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A WEEK IN ILLINO RECORD OP HAPPRNINQ8 rdft SEVEN DAYS. «•.t IS'- * «jf.' ' , * . ' 1 n ' ,{* J " '"SStf :r John R. Maris. Queerest of Men's Clubs. The most unique of men's clubs has recently been organized at the Univer­ sity of Pennsylvania. Its membership is regulated not by blackballs, but by a foot rule. No man can be elected a member unless he stands at least. 6 feet In his stock­ ings. Furthermore, the membership of the club is limited to eighty feet. That is, if the aggregate height of the club members reaches that figure the club is filled, and other applicants must wait, unless under the foot rule they prove to be taller than the shortest man who is already a club member. In that case, the giant is taken Into the club, and the com­ parative dwarf retires to an associate* membership. In all matters which come before the club for action each member has one vote for each inch he stands above six feet in height To amend the constitution of the clulb re­ quires fifty-four feet, or two-thirds of the active membership of eighty feet, in its favor. The founder of this club of giants is John R. Maris of Chestnut Hill, Pa., who is 6 feet 4% inches in height The club's tallest member is Montgomery, a boy of 6 feet 10 Inches. !AA the next annual meeting of officers <tt the club he expects to be chosen Supreme Skyscraper. at Cattle Garden* ^ ' According to thelaW, an alien^w&o goes from this country to Europe and returns must be inspected and passed upon as rigidly as a new immigrant. When the Germanic arrived at New 'York the other day it had on board a well-to-do Philadelphia merchant, Al­ bert Priestman, who had been abroad I to buy goods. Though Mr. Priestman 'has lived in Philadelphia fifteen years, I has married an American wife and is the father of several children born in ithls country, he has not taken advan­ tage of the opportunity to become a citizen of the United States, not car­ ing to relieve himself of allegiance to the British crown. Accordingly he was inspected to see whether he WP«I liable to become a public charge and hence should not be allowed to enter the country. The official of the ma­ rine hospital service who examined him discovered that he had an arti­ ficial left arm, and though Mr. Priest­ man brought proof of his business standing and showed the officials a cer­ tified check for $10,000, they insisted that he must be detained on Ellis is­ land for examination and investiga­ tion. In vain did Mr. Priestman pro­ test that he had been across the ocean a dozen times before with this same artificial arm, or that he would fur­ nish bonds for his appearance. Finally he was paroled over night in custody of the superintendent of the steamship line, and the next morning he was Compelled to undergo an examination. T. c. Knox. The Mew Attorney-General of t)M United States. Hlobv for Medicine Men. An important decision is that of the Circuit court of Milwaukee in a case where two Christian Scientists were arrested for "practicing medicine with­ out a license." It would seem to a per­ son of ordinary intelligence that a healer who does not use drugs does not practice medicine.' But it took a circuit court in Milwaukee several days to legally determine this fact, and it may now be definitely settled that Christian Scientists are not "practi­ tioners of medicine." s. Flat Theater's. , By the sale of an apartment house in New York city the other day it has become known that among other "mid- em improvements" it contained a the­ ater for the use of the tenants, and the new owner, recognizing its value, has determined to keep it in operation. He says: "The time is coming when a fifty-foot stage will be as necessary to rent an apartment as hot water, steam heat, dumb waiters, or a month's rent tree.' "Are you related to Senator Piatt of New York?" somebody asked Senator O. H. Piatt of Connecticut a few days •CO. "Yes," the Connecticut senator replied. "I suppose Senator Piatt and 1 are kin. We must bev although I am different from most Connecticut folks •nd have not inquired much into my family history. The first Platts in this country were two brothers who set­ tled on the eastern end of Long Island. There is where all the Platts came from, including the senator from New York and myself, but I guess we are Mt much closer than cousins sixteen in times removed." To Confound the Wise Men, On April 1, 1851, an April Fool party was given at Newburg, N. Y. Among the guests were Edward Watkins and a young woman whom he had known for a year or two. It happened also that It was Mr. Watkins' twenty-first birthday. As he finished a dance with the young woman in question some friends began to banter him and pro­ posed that the couple should get mar­ ried then and there as a sort of April Fool joke on themselves and the rest of the world. They were willing, a minister was sent for, and the marriage ceremony was performed. Mr. Wat­ kins took his bride home, and all the village gossips predicted that they would be unhappy and would soon separate. By way of confounding their critics, almost all of whom are dead, Mr. and Mrs. Watkins celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding on April 1, 1901, at their home in Williamsport, Pa. Their four children and a number Of grandchildren met with them to help in the celebration. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins joined the Bap­ tist church seven years after they were married. .A Famous Churchman. »: Very Rev. Frederick W. Farrar, dean Of Canterbury, was, when taken 111 lately, 70 years old. He was ordained BISHOP FARRAR. deacon in 1854 by the bishop of Salis­ bury, and three yeans later was ad­ mitted into holy orders by the bishop of Ely. Until 1871 he was one of the masters at Harrow, and for five years thereafter was head master of Marl­ borough college, a position he held with great distinction. Among his other offices was that of honorary chaplain to the queen and chaplain in ordinary. In 1883 he was appointed archdeacon of Westminster, and in 1895 he was appointed dean of Canter­ bury. Dean Farrar has written vol­ uminously upon religious topics, but his fame will rest upon his "Life of Christ," which was published in 1874. i t . V » V ' - ^ 1 . $ . ' , • vVfc Japanese Monument to Terry. Forty-eight years ago that gallant American sailor, Commodore Perry, sailed his ships into one of the forbid­ den harbors of Japan, and, greatly daring, presented a letter from the president of the United States to the emperor of the island empire. At that time he was an unwelcome visitor. The Japanese had for years refused to en­ ter into friendly communication with the western powers. Two hundred years before they had expelled the Portuguese from their islands and had settled down to live as a hermit nation. Perry woke Japan from its sleep alld a year after his first visit a treaty of peace and amity between Japan and the United States was negotiated. Fol­ lowing in the wake of Perry the other civilized nations of the world sent their embassies to the court of the mikado and within a few years Japan had be­ gun to take its place as the most en­ terprising and ambitious nation of the far east New word comes from Yoko­ hama that a great association, at the head of which is the imperial minister of justic$, is about to erect a splendid monument to the fearless American sea captain who first opened the empire to the uplifting influence of western civilization. The history of Japan for the last fifty years is a marvel, and nothing in it is stranger than the change in sentiment which now leads to the erection of a public memorial to the man who fifty years ago was looked upon as a presumptuous Intrud­ er. Japan now honors the sailor she at first received only under protest and because she feared to refuse him. Per­ haps in ten years to come the Filipinos may raise a monument to George Dew­ ey and even China may set up a mem­ orial 4o some of the men she would now like to put to death, most likely to the present czar, who, when the smoke of battle clears away, will s^jne forth as China's best friend. Veteran Life In command of the government life saving crew at Stony Beach, Hull, Mass., is a man who is past his seven­ ty-second year, and who yet has just passed a physical examination before a governmentboard of physicians with a higher marking than any of the men under his c o m m a n d . H i s name is Captain Joshua James, and he is a member of a family remark­ able for its longevity and great physi­ cal strength. He was also presented with a special gold medal struck in recognition of his work as a life saver. The captain retains active and per­ sonal command of his crew, and rather enjoys a tussle with the winds and waves off the rocky coast of Massachu­ setts. One of Hs brothers, only a few years younger, is a famous life saver and lifeboat builder, and his oldest son. is in command of the volunteer service of Capt James. . . WlHtm/nHtt*-- 4 jmrnx/mM met» rlf fl ' \ cr ^ & H •> . 4* " i-H is.' 'if .' !>•><»•* « . " * #f-)1 .H't i VS «5- »v •; r *•* - r' lfi v '4V:h '^V THE EQUESTRIAN STATUS OF GEN. JOHN LOGAN AT WASHINGTON, D. C. When Stephen B. El kins was secre­ tary of war he asked Mr. Franklin Simmons, who chanced to be in Wash­ ington at the time, if he would kind­ ly give him (Elkins) his ideas In re­ gard to a monument to be erected in memory of Gen. John A. Logan, con­ gress having appropriated $50,000 for such work. Mr. Simmons replied that as there were half a dozen statues in Washington, all on plain granite pe­ destals, and all of nearly the same size, he would recommend, for the sake of variety, that this one be entirely dif­ ferent, and that the pedestal, as well as the statue, be wholly of bronze; that, furthermore, the pedestal be dec­ orated with life-size figures in high re­ lief of historical interest The sculptor was asked to make a small model illustrating his idea. He did so, and his conception was adopted without competition. As a result we have today in Washington one of the finest equestrian monuments that has ever been erected in this, or, for that matter, in any country. It is unique in being the only monument in Amer­ ica constructed entirely of bronze. On this account the pedestal of the Logan monument was a novelty even in Italy. Great crowds flocked to see it while it was on exhibition in Rome, and the then king, Humbert was so impressed by the beauty and originality of the work that he straightway knighted Mr. Simmons. The pedestal is about twenty-five feet in height On one side is a group representing Gen. Logan in consulta­ tion with the officers of his command. There are portraits of the leading generals of the Army of the Tennessee, namely: Dodge, Hazen, Slocum, Leg- gett, Mower and Blair, and of Capt. Strong. On the opposite side of the pedestal Gen. Logan is represented as taking the oath of office as senator of the United States before Vioe-Presl- dent Arthur. Grouped around are Senators Cullom, Evarts, Conkllng, Morton, Miller, Voorhees and Thur man, of whom there are now living only Gen. Dodge and Senator Cullom. On the front of this beautful pedestal is an ideal figure, about life-size, rep* resenting the "Defense of the Union," and on the other end a figure of the same size representing "Preservation of the Union." These allegorical fig­ ures are beautifully and appropriately draped and are stately and imposing. Surmounting the pedestal is the equestrian figure, which measures four­ teen and a half feet in height Gen. Logan is represented as riding along the line of battle, his sword unsheathed and the horse moving forward at a gentle trot, slightly held in check. Tha general's appearance exhibits great force and energy, and the whole im­ pression given by the statue is one of dignity, beauty and power. A feature worthy of special notice* is the harmonious relation of the statue to the pedestal, which contrib-< utes much to the success of the work# and the observer feels that in every* part of it is the work of a master hand. It was unveiled last week with imposing ceremonies. J5he Harrison Children. z III ft There an two members of the Garter H. Harrison household of whom the public has heard but little, but who are, according to the mayor and Mrs. (Harrison, the most important members of the whole family, writes a Chicago correspondent They are Carter H. Harrison the third, and Edith Ogden •Harrison. Carter H. Harrison the third is in reality Carter H. Harrison the seventh, for seven generations of the Harrison family have had a Carter Henry Harrison, yet Chicagoans know best and claim closest ties with the former mayor, the present mayor and EDITHOGDEHHARRtdQTi I' his little son, and so it is he has been called the third. Just now he is a bright little fellow with the burden of 10% years on his shoulders, of whom his tutors say most flattering things of his aptitude at learning, and of whom his parents are justly proud. Baby Edith, 5 years old, who bears her mother's maiden name of ISdlth Ogden, is a handsome little miss with brown eyes and rosy cheeks and light fbrown curly hair, almost the image of her father. She is too young as yet to show decided characteristics aside from her love of pets and dolls, of her parents and brother, and of a de­ votion which is well-nigh worship for her German-American nurse, Mary, who has been her constant attendant since early babyhood. Edith has never known another nurse aside from her mother, who, is most devoted to her! children, and like the little lamb of nursery rhymes, everywhere Mary goes Edith goes likewise. A pretty practice in the 'Harrison household at Christ­ mas is the giving away of all the toys of the nursery each yuletide to the lit­ tle poor folk of the neighborhood, and in return the receiving of another stock. "We want them to feel always they must give of their happiness to others," says Mrs. Harrison. Alcoholism and Microtis. There is nothing new in the recent­ ly vaunted animal experiments at Paris showing that lower grades of living creatures if alcoholized are more sensitive to disease than others of temperate habits. Alcoholized animals are unable to resist Infection with the bacilli of consumption, cancer, diph­ theria and kindred diseases. The prog­ eny of alcoholized guinea pigs have proved so weak that they live but a short time or are born dead. Medical history abounds in corrob­ orative proofs that intemperance curses not only Its practitioners but their offspring, the curse moral gener­ ally accompanying the curse physical. In times of contagion persons who have lived abstemiously prove more able to withstand exposure or recover more quickly and more completely from any form of pestilence. Tem­ perance, like virtue, is its own reward. Luckless Cassio was right--the inordi­ nate cup is unblessed. The number of libraries endowed by Mr. Carnegie is now eighty-five. ^ V tSo Sa*)e Life at Sea Captain Bolt a master mariner of Newcastle, England, has invented a new form of deckhouse or life saving cabin, which, in cases of sudden foun- derings from collisions or wreckage, will, with the turn of a wheel, float off the doomed vessel in its entirety and ride the waters like any other ship. Captain Bolt's new invention has re­ ceived the approval of the Trinity house, in the cabin are berths and seats and storage places where water and provisions are always kept The only thing that remains to be done when the ship strikes a rock is to ool- lect all the passengers and crew with­ in the deckhouse. little Edith had been very sick, hut was convalescent. Waking up sudden­ ly and finding a strange lady at her bedside, she asked: "Are you the doc­ tor?" "No, dear," replied the lady, "I'm your trained nurse. "Oh!" exclaimed jBditfe, pointing to a cage hanging near the window, "trained nurse, let me to- •oduce you to my trained canary," Burglar* Kill Tw» KM. 1 gang of three .burgiam was cap­ tured at Pittsburg, but not until a mer­ chant and a detective had been killed. The two killings occurred within the hours, (me early in the morning, the other in the afternoon. The police are positive that the captured men have been guilty of more than a score of robberies attempted or committed in Pittsburg and vicinity for two months past. At 3 a. m. Thursday the wife of Thomas D. Kahae, a grocer, of Mount Washington, in South Pittsburg, was awakened by a noise in her room and saw a man standing beside the bed in which she slept with her little boy. She tried to arise and the man pushed her back, pressing a handkerchief sat­ urated with chloroform over face. She managed to cry for help and was heard by her husband, who slept in the ad­ joining room. He was shot as he came to his wife's assistance, and died in a few minutes. The murderer and two accomplices immediately fied, without any booty. Later in the day the rob­ bers were captured, but not until they had killed Detective P. E. Fitzgerald. Itotftt Fight with Outlaw*. • battle was fought at the head of Boone's Fork, not far from Whites- burg, Ky., as the result of an attempt to arrest outlaws. TWo men of the posse were killed and a third wounded, while one of the men who defied the posse of thirteen was dangerously wounded. £ive men had been indicted for the assassination last November of Mrs. Hall and her son, who had in- curre dthe enmity of the band. George W. Wright, with twelve men, made an attempt to take them. A desperate encounter followed, 300 shots being fired. William Wright and Isaac Mill­ ard, members of the posse, were in­ stantly killed and Deputy , Osborne wounded. Outlaw Creed Patter, be­ ing left alone, retreated when his am­ munition was exhausted. Cob* Rejects Piatt Amendment. At a private session in Havana, the convention, by a vote of 18 to 10, adopted a motion expressing the opin­ ion that the convention is opposed to the Piatt amendment on account of the terms in which some of its clauses are drawn, and the contents of others, as the third, sixth and seventh. After Toting this it was proposed to dis­ solve the convention. The question of sending a commission to Washing­ ton was not voted upon. It is con­ sidered that the convention's action is a half-hearted way of rejecting the Piatt amendment and that it was largely due to the animosity of some of the delegates against General Wood, they being anxious to show him that he was wrong in his forecast that the convention would adopt the amend­ ment Chairman Walker Dead. Aldace F. Walker, chairman of the board of directors of the Santa Fe system, died of heart disease at his residence In New York city Friday. CAPTAIN BOLT'S LIFE-SAVING CABIN. . W. ALDACE F. WALKER. Death came suddenly, and on the day before Mr. Walker had planned to sail for Europe. He was a lawyer, railway expert and soldier. Though 59 years of age, the news of his death was a surprise to his friends, and the Santa Fe railway officials here, many of whom had met him three weeks ago when he was returning east from Cali­ fornia. Five Thousand Men Slain. ' Sheik Mabaronkh of Kowyet, Ara­ bia, has been defeated by Ibn Respid, the self-styled "King of Arabia." Five thousand men were killed. Ibn Respid has recovered his kingdom of Nejd. Mabaronkh's army, while short of am­ munition, was lured into a narrow gorge in the Nejd district and the men of Ibn Respid swooped upon them from the mountains and overwhelmed them. The fate of Sheik Mabaronkh is unknown. Wont Ice Jam in Tear*. The ice jam in the St Clair river be­ tween Marine City and St. Clair is the worst in many years. From Pearl Beach to St. Clair no patch of water can be found. It is one great jam of Ice, from fifteen to forty feet deep. At St Clair the water is at the flood point, while at the flats it is extremely low and In several places residents are walking where they fished last sum­ mer. low* Banker to Oo to Jail. President James H. Easton of the First National bank of Decor ah, la., is doomed to the state penitentiary by a decision of the Iowa Supreme court, unless saved by pardon or appeal. Easton was convicted nnder the state laws for receiving a deposit in August 1896, when Ms bank was insolvent His attorneys maintained the state law making it a felony for a bank to re­ ceive deposits when insolvent did not apply to national banks. The Supreme court held It did. Penniylrinla at World's Falsv The Pennsylvania state senate has adopted a joint resolution appropriat­ ing $35,000 for a commissioner to the St Louis Louisiana World's Fair. The commission will erect a building on the exposition grounds to cost $30,000. Accidentally Shot While Alexander McRoberts, aged 79 years, for many years prominent in business circles in northern Missouri, was found dead in the woods some distance from Graham, Mo., having been accjtitataU? shot while quail hunting. , HlfcoattaftoMt Mmw li|WUtMiJi>t «f Schools--Piece of Tin Kemevwl the Ear of a Veteran eX Um Ciffll Student Blots. . Hart In • ColM Sarifc. • J The annual banquet given by the girls of the senior class of the Spring­ field high school to the male members was given in that city, and as is cus­ tomary upon such occasion, the boys of the class were arrayed in their class colors. The juniors and sophomores attempted to remove the colors and a general rush followed, the freshmen going to the assistance of the seniors. Several of the participants were serf-, ously hurt Scott Humphrey, son of Judge J. Otis Humphrey of the United States District court, sustained a bro­ ken collar bone, and Emery Gaffney, son of 'Dr. E. C. Gaffney, was rendered unconscious. Other pupils received painful bruises. Principal Castles and Instructors Seymour, MagiU and Brown tried to stop the rush, but were ignored by the boys, and it was not until young Humphrey and Gaffney were found to be seriously hurt that the scramble ended. The injured pu­ pils were removed to* their home3 and; the banquet proceeded under the pro­ tection of the instructors. •M . ... Cnt Bis Throat w»tn m Jacob Querin, a farmer living five miles southwest of Belleville, cut his throat with a razor in the presence of his wife, who tried to prevent him from doing so. Dr. Louis J. Bechtold. of Belleville, was called to render surgical aid, but it is believed the wound will prove fatal. It is thought that he was insane. He has shown symptoms of insanity for some months, and in February last while fixing a pump on his farm, he fell into the well and this aggravated the dis­ order. He is aged 51 and came here from Germany twenty-six years ago. He has a. daughters. fj Tin Removed from Hl« Eden Van Riper of San Jose, a ham­ let north of Pana, had removed froai his ear a piece of tin whieh he had car­ ried ever sinee the civil war, thirty- six years ago. In the battle of Atlan­ ta, July 22, 1864, Mr. Van Riper was struck on the left side of the head with a bullet that entered just below the temple and plowed its way entlre'y through the left side of the skull, com­ ing out just behind the ear. The cart­ ridge had placed In the hollow of the bullet a piece of tin, thus making the wound more painful and dangerous. This piece of tin was removed yester­ day. .i,' ^ The following tickets have been sel­ ected at Murphysboro: Republican-- Mayor, P. H. Eisenmayer; city clerk, Herbert Lee; treasurer, Philip D. Her­ bert; city attorney, Fred G. Bierer; Aldermen--First ward, Frank Hrabik; second, Wm. T. Varnum; third, W. H. Boucher; fourth, J. J. Pierson. Demo­ cratic--Mayor, John R. Kane; city clerk, R. O. Deason; treasurer, Dolph C. Carter; city attorney, G. W. An­ drews. Aldermen--First ward, Lontti Baxman; second, James C, Sill; third, George Beckerle; fourth, T. J. Burton; fifth, J. F. Rausch. v4 < H *11 M Illinois Evanirelloa! Conf'reneet . The Illinois conference of the gelical association held Its fifty-ser- enth annual session at NaperviUe, un­ der the presidency of Bishop P C. Breyfogel of Reading, Pa. ResoluwttM of sympathy were passed on behalf of Bishop J. J. Esher, the senior bishop of the church, also the oldest member of the conference, who is very ill at his home in Chicago. The presiding elders were stationed as follows: Chi­ cago district, J. Wellner; Freeport dis­ trict, H. A. Kramer: Naperville dis­ trict W. H. Messerschmidt; Peoria dis­ trict, F. Schwarz. . \ Pr»»bjrterjr at The Schuyler presbytery of the Pres^ byterlan church held a session in Car­ thage. Officers for the ensuing year elected are: Moderator, J. W. Pugh, Fountain Green; stated clerk, A. H. Dean, Monmouth; permanent clerk. Rev. G. J. E. Richarde. Kirkwood, IB.; temporary clerk, Rev. J. M. Eakins, Mount Sterling. Pastoral relations be­ tween Rev. J. A. McGaughney and the church of Bushnell were dissolved. Bftr. McGaughney will become pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lewiston. ...... Bnpcrlnteat of BI°omlatUs Menk Prof. John K. Stableton has been selected by the Bloomington city board of education as superintendent of the schools of that city, succeeding E. M. Van Patten, resigned. Prof. Stable- ton has for two years been superin­ tendent at Charleston, 111. He is aged 42, and is a graduate of the Weslevan at Delaware, Ohio. His salary is $2»2Jf| Oca. Harding's WMtow Dead. Mrs. Susan A. Harding, widow of Gen. A. C. Harding, who was the first colonel of the 83d Illinois Volunteers during the rebellion, died at Mon­ mouth, aged 86 years, after,.ft dence In this county sinee 185$. ' f? 'Appointed Circuit Clerk* ' Judge Farmer has appointed J. O. Burnsides, Democrat, of Vandalia, cir­ cuit clerk, Fayette county, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewia F. Mitchell, which occurred Friday. UaCola Miner* Ketura t* Wortb* The coal miners at the Lincoln shaft who have been on a strike on account of differences between the drivers and operators have returned to work, pend­ ing a settlement The men at the - sens' mine are still out ^ * laMk-tMdls J. Arthur Keith, department manag­ er in a Decatur dry goods store, aad Miss Margaret Landis surprised the^r friends by quietly slipping away ^ WS®; getting married at Springfield. V r-i ..I