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1 V* T • - . Opposing Senators Won Over on • ? « • - * 5 , % . . . ; PEACE WITH SPANISH Executive Session Results: Yew 57; Nays 27. Senators Jones, McLanria and Mc* Ka«rj at the Final Test Bangfe Themselves for Ratification -- One Vote to Spare -- Great Crowds Around Senate Awaited Result of the Ballot--President Mays Cp at Kigbt Awaiting Manila Dispatches. b ,TJie Pari* peace pact, ending the war with Spain, was ratified by the United States Senate Monday. The administra­ tion forces had but one vote more than the necessary two-thirds majority. The vote was 57 for ratification and 2T against. Senators Jones, McLaurin and McEnery, counted upon by the opposi­ tion, voted for ratification. Following is the analysis of tho'vote: Repub'lenns In favor..................42 Democrats iu favor.. , . * . ' . 1 . . . . . ' . . . . . 10 People's party In favor 5 Total Republicans i gainst '.".".il".*. 5 Democrats npainst .....21 People's party against. 1 Total ..27 Although known in advauce that the Tote on the treaty would be in executive session and that visitors could not even loiter in the corridors, great crowds went to the Senate and awaited the result. Host Conservative Estimates Shew s Lroaarthe Terribly Heavy. As a result of the fighting at Manila Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, it is conservatively estimated that the Fili­ pinos lost nearly 5,000, of which 2,000 were slain. They were slaughtered by the American fire, which was both deadly •nd accurate. In the engagement there ivere involved 33,000 men, of which num­ ber 13,000 were Americans and 10,000 natives. Although the loss to the Fili­ pinos was heavy, there was sustained the American forces a loss of fifty killfed and at least 150 wounded. Of the latter there are many whose injuries are not of a serious nature. Most of the American loss was suffered by the Fourteenth in­ fantry, which was pushing the attacking insurgents back, and in consequence was close to the enemy. The Filipinos resorted to bushwhacking, methods throughout, fighting from behind huts, shrubbery and ledges. Dr. Young, formerly quartermaster in the Third ar­ tillery, was wounded, captured and bru­ tally murdered, and his body, when recov­ ered, was found to have been horribly mutilated. A message was sent to Maj. Gen. Otis announcing the ratification of the peace treaty and instructing him to notify the Insurgents of the fact. The receipt of official information had a buoyant effeet on the American troops and officers, and also upon Admiral Dewey and his fleet. The effect of the news on the Filipinos, however, had a correspondingly depress­ ing effect. Gen. Otis was also told to follow up his victory vigorously along the lines he thought best. .J 1 : / '• ^ FLIGHT OF AGONCILLO. Asuinaldo's Representative in Wash­ ington Mcips to Canada. Filipe Agoncillo, the agent of the rebel Aguinaldo, 011 the eve of the conflict at Manila fled with his secretary from Washington to Montreal. He is tinder the constant watch of American secret service agents. At the first act showing him to be a spy the Canadian Government will be asked to expel him. This meddlesome young Filipino, while in Washington, several times laid himself liable to arrest, but a cabinet officer ex- AGUINALDO (SOLIQ.) "I'm Up Against the Real Thing Now.* 1 I stauding outride in the rotundas and spec­ ulating on the outcome. In the crowd . were diplomats and high officers of the government and men of every station. The interest was not confined to the capi- tol alone. At the White House interest and anxiety were shown and the Presi­ dent called in conference some of his most trusted friends. It was apparent to any visitor at the capitol that the day marked an epoch of history making unprecedent­ ed in the Senate. Lights burued all night in the War De­ partment and twinkled from the windows of the Navy Department, where on the May morning the first word came from DeWey of the destruction of the Spanish fleet. There was 1 tie or no sleep at the A^hite House apparently, for the clerks and telegraph operators were at their posts all night. Messages were carried f^and from the President and the chief executive once more felt the anxiety and strain of war tunes. Mr. McKinley did not retire until word came from Gen. Otis in response to urgent cablegrams, telling that quiet had been restored and the American troops coutrol- -- led the situation at Manila. Before the Senate convened the leaders on both sides of the peace treaty mani­ fested great anxiety and all seemed to be very much in doubt as to the final result, the ratification or rejection seeming to de­ pend upon several doubtfut votes. It was found, however, that Aguinaldo's attack on the United States troops at Manila bad strengthened the sentiment in favor of a prompt ratification of the treaty, and the peace compact with Spain was rushed through the Senate by a small major­ ity. Friends ol° the administration urged that immediate ratification was necessary ----rn order toeim hie the government to deal with the insurgents with a firm hand, as well as for the moral effect it would have on other countries, and this view was generally accepted. The advocates of the treaty have ar­ gued from the start that our relations to­ ward the islands could not be clearly and legally defined until the Paris convention was approved by two-thirds of the Senate. They further insisted that pending the ratification of the treaty the administra­ tion was powerless to make any over­ tures looking to the pacification of Agui­ naldo and his followers. They predicted that the attitude of the opposition would encourage the insurgents to attack the «ty of Manila and this prediction has been fulfilled. plained that he had uot been molested for two reasons. These were that the Presi­ dent considered him too insignificant, and it was deemed unwise to do anything that would seem like interference with the de­ liberations of the Senate on the peace treaty. Since arriving in Montreal Agoncillo has said: "If the Americans seek to sub­ jugate the Filipinos it will mean an ever­ lasting war. We fought the Spaniards for hundreds of years for our indepen­ dence; we will still fight for it to the last man." MM Gen. Marcus P. Miller, In command of the lloilo expedition, has been in the army since 1858. Joshua M. Sears is the, biggest individ­ ual taxpayer of Boston and annually puts $57,003 into the municipal treasury. There have been few men who really climbed the Matter horn, and among them is but one American--Col. Roosevelt. The youngest captain in the army dur­ ing the Spanish war was J. D. G. Ogles- by, aged 18. who commanded Troop Iv, First Illinois cavalry. Mrs. S. J. Atwood, who runs a labor bureau in Denver, has hired over 40,000 men in the last thirteen years for work on Western railroads. Senator Vest's recent illness left him thirty pounds lighter, but though nearly 70 years old, he is still as vigorous as be­ fore he was taken sick. Addison C. Hurris, the new minister to Austria, is said to be one of the best class­ ical scholars ever graduated from the Northwestern University. Maj. Gen. Ludlow, military and civil governor of Havana, has for years been considered as one of the best authorities on municipal sanitation and engineering iu this country. » When the President of the United States sits at a dinner table, even as the host and there are ladies present, he is always served first, as with all other rul­ ers. It is an old custom observed in all countries. SENATORS WHO MADE TREATY RATIFICATION POSSIBLE. * '• wfn it 8KXATOB JOKES. SBXATOB H KJOCBV. V't SKVATOB M'uroiir. •7* -• 'fij,'.. •• OS GENERAL OTIS, COMMANDER AT MANILA. Everybody knows Gen. Otis, for his name stands at the head of brigadier generals on the army list, and the more he is known the gren ter he grows. Gen. Otis succeeded Gen. Wesley Merritt in the management of the army of the Philip­ pines, and has the universal reputation of being an excellent! soldier. In super­ intending the affaire; of the army, with Dewey looking out for the navy, he has shown unusual administrative talent, and his knowledge of civil government, tariffs and economics is as great as that of any officer in the service. By birth Gen. Otis is a Marylander. He is now entering upon his sixty-first year, but is exceedingly young in spirit and physique. He graduated from Rochester University in 1858 and was admitted to the bar in the following year. When the war broke out he went to the front as captain of infantry, becoming colonel of the regiment and brigadier gen­ eral of volunteers in 18G4. In all the principal battles of the Army of the Po­ tomac he took part, and in the desperate fighting around Petersburg he was wounded. For fourteen years he served pn the frontier in various Indian cam­ paigns. When war was declared against ppain he was in command of the depart­ ment of the Colorado, apd it seems fitting that most of the enlisted men in his corps are from that State and the Pacific slope. Gen. Otis' work in Manila, however, bids fair to be the grandest monument that a man in his or any other position could erect for himself. Trouble in Samoa. Incidentally, this clash of interests may well give pause to those who argue that a joint protectorate is the best way out of the difficulties in the Philippines.-- Boston Journal. : The revolutionary condition of affairs In Snmoa indicates too clearly to be misun­ derstood the impossibility of maintaining a protectorate over a semi-barbarous peo­ ple when exercised by more than one gov­ ernment.--Boston Herald. f The new Samoaa crisis discloses a num­ ber of curious changes in the last dozen years. In fact, the only thing that re­ mains as it used to be is the insolent high­ handedness of the German officials. That never changes.--New York Journal. Perhaps our policy regarding Samoa should-be changed, But before that mat­ ter is considered, the bold attempt of am­ bitious Germans to override a treaty which their government has agreed to maintain claims attention.--Boston Globe. By our own proximity to the islands through our neighboring possessions in Hawaii and the Philippines, our interests are superior to those of Germany. The administration will take care that Ameri­ can rights in Samoa are carefully guard­ ed.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. If the friendly spirit evinced in this in­ cident prevails and the German Govern­ ment adheres to an impartial interpreta­ tion of the treaty of Berlin, i$ should be easy to arrange this unfortunate Samoan incident without straining our friendly relations.--New York Herald. Recent evenis in China and the suspi­ cions which have ikrisen in connection with the presence of the Germans in the Philippines, coupled with this outbreak in Samoa, go to indicate that the Govern­ ment at Berlin is looking eastward with an anxious eye.--Washington Star. The important featnre of the situation is the possibility that it may bring about strained international relations, though the magnitude of the foreign interests in Samoa is not such as to justify the es­ trangement of such powers as the United States, Germany Philadelphia Ledger. Nicaragua Canal Bill, Paradoxical as it may seem, the Nicara­ gua canal bill provides against watering. --Boston Herald. A canal between the oceans has always been an urgent need, but never before was its urgency so clearly recognized as now. --Troy Times. Uncle Sam's canal company is to be a limited affair. He doesn't want any part­ ners, and if he can't control the Nicara­ gua. ditch he will dig somewhere else.-- Cleveland Plain Dealer. -- The immense majority which the Mor gan Nicaragua canal bill had in the Sen­ ate proves that the scheme for an inter- oceanic waterway will soon be in practi­ cal shape.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The canal has been a dream for half a century, and now that it comes within the range of the possibilities the vote in the Senate is interesting as voicing popular opinion in the matter.--Pittsburg Times. The bill will pass the House even mord easily than the Senate, for that body the more closely represents the people, and the people have long been in favor of the construction of this canal or some canal connccting the two oceans.--Watertown Times. ' "The American people are even more nearly unanimous in favor of the canal than this Senate vote indicates. Indeed, the Senators who go upon record in oppo­ sition to this bill claim to favor an isth­ mian canal. Only they want it under different conditions,--Utica Herald. Wishes of Girls Considered. Miss Anna L. Bicknell Is an English lady who has had most unusual oppor­ tunities for studying French life. For a number of years she was a governess • in the household of Napoleon III., and resided in the Tuileries. For the Cen­ tury Miss Ricknell has written an ar­ ticle on "French Wives and Mothers." in which she says: The old marriage de convenances which caused so much sorrow and con­ sequent evil in former days, when a girl was taken out of a convent to be shown the man to whom she was about to be married, Is now a thing of the past. It must be acknowledged, how­ ever, that marriages are still made up, often too hastily and superficially, by nicely balanced family arrangements and by thV Intervention of friends. Nevertheless, attraction and repulsion are now taken into consideration, and a girl is no longer forced to marry a man whom she positively disliked. I could quote instances In the very high­ est (historical) aristocracy where, at the last moment, after the trousseau had been sent in (marked, according to custom, with the united initial letters of the two names elaborately embroi­ dered) and all the social preparations made, the marriage was broken off be­ cause the bride had declared that she could not "get accustomed" to the bridegroom, nor endure the idea of see­ ing his face In her home during her natural life. In one of these instances the family lamentations over the ini­ tials of the trousseau were really amus­ ing. "Fortunately, a substitute was soon found, whose name, like that of the rejected suitor, began with an X, and the complications were thus happi­ ly settled. The great object of the French girl's life is marriage. From the time of her birth her parents have prepared for this event, and in many cases they have considerably straitened their Income and curtailed their enjoyment to make up her dot. Every girl In every class is expected to have something; those who have nothing are exceptions, and constitute a minority of old maids. The girls who from choice do not marry generally become nuns, usually much against the wishes of their parents. The old tales of young women being forced Into convents to improve their position yn their brothers are forgotten in these-'days, when, while no child can on any pretense be deprived of a share in the father's inheritance, monastic vows are not recognized by law. Nuns and spinsters are exceptions; marriage is the rule. SOBER OR STARTLING, fAITH- " . FULLY RECORDER, Slason Thompson is preparing an au­ thoritative biography of Eugene Field, whose personal friend be was. It will be issued by the Scribners. Longfellow was especially fond of presiding over the teapot at his own table, and always made the tea for his family and guests--making it well, too. A new story by Charlotte M. Yonge Is entitled "The Patriots of Palestine, a Story of the Maccabees;" and, as its title implies, it has a Scriptural back­ ground. Susan Hale's book, "Men and Man­ ners of the Eighteenth Century," shows in a very interesting way the contrast between the life and customs of those days and of these. A new literary aspirant is a New York society girl whose pen name is Cora Maynard, and who is the author of "The Letter and the Spirit." She is planning a novel in the line of Mrs. Burton Harrison's work. "Tekla," the historical romance by Robert Barr, deals with events of the fourteenth century. It has been com­ pared to the masterpieces of Anthony Hope, Conan Doyle and Stanley Wey- man. Richard Harding Davis' growing popularity is apparent from the follow­ ing ^record of the sale of his books: "The King's Jackal," 25,000; "Soldiers of Fortune," r>8,0G0; "Gallagher, and Otfier Stories," 40,000; "Cinderella, and Other Stories," 13,000; making a total of almost 136,000 copies. Paul Leicester Ford, who is "now In Europe, left behind him the manuscript of a volume of short stories, written in a light and humorous vein, and contain­ ing also two plays planned for amateur performances, entitled "The Best Laid Plans," and "Man Proposes." Tfie book will be called "Tattle Tales of Cupid." James Whitcomb Riley thinks the lot of a poet a hard one. In a recent in­ terview he said: "If you're called as a witness in a lawsuit some little attor­ ney squares himself off and says, with withering scorn: 'Let me see, you're a poet, are you not? H'm, yes. Gentle­ men of the jury, the witness is a poet'-- and your testimony is killed dead as a door nail." Joseph H. Choate. His welcome abroad appears to be as will assured as is the public satisfaction of his countryirfln in the honor done him. --Philadelphia Record. Mr. Choate is well worthy of the line­ age which has been established by the long succession of distinguished men who have preceded him in his new post.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Every Democrat who desires to see our country worthily represented abroad, oa the basis of merit and capacity alone, will be grateful for the selection of Mr. Choate for the couft cf St. James.--New rYork World. A Fashion Album. After years of patient attention a Boston woman has acquired a scrap book of fashions that is truly unique ' and amusing. I11 the early days of the civil war she began clipping plates and j fashion paragraphs from mode journals until her proposed volume has now formed several. It Is wonderfully odd to review the fads and fancies that ! flashed like so many meteors through the skies of the past thirty-five or forty years. There are the Grecian bend, the chignon, the waterfall, the pullback, the crinoline, the tiny bonnets and the pokes, the large bustles, hoops and the large sleeves. Only extremes of style and oddities are used, or the collection would swell beyond all proportion. As it is, it Is the source of much mirth whenever she brings it out as a "com­ pany trap." Every woman has a vague idea that all her husband does every day is to open his office, read, smoke and count his money. Every time a girl visits at a house the men folks are kept in a dazed con­ dition trying to figure out how she got to many clothes Into one little trunk- Fatal Blase in a Springfield Board- '•K House- Insane Man Injures Sev­ eral--^Would-Be Suicide a Bad Marks­ man--Two Wives for 'One Husband. At Springfield. Mts. Mat tie' Withey, aged 47, sacrificed her life in a vain en­ deavor to save that of J. C. Hall, an octo­ genarian boarder in her housfe. Miss Helen Hose also feil a victim to the flames. Mrs. Withey's boarding house was a large two-story brick structure. One morning recently a servant found the re­ ception room full of smoke, and in a mo­ ment flames burst through the walls. She immediately gave the alarm to the eigh­ teen boarders, nearly all of whom were asleep. Mrs. Withey was soon out of her room, and hurried through the house awakening the boarders. The guests hur­ ried from their rooms, mostly in their night robes. After getting her four chil­ dren out Mrs. Withey went back into the house to assist Mr. Hall, who occupied a room on the second floor. She was nev­ er seen afterward until her. charred body was removed from the ruins a few hours later. Mrs. Withey had succeeded in get­ ting Mr. Hall from his room into a bath room which had a window leading to a rear porch, by which she probably expect­ ed to escape. Evidently they were suffo­ cated just before they reached the win­ dow. The body of Miss Rose was found just outside the house. The origin of the fire is supposed to have been a defective flue. The interior of the house was de­ stroyed, leaving only the brick. walls standing. The loss is $10,00(1 Maniac Attacks HelatiTes. James Pichen, a farmer living a f£w miles east of Crystal Lake, became insane about midnight the other night and left home barefooted and in his,night clothes. His brothers, Thomas and Anton, caught him a half mile from the house. In at­ tempting his capture Anton was stabbed twice in the breast and twic*» in the back, and several of his fingers were cut off. The maniac was taken home and bound with a clothes line, but he broke the rope, and before he was subdued nearly stran­ gled his mother, badly pounded his father and roughly handled the other members of the family. He was taken to Wood­ stock, where he was adjudged insane. Later he was removed, in irons and strap­ ped to a stretcher, by Sheriff Keyes to the asylum at Elgin. Pichen is 38 years of age and of powerful physique. Anton Pichen was fatally wounded. Nine Bullets Fail to Kill. Lee Rogers, formerly of Quiney, was a " ar ^ Madison. Rev. Joseph M. Madding, aged dead at Bridgeport. Paul Branholtz, aged 23, was killed at the Wabash depot in Mount Olive by a fast train. Harvey E. Leib, county superintendent of schools, died at his home, near Exeter, aged 28 years. The late Willis Bernethy willed $1,000 each to the Carthage public library and Carthage college. James Edwards, colored, probably the oldest inhabitant of St. Clair County, died at Belleville, aged 112 years. Mary Carlson, who refused food for six days, has bee.» arrested at Galesburg pending an inquiry as to her sanity. Rev. Dr. T. N. Morrison, rector of the Church of the Epiphany in Chicago, will be consecrated as bishop of Iowa Feb. 22. Trenton citizens have organized to im­ prove the sanitary condition of the city. A public meeting has been held and per­ manent officers elected. Thomas J. Malone has confessed to the murder of his brother, Michael Malone, who was found in Chicago with his head nearly severed from his body. Mrs. Franklyn T. Corning, wife of the well-known distiller and president of the F. T. Corning Rectifying and Wholesale Liquor establishment, died at Peoria. Gilbert Van Zile, an attorney of Carth­ age, is dead. He was a member of the law firm of Berry Brothers & Van Zile, of .which Senator O. F. Berry is the*head. Arthur Livingston, aged 89, 'who came to Peoria County in 1831, and the oldest settler in Peoria County, is dead. A few hours later his wife, ageid 85, passed away. By her will Mrs. Margaret Hawstraw- ser of Belvidere leaves her entire estate, amounting to over $T>,000, to charity and her neighbors. The decedent had lived alone for years, and all of her neighbors who had been kind to her were remember­ ed by bequests running1 from $100 to $500. La Harpe stands on a site visited by the French explorers of early days and numerous relics of that period have been unearthed from time to time. One of the newspapers has received from Ed- mond de la Harpe of Vevay, Switzerland, a genealogical tree of the La Harpe fam­ ily dating back to 1387. About forty county judges of the State met at Springfield and organized the Illi­ nois County and Probate Judges' Asso­ ciation by the adoption of a constitution and the election of the following officers: President, Rufus M. Potts of Christian; vice-presidents, Judges O. N. Carter of Cook, N. O. Southworth of Kane, C. E. Epler of Adams and R. W. S. Wheatley of Perry; secretary, Judge M. W. Thomp­ son of Vermilion: treasurer, Judge Geo. B. Rider of Tazewell; executive commit­ tee, Judges W. T. Hodson of Jo Daviess, F. M. Shonkwilder of Piatt, P. S. Post of Knox, John H. Batten of Dupage and passenger on a tr&in en route from Quin cy to Elgin, where his family now re sides. The chair car was set on one side in the Burlington: yards at> Galesburg to await a later tram. Rogers was brood­ ing over financial and domestic trouble. In the car beside Rogers were a newly mar­ ried couple and the porter. They were horrified when Rogers suddenly drew a revolver, placed it at his head and began firing. The first shot plowed along the skull. Rogers became unsteady and emp­ tied his revolver without a\?ail. He then coolly reloaded his weapon and began again. He tired nine shots, two going through the car window and the other seven entering the side of the car. He will recover. Not Alone in Her Forrtiw. Mrs. Jessie A. Keith of Chicago went to Rock Island in search of her husband, who deserted her six months ago. She found that Keith had disappeared, hav­ ing suspected that she was in search of him. ^To her surprise Mrs. Keith found that a wife and children had'been desert­ ed in Rock Island by the same man. The two wives met and compared marriage li­ censes. Wife No. 1, at Rock'Island, was married to Keith in Lincoln, Neb., in 1806. Wife No. 2 was married to him in Chicago in May last. *The eoiiple lived to­ gether for three months, when Keith de­ serted her and rejoined his former wife. Keith is a carpenter by trade and is 38 years of age. Yonnfr Bride End" Her Days, Mrs. William Winters, a 19-year-old bride of three weeks, was successful in her third attempt at suicide at Olney. She used a 38-caliber revolver. 1 The ball entered just over her htart and she died in a few moments. The day before her wedding she swallowed white vitriol. A physician was summon&l and her life saved. The%6eident did not stop the cere­ mony, and for awhile it rtas thought that Mrs. Winters had outgrown her desire to take her own life. But later in a fit of despondency she made a^ successful at­ tempt. The coroner's jury decided that she was insane. , , Brief 8tate Happenings, Pona has again been thrown into tur­ moil by the arrival from Toluca of a car load of negro miners, fifty-five in num­ ber. Thomas H. Webber, a wealthy stock buyer, was found dead in thq rood, having fallen from his wagon and broken his neck. Mrs. Owen Gleason, aged 62, for forty- five years a citizen of Pana, died suddenly of a complication of the grip and other illness. Richard Fulkerson, aged 99 years, died at his home in Williamsville. He was born in Summerset County, New Jersey, and came to Illinois in 1838. I Gov. Tanner has appointed S. F. Eng­ lish of Chicago a member of the State board of examiners of horseshoers to suc­ ceed Alonzo M. Eager, resigned. Frederick Ivlassner, aged 19 years, was drowned while skating on the Mississippi, on the ice fields below the Burlington bridge at Alton. He accidentally went into an open place abont twenty yards wide. The momentum carried him away from the ice and he struggled in the water until benumbed. William Beecher, aged 85 years, and a pioneer of Woodford County, died at Pe­ oria of grip. Five hours later his wife, aged 70 years, passed away from the same disease. They were buried together. James A. Caldwell was found guilty of the murder of Ward Fish by a jury in Judge Burke's court in Chicago and his punishment was fixed at life • imprison­ ment in the penitentiary. On the stand Caldwell admitted that he had killed Fish, but denied that he had intended'to do so. They were in a friendly scuffle, he said, when his revolver was accidentally dis­ charged. i Dr. J. A. Egan, secretary of the State Board -of Health, has received a report from Dr. C. S. Nelson, who was sent to Monmouth to investigate the report that smallpox was prevalent there. Dr. Nel­ son reports one case and that well isolat­ ed and thoroughly quarantined. c' A breach of promise suit has been begun in the Circuit'Court at Aurora against Kellar G. Leet, the rich son of the' late William Leet, who left an estate of over $1,000,000. Leet was recently married to Miss Maude A. Gray of Sandwich. The couple have just returned from their wed­ ding trip. The fair plaintiff in the suit is an Aurora young w^man named Gertrude H. Nolley. A. few days ago a woman on the Sioux City passenger train of the Illinois Cen­ tral road, while washing her hands in the sleeping car, dropped a valuable diamond ring into the bowl. The jewel went down the drain pipe to the track below and the owner gave it up for lost. She reported her misfortune to Conductor Frank Wiley, who in turn notified Superintendent Dill. Orders were given the section men of the nearest stations, Scales Mound and Apple River, to look over every foot of the road­ bed for the ring. The men started on their seemingly hopeless quest. The search re­ sulted in the recovery, on the second day, of the diamond, and it has been restored to the owner. The dead body of Charles Long, a wealthy farmer and stock raiser, was found on his farm in Guilford township. Long was an eccentric character and was reputed to be worth a fortune. He was known to have kept his money in his house and" on several occasions he had been made the victim of terrible torture by highwaymen who attempted to make him reveal the place of his hidden treasures. All attempts, however, proved unsuccess­ ful and it is now thought that his perse­ cutors, in an attempt to make'him dis­ gorge, murdered him. A small abrasion of the skin on the left breast is the only mark of violence found on the body. Long lived alone, but has a family of three small children who are being taken care of by friends near Schoppsvilie. His wife died under peculiar circumstances three years ago. Edna May Latourette spent New Year's night in a cell in the county jail at Peoria, having been accused of stealing a $5 bill from her employer, John Hayes. Edna was greatly discomfited and chagrined over her incarceration, but does not regret it now, for by her arrest she won a hus­ band, Fred Marsey, who for ten years has been a trusted employe at the Peoria postofflce. The case against Edna was dismissed and she and Marsey married. When Edna was before the police magis­ trate thirty days ago Marsey saw her and became interested in the case. The day after her release she secured a place to work at the house where Marsey boarded. He was delighted when she waited upon him that day for dinner. He had loved at first sight, then he wooed and won her. Mrs. Marsey formerly lived at Lacon and is 1G years old. Marsey was born and reared in Peoria and is 26 years old. The State Board of Arbitration has ren­ dered its decision in the Mount Vernon coal case. There was a difference be­ tween the Mount Vernon Coal Company and its employes as to the mining price, the miners contending for the scale price of 50 cents and the company being unwill­ ing to pay more than 40 cents per ton gross weight. The board finds in this case that the conditions at Mount Vernon are quite favorable for the miner and that fhe average miner can produce from four to six tons per day. At the price now being paid this would mean tb the aver­ age miner wages ranging from $1.00 tb $2.40 a day. It is further found that if the Mount Vernon Coal Company is re­ quired to pay 50 cents per ton it cannot continue in operation at a profit to its stockholders, a circumstance which would ipean the ultimate closing of the mine. It is therefore adjudged that the Mount Vernon Coal Company pay all miners in its employ 40 cents per ton, run of mine. John G. Tait of Chicago, general man­ ager of the Alaska Union Company, was drowned by the capsizing of a canoe eight miles north of I'eavy, on the Koyakuk river, Alaska. Carrollton and Hillsboro as well as Pe­ oria are considering propositions to put in big steam-heating plants. Mattoon has such a plant, supplying a large number of stores. " Charles Robinson, a non-union white miner, was assaulted and badly beaten at Pana-by unknown persons, who made *their escape. The military guard has been doubled. A company has been organized at Pe­ oria to run a line of motor buses in oppo­ sition to the street car line. The buses are to be built at an old bicycle plant. The buses are rubber-tired vehicles carrying twenty passengers. An attempt was made the other night by an unknown man to assassinate Claud Tutt PenwelffWn of Operator George V. Penwell of the Penwell Coal Company, at Pana. Young Penwell, as he stepped out of his father's house, was shot at by a man who had been in hiding near by, the bullet missing his head by only six inches. It is thought the man who did the shooting mistook young Penwell lor the father. • bills introduced In thr T < |1ll»llis on Thursday permit the canal board t# condemn land for purposes of ^rainagv and also to sell canal land. At as at 7B cents for the first 1.000 feet is the pi'opdff sition that Senator Stubblefield makes t)§,-> the people of Illinois In his bill introdncep on Thursday and referred to the Commit tee on Corporations. Representative Alife bott of Union Grove wants the farm est boy of Illinois to know something of tha science and theory of agriculture as we# as the practical part of the farmer's lif£L He introduced a bill in the House whicS makes every one of the country schools an auxiliary of the agricultural college of the State University. Senator Berry,, who is attorney for the State insurance department, has put in a bill which is de­ signed to give the old line life insurance companies of Illinois an advantage ovetf foreign companies doing business in this State. It provides that where such # company makes a deposit of $100,000 cir more with the superintendent of insur- nQce the superintendent may attach a cef* ~ titicate to all policies issued, which art guaranteed by this deposit. A stringent» medical practice bill was introduced by; ' Senator Gardner. It provides for a StaW board of medical examiners of seven mem- : bers, appointed by the Governor, to servtft ; sevefa years. No one shall be entitled % practice medicine or any of its branches without haring received a license frov this board. Mr. Brstien introduced a big in the House which cuts down telegrapk, rates to 15 cents for ten words and places the companies under the railroad and warehouse commission. Senator Huqi? phrey wants the State to place a status of Frances E. Willard in the statuary hall of the national capitol. He introduced a bill making an appropriation of $9,000 fdf: the purpose. The Senate passed thSs, House joint resolution demanding a set* vice pension for all veterans over 62 years of age; the anti-Roberts resolntion and the resolution thanking the Sisters of Charity and- the Red Cross nurses fsv their work during the war. The House and Senate held short Be# sions Friday morning. The Senate did nothing but adjourn, but in the House Harry Kumler introduced a bill which taxes all companies that enjoy public franchises 3 per cent of their gross earn­ ings to provide a fund to pay bounties now or hereafter to be authorized by law. Mp. Erickson of Chicago threw in a little bm providing for 50-cent illuminating and 40* cent fuel gas. Mr. Hamilton put in a bSS which gives farmers the right to erect poles and maintain telephone wires on any of the State highways for a private tele­ phone service, but no poles can be erected in incorporated cities, towns and villages' without the consent of the tocftl authodv ties. • ' ' -"r The only thing done in the House a® Monday was the adoption of a set of resfr;, lutious, handed in by Mr. Varley, of CIS" cago, on the death of CoK James A. Sex­ ton. Gov. Tanner sent a message to the Senate announcing the appointment of T. F. English, of Chicago, as a membsifi# of the Board of Examiners of Horsesh©-'1 ers, to succeed Alonzo Eager, resigned. The Senate had its working clothes oa Tuesday morning and passed four bills. " The Busse bill for the organization of pawners' societies under State and mar nicipal control was passed with but ona_ dissenting vote, that of Senator Mounts. This measure offers relief from the extor­ tionate interest charged by pawnshop* keepers as they are and gives guaranty of fair treatment to the person who may be forced to do business with his "uncle.** Senator Humphrey's annexation bill has an emergency clause.* It is provided that no part of a municipality may be detached and annexed to another without the con­ sent of the people in the territory so de­ tached and annexed by majority vote* The other bills passed were Senator Ham­ ilton's, providing that the vote on a con­ stitutional amendment or other public • measure shall be by separate ballot, and Senator Dunlap's, for the extermination of the San Jose scale in orchards of the ' State. The latter bill parries an appro­ priation of $10,000 to coyer the expense . of carrying on the work, which is to be done by the State entomologist. The Case bill repealing the gas consolidation act was advanced to a third reading, and also * Senator Baxter's celebrated crow bill. Senator Busse put In a bundle of bill* amending the election law. Senator Mit christ put in a bill providing that whers the indebtedness of a stock company should become greater than its stock cred* 3 itors might have an action against the o£|« cers of the company. In the House Mr. v ^ Ailing introduced a bill' designed to giv*|. women the right to vote at all school elec- ,.V tions. Among other bills introduced in the House was one by Mr. Rorig levying a 2% per cent, tax on gross amount of pre- -a/, miums received by life insurance com* panies; by Mr. Donnelly, making tele- phone rates $100 for public telephones^ $80 for business and $70 for residence tel­ ephones. Mr. Hackett wants a tax of $5Q v a year on slot telephones. 4, The Senate on Wednesday passed the following bills: Case bill to repeal the gas consolidation act passed by the last ) General Assembly--yeas, 40; nays, Baxter's bill authorizing counties to offe* . , ^ a bounty on crows--yeas, 38; nays, & ,.\;j ' Aspinwall's bill making the usual appro- priation for the Illinois farmers' institute ; i --yeas, 45. The Senate spent some time in the consideration of the bill allowing . law -students who began their studies " previous to the enforcement of the three- year rule, to make the examination uadest- the old rule. Senator Hamilton Objected ij to the amendments to the bill, which were w t d e s i g n e d t o r e l i e v e t h e s t u d e n t s i n l a # • offices, claiming that mauy persons whs , jV had not studied law for years would takfr^-- advantage of the law. Senators Hum- 'i phrey, Milchrist, Juul and Curley defend- "1 ed the amendments and they were adopt- j ed. The bill was then advanced. A bill introduced by Senator Edwards provides for the election of members of the Board of Agriculture in 1900 and thereafter by ; f the people of the several Congressional,, i districts. • • -fil Gold and Silver Beetles. £-| The most remarkable gold beetles in ; the world are found in Central Ameri- % ca. The head and wing cases are brill? „ iantly polished with a luster as of gold -sj itself. To sight and touch they have ali the seeming of metaL OddiJ^^ enough, another species from the sain* ' ^ region has, the appearance of - beiujj > wrought in solid silver, freshly bur-, . nished. These gold and silver beetle* - V have a market value. They are wortlt.; from $25 to $50. The silver beetles ai*' | at a discount- • <t„j Exterminating Swallows. Along the Adriatic sea swallows and , » ^ other migratory birds are caught every year by the hundreds of thousands, an<| ' eaten by the Italians, who spread nets* " in which as rnauy as 300 to 500 of th* tired birds are caught at once. It difficult to stop this wholesale murder* » ' because, on sight of an official, th« ' " hunters' spies give a shrill whistle and the nets disappear. The largest workhouse,in the worl<| - "v. Is at Liverpool, and It has aecotnuioila« 4 2 tion for 110 fewer than 5,000 tnny>t«*a. .ijf It is not, however, often filled. a .i* £