AGENCIES BLOCK Y BILL. URGENTLY NEEDED ^Unscrupulous Chicago Concerns Ha*ve Been Robbing Unfortunate uf^r--State at Present Has Insufficient Control. Springfield.--Employment agencies are fighting legislation intended e protection to men and women tag employment were successful |H ttt* f blocking the new employment agency bill In the house license coni- itoitt.ee. .The setback may bg-only tem- w., ;'-porary, but it was successful in tying the measure up for the time being. This bill seeks to protect a class of people unfortunate enough to be de pendent on other efforts than their own to secure a chance to earn a live lihood. Supt. Cruden of the Chicago South Side free employment bureau, who is delegated by the state labor commissioners with the supervision of the Chicago employment agencies, has ibeen unable, under the present law, to t' •- prevent many of abuses, and he and others interested in the subject are asking for a law which will enable ft the state to exercise an elective con ic! trol of independent agencies.* The bill introduced by Representative Ton would make it impossible for an agency to charge a fee without obtain- ing employment for the person paying for that service, and would prevent the publication of "blind" advertise ments in newspapers, two of Uw^rao tices most complained of.- # Board 8eeks Funds. ent R. R. McCormick and At torneys Lindley anct) Williams of the || " sanitary district board are endeavoring to convince the senate committee on £ .. drainage and waterways that the proj- OCts of the drainage board need more money. Senator Clark's bill, under consideration, provides for an increase la the bond limit by taking off the "present $20,060,000 limitation and al ii lows an increase In the tax levy from | , a half mill to a mill. The sanitary y||-' t "board anticipates that sufficient rev- £*"* s®U6 will be obtained from these two provisions to dig the Evanston and CJMnmet ditches. It has been esti- , mated that the removal of the $20,000,- ©W limitation will allow an additional $1,500,000 in bonds to be issued and that the increase in the tax levy will prodi^e $2,000,000 more annually. Esti mate^ for the work to be done in cut-, ting the Calumet and Evanston braxH&es place the total at $16,000,000 and the commissioners have hopes to he able to have the ditches opened in five or six years. It is expected that some revenue can. be obtained from the leasing of lands and dock privi- legesand a great deal more from the pais of water power which the district will be able to offer next ItiThHafi f The farmers arid grain shippers o| the state have how got after the house railroad committee to secure action on the reciprocal demurrage bill, which will penalize railroads for failure to deliver cars when ordered. Fifty managers of farmers' elevator companies appeared before Guy Bush and hi^ committeemen. Their spokes man declared they wefe tired of the petty grafting of railroad employes, of having their grain spoil in their ele vators while they whistled for cars, of .losing their prices on the market, and having contracts thrown back at them. They affirm that they represent 100,- 000 farmers in this effort to secure the passage of a law which will assess a fine pf $1 for every car which is or dered of the railroad and not delivered within 24 hours. The grain shippers made strong arguments* and with the backing they have behind them are fairly confident of getting their bill out of the committee with a favorable report, although further consideration has been delayed for a week* ? ^ Fight Temperance Measures. J, Keepers of the groggerles arid"pf- mills at Highwood, which are patron ised by the soldiers at Fort Sheridan, are reported to be taking active steps, to oppose the passage of the Law rence bill, prohibiting the sale of in toxicants within four miles of an army post or a soldiers' home. Ru mors are current in Springfield that the owners of the places that would be wiped out by the passage of the measure are making up a fund to finance a campaign, and'that further more they contemplate sending a lob- <y to, the statehouse to work in con junction with the Elements that are opposing the local option bill. Tem perance reformers are agitated over the tidings, and the prospective fight over local option grew larger when additional rumors were set afloat to the effect that all the elements that are struck by any one of the numer ous temperance measures are talking of pooling interests to pat up a united front against all such legislation. County Bill Seems Doomed. The bill extending the civil serv ice to all offices in Cook county was presented by Representative Austin, and the civil service commis sion bills giving the state board con trol over county and city boards and throwing open the examinations to the county at large, providing for the cer tification of only one applicant instead of the three highest after an examina tion, and making other amendments to the present law with a view to per fecting it, also were introduced last week. There is little hope of the pas sage of any of these measures with the exception of the last named, in a modified form, if the temper of the legislature does not change. The com mission's bill arid the Cook county bill probably will never get out of the committee. ^ J Radictf Anti-Pass Bill. -> ' ' Mr. McRoberts' anti-pass bill covers ^ oa wider field than thos^ previously in- 'V"""tiwH^ed and would have the effect of | ^ * preventing the free transportation of s policemen fend firemen by street rail- ways. ' , ?! " The' 2-cent fare bill exempts from IJv,,? i its operation comteon carriers oper- ; ating under local town franchises, thus eliminating street cars. It estab lishes a maximum rate of 2 cents for . persons over 15 years of age, of 1 cent for children between the ages of 10 and 15, of 1 cent for children under 10 it traveling unaccompanied by old- ~ er persons, and provides that children under 10, if accompanied by an adult person, shall be carried free. :• Wheat Winters Well. ^ From all reports obtiiaaMe; it seems that wheat has withstood the winter especially well and th&t a good crop will be harvested. The only dis couraging reports thus far received are from extreme low lands, where the *}V ' fields were covered with ice for sev eral days. Such instances, howeve^ ."fare scarce, and the loss sustained in | such eases will not be felt in the gen- v eral yield of the state. Trouble en Insurance Issue. Governor Deneen's industrial board is having many kinds of trouble with Its proposed bill making it obligatory on all employers to create such insur ance funds for their employes. The suggestions of the commission are con sidered too radical for any practical purpose of legislation, and the attor neys who have been asked to draw the measure have thrown up their hands in despair. '•r^vV»• Farmers' Association Officers. The Farmers' and Grain Dealers' as sociation of Illinois elected the follow- ing officers: President, Lee Kincaid, Athens; vice president, Thomas Lamb, Jr., Bemant; secretary, J. A. Mc- Creary, Mason City; treasurer^ J. B Abbott, Mason City. An address on "Reciprocal Demurrage," by George S. Loftus of St. Paul, Minn., was deliv ered at the afternoon session^ mil Oppose Sunday Closing. t The Sunday closing bills '«n» '«*• pected to draw a heavy fire from the Uhited societies, an organization thai embraces over a hundred clubs ana brotherhoods that march under the "personal liberty", banner and are op posed to any curtailment of the privi lege of drinking on any of the seven days of the week. If the fight takes the Erection now looked for by the temperance men, the United societies will ally themselves with the Liquor Dealers' Protective association, the resort- keepers at Highwood will come in as additional re-enforcement and the three elements will put up an ener getic battle against local option, the Sunday closing bill and the four-mile limit measure. V*'T iSjf Complain of Clinics^ . The house appropriations commit tee, with its control of the state purse strings, has up for judgment the new methods employed by the state board of charities in the management of state institutions. The committee will investigate the manner in which in sane patients of the Elgin asylum are treated. Special complaint has been made by Speaker Edward Shurtleff of clinics conducted by Dr. V. H. Pod- stata, superintendent of the institu tion, and attended by# physicians of the Fox River Valley Medical associa tion and other doctors. His complaint was incorporated in a set of resolu tions presented to the house by him and referred to the appropriations committee by him. „ ~~------' t V f Fights Voluntary Relief. A big delegation of labor rgpVefceft- tatives headed by W. M. Rossell, sec retary of the legislative committee of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and by C. A. Randall, legislative represen tative of the Order of Railway Train men, appeared before the house com mittee on judiciary and urged the passage of house bill No. 13, which seeks to abolish so-called "voluntary relief associations" such as prevail on certain railway systems. This bill provides that any insurance contract of this kind shall not act as a bar to action for damages for death or injur ies and is one of the measures that or ganized labor will press for passage. SQY LINER LARCH MONT 60 ES ©OWN INICY WATER* . DEAD MAY NUMBER t£o Only Nineteen Survivors Found on Blook Island--Story of Collision With the Schfwi#^,• ',f; . Knewlton.• Just how lives in Mount Vernon as It Now Appears. come upon M o u n t V e r n o n when the sunlight floods the long- tiled gallery, and the guards lazily stretch their legs and yawn at your a p p r o a c h ; t o watch the blue s m o k e c u r l i n g from. the chim neys, and see the b a r n - y a r d f o w l s cluck noisily about and then flap their wings and run, is almost to see the old place as when Washington met his friends half way down the drive, or saluted them from afar. This is as you find it when you are set down like a duck in a puddle, right on the edge of the most historic spot in America. You pass along in the shadow of the squat brick wall, topped off with orna mental pickets, past the higher red brick wall mottled with patches of whitewash and topped off pfth its moss-grown coping, that winds along up the hill like a fiuge snake, over which the red roofs show in utter defi ance of Its great landlord's effort to hide their every-day existence and homely suggestions. While you pou ter why Washington's back door was mass of modern hairpins and feminine furbelows. The sitting room of Nellie Custis, that of Martha Washington, the family dining room and the library* each with its wealth of heirlooms, tells of the painstaking care and research of many years. In these rooms the Regents sleep, and work, and live, and imbue themselves with the spirit of the Washlngtons. The attendants, for the most part, are more replete with new uniforms than historical information, but there is reason for knowing that it was In the dear old library that Washington received the official announcement of Ms election as president of the United States. There are 17 closets In three sides of this room--curious little closets within closets, none perceptible to the passing traveler, but cleverly concealed as a part of the walls and woodwork. You must wade knee deep through cherry tokens to reach the old' con servatory, with the quaint, rambling servants' quarters tucked away under the eaves on each side, while sloping roofs and whitewashed walls remind one somehow of Bobbie Burns. It is curious how the American trav eler prefers to pilfer his historic treasures rather than to pay a .trifle for them. The old gardener thinks this is the case, and it is only by the greatest vigilance that he has for so many years preserved the historic out- Block Island, R. I.- many persons lost their the sinking of the Joy line steamer Larchmont in Block Island sound through a collision with the three^ masted schooner Harry Knowlton may never be accurately known. A con servative estimate of the number who lost their lives is placed at 150. Over 50 bodies have been washed ashore on the same be^ch where the survivors landed. v > Only Two Weipen Survivors. There were only two women among the survivors, Mrs. Harris Feldman, of New York, and Miss Sadie Gallup, of f Boston; That itny one should have been able to go through those terrible hours of Tuesday morning, when the tempera ture was at zero and a northwest gale was hurling frozen spray into the little boats, was perhaps onV of the most surprising features of the disaster. Nearly all the surviving passengers interviewed agree that the crew* and officers behaved well. With the first shock and the Inrush of water and es cape of steam from the broken main steam pipe, Captain McVey realized the scope of the accident The crew was called to quarters, each man springing to his station as the call to desert the ship was taken. Passengers Fight for Boats. Panic-stricken passengers, aroused from sound aleep, rushed wildly on V $148,000 Mayor Asha Removal of Bank Com missioner for Neglect of Duty Inpompeteiii^.- NaCHONT, block t*Jm Tomb of Washington in 8ummer Time. Reception by the Governor. Gov. H"id Mrs. Charles S. Deneen gave the third of a series of recep tions to be held at the executive man sien this winter for the members of the legislature. A dinner preceded the reception, at-Which the justices of the supreme coJrt were guests. An Informal musical program was given. Mr. and Mrs. Deneen were assisted In receiving by ttufe state officers and their wives, Including Lieut. Gov Lawrence Y. Sherman and Miss Sher man and Auditor and Mrs. J. S. Mc- Cuilough, ^ [;'n£ Per SUite 'iWStoek : • < < Representative Walter Provine and ' Senator Chafee both introduced bills providing for state inspection of slaughtering houses, Stipulating that a state jbioard of live stock commission ers ahuH have inspection of all slaugh- terlafgifeMises made by the state veter- lnuis» Mid his assistants. In both houses the bill creating a dlvidoo in the Illinois National guard and also the position of major general was Introduced in the house by Ker- rfrk nftlt .lh^> Civil Service Legislation. If civil service legislation is enacted by the legislature it will be late In the session, and if i* bill does pads it will carry no extension of the present civil service list. This statement was made by one of the most influential members of the house. - • The state commission wjll have its comprehensive measure, extending civil service regulations to all the state reformatory Institutions and de partments, the usual exceptions in re gard to chief clerks, etc., being in cluded. .. JV:/ " ' flans for Labor Convention. Arrangements have been completed for the legislative labor convention which will be held here the latter part of this month or the first of March. Williami Rossell and Leland P. Smith, members of the legislative committee of the Chicago Federation of Labor, are enthusiastic over the prospects for the convention. "It will be the greatest labor demonstration that has Ms front door, and prepare to salute1 the shades of his greatness, a man with a camera and a "taking" expres sion whirls into view, and before you know it yours Is one of the strange faces that looks out from the gallery, all wondering, even though knowing, what he is going to do. But it's of no use to fret. Like trouble, he is ever with you--thicker than dandelions on a summer green. If he divides the honors with any one, it's with the woman who wants a souvenir of Gen eral Washington. ^ Here in the banquet room, on the spot where Lafayette, Rochambeau, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, and the Artists Houdon, Peale and Trum bull, besides many great revoltwtionary generals, dined, the women horn their executive sessions. The beautiful silver mounted mirror that adorned Washington's banquet board is re moved, and upon the table they write of the progress that saved the old hoUse from ruin. To the Regents of the Mount Vernon association, who come once each springtime and actu ally live, eat, and drink, and sleep under the famous old roof, does the place owe its air of homelike com fort, as well as its preservation. It is the Banquet room that was prepared for the first time by the hands of Lafayette and a company of French noblemen, who chanced to be house guests. The story runs that a ball was to be given, and the im ported paper had arrived, but no paperhangers. Mrs. Washington mourned, but the chivalrous Lafayette, always ready to do or die, consoled her--he was equal to the emengency, and he and his friends hung the paper, assisted by the general and his house hold. In this historic room, the wo men are literally surrounded by the priceless treasures that they have collected from the fading past for the benefit of future generations. The Washington that Rembrandt Peale pictures, facing the difficulties of Yorktown, glorifies the side of the room, while from a mahogany cabinet comes a substantial suggestion of the convivial cheer that went around the festive board through the medium of the ponderous punch bowl, or the quaintly cut champagne glasses. Many a trifle that tells of the love of fem inine finery fills another case--rare bits of lace, miniatures, silver and chipa--a delicious bit of feminine folly woven indelibly into the meshes of all time. It does seem a bit ghastly to turn In with the ghosts of the great, upon the bed where Washington died, but it has been done; and, too, where Latay-been seen in this state," said Mr. Ros- _ sell. "We shall have representatives J ette rested. On the <raafot ttttl* dt*ss- from every large body of organized |ng case. *here reposed his august oue. \:-y won. each sprinctime, l!es * riotow line of the garden as originally planted and laid off by Washington. Again, Mrs. Letter's generosity and fine judg ment are shown, for she is chairman of the committee on grounds and shrubs, as well as interested in the garden and greenhouse. Many a rare plant finds its way to Mount Vernon through her efforts. The gardens are maintained at an efxpense of over $2,000, but between $600 and $700 of this amount Is realized from the ^ale of plants. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst is a model farmer, and spends her money and talent freely. She has preserved and beautified the wharf at an ex pense of more than $10,000. She di rects the superintendent as to the vegetable garden that supplies the taT)le maintained for the attendants, advises about the deer park that hangs on the hill's edge over the Potomac, and otherwise acts as a beneficent power all about the prem ises. She topk a practical view of the herd of Jersey cattle that browsed around, and when they failed to keep the, old-fashioned milkhouse as well supplied as neoessary she had them sold and a pretty herd of Guenfiseys driven in. In the spacious old kitchen where things run riot, the traveler buys either a glass of milk or a picture to carry away as a souvenir. Somehow, one can't help but feel that even the kine belonged to Washington, because they browse on his plantation. There is a drawl as soft as a sum mer's day tn the volc«t of most of the attendants, all the way from Thomas Bushrod--the old sexton of Pohlck church, and a belonging of Bushrod Washington's family--on down to the superintendent. Bushrod lacks the oratorical powers of his predecessor. Edmund Parker, who for so many years kept lonely vigil, but what he lacks in that way he makes up in veneration for the tomb and the lofty honor of guarding the great general'* eternal doorway^ < - Perhaps there is nothing that so much shows the stability of Mount Vernon's first landlord, Washington's father, as the rambling old brick stable, built In 1733, of brlcks^imported from England. There are patches of moss and Ivy vines trailing over it, but no signs of age. An old farmer re marked that "there Isn't to-day a bet ter barn in Virginia." Down this slope is the old coach house, where stands the rickety, weatherbeaten coach In which Washington was wont to drive to church in Alexandria, Can and Dees. *Figo*e« never lie." "No, but a good dressmaker can make them stretch the truth consld- Map showing location of Block Island, near which the shipwreck disaster occurred. deck and mobbed the boats and rafts, men and women fighting each other, forgetful of all but the primal instinct of self-preservation. Some of the male passengers recovered from their first fright and assisted in the work of car ing for the women and children first. Many were suffocated below in. their quarters by the steam, or drowned be neath the deck. The Larchmont left Providence well laten with freight and a crew esti mated at about 50 and a passenger list which even the officers of the company, by the most careful calculation, are unable to place accurately, the figures ranging from 75 to 300. Cities and towns in southern New England have already contributed a list of missing Inhabitants thought to have been on the steamer that total nearly 70, and It Is believed that to-day will bring material additions to the list A large number of the missing were from Providence and cities and towns between that city and Worcester, Mass., while there were also passen gers on the boat from Boston and oth er places In southern Massachusetts. The crew was about equally divided between New York and Providence. Salvationists Pray as 8hip 8lnks. Among those lost is said to have beeln a little band of salvation army workers from Worcester. This band of Salvationists, said to have numbered ten persons, furnished, according to reports, one of the thrill ing Incidents of the disaster. When it was evident that the boat must sink and the frenzied passengers were en deavoring to get into the boats, the Salvationists are said to have fallen on their knees, where they joined In prayer, invoking the Almighty to save and protect the shipwrecked people. Only one of this little band, a woman, is said to be among the survivors. The Joy line officials have he gun an Investigation of the collision. What official investigation will be made rests upon the decision of the United States inspectors and will probably take place in this city. It will be the duty of such officials to place the blame of the disaster and report to the department of commerce. Another Victim Dies." Providence, R. I. --- Samuel L. LaCombe, of Manchester, N. H., one of the survivors of the wrecked steamer Larchmont, died from the ef fects of the exposure following the disaster, at the Rhode Island hospital Thursday night This reduces the number of survivors to 18. .Editors Go After Madden. • Stu' Paul, Minn.--The Minnesota Edi torial association Friday pledged Itself to work for the "disbarment" of Third Assistant Postmaster General Mad den, "who has proved himself ineffi cient to hold office." Britain, Conn. WHHam I". Walker, the missing« treason er of the Savings Bank of New Brit ain, took more than half a million dollars' worth of securities from the bank vaults, according to a statement Issued by the directors Wednesday. The directors met late in the after noon, after the collateral in the bank had been examined by State Bank Commissioners Kendall and Noble. There Is left a surplus of about $143,000 over and above the amount due to depositors, the actual shortage being $565,000. The directors believe the greater part of the securities will he recovered. * o As the bank commissioners were preparing a statement to give to the directors, Mayor George If. Landers sent a letter to Gov. Woodruff asking that Commissioner Kendall be re moved from office on the ground of neglect of duty and Incompetency. He pointed out i& this letter that when Mr. Kendall began an examination of the affairs of the bank last Thursday Treasurer Walker, on a plea of Illness, left the bank, and Commissioner Ken dall did not continue his work, but re turned home to wait Walker's con venience, knowing at the time that the latter did not return home that d«r. The alleged wrongdoing of Mr. Walker has created a tremendous sensation. He was held in the highest esteem, was a church officer and * Citizen who apparently lived quietly. He was not known to be interested in Stock investments of any kind or in any outside enterprises. For about 27 years he had been a bank officer and was under bonds of $20,000. The bank had deposits of upwards of $8,- 000,000. New Britain, Conn.--The directors of the Savings Bank of New Britain at a meeting Friday, empowered the committee of directors to offer a re ward for the arrest of William P. Walker, the defaulting treasurer. JAPANE8E AFFAIR 8ETTLED. Oriental School to Close When t«nm1> gratlon Bill Passes. Washington.--The San Francisco school controversy, growing out of the segregation of the Japanese school children in that city, has been set tled. The basis of the agreement reached at the White House confer ence Friday is that Mayor Schmitz and the members of the school board will, immediately after the passage of the immigration bill, as reported by the conferees in congress, abolish the oriental schools and again admit Jap anese children into the white schools. The president and Secretary Root gave the San Franciscans assurance that if the bill is not passed at this session of congress an extra session will be called immediately after the adjournment on March 4. RAILROADS TO BE PRO8ECUTE0. Accused of Violating Law Relating to: Shipment of Cattle. , Washington.--The' departmWfc of justice, through the United States at torneys in the several states, is about to begin proceedings against a num ber of railroads for violations of the law relating to the shipment of cattle. The law, which was approved June 20, 1906, provides that cattle shipped In Interstate commerce shall not be con fined on cars longer than 28 hours consecutively without their being un loaded for food, rest and water, ex cept In cases where a request Is previ ously made, the time may be extended to 36 hours. BOY TRAIN-WRECKERS CONFE8S. Twenty-Four Passengers Injured. Oklahoma City, Okia.--Twenty-four passengers were cut and bruised and the engineer and firemen seriously hurt when Rock Island passenger train No. 7 crashed into a switch en gine here. ^ M" 1 "J V {, , $ 41yva: *\ sf* Minnesota Paper Changes Hantys. Winona, Minn.--A deal was closed Tuesday whereby H. G. White, of Winona, and F. J. Rucker, of Council Bluffs, la., became owners of the In dependent, the latter purchasing the interests held by W. C. Lyman. Count Creighton's Will Missing, Omaha, Neb.--The last will of the late Connt Creighton his disappeared. A will made three years ago lias been tamd. but it is believed there is a t»ter one. Judge Wool worth, Creigb> ton's lawyer. lUefl «e^ear 4*0. Admit Crime In Georgia, Their Object Being Robbery. Tallaposa, Ga.--Four boys, led by Carl Davis, the oldest 13 years, have confessed to attempting to wreck a Southern Railway train Just east of here Tuesday night. An accommoda tion train from Atlanta ran into an open switch. The engine was demol ished and the engineer and fireman badly bruised, but the passengers es caped. The lock had been broken and the switch left open. The boys said their obpect was to rob the express car. Refuses to Be Reimbursed. Topeka, Kan.--Frank E. Grimes, ex- State treasurer, who recently volun tarily paid the state $9,000 to cover an alleged shortage found under his administration, Tuesday stopped a movement to have the legislature re imburse him. Mr. Grimes returned Tuesday from New Mexico and wrote Senator Smftfc, who had Introduced a reimbursement bill in the senate, to withdraw the measure, and this was Ask a Demurrage L«¥|^^ Springfield, 111.--The fourth annual meeting of the Farmers' Grain Deal ers' association of Illinois ended Thursday afternoon, after the adoption of a resolution asking congress to pass a national reciprocal demurrage law. •. . Mother and Babe Burn to Oeatfi. Pontotoc, Miss.--Vainly endeavoring to extinguish flames which enveloped her Infant son, Mrs. Charles Mauldln was burned to death at her hoBd> near fcere Thursday. The baby also died. '/ Cleveland ^Contractors Indicted. Cleveland, O.--The federal grand jury Wednesday returned indictments against eight contracting companies and firms on the charge of violating the eight-hour labor law in connection with-government work. Wage Increase for Telegraphers. New York.--An increase of ten per cent. In the salaries of telegraph oper ators at the company's principal offices throughout the country was an- novneed Wednesday by-the Western Union Tele®w»& ootentoy. ROADS *- Much Activity Promised Ian Systems and E*te!tfttbi» *n All I^Wh^le,u.Thls spring Will see precedented activity anent the buil<i|p| ing of electric roads In southern IllK ! nols. A franchise., has been secure<| and right of ways bought for the exs*/r "v 4 tension of the east side suburban syal, tem from Belleville to Mascoutah, an^lf it is expected to Commence work ii j ~s the sprlrig. 11 - - "^0. Plans are also under way for e* f tending the present interurban systerar^.,', at Mount Vernon, Ind., to Mount Vej^ f' non, 111. The proposed line will ruic '* • through Fairfield, Burnt Prairie, Cross£ ,y ville, Grayville and New Hartnony^ , crossing the Wabash river at |he !a{|| ter point It is ultimately expecte!!' 7 • to continue this line westward an<|L. >. the east side system eastward, takinj^f in Nashville and intermediate points^- this city being the only county seafT;.; between the two systems after th$ * proposed extensions have been consT1 pleted and will furnish the link t$~ form a crass-state interurban line eon/ ^ necting Evansville and St. LouiSgfj•' : South of here franchises have als»-:/i' been secured to build interurban line# ;• through Pinckneyville, Du Quoin, Coufe tervllle and other cities, connecting with the east side system at Belleville^ REMOVE INSANE VETERANS. Eleven Sent from llllnole Home ttf| , Washington Institution. v<>; * Bloomington.--pitiful ^spectiwl^'|;"!:§| was the removal of 11 veterans froi* ^ the National Soldiers' home In Vermil$ j lion county to the government hospital for the insane in Washington, D. Of, , / It was neecssary to handcuff them, a% ' \ some of the insane old soldiers wer# -A • ferocious in their actions and fough^ l T and snarled like wild beasts. It wag, _ i'y necessary to send them in charge of #-' strong escort. " ' \ ' "V" Honor Lincoln's Memofy. |V a ' Springfield.--Lincoln's birthday ao£ * niversary was generally observed ll| • V.< Springfield, the home of the emanci^ , * pator. Gov. Newton C. Blancfaard og . • <., Louisiana was the chief speaker a£ . v~'.| the annual banquet given by the Sai^x. gamon club at the Mini Country clufci# Speaker Edward Shurtleff, State Serif •> U ator O. F. Berry and Gov. Charles ^ Deneen also spoke on the life of Liitf coin.' „ .," K" Dreams He's a Hero; to Hufti <•" Areola^--W. H. Crist, tax collecto^' Of Bourbe® township, had a nightmaref , jumped from bed and leaped through - a window, smashing the glass. One#; outside, he thought the building wag: in flames, and to rescue his wife jumped back through the shattere<|, window, cutting himself badly on thife jagged glass. The second jumjPl through the window awakened him. Kemmerer Will Held Valid. Taylorville.--Judge Rose, in the Cfilt court of Christian county, has nounced that the will of the late P. Kemmerer of Assumption is valid, an<F^ "f now, unless the heirs carry the cas^ to a higher court and have the decii ion reversed there, Assumption wil have an orphans' home supported this man's endowment. , , a# >. Bt' « 8. M. Hicks Appointed Supervisor, Carlinville. -- The appointing boarfp of Barr township, met for the purpos# of appointing a supervisor to fill ou|;: the unexpired term of the late J. W5f^ Dalby. The board selected. S. Hicks, a prominent farmer of that place. The late supervisor, J. W. by, represented Barr township conl uously for 30 years. r' v Try to Rob Post Office. Sj DeWltt.--Some time between ott$; and two o'clock on the morning Djt-,.* February 7 an attempt was made burglarize the DeWitt post office. T parties had tried to blow open th safe, but were not successful. Ho1 ever, the safe is shattered so that \h< postmaster cannot open It Nothi was taken. wiV- Boy Killed by Train. % P- Bloomington.--Ebon Canfleld, ^7 " young man living south of McLean!" * M was killed by a freight train on th#' * Chicago & Alton. There was no eye? -V" » fV witness to the accident and a younj. " ./ brother of the deceased was the first > ^ one to reach Canfield, who .died sqois alter assistance arrived. :• Normal University Will Celebrate*^. Normal.--The State Normal unlver sity at Normal will this year amimerf w orate the completion of Its first half£> • century, and plans with that end ii| '• i view are now well under way. Th(| . occasion is to be made a part of commencement week program in Jonf* *•, . *»; Terminal Railway Sold. „ - . / ̂ ̂ * For the comparatively } price of $600,000, the property of the " ^ Peoria & Pekln Railway Terminal^ * company was sold at auction. The; ; 1 purchasers were th^ Peoria Rallwajf - V * t-. Terminal company, / •' •-'* ' Thomas Maurice Dead. .Bloomington. -- Thomas Maurice died at his home, one mil south of Arrowsmlth. He had beeif^S* „ $ ill for two i weeks suffering with th#^ Hiflrmitio* t»f old age. Mr. Maurice^ % V- ' was 79 years of age. '-0£. » & Threatens Preacher's 11%'?. Kankakee.--Rev. William a5 day, the b^ssbatl evangelist of Ch%f>i * cago, who is conducting a great revive al meeting in this city, roeebred ai| anonymous letter in w}itch bis Ufqi was thjfevtefeed if he remained anjb -. longer In tbe city. v f ff ' • Leprosy at' 4' 1 ^ Cairo.-^A steamboat man named, Williams, a patient in the Unlted| ^ States marine hospital there, has a; * case of leprosy He has been in tlw;*' hospital for some time. p