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$ *ctr *- "xr ^ ; f^v ? it?% C ^|><? ^ % 3 ^ - y < r £ } $ ? ̂ J W j ? - * W>i SIR HENRY MORTIMER DURAND THE NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR SIXTEEN PVRDVE STUDENTS jwom fe'? s# VV':^f A,' ™'"'-i <M4 Sr";-3S I & Stf? HEMW /*m#r//7EP £>Ofa4M> jjjjjjr f. ">*{*$ PERISH IN TRAIN WRECK Frightful Disaster at Indianapolis Spreads Pall State oflpdwuMu , ""Big f^our Special Carrying Happy University Men to Witn Championship Football Game Crashes Into Loaded Coal Cai Jay the Sufferers. r-^w' . •• Sir Henry Mortimer Durand has feeen appointed British ambassador to Washington to succeed the late Sir ' liicbael Herbert. Sir Henry' is at present ambassador to Spain, and lormerly was ambassador to Persia, lie is 53 years old. He was political Secretary to Lord Roberts during the <$abul campaign in 1879, was foreign Secretary to India from 1884 to 1894. #08T0N HOLDS WIOOW RECORD. 4tate Official Collects Statistics for French Scientist--Their Lot Hard. A Boston state official who has been Investigating the subject for Prof. Ftiedrich Prinzing of Paris, has dis* covered that Boston has more widows & proportion to its population, than 0ay other city in America, even Chi­ cago, Philadelphia, New Tork and Other large centers. The young #idow, he says, is one of the most unfortunate of beings, and not at all the gay butterfly which popular fancy t,:>: fias pictured. Y'% Prof. Prinzing has collected a re- ^ iliarkable group of statistics which ehow that poverty sorely oppresses the widow, and that she is more sub­ ject to insanity, consumption, conflict With the law and death than her mar­ ried sister. All these woes fall more toeavily on the young widow. Dr. Prin­ ting's opinion is that the state should make provision tor the support of the Widowed and their children, directly. Instead of indirectly through hospitals •«nd insane asylums. There are 3,200,000 widows In every £6,000,000 of population, of whom 400,- '000 have absolutely no income. WAVES. GIVE UP DIAMOND. Property of Atlantic City Physician Recovered at Pennsgrove, N. J. Dr. John M. Summerill of Penns­ grove, N. J., while walking along the shore, found a necktie in which was a •diamond pin. The tie and pin belong­ ed to Dr. Albert D. Cuskaden of Atlan­ tic City." Last Sunday, while the wind was blowing very hard, both doors of the pilot house on the launch Widgeon, Dr. CQftkaden's boat, were blown open and the wind carried out the tie, which was hanging in the pilot house. When the boat reached New Castle Dr. Cuskaden wired back that he had tost the pin and offered a reward. Since that time the shore had been crowded at low water by people searohing for the gem, but it had elud- <ed the eyes of all until Dr. Summerill spied it among a lot of weeds and srasa. and while holding the latter post ao- companied Lord Dufferln to Mandalay during the Burmese war in 1886, con< ducted the Thibet frontier negotla» tions in 1888, and led the British mis* sion to the Ameer of Afghanistan in 1893. He has been at Madrid two years. Lady Henry la a daughter of the late Capt. Thomas Sandys of the British navy. IN OLD NORTH CEMETERY. Tablet in Memory of Men Who Fell in 8iege of Boston Dedicated. A tablet in commemoration of the soldiers who lost their lives during the siege of Boston, and who were buried ia the old North cemetery, Dorchester, was dedicated at the cemetery last week by the Massachu setts society, Sons of the American Revolution. The memorial is in the form of a big bowlder, with a bronze tablet suitably inscribed inserted in the rock. An American flag which was used in the war of 1812, covered the tablet, which was unveiled when Rev. Morris Cutler of Ashland had of­ fered prayer. Charles E. Adams, president of the society, presided over the exercises, which were attended by members of various patriotic organi zations. Determined Young Japanese. Toshio Yamanato, a determined young Japanese of wealthy connec­ tions in his native country, is fireman on a locomotive running over the Pennsylvania line between Pittsburg and Greensburg. He came here to learn the railroad business thoroughly and worked two years in railroad shops in Altoona. Then he sought a job on a locomotive and was assigned to his present duty. Every evening he passes his time as fashionable young Americans do. but at 6 o'clock 111 the morning, attired in regulation overalls, be is ready for his daily run. The superintendent of fetis division says the dark-eyed little Oriental will soon be promoted. Tfye Babies of Zion. One of the incidents of the Zion cru­ sade in New York that appeared to strike the wicked- Gothamites with force was the Zion baby. "Check the baby. Check the baby. No'm, you can't take the baby into meeting. Two flights up and turn to your right--that's the checkroom." The guard at the door of Madison •Square garden told this to forty-three mothers one day. Checking the babies is not a new incident in the lives of Zion women. They are used to it and so are the babies. All day long, while the restoration host was out on the streets of wicked New York crying "Peace!" to strang­ ers, the babies of the host were giving the ten Zion nurses about all they could do to maintain peace in the baby's checkroom. A typical umbrella and cane check system is used. At the matron's, desk there is a huge pin­ cushion containing tags with safety pin adjustments and coupon slips, When a baby is left in the check­ room, the pin and tag are attached to its slip and the mother gets the cor­ responding coupon. A healthy, happy, well-lunged lot of babies they are. "Why, do you see that little one?" asked the matron. "That baby is the youngest in the host. It's only six weeks old. Its mother is here. She's out making visitations to-day." Novel Suit for Damages. Sarah Jane Higginson of New York, is suing the estate from which she rented her apartments, claiming heavy damages for tbe loss of an eye, due, she alleges, to lack of heat in her apartments. In April, 1901, the Japltor refused to provide a coal Are, but attempted to heat the building with wood, the smoke from which des­ troyed the sight of one of Mrs. Hig- {tpson's eyes. • - Veteran Engineer Still at Work. ' ̂ Despite the weight of seventy-two ^ittrs Edwin Reynolds of Milwaukee, consulting engineer of the Allis-Chalm- era Company, Is supervising a new model of turbine engine which is being built in the West Allis shops of the company, carefully guarded from the inquisitive eye. Fly Prevented a Robbery. A Minneapolis man fell asleep in a Chicago hotel and a thief come along and was In the act of taking the drowsy man's wallet from his pocket when a persistent fly awoke him by buzzing about his head just In time to prevent .the robbery. . Relaxation in Solitaire. Pierpont Morgan finds mental re­ laxation in solitaire, in which respect he resembles the late Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. The latter olways amused himself with a pack of cards before delivering one of his lectures. His object was to induce a state of mental repose and clarity. Throughout the week he had been actively engaged in the handling of important law cases. He did not wish to pass from what might be termed a legal state of mind to a purely literary, philosophic or ethically argumentative one. So he rested his brain with^a game of soil* taire. John G. Carlisle's Taste in Dress. John G. Carlisle, formerly of Ken­ tucky and . at one time a leader fn Congress, has amassed a handsome fortune since taking up the practice of law in New York city. He is a notable figure, always dressed in black--black broadcloth suit, trousers generally very baggy, black silk hat and black cravat. Taken altogether, he looks like a print of half a century ago. Artistic Work Praised. Raphael Schuster Woldan, the cele­ brated mural painter of Munich, has Just completed his painting fpr the ceiling of the bundesrath hall of the rdchstag building. The composition consists of a centerpiece, four side pictures and four corner pieces. Au­ thorities consider the work one qt the most important contributions to mod­ ern mural art Ancient Military Coats. H. V. Partridge of Norwich, Vt., has sent to Norwich university, Northfleld, two military coats, which his father, Capt Alden Partridge, wore at West Point between the years 1805 and 181$. Sixteen perkons -^ere ltnted and two-score injured, Knore than half of them seriously, in the wreck of a spe­ cial train on the Big Four railroad bearing nearly 1,000 passengers, in the vicinity of Riverside Park, Indianapo­ lis, Oct. 31. Ten of the dead were members of the Purdue University football team, which was to have p)ayed Indiana University for the state championship at Indianapolis, and nearly all of the peopie on the train were residents of Lafayette, who had come to see the contest. The dis­ aster spread gloom over the entire city and most of the state, and for a time called to the scene of chaos all of the medical and surgical talent of Indianapolis. Tbe dead: COATS, JOSEPH, substitute player, Lafayette. DROLLINGER, B. S.. beheaded. FURR, WALTER, substitute, Corpus Christi, Tex. GRUBE, W. H., substitute, Butler, Ind. HAMILTON, JAY, substitute player, Huntington, Ind. HAMILTON, W. D., center rush, La­ fayette. HOWARD, N. R., Lafayette. McCLAIR, PATRICK, Chicago, assist­ ant coach. POWELL, R. J., Corpus Christi, Tex. PRICE, BERT, Spencer, Ind., substi­ tute. ROBERTSON, EL C., assistant coach. ROBERTSON, WALTER. ROUGH, WALTER R., Pittsburg, sub­ stitute. SHAW, G. L., Lafayette. SQUIBB, SAM, Lafayette. TRUITT, SAMUEL, substitute. BAILEY; WILLIAM, New Richmond, Ind. A misunderstanding of orders is said to have caused the wreck. The tracks were not cleared for the spe­ cial, which crashed into a train of six loaded coal cars while running at a good speed In a deep cut near Eight­ eenth street and Holton place. The sound of the collision was heard for many blocks and thousands of people rushed to the scene of death, suffer­ ing and frightful destruction and dis­ order. The passenger engine and the first three coaches were almost destroyed. The first coach was crilshed to splin­ ters, the second telescoped and thrown down an embankment fifteen feet high, while the third was hurled athwart the track. The coal cars were commingled with the advance coaches and bodies of dead, dying and those otherwise injured were lying about or partly covered with wreckage, while cries of agony resounded. /The forward cars were occupied mainly by the football players And other students. The work of reeff er- lng the dead and injured was joined in by the passengers of the rear coaches, aided by the people who hur­ ried to the scene in carriages or afoot. Many girls from Lafayette were among thos6 who assisted. Hospitals and private physicians were tele­ phoned for, and they responded promptly. Fifty or more students were under the huge pile of debris. One body was entirely beheaded and others were so mutilated as to be hardly recognizable. Two of the killed were brothers, the Hamiltons. One lived at Lafayette, the other at Hunting­ ton. All the ambulances in the city, in eluding the vehicles of tbe vartous un­ dertaking firms, responded to the call, and the hose wagons of the fire de­ partment and several spring wagons belonging to teamsters were pressed into service. Some spectators came in automobiles and offered the use of their carriages. The usual heart-rending scenes of a wreck were magnified, as there were so many more mourners than ordin­ arily. Hardly a surviving passenger on the train but had a relative or friend among the victims, and not a few of the citizens of Indianapolis on the ground saw the mangled forms of those bound to them by ties of blood or friendship. Women fainted and men wept and cried aloud as body after body of the dead and dying was pulled from the wreckage. Many of the girls rolled up their sleeves and knelt at the side of tbe stricken men and boys and bathed their wounds until the services of a surgeon could be obtained. Dresses donned for a gala day were soiled in the work or torn to shreds to make bandages for the suffering. Several of those sorely hurt pleaded that their names be not published because of the anguish it would 'feause tbeir parents or relatives. There were genuine heroes among the wounded. Some of these asked that the physicians first attend to the others worse injured and then return to them. The body of Gabriel S. Drollinger. was found almost beheaded under the splintered remains of the first coach. It was rescued with difficulty owing to the danger of the debris falling over. Under the overturned tender, and crushed until they could with difficulty be recognized, were the bodies of W. H. Grube, substitute player, of Butler, Ind., and Walter Furr of Corpus Chris­ ti, Texas, a member of the team. The work of recovering these bodies re­ quired the combined efforts of the wrecking crew and many of the city firemen and police. Alt the young Anen killed were in the first coach. TUiis contained about seventy persons. Those who retained consciousness when laid on the grass urged that their friends leave them and hasten to the telegraph office and inform their parents that they had es­ caped with a few bruises. * In the second car was the Purdue band, some of the members of which are among the injured. Coach Cutts of the Purdue team was only slightly hurt, and he assisted in the work of rescue. President W. E. Stone of the university, with Mrs. and Miss Stone, were in the fifth car, and, with the other passengers of their coach, were uninjured. While death and suffering spread a pall over all that part of the city, down town three miles away 1,200 cheering students had arrived on a special train from Bloomlngton, with the sturdy players of the * State Uni­ versity team eager for the gridiron contest. They poured out of their train with band playing and colors fly­ ing, to be met with the news of the calamity that had befallen their rivals from Purdue. Instantly the music ceased, colors were lowered and hidden beneath coats, tears dis­ placed laughter and college yells changed into mournful expressions of sincere and heartfelt sympathy. Sad and silent groups of Blooming- ton students huddled at street corners and formed into committees to visit morgues and hospitals, or boarded street cars that were carrying thou­ sands to the scene of the wreck. Many of those from Bloomlngton had rela­ tives or fraternity brothers among the crowds from Purdue, and they joined the ranks of the mourners about the biers of the students of the rival col­ lege. As the list of the dead grew larger with the passing of the hours, the general gloom became more intense. Dr. William Bryan, president of Indiana University, came in with the team. He was greatly affected at the news, and Ora Clevenger, captain of the Indiana team, could not master his feelings in talking of the accident Athletic Director Home said the calamity meant a personal loss to him as most of the Purdue players were his warm friends. „ * "So far as I know," said President Stone of Purdue, "no one was seri­ ously injured in any car except the first. The passengers in our car, the fifth, were not thrown from their seats. The first coach was so demol­ ished that it is bard to believe anyone in it could escape alive. The appall­ ing nature of this disaster is the greater to one who has enjoyed with the students of Purdue the pleasant anticipations of this day. It was to have been the greatest day In the his­ tory of athletics for the university. I never saw a happier lot of young men than started from Lafayette. The spirit of good fellowship was over all." The engineer of the special, and the crew of the coal train, escaped In­ jury. The special's engineer leaped In time to save himself when he saw he could do nothing to avert tbe wreck. He explained that he was given to understand he had a clear track. Lou Smith, with his back broken; "Red" Mowery, with his skull fractur­ ed; poor Powell in the morgue and N. R. Howard in his coffin--these are the arguments against any more foot­ ball at Purdue. The death of Powell and the two Hamiltons is the heaviest blow. J. D. Hamilton was engaged to a Lafayette girl of fortune, who sat all day long at her study table in North Sixth street, Lafayette, and pressed tele­ phone inquiries onjocal and long dis­ tance operators^!!! she "got" the hos­ pitals and morgues in Indianapolis. When she found Hamilton was certain­ ly dead she called up bis parents al Beardstown. III., and consoled them. The whole city of Lafayette is in mourning. The men who lost their lives were all known and loved there, and the one topic of conversation everywhere was the frightful accident which has cost so much. 1 L L I N O 1 vS N E.rVfeS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE o % / • ODD ACCIDENT TO AN ENGINEER Plug Blows Out and He Is Drenched by Scalding Steam. Charles Glassmeyer was fatally scalded at the smelter of the Federal lead company, at Alton. His body was literally cooked from his head to feet, and it was thought he would not live until he reached the hospital. He was engineer for the water pumping sta­ tion of the lead plant. So far as could be learned Glassmeyer noticed some­ thing was wrong with a plug in a steam pipe and went to the plug to investigate. Scarcely had he reached the defective part of the pipe than the plug* blew out, drenching him with scalding water and steam. Should he recover he would probably be a help­ less cripple for life. Glassmeyer has a wife, who Is an intf&lid, and a large family of children. He has lived in Alton many years. v POPULAR OFFICER. H. P. Caldwell of Chicago is one of the most popular members of the Knights of Pythias in tbe state. At * % LIVES LONG DESPITE TROUBLE Victim of Many Accidents Dies of Paralysis at Alton. „ Joseph Kieboldt, a well known resi­ dent of Alton, who was said to have been injured more times than any other man in Madison county, died from paralysis, aged 70. Kelboldt was tbe driver of a sprinkling cart for many years, during which time, and when he was doing teaming, he is said to have had every bone in his body broken at some time or other. He was struck by lightning, hit by trains, run over by heavy wagons and injured in various ways. There is now pending in the appenate court a suit brought by him for damages for in­ juries he sustained by being struck by a Chicago and Alton train. Kel­ boldt was one of the best known char­ acters in Alton. Funds for Methodists. Apportionment of the sums to be raised by the different Methodist Epis­ copal churches of Springfield was de­ cided upon by the presiding elders of the Illinois "conference as follows: First M. E. church, $900; Kumler M. E. ol-urch, $400; Douglas Avenue church, $100. The committee on ar­ rangements appointed for the state convention of the missionary societies of the M. EL church, to be held in Bloomlngton next April, Is composed of C. B. Taylor of Bloomlngton, W. H. Wilder of Champaign, Horace Reed of Decatur and A. C. Byrely of Spring­ field. h.pcaldwell the recent convention of the order he was re-elected grand keeper of rec­ ords and seals for the sixth consecu­ tive time. WOULD RETAIN BURIAL GROUND of Cairo Citizens Oppose Removal National Cemetery. The recommendation of Gen. O. H. Burton, inspector general of the United States army, that the national cemetery six miles from Cairo be abandoned on account of its being sub­ ject to overflow by water, created a sensation. The cemetery has been es­ tablished for years and is one of the most beautiful spots in that end of the state. It contains the graves of 6,000 soldiers, known and unknown, and in the center is a very fine monu­ ment erected by the state of Illinois. The cemetery Ib situated on low ground and is surrounded by a levee, but in flood season the water accumulates there, as there Is no way to drain it The proposition of removing the graves to other cemeteries will be re­ sisted by the people of Cairo. Coal Famine Suddenly Relieved A coal famine in Alton, which has lasted all summer, was brought to an end by the arrival of large consign­ ments of fuel which the mine operat­ ors have hitherto said they were un able to send. The reason assigned, for the sudden relief is the recent in­ crease ia prices. Retailers in Alton have raised the price to 12 cents bushel because of an advance charged by the mine operators. It is said in Alton that the sudden shipment of so much coal after advance in the price is taken as evidence of a combine among mine operators. Bond County Farmers. The Bond county farmers' institute will be held in Greenville Nov. 5 and 6, and a number of the most prominent horticulturists and dairymen of the state will be present E. W. Bur­ roughs of Edwardsvilie, W. A. Young of Butler, C. A. Rowe of Jacksonville, A. B. Hostetter of Springfield, L. S. Dorsey of Moro, Fred Grundy of Mor- risonrille and Hon. C. C. Lindly, N. Dressor and Dr. Charles Dawdy of Greenville will be the principal speak­ ers. Underground Room for Truants. The Alton police were called upon to investigate an ingeniously con­ trived underground chamber at Sec­ ond and Vine greets, where boys had been hiding when they played truant from Bchool. The subterranean room was discovered after a long search, Its entrance being si> obscured as to con­ ceal it effectually. The police took possession of the place and broke up the gathering of tenants who had been hiding there. ! Finds Children. In Almshouse. Mrs. Maggie Warf, who was mys­ teriously missing from her home near Belleville, has returned. She says her three children were to have been cared for by a neighbor while she was, gone. They were found in a half-famished condition by neighbors, and W. Q. hi.i, overseer of the poor, had them sent to the county farm. . Tannery for Qulncy. Final arrangements have been com pleted for establishing a tannery in Quincy. It will be a branch of the In­ ternational leather company, which is capitalized for $5,000,000. The tan nery will be conducted under the Acme rapid tanning process, which is revolutionizing the making of leather throughout the world. A building for this industry will be erected next spring at a cqst of $25,000. The plant at the start will have a capacity for handling 125 hides a day, but this will be increased to 500 bides. Queen Is Camera Fiend. Queen Wilhelmina's pet amusement is taking photographs. She goes about on foot, snapping a passing peasant, group of children coming from school or a bit of scenery, whenever an agreeable subject presents itself. Tag, Yqu're It The hairs of our heads are all num­ bered, so aie our automobiles.--Bos­ ton Globe. ̂ But aren't you glad that the former don't have to be tagged?-- Cleveland Plain Dealer. maid. \ Point of View. . "Kissing." said the coy "should be strictly private." "Oh, I don't know," rejoined the strenuous youth, "Just think what we would have missed if the discoverer of kissing had never made it public." Fort Massac Trustees. A meeting of the state board of trustees to purchase the site of old Fort Massac on the Ohio river and to establish a state park there, was held in the state house at Springfield. Mrs. Matthew W .Scott of Bloomlngton. na­ tional vice president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was elected president of the board, and Secretary of State James A. Rose was chosen secretary. The board ad­ journed to meet Nov. 6 at Metropolis. The Essence of Pessimism. •Father," said little Harold, "what Is an optimist?" "An optimist, my son, ia a man who feels so confident that he is going to get the worst of everything that he is trying to pretend not to mind it." !sl. v . . . :r:£i^L Lectures on Journalism. Prof. Koch of Heidelberg is the only Instructor of any university in Ger­ many who lectures on journalism. He has for several years lectured there on this Heard in a Garret. "I want a hero for a new story," said the author. "Let me see," said a friend; "sup­ pose you take a man who has read all your .books?"--Exchange. Russian Industries. According to official statements just published, there were in Russia, at the beginning of 1902, 17,786 industrial establishments employing 1,710,375 persons, of whom 73.2 per cent were males and 26.8 per cent females. Japanese Convicts. The value of work done last year by convicts throughout Japan is estimat­ ed at 1,000,000 yen, while the state bad to pay 5,000,000 yen for support­ ing ths-convicta. May Amputate Arms. Mrs. William Pohie of Mascoutah was taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital In Belleville to be treated for burns re­ ceived from falling on a stove seven weeks ago. It is feared that both her arms will have to be amputated. Sues for Miner's Death. Eliza Scattergood of Springfield has brought suit against the Wabash rail­ road company for $5,000 for the death of her husband, Joseph Scattergood, who was Hilled in a coal mine belong­ ing to the defendant. . Effingham Farmers. The Effingham county farmers' In­ stitute will hold its annual meeting at Effingham on Nov. 4, 5 and 6. Ad­ dresses will be made by Prof. C. G. Hopkins of Mason and George W. Leifiei of Altamont. -'MA.-, L ftrriK* v'$- Pays for Fishing. Dick Carter of Decatur, the witness in the drainage case against Harpstrie et al., who went fishing instead of at­ tending court, was fined costs and given £ve days in jail for contempt of «vt Renovate Telephone System. Announcement has been made in Alton that the Central Union Tele­ phone Company will rebuild its lines in Alton at a cost of $30,000. Man­ ager G. M. Brown, at Alton, was noti­ fied that the necessary equipment for making the entire Alton plant entire­ ly new is being made and will be sent to Alton In a few months. REPORT TRANSFER COAL ROAD- O'Fallon and East St. Louis Line Said t . to Have Been Sold. . It was reported in East St Louis i financial circles that the O'Fallon and ^ East St. Louis line, better known as the Gundlach coal road, had passed In- • to the hands of St. Louis parties. It i , was stated that Thomas Bell, a brok- 5 er, bought the road from George M. Gundlach. Mr. Bell has an option on the road, which he win no doubt close, but which has as yet not been tully arranged. The road passes through some of the finest coal lands In St. Clair county, and connects with all the belt roads of East St. Louis. It was built by Mr. Gundlach without out­ side assistance. Gundlach will stilt own the coal lands, but will lease them to the new purchaser. v:4-- PRESIDENT OF MONMOUT& Rev. Dr. Thomas Hanna McMichael, , Who has been Installed as fourth pres- Ident of Monmouth college, was bora near Brook Hill, Ohio, Jul> 7. 1863. and is a son of Rev. Dr. J. B. Mc­ Michael, who for twenty years had been president of the same institu­ tion. He received his education, JU^ ' ; - b'0y--• , Jms ^ in?. mnxTOEL1 Monmouth and at the Xenia THeblegfr : cai seminary, and his first pastorate was at Springhill, Ind. From 1892 to 1903 Dr. McMichael was pastor of the First United Presbyterian church at Cleveland, Ohio. He was married in 1890 to Miss Minnie McDill, daughter of a minister at Burlington, Iowa. •lip Fights Sunday Closing. - The city ordinance passed In July, making it unlawful to keep open bar­ ber shops on Sunday was tested for the first time at Chester, Harry Dan- des being arrested on a complaint pre­ ferred by C. E. Young, a rival bar­ ber. All the city barbers, except Theo­ dore Montray, petitioned the council for the passage of the ordinance. Mon­ tray has never closed since its en­ actment. At the trial before Police Magistrate Knapp the defendant was discharged, the magistrate's decision being based upon on opinion furnished him by Attorney General Hamlin that "the city council has not greater St* thority than the general assembly.' Antl-Horsethief Association State Organizer Gilger of the Anti- horsethief association has formed a Sangamon county organization, which has the following officers: President, J. P. Kent; vice president, Dr. James Herrin; secretary, Jesse Plckrell; financial secretary, R. A. King; treas­ urer, W. F. McCoy; marshal, Henry Priest. Honor for College Head. Dr. A. R. Taylor, president of the James Millikin university of Decatur, has just been appointed a member of the board of supervisors of the Sun­ day teachers' college, a religious, edu­ cational institution of the American educational association, whose offices are at Washington, D. C. Cut In Two by Train. Henry Schuester, aged 68, of Bui St. Louis, was killed In the yards of the Wiggins ferry company road, where he bad gone for the purpose at fishing In Cabokia creek. After pas» ing a few hours in the place he jumped to the footboard of tbe tender of an engine, on bis return home, but missed his footing and fell beneath the wheels of the cars and was cot j* two. Honor for Minister. Rev. H. H. Brank, pastor of the Bap­ tist church of Carbondale, at the re­ cent session of the Illinois Baptist Pastoral union composed of 1,100 min­ isters, was elected president for the ensuing year. He was also elected secretary of the board of missions. .Zffl •w Sale of Horses. F. T. Wallace sold twenty-six head of Percheron and French draught horses at public sale at Tayloryllle at an average of $223 a head. Premature Explosion. George Winters, a coal miner, Was badly burned abdut the face and arms in the north mine at Central la, by a premature explosion. Child DieS^ of Scalding. At Bunker Hiil an 18-months-old daughter of Hancey O'Brien was scalded to death hy falling into a dish pan of hot water. Petition in Bankruptcy. William Seebode, a merchant of East St Louis, has filed a petition in bankruptcy In the office of the clerk of the United States district court at Springfield, scheduling his assets as $2,967.71 and bis liabilities as $5,- 113.14. Indian School Matron. Miss Reecie Henderson of Ashland has left for tbe Navajo Indian reser­ vation in New Mexico, where she goes to accept a government appointment as matron of the Indian school. Invests in Farms. J. F. Van Voorhes of Chrisman has purchased three large farms in Ruyle township Jersey county. For the Stowe farm of 480 acres he paid $19,- 000, for the Clower farm of 160 acres, $6,000; for the Donnel farm of S63£ acres, $10,000. . Trl-County Teacher**^ .% The executive committee ef tfe#' Tri-County Teachers' aasodation, com­ prising the counties of Hamilton. Washington and Jefferson, has an­ nounced that the next annual conven­ tion of the association will be held t& McLeansboro Nov. 28 and 29. - ^ ^ - Domestic Science Meeting...-*' " The Jersey county domestic scienee association will meet at tbe courthouse in Jerseyville on Wednesday after- npon, Nov. 4. Thanksgiving dishse will be discussed. M Sell High School Bonds. The board of directors for the tralia township high school has suc­ ceeded in disposing of the $35,000 off 4'/i per cent bonds to a Chicago beelc . at par. Fire Destroys Automobile. W. R. Crosby the noted trap shoot­ er lost a valuable automobile by Are at O'Fallon. Mr. Crosby was repair­ ing a broken generator when the gaso­ line became ignited. The machine was Instantly enveloped in flames and was a total wreck in a few minutes. m Falls From Tree. Charles Townsend fell 25 feet from an apple tree near the residence of A. K. Root at Alton, striking on the back of bis head and shoulders. He was perhaps fatally injured. New State Bank. The state bank of Chandlerville hfMi been organized by Messrs. Dr. How­ ard Boone. S. C. Fieldcn, William K. Mertz, J. J. Clegg an! Dr. "J. U. f|£jakr, en, wittt a capital of $50,000. ' ^ New Charities Chief. * Hon. John A. Brown, Vho has been elected president of the Illinois stale board of charities, is a resident of De­ catur. He was for a long time master in chancery for Macon county, and la one o& the oldest members Of tUft Macon county bar. • " ( f T •11 Sub-Stations at Decatur. ; ^ . The postoffice department will tabltsh on Nov. 2 three stations at Be- catur, with facilities for the transac­ tion of money order and registry bull- .f ueea and Ue sale of postal supplier, ,