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! ' i j j w 1 ^ ( i n * i P H ^ ' ^ f < 1 >1 -' I11 '•""I 1 |r ,'.'1 •PfP V' : ' :\ X # • r f • ,;i, the Mchenry plaihdealer ^' ' ' McHHNRY PLAINDEALER 00. McHBNRY, m., 1 . ILLINOIS. 'NEWS OF THE WORLD jjmlrlsl Political, Domestic and Forolgw Happenings ol Minor importance s/ tMhPmmpkfc •w • fejf ^A3V V m Gustave Melnecke, editor of the Colonial Zeltung and formerly con­ nected with a number of newspapers ts. the United States, Is dead at Ber­ lin. At the age of 81 years Mrs. Mar* garet Leber committed suicide at Springfield by hanging In the barn on her premises. She was found by her daughter upon the latter's return from church, dangling from a tall ladder. br„ J. C. Gordon, superintendent of the Illinois state institution for deaf- antes at Jacksonville, died in that city after undergoing an operation for ap­ pendicitis. He was born in Piqua, O., March 9. 1842, and came to Illinois in I860. He graduated from Monmouth college in 1869 and at once took up the work of teaching deaf-mutes. Since then he had devoted all his time to this branch of education. He was ap­ pointed superintendent of the institu­ tion at Jacksonville July 1, 1897. A widow, two daughters and a son sur­ vive him. H. S. Cable, general superintendent at the Rock Island lines, will leave Yopeka on May 1 for Cedar Rapids, la., where he will become general man­ ager of the northern district of the load. The anuual military ball of the Uni­ versity of Illinois at Urbana was at- tended bv more than 200 couples. Rev. Dr. Heagle of Valparaiso, Ind., has accepted the presidency of the Baptist College of Tennessee at Mar­ tin, Teen. Binger Herrman, who resigned as public land commissioner last Novem­ ber, was nominated on the twenty- fourth ballot by the Republicans of the first Oregon congressional district tor representative. In a fight at Jacksonville, Ohio, Mrs. Henry Skrotsky, Charles Riley, Charles Cochrane and Seth Tinkham were fatally shot and Henry Hoblett seriously wounded. The fight grew •at of card playing in a saloon. It is feared Tinkham, Riley and Cochrane will be lynched. Unless the Kansas City, Mo., livery- Ben meet the hack drivers' demands they will strike May 1, the day Presi­ dent Roosevelt arrives. Israel Isdaner, owner of a Philadel­ phia tenement in which three lives were lost by fire, was committed by the coroner to await the action of the grand jury on the charge of criminal neglect It was shown that Isdaner had failed to provide fire escapes. A report was widely circulated at Washington that the next anti-trust •ult to be begun by the government will /be against the six railroads con- •itutang the anthracite coal combine. W. t£l assistant attorney-general, would neither deny nor affirm the re­ port During a charivari party, in Duluth, Minn., Oscar London, a Flhn, fired a rifle shot into the house where a wed­ ding was celebrated and killed Mrs. Hanna Matson, aged 30 years. George Howard, implicated in the hold-up of a Burlington train at Home- •take, Mont, has been convicted and may be sentenced to serve ten years •r for life. The robbery netted $3. Temporary insanity, due to his trou­ bles, led Henry Albrieson, a farmer Dving near Langdon, N. D., to kill his S-year-old son and himself. He failed In an effort to kill his three other chil­ dren. Dwight Benson, artist and journal­ ist and formerly United States con­ sul general to Hawaii, died at Rome, aged €9 years. He was born in Nor­ wich, N. T. Application has been received by the comptroller of the currency from A. G. Wilson of Marathon, Iowa, and others for permission to organize the Boone National bank of Boone, Iowa, with a capital of $ 100,000. In the London education bill, intro­ duced in the British commons by Sir William Anson, central authority is vested by it in the county council, which will levy school taxes hereaf­ ter. British infantry officers' expenses •re shown by a parliamentary commit­ tee to exceed their pay by $500 to •750 yearly; that of cavalry officers by 13.500. The American embassy at London Is closely watching the Alaskan boun­ dary dispute, but Is not taking an ac­ tive part in the preparation of the case. It does not have access to the archives of the foreign office and can­ not compete with the Canadian com­ mission in making an exhaustive study of the documentary evidence re­ lating to the treaty of 1825. A workman's defective torch at Marshalltown, Iowa, started a fire that caused a loss of $40,000. The of- lce of a general store, several Iowa Central box cars and some coal chutes burned. Charles McKlm fatally shot his wife and himself at Bedford, Iowa. The •hooting followed a quarrel at the home of the woman's parents. The United States Philippine com­ mission has appropriated $1,000,000 for the purchase of Bllver bullion and cop­ per to make the new subsidiary coins. A Servian regiment refused to charge a Belgrade mob which had burned portraits of the king and 4ueen in the streets following the re cent coup d'etat. The Russian consul at Metrovltza died from a abot by a •entry. A stylishly dressed woman entered the courtyard of the Elysee palace at Paris and asked to see President Lou- bet In such an excited manner that it was evident that her mind was un­ hinged. She was taken to the police Infirmary, where she gave the name of Lapierre. - The New York limited train on the Hew York. Ontario & Western collid­ ed with a New York Central train for Oswego at f'uiton/ N. Y. Both loco­ motives were baaly damaged and half • dpz&n passengers were injured, none lift;-, John IX Rockefeller has offered the trustees of the University of Nebraska $66,666.67 for the construction of a university building provided an addi­ tional $33,333.33 Is raised by July 1. Secretary Moody, Postmaster Gen­ eral Payne, Congressman Cannon, Senators Hale and Proctor and others have arrived at Washington from a tour of Cuba and Porto Rica The steamer Terra Nova arrived at St. John's, N. F., with a catch of $5,- 000 seals. The owners of oil wells near Tam- plco state that already the wells have yielded nearly 10,000 barrels of oil. Charles Riley, who was shot In a row over cards at Jacksonville, O., Is dead. Mrs. Minnie Skrotsky, who was shot in the same row, will die, the physicians Bay. The body of Harry Lewis was found in a boat between Milford and Cler- montville, O., with his skull fractured. John T. Larsen, a 6allor on the schooner Mary A. Hall, became vio­ lently Insane at Newark, N. J., and slashed Andrew M. Johnson so he may die. In running to escape Larsen fell overboard and was drowned. Rev. Hubert Jones of Ottawa Ont, a graduate of the Reformed Episcopal seminary of Philadelphia, has accepted the call to Epiphany Reformed Epis­ copal church of Cleveland, O., to suc­ ceed Rev. T. C. Noakes, who 1s made pastor emeritus. P. A. B. Widener, capitalist, and trac­ tion magnate, has offered Philadelphia his entire art collection provided an art museum is erected at the Green street entrance to Falrmount park. Mr. Widener says also that the col­ lection of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wll- stach will be added to his. The T. C. Williams Tobacco Com­ pany of Richmond, Va., has been sold for $4,000,000 to the British-American Tobacco Company, a combination of the Continental Tobacco Company, the American Tobacco Company and the Imperial Tobacco Company, the latter of England. John Park of Wheaton, 111., died at the home of his son at Racine, Wis., and was buried from the college chapel at Wheaton. He was nearly 80 years of age. His father, John Park, was a pioneer surveyor in the woods of western Pennsylvania, and founded the town of Marlon Center one hundred years ago. :? Rufus P. Parrish, for twenty-five years president of the Kewanee, III., public library board, died at that place aged 87. He was a pioneer, and had held many public offices. The gross postal receipts for the month of March at fifty of the largest postoffices of the United States aggre­ gated $5,720,200, a net increase of $449,479, or 8% per cent, over the re­ ceipts for March, 1902. The New York receipts were $1,203,738, Increase 9 per cent, and Chicago $939,064, in­ crease 5% per cent Because of the succession of acci­ dents which have occurred recently in the navy, a board of officers is to be appointed to revise the drill regula­ tions in order that every precaution may be taken in the future against casualties. Immigration Officer T. E. Plumer, Chinese inspector at Detroit, has been transferred to Chicago to take the place of F. W. Berkshire, who was transferred to New York some time ago. William DicKSon, a well-known citi­ zen of Washington, is dead, aged 62 years. For twelve years he was a member of the Democratic national committee. Archbishop Katzer of Wisconsin la ill and he may be forced to take a European trip to restore his health. Bishop Schwebach of La Crosse is ex­ pected to assume many of his en­ gagements. King Edward of England will be welcomed to Paris on May 2 by Pres­ ident Loubet and his cabinet. A ban­ quet at the Elysee and a gala per­ formance at the Comedie Francaise is planned. New facts in the postoffice depart­ ment scandal develop daily. The sup­ ply division Is accused by a New York firm with buying 5,000 cash registers at $150 each; "While the regular retail price is $125. Replying to a deputation in the house of commons asking for the re­ moval of the duties on corn, tea and sugar, Mr. Ritchie, the chancellor of the exchequer, gave a plain indication that he had no such intention. Returns from all the towns in Kan­ sas shows that the vote In favor of en­ forcing the prohibition law is the most overwhelming in the history of the state. Ernest Hartmeyer of Cleveland, O., beating his way to Chicago on the Lake Shore road, was swept from the platform of the baggage car while the' train was scooping up water from the trough at Burdick, Ind. President Ramsey of the Wabash railroad has left Alexandria, Egypt, with the remains of his daughter, who died at Cairo, and will arrive in New York April 25. Fire destroyed Edwards college, a Catholic institution near Austin, Tex­ as. The 200 students escaped. Loss, $175,000. The amount of 3 and 4 per cent bonds received to date at the treasury department for exchange* into 2 per cent consols Is $18,328,400. A row has been started in the diplo­ matic corps because Miss Langham of Kentucky, sister of Baroness von Sternberg, is listed In the German em- j bassy by the state department's list, outranking every one but the ambas­ sador's wife. According to Dr. Bennett, agent of the United States bureau of animal in­ dustry, the foot and mouth disease has been stamped out of Massachusetts. Fire in the engineers' barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., threatened Its destruction and caused damage amounting to $5,000. The Italian ambassador at Washing­ ton, Slgnor Des Planches, has official­ ly notified 'he foreign office at Rome that he has received $5,000 indemnity for the families of the Italians who were lynched or Injured at Erwln, Miss., in July. 1901. United States Consul Hopely, who sailed from Southampton for New "York on the American liner Philadel­ phia, on his way to his new post at Montevideo, was the recipient of an illuminated address and a silver ink­ stand and candlesticks from Southamp­ ton merchants and ship-owners. WILL EXPLORE L *5 < President Will Spend Sixteen Days In the Yellowstone Reservation. SPEAKS TO CROWD FROM HORSE Nation's Executive Addresses Audi­ ence of Cowboys, Guides snd Na­ tives and Then Rides Away Accom­ panied by Major Pitcher and Aids. Cinnabar, Mont., special: President Roosevelt, John Burroughs, the natur­ alist, and a detachment of United States cavalry disappeared up the trail into Yellowstone park to remain for sixteen days. The president's special will remain here, where Secretary Lceb can keep in touch with Washington and supply the president's couriers with such in­ formation as the president paay desire. This, it is understood, will only be upon subjects absolutely demanding attention. . In Rough Attlre> The president bade farewell to the rest of the party at Gardner, at the gateway to the park, and the crowd of cowboys, guides and tourists assem­ bled to see the start was treated to the usual experience of being ad­ dressed from the back of a horse by ARSENAL EXPLOSION KILLS 1,500 PERSONS Powder Factory |n China, Located at Canton, Is 8ceqs of Disaster^--Wsp Government Clearing-House. } • Hong-Kong cablegram: Fifteen hun­ dred persons are reported to hare been killed by an explosion at the Can­ ton Arsenal powder factory, which la one of the largest in China. The ar­ senal Is the government's clearing­ house for ammunition. Since the use of powder has for cen­ turies been known to the Chinese the old arsenal for many scores of year? fulfilled all purposes, but recently the modern commerce in explosives led to the erection of immense buildings. Canton, supposed to haye 2,000,000 Inhabitants, is the largest city in Chi­ na, and has many industries. It is the great market for the silk goods -oflbuth China. Though it has a Eu­ ropean quarter the foreigners are mostly brokers, nearly all the trade being in, the hands , of native, aoer* chants, MAY ENF.ORCE THE 8LUE* ; IIOOEB PICTURE PUZZLE* Labor Unions of LB Crosse, Wis., Wsnt All Stores Shut on Sunday. La Crosse, Win., special: The la­ bor unions, of this city have invoked the law to enforce Sunday closing and promise to close La Crosse up tight and enforce the obsolete blue laws which have always remained on the statute books. George W. Briebe, a union barber, was arrested on com­ plaint of the secretary of the Barbers' union. Briebe ls accused of opening THE EMPEROR 18 SIMPLIFYING THE £&|MAN LANGUAGE. V **;, . TOO* SEE "lv>U BE "W/nORS Tfy JflSUOKT STQKtts. rKlNTED /fa. --Chicago Record-Herald. a president arrayed in rough hunting clothes, iand looking much like the oth­ er hunters about him. The special bearing the president and his party arrived at Gardner, the entrance to the park, at 12:30 o'clock and was met by a detachment of the Third cavalry and a number of cow­ boys. Maj. Pitcher also was on hand ho welcome the president Luncheon was served in the president's car. Af­ ter his horseback speech he bade the members of his party good-by and led the way into the park. Mr. Burroughs followed in an army,wagon. Will Not Hunt. It is well understood that the presi­ dent will do no hunting while he ls in the park, but will devote many days and miles of walking and riding to the study of the animals on the national reservation. In this he will be great­ ly aided by Mr. Burroughs. All trails leading to the president's camps will be guarded and everything possible will be done to save the pres­ ident from annoyance or unwelcome visitors. President Roosevelt will be the guest of Maj. Pitcher, the superin­ tendent of the park, and will live in camps most of the time he is out. On April 24 tHe president will start on his trip to St. Louis and then to the Pacific coast. The weather here is mild, and reports from the park are to the effect that there is little snow in the vicinity of the president's head­ quarters. Milwaukee'*. Population. Milwaukee, Wis., dispatch: The publisher of the Milwaukee city direc­ tory believes that the population of the city will be shown by the coming canvass to aggregate more than 316,- 000. The census of 1900 credits the city with a population of 285,816. TORNADO BLOW8 DOWN HOU8E8 his shop on Sunday. The trial was set for April 17 and the case is creat­ ing great interest about the city, as it will afford a practical test of the pow­ er of the union to prevent the break­ ing of union agreements and to do so by enforcing obsolete state laws. TWENTY-8IX YEARS JN PRISON Man Released From 8ing 8ing Says 8entence Was Due to Error. New Tork dispatch: Michael Fee- ney, who has just been released from Sing Sing prison, was sentenced to twenty years on a charge of attempt­ ed burglary by Recorder Hackett, who died six months later. He is* now 64 years old, having served twenty-six years, additional sentences being im­ posed for two attempts to escape. He received $12 and a suit of clothes for serving the state for a crime he says he never committed. He claims that he was sleeping on the roof and re­ entered the wrong house when he was arrested. " License Packing Company. tfew York, dispatch: Illinois has licensed the National Packing Com­ pany, recently incorporated at Tren­ ton and capitalized at $15,000,000. The company will do business in that state with a capital stock of $4,000,000. The officers will immediately open of­ fices in Chicago. Many Persons Are Killed by Cyclone st Altamont, Kan. Joplin, Mo., dispatch: A tornado struck Altamont, Kan., fifty miles west of here. Many houses were blown down and many persons were killed. The news was confirmed by the crew of a 'Frisco train. They saw the fun­ nel-shaped cloud for many miles near Oswego, Kan. The storm came to an end near Galena, unroofing houses and doijig serious damage. Collision in Alabama. Lloblle, Ala., special: A head-on col­ lision occurred at Chunchula on the Mobile & Ohio road, between two freight trains. Both trains were bad­ ly wrecked and several members of the crew seriously injured. Monks Lesve France. Dijon, France, cable: A large es­ tablishment of the Dominicans here has been closed and the members are leaving for Canada. A sympathetic crowd of people saw the party off. Snow Is Thirty £eet Deep. Gunnison, Col., special: Roadmas- ter Melin of the South Park branch of the Colorado ft Southern road has reached here after a trip afoot over Alpine Pass. It required two days to travel the distance of twenty-five miles. In some places, he says, the snow is thirty feet deep. • GIRL FATALLY HURT IN GAME Frelda Pink of Indianapolis, Kicked In Basket Ball Plsy, Is Dying. Indianapolis special: * A kick In the side received during a scrimmage In a basket ball game at Crawfordsville will cause the death of Miss Freida Pink, the 18-year-old star of an Indian­ apolis high school girls' team. Sne is a social favorite, is well known and {s in her senior year. The game was a championship contest and there CQpalcUrabla rough work. * ... Prepare for Newport, R. I., special: A swarm of decorators and upholsters are busily at work on the interior decorations of Arleight, the Bellevue avenue villa, in which the Neilson-Vanderbilt nup­ tials will take place, next Tuesday. Vetoee Anti-cigarette Bill. Trenton, N. J., special: Gov. Mur­ phy has vetoed the anti-cigarette bilL He said he believed that cigarettes do not hurt boys under 16 years of age and that the law cannot be enforced. & S89TC vm r BOATS COLLIDE I "1 .£• of the Passengers Are; Panic-stricken and Tiy. S to Jump Overboard j WOMEN IN THE B0AT$i Find the other maiv ' IS UNDER FIDE Federal Officials Investigate Charge of Conspiracy to Evade Internal Taxes, SAY ARTIFICIAL COLOR IS USED Loulsvills Company Is Said to Have Mixed Palm Oil With Cottonseed Product Which Is Sold Exclusively to Chicsgo Butterine Firm. Chicago, 111., special: The tJnited States district attorney's office In Chi­ cago is investigating circumstances which may result in charges of con­ spiracy to evade the revenue laws against William J. Moxley, the Chi­ cago' butterine manufacturer, and the Louisville Cotton Oil Company of Louisville, Ky. One of the factors in the investiga­ tion was the recent assessment against Moxley of $35,000 because of alleged evasions of payment of the tax of 10 cents a pound placed by the law on artificially colored oleomargarine. An­ other was the recent investigation by a federal grand jury in Louisville into the operations of the cotton oil con­ cern. The evidence taken before " the Louisville grand jury is said to show that the Louisville Cotton Oil Com­ pany used at least 2 per cent of palm oil in mixtures with cottonseed oil. Proof is also said to have been secured that this mixture was then sent to the Moxley factory r.nd used in making oleomargarine, giving to the product a color like that of pure butter. Has Exclusive Privilege. 'Another peculiar feature of the case 4* said jto be that while other Chi­ cago concerns tried to secure this oil from the Louisville company, the priv­ ilege was denied to all except the Mox­ ley factory. The Louisville grand jury adjourned without voting indictments, but later Information indicates that the revenue officials secured what they wanted in that inquiry, and that was evidence as to the methods of the Cotton Oil Company. Revenue Agent C. H. Ingram wac quoted to that effect in Louisville, and he ls said also to have declared that the prosecution will now be transferred to Chicago, and that the federal grand jury in May will take up the case with a view to learning if a conspiracy exists between the two parties to the charge. Courts to Decide. If the case reaches the point of in­ dictment by the grand jury It ls ex­ pected the defendants would at once file demurrers and argue that the law under which they were being prose­ cuted is unconstitutional. This law is the recently amended revenue statute, which fixes a tax of one-fourth of 1 cent a pound on uncolored oleo­ margarine and a tax of 10 cents a pound on artificially colored product. If such demurrers were sustained the. government probably would appeal to the United States supreme court If the demurrers were overruled and the defendants were convicted on trial they probably would appeal to the highest tribunal. In either case, if the case goes as far as the gra^d jury, it is expected ultimately to reach the supreme court. Fine and Imprisonment. The punishment for conspiracy to defraud the government under section 6,440 of the federal statutes is a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprison­ ment for not more than two years, or both. The $35,000 assessment recently made against Mr; Moxley was baaed pn Insane From Cigarettes. Marinette, Wis., special: Leo Mitch- til, aged 17 years, the second Mari­ nette boy to lose his mind this week from the effects of smoking cigarettes, was adjudged Insane and sent to the Northern Hospital at Oshkosh. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Dlee. Covington, Ky., dispatch: J. W. Bryan, former lieutenant-governor of Kentucky, died at his home here. He was for years a leading attorney, as 1^11 as prominent in politics. Train Robbery In Spain. Madrid cable: The Andalusltfn ex­ press was held up by ruffians between Huerta and Casar de Casertea. The brigands maltreated two women on the train, robbed the travelers of their qponey and escaped. Condole With Ambaaaador. Paris cablegram: The American chamber of commerce has adopted a resolution of condolence with the United States ambassador OB Ik* death of Mrs. Porter. the charge that he had evaded taxes to that extent in the month of Feb­ ruary. Artificially colored oleomas garine on which taxes to this amount was due is said to have been found in his factory, and the local revenue officials declared he had tried to de­ fraud the government of the difference between 10 cents a pound for colored and % of a cent a pound for uncolored oleomargarine on each pound. May Seize Factory, Notice of the assessment was served Oh Mr. Moxley by the Washington de-1 partment, and he Is said to have filed a plea in abatement. If this is refused, the government will thep collect the taxes, even if it must go to the point of seizing the Moxley factory to sat­ isfy the claim. It was reported from Lawrence- burg, Ind., that the collector of that district has made an assessment of $7,000 against the J. H. Hammond company, on a charge similar to tjiat in the Moxley case. : ; •m ALLEGED MURDERER 18 FREED Wilbur 8. Sherwell of Evansvflle, Ind* Broken Down in Health. Evansville, Ind., dispatch: Wilbur S. Sherwell, a former policeman who was charged with the murder of three women, has been released and will be sent to his former home at Monroe- vllle, O., where his aged mother re­ sides. His health is broken and his physicians say he may not recover. Sherwell was first tried of the charge of choking Mrs. Georgia Railey to death and was acquitted. The charge for the alleged murder of Fannie But­ ler was dropped and he was placed under bond for the alleged murder of Lena Renner. This bond was repealed by Judge Rasch. ONE-ARMED MAN WHIP8 MASHER Resents Insult to His Wife snd Then Has Fop Arrested. New York city special: Four men watched a masher Insult Mrs. Mary Clark without making an effort to protect her. Mrs. Clark was return­ ing home early in the morning from a visit to a sick friend. When she got off the car the man followed and seized her. The woman struck her as- sailant twice in the face and he, angry, hit her. Mrs. Clark then ran home and told her husband. Clark, who has but one' arm, caught the masher and thrashed him soundly. Then he sent his wife for a police­ man and had the masher arrested. MONK8 FORBIDDEN TO PREACH Premier , Combes Continues Wsr Against Religious Congregations. Paris cable: Premier Combes ls actively pursuing the task of enforcing the laws against the congregations. He has issued two circulars addressed to the bishops. One notifies them that they must forbid absolutely the mem­ bers of congregations from preaching in the churches of their dioceses and warns them that if they neglect to do so the churches in which the law is in­ fringed will be closed. The other cir­ cular directs the immediate cessation of religious services in all establish­ ments to which authorization has not been granted. All Hands Are Taken Aboard a T^ bnd Landed in New York--Both Ves»,,. *#els Are Badly Damaaed. but No^< 'ilhra. AM ^Ivss Are Lost New Ydrk dispatch: The Atlas liner ^ Allegheny, from Port Limon, Costa* i Rica, was badly damaged in the har- "4 S bor of New York as the result of a i collision with the British steamer^ Joseph Merry weather, bound out fort. Baltimore and Cork, Ireland." >• The passengers, many off them b^ ing women, were panic stricken, and ar-j number of them attempted to jump ^ overboard. The tug Coastwise, which? was passing, responded tor the signals f | of distress. Meanwhile the steamer's officers had lowered two boats tato which the women were placed. Is Partly Submerged. All the passengers were taken oa board the tug and brought to the city. The Allegheny had been atruck on the starboard side, and a huge hole was torn in the plates. The bow settled f!* rapidly to the bottom, but, owing to ,v;'f the watertight bulkheads, the stern re- mained afloat, and here the crew gath- • ered, preferring to remain by the ship. The Merry weather stood by until the paesengerd had been rescued. Its ^ stern was stove In, and it anchored off the statue of Liberty until the extent ^ of the injuries could be ascertained, The Allegheny was finally towed to pi Brooklyn. Occurs During Fog, The Allegheny left quarantine early in the day, but had anchored in the bay below Robbins' reef - because of the fog. It was here the collision took place. The passengers on the Allegheny brought tidings of an eruption of the old Colcano Del Tlerra Firma in Co­ lombia, near Galera Zamble, on March 22. The village of Tiojo was destroyed and from sixty to 100 persons were killed and wounded. During the night of March 24 flames from the volcano were seen by passing vessels at a dis­ tance of sixty miles. TEACHER SUED FOR HUGGING Miss Nichols of Palmer, III., Suffers Dislocation and Wanta $2,500. Pana, 111., dispatch: In the circuit court here Miss Stella Nichols of Pal­ mer is trying to convince a jury that a hug from a man dislocated her shoul­ der. She is suing E. F. Colwell, a school teacher, for $2,509, alleging because of a hug he gave her against her will her shoulder was thrown out of place, permanently injuring her. SHORTER 8KIRTS ARE DE8IRED Milwaukee School Board Officiale Think Long Trains Unheslthful. Milwaukee, Wis., special: Because they believe shorter skirts worn in the schoolroom by teachers would en­ hance healthful conditions Superin­ tendent Siefert of the school board, William George Bruce and others well known in educational circles here have gone on record as favoring the abolish­ ment of trailing skirts. THE LATE8T MARKET REPORTS To Study Moon's Motions. Berkeley, Cal., special: Professor Frank E. Ross, a graduate of the Uni­ versity of California, has been ap­ pointed by the Carnegie Institute at Washington to the position of re­ search assistant in astronomy. His special study will be thp motions of the moon. Fills Wisconsin Vacancies. Madison, Wis., special: The gov­ ernor has named Judge R. G. Siebeck- er to fill out the unexpired term of Justice C. V. Bardeen on the supreme bench and has appointed E. Ray Stev­ ens of Madison to succeed Judge Sle- becker as judge of the ninth judicial circuit Russians Mobilize Troops. Yokohama cablegram: Considerable consternation was caused here by the report that 20,000 Russians have con­ gregated at Fen Tuang, commanding the southern boundary of Corea. The report has not been confirmed. Poison in Canned Fruit. Fort,Scott, Kan., special: Mrs. Hen­ ry L. Page, a daughter of ex-Gov. John P. St. John of Kansas, died of inflam­ mation of the stomach caused by poi> oil eaten in canned fruit vllumpe In the Navy.* Norfolk, Va., dispatch: The diph­ theria epidemic In the navy jhas been followed by an outbreak of mumps among recruits from the West The torpedo-boat destroyer Whipple has been put in auarantina • No Bible In 8choo|fc San Francisco, California, special: State's Attorney General Webb has rendered an official opinion declaring the use of the Bible In the pnbUo schools as unconstitutional, / •' V . , : " -r.y , Wheat. New York--No. 2 red, 7996c. Chicago--No. 2 red, 73c. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 68^&o». Kansas City--No. 2 hard, Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 7T«w Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 740. Duluth--No. 1 northern. Corn. ' J' New York--No. 2, Slfte. Chicago--No. 2, 40c. St Louis--No. 2, 39%c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, MHe. Peoria--No. 8,36%c. Oats. New York--No. 2, 41c. Chicago--Standard--34%0883&e. St. Louis--No. 2, 34c. Kansas City--No. 2 white, 84c. Milwaukee--Standard, 83@33tt*. Cattle. Chicago--$1.75 @ 7. Kansas City--$2,05(95.20. St Louis--$3.50 @6.50. Omaha--$2.25@6 75. Hogs. Chicago--$6.00@ 7.50. Kansas City--$6.25@7*tt. St. Louis--$6.50@7.10. i Buffalo--$5.65 @7.60. ! Omaha--$6.30@7.10. ' Sheep and Lambs. Chicago-- $3 @7.90. i Kansas City--?3.50fi>6J0. St. Louis--$3.75@6.76. ' Buffalo--$3.15 @7.30. Omaha--$3.80@6.95. May Tax Export CofMife ' Rio Janeiro cable: The provin­ cial legislature of Sao Panlo has passed a bill imposing a maximum tax of 2 per cent on exported coffee. The bill 'will become effective in July if signed by the president -.j** v To Wed German Cotml. • Berlin cablegram: The engagement is announced of Mrs. Lelia Perly of Alton, 111., to Count Otto von Koenlgs- marck, a First Lieutenant in the Nine­ teenth artillery regiment . „ Lew Not to Be Diplomat. Washington dispatch: On the best authority it is positively denied here that the name of Mayor Seth Low of New York has ever been considered in connection with the American em­ bassy at Farts. Football Playsr Is BllwL St Paul, Minn., dispatch: Total blindness has stricken the Rev. Paul Rader, the Hamline College faOtoek, as a result of Injuries received la a football game last fall. mailto:3.75@6.76 mailto:3.80@6.95