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s~ ^ ̂ 4 ; THE MeHENRY PUHOEALEfl McHENRY PLAINDRALER CO. ^^MrfTRNRY,' KR*nmnassssssz: ILLINOIS. B*! •'. •'•MjVI.I.iv • •/» £v£f>'. iK K; / Ground was broken at Stanford Unl- ----- versity Sunday for what is to be tho largest college library in the coun- / try. > A mob of masked men broke into the house of„George Hess, near Irwin, i'v "• Mo., and shot Hess and bis wife, the f>'" former being fatally wounded. No 'cause for the attack is known. 4 V'. The United States production of iron : ore in 1903, according to a report to the geological survey, was 35,019,30$ long tons, valued at $66,328,415. This - is a decrease of 534,827 tons from 1902, but the total is greater than the com­ bined totals for Germany, Luxemburg and the British Empire. The will of Jared White, who re- ... ... cently died in Gingsfisher, Okla., left an estate valued at more than $50,000 to be divided between the American /Board '6f Foreign Missions, the Ameri- can Bible Society, the New York So • cfety for the suppression of Vice and < the National American and Indian R^r -jjief Association. " ' $•. A stormy meeting of the Big Five Mining Company in Denver* has end­ ued in suits being brought by President William P. Daniels and Secretary M. C, Merrill for $150,000 each for defa­ mation of character against Dr.- G. H. Sulfa, a Boston stockholder, who charged them with mismanagment and branded the company as a scheme to ' defraud stockholders. •y The German statistician, Licht, esti- } mates that owing to the drouth, the continental, sugar beet crop is 20 to • 25 per cefit lower than that of 1903. I- Th© body of the murdered American ffr 1 * seaman found at Villefrance after be- ing five days in the water, is believed I*?,;to be that of Henry Mitchell of the Olympia. |1-.yt , The Sycamore, 111., chauitauqua has j, opened for an eleven days' session. f - Albert Phenix was fatally shot by George Smith at Taylorville, 111., in an JV altercation over Smith's mother. Burglars entered the clothing store l^g^of Trone & Taylor, at Delavan, 111,, h ' bored the safe open and secured $150. I - f i The Wisconsin Redmen elected A. •fl-" S. Andrews of Superior great sachem. River Fails was chosen for the next ,*gg session. • - ' • ^ , Isaac Hursell, wanted in Seattle, / Wash., charged with attempted wife jp " 'murder, escaped from a fast-moving * train in North Dakota. Charles Vogel, a farmer, was In* stantly killed at Winkel station, near h'A" Delavan, 111., while crossing a railroad track on a hay wagon. Frank Young, a farmer, was killed near Washington, Iowa, while at work filling in a bridge. A log fell on him, braking his back. Rev. Dr. Samuel F. TTpham,' presi­ dent of the Drew Theological seminary |v," - in Madison, N. J., Is thought to be fa­ tally ill at his summer home in Cot- tage City, Miss. He is 66 years old. , The executive committee of the Na- tional Association of Letter Carriers will recommend a plan to divide the r * country into two divisions, with a chief if', T of eath division. At the thirty-third annual com- /<> s't aencement exercises of the Valpa- raise, Ind., college the total number oi graduates was 1,057, representing ijj i every state and territory^ ' ". United States Minister Thomas pre- Rented to Sven Anders Hedin, the |?>* 1 Norwegian explorer, the American * Geographical society's medal. ; Thomas Shoulders of Petersburg, V Ind., who was making a canvass for ,ftbe Democratic nomination for county ^recorder, is ill of smallpox. I Fred R. Ewing, a newspaper man, • was appointed county auditor of Gib- LATSST CASH MARKET REPORTS M * f Chicago-**. J red, Liverpool--American, 6s l(VI. New York--No. 2 red, $1.01%@1.W%. Kansas City--No. 2 red. yyecul.Oli. Minneapolis--No. 1 hard. Ji.iOU. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 98«£c@fl. ; Duluth--No. 1 Northern, 11.14. Milwaukee-No. 1 Northern, fMf. CORN. Chicago--No. 2. 52%c. " Liverpool--American mixed new, 4s New York--No. 2, 63%c. r**? .vc. t seism--• SI. 'Luu»'«o. s, SEttc. ' Peoria--No." 3, 62*4c. - , OATS. L' Chhsago--Standard, 8S14QIIHe; New York No. 2, 3S%c. Xansas City--No. t Whit*. JSM St. Louis--No. 2, S2c. Milwaukee--Standard, 410. CATTLE. C u I c - « k o -- u \ * . Kansas City--$2. Omaftfl-$1.25@'5.95. ' » ' Now York--$ 1. B0$if 6/*•,h,V*i Plttsbui R--$̂ @5.90. •' i*-'V Buffalo-$i.5(M»-6.25. St. Louis--$t.50@6. V St. Joseph--$1. SO-fft'i.aS. HOGS. Chicago--J4.S5fT5.K5. Kansas City--$5.20®S.J5. Omaha--$4.50® 5.15. New York--|6.15@6.tt. Pittsburg---$"@6.35. >•' "» Buffalo--IS 75®«.25. - St. Louis--$4.90CrfS.60. • • , St. Joseph--$4 •* SHT2EF AND lULMBt. Chlcajfo--t3.lE@6.75. Kansas City--$2.50<iHJS. .! Omahs- New Y'-Orfe--7.25. ̂ - 'J. Pittsburg--$1.5ti$i6.50i ' Buffalo--$1.50^f5.75. ^ 7 i,. .-'k; St. Louis--J2(^5.25. -V Z St. Joseph--$2!3>6.25..;.-. y't ^ ^ .,^4." FORCFD TO J FAVF HAPROP •.*u ti:- ilv. k>'~- \ i son county, Indiana, by Gov. W. T. Durbin to succeed Samuel R. Adams, resigned. Capt. George P. P. Wilde, command­ ant at the navy ^ard at Boston, and Capt. Charles J. Train, president of the board of inspection and survey, have been promoted to the grade of rear admiral. Rear Admiral Barker's battleship squadron sailed from Gibraltar for Fayal, Azore islands, Aug. 13, and thence for home. 'y~- Rev. Mr. Parsons of Danville, 111., was elected president of-Parsons col- lege at Fairfield, 111. ' President Roosevelt has temporari- Li- ly appointed-Regis H. Poet of New •f% York to be secretary of Porto Rico, ^,-,i and Erastus S. Rockwell of the Dis- !Si. trict °' Columbia to be auditor of $i%- Porto Rico, to take effect Sept. 1. TheSfttcamer Sierra, which sailed from Sydney, N. S. W., Aug. 8 for San Francisco, has bn board $1,750,000 to goid. The gunboat Bancroft, sent from San Juan at the request of Mr. Daw son, the American minister, for the protection of American interests, ar­ rived at Monte Christl, Santo Do­ mingo. The annual reunion of the veterans of southern Indiana is being held at Lincoln City. The emperor of Japan has conferred the order of the Rising Sun upon William Hutchinson, Canadian com missioner at the Osaka exposition in 1903, now Canadian commissioner at 8u Louis. - President Roosevelt received a per­ sonal invitation to visit the St. I.ouis exposition from William H.,Thompson, tieafcurer of the exposition company. Julius Rumpel, a saloonkeeper of Weston, Mo., was acquitted of the murder of Dr. William J. Simpson. Werner All/erti, the tenor, has signed a contract in Berlin for forty concerts in the United States next spring. John D. Hart, a wealthy farmer and ex-county commissioner, cut his throat while despondent and died at Greencastle, Ind. The French »nd Belgian govern­ ments have again portested officially to the government at Rome against the Italian-Dominican protocol, which they claim violates. the rights of French and .Belgian citizens In Santo filNttiUjpGk Merriman Duty was struck by light­ ning instantly killed at Anna, 111. * "The man who committed suicide at the Hotel Roland in New York has been identified as Isidor H. Block, a New Orleans insurance agent. Charles ("Doc") Howard, a ball player, one of the Original Colored Cuban Giants, was killed by Lottie Skiles, who was rooming at Howard's house in East Liverpool, O. Michael D. Callahan, a former race horse trainer, and Thomas Egan, a racing stable attache, were burned to death at Saratoga,- N. Y., by an ex­ plosion of gasoline. While rowing in a small boat near Washington Island, a summer resort, Raymond Smith, 8-year-old son of County Clerk A. P. Smith of Escanaba, Mich., fell overboard and waa drowned. Assistant Postmaster General Wynne sailed Monday on an extended European trip. President McCarten of the New Jer­ sey public service corporation has in­ sured his life for a million. Actor Barnabee of the Bostonians will go into vaudeville and will be sup­ ported by Agnes Cain Brown. Rear Admiral Barkers battleship squadron sailed from Gibraltar from the Azore Islands. John Munroe, the banker, who has been in ill health in Paris, is making toward recovery. There is no truth in the report that he is in a sanitari­ um- * Russia denies that there is any truth in the report that Chief' of Po­ lice Kooznezoff of Nakhichevan and the head of the forest department, Tre- gubenko, have been murdered. All is quiet at Nakhichevan. The supreme council of Catholic Knights of America, in extraordinary session in St. Louis, adopted new in­ surance rates and decided that saloon­ keepers and liquor dealers could not be admitted to the organization, but should be placed in the "extra hazard­ ous" class. Indian Commissioner Jones, who kas been in San Francisco and Chi­ cago for the test tf^tnonthfi opening Lids for Indian supplied, has returned to Washington. Gen. H. V. Boynton, president of the Society of the Army of the Cumber­ land, has fixed Sept. 21 and 22 as the dates* of the next annual reunion at Indianapolis. Mrs. John H. Parker and Mrs. James H. Miles, both of. Derby, Conn., mother and sister of the Democratic candi­ date, have left Rosemount for Cort­ land, N. Y., where they will visit for several weeks. Selichi Tejima, Japanese commis­ sioner general to the world's fair, has reached St. Louis from Japan. He was met by members of the Japanese Exhibitors' association and conducted to the home of the Japanese commis­ sion. He will remain until the close cf the exposition. Mme. Janauschek, the aged actress who has been ill aij. the actors' home at Staten island, has suffered a re­ lapse and been removed to a sanitar­ ium at Amityville, L. I. The Security Trust and Safe Deposit company at Wilmington^ Del., was ap­ pointed receiver of the United Button company. The Minnesota insurance fee scan­ dal has arouaed .Gov. Van Sant and he will return to the legislature thie re­ peal of the law. Jacob Tugant, aged 7,0, an inmate of ibe soldiers' home t£( Hampton, Va., committed suicide upon being refused a drink of liquor. Cardinal Satolli and his party sailed from New York on the steamer Sar- degna for Europe. The stockholders of the Wells-Fargo company re-elected the retiring board of directors and the directors re-elect­ ed the former officers. Ferdinand, Dubois county, Ind., a Democratic town, is excited over the appointment of Ida Hagan, a negro girl; as deputy postmistress. > Japanese Oun^ from the Land- Side Believed to Have Driven Russian Fleet to Sea--f ; Scattered bv Tow* ••, '•*: • A*? " r"r 11 I3 II 1 I Uft.il I 1 j < v* a » w ^ - - lLondon, Aug. 12 --The dlsl>atche3 from the Car east have raised feeling in Europe to a point of painful ten­ sion. The universal conclusion drawn from the move of the Russian fleet in escaping or trying to escape rrom Port Arthur is that the Japanese hold the citadel in their grasp, being in a posi­ tion to turn the interior of the harbor and the city into a sbips and troops. - <r Bayonet Meets Bayonet in ~ Struggle for Port Arthur. Chefoo, Aug. 12.--The captain of the Russian navy and commander of the torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshitel- ni, which arrived in this port direct from Port Arthur to-day, brings au­ thentic news of the land fighting around the besieged fortress on Aug. "& and 9. Capt.' Horst admits that the Russian troops lost heavily, but says that on Tuesday they recaptured Takushan af­ ter ghastly carnage. Capt. Horst states that Monday morning, Aug. 8, the Japanese at­ tacked the main line of the Russian fortifications. The Japanese infantry made recklessly brave bayonet charges and the Russians replied 1r a similar manner. Steel to steel, the conflicts /took- place and whole regi­ ments were annihilated. The Russians were worn out from their heavy duty and men dropped from exhaustion by the side of their guns. Slow Movements of Japs Allow Russians to Escape. St. Petersburg, Aug. 11.--Again the chance of a decisive battle between Gen. Kouropatkin and, the command­ er of the Japanese armies seems to be disappearing. " " According to a statement issued by the general staff to-night rains were again falling over a wide area in Manchuria, with the prospect of im­ peding operations, but even more im­ portant is the information reaching here. It is learned to-night, too, from sin exceptional source that the Japanese have once more delayed too long. Gep. Kouropatkin has now withdrawn the bulk of his army safely north of Liao- yang, leaving only a strong rear guard line southeast of Liaoyang to contest the advance when it comes. Rusflan Fleet Dispersed in Damaged Condition. Tokio, Aug. 13--The Russian fleet, which left Port Arthur on the morn­ ing of Aug. 10 in an endeavor to break through Admiral Togo's cordon and reach the open sea, was driven back to port after a battle which con­ tinued from noon until dark, The Czarevitch, the Pallada, the No- vik and a torpedo destroyer sought refuge at Kiauchau bay, according to dispatches received here. Other dispatches say that the cruis­ er Askold, badly damaged, is at Woo- sun, the port of Shanghai, with a tor­ pedo-boat destroyer. Washington Has Grave Fears 'of International Complications Washington, Aug. 13.--Grave inter­ national complications may grow out of the action of the commander of the Japanese torpedo boat destroyers in seizing the Russian destroyer Ryeshi- lelni, which had fled to ChefOo harbor for refuge. The advices received by Secretary Hay froin Consul General Fowler at Chefoo indicate that Japan has violated the neutrality of China and broken her agreement to confine the operations of the war to Man­ churia and Corea and their waters. This may widen the scope of the operations and drag China ipto tho war as an ally of Japan. In the event of such a calamity officials here can only conjecture as to tfie effect it will have upon alliances existing between Great Britain and Jap&n and Russia and France. tfho Tokio correspondent of tlie Xsily Telegraph sends a-report that Port Arthur was again bottled up on the night of Aug. 11, but there is nothing from other so«rcert6 conflrm this report,- •. Germany Takes Steps to Enforce the Neutrality Law. Berlin, Aug. 13.--The foreign office confirms the arrival last night at Kiaochou bay, the German concession on ' the Shantung peninsula, of the cruiser Novik, and an unnamed tor­ pedo boat. The Czarevitch is in an unseaworthy condition, having been damaged in Wednesday's fight. The foreign office promptly sent in­ structions to the German authorities at Tsingchou to the effect that the Novik and the torpedo boat must leave the harbor within the twenty- four hours prescribed by internation­ al law. •' * el* ron nnder Admiral Togo was practl- celly uninjured. The battleship Ml* kasa suffered the most,< but It con­ tinues on the fighting line. The cruisers Yakumo, Nishin and repairs already have been made and they are fully serviceable. ?t , Tokio Rejoices at Victory; Russian Sea Power Shattered. Tokio, Aug. 15.--Flags are flying, lanterns are glimmering, and cries of Russian Armored Cruiser * - Sunk by Kamimura's Fleet Tokio, Aug. 15.--The Russian ar­ mored cruiser Rurik was sunk and' the armored cruisers Gromoboi and Rossia badly damaged in the battle with Vice Admiral Kamimura's fleet near the Tsu islands early this morn­ ing. , The fate of the crew of the Rurik is not known. The cruiser carried more than 700 men.. It is presumed that many df-them 'Trere killed or drowned. The Gromoboi and the Rossia. show­ ing signs of being seriously damaged, withdrew toward the north. Vice Admiral Kamimura cables the navy department that the injuries in­ flicted upon his vessels were slight. 8KETCH MAP OF PORT ARTHUR AND ITS ENVIRONMENT, 8HOW« INU HILLS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE ADVANCE. CHRIST: GOLD! m (Green Hill and Wolf Hill have been taken after desperate fighting, and ' " the Russians are reported to be holding Christ Hill. Double lines show road leading inte Port Arthur. Light lines with arrow points show routes taken by the Japanese durln g. the Japanese-Chinese war.) After Hard Fighting, Both Sides Agree on Armistice London, Aug. 15.--A junk which srrived at . Chefoo this morning brought news that on Aug. 8, after reveral days of severe fighting, the Russians and Japanese commanders egreed to an armistice on Aug. 12. The wording of Ithe dispatch is vague, as it does not indicate that the armistice was to end on Aug. 12 or to begin on that date. If the armistice was to end on Aug. 12 undoubtedly it was agreed upon in order to permit both sides to bury their dead and care for their wound­ ed. Such an armistice was agreed upon once before. On the other hand, if the armistice •nas to begin on Aug. 12, it is as- ( sumed here that it may mean nego­ tiations either for the surrender of the stronghold or for the removal of women, priests, merchants and other non-combatants. - • * Thirty thousand people celebrated at the Muskegon, Mich., business men's picnic at Lake Michigan pajk. The League of Wisconsin Municipal­ ities selected Racine as the next meet-, irg place and elected H. C. Truesdell president. The Japanese finance department states that the war expenses up to the end of July were 200,000,000 yen, o<- approximately $100,000,000. Among the American sailors 111 with typhoid fever at Trieste, Pressler's condition continues serious, while the others are doing well. Gen. George W. Davis, governor bf the Panama canal zone, who had been Eummoned honfe because of the ill­ ness of his wife, learned on his ar­ rival in Ne-v York that Mrs. Davis was dead. She had been passing the summer in the Adirondacks. The bo.-'y org; A. Rigg, editor of the Girard Anchor of "Girard, 111., was found floating In Lily Jake, in St. Louis. The American Philatelic associa­ tion, in session in Pittsburg, elected H. E. Deits of Flemingtdh, N. J., president BLOOD WILL SOMETIMES FAIL. Well-Bred Woman's Quest After Her Son Who Had Proved Wayward. An elegantly dressed and eminently respectable appearing lady called at the office of a money broker yester­ day and asked him: "Does my son owe you any money?" He replied that, not knowing who she was, he could not answer her question. When told her name, he said her son was owing him a small amount. "Well," said she, "I will pay you the amount," which she proceeded to do and took a receipt, remarking that she hoped her boy would reform and not borrow any more money. "He ought to be a good boy," she con­ tinued, "for he comes of as good stock as there is in America, and has a string of ancestors reaching back be­ yond dava of the revolution and of irreproachable pedigree. It has been said 'age is nothing, but blood will tell,' but I have about concluded that sometimes good blood don't count for much. If one buys a rac­ ing or trotting horse the first thing "Banzai" are ringing in the streets of Tokio to-night in honor of the vic­ tories gained at sea by Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kamimura. The Russian squadron which eon- fronted Admiral Togo at the begin­ ning of the war refused battle. It was stronger then than Admiral To­ go's squadron in battleships and armored cruisers and had it elected to fight the result might have altered the fortunes of war. The strength of the squadron which opposed Admiral Togo compelled him to draw vessels from the squadron under Vice Admiral Kamimura and this left the Japanese navy powerless to operate against the Russian Vladi- vistok squadron and unable to pre­ vent the raids of these vessels. The raid conducted by the Vladi­ vostok squadron in July was extreme­ ly expensive to the Japanese and not only was retaliation tempting, but it was demanded by commercial inter­ ests. . Togo's fleet, however, grimly re­ fused to make a diversion and stuck to Port Arthur. It was confident that the harbor soon would be untenable for the Russian warships, that it would eventually get a fair figbt in the open sea away from the Russian land batteries, and that the Japanese would win, These calculations of the navy were correct, and the Russians, with the chances even, have been hopelessly defeated. Vice Admiral Kamimura, after n onths of weary and patient waiting, finally got his chance at dawn, to-day off Tsu island. , He sunk the Russian cruiser Rurik and sent the cruisers Gromboi and Rossia fleeing back from the fight. Japanese guns dominate the dock­ yards at Port Arthur, and in view of this fact it would seem to be impos­ sible again to mal*e seaworthy or fightable the Russian battleships which have returned to Port Arthur. It is probable that the Russian bat­ tleship Czarevitch will disarm at Tsingchotf."'- The best possible t naval force that Russia can now concentrate at Vladi­ vostok is four cruisers. In the fight of Aug. 10 the squad- buy a COw her ancestry and their qualities are carefully looked over to see whether she is likely to be a good milker or only fit for beef; if you buy a dog, even, ^he strain of blood is the most important thing to be con­ sidered. In short, in buying any of the animals I have ment^ned it is the. blood you pay for, not the bone and muscle. Yet here is my boy, who, with the blood of generations of an­ cestors of the fjnest in the land cours­ ing through his veins, has taken to associating with the dissolute and vile, who spends his money in low re­ sorts and loses it at the gsupilng tables and leaves his mother to settle his debts," The broker bad known of too many such cases to express any* surprise, "and has lost much of his faith in good blood, as many others have or are doing.--Portland Oregonlan. ' The three Russian cruisers were sighted at 5 o'clock this morning at­ tempting to pass the Tsu islands, steaming toward the southwest. Vice Admiral Kamimura at onco steamed out to meet the enemy and fifty min­ utes later both fleets opened fire. The battle continued for flVe hours. At the end of that time two of the Russian cruisers, badly crippled, turned back and fled. The Rurik had teen riddled with shells and sunk^ - Admiral WltHoft Killed on Board the Czarevitch Chefoo, Aug. 15.--A 'correspondent at Tsingchou wires that the Russian battleship Czarevitch received terrible punishment in the fight off Shantung ' ̂ romonotory on Aug. 10, lasting from noon until evening. Uhe Czarevitch bore the brunt of jtbe fighting until 4 o'clock in the aft­ ernoon, when Admiral Withoft was hit by a shell, which blew his body to plecest, only one of his legs being found after the explosion. Four of­ ficers standing near him were also killed. Altogether the Czarevitch lost fif­ teen men killed and forty-five wound­ ed. Admiral Messevitch died of his wounds in a hospital. Two officers and eight sailors; all seriously In­ jured, are at present in hospital. inquired into is his pedigree; if yok 7S, Chances for Longevity. Of 100,000 children ten years old. 89,032 will be alive at *26 years old, and 81,243 will survive to the age of Civilians at Port Arthur Get Opportunity tO' Leave Tokio, Aa& 15.--The fflnai assault on Port Arthur is believed to be at hand. The emperor has notified Field Mar­ shal Yamagata, chief of the general staff, of his desire that non-combat­ ants be allowed an opportunity to leave the fortress. The chief of staff consequently instructed the Japanese commander at Port Dalny to. accord the necessary facilities for their re­ moval. Yamagata'8 formal order declares that the emperor, prompted by hu­ manity, desires to.spare the non-com­ batants at Port Arthur from devasta­ tion by fire and sword. Pathos of the Slums. jkrs. Ballington Booth tells of an in­ cident in one of her rescue missions. She was putting a little waif to bed, folding her new clothes and teaching ber a childish prayer. "Now, follow me," said Mrs. Booth, "and say as I say ' * ..... ^ "'Now I lay me down to sleep,'" * The child repeated the words. • ' " 'I pray Thee, God, my soul to keep," continued the missionary. "'I pray Thee, God, my clothes to keep,' * was the version of the child- r "No, not clothes, my child. 1*11 take care of your clothes." The little girl jumped to her feet in terror. "But won't you pawn them?" she asked. "That's What they always do at home when I have new clothes.'• -->New York Times. Noted Statesman Succumbs Alter Long illness, His End Being Peaceful. ' REALIZED DECLINE WAS NE^R In Refusing Re-election tts Informed His .Friends That His Days of Use­ fulness Were Over; His Ufs Werk Accomplished. Sweet Springs, Mo., special: , After lingering for- weeks between Ufa and death former Senator George G. Vest passed peacefully away Tuesday. Gov. Dockery has issued a proclama­ tion in which he recounts the life and public services of the dead states­ man, and recommends that business generally be suspended on Thursday, the day of the funeral. The burial will be In Bellefontalne cemetery, St. Lcuis. All public offices will be closed and flags on public buildings will be half-masted. "My days of usefulness are over; my life work is accomplished." These were the words of George Graham Vest to a friend when he an­ nounced three or four years years ago that he would not he a candidate for re-election to the United States sen­ ate before the legislature of Missouri. His Greatest Effort. And yet it was after this declaration that Mr. Vest delivered on the floor of the senate one of the greatest ora­ torical efforts of his life in making a plea for free coal during the great strike in the anthracite regions some two years ago. But Senator Vest had made no mis­ take. He was one of the few who recognize in himself the symptoms of wanipg powers, and, although he was able to arise to a great occasion, he knew that the fires were burning low and that it was better for his fame and name to retire before an inevitable collapse. ; The senate chamber at Washington t^has held many a pathetic figure, but George G. Vest will not be remember- "ed there as such. He was a giant in his day, and he got out from under the glare of the limelight before It cast the senile shadows of a robust gast. Native of Kentucky. He was born at Frankfort, Ky., on Dec. 6, 1830, and in his boyhood played with Associate Justice Marshall Har­ lan and Senator J. S. C. Blackburn. As a boy he was homely, precocious, and popular, and when 18 years old he was graduated from Central college at Danville. He read law in the office of James Harlan. James Harlan had been in congress and was a whig offshoot of old Hamiltonlan federal­ ism. He took an interest in his stu­ dents and advised them to study the Federalist and vote against the Demo­ cratic party. Young Vest's father en­ couraged his preceptor, for the elder Vest was a whig of whigs, who sat at the feet of Henry Clay. Was Confederate Senator. But the more young Vest feasted on the mental pabulum dished up to him the sorrier he got for what he considered the political strabismus of his father and his preceptor. He was graduated from the law de­ partment of Transylvania college at Lexington, a democrat to his finger tips, and to the hour of his death he never wavered in his faith. The same year (1853) he removed to Missouri, and he was a member of the famous Claib Jackson legislature of 1861, which refugeed south and elected him to the confederate senate just before crossing the Arkansas line. He was one of two surviving mem­ bers of the confederate senate. COOK FACTION GAINS POINT IN LEGAL FIGHT 8upreme Court Restrains Secretary of State From Placing La Follette Nominees in Republican Column. Madison, Wis., dispatch: The su­ preme cuuit Tuesday morning grant* ed S. A. Cook, Republican stalwart candidate for governor, and his asso­ ciates on the ticket the right to begin a suit in the supreme court to re­ strain the secretary of state from placing the names of the La Follette convention nominees in the Republi­ can column on the official ballot and compelling him to place the names of the Cook convention nominees in that column. The case goes before the court on its merits, the suit being one in equity, and comes up Sept. 6. Con­ trary to general expectation a writ of mandamus was not asked. The granting of the right to begin action does not necessarily decide jurisdiction, and it probably will be questioned by attorneys for the La Follette side. It is the beginning of the legal battle between the two fac­ tions and it will be a fight to a finish. No La Follette attorney appeared. CZAR'S CHIEFS ARE MURDERED Repairing the Colosseum* The government of Italy has to spend $20,000 a year In keeping the Colosseum in repair. i , far M .' -. id, „ . la-m .... "A Methodist Deaconesses. " - Methodism has 1,224 deaconesses. Two More Russian Officials Fall at As­ sassin's Hands. Berlin cable: The Vossische Zei- tuhg says that Thegudenko, head of the forest department, and Chief of Police Kuznezoff have been murdered cpenly in the streets of Nakhchlvan, Russia. Nakhchiven is on the Don, close to Rostov. It was founded by Armenians and is the residence of the Armenian patriarch in Russia. It has a population of aboA 20,000, and has an extensive trade. MORTGAGE DECISION IS MOST IMPORTANT Equivalent te Deed When Mortgage)* j Secures Possesion Under It anc Title- !a Perfect. 3i<iittgi»ejd. iiL, special:' What was recently reported briefly as an incon­ sequential decision of the United Staffes supreme court it now appears ^was nothing short of a judicial revolu- tfon concerning Illinois mortgages. The decision was given in the case of Bradley vs. Lightcap and It complete* !> reverses a long line of Illinois de­ cisions beginning with the one hun­ dred and fifth report and continuing btxtil the present date by holding in offect that a mortgage amounts to a need and that when the mortgagee secures possession under it his title to the property is perfect. The Illinois court has been holding that unless a deed is taken out within the five years* period of redemption the title does hot pass. In the Bradley case the court divided, Justices Boggs, Hand and Wilkins dissenting, and tile fed­ eral court sustains them. ^ - " HEIR TO THE RUSSIAN THRO«i> Son Js Born to Czarlna Who Wilt Ruls as Alexia II. St. Petersburg, dispatch.-^A ion aift Aelr to the throne of the empire was- born shortly after noon Friday. The! child, who, if he live, will be czar of All the Russias and will reign as Alexis II, is doing well, as is the em­ press mother. The hearts of the Rus­ sian people are more deeply touched by this good fortune of the imperial family, anxiously awaited for so many rears, than by a dozen victories or do- tr r!fe­ offors Reward for Will Creee. Springfield, 111., special: Gov. Yates has ifesued a proclamation offering a reward of $200 for the arrest of Will Cross, who is ^charged witn murder­ ing Chris Matthies at Wataug, Pulaski county, on July 23 iasi. . Select Convention City.' Cincinnati dispatch: The Carriage and Wagon Makers' International union hasvehosen Cincinnati as the meeting place for Its next annual con- asem^Ocs S Mother of Newly Born Heir to R»s» elan Throne. feats In the far east, and the super­ stitious Russian character reads in it an augury of a better time. "I am happier at the birth of a son and heir," said the czar, "than at a vic­ tory of my troops, for now I face the future calmly and without alarms knowing by this sign that the war will be brought to a happy conclusion." v < ... • ;1 1 "* HORSESTEALING 18 HIS MANIA • •'"% ^4 Man 84 Years Old Is Arrested Aftpl Three Terms In PHson. R Sterling, 111., dispatch: Charles Alt* gariiles of Leaf River, at the age 84 years, has been arrested on charge of stealing horses from William Cor­ nell of Leaf River and of stealing har­ ness and buggies in and about Ogle and Carroll counties. He is now in jail awaiting a hearing. The horse was stolen three weeks ago. The aged man has served three terms in the penitentiary for horse-stealing. Three years ago he was arrested In Wisconsin and was given a term in the penitentiary. He was free only three weeks when he .again began stealing horses^ buggies and harness. He says he has a mania to steal valu­ able animals. -f CROWDED RAFT 18 SET ADRII an,-- Many Womn and Children Fall j t Lake, Sut Are Rescued. ;!y Lowell, Mass., dispatch: By th# breaking of chains which held It to <hc shore a landing raft crowded with Church picnickers was set adrift in Lake Kabnassett, at West Chelmsford* and In the panic which ensued twenty- five women and children were pushed overboard into fifteen feet of water,' while many others received painful bruises. The most Beriously injured waa Mrs. Gertrude Weaver, who was trampled upon and also suffered from nervous shock. That no fatalities re­ sulted was due largely to the presence oi mind of Rev. A. F. Emshaw and other men, who jumped into the water ard brought the helpless ones ashorfw SHOOTS MAN WHO INTERFERE# Robber Murders Policeman's Rescutf* * When Officer Is Held Up. - St. Louis, Mo., dispatch: Wlllia|tt Mohr of 2205 North Prairie avenue lost his life for trying to rescue a victim from a highwayman. Special Policeman James Lynch was on his way home when a masked robber or­ dered him to throw up his hands-. Lynch drew his revolver, but the rofck ber knocked him down with a blow o|f . his weapon. Mohr rushed to the as­ sistance of Lynch and was shot-dead. Tho highwayman then escaped.^ r BRITISH TROOPS IN HOLY CITY Soldiers for First Time In HistOiy March Irv kfcassa Streets. Lhassa cablegram: British troop* \ if have marched through the streets of the holy city of Tibet, the first time m history a European force has done so. The escort was given Coi. Youn|fe husband, civil commissioner, who vis- \ ittd the Chinese Amban. The coq^ missioner was given assurance that negotiations with the British will b#> f gin at once. Sir Frederic Bateman IS Dead, t London cablegram: Sir Frederkp' Bateman, M. D., born in 1824, died Sif f Norwich. He was a memberfof many 1 societies, consulting physician of the^- Norfolk and Norwich hosjpital, ajjid aa> tinor ot numerous medical worHL,. - - i' .S~ .. .j' r- '>»; - . . , . •« Road Files $35,000,000 Mortgager Columbus, O., dispatch: A )35,00(^ 000 mortgage from the Norfolk J|. Western Railroad company to th* guaranty Trust company of Neil# Vnrjr van fr\r» T* V7 • \ * * - „ • * ^ c * A.-;' mailto:6.15@6.tt mailto:t3.lE@6.75