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•rvj;*r "• r v -?« **•• »rw<;vt* i> "r • -~ »^.f,v. <^.. > --fei *: <»: -.y'^,,,vi,<, ^u,'*y..', % -zs* •. 'i* y--.*'• -*•£•.v.%n ^ _ 4 COMPILATION Oi NOI8 NEWS. ILU- •'•, twdhm' Meeting in Qtttncy--Slot cf - , Ntgfo Miner* at Pa no--Made Agent* flj-^fthe United States Interior Depart* F \ Went-Unrglary at Tolona. The fifteenth annua! meeting of the XSentral Illinois Teachers* Association con­ vened at Quincy, with (KM) teachers in at­ tendance, among them many eminent ed­ ucators. The association covers forty counties in the central portion of the State. The general meetings were held in the Empire Theater, with sectional meet- lues for principals, grammar grades, pri- itmry grades, music teachers and county superintendents in as many different halls. The time at all the meetings was devoted to papers, addresses and a general dis- pi j^j^Waion of school work. „v: Illinois Men Are Appointed P. V. Fitzpatrick, Chicago; J. P. fafls, Niantic, and J. H. Dyer, Winchester, all of Illinois, have been appointed agents of'the United States Interior Department, and the following Illinois attorneys were admitted to practice before it: D. S. Ef- Ber, Albany: S. K. Carter, Clinton; B. F. Cook, Danville: James Coleman, Elgin; W. H. Casson, Hennepin; V. J. Franklin, Macomb; C. B. Chapman, Ottawa; A. W. Cowan, Pontiac, and W. T. Conkling, Springfield. Negro Miners in Fatal Riot. At Pana the other night a street fight wias participated in by a large body of negro miners in front of Thompson's lunch house on First street, opposite the Hotel de Pana, in which Lindsey Brown was shot and instantly killed. Tom ToWn- send was shot in the leg and a number of Other negroes whose names could not be learned were wounded. The killing was done by a negro whose name is said to be Schard Johnson. Johnson fled after, the ling. Burglar* Are Frustrated. An unsuccessful attempt was made at Ail early hour bn a recent morning to se- eure the funds of the R. A. Bower Bank at Tolono. Tpe outer door of the vault was blown off, but it is believed the ex­ plosion was so great that the men ran to save themselves from capture. The bank­ ing building was wrecked and pieces of the iron door were blown across the street, crashing through the front of a millinery •Core. --I Bad Fire at Avon. Five business houses in Avon, occupied by J. A. Barbour, restaurant; J. A. Peter­ son, barber; Merrill & Merrill, hardware and groceries; R. Bliss & Son, clothing, and S. Bliss *di"y goods, were de­ stroyed by fire earty' the other morning. The loss is estimated at $21,000, upon which there is $14,000 insurance. Killed Himself While Hunting. Frank Pearson, .Tr.,'employed as a book­ keeper in the First National Bank, Chi­ cago, and well known as a bicycle rider, accidentally shot and killed himself*while on a hunting expedition near his home in River Forest. His bodjr lay in a pool of water eighteen inches deep for nearly two hours before it was found. Brief State HappenlAgs. John Stuart of LaSalle has mysteri­ ously disappeared at Cripple Creek, Colo. The zebra recently purchased by the Lincoln Park board from Wallace's ar­ eas has 'arrived iu Chicago from Peru, Ind. Joseph Jonell, 9 years old, of Chicago, was so terribly scalded by the overturning of a boiler filled with boiling water that he died. A pension of $25 a month has been is­ sued to Mrs. Susan C. Galbraith of Aus­ tin, whose husband was killed in the Spanish war. Gov. Tanner has appointed the follow­ ing fish wardens: Thomas Armstrong of Lincoln, vice S. J. Johnson of Chandler- •ille; Joseph S. .Tilda of Collinsville, vice A. H. Ray of East St. Louis, removed. u - Adjutant General Reece has issued an order honorably discharging from the military service of the State Privates Frank McGee. Harvey Smith, Howard Whitford and William Baldwin, Company B, Sons of Veterans regiment. Private Richard Young of the same company is dishonorably discharged. The First National Bank of Pana serv­ ed notice to depositors to coll and draw deposits, as the bank will voluntarily close business in thirty days. Bauk officials say the bank has been doing a good business, but owing to outside business in which the bank directors and officers are engaged it has been unanimously agreed upon to close business. The First National has been in business since 1886. An order has been issued^by the adju­ tant general placing Capt. Adolphus L. Bell, the quartermaster of the First in­ fantry, upon the retired list of the Illinois National Guard. Frank Mechener is ap­ pointed second lieutenant of the Second infantry to succeed Capt. Sherwin, re­ signed. Wilbur Satterfield is appointed second lieutenant of Company F. Fourth Illinois infantry, to succeed Pierce Legger who is promoted to be first lieutenant to Siicceed Dufur, dismissed. It is believed that the needs of the Pe­ er if» fa -will be allowed. The legislative committee, including Senators Berry, Bnsse, Aspin- wall, Campbell, Pemberton. Gardner and Putnam and Representatives Rankin, - Shamiahan and Butts, beside^ MeCulloch, Bierrill and Cahill and Aldertsen of Pe­ oria, have inspected the site and report that they are favorably impressed with the location, the progress of the buildings and the plans to be carried out this spring. Senator Berry says the impres­ sion is more favorable than when the com­ mittee left Springfield. The trustees have asked for an appropriation of $750,000, which amount will probably be authorized for the construction of asylum buildings. On March 20, 1839, Thomas Dowling and Miss Jane Hanks were married in Charleston by'Squire John Eastin. They recently celebrated the sixtieth anniver­ sary of this event. Both are in good health aiid ttid fair to live to celebrate the occa- ; ...Jgjon for years yet to come. The high schools of Pittsfield, Jackson- / ville. Mount Sterling. Carrolfton, Win- r Chester. Ashland, Rushville, White Hall and Beardstown have formed an organ­ isation known as the Western Illinois De­ clamatory and Athletic League and have elected Prof. W. R. Hatfield of Pittsfield president. H. C. Woodford, a machinist formerly In the employ of the Columbia Screw Com­ pany at Pullman, was taken from a train at Colorado Springs, Colo., insane. Phy­ sicians attribute his insanity to the alti­ tude of the country. Major John J. Pershing of Chicago has been assigned by the Secretary of War to bave general direction of the bureau of Insular affairs of the War Department, which deals with the customs and other finance business of Cuba, Porto Rico and tfce Philippines. Major Hugh R. Belknap of Chicago, recently appointed paymaster In the army, has l>een assigned to duty in the paymaster geQeral's Sffice in Wfcah- igftou. Mahomet Odd Fellows will dedicat* their new building April 20. There is an epidemic of maiiqps among the children of Champaign. The Eastern Illinois Poultry Associa­ tion has planned for a show at Paxton in December. The mandolin, guitar and glee dobs of the StatFUnivecsity. ar? oyyt qp a tour,of the State. Thomas Faul, an old resident of Win­ chester, died from heart failure. He was 70 years old. ' _ The Rock Island plow works Is running thirteen hours a day, and even then cant keep up with orders. Anthony Swain, a horticulturist living near Normal, shot himself in the temple and died. He was crazed by the grip. At Decatur, Jefferson G. Willard and wife celebrated their golden wedding. Mr. Willard is 72 and owns nearly 800 acres of fine land in Macon County. The adjutant general has accepted the resignation of Guy H. Darling, ensign, second division, second ship's crew, Naval Militia of Illinois. Baron Curt von Biedenfeld of Chicago and bis wife are preparing to sail for Germany. The baron is leaving this coun­ try never to return., Thomas J. Riley killed himself in his room at the Alhambra Hotel in Chicago by swallowing carbolic acid. Domestic troubles, it is said, made him despondent. Rev. J. F. Horton of Manistique, Mich., has accepted a call to fill the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church in Sterling, succeeding Rev. William Carter, who goes to Frankfort, Ind. Gov. Tanner has confirmed the elections of Edward Davis as captain of Company L, Henry Zweig as first lieutenant and Archibald Macleish as second lieutenant of Company F, all of the First infantry, I. N. G. The circuit clerk of Coles County has received for record a trust deed given by the Central Union Telephone Company, operating lines in that part of the State, to the Old Colony Trust Company for $(},- 000,000. The instrument required $3,000 in revenue stamps and a recording fee of $8. The Madigan-Walsh cooperage works at Peoria have passed to a syndicate of distillers and it is understood that here­ after the output will be used by Kentucky and local manufacturerers of spirits. Thtf capacity will be increased from 1,500 to 0,000 barrels a day and GOO men will be employed. Peoria has secured the following State conventions: The Laundry men's Associa­ tion, April 9; Western Drawing Teachers, April 26 to 28; sportsmen's tournament, May 10 to 20; Catholic Total Abstinence Society in May, and the United Associa­ tion of Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fit­ ters and Helpers next September. Frank Perkins, a colored smallpox pa­ tient who fled from the Northwestern Uni­ versity dispensary in Chicago after he had been told with what he was suffering, was found later in another part of the city, and physicians from the health de­ partment declared there was no question his was a well-developed ease of smallpox. A number of prominent educators met at the University of Illinois and organized' the Champaign County Historical Society. The following officers were elected: Presi­ dent, Judge J. O. Cunningham, Urbaua; first vice-president, John Roughton, Ran- toul; second vice-president, George R. Beardsley, Champaign; secretary and treasurer, Prof. E. B. Greene, University of Illinois. A committee from the board of regents of the University of Iowa has interviewed Prof. Edwin E. Sparks, assistant profes­ sor of American history of Chicago Uni­ versity, on the presidency of the Hawkeye State institution. The presidency has been vacant since last October and the board is about to elect a president. Prof. Harper of Chicago University recom­ mended Prof. Sparks for the place. The committee had a satisfactory interview, and it is understood that Prof. Sparks was practically offered the place. The question whether the Wooden kg of Santa Ana captured at the battle of Cerro Gordo, April 18, 1847, by the Illi­ nois soldiers and now in the memorise hall of the State capitol, shall be returned to the Mexican Government is worrying some of the State legislators. The matter came up in the House the other day, when Searcy introduced a resolution ordering its return to the relatives of the Mexican general. The resolution recites the fact that the G. A. R. of the State believe the return of the artificial limb to the neigh­ boring republic would be a great act of magnanimity and appreciated as such. Op­ position was manifested and on sugges­ tion of the Speaker it was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Tillman S. Puetz, a well-known Chicago sculptor, has been declared insane by a jury in the detention hospital court and ordered sent to the Jefferson asylum. Dr. Hunter says the sculptor is suffering from an attack of acute melancholia, and that a few weeks' treatment may restore his reason. When brought into court the pa­ tient was very nervous. He wore a red sweater and his hair was disheveled. Pa­ trolman Sweeney told the court that he was called to the studib of the sculptor and found the patient raving mad. The artist had broken numerous pieces of val­ uable statuary, and his clothes were scat­ tered over the floor. He had $480 in gold coin in a pot, which he had tried to melt. The officer after some difficulty sue<*eeded TnTtaking the patient into custody and conveying him to the detention hospital. Puetz came to Chicago from Germany during the World's Fair. Friends of th<» artist say he is the victim of a series of misfortunes. He did a profitable business and saved over $3,000 in two years, which he lost by the failure of the Dreyer bank. This, together with the death of a brother, is supposed to have preyed upon his mind until bis reason gave way under the strain. W. H. Harvey, better known as "Coin" Harvey of Chicago, hfls resigned as gen­ eral manager of the ways and means com­ mittee of the Democratic national com­ mittee. Contractors for the foundation work of the Northwestern "L" road |n Chicago expect to have their work completed with­ in the next two months. Men are now tearing down buildings and otherwise clearing the way for the structure. Mayor Warner of Peoria interfered with a portion of the program arranged by the Still City Athletic Association for an entertainment the other night. The bat­ tle royal, in which six negroes were to take part, did not meet with the Mayor's approval, and this feature was cut from the bills. The balance of the program was carried out. James Tuttle, an engineer, and two tramps, who gave their names as Fred Ro- fink and Frank Applegate, were fatally scaldedf in an explosion at the Cairo city drainage pumps. The tramps hailed from Evansville, Ind. Representative S. P. V. Arnold, at Springfield, has received a letter from Robert T. Lincoln, in which he says that iil» personal preference is that his father's remains be left in Oak Ridge cemetery, where they now rest. He adds, however, that he does not wish to obtrude his per­ sonal desires upon the Legislature, and that if it expresses a desire, to build a tomb downtown he will acqviesce in the PROGRESS OF THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES. •MALAL05 AGUIMAUPOS HEfKOQ IMHTF JOS* T lOVAUCtf&j •QOHdLO tO/SA *i-ANOKt $.na»tolohe 8AG.B4C OA UrtmuA «• * £Rrtrr |L«At/0Ay 'AH*"**"* 5 p/yyAS MAI4 SHOWING THE SCENE OF OPERATIONS AROUND MANILA. MALOLOS IS CAPTURED. Insurgent Cap!tat Taken by Amer an Troops--Aguinaldo Escapes. Malolos, the Filipino capital, was cap­ tured and destroyed Friday, but Agui- naldo managed to elude the Americans and escaped in safety. After three hours of desperate fighting the natives, realiz­ ing that further effort was hopeless, set fire to the city and fled in disorder. A large portion of Aguinaldo's army man­ aged to break through the lines and the men scattered in every direction, leaving guns and swords behind. The American loss was comparatively small, considering the severe nature of the combat. Rapid- fire guns had been trained upon the city and spread consternation among the na­ tive troops. MacArthur began the attack at 7 o'clock in the morning, having the city practically surrounded by his forces. Line after line of intrenchmentB was stormed, the de­ fenders falling back into the town. At last the natives found that they could do no more, so they applied the torch to buildings in every direction and began the retreat. Aguinaldo and his cabinet sought safety in flight, escaping capture. Filipinos tak­ en by the Americans say that the native leader left Malolos Wednesday, and, with his chief supporters, headed for the north. Although by this move Aguinaldo may claim that he saved his capital from falling into the hands of the United States forces, it is doubtful if he can retain his influence over the hative forces. Many Filipino officers consider the flight an un­ called-for retreat in the face of the oppo­ sition, and they declare that the chief AGUINALDO'S HEADQUARTERS. should have stood by his men to the last. Thousands of desertions from the native army are certain to follow the leader's action. The American flag was raised over Ma­ lolos at 10 o'clock Friday morning. The Kansas regiment and the Montana regi­ ment, on entering/the city, found it de­ serted, the presidencia burning, and the rebels retreating toward the mountains in a state of terror. The American lo«s was small. It was evident the rebels for some time past had abandoned all hope of holding their capital, for the Americans found there evidence of elab­ orate preparations for departure. On the railroad the rails and ties for about a mile had been torn up and probably thrown Into the river. The only prisoners cap­ tured were a few Chinamen. The United States troops rested Thurs­ day night in the jungle, about a mile and a quarter from Malolos. Thursday's ad­ vance began at 2 o'clock and covered a distance of about two and a half miles beyond the Guiguinto river, along the railroad. The brunt of the battle was on the right of the track, where the enemy was apparently concentrated. The First Nebraska, First South Da­ kota and Tenth Pennsylvania regiments encountered the natives intrenched on the border of the woods and the Americans, advancing across the open, suffered a ter­ rific fire for half an hour. Four men of the Nebraska regiment were killed and thirty were wounded. Ten men of the Dakota regiment were wounded and one of the Pennsylvanians was killed. The Americans finally drove the Fili­ pinos back. Although there were three lines of strong intrenchments along the track the natives made scarcely any de­ fense there. The escape of Aguinaldo is offset by the fact that his capital fell into the hands of the American troops after such a short battle. Ever since the decisive advance from Manila into the interior was begun all the dispatches have predicted that*the most desperate battle iu the entire cam­ paign would have to be fought before Malolos was taken. Nevertheless it capit­ ulated in such short order that its storm­ ing was like a skirmish. Only one inter­ pretation can be placed upon this, say offi­ cials of the War Department. That is that the backbone of the rebellion is brok­ en and that the natives will soon surrender. Throughout the whole advance upon Malolos the American troops behaved splendidly. They advanced steadily against successive lines of trenches, through woods and jungles, and suffering from frightful heat. In addition, the American volunteers were handicapped in fighting by the fact that their Springfield rifles are of shorter range than the Mau­ ser rifles in the hands of the rebels. Under those circumstances the steady advance of our troops is a really remarkable achievement. But the most notewoBthy feature of this onward sweep of the Amer­ icans has been the patience and endur­ ance of the private soldiers. They have meter hesitated in their stolid advance. CLOSE WATCH BT FOREIGNERS. Washington Attaches Deeply Inter­ ested in Fighting at Manila. Among the foreign attaches stationed at Washington the fighting above Manila has been followed with critical interest. They speak of it -in rather serious terms, the prevailing view being that the insur­ gents can keep up a long and harassing running fight. One of the foreign repre sentatives, who has seen long service in the far East, said that "casualties ol twenty-one a day may seem small, but when long continued reach discouraging proportions." Since the fighting with the insurgents began, some of the foreign governments have arranged to send theii military attaches to Manila to observe the developments. AMNESTY FOK NATIVES. Proclamation to Be Issued When Agninaldo Is Fubdued. As soon as Gen. Otis achieves a decisive victory over Aguinaldo the Philippine commission will issue a proclamation promising amnesty to all natives who lay down their arms, and self rule to those who recognize the sovereignty of the United States. This is the program which the State Department understands has been adopted by the commission. As Gen. Otis and Admiral Dewey are mem bers of the commission, it is presumed here that they are responsible for the de­ lay in issuing the proclamation, believing its effect will be greater if published after the insurgents have been subdued. OTFSKVD TO GKEAT BRITAIN. Birmingham Post Says United States Wished to Drop Philippines. * The Birmingham (Eng.) Post published a report, "emanating from a usually very well-informed source," that the United States at the beginning of February "pro­ posed through Sir Julian Pauncefote that Great Britain take over the Philippiue Islands upon certain conditions." But, it is added, "this feeling has altered great­ ly since the heavy fighting," although it is said beyond a doubt that the United States would at one time "have been very glad to exchange or otherwise disburden themselves of the permanent charge ol the islands." NO MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR OTIS. Gen. of Cor bin Mal(es No Mention Mustering in 35tOOO. It is said at the War Department that the subject of mustering in 35,000 volun­ teers under the aripy reorganization bill has not been mentioned to the President, either by Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn or Adjt. Gen. Corbin. There is po intention to bring forward this ques­ tion at present, as, with the troops al­ ready ordwd to Manila and which it will take some months to transport thither, Gen. Otis has all the forces necessary to accomplish what is desired of him in the Philippines. |I .#AR NEWSIN BRIEF. II The rebels burned the villages as they retreated in bad order toward Malolos. A colored woman was found hidden in a house at Meycaurayan, d£ad, apparently from fright. The men of the First Nebraska swam the rivei* under fire and did much to dis­ concert the enemy. Bigaa was taken without one shot being fired, the enemy fleeing at the approach of the Americans. The American advance has been won­ derfully rapid, considering that the enemy destroyed the bridges as they fled. Insurgents have been found with their throats cut. This is taken to indicate that they were thus punished for refusing to fight. Official reports show that the casualties in thfr fighting about Manila from Feb. 4 to March 28 were 188 killed and 89G wounded. The newspaper Republic made the cheerful suggestion that arsenic be put m the water at Malolos in order to kill the Americans. „ Twenty-nine insurgents were killed Wednesday in front of the Pennsylvania volunteers alone, and the other regiments engaged did equally effective work. The Filipinos tore up sections of the railroad in many places and attempted to burn the bridge at Bigaa, but the fire was extinguished owing to the timely arrival of the Americans. The soldiers or sailors of the war with Spain who think themselves entitled to any extra pay should present their claims to the Auditors of the Treasury for the War or Navy Departments. Admiral Dewey is said to have spent nearly $1,500,000 on his squadron since the battle of last May day. Much of this was for the recovery and repair of the Spanish vessels added to his squadron. Desperate opposition was met at several points during the eight-mile march from Marilao. The Filipinos soon scattered before the American fire, leaving many dead and wounded behind. The casualties in MacArthur's division were compara­ tively slight. FIGHT BETWEEN SNAKES. Ihe King Got la a Solar Plexus Blow On the Rattler. The distant murmur of the waterfall, the hum of the bees among the flowers, made me feel lazy, and, laying aside my fishing pod, I stretched myself on the soft spring grass under a weeping willow, and watched the blue, cloud- specked sky. I had almost fallen asleep when I was aroused by a voice inquir­ ing, "Kotched enny fish, mister?" Looking up I saw a typical mountain­ eer, and assured him I had not "I say, mister, this here is a powerful bad ken- try for snakes. One bit Jim Sloan's bay mare last night, an' week afore last another bit Sally Mllligan. Some on 'em air powerful plzen, 'specially the rattlers and coppers, and that 'minds me, ef I wuz yoursel' I'd move a little further from that 'ere copper. He ain't 'zactly perty to look at, an' ef ye was ter rile 'im with yer boot he mout get wlcious." Long before that speech had ended I had turned a somersault backward, which caused the mountaineer a great deal of genuine pleasure to behold. I was about to exterminate the big, slug­ gish reptile with a stick that I bad seized, when my companion asked me to wait a few moments, as a king might come along. Not exactly under­ standing whether he expected a person of that name, and falling to see what that event had to do with my laudable desire to smash the big, ugly thins that had presumed to take my leg for a pil­ low, 1 asked him for an explanation. "Air it possible yer town folks dunno what a king air? Why, a king air the boss snake uv the woods. He don't do no harm to nuthln', 'ceptln' snakes, an' he doan' pester them as hain't pizen. But he do love a copper an' a rattler, which is the wurst snakes of these diggin's, an' he's death on 'em. "T'other day I was gwlne long a old road, an' all of a sudden I heerd a sing- in', as tho' a camp meeting had just tuck in. I knowed it were a rattler, and Iookln' round I saw him on a kaolt, an' a powerful big un he wuz. He was qulled up like a corkscrew, and his rat> ties wuz a makin' the air jingle. But at first I couldn't 'scover the' cause, and I knowed a rattler never got ready fur business fur nothing. Presently I seed the grass a swayin' and a bend in", and then the rattler he gets narvous and skeered, an', unquiling hlsself, he made a break to run. But it wuz too late, for on came the king like a hurricane, and, putting hlsself just ahead the rattler, showed him his jig wuz up. Seeing he couldn't 'scape, the rattled qulled agin and showed fight. The king, he com­ menced to run around his inimy in a wide circle, the rattler watching, lick- In' out his tongue and makin' his rat­ tles sing like a banjer. Closer and closer the king drawed his circle as he dashed around, until he worn't more'n three feet from the inimy. Then the rattler, thinkin' he saw the last show to save his bacon, made a powerful spiteful' lunge at the king, an' thar is whar he slipped up, for the king he dodged, ntid qulcker'n gunpowder, wuz onto the rattler. Thar v jren't nothing but a ball of snakes in sight for a few minutes as they fought and tussled over the grass, but arter a little I could see the red and black striped king wound around the big rattler just like a grape vine on a tree. Then I seed the king hold 'im by the back uv the neck, an' I could hear him crushing the rat­ tler as he tightened on him. It wor all over in half a hour, an' the king, un windin' hlsself from his victim, got be hind him and waited for ten minutes. Then he crept up and put his nose on the rattler's to see if he wuz breathin'. You see, other snakes know the king, an' sometimes 'possum on him by pre- tendln' to be dead. But the rattler was shore 'nuff gone, and when the king wor satisfied uv this he crawled In a old stump hole and presently came out with a mouse's tail sticking out of his mouf. But he soon swallowed the mouse, an', wipin' his nose on the grass, went off sarchlng for more trub­ ble. A king allers eats a rat or a toad after a fight to make him strong fur the next un. "An' now, mister, I could tell you a powerful lot more'n that, for I knows snakes, I do, but I'll help kill the cop­ per, which mout not m^et a king until he bites some un ef we didn't, and then I must hurry on after^ my oxen, what I war huntin' when I seed that varmint a tryin' to go to sleep with yourself."-- Philadelphia Times. ELECTROCUTION WOMAN. The Assuptlon of Scientists. Canon Maccoll, a distinguished En­ glish churchman and the friend of Mr. Gladstone, is thus quoted in the London Times: A friend of the canon's once shared the box-seat with the driver of a stage- coach in Yorkshire, and being a lover of horses, talked with the coachman about his team. One horse in particu­ lar he admired. "Ah," said the coachman, "but that 'oss ain't as good as he looks. He's a scientific 'oss/' "A scientific horse!" exclaimed the canon's friend. "What ott earth do you mean by that?" "I means," replied the coachman, "a 'oss as thinks be knows a great deal more nor he does." 5 The women who live on farms, and who work from 5 in the morning till 8 at night at milking, cooking, cleaning, sewing, and butter-making, are never described as being "throughly domes­ tic," and "dearly loving their homes." It is the woman who sees very little of her home, and who lets a servant run things, who Is so described. Mrs. Placet the First Woman In the World to Die in the Electric Chair. The law Is not a respecter of skirts. It makes no distinction of sex. Tha electric chair was not made for men alone, for the statute which prescribes death as a penalty for deliberate mur­ der does not say that its provisions shall be Inoperative if the criminal happens to be a woman. But the law's machinery seems to get out of gear when a woman is involved. A sentiment that has Its inception, in the purity of woman is held up to pro­ tect the most degraded of the sex. Are the female criminals of the lower classes, it is argued that their very degradation precludes their realization of the enormity of the offense; if of the educated and well-to-do, then it can­ not be that they would knowingly com­ mit the crime. Insanity is pleaded in excuse. These influences usually have the desired effect on jurors and ac­ quittal or a penalty altogether inad­ equate Is the result. Should the Jury fall to be influenced, then the higher courts and the Governor's pardoning or commuting power are appealed to. At some one of these various stages the murderess usually is saved. Only twice in fifty years have womeft been executed In New York State. In both cases strenuous efforts were made to save them, but their crimes were so fiendish that mercy could not be suc­ cessfully invoked in their behalf. These two were Roxalana Druse, hanged In Herkimer in 1887, and Mar­ tha Plsce, whose execution at Sing Sing was the first infliction of the death penalty upon a woman in the electric chair. In the former case the victim went sobbing, moaning and shrieking to the fallows. Her screams resounded ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS' UBS. MARTHA PLACE. The House on Tuesday passed Barclay bill ceding to national Government Jtnte* diction over public building sites in Strea* tor, Freeport, Elgin, Monmouth and Joliet; also Hurst bill creating art com­ mission for Chicag6 'at option' ol I Citjr •' Council; also Curtis Ohio centennial ex­ position bill; also committee bill, with ref­ erendum clause, authorizing cities, towns or villages to operate heating, electric power, electric lighting and gas plants^ Mr. Rankin introduced a bill modeled af­ ter the recently enacted California law. which provides that every article in a newspaper or other printed publication tending to impeach the reputation of any person shall be signed by the writer there- of. A penalty for violation is also pro­ vided. The Senate passed committee bill regulating practice of medicine, surgery and midwifery. By vote of 14 yeas Jo 1# nays killed Begole bill revising State game law, but author gave notice of motion to reconsider. Passed Berry bill empower­ ing boards of education in cities between 30,000 and 100,000 to examine teachers for certificates; also Busse bill authorizing county clerks to call in county or probate judge to fill temporary vacancy; also Busse bill repealing Nohe fire escape law; also Sullivan bill providing that Superior Court judges in Cook County shall be elected at general elections; alao Hnm- phrey bill aiming for consolidation of Chi­ cago into one township. The Senate on Wednesday passed Put­ nam bill creating State Board of Opti­ cians; accepted House amendments to Lyon bill providing superintendent of sol­ diers' and sailors' orphans' home shall re­ tain guardianship over inmates adopted into private families; passed Case bill changing rtime of Lake Front Park to U. S. Grant Park; also House bill appro­ priating $1,000 for annual exhibit by State Poultry Association; also commit­ tee bill appropriating $119,000 for Pontiac reformatory; also Templeton bill requir­ ing teaching of elements of agricultural science in ungraded schools; passed Bax­ ter bill allowing fire insurance companies to apply for renewal of incorporation six years before expiration of charters in­ stead of two. The House passed without emergency clause Senate Humphrey bill regarding proposed annexation of Austin to Chicago. By vote of 41 yeas to 73 nays killed Trautmann bill allowing mu­ tual assessment insurance companies to reincorporate and do business under old line system; concurred in Senate amend­ ment to Lyon House bill regarding sol­ diers and sailors' orphans' home, giving orphans of soldiers in Spanish war same privileges as those of civil war; by vote of 50 yeas to 74 nays killed Senate bill giving Illinois and Michigan canal com­ missioners power tp sell land, but made motion to reconsider special order for Thursday of the following week; by vote by 115 to 8 passed Herron bill repealing law allowing warehousemen to deal in grain on their own account; passed Curtis Ohio centennial exposition bill. The mu­ nicipal pawnshop bill has been signed by Gov. Tanner. through the jail corridors. She feared death. Mrs. Place was different. Her death scene was lacking in sensational features. There was no noise, no mani testation of terror. A plea for heaven­ ly mercy were the only words that broke the stillness of the death cham ber. Her execution was no more re­ volting than if the victim bad been a man. But It bad unusual features, most notable of which was the presence of two women who had come upon the warden's request One was Dr. Jennie Griffin, of Troy, who accepted an in­ vitation because Gov. Roosevelt had said that a woman physician should be present, and the other, Miss Mary Meury, of Brooklyn, who, had befriend­ ed Mrs. Place while In jail and who witnessed the painful ordeal because the condemned woman wanted her to be with her to the last Mrs Place murdered her step-dangh- ter in a most fiendish manner and made an almost successful attempt on the life of her husband. She was convicted of murder in the first degree and sen­ tenced to be executed in August, 1898. Her execution was Btayed by an ap­ peal to the Court of Appeals for a new trial. It was denied and March 20 was set as the new date of her execution. Then from New York came a protest against the execution of a woman. Gov. Roosevelt was appealed to. He said if she was Insane he would save her life and had a commission appoint­ ed to examine her. They reported that she was sane and Roosevelt said then the law must take its course. Couldn't Run Away. There are times in war when one ac­ tive brain is equivalent to a great many guns. Witness this incident of the Ger­ man revolution of 1848, told to the Trib­ une by a German-American citizen of New York: We were short of men, and had a large number of prisoners to look after. That did not worry us as long as we were not moving, but one day we" had to make a forced march. The country throughewbich we were to pass was hostile, and extreme watch­ fulness was necessary. We had few enough men as it was, and we knew that our prisoners were ready to run at the first opening. Finally a young officer made a bril­ liant suggestion, and It was promptly carried out. We ripped the suspender buttons from the prisoners' trousers, took away their belts, and knew we had them. Their hands were busy after that and fast running was out of the question. We made the march safely, and I do not believe that even Yankee ingenuity could have invented a simpler solution. A Lnckj Chance. The discovery of the principle of the manufacture of satin was a pure acci­ dent. The word "satin," which orig­ inally was applied to all silk stuffs, has. since the last century, been used to designate simply those tissues which only present a lustrous surface. The Lady--Have you no higher aspira­ tions than to s>tiand downtown begging on this street-corner? Beggar--W'y, uv course I has, lady. Jess as soo*n i discovery was made by a silk weaver as 1 git de trade learnt a little better j Octavio Mai. During a dull I'm a-goln' ter move uptown to de j period of business one day he was corner of 14th street.--Judge. J pacing before his loom, not knowing New Boarder-How's the Tare here? j hoAw *° «lve a?e^ ,mpu^te to hl®» ^fde. Old Boarder-Well, we have chicken ! As Jas8ed th* ™chine each time, every morning. New Boarder-That's he PulIed some 8hort tbreads from first rate! How is it served? Old Board­ er--In the eggs.--Brooklyn Life. When a woman wants to be particu­ larly effective, she speaks,of a trifling Incident as "a bright spot of color" in her life. Occasionally you discover tbat a woman you have never thought good- looking, thinks she is. Treat a dog kindly and he will not deaert jou yrhen your money !• goon warp, and, following an old habit, put them into his mouth and rolled them about, soon after spitting them upon the floor. Later he discovered a little ball of silk upoD the floor of his shop, and was astonished at the brilliancy of the threads. He repeated the ex­ periment, and ^.eventually employed various mucilaginous preparations, and succeeded in giving satin to the world. Wedlock rfcymes with deadlock. To« *aa draw your own inference. - ^ . » - lAd On Thursday the House passed Punk bill ordering University of Illinois trustees to divert to nc«/other use money set aside for teaching of agricultural science; also • «• ! Lyon bill giving special charter cities jar- '« **1 isdiction over all schools and school assess- * * I ments iu annexed territory; passed com- mittee bill enabling boards of education r/ - > ^ > or school trustees to establish truant - "v. i-' schools; also Erickson bill giving Chicago Board of Education right of eminent do- ; • "".'V't;; main; adopted conference report on Sen- > ate bill for extermination of San Joseph, scale, reducing appropriation from $10,000 * £'•N * to $8,000 and eliminating emergencyx | clause. The Senate passed Campbell bill ;; \ defining jurisdiction in contested election,^ J *>•} JH cases; also Berry Ohio centennial exposi-1 j , /•< ^ tion bill; also Rankin House bill appropri- - < Vs-, ating $615,398.02 to pay expenses inci- ' * 4 •% < dental to mobilization of Illinois troops ! for recent war. There was a lively par-, tlsan conflict in the House over the om- , nibtis appropriation bill for the payments of salaries and expenses for the mainte­ nance of the State government for the next two years, with the result that the bill failed to pass. ^ Mr. Mansfield on Friday introduced- a new bill regulating the granting of college degrees, which gives the trustees of the University of Illinois power to fix the i standard qualification for such degrees ^ and designate the institutions which may - confer them. Mr. Erickson's bill fixing the price of gas was advanced to third reading. Committee amendments were adopted making the bill apply to cities of . more than 25,000 inhabitants and to all » companies organized for the purpose of ^ furnishing gas. The enactiiSg clause was , stricken out of Kirby's bill providing that y no person shall act as superintendent of . schools in cities of over 50,000 and under ^ 100,000 inhabitants who has not a State i; certificate. O'Malley's bill, allowing mu- 4 tual insurance companies to reorganize on. 4 " & the old line system on the petition of a , *fi majority of their members, suffered the %\.i same fate. Mr. Curtis moved a reconsid- ; ' % eration of the vote by which the omnibus _ appropriation bill failed to pass on Thurs- > day. The motion prevailed, and further consideration of the bill was postponed until the next Wednesday. Gov. Tanner has signed the bill appropriating $65,000 to pay the claims of merchants and others who furnished supplies to the troops at :&.v 1 • 7 , % 1 f'l i } •n •v r- ^ IX' tC, Camp Tanuor last spring. Too Expensive. A Boston man who was beguiled b^ra friend into visiting a cheap luncb counter says it is too expensive a place for him. First they ordered a cocktail and some baked beans. Then they had another cocktail and some potato salad. Then, still being hungry, they had a third cocktail and a sandwich. Then five acquaintances came In arid everybody bought two rounds of drinks for everybody else. When the Boston man went back to bis office he was still hungry, and his pock­ et was empty. Now he says first-class restaurants are cheap enough for hlni. "WW • . 1 .. -- ^ * Manufacture of Glass Eyes. Germany and Switzerland produce over 2,000,000 glass eyes in a year; and . a Paris mannufacturer, with a reputa- J tion for finer work, some 300,000. They are made in the shape of a hollow hemi­ sphere, and the utmost skill is required in forming the pupil out of the colored .. glass. The great majority of artificial eyes are used by workmen, especially those in iron foundries, where many eyes are put out by sparks. It Is seldom that a woman has a glass eye. v ̂ \ : ^ ,?M .j i-ffW. ¥1 A An Explanation. HJ' ;1 Actor--I cant imagine how D*Art ij manages to get such favorable notices r J. from the dramatic critics. *« . * Journalist--Perhaps he acts well. -t * * Actor-By Jinks, I never thought aft "*«<$• f? that--Tit-Bits. , - "Beware, Florence! Beware!" wara- ingly exclaimed the mother. "You are playing with fixe!" "And coal $10 a ton!" cried the father in an awe-stricken voice.--Now York JK*