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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER McHBNRY PLAINDEALER 00. He HENRY, riJLINOIS. vm P FOVRTEEN DIE IN • { f c • ' v > V v - b 'tyffn&H Out-of-Town Visitors to International Live Stock 'SHow Mostly the Victims. The secretary of agriculture has sent Instructions to Dr. Salmon of the i>urcau of animal industry, who Is per­ sonally superintending the work of lighting the foot and mouth disease «pidemic in New England, to destroy all animals infected. Charles Stewart, insane, has forti­ fied himself in the second story of his liouse at Mexico, Mo., and, armed with * shotgun, is holding Sheriff James and a posse of citizens at bay. He has driven his family from the house and when anyone approaches he fires. The 3-year-old child of Mrs. Kip Holmes was rnn over and killed by the Continental limited on the Wabash road at Matenis, Ind. The child wandered away from its mother upon the railroad track, and at the high rate of speed the train was run­ ning Engineer Bickel could uot avert .-the accident. Three large storage tanks belonging 'to the Standard oil company at Morn­ ing Sun, I*., were burned to the ground. The coal tatners at Bridgeport, Tex., are on a strike because the company demands that the men push their own cars to the dump after loading them. C. M. McMillan fell from a telephone pole at Liano, Tex., and was probably fatally hurt. |e Mrs. Alice Spell, tried at Anderson, jK . Tex., on the charge of murdering her g;w ... husband, was acquitted. Guy Max- ! ; •well, charged with the same offense, 2/ , was also acquitted. v Abraham Fountain, 40 years old, of gv; Brownstown, Ind., committed suicide hj shooting himself in the heart. He leaves a wife and seven children. •* The body of Earl Martin, a fanner, ?'•, who disappeared from his home four :•{ weeks ago, has been found near Alex- ,y ' • ander, Tex., with the head severed p:. flnom the trunk. j#; Lavore Lavorie, aged 67 years, a aelf-confessed Italian brigand, was de- ported at New York by order of Com- missioner of Immigration Williams. ,Ku" " By the giving away of a trestle on the Mobile and Ohio near New Han- i' over. 111., an unknown tramp was In- atantly killed and another fatally in- ; Jured. t'-] James B. Hill, a retired capitalist, . , was killed by a street car at St. Louis. Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw, on their twenty-fifth marriage \\anniversary, gave a dinner at Wash- 'X. fogton, entertaining Iowa friends. ' > ,4 William Seville, a fireman, was ' - browned and another fireman is miss- i; vjug as a result of a fire which caused ^ .v $60,000 loss to the steamer Saxon at , Philadelphia. •*&.' , Fred Hennig, aged 8 years, while jH, playing with a ride, shot and probably J..; totally wounded the 5-year-old daugh- ter of Philip Trowbridge at Misha- f: waka, Ind. Charles O'Neill was fonnd frozen to 4eath in a corn field near Winona, 'y?;:' Minn. W. R. Wanser of Seattle, H. Cole aad M. M. Martin were drowned near Leavenworth, Wash., while surveying a location for a power plant. Annie McMahan, a domestic em­ ployed in a hotel in Springfield, Mo., was found dead in her room with a hullet wound in her back. William Pittman, a railroad employe, found in the room slightly wounded, was held for the crime. The American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, as receiver, took possession of the Barrett & Barrett cider mill at South Haven, Mich. The three men who are supposed to have robbed the bank at Bridger, Mont., and escaped with $3,738 were captured after a wild ride of 300 miles. The Pickering Manufacturing Com­ pany of Lowell, Mass., maker of knitted cotton underwear, announces its failure, with liabilities over $300,- •06. Thomas Thornton, receiver for tha defunct Lemars National Bank of Le mars, Iowa, has filed his final report ahowing that creditors get 60 cents ot the dollar. If re. Claypool, an aged woman, was fatally beaten by Frank Fleming and Arthur Griffith of Elkhart, Ind., wuo robbed the home of Isaac Murphy at Niles, Mich. A girl aged 6 years and an infant of ^ v 2 months, children of Mrs. Ainsley yk Bowers of Saginaw, Mich., were ^ . burned to death while their mother was absent from the house. Miss Ella Westin was probably fa- i tally burned near Bertram, Tex., her ^ Clothing catching at an open grate, if Fireman Frank Elliott and Express SV Messenger Richard Helm were killed and nine other men seriously injured In a collision on the Cincinnati South- £•••' «rn Railroad at Sunbright, Tenn. Dr. Lorenz, the Austrian specialist, pfr accompanied by Dr. Friederlch Muel ler, has arrived at Washington. Crossed wires started a Are at Al- flentown, Pa.i which destroyed tho Wholesale dry goods store of Blttner, » Hunsiker & Co. Total loss $170,000, Insurance, $112,000. Vsi* ^ iB announced that Miss Laura V; - fones, daughter of Rev. Sam P. Jones, *v. . the evangelist, "will ved Mr. David Jrtourney of Memphis. "k© buildir *8 Crystal Ice and / y ( t o l d S t o r a g e C o m p a n y a t A n d e r s o n , . Ijjid., burnei, causing a loss of $50,000. •j» Actor Barry Johnstone, who shot • and killed Mrs. Kate Hassett at Phil­ adelphia and wounded himself, is re- 1^-,, , ? ported dying. *?' President King of Oberlin College, Y ' ^Oberlin, Ohio, announces a gift of $50,- €60 to the irs.itutlon, but withholds if tile name of tie dt .or. ' Prances E. U/ooka, Republic* or congressman a. large from Colored r ikes 840 plural ty over Alva Adamo 'Democrat, ar<i in the First district ijohn F. Sha'ro h, Democrat, has 2,70? plurality ovei >bert W. Bonynge, Re Y .. t 3 SURVIVORS OF THE CATASTROPHE TELL THRILLING STORIES OF IpUR ESCAPE Thote'lHio Perished Died Without a Chance to Sa.ve Themse!ves-~Firemen l)o Splendid Work in Rescuing Imprisoned Inmates of Burning Building- Heroism Displayed by Young Boy. Fourteen lives 'were lost In a fire that broke out in the Lincoln hotel, at 176 Madison street, Chicago, shortly before 6 o'clock on the morning of Dec. 4. Caught in a trap of horror and death, with avertues of escape cut off by smoke and flames, the victims of the disaster met their fate amid scenes of dramatic terror. The fire department fought the flames and battled for life against grim odds. The building was practically without safety appliances. Some Leaped Four Stories. About 125 persons were in the build- ins when the flames were discovered. Most of them were guests here to visit the live stock exposition. Unused to hotels, they were doubly bewildered when the fire cry went up. Some dashed to windows and leaped four stories to certain death. Others plunged Into the stiflng clouds of smoke that filled the narrow hallways, and were smothered by the fatal fumes. In the dim light of the morning the firemen rushed into the building and made rescues or hoisted their ladders where panic-stricken men, women and children begged for help at the upper windows. Heroic rescues were effect­ ed In midair by Chief Musham's men. THE DEAD. YOCUM, I. C., 50 years old, fire In­ surance dealer, prominent in Daven> port, la., visiting stock show. YOCUM, SAMUEL, son of I. C. Yo- cum, 24 yeari# old; connected with his father's business, Davenport, la. COON, A. B., 40 years old, lawyer, Marengo, III., married; connected with the law firm of Joslyn & Raymond, Chicago. BOSWELL, B. F, 35 years old, Chi­ cago. SLOCUM, T. V„ 45 years old, ma­ chine dealer, prominent in Lake coun­ ty, III.; lived in Wauconda, III. WOODS, H. Kv Lebanon, Ind., 43 years old. i EWING, F. L., clerk, Marietta, Ohio; employed on Pennsylvania sys­ tem. TONER, EDWARD, 40 years old, printer; lived in Milwaukee. COREY, F. WM 29 years old; em­ ployed in the postal service; lived in Bucyrus, O. LOWE, WARD, 27 years old; em­ ployed as a mail clerk hi the postal service, Sechlerville, Wis. HARDY, M. M., 38 years old, Janes- vllle, Wis., employed as city agent by Kirkhoff & Neubarth, wholesale liquor dealers, Chicago. COWAN, C. P., 45 years old, mar­ ried, 8t. Louis, Mo.; employed as a collector on the Wabash railroad. GRAVES, GEORGE Bn employed as compositor on a morning paper; lived at hotel. CLINE, JOHN A., Duluth, Minn. Most of the persons killed were in the rear rooms of the hotel on the fourth floor when the blaze was dis­ covered. A narrow stairway leading to all the floors of the structure, which is of brick and four stories high, was afire. Among the first to reach the hotel after the alarm was sent In were De­ tectives Anderson and Ellfeworth of central station. They plunged up the stairway and reached the fourth floor, where the helplessness of the probable victims was most apparenL The officers here rescued Mrs. Bel- der and her 11-year-old daughter Cora, and Mrs. George Klepp and her 9-year- old son, all of Cairo, 111. They carried the women and their children down the stairs through the choking smoke and the hot breath of the flames and landed them safely at the street. Another thrilling rescue was that of Mrp. J. Shepard. Her 10-year-old son caught her about the waist when dreading death by fire she was about to leap out of a fourth-story window. "Stop, mamma," he cried; I know they will help us." The boy had only uttered this last remark when the firemen, under com­ mand of Capt. Benjamin Conners, placed the ladder against the side of the building and started to the rescue. The ladder rested upon the roof of a restaurant, two-stories below the im prisoned mother and 6on, and when ttie firemen reached the window they found the boy still clinging to her of­ fering words of advlee. Opportunity. **MornIn', Sol. Ketchin' many fish?" "Only toler'ble." "Any duck yistirdy?" "Struck 'em good and struck 'em hard. Den sailed about too much and lost 'em all." "Dare now; dare now! Mind what I'se a'tellin' yo\ When yo* git among 'em, drap yo' anchor." Only Medical School in Egypt. Cairo has the only medical school in Egypt. No Occasion for Alarm. "I have sent for you," said the man of the house, "because these pipes need looking after. There's a leak somewhere and a lot of gas is going to waste." "M--no," replied the gas company's employe, medita­ tively. "Me')by there's a leak, but "ire ain't any gas goln' to waste. iou'11 flrsd it all down on the account."--New York News. Ladder^ Sways; Woman Falls. As the firemen stood upon the win­ dow edge and assisted Mrs. Shepard to the ladder the boy stood calmly behind her, warning her to be careful. Fearing that she would not be able to make the descent two firemen at­ tempted to take her in their arms. As the three stood upon the top rung of the ladder it began to sway and before they could catch hold of the window sill they lost their hold on Mrs. Shepard and she fell to the roof two stories below. The boy, after witnessing the acci­ dent clambered onto the ladder, and with the firemen ahead of him, made a quick descent to where the uncon­ scious form of his mother lay on the roof, surrounded by a dozen firemen. She was taken to the county hospital, and the boy, clad only in his night robe, followed. Cattle Breeders Look for Friends. The scene around the partly burned building, after the terrible results had become generally known through­ out the city, was pathetic in the ex­ treme. The hundreds of strangers, principally farmers from near-by states who came to Chicago to take part in the live stock exposition at the Stock Yards, knew that the Lin­ coln hotel was largely occupied by their friends and acquaintances, and they hurried Into Madison street and inquired anxiously as to whether their particular friend, in some instances a brother or near relative, had been saved. Night Clerk Discovered Blaze. The fire was first discovered by E. C. Weber, the night clerk. He de­ tected smoke on the second floor, where in a manner not yet known it is supposed that the fire began. With­ in five minutes after the alarm was sounded through the building scores of anxious faces appeared at the Mad­ ison street windows and also the - win­ dows in the rear of the building. The crowd in the street shouted repeat­ edly for the frenzied occupants of the hotel to remain where they were for a few minutes longer, as the fire de­ partment was then responding to the scene. Refuse to Heed Cry of Warning. The flames and smoke drove most of the already panic-stricken people on to desperation, and many of them refused to heed the cries of warning. At least a dozen were seen to leap from the second and third story win­ dows. SURVIVORS TELL OF ESCAPE. next Ancient Name of Whist. wn^tsi i • on rirst introduced "whisi, or "swabbers " wa» Awakened by the Smoke They Have No Time to Dress. R. C. Hamilton, Lebanon, Ind., was the first of those who escaped to give a coherent narration of the plight of the hemmed in unfortunates. "There were three beds in the room I was in," said Hamilton. "All of them had two occupants. A little after 5:30 o'clock I woke up. At that time no alarm had been raised. 1 was just on the verge of going to sleep when I heard some one on the floor below shout "Fire!" Everyone in the room got up at once. Smoke was coming up through the cracks in the floor and within two minutes the smoke was suffocating. I gave up trying to dress. The room was in to­ tal darkness and in the smoke no one was able to find the gas jet. I groped my way to the rear of the building and struck several matches to try to find the stairway. \ looked for the fire escape signs, but could find none. "By chance I found a window on the west side of the building. I broke the glass. Fifteen feet below was the roof. Just then I heard a woman sob­ bing. She was huddled in a corner a few feet away, a small boy hugged tightly In her arms. "I dragged the woman and child to the window. Then I picked the boy up and dropped him to the roof. The fall apparently did not hurt him in the least. Then I took the woman and lowered her by the hand3 as far as possible. Then I let tier drop. She moaned and was motionless. Then I jumped on the roof and we remained there until the firemen took us down the ladder. While on the foof we Genius Surely. "I wonder ef it's possible that genius is a-runnin' in that boy'4 head now?" said the Georgia farmer. "Dunno. What sot you thinkln' 'bout it?" "Way he takes on. He's been actin* queer ever sence the old mule kicked him!" Most Common Japanese Name. The name of Kiku or Klkuno--1 "Chrj f-anthemum"'--is as common in Japan as Mary Is in America. .-Other People's. "Do yoto remember," asked the young lawyer and promoter, "that you once said I would never be rich? I rather think I am on the road to riches at last." "1 never said you would not be rich," answered the elderly cynic. "I only said you would never have any B^on|y. of your own, and I still say so." • i " W o m e n o f M o r o c c o , ¥lne women of Morocco never cele­ brate their birthdays, and few of them know their ages. « could hear cries of the guests on the third and fourth floors." Wakened by Water 8tream. Edward E. Burgan, another survi­ vor, said: "I was one of the crowd that escaped by jumping out on the roof. I am a heavy sleeper, and I was awakened first by a stream of cold water through the window that drenched me to the skin. I grabbed my trousers and put on my shoes and climbed over the window sill. The drop was a pretty severe one, bat I am mighty glad to get out." Slid Down a Rope. L. C. Brooks, Northville, Mich., was one of the first of the rescued who were tak^n down the ladder from the fourth-story front "There were four of UB in one of the front rooms," he said. "We were awakened by some one pounding on the door. Below we could hear the sound of persons running back and fourth along the main hall. I ran to the front and broke a window to let the air In. Then I shouted for help. The fire engines were just beginning to come. We saw no fire, but the smoke was coming up from the third story in suffocating streams. While I was standing in the window Floyd Northrup caught hold of a rope that reached from the sidewalk to the roof and slid down. He was injured and his hands were cut to the bone. "Several guests sought to jump into the street. 'Walt The ladders are coming,' we cried. Some of these, however, were so panic-stricken they ran back into the rear of the building. 'Where are the fire escapes?' we could hear them ask. I saw several per­ sons rush back into their rooms. Some of these I am positive covered their heads with the bed clothes and were suffocated. It seems impossible that any one could have slept through the panic and smoke." Saw a Woman Jump. A. H. Warren, who with his brother was here from Ovid, Mich., to attend the Live Stock Exposition, was in a front room on the third floor. "It couldn't have been more than 10 seconds after the shouting before we woke up, but the place was then so full of smoke that we could hardly find our clothes. Both of us decided to risk climbing out on the ledge, as It seemed Bulcidal at least to try to fight our way through the mass of people in the halls. We worked our way along the ledge to the west side of the build­ ing and jumped. People seemed to be fairly swarming out of the windows on that side. I saw a woman jump from the same floor as ours. She had a baby in her arms, some one said, but I couldn't vouch for it myself. My brother and I got moBt of our things out, certainly everything of any value. One Stops to Pray. One man stopped to pray and was suffocated before he had ended his petition. His body was one of four fGund near the heiad of the stairway on the fouith floor. He had occupied a room from whose window the fire escape ran. R. C. Hamilton, Leba­ non, Ind., broke open the door and found a man, whom be warned to flee. "Let us pray first," said the occu­ pant of the room. Hamilton did not stop, but later identified the body of a large man as that of him who had insisted on waiting to pray. A shutter saved the life of Olaf Oldorf as he was about to drop two stories. From it he swung to the roof. Fire Laid to Carelessness. The fire started in a rear bedroom oc the fourth floor. Richard Uillcn, fire insurance patrol reporter, says it evidently was caused by a pan of smouldering sulphur which had been used for fumigation purposes. It had been carelessly left under a bed, it is said. Was a Hopeless Fire Trap. The fire marshal declares that tho building was a hopeless fire trap ana that it could not have been worse had it been constructed with criminal in­ tent. Two months ago the building in­ spectors condemned the place as un­ safe. Taking His Shop Home. "Close is the meanest railroad presl- aent in the business," snorted little Bluffer fiercely. "He has refused me a pass every time I have asked hla for one." "It's the man's natiire," exclaimed Cagey, "They Bay he will never pass dishes at the luncheon table at home." Increase in British Coal Miners. British coal-mining industries show increased employment of 1.5 per cent, over that of a year ago. How Unenviable! 'There goes De Speptic, the great finatfeier. He looks so extraordinarily happy that I'll bet he's cornered some stock that will net him millions." "My, he's far happier than thatl His doctor has just informed him that he can eat the whole of one egg for breakfast to-morrow without hurting hig stomach." CM Cathedral In Danger. Thijl Cathedral of Gotftenbnrg, which was only built ia 1816, threat­ ens to collapse. 1 * i i ' ^v^v *v-•*'V-• 1 • -- Illittd NcWs Items' i r=j-v State Happenings Succinctly Told Our Special Correspondent* 1 • ' J " 1 , CALL3 QUARTERLY MEETINGS Presiding Elder Crow Announces Dates for Mt. Vernon District. Presiding Elder Nathan Crow of the M. E. church announced the second quarterly meeting for the Mount Ver­ non district. The quarterly meetings are as follows: Duquoin, Pinckney- ville and Tamaroa, January 3-4; Mount Vernon circuit No. 2, Union street, Mt. Vernon and Opdyke, January 9-11; Waltonville, Mount Vernon First church and Mount Vernon circuit No. 1, January 17-18; Steeleville and Ches­ ter, January 24-25; Spring Garden, Frankfort, Corinth and Benton, Janu­ ary 30 and.February 1; C'real Springs, Carterville, Crab Orchard, Marion and Herrin, February 7-8; Bloomfield, Bel­ knap, Joppa and Vienna, February 14- 15; McCleerj Thebes and Olive Branch, February 22-23; Anna, Jonesboro and Elco, February 28 and March 1; Mound City, Cairo, Villa Ridge, March 7-8; Makanda and Carbondale, March 14- 15; Murphysboro and Vergennes, March 21-22. * c. - * i ALTON ROAD BUILDS BRIDGES 8CHOOL MERGER 18 DEFEATED* CHIEF IS AFTER BEER "CLUBS" Say They Are Resorts for Disreputable Persons Who Never Work. Chief of Police Young of Alton has placed a ban on all so-called "clubs," where men congregate to drink beer and disturb the neighbors. He says that so niany vagrants have been form­ ing clubs for the purpose of getting in­ toxicated that it has become neces­ sary to suppress them and that hereaf­ ter all persons frequenting such places Will be prosecuted, Some of the re­ sorts are said to be the gathering places of notorious crooks from the vicinity of Alton, and that none of the frequenters of the places are ever known to employ themselves in useful industrial pursuits. No Spitting. The Springfield board oi health has had posted on tlegraph poles and in conspicuous places throughout the city a notice calling attention to the city ordinance against expectorating on sidewalks and in public places. After remaining dormant for three years the mayor's attention was called to the ex­ isting ordinance by a recent try to De­ catur, where a similar law is rigidly enforced. Police officers have been given instructions to first warn and' then arrest offenders. Completes One at Berdan and 8tarts Another at Riverdale. The Chicago & Alton has completed a massive steel girder bridge at Ber­ dan and has started work on a similar structure at Riverdale, near Macoupin. The Riverdale bridge will qonsist of three spans, two spans of forty-eight feet and one span of thirty-five feet length. The weight of the steel part of the bridge will be 110,000 pounds. The floor of the bridge ~5srill be. built of creosoted timber and will be cov­ ered with fifteen inches of ballast. The new structure will be built and set in place without interfering with theioJ4 ©n© until the new is complet­ ed.'?- YOUNGEST JUDGE IN THE STATE Distinction Is Claimed for John A. MacNeii of Richland County. John A. MacNeii, who was recently elected judge of Richland county, is probably the most youthful judge in the state. On July 3 next Mr. Mac- Neil will be 27 years old. He has Farmers' Elevator Destroyed. The Highland Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association elevator at High­ land was destroyed by fire. There were 11,000 bushels of wheat and about 1,000 bushels of corn in the ele­ vator at the time. The total loss is estimated at $18,000; insurance, $13,- 000. The fire started in the engine room from a spark of the furnace. The company will rebuild as soon as possible. Well Known Minister Dies. Rev. Henry Y. Kellar died at his home in Effingham of heart disease, in his 78th year. He was a minister in the Christian church for sixty years and was a member of the state board. His reputation as a theologian was national. During his ministry he labored in California, Kentucky, In­ diana and Illinois. Travels Far to Marry. James Demmer, formerly of Perry county, was married on September 29 at Manila, P. I., to Miss Daisy Cross, daughter of T. J. Cross, also of Perry county. The young lady made the jcurney alone to the Philippine Is­ lands to marry her lover. Mr. Dem­ mer Is a government teacher sta­ tioned at Bigaa, Bulacan province. Sangamon Teachers' Officers. At the recent session of the Sanga­ mon County Teachers' Institute tne following officers were elected to serve through the coming year: Presi­ dent, Edgar C. Pruitt of Springfield; vice president, Warren Taylor of Springfield; secretary, Anna Carber- ry of Springfield junction; treasurer, Benjamin Mitchell of Loami. Adams County Teachers. TJ*6 Adams County Teachers' asso­ ciation has elected A. A? Eaton of Lo- raine as its president, Robert A. Hen­ ry of Augusta vice president and Jes­ sie Brackensick of Mendon secretary. B. A. VanDyke of Mendon, Frank Will- lams of Camp Point and Ella Randall and J. T. Simmions of Qulncy com­ pose the executive committee. More Land for Academy. Col. A. M. Jackson, for the West­ ern military academy, has bought from Mack Clayton seven lots adjoining the academy property in Upper Alton. Col. Jackson has been adding exten­ sively to the real estate possessions of the academy in the last year. Judgment for Injuriss. Mrs. Sophia Christy of Cowden has secured judgment in the Shelby Coun­ ty Circuit Court for $1,275 against the Clover Leaf railroad for damages sus­ tained while crossing the track near Cowden several months ago. Engine Severs a Man's Leg. Frank Burke, residing at Loving, was nearly killed by a switch engine near Mukunda. The man was cross­ ing the tracks when the engine struck ^im, severing one of his legs and injuring the other. Premature Explosion. (Samuel Tfahren of Springfield was dangerously hurt while at work in the Jones & Adams coal shaft, north 'of the city. The premature explosion of a blast caught the unfortunate man and his head and face were horribly lacen- ated. The skull was fractured^MJ i;:. Horse Kicks Boy to Deatfir Perley Briggs, the 7-year-old son Of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Briggs of Litch­ field, died from injuries received, by being kicked in the head by a horse. JUDGE JOHN A. MACNEIL. been noted, however, for extreme precocity since his boyhood. Graduat­ ing from the high school at 16, he ap­ plied for admission to the bar at 19 and passed the examination. At 22 he published a law book, was nominated at 25 for a judgeship and selected at 26. Mt MacNeii but recently removed from Eureka to Richland County. He is now a resident of Olney. Home for Masons. The Springfield lodges of the Ma­ sonic fraternity are contemplating the erection of a building for their use. Springfield lodge, No. 4, was the in­ stigator of the movement and all the other organizations have acted favor­ ably except Elwood commandery, Knights Templars, and the latter ip ex­ pected to enter into the proposition. The proposition is to purchase a piece of ground lying just north of the First Presbyterian church on Seventh street near Capitol avenue, it being 60x140 feet in area. No plans have been made for the building as yet, but it has been decided that it will be de­ voted exclusively to Masonix: uses. Honor Aged Judge. On his retirement from the office of county judge William. L. Hammer, who served two terms, #as presented with a gold-headed, ebony cane by members of the Macon county bar. Hon. Hugh Crea, Judge Nelson, Attor­ neys Mcintosh, Mills and Leforgee and Judges Vail and Johns made compli­ mentary remarks, as did also the new judge, O. W. Smith. Judge Hammer, who is past 80 years of age, was Vis­ ibly affected by the testimonials of re­ gard. Alton Humane 8ociety. At the semi-annual meeting of the Alton Humane Society reports were made of work done by the society. Scores of tases of suffering has been investigated and relief given. Many children were provided with homes through the medium of the humane society, and many cases of cruelty to children were investigated and meas­ ures adopted to render conditions of suffering children more tolerable. 8tate Sunday Schools. The executive committee of the Illi­ nois State Sunday School association held a session at . the Presbyterian church in Danville. The reports' showed that ninety-five counties of the 102 in the state had held conventions; that receipts tor the past Bix months were $6,520; that all bills are paid, leaving a balance of $465.50. Train Kills Aged Woman. Mrs. Caroline Rusher, aged 76 years, was struck by a freight train on the Il­ linois Southern railway, while she was crossing the track at Selmavllle, and fatally injured. She left a consider­ able estate. ' Alton's Population. A new directory of the city of Al­ ton, Upper Alton and North Alton, just issued, shows the city has a pop­ ulation of 17,000 people. A record of the population was made while the names for the new directory were be­ ing solicited, and it was also found that the three Altons have a com­ bined population of 22,000. The new directory shows a remarkable increase in the population of the three corpora­ tions in the two years since the last census was taken. Only One Woman. Of the fifty stockholders in the new Alton banking and trust company 49 are men and only one woman is in the list of stockholders. The backers of the new financial Institution are some of the most prominent and successful business men in Alton. Accident to Woodman. Joseph SI,trickier was accidentally struck in ihe face by an ax while working in the woods in Houston township. It is feagvd his Injuries may prova fatal. Blackburn University Trustees Refusal; to Join Illinois College. The trustees of Blackburn Univer«£ Bity met in Carlinville ia special ses-r& sion to consider the merger question. raised at a special meeting, when it^|^< ^ was proposed to consolidate Black-^;;^ burn Univer^y and Illinois College^;-";'1. of Jacksonville, and convert the twol V;.' Into one Presbyterian college. Elev- en of the fifteen trustees were presents and the trustees voted unanimously;-'^ '., against the merger, which settles the^l^ question for all time. It was the sensef..^*? * of the trustees that the proposition! was not feasible, and that the col-/;*^'^ leges, under the charter of Blackburn University, could not be merged le-^'V; gaily, and Dr. Logan of Springfield, "a..^ president of the board of trustees, was instructed in a resolution, to no- tify the different colleges and friends': of Blackburn in accordance with tha' above facts. \ TO SUPPORT A MISSIONARY Springfield Congregation Votee f600 Per Year to Dr. Ryjnhart. Dr. Ryjnhart, the woman mission­ ary who recently lectured to Spring­ field audiences on her experiences while working in the mission field in Thibet, is to be returned to that conn- try and supported entirely by the First Christian church of Springfield. This congregation, numbering about 800 souls has guaranteed $600 for the support to the missionary, in addi­ tion to the regular salary paid by the national association. The matter was presented to the congregation, by Judge S. P. K&ne, and it was unani­ mously decideu to send the money. Dr. Ryjnhart will visit Springfield lor a month next spring before leaving for her work. -Vri St. Clair Teachers. The program for the meeting of the St. Clair county teachers' association, to be held at East St. Louis, Dec. 15, includes a paper on "Civics in the Giades" by Principal G. F. Baltz of Mlllstadt, and there will be a discus­ sion by Supt J. D. Rockwell of Leban­ on, and Principal J. V. Wesley of Centerville. Prof. D. R. Morgan, presi­ dent of the St. Louis society of peda­ gogy, will deliver a lecture. The mat­ ter of organizing a teachers' union will be reported on by the committee which has had the matter in charge, and Miss Margaret Haley of Chicago, who recently organized the teachers of that city into a union, which ia affiliated with the American Federa­ tion of Labor, will be present and deliver an address. Big Warehouse. » The Illinois Glass company- at Alton is planning to erect a big ware­ house at its plant to augment the storage capacity of the warehouses. The new building will be 340x120 feet and will increase the floor room of the warehouse system one-third. The building will be constructed principal­ ly of steel and the steel structural work is now on the way to Alton. Work of erecting the new warehouse will be started soon as the steel struc­ tural work arrives. Wabash Farmers' Institute. The annual Wabash Farmers' insti­ tute held a two days' session at Mount Carmel. The following officers were elected: President, I. W. Jacquess; vice president, Lee Longfel- ler; secretary, J. J. Ewald; treasurer, E. C. Deputy. Mr. S. S. Seller was elected delegate to the state institute and Mrs. J. O. Wood was elected del­ egate to the meeting of the State Do­ mestic Science association. Tendons Are Torn. George R. Boyd, superintendent of" the Carey-Halliday mill at Cairo, was painfully injured at the mill. While adjusting a belt over a pulley he slipped and caught his leg between a wheel and some lumber, tearing the tendons from the muscle. He was taken to his home and the company's physician gave him the necessary at­ tention. * Visit Lincoln Monument. Maj. E. S. Johnson, custodian of tha national Lincoln monument at Spring­ field reports that for the month of November there were 992 callers at the monument, coming from twenty- seven different states and three terri­ tories. There were three from Eng­ land, two from Alaska and four were seamen in the navy. Will Sink Artesian Well. Owing to a series of damage suita b) ought against the Illinois Central railroad by residents of Makanda, the dam which spans the creek at that ^ point will be removed, and an artesian ^ well sunk to supply the company with water. Y" ----- After Holiday TraSe. At the last meeting of thfj Litcfifielit clerks' union it was decided to allow the merchants to keep their storea open in the evening from December 8 to December 24 on account of the holi­ day trade. Is Accidentslly 8hot. James Welsh, a young farmer re- siding near Fruit, was accidentally Huffa shot in the left arm and side while hunting with Ferd Reineke. It is^ V^J thought his injuries will not result seriously. Double-Eye League. ^ Tha clubs to enter the Two-I ball league are the following including population of cities: Davenport, 35,- 'v „ 000; Dubuque, 36,000; Decatur, 25,000; Bloomington, 23,000; Cedar Rapids', 25,000; Rockford, 31,000; Rock Island, 19,000;. Jollet, 29,000. v"- * Gets $64,000 for Farm. Mrs. Lydia Toland McKee has sold her farm of 640 acres in Austin town* ship, Mason County, to Lynch Galsei «'^1 and Ernest Kuck for $64,000. t : YSSk'i' ' -#3 ,. !*i *.• 1' -