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Senator Quay introduced a bill providing for the ""admission of Oklahoma and Indian Ter­ ritory as one state. Senator Penrose in­ troduced a, bill to iprohibit the use of the mails in the conduct of various chain coupon and chain investment schemes. Senator Dryden Introduced amendments proposed by the postmaster general to a bill to prohibit the use of tl>e malls by companies transacting fraudulent in­ surance business. At 4:30 p. m. the ®®n- ate went Into executive session, ana at • o'clock adjourned. . The house considered the Hepburn pure food bill, bnt did not complete it. A re­ cess was taken until 11:55 to-morrow. This course will retain the bill before tne bouse without interruption. A request for an immediate appropriation to defray the expense of the diplomatic service of the United States in the republic of Pan­ ama was transmitted from the state de­ partment. An urgent deficiency appro- tton of marine boilers. At 4:C5 p. in. the senate went Into executive session and at' 4:18 adjourned. The army appropriation bill was under consideration in committee of the whole of the house for Ave hours, most of which time was devoted to a genen? (lisfMission . of the tariff. Mr, W'Ma*ns made a general arraignment of Repub­ lican polu.\t'8 and deciaieci tne party mid became one of negation. The only oppo­ sition to the armv hill was by Mr, Baker (N. Y.). Mr. Spalding (N. D.) in­ troduced bills appropriating $100,000 each for monuments to William McKlnley and Alexander Hamilton in the District of Columbia. Mr. Hitchcock (Neb.) intro­ duced a resolution asking the war de­ partment the amount and source of money expended In flying machine exper­ iments. It was referred to the appropri­ ations committee. Mr. Thayer (Mass.) Introduced by request an amendment to the Constitution providing that the lands Of the United States shall be so divided 'as to give each citizen eight acres In aj nearly a square piece as possible. Mr. Palmer (Penn.) Introduced a bill to de­ fine and punish bribery In elections ana political conventions. At 5:12 p. m. tne house adjourned. Friday, Jan. 22. The Senate adopted the resolution Inquiry concerning affairs In Panama In­ troduced Jan. 5 by Mr. Gorman. Mr. Doiliver of Iowa made the principal speech. Mr. Tillman spoke on his reso­ lution relating to Senate recesses. No ac­ tion was taken. Senator Piatt of New York reported favorably the bill giving employes of the government printing of­ fice who receive annual salaries annual leaves of thirty days each, exclusive of Sundays. Senator Fulton, from the com­ mittee on fisheries, reported favorably the bill making it a misdemeanor to ex­ port misbranded salmon or to ship them from one state to another. Senator For- aker presented, the credentials of Senator Hanna for six years, beginning March 4. 1905. The Senate at 4:30 went Into ex­ ecutive session and at 4:39 p. m. ad­ journed until Monday. The House passed 209 pension bills and also resolutions calling on the Secretary of War and the Attorney General for in­ formation as to the number of horses and carriages maintained at government ex­ pense for officers of these respective de­ partments. A bill permitting the with­ drawal duty free from the St. Louis ex­ position of articles donated to religious, scientific, educational or literary insti­ tutions also was passed. At 3:50 p. m. the House adjourned. Saturday, Jan. 23. There was no session of the senate, ad­ journment having been taken Friday un­ til Monday. The house devoted the entire day to consideration of the army appropnwiOB bill in committee of the whole. Mr. Rob- 9 I J, Bull--"Hum! Now's My Chance!" --Boston Herald. prlatlon of $300,000 was requested of the house by Postmaster General Pavne to enable the establishment of rural free delivery routes. Representative Brooks of Colorado Introduced a bill appropri­ ating $250,000 to enable the secretary of agriculture to conduct experiments in the non-corn-growing states and territories in the fattening of cattle for market. Representative Smith of Iowa introduced a bill for the construction by the Iowa Central Railroad and Bridee company of a bridge across the Missouri river, near Council Bluffs. Iowa. Representa­ tive Bartholdt of Missouri Introduced a joint resolution extending an official In­ vitation on the part of congress to the inter-parliamentary union for the ProJn°- tion of international arbitration to hold its annual conference in September in St. Louis. An appropriation of $50,000 Is made to defray the expenses of the meet­ ing. At 5:25 p. m. the house took a re- ctess until 11 :55 a. m. to-morrow. Wednesday, Jan. 20. In the senate Mr. Patterson completed his speech on the Panama canal ques­ tion. He declared the president largely responsible for the revolt in Panama, and announced his decided preference for the Nicaraguan route. He was followed by Mr. Piatt (Conn ), who took this pro­ nouncement for Nicaragua as a saying it explained the mystery of tne opposition of Democratic senators to the Panama treaty. A resolution for the ad­ dition of a clerk in the senate postomce went over. Mr, Cullom presented a num­ ber of petitions for a service pension bill, saying he had received such petitions from almost every G. A. R. post 'n nois. Mr. Piatt had not c <mpleted his speech on the Panama matter when the senate adjourned at 4:05 p. m. The house passed the Hepburn pure food bill on a rising vote of 201 to 68. It was amended to go into effect Feb. 1. 1904. Mr. Hull (Iowa), chairman of the committee on military affairs, reported the army appropriation bill. A substi­ tute by Mr. Payne for the Hitchcock .resolution calling on the secretary of the treasuiy tc furnish th« house informa­ tion regarding the number of carriages furnished his department at government expense, was agreed to. The committee on merchant marine and fishorles report­ ed In favor of the bill authorizing a com­ mission to consider the question of ship subsidy. Representative McDermott of New jersey introduced a bill providing that vessels entirely owned by citizens of the United States should be granted American registers, regardless of where they were constructed. Mr. Zenor (Ind.) was granted forty-five minutes for a speech on good roads. At 6:30 p. m. the house adjourned. Thursday, Jan. 21. Mr. Piatt (Conn.) concluded his spseoh on Panama in the senate, defending the course of the administration. Mr. Mor­ gan spoke in explanation of his b*"' for the annexation of Panama to the lilted States, basing his argument oil the ground that the pending canal treaty practically contemplates that result. Mr. the comment made on It by the Repub­ lican platform of 1866. Mr. Teller spoke against the treaty. Mr. Frye introduced a bill to increase the safety and efficiency of the mercantile fiarine by creating a commission to revise the laws relating to construction, Installation and lnspec- PERISHES IN TRENCH CAVE-IN Col. James E. Brice Is Accidentally Killed at Columbus, O. Columbus, O., special: In attempt- log to shut off the gas in a trench on tho property of the Central Ohio Gas Company, a cave-in occurrcd, bury­ ing Col. James. E. Brice, superinten­ dent of the company, beneath eleven feet of earth. He was dead when taken out. The gas caught fire from a torch and the entire city fire depart­ ment was brought into action for hours before the fire was extinguished. Girl Weds at Eleven. Waterbory, Conn., special: City of­ ficials have discovered that Angela Capplzotta was married at the age of 11 years. She is a buxom girl and readily passed as of marriageable age, mother aiding her. PROF. VON HOLST. AUTHORITY ON INTERNATIONAL, LAW, DEAD Inson (Dem.. Ind.) criticised the war de partment for the expenditures in connec­ tion with the Langley airship, declaring that such expenditures were without the sanction of congress, and that the air­ ship was without utility. Only twelve of the forty-one pages of the bill had been read for amendment when the house ad­ journed. The provision in the bill for the construction of a submarine cable from Sitka to Fort Llscum. Alaska, went out on a point of order. Mr. Hemenway, chairman of the appropriations commit­ tee. proposed a limitation on the PUJ*' chase of books and periodicals for the army. The Dreyfus case. French novels, and the character of the books In the de­ partment library were among the subjects discussed. An amendment prevailed pro­ viding for the purchase of technical and professional works only. A resolution calling upon the secretary of the navy for Information as to the number of carriages maintained at government expense for tne use of his department was adopted A bill permitting thp construction of a uani across the Mississippi river betwen Wright and Sherburne counties, in Minne­ sota. was passed. At 3:47 p. m. the house adjourned. BIG SUM FOR NAVAL Y. M. C-= A. John D. Rockefeller Said to Have Promised Aid to Movement. Washington special: Rear Admiral H. C. Taylor, chief of the bureau of navigation, returned to Washington with news that John D. Rockefeller and others have begun a movement which will supply ?400,000 for the es­ tablishment of a naval Y. M. C. A. in Philadelphia, similar to the institution in Brooklyn founded by Miss Helen M. Gould. Rear Admiral Taylor repre sented the Navy Department at a meeting at the home of Mr. Rockefel­ ler in New York, at which J. J. Mc- Cook, Mrs. Lewis Nixon and Mr. Have- meyer of Yonkers were present. A8K $5,000,000 FROM CARNEGIE Two Are Burned to Death. San Bernardino, Cal., special: Ozma Mothato and his 4-year-old son, Juan, w»ere burned to death in a lire., The mother, grandmother, and two other obfldren managed to get out. Five Western Colleges Request Dona­ tion of $1,000,000 Each. Topeka, Kan., dispatch: Washburn College, a Congregational institution of Topeka, and four other western col­ leges, names not known, have asked Andrew Carnegie for $1,000,000 each. Each college sent a representative to Mr. Carnegie. Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court, who was formerly a Kansan, spoke for Washburn. It is said that Mr. Car­ negie looks with favor on the proposi­ tion. WILL WATER IMMENSE TR^CT Plana for Reclaiming 500,000 Acres of Desert Land in Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, dispatch: As the result of action taken at a mass meeting of the farmers of the Salt Lake valley and stockholders of vari­ ous irrigating companies using water from Utah lake, the government project for the use of that body of water as a great reservoir scheme will bring under cultivation 500,000 acres of desert land in the great Salt Lake valley. Mrs. Maybrlck Is Hopeful. London cablegram: Mrs. Florence Maybrick, who is serving a life sen­ tence for poisoning her husband, is most cheerful over the prospect of an early release. Her health and spirits are said to be excellent Women Students Escape. Greensboro, N. C., dispatch: The main dining room, dormitory and laundry of the state normal college were destroyed by fire. The 350 young women students were rescued. m 'SI If mOF. HERMANN B. VON HOlsST. Professor Hermann Eduard Von Hoist of the University of Chicago died in Freiburg, Germany. He was the most noted of modern historians, an authority upon international law and a famous author. He was Rus­ sian by birth and successively German and American by adoption. He held chairs in European and American uni versities and was noted for the bold ness of his utterances upon public questions. A GREAT VOICE STILLED. DRUG HABIT 18 SPREADING. Prof. Harper Evinces Regret at Von Hoist's Untimely Death. Prof. Hermann Eduard von Hoist died Jan. 20 at his residence in Frei­ burg, Germany, where for three years he has been on leave of absence from the Chicago university seeking to re­ gain his health. "He stands before my mind," said Dr. Harper, "as a patriarch whose heart and brain for long years had worked in behalf of the true demo- wcrked in behalf of the true democrat­ ic spirit. 'I am an American,' he used to say, 'and my whole heart is Ameri­ can.' His condition for over a year previous to his death was a most pa­ thetic one, his mind strong and vigor­ ous as ever, his body almost ready to crumble to pieces. Now that the news of his death has • come, the circum­ stances of his coming to the Univer­ sity of Chicago come back to my mind, the loyalty with which he served its interests, the vigor with which he per­ formed every duty." Prof, von Hoist was born on June 19, 1841, at Fellin in Livonia, a Baltic province of Russia. Although born a Russian, he was a German who did not know the Russian language. His father, a Lutheran minister, died when Hermann, the seventh child, was young, and left him a legacy pf $150, designated for the boy's education. His early education was received in a pri­ vate gymnasium in Fellin, and in the spring of 1860, at the age of 19, he en­ tered the German University of Dorpat. After three years at Dorpat and two at Heidelberg he received his Ph. D. de­ gree from the latter institution in 1865. The hardships undergone during bis student days had undermined his health and he was forced to travel. In 1867 he published a pamphlet criticis­ ing pointedly the Russian political sys­ tem. Only by a timely warning did the future student of American con­ stitutional liberty escape from ending his days in Siberia by fleeing to the United States. Reaching New York, he was com­ pelled to work for a time as a day laborer until he found tutoring and newspaper writing to do. In 1869 he was commissioned by three wealthy German merchants of New York to write for German readers in the old world a series of articles upon Ameri­ can life and institutions. In this un­ dertaking was the germ of his great work on "The Constitutional History of the United States." After the close of the Franco-Prus­ sian war von Hoist was called to the chair of American history and con­ stitutional law at the great university founded by Prince Bismarck at Strass- burg. Before leaving America In 1872 he married Miss Annie Isabelle Hatt, a graduate of Vassar. In 1874. after two years at Strassburg. Prof, von Hoist was appointed professor ordin- arius of modern history at the Uni­ versity of Freiburg, which chair he held until he became the first head of the department of history In the University of Chicago in 1892. Long Walk to See Father. In order to see his father, from whom he had been separated for three years, Christopher, the 11-year-old son of Rev. Samuel D. McConnell, former­ ly rector of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal church in Philadelphia, took a thirty-flve-mile walk through the snow and ice to his home in New York. Movement In New York to Prohibit Sale of Cocaine. A movement has been Inaugurated in New York to prohibit the sale of cocaine except under authority of a doctor's prescription. The "cocaine habit" increases at an alarming rate, the drug having tremendous sale in the city. The openness with which aristocratic "dope fiends" practice their pet vice is something astonish­ ing. The wise slave of morphine opium or cocaine has discovered that the surest way to conceal the vice is to practice it in full view of the audi ence. Thus, a man or woman will come into the drug shop when it is crowded and say something to the clerk in charge. The clerk digs up a black bottle, mixes it with something from Che soda fountain and the fiend deliberately takes It while the crowd looks on. Not once in a thousand times does any one suspect that the cool person with the dark mixture is a victim of drugs. TO WHOM THE COMPLIMENT? fend Matter Between Senator Hanna Congressman Cushman. Congressman Francis W. Cushman of Washington heartily regrets that he made that extremely clever speech on the rules of the house. He is learn ing that fame as a humorous speaker carries with it burdens as well as ad vantages. His mail consists largely of urgent requests that he make speeches at this or that gathering, at points scattered all the way from Maine to Mexico. The other day an enthusiastic Kansas congressman hur­ ried up to Cushman and said: "Frank just listen to this telegram: 'Bring either Senator Hanna or Congressman Cushman to the big gathering here What do you think of that for a com pliment?" The far western states man said, with every appearance absolute sincerity: "That is certain ly very complimentary to Hanna. Have you showed it to him?" TRICK OF THE MEMORY. Long Experience Fighting Fire. Edward S. Hosmer, chief engineer of tho Lowell, Mass., fire department, has had nearly fifty years' continuous ex­ perience in fighting fire. Before he was appointed a member of the old fire department in Lowell in 1856 be was a member of the boys' flro com­ pany in Belvidere. Dines in Solitude. Dining in his Washington mansion during a term of congress, Senator Clark will often sit alone at the head of the table in his brilliant dining- room, taking his meal in absolute silence. -"'He is not a sociable man in general, but loves to dine out in agree­ able company. Senator Had Forgotten Subject on Which He was Authority. Senator Daniel of Virginia is the author of a standard law book en titled "Daniel on Negotiable Instru ments." He was explaining In one of his law lectures one day how he came to write the book. He said he was in his office some years ago when a man came in and asked him if sight drafts carry three days of grace. He didn know. None of the other lawyers knew, and it took a visit to a bank to find out. He then determined to write a comprehensive work on all negotiable instruments and he did so As the senator was finishing a young man in the class said: "Senator, do sight drafts carry three days grace?" Daniel hemmed and hawed looked confused and finally said: "Up­ on my soul, young man, I have for gotten." Helen Keller's New Studies. Helen Keller has just begun her senior year at Radcllffe. Her studies;* this year will consist of Prof. Kit tredge's Shakespearean course, Dr Neilson's English literature, Professor Moore'.s course in Plautus, Cicero and Lucretius and Professor Morgan and Dr. Rand's course in Latin, which cov­ ers the annals of Tacitus, the satires and epistles of Horace and selections from Catullus. Up to the present time Miss Keller has passed with credit all her college examinations. Ingalls on European Tour. M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four Railroad, has sailed from Bos­ ton for a tour of Europe. The city of beans was the boyhood home of Mr. Ingalls, and he still has many friends there, who gathered at the wharf to wish him a pleasant journey. Value of Pedestrian Exerciae. President Loubet of France attrib­ utes his good health to taking long walks every pleasant morning be­ tween 6 and & o'clock about the street* of Paris. I V is I N O I S N E W S [ J CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE € 1 PECULIAR ACCIDENT AT PANA HUNTING PARTY IS BROKEN u£. BREAK8 WILL AND GETS *XMX>0. Two Handcars Collide and Hotelkeep- er Is Badly Injured. A. J. Mack of the Flint hotel, Pana, and several section men were 'more or less seriously injured, the result of an unusual accident which occurred on the Big Four railroad near the hotel. Mr. Mack was walking down the track from the station and had nearly reached the hotel as two hand­ cars came up behind him from the west, close together. The first hand­ car contained eight men and the sec­ ond ten. The cars did not slacken speed, expecting Mr. Flint would leave the track. The leading car struck and knocked him to the ground, seriously injuring him. The jolt threw every man from the handcar and all were more or less hurt. The second car, coming at good speed, dashed into the first and threw all its passengers to the ground, bruising them severely. TWO DEEDS TO 8AME PARCEL Tenant Is Perplexed When It Comes to Paying Rent. Two parties holding deeds to the same piece of ground was the cause of a lawsuit which was tried before Squire Stehlin at Bunker Hill. In 1900 the court sold a three-acre tract of land belonging to the Gaunt estate to Mrs. Eliza Walker in Gillespie. Two years afterward the same piece of land was sold by Miss Chrlssie Gaunt to Mrs. 'Amelia Pennington of Bunker Hill. Later, the ground was rented, and when the tenant was to pay the rent two people claimed the money. Squire Stehlin decided in fa­ vor of Mrs. Walker, who held the deed from the court. An appeal has been taken to the Macoupin County Circuit court. Fear of the Law Saves the Life of a Venturesome Stag. The discovery that the Illinois game law forbids the killing of deer in the state for ten years cut short a pro­ jected hunt in the vicinity of New­ born and Dow, In Jersey county. Deer are practically unknown In that part of the state. Recently a large stag appeared in the streets of New- bern and from there ran to the neigh­ boring town of Dow. The animal was seen by many people in Newbern, and in a few minutes the telephone lines were busy. A hunting party was quickly formed, but when it was sug­ gested that perhaps the killing of the animal might be in conflict with the game law, a telephone message was sent to tho county seat, and there in­ formation was obtained that a heavy fine would bo imposed for killing the animal. The party disbanded. PREPARE F6R THE G. A. R. MEET Springfield Veterans Co-Operate to Entertain War Comrades. All local posts of the G. A. R. have united to make laborate plans for the state encampment of the Grand Army, which will be held in Springfield May 10--12. Committees have been named as follows: Executive, Capt. P. W. Harts, John B. Inman, E. L. Johnson, Lincoln Dubois, W. H. Newlin, John C. Bell, C. E. Hay, E. A. Hall, J. W. Southwich. John G. Roberts, Thomas Rees, W. H. Conkling, John C. Pierik, Joseph Klaholt, J. A. Hall and E. S. Scott; finance committee, Mayor Har­ ry Devereux, Fred Buck, W. W. Sweet, B. R. Hieronymus, Gen. Alfred Oren- dorff, E. A. Hall and Bluford Wilson. Luther T. Scott Is Victorious in Con* '• | test in the Courts. • iv The many friends of Luther T. ^ Scott of East St. Louis are highly ^ elated over his success in breaking the will of his father, CapL J. C. Scott, who left the bulk of his estate to the it Swedenborgian society of New York. . Capt. Scott died about a year ago ^ while on a business trip to Vandalia. When his will was offered ft»r pro- ' bate his friends were surprised to ' J learn that his son Luther had been cnt off with a very small portion of the : ^ estate. It was then learned that Capt. Scott had made several wills within the period of a few weeks, disposing of his property in different ways. •; Friends were ready to testify that he? • f^ was not in his right mind. Luther;. ..fx Scott, his only child, contested thev will and it was set aside by a jury in; Judge Burroughs' court in Belleville.^ i Mr. Scott will now come in for all the&,.£•$§! estate, amounting to $30,000, after thai. . dower interest of his mother. A iiubk|'^| ber of friends serenaded Mr. Scott at: • 0"|| his home last evening and oongratn- lated him upon his success. Sunday 8chool Conventions. The executive committee of the Jackson county Sunday school asso­ ciation has announced the dates for township conventions as follows: Murphysboro, March 27; Somerset, June 19; Grand "Tower, April 11; Kin- kaid, June 26; Carbondale, April 18; Sand Ridge, July 3; Ora, June 24; Degognia, July 10; De Soto, May 1; Fountain Bluff, July 17; Elk, May 8; Vergennes, May 15; Pomona, May 22; Levan, May 29; Makanda, June 5; Bradley, June 12. The following are the county officers: President, Prof. E. J. Klemme of Murphysboro; secre­ tary, Chrissa Haldeman of Pomona; executive committee--W. A. Schwartz of Carbondale, W. P. Wilson of Brad­ ley and J. J. Preiser of Murphysboro. M. E. Salem District Dates. Dr. W. H. Nelson, presiding elder of Salem district, Methodist Episcopal church south, has announced the fol­ lowing quarterly meeting assignments for the second quarter of the confer­ ence year; Clarksdale and Xenia, Jan. 30-31; Pana and Clay City, Feb. 6-7; Tower Hill and Altamont, Feb. 13-14; Patoka, Feb. 20-21; Denison, Feb. 27- 28; Casey, March 5-6; Kinmundy, March 12-13; SaleiA and Vandalia, March 19-21. Heirs to $30,000,000. An organization of the Starr fam­ ilies and their descendants was ef­ fected at Red Bud for the purpose of pushing their claims to an estate in Baltimore, Md., amounting to over $30,000,000. In 1797 one of the Starr ancestors leased a large tract of land to a company for a term of ninety- nine years. This lease expired in 1896, and the company attorneys made an effort to locate the heirs, but did not succeed in doing so. This fact the Starr family ascertained a short time ago, and steps were immediately be­ gun to establish their claim. Launch for Naval Militia. Congressman W. A. Rodenburg has sent word to the Alton division of na­ val militia that he has made formal application to the secretary of the navy for a steam launch for use by the militia. Congressman Rodenburg thinks that to facilitate the division in its work and to add to the interest now taken in the organization a etcam launch should be provided. Trades Assembly Election. The Belleville trades and labor as­ sembly has elected the following offi­ cers: President, James Borden; vice-president, Charles Bender; re­ cording secretary, EL P. Leuschner; corresponding secretary, Chas. Muend- lein; financial secretary, William C. Spies; treasurer, J. P. Face; business agent, James Borden. Dedicate Odd Fellows' Home. The new home of the Dixon Odd Fellows was dedicated Jan. 20 with impressive ceremonies. The hall Is a three-story pressed brick building with carved stone ornaments, and cost $30,000. The construction was made possible by a legacy from the late C. F. Emerson of $20,000. Divorce or Pension? Mrs. George Heatherly of Alton, a blind woman, will be the first appli­ cant for a county pension of $150 un­ der a new law. Her husband has been fined frequently for spending money tor drink that was given her by char­ itable people, and before receiving the pension she will be required to get a divorce. Odd Division of Estate. The late Thomas Lewis, by his will which has just been filed for probate at Decatur, bequeathed $500 to Mary Lewis, a daughter; $5 to Ben Lewis, a son, and $1 to Michael Purcell, a grandson. The remainder of the es­ tate is left to Davis and Will Levis, Bankruptcy Petitions. William Owens of Taylorville has || filed a petition in bankruptcy in the - .^g United States district court. His lia-, bilities are scheduled at $2,2$8 and ' M assets $2,814. Springfield, 111., Jan. 21.--Henry E. Linne a baker of Danville, filed a pe- ^ tition in bankruptcy, scheduling hi# liabilities as $4,783.98 and his assets flj as nothing. A petition was filed by John Angel,'- residing near Pleasant Plain, San gar- , mon county, who scheduled his liabil^> J§| ties as $1,866.26 and his assets as $15& .; :|i Funeral of Mrs. Mendenhall. • Sp The remains of Mrs. Isabel MendenH hall were conveyed to Olney fofr burial. She died at the soldiers^--* v|yj' orphans' home at Bloomington, agei 96. Her son-in-law, Col. R. S. Mo t ^ Cauley, is superintendent of the insti?-^:^ tution. Deceased was one of the old* " .j, est members of the Rebekah order, ' r ; the obligation being administered at - ! i Olney in 1S51 by Schuyler Colfax, affr^ ^s|j erward Vice-president. She was presi* ^ dent of the sanitary and Christian commission of Indiana under Gpv. '. ? Morton. am z r»" "f'i Steals Gas Meter. Charles T. Edwards, colored," was caught in the act of stealing a slot, gas meter from the saloon of Clemen^ tine Jones in East St. Louis. Thj meter contained $3.50. Edwards a< mitted that he is one of a gang c4|V . ^ negroes who have been stealing ga&- meters for some time. He claims that ' }•] they have succeeded in getting away ; with about thirty-five, containing froijk $3 to |S each. ^ :0c: :M Honor Old Odd Fellow. Capt. Jones Worden, the oldest member of the Upper Alton Odd Fel­ lows' lodge, celebrated his 83d birth­ day Jan. 21. Members of the lodge gave him an informal surprise party. Must Ride on Regular Train. All railroads centering in Chicago have decided to forbid passengers to ride on freight trains, which will be a hard blow to commercial travelers. State Fair Dates. The state board' of agriculture is sending out cards announcing the Illi­ nois state fair dates as September 29 to October 7. Farm Hand Is Killed. Robert McKenzie, a young farm hand, was accidentally killed by a train on the Illinois Central railroad near Maroa. Land Transfers. Edward Rose of Bunker Hill bas purchased the southwest quarter of section 11 from J. M. Cooper for $3,- 000. Mrs. Mary Drew of Bunker Hill has sold her farm of eighty acres to T. J. Lukne. Consideration, $3,400. Lost Summons Causes Suit. Circuit Clerk Isaac B. Betts of Sa­ lem has been made defendant in a $5,000 damage suit as the result of a summons, which was alleged to have been lost some three years ago. College President Resigns. Dr. C. E. Nash has resigned the I residency of Lombard college' at ttalesburg to accept the field secre­ tary ship of the UniversallstB. To Close Stores on Sunday. All Upper Alton business houses, except drug stores, will be closed all day Sundays hereafter. Schoolboy Hurt at Play. Albert Blackburn of Pana, 8 years old, while playing at school, fall-and dislocated his shoulder. Kills Innocent Man. Allen Woodard, a contracting car­ penter, was accidentally killed at Bloomington by Edward Maher, a bar­ tender. George Kistner assaulted Maher with bricks. Maher fired two shots, one striking Kistner in the arm and the other penetrating the heart of Woodard, who was passing. Claims Mormons Threaten Woman. According to officers of the Illinois W. C. T. U. the elders of the Mormon church in Chicago have threatened the life of Mrs. Maria Reed, a speaker of the national W. C. T. U., who has been lecturing against Mormonism in that city. Mrs. Reed lived for a time in Utah. Want Rates Reduced. Decatur shippers, jobbers and man­ ufacturers have decided to make an­ other appeal to Gov. Yates and the railroad and warehouse commission for a reduction of the local rates. A reduction was promised some months ago. Interurban to Run Aug. 1. The management of the Springfield and Decatur interurban railroad says cars will be running between Decatur and Springfield by Aug. 1. Want Curfew to Ring. The ministers of Taylorville have petitioned the city council to pass a curfew ordinance, and their request will likely be granted. They desire that all boys under 15 years of age be compelled to be off the streets at 8 o'clock In the evening. Snow Explodes 8lag PII^'?^;^sV;%;||; Snow caused an explosion of slag •1 taken from a smelting furnace at tho • Federal lead plant in Alton. Rolf ' •: Hartman was severely burned on th# ;»• y face and neck and Frank HurfordV face was burned slightly. The men- were dumping the contents of a tub for hauling slag. When the tub waA turned over the molten lead And slac v' -V exploded from contact with a snow .* bank. • • . v.'-l•• Miner Is Killed In ExplosiMkv^. •/M While making a test of a'" Be#'" " smokeless blasting powder in the mine - of the Chicago-Virden Coal company at Virden James Williams, a miner, was killed, and Mine Manager Joh$ ! Handley was quite badly burned abo«li s «' the hands and face. Williams was la : the act of tamping the charge when It ^ exploded. 'V-t ' Observes 104th Birthday C Leonard Roeder, one of the early settlers in Quincy, and probably tftfc oldest man in western Illinois, quietly observed the 104th anniversary of his ^ birth Jan. 21. He has the distinction.^ of being in the duke of Wellington's * army at his victory at Waterloo an#, is very w'ell preserved at his advanced age. •• • Y. M. C. A. Meet at AltoW. ? The committee representing the At ton Y. M. C. A. returned from Chi* cago, bringing with them the decision of the state executive committed adopting Alton as the convention city. Miners' Delegate. The United Mine Workers* local Taylorville has selected I. Q. Frond as a delegate to the state miners' CM*. vention to be held at Sprlnrtfllri ia February. . • Water Drillers Strike Oil- While drilling for water on the Dick Willis farm, in Moore's Prairie town­ ship, oil was struck at the depth of 210 feet The find is thought to be a valuable one. Mineworkers Elect. Salem union, No. 715, United Mine- workers, has elected these officers: P. A. Brod, president; Edward Chappell. vice president; H. W. Olinger, record­ ing secretary; Frank Reeves, finan­ cial secretary; John Simpson, ser> geant-atarms. Public Buildings Billa. Representative March of Illinois has Introduced two bills for public build­ ings, one at Macomb to cost $40,000, and the otter at 000. Gets Collar and-Cuff Factory. A collar and cufT manufacturing company of New York has made ar­ rangements to locate its western 8se- , tory at Pana. ^ Militia Encampment Date. An order has been issued by AdJL Gen. Scott to the efTect that the'state encampment of the Illinois national guard would be held at Camp Lincoln, Springfield, beginning July S. gad end­ ing Sept. 4. . ; ? a Violate Game Laws. L. A. Richardson of Marine, county game warden, secured the convictioB in a Troy court of Thomas Lewis, Sam Davis, William Luellen and Jesao Black for violation of the state genu law. Fatal Stabbing. Ernest Bode was fatally stabbed by Frank O'Hara in Carbcndale over the charms of O'Hara's wife. Bode roomed at the house. Both men were drinking and a quarrel ensued. Bod* was married, his family residing Jig' Carterville. Boy Is Killed by TraUk ^ lanes McKinzie of Richvtnr l**v.vA" ceived a message from Mfcroa, IBL, stating that his son Robert, 1$ yearn of age, was killed hj > 1^8* • crossing the tracfc ' v<-