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HERE bu been dun-fins the put. two yea: I, I _ very oouunendeble emonnt of improvement‘ ' to the higbwuru 9! Lake County. but 15mg- reu he: not by' eny manner 0! men. been "confined to the run! section: The Improvements in our city. thanks to on} eflokent eonncll' and their one: gene commute“, heve been all that. the public could uh. [1894 ..... ‘ ...... ' ..... x89 1895......2. ...... '....166 ‘ ,Totalg.’ ..... ‘.;...2,87"5 â€" Mafisachusetts, New I-Iampshirc,V¢rmont.]Rho¢e lslandAangUtah. are the only states. where lynchings 1mm: not occurred, though Cohnccticut, Delaware and New Jérsey have but one to' their discredit. This Speaks well 'for four of the New England . states and; our. new Mormon state. 13 this immuâ€" _nity,t howevcr, ,due to a greater respect for Jaw than ‘thé'mm. mag. .... _..»~.~...», . ,. _ ' the comparatively few. ‘nc'gr'oes in \their population? Analyzing 'the rcsplts by geogrthical divisions, lynchings have taken place as follows: south, 2,499; west, 302; Pacific slope, 63; east, 11. The total improvementl' In “not. nod exten'siofi of wumr mains and sewer pipe: any be summarized as follows: Street improvements than". 12* miles. cost 0217813..99 or about $337 per linear (001.. Water mnim 2“ miles, cost 811,818.64. Sewer shout. I miles. booting $2,071.00. To‘nl co‘st. 3.942.303.1331 A , ,WO facts in om" national life which are in- comp're'hensible t9 the foxeigner are ‘our Timofailway fatalities in a year ‘and our hundred or more lynching; in the same period. In Eulgland no! a mg“ was killed by the railways‘ last year or a man lynched byfia‘mob. Since 1885. according to the Independent, there have been 2875 lynchings in the Uni‘ed States, as follows: . _. 18.85...J...........’.2xor 71896 ................ 13x x887 It wiff'be seen by these figures that notwith- standing the south has mere than six times as many lynchings as the rest of the country, the evil is not 10ca1 or sectional The mania for mob murder has manifested itseif in exer) state save fivé, and in Indiana Kansas Iliinois and DeIaVvarc mobs haIe been as cruei and saxage as in the most emote and ignorant sectitms of the south \ _ There was an interesting discussion at the meet- ing of the Illinois lira'nch’ of the Consumer‘s League in Chicago last week. Mrs. Charlotte Gillman urged that every able bodied widow should go out into the world and win the bread for her children. and not vice versn. Miss Jane Addameshallenged the stntement of Mrs. Gillman and said, "Women do not seem to be able to combine the work of support- ing the child with the Work of giving it the proper home training. The woman must work long hours. and at the' age of 10 and 11 she finds her boy in the Juvenile Court or lhe Parental Schools Instead of saying that the mother should not go into the in- dustrial world. we should regulnte things so that she can. _She will ndt‘ be obliged to spend so much time way from home. Secondly. the echool must be improved for the older children, the kindergar- ten for the younger children end there. must be nurseries for the intents. Thirdly, play ground: must he provided where children any pinyin “My human the hours thnt the school. bro dismtued and the nether return- from work. " We )rnow ' Municipal Improvements The» Consu mer’s Leagué Our 'National Disgrace 2:0 163 125 144 x75 {'28 ,ng 1901 1903 13x :66 127 107 D 115 10! 104 HIGHLAND PAjtK NEWSâ€"LETTER irhat a wonderful work thia Conamner'a League ia doing in endeavouring to no that the Btate‘Faewryc iaya are obeyedflzhat overtime ia not worked with- out extra pay and that children under 10 are not employed in web work‘ an wouid impair their health. rim league 1m done much mward 113mm ing the work 01 ahop girl: by “hing empioyera'to cloae Saturday afternoona in July’ and August This work onzht’tohave heart pention where- ver“ 13‘ needed. ' Some of mean»! the illi-. ‘noiu Branch are wem known to Highland Park people. ‘President, Mrs. H W. Wilrnarl . lat vis' preaident. Mn. Charles Henrotin. general retary. Ira. Harriet Van der Vaaat. A few of the directors are Mina June Addama..llra. Bryan Lathrop. Mus. Harold McConnick and Mrs. Kenneth R. Smoot. The last numd at Highland Park. Richard Harding Davis and the Czar ' i R. MACARTHUR of New York in one M of his lectures on Russia tells a story of Richard Harding Daxis, which is currc 1 among Mr. DaIiss nwspaper friends Out of the many American correspondents who applied for admission'to the cathedral at Moscow at the time of the C'z_ar‘s coronation-Mr; Davis was the only one given a pass. And, as may be imagined, he posted himself where .he could see and hear to the best' advantage. ‘ :Just is the ceremonial was to begin. the Czar started to his feet, face white, knees trembling, [like age who has forgotten some vital thing._ . --â€".-~ .â€" "Isâ€"isâ€"Richardâ€"Hardingâ€"Davis present ?" he asked in a trcmulous voice. “He is,” inswered Mr. Davis, in a- pondcrous bass. rising to his feet. A look of grateful relief passed. over the Car’s fa'ce. ' BENJAMIN lf‘. film‘- Hang up the Rails by the big ’barn- door! Bring out the mill of the one-boy power! Nothingr at all but a breeze in '3 box, uumsy and red if mums and rocks, Sicves to be shaken and hopper'tolrfeed, ‘ A Chinaman’s hat turned upside down, . ‘ 'The grain Slips through 'at a hole in the crownâ€" Out with the chaff and in with the speed! . The crank clanks ’round with 2'1 boy's quick will, The fan flies fist till it fills the mill With its breezy vanes, as the whirled leavesfly In an open book when the gust goes by; And the jerky jar and the zig-zag jolt ,. 0f the shaken sieves, and the jingling bolt, And the grate ofâ€" cogs and the 1xle’s clank’ And the rowlock jog of the craZy crank, And the dusty rush or the gusty chafi The-worthless wreck of the harvest's rafi, And never a lull, the brisk breeze blows _ From"‘tho troubled grain its tattered" clothes, ”' Till tumbled'and tossed'it downward goes ' The rickety route by the rackety stair” Clean as the sand that the simoon snows, And drifts at last in a bank so fair . You know you have found the Answered Prayer! Mn. {turn 1. Lu, Sherldan Road New -Lctter. DIAR Sm: Eight years .30 this Week my bro‘her and myself were busy getting out the first judge of the Highland Park News. It gives me grant pleasure to be Able to send you my hon-tied greeting :nd wishing you Inc's... in your new “pure. I hsve féllowpd the piper. closely and um still interested in its welhre. . “Then let_ the coronation proceed.” The Fanning Mill Very. truly yqun Alum: E. EVAIO, 035 Vineonnen no: my w Oflice nghlnnd Perkvhne been entltled to 1m null delivery iinee July 1, 1906, but 'Iotlve steps hnve never heretofore been taken to eunhlleh the eye- tern. It is nov’v an mnred rm. end the enlarge- ment of lhe poet. omee will be commenced very soon. This compleuad everythlng will he in reed- lneu (or the eyewm es soon In neeeennry suppllee are received. Deliveries will prohnhly he nude tw’b or three tinnee‘ daily. with n business delivery additional. Tuesday evening December 6, at 8.45, fourteenth semii'momhly entertainment 3nd lecture. Subject. of- the lecture, “City Slums." illustrated.‘ Mn. Richards wall recite. Dr. Bourke will present violin solo. Robert. Bruce, of the band, will give ‘musiocl selection. \ The new order of things is only another exidonco of the coming boom for Hidhhnd M. uni u'inch it. is of much more tmportancgman at. am. appeas- t~ Services at the Post- Order of services. lectures nnd enmminmenu of the 27th Intumv', 2m. sud mh Bdtbefiu 01 Arm- lery at. For! Sheridan, 111.. {or the week beginning Sunday morning. December 9. 1900: - 'Sundny. mbrning. December 4. st. 8.“ o‘clock. services in the mess tall 01 the pott hospiul'for puianuf Subject. 0! urnon: “Thoma to Christ- ianity.“ ' - ' - Snnday morning. December 4 nt 10 o'clock. ser- vice' 1n the poht chnpel. to which .11 are cordially invited. Subject of the sermon: .‘ Theilln to Chfistinnity." Hodgson. of (.‘o. H. will,sing. Sunday evening. December 4. at 7 30 o‘clock. service in the guard house for the prisoners. Sub- ject of the address: “City Slums,“ illustrated with lantelfggglides. Hodgson will sing the “Holy City." Christmas tree for soldlen’ ehildren.â€"â€"The commanding oflcer desires that all the children of the poet, receive in. little present. Christmas eve. There will be a s'pecial Christmas tree and enter? taintnent. for the children of oilieers. enlisted men and quartet-master employees Sawrday evening. December 24 in the entertainment room. Ofl‘lcers and ladies of the post are invited to eubscribe to the cost. ‘ GEORGE 11131015, Chti‘plain 27th Infantry. The‘Ex-moor Country Club. o'fVHi‘ghland Park has secured an option of purchase on the Birch farm from Hugh '1_‘. Birch. The farm contains "25 acres and the price is to be $90, 000. 00 or M the rate of 8400 per acre. Of the purchase money 85,060 is to be paid in cash and the ballauce in twenty years, bearing}: per cent. interest. The purchase involveq an expenditure of $150,000 for a. new club house. ~[Waukegan Weekly Sun. Statibnery Sheridan. Road - Publishing Company Big Land Option We "are equipped to do all your. work _in this line. Befdre‘your old stationery'is gone call up Highland lPark. 92 am «order a new supply. Délivery