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PRIVATE YARD HAS TURNED OUT FINE NEW WARSHIP V. 4^ - s ' I lr „ Z, ̂ .>_... t *ssf V tl I&st Slillflll®, v..r .A IV. 4 ' Tw Battleship Louisiana. / S ir < '«•" • "". • • " " „ . .;:'4. " -•"• Tn the great *race mil Is now on be- j 16,0G0-ton battle.Sml5i "Louisiana, ttttd tween the New York Navy Yard and , the cheers of a great crowd, and the the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company for honors in bat­ tleship construction--a ' contest that may settle the question of warship construction at government navy yards--the private yard'won the first heat, Aug. 27, when it launched, the shrill blasts of many steam whistles ashore and afloat. The new defender was named by Miss Juanita Lallande of New Orleans. Gov. Blanchard was nnsble to be present. and was repre­ sented by Lieut. Gov. J. Y Saunders, who was an interested spectator of the launching preparations. MC^ OF VAST WEALTH. * ' - v : *«T SCHOOL lN OPEW AIR. Little Khdwn Millionaires Who Con­ trol Enormous interests. Philadelphia was a good deal sur­ prised on learning the great wealth of William Weight man, the manufac­ turer oif chemicals, who died there a few days ago. There will be another surprise, doubtless, when Thomas Do- ian dies, as he is worth 1100,000,000, according to conservative estimates. His interests are enormous and many in number, lie is "the whole thing" in the great syndicate that controls the traffic in a dozen large cities of this land. He is the gasmaker of Phil­ adelphia and the largest individual holder of Consolidated Gas. And yet, "Tom* Dolan, as he likes best to be called, is a quiet little man who may be seen any afternoon sitting in the cafe of the Bellevue hotel watching other .people, taking drinks, willing to pay for the gratification of their tastes, but never imbibing anything himself. WILL LECTURE IN AMERICA. Prof. Arrhenius, Famous Swedish ChemisV-Coming In December. Prof. August Svan/e Arrhenius, who has just announced important discov­ eries in regard to the sun's corona, is a famous Swedish chemist, and is in this country on invitation from sever­ al universities to deliver a series of addresses. Dr. Arrhenius is a profes­ sor in the University of Stockholm, ami last year was elected as one of Unique Establishment Presided Over 'by Heinrioh Zugel. Dr. R. Gonner gives an interesting account in Kunst fur Alle of the unique art school established at Worth by Heinrich Zugel, the most famons of German painters of ani­ mals, particularly sheep. Four months every year he remains with his pupils in the place named, the surroundings of which ofTer picturesque back­ grounds for the animal pictures. The peasants earn many a penny lending their cows and sheep as models, tak­ ing care to breed the kinds particu­ larly admired by their visitors. There is a regular price list for the use of« these animals, which is nailed on the walle of a local tavern. Here Zugel likes to meet his pupils in tfce even­ ing and over a glass of beer tell of the time when he, like Giotto and Se- gantini, tended his father's sheep. KEPT HIM FROM TEMPTATION. Supersensitive Youth Did Not Visit the Vatican Galleries. A wealthy Austrian built a hand­ some villa in the Tyrol and scattered some sculptured works of art around the garden. The artists had treated one or two subjects so boldly as to shock a sensitive youth. He took the matter seriously. <^UAd one night hacked several blocks of marble-to pieces. For this he got a six-months term in prison. On regaining his lib­ erty he joined a pilgrimage to Rome. There he was presented to the pope, who, after learning his story, gravely eommended and blessed him. Then his holiness, with a twinkle in his eye, gave a hint to his chamberlain that the supersensitive young man shoujd not be allowed to yisit the Vatican galleries. Prof. A. 8. Arrhenius. the Nobel prize winners. Next De­ cember he will lecture at the Univers­ ity of Chicago, where bis fame in­ sures him a notable reception. Position Hard to Fill. There is an opening for a good man on the Monson railroad, a line eight miles long, running from a slate quarry in Piscataquis county, Maine, to Monson Junction. The place was made vacant by the recent death of W. L. Estabrooke, and as yet no one has been found who is regarded as competent to fill the nineteeindifferent positions held by the deceased. The; new employe must be general man­ ager. superintendent, general ticket agent, general freight agent, general baggage agent, lost freight., agent, claim agent, purchasing agent, road- master, superintendent of bridges, train dispatcher, station agent, tele­ graph - operator, conductor, engineer, baegagem aster, brakeman, express messenger, mall clerk. Civil War Veteran Decorated. Gen. Felix Agnus, who recently re­ ceived the decoration of the Legion of Honor, is one of the few survivors of that picturesque troop, Duryee's zouaves, one of the first New York companies to go to the front in the early. '60's during the civil war. Gen. Angus had served ih the French army in Algeria previously. He is a little over* f»0 years of age and the propri­ etor of a newspaper in Baltimore. For a greater part of the year he lives on his Maryland farm, which has the old name Nacirema, which is the name of his publication spelled backward. The ribbon which lie received from France Is the Algerian decoration and he is one of the few men in this country to whom it has been given. Old Men in Russian Army. Gen. Kuropatkin's complaint that his men are too old calls*attention to the fact that the Russian system tends to place rather old men with the col­ ors in war time. The liability for service extends from the twenty-first to the forty-third year. The first four years are spent with the colors* and the conscript is then a reservist for fourteen years. It is quite likely, therefore, that Kuropatkin has re­ ceived many reservists pf about thirty- nine years of age. Japan's service age is from seventeen to forty. Eminent English Scientist. Lord Avebury (better known as Sir John Lubbock) has been celebrating his 70th birthday. He is well known to many Americans, his singularly in­ teresting books on ant life and other nature topics being almost as well known in this country as in Europe This remarkable man stands tor many good things. In a financial age he is an authority on finance; in a scientific age, one of the most popuplar writers on scientific subjects; in an age Of po­ litical and social reform, the author of some of the most popular meas ures; in an age that calls itself edu­ cational. an efficient promoter and everywhere an acceptable advocate of education: an officer or member of half the learned societies of Europe. English Woman Good Rifle Shot. In the near future marksmen in some parts of the United States will probaly find themselves opposed on the shooting range to one of the clev­ erest rifle shots iu England--Miss Florence Lewes, the young woman whose exploits at the- annual British shooting competition this year have attracted wide attention all over the world. Miss Lewes, who is a grand- niece of George Henry Lewes, ex­ plained, just after she had made 33 out of a possible 35 bull's-eyes at 200 yards, that she took up shooting Hot long ago because she intends to emi­ grate to Canada shortly. So her ap­ pearance on American ranges is likely. ' r Burning Money in War. Some idea of the cost of modern Warfare can be arrived at.by taking a Japanese warship like the Kasuga or Nysshin and calculating the number of shots she would discbarge. The first-flamed Ship carries four, cannon, which cost $30,000 each. One of these guns can fire two shots per minute, and every shot costs$400; thus in five minutes these four cannofi can dis? charge forty bombs at a cost of $16,- 000. The smaller cannon cost each $18,000, and every shot they fire means an expenditure orf $707 They are very rapid, and it is estimated that in five minutes the twelve cannon could discharge shot to the value of nearly $35,000.--Leslie's Weekly. Had Fun with Secretary TafL ' .. Secretary Taft was, in New Haven * only fi ve hours the other day, but he had to ride the goat before he got away. In an unwary moment the sec­ retary of war had accepted an invita­ tion to join the Book and Gavel so­ ciety of the Yale law sohool. He was closeted in dungeon surroundings for about fifteen minutes, and then retired to his hotel to ehange his clothes, which were dripping with perspiration. »"No more college initiations for me this week," were the-parting words. Some Champion Long Names. A^directpry issued in Honolulu con­ tains what is believed to be the long­ est name appearing in any such pub­ lication. It is that of Miss Annie K. Kechoanaakalainhueakaweloaikanaka, which means substantially "Jack and the beanstalk." Pauline NabucJjodon- ozowiczowna, a resident of Milwaukee, is probably champion of America, though Salvatore Schlianoditonnariel- lo of Providence. R. I., and Bernhard G. Ahrenhoersterbaeumer of St. Louis may be regarded as entitled to honqr- able mention. Youthful Land Bcomers. ' Tbp Los Angeles land booajkef- starts buying and selling real estate early in life occasionally. Russell Clark is youngest of the lot at pres­ ent. MIL Clark is just 11 years old. For three" years he has been in the chicken and egg business, from the profits of which he has bought a lot. This he has advertised for sale, his sign being of'regulation size and de- feign. Young Clark's father hag been aii operator in real .estate for years and h»s large property interests! Unhappy Life of Murad V Corns* to End at Constantinople.' Sultan Murad V, modern Turkey's man of mystery, died last week and was buried with scant ceremony. ., In May, 1876, when thero was amol- hering revolution In Turkey proper -and open rebellion in Servia, Bulgaria, 'fckiu Moiileuegru, Abuul Aiit, suliuu o£ Turkey, was dethroned. The sultan was visited by his ministers and high dignitaries, and informed that it was the will of God that he be deposed. Stie was deposed, and a month later •was found dead in the palace to which lie had been assigned as a prisoner. He was succeeded by Murad V, who, distracted by the quarrels of Mfdhat Pasha and other Reformers with- the conservatives in the council, was seized with melancholy and declined to assume the responsibilities of gov­ ernment. 1 Meantime rebellion was rampant in all the Turkish provinces. Constanti­ nople itself was in a ferment. The Eu­ ropean powers were clamoring that the porte should fulfill its obligations} and the governing council again re­ sorted to deposition. ' The ministers called ill some of the most celebrated physicians In Europe, called in representatives of "the Mo­ hammedan hierarchy, and Murad was pronounced insane, and Abdul-Hamid, a younger brother of Murad, was de­ clared regent, or sultan. The reform party, it was reported at the time, consented to the change on the theory that Abdul-Hamid should be really regent, and that when Miirad re­ covered his mental equilibrium he Ehould bc restored to the throne. Ab­ dul-Hamid, however, informed all par­ ties that he would be sultan in fact, and he soon became the real head of the government. Midhat Pasha carried on his quarrel with his rivals in the cabinet, and succeeded for a time in banishing them from power. Later he was him­ self banished, and the two factions to this quarrel, which had led to the de­ posing of Abdul-Aziz,~ found that Ab­ dul-Hamid was to be counted on in every step taken by the Turkish gov­ ernment. Meantime sight was lost of Murad, and for nearly thirty years his fate has been a mystery. It was reported at one tipe that he was dead, and that for reasons of state the fact was con­ cealed. U, was reported again that he was very sick, that he was well cared for, but that he could not recover. At last the mystery is solved. Mu- -ad, who, it is said, held the promise ILLINOIS NEWS Choice items from over the state, specially selected for our readers CIGARETTE FIEND DIES IN JAIL Excessive Use of the Paper Pipos Brings on Heart Failure. James Crouch of East St. Louis was found dead in his cell in the count}' jail in Belleville by one of the inmates. Coroner McCracken of East St Louis held an inquest, with the re­ sult thfet a post-mortem was conduct­ ed by Drs. McCracken and Reuss, and a verdict returned that Crouch came to his death by heart failure, super­ induced by excessive smoking of cig­ arettes. Crouch had- been complain­ ing for several days, and County Physician Reuss was called and pre­ scribed for him. Crouch was arrested in St. Louis for working a con­ fidence game and given ten hours to leave the city, but, failing to do so, Kas rearrested and sent to the coun­ ty Jail, July 6, for a tefiii of six months on a vagrancy charge. His daughter, Nellie, aged 12 years, visit­ ed him at the jail. Hi# wife, who lives at East SL Louis, a short time afterward, appeared at the sergeant of police's desk in East St. Lotjis and invoked curses upon the police, sher­ iff and jail officials tot tie death of her husband. QUESTIONS SWAMP LAND CLAIM ' MARYVILLE OFFICIAL IS MISSING Orders Water Plant Sold. Judge Humphrey, in the United States circuit court at Springfield, made an order for the sale of the property of the Chester Light, Water and Power company at Chester, under a decree of foreclosure Issued in favor of the Union Trust company of St Louis, which holds $35,000 of the cor­ poration's bonds. The order for the sale is made on the mutual petition of the complainant, the defendant and Don E. Detrick, the receiver of the company. They state in their peti­ tion that the plant has been operated at a loss. Street Duet at Springfield. As the result of a long-standing grudge, Will Davis shot John High- field in front of the opera house at Springfield. Louis Anderson was also shot by a stray bullet. Highfield was shot through the arm*.and Anderson through the hand. Davis claims he fired in self-defense. Detective Ander­ son says Davis shot at him when he tried to m&fce "the arrest. The" flying bullets imperiled the lives of theater­ goers who were crowding Into the opera house at the time of the affray. Engineer Is Killed in Collision. James Frizzell of East St. Louis was Jktlled In a collision on the Mobile & Ohio railroad eight miles north of Murphysboro. He was running an en­ gine north and collided with a dou­ ble-header coming south. Engineer Frizzell had one arm broken and his face and back injured. He died on reaching the hospital. 8ultan Murad V. of Abdul-Hamid to leave toe throne when Murad should recover his health, is out of the way. While he lan­ guished in a sanitarium that was a prison, his younger brother has be­ come one of the most powerful of the sultans who have ruled in Turkey in the last fifty years. RICH MAN LITTLE KNOWN. Wealthy Citizen of Philadelphia Has Just Passed Away. There are some very rich men whose names never become familiar to the public, and one of them Was William Weightman, who died at Phil­ adelphia last week in his 91st year. He was a native of England and went to Philadelphia when 16 years old to enter the chemical manufacturing business started there by a relative. Eventually this establishment, under the name of Powers & Weightman, became the largest manufacturer of chemicals in the world. It is said that for fifteen years prior to the death of Mr. Powers each partner took $GO0,OOO a year out of the business. Mr. Weightman invested most' of his money in Philadelphia real estate and became the largest taxpayer in Pennsylvania*. Teachers Get Certificates. The . Christian county superintend­ ent has granted the following first- grade teachers' certificates: Chrystal Butcher, John P. Davidson, John De Wolf, S. A. Dorrls, H. L. Fowkes, I. J. Glass, Emma Lynham, Peter Man­ gers, W. F. Nail. Amy Powel, Mar­ guerite Ricketts, T. E. Smalley, C. A. Tulpin. Advertisement Brings a Wife. Through an advertisement in a coun­ try paper John L. Cake of the Atlas Poulft-y company of Sullivan obtained a wife. Miss Mattie Holly of Loving- ton 6aw Mr. Cake's advertisement, in which he stated his needs for a wife, and entered into a correspondence which resulted in their weddings _ Church Societies Get Property. . G. Morris Eckels, administrator of the estate of C. O Deffenbacher, who died at Mechanicsburg, Pa., has start­ ed a chancery suit for the purpose of bringing about the sale ©f property in Decatur. The beneficiaries of the estate are various societies of the PrefbjEterian church, Offended Chinese Empress. The empress dowager of. China, ac­ cording to the Shanghai! Times, is highly offended with the wife and daughters of Yu Keng, late Chinese minister at Paris, and has issued or­ ders that they are not to enter the palace again. The cause of their sudden downfall is said to be that they instigated the young American lady artist who painted the empress dowager's portrait to demand a sum of 300,000 taels for her work. The empress dowager at the adviee of some of the officials had previously presented the artist the sum of 12,000 taels and some presents. Pen Picture of preat Heiress. Of Miss Pauline /Astor, American heiress1 of a naturalized Briton and fiancee of Captain Spender-Clay, an English paper says: '"'She is quiet, rather nice-looking, sensible, s.elf- wllled. Not pretty in the accepted sense, though her hair is beautiful in its .wayward profusion and her dee? eyes look into yours with a sympa­ thetic intelligence. Playing hostess to the great world ever since she was 14 has given her an air of easy distinc tion, and with it perhaps a tiofc of being a little tired;" Boys Admit Theft. Will Quin of Decatur, aged 15, and Arthur Geis, 14, are in jail at Decatur and have confessed to having broken into a factory. They also stole a watch from a Vandalia caboose; Miner Is Fatally Injured. John Yeamls of Taylorville, an em­ ploye of the Christian County Coal oomppny, sustained fatal injuries by coal falling upon him while he" wis at work. Begin on Smelting Plant. The work of building tfie proposed $25,000 smelting plant at Duquoin will begin Immediately. „ The plant will occupy a space of twelve acres. - To Reopen Mine. Jupiter mine, No. 3, at Duqooln, is to be reopened by the Manufacturers' Fuel company. It Will be operated to its full capacity. Royalties Breakfast en Fruit. At the present moment \bere fa quite a rage for friut diet among sev­ eral European royalties. The German emperor breakfasts and lunched off fruit and only tastes meat at dinner time, when he partakes of it very sparingly. The king of Italy for the last couple of months has lived almost altogether on fruit, and in several of tie leading restaurants at Rome fruit in various shapes and forms makes almost the sole article of- diet supplied to customers. : ; r ^ Former Jasperites Celebrate. The seventh annual reunion of for­ mer residents of Jasper was held at Fairview park, Decatur. They elect­ ed the following officers: President, E. C. Tade; treasurer, Mrs. D. D. Hill; secretary, Mrs. Fred Zimmerly. Masonic Jubilee. The members of Macon chaptef, No. 51, Royal Arch Masons, will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their insti­ tution Sept. 29. Chapters from neigh­ boring cities have been invited to at­ tend. -* . Goes to Illinois College, f Prof. A. F. Shaw of McKendree col­ lege, Jacksonville, has been appointed to fill the chair of chemistry and physics of Illfopis college. Prof. D. M. Robinson of Chicago has been se­ lected as teacher of Greek in the same insjitution. - -4 - 'tea Hun*er '• Wounded. 'drover Hassler of Nashville sus­ tained a severe wound in the left leg just below the thigh joint by the acci­ dental discharge of a gun while hunt­ ing In the woods south of Nashville.' Interior' Department Seeks to Reject Indemnity to State of Illinois. The Interior Department at Wash-' ington has given the state of Illinois thirty days from Aug. 26 to show cause why Its claims to swamp land indemnity' remaining unadjusted should not be rejected, for the reason that there are no vacant public lands in the state with which to satisfy such claims if it should be found upon investigation that the lands upon which indemnity is claimed are swamp lands. During the fifty years that swamp land claims have been under adjudication there has been allowed the state of Illinois swamp: land in place patented, 1.457,044 acres; cash -ndemnlty paid, $470,970, on 445,979 acres, and land indemnity certified, 101,984 acres. The claims oi the state for indemnity for swamp lands which were erroneously sold by the United States government prior to 1857,. amounting to $2,667.45, have been al­ lowed. • 4- Elect Sunday School Officers. The thirty-month annual convention of the Jackson County Sunday School association, which represents eighty- five Sunday schools, held a three days' session in Carl>ondale, .The fol­ lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President EL J. Klemme Of Murphysboro; vice presi­ dent, W. A. Schwartz of Carbondale; secretary, Miss Chrissie Haldaman of Pomona; treasurer. Miss Nellie Pier- son Of Murphysboro. « Co-Operative Union 8tore. The members of the various labor unions of Belleville have decided to establish a workingmen's co-operative grocery store. A meeting was held, and forty-nine subscribers to the cap­ ital stock were enrolled, and J. Phil­ lip Stiehl elected manager. It is pro­ posed in time to add to the grocery a general merchandising establishment. One thousand dollars has been sub­ scribed. Injured by Hay Fork. Fred Klopmeier, highway commis­ sioner of Wood River township, was badly hurt by the accidental dropping of a large fork he was using in his barn and operating by the use of a horse. The fork dropped from the top Marsha! Loaves on Business Trip and Fails to Return. Stacy J. Armstrong, marshal of Maryvllle, a small raining town six miles south of Edwardsville, has been missing since Aug. 20, when he left ostensibly to transact business |n East St. Louis. He is secretary of a secret order and also of the qjiners' union, and his accounts are reported to be correct in each. His wife is anxious about his absence and has asked the authorities in surrounding towns* to assist in locating him. He is 23 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches in height, weighs about 190 pounds, and when he Jeff, home he wore dark coat ajid trousers, with no %-est. Says Trainmen Fooled Htm. j. AfthUr L. Saint, a b<^ who resides at Monticello. has filed suit against the Wabash Railroad company, ask­ ing $800 damages. He avers that while accompanying a 'horse which was be­ ing shipped over the Wabash ro^d to Hannibal, Mo., the trainmen told him that he had arrived at a station where he intended to leave the train, and that if he did not jump off quickly he would be unable to do so. He obeyed and jumped, but only to plunge over a high bridge on which the train was standing. He injured his spine se­ verely. • Society Belles Greet Each Other wfttt' the Military Salute. Newport has a new belle this seSt» son. She is Miss Anita Sands, ths . [laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wliliam I-L* • Sands, the Ifitter formerly Miss Loril* lard, of New York, and she has give* the town a number of thrills. TLc gjijti cujlitate a iufufui^ , manner at Newport Indeed, amonCr them to be on one's dignity is not to. 1>e in the fashion. Some call out» "Hello, there!" at elen the haughtie^. r»f matrons. Led by Miss Sands, these girls hav# instituted'"a ifew fad in salutations.. Instead of merely bowing to friends, they salute in military fashion, wit|| decidedly fetching results. Mlss Sands, a charming brunettSfc Excludev> Venders From Depot. An order from the Chicago ft Al­ ton railway headquarters has been issued forbiddirg newsboys or venders of small wares from plying their voca­ tions at train times on the depot plat­ form in Alton. Supt. E. Ryder was in Alton and was accosted by a boot­ black, who was so persistent in urging the railway official to have a shine that Mr. Ryder struck at him. The bootblack returned the compliment by hurling a brick at Supt. Ryder, but missed him. # ...Seeks to Recover $185. Mrs. Mina Wildman of Carlyle, who had in her possession $185 belonging to Mike Sterrett at the time of his death a month since, has commenced legal proceedings for the recovery of the money, she having turned the amount over to the sheriff on demand. Mrs. Wildman claims the money on the ground that Sterrett told her should he not return'the money was of the barn, pinned his arm to his . . . A». „ „„_t, . . i hers. A demand has been made on the body and cut a gash in h.s side to his . hip. He almost died from loss of blood, owing to delay in getting a sur­ geon. sheriff for the return of the money. Masons Dedicate Lodge Rjoom. The Masonic lodges of Jacksonville have dedicated their new. lodge room. Representatives of forty-two lodge# in the state werd in attendance, there being 160 visiting brothers. A ban­ quet followed in the evening, and ad­ dresses were made by Gov. Rlbhard Yates, Judge Epler, Judge Owen P. Thompson. Judge C. A. Barnes .and H. H. Bancroft. To Change Street Railway. With a view of reorganizing the street railway ocmpany of Centralla, which has been operated for ten years as a mule mine, offers to buy in tne stock at 60 cents on the dollar are being made and stock is changing hands fast. The reorganization means enlarging the system aad converting it into an electric line. 'No One Wanted Scholarship. E. W. Burroughs of Edwardsville, director of the Twenty-second con­ gressional district farmers' institute, has awarded the scholarship assigned to thj,&.,CQUIlty.. for the college of agri­ culture, University'of Illinois, to an­ other country, as there were no appli­ cations from Washington county. To Reduce Assessments. The St. Clair county board of re­ view will probably spend all of next week in East St. LouiS. Members of the board state that much of the prop­ erty in East St. Louis has been as- Tire of Wage Agreement. The Iron Molders' union, No. 44, the members of which are employed as machine molders in the various shops in Quincy, have been notified by the employers that the agreement by which the men were to work nine hours per day and receive a minimum scale of $2.75 will not t>e renewed .when it expires, Sept. 28. 8tatuary for Church.. Rev. Father Crowe of Jacksonville has received for the Church of Our Saviour seventy pieces of statuary rep relenting the fourteen stations of the cross. The statuary was imported from Italy at the cost of $2,500, and is the gift of Mr. George Eberhardt of Jacksonville; Old Soldiers Elect. At the reunion of the Clay county old soldiers at Louisville John W. Sullivan was elected president of the association. Armstrong Goines, aged 94 years, was awarded the rocking chair offered as a prize for the oldest attendant. There were ftbout 7,000 people present. -- -- : Section Hands Are Injured. David Murray and John Crow, sec­ tion hands of the Wabash railroad, while digging in a clay bank south of Quincy, were buried under falling earth. They were speedily extricated. Crow sustained slight injuries, but Murray had one of his legs broken. Seeks Parole for Son, Amelia Simmons is circulating a pe- sessed too high, while Jn__other sec;_ ^Jtion at Carlyle for the relqp.se of her tions of the county were too low. the assessments Newspaper Man Is Married. Horace Henning of Albuquerque, N. M., a well-known newspaper man, was married to Miss Cora Reice, daughter of the late Adjt. Gen. Jasper N. Reice, in Springfield. Lloyd Adams of St. Louis was best man. son, William, on parole from the Ches ter penitentiary. He was sentenced last November for enticing a daugh­ ter of William Woodruff fron^ home. All of the parties are colored. Bridge Watchman Loses Lsg> Patrick Tracey, a wlftchman on the Bellefontaine bridge, was run over by an engine while riding on the bridge approach on a railway velocipede. His right leg was cut off above the knee. Grant's Regiment. The annual reunion of the Twenty- first Illinois, volunteer (Grant's) regi­ ment will be held at Bethany on Sept. 20 and 21. Bars Contagious Diseases. The mother superior of St. Mary's hospital at East St. Louis has issued a note to the undertakers and ambu­ lance drivers of the city that' ntr cases of smallpox, scarlet fever o"Fefysipelas will be received at that institution. Reunion of the Eleventh. Invitations have been mailed to the surviving 400 members of the 11th Illinois infantry to meet in regimental union at Duqouin on Sept. 15, the, sec­ ond day of the southern Illinois sol­ diers' reunion. * ' Jefferson County Assessment. The report of the assessment for Jefferson county has been completed by County Clerk W." B. Phillips. The personal property is valued at $2,389,- 358: real estate, $5,543,040; city lots, $1,T>48>870; railroad property, not in­ cluding tracts, $15,890. Bait Player Signs Contract. ' Nick Kahl of Coulterville, who'has been playing with, the Colorado Springs team of the Western league, has been signed tfcp.Cleveland olub fo* next year. • ^ Grade Crossing Accident. While crossing the Illinois Central tracks at Jackson street, Belleville, in his bakery wagon, Gustave Zehring- er and his little son were run down by a switch engine. The wagon was wrecked and the horse killed, but the occupants escaped uninjured. Approves Projected Bank. The auditor of public accounts has issued a permit to organize the Lo- raine state bank at Loraine, Adams county, with a capital stock of $25,OQO. The organizers are Jacob Klepper, G. H. Eastman, J. H. Cubbage, E. G. Hed- rick and S. S. Groves Washington County Farmers. The executive committee of the Washington County Farmers' institute met at Nashville and arranged the program for the joint county and con­ gressional institute to be held in that city Nov. 21, 22 and 23. Plan Interurban System. ...-.IShfi project of building an interur­ ban railroad from Quincy to adjoining towns is again being revived in busi­ ness qircles, and there seems to be a growing confidence that the enterprise will be successful. Druggists Elect 'Officers, TjjMP Christian County- Retail Drug? gists* association has elected ths fol­ lowing officers: President, M. J. Hogan;' vice-president, George Witt- man, Pana; secretary, Bert Bach; treasurer, W. Eaton. MI$S ANITA SANDS UJ ; WHO. LEADS THE NEWPORT FADDIST#^' ^ with her bewitching smile UtamlneflL * by sparkling white teeth, is said to b# •. . trading the Impressionable young me| of Newport a merry dance. Report iS ^ ; ; that she twill in time marry Francijfr ^^v Poiter, nephew of Bishop Potter, who "« has been her devoted Blare for eight­ een months. Single Seed Was Prolific. A 5 ingle mesquite seed, imported. . from the southwest and planted 1$" Honolulu in 1S73 has propagated ani spread until in the Hawaiian islandiS to-day there are 50,000 acres of thji- famous plant of the alkali plains dt'-'i- Arizona and New Mexico. The most' remarkable feature of the manner ift which the desert growth has takesr root on foreign and tropical soil lie* in the fact that the mesquite has com* pletelv changed its character* and iir.:' vastly different from the parent tre#>. of the west. - -• . «! A Bibulous Toast. ' How They Say Gooo-By. "When I left Manila," said a salfc or, " a Filipino lady saw me off. Do yon know how she said good-by? Why, she rubbed my face with h«r hand. "Rubbed my face with her hand, by Crinus! I looked around the wharf and that is how all the natives weri" saying good-by to one another. Ms and the rest of the voyagers by tlw time we got off had our faces all rubbed raw. • ^ "In Fiji they say good-by by cross­ ing two red feathers under your nose. "The Burmese crouch down and shout 'Hib nib!' "The South Sea Islanders wear fai» well necklaces when good-bys are to be said. These necklaces are made of whales' teeth. To say good-by c ica islander rattles^ with his fingers tl» teeth of the other's necklace. "The Sioux Indian digs his spear in the ground as "a sign of farewell. "In Otaheite th§y twist an end of your garment and then shake thelff- own hands three times." Hot Potatoes. Tie "Hot Potatoes" man of Malaga, carries a lantern in daytime in order to attract attention. Free Delivery for Duquoin. The postoffice at Duquoin is now of­ ficially recognized as a second-class office and a free delivery system will" be installed at once, The salary of the postmaster has been increased ** $2,000 a year. Thought-It Was the Camp Pig. . - j . While K. J. Snell of Potsdam wai. trading watches with, a irenchman a| his lumber camp near Utica. N. Y„ | the dogs behind, the house set up a- , J ' loud barking. Snell went out to inr ^ ffj; vestigate and discovered an animal 'poking around in the darkness. He corcl'tded that the camp pig had ; - again escaped, and after considerable. hard work succeeded in putting the beart in the pen. When he went out next morning to see if the porker was 1 right, he was astonished to find, at 'Instead' of a pig he had put • • black bear into the pen. Snell avert, * that hears are as thick as huckleber*' ries iu that section. The law forbid<£'|/" that they be shot at the present timet. ^ Minister's Up-to-Date Idea. A West Virginia minister is to bol& a*"§¥ryice in the open air soo*i. antl: has advertised that before the sermon' there will be an exhibition of trapeze work and tight-ropo walking. In thif way lie hopes to get a large audience*. - v * * * ^ '•*fj Mausoleum to Be Unique. A Mausoleum costing $1<V000 Is • ing cut at marble shells at Moatneller- and Barre. Vt. It is to be- of utrltju® <»esig«u .isce building lnsl«:e an­ other. It will be one of the most>l«fc» orate jobs ever cut in that vidolty.'^ V