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PORTUGUESE EAST AFR.ICA NOW A BRITISH POSSESSION v.. ftBW / AFRICA, 4© cowr Portuguese east Africa, which Great Britain la reported to have purchased tinder an agreement entered into ten •years ago by Great Britain, Germany, and Portugal, has an area of 301,000 square miles and a population of 8;120,000. Its ports are Delagoa bay, which has a railroad connection with the Transvaal, and whose possession Is Britain's principal object in buying the territory; and Beira, from which there Is a railroad line In to Rhodesia, 222 miles in length, and which may go Into Germany with the northern part of the territory- The possession of Delagoa bay gives Great Britain a "FIGHTING JIM" JOUETT DEAD. His Splendid Record as Admiral of United States Navy. Rear Admiral James E. Jouett, U. S. N., retired, -died at his home, the Anchorage, Sandy Spring, Md., last week. He was 74 years old and had a long and distinguished career. He was retired in 1890. Rear Admiral James E. Jouett, "Fighting Jim" Jouett, was born at Lexington, Ky., Feb. 27, 1828. He en­ tered the navy as a midshipman in 1841. His brilliant career really be­ gan on the night of Nov. 17, 1861, when as lieutenant of the United States frigate Santee, he led a hazard­ ous boat expedition against the con­ federate warship Royal Yacht, off Gal­ veston, Texas. He captured and des­ troyed the Royal Yacht, and In the hand-to-hand encounter on her decks, when he and his gallant men boarded her, he received a severe pike wound in the arm and side. Jouett was made a captain in 1874, a commodore in 1883 and a rear admiral Feb. 19, 1886. In 1885, while in command of the naval forces on the north Atlantic station, Jouett, by his prompt, firm and judicious course dur­ ing the rebellion on the Isthmus of Panama, restored order, re-established transit, prevented great destruction of property and loss of life and was in­ strumental in bringing about a surren­ der of the insurgent forces in the United States of Colombia, reflecting great credit upon this country and himself. Attarx#f Ylang-ylang. Attar of ylast£-ylang, which rivals the attar of roses as aa exquisite per- funts aryd sells at $40 to $50 or more a pound, is riie product of an Asiatic tree that reaches its highest develop­ ment in the Philippine Islands, ac­ cording to the St. Paul Globe. The tree grows to a height of sixty feet; when 3 years old begins bearing long greenish-yellow flowers, and at the age of 8 may produce yearly 100 pounds of these flowers, blossoming every month. The attar is obtained by simple distillation of the choicest petals with water, no chemicals heing used. Besides its value as a perfume for hair and toilet waters, the prod­ uct Is prized among the natives as a medicine, being credited with curing ^thThc and other pains. Eskimo a Football Player. Tukefer Schauchek, an Eskimo from the Aleutian islands, plays cen­ ter in the football eleven belonging to the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa. A popular notion regarding Eskimos 1b that they^are sluggish and phleg­ matic, but Schauchek plays football with a courage, agility and endur­ ance that surprise other members of a team which has a fine reputation in the three necessities named. The Advance of Electricity. It is shown that 580 establishments, with a capital of $83,130,943, some £,000 officers, and 40,890 wage earners, produced electrical apparatus and sup­ plies in 1900 valued at $91,348,889. Labor Scarce In Mexico. Mexican labor is so scarce as to necessitate sending for negroes from Jamaica. The latter are guaranteed employment for a year. ' Serpents' Venom Kill Plants. Plants inoculated with the venom of serpents usually die ia from m* to four days. port for the Transvaal and a naval base on the west coast Commercially the territory has great promise, par­ ticularly In mining. Thousands of gold claims have been staked out by Britishers under concessions from Portugal, and their development awaits only Improved transportation facilities. Rubber, ores, wax and ivory are the principal exports. Imports have in late years amounted to $7,500/- 000, and exports to $800,000 annually. Portugal has received from the terri­ tory in revenue $5,000,000 annually, of which thr^e-fifths has been expended In its administration. BACK TO ITALIAN POST. United States Ambassador Meyer Takes Up Duties at Rome. George Von L. Meyer, ambassador of the United States to Italy, who was tu I LADY DILKE'S GOOD WORK. Wife of Great English Liberal Leader a Philanthropist. Lady Dilke, wife of Sir Charles Dilke, the prominent English Liberal leader, is one of the hardest of hard workers for the betterment of the lot and conditions of working women. She is president of the Women's Lady Dilke. Trade Union League, and under her Intelligent leadership much improve­ ment has been made in the lot of Eng­ lish working women. Horse Racing and Gambling. James R. Keene, the millionaire turfman, declares that In his opinion there is too much gambling and too little sentiment In connection with American horse racing. "In heavy speculation on horses," says Mr» Keene, "there is a menace to the best interests of the turf. Race courses should be places of recreation, not seething caldrons of money-mad gamblers. Horse racing should be a sport, not a business." Test of Kansas Law. The validity of the law providing that school districts shall pay the parents of pupils fifteen cents a day for the transportation of such pupils to school where they live more than three miles from the school building is to be tested In the Kansas supreme court Worry Lord Kitchener. Snapshooters, autograph hunters and interviewers have gone far toward making life a burden for Lord Kitch­ ener &nce he returned to England from South Africa. State Happenings Succinctly Told by Our Special Correspondents GIRL WRITES THE PRIZE ESSAY WOMAN 8TART8 FIRE WITH OIL HOG'S B£NE CAUSED MUCH PAIN Ambassador Meyer. reported on his way to this country for the purpose of retiring, and who has just left London for his post at Rome, with the evident intention of again taking up his diplomatic work, was appointed to the court of Victor Emmanuel in December, 1900. He bad no previous diplomatic expert- ence, but is a man of large means and wide business associations. Born In Boston fortyvfour years ago, he was educated at the public schools and entered politics by way of the Boston common council In 1889. He after­ ward served as a speaker of the Mas­ sachusetts legislature and member of the national Republican committee. Sangamon County Pupil Is Successful in State Competition. Sangamon county, for the second con­ secutive time, has carried off the prize for the best essay written by a pupil of the public schools of Illinois. Mary B. Tichnor, a student in the Caldwell school at Chatham, is the girl who wrote the prfee essay, which is en­ titled "Earth's Star." The prize of­ fered by the board of agriculture is $10, to which County Superintendent Van Dora added $5 if the money was captured by a pupil of the Sangamon county schools. The competition was entered into by schools in every coun­ ty in the state, many of them being represented by four or five entries. BEST MARKSMAN IN THE GUARD 8ergt. 8. E. Jones Wins Distinction in the Rifle Pits. Sergt Stanley E. Jones of the First regiment, Illinois National Guard, en­ joys the distinction of being the best marksman in the organized militia of the state. In the recent competitions held at Camp Logan to select a team to represent Illinois in the contest with the marksmen of the Minnesota militia Sergt. Jones made 1,052 out of Uses Gasoline in Place of Kerosene and Gets Results. Miss Eula Rice, of Upper Alton, was painfully burned about the face and narrowly escaped serious Injury in a gasoline explosion at her home. She was trying to start a fire and In­ tended to pour coal oil over the kind­ ling. She happened to use the gaso­ line can instead of the one she thought she had, and after she touched a match to the kindling an explosion oc­ curred. The stove was blown to fragments and the house almost set on fire. The walls of the house are of brick, and the shock of the ex­ plosion was so severe It damaged them. SERGT. S. E. JONES, a possible score of 1,600. He resides at 3805 Vlncennes avenue, Chicago, and is a member of the gatling section of the First regiment Jumps from Window. Mrs. Frank Kling, wife of the en glneer at the United States marine hospital at Cairo, who jumped from a second-Btory window of her home and was badly injured, was adjudged insane by a commission composed of Drs. J. E. Strong and S. B. Cary. She has been taken to the southern Illi­ nois hospital for insane at Anna. Her condition Is most pitiable, and since the accident she has not been able to move. Veteran it Reunion. William Stoker, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars went to Springfield from his home In Louis­ ville, 111., to attend the reunion of his regiment, the 115th Illinois. Mr. Sto­ ker is 90 years of age, and has prac­ ticed law in Louisville since 1841. He has always been an ardent politician and has talked on the stump in every campaign since that year. Pays for Child's Injury. A judgment was entered in the city court at Alton against the Alton rail­ way gas and electric company in favor of W. B. Rose for $1,470. A suit was entered by Rose against the street railway company for damages sus­ tained by his child, who was run over by one of the street railway company's cars. Injury to a Miner. James January, employed at the Pleasant Plains coal shaft, near Springfield, is suffering with two bro­ ken legs and other injuries, which were received in a mine accident. A premature explosion of a blast caused a quantity of slate to fall, covering the entire lower part of his body. Clay County Farmers. A three days' session of the Clay county farmers' institute will be held at Clay City, Oct. 14, 15, and 16. Prof. Samuel E. Harwood of Carbondale, Prof. E. C. Green of the Illinois Uni­ versity. and W. B. Otwell of Carlinville will address the institute on topics pertaining to agriculture. Anti-Horsethief Society. An anti-horsethief association has been organized at Vandalia by Col. W- T. Baker, of Taylorville. The officers are: President, George L. Smith; vice president, R. C. Cawley; treas­ urer, Charles Suiter; financial secre­ tary, Clyde Simpson; secretary, P. M. Klinefelter. Improves Its Roadway. The bridge and building department of the Illinois Central railroad is en­ gaged in Extensive work on the line between Springfield and Clinton. Bridges all along the line are being raised to conform to the recent grad­ ing of the right of way and the work will probably last all winter. The bridge at Salt creek, five spans, is be­ ing raised 8 feet. The bridge across the Sangamon river, with one span and 635 feet of trestle^ has to be raised 9 feet. Several other structures are being raised similar distances. 8urgical Operation to Remove Spare- rib Swallowed Years Ago. Arnold Cressy, the Alton man who underwent a surgical operation for the removal of a piece of sparerib bone from his intestines, is reported as being somewhat improved in condi­ tion. Crossy swallowed the bone ten years before it became necessary to remove it because of *the obstruction it formed in his intestines. At the time he swallowed the bone Cressy suffered great pain and at frequent in­ tervals as the bone would become dis­ lodged and move downward the man suffered severe pain. It required the ten years' time for the bone to pass through the man's body and at last it reached a point where it was neces­ sary to remove it by a surgical opera­ tion. PLANS VAST ENDOWED A8YLUM Wins Many Prizes. Hon. H. G. McPike, of Alton, one of the best known horticulturists In Illi­ nois, claims the honor of having cap­ tured more prizes at the Illinois state fair than any other individual exhibi­ tor in the fruit prize contests. Mr. McPike captured twenty prizes and took home over $60 in prize money. His new grape the McPike, was in­ strumental in getting most of the prizes for the Alton horticulturist Destroys Many Bridges. A creek near the Delehanty place in Foster township is giving the road and bridge department of the county board much trouble. The board of super­ visors has now authorized the con­ struction of a bridge there that will withstand the frequent floods in the creek. No less than a dozen bridges have been built over the erratic stream, and the efforts of the road commissioners to keep the road pas­ sable have been almost useless. HANDSOME QUEEN. Dr. H. J. Brooks Interests Philan­ thropists in His Pet Scheme. Dr. H. J. Brooks, through whose long-continued efforts a vast endowed asylum for the curable insane Is tak- Mlss Natalie Wilbur, who was elect­ ed as queen of the Elks' carnival at DR. H. J. BROOKS. ing form in Chlcagb, has been a prac­ ticing physician in Elgin for a num­ ber of years, and has been working on his present philanthropic plans for more than five years. He has been connected with several Institutions for the treatment of the Insane in the course of his professional life, and has many ideas as an alienist and special 1st in diseases of the nervous system by which he thinks the percentage of incurable insane can be greatly low ered. Bloomingdale asylum of New York is only partly his model. CINCINNATI ADOPTS NEW STYLE OF ARQHlTECTURi: t rm CINCINNATI'S BEER CASK CAFE. Cincinnati Is to take the lead In a new style of architecture in the form of a building at once artistic and novel. The exterior of the building represents one end of an enormous cask, while the Interior will be an exact reproduction of the Inside of the MI88 %JGGAR TELL8 STORY. Insists 8he Was Married to Million­ aire Bennett in Hoboken. Actress Laura Biggar, who is charged with conspiracy to secure the millions of Henry M. Bennett, made a statement regarding her relations with Mr. Bennett She said: "We were duly married in Hobok­ en. The wedding certificate, called spurious In court the other day, Is genuine. At least, It Is the one given me the night of my wedding and had not left my care until It was handed to the court as evidence of my mar­ riage. "Why did we keep the marriage a secret all these years? Simply this: Mr. Bennett wanted it kept a secret and I had been led like a child to obey him in all things. He wanted It kept a secret because his first wife had been dead only three months when he married me. He had courted me, followed me, pleaded for my love and favor even before the death of his first wife "And yet we never, despite the ap­ parent mystery of It all, made any real secret of our marriage. We were 'Mr. and Mrs. Bennett' on the regis­ ters of the hotels when we went trav­ eling; we were 'Mr. and Mrs. Ben nett' at every store where accounts were charged. I was known as Mr. vesseL The fittings of the interior, such as. tables, chairs, illuminating fixtures* bar and bar trimmings, not forgetting' the music stand, will be miniature casks. These designs have been legally protected. THE STRATTON WILL CONTEST* MISS NATALIE WILBUR. Dixon on Sterling day, is one of the most popular girls of Sterling. She is handsome and accomplished. Demand the Union Label. The wives and other women mem­ bers of the families of Alton labor union men wil hereafter scrutinize all articles of goods bought by them for the union labels indicating that the articles were manufactured by union labor. The Alton trades and labor as­ sembly has authorised its organizers to begin work of forming a woman's label league in Alton, the object of which will be to taboo all articles of household use not manufactured in union labor factories. Poor Prices for Berkshire*. • public sale of Berkshire swine was held at the state fair grounds at Springfield, under the auspices of the American Berkshire association. Jerome A. Leland was manager of this sale, which was a disappoint­ ment to its promoters. Only about forty head of Berkshires were disposed of, these selling at an average price of $36. Report That Son of Dead Millionaire Is Willing to Compromise. A compromise was reached in Stratton will case, whereby the DlSt trict court at Colorado Springs SS» sumed jurisdiction, taking the affair* Buys Cbal Rights; Deeds have been filed for Record At Hlllsboro conveying to G£ot£e H. Harris about 3,540 acres of coal rights in Bois d'Arc and Pitman townships, the consideration amounting to $69,054. Harris is understood to be the repre­ sentative of the Burlington railroad. Methodist Assignments. The following Methodist ministers have been assigned to charges in Montgomery county: Cofteen, W. W. Randle; Donnellson, Charles Koehler; (Fillmore, J. W. Webster; Litchfield, J. N. Eason; Litchfield circuit, Samuel Albrecht. On Superannuated List. Rev. Otto Breuhaus, who has been pastor of the German Evangelical church at Cordes, has resigned from the pastorate. Rev. Breuhaus has been pastor for thirty-seven years and has been placed on the superannuated list of Evangelical pastors. He will go to Elmhurst, 111., where he will re< side with his son. Transfers a Priest Rev. Father Dennis Ryan, who has had charge of the Catholic church at Shipman, has been transferred by Bishop Ryan of Alton to Winchester to succeed Rev. Father Daw, who has gone to Illiopolis. Bond Trustee. O. B. Gorin has been made trustee for the floating of bonds to the amount of $200,000 issued by the Pratt Cereal Oil Company of Decatur. The bonds are to run twenty years and draw 5 per cent To Entertain Knights. The Illinois grand encampment of the Knights of Pythias will be held in Quincy October 21-23. It is expected there will be more than 1,000 visitors there during the encampment. Ar­ rangements are being made for their entertainment. Franklin County Institute. The Franklin county farmers' In­ stitute will be held In Benton Oct. 15 and 16. A premium list has been ar­ ranged and a big meeting is antici­ pated; Injury to Aged Man. W. P. Asklns, engineer at the Illi­ nois Southern railway planing mill at Sparta, while working with a drawing knife accidentally cut a gash about four inches long in his left leg juBt above the knee. Mr, Askin? Is 82 years of age. Building 'Phone Lines. The Rockbridge Telephone com­ pany, a new corporation for Greene county, is now ready for business, and will proceed at once to build about forty miles of line in the eastern part of the county. Pastor's Twentieth Recall. Rev. James Osborn has been unani­ mously recalled to the pastorate of the Baptist church at Troy and be "Will begin the twentieth year of his pas­ torate there at once. Factory Girls' Union. The factory girls of Mattoon have organized a union, with the following officers: President, Miss Kate Pow­ ers; vice president. Miss Rose Vaughn; secretary, Miss Theresa Sav­ age; treasurer, Miss Pearl Walker. Trainmen to Meet. A union meeting of railway train­ men will be held in Flora Oct. 17. J. R. Dodge of Cleveland, O., vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, will deliver an address. Consolidates 'Phone Lines. T. J. Friend has consolidated the various telephone lines in Clay county under one management. The lines are being improved and Flora will be made the center of the system. Isaac Harry Stratton. from the county court on a writ C§..« certiorari. The report that young Stratton is willing to compromise with the execu* tors for $1,000,000 has been glvent wide publicity, but it is not regaredl seriously by persons who have inqulp* ed into the law in the matter, it be­ ing the opinion of all the attorneys who have been questioned about II that the executors have no power; whatever to make any compromise. The entire case is at a standstill now until the certiorari order hgg been argued and decided. % 4 LORD CURZON'S HEALTH POOR* Laura Biggar. Bennett's wife In every line of our daily domestic life. "The care I -tclok of my husband before his death was .such as entitles me, even if I had been nothing more than a nurse to him, to a great share of his wealth. "Conspiracy. What nonsense. What cruelty." ST. LUCIA NOT DISTURBED. Octogenarians at Reunion. Reuben Wilkinson and Fletcher Haines of Taylorville attended a re­ union of Mexican war veterans in Springfield. Both are past 80 years of age. Elder's Headquarters. Rev. Milltkan, who has been pastor of the Nashville Methodist Episcopal church, has removed to Murpbysboro, where he will make his headquarters as presiding elder of this district, to which position be was appointed at the recent conference held at Waverly. Spending His Nickels. John Gambrill, a well-to-do farmer of Fairmount, went to the bank and asked for $20 in nickels. He said he wanted plenty of small change to spend while in Washington attending the G: A. R. encampment. • To 8teck Quarries With Fish. The state fish commissioner has ex­ pressed a willingness to stock the quarries in Huntington county with black bass, application for the spawn having been made by fishermen in the vicinity. Accidents to Farmers. W. B. Osborn, of Carrollton, had one finger torn off in a corn shucker, and Dennis Reece had one hand badly injured in a.threshing machine. Both men are prominent farmers. Farm Transfers. William Clark has sold his 120-acre farm in Bear Creek township to Wil­ liam Jones, the consideration being $12,200. William Bugg sold his 290-acre farm east of Taylorville Tuesday to Ralph Cutler of Moweaqua for $26,100. Get $2,000 Back Pay. The orphan children of Joseph Nich­ ols of Bethalto have been allowed a pension and the accrued back pay due them for their father's and their own pensions will exceed $2,000. Remarkable Fact in Connection With Martinique Disaster; Perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon which presents itself in connection with the volcanic eruptions at Martinique and St. Vincent is that St. Lucia, lying between the two islands, and only about forty miles distant from the seat of seismic dis­ turbance on either side, has never experienced the slightest tremor, nor have any but the faintest sounds been heard by a few persons; and only once, for a few hours, has the fall of ashes caused darkness to the ex­ tent of inconvenience. This Is all the more remarkable In that from St. Kltt's, southward to Trinidad, have distinct earth rumblings been experi­ enced and loud detonations heard. Yet the electrical phenomena, especi­ ally when Mont Peiee has been active, can be distinctly seen from here. Viceroy of India Seriously III at His Official Home. Lord Curzon, viceroy of Tndl&, whO; Is reported seriously ill at his official home in Calcutta, is more intimately known to the people of this country because of bis marriage in 1895 to>; Miss Mary Letter of Chicago. He has'; been prominent in British politics^ since his appointment &S private sec-, retary to Lord Salisbury in 1885, reft-' resented his county in parliament, was undersecretary of state for India, andi previous to bis present appointment > In 1898 was parliamentary secretary' for the foreign affairs department. He has been a great traveler in Oriental countries and a voluminous writer on the various eastern questions.' He is ; - -Is Causes of Epidemics. Dr. Kober, who is chairman of the committee on medical legislation of the Medical Society, District of Colum­ bia, and chairman of the committee on public health, has tabulated 195/ep- idemics of typhoid due to milk infec­ tion. 99 of scarlet fever and 36 of diph­ theria, a total of 330.--Washington let­ ter. A Commendable Enterprise. A commendable enterprise is being organized in Manchester, England, at present, in the shape of a bazaar, to raise funds to endow a hospital bed in honor of Robert Burns, and a child's cot in honor of Sir Walter Scott Long Drought in Argentina. The agricultural and pastoral In­ dustry of the Argentine republic is in a critical condition in consequence Of long-continued drought Family Well Represented. There are two candidates named Brown on the Republican state ticket of Pennsylvania Lord.Curzon. 43 years of age, and was created first Baron Curzon of Kedleston in 1898. < He and his wife have introduced many innovations In the official life oif India, not the least of which has bees charity for the plague-stricken ut ; tiV68. Berlin Birth Statistic*. The number of twins and triplets born In Berlin has steadily risen since 1825. Out of nearly 2,000,000 children born within that period twins were born 22,441 times, triplets 229 and quadruplets three times. During the same period in London twins were born 14,000 times, triplets 75 timee, and quadruplets twice. "~HH Prosperous Hawaiian** Last year tiie income tax brought in nearly $750,000 and disclosed the fact that there were several men in the Hawaiian islands who had incomes of more than $250,000 annually and that the percentage of large incomes to population was vastly greater than It is in England. Must Have License to Smoke Opl Formosa is a country where a must have a license before " h*' flfl| allowed to smoke opium. Hereford Cattle. Of the 1,900 breeders of cattle In the United has 259.