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I ££;•• LIST IF DUD 'W^: $'• r-two Persons Are Killed in Head-on-Collision on* / the Pera Marquetta NEARLY TWO SCORE ARE HURT Operator Declares He Displayed Red IS n, . . . . . ^ "V'J 5^* Light to Hold Onrushing Train, but * Crew Asserts That Color of Signal Lamp Was White. pound train he immediately displayed %he red light and set the board against the approaching train. The lamp was burning brightly, he states, two min­ utes before the train appeared in view of the depot. He heard the nimble of the train and when he noticed that the brakes were not being applied he rushed to the door to flag it just as the rear coach passed. Engineer Wateritian, his fireman and -[.Conductor Neil all state thrft the sig­ nal lamp was burning, but that in­ stead of a red light it displayed a white light. Wind Extinguishes Light. General Superintendent Smith In­ terviewed Operator Booth at McCord's and said: "I have no reason to doubt the statement of Booth that his light was burning two minutes before No. 5 & ?:\s4 W- Grand Rapids, Mich., special: The ^ . / death Hst resulting from the head-on collision between two Pere Marquette '4%^. rai,,u»<l Passenger trains near East , Paris, Mich., Saturday evening stands at twenty-two and thirty-eight per- i sous injured, several of them prob- ably fatally. Revised List of the Dead. The dead: George Aimer, Detroit. I* J. Baldwin, Muiliken, Mich. Mrs. L. J. Baldwin, Muiliken, Mich. Louis Baldwin, their son, Muiliken. Frank Burns, Djetroit E. P. Coykendall, Lake Odessa, •• -Mich. z U M Charles A. Devlne, Grand Rapids , Mrs. Daisy Giles, Lowell, Mich. F. M. Glllett, Burr Oak or Portland, Mich. Joseph Hullm, Windsor, Qnt. William Helmrich, Detroit. Walter Jordon, Grand Rapids. Burt Myers, Grandville or Lake Odessa, Mich. A,. F. May, Grand Rapids. --Peterson (or Thompson), Sioux City, Iowa. Charles A. Stoddard, Uetroit. William Smith, Saranac, Mich. Austin I. Wager, Detroit. Allen H. Wells, Big Rapids, Mich. Peter W. Wierengo. Grand Rapids. Lester Williams. Lansing, Mich. One unidentified man. Many Are Maimed. The Injured: Claud Brown, Grand Rapids; W. J. Barber, Muskegon freights, Mich., C. N. Rotsford, Farm ington, Mich.; H. O. Branch, Sunfield. Mish.; John Clark. PotBville, Mich.; Charles T. Chambers, Ionia, Mich.: George Crammond, Grand %anids. Mich.; Milton S. Crowl, Grand Kap Jds; Thomas Draper, Dutton. Mich.: Richard Douthett, Grand Rapids; An­ drew Gello, Muskegon, Mich.; Mrs. |H. O. Gray, Grand Rapids; R. E. Gray. Detroit: .J. T. Gould, Grand Rapids; L. H. Gorsenmier, Lansing, Mich.; Rev. Jamea Humphrey, Lansing. Mich.; Mrs. H. Kent, Grand Rapids; Ada Keller, Clarksville, Mich; Oerrit Motman, Grand Rapids; Michael JMaltburg, Hart, Mich.; Harry Marcus. New York city; J. Mischick. address unknown; E. B. Moon, Grand Rapids; Howard Minor, Grand Rapids; J. W Moore, Detroit: D. Mechc, foreigner, residence unknown; George Niel. Grand Rapids; Timothy Qtialey. Grand Rapids; John Ross, 1-an.sing; Henry T. Rous, Grand Rapids; W. E Rogers, Muskegon. Mich.; Andrew Sprague, Allen, Mich.; Miss Gale Sprague. Allegan;i^Mts. H, R. Street- er, Grand Ledge. Mjch.; Frank Water man, Detroit; J. C. Woodworth. Sa' lem. Mich.; Edward Weigel. Grand Rapids: Charles West, Saranac, Mich Steam Domes Blow Off. As the trains came together the steam domes of each boiler blew off. releasing their contents, else there would have been added horrors from the blistering steam. No. C. east bound, was composed of a mail and baggage car. combination smoker, buffet parlor car. day coach and diner The baggage coach, caught between the engine and heavy train crumpled up like pasteboat*^ only the roof remaining partially unbftriteti. The smoker crashed several feet , Into the parlor car and it was at the rear end of the smoker and forward end of the cafe car where the pas­ sengers were killed and injured. Train Stays on Raits. The west-bound fiyer with its heavy bulk-headed cars stayed OD the rails, back of the baggage and mail cars, and the passengers in this train escaped ^serious injury. According to statements made by officials of the Pere Marquette the west-bound train was traveling down grade at the rate of sixty miles an hour. The east-bouiid train was clin^blng the sill st a speed of forty miles an hour. The foj-jner carried probably seventy-five passengers, while the latter is believed to have been carrying at least 1?5 persons The two trains collided at about the mid die of a long, sweeping curve, three- quarters of a mile west of East Paris On the inner side of the curve is a high embankment preventing a view of the track ahead. Statements Conflict. Investigation by the Pere Marquette officials into the cause of the wreck has brought out some conflicting state meats Operator Booth at McCord's states most emphatically that when he received orders to bold the west- FIND NEW BED OF CLAMS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST Great Storm Prove* Bleating fbr Marihfleld, Mass., Leaving La*., pious Bivalves on the Beach. Marshfield, Mass., dispatch: Not content with possessing the Webster homestead, the Marshfield strawber­ ry and the county fair, Marshfield has now produced a remarkaoie clam. The great storm of 1898 has proved a disguised blessing for* this town, for the change in the North river bed caused by the famous cut in the beach has created the finest clam flat In this vicinity, and the clams from these beds are acknowledged to be, passed McCord's and that the wind in form> slze an(J flavor, worthy rivals extinguished it He is an old operator °f the Duxbury product On the north and has beciKin the employ of the road j 8^e the river a whole village of several.years." clam diggers' huts has been estab- Coroner D. .T. B. ITilliker impaneled ' 'ishe(J and the peddlers' carts, backed a jury and the remains of the dead ; down to the fla* to receive the catch, were viewed. The coroner says the imry will not sit before Jan. 1, and. in fact, he is unable to state the day when it will begin the investigation of the accident MAY REDUCE WAGES OF MINERS Southern Illinois Workmen Uneasy Over Forthcoming Convention. Carbondale, III,, dispatch: The 10,- 000 men employed in the coal mines of southern Illinois are . tffuch con cerned over the outc&afe of the com­ ing joint conventijnii of the miners and operators, a feeling prevailing thalTa-satisfactory agreement will not be made. Recently the operators held a meeting in Chicago and concluded to demand a reduction in the wage scale. The miners feel that their wages are now far too little and an increase will be asked. A prominent operator who is conversant with the situation said: "We Have always compromised in the past and in those agreements the miners usually got the bigger end. ft has got to such a point we cannot realize a sufficient income and will never again concede the same wage scale. I fear a long and bitter-struggle is coming and that our chief industry will be badly crip* pled after April I." These conditions -ipply with equal force over the en­ tire scale. REVEALS AN ENOCH ARDEN TALE Suit for Divorce in Illinois Against Man Long Supposed Dead. Virginia: HI., dispatch: A strange story is revealed by the bringing of a livorce suit against a man who since the close of the civil war has been be­ lieved lo be dead. Ills supposed wid­ ow. the complainant in the. case, re­ married more than twenty years ago and has a family by her second hus­ band. She believed until reccptly (hat her first husband had been killed in battle. In 1801 Burdett Pickle left his young bride and went war. en­ listing from Cass county. Another Cass county soldier was Andrew Mor­ gan,,. The latter returned, but Pickle did not come back and word was re­ ceived from the front that be had been killed. A few years later Mrs. Pickle married Morgan and they lived, together in ignorance of the fact that Pickle was alive. GAS COMPANY 18 IN CONTEMPT Defiance of Court Order Brings Fine for Ohio Corporation. Xenia. Ohio, special: The People's Gas and Electric Light compauy of this city has been fined $30u for con­ tempt of court by .Judge Elam Fisher. I. H. Brown of Chicago, president of the company, was lined an additional $200, and the company's attorney $100. The action grew out of the fact that the board of public service brought an injunction suit recently to restrain ine company from erecting uoninsuiat^ ^d wires. The company, it is said, re­ fused to furnish light, although under contract with the city to do so. A mandatory order to furnish light, is­ sued by the common pleas court waa ignored and this resulted in the con­ tempt proceedings. The lights will now be turned on. are suggestive of bathing machines at a watering place. In spite of a local tradition that clams should be only eaten during months the names of which contain the letter r, there is a flourishing business nearly all the year. The foundation of the tradition may be in the fact that during the summer many of these clams, are found to be decapitated. This is thought by some to be disease, but it is the firm be­ lief of clam experts here that this trouble is surgical rather than patho­ logical, and is due to the many scul- pins in these waters, which, swimming close to the bottom, snap up and swal­ low every extended clam head they encounter. However this may be, the Marshfield clam, when unmaimed, is a flee specimen and gives the old town another cause for pride. BOY MAY HAVE KILLED HIS TWO COMPANIONS Fourteen-Year-Old Lad Is ' in Prison on Charge of-Murdering His Playmates. Keokuk, Iowa, dispatch: Arthur Humphrey, 14 years old, who is in the police station, may be held for the murder of Paul and William Stice. The three boys were playmates, but during a recent quarrel Humphrey threatened to kill William Stipe. He tried several times to entice him out on the ice, but Stice's mother prevent­ ed his going. The two Stice boys and Humphrey disappeared Monday after­ noon, Humphrey returning in the evening, but nothing has been seen of the two others. Young Humphrey at first denied go­ ing to the river with the Stices. Later, however, he confessed that the Stice boys were drowned. He said all three crossed the river late in the after­ noon; that he struck William and knocked him down, then chased him to strike him again and William ran into an air hole. The younger broth­ er attempted to rescue him and the two sank together. STANDS MUTE BEFORE THE BAR Former Grand Rapids Official Is Ar­ raigned on Conspiracy Charge. < Grand Rapids, Mich., special: Ex- City Clerk Isaac Lamoreaux stood mute when arraigned in the Superior court on the charge of conspiracy in connection with the notorious water deal, and a plea of not guilty pro forma was entered at the order of Judge Newnham. The case was put over until Jan. 11. Lamoreaux is to be a witness for the prosecution, it is understood, in the other cases. At the examination of ex-Alderman El­ len on the charge of bribery in po­ lice court Prosecutor Ward an­ nounced that he had no further wit­ nesses and Attorney Walker, for the respondent, made a motion that the case be dismissed. Judge Haggerty denied the motion. He held the re­ spondent over for trial at the present term of the Superior court. Ellen gave bonds in the sum of $2,000. CONSTABLE IMPROVES CHANCE DREYFUS RULING FALLS FLAT Paris Little Interested in Decision to Give Lieutenant Third Trial. Paris cable: The Dreyfus deci­ sion has created very little excite­ ment. The government expects that the public will grow tired of the case by the end of three months which will be required by the court of cassation to pass upon the appeal. Dreyfus himself refuses to talk for publica­ tion. and Joseph Reinach and his oth­ er friends express their delight at what they regard as the first step toward his vindication. Believe Boy Is Shanghaied. Janesville. Wis., special: Relatives of Rudolph McCummins. a Janesville boy. believe that he has been shang­ haied by a German vessel owner, as they have received wo/d from the Ger­ man consul at Victoria, B. C., that he is aboard the vessel, and if they de­ sire to communicate with bin». they must do so at once. BRYAN BUYS HIS BIRTHPLACE ' Nebraskan Becomes Owner of the Old Homestead at Salem. I I I . . Centralia. 111., special: The real es- fete transfers show the sale by Sena- tor Charles E Hull to William Jen­ nings Bryan of the old Bryan home Stead on Broadway in Salem. This js the house in which William Jen- sings Bryan was born The considers- . tton named in the deed is 82 000 and '*r. Bryan traded an eighty-acre farm la this county for it. _ . Denies Taking Bribe. , Grand Rapids. Mich., special: Ex- Ald Maiachi Kinney pleaded not guilty of accepting a bribe , to aid the Lake Michigan water scheme in the Su­ perior court and his case was ad­ journed until Jan 11, Direct Senatorial Votes. ^||Baton Rouge. La., dispatch: The eibulsiana legislature his adopted a resolution directing the two United "States senators from that state to W« tor Panama canal treaty. / PUTS A BULLET IN H|8 BRAIN Cashier of a Wisconsin Bank Takes His Own Life. Neenah. Wis., special: Otto Speng- le-. cashier of the Bank of Portou- ville. committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at the summer home of his father-in-law, Silas Bul- tard. last Saturday. His body was not discovered until Wednesday. Spengler was 28 years old. His busi­ ness affairs are said to be straight la alt respects. Makea Three Important Arrests While Serving Jail Term. Toungstown, O., dispatch: While serving thirty days in the county jail Constable Dennis Esgan of Collesville township made a record. He was the constable of Justice Hazeltine's court and assaulted Michael Livingston, an attorney of this city. He pleaded guilty and served out his sentence. In the meantime he has succeeded in arresting three prisoners, wanted for serious offenses. He got information from other prisoners which led to the arrest of two of the men and the re­ covery of considerable stolen prop­ erty. When the other officers of the law failed to arrest one man Esgan was taken out of the jail and made tne arrest himself. As soon as he was at liberty he returned to his work as constable in East Youngstown. fete L I N O I Si [ 3 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE IS w s FIGHTS WITH A CHICKEN THIEF Farmer Haa Desperate Enoounter With Man Whom He Caught. John Drexilius, a prominent farmer living northeast of Upper Alton, had a terrific struggle with William Hudson, a chicken thief. With the assistance of his wife Drexilius prevented the thief from getting possession of a shot­ gun and finally subdued him. Drexilius was aroused twice during the early morning by the sound of his chickens squawking. He made an investigation the second time that resulted in find­ ing Hudson stealing his chickens. Drexilius had his shotgun, and with it attempted to Rapture the thief, but the latter, a neighbor, who lived in one of Drexilius' houses, attacked him, and but for assistance rendered by Mrs. Drexilius would probably have gotten possession of the gun. Hudson was bound over to the grand jury and failed to give bond. He admitted hav­ ing committed the offense. Hudson is also said to be responsible for the rob­ beries of henroosts and corn cribs in his neighborhood. FOILS ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL Frank Riehl's Good Record." Frank C. Riehl, an Alton trapshot. has closed the year with a record of 93 4-7 per cent of "dead birds" out of 15,000 targets shot at. Mr. Riehl won the championship wing shoot ,of Illi­ nois in 1898 and the Belle Meade cup at Nashville, Tenn., the same year. He won the Scudder cup In St. Louis during the past season; the interna­ tional championship at Winnipeg. Canada, and the gold medal offered at the Spirit Lake shoot of the "Indi­ ans." .Prisoner Informs Officials of Plot to Release Men From Prison. Because of the faithlessness of an ex-convict. Carl Abernettey, John A. Kendal and John C. McCarty failed to effect a jail delivery at A^ton. The three men, when arrested, had in their possession a quantity of bur­ glars' tools. Another prisoner in the jail heard a plot being formed in which an< ex-corvict jwas to assist them in getting out. JThe ex-convict was entrusted witlr Abernettey's watch and told to sell it and buy a saw with which to saw out the bars. He took the watch, but did not re­ turn. Then the men procured a heavy iron bar with which to fell the first police officer who entered the cell. A fellow-prisoner informed Chief Max­ well, and he broke up the plans by having the men moved to the dounty jail. The cell was searched and two big iron bArs were found hidden in an ash box. END QUARREL BY REMARRYING Mother and Child Die Together. Opening all the gas jets in her home, Mrs. Sadis Seabold wrapped herself and her 5-year-old daughter, Esther in a blanket and lay down on the kitchen floor, where, two hours later, an elder daughter, returning from school, found both mother and sister locked in each other's arms dead. The woman had been in poor health for some time, and had ex­ pressed a wish for death on several occasions. Inspector Closes Mine. Mine Inspector Frank Kerchner of St. Clair county ordered the Jack Maule mine, four miles west of Belle­ ville, closed, and the men to remove their tools. The mine was closed by reason of the fire which has been burning in one division of the mine for over four weeks. Mr. Maule, the owner of the mine, says the fire is the worst he has ever known. He lo­ cated the fire by crawling to within 100 yards of the flames. The damage to the mine'lias already beeu heavy and the closing of the plant may mean its complete destruction. Mr. Maule has posted a reward of $1,000 to any person who will extinguish the fire. Burns Her Money. ft cost Mrs. Calista Rice, wife of Charles Rice, a farmer living near Fidelity, $25 to entertain company. Neighbors came to the home to spend the afternoon. A fire was started in the parlor stove, in which Mrs. Rice had hidden $25 in currency. When the money was discovered it. was bad­ ly charred. Mrs. Rice, through the bank of Medora, sent the bills to the government, hoping to ha\# them re­ deemed. Tests Right of Way. W. Stover, a well-known farmer of Bioomington, filed a suit against the Interstate Telegraph and Telephone company, to establish their right, to cross hiH farm with their lines, with­ out his perrpission. The last legis­ lature adopted such a law. and its constitutionality wijl be tested, thus making the suit of deep interest to every landowner of Illinois. ELEVEN ARE HURT IN A/WRECK Light Project Is Abandoned. ^ Kewanee, Hi., special: After a care­ ful investigation, extending over sev­ eral months, the Kewanee city council has abandoned the idea of building and operating a municipal electric hghting plant. iiV . • ; < - . Y . Loot a PostofTice, Adelaide, O.. dispatch: 3mJtfc % Mitchell's general store. In which the postoffice is located, was burglarized. Ail the stamps were carried off and tM mail in the. cases tern opea. " • • • • • ' . * • . > Clover Leaf Passenger Train Rams Locomotive on Crossing. Kokomo, Ind., dispatch: Eleven passengers were injured Friday even­ ing by the collision of a westbound Clover Leaf passenger train bearing Christmas passengers with a Pan­ handle freight engine at a local cross­ ing. The more seriously injured are: Anna Lutz, Decatur, Ind.; chest , crushed; unconscious. Mrs. Jessie Brown, Marion, Ind.; face and head cut. Mrs. Sydney Bryant and 6-year-old child; heads bruised and arms cut. John Sanders,- a negro of Marlon, Ind.; head cut and body bruised. There were 120 passengers on the train. Two cars were overturned. To Examine Militia Officers. Adjt. Gen. Scott has ordered the following officers of the Sixth infan­ try, Illinois national guard, to ap­ pear before the examiuing board Wednesday, Jan. 6, in Rock Island, for the prescribed examinations: William C. Goss, captain company B; Charles C. Davis, first lieutenant com­ pany B, and K. Thereon Crook, sec­ ond lieutenant company B. Lovelorn Lass Takes Poison. Miss Mamie Gooch of Alton, aged J7, is in a dangerous condition from the effects of drinking 00 grains of corrosive sublimate with suicidal in­ tent. A love affair was the i-ause. After a physician bad brought ht?r out of danger the girl asked for her lover, and the police were requested to find him and lake him to her bed­ side. Woman Captures Chicken Thief. Mrs. John A Bradley of Upper Al­ ton captured a chicken thief and drag­ ged him from her henhouse to a neighbor's stable, where she locked Ixim up until she could go for help When Mrs. Brnutey returned with as sistance the thief bad managed to os- cape. • Removes Hoof From Udder. An Alton veterinarian n-moved from the udder of a cow belonging to H. X Bowman a miniature hoof, which had been growing since (be an­ imal's birth. Abandons Hope of Finding Oil. James Monk of Centerville Station township, on^ of the wealthiest farm­ ers of the American bottoms, has given up hope of finding oil, and has sold his stock in the wells in which he was interested. Mr Monk says that he will assist auv person wish­ ing to bore for oil. but tbat the Missis­ sippi valley is not an oil region. He claims that oil rock has been struck in a number of places, but that the in­ dications did not justify the belief that oil existed in paying quantities. Boy Dies of Wound. Unusual circumstances surround the death of Henry Adam Imgrund, the K- year-old son of Chris Imgrund, living five miles east of Springfield. He went skating on a pond on his father's farm. When he came home he com­ plained of a thorn in bis side. He grow worse; was taken to a hospital and operated upon. A large buckshot was found imbedded in the boy's side. It is believed the chance bullet from the gun of some hunter killt-d the lad. Cut in Twain by Saw. Ira Curtis, superintendent of Ander­ son Bros." sawmill at Harrisburg, who was nearly cut iu twain by one of the saws, died after very inteuse suffer­ ing. Mr. Curtis was superintending some work at the .mill, and while standing beneath the cut-off Saw, a wire broke and the saw fell on him, cutting hi in nearly in twain. Methodist Dedication. The Methodis ts of Quincy dedicat­ ed a new church in the neighboring town of West Point. The builditi cost $G,000. The dedicatory sermon was prearhed in the morning bv Dr J. B. Horney of Mattoou, and Rev. VV T. Beadles, presiding elder of the Quincy district, preached in the even Robs Veteran. John G Stokes «>f the state sol diers' home returned to Quinry from a furlough. On his way along tti street a colored woman, pleading pov erty. asked him for a (time In teach ing for the money tie displayed a roll of bills amounting to y.'.T. which the woman suatched and disappeared Engine Scatters Pits. A frpjgtii engine si nidi a wagon load of pies <it I lie depot lu Kast St l.oiiis. and as a result not a vestige of the wagon, the Imrse or the pies was left The. rlrit eis, I Lo ry Kay and llenry l.oit. escaped injury. Trouble Over Possession of Child Causes Reunion of Parents. After arguing for nearly two years over their child, following their di­ vorce, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Gillum decided that the best solution of the difficulty was to remarry. Both are residents of Ottawa and their separa­ tion created general surprise. After the divorce was granted the mother was allowed possession of the little one. , Later on the father filed a peti­ tion for its possession, which was acted upon favorably. The mother, however, refused to give up the child and was threatened with punishment for contempt of court. Finally the child was placed in the hands of dis­ interested parties The last act came when the twp were married again, promising to forget their past differ­ ences AS THE WORLD REVOLVES REV. BROOKE HEREFORD DEAOU % Forgery Is Charged. Roy Arnold, a politician, represent­ ing the Northwestern Fertilizer com­ pany of Chicago, is in jail in Salem on a charge of embezzlement and forgery, his bond being fixed at $1,000. Arnold is said to have about $1,500 worth of fertilizer^ and, having failed to remit, was requested by the firm to come to Chicago and make a set­ tlement, and this led to the discovery of his shortage. In order to make partial settlement, he turned over to the company some notes, which it is said have since been found to be for­ geries. Section of Land for Christmas. The four children of Z. B. Job, Sr., of Alton, Z. B. Job, Jr., Hon. F. W. Job, Mrs. II. J. Bowman and Miss Al­ ice Job, received a substantial Christ­ mas present in the division of a sec­ tion of land by their tather. The land is valuable farming land and is only a small part of a large estate. Mr. Job is one of the oldest and best- known residents of Madison county and was rormer sheriff of Madison county. Most of the land ts situated in the vicinity of East Alton. Was Among the Most Prominent of _ Unitarian Divines. Anncmncement was made at Boston last week of the death in London of Rev, Brooke Hereford, D. D., at one time pastor of the Church of the Mes­ siah in Chicago. Dr. Hereford waa pastor of the Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Lon­ don, and was born in England in 1830. As a Unitarian preacher he attained the highest place and waa regarded aa ' V*. •a very pillar of strength to that de- i nomination. His career in Boston, when he was in charge of the Arling- ' ton Street Church, will long be remem* - s-f bered for the splendid work he did. •• '-V? Rev. Brooke Hereford arose to ̂ ̂ J prominence in the Unitarian church in England, and from Manchester he was called to Chicago in 1876, taking ( I charge of the Church of the Messiah. • ' He remained in that city until 1882, when he went to Boston to fill the pul- pit of the Arlington Street Church, ̂ where he was regarded as one of the I fi FEV. BROOKE HEREFORD Runs Amuck With Revolver. John Dixon was arrested by Capt. Ashiock of tne nighr police in Alton on a charge of discharging his re­ volver on the streets. He was lined $25 and costs. He will also be pros­ ecuted for threatening to kill several persons. Two citizens complained that Dixon thrust the muzzle of the revolver into their laces and threat­ ened to shoot if they moved He dis­ charged the weapon over the heads of his victims, and was running riot with it when arrested. Is Acquitted of Murder. Frank Rich, charged with the mur­ der of his former friend and compan­ ion, Charles Grogeslci, was acnuiHcd in the Circuit court at Spiingficld. Three Hurt in Wreck. Knoxville, Tenn., special:' In a col­ lision on the Southern road Engineer William Griffin was hurt. Fireman Jett was pinioned under the engine and will die and Flagman Marsh Pampbell had his right leg and left Jiand smashed. Train Mangles Women. Mrs. Fred Strutz and her daughter, Mrs. Laura Ulatowski of Decatur, who had beeu downtown buying Christinas presents, were caught under an Illi­ nois Central freight train. The mother had one foot crushed and the daughter had both limbs frightfully mangled. Lawsuits Cost Millions. New York special*. As a result of lawsuita the estate of the late Aus­ tin Corbin has shrunk from nearly 15,000,000 to $300,000 since ISM.1. To Begin l.evival. The Central City M. E. church has secured the services of Rev. William Carson, the district evangelist, and will begin a series of revival meetings on 8unday, Jan. 3. Hunter Pays for Dog. A Jury in Justice Wangelin's court at Belleville awarded Ma* Brann $.10 from Christian Knepper of East St. Louis, for the loss of a dog. Braun's mother loaned Knepper the animal fbr a hunting trip, and he failed to return it Mother and Ron Insane. Mrs. Rosanna I'liiin-y. jis«*d sr. and John Spif.Uo. her son. a>;ed »>:*> years of (Juiuoy. have been declared insane and have been *.eiit to the Adams county poor farm M'S l'utncy Is blind. Naval Militia Club. A cbib has been formed by the Al­ ton naval militia, with the following officers. A II ITastiugs, president; Harry Winters, secretary; Wallace Dudley, treasurer. Triplets at Mount Pulaski. There were born to Dr and Mr* W. A. Swain of Mount Pulaski trip­ lets, all girls, exact counterparts of each other and weighing five pounds In Jail for Contempt. George W Quigley. a leal estate dealer of St Louis, was fined $'?5 and rosls and sentenced to thirty days m the counly jail by Judge Burroughs in Belleville for contempt of couit. O'tislcv was in the courtroom at the lime sentence was passed and he was Immediately arrested and taken to jail. The arrest and fine Is the out­ come of Qnijiiey's having bid in the Burr estate at a master's sale, held at New Alliens. Ill , last September, and his subsequent failine to pay the purchase price. Conservator for Drunkard. A jury in Judge Story's court at Greenville TIBS adjudged W. T. Smith, a merchant of Mulberry Grove, to be a drunkard and a spendthrift, the pro­ ceedings being instituted at the re­ quest of Mr. Smith himself Hon. J. A. Combs was appointed conservator. r, Buys Coal Under Farm. The Cleudale Coal and Mining com­ pany has purchased from Louis Kuntz the coal underlying seventy five acres of the Knntz farm, west of Belleville, for *2,700 Musters Out Inefficient Battery. Upon the recommendation of MaJ. Oscar r. Yeager, commander of the artillery battalioo, I. N. G, Adjt Gen. Thomas W. Scott has ordered battery D of Chicago mustered out of the service of the state. Maj. Yeager reported the organization far Irrtm up to the standard of efficiency, and hence the muster-out. Honorable dis­ charges will be furnished all the men of the command. Son Threatens Mother. ' Mrs. Mary Mooney of Alton caused the arrest of her son, Matthew Moo­ ney, on a charge of threatening to kill her and tier sister. Mooney was bound over to keep the peace. The mother said that her son was dis­ pleased over the divisiou of his fath­ er's estate. foremost ministers of the city. For ten years he remained in Boston, and then accepted a call from his native land, taking a pastorate in Hampstead, London. Dr. Hereford was a writer as well as a pulpiteer, and was the author of three books, "The Life Story of Tra- vers Madge," "Sermons of Courage ^ and Cheer" and "The Forward Move* ment in Religious Thought as Inter- , C preted by Unitarians." Some years ^ ago Dr. Hereford returned to this 'I country to attend the national con- ' \-4 ference of the Unitarians in Wash- . ington. At that time he spent nearly ^ two months in Boston and other Mas­ sachusetts Cities. • LADY DURAND IN WASHINGTON. Wlfa of British Ambassador Said tt . Be Clever. „ :$~.4 Lady Durand, wife of the new Brit« ish ambassador at Washington, be* </ ¥?] longs to one of England's oldest and most aristocratic families. . * -'J She is the daughter of Teignmouth Sandys of Cornwall, whose family has lived on the same estate at Saint Ker- era since early in the fifteenth cen» J : U tury. , •- . .Ifcl She was married to Sir Old Grudge Results in Stabbing. Horace, alias "Shauney," Dobbn, lately returned home to Louisville from Oklahoma, was stabbed three times in the neighborhood of the heart and lungs by f.uther Jackson, against whom he held an old grudge. It is thought he will die. Ja'cksou gave bond ^ Woman Wlnx Damage Suit. In ihe Circuit, court at Taylorville the jury in the damage ?nit of Mrg Mary Foster against lh<? Assumption Coal company returned to verdict for $2.iu0 in favor"of tne pralritifT. The suit was based on thexareidental death <>r John Foster, theplaifltiffs husband Steals Benefactor's Chickens. "Squint" McUamels, a poor lad, who was released from Jail at Spring­ field, and who was filled out with a new suit of clothcs by Jailer Childers. displayed bis gratitude by stealing all of Mr. Childers* chickens. Mc- Daniels was arrested and returned to jail. .«§ « .J.,;.. vV n /i ' y Boys Admit Burglaries. Frank Padelford. acred 19, and Tar,I Dunn, aged 15, pleaded guiltv to hav­ ing committed several burglaries at Quincy. They have been sentenced to the reform Echool at Pontiac. Railroad Laborer Is Killed. Iganly Richeloutz was found dead a mile from the Frisco camp, in Shel­ by county. When found thp man still had money on his person, so it is not thought that he could have been killed for his money. ' 1875 and was with him in India for almost fifteen years, during the tim« he was connected with the Bengal ser­ vice. She is not only a moat charming hostess socially, but, like her distin­ guished husband, she ia very clever with her pen. The^ have t*o cu.id- ren, a son who is a cavalry officelvi^Q the British army, and a daughter. : \ New Chief of Division. - George Winfield Scott, class of Iff; of Stanford university, has been ap­ pointed chief of the newly created division of law of the library of Con­ gress at Washington. The position ts an administrative one and the salary has been fixed at $3,000 a year. He will go to Europe in the interest of the government and will remain there about ten months, after which he will go to South America. While abroad he will be chiefly busied with law work and the gathering of books for the library of Congress. Mr. Scott is a New York man and has held schol­ arships in Columbia, Cornell, Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania. Veterinarians Elect. At Its annual meeting in Plnckney- ille the Southern Illinois veterinary aud surgical association re-elected Dr. E. E. Downing of Farina president and Dr. William Smith of Shelby couuty secretary. Grants Traction Franchise. The city council has granted Isaac Hill a franchise to construct an<J op* erate an electric street railroad, the\ work to be begun in one year and completed in two years. If the work is done the franchise will last twenty years. Demented Man Threatens Mayor. Stephen Dameron, a demented man. gained entrance to the office ol Mayor Devereux at Springfield, but did no particular damage. He waa arrested and placed in jail. Senator Cockreil'a Good Memory. It is doubtful if there is a public man in the United States who hai a better memory than Senator Cockrell. He never forgets a face and he can go into any neighborhood of Missouri to day and call by name dozens of men whom he has not seen in years and recall little incidents in their own liVes or those of their communities which they themselves but dimly ree- ollect or have entirely forgotten. Sir Gilbert Parker Popufar. Sir Gilbert Parker, the author, ham achieved a prominent place in the house of commons in a short time. A food deal of this is due to the unusaal magnetism of his personality, which \^lways attracts people. He is distin­ guished also as being one of the best entertainers in the house, and at his dihner parties the most remarkable gatherings of men of varied political opinions are to be seen. •, Senators Are Careleaa. .3 Senators have a terrible tin# ling with Spanish words. They p«t the accents on the wroag syllables, or gtre erroneous seu«4* t« tise maalfc