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s : ;--S' ' ' • ' ' ' • "pii EIGHfOBESm PHILIPPINES PRODUCE MANY VALUABLE WOODS. J» P| Plentiful that It Is Cted ma Ordinary I»n»l>et BiWrntlU Will Be Very Profitable. When the Country I* QjOated. - Uncle Sam'B new possessions, Cuba and the Philippines, are destined to cut considerable figure in the lumber trade as soon as American methods of push and enterpridte are adopted. Cuba pos­ sesses some of the best mahogany and Spanish cedar In the world, and the Philippine islands are covered with mahogany, ebony, camphor wood and other valuable hardwood forests. J. G. HInkle, a member of the First Regi­ ment of Washington Volunteers, a practical furniture - maker, recently wrote to Charles E. Sligh, of Spok&ae, from Manila as follows: "There are half a dozen hard woods here that take a high polish. They are somewhat lighter than mahogany In appearance. I know the name of only one, camphor wood; I think the others do not grow in other places. The na­ tive names would not enlighten you In regard to them. Ebony is also abun­ dant. It is of mahogany I wish to speak, and on this point I beg informa­ tion. It Is the bull pine, or water elm, of this country, so to speak. The mean­ est hovel, as well as the plainest par­ tition work, is of mahogany. Notwith­ standing its abundance, lumber is high here. The native works almost for a song, but when It comes to whlpsaw- ing 1,000 feet of boards you can under­ stand why many people can't stand much of this song. "There is one sawmill In the islands. The logs are cut up in the mountains and hewed out square, then nosed so that they will plow through reeds, grass, etc., down the Pasig River. There are great yards full of them, and with American machinery and enter­ prise this industry could be made pf great profit. A word as to the quality of the Jumber. We are at present quar­ tered in an old palace, once the resi­ dence of the archbishop of the church. I have been told by some of the oldest natives that it has been here fifty- eight years. In the main floor upstairs all the boards are two feet wide and over, none less. They are laid with screws that have heads countersunk and covered. There is not a single sea­ son check or knot In the floor that I have found. There are old places in the altar work of the various churches that have been built as far back as 1743 that only changes to the darker color with this weight of years. I am posted on the different qualities of lumber, but my judgment leads me to think this is the best." James A. Fitzhenry, of Company B, same regiment, writes a Ballard friend as follows:"They tell us that this is the greatest timber country in the world. There are four kinds of timber-- mahogany, ebony, camphor wood and red wood. There are some fine timber claims that run right down to the edge of the river. Of all the timber that is used here there is only one sawmill on the island. That is run by a Chinaman, and he only saws the logs into cants, and the cants are sold, and the man that buys them has to whipsaw them and make his lumber. These cants sell for $100 (Mexican) a thousand. Ma­ hogany logs grow nearly as large as the fir in the States. As mahogany is the principal wood, you can see for yourself how much money a man could make if he owned a sawmill here. Be­ fore this trouble with the insurgents got so bad my captain told me that there were ten officers of different reg­ iments forming a syndicate and were .going to send to the States for backing to start a sawmill. They say that there will be a boom iu this coluiiti-y as soon as the trouble is over, If so, this will be a good place to make money. A man can start a small business and hire native labor for 50 cents a day, Mexican money; that l^p5 cents in our money."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer. cooling bodies, may also be Increasing In temperature, and that eventually they may become self-luminous like the stars. But If Jupiter were self-lu­ minous, and its intensity of radiation were as |rreat per unit of surface as that of the sun, it would give at night two or three hundred times as much light on the earth as the full moon gives! Many writers upon natural history, following the observations of a French naturalist, Monsieur Fabre, have dwelt with admiration upon the skill and in­ telligence -- or instinct -- of certain wasps, which are represented as hav­ ing the habit of stinging caterpillars at their nerve centers with such uner­ ring precision that the caterpillar Is merely paralyzed; whereupon the wasp lays an egg within the body of the caterpillar, and the young insect, on emerging from the egg, finds living food sufficient for Its use until it Is ready to take flight. The careful re­ searches of Dr. and Mrs. Peckham of Milwaukee Indicate that the statement Is so much exaggerated as to be virtu­ ally untrue. Having Been the entire process several times, from beginning to end, they find that the wasp does not sting invariably at such points as indicate a knowledge of the nerve cen­ ters, and that the caterpillar is merely killed, and not paralyzed, by the sting. Thus one of the "marvels of nature" is proved to be non-existent BURLINGTON'S MONSTER EN­ GINE. It 1« the Larsett Ever Built for Passenger Fervice. Railroads, East and West, are not competitive in their equipments in any sense; but the monster locomotive of the Boston and Albany Railroad, which recently took the palm from old "999" of the Empire State express, must re­ linquish its place to a Western rival. The Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy Railroad has recently put into service the two largest passenger engines ever constructed. They will be used on the Denver express and the fast mail trains. These new giants, numbered 1591 and 1592, weigh Just one ton more than the Massachusetts wonder. One hundred and twenty-seven tons each, 2,000 pounds more than their Eastern rival. Eastern railroads were In a nine- days' wonderment over the Boston and Albany's experiment. When locomo­ tive No. 221 thundered out of Boston a few weeks ago at a 70-mile 6weep foi? Springfield, the world's record In locomotives was exceeded. Without any spirit of competition and wholly within the scope of its needs, the Bur­ lington system has had to outdo the New England line. Compared with the Boston and Al­ bany's No. 221, the Burlington's No. 1591 shows more marked characteris­ tics than are to be guessed from the total weight difference of one ton. The Albany's engine weighs 126 tons,, and the Burlington's 127 tons; the drivers of the one are six feet two Inches, and of the other seven feet and quarter of an inch; No. 221 hauls a train weigh­ ing 310 tons and No. 1591 pulls one weighing 371 tons; the compound cyl­ inders of the one are 22x34 inches and of the other 23x20 inches; No. 221 car­ ries eight tons of coal and 4,500 gallons of water; No. 1591 takes twelve tons of coal and 5,000 gallons of water; both engines have the same steam pressure of 220 pounds to the square inch. This new mastodon of the Burling­ ton's is the Atlantic type, Vauclain compound engine, witi^ two cylinders- high and low pressure--on each side. Its giant drivers, two on a side, are about midway between the back of the cab and the front of the pilot Just be­ hind them is a trail-truck, with two wheels five feet in diameter. Back of these are the regulation trucks sup­ porting the tender. Each of the four drive-wheel& weighs 3,200 pounds, and iiitikca al»uuL 240 revolutions to the mile. On Its first trip with the Denver flyer No. 1591 pulled a solid vestibule train of two mail cars, one composite library and smoking car, two sleeping cars, a dining car and two reclining chair cars--a load sixty-one tons in ex­ cess of that drawn by the Eastern en­ gine. The Burlington's record of ninety miles an hour with old 580 and the fast mail may be made to read--100 miles. In northeastern Labrador A. P. Low has found a fresh-water lake, eight hundred feet above sea level and one hundred miles from salt water, which Is inhabited by seals. He thinks the ancestors of these seals were imprison­ ed in a bay when the general surface of Labrador rose after the glacial epoch: Being* sea, the water gradually became fresh, while its inhabitants accustomed them­ selves to their new conditions of life. I)r. Witt, the discoverer last summer •of a new asteroid, which immediately became famous because it was found to approach the earth at times nearer tlian any other heavenly body except the moon, has chosen for his celestial foundling the name Eros. Recent ex­ amination of star photographs at the Harvard Observatory shows that the new asteroid was photographed, with­ out being recognized among the stars, as early as 1893. It also appears on plates made in 1894 and 1896. The latest information about the tribe of pigmies discovered by Mr. Stanley, inhabiting a forest-covered re­ gion in Central Africa, comes from an English traveler. Albert B. Lloyd. He traversed the forest and saw many of the little men and women who inhabit It. He met none exceeding four feet In rueight They are timid, and "cannot look a stranger in the fact, their eyes constantly shifting, as in the case of monkeys." They are perfectly formed and fairly intelligent. They never leave :the forest, and have no settled habita­ tions. Their shelters at night are huts two or three feet in height. Their arms are bows and arrows and spears. Dr. T. J. J. See suggests, in the Astro- nomische Naehrichten. the somewhat startling conclusion that the sun is still get t ing hotter. The process, however, is too slow to have any but a scientific interest for the present inhabitants of the earth. Another result of Professor See's researches, which is contrary to the generally received opinion, .is that .Jupiter and Saturn, Instead of being •^yrr It's hard riding a big sprocket agin' the wind, Bill.--St. Paul Pioneer Press. Some Truths at Louisville. The speeches of Bryan, Altgeld, Will- lams and O. P. Belmont at Louisville afford little material for comment. The speakers themselves felt this, and un­ wittingly they admitted some damag­ ing truths. Mr. Bryan, for example, made this lapse: "The gold standard is so simple that every one of us can understand It and Its effects." This is perfectly true. It Is the free silver proposition that is understood least by those who shout for it most loudly. But the number of shouters is rapidly diminishing. Mr. Williams tried to explain away the melancholy fact as follows: "It is true that the bimetallic ques­ tion has been largely argued on. Little that is new can be said. Some of our friends have tired of the discussion not because their belief is weaker, but be­ cause they deem the merits establish­ ed, and that the opposition does not in­ tend to be fair. Perhaps for this rea­ son it may be that the issue will not be as prominent In the coming Presiden­ tial campaign as in the last." But convinced men do not tire of truth. If the silverites are weary and listless, It Is because they have lost and know It. Few can be induced to treat silver as a live issue, and the ora­ tors will have to cast about for new ral­ lying cries. Mr. Williams uttered an Important truth, however, when he said: "We are now approaching the first campaign in which any party has ven­ tured its fate upon the support of gold monometallism. We shall enter upon" the next campaign with no evasion or duplicity. Every man who votes the Democratic ticket in 1900 will vote for the free coinage of silver." And the people will vote for the gold standard without lfs and buts. They have learned something since 1896. The facts have argued better than scholars can. The facts have destroyed silver and established the gold standard. The voters rfill accept a condition,-not a theory.--Chicago Post. great sincerity and with happy willing­ ness. No man In all the world can truthfully say anything to the detri­ ment of the Republican candidate for Governor. George Iv. Nash as a citizen, as» a lawyer, and as an office-holder, has lived an open and righteous life and has done his duty in all things and at all times. He Is an honest man, a good man In every way, and all who know him will so declare. His heart is kind and pure and his confidence in mankind comes from his own integrity and splendid personal character.-- Cleveland Leader. A* Youthful Manuscript Reader. A 13-year-old boy is employed as manuscript reader by a firm which publishes juvenile books. He is paid for the work and is required to make a written report. Some of these re^ ports, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, are amusing. A short time ago a manuscript which had been reported upon favorably by two of the regular readers was given to him. His report was as follows: do. I don't think the boys in my school would read It." He was asked to ex­ plain his report, and said: "Well, it's over their heads. That's all." A criticism which was afterward shared by the reviewers when the book was finally published. Lately a manuscript was given to him to read. In about a quarter of an hour Henry was seen playing with his dog. He was called to attention and went on reading, but left off in a few minutes to look out of the window. The book was not accepted. His mind's wuudering, showing the writer's in­ ability to fasten the boy's attention, wits criticism enough, and this time his reijort was heeded, although the book possessed much literary merit from th*» grown-up person's point of view. One of the books recently submitted to him is by a new writer, a Brooklyn gii-L It is a book of adventure. He became fascinated and could not leave It. His report was most favorable and tht; book was accepted. 'It's just fine," he wrote. "I couldn't go to bed til I bad read It."--Christian Uplook. Many Hands. A pair of gloves passes through near­ ly two hundred hands, froth the mo­ ment that the skin leaves the dresser's till the time when the gloves are pur­ chased. Creates New Wants. A few of the followers of Cobden have begun to perceive that a system which has the effect of diversifying the industries of a nation may prove more beneficial to the world generally than the one their apostle advocated of con­ verting one country Into the workshop of the world, and relegating all other countries to the position of producers of food stuffs and raw tnaterials for manufactures. Recently a writer la a leading English review declared flatly that Russia's resort to protection had actually benefited Great Britain, and he buttressed his argument with sta­ tistics which clearly showed that the diversification of industry was creat­ ing new wants which would never have been felt by the Russians if they had persisted in remaining a strictly agri­ cultural people. By and by this import­ ant result of the protective policy will be perceived by all kinds of economists, and then It will be admitted that the best system is that which encourages peoples to try their hands at all kinds of industry, and not remain content to accept the position of inferiority to which the nations with established manufactures would cheerfully assign all would-be rivals.--San Francisco Chronicle. May Make It a Local Issue. Democrats will have considerable rouble in finding issues .for -the next Presidential cainuArn. The Dingley tariff law seems fT be all right. It hardly seems probable, with all the theories of the free silverites disproved by actual facts since 1896, that the peo­ ple will reverse their judgment on the money question. The Philippine situ­ ation promises to be wholly satisfac­ tory In a short time and Democracy will not have a monopoly on anti-trust declarations. Perhaps Democracy will do as it did some years ago on the tariff question and remit discussion of all these things to the people in their Congressional districts. -- Mansfield (Ohio) News. States that Breed Great Men. Ohio is always if political storm-cen­ ter. A political contest in that State Is generally a fight royal. Every Ohioan is a politician and he knows how to fight. Some good people who are not politicians but who would like to be such, sometimes throw up their hands iu holy horror when they read of the contentions In that State. But after all, is it not possible that strong men are born in great contests? The arm that swings the battle ax is the strong arm. How else can we account for the array of eminent men who have come from Ohio. Look at the Presidents who have come from the Western mother of Presidents. Of the eighty odd United States Senators at the present time, eleven are natives of Ohio. The list is: Fairbanks, Bev- eridge, Allison, Baker, Carter, Allen (term expired), Foraker, Hanna, Kyle, Elkins and Scott.%/ Ohio furnished both her own Senators, both the Indiana Senators, and both the West Virginia Senators, and one Senator for each of the States, Iowa, Kansas, r Nebraska and South Dakota. This Is not merely a long list, but it is one of able men. These men from Ohio are the peers of the best men who have held seats in the Senate of the United States. How shall we account for It except that fighting makes men. In contentions and strifes and warfare are nations born and States grow great.--Cedar Rapids Republican. Facts as to Tin Plate Prices. It is worth noting that the price of tin plate, with the Increase of 11 per cent, in wages, Is still $1.10 per box less than it was when we relied on foreign ^supply for all our tin plate under free Importation. What has really been ac­ complished Is this: The tin plate In­ dustry has been transferred to this country; whatever profits there are now go to American Investors, the wages expended In that industry are distributed to American laborers, and these have been Increased since the trust was organized 11 per cent.; the producers are undoubtedly making a good profit, and still the product is sold to American consumers at $1.10 a box, or 22 per cent., less than before the tariff was adopted and the trust or­ ganized.--Gunton's Magazine. If Credit Is Given. In regard to trusts the Ohio Repub­ licans in their State convention pledged the party to "such further legislation as experience may determine to be necessary to prevent the formation and operation of such iniquitous and dan­ gerous combinations." Democrats are at liberty to copy, giving credit.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Extremely Dead. Even the cotton manufacturers of New England are restoring wages to the old scale. Tt\vill be a •long time before the free-traders dare to make their tariff ideas an issue. Silver is dead enough, but it is a frisky corpse compared with free trade.--Des Moines (Iowa) State Register. With a man of 50, the raffle is over, and he knows he hasn't won anything. But a young man of 19 or 20 is just shaking the box for his first throw. The poet probably sings of the silvery moon because it comes in halves and quarters. No Better Man. All of the Republicans in Ohio, in­ cluding the President of the United States, will rejoice over the nomina­ tion of George Iv. Nash. A better man than is Mr. Nash could not have been found, and the Leader says this with Remedies for Trusts. The Tribune does not believe that It would be good policy for the Repub­ lican party to reverse itself on the tar­ iff in the hope of thereby throttling a few trusts. If it is to tackle the trust problem, let it adopt a thorough and not a partial remedy.--Minneapolis Tribune. Not Now Talking Calamity. Roger Q. Mills used to be as talky a free silverite and free trader as Will­ iam J. Bryan is, but since he struck oil he has not gone around saying there is no prosperity in the United States.-- Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat and Chron­ icle. TWO PAGES OF AMERICAN HISTORY. ^Vs/OfWNCMAN ljH4 WOUKINCMA*. tH fti»t AVKWLEYS jxy^CUVEt/WlfcTiMt % 0» L N. G. ENCAMPMENT. Especial Interest ii| the RetrrtUm tff feoldters Thl* Year. Arrangements liaVe been completed ky Gen. Reece for the annual encampment ef the Illinois National Gtlard to be held at Camp Lincoln, is the first encamp* ment for two ydars. Last year the sol­ diers of the State wcre'in their country's serVice and for-that reason^the encamp­ ment this year is looked upon with more than ordinary importance, as it will prove a sort of regimental4"fcuiiion. Saturday, July 8, .bas been selected at the opening day, and tcftm that time the Stars and Stripes vrill^ float over Camp Lincoln for nine consecutive weeks. The three Chicago regiments will go intp camp first, and will occupy the post for the remainder of July. The First regiment will go into camp on July 8 and will remain until July 15, when it will re­ turn home and be succeeded by the Sev­ enth, which will be in camp until July 22. The Seventh will be followed by the Sec­ ond, which will remain until July 29. The Eighth battalion of Chicago will also be in camp during the month of July, prob­ ably during the second week with the Seventh regiment. Following the Second regiment, comes the Sixth, Col. D. Jack Foster command- lug, which will be in camp from July 29 to Aug. 5; then the Third, Col. Fisher commanding, which will occupy the camp from Aug. 5 to Aug. 12. The Fourth will be in camp from Aug. 12 to Aug. 19, and the Fifth, Col. Culver commanding, from Aug. 19 to Aug. 26. During the ninth and last week of the encampment Battery A of Danville, Captain Philip Yeager com­ manding; Battery B of Galesburg, Capt. Craig commanding, and the First cavalry squadron will do practice work here. The First cavalry squadron is composed of four troops, A and B of Chicago, C of Bloomington and D of Springfield. Every regiment in the State has been reorganized since its return from the war, with the exception of the Third, which was mustered out of service during its ab­ sence. The Third is now being reorgan­ ized tur Col. Fisher, formerly lieutenant colonel of the old Third, who will com­ mand the new regiment. The new Third will, when the organization is completed, be composed of some of the old companies of the old Third and some of the com­ panies of the Sons of Veterans' regiment. Most of the companies of the old Third taken into the new organization will have newly elected officers. .-•aw-- *. SfATE PAY IS READY. Illinois Volunteers Receiving the 9250,000 Appropriated. Illinois volunteers in the war with Spain are now receiving the $250,000 appropri­ ated by the last Legislature to pay them the difference in State and Government pay for the time intervening from their going tO'camp and their muster into the national service. • , It has taken some time to get the pay rolls in shape, and the work is by no means completed yet. Each pay roil has to be made out by the company commander, then forwarded to the Adjutant General's office, where it is verified with the muster- in rolls. If there is a single name missing it is returned for correction. About ten company rolls have been sent in up to this time, and seven of these had to be return­ ed for correction. • Part of the seven have been corrected and returned to the Adju­ tant General. After each pay roll is verified it is sent to Gov. Tanner, who passes upon it, and then it is sent to the auditor of public ac­ counts. Warrants are made out for each individual member of the company, and these are sent to the commanding officer of the company, each member signing the pay' roll having gi«*eq the company com­ mander power of attorney to receipt for his money for him. It is then the work of the commanding officer to pay the individ­ uals the amount due them and take their receipts. Under the system of paying tly? men the name of every man who volunteered and was enlisted is to be found upon the pay roll of his company. Unfortunately, some of the Illinois volunteers are not here now to claim their moneys Some died in for­ eign lands, while others died in camps in the United States. In such cases the money will be held by the auditor until claimed by the heirs of the deceased. HYBRID WHEAT INVESTIGATION. Professor Webber Will Go to Europe for This Purpose. - Prof. H. J. Webber of the division of vegetable physiology, Department of Ag- riculture, has gone to Europe to attend a meeting of hybridists in London, held under the auspices of the Royal Horticul­ tural Society. While abroad Prof. Web­ ber will visit the most learned and success­ ful hybridists of France and England. In the latter country there has been produced a variety of hybrid wheat which is said to be of immense value. They have for ten or fifteen years been experimenting in wheat, with the intent of producing a hardier and more fruitful variety than any yet known. They contend that-they have produced a variety which will yield twice as much as any variety known, and which will be much more successful in resisting rust. An agent was sent from the United States to examine this wheat, and report­ ed the results to be even more wonderful than he had been led to expect. If the Government purchases the original seed, it will do so simply to distribute i* among the farmers. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS A gold coin passes from one to an­ other 2,000,000,000 times before the stamp or Impression upon it becomes obliterated by friction, while a silver coin changes between 3,250,000,000 times before it ^fecomes entirely de­ faced. Tbe Corn-Fed Philosopher! "In my studies of mankind, likewise womankind," said the corn-fed phil­ osopher, "I have noticed that a wife- beater never has any trouble making a second marriage." -- Indianapolis Journal. --<*- One Pound of Honey. It Is estimated that to collect one pound of honey from clover 62,000,000 heads of clover must be deprived of nectar, and 3,750,000 visits from bees must be made. Dead Man's Debts. In France, if a person dies leaving in­ sufficient money to pay his debts, the doctor's bill is settled first, and than the rest of the deceased's liabilities are dealt wlth^ Improved Telephone. Experiment have been made lately by French Government officials with a new telephone, which enables persons to converse without putting their mouth and ear to the apparatus, the words being distinctly audible in any part of tho room. Dew y's Brjiher. Charles Dewey, brother of the now famous admiral, is president of a life insurance company at Montpelier, Vt. He and his wife recently cele­ brated their golden wedding anuiyec vary. OCCURRENCES DURIN$ PAST WEEK. tHE Oapter of Accidents Attends Eurlal at Arthur--Farmer Dies from EHecft •t a Beatings Ottawa Jury Finds Mc« Cane Guilty--Illinois News in Briet Sunday at 10 o'clock the Arthur Grand Army post buried T. P. Wells, who was asphyxiated by gas at the Hayes Hotel in Chicago. While the ceremony was m progress at the cemetery the news was broken to Gus Baker that his 13-year-old son had just been drowned while swim­ ming. The shock prostrated Mr. Baker. And when his wife was told of the loss ot her boy she went frantic with grief and became unconscious. They are, both in a precarious condition. While the funeral procession was returning from the ceme­ tery Mike Mentzer's team and carriage ran over Mrs. Bill Sullivan's little 2-year- old daughter. The recovery of the child is doubtful. Miss Ola Clark, a witness to the accident, fainted and was carried to the nearest honse, where she lay for four hours before recovering sufficiently to be removed to l*r home. May Bujr Pnpiilim in Chicago. The Illinois Manufacturers' Association has won its point iu" a, contest with the Government and hereafter whenever army supplies are advertised for Chicago will have the same opportunity to<hkd as Bos­ ton, Philadelphia, New YorkWuid other Eastern cities. More than 100 articles are included in the supplies wanted, the gen­ eral heals being clothing, hardware, tents, tent materials, Q£usical instruments, sta­ tionery, tools, flngs and bed furnishings. {Dies from n Keating:. Jceeph'Vick of Jo Daviess County died as a result of a beating which he received. Vick is a wealthy farmer aud lives alone. Thursday he was called to a grove near his house by a stranger and was set upon by men who beat him into insensibility and then threw his body into a ditch. Vick was found a few hours afterward aud taken home. He snatched a mask from one of his assailants, whom he recognized as a man who had quarreled with him. Found Guil ty of Murder. At Ottawa, Peter MeCune of Marquette was found guilty of the murder of John Rooch on the night of Oct. 10 and the jury sentenced him to be hanged. According to the testimony in the case McCune's mo­ tive in committing the crime was to do away with Rooch, so that the latter could not appear before the grand jury against Peter McCune, a son of the murderer, on the charge of larceny. Church Edifice Is Dedicated* At Mount Vernon, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was dedicated Sun­ day with appropriate services. Rev. R. M. Tinnon of Lincoln preached the ser­ mon in the forenoon and Rev. A. M. Ber­ gen of Mattoon conducted the evening service. The indebtedness, amounting to $2,500, was pledged and the handsome edi­ fice, costing about $11,000, will be free. Prosperity in Chicago. Chicago's vast nrmy of laborers em­ ployed in the manufacturing concerns is experiencing an era of prosperity more substantial than has been known there for many years. This is true especially of the trades dependent upon the iron industry. Within the last four months the wages of 30,000 employes have been increased from 5 to 30 per cent. ^ Nebraska Kvans;elist Robbed. B. H. Irwin, an evangelist of Lincoln, Neb., stopped in Chicago on his way to Detroit, Mich., and was robbed of $900. He thinks the robbery occurred in a Van Buren street hotel, where he secured a room and took a nap during the afternoon. Union Plumbers Out on a Strike. The union plumbers employed in Cham­ paign quit work under a demand of $3.50 a day, nine hours to constitute a day's work. A great deal of work under way was completely tied up on account of the strike. Wai^t Rev. Troxell to Remain. The board of trustees of the Grace Lu­ theran Chnrch, Springfield, held a meet­ ing aud refused to accept the resignation of the Rev. M.- F. Troxell as pastor of the church. Epidcmic of Dutch Measles. There is au epidemic of Dutch measles in the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Nor­ mal. Nearly every inmate has been ill, and some of the cases are very severe. tj- Brief State Uappenlns* Chicago is to have a new industry in the form of a big paper mill. lirces Barnes, 17, Emma, was shot and killed by Lee Walker, 14. Barnes had compelled him to dance. Chief of Police Ivipley of Chicago has decided to destroy the 100 slot machines confiscated by the police force. Ernest Devrcc. Grand Rapids, Mich., champion tattoo ariist of the world, was killed by a train Wednesday, Blue Island. Judge Burke.caused something of a sen­ sation iu his court in Chicago by his se­ vere arraigument of justice court methods In general. Goaded to frenzy by pain caused by overstudy, Jessie Ettinger, Chicago, 18 years old, committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a passenger train oft the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. The Irish of Chicago will erect a build­ ing in the heart of the city as a memorial to Robert Emmet, their great patriot. The enterprise is expected to be completed in two years and the structure will be known as the Emmet Memorial Hall. Chicago is to have a $100,000 Dewey statue. Deeds which made him an ad­ miral and a hero and gained for him the gratitude of a nation and the plaudits of the world may find additional and lasting commemoration in a splendid shaft to be placed in Lincoln Park. Arnold Tompkins, professor of pedagogy in the University of Illinois at Champaigu, will be the successor of John W. Cook as president of the Illinois State Normal Uni­ versity. By a blow of his fist, struck, he says, in self-defense, Perry Bauer, 4901 Grand boulevard, Chicago, caused the death of Fred W. Tucker, 159 Forty-seventh street. The annual baccalaureate service of Illi­ nois College was held at Jacksonville Sun­ day morning. The address was delivered by Frederick Noble of Chicago on "Soul Culture." Reginald Hynes, an Englishman who came to Chicago recently, committed sui­ cide by jumping overboard from the yacht Peri. Mrs. David B: Lyman, president of the Chicago branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions, has announced the contribution of $8,000 worth of jewels to charity by a well-known South Side society woman. Galena was deluged in rain Sunday evening. A heavy southwest wind blew at a furious gale, and at one time assumed the proportion of a cyclone. Much dam­ age to property will result, particularly in the extreme northern portion of the county. „..._ - ; The wife of Daniel Gott of Norris Citg was killed by burglars. The annnal crow hunt at Elgin riMaltclI* in 800 men killing 1,000 crows. La Harpe has entered the contest fof the location of the new normal school. Gus Baker was drowned white swim* Bring in a deep stream near Chesterville. ; Eight hundred employes of Norton Bros.' can works at May wood v^alked out, Mrs. Potter Palmer has arrived in CW* cago after an absence of seven months fat Europe. The work of reorganizing the Second regiment, Illinois National Guard, has be­ gun in earnest. Mrs. Ella F. Young, for thirty-sevea years connected with the Chicago schools^ resigned as assistant superintendent Miss Jessie Ettinger, 19, Chicago, COOK mitted suicide by throwing herself in frcut •f a train. Suffered from neurasthenia, v The general eldership of the Q^urcbev of God of the United jStates closed at catur to meet in 1902 at Anderson. Ind. . The forty-third annual commencemegl * exercises of Monmouth College were hetit Wednesday. The class numbered six. The stockholders of the Columbian Building and Loan Association of Bloom* ington decided to ask for the appointment • of a receiver. For the first time in history, the wine fat the extensive vaults of the Nauvoo Tittt- ners will be assessed. The new reventie law demands it. Herbert, the 8-year-old son of Charlea • S. Clements, died of lockjaw at the fam­ ily residence in Springfield. The child riu& a" rusty nail in his foot Harry Van Allstyn, a 17-year-old youth of yoleta, left home six weeks ago to take a bicycle ride with friends. Since tl&a nothing has been 4ieard of him. At liockford, A. L. Bartlett's flouring mill was damaged by fire to the amount of $20,000. Insurance $10,000. This ia - the fourth time this mill has been burned. Peoria is to have a corn carnival next October, which will attract people from several States. It is under the supervision of the Illinois Corn Growers' Association. Miss Lillian Byington, musical director of the Moline public schools, has resign­ ed. She will go to Houolulu to accept the chair of music in an endowed college there. John Stafford, an old soldier, of PoiPt*. age, after gathering .flowers preparatory to dworating the graves of his dead coin* rades, went to an outbuilding and hanged himself. Illinois College at Jacksonville is with­ out a president, Dr. John E. Bradley hav­ ing resigned. The trustees adopted com­ plimentary resolutions relative to hi* re­ tirement. Gov. Tanner has appointed Col. H. W. Loveday of Chicago, formerly State game warden, State game commissioner under the law enacted by the Forty-first Genexpt- Assembly. Dr. N. S. Casey died at Cairb from the effects of morphine, which he took to ease, a severe pain. Dr. Casey was a native of Jefferson County, where he was born in January, 1826. Justice Gibbons imposed the maximum fine, $200, upon Adam Grissei, Chicago undertaker, for violation of the ordinance in exposing people to a con­ tagious disease. Mrs. Fred Rettker, keeper of a Chicago boarding house, died from the effects of burns she received while polishing a stove. The liquid she was using exploded, ignit­ ing her clothing. Trace of Dr. E. A. Russell, a prominent physician of Butler, Pa., and heir to a large fortune, has been lost in Chicago^ and it is thought by his relatives he haa been murdered and robbed. Two switch engines of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, pulling freight cars in the yards at South Chicago, collided. Daniel Rouse, an engineer, was killed, two others slightly 5njured and heth engiawt demolished. While fishing in tbe river near Elwood* Herman Kleveta and his brother-in-|pw, Chris Kurbis, well-to-do farmers, were drowned. It is supposed that the men. got tangled in the seine and were dra«Al; into a deep hole. Homesickness, it is thought, led Gurito, a servant employed by W. H. Junge at Glen view, to end her life. She hanged herself to a bed post, using a widNl; leather strap. She was 22 years oid add came from the East. The sloop yacht Neva was dismasted off Jackson Park, Chicago. No one was in­ jured iu the wrecking of the spars and the yacht was towed tack to port two hour* later sound of hull, but without a sp<tr. showing above the deck. At the State convention of the Dauglfc- ters of the American Revolution in Rocjfc- ford a State conference was formed aout by-laws adopted. Mrs. Carrie Brett of Rock ford was elected secretary and Mrs. Demotte of Bloomington treasurer. '" The body of Miss Nannie Paul, daugh­ ter of the president of the Bank of Stan­ ford, was found in the lake at Miller Park. The coroner decided she committed sui­ cide. Her friends assign the theory of mental aberration caused by illness. In the Supreme Court at Springfield a petition for mandamus was tiled on the relation of James Bradley against Timo­ thy E. Ryan as assessor of the town ot West Chicago. The purpose of the peti- ft. ' <v y. "-JK- At / i m. V'-f •J "t J.'f • K - ••• " 'i-li t ' I * * -v "4 . • • • tion is to test the validity of the revenue law of 1898. * While repairing the water gates of the Kankakee paper mill a tiatboat with five workmen went over the dam, causing the death of one and seriously injuring the balance. A dozen people witnessed the scene, but owing to the swift current aft assistance could be given. The State convention of the Illinobi Grain Dealers' Association closed at D#> catur with a banquet. E. R. Ulrieh of Springfield was elected president and R. S. Tyler of Decatur secretary. Paper* were read and discussed on the interest* of the buyers and farmers. * The second annual convention of the Illinois Printing Crafts Union con vented in Ottawa for a three days' session. Repre­ sentatives from Chicago, Elgin, Aurora, Peoria, Springfield, Danville and Ottawa are present. Mrs. Amanda Robb, a widow, shot and fatally wounded Albert Smith at Wood- stde, a Springfield suburb. Smith's son was paying his attention to Mrs. Robb's daughter, and Smith objected. Mrs. Robb becani'? offended because she considered Smith's objections to her daughter as a rejection ou tbe girl's character and fired four shots at Smith. On application of Robert D. Loose of Springfield, the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners applied the tuberculin test U) his forty-six dairy cattle, with the re­ sult that tweuty-seven head gave a reac­ tion to the test sufficient to warrant thei* being pronounced affected with tubercu­ losis. Of the 23S cattle inspected at the Union stock yards in Chicago b.%the State Board* of Live Stock Commissioners lt>8 wer# passed in the yards aud seventy were held for post mortem examination. Of this laf*' * ter number fifty-six were passed and fours teen were coudemned as unfit for food a ad tanked.. Fjre case* ef-t^hereatwaa discovered. < . •