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^pffS^ppf^P SX: K Closing Scenes in the Greatesi^^W] Coal Miners* StriKfi on P^ecord. Sfc- *•:' '44\ ^ > ,-W •'V"!<vjft>. *' • .'.••*'•*'**•** m- |f <;• ^I'fv r The great coal strike is at an end. ',, By unanimous yote of the miners' con- 1^^*: vention, held at Wllkesbarre, Pa., it v was agreed to submit their case to the Arbitration tribunal and go to work >'3; > at once. No conditions were attached v 'f'x'S. to this acceptance. " *>/. President Mitchell told the conven­ es I tlon what the result was going to be. iff*':'*' Therefore he felt at liberty to make a |n '$£4 Personal request of the delegates. This jiif was that they vote unanimously. IS ' ; "We struck as one man; like men v>7. • v we have stood shoulder to shoulder; ^ •4i now let us end the strike with one "•'S' voice, V : ttOB was 5fc.- he exclaimed. Then the quea- put. A mighty chorus of ments or any appeal for sympathy, but will present facts and figures, includ­ ing several thousand pay envelopes, which will tell the tale of small wages for hard work. T The action of the miners' conven­ tion has a deeper significance than the ending of the strike. It is even deeper than the vindication of arbitration as society's last resort in putting an end to deadlocks between labor and capi­ tal. The greatest and most far-reach- president of the United Mine Workers has done all he can to learn the atti£ tude of the companies toward the men' on strike. We cannot negotiate with them directly, but through others we have the assurance that they consent to meet the issues fairly, that they will not blacklist any man, tl&t they are not vindictive, and that, as far as possible, the men will be given their old places. It will take some time for work to be generally resumed, and some may not get work at alL You most nbderstand this when yon vat®." Too Ambitious for His Meant. A most unusual request was made to "aye" rolled through the theater. Not •one man responded in the negative. The result was hailed with a glad ahout by the delegates. They cheered Again and again. Some of them threw their hats in the air. The long fight was over. After five months and nine 4ays of idleness 140,000 men and boys were to return to work. John Mitchell's splendid leadership Is again triumphant. Not only has he secured the result for which he had been working, but he has secured it Amidfet^general satisfaction and good feeling. His was not an easy task. These miners are full of the spirit of independence and self-reliance. They do their own thinking, and are not at All backward about speaking their minds. But Mr. Mitchell knew how to handle them. He gave them full opportunity u> express themselves. Every man had a chance to voice his sentiments. He knew how to let them run of their own free will and how to pull them up at the critical moment. His generalship was unsurpassed. He met all the inquiries of the dis­ contented in frank fashion. He held •out no false hopes. He made it plain that if the convention accepted arbi­ tration some of the men must expect to lose the jobs which they formerly held. After a few minutes' reflection the men were in a mood to accept the Advice of their leader. President Mitchell walked to and from the convention hall and was loud­ ly cheered by great crowds In the Streets. Upon returning to his office he first sent a telegram to President Roosevelt giving official notification of the action of the convention, and then he wired his wife at Spring Valley that the end of the long struggle had come at last. Instantly congratula­ tions began to pour in by wire from all parts of the country and many peo­ ple called to shake the hand of the modest, manly leader. Mr. Mitchell's work is not done. Though under a great strain for many months, he must now prepare his case for submission to the commission. Upon this task he is already engaged, And he will be ready. The coal oper­ ators are likely to be surprised at the completeness of his case. He will not content himself with general state- MITCHELL ADDRESSING CONVENTION. ing lesson of the hour Is this: The 140,000 mixed and self-reliant workers of this region must be treated fairly and handled skillfully, or they will make trouble. They have caught the modern spirit of organization and the universal American demand for better conditions of living. A union they have and are going to have. That they gan stand together during a long siege without desertions and without flinch- ti;e Old' Age Pensions Commissioners In Victoria, Australia, recently. An elderly man residing in Ballarat ob­ tained an old age pension some time ago. The other day his son appeared before the commissioners and asked that his father's claim be withdrawn as he was willing to support him. When asked what his weekly earn- ings amounted to, the son replied, "Six dollars." The commissioners nat- FEATURES OF TUB COAL MINERS' STRIKE. Strike began May 12, 1902, duration ............ Miners and other thrown out of work Number of women affected Number of children affected...••••••••••••*••• Capital invested in coal mines Operators' daily loss in price of coal Total loss caused by strike..... 154 days 183,500 105,000 285,000 .$511,500,000 443,500 . 197,390,000 DETAILS OF TOTAL C08T OF THE 8TRIKE. $29,350,000 68,800,000 Loss in miners' wages Loss of operators Loss of merchants in mining towns.. Loss of mills and factories closed Loss of merchants outside district Loss of rai I ways • ••..... • • • ......................d......... Loss of business permanently . ..iv.... Cost of troops in field Cost of coal and iron police Loss to railway men In wages. Cost of maintaining nonunion men 22,750,000 7,320,000 16,000,000 34,000,000 8,000,000 1,850,000 3,500,000 275,000 545,000 Damage to mines and machinery 5,000,000 »••••••• )•»•••«! ing they have conclusively shown. That the majority of them are intelli­ gent, law-abiding men, who want only a fair chance and decent wages, with­ out making exorbitant demands, is ap­ parent to every observer who attended this convention. Our picture shows President Mitch­ ell addressing the convention when he struck the keynote of the controversy. He said: "I desire to Inform you that the German Oarsmen Do Well. Because of the brilliant performance at the international regatta, at Cork, of the Berlin Rowing Club's racing boat, Preussen has been rechristened "Cork." The afTair took place in the club's boathouse. which is the largest in Berlin. CROWD AT TAMAQUA. PA.. WATCHING TROOPS LEAVE. Money Needed for Charity. D. C. Potter, chief examiner of AO> counts on institutions for the city of New York, declares that unless great Additions shall be made to the sup­ port of charitable institutions most of them will soon be in a critical con­ dition. This is partly because of in­ creasing demands made on such places, but chiefly on account of the unexampled Increase in the cost of All necessaries of life. Present rates of payment per capita for hospitals Are sixty to eighty cents, and Mr. Pot­ ter recommends that they be raised to from seventy to ninety cents. Value of Rain. RAin after a drought in Australia was once valued at $25 A minute in one district, while earthquakes have been assessed In Japab At 100 guineas per tremor. The California Redwood. • Vlree hundred and twenty million feet of timber are cut annually from the Californlan redwood forests; yet it is estimated that they will lwt for 1M yeAra. "• A Religion of Laziness. Russian papers give particulars of an extraordinary religious community in Kieff, whose chief tenet is idleness. They-are known as the Malevantchina, from the name of their founder, Colo­ rado Malevanlng. who was released from a lunatic asylum In 1872, and straightway began to propagate his strange sect. Basing themselves upon the parable of the lilies which "toil not, neither do they spin," the Male­ vantchina reject all work except that of the household, wear coarse, somber garments, and restrict themselves to A diet of bread and cheap frai$a. Japanese Dressmaker*, There are said to be excellent open­ ings for American dressmakers in Japan, where all the high-class women are donning occidental dress, with which the native modiste struggles helplessly. Most Wonderful Echo. " A wonderful echo can be heard tn A room in the castle of Slmonetta, near Milan. A loud noise such as a pistol •hot, la repeated sixty tlmao. Voluntary Life Imprisonment. The victim through an accident of a ghastly disfigurement, A wealthy Parisian made a vow never to be seen again by man. He kept to a special suite of rooms in his house, where he was waited upon by two well-trained blind servants, who were the interriie- diaries between himself and the other members of his household. No ex­ ception was made even In the case of his wife and children, who, from the day of his accident to that of his death, never again set eyes upon him. Colors of Flowers. The same species of flower never shows more than two of the three col­ ors, red, yellow and blue. Roses, for instance, are found red and yellow, but never blue; verbenas are red and blue, but not yellow; pansles are yel­ low And blue, but never red. The Planet Vesta. < VestA la the only one of the «ba11 planets which can be seen with the naked eye. Her diameter is but 809 miles, and her surface, therefore, but iBMlatk tlat of iBurop*v,: $!!.'• ' 'Hi* urally held that this amount was bare­ ly sufficient to support the son him­ self, and refused to grant his requesL GREAT GOLD FIELDS - IN EASTERN SIBERIA Country Bide -Fair to Rival America in -Output of Precious Met||^/*^ and in Wheat Farms. V.; n ' New York dispatch: That the great­ est gold fields the world has ever known are in the Amur river country, eastern Siberia, is the opinion of B. B. McCowan, a mining expert, who has. just returned from a 12,000-mile trip of exploration through the Asia­ tic possessions of Russia. The Rus­ sians, he said, took out $2,000,000 of gold last year from the placer de­ posits and have not yet begun to wor the quartz. The mining methods of the Russians are very crude, Mr. Mc­ Cowan says, and do not compaif with American methods. The exhaustive trip he made through Siberia has convinced Mr. McCowan that it is the richest unde­ veloped country on the globe and from an agricultural point has greater pos­ sibilities than the wheat and corn growing sections of the United States. "Before many years have elapsed," said Mr. McCowan, "Siberia will sup­ ply all of Europe with grain. Many wheat farms have already been opened and the government is encour­ aging immigration . from European Russia to this great and rich coun­ try. "The Russians have not yet learned .the advantages of using American agricultural machinery, but they are quick to learn and very shrewd, much shrewder than the average Yankee. Before long their wheat farms will rival in every way those of the north­ west. SENATORS EAT DOG AT HAWAIIAN FEAST Messrs. Mitchell, Focter and Burton Partake of "Roast Pig" and Call for More. San Francisco special: Hawailans are laughing heartily over a joke they say was played on the members of the senatorial commission last month. United States Senators Mitchell of Oregon, Foster of Washington and Burton of Kansas were made to eat dog--not political dog, but real, cooked canine. Those who are authority for the story declare that the senators ate the fare with relish and called for more. This dish was served the party at one of the native "luaus," or feasts, during their recent visit in Honolulu. Among Hawaiians cooked dog has long been esteemed one of the great­ est of delicacies. No native feast is ever complete without such a dish, and by old and young the morsel is eager­ ly sought. The dogs so served are not any common breed of mongrel, but are carefully raised and prepared for the table. The senators thought they were eating roast pig. CORNER BOOMS PRICE OF PEPPERMINT OIL Michigan Firm Gets Control of 95 Per Cent of the Crop and Doubles Rates. Kalamazoo, Mich., dispatch: A. M. Todd company, limited, has secured 95 per cent of the peppermint and es­ sential oil crop of the world, amount­ ing to a practical corner. The price of peppermint oil, which a month ago was $2.50 a pound, is now 95. As the total crop this year is about 190,000 pounds, the total value will be $900,- 000, and the advance amounts to near ly half a million. New York specu lators have kept down the prices and the growing of the essential oil plant has been unprofitable. Todd says that under the new arrangement the grow­ ers will reap profits. The crop of the present season is only two-thirds as large as usual. The heavy ralniall has produced the smallest crofo in ten years. RICE FAMINE IN PHILIPPINES War and Cholera Diminish the 8upply and Crop May Be a Failure. Manila cablegram: A rice famine threatens portions of the archipelago owing to the disease that has appeared In the growing crop. The war and cholera have diminished the always insufficient local supply, and Saigon, whence rice is usually Imported, re­ ports small crops. Prices are rising. Should the suffering caused by the scarcity of rice increase it is possible that the commission will import a million piculs of the grain and dis­ tribute it at cost. ' MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP WINS Court Decides Iowa Towns Can Issue Bonds for Water-Works. Ottumwa, la., dispatch: Ottumwa has won in the fight for the municipal ownership of its water-works. The eaaa was decided hy the Supreme court to the effect the city may levy A tax for this purpose. The money borrowed for this purpose will not be part of the general indebtedness. The decision affects every city in Iowa. The city will construct a plant to cost $400,000, the contract for which has already been let. Capital to Have 8peedway. Washington dispatch: Washington Is to have a speedway similar to that along the Harlem river In New York. It will cost $50,000. The drive will be built of Tilford and macadam, and will extend for a mile through Poto­ mac park west o! the new bridge Across the Potomac. Irrigation Fund. Washington special: Irrigation en­ thusiasts will be gratified to learn that there Is $7,772,733 to be applied on the semi-arid regions of the West to make the blossom. The fund repre­ sents the net proceeds from the sale of public lands in the semi-arid states during the last two fiscal years, which under the iaw can be applied to the promotion of the national irrigation project. The bargain hunter's favorite hymn itoqld be the "sweet bey and buy." Illinois News Items State Happening? Succinctly Told by Our Special CorretpondeaA*. RIVAL8 VICTOR HUGO'8 CANN6N FEARS CONVICTION AND FLEES Emery Wheel Breaks Loose and Seems ' Imbued With Life. ! An accident/ without a known paral­ lel occurred at the works, of the Satt- ley manufacturing company at Spring­ field. A 14-inch emery wheel, revolving at a high rate of speed, broke from »ts arbor and severely injured the man who was using it at the time. The peculiar feature of the accident con­ sisted that the wheel did not burst, but remained Intact. It struck the umortucate man squarely in the chest, breaking two ribs and tearing the clothing entirely off the upper part of his body. Then, its rotary motion still continuing, it climbed up his chest, tearing tbe flesh as it went, until it leached the jaw. This was entirely d<ipuded of flesh, and most of.the teeth were knocked out. Finch's nose and cheek were torn and burned, as was also the forehead. All this occurred in such a small fraction of a second that the man was unable to dodge the wheeL Apple Statistics. The following is a compilation of apples raised by Crawford county crchardists: L. E. Stephens, 910 bar­ rels; Harper & Bennett, 2,507; A. G. Meserve, 2,884; G. N. Parker, 2,144; Q. L. Buchanan, 1,026; P. G. Bradbury, 1,239; W. K. Highsmith, 452; W. C. Jones, 875; E. E. Newlin, 1,730; R. M. Longnecker, 268; H Bruner, 113; C. McCimy, 469; I. L. Firebaugh, 315; Will Jones, 83; C. S. Jones, 740; J. L. Johnson, 344; D. Spencer, 65; T. N. Rafferty, 1,578; J. L. Watt, 555; Clint Caywood, 2,000; G. L. Walters, 173; W. R. Emmons, 122; other smaller or­ chards, 1,386, making a total of 22,192 barrels, in which the Ben Davis are an easy leader, running about 14,000, and the Rome beauty next, about 1,900. Edward Pinkerton Is Acquitted After Forfeiting His Bond. Edward Pinkerton, Who was on trial in the circuit court at Springfield on a charge of burglary, failed to appear when the case was to have been re­ sumed and his bond of $500, signed by his mother, Mrs. Lucy Pinkerton of Nokomis, and Attorneys Bart Galligan and A. G. Murray was declared for­ feited. The case was resumed with­ out the presence of the defendant. After being out three hours the jury returned a verdict finding Pinkerton not guilty. Although acquitted by the jury, Pinkerton's bondsmen - must make good the amount. HEAD8 WOMEN'S CLUBS. COST OF STATE Mrs. Eugenie M. Bacon, who has just been elected president of the Illi­ nois Federation of Women's Clubs, is a prOmienent society leader and Buy Missouri Farms. The following named Decatur peo­ ple have purchased farms in Stoddard county, Mo.: R. L. Walston, 840 acres; J. A. Montgomery, 480; Mrs. Mary Miillkin, 320; B. F. Cloud, 630; P. P. Laughlin, 1,180; Luther Martin, 640; W. G. Bachman, 400; Lillian B. Irwin, 160; Clarence Naftel, 640; Asa Morris, 320; Frank Suffern, 360; Ar­ thur Graham, 400. Sunday School Convention. The thirty-fourth annual convention of the Cumberland county, 111., Sun­ day school association, convened at Hazel Dell. There were delegates from many of the schools of the coun­ ty present George W. Miller of the state association is the state helper. 8trong at 90. The 90th birthday of Henry Nien- haus, one of the charter members of the German Evangelical church, was celebrated by a family reunion at the family home at Alton. Mr. Nienhaus is still physically and mentally strong and is one of the most vigorous men of his age to be found. MRS. EUOBNIB M. BACON. club woman of Decatur. She has oc­ cupied several minor positions in the federation, and distinguished herself in the campaign just closed by her frankness in appealing to the mem­ bers for their votes. Deaths. Mrs. Caroline zeigelmeler, a pioneer resident of Virginia, 111., died, aged 80 years. John Wise, 19 years old, died at the home of his father, Lewis Wise, near Eldorado, 111. Information has been received an­ nouncing the death of Philip Case, son of Edward Case, county surveyor at Carlisle. He died at Vera Cruz, Mex. He was employed by the Midland bridge company. Building Collapses. A store building on the corner of Eleventh and Jackson streets, Spring­ field, which has been undergoing a course of rempdeling, collapsed. Sev­ eral workmen employed by Contractor Nels Olsen had narrow escapes from serious injury, many receiving sprains and bruises, more or less painful. NEW IDEAS IN CHURCH BUILDING. D*AV£*P R£S bY T t W IAN* Cmvhch- The plan which is followed in the building of the Millard Avenue Pres­ byterian church, Millard and Ogden avenues, Chicago, is a departure from the traditional ideas and methods of church construction in this country. The edifice will have a gynasium, bow­ ling alleys, a large hall for social en­ tertainments, and other unusual fea­ tures. Part of the church was com­ pleted a year ago and the entire struc­ ture will soon be finished. It will cost $50,000 and will be constructed of brick and stone. The auditorium will have a seating capacity of 1,500. The basement will be provided with 8ettle Nomination Contest. Springfield, 111., special: According to the decision in the Democratic nom­ ination contest in the Thirty-third sen­ atorial district, O. J. Mowry of Sher- rard is the regular nominee for state senator, and George A. Cooke of Aledo is the nominee for representative. Typhoid Epidemic. Report has been received by the state board of health that there Is a visitation of typhoid fever at New Berlin, Sangamon county, which amounts almost to an epidemic. Move Railroad Offices. It has been officially announced at Springfieldythat the trainmaster's and tr*in dispatcher's offices of the Spring­ field diiHsiott'tff the Chicago and Al­ ton would /immediately be removeo from tfart/city to Bloomlngton. irlfV •"i-vtiV e ' L 7 « f ; v ' * ' • ' i i " " : V . A ' * • • ^ J ^ / ' " H . V > ' , V • . Pioneer Passes Away. John B. Ward of McClellan town­ ship died at his residence. Squire Ward was 82 years of age, and had re­ sided in the county since boyhood, coming to this state from Virginia. Ha leAyes sovea children. ^ //-J."*'* a large assembly room, a gynasium, and bowling alleys, a church parlor, kitchen, toilet and wash rooms, dress­ ing and choir rooms, and the furnace and fuel room. The first floor will contain the auditorium proper, a pri­ mary room, five Sunday school rooms, a large organ and choir room, and the pastor's rooms. The gallery will con­ tain additional seats for the congrega­ tion, a mothers' room, a women's par­ lor, and Sunday school galleries. The pastoi^ of the church, the Rev. Gran­ ville Ross Pfke, is confident that his plan will prove of great benefit to the community. Buys Com Stalks. A. G. Winters, general manager of the Marsden cellulose company of Philadelphia, is purchasing large quan­ tities of corn stalks. About 10,000 tons will be contracted for in Sangamon, Menard And Logan counties. A. F. of L. Delegate. The central Illinois delegate to-the coming national convention of the American federation of labor will be William Scaife of Springfield. The meeting will ,t$ke place in New Or­ leans on November 13. Acre Transfers. Abram Bourquin has sold his 440- acre farm in Nokomis township to Henry B. Shepherd for 926,400, as shown by a deed filed here for record. James M. Williford has sold sixty- seven acres of land in East Fork town­ ship to Arthur Christian for $2,000.. Injury to Molder. Joseph Mattinger. an employe of the Excelsior stove foundry at Quincy, was seriously burned by receiving the contents of a flask of molten Iron which was Accidentally overturned. INSTITUTIONS # -- < Per Capita Expense of Maintaining the* Various Charities. ^ The state board of charities has is- ' sued its bulletin for the September quarter^ ended Sept 30. Cash on hands July 1 was 9744,176.52, expenses $553,- 376.35, debts 976,134.97. The institu-. ^ tions had $268,131.34 on hand. There " ' were 10,040 inmates present and 32&/V; >f/| on parole at the beginning of the quar+ ter. There were 1.002 new admls*' sions, 426 former inmates readmitted^ i •«/«' %i 1,105 absentees returned, 452 dis^^Sk changes, 396 on parole at end of quar­ ter, and 11,055 present. The total per. capita cost of maintenance was $41.11s . n gross and $37.93 net. The best record" ^ was made by the Jacksonville InstittM . J tion, where the cost was $31.40. The following is a statement of the ne| • ~®| . j cost at all institutions: Elgin, $37.49;; Kankakee, $34.31; Jacksonville, $31.40; Anna, $35.92; , Watertown,* -j $33.13; Peoria $35.14; Deaf and Dumb, $30.34;' Asylum for Insane Crrm* 4 '• inals, $60.70; Blind, $50.06; Feebl* Minded, $37.31; Soliders' and Sailors^ home, $33.16; Soldiers' Orphans' home,* . • jj $44.13; Soldiers' Widows' home* ' $58.49; Eye and Ear infirmary, $56.22; v j School for Training Girls, $44.12* . , ' ... . Acre Transfers. " Mrs. Anna E. Thornton of Barnelt sold to C. C. Robinson of Hagerman, 77 acres of timber land in Westeni Mound township; consideration, $1,* 350. Louis Fricke sold to E. P. Honi of Dighton, Kan., 100 acres of land In Lane county; consideration, $350. John Flemming has sold 400 acres of land located near Morrisonville to . '5; John Sloan of Sullivan, for a consider*7 >„ ation of $39,040. "6M I "VT Vi M War. on Hunters. St Charles county officers Again declared war on outside huntt> ers, and it is threatened that all hunfr ers attempting to carry game out off - the county will be prosecuted. St. ^ Charles county is the favorite resor| of many St Louis hunters. Alto* sportsmen, too, have been going therej, but all have been forbidden and there' will be no favorites with the county m, officers. t-"" '<•? Laugh on Landlord. 4 ^ ^ ̂ "Wanted--Several good-sized caIa; I \ liberal prices paid for satisfactory v ^ 4 ones. Bring to Apartment hotel." The , above advertisement, inserted in as l -•evening paper at Bioomington, over* whelmed the landlord with cats. A ' traveling man and his wife had been „ •' ejected from the hotel because they 1 kept a pet cat, and they inserted the 1. ~ advertisement J 'i-'( i :.'f Girl Joins Gypsleai .v The citizens of Rockton were great- ly stirred recently over the disappear­ ance of Alvira Wells, a 10-year-ollt' girl. Rumor had it that she had either been kidnaped or had run away wltli^W some gypsies, and her father found heir IT 5;;- with a party of gypsies fifteen milet from Rockton. The gypsies claim* vJ that the child came to them volun- i ̂ tarily. " Epidemic of Theft. •t Decatur Charles Allen, a dak at Bell's drug store, was arrested for robbing his employer, and later he at> tempted suicide in the county jaiL Harry Yancey, candy maker, is in jai|^ on a charge of stealing 1,000 or more* cigars from the Maris company. Misf Minnie Glenn was arrested for steaK Ing a cloak from her employer^ Wit; Uam Gushard. ^ Dedicate a Station. The new station of the Big FV>ur; system at Nokomis, III., has been dedi­ cated. Supt. William Duane of the. St. Louis division Walter Nichols^ general agent of the freight departs, ment, and Col. C. L. Hilleary, assis­ tant general passenger agent, were present and took part in the ce<e«$£8r ies. - ^ Asks Damages for Injuries. Frank McCormack has brought suit against the C^hicago-Virden coal com* pany for injuries received, which were due, he says, to a defective wheel on a mine car. One leg was broken and he was otherwise injured, and he asks for damages amounting to $5,000. Memorial Fountain. The Woman's Relief corps has petf* tioned the CentraHa city council foi* permission to erect a memorial foun­ tain in the city park in front of that: new Carnegie library building, just completed. Good Roads. A hard rosds movement has hew,; started in St. Charles county, opposite^ Alton. The West Alton roads will be - made permanent by putU^^cpj, dcrs' __ Inhuman Parent. • " In the Christian county circuit court James Durbin of Palmer was convicted by a jury on the charge of rape, and was sentenced to twenty-five years* confinement in the state penitentiary. Durbin's victim was his own lK-yeer- old daughter. Golden Wedding. Mr. Henry Kettler. aged 86, and his wife, Louisa, aged So. celebrated their golden wedding at their home in Belle­ ville. They came to this country from Germany many years ago. . Hurt in a Runaway Louis; Becker, a well-known farmer of WJsjeatfleld township, was seriously injured in a runaway near Aviston. He cluag to the lines and was dragged by the horses for half a mile. His body was covered with bruises. ^ ^ ' Top Price for Fansw Daniel Chapman of North Otter township sold his 240-acre farm to K. K. Alderson, the consideration be­ ing $100 per acre. This is said to be the best price paid for farm laad tn Macoupin cou»fc. _., ^ . 'j!