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life/.' :;.. i. ' *^'1» 2" 1 ^ ij* • ' •' • . - • '--•'-§•• V • ,' ^ 1 "'i'I •v r v :, , - ' ». •*«.,** T ~> *X Jr *, * , r- .. . . _, /« J " V b -V»r v - r ~ -'. ' ' •*. t„. ' "- A "* i * tfk - \ K i + \ \ z . : * t , f \ , * " " • ^ * y ' "*'* ̂ * • • - i - ? & £ > 1 * :h At last it is settled that <^° Pan- American conference in the Cily of Mexico is to be held according to the jjrogiamir.e, which sets the date of the flnit session for "Oct 22. Ghlle has Waived her objections tor the time and appointed delegates, and that removes the last obstacle. Even if nothing definite be accom-' ^Ushed by this conference it .will do great good. Every such gathering helps to bring the nations together ard funib'arize them with the idea of co­ operation. The first Pan-American Conference was held twelve years ago. *he u.est one may be held in half a dozen years or less. After that sim­ ilar gatherings may meet every year Or two, and when that happens the (iteration of the Western Hemisphere win be half accomplished. A congress of the American repub­ lics meeting annually or biennially would assume in time the-char acter- fetlcs of a common government It would resemble the congress of the con­ federation that preceded the formation 6t oar own Constitution. That congress was composed of the {•legates of independent states. It Was a diplomatic body, like the one that 1b to meet at Mexico, it had few powers of its own. AU It could do on most subjects was to give advice to the states, yet it paved the way for a strong national government. ' In their progress toward federation the American continents are far ahead of Europe, European international conferences are held only for certain specified purposes, and generally rep­ resent only a limited number of pow- In the common parlance of thl erioan people the present confer­ ence is the "Blaine idea," nurtured, dev^oped and brought down to the present moment. The first important Pan-American Congress was held in Washington, D. C., in 1889, and was the direct result of Mr. Blaine's fore­ sight and daring leadership. Its main object was to formulate "an agreement upon, and recommendation for the ers. But here we have all the coun- I adoption to their respective govern tries of the hemisphere seeding their delegates for a general discussion of matters of common interest. Such joint discussions cannot fail to draw them closer together. There are many matters that are within the field of practical action al­ ready. An international coin, for in-** stance, which was one of ttie objects discussed by the first Pan-Aerican con­ ference, is still a thing to be desired. And why should we not have it? The delegation from the United States is composed of the following members: Henry G. Davis of West Virginia; "V>. I. Buchanan, of Iowa; Charles M. Pepper, of the District of Columbia; John Barrett, of Oregon; Volney W. Foster, of Illinois;' Jose J- Rodriguez, secretary. meats of, a definite plan of arbitra­ tion of all questions,, disputes and dif­ ferences that may now or hereafter exist between them, to the end that all difficulties and disputes between such nations may be peacefully set­ tled and wars prevented." Now, as then, the question of arbi­ tration Is the most important and dif­ ficult problem which will be consid­ ered; but somctimeo uie altruistic dream of one deoade is the operative diplomacy of the next, and It Is cer­ tain that great advances have been made since the initial conference VAS held and the prinoiples of reciprocity and international arbitration were first promulgated and discussed at a fam­ ily gather*!*! of the American Repub­ lics. m 91 & |President Lincoln's < > W^ecretatty and Historian Mfcholay, the author of ten- t'v fplume biography of Abraham Lln- v fOln and of other works on the great emancipator, died the other day in Washington, aged 69. He had lived In national capital ever since 1860. / with the death of John G. Nicolay ihere remains but one survivor of the jpcat war president's official house­ hold--John Hay, the present secretary "-I;*;-.." - - - - - -- more than ordinary powers, and in the stern school of those crucial times they developed unusual diplomatic and executive abilities. To how great a degree Mr. Nicolay's faithfiil services contributed to President Lincoln's success cannot be estimated, but It Is certain that his work-at the White House was the moat important of his life. He also performed a valuable ^ 5- ¥ V M 1C*¥v THE LATE JOHN NICOLAY. gtate. - All the members of Lincoln's . public service wherf he chose John Cabinets and nearly a 1 the man who 1 Hay as his assistant, thus turning the Supported him in the senate and house I talents of the young Illinois lawyer «re dead. Mr. Nicolay and Mr. Hay into the channel of na.ional polities. The work for which Mr. Nicolay will be longest remembered, however, is that of the ten-voume "Life .of Abra- §oth were young men when they went |b Washington as Lincoln's private liecretaries In 1861. Both were men of ham Lincoln," on which he and Mr. Hay collaborated for twelve years. The work Is the standard authority on all phases of Lincoln's public career. It tells the story of the historic epoch of which Lincoln was the central fig­ ure with an accuracy and fullness that render it of permanent value and in­ terest It should be accounted one of the fortunate circumstances of Ameri­ can history that two such able writers and political students as Nicolay and Hay were in such close relations with Lincoln and had begun collecting ma­ terial for a history of the man and his times almost from the beginning of his administration. It is gratifying that Mr. Nicolay, in spite of poor health, lived to reap a liberal reward of reputation and money for his ser­ vices as biographer and historian. LETTERS TO THE OlflNESt. fMtmn U Htn SercrenMd la CMnt* town Than Policeman. No Interpreter is required to assort the mail that comes to the residents of the Chinese colony in any of the larger cities of the country. The fact is due to the precautions' taken by the celestials themselves or their corres­ pondents in the land where the "boxer" thrives. A letter to a Chinaman Is generally consigned to some well- known person whose name is written in English. When a celestial writes to his family in China he invariably incloses a directed envelope. Chinese names are a puzzle even to Chinamen. Every Chinaman has several entirely dissimilar names, his "birth name" and "marriage name" be?PS instances. Then he has a clan' name, or society name, and a business name and per­ haps another nam^or two for variety sake. The larger firms have their ad­ dresses printed on envelopes which are supplied to their regular custom­ ers. The Chinese . consider handling mail in the light of an honorable trust, and there has never been any complaint that letters are delivered to the wrong person. A Chinese may have a serious falling out with a firm and may have transferred his busi­ ness to a .rival, but'mail addressed in care of his former connection always reaches him. The Chinese are great letter writers./ Of course, there Is a. great deal of business correspondence between Chinatown and Chinese ports, but much of the mail matter Is of a social nature. Many . Chinese who nave a good command oi the intricate written language of the dragon em­ pire make a good living writing letters for others of their race who dont know how to write. When a Chinese in this city writes to his relatives in China he Incloses an addressed en­ velope. The postman Is more reverenced In Chinatowu than the policeman. In fact, that hardly expresses It, for the policeman only gets the reverence which comes from fear of the law, while the postman, as the link which connects the inhabitants with the land of their birth, is most popular. He Is a fortunate man every Chinese New Year's week, for he receives many presents. If he tried to drink all the Chinese wine offered to him on his rounds in the holiday week, he would never live through It One does not have to consult a shipping guide in Chinatown to learn When the next mall is due from the far East The Chinese know to a day when every mail arrives and figure to the hour re­ garding the posting of China-bound letters. They know that it takes thir­ ty-two days for a letter to go from Chicago to Hong Kong If It Is sent by the Vancouver steamers. They also know that it takes a little longer if sent by the San Francisco or Seattle routes, consequently, the Vancouver mall is always the heavier. * * x ;j Current Topics | + •••••»»•••••••»••••••*••» 1Mut of Miss Ittoose*>elt. Miss Alice Roosevelt, the new "daughter of the white house," will make her debut late this fall, and so­ ciety Is awaiting the event with great Interest, says a Washington dispatch. When it was first planned to introduce Miss Roosevelt in Washington this winter all the details of her debut were most carefully planned. These will of necessity be somewhat changed, but an effort will be made as far as possible to follow the lines that were laid down and one may be sure that Mrs. Roose­ velt intends to fulfill to the letter her duties as chaperon and mother. Of course .there is no time set as to I L L I N O I S I T E M S PERSUADED WITH A CAMERA. Wow English Vrrte/ on Anarchist*. - The London Spectator and the Lon­ don Saturday Review both have leading editorial articles on the assassination of President McKinley, in which they set forth views on the problem of dealing with Anarchists. The Spectator believes that men of this dangerous character are increas­ ing, but it thinks nothing is to be gained through sharper laws against Anarchists and Anarchist literature. Such laws, it says, only bind the des­ peradoes more firmly together. It adds that there would be no injustice in punishing any person who in type recommends murder or suggests ways of committing it, but the editor doubts whether kings or presidents would be much safer if all such liter­ ature disappeared. The trouble is that general denunciations of society, which can hardly b« punished, seem to have the --orst effects in arousing the homicidal instinct The Spectator comes to the conclusion that little or nothing, can be done to prevent as­ sassination that has not been done ai ready. The first license for a female pilot issued by the Baltimore board of steamboat inspectors, was given to Miss Carrie B. Hunter of Snow Hill, Md. Misp Hunter's father owns a small steam yacht, and her license entitles her to navigate vessels of that type on Pocomoke sound, river and tribu­ taries. Miss Hunter is the second woman on the Atlantic coast to re­ ceive a pilot's license. ^ Autograph of McKJnley When a "Boy. t • ,';r: Mrs. Martin Solly of Sharon, Penn., the possessor of an autograph al­ burn in which President McKinley Wrote a verse, of ponry when he wrs Attending the seminary at Poland, 0. )Be was then 11 years old, but was Considered one of the brightest st4-> Vj|ents in the institution. - Back In the 50-, and even In more •aecent years, ev^ry ycu g lady In the i^ountry prided herself in possessing > Jjutograph albums. It was a popular fad among the girls to get the s-gnar- : lures of their friends, and as William tilcKinley wrote such a fine hand that -v$e was kept busy writing tender Words for them. * Novelty is the great parent of pleas­ ure, and the autograph album 1a a L thing of the past i The album was originally owned by j ifrs. Lucy Reno, mother of Mrs. Solly, itnd she was a school friend of Mc­ kinley • >ii U • ;<• . .j»r Booker *F." Washington has -bWii spending a two: weeks' vacation camp- /J ing In the valley of the Gauley river, in West Virginia, not far from the place where, as a boy, he worked in a coal mine and about the Bait fur­ naces. Mr. Washington has always re­ tained a warm regard for the rivers and mountains of his boyhood home, and enjoys going back there, while the peonle of the state, rewdipgn of race. are proud of him and unite tsk render him every possible courtesy. ' Miss Louise C. Danforth, who has had charge of the postotiice in Weath- ersfleld Bow, Vt., for fifty years, has resigned. Her salary, depending upon the stamp cancellation, has been ahpot $160 for a number^of years. - Young Man Won Om HI* Pros­ pective Father-in-Law. "It was simply bull-headed luok," said the young man with the red shirt waist. "Papa declared that it would be a warm day when he consented to my marrying his daughter, and as the weather record had been broken sev­ eral times after he had made that re­ mark, } was beginning to lose hope. When all-the-world-to-me went on her vacation I went to the same place and put up at the same hotel. Now, papa- in-law-to-be is an old blowhard, and it made me tired--everybody else, too •--the way he bragged about the fish he caught in former years. Finally, some one hinted that It would be a- good plan for him to make good and give us an example of his skill as a fisherman. He accepted the challenge and spent three days getting his tackle ready. He went alone, as he said he didn't want to be bothered by having any greenhorns along, and we waited with bated breath for him to return. Now, I am something of a camera fiend and late in the afternoon I started out to take a picture of a little wooded dell when the shadows were well down. I was making my way to the road through some thick brush when I dis­ covered my daddy-ln-law-to-b© stand­ ing in the middle of the road bargain­ ing with a small boy for a long string of magnificat fish. Quick as a flash I took a snap* shot of him just as he was holding onto his pocket with one hand and digging into it with the other. I let the old man brag around the hotel for three days about the fish he had caught Then I showed him the picture, told him if he didn't con­ sent to my marrying his daughter I would spread it broadcast over the ho­ tel, and pointed out where his reputa­ tion would be. .He Wilted, gulped hard and surrendered. He isn't a bad sort when you know how to handle him."--- Detroit Free Press. Saved the Little Bottles. " I have a patient who is wonder­ fully considerate of my interests," said a prominent physician lately. "A few weeks ago he had malaria, and I pre­ scribed quinine for him, giving him four-grain' capsules, so that he might take the drug without discomfort. He came out of his attack and a few days later called to see me at my office. Judge of my surprise when he exhibit­ ed the empty capsules and said, 'Doc­ tor, I thought you might like the little bottles, so I saved them and brought them back.' He had emptied each four- grain dose of the bitter powder, and then essayed the rather hopeless task of washing it down with water; I couldn't do otherwise than to take th4 'little bottles' from him without a word and next time I'll give him quinine In another form."--Philadelphia Pub­ lic Ledger. Miss Kulclrer--bid you ever go In f6r literature, Mr. Gay? Mr. Gay--Well--- er--not exactly, but once when I wat at college I wrote a short story and got:>$100 for It. Miss Kulcher--Really! What was it? Mr. Gay--Dear Father: I'm broke. Please send me a hundred. After a woman comes home from church she has the same sort of guar­ anteed credit feeling that a man has just after he makes a'-.jb* bank p o s i t • . . . . . V ' - ' J * • '1$ V . I f * MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT. when the formal introduction of Miss Roosevelt will take place, but It may safely be assumed that she will have an unusually brilliant winter for a de­ butante, and Mrs. Roosevelt has most carefully planned her trousseau, which now will simply mean some additions. Already what Miss Roosevelt is to be is being talked over, showing that the personal interest is not to be lost sight of in the sudden accession of public interest that $ust needs come in such a tremendous change of circumstances. CT/>« Old and the Jfew. Turn from the Herald, the Sun, the Tribune or the Times of today and glance over an issue of the same jour­ nals during the month of September, 185L It Is the paucity of personal news In the old newspaper, the over­ flowing abundance of It today, that arrest the attention and denote the contrast; the great space now given to reports of minor events, petty things, of which no one may hare in­ terest for many parsons, but which in the aggregate make the modern news­ paper indispensable to legions of read­ ers, while the best and greatest of the newspapers of fifty years ago were easily dispensed with by the larger part of the community.--New York Times. General Cor bin to Wed. Announcement i; has be#a made In Washington that the marriage oi Ma- MISS EDYTHE PATTEN, jor General H. C. Corbin, adjutant- general of the army, and Miss Edythe Patten will take place in that ̂ ffitty at the residence of the bride Nov. f. flea for the Chinese, Minister Wu Ting-fang is right. There should be no bar to the admis­ sion of Chinese students in this coun­ try. We stand at the gate of Pekin demanding that China shall civilize herself, yet when the picks the best of her youth and sends them to this land to learn civilization, we send them back without even permitting them to land. There is a deal of hum­ bug about this.'--Brooklyn Eagle, "Duty a* to Lynching*. none too soon that the govern­ ors of the lynching states (only five states are now free from the crime) are endeavoring to arouse public sen­ timent against such outgrowths of barbarity. Such an awakening is a promising sign for the south, and will be hailed with satisfaction by the country.--Boston Olobe. After Jfeb* Jersey'* Governor­ ship. Franklin Murphy, whom the Repub­ licans of New Jersey have nominated for the governorship, is an eminent and successful business man of New­ ark, where be heads a great company engaged in the manufacture and sale cf varnish, Mr. Murphy is a mtfJi of varied experience as a soldier, legis­ lator and business man. Though bat fifteen years old at the outbreak of the civil war, he en­ listed a year oi two later in the Thirteenth New Jersey Volunteers, and saw much ser­ vice. After the war he entered the varnish business in a modest way, and the present great establishment has grown from those beginnings. Though a resident of Newark, in Essex county, since his tenth year; Mr. Murphy is a native of Jersey City, and on that, ac­ count Hudson county claims hMn.^ r Rumors that Mrs. L. A. Seeley, the aeronaut who was supposed t<- have fallen into the river recently, has been abducted, are gaining credence at La Salle. Andrew Nelson- of Oglesby claims to have seen the parachute fall into a field several hundred yards dis-" tant from the spot on which the bal-, loon fell. This field Is covered with high weeds. From the conter of the field to the roa<!sid« * portion Of the weeds are lying flat. This would in­ dicate that the pare., hute had been dragged to the edn«> of the field. These circumstance haw the husband of the woman to the belief that she was caught arter landing and spirited away. He suspects a professional aero­ naut of Fond du Lat. Wis., who was enamored of Mrs. Seeley, with being Implicated in the kidnaping. . The crowd at the state fair Friday ways about half the size of Thurs­ day's crowd, when it was estimated that 60,000 persons weVe upon the grounds. The fair has closed. The total paid admissions for the week amount to about $40,000. The city engineers of Pana have re­ turned to work and the city is saved from another night of darkness, while the various Industries forced to close by the strike can resume operations. The engineers will remain at their posts until the next meeting of the council. October 7, when, it is hoped, a satisfactory settlement can be reach­ ed. The Mollne Plow company, the sec­ ond largest plow factor in the coun­ try. has definitely and finally refused to become a party to the big plow com­ bine or to sell its plant to the promot­ ers of the trust. S. A. Whitehead of the salt trust, representing the United States Mortgage and Trust company, which is financing the deal, has de­ parted after a day in close conference with the company. Every Indueement to sell was offered In addition to the price of $5,000,000, but to no avail. The fate of the trust depended largely upon securing this big factory and it is stated that through this failure the combine will not be effected. Effingham's annual street fair was largely attended by people of the county and surrounding cities, though the higher mark In attendance was reached Thursday, when 15,000 visitors were present. Saturday the fair was closed. • The extensive mills of the E. O. Stanard Company and Several adjoin­ ing buildings at Alton were destroyed by lire. The loss is $400,000 ,of which $300,000 falls upon the Stanard, Com­ pany. Other losers are the Farmers' elevator, $25,000: George B. Hayden, machine shop, $15 000; Ro'.ler Mill ing Company and Model Hotel, $5 000 each. The freight house of the Dia­ mond Joe Line and seven small build- lnes also were burned. A high wind blew sparks broadcast, threaten'ng the destruction of the business part Of the town, and S:. Lou's was asked for help. A special train carried two •ngine companies from there, and they with £he local department, finally got the flames under control. 8urvivors of the famous Yates Pha­ lanx, the Thirty-ninth Volunteer In­ fantry, met at Leroy in annual re­ union. The 100 vetespns who assem­ bled were accompani d by G>and Ar­ my men of other regiments frojn all tover central Illinois. The formal pro gramme was given, when Mayor Bon- nett delivered the addiess of welcome and Richard Lemon of Dswitt county gave the response. Other talks were by Wesley Owen of Leroy and Ed­ mund O'Connell of B'.oomington. The reunion closed with speeches by S. R McDowell, Rev. F. L. Gould and Garl Riddle. William Kennedy, a patrolman at Bloomlngton, and Miss Kate Holland, Bister of Alderman Edward Holland, were married at Holy Trinity. .Within a few weeks the hottest fight ever waged in distilling circles wijl be on in Peoria. Recently the Clarks\nd the Comings each erected a large dependent house, and the trust has in retaliation refitted the old Brown dis­ tillery to be used as a rectify.ng house. Both the Clarks and the Comings have made a specialty of rectifying, tfut lately have erected new distill!ng- houses, and the war Is on. In addition the Monarch, one of the best of the American Spirits company houses.will start Monday with a capacity of 4,000 bushels, to be increased to the full capacity. 6.000, as sdon as the new tubs are finished. Recently the Comings Induced Peter Casey, manager for the American Spirits company, to take charge of their new house. The trust then sent Frederick Knislnger from the Louisville district to Peoria to take charge. Both the Independent con­ cerns have doubled their capital stock and declare that they will fight the trust to a finish- Governor Yates has heard argument on the extradition c:s3 of Gustav L. Clausen, who Is w n'ed at Kenosha, Wis., In connecticn w th the alleged bribery of aide m^n, and p:stponed his decision until Saturday, so that Clausen may appear personally. Louis Blum, a prominent merchant of Elgin, has sued the Street Carnival committee for $50, the amount of his subscription. The carnival was a suc^ cess financially, and the committee, after paying all bills, decided to do­ nate the surplus, about $500, to the Orphan's Home. Blum and other sub­ scribers claim that the committee is attempting to give to the hoaie money that belongs to them according to the agreement made when it was contrib­ uted. They propose to have the money returned and then to give, it to the home themselves. M{s. L. A. Seeley, an aeronaut known as Lillian 'Le Fay, who has been one of the State fair attractions, made a balloon ascension in La Salle Wednesday nigM, and up to a late hour Thursdajr^ight no trace of her whereabouts had been discovered. It Is thought that in making the descent she fell into the Illinois river and was drowned. The balloon was fount! in a pasture in Oglesby by a searching party Thursday afternoons Robert Aurand of Lanark waS killed by a St. Paul train while walking on .£» track at-Savanî 'p^ ;̂',: After aa Interview with Senator Mason ai ?*tiingfield, Congressman Cannon announced that he was not a candidate for the senate. "Were I a candidate my announcement would bo made openly." Cannon's friends at Moweaqua are urging him to become a candidate for vi^a, president in 1904* Cannon refuses to discuss the possl* j bility. Former iJnited States Senator C. B. Farwell underwent a surgical opera­ tion at Chicago, the object of which was the removal of stones in tha patient's bladder. The operation was performed at St. ISuke's hospital. Tha result was highly satisfactory, and tha patient Is reported as progressing favorably. Mr. Farwell has suffered for fifteen years from the presence of the stones but the operation is expect* ed to restore him to health. Charles H. Deere of Mollne has bean selected as head of the new plow trust ^ Martin H. Madden of Chicago said al; Springfield to a personal friend that he had withdrawn as a candidate for United States senator, but would be a candidate for the nomination to con­ gress in 1902. Phillip Goode Gillett, the noted efln» cator, who for nearly fifty years haA been superintendent of the Illinois In­ stitution for deaf mutes, is- dead at Jacksonville. Mr. Gillett's connection with the great deaf mute school began in 1856, when he went to Jacksonville to take charge of the institution as Its principal. He was regarded generally! as one of the most capable educates in the world and his fame extends to, many countries in Europe and even the EaRt. Harry Hopkins, a prisoner In tha county jail at Sp:lrgfisld, awaiting trial on a charge of robbery, was near­ ly cut to death by William Harris, an insane patient Harris attacked him with a razor and cut across the baek of Hopkins' neck. Hopkins was re­ moved to St John's hospital, but It j is not known whether he will recover. ,'4 f""*'" Governor Yates has given out tha ,1*1 ̂ following address to the people of ,,-,0 Illinois: "In compliance *Hth the re- Q u e s t o f t h e c o m m i t t e e s h a v i n g i n ' ^ , charge arrangements for Illinois day at the Pan-American exposition, lj hereby call attention to the fact that the exposition authorities have desig­ nated Monday, October 7, 1901, as Illi­ nois day, and have made extensive^ preparations for its proper observ­ ance. It is incumbent upon us as a people to return, in suitable manner, at Buffalo, the great consideration shown to us by the people of New York at the time of our Columbian exposition at Chicago. Illinois day ̂ should be made a notable manlfesta- ^ tion of the interest naturally taken by | * our great central state in this exposl- * • . tion of progress and products of all America. To this ead gene: al invita­ tion is extended to our people to as­ semble at Buffalo on the day above mentioned and participate in the form­ al ceremonial provided." The reunion of the One Hundred and Seventh Illinois regiment was held in Monticello. Ninety-one members of the regiment were enrolled. A rousing camp fire was held at the opera house, the principal address being made by *•, Judge Shonkwiler. At the business meeting a resolution was passed call- ^'Jvi-j ing for legislation to stamp out an- yflM * £s* * • :x0- M W. ilM n- $ i: 7^ Mh *i::v|. Wi archy and commending the promptness with which the assassin of the Presi- ,/ 1 ' dent has been tried and convicted. ] i Sam Casey, Albert Watson and B. A. Marshall, owners of the hotel at , Jl ^ Mt Vernon, known as the Jefferson 'A House, have traded the property to W. C. Ingram for a farm of 134 acres in i'1^"' Moore's Prairie township, known as the Flint farm. The Jefferson House is now under the management of* T. J. Broom. Miss Anna Morgan of the Anna Morgan School of Expression, and Mrs. Helen M. Barker, treasurer of the National W. C. T. U., are engaged in legal dispute at Chicago over four notes held by Mrs. Barker and^ signed by Miss Morgan. Back of it all Is a transaction in mining stocks, tne mine never producing anything but certif- \ ' icates of stock. Miss Morgan says 4 ^4 "" that she gave the notes in payment for stock which never was delivered S to her. Justice Richardson heard the ; case and decided that Miss Morgan l must pay. Miss Morgan says sha Witt appeal the case. Freshman at the University of Illi­ nois opened fire on sophomores who attempted to haze him. Serious clashes reported between the two lower classes Major General Arthur MacArthur wi 1 be stationed at Chic go, probably in March next, in command of the De­ partment of the Lak 8. He will suc­ ceed Major General Otis, who had been in general command in the Philippines before going to Chicago. Since Gen­ eral MacArthur's return to this coun­ try from the Philippines there has been considerable sp eulatien as to where he would be located In the mill- tary service. General MacArthur r would not discuss the expected change. A battle occurred today at Joliet be­ tween half a dozen non-union men im­ ported from Chicago to work in the Bates Machine Company's plant and a delegation of strikers from the fac­ tory, in which several men were hurt. The strangers were roughly handled and two of them will require the at­ tendance of a physician for several days. The othe s escaped serious In­ jury only by th lr sp el. Revolvers were used du -ing the engagement, but no one was hit. The injuries are all due to hand-tOrhand eacouutera be­ tween the workers-, Dr. W C. Gray was bnfled Wedaee- cay. Prlvata servic s for the family and close friends were held at the home in Oak Park, In the morning, while at 10 o'c'ock public services vera held at the Third Presbyterian church, Chicago. At this service D\ Newell Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn officiated. Interment was at Forest Home ceme­ tery. Members of »he Congregational and Presbyterian ministers* assigna­ tions met" in joint session Monday and adopted resolutions of regret. The Illinois W. C. T. K^WttHa Opens at Galeeborg ifeKt •Tweiarfej^p; 4 . • >' mi /•si "~s; 3.'