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mm* GEIN. ANDREW B. 6PURLING '<* .. »sw man now in the sadly thinned ranks of the Grand Army of the Re­ public can look back upon a war rec­ ord BO full of glorious and notable achievements as can Gen. Andrew B. Spurllng, now residing at 608 La Salle avenue, Chicago, and during the rebel­ lion lieutenant colonel of the second Maine cavalry. Repeatedly mentioned in dispatches, complimented on the field, and presented by congress with a special medal of honor "for valor," he Is a perfect type of that incomparable body of men that at the close of the great war went back to ..civil life and became as good citizens as they had been unrivaled soldiers. Truly the re­ public does well to honor such- men, (or the world may safely be challenged to produce their equal. Gen. Spurling received his medal of lionor from the war department by or­ der of President McKinley, in 1897, but It was won March 23, 1865, when Gen. fipurllng was lieutenant colonel of the second Maine cavalry and was in com­ mand of a brigade of cavalry march­ ing in the enemy's country from Mil­ ton Fla„, to cut the railroad at Ever­ green, Ala., and seize or destroy all the Confederate supplies possible. The country was full of Confederate scout­ ing parties and it was by capturing one of these., and that alcne, that the SXpeditidn was enabled to succeed. It is a thrilling story, but is only 4>no of many in which Gen. Spurling was the hero. His command arrived about 11 o'clock the nigbt of March 23, 1865, at the junction of the roads lead­ ing to Gravella and Evergreen, Ala., •and five miles distant from each place. Here the men were permitted to dis­ mount and get a little rest and sleep before the attack on Evergreen In the early morning. Pickets were thrown out on all sides and Gen. Spurling rode to the advance guard in the Evergreen road. As he arrived at the outpost he heard talking outside the lines, and asked the officer In charge if any of his saddle,'he started out to Had a ehanoe to enroll himself as a confederate sol­ dier. He succeeded and that night with seven others camped out, intend­ ing to ford the Potomac to Virginia in the morning early. While they slept Spurling secured all their arms and then marched them to Frederick, Md., where his regiment was encamped, and turned them over to the provost mar­ shal, taking a receipt for the same. When Gen. McDowell was retiring from the Rapidan with the Maine Cav­ alry, holding back the pushing Con­ federates, Capt. Spurling found himself surrounded, when, dismounting behind a haystack, he was rapidly using a carbine, he being a dead shot. He was ordered to surrender, but leaped into his saddle and galloped away amid a volley of bullets. Capt. Spurling commanded his com­ pany in the. famous cavalry battle at Brandy Station when the Union troop­ ers won their first great victory of the war, and in this engagement was shot through the thigh. Twelve days later in a charge at Upperville In a hand-to- hand conflict he received a saber cut in his right hand, which scar he will carry to his death. Capt. Spurling was promoted to ma­ jor of the Second Maine Cavalry, from there to lieutenant-colonel, and it was while with this regiment in Alabama and Florida, where he was given in dependent commands, that he attract­ ed the favorable notice of all the corps division and brigade commanders by his activity, versatility and heroic bra­ very upon many occasions. He was a lieutenant-colonel in rank but for the last year of the War was in command of a brigade nearly all of the time, as he was constantly turning up unexpectedly in the enemy's coun­ try a hundred or two miles from the main army, and although alwaro fiercely beset, he never failed to accom-c Gwnl Aadnw Ik Sparling. men had cone beyond the lines. Upon learning, to his surprise, that such was not the case, he dismounted, gave his horse in charge of a bugler, took a re­ volver from the holster, told the offi­ cer to be on the alert and stealthily ran forward through the darkness in the direction of the voices. When he could go no further without betraying his presence he dropped to the ground In an angle of a rail fence where he could distinguish in the darkness the outlines of three horsemen with rifles glistening across the pommels of their saddles, which made it conclusive that they were rebels, as his own men were armed with carbines, which hung from the side. He lay breathless until they passed, then rose and took the middle of the road and had them between him­ self and his troopers. He ordered them to surrender. "Who are you?" they demanded and cocked their rifles. "I am an infernally live yank," replied Spurling, as he opened fire. His first shot struck the officer in charge; three 'rifles responded, but Spurling was not hit. H1b second unhorsed another rebel and the third man surrendered. When the advance guard arrived Gen. 8purling had all thee prisoners, one of them being Lieut. John W. Watts, son of the then governor of Alabama. He was wounded in the left groin by Spar­ ling's bullet and narrowly escaped death. Lieut Watts was on his way Evergreen to raise men to give bat­ tle to Spurling and had he not been caught would soon have reached Ev­ ergreen and by telegraph there aroused the country and so many sol­ diers would have been summoned that Gen. Spurling would have had to re­ treat while fighting desperately for his own safety. The capture of the scouts, however, enabled him to tap the railroad and capture two trains and 125 prisoners. It was for this ex­ ploit that Gen. Spurling received a congressional medal of honor, as the order read, "for most distinguished gallantry in action." Gen. Spurling was a native of Cran­ berry Isle, Me., and was a sea captain before the war, having returned from California, where he had been for sev­ eral years, to offer his services to the goverifor of Maine, and, having enlist­ ed as a private Was within a month commissioned a first lieutenant in the first Maine Cavalry. He was promo­ ted to captain and it was when with his command that he first attracted at­ tention to himself by biB pluck and pa­ triotism additional to original meth>Mb of warfare. « It was in th*> early service of that cPstincrushed cavalry regiment when In Marviano mat Capt. Spurling asked for p«»rTT*'ssion to be absent op a scout p- re»r"It«T!g was then quite active for tV <">r<fe'»erat# army. Procuring a Sttitof cit>sena clothes. a< horse and , plish valuable service and escape by the exercise of superior judgment and most determined fighting when it be­ came necessary to cut out or surren­ der. One notable occasion, when Gen. Spurling won great praise from the en tire army, was on a return from a long raid with overwhelming numbers pur­ suing him hard on all sides, that he led his brigade in a charge across a bridge, which was supposed to be so fortified as to preclude such a sup­ posed foolhardy attempt. In the face of a severe flre the charge was made, Gen. Spurling leading. He was met at the other end of the bridge by the Con­ federates, and Gen. Spurling killed the colonel is command in a hand-to-hand encounter. At another time, with 200 pickeJ men, he rode two hundred miles in three days to Vernon. (Ja., destroying a large sjpply of stores there, rejoin­ ing the brigade at Marianna, after hav­ ing several sharp engagements him­ self, in time to attack the enemy in the rear and win a victory there which hung in the balance. Brigade commanders and generals of divisions repeatedly complimented Gen. Spurling for services rendered to the Union cause, and dispatches to Wash­ ington announcing victories of the army to which he belonged almost in­ variably mentioned him with distinc­ tion. Gen. Spurling comes of a race of sail­ ors and fighting stock. His grandfath­ er, Capt. Benjamin Spurling, had many thrilling adventures with the British during the war of 1812, and for a time was captive on board of an English man-of-war, while in 1823 his father, Capt. Samuel Spurling, when master of the schooner Cashier of Cranberry Isles, Me., defeated a crew of pirates who had for a long time terrorized the coast towns of Cuba. For his valor upon this occasion he was presented by the merchants and citizens of Trini­ dad de Cuba with a silver-mounted sword, a brace of gold-mounted pistols and $500 in gold. Gen. Spurling is now nearly tit years old and carried his years well. Up to Oct 10, 1900, when he received a stroke of apoplexy, which entirely paralyzed his right side, since which time he has been unable to give much attention to business. He is certainly one of the most distinguished heroes of theWar of the .Rebellion. Anton Lang, who took the part of Christ in the Oberammergau play last Rummer, was married at Christmas to the girl who sang the "mystical song." Her fatter is Jakob Rutz. the village blacksmith and leader, of the .cboms WOMEN GIVE MILLION* SUM Md Boqaasts of Rich MmibM of the Fair Sex. Women were, as usual, conspicu­ ously generous with gifts and bequests during 1901--the first year of the new century. The record for charitable, educational and like purposes reaches approximately the sum of $18,000,000, or about $1,500,000 every month. Of the $15,000,000 given to colleges alone during the first six ihonths of the year women contributed $6,000,000. It has been noted that, while men give more liberally to education,^ women contributed chiefly to charity and re­ ligion. Her beautiful home in Virginia, 1,500 acres of land and an endowment of $700,000 is a recent gift, by will, of Mrs. Indiana Williams for a girls' school. Mrs. McCormick, of Chicago, continues her liberal gifts to educa­ tion, and Miss Helen Gould contrib­ uted to the same cause most gener­ ously. Vassar College has been pre­ sented with scholarships as well as the New York University, the latter receiving a fund for perpetual endow­ ments. Miss Gould is also interested in Young Men's Christian Associa­ tions, having erected buildings for several. Yale College has profited by the generosity of several women. A valuable library, $100,000 to establish a Y. M. C. A. for the scientific school, and money to found a memorial fel­ lowship being among the important gifts. Libraries have profited to the extent of $1,000,000 by women's gifts. In the realm of charity, gifts and be­ quests are recorded aggregating the splendid sum of $10,000,000. Rarely, if ever, has so much money been con­ tributed for charitable purposes as this year. Upon Easter day alone in New York churches, nearly half a mil­ lion was placed on the alms basins at the different services, Grace church giving $167,500 of this amount It is safe to say that women gave over half of this near half million dollars. At the triennial convention of the Epis­ copal church, held at San Francisco, in October, women gave $100,000 for missions, and pledged the further sum of $15,000 for a girls' school in China. One of the most notable gifts for hos­ pitals is that of Mrs. Collis P. Hunt­ ington, who has presented ber beauti­ ful home in San Francisco to the city, to be converted into a hospital for women. The house cost a quarter of a million dollars and was used only about two months in the year by the Huntington*.--Indianapolis News. PRINCELY CADETS. T«u| bdlu Chiefs and Kobiwi Who Have Joined the Mew Corp*. Thus far seventeen young chiefs and nobles have joined the Imperial cadet corps, which was established in India a short while ago. Of these, thirteen come from Rajputana and the central states, two from the Bombay presi­ dency, one from the Punjab, and one from Hyderabad. Four are ruling chiefs. The others are scions of princely or aristocratic families, moet of whom have been educated at the various chiefs' colleges. It is the pur­ pose of the viceroy to modify, in some degree, the curriculum at these insti- tuions, in order that the pupils may be better qualified for the duties which they will have to perform hereafter as cadets, and later in staff positions in the Anglo-Indian army. A winter camp for the corps has been arranged at Meerut, and the first course of in­ struction will be given there. The government will provide each cadet with a charger. The number of horses and ponies and personal attendants for each cadet has been narrowly limited. Living in camp will be simple and the discipline strict. The closest attention will be paid to caste rules. The en­ tire course of instruction, which will combine drill, riding and military ex­ ercises, with suitable indoor instruc­ tion, will be so designed as to enable the pick of the cadets in time to take their places as British officers, while never losing the character and bearing of Indian gentlemen. When on duty and during instruction the cadets will wear a simple uniform. On ceremonial or state occasions they will wear a state uniform, for which special de­ signs are to be made. Probably the cadets will soon be Inspected by thai viceroy, and they will form a conspic­ uous feature in his escort at the proc­ lamation durbar at Delhi on January 1, 1903. The result of this attempt to bring the British and native divisions of the Anglo-Indian army into close relationship will be watched with In­ terest.--New York Post Foreigners la Bostoa. Boston was at one time considered the most distinctively American of the cities of the United States, but that distinction exists no longer. The last published report of the Boston Board of Health, a good guide to the division of population, shows that the number of deaths for the week was 237, as against 202 for the corresponding week last year. Of the number 233 were, white and four colored; 146 were born in the United States, eighty-five in for­ eign countries and six of unknown na­ tionality; forty-seven were of Ameri­ can parentage. The increase in the foreign-born population of Boston is mostly from Ireland, Canada and Rus­ sia. The German population of Bos­ ton continues small.--New York Sun. Women Loae Faith In Baeh Other. There are two Portland women who have recently lost faith in each other. They were attending the meetings of the Literary Union the other day, and on emerging from the hall found a sharp shower in progress. Each an­ nounced to the other that she must telephone for a carriage, and they de­ parted into different stores, ostensibly for that purpose. When, ten minutes later, the women met in-a Spring street trolley car no allusion was made to thfi carriage.--Kennebec (Me.) Journal. Carious llesnlt of a Translation. In the preface to a new translation in English of Tolstoi's "Sevastopol'"' an amusing story is told of the way in wliich a German translator handled the inscription to "Anna Karenina," 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay." That transcription was written by ToU stoi in the ecclesiastical Slavonic used by the Russian church, and the trans­ lator produced this rendering: "Re­ venge is sweet; I will play the aos." ^ ILLINOIS ITEMS 3S . The Stale Historical Society haa ap­ pointed Professor Edmund J. James, president of Northwestern University, chairman of a committee which is to petition the legislature to establish a permanent State Historical Library.' The twenty-sixth semi-annual meet­ ing of the Military Tract Press associa­ tion, held at Galesburg, elected W. T. Davidson of Lewistown president; John H. Camp of Bushnell, vice presi­ dent. and Jesse Bell of Plymouth, sec­ retary. Twelve ladies of Sparta have organ­ ized a club for the purpose of enter­ taining their husbands. The Democratic central committee of Calhoun county has called a( county primary for the nomination of county officers on April 5. C. F. Becker, a fireman on the Chi­ cago, Peoiia and St. Louis railraoi, was buried under five tons of coal at Lock- haven. He had released one of the chute slides, allowing five tons of coal to fall into, the tender, when the other allele was accidentally released and the coal fell on Becker. One hundred years of existence have been completed by Jacob Spawr of Lexington. Of this number seventy- six were Bpent in Illinois. The Cairo Woman's club has Deen in existence for twenty-five years. Nobody bid on the Chicago drainage board's issue of $2,000,000 twenty-year serial currency bonds, bearing 3% per cent interest, and tlye board has called off the issue. *" The Cereal Sugar Company of Peoria has through an old German vinegar- maker discovered a process whereby one gallon of hydrol, a by-product in the refining of Sugar, can be made to yield one gallon of excellent crude spirits and about three gallons of good vinegar. Lafayette Busby has been appointed postmaster at Vonn, to succeed J. A. Boyd, who has resigned. Prpf. Andrew^ of the Pana high school has completed' a programme clock, which winds itself every min­ ute, rings two large gongs for the as­ sembling of school and rings small bells in the recitation rooms for dis­ missal of classes The Quincy chapter of the Daughters Of the American Revolution has elected Julia Sibley as delegate to the national meeting, to be held in Washington, D. C., next month. George H. Council of Willlamsville, injured in a wreck on the Chicago & Alton at Mitchell, October 15, 1900. has settled with the railroad company for $7,500. Frank W. Jones, formerly book­ keeper in the Sattley foundry at De­ catur, is in jail charged with burglary and larceny. By using skeleton keys Jones got into the office and helped himself to funds in the safe. \ Indianapolis parlies have appliedfor electric power and telephone franchises in Decatur. A mortgage was filed in the Macon county court for $576,000, in favor of the Central Trust company, by the In­ dianapolis, Decatur and Western Rail­ road company. Joe F. Dinwoodlewas arrested at East St Louis for sending obscene matter through the mails. He broke jail, but was recaptured after a few hours of liberty. The transcontinental lines have agreed to make a rate of $60 for the round trip from Chicago to San Fran Cisco and return for the biennial meet­ ing of the Knights of Pythias, which opens in San Francisco on August 12. From St. Louis the rate will be $47.50. Jarret T. Grimes celebrated his birthday Jan. 21. For eighty-two years he has resided on the farm two miles west of Jerseyvllte, where he was born in 1820. In the annual joint debate between Phi Alpha and Sigma societies of Illi­ nois college Phi Alpha won. Anton Staeckel of Waterloo has been arrested on 9 charge of t,he murder of his wife last October. George Ditch, alias "Leather Eye," is on trial at Lewlston charged with the murder of Mrs. G. W. Lane, wife of a wealthy farmer, on the 16th of July last In a proclamation issued by GOT. Yates Wednesday, January 29, 1902, is set apart as a McKinley memorial day. S. Y. Hawkins, an attorney of Pinck- neyville, died, aged 44 years. Mr. Haw­ kins was a brother of State's Attorney C. R. Hawkins and a nephew of Judges E. D. Youngblood of Mount Vernon and F. M. Youngblood of Carbondale. At St Louis John McLaughlin, 55 years old, of Peoria, was assaulted and robbed of $35 and his clothing. Twenty-Beven candidates registered for examination by the state mining board at Springfield. The examination is for mine managers, mine examiners and hoisting engineers. Brig. Gen. Horace S. Clark of Mat- toon is in Washington, D. C., to repre­ sent the state of Illinois at a meeting of the International Guards associa­ tion. Joseph O. Merritt of Long Creek township, Macon county, a farmer, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are scheduled at $5,911; as­ sets, $341. The large grain elevator of J. P. Ricketts, at Cushman, was entirely de­ stroyed by flre. The loss on the ele­ vator was $4,000. Seven thousand bushels of corn was consumed. Charles Burns, editor and proprietor of the Saline County Republic at El­ dorado, has sold the property to B. A. Mallory of McHenry county, who will continue the publication. Miss Sarah Macke of Taylorvills was seized with a fit of sneezing about ten days ago, and since then she has done little else than sneeze. She sneezed 385 times in three hours. Prof. Redpath of the Chicago univer­ sity will take the place of Prof. M. B. Churchill in Illinois College, who will spend the next few months in Califor- r\) ' George N. Slaten has been appointed to the postmastership at Grafton, with a salary of $1,100. R. E. Tweed has purchased a half interest in the Sparta Printing com­ pany, publishers, of the Sparta Argo­ naut The revival meeting at the Sparta Methodist church is in its fourth week. Over thirty conversions have been reported. Capt. L. W. Moore of Belleville cele­ brated his 75th birthday Jan. 21. He served in the Mexican and civil wars. Rev. E. B. Farrar of Dalton, Ga„ has completed a series of revival meetings .in.Pana. There were sixty conversions. Robert E. Tate of Sandoval was giv­ en a judgment against the Illinois Cen­ tral for $1,514.25 on account of dam-, age to his orchard by fire started by a spark from a locomotive. Feb. 3 Grand Scribe H. C. Fellman of the grand encampment of Illinois, I. Q. O. F., will institute a new en­ campment at Mount Vernon with flfr. ty-five charter members. The Democratic county convention will be held in Litchfield on March 10. The Spanish-American war veterans of Taylorville have organized a post and will become a part of the state association. The Court of Honor, a fraternal In­ surance order, has brought suit against Lina Williamson and others of Taylor­ ville for $2,000. It is alleged that the defendant fraudulently collected insur­ ance money from the order. The new courthouse at Taylorville is expected to be completed by June 15. The Planters' Compress company's hay barn at Nokomls was destroyed by fire. The barn contained about 400 tons of hay; loss, $35,000. The superintendents of the hospitals met with the State Board of Charities at Springfield and made arrangements for the opening of the Bartonville hos­ pital Feb. 10. There is much dissatis­ faction expressed because the hospital will, on its opening, accommodate only 300 patients, and provision can be made for only 700 under the present appropriation. It was originally in­ tended that the hospital should care for 3,000 wards, and the main buildings have been built with this end in view, but there are not enough cottages. It is expected that they will be built later. At Macomb the office of the grand secretary of the Independent Order of Mutual Aid, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and Select Knights of America was gutted by fire. All the records were saved-. The state convention of engineers, In session at Peoria, elected officers as follows: President, H. G. Paddock, of Moline; vice president, E. R. Trottman, of Chicago; secretary and treasurer, A. L. Keuhn, of Urbana; trustees, H. A. Stevens, of Joliet, and M. S. Ketcham, of Champaign. Edward Baggot, forHfty years in the plumbing business in Chicago, is dead. President Ripley oftthe Santa Fe has filed a foreclosure suit for $80,000 against the Galesburg Paving Brick company. The third annual meeting of the Illi­ nois State Historical society at Jack­ sonville decided to petition the next legislature for an appropriation of $250,000 for a building for the state historical library. H. W. Beckwith of Danville was elected president. J. J. Hougland has brought suit in the superior court at Chicago against Ware & Leland. brokers on the Board of Trade, to recover $109,950, treble the amount lost in operation on 'change last July by H. J. Hougland for H. J. Hougland ft Co., and by George Klser for Vanduyne ft Houg­ land and the Decatur Commission Co. Peoria is to have two summer race meets. The first will be during the week of July 4 and continue four days. Purses of $500 will be hung up, and there will be three events each day. The second will be held beginning on Labor day. Dr. Hollteter has been appointed ath­ letic director of Northwestern Univer­ sity and chief coach of the football team for another year by the board of athletic control. Robert McFetridge, who was shot by his brother, William McFetridge, at Chicago, as the outcome of a feud growing out of rivalry in the ice busi­ ness, died at Alexlan Brothers Hos­ pital. The third day of the joint conference of the Illinois Stock Breeders', Corn Growers' and Domestic Science asso­ ciations brought a larger attendance than any previous day. The stock breeders elected officers for the next year as follows: President, Frank Funk, Bloomington; vice president, Joseph Fulkerson, Jerseyville; secre­ tary. W. H. Young, Athens. Prof. Charles W. Pearson of North­ western University wishes to avoid a trial for heresy. He says he will with­ draw his membership from the First Methodist church of Evanston If a ma­ jority of the members of that congre­ gation thinks he erred in his opinions on the infallibility of the bible. Adjt. Gen. J. N. Reece has returned from Albuquerque, N. M., whither he recently accompanied his family. Joseph Giles will begin the publica­ tion of a weekly newspaper in Alton February 1, called the Alton Labor Ad­ vocate. Olaf Markatrom was killed by a Chi­ cago & Alton passenger train at Lock- port and Herman Homeyer at Crete on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railway. George F. Hathaway was instantly killed at the coal chutes of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern and James Hoynes was fatally injured. The Peoria Women's club, which was organized July 9, 1889, by Mrs. Clara Bourliyid and other leading women, celebrated founders' day on Monday. Mattoon has voted to issue bonds to enlarge and remodel the high school bulldln*. It is reported that the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern road soon will be consolidated with the Rock Island system and operated as part of it Seventy-five per cent of that road's stock is now owned by the Rock Island and 25 per cent by the Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cress of Hills- boro, celebrated their sixty-second wedding anniversary. They are two of the pioneer citizens of the county, and since their marriage the entire time has been spent upon one farm. Frank Langley while at work on the construction pf the false work for the new granitoi&h bridge across the Big Muddy river ac Carbondale fell to the ground, a distance of 63 feet, receiv­ ing serious injuries. Fully 200 persons participated in the midwinter log-rolling, held under the auspices of Salem camp, Modern Wood­ men of America, Lieut Gov. W. A. Northcott, head consul of the order, was present T. J. Scott, one of the oldest resi­ dents of Champaign county, is slowly dying at his home in Mahomet from cancer of the stomach. At the battle of Chickamauga he received thirteen lead souvenirs from the rebel guns. Mrs. Edward Ring of Duquoln has secured judgment in the Jackson Coun­ ty Circuit court for $5,000 against the Illinois Central railroad on account of the death of her husband, who was killed in a wreck at Belleville about a year ago. Mrs. Elizabeth Lemming, aged 71 years, died in Aviston. She was the mother of ex-Sheriff John A. Lem­ ming of Carlyle. The Y. M. C. A. Athletic club of Decatur is arranging to bold a big meet in May. There will be five events. Each visiting club will be ex­ pected to bring four men. The Litchfield bottle glass works are now In active operation, employ­ ing about 125 men. The trustees of the Flora Light an<) Water Company have declared for­ feited the contract of A. M^ Searles tq build the water works system now ii* course of construction. The Cumberland Presbyterian con­ gregation of Salem has extended a call to Rev. William C. Logan of Noko- mis. The congregation Is just com­ pleting a $10,000 church building. Albert G. Morgan, aged 69, and Mrs. Sarah Eagan, aged 67, were married a» Salem. Mrs. Jennie Pritchett of Centralia was given a $4,000 judgment against the Illinois Central. Her husband was killed at Du Bois. Rev. Vance of Peru, Ind., has ac­ cepted a call to the pastorate of the Gaston Grove Christian church. Thomas Cox, aged 84, died at the residence of Mrs. Nancy Pugh. Patrick Stack, a wealthy farmer of McLean county, is dead. In his early days he operated a steamboat on the Mississippi. Rev. William McKay died at Hope- dale, 111. He was one of the first Christian ministers of Tazewell county. Attorney W. E. Wheeler of Edwards*, ville has assumed the duties of secre­ tary to Judge J. B. Ricks ot the State Supreme court. Hon. George B. Burnett, formerly of Alton, of the lesal department of the Wabash railroad, died at Los Angeles, Cal. William Brown of Island Grove has presented to the state board of agri­ culture an oil portrait of his father, the\ late Hon. James N. Brown, who waS\one of the organizers of the state board of agriculture, serving as Its first president The portrait was paint-, ed by a St. Louis artist forty years ago. During a drunken riot among a number of Polish miners at Dubois, Andrew Jalowskl was shot and prob­ ably fatally wounded by John Madoj. It is said that the starch trust now forming has secured control of the plant of the Illinois Sugar Refining company at Pekin. John Grigsby, a negro, aged 23 years, shot and instantly killed his father, George Grigsby, at the latter's residence, southeast of Huey. The father had ordered the son to leave the premises. Ten seniors of the Tower Hill high school have been suspended by Prin­ cipal Arthur Channon because they re­ fused to stand punishment for snow­ balling on the school grounds after being forbidden. . • . Benjamin Skinner, a farmer, was ar­ rested at Bloomington charged with bigamy. The charge is preferred by Mrs. Addle Skinner, who claims that she married him in Lewistown in 1894. She also alleges that he was married in Bloomington a year ago to Miss Lucrctia Neal. Rudolph Miller, a well-to-do farmer of northern McLean county, died Thursday from the effects of injuries received a runaway accident Wednesday. The Chicago and Northwestern ex* tension, from Nelson, Lee county, to Peoria, a distance of eighty-five miles, was turned over to the operating de­ partment Monday. The auditor of public accounts has issued a permit for the organization of the Drovers' Trust and Savings bank at Chicago, with a capital stock of $200$)0. The general store of J. H. Douglas at Shirly was destroyed by flre with a loss of $6,000. The smallpox quarantine at Ram­ sey has be?n raised, the only case in town having been dismissed. Charles H. Hoffman, one of the pio­ neers of Adams county, died in Men- don, aged 75 years. With the assistance of the citizens of Springfield the Daughters of the American Revolution have undertaken to raise $700 for a juvenile court fund, to be used for the detention and cam ot delinquent children. . -w AMERICA'S CARLSBAD HOT SPRINGS, ARK., THE GREATEST RESORT OF THE COUNTRY. •toned Throughout the WorM for flM- HlnMnloas Power* of It* Water*---^ Open Alike to Health asl' n«an0; Seeker* the Tear Bound. . . i „ Hot Springs, Arkansas, is the greatest all-the-year health and pleasure reeoit' in America, and one of the best know* sanitariums in the world. The reserva­ tion on which the Springs are located embraces 2,000 acres, and is owned and controlled l?y the United States Gov­ ernment The city itself is on the Iron Mountain route, 399 miles from St. Louis, and 205 nilles from Memphis, Tenn., the most direct connection be­ ing made from these cities to all points North, East, South and West The modern history of Hot Spring)! is almost identical with that of this Louisiana purchase. Who was the first white discoverer of the hot springs I* not definitely known,, but scraps of history go far to establish the fact that Do Soto found them in his wanderings, and legends connect them with tit* fountain of youth for Which Ponce «2® Leon sought. In 1S04 President Jeffer­ son sent an exploring party, in chargs of Messrs. Hunter and Dunbar, to Hot Springs, to ascertain the character at the waters, and if there was anyone In possession, or if any improvements had been made that would enable any­ one to establish a claim to the right of possession. This> was the origin ot the movement that resulted in the United States Government taking pos­ session of the springs in 1832 and a reservation around them of two mils* square. By this act the government became the sole owner of the springs and the water thereof, thus guarantee­ ing the people against monopoly and extortion, which would arise from pri­ vate ownership. The government con­ trols the water that supplies all the bath houses. It fixes the price of tha baths, which rule much lower hers than at any other bathing resorts la the country. It makes rules and regu­ lations for the conduct of the houBOS and their employes, and the resident superintendent, who is appointed by the President and reports to the Sec­ retary of the Interior, sees that ths houses are kept in perfect sanitary condition, and has charge of all ths government interests here except ths Army and Navy Hospital affairs. In recent years the Congress has appro­ priated large sums for the improve­ ment and adornment of the Govern­ ment property at Hot Springs, and ths entire reservation haB been trans­ formed into a series of beautiful parka fair to look upon. Tennis courts, ons of the finest golf courses to be found in the country; in fact, everything ISiat can in any manner enhance ths pleasure of a sojourn at this delightful resort has been provided. The lead­ ing hotels of Hot Springs have no superiors in the country, and the ay-t pointments are luxurious, the cuisms and service unrivalled. The erroneous impression still obtains in some quar» ters that Hot Springs is solely a rs- sort for the sick, a haven of refuge fbr the broken in health; but such is not the case. It is one of the moet popu­ lar winter and pleasure resorts to bs found in this country or any othep. Ths great "American Carlsbad" is sap rivalled by any European resort ot like nature. The social life at Hot Springs ia most attractive, as it is ths favorite resort of the best people, "the season" really including the whols year, and the temperature being at all times agreeable. Besides the famous Hot Springs there abound in the immediate vicinity numerous cold mineral springs which supplement the thermal waters and make the complement of the marveloos curative water of Hot Springs, Arkan­ sas. These cold waters are of great medicinal merit and are used in con­ junction with the thermal waters in tae treatment of the stomach, kidney and bladder troubles. No other resort in America can boast of so many charming drives, or of such infinits variety. The livery service is one ot the remarkable features of the places supplying the finest Kentucky brsd horses, and the mos| stylish of turn* outs. The horses are trained to easy gaits, and even ladies without previouT experience ride the thoroughbred sin­ gle footers without discomfort Hot Springs is abreast of the times in all that contributes to the pleasure and amusements of guests. Ths ten wis ground, golf links, baseball park and race course are all In dally requisition, and the scene of many exciting con­ tests between experts of national ref­ utation. Under these favorable con<tt» tion^>Hot Springs has grown to be a city of M.QJ)00 permanent population and 75,000 annual visitors. Its hottl capacity is equal to that of St Louis* It has three great modern resort ho­ tels, eight of the second class, and above fifty smaller ones, suited to all sorts and conditions of men and purses, and all but two of these am open the whole year to invalids, health and pleasure seekers. Travelers from the West and North* west using the Kansas City gateway have the choice of three different routes to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Ons is over the Missouri Pacific to BL Louis and thence by the Iron Mouhk tain Route to Benton, Ark., and thenos by the Little Rock and Hot Springs Western to Hot Springs. The second is by the Missouri Pacific Railway t» Coffeyville, Kas., and thence by th* Iron Mountain Route to Little Rock and Benton, and over the Little Rock ft Hot Springs Western to Hot Springs. The third route is over the Kansas City Southern from Kansas City ts Sallisaw, I. T., thence over the Littls Rock ft Hot Springs Western to Hat Springs. Sleeping car service from : Kaneas City and St. Louis through t® Hot Springs without change. Agents of either of these lines will cheerfully furnish all necessary information and supply applicants with interesting Uft» erature about the greatest health Sttt pleasure resort in the country. • Little vices keep company with arMjl 4 • . . . A 'ill