SP5P?5 OF THE LEGISLATURE Measures Under Considera tion in the Capitoi afar:-% <!**•. &?%>•€ ^ • i A' ' ̂ Springfield. -SENATE COMMITTEES READY . Dame Remer Assigns the Chairman- •hips in the Upper House--Speaker . Miller List Is Stiii Unfinished--More f»*y for 8tate Official*. tj»e standing committees of the Men- ate are practically made up by the • committee appointed to select the com mittees. This committee consists of Senators Evans, Hughes, Pemberton, Campbell and Berry. It is understood that the principal committee chairman ships will be distributed in this way: Appropriations, Gardner; banks and banking, Small; corporations. Hall; judiciary, Humphrey; insurance, Berry; enrolled and engrossed bills, Pemberton; municipalities, Mueller; warehouses, Farnum; live stock, and dairying, Hughes; civil service reform, Juul; waterways and drainage, Clark; education, Fuller; mines and mining, Hamilton; county and township or ganization, Andrus; rules, McKenzie; contingent expenses, Campbell; roads --and bridges, McCabe; railroads, Townsend; licenses and miscellanies, Evans; military, Fort; canals and riv < ers, Barr; elections, Riley; agriculture, Dun lap ; public accounts, Parker. This last is a new committee cre ated to receive and act on certain bills, which Senator Parker proposes to introduce. Senator Parker has a plan of uniform accounts to be kept by state institutions and this he will em- b«dy In bills he has prepared. By this system, Senator Parker holds, a com parison of the workings in the differ ent state institutions can be made frgm the biennial reports of the vari- -4HM* state boards. Miller Still at Work. Speaker Miller said that he Is not ready to make announcements as to any chairmanships at present. The house committees will not be an nounced till next week. Gossip has it that Curtis will head the committee on ^appropriations; Owens, civil service reform; Chiperfleld, penal and reform atory institutions; Morris, elections; Brew, labor and industrial affairs; LLindly, judiciary, and Snurtleff, live steek and dairying. To Discuss Convict Labor. The various convict-labor bills intro duced are sure to provoke considerable -discussion during the session. The •Chiperfleld bill proposes that convicts shall be employed as far as possible iu making supplies for inmates in othdl* state institutions. The Drew bill con templates employment of convicts in -making road material, making roads, And working on the Illinois and Michi gan canal. . The methods of the Chiperfleld bill liave been in operation in New York for several years, and Mr. Chiperfleld says the results there are satisfactory to all concerned, according to the late reports of the New York prison au thorities. Objection to the Drew bill that may be urged is that some of its provisions approach t|je chain-gang system such as is in vogue in a num ber of Southern states, but which has been rejected by all Northern states. Propose Salary Increase. A bill to increase the salaries of all principal state officers in Illinois will be presented to the legislature. A •careful canvass of the two houses has been made and there Is every reason to believe the bill can be passd. The schedule of salaries to be pre sented in this bill is as follows: Governor, $10,000 or $12,000; attor ney general, $7,500; secretary 6f state, $6,000; auditor public accounts, $6,- 000; treasurer, $6,000; lieutenant gov ernor, $2,500. This is a big increase, amounting to - almost 100 per cent for all these offi cials. None of the present officials can ben efit by the new schedule as the consti tution forbids the changing of the pay of an f/lcial during the term for which be was elected. There is also talk of a bill to i%! crease the salaries of members of the legislature. Under the present law members receive $1,000 for each ses sion. making a senator's job worth $2,000 and a house member's $1,000. "In addition they receive $5 per day for service during an extra session, called by the governor. The proposition now under discussion is to raise the pay to $2,000 per session. Child Labor Law. The new child labor bill will be Introduced at Springfield this week. The measure was declared ready for passage by a committee of the Child- Savirg league after a meeting at Hull House, Chicago. Among the additions to the proposed bill is a section defining dangerous oc cupations from whici child laborers are to be barred. Sixty kinds of em- New Coal Company. The Ideal Ccal company has been organized with a capital stock of $50, 000, for the purpose ot sinking a shaft near Pocahontas, A six and a half-foot vein of coal has been found at a'depth of $39 feet. Was Pioneer of Marlon. Mrs. Margaret Siple. widow -ot the late Solomon Slpe, and a pioneer resi dent of Marion county, died at her b,ome, eight miles east of Salem. She yam -79 years old. Death Coincidence. A strange coincidence occurred in Madison in the death of Mrs. Mary Bolka of Saline, aged 48 years, and her fton, Fred, aged 17 years, at Glen Car bon, fifteen miles distant, at exactly ffce same hour. ' < Contribute Coal. M. Oppenheim and Paul Dussair of Quincy are asking those favored with a supply of coal to each contribute a bucketful trom their jplle for the poor. Many loads of coal are being secured ,tW» »***• jLlAk.:.. ployment are prohibited. Chief among these are the operation of machinery and elevators, the manufacture of paints and colors, operation of cir cular and band saws and stamping machines, working among powerful acids and tending steam boilers. The section regarding proof of the age of child laborers was strengthened by the insertion of a clause provid ing for the presentation of a certificate of birth, baptism and school atten dance before the issuance of a labor permit issuance of Certificates. Tie ne« Dill lifts from the shoulders of the fact Dry inspector the respon sibility ot investigating age certifi cates by aaving the certificates issued generally by the school authorities. A section aimed against the transfer of certificates provided for a description of the child to whom it is issued. No child lnay be employed who cannot read and write. The employment of children under 14 years of age in concert halls or theaters where liquor is sold is pro hibited. Tne employment cf gins un der 16 years of age where they must constantly stand is prohibited. No per son under 16 years old may be per mitted to work more than sixty hours a week, or ten hours a day, and sue) employment must be between 6 a. m and 7 p. m. Parents or guardians permitting children under age to labor are made liable to a fine of from $5 to $100 Falsely attesting to age certificates is to be punished by a fine of from $£ to $25. Employers violating the law are made liable to finis of trom *6 to $100. ' Local Option. The local option bill prepared by the Anti-saloon league of Illinois will l)e Introduced in both senate . and house this week, and ministers from the pulpit of at least 1,000 Illinois churches will deliver sermons in ac cord with the saloon reform movement next Sunday. A letter compaign con ducted by Superintendent William H. Anderson of the league has preceded this movement for the proposed local option bill. Tnonsands of letters have been mailed to clergymen and prom inent church workers in the state. The missives call upon the church people to instruct their representatives in the legislature to vote for the bill. Judicial Reapportionment. Republican state leaders are formu lating plans for a judicial apportion ment of the state as a means of strengthening the organization In southern Illinois and rewarding some of the faithful who stood by Miller and Hcpkins in the speakership and sena torial contests. The details of the plan are not disclosed, but it is known that a scheme is under consideration to gerrymander the second, third and fourth judicial circuits, which are now solidly Democratic. The first district, which takes in the southernmost part of the state, is strongly Republican, all the constituent counties with the exception ofv Union being Republican. The second, third and fourth districts comprise twenty-eight counties bound ing the first district on the north. These three districts, it is figured, can be made Republican by adding coun ties from the first district and the fifth and sixth districts, all of which are solidly Republican and all of which elected three Republican judges each In 1887. The state was apportioned into judi cial circuits in 1897. Each district elected three judges for a term of six yoars, the salaries being S3.500 a year. The terms of the incumbent, there fore, will expire next June and those who have discussed the plan say the Republicans, having a big majority in both branches of the legislature, ought to have little trouble in making the apportionment to suit themselves. The Sherman men, it is asserted, would not dare to bolt an appointment meas ure, and in fact would not be vitally interested in a southern judicial gerry mander in view of the fact that most of them live In the northern part of the state. To Draft Convict Bill. Governor Yates' labor commission and the members of, the* legis lative committee appointed by the state federation of labor met jointly at the Leland hotel and appointed a sub committee to draft a convict labpr bill. The subcommittee was instructed to draw a bill that the laboring inter ests will agree on and present it at another joint meeting to be held here next Thursday. The subcommittee was named as follows: Adam Menche, president State Federation of Labor; C. L. Fields^ack cf Chicago and David Haggins of Murphysboro, members of the legislative committee of the State Federation of Labor; C. L. McClure, president ofv the Chester penitentiary board; E. J. Murphy, warden of the Joliet penitentiary, and M. M. Mallory, superintendent of the Pontiac reforma tory. Springfield Is coming to the front again with her demands for another appropriation for tne "state arsenal," wbica is another name for the state convection hall the state Is paying for When the last assembly voted $15u,u00 Springfield agreed to give the ground and see that the building was com pleted without further state aid. Goes to State Normal. Miss Edith Hull, for five years past a teachor In the Springfield teachers' training school, has accepted the position of critic teacher in the north ern state normal school at DeKalb, to have charge of the work in the third and fourth grades. Carpenters Raise Scale. t Anderson union carpenters announce that their wage scale for the year will be 35 cents an hour, an increase of 5 cents. JFAVORS NATIONAL CONTROL, " £ OF COAL MINES AND ROADS •i ill. Judge Has Good Record. , The report of Judge Broady of the Adams county circuit court shows that in the past five years and a half that he has disposed of 2,346 cases, and that only two of his decisions had been reversed by the higher courts. Has Old Book. George Neary of Edwardsville is the possessor of a book printed In 1767. it Is entitled, "An Essay on Faith," written by John Rotheram, M. A., Rec tor of Ryton. county of Durham, and efe*pic4»,fe Biatop Durham, Congressman John J. Jenkins, ,, the chairman of the house judiciary com mittee, who introduced the resolution favoring government seizure of the coal mines and coal railroads, repre sents the Tenth district of Wisconsin, and has been continuously a member, of congress since 1895. He lives at Chippewa Falls, Wis., and was a for mer county judge. He has been a Re publican since the civil war. One of the most radical propositions yet made to settle the coal problem was offered in the house of representa tives Jan. 14,, and it came from a source which seemed to entitle it to instant recognition. Representative Jenkins of Wisconsin, who is no tyro in legislation, but who, on the con trary, is chairman of the judiciary committee of the house, and who from that fact is presumed to be a good con stitutional lawyer, offered a resolution which provides in brief that the gov- tlons confronting our people," said Representative Jenkins, in discussing his proposition. "By this resolution I am calling attention to a power that I believe exists and should be developed. U is one of the sovereign inherent rights of the government. The situa tion is not as favorable for the exer cise of that power as during last Sep tember, but conditions are much worse. Coal is a necessary of life. The people cannot obtain it and are suffering greatly for the want of it. Therefore, it is within the power of congress In such a case to declare that an exigency has arisen for the exercise of the power of eminent domain, and this declaration is not open to in quiry by the courts. "It is not the price of coal that cre ates the exigency, but the fact that the people cannot obtain it, and that conditions are growing worse dally. Hence, it becomes the duty of the gov- ILLINOIS STATE NEWS mjamxrjr FLORA WOMEN ARE PRACTICAL Aid Church by Joining Building anjfr' Loan Association. The ladles' aid society of the Meth odist Episcopal church of Flora main taining $2,000 in shares of stock in building and loan association which is the nucleus of a fund to apply toward the building of a new church. Mrs. J. M. Stephens is president and Mrs. J. B. Gahan secretary of the organize tion. The Baptist, First Presbyterian, United Brethren and the First Chris tian churches all have new houses of worship and the ladies' auxiliary of the First Methodist Episcopal has also started a fund for a handsome new edifice. PERFORM AN ODD CEREMONY TAKE POLICE OUT OF POLITICS both seize and operate not only the ernment of the United States shall coal mines but the transportation com panies Which carry the product, and in this way distribute coal to the peo ple. Such a proposition coming from an obscure member of the bouse would not have attracted any more attention than dozens of others quite as radical. But a bill of this kind offered by the chairman of the judiciary committee acted upon the members of the house like a dash of cold water, and seemed to bring them to., a realization of the fact that the country has reached a condition where ordinary constitution al methods must be succeeded by ex traordinary and almost socialistic ex pedients. Mr. Jenkins did not offer his resolu tion In an Idle moment, but after care fully thinking it out. He is undoubt edly a good lawyer, and his position at the head of the great committee which Is even now formulating the anti-trust legislation entitles him to more than the usual credit for his actions. That his proposition is radical in the extreme everyone must concede, but It is also apparent that nothing but the presence of a great crisis could have induced him to father such a proposition. Mr. Jenkins has previous ly gone on record as asserting that the government could not regulate the trusts without a constitutional amend ment. Not only does Mr. Jenkins assume complete responsibility for his actions, but he justifies them by the gravity of the crisis which the country is now facing. He does not propose to sup ply the county with free coal, but he does believe that the time has come when, to prevent widespread famine and hardship, it has become necessary for the United States government as an act of supreme sovereignty to give the people an opportunity to provide themselves with coal at a fair price. What he is after is merely to use the power of the national government to see that all the coal possible to be mined is mined, and thereupon also to see that It is distributed on an equitable basis to all sections and all classes in the country. "For some time we have been call ing attention to a want of power on the part of the federal government to A Story With a Moral. Mrs. Laura J. Hosier of Anderson. Ind., has an odd suit on her hands. She gave her brother, George W. Over- shiner, a remedy to cure him of the liquor habit. The remedy proved ef fective. Mr. Overshiner declares that he did not wish to be cured of the drink habit, was not aware that the 'Cure was being administered to him and has sued his sister for $5,000 for destroying his thirst. To Serve University Better. Br, ^William F. Warren has resigned frem the presidency of Boston uni versity. He has taken this action in the belief that he can better serve the university in his professorship in the theological school, a position which bas been retained by him through all his years as president. y _ V- A Mixed Population. British Guiana is the most cosmo politan of British colonies, the popula tion consisting of an admixture of Dutch, French, British and American colonists, East Indian cot^ie^and the aborigines of the country deal with the many perplexing qnei- ernment to exercise this attribute of sovereignty and relieve the distress not by buying coal for the people, but by providing that they can buy it. "This is the first time In history this nation could justly exercise that right of control. Unquestionably the power exists, as certainly as the exigency is present. "We cannot sit here Idly and listen to the cries of pain and suffering from all parts of the country without doing something that will promptly bring substantial relief. The powerful mo nopolies sapping the life blood of the people to add to their wealth must al low conscience to control them, or in a short time a suffering people will be aroused so that no power will control them, for they are not going to suffer longer and submit to this continual robbery. They know that the coal question is but an index to what is coming. "The greed of the monopolies is so great they overlook everything but the acquisition of wealth at the expense and suffering of a nation of people. Let tne monopolies treat the people as fair ly as they do the almighty dollar, and there will be no complaint. "It is to be regretted that In an In telligent nation like this, controlled by Christian Influences, where the people are the government, such a radical ex ercise of power is even deemed neces sary. It is not a step in the direction of government ownership, it can only be justified by the exigency of the situ ation; and it can only remain In force until the cause for the condition la re moved." The World's Lumber King. Thomas B. Walker, who has been In vestigating Pacific coast forests for many years, says the Minneapolis Journal, bas returned to Minneapolis after an absence of six months, the holder of enough timber lands to give him the title of lumber king of the world. Mr. Walker now owns the largest tracts of pine timber pos sessed by any person or firm in the country. In northwestern California he has purchased standing timber tracts which will last for manufacture sixty years. A 200-mile railroad will be built through the tract Mr. Walk er's time will be devoted to develop ment of this timber land. Measure Earth's Inequalities. Chief Rogers of the department of education, reports that one of the most interesting exhibits of the University of Illinois at the St. Louis World's Fair will be a dynometer car, an in vention of the mechanical department of the university. The invention meas ures Inequalities in track surface. A car now used by the Illinois Central railroad la to be exhibited at the expo sition. Prizes for Literary Success. Since 1897 the government of Fin land bas anually distributed prizes for the best products in belles lettres. The recipients of the prizes for 1902 are Dr. Leino, who got about $400, for an historic drama; Maila Taloia (Mme. Mikhola), who got $325 for a novel; E. Tgengren, $300 for lyrics, and T. Pak- hola, $250 for a. comedy. *1' -I'jfv. . -K. i a 1 rfe: -area% • • / 4^ Steamship Built In Dublin.- For the first time in over thirty years a steamer has been launched from a Dublin shipyard. Sh6 is owned in Liverpool and will be engined at Qlaagow. Illinois Patrolmen Draft Measure for Submission to Legislature. Police Sergeant Fred Spears of the tpringfield force, secretary of the II-nois patrolmen's association, is au thority for the statement that the biil drafted by a committee of that asso ciation and providing that the police forces in cities throughout the state be taken out of politics will be pre sented to the legislature soon. The merchants of Elgin at a recent meet ing adopted resolutions favoring the measure, and similar action is ex pected at the coming meeting of the Springfield business men's association. Trouble for Whltecappera. The whitecapping case which recent ly stirred Stanford township promises to get into the courts and may even tually result disastrously for those Im plicated in the affair. The victim, Milton Kenley has sworn out warrants for eight of his tormentor?, charging |hem with riot, and they will await the action of the grand jury. Kenley, it is said, rendered himself obnoxious to his neighbors by reason of his con duct and one night a crowd of men called him from his house, escorted him a mile down the highway and warned him against appearing in the commun ity again. Rabbis Blest Mill at Alton In Order to \ Get Passover Flour. "Rabbis from Chicago blessed the mill of the Sparks milling company at Alton while the milled turned out 1,200 barrels of a certain grade of flour to be used by Chicago Hebrews in making unleavened bread for the ap proaching feast of the passover, which is universally observed by people oi the Hebrew race. The arrangements were made with the Alton flour mill to manufacture the flour for the Chicago Jews, and the grade of the flour was fixed by the rabbis. They made a thorough inspection of the flour sev eral days before the mill started grind ing it, and had the samples analyzed in order that it might be up to the re quirements. The rabbis could not speak English, and their business transactions were conducted through an Alton Russian Jew. In the Hebrew tongue the blessing was pronounced on the mill and t£e flour that would be made therein, and then the mill began grinding. The contract was filled in one run of twenty-four hours. TRAGEDY FOLLOWS POLITICAL ATTACK IN SOUTH CAROLINA* Lieut. Gov. Tillman Shoots Narcise* «j Gonzales, Editor of the Columbia J| State, on Public Street. James H. Tillman, lieutenant go*»J§ ernor of South Carolina and nephew of United States Senator Benjamin "$0 Tillman, paid a debt of political hat* red by shooting Narclsso Gener Gon» zaleB, editor of tha Columbia Stato ^ and one of the most widely known men of South Carolina, on one of th«:« principal Btreets of the capital of thai ~ J? state Jan. 15. j The attack was made In Maftl / street, at the Gervala street craB%.;;P|jjj ing, in the very shadows of the statn capitoi, from where Tillman nad jus*. come after presiding over a meeting NEW CORPORATIONS. Makes Terms With Road. After several weeks of contention the difficulty between the city of Sa lem and the Baltimore and Ohio South western railroad company has been satisfactorily adjusted. The city coun cil accepted the terms offered by the railroad company, the latter agreeing to give the city its former train ser vice and pay all costs of the suits. The city speed ordinance was repealed by the council. Elks are Charitable. The Alton lodge of Elka through the Alton provident association, has distributed blankets and underwear to poor people in Alton, to relieve suffer ing among those unable to provide clothing to protect them from the cold weather. Coal being almost Im possible to get the provident associa tion will relieve suffering in other ways as much as possible. Divides His Property. George Pasfleld of Springfield has ccnveyed 3,200 acres of land in Chris tian county to his three children, Mrs. Emma Kreider Arthur Pasfleld and George Pasfleld, Jr. The considera tion was $1. The land Is valued at more than $200,000 and embraces all the real estate holdings of Mr. Pas fleld in the county. Plumbers Want More Pay. Alton plumbers and steam fitters have notified the masters of that craft that they will demand an in crease of wages amounting to $1 a day, beginning April 1. The men are now being paid $3.50 a day, and will ask for $4.50. It is said that the de mand will be acceded to on the date set. The following corporations have been licensed by the secretary of state: Bleaching and Dyeing. Fox River Bleaching and Dyeing company of Aurora; to bleach, dye, finish and trade in textile fabrics; cap ital stock, $20,000. Incorporators-- W. M. Mercer S. M. McAdam and O. W. Banks. Electric Light. Freeport Electric company of Free- port; to operate an electric light, heat and power plant; capital stock, $5,000. Incorporators--Alpheus P. Goddard, William N. Cronkite and Alpheus J. Goddard. Elevator. Gridley Elevator company of Grid- ley; to deal in grain, coal, live stock and lumber; capital stock, $10,000. In corporators--Frederick Frey, Patrick Welch and Peter Rich. Dry Good*. fcynn. Fain ft Davis Dry Goods com pany of Carrollton; to do a general mercantile business; capital stock, $30,006. Incorporators--Luther Lynn, Richard G. Fain and Edgar L. Davis. Meat Packing. Myer Packing company of National stock yards; to do a general meat packing business; capital stock, $15,* 000. Incorporators--Joseph Nebel, S. P. Daniels and A. O. Godalr. Machinery. Symonds Manufacturing company of East St. Louis; to manufacture ma chinery; capital stock, $5,000. Incor- porators--Herbert Symonds, Arthur F. Symonds and John R. Rathbone. Boots and Shoes. Union shoe, works of Rockford; td manufacture boots and shoes; capital stock, $10,000. Incorporators--C. G. Peterson, L. O. Berg and A. L. Brolin. mmmj.ff.muwr Increase In Rural Delivery. A comparison of the business of the Tural free delivery routes In Sangamon county In December of last year with the same month of the previous year shows a startling increase. The fig ures are as follows: December, 1901--^ Total number of pieces delivered, 26,- 322; total collected 2,475; total can cellation, 6,976. December, 1902-^-To- tal number of pieces delivered, 35,912; total collected, 4,008; total cancella tion, 8,144. This increase of business has been gradual through all the months of the past year. FREE CARNEGIE LIBRARY AT jERSEYyiLLE. ILL A Carnegie library is to be built at Jerseyville, the donation by Mr. Car negie being $15,000. The Jerseyville building will have space for 25,000 Business Men Banquet. The annual banquet of the Blooming- ton Business Men's association was one of the most brilliant events of the kind in the history of the organization. Five hundred members attended and many of them made speeches sugges tive of means to promote the welfare of the city, Tne year recently closed has been the most prosperous in the history of tne city. Plans were in formally discussed for still further in creasing the business of the city dur ing the coming year. Woman Burns to Death. Ella Fitzgerald, aged 20 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James, Fitz gerald of Quincy, attempted to replen ish a lighted lamp with gasoline and the flames reached the oil can, causing an explosion and setting flre to the girl's clothing. She was badly burned and died from her injuries. Clinton County Teachers. " The Clinton county teachers' elation will hold a meeting in Trenton Saturday, Jan. 31. The program con tains several interesting numbers. volumes, and will have general read ing-room, juvepile reading-room, and reference-rgom. Farm Bargain. Mrs. Julia D. Ramsay has disposed of her farm, containing 334 acres, two miles southeast of Carlyle, to Ernest Weihl of Washington county; consid eration, $9,500. Mosquito Has Smallpox. Twenty-six cases of smallpox ex ist in Mosquito township and all those afflicted have been quarantined. The disease was first diagnosed aa chick- enpox. Injury to Mine Driver. William Boettcher, a driver in the Sangamon Coal company's shaft near Springfield, was caught between a pit car and a prop and badly crushed. His left leg was so severely injured that it may be necessary to resort to am putation. Masonic Board of Control. Quincy Masonic board of control has elected Dr. J. H. Rice chairman, L. P. Schaefer secretary an<^ S. A. Lee treas urer; Dr. Rice. P. A. Klefer and Harry Cofield, executive com puttee,. . . f t . of the senate. A score of men of political prominence witnessed the as sault. The bullet from the lieuten ant governor's weapon passed clear through Gonzales' body, and the ut most medical skill oniy served to keep the editor alive tor four days. TUl" man la in jaiL The shooting took place at 2 o'clodll Gonzales was walking home alone from his office to lunch. Tillma® left the statehouse just after the sen ate adjourned. He came out of th# statehouse accompanied by Senator Talbord of Beaujont and Senator / Brown of Darlington, and was joined by Congressman-elect Wyatt Aikea and former Representative Dominick, The party met. Gonzales at the tuna of Main and Gervais streets. One of Tillman's escorts says lM thinks Tillman said: "I received yo«r message," and then fired. The other companions of Tillman say they did not hear anything, but think they would have heard any- words if thejr were spoken. The cause of the shooting was that during the recent primary election Gonzales bitterly opposed Tillman in his race for governor. During the campaign Gonzales in his paper called Tillman a "debauchee and blackguard" and denounced him as a "criminal candidate" and a "proven liar." * f The trouble between the two men first grew out of a fight between Sen ator Tillman and Senator McLaurln on the Loor of the Senate. Major Micah Jenkins, who had served with Roosevelt's rough riders in Cuba, was to have been presented with a sword by the people of South Carolina. Th# presentation was to have been mad* by President Roosevelt. When Pres ident Roosevelt withdrew his invita tion to a atate dinner In Washington, which he had sent Senator Tillman, because of the fight, Lieutenant Gad1- ernor Tillman withdrew the Invitation to the President to present the sword. Gonzales took up the matter in h|S paper and bitterly denounced Lieutsfir ant Governor Tillman. t Tillman once challenged Gonsaiflt to a duel, but was ignored. Gonzales is a member of a famous fighting family, being the son of Am brose Jose Gonzalps who, with Nar clsso Lopez, began the struggle for Cuban independence in 1848. He 1*/ T now 45 years old. He himself served in the ranks of the Cuban Insurgents in 1835, when he went to Cuba and enlisted aas> a scout with General Gomez, doing notab^ip*. for the insurgent army. £ t' , - x A, ^ y~"Tfr' Gray Hair in Fashion. Red hair, which has for so long bee® considered the smartest kind of top knot a woman could wear, has a rivaL The latest news from Paris tells as that gray hair is the most stylish shade. Other colors may be thought pretty, but silvery locks are in fash ion not only for the elderly but for th* young ladies as well. It is said that nothing is more becoming to a fr«M young face than the delicate effect of soft grey framing. This would seem like a return to the coiffures of Queen ̂ ^ Anne's day. * ij • • • • " ' " / • • . Winter Qw>-- For evening wear much filet lace tn worn made with flowing sleeves and full bodices, clasped round the walsfc with smart belts. It is far better to an. lect brown, or, if it suits you. red* for red is very well worn, especially kilt pleated and trimmed with che nille. White satin Is always to thn fore, and there is nothing better for evening wear now, but It should b* soft and clinging and requires muek trimming, either in the form -oC flounces at the hem or embroidery all over. • ' 'V > •** •> if Jit!