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MORE THAN 100 LIVES V*' LOSTUOOCE PARKER •vl'S. tsf tfci;sWoi«;- fir Raflroarf WrmrM F^r f the Year--Many Bodies Buried in Quick-Sand -- " ' % - ? > 1 r;- t#3r ^ „ - . __ " vj - Beyond. Hope' of Recovery* *W Pueblo, Ccfo., dispatch; UCAU, (tee liiu* Ired persons are dead, a locomotive, bV-""three cars and a railway bridge de- - , , '#tro>eu, wiiiie iae treasure ill the safe' ':•&' n|»f the Welis-Fargo company is lost as 4 -• ihe result of the accident to the fast 'irftin of the Missouri Pacifist system ; at 8 o'clock Sunday night. Train No. known as the World's Fair Flyer, J-"" sehile on the tracks of the Denver & '.-.ftio Grande, near Eden, about eight -- miles from here, had reached the ' "Jrestle spanning the usually dry ar- •v \^Jroyo ' of Steele's Hollow. A recp# Cloudburst warneu Engineer Charres .1 I'Hindraan and he was running cau- t^Jiously not more than fifteen miles 5^An hour, as he approached the ninety- * •, iix-foot span. The fireman, Frank ,, -"Mayfield, with torch in hand, was lean- by , -ing from the gangway watching for r^^yfeigns of danger, but all appeared safe, ^nd the locomotive., one of the mon- J^ter passenger type, moved along the '--^vK|trestle. Almost instantly came a tremor in the great machine, then as Hindman -reached for the air brake and shouted io his mate to extinguish the torch, the crash came. The bridge went down as if it had had been widened to wore than a hundred feet at the "point where the bridge had been and the torrent had tcirn a zigzag course across the prairie to a depth of thirty feet. Of the bag­ gage car there was to be seen but a few rods, a truck and a bit of wood, while* b"Uried in the bank was tee ex­ press safe, its door burst open, its contents gone. Since the surf rose over the drenched Jand, stretchers with sand-covered, dripping burdens were carried every few minutes to the railroad tracks, where the death train awaited them. While it was still dark axes had been used on the half buried cars at the junction of the creek with the foun­ tain, and at daylight this work was resumed on the smoking ear, which lay out in the fountain where men were compelled to wade almost to their waists to reach it, A few mo- ments' search and clearing away of the floor of the car revealed the wounded head of a young man in his shirt sleeves. He evidently had re­ moved his coat when 'the plunge came. A second party further down tlie river found several persons entangled the great coaches, the baggage ear and tender could have been swept so far fittest tzcoxaluB imiged against the sides. Most of the bed of the c-eek is now visible, with little streams waving about the strips of sand, forming islands of mud and eand which are, being searched for, bodies that may lie, buried in them. F. M. Jones, the station agent at Eden, who was the first to go to the aid of the stricken people on the traits, gives the following version ol the accident: . "I was sitting lur my office, a dis­ tance of a mile from the scene of the wreck, when suddenly a loud sound followed by a series of. smaller re ports startled me. I had heard of No. 11 passing Pinoh from the operator there, and at this time she was over­ due more than six minutes, an unusual thing, for the train is a flyer. "Becoming thoroughly - alarmed, I seized my lantern, and ran up the track to the place where the, bridge should have been. "The faint rays of my lantern threw just enough light for me to distin­ guish three cars, but between myself SCENE OF COLORADO WRECK, WHERE MORE THAN ONE HUNORED PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES* § CaideJZp&ti Brjdg±r GFtsr saisntctm ttecls on vjkzTiver 2?ro C?j>&r7cZc Hc&Tryo^d. been built of kindling wt>od, the loco- " motive dropped thirty feet to the bed of the stream, crushing out the life of the engineer as it fell, the baggage, smoking and chair cars followed, were swept down stream by a raging tor­ rent and every passenger, save three, perished. Two sleeping cars and a diner, com­ pleting the train, remained on the track at the edge of the abyss and none of their occupants was killed or injured. The cars that plunged into ihe water were swept a mile from the place where the wreck occurred, and floating pieces of debris were found half a dozen miles below the trestle work. The roll of the dead will probably never be definitely com­ pleted, for treacherous sands are drift­ ing over the bodies of the victims of this disaster, which proves to be one of the most serious in the history of railroading. Seventy-six bodies have blen placed In the four morgues, and of these sev­ enty-three have been identified'. When the chair car went into the water its roof burst in twain. To this ihe three men who escaped owe their lives. As the locomotive dropped, Mayfield, the fireman^ lean­ ing far out from the gangway, was thrown clear, and, grasping a bit of wreckage from the bridge, floated •with it to the caving bank and after : much effort crept out of the water. Exhausted and almost fainting, be ran toward Eden, his one desire being to send for assistance. On the way he met the telegraph operator, F. M. Jones, and his wife. They had seen the headlight of the approaching train a minute before and then had seen it disappear with ominous suddenness. When dawn permitted a survey it -was seen that the Pullman coach Wyuta, still on the track, extended , tour feet over the brink, while broken /timbers and twisted rails hung still farther out. The usually dry arroyo Dog Returned Good for Evil. A dog incident with a moral took placd in real life on the Seine the y other day, near the Pont Alexandre | III, Paris. While. M. Loiseau, trades- vman, was angling, a fine Newfound; land dog plunged into the water beside him for a swim, for which, as soon as the dog returned to bank, the angler struck him several blows with his rod. Then the dog rushed at the man, who slost his foothold on the bank and ' slipped into the river. Again the dog ? plunged into the water, but; true to his Instinct, it was only to rescue Ills an­ tagonist, whom he dragged to the side by his clothes. A considerable num­ ber of people had collected and the dog's generosity was loudly cheered. Around the World Afoot. l*ei >ear Oscar Zeiier of Zossen i (started on foot from Berlin for a trip • around the world. His plan was to ;.go via Mukden, Vladivostok and Ja­ pan to America. The war frustrated that plan, and he has now started for Bering straits, along the northernmost - Siberian telegraph line. His success 'Is considered very doubtful. " in a mass of debris, thought to have been part of the baggage car, which was literally torn to pieces. In a short time a large number of bodies were dug out of the sand here. One woman was completely buried, save one foot, which stuck above the water. Without doubt the great majority Were drowned like rats in a trap when the cars were plunged without a mo­ ment's warning into the whirling water thirty-five feet deep, 100 feet wide, and with a current strong enough to carry thousands of pounds of weight a mile before subsiding. Some searchers worked all night and ail day and never once thought of eating or resting. Persons were con­ stantly arriving and anxiously inquir­ ing for lost ones known to have been on the train. By 9 o'clock the plains were dotted with vehicles, each with 4ts load of anxious seekers or the mor­ bidly curious. More than a thousand persons were on the scene two hours before lioon, and the roads in every direction were filled with streams of others going afway. Bodies recovered "were identified very slowly because many^of them were those of, strangers, who had been to ti*e fair at St. Louis and other eastern points. Major F. W. Whit­ man of Kansas was identified by a watch presented to h|m by the mem­ bers of the-Twentieth Kansas volun­ teers ktn which bis name was en­ graved. * The Fountain river still rushes with the impetus of the flood, and the arroyo has a clear, tiny stream trick­ ling along where the fatal mass of water rushed a few hours before. The earth on either side is swept clean by the flood. • < The walls of the so-called Dry creek Ere rugged, irregular, caving and Widened, but still so narrow that it is dihost impossible to understand , how Boy* Captured Lawbreakers, Three Swiss boys who were shoot­ ing at a target in Neufchatel the other day with toy rifles, saw some men robbing a house of dead pipe and plumbing fixtures. They crept up to the house, compelled the men to surrender at the point of their rifles and then marched off in triumph to the police station, where more power­ ful authorities took charge of the pris- ;Source of Salt in River, ^ftrtfrder to ascertain whether i&e flood waters behind the Tonto dam, of the Salt river project, will have an important effect in reducing the amount of saline constituents in the water, periodical salt determinations will be made in the river waters at that point. Recent experiments show that the salt in the waters is de­ rived from local sources!. „• ^ and them there was a chasm fully fifty feet wide, through which dashedi a river almost level with the ground upon which I stood. Opposite me I could make out the outlines of three cars, but the other four that usually make up No. 11 were nowhere in sight. "I started across the mesa in the direction of the river, which was high and making much noise. After walk­ ing about half a mile I~saw hear the bank a dark object, It was almost stationary in midstream, with one end swinging toward the left bank. I slipped off my clothes and plunged in, swimming in the'direction in which I had come, as I knew the strong cur­ rent would carry me down stream. • -J • "By proceeding in this course I managed to get te the ohject, which proved to be a chair car, half on its i nside and held in position by an arm of land- extending into the stream probably fifteen feet. The roof of the car was gone, and iijklde there - was not a soul to be found. "There were two survivors of the wreck that I know of, the fireman and a passenger in a chair car. His story he told5 me in a dazed manner, fop the man was really bordering on lun­ acy. It seems he was sitting in the third chair from the rear of the car wnen the train turned upward, and ihe suddenness precipitated him through the window, and, after turh- ing a complete circle, he landed on the bank." ; < • Czar's Cricket-Pitch. One of the czar's first acts after his return from his iccent tour in" the country w$s to' have a cricket-pitch laid out in the park at Tsakkoe Selo. At first most of those who were privi­ leged to play cricket with the em per or were extremely nervous at the ides of his being hit by the ball, and inten- tionally bow led wide to avoid strik ihg his majesty. Prince Swims the Rhine". Prince Eitel, the kaiser's second son, recently accomplished the feat of swimming the Rhine Jt»t above iSonn. ~ Avoids Speculation; « 'Harry Payne Whitney, son ofthe late William C. Whitney, has a spe­ cial aversion to speculation and keeps, as far away from the Wall street pit as he possibly can. He takes more after the Vanderbilts in his business characteristics, believing in husband­ ing hia investments with care and avoiding wild plunges for phenomenal and quick profits. / *. ~ Tells Committee That if Elect- ed He Will ftot Be Candi­ date in 1908. " ' --1--*\ ̂ ASKS FREEDOM F0& FILIPINOS ITS \ % r C5 CONTRIBUTIONS from, special correspondents _ --throughout thk state T"1 : . fx WANT YOUNG GIRL TO MARRY Nominee le of Opinion That Inhabi­ tants of Philippines Should Enjoy All the Rights Guaranteed Citizens by the American Constitution. Esopus, N. Y., special: Ex-Judge Alton B. Parker, Democratic nominee for the presidency, was formally noti­ fied Aug. 10 o£ his nomination by the St. Louis convention. After explaining that he had re­ signed from the Court of Appeals In order to be able to accept with per­ fect propriety the nomination that is tendered him the judge reminded the committee of hi3 loyalty to the gold standard, so that there may be no pos­ sible mistake, and then gave a gen­ eral indorsement 16. the "admirable" platform adopted by the St Louis con­ vention. » Emphasis was placed upon the sep­ aration of the powers of government, obedience to the law, strongly incul­ cated, and the Colorado mine war used to illustrate the danger of anarchy. Oh this and related questions the fudge holds the balance nicely be­ tween labor and capital, the disqui­ sition being eminently judicial.7 Taking up the subject of tariff re­ form, the Judge scores the Republic­ ans for alleged failure 1 to live up to their promises. He asserts he can hold out no assurance of relief while the Republicans are in control of the Senate, and his object wonld be to make changes "without creating that rense of uncertainty and instability that has on other occasions manifest­ ed itself." This, he says, "can be achieved by providing that such a reasonable, period shall intervene be­ tween the date of the enactment of: the statute making the provision and' the date of its enforcement as shall be deemed sufficient for the Industry 3r business affected by such revision Jo adjust itseir to the chafcges and new conditions imposed." His discussion of the trusts was a defense of the judiciary and a con­ demnation of the administrators of the law. He'said he believed the common law as developed affords complete legal remedy against mo­ nopoly and that it needs only to he enforced. But he is ready to approve remedial legislation within constitu­ tional limitations^, What he says of the Philippines is a reaffirmation of the principle of 5©vernment by the consent of the gov- ?m»d. It Is accompanied by some very sensible remarks on the Question sf "world power." which are based up- 3n- the indisputable truth that this country was a world power long be­ fore the Spanish war was imagined as a possibility, and this, at least,- is worth quoting: "The most efficient work we can do in uplifting the peo­ ple of other countries is hy the pre­ sentation of a happy, prosperous, self- governing nation as an ideal to be •mulated, a model to be followed." The speech closed with the assur­ ance that the judge will not be a candidate again if he is elected. FAST TRAIN RUNS.-INTO DITCH Parlor Car Is Turned Over and TWo Other Coaches Are Twisted. Kenosha, Wis., dispatch.--Running at the rate of .sixty miles an hour train No. IV) on the Chicago and Northwest­ ern road, whicli left Milwaukee at 11 a'clock Friday morning, was ditched fifty yards south of Berryville station just before noon. The injured are: Mis. Katrina Bloyrant, Chicago, back and knee badly bruised; Mrs. I.. F. Salisbury of Chicago, left arm badly bruised and wrist strained. The train broke in two and the cars were twist- od and dragged, falling to the east and west and blocking both tracliSi The parlor car, which had been taken from a train from the north, -was completely turned over. RAMS "A CROWDEO STREET XAR Motor in Indianapolis 8trikes Another Ahead, Injuring Three Persons. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: Three1 persons were Injured Sunday night at Washington and Oriental streets when an east-bound Irvington car ran into the rear end of a Greenfield car, which had stopped to let off a passenger. The victims: Robert Curry, •reenfleld; injured internally and cut by broken glass. George Wurfel, 3S Garfield avenue; cut by broken glass. Thomas Ensley, 305 Hamilton ave­ nue ; back seriously injured and condi­ tion thought to be serious. The Greenfield car was prowded. Beth cars were badly damaged. CHARGE MURDER TO OFFICERS Constables to Be Tried for Ailewing Mob to Capture Prisoner. Selma, Ala., dispatch: Murder in the first degree is the Qbarge made against Constable RansSSbi, Stanfill, and Cherry, who are in jail here await­ ing a preliminary hearing. The charge against them is based on the fact that Edmund Bell, a negro, was taken from their custody by a mob of ne­ groes, hanged to a tree, and his body riddled with bullets. Bell was charged with killing another negro. . -- - U* « -i- -- - Building in Bertfh'. In Berlin, with a population of about 2,500,000, the number of new buildings erected has averaged 1,12! a year during the last six years. Naval Officers Are Promoted. Washington special: Capt. George F. F. White, commandant of the navy yard at Boston, and Capt, Charles J. Train, president of the board of in­ spection and survey, have been pro­ moted t<^ the grade of rear admiral. Murders Wife; Kills Self. Pueblo, Colo., special: J. W. Miller shot and killed his wife, attempted to kill hiJ eldest daughter, who escaped, and then killed himself. The couple bad separated. Ten children survive. for Parents Seek to Secure License Their 13-Year-Old Daughter. Alleging that Deputy Marriage Li­ cense Cleric Bierbaum of Alton had refused to grant a license to her 13- year-old daughter, Mrs. William Tot- ten of Alton appealed to County Clerk Feutz for a license. The mother ac­ companied her daughter to the license office, but did not state the name of the intended groom. The father, she said, was willing that the ceremony should take place and later he sup­ ported his wife in her appeal to the county clerk. Mrs. Totten declared that she was married at the age of 13 and desired that her daughter follow he? example. Clerk Bierbaum told her that It was contriry to the state law for children under 14 to marry. Totten said that his daughter was ever 14, but Clerk Fuetz had been fore- varr.ed, and he declined to issue the license;:. - ;.vvW" Overdose of Poison. An inquest was held over the re­ mains of Mrs. Anna A. Offoelter at Al- lambra, near Edwardsyille. A pocket- i oolc containing morphia tablets was found under her pillow and her physi­ cian testified that she had been in the l<abit of taking morphine and chloral for imaginary pains. The verdict was that she came to her death from an overdose of morphine, self-adminis­ tered, without suicidal intent. De^. ceased was 64 years of age and had lived in Alhambra many years. Saline County Farmers Organize. The Farmers' Mutual Benefit Asso­ ciation of Saline County organized a county assembly at Eldorado. The f-tate secretary from Benton was in attendance. The following officers were elected: President. Joseph Ti- FOII of Long Branch; secretary, H, G. Shannon of Eldorado; treasurer, C.-JCL Wilson of Eldoradd. The assembly it composed of the influential^Tarmers. of the county. - .... TO PROTECT LAND FROM WATER Banks on Illinois Side to Be Saved From Effects of River Current. It Is reported in Alton that govern­ ment engineers of the river improve­ ment department at St. Louis are pre­ paring to make a final stand against the encroachments of the Missouri river on the Illinois farms opposite the point of confluence with the! Missis­ sippi, striking the soft banks on the opposite side. A stone dike, built forty years ago for a landing for steamers to secure coal supplies from the Illinois mines in Madison county, and which was then at the water's edge, is now at the extreme edge of the water on the Mis­ souri side. The plan now considered is to build a heavy lumber fence, which will be weighted down with rock to allow the water from the Missouri to shoot over against it. Wil­ low has become so scarce that willow mattresses can not be made for revet­ ment wprk. '• Land owners opposite the mouth of the Missouri, on the Illinois shore, have lost tens of thousands of acres, and the engineers hav^ taken the mat­ ter up and will endeavor to stop fur­ ther encroachments. -- P. O. S. of A. Election* ; %tftshington camp, No, 93, P. 0. S. of A., installed its newly elected ofllcers at Centralia. They are: William Her­ man, president; Charles Phillips, vice- president; Walter Hood, master at arms; C. B. Hill, inner guard; Joseph Elliott, outer guard; Edward Rj&^er- a l d , t r u s t e e . ^ -- ' - V • • •J . Nearly Dies of Hunger. After an absence of ten* days Homer Pedon, an inmate of the county poor house at Vandalla, was found in a clump of weeds almost dead from hun­ ger. He has an hallucination that he being pursued by officers for ah imaginary wrong. Builds Temporary Dam. Supt. Reinhardt of Centralia, with a large force of men, is constructing £ temporary dam across Crooked creek sbrive the old Illinois Central stone dum, which has developed a bad leak. The old dam is to be repaired. ' ftanch Company Elects Officers. The Quincy Ranch Company, with headquarters at Capitan, N. M., has been incorporated for $50,000. George R. Stewart and O. C. Jewell of Quincy have been elected president and sec­ retary, respectively. Farmers Seek 'Phone Franchise. Tbe Fosterburg. Brighton, Bethalto and Wood River Telephone company, a farmers' line, will apply for a fran­ chise in Alton. The company has se­ cured a franchise in Upper Alton. Starts on 105th Yepr. -Uncle" Frank Binion. who Is said to be the oldest person in the Btate, jessed his 104th milestone in the race of life Aug. 9. He has kept a tavern in Vernon for Over fifty years. , Storm Damages corn. The storm of Aug. 10 did much dam­ age to the corn crop in the farming district north of Decatur. Several hmall fires were started i* Decatur by lightning. Sues Barber for $5,000. J. Henry Bowling, a barber, who was married' at Quincy to Nora Doug­ las of Hulls, has been sued by Mar­ garet Tooley pfpf. |5,QQ0 for breach of promise. "-** < Makes Will Over Telephone^ «, The will of Charon Briggs, which was made by 'telephone, was filed in the probate court in Belleville. The instrument, .was made over telephone for the reason that the testator was confined in the St. Clair county con­ tagion hospital with smallpox. Briggs, two days prior to his death, expressed S desire to make his will. Dr. A. L. Reuss, the county physician, suggest­ ed that Briggs telephone his wishes to Mrs. Eliza Hill, the matron of the county farm, and have her take them down* in writing and attested by the attendant at the hospital. The will j 1 ides that |15 is to go to the nurse i«i services, $25 for Dr. Reuss and the '• remainder of the estate ;.ge to lizzie Boland. '. ..Cfc-.'fc; To Lower River Dams The Chicago sanitary board will lower the government dams in the Illinois river at Lagrange and Camps- vUle two feet. This, It is thought, will prevent the annual overflow which floods 400,000 acres of bottom land above and below Lagrange. The dams were tyillt to keep the water navigable. To investigate the feasi­ bility of lowering the dams Trustees Carter, Braden, Cloidt, Jones and Smith have left Chicago to Journey down the canal to St. Louis. SHOTS ARE FIRED AT ZIEGLER Skirmish Takes Place as Result ef the Importing of Men. ? v__- ~ A skirmish has taken place at the pumping station on the Little Muddy River, where the water for the town of Ziegler is secured. Three wagon loads of men and several on foot were traced from the point of attack. Men at work at the station were fired on from across the river, several shots hitting close to the pumpman. The emergency guard at the central Ltation in Ziegier was called, and on arriving forded the river and and cap*' tured a man. Peculiar Terms of Will. The will of Alfred Seehorn of Quincy provides that all the real es­ tate shall go to his widow for use during her life and at her death all -the property, excepting one-quarter of a section of land, shail be divided among the seven children. The quar- ter-section of land referred to Is to be provided in the same > manner, with the exception that Charles A. Seehonu a son, will receive no share. A. VA. Seehorn is appointed executor. Negro Woman 8trikes PaSfcett In Justice Heckenkamp's court at Quincy Mrs. Mamie Richardson w*as l';ned, with costs, $12.95 for striking her pastor. Rev. G. W. Brown. Both persons are colored.,. The plaintiff claimed that" at a recent meeting of the congregation he asked for some church dues |tn^' that she sjLruck him and brokejup the meeticft Ask Pay for Righf-of-Way. Parties engaged in securing the right-of-way for the St. Louis and Springfield interurban electric railway through Madison county south from Bi>uker Hill state that they were sur­ prised to find the farmers not over­ anxious for the road, and the.prices for right-of-way much higher t h e y h a d e x p e c t e d . > ^ 3 Miner Is Killed. Charles Yadlock, a miner living at Odin, was killed by a Baltimore and Ohjo Southwestern freight while mak­ ing a running switch. .. Boxer Has Ribs Broken. ]Hfcile boxing with a. friend at Quin­ cy, Joseph Sheridan had two ribs broken. He was taken to a hospital for treatment. \ » Postoffice Clerks Elect. The 'Springfield branch, No. 1164, of the Postoffice Clerks' association, has elected Jay T. French as delegate and Albert L. Plckel as alternate to the uational convention of the association, which will be held in St. Louis Sept. Build Wagon Road. The county commissioners have put a large force of men at work on the new wagon road between Virginia and Hickory, which will be completed in about four weeks. i Better Fire Protection. The fire department committee at the Nashville council has been rebuild­ ing and remodeling the engine house In the elty hall building on Court street to siuke room for the addi­ tional fire-fighting apparatus recently acquired. The work is ut^r t|u§ supervision of Mayor Krugho®, Sells Coal Rights. Henry M. Merriman of Springfield has transferred to the Cora Coal com' ptoy the coal rights in the vicinity cf the mine for $236,000. •1 Burglars Chloroform Family. fcews has just been received of the killing of J. Bums at Thebes, III. It is alleged that he was beating his v ife, when she seized a revolver and emptied tlie contents Into his .body. They were formerly engaged in the restaurant business at Mill Creek, and he shot a constable there. ^ f • Missing for Forty YellwH . Judge Smith, in the county court at Decatur, has taken under advisement *& case involving the disposition of $8o0 belonging to Lavina Stichler, who has been missing for forty years. The judge must decide whether W^not the woman is dead. Sell Litchfield Coal Mine. . D."" Crabb, owner of the Litchfield coal mine' has sold the same foj ,$100,- 000 to the Pittsburg Coal company of Pittsburg, Pa. Sues Coal Mining Company. < John Scbweitzka has commenced suit, in the circuit court against the Taylorville Coal company for damages in the sum of $5,000. Schweitzka claims that an accident which befell him while at wdrk in the company's mine has made him a cripple for life. Good Price for Land. D. A. Taylor, a well-known farmer of? Sangamon valley, has purchased the Kibler land near Ashland. There are fifty-three acres in the tract,, for which Mr. Taylor paid $12? per acre. Woman Is Fatally Burned. Mrs. Barney Lesch, wife of a ma­ chinist on the Chicago and- Eastern Illinois railroad, attempted to start a fire with coal oil at Danville. An ex­ plosion followed. The house was de­ stroyed by the flames. Mrs. Lesch latally burned. ,Bond County Reunion. ; ^ *The executive committee of Bond County Soldiers' and Sailors' as­ sociation has fixed OcL 20 as the date for the annual reunion* vUek ^he held In Greenville. . ^ Recovers His Property. * A remarkable incident has just been leported at Geheseo. Joseph Staf­ ford is an aged resident of that place. He deeded, to a son the homestead, with the alleged understanding that the parent was to be taken care of. No sooner was the deed recorded than, according to report, an effort was made to send the old man to the country farm. He secured an* ln« junction-'and also a court order deed­ ing the property back to him. If the deed is not tnade as provided by the court's decree, the master in cnaccery Is directed to make the deed. In the meantime a conservator has been appointed to look after the affairs of the old gentleman. '* Receive Threatening Letters. t • * J. Dr. G. F. Barth, ex-postmaster, and & prominent business man of North ' Alton; Dr. George Worden, Shelby M a t h e r - a n d E . G . Y u n g c k h a v e e a c h n - - received letters mailed in North Al- "' ten signed "A Citizen," and aii writ- ten apparently by the same person, | threatening the recipients with dire " , -- results if they do not "keep their > mouths ^liut" or "move "out of North Alton." Dr. Barth is 79 years of age, and the Writer says "you are not too •, -p. ola to get a licken." The postoffice A a u t h o r i t i e s a t S t . L o u i s h a v e b e e n n o t i - 1 ' fled and it is thought a rigid invest!* f gatlon will,, .uuearth the author. ' * *Ji' Breach, of Promise Suit. Miss Ollie Atchinson of G*;and " er has filed suit for breach of promise . 'W against Patrick H. McCacd, a wealthy \ railroad contractor now residing in Monroe county, Indiana. Mr. McCann v S lived at Grand Tower until one year ; r ago, and Miss Atchinson avers in her bill that he had asked her to marry him and that she had promised to do She says they kept company for t | a long time. In April, 1904, McCann was married to Miss Ella Teresa Kerr ^ of Indiana, who Is now visiting in if: | Grand Tower. Miss Atchinson asks # J? $5,000 damages. 1 Gasoline Explosion. Miss Rosa Rudolph, daughter of Mr. , "'it And Mrs. George Rudolph of Belleville, was seriously and perhaps fatally burned by the explosion of a gasoline ftove as ehQ, was preparing the morn­ ing meal. . The burning fluid was thrown over her body and in a mo­ ment she was a mass of flame. Her parents Went to her aid. Sir. seizing a tub of water and exti ,ing the fire, but not until her f one side of her body had been burned. The flames were co cated to the house. Foils Attempt at Suicide. ' Grieving over the disappearance of his son, who left home some time ago. Joseph Weber, of ^.Springfield, at­ tempted to end his life by drinking carbolic acid. Before going to his room he kissed all the members of the fanflily good night. One of them happening jto enter his room later saw W«3>er in the act of swallowing the acid from a bottle, knocked bottle out of the man's hands. the' Banner for G. A. R. Poet. , ^ At a meeting of Stephenson past ?.. "v * No. 30, G. A. R„ at Springfield, Gen. ^=r:£3 Alfred Orendorff, in an eloquent speech on behalf of Mrs. B. H. Fergo- jy 1T Eonrpresented the post with a beauti- ^ * "~jz ful silk banner. It will be carried by ~'.l .'3 the post on its trip to the national - encampment at Boston, Mass. --Jf To Appraise Condemned Property. The Nashville city council has, passed an ordinance empowering the mayor to name an appraiser of con- f demned property in the city if the i owner refuses to do so after due no- , tlce. This ruling is made with a view of removing several ungainly build*- ings on prominent streets in the city. Old Settlers' Picnic. The old settlers of Montgomery* Madison, Bond and Macoupin counties will hold their annual picnic at New Douglas, on August 23 and the Honj J. Nick Perrin of Belleville and Con­ gressman W. A. Rodenburg of East St. Louis, will be among the speakers. Lightning Strikes Church. Lockport, III., dispatch: The Swe4* ish Lutheran church here was struck by lightning at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning. Both the chux$h and par­ sonage were destroyed. The loss te $14,000., J r ' National Farmers' Meeting. The hext national convention of tfe* Farmers' social and economic union, an organization which originated in southern Illinois, will be held in. Ches­ ter on the fourth Thursday of Jufte, 1906. .. Democratic Chairman. Lee G. Metcalf has accepted the chairmanahi^-ef the Democratic co«b- ty central committee of Sangasaoa county. Hot Water Plant Franchise. • The Quincy city council has beea petitioned tor a franchise for ft -'11 hot water heating plant , ^ Banker Passes Away. ' ' ' ' Albert G. Barnes, TO yean at iffe \4 banker and trotting bore* brsetfw, I* VY dead at •Taylorville. kjfc&if. T- ' Jt ---"A . i#* va*<.A..e\ A.. jt ,*> ^