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• M TELLS OF JfllSDQINBS rei Supplies Have Been Bought with View to in­ dividual Profit TRUSTED OFFICIAL « FALSE "frw' Delivery 8efvice 8uffers From 4' Action of Unfaithful Servant in f: Favoring Contractors \S Wis Dstrl- J merit of Competitors. •• Washington dispatch: Charges that ^$jthe purchase of siippliej for the free tl i$ielivery service have been made with ii view to individual profit are made < in the anrual report of Fourth Assist-r . lint Postmaster General Brislow. On this point ilr. U, istow says; "An investigation, which is still in progress, has shown that for a num­ ber of years supplies for the free de­ livery service have not been pur­ chased with an eye single to the pub­ lic laterests. Both in the matter of Quality and the cost of equipment the ruling motive has been individual gain. This applies to articles fur­ nished under regular contract, such as street collection boxes and carriers' , satchels, as well «\s to those bought in the open market under exigency privi­ lege, which has been much abused. 8ervico Is Corrupted. "Favored contractors', abetted • by a trusted but unfaithful official, have wffl necessitate an increase lq fh# above estimates of about 28 per cent LAND LAW CHANGE8* President Selects Board to Necessary Amendments. Washington dispatch: An advisory committee consisting of Commission­ er General Richards of the general land office. Prof. Newell, engaged la the reclamation of arid lands, and Prof. Pinchot, chief of the forestry division of the agricultural depart­ ment, has been chosen by the presi­ dent for an investigation of the land laws, with a vie^ to recommending such changes as may be considered necessary better to protect the pub­ lic domain and prevent abuses. There is a widespread divergence of opinion, especially among congressmen who have made the subject a study, as to the cause of the scandals frequently cropping out, and many conflicting remedies are being proposed. To get a comprehensive grasp and be pre­ pared to act intelligently the president has selected this committee, and its report will have an effect in shaping his consideration and disposition of such bills as may come to him from congress, if it does not have the wider scope of shaping congressional ac­ tion. Wants Republican Convention. Washington dispatch; Chicago is to have a new competitor for the Repub­ lican national convention. New Or­ leans is in the field and members of the Republican national committee have been informed that the city has obtained pledges of $30,000 to defray the eosts of holding the convention there. Efforts will be made to swell the fund to $50,000 before the meeting of tho committee. Should New Or- THE HORRORS OF WAR. I --Louisville Courier-Journal. corrupted the public service. An early and thorough reformation will be un­ dertaken along the line of service equipment with the prospective re­ sult of improved service at reduced cost. Fraudulent contracts have been abrogated. In the reletting of oon- tracts honest competition will have fair and free play." The estimated expenditures for both city and rural delivery service during the fiscal year beginning July 1 next will aggregate about $47,000,- 000. There were 15,061 appointments of postmasters during the year and the removals of postmasters for cause showed a decrease. There were 4,- 462 postoffices discontinued, of which 2,163 resulted from the exten­ sion of rural free delivery, the salar­ ies of the postmasters of the latter of­ fices aggregating $121,332. Poetoffice Changes. During the year postmasters were dropped from the rolls as follows: Resignations, presidential 67, fourth Class 8,277; removals, presidential 41, fourth class 1,368; deaths, presiden­ tial 86, fourth class 713. On July 1 last there were 74,165 postoffices, of which 242 were first class, 1,107 sec­ ond class, 3,690 third class and 69.- 136 fourth class. City free delivery service wss estab­ lished during the year at ninety-nine postoffices, making a total of 1,032 free delivery offices. There are now in operation 19,398 rural free delivery routes. It is esti­ mated that 3,260 additional routes can be established out of the appropria­ tion now available, making 22,678 which will be in operation or ordered established by March 1, 1904. To maintain the service from July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905, will require $13,560,- 000. If congress provides for an in­ creased number of agents as recom­ mended it will require about $19,000,- $00 to maintain and install the serv­ ice. If the maximum salary of the carriers is Increased from $600 to $750 per annum, as recommended, it ONE MILLION ATTEND SCHOOLS leans be prepared to outbid Chicago, it will have a small chance of getting the convention, but with the money offer equal, Chicago's exceptional accommo­ dations and advantageous geographical location, together with a consideration ot climate, will bar New Orleans. Philippine Defenses. Washington dispatch: If President Roosevelt can prevail Congress will make liberal appropriations before the session is out for the adequate defense of the Philippines. General Young chief of staff. General Tasker Bliss and Rear Admiral E. C. Taylor pored over charts In the office of the chief of staff in the afternoon. Weil-Known Negro Is Dying. Washington special: "Jerry Smith the colored "duster" and flag-raiser of the White House, one of the best known figures of the executive man­ sion, is dying of a tumor in his throat. Jerry has been part of the household regime ever since the first adminis­ tration of President Grant. $ Netherlands Sugar Duty. Washington dispatch: The Treasury Department has ordered an increase of .59 florin in the countervailing duty on sugar Imported from the Nether­ lands because of the increase of the .bounty paid by that oouutry on ex­ ported sugar. Douglass' Widow Dies. Washington dispatch: Helen Doug lass died here at the age of 65 years. She was the widow of the late Freder­ ick Douglass, the well-known colored orator. Mrs. Douglass was the second wife of Douglass and was a white woman. Enrollment of Pupils In Pubfio end Private Institutions. Springfield, HI., dispatch: More than 1.000,000 pupils are attending school In lilinois, according to the table of sta­ tistics Just compiled and made public .by Alfred Bayliss. state superinten­ dent of Public Instruction. The enroll­ ment of pupils shows 969,414 in the public schools and 55,257 la private schools. Of the pupils In the public -schools 646,154 sre In graded schools and $23,260 are In ungraded school*. Aid Slayer to Escape. . t^Tunice, Tenn., dispatch: Ben and ^len Jenkins, father and son respec­ tively of George Jenkins, who killed Herbert Clifton of Memphis, are in Jail here, charged with aiding the mur- 'tferer to escape. • Vigorous Protest. Wilmington. Del., special: Because Charles Veal objected to his mother, Mrs. Eliza DeGroff. marrying a second time, he demolished the furniture in her home just a few minutes before the wedding was scheduled to take place. NAME8 AID TO BI8HOP SEYMOUR Rev. George B*. Morgan to Be Coad­ jutor for Springfield Diocese. Springfield, 111., special: At the ses­ sion of the twenty-sixth annual Epis­ copal synod of the diecese of Spring­ field Rev. George B. Morgan, rector of Christ church. New Haven. Conn., was appointed bishop coadjutor to assist Bishop George F. Seymour, who hat been bishop of this diocese for tht- last twenty-five years and is prevented by his advanced years from pronerly filling the office. DESCENDANT OF MARTHA WASHINGTON A WINTER BRIDE Denounces Cleveland. Richmond. ya., dispatch: Senator Ople In the Virginia General Assembly termed Grover Cleveland a "Judas Iscarlot, who had dismembered the na­ tional democracy." Heresy Is Charged. Boston special: An immense sensa­ tion has been caused in the Methodist denomination by the filing of formal charges of heresy against Prof. Borden P. Browne of the Boston Univeralt* Theological School. ««waiqr ' i mil urn m J7Z55 jm&y j%r7ZZi5 Among the notable marriages to take place this winter is that of Miss Mary Peter to Augustus John Philbln Gallagher. Miss Peter is the daugh­ ter of Mrs. Edwin J. Farber, the wife •of a prominent lawyer, by her-first husband, from whom she secured a divorce. She is a great-great-grand- daughter of Martha Washington and SATCHEL WITH $500,000. Philadelphia Commuter Passes It to News Agent and Owner Gets It. Flustered and frightened, a well- dressed young man ran into the upper waiting-room of the Broad street sta­ tion at Philadelphia last week and asked for the special policeman: "Where's my satchel? Have you seen it? I've lost it and it has half a million dollars in it." The policeman fell against the steam radiator and gasped. "Half a million dollars?" he murmured. "Why, I don't suppose any one could carry that much away with 'em, could they? Ask the information bureau. Maybe one of the porters has wheeled it over there." "I stopped at the news stind; prob­ ably I left it there," said the young man. The news agent said hfe had an old satchel which a suburban passenger had found and handed to him, with the suggestion it might have moiiey in it If Its weight was any indication of its contents. The satchel was pro­ duced. "That's mine," said the man. "It containa $260,000 in gold bonds ' and an much more in other securities. Thanks!" Then he hurried out Into the train shed. JAMES L. BLAIR VERY ILL. Fear for Life of Mian Under Indict­ ment for Serious Charges. James L. Blair, prominent St. Louis lawyer and capitalist who was Indict- of John Francis -Mercer, fourth gov­ ernor of Maryland,' and is one of the most charming and attractive girls in the younger set of Baltimore. Since her debut two years ago she has made a host of friends. Mr. Gallagher Is prominently con­ nected in Philadelphia and New York. He is a noted golf enthusiast and has won over twenty trophies. CHICAGO GIRL WINS HONORS. Miss Jeetie Macpherson, 12 Years Old, in Paris Conservatory of "Music. Miss Jessie Macpherson, a 12-year- old Chicago girl, has won the honor of being admitted to the Paris Con­ servatory of Music. Not only is Miss Macpherson the only foreigner who 3. % n succeeded in passing the examination, but she is (he flrnt Chicago student to win the distinction, dver 400-can- didates took the examination, but only a student in one of the Chicago music twenty were successful. Raoiil Pugno one of the officials of the conserva tory, declares that the Chicago girl is one of the most promising of all the pupils who have been admitted to the famous school. Miss Macpherson was. al schools until a year ago, when she went to Paris. Since last July she has fpent her entire time In prepar ing for the examination which she has just passed. I L LI N O I S N E It CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE t ;S \-:0. -v xi nm LITTLE BOY BURNED TO DEATH Mother and Neighbor Badly. Injured in Attempt to £ave It. The 3-year-old child of Thomas Me- Durman, a farmer living three miles south of Harrisburg, was burned to death. Mrs. McDurman had gone to a neighbor's on an errand, leaving her two children, a girl, and boy, aged 5 and 3 respectively, at home. On re­ turning she saw the younger child standing in the yard enveloped in flames. She seized the child and at­ tempted to smother the flames with her skirts, when Bhe, too, caught fire. Frank A. Milton, who was passing in a wagon, ran to her assistance and succeeded in quenching the fiamcs with his.overcoat before the mother was fatally burned.' Mr. Milton was badly burned about the face and hands. The child died witbfh a few minutes. The mother will recover. The children had been playing with the fire in the grate. ALLEGE CONSPIRACY EXISTS. Stockholders O eel a re They are Being Porced Out of Company. A suit for $35,000 damages was filed In the city court at Alton by T. J. Ter­ rell and Patrick Maguire against the Hillsboro cqal company of Hillsboro. The plaintiffs allege that th«^ are vic­ tims of a conspiracy to freeze them out of the company. Stockholders of the coal company. It was stated by Terrell, would apply for a receiver to be appointed by the United States district eonrt at Springfield. The trou­ bles of the Hillsboro coal company have Involved several prominent Al­ ton investors. Recently the Alton men disposed of their interest in the com­ pany. and other Alton coal men pur­ chased stock In the concern and were elected to office. TAX INDICTMENT IS* FAULTY Light Punishment. " Edward Anderson and William Johnson, who pleaded guilty to indict­ ments for burglary and larceny at Hillsboro, were sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and spend ten days in jail. The same sentence was Imposed on Augustus Bowen on his plea of guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses. Anti-Spit Ordinance. Mayor Ed De Moulin has placed bis signature to the anti-spit ordinance passed by the Greenville city council. The ordinance provides that a fine of not less than $1 or more than $10 shall be Imposed on every person convicted of expectorating on the pavement of the city or In any public building. Death of Light Tender. James Potfrie, known up and down tbe Mississippi as "Scotch Jimmy," died at his home on Scotch Jimmy's island, above Alton. Powrle had been a light tender for the government for many years, and it is said that dur­ ing hlB forty years of service his lights were always in good condition. Hoisting Engineers' Pay. Hoisting engineers in coal mines in the Illinois district will receive $10 a month more pay hereafter. This, in substance, was decided to-day by the arbitration board that has been hear­ ing evidence on the demands of the engineers who asked for an increase of $15. Z. ed by the grand jury on two charges of forgery, -is reported to have suf­ fered a relapse at Mullanphy hospital. The head nurse said Mr. Blair is in a greatly depressed mental condition, takes little nourishment, and is at­ tended almost constantly by his phy­ sician. Oil King Dfes. Excels lor Springs. Mo., dispatch- George H. White of Boston* s heavy holder of Kansas oil lands, is dead here of heart disease. The Interment will by at Franklin, Pa. British Minister is Democratic. Sir Mortimer Durand, the new Brit­ ish minister to this country, seems to be somewhat democratically inclined. In New York on Thanksgiving day he went to a popular "dissenting"-church with an American friend, instead of going to Sir Percy Sanderson's state­ ly pew in "Trinity." He talked to cnurch across Central park and later joined his friend in a walk to Gen. Grant's tomb. Sir Mortimer impresses one as being a whole-hearted fellow, in many way* resembling Sir Thomas Lipton. Emma Booth's Practical Expsrience. When Emma Booth married Fred­ erick St. George Latour in Calcutta, she adopted, the clothes, and the man­ ner of life of the native women, and barefooted, "dipping her unaccus­ tomed fingers in the curry dish," she begged her way through the streets. Latour, then a worker in the Salva­ tion Army, bad adopted the same plan. And when they were married, it was in the way of religious teachers, he appearing as a barefooted, turb'aned, calico-robed mendicant with his beg­ ging bowl.' Russell Sage's Scientific Dietaryi Russeil Sage eats five meals a day He begins the day with a substantial breakfast and ends it with an ample dinner. But between thi»--and there in lies tbe main merit of his dietary- instead of tbe heavy luncheon which brings torpor to the keenest Intellect the rugged old financier takes three light lunches of bread and .milk or crackers and milk or milk and a sand wich, but always milk. These lesser meals be consumes at 11. 1 and o'clock. That is, during his busy working day Mr. Sage, whilo provfd ing his system with a full allowance ot nutriment, imposes no (ax on the digestion sufficient .to divert the main flow of blood from the braiu to tbe stomach. By the lightness of the meals he escapes mental torpidity And by their frequency be avoids any feel ing of faintness arising from au empty stomacji. Explosion Kills Miner. Antonia Donna, an Italian miner, •was killed by .the prertiature explosion of a blast in the Norris coal mining company's mine, five miles north of Canton. To Honor Industry's Founder. The Lynn, Mass*, Historical soci­ ety is soon to commemorate the mem­ ory of John Adam Dagyr, the first shoemaker in Lynn and the launder of the city's great industry. A tablet has been completed and next spring will be erected in the western bnrial ground in the shoe city. Dagyr fought in tb'e American revolution with the patriots. Hunters in Hard Luck. Attorney General Douglas of Minne­ sota went hunting in the • northern part of the state last week. He and' his companions killed a moose and three deer and shipped them to Du- Iiith. On reaching that point they !ound that all four .animals had been stolen and the party was compelled to return home empty-handed. Youthful Body of Aldermen. Mayor John EL -Andrus, the recently felected chief magistrate of Yonkers, N. Y., will preside over the youngest body of aldermen In the country. The average is fess than* 28, the youngest being just 21 and the oldest a trifl# over 40. Boards Moving, Train. Edward Bradley of Peoria, in at­ tempting to board a moving train, fell under the wheels. His feet were .badly crushed and had to be amputated. He is now in a hospital at Decatur. Litchfield Man Released Becsuse Charges Are Improperly Drawn. After hearing exhaustive arguments Judge Adams quashed the indictments found against M. M. Milnor of Litch­ field for delivering a false schedule of his property to the assessor foy North Litchfield township, on the ground that the indictment failed to allege that Milnor was a resident of North Litchfield township and owned prop­ erty therein subject to taxation. As the indictments were drawn in similar terms, State's Attorney Hill then en­ tered a nolle prosequi in the cases against-J. C. Sinclair, Danville Ben­ nett, Harm Helgens, James Carrol William Welge, Thomas J. Whitten, Louis Wolters, Fred I aw, Charles H. Missimore and - William C. Lohr. Abram Bourquin and Fred Baumann each entered a plea of guilty to sim­ ilar indictments and were fined $100 aud costs oarh. It is expected that n^w indictments, remedying the de­ fects, will be returned by the grand jury at the January term of court, and it is rumored that in some of. the cases indictments for perjury will also be returned. Raise Cotton in lllii^is. This season has demonstrated that cotton can be successfully raised in Illinois. Forty acres were planted in cotton last spring In Pulaski county, sixteen miles north of Cairo, by ex­ perienced cotton men from the south, and the product has been sold. It was of good quality and netted $3.40 per 100 pounds in the seed. The growers claim the experiment was a- success, and that if the crop is plant­ ed in the early spring the cotton will mature before frost. For some years after the civil war attempts were made 10 grow cotton in this section, but the crop couhl not be made to mature before frost, and tbe attempt was abandoned. Presiding Elder Announces Data* Quarterly Meetings. Rev. J. W. McNeill, presiding elder of the Mount Vernon district of the southern Illinois conference of the M. E. church, announces quarterly meet­ ing conferences for the coming, quar­ ter, as follows:" Mount Vernon First church, Union street and Opdyke, Jan. 8, 9i 10 and 11; Mount Vernon circuit, Nos. 1 and 2, Jan. 15, 1£ and •17; Steelville and Chester. Jan. 22, 23 and 24; Duquoin, Tamaroa and Waltonvllle, Jan. 29, 50 and 31; Spring Garden and Benton, Feb. 5, I, 7 and &; Frankfort, Corinth and Crab Orchard, Feb. 12, 13 and 14; Pinck- neyvflle, Murphysboro and Vergennes, Feb. 19, 20 and 21; Creal Springs and Marion, Feb. 26, 27 and 28; Carbon- dale, Herrin and Carterville, March 4. 5, 6 and 7; Anna, Makunda and Jones- boro, March 11, 12, 13 and 14; TJllin, Olfve Branch and Thebes, March 18, 19, 20 and 21; Cairo, Mound City and Villa Ridge March 25, 26. 27 and 28. : <s» CALF • Kills Father to Protect Mother. Berry Shirley, a well-known farmer living four miles west of Charleston, died from paralysis, the result of a fall which he sustained in a fight with his Eldest son. Shirley and hia boy bad been to town. On the way home the son t<K>k a bottle of whisky from the father and broke it over the buggy wheel. Enraged,.the elder man, when he reached home, proceeded to drive his wife and two younger children out Into the night. Then he assaulted bis oldest boy, who sought to protect his mother. In the struggle that fol­ lowed Shirley was thrown down a flight of steps. The son is. held blameless. Remarkable Recovery. Jacob Mitchell of Alton, aged 68, who was struck by an lilinois Termi­ nal train April 12, has recovered com­ pletely. Mitchell's recovery is consid­ ered remarkable. Brewers to Mine Coal. The Anheuser-Busch brewing asso­ ciation of St. Ixiujs has purchased a large tract of coal land one mile west of Breese, where, it is said, it will eink.a shaft. v Son Returns Home. Samuel Belt, son of Alderman W. S. Belt of Bunker Hill, has returned home after an absence of five years. Most of the time was spent in British Columbia. Tricounty Teachers. » The Tricounty Teachers' association composed ot the teachers of Jeffer­ son, Washington and Hamilton coun­ ties, will hold its annual meeting next year in Mount Veruou. The newly elected officers of the association are; President, W. c. Fairweather of Mc-' Leansboro; vice president, J. C. Cha- piu of Nashville; treasurer, County Superintendent J. M. llill of Mount Vernon; secretary, Miss Inez Troutt of Nashville; musical director, Roy Ward of Mount Vernon. Coal Company Election. The stockholders of the Benton Coal company elected W. H. Hart presi dent, Capt. C. Moore vice president. W. B. Blake treasurer, Robert R. Ward secretary, J. R. Williams, Stew­ art 1a Krebs, Victor H. Parker, Ray 15. Pierce, W. H. Hart and W. W. Williams directors. Ground will be broken for the shaft soon. Unknown Man Is Crushed. An unknown man, believed to be a Pole, was run over In the Terminal yards In East St. Louis and received injuries from which be died soon cftferward at St. Mary's hospital. The man attempted to cross between cars, but fell and was badly crushed by a brake beam. It is believed that his uauie is Redowski. MOUNT VERNON CONFERENCES, •-§# EXPENSIVE FIGHT FOR A Court Costs Exceed $200, but Lftiga* Hon Is Kept Up. The suit of Paul Nitschke vi. George Casey was tried before a Jury at Jerseyville and was decided in fh- vor of the latter. The suit grew out or the sale of a calf valued at $8 to Casey and Nitschke. Both claimed possession, and Nitschke replevined it from Casey. The case was first tried before Squire Qulnn, and the calf was given to Casey. Nitschke appealed the case to the Circuit court and the case was dismissed. Nitschke again took u^the case before Squire Quinn, and it was tried by a jury, when it was again decided in Casey's favor. Although the costs in the case now exceed $200, Nitschke has again appealed to the Circuit court i--; 3 % •-3 Boy Saves His Companion. William Lewis, aged 12, was res­ cued from drowning in East St. Loula by the quick work of his 10-year-old friend, Marty Crain. When the Lewis boy broke through the ice on the pond back of the Belt line the Crain child hurried back to his home and secured a long fishpole, which he thrust to the drowning boy, who caught one end of it and was drawn to shore. Forgery Is Charged. Oscar Schane, the man who bought a span of mules of Frank Striplih, northwest of Litchfield, giving a check 011 the bank of Greenville for $300, to which, it is alleged, the name of 'John Parks was forged, was tried before Squire, Richards. His bond was fixed at $1,000 and he was taken ^ to the county jail at Hillsboro Await the action of the grand jury.' & - Dog Commits 8uicids. .A valuable hunting dog belonging to J. W. Beall, a member of the Alton board of education, strangled itself to death because its master went hunting and left it at home. An in­ vestigation was made later and the dog was found strangled, to death, having wound its chain around a post until life was extinct. Saloonkeeper Is Fined. J. E. Wannamaugher, a saloonkeep­ er ot Keyesport, was fined $20 and costs for keeping his saloon open af­ ter 10 o'clock at night in violation of the village ordinances. The complaint was made by Mrs. J. M. Ditsch and Is a part of the campaign being wsged by the W. C. T. U against the saloon­ keepers of Keyesport. V .• TV Soldiers' Memorial Hall. The Quincy Historical society is taking the lead In the work of secur­ ing a suitable memorial hall for the Adams county soldiers. Loses Handcuff Keys. Because he had lost the keys .to handcuffs with which he had secured two prisoners he was taking to the state reformatory at Pontiac, Sheriff Crowe was obliged to have the steel bracelets sawed from their wrists. To Erect Memorial Bulldirtg. John Wood post. No. 96, Grand Army of the Republic, and John Wood Woman's relief corps. No. 47, have made an alliance with the historical society of (juincy In an effort to build a memorial building in the city. Epidemic of Blackleg. There is an epidetoic of blackleg among the cattle of Christian Neu in South Forl< township. Twenty-two steers have died from-the disease and about fifty more are affected. Accepts Coal Option. v G. E. Doying. of Jacksonville, sentiiqg Chicago and Jacksonville capi­ talists. has accepted an option on the old shaTt of the Carlyle coal mining company, and has accepted an option, good for one year, on several thousand acres of coal land adjoining Carlyto OB the west, ' Wagon Kills Boy. Isaac Brubeck, the 12-year-old SQa of Mr. ftttd Mrs. W. C. Brubeck of Taylorvllle. was run over by a wagon loaded with corn and instantly killed. Prepare for Teachers. » . Preparations are now being made for the entertainment of the Eastern- Illinois Teachers'.association, which will hold its annual meeting at Pana the 1st of the. year. About 1,000 teach­ ers will be.in attendance. Refuses Marriage License. William Douglas, a white man. and Anna Prince, colored, applied to Dep­ uty County Clerk C^ughlan, in East St. Louis for a license to marry. Tbe girl, who is very black, was accom­ panied by her parents, as sbo yras un­ der age, but the license jvas refused. Goes to New Fields. Rev. E. B. Johnson, who recently resigned as pastor of tbe Cumberland Presbyterian church at Mount Ver­ non, has left for his new pastorate at Bloomfield, Ind. Thief Takes Sermon. Rev_. Mr. Johnson of the First Con­ gregational church of Sprtagfield, in explaining why he did not preach the sermon he had widely advertised, said that a sneak thief entered bis library at the church and stole his manu­ script. Return Insane' Patients. Five Incurable insane patients sent from Macon county to Jacksonville have been brought back to Decatur, as the county has more than her quota of lasaae -harnonA at. the. asylum. Woman Breaks an Arm. Mrs. Mary Bange, an aged resident of Waterloo, at the home of a neigh ­ bor became frightened at a dog which jumped at her, and she fell to tbe ground breaking her left arm Money in Turkeys. It is estimated that during the week, preceding Thanksgivlug the farmers of Clay county were paid $20,000 in cash for turkeys. Many farmers received as high, as $100 for S single load of the birds, which were shipped to* the Eastern markets. Scarlet Fever Epidemic." Scarlet fever has broken out in Bunker Hill and several cases have proved fatal. The homes affecte^ with the disease are under quaran­ tine rules. Home Missionaries. Mrs. E. R. Nickelson and Mrs. J. N. Eason of Litchfield organised a bone missionary society in the Methodist church at Bunker Hill. Spurious Dollars. Spurious silver dollars have been In circulation in Quincy recently, and some of the banks have reported tba fact. Sustains Shattered Hip. Sam Sterling was thrown from hia. wagon in a runaway at Greenville, and his hip wasj shattered in the-lfctt. Little One Drinks Poison. A pretty 3-year-old daughter of Wa. Carson, who is moving onto the Frank Coruwell farm just west of Ann Ar­ bor. got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid and innocently drank part of the burning poison. Gets $5,000 as Balm. H In the Christisn county circuit eoart Miss Ida Sexton of Assumption tosra- ship was given a judgment for $5,000 against William Dunn for breach ot promise. This was the amount sued ,or ---- ,;.U Gets $10 for Slander^ ^ In the circuit court at TtfyT6rv Mrs. Miunie Utterbyeck was given a judgment of $10 against Martin Ftta» Patrick of Pana for slander. Ths plaintiff sued for $5,000 She alleged that the defendant circulated <flk that she was a thief. Taxes Autoa. The Springfield city council has passed a measure fixing tbe lieaaaa fee for automobiles, at $5 per amaaat and limiting the rate of speed ta twelve miles an hour. ,£'• -J * ;:w4