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CO. -YG'A>jtJS/YA/Y T /?4/ff£Y At£ff#r «5. &Ol/r£LJL ^jrEPmRD B.CLARK HE return to America of Mr. and Mrs. Kicholas Longworth after their honeymoon trip abroad gave to Representative Henry S. Boutell, Republican, of Chicago, an oppor­ tunity to have considerable fun at the expense of the Democrats. It is known of course that one great political party looks to Thomas Jef­ ferson as the apostle and prophet of the simple democratic life, and knowing this, Mr. Boutell, who ap­ parently had been reading some ancient records, tried his best to undermine the "simple life" pedestal upon which Thomas Jefferson stands. There were some people apparently who thought that Mrs. Longworth, who is ex-President 'Roose­ velt's daughter, might return from her honeymoon trip abroad, where she was treated in a measure like a royal personage. In a frame of mind in which pride was dominant and that she might have lost some of her American simplicity. Representative Boutell made a speech which of course did not have Mrs. Longworth for its central subject, but he in­ troduced matters by saying that she wotild return to America, "not Princess Alice, but the same modest, unassuming daughter of the president that it was her wont to be." Mrs. Longworth came In­ to Mr. Boutell's speech only as an incident of discourse, the Republican representa­ tive's main intention being apparently to attempt to re­ fute the statement made by Representative Wheeler of Kentucky that the Republi­ can party under present ad­ ministration was introduc­ ing "truculent sycophancy and flunkeyism" into our Intercourse with representa­ tives of foreign powers. The Chicago Republican looked at the Democ­ racy's Mississippi chieftain (now a United States senator), then turned his eyes to the then sub- chieftain, Champ Clark of Missouri, and said: "I wish to read a few words of Thomas Jefferson." The chieftain looked more than a bit startled. *1 read from the 'Complete Writings of Jeffer­ son,' by Ford," went on Mr. Boutell slowly. "It appeals from this letter that Adams was just about to go as a business agent of Jefferson to London, and after giving him several commis­ sions, he writes: "'One further favor and I am done; to search the Herald office for the arms of my family. I have what I have been told were the family arms, but on what authority I know not. It is possible there may be none. If so, I will with your assistance become a purchaser, having Stearne's word for it that a coat of arms may be purchased as cheap as any other coat.' "So here we have the founder of the Democratlo party Just dabbling, as it were, in syncophancy-- eot vsry truculent as yet." There was no quick recovery on the part of the "Democratic members from this blow, which, while directed fair at their idol, hit them hard >ln glancing. Finally, Mr, Sulzer, the East side statesman, recovered sufficiently to ask In what Tear it was that Jefferson had commissioned a •man to buy the coat of arms. On learning that 4t was in the year 1771, Mr. Sulzer said, with an intonation that showed he had found a grain of comfort in the thought, "That was five years before the revolution." The New York representative's consolation morsel apparently was not big enough to go round among his neighbors with an appreciable ehare of each. It was a bit hard to learn after many years that the man who wrote the immortal document beginning with ringing words about equality had been trying to buy something which would go to show that he was a trifle "more equal" than his neighbors; and the blow was like unto that of a bludgeon, because it was show"n that the supposedly impeccable one had more than inti­ mated that a counterfeit coat was as good as a^genuine one If only it were nobly emblazoned. ^T"he Republicans had a rare time of it over the Democratic discomfiture. When it comes to fun the galleries are gloriously nonpartisan. The humor of the thing was to the people aloft well worth the knocking of a prop from the third presi­ dent'* pinnacle. Things might not have been so •altogether bad for the cause of Mr. Jefferson and ills house disciples if Mr. Boutell had been content to stop, for everybody recognizes the weakness that all human nature--even that sternly simple type--has for crests and other family gewgaws. "Yes," said the Chicago man, "it was five years before the revolution. Now, Just before the revolu­ tion, on August 25, 1775, the great founder of the Democratic party, the Introducer of 'truculent sycophancy' Into our national administration, wrote to John Randolph from Monticello urging a reconciliation with Great Britain, and In that letter he uses this expression: *' 'I am sincerely one of those who would rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly lim­ ited, than any other nation on earth, or than on no nation.'" The last five words of this Jeffersonian pro­ nouncement It would seem, if language means Anything, point to a desire on the part of the Virginian Democrat that the colonies should have C0/rC'.̂ £SJMA/f A/yd /WJ. io/YGiva#rff J an ownership cable of kind connecting them with one of the over-the-sea powers. Ab Mr. Boutell put it: "It seems possible that, having purchased his coat of arms, Jefferson feared that on the declaration of independence and the establishment of a republican form of government it would not be an available asset, and so he hoped that dependence would continue." The memory of this speech dwells In congress. It was Intentionally light, but It drove home the lesson that frailties of a certain kind are not confined to members of any political party. When in the future an American citizen dies as the result of eating adulterated food that has been an article entering into interstate commerce, a coroner's jury will be Justified In bringing in a verdict of suicide. In order not to be too hard on the deceased, the jury may give the cause as carelessness, but whichever of the twain the ver­ dict be, the "recently died" will be held responsi­ ble. The pure-food bill which passed Congress Is a strong measure. Proir to its passage it was the cause of more misunderstanding^, more sus­ picions and of more abuse of men and measures than was any other which congress thought It worth while to consider. Representative James R. Mann of Chicago piloted the bill through the house. He was ex­ pounder and exhorter, and during the greater part of four days he held the interest of the seasoned members as a school teacher holds the Interest of wlde-open-eyed children to whom tales of a hither­ to unknown are told--and it was tales of the hitherto unknown that Mr. Mann told to the Washington-gathered children of a larger growth. For amazement and curiosity, for interest and indignation there was no scene of the winter in the big hall of congress like unto that enacted while the Hyde Park representative set forth his wares in bottle and in box and gave his colleagues full knowledge of the indigestible and poisonous stuff that the stomach of the American had been taking to Its own all the years under the sacred names of food and medicine. The house has upon most occasions the saving grace of taking things in part humorously. A joke saves many a situation, assauges anger and disarms the man whose tongue under stress of temper becomes a sharp weapon. There were few Jokes during the discussion of the pure-food bill. The subject was as > deadly serious as were some of the "food" products dis­ played on the Chicago representative's desk. Once in a while th,e gravity was relieved by a quip, but as a matter of fact the Joke of the thing was of the past--a huge Joke, if a grim one, cracked by food preparers and medicine manufacturers at the expense of the stomachs and the livers of the American people, Mr. Mann told of an American firm (hat had been Importing rotten--yes, rotten--eggs, which, after treatment with boric acid, were sold to candy-makers and cake-bakers^ Mr. Gaines of Tennessee expressed gratitude that the imports did not get Into eggnoggs. The laugh was faint Every member was thinking of the candy and the cake and stomachs of the child multitude. The half has never been told in the public prints of the food frauds which Representative Mann disclosed in the time--often extended-- alloted to him to press this bill to a passage. Some of his exhibits were ground "coffee" made of roasted beans, oats, pilot bread, charcoal, red slate, bark and date stones; cinnamon made of sawdust; whole pepper made of tapioca and lamp black; cocoa made of walnut shells and oxide, and a thousand and one other foods adulterated in a thousand and one ways. The drinks were worse. From the exposition made in the house--and In this subject an interesJ deeper than any draught that he had ever taken was shown by every member--it would seem that the man who leads a friend to the bar and asks what he will have gives his friend no choice, for the bartender will set out what the spirit moves, and It seldom will move a«pure spirit. The members of congress learned by formulas presented, bearing the name and address of deal­ ers, that skim milk masquerading as cream Is a deception of babe-like Innocence compared with the "pure domestic" and "fine imported" whiskies and cordials which are set forth for the damnation of a drinker's stomach if not for the damnation of his soul. The hope may be expressed, possibly without incuring the charge of vindictiveness, that In this case the curse returns to roost behind the bar. To Representative Henry T. Ralney Is due large­ ly the .fact that the bones of John Paul Jones rest in the land for which h? fought. It was the Illi­ nois Democrat who first took up the matter of the search for the commodore's remains and who started the investigation'which later made General Porter's work possible. Mr. Ralney never has been given credit in full for his share of the labor, for modesty has held him silent. Congress at the outset did enough to discourage ten men of ordinary en­ ergy from carrying on ths quest for anybody's bones. Mr. Ralney rsfused to be gibed out of his purpose, and although ho could not Induce his colleagues to take him altogether seri­ ously, he followed the bent of his belief in other direc­ tions and now John Paul Jones rests at Annapolis. The Illinois member in­ troduced a resolution pro­ viding for the finding and for the removal to Amer­ ica of the Scotch sailor's remains. The resolution called for an appropriation of $10,000 to pay the expenses. Then the fun began. The mockers in the house declared that the commodore was buried deep in a cemetery under million-dollar business structures on the Rue Grande Aux Betyes or on the Rue des Ecluses Saint Martin or on several other rues which they could not pronounce. Congress in its humor had the aid and jocose correspondents, who saw the rare jest in the bones search and made the most of it. And here recol­ lection brings a blush of contrition to the cheeks of one who followed in the train. Members said and correspondents wrote that the French doubtless gradly would allow their business palaces to be un­ dermined and toppled to ruin on the payment of $10,000 of Yankee cash. If Yankee cheek, the representatives said, aided by French politeness, could accomplish the purpose of building demolition, there would be small chance of separating Jones' bones with any certainty of identity from those of the French sleepers In the old cemetery. One scoffer suggested with fine irony that there might be a bit- of the original Scotch skull left, and that Sidney Smith's rule might be applied to make positive the identification. Mr. Rainey was undisturbed. He was not even moved to surrender when suggestion was made thai if the $10,000 were sent over to some French grave digger be would find the old sea dog's bones and prove their genuineness if he had to tattoo the Bailor's autograph In the tibia of the left leg to do It It was two years on the way, but the last laugh came, and it was Mr. Ralney who had it. His colleagues made amend for their scoffing and their scorning, and now another jester of the past writes belated word of contrition. THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH What is said to be the coldest place on the globe is the region of Verkholensk, Siberia. . Here is a convict station, but during most of the year no guards are needed to keep the prisoners from run­ ning away, for in the more severe portions of the winter no living creature can remain In the open, and during the three most severe months, when the temperiature sometimes falls to 85 degrees be­ low aero, no one dares to venture out for more than a few moments at a time. Ordinary steel tools will snap like glass, and unseasoned wood becomes almost as hard as steel. When one breathes a powder like the very finest snow falls at one's feet. It is said that there are less forms of Insect life here than elsewhere in the world, and Bome of those found are not found elsewhere, seemingly having been created especially to inhabit such a frigid region. Some of the signal-service officials declare that most of the severe cold waves that sweep across the North American continent have their origin in Verkholensk. The wind hlows a perfect gale almost all the time, and that discomfort, added to the low temperature, would certainly make this a very un­ pleasant place In which to spend the winter. No Help. A St. Louis traveling man, makicg his first trip through North Dakota, woke up on« May morning to find the ground white with snow, "For Heaven's sake," he asked the hotel elerk, disgustedly, "when do you have summer out in this country?" "I don't know," replied the clerk, "I have only been here 11 months."--Success. ' SURELY MAN OF MANY JOBS British Postmaster General Can Not Be 8ald to Be an Idle Individual. The British postmaster general Is M i, • yhat Londoners call a universal pro- 'Tlder, a regular department store of public functions. He will insure your life, give you . % Utile bank to hoard your pennies in, take care of your savings, sell you an annuity, a postal order or a for­ eign draft, invest your spare capital in a nice little government bond and pay a weekly pension to your aged mother or aunt. He carries letters and other mail matter, transmits telegrams, cable­ grams and wireless messages, main­ tains an enormous staff of messenger boys and conducts an express com pany business for every sort of par­ cel, from a halfpenny packet up to shipments of eggs, dressed poultry and fresh fish. He collects all the worn copper coins for the British treasury. He haa factories for making his supplies and pn electric central station of nls own In London for lighting his offices, bringing the current through his ca­ ble ducts. At a dinner the other night the postmaster general confessed that iie sometimes doubted whether he any human personality at all. When he thought of his own functions, he said, he was appalled by them. In his official capacity he is responsible for more property than anybody else in the United Kingdom, employs far more people than any Individual or corporation (212,364 at the last re­ port), prosecutes more malefactors every day than the public prosecutor, and sends out every week more apolo­ gies for himself and explanations ol his actions than all the rest of *h« British population combined. REOPEN QUESTION OF EXPRESS RATES ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMMISSION SET8 JULY 19 FOR THE FIRST HEARING. FIRST SESSION FOR JULY 19 Man Convicted of Murdering Wife Leaves' Jail for Penitentiary to Serve a Life Sentence---Moth­ er Visits Physician. Springfield.--The long looked tor and equally long contested reduction of Illinois express rates Is again In sight, t Acting under the new specific pbw- ers conferred by two separate acts of the recent session of the legislature the Illinois railroad and warehouse commission issued a call for a hearing for July 19„ at which the entire ques­ tion • of -express rates within the state will be reopened. As the exhaustive evidence cover­ ing every aspect of the case whicJi the commission gathered in the hear­ ings which preceded its order of last October reducing the rates is still available, it is not expected that the new inquiry will require extended hearings. A full opportunity will be given both shippers and express officials, Chair­ man Orville F. Berry explained, to present any additional information to the commission, but it is expected that a substantial affirmation of the previ­ ous order, which prescribed reductions averaging about 25 per cent., will re­ sult "We do not expect to simply reissue the previous order," Chairman Berry said, "but the mass of evidence al­ ready secured is still good and the new Investigation should not take so long nor require hearings in various parts of the state." The order whlcjj was made effec­ tive on October 15 last "year, and which was enjoined by Judge Kohl- saat at the instance of the express companies on the ground that the rail­ road act did not confer specific juris­ diction over express rates on the com­ mission, followed a long series of hear­ ings instituted on the commission's own motion, both in Chicago and the principal downstate cities. It not only reduced rates from 10 to 40 per cent., but prescribed an en­ tirely new tariff to apply on express shipments within the state, which in­ cluded a new graduate scale, avoiding many of the alleged "jokers" of the express companies' system. By this the rates were nominally based on the rating for 100 pounds and graduated down for smaller shipments, but as only few express shipments approach that weight the companies were able by a disproportionate system of gradu­ ation to make almost any charge they desired on shipments of less than 100 pounds. Following the decision of Judge Kohlsaat renewed efforts were made In the legislature to secure adequate legislation and power over the express companies is now conferred not only by a specific statute but by a provi­ sion in the new general railroad act. The Illinois Central railroad is mak­ ing a beginning at electrification--not of its local terminals on the lake front, but the second track of the Kensington and Eastern railway, run­ ning from Kensington to the Indiana state line, for the use of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Electric railway, which has trackage rights over the line for its interurban service to South Bend. It Is to be completed In about 30 days. $U". Veterinarians Finish Meeting. The annual midsummer meeting of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical association terminated at Peoria after one of the most successful meetings In the history of the association. Although the place for holding the next midsummer convention will 'not be decided till the regular winter ses­ sion, most of the veterinarians favored Springfield, in response to the invita­ tion extended them to visit the state laboratory. Dr. W. J. Martin of Kankakee spoke on "Legislative Progress." Hon. P. H. Haner, president of the state board of live stock commissioners, and Dr. J. M. Wright, state veterinarian, de­ livered short addresses. During the progress of his address, Dr. D. L. Campbell, editor of the American Veterinarian Journal of Chi­ cago, referred to Illinois as the dump­ ing ground for the diseased live stock of the middle wesf. Following Doctor Campbell's ad­ dress a motion was unanimously car­ ried for the adoption of resolutions censuring the state senate for its failure to pass a law prohibiting the importation of dairy cattle Into Illi­ nois without health certificates. The regular winter session of the association will be held in Chicago. Coal Contrsets for 8tste Institutions. The contracts for the following of the 17 state institutions were award­ ed by the state board of administra­ tion: Christian Coal company, Taylor- ville, 1,200 tons at $2.12, for Elgin state hospital. Bell ft Zoller, Chicago, 3,500 tons at $1.91, for Kankakee state hospital; 12,000 tons of screenings at $1.93, for Elgin state hospital; 28,000 tons of screenings at $1.52, for Kankakee state hosptlaJL J. W. York, Jacksonville, 7,100 tons at$1.50%, for Jacksonville stale hos­ pital; 7,<JOO tons at $1.60% for school for deaf, Jacksonville; 2,000 tons for state school for blind, Jacksonville, 7,500 tons of screenings at $1.21H> t°r Jacksonville state hospital. Wabash Coal company, Quincy, 2,000 tons of slack at $1.33, for Soldiers' and sailors' home at Quincy. Jones & Adams company, Chicago, 4,000 tons at $1.48 M for Soldiers' and Bailors' home. Latham Coal company, Lincoln, 12,- 000 tons at $1.49, for Lincoln state •chooL V Reveals Torture at Girls' 8chool. In a statement made public by the state board of administration, the rea­ sons for forcing the resignation of Mrs. Ophelia L. Amigh as managing officer of the state training school for girls at Geneva are given. Cruelty to Inmates, insubordination, and general disinclination to obey or­ ders of the board are the chief rea­ sons assigned. Use of the "strong chair," an instrument of punishment conceived by Mrs. Amigh, the st$t&> ment says, was discontinued by de­ struction of the instrument. It also is stated the board has "on file" two rawhide whips with which girls were flogged by the superin­ tendent and by others whom she di­ rected to inflict punishment. The statement charges that Mrs. Amigh made an illegal purchase amounting to more than $1,000, and that another time she assumed illegal­ ly to let a contract for more than $3,000 worth of work. A piano, which it is charged was purchased in viola­ tion of the board of administration's orders, was later paid for out of the institution's trust fund. The board re­ quired the amount to be restored to the fund. The statement further says Mrs. Amigh attempted to justify her un­ authorized acts by asserting she had authority from individual members of the 'board. This progressed to sucL an extent that the members refused to talk with Mrs. Amigh for gome time before her resignation, and in conse­ quence she was required to appear at sessions of the board to make any statement or request she desired. The board states upon the unani­ mous authority of its members that nothing political influenced the de­ mand for Mrs. Amigh's resignation. "Under the changed conditions made by the charities law of 1909," says the statement, "this managing officer has by manj and repeated acts shown an Indisposition to comply with the law or the reasonable regulations of this board made in pursuance there­ of and has failed and neglected to adapt herself to such changed condi­ tions to that marked degree which leads this board to conclude she was unable or unwilling to do so." ; # -• i School Board War Over New Sooks< Seven hundred new desks and a bid submitted by the state of Illinois for their sale plunged the board of edu­ cation Into a spirited debate at its July meeting, in which the state lost out and the desk contract was let to a bidder whose prices were a notch higher than those of the state. The confusion came when Mrs. S. J. Janes of the board read the bids of the several companies desiring the contract The committee recommend­ ed that the contract be let to the A. H. Andrews company, of which O. L. Caldwell is the local representa­ tive. Member Fred C. Dodds, in be­ half of the state board' of prison in­ dustries, entered a protest on the ground the bid of the state was lower than that which the committee want­ ed accepted. Examination of the figures disclosed the following bids on the desks: Andrews Company--One and two classes, $2.35; three and four, $2.25; five and six, $2.15; rears, $2.05. State Board of Prison Industries-- One and two, $2.25; three and four, $2.15; five and six, $2.15; rears, $1.60. Inasmuch as the state was found to have been lower all the way through. Member Dodds Insisted strongly that the state's bid be ac­ cepted. He submitted a minority re* port embodying his wishes; In the matter. Law May Cost State $100,000 Per Year. Attorney General Stead received a letter from the state board of admin­ istration in which the latter asked for an interpretation of the new women's ten-hour law. The board is desirous of knowing whether or not the law pertains to the employes of the 17 charitable in­ stitutions of Ilimuia. 1£ it applies iu the state charitable Institutions it will mean a general revision of the work­ ing schedule of the women employed In the institutions and would neces­ sitate the employing of about one- third more women than at the present time. It is estimated that it would be an additional cost of $100,000 per an­ num. Pardon Board 8ets Cases for Hearing. The following cases are on the docket for the regular meeting of the board of pardons: Charles Butler, Jersey county, rape; Alvln Denny, Montgomery county, rape; Ernest Rushing, Massac county, murder; J. Allen Cotton, Peoria coun­ ty, forgery; William Schuleuter, St. Clair county, murder; George Red­ mond. Madison county, murder; Louis Slxnpson, Franklin county, rape, and Daniel Rude, Callatin county, murder. There is also the following cases from Cook county: Albert Dolijlsi, murder; Michael Mo- rlarlty, murder; Lucy Hagenow, mur­ der; Andrew Gebei, rape; Elsie Sar- kody, murder; Henry Rittman, mur­ der; Daniel Driscol, murder; Paul Hanson, assault to kill; Fred E. Boyle, contributing to dellnauency of girl. Crops In Illinois Suffer. Practically every crop In Illinois has been damaged to the extent of one- fourth to one-half by the recent drought and hot weather. This is seen in a crop report, covering condi­ tions to June 20, issued by the state board of agriculture. Winter wheat, corn and rye have escaped with least damage. On the date of the observa­ tions, winter wheat was 86 per cent, of normal, as against 94 per cent. May 1. Irish potatoes were 57 per cent, of normal, and pastures were <2 per cent. Scope of Death Cup Law. In the opinion given by Attorney General Stead says the scope of the public drinking cup law extends only to the following places: Public or pri­ vate schools, state Institutions, halls used for public meetings and enter­ tainments (including theaters), hotels and lodging houses, factories, public or municipal buildings, railroad trains or buildings and premises used by rail- reads, Places not affected by the law, says the attorney general, are banks, barber shops, saloons, soda fountains, stores, offices. £ ',1 ILLINOIS STATE NEWS Sterling.--The two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott was res­ cued from drowning by his little seven-year-old sister. The baby had fallen into a water tanv Bloomlngton,--The assessed values placed this year on all real estate and personal property in McLean county amounted to $37,736,768. This Is a $2,000,000 Increase. Joliet. Dying of tuberculosis, pen­ niless and alone, Harry Wells, who gave his address as Regina, Canada, was found in a box car on the Chi­ cago & Alton railway. Peru.--Although attacked by a strange man with a knife, Mrs. Wil­ liam Bomemann used her hatpin to good advantage and even caused the brute to fly for his life. Streator.--Acepted as a guest at Streator's most fashionable club, rep­ resenting that he had stopped off here to buy an automobile, a well- dressed young man whose card read, "A William Martin, Los Angeles, Cal./' was arrested at a hotel here with a large amount of alleged stolen goods in his possession, all of it stolen, it is charged, in numerous burglaries which have been commit­ ted here since his arrival. Martin said he was the son of a Los Angeles millionaire. , Streator. After being accepted as a guest for a week at Streator's most fashionable club, rep. resenting that he had stopped off here to buy an automobile, a well-dressed young man, whose card read, "A. William Martin, 202 North Broadway, Los Angeles,. Cal.," was arrested at his hotel with a large quantity of stolen goods In his possession, all of it taken In burglaries in Streator since his arrival. ^ - a? - •'* * Rock Island.---City officials are to Investigate a local product known as cream ale and advertised as a non- intoxicant drink. It is said to be beer under a "nom de plume." Springfield.---In an opinion given Attorney General Stead says the scope of the public drinking cup la\r, extends only to the following places:) Public or private schools, Btate insti- tptionB, halls used for public meetings and entertainments (including thesr ters), hotels and lodging houses, fac­ tories, public or municipal buildings, railroad trains or buildings and prem­ ises used by railroads. Places not af­ fected by the law, says the attorney, general, are banks, barber shops, BSr loons, soda fountains, stores, ofl&es, galleries, laundries, mines, Bhops, res­ taurants, public parks, public wells and fountains, poolrooms, lodge rooms, clubrooms, gymnasiums, hospitals and sanitariums. Centralia.--Frank Pruitt, aged eleven years, son of Lucian Pruitt, a switchman in the Burlington yards, was drowned while bathing at the old reservoir while at a Sunday school picnic. He was drowned in the presence of a large number of com­ panions, and all efforts to save him were fruitless. La Salle.--The ' eighteen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Panzaca died from the effects of swallowing a quan­ tity of kerosene. Kewanee.--The Illinois sun is a better hen than the sun which shines in Connecticut. I. F. Myers of Kewanee, after reading of a setting of eight eggs being hatched by the sun in Connecticut, produced ten chicks he said had just been hatched by sun­ shine when the u@st got too hot for the hen. Springfield. -- Attorney General Stead In an opinion rendered to the state board of administration holds that the women's ten-hour law does not apply to any of the state institu­ tions. He says that unless there is a specific provision in the act to the ef­ fect that the law applies to the state institutions it cannot be made to ap­ ply to them, the state being sovereign and being always efeluded from legis­ lation for citizens and that unless the "sovereign" is mentioned in the act it Is not included in the provisions of the act. It would be ridiculous, says the at­ torney general, for the state to insti­ tute suits against Itself and impose penalties on itself, as it would have to do if Its institutions were included in the provisions of the act, for the state and not the heads of the Institutions is the employer. Aurora.--Audie Phillips, the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Phil- Hps, was bitten and nearly killed by an Infuriated bulldog. Seventeen stitches had to be taken in the little girl's face. Kankakee.--Charles W. Lake, a contractor, was killed when a sewer In which he was working caved in. He was crushed under the dirt. Dixon.--Lee Read had a narrow es­ cape from injury when two intoxi­ cated men drove over him as he was sleeping in front of his livery barn. Danville.--The Bridge street bridge crossing the Vermilion river has been condemned and will be closcd to traffic. The bridge is a very old one. Canton.--Mrs. Jemlmi Williams had a horrible experience when a huge reptile slipped from the ceiling of her milk house and coiled about her neck, nearly choking her. Help came just in time to save the wom­ an's life. Sterling.--Their honeymoon inter* rupted, Ira Holtzman and his bride, a handsome young nurse of Chicago, were hauled before the court on suit brought by a former sweetheart of Holtzman's to collect ^300 lent to him.