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: ; ' V 4 ' :• Xi:; I •* ̂ •'• • <:S;';.^V-;f . ; . v ' . . - ' ' - V v - V rl ROYAL RESIDENCE FOR IRELAND I r SAID TO HAVE BEEN FIXED UPON w ^the old rumor of a royal residence Ireland has again been revived. 4omt people go so far as to say that Socklngham, the beautiful place In Soscommoa, now occupied by the •:. •i.BO'8 ONE UNKIND SPEECH. dfcrily Time the Late Pope Was Known to Be Bitter. All his life the late Pope Leo was •oted as a wit, but his humor was of toe kindly sort It is said that only «nce did he utter a retort that cut geep. This was in the case of a no- Meman who boasted that he would yut the future pope (Leo was tben cardinal) at a disadvantage. They were fejlow guests one evening and •After dinner the count offered the cardi­ nal his snuffbox. The lid opened with % spring and disclosed an exquisite Tenus painted in terribly frank fash­ ion. Cardinal Pecci looked steadily the painting for a moment, then fee leaned bis head to one side slightly £s if to get a better focus, the other fuests meanwhile standing breathless, finally the cardinal raised his eye- Irows in questioning fashion and said to the count sweetly: "Madam lm •omtesse?" ("Your wifeT") WILL BE BRIGADIER GENERAL. Colonef Thomas H. Barry Is Selected for Promotion. lias been announced at the war gepaiiment that Colonel Thomas L. /ftp BRK?-<S£N- THOS- H- BABRY Barry of the adjutant general's depart­ ment, has been selected for brigadier general in the permanent service to 111 the vacancy caused by the promo­ tion of Gen. Leonard Wood. Maryland's Ex-Governors. Maryland has three living ex-gov­ ernors--William Pinkney White, John Lee Carroll and Elihu El Jackson. Mr. [White has been honored by his fellow Citizens by election to many offices-- mayor of Baltimore, comptroller and Attorney general of the state, United States senator and several positions ef minor importance. He and the two ether ex-governors are all passing "the Closing years of life quietly. Lord Lieutenant, will be the spot fixed upon, and that Lord Dudley's occu­ pancy of It is only a trial trip prepara­ tory to the king taking It up as his abode. MUCH ARID LAND RECLAIM MX Irrigation Has Proved off Great Value to Idaho. As a result of the moat successful engineering wo?k yet done for the reclamation of arid lands, MO,000 acres of land in Idaho hare been thrown open to settlement These lands lie In the valley of the Snake river, in Lincoln and Cassia counties. Through what is known as the Twin Falls canal, the waters of the Snake river are to be lifted IS feet, and through 100 miles of main canal and 1,000 miles of laterals spread over 700 square miles of desert. By this enterprise sources of agri­ cultural wealth in Idaho, which have long lain dormant, will be developed. According to plans 268,000 acres of land from the Public Domain will ul­ timately be brought under irrigation. According to the terms of the oon- tract with the state and national gov­ ernments the canal on the south side of the Snake river will be 65 miles long, 90 feet wide on the bottom at the head, gradually narrowing to IS feet at the other end. It will have a grade of one foot in 5,000, will carry water 9 feet in depth and tu*ve * ca­ pacity of 3,000 feet. ROAD ACROSS THE DESEftT, Arid Colorado Plain Will Soon Be Traversed by Fine Boulevard. Work is now In progress in south­ ern California upon a boulevard in­ tended to pass tnrough the Colorado desert In a straight line from the pro jected town of Rockwood to Calexlco, on the Mexican border. It will be 100 feet wide and thirty-five miles long. Along either side of the boulevard and down the center will be rows of trees to shut off the glare of the des­ ert sun. Also on either side will be small canals, which will not only irrl* gate the shade trees, but also will be utilized to lay the dust, when the road is completed. It will require only two men to care for the entire thirty-live miles. The rapid growth of trees In the desert country will Insure a magnifi­ cent avenue in a very short time. At the international line 14-month-old wil­ lows are growing on the banks of the imperial canal seven Inches in dlam^ eter and thirty feet high. The boule­ vard will give access to the towns of Rockwood, Grawley, Imperial, Bills- bee, Calexlco, Mexlcala, Mexlcula and many new villages. W I.OC-ATIOJC Of ULAXDS J* DISPUTE, The islands near the coast of north Borneo, whose alleged seizure by an American warship has brought a pro­ test from a British company operat­ ing In north Borneo, are Taganao, Baguan, Bakkungsan, i.fbmqn Napoleonic Authority. ftederic Masson, who has just been elected a member of the French acad­ emy, is famed as one of the greatest living authorities on Napoleon. He represents in its most acute phase the French Napoleonic cult. His collection e£ Napoleonic relics Is second to none except that of Prince Roland Bona­ parte. He has spent a lifetime In con­ noting the minutest details of Napo­ leon's public and particularly private Hfe. But M. Masson is more than a mere antiquarian and commentator ^ppon unpublished documents. He has a magic touch which gives life to the personages whom he discusses and it is said that his election to the acad­ emy represents a most important liter­ ary acquisition to that august body. Sarah Bernhardt Still Youthful. The statement is made--not on the authority of the divine Sarah, how­ ever--that lime. Bernhardt will be 59 years old in October. Mme. Bernhardt sa/s she is as old as she looks, and la saying this she makes a safe re­ treat, as the great actress looks 40 or baung, Baeran, and Lankyaa. Al­ though so small their names do not appear on the map, they are import­ ant because of their location which commands Sanakan harbor and Lab- ukay in north Borneo. Conger Was Diplomatic. It is said that at the close of Presi­ dent McKlnley's first term he deter­ mined to appoint John Barrett minis­ ter to China, the post being held by Mr. Conger. The incumbent, hearing of this, obtained leave oi absence and hurried to Washington, called upon the'president and said, after the usual greetings: "Mr. President, has my course In China been satisfactory?" "Oh, most satisfactory," responded Mo Kinley with characteristic amiability. "Then, Mr. President," continued Con­ ger, "can I count on remaining in my position and make my arrangements accordinglyT" Mr. McKinley rather felt that be had been put in a pocket, hot Mr. Conger won reappointment Defaulter for One Cent, The funds in the San Francisco city treasury have been counted, and the treasurer, John EL McDougald, found to be a defaulter to the amount of one cent. It is due to Mr. McDougald to say that he tendered the amount of the deficit to the committee of the city GEN. MILES' GREAT RIDE <|fell-Krio*mvArmy Officer Declare. It *Y*« m Wonderful Achievement s ;i ^ ; •Jii'ias a wonderfuf^persdnal, physl- /al achievement; it was an object les­ son to our younger officers, but as dem­ onstrating anything of practical value beyond these points it is valueless." Gen Theophilus T. Rodenbough, the speaker, had been asked by the New York World for an opinion upon the ninety-mile ride of Gen. Miles from Fort Sill to Fort Reno. Gen. Rode­ nbough, late commanding the Second United States Cavalry, has seen the hardest kind of servicer He left his The Need of Character. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts al­ tered the following admonition at the Worcester summer school: "Consti­ tutions and states, congresses and laws, police and elections, all break down and come to grief unless behind them and underneath them there be human character. You may have all these things, but there will come a time when you must depend upon some Individual to do right." ISLANDS CAUSE OF CONTROVERSY Major-General Nfcisen A* Mllea right arm upon the battle-JUAd of Win­ chester, Va. He was retired from ac­ tive service in 1878 and Is now Secre­ tary of the Military Servioe Institu­ tion and Is also the editor of Its bi­ monthly publication. Gen. Miles was at one,.time President of this institu­ tion. The World representative asked Genr. Rodenbough to express his per­ sonal opinion of Gen. Miles' perform­ ance, both as a veteran and from the standpoint of a man sixty-five years of age; what value the ride would have for the cavalry service, if any, and some statistics of other long distance rides in the service. "Gen. Miles' ride from Fort 8IH to Fort Reno Is a marvelous feat for a man of his age," said Gen. Roden­ bough. "It Is a wonderful tribute to his physical condition, and I do not recall that any man at his time of life has ever undertaken or accom­ plished a similar feat "While there was apparently no ef­ fort to make a record still the time was excellent, and it must stand as an object lesson to our younger car- airy officers. It Bhdws conclusively the result that a careful, even Ufe may produce, even with age as a handicap, and it illustrates the physl* cal advantages a man gains from a life spent in the saddle. "Gen. Miles has virtually spent nis life In the saddle, and without the handicap of years his ride would not be remarkable. He has long been an advocate of long-distance or endure ance rides. I remember at one time 1 had occasion to collect some statis­ tics on such operations, and I found that In 1877 Gen. Miles organized la Arizona practice for acustomlng met and horses to severe work. This was by severe rides across the plains by a party ot 'raiders' followed by an­ other party 'of pursuers' The parties were usually about twenty strong, and I believe Gen.7 Miles took an active part In a number of these rides." GELAYS • GOUT£ TAK£A' BY G£A', rt/L£S GEN. CA88IUS M. CLAY DEAD Famous Kentuckfan Passes Away In His Ninety-Fourth Year. la his fortress-like home at White­ hall, surrounded by his children, some of whom had been exiles from their father's house for years. Gen. Casslus M. Clay died July 22. The man, noted once as a leading abolitionist, diplo­ matist and author, and, in later years, for his choice of a child-wife, his feuds, and his duels, had for some months been losing his former rugged health and lately had been restrained on the ground of insanity. He was 93 years of age. His children were all at his bed­ side. Some of them had not been in their father's house or seen him in ^years, because of his peculiar hal­ lucination that they were in a ven­ detta sworn to kill him. Death was due to general decline from old age. He was found a few days ago desperately 111 and since then has had every care. His children, long estranged because of his eccentricities, were again able to bo with him. The surviving children are: BrntUB J. Clay, prominent in national poll- tics, of Richmond; Miss Laura* Clay, noted as an exponent of woman's suf­ frage, Lexington; Mrs. Dabney Cren­ shaw, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Mary Barr Clay and Mrs. James Bennett, of Rich­ mond, Ky. * Casslus M. Clay was a cousin of Henry Clay. He was born OcL 19, 1810, in Madison county, the son of Green Clay. In 1882 he was graduated from Tale college. He took an early stand against slavery, after hearing a speech by William Lloyd Garrison, and he freed his own servants. After service In the Kentucky Legis­ lature in 1833 and 1839, his anti- slavery views caused hiB defeat, and he started a weekly paper, the True American, at Lexington, advocating the abolition of slavery. His place was often besieged by mobs, and finally was ransacked and the whole outfit shipped out of the state. Clay resumed the publication at Cincinnati. His name became known throughout the oountry and hated in the South. When Lincoln became president. Clay was appointed minister to Rus­ sia, and he did much to hold Russia friendly to the United States. For a short time he served as major general In the Union army, then re­ turned to his post In Russia. He had also served in the Mexican war. Clay took considerable part In na> tional politics. He supported Greeley Not Flattering to Rosebery. Henry Labouchere says that the speeches of Lord Rosebery always re­ mind him of the description given by Prlnco Bismarck of a certain Prussian statesman: "At first he would have an opinion, then he weakened it by self-contradiction, then again an ob­ jection to the contradiction occurred to him until at last nothing remained. He was a clever speaker, but not In­ clined to action. Indeed, he resembled an India rubber ball, which hops, hops and hops, but more feebly every time until it at last comes to a full stop." in 1872 and Tilden in 1876, thea switched to Blaine in 1884 and taking his last stand as a gold Democrat la 1896. Clay was married in 1833 to Miss Mary Jane Warfield of Lexington, Ky. She died many years ago. They had a family of ten children. In 1894, when he was in his eighty fourth year, Clay entered on the final chapter in bis stirring life. The coui^ try had almost forgotten him when he called attention to hlmseli by marry­ ing Dora Richardson, the 16-year-old daughter of a poor xamily of his vi­ cinity. This was the signal for hos­ tilities in the Clay family. The genei* al's sons undertook to use force to prevent the marriage. But the old fighter rallied his servants, armed them, mounted a cannon in his door­ way, and proclaimed martial law gen» ej ally around his old homestead, Whitehall. The general won his battle with his sons, but he could not keep his wlf* The child soon became discontented in the gloomy, barricaded old hous^ Gigantic Missouri Farmer, nomas J. Mosteller of Haxel Run, 8L Francois county, Mo., is the big­ gest man in the state, weighing some­ thing over 600 pounds, and steadily gaining. As an ordinary meal he eats from three to five pounds of meat, usually consuming about a gallon of water at a meal. Mr. Mosteller was of ordinary bulk until in his twenty- fifth year. He is now 49 years old and does some work on his farm, be- councll^but the ^wnbars refused to«^le to move about quU* &#ely --m.m-' ../'l?jirith the aid of a hugs cane. ". The Late Gen. Cssslus M. Ctay. though her aged husband tried to wl* her with presents of dolls and sweet meats. In a few months the girl-wife rag away to marry Riley Brock, a rustic youth. After many attempts to bring ber back. Gen. Clay divorced his young wife and provided a comfortable home for her and her new husband. Ro cently Brock died, and the general again sought to make Dora his wlf^ but she preferred to seek fame oa the stage. Clay was determined to leave all his money to her any way, but here bis family again stepped in, and this time succeeded a few days ago in having the old man restrained on the grounds of insanity. Deserted In Misfortune, Francis Marlon Wells of San Fran­ cisco, sculptor, litterateur, club mem­ ber and well-known man about town, has boen forced by dire Illness and strain of circumstances to apply for admission to the city and county hos» pltaL He is now lying there In a help­ less and pitiable state. Not one sin- gle friend came to him in his distress, although when in affluent circum­ stances his beautiful home and grounds at Berkeley were filled with those who enjoyed the royal hospi­ tality that they were always welcome to there. Future Greatness Unheeded. The father of M. Loubet president of the. French republic, was a farmer In the department of Drome, and his mother, who has reached the age of 89, still resides on the farm where her son was born. The planets un­ der which be first saw the light, ae* cording to the astrologers, foretold an elevation for him, but the Loubet family never dreamed then of con* suiting the stars; they were QU)ceoe> copied with the crops. Illinois News Items State Happenings Succinctly Told by Our Special Correspondents RELIEF FUND IS APPORTIONED Madison County Emergency Commit* tee Submits Final Report. The emergency committee of the Madison county board of supervisors, composed of John Elble of Alton. William Reinhart of Saline and Lem Southard of Chouteau township has completed the distribution of the relief fund subscribed by citizens of the county for the recent flood sufferers. The total amount subscribed in the different townships was $2,560, which was apportioned by the committee as follows: Venice township, 40 per cent; Namcoki and Chouteau town­ ships, each 30 per cent A portion of the money will be used in purchasing seew wheat and other supplies for renters on bottom farms who have lost everything they had. NOTIFIES DOCTORS TO OBEY LAW Secretary Egan Calls Attention to Birth and Death Certificates. Circulars have been sent out by Secretary Egan of the State Board of Health to 9,700 physicians of Illinois, calling their attention to the new cer­ tificates of deaths and births, which they are required by law to fill out and return to the county clerk, and In Chicago and Peoria, to the commis­ sioner of health, in the cases of births, and In the cases of deaths to the State Board of Health, except in cities where burial permits are issued. He accom­ panied the circular with sample certifi­ cates and with a circular Issued by FATHER KILLS SON WITH CLU$ Quarrel Over Mules That Broke InHP.^vt t t • Field Has Fatal Ending. $ Deputy Sheriff Throgmorton antf * 1 ' County Treasurer Sheeves arrested John Stubblefleld of Blalrsvillat charged with the crime of killing his son, W. E. Stubblefleld, aged 21 yearCk It appears that the father and soft were alone at work some distance from the house when trouble broke out over some mules that had broken into the field, and this led to the tragedy. The father claims that the son was the aggressor and that he threw a small club at the young maa. Inflicting a wound from which he died. He managed to get his victim to the the United States census office on "The Relation of Physicians to Mor- 1 house, where he lay about 24 houx% tallty Statistics." Secretary Egan says unknown to his neighbors, and was HONOR FOR LAWYER. Assistant State's Attorney Frank W. Blair, who has been elected prealdent of the Illinois State's Attorneys' asso­ ciation, has been connected with the "state's attorney's office at Chicago for yy.SLAA? seven years. He is a Republican, bnt has never been active in politics. Mr. Blair resides in Englewood and is sec­ retary of the Englewood Baptist Church board of deacons. He was born in Olney, 111., and moved to Chi­ cago In 189L Levee Report. The commissioners of the Chouteau, Nameokl and Venice drainage and levee district have submitted to Judge Hillskotter of the Madison county court a detailed report of the damage done by the recent flood to the levees of the district No estimate of the cost of repairing the levees was fur­ nished, but the commissioners asked that an expert, engineer be employed to investigate conditions in the dis­ trict and furnish an estimate of the cost of repairs necessary to place the levee In good condition. This was granted by the court, and the Investi­ gation will be made early In order that the commissioners may make up their assessment-roll. 8hoots Gray Wolf. William Pryor, a farmer near Duck Hollow, shot a large gray wolf which was in his pig pen. The animal weighed 66 pounds and measured 4 feet from the tip of his nose to the end of his tall. Pryor has lost much stock during the past year, which was devoured by wolves, there being a pack of twenty-five of them In the dense forest around Duck Hollow, and they have become very bold. Pryor collected the $5 bounty from the coun­ ty for the one be killed. 8ues Loyal Americans. Roy Withrow has brought suit In the Circuit court at Springfield to re- oover on a life Insurance policy car­ ried by the late Arthur M. Withrow with the Loyal Americans for $2,000, Young, Withrow claims that his father had the policy canccled just before his death and that the defendants took ad< vantage of him because he was not of sound mind. Holiday for Clerks.- The movement to have the stores dose at 1 o'clock Wednesday after­ noon Is meeting with the approval of the merchants of Springfield, and most of the leading storekeepers have agreed to close, and henceforth dur­ ing the summer months Wednesday afternoon will be a holiday. Gets Good Berth. W. ,F. Sinclair of Upper Alton, a member of the executive committee of the Glass Bottle Blowers' associa­ tion of America, has been appointed superintendent of the Litchfield glass works, and will remodel and rebuild the factories. Elks to Give a Play. The Alton lodge of Elks is prepar­ ing to give a play two nights, Dec. 17 and 18, in Temple theater. All the parts will be taken by home talcnL Freight Wreck. A freight train was wrecked on the Chicago, Peoria & St. Paul near Chau­ tauqua. Five carloads of rock were thrown from the track while rounding a curve, and traffic over the line was obstructed for several hours. Grief Dethrones Reason. The death of her sister has preyed so heavily on the mind of Mrs. Mary J. Lovejoy of Springfield that she has lost her mind. She has been declared Insane in the county court, and will be taken to Jacksonville. Ceal Options. Within the past six months options on 16,000 acres of coal lands have been tsken in Marion and Clinton counties by parties representing the Chicago, Burlington St Quincy Railroad com­ pany and the Weaver Goal company of Chicago. the new law requiring the return of the certificates of death to the State Beard of Health is being very general­ ly complied with. - Italian Romance. - Paat Farreenteli and Agnes Peecar- re were wedded at Murphysboro in spite of the fact that her father had vowed the marriage should not occur till the lover placed $500 In gold in one of the Murphysboro banks in the old man's name. The lovers are resi­ dents of Little Italy, north of Murphys­ boro, and Paul believed the money could be used to better advantage in furnishing the little home he had pro­ vided for his bride, so the lovers met early one morning and drove to Car- bondale, where the girl took a train for Marion, and remained at the home oi friend. The father was angered when he learned of his daughter's flight and threatened vengeance. After a few days he was approached by friends who succeeded in reconciling him to the inevitable, and he forgave the lovers and gave them his blessing. A big celebration was beld at his home to which all Little Italy was invited. New Road to State Fair. Springfield is eagerly awaiting the action of the Chicago & Alton officials and committee of the state board of agriculture, who are considering im­ provements In transportation facili­ ties to and from the state fair grounds. The Chicago A Alton pro­ poses to construct a newvrpad to the ground and complete a transportation system that will be capable of hand­ ling nearly 40,000 people in an hour If necessary. The present transportation facilities are very poor. Runaway Accident. While Mrs. John Muren and h'er children /^rere driving home from St. Luke's church, Belleville, their horse was frightened by a dog and ran away. The occupants of the carriage were thrown to the ground and Mrs. Mu- ren's right arm was broken. Her son, Norbert, sustained a severe gash in one of his legs, and the other children, Lee and Rosa, were badly bruised. -* Rushing Railway Bridge. Work on t^e Illinois Central bridge at Cairo is going forward with a rush. Three or four piled rivers are employed and a large force of men and teams are engaged on the work all along from the Mobile and Ohio "Y" to the waterworks. A force of men are at work at the Big Four crossing exca­ vating, and the concrete men have a large force employed. Survey Interurban. The surveyors for the proposed In terurban electric railroad from Evans-' vllle, Ind., to East St. Louis have com pleted the survey to Belleville and will survey a line from Salem to Centralla and to connect with the main survey southwest of Centralla. It Is the In­ tention of the syndicate to Include all the Important towns In this section. that condition when a brother-in-iaw by chance called in and discovered the unconscious man, where he had beO for hours without treatment A <ia& tor war called, but did not arrive upca the scene until after the young EMB had passed away. BAPTI8T UNION HEAfc At the recent session of the Intce national Baptist Young People's m 4 JOHN H. CHAFMAM. held at Atlanta, Ga., John H. of. Chicago was signally honored fa? re-election to the position of prcstdcat Children Must Attend Softool. County Superintendent James M, Hill expects to enforce vigorously the law regarding school attendance. Be expects soon to send out circulars te the school boards In Jefferson county informing them of their duty, and If in the fall there are children of sohed age out of school he will bave the pa­ rents brought into court. There seeme to be many parents who toep, tM|t children out.of schooL ^ 0 C Unusual AffllcfTbiii. * Bert Hazeltine, night hostler at the Kelser livery stables, met with • strange accident at Alton. He went swimming in the river and while dto ing was blinded by his face striking in soft black mud, which filled hie eyes. He attempted to wash the mat from his eyes, but could not, and wag taken to a livery stable near by, where a physician was called. It is said he will recover his sight. ' '3 :*i -*j To Improve Ctfjfc The business men of Rosemoed have organized a business men's asso­ ciation, with S. R. Weaver as presl* dent, James McKee secretary and A. B. Smith treasurer. A committee wae appointed to pay for laying new waflor in the village. »v r *•". Births and Deaths. Reports received by County Clerk Reuter from the various parts of Washington county for the three months ended June 30. show that the number of deaths for that period was less than during the preceding three months, while the number of births was greater. Forty-nine deaths were reported and 116 births. Italian Boys Drown. Martlno Oberto and Angelo Zuarise of Murphysboro were drowned in a pond near Duquoin. They were Ital­ ians, aged 14 and 16, and were riding a raft when they fell in. fr'i 8mall Damage Award. r Thomas King, the Springfield miner who brought suit against the Victor Coal company for $5,000 damages Hot Injuries received in a dust explosion, was awarded $100. Jury of Colored Men. For the first time in the history of Alexander county a Jury w&s secured recently which was made up entirely of colored men. The case was that of Granville Edwards, who was charged with killing a colored woman at Gale and throwing her body into a well. A verdict was brought in of "not guilty." Teachers' Reunion. The school teachers of Jefferson county will bold a reunion Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28 and 29. A special program will be rendered at. the Mount Vernon courthouse. Recognizes Union. William Drake of the Drake boiler works at Springfield, whose, employes have been on a strike, has recognized the union, granted the raise in wages demanded by the men and Work at the plant has been resumed. jfe: Half Crop of Hay. The hay crop In Jefferson county will probably not be over a half crop this year, though the grass is compar­ atively free of weeds and of a superior Engines Are Disabled. Two freight trains on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois collided just north of Salem. The engines were disabled and several cars demolished. The train crews saved themsglves by Jumping. Miners' 8trlke. Owing to a disagreement among the shot flrers at the Victor mine at Paw­ nee, the 200 miners employed there walked out. Secretary-Treasurer Ryan of the Illinois United Mine Workers and T. J. Parsons of Rlvertou will try to settle the strike. • Splinter Causes Lockjaw. Bessie Crowder, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Crow­ der of Mattoon, is critically 111 with lockjaw, caused by running a splinter lato ker foot Hamlin Is Orator. ^ Attorney General H. J. Hamffti 'wffl *'" deliver an address at the annual pio- nlc of the Christian County Old Sol­ diers' association at Taylorvllle, Bcet*.'"^ f 2 and 3. Makes Fortune in Alaska. - Theodore W. Stanley, who hae*. amassed a fortune in the Alaska mines. Is a visitor at the home of hlh uncle, Theodore Jonte, in Mattoon. Sunday 8chool Convention. The annual Cass county Sunday ' K school convention, of which J. J. Ber- ' gen of Virginia is president, will be . JfAli held at Beardstowu Aug. 27 aisi'lfc -* ' • Piatt County Fair. The Piatt county fair, which wiffl be held at Monticello Aug. 24-28. wltt " •'$ offer premiums aggrpyat[ng sides special prises. >TP-W t Pays Big Damages^ The Quincy Gas & Electric coal pany has paid F. W. Heckenkamp, Jfe, as guardian of Bernard Bauman, $1(,- 073.63, the sum being awarded Bate- man by the Adams county circutt court for damages received from a ttfl wire. , , •P-B Deputy Game Warden. O. M. Burnett of Nashville has bemi; / appointed deputy state game commis­ sioner for Washington county by State Game Commissioner Lovejoy of Roe- «°» pan From Scaffold. W. P. Munselle and John Saulsbcrry, carpenters, working on a building ffc Centralla. were thrown to the ground by the scaffolding giving away. Muft> telle suffered a broken arm and berry was considerably braise^ • *1 kM' State Saloonkeepers. The Quincy saloonkeepers' assocla^ tlon has appointed Its committees aad is making ample preparation for tak­ ing care of t^te state salooakeepeiiT convention, which will be held SepC