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s € f\ x iEDlNGS. » *•» for THa-- WMMa fMIr B<mnnmn»-->; ~* »i|f<iii<illM m* Boffal*. 0M»ttW It *H* OPXHXW« «MIOX. Illinois session tptbsr things. to accept no bribes was effected by •tb4j&ktim ot Representative Qmrgi - ifasiE0&. aaid » permanent organisation fol- severs!/-speeches nominating Judge Shermanfor 1ms Republicans, while the IMtf owits. pi|d the same compliment *0 the minority candidate, P. J. Sulli­ van. Speaker Sherman received the R^abliean support and of coarse de­ feated Mr. Sullivan in the mock ^on- A call of the roll showed a quorum ®««wt and a committee waited on "Owwnw Tanner to notify him that thehoose was ready for business and *°oM receive any message the ex- 'Oentive might send in. MM Hiu Nwrt lMitat, The senate got under way In •Ofder, for it did not have to go through w process of effecting a temporary organisation. The new members were sworn In by Chief Justice Bona. Lieut-Gov. Northcott made a little Speech, and the senators drew for seats And the governor's message was read. No committees were drawn up and the -senators were eating their dinners long before the house adjourned for the day. Ctov. ihun'i pernor Tannery farewell message was transmitted, but according to cus­ tom was not officially read, both houses •ordering copies printed so the members •ean study it at leisure. The governor lays considerable emphasis on the fi­ nancial condition of the State, citing figures to show that whereas he in­ herited a deficit of about $2,000,000, he Kill turn over the reins of government to Richard Yates with an estimated surplus of $2,500,000 at the close of the •fiscal year July 1, Tanner's '"mngr States that the two legislatures of 1897 aad 18Jt made appropriations amount­ ing to $28,000,006, as compared with fl9.000.f00 appropriated by the legislatures of 1893 and 1SK. By way of explaining the increased expenditure attention is called to the fiut that the state has crown material­ ly the last tour years, and Its needs have multiplied. Besides, new state Institutions--normal schools, asylums and boards of vwrlou* sorts--were be­ gun during the Altgeld administration which hare been constructed and main­ tained nnder the leaner regime. ^*he retiring governor's message'contends that the affairs of the state have been srall handled since 1897, the only seri- ens blot on the financial page being that recording the history of the new Peoria asylum, which, it will be re­ membered. was first built on the site of an abandoned coal mine. Governor Tanner dismissed the board of trus­ tees responsible for this blunder and recommended their Indictment by the Jnry. W IntarMt to ffkram, . .,/The message makes several recom­ mendations relative to the prevention of using cows afflicted with tuberculo­ sis which will be of interest to the farming communities of the state. A rather peculiar circumstance directed the governor's attention to this subject He was horrified we day to learn that all the cows in the'dairy which sup- piles the executive mansion with milk were so infected with the disease that they had to be slaughtered, and since (hat discovery the governor has enter­ tained decided opinions on the Ques­ tion. His message recommends strin­ gent regulations In this connection and the reimbursement of the owner of all cattle killed by order of the authori­ ties. In this matter the retiring governor takes the side of the stock raiser Whose animals respond to the test and therefore must be killed. It has been the custom of the live stock board bp pay only a part of what the animal wsS north, it, figuring that because It wss a&ected with disease it was not worth •o much as if it were healthy. Farm- , «m have fought this practice a long ftiwA They assert It is not their fault the animals are affected and want toll value for those killed. The discus- •0m over the matter has assumed such proportions that ft has Interfered with the law.' ' Celery Cwntoi Typhoid G«rm*. The use of oysters has often been discouraged on the ground that they -were under certain conditions danger- eat mediums of conveying disease, as* piclally germs of typhoid fever. Now Um physicians are said to haw for­ bidden another relish nearly as pepu- jar at time of the year. Celery hss c?mA under the ban of the doc- jfto say that it is equally well to transmitting the poisonous lament of the soil and caxryla^ihe g/fr-vt ot typhoid. gnbotttmto CamM. The company which has acquired ? Om Mannheim patent for mixing coal all with carbonaceous earths, with the object of making the substitutes for oofcl known as "briquettes," in Ger- eanyi has begun operations. Shav­ ings and sawdust are also being mlx- ad with carbonaceous matters In ki- toattes. These briquettes are sold as fnal and are said both to prodnee a gnat heat and to cause no smoke or gHagteeable odor. They are, more ii inf 1 easy to handle, and are vsry dle- de- Hf*a- " '"•*&?' was' jbr an sewage of in^,«Mer the rules for pi$ti£ by the live stock of the animals were an*avwage of $17 a the *ate indebted jtfcja property prac- . the difference between its SP- pTaised value and what was receivedi ffttf it. and I recommend an appropri­ ation by the general assembly for the purpoee'of paying this indebtedness. Fajr for Lmm, "In interpreting the law tor the purpose of paying damages, the live stock board classified suspected animals into six grades. The animal to be slaughtered was appraised at Its fair cash., value If the post-mortem ex­ amination developed that iB> tabereu- loeis was present, the owner waa slid by the suite the amount Of the ap­ praisement. If the animal appeared to be in the incipient stages of the dis­ ease, 75 per cent of the fixed value was paid; if apparently affected a year, 50 per cent was paid; if liwo yeaip, ®6 psr cent was paid; if three years, 25 per cent, and It longer than three years. 15 per cent. ; . state Warn* 9* CtalHIn ,f, j. Tanner's - also '• r$feotti8*i<i&• the appointment of three salaried com­ missioners to run the affairs ot the state board of charities now performed by several scores of appointees In the managing boards of the various state Institutions. This plan would mean the abolition of fifty or sixty Jobs which pay a per diem and traveling expenses* and no doubt meet consid­ erable opposition from the office ssek- ing class. Governor Tanner also has considerable to say on the subject ot revenue, and suggests a new method of extending the state and county taxes. The message accuses the Chicago drain­ age board of trying to drive the Illinois and Michigan Canal out of business, and has a word in defense of that fa­ mous water way, referring to it as a "great channel of commerce," and fav­ oring its maintenance. Thursday, January IO. / The first bill introduced In the house of the XLIId general assembly was put in by Henry C. Beitler of Chicago. It is known as the Pan-American expo­ sition bill, and provides for an appro­ priation of $150,000 for the purpose ot erecting an Illinois building and mak­ ing a state exhibit at the Fan-American exposition, which opens In Buffalo next May. Benjamin Marlon Mitchell of Chicago Introduced a bill to amend the Case garnishment law so as to raise the amount of sooner which Shall be exempt from garnishment front $8 to $15 a week. John 6. Jones of Chieago, the only colored man In the legislature, introduced a bill for the suppression ot nub violenoe. It Is ask. antl-lynch- lng MIL and among other things pro­ vides that any person who shall be tak­ en from the custody of any ofltoer of the law by a mob shall be entitled to recovery from the county in which the Ofltfcnse takes place not less than $100 sad not more than $2,000. Other bills introduced in the house and senate were the appropriation bills of $100,- 000 to pay employes of the general as­ sembly, $5,000 for committee expenses and $22,000 for Incidental expenses. The house and senate met in joint ses­ sion to canvass the vote cast for the state Officers, and this perfunctory pro­ ceeding occupied only eighteen min­ utes. The house and senate adjourned to Monday next rriday, About 11* Activity in the senatorial conflict was transferred, from the tint# being, from Springfield to the various legis­ lative districts. But few members of the general assembly remained at the capitol. The great majority of them returned home, and Will not be back till Sunday or Monday. Meanwhile the work of influencing the senators or representatives followed them to their respective bosses. When the flight of the legislators from Spring­ field began, after the adjournment of the legislature, letters and telegrams by the score went after or preceded them. These were addressed to the men of influence in the republican par­ ty in the various districts, and urged the persons to whom they were ad­ dressed to do all in their power to in­ duce their senator or representative to act in accordance with the wishes of the letter writer. U may be a couple ot weeks before the committee slates are finished and- approved by the various interests hav­ ing a voice in making them. As no business save the election of a United States senator can be transacted until the committees are named the legislat­ ors will spend little time in the aa- sembly rooms In the near future. IpoDbuicou ComMc^ttoa of Say. The question Of the spontaneous combustion of hay has recently been Investigated by one of the officials ot the weather bureau, who states that fermentation within moist hay may raise the temperature to 874 degrees Fahrenheit, at which temperature clover hay will ignite. The best pre­ ventive to spontaneous combustion Is a rapid and complete ventilation, by which the oxidation and fermenting substances are kept cooled down below the point of ignition. til b control of St Paul Hebrew Regiment for Katloaal Over 400 Hebrews of the east side In New Tork have decided to form a He­ brew regiment in the national guard --the first organization of its kind in the United States. One of their leaders fays that over l.Mtt, of his race have signed a roster, pledging themselves as MNfults. Governor Heosevelt has sane- tioried the scheme and the only ques­ tion now is one of equipment. Grant­ ing that the state does not cars to assume such an expense, It is proposed to raise a fund among the weelthj Hebrews of New Yorfc, shares glad with to three It coet .the" ^ .r«t peat traascantgttfctal ' 1 to ocean, ffilitdent St Psmi ' system was datlara for his • -̂ IJ. . >r' , WBw ISwBp. ranging from one eyMieate $30,000,000 to JMftC'iWF* r. tlnl officers of fe-est the ltd? lease, where- m per i l*aM " Northern M tfe The IS sups inarket outside the dealing with Hitt and %ot figure in the. They were made and in direct holders. Concisely wfated,;ivth© Hill-Morgan •Escfcefsllcr fetors5fS' ecstrs! rrs-: Parting was not the only big Chl- to part wiHHi'̂ pik. Mar- Field is repdppi % have dis- of .his stock 'imtmakkm to $3,- The Ale^s»«ir Mitchell es­ tate parted with $$,S06,lK)0 worth and^ the heirs of the late' George T. MAP SHOWING ROCKBJFKLLBR-MORjOAN-HIIX TRANSCONTINENTAL w LINE. the eccentric Scotchman, are said 'to iave disposed of ^,000,000 more, the vm •a*tes«sk. get ecmtrolllttg interest in com­ mon Stock. Rockefeller has been credited tor some time with owning $5,000,000 of the stock and Morgan with having $4,000,000 of It in his pos­ session. This would leave $>1,000,000 to be purchased, and when Barling's stock was secured the msjority ot the stock was safely in the possession Of the syndicate. The St Paul line passes over to the &le (having been made through Alex­ ander Geddes. who represents the es- .ate on the directory of the board. Under the stress of the heavy pur­ chases being made by the syndicate the stock of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul road advanced yesterday torn $145.62 to $152.25 a share. Brokers ww® overwhelmed with buying orders, and as it became apparent that they were coming from men on the Inside of the deal the speculative element took a hand In running up the price and the short Interests were squeezed to the wall. ot Chiesgo the St Paul, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern. Bast of Chicago Morgan has a directing hand in several roads besides the Bal­ timore and Ohio, and there |s an un­ usual choiee of routes. The ftesfbrings the Morgan' party In rivalry with the Vanderbilts, Who control the central trans-continental route through recent manipulation of the Chicago and Al­ ton. Lord Strathcana ot Canada is also said to be deeply Interested in the deal. He is said to fhave sold all his stock in the Canadian Pacific road to take up heavier responsibilities with the new syndicate. "Bible Museum JACOB SCHIMVB GIFT TO CHICAGO. The new building which is In pro­ cess ot erection for Harvard's Qemitlc museum, through the generosity of Jacob H. SOhiff, of New York, oslls at­ tention to one of the most interesting Special collections in the country--a museum illustrating the lite and thought of the Semitic peoples, ancient and modetrn, including the Babylo­ nian-Assyrian, the Arabian, the Phoen­ ician, the Mobite, the Ethiopian, the Syrian and other branches, with the Henry Should He Content. Duke Henry, who has just left Hol­ land in disgust at his treatment by the Dutch States General, should put a curb on his bad temper. He is cha­ grined because the grant of $80,000 a year for his personal support was not paid without a dissenting voice and because he was refused the title of Prince Consort So far as the money Is concerned the Dutch are famous as a thrifty people, and Duke Henry should be thankful that the grant Was passpd at all, instead ot sulking because a few members made objec­ tions. On the whole, Duke Henry is one erf the luckiest young men alive and has no reason to rail at fate. With­ in a month he is to marry the most charming and beautiful of girl queens, who is evidently much in love with him. That should be sufficient to make him happy in spite of a few imaginary slights. If he carries his fit of pique too far it may be that Wilhelmina may exercise the privilege of every woman and change her royal mind about the advisaibility of wedding a man who sniks. In that case there will be a fumdred Princelings ready to take his place, to say nothing of any number of American gentlemen who have been somewhat handicapped heretofore by the fact that •they did not happen to be German dukes. Hebrew-Palestinian, so called, ss the nucleus and central features of the whole. It is, in tact, hi a broad and scientific sense, a bible museum, in­ tended not only to illustrate the in­ struction given in the Semitic depart­ ment at Harvard, but to be a working aid to serious .bible students every­ where, both In the university and out of it There are oriental museums in which Semitic collections form an Important part, and there are strictly biblical mu­ seums, but there is no other Semitic museum at once comprehensive and and exclusive in the world. It was founded In 1889 by a gift of $10,000 from Mr. Schiff, who had recently been appointed one of a new committee to report to the overseers on the condi­ tion of the Semitic department, then &9 now under the charge ot Professor Toy and Professor Lyon. 3 The Jitkv Tacific Potoir, With the first 4ay of the new cen­ tury the federation of all the Austra­ lian colonies was formally completed by the swearing in of the Barl of Hopetoun as the first governor general of the Australian commonwealth. The peaoetul organising of what might be called the United States of Australia has attracted Utile attention In the outside world, but there is every reason to believe that long before the comple­ tion of the new century the Australian commonwealth will not only be the dominant power in the south Pacific but also one of the great powers of the world. The adveftt of tile new era of a united Australian Is something that may well be looked upon with lively interest by the American re­ public. Judge Deetner has declined to leave the Iowa supreme bench to accept the chancellorship of the Iowa state uni­ versity. Belgium has no navy except a train­ ing ship for the merchant marine. Noy Sc Harvard's Chief, There was a well-defined report si Berkeley President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of Cali- k fornla is to return .east shortly and t become president ̂ of Harvard. It Is stated positively President Eliot of Harvard is soon to retire on ac­ count ot old age. Prot Benjamin Ide Whseler is not only a distinguished scholar, but a man of great executive ability. More than that he Is full of every day human interests, which bring him Into close sympathy with the students ot the institution with which he Is connected, and en­ able him Jo exerclss a great Influence over them. Professor Wheeler la still a comparatively young man, although he has gained much fame as a philolo­ gist His specialty is Greek* and he served for several years as Instructor In the SlSsileKl school at Athfes* before going to Cornell. A recent Watery m For the Department of Justice ITINQ, it Chtoia^iliiiPl>:i year In Cln- 9SM.000; Fraacfseo. / Providence, $850,000; New Orients, f&MoO; Cleve­ land, $325,000. aod Washlngton, a city of Ion* distances,'to# a®*? wtd* streets, $235,090, Mew tovk wiii ex­ pend for street lighting in 1901 $2,- 745,000 for gas and electricity. Of this total Manhattan uses $960,860; Brook­ lyn, $950,000; The Bros*. $350,000; Queens, $$55,000, and Richmond, $130. •00. By comparison with the expend­ itures ot other American cities for il­ lumination, New York's annual pay­ ment may seem to be abnormally high, but there are various reasons why the eOst ot public lighting should be pro­ portionately much larger here than elsewhere. New York has a larger waterfront than any other American City. While other cities have usually one public market, New York has a dosen, and the eight included within the borough of Manhattan use on an average 5,000,000 cubic feet of gas in a year.' Many other American cities rent ths premises they require for pub­ lic departments, whereas New York owns most of her public buildings, and the gas bills, which in some other cases are met by private individuals, are in most eases here paid directly from the appropriation, which, while nominally for street lighting, actually includes all forms of Illumination tor which the city is responsible. New York has in all nearly 80,006 lamps, gas and electric. There fie 30,008 In New York and The Bronx, of which 24,286 are gas lamps, 4,588 electric, and the others naphtha lamps. Brooklyn 11.015 gas lamps and 4»«0» Stee­ le lamps. Queens borough, the most extensive division of New York to to lighted, has 3.839 gas lamps and 1408 electric lamps. Richmond, ths most progressive of the boroughs of New Tork In this particular, has all electric lights--no gas. Ot these, 2,883 are In­ candescent lamps and 888 are are light There are, moreover, 100 oil lamps In use in Richmond borough. The extent of the territory to be covered and the peculiar conditions existing in New York explain to a great extent the rea­ sons for so large an appropriation for Illumination, nearly 8 per cent ot the entire budget of the city, which Is $100,000,M0 for next year. Though the most expensively lighted city in the country, the assertion is not made for New York that it is the best lighted American city.--New York Sun. RECORD -Ol* KAPPKNfftl • v;rv; sevkn days. TfccMtoa to 10: BM »«a»rIUo--Tho3r Uma JtMit >**i PROM A POORHOU8E. A Wajrild* HoaayaaooB trmm FortlMd to Bmim and StpkMtloi. Social circles of the Deerlng Poor Farm were startled recently by the elopement of two inmates ot the insti­ tution, Mary Furillo and Harry Rock- wood. says the Portland Dally Press. Miss Furillo has ssen some thirty-six summers, while Mr. Bockwood's knowl­ edge ot the world covers a period at Just halt that time. Neither ot the young persons are very strong ly, but when they met it mas a ot love at first riflt, and as the rules of the institution which sheltered them did not permit marrying and giving In marriage, they decided to leave Its root together. Joining hands they took their departure unbeknown to the sup­ erintendent sad thO other Inmates. Nothing was heard otthe departed cou­ ple until about five days after their dis­ appearance. Then word came from the authorities in Boston that they were in that city and expressed a desire to see Portland once more. The authori­ ties directed that they be returned and the Boston people were glad to com­ ply. Miss Furillo and Rockwood had walked from Portland to Boston, mak­ ing the trip in five days. They slept wherever night found them and begged their meals from the good-natured country people living along the route they were traveling. By the they reached the Hub, however, some of their romantic notions had been dis­ pelled, and they were ready to return to the more prosaic, add less adventur­ ous poor farm life. Upon the return ot the erring wanderers it was deemed best by the poor authorities that they be maintained at separate institutions. Accordingly the Furillo woman was sent out to Deerlng and Rockwood to the Portland street home. r' - WORTH FORTUNK8. L Wheeler. The above is a design for the new building soon to be erected for the de­ partment ot justice at Washington. Its cost will exceed $2,000,000. Several months ago the attorney general se­ cured plans for the "building from Architect Post of New York. The lat­ ter named seven or eight building Alexander the Great written by hlui, has attracted much attention. JVefev Fatths for the Century, The most impressive at the new re­ ligious movements is that ot which Professor George D. Herron Is at the head. He has formed a so-called apos­ tolic league of five members, to join which three ministers have left their pulpits and a young student ot soci­ ology has given up all outside work. Following the ancient precedents, Pro­ fessor Herron and his three minister­ ial colleagues will constantly travel. The single layman will act as busi­ ness manager and editor for the or­ ganization. Their effort will be to se­ cure the direct, application of the teachings of the founder of the Christ­ ian religion to all the problems of practical life. To this end ths? will preach and organise. Ath Thomas, former state treasurer of Tennessee, died at his home In Franklin, Tenn., on the morning of Jan. 2. in his 73d year. He was well known as a lawyer and a man active in stats polities. < a ,< firms, all of high standing, to whom the bids should be limited. It was only to these firms that the plans were accessible Some objections were raised and the attorney general there­ fore invited proposals wfclch were opened- in Washington last week. A New Yorker got the contract Editor Gets Good Job, Cyrus Field Adams, Chicago, editor and politician, has just been appointed assistant registrar of the treasury. Mr. Adams was born in Louisville, Ky., where his father was pastor of the Fifth Avenue Bap­ tist church. He was educated at Oberlln college, and In 1879 commenced the publication of the Bulletin, a weekly newspaper devoted to the interests of the Afro-Americans. In 1884 he made a tour ot Bhirope, principally to study the German lan­ guage, and when he returned he was appointed professor of the German language at the state university, Louis­ ville, -Ky. C. F. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. James Sargent of Rochester. N. Y^ made a Christmas present ot a plat of ground valued at $16,000 to ths First Universalist church ef that eltr* . ^ •wMm mf Sow* of Uk* W«Mk Oaet- IlMt PletMw. "The Ansldel Madonna," by Raphael, holds the distinction ot being the most expensive picture in the world, it was purchased out of parliamentary grants from the Duke of Marlborough for $350,000, which is equal to $60 per square inch. In repose,' coloring, draw­ ing and technical achievement It Is one of the flneet ot Raphael's paint­ ings, but there was much dispute con­ cerning the advisability of the Boglteh nation paying for it such an unprece­ dented sum. Aonther costly purchase from the Duke of Marlborough's col­ lection was the portrait of Charles I. by Van Dyck. This picture was sold for a pretty sum by the parliament after the death of Charles I., and the parliament ot 1885 paid $87,500 to get tt back. The "Family of Darius," said by Raskin to be "the moat precious Paul Veronese in the world," wss bought by the London National gallery a few years sgo for $68,250. Teifeergfs "The Peace of Munster" sold for $44,- 000. which was about $120 per square Inch. "La Vierge au Panler," by Cor- regglo, Sold as long sgo as 1826 for $18,000, a sum which it was eald at the time would cover this little Mnel with sovereigns 27 times over. Other pio- tures for which fortunes have been paid are the "Portrait of a Man*" and "Portrait of an Old Lady," by- Rem­ brandt, for $62,500, and "The Two Am­ bassadors." by Holbein; "Admiral Pareja," by Velasquez, and "An Italian Nobleman." by Moroni. For these three pictures was paid the princely sum of $125,000. I see in this world two heaps--one of human happiness and one of misery. Now, if I can take but the smallest bit from the second and add it to the first I carry a point If a child has dropped a halfpenny, and by giving It another I can wipe away Its tears, I have done :Newt*». . ; M # * * TbrwtM to Bishop Jaossen ot ^ Roman olic Church has resetted *' letter from unknown imisiiai letter is written in German "Bloody Tim" and "Cheroke*< The writers demand the ai of Father Jamee Downey, a fsirmer pastor, to St. Patrick's parish stlpnt St. Louis, and the removal of tha ppee- ent priest, Father John ~ ' They close their letter as "Now dont think we are gOiftiffta fool with you or Sweeney any Only one thing remains to be Give the people the priest that yets banished away from here. If y«nt don't we will pay you a visit and & we succeed in laying our hands on we Will cut your throat from ear ear and sink your body in creek. The fact that you are ; shall not deter us from carrying tmt our purposes. We defy your oflteecs and detectives, and if it comes to trem­ ble we will give them all they want We Intend to destroy St Pa&iglC'B church and residence if the pile's choice is not brought back. It yon Ignore the requests this time, as yon have done in the past, then, Mr. Jans- sen. you will have to suffer the Snise- quencee." The trouble in St Pstt£ek*s parish originated two years agfeii||ieA Bishop Janssen appointed oval Clause, a German priest, pastorate. The parishiotyigs an Irish priest. They VM|lnted_fp|Sar Downey appointed. refused, and there folloijliifeiff" war, which led to the e«i08SSMlilew- tlon of the entire 2,000 pgnrirtrfoqam. They then carried their s«|(i(l tp the pope, who instructed the hislm to give the parishioners an Irish prism. He appointed Father Sweeney. ' . McCoy ui O'Brtoa Governor Tanner has1 set J. O'Brien, who was February, 1897. from Cook coonl? to the penitentiary for life tor the of his wife. The--prtamfrts/. was innocence. Since his ment he haa been confined moat pf t time at the hospital for the insane. The governor also Benjamin F. McCoy, who victed in 1898 in McLean murder and sentenced to yeirs. In a fight at a at Shirley on May 18. : „ lock, alias Smith, was sib* 'JM Benjamin McCoy and his brother were arrested, being in the crowd at ttM time. Benjamin was convicted on a seeond trial and bis brother was ae> quitted. It la believed that he is fe­ ll* aannal exhibition , nolo Stats Poultry and Pit Stodt. foetatloa olossd at Btaomingiimf three days of successful bustMSp^ anneal mseMag of - the elected the following: W. Summers, Curran; yic Edward Cndg, Albion; B. BUsworth, Danville; T. Jones, Winiamsvllle; s« dent, JL L. Moore, Normal; committee, S. S. Noble, Blc Mrs. 0eblge M. Haniey, 0. L. MksCord, Danville; Dr. der, Palmyra; . J. A. field; judges, Theodore ft. Russell. " i^tor OekojOvea*. Joseph Letter of CI head of a large compf|g| Just contracted for 2. dally to run 500 coke o^N)|i the new mining town <|| twelve miles from ovens will be establiaiiii t. principal coal minea, and give ployment to a large force ot men, be­ sides using all the alsdk coal that here* totore was hardly salable. Judge Small of the ty Circuit court has di|||j|sM |̂|iithe' defendant's motion, the salt in "S^hich '; Daniel W. Storms, a forswr^pm6hi|̂ at the Kankakee insan» * the Institution for $25,060 for injuries alleged to havnUfpjfm*' ceived at the hands of attend plaintiff will file a bill ot He was formerly connected with the Chicago board of trade. ' • Vkw SaatttM at Viakma.' fftlukegan has become strictly MNfc observing instead of a town. The owners of the have canceled the lease of tke man- agers running the Sunday shows. Chief ot Police Powell and Assistant Chief Tyrrell h%ve ordered the closing of the gambling houses, the removal of slot machines and the the saloons with the city ordinance violated. Akk Stats Bid for gclkoaL A determined effort is to be mfii! te seewe from the present state lijftila- tnre an sppropriation to aid te emld* ing and equipping a new negro ftklne* trial school in southern Illinois. 4tter the pattern of the Tuskegee, Ala., school, for which Booker T. Wfcfetsg-* ton is president. A meeting of tfc#oJB- cere and board of directors Is to bs held at Eldorado on Jan. 22, st wiilch time tt is believed sufficient be at hand to begin active work. school will probably be .where In Saline obttntgp, ;• ;-$$$ Vat von Kii. L. Q. fll'Tiaw QiH The Rockford chapter. Tk>Mfil||||"i the American Revolution, at noal meeting voted unanlSBUIISlf! support Mrs. Letitia Grew of Bloomington tor vice-piesMs§|:| weal. For state regent, Mrs. S. Hickok of Springfield is W*ddlo( of an Ootogwa James A. Land, aged 81," altar at Shelbyville a bin the person of Mrs. Jei aged 58. The groom is *: the civil war. Mrs. Land' VfCfc ..