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' • "', • . '* " '-i ;'*t'V' v v THREE GERMAN WARSHIPS , m, BOMBARD VENEZUELAN FORT fe: if THEVTNEm The bombardment of the Venesnelan v'£yJ, -.fort of San Carlos by the three Ger- ;•J >man cruisers Vlneta, Panther and Falke was resumed Jan. 22!. The Pan­ ther's bombardment ot the fort the p previous day had been Ineffective, the ,i|,V. Venezuelan gunners serving their vjrP'eces with more skill and driving the ' », Twelve dead and fifteen badly wounded Venezuelan soldiers were one ip|^ ' of the results of the day's engagement, v% •-, Tbe Vineta and the Falke were close \-£\ . together during the attack, and nearer (S\> the fort than the Pantber. The first • 'two vessels at a range of four and a ^\,,v half miles poured in a continuous rain pj^ ;.f-;of shell upon the fort, and only , - stopped firing with the advent of dusk. ; At 6 o'clock the German vessels re- * ~ vtired seaward, after having made a second ineffectual attempt to land troops in the village of San Carlos, ^situated at the base of the fort. of his had invested all their money In the enterprise and were doing very well until they struck a spell of rainy weather. This soon used up all their profits and the sheriff was about to take possession when they telegraphed to Patterson. The latter was then a struggling young lawyer, recently out of college, but he managed to scrape together a couple of thousand dollars. This he brought to Michigan, where the show was stranded, and good weather having set in tbe enterprise was Boon making money again. Pat­ terson stayed by his friends two weeks and at the close of the season they sold out at a hanasome profit. GREAT CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY. Celebrated Teacher of French. Charles Rozan, who for the past fifty years has acted as special teach- ef of French to German diplomats ap­ pointed to Paris, has lately received the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia and that of St. Michael of Bavaria. Later a newspaper correspondent. GSKtlAft UtR'lwM AMCAKLQ*, Mr:-v t / t:+ ^accompanied by a government tel­ egrapher bearing a telegram from President Castro to the commandant ^ ; of San Carlos, landed on the Island |W,V#nd entered the fort. \ ' The walls were terribly battered and fe- there were many evidences of the P ? fierce engagement. It was seen that a IfH ' igreat many of the German shells bad ;;not exploded. The walls of the fort * . |whlch face toward the entrance of the ' flake suffered particularly and were '®reatly damaged. '&•;< ' • It is estimated by the commandant, fe*v%3en. Bello, that the German ships fired jfciore than 1,600 shells at Fort San Yf i Warlos. ' In Berlin official circles it is believed fVVj';that the bombardment of Fort San v ' - v&rlos was by direct order of the kals- |j$' , '^Mr, who, as admiral-in-chief, is direct- ,*ng all German operations in Venezue- ,'lftn waters. The kaiser does not com- -^^ri-iiiuiiicate orders to Commander Sche- r-;s» ^"..tler through official media, but cables to him directly. t Senator as a Circus Man. ,rj Senator "Tom" Patterson of Colo­ rado says that one of the most enjoy- iltble periods in his life was two weeks %e spent traveling with a circus In •Kmthern Michigan. Two young friends The orders were presented to tbe Frenchman by Prince Radolin, Ger­ man ambassador, and Baron von der Thann, the Bavarian minister. Mr. Rozan first came in touch with the German embassy in 1852, "when he was introduced to some officers, who, being satisfied with his teaching, rec­ ommended him to the embassy. He says that his German pupils were always intellectual and preferred tbem to his French scholars, who did not always profit by his lessons. Should Wear Evening Clothes. Oscar Hammerstein. the New York theater manager, is a great stickler for evening dress at the playhouse, especially among guests of the man­ agement. "Tbe least a deadhead can do," he says, "is to dress up. It makes me tired to see a man in free seats In a sack suit. If he and his friends are in evening dress they look like $4. even if they ain't. And another thing--I don't like the idea of critics coming to my house on first nights In other than evening clothes." James J. Hill a Unique and Striking Personality. Of the captains of industry whose names are household wordB to-day, J. J. Hill easily leads as the subject of sensational anecdotes. Mr. Hill made his Initial appearance on the planet In Guelph, Ont., in 1838, and is therefore about 64 years of age at present writ* ing. A recent picture of him shows that while time has whitened his hair and beard and much extended the area of his forehead, it has not dimin­ ished the vigor of pose and feature that in his appearance is so marked a Quantity. It is said of him that he has a passion for giving explicit or­ ders governing the details of the en­ terprises in which he Is engaged. He loves the sensation of direct responsi­ bility and to be obeyed explicitly. He holds the record for suddenness in decapitating chiefs of department, and he performs the operation with even more cheerful alacrity than he would cut off a fllesman in the ranks of his employes. Yet in spite of this he is said to be a very kindly man, sympa­ thetic and generous, and it is alleged that many a man has been fired sum­ marily from a position to find himself just as summarily ordered to report to fill another. « A Well-Known Name. Daniel Webster Brown, of the moun­ tain district of Tennessee, was run­ ning for congress and was waging a hot campaign. Daniel had once trav­ eled as far as Knoxvill«>, a fact that made his constituents look up to him with awe as having "seen the world." His opponent had not traveled as far, but still possesses much of the native wit that makes the dwellers of the mountain region famous. Daniel was not ashamed of blowing his own horn, and one day in the course of a speech said: "Yes, the name of Daniel Web­ ster Brown Is known from Maine to Call " "You bet two-thirds of It Is, anyhow," broke in the opponent* and the laugh that followed ended the campaign. Englishman's Adventurous Life. Sir Alexander Condie Stephen, K, C. M. G., has been in many capitals, from Teheran to Paris, and he can speak in five or six tongues. He has frequently been employed on very special and sometimes dangerous ser­ vice; as In Afghanistan, when, at the time of the "Penjdeh Incident," he made his famous ride of six days with dispatches, starting at an hour's no­ tice, and crossing Russia and Persia in nineteen days. Money to Be Long Unused. Goiehi Abe, a coal dealer of Tokio, has deposited $600 in a local bank, with instructions that it is to remain there at compound interest for 250 years. Whichever of his posterity is then alive will become possessed of • Ms fortune. Bishop Denounces "Bargains." 'p-i " Addressing the Consumers' League ^ i® New York, Bishop Potter denounced i^Vthe modern passion for bargains. "You (fv^-jouinat buy anything off a bargain x ̂ jiounter," be said, "without being able, * ::;^|f your mental eye be sharp, to find K.-^'Hlie stain of blood upon It" The ."ibishop urged his hearers to "ask im- V£ortant Q"eatIons" about conditions in every shop and to insist on answers jto their questions. In this way they f^fconld help do away with sweat shop tind ether abuses. Immense Yield of Gold. V b • year's time the yield of gold jfrdm the Rand mines will probably v/teach twenty millions sterling annu­ ally. California at its best never pro- *^fluced more than $65,000,000, and at . .'present products only $15,000,000. Income of the Pope. .7 The Pope's Income is $1,400,000, ;; one-seventh of which is guaranteed ^ by the Emperor of Austria; another %•- &e7«nth comes from vested Interests, r end (he. remainder Is derived from v Pvtei's Pence. . e A Case of True Devotion. Miss Elizabeth Jordan, the novelist, has a Norwegian maid who is enor­ mously proud of belonging to the same nation as Henrik Ibsen. When she dis­ covered that her new mistress also wrote books she bestowed on Miss Jordan most deferential and assidu­ ous attention. Meanwhile the maid had been suffering from a variety of minor ailments. Miss Jordan mildly suggested that the girl ta«e better care of herself, but the devoted maid said fervently: Ob, ma'am, it don't matter about me. The world don't need me, but you and Ibsen has got to be took care of right." The Georgia Office Seeker. ."When a Georgian leaves his state to move to another," declared Con­ gressman Livingston, "he just packs up his wagon, loads in his wife and children, calls the dogs and starts. He keeps a-goin' until he finds a desirable place. But he won't ever unpack until he finds a place with a county office vacant. When he finds such a place the Georgian unpacks his wagon, set­ tles down and runs for that office." Monument to Cherokee Soldier. The council of the Cherokee nation has decided to erect a monument to mark the grave of George Lowrey, who played an important part in the affairs in the nft-tion from 1790 to 1850, or thereabouts. Lowrey ^served as a captain of horse under Andrew Jack­ son throughout the war of 1812 and he and his Cherokees fought for the government in subsequent Indian- wars. Different. Sort of Limit. "Heavenly day!" cried the etont woman as she and several of her com­ panions pushed their way on a crowd­ ed car. "There simply ought to be a limit to these cars!" "There is, madam!" snapped a man upon whose foot she was standing. "The trouble is that there's no limit to the peo­ ple." London's Old Roman Wall. Parts of London's old Roman wall have been laid bare by the house­ breakers now engaged in the demoli­ tion of Christ?* hospital, Npwgate street PROCEEDINGS OF THE MORE Measures Under Considera- tfon in the Capitol at";,:'- , ^ Springfield. - 1 * \V*" ••• •'• NAMING COMMltfEES Speaker Miller Said to Be Employing Dilatory Tactics in Order to Strengthen His Forces by Acces­ sions From Ranks of 8hermanitee. Speaker Miller says that he does not expect to announce the house com­ mittees, except, possibly, the commit­ tees on appropriations and contingent expenses and the steering committee, before next week. The general as­ sembly will in consequence do little more this week than receive bills. The senate committees will be announced Thursday morning. Announcement of tbe bouse commit­ tees is delayed by the effort to cap­ ture a Sheraianite here and there with a good committee place. Details of Scheme. The plan of operations and ultimate object appear to be about like tisis: By careful nursing the "organization" hopes to capture for immediate use ten or fifteen of the Shermanites who can be depended on to vote with reas­ onable regularity with Speaker Mil­ ler's friends. That many, withAhe original forty-nine Milierites, (>ill make a greater number of votes at the speaker's command than the Demo­ crats have, since their total is sixty- two, and some of them will absent themselves most of the time. When that time comes the Miller Republi­ cans will be able to outvote the Dem­ ocrats on all such questions as resolu­ tions, motions of procedure and so on, whenever the Shermanites abstain from voting, as they did the day Speaker Miller was overruled on the Tlppit resolution. Meets With Success. Then the Shermanites must either openly separate from their party fel­ lows and vote with the Democrats, or get into line as good party men. When that condition shall have been brought about the Miller men think they will have no difficulty in convincing enough more Shermanites Of the futility of "sulking" to make seventy-seven--Re­ publican votes on almost any question, and so leave. Sherman "marooned" with his ten or eleven hostiles. - This plan is said to be meeting with con­ siderable success. The longer the an­ nouncement of the committees can be withheld tbe more chance of the ulti­ mate object attained. Civil Service la Threatened- Out of the growling of members un­ der their breath comes an impression stronger than ever that civil service legislation is endangered, by the oppor­ tunity given to enemies of civil serv­ ice, both secret and opon, by contro­ versy over the respective merits of the governor's bill and the Illinois Civil Service association bill. Tbe governor appreciates the situation, but does not see his way clear to taking a hand in the fight until it becomes more acute. Robert Mather and Wallace Heck- man of Chicago, officers of tbe Illinois Civil Service association, told the gov­ ernor when here that they were not In sympathy with the controversy raised in the house between the two bills, when Representative Austin, af­ ter the governor's bill had been re­ ferred to committee, tried to have the association's bill advanced to second reading without reference. He also understood from them that they did not regard the difference between their bill and his bill as irreconcilable. Enemies of civil service, nevertheless, appear to be gettin gready to make much of those differences. Special Attorneys. Declaratory legislation, setting forth that the attorney general is the legal officer of the state and forbidding the employment of special attorneys to transact public business is to be in­ troduced into the general assembly at an early date. Accompanying it will be a demand for a legislative investi­ gation of the practice of employing special lawyers for state boards, as well as for the sanitary district of Chicago. Men at Springfield who claim to be well informed declare that within the last five or six years the state has spent fully $200,000 for legal work which could have been performed and should properly have been performed by the officers elected for that pur­ pose. Of this amount the board of tbe Illinois and Michigan canal alone has spent something like $50,000. The report for the last year has not yet been published, but for the rfix pre­ ceding years the amount is $42,702.04. 8ome of the Extras. Howard Suapp of Joliet is tbe at­ torney for the canal board and his compensation is fixed at $1,500 per Cash Donations. Cash donations of $25 each have been received by. the treasurers of tbe Epworth league and ladies' aid of the M. E. church, and $50 by the sec­ retary of the library board at Beards- town. Tbe donor is Mrs. Mary Garm. To Address Teachers. Supt, E. E. Van Cleve of the Carlyle high school will deliver an address be­ fore the meeting of the eastern Illinois teachers' association, to be held in Shelbyville on February 14. More Money for Schools. The Upper Alton school board bas started in circulation a petition call­ ing on the Upper Alton village board to increase its appropriation for pub­ lic schools in the viliage for next year. It is alleged that the present appro­ priation is insufficient. " To Grade Frisco Road. Preparations are being made to be­ gin tbe work of grading the new Frisco railroad between Hillsboro and Mitchell as soon jm the weather will permit work. . ' _ ( annum. He assumed his office Aug. 1, 1898, and the reports which have been issued show what he has re­ ceived up to Nov. 30, 1901. His salary for this period was $5,000, but Mr. Snapp was so industrious that he was permitted to draw a matter of $16,402 in the way of special fees, as well as expenses to the amount of $572. But Mr. 8napp's extra work did not Include all the legal labor that was necessary to the canal board during this time. Chiperfleld & Chiperfleld of Canton, of which firm Representa­ tive B. M. Chiperfleld is a member, in tbe year 1900 received a fee of $5,000, and In preceding years they got in various bills which make the aggregate up to the time of the pub­ lication of the reports now made pub­ lic $6,349.03. Healy & O'Donnell, lawyers of Jol­ iet, turned in bills aggregating $1,349. Garnsay & Knox, another Joliet firm, likewise secured $4,710.48. Lincoln & Stead of Chicago drew $6,600, and Cus­ ter, Goddard & Griffin got $226 from the board for legal services. Preparing for Work. -The week in the Illinois legislature will be given over to work preliminary to the real legislative business. Com­ mittees are to be appointed and all the details arranged. The senate is ready for business and its^leaders have practically agreed upon its programme. Tbe House, having a factional di­ vision in its majority which must be dealt with delicately and with diplo­ macy, will not find itself as ready as the Senate in tbe matter of getting down to work. Speaker Miller bas been busily engaged ever since his election in the consideration of his committee list. He will have some of the committees ready for announcement this week, but it is not believed the full list will be ready to give oi\t before Feb. 1. The followers of Speaker Sherman must not be lost sight of, and the at­ titude of the Sherman men up to this time indicates that they purpose work­ ing together during the session, but they have not yet shown to what ex­ tent they will go in the way of inde­ pendent action. It is now pretty generally believed that the House will adopt the rules of the last session. The Democrats have some amend­ ments to propose, and it is understood the Sherman men will support a prop- ositiou to have a roll call on all ques­ tions of appointing special committees for investigations and the like. it Is expected that a large number of bills will be introduced in the Sen­ ate and House during the week. Al­ ready more than 100 bills are pending and many more are expected. Militia Appropriation. A bill calling for an appropriation of $350,000 per annum for the mainten­ ance of the national guard for the two years beginning July 1 Is now being drafted by the Adjutant General's de­ partment. The bill provides for the raising of tbe per capita allowance of $25.33 given a guardsman by the state to a total of $40 per annum. This money is to defray all expenses of traveling, armory rent, clothes, am­ munition, sustenance, and "per diem in­ curred by the state through its mili­ tiamen. General Smith, In speaking on the subject, said: "Tbe armory rents .In Illinois al­ ready amount to between $85,000 and $90,000 a year. The rents in Chicago are enormous. An appropriation of $40 to the man. with the assistance we get from the Federal government un­ der the provisions of the Dick bill just passed, vill give Illinois such a na­ tional guard that she may be proud of." General Smith quotes the militia per capita allowance in other states to show that Illinois is behind. Here are the figures given: Connecticut, $55.32; Massachusetts, $40.12: Pennsyl­ vania, $40.70; Wisconsin, $40,16; Mich­ igan, $37.64; Minnesota. $32.01; New York, $31.94: Ohio. $30.70; New Jer­ sey. $28.89; West Virginia, $28.89; In­ diana, $27.40. Death of F. A. Hoffman. Francis Arnold Hoffman. lieutenant governor of Illinois in the stirring years of the rebellion when Richard Yates was war governor, and distin­ guished as a writer and a worker in the cause of his countrymen who sought a new life in America, died yesterday at his country home on Riverside Farm, in Jefferson county. Wisconsin, aged 80 years. He had been failing in health for several weeks, but held to his labors of writ­ ing on agricultural topics for tbe en­ lightenment of the German farming folk, with whom he was immensely popular all over the Northwest, until within a few days of his death. Odds and Ends. Daniel J. Hogan's appointment ftS in­ ternal revenue collector for the south­ ern Illinois district at Cairo is now a certainty. Hogan will resign as grain registrar at Chicago and return to his old hunting grounds. Considerable discussion is going cpi favoring the anti-pass law for Illinois on the lines of the Wisconsin law. Judge Ricks' New Secretary. W. E. Wheeler of Edward&^ille has resigned as private secretary-Uo Su­ preme Judge J. B. Ricks of Taylorville. He will be succeeded by James L. Drennan of tbe law firm of Hogan ft Drennan of Taylorville. State Teachers' Test. Announcement has just been made that the annual examination for state teachers' certificates will be held at tbe state normal university July' 21 to 24. Hay's NepheVv to Wed. The engagement of Lieut. Ned Hay^ son of Hon. and Mrs. Charles E. Hay of Springfield, nephew of Secretary of State John Hay, to Miss Jane Roby of Decatur has been informally an­ nounced. The wedding will occur in March. Lieut. Hay is a graduate of West Point and has just returned on a leave of absence, after serving with the 23d United States infantry as first lieutenant in China and later in the Philippines. Miss Roby is a well-known society leader of central Illinois. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS CHANCE FOR INTERURBAN ROAD VICTIM OF FAST EXPRESS TRAIN Line From Carlinville to Springfield Likely to Tap Coal Fielda. The citizens of Carlinville and Macoupin county are again exercised over the apparently immediate pros­ pects for securing an interurban elec­ tric railway to' Springfield, the recent election of officers and offering for sale of the stock in that city being the nucleus for the hopes. It is the plan so the officers say, to construct the road to Girard this year. The right of way has been secured to Carlinville. including a franchise through that city, the latter having expired, how­ ever, by limitation, but the Commer­ cial club stands ready to guarantee the replenishing of the contract giving the company the franchise. It is the in­ tention of Milton McClure, who has secured the 40,000 acres of coal rights south of Carlinville, to induce the company to divert its course south ot the city through his possessions, thus opening up the greatest coal field in the state. At Gillespie the road will connect with the Big Four and inter­ sect the large coal field in that vicin­ ity recently consolidated by Mr. Dor- sey, on which prospecting is BOW very active. SANDOVAL COAL MINE IS SOLD Marshalls Buy Up All the Stock and Are Sole Owners. A change has been made in the own­ ership of the coal mine in Sandoval. The mine is operated by the Sandoval coal and mining company. Large blocks of stock have been held by James Martin and Charles Hull of Salem and John Robertson and Chas. Patterson of Sandoval. The other largest stockholders are T. B. Mar­ shall an(L Oscar Marshall of Salem. The MarA<alls have bought up all of the stock, and are now sole owners of the Sandoval shaft. It is valued at $100,000. Supt. Middleton will remain in charge. He will also look after the Kinmundy mine, which is also owned by the Marshall interests. Miner Is Killed. Chris Brandhorst, a miner, was In stantly killed iu the Murray mines near Nashville, through the premature explosion of a charge, lie had just finished loading his second charge, his first effort being attendant with no sign of danger. For the second time he lighted his fuse, but before he could reach a place of safety the explosion occurred, several parts of the flying debris hitting him, causing a deep gash to be be inflicted on his forehead and resulting in his almost instantaneous death. Deceased was 56 years old and is survived by a widow «nd six chil­ dren. Miners Return to Work. The striking miners at tbe new shaft of the Citizens' coal company, near Springfield, resumed work, as did the strikers at the Spaulding shaft. Tbe grievance or the former con­ cerned. an alleged unreasonable re­ quest of a pit boss and of the latter the scarcity of pit cars. The differ­ ences were amicably adjusted by the local officers of the United Mine Workers of America. W. C. T. U. Crusade. The members of the Woman's Chris­ tian Temperance union in Mnrphys- boro are continuing their crusade against Sunday saloons, and as a re­ sult of their efforts warrants have been issued by Justice R. E. Doty against the offenders. The constable, however, has failed to serve tbe war­ rants and several citisens are offer­ ing to do so if called upon. Shoots a Prairie Wolf. George Hueberner, a WaferToo farmer residing near the Renault grant, shot a prairie wolf recently while hunting. The animal was 2 feet high and 4 feet long. Mr. Hueberner received a $5 bounty from the county clerk, Albert Gouen, and he then sold the bide to the county clerk for $2.50. Mr. Gouen has sent the hide to a taxi­ dermist to have it mounted. Has Mania for Dogs. Alfred J. Bealeau, a prominent citi­ zen of Eldorado, was adjudged insane and sent to the asylum at Anna, III- His hallucination is that if he can get a corner on all tbe dogs in the United States a fortune can be made, and to this end every cent of money, as any other thing of value which he possesses, he Bpent for worthless spe­ cies of canine. Retail Merchants' Banquet. A committee of the Alton retail merchants' association is making ex­ tensive preparations for the banquet to be given at Turner hall as the clos­ ing feature of the convention to be held Feb. 10 and 11. The program for the meetlng*ls being prepared by the state officers. Find New Coal Mines. Another coal mine bas been started in the North Alton district and the prospects are that North Alton will regain ItsPold-tlme importance as a mining town. A mine is being opened on the Luly dairy farm and all the coal rights there are being negotiated for* The vein is three feet thick and the quality of coal is excellent. It ap­ pears on a side of a hill, and it will be necessary only to make a "drift" in the hill to uncover a paying mine. More Money for Schools. The Upper Alton school board has started in circulation a petition call­ ing on the Upper Alton village board to increase its appropriation lor pub­ lic schools in the village for uext year. It Is alleged that the preeent appro­ priation is Insufficient. To Grade Frisco Road. Preparations are being made to be­ gin the work of grading the »ew Frisco railroad between Hillsboro and Mitchell as soon as the weather will l"™" ' Body ef Upper Alton Man ie Carrie* Down the Track. William H. Wightman of Upper Al­ ton was instantly killed by the ChK cago and Alton midnight special at the; College avenue crossing over the cut­ off track, east of Upper Alton. Wight- man was going to Fosterburg for a. load of coal, and was driving a team attached to a heavy farm wagon. The. ' midnight special was running at the rate of seventy miles an hour, down a steep grade and on a straight stretch Of track, when Wightman was caught on the crossing. His wagon was de­ molished, one horse was killed and Wightman's mangled body was car­ ried a long distance down the track. The train was under such great speed: that it ran nearly a half mile before it( could be stopped after the accident. WANTS TO HEAD WOODMEN. Judge Frederick G. White, who h*»^ decided that he will be a candidate* for head consul of the Order of Mod-0 ern Woodmen before tbe national con-) vention at Indianapolis in June, isrV now state consul for Illinois, and i»1: a well known politician and jurist of .'a»v«s m m •y-m • \JbDae Fa Bloomibgton. He began his career aa a section hand on tbe Chicago and Al­ ton railroad, saved his money, studied > law, entered politics, and has succes-, sively filled the posts of assessor,, circuit clerk and county judge. Judge White is only 30 years old. Palmer Monument. The work of securing a monimieafer to the memory of the late Gen. John M. Palmer, to be erected in Carlinville.^; is meeting with tbe hearty Indorse­ ment of both men and women all over- the state of Illinois and throughout the several states where he was lovedET and admired. Milton McClure, the? father of the movement, who is a life-* ; long friend and neighbor of the dead senator, governor and soldier, Is in re-i ceipt of letters from many old friends of Senator Palmer over the state," promising to assist in securing the:" passage of the bill in the legislature at the present session. < Jackson County Teachers. (- Mrs. Emma M. Bryan, county iraipep-^u.s^ Intendent of schools for Jackson coun- ty, has announced that no teachers* VrW: c e r t i f i c a t e s w i l l b e r e n e w e d d u r i n g t b e * ~ • present year. Examinations will be onuv'4-| April 4, May 2. June 8-12 and Julyr^ 24-25. In tbe test in orthography and;^ penmanship all the papers will graded on a scale of 100 snd no di-*.-'^^ rect paper on the subjecta wtt^jte pr»- - sen ted for examination. Farmers' Officers. At the annual meeting of the Fane- I; era' social and economic union, held" in Sparta, the following officers were '•£" elected: President, Scott Crews; vice ' president, George H. Winter; secre-^'Ay: tary, E. B. Hunter; treasurer, A. J. Cross; lecturer, John W. Jones; or-' 'if', ganizer, M. Birkner; editor, W. D. /it Crews; trustees--G. S .Reinhardt. E. ' Jf? B. Hunter. F. Blaiad. an4 .WUU«JB M," . 'k\ Hunter. , '•'•isV.* Falls Into Vat of Paint. Edwin A. Clark, a painter employed^ by the Sattley manufacturing com- '* pany at Springfield, fell into a largo'-'1 vat of paint The vat was several •>. M-- feet deep, and he had to support him- •1 self by swimming until help arrived. > A physician was called and rendered. f^jf assistance in cleaning the peiat oat * of his eyea. , Bible Society Officers. ^ The Sangamon County Bible Asso­ ciation has elected officers for the fob .' lowing year as follows: President./ Maj. J. E. K. Herrick; vice-president, • Samuel Lewis; secretary. Prof. H. S. Magill; treasurer, L. H. Coleman; ways and means committee. Rev. J. >; E. Rogers. Prof. A. AndenMNk, ML 3L:y Horn and Frank T. Kuhl. Industrial Home for Blind.,. , , The ninth annual report of tlm fcfr- dustrial home for the blind at Chicago has been filed with Gov. Yates. report says the home Is taxed to its utmost capacity and that it bas been necessary during the past year te re­ fuse admission to many worthy ap­ plicants. The receipts during the year ending Jan. 1, 1903, were $59,941.36, and tbe expenditures $59,(41.39, leav­ ing a balance on hand the first ot year of $399.97. Inspects Qulney Home. Miss Lou Hamilton of Upper Altoa visited Quincy as the official inspector ot the Women's Relief corps of Illi­ nois to make an inspection of the sol­ diers' home at Quincy. Miss Hamil­ ton will make report of the condition of the home to the state organization ot Woman's Relief congr$«». \ Want Memorial Hall. a ^ The^iiincy posts ami organizations of army veterans are making a united elfort to secure funds for either buy- ttjf a* bvildiqt a mqporla! luriL . ; * ̂ adz* *