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. .** .**1 -ii* < - * mMpAs'.': ¥<t •* £*~ ; .V\ "1§|p^S^BJff%%;t " •*" ^ '*""' ' ' '" "'* """" ' iiiiiiimii * '^" *'* " ' ' '"'" : ' *"* ----•-- •any Presents Art Offered to imeriean Officials.r? ̂ CONGRESS' CONSENT NEEDED Without That, Employ** of Uncle Imi May Not Acoopt tho Proffered Honors--Case Full of Deeo- 1 rations Waiting. By QEORQC CLINTON. Washington.--When a largo reeep- doa ia given at the White Houie the »iest sees occasionally some other ..guest In civil life wearing over the Jbosom of his dress shirt some medal­ lion or cross or bauble of some kind suspended from his neck by a bright ribbon. There are a good many men is the United States who have been "decorated" by foreign monarchs. If the person chosen for the honor 1b not working in any capacity for the Unit­ ed States government he can take the •decorative present if he chooses to, tout if he is one of Uncle Barn's serv­ ants he must get permission of con­ gress before be can accept from the hands of any foreign king or govern­ ment a present of any kind. There is In the state department a ease full of presents of various kinds intended for American citizens In the government employ. They are wait­ ing there until their hopeful recipients get permission from congress to wear them or carry them, whichever It may be, for sometimes the present is a medal which must be worn, or a pocket knife or something else which must be carried. Recently congress allowed several Army and navy officers and a few civil­ ian employes of the government to ac­ cept gifts from foreign potentates. It "Will be some time before congress will act again in this matter and meantime the presents will pile up, for some­ times they are sent direct to the state department and if not, they are turned over to the department by the men 'who hope some day to get permission to claim possession. Many Gifts Are Offered. Slnoe the United States became a "world power every nation On the face •of the globe has sought to give its of­ ficials presents of one kind or another. The emperor of Ethiopia was one of the monarchs to come bearing gifts. It was his desire onoe on a time to present a ribbon, a pin and a star, the symbol of an order which has existed elnce the day of Solomon and Sheba. to R. P. Skinner, an American citizen, one time consul at Marseilles. King Edward VII. of England tried eoccesslvely to get permission from congress to give a silver Ink stand to <3eorge H. Bridgeman, American con­ sul at Kingston, Jamaica, and a sil­ ver writing set to Arthur M. Beaupre. -who was then our minister to the Ar­ gentine Republic. Edward also at one time had In stock a good many souve­ nir coronation medals, a sword or two .and several silver watches which he "wanted to hand over with an expres­ sion of his kingly regard to army and navy officers and to lighthouse keep­ ers who owed allegiance to the repub­ lic. Edward finally had his way. It took the shah of Persia two years to get permission to give a diamond enuff box to Richmond Pearson, who was our minister at one time to Tehe­ ran. It took the khedive of Egypt two years also to secure permission to iMstow on Ethelbert Watts the deco­ ration of the Order of the Osmanlek The government of France, although that country is a republic, was obliged to get the permission of the American congTesa before it could give decora­ tions of the Legion of Honor to Lieut. -Gen. Adna R. Chaffee and about thirty -other American army officers, most of whom witnessed the French army -maneuvers. When last there was an emperor of China he picked out 20 Americans -whom he wished to honor with the •decoration of the Double Dragon. These Chinese baubles are now being worn by their recipients. Hard Lot of a Sailor. President Taft has assigned to Mm for occasional service at the White House several young army and na­ val officers, whose duty It is to act as personal aids. It must not be under- etood that these soldiers and sailors are sent to Washington for the ex­ press purpose of attending on the president at official and social func­ tions. They are sent here to do the ordinary military and naval work 1n the departments, and to attend the ^president only as "side Issues." Once 4n a while some of these younger offl- <cers. In case the president's regularly •appointed "constant personal aid" is Absent, accompany blm on his rides. Lieut. Semmes Read four years •afiro was sent to the capital for navy •duty and to act as one of the White House aids. He had been here about a year wheta he started on a horse­ back ride with the president through 'Rock Creek park. Sailors are not the itoe horsemen ordinarily that army of- Hcers are. and Lieutenant Read was The Little Invalid. Here Is the way one woman kept a •convalescent child from feeling dulL ideas may help mothers of sick •children in their efforts to amnio the Stables: "First, I aaked the little girt who «was si,ck to cut those pictures that rpleaeed her beat out of a pile of old tiagaslnes," said the woman in telling er story. "Then I placed these scraps fin a pocket on a table and called up ithe Invalid's brothers and " sisters, land dealt one picture out to each child to turn. The child sitting to the left Wf me (the dealer) looked carefully at [his picture, and began a story, bring- iftng into it everything he saw In the [picture. "Then theC next child went on with Kb* story, introducing everything Ito turn in hia picture, as so on, till ^everyone had had a part in the story." thrown when his horse shied at an automobile, and his back was Injured. For the last three year* young Read has been an Inmate either of the naval hospital her© or of the Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. He has bee# conflaed to his b«d all the time, and word has Just come from the surgeon* that this young sailor never will walk again, but will be confined to his b^d for the rest of his life. The officer to bearing op manfully under the sen» tenoe of the surgeons. He I* said t» be one of the most cheerful patient* in the United States naval hospital. • > Uulie Home Fifty Years Old. The Louise Home for Aged Women, a noted Washington institution, H now just a half century old. The building !a one of the landmarks of the capital, standing at the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and Fifteenth street, with Thomas circle one block away to the east and Scott circle ope block away to the west. Massachu­ setts avenue is perhaps the finest resi­ dence thorougfare in the city of Wash­ ington. The aged women who occupy the Louise Homo are treated as guests and not as "inmates." They have their calling days, just as do oth­ er Massachusetts avenue residents, and in every way are made to feel that each individual ia "the mistress of the manse." The Louise home was founded by William W. Corcoran fifty years ago. The primary object of the home was to provide for aged gentlewomen who had lost their means of support by reason of the war between the states. The south suffered particularly In this way, and virtually every Inmate of the Louise home is a southern woman. Not long ago a daughter of a president of the United States died at the home. Her father was John Tyler. She had been a guest at the home for many years. Occasionally she would leave ft to attend some social affair at the White House, in which she onoe lived. General Greety Is Popular. Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, who for some years was the chief of the signal corps the United States army, lives In the city of Washington with his family. When General Greely was made a major general be relieved a Kansas soldier, Frederick Funston, as commanding general of tho Pacific di­ vision of the United States army. It was then that General Greely entered upon the active command of troops of the line for the first time in twenty years, for the highest rank of line command which he ever before held was that of a captain of cavalry. At the West Point dinner the other night General Greely, who was a graduate, was one of the guests of honor. There was a little feeling ex­ isting in the army when Greely was given a high rank, which some of the officers felt ought to have been given to another who bad been with troops actively in the field for the major part of his service, but this feeling long ago subsided and the general is an ex­ ceedingly popular officer with all branches of the service. It is known that General Greely** transfer and promotion were given him as a reward for the hardship* which he underwent in the early '80s while conducting a polar expedi­ tion. General Greely was In Washing­ ton during most of his service as a signal officer, and for much of the time his near neighbor was Rear Ad­ miral Wlnfield Scott Schley, who went north and rescued Greely and his party when tbey were on the point of perishing. Trying Portion for a Soldier. General Greely was once placed In one of the most trying positions which ever fell to the lot of a soldier, and there are few men who would have cared to undertake the responsibility, which at that time Greely. as a cap­ tain, shouldered. With his men he was at the point of dying from starva­ tion In the arctic regions. There was left barely enough food to stave off death for a week. -r>Mons per man were cut down t ittit iu * than a mouthful given out once every wen- ty-four hours. A soldier of the command was caught stealing food. In the hope of saving his own life, he was willing that his comrades should perish. The situation was one requiring the stern est measures. Greely knew from his own experience the awful temptation under which the starving soldiers had fallen, for the meager ration of the men was the meager ration of the commanding offloer. Greely walked apart from his men into the solitudes. He came back and ordered a court-martial, in which the enlisted men participated with the commanding officer. Unanimously a verdict of death was voted for the man who was willing to save himself at the cost of the sacrifice of others. Four men were detailed for the exe cutlon of the culprit Four guns were loaded, two with blank cartridges and two with ball cartridges. The con­ victed one was killed, but unless the heavier recoil of the two rifles told the story, the executioners do not know to this day which of them it was who fired the shots that brought death to one who had been their comrsde. Bams Old Complaint. Ts your wife still complaining r "Yes--of me." Wonderful Spectacle. In an article In Munsey's Magazine, entitled. "A Protestant's Impression of Lourdes," George H. Jessop tells of * visit to the famous Catholic shrine U> the Pyrenees. Says he: "After dark is the spectacular time at Lourdes. Then the great cross on the Pic de Jer bangs In the heavens like a beacon for souls. Then the mas­ sive front and spire* of the Basilica gleam in fires of azure and crimson and gold. Then the long, ordered pro­ cessions o? p*lgrims wend their way through the darkness, hundreds upon hundreds of men and women, each bearing aloft a consecrated candle, and halting, a serried mass of devo­ tees, in the great square before the Basilica." COLD BROUGHT IT ON The Difference. Lawyer--I want to examine the title the deeds. Poreign Nobleman--Oh. I*ve only the title*. My prospective bride ail the deeds. Girl's Aim We* Good. Through a window in her bedroom, a young woman residing in Jersey City hurled a cut glaas bottle at s youth who was trying to enter he* -apartment one recent morning. The shattered glass cut the man. whe dropped from the sfccond story to * shed and escaped. •TATE CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN 8PRINGFIELD JUNE 11-13. 1,000 fXPECTEO TO ATTEND On the Closing Day Members of the Two Illinois Associations Will Demonstrste Their Ability as Athletes. Springfield.--Pharmacists and phar­ maceutical travelers of the state will gather more than a thousand strong in the annual convention of the Illinois Pharmaceutical association and its auxiliary, the Illinois Pharmaceutical Travelers' association, to be held in Springfield June 11, 12 and 13. Officers of the Sangamon County Retail Druggists' association, who are making extensive plans for the enter­ tainment of the prospective visitors, declared that the convention will be t?e biggest held since the organiza­ tion of the state associations. The largest previous meeting was held at Decatur two years ago and enjoyed an attendance of more than a thousand persons. The coming meeting will far exceed this mark, if predictions based upon communications received from other cities prove correct. A personal invitation to every druggist and trav­ eler with drug or accessory lines in the state will be sent out by the San­ gamon county association. Social activities will occupy every moment throughout the three days of the convention not actually needed for the transaction of association busi­ ness. The gaiety of the occasion will be greatly enhanced by the presence of several hundred ladies who are ex­ pected to accompany the delegates to Springfield. Beginning with a celebra­ tion, including a brass band, in wel­ come to the Chicago delegation which will arrive early upon the opening day of the meeting in a special train, the 'tay of the visitors in the city will be one continuous festivity. The entire delegation from down state will accompany the band to the Alton station to welcome their Cook county colleagues and from the sta­ tion the assembled "dopesters" will march to the state house, where the opening business session will be held. The house of representatives chamber has been chosen for this meeting. Ad­ dresses of welcome by Governor De- neen and Mayor Schnepp will be fea­ tures of the convention's opening. One of the most enjoyable features of the entire meeting is expected to be the production of the minstrel show and "Jay circus" of the Social Druggists' club of Chicago, which will take place at a theater which has not yet been chosen. Admission will be by invitation only. Members of the associations will demonstrate their ability as athletes on the closing day of the convention. A field day, to include events for per­ sons of both sexes and all ages, will be held either at Washington or Lin­ coln park. One of the most interesting contests will be a baseball game to be staged with Chicago and down-state druggists as opponents. Every player must be a full-registered pharmacist and will be required to show his cre­ dentials before entering the game. investigate Use of Cigarette*. Mrs. Florence A. Hyde, state organ­ iser, and J. Scott Hyde, director of divisions for the Illinois Anti-Cigar­ ette league, are in Springfield, in the interest of this movement Rev. John R. Golden of this city is a member of the recently organized state central committee, and will serve a* chairman of the local committee, which will be organized aa quickly as possible. County Superintendent of Schools Pruitt has accepted a place- on the lo­ cal committee, and the movement will extend throughout the county. The work being taken up by the newly organized state society is large­ ly along the line* of careful investiga­ tion with a view to ascertaining the real facts about cigarette smoking. The spectacular and sensational cam­ paign has no place in the present movement, according to the workers now in the city. A number of prominent educators are Identified with the organization in an official capacity, including J. Stanley Brown of the Joliet township high school. President David Felmly, of the State Normal university at Nor­ mal, County Superintendent Charles H. Watts of Champaign county and George W. Brown of Edgar county, and City Superintendent Potts of East St. Louis. The Investigation includes a canvass among the physicians, employers and representative citizens for the purpose of ascertaining their attitude toward the use of cigarettes, especially by boys. The canvass among the physicians was begun, but has not been carried far enough to announce the results. PHILANTHROPIST GAVE $6,000,000 TO SMALL COLLEGES. Catied School* He Helped "My CMt> dren"--Amassed Fortune In Timber. Chicago, April St.--Dr. Daniel HL Pearson*, aged philanthropist, died Saturday morning. The end came after day* of uncer­ tainty on the part of the attending physician and after Dr. Pearsons had rallied so much that his friends hoped he would recover and live to be one hundred years old, as he had predicted at the celebration of his last birthday. Dr. Pearsons contracted the cold which developed into pneumonia while celebrating his ninety-second birthday April 14. He told friends then that he Kit Accept Plans of Danville Men. The controversy between the state board of• agriculture and State/Archi­ tect Zimmerman has been adjusted and bids for the new buildings at the fair grounds will be advertised for at once. Plans for the buildings were drafted, by Lewis & Steube of Dan- viHe, but later Governor, Deneen re­ fused to sanction the payment of state funds for the improvements unless the plans were approved by the state architect. Contractors were on hand in anticipation of the letting of the contract, but the awards were held up pending the outcome of the dispute. At a meeting In Chicago attended by the state architect add members of the building committee of the board of agriculture, an agreement was reached that the plans of the Dan­ ville architects would be accepted by the governor, with a few changes to be made by State Architect Zimmer­ man. It is expected to award the con­ tract in about a month. lillnela Peaches Blighted. A. M. Augustine, president of the Central Illinois Horticultural society, doubts the coming of a peach crop In Illinois this yeaA^^^AU through central Illinois he finds peach trees dead or so badly injured by the severe winter weather that they will be unable to produce any peaches. Plums appear to be in the same condition. Cherry and pear trees give promise of an av­ erage crop. Apples appear to have been uninjured. Call for State Bank Statements. Auditor McCullough has issued a call for statements of Illinois banks as to their condition for the period end­ ing April 19. There are 675 state banks, compared with 569 for the peri­ od ending February 21. Will Shift Presbyterian*. Rev. W. M. Maxton of Duquoin, state clerk of the presbytery, has an­ nounced the following list of changes in the pulpits of the various Presby- teriai. churches of central and south­ ern Illinois, which are soon to become effective: s Rev. Rollin R. Marquis, D. D., from Rock River presbytery to Lawrenc^ ville; Rev. W. T. Campbell, from Pe­ oria presbytery to Mount Carmel; Rev. Rollin G. Shafer to Grayville; Rev. B. T. Watson, from Bloomlngton presbytery to Albion; Rev. John Ham- merson to Zlon, 111.; Rev. Charles F. Record, from Bloomlngton presbytery to Centralis; Rev. R. L. McWheeler, from Ewlng presbytery to Blooming- ton presbytery. Rev. Henry B. Wooding of Pinckney- ville has been granted a year's leave of absence during which he will enroll as a student at the University of Edin­ burgh, Scotland. ( Rev. W. C. Mahr and Harry Ander­ son of McLeansboro, will represent Ewing presbytery at the general as­ sembly to be held at Louisville, Ky., in May. To Discuss Taking Over of Dunning. Judge L. Y. Sherman, Frank T. Whipp and Thomas O'Connor, mem­ bers of the board of administration, left for Chicago, where they will hold a conference with the Cook county commissioners relative to the state taking over Dunning hospital July 1. Illinois Corporations. Secretary of State Rose issued cer­ tificates of Incorporation to the fol­ lowing: Perelra Brothers, Chicago; Capital, $5,000. incorporators--Saul Perelra, Arthur Perelra and I. S. Bumenthal. Free port Cascade Laundry company, Freeport; capital, $2,500. Incorpora­ tor--q. l. Herrmann, P. J. Carnahan, M. M. Baumgartner. Dolly Electric Specialty company, Chicago; capital, $9,000. Incorpora­ tors--Edward W. Dolliver, William M. Pearl, Wilbert A. Focbman. Rockford Riding Device company, Rockford; capital, $10,000. Incorpor­ ators-- H. L. Brelnis, C. C. 8hockley and Ernest R. Rupdquist. Masona company, Chicago; capital, $2,500. Draugyste Motinos Szaucziausios Ro- sanacavox, Chicago; benevolent. In­ corporators--Joseph Dionovski, Wine- enta Jereckene, Marciona Sserekans- kls. ynlon Printing Press Repair com­ pany, Chicago; capital, $2,500; manu­ facturing. Incorporators--August W. Anderson, Samuel 8. Parks and James W. Burke- Teach Farming in Schools I* Plan. A bill, designed to bring about anew era in Illinois schools in agricultural and practical Instruction, has been tentatively drafted. This bill, the wsrk of a sub-commit­ tee from the recent meeting at Cham­ paign of the Illinois State Bankers' as­ sociation, and the state educational commission, was drawn at a meeting in the office of 8tate Superintendent F. G. Blair and will be sent to Presi­ dent B. F. Harris of the bankers' body at Champaign. He then will call an­ other joint meeting to consider the bill which, if adopted, will be Introduced at the next session of the legislature. This bill provides In substance for the equipment of schools for training In agricultural, manual training and domestic science departments. One million dollars is proposed as the ap­ propriation for the work. The movement in behalf of the new avenues of education and the means of establishing them was fostered largely by President Harris of the State Bankers' organization. The Joint meeting was held a short time ago In Champaign and took the form at that time of the executive committee of the state educational and banking asso­ ciations. State Superintendent F. G. Blair, David Felmley of Norman and R. E. Helronymous. secretary of the educa­ tional association, were named as a sub-committee to draft the proposed law in the rough and It was they who have prepared the tentative measure. Many Are Given Work. In the year ending September 30, 1911, 59,827 persons secured positions through. the six free employment of­ fices of Illinois. This report was made from the office of the state bu­ reau of labor statistics. The combined reports from the three employment offices in Chicago, one In Peoria, one in East St. Louis and the last In this city, show there were 68,228 applications for help. The total cost of maintenance Of the office for the year was $42,427.12. Deneen Aids Sufferers. One hundred tents and $00 cote, far­ ther equipment of the Illinois National Guard, were sent to the relief of Illi­ nois residents who have come in for temporary desolation from thia year's calamities. The shipment Waa made to Bush. Governor Deneen directed the sending of the equipment through Adjutant General Dickson. HI* act wa* in response to an appeal from Mayor Gerome Childres of Bush, who In a brief message indicated the weed of the Bush resident*. ' iWMvS was so busy with his "children," a* he called the colleges he endowed, that he "did not have time to die." The funeral arrangements will in­ clude services at the Hinsdale Congre­ gational church, where Dr. Pearson* had worshiped for many years. Dr. Daniel Kimball Pearsons, who came to Chicago in 1860, distributed his fortune of $6,000,000, including even his home, to forty-seven colleges and religious institutions in twenty- four states. The distribution of ftts gifts was crowned in August last year with the donation of his home, library and art gallery to the town of Hinsdale. GRANT BURIED WITH HONORS Interment at West Point After Serv­ ices at Governor'* Island--Cere, mony Was Very 8imple. West Point, N. Y.. April 27.--With full military honors and the salute of IS guns, the remains of Gen. Frederick Dent Grant were lowered into the tomb here Friday. The simple serv­ ices at the cemetery were preceded by more elaborate services in the chapel at Governor's Island, after which the casket, on an artillery cais­ son, was taken to South Ferry and thence to the Forty-second street fer­ ry. The escort, under command of Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, included one regiment of infantry, two troops of cavalry and one battalion of artillery of the Regular army, troops from the New York National Guard, the Vet­ eran Artillery corps and U. 8. Grant post. G. A. R. Ferry boats draped In black trans­ ported the body and its escort across the Hudson river to Weehawken, where a special train was waiting to take the members of the Grant fam­ ily and prominent army and govern­ ment officials to West Point. HERO MEDALS 60 TO 55 Heroism Rewarded in 8ub*tantial Manner by Carnegie Fund Commision. Pittsburg, Pa., April 29.--When the Carnegie hero fund commission an­ nounced its awards here Friday fifty- five acts of heroism received substan­ tial recognition in the form of money, medals, pensions, etc. Of the fifty- five heroes fourteen lost their live* in attempting to rescue others from danger. Fou» awards of sliver medals were made in connection with an explosion of gas in a coal mine at Panama, 111., November 11, 1910. Emil F. Gra- bruck, John J. Wllber, James W. Blay- lock and Arthur E. McReaken left a safe entry after the explosion sad went to the aid of miners. DEBRIS OF CRUISER FOUND Wreckage of Italian Warship Vihieh Took Part In Dardanellee Bom­ bardment Washed Ashore. Constantinople, April 29.--Wreckage believed to be that of the Italian cruis­ er Varese, one of the vessels engaged in the bombardment of the Dardanelle forts last week, was washed ashore at the entrance of the strait. It was re­ ported that Varese wa* badly dam­ aged in the bombardment. George Borup is Drowned. Crescent Beach, Conn., April 29.--- George Borup of New York, who was with Peary in his successful dash to the north pole, and 8amuel Wlnshlp Case of Norwich, Conn., graduate stu­ dents at Yale, were drowned. Killed in Motor Accident. Albany. N. Y., April 29.--Hlnsdll Par- sons, vice-president and general coun­ sel of the General Electric company at Schenectady, was killed in an automo­ bile accident on the Plttaileld road, a few miles east of here. Found Guilty of Killing Husband. Davenport. Ia., April 26.--Mrs. Anna Kllduff. charged with murdering her huBband, John Kilduff, waa found guilty of manslaughter bra Jury here Wednesday after about twelve hours' deliberation. TERSELY TOLD Use Wireless Phone 20 Miles. Tokyo. Japan, April 26.--Experi­ ments made here on Wednesday with the wireless telephone have been suc­ cessful. It has been found possible to converse at a dlstauc* of twenty miles. Peoria.--The scale committee of the Illinois Mine Operators' as­ sociation and the Illinois district of the United Mine Workers of Amer­ ica came to a formal agreement, the terms of whleh were drawn up in a working contract, which will go into force the moment a favorable refer­ endum vote is obtained. Miners in Illinois who have been out of work under a suspension of business, will go to work in the majority of the mines of the state. Bloomlngton.--Mrs. James Frank­ lin, well-ktiown pioneer of Lexing­ ton, dropped dead at her home, aged seventy-two. Two children, Mrs. C. T. Stevens and Mrs. E. G. Hayes, both of Chicago, survive. Danville.--Three patients at Kan­ kakee asylum known as William Moore No. 1. William Moore No. 2 and William Moore No. 3, two of whom have died in the last five years, got the asylum bookkeeper mixed up, ani aroused great interest among rela- ives concerning the Identity of the pa­ tient still alive, also of those buried. One body labeled "William Moore" was buried near Edgar, Edgaf county, five years ago, despite doubts ex­ pressed by the mother and other rela­ tives of a patient of that name sent to the asylum from there. A few months later another "William Moore" died In the asylum and was shipped to Catlin, Vermilion county, and buried by rela­ tives near there. Rockford.--Mrs. A. Emmagene Paul, who died recently ia Chi­ cago, where she was a ward street su­ perintendent, bequeathed her entire estate to two institutions of this city. She left $30,000 which, by the terms of the will, is to be divided equally between the Winnebago County School for Boys and the Rockford hospital. Rockford was her birthplace. The gift to Rockford hospital is made in mem­ ory of Mrs. Paul's parents* Mr. and Mrs. Samuel I. Church. Her love for boys explains the gift to the farm school. She had two sons, both of whom died in childhood. Springfield.--One hundred blankets and a commissary chest bave been sent from Bush for the immediate relief of storm sufferers. Adjutant General Dickson is directing the dis­ tribution of state relief. This is the second shipment of supplies to Bush since the day of the tornadoes. Springfield.--Word has been re­ ceived here of the conviction In Rockford of Owen Tully on a charge of arson. He haB been sen­ tenced for an indeterminate term of one to ten years in the Joliet peniten­ tiary. The state fire marshal's de­ partment charged him with burning a \ house. Springfield.--Contractors in charge of the construction of the monu­ ment at Anderson ville, Ga., In memory of Illinois soldiers of the Civil war, who died In the prison, will have until October 1 of this year In which to complete the monument The shaft Is virtually completed, but a few de­ tails remain, and the Andersonville Monument commission, at a meeting at the capitol, decided to extend the time. Charleston.--The Eastern Illinois Homeopathic Medical society held its semi-annual session here. The meeting closed with a banquet at the Charleston hotel. Those who spoke was: Dr. Julius A. Toren, Chicago; Dr. N. Starr, Charleston; Dr. G. Murne Fellow, Chicago; Dr. John Ewlng, Tuscola. Dr. James J. Rose, Marshall, Is president, and Dr. M. H. Whltlock, Charleston, secretary. Rock Island.--George Payne, a ne­ gro, teamster, shot Mary Bell, a ne- gress, and then killed himself. The woman may recov^f. Springfield.--William H. McLaln. No. 855 South Illinois street, baa qualified in first place for the po­ sition of statistician for the state board of administration. Ten others are on the eligible list. The exam­ ination was conducted to obtain a successor to the late Dr. Frederick Wines. Kankakee.--C. P. Coalhurst, a well- known retired farmer of Cabery, while dreaming he was on the Titanic and attempting to leap Into the waves of the sea. Jumped through the second-story window of his home to the ground below. He did not stop to open the window and cut his face and neck painfully. Aside from being badly shaken up, bruised and scratched, he was none tbe worse for his nightmare. He had been talk­ ing all evening about the Titanic dis­ aster. He is an excellent swimmer and had stated that when the ship had started sinking he would have trusted his life to the waves. Jacksonville.--The Antituberculo­ sis society of Jacksonville has com­ pleted all arrangements for the open­ ing of a dispensary in this city. This will provide free and special treat­ ment for consumptives and also the attention of a visiting nurse. Two rooms adjacent to the Associated Charities in the L'nity building have been secured and will be properly equipped. On two days in the week, an hour each day will be given over to the examination of patients and the diagnosing of cases. Bloomlngton.--Charles E. Hibbs has filed suit against Arthur M. Ellsworth for $25,000 damages, alleging aliena­ tion of his wife's affections. Mrs. Hibbs left her husband some time ago. The members of the two families are leaders in church and society circles of Grand Ridge and two daughters of the defendant are students at the high school. Springfield--Board of health offi­ cials have begun an investigation of reported smallpox and chickenpoa ; epidemics at Chapin and Blufls. I Terrible Pain and Disorders of 01• \ Kidneys snd Bladder. Mrs. Carrie Sommer, 3422 N. Hamltf ton Ave., Chicago, 111., says: "A se* •ere cold settled on my kidneys an<t tl - as through my back and limb* ware so intense 1 could scarcely keejt-. from screaming;. _ My heart troub!«| me and I becamd so dizzy I could barely stoop. Af last I took to my bed and was in. agony for two weeks, the docto* failing to help mew Learning of Doan's Kidney Pills, I be* gan using them and continued until entirely cured. For eight years I have had no sign of the old trouble." "When Your Back Is Lame, Remem» ber the Name--DOAN'S." 50c all stores Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y. < % M •W& Vf,"| V ' V; ̂ , -vi • ?*« M •m TOO BAD FOR HIM. ill iiiSif lili E She (romantically--Ah, whafs tft • name?" He (absently)--Everything la 1& W9 wife's name. Joke Writer's Reply. Blinks--It says here that a woman pointed a toy pistol at a burglar he surrerdored. Jinks--Wise burglar. Ai •cy Garfield Tea, the Incomparable luc*tfv% Pleasant to take, pure, mud In aotioa sap wonderfully health-giving. 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A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman; thus hag been established a confidential corre» spondenca wh|«h has over many years and which has never Im«i| broken, Never have they published n ^ testimonial or used a letter without ifa# written consent of the writer, ana has the Company allowed these couttden* tial letters to get out of their poMeasio^ , as the hundreds of thousands of tbsm -'/< their files will attest. , , Out of the vast volume of expeneno#, - which they have to draw from, it is uiuf* j*- Jf- th*n possible that they poseesa the veijlL"'""^ * knowledge needed in your case. Notii*' tag is asked in return except your good­ will, and their advice has helped sands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, should be glad to take advantage of tlil« generous offer of assistance. Ad­ dress Lydia E. Pink- ham Medicine Co., (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Every woman ©agtu iw Lydin E. Text Book. It Is not aa bMk gt-ueral distribution, IMI it is to#* e&p«u»ive. 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