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THE McHENRl ?!AINLEALEB McHBNRY PLAINDBALJ*$l 00. ILUNO.2. HcHBNRY, -TQLDK Sat-.* LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS. """Rear Admiral Chester, on his flag- ihip Minneapolis, has been ordered to proceed to Hampton roads. The ad­ miral informed the department that Upon leaving Gravesend he would sail tor Hampton roads by way of St. Mi- flbael, Azores. ; - John Mitchell, president of the Unit- -gd Mine Workers of America, is re- \ Covering from his illness, but it may be a week or more before he can re­ turn to his work at Indianapolis. He "I# suffering in Spring Valley, 111., from ? ;'/ip(ervousness caused by overwork. Pendleton King of North Carolina, • 15 It present chief of the bureau of In- / dexes and archives in the department „ state, has been appointed consul to ! Aix-la-Chappdie, Germany, in place of v ; J. Martin Miller, who was sent to . ;;']Kiines, France. Mr. King's salary as consul at Aix-la-Chappelle will be . about $3,000. Charles Book, paper mill employe at • Blkhart, Ind., was whirled to death by < . * shaft. " . Grace R. McNuIty, aged 20, and em- floyed at a department store at Wor­ cester, Mass., was killed by a passen- ; ger elevator. / Ernest Peugnet, son rf J/P. Pjeug- y Aet of St. Louis, killed^himself at Car- ;; thage, Mo., by shooting. The cause of f the suicide is not known. Capt Levi Atkins . of the British (Khooner Myrtle Leaf was drowned in ' Hie harbor at Norfolk, Va., In a colli­ sion between the steamer Mobjack end a small launch in which Capt. f Atkins and other captains were being carried to their boats after a visit to ^ the city. John J. Riley, former assistant su­ perintendent of the postoffice money order department at Omaha, Neb., who " ' was indicted three months ago, plead­ ed guilty to the charge of embezzling $800 of government money and was Sentenced to six months in the county Jail and to pay a fine of $900. The Ontario Car Ferry company has keen incorporated at Ottawa, Ont.,with H capital stock of $500,000. The incor­ porators are C. M. Hays, E. S. Fitz- fcngh, and J. W. Loud of the Grand Trunk railway, Montreal, and R. F. Yates, W. T. Noonan and R. W. Davis, Officials of the Buffalo, Rochester and piHnK 11 Tjig cosipssy will establish m car ferry service between Canadian •&d American ports. - 'Mr. Meyer, American ambassador to » Bussia, left Paris for Berlin. ; Lewis Nixon of New York was re­ ceived in audience by Emperor Nich- cias. !>' , Premier Rouvier announced to the *** council of ministers that the Moroc- can conference had been postponed \: ' mtil January. ^ Col. George R. Colton, comptroller and general receiver of the customs service of Santo Domingo, has arrived' In Washington. ' Commander Harry H. Hosley has «, ,! been ordered to the command of the glacier, which, with the colliers Bru­ ins and Caesar, will tow the dry dock Dewey to the Philippines. M. Jusserand, the French ambassa- •$or' called upon Secretary Root, and - ^Irhen asked as he was leaving the de­ partment if he had any news of the Venezuelan situation replied that he fcad not. ' j Adolphus Busch has bought the two 'I'/ mosaic pictures which stood in the Vestibule of the German art and in- 4 gustry exhibit at St. Louis and which received a grand prize, with the in­ tention of donating them to the pub- f Jic museum of St. Louis. ,;t , ' At the biennial meeting of the Wash­ ington correspondents the following ! standing committee was elected: Ar- ^fhur J. Dodge, Milwaukee Sentinel; John P. Miller, Baltimore Sun; Mau- >rlce Splatn, Pittsburg Post; Samuel G. Blythe, New York World, and R. H. 7 ,Undsay, Kansas City Star. 1 George W. Vanderbilt has sold to <W. S. and W. L. Alexander of Char- jlotte and others the standing timber | «n his Pisgah forest reserve in North .Carolina. The reserve contains 81,000 ^rfceres of virgin forest, •with 300,000,000 feet of marketable timber. The con­ sideration will be nearly $2,000,000, The Tennessee supreme court has d that in losses growing out of dam­ ages to buildings and stocks of goods Ofcaued by a powder magazine evplod- f v«iPng & burning building that *the insurance company Is not liable *" I *"*^£or losses to said buildings or stocks J,1, t ' covered by a fire policy when the fire 1^1. is in nowise connected with the prop- pV"\ erty damaged. • Felipe Pardo, Peruvian minister to ^0 • ?!the United States and brother of the 1 " president of Peru, has left Callao for (*./ -Panama on his way to Washington, ph J •> Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans is in s# : |"Washington on a few days' leave. He |will confer with Rear Admiral Con erse, chief of the bureau of naviga *tion, about the programme for the win |ter drills of the north Atlantic fleet, Iwhich Admiral Evans will take south }early In January. ! The governors of the American club Chicago Produe*. Bntt«r--Bxtra creamery, J4c: prists, Iw, firsts, 20®22c: seconds, 17V6@18%c; renovat­ ed, dairies, Caeleys, 20«; firsts, 18c; ladles. packing stock, 25V4@16c; storage, 22#22%c. Eggs--Fresh stock at mark, new cases !n^ eluded, 18*4@24*c; cases returned, 18#21c:; firsts, 24c; prime firsts, packed In whiter wood cases, 28c; extra high-grade, packed for city trade, 30c; storage eggs, 20c. Cheese--Fu!I er«am. dAiaies. twins, ll?i@12e; young Americas, 13@13^c;3 long horns, 1294@13^4c; Swiss, block, 12»4@ J294c; drum, 13^4<h limburger, choice. tle;\ off^rades, 6@8c; brick, 12@12%c; off grades,| "^Flsh--Black bass, 16c; carp and buffalo, 2c; pike, 7c; pickerel, 5c; perch, 4c; sunfish, 2© 5c; croppies, 2%c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per U>, 14c; chick­ ens, fowls, 9c; roosters, 7c; springs, 10c per ID; ducks, lOM^llc; geese, $6.00®9.00. Game--Rabbits, $1.25 per doz; opossum, SB' @40c apiece; bear saddles, 12@12%c per 3b;<: venison carcasses, I5@ltic per lb. Apples--Jonathans, $6.50@7.00 per brl; Greenings, $4.00@5.00 per brl; 20-ox, $4.50 per b:l; Kings, $4.50@5.00 per brl. Cranberries--Cape Cod, Howes, 112.50; Mc- Farlane, $12.50; Bell and Bugle, $12.50; Cen­ tennial. $13.00; -Fenwick, J13.50@14.00; Jer­ seys. late reds, $11.00012.00; boxes, 1 bu, $3.25@3.50. Green vegetables--Beets, 60c per sack; ear- rots, home-grown, $3,00 per 100 bunches; cab­ bage, $1.35ial.i5 p$f crate; celery, 40c@$1.25 per box; cucumbers. 75c@$1.50 per doz; rad­ ishes, hothouse, 35@40e per doz; spinach, 60c per tub; tomatoes, $1.50@1.75 per case; let­ tuce, head, $1.50@5.00 per brl; leaf, 35@40c per case; potatoes, car lots on track. 50® 65c per bu; turnips, 75c per sack; string beans, $1.00@1.E0 per box; cauliflower, $2.00 @2.2o per brl; onions, 50@60c per bu; kohl-; rabi, $1.25@2.50 per 100 bunches; mushrooms, 30@40c per lb; squash, 50c per doz; water- • cress, $2.50 per small brl; sweet potatoes, 4 Illinois, $2.00^3.25 per brl; horseradish. 75c i per bunch; eggplant, 50@60c per doz; pump- < kins, 40@50c per doz. i Brooracorn--Market firm. Self-working common to choice, $50®85 per ton; hurl, common to choice, $50@80 per ton; dwar£ $60@9$ per ton. Grain Quotations. . WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red, 87@88%c. . IJew York--No. 2 red, 93c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, «Kc. St Louis--No. 2 red, 91c. Duluth--No. 1 northern, 85*40. • Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 79%C. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, Ste. Toledo--No. 2 red, 87V4c. CORN. Chicago--No. t, 46@46Hc. Liverpool--American mixed, Sa. New York--No. 2, 63c. Peoria--No. 3, 45*c. St. Louis--No. 2, 46c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 44%e. Milwaukee--No. 3, 46%c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 31@31%c. New York--Mixed, 35H©36c. St. Louis--No. 2, 31Vfec. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed. Sic. Milwaukee^-Standard, 32c. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--*1.40@6.75. Omaha--$1.50@5.75. Kansas City--$2.@6.2S. St. Louis,--$2@5.90. St. Joseph--$1.75@5.80. New York--$1.50@6.40. ^ , HOGS. Chicago--$4.25@5.05. Omaha--$4.25@4.85. Kansas City--$4.60@4.90. St. Louis--$4.6005. St. Joseph--$4.75@4.85. New York--$5.30@5.40. SHEEP AND LAMBS, Chicago--$3@7.50. Omaha--$4.40(n7.25. lvansas City--$350@7.2S. St. Louis--$3@7.25. St. Joseph--$4.75@7.15. New York--$4.5008.50. HIDDEN PUZZLE PICTURE ir-' - '&ir "at Havana resolved to send a cable- Jgram to Secretary Root, suggesting :|that the resignation of Minister i1 (Squires had been requested under a | misapprehension of the facts, and urg- C jlng an investigation. | Vice President Fairbanks has lndi cated to Representative Hlnshaw of ,r . J Nebraska that probably he would ac- ! V' i cept an invitation extended to him by ]B. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor of | the University of Nebraska, to particl- -tpate in the commencement exercises ;Of the university next June. K'i. - ' i '• i Arthur T. Knight, who, while work- >lng as a laborer, was killed at ftan> isas City as the result of blasting, was ja telegraph operator whose home was at 126 Widman place, Detroit. Knight, i who was 20 years old, had been unable lAo secure work as a telegrapher. J* .r (V,*'1 '.w, a**-; Find Their Companion. Otto Hayes, president of the failed Galion (Ohio) National bank, and Ed­ ward Flickinger were convicted of vio­ lating the national banking laws. e Grand Master Humphrey of the Illi­ nois Odd Fellows has appointed Past Grand Master Harris of Galesburg to take up the investigation of the charges against the management of the Old Folks' home at Mattoon at once. George Wi Vanderbilt has closed a deal for the sale of the timber in his Pisgah forest, near Asheville, N. C., for $2,000,000 to eastern capitalists representing large lumber interests. Mr. Vanderbilt proposes, it is said, to construct a lake covering 10,000 acres. The Curtin Lumber company plant at Curtin, W. Va., was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of more than $100,- 000. The forest surrounding Curtin is burning and threatens to devastate the entire timber region of Nicholas county, bringing the damage up to $1,000,000. No substantial clew has been ob­ tained to the identity of the land op­ erators who swindled easterners by , forged certificates to school lands in Oregon, although several persons are under suspicion, and Gov* Chamberlain said at Portland that probably resi- dents®of every state east of the Missis­ sippi have been victimized. Archbishop 1 Christie of Portland, Ore., and Bishop J. J. Hartley of Co­ lumbus,^Ohio, have arrived in New York. ^ John Bartlett, compiler of Bartlett's familiar quotations, is dying at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He is 85 years old. Practically the entire business por­ tion of Arcadia, Fla., was destroyed by fire, the loss belhg estimated at $250,- 000. Only three brick buildings in the business section remained standing. The Chilian government proposes *to rent a portion of the state railways. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw will be one of the guests of honor at the annual dinner of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce on the evening of Dec. lath. Benj§min F. Chadsey, the Brooklyn lawyer who was arrested at Niles, Mich., as a fugitive from justice, reached Brooklyn, where he admitted his identity. , A fast passenger train on the Central railroad of New Jersey, bound for New York city, was wrecked near Stony Creek, Pa., 110 miles north of Philadel­ phia. Engineer Newman and Fireman Lubbert of Cauch Chunk were killed and nine passengers were injured, some perhaps fatally. The body of a man who had given his name as Rev. Gustave Howe, M. D., was found dead at a Baltimore boarding house with a note signed by him saying: "I have committed sui­ cide. My cadaver may be sent to a medical college. Gov. Pennypacker of Pennsylvania at the League island navy yard pre­ sented to the armored cruiser Penn­ sylvania a handsome silver service. The visitors were welcomed by 2,000 sailors and marines. The service con­ sists of 143 pieces weighing nearly 750 pounds and cost $25,000. Pierre Paul Demers of New Hamp­ shire, at present American eonsul at Port Limon, Costa Rica, has been transferred to Barranquilla, Colombia, with a substantial promotion in sal­ ary. The post at Barranquilla has been vacant for some time. A test of five-inch armor plate for the side of a cruiser, made by navy officials who are testing plate for new war ships at Indian Head, Md., demon­ strated that an eight-inch armor pierc­ ing shell, fired at a distance of 1,500 yards, would penetrate the armor KIEFF SUPPERS Men Becoming Dissatisfied With Commander, Quit Fort Fully Armed. OTHER TROOPS REFUSE TO JOIN Rebels Open Fire on Infantrymen, Who Taunt Them, and Their Forces Are Scattered by Deadly Fire of the Azoffs. London, Dec. 4.--The Daily Mall's KiefT correspondent, in a dispatch dated Dec. 2, and forwarded by way of Podwoloczyska, says: Early Thursday morning a com­ pany of sappers, dissatisfied with their martinet commander, mutinied and persuaded a second company to join them. They left the fortress fully armed, and, by threats, compelled the remainder of the sappers battalion to join them. Numbering a thousand, the mutineers marched to the bar­ racks of the One Hundred and Twen­ ty-fifth Kursk infantry, which, how­ ever, remained loyal. Jewish musi­ cians marched at the head of the mu­ tineers. Several attempts were made to induce other troops to join them, but these likewise failed. "A body of Cossacks allowed the rebels to pass them in the street. Finally the mutineers arrived at the barracks of the artillery division and the Azoff infantry regiment. The Azoffmen answered their appeal with insults and the rebels opened fire upon them. The Azoffs answered with three volleys. A portion of the muti­ neers fled, but the others continued firing. The Azoffs replied with deadly volleys and finally the rebels fled headlong, throwing down their arms. Two hundred of them surrendered and were conveyed to their barracks by Cossacks. All was over by 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. "Fifty dead and 100 wounded muti­ neers were left on the ground. A courtmartial has been convened and a notice issued that any further attempt at mutiny will be quelled byt artillery." St. Petersburg Cut Off. St. Petersburg is still isolated from the rest of the world. Not a word has come direct out of St. Petersburg since Saturday morning. Such dis­ patches as have been received were sent by courier overland to the Prus­ sian frontier and all apparently were written before the situation became critical. They reveal, however, a state of panic in which troops are being massed in the fity, banks have sus­ pended business, and a general strike is expected. The Times prints a dispatch sent from St. Petersburg, dated Saturday night, and sent by courier to the Prus­ sian frontier, saying: A combined meeting of the unions will be held to-night to decide the question of a general strike. The de­ cision probably will be in the affirma­ tive. The government could even at this hour defer the crisis by the re­ lease of the arrested strikers. Its op­ position to unions is rendered absurd by the statements of its own agents, showing that such unions exist abroad but apparently there is no hope that wise councils will preall. On the contrary, the reaction rap­ idly is gaining the Uppet* hand at Tsarskoe Selo. Inflated with victory at Sevastopol, the reactionaries open­ ly advocated armed repression. Troops have been drafted Into St. Petersburg and bloodshed appears Imminent. Ad- WIDOW OF BISHOP PASSES AWAY vocat,es of repression argue that prompt action is necessary. Other­ wise the workmen and peasants will become too strong. ; "The socialist parties, for the first time, Saturday evening held a joint meeting and decided that an armed rising is the only resource. Matters are drifting rapidly into cqmplete an­ archy. Count de Witte is quite pow­ erless to stem the tide. People are hoping for a miracle to avert a cata­ clysm. Russia has afforded so many surprising phenomena that hope may not be altogether in vain." Naval Battle Report. The Odessa correspondent of the Times belittles the extent of the naval mutiny and says the reports of thou*- sands of casualties are absolutely un­ true. The damage to the cruiser Otch- akoff was severe, but it is likely that none of the interned officers was hurt. With the exception of the torpedo boat destroyers the other ships were barely touched except the mine transport Bug, which, was sunk, its sea cocks having been opened to prevent its store of torpedoes falling into the hands of the mutineers. It was a most extraordinary sea fight. All the ships were moored within five cable lengths of each other. MORE I8LANDS WILU BE SEIZED Powers Refuse to Modify Demands Upon the Sultan of Turkey. Athens cable: A Russian torpedo- boat destroyer arrived here Friday. Her commander, In an interview, said that the Turkish governor of the is­ land of Mytilene presented to Vice Ad­ miral Ritter von Jedina, commander of the international fleet, an official dispatch from Constantinople, In which it was Bt-ated that the porte would accept the proposals of the pow­ ers for the financial control of Mace­ donia with modifications. Admiral von Jedina replied, according to the Rus­ sian officer, that if the porte did not definitely accept the demands the in­ ternational fleet would occupy the is­ lands of Lemnos and Imbros. WILL NAME FOUR CARDINALS Venetian, However, Will Not Be Nom­ inated at Coming Consistory. Rome cablegram: The pope has ex­ pressed his intention to create Mon- signore Cavallari, the patriarch of Venice, cardinal in pectore. His nom­ ination, however, will not be published nntil a later consistory. Consequent­ ly the cardinals to be created at the consistory of Dec. 11 will be only the four already known--namely, Monsig- nore Cagaino De Azevado, major domo of the Vatican; Archbishop Sa- masa of Flau, Hungary; Monsignore J. A. De Arcoverde, De Albuquerque Cavalcantl, archbishop of Rio Janeiro, and Archbishop Spinola of Seville. COLLEGE 8TUDENTS ON 8TRIKE Object to System of "Cuts" and "Ex­ cesses" in Force. Bellefonte, Pa., dispatch: The entire body of over 800 students of State college, with the exception of the foot­ ball squad, went on a strike and re­ fused to attend classes owing to a disagreement with the faculty over the system of "cuts" and "excesses" in force this term. The students main­ tain that by saving up their "cuts" they should be entitled to take the time off at their pleasure, while the faculty claims the right to grant the time it sees fit. Mrs. Anna Merrill Follows Late Hus­ band After Hour's Illness. Chicago, 111., dispatch: Mrs. Anna Merrill, widow 'of the late Bishop Stephen M. Merrill, who died Sunday, Nov. 12, after an illness of an hour, died at her home Thursday evening. Mrs. Merrill an hour before ber death complained to her son Edward and his wife of feeling ill. Dr. William Smitbers was called and attended the dying woman. Paralysis of the heart was the cause of death. Bars Card Party Reports. Washington dispatch: Newspapers which publish the results of church euchre parties where prizes are given and admission is charged may be ex­ cluded from the malls by Postmaster General Cortelyou. . 4 Whiteman Gets Stay. Buffalo, N. Y. special:--Sheriff Kai­ ser has received a stay of sentence in the case of Alonzo J. Whiteman, con­ victed of. grand larceny and sentenced |0 eight years in Auburn prison. Allege Convict Strangled Women.; ColumbuSt Ohio, special: W. S. Sher- well, taken from the penitentiary to Huron county, charged with arson, is declared to' be the man on trial a year or two ago in Indiana on the charge of aiding in the strangling of three women. FALLING FLAGPOLE KILLS TWO Au Sable, Mich., dispatch: Mrs. Wil­ liam Gardner and her 5-year-old son were killed here in an extraordinary accident. With another woman and the latter's child they were driving when a wheel of their carriage be­ came entangled in a wire attached to a flagpole. Before the carriage could be stopped the pole was pulled over, striking Mrs. Gardner and her child as it fell on the carriage and crushing the heads of both. The other two oc- cupaota ot the carriage eftp^ped in­ jury- • , " - . . Public Printer Sworn In. Washington dispatch: Charles M. Stlllings was sworn in as public print* er Tuesday. His first official act was to appoint Oscar J. Ricketts foreman of printing and to reappoint T» Brian clerk of the office. Aged Woman Commits Suicide t La porte, Ind. dispatch:--Mrs. Mary Rodell, living near Denham, commit ted suicide by stepping in front of a fast train, which hurled her nearly 10V feet She was 74 years ol*, •' •' 7 - • ' • ' . •'-?r ^ f .<> • --.f. • . fcis kM., J f E W S Cboloe ttemi from ovwr «b* state. •»•<>!all* j --tooted for our read*-** ALCOHOL NULLIFIES LAUDANUM I CAPITAL SEEKS BETTER WATER Alton Girl Makes Fourth Unsuccessful Attempt to End Life. ij^iWtha Williams, an 18-yea^-oid Afe ton girl, made her fourth unsuccessful attempt at suicide at Alton by drink­ ing carbolic acid. Next day she was able co sit up, and the attending physicians said she would get well. Her recoverey Is attributed to the fact that she had drunk so much alco­ hol that the acid could not take full effect. Several months ago she made a similar attempt on her life, and the fact that she did not die then was attributed to the same cause. The girl's first attempt at suicide was by the use of iodoform, and the sec­ ond time she used laudanum. Five physicians, who were summoned were surprised that she was able to sit up. Love affairs are said to have been responsible for every one of her at­ tempts at suicide. „ / FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS. When Governor Deneen selected the tea delegates to represent Illinois at the national immigratiofi conference to be held In New York Dec. 6, 7 and 8 he appointed, among others, Charles A. Kiler of Champaign. Mr. Kiler Is ge$i$|ary of the Illinois Retail Furni- a ture Dealers' association and a young man widely traveled, but Mr. Kiler's most intimate friends never for a mo­ ment suspected that he had made the Servant girl problem a study. "Too many foreigners?" he echoed in re­ sponse to a query. "Not at all. We want all the good ones we can get. The trouble is in the distribution. Why, right here in Illinois hundreds of buxom young foreign girls could find good homes, good positions and good wages. Any woman who has a good cook or a good servant has a prize and she usually knows it. The United States needs good men and women on the farms, in the fields of the northwest, on the plantations and timber lands of the south. One of the greatest problems, to my mind, is what are we to do with the negroes of the south. They were here when we were and it's up to us to take care of them. If the 'Willing foreigners take their places what are we to do? To my mind the question is not so much that of the number of foreigners as the question of distribution." DECENT BURIAL FOR CONVICT. Warden Pays for Grave to Save Wom­ an from Potter's Field. Without a friend In the world, so far as known to save her from being buried in the potter's field, Mary Ter­ ry, the negro woman convict who died in the penitentiary at Joliet on Thanksgiving day, was saved from lying in a pauper's grave through the personal feelings of the prison of­ ficials themselves. When no response came to their inquiries sent to her old home in Springfield, Warden Mur­ phy went to the authorities of Oak- wood cemetery and purchased a lot himself and there she was burled. The chaplain conducted the service, and a number of the prison officials assisted in giving the woman a Christ­ ian burial. The remarkable circum­ stances surrounding her imprisonment and the fact that many believed that she was innocent in spite of her plea of guilty to the charge of murder add­ ed to the desire to give her a different burial than for a time seemed her ' > v \ - Players Are Hurt." Two players were seriously Injured at Galesburg In & football game be­ tween Galesburg and Monmouth high school elevens. Hilton Stewart of the Monmouth eleven sustained injuries to his head which rendered him un­ conscious. Findley Elliott, another Monmouth player, had his knee dis­ located and received other injuries. Business Men Take Action for the Im­ provement of the System. The agitation for better water for Springfield has been taken up by the Business Men's Association and plans are being formulated for extensive im­ provements of the municipal water­ works system. A special committee from the merchants' organization has waited upon Mayor Devereaux and asked for a statement of the finances of the department, with the object of preparing plans for the betterment of the supply. The last legislature passed an act giving cities the right to levy a special tax for waterworks purposes and action will be taken un­ der this statute. The city's supply has been coming from the Sangamon river. A drive well system was inaugurated a year ago,, but up to the present time has not proved successful, although it may be further experimented with be­ fore a final decision is made. ALLEGES HE WAS VICTIMIZED Syndicate Buys Coal Land. A syndicate of Centralia capitalists has purchased 486 acres of land under which there Is coal at the junction of the main line and the Chicago branch of the Illinois Central railroad, two miles north of this city, and also the coal rights under 2,000 acres addi­ tional. It is the intention to sink a mine and plat a townsite there. The land purchased includes three farms. Besides the Illinois Central running through the tract, the Burlington on the west and the Illinois Southern on . &• south touch It. Work Over Molten Gift** It was said that furnace No. 9 at the glass works would be shut down for two weeks for repairs, made nec­ essary by the collapse of the floor. Workmen will be obliged to work within walls that are heated to such a degree as to make It impossible for them to remain long. The floor of the furnace is covered many feet deep with molten glass. Wlien the break in the bottom occurred blocks of fire clay were forced up through the glass In *Va tnn nf the moltoH TTTttB ' w i f ^ . V Vv ^ : * * .. ...t . .. "k... r Havana Man Has Springfield Real Es­ tate Dealer Arrested. Edward Rimmerman, a real estate dealer of Springfield, was taken to Havana on a warrant charging him with working a confidence game upon Charles Ainsworth, a wealthy resident of that city. Alnsworth had a quan­ tity of mining stock for sale and it is said that Rimmerman brought a law­ yer named Snell from Paris, vMo., to buy the stock. The sale was consum­ mated, the price being $32,500. Snell made several notes in favor of Alns­ worth and the latter Indorsed over $10,000 of the paper to Rimmerman. It is alleged that Snell's paper was worthless and that he and Rlmm^p- man had conspired to defraud Alns­ worth. A requisition for the extradi­ tion of Snell has been applied for. WEATHER FAVOR8 f$RMER8 Aid Operations In Central and North­ ern Districts of State. In Its review of November crop and climate conditions in Illinois, the Illi­ nois weather bureau says: "The weather was exceptionally favorable for farming operations in the central and northern districts, but too much precipitation Interfered with work in the southern district. "Wheat maintains an exceptionally fine condition, an adverse report be­ ing the exception. "Except in the southern counties, ideal weather conditions have ob­ tained for the husking and cribbing of corn. Pastures are generally good for the season and are afford­ ing feed for stock. A very light apple crop has been gathered. A fair crop of potatoes was secured. . Teachers Fix Wage Scale. Hereafter school teachers In Sanga­ mon county will demand at least $40 a month, and if the school year is less than nine months, $45 is to be the minimum wage accepted. This action was taken at a meeting of the Sangamon County Teachers' Associ­ ation. To guard against the employ­ ment of outside teachers at smaller wages, it was resolved to look with disfavor upon any teacher working under the scale. This is taken to im­ ply a boycott upon offending educat­ ors. Big Feast for Convicts. Warden James B. Smith of the southern Illinois penitentiary provid­ ed a sumptuous Thanksgiving dinner for his wards as follows: Roast tur­ key, 3,000 pounds; mashed potatoes, 30 bushels; cranberries, 3 barrels; celery, from prison farm; chicken dressing, 800 pounds; cucumber pickes, 40 gallons, applies pies, 1 each, 1,000; fruitcake, 1,000 pounds; apples, 1 each, 10 bushels; coffee, 200 gallons; pecans, 1 pound each, 1,000 pounds; after dinner, 2 cigars each. Auto Company In Trouble. The Monarch Automobile company of Aurora was put In the hands of a receiver by the United States Dis­ trict court. Judge S. H. Bethea ap­ pointed J. O. Mason, his bond being fixed at $15,000. The liabilities of the company may reach $75,000, while the assets, it is said, will sell for $20,- 000. Since Nov. 29, the bankruptcy petition alleges, the assets of the company have been In the possession of Robert Burke, sheriff at Aurora. Seeks Writ for Equalizers. State's Attorney Alexander Wilson of Alexander county has instituted mandamus proceedings in the circuit court of Sangamon county to compel the state board of equalization to as­ sess the approach of the Illinois Cen­ tral railroad bridge at Cairo. The equalizers contend that the bridge ap­ proach should be assessed by the local authorities instead of by the state board. 8oldiere' Orphans' Home Scandal. A hornets' nest has been stirred up at the Soldiers' Orphans' home at Bloomington by a letter written by a member of the Grand Army post of Normal, charging cruelty to the chil­ dren, alleging that they are kept in close confinement, etc., and In addi­ tion claiming that local contractors are discriminated against. The letter, which purported to represent the sen­ timents of the post, has been repudi­ ated by that body, and a committee Is now Investigating the authorship. Ensign Resigns From Reserves. In special orders issued by Adjt. Gen. Scott, the resignation of Ensign Chester L. Anderson, Qulncy division, Illinois naval reserves, is accepted, and the following were discharged from the service of the state: Hon­ orably--Privates Guy Carey, Burley Dolan and Otis Michael, troop B, 1st gavalry; Privates George W. Wlllcutt, Patrick Sheeban, Edward Beebe, and Benjamin Arnold, troop D, 1st cav­ alry, Springfield. Dishonorably--Pri­ vate Edward L. Vogelsang, troop G, ut tAvalr^ Pejrt.. . , • * V I ' 'FATHER" SAYS HE DOES WORK Warns Young Associates Not to Sin§^4 "He Loafs Around All Day." After the younger members of a Ns^? tlonal stock yards firm at East SC * " Louis had been having fun with thM* j senior member for several days bj^xf caroling morning, noon and night, "Evyi erybody Works But Father," the latter decided the boys were having too- much fun with him, and assembled them all at one of the mule pens* Then he climbed up on a box and de* livered this ultimatum: "There will' be no more songs sung around this i joint Indicating that your old man is not doing his share of the work in this firm. If I hear any more of this, what I'll do to you will make the mules in these pens laugh, but you won't §£«.;. the humor of it." The popular song is heard there no more. \ U 0, 0? r. GRAND MASTER. ^ William R. Humphrey of Chicago has been elected grand master of the Illinois division of the Odd Fellows? Mr. Humphrey was born in Hunts* ; Tille, Ala., July 31, 1861, and came i$ 1896 to Chicago where he engaged in the publication of a periodical devoted to the interests of the Odd Fellows, r-. ^ ! He later engaged in the real estati business and has remained in thai line of activity since. PERMIT FOR NEW LABOR BANlf State Auditor Authorizes Institution' With Capital of $200,000. Union labor's new bank at Chicago _ to be known as the Commonwealth j Trust and Savings Bank received tho indorsement of the state authorities. State Auditor McCullough issuing ft permit for its organization with $ capital stock of $200,000. The permit . was issued to Andrew B. Adair, pres% dent, and John E. Senne and John. ' D. Farrell, directors. The institution^ in Chicago will be the second uniou labor enterprise of the kind in tho United States, the other being at Washington. It will be controlled en|T?' tirely by union wage-earners. The offe fleers, besides Mr. Adair, are: Chasi" - M. Rau, president of the Associated^* - Building Trades council, vice presi# dent; Charles F. Springer, .District 7 lodge No. 8, secretary, and W. G|J?5 Springer, treasurer. ??1| FOR CORNER IN ILLINOI8 CO AI >.fy, Railroads to Make Up for Loss of St. Louis Bridge Arbitrary. Sixty coal mines on the Illinois Central Railroad, within 110 miles ot St Louis, are being consolidated btf. W. S. Wilson, banker and coal ope* • rator of Pinckneyville, into a $2,000,* 000 corporation, which will be undeij the control of that railroad. This ig a forerunner of the consolidation o^f; railroad groupings of all the mines * in the Illinois field tributary to St.;*- * Louis and brings them under the congy^ trol of the coal-carrying roads of tho.i'f- terminal combine. The effect is tat ' be an increase of freight rates tcr*jif: East St. Louis to equal or exceed ther."?:. present rates to St. Louis, including' / the bridge arbitrary, when the road% shall be compelled to absorb the nrt? bitrary and the increase of coa^ p r i c e s I n S t . ' L o u i s . ' f \ ' T Victim of Boy's RMIe !• <)*•* Mrs. Harry Howard, aged 23, die#*-v? at her home, 62 East Fourth street, - Alton, from a bullet wound in herf^J? spine, which she suffered nine montha. * ago while she was in the yard at hert,jj| home. Two boys were playing^ with a rifle, which was discharged^ Shosnflered complete paralys%, 8hot-Flrer Is Injured, j: 7, Joseph Spencer of Harrlsburg; flrer at O'Gara mine, No. 4, was badly^ burned about the face by an explosion^-, i; of gas in the mine. < o • Lightning Starts Big Flro. During a storm lightning struck the oold storage house of George Agle & Sons, meat packers at Bloomington and the entire plant was destroyed bys' fire, with a loss of $40,000 and in|.* surance of $25,000. Saloori Fight Proves Fatal.' William Casead of Alma, died In jail in Marion from injuries received in a fight in George Long's saloon. The coroner's Jury held Long an^ Bartender Drew Reynolds without ball for murder. Mayor la Commended. -Xj- "• Saloons remained closed at Joliet day and at a great mass meeting iipf^.- the Auditorium the mayor was com* if mended for his firm stand.1- „ Wed Fifty Yearifc . Marx Timm and wife celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding at their home in Areola Sunday. Masons Lay Cornerstone/, The cornerstone of the ne#~ Cftjt hall at Galesburg, was laid with Ma| sonic ceremonies. 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