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FAIR MEXICAN COMING HERE Senora Porfirio Diaz, the captivating wife of Capt. Porfirio Diaz, son of President Diaz, will in all probability accompany her distinguished relatives, President and Mine. Diaz, on their trip to the United States. Senora Diaz was Senorita Louisa Raigosa before she was married to'the dashing young cap­ tain and comes of one of the oldest and most aristocratic families of Mexico. She has been married but a year or two, but in that time has taken a high position in the social life of the beau­ tiful capital. She is dark-eyed, olive- skinned and has a wealth of wavy black hair, and, in fact, is the very ideal of Mexican beauty. In company with Mme. Diaz, wife of the president, who is vivacious, graceful and delight­ ful, the younger matron promises to be much sought after in America, at Washington particularly. wM. <Z>MGRA PORFIBIO DIAZ., J IT A Famous Novel. Before very long that famous sensa­ tional novel, "East Lynne," which won Mrs. Henry Wood her fame, will be out of copyright. In one edition or another the English sale of this book has run to more than 500,000 copies. Of the sale in this country it is not possible to speak, because here the book had no copyright It was pirated so extensively that one publisher, wishing to do something new, gave all the English characters in it names which he thought more American. For all the success that came to it, "East Lynne" had a struggle to find a pub­ lisher. It was first offered to a fa­ mous publisher, whose reader reported adversely, and yet again adversely when he was asked to go over it a second time. Ingenious Theorizing. A recent traveler in Siberia says there are stacks of gold ingots at the Irkutsk laboratory, that would make the mouths of Bank of England direct­ ors water. Two old men guard it at night. A force of Cossacks formerly guarded the gold, but one evening they marched off with the lot. There­ upon the mind of the Russian authori­ ties went to work. Their reasoning was thus: "It is dangerous to have a body of stalwart fellows on guard, for they might up and away with the gold any hour. It would be much bet­ ter to have two old men who couldn't carry a bar between them." The pos­ sibility of these two being hit on the head some night and the place robbed was lost sight of. Cod Like Cold Water. A Christiania professor has discov­ ered that at the Loforgn Islands cod are invariably to be found in waters whose temperature is always between four and five decrees above the freez­ ing point. Norwegian fishermen now make use of the thermometer as a means of detecting the presence of tiie fish. ft /" Praise Ambassador Tower. A l.ondon paper prints an "appre­ ciation" of Charlemagne Tower, Unit­ ed States ambassador to St. Peters­ burg. giving the diplomat from Penn­ sylvania credit for having been "pre­ destined for high diplomatic employ­ ment at his birth, otherwise paternity and baptism would not have combined to bestow on him a name so apt and striking." The writer says that Mr. Tower "is one of that long list of Americans who have picked with the pen the lock of the gate which leads to the diplomatic service. His first public service ^fas as minister to Aus­ tria. and the transition to this bril­ liant court from the quiet seat of the historical student and writer was ac­ complished with the proverbial adap- tiveness of his country-people." Gold in Quills. According to Le Itoux, a French ex­ plorer, the natives of Abyssinia have a queer way of carrying to market the gold (hey find in the beds of the streams. They find it as dust and as small nuggets, and put it Into large quills, as transparent as glass tubes. The brokers who buy it work It up into the form of circles of the size of an ordinary finger ring, but without closing the circle, for the purchaser always insists on twisting it to see that it does not contain any Adultera­ tion. Experienced fingers caij tell at once whether the yielding metal has tne exact malleability of pure gold. A Lost Art Rediscovered. The art of making malleable glass, which is said to have been well under­ stood by the Egyptians, but which has been for centuries lost, has been redis­ covered by Louis Kauffeld of Rich­ mond, Ind. Mr. Kauffeld is a lamp- chimney maker, and has for years tried to devise a chimney that would withstand excessive heat. The new process, it is stated, renders possible the making of cooking vessels out of glass. 1»WW w State News jmst LABORERS ARE NOW IN DEMAND FIRE LOS8 AT MOUNT VERNON POTATO CROP SHOWS UP WELL Trench Diggers at Springfield Win Strike, Workers Being Scarce. The unusual demand for labor in Springfield is causing an unusual show of indifference on the part of laborers. Following closely on the strike of the trench diggers of the In­ terstate Telephone company, which was won by the men, comes a strike of men similarly employed by the Hot Water Heating company. Sixty men working on Capitol avenue quit and made a demand for an eight-hour day and $1.75 per day wages in place of a ten-hour day and $1.50. The trench diggers have no union, but feel that their demand will be complied with on account of the scarcity of laborers of this kind. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH Midnight Prowler Fires a Shot at J. De Wolf of Assumption. Joseph De Wolf, one of the prom- fnent merchants of Assumption, mi­ raculously escaped death at the hands of an unknown would-be assassin. He was awakened by the rattling of doors, and stepped from his bedroom to the front of the house, calling loudly. About this time his wife en­ tered the room with a light and a man could be seen crouching close to the window. As soon as he could see Mr. De Wolf he fired at him and ran away. The bullet struck the sash and glanced, just grazing Mr. De Wolf's head. The ball, which was from a 32-ealiber revolver, buried it­ self in the wall. Reprieve for Toombs. Gov. Yates has issued a reprieve staying the execution of Louis G. Toombs until Friday, July 11. Toombs is in jail in Chicago on the charge of murdering a woman whom he had em­ ployed as a cook on a Lake Michigan boat. The governor gives as his reason for this action that it is the right of every prisoner to have the fullest possible opportunity to de­ fend himself. An attempt is to be made to have the rase carried to the supreme court. Seek to Acquire Fort Massac. The Daughters of the American Rev­ olution have started a movement to acquire possession of Fort Massac, lying to the east end or the city limits of Metropolis, the location of the old­ est settlement in the state of Illinois. The property is owned by Judge Greene of Cairo. It is proposed to lay out a park and otherwise mark it as a great strategic point in the history of the country. Lightning Kills Horse. Mrs. Alex S. Chandler, her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Crackle, and two little granddaughters were caught in a thunderstorn near Sailor Springs. The horse they were driving became fright­ ened and Mrs. Crackle alighted and grasped the bridle. At that moment a bolt of lightning hit the animal, kill­ ing it instantly. Neither the occu­ pants of the vehicle nor Mrs. Crackle were injured. Big Deeds Filed. Two extensive deeds were filed for record at Edwardsville. One was that of the Staunton Coal and Mining company, real estate, coal leases, ma­ chinery, apparatus, etc., consideration. $300,000. The other was from the Hager Steel and Iron company to L. McGilvery for between nine and ten acres of ground at Madison; consider­ ation, $50,000. Want Fire Apparatus. The Alton officials have dispatched Chief Adolph Hunt of the fire depart­ ment to Chicago to hunt up some of the new fir,e department equipment which has been long delayed in its completion. Unless the equipment is turned over to the city promptly the city council may take steps to annul the contract and purchase the equip­ ment elsewhere. Improving Pana's Fair Grounds. Work has been commenced on the fine new amphitheater which is to be built for the Pana fair. The stalls for stock nave already been erected and work on other buildings will be commenced shortly. The race tracK has been widened and is now being put in condition with a view to mak­ ing it the best half-mile track in the state. Double-Tracking the Alton. The work on the double track of the Chicago and Alton through South Springfield is progressing rapidly, and when this is finished the line will be completely double tracked from Springfield Junction to Chicago, with the exception of a stretch of four miles between Sherman and Williams- ville. State Position for Woman. Mrs. Nellie McMahon of Bear lstown who has, for some months, held the position of matron of the soldiers' and sailors' home in Quincy, has been ap­ pointed by Gov. Yates to the position of private secretary to Capt. Sommer- ville. Federation Officers. Mrs. Melle Williams of Taylorville has been elected president of the district federation of women's clubs. Mrs. J. C. Tureman of Taylorville was elected recording secretary. Name Mine Inspector. The board of supervisors has ap­ pointed Hughey Hughes, a Litchfield saloon-keeper to be county mine in­ spector at a salary of $300 per annum. All the coal operators in the county had recommended the appointment of William Kortkamp, of Hillsboro, who has been in charge of the Hillsboro mine for many years, but Kortkamp Is a Republican, while the Democrats have a majority * in til* board. Hughes is a Democrat Flames Destroy $10,000 Worth of Property in Illinois Town. A most disastrous fire occurred at Mount Vernon, entailing a total loss of nearly $10,000. John J. Manion anJ Fred Oehm are the principal losers. Mr. Manion was operating a buggy and efarm implement business In the building owned by him and sufTers a total loss of about $3,000, with $1,000 insurance on the building and a like amount on the stock. Oehm's loss on his stock is complete. He also owned the building he used, and the, build­ ing is totally destroyed. His total loss is about $3,000; covered by in­ surance. Mineworkers' Subdistrict. Nine local unions of the U. M. W. A. were formed into a subdistrict by State Secretary W. D. Ryan of Spring­ field. The new subdistrict is composed of the locals from Decatur, Hillsboro, t-ana, Assumption. Moweaqua, Taylor­ ville, Niantic, Witt and Raymond. W. R. Russell, state president of the or­ ganization, has gone to St. Ix>uis, where he will confer with Herman Justi, commissioner for the operators of Illinois, with a view to settling the differences existing between the min­ ers and operators of the Belleville subdistrict. Ice War at Springfield. A small war is in progress between dealers in ice in Springfield, the re­ duction in prices, however, only af­ fecting the larger consumers. Arti­ ficial ice is offered for 25 cents per 225-pound cake, while the natural product sells for 10 cents a hundred. The situation so far is not complicat­ ed, but may become so at any time should the drivers and employes of the dealers decide to form a union, which project is now being agitated. Alton Ball Player Dies. Frank Bahr, aged 19, died at Alton after a short illness from pneumdnia, which was brought on by overheat­ ing. Bahr played in a baseball game and on returning to his home he was prostrated and slept for three days. He was moved to a hospital, where it was found he was suffering from a serious case of pneumonia. The at­ tending physician aroused Bahr from his stupor, but the young man con­ tinued to grow worse and died. Telephone Deal. Messrs. R. Matlack of Springfield and Edward Voelk of Belleville and Attorney George Balds of St. Ixmis were at Waterloo recently in the in­ terest of the Belle Telephone com­ pany of Missouri and have made a deal with the Harrisonville Telephone company, whereby the latter com­ pany's telephone lines, which cover Monroe and Randolph counties, are to connect, with the lines of the Bell company. Justice and Electricity. On account of George Leonard, who was elected police magistrate of Vir­ ginia at the last election, failing to qualify, it is necessary to hold an election to fill the unexpired term. This election will take place Wednes­ day, July 2. at which time the ques­ tion of lighting the city with elec­ tricity will be submitted to the vo­ ters. Former Pastor in Jail. Joseph Lindsey, who once held the pastorate of the Christian church in Murphysboro. was arrested and placed in jail on a charge of robbery. Lindsey. it is alleged, had attempted to dispose of several articles that had been stolen from George Wright, a farmer living near De Soto. Police Have No Terrors. A cigar vending machine under the eyes of the Alton police headquarters was forcibly opened by a sneak thief and all the money inside of it was stolen. The machine belonged to Chief of Police Volbracht, and he says that he will make a special effort to capture the thief. Gives Ground for School. The Beardstown board of education has called for an election to be held June 21, the vote to be on the propo­ sition to erect a school building two miles south of the city on the Henry Rohn farm, Mr. Rohn having donated a piece of ground 200 feet square tor that purpose. CoW Gores a Woman. Miss Mary Ames A was severely in­ jured in Mount Zion township by being knocked down and gored by a cow. The Fourth at Neoga. Arrangements are being made for a large Fourth of July celebration at Neoga. Pay Annual Visit. The ladies of the Edwardsville W. C. T. U. paid their annual visit to the county institutions, the poor farm and jail, and passed some time in singing and addressing the inmates. They were liberally supplied with flowers and sweetmeats, which they distributed among the inmates. New Hotel at Danville. The New Hebard House Hotel com­ pany of Knoxville has been incorporat­ ed to build and operate a hotel with a capital of $15,000. Gasoline Burns. Mrs. Frank Smitn of Springfield is suffering from severe burns caused by the explosion of a gasoline stove. She will recover unless unforeseen complications arise. Contractor Is Hurt. Edward Ash, a prominent Alton contractor, was painfully hurt by the collapse oji a scaffold, which threw him to the ground. Ash struck on his back and was taken home on a stretch­ er. It is believed that lie is not seri­ ously injured. Madison County Boasts a Remarkably Fine Supply of Tubers. Over 1,000 men Were put to work digging potatoes in the vicinity of Nameoki and Mitchell and the potato harvest is now in full blast. Hundreds of carloads of potatoes will be shipped from the American bottoms this year and the quality of the potatoes is re­ markably fine. Throughout Madison county the crops of all kinds raised this year are far above the average, and it is said by good authorities that Madison county never before had such a wealth of agricultural products as it has this year. LABORERS GET MORE WAGE8 Cement Mixers and Layers Return to Work at 8pringfield. Sixty men have returned to work for the Conkling Construction com­ pany after the strike, the company ac­ ceding to the demands for better wages. The cement mixers and lay­ ers are now receiving $1.75 per day and the ditchers and common labor­ ers $1.65. The men are engaged in laying conduits for the new independ­ ent telephone company, which has re­ cently obtained a franchise for in­ stalling a system at Springfield. Jackaway Not Guilty. John Jackaway was found not guilty of the charge of larceny as bailee in the case brought against hlq» at Springfield by James Ford. The de­ fendant was charged with being $213 short in his accounts as treasurer ot the miners' union at Williamsville. As soon as the decision was reached in the justice's court a warrant was sworn out for his arrest for embez­ zlement. Jackaway insists that he is only 90 cents short, and that his trou­ ble is the result of spite work. Decatur Hospital Deal. It is practically settled that the Wabash railroad will pay $7,500 for the Waggoner lot for the division hos­ pital site, the Decatur council agree­ ing to furnish the hospital association water at 4 cents a thousand gallons until the amount of $7,500 is attained. It will require 187,500,000 gallons of water free to secure the hospital for Decatur, and the deal is consummated. Company E, Fifth I. N. G. An election in company E, fifth I. N. G. of Hillsboro, has resulted in the unanimous re-election of Joseph B. Helston as first lieutenant. The other officers chosen are: Sergeants, Wal­ ter Hammack and Claude Klar; cor­ porals, Thomas Martin, John Winkle- man, Clyde Klar and Harry Hughes. Boy's Skull Fractured. William Campbell, aged 12, son of William Campbell, a glass blower, liv­ ing at Belleville, had his skull frac­ tured by his head coming in contact with the knee of another boy while making a slide at the second base while playing a ball game. Notary Got Illegal Fee. A. A. Foster, a notary public resid­ ing near McLeansboro, was convicted in the United States court at Spring­ field of receiving an illegal fee. The man secured $15 from a widow in advance of the allowance of her claim. Advances Laborers' Pay. The Murphysboro city council has granted the demands of the street laborers for an advance from 17% cents to 20 cents per hour, and the men, who had been on a strike for a week, returned to work. Assigned to the Eighth. Adjutant General Smith has as­ signed to the 8th Infantry, as com­ pany K, the company recently mus­ tered into the military service at Danville. Pontiac Electric Road. The Puntiac City and Suburban Electric Street Railway company of Pontiac has been authorized to oper­ ate a street railway with a capital of $5,000. Horse Kicks Carrier. Elmer Sadler, of Carlyle, who is employed as mail carrier on rural route No. 2, was kicked by a horse. His right leg was fractured below the knee. Wheat Yield Is Large. The harvesting of the wheat crop has begun in the vicinity of Waterloo. The grain is of a better quality than last year and the yield is large. Centralia Library Started. Ground has been broken at Centra­ lia for the erection of the Carnegie library building. Conductor Is Hurt. Logan Jones, a conductor on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern rail­ road met with a serious accident at Richland, owing to the sudden stop­ ping of his train precipitating him out the door and against the forward car. Vote for High School. The election held at Harrisburg to vote on the proposition to build a township high school building and for issuing bonds for $19,000 to pay for the same carried, the vote being 407 for and 219 against. Clinton County Championship. A series of games of ball have been arranged between the New Baden and Trenton teams for the purpose of de­ ciding the championship 'of Clinton county now held by the Trenton club. Five games will be played. 'Phone Line Franchise. The Montgomery county board of supervisors has granted to George W. Rainey, Joseph R. Paisley and Ste­ phen D. Canaday permission to erect and operate a system oi telephone lines in the county. BRITISH AMBASSADOR AND WIFE mnnPd>. rncMALi m 7IEB2£PT~* S tK mOIALL It HEDBEDT, Efimsn anaMwroa TO nxcza> LORD PAUTICETOTE. Mrs. Michael Henry Herbert, wife of the newly appointed British ambas sador at Washington, was Miss Leila Wilson, daughter of Mr. R. T. Wilson of New York, and sister of Mrs. Ogden Goelet and Mrs. Cornelius VanderbilL She will be the second American wo­ man to rank as the wife of an ambas­ sador at Washington. The former was Mme. Patenotre, who before her marriage was Miss Elverson. The selection of Mr. Herbert in the pre»- ent instance is believed to dispose ot the objection to the appointing of diplomat to a country wherein he h married. JAPANESE FINANCIAL MAGNATE Baron Eiichi Sbibusawa, "the J. Pierpont Morgan of Japan," is in this country on a tour of inspection. Baron Shibusawa occupies a position in the industrial and commercial affairs of Japan synonymous with that of Mar­ quis I to in the political affairs of the empire. He is president of the big­ gest bank and heavily interested in five railroads itr Japan and Korea, three other banks, the Nippon Yusen Kalsha company, which operates a big fleet of steamers in the Orient and across the Pacific, and in all kinds of manufacturing enterprises, their ag­ gregate capital exceeding 200,000,00% yen. He has established schools, re­ formatories, orphanages, hospitals and other institutions for public bene­ fit. In 1900 he was created a peer ot the realm, in recognition of his sen- vices in promoting the Industrial de» velopment of the country. Baron Shibusawa intends to make an ea- tended tour of this country, Great . Britain, France and Germany. He will > specially study the steel manufacture ing and ship building plants in th® United States, and is expected to plac* large orders here. • v f»«! i'af I; S \\\ Alfonso XIII. of Spain. Of King Alfonso XIII. of Spain the Pall Mall Magazine has this to say: "The relatively secluded life that the king has led so far has not made him shy or timid. He has had enough glimpses of the outer world to acquire a perfect command of his face, a pe­ culiarly grave deportment for his years, and an easy, cool way of talk­ ing, not unmingled with banter and Blight assertion of his intention, as Spaniards have it, 'of being every inch a king.' This does not prevent him from being courteous, considerate, kindly, even warm-hearted, with those surrounding him, and his humbler at­ tendants. He is averse to excessive courtly demonstrations, such as too much kissing of hands, and prefers a manly shake of the hand with his youthful companions and professors. He goes out of his way to please them, and to show them any present receiv­ ed--anything that interests him." Railroad Travel in Japan. A writer describing scenes on Jap­ anese railways says when a native lady enters the carriage she slips her feet from her tiny shoes, stands upon the seat and then sits demurely with her feet doubled beneath her. A mo­ ment later she lights a cigarette, or her little pipe, which holds just enough tobacco to produce two good whiffs of smoke. All Japanese people sit with their feet upon the seat of the car and not as Europeans do. When the ticket collector--attired in a blue uniform--enters the carriage he removes his cap and twice bows politely. He repeats the bow as he comes to each passenger to collect the tickets. . Marlborough Highly Honored. Not for a century has the Garter been bestowed upon so young a man as the Duke of Marlborough. Consu^lo Vanderbilt's husband. Four of his seven predecessors in the dukedom got the Garter, as did six of the seven dukes of Rutland, six of the eleven dukes of Bedford, four of the ten dukes of Leeds and all the eight dukes of Devonshire. Red as a Cure* The interest lately excited In Eng­ land in what is known as the "red^ light treatment" of smallpox, wherein the patient is confined to a room into which only red light is admitted, calls attention tc the remarkable way in which modern science seems to revive and reform empirical methods of the past. Even so far back as the reign of Edward IV. smallpox patients were treated by wrapping them in red cov­ ers and putting red balls in the bed. It was thus that John of Gaddesden treated a prince of Wales. This • method has also been noticed aa a popular custom in Roumania. In recent years, too, a French surgeon has told of smallpox patients in Ton- quin being isolated in alcoves almost darkened by red carpet hangings, and of wonderful cures ensuing. In Japan the patients were covered by red blan­ kets and the children given red toys to play with. * Bret Harte's Independence. While Bret Harte was editor of the Overland Monthly in San Francisco, there was a rather severe earthquake shock. The correspondents of eastern papers were requested to "draw it mild" for fear of driving away new­ comers, but the notification failed to reach Harte, who wrote an amusing skit by way of editorial in his maga­ zine. He gave such dire offense that when his name afterward came up for election to a chair in the state univer­ sity he lost the vote and support of the most influential trustee, the banker, William C. Ralston. Rank High as Polo Players. According to handicaps just l.mM* - by Secretary Herbert of the National Polo association. Kingdon Gould, the 14-year-old son of George Gould, is { one of the best polo plavers In the ^ country, outclassing his father, who Is reckoned a good hand. The latter** handicap is 3. but the boy's is 4. Vet­ eran polo' plavers who have guided ponies in fler.-e cort®«t« for yca*s ; are rot considered In Kl^^on'a class. Jay Gould. Klrgdon'a hm,v«>r and » year his Junior, has a M»ap ofK &:• S v. • • r.v'i*