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THE McHEIRY PUIIDEALER • " 1 * • * IfamKT FbAIMMUm o& MeHVNRY, l-.. <• ILLINO] NEWS OF THE WORLD l&'V:. WhsWsI, Political, «f Wnerli v A *' v ' * T»W hi Paragraph m- |v: n~f. .£*, v • Sf%. K - . William Kolloge, a member of com­ pany K of Milwaukee, will probably lose one of his eyes as a result of an accident at Campe Douglas, Wis. Kol­ loge was attempting to remove the • bayonet from his new gun and held It with the point directly toward him. It came* off suddenly and the point f-% •. pierced one of his eyes. "0p- 'X It >s sfcid that after his retirement 1*0® the army Lieut. Gen. Miles Will Pi %s make his permanent home in Loulsi- • •Ea ° rTexas. Should the general de- S cide to locate in the South it will be i larecly because of ex-Gor. Hogg's ef- '"$$• •*•?. forts. The big Texan and the old sol­ dier have been close friends for many years. . v The noted sharpshooter and ex- member of company K, rough riders, Sherman M. Bell, now adjutant gen- erkl of the state of Colorado, has just . • gone to Washington, accompanied by a fair young bride. The young West­ erner won the warm regard of Col. Roosevelt in the Cuban campaign and when the latter made his whirlwind race for the governorship of New York Bell was at his side from start to fin­ ish. Benjamin Reverman of Cincinnati, employed as a laborer by the Mer­ chants' Heat and Light company at Indiar.apolis, and William R- Naming, pipe foreman for the company, were asphyxiated by carbolic acid gas In a manhole. The foreman lost his life in attempting to save the life of his fellow workmen. A sharp earthquake shock was (ell In the central part of North Carolina* bnt no damage was done. Herman Eppinger of Epplnger 4k Go. of San Francisco has been indict­ ed on the charge of obtaining 111,- 800 by false pretenses from the Bank of Monterey. He was released on $12,000 bail. His brother Jacob was Indicted on similar charges. The Loom Fixers' association has withdrawn from the Central Union of the Textile Workers, which Is direct- •:§[£$;' tag the strike at Philadelphia, and V. v,"'i ether unions are said to contemplate C similar action,, believing they can best '• serve their own interests by indepen- ^ f, dent action. " A seat on the New York Stock o> r change was sold for $60,000. The last previous sale was at $67,500. t' The courthouse at Sycamore, 111* la £ >f being torn down by the same man who built it fifty-two years ago. |. 1 Thieves broke a window in a MO* P'if/. waukee jewelry store and took $3,000 «iV worth of jewelry from the stock on ijj|&--'f display. Francis J. Heard has been suggest- id is a possible candidate for the L v .. presidency of the Colorado Fuel and ,/ Iron company. Smallpox 1s causing health ef Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, •inch trouble. In the town of Frank­ lin, at Menchelsville, and In the lm- mediate vicinity, fifteen are reported quarantined. • William C. Buchanan, bookkeeper Cf the Williamson-Gunning Advertls- tag company of St Louis, has ciisap- > peered. He was given $6,000 la notes f > to have discounted and has not been ^ v seen since. lightning practically destroyed the $20,000 Floyd monument at Sioux City, Iowa, erected to the memory of Sergt Charles Floyd, member of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Every boiler maker and boiler mak­ er's apprentice, In all about 145 men, the employ of the Chicago, St. Paul, & Omaha road at St. Paul struck, demanding the payment of the Chicago scale of wages--$3.60 '^0% • day. The boiler makers are getting $3-25. The Omaha company offered to , P*7 $3.45, but the men refused. The machinists at the Calumet ter- mlnal shops, at East Chicago are on &' strike, the officials refusing to sign j the wage scale. The men are getting w 11 cents an hour and want 36. f| The earl of Denbigh, lieutenant colo- •** Ml commanding the Honorable Artil­ lery company, has been gazetted a • commander of the Victorian order. About 1,400 employes of the ma- Chine shops of the Austro-Hungarlan state railroad at Anina have struck f work. Three thousand coal miners •ad foundry employes in the same dis­ trict also intend to go out. Engineer Walter Dell of Urbana, HL; was killed by the wreck of a Big Four freight train at Trenton, 111. • rear-end collision on the Canadian Pacific railroad bridge near Gait, Ont, between two freight trains caused five fatalities. Four bodies have been re­ covered. The Massachusetts republican state convention will be held in Boston, Oct. % with Congressman L. L. Powers of pr , Mewton chairman and former Gover- * aor W. Murray Crane chairman of the committee on resolutions. Indianapolis and Columbus, O., have been aalted by electric line. Track- layers at the Dayton and Western completed their work connecting ' ;•« Bne with the eastern terminal of the Hfllaosd Street aad Interurban oom- '£ pony's line three ssllee cast of Ricb- mond, lad. •even torpedo boata will leave Otamstadt on Jaly 28 to reinforce the Bassisn Pacific squadron. The remains of James McNeill Ab­ bott Whistler were interred in Ghle- wlek cemetery. The funeral services were held In old Chelsea church. ^ Frank C. Gould of Warsaw, N. Y., V committed suicide by cutting his throat with a raror. He died almost Immediately. He tried to commit sui­ cide in the night by taking chloro­ form, but was stopped by his wife. He had been worrying for several days about the decline In steel stocks. It Is announced that the duke of Marlborough has been appointed un­ der secretary of state for the British eatonies. Jealousy prompted James Ford to shoot and fatally wound Mrs. Louise ; Harding and kill himself at Blgln, 111. !v •' '-.TV I §1̂ ** Minneapolis W i t - Isaac Springston, probably the old­ est' 9>an in Wisconsin, died at his home in the town of Eknerald la his 100th year. Internal Revenue Collector McOoach visited a house in the center of Phil­ adelphia and found a complete outfit for distilling whisky. The postoffice at Rudd, Iowa, was broken Into and robbed of stamps, cash and money orders to the amount of $500. The safe was blown to pieces. John Hartford, aged 76 years, and one of the oldest pioneers of the cop­ per country, succumber to sunstroke while walking from Lake Ldnden to Calumet, Mich. Michael Lempke, Martin Faber, Martin Hintz and William Trapp, em­ ployes of the Milwaukee Electric Rail­ way and Light company, were badly burned by electricity. Dr. D. EX Salmon, chief erf the bu­ reau of animal industry, is in Boston consulting with the authorities there regarding the removal of the restric­ tions on wol shipments, which have been held up on account of the recent foot and mouth epidemic. The Valhalla Colonization and Im­ provement company, composed prin­ cipally of California capitalists, is looking for colony sites in Mexioo for 500 Danish families. Archbishop Alareon has appointed the first board of directors of the new Catholic bank at the City of Mexico. The board includes several capitalists of the clerical party. The bank has an Arixona charter. Lawrence Boyly Shecer, an American dentist, Is the founder of the institution. Henry Seward of Terre Haute; Ind.. was bound over to the grand jury at a preliminary hearing on the charge of wife murder. Ruth Appleby, aged 11 years, of Palmer, Mich., fell Into an old test pit filled with water while berry-pick­ ing and was drowned. Thomas O'Toole of New York, one of the most expert bridge builders In the country, was accidentally killed at Quarryville, Pa. Julius Finn and George Frlpl of But­ ler, Pa., and Amile Yost of New York were fatally burned In an explosion at a brewery in Butler. Three men who were stealing a ride were seriously injured and one of them may die as the result of a train wreck at Moxon, Mont Miss Jessie Brader, aged 19 years, of Plains, Pa., is dead from a Fourth of July accident with a toy pistol. Lockjaw set in and proved fatal. Joseph La Rochelle, aged 20 years, of Calumet, Mich., lost his footing while working In the Calumet and Hecla mine and fell 700 feet. He la still living. Dr. A. A. Ames, former mayor of Minneapolis, now under Indictment for bribery, has made application for pension on account of disabilities In­ curred during the civil war. Mrs. Emma West, wife of Capt 0. A. West, one of the best-known citi­ zens of Frankfort, 111., committed sui­ cide by hanging herself In a doorway. She was in poor health. Neighbors of W. H. Hastings, a farmer living near Terre Haute, Ind., have thrashed 160 acres of wheat for him because he and his family were quarantined on account of smallpox. , George Schuler of Cincinnati, (X, was mysteriously killed at a fishing camp on the Big Miami over near Lawrenceburg, Ind. The body of the unfortunate man was found beneath the ruins of a tent which was blown down during a fearful windstorm. Mrs. Wilhelmina Grace Barrlngton was granted a divorce at Kansas City from "Lord" Frederick Seymour Bar­ rlngton, who is now under indictment at St. Louis charged with murder. The decree restores to Mrs. Barrlngton her maiden name, Cochrane. She mar­ ried Barrlngton in St Louis, believing his representations that he was an English lord. Former State Senator Richard Or­ gan accidentally shot himself while hunting, and died of his Injuries at Carmi, I1L Two Missouri Pacific passenger trains collided near Sedalia, Mo., in­ juring six passengers, Julius Henkd of Holland, Iowa, seriously. Mrs. A. H. Fox, mother-in-law of ex- Speaker Henderson of Iowa, la dying at Etlwanda, CaL, of Injuries received by falling from her carriage. Nearly 500 men, practically the en­ tire working force of the Buffalo Union Furnace company, are on strike. Officials of the company state that new men will be hired. They ap­ pealed to the police for protection and a squad of officers was sent to the foundry. The labor ultimatum delivered by John H. Barker, president of the Has­ kell & Barker Car company of Michi­ gan City, has tranquillized the sltuar tion and no strike will result Fire wiped out a milling hamlet on Harrison river, British Columbia, de­ stroying the mill of the Harrison Riv­ er Timber & Trading Company. Loss, $100,000. The Federation and Independent Window Glass companies of Colum­ bus, O., have granted an Increase of about 16 per cent to the employes of the so-called Denny organization, offi­ cially known as the Window Glass Workers' association. About 8,000 men will be affected. POSTAL OFFICIAL IS Machen's Successor Is Re­ moved for Trying t® Secure Per Diem. FALSE ENTRIES IN HIS DIARY Charge Is Made That He Endeavored to Defraud the Government by Put­ ting in Bill for Travel Expenses Which Were Not Incurred Washington dispatch: Charles Hedges, superintendent of the free de­ livery in the postoffice department, has been removed on the charge of falsifying his diary and loaning his traveling commission. Ervin H. Thorpe is acting in his place. The following is the official itate- ment of the case made public by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow: "Charles Hedges has been removed from the office of superintendent o* free delivery for falsiying his diary and loaning his traveling commission. He represented himself at various places on public business when in fact he was not in those places on the dates mentioned, but elsewhere' in some Instances hundreds of miles dis­ tant On Oct 25, 1900, he states under oath. In his diary, that he was at Jop- lln. Mo., on 'extension of free deliv­ ery service,' when in fact he was in Mansfield, O., attending the funeral of former Secretary John Sherman. "On Dec. 7, 1899, he reports himself at San Antonio, Tex., 'investigating carriers' service,' while in fact he was in Mexico examining mining property. In the month of October, 1899, A. W. Machen, superintendent of free deliv­ ery, was sick with typhoid fever, and Hedges was at the department acting as superintendent spectors which gave them title ha> formal ion. I used to drop hfin a line when I watf traveling to keep him posted ot my wiiwreabo^s. "Valentine is the one wno used thla postofuce commission. It was used with the knowledge of General Super­ intendent Machen and of First A^ siBtant Postmaster General Johnson. "In making my reports I never put down towns that I had not visited, nor did I put down all, the towns that I had visited, as I was permitted to do." Mr. Hedges was appointed to the postal service from the tenth congres­ sional district of Texas on July 1, 1898, and was appointed superintend­ ent of free delivery on July 1, 190L His salary was $3,000 a year. He bad charge of the delivery service In the cities, the rural free delivery.- service being ' under another super­ intendent, find both being under the general supervision, of August W. Machen. • 1 --; jw nDDEH PICTURE PllZZLE. * ' * * * BIO FIRE AT THE CASE WORKS Paint 8hop Is Destroyed and for Time' Whole Plant Is In Peril. Racine, Wis., special: For hours the plant of the mammoth J. L Case Ma* chine company, valued at $3,000,000,^ was in danger of total destruction by* fire. An explosion was heard and th# paint shop, which occupied part of at building covering nearly a block In thai? interior of the manufacturing district, burst into flames. The company's fire department and the city fire depart­ ment were on the scene In a few min­ utes. There was some talk of asking for assistance from Milwaukee, but the fire chief did not consider it necessary. The loss is estimated at between $100,- 000 and $125,000, fully Insured. AIM TO DEVELOP MILWAUKEE Qraln Shippers of Wisconsin Meet to Improve City's Trade. Milwaukee, Wis., special: The Wis­ consin Grain Shippers' association is in convention here with the object ot|r promoting better feeling between ship­ pers and receivers and Improving the trade so as to help Milwaukee to be- "THE COUNTRY 13 ALL RIQHT; THE ONLY TROUBLE 18 IN WALL PTREET." William Hughes, a newspaper maa of Pana, 111., and Joseph Myers be­ came Involved in an altercation In that city and Hughes was badly stabbed in the arm with a pitchfork. Several slight earthquake shocks were felt at various points la Utah. The steamer Oregon arrived la Se­ attle bringing the remains of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hays and Sherman Gregg, victims of Nome's big fire. The bodice will be shipped to Pittsburg. The re­ mains of Clarence E. Andrews, who died of pneumonia in a Nome hospi­ tal, will also be sent east George Collins, who was convicted at Unicn, Mo., of having murdered De­ tective Schumacher, was «*wtf»nred to be hanged on Aug. 28. M. Haviland, manufacturer of Limo­ ges porcelain, has been made an offi­ cer of the I^egion of Honor. Russell Sage will cot occupy his summer home at Lawrence Beach, L. I., this season. The aged finan­ cier's health has been gradually de­ clining and it would be impossible for him to stand the strain of going to and from his home to business each day. arm*)***•* --Hew York Herald. In his diary he states, under oath, that he was at various places, namely: New York, Philadelphia, Bridgeport, Conn.; Camden, N. J.; and elsewhere, actually engaged in 'traveling on the business of the free delivery service.' Assistant superintendents of free de­ livery are allowed a per diem of $4 in lieu of expenses for each day engaged actually in traveling on the business of the department Hedges' false statements as to his whereabouts on these days were manifestly for the purpose of collecting per diem to which he was not entitled. There are many other Instances of similar falsifications. The facts were submitted to the postmaster general some dayB since, who directed Hedges' removal for the reasons above set forth." Hedges' Explanation. Ia a statement Mr. Hedges said: "While I was assistant superintend­ ent of free delivery, with headquar­ ters at New York, I was called to Washington to take charge of the en­ tire service while Mr. Machen was 111 with typhoid fever. While so act­ ing I got $2,000 salary as assistant superintendent, while Mr. Machen re­ ceived $3,500. It was necessary for me to get the per diem allowance to make the services and the compensa­ tion equal. "It is charged that the per diem ac­ counts show me at other points, the theory being that, strictly speaking, under the law I was not entitled to per diem when at headquarters. This has never been tested, consequently never decided. It has been the prac­ tice of the office for the party taking the place of the head of the service to claim "per diem in some form. "In my case, I was also supervising the eastern division while officiating as general superintendent here. Her­ bert W. Valentine, now in the New York postoffice and formerly stenog­ rapher there under me, surrendered private letters and notes to the la- Drops Desd Taking Bath. Madison, Wis., special: Professor Hamilton G. Timberlake of the Uni­ versity of Wisconsin dropped dead of heart disease while taking a bath. He was SO years old, and had been mar­ ried only three weeks. come great as a grain center. The 100 delegates from interior towns were welcomed by Vice President Ellsworth of the board of trade. The session at Whitefish bay waa ad­ dressed by SI P. Bacon, Chief Weigh- master H. A. Foss of Chicago and George A. Stebbins, secretary of the national association. BARBERS TO FIGHT 8TATE LAW Milwaukee Men Allege Examining Board Will Benefit the Politicians. Milwaukee, Wis., special: The bar­ bers of the city are concerned in a movement to make a concerted fight on the law requiring barbers to take cut a license and creating a barbers' board. William Schalller, who has a shop on Wisconsin street, says the law Is a farce and that die Barber's Benevolent Association would take ac­ tion looking toward making a legal contest "It is not at all the law we sent to the legislature," he said, "aad the only people who can possibly benefit by it are a few politicians who have places on the barbers' board. We propose to raise a fund and teat Its constitutional* ity.** LO8E8 FAITH IN 8HIP SUBSIDY Militia to Guard Witness. Lexington, Ky., special: CoL Rod­ ger D. Williams and a detachment of soldiers met Charles Green, who saw the shooting of James Cockrell at Tor- real and escorted him to Jackaoa. Names Chicago Consuls. Rock Island, 111., special: A. R. Tal­ bot, counsel of the Modern Woodmen of America, has appointed John F. Harris of Harrlsburg, Pa., and O. F. Avery, Logansport, Ind., as head con­ sols for Chicago. Guilty of Killing Officer. Union, Mo., dispatch: George Col­ lins has been convicted of murder for the killing of Charles J. Schumacher, Newspaper Feara United 8tatea May Retaliate on Cunard Line. London oablegram: Commenting on the British government's subsidy to the Cunard company, the Daily Mail draws attention to the possibility that the United States government may grant preference in duties to goods Im­ ported in American vessels, even coupled with a head tax on passengers brought by other than American lines. It is pointed out that if these things should be done the Cunard vessels built especially for the New York trade would be artificially simfc out of that trade, although compelled to carry government mails. Poses as Man Eight Yeara. Boonevllle, Miss., dispatch: Fot eight years Willie Ray has masquer aded as a man, until she aroused the jealousy of James Gatlin. The author ltles ordered her to don worn tii% but aha refused. Criticise Governor Durbln. Indianapolis dispatoh: The official paper of the United Mine Workers oi America severely criticizes Gov. Dur­ bln. It resents the charge that organ- labor fomented the mob spirit. Illinois Extradites Two. Lincoln, Neb., dispatch: Governoi Mickey baa honored requiaitlons fot the return from Nebraska to Peoria, Ilf., of Forest Chester Parker and Will- lam Fletcher Hall, said to be con- fldence men. Fire Destroys Big Plant. 8t Louis, Mo., special: The plant of the American Insulating Material 1company was destroyed by fire. Th« loss amounts to $25,000. The cause Ok the fire is unknown. r Find the ParmerV Lost Slteepb OFABLACK MAN Wild Scenes Are Enacted by ' Revengeful Crowd at Danville, III. SHERIFF WARNS MEN TO QUIT Resents Attempt to Batter Down Jail Doora From Winchester, and Sev­ eral of the Attacking Party Are 8e> rlously Hurt. A bloody race riot raged In Dan­ ville, Dl., Saturday night* One white man, Henry Gatterman, was killed, and one negro, J. D. Mayfleld from Evansville, Ind., was lynched by a mob of enraged white citizens and his body burned in sight of thousands of people who thronged the streets. A mob surrounding the Jail clamor­ ing for the life of another negro, James Wilson, was fired on by the sheriff and his deputies and three per­ sons were badly wounded. Negroes Are Beaten. Several negroes were nearly beaten to death by the Infuriated populace any many fled precipitately, not stop­ ping even to lock up their houses. Thousands of men and women were in the streets, the women no less anx­ ious than the men to wreak vengeance o nthe negro who cowed in a dark cell of the county jail. The negro in the jail confessed to a brutal assault on Mrs. Thomas Bur­ gess, wife of a farmer at Alvon, I1L, just north of Danville. A posse soon ran him down and placed him in jail and It was while the mob was on its way to lynch him that Mayfleld met hia death. Negro 8lays White Man. .As the crowd was hurrying tQ the jail about 8 o'clock at night to take Wilson out and hang him the negro Mayfleld became involved in a Quarrel with Henry Gatterman, a young Ger­ man butcher, and, drawing his re­ volver, shot Gatterman dead. The negro was caught and with much difficulty the police took him to the city prison, followed by a crowd, which rapidly grew into a mob that yelled itself hoarse in demanding that the murderer be lynched. The police were assisted by 8herlff H. H. Whitlock and were gathered in the city building to keep the mob out, but were finally forced to admit a por­ tion of them. The colored murderer had previously been locked in a vault in which the police records are kept and the officers hoped that the mob would not find him. Mob Secures Prisoner. The leaders were told that Mayfleld had been taken out of the rear door and carried into the country in a buggy, but they refused to believe the assertion. Some went for railroad irons and others for sledge hammers and a few minutes later the lock had been knocked off the vault door and the negro was dragged forth amid the exultant shouts of his captors. The victim made a fierce struggle, but the blows that were rained upon htm soon brought him to the floor and * revolver shot nearly finished him. Riddle Body With Bullets. The mob then dragged the dying man from the building and placing k rope about his neck pulled him along the square to Main street and then five squares east to the spot where he killed Gatterman. By this time, It Is believed*-tile was extinct Here hit Pirates Are Beaten, i Francisco dispatch: Advicee Canton say that Lam-Chlng We, the wealthy Honolulu Chinese, who was captured by river pirates on June IT and held for ransom, has been re- lcassfl by government troope. body was strung up to a telegraph pole and riddled with bullets. Cries of "Burn him! burn him!" were then heard, and the mob leadere soon had the lifeless body of the n» gro down and were dragging it south on the Wabash railroad tracks. At South street they decided to take the body to the jail, where the other n> gro, Wilson, was confined. Body Is Burned, As soon as the word was given the mob yelled "To the jail!" "Lynch the other negro!" and made a wild charge for that building, where an immense crowd had already congr^ gated in anticipation of a second lynching. * Arrived at the jail the body of the negro was placed In the center of the converging streets, where dozens of frenzied men and boys kicked and jumped upon it The body was totally naked and blood was oozing from doa- ens of bullet holes. Someone threw an armful 6f hay on the body and touched a match to it, after which {the mob backed away a short distance and watched the awful spectacle of a human body being slowly burned to a crispu " Jeer at 8herlff. Growing tired of this gi^wwMn# epe» tacle, the mob turned its attention to th? county jail and demands were made upon Sheriff Whitlock that he should give them the culprit As the clamor for the second negro grew loud­ er and more insistent Sheriff Whitlock stepped out upon the veranda on the west side of the jail, and, calling for silence, said: "You are doing wrong. You will regret what you have already done to-morrow and you should go home and allow the law to take its course. This negro has not beenjden- tifled as the man who assaulted Mrs. Burgess. If he had been I would turn him out to you. You cannot afford to kill an Innocent man." The crowd only hooted in derision and demanded that the negro be pro- duced. Fires on the Mob. Then several members of the mob appeared with a railroad Iron and a charge was made upon the door lead­ ing Into the jail portion, behind which were gathered the officers. Three of four times waa this impro­ vised battering-ram hurled against the steel door, when the peep-hole was opened and the barrel of a Winchester gun was thrust through It and anothei demand from the sheriff, this time from a window in the second story, for the mob to disperse, was made. No attention being given to It a shot waa fired over the heads of the mob. The shot seemed only to anger the mob, and another charge was made with the battering-ram upon the door. The gun was again fired, this time into the dense crowd wielding the railroad Iron, and several men were seen to drop to the ground. Several more shots were flred from the jail door and windows by the offi­ cers Inside, and the mob began to scat ter, leaving four or five on the ground bleeding from bullet wounds. Others limped away, showing that many of the buokshot and bullets had taken ef­ fect Orders were given to the Seventh regiment, in camp at Springfield, to proceed to Danville and assist the sheriff. When the soldiers appeared on the scene they were Jeered by the men and women on the streets, bu! succeeded in restoring order. Threats were made that mobs would be organ­ ized in nearby towns and supplied with dynamite. There la a likelihood that the militia will remain for aome time. Asks Rush Bids. Glasgow cablegram: The British Ad­ miralty has called hurriedly for tend­ ers for four cruisers from the Clyde builders. These tenders must be re* tirrtf within ten days. Oppose Greater Canal. Rochester, N. Y., special: Repre- •eatatlves from all parts of the state are present at the convention called to oppose the building of the one- thousand-ton barge canal, which will coat 9101.000,000. No Plot Against Emperor. Chrlstlania, Norway, cable: It is authoritatively stated that the police have received no Intimation from abroad of an intended visit of Ameii- c§n anarchists. F. Seymour Barrlngton, the alleged bogua English lord. Is ill of typhoid fever at 8t Louis.- Dies of Broken Neck. New York special: Daniel I<- Stev­ ens of the Equitable Life Assurance Society was found dying in his home and died on the way to a hospital. County Physician Kedzle said dqttfc was due to a broken neck. Injury to Fire Chief. Louisville, Ky.. special: Fire Chief James Meyer of the Covington Fire Department was caught under the fall­ ing walls of a burning warehouse here and suffered a broken leg. Reduce Customa Rate* -- New York dispatch: Many articles for personal adornment may now corns through the Custom House at greatly reduced rates owing to a decision oi the Board of Classification of the Gen­ eral Appraisers. :'V; "'V To Build New 8hlpMb Budapest cable: The Hungarian Rlyer and Sailing company is endeav­ oring to raise several milllona of kro­ nen as capital with which to bvild ocean steamers. ' * - • TO EXPLOIT COAL FIELD i IN SALINE COUNTY, ILL |>aife«t Mines In the Wertd Will Sip Opened Two Mile* West of Harrisburg. I Harrlsburg, HI., dispatch: Whapt fti believed will be one of the largest coal mites in the world will be opened tw» miles north of this city by the Great Western Coal Company, a Chicago co*> poration, as soon as the necessary machinery arrives. The company re­ cently purchased from W. I. Reysolda ci this city options on-450 acres of coal land, which is underlaid with three distinct veins of coal of the fls* est quality, the first vein, known ae No. 7, at a depth of 274 teet, No. 5, at 350 feet, and No. 3, 500 feet. The thickness of the cpal, in the order named is found to be Ate, eight, anA eleven feet v It Is proposed by the company to sink a shaft large enough to enable it to mine two and possibly the thrs* veins of coal at one and the same time, thus enabling it to produce more soft coal from a tingle shaft than any mine in the world. In 1866 the state geologist reported ihat there was no coal weet of Equali­ ty, in Gallatin county, except in small pockets in the hills. In 1877, T. F* Smith employed men to drill a hole on his place near Eldorado. AccorA- ing to contract if coal was found the drillers were to receive a stipulateA amount of money, and if none waa frund they were to receive only St per cent of the money. They became discouraged after passing 200 feet, anA one night "salted" the hole, and r^ ported having struck coal. Smith sunk a shaft, putting ihto It every dollar he had, only to ifnd he had beta bunkoed. At the present six mines are in opeit a tion and have been for Uie past year. NEGROES PLAN EFFORT TO ELEVATE THE RACE Propose Vigorous Campaign in IllineiS Against Illiteracy and Hablta Condticive to Crime. Centraila, 111., special: The educa­ tion and elevation of the negroes la the* state are to be taken in hand by the Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor. Realizing that the lynching atrocities have had their direct cause in crimes which the eleva* tion of the negro race would prevent SBd also knowing that the colored race must be dependent upon its own ef­ forts if it is to remain on a status of political, equality with the white race Illinois colored leaders are plan­ ning p. vigorous personal campaign in every city of the state against illiter­ acy and habits of life conducive te crime. Over 150 delegates are in attendance at the convention, a large proportion of whom are women. There are twe lodges of the order in this city, one each respectively of men and women, but the latter branch is far the strong­ er. The order, which is the leading so­ ciety of its kind among negroes, is growing in numbers rapidly. Its offi­ cers are as follows: Grand chief men­ tor, ,Rev. A. J. Burton, Springfield; chief grand preceptress, Miss Rhoda Johnson, Quincy; endowment secre­ tary, E. D. Moore, Chicago; grand treasurer, George Jackson, Cairo. GO 8WIMMING IN BALL GOWNS 8oelety Women at a Oance Show Doubters Their Skill. . Kalamazoo, Mich., special: The two well-known New York society women, Mrs. C. A. Court and Mrs. James Par­ ker, who established a swimming rec­ ord on Gull lake for one and one- eighth miles, after a dance jumped oft the end of the pier at Allendale, whioh is 200 feet long, with their clothing on, except their shoes, and swam to the shore. During an Intermission at the dancs several remarks had been made about the swimming race between the two women and their ability to swim. Several of those at the resort doubting the time recorded, to show the danc­ ers the truth of the story the party, in­ cluding about fifty, walked out to ths end of the pier, where the two women removed their shoes and jumped into the lake, swimming the distance with ease, though encumbered with ball dresses. WILL ADVANCE PRICE OF OOAL Western Operators to Protect Them­ selves Against Higher Wages. Jf Kansas City dispatch: Because, of an Increase of about 7 cents a ton in the wagts paid coal miners of the Southwest the operators have, it is stated, decided to increase the cost of ^ fuel to consumers from 50 cents to $l!|- a ton. The increase will apply to all, i kinds of coal used by householders!j! and small manufacturing plants, and"- it is probable that before winter sets in there will be a further increase in the prices. Dewev Boat on Last Trip. Baltimore, Md., special: The British steamer Oxus, which carried Admiral Dewey's first dispatches out of Manils to Hong Kong and since then has beenj In the banana trade between Balti-j more and Jamaica, has sailed on herj last trip out of port Driver Is Killed. j Wilmington, Del., dispatch: Stank Thompson, 30 years old, living on,, Lawrence street Philadelphia, dived? from a pier at Augustine Park andf waa Instantly killed. His head strucki a portion of the pier under water ana\ Mi peck was broken. New Line In Michigan. St Joseph, Mich., special: The an tlcipated new east shore line will op^i, erate between St Joseph and Holland i? connecting with the Interurban for in| terlor state points, and will run in di-l rect opposition to the Pere Marquette railroad. i&i- Gets Consular Job. Washington dispatch: Walter C| ITamm of Pennsylvania has been ap] pointed United States conrnl at. Hull| England. V • * • • 1 -