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\n L:;•'3v"•::» T.' •*-*;W"'**-*f& - :y/?;/V;^l ;&v?:-• ••" - -.. : wpki. >^,V^'s-4^< ^V « ^js°^t'-."':tf, *<?* rW £ ^ .1 y *-"* *<?.-K WORDS THAT ARE OBSOLETE. ?:; NOTED FIGHTER IN COMMAND 4 OF AMERICAN PANAMA FLEET i«i ~aS*. i.. # Hear Admiral Henry Glass, now to command of the American forces at Panama, has a distinguished record as a fighting sailor. He served throughout the civil war in a brill­ iant manner, and during the Spanish war convoyed the first division of troops to Manila, and incidentally captureji the Ladrone Islands. Admii* NEW DIPLOMAT 13 POPULAR. Those Who Know Him Think Highly of Sir Mortimer Durand. One who has served under Sir Mor- ' timer Durand, the new British ambas­ sador to this country, sums up the "baronet in this fashion: "He has always been a beau ideal of an Eng- 'lish gentleman and diplomatist, with­ out fear and without reproach. It has been said that he is one of the few ' men who can wear the diplomatic uni­ form without looking ridiculous in it. With strangers he has a grave, dig­ nified and very polite, though some- .what distant, manner, hut in reality he possesses a most genial disposi­ tion, and is gentle and tender-hearted M a woman." New Confederate Soldier*' Heme. - The Confederate home at Beauvoir, Miss., the late residence of Jefferson Davis, is soon to be opened for the Reception of impoverished Confeder­ ate soldiers. Forty indigent veter­ ans have already applied for admis­ sion. Captain James Stone of Green- . Vllle, Miss., has' been appointed su­ perintendent. The home is to be pre­ sented to the state of Mississippi at the next session of the legislature, in January, and until that time the ex­ penses will be borne by private can- tributions obtained by the Daughters <of the Confederacy. There are now thirty or forty confederate veterans In the county poorhouseB of the state, pud it is hoped to gather them all in the home. •Joe" Chamberlain's Daughter Hers. 1 "While Joseph Chamberlain is work­ ing to abolish free trade in England Ids daughter, Miss Beatrice Mary Chamberlain, is in this country study­ ing its institutions with a view of im­ proving conditions in her native land. With the strong intellectuality that Characterizes all members of her family, Miss Chamberlain refused to 1»e content with following society routine, so she became a sociologist and educator. She is devoting special attention to. schools, though she was much interested in New York's sky ' licraper buildings, its big bridges, " :gubway, elevated railroads, etc. Five Youthful Congressmen. The five youngest members of the feouse of representatives in Washing­ ton are Benton Lee French, Idaho's <ine member, the baby of the house, -#ho has just turned his twenty-e'ghth ;year; Morris Sheppard of the first ^fexas district, three months older "than French; Frederick Laudls of the •Sleventh Indiana, aged 30; Asbury Francis Lever, seventh South Caro­ lina, not yet 29, and Thomas William . Eardwick, tenth Georgia, who has yat to see his thirty-first year. Molineux Records Stand. Roland B. Molineux cannot compel the return to him of the photographs and Bertillon records constituting the . .personal record of his case In the of- Jkce of the superintendent of the state prison department, New York% The • „ -appellate court at Albany has affirmed -fee order of Justice Howard, denying Mollneux's application for a peremp­ tory mandamus. ** Astors Sell New York Property. The Astors are gradually disposing •f their real estate foldings in the tenement district of New York. Sev­ eral parcels have been sold in the past four or five years and this week a block in the same section was dis­ posed of. Emperor Honors Militarism. The Austrian emperor the other day £ive a golden chain to a widow at raunau whose twelve musical sons, ' - after serving in the army, have form- ad a military family band. al Glass, who was appointed to the navy from Illinois in 1860, is a mem­ ber of various military and naval or* ders, and received his appointment aa rear admiral in 1901. He was born in Kentucky Jan. 7, 1844. A volume on marine international law was written by him in 1885, and is consid­ ered an authority. PERSIAN RUGS FOR STATESMEN. The Most Magnificent Ever Placed In the Capitol. The latest congressional fad is for Persian rugs, three of which, worth $2,000 each, are in the speaker's lobby on the house side. These are the fin­ est rugs ever seen in the capitol, be­ ing handsomer even than anything on the senate side. The rugs are so fine that some of the new members showed an unwillingness to walk on them until they saw the pages and other house employes throwing cigar­ ettes and cigar butts on them. "We'd better take down some of those pic­ tures on the walls and hang up the rugs," declared CoL Ike Hill, the Dem­ ocratic "whip" of the house. Matrimonial Promotion. The extent to which the lingo of the navy is used as slang in the fami­ lies of naval officers, particularly among the women, is instanced by a little story now going the rounds in Washington. The youngest daughter of a promi­ nent naval officer was entertaining a friend who had called to congratulate the eldest daughter, who lately had become engaged to a captain in the same service as her father. The friend, remarking upon the engage­ ment, suggested that the youngest daughter doubtless would miss her big sister. Whereupon the girl ad dressed quickly replied: "Oh, dear, yes! But just think of it --I am advanced a number!" Billions for Pensions. The amount paid in pensions since the civil war is $3,134,271,548. Wall Street's Fascination. "There is a good deal of unhappl- ness connected with Wall street,' said James R. Keene, "but there's a fascination about stocks that isn't known to any other line of business. Wall street invariably draws a man back, no matter what his failures may have been. If a dry goods merchant goes under, loses every cent he has and finds that he is completely wound up, no one sees him in the dry goods district until he has tried a good many times to get on his feet in other ways. Then he may go back. It is the same with other branches of trade. But whewj a man gets heavily hit down around the street he can be found at the old stand until he leaves the world for good.** RAILROAD WRECK Thirty-One Are Killed Fifteen Are Injured in Head-On Collision and a TRAINS MEET ON SHARP CURYI Could Always Make a Living. King Edward, when prince of Wales, was asked, acording to a late London club story, what he would do should he meet with a sudden reverse of fortune, or if the monarchy were overthrown. The, reply credited to the prince Is: "Well, I think I might support my wife and family by lectur­ ing in the United States on how it feels to be prince of Wales." Workman Claims Thst Fireman Ad* mitted That He Had Been Drinking --Conductor Disobeys Orders to Wait and Fatal Crash Is the Remit Club Wants to Hear MeClellan. The Princeton Club of Western Pennsylvania hopes to have Mayor George B. MeClellan of New York as its guest at the club's annual banquet in Pittsburg next March. Several of his classmates at Princeton reside in Pittsburg and are members of the club. It is hoped to have Mayor Rol- la Wells of St. Louis, Mo., as a guest also. Want Folk to Deliver Oration. The Harvard pommittee, headed by ex-Secretary John D. Long, has in­ vited Attorney Joseph W. Folk of St. Louis, recently made famous by his successful prosecutions of "grafters," to deliver the oration at the com­ mencement at Harvard university next June. Traction Income. The authorized capitalization of street car lines in the United States in 1902 amounted to $2,870,629,316. while the gross earnings from opera­ tions were $247,553,999, and the net income, after deducting all expenses, both operating and fixed chargss, was $30,695,977. a tSkrific head-on collision be­ tween a freight train and a work train on the Big Four railroad near Tre­ mont, 111., Nov. 19, thirty-one persons were killed and at least seventeen In? jured, many seriously. This is the second disastrous wreck the Big Four has had in the last three weeks, the other being the collision of the Purdue football special at In­ dianapolis, where a score of persons were killed. There were forty-two men on the work train and not a single man es­ caped being killed or injured. Pinioned and crushed beneath a mass of wreckage protruded the man­ gled and bleeding bodies of the unfor­ tunate victims. Names of the known dead: BACHMAN, FRED, 24, of Dan vers, single. CULTER, STEPHEN, aged 28, Macki­ naw, single. DO RAN, JOHN, aged 33, Bloomington, single. EADS, WILLIAM, 30, Tremont, I1L; married. HARMON, GEORGE* 38, Blooming- ton, 111.; married. KING, ROBERT, aged 43; Tremont, 111.; married. LUCAS, FRANK, Leroy, I1L LONG, A. M., Leroy, 111. MEYERS, CHARLES E., 50, Bloom­ ington, 111.; married. SMITH, GEORGE, 50, Bloomington, III.; married. SHAW, JOHN, aged 23, Mackinaw, m. SMITH, SAM, Leroy, 111. SMITH, AMOS, Leroy, 111. SMITH, JOHN, 30, Bloomington, sin- gl^ TROY, THOMAS, 50, Tremont, I1L; single. Sixteen unidentified dead, bodies mangled beyond recognition. All the dead and most of the In­ jured were" members of the work train, the crews on both engines jumping in time to save their lives. The collision occured In a deep cut at the beginning of a sharp curve, neither train being visible to the crew of the other until they were within fifty feet of each other. The engi­ neers set the brakes, sounded the whistles, and then leaped from their cabs, the two trains striking with such force that the sound was heard for miles. A second after the collision the boiler of the work train exploded, throwing heavy iron bars and splint* ers of wood a distance of 200 feet. Conductor John W. Judge of In­ dianapolis, who had charge of the freight train, received orders at Ur- bana to wait at Mackinaw for the work train, which was due there at 2:40 p. m. Instead of doing this be failed to stop. The engineer of the work train, George Becker, had also received orders to pass the freight at Mackinaw, and was on the way to that station. George Smith, one of the workmen who escaped death, said: "Whisky caused the wreck. The train crew of our work train had been drinking. Fireman Charles All told me he had two whiskies and two beers just before pulling out of Tre­ mont." The work train was perhaps five minutes late, and was running at full speed in order to make up time. When about two miles from Minert and en­ tering a cut both engineers saw the approaching trains, and realizing that it was impossible to stop they threw on the emergency brakes, whistled twice, and leaped from their cabs. The two trains, both heavily loaded and going at full speed, crashed to­ gether. The collision was witnessed by Russell Noonan, a farmer's boy, 14 years old, who hastened to a near-by house and telephoned to Tremont A special train with four physi­ cians was made up, and in less than half an hour was on the scene. At the same time another train arrived from Pekin bearing Superintendent C. H. Barnard of the Big Four and three physicians. The second train bore Turkish rugs, and these were utilized to carry out the mangled corpses of the victims. Out of thirty-five men who consti­ tuted the crew of the work train, only four are living, and two of these are seriously injured. Letter Which Cannot Be Understood by Ordinary Mortals. The number of obsolete words that are to be found in a complete diction­ ary of the English language is con­ siderably larger than the people have any idea of, says Tit-Bits. The follow­ ing letter, written by an alleged poet to an editor who had treated his po­ etry with derision, furnishes some idea of them: "Sir: Yon have behaved like an Im­ petiginous scrogle! Like those who, envious of any moral celsitude. carry their ungicity to the height of creat­ ing symposically the fecund words which my polymathic genius uses with uberity to abligate the tongues of the weetless! Sir, you have crassly pa­ rodied my own pet words, though they were trangrams! "I will not coascervate reproaches. I will oduce a veil over the atramental ingratitude which has-chamfered even my lndiscerptlble heart. I am silent on the focillation ^which my coadju- vancy must have given when I offered to become your fantor and adminicle. I will not speak of the lippitude, the oblepsy you have shown in exacerbat­ ing me, one whose genius you should have approached with mental dlscal- ceation. So I tell you, without super­ vacaneous words, nothing will render ignoscible your conduct to me. "I want you that I will vellicate your nose if I thought that any moral diarthrosis thereby could be per­ formed--if I thought I should not lm- pignorate my reputation. Go, tachy- graphic scrogle, band with your crass inquinate fantors! Draw oblectations ix-om the thought, if you can, of having synchronlcally lost the exlstimatlon of the greatest poet since Milton." And yet all these words are to be found in the dictionary. Home-Made Bluing. Bluing for laundry use will be found more satisfactory if made at home. Purchase 5 or 10 cents' worth of soluble blue powder from the drug­ gist, dissolve in cold water, then pour on sufficient hot water to give the Btrength you wish, trying a little of it in a basin of \^ater. When the liquid cools bottle immediately and keep well corked. Should too roucb hot water have been added, remedy the matter by using a greater quan- tlty of bluing to a tubful of water. FROM THE PENCIL'^ POINT. E W S CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS THROUGHOUT ^HE STATE T ALDERMAN LEAVE8 BIG E8TATE. Borrowed trouble commands the highest rate of interest. An absent-minded woman forgets everything1--except herself. Some theories are like gunpowder-- t useful when exploded. THE W0E8 OF THE ACTOR8. Senator Depew Tells of Two Amusing Stage 8cenes. Senator Depew was talking about the mishaps and contretemps of act­ ors. "Ill never forget," he said, "the stately 'super' in powdered wig and silk stockings who stalked in, chin in the air, upon the stage to answer the earl's question, "Who is there?' The super should have said, 'The boy, my lord.' but what he did say was 'The lord, my boy.'" "Then there was another super, un­ like the former one--a super self-pos­ sessed and ambitious. This chap, after years of stage life, had not yet gotten beyond a part that consisted of only a meaningless line or two. He was hungry for applause, and at last he determined at all hazards, to get applause. So, one night, after he had said his usual solitary sentence of 'The carriage waits ' he stalked to the center of the stage, elbowing the Btar to one side, and he looked up at the gallery, and, striking himself on the chest, he exclaimed in a loud voice: " 'And permit me to add, sir, that he who raises his hand against a woman, save in the name of kindness, is nnr worthy the name of gentleman.' "That brought down the house, but the poor super lost his place on ae- count of it" Mother Gets $3,000, the Rest Going to His Nearest Kin. The will of the late Alderman Lenus Schwartze was probated in the county court at Alton. Schwartze was en­ gaged in the grocery business for thirty years, and left an estate valued at about $50,000. He gave to his broth­ er, Charles, a double house on Eigth street and some lots In Chicago and Muskegon, Mich.; to his mother $3,000 and the remainder of his estate he en­ tailed for a period of ten years, during which time his brother, Charles Schwartze, will have full charge of it At the end of the trust, the property must be sold, and the proceeds divided among Charles and John Schwartze, Mrs. John Mischell and Albert War­ ner. The provision of the will relat­ ing to Warner's share, however, is that he shall receive only a lifetime Interest in his fourth, and that at his death it shall revert to the other three beneficiaries under the will or their heirs. Albert Warner was a half broth­ er of deceased. A8KS DAMAGES OF 8ALOON MAN. wWhen the members of a woman's club quarrel they call it a , debate. The Homestead on the Hill. Fair, fertile fields and grassy meads, And orchard elopes between, A verdant lawn and garden rare. Enshrined by forest green, Morn's earliest sunbeams gild thy brow. And Spring's first kisses thrill, All nature loves thee well. I trow. Fair homestead on the hllL For many years I've wandered far, 'Mid scenes and faces new, Tet memory shone like constant star Still pointing back to you, Each lovely spot some story holds. And all my pulses thrill With memories of past days and loves. Sweet homestead on the hill. These nooks my dear grandparents loved. These flowers their beauty gave To festive scenes or days of grief. To bridal or to grave. Each duty, sorrow, hope, or Joy That a woman's life may All, You've seen my mother meet them all* Old homestead on the hllL This tree my brother set with cars. As though to leave some sign. Some symbol ever pointing where The stars In splendor shine, Still speaks of hope to hearts bereft. Still whispers "Peace, be still"-- Though he for heaven's home has left The homestead on the hill. We meet but seldom round thy board. Nor oft thy welcome share; And many rooms are vacant now. New footsteps press thy stair. But when life's checkered curtains fall. And evening shades grow chill. May heaven's peace rest over all- Dear homestead on the hill. Protecting the Levees. The valueof alligators in the econ­ omy of nature was recently demon­ strated in Florida. Hunters having decimated the alligators, the musk- rats on which the saurians feed began to multiply. They honeycombed with holes the river levees. These holes caused leakage, the leakage caused breaks in the banks and great de­ struction of property resulted. Cali­ fornia has no alligators, but many cousins of the muskrat. Hitherto they have been exceedingly troublesome to the farmers along the Sacramento. A remedy for these burrowing rodents is now announced--oil. It not only drives away the gophers and squirrels but, according to Stockton experiment­ ers, retards the washing away of the banks by water and the loss of the loose earth at the top by high winds. The oil Is applied hot from a barge in the river and contracts have been let lor extensive oiling. Clever Imitators. Have you ever noticed how the lit­ tle girls ape the manners of their old­ er sisters? It has been brought to my attention several times of late. You have noticed, for, of course, you cquld not help it. the peculiar way the women who are up to the times clutch their skirts and wrap them tightly around them. Well, the little ones are doing the same thing. I have noticed them. Tots with skirts no lower down than their knees have learned the clutch and use it. Misses whose skirts are several inches from the ground have also learned it. It is certainly funny to see the little ones handling their skirts in the latest style, but it is not funnier than it is to see some of the big girls doing tt.-- Worcester Po«t. Holland's Irrigation Works. Holland has 10,100 windmills, each of which drains 310 acres of land, ai an average cost of 26 cents an aor* a year. Commissioner Boyer Gives Bond. Will R. Boyer, state labor commis­ sioner, who was arrested at Gales- burg, charged with embezzling $1,000 of funds belonging to the Internatior al Broommakers' union, waived prelim­ inary hearing and was placed under $1,200 bonds to await the action of the grand Jury. Boyer does not deny the shortage, but regards the proceedings against him as persecution. He in­ tends sending letters to the various broommakers' unions, most of which he organized, and ask them to help him make up the deficit and to relin­ quish the prosecution. Girl Kills Brother. Henry, the 8-year-old son of Chris Krueger, was accidentally shot by his sister, 9 years old, at their home at Hoyleton. The two children found an old revolver at the house, and the lit­ tle girl pointed the revolver at her little brother, saying: "I will shoot you." She pulled the trigger and a ball entered the boy's head an inch above the left eye. He will die. Wife Seeks $3,000 Damages for Al­ leged Sale of Liquor to Spouse. Mrs. Mary McAlister, wife of ex- Sheriff John McAlister, has entered suit against J. Br^Wannamaugher of Keyesport for $3,000 damages for sell­ ing liquor to her husband. The suit Ib the outcome of the bitter war that has been waged by the ladies of the W. C. T. U. of Keyesport against the saloon men, who are alleged to have violated the Sunday closing law. Mr. Wannamaugher's bondsmen, S. Wan- namaugher of Greenville, H. P. Biggs of Tamalco and the Highland Brew­ ing company, are made co-defendants with him. PLAN A GREAT FISH PRESERVE REAL D. A. R. BANKER GOODELL. Addison Goodell, one of the best- known bankers of central Illinois, died at his home in Loda, aged 81. Mr. Goodell was born in Lake county, Ohio, July 16, 1822, and came to Loda on a construction train of the Illinois Central railroad in 1855. In 1862 he was elected to the legislature, and in A real Daughter of the American Revolution is Mrs. Jane McCoy of Oakley. She has just applied for ad­ mittance to the patriotic order and the proper papers have been sent to Washington for approval. She is one of the few surviving women of the United States whose fathers fought in the revolutionary war. She was born In 1820 and, although fti her 84th year, enjoys vigorous health. Her memory is excellent and she clearlv recalls interesting incidents of the pi­ oneer life. Her father was James Russell of LouCon county, Virginia. He died in 1831, at the age of 77, eleven years after the birth of Mrs. McCoy. The homestead in which Mrs. McCoy'B father and herself were East St. Louis Citizens Propose tar ^ 8tock Cahokia Lakes. A number of leading citizens o< East SL Louis are discussing the problem of making a great fishing preserve out of the lakes back of Cahokia. It is stated that there are thousands of acres of this section covered by lakes, lying north of the southern line of Cahokia and extend­ ing along the foot of the bluffs for many miles. The lands In their pres­ ent shape are worth practically noth­ ing to the owners, and produce no revenue to the county. Those inter­ ested have held them for years ia the hope that someone would organ> ize a dike and sewer system, which might help them. Mr. Prosper Soucy, one of the lcxgest owners of the lakes, has been requested to place a price on his land or offer them in exchange for stock in a company to be organized on the plan of a fishing resort. The river at the spring flood, it is claimed, would keep the lakes well supplied with water and fish, and the state, it is believed,^ would furnish a supply of game fish to such an organization. The place would probably be well patronized by the St. Louis members of the club. The affair would not be arranged for profit, but as a pleasure resort tor the members. w ADDISON GQOD&LL 1870 he served In the constitutional convention. He was again a member of the legislature In 1871 and 1872. He married Miss Jane H. Warren of Mentor, O., in 1850, and from this union four children, all of whom are .living, were born. Mr. Goodell's sec­ ond wife, who was Mrs. Hester Hues- tis, survives him. Farmers' Institute Election. The Monroe County Farmers' Insti­ tute held its session at Waterloo. Of­ ficers were elected as follows; Presi­ dent, Balzar Schmidt, Waterloo; vice president, William J. Harms, Renault; -secretary, Louis H. Goeddel, Water­ loo; treasurer, William Limestall, Ren­ ault; board of directors: John Schnei­ der, Harrisonville; Theobald Voelker, Waterloo; Louis Vogt, Columbia; Bal­ zar Schmidt, Waterloo; Henry Henke, Waterloo. Changes His Mind Too Late. Martin Vlnanzees, a coalmlner at Assumption, decided to kill himself while working in the mine at Assump­ tion by the use of a dynamite cart­ ridge, which he placed in his mouth and then ignited the fuse. The fuse burned so slowly that he became ner­ vous and changed his mind. Just as he bad taken it from his mouth, and while it was still in close proximity with his face, it exploded tearing away his left hand, and also shattering his left eyeball. His face was otherwise badly mutilated, but he is expected to live. Naval Militia Election. Adjt. Gen. Scott has confirmed the election of F. H. Atkinson, Jr., to be lieutenant, J. G., 1st division 1st ship's crew, I. N. M., and of Wirt Stevens to be ensign in the same command. An election is ordered for Friday, Dec. 4, for the 3rd division, 1st ship's chew. Farmer's Relief Ass<&lation. The Farmers* Relief Association, which organization has about 100 lodges in southern Illinois, at its meet­ ing held in Williamson county elect­ ed the following officers for the fen- suing year : President, Thomas Craw- shaw, of Carbondale; vice president, W. H. Grant, of Marion; secretary, J. E. Etherton of Carbondale; treas­ urer, Ben Wiley, of Carbondale. The next general assembly will be held at Harrisburg in May, 1904, while the annual meeting will probably be held in St. Louis. Sues City for Injuries. James Matthews has commenced suit against the city of Taylorville for $1,500 damages for injuries to his lit­ tle daughter, Minta Matthews. The child fell oft a sidewalk aad broke her collar bone. Economic Union Election. The Hecker Farmers' Economic union elected the following officers at its meeting at Waterloo: Joseph Ros cot', president; Edward Schmidt, vice president; William G. Stehfeat, secre­ tary. born Is about a mile and a quarter south of Harper's Ferry. The struc­ ture Is of stone and is still standing In an excellent state of preservation It is occupied by a cousin of Mrs. Mo Coy. The age of the dwelling Is 140 years. Mrs. McCoy's father was private soldier In the revolution. One engagement in which he participated was the siege of Yorktown. He was the father of twenty-one children, Mrs. McCoy being the oftly one sur­ viving. He was twice married, the second wife being the mother of Mrs. McCoy and twelve other children. Mrs. McCoy has been a resident of Macon county since 1856. She and her husband were married in 1857. Mrs. McCoy has been making her home with her nephew, E. B. Smith of Oakley. V'S Bee Keepers Elect Officers. The Illinois Bee Keepers' Assort!* tlon at Springfield elected the follow­ ing officers: President, John S. Dow­ dy Atlanta; second vice president, J. W. Primm, Springfield; third vice president, Aaron Coppln, Wenona; fourth vice president, James Plondex- ter, Bloomington; fifth vice president, S. N. Black, Clayton; secretary, James A. Stone, Springfield; treasurer, Charles Becker, Pleasant Plains. The Illinois and the national associations have merged to that degree that the payment of membership fee in the former includes membership ia tfc*IM*- tional body. . * •*. Is Doomed to Death. A. B. Belmer, who was found nearly asphyxiated at the Anna hotel in Tay­ lorville, and who finally recovered, dropped dead at the Baltimore and Ohio station. MILL SUPERINTENDENT. D. R. Mathlas, the new general sn> perintendent of the Joliet mills ef the Illinois Steel company, has been In the employ of that corporation for eighteen years and is one of the most popular mill men In the country. Mr. Mathlas is 35 years old and lives at "&M New President of Bank. Horace K. Weber of Springfield will be chosen president of the First Na­ tional bank to succeed the late Frank W. Tracy. The board of directors has elected C. C. Carroll and Col. G. A. Sanders to fill the vacancies caused by the death of G. A. Van Duyn and Mil­ ton Wood. Free of Murder Charge. Sam McMullen, charged with the murder of Otto Hempel of Davenport, Iowa, was discharged at the prelimin­ ary trial at Quincy. McMullen, it was alleged, pushed Hempel off a quarter boat of the Klrchner fleet during a quarrel. Wabash Reduces Force. Sixty men have been laid off at the Wabash shops In Springfield as the result of the order of the company for a reduction of 10 per cent In their working force in Springfield, Wayne and Moberiy. JXJ3. SZ477K5, ju&xw/r&w&rr jcx/sr 7524 Bond avenue, Windsor Park. For the last year he has been the assist­ ant superintendent of the Illinois steel plant at South Chicago. Upon his arrival in Chicago, eighteen years ago, he obtained employment with the company as clerk in the auditor's department, and has worked up to his present position. Views Postoffice Sites. A representative of the postottee department in Washington investigat­ ed two sites for new postoffice quar­ ters, the present rooms being inade­ quate for the proper handling of the business of the office. Two sites have been offered, one of which if selected will call for a new building, hence the expert's report is looked for with much interest. Fort To Address Teachers. Prof. David Felmley, president of the Illinois state normal school, will deliver a lecture before the Jersey County Teachers association in Jer­ sey ville, on Saturday. Dec. 12. Blind Woman Is Cremated. Mrs. Abigail Flanagan, a blind wom­ an, aged 59 years, and a ward of the county, was burned to death at Peoria while attempting to light a fire in the kitchen stove. Her dress took fire and before assistance could reach her her body was burned almost to a crisp. Bridge Over St. Joseph River. The County Commissioners have or* dered the erection of a bridge over St. Joseph river at South Bend, the structure to cost $120,000. It will have nine arches and will be 630 feet long- Road Nears Completion. The O'Fallon, Lebanon and East St Louis electric railway, which is build­ ing between O'Fallon and Lebanon, has received all necessary material for the completion of the road. It is said the cais will be running to Lebanon about Dec. 15. Improves Phone System. The Southern Illinois Telephone company expects to spend about $25,- 000 on its ne .v plant in Mount Vernon. A complete metallic circuit will be in­ stalled. Blacksmith Retires. Frank Pechloeffel has sold 'lis- blacksmith shop at Arenzville, whore he has worked every day for twenty- two years, to Frank D. Hammer, and wiU^take a well-earned.rest. Homestead Is Sold. The old Dr. Prunty homestead southwest of Ashland was sold to Lou!* Davis, the consideration being $13,000. Naval Militia Orders. The order of Adjt. Gen. Scott a^ pointing Francis A. Hopkins of Chi­ cago secretary, with the rank of lieu­ tenant, junior grade, Illinois naval militia, is revoked, Mr. Hopkins hav­ ing declined to serve. The order ap­ pointing Robert B. Wilcox of Chi­ cago assistant engineer, to rank aa ensign. Illinois naval militia, is alao revoked, he having failed to pass the examination. Private Edw. G. Posta. company E, 2d Illinois national guard, has been dishonorably discharge* from the Illinois national guard. Attacks Wife With Knife. Henry Longench of Mascoutah, wha slabbed his wife in the back with a kuiie, inflicting a serious wound, waa bound over to the granu Jury in the sum of $500. He failed to give bond and waa seat to the county JalL ' ; Sells Coal Mine. August Beckmeyer has sold the Bux­ ton coal mice to a company of capital­ ists, which will equip the mine with new machinery and increase its ca­ pacity. The mine is located threa milee west of Carly la. ' V