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- S,'"- I-*' "•* ***• -J •V;jV--% I L L I N O I S ., ,-;J - •«' • ; ' ; •- ;:• ' -- - * • • " " . ; . . ' . : -rt lobbin for Dental Fton. Something new in a little pocket convenience is in the small, flat bob­ bin of dental floss. This everyone knows, but he may not know of the improvement added recently--a small finger set on at one side of the bob­ bin. When the floss is pulled out the end is caught in this finger, making \j\_ a taut stretch of it, which can be used »,Ss« without the awkwardness that is ex- " : perienced when tJbe end is held in the Angers. > Cashmere House Gown. |E1lto attractive house gown Is of green silk of a light shade. The vest aad the belt are of silk. The trim- li&g consists of broken key design, I made of ribbon of green, matching the cashmere and fagoted with silk twist matching the silk. The sleeves are finished with ribbon and fagoting. Mew Gowns. of the gowns are built along nouveau art lines and the woman of the season looks precisely as though she had stepped off a cajendar. She is in reds and browns, bronzes and sepias, and her tones are beautiful to behold. She dresses in etamine and heavy canvas, the new woman in brown, and she selects the glossy face cloth which looks like brown satin and the wonder­ ful novelty cbrown goods, woolen and soft and easily draped. Then one sees the woman of brown in camel's hair with the long hairs very visible on the surface, and in the camel's hair there are stripes, and spots and shot portions to give it a contrast. And one also sees the cam­ el's hair goods with plain dots, silky and shiny, and the camel's hair which has smooth spots of woolen and nov­ elty figures. There are ever so many new varieties this season, just as there are in etamines and brown serges. Bat most popular of all til New York is the miroir velvet. It comes so thin that it makes an admirable reception gown, equaling in elegance anything that could be produced. Bat there are cheaper velvets that are pretty ana fashionable and pretti­ est ef all. in brown are the crushed velvet suits which are soft in tone, rich in texture and admirable for mak­ ing up purposes. Shaded Plumes Pretty. The vogue of the ombre or shaded Colorings is one that increases as the Reason reaches i<;s height, and is pret­ tily exemplified in this hat of shaded browns in velvet and chenille, trimmed with a long full plume showing the raspberry tints running into white. The crown is high, the brim so wired that it may be bent to the most becom­ ing curve, an<Ka bandeau tucked into the headsize at the left side, to give a becoming tilt to the shape. Shaded brown velvet roses cover the bandeau, and an applique of ecru Irish crochet lies flat on the edge of the brim. © Bake a Large Fiah Whole. Cut off the head and split the fish down nearly to the tail; prepare a nice dressing of bread, butter, pepper and salt, moistened with a little water. Fill the flsh with this dressing, and bind It together with fine cotton cord or tape, so as to confine It; the bind­ ings may be three inches apart; lay the flsh on a grate on a bake pan or a dripping pan, andi pour round it a little water and melted butter. Baste fre­ quently. A good-sfzed fish will bake in an hour. Serve with the gravy of the ush, drawn butter or oyster sauce. To Serve Mayonnaise;, A good idea for serving tartar sauce oi mayonnaise is to put it in a little "lemon basket"--that is, half a tamos nearly cleaned out and then filled with the sauce. One of these should go to each guest. The great advantage in this Is that the sauce does not get melted by being put on the hot plate with the flsh, fried oysters, etc. If the fish is served on a platter it may be surrounded with these little "lemon baskets." If it is served from the pantry a "lemon basket" should be placed on each plate.--Harper's Bazar. * ' Smart Midwinter Styles. A veil-known milliner says that ca­ mellias and stiff petaled flowers of this family will be worn on fur toques. A swagger hat of sable in flat sailor shape had a close-set wreath of white gardenias around the crown. v! Another model was a theater crea- tfon, with a crown of violets and their leaves. A brim' of embroidered pale green tulle spread like an aureole around the head. Two white feathers so placed as to fall over the brim in front gave a very novel movement to the hat. A shape which promises to become popular in the exclusive 'modistic world is a soft American felt, with a Bersaglieri feather. Everyone who has traveled in Italy will remember the hats worn by the soldiers of this fa­ vorite regiment, and fashion has adopt­ ed the regimental plume for one of her novelties this, season. How to Water Flowers. The most particular thing in the house culture of plants is the water­ ing. So many people think they are doing their duty if they give their plants a little water every day. This is' altogether wrong. When you find your plants dry they need water. This can be easily learned by tapping the pot with the knuckles and getting a ringing sound from dryness and a dead sound when it is wet enough, or by rubbing the soil on the top of the pot with the finger; if it feels moist and sticks to the finger, it is wet enough, but if it feels <iry and slightly dirty, it wants water. Water it well and be sure the water has gone through the pot. By half watering, that Is not giving it enough water to go to the bottom, the roots are drawn to the top for a drink instead of going down, where they will get both food and drink. Never let plants, stand in water either in saucers or jardinieres, as it will in most instances induce decay of the roots, which will be fatal to the plants.--Montreal -Her- Boy's "Mtddy" Suit. Next to a boy's first bloomers In his after-memories comes the long trousers that made him feel like a "grown up man." With a good pat­ tern to follow, every boy should have his wish gratified for at a very small cost the mother can make a most PROBE FOR RAILROADS. Railroads and the state board of •ailroad and warehouse commissioners .vere attacked in a resolution intro- iuced in the house Friday by Repre­ sentative McCaskrin, the independent member from Rock Island. Mr. Mc- Caskrin's seeming specialty is rail­ road legislation. In his resolution Mr. McCaskrin harges that discriminations in freight Urates have been made by railroad com- !panies and demands that a special committee to investigate these alleged conditions be appointed with instruc­ tions to report to the house not later than Feb. 20. Mr. McCaskrin alleges in his resolution that there have been "unlawful freight rebates on the trans­ portation of stones, coal, grain, live stock and other agricultural products" fronil the freight bureaus of Quincy, Bloomington, Decatur and Springfield. The resolution states that "a condi­ tion viciously, discriminating and op­ pressive exists, wholly within Use bor­ ders of this state, in that the ? All- road companies in the transforation of passengers and freight exact unjust and exorbitant rates, and that such unlawful fraudulent practices threaten many small manufacturing plants with financial ruin and bankruptcy, while in many instances all the discrimina­ tion between small towns on noncom­ petitive railway lines in freight charges is too flagrant and unfair to be longer tolerated. "The railroad and warehouse com­ missioners have wholly failed to com­ pel the railroad companies to make complete reports of the number of passengers traveling over their re­ spective lines and the number of tons of freight carried, as is required by statute. "Members of the state railroad and warehouse commission by cothmon re­ pute are disqualified under the law to hold such office by reason of owning and possessing bonds, stocks and property in railroad companies and being pecuniarily interested in railroad corporations in the state of Illinois, and in companies whose "op extend into this state." The resolution Vas ordered deferred to the house commltteo on railroads, when appointed. . Good Roads Bill Under Way. Results of an investigation of hard jroad building and the best method to [be used in a proposed system of hard .roads for'Illinois, conducted by the jhard roads commission appointed by pov. Yates over a year ago, will be (submitted' to the legislature the letter part of the week. The final meeting tof the commission, which is composed jof D. W. Smith of Springfield, chair- jman: H. U. Wallace, chief engineer of the Illinois Central railway, and E. A. (Mitchell of Chillieothe, III., was held [Friday. Previous to this meeting the imembers of the commission called on (Gov. Deneen, and the latter went over |the report. Gov. Deneen expressed himself as much pleased with the re­ tell Its of the investigation A rough idraft of a. measure providing for a general system of hard roads in the state was also gone over, and when this bill is submitted to the legisla­ ture it is to have the full approval of Gov. Deneen. The measure will be handled by spe­ cial committees in both houses. The hard roads committee has already been named in the senate, headed by Senator Anderson of Winnebago coun­ ty as chairman, and the house commit­ tee probably will be named early next week. Speaker Shurtleff intimating -4hat he would have all committee ap­ pointments out. of the way before ad­ journment Friday. A number of members from the country districts declare they will vote against such a measure and work actively for It« defeat. Costume a Poem in Red. A costume that might well be called a poem in red was seen in the tea­ room ef one of New York's most fash- 1 on able hotels where the sartorial elect love to gather for a cup of tea and a bit of gossip. The gown had a rather long but round shaped skirt, and was in dark red chiffon velvet shirred on several fine cords around the hips, falling full and untrimmed to the floor. The shirrings oir the skirt were car­ ried up a la princess to girdle depths amend the waist. No fastening was visible, but this was doubtless hidden among the full gathers at the back, as most of the modish costumes are fast­ ened in, this manner. The little short- backed waist was of a cloth in a light­ er shade than the velvet and sleeve­ less, or more properly speaking, hav­ ing a sleeveless effect, the sleeves be­ ing caught in puffs^'wlth Bands and tucks of the cloth, and the little coat was strapped with velvet. The vest and stock collar were of gauze and touches of silk were introduced in the cuffs and revers. With this costume was worn a black velvet cavalier hat, with natural ostrich feathers, and over1 a chair hung the wearer's wrap of red lined with Russian squirreL n, '-y*-s- • c4 T* • • ---------- • ;• Seen in the Shops. Pinking on broadcloth is a recent innovation upon imported models. Blouse patterns of silk and of cloth beautified by broderie anglaise are shown. Silk hopsacMng comes in the .love­ liest shade", and is even more dis­ tinctive in its rough weave than pon­ gee. ' • » • Beautiful ostrich feather sets, muff and long rounded boa appear this year In the shaded effects, which are to be foufid In so many things. satisfactory garment. The pattern is pimple and the most inexperienced seamstress will have no difficulty in building a stylish little suit for which the tailor would charge at least $10. The sailor blouse is made to slip over the head and the trousers are erf the regulation style. Blue serge is a very satisfactory material for a woolen suit --C)k*cago American. . Elaborate Evening FrodOk Evening frocks are to a degree elab- qfate. Thin fabrics of all kinds are embroidered closely with sequins. An attractive pink satin frock veiled with net heavily embroidered with sequins lhas a skirt with tiny stitched tucks about the hips, from which point it falls loose and full. At the hem is a deep and full gathered flounce of the net. The flounce Is covered with pink sequins In a flowered design. The low- cut bodice is composed of the neck, and it is caught in at the waist line satin girdle. «;fT • - New Wrinkle In Belts. * . New leather belts show the influ­ ence of tucks and shirrings, for the soft leathers and suedes are puckered in tiny folds in just the appearance of si Favor Rate Legislation* Illinois house of represent** tives unanimously adopted a resolu­ tion-indorsing President Roosevelt's stand in the matter of giving the in­ terstate commerce commission and the federal courts power to regulate and control railroad rates. The indorsement was in the form of a joint resolution presented by Rep­ resentative Gray of Macon county. It included a request that the Illinois senators and representatives in con­ gress, regardless of politics, support the president in his position and use every effort to secure the enactment of the necessary congressional legisla­ tion. • ' *> --- No Compulsory Referendum. The house gave a bad black eye to the proposition for a compulsory ref­ erendum on all street railway fran­ chises. Mr. Comerford asked unani­ mous consent, to advance the bill to second reading without reference. There were cries of "Object!" "Ob­ ject!" all over the hall, and then Mr. Comerford moved to lay asides the rules and demanded a roll call. It takes five members to Insist on t# roll Inheritance Tax Division. Mr. Covey offered a measure pro­ viding that money collected from In­ heritance taxes shall be divided, half to go to the state and half to the county in which the estate is located. 1%P,«}1 goes to the state, Civil Service Bills. "Representative Burke of Chicago inr troduced a merit bill for fanitarv dis­ tricts and Senator Humphrey of Chi­ cago" a bill providing for county civil service. .... . State Historian Is Sought. Mr. Church offered a bill to provide for a state historian, to compile all official correspondence, memoranda, and data regarding Illinois, in connec­ tion with all wars, from the revolution to the Spanish, including the Black Hawk, and other Indian uprisings. Anti-Lean Shark Bill. Representative Grein lntrocfoefcff'a bill prepared by thelroquois club of Chicago which aims t©-make tne as­ signment of unearned wages void on tke ground of public policy. call, and as no one supported him in the demand the speaker put the motion on a viva voce vote, and it was beaten badly. The bill then went to the com­ mittee on municipal corporations, which generally is regarded its the graveyard for such measures. Fleeced Lamb Is Heard From. Amusement and sympathy were ex­ cited among those'house members wha have dallied with the fickle goddess of speculation on the Chicago board of trade when Speaker Shurtleff asked the clerk to read the following peti­ tion: "Sublette, 111., Jan. 18.--The Honor­ able MembersT of the Forty-fourth General Assembly: Will some mem­ ber of your honorable assembly intro­ duce a bill which may be made a law. which will prohibit a clique of million­ aires from selling millions of bushels oT wind for the farmers' honest grain, thereby fleecing the producer of mil­ lions of money each year? I would suggest a law which would make it necessary for # maa to own a regular warehouse certificate for the amount of grain he wishes to sell for future delivery. In other words, he must first have the grain to sell. Praying the kind 'consideration of the assembly, I remain, respectfully, "J. ft. Leffman." "I know just how he feels," said one member. The letter was referred to the committee on warehouses. Many Reform Measures. Two civil service bills, a "fellow servants" bill, a few divorce bills, an­ other gas bill, an anti-policy bill, an anti-miscegenation bill, an anti-loan shark bill, and another insurance bill were the principal measures intro­ duced in the general assembly during Wednesday's session. All are in the line of reform of one sort or another. The senate standing committees were announced. The house by a vote of 113 to;, 25 adopted the report of the committee' on contingent expenses providing for the ten house pdlicemen. fifteen jan­ itors, seventeen pages and three men to look after t&e ventilation--exactly thb number fixed in the Allen resolu­ tion, which was defeated in the cause of "reform" the first-week of the ses­ sion. Bill to Protect Informants. Representative S. 'E. Eriekson o£ Chicago introduced in the house a bill to„ protect the name of an in­ formant giving facts In regard to crime to any newspaper, before a grand jury or a court of inquiry, such information to be considered a privi­ leged communication, and making it an offense to give false information to any newspaper with respect to the commission of a crime. The same bill was introduced two fears ago by Mr. Eriekson. o. Only Judge to Report. The chair laid before the house the report of Judge R. D. Ramsey of the Fourteenth judicial district as to the^ number of days he had held court since the last general assembly. Judge Ramsey, however, was the only judge to report, to the legislature at last session, as required by the stat­ utes, and Is the only one so far this session. The report was referred to the committee on judiciary. Reformer fa Snubbed. „ The Hon. Benjamin Marion Mitchell, special representative of George E. Cole of the Legislative Voters' league, came late for the roll call, and asked permission to be recorded as voting against the resolution, but "Object" came from all parts of the house, and. "Benjamin" failed to gel on record it» favor of reforms. -- ~~^--- • Mixed Marriages. Mr. Mundy of Wabash introduced an anti-miscegenation bill prohibiting the intermarriage of a white person with one having one-eighth or morq negro blood, and imposing a penalty of $50 to $200 fine and thirty days in jail on any minister or officer who shall perform such marriage cere­ mony. Fights Indeterminate Sentence. In the senate Senator Haas reintro­ duced the bill vetoed at the last ses­ sion, repealing the indeterminate sen­ tence feature of the criminal law, and providing that the jury fix the punish­ ment of all convicts. The measure does not interfere with the parole fea­ ture in Illinois. For $1,000 Yates Portrait. Mr. Oglesby of Logan introduced a bill appropriating $1,000 to pay for a portrait of former Gov. Richard Yates, to be hung in the governor's office. Employes Must Report. The senate rules vwere amended so as to require all employes to report daily to the sergeant-at-arms on pain of being cut off the pay rolls. Life Insurance Reports. ^Senator Clark brought in a bill re­ quiring fire and life insurance com­ panies to make to actuaries reports the same as those now made by banks, showing all property, amount, of capi­ tal and names of stockholders. To Revoke Licensee. Wr. ifcfcGoorty's bill provides for ter­ minating the license of all foreign corporations to do business in Illinois as Boon as they take a case arising In this state into the federal court. Interest on Public. Funds. Mr. Mitchell's bill seeks to compel all public treasurers, from the state treasurer down, to account for all in­ terest "mctaey on public funds, three- quarters of it to go to the municipality and one-quarter to the treasury. • . • Habeas Corpus Appeal. Fred Eriekson offered a bill giving the state the right to appeal habeas corpus cases, the prisoner remaining In Jail unless released by a writ of supersedeas signed by two members of the supreme court bench. • - ' run CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS THROUGHOUT THF STATE CARRIED A TORCH IN CAMPAIGN. STATE .COLLEGE FEDERATION. TEACHER DEMANDS CERTIFICATE Now Mills Asks to Be Appointed Post­ master of Hopkins. Speaker Cannon has received a unique request for a postmastership from Schuyler Mills, a resident of Hopkins, a small town in Kankakee county: Mills asks for the postoffice on the ground that he was the only man in the district who carried a torch in the late campaign. One night Mills, as a protest against the existing apathy of the campaign, paraded the village street carrying a large kero­ sene torch. He was followed by his aged father with a flag and his young son with a drum. The miniature par­ ade called down on Mills the jeers of the villagers, including the post­ master. The application of Mills is thus somewhat in the nature of an attempt at retalliation. Before the campaign opened, Mills was a rabid free silverite, but after the St. Louis convention he declared that Bryan had been mistreated and. came out for Roosevelt. J' HEADS BUSINESS MEN. • At the annual meeting of the Bloom­ ington Business Men's association S. R. White was elected president of the s2.jP. W7f/7Z~ organization. He is a leading busi­ ness man of the city and one who is always active in behalf of its commer­ cial Interests. Woman's Club Officer*. At the annual meeting of the Jack­ sonville Woman's club the election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Mary Roberts Parsons; vice pres­ idents, Mrs. Hugh B. Weston and Mrs. John R. Robertson: recording secre­ tary, Miss Katherine D. Cole; corres­ ponding secretary, Miss Laura White; treasurer, Mrs. Kate Hicks Hollinger. Men Gain Victory. Notice was posted at the Sandoval smelter works announcing ' a reduc­ tion of 15 per cent on all wages. Af- *ter the day's work was finished the employes left the plant, refusing to accept the reduction. The managers agreed to pay the old scale and the men returned to work. Jacksonville Y. M. C. A. At the annual meeting of the Jack­ sonville Voting Men's Christian asso­ ciation T. M. Tomlinson, J, G. Din­ widdle and A. C. McLaughlin were elected directors to serve three years: Dr. H. L. Griswold and George W. Dye were re-elected directors. ToJBInk Coal Shaft. In March the work of° sinking a third coal mine will be commenced near Breese. A company has been formed to operate the mine. The largest stockholders are ex-Senator Otto Koch and Henry W. Koch, both of Breeze. Wife Has Life Interest.. The will of the late John M. Tippitt has been filed for probate in the county court at Taylorville. He gives his widow a life estate In all his prop­ erty. Aftelr her death it is to be di­ vided equally among their seven chil­ dren. ., Fourteen Institutions Join Hands for the General Good. The - representatives of fourteen col­ leges met at the James Milliken Uni­ versity, Decatur, and organized as "The Federation of Illinois Colleges." They were as follows: Gustave Au- dreen, Augustaua college, Lutheran; Frederick L. Sigmund. Carthage, Lu­ theran; W. R. Shue, Westfleld, United Brethren; Thomas W. Lingle, Block- bum, Presbyterian: Thomas H. Mc- Michael, Monmouth, United Presby­ terian; J. A. Leavitt, Ewing Baptist; H. J. Keikhoefer, Northwestern Evan­ gelical association; Francis Cassilly, St. Ignatius. Catholic: Robert E. Hie- ronymous. Eureka, Christian; A. L. Whitcomb, Greenville, Free "Metho­ dist; A. R. Taylor, Milliken, Presby­ terian; D. R. Bebout, Austin, Unde­ nominational/; Norman Carr, Shurtleff, Baptist ; Francis Cassilly, St. Vincent, Cathoiic. A. R. Taylor was elected president, R. Hieronymous vice president. J. A. Leavitt secretary. These officers with Francis Cassilly and Gustave Audreen, form the executive commit­ tee. Bondsmen Get Verdict. The jury at Pana returned- a verdict in favor of the defendants in the case of the Citizens' Building and Loan as­ sociation against Louis Jehle, T. J. Vldler and Herb Buel, bondsmen for I. N. Weaver, to recover $15,000 al­ leged to Have been spent by him. The association held ^meeting and de­ cided to appeal the case to the Ap­ pellate court. Courts Decide Against Sup< ef Sangamon County Schools. Tbe famous school case of Hepr& 1 Anderson against County Superintend- ' ent Van Dora will be appealed to the Supreme court. The Appellate court recently rendered a decision that the superintendent should issue a certifi­ cate to Anderson, as prayed for in the original petition for mandamus. • The case was tried in the Circuit | court, and the decision of that court was upheld by the Appellate court. I Anderson is a school teacher, who was denied a certificate to teach la Sangamon county by Superintendent j Van.Dora. ' . .. .... ,,,^3 Unitarian Church' Election. At the annual meeting of the Uni­ tarian church congregation, Quincy,W. Richardson^ B*. F. Bradford and Julius Kespohl, Jr.,*'were elected trustees; Mrs. Una B. James, secretary; John L. Bent, treasurer, and Lyman Mc- Carl, superintendent and treasurer of the Sunday school. NOTED ELGIN MAN. John Newman, whom the Elgin board of trade has re-elected presi­ dent, is a leading financier at Elgin, and greatly Interested in extending its industries. Mr* Newman came to this country when a boy from Hertford- m shire, England. He settled in Elgin in 1864, embarked In the mercantile business and steadily achieved suc­ cess. He has been president of the Elgin board of education, and also has served as trustee for the Northern hospital for the insane. This will be his third term as president of the -board. Booms Y. M. C. A. Secretary Brittenham is giving en­ tertainments in the lecture room of the ratlroad branch of the Y. M. C. A. at East St. Louis, to show the educa­ tional advantages to be derived through the association. Tjie East St. Louis association has a membership of about 800. National Guard Orders. •-.> Adjt. General Scott has issuedTf!U» following Illinois national guard orders: Chester Le Roy, ensign of the Quincy division, Illinois naval re­ serves, ordered to Chicago, February 28, for examination. Dishonorably Discharged -- Private A. W. Rugg, Gatling platoon, 5th in* fan try. Honorably Discharged -- Ordnances Sergeant C. J. Carlson, company C, Ot­ tawa; Sergt. C. I. Stacy, company B, 6th infantry, Feneseo; Privates Henry. Ramboske and Fred Rahn, company K» 6th infantry, Sterling. {Epidemic of Grip. Psoria is suffering from the severe epidemic of la grippe in its history. Physicians report over 2,000 cases, and that the malady is spread­ ing. Whole families are reported suf­ fering, -and in many business offices fcnd stores the office work has been crippled by the sudden lack of help. The doctors are working day and night and say that while in some instances it has developed a serious turn, the, majority of the cases will recoyexj, »>. Railway Farek. ' Js * ' The Baltimore and Ohio SoutKwest- ern railway has forty-eight and one- half miles of track in Clay county, with an assessed valuation of $301,- 450, and the taxes this year will be nearly $13,000. The Illinois Central has one and one-half miles, but, owing to its special charter, the county will receive no tax, the state receiving t per cent of the gross earnings. Hunter Is Injured. Louis Benson, a fur dealer of Pinefe: neyville, was accidentally shot by K. R. Rushing, near Campbell Hill. Ben­ son and Rushing were walking across a field, when Rushing slipped on the ice and fell. The shotgun he was car­ rying was discharged, taking effect In Bensqu*g leg, necessitating tion. !'#1 • Gets Verdict for $100. In the case of John W. Slaughfeir against the Chicago and Alton railroad the jury at Springfield awarded the plaintiff damages in the sum of $100. He was injured in a fight which oc­ curred on a passenger train between Springfield and St. Louts. list? Y. M. C. A. SECRETARY. E. B. Springer, Jr., who succeeds F. W. Hopper as general secretary of tike Elgin Young Men's Christian associa­ tion. is the youngest general secretary in the state. The retiring secretary has gone to Texas to do association work. Mr. Springer, received his early traiateg at the Central AUaV To Sink Gas Well. Preparations are being made to put down a gas well in Larkinsburg town­ ship, northwest of this city. A num­ ber of leases have been obtained and the work will begin at once. Farmers Aid Railway. About seventy-five farmers met at Salisbury and organized to give en­ couragement to the projected Spring­ field, Beardstown and Quincy Inter- urban railway. John Tobin was elect­ ed chairman and I. McGaugh sec­ retary. . Big Inheritance Tax. The largest check for inheritance tax ever given in Quincy was drawn by the administrator of the estate of Edward Seymour of Pay son. The check called for $8,900.12. Plans New Depot. The Big Four is contemplating the building of a new passenger depot in Pana. Vetunteer Firemen Elect. Tlfe Virginia volunteer fire depart­ ment has chosen these officers: Chief, Edward Ivey; assistant chief, Roy Ray; hose captain, William Ivey; hook and ladder captain, Jos. Dunbar; sec- retary 'reasurer, Eura Beckum; en­ gineer, J. Tv Doollng. Wires Must Go Underffeund. The Quincy city council has unani­ mously voted, for an ordinance requir­ ing that in the future all telegraph and telephone wires shall be placed underground. Gets Verdict for $490. The jury in the damage suit of Tony Fulks against the Springfield and De­ catur interurban railway company awarded the plaintiff $490. Eastern Illinois Teachers. Plans are being perfected for the entertainment of the 1,000 teachers who will assemble in this city on Feb­ ruary 10 and 11 at the annual meeting of the Eastern Illinois Teachers' elation. Butcher Plant Is Destroyed. The packing house and cold storage plant of the Parrish Butcher Company at Taylorville were destroyed by fire. The loss was $4,000; Insurance, $2,500. State Board Auditor. At the meeting of the state board of agriculture Hon. Thos. S. Marshall of Salem, member from the Twenty- third senatorial district, was re-elect­ ed auditor and chairman of the de­ partment of permits and privileges. ' " - C l i n t o n C o u n t y T e a c h e r s . The Clinton County Teachers' asSfc* elation will hold a meeting in the high school building in Carlyle on' Satur­ day, JifiOary 28. & Coles County Faliv The Coles county fair will be held in Mattoon August 29 to September 2. Opera House Company. The Taylorville Opera House com­ pany has elected the following offi­ cers: President, Ernest Hoover; vice president, W.. D. Hoover; secretary and manager, jerry Hogan; treasurer, F. W. Anderson. Mineral Water Pipe Linew R is announced that Seligman Bros, will build a pipe line from Gravel Springs to Jacksonville and make im­ provements in their property that will cost $30,000. A large bottling works and depot will be built in the city. Christian association, Chicago, aad later became secretary of the West Side association. He first came to 83- gin in the capacity of secretary of the junior department, and when the gen­ eral secretary resigned the directors of the association recognised the e®- cient work of the head of the junior department and gave him the sect* tary's place. -J . Money for the Poor. Tike philanthropic division af tfctk Woman's club of Pana raised several hundred dollars by placing boxes la the banks, postoffice and other places. The money is to be used for the bene­ fit of the poor. No Saloons or Criminals. Edwards county has the unique dis* tinct'oB of not having a saloon within Its i^Mers, not a prisoner In its jail and not a criminal ease on the circuit court docket Saloons have not exist­ ed in the county for many years. Lew Price for Farm. John C. Kohn of Danville^ vkft owned the old Bryan farm just north of Salem, has sold it to John H. Dukea; of Westviile, the consideration being $10,750. This farm contains JUf acres. . ~ w-. . Hominy Mill Seeks Location. |i Mayor Schuyler of Pana is in. re»"- ceipt of a letter from the proprietors of a hominy mil! in Chicago, who ai* seeking a location for their plant. Th» business men will hold a meetisis fiMf • the purpose of offering inducement* ffff tft« removal of the plant to l^anjL^. r~~r~; Measles in Bear " "Tier is an epidemic of Bear Creek township and three death* have resulted. Over UH) cases of ta» ' disease hav* been reported to township board of health. • ' . *., <8 •%' € -tit- Ai-"--- - -^--A