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I s if ^rtMHTeHLY REPORT MONTHS OF OCTOBER, NOVEM- JF - * BER AND DECEMBER I88UED. HUNDREDS OF PERSOIR AIBED Pi , Sickneee and Lack of Employment the f ' • Principal Reasons for DistreM-- 6oed Work of the "Friendly / £t£i'.-..-v" Visitors." . ' | ̂ f'^p#¥iigfletd.--The quarterly report of Associated Charities for the y :^%inonths of October, November and De- % cember, made by Mrs. Flora L. Scliutx, xbe acting euperintendent, shows that 'fsty ithere were 245 cases for the quarter, . \of which 101 were new and 145 recur- f4^' t- rent, representing 330 adults and 483 ^children, or a total of 815. Fourteen *4%i were co-operative cases with other '/ > v-cities; 36 were transcients. They had <63 calls for employment and 22 from 'citizens for help w&ated. The nationalities represented were: S^XAmerican, 141; German, 13; Irish, 5; li?; '- Lithuanian, 17; Scotch, 4; negro, 15; B" Cuban, 1; Swede, 3; French, 3; Jew, 6; English, 7; Austrian, 1; Portuguese, ^ VN1; Swiss, 1; Assyrian, 2; not class!* fled, 4. The caxtses of distress weye as fid- lows: Out of employment, 38; sickness, 64; desertion, 29; intemperance, 18; t # death of wage earner, 13; accident, 8; *£\. ..told age, 11; shiftlessness, 7; widows, crime, 4; insufficient wage. 14; im- ||r p taorality, 1; non-support, 1; robbery, 112; orphan, 2; fraud, 1; mental defi- ;v^%lciency, 1; infidelity, 1; tramping, 6; |1crippled, 2; stranded, I; not classl- |f;̂ ed, 18. • Caees were referred by pastors, cttt- g- .// sens, the Y. M. C. A., city officials, Y. - W. C. A* probation officer, school pfe, , principal and teachers, relatives and ^neighbors, by letter and in person. Nfc'v' Applicants referred to physicians fe^'^were 14 in number, while four were gtv*' .sent to a hospital. The society paid for the services of £ nurse in two * ^cases. Milk ta being supplied to 13 families. « •$*>' y Contributions for the quarter were as follows: Seventy-eight new. and w ®:<: . ^ ding, mattresses, four loads of filing, kitchen range, 14 meals kind- from ^^Angel's restaurant. '>'• Cash contributions to the shoe fund * were given by several individuals, be- sides contributions to the "special 'l\-,z$ fund" which is used to buy medicine, milk, pay for nurses' services, rent, etc. . feW Distributions were made of 3X7 new and 211 second tend garments, in- -^eluding many pairs of shoes, one kitch- W: } '.en range, mattress, bed, bedding, 24 S^V loads of kindling. j£f:. Cash relief tor the quarter amount-, U? ; :,ed to $388.17. ©> AtV There were 265 calls made to the y»A'~homes and for Investigating cases, and 557 callers &t the ufflce. The number '.'••of calls made on families by the "Friendly Visitors" for the month of December was 32. These visitors are splendid work in the way of in- •f C- instructing the mothers how to buy and joook their food and what to feed their children; how best to utilize the cloth- ^ ^ . ing sent them by way of making them Ci fjover into garments that will lit, and £\,4*'hy reporting their work back to the office, where the needs of the families / . .m^are supplied, and thuB enabling the •!', workers in the office to keep in close - touch with their families and the ex- i isting conditions. This is constructive ilw y work that means far more to fam. ?wf' , • Ojr than merely relief giving. m'r- s & ' State Masons Dedicate Tempt*. Illinois Masons gathered in Cham­ paign to attend the dedication of the $115,000 temple of Champaign lodge. The ceremonies were in charge of the grand lodge, headed by Grand Master Burnap of Alton. Rev. R» H. Schuett, ' pastor of the First Methodist church, was orator. The board of grand examiners of Il­ linois conducted work in charge of ; Wilson P. Jones of Tolono. Western Star lodge, No. 240, the oldest Cham­ paign Masonic body, was established in 1857. It took the name of the first lodge in Illinois, the Western Star of Kaekaskia. Dr. H. C. Howard of Champaign, the first man initiated by the lodge in 1867, tarned the first spade of earth for the new temple. White Heads Poultry Men. The following officers were elected at the meeting of the Illinois State Poul­ try association in Springfield: President, Dr. E. C. White, Spring­ field; vice-president, Edward Brown Mendota; secretary, Theodore McCoy Golconda; treasurer, Charles Koehn Springfield. A committee was named to decide where the next annual meeting will be held. Hie state Poulty show closed in the state armory. Plan to PuWJah Illinois History. Dr. Solon J. Buck, professor of Illinois history at the Univer* sity of Illinois, has been selected by the publications committee of the Illi­ nois centennial conuaUjrton to edit the volume on "Illinois-f^l^SlS," which will'constitute the preliminary publi­ cation in preparation for" the Illinois centennial celebration In 1918. An­ nouncement of the employment of Pro­ fessor Buck was made by Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, chairman of the publications committee. The yolusis "Illinois is i?!?" win tw* a story of the social, economic and political conditions existing at the close of the territorial period, and will be richiy illustrated with reproduc­ tions of portraits, contemporary prints and maps, and photographs of old houses, furniture and implements. The centennial commission expects to have this work ready for publication In the fall of 1915. ' Following this, the commission plans the publication of 15 volumes covering the developments in Illinois during the 100 years of statehood. Five vol­ umes will be devoted to the history of the state, three to a geological series, three to a biological series and four to an economic series, covering the de­ velopment of transportation and com­ merce, agriculture, manufactures, banking and finance, Ifc is planned to , publish these 15 volumes in 1918, when the centennial celebration if held. Professor Buck is a recognized au­ thority on historical subjects. His large volume on "The Granger Move­ ment," which is the first scientific at­ tempt to explain the farmers' move* ment of the seventies, has just been issued by Harvard university. He is also the author of "The Settlement of Oklahoma" and other monographs and was editor of the "Bibliography of Travels and Georgraphy of Illinois Be­ tween 1766 and 1865," which will soon be issued from the press as a publi­ cation of the Illinois State Historical .Library board. • r J . l f v r ' i t R DEPOSITS FOUND IN Tax Collectors Appointed. With the expectation of both reduc­ ing the coet of collection and increas­ ing the amount of collections under the Illinois inheritance tax act, Attor­ ney General Lucey has abolished the system of employing special attorneys in inheritance tax cases, and will em- Ploy one attorney regularly in each district created for this purpose. He announced the appointment of the following attorneys, together with the counties embraced fn their re­ spective districts: F. J. Burns, Kankakee--Kankakee, Iroquois, Livingston, Ford and Mc­ Lean. George F. Belford, Streator--Winne­ bago, Boone, De Kalb, Kendall, Grun­ dy and La Salle. Martin J. Dillon, Galena--Jo Da­ viess, Stevenson, Ogle,. Carroll, Lee and Whitesides. Harry C. Stuttle, Utchfield--rCal- houn, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Mont­ gomery, Fayette and Effingham. Chester H. Farthing, Odin--Marlon, Jefferson, Clay, Wayne, Richland, Law­ rence, Wabash and Edwards. F. M. Paris, Carmi--White. Hamil­ ton, Gallatin, Saline, Hardin, Pope, Massac, Johnson, Pulaski, Alexander, Union, Williamson, Jackson and Franklin. William Moo nay, Joliet--McHenry, Kane, Dupage and Will, E. Breese GlasB, Edwardsville--Mad­ ison, Bond, Clinton, Washington, Per­ ry, Randolph, Monroe and St. Clair. Clark A. McMillan, Decatur--Macon, Piatt, Christian, Shelby, Moultrie, De- witt and Logan., I. J. Levinson, Peoria--Peoria, Tase-' well, Woodford, Marshall, Stark, Put­ nam and Bureau. I. B. Craig, Mattoon--Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas and Jas­ per. The custom has been to appoint an attorney for each case. Sangamon County Youths to Attend. Thirty youths of Sangamon county, all interested in agriculture and eager to attend the boys' state ffeir school n^xt, year at the fair, have applied to C. M. Woods, member of the state board of agriculture, for appointment. The boys applying and the school they attend are as follows: Herman Gruber, New College; Ernest Kuecjler, Auburn; Andrew E. Earles, College Corner; Frank Foster, Oak Ridge; Wallace Can ham, Cummings; Fred Roberts, Oak Hill; Frank DuMez, Oak Hill; Jesse Martin, Cascade; Ernest Rood, West Side; Robert Moore, Pleas­ ant Hill; J. Van Meter, Fancy Creek; Frank Wolfe, Fancy Creek; Charles Morris, Hazel Dell; Fred Curtis, Lo­ cust Grove; James Ferreira, Hay; George Lehne, Hay; Clyde Howard, Trapp; Harold Watson, Berlin; Fred Heldt, Smith; Ralph Schleyhahn, Crackneck; Harold Shofner, Talbott; Allington Minser, Riverton; Albert Stephenson, Liberty; George E. Cald­ well, Williamsvllle; Raymond Wester- field, Freitshans; Earl Zimmerli, New City; Leonard Ross, America; Robert Rhodes, Salisbury; Clyde Churchill, Bissell. Agricultural Board to Fix Fair Date. Members of the state board of ag­ riculture, In their regular meeting in Springfield, January 14, will fix the fxact date of the 1914 Illinois state fair. At the recent meeting of the Na­ tional Association of Fairs in Chicago, it was decided that an earlier date that which held last year will be ex­ pedient for the Illinois fair next fall. It is expected at the meeting next week the board will concur in this sentiment. Routine business, aside from.the fair matter, will come up for settlement; •lew Corporations. Randolph Market and Grocery, Chi- «sgo; capital, $1,000. Incorporators-- George Otis Spencer, •. Hardgrave *nd R. D. Stevenson. The Sanitation Company of Illinois, Chicago; capital, $200,000. Incorpora­ tors--C. A. McKeand, B. A. Kenney And A. T. McGovem, C. E. Sovereign company, Rockford; dissolved. The Perlstein company, Incorporat- «d, Chicago; capital, $10,000. Incor­ porators--William H. Deveaislk M. DC. Hack and Jay Warner. ' Scene near Mauch Chunk, Pa., where radium deposits have been discovered, this being the only place in ttu United States, except Paradox, Colo., where the precious metal has been found. At the right Is Dr. Howard A. Kelley of Johns Hopkins university, who Inspected the deposits for the government, B» Is ah expert la the treat ment of cancer with radium. ' PEACE EFFORTS FUTILE GOVERNOR FERRIS DEPARTS FROM COPPER COUNTRY.4 Mine Owners Declare That They Will Never Recognize Federation---; - Moy«**n the Grountf. ^ *•:" . --• Houghton, Mich., Jan. 10.--The"*g6odi ship "Peaceful Settlement the Sec­ ond," with Gov. Woodbridge N. Ferris at the wheel, struck Western Federar tion Rock during the hearing of the copper country mine owners. The hulk now lies peacefully on the bot­ tom of "Disagreement bay," ftfde by side with the remains of "Peaceful Settlement the First," which was piloted by John B. Densmore. Governor Ferris left the copper country on Friday with any prospect of a settlement as far in the future as the day he arrived. And one cause Is to be given for the failure. That cause is contained in a sentence from the lips of Attorney A. F. Rees, rep­ resenting the mine owners, and de­ livered as part of his statement tak fore the governor. That sentence is: "We will never, on any considera­ tion, either directly or indirectly, rec­ ognize the Western Federation of Miners, nor go so far as to treat with them." "I want to go on record," said Gov­ ernor Ferris, "at this time, as I have hundreds of other times from the plat­ form and otherwise, and state that I am most emphatically in favor of the organization of labor." Charles H. Meyer, president pf the Western Federation of Miners, re­ turned to the copper country on Thursday. He came to testify before the grand' Jury as to his deportation and shooting at the hands 'of men whom he declares to have been from the Citizens' alliance on December 26. The strike of copper miners called July 23 was opposed by the officiate of the Western Federation of Miners. Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 9.---Ten prominent local dairymen Indicted by the grand jury for violating the state anti-trust law by entering into" an agreement to advance the price of niilk from 10 to 18 cents a quart, were arrested and gave bond for appearance at the next term of the superior court. The ten men furnish most of the milk used in Wilmington and are in good circumstances. Washington, Jan. 9.--Mrs. W. A. Cullop of Indiana was re-elected presi­ dent of the Woman's National Demo­ cratic league In convention here. One dissenting vote prevented her re-elec­ tion by acclamation. N^w York, Jan. 10.--Gladys Drew, the actress, wife of Sidney Drew, the actd*, died here. Mrs. Drew was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McKee Ra&kin. She was forty years old. Vew York, Jan. 12,--Twenty-seven persons were hurt, three probably fa­ ts ily, when the steam boiler of a rivet- is g machine exploded under a party completed structure In Long Island cHy. TO JAIL OFFENDERS HOU6E COMMITTEE AMEND8 fJHERMAN LAW TO PROVIDE J PRISON FOR VIOLATORS, | DRAFT OF BILL COMPLETED Manufacturers Prohibited From Fix­ ing Ultimate Prices to the Con­ sumers and Interlocking Director- ates Are Barred. fMrMW W' • ' > X- > ; jfr- .V, ' Marty Flree in December. In the December, 1913, report of fires in Illinois, issued by Acting State Fire Marshal F. F. Morgaridge, it was shown that 706 flree were reported to the department from over the state in that month. Of these, 229 were in the city of Chicago, and 45 were of sus­ pected incendiary origin. The report Bhows that a total dam­ age to buildings "and contents amount­ ed to $1,050,987, and that insurance, on the property was sufficient, generally, to cover all losses. Grain Rates Again Suapended^w v' A further suspension in the"' * posed one cent increase in freight rates on grain shipments within the state of Illinois was ordered by the Illinois public utilities commission at their first regular meeting. The ordor was entered in the case of the rail­ road and warehouse commission ex rel the Illinois Farmers Grain Dealers* association, the Illinois Grain Dealers* association and others vs. the Atchi son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad com­ pany and others. Wins Philippine Net Title. Manila, Jan. 13.--William M. John- sjAn of California won the final round o,' the lawn tennis championship of tt.A> Philippines, defeating Ella Fottrell. atso of California, by three sets tp one. The score was 6-8, 6-7, 6-8, 8-8. Washington, Jan. 12.--The sub­ committee of the house judiciary com­ mittee on Friday completed a draft of the administration's anti-trust bill which is an amendment to the Sher­ man law. They acted on. the theory that guilt is personal and that trust magnates shall be subjected to im­ prisonment as well as fined. The bill consists of a number of separate measures. These will be in­ troduced in the house after they have been submitted to President Wilson for his approval. The most important of the measures provides a penal pun­ ishment for corporation officers found guilty of a violation of the anti-trust laws. Manufacturers will be forbidden to fix the ultimate prices to the consumer of the articles manufactured. There are drastic provisions prohibiting price fixing In restraint of trade. The bill requires that no restraint of trade shall be deemed reasonable. There also will be definition of what constitutes a restraint of trade and the "rule of reason" written into the Sherman law by the Supreme oourt of the United States will be set aside. Interlocking directorates between banks and industrial corporations will be absolutely prohibited. Railroads will be divorced from con­ trol or ownership of manufacturing or other establishments whose output la a commodity transported by the com­ mon carriers. In other words, no rail­ road may own or control a coal mine, steel manufacturing plant, or other In­ dustries which put out commodities handled or used by the railroads. _ These provisions leave intact the Sherman law as It now stands and are supplementary thereto. The law will be amended to define competition, to provide punishment for offending trust owners and to break up monopolies. The house sub-committee is opposed to the idea of the creation of an in­ dustrial trade commission, to fix the prices of manufactured articles, but believes the'situation may be met by legislation breaking up the patent monopoly and prohibiting the original seller from fixing the price to the ulti­ mate consumer. JAP TROOPS LAND IN MEXICO Soldiers to Guard Legation--li. S. Government Told of Move by O'Shaughneasy. Washington, Jan. 12.--The Japaneae landed an armed force from their bat­ tle cruiser Idzuma on Friday for the protection of the mikado's legation at Mexioo City. This government has been advised of the step by Charge d'Affaires O'Shaughneasy, but no ex­ planation has been offered by the Japanese government. Cardinal Martlnelll Falling. " Some, Jan. 13.--The condition ojf Cardinal Sebastian Martlnelll, prefect of vhe Sacred Congregation of Rites, who has been ill for some time, be­ came more serious. He may become a victim of cerebral anaemia. Nordlea Is Seriously III. New York, Jan. 13.--Mme. Lillian Nordica 1b in a critical condition with pneumonia on Thursday Island, Queens­ land, according to a cable message re­ ceived by her husband, George W. Young a New York banker. PRESIDENT IS LAUDED •RVAN IN ADDRE88 AT CHICAGO REALTY BANQUET. ' Cabinet Member Asserts Wilson Is Loysl to the Masses and Praises the TttW. Chicago, Jan. 10.--Secretary of State Bryan delivered an address on Thurs­ day night at the annual banquet of the Chicago real estate board in the gold room of the Congress hotel. Sen­ ator Sherman, Mayor Harrison and others also spoke. v Mr. Bryan had chosen as his sub­ ject "The New Era in American Pol­ itics." He said: "The new era in American politics is characterized by the transfer of power from those who are interested in special privileges to those who have a common interest in the com­ mon weal. "My object in taking as my subject the 'New Erea' is to bring to your at­ tention the character of the man who as president is leading the movement and the nature of the questions which have already been acted upon, and those thus far outlined, President Wilson combines the two necessary qualities in the lead of such a move­ ment. "1. He follows his conscience. "2. He Is in sympathy with the masses. "The president took up the tariff question, first in having the issue made paramount in the campaign. He has succeeded in obtaining a material reduction in the tariff and the country is adjusting Itself to the new law with less economic disturbance than was thought possible. "The tariff law includes income tax provision--the rate running from one per cent, to seven per cent.--according to the size of the Income. This, too, has been accepted by the country without protest. In fact, one of the most striking evidences that is ta­ king place is the fact that 19 years ago when one urged a two per cent. In­ come tax he was regarded as a demo- gogue; now a seven per cent, tax Is regarded as entirely reasonable." FIVE U. S. SAILORS DROWNED Eleven Others Rescued After Freight Vessel of the Wyoming Turns Turtle. OU Point Comfort, Vs., Jan. 11.-- live sailors of the crew of the flagship Wyoming of the Atlantic fleet were drowned on Friday when a big Bailing freight cutter of the flagship was swamped with 16 sailors aboard when two miles off Old Point Comfort. Eleven men were picked up by the tug, which went to ehlr rescue. The dead: Olaf K. Oisen, boatswain of the first class, Portsmouth, Va.; George J. Hugg, ordinary seaman, 28 Thames street, Newport, R. I.; Ernest A. N. Roth, seaman, 702 Cherry street, Seattle Wash.; Theodore Baulduf, or­ dinary seaman, 263 SL Nicholas ave» nue, Brooklyn, N. Y. MEXICAN REBELS FIRE ON CAV- ALRYMEN WHEN THEY CROSS BORDtR,,^.' TAKEN Federals Cross Line and Surrender to Major McNamee--300 Are Executed Victorious ~ Court Mprtlal. General, WUhput Naco, Arts., Jan. 18.--Mexican rebels commanded by General Villa fired upon four troops of the Tenth United Btates cavalry while they were across the border on Sunday. Two of the cavalrymen were woiinded and all four were arreBted by the rebels and held until their immediate release was demanded by C*Ptain Tompkins, com­ mander of the border patrol here. The incident aroused intense feeling on both sides of the border and more trouble is looked for. Sayres Go to Psrie. London, Jan. 8.--Mr. and Mra. Francis B. Sayre brought their Eng­ lish visit to a close and left for Paris. % Idaho Progressives to Fight. * Boise, Idaho, Jan. 18.--The Pro- *. gressive state central committee | passed a resolution to put full state and congressional tickets in the field this year's election and to make nom­ inations for every office. Resent Wide Ban on Tango. • Borne, Jan. 13.--A number of pro- teats against the indiscriminate pro­ hibition of the tango by the Catholic bishops have been received from America by the pope and the officials of the Vatican. Wants Amerlean Justice. ,' Ohrlstianla, Norway, Jan. 10.--"H 1 igfust stand trial on a charge of harry­ ing off my own child all I hope for Is that I get 'American justice.'" Fer­ dinand Pinney Earle, the American astlst, made this statement in jalL Kills Wife;Shoots Himself. Osage City, Kan., Jan. 10.--W. P. McGrath, a well-to-do farmer, shot and instantly killed his wife in their home and then attempted to commit suicide. Mrs. McGrath had announced her In­ tention of suing for a divorce. Monument for General Jackson. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 10.--A move­ ment to build a million-dollar monu­ ment in Nashville to the memory of Gen. Andrew Jackson, seventh presi­ dent of the United States, will be launched at a banquet here. Engine Inventor Weber Dies. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 10.--George J. Weber, Inventor of engine appli­ ances and formerly president of a large manufacturing company, Is dead at his home here of injuries received while at work on a gas engine. ,, ' Cullom III With Bad Cold. Washington, Jan. 13.--Former Sen­ ator Shelby M. Cuilom has been 111 from a bad cold at his residence In this city. Representative Mann is 111 here with pneumonia. He was strick­ en Saturday# Carnegie Gift Made Publio. , H^W York, Jan. 10.--Andrew Car-. negiy>ea$ntly reduced his fortune by $10^000,000, it became known here, in making a gift of that amount to the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust* 1ft Dumferline, Scotland. Rail Men to Take Strike Vote. • Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 10.--Conduc­ tors, engineers, firemen, trainmen em­ ployed by the Delaware & Hudson, rail- wfey were told to take a strike vote if die railroad does not grant their d» manda. Presidio/ Tex., Jan. 13*--The Mexi­ can federal army with Its nine gener­ als evacuated Ojinaga, Mexico, and the triumphant rebel forces under Gen. Francisco Villa occupied the vil­ lage on Saturday. Defeat of the federal army at this point marks the most important rebel victory of the present revolution. It leaves the rebels in possession prac­ tically of all the north of Mexico. General Castro and General Merca- do of the federal regulars saw that the assault was to be nothing less than a massacre. The federals had left only 60 rounds of ammunition for each man. Generals Castro and Mer- cado therefore gave the order to evacuate. AH the federal soldiers and their of­ ficers who could scramble to the American side did so. The others ran In all directions. Gen. Pascual Oroz- co, the commander of federal volun­ teers, who was threatened with sum­ mary execution by Villa, was the first to cross. It was believed he escaped into the Texas mountains. None of the wlerd scenes in the moonlight while the horde of rebels was pouring into Ojinaga and the fed­ erals were rushing out in disorder was more intensely pathetic than that of GeneraJ Mercado himself, command­ er of the federal garrison, who ap­ peared at the river' banks and in­ formed an orderly of the United States army that he wished asylum in a foreign country. He was taken at once to Major McNamee, command­ ing the United States patrol, who held him pending orders from Briga- di/er General Bliss. For five hours the sharp flashes of the rebel fire had been seen drawing closer to the federal entrenchments. The whole scene was bathed in a moonlight, partly obscured by dust and powder smoke. The country about Ojinaga Is mostly desert, with little to sustain life. Without food the im­ poverished federals would be unable to proceed any great distance. At midnight there relghed among the victorious rebels a scene of mer­ riment. Fires were built, such music as could be improvised was heard and crowds of the rebel soldiers, still grimy with the smoke of battle, sur­ rounded General Villa. The last scenes in the capture or Ojinaga by Francisco Villa's rebels were enacted on Sunday. Villa had taken more than 300 .prisoners during the mad rush following evacuation of the fortress. Many captives were identified as volunteer members of the Orozco and Salazar commands and every one of these was executed shortly after daybreak without the formality of court-martial. City of Mexico, Jan. 18.--A plot to kidfiap American Charge 0*8haugh- nessy and hlB wife by holding up a train was behind an attack of rebels on the Mexican railway, said a fed­ eral officer on Sunday. Information obtained by federal spies from rebels along the railway enabled the O'Shaughnessys to escape running Into the danger. Huerta has fur­ nished a sufficiently formidable escort to safeguard Mr. O'Shaughnessy in re­ turning from Orizaba to Mexico City. Possibility of the landing of British troops in Mexico was brought to the front on Sunday by the action of Sir Lionel Carden, British minister, after the American charge d'affaires. Nel­ son O'Shaughnessy had been tied up by the dynamiting of a train on the Mexican railway between Vera Crui and this capital. Sir Lionel made personal representations to President Huerta and insisted on better polic­ ing of the railway, which Is British property, at once. In the concession granted to the English builders of the Mexican rail­ way more than forty years ago it was provided that they should at any time have the right to police the property with British troops. The action of Sir Lionel revived speculation in the cap­ ital as to how far the British govern­ ment would go in protecting the prop­ erty of its nationals. Nebraska Bank Goes Down. Superior, Neb., Jan. 12.--The First Rational bank of Superior is closed. A government bank examiner took charge. Heavy withdrawals were giv­ en as the cause. The bank's officials said all depositors will be paid in full- Three Killed In Wreck. Cortele, Ga., Jan. }2.--Three per- sons were killed and 27 injured, bev- eral perhaps fatally, when passenger train No. 3, on the Georgia Southern; & Florida railroad, bound from Macon for Palatka, Fla., Was wrecked. Valuable Church Relic Stolen. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 12.--The paii^ of St. Louis' French Roman Catholic church was aroused when a small gold casket, containing a piece of finger bone, venerated as k relic of St. Anne, had been stolen. Feudist Burned to Death. trfNIlsville, Ky., Jan. 12.--After pass­ ing unscathed through the Hatfield- McCoy feud in which ho was a leider for 30 years, Randall McCoy, eighty- six, was fatally burned by falling Into a fireplace at his home. NEWS BREVITIES ILLINOIS 1 4 C. Springfield.--Joseph P. Fortin Chicago wae appointed a member c| the state board of examiners and ltects by Governor Dunne. Harrlsburg.--William Parish, ^||f and Homer Wade were elected jadgfr^ and clerk of the city court respective*"' ^ ly here by a large plurality. I It ""Danville.--Forjner Speaker Josepi^:;?|^J^>'r:-B Q. Cannon, who has been suffering • from a bad cold for several days, ha#- ^ j completely recovered. Champaign.-- Joint B. K&isdr, librarl^. an of the economics department of thj^f University of Illinois, has been electef' ' ̂ librarian of the public library at Tajfc' j. ^ coma, Wash. , i f % Hamilton.--'Forty-one women voteC. < C in an election here, all In favor of jf • franchise for a railroad from Quincj^,. "v to Burlington. The proposition wa^_ carried by 223 to 6. Monmouth.--ReV. D. E. Hughee, fotF*' \ * fifteen years pastor of the Christians; church in Monmouth, has resigned t§'i devote his time to private butsinca^ and to evangelistic work. * Pana.~-WhMe petting the family cajfe * ^ ^ a few days ago, Mrs. Kathryn Ukensj* •, seventy years old, suffered a sligh^^-^^.;^^:; scratch on her h&nd. Blood poison da*-, ^ veloped and resulted in Mrs. Uken'^; " death. Carlyle.--Women voted In CHntoii..' county for the first time under th#. .-'v new suffrage law. At a special eled» - 1 ^ ^ -v tion for mayor in Trenton they helped elect C. W. Elsenmayer, a Progressive^- by one of the largest majorities eveiiv given a candidate for that office. PO$f litical lines were not drawn. Centralis.--The thirteenth annuals, meeting of the Southern Illinois Ve^; erinary Medical and Surgical associa­ tion convened in Centralia with a goo^ representation of members present^ Officers were elected as follows: Pref?f ldent, W. H. May, Nashville; vlce-preSjf ident, J. C. Jean, Lick Creek; secre ­ tary, M. Austin, Golconda: treasure!, V. A. Bost, Fillmore. , Duquoin.--The city council of Bld^^,'^*; rado recently passed an ordinance v sessing a fine on express companies alk lowing liquor to be shipped through": the local express office. The first fins ^ has been imposed. An agreement ha| «•- been reached between the council an<^,. ' representatives of the exprees cony- ^ panies whereby the test case will bf; taken to the supreme court. > Galesburg.--M. L. Houlihan, an etfsr* •. ginser on the Chicago, Burlington 4$:-../j Quincy railroad, died at the hospitafc. here from injuries received at the 2 hands of thugs in Chicago Christmafe eve. Houlihan had left his engine aftf^.; er a run when he was held up, stabbed ,. ,? in the head and robbed. He wae abllt'.; ' " jf,- >• - <#r -A: M' 1 7 1 • to return to his home in Galeebarg,< . V'-'-vjA foirl •, but collapsed on his arrival. Centralia.--John Weeks, who many years had the distinction of bo- Ing the oldest man in Illinois, died a$^> >. his home here at the age of one hui^i • -. dred and five years and six months; >v,< He had been ill but a short time an Ad­ dled of infirmities. Mr. Weeks wa|y'. one of 19 children. A sister, Mrd£*£-< Phoebe Willis of Wilton, now nlnetj&»$'£< five, is the sole survivor of the family* ' * Greenville.--Paul De Monlin, four*:' teen years old, a eon of Mr. and ^ Paul De Monlin of Greenville, shot anil-1' killed himself while hunting rabbity With another boy, he had chased pi rabbit into a barn and while crawling over bales of hay a small rifle he ca<* ried was discharged, the ball entering^ his left eye and passing through hifi? head. Centralia.--At the, golden Jubilee services in the First Baptist' churcl^ ^ Rev. A. P. Howells read a'letter at •' greeting from Gov. Edward F. Dunn^ in which he congratulated the churclt. on rounding out fifty years of useful ^ ness. The governor also inclosed S. v check for the jubilee fund. The prqp # gram was conducted under dlrecttajt^ of Professor Ledermann and was d<^, . voted almost exclusively to music. , Springfield.--Governor Dunne hoipj£y'! ored the requisition of Governor Rals ­ ton of Indiana for the Return to ths Indigna woman's prlsori^bf Helen M$s - Cori and Effie Campbell, alias ESttjjr . * Campbell. The women are under a|Q r reBt in Chicago. The McfCort womajf :» was sent to prison February 12, 1908; > from Terre Haute for robbery, and th%; Campbell woman was sentenced froth , Shelbyville January U, 1912, for fo&l gery. They escaped from the priaoh " on the night of November 5, 1913. Springfield.--A call will soon be is­ sued by Governor Dunne for a special primary and election in the Seventy., judicial circuit; to fill the vacancf caused by the resignation of Clrcujp > Judge Owen P. Thompson of Jacksoq^ v ville, who was appointed a member of- ^ the public utilities commission. Thjf - candidates so far are: Former Couiff' ty Judge Frank Baldwin, Morgan court* \ ty; County Judge H. W. Pogue, Jersejjf; : county; Norman L, Jones, Carrolltoiji^. s t a t e ' s a t t o r n e y o f G r e e n e c o u n t y j . 1 Thomas F. Ferns,. Sprtngfleld; Williaif/ N. Hairgrove, Jacksonville, and James Callans, Winchester, former county Judge of Scott county. Springfield.--A |3,000 damage suit ; was filed in the circuit court by Fred*f;" Harrison, a chicken fancier of MenonfeY- i-mii •vM •j L'ir V'}j* tH ̂ i '•>*:" isX j.. , r-. I.. i;';"'-;'. A /'•" •' "V. \ .:•' •. 'y • . -•/ ; • v .•, . v ^ - •. ^ ^ .. ^ . V ; / lnee, Mich., against George Stambaugh- of Astoria, 111., on the ground of malfc'i clous prosecution. During the stattf fair last fall Stambaugb charged Ha^ rison With stealing a prize pnlley whereupon, Harrison whipped Stand-/< baugh. The latter swore out warrant4C p chargiug Hurrison with assault anS^ battery and larceny. Harrison cams to Springfield to defend his suit, which , was dismissed when called. The dani» age suit follows. Monmouth.--Prof. Russell M. 8tor^;^:^%^^^ Instructor in history at Monmouth col- , - ' l e g e f o r t w o y e a r s , h a s r e s i g n e d t o a % ; cepfc the chair of political science the University of Illinois at Urbq^i^ Assumption A-Mrs. Mary Osbornf^, seventy-seven, one of the oldest seb- tlers in this vicinity, and who lived i||-^ Assumption more than fifty years ag|tv,. in the days when stage coaches instea^"- of railroads covered the country, l£ dead as a result of heart trouble. Jerseyville.--William D. Price, age$V eighteen, is dead from a gunshot v r wound Inflicted by a companion while hunting. *7rKa yM k"- * i i