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WWZFm* fc':i*';'-r^?R»t T-'^V tisdaMa "Beautiful "Palms Thai "Border a Dri-VeWay in Los ̂ /In&eles ;^o " > Bs^.« 1 i aa*&hp '•'•• \ Piliiiiill Residents of California acclaim with enthusiasm the beauty of the scenery, both natural and artificial, of the "Golden State." The city of Los Angeles, its citizens assert, is without a peer in its magnificent streets and driveways. Probably the finest of them is shown in the picture above, a perfect avenue of the finest palms bordering a drive way maintained in perfect condition. The photograph is from a collection made by Mr. Eugene G. Hall of Chicago, and shows to what perfection the art of photography has been raised. * NO ENGLISH SPOKEN THERE. i community who can speak no other. They are generous and clever, and the stranger who goes among them alwayB finds a hospitable welcome and is im­ pressed with their simple kindness. Cost of MItalia and Santiago Flffht*. The cost of the shot and shell that destroyed the Spanish ships at Manila and Santiago has been calculated in a statement made by Hear Admiral Charles O'Neil. naval ordnance chief, who sho^s that the battle with Cer- vera's squadron cost the government in amount of ammunition expended just 184,864, while it required but $50,- 000 worth of ammunition for Admiral Dewey's fleet to put the Spanish out of action at Manila. The total weight of ammunition ex­ pended in the Santiago fight, including powder, was 165 tons, and the total Quaint, durable, and homelike are the ' weight of metal thrown was 114 tons, houses scattered • nj either side, in- | There were 9.474 rounds fired. The terspersed here " >1 there by the stores, j Oregon fired 1,903 rounds at a total cost of |2I,960, and the Brooklyn 1,974 rounds at a cost of 118,640. At Manila, the total weight of am­ munition expended, including powder, was 132 tons. There were 5,858 rounds fired. The Baltimore leads, with a total to her credit of 1,434 rounds, at a cost of |10,934. The flagship Olympia was qext in rank, with 1,677 rounds, at a cost of 110,605. tyiaJnteat Village lu the Land L.ocited •u 1'uiDuiu County, Oblo. la the busy industrial state of Ohio is to be found a little town where the English language is never heard, "where the vandal hand of modern'im­ provement has not yet been laid and •where the faintest echo of up-to-date rush and scurry has yet to be heard. This is the little German village of Glandorf in Putnam county, Ohio, where 600 frugal and industrious in­ habitants have lived for years in a con­ tented and idyllic simplicity. In the building of the town, as in everything else about it, the people have held very elosely to the customs of Ger­ many, from where its founders came. There is but one street, and that ex­ tends for over ff mile north and south. All the residences have spacious and •well-kept dooryards. Back and away from this principal street--yet so near that the laborers can be seen and heard at their work in the fields--stretch the thrifty farms of the German country folk. It is not an uncommon sight to see women and girls at work in the flelds with the men, and the whole population shows that rugged health so characteristic of the race. Among themselves the people converse almost entirely in the,German language, and, Indeed, there are a great many in the CIGARS IN VAULTS LIKE WINE. Unban Tobucoo Grower 8 >yn That Is Only Way to Keep Them. Captaiu Chant a A. tiess, who is in­ terested in tobacco raisi-cg in Cuba ana Is an expert on cigars, was talking with a crowd of friends over a pousse cafe in a Broadway restaurant the other evening, when he took the cigar from his lips and said: "Now, that was once a good cigar, hut it has been ruined by the way it has been kept. You see how dry the wrapper is? Its aroma has been ruined. The only place I know of in New York where cigars are kept right Is at the Waldorf-Astoria. Away down in the second cellar of the hotel, underneath everything, are vaulted rooms, the floors of which are brick, and underneath the brick is a layer of sand. These vaults are kept exactly the same. Imported and domestic cigars are not kept in the same vault, for wherever they are kept together the aroma of one permeates that of the other. Of course no one is ever allowed to carry a lighted cigar Into these storerooms, and every ether King Christian of Denmark is to have" the constitution of Iceland reno­ vated. precaution is taken to prevent any­ thing from injuring that delicate pe­ culiar 'second' aroma which good cigars should have, and which thejp lose so easily. "When a cigar is properly kept," he added, "it grows better with age. It ripens, becomes more fragrant--just as does old wine--but bad keeping makes the value of a cigar lessen with its age. "I would like to be turned loose in those Waldorf cigar cellars," con­ cluded the captain. "The vaiue of the goods stored there ordinarily is over $300,000."--New York Commercial Ad­ vertiser. Japanese la Anntralta. There is a considerable Japanese colony in northern Australia. The Japs are expert divers, and the pearl shelling industry in Australian waters gives plenty of scope for their abi.ities in that direction. But they are lo­ cally regarded as intrusive aliens, and legislative efforts to check their immi­ gration have been made from time to time. GREAT TRIBUTE TO VICTOR HUGO *• Wonderful Flight of Ormtary fcy aa Enthusiastic Frenchman. The "aube-de-siecle" style of French eloquence and at the same time the lofty view of Victor Hugo's genius taken by his countrymen seventeen years after his death are shown in the following peroration of the speech de­ livered by M. Gabriel Hanotaux at the Pantheon on behalf of the French academy, in honor of the centenary celebration of the poet's birth: "He died," ran the passage *n question. "A spasm, an immense thunder, rolled through and through the city out into the country and thence through all the world. The universe lifted itself and stretched out palms to him. The arcli of triumph decked it-self in mourning veils while the poets of France kept vigil over his body as he lay beneath it. Cuirassiers in shining breastplates held lighted torches rigidly througn the dying hours of the night. And when the funereal dawn crept upon the sky, when the torches paled and when behind the poor hearse which carried his remains a great crowd such as he loved so well ranged itself in silent, grief-stricken homage; when the whole city was filled with a tu­ mult in which the grief of death mingled with the joy of immortality --then he, majestic still and already become legendary, headed the cortege that crossed Paris, connecting Napo­ leon's hill with that of Clovis, and or- WERE NOT RAGGED TROOPS. Revolutionary Soldiers Had flood Uni­ form* at Beginning of War. "It is usual," said a local historian, "to regard the continental troops of the revolution as a ragged lot, and they became ragged enough, it is true, after they had seen some service; but in the beginning they were spruce, if not kaleidoscopic, in appearance. "John Cadwalader's troop, the 'Green's,' wore such elegant uniforms that some called them the 'silk dock­ ings.' They drilled in Cadwalader's yard, and their commander always set out madeira and biscuit for their re­ freshments. John Shee's battalion wore brown coats with white facings and pewter buttons, white laced hats" and buckskin breeches*, Perry's musket- men had a uniform of blue coats faced with fed, white jackets, buckskin breeches and white stockings. Josiah Harmer's company wore brown coats faced with buff and swan­ skin jackets. Frazer's company had brown coats with facings of blue Bilk. Humphrey's Jlth Pennsylvania regi- dered before him the gate* of the Pan­ theon opera! that he might carry his glory within!" I'attl's Genuine Farewell. "One day not very long ago, in the Rue di Rivoli, Paris," says a San Fran­ cisco writer. "I encountered a bedi­ zened old dame walking with a young and handsome man, tall, very slim and well dressed. She was a little woman and waiked stiffly, as though her boots were too tight. She was radiantly dressed in white. A white parasol waB spread over her head, on which was perched an elaborate white hat. Her face was richly painted, with a pair of crimson lips as the deepest note of co^or, and a fringe of auburn curls wasvon her forehead. She looked hag­ gard and aged. There was something curiously familiar about her face, and as she spoke I suddenly saw who it was, Adelina Patti and her young hus­ band. It was a shock. This was what the last of the great prima donnas had come to." Cltlsens Honor Rlshop Donna. Bishop Doane of Albany celebrated his seventieth birthday on March 1 and about 100 citizens representing many varied interests called on him and pre­ sented their congratulations as well as a purse containing over $1,500- is gold. ment wore light infantry caps, bluo coats with scarlet capes and cuffs, white waistcoats and buckskin breech­ es. "Those uniforms," "^concluded the historian, according to the Philadel­ phia Record, "were certainly as gay and elegant as the heart could de­ sire." Siberia Kleh In llnt'er. Siberia nas long Oetu seuu.ng butter to England, but the optning of the Transsiberian railway has made it a far more formidable competitor than it formerly was. Last year the imports of Siberian butter were valued at £1,- 400,000, and this year it is estimated that they will reach the value of £2,5'00,000 ($12,500,000). The supply of butter which Siberia cha furnish is said to be practically unlimited, and it is possible that the opening up of Siberia may affect the dairy indus­ try of these countries as disastrously as the opening up of America affected the wheat growing industry. It is also expected that Siberia will shortly flood the English markets with poultry, game and meat. 1 ILLINOIS ITEMS 1 •' Ml The Republican county central com mlttee of Fulton county has called the county convention to select delegates to the state senatorial and congres­ sional conventions for April 28 at Lewiston. 4, Dr. Alexander McCoy, aged 79 years, the oldest practicing physician In Tazewell county, died in Pekin. Louis Trlnkaus, one of the first gro- cerymen of Pekin. aged 69, is dead. He served three years with the third Illi­ nois cavalry during the civil war. He was a personal friend of President Ar­ thur and Was tendered a lucrative po­ sition, but declined. Gov. Yates has issued a requisition on the governor of Arizona for the ex­ tradition of Joseph Sin^on, under ar­ rest in Arizona and wanted for forg­ ing the name of the board of under­ writers of Chicago to a check for $540. W. L. Dawghtery, aged 69, died at Boulder. The Republican central committee met at Winchester and^set the date for the county convention for April 21; primaries, Saturday, April 19. At a meeting of the board of trus­ tees of the state school for tht blind at Jacksonville, J. H. Freeman was elected superintendent, to fill the va­ cancy caused by the resignation of Supt. Hall, which takes effect July 1. The total amount of taxes collected by the various township collectors in Jersey county is $22,302.52. The quarterly reports of the births and deaths in Jersey county from Jan­ uary 1 to April 1, 1902, show 48 births and 50 deaths. John Matthews, aged 75 years, and Mrs. Martha Logan, aged 65 years, botn colored and residents of Jersey- ville, were married. The 200 invited guests were tendered a reception at the home of the bride from 7 to 10 p. m. This is the groom's third matrimo­ nial venture and the bride's fifth. Roy Arnold has been sworn in as town clerk of Salem township. He is the only Republican who has been elected in that township for several years. Rt. Rev. George F. Seymour, bishop of Springfield diocese, Episcopal church, is making his annual visita­ tions in southern Illinois. According to reports received by County Clerk Chance during the months of January, February and March there were 102 deaths in Ma­ rion county. During the same months 146 births were reported. Bishop J. M. Thoburn.who for forty- three years has been a Methodist mis­ sionary in India, conducted a mission­ ary council at the Salem Methodist Episcopal church. - A meeting of the Methodist minis­ terial association of the Decatur dis­ trict will be held at Maroa, opening April 21. The Illinois Southern railway has a large force of men at work lower­ ing the heavy grades and filling the cuts along the road between Chester and Sparta. Rev. R. D. Woodley, presiding elder of the Lebanon district M. E. church, announces the appointment of Rev. John Leeper as pastor of the charge at Okawville, to succeed Rev. Colum­ bus Bradford, retired. Henry Langley, tax collector of Tay- lorville township, has made the fol­ lowing report to the county treasurer: Charged, $63,000; collected, $57,000; delinquent. $6,000; commission. $1,124. W. H. Kirkwood has been appointed as a member of the board of review for Christian county. Miss Rilla Palmer, a Highland Park young woman, left for China, via San Francisco, to become the bride of Pro­ fessor Chauncey M. Lewis of the Chinese government colleges. Mr. Lewis was a member of the class of 1891, Northwestern Military academy, Highland Park. Miss Lucy irwin, formerly of Litch­ field, died at her home fh Jacksonville, aged 44 years. The Republic Coal company of Auro­ ra Springs, Mo., was licensed to do business in Illinois; capital stock, 1100,000; capital in Illinois, $1,000. Charles Daniels, aged 54 years, died suddenly at Jerseyville. The deceased had been connected with the H. S. Daniels hardware store there for many years. E. H. Scbauffler lias resigned as traffic manager of the Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City railroad in Quincy, and the office at Quincy has been abol­ ished. The vestry of the church of the Re­ deemer at Cairo has extended a call to Rev. Charles H. Yong of Omaha, Neb., to become the rector of the church. At the coming school election in Car- bondale a proposition to build a new city high school will be voted on. All of the teamsters of Quincy are now on a strike for an increase of wages, and their places are being filled by nonunion men. The Quincy board of health reports that there were sevpnty-nine deaths in the city during the five weeks since its last meeting. The Platonian literary society of Mc- Kendree college at Lebanon will cele­ brate the fifty-third anniversary of the founding of the society on April 21. Hon. C. P. Johnson, a member of their alumni, will deliver the principal address. The Gordon Telephone company has received the wires to string its portion of the line from Chester to Sparta, where connection will be made with the long-distance Bell telephone sys­ tem. A movement is under way for the organization of a branch of the Young Men's Christian association in Flora. The grand councilor of the local lodge of the U. C. T. has received of­ ficial notice that the annual meeting of the grand lodge of the state of Il­ linois will be held in Litchfield on Fri­ day and Saturday, May 16 and 17. The neighborhood of Round Prairie, near Springfield, is stirred up over the extensive operation of corn thieves. The Antihorsethlef association has taken up the matter and some arrests are likely to occur soon. Mrs. Christian Moore, aged 80 years, died at her home on EaSt Reynolds street, Springfield. She had resided in Springfield forty-five years and had been in good health up to a week ago. Charles Forsythe, a merchant of De­ catur, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States dis­ trict court. Liabilities, $2,925; assets, $1,000. Thomas Swift, while digging a cis­ tern in Mack's Riverview addition, A1-* ton, was badly injured by being struck on t^e head by a hatchet dropped by a ma* who was shingling a roof 25 feet above him\ind was partially scalped by a glancing blow of the hatchet blade. The C. A. Vanpreter Mercantile com­ pany has been incorporated in Alton with a capital stock of $20,000. The incorporators are C. A. Vanpreter, William C. Beiser and C. W. Leverett. The letter carriers of Mount Vernon have organized a branch of the Na­ tional Letter Carriers' association Oscar O. Stitch is president, Arthur O. Cummings. vice president. Elbert Leo Varnell secretary and Will B. GOod rich treasurer. Owing to the action of the insurance companies in deciding to add a 25 per cent increase of premium on the policies now in force in that city, a movement is on foot among the busi­ ness men of Mount Vernon to organize a local company and cancel all policies in foreign associations. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Tri-County Telephone company, held at Tamaroa, the capital stock of the company was increased from $15,- 000 to $25,000. The company operates in the counties of Jefferson. Perry and Franklin. The body of William Griggs, who was drowned at Meredosia was recov­ ered one mile and a quarter below the point where the accident oc­ curred. Henry Meinert, a farmer, was ac­ cidentally thrown from his wagon while driving home from Nash­ ville and sustained serious injuries. A telegram from Cameron, Tex., an­ nounces the death of Wilbur Crawford, once a widely known newspaper man of Bloomington, but who of late years has been a resident of Texas. Information has been received, at Jacksonville of the death of Col. C. M. Morse of Philadelphia. Col. Morse was for many years a resident of Jack­ sonville. After waiting for three months for her son to return home, the mother of John Dunning, of Olmstead. III., dis­ covered that ne was dead. The young man was killed by a Big Four train just north of Cairo on December 24. James Nuckols was acquitted by a jury in the circuit court at Taylorville of a charge of assault with intent to murder. Barney Lynch entered a plea of guilty to petit larceny and was sentenced to th'.rty days' confinement in the county jail. H. A. Marsh retired as postmaster at Upper Alton, relinquishing his of­ fice to John G. Seitz, who was ap­ pointed three wt»eks ago. John Rvrle, son of George M. Ryrie, was shot in the face at Alton by his cousin, Kennel Hopkins, son of deorge Hopkins. The boys were playing with a blank-cartridge revolver and the Hopkins boy snapped It in his cousin's face, the powder and wad lodging in the Ryrie boy's eye. Both are 9 years of age. It is believed the sight of the injured eye can be saved. Rumors have Deen circulating free­ ly in railroad circles for some time past that Marvin Hughitt would soon retire from the presidency of the Chi­ cago & Northwestern Railroad com­ pany and give up all active participa­ tion in railroad affairs. It is said that W. K. Vanderbilt will succeed him. Richard Whittle, Sr., died at the residence of his daughter. Mrs S G. Hammel. near Vandalia, of heart fail­ ure, aged 71. Deceased had returned only last Monday from a protracted visit to relations in England. The ardent longing of a philosophi­ cal mind to solve the solemn mysteries of death is believed to have been the impulse that led Howard Miller of Keokuk, Iowa, son of the assistant postmaster of that city, and a nephew of Rear Admiral Miller. !' S. N., to take his own life in Chicago. The corner-stone of the new Metho­ dist Episcopal church at Mattoon will be laid with elaborate ceremonies on April 10. Rev. T. C. lliff, known as the "Western cyclone,"' will be the orator of the day. The machinery is.being placed in the new Standard mill building at Alton and all pos^&k'-'haste is being made to have the mill in readiness to begin work at the beginning of the wheat harvest. The brick work on the mill building was complete'! yesterday and the building will be under roof this evening. The contra t was the quick­ est ever executed in Alton. Lieut. A L. Richards of Rock Island has ariived in Alton and will begin making preparations for beginning the river improvements in the vipinity of Alton. Atter two weeks of the life of penni­ less tramps, Miss Louise Gauss and Miss Grace Fosland of Kenwood reached Omaha with the conviction that the round of aimless ease, which ihey abandoned in disgust for one of adventure, is far superior to what they have experienced slgce they left their home on March 12. Days, weeks and months pass by. and the wheat bears on the Chicago board cf trade continue to rake in the bull shek­ els. To the question, "Is there never to be a change?" the average trader pipes. "Never!" •'htX Harriet Moore Elliott, aged 44 yean^ died of consumption at her home St Virginia. She was the wife of Alder­ man D. B. Elliott and was active fa church work. Hort Vail, aged 56, vice president of the Kewanee Boiler company and prominent in G. A. R. and Odd Fel­ low circles, died at Kewanee ot pneu­ monia. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ulrey, resid­ ing near Martinsrville, celebrated their 50th anniversary with a golden wed­ ding. There were 300 invitation* is­ sued. The pupils of the Decatur poblic schools have contributed $35 to tha, McKinley monument fund. "JTie De­ catur banks collected $38.71 tor same purpose. Manager Fred. Pfeffer has c©*rrp?etdd the list of players for the Decatitr club in the Three-I baseball league. The players will be: McGill, Darner and Bruce, pitchers; Smith and Schewbridge, catchers; Dickey, first. base; Pfeffer, second; Ryan, short; Hankey, third; Burt, left; MsQaaii^ center; Schmidt, right. Covered with snow and with a volver clutched in the*right hand, the' body of Howard R. Miller, a student at the Keokuk college of physicians -« and surgeons at Keokuk, la., was found in Lincoln Park, Chicago. It is believed he ended his life while despondent on account of overstudy. Attorney General H. J. Hamlin has furnished the means which will proba­ bly result in the extermination of the so-called "investment" companies that have recently begun to infest the state. Judge Hamlin has rendered aa opinion, upon the request of Secretary of State Rose, holding that the eon~ cerns cannot be licensed in Illinois under the foreign cprporatioa aet. Mrs* Albert Susanka died very sud­ denly at Cairo. Mrs. Susanka came taw- Cairo before the war and has resided there ever since. She leaves a hue?, band, six daughters and three sons. The Three States Buggy and rmpleK . C'• ment company have secured an optioa upon the Galigher mill building at Cairo and propose ..o put machinery in it for the manufacture of buggies, ; 1 It is probable that they will have ths> > plant in operation by the first of May., u- Rev. Charles H. Young of Omahei, Neb., has been called to the head the Church of the Redeemer at Cairo, • r to fill the vacancy caused by the re- • ;1| moval of Rev. F. A. De Rosset t«*.. Springfield. The matter was decided t jU at a special meeting of the vestry of , the church, held Friday evening. During the past few days 200 tree*' have been planted at the state fair grounds at Springfield. The trees arev; planted in varfous parts of thsHfSo]! grounds, so that they will not inter* * ; fere in any way with the e*hibiti>f*Ji>%| They are of several varieties, iacludO-'-jjfl ing linden, sycamore, mountain asi| And poplar. - Henry and James E. Cross, distiller* . ' near Carmi, 111., have been lodged in jail at Springfield by the government ;^| authorities on the charge of making '$||£ false returnF of fruit purchased for ^ the manufacture of brandy and of- the sale of the manufactured article. Their still was raided and 100 gallons of biandy seized. Henry Cross wa*- convicted several years ago of "boot-* 1 11?: legging." . • The ^aaies of Upper Alton are plan- ning to form a village improvement association, the purpose of which wiH^ be to take active measures for tha beautifying of the village. The home of Dean Hamilton of, JAi Brighton was entered by burglars and, ' the house was plundered of all the * silverware, money and jewelry in it. f The members of the family did not learn of the robhery until morning, not being disturbed by the barglars during their work. At a meeting of the Democratic cen­ tral committee at Chester it was de­ cided to hold a convention at Red Bud on Tuesday. May 6, to nominate a county ticket and select delegates to the i^tate, congressional and senatorial conventions. The precinct primaries were called for Saturday. May 3. The St Louis Valley railway ha* found it necessary to make^ an ex­ penditure of about $25,000 in con- ' strutting its bridge across the Kas-IkV<VffVi Kaskia river, just above the Okaw;r cutoff it was the original intention t to build only a small affair, but as the Kaskaskia river is a navigable stream at certain seasons of the year,10 " a drawbridge was substituted. The bridge wil be completed in a short time, when trains will be running. Bricks are being hauled to the site of the proposed new Lutheran church on North Troutt street, Nashville, the building of which will be commenced as .soon as the weather breaks. The building is to be of frame, 66 feet long and 36 feet wide, with a steeple !H ' feet high. Charles Hook, aged 70 (years, a vet­ eran of the civil war. dropped dead at the voting place in Browning town­ ship of hea^t failure. He drew a pen­ sion of $50. President Leeds of the Hock Island railway, announced that the company will ask authority to increase its capita] stock to $13,000,000 at the , annual meeting to be held on June 4. The present capital of the company is $60.1*00.000. Medar Lucier. one of the wealthiest citizens of Murphysboro. died after an ; illness of two weeks. The Jefferson club of Quincy held ta Altgeld memorial meeting. The open­ ing address was made by Jackson Pearce and he was followed by a number of local speakers. The annual district conference of tfce Vandalia district Methodist Episcopal church, will be held at Alma oa April 8, 9 and 10. The annual statement of Supervisor H. H. MonKe. of Walshville townships. H. is! Monke, of Walshville to *ushlp, year t£.be $2^3.^3, leaving a balance on hand of $263.37. H« also report* a il k •*V: i $ i y % A A *>i ^ J balance of $338.fel dog ***£> 'Mad