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« • ' ' A . " • - ; . • * > ' • & ' > ' V ' i Wafhingion Letter _ . t|l 'f tnleresdng CKc^t of Men and Movements ^ In the Nation&l Capital. (Special Letter.) HEN Prince Henry visited the senate chamber the other day the galleries were filled to over- ' flowing with women who had gone thith­ er in the hope of •Mine the illustrious guest of the na­ tion. A few minutes before the prince entered the chamber there was a com­ motion in the reserved gallery on the Republican side of the chamber. A doorkeeper, followed by a robust look­ ing man, walked down the steps to a seat which commanded an excellent view of the chamber. An old lady oc­ cupied it. The doorkeeper whispered a few words to her and she reluctantly arose and looked around hopelea3ly for another seat. The robust looking man settled himself comfortably in the seat and was soon lost in the debate then in progress. The old lady finally se­ cured the doorkeeper's permission to •it on the steps of the gallery. How­ ever, she could not remain in that cramped position long and was going from the gallery when a young woman gave her a seat. No one seemed to think there was anything extraordi­ nary in the fact that a man had crowd­ ed the old woman out, because the ro­ bust looking individual was none other than J. Pierpont Morgan, the banker, trust magnate and art patron. Everybody remembers the old nurs­ ery rhyme, beginning: "There was a little girl. Who had a little curl Eight in the middle of her fore­ head." There are quite a number of con­ gressmen in the house who are just like the little girl. Representative Fowler of New Jersey, for instance has the very prettiest kind of a curl right in the middle of his forehead. It falls over his noble brow in neglige style and gives him a jaunty appear ance. Congressman Joy's curl is not so pronounced, but unquestionably adds to the beauty of his appearance. Congressman Burleson's lock of hair is quite perceptible, even from a distance and is delicately balanced directly over his nose. But the finest curl of all belongs to Congressman Zenor of Ohio. It is a beauty bright. It is a tuft of hair with a reddish tint which juts out from his commanding brow, totally separate from the rest of his hirsute adornment, like a bush clinging to the mountain side. When he is delivering a speech the little tuft of hair bobs up and down, keeping time to the waving Of Mr. Zenor's arms. Representative Wheeler of Kentucky entered the house barber shop recently and hung his collar upon a peg while he was in a chair. Representative Dinsmore of Arkansas came in and hung his collar upon an adjoining peg. The two collars reBted side by side un­ til Mr. Wheeler left the barber shop. When he went out Dinsmore's collar was around his neck. A few moments later Mr. Dinsmore was engaged in the difficult task of attaching Wheeler's collar to his shirt. He struggled, and, were it not-for his angelic temper, might have uttered language unfit for publication. As it was he was about to go upon the floor of the house with a handkerchief tied around his neck, when Mr. Wheeler re­ appeared. "I have got somebody's collar," he remarked. "I should say you had," replied Olns- snore. "And I say. Wheeler," he added, MI have heard it said that when a man gets into congress he ought to keep his hands on nis pocketbook. I never knew before that he ought to keep his collar around his neck." Miss Louise Jones, niece of Postmas­ ter General Payne, is the latest addi­ tion to the younger element In the cab­ inet circle. Congressman Joseph W. Fordney of Saginaw, Mich., Is favoring the upper part of his left arm these days. He was at work in his committee room teat week when a strange man entered without the formality of knocking, I did that once and I will never do it again. When Grant was in the White House I thought I saw a chance to get an Illinois man in the cabinet, so I suggested his name to Grant and pointed out some of his good qualities. Grant arose from his table, and step­ ping up to me, placed his hands on my shoulders and looked me squarely in the face. Then he said seriously: "Cullom, a president wants to be just as free from interference or advice when he selects members of his cabi­ net as he does when he picks out his wife." i would like to see an Illinois man In President Roosevelt's cabinet, but if he wants any information or ad­ vice from me he must ask for it, and he has failed to do so up to date." By his colleagues, and almost uni­ versally by his Democratic opponents, Senator Joseph Rosweli Hawley of Connecticut is esteemed for his urban­ ity and straightforwardness" Before Senator Hawley. his election to the senate Mr. Hawley served his state and country in con­ gress, rounding out a series of five years in the Union army, where he rose to the rank of major-general. Not a frequent speaker on the floor of the senate, he is a valued member of his party on Important committees, and is responsible for much valuable legislation. Senator Hawley has been prominent in politics in Connecticut since the close of the civil war, and has held many high positions. He has been a senator since 1881, his present term expiring in 1905. "Uncle" Joe Cannon was "drilling" up to the treasury department the oth­ er day when one of the assistant sec­ retaries passed him in a carriage driv­ en by a coachman and ornamented with a footman. "Pretty prosperous for a |4,500 Job," mused the chairman of the committee on appropriations. "Guess I'll look into it." Mr. Cannon discovered that the gov­ ernment owned the horses and car­ riage and paid for the feed. The coachman was on the pay roll as a messenger in the treasury department and the footman was a laborer in the department. It had been supposed by members of congress that the horses were employed in hauling supplies to the department Investigation showed that many of the assistant secretarios who are not furnished with horses and carriages by congress had reeorted to the same means as the treasury offi­ cial to provide themselves with free equipages. Now the assistant secre­ taries have a good prospect of again becoming patrons of the street car lines. WAS NOT CORDIAL. NUM LonUt JonMi and asked him to remove ha coat. Fordney was surprised and indignant but the caller explained that he was from the district health department and was under orders to vaccinate any persons found in that room. It was then explained that the infant son of Mr. Fordney*s secretary had been found to have smallpox and had been taken away to the isolation hospital. The parents had been quarantined, but the child's mother had Insisted on go­ ing to the hospital to which her child had been taken by the police. The father was In captivity and all persons who had been with him lately had to be vaccinated. Senator Cullom made a call on Pres­ ident Roosevelt the other day, and when he came out of the chief execu­ tive's room he was asked: "Did you suggest to the president any candidate for cabinet positions?" "I never offer advice to the president,** replied Mr. Cullom, "regarding cabinet positions. AtalNl Itmi Relates an lipotMN with • Southern Woman. One Incident in his early career, and showing the intense hatred felt by Southern women for the North during the civil war, was not recounted by Admiral Evans in his "Sailor'B Log." After his knee had been shattered in the successful attack on Fort Fisher he was sent to a hospital In Norfolk for treatment. On his arrival at the dock In that city he was obliged to wait for transportation, and lay in the open air on a none too comfortable pile of blankets. He was in a most pitiable condition, thin to emaciation, and his drawn face showed only too plainly his Bufferings. Born a Virginian, he was the only member of his family who es­ poused the Northern cause, and here in his native state he felt that despite his defense of that cause he was really at home. A Southern woman ap­ proached, but instead of a gentle in­ quiry she in insolent tones demanded what was the matter with him. "My knee Is shattered," answered the boy politely. A pity it wasn't your head," she exclaimed, and without another «wrord walked away. It was hardly a home­ coming after all.--New York Times. Current News and Views FLORENOE BURNS It SET FREE. *• WdtDc# to Conaeet Her with Mnrder of Walter Brooke. Florence Burns, who for five weeks has been under arrest, accused of the murder of Walter T. Brooks in the Glen Island Hotel, New York City, on the night of February 14, was dis­ charged from ciistody by Justice Mayer. The Justidfe decided the prosecution had not made out a case against the girl. There was a wild outburst of ap­ plause In the courtroom. Women jumped up and waived their hands. A score of them rushed forward and would have hugged the defendant had not the court officers surrounded her and forced them back. Men showed their approval of the decision by shouting, clapping their hands, and tossing their hats in the air. It was with the utmost difficulty that order was restored in the courtroom. When Florence Burns heard Justice Mayer say she was free she betrayed no more emotion than she had at any time during the examination. She went right on fanning herself as If nothing unusual had happened, but she r smiled slightly at the outburst of ap­ plause. * Capltolloe Art. Very beautifully decorated are the walls of the new part of the capitol where handsomely furnished commit­ tee rooms fill the space once occupied by the Congressional library. In some of the corridors are attractive frescoes of nymphs and goddesses, with their delicately molded forms Bwathed In flowing garments. "And who are these?" asked a New Jersey visitor to Senator Kean, as they passed along the corridors to the Sen­ ator's committee room. "Those," said Senator Kean, "are the pictures of our typewriters." OHARLES NEELY FOUND GUILTY Ten Tears In Prtnon and a Heavy Fine Is the Sentence Impoeed. Charles F. W. Neeley, sentenced in Havana to ten years in prison and a fine of 156,701 for the theft of Cuban postal funds, was treasurer of the de* Twentieth Century Wonder*. "The twentieth century is certainly a record breaker for wonders," said a well-known business man to a Phila­ delphia Times reporter a day or so ago. "Here's Marconi, who now sends a wireless message 2,500 miles across the ocean; Santos-Dumont la sailing gayly over the housetops of Paris, and some other fellow whose name I can't now recall is planning to go across to England under the sea. But to me the most wonderful of all inventions is the telephone. Think what you can do with It. Why, last week I put a 'phone in my house. The day it was connected I took the numbers of it, put $2 down on them in a policy row and that night collected $200. Think of It! Ton cant beat an invention like that" Vegetable* on Bonnets. The vegetarian novelties in hats and bonnets in London include the substi­ tution of the rosy red tomato and ths flower of the French bean for ths wing and other animal decorations now commonly used on ladies' head­ gear. To put on i[n appearance of love, when in reality you are indifferent. Is to cultivate deceit, and fatally (e mar your character. partment. He was the first to be ar­ rested, and the investigation of his em­ bezzlements led to the discovery of Director Rathbone's and Arthur Reeves' connection with the crime. According to the testimony at the trial, Rathbone, Neeley and Reeves planned to secure for themselves the offices of Civil Governor, Treasurer and Auditor and make themselves wealthy by sys­ tematically robbing the Island treas­ ury. I | ILLINOIS ITEMS I f * New Style of Balloon. A Parisian aeronaut is building a baloon which Is to carry both a re­ frigerating and a heating apparatus. By pressing a lever of the refrigerator he will decrease the temperature of the gas, condensing it and causing the balloon to descend. By heating the hydrogen gas it expands and the bal­ loon rises. Blood Will Tell. The name of Lieut. Charles Carroll Wood, a grandnephew of Jefferson Davis and a great-grandson of Presi­ dent Zachary Taylor, appears as the first on the role of honored dead on Canada's memorial statue to her sol­ diers who fell In the Boer war and which will be ejected In Halifax. Novel Way to Save Fruit. British fruit growers are adopting the Idea of covering their crops with paper sheets during the cold nights. A small outlay in labor and paper re­ sults in considerable saving in the long ran. KfTectlve Advertisement. Ail English patent medicine firm of­ fers a seat to view the coronation pro­ cession to everyone who will find q hundred purchasers for Its remedy for rheumatism. To Improve French Oaaoli. The French water ways bill com­ prises improvements in the existing -«n«»ia at a cost of $12,000,000* Traffic on the St Louis division of the Illinois Central was delayed many hours owing to a serious freight wreck at Pyatts, a small station northwest of Carbondale. It was the third wreck in the past few weeka. The foundations for the new passen­ ger station for the Chicago, Peoria and St Louis Railway company were started at Alton, and the contractor will make progress as rapidly as pos­ sible. Lyman DeLand, a veteran ofrthe civ­ il war and a member of the G. A. R., died at St Joseph's hospital, Alton, and was burled under the auspices of Alton post, G. A. R. Mr. DeLand had been a paralytic eighteen years, and was almost helpless. The experts who are at work boring for oil near Peters, on the premises of the American Bottom Oil company at Edwardsville, have experienced con­ siderable difficulty in getting a good start, owing to the fact that the sur­ face of the earth in that vicinity is of a sandy nature for a considerable depth, and the sand fills up the pipe almost as rapidly as it can be drawn out. William Leake of Decatur filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court. He schedules liabilities approximating $7,000 with no assets. The city library board of Springfield has approved the plans of the archi­ tect for the new Carnegie library. Bids for the construction of the building will be advertised for at once. John W. Roth, sheriff of Adams county, has issued a proclamation re­ quiring all of the saloons of Quincy to be closed on Sundays and election days. He concedes that the city should have taken the initiative, but as it lias failed to do' so, he has taken decided action In the case. Leroy Dyer, formerly an elevator boy in the Tremont hotel at Quincy, has instituted suit against the Weher estate, claiming $5,000 damages for in juries received while running the ele rator. The 2%-year-old daugfhter of G. Wll- lers slipped from Its father's arms at Quincy and fell twenty feet from a window to a brick sidewalk. The child's Injuries are very severe and may prove fatal. Amil E. Schrader, a Wabash engi neer, was accidentally killed at the Jasper street crossing of the railroad In Decatur. He was 40 years of age, and leavee a widow and two children; also, $2,000 life insurance. . The directors of the Illinois Bridge and Machine company at Jacksonville have elected the following new officers: President, Wilber E. Crane; vice presi­ dent, Chas. Rabjohns; manager, T. A. Chapin; secretary-treasurer, Albert H. Rankin. Rufus P. Brown, aged 85, died at his home at Hillsboro. He was a highly respected citizen and an elder in the Presbyterian church. He leaves a widow and two sons. r A diploma from the Paris exposition was received at the office of state su­ perintendent of public instruction at Springfield. It Is one of the awards made in the educational exhibit and testifies to the general excellence of the work exhibited by the Illinois schools. A Cumberland Presbyterian church with forty members was organized at Charleston by Rev. C. E. Hayes, state missionary. Rev. Mr. Hayes was as­ sisted by his wife In a series of suc­ cessful meetings. Charles W. Meyer, a prominent busi­ ness man of Q'Fallon, Is dead. The de­ ceased was a native of Germany, and had been a resident of O'Fallon for many years. James McKinney, of Aleda, member of the state railroad and warehouse commission, has tendered his resigna­ tion to Gov. Yates. Mrs. Cella Ray-Laubmayer, wife of Charles Laubmayer, a prominent mer­ chant of TontI, died, aged 31 years. County Treasurer John Tetherington has called a meeting of the assessors of the various townships of Madison county to be held at Edwardsville April 2, at which time the assessors' books will be delivered to them, and they may begin the work of making the annual assessment In their respec­ tive townships. The section hands of the Wabash Railroad, company In Edwardsville vi­ cinity are elated over an order that is to go into effect April 1, increasing their wages to $1.25 per day. The raise has come to them unsolicited. John C. Richardson, of South Fork township, has anounced his candidacy for the legislature from the 40th sen­ atorial district, subject to the decision of the Democratic senatorial conven­ tion, to be held in Pana May 6. Gov. ^ates offered a reward of |200 for the arrest and delivery into the hands of the sheriff of Morgan county of the murderer or for each of the mur­ derers of Woodfod Hughes, who, was killed at the house of Baker Seymour, near Nortonville, 111., Feb. 26 last Mr. Edward S. Greenleaf has been olected vice president of the Ayers Na­ tional bank, to fill the vacanoy made by the death of Augustus B. Ayers. Miss Grace Baltes, the young daugh­ ter of Mr. aad Mrs. J. J. Baltes, resid­ ing south of Nashville, was fatally (burned by an accident C. S. Muchmore. a merchant of Ob­ long, 111., filed a voluntary petition in ,bankruptoy in the United States dis­ trict court His liabilities are scheduled at $29,392; assets. $17,6$5. Leonard McNeil, aged 17 years,' is £i Jail at Carlyle, charged with assault iwith Intent to kin James Elliot, aged il6 years. McNeil drew a knife and tplunged the long blade into the abdo- i»en of Elliot twice. The Injured boy was taken to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Elliot, where he was jftren surgical attention. He is in a «*tcal condition. Fire caused by sparks from a pass­ ing train destroyed C. T. Wade's grain elevator at Farina, containing one car load of oats. The loss is $3,000; in­ surance, $1,200. F. Blurton's hayhouse, with fifty car loads of baled hay, caught several times, but was sav^i by the bucket brigade. Application has been made for In­ corporation papers for the Chamber­ lain-Laird Drug company of Alton and the incorporators are H. W. Cham­ berlain, F. L Taylor and John P. Laird. The capital stock will be $6,000. John Hines was hurled at Foster- burg, services being neld at the family home. Hines was an old resident of Fosterburg and vicinity. The Chicago and Alton will abandon the coal chutes at Godfrey and after April 1 all engines will coal at Venice instead of Godfrey. A company composed of St. James and St. Elmo capitalists has been or­ ganized, known as the St. James Coal and Oil Prospecting company. The company proposes to prospect for coal and oil in the vicinity of St. J&mes, along the line of the Chicago and East­ ern Illinois railroad. The funeral of Henry Kinnaman, one of the best known residents of Clay county, was held at the First Christian church, Rev. A. B. Cunningham con­ ducting the services. Decedent was a native of Indiana and had been a res­ ident of Harter township for fifty years. Prof. S. J. Curlee of Salem, president of Vandalia district Epworth League, has just anounced that the annual dis­ trict convention will be held at Van­ dalia on June 4 and 5. A wreck occurred on the Big Four just south of Harrisburg. As a north­ bound freight was nearing the city a truck broke and two cars containing tanks of cotton seed oil, one car of cotton seed meal and a car of lumber were ditched and completely wrecked. A brakeman on one of the cars was thrown a distance of 100 feet into a field without sustaining any injuries. James T. Wealky, aged 48, a prom­ inent and widely known stockman of Pickaway Is dead. Harry Scott, aged 60 years, died at the state soldiers' home at Quincy. The remains of W. W. Hill, who died at the Southern Illinois hospital for the Insane, were brought to' Centralia and taken to the Mount Moriah ceme­ tery, east of this city, for burial. He had been an Inmate of the hospital for three years. Thomas Htlliard, a merchant of Jef- fersonville, has filed a voluntary peti­ tion in bankruptcy in the United States district court. His liabilities are scheduled at $2,472; assets, $2,410. It Is announced that only one more week of fair weather will be required to complete the construction work on the Decatur-Springfield extension of the Indiana, Deactur and Western rail­ road. Trains will be running Into Springfield over the new line inside of a fortnight unless bad weather should interfere with construction. Quarterly reports rendered to the board of county supervisors at Carroll- ton show that a total of more than $2,100 was expended on pauper aid outside of the county house during the three months ended March xi. This is an average of more than $160 per week. Lorenzo Bull, who has been a resi­ dent of Quincy since 1833, celebrated the 83d anniversary of his birth with his wife and daughter at Pasadena, Cal. Hearty congratulations were wired from relatives and friends in Quincy. Miss Dora Dillman, youngest daugh­ ter of ex-Supervisor ; Lewis Dillman, of Oskaloosa township, died of con­ sumption at the family home in Ix>uis- vllle. As the result of an altercation In Burton, Thomas Whittaker, aged 83 years, received painful injuries and John Moore, a farmhand, is in jail in Quincy, charged with assauit and bat­ tery. <*• Mrs. Henry Haukap, of near Ger- mantown, was seriously injured. The buggy in which she was riding was struck by a Southern railway locomo­ tive. She was thrown from the vehicle and sustained several fractured ribs. The directors of the Adair County Mutual Fire Insurance company have elected Perry D. Kirk secretary, to sue ceed the late Andrew M. Gregg. George Biswell has begun suit in the Adair county circuit court against James Trail, asking $3,000 damages. A forged check was passed on Trail some months ago, and he charged Biswell with having passed the check on him. The suit for damages is the result. Fletcher Cowens. a lad of 15 years, died at Jacksonville from hydrophobia. Three weeks, since a mad dog attacked the boy on the street and, jumping up, bit his lip. Rucker post, Spanish war veterans of Taylorville, will attend the national encampment of service men of the Spanish war, which will be held in Springfield April 2 and 3, 1902. Mrs. Joseph Burtschi died at Van­ dalia, aged 32. She was a daughter of Postmaster Cahill of Ramsey. At Louisville, 111., James McKinney, a 16-year-old boy, was arrested for stealing $300 from Riley Atchison, a farmer, with whom he was^miiklng his home. McKinney pleaded guilty and will be sent to the reform school at Pontlac. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois road has purchased forty acres of land just north of the city limits at Mount Vernon and will convert the tract into an artificial lake by constructing a dam across its lower boundary. The reservoir will be filled by directing the current of the creek into the inclosure. A permit has been issued by the au­ ditor of public accounts of Illinois for the organization of the Melrose state bank, at Melrose, 111., with a capital stock of $25,000. The organisers are Ferdinand Dunnebeok, Charles J. Wolf and E. W. Benson. The Peoria county Democratic con­ vention will be held April 17. Pana will entertain the fortieth sena­ torial Democratic convention May 6. Marion county Republicans will meet In convention at Salem April 8. Rev. John M. Browder, aged 53, died of pneumonia at his home in Mount Vernon, leaving a widow and five chil­ dren. He was born at Nashville, 111. For many years he was a minister In the M. E. church, but for the last seven or eight years has been Identified with the United Brethern, as an evangelist. W. B. King of Rock Island has pur­ chased 15,000 acres of pine land in Montgomery county, Texas. Ha will build a big sawmill. Dr. Robert E. Gray of Garden City, Kas. was found not guilty by the Jury in the Irma Brown murder case at Chicago. The total sum raised by taxation In Illinois (exclusive of Cook county) for all purposes in 1901, according to a statement made public by the auditor of public accounts was $26,326,382.54. The figures for Cook county are not yet obtainable. Mrs. Jane Wilson, a widow, aged 76 years, while raking rubbish on a bon­ fire at Monmouth, had her clothing catch fire, burning her so badly as to cause death in a few hours. At the Tnree M. works at Monmouth some miners were caught in a cavq-in at a blasting and Erwen Bigelow was instantly killed, while his brother-in- law, John J. Pople, had a leg broken. A boiler In the saw mill of R. F. Mc- Adams in Boulder, exploded. The mill was partially demolished. William Cosgrove, the engineer employed at the mill, was instantly killed. He is sur­ vived by a wife and several children. Will Griggs, a well known business man of Bluffs, was drowned near Mere- dosia in the Illinois river, while duck hunting. He and a companion were in a boat, which captized when they attempted to change positions. Alexander Marion Robbins, aged 69, Is dead. He was a native of New York, but had been a resident of Springfield for thirty-five years. Rev. Henry Judge, a colored preacher of springfield, and Miss Etha Flnley of Vlrden were married by Justice Early. Corwin Rasar of Taylorville Buffered critical Injuries from the explosion of a dynamite cap. The fingers on his right hand were blown off and the sight of one of her eyes was destroyed. Alton business men have agreed to refuse to patronize the various fake advertising schemes which have been a continual drain on their bank ac­ counts for many years. The Retail Merchants' association has agreed to refuse to buy tickets to dancing parties, benefit parties, etc. All the trouble on the Standard ele­ vator and the new mil! contracts at Alton was brought to an end when the nonunion mjllwrights employed on the elevator, and who were put to work on the mill, which resulted in a sus­ pension of work by the union men, joined the union, and hereafter none but union men will be employed^on the contract. The new passenger station of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis railway company at Alton will be completed within five weeks. John Whiteley, a pioneer citizen, died at his home in North Okaw township. The grain elevator at Magnet, four miles south of Mattoon, burned. It is supposed that the fire originated from sparks from a passing engine. While plowing in a field John Tor- beck, the 19-year-old son of Hermann Torbeck, of Augusburg was struck by lightning and killed Instantly. The body of an unknown man, who is believed to have been drowned, was found on the bank of a creek near Ger- mantown, Illinois. Engel Bauman, aged 79 years and a prominent resident of Quincy, 111., since 1873, died from pneumonia at the home of his son in Kansas City. Jason A. Rider, aged about 70 years, died at his home in Pittsfleld from ef­ fects of an overdose of morphine. Gov. Yates has honored the requisi­ tion of the governor of Missouri for the extradition of Leroy Ledbetter, under arrest at Juliet and wanted in Pike county, Mo.? for the murder of Etta Shepherd in May, 1900. The Chicago, Peoria and St Louis has a force of engineers at work run­ ning lines and preparing to build the new passenger station, permission for the construction of which on the Alton levee was granted by the city council at Alton. Adj. Gen. Reece has called an e^c- tlon to be held April 1 for the purpose of filling the vacancy in the office of ensign of the Alton division of naval militia, caused by the resignation of Frank Gere. Issac Rynders, a well known citizen of Morgan county, living southeast of Jacksonville, has been arrested on the charge of Illicit liquor selling and taken to Cairo for trial In the United States court. The jury in the "invlnclbles" ease In the circuit court at Edwardsville. was discharged by Judge Burroughs, having failed to agree upon a verdict, after being out three days. No action has been taken relative to a retrial of the case, and it is hardly probable that It will be disposed of this term of court Frank Hamsher, principal of the preparatory school at the university of Illinois, former principal of the De­ catur high school, and son of B. K. Hamsher of Decatur has just been elected president of the Central Illi­ nois Teachers' association. The annual convention of the Illinoit Pharmaceutical association will be held in Jacksonville In Maj. Mrs. W. C. Knechler died at the home of her son, O. H. Knechler, at Jacksonville. She was born in Ger­ many eighty-five years ago and cam# to the city in 1853. Persons, Flaxes THE M'KINLEY MEMORIAL OHUROH. Ttam for •bgalfleoat Street are ,4Bto Breeted In WMhla|taa. Rev. George Buckler of Washington has a plan for a McKInley memorial which he expects to be able to put into effect It Is to be in the form of * church and will be architecturally Mi •M of the finest edifices in the country He believes it possible to raise tit* $100,000 necessary for its erection tojr popular subscription, and will place the names of the donors In the corner stone. The building, plans for whidl are already made, will be in the shape of a cross, 120 feet long and 88 feet wide, with a large dome over the transept. It is to be undenomlnatio«-rl|^ al In character. < " * Old Foe of Tobmcoo* The celebrated "Counterblasts to bacco" written by King James L Of England describes smoking as "a cot* torn loathsome to the eye, hatefull to the nose, harmfull to the brain, dan­ gerous to the lungs, and In the black* stinking fume thereof nearest resem­ bling tbe horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." In 1604 this monarch endeavored by means of heavy imposts to abolish its use la England, and in 1619 he commanded that no planter in Virginia should cul­ tivate more than 100 pounds. It is said that some persons spent as mudl as $2,500 a year in the purchase of tO» bacco In those days. M JOSIE MANSFIELD LEAVES PARI& Heroine of Flsk-Stokea Tragedy HS# Mysteriously DUappearsd. The mysterious disappearance from Paris of Josie Mansfield has caused .'Ji much comment, especially in tltt' American colony. She had been liv­ ing In that city from the time of thi Fisk-Stokes tragedy in New York city until about three months ago, when? suddenly she was missed. Her hourifc has been sold, together with its han&g ' some furnishings. Nobody seems to know what ha* become of her, but the prevailing be* lief is that she has gone hack tft America incognito, intending to makfr her home there hereafter. r, • • fr! PRESIDENT IN WRESTLING BOUTS. Chief Executive Takes Instruction* tlwS a Skilled Professor. Despite the rumors to the 'contrarjfc President Roosevelt is still enjoying his wrestling bouts with Professor L*. O'Brien, a physical instructor from Boston, who, though skilled on the mat, finds the president no unworthy .J --III kg opponent. Mr. O'Brien is also glvlnft Instructions In physical culture to the boys of the white house household, and the lads take to the exercise with avidity. Myatlfled Scientist*. At the last meeting of the Society, Prof. G. B. Howes exhibited % marine organism received from Dr. Gilchrist of South Africa. It is struc­ tureless and transparent. After hav­ ing submitted the object to a dozen- trained experts, he put it forward la the hope of obtaining %,ciew to Its sig­ nificance and zoological position. In commenting upon the exhibit, the pres­ ident said he believed the occasion waa probably the first in the history of that; society upon which an object had been, laid upon the table to which no oner could give a name.--London Natuxo.. •;;>J a Predicts New Oreat ^ La France Militaire thinks that the piercing of the isthmus of Panama will offer great opportunities for de­ velopment to Australasia, and may r*» suit in a new independent state--the "United States of Oceanica." riff* Dcaw'n* Waim. .••••• In some of the farming districts of China pig* sfe harnessed to small ,wa$- ons and made to draw • ,