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w ftn The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Graphic Informs his pa­ per that a curious armor protected motor car has just been conveyed from the Warsaw-Petersburg railway station to the'town. The automobile was built in France specially for the Russian government. In St. Peters­ burg everybody says the machine was 'ordered in view of tre street fighting, and the fact that this heavy automo­ bile, armed with two machine guns, could not travel on the bad Russian roads, adds color to the suggestion. Another suggestion that the new car is intended for the use of the czar when he goes to the douma. USE DREDGES TO MINE COLD. Much Wealth Being Taken From Fields of California. The latest evolution in the systems ,and appliances of gold mining is that of the dredge. The yield in Califor­ nia from the dredges now exceeds the combined yield of the hydraulic and drift mines of the state, and also greatly exceeds the placer yield. The system of the dredging is practically a form of placer mining, where im­ proved modern appliances are utilized to handle large quantities of aurifer­ ous material in a brief space of time, and without the use of water under high heads, or the necessity of long tunnels. As a usual thing, ground sup­ posed to be suitable for dredging is not bought outright, while still un- proven. It is taken under bond for a specified time and for a specified price, those who bond it being ex­ pected to go to the expense of run­ ning the prospecting drills and of proving the ground. If the expected values are not forthcoming the bond lapses, whereas, if the prospecting shows the ground to be valueable for the purposes desired, then the pur­ chase is concluded according to the terms of the bond. Aside from a par­ tial payment, time enough is usually given so that a certain proportion of the purchase price may be obtained from the ground itself through the medium of the dredges. The price of available ground of this character is gradually being advanced, m that, ex­ cept in unproven localities, it may no longer be bought at low cost.--Sunset Magazine. SUICIDE USUALLY ON IMPULSE. Seldom the Result of Reason or Long Pondering. Rather numerous instances of con­ tempt for "the canon 'gainst self- slaughter" redently have appeared, and the philosophers are seeking to explain the "reason*- for this or that particular case of suicide. As a matter of fact, nothing per­ haps is more clearly established than that there- is no reason in or for sui­ cide, in the preponderating mass of cases. This statement probably ought to be amended so as to read that there is no reason for suicide outside of the individual, for about all the reason for self-destruction usually is found in the condition of the individual. That, suicide is prevalent conspicu­ ously among certain races, and dis­ tinctively so among the Germanic peo­ ples, is evidence that the reason is to be found in the individual rather than in environment. A wise man said once that he had known many suicides, but was ac­ quainted with few who could not or would not have come back to terres­ trial existence if they had the choice, since the conditions which they had been unable to bear were of so short life. LAWTON'S SON AT WEST POINT. Following in the Footsteps of his Famous Father. Manly Lawton, eldest son of the late Maj. Gen. Henry M. Lawton, has been appointed to a cadetship In the LOOKED LIKE GIANTS TO JAPS. Little Men Astonished at Size of American Clergymen. Bishop McVickar of Rhode Island, a man of great physical proportions, once visited Japan with Dr. Phillips Brooks, who fell but little behind him In height and breadth. To the diminu­ tive Japs the two stalwart American clergymen were sources of unending wonder. "We did -not mind ordinary tributes to our size," says the bishop, "but the wonder which the size of our feet elicited was hardly flattering. In entering a Japanese house you are supposed to l^ave your shoes outside, and never did Dr. Brooks and I come out but we found an admiring and wondering crowd either measuring our shoes or gazing upon them in admira­ tion. They were pretty sizable shoes,. I admit." Hereditary Failing. At the Grand family dinner Major General Frederick D. Grant told this story on himself: 'I was booked to -speak at a large dinner in town and the toastmaster felt it incumbent upon him to make my path as smooth &s possible. He therefore spoke of -my father and said that I strongly re­ sembled him. This had the desired effect on the people present and they gave me their best attention. Although I spoke as well as I could I felt that every one was disappointed in me and I sat down with relief when it was over. The toastmaster rose and smiled at me. Then he said to the guests; 'Didn't I tell you he was just like his father. He can't speak worth a cent.'" *w y < p ; v v - ; / ' unvrotr INDIAN SOON TO BE A MEMORY The Epic of the American Red Man Has Closed. Like the Moorish king Abu Abdal lah looking mournfully backward at his lost Granada, Geronimo from Fort Sill gazes westward across prairies and hills to the Arizona of his great days which he will not see^gain U-p at Pine Ridge agency tSusSioux nonogenarian Red Cloud, the most famous of living Indian warriors, who could tell as many marvels as Aeneas told to Dido, refuses to accept the government's offer of an allotment of land and goes down like Dickens Steerforth in the storm at Yarmouth waving his hands defiantly in the face of destiny. Most of«Hercules' labors looked light compared with the task which the late Henry L. Dawes un dertook when he and the commission crated under the law of 1893 started out to induce the. Choctaws, the Creeks and their neighbors to allot their lands to their members as in dividuals, to abolish their tribal gov ernment and to merge themselves in the mass of the country's citizenship That work has been grandly finished The last councils of the Five Tribes have been held. The epic of the American Indian has closed.--Atlantic Monthly. AGE TELL8 ON RUSSELL SAGE. His Keenness of Mind Dulled by Ad­ vancing Years. Russell Sage at last has been elimi­ nated as an active factor in Wall street's world of finance. Although hs is still a director In twenty-six railway, induStrlal and 'financial cor porations, he will appear no more at the directors' meetings, which he at tended so punctually for years. Mr Sage will be 90 years old in August and advancing years have at last dulled his former k<»ennees of mind. While his health is fairly well for a man of his years he is unable to concentrate his mind for any length of time on business affairs. For more than a quarter of century Mr. Sage has been identified with the Gould railway lines. At the close of meet­ ings the aged financier was always insistent on obtaining his $10 fee. At the last Wabasn meeting he at­ tended the session was already over when he arrived. Mr. Sage had been delayed at a Western Union meeting but he demanded his fee, nevertheless, and would not be appeased until the bill had been deposited in his. trembl­ ing hand. United States Military Academy at West Point by President Roosevelt. At the age of 11 young Lawton went to the Philippines with his father, where he was on the .firing line and under fire. Teaches Children Good Habits. Miss Mary Lawler, a Cincinnati - •choolteacher, holds that cleanliness Is the foundation of good character. ;Bvery morning before recitations she ifcolds a "dress parade," during which tuch pupils as neefa it are brought un- •4er the influence of soap and "towels. • Missing buttons, unbrushed hair and I Arty shoes also come in for careful jattention. The school authorities de- i clare that as a result of this policy [there has been a distinct gain in disci- jjfllne and self-respect among the chil- Idren. Wonderful Addition to Language. Dr. Ballabone, an ex-staff captain of ^flfte Italian army medical corps, has enriched the English language with a word that will no doubt become popu­ lar. Arthralgonicon is the name he gives to a new remedy for neuralgia, rheumatism and all gouty affections which he has discovered after many years of experiment. Germany's Railways. Germany has 33,594 miles of broad- IGMige railway lines. Waking Up New York Potlce. Fat policemen and policemen dec­ orated with whiskers are becoming scarce on the New York police force. The active and intelligent officer whose belt extends over the building line is in constant fear of retirement and Is making heroic efforts to reduce or keep down weight, as Commis­ sioner scouts the idea that a police­ man in order to be efficient^ must weigh somewhere near a quarter of a ton. The men are required to keep themselves looking smart, too, and a beard two days' old is almost sure to come in for censure. Cure for Blushing. A certain New York newspaper' re---- "Very--peculiar- coincidence," said cently contained an article tellings its readers how to stop, blushing. One young woman called another's atten­ tion to the article, asking if she had read it. ^ "No," came the answer, "I should blush to read that newspaper." "Oh, yes, for a time. But after you had read it awhile you would never blush at anything." So, that's still another way to stop blushing. Congressman Longworth's Ordeal. Representative Lcngworth visited the senate one day this week. Fear­ ing the ordeal of congratulations like­ ly to occur he came In very quietly and was well within the chamber be­ fore he was seen. Senator Kean was quick to offer his congratulations and after him came a dozen or more sena­ tors. Longworth got red under the volley of remarks that fell upon him. Just as the incident was at the height of its interest the ^door opened again and In came Prince Cupid of Hawaii. "Longworth is here,'-' said Kean, "and Cupid came also." The next moment the young son4n-law of the president was making a hasty flight back to­ ward the south end of the capitol. Woman Lover of Orchids. Mrs. George B. Wilson of West Philadelphia, Pa., is famous for her orchids the world over and is one of the few American women who go in for this especially -ieiightful sort of collecting. She has but to hear of an unusual bulb to seek to possess it. Already her collection is valued at more than $50,000 and she Is constant­ ly adding to it. No flower that women carry has the romantic interest of the orchid, for scarcely a year passes that one or more orchid collectors are not lost in the swamps and jungles in South America and *he Indies, where the finest varieties are found growing. Suspicious. Labor Man Social Lion. The Right Hon. John Burns, M. P., has become a social lion in London. He has already had luncheon with Lady Dorothy Nevill and the Duchess of Sutherland, and is in great request in aristocratic circles. „ Drink Less; Eat More. The new British Parliament drinks'* half as much wine as its predecessor, but eats twice as much, and the kitchen committee ia losing money on its restaurant the tall poet, as he opened the big en velope. "What is that?" asked the brother 6ard. "Why, some weeks ago I sent the editor of the Whoopem Magazine a poem entitled, The Old Mint Julep.*" "Did he accept it?" "Yes, but yhen I sent him another poem the other day he returned It with the following message: 'We ac cep^ed your first poem, but now we are full.' •» Aged Members of the Senate. Ten members in the Ulited States senate have passed the threescore and ten mark--Pettus and Morgan of Alabama, Allison of Iowa, Cullom of Illinois, Teller of Colorado, Proctor qtf Vermont, Frye of Maine, Piatt and Depew of New York and Alger of Michigan, Tuesday, March 27, 1906. The Senate to-day listened to Messrs. Tillman and McOumber. Mr. Tillman made special inquiry concerning the stat­ us of his resolution relative to the use of national bank funds in politick and touched on the insurance and beef cases. Mr. McCumber devoted himself to the rate bill, finding many flaws in the meas­ ure, but announcing that he would vote for it if it was properly amended. The joint resolution regulating the allotment of documents in the government printing office and aiming to prevent unnecessary printing and binding, passed yesterday by the House, was adopted. A bill amend­ ing the law fixing fees and expenses of Witnesses in the federal courts in the western states was passed. At 5:20 p. m. the Senate went into executive ses­ sion, adjourning five minutes later until to-morrow. The House witnessed a. most unusual scene when Speaker Cannon arose on the floor in the midst of a spirited discussion on reciprocity and tariff revision to re- vply to an attack by Mr. Shackleford. The urgent deficiency bill was passed and a few paragraphs of the legislative .ap­ propriation bill were considered. Messrs. Prince and Hardwick continuing to de­ feat many provisions by point of order. A bill permitting the building of a dam across the St. Joseph river in Berrien County. Michigan, was passed. At 5:10 p. m. the House adjourned until to-iftor- row. " Wednesday, March 28, 1906. e Mr. Knox made his fir&t set speech in the Senate to-day his subject bejng the railroad rate bill, and he dealt almost exclusively with the legal features of the groblcm, The conference report on the ill regulating the final disposition of the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians was taken up, and much objec­ tion was exoressed to many of the changes. Messrs. La Follette. Clark (Wyoming) and Tillman voiced disap­ proval of the provision authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to lease the coal lands. The matter was still under discussion when the Senate, at 5:12 p. m., went into executive session, to ad­ journ a few minutes later until to-mor­ row. In order that the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill might be considered without being subject to limitless points of order the House passed a rule prohibiting that method of fighting the measure, by a vote of 169 to 109, twenty Republicans voting with the minority. This appears to have been the first special rule ever reported from the committee on rules dlrectl • affecting an appropriation bill. The remainder of the day was devoted to the consideration of the measure, and more progress was made than in all the days heretofore given to it. At 6 p. m. the House ad­ journed until to-morrow. Thursday, March 29. 1906. The Senate to-day listened to speeches on the railroad rate bill by Messrs. Clay. Carmack and Kewlands. All indicated a purpose to support the measure, but Mr. Clay favored a limited court re­ view amendment. The bill providing for the reorganization of the medical depart­ ment of the army by authorizing the ap­ pointment of officers to take the place of contract surgeons was passed bv a vote of 42 to 5. Among the other bills passed was one authorizing a dam across St. Joseph River at Berrien Springs, Mich. Mr. Lodge presented the con­ ference report on the consular reorganiza­ tion bill, which was agreed to. At 4:35 p. m. the Senate went into executive ses­ sion and five minutes later adjourned until Monday. Considerable progress was made with the legislative, executive and judicial ap­ propriation bill in the House. The com­ mittee on appropriation suffered a de­ feat in committee of the whole, when, by a vote of 58 to 22, a paragraph relat­ ing to the division of the railway mail service was expunged from, the measure, on the groynd that it was properly a part of the postoffice bill. For conflden • tial agents of the Interiors Department to aid in ferreting out land frauds $20,000 was allowed. rJ>he conference report on the consular bill was ^adopted. It was agreed that debate on the pure food bill will commence April 10 and continue at least two days. At 5 p. m. the House ad­ journed until to-morrow. Friday, March 30, 1906. There was no Session of the senate to-day. The house passed the legislative, ex­ ecutive and judicial appropriation bill, carrying $30,000,000, after considering the measure two weeks. The paragraph cre­ ating an age limit for government clerks, which caused much controversy, finally was eliminated. Efforts to discontinue the so-called "postage stamp agency" and the services of special agents to in­ vestigate trade conditions abroad failed. At 6 p.'m. adjournment was taken until to-morrow. Saturday, March 31, 1906. The Senate was not in session to-day. This being war claim day in the Houfee, only those directly interested in legisla­ tion on the private calendar were in at­ tendance. The House, in four hours, passed 179 bills, and many were sent to the Court of Claims for adjudication. One of the bills passed awarded $77,712 to the French Trans-Atlantic Cable Company for the cutting of the cable and destruc tion of cable houses during the war with Spain. At 4 o'clock adjournment was taken until Monday. 8IQNS WIFE'8 NAME TO NOTES Former Vice Consul Is Arrested on Charge of Forgery. Lexington, Ky., dispatch: Clyde Shripshire, former vice consul to. Paris, was arrested here on a charge of forging his wife's name to notes. He was married here after deserting Delavo Barnes, a pretty actress. In ad­ dition to his numerous other exploits Shripshire was chirged with fleecing Consul Morse of Paris out of $40,000 BANTAMS STIR UP BIG FIGHT J SCHOOL TREASURER WELL PAID PLAN LONG TRIP ON BICYCLES Hen Wanders to Neighbor'# to Lay and Law Suit Results. Who is the lawful possessor of an egg and its'posterity--the man who owns the hen or the man who owns the barn which the proud fowl selected as a site for the great event? This is a problem which is causing the jurists of Danville to moult their hair in perplexity. Sensational features marked the hearing of the case. The "corpus delicti" of the chick that was hatched from the egg that was laid by the hen that chose the wrong barn, stark and unsightly after being interred for days, was presented for identification, A pair of bantam game chickens, rooster and hen, was introduced as exhibits "A" and "B." Nothing was then lacking complete the .chain of testimony except the original egg.. But lo! a judicial miracle came to pass, and in open court the cackling hep laid another egg exactly like the one which had caused the litigation. It was seized upon and marked exhibit "C." "Sid" Tate of Batestown was the de­ fendant, and Charles McDanlels of the same community the complainant The stories told by various witnesses de­ veloped the facts that Tate had Im­ ported a setting of bantam eggs from South Carolina three years ago, and had peacefully engaged in the busi­ ness of raising bantams ever since, until one of his hens wandered afield and made a nest in an alien barn. Tate did not know of this contretemps --for the mother heij came safely back to roost--until the next season, when he observed a lusty bantam scratching for worms in McDaniels' yard. * Being the only owner of ban­ tams in the vicinity, he became con­ vinced that McDaniel had poached upon his preserves. Accordingly Tate gave chase to the Innocent bird, ran it to earth and wrung its neck, resolved that Mc­ Daniels should not establish an oppo­ sition bantam farm. He ofTered the corpse to a neighbor, but it was de­ clined with thanks, so he burled it deep and did not mark its grave. When McDanlels discovered that Tate had murdered the foundling he brought suit against him. Justice Hall was unable to solve the riddle, but held Tate to the grand jury under a bond of $50. Whereupon Tate swore out a warrant for McDaniels' father-in-law, charging him with keep­ ing a red bird in a cage, which is an infringement of the state laws. The entire county is hoping that the feud will not graduate from ornithological reprisals to shotguns. Fall Proves Fatal. Mrs. John R. Griffln of Quincy, aged 58, who came from Canton, Mo., sev­ en years ago, while moving some fur­ niture at her residence missed her footing and fell downstairs, receiving a concussion of the brain, causing in­ stant death. There was to have been a wedding in the family, and the de­ ceased was moving furniture to make room for a bride that would be brought home by her son. APPROVES NEW TAX ON WHISKY Kentucky Governor Signs Bill Impos­ ing Duty on Spirits. Frankfort, Ky., dispatch: Gover­ nor Beckham has approved and signed the legislative act imposing a tax of 11-4 cents per gallon on rectified spirits manufactured in the state or shipped in for the purpose of branding. The bill was passed at the extra ses­ sion of the legislature, which adjourn­ ed last Monday. Wright Assumes Office. Washington dispatch: Luke E. Wright, former governor general of the Philippines, became ambassador of the United States to Japan Friday. He will sail April 29. Henry C. Ide will be inaugurated governor general of the Philippines April 2. He will continue until Sept. 15, the date set for the inauguration of James F. Smith as his successor. Indian 8upply Bids. Washington dispatch: The com­ missioner of Indian affairs has effect­ ed a change in the manner of receiv­ ing bids and awarding contracts for Indian service supplies. Instead of opening bids at the warehouses in New York, Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco at different dates in the spring, he will open them all in Wash­ ington this year. Samples called for by the specifications will be sent, as usual, to the several warehouses. The commissioner thinks the new system will tend to economy. Infanticide Is Alleged. Allie Swallows, of Duquoin, was ar­ rested at Benton by Constable C. B. Morgan on a charge of manslaughter. She is alleged to have thrown a male Infant in a well five weeks ago. The body of the child was recovered. She waived examination at a preliminary hearing and has been placed under an $800 bond for her appearance be­ fore the grand Jury. Official at East St. Louis Receives Salary of 32,700. & scandal in the public schools of East St. Louis has been disclosed through the action of State Superin­ tendent Ba-yliss in advising County Superintendent Charles Hertel of St. Clair county that unless the school jjustecs of East St. Louis immediately abolished the salary of $2,700 a year paid to the township schpoi?treasurer that city's portion of the state dis­ tributive fund will be withheld. In no other county in Illinois does the office of school treasurer receive so large a salAry. In Chicago, Spring-, field, Quincy and other large cities-, as well as practically all the smaller ones, the school treasurer serves with­ out remuneration, although he is gen­ erally allowed the int^refet paid'on the; daily balances of funds. - , In Belleville, St. Clair county, the school treasurer is paid $600 a year. This is the highest remuneration paid to a similar officer in the state outside of East St. Louis, and it is understood that Superintendent Bayliss will de­ mand that the Belleville treasurer's salary be reduced to a nominal figure as soon as the E&st St j^ouis, contro­ versy is ended. .. *. Newspaper Man and Teacher Propose to Tour the World. About June two men will start fr6m Moline on a tour of the world. It is their intention to make the greater i part of the journey to consume two ' years or more in the trip, which will take them into every country of im­ portance in Europe, Asia and northern Africa. The two young men, who show the usual American vigor in planning such a trip, are George-E. Holt, who for six- years has been connected with the Moline -newspaper*-, and Lester R. • Creutz, a graduate of the University;;: of Wisconsin, and now; instructor of c history in the Roedsburg, Wis., high school. Mr. Creutz is a Moline boy * and has worked upon newspapers ii»% Mplitre and Madison Wis. - expect to sail for Liverpool • ftem New York about the'first week in June.,. From Liverpool they will t -make ihe circuit of the British isles, passing .through • England, Scotland, Ire'and and Wales. From London they •; will go northeast^ to Stockholm, Sweden, whence their Itinejrafy southward. ^ * ' Yrf MINISTER IS FOUND GUILTY Elders of Nazarlne Church Peoria Expel the Pastor. Rev. John S. Southey, formerly pas­ tor of the Nazarlne church, of Peoria, has been found guilty of elopement, abandonment of his family and em­ bezzlement. He was tried before the elders of his church, who expelled him from the organization with a bitter censure. The charge of elopement was against Miss May Shawgo, a member of his congregation, who is said to have left her home for him, but w^ho cannot be located now. The trial of Southey was secret. The preacher refused to be present or make any defense. He is now under indictment by the grand jury on the charge of living unlawfully with Miss Shawgo. Bandits Beat and Rob Man. Three men called in the home of H. C. Galliger, near Mode, east of Pana, and, under pretense of trying to get a place to stay all night, induced the old man to come to the door, where they slugged him, afterwards rifling his clothes of all their con­ tents. About $50 was taken. The men then disappeared. The police at Shelbyville were notified and blood hounds taken to the Galliger ho me and placed on the trail. - Vote for Interurban Line. At a meeting of promoters at Lin­ coln it was voted to organize a com­ pany to build an interurban railroad from Decatur to Lincoln, to be known as the Decatur & Lincoln Electric rail­ way. R. B. Starbuck, Mattoon; J. M. Clokey, Decatur; D. A. Goode, Bears- dale; S. H. Faith, Warrensburg; J. H. Sallee, Latham; I. H. Snyder and J. C. England, Mount Pulaski; T. L. Black­ burn and W. H. EVans, Lincoln, were elected directors. Coles County Owes $220,569.14. The two experts, I. W. Merritt and J. F. Lawson, appointed some weeks ago to ascertain the exact amount of indebtedness which is owed by Coles county, reported their findings at a special meeting of the county board of supervisors. The total indebtedness is $220,569.14. This includes judgments and claims of every kind against the county. Coal 8truck at Pocahontas. At Pocahontas, forty miles east of St. Louis on the Vandalia railroad, a vein of 8-inch coal has been struck at a depth of 380 feet by Isaac Simp­ son on the farm of John C. Williams. President August Klasing and Secre­ tary Fred Kline, both of St. Louis, descended the saft and pronounced the coil m good as any found in Illi­ nois. Life Sentence for Slayer. Frank Grant of Altamont, charged with the murder of Shep Kirkpatrick at Altamont last July, pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Judge Dwight to the penitentiary for life. Grant waB brought to justice by the confession of his wife, whom he had told of his deed and who informed the authori­ ties because he beat her. Richard Ofney Again Chosen. • Richard Olney has been reappointed regent of the Smithsonian institution in Washington for a term of six years. , - . - V :-l - Struck by Train and Killed. Burlington, Iowa, special: Charles . Taeger, a wholesale liquor dealer thta city, was struck by a train while walking on the Burlington tracks at Lone Tree, 111., receiving in­ juries from which he died. r ' Customs Collector Found Dead. Buffalo, N. Y., dispatch: Maj. James Lowe, collector of customs ol the port of Niagara Falls, was found dead in his bathroom. He wag 70 years old. . „ Will Build New Interurban. -- A license to incorporate the Springs field and Southeastern Traction,, com­ pany with a capital of $250,000 has been issued by the secretary of state. It is proposed to construct an elec­ tric railroad from Springfield in a /southerly direction through the coun­ ties of Sangamon, Christian, Shelby and Fayette, taking in the cities of Pana, Vandalia and Decatur. The in­ corporators and first board of direc­ tors are L. A. Shadburne. P. Chase, T. J. Finn, James J. Finn and M. P. Vale, all of Chicago. Oonvicts to Crush Stone. At a meeting of the state board of prison industries with Gov. Deneen it was decided to construct an addition­ al stone crusher at Chester peniten­ tiary to cost $14,000 with a capacity of fifty tons of stone every eight hours, for use in furnishing stone for the highway commission. One hun­ dred and fifty additional convicts will be employed by this means ENDS LIFE WHILE UNDER ARREST Young Farmer Attacks Physician, Then Cuts His Own Throat. After struggling back and forth}' within the narrow space of a physi­ cian's office i'or fifteen minutes Dr. T. A. Johnson and Henry Baker, a young farmer who lived near Xenia, were separated by passers-by attracted by I the screams of Mrs. Johnson. Both men were covered with blood and suf­ fering from many wounds. Had they V not been separated when they were they yould have cut and beaten one} another to death in a few minutes more. Baker, who attacked Johnson in the latter's office because of a fan­ cied wrong, was arrested and Town Marshal Hill started with him to the jail. On the way Baker asked per-1 mission to go into a barber shop to wash the blcod from his face. While the marshal's attention was distractea for a moment Baker seized a razor' and almost severed his own head with one stroke, dying immediately. He leaves a. widow and an aged father and mother. He is believed to have been insane. He was angry at Dr. Johnson because the latter refused to help him get a pension as a Spanish- American war veteran. ft i fa i Carlyle Commercial Club. The Carlyle Commercial club ex- i pects to enroll a membership of 200, and is to offer inducements to have more manufacturing plants located in that city. The officers are: Otto Rink, president; J. M. Krebs, treas­ urer; H. C. Norcross secretary. The committees are as follows: Executive --A. Westerman, F. Schlafiy and T. E. Ford; manufacturers--A. F. Gross, Q. C. Barkley and C. N. Hahn; finance-- J. S. Patterson, P. W. Brown and J. B. Wuller; railroad--H. V. Murray, H. C. Norcross and W. H. Hallerman; ad­ vertising--John Ruf, W. C. Shoupe and G. Weber; entertainment--J, H. Frerker, David Wetgte and F. Fan­ ner. . "f* It- Bar Bayliss From Hail. State Superintendent Bayliss was notified not to go to 'Rio township to deliver his address in favor of the erection of a school there, as the op­ ponents of the proposition have rent­ ed the only available hall in which the superintendent may speak. The erec­ tion of the school building is the main issue in the local campaign. Minority Candidates. The following candidates for mi­ nority representatives from the 30th senatorial district are announced: D. F. Lawley, of Pekin; J. E. Barnes, of Kilbourne; Louis Zinger, Jr., of Pekin; Geo. W. Hatch, of Greenview, "and John Pearn, of Cass county. Flora Gets Senatorial Convention. The republican senatorial committee for the 42d district decided to hold the senatorial convention at Flora, May 9. The representation will be one dele­ gate for each 200 votes polled for Roosevelt. Phi Gamma Oeita. The Phi Gamma Delta selected Bloomington for the annual conven­ tion of the 12th section, April 27 ahd 281- Kennedy Zinc Mines on Sale. Negotiations are under way for tlk# purchase of the Kennedy zinc mines In Jo Daviess county by interests said to be allied with the Standard Oil com­ pany, the price said to be agreed upon being $3,000,000. Former Postmaster F. E. Coyne of Chicago has visited the mines several times and it is under­ stood that he is negotiating the deal, which, if consummated, will be the most important in mining circles that has occurred in the Mississippi valley in years. The mines were owned by the late William Kennedy, and to Bet- tie the estate the mines on the market. i English Pheasants for Preserve. Dr. J. A. Wheeler, state game com­ missioner, has received 150 English ringneck pheasants for the Illinois commission. Of the 150 birds which were shipped from Liverpool only three died on the passage to New York. These birds will be placed in the game preserves in McLean county. Carnegie to Build Science HalL- Andrew Carnegie has offered to give Carthage college a $25,000 science hall provided an active endowment fund of $250,000 is established. At least $175,- 000 of this amount is already pledget} and it is thought the college will soon be able to meet Mr. Carnegie's offer. New Orphans' Home Trustee; Governor Deneen has accepted the resignation of Charles W. Hawes of Rock Island as trustee of the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors' home at Quincy and appointed Charles V. Chandler of Macomb as his successor Perry County Physicians. The physicians of Perry county elected these officers: President. Dr. M. C. McCandless, of Pinckneyville; vice president. Dr. M. C. Carr, of Dn- quoin; secretary-treasurer. Dr. J. Smith, of Cutler. Tbe next meeting will be held In Duquoin April 1J. Son Finds Mother." Acquitted of Kidnaping. Charles E. Baines, mayor of Mil- ford, who, with Gilbert Vennum, a politician, was Indicted , by a grand Jury two months ago on a charge of enticing Myrtle Taylor, aged 16, and Essie Childs, aged 18, was acquitted in the circuit court at Watseka. It is alleged that there was never any merit in prosecution, although Ven­ num recently was married to Miss Taylor. Both of the accused men have constantly maintained th«i tbey wore victims of a conspiracy. ' Fail of Coal Kills Miner. Peter Bohlen, aged 30, died at Staaa> ton, from injuries received while run­ ning a machine in the Strunton and Mount Olive Coal company's mine at Staunton. He was c*ught under a fall of slate. Pitcher Signs With Gillespie. John Miller, one of the pitchers for the independent baseball team of Mat- toon last year, has signed with Gilles­ pie of the. Trolley league for the sea­ son of 190C. Miller is a fast man in the box and could have had a berth with the Mattoon K. I. T. League team this year, but his price was to^ high. Oies of Trichina Poisoning. Carl Meyers of Pecatonica, aged 12, died of trichina poisoning. Mrs. Mey­ ers and her 18-year-old daughter Ui from the same causew "A ticket awaits yau at Uak>n aH* tion, St. Louis, for Bakefsville, Cat* where you will meet your mother.™ Such was the message received at Pana by Jerry Donnelly. The tele­ gram told the young man where hia mother was--a mother whom he ha<d not seen or heard from,Jn over six­ teen yearDonnelly left for St. Louis on the first train, where he took pas­ sage for the west. Donnelly's mother and father separated ajt Toronto*; Canada, sixteen years.ago. - , a Lake Forest Coiiege Winner. The anuua! joint debate between Lake Forest college and Illinois col- • lege at Jacksonville was won by Lake Forest- The question was "Resolved. That a National Commission Shnai^ Be Appoiuted to Fix Railroad Rates." Illinois had the affirmative. Courthouse to Cost $55,000. Jahr & Cope of Champaign war* awarded the contract for the new courthouse for Ford county ut Paxton jit $5i.oaa, outer t ders. - . VxJiVaif :