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WILLIAM McKINLEV OSBORNE, STATESMAN AND CIVIL WAR VETERAN, WHO RECENTLY DIED IN LONDON. A ; N w m m WT? IMdHLET 03D0HTIE William McKinley Osborne of Mass­ achusetts, United States consul gen­ eral at London is dead. He had long been an invalid. Mr. Osborne was a cousin of Pres­ ident McKinley, by whom he was ap­ pointed consul general at London March 18, 1897. His predecessor in office was Patrick A. Collins of Bos­ ton, of which city Mr. Osborne him­ self was a prominent resident. The deceased was born in Trumbull coun­ ty, Ohio, and was a schoolmate of President McKinley at the Poland Academy. He joined the Union army and was a member of the same regl- MR8. C. K. DAVIS TO WED SPANIARD Widow of Forme# United State* Senator AnnonneM Engigemeat. News of the engagement of Don Abazuza, a former Spanish Cabinet Minister, to the widow of the late Sen­ ator Cushman K. Davis caused much favorable comment in prominent so­ cial circles of Madrid. Mrs. Davis is well known In Madrid court society and has a great many admirers there. She met Don Abazuza in Paris when Senator Davis was one of the Ameri­ can members of the Peace Commission, and the friendship which sprung up then ripened into the love which has resulted in their engagement. Don Abazuza was Secretary for the Spanish colonies which the United States wrested from Spain. Mts. Davis is well known both In Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis so­ ciety. Her engagement to a Spanish nobleman has caused much pleasant talk in St. Paul and throughout Min­ nesota, which state her husband rep­ resented in the United States Senate at the time of the late Spanish war. She is a lady of rare attainments, a ment as the late president. At the close of the war young Osborne, like his companion in arms, took up the study of law and settled at Youngs- town where he built up a good prac­ tice. Taking to politics, he was elect­ ed mayor of his town. About seven­ teen years ago Mr. Osborne left Ohio and went to live in Boston, of which his wife--formerly Miss Francis Clara Hastings--was a native. He was well known and generally liked in his new home. His appointment to the office of consul general was one of the first made by President McKinley after his first inauguration. BOY INVENTOR WHO HAS WON FAME I1L lfel vln K. Bnkonta of Lamoille, Granted Patent on Device. Melvin E. Bukoutz of Lamoille, I1L a lad of 20 years, has been granted linguist, and an exceedingly charming and entertaining conversationalist Woed for Cavalry Saddle*. The war department will make a practical test of flexible saddle trees, the invention of a Frenchman who lives in Baltimore. This tree is said to be much easier than the present affair, which Is made of wood and raw­ hide, braced with Iron. The experi­ mental tree is a composition of rub­ ber and canvas molded into the proper form. Its virtue is said to re­ side in its extreme flexibility and it promises to be of advantage to and contribute to the comfort of cavalry­ men. About a. dozen of these trees have been ordered for experimental purposes. patent on a device to do away with straps on traveling bags and tele scopes. The device works with rachet movement and is operated by a button immediately under the handle of the telescope. This is the second patent granted to the young man, the first having been for an incubator three years ago. He was at that time the youngest inventor in the United States. In 1900 Bukoutz was awarded a medal on his incubator and a year later was made a life member of the Academic Parlsienne Des Inventeurs of Paris, France. At the same time he received a gold medal from that insti­ tution. The young inventor has other plans afoot in the shape of labor-sav­ ing devices and promises' not only to reap some fame in the mechanical world, but gain some modicum of wealth as well. Talents of Kmpreu of Japan. The Empress of Japan takes a great Interest in all that concerns the na­ tion, from the rice crops upwards. Her Majesty is said to have a special tal­ ent for literature, and writes beauti­ ful poetry. A poem of hers, set to music, is sung in the schools all over the land. She is an adept performer on the koto, a kind of large zither. It is an instrument which is much played and very popular in Japan. A Menntala of lodeetone. The fiction of the mysterious lode- stone mountain which drew the nails out of ships that approached near enough has _r {grtaln foundation in fact, only me fact has suffered by ex­ pansion. On the coast of Norway near Joedern there is a sand dune of near­ ly three-quarters of a mile in length. The sand is mixed with particles of lodestone and when a ship comes in the vicinity the compass b&omes ir­ regular and the vessel is entangled in a kind of whirlpool and thrown ashore. Tea Squares from One. Willard Underhill, 25 years old, who lived northeast of Paris, commit­ ted suicide by swallowing a spoonful of powdered arsenic. A short time af­ ter taking the poison he changed his mind and sent for a doctor, but it was too late, and death resulted in a few hours. Murdock and vicinity was visited by a destructive wind and rain storm. Trees were blown down, windows were blown out, fences turned over and many small outbuildings and cribs either upset or moved from their foun­ dations. The frame of the Christian church, in process of erection, was blown down. At the regular meeting of the Flora city council four dramshop licenses were granted at $1,000 per year. Jacob I. McKnelly of Blair township, the Republican nominee for county superintendent of schools, is one of the youngest candidates for office in the history of Clay county, he being i but 23 years of age. Harvey B. McCul- lom, the Democratic candidate for county judge, is but 24 years of age The postmaster general has ap­ pointed the following carriers and substitute to commence service on June 1, at which time the free deliv­ ery service will be inaugurated at Litchfield: William H. B*vrton, Harry J. White, Perley M. Cox, carriers; Charles G. Barnwell, substitute. Former State Senator David T. Lit­ tler, who, although still seriously 111 seems to have inspired his physicians with a more hopeful view of his case, has been suffering for a year or more with a painful complication of dis­ eases, the principal one of which is dropsy. Mr. Littler Cor many year has been prominent in the Republican These diagrams show clearly how to divide one square into ten equal squares. Cut on dotted lines, as shown in picture at the left Then add A and B to C as shown at the right and divide into ten squares. Revolutionary PiitoL This is the kind of flintlock pistol and powder horn used by the colonial revolutionists in 1776. The hammer struck the flint, the spark from which ignited the explosive. Doctor for a Milk Company. The latest addition to the staff of a fully equipped London milk com­ pany is a doctor. He is specially «m- plbyed to watch over the company's infant customers. What is one baby's milk is another's poison, and this com­ pany's doctor is there to prescribe how much and of what Strength the daily tipple shall consist, x No charge Is made; the perplexed ml̂ her sends a postcard or calls the company up on the telephone, and round/comes the doctor. Valaable Discovery in Spain. A Spanish journal reports the dis­ covery of a process of extracting from a shrub which grows wild in the prov­ ince of Vallegrande an oil which re­ sembles stearine and can be used in the manufacture of candles. Old Age of Florence Hlghtlaftie, Florence Nightingale v is nearly eighty-two years old. She takes her baptismal name from the city in which she was born. For fully a quarter of a century «he has lived a life of se> elusion. DAVID T. LITTLER. (Former State Senator of Illinois, who is selioualy 111.) politics of the state and particularly in Springfield, where his influence has been great and where he has numer­ ous friends. Mrs. Edgar Roach, who for twelve years has been a missionary teacher at Rangoon, Burmah, has arrived In Decatur to visit Roy Roach and other relatives. , The four railroads in Jefferson coun­ ty were assessed a total of $16,361.75. The Louisville & Nashville paid $6,571.06; Southern Railway, $4,584.85; Chicago & Eastern Illinois, $3,596.69; Wabash, Chester & Western, $1,649.15. All .have paid in full except the Chi­ cago & Eastern Illinois, which re­ fused to settle for its road and bridge tax, amounting to $562.01; and the Southern, which refused to pay Its road and bridge tax in Grand Prairie township, amounting to $9.36. City Treasurer Wallace's report to the Pinckneyville city council shows water collections amounting to $3,015 tor the year ending May 2. This is a gain of $1,733 over the previous fiscal year. The collections met all ex­ penses of maintaining the water works and left a clear profit of $333. Resolutions to the memory of E. Dow Matheney, late circuit clerk of Sangamon county were adopted at a meeting of the Bar association in the county courtroom in Springfield. Judge James A. Crelghton presided and the memorial prepared by a committee was read and oiucred spread upon the court records. H. W. Louis of Jackson. Tenn., for­ merly principal of the O'Fallon public schools, has contributed a number of valuable books to the new school li­ brary. The burial of Col. W. F. Tiedemann, former resident of O'Fallon, who died at Quincy, took place at O'Fallon. Deceased was 85 years of age and a veteran of the civil war, in which he served as colonel of the 9th Illinois company of engineers. Miss Jessie B. Kagy, primary teach­ er in the Salem school, received se­ vere and painful injuries by being thrown from a *mggy in a runaway accident. Ex-Mayor D. S. Shellabarger of Decatur, after forty years of service as a miller and mill manager, has re­ tired, giving way to his sons, W. L., Lute and Fred. Two more rural mail routes are to be established In Washington county, one southeast of Nashville and one north. W. C. Ela. special agent, was at Nashville making final preparations and conducting an examination for carriers. The L. D. Noble farm of 120 acres, near Cerro Gordo, has been sold to F. E. Irwin for $12,000. Gov. Yates has issued a requisition on the governor of Iowa for the extra­ dition of E. G. Kllnk, under arrest in Linn county, la., and wanted in Madison county, 111., to answer to a charge of larceny. Nellie Williams of Jacksonville, who is visiting in Spri gfleld, was thrown from a buggy in a runaway accident and was severely injured. The horse which she was driving became fright­ ened In the fair ground and the buggy collided with a gate. The lower jaw was broken and othe* bruises on the head and face suffered. The new city council of Newton has increased saloon licenses from $1,- 000 to $2,500 a year. At the increased rate the city will have two saloons. Heretofore a billiard hall license was $50 per annum. This was raised to $300. Trains are now running regularly over the new Decatur and Springfield railroad between Decatur and Mount Auburn, 111. J. L. Hughes, who has been the su­ perintendent of the Centralia schools, has acepted the superintendency of the high school at Charleston, at a salary of 50 per cent more than he re­ ceived. He is classed as one of the leading educators in the state, though yet a young man. Herman Renegarbe, aged 15 years, son of Fred Renegarbe, who lives about six miles west of Nashville, was accidentally killed. Young Renegarbe was cutting hay in a barn loft. Near by was a hole in the floor, through which he fell into a bin. The knife he still held pierced his breast. The will of the late James McCreary has been filed for probate in the coun­ ty court at Taylorvllle. - The testator bequeaths all his property to the trus­ tees of Oak Hill cemetery for the benefit of the soldiers' monument: ̂ The estate is valued at $2,000. Geo. G. Will, one of Jackson county's pioneer settlers, died at his home in Somerset township, aged 65 years. In a fire on Commercial avenue, Cairo, which destroyed a building owned by Charles Powers, and partial­ ly destroyed Burkes livery stable, a valuable horse belonging to L. Barnard of Wyatt, Mo., was burned to death. It seems to be a practically settled fact that the Battle Creek Breakfast Food company of Michigan, will soon open a branch manufactory in Quincy. James McDlvltt, an old resident of Adams county, died on his farm in the Indian Grave Levee district, aged 76 years. The superintendent of the Jackson­ ville insane asylum has recommended that the state board of charities should release Mrs. Ida May Dennie, who was sent to the institution from Quincy. Mrs. Dennie shoi and killed her husband last year and was con­ victed of the crime in the February term of the criminal court. She was acquitted on the plea of .nsanlty and has since spent her time In the asy­ lum. The Alton board of education has announced that it will issue $50,600 In school bonds for the erection of the new high school building. The bonds will bear date of June 2 and will be in denominations of $500. The first $2,000 will be payable in seven days and the remaining ones at regular in­ tervals thereafter. Lenore Tilbe, daughter of Mr. and ^frs. H. H. Tiibe of Rangoon, Burmah. died at Alton, aged 11 years. Mr. and Mrs. Tilbe were, until a few years ago, engaged as tea/fchejrs in Rangoon, but Mrs. Tiibe returned to her old home In Upper Alton owing to the 111 health of the children. The father is now in Rangoon. Mrs. Augusta Gebel, wife of Louis Gebel, of Alton, was seriously burned by the ignition of some gasoline she was using at her home. Mrs. Gebel was sprinkling the gasoline in a closet in her home for cleansing purposes, when a lighted candle near by set fire to the gasoline. She was burned about the face, arms, hands and breast. The Odd Fellows of Madison county will hold a picnic at Rock Spring park in Alton May 20, and it is expected that the picnic will be the biggest ever held in Alton. Invitations have been issued to prominent Odd Fellows in all parts of the state. A committee hav­ ing charge of the picnic will bring to Alton the band in the Odd Fellows' orphans' home at Lincoln as an attrac­ tion. The Daughters of Rebekah will serve supper to the visitors. The members of the degree staff of the Alton lodge of Rebekahs are plan­ ning to attend the next session of the sovereign grand lodge, which will be convened at Des Moines, la., Septem­ ber 16, and the Alton degree staff will enter the competition for valuable prizes offered for the most efficient team in degree work. The Alton de­ gree team consists of twenty-one mem­ bers. A project is under way to sink coal mines in the western part of Washing- ten and eastern part of St. Clair coun­ ties. The scheme is being furthered by a trust company of Kansas City, Mo., with D. D. Thomas as active manager. Many prominent bankers of St. Louis are also interested in the trust com­ pany. The towns at which mines are to be sunk are Venedy and Venedy Station, in Washington county and St. Libory, Darmstadt and Lenzburg in St. Clair county. In addition to the sinking of the shafts a short-line rail­ road will be built to connect the towns and to promote a speedy delivery of the product to the markets. The mutilated remains of Charles Isakson. of Granite City, the young Swede, who was murdered mysterious­ ly in Rldgeley, a suburb of Springfield, were burled at Springfield. John Po- leet of Grafton is In-jail charged with the murder and protests his in­ nocence. John Steward, an old man claiming Streator, N. Y., as his home, was struck by an Illinois Central passenger train in the Harrison yards near Mur- physboro and was badly injured. It was found necessary to amputate the left leg above the knee. Miss Jennie Hoover of Alton was in­ jured by falling down a flight of stairs on the City of Providence. She tripped on the stairs and fell, but suffered no fracture of bones. Rev. Dr. L. W. Thrall of Lebanon has been engaged by the G. A. R. post at Ashley to deliver the memorial address for the post on Decoration day. The will of the late Jfcmes Laughlin has been filed for pnobate in the coun­ ty court at Taylorvllle. The property is left to the widow of the deceased! The estate is valued at $20,000. William Heinen, a coal miner em­ ployed at mine No. 3 of the Illinois Fuel and Power company at Sparta, while riding to his work on a hand­ car, fell under the car and was run over. Ilis back and hip were broken and he was also injured internally. The date of the senatorial conven­ tion of the 44th district has been changed to May 21. The convention will be held at Sparta. Charles Duncan, tenant on the R. L. Watson farm, near Llntner, was killed by lightning. He leaves a young widow. Willard E. Gage of Blue Mound, a graduate of a St. Louis medical col­ lege, has been declared insane,^ Haselmere chapter, Eastern Star, celebrated the tenth anniversary of its founding at Taylorvllle by giving a banquet. The Quincy naval reserves has been increased by nineteen recent enlist­ ments and now has an enrollment of fifty-five members!. The Warren Manufacturing com­ pany is makin^Tarrangements to es­ tablish its plant In Quincy and will soon give employment to 100 persons. City Clerk John A. Berlin of Quin­ cy reports that the cash receipts for licenses during the past twelve months was $66,113.30. The rebates amounted to $620.61, leaving the net receipts $65,492.69. Most of this li­ cense money came from the saloons. Prof. William Marlow, who for Ihe past two years has been principal o.' the Mattoon high school, presented his resignation to the board of educa­ tion and left for Chicago to assume a new position. His place in the high1 school will be filled by the other mem- berSf-of the faculty. The damage suit of Mary C. Payne against the Illinois Central railroad was settled by agreement. Mrs. Payne was injured at the Madison street crossing of the Central tracks at Springfield in a collision between a switch engine and a street car. She asked for $3,000. The suit of Thomas J, Gaffney against the Illinois Central railroad was settled, and judgment for $6,500 was awarded the plaintiff. Young Gaffney was run over and badly man­ gled by a train in the east part of Springfield, and damages were asked for amounting to $10,000. About two months ago a Jury found for the plain tiff, assessing damages at $7,000, an appeal being taken to the appellate court. The auditor of public accounts has issued a permit to Howard McEldow ney, Joseph Orr, W. G. Caldwell, N» J. Fallows and William J. McEldowney to reorganize the bank of Steger, lo­ cated at Steger. Will county, with a capital stock of $25,000. An effort Ib being made by Col. Charles F. Mills, commander of Steph enson post, G. A. R., of Springfield, to complete the roster of the dead in terred in Calvary and Oak Ridge cem­ eteries and at Camp Butler. These are now nearly complete with the ex ceptlon of those who served in the wars prior to 1861. It is known that there are a number of soldiers who served in the Black Hawk and Mexl can wars and the war of 1812 interred in the local cemeteries whose names have not been placed on the roster and whose graves have consequently unintentionally been overlooked on Memorial day. The charter of the Farmers' Na­ tional bank of Springfield has been extended for a period of twenty years by the comptroller of the currency The Alton retail clerks have appealed to the trades and labor assembly for the adjudication of a grievance they are charging against some of the Al­ ton business men. It is alleged by the complaining clerks that some ol the business men have not lived up to their agreements. Through a smooth confidence game Mrs. Mary Evans of Springfield lost a pocketbook containing over $100 in money and some valuable papers. She employed a man to do some sodding and other work about the premises. He volunteered to procure a girl for housework for Mrs. Evans and Intro­ duced a rather engaging woman ae his sister and she was taken without further recommendations. Later both man and woman were missing, as was the pocketbook. A new council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics hae been instituted at Fosterburg with a good membership. The lodge was in­ stituted by State Councilor H. H. Less- ner of Alton and the degree work was done by the degree team of Wil liam McKinley council of Alton. In honor of Allegheny (Pa.) Standard lodge, the new lodge will be known as the Standard lodge of Fosterburg, and the Allegheny lodge will present the namesake with a complete out­ fit of paraphernalia for degree work. POTTER PALMER, FOREMOST AMONG THE BUILDERS OF THE GREAT CITY OF CfflCAdlV " ^ ' Potter Palmer, financier, merchant prince and famous hotel keeper, died suddenly at his palace in Chicago May 4. The cause was heart failure in­ duced by an attack of oedema of the lungs. He took to his bed three weeks ago and did not rise, though his death was unexpected. This man was one ef the builders of Chicago, one of its most prominent property owners, and as a merchant he was nationally known. He was the intimate daily associate of rich men, and was himself a millionaire. He saw Chicago grow from a village on a muddy flat to the second station among American cities. In pre-war days, during war days, after the great fire, he never lost confidence in it Panics came and went great commer­ cial houses crashed about him, but be held on. It was his maxim that any man could grow rich by buying Chicago land and retaining his holding. He believed this to be as true in 1902 as in 1860. Marshall Field, worth one hundred million dollars, used to cleric for him in Lake street Norman B» Ream, worth twenty million dollars, was once poor here by his side and sold him hogs, which he drove over the prairie, now filled with West Site buildings. Mr. Palmer was of Chicago. He thought it the greatest town with the greatest town future of the world. He was a "landmark." In the ranks of Chicago business men bis deatfc makes a gap. POTXEB PM2TER THE MOST Spanish UNHEALTHY OAPITAL Metropolis Enjoya This Unen­ viable Distinction. Statistics recently published by the municipality of Madrid Indicate that the Spanish capital possesses--one cannot say "enjoys"--an evil pre-em­ inence as the most unhealthy of the European capitals. Its death rate for the past five years has been about 33 per 1,000--much more than one-third higher than the average death rate of London. Consumption is the chief cause of death, which is not surprising for the keen, icy breeze from the Guadarra- ma, which, as the Spaniards say, "will not put out a candle, but will kill man," must be fatal to consumptive patients. The root of the mischief seems to be food adulteration and overcrowd­ ing, for 500,000 people are contained In 17,000 houses. That is a state of things for which there is no excuse, unless it be the "eternal want of pence" for there is room enough and to spare on the vast bare plain which surrounds Madrid to build houses enough to accommodate any number of people. The municipality is going to take the matter in hand, but ex­ perience teaches us what that means In the land of "to-morrow." HEAO OF I^ATRIOTIO SOCIETY Bdwln Warfleld Made President General of the gou of American Revolution. Edwin Warfleld, who has just been elected president general of the Na- DEATH OF NOTED BRITISH SOLDIE§ Gen. Sir William Olpherta Waa Fopw* larly Known aa "HeUflre Jack." Gen. Sir William Olpherts of the British army, popularly known a&A "Hellflre Jack," died in London, aged eighty-two. Gen. Olpherts was a cap* , John Davenport, foreman of the Springfield woolen mills, had a battle with a lone highwayman while on hie way home, receiving bullet wounds in both legs. Upon being accosted. Davenport struck at the robber, but missed him. Then followed a hand-to- hand scuffle, in which the highwayman used a 44-callbre revolver, shooting Davenport In the left knee and right ankle. Notwithstanding his injuries the wounded, man gave chase, but was overcome by lose of blood and had to give up. The Illinois Box company of Alton is preparing to start work on thf power house of a 500 horse-power elec trie plant, which will furnish elec­ tricity to operate the machinery ol the box factory and electric fans throughout the plant of the Illinoh Glass Company; also to light up th< whole plant. Under the new systen: which will be established, most of the box factory machinery will be run bj electricity, and electric fans will b« placed in the glass factories wherevei the convenience and comfort of th« workmen demand them, j tlonal Society of the Sons of the Amer­ ican Revolution, is one of the most prominent and patriotic citizens of Baltimore. For many years h^has been conspicuous in state politics, and has been a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland. Mr. Warfleld is a wealthy man, quite popular. m tain of the Bengal artillery at the siege of Lucklow in the Indian mu­ tiny of 1857 and earned his sobriquet there by charging on horseback at; the head of a force of infantry int% a "hellflre" of grape and capturing1..; -fx several large guns which were devast* ating the British ranks. After spifee­ ing the guns and withdrawing hisj men from under the terrible fire dK rected upon them he returned with, a force of volunteers and horses andi drew the guns to the British cac&p. In recognition of the lives he saved by silencing these guns he was given thv Victoria Cross. PLAYWRIGHT BUT TEN YEARS OLD by XJttta Prove the of PhyclelaM, In the United States there i'J one registered physician to every 647 in­ habitants. California has a doctor (or every 420 of its population, while New Mexico has one for every 1,891 of its inhabitants. Holland, with the low death rate, has a larger proportionate number of doctors than any other country In Eu­ rope, and Norway has a small number of doctors and a high death rate. Ther# is at once a good effect on the health of a country when its proportion of physicians increase. In England, where the number of physicians is constantly Increasing, there is a cor­ responding decrease in the death rate. In the vast Russian Empire, with Its enormous population and small num­ ber of doctors, the high death rate continues. rilfht of B'rde. Birds rarely fly higher than 3.000 feet, and few are seen above\l,200 or 1,500 feet The aeronaut Her^fsall. of Strassburg, however, saw an eagle at a height of 12,000 feet, and Humboldt once saw a condor floating over Mt Chimb jraxo at 22,000 feet elevation. Wonderful Precocity Shown Carmen D*Oe<llva. Carmen D'Ossilva, though but ten years of age, has already written sev­ eral successful plays, and is at pres­ ent engaged upon another (in four J acts).'which will probably be pro- duced before the end of the season. Mile. D'Ossilva is already a member of the Societe des Gens de Lettres and the Societe des Auteurs Dramatlques. , She was brought up in London where, too, her first literary work was done. Queen Victoria received her and gave ,,•* her considerable encouragement Os- •$£ tensibly she is taking a well-earned £. .'/<$ rest on the Riviera, but seems to re- ;!'Wj bel considerably against any curtail- ment of her literary labors. It is : ̂ hoped, however, that before long she will be well enough to resume her ordinary amount of work. By the way, Mile. D'Ossilva's real name is De Cbampmoynat, as her mother is Com- tease de Champmoynat BIRTHPLACE OF FAMOUS AOTOJt Tewa mt Hrouwlek. Mft, When Bel Smith Ramell Hnt Sew the Li|kt Funeral services for Sol Smith Rus­ sell, the actor, were held at the res­ idence of Frederick Berger. his broth- er-ln-law, in Washington, D. C. Rev. Dr. Perry of 8t Andrew's Episcopal 0 Sol Smith Koeeell'a Church officiated. Interment was 111 Rock Creek cemetery. The floral of­ ferings were numerous and beauttfoL Mr. Russell was born at Brunswick. Mo., and visitors to that quaint oM river town always are shown the house where the comedian Brst saw light -"li ... -•$