400 La Salle. 2,300 Lawr'cerille .. 1,300 Lemont 1,500 Lena 1,300 Lewlston 1,600 Lexington .... 1,400 McL'usboro ... 1,500 Maroa 1,200 Mason City.... 1,600 Maywood 2,200 Metrop. City... 1,600 Mlnonk 1,700 Decreases to-- Abingdon $1,600 Fulton 1,600 Gibson City... 1,000 Mt. Olive.: Mt. Sterling.... Mt. Vernon Moweaqua M'phyaboro .... Napervllle ..... Nashville ...... Neoga Nokomls Normal Oakland ....... Oak l'ark...... Odell Olney Pana Paxton Peru Petersburg Piper City Piano Polo Pontlae Rautoul Rock Island.... S,000j Rood house Rossville ... Rushville ... St. Charles.. Salem Sandwich .".. Saybrook ... Sheffield .... Shelbyvllle . Sheldon 2,900 1,000 1,800 1,800 1,900 1,700 1,800 1,300 1,600 2,100 1,200 2,000 1,900 1,500 1,200 1,500 1,900 1,300 3,000 1,400 1,000 2,000 1,900 1,700 1,700 1,100 1,800 1,800 2,300 1,400 3,100 1,500 1,200 1,700 1,800 1,100 1,200 1,900 1,600 Spring Valley.. 1,600 Sumner Sycamore ... Tlskihra ... Tuscola .... Upper Alton Vandalia ... Vienna Virginia .... Walnut ..... Warren .... Washington Waukegan .. W. Chicago. Wheaton ... Wllmette .... Windsor Winnetka ... 1,200 1,900 1,200 2,000 1,300 1,700 1,300 1,500 1.100 1,400 1,500 2,500 1,800 2,300 1,800 1,200 1,500 Decreases to Hamilton $1,000 Hinsdale 1,500 Dr. Bean Commits £uictde. Dr. B. H. Bean of Cherry Valley, one of the best known physicians of northern Illinois, committed suicide by taking poi­ son in Belvidere. He left two letters, one to his wife and one to a married woman at Cherry Valley, to whom he confessed his love, and said it was on account of her that he killed 'himself. Bean became widely known several years ago because of an outrage case in which he figured as principal. He was convicted and served one year in Joliet. When his term was out he returned home and was lionized by his friends, who claimed he had been convicted by a conspiracy. He then fell heir to a large fortune, owned a drug store at Savannah, and had other large business interests. He was the champion gun shot of northern Illinois, being the possessor of the diamond badge offered by the Rockford Gun Club. Maccabees Llect Officers. The great camp of the Maccabees of Illinois, in session at Springfield, elected officers as follows': Great commander, J. F. Downer, Chicago; lieutenant command­ er, W. P. Wincher, Chicago; grand record keeper, Thomas M. Doig, Blue Island; grand keeper of finance, C. S. Edwards, Chicago; grand medical examiner, Dr. A. H. Gordon, Chicago; grand chaplain, S. G. Beattle, Chicago; grand master-at- arms, W. P. Capley, Alton; first master of the guard, John Swift, Chicago; sec­ ond master of the guard, F. J. Bendel, Chicago; grand picket, H. J. Roth, Clin­ ton, and grand sergeant, Fred Winters, Chicago. >~ Game Shipper Merrltt Wins. A case of wide importance to sportsmen and the shippers and sellers of game in Illinois was decided against th,e State at Kewanee. H. Clay Merritt of that city was accused of illegal selling of game from his storehouse. His defense was that the game had come from outside the State, and also that it had been sold in Kewanee, and not in Chicago or New York, although it was shipped to those cities. The jury promptly returned a ver­ dict of not guilty when the case passed into its hands. Monmouth Colleee in Luck. Last November James Law and sister of Shushan, N. Y., authorized their agent, Miss Ina Law Robertson of Chicago, to donate from their estate the sum of $50,- 000 to Monmouth College on condition that the friends of the institution raise a similar amount. It is now announced that the amount has been raised. Squirming Democrats. The Pennsylvania Democrats made a desperate effort to ayoid Indorsing the Light on Natural History. Tommy Tucker was showing his aunt from the country through Lincoln Park. "This," he said, "is the prairie dog village. You see them standing up be­ fore their holes with their forepawg folded? They're praying. They al­ ways do that. That Is why we call 'em prairie dogs."--Chicago Tribune. Proved. Mrs. Boozely--My husband la really generous to a fault. Mrs. Gaddson--Yes, I know it. James was telling me last night that your hus­ band borrowed $2 from him the other day and then wanted to spend half of it buying drinks for the party. Character. "Do you think character is shown in the features?" "Yes, to some extent at least. Black­ ened eyes and skinned noses are seldom seen on any but hard characters." "Look! There's a colored messenger boy running." "Sure enough. They ought to adver­ tise him as 'warranted fast black.* **-- fUllftdfllgbia Bulletin. Brief State Happenings. Lewis H. Miner has been appointed postmaster at Springfield. Rev. E. W. Huelster of the First Con­ gregational Church of De Kaib has ten­ dered his resignation. He will retain the pastorate for three months, which closes his year. Word has been received of the death by drowning of two little children of Mrs. Edward Swartz of Freeport, while visit­ ing her father, Tobias * Ciementson, in Union County. S. I>. Gov. Tanner has issued orders to Maj. C. Cabanis, commander of militia on riot duty at Pana, to the effect that under no conditions should the discharge of fire­ arms, firecrackers or fireworks of any na- .ture whatever be permitted within the city limits on the Fourth of July. Seventy out of 114 milch cows at the Eastern Illinois insane hospital, Kanka­ kee, showed signs of tuberculosis after in­ oculation with tnbercuiin. They will be slaughtered. Dr. L. C. Tiffany, assistant State veterinarian, found eleven diseased cattle in the herd at the central insane hospital at Jacksonville. Dr. Egan of Springfield, secretary of the State Board of Health, received notice of his appointment as treasurer of the na­ tional conference of State and provincial boards of health of North America. Judge John C. Garver handed down a decision in the Circuit Court at Rockford in faVor of the plaintiff, in the case of the widow of Isaac Tuttle. who sued the Cov­ enant Mutual Life Assurance Society of Gal 'sburg on a policy of $2,500, which, the company asserted, had been forfeited because of Mr. Tuttle's failure to pay assessment No. 14!) shortly before his death. The widow^claimed the assess­ ment was so large as to be illegal, and Judge Garver heldlhe policy to ba valid. -- a t* \ ' * i S " AssistantSecretary T.yWhMpfcwg^b ed a site for a public building at TfTi ' month from Sexton * Millsr^on tha r ride of South Main street, for $8,960. ' In the case of the National Some . Bniiding Association vs. The Home 8av* ings Bank et al. the Supreme Court *a» i ; verses the finding of the appellate coort ^ on two points. The trustees of the eastern Illinois noyn*'? '"4js mal school met at Charleston and Set * . Ang. 29 as the day for the dedication of v ; the new bniiding. Gov. Tanner and other , | State officials, besides many noted edo- , J cators, will be present. Granville M. Holt, manager of tha" ^f| sporting goods department of Montgom- •S&A ery Ward & Co., shot himself at his resi- *•,$ dence in Chicago in the presence of his ' ̂ ' f ( , , § wife. His death was almost instantane- - ~ % J ous. "4 ^ The union miners of the Harrisburg * "p'A Coal Company laid down their tools and • walked out recently*. A demand was made a few days before for the regular . time on the scale of wages and this jra» refused. . ' ^ x 4 Y Julius Rosenheim of Chicago* aged IT years, entered a plea of guilty to arson, .. ^ . li and robbery at Valparaiso, Ind., and was - § sentenced to the Indiana reformatory by ~ ^ ^ Judge Gillett to a term from two to four- ^ ^ teen years. Benjamin Rush Bowers Miner of Elk ' Grove died suddenly at his home in that village of neuralgia of the heart. Ee was : JO years old and was one of the first of . .5 »' J a party of pioneers who settled in Elk Grove in 1833. * Coal miners in the Chicago and Alton , } subdistrict have refused to accept the scale fixed by the State Board of Arbitra- .C.1 tion and the mines at Chatham, Girard,^ Auburn, Carlinville, Nilwood, G r e e n ^ Ridge, Litchfield and Virden are closed. * sjfa Commissioners Wilson, McKee and Reed of the asylum for incurable insane," now in the course of construction at Bar- > tonville, opened bids for the additional buildings. It was found that the lowest exceeded the appropriation by $60,000. ^ A Polish emigrant, wlio has been t,- * "1 sought by telegraph since leaving New^; York, was arrested at La Salle by the^r j health officer, he having received orders * from the State authorities. The man was exposed to smallpox during his trans- ^||»^ Atlantic trip and escaped from quaran- tine. > Companies D and I of Aurora, whidi{! saw service in the late war at Porto Rico -' and Santiago, were mustered into the , ^ Illinois National Guard by Lieut. Col. Arthur Fisher of Rockford. They went S into L*»elr qM^egiment, the Third. Com- • pany fifty-three men and ^ Jyjj Companfl^^BI^. Thougj^^^^^^^Hfe^ttom land on have been submet^Q^^^^^^l^^HMfee Mis­ sissippi from Ea Iowa. Between water spread out enorn? and crops are wholly ruined? ers in the vicinity of Galena abandoned their places. Superintendent J. R. B. Tan Cleave of the State insurance department has de-; cided in the case of foreign insurance^ companies desiring to comply with the 'V/..h Illinois law that hereafter every policy _ „;l| of insurance issued on property in Illinois?; shall bear the name of an Illinois agents of the company assuming risk, whether, • it be original insurance Or reinsurance. The Supreme Court has handed downf n •*% / an opinion in the Alton school case, in volving the right of the Board of Educa­ tion to send colored children to a certain, specified school. The Supreme Court sets' aside the verdict of the jury that tried- the case and remands the case to the Circuit Court of Madison County for an­ other trial. On June 7 the general store of A. B. Myer of Nora was burglarized and $500*. worth of goods stolen. The other morn-Ci ing Frank Elliot of Chicago walked into ^ the police station at Winona, Minn., and confessed the crime. Subsequent investi-^\:yri?s| gation led to Elliot's implicating anotherr*\< ui; person, who has escaped. Elliot is now in jail at Galena and says that contrition " for his crime and fear of capture led to his confession. ,.t** O**, Attorney General Akin has rendered '• an opinion to the effect that that part of ^ 1 the game law relating to the captivity of ' \ wild song birds is not retroactive, and that it cannot affect the property rights > '^*5 of persons in such song birds acquired ' previous to the taking effect of the law , on July 1. Many persons have construed. " ;'S the law to mean that persons owning wild * f song birds would have to liberate them f after that date. State Secretary Ryan of the Miners* t Union addressed the local union at Hills- boro and induced the miners to accept the - V*, terms proposed by the Hillsboro Coal -»•- ' Company, so that the strike is virtually; V settled. While the union has a member- ; ship of 160, the operators proposed to . employ only ninety men, these to be se- lected by the operators. The union is to: ^ be recognized and only union men em­ ployed. The union had previously insist­ ed that all the miners should be employed or none. A dispatch from Springfield says the Supreme Court handed down an opinion denying the application of Henry M. Day and others for admission to the bar un­ der the Campbell law. The Campbell law, which was passed by the last Leg­ islature, provides that "every applicant for a license who shall comply with the rules of the Supreme Court in regard to admission to the bar. in force at the time such applicant commenced the study of law. either in a law office or college, shall be granted a license under this act, not­ withstanding any subsequent changes in said rules." The finding of th<? court is that the Campbell law is special legisla* tion, and that through it the Legislatures assumed the exercise of power belonging to the court. The holding of the law to be unconstitutional makes it necessary under the rules, of the court for each ap­ plicant for admissiou to the bar to have three years* study to his credit before taking an examination to become aa at­ torney. George F. Clute and Miss Lulu Gracv Thompson of Chicago were married at the Episcopal Church in Harvard. William Barret Ridgely of the Republic Iron Company announced that the iron company in Springfield will immediately double its force of men and resume opera­ tions under a full-time schedule. The wages of the employes are to be increas­ ed from 10 to 20 per cent, according to the character of fhe work in which they are engaged. As the Springfield mills have been idle most of the time for the past tea years, this announcement has caused much rejoicing among the mill workers. At Metropolis, Ella Moore shot and kill­ ed her husband. Mace Moore. She testi­ fied before the coroner's jury that the shooting was accidental, but confessed later to having done it because Moore was whipping her daughter, Mary HiU. Illinois is to be placed in direct competi­ tion with Kentucky in the production of bourbon whisky. It transpires that the \uierican Spirit^ Company of Peoria f«r two or three years has been experimenting :his direction and «uuch of the product has been put upon the wafket. The ma»- aggment, satisfied with th* results, ia erecting a warehouse at the Great West- era distillery, wfrlch 1% *0 h$T§ % of 14.000 barrsls. ^ , ' M * 4 slllsife; ' '