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Irish society is busy preparing for the weddings this month of the Earl of Wicklow and Lady Gladys Hamil­ ton. and Lord Stavordale and Lady Helen Stewart. Official circles at Vienna excited over a game of baccarat at the Jockey club rooms, where Count Potocki lost $800,000 in four hours, all bi^t $50,000 of the money being won by the Hun­ garian deputy, Herr von Szmere, and Prince Francis Braanza. An explosion in the chemical labora­ tory of Penn college at Oskaloosa, Iowa, caused a fire that did $1,000 dam­ age to ihe west wing of the college building. The United States monitor Terror left the League island navy yard at Philadelphia Sunday in tow of the gov­ ernment tug Samoset for Annapolis, Md. The old monitor will be used there as a training vessel. • John A. Drake buys the 3-year-old colt Runnells for $13,000 and will en­ ter him in the American Derby. Hanna and Foraker factions ended their strife for the control in Ohio. Hanna wins. Both sides will abide by the caucus results. Standard Oil company and its rivals ; sending ojit fleets under sealed orders In thp-WlUe for the world's markets. Chicago swindlers traffic in credulity of patients who come to Chicago for treatment. Dr. Emil G. Hirsch stirs Zionists by his declaration at Chicago that emigra­ tion to American sweatshops does not offer relief for 7,000,000 suffering Jews in Russia and Roumania. Unknown French bark collided with and sunk the Pacific coast steamer Walla Walla off Cape Mendocino and of the 144 persons on board twenty-sev­ en are believed to have perished. The Frenchmen made no effort to assist the drowning* passengers. Stilson MacLeod, who is concerned in Grand Rapids water works scandal, makes confession, telling how he han­ dled the $75,000 paid by promoters and contradicting testimony given in Salis­ bury trial in such a manner that per­ jury investigation may follow. Peter Cooper Hewitt of New York perfects discovery of a new and pow­ erful light, secured by the use of elec­ tricity and mercury gas. Residents of Utah will oppose a lease of mineral lands, sought by a syndicate headed by Henry C. Payne, believing it is a plan to secure possession of a famous lost mine. Bankers placed in charge of the af­ fairs of the Everett-Moore syndicate predict the success of their plans. Will of Frank H. Peavey, Minneapo­ lis elevator king, disposes of estate es­ timated at $2,350,000 in hundreds of be­ quests, Including $1,000 to a Chlcagoan in repayment of a kindness received in youth and gifts to employes and rela­ tives. Continuation of his grain busi­ ness is prbvided for and $1,000,000 is put into it. W. J. Chalmers' announcement at Chicago that the company reserves the right to discriminate regarding the re­ employment of strikers causes a hitch in the negotiations for settlement. Judge Chetlain of Chicago ventures an opinion that trial by jury in con­ tempt cases involving criminal facts is proper, upnolds picketing and thinks there is no conspiracy when men be­ come dissatisfied and quit employers. Highwaymen at Chicago lock saloon­ keeper's son in ice box and take con­ tents of cash drawer. Robbers dig through brick wall and help them- Belves to jewelry. Board of directors of the Panama canal decided to offer the property and franchises to the United States for $40,000. This offer may delay Wash­ ington legislation on the canal * J- Pierpont Morgan loaned several of his costly paintings to the London Royal Academy exhibit. Offered $1 000 - 000 for a painting by Titian. New rule compelling employes of the Burlington to buy tickets for their wives goes into effect and many are compelled to pay fare. Robert Lebaudy gives $1,000,000 for tile establishment of a French indus trial school in connection with the University of Chicago. Government inspectors adopted new rule# to prevent sale of condemned meat at tbt Stock Yards. School year at Chicago may shortened because of a deficit of $2 000,000 in funds available for ex penses. Mayor Low of New York believes he can save $3,000,000 to the city by re ducing disproportionate salaries and cutting off many ornamental em ployes. Germany sent another note to Vene- suela fixing a time for the government to comply with the Kaiser's demands Members of the Marquette, Hamilton «&d Lincoln dubs decide to extend „ Joint Invitation to President Roosevelt to visit Chicago. . Street car accidents Hut year sum bered 999, death resulting in seventy* seven cases. y be Methodist Sunday schools of Cincin­ nati oarred from their libraries the Rev. Dr. Mclntyre's book, "The Modern Apollos." . . Nearly 100 members of the Chicago University school of pedagogy will teach in relays in the school of edu­ cation. Mayor Harrison ot Chicago will take steps to reopen lost streets appropriat­ ed by manufacturing plants. Woinan supposed to be Mabel Slsson of Beatrice, Neb., killed toy a fall from a cable car at Chicago. Vigilance committee appointed at Denver te put down crime. Over 3,- 000 formed an organization to patrol the streets. Hold-up men and assail­ ants of women and children to be lynched. G. N. Wiswell of Milwaukee, who was slated, for fouth assistant post­ master general, may die of pneumonia. W. J. Bryan and Tom Johnson made speeches in behalf of the Boers at a big meeting In Cleveland. Helen Gould to build a sanitarium for children at ldalio springs, Colo. Scots Greys ambushed by Boers, who killed six of the British and wounded ten. Standard Oil interests said to be seeking franchise for a gas plant in Paris. Pope said to be in critical state. Emperor of China re-entered Pekin Monday. City crowded with visitors to witness the pageant. Families of foreign ministers saw the spectacle. Committee on International Sanita­ tion of the Pan-American congress considering measures to check epidem­ ic diseases without injuring trade. Filipino powder factory, work shops and war munitions at Ormoc, Leyte Island, captured by a detachment of the Eleventh Infantry. Brooklyn magistrates appointed by Van Wyck successfully resisted at­ tempts of the men elected in November to take possesion of the courts. Pres­ ent incumbents to be legislated out of office. Charles B~ Flint declared that cred­ itors of the Crude Rubber company at New York will be paid, with only a slight delay. Negro at New York charged with burglary jumped down an air shaft four stories high to escape arrest. Saloons In all parts of New- York did side door business Sunday without molestation. Picture of a baby on a watch case caused robber at New York to return stolen jewelry and reform. John Robbinson, a negro, who was hanged at Dublin, Ga., for assaulting and murdering a negro woman, denied his guilt and cursed everybody within hearing on his way to the gallows. Margaret O'Connor, aged 62, and her two grandchildren, John and Annie Drummond, aged 3 and 6 years, were overcome by illuminating gas at Ger- mantown, Pa. Mrs. O'Connor and t*n» girl are dead and the boy cannot re­ cover. Chief Engineer John Lee and three negroes were carried through a break in the Columbus, Ga., dam while in­ vestigating flood damages. Three of the negroes, Frank Harvey, William Bussey and Matthew Dixon, were drowned. Ernest Outland has been* hanged at Sylvana, Ga., for the murder of Thom­ as Mitchell a year ago. Both were ne­ groes. Grand Haven longshoremen have ended the strike, the Crosby Transpor­ tation Company having granted the de­ mand for a restoration of wages. Norley Hall and Ray Leepham, aged 16 and 18 years respectively, broke through the ice while skating on Utah L«ke, Near Provo, Utah, and were drowned. William H. Seaton was hanged at Seattle for the murder of his uncle, Daniel Richards, Dec. 16, 1900. Bob Brown, a negro, who murdered Mr. McLeod, a road overseer, was hanged at Clayton, Ala. Two young sons of Matthew Exsteln broke through thin ice while skating at Southington, Conn., and were drowned. Lord Roberts denies stories of al­ leged misconduct of British officers and soldiers toward Boer women and girls. Sofia is unable to confirm the re­ ported liberation of Miss Stone, the captive missionary. Paris editor makes sensational charges of drugging and kidnaping sailors at Portland, Oregon. Danish minister of justice opposes a plebiscite on the sale of the West In­ dies to the United States. Lord Rosslyn not only failed to break the bank at Monte Carlo but lost $25,000. Boers said to be willing to accept au­ tonomy under a British suzerainty. New York syndicate negotiating for 180,000 acres of Nova Scotia timber land. Major John McBride of the Irish Transvaal brigade urged Ireland to re­ volt. Marquis Ito given a luncheon by the Lord Mayor of London. Young woinan at Paoli, Ind., com­ pelled a dentist under threat of horse­ whipping to apologize for writing her an Insulting letter. He promised to leave town. J. E. Green, a St Louis mechanic, claimB that he invented the air ship made famous by M. Santos-Dumont, in Governor Hunt, in message to leg­ islature of Porto Rico, says commerce of island has developed, exports In­ creased and schools multiplied. Yielding to vigorous representations, Turkey promises not to molest natur­ alized American citizens in Syria. Sheriff of Natrona County, Wyo., killed in a battle with four outlaws who had escaped from jail at Casper. Posse on trail of murderers. Swift & Constockholders at Chicago vote to increase capital $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 and hear report on last year's business. y Filipino natives who took the oath of allegiance to the United States and then violated. it will be punished by General Chaffee. Naval Register just Issued makes the strength of the navy 225 ships with sixty under construction. * Brush will not sell Cincinnati ball club unless forced to do so. Public debt at the close of business on Dec. 31, 1901, less cash in the Treas­ ury, was $1,011,628,286. American manufacturers of silver preparing to enter the market in Ens- land. T The Record In Brief of Legis­ lative Work in Senate THE CAPITAL Mavy Department WUl Pay bo Attoatloa to Captain Mohan's Letter la the Sefclejr C--troy»My---Brtll̂ at Hall at Wktte Bon*, Thursday, Jannrf 9. President Roosevelt gives his first state dinner In the White House, with the members of the cabinet and their wives as the guests of honor. Admiral Sampson's condition is re­ garded as hopeless, medical treatment being futile. Friday, Jaoowy 8 Illinois and other politician^ at Washington suggest Lyman J. Gage as senator from Illinois to succeed Mason in the event of a deadlock between Ma­ son, Hopkins and Dawes. Brilliant White House ball, the first of the kind since the days of the Grant regime, is given in honor of the Wash­ ington debut of Miss Alioe Roosevelt. Seven hltndred guests were present, many cities being represented. Navy department will pay no atten­ tion to Captain Mahan's letter to a New York magazine editor, in which he comments upon the Schley-Sampson controversy, holding that he mentioned no names, and criticised nobody in ac­ tual words. Miss Alice Roosevelt accepted invi­ tation to christen Emperor William's yacht. Saturday, Janaray 4. Governor Shaw, soon to be secretary of the treasury, has created a favor­ able impression In Washington, and eastern financiers are assured that he will not upset the existing system. Suggestion that whole isthmian canal problem be referred to President Roosevelt for settlement finds favor among members of congress. Senator Morgan declared that a canal at Panama would cause too many complications. Bark Max Sank the Walla Walla. The French bark Max was the vessel which collided with the steamship Walla Walla early Thursday morning; She was towed to San Francisco Sun­ day in a badly disabled condition by the steamer Acme and the United States revenue cutter McCulloch. The Max's bowsprit was carried away and her bow was stove in both above and below the water line. Her water-tight compartments alone kept her afloat. Ninety-two survivors of the Walla Walla arrived at San Francisco on the steamer Pomona. There is still some discrepancy in the lists of dead and missing. The number ranged from thirty-seven to forty-seven. This dis­ crepancy is due to the fact that several passengers boarded the vessel just as she was leaving port. Takaa Chloroform and Is Dead. St. Louis, dispatch: Helen Fisher, alias Garfield, died in an obscure hotel here from the effects of chloroform. Whether she tpok the drug with sui­ cidal intent is not known. Her brother, Julius Kruger, is reported to be a wealthy druggist at Sixth and Vine streets. Cincinnati, Ohio, and it is said she was once a nurse in the McKinley family. It is also said she was at one time society editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. O Three Men Scalded to Death. Bernard Michael, one of the best known and wealthiest German-Ameri­ cans of St. Paul, Minn., committed sui­ cide. The deed is explained only by the following note, which he left in his office: "Dear Children: I am in- Bane; it came almost at wonst; I havfc to act quick. By to-morrow, perhaps, would be sent to the insane asylum, prefer dead. It is better for you and me, lehbe wohle.--Bernard Mi­ chael." Died While Preparing for Death. Oda Orapp, aged sixty-seven, was found sitting in the middle of his room at Columbus, O., dead. Fifteen hundred dollars were found in one pocket and in another was a will4 di­ recting that his money should go to his niece in Wisconsin. The coroner believes that Orapp, while making preparations for death died suddenly of heart disease. Anarchist Plot* In Spain. The police of Madrid have discov­ ered traces of anarchist plots in the towns of Jerez de la Frontera, Alcala de los Gazules, and Arcos de la Fron­ tera, in the Province of Cadiz. Forty- nine arrests were made and the pris­ oners conveyed to Barcelona, where they will be tried by the military courts. Johnson Stands by the Dime Bank. .The Dime Savings Bank at Cleve­ land, O., which was Interested In the Everett-Moore syndicate, is the city depository for Cleveland. Speaking of the run on the bank Friday Mayor Johnson said: "As the heaviest deposi­ tor in the Dime Savings Bank, with a million and a quarter to our credit there, more than one-third of Its en­ tire deposits, the city is absolutely sat­ isfied of the solvency of the bank. We have examined the bank's condition and feel perfectly secure. We will not withdraw the city's funds." DIE |N OCEAN WRECK. Mrtjr-Oa* i>«ad wad I4s* la Ctraafc b Foe. In a thick haze and without a sec­ ond's warning, an iron bark, believed to be French, struck the passenger steamer Walla Walla off Cape Mendo­ cino early Thursday morning, sinking her within thirty-five minutes and causing a loss of life wjiich, so far as could be definitely ascertained, is be lieved to amount to forty-five persons. Despite the darkness and a choppy sea the officers of the vessels quelled an incipient panic and succeeded in get­ ting the passengers and crew of the •vessel into the small boats in safety. The sailing vessel, though probably not severely injured, did not stand by to rescue, but made her escape in the fog. The known dead are: L. Brule, passenger, San Francisco, drdwned in landing; William Barton, fireman, drowned in landing of boat; John Wilson, quartermaster, drowned In landing of boat; thirteen others drowned in landing of boat. WWW % Claim Property Worth SS,000,0<M. Clinton, 111., dispatch: James R. Cra­ ven, Mrs. Lucy Jolly and Mrs. Samuel Hall of this city claim to be heirs to 4,000 acres of land, valued at $2,000,- 000, upon which the city of Broadway, Ohio, is built fearful Havae of Cholera. Seattle, Wash., dispatch: E. F. Hand, who arrived here yesterday from Java, says cholera is raging worse than ever before. The death record In Ike City of Sourabaya during November was pver 7,0Q0. ' s Warmers Go to Isle of Pines. T. J. jameg of Fairfield, la., passed through New Orleans Friday en route to the Isle of Pines, Just south of Cuba, which has been reserved by the United States. Mr. James goes there to make arrangements for the exten­ sive colonization of the island by farmers from Iowa, Illinois and other western states. Thirteen families from the town of Spirit Lake, Iowa, are already settled there and are well pleased with the country. Their let­ ters home have been so satisfactory as to promise a large emigration there, and Mr. James goes to the islands to put the lands in condition to receive the emigrants. LatMt Uprising li China. It was reported Friday that a missionary and a number of Christian converts had been massacred at GEN. TUNG FU SIANG. Ning-Sha-Fu, in Kan-Sou province, where Prince Tuan and General Tung Fu Siang are residing. It is asserted that the troops of General Tung Fuh Sang are responsible for the mas­ sacre. Fight with Bank Cracksmen. Wenona, 111.,dispatch: Expert cracks­ men made an unsuccessful attempt to blow open the vaults of the First Na­ tional Bank at Henry, 111. The cracks­ men numbered three, and were detect­ ed early in the evening hiding a set of tools in the park. Ten deputy sher­ iffs were placed In the vicinity. At midnight the robbers appeared and the deputies attempted to place them under arrest The robbers opened fire, fled across the Illinois River bridge in the direction of Lacon and were lost in the thicket. While all this was go­ ing on there was an incessant change of shots by pursuers and pursued. The bank vaults contained $30,000. Syndicate Glvea Up Control. Financial embarrassment has fallen upon the gigantic Everett-Moore syn­ dicate of Cleveland, owning and con­ trolling properties capitalized at $130,- 000,000. Enormous street railway, tel­ ephone and banking Interests are in-' volved and to protect the interests of creditors and stockholders the affairs of the syndicate were turned over Thursday to a committee of seven bankers of Cleveland, who will man­ age the properties concerned and en­ deavor to obtain an extension for eighteen months of financial obliga­ tions that fell due Jan. 1 or will faM due shortly. Predicts Chances In Asia* General Zerpltzy of St Petersburg, who Is regarded as high authority on affairs and conditions in Central Asia, predicts that the reign of the new Ameer of Afghanistan, Habib Ullah Khan, will be short, and he advocates an arrangement between Russia and England relative to Central Asia be* fore events wilT have assumed an awk­ ward and dangerous shape. Fatal Wreck at Johnstown. Three trains were piled up in a wreck just west of "S. Q." tower on the Pennsylvania railroad, about seven miles west of Johnstownj Pa., Friday night. According to the best reports obtainable one man was killed and four badly injured, several others sus­ taining slight injurl\3. The killed and injured were railroad men. Booth-Tncker Plans Upset. Commander Booth-Tucker of th« Salvation Army, who'was called to Oakland, Cal., by the illness of hl« wife, Consul Emma Booth-Tucker, has announced that he will remain tbere until his wife can be safely removed to New York. All plans with regard to the consul's part in the tour of the United States are abandoned. The re­ mainder of her party will fill the dates without her. It Is also believed that the national congress of officers to take place in New York will also be aban- donwkvV . --" Morgan Bates Dead. Morgan Bates, author, playwright, newspaper man, well known in Chi­ cago and the middle west for twenty- five years, died of pulmonary paralysL at the home of his brother, Thomas T. Bates, in Traverse City, Mich., Sunday. Mr. Bates is favorably remembered among the literary men and women of Chicago and was a companion and friend of the late Eugene Field, and also on excellent terms for many yean with Opie Read and other OMmbars o) Chicago's literary cult ILLINOIS ITEMS Coach Stagg of the University of Chicago has lost no time in getting his baseball men at work upon the open­ ing of the winter quarters at the mid­ way. Friday a lively baseball prac­ tice followed the first recitations. Four­ teen men, most of them freshmen, re­ ported for work, which took place in the gymnasium. They were Harper, Watkins, Smart, £ratt, Green, Johnson, Rooney, Flickinger, McLeod, Wyman, Miller, Schutz Smith, Minke. Coach Stagg has planned to hold another con­ ference with Manager Baird of the University of Michigan when the lat­ ter reaches Chicago on his return from California. Stagg hopes that at this meeting he and Baird will succeed In arranging their schedule of football contests for the next few years to the perfect satisfaction of both. . ^ Fire, supposed to have been started by tramps, partly destroyed a vaeant dwelling belonging to William McLean, Emerson street and Asbury avenue, Evanston. The house is a block west of the Chicago and Northwestern rail­ road tracks, and persons living in the neighborhood say that tramps have been seen coming from the premises in the morning. The house has not been occupied since last summer. The fire caused a damage of $700. ' Henry Damm, ri? German farmer liv­ ing at Hoffman, near Centralia, aged 66 years, received notice that a $200,- 000 inheritance is awaiting him at De­ troit With the notice came a draft to pay traveling expenses, and Damm left at once. He was sole heir of a nephew, John A. Damm. A car of the Springfield Consolidated Street Railway Company, loaded with nonunion employes of the Sattley Man­ ufacturing Company, was wrecked by dynamite shortly after 6 o'clock Fri­ day evening. The explosion occurred within a block of the company's plant and created a panic among the occu­ pants of the car. While the men were waiting for a relief car tg carry them downtown a crowd of 100 sympathizers of the strikers, Including a number of women, gathered about the scene, gibing and hooting at the nonunion men and the policemen accompanying them. A brick was thrown through a window of the relief car as it pulled away from the place, but no one was injured. John Wool Griswold died suddenly of heart disease at the Virginia Hotel, Chicago. He was identified with the wire Industry, being connected with firms in Sterling, 111., Braddock, Tenn., and Troy, N. Y. He was 53 years old and a son of former Congressman John A. Griswold, who with John F. Winslow built the Monitor, which de­ feated the Merrimac in the naval com­ bat in Hampton Roads in the civil war. There was a frightful suicide Friday at Coal City, ten miles southeast of Morris. Joeeph H. Bovine, a promin­ ent leader among the Bohemians in the coal fields, had trouble with his wife in the morning. He brooded over the matter till afternoon, when he went to the village and secured a stick of dynamite. On his return he went back of his barn, and, laying on his back, placed the dynamite beneath his vest With his hands he struck the cap and exploded the dynamite. The explosion tore a large hole in the earth and blew the man's body into countless pieces. Some of the remains were gathered up for the purpose of holding ah in­ quest. Charles Knock died suddenly at his home at 4714 Justine street, Chicago, of lockjaw. Knock was injured in the leg several months ago and had just sufficiently recuperated to leave the hospital. The wound in his leg be­ came worse Thursday and In the even­ ing lockjaw suddenly developed. Knock was a poor man and leaves a widow and four children in destitute circum­ stances. James Loughman, the popuiar racing official, who was paddoc* Judge at Washington Park, Harlem Park, Worth and Lakeside racetracks, was stricken with paralysis of the right side on New Year's Day. He Is con­ fined in Dr. Harvey's Garfleld Park sanitarium, Chicago, and it is feared that he also is suffering from an ab­ scess on the brain. Mr. Loughman was apparently In the best of health and spirits, and a few minutes be­ fore the stroke of paralysis came on he was chatting and laughing with William MyerB, the superintendent of the Harlem Park race course. The marriage of Mr. Samuel G. Mort- land of St. Louis and Hiss Dorothy Eleanor White occurred at the bride's home in Botchtown, Calhoun county, 111., at noon Wednesday, Rev. David Gay, pastor of the First Methodist church performing the ceremony. Frank Mammen. city oil inspector of Vandalia, is dead. Mrs. Harriet A. Thompson, widow of the late John M. Thompson, and one of Cass county's oldest settlers, is dead. Dr. Mary Roel, member of the physi­ cians' staff of the Woman's hospital in Chicago, lies very ill of diphtheria at the home of her brother, George Dick In Sycamore. She was called to Syca­ more to care for her nephew, and was 111 with malignant diphtheria. He died shortly after her arrival. The doctor, her brother, and another nephew now lie ill with the same disease. Charles Sweeney aged 33 years, and Miss Rosa Benton, agen 19 years, both residents of Jerseyville, were married at the courthouse on Tuesday evening, Justice A. H. Quinn officiating. John Michalek of Chicago Heights and Miss Florence Clarke were,mar­ ried at Quincy Wednesday. Edwin B. and Victor H. Clarke of Chicago and many guests from Omaha and New Orleans were in attendance. Burglars broke into the general mer­ chandise store belonging to County Clerk James Buchanan at Bvownstown and carried away a large quantity of goods. This atore was robbed six months ago. Illinois subscriptions to the McKin­ ley monument Mud utiount to $20,- 919. F. C. Farrell died in Jacksonville, aged 72. He was a banker, having been in that business sinc e 1864, when he organized the first national bank. He was the cashier up to 1900, when the institution was changed into a pri­ vate concern. Mr. Farrell was born in-Morgan county, and starting with­ out a cent, became one of the wealth­ iest men in that section- Thomas Black and John Grahinsky were fatally injured by an explosion in the Black Diamond mina hear Springfield. Attorney Hamlin haa received at Springfield a number of complaints from rotuil druggists, who ma not members of the Retail Druggists' as­ sociation, declaring that they are the victims of discrimination at the hands of the wholesale druggists' organiza­ tion, the members of which refuse to sell them certain supplies. The com­ plaints are the result of an effort on the part of the retail association to break up the system of cutting prices on patent medicines, practiced in the department stores in Chicago and in other places. It is charged that the re­ tail and wholesale associations have entered into a combination by which all druggists who cut prices are to be refused supplies by the wholesale mea. The druggists who have complained to. the attorney general have asked that he proceed against the organizations for violation of the antitrust law. None of the correspondence has been, made public, and will not be until the at torney general has had an opportu nity to collect the evidence in the mat ter. It is understood that h$ has in his possession letter^ from wholesale houses refusing to fill certain, orders which were sent to them. Mrs. W. S. Carter, who was in Jail at Nashville, charged with taking a prominent part in the Du Bois riot of Thanksgiving, made her escape tKis week and also set free Guy Blanken- ship, another riot prisoner. While the sheriff and family were at church Mrs. Carter secured a knife, cut out a door panel, and, unbolting the^ door, went to the cell of Blakenship, which she unlocked. A deputy sheriff and the state's attorney reached Rich View Wednesday evening and placed guards in all the neighboring towns, giving them instructions not tp take any risk?, as both fugitives were well armed. The New Year's reception given by Mrs. Yates was the most brilliant'ever held at the executive mansion. At 11 o'clock in the morning the state offi­ cers called and paid their respects and an hour later the officers of the na­ tional guard, attired in full uniform, were presented to the governor and Mrs. Yates. In the afternoon Mre. Yates received Springfield society. She was assisted by prominent women, in­ cluding the wives of the state officers and friends from Springfield, Chicago, Peoria, Danvil'.e. Quincy and Jackson­ ville. In the evening there was an in­ formal party at the mansion, where such of the guests whp did not card to attend the assembly ball given by the younger portion o^-Springfield society at the L/.land hotel were entertained. A pretty New Year's wedding oc­ curred in Virginia, 111., at 10 o'clock a. m. at the home of ex-State Senator Arthur A. Lepper, in the marriage of the youngest daughter, Miss Alice Leeper, to Dr. W. A. Reid, a promi­ nent physician of Checotah, I. T. The bride is prominent in society circles in Virginia. The ceremony was per­ formed by Rev. K. C. Ventress, pastor of the Christian church. John H. Cook, one of the most prom­ inent residents of Lebanon, town clerk and also township treasurer of Leba­ non township, died at his home Wednesday. He was prominent in Ma­ sonic circles. ' ^ At a session of the American Physi­ ological society in Chicago Dr. Jacques Loeb read a paper in which he said his experiments in prolonging the exis­ tence of lower forms of life led to the belief that the life of higher organisms is electro-dynamic in its nature. He declared that probably foodstuffs axfd medicines were not valuable for their individual properties, but for the quan­ tity of positive or negative atoms of electricity they contained. In a word Dr. Loeb looks upon food-and medi­ cine as valuable for the sustenance of what he called "the human dynamo." "I have come to the conclusion," said the speaker, "that at least a part of the energies of foodstuffs are turned into electrical forces." The "Battle of Zapote Bridge," the painting by VereBchagin of the last contest in which Gen. Lawton was engaged, fell'while being taken from the walls of the art Institute in Chi­ cago, where the painting has been on exhibition. A large hole was torn In the canvas. Vereschagin said that he thought it would be impossible to re­ pair the damage. The painting was valued at $10,000. Jesse Trent was arrested at.Decatur for wife abandonment Philip Kimmel, the oldest man in Jackson county, died at his home In MurphyBboro, aged 92 years. Mr. Kim­ mel belonged to the old Whig party and cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson for president. Miss Elva Saunders entertained the Shakespeare club at Beardstown in honor of former members who are vis­ itors in the city--Prof. M. Moore of Belvidere; Miss Lucy Ritcher of To­ ledo, Ohio, and Miss Martha Weaver of Chica&>. The schools of Sibley, Ford county, are closed owing to a smallpox epi­ demic of a mild form. The board of health rules are being enforced and the disease is under control of # the local authorities. Dr. W. A. Reid of Checotah, I. T., and Miss Alice Leeper, daughter of ex- State Senator Arthur Leeper, were married at Virginia Wednesday, Rev. A. C. Ventress.of the Christian church officiating. . Smallpox has made its appearance in Irishtown, north of Carlyle five miles. Three houses have been quarantined. Dr. John R. McCoy, a prominent young dentist, died suddenly at Bloom- ington from an overdose of cocaine. The young man graduated last sum-, mer from a Chicago dental college. He became prominent as an athlete, and participated in many cycling tourna­ ments, excelling in long-distance rac­ ing. He was also prominent as a bowler and had a remarkable physique. He had never married. His mother and sister reside in Chicago, and two brothers, Edward and James, well-to-do stockmen, reside in Mo. The burial took place at his birth­ place in Blue Mound, Macon county. George W. Hayes, the negio who waa shot by Charles W. Fafrchild in Ray­ mond's saloon, Springfield, on Christ­ mas morning, died on Saturday. He had shown such signs of improvement that his death was quite unexpected. His prospects of recovery, had been t» good that Fairchild was released from Jail on a $6,000 bond. As soon as Fair- child heard of Hayes' death on Satur­ day he surrendered himself to the sher­ iff, and is again In Jail. The body of the dead man was taken to his old home in Kentucky for burial, the ex­ pense being defrayed by Alva Miller* by whom Hayes was employed. A storm is gathering over the head of Chief of Police Newell C. Knight, and he probably will be asked to re­ sign at the next meeting of the Evans- ton city council. A majority of the city aldermen and many citizens of the suburb are clamoring for the retire­ ment of the chief, and they declare that the official must resign of be dis­ missed by Mayor Patten. The chief of police is charged with Inefficiency by M. S. Baldwin, a wealthy property owner of Evanston, who has written to Mayor Patten demanding the resig­ nation of the head of the police de­ partment. Mr. Baldwin has started a campaign against Knight, and says he has the support of many citizens. John Michaelak and Miss Florence iR, Clark were married Wednesday at th« bride's home at Quincy. The trustees of the titate home :^^ the feeble minded were forced to meet in Springfield owing to the prevalence of smallpox in the institution at Lin­ coln, where the regular meetings are usually held. After transacting rou­ tine business the trustees adopted res­ olutions deploring the appearance of the ulseaae tlie cimuivii ami in­ structing the superintendent and phjrsl- cians to co-operate with the state board of health in ita efforts to eradicate the disease. While a party of four boys were out hunting In the afternoon near Wauke- gan Denny Ryan was shot dead by one of his cbmpanions. A rifle ball struck Ryan in the region of the heart. Tha name of the boy who fired the fatal shot is not definitely known. The de­ cedent was 10 years .old and waa a son of James Ryan. One of the boys in the party was his cousin. Dr. M. H. Chamberlin, president of McKendree college, has accepted an In­ vitation of the Illinois State Historical society to present a sketch of the life of Rev. Peter Cartright, the great pio­ neer Methodist, at ths anual meeting of the society, which convenes at Jack­ sonville, January 27, for a three days' session. George Marsh, aged 18, of Bellvllle was severely burned about the face on Tuesday night by the explosion of a.. CouBOS firecracker." * It is believed that the Seminary of the Sacred Heart at Chicago is to 'es­ tablish a college at Lake Forest. Such a report is authenticated by the re­ cording of a transfer to the seminary from John M. Roafh of Chicago of forty-six and one-half acres of land on the east side of the Chicago and North­ western railroad. The tract is just south of the city limits and is known as the Henry T. Hefm farm. The con­ sideration is recorded as $36,000, a price far beyond any paid of late tor farm land in that locality. It is re­ ported that ere long buildings to eoat several thousand of dollars will started. ' Five couples were married at Cai*6 Wednesday. They were: Clifford H. Jones and Miss Loggie Barnett, both of Wyatt, Mo.; John C. Merrill of Joilet. 111., and Miss Lena L. Williams of Dex­ ter, Mo.; Edward Harris and Miss Ma­ mie Hunter of Cairo; John Walter and Mrs. Floda Benton, Beechwood, and William Crump and Miss Ellen Dumas of Cairo. County Clerk Chance at Salem issued 279'marriage licenses in the year 1901. against 339 for the year 1900. The Decaturpainters' union haa elected these officers: President, Wil­ liam Miller; vice president, E. G. Bg- nor; recording officer, William Brock- way; financial secretary, Willis Mar­ tin; treasurer, R. 3. Jones, * Rice Burris, charged With arson ax|d malicious mischief, was given a pre- liminary hearing at Taylorsvill$ and was held to the grand jury in the sum of $1,000. i \v- Revival services a» in progress $£ ^ the First Baptist church, Plncknay- ' ville, and will continue indefinitely. Rev. J. B. Webb will be assisted In the services by Rev. J. W. Beville, » singing evangelist of Louisville, Ky. Evangelistic meetings begin at tte ' United Presbyterian church on Mon­ day evening. ^ " Mrs. A. S. Huffman died suddenly of heart disease at her home in Chester­ field. She was the wife of Dr. S. A. Huffman, a prominent physician, and was 38 years of age. The burial took place in Greenfield. Frank Yocum, C. W. Brownell and William Waldron have been held to tikis ' grand Jury at Springfield In the sunt of $300 each for robbing William Hunt of Petersburg. It was a case of high* way robbery. Hunt was relieved of iC * pocketbook containing $2.50. A memorial to President Roosevelt and the United States Congress Is be­ ing circulated at Mount Vernon and ' generally signed, asking this country £o use its influence in terminating the war in South Africa, and the recogni­ tion ot Boer independence by Great Britain. , ' ^ JesL"" >S!- '•t-