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THF MgHEKRY PUISDEALER HcHENRY PL AINDEALER CO. MeHBNRT. ILLINOIS. 'I-'; iLLEfiMPilK I BpcvniEy President Stone of Purdue univer­ sity in Lafayette, Ind., has received a check for $15,000 from the Big Four Railroad company for the Purdue me­ morial fund,, which now amounts to $40,000. A J. K.. FerrJer of Scotland Yard, Lon­ don, in an address before the nation­ al prison congress in Quincy, Ill.w ad­ vocated the use of finger prints for the registration, and identification of voters. Judge Ferris, in "Wilkesbarre, Pa., decided that the Carpenters and Join­ ers' union, charged with violating an injunction, must produce its books in court, so that the napies of the re­ sponsible officers can be learned. A motion was filed at St. Louis to quash the indictment against Col. Ed Butler, charged with bribing former i Speaker Kelly, on the grounds that the offense charged is a misdemeanor oyer Which the court has no jurisdiction, and that insufficient facts are stated. Quo warranto proceedings were be­ gun by the Voters' Civic league in Pittsburg to vacate the charters of the Philadelphia company and the Grant and Liberty Street Railway company, alleging fraud in the passage of the franchise ordinance. Edward O. Johnson, 38 years old, a; lawyer of Syracuse, N. Y., was found dead in his bed. He had saturated the bed clothing with chloroform and wrapped them about his head. The Portuguese cabinet has re­ signed. Four German steamers, the Astron- om, Dacia, Abessinia and Martha* Sau- ber, are loading coal at Emden for the Russian fleet. " Deputy Calogeropoulo has been ap­ pointed minister of finance at Athens, succeeding M. Simopoulos, who re­ signed the office Oct. 15. Ralph Rogers, a member of the Junior class of Wofford college, Spar- tansburg, S. C., was accidentally killed while playing with a revolver. M. J. Kelley, secretary of the Booth- Kelley Lumber company, says there has been no sale of a half interest in the company's holdings to eastern cap­ italists. Six frame and brick buildings at Pottstown. 111., were destroyed by fire; loss, $11,000. The king of Siam has purchased a supply of souvenir gold dollars issued in commemoration of the Lewis and Clark exposition. The Carnegie Steel company started two more open-hearth furnaces at South Sharon, Pa., making eight out of twelve in operation. Owing to an attack of rabies, it has been necessary to destroy the hounds of the Chester Valley, Pa., hunt, said to be one of the most valuable in America. The formal opening to navigation of Ohio river dam No. 6, at Merrill, N. Y., was made a gala day affair by thousands of eastern Ohio and west­ ern Pennsylvania people. Myrtle Eberly, who, acording to the police, admitted killing Thomas Lane of New Dorp, Staten Island, N. Y., at St. Louis, because he refused to keep a promise to marry her, was released on $20,000 hpnds. Fire destroyed the cotton compress and 700 bales of cotton at Ellisville, Miss.; loss, $75,000. An American forest congress will be held in Washington, D. C., for five days, beginning Jan. 2. The W. C. T. U. of Iowa decided* to postpone action redistricting the state until the next convention. Mayor H. F. Billmeyer of Belle- vue, O., recently indicted for receiv­ ing a bribe, was placed under bonds of $1,000. Pic Boggio, an Italian, who shot and killed Rudolph Lenzi, a farmer, at Spring Valley, 111., May 8, 1904, plead­ ed guilty and was sentenced to life, imprisonment. Paul Herbert Schmidt, who con­ fessed to the murder and robbery of William Taylor at Sherman, Conn., has given information that will lead to the recovery .of a portion of the property. Charles Isaacs, aged 29, and joseph Graham, aged 28, of Chicago, were convicted of robbing a Grand Trunk freight car near Valparaiso, Ind., and given a prison sentence of from two to fourteen years. While on his way to visit his daugh­ ter in St. Louis, whom he had not seen for twenty years, George Krebs of Kansas City fell from the platform of a Missouri Pacific train and was killed. At the concluding session o* the International Sunday Rest Congress at St. Louis, Mo., an organization to be known as the International Feder­ ation of Sunday Rest Associations of America was completed, with Rev. William S. Hubbell of New York as president. Memorial exercises dealing with the life of Senator Hoar were held aCall the public schools in Worcester, Mass., Friday. Thomas Jons and. Matthew Helli were killed in Newport mine, near Ironwood, Mich., falling sixty feet down the shaft. Two unknown men, aged 45 and 55, committed suicide at Bellaire, O., by drinking carbolic acid. ~ Isaac Shoptaugh was arrested at Booneville, Ind,, and returned to the Michigan City prison. He was out on parole. ( i The Jeffersonville, Ind., . branch of t tijfce American Car and Foundry Com '. P«ny will be closed indefinitely Nov V' -JU About 300 men are affected. ' 4; The Iowa League of Municipalities elected Mayor Charles D. Huston of Cedar Rapids president and chose Burlington as the next meeting place L-' - The body of Elmer Shaw, 39 years who disappeared, was, found in " fie Wabash river at Vincennes, Ind r--, At the annual meeting of the Great fiorthern Railroad Company in New York all the retiring directors were ri:,.it-elected. WHEAT. Liverpool--American, 7s 6T4<I. . Chicago--No. 2 red. . New York--No. 2 red. $1.16%. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, $1.15%. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, $L06@1.0s. Duluth--No. 1 northern. $1.13Vfc. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, &.16. St. Louis--No. 2 red. $1.10!4@1.11%* Cincinnati--No. 2 red. Sl."2UMt. CORN. Liverpool--American mixed, to 6%<L Chicago--No. 2, 53c. New York--No. 2. S7%c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, St. Louis--No. 2, 46*44{469lc. Peoria--No. 3. 49c. Cincinnati--No. 2 mixed, 66c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 31%®32c. New York--No. 2, 35H>@3<>c. Kansas City--No. 2 white; 3103SO. St Louis--No. 2. 32i*!!i33Mte. Peoria--No. 3 white, 31{®31^c. 1 Cincinnati--No. 2 mixed, 3S&C. CATTLE. Chicago--$2.25<(i6.50. , . ( New York--$l.25@6.55. Kansas City--$l,M)@6.10. Omaha--$1.75Ji 6.10. St. Joseph--$1.2506.26, Pittsburg - 30. Buffalo-- $3.7&@r 6.75. St. Louis--$2@6.10.. Hoaa^ Chicago--$5 20@'6.30. New York--t>.20(a 6.50. Kansas City--$r>.65@5.9?to. Omaha--$2.45® 5.75. St. Joseph--$5.75firS.97tt. Pittsburg--$4Ca 6.50. B u f f a l o -- 6 . 3 5 . . St,; Louis-H77.06,15. ' SH K HP AN© LAMBS. Chicago- $2^5.50. New York--$1.75S?5.75. Kansas Citv--$2.75#5.15. Omaha-$2.25^5.40. St. Joseph--S2.75fi5.16. Pittsburg--$1 50@5.76. B,uffalo~-$1.5<W6.]0.' ' St. Louis--$2,25@5.5ft., Complete and Humiliating Defeat Said to be Result of Kouropatkin's Advance--Fearful Loss ~ *-ife on Both 5ides» \iz President E. L*. Jordan of the new­ ly organized National Liquor League of the United States, which recently held its convention in "St. Louis, de­ nies that the convention in any way commended Bishop Potter. K ^Reports from the principal pepper-, mint producing sections of southwest­ ern Michigan indicate that the crop Is small and as this section produces about 75 per cent of the world's sup­ ply of peppermint oil the price of that article is likely to rise. The one hundred and twenty-sev- enth anniversary of Sir John Bur- govne's surrender to Gen. Horatio Gates was observed byt the dedication of the Saratoga County Civil War Vet­ erans' monument in the shadow of the lofty Saratoga battle monument. The chemistry bureau of the depart­ ment of agriculture has begun an elab­ orate investigation of barley growing, with especial attention to its use for brewing purposes. Rev. Dr. Arthur S. Lloyd of New York, who was recently elected to the Episcopalian bishopric of Kentucky, has declined that office, it is reported. Ambassador Juserand of France, who has just returned from Europe, where he went on a vacation, pre­ sented to President Roosevelt a per­ sonal message of felicitation from President Loubet. Edward Terry, the actor and owner of Terry's theater, is engaged to marry Lady Harris, widow of the late Sir Augustus Harris. The new tariff proposals for Nor­ way include a duty of 5' per cent ad valorem on machinery. Previous state­ ments to the efTect that the proposals did not include an increased duty on • machinery were incorrect. Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore will preside at the sessions of X<ake Mohonk**tndian conference at Lake Mo- honk. N. Y. Gov. Chamberlain and a distin­ guished party from Connecticut assist­ ed in the dedication of the Connecti­ cut monument on the Chattanooga bat­ tlefield. Delegates to the Christian church missionary convention at St. Louis at­ tended a union communion service in the Coliseum, which is said to have been the largest gathering of the kind ever assembled. Larkin W. Hall, proprietor of a mil­ linery establishment in Boston, was found murdered. Fred Watson and Eugene SennOtt, privates from Fort Warren, are held on suspicion of be­ ing concerned in the crime. When the safe in Hony Faust's res­ taurant, in St. Louis, was opened Sun­ day it was found that $4,116 in cur­ rency and checks was missing. The police are seeking the assistant bar­ keeper, who they say has disappeared. J. M. Culp, fourth vice-president of the Southern railway, has been elect­ ed to the offlee of third vice-president. The light-grade rail plant at the Ed­ gar Thomson steel works at BraddoGk, Pa., went on double turn, giving em­ ployment to 200 men. The late "Golden Rule" Jones left an estate valued at $354,112, according to papers filed in the probate court at Toledo, Ohio. Of this amount $332,* 000 is in stocks and bonds. The treasury department has order­ ed, the collector of customs at Nor­ folk, Va., to collect duty on Persian and Turkish valuables brought to that port by naval officers on the collier Hannibal. Lieut. Charles F. Cone was before the enurt-martial in Savannah. Ga., oa trial for alleged neglect of duty in con­ nection with the recent lynching in Statesboro; He asked to be acquitted, but this was refused. _ According to the census bureau re­ port, the United. States has a total of 271,100 employes in the executive branches. The average annual salary ^ in the government offices at Washing­ ton is given as $1,072, average age of employes 41, and average period of service ten years. Fire at Frankton, Ind., caused a loss of $40,000, destroying L. A. Wells' drug store, the opera house and other properties. Six cars loaded with lumber were demolished in a freight wreck at?' Pana, 111. Andre "Bobroff, second secretary of the Russian embassy at Washington, has left St. Petersburg for his official post. Fanny Moran Olden, formerly one of the really great sopranos, is. inyk hospital for mental diseases in^ajsob- urb of Berlin. ^-- Former President Grover Cleveland said in Princeton, N. J., that while he had made only one engagement to speak in the campaign, at the meet­ ing in New York next week^ it was not impossible his present view might be altered. In the speech from the throne at tho opening of the storthing at Ghrls- tiania, Norway, there was nothing of International interest, with the ex­ ception of the announcement. of the Introduction of a tariff bill with the "ohject of affording: national labor greater protection," "London, Oct. 15.--Kouropatkin's ar­ my is fighting to extricate itself from the trap into which it advanced five days ago, and the battle continues furiously only twelve miles south of Mukden. The sounds of battle can be heard in that city. j The Standard's dispatches from Yentai state that the Japanese hurled back sixteen attacks, drove the Rus­ sians twenty miles, and captured sev­ enty guns. Already 15,000 wounded Russians are making their way to Mukden. The number of dead is not even hinted at A dispatch from the Russian head­ quarters in the field states that Oku's army, which has been advancing up the Liao, had crossed the Hun river. This must mean that Oku has swung the extreme left of his army suddenly eastward, crossing the Hun river an% attacking the Russian right on its flank. . On the east Kuroki has delivered one flank attack and was preparing to make' another. He has crumpled up the left wing of the Russian army. Nodzu's army, the center, has driv­ en a wedge into the Russian center; splitting Kouropatkin's army. At Tokio last evening it was pre­ dicted that Oyama might capture sev­ eral divisions of the Russian army, and perhaps Kouropatkin himself. The Standard's correspondent with Gen. Kuroki, dating his dispatch "Near Yentai, Oct. 12," says: "The cause of the Russian defeat was that the Japanese armies drove a wedge in the middle of the "enemy's line. The east toward Mukden and the Russian right is throwing all the men it can muster across its path. Every foot of ground is being contested, and, while the main action lies along the %est side of the railway, a few miles south of Mukden, the armies to the east of the railway are making every possi­ ble diversions. Positions are being taken and retaken and guns are chang­ ing hands almost hourly. The greatest admiration is ex­ pressed here for the tenacity displayed by Gen. Kouropatkin in protecting his retreat, but nowhere is any idea en­ tertained that the uussians' first de­ cided success on the Shakhe river can change the broad character of their defeat, or have any effect beyond re­ tarding slightly the eventual Japanese advance to Mukden, and probably to Harbin, since the Japanese appear to be fully prepared for a winter cam­ paign. The report from the Russian flank column to the left, which left head­ quarters there on Oct. 14, tells of re­ peated Russian attempts to accom­ plish the object of the commander in chief and of final failure. The report covers operations up to the 14th, but what happened after that is not known. The dispatch says that repeated at­ tacks by Russians were repulsed and that just as the Russians were prepar­ ing for still another assault the order to retreat was received. The really significant thing is that St. Petersburg admits Kouropatkin is WHY RUSSIAN SQUADRON MUST LEAVE PORT ARTHUR. PORT ,ARTHUR '"OTAu? GOLDEN H'UL ktse^han r r AtftKX FT- UHGSHOO ^nft. RA0£& •-- ~ GSovftomi OLFHILL ALICHWAN / <?jy/r*r. E v / LkflAfoi* /w Admiral Wiren. (Commander of Russian fleet.) Bird's-eye view of Port Arthur, showing inner basin in which the warships have been lying at anchor, and forts captured by the Japanese which .command the harbor. C 3 marks location of the basin and stars show location of Etsesh 1, Wolf Hill and Takushan forts. Dotted lines mark direction of artillery fhre which renders the harbor unten­ able for the fleet. Late News From the Front More Pleasing to Russians St. Petersburg, Oct. 18.--The news from the front is more I'e.assuring, from the Russian standpoint. The sit­ uation is still regarded as being criti­ cal, but Gen. Kouropatkin Is apparent­ ly holding the Japanese firmly on his center and right wing, even having re- crossed the Shakhe river; and, while there are rumors of an extensive Jap­ anese flanking movement, both.on the east and on the west, there is no evidence that they are actually occur­ ring. The report of the operations of the Russian left wing is still three days , old, and since that time no news has while the spoils of the right | keen received from this column; pursuit is being kept up by strong forces on both flanks, and there is good reason to hope Oyama will suc­ ceed in enveloping the enemy." In a later dispatch the same corre­ spondent says the whole Russian line uas been repulsed and driven back more than twenty miles. Seventy guns have been captured. Gen. Kou­ ropatkin in person commanded the troops moving along the main road. Gen. Mistchensko is in command at Ponsihu. The Japanese hurled back sixteen counter attacks in all. A dispatch from Tokio to the Stand­ a r d s a y s : . . . . . . . "It is unofficially reported that the Japanese right army has succeeded in isolating a force of three or four divisions of Russians in the Benishu Kiatotan district. It is rumored that Kouropatkin himself is with the force, which seems doomed to destruction. 'The central army captured eleven guns and the left army twenty-five guns army are expected to be still more valuable. , It is believed here that the disas­ trous advance was forced on Gen. Kouropatkin from St. Petersburg. In any case his move was an unexpected godsend for the Japanese army." Other correspondents, in" referring to the fighting of Wednesday, say the Japanese are pressing the Rus­ sians towards Mukden. All agree the Russians are putting up a desperate fight and not giving away an inch without a struggle. The valor dis­ played on both sides cannot be sur­ passed. On the London stock exchange Rus­ sian fours fell one point and Japan­ ese fives rose one Sind a quarter. Keen Contests for Every Foot of Ground Fought Over London, Oct. 18--The Japanese left army is fighting its way . north and WHY HE DOUBLED FEE. Business Man's Sole Desire Was to Save His Reputations Timothy L. Woodruff of New York tells the story of an old chap In busi­ ness in a town not far from Buffalp, who recently discovered one morning that his safe was out of order, and telegraphed to the maker in Buffalo to send down an expert. When the tnan arrived he discov­ ered that the vault, which was an olcL-fashloned affair and locked with a key, could not be opened. After a hasty examination the expert took a piece of wire, and began to dig out a mass of dust and lint from the key. He then opened the safe as quickly as one could desire. With & sickly smile the old merchant meekly asked: "What's the charge?" "Twenty-five dollars," was the reply. "Does any one know you're in town?" _ - "None save yourself." . "Then here's fifty.. You will do me a favor if you'll get out of town by the first train. If any one knew inat I had paid a man $25 to dig the dirt retreating and Tokio modestly asserts that it is the Japanese intention to' continue advancing without anticipat­ ing too much. A late estimate of the Russian losses from a German source is 30,000. Kouropatkin Keeps Up Fight Along His Line of Retreat. London, Oct. 17.--Kouropatkin's army, shattered but still fighting des­ perately, stubbornly, valorously, is slowly retreating, leaving 10,000 dead on the field of battle. The rear guard near Shakhe is cov­ ering theretreat, even taking the ag­ gressive at times, and repeatedly hurling back the Japanese assaults. Tokio estimate the total Russian casualties in the seven days' fighting at 50,000. The Japanese claim their losses are less than 10,000. At St. Petersburg it is declared that the army will not stop at Mukden nor Tieling, but will retire to Harbin. Kouropatkin seems utterly discred­ ited in St. Petersburg. Military men declare that he can no longeir be in­ trusted with supreme command. oUt of a key for me I'd never do an­ other dollar's worth of business, in this part of the state." The Missouri la a Dusty River. "The dust blows out of the Mis­ souri river," says Bob Burdette. "It is the only river in the world where the dust blows in one great column out of the river bed. The catfish come up to the surface to sneeze. The Mis­ souri river is composed of six parts sand and miiti and four parts water. The natural color of the water is seal brown, but when it rains for two or three days and the river gets pretty wet it changes to a dark iron-gray. A long rain will make this river so thin that it can easily be poured from one vessel to another, like a cocktail. When it is ordinarily dry. however, it has to be stirred with a stick before you can pour it out of anything."--Kansas City Journal. Cattle in Arizona. According^ to the latest returns to the Territorial Board of Equafriation, there are 237,696 cattle in Arizona, valued at $1,578,625. r- • . ' • - - (ilinois Federation or LaDor Favors Preference for Cf us bed Stone O rders* SHOULD EMPLOY ALL TRADES Opposes the Singling Out of a Few Lines to Their Detriment, and Urge* That Only Hand and Foot Power Be Employed. Aurora, III,, special: The new con­ vict labor law was indbrsed at Thurs­ day's session of the State Federation of Labor and the recommendations of the special committee as to its inter­ pretation were adopted. These pro­ vide that only raw material shall be purchased by the state for manufac­ turing purposes; that no machinery other than hand or foot power shall be used; that prison officials shall not single out a few trades or lines of work for the employment of in­ mates, but shall endeavor to manufac­ ture at least a portion of every article for which requisition is made, and that crushing stone for roads shall be given the preference in employing convicts, and all requisitions of this character shall be honored before any other article is maue. The committee will submit a draft of a bill to be introduced into the leg­ islature this winter providing that con­ vict-made goods from other states shall be marked before being brought into Illinois. Table Anti-Treat Resolution. Considerable amusement was cansed when Stephen Sumner of the Milk Drivers' Union of Chicago offered a set of resolutions to "advance the morale of the labor movement" by abolishing the practice' of treating. The convention put off action until the closing moment of the aftternoon session, when the resolution was tabled. Delegate Russell scored the system of drawing grand jurors in Cook coun­ ty, and declared that a grand jury for any sort of purpose can be drawn in Chicago. He presented a list giving the vocations of the men drawn for grand jury service in the last 'six months and said that only six wbrk- ingmen had served, while tne otf^r 144 were bankers, business men and others opposed to organized labor. Other speakers declared that the only work nccomplished by grand juries in Chicago was the indictment of la­ bor leaders on any sort of charge that might be selected. Americans Are Better Off. W. D. Ryan, secretary of the state mine workers, recently returned from a two months' trip to Europe, said the American workingmen were by far better off financially and otherwise than their brothers across the water. Among the deplorable conditions . in London, he said, 120,000 school chil­ dren were compelled to %o to school hungry, as their parents were unable to buy food because of the hard times. Few important changes were made. In the constitution. Two more mem­ bers were added to the executive board, the time of holding the annual conventions was changed to Novem­ ber, and an extra assessment for leg­ islative purposes authorized. Resolutions were adopted ctypdemn- ing bogus labels of the Kni^ts of Labor used on cigars' and clothing; commending th# state factory inspec­ tor for enfqrclng the child labor law, and to prevent the spread of tuber­ culosis and secure better sanitary con­ ditions, light and ventilation in work­ shops, factories and mines. POISON LURKS IN ICE CREAM Residents of Mlshawaka, Ind., Want an Official Investigation. Mlshawaka, Ind., dispatch: Basing the estimate utfon the rejibrts of phy­ sicians, at leas.t fifty Mishawaka peo­ ple have been poisoned here within the last three days. Some became violently ill, the symptoms resembling those of ptomaine poisoning. Doc­ tors now express the opinion that the suffering is the result of people eat­ ing ice cream or ice cream soda. All the persons who thus far have become ill admit of having eaten the frozen article in some form and a great many are anxious to have an official inves­ tigation conducted. It is not known whether the poisoning is due to adul­ terated milk or whether some poison­ ous substance entered the cream in the course of the freezing process. Big Fire at Ligonier. Ligonier, Md., special: Five stores and the new Elks lodge rooms were partially destroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at $35,000. The stores damaged were Williams' drug store, Kerr's furniture store, Wertheimer's wool rooms, and the Fair store. Dam­ age was also done to the Mier bank. Prays, Then Falls Dead. Cumberland, -Md., dispatch: Isaac Anderson, aged 65, a well-known wheelwright of Cumberland, fell dead Just as he finished the prayer and said "amen" at the Methodist Protes­ tant prayer meeting here. Drive Negroes From Town. Mountain Home, Idaho, dispatch: Because the negro families sent their Children to the public schqol twenty- flve masked men have driven all the colored people from the town. ^ppoWtted to 8ucceed the Lat* Henry C. Payne. Robert J. Wynne is postmaster gen­ eral by direct appointment of PresP dent Roosevelt. His appointment un­ der the law is effective until the end Of the next session of the senate, .c la understood that Mr. Wynne wyi be DtNEEN AND STRINGER AGREE THAT THE CONSTITUTION­ AL AMENDMENT SHOULD BE ADOPTED. iEii. Eloping Couple Found Qeadr Richmond, Va., special: Miss Bes­ sie Stone and Robert Gill, who eloped from Ashland, were found dead, with their hands clasped, near a pond in that vicinity, with a bullet hole la the head of each. Bring* Slek Men Home. Norfolk, Va., dispatch: The United States dispatch boat Mayflower ar­ rived here from Mediterranean waters with sick men from 'tie United States battlship squadron. • eoBEpr j hTTtftir ; succeeded in time by {Jeorge Cdrtel- you. .- ;v; ^ •. • Mr. Wynne was appointed first as­ sistant postmaster general on April 17. 1902. For nearly a quarter of a century he had been a Washington newspaper correspondent, serving at various times some of the most Im­ portant newspapers in the country. CREMATED MAN'S ASHES ARE JUNKMAN'S FORTUNE Dealer Buys Little Metallic Casket for $2, but Demands Several Hun­ dred Dollars for Hla Prize. Omaha, Neb., dispatch: The ashes of Prof. Robert Haupstuck, a noted German educator, were bought here by Mark Moses, an Omaha junk deal­ er, and he^ says he will not give them up unless he fs paid several hundred dollars. Pref. Haupstuck died last December at Alameda, Cal., and his body was cremated. Mrs. Haupstuck started for Germany with the ashes, but fell ill on the way and died at the St. Joseph hospital here. Papers among her ef­ fects showed she was taking the re­ mains to Europe. A long search was made fop the body, but it finally developed that it had been cremated, and the ashes were found in a trunk. Mrs. Haupstuck was buried here. A special adminis­ trator was appointed for. her estate, and he sold her effects. Moses bought for $2 a little metallic casket. When he opened it he found that it contained what he thought was some powder. It developed, however, that it contained the ashes of Prof. Haupstuck. Moses says he has been offered $200 for the ashes, but will not sell them for that. RAIDERS IN COLLEGE PANTRY Students aa Ghosts Take Everything to Eat From Women's School. Hamilton, Ohio, dispatch: During the annual "walk around" at the Mi­ ami university, Oxford, a party of 150 students wearing night robes went to the Western college for women. While part of them made a demon­ stration in front of the main hall, monopoolizing the attention of those op the inside, the rest entered and looted the college pantry, carrying off the pastry and food prepared for 250 girls. The raid was not discovered until morning. The collegians also visited Oxford college for women, but contented themselves with a ghost dance there, doing no further looting. RECEIVER FOR AN INTERURBAN Fraud Is Claimed in Construction of a "Road in Ohio. Palnesville, O., special: A. B. Cleve­ land of Unionville has been appointed receiver for the Cleveland, Palnesville and Ashtabula Electric Railway com­ pany. The receivership was the result of a petition of Jethro G. Mitchell of Toledo, O., which claims fraud in the cost of constructing the road. The road was capitalized at $1,000,000, but the petitioner asserts that its cost was a great deal less than that sum. It is^ also alleged in the petition that the road is insolvent. SHOOTS W||FE FOR A BURGLAR W. Briesee Almost Makes Fatal Mis­ take Looking for Thief. •Janesville, Wis., dispatch: While searching for burglars in his house W. Briesee, a marble dealer, accidentally shot Mrs. Briesee, and it was at first thought that she would not survive. The bullet struck Mrs. Briesee in the abdomen and she is suffering a serious though not necessarily fatal wound. The husband is prostrated over his almost fatal error. Republican, Democratic and Indepert- v dent Newspapers Over fttatip,^:,^-! Favor It. PROVIDES HOSPITAL IN PER81A Mrs. Simon Reed Donates 97,000 to Presbyterian Missions./ Chicago, 111., dispatch: Mrs. Simon Reed, donor of the Reed Memorial library and chapel at Lake Forest uni­ versity, has donated $7,000 to the Presbyterian board of missions to be used for the erection of a hospital at Owoonya, Persia. The new hospital will be conducted in connection with a large! Presbyterian mission already es­ tablished there. Blind PupiIi~Make Charges. Milwaukee, Wis., dispatch: Pupils of the state scSool for the blind at Janesville have sent a communication td the state board of control com­ plaining that they do not get enough to eat and are half starved. Wisconsin Bank Cloees. Plainfield, Wis., special: State Com­ missioner of Banking Bergh has closed tbP bank of Plainfield, which became embarrassed through lnjudi* clous Investment. The people of Illinois may be sure of two things concerning the Consti­ tutional Amendment which is -to be voted for at the November election. These are, no politics in the measure and no possibility of it working to the disadvantage of any other section of the state. This the electors are as­ sured of on the authority of practi­ cally all the leading men of the state of all political parties, but the facts have been reiterated perhaps more often by Charles S. Deneen and Law­ rence B. Stringer, the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor. Both these candidates have served in the Legislature. They were mem­ bers of the lower house together some years ago, and Mr. Stringer is now a member of the state senate. It is largely fjom this experience that they are convinced that the amend­ ment i$ a proper one and worthy the affirmative votes of the electors all over the state. They know that Chi­ cago has an inadequate charter, and that every term of the Legislature! sees many bills presented from that city which are Intended to patch out or stretch in some makeshift man­ ner this general charter so as to meet the city's requirements. Often this, legislation has been strenuously pushed by the civic or­ ganizations and representatives from the city, to the delay and obstruction of bills from other quarters. But even when this has not been the case, the representatives from the country dis­ tricts have declared that Chicago wanted too much--was never quite satisfied with what she had got. This was because Chicago never has got and never can get by piecemeal legislation the governmental system or charter laws which such a city re­ quires. The township law, the reve­ nue law, and the scores of amend­ ments and additions that have been tacked on to the Cities and Villages act since 1875 have served a purpose, but after them all Chicago needs a new charter. The city wants to meas­ ure up in charter powers (in authority to deal with her owi local affairs) with other cities of the first class. The men of knowledge and experience all parties throughout the state are agreed that such a charter is rightfully due the city, and are urg­ ing the people t^ vote for the amend­ ment, which will empower the Legis­ lature to grant it. ~ What the Legislature itself thinks about it is told by the vote on the resolution to submit the amendment to the electors. The house cast 11$ for it and only 3k against it, while in the senate there was not a single dis­ senting vote. And all parties have since endorsed it in their state platforms. "Take my word for it," says Mr. Deneen, "the state can make no mis­ take in adopting this amendment. It is sorely needed in Chicago, and if it carries the state at large will be the gainer." "Whether you vote for me or not," said Mr. Stringer to a large audi­ ence at Peoria the other night, "I ask you to vote for the Constitutional amendment, for it can harm none and will do much good." IN ENGLAND'S COTTON MILLS. Workers Appear Dull and Evince Lit­ tle Interest in Life. England's greatest Industry is the cotton industry, and in certain locali­ ties whole towns are given up to the huge mills where every man, woman and child earns daily bread, often whole families being employe#. The world's cotton output has not kept r&ce with its population, and now th^re is a shortage of cotton and the poor people of Lancashire are work­ ing short hours, barely earning enough to sustain life. The short time, however, was necessary to keep the price of cotton from rising and thus bringing'on £ greater evil--finan­ cial panic. The crisis is said to be the severest since the cotton famine dur­ ing the civil war in this country. England hopes, by furthering in every way possible the cultivation of cotton in her African colonies, to be able to meet such conditions in the future. How mueh the welfare of her people depends upon it is apparent a glance into one of her busy cot­ ton mills, teeming with life and labor. Th6 'winding frames with their in­ numerable spindles and bobbins of fleecy cotton and the never ceasing whirr of the winding is especially interesting. The faces of the em­ ployes form an unpleasing contrast, to those found in our own busy fac­ tories. Where our laborers are bright with interest and inany tokens of active intellect, these have dull, heavy countenances, which seem as though they could look no further than each day's pending round, in the cottoD mill. ' Contrasting Coronations. In strong contrast to the ceremony of King Peter's coronation at Belgrade recently was the -simple anointing of the ill-fated King Alexander when he ascended the thrdne. 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