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a, •WW ImtfMW tMWM&flri • 'StfJSS? GUARANTEED SB YfiSS. Mm > written btBdmc IMww twiM. hyJta rss&fti, OUR RELIABILITY 18 not dealt With V*¥ V„ ^^JHWUHPa r6omiNf: IK MB WUtt^„\, I,*- %' - *Xt p&tas me," says the doakeyi' f* Sv" ^^,Sjf,n"V"With • *ery taeavr sie^t ... ....:, * M When X think thut foot will kick n«, 1 * s In the sweet bye and bye.*' --Minneapolis Tribune. r-j, »* - iS-i Kb»Ht fettled. r J; ^ 'The century was closing fast •When through this great, broad land there passed , ,-r iA man -who bore along the line 'Cl ._ A great big lettered canvas sign*-.,, "Men Wanted." ' ^ Iff 'He passed a vacant •oop bouee i lAnd still the sign he proudly bore. And as he marched he did stampede •Most every hobo who could read: , "Men Wanted." 1 'The farmers stacking upi&eir«iiock*» - jThe shipping m«u out on the <Jq$!w^' .. :^The railroads all, the factorie^ V-:- yf" XiAii echoed it upon the breeze: •*•«'/ £ V "Ma&Warated." ... • ^':r '.v. . >r":rX;..' •. 1 An orator from oilt the Platte /1*1 ":- ]Was babbling through his tattered "bat, ]When swift the big 6ign passed him by . And loud rang out that same old cry: "Men Wanted."-. ^ ; i"Who sends this messenger - iRe-echoing that horrid shout?", *\„- iThe orator indignant cried. "f*?'"'*• PiThe messenger bat this replied:!?. •%. •••• f, "Men Waated." "Who's made a place for all thcae men?" ,The speaker asked and looked again. 'McKinley, sir," the man replied. 'All o'er the nation I have cried: |jg|:# "Men Wanted." I.';...'Then said the speaker from the Platte: fe , tell you how to settle that, -Elect me President, and then t". (I'll guarantee more idle men st.-,'^ Than wanted." t/'L :--BUrmaarck Tribune,. . Hi ri i ?& WSs ; Pure Pntrlotlsm. ^ President McKlnley's eulogies of the flag to-day are not a whit lacking in ; eloquent sublimity In comparison with the patriotic utterances of the earlier orators as they rushed to the defense /j^of Old Glory in hours of danger. The ; patriotically inspired schoolboy need «I„;3iot go back to any musty volume in or- • ^|der to find examples of eloquence that .^|5will stir the blood of the listeners at •Jpthe meeting of the school literary so- ff=lciety. Any daily paper printing reports , .of President McKinley's tour of the y|NorthweBt has contained several o£ V-'these little oratorical gems every day. -p. They have flowed from the Hps of the t'tMPresident with such evident inspira­ tion as to leave ^no question as to the /deep feeling back of the words. Al­ though it has not been customary to ip include Wm. McKinley among the ?a f great orators of the present, it would ?<v '\ appear that the frequency and beauty 'of the sentiments with which the Pres­ ident has responded to every opportu- >i nity to express his love for and confl- Sdence in the flag have entitled him to ft;a. position as the leading exponent of ^patriotic eloquence during this redivi- * ^ ' vus of latter day patriotism. What is more inspiring than to listen to the j/.v'-words of the President at Dubuque! '• This is a year of sublime patriotism. From one end of your State to the other, 'through ail sections of the West over s which we have traveled we have heard vbut one music, the music of the nation; but one song, the hymn of the republic, jp ^and we ha^sfsseen but one flag, the flag of 1, > ' rtour fathers and ours, the flag of a happy, *' re-united and never-to-be-broken nation; ;,S <" the flag that expresses our hopes, our <purposes, our faith; the flag that ex- * presses the sacrifices we are willing to rV" * make for it anywhere and everywhere. tl^V : I never travel through this mighty West--part of the Louisiana purchase, 5 Iowa,, part of Minnesota and the Da- *1 kotas--that I do not feel like offering my gii_. a; gratUud? to 'Oiob®# Jefferson aad his ^ wisdom and foresight in acquiring this vast territory, to be peopled by men and • women such as I have seen before me ; as I journeyed through these States. You ^rrphave carried civilization, you have ^ brought education, you have built '"t- churches, you have made this the garden jt o. spot of the country aad you have added ^.^^most brilliant stars to the constellation i 'lSl of the xnation. I simply want to say one other thing: | that our flag in the Philippines stiH waves there, and it waves not as a bao- " ner of imperialism, it waves not as a ft » ^ symbol of oppression, but it waves as it ^ *1 waves here and elsewhere, the flag of ' - "Y- freedom, hope, home and civilization. . ** This is patriotism, pure and simple-- • love of the flag, joy in the spread of American principles and free institu- * :. tions under its beneficent folds. To *T r - some it may sound like partisan poll- tics. But it Is their ears which are out of tune. The "Amen!" stuck in the fp%l'.throat of Macbeth after he had bathed &/<% his hands in the blood of the. good 15'King Duncan. It was none the less '••A ,the benediction aften prayer. His own r:VS >act had jangled its music. So after /4 the Iowa platform, of the antis, patri- otic expressions may become to some r ! '* the voices of partisanisin. It Is not the . fault of patriotic utterance that this is 1- true, but the g$S&?rtune of those who " ^ '* have put theinsHv^ in wrong rela­ tions to(Jtbe aspirations of a liberty loving and-progressive people.--Sioux City Journal. rtifher W'nse« for 45,0"IC. As a result of the final conference, at iDetool t, between the representatives of iron and steel manufacturers and the Iron and Steel Wage Committee of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, the wage scales for iron and steel workers, as fixed by the recent convention of the Amalgamated Association, were practically all accep­ ted by the manufacturers. This means that there will be a general advance of 5 per cent. In the wages of about 45,- 000 men employed in the Iron and steel manufacturing Industries.--Albany (N. Y.) Journal. Bryan tn a Bad I<iRbt. "I assure you that It is the money that is in the office And not the honor that attracts me." These wordp, which occur in a'letter Written by William J. Bryan to J. Sterling Morton Jan. 11, 1889, are a decidedly unpleasant revelation of the motives that induced the writer to go into politics. Of late years Mr. Bryan has appeared to be an exceedingly aealous advocate of principles. He has been given credit for an earnest­ ness and sincerity that raised him high above such sordid politicians as his new-found friend, Richard Croker. But here we And him at the very out­ let of his career making a frank dec­ laration of a low ambition that is posi­ tively appalling from its very ingenu­ ousness. The most hardened political hack could not have been less sensible to the moral aspects of the case than was this young man, from whom a no­ bler sentiment might surely have been expected. He had already been a dele­ gate to a Nebraska State convention and had made some impression upon It through his eloquence. He was soon to appear as a Congressional candi­ date, and in the campaign that fol­ lowed he preferred to be an exponent of ideas, not a seeker after money. But that was for the edification of the public, whose good opinion he de­ sired. He knew that such a confes­ sion as he made to Mr. Morton would be death to his hopes if it were made on the stump, and when an exposure was threatened he took refuge in em­ phatic denials. By so doing, however, he prepared the way for the wretched predicament in which he now finds himself. The letter and the affidavit concerning the denials, which are pub­ lished together, make It appear that he* is both a greedy political adven­ turer and a stranger to veracity when the truth seems to conflict with his selfish Interests. It Is not to be regretted that the dis­ closure has been made, but it is mat­ ter for deep regret that Mr. Bryan's reputation for veracity Is not deserved. However much people may have dif­ fered from him with regard to the prin­ ciples which he has championed, it has been a pleasure to believe that he was thoroughly honest and enthusiastically devoted to those principles.--Chicago Times-Herald. If No Bribe for Peace. Agudnaldo--You can have peace you will give us independence. Bryan--We want peace at any price, and this seems to be a regular bargain counter chance. Dear, good Mr. Wash­ ington Aguinaldo, we will gladly pull down the flag, for it Is only a piece of bunting, anyway. Please forgive our unpleasant intrusion, and if you happen to come our way "don't stop to knock, but come right in and go to shooting. McKinley--We never gave a bribe for peace lu all our history. We never will. Our flag stands for liberty wherever it floats, and we propose to put 65,000 men behind that flag in Luzon to main­ tain the authority of the United States and the honor and glory of the republic in the interest of civilization and hu­ manity. We accept the responsibility of the duty at whatever cost. Thank God McKinley is President, And Bryan isn't. < And never will be.--Council TilniTa Nonpareil. , Not to Be Trnated. To the charge that the tariff has been the "mother of trusts," the response is that it has been the savior of our indus­ tries, the herald of advancing wages, the progenitor of good prices, the good genius before whose magic wand de­ pression and distrust have flown to the limbo of the damned, giving place to the brightening presence of confidence and enterprise. S&tau isn't going to cast out Satan, in either church or State; and,Democratic harlequins, mar­ shaled by Havemeyers, are not going to be intrusted with the solving of the trust problem.--St. Taul Preneer-Press. A Policy Which InTitc* Disaster. No matter what steps we may take to destroy trusts Germs ay is deter­ mined to maintain a system which it is generally recognized is bringing pros­ perity and wealth to the empire. Shall pie, in the face of the menace tmpl1 the organised froat of Geraany pBe- senta, will strike down the only bwniar to the dehige of articles in Germany which the removal oC tection would Invite? Great Brfpbl is now endeavoring to rescue her Wert Indian possessions from the evil fate imposed on them by the .German ex­ port bounty system. Are we anxious to share the same experience? If we ate all we need do is to dispense with protection and the Germans will soon make it clear to us that in the effort to abate an evil which is largely imagin­ ary we have exposed ourselves to the danger of having our manufacturing Industries totally destroyed.̂ --8m Fran­ cisco Chronicle. 8elf-Dependent. American agricultural Implements oc­ cupy the whole field in the Australian trade. If any one had predicted this a century ago, when this county was struggling to make its independence of Great Britain industrial as well as po­ litical, or even fifty years ago, when the free trade Walker tariff had the country in its crippling grasp, the prophet would have found no believers. A century ago the supporters of the policy of free trade, the very few per­ sons who then believed la that fallacy, were content to have the United States continue Indefinitely to be an agricul­ tural nation. Fifty years ago the sup­ porters of the Walker tariff were con­ tent to have the United States stand still so far as manufacturing was con­ cerned, and to remain a practically non- manufacturing nation. They were be­ ginning to argue along the line so much in evidence during recent years--vis., that of "buying where you can buy the cheapest." Had their policy tri­ umphed, we would still be industrially dependent on England. It Is to the policy of a protective tariff that we owe it that other nations are depen­ dent on us industrially, and that we are dependent on no one but oar* selves. The Greater EtIL "By removing the high tariff,"* the New York Journal, "the power of the trusts would be greatly curtailed and competition couKl no longer be re­ stricted. Neither the producer nor the consumer would be forced to contribute to capital unjustly." No doubt, so far as Americans are concerned, for the contributions would go to foreign cap­ ital, which is employing pauper labor. Even with the evils made by the trusts, they are a thousand times less than the results of free trade. A com­ parison of present conditions, with a large number of trusts in operation, with the terrible effects of free trade on the people of this country, will speedily convince any reasonable man that we much prefer the trusts than to restricting or even abolishing them by any such remedy, which would be as fatal to our national prosperity as It would be to the trusts.--Taco ma (Wash.) Ledger. * Value of Domestic Competition, Experience has taught us that do­ mestic competition is more efficacious in bringing down and maintaining rea­ sonably low prices than the competi­ tion of the foreigner. So long as we were dependent upon the British for our supplies of rails and other manu­ factures of Iron and steel we were com­ pelled to pay dearly for them. The records show that during this period of dependence whenever railroad build­ ing was pushed with energy in the United States the price of rails in England was put up, and when con­ struction languished there was a fall. It was not until we were able to manu­ facture rails in sufficient quantities to meet the home demand that we were emancipated from the extortion which was invariably practiced when the exigencies of rapid development obliged us to go abroad for supplies.-- San Francisco Chronicle. Billin&rsarnte as an Instrument, Strong language is an easy instru­ ment of opposition. It has been seized with such readiness by the anti-expan­ sionists that surprise is no longer ex­ cited by hearing gentlemen who pro­ fess to be models of culture and leaders of civilization calling the President a murderer, talking like the gentle and refined Edward M. Shepard in after dinner speeches about his "timid and cowardly heart," and pouring contempt on the "rag" carried before our sol­ diers in the field. No special indigna­ tion is excited by such violence. It is expected in all controversies from the denizens of Billingsgate, and if people who might be expected to have other abodes and tastes desire to identify themselves with that locality it is a matter for their own choosing.--New York Tribune. An Educational Bootn, The return of prosperous times is re­ flected in the increased attendance at all the colleges in Michigan, including the University, where the advance con­ tingent Is 25 per cent larger than last year.--Detroit (Mich.) Tribune. No Inquiries. General Prosperity, wearing gold epaulets, is visiting Nebraska for the benefit of the Pops, who said there was no such person. Calamity orators have not Inquired for him lately.--Urle (Pa.) Dispatch. "It Is a WiM Child," Etc. 'H ;..r Uncle Sam--What's the matter,, little boy?' . J; Little Boy--I'm looking for my father and mother. Nobody can tell ma who they are. ' w • Uncle Sam--Never mind, little, boy. In your case it isn't so much a ques-we then, in order to overcome an evil which may be regulated, 'resort to a j tion of parentage as of proper discipline policy which will invite disaster? Is j and restraint it conceivable that the American peo- MMfc* CbMPItATlON or ILLI­ NOIS NEW8. Thieve* X«oot Btoree In Many Towns-- Convict Confme* Murder* and Bob9 bery--Elopement Drives Father to Suicide--Set Fire to a Girl's Dress. Illinois and Wisconsin have been in­ vaded daring the last few months by a gang of thieves who* have stolen more than $15,000 worth of bolts of silk from the country dealers and small department •tores of towns like Springfield, Fond du Lac, Ottawa and Joliet. So far no one has been arrested with sufficient evidence for conviction, but Capt. Colleran of Chi­ cago, who haa been in communication with Sheriffs and chiefs of police, is caus­ ing search to be made for a certain man with a criminal record in Illinois and Mis­ souri. This man is at present at liberty. He is a Chicago man, 21 years of age, with a record as a burglar. He has been an Inmate of the Pontiac reform school. His photograph and description have been sent to officers in several of the towns the gang has visited, and in every case it has been reported a man who has been seen about the town answers the description of Bennett. > There is also a woman in the case, but the Chicago de­ partment has not been able to identify her. The towns are visited usually dur­ ing a street fair or some other local dem­ onstration, and after a "plant" has been made an entrance is forced to the le*d- ing dry goods store, usually through a treasons or skylight. The thieves are judges of silk, and only rtie best quality ks taken. Capt. Colleran believes that the goods are sold in the East, although the county officials think there is a fence in their immediate neighborhood. We'll look after yftu ail Adults Four Murders. Prisoner No. 5049 in the Stillwater, Minn., prison, serving a sentence from Jackson County for assault under the name of J<vsse Collins McBride, has con­ fessed to Warden Wolfcr at the State prison that his real name was George Bullock and that he was guilty of four murders, three of them at Geneva, 111. A telegram from Geneva says the mur­ ders were committed as stated, and that Bullock's father still lives in that neigh­ borhood. Bullock made his statement of his own free will. He confessed to the murder of two officers, Joseph Grant afiu John McNott, at Geneva Aug. 29, 1886, the murder of Julia Buckmore at Ge­ neva; a postoffice robbery and the nuu> der of the marshal of Osawatomie, Kan.; the burglary of a hardware store and the shooting of a policeman at Guide Rock, Neb., and many burglaries and highway robberies. f et Fire to a Girl's Dresa. . Joseph Harvey and two other lads of Braceville deliberately touched a lighted match to the dress of Gertie Luth, their little schoolmate. The children were on their way home from school. The little girl was frightfully burned, and physi­ cians can give no hope for her recovery. Austin Carney and his wife, near whose borne the deed was committed, ran to the child's assistance, and both wet? badly bunted. . Mrs. Schadlich Acquitted. After being out forty-eight hours the Jury in the Schadlich murder case at Car- linville returned a verdict acquitting the defendant. The defendant, Mrs. Ernes- trna Schadlich, was charged jointly with Otto Mathes with the murder of ex-State Senator Hampton Wall of Staunton. Mathes is still at large and the Wall heirs will Increase the $2,000 reward for his capture. * Wanted to End His Life. Because hds daughter Agnes got mar­ ried in spite of his objections Patrick Gavin attempted 6uicide at La Salle by taking carbolic acid. Gavin's daughter and her husband went to him and were forgiven. The girl and Clarence Cain eloped to Ottawa and were married there. Patee Is Given Five Years. At Peoria a verdict of guilty and a sen­ tence of five years in the penitentiary has been returned in the case of the people against Fred Patee, who was charged with being an a**ces»ory before the fact in the murder of Etta Binkley of Dub­ lin, Ind. He was found gulMy of man­ slaughter. Patee is president of the Patee Bicycle Company. Brief State Happening* George Houston, president of the American Heater Company of Bockford for over fifty years, is dead, aged 70 years. Cod. Joshue Carl Winters, a veteran of the Mexican war, died at White Hall, aged 83. Two persons in South Chicago were bitten by a dog which showed unmistak­ able symptoms of rabies. Seven attendants and eight patients of the Kankakee insane hospital have ty­ phoid fever. Most of the cases are mild. One attendant has died. Miss Weldon, the 24-year-old daughter of Spencer Weldon, and one of the orig­ inal angels at the Schweinfurth "heav­ en," died at the famous Weldon farm at Rockford of consumption. The residence of C-. H. Deere, presi­ dent of Deere & Co. of Moline, was dam­ aged ' $15,000 * by fire. W. D. Winian, member of Gov. Tanner's staff, fell three floors, fracturing three ribs and sustain­ ing internal injuries. William Hoiloway, who was convicted of the murder of Benjamin F. Holmes la Chicago and sentenced on* a verdict of twenty-five years' imprisonment in the penitentiary, has been granted a new trial by the Supreme Court. At Fulton Mrs. Parton, aged 70 years, committed suicide by hanging herself from the railing of the stairway in her home. Ill health caused her mind to be temporarily deranged. She was the moth­ er of Mrs. Fred Iv. Bastian, wife of Ful­ ton's ex-postmaster. Roscoe Everingliam, Hutsonville, was found dead in his buggy after visiting a young lady. Believed that a rival killed him. William W. Grant, for a number of years agent of the Nickel Plate fast freight line in Peoria, dropped dead. He was 42 years of age and well known in railroad circles all over the country. Dr. Michael C. Jennings has been sen­ tenced to twenty-five years in prison for the murder of Sewing Machine Agent Thomas H. Levers June 24 in the alley in the rear of 2208 Wabash avenue, Chi­ cago. WHliam A. Ellingson of Capron, a stu­ dent at Knox College, Galesburg, died there wry suddenly, of diphtheria. John Bishop, one of- the oidest and wealthiest residents of Waukegan, died Qt the age of 77 years. He had lived there for fifty-six years and was promi­ nent in the county's affairs. J. C. Shand, a Chicago business man, died suddenly on a Chicago, Milwaukee aad St. Paul dining ear, between Reeds Landing and Wabasha, lima. He was laughing and joking witla some friends, having just offered to bee on the yacht Shamrock, when stricken with apoplexy. Physicians on the train were summoned, but Mfe was extinct. Ifrs. G. W. Jones «ed at Fire swept over 200 acres of prairie near Chicago. Bx-Statd Senator Joseph Reinfoardt is dead at Pent The President has appointed the follow­ ing postmasters in Illinois: Polo, H. E. Spear; La con, Robert B. Thomas. Frank Cook was killed and George Cote was seriously injured in Chicago in a collision between a Twenty-second street electric car and a lumber wagon the men were driving. The price of broom corn has advanced $50 a ton during the last month and is still going up. The rise is the result of a scarcity and because the speculators and a few manufacturers have a corner on the market. Elsie Shepard, 13, and Alice Faulkner, 11, drank parls green at Rockford, be­ came sick at school, and admitted they had "both deliberately taken poison. Miss Kelley, the teacher, took prompt meas­ ures, and both will recover. The chil­ dren say that they and several play­ mates had agreed to end their lives. . S. C. Bliss died in Morris the other day. He went to Morris in 1848 on a canal boat. For ten years he had lived in Chicago and went to Morris because he was persuaded by Mr. Chapin that Chicago would never amount to more than a small village, because it was sit­ uated in such a swampy district. Mr. Bliss was 7G years old. There was an explosion in the kitchen of Mrs. Nellie Barber, Evanston, caused by powder placed In the firewood. While Mrs. Barber was preparing a meal the explosion blew the stove to pieces. Mrs. Barber was scalded, h»t not seriously in­ jured. She lays the trouble to a boy in the neighborhood, whom she chastised for catching and .tormenting her ducks. Juan Garcia, a Cuban, and his sweet­ heart, Mias Bessie Mahoney, daughter of a publisher, were found dead in the road near Peoria. Garcia had shot the girl and then himself. The Cuban.wanted to marry Miss Mahoney, but her parents objected. The other evening the young couple went walking and did not return to the girl's home. Searching parties found the bodies lying side by side. A tramp was killed while riding in a Bluff line freight car at Lockhaven by some steel bolsters falling on his head. A card was found on his person bearing the name of R. E. Mitchell, jeweler, Kaufman, Texas, and on the back <if the card was the name of Carl Heilbrua. A fellow-tramp said the dead man had told him that his home was in Fort Worth,. Texas, where his father was a banker. Two of the men who are alleged to have taken part in the robbery of the bank at Frankfort station on the night of Sept. 15 have been arrested and will be brought back for trial. They w«#e ai# rested on suspicion of having been impli­ cated in the bank robbery at Eastou, III. By means of photographs the Frankfort banker has identified the men. They are Frank Spaulding and William Browning. Spaulding's home is in Chicago. He is said to be an experienced safe blower and has done time in the Chester prison for burglary. Browning is believed to be an expert bank burglar. Ida Newcomer, a 16-year-old girl, held the police force of Richview at bay with a revolver, while her lover, Dearm<Hial Reaves, escaped through a rear door of his home, stole a horse and escaped from the county. Reaves, who is an sx-con- vlot, was wanted on a charge of robbing M. Beckler, a peddler, of a large portion of his stock. When the police w«mf to his house to arrest him he ran Inside, closely pressed by the officers. As they reached the front doorway the girl point­ ed a revolver and threatened to kill the first man who attempted to enter the house. They ran around to the rear door, but Reaves had obtained a good start, and with his stolen horse aspidly increased the distance between them. Reaves was captured at Mount Vernon. Dr. J. B. McFatrich of Chicago has been elected eminent grand commander of the grand commandery of I^uights Templar of Illinois. The other officers elected are: Eminent deputy gran<S com­ mander, C. P. Kane, Springfield; emi­ nent grand generalissimo, F. C. Win- slow, Jacksonville; eminent grand cap- trfin general, H. H. Green, Bloomington; grand senior warden, Captain H. G. Purinton, • Philippines; grand junior wardent - A« - S. Wilderman, Belleville; grand prelate, T. A. Par­ ker, Taylorville; grand treasurer, J. H. Wltbeck, Chicago; eminent grand x*cord- er, Gilbert W. Barnard, Chicago; emi­ nent grand standard bearer, Geoege E. O'Hara, Cairo; eminent grand sword bearer, A. A Whipple, Quincy; eminent grand captain of the guard, William L. Orr, Chicago. Garrett A. Fitsgerald of Chicago* with a' friend, was held up and roblied by three men at the northeast entrance to Douglas Park, in that city. One of the assailants, Wm. Robinson, was caught. Benjamin Alpern, a buggy repairer, was driving in ^Fourteenth street, Chica­ go when a man jumped into the ijear of the buggy and demanded that the horse and vehicle be turned over to hiijt. A fierce fight ensued, which resulted in the highwayman running away at the ap­ proach of a policeman. In the Supreme Court at Springfield, in the case of John Penn, trustee, et si., ap­ pellants, versus W. M. Folger, et al., ap­ pellees, the judgment of the Appellate Court and the decree of the Circuit Court of Fayette County are reversed and the case is remanded to the Circuit Court, with instructions! The controvei^y was over $40,000 of stock in the Bank of Vandalia, which.was originally owned by Nathaniel M. McCurdy. McCurdy made a will in which provision was made that eventually $20,000 should go to McKen- dree College to endow and support a pro­ fessional chair, and $20,000 to the Ohurch Extmsion Society of the Methodist Epis­ copal Church, incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania. Under the decis­ ion now handed down these beneficiaries ultimately will become possessed of the $40,000 in dispute by making it & liabil­ ity of the bank partnership and A prior lien on the firm's assets. John H. Potts died at his home in Jacksonville. He had been a sufferer from paralysis for three years, lie was one of the best-known cattlemen in the West and was one of the directors of the Jacksonville National Bank. Mrs. J. H. Pattee, wife of th« presi­ dent of the Pattee plow works of Mon­ mouth, has given a commodious house to the Fortnightly Club, Daughters of the American Revolution and Women's Democratic clubs of the city. The wom­ en will refit the house in style, and will soon dedicate the first women's club house in western Illinois. * John Hinkusy 19 years old, was killed; William Fritz, 20 years old, received in­ juries supposed to be fatal, and Fred Ellis, 17 years old, and Fred Schultz, 20 years old, wcr ing elevator ing, 231 Cana| The text of from Cardinal" do Ledochows Jansseji, bislia tb« East St. follows: "Recw| of excommunic it does not de resign and app mum cants' ownl ijured in a fall- Springer's build- licago. communication the Prapagan- Iit- Rev. John i lie, relative to Itroversy, is as liately the ban the parish, as Father Crase tor of the com- . w min lnn»wBMLH«wT«*. wmMnwiw*--. In Bnleal bHMnntiS lowact whnh--1» prlca*. Write fartzmuspecialornuLjKm •, i M S&SStSSSSSSi w® wilt rrtaro vourjlU.M W d»y r®«i n«t s&ttoflad. WatSltU- EfiyssjSrasrjBg&sfiSifer ">*»>& •EWASEOF IMITATIONS wrtSsnS. ofcWH •»*•-- wann sadwr niton m--, with THE BURDICK SS.-,ia."SS^^S?Sa asncnovion. mask by 1 IS SOUP OiMRTEK SAWEO OAK £»«£« ruso Niiiin, one uwmiM •h*w*--wMiis •um, am a sms plac f roaVSsht} to b* oaed as a (ester teMe. M er 4nk, Oa aSMr era with Ml In^tt Mil u4 bead tapMee for wrhf, 4 Irmn, taint MM decorated cabinet «fc»hu« ft Mei, carded, yam fed. adjustable trend* -- foor i ball Ftaeet lenelfch Ana Lai shuttle, autoMtle liberator, Improved looee wheal,' carrier, patent needle bar, patent d unM *ed beeetMar ANTESD UeUeMirt" «SS&&53 1 foot, I _ r mut I t» Ml wttli < IT COSTS TOU woyMmo . . ..-- . _ __ to SSO.OO. nnd then it oonflncod yen n»i3it Sfcss tn*°S< SmmSSl oEaSSDCJUT. '(Seni^1^track?(^s^4wro««hUrrM*Sa^tSn^ v Address, SEAR8, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.) Chicago, til. SEND ON Oat this ad. oatandBendtous; or USe. wanted,and we wi :,. amln. lt at roar expraw oSce and It fmnnS Milwily «WMm, »i the nottwielMW ' •smnlH Ora, «eeiil«< Meek, Wayman bicycles at t TO S15.00. ORBBa TODAY. N oc, equal to m haiSM.se, It you ^ by a binding rsamntee^rietly I TOC CAW £2 8EARS, ROEBUCK ft CO. (I*.) Chicago. PANTS AT HALF PRICE M II.ML H.M. 41.66 snj it.&6 n w.abatl eleMaat ear entire Xne Sih n .iwre Fanls, which ws cut and madeU>nnairireatt».W,»S.8C^ liot sad KS la competition with ~ UaUenlMbhetM.MtetlO. snts i,om run uai, r menenm erron creep la sad some •faMMBlSllMMllIlk IMllfcNBMriMl eleaaweelaee Sw eat et ftToste ILW, l*«s (ben eeeteftMh sitae. A Ma lw* tees. bjWr, oolor wanted, gToyoor ayft 1 bed; at Sip, sad lw«tt el WaSt, i Iwhilliiienlun tfrfcttneieleh «e"h»el. we will aelect pants neareet yonr ezaol neararn, latest aad n-Uller them to/oar •met sisa, send to you by expreen C. O. !>., nUtot to examination, yott ex­amine them and If found perfectly satis­ factory, ihiIm taller made, the w ,as If flrstmade to year ewn •i--eri, P fectly trimmed, sewed and flnlsni . l.weet srtM» and lees tban ono- mi MRS Af S1.CS from 1ST M. re-cut to roar rowttw, exactly im mum ordered tlttm,*t4o«W# tte Mtoch And rod you never before saw or heard of, than <«1 sen taw. trfer totey. SEARS, ROEBUCK * CO., (Ino.).CMctflo (Bssw, Setback *<*. -a tb.riSfbly mIUMs • Steii3 82.75 IONCY. Cut this ONLY SR8£J2rt29L»*....» your *M|bt aad kdgfct, alio num­ ber of Inches around atbasl end a**k, and we will send this BSES You cau examine and try it on at your nearest express of. flee and if found perfectly taUifsstorj', emsstly as r*p-rsseatsd sad tbeMst wsa4erfM *a!ee f« tnr saw or beard af, pay the expresa agent ear special after pHeeSS.75, ea< eiprs*. nu|H. Express charges will aTerace M to <o cents for each 1,000 miles. THIS CAPE 18 LA­ TEST 8TV LI FOR FALL and WINTER. n»*de from an extra lae ead ken; all weel Masberblae irnalM KarUea Ben* rarcleth, 87 Inches lon», Tery full sweep, IMnch uppgr cape, extra full. l'w>w e*»e a*4 Isrje oriltr, beauii-fully trimmed with blsA BalMe sMd Ibrt tipper cap* trimmed with three rows and collar with two rows of Be H ok air brsMt cloth button ornaments. This eape la teller ante Ihroealieatand equal tooapes that sella* lore than double the price. WrtleferfrseCleabCstsletafc SERB US ODE DOLLAR send yon this 1 new 189S neMsm Mah^wSe SBBBSTtsS ®SAh . COOK ttrOVsTby ttSicht C.O.D., snbjeet «• a Examine It at Kur freight pot and lf found perfect­ly satisfactory ead the greatest ASHIes incuii PKICI, $13.00 lea* the US sent with or­der or tlt.CO and frelpht eharm. 1 MHxMxU, top Is iixJtSi i intra flue*, Ian oot lam oranshelf. nsa*y .. . nickel-plated ornamentations large deep, genuine " some InrM we furnish feet wesi ba every stove and road station. Yonrlodal for such a store, tbf freight lt oal - m- stove U itttVbrlonsS '^csufravs as extra wood erase. Mafctattta | mMEiiMmsmuinii 83r, <RSEND ONE DOLLAR CUT THIS t , AD. OUT _&m. ul Mad to u. your Vslrfct. velaM, number Inches around body at br*ut* tuuen over vest, under coat, close up under arms, number inches around body at waist and hip?, and length of leg inside pants gjain xrom tigbt In emick le h«ft, state whether you wish sack *r frock coat and col or wanted, and lwe will send you by express, C. O. D„ StBJSCT TO EXA3U5AT103, • tftilor --II it j--i iimI iiiiTf • You can examine aad try it on at yeur express ofKee, and If you find it the best made, most stylish suit you ever had, equal to anything your tailor would make you for f»H).OOand the most wonderful value you ever heard of. p«y the express eyent O.Vfc HALK 0CK REG* ['UK PIUCB or $0.25 eiprew eh»rf«« less the H.00 sent with order. AT Krt wp tot and n^kc ihtt* stills I# Ajj' fcsOU oe||ure tn competition with salts tailors *£0.00 for. Tljey are line •eaato» Ultor iiiade-t«-mea*ar«s but making over 1,000 suits daily measure error* creep in and some misfit suits accumu­ late a-id to keep our stock clean we shall close them out'at ONE HALF riatK and less than cost of cloth alone A blj loss 10 These suits were made to measure at $12.50 to $14.00 from fine Foreign and Domestic all wool cassimeres, wor^te ls. meltons and cheviot cloths, in light, medium and dark shades, also plain eirects, made in very latest style with line llnii:(TS and trimminfrs.eoats satin piped, fanc y »rnishields,Bllk and linen sewin^.lmitorcwTjitli*. Wo will aelect tho exact kind and style Of suit vou want, ret ut end refit it lo *®arexaet«eMure and, when you (ret it, if you do not <*ay His to every purpose eTuctlv the same cs if oiv.inally made to your measure by 1.8 at SIS. 50 to «H.«0, or by your own tailor et ti"M to a°5 00, return at oar expend- Order today. Den't Delay. Write for free Cloth Samples of men's tailoring. kddirii, Soots? Roobuck A Co*9 Chicd£p£ (Bean, ItOftUnek A Co. aro tMTM|Uy r»Hahl«. MUr.) SEND ONE DOLLAR WKtTK S'X.ILX LY L& ITKKlSti W.INTKD* and we will send you by freight, FREIGHT Paid, C. c). !>., subject to examination, this baodsome Royftl lilue Blarb'e (irsic* bIodp, guaranteeing safe delivery. Exaoaiae it your freight dej-ot, and found pc>rfer<ly sallsfactar; exactly re Mr<*seated, and c(|D»l to tbit retail ut f2tt. Gd to $30.00, pay the freight aiceDt Our ^peelal Offer Price, $9.98. Jess the fii.00 sent with order. We prapayUMfrclfbtto aaypolaleaet oftfta MmCtosa flrsla BaiM^ Is m-MmOtb, s>4 kssarM, i%My>sW*»«, Iw. flranstsMlsfOlackM^k. 11 IsitiisMiattass. <T»W»ft>r»rts«a«aat>wrsljl«»a»4«h««. AMrew, SEARS, ROEBUCK It C0.p CHICAGO. LOU iuru>ini,uwut ran urn mi AlEWtWT lend to as, slaU s|«a( toyal>4«tf larg« or small fora*« and wa will saai he salt by eiraresa, C.O. D. NtiMttt factory and s^asl is •aasssMla jwijuat* IB yean of tg« sa« ars i M.M* Made with BOCUJt I latsst ItM sl|h ss r " Btsalsa Cas&ww, P«At. haitdsoasa pattyt :altan lining. >»«»is» «r*rha kiiikta|, nilksj u< ulrtrHaf. sMfc sa< Mara w»|i|> >--taU«r^«aa< 1» TEARS, site fsc fcs>l» It* •«- Ml. oootalsa fsrtlsit plates, tape measure and full lnstrnctloas how to order* Slss'i MU writ ts srkr Ursa M>M if. pies sent rree on application. Addnw. ,, SEARS, ROEBUCK A CO. (Inc.), Chieaoe, (Hi (Sesra, tt»«>a«lt * Ca. ars Usi-->>ly i |MI» f ilMss,) | HAIR SWITCH - < M roots. loeaes long from m1«M kani hab^ ON CAOV CONDITIONS. . » ,tS Cot this ad. oat sad taall to oa. Head* M "e of your hair,cut doss to tk«! i j •O •QUIT; we will wuikm a»# r t "J. A tU ounces, short Mem. We will in package with switch safllcieati to return it to us If astpsriMly BtUWor. but If found exactly as represented aa< -ralue and you wiafcA stl.MhrasttwWM:i iwTiii ouni iM i ewmmi; most extraordinary Talue you ? lam |f TAO C_ AT ItM RICH amonff your CrtaadB i •end to tia wttfcwt lay mm?* wt to MMl the S switches to them jjireel > be paidjfor 10 days after reedvad tt irfecttysttUfactor7,andysa«aa»fc«B»a»S| Ite nll«t we --4 yaafree >w|se» lisaMe. Weflfe fUm, Quaes. Hislsj •asMsavf';?':,';'.# ITkfcrl Ikrathir*. Claim mi atWr pnalasH Ihr tsMs« .:-:?--:.i •riers Mr 0sr SwMshss. 4ae laiy eararf : a Plsae la aitasa eays. aas a Sewtaf BasMMIa' - write te-day far FKeS PKE&cV«FFRR^ ffiS ^ > Ladles' Hair Emporium. Ohlfc«^wwj ,k •• \ ' TRUSSES, §5c, $1.26 AMD W _ 65C. Weare >elllac tke «rj la.it Tnuu st FACTO** PUCKS, Gms than ono the price charged by others, and WE QUAfMNTCt T#|IT TH PWUTlt. whnthcr you wish our He fteasa Ti m or out (LH R(«i • York RmemRjte Elastis Tim. illustrated aboT«, cut thW>>< ad. out and send to as with Ol'B SMttUJL PKlCT •••«*• , state your Hfisrhi, 4««, howlon* you liave beee " rupture*!, whether rupture is large or uniall; alsostattu"' number inches around the body on a line with the . rupture,say whether rupture 1» on rlgbt or leftside, " < f and we will send either truss to you with the under > X standing. If it Is not a perfect 8t End e^oai ta ti smi Uwl : retail at three tinea esir prtee.yoti c&ia rettixu it and we * will return your money. WRITE FOR FREg TRUSS CflTftlOGUE eftrnncs, IncludinR the Sew SJO.iK) !<ea Jrois #11 7P , Uateare* atatast a«y ea«e. wk*e* »« se.1 w Wt ' « ' M<tr»»SEARS, ROEBUCK & Co. CHilA6L1 $2.75 A KStil i >« * 4*" ""Hit MS ;"-t; •«•!. S2.T5. Send No Woney, ^'^"'ndto*; .Nr. v.-i-r aad »ei*kt, sbat*! r : H.Up umi^r aiitts, ai«l wut L-iid vouUuseoaT by eipre9^i;0. • b.. exam in# an ! try it on at off.ee exacUy as r^prt*M.* atcii most woit rl'ut vrtl'iv* vm e>t r saw or heard i equal! . V «r%,u«u»t 3. double IwastPd, Seger " . ; ur, l.if v* lialn«.J rived', strapped *r:d cer" f*->r both r»ia« cmra!;U'#>l by u» or »aj^ other (Vr^rooata at.from *° •3k,.