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l I «-J-"*^> ?k~'^"W^x7'• f\ S y ^ '-" ' DROWNGVICTIMS rctherhood of Murderers Is Relieved to Exist in Beaumont. BODIES FOUND IN THE RIVER. Mttwm Viet'ma in • Llttl* Orar > Month Cattte* Activity In Police Ranka and KlKhtccii Tramps Are Placed In jaU on bos pic ion. ' By the finding of another body of a murdered man in the waters of the Neches river the officials of Beau­ mont, Texas, have become convinced that an organized band ot robbers who kill their victims to cover up their crimes is operating in and about this city. This makes the fifth murder of tne kind to be discovered within a lit­ tle over a month, in each case the '.Victim's head was smashed in with a -club, apparently, the corpse was robbed and then thrown down into the river in one of the eastern suburbs. The last body found is that of a man p auout 45 years of age. It had lain in the water perhaps thirty days. Every pocket in the clothing had been rifled and the skull and jaw were crushed in by blows. There was not a mark or scrap of paper about the body by which it could be identified. One of the bodies recenuy found was that of Patrick Fitzpatrick, who had been missing for nearly three weeks. It was identified by a peculiar ring worn upon one of the fingers. Another body was that of Benjamin Pearson, night watchman at the Neches Iron works. Pearson had been missing for ten days. He had about $100 and a gold watch on his person. When the body was taken from the river the watch and money were gone. The skull was crushed in and the face mutilated. At the finding of the fifth body every officer in the town was set to work on the mystery, and eighteen tramps who have been living in the river bottoms opposite the city were arrested and locKed up on suspicion that they are at the bottom of the series of .crimes. LATEST MARKETS. CHICAGO. Winter wheat, No. 2 red.$ .81 @ .83 Corn, No. 2 @ .59% Oats, No. 2 42%@ .43% Cattle 2.50 @6.40 Hogs 4.90 ®)t>.50 Sheep and lambs 4.00 @>6.50 NEW YORK. Wheat, No. 2 red <0> .86 Corn, No. 2 & .68% Oats, No. 2 @ .50% KANSAS CITY. Wheat, cash, No. 2 hard. @ .72% Corn, cash, No. 2 mixed. @ .61 Oats, No. 2 white 44%<g> .44% ST. LOUIS. Wheat, No. 2 red, cash.. @ .83% Corn, No. 2, cash @ .60% Oats, No. 2, cash @ .44 Cattle 2.75 @6.15 Hogs 5.85 @6.45 Sheep 3.00 @6.35 OMAHA. Cattle 2.75 @6.50 Hogs 4.25 @6.25 Sheep 3.50 @6.40 Arrest Alleged Wire Polsonen Wm. Klumpp, husband of the Lowelt Mich., woman who was poisoned by al­ leged "headache powders," which were found to contain strychnine, was ar­ rested and is in jail at Grand Rapids, Michigan. The officers believe that Klumpp either sent^ the deadly powders through the mail him­ self or knew who did send them and that the main object was the removal of Mrs. Klumpp. The theory is that the doctored powders were substituted for the real headache and harmless powders and sent to several persons in the village for the purpose of throw­ ing the blame upon the manufacturers of the remedy and thus divert suspl- j| don from the sender of the poison. 8»yi Philippine War Is Dying:. Acting Governor Wright in an inter­ view said the provinces of Morong and Rizal were never more peaceful than they are now and that the recent disturbances were entirely due to the influence of insurrectionists who had been driven from Laguna and Batan- gas provinces. From conversations which he has had with Gen. Bell and others Mr. Wright feels satisfied that the insurrection is dying out Strike Big oil Goataer. Nashville, Tenn., dispatch: Govern­ or Benton McMillin received a tele­ gram from the general manager of the Huntley Oil company, of which he la a director, stating that the company had struck the McMillin gusher, pro­ ducing at the rate of 70,000 barrels daily. Among those Interested with Governor McMillin are Charles A. Towne and Congressman Cooper of the Beaumont district. v" British Seeking Cnban Trade. A recent conference attended by representatives of the chambers of commerce of London, Liverpool, Man­ chester, Belfast, Edinburgh and other places has resolved to take immediate action to maintain the "most-favored- nation" treatment for Great Britain in regard to Cuba. Every chamber in the United Kingdom will be invited to send delegates to a deputation that will viBit Lord Lansdowne, the for­ eign secretary, on Tuesday next, to lay the matter before the govern­ ment. • February Failures. February insolvencies, according to reports to R. G. Dun & Co., were 1,104 In number, with an aggregate indebt­ edness of $11,302,029. In the same month last year there were 1,024 de­ faults, amounting to $11,287,211. Railroad Settles Wreek Claims. Kokomo, Ind., special: The Penn­ sylvania company has settled with the eighteen injured in the wagon party Struck by the train. It costs the oom- yuy $U,000 to settle ̂ th tlAi victims. UNOLE SAM EXACTS FULL TIME Bmployea Are Docked far KiaaWi. Lou of Time. "It's an old story that the United States treasurer occasionally pays war­ rants for the sum of one cent to credit­ ors of the government," said an old department clerk the other day, "but it's so well known, but equally true, nevertheless, that government clerks are sometimes 4oc^e(^ on® ceQt f°r overstaying their annual leave a minute or a friction thereof. In the treasury department in particular the rule is inflexible that a clerk who ex­ ceeds the regulation leave even for a minute in a year shall forfeit a pro­ portionate amount of his pay. "The taxation of delinquents re­ quires eternal vigilance and careful calculation, but it is regarded as es­ sential to the best Interests of the ser­ vice. No fractions of a ihinute are considered and there is no penalty less than a cent. The salary per minute is determined by dividing the annual sal­ ary by all the working days, which ex­ clude Sundays and holidays, and al­ lowing seven hours for each day. On that basis it is computed that the sal­ aries of government clerks average about a cent a minute. Of course, some are more and others less, but that covers the most of them. "It does not seem much to deduct ten cents from the $1,200 salary of a clerk who has exceeded his sixty days' ,leave by ten minutes, but he invari­ ably treats such action as a great out­ rage on his rights as an American citizen. The other day a woman In the treasury upset the entire office in which she is employed for almost a whole day," says the Washington Star, ""in her persistent efforts to get back thirteen cents which had been deduct­ ed from her salary for overstaying her leave about a quarter of an hour. She nearly went into hysterics, but the authorities were firm and she had to submit." A MALICIOUS MEDDLER. Good The Young Woman Had Very Qroaod for Detesting Him. Two well-dressed and attractive young women--business girls, appa­ rently--rustled into a car the other morning and took seats. After they were comfortably adjusted, with par­ cels and umbrellas, the one in the blue CiOtb suit scanned the two men who aat opposite, and remarked to her com­ panion: { "It's too near the stove here; let's move down." Then the girls arose, and took seats farther down, out of range of the two men. "What was the matter, Clara?" the other girl asked; "it wasn't really too warm back there." "No," the ' first girl answered with spirit, "but that horrid man with the brown hat and overcoat sat near us. He is always on the car near me, Laura, and I detest £he sight of him." "I don't know him," commented Laura; "who is he?" "Why, I don't know him, either," Clara explained; "but I won't sit where I have to look at him." "Has he ever been rude to you?" asked Laura. "Rude? I think so. About three months ago I dreamed I was standing before the altar in a lovely church all decorated with palms and flowers and was just about to be married--oh, to such a handsome man, Laura, and that hideous old thing in the brown hat and coat--the very same man--came rushing down the aisle and arrested my promised husband for bigamy."--De­ troit Free Press, When Politeness Failed* An incident which amused all but three passengers on a Fourteenth street car occurred a few mornings ago. A young man with flowing blond hair, who is one of the best known prose­ cuting officers in the local courts, was the victim. "He tried to be smart," one of the passengers remarked, but the young man denies the accusation. The car was crowded, as usual, and the young man occupied a seat near the door. Why the motorman should stop the car for additional passengers he could not understand. The car stopped, however, and in walked two women. One was a woman of uncer­ tain age and not strikingly handsome, while the other was a y.oung woman in her twenties and beautiful. "Now," said the prosecutor to him­ self, "Hi, show these people I'm not going to give up my seat just because I can favor a pretty girl." He vacated the seat, and, reaching to the" woman of the greater number of years, remarked: "This seat is for you." "How dare you reflect on my age in such a manner?" the woman asked. "I'll not take your seat" Turning to the pretty young lady, he made the offer of the seat to her, only to be told: "I'll not take it, either." Then the young man went back as far as he could and rode on the plat­ form, while the passengers in the car enjoyed the affair as a huge joke.-- Washington Star. That Word "Get." Professor Gibbs says, "There is n«. word in the English language capable of performing so much labor in a clear, intelligible sense as the verb to get," and Dr. Withers gives a specimen of its capabilities as follows: "I got on horse­ back within ten minutes after I got your letter. When I got to Canterbury I got a chaise for two, but I got wet through before I got to Canterbury, and I have got such a cold ss I shall not be able to get rid of in a hurry. I got to the treasury about noon, but first of all I got shaved and dressed. I soon got Into the secret of getting a memorial before the board, but I could not get an answer then; however, I got intelligence from the messenger that I should most likely get one next morn­ ing. As Boon as I got back to my inn I got my supper and got to bed. When I got up in the morning I got my break­ fast, and then got myself dressed that I might get out in time to get an an­ swer to my memorial. As soon as I got it I got into the chaise and got to Canterbury by 3, and about tea time I got home. I have got nothing for you, and so adieu." 1 DECREES OF FASHION. Latest Modes and Designs That May Interest the Fair Sex. The leading Idea of reform In wom­ an's dress is that every garment ought to fit according to the natural lines of the figure, without any impediment, without pinching or exclusion of free air that is supposed to penetrate as freely as possible through the cloth­ ing. I am afraid that elegance will be the sufferer for some time to come, for the medical celebrities, who are think­ ing only of the practical side and wish­ ing to give relief to their patients suf­ fering through their mode of dressing, leave it to those whose profession it is to think how to introduce their planned reforms into practical use. Yet this form of suffering of elegance will only wear BO long as fashion ignores those reformatory views. If the lead­ ers of fashion would take the reform of woman's dress in hand and go in boldly for it, breaking with the tradi­ tions of high collars and pinched waists, Louis Quinze heels, veils, etc., the dawn of the reformed woman's dress would quickly come, the scale would turn in accordance, and the fash­ ion of to-day would be scorned by those who are now its warmest follow­ ers and adorers.--Princess Ysenburg in the North American Review. for dressy occasions. And the latest French "wrinkle" is to stuff the hol­ low, just at the front of the shoulders, with a bag in which there lies a deal of violet sachet. Muffs are also perfumed with these same little bags. The French make these little sachets as much a feature of good gowning as they do of good linings, says the Philadelphia Press. Perfumed flannel is one way, and Spanish leather is an excellent but ex­ pensive fashion. A few drops of am­ bergris are put on absorbent cotton and placed in the gown. This is the latest and the most expensive perfume of all. Handsome Laca Waist. In Relation to Slippers. Winter brings balls and therefore a demand for dancing slippers, which now can be had in selections of many kinds and many colors. The first slip­ per in the illustration is of black vel­ vet studded with steel and cut with an exceedingly smart toe; indeed, the form is so good that it proves most be­ coming to the foot Gold tinseled cloth in place of shoe leather has the advantage that it will go with any dress, and the one illustrated is dain­ tily embroidered about the toe and is rendered all the more suitable to danc­ ing by the strap across the instep, which keeps it on securely without any fear of its slipping off at the heel. The variety in the ornamentation of even­ ing shoes lies principally in the treat­ ment of the Instep, and an uncommon method is shown in our third model. Dinner or theater blouse ot white lace, trimmed with a sort of lattice­ work or trellis of black chantllly inser­ tion which is spangled with jet. Styles In Rktrts. The skirt that has been carried so high this year will now be lowered. It is evenr predicted that It will hang and that silks and laces will trail their costly lengths upon the pavements. DEBUTANTE'S GOWN. The less a woman knows about any- thing the more positive she lf. § 3 \ * * * % ILLINOIS. ITEMS White pleated mousseline de sole over liberty satin. The lace is twine- aolored and follows the edges of the hertha and skirt; the lace at the top fits the figure closely and has no lining. On the liberty underskirt there are two ruchings of th^mousseline. Sash of white satin, with Inserts and ends of the lace. which is handsomely, beaded with jet on glace kid. For dafldng one must wear not only dainty shoes but even the stockings must match and some of their patterns in open work and em­ broidery are well worthy of note, and so are the new white kid shoes cov­ ered all over with diagonal 3trappings of white silk, as are also the new black satin court shoe with Louis heel, richly worked In jet Dses of White Gowns. It is not only young girls who can wear white, but it is singularly be­ coming to those whose locks are bleached, and many are wearing white cloth dresses trimmed with rows of military braid, opening over white silk fronts worked with gold, and for fete dresses soft eolienne has Valenciennes lace let in, while oyster white satin with lace incrusted and mingled with pearls is quite new. 6o£h.',' Per famine the Gowns. There has hardly been a season on record when there has been so gener­ ous a use of sachet powders. A liberal supply is used in nearly every article of the wardrobe. It is expensive, but then there is no more attractive feature of a woman's gown. j, U is used in the linings of all frqpks That this is probably correct prophecy can be gathered by the fact that the French pictures show the women of next spring walking through streets with skirts dragging. For the present we have the mouse lift, which elevates the skirts very nicely, and the side lift, which brings them well up to the knees. The drop skirt fulfills its self-appointed mission of dropping and resembling a dress skirt The sheath skirt requires the back lift; one full-handed clutch below the waist line lifts it from the street all the way around. Other styles there will be many, but It Is for the gradually lifting curtain of 1902 to reveal them. Bed Much In faror. Red is more in favor; red coats in particular, which are exceedingly smart, usually of cloth, three-quarters in length, faced with ermine or white fox and trimmed with strips of cloth passementerie or velvet For after­ noon wear in particular red Is much seen. The exquisite Chinese embroider­ ies are now being much seen in Paris. Blouses of soft silk Chinese crepe with vests of Chinese embroideries and collars and cuffs to match are among the prettiest of the season's novelties. These blouses are rather simply but artistically made and can be worn with various kinds of skirts. Notes of Latest Lattice work is used frequently on the new blouses. Scarlet and white make a popular combination for children's frocks. Mourning millinery appears to be un­ usually elaborate and dressy this sea­ son. Persian ornaments appllqued upon chiffon make attractive stocks and bows. Black and white continues to be a favorite combination for afternoon and evenings gowns. The large picturesque hat, raised off the head at the front and side by loops of ribbon, is a popular mode. Shoulder straps made of ribbons, feathers, flowers or embroidery are a special feature on evening gowns. Tracklaying on the new Decatur and Springfield railroad will be resumed on April 6. In the circuit court at Decatur Judge Vail fined A1 Shultz the limit--$100 and costs--on one count for gaming. He had been found guilty by a jury. The Decatur bowling team is now the champion team of central Illinois. Samuel and John McOougle, prom­ inent and wealthy farmers, have sold their farms near Mattoon and have re­ moved to Chillicothe, Mo. Tarlton C. Miles, one of the best veterinary surgeons in America and Well known in Canada, England and France, died at his home in Charleston. He made several trips to Europe and, it is said, greatly astonished the sur­ geons of London and Paris with the ease and success with which he han­ dled difficult cases. The Jonas McKinstry farm of sixty acres, in North Okaw township, has been sold to Robert fclliott, the consid­ eration being $4,400. W. B. Ferguson, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Etna, died at the age of 70 years. Rev. S. K. Reed, who was said to be the oldest Methodist minister in the United States, died at Champaign, aged 99 years. For the past thirty years he resided in Illinois. Expert George W. Fisher, who had been employed to check up all county officers, at Charleston, declares the law had been directly violated in each in­ stance in which money has been taken, either for fees or charges for ser­ vices. The report makes the follow­ ing charges of money due the county: William Byers, sheriff, $3,198.57; C. C. Ingram, circuit clerk, $2,175.50; A. C. Sellars, county clerk, $1,168.80; D. C. Oannaway, treasurer, $1,428.50. John F. Delaney, one of the early settlers of Carlinville, died, aged 79 years. J. J. Achenbach of Taylorville and John Tate of Blackburn have been se­ lected as delegates to the convention of the Allied Third party, to be held at Louisville, Ky., on April 2. At the coming Mascoutah city elec­ tion the question of refunding city bonds in the sum of $10,000 will be voted on. The city now pays 4% per cent and wants to pay no higher than 8% per cent The mine of the Kolb Coal company near Mascoutah has been shut down and about 130 men are idle. Improvements are oeing made in the gas plant of Alton Railway, Gas and 'Electric company which will increase the capacity of the plant 100,000 cubic feet in twenty-four hours. New benches are being set in the retort house, and a new gas-holder with a capacity of 100,000 feet will be constructed. The Hapsgood Plow company has started work of constructing a new iron foundry at its plant in Alton to do th« casting for the plow works. This Is a new departure at the Hap- good works, as all casting has been done by contract. The new foundry will employ thirty men and Will work the year round. The Alton authorities have issued orders that, the work of street cleaning t>e done by prisoners in the jail. A great religious wave has been •weeping over the little town of Brigh­ ton, in consequence of the revival meetings which have been in progress In the Presbyterian church there. The whole village is interested in the meet­ ings and large audiences have been present at all of them. The farmers owning the elevator and produce corporation at Bethalto have made a discovery of what they sup­ posed to be a wholesale theft of wheat at their elevator. Employes made an inspection and found that a stick had become lodged in one Chute, through which the wheat was conducted from the bin, where it was weighed, to the cars. In that way the wheat was choked up and finally overflowed from the chute back lpto the main elevator. The appellate court has affirmed the judgment given to Lee Allmon of Sa­ lem against the Illinois Central for damage to his orchard by fire. The jury in the Marion county circuit court gave a verdict for $1,550. Hosea Fuller, a veteran In the war of the rebellion, died at Qulncy, aged 77 years. William Haise, for several years con nected with the Qulncy telephone ex­ change, died, aged 63 years. Mrs. Carl Burgdorff, who had lived In Qulncy nearly a half century, died, aged 58 years. The authorities at Washington have given orders to close the United States army recruiting office in Qulncy. The business men have petitioned to hare the office continued. Mrs. Mary Anna Kloecking, a resit- dent of Qulncy since 1847, died, aged 72 years. A crusade against cigarette smoking by pupils in the public schools is to be started under the direction of the Springfield board of educauon. The Marlon county Democratic cen­ tral committee has completed arrange­ ments for the county primary election on March 22. The candidates were as­ sessed $20 each to pay the cost of elec­ tion. The primary promises to be one ef the most bitter held in the county. The report of Supt Collins of the Springfield schools, show that since the beginning of the school year 5,807 pupils have been registered. Of this number 4,807 remain. During the month of February there were 2,637 pupils who were neither absent nor tardy. John A. L. Scott died at Silver City, If. M. He was president of the Wayne County (111.) ounday school associa­ tion, chairman of the Wayne county Prohibition committee and a member of the Illinois Prohibition executive committee. Mr. Scott was a prominent layman in the Free Baptist church and was well known in'southern Illinois. • new building to be used chiefly as ft nursery and hospital will be added to the Home for the Friendless at fprlngflela. The headquarters of the L O. M. A. Is to be nvsved to Peoria The Franklin county Republican central committee has called a primary election for April 1, to vote on legis­ lative candidates. A convention will be held at Benton April 2 to select delegates to the state convention. An­ other primary election was called for August 30 to select county candidates. The Perry county agricultural so­ ciety held its annual election at Pinck- neyville and the following offioer3 were re-elected: President Matt Rule; secretary, R. J. Rushing; treasurer, Thomas L. Wallace. William Hale Ives, aged 73 years, founder of the Salem (Mass.) Observ­ er, died at his home in Taylorville. George Reppel, employed in the St. Louis and M&rissa grain elevator, was instantly killed by being caught in the flywheel while elevating wheat His body was drawn under the wheel. He was dead when found, his body be­ ing terribly crushed. Dixon B. Ward died at Marion, aged 100 years and one month. He was a lifelong Democrat, having cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson. A sis­ ter, Mrs. Polly Hall, who lives In Washington bounty, is 99 years of age, and his mother died in her 105tn year. At Anna the Union county Repub­ lican central committee has called a mass meeting for March 12 to select delegates to the state convention and nominate a candidate for the legisla­ ture. The appointment of W. H. Hodson as postmaster at Delavan culminated the bitterest factional fight ever known in that district. The incumbent, S. H. Beatty, is the first presidential postmaster to be removed in central Illinois. Christopher Compton, aged 95 years, died at the Morgan county poor farm. His name was first on the register of the poor house, showing that he was admitted October 20, 1855. Ben Cox and Ed Hoffman, two young men of Mount Vernon, were convicted last week in the circuit coourt of Ham­ ilton county on the charge of holding up and robbing the station agent at .MeLeansboro last fall. They were sen­ tenced to the state reformatory. G. E. Maxon and W. M. Provine sold 640 acres of land in King township to William Muthersbough of Bement for a consideration of $42,200. Louis Huebner, a prominent farmer residing* near Mitchell, was shooting crows on his farm and his gun was accidentally discharged as he was load­ ing it, the charge of shot penetrating his abdomen. The Epworth League of the Upper Alton Methodist church is planning to organize a flower mission and em­ ployment bureau. It is proposed to furnish flowers to be given to sick peo­ ple and to secure employment, If pos­ sible, for men who are out of work. Because Edward Steigier could not Induce the penitentiary officials to send him to Alton to appear to an­ swer to a charge of stealing an over­ coat on a Chicago & Alton train, his bond of $250 has been declared for­ feited. Steigier was convicted on a charge of bank robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary. A serious wreck occurred on the Big Four at Ashmore. A freight train was at the tank taking water when an­ other two-header crashed into it All three engines were badly damaged and a fireman received a broken arm. John White of Charleston discharged a shotgun through a window of Crim'q saloon. Tom Hanchln was shot in the head and Frank Hanchin had an arm shattered. Both men are in a pre­ carious condition. The men are brothers-in-law. Rev. J. A. Piper was suddenly strick­ en with paralysis while preaching at Lerna. A Warren county stock company re­ cently paid $4,000 for a Percheron stal­ lion. The Bushnell women's club owns and conducts a library. Moline will ask Mr. Carnegie to increase his library donation from $37,000 to $50,000. Rantoul Knights of Pythias are or­ ganizing a brass band. Fire at Virden destroyed a quarter of a block of the main business sec­ tion of the city, with a loss of over $25,000. The Central Union Telephone com­ pany has made a business arrange­ ment with all the independent phone systems iu southern Illinois, using the Bell transmitter. This allows all points In southern Illinois to be reached with one connection and one toll. The Perry County Agricultural so­ ciety fixed October 7 as the date for the opening of the annual fair. The work of dismantling the old buildings on the west side of the pub­ lic square at Mount Vernon prepara­ tory to erecting a number of new business blocks this spring has begun. These old structures have stood on their present site since 1825. The line of the Illinois Central ex­ tension from Mounds to Olive Branch has been definitely located and the company has secured options upon a large tract of the land through which it passes. From Olive Branch , where connection Is made with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the line will skirt Horseshoe L*ke. Lyman B. Fetter, an old resident Qt Rood house, was found dead in Ids room adjoining his place of business. Death was caused by an overdose of morphine administered by his own hands. Fred Kinder, a prominent farmer of Point precinct, has purchased a 300- acre farm in Carroll county, Missouri, and will move with his family to that place on April 1. Ex-County Commissioner John Byrd. who has been In Washington and Ore­ gon, looking over the country with a view to locating, has written friends that he will return to Calhoun county. Mrs. Fannie Houchen has com­ menced proceedings for $5,000 dam­ ages against Louis F. Webb of As­ sumption. She alleges defamation of character. At a meeting of the Business Men's -'.'jfi association of Pana a stock company \~;J was formed with a capital of $10,000 for the purpose of forming a district fair association. One-fourth of the stock was immediately subscribed for. , ̂ The Century Coal company has been organized at St Paul, Minn., with a -7^ capital stock of $300,000, for the pur- f i|j pose of sinking and operating a coal . /•V? mine at Tower Hill, six miles east of ; Pana. It is expected that the mine will • 1'^ have a capacity of 1,500 to 2,000 tons f 4 per day and employ from 600 to 800 , ̂ miners. U The work of reconstructing the roll- f ing mills owned by the Republic Iron I U and Steel company is now well under . . way at Springfield. It Is understood , that the mills will produce merchant iron almost exclusively. Frederick M. Barrows, a farmer and stock raiser of Pea Ridge, Brown county, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are scheduled at $10,497; assets, none. The total taxes to be collected fin Montgomery county this year for an purposes amount to $192,797.70. Ira Honefinger of South Fork town­ ship, who was arrested on the chargs of assaulting one of his pupils with a stove poker, has been acquitted, it hav­ ing been shown that the pupil resist­ ed punishment and that the poker mw used only in self-defense. Propositions for municipal owner­ ship of electric lights and waterworks were defeated at a special election held at Edinburg. It was proposed to issue $8,000 worth pf bonds for an electric light plant and $4,000 for a waterworks system. The Democrats of Piatt county win hold their county convention at Moa-v* *1 ticello on April 17. , John G. Seitx, who was appointed v Mji postmaster at Upper Alton, is a well- <;J known glass-blower. , Mrs. Martha Caldwell, aged 90 years, died at Fidelity. The Carlinville Poultry club, at Its semiannual meeting decided to hold Its vpf next exhibition on November 18 to 21, >ff when the Macoupin county farmers* in- stitute will be in session. -i! Newton orchardists predict a large fyi apple crop this year, but say there v will be no peaches of any consequence ̂ " -?*; the hard winter having killed the buds. .; William Shup, a Mexican war vet- 7 eran, is seriously ill at the home of his ' ^|| son, Frank L. Shup, with but little '• / J hope of recovery. He is one of New- ton's oldest citizens and in an early " day served as deputy sheriff in the county. ' The capital stock of tbe Carbond§}e Waterworks company has been in-' » creased to $100,000. The company will ^ V enlarge its plant and either Install a new ice plant or purchase the one now <v- ]| operated in the city. • cold storage "jy plant will be added. ' The Sparta city council has TOted to' ,A allow the citizens to decide the quee- tlon of licensing saloons at the spring election. John D. Moore and wife celebrated , •>* their golden wedding at Rushvllle. Mr. ,K 'J Moore says the morning following his ' wedding he took his ax, maul and wedges and proceeded on bis wedding tour, from which he has never re­ turned. He now owns a half doaan big farms. James Russell and wife, who Hhrd nine miles northwest of Carmi, were ̂ arrested charged with murdering their ft newly born babe. Mrs. J. W. Singleton died at her _ . plantation In Oak, Virginia. She otnt ; the widow of the late Gen. James Sin- ̂ gleton, who during his lifetime rep- resented the Quincy district in Con­ gress, and who had the distinction of being one of the commissioners ap­ pointed by Abraham Lincoln to have a peace conference with Jefferson Da­ vis. Hon. Joseph W. Drury, died at Wa­ terloo. He was 70 years of age. He was one of the most prominent men of the county, having been three t'maa elected sheriff, twice to the state legis­ lature, and was the present member of the state board of equalization of the 22d district. Mrs. Mary Emery, wife of Samuel H. Emery, and one of the prominent women of Quincy, died from paralysis, aged 64. She was a daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Alexander McClure, and had lived in Quincy since 1885. Mrs. Malina McCarty, widow of the late Thomas J. McCarty, an old resi­ dent of Mason City, died of paralysis of the throat aged 78 years. The de­ ceased was the wealthiest woman in Mason county. The funeral of D. B. Ward occurred six miles south of Marion, "Uncle Dick," as he was known, celebrated his 100th birthday in January last. Twenty-two families left Mi Thz-- boro in a special emigrant car Car Spokane, Wash, with a view to locat­ ing near Spokane and College Grove. The Nashville fox-chasing club In a recent hunt succeeded la bagging a fox. The executive committee of the San­ gamon county farmers' institute met at Springfield to consider arrange­ ments for the next Institute, to be held at Wllliamsville this falL The matter of the exhibit to be made in eocneetiOB with the institute was discussed and the motion prevailed that instead ei a general display of farm products the show consist of corn and butter. The gambling houses of SpringMA are again opened for business The retail clerks of Cairo are mmfr ing for Sunday closing and shorter uours on week days. They want all plaoes of business to close ail day Sun­ day and at 7 o'clock each evening ex­ cept Chicago mill pay days, Saturday* ̂ and the ten days before Christmas. They are meeting with encouragment The Illinois Central has completed its double track system from CestiraSs south to Rlchview. During the OMft- ing summer it is announced that all gaps will be filled and the Central Will have continuous double tracks, all Chtaa«e * to