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U.II,. J V^^m^f>9J '^lfn<3,tt f{ U-JI «1(II uMji^jjMini EVILS OF MODERN SOCIETY* BARTHOLIN CASE REMAINS MYSTERY TO POLICE OF CHICAGO. >z&\ • •-Vt • ; }y-y. §IS1 li r.jpni, >T ill.IJ III) 11 ji... 7)111 r, ir ^ ^ 1 ny All doubt as to the complete identi­ fication of the body of William J. Bar­ tholin, found in the flax field near Riceville, Iowa, was dispelled when Dr. H. C. Waach, of Chicago, Bar­ tholin's dentist, declared that the crow^ and bridge work on the teeth of the lower jawbone taken from the body had been put into Bartholin's mouth by him six years ago. The story came from Riceville that Hoeft that he was going to "move on." It is surmised that the fugitive saw Hoeft reading the letter, feared that his identity had been discovered, and dared not remain on the farm longer. The finding and identification of the body does not diminish the mystery attaching to the Bartholin case in its details. Whether that mystery ever will be explained remains to be seen. ;• $?' -WW- • in the cellar, destroying the body with quicklime, without using the same upon the body of his mother? Was he afraid the dog would whine at the door of his mother's room and arouse Oscar Thompson and the other roomers to a pitch that would con­ vince them something unusual had taken place? The manner if which Bartholin concealed his mother's "disappear­ ance," the circumstances of her death, and what he told Edward Counselman on the night of July 12, when Counsel- man called at the Bartholin home, are other mysteries the police cannot ex­ plain. Coming down to the disappearance of Bartholin and Miss Minnie Mitchell, the poiice still find themselves face to face with inexplicable circumstances. Was Minnie Mitchell aware of the murder of Mrs. Bartholin? Was it Bartholin's intention to kill the girl that night? If so. where did he kill her? How did he get the body to Seventy-fourth and State streets? The theory of Inspector Hunt from the first was that Bartholin Inveigled Miss Mitchell to the house and mur­ dered her there. The theory of the inspector went so far as to involve Thompson and Claffy, who, he be­ lieved, aided Bartholin in the transfer of the body to the lonely prairie. Where Miss Mitchell and Bartholin went after they were seen at Indiana avenue and Forty-third street never has been learned. The most plaus­ ible theory from the first has been John F. Dvorak, who was said to have been a close friend of Bartholin after he fled from Chicago, was wearing a ring which was thought to have be­ longed to Minnie Mitchell. Dvorak declared that he had received the ring from his fiancee, Miss Lizzie Patch of 497 W. Nineteenth street, and this statement was corroborated by Miss Patch. 1 "I have known Mr. Dvorak for eight months," said Miss Patch. "I never heard him speak Bartholin's name, however, and am positive that he did not know the man up to the last time we were together. I gave him a solid gold ring in April and as far as I know he still wears it. It resembled an ordinary wedding ring. He gave me a diamond ring. The ring that he still wears is undoubtedly the one I gave him. "I never heard of Bartholin until I saw his name In the newspapers in connection with the murder of his mother and sweetheart. It was a complete surprise to me to hear that Mr. Dvorak had met Bartholin in Iowa. I have no doubt that they met for the first time on the train. I do not know anything of the letters said to have been written to Bartholin by some Chicago woman." Miss Patch's statements were con* firmed in every particular by other members of the family. The Ir.test feature in the case to baffle the police is the letter written to Bartholin by some unknown woman in' Chicago. The letter showed that the woman knew where the murderer was in hiding and the name which he had assumed. Bartholin received the letter at Riceville on Aug. 25. At that time he was working for Charles Hoeft, a farmer five miles from the village. Hoeft, who secured the let­ ter at the postofflce, says it was ad­ dressed in a woman's handwriting. Some days later Hoeft saw the letter lying on the kitchen floor and started to read it. "My dearest Will," it began, "lay t:: 1M1 Sii'h'- J!'!!!®: l^s;' m: iUHV ... i. jaw If it be made plain to the public It must come through confessions made by Bartholin to his friends. The pos­ session of such information would make the friends accessories after the fact, so, while the police are anxious to obtain a satisfactory explanation of the deaths of the two murdered worn en, they do not anticipate that any person will come into the case volun­ tarily. The history of the case is filled with mystery. From the first no light has been thrown upon it that would leave the Chicago police even a plausible theory on which to work. The dis­ covery of the body does not aid them. These are some of the questions they would like to hl,ve answered: What was the motive that Induced Bartholin to kill his mother? What day or night was she killed, and how did the son encompass her death without attracting the' atten­ tion of the rest of the roomers? How did he succeed in transferring the body to the cellar and in burying it without being seen or suspected? Why did he kill the little dog, which was his mother's favorite, and bury it m o* RK.ert£co,*A* ry-rO KHJHD Wff MftrnOi/̂ MOT. &•- .. &s- £ ; , • low, get along as best you can until we arrange the money matter. It is not all fixed up yet Keep a stiff up­ per lip and I will soon be able to help jou." . When Hoeft had read that far he < saw Bartholin coming toward the jhouse and he dropped the letter, with­ out having time to see how it was signed. That afternoon Bartholin told * 8afety Poison Bottle. The latest thing in life preserva- 'Won is for sale in most of the big •^department stores at from ten to Itwenty-five cents apiece. Namely, a new kind of poison bottle. There is scarcely a house or home that does not have some sort of poison con­ stantly kept on hand for various pur­ poses, and everybody kpows the lia­ bility of getting hold of the wrong -Tbottle. The new poison bottle is ^colored, usually blue, to distinguish it from the others in the daytime, and a very ingenious device makes it safe to use in the dark. The cork is arranged with a piece inside attached to it that will not come out, thus tell* ing instantly that the poison bottle is at hand. With such a safety device on the shelf there would be small possibility of getting the wrong bottle 4n the dark. Proper Age for Business Men. Charles T. Terkes is said to claim that men are merely in their appren­ ticeship until they are forty, and that 4Sfty is the ripe age of the business Mprft 1 WTTft B4P7HrM'Hf Al/A} Crowning Was General, v According to the ads In the corona­ tion numbers of British newspapers, now to hand\ the king was not alone in the crowning, but. every blamed thing in the blooming old country received a crown, from bicycles to baby food. Oarsmen In Trireme. Three tiers of oarsmen arranged as snown above propelled the Creek ships known as triremes. French Architect Wins Prise. Bernard, )i Paris architect, was awarded this year's first prize of the French Academy of Fine Arts for his design for the Stanford University in California. The plans are upon a it MS*. that they went, as they announced on their departure to the Mitchell family, for a street car ride which terminated in the murder of Miss Mitchell at Seventy-fourth and State streets. The motive of that murder is believed to have been her discovery of the mur­ der of Mrs. Bartholin and her threat to expose the young man. With the death of the girl Barthol­ in had no further motive to remain in the city. He was seen at his home on July 31 and the morning of Aug. 5 at the home of William Underberg, 6513 Greenwood avenue. Then, driven by fear of capture, he sought safety on Iowa farms, where remorse finally drove him to suicide. Articles connected with the case that never have been accounted for In addition to the $250 supposed to have been in the possession of Mrs. Bar­ tholin and the clothing of Miss MJtch- ell are the following: Three diamond rings and one gold watch belonging to Mrs. Bartholin. The plain gold ring worn by Miss Mitchell when she disappeared. The striped suit of clottups worn by Bartholin when last seen.^ The pass keys to the house Barthol­ in is known to have carried. The connection of Counselman *rith the case furnished another "mystery." Hie explained that Bartholin had asked him for money, but he could not tell why he had suddenly been taken ill on his return to his home on the night of July 12 after he had visited Bartholin. One of the striking features to the police was the condition of the bodies of the three principals of the tragedy. None was recognizable when discov­ ered. Was it the idea of William Bar­ tholin at the start to effect this result? The motives which prevailed in the whole case still are a mystery, and there is little prospect of their ever being known. The confession left by the murderer indicated that be knew of the arrest of Thompson, Counsel- man and Claffy, yet no one with whom he associated after his departure from Chicago has been found who ever saw him purchase or read a newspaper. Perhaps in the future some person will offer the key to the case, which has proven the greatest mystery in the history of the Chicago police. Reed's First Cartoon. Thomas Brackett Reed, who is hap­ pier now in the peaceful practice of law than he was as speaker of the house, has a vast number of cartoons dealing with himself, but is particu­ larly fond of one which he has hang­ ing conspicuously in bis library. It was the first ever printed in which his face and figure were portrayed. It appeared in Harper's Weekly some time in the '70's when he was a young man. Of it he says: "When that cartoon appeared I felt that I had 'arrived,' not at the summit of politi­ cal success, of course, but that I had at least reached the top of a foothill." Goods for Chinese Market. Among the imports into Kwahg-sl, writes the British consul at Wu-CShow, are teething powders and feeding bot­ tles. The consul adds: Considering the enormous production of babies in this country, there ought to be a good opening for these articles. Persian Days of the Month. The Persians have a different tor swry day la the month* English Writer Rebukes Extravagance of Fast Set. That Englishwomen by their ex­ travagance are all too surely hasten* ing individual if not national bank­ ruptcy, is the opinion of a writer in one of the English papers, who fur­ ther declares: "There has seldom been a time In the history of our country when wo­ men of all classes dressed with more ill-considered extravagance than in the present day, and rarely a period when fathers and husbands were less able to cope with the increased de­ mand on their banking accounts. Vari­ ous causes have combined to induce this recklessness in dress expenditure. It is in some way attributed to the large influx into English society of women from the United States, where so widely different a standard of taste prevails in regard to the dis­ play of worldly wealth, more particu­ larly when applied to personal adorn­ ment Also it may be partly due to the reaction following the 'plain liv­ ing and high thinking' that was the keynote to the teaching of such men as Cartyle and Ruskin--the simplicity that became a fashionable cult when the influence of these men was first making itself felt throughout the land. But whatever the reason, the result is to be deplored, since beauty, no less than suitability, Is being sacri­ ficed in this modern craving after nov­ elty/' RUNS THROUGH'A DESERT. Boundary Line Between Utah and Ari­ zona Absolutely Uninhabitable. A well-known civil engineer, H. B. Carpenter, who has recently com­ pleted the survey of the southern line of Utah, sayB the boundary between that state and Arizona does not cross a foot of cultivated land. It traverses a desert, which Is cut up by great can­ yons that are almost impassable. The length of the line is 277 miles. Land­ marks along the line will make it possible for the boundary to be lo­ cated without any difficulty m the fu­ ture. Just east of the Colorado river a sandstone butte rises 1,000 net above the plain, and the very peak ot this butte Is exactly on the boun­ dary. Mr. Carpenter named the peak State Line butte. Not far from this butte Is another, which Btands 1,300 feet above the plain, and was named Tower peak. These two gigantic stones will always De a guide to per­ sons who have enough curiosity to penetrate the desert in search ot the state line. 8HOE8 MADE FROM PAPER. They Look Like Patent Leather, but Are Much Thinner. • queer and , interesting use mod- "ern ingenuity has found for paper Is to manufacture footgear from it So skillfully can it be prepared for the purpose that in apeparance it is al­ most identical with that of patent leather, writes a contributor to the Detroit News-Tribune. It is, however, considerably lighter, and so thin that It apparently reduces the wearer's feet a couple, of sizes or more--a fact which will doubtless go a good way toward bringing paper shoes Into use, for most people have an inward se­ cret desire to possess small feet Such shoes are best suited for housewear, more especially through their fragil­ ity, rendering them hardly durable enough for outdoor wear. Why He Wanted a Divorce* "Ef you please, suh," said the old Georgia darkey, to the rural justice, "I wants yer ter gimme a 'vroce fum my fam'bljr." "A divorce from your family T" "Yes, suh--fum re head er it--fum de ol' 'ooman." "Why,", said the justice, "that's out of my jurisdiction. I have no power to grant divorces." "Didn't you marry me, suh?" -Yes--I think I did." "Well, suh, atter you got me Inter ge trouble, hit 'pears reasonable dat you orter stir yo'se'f ter git me outen It--don't It?" "But--what's the trouble?" "Dey ain't no trouble 'tall, suh, 'cep' des dis: Sence I had a call ter preach, en a spell er de unj'lnted rheumatism, I hez been pertickler fond er takn' my ease, en 'pears lak de ol' 'ooman don't want ter rise en make a llvin' fer me; en It comes ter me dat ef I wus 'vorced by law, de jedge would make her gimme a year's support, en pay me halleluia-money right erlong!" --Atlanta Constitution. Safety in Trains. Many railway travelers have a su­ perstition that the safest part of the train is in the center, and in that posi­ tion, as a rule, the best carriages are placed. There is another common be­ lief among travelers that if a com­ posite train is made up of part passen­ ger coaches and part goods trucks, the latter for safety should be next to the engine, so that if anything is run into the trucks bear the first shock. Yet the fact 1b entirely the reverse. For some time past the Board of Trade has rerommended that in composite trains the passenger coaches should be placed next to the engine, with the goods trucks trailing behind. Crowns By Wholesale. They did many things better In the Old World than In the New. Corona­ tion processions was one of them. It is told of one of the ancient kings of Egypt that his coronation procession occupied a whole day in passing through the city of Alexandra, and that 3,200 crowns of gold were car­ ried by the servants. One crown was three feet in height and twenty-four feet in circumference. There were also carried in the procession sixty- four suits of golden armor, two boots of gold four and a half feet in length, twelve golden basins, ten large vases of perfumes for the baths, twelve ewers, fifty dishes and a large num­ ber of tables, all of gold. Twenty- three of the 3,200 crowns were valued at £334,400, and it is not surprising that the procession was guarded by 90,000 soldiers.--St James Gazette. Bananas Are Not Cut. In the Canaries the banana is never cut with a knife, because the fruit when cut through exhibits what Is regarded as a representation of tha ; ' " v • ' ' ' • \ ' / f • ' ' ' / * • ' * • ./ I State Happening* Illinois News Items 9 srsaf"" Correspondents * IMPROVING THE PHONE SERVICE. GIVES OUT LUCRATIVE PLACES ANSWER THE LAST ROLL CALt. . Most Complete System Being Installed In Washington County. The Southern Union telephone com­ pany has- a force of men extending its line in the western part of Wash­ ington county. When completed, Washington county will have one of the most complete telephone systems in the state. The western part of the county has been without means of rapid communication with the county seat and other important points. The line is being constructed from Venedy station, and thence to Venedy, Stone Church, Lively Grove and Oakdale. From the latter place it will be ex­ tended to Coulterville, in Randolph county. Direct communciatlons will also* be made with the Nashville ex­ change. BANK CASHIER SHOT IN TEXAS James Furber of Carlisle Is Killed at Vernon. James Furber, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Furber, cashier of the Anderson bank in Carlinville, was shot and killed at Vernon, Tex. William H. Furber of Corsicana, Tex., a brother of the deceased, was notified of the death and left at once for Vernon to accompany the remains home. James Furber was born and reared in Car­ linville and belongs to one of the old­ est and best connected families there. Gathers the Premiums. J. C. Brunk of the Cotton Hill stock farm near Springfield has just re­ turned from the Iowa state fair at Des Moines, where he exhibited animals from his stud of registered Morgan horses. He took five first premiums in this class, Ella Allen, a 2-year-old filly, being pronounced a perfect type of the breed. Mr. Brunk also showed the unbeaten show stallion Jubilee De Jarnette, 5105, son of Lady De Jar- nette. Sets Dogs on Boy. It Is charged that a Springfield woman set her three dogs on an 11- year-old boy, and that the animals In­ flicted severe injuries on the young victim. He was badly lacerated in the flesh of the right arm and left leg, but the attending physician does not anticipate fatal results. The pa­ rents of the boy have prepared to prosecute the owners ot the dogs. Gtassblowers Go West. Many Alton glassblowers will go td San Francisco from the Alton glass works to take places In the factories owned by the new Illinois-Pacific glass company. The Illinois glass company of Alton will have charge of the new Institution and will send some of its best workmen to San Francisco to operate the plant. WIN8 WOMAN'S PRIZE. Miss Una Stubblns, who was award­ ed a prize offered by the Illinois Fed­ eration of R'/omen's Clubs, Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. 1't us MISS UNA 8TUBBINS. Stubblns of Mattoon. She Is hand­ some, accomplished, 18 years old and was graduated with high honors from the Mattoon high school last spring. The subject of her essay which won the prize was "The Civil Service and Why It Should Be Non political." Give Whisky to Prisoners. W. T. Curran and J. Klrby have been arrested at Springfield, charged with passing liquor to inmates of the county jail. They used a large piece> of heavy cardboard as a trough, through which the liquor was con­ veyed from the roof of a barn in the jail yard through a window to the persons inside. Insane Negro Deals Kindly with Po­ licemen Who Arrest Him. Acting under the hallucination that he is president of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis railway, a negro giving his name as Maj. Stewart is holding his office ih the Sangamon county jail at Springfield and is issuing orders for the conduct of the road from cell No. 16. He was taken in charge at th& Chicago, Peoria and St Louis shops after becoming quite abusive when his private car was not produced as re­ quested. He appointed Policemen Klintworth and Golden, who arrested him, to lucrative positions in the op­ erating department and gave them promises of speedy promotion. The man is entirely unknown to the au­ thorities. AGED NEGRESS LEARNS TO READ Mrs. Mariah Vance, at 91, Is Mastering the Alphabet. Mrs. Mariah Vance, familiarly known to hundreds of citizens, of Dan­ ville as "Grandma Vance." at the ad- MRS. MARIAH VANCE. vanced age of ninety-one years. Is learning to read. This is of itself re­ markable, but it is equally wonderful that she is "learning her letters," as she calls it, without the aid- of spec­ tacles. She declares that she can see as well as she ever could. She has been a hard worker all her life and never had time to study. Besides be­ ing able to see as well as she could when a young woman, her hearing is just as acute. Grandma Vance is one of the oldest colored women in Illi­ nois. She was born In Round Prairie, Sangamon county, Illinois, and was reared in the country five miles west of Springfield, and in that city. She was never a slave, but her mother was in bondage in Virginia. Mrs. Vance was well acquainted with the family of President Lincoln and she packed up all the belongings of Abra­ ham Lincoln when they went to the White House. Mrs. Vance says that President Lincoln was "the best man in the world." Disorder at Eldorado. The residence of Prince Albert Green, the colored parson of Eldo­ rado, which has been guarded every night by the state militia for two months, was stoned. The guards were on duty as usual. Parties came from two directions toward the house. They were halted by the guards, when they commenced throwing rocks at the house. The guards fired several shots at the mob and the fire was re­ turned, but no one was hurt Portrait Presentation. Several members of Sidney B. Phillips post, No. 379, G. A. R., of Litchfield, presented the post with a large portrait of Sidney B. Phillips, the Montgomery county soldier, after whom the poet is named. Sidney Phillips was a brother of the late Judge Jesse Phillips and served as a sergeant major in the Ninth Illinois Infantry. He received k wound in the battle of Gettysburg which resulted in his death after a few days. Fatal Accident. Harry Richardson of Jacksonville was riding his wheel at a rapid pace when, in trying to avoid an approach­ ing vehicle, he collided with an elec­ tric light pole. He struck It with such force that he was rendered un­ conscious. He remained in that con- ditiga twelve hours, when death en­ sued. Fires on Charivari Party. Young friends of C. C. Grosclaude and Miss Hetrick of Rushville, who were married in Denver, Colo., gave them a charivari. To frighten the young men, Grosclaude fired a rifle three times, one of the bullets strik­ ing Arthur Thompson, producing an Injury which may cause his death. Marion County Fair. At a meeting of the Marlon county agricultural board the date for holding the fair this year was changed from Sept. 16 to 19 to Oct 7 to 10. Stole Watermelons. Nathan Welch and Nancy Cannady were convicted in the Adams county court of having stolen a load of water­ melons from a farmer in the country. They were each fined $50 and costs and sentenced to one day's imprison­ ment To Dedicate Church. The new Cumberland Presbyterian church at Loogootee will be dedicated on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The service will be conducted by the Rev. W. H. Wycoff. Will Purchase Land. Messrs. Hersh and Calvin of New­ ton, who have options on about 5,000 acres of land three miles south of Benton, have just finished bor­ ing the first hole and have started on two more. They have not stated whether or not they found coal, but the fact that they have notified a number of farmers that they would buy their land indi­ cates that they found what they were boring for. Turkeys Are Scarce. From present Indications turkeys will be very scarce this fall and deal­ ers say that many families will have to substitute something else for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. The crop of birds In Sangamon coun­ ty will be at least one-iourth less than It was last year. The turkeys have not thrived on account of the con­ tinued wet weather. Names of Veterans Who Expired al < the State Home at Quincy. ^ The following deatns occurred at £:Cj|p|N the state soldiers' home during the '" J month of August: Patrick Jackson, * i company C, 38th Illinois infantry; Henry Watson, company F, 5th nois infantry; Martin Parker, com-' pany C of the 14th Illinois cavalry; Stephen Brewer, company L, 126th Illinois Infantry; H. G. Sprague, com- ' ^ pany D, 2d Mass. infantry; Rufus Aus- , : tin, company 2, 12tn Illinois cavalry; Fred Mininger, Alton (111.) battalion; " ^ 1 P. R. White, company E, 9th Illinois , • infantry; G. M. Evatt company A, "JfT ' 27th Illinois Infantry; C. Gancer, com^' > pany B, 20th Illinois Infantry; Thos. ' Meagher, company D, 41st Illinois In- , ; fan try; Pat Woods, company A, 51st1 Illinois infantry; Charles W. Edge- comb, company D, 72d Illinois infan- ̂ try; W. McHoon, company L, 17th Illinois cavalry. Present aggregate membership, 1,948. PRISON FOR A COUNTERFEITER Capt. Cherron of Alton Pleads Guilty and Gets Two Years. In the United States district court* at Springfield Captain Cherron, who resides at Cairo, where he was ar­ rested several months ago, and who is charged with manufacturing and 7 having In his possession counterfeit coin, pleaded guilty, and was sen­ tenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and to, two years' imprisonment in the Southern penitentiary at Chester., Cherron, when arrested, had In hla possession a box containing dies,. • molds and other counterfeiting ar­ ticles for making counterfeit money. Lutheran Pastoral Conference. At the annual session of the pastor al conference of the Evangelical Lu- ' • theran church of southern Illinois,r t held at Nashville, the following offl-' • cers were elected for the ensuing, • ; year: President, Rev. E. Flach of Hamel; financial secretary, Rev. E. Koch of Okawville; corresponding;. '*r, j secretary. Rev. W. Schwermann ot Covington; superintendent of mission­ ary work, Rev. W. Von Schenk of Belleville. It was voted to hold the next annual conference of the church,;, at New Minden, in this county, Au$- v rH ust 12 to 27, 19Q3. ^ t'-'Kl •'£ Gets 'Phone Franchise. An ordinance was passed by the Litchfield council granting a twenty- year franchise to the Montgomery county mutual telephone company to erect and maintain a telephone sys­ tem In the city. Gas Stove Explodes. A gas stove exploded In the resi­ dence of E. A. Smith in Alton and several persons in the room had nar­ row escapes from being injured by the flying pieces of the stove. Church Dedication. The Free Methodist church of Mount Vernon will be dedicated on Sunday, October 5. Rev. Wilson T. Hogue of Chicago will, preach the ded­ icatory sermon. Rev. Hogue is pres­ ident of Greenville college, Green­ ville, 111., and editor of the Free Methodist Gasoline Fire Engine. The town of Warrensburg has or­ dered a gasoline fire engine to cdst $1,150. It has a capacity of S00 gal­ lons of water per minute. Improves Its Faculty. Ewing college has had the best opening In its iiiatory. Over 100 ar»'- now enrolled, with a prospect of. seventy-five more. The teaching forca- is stronger than ever. The new pro* fessors are: Warren Stiffler of Upper Alton, A. S. Swing, Lillian Priester of , St Louis and Elizabeth W. Carpenter of Potsdam, N. Y. President Leavitt will take the field for the raising of an endowment ; :: - * > BEAUTY VICTIM. Miss Effie McKlmpson, who, with, Miss Ethel Felts, is ill at Durand from arsenic taken to improve the eon* - mm k* Hi '% :p : S-V-'&rt 'i MISS EFFIE M'KIMPSON. 1 plexlon, is still In a critical condition* • with the chances favoring her recov­ ery. tim, was never in serious danger. M Miss Ethel Felts, the other vio .dfOS?'*' Prepare for Roosevelt. George Upp, a decorator from Chi­ cago, has begun the work of decorat­ ing the dome building of the state fair grounds at Springfield for the re­ ception of President Roosevelt on Thursday of fair week. Among the more pretentious conceptions will be a picture of the President done in na­ tive grasses. The collection of ma­ terial is now being made. Rob a Justice. O. H. Paddock, police magistrate of Pana, was gobbed at Taylorville dur­ ing the street fair. He had just board-; ed a Wabash train for the east near the back end, so as to reach the sleep­ er, when seven men, Who had been watching him, crowded around him, took away his grips and tubbed him of about $60 in money. Veteran's Fatal FalL Thomas Norton, a -veteran of the civil war, fell from a hay loft in North Alton and sustained fatal in­ juries. His skull was fractured at the base and he suffered from con­ cussion of the brain. Apple Crop Is Short. G. A. M. Hunt of Mount Vernon has shipped his first carload of apples, St Paul, Minn., being the destination. It is estimated the Jefferson county ap­ ple crop will be 40 per cent of a foil crop. 8eeks Aid for Churches. Rev. Jesse E. Story is undertaking the eliciting of funds for the erec­ tion of a new church of the Christian denomination at Tamalco. A lot has been purchased and over $500 in cash pledged. Horticultural Society. E. O. Mendenhall of Kinmoady, retary of the Horticultural society ot southern Illinois, has announced that the annual meeting of the society will be held at Anna on November 35 and 2C. ; > •.5 - v