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J# ILLINOIS STATE NEWS %i'V 4«r-^ • : ?-:* THE LEGISLATURE Measures Under Consider^ the Capito^Jt Springfield. ;-• m/i IIP* ^fe-'-' Ignore FOR THE MUELLER BILL ¥%.o*-S* '• • • •<^ .a fc&c,r!: 'J fy-:-' ,•-• FVS l'r-"C i. RS V.'.'i", J* , te&V':* Shermanltes Decide to Fight for Street Car Measure When It Comes Up in House--Wipes Out Civil Service Afnendtoient* *,& V5 5i" •* !>- %«.• SK-> ^ .V; s ', V 5.*"V- r \ Former Speaker i^^aM ̂ iiST &ls followers have determined to deihand the Immediate consideration of the Mueller-Fisher street car bill when it is called up in the house. This deter­ mination is a result of a caucus. They insist that the measure, despite its obvious defects, shall be considered at once by the house, sitting as a com­ mittee of the whole. Under the rules, the bill would be referred to the com­ mittee on municipal corporations, and it is understood that Speaker Miller favors this course. Representative Lindly, who is chair­ man of the committee on municipal corporations, says he will neither ask for nor oppose reference of the bill to his committee. If he were to insist on having the bill sent to his commit­ tee, he says, it might be construed as an effort on his part to block or im­ pede the passage of the measure. On the other hand, opposition to Its ref­ erence would look like an attempt to shirk responsibility. For these rea­ sons he will remain silent on the sub­ ject unless his committee is assailed during the discussion of the matter. Civil Service. The eoming of prominent Chicago people who are interested in traction legislation will revive the agitation •over the civil service bill. That meas­ ure is now in the senate. By the ac­ tion of the civil service committee of that body the bill has been stripped of the house amendments which were so objectionable to the advocates of civil service reform. This leaves it substantially in the rendition in which it was sent to the house by Gov. Yates. The friends of the bill hope to be able to get it through the senate in that shape. If they do, the house will then be asked to recede from its amendments. Those who are interested in the measure say that if the senate will take this stand there is good reason to believe the bill will become a law as originally drafted. They think the house can be induced to bury its amendments if the senate gives its sanction to the bill as sent from its civil service committee. Those who have been urging the passage of the civil service bill prac­ tically gave up all hope for the meas­ ure after H had been amended in the house. The amendments were obnox­ ious to them and they regarded the bill as having been made worthless! so far as its utility as a civil service re­ form measure was concerned. This feeling prevailed until the bill was acted upon by the senate civil service committee. That body's .action in striking out the house amendments has greatly encouraged the civil ser­ vice people. They are now ready to make another fight for the bill. Greater Chicago. The Greater Chicago joint resolution ts a special order for consideration in the house. An -amendment limiting Chicago's representation in the legis­ lature is pending. A number of the southern Illinois members have been fighting the Greater Chicago resolu­ tion, because of Chicago's opposition to a bill increasing the basis' for as­ sessment from one-fifth to one-third. Representative Tippit has a plan for compromising the differences between Chicago and the southern Illinois peo­ ple, and, if !t is adopted, the Greater Chicago resolution will be removed. He proposes to increase the basis of assessment from one-fifth to one- fourth, and amend the Juul tax law by making the limit one-fourth instead of one-fifth. Special Orders. • special order for consideration in the house this week is Nohe's bill re­ quiring foreign corporations to pay capital stock tax on the capital stock which represents their investments in Illinois. It is on the order of third reading. The following are special orders: S E. Erickson's bill to increase the com­ pensation of members of the general assembly to $2,000-for each regular session, on third reading. Mr. Tice's bill to provide for a uniform series of school text books in the state outside of Cook county on third reading. Local Option. The effort which was made on Fri­ day to call up the Anti-saloon league local option bill marked the opening of the fight for the passage of that measure. The attempt to call up the bill will be renewed this week. It Is believed that a local option bill Church Dedication. ' The dedicatory exercises for the new Methodist Episcopal church at East Alton will be held April 19. The new church was established one year ago, and the building terected for the use of the congregation has just been com- of some sort will pass the assembly / and the fight will be between the Anti- Saloon league bill and the measure which was prepared by Chairman Mor­ ris of the committee on elections, aifccl indorsed by that body. The essential difference between the two bills is the county option feature. The Anti- saloon league bill, which was Intro-. duced by Mr. Montelius, provides that any political division of the st^te in­ cluding counties, may become ahti-sa- loon territory by a vote of the people. The Morris bill limits local option to cities, towns and Tillages or parti thereof. , •' Real Local Option. • committee local-option bill was re­ ported to the house by Chairman Mor- ris of the committee on elections. It was read a first time and ordered to A second reading. The bill eliminates the county fea­ ture entirely and requires officials to grant or withhold licenses, according to the vote taken in any city, town or village, and also provides that the voto shall be decisive for two years. It further provides that in Cook county, upon the filing of a petition in any precinct of any ward, within thirty days after the original petition iB filed to submit the question to the city, the voters of such precinct may vote upon the question of license and tho majority vote of the precinct shall be final, irrespective of the result in the city as a whole. The bill is in the nature of an amendment to section 1 of the dram­ shop act. . Rushing Work. Every house bill on the order of first reading was advanced to second reading, and the senate bills on this order were read a first time and re­ ferred to appropriate committees. By unanimous consent a number of house bills were advanced from second to third reading. Mr. Shurtleff from the committee on Judiciary reported to the house the initiative and referendum resolution which provides for the submission of a constitutional amendment embody­ ing the system of legislation. On his motion, the consideration of the reso­ lution was made a special order for April 22. The following bills were read a sec­ ond time and advanced to third read­ ing: Chicago Bills. Clettenberg's, reducing the member­ ship of the Chicago city council to thirty-five members, and fixing their salary at $4,^00 per annum. Mr. Mitch­ ell objected to the consideration of this bill, but the speaker declined to entertain the objection. Davies', to permit the city of Chi­ cago to lower the tunnels beneath the (Chicago river. An amendment was adopted raising the interest on the bonds for the proposed improvement frbm 6 to 6 per cent. Employment Agents' Pay. Mr. Murray made two Ineffectual at­ tempts to call up the bill introduced by his colleague, Mr. Wheeler, in­ creasing the salaries of the superin­ tendents of the free employment bu­ reaus in Chicago to $1,800 per annum, and providing for assistant superin­ tendents of each office at a salary of $1,350 per annum. Mr. Wilkerson then made an inef­ fectual attempt to have Mr. Montelius' local-option bill made a special order next Thursday. Mr. Glade raised the point of order that there was not a quorum, demanding a call of the house. Speaker Miller was just on the verge of ordering the clerk to call the roll In response to Mr. Glade's question of a quoruip when Mr. Kopf moved that the house adjourn. The speaker put the question on the lat ter's motion, and on a viva-voce vote the house adjourned. Final Adjournment. April 29 is the day set for final ad journment of the legislature in a joint resolution adopted by the senate, and sent to the house. In the house it was referred to the committee on rules. It will be reported back some day next week, with a recommendation that it be adopted. It will be accepted by the house, and then a motion to reconsider will be made, and action on this post­ poned. This will leave the get-away day in the air. If the house can finish its business by April 29, the motion to reconsider will be taken up and referred some days before that date. If nojt, the motion to reconsider ^rill carry, the ' house will nonconcur, and the resolu­ tion will go back to the senate. It is thought by some of the house leaders that adjournment may be had as early as April 24. Tunnel Bill Is Passed. The lower-the-tunnels bill, intro­ duced by Senator Clark, was passed by the senate. The bill provides that the city of Chicago may reconstruct the tunnels, paying for the cost with money by the sale of tunnel certifi­ cates, and these latter to be paid out 'Of the revenues derived from the leas­ ing of the tunnel to street caivand other corporations. invites Soldiers and 8aHff#. /;j Efforts are to be made to get tKe Soldiers and Sailors' association of Illinois to hold its next annual meeting at Belleville in September. n < Macon County Valuations. Macon assessors will place a valua­ tion of $60 per acre this year; horses, $50; cattle, $22; mules, $60; sheep, $3; hogs, $6; corn, 25 cents a bushel; wheat, 60 cents; oats, 25 cents; hay, $7 a ton. . Coal Prices Go llp^ x . The Hiilsboro coal company and the Montgomery coal company have an­ nounced a raise of 25 cents per ton in the Hiilsboro retail price of coal, rais­ ing the price from $2.26 to $2£0 per Big Steam Plant. The Decatur gas and electric com­ pany has let the contract for the con­ struction of a $60,000 steam plant. The plant will give steam service to all the business portion of Decatur. ' Bond Decision. The Issue of $200,000 in railroad aid bonds by Hamilton county, m., in 1871 was finally declared illegal by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Harriet M. Zane against Hamilton county. Railroad Man Moves. A. Burrill, superintendent tor Che Illinois Southern railroad at Sparta, has resigned, and taken a place with the Peoria, Pekin and Terminal rail- toad company at Peoria. Gives Library Site. At a ir -'eting of the Taylorville city council E. A. Vandeveer gave a site to erect the proposed Carnegie library building. The site is valued at $4,000 and is located one block from the ^public square. Farmer's Mind la Unbalanced.r George Vollbracht, a wealthy farm­ er, living in Liberty township, has been adjudged insane and sent to the asylum in Jacksonville. His wife has been appointed conservator of the ___ , _ : i '*S GREAT ANTI-TRUST VICTORY Dectslohoflftilted States Circuit Co\irt df of tKe Northern Securities Company Is of \ •; " $ .*?• •••<"•l^r-RecLching Importer.nee. f Judges Amos M. Thayer, Walter H. Sanborn, Henry Clay Caldwell and Willis Vandeventer, who rendered the decision in the Northern Securities merger case, are four judges of the eighth judicial circuit of the United States and all are well-known West­ ern jurists. Judge Thayer was ap­ pointed to his present position in 1894, having served since 1887 on the federal district bench, and prior to that time as circuit judge of the city of St. Louis from 1876 to 1886. Judge Sanborn was appointed Circuit judge in 1892, at which time he was a mem­ ber of the city council of St. Paul and a widely known and influential lawyer of that city. He was born In New Hampshire, was graduated from Dart­ mouth in 1867, and for some time be­ fore entering the law office of his uncle, Gen. John B. Sanborn, in SL Paul, he was a capable educator in tho JUDGE 77£4yEP juTyjE- _ ypj i&tsarrTrJs Bast. Judfce Vandeventer is a dis­ tinguished scholar, who in 1897 was appointed assistant attorney general of the United States by President Mc- Kinley. He served for some time as a lecturer on equity pleading and prac­ tice in Columbia college. A native of Indiana, Judge Vandeventer 1b a grad­ uate of Depauw university and of the Cincinnati School of Law. In 1884 he removed to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where for a time he was chief justice of the Supreme court. Judge Caldwell is a native of Virginia. As.a child he removed to Iowa with his parents and there studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1852. He was a legislator, prosecuting attorney and a soldier, and after the war was made a district judge in Arkansas by President Lin­ coln. In 1890 President Harrison ele­ vated ;Judge Caldwell to the Circuit bench. He lives at Little Rock. TO MEROC THE GOULD. AGfftCIES Economies to Be Effected Through Means of Consolidation. There is to be a general consolida­ tion of the freight and passenger agencies of the lines forming the Gould system. A. C. Bird, recently elected vice president of all Gould lines, in charge of traffic, refused to discuss his future action with refer­ ence to the agencies. Mr. Bird is, however, engaged in holding confer­ ences with all the freight and traffic men of the several Gould roads, with the view of ascertaining a general sit­ uation and outlining a policy to be rigidly adhered to in the future. Mr. Bird would not have been placed in charge of traffic unless with the ex­ pectation that he is to bring about rigid economies in handling both freight and passenger business. One way of accomplishing this will un­ doubtedly be to consolidate the agen­ cies of the Gould lines in various cit­ ies where it. can be done without in- Jury to the service. WILL ASK FOR $100,000 BUILDING TO MANUFACTURE 8HALE BRICK Land Containing Extensive Deposits Is Bought by St. Louis Parties. Although no deeds have been filed for record at Edwardsville as yet, it is stated by parties interested that papers were executed in St. Louis re­ cently conveying to St. Louis parties about thirty-nine acres of land just south of Edwardsville, in which is lo­ cated a deposit of shale in abundant quantities. The 4and was owned by Supervisor A. H. Kienlen and brother. Edwardsville parties are interested in the deal and it is proposed to open up shale works at an early date for the manufacture of paving and other hard brick. About $75,000 will be ex- pen<|ed in equipping the works. EFFECT OF THE DECISION. Will Do Away with Evils of Restraints of T rade. The government won a great "vic­ tory in the anti-trust war when Judge Thayer of the United States circuit court of appeals, sitting at St Paul, handed down a decision declare ing the $400,000,000 Northern Securi­ ties company an illegal corporation, enjoined it from voting the stock of the Great Northern and Northern Pa­ cific railroad companies and decreed that this stock should be returned to the former owners. The decree entered in accordance With the finding is a drastic one and does not leave a single peg for the great merger of the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Burling­ ton to hang upon. The language of the court 1b pronounced to the effect that where lines of railway are paral­ lel and competing such a plan as that of the Northern Securities company, which places them under control of one management, is contrary to the Sherman anti-trust act and is clearly in restraint of trade. Despite the declaration of James J. Hill and J. Pierpont Morgan that an­ other plan is ready which will stand the test of law, general opinion is that the government has succeeded in giving railroad combinations a straight blow between the eyes, from which they will be unable to recover. Immediately upon the delivery of the decision it was announced that an appeal would be taken to the United States supreme court, but as the four Judges hearing the case were unani­ mous in their findings it is not expect­ ed that the court of last resort will interfere with their conclusions. To Attorney General Knox the de­ cision must come with extreme satis­ faction because of the fact that he has all along contended that the anti­ trust act is broad enough, if rightly Interpreted, to prevent any oombina- tion of railway or other properties inimical to the best interests of the people. The decision will therefore have the double effect of preventing other similar mergers of railway in­ terests and of placing a ready weapon in the hands of the government in the form of a clear Interpretation of the law with respect \o capitalistic combinations which are in restraint of trade. In the present battle every weapon that ̂ millipns and influence, aided by ingentaityf could bring to bear was used to have the Northern merger declared legal. The Northern Securi­ ties company is the plan devised by the brightest legal minds of the coun­ try to circumvent the law and pro­ vide a legal method of building a stone wall about the securities of merged companies where they could be placed without fear of the water oozing out Mrs. Flagler May Recover. It is reported that Mrs. Ida M. Flag­ ler, divorced wife of Henry M. Flag­ ler, the Standard Oil millionaire, is recovering her reason. Two years ago, through a law specially passed to cover his case, Mr. Flagler divorced his wife on the plea that she was "in­ curably insane," and then married Miss Mary Lilly Kenan of Wilmington, N. C. In the event of Mrs. Flagler's complete recovery the millionaire would find himself in a distressing pre­ dicament. The lady is constantly un­ der the care of a physician who re­ ceives $1,000 a month for her treat­ ment and maintenance. of them and ^rtthotrf fear of any one interested parting with his interest and thereby breaking the combination. It afforded a sure means of unloading burdens and placing them in a safe receptacle where they could be dealt out to the public when public demand was most favorable. v So certain were the Morgan-Hill contingent of the legality of their plan that their confidence had been communicated to other merger mag­ nates, and the formation of several securities holding companies awaited, the decision of the courts. It has been stated that the Gould lines were about to be merged in a similar cor­ poration; that the Pennsylvania and New York Central and their allied companies would go into a holdings company, and that the Harriman group would be financed in the same way. The Rock Island company of New Jersey, with its $125,000,000 cap­ ital stock, is also said to be a similar organization which will possibly suf­ fer from the effects of the decision. The dissolution of the Northern Se­ curities company will not affect the 30ME OPINION8. James J. Hill--"We have been whipped in the first skirmish, but I remember that he laughs best who laughs last." J. Pierpont Morgan--"When railroad men know exactly how the law is to be interpreted they will probably find ways to operate properties profitably." Governor Van Sant--"The deci­ sion marks a great victory for the interests of the people." Assistant Attorney General Day "The judgment reaffirms the right of the people to be free from the slavery of monopoly and estab­ lishes the legal wisdom of Attor­ ney General Knox." Former Attorney General Qriggs --"It is revolutionary." Lose Money by Public Service. Mr. Knox considers that being in the cabinet is playing, aB he loses $100,000 a year by neglecting his pri­ vate practice. The only other mem­ ber of the cabinet who loses by re­ maining in public life is Root, whose law practice nets him a fortune every year when he applies himself to it. Other members of- the cabinet are rich, but they lose nQtJlijqLS. by r^main- tng lu Washington. • .*-j \ ownership of the three railroads prop­ erties involved, which will still be controlled by the Morgan-Hill com­ bination. It will, however, have the effect of decentralizing the manage­ ment and control of these properties and make their tenure by the capital­ istic combination, if anything, less se­ cure. In this way it will be n^ore dif­ ficult to operate the properties in such harmony as to stifle all compe­ tition. On the matter of competition the court dwelt at length, taking pains to show how the merger destroyed, the motive for competition, and hence competition itself. The court stated that the Securities company placed the control of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern in the hands of a single person--viz., the Northern Have Ideal Township Officers. Such good work has been done for three years by the township officers of Red Iron Lake township, South Dako­ ta, that the taxpayers of that section decline to interfere with them and, therefore, have held no election for such offices for two years. Taxes have been held down to a limit which gives entire satisfaction to all parties and the township is ahead quite a little sum which^might have been expended for election purposes. King to Have Costly Monument When Victor Emanuel II. died the sum of $400,000 was in a short time subscribed for a monument. The gov­ ernment added $1,600,000. The esti­ mate now Is that the total cost will reach about $6,000,000. The monu­ ment is to be the most beautiful and costly In modern Italy. Securities iojnpany which, by virtue of its ownership of a large majority of the stock of both companies, had consequently pooled the earnings of both for the common benefit of the stockholders; Commenting on the decision the Chi­ cago Chronicle (Dem.) says: "It is no wonder that ex-Attorney General Griggs calls the decision 'rev­ olutionary.^ It goes to the root of the trusts. It is death to every combina­ tion to abolish competition in com­ merce and the industries by which trade is restricted and prices are in­ creased. It tends to reopen the era of free competition in every line of commeroe, industry and transporta­ tion and to place all the business of the country on the broad basis of equal rights. "It is not probable that the federal Supreme court will reverse this great decision. Whatever may have been his inner motives, John Sherman, the author of the national anti-trust law, builded better than he knew. Many jurists and statesmen doubted the effi­ ciency of the law as he framed it and as it was left on the statute book. "This decision vindicates its com­ pleteness and efficiency for every end in the protection of the people from the evils of restraints on trade and for purposes of oppression and extor­ tion in commerce and the industries." Bitters Estate The will of John W. Bitters has been presented for probate at Hiilsboro. The testator gave his son, William M. Bitter8, forty-seven acres in Walsh- ville township, provided he pays to each of his other four children $1,000. He gave his household goods to his daughter, Theresa Bitters, and di­ rected his executors to divide the re­ mainder of his property among the five children, excepting ten acres which is given to John W. Bitters, Jr., John W. Bitters and William M. Bit­ ters are named as executors. Favor Child Labor. A committee of officials will be des­ ignated by Mayor Young of Alton to appear in Springfield before the sen­ ate committee, which will soon have under consideration a bill regulating the conditions of child labor in fac­ tories. The committee will take sta­ tistics to prove the falsity of some of the allegations which have been made against conditions in the glass facto­ ries, where boys over 14 years of age are employed. It has been decided not to hold a mass meeting here. Surprise for the Editor. Bishop C. C. McCabe, one of the most prominent men in the Methodist Episcopal church, was visiting in Fort Worth, Tex., not long ago. A New York paper wired him thus: "C. C. McCabe, Fort Worth, Tex.: What is your opinion on the Anglo-American alliance? Please wire us answer."Now, it happens that there resides in Fort Worth a well-known citizen of the name of C. C. McCabe. The telegraph company, knowing C. C. McCabe bet­ ter than the visiting bishop, delivered the message at the former's house. The recipient was considerably sur­ prised, but he promptly wired this re­ ply: "It's a d d good thing." Just what the New York editor thought on receiving the return message is not a matter of record. Man Is Missing. Mrs. Frederick Gooden, who resides in the drainage district, on the out­ skirts of Quincy, reports that her hus­ band has been missing BinCe the night of March 21, and, as he had $100 on his person at the time of his disap­ pearance, his wife fears that he has met with foul play. The missing man is about 45 years of age, of light com­ plexion, Is 5 feet 6 inches tall ai*d speaks broken English, beiog of Ger man birth. I Burlington to Build. j' A resolution has been filed with the J secretary of state by the Chicago, Bur­ lington & Quincy railroad showing pos­ itively that the company proposes to build and operate a branch line from Old Monroe in Lincoln county through Montgomery county, to Mexico, Mo., or a point onrthe Chicago •&, Alton road near Mexico. The branch will be about sixty-three miles long and will cost $2,200,000. For Monument to Gen. Clarit« The late Jefferson Clark of 8t, Louis left money with which to build a monument to his father, Gen. William Clark, the northwestern YaittS^kill in Britain. The "grasshopper" or derrick ele­ vator now in by the London Grain Elevator company at the London docks has been specially designed for trans­ shipping the corn from the holds of the largest types of American liners engaged in the grain trade into light­ ers for conveyance to other coasting vessels or warehouses. Its l^pout, in which travels an endleBs belt covered with buckets, will draw 150 tons of corn an hour from the hold of a ves­ sel. When ready for action it sug­ gests the great stomach pump that it is. A Curious Find. An Iowa woman who was cleaning house one day accidentally knocked out a brick and mortar from the side of a little-used room. In doing so she came upon a curious humming sound and a delicate odor. She told her sons, and two of them climbed up the outside of the house and removed some of the weatherboards to investi­ gate. They were much astonished to find that nearly the whole side of the house had been filled in by bees witb honey.--New York Tribune. Boy Is Fined. James Ackelberry was fined $25 and costs by Police Magistrate Fed of Al­ ton for carrying concealed weapons. The boy was accused of shooting through the window of a passing train, exposing passengers on the train to danger of being shot. No conclusive evidence could be obtained by the railroad company and a fine for carrying concealed weapons was im­ posed. Encouraging the Boys. The managers of the Randolph coun­ ty farmers' institute have ordered five bushels of the celebrated Boon county white corn for seed, to be given free in packages of 500 grains to farmer boys of the county who are 18 years and under, upon application to the secretary. Liberal prizes will be given for the best ten ears produced exhibited at the next annual meeting in Decem­ ber. Was Determined to Die. Mrs. James A. Creager was a young woman of 20, living in Arcadia, Kan. Last September she announced that she was going to die at a certain time. She made all preparations for her fu­ neral, selected her pallbearers, the text for her sermon and the hymns she wanted sung. Two weeks ago, on the day set, she went to bed and said she was dying. Physicians were called in and they rendered a verdict that she was perfectly well and able to be about. They had hardly left the house when she died. Teamsters Strike. About half of the teamsters of Belle­ ville went on strike as their em­ ployers had not yet signed the new wage scale fixing their wages at 25 cents per hour on week days and 37V& cents par hour on Sundays. Trains Collida Two freight trains on the Southern railway collided three miles north of Salem and eight cars were badly wrecked. F. H. Clendenen, one of the trainmen, was badly Injured about the shoulders and face. Provides Bonuses. The Springfield city council voted to establish a contingent fund to be placed with the committee on manu­ factures and industries, to be used as a pledge in securing the location of manufacturing concerns in the capital. To Build Larger School. Tha work of building the new Web­ ster school at Quincy will be com­ menced April 30. It will require a month to tear down the old building and four months to erect ohe in its place. Dowie Wants Government to Erect Postoffice Structure in Zion City. The growth of Dowie's Zion City 11 shown by the increase of the postal business, the first year, just closed, footing up $10,300, which entitles it to be raised from the' fourth to the sec­ ond class and to have free delivery, which is expected to be established soon. The coming year, when Zion Printing and Publishing house is re­ moved from Chicago, it is expected to ,be entitled to rank as a first class office. The accommodations are in­ adequate and a new building Is being erected. The government will be asked to build a $100,000 structure Soon. •MM TALK OF MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP Cairo City Council Authorizes lave* tlgation of the Subject, At the meeting of the Cairo dty ̂ council the subject of municipal elae># trie ownership came up for discussion, *' The committee having the matter in<'.• charge was authorized to employ an J* engineer (o make an investigation^^ and report. Norton Renfro was' elected to the office of city treasurer . to fill a vacancy caused by the death-:! of the treasurer, Frederick S. Smith.' Mr. Renfro has declined the honor, as f the law provides that no treasurer 1 shall succeed himself and he is a can*: didate for the office at the ensuinjr city election. Miners Bring Suit. •"p- In the circuit court Charles Man*' ; ning of Edwardsville has filed suit against the Kerens-Donnewald coal * company of Word en for $5,000 dam^:'4t£p§f'" ages for injuries received by being struck by falling slate in the com- pany's mine on January 7. W. Lufer has brought suit against the Henriettâ '̂-fi, coal company of EdwardBville for $5,-/^' 000 for injuries received in November " last while in the%mploy of the defen-. " dant company. : -- , i - ' P h o n e M e r g e r . « - Al* A deal has been ccriinrhSTOatOTT V,\ whereby the Carbondale and Marions / telephone company has been merged^ ' and incorporated, the capital stock of§L the new enterprise being $15,000. Th®*|" incorporators residing in Carbondalel^^:;^ are Judge O. A. Harker, D. M. Park-t'f "" , Inson, W. A. Schwarts, J. B. Bundy^* VM and George M. Harker. Extensive im-r K \' provements will be made, including!^ n e w c i r c u i t s t o C a r t e r v l l l e a n d M a r i o n . v Beat the Lawyers. The heirs of Fritz Klinke, deceased, of Alton, have divided up the estate of ' their father, valued at $50,000. Peter Klinke received in the division a farm in Chouteau township. John! Klinke received the Alton property. Fritz Klinke received the Fosterburg township lands and the remaining" members of the family took share of the estate in cash. ^ Not Interested In Trust Denial has been made by the Sattley k Manufacturing company of Springfield that it knows anything of Williams. Brinton's proposed plow trust, and,.;4 \ ^ furthermore, that it is not interested, S-? '/.m in any movement looking toward combination of plow companies. Tha - ! ̂ Sattley company has one of the largest^ •„,'%:'< • plow manufactories in the world. " » IiLj3 Murphysboro Haymakers. j A lodge of the Haymakers, a sidei'V*^ d e g r e e o f t h e i m p r o v e d O r d e r o f R e d i r ^ ^ Men, has been instituted in Murphys­ boro with the following officers: Geo*; Davee, chief haymaker; Thomas Murphy, assistant haymaker; Robert .V$ Crawford, collector of straws; Thomast Long, chief horn blower; Willis Byers," , overseer; Arthur Little, boss driver; Citizens Are Liberal. -5' ; The house occupied by the family- of Joe Covington, colored, of Centralla^:'* ; w a s t o t a l l y d e s t r o y e d b y f i r e . T h e " . ' origin of the blaze is a mystery, asr • ' the flames broke through the floor in V a part of the house where there was;. :> no fire. The citizens contributed lib­ erally to refurnish another home for the family. '. Buries Two Children. s An tmusual funeral occurred at De­ catur when Mrs. Millie Jones burled two daughters at the same time. The- children died suddenly within four J hours of each other, one of measlesv and the other of typhoid fever. The * mother is also very ill and serted by her husband. -- Get Eight-hour Day. ' The painters' strike at Quincy was • t settled by the boss painters agreeing*; '• to increase wages to 31% cents peri ' hour for the next six months and ta further increase them to 35 cents per, hour for the remainder of the eon-' tract year. The request for an eight- •? hour day was granted. •' >vr.i Good Roads Delegates. Mayor Halstead has been instructed; by the city council of Belleville to> appoint five aldermen, who, with him­ self, shall attend the good roads con­ vention to be held in St. Loais es; April 27, 28 and 29. •.A. Fire in Polling Fire nearly put an end to'vbt the Fourth ward polling place at Al­ ton. The election officers discovered that the ceiling of the room whore tho voting was being done .was afire from a defective flue. Twin* Die Suddenly. Twin daughters of William Nleka»> sen. residing near Tam&roa, were found dead in bed. The infants were aged 3% months. The children were in perfect health when the parents re­ tired and in the morning were found dead. An inquest waa held. atlng the parents. A . U? if) it.iL r. • >:•' ; J ' fr- -i .. •,:-£ Rededicste Church. St. Paul's church at Belleville hae been enlarged and a new front u4 steeple pdded to it, has been rededfc cated with appropriate services. - I - - & ; v * . ; v . ' * K ' §