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-V, " * - •? V * -••*,? The McHenry Plaindealcr Published fey. £.„ Q». SCHRE1NER. ' ;|Ŝ ^iioMENRT#; '..*t-. •*• •' • v •'•-•• -- -i- •••"» ILLINOIS. •• f> # REPORTED TNAT COMMONER HAS ACCEPTED THE SECRETARY OW STATESHIP. SPECIAL SESSION ON APRIL 1 President-Elect Announces the Date for Convening Congress After Re* • calving Communicaton From Underwood. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 26 --The news emanating from "f'resident-elect 'W il- son and his friends here Monday may be summed up as follows: William J. Bryan has accepted the secretary of stateship. The extraordinary session will be called to convene Tuesday, April 1. The president-elect favors citizen- •hip for Porto Ricans. He also favors a workingmen's com­ pensation act. The president-elect himself an­ nounced that the special session would be called for April 1. He tyud be had been in communication wfth Floor Leader Underwood as to the prepared­ ness of congress, and that he had re­ ceived a letter from Mr. Underwood informing him that congress would be ready for the extra session. Washington, Feb. 2 6.-^-Democratic senators fRid representatives ex­ pressed satisfaction with the date fixed by President-elect Wilson for the assembling of the extra session Mon­ day. The time virtually was agreed upon by leaders of the two houses some time ago. The interval between March 4 and April 1 will allo^ for the remodeling of the house chamber, to take care of the fifty members add­ ed through the reapportionment. The bill to prevent Washington ho­ tels and taxicabs from "boosting" their rates during inauguration came up in the house and was passed by. vote of 119 to 65, carrying a penalty of a $25 fine, revocation of license and requiring an offending hotel or rostaurant to furnish free board to complainants while prosecuting TAFT OFFICIATES AT BREAKING OF GROUND FOR REQ MAN'8 MEMORIAL. MANY TRIBES REPRESENTED Trip to New York I* President'# Last Before Retiring as Head of Nation --Chief Executive and Wife Re1 celve Handsome Presents. COURT SUSTAINS MANN ACT Highest Tribunal Rules Congress Has Power to Create Interstate Police Regulations. Washington, Feb. 26 --The Supreme court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of the Mann white slave act Monday, ruling that it is within the power of congress to adopt regulations which have the quality of Interstate police regulations. The verdicts of conviction in four •white slave cases were affirmed. These were the cases of Delia Ben­ nett, Emma Harris and Bessie Green, for transporting girls from Chicago to Cincinnati. Louis Athanasaw and Michael Sampson, convicted in Flor­ ida for having enticed a girl to be­ come chorus girl in a theatrical com­ pany of low character, and of Effie Hoke and Basile Economides, for en­ ticing a girl from New Orleans to Beaumont. Tex. It was in the opin­ ion on the latter case that the con­ stitutionality of the Mann act was up­ held. KILLS FRIEND AND EATS BODY Henri Le Claire Stabs His Comrade, Len Lemieux, to Death and De­ vours Part of Remains. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 26.--Tortured' by furies of Alaskan winter, subsist­ ing 30 days on skins of dead animals, and finally driven insane by eight-day period of starvation. Henri Le Claire, French trapper, killed and partially ate the body of Len Lemieux, a guide of the Hudson Bay company, near Mile 53, British Columbia, Monday. Le Claire and Lemieux had tasted no morsel of any kind for eight days on an extended hunt on which they start­ ed In December. In a deserted shack 75 miles from any settlement, both men awaited the other to sleep, for the killing of one meant food for the other. Lemieux was killed, however, being stabbed in the heart eight times. Twenty-three other wounds were also inflicted. Part of the body was ate while Le Claire scratched the story on the eabin wall with his knife. New York, Feb. 24.--President Taft, accompanied by Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Thomas McK. Laughlin, her sister, arrived in New York Saturday on his last trip before March 4 when he will leave Washington for Augusta, Ga. After arriving the presidential par­ ty breakfasted at the Henry W. Taft home and the president later proceed­ ed on the yacht Dolphin to Fort Wads- worth, where he broke ground for the National American Indian memorial. Thirty-two full-blooded Indians, rep­ resenting sixteen of the wealthiest and most po#erful of the tribes on the American continent, took part in the ceremonies. Among the tribes represented were the Sioux, Black- feot, Crows, Cheyenne, Chippewas and Apaches. Chief White-Man-Runs-Him. who led Custer's scouts into the val­ ley of the Little Big Horn from whence they never returned, was among the tribal celebrities and he was selected to officiate for the In­ dians in breaking the ground. . At three o'clock the president at­ tended the opening of the new light­ house of the New York Association for the Blind on West Fifty-ninth street, and accompanied by Mrs. Taft attended the banquet of the Americ- can Peace and Arbitration society at Sherry's at night Here the president was presented with a gold medal for his work for international peace. It is estimated that President Taft has covered something like 115,000 mlleB since he was made chief execu­ tive and more than 315,000 since he was made governor of the Philippines in 1901. Before leaving Washington Friday night a magnificent set of pearl studs for President Taft and a diamond necklase of pure white stones for Mrs. Taft were presented to them at the White House as farewell gifts from a circle of clos$ friends which the Tafts have made during their long residence in the national capital. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE Paris, Feb. 22.--A desperate gun fight in the council chamber at Piedicroce, Corsica, resulted in the mayor and two councillors being mor­ tally wrunded. The demand of a group of citizens to see the list of candi­ dates for the forthcoming election caused the trouble. Washington, Feb. 22.--Jasper N. Ba­ ker of Indiana was appointed examiner of the mint. Mr. Baker, who thus be­ comes virtually assistant director of the mint, has been connected with the treasury department for many years. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 22.--Public dances, moving picture shows and bil­ liard and pool on Sunday will be pro­ hibited in Minnesota if three bill* covering these points and recommend­ ed to passage by the senate commit­ tee on general legislation are enacted into laws b^ the Minnesota ^legisla­ ture. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 24.--Fed­ eral Judge Nathan B. Goff was elected United States senator from West Vir­ ginia by the legislature in joint ses­ sion Friday. Judge Goff received all the Republican votes cast. Wilmington, Del., Feb. 25.--Fire destroyed the principal part of Reho- both, a summer resort on the Atlantic coast, about 100 miles south of here, Sunday. The loss is estimated at $150,000, with very little insurance. Widow Is Now "Lady Scott." London, Feb. 26.--The widow of Capt. Robert F. Scott, the antarctic explorer, will 'henceforth be known as Lady Scott. King George bestowed on her Monday "the same rank, style and precedence as if her husband had been nominated a knight commander oCthe bath, as he would have been had he survived." 10,000 ARE SLAIN BY TURKS Report to Washington the Slaughter of Myriad of Allies in Scutari Battle--Capture Airman. Washington, Feb. 25.--Six thousand Montenegrins and 4,000 Servians per­ ished at Scutari in the last battle be­ tween the allied troops and the Turk­ ish forces, according to an official dis­ patch from Constantinople, received at the Turkish embassy Sunday. The town of Bardan was re^taken by the Turks. The Ottoman war office ad­ vises that the Montenegrins do not seem to be in a position to continue the war. At Bulalr there had been no change, the dispatch said, and at Tchatalja two attacks by the allied forces had been repulsed by the Turkq on the out­ skirts of jKadikeny. Constantinople, Feb. 25.--A Bulgari­ an military aeroplane, while recon- noitering over the fortress of Adria- nople Saturday, was hit by a Turkish shell and fell inside the lines. It was piloted by a Russian officer. Earthquakes Are Felt in Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 26.--Sev­ eral earthquake shocks were felt here Monday. A violent earthquake ex tended all over the republic, being es­ pecially severe in the provinces of Le)a and Canar. Houses were Vredked. Arrest Mrs. Pankhurst. London, Feb. 26.--Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst was arrested Monday In connection with the destruction of the country residence of David Lloyd- George by a bomb explosion. Mrs. Pankhurst was arraigned at Epsom. ^ , Lee Kin Is a Suicide. Washington, Feb. 26.--George W. L«ee, a descendant of Gin. Robert E. Lee, returned home Monday and found his wife, Mrs. Laura B. Lee, thirty-eight years old, a suicide. The motive is a mystery to the coroner. '*%• ^ iJ. S. Seizes Butter. York, Feb. 26 --The United States seized 10,000 pounds of decom­ posed butter on board a steamship Monday awaiting shipment to Porto RIotfT The department of agriculture declared the butter "filthy." IIS' JOHN BARRETT The Pan-American mediation pro­ posal In connection with the Mexican situation, for making which Director Barrett of the Pan-American union was rebuked by the administration, Is attracting much favorable attention irt this country and in the Latin-Ameri­ can republics. ARE ACCUSED AS TRUST SUIT FILED AGAINST M'CASKEY REGISTER FIRM. Government Alleges , That Concern Used Unfair Methods to Undermine Business of Competitors. Cleveland, O., Feb. 22.--In a civil suit filed here Thursday by order of Attorney General Wickersham, sensa­ tional charges of violation of the Sher­ man, anti-trust law are leveled at the McCaskey Register company. To acquire a monopoly of the inter­ state and foreign commerce in the sale of account registers, appliances and systems of keeping credit ac­ counts, the company, its officers and agents, it is charged, wrongfully and fraudulently have obstructed and sup­ pressed the business of competitors, bribed their employes, employed agents to spy upon their business, have waged an unfair campaign of patent suits and threatened suits, and of other unlawful methods to stifle competition. A campaign of "fierce and unfair competition" has been planned or con­ sented to by officers of the company, tho government alleges. A force of special men, sometimes called the "flying squadron" or "knockout men," was employed, it to declared, to impart to salesmen and agents in­ structions to destroy the business of competitors, and for the purpose of interfering with negotiations and in­ ducing the cancellation by the custom­ ers of their contracts of sale with competitors. WOMEN USE THE TORCH London Suffragettes Charged With Firing Pavilion of Kew Garden. London, Feb. 22.--Suffragettes paid another havoc wo/king visit to the Kew botanical gardens here Thursday and fired a large refreshment pavilion, which burned to the ground. Two women were arrested. They gave their names ,as Lillian Lenton and Joyce Locke, each twenty-two years old. They were caught while running 1 from the scene of the fire. Each car­ ried a bag containing a dark lantern, cotton soaked in oil, a hammer and a saw. When brought up at the police court, the magistrate refused to allow them ball. They were told by the court that their offense was not political, but highly criminal. A number of suffragettes were sen­ tenced for destruction of property on Friday. Sentences of six months were imposed upon Jane Short and Clara Lambert. The latter two had broken plate glass windows in front of the Hamburg-American office. Transport Meade Sails. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 22.--The gov­ ernment transport Meade, with 1,200 marines on board, sailed from the Philadelphia navy yard Thursday. The marines will be held in reserve at Guantanatno, ^uba. Start (Mine Strike. Vancouver. B. C.. Feb 22.--Refusal of the Brittanla Mining & Smelting company to recognize the Western Federation of Miners resulted in a walkout at the cotnpany's mines near here Thursday. EX-EMPRESS OF CHINA DEAD Widow of Emperor Kwangsu Dies After a 8hort Illness---Cause of Death Is Unknown. « Peking, China, Feb. 24.--Ye Ho Na La, empress dowager of China, died at 2:30 o'clock Saturday morning. She was the widow of Emperor Kwangsu, who died November 13, 1908. .... The empress had been ill only a few dayB. The actual cause of her death is unknown, but it is said the symptoms of her ailment resembled appendicitis. The former imperial family was about to remove to the inner portion of the forbidden city In order to make room for the government In the east­ ern portion. Packers Win Georgia Cake. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 25.--The Ar­ mour Packing company and Swift & Co. succeeded Saturday in causing the quashing of the indictments found against them In the United States court, charging restraint of trade. Teaches Irrigation to World. Washington, Feb. 25.--Although virtually the latest country to adopt ! irrigation, the United States Is teach­ ing the world the best method of re­ clamation of arid lands. Secretary Fisher made the announcement. Fails to Abolish Royal CoiJrt. Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. \ 22.-- Deputy Llndhagen's motion in the riksdag to abolish the royal court was defeated in the second chamber or lower/ house by a vote of 125 to 61 Thursday. Plasterer Has Head Cut Off. New York, Feb. 22.--A tile falling 21 stories from a building in the course of construction at Fcrty-second street and Madison avenue decapita­ ted Richard McKeon, a plasterer, here Thursday Lehigh Defeats Cornell. Bethlehem, Pa,,. Fe$ 24.--Lehigh in a thrilling wrestling match defeated Cornell, last year's intercollegiate champions, li to 6, Friday. Lehigh had three falls and a decision, while Cornell got three close decisions. CASTRO GOES SOUTH RX-DICTATOR OF VENEZUELA LEAVE8 NEW YORK _FOR HAVANA, CUB*. ' "' __ ' •: M. WILL MEET ZELAYA, IS RUMOR Ex-President Strenuously Denies This, Declaring He Did Not Know Nlca* raguan--Insists That Ha It Only Taking Pleasure Trip. NeW York, Feb. 25.--Cipriano Cas­ tro, one time president of Venezuela, without warning, sailed tor Havana Sunday. p When he was being held a prisoner on Ellis island Castro denied that he had any intention of going to Havana. Immediately after his arrival it had been stated that Zelaya, hip brother revolutionist of Nicaragua, was in Ha­ vana and was organizing a hew revo­ lution for that country. Castro was asked if it was true he was going to meet Zelaya In the Cuban capital. "I do not know JJelaya," was the equivocal reply. "I have never met the general." "Isn't this rather a secret and hur­ ried departure?" asked a feporter. "Not at all," replied Castro through his valet, who interpreted Castro's Spanish. "I have made no secret of this trip. It is not my fault that the public knew nothing of my plans. 1 am visiting Cuba for pleasure only. There is absolutely no business con­ nected with the trip." Washington, Feb. 25.--The sudden departure of General Castro from New York for Cuba Sunday was coincident with the receipt of a dispatch from Elliott Northcott, American minister to Venezuela, stating that there were rumors in Caracas of a small anti-gov­ ernment disturbance in the state of Trujillo. SMOKING AND DRINKING GROW Big Record Is 8et In the Use of Tobac­ co and Whisky, According to Revenue Figures. Washington, Feb. 25.--Americans are drinking more whisky, smoking more cigars and cigarettes and chew­ ing more tobacco than ever before, according to the tax returns to Royal E. Cabell, commissioner of internal revenue Saturday. From July to Feb­ ruary the nation consumed 94,000,000 gallons of whisky, an increase &ot 5,000,000 gallons over the correspond­ ing period the previous year; 8,500,- 000,000 cigarettes, an Increase of 2,500,000,000; 4,500,000,000 cigars, an Increase of 250,000,000, and $250,000,- 000 pounds of smoking and chewing tobacco, an increase of 12,000,000 pounds. These are' record-breaking figures. In addition, drinkers for beer are resuming their stride. During the fiscal year 1912 the. consumption of beer fell off materially, but in the^fffi seven months of the current (fiscal year the people of the United spates have drunk 38,864,000 barrels, an crease of 1,850,000 barrels oyer last year. HOUSE KILLS ALIEN BILL President Is Sustained by a Vote of 213 to 114, Five Ballots Less Than Necessary Two-Thirds. Washington, Feb. 21.-rPresident Taft's veto of the immigration bill was sustained by the house of rep­ resentatives by a vote of 213 to 114, two-thirds of the houBe failing to vote to override the president. An at­ tempt by Representative Gardner of Massachusetts to obtain a reconsid­ eration of the wte was declared out of order by Speajker Clark, and upon his appeal from the decision of the chair Mr. Gardner was defeated by an overwhelming viva voce vote, with Republicans and Democrats Joining in support of the speaker. HAMILTON VERY BADLY HURT Noted Aviator Falls 200 Feet With Ma­ chine--Air Craft Turns Com­ plete 8omersault. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 21.--Charles K. Hamilton, world noted aviator and perhaps the most daring blrdman left, fell 200 feet at Pablo Beach and was severely injured Wednesday. Hamilton had only been in the air a short time when the machine was seen to tilt forward and then turn a com­ plete somersauU and come to the earth. Beside a badly fractured left thi'gh, and generally bruised and cut, Ham­ ilton is thought to have escaped more serious injury. Bishop J. J. Hogan Dies. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 24.--Bishop John'Joseph Hogan of the diocese of western Missouri, the oldest Catholic prelate in this country, both in years and point of service, died of pneumo­ nia, aged eighty-four years, Friday. Cane "Defendant" In Court. Boston, Feb. 25.--The United States appeared as complainant against "one walking stick" in a suit in the federal court here Saturday. The cane was seized by custom officials because of a picture concealed in the handle. Prima Donna Weds 8a!esmsn. South Bend. Ind., Feb. 24.--Lottie Engel, one of the leading prima don­ nas of the stage, and Walter Bhawvan salesman for a Chicago automobile company, eloped to South Bend »»>() were married here Friday. / Roads to Bridge Ohio River. Padxfcah, Ky., Peb. 25.--Announce­ ment was made Sunday of a plan to construct Immediately- at a cost of $4,500,000 a double-track railway bridge across the Ohio river between Me­ tropolis, 111., and Paducah, Ky. Dies Under .Graft Cloud. New York, Feb. 22.--Police Captain Frederick W. Martens, who was re­ cently accused by the gambler. James P^rcell, before the aldermanlc police investigating committee of having ac­ cepted graft, died here Thursday. forbidden Sweets Fatal. Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 22.--Allen Brusnahan, nine years old, choked to death while eating candy In a school room here Thursday. An hour before his death the teacher had warned b acainat eating neanuts. 7.™ GEN. FELIX DIAZ. General Diax was falsely resorted shot In Mexico City, following killing of Francisco I. Madero. SPURNS THAW BRIBE OFFER OF $20,000 TO RELEASE SLAYER 13 REJECTED. Gov. 8ulzer Asserts Statement 8aylng He Wanted Murderer's Release Is False. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 24.--A. bribe of $20,000 to release Harry K. Thaw from the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane was offered by a lawyer last November to Dr. John R. Russell, the superintendent of the institution, according to his own testimony before the Sulzer com­ mittee of inquiry on Friday. Doctor Russell said he refused the money. This was the result of a charge that William F. Clark, a friend of Gov­ ernor Sulzer and secretary of the in­ quiry committee, had tried to Influ­ ence Doctor Russell and Dr. James V. May, the president of the state hos­ pital jcommittee, to give Harry K. Thaw his freedom. Thaw can be released only upon a supreme court order or through a certificate signed by Doctor Russell that he has recovered his mental bal­ ance. Governor Sulzer declared that the use of his name was unauthorized. "If Mr. Clark or any other man made the statement that Thaw's release would be pleasing: to me, It Is abso­ lutely untrue," said Governor Sulzer. On February 15, Doctor Russell sqrtd, Doctor May called him on the lephone from Albany saying he had seen the governor and that Mr. Sulzer would issue no order and "the case wo^fd have to take its regular :ourse." "I told Doctor May," continued the witness, "that If the governor wanted this thing done he would have to give me a written order." TWO DEAD IN AUTO WRECK Gust of Wind Blows Hat In Face of St. Louis Banker's Chauffeur, Who Loses Control. St. Louis, Feb. 24.--George X. Trumbo, assistant cashier of the Me­ chanics-American National bank, and Miss Hazel Flynn were killed and the other four members of an automobile party seriously Injured when the ma­ chine turned turtle on a lonely road in St. Louis county. A gust of wind that blew off the hat of Trumbo, driv­ er of the car, was responsible for the accident, as Trumbo involuntarily clapped both hands to his head, re­ leasing the Bteering wheel. The car veered into a ditch and turned over. CAPITAL GUARD IS PICKED Fifteen Hundred Special and Regular Policemen to Protect Crowds at Inauguration. Washington! Feb. 24.--More than 1,600 special and regular policemen and detectives will guard the inaugu­ ration crowds during the induction of President-elect Wilson into office. Included in the total are the 400 members of the special committee hav­ ing the policing program in charge. The committee members, among whom are many men proponent In so­ ciety and official life, will be sworn in as deputies and given badges next Thursday. Earthquake In Guayaquil. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 24.--This city was violently shaken by a long earthquake. There was no damage and nobody was hurt The quake made itself felt throughout the re­ public. V, Wilson Gives Woman 8eat. Princeton, N. J., Feb. 25.--The next president of the United States gave up his seat on a train to a woman who was standing in the aisle Sunday. She was not near him, but at the other end of the car. Borden Against Reciprocity. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 25.--Robert Laird Borden, premier of Canada, who is here as the guest of Governor Sul zer at the executive mansion, declared Sunday his unalterable opposition to reciprocity. "t: • S- Morgan's Oaln Is 8teady. Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 24.--The prog-' ress of J. Plerpont Morgan toward recovery from his recent Indisposition is uninterrupted. His condition was very much better Friday and he took a long drive about the city. ILLINOIS NEWS TERSELY TOLD North Dakotan Is "Dad** to 97. Grand Forks, N. D.. Feb. 24.--Father to 37 children is the distinction of H. T. Hertsog, a farmer living near Palermo. Three times has Hertsog married widows with lafge families He is seventy years old. I . Dugqpi».-rTh«t - annual convention of the Farmers' State Union Of Illinois, in session at Mount Ver­ non, was largely attended. E. B. Staton of Wayne City spoke on "Red- top Association," and Joseph Burkett on "Business Agencies." V. Blakely of Mill Shoals and O. B. Young of Springerton discussed "Shipping Stock." "Rural Credit Systems" was the theme assigned John P. Doyle of Mount Vernon. The principal ad­ dress was that of Albert H. Evans of Tamwoa on "Tamaroa Enterprise." Other speakers were J. D. Klrby of Anna, R. F. Austin of Cavs-in-Roek, and W. H. Richter of Olmsted! Loami.--Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a large frame barn on the farm of Witt Workman, two miles west of this city. An auto­ mobile, the property of Mr. Workman, also was burned, as were 200 bushels of corn, 200/^bushels of oats and be-s tween four and five tone of hay, the property of a tenant who had expected to move on the Workman farm March 1. The only thing saved from the building was a farm wagon. The building, which was almost new, was erected at a cost of $2,500. Op this there was $2,000 insurance, ajH<^/an Insurance of $1,000 was carried on the automobile. The grain and hay be­ longing to the tenant were uninsured. Virginia.--Joseph Hickey, "who re­ cently purchased the Widmayer meat market here, was notified that the big barn on his farm north of town was destroyed by fire, together with the contents, which included three horses and a mule, many farming Implements, a large amount of grain and harness. Partial insurance was carried on the building and contents, except the live stock, which was a total loss. The origin of the fire is not known. Springfield.--City councils have the power to close moving picture shows and meat markets on Sunday, accord­ ing to opinions handed down In the Illinois supreme court. The test case on moving pictures was appealed from the city of Clinton, and the one ques­ tioning the right to close meat mar­ kets came from the Sangamon circuit court. Pana.--Fire destroyed the resi­ dence of William Walker of Green Valley, five miles southwest of here. The home Is a total loss. The house and contents were valued at $10,000. Insurance to the amount of $5,000 was carried in the Shelbyville Mutual Fire Insurance company. The origin of the Are is said to be a defective flue. Sterling.--Illinois State Farmers' institute elected ' directors as follows: Second congressional dis­ trict, August Geweke, Chicago; Fourth,> John M. Clark, Chicago; Sixth, T. R. Barnes, Chicago; Eighth, J. R. Clark, Chicago; Tenth, Ralph Crittenden, Gurnell; Twelfth, George F. Tullock, Rockford; Fourteenth, W. H. Ashdown, Port Byron; Sixteenth, Ralph Allen, Deflevan; Eighteenth, Frank I. Mann, Gillman; Twentieth. A. P. Grout, Winchester; Twenty-sec­ ond, Edward Burroughs, Edwards- vllle; Twenty-fourth, D. M. Marlin, Norrls City. Springfield.--Questions which con­ front county superintendents of the west part of the state will be dis­ cussed at the last of the county su­ perintendents' conferences to be held Wednesday and Thursday at the nor^ maT school at Macomb. State Super­ intendent F. G. Blair, his assistant, U. J. Hoffman and V. Y. Ludwig. from the state office here, will attend. Peoria.--In unanimously adopting a resolution introduced by one of the toc4l unions represented and backed by 6,000 miners in the northern dis­ trict of Illinois, the Illinois state miners' convention in session here provided that the 82,000 miners in the state go on record as favoring a gen­ eral strike whenever wiir is declared either by or against the United States. Pana.--The Central Illinois Dental society elected the following officers: President, Dr. T. T. Baker. Litchfield; vice-president, Dr. J. H. Hite, Shelby­ ville; secretary, L. T. Grundy, Edin­ burgh treasurer, H. Ai Broering, Pana; librarian, J. M. Eldridge, St. Elmo. The date for the next meeting was left open, as also was the place of the meeting. Springfield.--Retail hardware deal­ ers of Illinois gathered here for the annual convention of the Illinois as­ sociation. A frank discussion of the problems of their business was held at the opening session. Chesterfield.--Chesterfield residents, though looking ahead early, already have begun to lay tentative plans for another farmers' institute and house­ hold science meeting in 1913y They base their hopes of a Joint/record- breaking event on the suc^8s of the combined meeting of the joint county organization here November 13 and 14, when over $300 in premiums were distributed among county exhibitors of farm and household products, and when a notable display of draft horses was made in connection with the joint meeting. Springfield.--Following a special meeting of the Illinois State Historical society announcement was made that George A. Lawrence of Galesburg has /foHvAr tho onnnal Deen l4lv address at its meeting In Springfield early in May. The date has not been determined upon. The special meet­ ing heard a report of the educational building committee recommending that the society express itself as favoring a new state educational building to contain at least the state historical and natural history museums and the state library. , 4> rousrs % 0O?£L®3AR COMPOUND STOPS COUGHS - CURES COLDS Coatofaw Wo OgUt-- b Safe For Cfaikfawn I Comtipatioh Vanishes Fore^r Oattm CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS never r> ,i -- CARTER* ITTLE PliLS. ble -- act surely but gently the liver. Stop after dinner dis­ tress--cure 1 indigestion.' improve the complexion, brighten the eyes. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature uOOD TiME. IJ k Tess--Oh! no, Tom, dear, you mustn't ask papa tonight. He lost a whole lot of money, in stocks today. Tom--Just the right time then. He won't have nerve enough to lecture me about the care of money. Up-to-Date Finance. Thomas W. Lawson said the dther day of a scandalous financial deal: "These people traded on popular Ig­ norance. They were like CaPaoun Clay, who opened a bank in' £Nola Chucky.' • y "All the colored people around JNola Chucky deposited their savings in Cal­ houn's bank, and Cal soon began to wear, instead of cowhide boots and jeans, patent leathers and broadcloth. "Then,-one day, Wash White called at the bank and said: h *' "I'd lijce for to draw tint, my money, sah.' » x- " 'Your money?' said the fafoker, lighting a ten-cent cigar. t. "'Yes, sah; my $10.' ; " 'Your $10?' "'Yes, my $10 what I "posited last summer.' ( e "'Why, man alive!' shouted Banker Calhoun Clay angrily, 'don't you know the . interest done et that fp.j three months ago?'" i Queen Victoria Detested Tobacco. The number of smoking rooms now distributed over Windsor castle would^ considerably astonish Queen Victoria could she but Bee them. Her late majesty could never bring herself to do more than tolerate the weed In any form, and the smoking room was always relegated to a very distant part of her various residences. Nor were the guests permitted to solace themselves with a quiet smoke In their own apartments, as on their ar­ rival they were specialy warned not to do so. Some Method. "Don't you thin)c, dear," began Mr. Comfy, "that our next door neighbors, the Scrubbs, are putting pn a great deal too much style, considering the fact that they neyer know from day to day where the next meal is coming from?" "Well," replied Mrs. Comfy, "you see, the more style they put on, the more likely they are to be invited out to dinner." Not Informed. "What do you think of the war?" "What war?" "The war in Tripoli." - - "I really can't say. I haven't seen, any of the films." It Isnt half as far from virtue to vice as it is from vice to virtue. Ready Cooked Meals are rapidly growing in pop* ular favor. Post Toasties served either with cream or good milk, or preserved fruit, make a most appetizing dish for breakfast, dinner, or sap­ per. These delicioaa toasted flaky bits of white corn have a delicate taste that is very pleasing at this time of year. Po«t Toattima are economi­ cal, make less work for tho busy housewife and please everyone at the table. "The Memory Linger*" •ali ky Sncin Vomtnm Or--I Ob., 1*6* Battl* Greek, Hick.