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Chicago, Feb. 26.--Four persons are iftead and many others sustained in­ juries. plate glass windows in the big downtown retail stores were broken,, all railroad trains were from one to •even hours behind schedule time, as# ' ft result of the worst storm of the win- . t»r which swept Chicago and sur- y- rounding country on Monday. • V Two persons died of exposure, their todies being found in a room where there had been no fire for many hours and where nearly all windows had been broken. An unidentified man was •truck by a train, another was blown to the curbing of a street and fatally Injured. So many persons were in­ jured by the force of the wind in the streets lined by skyscrapers that the police on several loop thoroughfares were doubled. Chicago harbor is ice bound far the first time this winter. Tndianapolis, Feb. 25.--A blinding, biting blizzard swept central Indiana throughout the night and day, demor­ alizing steam railroads, electric in- terurban and cKy street car service. With the mercury rapidly crouching* •©ward the zero mark, the heavy snow driven by a fierce wind, rendered fu­ tile all efforts to clear the snow drifts and all train service into and out of the city was from three to seven hours late. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 25.--Kansas Gityi is the geographical center of a wide area of country which suffered the worst blizzard of the winter on Sunday. The fiercest fury of the storm has been spent although snow was ; Still falling here and only the work of ' restoring communication with the aut- aide world was progressing slowly. Many railroad trains due in Kansas 5 City during the night, have not been heard from. Telephone and telegraph Wires are down in all directions from the city, and the damage to thp prop­ erty of companies operating them will reach several hundred thousand dot- Ian. Notices were sent out from the Rock Island a»d Santa Fe railroad offices tltat all service on their lines was an­ nulled until further notice. No at- tempts to operate trains in any direc­ tion from Kansas City were made. Reports filtering in through the storm swept regions told of similar conditions in all parts of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Pittsburgh, Pa,, Feb. 25.--With a Minding snowstorm falling, and with a rapidly lowering thermometer, Pitts­ burgh is in the grip of the worst blix- zard of the winter season. v - H c q O R D l N C A S E O F B E N T O N \iiiLAYS EXECUTION TO HIS DE->7 FIANCE OF MEXICAN. ACtldi* iMNF U. S. S0MTE Statesman Death 8tarta Ho«r That Englishman's Was Like Dog's---Bryan Quia--Great Britain Re- ij&i FREE TOLLS ARE OPPOSED CMfethafs Asserts All Ships Should As- l #ist in Paying Back $400,000,00d It | | Cost to Construct Big Ditch, >*< " Washington, Feb. 25.--Col. George W. Goethals, governor of the Panama caaal zone, explained to the house appropriations committee on Monday bis estimate of $23,700,000 for next .year's work on the canal and for the maintenance of the zone government. J& again voiced his opposition to free canal tolls for coastwise Ameri­ can shipping again when he told Chairman Adamson of the house in­ terstate commerce committee that the canal should be run on a business basis with favors to nobody. "We bare spent |400,000,0<k>," said Colonel Goethals, "in constructing the canal and now we ought to have an oppor­ tunity to make the canal pay back fbfs cost. American vessels as well as torsiga ships should hear the bur- <s> ! Train Goes Into .Creek. Keokuk, la., Feb. 25.--Passenger twin No. 40, on the Keokuk and West­ ern branch of the Burlington railroad, went through a bridge over Little creek at Arbeia, Mo., on Monday. Engineer Vandiser and hife fireman were serious­ ly hurt. There were about 1500 pas­ sengers on the train, hut none was dangerously injured. Decatur, 111., Feb. 25.--Five persons ware injured when the Wabash Conti­ nental limited ran into three road engines here on Monday. The engl- neer. blinded by the snow, did not see the engines until too late to •top. i Olrl Not Catherine Winters. - Springdale, Ark., Feb. 25-- Dr W Winters of Newcastle, Ind., an­ nounced that the little girl held here •a his daughter, Catherine Winters, aged nine, who has been missing near­ ly * year, was not his daughter. * Heads Ways and Means Body. Washington, Feb. 25.--Representa­ tive Hart of New Jersey was elected by tne ways and means committee oi the house to tske the place on the Dis­ trict of Columbia committee made va­ cant by the death of Bremner. President Wilson's action in lifting the embargo on arms caused a general exodus of Americans from many places in Mexico. Our photograph shows American refugees and their bag&dm « a tender of the United States army transport Buford fleeing from Manzanillo. r TO QUIZ GRAIN "TRUST" HOUSE RESOLUTION FOR TRADE BOARD PROVIDES INQUIRY. Representative Manahan Says Bulk of Wheat Crop Is Controlled in Chi- v'fiMo, Duluth and Minneapolis. Washington, Feb. 21.--A sensational attack was made in congress on the kings of the American wheat pit by Representative Manahan of Minnesota when he introduced in the house on Thursday a resolution providing for the appointment of a special commit­ tee to investigate charges of manipu­ lation of the price of wheat by unfair practices by the Chicago and.Duluth boards of trade, ana the Minneapolis chamber of commerce. ( The resolution demands that the committee inquire whether these three bodies "exercise any unlawful re­ straint or control over the buying or selling of grain coming to said termi­ nal markets from Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas or any other states, or over the prices thereof." It requires in­ formation also on the use of public warehouses, terminal elevators, mix­ ing and blending elevators, and grad­ ing facilities, and all other means of artificially affecting the price of wheat. The committee shall also specifical­ ly inquire, says the resolution, "into the ownership and control of each of the separate memberships of .the above organizations, the Chicago board of trade, the Minneapolis cham­ ber of commerce and the Duluth board of trade, with a view to pre­ venting the practiccs of members of the organizations of selling grains con­ signed to them to subsidiary concerns or to dummy." Facts discovered at any time during the investigation which in the Judg­ ment of the committee would warrant criminal prosecution are to be imme­ diately turned over to the attorney general for such action as he may deem-proper. GOVERNOR TENER AND C. P. TAFT PUT CUBS OWNER OUT OF BASEBALL. EVERS IS CAUSE OF SALE WILL REPEAL FREE TOLLS Congresi to Act if Wilson Will Take Blame--Senate Defeats Amendment. Washington, Feb. 23.--That Presi­ dent Wilson will be able to get con­ gress into line for the repeal of the free Pamtma canal tolls act provid­ ing he be willing to assume primary responsibility for not obeying the Democratic promise, and will not at­ tempt to force the Issue Immediately was the opinion expressed on Friday by members of the senate and house. The senate in executive session on Friday defeated the Chamberlain amendment to the pending arbitration treaties to exclude from arbitration in­ terpretation of the Monroe doctrine. Panama canal tolls, admission of Japanese children to schools in this country and the general question of Asiatic immigration. The vote waa 40 noes and 15 ayes. CHICAGO BANK IN TROUBLE Receiver Asked for American Banking Association by Joseph Stout, a Stockholder. Chicago, Feb. 21.--A receiver 4s ask­ ed for the American Banking Asso­ ciation, and charges of fraud are made in a bill filed here by Joseph Stout, a stockholder in the association. Stout charges that he was Induced to par- chase fifty shares of stock under the Incorrect representations that the bank was incorporated for $500,000 and that $300,000 of the stock had been paid for in cash John W. Worth- ington, president of the bank, is named as the chief defendant in the chargea of fraud. «t5> f r i < \ • j B o c l e t y G i r l D i e s o f H e a r t F a i l u r e * ' ; Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 25.--Miss "Mary Lou Cobb, twenty-two years otd, prominent society girl, who was to have been married to Lieut. Ralph Hollldav of the U. S. army, died of /> jbeart failure at her home. *4% Taft Not to Head College. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 25.-- Prof. William Howard Taft denied that he bad been offered the presidency *of I^a- ffcyette college. He declined to dis­ cuss the report further, saying that he knew aoOUng fbotit i*.. Illinois Banks All Entsr. Washington, Feb. 24.--All of the 462 national banks in the state ofa Illinois have entered the federal reserve sys­ tem. l^iere still are 40 national banks which have not entered the system. The 60-day period expired on Monday. Two Dying; Seven Overcome. Milwaukee. Feb. 24.--Two firemen are dying, and seven others who were overcome by smoke In a Qre at a mil­ linery store here, are in a critical con­ dition. The dying men are Captain Hanrahan red Michael Keo^h. • Miss Gladys McMillan Weds. Paris, Feb. 21.--&liss Gladys MSc-; Millan, daughter of the late Senator MacMillan of Michigan and heiress to a vast fortune, was married on Thurs­ day to Count Paul Coraet oX JBftMWOlA In Madeleine church. » i Discord in Big League Stirred by Chl> cagoan in Attacks on Others Is Suddenly Ended by His Resigna­ tion. Chicago, Feb. 24.--Charles Murphy has sold his stock in the Chi­ cago National league club (the Cubs) and has resigned as president and di­ rector of that organization. His hold­ ings in the Chicago club have been purchased by Charles P. Taft. An announcement carrying the news that Mr. Murphy had sold out and quit the game was made in Cincinnati Sat­ urday following a meeting between (Jov. John K. Tener of Pennsylvania, president of the National league, Mr. Taft, Harry Ackerland of Pittsburgh, a stockholder in the Chicago club, and John Conway Toole, a director of the Boston National league club and legal adviser to the National league. There have been various reports as to the amount of money that would be required to buy out Murphy's control of the club. Some have set the figure at $500,000; others at $750,000. Frank Chance's ten per cent, of the stock in the Cubs was bought by Ackerman when Chance quit for $40,00i). The crisis which forced Mr. Murphy out of the control of, the Cubs devel­ oped 12 days ago, when Murphy sud­ denly deposed John Evers as manager of the club and named in his place Hank O'Day, the National league um­ pire. The manner in which Evers was "bounced" stirred up an unprecedented flood of criticism, which recalled Mur­ phy's earlier action in getting rid of Frank Chance, and there arose a gen­ eral demand that Murphy get out of the game. The withdrawal of Murphy came after a four-hour conference in Cin­ cinnati, solving a situation that had grown decidedly delicate in National league circles. While the conference was in session the presidents of sevgn National league clubs were also meet­ ing and discussing the possibility of an amicable adjustment of the Evers case. i ? Charles W. Murphy's, career as a baseball magnate extended over a period of a little more than eight years. During that time he gained more noto­ riety than any club owner ever had in the history of the game. GORE IS ACQUITTED COURTROOM CROWD CHEER VER DICT FOR 20 MINUTES. Wife, Eyes Filled With Teare, Hugt Senator as «He Is Set Free--Ac­ cuser Swoons and Then Flees. Chicago, Feb. 20.--Charles M. Turn­ er, aged sixty-four, vice-president of the Federal Life Insurance company, is dead here. Washington, Feb. 28.--Secretary Redfleld of the department of com­ merce left here for Wheeling, W. Va., to address the board of trade there today. He will apeak Tuesday at Day­ ton, O., and Wednesday at Hamil­ ton, O. Portland, Ore., Feb. 23.--Portland'* municipal rock crnsher started for t|# benefit of the unemployed was de^,. •' stroyed by a discharge of dynamite. The police say a disgruntled labor ele­ ment is responsible. Rome, Feb. 23. --Three passengers were killed and six seriously Injured in a railway collision near Grossete. There were 11 Americans on one of the trains. San Francisco, Feb. 23.--Lord and Lady Decies returned to this $ity aft­ er an ineffectual attempt to read* Los Angeles In storms. To Compile American Laws. New Tork, Feb. 24.--Leaders of th* American bar organized the American Academy jot Jurisprudence. Its pur­ pose is the production of "a complete and comprehensive statement -the entire body of American law." Haitlen Rebels Are Defeated. Cape Haitien, Haiti* Feb. 21.--Gen. Diavilmar Theodores' rebel army has been defeated at Grandet Rlvere with the loss of General Paul, commander- in-efcief of the rebel i^Thsoflprss Is still here. Three Die In Dynamite Blast. Alpena, Mich., Feb. 24.--Three men were killed and two others seriously hurt by a premature explosion of dy­ namite at the quarry of the Michigan Alkali company near here. Tbe vlo- tlms were foreigners. quests Information on murder. Juarez, Feb. 14.--William S. Ben- ten's resistance to General Villa's bar­ ring him from Mexico brought on the' execution of the British subject and owner of a 100,000-acre ranch in Chi­ huahua, according to the record of the court-martial that condemned Benton to death. It was charged that, he tried to murder"Villa while resisting the general's decree. The official record was revealed on Saturday. It opens with the statement that an extraordinary council of war was convened at 4:15 o'clock last Tuesday by Col. Fidel Avila. The council convened a court-martial, of which Maj. Jesus Rodriques was presi­ dent. Ther? were four other judges. "Villa'" continues the report, "states that because Benton was a foreigner his property has not been confiscated, but he must remain out of the coun­ try because he was an element de­ structive of the peace and prosperity Of the country. "The accused answered In harsh and violent terms and asserted that no hu­ man power could keep him out of Mexico or cause him to desert his property to further depredations. "Then he said he was as good a man as Villa and at the same moment he drew a pistol from his hip pocket. But the general was ready and jumped for him and struck, at the same time the persons present leaped on him that he might not make an at­ tempt on the life of General Villi." Tbe record 'gives Benton's testimony Indirectly as follows: "He said he came at 10 oi' 11 o'clock in the morning to see General Villa and inform him that revolutionists or at times parties of bandits had done much damage to his ranch, destroying property and stealing cattle. He had .come to tell Villa of these things, but the general accused him of being friendly to the federals, and suggested that the rebels buy the ranch, as tbe witness was not wanted in Mexico. "The witness told General Villa that he was unjust and several other things that annoyed the general, but witness had no intention of harming the general or anyone else. He said he had nothing to do with Huerta or the red flaggers and was Indifferent to the politics of the country. This was all he had to say." Washington, Feb. 24.---Secretary Bryan has ordered a far-reaching in­ vestigation of the killing of William S, . Benton. "He announced that until all CAR CRUSHED; FOUR KILLED the facts had been gathered from all I available sources no opinion would be Indlanapolla Coach Is baught Between Two Trolleys--Five Are Ex­ pected to Die- Oklahoma Cky,' Okla., Feb. 20.-- Thomas Pryor Gore, United Statei senator from Oklahoma, won the $50, 000 damage suit on Wednesday brought against him by Mrs. Mlnnit Webb ! Bond. The jury was out less thai five minutes when they returned t verdict of not guilty. When Judge Clark, in reading th< verdict, reached the words "find foi the defendant," pandemonium brok'i loose in the courtroom. The hun dreds awaiting the decision climber on chairs and cheered the blind sena tor. Hats were thrown in the air anc came down to be thrown up again The demonstration lasted 20 minutei and bailiffs were powerless to stop it When the noise had quieted down Judge Clark finished reading the ver diet. Senator Gore was standing whei the judge began to read. At the mo mehtous words he stepped back as 1: dazed and his wife seized him in hei arms and hugged him convulsively Tears sprang from her eyes and sobi shook her frame. "The only statement I have to makt is my strengthened belief in the fact that truth always triumphs." Mrs. Bond fell backward in her chafi and was attended by her husband. Sht and some of her attorneys left th« courtroom Immediately., Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 20.--Four persons were killed, five probably fa­ tally injured and 26 others hurt here on Wednesday when an out-bound English avenue street car was crushed between two heavy traction cars. The accident occurred at Virginia avenue and South street and was caused by slippery rails. The English avenue car, loaded with persons homeward bound from the business section, stopped at the. foot of a steep grade, just behind a Columbus & Southern traction car, and a large Indianapolis & Cincinnati traction freight car, on the grade be­ hind the city car, crashed into the smaller car. Three of the persons killed and a majority of the injured were standing on the rear platform of the English avenue car, which waa telescoped. WILL OPEN CANAL BY JULY 1 Goethals, In Making Announcement* Upholda Repeal of United States 8hip Tolls. Washington, Feb. 23.--Col. Geo. W. Goethals said on Friday that, barring unforeseen accidents, the Panama canal will be open for merchant ships July 1. The colonel added that he had always been opposed to the ex­ emption of American coastwise ship­ ping from the payment of tolls, be- £&use that would decrease the reve­ nues of the canal and, in his opinion, would not accrue to the benefit of con­ sumers, but merely Increase profits of the ship owners. The colonel declined to discuss its legal aspect or Its beaiv Ing on treaty relations. "The canal fort ifications are entirely adequate," said the canal builder, "and I do not think there is the slightest danger of the canal being captured by any enemy, for it would not .be pos­ sible for suck a force to get enough." Thaw Arguments Ended, Concord, N. H., Feb. 24.--Heartngs !n the United States court for the dis­ trict of New Hampshire, in the matter of Harry K. Thaw, were concluded. Judge Aldrich will render his de­ cision in ten days. Alleged Ho Took Union's Records* Chicago, Feb. 21.--Frank A. Butter- field, accused by S. J. Konenkamp, In­ ternational president of the Commer­ cial Telegraphers' union, of stealing a suitcase of records of a convention, was held to the grand jury. Widow of Author Is Dead. Santa Barbara, Cal., Feb. 21.--A sud­ den attack of apoplexy caused the death of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, wife of the famous author. Mrs. Isabel Strong, a daughter, la la "rff --Till on her way to Honolulu. ' ^ * Harass King and Queen In Theater. London, Feb, 24.--Militant suffra- irAtt.es took RdvftntftM of tho nrnMnn« of the king and queen at a theater to drAw their attention to the suffragette cause by shouting "Votes for ^romejp!" They were ousted. Five Hurt In Train Wreck. / Albert Lea, Minn. Feb. 21.--Five persons were hurt, two of them seri­ ously, when the engine and all the coaches of a fast train on the Burling­ ton braach of tbe Rock Island lines left the track at West Hope, nesr here. Adrian Iselin at 67 Weds. New York, Feb. 21.--rAdrian Iselin, a New York banker and yachtsman, and Mrs. Frederick Bronson, mother of Mrs. Lloyd C. Griscom, were quiet* ly married here. Mr. Iselin ic ftscf* seven years of age. # expressed by the state department All information received will be trans­ mitted to the British government A telegram from R. N. Dudley of El Paso, Tex., to Senator Fall, declaring Benton "was murdered like a dog," was reod In the senate on' Saturday at the request of Senator Fail. He also had read a telegram from the El Paso mass meeting which had denounced the administration's handling of the Mexican situation. London, Feb. 24.--The British gov­ ernment has not taken any action In regard to the execution of William S. Benton beyond instructing Sir Ce­ cil Spring-Rice, ambassador at Wash­ ington, t6 obtain from Secretary Bry­ an all possible information on tbe af­ fair. MOTHER AND BABIES DIE Bodies of Three Are Found on In Oas-FiHed Rtoni hi Chicago. ./VV-, Bed Chicago, Feb. 23.--Three persons-- mother, daughter and son--were found asphyxiated in a dwelling at 1511 West Ohio street. The dead: Mrs. Sophie Arendt, thirty-two years old, mother; Genevieve Arendt, four years old, daughter; William Arendt. nineteen tionths old, a son. Bodies of the victims were on a bed in the same room. A gas pipe was opeh. T^e fumes are believed to have been escaping for hours, as all of the rooms were filled. It Is not known whether the gas escaped accidentally or otherwise. William Arendt, the hus­ band and father, returned home from work shortly after the tragedy was re­ vealed. He collapsed when he learned that his family hgd been wiped out by the fumes. Sir Edward Carson to Wed. London, Feb. 23.--The News of the World reports the engagement of Sir Edward Carson, the Unionist leader, to Miss Frewen, the niece of More- ton Frewen, formerly member of par llament for the northeast district of Cork. "Katy's" Rates Held Unreasonable. Washington, Feb. 23.--Rates over the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe on hides and pelts from Oklahoitea points to St. Louis, East St. Louis and Chi­ cago, 111., were held unreasonable by the Interstate commerce commission. Bomb Blast Hurst Children.' Chicago. Fab. 23.--Eight children were slightly hurt and a score or ramuies were thrown from their beds just before dawn by the ex­ plosion of a Black Hand bomb tn ths doorway of a three-story building. Ex-Governor Succeeds G. W. Turner. Washington, Feb. 23.--The resigna­ tion of George W. Turner, a member of the Canadian boundary commis­ sion, was received at the state depart­ ment. Governor Glenn of North Caro­ lina wlll take the post. •Mm: Viv. J, ' -r; Referee Stops Bout. La Crosse, Wi8., Feb. 23.--In the fifth round of a fight here Joe Welling, Chicago lightweight, backed Charles Lawiion, Milwaukee, to the ropes and hammered him until Reft Duffy stopped the mjll, v • V ' • I L L I N O I S BREVITIES Bloomlngton.--George M. Whitney, prominent resident oJ Petersburg, died there, aged sev»s.ty-one. Two children, Harry and, Mrs. Georgia Hudspeth, both of Chicago, survive. /Ottawa. -- Th« Illinois Farmers' Grain Dealers' association held itB an­ nual convention In the city of Ottawa. Nearly 10,000 delegates were present at the meeting. Mayor E. F. Bradford delivered the address of welcome. I Sparta. --Rev. James Patton, a Uni- tjftd Presbyterion minister and broth­ er of W. C. Patton and Mrs. A. D. Fulton of Sparta, died suddenly here. The funeral waa from the U. P. church. Springfield.--The supreme court de­ nied the petition of attorneys for Harry Spencer, the Wheaton tango murderer, for a writ of mandamus to compel Judge Slusher, the trial judge, to certify certain additional parts of the trial record. De Kalb.--Attacked by a big timber wolf while out hunting, Herman Ben­ son beat the animal off with a club while he retraced his steps, waJking backward, a distance of 50 rods, where he had left his shotgun. He kilietf the animal and collected a bounty of $10. Former Chester Warden Under Knife. Mount Vernon.--Gen. J. B. Smith, for ten years warden of the peniten­ tiary at Chester and a Republican lead­ er in southern Illinois* underwent an k » ixoapita! here for ab­ dominal ailment. Harrisburg --Safe blowers obtained $i,100 in stamps and money when they blew open the. post office safe at Keensburg. The robbers also blew open the safe in a rolling mill office and obtained $400. Bloodhounds were sent from this city to Keensburg. Graduates to Wear Plain Dresses. Freeport.--Plain dresses, uniform In style, will be worn by the girl grad­ uates oi the Freeport high school at commencement. When a ballot was taken, every girl voted in favor of wearing an Inexpensive, simple gown. Springfield. -- State Aditor Brady Issued a permit to Robert Moir, Henry B. Safford, Alphonso M. Thornton, Roy B. Parsons and Harry F. McAllister for the organization of the First State bank of Oquawka, Henderson, county, with a capital stock of $50,000 and a charter tenure of 99 years. Bloomington.--Douglas T. Chase, at one time general superintendent of the Santa Fe railway and prominent in the construction of early transcon­ tinental lines, is dead at the Masonic home in Macon, aged seventy-nine. He was superintendent of the Mlchi> gan Central in 1875. Bloomington.--The new training' achce! of the Illinois State Normal uni­ versity was dedicated in the presence of prominent educators from various parts of the state, Joseph Carter o? Champaign was the principal speaker. The exercises closed with a memorial meeting in honor of Thomas Metcalf, after whom the school was named. Rockford.--Winnebago county farm­ ers have engaged A. M. Ten Eyck as agricultural adviser. The expenses are to be paid by the county board of su­ pervisors, the Rockford chamber of commerce, the Rockford banks, and by charging a membership fee of one cent an acre to all farmers who are sup­ porting the movement. Sesser.--Fire of unknown origin burned a portion of the business sec- tioh of the new town of Sesser, entail­ ing a loss of some $13,000; only par­ tially covered by insurance. The sa­ loons of Walter Sateia and Charley Gualdonl, Tony Morrosi's grocery and a moving-picture theater were de­ stroyed. Rockford.--Mrs. Marguerite Mulroy Snyder, a clairvoyant, whose claim of heirship in the eBt&te of John W. Rob­ erts, a wealthy reoluse of the state of Washington, was thrown out by ths probate court of Tacoma, was arrested here on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Catherine Rossiter of Brodhead, Wis., a sister of the deceased hermit and a recognized heir. The wsirrant charges criminal conspiracy. Bloomington. -- Senator Frank 9 Funk announced that a saes&arc had been called of the rial* public utili­ ties commifvdoji tc Chicago,' February 24, fov *ii informal conference upon (be subject of the federal Inspection of grain. To this conference has been invited Dr. J. W. Duvel of the bureau of plant industries of the department of agriculture; Secretary Merrill of Chicago board of trade, and represen­ tatives of all grain dealers' associa­ tions of Illinois. The federal govern­ ment has prescribed certain grades and standards of grain which will be applied to Interstate business and it is Important to grain producers and ship­ pers of Illinois to conform. A sec­ ond conference has also been called for Springfield, on March 4, to con­ sider regulation of country elevators by the utilities commission. Repre­ sentatives of the Chicago board of trade and of Illinois grain dealers' as­ sociations and others interested will be invited to attend. Galesburg.--Thomas Cox, former county treasurers of Brown county, died In a hospital in Galesburg from injuries suffered when he fell from a train. Cox faced forgery charges in Mount Sterling, totaling $1,600, and a deputy sheriff had come here to rest him. Bloomington.--Members of the de­ bating teams who are to compete In the triangular debate early in March, between Wesleyan of Bloomington, Mlllikin of Decatur and Eureka of Eu reka, have been chosen. Each college will keep one team at home and send tbe other abroad. Springfield.---The supreme court ap­ pointed Judge Thomas M. Harris of Lincoln, a judge in the Eleventh cir­ cuit, to the appellate bench Of the Fourth district, to succeed Judge Owen P. Thompson. Judge Harris will assume the duties of the appellate bench at once. Galesburg.--Following an urgent ap­ peal- from the W. C. T. U. of this city Acting Mayor Mack and City Attor­ ney James E. Davis issued an order to all dealers that hereafter neither cigarettes nor tobacco snail be sold to minors. Those violating tbe law are threatened with prosecution. ' ill" Immigration figures show that tbe population of Canadaincreased dur­ ing 1913, by the addition of 400,000 new settlers from the United States and Europe. Most of these have gone on farms in provinces of Manitoba, ..A Jforrtr. Lord William Perey, sin Knglith Nofatomsn, •ays: "The pessftflWes and opportunities offvrad by the Canadian West ar« so infinitely greater than those wtiicn exist in England, that it seems absurd to think that pooplq, Should be impeded from coming to country where they can most easily een&iniy improve ihwr pOs&iwu. New districts are being opened ujx which will make accossable a great number of homesteads in districts •specially adapted to mixed farm' Ing and grain raising. For illustrated literature and reduced railway rates, apply to Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa* Canada, or to C. i. Braaftfctoa, *1* IhSwU It A T. H4c.,CMu««,a.V.B«2a- a«a,11S Mknw in., ll»ti M OmCo Omnmt ipS s!t' tbel The straight and narrow *path is generally avoided by the rounder. Dr. Fftery's Veruiifngtt "Dead Shot" kill* and expels Worms la. a very few koin. 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Munielpal Bonds In OemanA Siblg6r, Mosser & Willaman of 29 South La Salle Street, Chicago, lead­ ing municipal bond dealers, state that they are now buying freely, bonds issued by cities, counties, towns, school districts and drainage district* in Illi­ nois and adjoining states for all classes of public works. These in­ clude bonds issued for schools, water works, good roads and farm drainage. Readers of thiB paper will advance their own and the community's inter­ est by cutting out this item and hand­ ing it to public officials who may have bonds of this character to sell.--Ad*- Word With Rhymes. There are many words In English that haye no rhyme. 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