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•V.'*' // CM r^s^|f *rT^W^ i\ - '% <>**«»vt"':'<T - * « ^ City of the Southwest | Suffered Severely from Cyclone 8cene on th« Principal Rotail Thoroughfare on a Bitty Day. A. There is not a city in the South­ east that has made greater strides in progress than the devastated town of Meridian, Miss., almost wiped out by the cyclone of March 2. Advantageously situated upon five different railroad lines that stretch out from the city in all directions through the fertile agricultural lands and the forests of the surrounding country, it has advanced in population from 4,000 people in 1880 to 24,000 at the pres­ ent time. Agriculture and manufacturing in­ dustries constitute the wealth of the place. There were within the city limits four cottonseed oil mills, one large cotton factory, a fertilizer fac­ tory that was built with a capital of $300,000 and manufacturing plan for soap, leather, drugs and candy, and also a number " extensive brick yards. The Immense Machine shops of the Northeastern railroad, employing about 600 hands, had their location here. The city has always been reckoned one of the cleanest as well as one of the prettiest towns in the South, the business section being about 350 feet above the sea level, with the many beautiful residences of the inhabitants overtopping the business district by about a hundred feet. K Meridian is also noted as being the home of the East Mississippi Female College, considered to be one of the leading educational institutions of the Southeast. From the farming districts within a radius of 10 miles of the city from 150,000 to 175,000 bales of cotton are shipped into the city each year. Some idea of what the extensiveness of the city's industries were can be obtained from the following figures: Value of cotton annually marketed there, $5,000,000; increased value from manufactured cottons, $200,000; an­ nual cottonseed crop, $1,000,000; an­ nual pay rolls of Meridian's factories, $650,000; annual pay rolls of the rail roads there, $500,000; sawmills in Meridian territory (cutting yellow pine), 370; (cutting hard wood), 17. MIS8 REID POPULAR IN LONDON. Daughter of American Ambassador May Wed English Peer. Is Miss Jean Templeton Reid, daugh­ ter of the American ambassador, Whltelaw Reldy about to lose her heart to some dashing English peer? Those who are in a position to speak with authority upon this interesting topic assert with posttiveness- that the que% tion will soon be answered in the af­ firmative. It is a recognized fact that Miss Reid has been the magnet that drew many of the best known noblemen of England to the brilliant social func­ tions of the Reids since their intro­ duction into the official life in London. She has been escorted on occasions by l^fira whose names have been identi­ fied with English history since the Norman conquest, and it is noted that her popularity in court circlep Is in­ creasing hourly. While Miss Reid is devoted to her parents and brother, she finds time to make social calls and attend parties which throw her In contact with the most illustrious young men of the per­ iod, and it is a significant fact that her name has been add^d to visiting lists which, before her advent- had been barred to the average American woman of wealth and position. What this means the future may disclose, but in the meanwhile the subject is engrossing society .to the exclusion of other topics. Ambassador Reid has rented the beautiful old Bedfordshire seat of tfye late Ijord Cowper, and Miss Reid pro- N1CH0LA8 TSAR" OF RU8SIA. Thinks Speaker the Whole Thing. Clerk McDowell erf the house of rep­ resentatives has issued a vest-pocket directory of the house, giving names of the members, theii* residences and their committee rooms. "What's this, Aleck?" asked a disgruntled member who •came into the clerk's office after he had had a session with the speaker about getting recognized to call up a bill. "That's a vest-pocket directory of the house," Clerk McDowell re­ plied. The member examined it care­ fully. "Seems to me like a rotten waste of money," he said finally. "You pould have made It a heap smaller and more accurate If you had printed Speaker Cannon's name in it ancLdet it go at that, If he ain't all there is to the house of representatives, I'll eat my hat."--Chicago Chronicle. Andrew Carnegie a Musician. It is a tact not generally known that Andrew Carnegie's patronage of mu- plc and his penchant for giving away church organs as well as libraries is the result of a well-ordered musical taste resulting from a considerable ed­ ucation In that line. When Mr. Car­ negie was a young man in Pittsburg he was a student under George Mur­ ray Alexander, who was for many years organist In one of the larger churches. At that time Mr. Carnegie gave his attention to the violin and although he never won fame, his inti- ipates say he even yet gets out his fiddle and "makes a stagger" at seme of the old-time tunes. Horses Badly Mixed Up. E. E. Andrews of Norway, Me., went west a while ago and purchased a car­ load of horses. He saw them loaded and then came on east. When they arrived he found that the' car which he received was the right one, but did not contain a single horse that he had bought. Investigation of the mystery showed that the horses had been ta­ ken out at Montreal for water and feed. When they were returned his horses had been placed in another car and another man's animals his ear; 1 3 * 7855 JE&r Zm&n&Tj&ZD poses soon to spend her time at West Park. A series of brilliant entertain­ ments are planned. t 8 Proper Tttlo of the Ruler of the North­ ern Empire. Though we occasionally read in the newspapers of the Czar, referring to Nicholas II, he. is almost universally designated as the Tsar. Though many learned etymologists have said that the national title<of the Russian sov­ ereign is a corruption of the word Caesar, like the German Kaiser, this |s a mistake. The cause of the error is that at the beginning of the eight­ eenth century we knew the Russians only through the Poles, with whom we had long international intercourse be­ fore we became acquainted with the Muscovites. The word "Czar" is the Polish form of "the word "Tsar," with the slight difference in the pronuncia­ tion which distinguishes the two words derived from the Slavonic language. The Russians, like all the Slavs, be­ long to the Greek church, using the Cyrillic alphabet, containing thirty- eight signs still employed in the sacred language, but reduced to thir­ ty-one in the common language. The Catholic Slavs, like the Poles, having kept the Latin alphabet of twenty-four signs, were compelled to resort to the combination of double letters to take the place of the sibillant consonants which are found In the Cyrillic alpha­ bet. The "cz" forms one of these combinations; hence the Polish ortho­ graphy, which was adopted at first by some Illustrious writers like Voltaire and Saint-Simon. The same rule applies to the deriva­ tives of the word "tsar"--tsarine, tsarevna, tsarevitch. These words are even .spelled Cesarin, Cesarevna and CsareVitch, as a tribute to their im aginary origin. But the word "tsar has no Latin' etymology and is not a translation of the word Caesar.--Lon­ don Mail. Indian Woman's Worthy Ambition. Laura M. Cornelius, a full-blooded Indian of the Oneida tribe in Wiscon­ sin, has gone to New York, where she intends to study law in Barnard college. At a county school she won a scholarship in a 'seminary in Fond dn Ijic and afterward studied for time in Stanford university, Califor­ nia. Miss Cornelius is unmistakably Indian in features and build and is proud of it. Her object in studying law is to be of service to the people of her own race. "My religion," she says, "is this: I believe in God, in minding my own business and in hustling for what one wants." Heaithfulness of a &ne*Mt,. According to the eminent physician and surgeon Sir Frederic* Treves, we ought not to complain of sneezing, ca­ tarrh, coughing and the general dis­ comfort that ordinarily accompany a common cold. They are not symp­ toms of disease, but proofs that the system is defending Itself. The efforts of the sufferer, says the distinguished authority, should not be directed to stopping them directly, but to aiding nature, which is putting up a brave fight against dangerous bacteria. In­ deed, a cold would in the majority of cases prove fatal if these symptoms of resistance were not present. The presence of infection would not be dis­ covered until the bacteria were so nu­ merous that a fight would be hopeless. A medicine which merely stops cough­ ing or allays inflammation may be thwarting nature's efforts to cure.-- Boston Herald. . Mrs. Thaw in Lawsuit. Mrs. Mary C. Thaw, of Pittsburg, whose daughter is countess of Yar- 'mouth, commissioned a firm to put a stained glass in the Third Presby­ terian church of Pittsburg, for which she agreed to pay $25,000. When the work was done It failed to give her satisfaction and she ordered it torn out. The firm did so, practically re­ building the window at a cost of $16,- 500. This Mrs. Thaw refused to pay and now the company has brought suit to recover. Congressional "Magnificent Throne Room; " The throne room of the royal pal­ ace at Madrid is one of the most magnificent in the world. Decorated in red and gold, it contains rock crys­ tal chandeliers, colossal looklhg- glasses of the finest quality, marble tablets and priceless porphyry. The ceiling is painted by Tiepolo with the "Majesty of Spain," in illustration of ^the virtue of kings and the manli­ ness of-the people, fho are represent­ ed In the different costumes of the provtltMNb , Latest Thing in Jewelry. If a woman wishes to have the very latest thing in Je^lry just now she must get a bangle bracelet set with liamonds. At least, that Is the ver­ dict of the smart jewelers. These bangles have for a foundation a strip of platlna which Is set with diamonds placed so closely together that one can see nothing but the band of bril­ liant stones. Of course, one must have a few loose bills to spare to buy one of these .trifles, for the cheapest of them costs $450, while from .that figure they rut^j^to $1,500.. r „ EaHy Hardships Leave Made. It Is remarked with surprise that the I&bor members of parliament are not large men, nor are they apparently especially robust. T. P. O'Connor, writing on this subject, explains in this way: "The lives of many of them have been hard; they began the strug­ gle for bread in the mine, in the work­ shop, before the furnace, at an age when they ought to have been learning their lessons and playing marbles, and those years of early toil nearly alwayr tell." v Last Public Execution In Canada. The last public execution in Can­ ada took place in Ottawa on Feb. 11, 1869, when Patrick James \tfhel4n was hanged for the murder of D'ArcV McGee. During the session of 186# an act was passed providing that ex-^ ecutions of sentences imposing the ex­ treme penalty of the law should take place within the prison walls, and that no one should be present thereat except the necessary officers and Cer­ tain other persons admitted by spe- eial order of the sheriff. Wholesale Cutting. "Yes, we used to sit out on the old porch in the beautiful moonlight. Strange to say, Jack never believed he kissed me as °ften as I accused him of doing." "Ah. how d|i3 you convince him, dear?" "Why, the next night I told him to cut a notch in the porch each time he took a kiss." "How did the scheme work?" "Very well for a while, but--er--by theend of the week there wasn't any porch left." GliaPjecea *Baked in a Cake. Mr and Mrs. D. C. Richmond of this clty jiave jusjt celebrated their fiftieth eddlng Inni'versary, attended by near relatives land the immediate family. A feature of this unusual event was the placing of fifty twenty-dollar gold (ieces in/the huge cake, ajpd as it was caFvedith<2£Qins fell to various mem­ ber*;. One son was so fortunate as to receive twee* of the double eagles in ils one slice c\ thevann^versary cake, ta Correspondence, Columbus Dis- Tuesday, March 6, 1906. - Tbs (isiestion of enlargement of the army by disposing of contract surgeons and replacing: them with surgeons who shall be given the rank of army officer occupied the attention of the Senate for the gTeater part of the day. Mr. Hale criticised the bill severely. Senators Carter and Gallinger also spoke, against Itw^and Senators Warren and Blackburn m its favor. The measure was not dis­ posed of. Senator Long spoke in behalf of the statehood bill. Senators Clapp. McCumber and Du Bois were appointed to confer with a House committee for .the settlement of the affairs of the flv« civilized tribes- of Indian Territory. At 5:25 p. m. the Senate adjourned until to­ morrow. V A unanimous resolution was passed bv the House declaring Anthony Michalek a citizen of the United States, a resident Of Illinois and a duly elected member of the Fifty-ninth Congress. The bill per­ mitting tobacco growers to sell leaf to­ bacco through agents without paying th«* ta* of 6 cents a pound heretofore charged was passed without discussion. The re­ mainder of the day was devoted to tariff discussion, precipitated by the Indian ap­ propriation bill. At 5 p. m. the House • adjourned until' to-morrow. 'Wednesday, March 7, 1900. • Two speeches on the railroad rate bill Were made in the Senate to-dav. Mr. Scott spoke in opposition to the pending measure, and Mr. Clapp supported !t. The remainder of the session was de­ voted to statehood. Messrs. Perkins and Bpooner speaking in opposition. An ex­ ecutive session was taken at 5:05 p. m., mid at S:15 the Senate adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow. Under the cover of the general debate on the Indian appropriation bill the House Indulged In a flood of oratory to­ day. Mr, Burke (S. D.) told of the prosperous condition of the Indians; Mr. Kline (Pa.) advocated reforms In the fiscal system, Mr. Brantley (Ga.) spoke against federal licenses for pilots: Mr. Haughen (Iowa) opposed the establish­ ment of a parcels post; Mr. Gardner (Mass.) urged additional immigration restrictions, and Mr. Gaines (Tenn.) de­ fended Henrr Clay from the charge of being a standpatter. The Indian bill will be taken up to-morrow for amendment. A resolution was passed relieving the fuel famine at Nome by permitting the sale of government coal at Fort Davis. Alaska. At 5 p. m. adjournment was taken until to-morrow. Thursday, March t, 1906. The entire time of the Senate to-day was devoted to general debate on th* statehood bill. Messrs. McCumber and Patierson opposed the measure a3 it now stands, while Mr. Beveridge supported 1'-. He had not completed his speech when adjournment was taken at 5:50 p. m., and he will be given an hour to-morrow to conclude. Then amendments will be considered until 4 o'clock and the final vote will be taken before adjournment. The House to-day passed the Indian ap­ propriation bill, carrying $7,785,528. Only a few minor amendments were made. The members then proceeded to entangle themselves over the bill to abolish the grade of lieutenant general. The result was an adjournment at 5:30 p. m. for lack of a quorum, but the vote to con­ sider the bill showed an overwhelming sentiment In Its favor, and it probably will be passed in due course. The fol­ lowing resolutions were passed: Calling on the Secretary of State for the report of Herbert H, D. Piprce on the condi­ tion of American consulates in the Ori­ ent, and especially Shanghai; requiring Postmaster General to report to the House whether Town Topics Is admitted to the mails and whether the government, assists the publication in "its occupation? of exhorting money by blackmail. The latter was from Bourk* Cockran. Friday, March 9, 190«. The Senate to-day passed a bill for the admission or a new state to be called Oklahoma, and to be composed of the present territory of Oklahoma and In­ dian Territory. It was the House joint statehood bill with all the pro\-isions re­ lating to Arizona and New Mexico strick­ en out. The motion to eliminate these , territories from the measure prevailed by a vote of 37 to 35. The House rail- i road rate bill was made unfinished busi­ ness. During the ' morning hour" a bllt appropriating 1400.0(H) for the improve­ ment of the Columbia River was passed. At 5:38 p. m. tho Senate went into exe­ cutive session, and at 5:42 -adjourned un­ til Monday- The House passed 408 private penslotf bills ar.d devoted three hours to the con­ sideration of a bill providing for a uni­ form system of naturalization-, the chief feature of which requires an alien to write either his own or the English language and to apeak and read the lat­ ter, and to declare his Intention to residq permanently in the United States before he can become an American citizen. It met with many objections. A resolution calling on the Postmaster General to In­ form the House why the Indahoma Union Signal of Shawnee. Okla., is excluded aa second-class mall matter was laid on the table. At 5:05 p. m. the House adjourned until Monday. aii m » i « Items from over specially HEAR ORPHANS' HOME CHARGES Members of State Board of Charities Investigate Bloomington Instituting. The state board of charftiefe Thurs­ day began the hearing of the charges recently preferred against Supt. „R, S. McCauley of the State Soldiers and Orphans' home at iBloomingtun. The principal charges are that the man­ agement is incompetent and the dis­ cipline lax. It is maiptaitied, that Mc- Cauley's son, who is given much au­ thority, is addicted to excessive use of cigarettes and that his example In other respects is bad for the youthful Inmates. Neighboring farmers testi­ fied that the boy inmates of the home had robbed their melon patches, had committed other depredations, and Were .running Wild through the streets. Supt. McCauley and his friends laugh at the charges. CITY SU^T PAPERS ARE STOLEN Thfft Acta to Extend Contract With Springfield Gas Company.' The bill In the suit between the city Of Springfield and the local electric light company has been stolen from the files in the circuit court. The ef­ fect is to carry the litigation over an­ other six months, thus extending the present favorable contract for munici­ pal lighting which the company holds. Officials of the company declare inno­ cence of the theft and say it looks suspiciously like a scheme of the mu­ nicipal ownership faction in local pol­ itics to prolong the controversy be­ tween the city and the light company so it can be made an issue in the next election. They say they would rather have a settlement than a few months' extension of the present lighting ar­ rangement. GUILTY OF MURDERING GIRL Isaac Shelton, Tried' Third Time, Con­ victed and Sentenced. Isaac Shelton, a young man living near Yates City, was convicted of the murder of Lena Ramp, at Galesburg. Shelton was on trial for the third time, both previous juries having dis­ agreed. The penalty was fixed at fif­ teen years. Lena Ramp died after an operation performed in a lonely house near Williamsfield more than a year ago. Dr. John Cole of Williamsfield and Mrs. Carroll of the same place have been tried for Implication In the crime. Mrs. Carroll was acquitted and Dr, Cole Is now facing the third trial. Typhoid in Oil Town. TTie state board of health Is Inves­ tigating the sanitary conditions at Casey, Clark county, where, owing to the discovery of oil. a town formerly ot 1,500 persons now has a population of 4,000, and without any municipal Water siipply or sewerage system. A number of persons, it is reported, have died of typhoid fever, and there are sixty cases of the disease in the city now. . FIRST WISCONSIN RATE RULING State Railroad Commission Upholds Manitowoc Shippers' Protest. Manitowoc, Wis., dispatch: Plumb & Nelson, wholesale grocers, have won a signal victory in the first de­ cision by the state railroad com mis- sion. It is . against the Wisconsin Central and St. Paul roads. The Man­ itowoc firm complained that the freight rates were higher from Mani­ towoc to Keil, Chilton and Plymouth than they were to these places from Milwaukee* a much further distance, handicapping Manitowoc merchants materially. The ruling is said to es­ tablish a new basis of rates from Manitowoc to Hllbert Junction on the Central and thenc<Psouth of the St. Paul. PhorffeWlres Under Ground. The Rock Island cicouncil has Closed terms with the Central Union Telephone company, giving a twenty- five-year franchise to a company to put wires .under ground immediately. The old franchise was declared re­ voked four years ago. The matter was brought to a head two months ago by Mayor .McCaskrin cutting down the poles In various parts of the city. Bribery Rumors. " The Peoria county grand Jury will investigate charges of bribery of jury­ men in the recent suits against the sanitary district of Chicago. It has been intimated that undue influence was exercised over three members of the jury. The low verdict of $750 cre­ ated comment, and sensational devel­ opments are anticipated. /RIVAL RAIDS TO SEE IF LID IS ON j GET FEW RECRUITS FOR Island Mayor and Sheriff at Rode Make Many Arrests. Having reason to doubt the assur­ ances of- Mayor McCaskrin that the lid he put on three months ago was still firmly in place, SherifT W. t}. Heider at raided a dozen disorderly houses at Rock Island and arrested thirty keep­ ers and inmates. Learning what was going on the mayor half an hour later started another raid and rounded up eleven other disorderly places. Sher­ iff Heider took the prisoners before Police Magistrate Elliott and all were fined, justice McFarlane set up an opposition court and the mayor's pris­ oners were brought before him and also heavily assessed. ; - life on the ocgan wave appears to ha midnight Saturday nighty, lost all attraction for the youth of the middle states. A corps of recruiting officers has just completed a'tour of this state, spending a week in ?a<* city of importance, and from hew> went to I<£wa to work that state. Re* , .ports from Illinois cities shewed that one; Or two in each were &}i that could , be secured as the result of a week OC effort in each. There are quite a num­ ber of applicants, but most of them are unable to pass the physical exam­ ination. In years gone by the gaily' colore(f posters bo lavishly pasted upon the billboards have been suc­ cessful in attracting many recruit#, and a month's tour of Illinois would' usually result in securing at least » hundred enlisted men. This has been changed apparently, and the field. is now barren. Just what-hefts creat­ ed the failing off cannot be explained by the recruiting officers sent to the West, but they admit that it is very difficult to secure desirable young men for the navy. v BIG STORE IS FORCED TO WALL Creditors of Decatur Firm File Peti- tion in Bankruptcy. , \ A petition In bankruptcy .was .filed in Springfield Friday night by three New York creditors of the Williams Brothers Co, of Decatur, The petition Involves a $115,000 stock of dry goods and clothing. No statement of assets or liabilities has been made public. The firm is composed of three young brothers, Scott, Chester and Bruce Williams, who came to Decatur from Montlcello last August and invested $50,000 in one of the biggest stores in central Illinois. Hearing on the pe­ tition was set for March 15 at Spring­ field. Most of the creditors are New York and Chicago firms. JILTS HER FIANCE ANDH^PPES Girl Smuggles Trousseau From Home and Weds Rich Turfman. Jilting one wooer to elope with an­ other, Miss Grace Nicholson of La Salle county, smuggled her trousseau out of the rear door of her home and was married to William R. Gillen, a turf follower of wealth, and the two are now enjoying their honeymoon in the south. Gillen came as an eleventh hour suitor and carried off the bride when all her friends thought she was on the point of marrying W. E. Gar- vey, the Rock Island agent. The Rev. J. W. Farrer, rector of the Episcopal church of Ottawa, performed the cere­ mony. . fireman Goes Mad. Seized with a suddent frenay, Charleg Guentfier. until recently de­ ployed as a fireman at the plant of the American steel foundry at East St. Louis, suddenly sprang aboard a locomotive standing on a side track near that company's plant Friday, jerkdd open the throttle, and sent the engine plunging ahead. It jumped the track and tore through a fourteen- inch brick wall and came to a stop by crashing into heavy machinery Inside the works. Unharmed. Guenther jumped to the ground, and, drawing a revolver, threatened to shoot the first man to approach him from the crowd assembled. Police were ^ent for but before they arrived Timekeeper W. A. Moore crawled up behind the frenzied man and knocked him down. Guen* ther was subdued and finally taken to the police station. MRS. J. A. LOGAN BREAKS ARM Widow of Black Eagle Lectures While Suffering Severe Pain. Westchester, Pa., dispatch: Mrs. John A. Logan lectured before a large audience at the State Normal school Friday despite the fact she was suf­ fering severe pain from a broken arm, which she carried In a sling. Mrs. Lo­ gan Thursday night, while descending the stairway at the residence of Dr. George M. Phillips, slipped and fell, breaking her left arm above the el­ bow. It generally was expected that, under the circumstances, she would not be able to appear, but she would not hear of a postponement or can­ cellation of her .engagement Carnegie Aids 8mall College. Wolfvllle, N. S., dispatch: The sum. of $30,000, to be used in "the erection of a new building for the scientific de­ partment, has been promised to Acadia college by Andrew Carnegie. No conditions accompany ttffe gift. Professor to Plan State Bridges. The Illinois state highway commis­ sion has appointed Professor Ira C. Baker of the University of Illinois as consulting engineer to Professor Al­ bert ' Johnston, chief engineer of the board, who asked for an assistant able to devote most of his time to bridge plans and specifications. 8tahs Wife and Self. During a quarrel which is believed to have been caused by the man's jealousy, Alois Kondter, a young Nor­ wegian of Jollet, stabbed his bride of six" months so severely that she is dy­ ing. He also stabbed himself, hut will probably survive. Hat Pin Blinds Girl. While dressing in the cloakroom of the Maywood school at Chicago Elva Clyde, 3 years old, was blinded in one eye. She ran against another girl as the latter was adjusting a pin in her hat.. The pin penetrated the pupil of Elva's left eye. Named for Supreme Judge. East St. Louis, I1L, dispatch: The democratic convention of the First judicial district nominated Judge Car­ roll C. Boggs for Supreme court judge, to succeed himself. Guard Bridge Workers. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: Work, un­ der armed guards, has been resumed on the new bridge of the Union Rail­ road company, "over Buttermilk Hol­ low, where work was suspended on ac­ count of interference from strikers. Rate Bill Will Pass. Des Moines, Iowa, dispatch: In a letter, Senator Allison declares the railroad rate bill will pass the senate with but few dissenting votes minor elaigea. . Governor's Appointments. Gov. Deneen has announced the ap­ pointment of T. J. Clark of Qulncy to succeed hlmsplf as commissioner of the southern Illinois penitentiary. John Fitzsimmons and Mrs. Evelyn Marvin Atehley. both of Chicago, were named as deputy factory inspectors. Andrew Fredericks of Elgin, who was indorsed by the Illinois State Dairymen's association for the posi­ tion of assistant pure food commis­ sioner, to succeed R. M. Patterson of Chicago, his declined tfca appoint­ ment. « . ' ^ Justices and Conatables Organize. justices of the jjieace and consta­ bles from different parts of the state organized the Illinois State Justices and Constables' association at Spring­ field. The following officers were elected: President, Robert E. Con­ nolly, Springfield; vice president, W, E. Handel, Taylorville; recording sec­ retary, E. E. Adams, Taylorville; treasurer, Winta.m El Robert, Mur- physboit). x- Saloonkeeper Is Despondent. Despondent because the saloon license has been raised to $1,000, John A. Hoff attempted suicide in his sa­ loon at Chicago by' shooting himself. He bad discussed the ordinance with patrons during the evening, declaring he would be forced to close his place. He was taken to Mercy hospital, where his condition is reported to be serious. Officers ,Are Unable to Get Men Trip Through Illinois. Illinois and Adjoining Westefjit states are becoming poor recrnitiij|f ground for the United States navy, it •-'3 -'0 HIGINBOTHAM DISPUTES Claims Chicago Residence Sets Will County Assessment. Harlow N. Higinbothani has beg$t proceedings at Joliet to enjoin Tow® Collector Smith from collecting taxes levied against Mr. Higinbothani hjr the Will county board of review. Mr. Higlnbotham says his personal taxes in,..Will county should be $61.80. Whereas he is called upon to pay $2,- 389.80. In his bill Mr. Higlnbothstm says that since Jan. 1, 1905, he has been a resident of Chicago. In 19(06 he gave rfa schedule of his personal property subject to taxation in Will county to Assessor Morrison, listing five horses, forty-five head of cattle^ five carriages, one piano, $500 worth of farm implements and $1,500 wortll of household furniture. The total val­ uation was $5,150 and the assessed valuation $1,030. But the board of review concluded that Mr. Higln­ botham should be assessed for h|E> stock holdings 6n the ground that hp was a resident of Will county. AfK cordingly stocks of the value of $194* 000 and of the assessed value of $38,- 000 were charged against him. - r:*.M $ Convicts Before Grand Five convicts from the penitentiary, manacled together, were taken froafi the prison into the county court nt Joliet, and each in turn was released from his handcuffs and taken as a wit­ ness before the grand jury. As a Re­ sult of their testimony, it is under ­ stood, the jury indicted former Prison Usher Sterling, who is charged with stealing money from letters sent to convic|s, y &fterling was discharged re- ' „ cently,. >, , • * Sad Case of Insanity. Abraham Jandorf, who for ymim' was Joliet's leading shoe dealer. West voluntarily before the Will County court and a.«ked that he be sent to the Insane asylum at Kankakee. H» stated that his mental faculties were weakening and he wanted to go theire for treatment. The request was grant-- ed and the needed papers were issued and turned over to Jandorf, who start­ ed for Kankakee without an attend* ant. , . :i| ii Illinois Cadets Slump. Owing to deficiencies in studies, the following Annapolis cadets from Illi­ nois haye been transferred from the class^of 1907 to that of 1908: A. G. Martin, E. H. Henderson, S. O. Greig. From the class of 1908 to 1909 for the same reason: F. W. Townsend, H. C. Ridgely, B. D. Rogers, W. K. Page, <8. B. Kester. . ' Takes Mer Life in Asylum. Margaret Hickey, a spinster 50 years old, admitted to the Illinois Eastern hospital at Kankakee from Urbana two weeks ago, committed sui­ cide by hanging herSelt to the window screen of her room with her stock­ ings. Joliet Democrats Ruled Out, Under a decision by Attorney Gen­ eral Stead five Democratic candidates at Jollet who sought to get their names on the ballot by petition haye Upen ruled out. They are Henry Nich­ olson, Frank Berscheld, George Smith and Bernard Kelly for aldermen and Anton Schager for school Inspector. The failure of the party to, hold pri­ maries brought about the decision. The opponents of these men had their petitions headed "Inriej^ndpt" were not rnled oqgi * . Sheriff Is Indicted. Truman C. .Allen, who was removed several, weeks ago from his position as sheriff at Oquawka, has been in­ dicted 1 for embezzlement. Allen is said to be about $30,000 short. One- half of this amount is county money. Faces Serious Charge. Herman Euhl, Harry Martin, and Marshal] Kessler of Minonk were held to the federal grand jury at Blooming- ton, charged with writing objection­ able letters to Miss Anna Buhl and Anna Wheeler -of Minon It.- To Raise Liquor License. The fight against violations of the saloon laws and against the Ilq&or traffic in general has culminated in an effort on the part of the Decatur city council to raise the liquor license charge from $500 to $1,000 a year. Jail Is Unsafe. ^flMr Alton jail has been pronoaaee& | so unsafe that the sheriff has de> clared that he will not put prisoned s ' in it until it is repaired. Pays High for Bank Stock. /„,'j Twenty shares of stock of thfr Second National bank of Charleston. ̂ ^ belonging to the estate of C. R. Reedt was sold yesterday afternoon at pul>- • lie auction/ and brought $251 share, the par value 4>eing $100. ! " Big Mound Ditch ContracL At the third opening of bids, the % commissioners of Big Mound dramas* * !"5-. district No. 1 awarded the contract ^ fOr the construction of the twelve*. ' mile ditch to L)each Bro& Of Goideti Gate . , ' . V Arbitration Secretary. The state board" of arbitration ha$ elected Val Hampton of Macomb sc retary. Mr. C. J. Doyle was presc and it was understood that the ap* ;,J| pointment of Mr. Hampton is tempo* ^ 1 rary. ' '• , ' •„ * *Ki~" Naval Militia Anniversary. ° The Alton division of naval mttitift will celebrate the tenth, anniversary of its organization the latter part of this month. The division is now tin­ der the command of Lletot. R. E. D*- vis,. . • Railroad Man Fatally Shot. Walter Roberts, employed on the Burlington extension south of Chris­ topher, was probably fatally shot in a mix-up with the Duquoin police. It ig claimed the weapon was accident­ ally discharged,. , Pope Objects to Portrait. i V. The.'Pops- recently objecteA^vljsr-ySt • «£m .profile portrait of himself, aW--4t^-~^ the distinguished painter who was v ^ doing it: "l want to look straight our J|| from the canvas! I always like to look at people straight in the face.. y* not sideways!" ^ ' • ' Ball Nets *21,000. 3 : v ^ A ball was given in the Mechartfc# Paviilion. Sai^, Francisco, recently, for ,, the widows and orphans ' a id fund of , J * the police department, and renllzed ^4 $21,000 net. . • • , Popular Diplomat. Baron Speck von Sternberg, Ger­ man ambassador to this country, is jj said to be one of the most popular yf " members of the foreign set in Wash- ington. He is ..extremely democratic - and approachable." and probably /H'f knows more of American institutions , than any foreign diplomat. ^ J '.tfT v'i Blackmail Danes Hall Women.' f" lu San Francisco a police judge, a prosecuting attorney *od two police it&.u,. i. Ji/.-, J.S J.Sti " * ^ 1 V « J • 4%. ..A 1. ..r. . *r "i,.. . » "* h /*%L: ... 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