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a v.**. ' iM X -i:# 'ii'.i-ir. Diminishing Outdoor "Relief. ££, ^Fhe current number of Co-operation, file weekly organ of the Bureau of Associated Charities, reviews the de- dine which has been taking place in \ff\fortunate Son qf Jktbion. John Frederick Dovey, an English- nan, had been Idle in Pittsburg for tug unable to get work of any kind ••listed in the United States navy. Half an hour after bains sworn in he received word that lie and nine rela­ tives were heirs to a fortune of some 940,000.000 left to them in England by a man of whom 1M had never heard. Another ttres in Chester, Pa., sad a thjj&ln ISDnongahela City. 1 * MoVtng Out of ChiiMk-r"'"':'r'> General Chaffee has been ordered to Mtfuce the force in China to a mere legation guard of two companies. Russia has made a similar more. There is no longer any reason why MI American army, even a small one of 1,800 md, should be retained in the country. The foreign soldiers upon fatd service there today are marauders. Dovey. PROPOSED MONUMENT FOR A monument to the memory of those ^rho lost their lives on the Maine in Havana harbor is to be erected in New York. The enterprise has so far pro­ cessed that the contract has already been awarded and the work will be be­ gun at an early day. The sum of 9110,000 has been subscribed and is in the hands of the treasurer, and enough has been pledged to increase the fund TO hat Might Hat) € Veen. At the Geneva arbitration in 1871- settle the claims of the United States against Great Britain for the damages to our commerce caused by the cruisers built in English ports- William M. Evarts, Caleb Cushing and llorrison R. Waite were counsel for the United States. Charles Francis Adams was the arbitrator on behalf of the United States. At that time Mr. Bvarts ranked among the greatest lawyers at the American bar, had filled a conspicuous (>lftce in national politics and was prominent in civic affairs. Mr. Cush­ ing was a much older man, with a va­ ried political experience in all parties, * •brilliant man, versed in diplomacy and possessing great learning on al- ^ most every subject of human study. " Mr. Waite was a Toledo lawyer with- Ottt reputation beyond the limits of Ohio--a quiet, conservative man who had rejected high political honors and was devoted singly to the law. The brilliant results of the arbitra­ tion--an award of $15,000,000 to the United States--was due in a great measure to the powerful argument of Mr. Evarts, who was easily the leader in the debates before the arbitrators. When the counsel for the United States returned home they received the highest popular applause foi; their successful labors. In a monarchy they would have been ennobled and received other marks of royal favor. They were paid well in money, but their only further immediate reward was the approval and congratulations of the people of the country. In 1873, however, Salmon P. Chase, chief justice of the United States, died, leaving a vacancy in that office which Is the object of the highest ambition cherished by American lawyers. It Was supposed that President Grant would appoint to the place William M. Bvarts, recognized as one of the great­ est lawyers at the bar and the leader in the contest before the Geneva tribunal. For some reason never ex­ plained Morrison R. Waite, instead of Mr. Evarts, was appointed, to the surprise of the bar and the general public. Judge Waite held the office until 1883, when he died suddenly in March of that year. The great prize was drawn by Melville W. Fuller of Chi­ cago, who still holds the office and is In excellent health. If President Grant had appointed Evarts instead of Waite to the chief justiceship he would have held it until another republican, president was in office. The tenure of a single life changed the occupancy of this great office for at least a score of years, per* haps for more than a generation. HEROES OF THE MAINE. to 8126,000, the estimated cost of the shaft. The monument will be erected in Long Acre square, the roomy triangle which takes in the combined width of Broadway and Seventh avenue and ex­ tends from Forty-fifth street on the south to Forty-eighth street on the north. It will stand in the center of a circle which will be situated about mid- recent years in the policy of giving outdoor relief in the principal Amer­ ican cities. What might be styled the abolition movement with respect to such relief began in Brooklyn in 1878, when Mayor Seth Low stopped all public payments to poor families in their homes. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, San Francisco and Kansas City have since followed this example, and St. Louis and New Orleans give but "trifling" amounts in this way. The majority of the more important cities of the country con­ tinue giving outdoor relief, Chicago leading the list in point of population, and being followed by St. Louis and Boston. But from a report on the sub­ ject covering twenty leading American cities it appears that their disburse­ ments for this purpose have decreased 331-8 per cent since 1897. The ten- way between the two streets named. By the tiBM the monument la in place the two large hotel* which the Aston have planned to erect facing the square, one on the east and the other on the west side, will have been com­ pleted. Other improvements soon to be made in that locality include the building of a fine theater. The monument proper will be fash­ ioned of Tennessee marble and will rise to a height of sixty-five feet, measuring from the base to the tri­ archy. The base will extend a considerable distance to the right and left of the shaft--if the upright portion oan prop­ erly be called a shaft--and have a width of eighty feet. At the foot of the shaft there will be some beautiful sculpture in bronze, symbolical of the two great oceans which waah the shores of the United States. The figure of a young man of athletic build will have a place along­ side the running water, which will represent the Atlantic; on the opposite side will be the figure of an old man, of apparently sluggish temperament, and a more placid stream, symbolical of the Pacific. In all. there will be ten bronze statues, including two heroic ones, representing, respectively, power and Justice. A group which promises to be very effective will be an additional em­ bellishment of the lower part of one side of the monument. It will consist of a Roman galley, typifying the bat­ tleship Maine, and this will be drawn by a youth intended to represent the strength of the nation and the pride of the latter In the men and ships of its navy, The crowning beauty of the monu­ ment will be a large bronze group sur­ mounting all, and which Mr. Picclrllli calls "Columbia Triumphant." The beautiful goddess will be depicted bearing the wreaths of victory in her arms and her galley drawn by two sea-horses. Upon the base of the monument will be perpetuated the names af the brave fellows who went to their death in the doomed battle­ ship. dency, which is so marked in the large cities, is also observable in smaller towns and in rural sections. Public opinion appears thus to be drifting in favor of leaving the care of needy people }n their homes to private initiative. It would be inter­ esting to know to frhat extent this is due to a doctrinaire feeling that the public should not bear the burden of private want, and how much to the conviction that practically this can be and is more wisely ministered to bjr private than by public agencies, A Woman in London. Miss Kathleen Haydn Green, daugh­ ter of London's lord mayor, is a writ­ er of very promising verse. She has just been elected a vice president of the Society of Women Journalists of London. , General "Botha's XOife. MnK ti«©uis Botha, wife of the com- I A passport was provided hcfr l&tif the mandant general of the Boer army, j meeting was effected. "If it is to visit who is reported to be working for the peace of South Africa by trying to effect a conciliation be­ tween her husband and Lord Kitchen­ er, commander of the British forces, is related to the family of Robert Emmet, the dis­ tinguished Irish patriot. She is a woman of culture, having passed her girlhood days in school in Paris. In Pretoria she was recognized as a so­ cial leader, while her husband was a member of the Boer parliament. General and Mrs: Botha lived on a farm some dis­ tance from the capital, and were in Pretoria only during the raad sessions. In the early days of the war it was Mrs. Botha's custom to visit her huseband frequently on com­ mando, where her presence always had a cheering ef­ fect upon the burghers. She was a dashing woman and a fit com- | me yon come, I am delighted to see panion for the gallant leader of the I you," said General Botha, "but if you Farmer Fighters. When Pretoria was come to Implore me to cease this struggle, you only shame me. occupied by the invaders Mrs. Botha remained in the city. She met Lord Roberts a few days after the capitu­ lation, and offered to try to mediate. They are not acting under a declara­ tion of war, they are not acting from necessity, says the Chicago Times- Herald. They are simply preying upon 'a peaceful people, murdering them, levying blackmail upon them or rob­ bing them outright. For a long time now the American and Russian troops have had no part in this horrible and despicable business. They were put under a severe discipline immediately after the looting of Peking, and the conduct of their generals has been wholly admirable. They are true soldiers, not bandits, men of honor and humane. They protested against Waldersee's bloody policy to the count himself, and held from the first that with the rescue of the legationers and their protection the legitimate work of the Peking expedition was done. The order which Gen. Chaffee received from Washington not to take part in the proposed raid on Si-ngan-fu was in entire consonance with his own feelings on the subject. Of the 686 cotton mills in tin south, Texas has seventeen, Kentucky seven, and ArtanwM four. Mrs. Botha said nothing more about her mission, and nothing came of the ne­ gotiations at that time. Englishman «Ar. Italian. An 'Italian gentleman, on a visit to England recently, was being shown the tomb at Stratford-on-Avon by his host, an enthusiastic Shakesperean. The Italian was politely interested, but apparently did not know who the Swan of Avon was. His friend, in halting Italian, attempted to recall the poet to his memory by naming some of his best known plays, "Ro­ meo e Giuletta," "Macbeth," "Amlet- to." To each the Italian shook his head blankly. "Non lo so, non lo so." Finally the Englishman came to Oth­ ello." "Ah! si, si," replied the de­ lighted Italian, "e 11 libretto d'un' opera di Verdi!" Shakespere will go down to that Italian as the librettist of Verdi. In 1881-1885 the annual number of German emigrants averaged 171,368. •In 1897 there were only 24,681, in 1898 only 20,837 emigrants. In a report of a concert in an east­ ern paper one of the singers was called a "braytone" by thetranaposi- tlon of two letters. ' # • fr--WaaMSiy. ! The Nebraska state penitentiary,, four miles from Lincoln, has fallen prey to flames. The fire, the origin of which is not known, broke out at mid­ night Thursday in the rooms In the main building occupied by the warden and his family. Before the flames had gained much headway Warden Davis gave orders to release the convicts from the cells and march them to the prison yard under double guard. The removal was accomplished safely and without disorder. Extra guards were also posted on the stockade walls, armed with shotguns, with orders to permit no escapes. As an additional measure of safety, Lieutenant-Governor Savage, acting in the absence of Governor Dietrich, in response to the suggestion of the ward­ en, ordered out the local company of state militia. Prlwt Bad* His EttotMa* Despondent over his recent discharge from the Duluth diocese. Rev. Fran­ cis Budzyoski, a Roman Catholic priest, shot himself In the heart in a hotel at Minneapolis, and died before aid could reach him. He had tried asphyxiation, but the odor of gas was noted and Ms attempt frustrated. He fired two shots at himself, while two bellboys stood outside the door waiting for him. He had on his person a letter from Bish­ op MoGolrick dispensing with his serv­ ices. Two other letters were found, one addressed to a brother in Elmira, N. Y., and the other to a wnitrflga la a Minneapolis restaurant OLD ENGLISH BRIDGES Fired at Hsowballlng Boys. For shooting and seriously wound­ ing three boys who were snowballing him, Andrew Kaddets, a farmer, was arrested at Litchfield, Minn. He is being closely guarded to protect him from rough handling by a mob. Kad- detz was driving past a schoolhouse when the boys began to pelt him. He drew a shotgun from the box of his sled and fired into the crowd. Richard Madson was probably fatally wounded and John Halvorsen and Fred Frazee were badly hurt. BtfaMfrrd 8eor>i the Rlefc. "The Uninstructed Rich" was the theme of Rev. Williiam Rainsford's address at New York before the build­ ing fund committee of the proposed Stony Walde sanitarium. He spoke of the rich men who came to New York with the sole idea of breaking into society, of their wives, who think only of building a palace, and contrasted the conditions of the poor. He indi­ vidualized an "ignorant millionaire." Rkhwd tm Bm« Admiral*. Captain R. D. Evans and H. C. Taylor have been commissioned as rear admirals, to date from February 11 last. It was also stated at Washing­ ton that the advancement of the gal­ lant captains was in recognition of services rendered at the battle of San­ tiago, for which they had been raised jflve numbers. General Aaron S. Dag­ gett, recently appointed brigadier gen­ eral of the army, has been retired. St. Paul Globe Sold toy BUI. J. J. Hill has disposed of the St. Paul Globe newspaper property to a syndi­ cate of Democrats, and the Globe Newspaper company was organized Monday with former Governor John Lind, chairman of the Democratic state central committee; L. A. Rosing, PO' lice Commissioner R. T. Connor, Otto Bremer and G. M. Evans as incorpo rators. The capital stock Is placed at 8100,000. L. A. Rosing will be editor and general manager. Buys Ualon Traction Road, On excellent authority the statement Is published at Muncie, Ind., that all the stock in the Union Traction com pany has been purchased by George F. McCulloch of Muncie. At a meet­ ing of the directors Mr. McCulloch will be chosen president and manager. Mr. McCulloch will make his home temporarily in Anderson. The Union Traction company is now capitalized at 15,000,000 and is bonded at 14,00 000. ¥• Dnt«1I the Ugu Ntatae. It has been arranged that the eques­ trian statue of General Logan in Wash­ ington shall be unveiled with appropri­ ate ceremonies Tuesday, April 9. All the regular troops in Washington and probably the District National Guard, will participate in the exercises. The president will attend with his cabinet and probably will make a short ad­ dress. Spragne Sow to Aajrlnm. Charles F. Sprague, the multimil­ lionaire and ex-congressman repre­ senting the eleventh Massachusetts dis­ trict, is an inmate of McLean insane hospital at Waverly. His term in congress expired last Monday and he was driven to the asylum at dusk on Wednesday, accompanied by his valet and a hospital attendant. Iki « KtprtM Companies. Senator Miller has introduced a bill in the Minnesota state senate for a 6 per cent tax on the net earnings of express companies, such tax to be in lieu of all personalty tax. but real es­ tate holdings are specifically declared not to be exempt from the general tax levy. Betty SrMa Um Salt. Judge Fuller issued a decree In the probate court at Taunton, Mass., in the matter of the disputed accounts con­ nected with the estate of Edward Mott Robinson of 'New York, in which Mrs. Hetty Green appeared as an objector. The decree allows the disputed ac­ counts, which show receipts and pay­ ments of about 1500,000 and no balance in this state. The objections which had been filed to an item in a prior account by Mrs. Green were overruled. The case now goes to the supreme court. FsHi Olbeoa as a Montaaa Senator. Amid scenes of the wildest excite­ ment, In which some of the members of the Montana legislature threatened bodily harm to their opponents, Paris Gibson, the millionaire ranchman, as­ sociate of James J. Hill, and founder of the City of Great Falls, was elected to the United States senate at 3 o'­ clock Friday morning in succession to Senator William A. Clark. Twenty- two ballots were taken during the day and night session before the leg­ islators could decide upon their major­ ity Oea Be Str*agth«i«d -- AanUat Sftrae- la Maay Cmm Show Horface Vwrtnfd Iohm Works, (London Letter.) At present there are in England hundreds of old bridges which aie very much in need of champions. The society which exists for the pro­ tection of ancient buildings has just issued an appeal to save an old Gothic bridge at Aylesford, over the Medway, which is threatened with destruction because it is inconvenient for the new heavy steam traction. Properly strengthened, and with sidewalks of timber added, as is done on many old bridges on the continent, it will do as well for centuries to come as for the seven centuries during which it has stood. But the best protection of all is public opinion. Examples of the good and serviceable old bridges of England are not difficult to find. Among them all there is hardly one bad one. Many Varieties of Bridges. They are of all kinds and calibers, tram that which Sir Hugh Clopton •built over the Avon at Stratford, and the old London bridge with its twen- approach to the river was proftafcir overflowed and the bridge must have been an immense convenience, though ferries were then less objectionable than now, because nearly every one traveled on horseback, and luggage was carried on pack horses instead of in carta. The most important of the mediaeval bridge* were defended by <me or more gates and towers. Those on old Lon­ don bridge were the regular place of exhibition for the heads of traitors. And even more common, and Indeed the most usual, equipment of those of any size was a little chapel, generally set on the center pier. Old London bridge had one, so had that at Wake­ field, and that at St. Ives in Hunting­ don. In nearly all cases the first bridge took the place of a ferry, which sug­ gested that there ought to be a bridge at that particular spot. The same old story applies to one of the newest on the river, built quite recently at Clifton Hampden, in Oxfordshire. It was built by Lord Aldenham in the place of a very ancient ferry owned by Exeter College, which sold him the ferry rights for a nominal sum. It is built in the Gothic style, to resemble an early English mode!. But the Gothic design is heavy, just as that of "New Bridge" is. It blocks the view up and down the river, and the situation Is chosen against rale. It Is by a bend of the I nuns IEI Wilt to Both Housts ft Sprfo#» field, * REPORT OF THE PROCEED! O'Connor Intend---- n KU Retiree a CwiMhi . Isesa Ssgefclag TmtBMB to Bb» Mm* Tku ' f NEW BRIDGE ON THE THAMES.. chdQefc 'thfough various sizes, like the quaint little stone bridges over the Windrush at Bourton-on-the- Water, down to those of mixed stone and wood, such as that, now destroy­ ed, at Castle Eaton on the Thames, or the tiny brldgelets with one handrail on footpath causeways by the roadside, where freshets were wont to break out in winter and wet the village girls' shoes. They are infinitely various; and, except the churches, there are no structures in England so good, so full of familiar story, or so old. It 1b a thousand pities that they should ever <be removed, where sensible advice can be had whereby the old fabric can be made strong enough for new wants. But if the old bridges have tw go, the examples of their varied and sound de­ sign may suggest ideas and models for the new ones. The county councils are now very accessible to any sensible proposal for retaining historical build­ ings and are aware that cheap bridges if iron girders and blue clinker bricks are poor substitutes for the old ones. But there is plenty of evidence that the mischief is already begun, and that where old bridges are not pulled down, hideous new ones are often built, with­ out regard to good models close by. Two of the very worst instances are the new brick bridge over the Wey at Godalmlng, and the blue clinker arches which now cover what was the love­ liest of little roadside fords over the Chess, just below Lord Chesham's house at Latimer. Wonder fal Boaaaa Work*'" ^ ' The Romans,who were the flr&frtat bridge-builders in Europe, built the oldest in England as a necessary part of their military roads. They had a conscience about roads and bridges, Just as Frontinus, waterworks engin­ eer to the Emperor Nerva, had about his aqueducts. The oldest guild of early Rome were the pontlfexes, the makers of bridges. It became a great and river, and the '"'taJtfe ol^'H "people say of a jump, is bad. The Thames might change its course In flood and break the weak approach on one side. The bottom of the river is rock, which is in the bridge's favor. This is an example of a modern, bridge built with good intentions, but which is not en­ tirely a success. yt-, y** ow Me Avea. < The "great and sumptuous linage" over the Avon at Stratford, with four­ teen arches and' a long causeway of stone, is still called by the name of its founder, Sir Hugh Clopton, one of the greatest benefactors of Shakes­ peare's town. Sir Hugh was born in a village near, and probaibly often felt the inconvenience of crossing the ferry. "Many folk either refused to come to the town when the river was up, or, crossing there, stood in jeopardy of life." Sir Hugh almost remodeled parts of Stratford, and was in all ways a great citizen and a great builder. New Place,the pleasant house in which Shakespeare ended his days In pros­ perity and comfort, belonged originally to Sir Hugh, who built it as a town residence. The Avon is spanned by what, on the whole, may be considered the most beautiful series of bridges of all kinds, large and small, which any English river can boast of. Eckington bridge is one of the beBt. The propor­ tions of many of them are so good that there is very little doubt that the builders were men of taste and educa­ tion. Bridges are not like houses. The same rules apply with a little modifica­ tion to the making of one of stone or brick now as to those which were in use lathe days of the Romans w .. --.i-k'-: >; v. ' •' 'h ) " % ' Ceaee I® Sm Senate, ' • It* looks very much as though the cane habit has become a fad among senators, and that the august body is aofcbnly on its last legs, but has a co^> ECKINGTON BRIDGE, WARWICKSHIRE, ON AVON. honorable society,like the Elder Breth­ ren of the Trinity House. Later it was made a close corporation for aris­ tocratic heads of the state. The em­ perors took the name of Pontifex Max- imus as one of their titles of honor. And, lastly, we see the pope, Christ's vice-regent on earth, the "high pon­ tiff," or, in plain words, the head build­ er of bridges, no bad title for the chief of those who maintain the road tX9§» earth to heaven. , j Komaa and Ootfcle Several old bridges in the north of England are believed to be Roman, among them Swarkestone bridge in Derbyshire. But the greater number of the more ancient structures.^ were originally Gothic, or are renewals\of bridges made in the middle ages. One of the most curious points about theru is that though they are known to have been built in the days when every ar­ chitect in England used pointed arches, nearly all of them have rounded arches and differ very little in general design from the rules laid down by Palladlo for bridge building. Possibly some of these bridges were mostly made in the first place with stone piers and wooden tops, like the bridge at Castle Eaton, and the round arches were added later. A perfect and most delightful surviving Gothic bridge, in which the pointed stone arches remain, is that at New Bridge on the Thames, opposite Fyfield In Berkshire. Lei and says that it was the oldest bridge on the river. It was built by a Sir John Golafe, 1420. He had a manor house near at Frfield, «nd during floods in the winter ths ner in a particular kind of stick. Sen­ ator Hanna is responsible for this new hobby, for until he took gout and the cane habit simultaneously, Senator Chilton, of Texas, Senator Warren, of Wyoming, and Senator Bate, of Ten­ nessee, were about the only senators who put this article to practical use every day and who could not get on without it. Both Senator Hoar and Senator Morgan, the two oldest man in the Senate, Morgan being 77, are often seen without a stick, while since the last attack of gout assailed Hanoa each of them has taken to carrying a cane whether he uses it as a support or not. There is an intimation that some of them bought a job lot, for they are all about one type--dark wood with an Ivory or bone handle. ,J A Cselees OSton, The page of the pipe at Windsor Castle holds an hereditary office whicb dates back to the time of Charles It. That merry monarch acquired the to­ bacco habit from some of his Virginia colonists, and required a page, who was paid a salary of $500 a year, td keep his smoking apparatus in order. In a moment of generosity his majesty made the appointment permanent. Until 1765 the honor was held by the Duke of Grafton, who got hard up and sold it to a merchant named Hartlson. As Queen Victoria did not smoke* the office was a sinecure, but the descend­ ants of Harrison are entitled to the privilege of entering the present* of their sivfsrelga at any Monday, Mnroli 4 A delegation of labor leaden tm ctfo will go to Springfield March It ts ask the legislature to repeal the Case garnishment law. There are aeW fesCMU the legislature three bils amending that section of the law which ftxee the eapap*. tlon at <8 a week. Tveeday, Maw* S. Representative Nohe of Cook eeailt'l1' iS" preparing a general franchise tax la# fee introduction in the legislature next week. The measure is to follow the Ford Mil of New York, and is designed to eover all sorts of franchise taxation and franchise licenses. Among the bills the Cottowiog were introduced: By Mr. ErlckkMfcr-PnH viding that no corporation supplying gas for illuminating or heating purposes ee electric light or power shall, by virtue eC any franchise or ordinance, discrtaUnate in its rates. By Mr. O'Connor--Prohibit­ ing railroad companies from requiring trainmen to give more than twelve continuous service, and providing such employes shall have at least hours' rest between such perioda of ice. By Mr. Rankin of Iroqnole--A MB to abolish switching terminal charges aft stockyards. Wednesday, March S. The sub-committee of the house aWSO* priations committee appointed to visit the Bartonville Insane Asylum recemmends a reduction of a trifle over f&OO.QM la the amount asked for this institution. The original amount asked for In the twe bills was $904,674.92. The committee rec­ ommends $400,586.36. The item of $317,OOS for new buildings and furniture and the purchase of land is eliminated altogether. The house committee on appropriations made a reduction of $69,350 in the azaount asked by the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children at Lincoln. The house commit­ tee on judicial department and practice reported favorably upon Mr. McConnell's bill amending the law in regard to wills by providing that charitable bequests shall be made void unless the will by which they are made is executed at least thirty days prior to the death of the tes­ tator. Thursday, flfareh 7. Capt. Farrell put in a bill which, if it should pass, would make it a state crima for any one to sell coal oil, kerosene, gasoline or naphtha for fuel purposes. The bill prohibits the sale of combusti­ ble oils for fuel purposes and carries heavy penalties for violations. Capt. Far­ rell says he introduced the bill because a large proportion of the fires in the state are due to the use of gasoline and kerosene for fuel purposes. Should the bill pass users of oil stoves who use gasoline, gasoline engines and gasoline, naphtha and steam automobiles would have to go back to coal, gas and elec­ tricity. Friday, Mank t. Less than a dosen members were P*«a» ent in the house, and after a brief ses­ sion presided over by Representative Brown of Randolph an adjournment was taken until 5 p. m. Monday. The follow­ ing bills were Introduced: By Ittess, pro­ viding that in prosecutions against cor­ porations under the anti-trust law the officers of such corporations may be com­ pelled to bring books and documents tnte court as evidence, but providing that evidence shall not be used in any pi cution against them as individuals; a bill providing that sales of land t, for delinquent taxes aader the drainage act shall be made either at the court house or on the land sold, at the discre­ tion of the commissioners. By Jones of Cook, a bill to allow witnesses for tha defense to testify before grand juries. Senator Funderburk held a session of the state senate without the aid of any other member of that body. After the reading of the journal he declared the senate ad­ journed until Monday. sows or tbi snsioiri ; Representative George E. Apeley of cago is engaged in drawing up a b01 which if it should be passed through assembly will provide for a suitable re­ ward for any member of the police or Are departments of Chicago who hw become conspicuous for any especially meritorious act of bravery. The measure amends the merit law in such a manner as to pro­ mote without examination or reward to seniority of service any employe who shall appear to be worthy of this especial honor. Mr. Apsley points out that a great injustice is done in these depart­ ments in that as the law at present stands there is no way by which a man who has become specially prominent by ccts of bravery may be properly reward­ ed save by an examination and, therefore^ any man who is not sufficiently educated to pass the theoretical test perforce must remain in obscurity. It is generally ex­ pected that the bill will pass, as $heyt ta a strong sentiment in the house ta Its favor. A bill by Mr. Spiegel has been Intro­ duced providing for an economic survey of the state of Illinois to investigate the character of soils and their adaptablHty to cultivation. ' Mr. Crangle Introduced a bill in the as* sembly providing that where judgments are obtained against an estate in a for­ eign estate, they may be presented within five years in an ancllllary administrator In this state. Immediately after the adjournment of the house Tuesday Chairman Scrogin of the house committee on congressional apportionment called his committee to­ gether for the purpose of having It take formal action on the congressional appor­ tionment bill agreed upon in the Repub­ lican house caucus. The bill was read by Representative Trautmann. who acted In the capacity of secretary, and was sub­ mitted to the committee for its action. Representative Struckman moved that a change be made in the Cook county ap­ portionment in accordance with the sug­ gestion of Henry Hert*, who desired that the towns of Barrington, Palatine and Wheeling be detached from the 10th dis­ trict and added to the 7th district. Representative Christian Introduced ta the house a primary election Mil which was prepared by the Civic Federation of the city of Chicago. The bill entirely remodels the existing primary election law and is intended to meet its defects. It provides, among other things, that a primary district shall Include not more than 700 voters of any one party, and that when such primary districts are estab­ lished they shall remain until a change la necessitated by law. Persons serving; as judges and clerks at primary elections will not be eligible for delegates or altar* nate delegates. f x Mr. Young's amending law In electieaa for drainage commissioners has been In­ troduced. Mr. Kerr introduced a bill providing for local option in the building of hard roads in road districts in counties not under township organization. Also a bill pro­ viding that no personal property shall be exempt from sale for non-payment Of taxes or assessments. Mr. Moran is fathering a bfti providing that when any produce or other merrhsua- dise shall remain In cold storage Mr Ova days the date shall he stenciled upoa the packages. Mr. Faraum introduced a bill pceffMtaff that officers and agents of mutual i meat life insurance companies »haB mfc» a monthly legart et fbel* aataal m* ' vkt. p ""&.JL ,?ih.