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^tr i ILLINOIS STATE NEWS I l l inois Legis lature GRANTS FRANCHISES TQ BOTH HEADS RETAIL MERCHANTS. i Arlaek my heart T© ths great anthem of returning bird, And sweetening bud, and green, ascending bled* Add thcu thy word. Long was the winter and the waiting leig; Heart, there were hours, indeed, thou wert afraid,-- 80 long the Spring delayed. BiHit" In th« Winter's alabaster tomb, 60 white and still and sleeping Summer lay. That dead she seemed; And none might know how in her magic aide. Slept the young Spring, and moved, and smlfed, And dreamed. Behold, she wakes again, and open-eyed. Gazes in wonder round the leafy room, At the young flowers. Upon this Eastsr Day Awaken, too, my heart, open thine eyes, And from thy seeming death thou, too, arise. Arise, my heart; yea, go thou forth ana sing! Join thou thy voice to ail this music sweet, Of crowding leaf, and busy, building wlhg, And falling showers; The murmur soft of little lives new-born. The armies of the grass, the million feet Of marching flowers. How sweetly blows the Resurrection horn Across the meadows, over the far hills! In the soiil's garden a new sweetness stirs. And the heart fills, And in and out the mind flow the soft airs. Arise, my heart, and sing, this Easter morn; In the year's resurrection do thy part Arfse, my heart! --Richard Le Galliene. ORIGIN OF THE EASTER FESTIVAL By J. F. CARRERE The name Easter is of Saxon orig­ in, being derived from that of the Goddess Estera, in whose honor sac­ rifices and celebrations took place at the opening of spring. With the ad­ vent of Christianity these heathen ceremonies were discontinued, but as they had occurred at the time of the year when the resurrection of Christ was celebrated by the church the oH ..name was applied to the new festival. With the Latin races, however, the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ having occurred at the time of the Jewish passover, they have called the festival by a name suggesting that fact, thus the French name for Eas­ ter is Paques and the Spanish Pas- cua. As with-all t'he other great festivals of the church, the date when Easter should be celebrated has been the cause of bitter controversy. The Eastern church insisted that it should be celebrated on the day of the month on which the event commemorated occurred, and as the crucifixion is supposed to have taken place on the fourteenth of Nison, the first Jewish month or Passover, on that date it was commemorated, and the resurrec­ tion two days later, on the sixteenth, regardless of whether those dat^s came on Friday and Sunday or not. The Western Jchurch entirely dis­ carded the day-5jlMhe jijonth inLar­ ranging f<5r the calebration and I in­ sisted that the crucifixion should)al­ ways be commemprated qur^^Pisjfl^y and the resurrection on The matter finally came#u| for justment before Jfi^Council of Ni- caea, in 325, which decided in favor of the Western contention, but the Eastern church refused to change its custom and thus gave«,rise to what is known as the "quartodeciman here sy." At the time of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar it was debated whether the feast of Easter should be given a fixed date or left movable as bfefore, and the decision was finally reached in favor of the latter plan, as conforming to the ancient custom of the church. Easter therefore is al­ ways the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or neyt after the 21st of March (the equinox), unless the full 'moon occur on Sun­ day, when Easter is the following Sunday, It must be remembered, however, that it is not the actual n»ooa is the heavens nor eyen the mean moon of the astronomers that regulates the time of Easter, but an altogether imaginary moon, a whose periods are so contrived that the new (calendar) moon always folJows the real new moon sometimes by two cr even three days. The effect of this is that the 1,4th of the calendar moon, which had from the times of Moses been considered full moon for ecclesi­ astical purposes, generally fell on the' 15th or 16th of the real moon and thus after the real full moon, wliicii is generally on the 14th or 15th of the month. With this explanation then of what is meant by the full moon, namely, that it is the 14th of the calendar moon, the rule is thai" 'Easter day is always the first Sunday aftej- the Pascal full moon, which hap­ pens upon or next after the 21st of March, and if the full moon happens on a Sunday, then Easter is the Sun­ day following. One object of this ar­ rangement was that Easter and the Jewish Passover should not coincide. Easter is always between March 21' and Aprilj25. The last time Easter came on/'ftlarch 22 was in 1818 and- it wilNna/occur that early again in this century. It may prove interesting to those who are mathematically inclined tc figure out wtoen Easter will occur in any given year in this century. If here is a rule they can follow: FLst, de the date of the year by 19 and "call the remainder a; divide the date of the year by 4 and call the remain­ der b, then divide the date of the year by 7 and call the remainder c. Sec­ ond, cfivide 19a plus 24 „by 30 and cil'. the remainder d. Third, divide 2b plus 4c plus Gd plus 5 by( 7 and call the remainder e; then Easter will be the 22d plus d plus e of March; or the d plus e minus _9 of April. There are two exceptions to that rule: if Easter falls und£r the calculation on April 26, put it back to the 19th of that month, and when it ' falls on April 25. put it back tp the 18th un­ less d dgqual 29 and e" equal B. With the substitution of Easter Tor .the old festival of the Goddess Estera all the old customs of the Saxons were not abandoned, but, on the con­ trary, were preserved and Christian­ ized. Thus the custom of giving eggs, many of them beautifully col­ ored, to friends at Easter was kept up and the eggs were blessed by the church. From the earliest ages tbo egg has been considered as a symbol of the beginning of life and therefore was considered a very appropriate present at the beginning of spring, when all life is budding out and be­ ginning anew. The custom of "pick­ ing eggs." that is to say, of striking their points together, which is a *a- vored amusement with boys in the Eastern States, is also probably of very ancient origin,' and was prob­ ably practiced by the ancestors of our juvenile Americans of to-day cen­ turies ago. In Washington Easter Monday is the great children's day of the year. On that day thousands of children congregate on the rolling lawn behind the White House and while the Marine Band discourses lively music they amnse themselve3 rolling eggs down the lawn. All the week previous to Easter lias been a series of commemoration in the chmch, Thursday. Friday and Saturday being especially solemn fes­ tivals; Thursday in commemoration of the Lord's supper, Friday of his crucifixion and Saturday the Easter celebration really begins. In many parts of Europe, especially in Russia, and during the middle ages, services were held all night before Easter un­ til cockcrow, which is the hour at #hich the resurrection is supposed to have taken place.- The devout re­ mained for hours in prayer until morning, when they at once saluted each other with the salutation, "Christ is risen," to which the answer was, "Yes, he is truly risen." That form of salutation is still the one in Russia Easter morn. In-continent*' Europe, however, and in Great Britain the church began the celebration, of Easter at the mass of the previous day, or Saturday, and the belis 00 the churches, which had been silent since Thursday, were- again rung during the service. At the Saturday service, too, in the Catholic . churches a large candle, blessed, and also the new fire to re­ call the resurrection of Christ, the candle forming a conspicuous object in the sanctuaries of the churches un­ til Ascension day. forty days later. Easter is the promise of the Lord Hhat all the Lest and noblest in man 'shall be renewed* even as growth and bloom and ripening shall not cease. The bars of winter are broken, and * the Iron bands of death are riven?. The bird is on the wing, and the flight of the soul shall know no weariness. The lilies lift their holy white grails, bVimmed with the sunshine of God's lo^. For has not the Lord mani­ fested His love id flowers and in the upbringing of green things? Th^y are sweet interpreters of targe cer­ tainties. Each year the winter <yits ^.tliem ^own, and each /Spring they put kforth again. Everv/Spring is a new pa^e in the bqokefrevelation, where- ip we read that life is i an eternal gpnesis, and its end is not; tor it oadureth forever. • • • I Belief in eternal life compels us to believe in good deeds and honest thoughts. The good man toils not .for to-day, nor for to-morrow alone, "but because he knows that his labor shall survive long after his hand has fallen from the plow. The good man pours himself into the world and makes u new. Be is among the blessed who win sight out of blindness, oj'der out of chaos and'life out of death. Since the first Easter morning the scul of man has shone with unwasting light: for then be looked into the; radiant face of the risen Christ, and knew that God's universe shapes itseLf not to destruction, but to a yet more glorious genesis; yes, it endureth from everlasting to everlasting--Hel- i on Keller In the Youth's" Companion NO PROBE FOR RAILROAD By vote of 61 to 22 the house Friday upheld a ruling by Speaker Shurtleff that the lower branch had no right to order an investigation of the Illinois Central Railroad company. Mr. Mc- Goorty opposed the ruling on* the ground that it was establishing a bad precedent for the house to say that it had, no right to inquire into the state's source of revenue*- and might eventually prove disastrous: There was much debate, but the real issue was lost sight of by the interjection of the question whether or not the speaker should be uphield. This caused the Republicans almost solidly to vot^ to sustain the presiding officer. . A few Democrats, among them Mr. .Tippit. leader of the minor' ity. voted to Sustain the speaker. The Manny resolution, providing for an investigation of the reports of the railroad of its earnings, on. which 7 per cent is paid annually to the state, an inquiry into the coal business of the company had been recommended for passage by the judiciary commit­ tee. in placing it before the house Speaker Shurtleff said he desired to submit a ruling that the authority to make the investigation lay with the governor, and the only other way possible was for the house and senate to pass a new law. The speaker, in support of his rul­ ing, quoted" from the statute requiring reports from the railroad and contain­ ing the clause: "For the purpose of verifying the accuracy of such re­ ports. full power is hereby vested in the governor of the state of Illinois, or any other Pj^son by law appointed to examine the books and papers of said corporations, and to examine, under .oath, the" officers, agents and employes of said company and other persons." He said the legislature had no au­ thority under this law to make an in­ vestigation, and a committee appoint­ ed under the pending resolution could obtain only such information as might be given voluntarily. He then de­ clared the resolution out of order. Mr. Manny appealed from the deci­ sion of the chair and was joined by Mr. Grein of Cook. Speaker Churt- leflf called Mr. Trautman to the chair until the appeal was settled. Mr. Manny maintained that the house has the-right to investigate the sources of tl^ revenue of the state, and charged that the Illinois Central has never accounted for its immense suburban business, its traffc on the St. Charles Air Line in Chicago, the most valuable piece of track in the country, or paid the state 7 per cent on $1,009,000 which its officers re­ ported under oath to the railroad commission had been returned to,ship­ pers in rebates. Messrs. Pendarvis, Church and Lindly, Republicans, and Messrs. Craig, Tippit and M. L. McKinley, Democrats, upheld the speaker, while Messrs. Browne of LaSalle, McGoorty and Grein opposed him. HOUSE PASSES CIVIL SERVICE. Civil service in Illinois will be lim­ ited to charitable institutions of the state, with a bare possibility of includ­ ing the penal institutions and grain office. The house put this limitation to it by killing the comprehensive civil service measure and by passing house bill 121, which gives the classified service to charitable institutions alone. The vote showed 76 for the bill, 43 against, and >31 absent or not voting. The bill required 77, a constitutional majority, in order to pass. What, the state will get. provided the senate passes it. .will be house bill 121. This was passed by the over-, whelmirg vote of 116 to 7. Tt will put. attendants, nurses, and employes of chirritable institution^ under the merit system. When the bill, as passed by the house, gets to the senate, an attempt will be made to broaden it- by includ­ ing the penal institutions and grain offices, and send it back to the house thus amended. In its present shape it applies more to scrubwomen and low salaried attendants than to any really lucrative state offices. Superintend-, ents. ^hief clerks, and one stenog- for each institution are ev- By not including.penitentiaries her paid class of state em- eluding euards. are exempt, rs the bill reaches a major­ ity of [th^feople on th*e pay rolls of the^-spfete Gas Legislation. Gas legislation jumped into a goad position in the house in an unexpect­ ed and surprising manner as a direct result of another of Representative I.indly's little gayeties. Mr. Lindly ' prepared two bills, based on two in­ troduced by Mr. McGoorty and sent to the municipal corporations commit­ tee.* One gave cities, towns and vil­ lages the right to regulate gas and ' electric light' rates and the other con­ ferred the right to operate gas and municipal, corporations. Representative Church, chairman of the municipal corporations commit­ tee, which has had the gas bill und^r consideration for six weeks, found that Mr. Lindly had these two bills and intended to reintroduce them. There was immediate commotion In the steering committee, of which Mr. Church is chairman. Church asked Lindly to delay his bills, and, failing in that,-asked that he be allowed to introduce them. Speaker Shurtleff advised Lindly to allow Church to introduce them "to save the face of the municipal corpor­ ations committee," and Lindl/ con­ sented. They were introduced, read a first time, and sent to second reading. It is predicted they will be passed next week and be sent over to the senate. • - ' • This action left Chufch still in a bad predicament. He had saved the dignity of his committee, but he was all tied up otherwise. Waiting for him in the Corridors, were a dozen gas manufacturers from different towns in the state to whom he, had prom­ ised a hearing on \he bills. When his committee met these men were on hand. All Church could do was to tell them that the bills were on sec­ ond reading in the house and there was nor use discussing them in com­ mittee. Thereupon the gas men departed without attempting to conceal their opinion of legislative subjects in gen­ eral and gas legislation in particular. - McGoorty and Erickson, authors of the gas and electric light bills, will abandon their measures and support the two now before the hotise. Comerford Returns. Representative-elect Comerford beat on the doors of the house of represen­ tatives Friday in ; a vain attempt to se­ cure the seat to which the people of the Second Chicago district twice elected him. In his hand he has been waving a formidable gilt sealed docu­ ment which bears the signature of the secretary of state and is his certificate of election. When Comerford loonred up with his gilt sealed document a movement was started to drop logs in front of him and keep him climbing over them. He went to Representative Lindly and asked the latter to request the house to send for Chief Justice Ricks to swear him in. Lindly informed Com­ erford that before his recent metamor­ phosis he was a democrat and that his motion should come from the democratic side of the house. Thereupon Comerford" went to Rep­ resentative Tippit, the minority lead-? er. Tippit said Comerford no longer was a democrat, having been re-elect­ ed as an independent, and that his mo­ tion should come from the •"indepen­ dent party." McCaskrin, the only in­ dependent member, was dropped out of the window recently. As°a last re­ sort Comerford went to Representa­ tive Sheen; a prohibitionist. ^Sheen agreed to call the attention of the house to" the fact that Comerford was back in its midst. As soon as the republican members saw the dialogue going on between Comerford and Sheen they rounded up Dailey of Peoria. Sheen also comes irom that city. "I am informed," said the republi­ can of Peoria to the prohibitionist of of Peoria, "that if you make this mo­ tion in • Comerford's behalf you will "Rot be recognized another time during the session." Sheen determined to defy the light- ring and do what Comerford wanted done. Representative TVautman was presiding as temporary chairman, and to him Sheen and Comerford made a pilgrimage down the aisle. Comerford again displayed his certificate. Traut- mann examined it. "It's pretty." he said, "but it will have to go to a committee." The elections committee probably will handle Comcrford's case, and it will report on it when it gets ready. For Uniform Text-Books. The house.bill providing for uniform text-books tor a'l counties outside of Cook-was reported Friday, read* the first time and made a special order for next Wednesday. The bill pro­ vides for a board of five, including the superintendent of public instruction and the president ~of the University of Illinois, to have charge of all contracts, and fixeg a scale'of prices about half those now charged for "books. Chicago Assessments, t The bill drawn by the finance com­ mittee of the Chicago city council providing .that additional special as­ sessments may be levied to Cover de­ ficiencies for local improvement work went over for further consideration, by the house committee on municipal corporations. State May Raise Flowers. The house committee op appropri­ ations voted $15,000 for an experi­ mental station at the State university for the cultivation of rare flowers. Raising fancy carnations', heretofore a fad of-millionaires, is to be engaged in by .the state "of Illinois. Sucher-Putnam Decision Delayed. The senate postponed action on the Sucher-Putnam contest to April 20, when it will come up as»a special or­ d e r . . . . State Architect's Fee.-. The senate passed the bill amending the law creating the office of state architect by fixing the compensation or the architect for superintending the construction- of buildings at 1%' per cent of the cost of the structure. Elevated Railway Fares. " The compiittce on license made a favorable* report on Senator Stubble- field's bill. No. 78, requiring that ele­ vated railways s-e'.l seven single fare tickets fcr 25 cents, >nd it was placed on the order cf second reading. Must Give UAFees." Bills 4;io and 4C1 *«re passed by the senate, requiring^c/ok county jus­ tices and constable's to keep records of the fees collected by them and providing that 5 per cent of these lees be paid into the county treasury to meet the expenses of court inves­ tigation., * " ~ -- --» To Maintain Grant Homestead. The senate passed the bill appro­ priating $5,ot!ft for the maintenance ot the Grant homestead at Galena. Whipping Bill Is Defeated. « . Schorl children still are to feel the birch if they do not behave/ This was decided when house bill 590. pro­ hibiting the infliction of corporal pun­ ishment in the public schools, was defeated by a vote of 60 to 56. .. Increases Trustees' Bonds. Senator McKenzie's bill requiring trustees of estates tt) give bends in double the amount "of the bequest passed the senate, It applies t to church societies a^.well as individuals and banks. Alton Council Provides for Street Paving by Two Companies. £ The Alton city cbuncil has granted franchises to the Alton, Jacksonville & Peoria railroad and the Alton. Granite & St. Louis traction company. The former is a fifty-year franchise for an interurban railroad to be built from Jacksonville to Alton, and the latter for a street railway in the city, "'he two companies have been contest­ ing for several months in an effort to get a franchise on Belle street, where there is room for but one track. A compromise was reached. The coun­ cil required that the two companies pave Belle street, from Ninth to Fif­ teenth street, and, by a queer mistake, both companies are required to pave the street, from curb to Curb, making twe courses of paving, unless the con-- ditions are changed. Officers of the Alton, Jacksonville & Pebria railroad company declared thtey, would not ac­ cept' the conditions providing for -street-paving. /• Game Law Is Violated. . Elmus Edwards, alias W. W. Stone, was found guilty in the county court at Marion on twenty county for violating the state game laws. On December 20, 1904, Warden George W. Clark of Chicago captured three sacks Of quail that !".aii, been shipped as rabbits in the name of W. W. Stone from New Denison. 111., on December 12. Warden A. C. Hentz was notified and succeeded in apprehending' Ed­ wards on the same day. Several oth­ er shipments are alleged to have been made by Ed.wards, and he yet awaits trial, on 1'72 counts. Locks Himself in Icebox. Calvin F. Stein, an Alton commis­ sion merchant, was rescued from im­ prisonment in a big icebox in ' his store by Deputy Sheriff Turk of Bun­ ker Hill. After Stein entered the chest the lid fell down and became locked. About three hours later Turk dropped in, and, failing to find any one. was about to leave, when he heard calls for help, and upon open­ ing the lid of the bo£ he found his half-frozen friend. Jerseyville Ministers. "The ministers of Jerseyville met at the Baptist church and organized a ministerial association. The officers are: Rev. J. G. Dee, pastor of the Methodist church, president; Rev. Thomas F. Marshall, pastor ,of the Presbyterian church, vice-president; Rev. J. S. L. Nollau, pastor of the German Evangelical church, secre­ tary; Rev. W. W. Hicks of the Bap­ tist church, treasurer. George H. Kingsbury, recently presi­ dent of the Illinois Retail Merchants' association, is one of the best known business ipen of Rock Island. He has announced-that plans for the develop- 1 4 ll|f,jj . - fm-w V„" s ji'i: geupgz'M jrffv&mzar ment'of the organization will be push­ ed vigorously and a large* addition to the membership is expected. The election was held in Moline, which city, with Davenport, is well repre­ sented in the association. Funds for Miner's Widow. The southern Illinois^coal operators are raising a fund for the relief of Mrs. Wm. Atkinson, wife of State Mine Inspector. Atkinson of Carbon- dale. who lost his life in the mine disaster at Zeigler. Similar funds •w ill likely be jaised for the families of John Graham and John Lindsay. Rewards Porter for" Honesty. Mrs. Judge William Springer ai Springflelc0forwarded a check for $25 to Edward McCall, a colored porter on the Chicago & Alton for his hon­ esty tn finding a $6,000 diamond brooch and returning it to the com­ pany, from whom she .received U» jewel undamaged. - - --f Asserts Sewer Menaces Health. Mrs. S. Dernuth, health officer at Alton, is threatening to exclude meat packing houses in Alton from the ujse of a trunk sewer which has its out­ let' at the foot of Walnut street. She has received many complaints about the formation of a pool at the mouth of the sewer, and found, on investiga­ tion, that the condition was a menace to the health of the city. _ May Get $80,000. J. O. Fisher of Quincy, who Is n the line of heirship to Andrew Dye. who died in Philadelphia in 1780, leaving an estate of $33,000,000, has received a letter announcing that his prospect is very good for getting his share of the fortune, which will probably be about $80,000. 'M Women for Beautiful City. The Woman's club has taken steps to assist in the movement to "make Cairo a clean ami beautiful city. Tta club appointed a committee to secure and distribute flower seeds. The committee is composed of Mesdames E. S. Dewey, Samuel White and Rich­ ard Franklin. Passes Rhodes Examination. Newton Ensigk, a member of the senior class of McKendree college, las been informed by the Rhodes scholarship committee that he has successfully passed the examination for the Cecil Rhodes scholarship, held ia Chicago in January. This gives him a chance to be chosen to repre­ sent the state of Illinois at Oxford university, England. ; Bible Society Anniversary.' The eighty-first anniversary of the Sangamon county Bible society w.af observed in Springfield. April 9. Offi­ cers were elected as follows: Presi­ dent, A. E. Wilson; secretary, I. R Diller; treasurer, H. E. Barker. 'The sermon of the day was preached by Rev. T. D. Logan, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Cairo Board of Trade. At the seventeenth annual meeting of the Cairo board of trade the follow­ ing officers were elected: President. Samuel Hastings; vice president, Sey­ mour Antrim; directors, M. F. Gilbert. George Parsons, H. E. Halliday. W. H. Wood. P. T. l>aiigan, E. G. Pink and James Galligan.Y Heiress Weds. > Miss Celia Woodward, granddaugh- .er ai^d heiress of the jate Samuel Peteflsh. surprised her parents by quietly marrying Georg^ Nisbet at Jacksonville. Both are members of old and prominent families at' Vir­ ginia. where tliev will reside. Gets Panama Berttli. Fred Reitfrr ot" Nashville has been appointed official srenottrapher to Gen. Wallace of the engineering force on the Panama canal cbmmission. with headquarters in tli»e c'ity of Pan­ ama. , Postmaster Is Fined. Postmaster E. E. McC'olen of Bru- baker pleaded guilty in the county court at Cairo to the charge officiat­ ing the game law. and was fined ItSo McColen shipped a bucket of quail to Chicago. Canning Factory for Flora. " The new canning factory company- has purchased the Havward mill site at Flora,, and a plant havirg a daily capacity of .34.000 cans of tomatoes will be built and put in operation this season. Narrowly Misses Death. Jacob Firth, a young man, attempt* »<i to board a moving freight train ; just north of the Chicago & Alton sta- tioitkat White Hall. He fell on the- rail and a brake beam strick his head, , knocking his clear of the track. He was dangerously irjurde. Alton Juvenile Court. Judge J. E. Dunnegan of the Alton city court is holdlrg a juvenile court in Alton, which obviates the trouble and expense citizens have been put to in going to Edwardsville to have ju­ venile cases tried in the county Bonds for High School. The proposition to issue $7,200 in bonds to bu.ikl an addition to tne Up­ per Alton high school building was carried be' a good majority at tlM special election. , /T -- . J Mason ls Honored. r "Bine Pana .,,asoi:M l^uge gave a ppfse reception to Julius Broehl on his 47th birthday auuiversary. ' He was presented! with a handsome gold-head­ ed cane. \ M^tf* Condenser to Start. The White Hall Milk Condensing company has let the cortract for th«i machinery for its plant, which will be in operation by July 1. White Hall Is 'Growing. There are twenty dwelling houses in process of construction in White Hall. Two new additions to the city luwe been surveyed. Central Illinois Medics. The thirty-first annual meeting of the dii&ic't medical society of central. Illinois will be held in Pana on Tues­ day. April 25. ' Sett* Farm for $S,000. John Vogel of Waterloo has sold his farm to Louis Schi eider of New Han­ over, the consideration being $6,000. ,Caira Militia Armory. Cowraufy K. 4th regiment, Illinois iiationalTguard of Cairo, will have a home of its Own by August 1. Mrs. Gayer will erect a $10,000 building for the company on Washington awe nue. near Tenth street. Ministerial Association. The ministers of Carbondale haw organized , a ministerial association, with Rev. G- E. McCammon pastor of the M. E. church, as president." and Rev. A. M Growden-. pastor of the Chnstian church, secretary. The as­ sociation meets every two weeks. Tax Collector Reports. ^ jlobert. Blum, collector of taxes for Lebanon tow tfship.j has filed fcia^opks with the county treasurer. He reports f 18.702.43 co lected and fl,372.51 de­ linquent taxes. . . *- State University Enrollment. ; The enrollment at the state univer­ si ty at Carbondale is the- largest in the l istory of the school. The attend­ ance is tic4. being 121 more than last year and over 10*0 more thas ever .lore, a^a spricg terffi . > Stock Raiser'Passfes Away. jJohn. R. Loekriage. a well knowm fi rmer and stock raiser oT Sangamon county, formerly in the banking aa£ 1'iokerage business, died at the Nor- rrandie hotel. Springfield, of Bright's disease, aft- r a lin'gering illness. It» was 08 years old.,, , • „ - Littfe 8oy Jc^ps From Bridge. Lawrence Cox. age i •"> years. iun^pMC .from a railroad^hrilge eros&lng at Ptcatur. a'distance, of 20 feet, to, es­ cape be'ng killed by an broaching., tiain Que if M