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ipppiiaif^^ :psps • " " . • - ' . . • • • • - • . • • - . . , :*• oman 65 IN "YOUR OWN" ROOM SOME IDEA3 A8 TO FURNISHING8 AND DECORATION. 4 * 'Proper Preparations for Rest, Amid Cheerful Surroundings, Must Be Looked Tg, and Simplicity Be an Object. Every house takes on the personal­ ity of the dominating individuality dwelling within it, with chameleon- like rapidity. It is inevitable that the household ruler expresses himself or herself unmistakably, in endless lit­ tle wayB, to be discovered on every side. Whether illiterate or a scholar, rich or pool', that influence is evident everywhere throughout the house, with the possible exception of the dif­ ferent bedrooms. One's individual bedroom , is or should be one's king­ dom, and cannot be invaded by any Influence save that of its occupant. It should mean more tfyan merely a place to sleep; It Is "your room," and that expresses something very per­ sonal. Aside* from the question of person­ ality thvre are certain elemental things to be done with a bedroom to r Utility Bed Table. make It at once practical and attrac­ tive. A reasonable amount of hy­ giene does not interfere with either beauty or Individuality, and should be introduced in every case, regard­ less of either. The furniture should be simple and easily cleaned. The draperies should preferably be of BLOUSE OF MANY MATERIALS "Patchwork" Is About the Only Way Properly to Describe Some of the Creations. To apply the word patchwork to cer­ tain fascinating creations of the blousemakers seems far from kind, but one Is at a loss how otherwise to describe them. Nowadays, indeed, one picks up deliberately a motif of embroidery, a square of linen or Ve­ netian lace, a piece of broderie An- glaise and some odd scraps of lace, which need not match, and all of these, placed skilfully together, pro­ duce a resuU that Is naturally unique but is at the same time dainty and original. Many of the most exclusive houses make a fine art of these blouses, and they are very expensive, for the lace of which they are made is real and often valuable and old. But the patchwork blouse may be made very*successfully from odds and ends of the sales--if with the addition of some scraps of real lace which have hitherto been hidden uselessly In a drawer, so much the better. Ecrrn, Note in Embroidery. On thfe authority of the Dry Goods Economist, ecru embroideries are scheduled for a prominent position during the ccmlng season. Paris is ac­ cording special favor to the yellow shades in dress and in millinery, and fashion authorities'have it that this color preference will be reflected here in the spring. Ecru voile novelties are expected to acore heavily and advance orders placed on this type of merchan­ dise are of decidedly encouraging pro­ portions. v Classic draperies are the rule in evening gowns. No combination Is lovelier than satin and tulip. . PI cot edg»d ribbons are in great de­ mand by milliners. Pompons iu soft silk, which give a brush-like effect, and pompons of fur tails make a very effective trimming on the newest hats. Old gold is the newest tone of the autumn, and It is vastly becoming. It isv of course, merely a "touch" tone and not used for entire garments. One of the most original hata launched this season is the ostrich boa hat. A green ostrichboa Is at­ tached oij^fche ^tett upper brim of a amnrt. Tiiediuni sizex rather flat plush model. The boa is drawn down over the left shotilder around tfyd neck and then thrown back over the left shoul­ der. washable materials and easily taken down for an occasional airing. There should be as few pictures on the walls as possible. A small night table^y the bed has a hundred constant uses, and" is an at­ tractive addition to the room. One should alway^Lhave a caudle or a night lamp conveniently a/ hand, as well as drinking waterr^The old-fash­ ioned commode is being used again in the more elaborately furnished roorifts, but the night table Is adaptable to any bedroom where there is a space for It. The growing inclination t% keep the living room and library more imper­ sonal than they were a few years ago has made the writing desk or writing table almost as regularly a bedroom article as is the dressing table. Ta­ bles are probably used more generally than desks. They are furnished with attractive little Bets of drawers, filing cabinets and various similar acces­ sories, that make them good to look at and of practical use. Such a table may be provided with a large table lamp, set near one end, or with two small table lamps of duplicate de­ signs, one being placed at either end of the table. Of course the table should be placed as near a window a* possible. In a very large room the idea of us­ ing chintz and wall paper of the same design may result most attractively. This may even be done in a small room if a small design on rather pale coloring is used. But ordinarily the rule of plain paper and figured hang­ ings and vice versa is the safest thing to follow. It is a rule that one can­ not go far wrong on at least.--New York Tribune. NEW FABRIC IS DELIGHTFUL Nothing Prettier Than the Brocaded Velvet Has Been Introduced for Many Seasons. Almost regal in their loveliness are the new evening fabrics for the com­ ing winter season. And particularly true is this of the new brocaded vel­ vets. For splendor of coloring and richness of designs and variety they are unequaled. One feature is their lightness of weight--a whole gown is not cumber­ some, for the velvet is chiffon weight and woven of very light silk. The newest silks have a chiffon background, filmy and delicate, from which the raised velvet figures stand out in richness and beauty. The cor­ als, rose colors, soft amber shades and greens are unusually beautiful and are being much used for the more ele­ gant toilettes. USEFUL EMPIRE COAT Gifts of Crash and Cretonne STATE TMEPS MEET AT PEORIA ILIA BOTTOM LEY. mnm . j I FIFTY-NINTH ANNUAL SESSION OlF BODY WILL BE HELD DE­ CEMBER 26, 27 AND 28. NOTED INSTRUCTORS TO TALK Yearly Gathering of the Central llll- itoM Association March 28-29-- Meeting Place Is Not Se­ lected. Velveteen, cloth or serge would all make up well in this becoming little coat, which is high-w&isted, and has the bodice and Bkirt part joined togeth­ er by a piping of the material. Cuffs and collar of spotted silk edged with vandyke lace are worn. Dress Hints. That your silk skirt may retain Its freshness and wear longer, sew loops underneath the flounces and always hang the skirt by these. Hanging the frills in opposite directions from what they are worn makes them stand out and prevents the set folds and creases which bring the wear on only a part of the skirt. Olive or castor oil prolong the life of patent leather shoes, belts, bags, etc. Take a very soft cloth (an old handkerchief Is the best) and very sparingly rub a little of the oil Into it, and go over the leather, getting into every crease. Rub until perfectly clean and then with a fresh cloth rub again. Suits Are Fur Trimmed. Some of the smartest new suits have collars and cuffs of fur. Chin­ chilla, squirrel and skunk are used with excellent effect Frequently only the cyllar and revers are of fyr, and these are so attached that ra'ey can be removed when required. Occasion­ ally bands of fur are used on the skirt also. Cretonnes are so attractive that they have inspired much designing of ar­ ticles for personal use and house dec­ oration. Recently linen crash and flowered cretonneB have become more popular than any other fabrics for tasteful and Inexpensive fittings and furnishing. Certain patterns have been featured for living rooms and porches, but it is in bedroom furnish­ ings that they take precedence of ev­ erything else. They are bright and dainty and better still, they are wash­ able. Crashes are embroidered in fast color embroidery silks or deco­ rated with cut figures of cretonne ap­ plied and button-hole stitched down. There is a long list of attractive things which are made of these dura­ ble fabrics. Among them the dressing case sets, which cannot fall to please, are among the least costly and most effective of Christmas gifts. They are acceptable to either men or women friends. The flowered cretonnes are used for covering boxes made to hold handker­ chiefs, gloves, neckwear, cravats and veils, and the large boxes for hats and shirtwaists. They are fine for laundry bags, shoe and slipper bags, pin cushions and pin trays, tea trays and tea cosies. Dresser scarfs are made of a plain fabric bordered with ! cretonne. Picture frames are covered with it and the cut-out figures are ap- j plied to candle shades. Cushions for ! chairs help carry out the scheme for j cretonne decorations. Only a few of I these articles are pictured and they cannot convey the brightness and I daintiness of the gayly flowered or em- J broidered originals, but will serve to show how effectively the simplest ma- I terials serve the purpose for making | charming gifts. In the picture are three candle shades, a fine tray and a frame for photographs. They are made of cre­ tonne or of linen. A set made up of the tray and frame and one or t^o candle shades all matching ought to rejoice the heart of any one who ap­ preciates a pretty dressing case. They are all very easily made. To make the pin tray a small oval frame with glass and back is needed. Plenty of these are to be found at the ten cent stores framing pictures which It is a decided satisfaction to take out and destroy. After cleaning the glass a stiff cardboard is to be cut out (using the glass a6 a guide) into a backing for a cretonne covering. Paste the cretonne to J^ie backing I smoothly or allow a half inch around | the edge and fasten the cretonne with I stitches drawn across the back of the I cardboard. Slip the covered form in­ to the frame under the glass and re- ' place the back. Paste a piece of plain pafrer or felt over the bottom of the tray. The photo frame is made of heavy cardboard 9Mi inches long and 5^ Inches high. The oval openings are a trifle over 3 inches high and 2 inches broad. The cretonne is cut allowing 1 inch to turn over the edge all around and V4 Inch about the oval openings. It must be slashed at the openings to make it fit and is pasted or glued down about the ovals first. TW card­ board is then mounted to four strips of cardboard (as heavy as corrugated board) which extend all round the edge of the frame at the back. These strips are glued to the frame. The Inch allowance in the material is brought over the edge of the frame and glued down. A narrow strip of glass is laid against the oval open­ ings at the back and fastened by means of strips of paper pasted over it and to the back of the frame. Finally a backing of cardboard is pasted to the fram* across the top and sides, leaving the bottom open for slipping in the pictures. A small wire ring is fastened in for a hanger or an easel support glued to the hack by means of a cloth hinge. The tallest of the three candles has « shad* made of a stiff pink linen fabric and decorated with garlands and a figure cut from the cretonne, pasted down. It is finished with a narrow silk fringe. A pair of candles with candle-sticks fitted with shades and holders make a gift that everyone enjoys. Glass or silver candle-sticks are beat for bedrooms. Brass and iron ones are appropriate for living rooms. The plain iron candle-stick with rose-colored candle and fluted rose-colored shade is suited to a man's room. The shade Is made of a smooth linen starched and fluted on an Iron. It Is pasted on a cardboard ring at the top and finished with a piece of fancy rose-colored braid. The dainty figured shade shown with the silver candle-stick is pure white with a tiny flower wreath. There is a lace edge about the top and bottom. It is made of a linen evi­ dently woven for the purpose, stiffen­ ed and fluted. It is mounted to a card­ board ring and finished about the top with a white braid. One of the easiest ways to shade a candle as well as one of the prettiest, is to cut a disk of cardboard about 5 inches in diameter, with a circle cut out of the center to fit over the can­ dle holder. Cover this with a square of cretonne edged with bead fringe, cut the cretonne seven Inches square allowing an extra half inch for a nar­ row hem. Hem the hem and sew the fringe over it. Cut an opening from the center to fit over the candle- holder and allow a half inch hem also. The pretty handkerchief case of crash shown in Fig. 1 hardly needs descrip­ tion. It is embroidered with small pink roses, green leaves and a ribbon design In light blue. It Is lined with pink waBh silk, button-hole stitched about the edge and tied with wash ribbons. One corner is turned back. This la a gift whlc^ a man will appre­ ciate. The bag in Fig. 2 may be made^slth- er of cretonne or flowered silk. The handles are made of embroidery rings wound with narrow blue ribbon. The upper part of the bag is gathered over one-half of each ring and the fulness at the ends is also gathered into small rings having one and a half inch diam­ eter. Little ribbon bows, matching the handles, provide the finishing touch. A double bag of linen ornamented with embroidery, serves as a re­ ceptacle for soiled handkerchiefs, or other small accessories. It Is wash­ able and will last a long time. Men as well as women like these handy bags. This is true of the little com- tonne, orash or silk, with pinked flan­ nel leaves for the needles and ribboilis for hanging. Where one does not embroider a very pretty substitute is possible with cut out cretonne flowers applied to linen and stitched down with button­ hole or chain stitch. There is no end to the more than good looking pres­ ents which are made of cretonne and crash. ~ 17 Springfield.--The fifty-ninth annual meeting of the Illinois State Teachers' association will be held In Peoria De­ cember 26, 27 and 28. The association has made Spring­ field its meeting place for nearly a third of a century without interrup­ tion witfc the exception of two years ago, wheti it went to Chicago. Charles Prosser, who launched the vocational school movement in this city, will be one of the principal speakers. He will talk on the sub­ ject, "Efficient Training in the Prac­ tical Arts." Philander P. Olaxton will spea^k on "Conditions Affecting Im­ provement in Educational Aims and Methods." Francis G. Blair, state su-1 perlntendent of schools, will speak, taking as his subject, "The Education­ al Outlook." Mrs. Ella Flagg Young of Chicago will talk on "Character and Efficiency." John E. Gunkel of Toledo will discuss "The Develop­ ment of Character and Efficiency in the Waifs of Our Cities." There will be round table confer­ ence on problems in administration for educational training and guid­ ance. Reports of various committees will be received at the meeting, probably thief among them that of the com- jmittee from the public schools. C. A. Hlanchard Is chairman of the commit­ tee. The Central Illinois Teachers' asso­ ciation has asked Superintendent J. H. Collins ,to make arrangements for Its annual meeting, March 2S and 29. Because there is no room large enough to hold the 1,500 delegates who usually attend these meetings, it Is feared that Springfield will be un­ able to entertain the guests. Superin­ tendent J. H. Collins has turned the proposition over to Harry M. Snape. secretary of the Springfield Commer­ cial association. Secretary Snape 1b making an effort to secure a suitable meeting place. Wtfalth of ths 8tate of Illinois. An Increase of $17,942,501 over the 1911 assessment *was made by the local assessors throughout Illinois in the property assessment for 1912. These figures are shown In a state­ ment made public by the state boaro of equalization. According to the lo­ cal assessors' returns, the total Illi­ nois property valuation, exclusive of railroads and the capital stock of cor­ porations, this year reaches $2,122,- 104,048. The following table shows the 1912 assessment levied by the local asses­ sors in the various counties, together with the increase or decrease as com­ pared with last year: ILLINOIS "5 3 o * o re « 3 n 3 * 3 tn K "5 ® 3 o * ^ < 2 ° o ® A » 3 g S2 S Miners to Elect December 10. On December 10 the members of the Illinois Mine Workers will ballot for International, district and sub-district officers of the organization. The ballots for the general election have already been printed and they are now being distributed over the Btate from the office of State Secre tary-Treasurer Duncan McDonald of Springfield. Joha H. Walker, state president, is not a candidate for re-election. Two men are contesting for the place. They are Paul J. Smith of Marion, now vice-president, and Joseph Pope of Belleville. , Four men are out for the vice-presi­ dency. They are James Lord of Farm- lngton, Robert Osborn of Coal City, Samuel Pascoe of Farmington and Pat­ rick Lawless of Springfield. Duncan McDonald is the one man whose name is on the ticket who is Bure of election. His candidacy for re­ election as secretary-treasurer Is un­ opposed. For members of the international executive board there are two candi­ dates. Frank Farmington of Streator, Incumbent, Is candidate for re-election. Finding a Husband. Eating and drkiking seem to form a great part of the Christmas celebra­ tion everywhere. In Krz^voum, Ar­ menia, the young girl dresses herself up in her very best, makes a cake of cornmeal, and then goes with It up to the roof of the house. Here she places her offering and a great bird soon comes down, circles about the cake, and then Beizes it and carries it away. The maidep watches eagerly and anxiously ^Fhere he carries it. If the big bird alightB .iear at hand, it la there that her future abode will be. If he sails away Into the distance, the hero of her dreams will not come that year, and she must wait lonely until next Christmas and try another corn cake. Think 'County Option Will Pass. The Anti-Saloon league of Illinois In its fight for county option will have more support In the Illinois leg­ islature recently elected than in any previous legislature, according to late advises from the offices at Chi­ cago of the league's acting superin­ tendent E. S. McRride and Legislative Superintendent E. A. Scrogin. These officials state that the elec­ tion of November 5 has given county option 79 members of the lower house pledged to its support. This is a gain of 16 members over the num­ ber supporting county option in the house and the county option people feel certain of success for their measure in the house. While some of the members pledged may weaken, there are still some members who have not pledged them­ selves either for or against the meas­ ure, and it la reasonably safe, say the anti-saloon workers, to say some of these members will swing over to the side of county option. In the senate, anti-saloon officials say the county option measure will have a safe majority of members to support it. Altogether, they affirm, the outlook is quite promising. .. _ (B . U • : " ' - *3 i Adams ...$ 21,942,435 • 1S.238 Alexander 4,801.497 . . . . 40,239 Bond 4,647.437 45.136 Boone 7.153,044 141.925 , ,.v> Brown 3.4S7.312 12.021 Bureau ... 19.151.010 S6. i •;> 12.021 Carroll ... 7.751.925 9.rr»s9 Cass 8.070,111 55.457 Champaign, 30.3S1.45 91.9;>4 Christian. 17,257.064 1*0.490 Clark 6.3*1.766 7.586 Clay 3,996,767 46,647 Clinton .. 5.358,324 170.3tW Coles 11.040,46<> 1.-9,483 Cook 930.472.142 17.010,153 Crawford . 7.213.321 321.110 Cumberland 3.975.185 110,073 DoKalb .. 16.544.735 81.108 IV Witt .. 9,283,508 K- 32.952 Douglas .. 9.791.259 90.1S1 32.952 PuPago .. 12,664.223 171.682 Edgar 14.545.68S 862,153 Edwards . 2,842,035 41.667 Effing-ham fi.662,255 33 409 Fayette .. 7,587.602 158,415 Ford 13.164.873 95,120 Franklin K,670.398 111,654 Fulton 15,697,877 38,198 Gallatin .. 2,373,736 66.950 Greene ... 8,048,414 162,399 Orundv .. #,758.700 52,455 Hamilton . S.447.B31 111,753 Hancock . 13,652.681 24,501 Hardin ... 1,066.205 71.838 Henderson 6.184,964 67.898 Henry 18,863.735 122.226 67.898 FToquols .. 24.627.7R2 392.840 Jackson 5.644.819 28,048 Jasper 5,074,423 19.957 Jefferson.. 5,260.591 37.184 Jersey 4,084.566 224,563 JoPavless 9,651,326 461,074 Johnson .. 2,348,313 70.548 Kane .... 31,466.004 240,564 Kankakee 13,542.466 209,167 Kendall .. 6.193,327 95.400 Knox .... 18,829.451 22,155 17,111.470 45,940 La Salle.. 32.737.633 268,168 Lawrence. 8.010,427 8,493 Lee 16.392,613 98.233 Livingston 25.756,378 153.664 Logan 17,608,508 137,707 Macon 20,161,109 98,824 Macoupin. 12,484,977 109,897 Madison 24,272.533 165,236 Marlon ... 6,471,488 68,629 Marshall 8.683,576 149.135 Mason 7.599.579 •T.ffri Massac 2,992,187 43,894 M'Donough 13,074.318 20,419 McHenry . 14.424.213 118.9S9 McLean 37.71>7,534 304.40T Menard 6.693.488 6.89 Mercer ... 10,809.727 94,239 Monroe 4.050,840 5,825 Montgom­ ery 12.462.2M 280,635 Morgan 15.950.201 120.008 Moultrie... 6,708,427 30.436 Ogle 16,771.552 183,603 Peoria .... 33.291,365 113,89! 4.513,402 202,400 10,625.635 50,828 Pike 9,056.677 94,870 1,795,867 4.383 Pulaski .. 2,019.281 7,009 Putnam 2,755,536 55.379 Randolph.. #.182.938 195.061 Richland 3,884,430 28,S2T Richland 3,884,430 28.S2T Rock Isl­ and 19,049.031 652,418 Saline 4,755.054 381,075 Sangamon. 37,537.060 153.400 Schuyler . 5,487.442 14.691 Scott 4,431,575 46,056 Shelby ... 12.834,709 6.943 Stark 7,043,386 153.1 SI St. Clair.. 28,571,960 138.834 Stephenson 14.776.042 S2.715 Tazewell .. 15.286,597 100.991 Union .... S.7S7.579 49,668 Vermilion. 30.842.S90 8Y.S16 Wabash .. 3,998,S3.8 3,631 Warren 13.153.281 69,196 Washington 4,433.039 41,649 Wayne ... 6,222.619 119,742 White .... 5.617.623 94,261 Whiteside. 18,137,766 120,S40 Will 27,079.751 268,742 Williamson 7.850.230 343,088 Winnebago 29,581,222 9S4.S43 Woodford. 12,542.041 49,901 New Illinois Corporations. Secretary of State Doyle Issued cer­ tificates of incorporation to the fol­ lowing: Parmelee Motor Livery & Garage company. Chicago; capital, $10,000. Incorporators--G. B. Van Norman, C. O. Parmelee, L. G. Doyle. Inland Purse company, Chicago; capital, $5,000. Incorporators--John W. Bissell, Charles Aaron and Law­ rence A. Cohen. Madison County Light & Power com­ pany, Edwardsville; capital stock in­ creased from $100,000 to $135,000. Underwood Coal & Mining company, Coulterville; capital. $600. Incorpora­ tors--Mark L. Underwood, Alfred Jaacson. I^ewis D. Jones. Ten and Fifteen-Dollar Tom, Chica­ go; capital, $1,000. Incorporators-- Thomas H. Murray, Francis X. Busch, Frank A. Rockhold. Sellstrom & Erickson, Chicago; capital. $5,000. Incorporators--Alfred 8ellBtrom, Victor L„ Erickson, Arthur Sellstrom. O V. Palmquist company, Chicago; capital, $10,000. Incorporators--O. V. Palmquist. O. W. Johnson, Irving C. Marggraf. Total ..$2,122,104,048 $ 23,755,589 9 E,813,088 Construction of Buildings. The state legislature has not the power to pass a uniform building law which will carry a provision requiring that all electrical equipment must be installed according to the require­ ments of the National Board of Un­ derwriters, according to an opinion rendered by Attorney General Stead, in response to a letter written by William H. Merrill of Chicago, who sought enlightenment on the matter. The legislature, however, has the power to pass a law delegating to some state commission authority to determine what character of con­ struction should be provided. Mr. Merrill is a member of the building commission which was ap­ pointed two years ago by the Btate legislature for the purpose of investi­ gating and drafting a bill for uniform building laws. The opinion of Attor­ ney General Stead was In keepings with an opinion given by William B. Mcllvaine of Chicago, to whom Mr. Merrill first appealed. State Has Trouble Finding Cooks. The state Is having as much trou­ ble keeping the necessary quota of cooks on hand as does the ordinary housewife. Ever since the state civil service law was made to apply to In­ stitution cooks it has been practically an impossible task for the civil serv ice commission to ng^eet the demand for this line of laboi- from the vari ous institutions of the state. Not­ withstanding the fact that the woiTc is not heavy, and the pay is liberal, there have been few applicants for the civil service examinations. Officers Named by College Club. At an elaborate banquet given by the members of the University of Illi­ nois club, at the Illinois cafe, the fol­ lowing officers were elected: Presi­ dent, George Clendenin> vice-presi­ dent. George I3engel; secretary. Clark Bullard; treasurer. Fleetwood Ligd- ley. A committee of three was appointed to investigate .the proposition sen! to them from Chicago regarding » union with the club at &*t place an* the club in Springfield. Springfield. -- Richard Yates, for­ mer governor of Illinois, is suffer­ ing with an attack of blood poisoning. Two weeks ago he scratched one hand upon a pin. For several days no at­ tention was paid to the injury. Then an infection set in, and for a week Yates has been confined to his bed. His physician says the patient Will not be able to leave ttye house for at least two weeks more. Eldorado.--The farmers of Eldor­ ado township met and signed res­ olutions not to allow hunting on their land for five years, and have requested the sheriff to appoint a deputy to assist in carrying out the resolution. The county farmers' meeting will be held at Harrisburg No­ vember 17 to pass resolutions against hunting. Cherry.--The third anniversary of the Cherry mine disaster was ob­ served. All mines of the vicin­ ity were suspended. Following a parade of miners addresses were de­ livered before the monument to the dead. John Walker, state president of the miners' union, and others, spoke. Galesburg.--Mrs. F. GQson, an aged woman, while crossing a railroad traek was killed by a train. Elgin.--For the first time In the his­ tory of the local schools the enroll­ ment of boys is equal to that of girts. Mattoon.--Otis Lyons, a painter, died from injuries received by a fall from a ladder. Aurora. Suffragists determined upon making "equal rights" an is­ sue at the eighteenth annual aea- sion of the Illinois' Federation of Women's Clubs apparently are to be Cffiietly but firmly suppressed. While almost every delegate has expressed herself for the ballot, they also have quietly voiced a determination not to permit of the state federation's going on record either for or against "votes for women." Springfield.--Three more employes of the St. Charles School for Boys have been suspended on con­ viction of severity in the punish­ ment of inmates of the institution. The suspended employes are: Fred Ward, assistant superintendent: Mary Roxzurgh, cook; Harry Hill, physical culture instructor. Chicago.--William Lorimer was op­ erated for appendicitis at the Presbyterian hospital and is recover­ ing from the effects of the operation. Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan, who had charge of the operation. Issued the following statement; "William Lori­ mer was operated on and a compli­ cated appendix lesion found. The ap­ pendix was removed. The patient stood the operation well." Springfield.--Gov. Charles 8. Do* neen called a special election for circuit judge In the Sixteenth judicial circuit, to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of Judge Henry B. Wil­ lis. The primaries are to be held January 18, 1913. and the election February 8, 1913. The Sixteenth judi­ cial circuit embraces the counties of Kane, Dti Page, De Kalb and Kendall. Galesburg.--Fifty pastors and lay­ men of the Central Illinois confer­ ence of the Methodist church, in session at Abingdon, laid plans for the raising of $150,000 for Hedding col­ lege, in addition to $50,000 already given by friends. The needs of the other colleges of the denomination hi this Bection will be taken up later. Lincoln. -- To save the life of Judge E. D. Blinn, one of the best-known jurists in the state, who Is suffering from blood-poisoning, an operation was performed. The judge visited his country place, Graceland, - two weeks ago and a rat nibbled his left ear while he was sleeping. His condition is critical. Bloomington.--Progressives of cen­ tral Illinois in mass meeting here, followed by a banquet, adopted resolutions indorsing Frana Funk, re­ cent candidate for governor, for Uni­ ted States senator. Steps were taken to make the party organisation per­ manent. Peoria.--Chief of Police Rhoades issued an order closing every gam­ bling house in the city, The doors of more than a score of resorts which have been operating openly for the past year were closed and hundreds of slot machines and dice games were removed from the lobby of saloons. Savanna.--Walter K. Hyde, junior pharmacy student, has been declared the "most popular campus idol" at the University of Minnesota. Geneva.--In preparing for her sec­ ond marriage Mrs. H. M. Hooker found a letter from her first husband whose bod • was found on the Northwestern tracKs near here in November, 1907, stating that hf» planned to kill himself. It w as believed he was murdered. Champaign --Noah Brown was held to the grand jury under $1,W)0 bond, •harged with assault with intent to kill because he attacked Bert H. Good­ man at a box social. Brown's defens® was that Goodman had puffed smote Into his face. East St. Louis.--An unidentified man, flfty years old. lived 20 minute* after his back was broken by a Va»- dalia traiu. He was live feet nine inches tall, weighing 175 pounds^ ha* brown hair, gray eyes, red mustache and wore a suit of dark clothes. Elgin.--Voters of Kane county elded to erect a $25,000 memorial umont for soldiers and sailors. Decatur.--The annual indoor atfc> letic meet for country schools wiU b* heid February 1