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mtm tm M •S.H PRESIDENT IN DANGER 1 ^ 4 . f •) !<: ' ' " iV'VT ' "-1"** *< * *^ ' • ' ; r ' r<;: • .« i)Tiiii!!ii.a.,-. -Vv^:/?^i3^r:-, -J i&V Trolley Car Smashes Carriage in which Chief Executive is RJd- il?g, near Pitts fie Id. Mass.--He Escapes with Painful Bruisesr >v , o .w but His Bodyguard, William Craig, Is Instantly Killed. •' • - - t ' >«•,' 1 President Roosevelt hod a narrow j *icape from death, and was scratched and bruised in a collision near Pitts- field, Mass., Sept. 3, between the car­ riage in which he was riding and a trolley car. William Craig, a secret service man, who was on the box of the president's vehicle, was in­ stantly killed. Secretary Cortelyou was stunned by being struck on the hack of the head, and was badly cut about the face. He was picked up «n conscious, but soon recovered. Governor Crane, who also was ot the party, escaped unharmed. David J. Pratt, the driver of the carriage, sus­ tained serious injuries. That the accident did not result More seriously to the president and those who accompanied him is little cross over from one side of the street to the other. Approaching this cross­ ing, shortly before 10 o'clock, an electric car was noticed coming up behind the president's landau. Re­ ports vary as to its speed. Some say it was traveling very rapidly, while others maintain that it was not going at more than a moderate rate. The weight of evidence is with the former claim- Mr. Craig, the secret service man, signaled to the motorman to stop, but the car struck the carriage as it was crossing the tracks diagonally. To some it appeared that the driver swung in toward the tracks, but the fact of the diagonal crossing probably accounts for this impression. Craig, who was looking around and 4umejtm "•4c<r 1i w Wa 1 j- /jV Taxmem zaAtr. . Diagram of Journey, and Place of Accident. Short of miraculous. The carriage was smashed all out of shape, and its occupants were hurled violently to the ground or against the trolley car. The president Jumped quickly to his feet, wiped the blood from a cut on his right cheek, and then set about with his companions to aid those of the party who had suffered more. The president's wound caused a swelling of the face and gave him some pain, but it is not at all serious. After he had ascertained the ex­ tent of the injuries to other occupants of the carriage the president hunted V the motorman and addressed him, Mying: "Are you to blame for this?" Instead of answering the question the man simply answered: "I am the motorman." Apparently this answer was not pleasing to the president, for he clenched his fists and pursed his lips and replied: "This is the most damnable out­ rage I ever saw." A few moments later the president. Secretary Cortelyou and Gov. Crane went to the house of A. D. Stevens, which is near the scene of the acci­ dent, and which was thrown open for the reception of the victims. The accident which marred the last day of the president's tour in New England, occurred in the course of a drive from Pittsfleld to Lenox. In a ili William Craig. landau were President Roosevelt and Gov. Crane on the back seat, while on the box were David J. Pratt, the driver, and Secret Service Officer Craig. The party had reached a hill, a Quarter of a mile out of Pittsfleld, near the Country Club house. Here the street bends, and the car tracks Strange Meat Dishes. A globe trotter says that in Ant­ werp and Rome, with lordly meat markets at their disposal, the natives --and not the poverty stricken na­ tives, at that--dine off broiled cat and pick poor pussy's oones with a relish. In various South American cities, stewed mule is a familiar dish on * table d'hote menu. French Capital In China. The amount of French capital 1 li­ es ted in China exceeds $100,000,000. Peculiarities of Precious Stones. Emerald and beryl are precisely the same substance, except for color­ ing matter. Amethyst and rock crys­ tal are likewise* identical. Houses Built of Lava. On the west side of Mount Etna there are several villages In the midst of former lava streams and with aH the houses built of lava. Australia's Wool Industry. Australia supplies 135,000,000 worth ft'wool a year. half standing, trying to warn the trol­ ley car back, was knocked from the box to the track, and the car passed over him, killing him instantly. The carriage was knocked to one side and wrecked. The president was thrown out and the wreck of the carriage fell against him, cutting and bruising him pain­ fully. Secretary Cortelyou was knocked senseless, but sodn revived enough to ask for the president. Pratt fell with Craig, but the reins swung him out of the path of the car. He, however, sustained a fractured skull. The military guard of four mounted men of the Second Massachusetts In­ fantry were the first to get to the wreck. They were at once assisted by Secret Service Agent Taylor and Postoffice Inspector Meyers, detailed on Becret service during the day, who were in the second carriage. The president was helped to the second carriage with Secretary Cor­ telyou, and they were at once attend­ ed by Dr. Lung, who was in the third carriage. Dr. Lung said that the president and Mr. Cortelyou received slight contusions about the head and face, but that the injuries are not at all serious. The car, belonging to the Pittsfleld and Lenox Street Railway, was in charge of Conductor Kelly, with Motorman Madden on the front plat­ form. Both were placed under arrest at once. They were taken to Pitts­ fleld. Madden, when asked why he did not stop, is said to have replied that "he had the right of way." The prisoners were taken to police headquarters. Madden later was released in $5,000 bonds, and Kelly in $2,500. They will be arraign­ ed on a charge of manslaughter. A coincidence is cited in the fact that District Attorney John F. Knox, who will prosecute the case, was a pas­ senger on the car that raa into the president's carriage. The carriage conveying the news­ paper men had gone ahead, expecting the president to overtake them at the Aspinwall. President Roosevelt, after having spoken from the stand in the park at Pittsfleld, near the soldiers'. monument, had returned and requested that he be driven to the home of former Senator H. L. Dawes on Elm street. Here he re­ mained about five minutes, going to the house for a brief chat. Then he had been driven back to the park. The start for Lenox was made with the President's carriage heading the procession along South street. The crowds which lined the pavements cheered repeatedly and the ovation, which had begun at Dalton and had hardly been interrupted since the Kentucky Youths Too Beautiful. A Newport young widow drank carbolic acid while gazing upon the picture of a young man from Paris. Pictures of Paris boys have frequent­ ly broken cameras and stopped clocks, but this is the first instance where one has driven a widow to stew her insides.--Cynthlana Demo­ crat. California Daisies. California is producing daisies a foot in circumference. Pointer for Lovers of Trees. By sowing nitrate of soda in small quantities in showery weather under trees a most beautiful verdure will be obtained. Growth of Commerce. . The vdlume of the world's com­ merce 1b two and a half or three times as great as it was thirty years ago. Fuel in Russia. In Russia factories are usually near forests, wood being still the chief fuel. start was made, continued. Along South street, which Is not a wide high­ way, run the tracks of the Pittsfleld and Lenox Street Railway company. Occasionally a isoelectric car hummed by the carriages. Where the street bends, and the car tracks cut across, the fatal car came along apparently trying to pass ahead of the procession, and the next in­ stant, in view of hundreds of people, the electric car crashed against the carriage, running down the near wheeler, which was killed instantly. The crowd became greatly excited, and pouring into the street surrounded the wrecked carriage and car, shout­ ing at the motorman and conductor, and creating a great disturbance. Al- most immediately persons began snatching away the fragments of the coach in which the President had rid­ den, Only by the utmost efforts did the police, who had been quickly sum­ moned, prevent the entire demolition of the vehicle. The crowd gave the motorman and the conductor a stormy reception as they were being taken to the police station. Having seen that the body of Craig was properly attended to and hear­ ing the clamor of the crowd ohtside the Stevens house, the President step­ ped out into full view of the excited crowd. As he did so a cheer burst forth. He quieted it with a motion of his hand, urging the people not to cheer, as one of the party was dead. He assured the assembly that he was uninjured, but that the driver of his carriage he feared was fatally hurt. He said that he should continue his journey, as it did not seem just right to disappoint the large number of people who were expecting him. Then the President returned to the house and directions were given for another carriage to be brought up. It was soon at the door and the ride to Lenox was resumed. From there the President passed on to Stockbridge, where, too, the people were ready to make his entry into the city a notable occasion. Speaking from hi'B carriage, his right eye almost closed, $nd getting very black, he said that for the same reasons given at Lenox he would be unable to de­ liver an address. The President said that when he saw the car coming at such terrific speed he felt that all in the carriage would surely be killed. The departure of the President from Stockbridge was pathetic. There were no cheers, no waving of flags or hand' How the President Was Hurt. kerchlefB, only a word here and there to break the death-like silence. Brief stops were made at Great Barrington, Mass., and New Milford, Conn. On the way Dr. Lung applied hot cloths to the President's face, which reduced the swelling considerably. The President, though badly shaken up, kept his nerve, and was in good spirits, although he repeatedly referred to the loss of Craig, and said that but for that deplored fact he would regard the accident to himself as simply one of the incidents of the trip. The yacht Sylph, with the President on board, left in the evening for Oys­ ter Bay. Mrs. Roosevelt Hears Newe. News of the accident to the Presi­ dent was received at Oyster Bay shortly after its occurrence. Mr. Loeb, assistant secretary to the President, immediately notified Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt, with Kermit and Ethel, accompanied by Mr. Loeb, left for Bridgeport, Conn., on board the Sylph. The news caused great excitement and the telegraph and telephone of fices were soon besieged by residents anxious to obtain particulars. When it was learned that President Roosb- velt was not seriously hurt expres­ sions of thankfulness were heard on all sides. Late Population Statistics. The Increase of population between the ten-year census is 12.2 per cent la England, 21 per cent in the United States, and 2.1 per cent in Australia. Plant With Heating Qualities. The yerba mansa of southern Call* fornla is a plant that has many heal­ ing properties. WOMEN WHO STAK5 BETS. Are Never Satisfied, and Prove To Be r- Remarkably Hard Losers. A marked feature of the betting at Saratoga is that it is indulged in by practically all the women who attend the races. The commissioners write on the same pages of their notebooks the wages of a Vanderbilt and the bets of a Vanderbilt governess, while others pass from school teacher to lady's maid and dressmaker to mil­ lionaire's wife* listening respectfully and writing down the order that these fair spectators give. The time of the commissioners' lives comes at evening, when they are set­ tling up and trying to explain what bets and odds they played and why the sums of money that they turn over are all that the fair ones are en­ titled to. I have seen four men ex­ plaining to a rich woman that the $18 given to her was all that she had won, after paying her bets and paying back money she had borrowed to bet with. "Why," she exclaimed, "I bet on every race and I won on two out of six, and on one race alone I fon. $20." "Yes," was the reply, "bat yon bor­ rowed $13 and have paid it back, and the agent has taken his 10 per cent commission, and you are ahead $18." "Well," she replied, "if all you gen­ tlemen say it is right, of course it la, but I know I won over $30." And that was a woman who would pay $50 for a hat or $500 for a gown and think , far less of parting with $1,000 than she would of winning $30 on a horse race. MAN WHO-BUILT GALLOW8. 7, For Thirty Years and Alwaya 8otksd Noose in River. Capt Israel Riding died here lsat night and the state loses in his death one of Its most Interesting characters. During the last thirty years he has built every scaffold used for hangings and he has always adjusted the noose and black cap about the face and neck of the convicted murderers. It is not easy to compute the num­ ber of hangings at which Capt. Rid­ ing was present, but they were many. He was ofie of the most affable men in the state, even if the proposition doe* seem a trifle incongruous. He had a few eccentricities, one of them being to take the rope to be used at the hanging and soak it in the Delaware river all through the night preceding the hanging. He often declared he did this that he might take the "stretch" out of the rope and give to the condemned man an "easier" death, if deaths by hanging are at any time easy. At the time of the wholesale deliv­ ery here several years ago, when the famous "Big Frank" escaped with sev­ eral comrades, Capt. Riding was night warden at the jail. He was discov­ ered in the morning, sitting in his chair in the office, bound and gagged, but happy. Ills death was sudden. Two sons and one daughter survive him. They live In Philadelphia. Capt. Riding leaves an estate worth $30,000. --Newcastle (Del.) Correspondence. 8TEADY WORK 18 WHAT COUNTS. Masterpieces of the World Were Not Produced In a Hurry. Anyone can hold out a dumbbell for a few seconds, but in a few more sec­ onds the arm sags; it is only the trained athlete who can endure even to the minute's end, says the Atlantic Monthly. For Hawthorne to hold the people of "The Scarlet Letter" Btead- lly in focus from November to Febru­ ary, to say nothing of six years' pre­ liminary brooding, is surely more of an artistic feat than to write a short story between Tuesday and Friday. The three years and nine months of unremitting labor .devoted to "Middle- march" does not in itself afford any criterion of the value of the book; but given George Eliot's brain power and artistic instinct to begin with, and then concentrate them for that period upon a single theme, and it 13 no won­ der that the result is a masterpiece. "Jan van Eyck was never in a hurry," Bays Charles Reade of the great Flem­ ish painter in "The Cloister and the Hearth--"Jan van Eyck was never in a hurry, and therefore the world will aoc forget him in a hurry." Dogs Like Jellyfish. "When I was down at Cape May, the other day," said a clergyman, "I saw a dog run up to a big jellyfish that lay on the sand and begin to eat it greedily. The dog was a collie, a valu­ able animal, evidently. A life guard rushed up, and, with a kick, drove it away from its horrible repast The collie departed regretfully, morsels of the clear-colored jelly clinging to the edges of Its lips. The life guard told me that dogs have a great fondness for jellyfish, and that they frequent the beach at all -hours, looking for them. He makes it a point to drive the dogs away, for there are many varieties of jellyfish that are poison­ ous. The guard said that he knew of two good dogs that died this summer through eating jellyfish, and he thought that good dogs should not be allowed on the beach except with muz- sles that will prevent them from eat­ ing."--Philadelphia Record. fliindii News Items 7Q fferriQ o State Happenings Succinctly Told l»y Our Special Correspondents MONUMENTS TO THE OLD BOYS ROOSEVELT TO VI8IT QUINCY PLAN A BETTER CAMP LINCOLN 8pringfie!d Veterans May Erect Two Shafts to Their Memory. The matter of providing a suitable monument for the beautiful grounds set aside In Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield, for the interment of sol­ diers and sailors of the war of the re­ bellion has been frequently discussed by the surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Ste­ phenson post, G. A. R., at a recent meeting appointed a committee to consider the subject and ascertain the sentiment of the public on this ques­ tion. At a meeting of the committee it was voted the sense of the com­ munity that such a monument should be provided, and the gentlemen will continue as an organized committee until the matter is definitely settled. It has been suggested that two mon­ uments be erected, one at the ceme­ tery plot and the other down town, perhaps in the courthouse square. TAXABLE PROPERTY IN JACK80N Report of Board of Review 8hows Slight Decrease. The board of review of Jackson county, which was in session for nearly a month, has finished its work and adjourned. The report of the board shows the total value of taxa­ ble property in the county, not Includ­ ing that of railroads and corpora^ tions, to be $10,880,468, which is $14,- 680 less than the ^mount reported last year. The total Assessed value of property is $2,098^229. According to the report, there are 6,636 horses, 11,- 837 cattle, 2,538 muleB, 2,052 sheep and 14,032 hogs In the county. The horses are valued at $311,657; cattle, $199,403; mules, $134,643; sheep, $5,- €97; hogs, $41,567. Total value of live stock, $692,967. ONE RESULT OF VACCINATION Precaution Against Smallpox Pro­ duces Tuberculosis of Bone. Two years ago Mary Campbell, the youngest daughter of Matthew Camp­ bell of Springfield was vaccinated as a precaution against the epidemic of smallpox which was then present in the city. In her case the vaccine caused Intense pain in the right hip, which afterward developed into tuber­ culosis of the femoral bone. An op­ eration was performed at St. John's hospital in which the diseased bone was removed. The child underwent the severe operation with great forti­ tude, but it is not expected that she will recover. President's Secretary Insists the Af­ fair Must Be Nonpartisan. Secretary Cortelyou wired from Oyster Bay to Mayor Steinbach of Quincy that President Roosevelt would include Quincy in his Western itinerary and that he would arrive on Oct. 1 at 11:20 a. m., and that he would leave at 12:05, making less than an hour's visit. The secretary insists that no reception shall be giv­ en, but is willing that drives should be substituted and urges that every fea­ ture of the event shall be nonpartisan. FAMOU8 WAR VETERAN8 MEET Ninety-Fourth Illinois Regiment Holds Its Annual Reunion. Survivors of the famous Ninety- fourth Illinois volunteer infantry met at Bloomington in their nineteenth annual reunion and recalled memories of Vlcksburg, Yazoo City, Fayette- ville and other engagements in which the regiment participated. The late Gen. John McNulta was commander. The gathering was held at Miller 8truck Oil. William McKinley, superintendent of the Carllnville gas and electric light company, is receiving congratu­ lations from far and near over his good fortune, having been notified of an oil discovery on his large tract of land near Humboldt, Kah., in pay­ ing quantities. A number of wells are being sunk, and the oil is a heavy lu­ bricant and apparently inexhaustible. The McKinley Oil and Gas company. Incorporated under the laws of South Dakota, with a capital stock of $1,000,- 000, has been organized to develop the field. Strike at 8alem. The large fruit evaporator of Rog­ ers it Schwarts at Salem was shut down on account of a strike inaugu­ rated by those employed. A meet­ ing of the American Federation of Labor was held and the strike was ordered. The men demand $1.25 per day for ten hours and 15 cents per hour for overtime. They have been receiving $1 per day. Capt. McBane Is Dead. Capt W. McBane, nephew of the late William McBane, founder of Metropo­ lis, died as the result of an operation for abcess of the liver, at Ashyille, N. C. Capt. McBane, for over thirty years, has been prominently identi­ fied with the history and develop­ ment of Metropolis. He leaves a wife and one child. He was about 55 years old. Leaves Large Family. Christopher Kuohn died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Augusta Backerman, in Belleville, aged 80 years. He was born in Mecklenburg- Schwerlngen, Germany, and came to America in 1844. He leaves his wid­ ow and two sons and four daughters, besides twenty-five grandchildren. Petroleum In Trinidad. Experts have discovered a petrol* am oil field in the island of Trinidad. King Edward an Indian Chief. When King Edward, as Prince of Wales, visited Canada in 1861 he was created a chief of the Mohawk In­ dians. Epidemic Among 8heep in Wales. "Snuff" is the local name of a my* terlous malady which has already caused the deaths of many sheep la Cardiganshire, Wales. Costly Panama Hats. Paris and London have the Panama hat craze very badly. In Paris Henri Rochefort wears a panama that Is said to have cost no less than $1,000, and one Gabriel Yturri has a hat which cost the more moderate price of $400. The most remarkable Panama, how­ ever, In Paris, if not in the world, is "that of the Due de Morny. The due married the daughter of Guzman Blan­ co, who for many years was the dicta­ tor of Venezuela, and he received as part of the family treasures this won­ drous Panama hat. It took three years to make, was exhibited and took the first prize at the exposition of 1867, and is treasured as a family heirloom. In spite of Its strength and size the Due de Moray's Panama can be twist­ ed into as small a space as a silk hand- 4 kerchief can be, and put in a small pocket- Many Bicyclists In Frai Licenses have been taken 1,250,000 bicycles in Franco. oct tor Use for "Burnt Ale." "Burnt ale," the liquid refuse from '(he manufacture of Scotch whisky, has been used with great success In the Glenlivet district this year as a soil fertilizer. Mexican Veteran* Maj. S. P. Tufts, president of the Mexican War Veterans' Association, has announced that the annual re­ union of the association will be held at Springfield on Oct 1 and 2. The reunion wasjto have been held in Cen- tralia, but was changed on account of state fair railroad rates. Loy Family Meeting. One thousand persons attended the sixth annual reunion of the Loy fam­ ily at Walnut Grove, Effingham. Offi­ cers were elected as follows: Presi­ dent, J. H. Loy; vice president, G. F. Taylor; secretary, Andrew Loy; treas­ urer, Charles J. Loy; historian, Linda Loy. Wants Tomatoes. • canning company offers to estab­ lish a plant in Flora next season pro­ viding the farmers will contract to raise 500 acres of tomatoes. Boy's Wrist Broken. JOSEPH P. MARTIN. (Member of Company B. Ninety-fourth Il­ linois Volunteers.) park. Elaborate preparations were made by the people of Bloomington to give the veterans a, hospitable re­ ception. Out of the 2,600 men that served in the regiment, either through the entire civil war or a portion of it, only a few hundred are left. Of this small company many reside in cen­ tral Illinois, but others have scattered over the country. The Ninety-fourth was organized under the president's call for 600,000 men Issued in the summer of 1862. William Orme, the colonel, was the leading lawyer of Bloomington. Rev. Robert Guthrie, WILLIAM J. BALDRIDOB. (Member of Company E, Ninety-fourth Illinois Volunteers.) a presiding elder, was chaplain and the regiment was officered by some of the Bios I prominent men of cen­ tral Illinois. The regiment saw active service with the "army of the fron tier" in Missouri and participated in numerous engagements under Gen. Blunt It was mustered out July 1, 1865. While in active service the command campaigned In six states, traveled 8,000 miles, participated in nine battles and was never defeated or repulsed. Two of the well known survivors of the regiment are William J. Bald ridge, treasurer of McLean county, and Joseph P. Martin. Both attended the reunion. Legislature to Be Asked to Purchase Additional Land. An appropriation for the extension and improvement of Camp Lincoln, adjoining Springfield, will be asked ot the next legislature. It is here that the annual encampments of the Illi­ nois National Guard are held, and tho present area of 160 acres has bees found inadequate for the maneuvers of troops in brigade formations. It Is proposed, therefore, to add twen­ ty-five acres to the parade grounds and tenting quarters, in order that the troops may be cared for by brifr ades without cramping their quarters and their drill work. Adjt. Gen, Smith will recommend that an appropriation be made for this purpose. If the ap» propriation is made the tract of land adjoining the camp on the west will be annexed. In addition to Increasing the area of the camp, the legislators will be asked for an appropriation tS build a high stone waii in the rear ot the rifle butts for tho protection ot the farm residents immediately in the rear of the rifle range. For several years the state has been paying dam* ages to the owners of adjacent farm lands, and it is the plan to save this money by the erection of a high wall* f~A is •••'% PROPOSE MANY TROLLEY UNCI New Company Plans Branches Ok verging From Springfield. The secretary of state has granted a charter to the Springfield and Cen* tral Illinois Railway company, with principal offices in Springfield. It Is the intention to construct an eta> trie railway from Springfield through the counties of Sangamon, Logan and Mc Lean to Bloomington; from 8pringfield through the coon* ties of Sangamon, Macoupin, Madl» son and SL Clair, to East 8t Louis; from Springfield through tho counties of Sangamon and Macon to Decatur, and from Springfield through the counties of Sangamon and Moc^ gan to Jacksonville. The capital stock is $200,000, and the fttcorpo** ators and first board of directors are: St. John Boyle and WHliam Jarvis of Louisville, Ky., and C. R. Minary, P. B. Warren and Davis McKeown K Springfield. 'iM LINCOLN MONUMENT VISITORS They Come From Many States and Foreign Countries. The report of Maj. E. S. Johnson, custodian of the •national Ti^coln monument, Springfield, for the month of August, just past, shows that thers were 1463 visitors to the monument during the month. They came from thirty-four states ana four foreign countries, Illinois being first with 1015, Missouri second with 185 and Iowa third with 38. Two each came from Germany, England and Canada and one from Japan. Pi .48 Rifle Range is Closed. V It Is announced that the rifle rang* at Camp Lincoln will not be open for the use of militiamen this falL Tho land back of the range is exposed to stray bullets and the contract for tsr cation of the premises by residents has expired and cannot be renewed. This will come as a disappointment to the second brigade men, who desired the use of the range for practice for the coming interstate militia shoot. The men in the northern part of tho state have access to the range si Camp Logan, and those in the south* era part of the state will labor under this disadvantage in tho event. :.v m PAYS TRIBUTE TO GEN. GRANT. Maj. Wham Praises the Silent Com­ mander and His Regiment. Fully 5,000 persons attended the Joint reunion of the Marion and Clay county veterans at Shirley's grove/ near Xenla. The principal address was made by Maj. Joseph W. Wham of Salem. In his address Maj. Wham paid a glowing tribute to the silent commander (Grant) and his, 21st Il­ linois regiment, a company of which was formed at Xenla. Addresses were also delivered by Hon. Benson Wood of Effingham and Gen. J. S. Martin of Salem. A rousing camp- fire was held at night. Railroads Consolidate. A certificate was filed in the office of the secretary of state showing the consolidation of the Toluca and East­ ern railroad company and the Tolu­ ca, Marquette and Northern Railroad company under the latter name, with principal offices at Toluca and a capi­ tal stock of $150,000. McLIn Phesbytery. The regular fall session of McLIn presbytery of the Cumberland Pres­ byterian church will be held at Loo goo tee on September 16-18.. Missionary Delegate. vtice on- Ony, the 14-year-old son of TJ Q of ^ JJf Btevens of Murphysboro had Ms 1 hs of Mattoon ^ vi8iting wrist broken while at the Anna ft1"™1 . w ^ , , He was leading a horse through her sister Mrs. Geo. Walmsley. gate and the animal became frifMisa Liazie Gloesen spent a few days ened and ran away, jerking the 1® first of the week with Miss D. Bre- against a fence. ter Hiss Alice Sutton o' r lgin spent Sun- Soldiers In Reunion. fa at the home of her parents, Mr. The thirteenth annual reunion-j M -r, T the Williamson county Soldiers' ^ Mr8> K J" Sutt°n' „ , a Bailors' association was held at J< Mrs. Frank Effenger of Colorado Tie son City. Gen. C. W. Peavey Mount Vernon addressed the meet (xZ*tiLI d< te bf £ Marlon County 8unday schools. The secretary's report for tho Marion county Sunday school asso­ ciation shows that there are 2039 Sunday school attendants enrolled. The largest Bchool in the county is that of the Methodist church in Cen­ tralis, having an enrollment of 327. The Baptist Sunday school is second with 326. The African M. E. Zlon school of Centralis has the honor ot contributing more per member to tho state and county work than any other school in the county. '0 •I •J Marlon County Fain Secretary H. T. Sweeney of the Marion county agricultural board has announced that the annual fair will be held September 16 to 19. Tho premium list will be Issued within ft few days and liberal awards will bo made in the various classes of live stock and farm products. About $lw* 000 will be devoted to the speed rills. John M. Green of this city has been chosen general superintendenL 'M Pays 8chool Bonds. The Decatur board of educatleo 1 paid off $31,000 of the $45,000 five ] cent school bonds, Issued in 1892. st V - li ~ --' rr • % Big Family Gathering^ . J ' ji The annual reunion of the fhesfoSt Family Reunion association was held | at Gaston Grove church, southeast ot ̂ Salem. About 1,500 persons were ;J| present, and of txus number tally SOS were related. Boy Bicyclist Hurt. _ John Cochran, aged 14 years, ceived painful injuries by knocked from his wheel in a col­ lision with a horse and buggy at cy. To Address Soldiers. There will be a soldiers' basket meeting in Henderson's groves Virginia, Sept. 10. Addresses will ho made by Hon. R. W. Mills of Vir­ ginia, H. G. Whitlock and Rev. X L Wilder of Jacksonville, and ROT. X. Oeborn of Alton. .<i; Change to State The private banking firm of fish, Skiles & Co., in business at Vta* /; ginia for thirty-two years, hav% Mr cured a permit to state hash as • MX. M --'-i J