The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

i> it I THANKSGIVING ON THE FARM I ©h! the farm was blight, Thanksgiving morn. With its stacks of hay and shocks of S, corn Its pumpkin heaps in the rambling shed. And its apples Wrown and green and red. And in its cellar its winter store *n bins that were filled and running o'er With all the things that a farm could j, keep. In barrel and bin and goodly heap. Hung to the rafters and hid away-- ih! the farm was a goodly sight that ~ ~~ ' '*. , Jt * *3 * Hk* pprrr^ Jersey horses--oldPrlno* anf; ILnd here and there wars ih* stock. The sheep and Jock-- Jfhe turkeys and gespe and awkward calf. And the goat that mad* the children '•:A laugh, JL pair of mules that a friend had Mat -Chit to the farm on experiment; Pigeons and fowls and a guinea-pig. jfpogs that w*re small and dogs that were big,%J, ' • „ .Chickens that mra whit* and black and ^ gray-- #hl the farm was a pleasant to stay! _/ , v. ; ©ut back of the house the orchard stood, -Then cam* the brook and the chestnut wood, -* "•»*„, sawmill where the children play, fodder barn with its piles of hay,' walnut grove and the cranberry bog, the woodchuck. hoi* and the barking dog, The wlntergreen and the robber's cave herein who entered was counted brave). The skating pond with Its fringe of bay-- Oh! the farm was a pleasant sight that day! The big home-barn was a place of Joy For the romping girl audi the climbing boy. With beams and mow* and ladders to mount. Horses and oxen and sheep to count} Hunting of nests of sly old hens, Tunnelrag hay and fashioning dens. Helping the men to do up the chores, * Shutting windows and locking the doors, ' Letting some work com* in with the play-- Oh! the farm was a jolly place to stay! T~ * * r •' J f ' j/" Ohtfjis trklW^ SftefvW%sfe loaded down "With cakes that were plump and rich and brown, With apple pies and pumpkin and mince, And jellies and Jams and preserved quince. Cranberry sauce and puddings and rice. The dessert dishes that look so nice, Vegetables, breads and bonbons sweet.1 A great brown turkey and plates ox Sauces hied In the daintiest way-- „9hif ;'twaa a- glorious sight that dajrt • j Oh, the farm was bright Thanksgiving morn. The sun shone clear on the hay and corn. The guests c&me early with laugh ana shout. And the boys and girls scattered about. Seeking the pets they had known before. Climbing through window Instead of door. Racing- from barn to corn-crib or mill. Shouting and laughing with glee, until The dinner horn sounded. Oh, I say Twas pleasant upon the farm that day! • V l r 1 -- M l i d | fw <l M I I ' f ; Uncle Isaac's Matchmaking "Well, I declare!" said Aunt Nancy Winters, "I never did see a turkey fat up nicer'n that one! I tell you. Pa, It's too good for jest you an' me to set down to. Hadn't we ought to in­ vite somebody to help eat Thanksgiv­ in' dinner?" Aunt Nancy paused in her task of stripping the feathers from the turkey in question, and beamed placidly upon Uncle Isaac through her gold-bowed "specs." Uncle Isaac Winters rubbed his hands together gleefully, and a genial amjile overspread his face. "Jest like you, Nancy, to think about somebody sharin' your blessin's. To be sure, to be sure, have somebody in to help dis­ pose "6f that feller. Who'll you in- s vite?" "Well," said Aunt Nancy, reflective­ ly, "I've a notion to ask Marietty Pea- body, poor, lonesome old maid! I don't know as there's a soul in the village that would enjoy a nice piece of breast meat an' sage stuffln' an" Hubbard squash an' mashed potaters an' gravy an' mince pie an' pumpkin pie better'n she would. I do believe She lives pretty slim sometimes." Aunt Nancy sighed a motherly sigh, *nd looked thoughtfully at the big turkey lying across her lap. " 'Pears to me Marietty done a foolish thing when she give Silas Plummer the mit­ ten .the way she did years ago. I wish she was married an' settled down in a home of. her own. Silas would be a good provider /in' Marietty she's a neat housekeeper--neat as wax--an* seem8 to me they could be real happy together." Uncle Isaac sat down on the edge of the wood box and looked at Aunt Nancy's kind old face. "S'pose we try an' make a match betwixt 'em," he suggested- "It's high time that old spat of their'n was cleared up. Let's see--it's as much as ten year, ain't it, since they quit speakin' to each other? I say let's ask 'em both here •to dinner to-morro# an' see how it'll turn out." Aunt Nancy stared at him in amaze­ ment. "Isaac Winters," she said, "be you clean gone crazy? Why, the very Idee! A pretty Thanksgivin' it would be, wouldn't it, with them two glar- ln* at each other an' never sayin' a word! My! my! you don't know Ma­ rietty Peabody, I guess, or Silas Plum­ mer either, if you think you could pacify 'em at this late day." "Well," said Uncle Isaac, meekly, "you know best, Nancy! you always know best. I thought mebby it would work all right, but that's all a fool man knows about sech things. Think I'd best hitch up an' drive down to l&vite Marietty? Jest as soon if you •want I should." . Aunt Nancy turned the big turkey over laboriously. "Why, yes, Pa," she said, "you better go. Give Marietty my compliments an' ask her to spend Thanksgivin' with us. If she's goin' to meetin' to-morrow she'll likely ride home with you in the cutter." When Uncle Isaac returned, an l»ur later, he remarked: "Marietty seemed awful tickled about your in­ vite, Nancy, an* she said she wa'nt goin' to meetin'--she hadn't a new thing to wear--an' she'd come over early an' help fix things for dinner an' then you an' her could visit long­ er, she said." "Well," said Aunt Nancy, "that's real good of Marietty. There'll be quite a lot of work flxin* the vege­ tables an' such, an' I guess she can help me quite a little. I'm real glad she's comlnV poor soul!" The next morning when Uncle Isaac, in his Sunday clothes, came into the kitchen and lifted his chin high so Aunt Nancy could adjust his collar button and necktie, the dear old lady said^ "If I was you, Pa, I'd look all over \he meetin'-house an' pick out the lonesomest-lookih' per­ son there--anybody you think ain't invited nowhere to Thanksgivin' din­ ner--an' ask 'em to come along home with you." "Anybody." asked Uncle Isaac. "Did you say anybody, Nancy?" Aunt Nancy started swiftly toward the oven door. "Land sakes! I be­ lieve that turkey's boilin' dry," she safd, as she opened the oven door with a clang and poured hot water into the sizzling roasting-pan. Her rosy face peered Into the big, savory- smelling oven. "Yes," she said, "ask anybody you think looks lonesome." Uncle Isaac drove off to meeting with a merry jingling of sleigh bells. He chuckled to himself as he drove along. "I shouldn't wonder if Silas Plummer would be lookin' kind of lonesome to-day," he said. "Great guns! Who'd ever "think I'd take to matchmakin' at my time o' life?" When the Thanksgiving sermon had been preached and the last hyuin sung, the congregation moved toward the doors. Silas Plummer buttoned his overcoat and prepared to go his lonely way. But Uncle Isaac, unhitch­ ing the old white horse, called to him. "Hold on, Silas," he said, "don't you want to ride along with me? An', say, by the way, Nancy said she'd like flrst-rate to have you eat Thanks­ givin' dinner with us." Silas Plummer hesitated--and was lost "Much obliged, Uncle Isaac," he said; "you aud Aunt .Nancy are very kind, but I was calculatin' on gpin' to the restaurant for my din­ ner." "Restaurant nothin'!" cried Uncle Isaac, jovially. "Come, pile in here an' we'll be goin'. NancyH be jest tickled to death!" But privately Unele Isaac wasn't so sure of that. "Merciful Moses!" he thought, "mebby I've gone an' put my foot in it. But we'll wait an' see how it turns out. If Nancy scolds, I'll tell her the poor fellow looked lonesome, an' sure enough he did." The cutter stopped at the side door with a jingle of bells. Aunt Nancy came to the window and looked out. "Of all things!" she said to herself, "what in the world possessed Pa to go an' do that! My land! what shall I do? Here's Marietty an' there's Silas, an' they won't epeak--I know they won't!" Marietta was in the kitchen chop­ ping cabbage, and did not see the newcomer, who was ushered into the sitting room by Aunt Nancy, whose hospitable soul wa» filled with con­ flicting emotions. She resolved upon a desperate move. "Marietty," she eaid when she returned to the kitch­ en, "I guess that cabbage is chopped fine enough now. Won't you jest step into the settin'-room an' put some wood In the stove." Marietta stopped chopping cabbage and filled her arms with wood from the wood box. She looked very nice in her best black dress and lace- trimmed apron. The warm kitchen had given a flush to her cheeks and the pink ribbon at .her throat was very becoming. She went through the dining-room and into the sitting-room. Aunt Nan­ cy, listening intently in the kitchen, heard the sudden dropping of the armful of wood. "My sakes alive!" she said, "whatever shall I do. They'll both get mad an' go home most like­ ly. Dear, dear, what did Pa go an* ask him for?" In the -sitting-room the wood lay on the rag carpet at Marietta's feet She stooped to pick it up, but Silas was already gathering the sticks to­ gether. In some awkward way their hands touched, and they looked at each other. "Marietty," he said, "can't we over­ look the past? Can't we be friends again?" His eafhest dark eyes were looking into hers with the old look. Marietta held out her hands, and he caught them in his. The next mo­ ment his arm was? around her and she was crying softly upon his shoulder. He was smiling at her in the old way which used to be so pleasant to her until that misunderstanding came between them. He took her hand and led her into the sunny kitchen where Aunt Nancy was about to take Uncle Isaac to task. The good old people started in as­ tonishment as.Marietta and Silas en tered hand In hand. The lovers look­ ed ten years younger. "Aunt Nancy," said Silas Plummer, "you an' Uncle Isaac have made a real Thanksgiving for me." "An' me too!" chimed in Marietta, with blushing cheeks. "Oh, Aunt Nancy, we've made it up an* we're as good friends as ever!" She looked proudly up at the tall figure at her side. Love was in her eyes--love .and pride. And in the face of Silas Plummer was a look of happiness which had long been a stranger there. The dinner was a great success. The big turkey was roasted to a de­ licious brown, the cranberry sauce was rich crimson, the mashed pota­ toes white as snowdrifts, and the Hubbard squash a golden yellow. The mince pie was Aunt Nancy's best and the coffee was of her famous brewing. It was a glorious dinner, and Uncle Isaac said so after the guests were gone. \ "But land, Nancy! I believe them two wouldn't have known the diiler< ence if it had been plain salt pork an' johnny-cake. My! my! to think what a good matchmaker I am. It's just amazin', ain't Jt?" And Aunt Nancy smiled serenely and said, it was. A Give-Away. Luschman--"My wife wanted to know all about what I had been doing when I got home last night. Klubman--"Why djdn't you put her off?" Luschman--"I did, but my condi­ tion put her on." IS A , " - THE VOTE IN ILLINOIS, Outside Coot o Total Vote of th* State. Cook, official <88,768 county, unofficial... .889,070 -1.0TTJM Total Vote on President. Outside Cook, official ....683,210 .337,925 -1.971,136 817,7*1 KMI tttl * Vet* for President. R60SEVEL.T, REP.-- Outside Cook, official 402,516 Cook county, unofficial. .227,723 PARKER, DEM.-- " Outside Cook, official ....224,424 Cook county, unofficial ..103,312 SWALLOW. PROHIBL--* Outside Cook, official .... 29.297 Cook county, unofficial .. 5,749 WATSON. PEO.-- " Outside Cook, offlctol 3,365 Cook county, unoffid&i .. 3,051 CORREQAN. SOC. LAB.-- Outside Cook, official .... 2,012 Cook county, unofficial .. 2,657 DjpBS, SOC.-- ~~~ Outside Cook, official .... 21,117 Cook county, unofficial .. 46,127 HOLCOMB. CONTINENTAX^ Outside Cook, official .... ..... Cook oounty, unofficial .. ..... - . - •„ TtB Roosevelt's plurality over Parker S01.B03 <r RooscveSrs majority over combined vote tor all others 137,543 Vote for Governor. DBNEEN, REP.-- • Outside Cook, official ... .396.135 Cook county, unofficial ..234,609 Il l inois News Cholcettems from over the state, specially selected for our readers GRAND ENCAMPMENT ELECTS . SHOOTS TO KILL FOR REVENGE «t,244 STRINGER, DEM.'-- Outside Cook, officlsl ....228,613 Cook county, unofficial ..105,686 PATTON. PROHIB.-- Outside Cook, official .... 30,336 Cook county, unofficial .. 5,253 HOGAN, PEO.-- Outside Cook, official ... Cook county, unofficial . VEAL, SOC. LAB -- Outside Cook, official Cook county, unofficial . COLLINS. SOC.-- Outside Cook, official .... lj Cook county,, unofficial .. 3! SPECIIT, CONTINENTAL--" Outside Cook, official .... Cook county, unofficial •30,744 334,299 2,474 1,835 1,859 2,481 462 306 35,6*0 4,309 4,340 58,227 768 Deneen's plurality . 296.445 Deneen's majority over all others 193,212 Vote for Llsutenaot Governor. SHERMAN, REP.-- Outside Cook, official ....398,527 Cook county, unofficial ..227,852' FERNS, DEM. Outside Cook, officlkl ....226,086 Cook county, unofficial ..105,354 (26,379 231,440 Sherman's plurality 294,969 Vote for Secretary of Stat*. ROSE, REP.-- Outside Cook, official ....397,324 Cook county, unofficial ..206,618 603,942 DOOLING, DEM.-- Outside Cook, official 5'...226.874 Cook county, unofficial ..105,635 's plurality 232,509 271,43* Vote for Stat* Auditor. McCULLOU<3H, REP.-- Outside Cook, official ....397,329 Cook county, unofficial ..224,614 SPANGLER. DEM.-- Outside Cooki official ....225,376 Cook county, unofficial ..106,197. McCullough's plurality Vote for Stat* Treasurer. SMALL, REP.-- Outside Cook, official ....395,710 Cook county, unofficial . .208,022 , <21,MS 631,573 290,360 THOMAS, DEM.-- Cook county, unofficial ..227,220 Outside Cook, official ....122,186 603,732 349,406 Small's plurality 254,326 Vote for Attorney General. . STEAD, REP,-- Outside Cook, official ....398,185 Cook county, unofficial ,.221.970 WATSON. DEM.-- Outside Cook, official .. Cook county, unofficial Stead's plurality ..., •20,155 .225,825 .107,467 tn,»: 286,863 Vote for Chicago Charter. Total "Yes" "No" Not Outside Cook, vote. vote. vote, voting official ... 688,768 397,207 70,722 220,839 Cook county, unofficial . 389,070 271,877 21,128 96,555 Totals ..1,077,838 668,684 91,850 317,404 Majority of "Yes" over half of total vote 129,965 Expression of Sentiment on Publle Policy Questions. . DIRECT PRIMARIES-"- Outside Cook, Tes. official 349,717 Cook county, unofficial 230,216 21,353 137,501 Not No. voting. 56,824 282.227 Totals 579,963 78,177 419.728 Majority of "yes" over "no" .........601*756, POPULAR VETO-- Outside Cook; Yes. official 298,962 Cook county, unofficial ........216,243 26,107 146.720 Not No. voting. 67,401 322,405 Totals 515,205 93,508 469,125 Majority of "yes" over "no" .>421,697 TAX AMENDMENT-- u Not Outside Cook, Tes. No. voting. official 287,404 79,516 321,842 Cook county, unofficial 182,345 54.971 151,754 Totals ......469,749 134,487 4W.5S6 Majority of "yes" over^ "no" 335,262 Womsn Vote. Outside Cook, official 5,565 Cook county, unotbcial 1,000 Total ...MM Explaining to Mr. Bryan. William Jennings Bryan while mak­ ing his recent stumping tour found £e would be compelled to wait half an -hour or more for his train. Taking a seat in the waiting room he drew forth a cigar and lighted it. Just then a porter entered and, pointing to a sign, said: "I beg your pardon, sir, but you see that smoking is not allowed in tnis room." "Well," replied Mr. Bryan, "I sup­ pose that rule is not always strictly enforced?" "Oh, no, sir; neither is the one alongside of it," said the man with a jgrin. The orator glanced at it and read: "Employes of this railway are not permitted to accept tips." • . ? Mr. Bryan finished his cigar undis­ turbed. To Raise Irish Guards. ' An attempt is to be made by the British war department to raise a sec­ ond battalion of Irish Guards. It is expected to be successful, as the first battalion now has several companies in excess of'the establishment. Odd Fellows of High Degree Name Officers for Ensuing Year. •The grand encampment of Illinois L O. 6. F. at Springfield, elected the following officers: Grand patriarch, C. M. Seckner of Chicago;, grand high priest, C. M. Turner of Cambridge; grand senior warden, Frank J. Heinl of Jacksonville; grand scribe, H. C. Fairman of Salem, re-elected; grand treasurer, William Schuchert of Ches­ ter, re-elected; grand junior warden, F. D. P. Snelling of Chicago; grand representative, E. H. Kinney of Table Grove. There were several candidates for the office of grand junior warden; which is the stepping-stone to the grand patriarch's office. D. C. Stock­ ing of Rockford and T. H. Thompson of Kankakee, and others, were placed in nomination, but they withdrew their names before the first ballot. Samuel Watson of Champaign was a formid­ able candidate, but withdrew after the second ballot, and Mr. Snelling was nominated on the third ballot by a •ot® of 129 to 119 for Howard Mc- Cutcheon of Princeton. An effoirt to reduce the salary of the grand scribe from $1,000 to $750 was defeated by almost a unanimous vote. The report of the grand scribe showed the grand encampment to have 9,500 members, a gain of 997 members during the year. There was a gain of ten in the number of encampments. Twenty-Year-Old Boy Then Defies Cfti- V ' zens for Hours. , After he had shot and probably fatal­ ly wounded Conrad Baxman, in the yard of the latter's home at Bartlett, William Pollworth, 20 years old, barri­ caded himself in the home of his mother, a short distance from his vic­ tim's place of business. For several hours he defied a score of citizens with a gun and a revolver and it was not until Sheriff Barrett of Cook coun­ ty had sent fifteen deputy sheriffs to Bartlett that Pollworth threw away his weapons and' surrendered. Bax­ man said that several years ago he had informed Poolworth's mother of some boyish t^ick the youth had b€^j implicated in, and that, since that time, . Pollworth had. held a deep hatred for him. - WABASH WRECK INJURES MANY 8TUDENT ATTACKS THE FRIARS War Department Reprimands Filipino for Writing on Church. , Miguel Nicdao, a Filipino who Is being educated at the state univer­ sity at Normal by the government, has been reprimanded ^ by W. A. Suther­ land of the war department for attack­ ing the friars and the methods of the Catholic church in the Philippines. Nlcdao's articles first appeared in the Vidette, a student publication at the university, and were then widely copied by the press of central Illinois. Rev. J. J. Burke of St. Patrick's church of this city took the matter up with the war department and imme­ diately received a letter in which :t was stated that the utterances of the Filipino were not approved and that he would be vigorously censured. Mr. Sutherland stated that the Filipino should have devoted himself to a dis­ cussion of other matters of wide in­ terest concerning his country instead of attacking the church. Shot Kills a Bystander. As a result of a quarrel in a negro restaurant in Carbondale, Albert Rid­ ley, who was standing outside on the sidewalk, was shot andhrdlutaohrdu sidewalk, taking no part in the quar­ rel, was shot and instantly killed by O. Holman, who had already wounded his opponent, Charles Elder. The tragedy closed an argument of sev­ eral hours. Holman and Elder had quarreled over a colored woman and Holman attempted to stab Elder, and failing, secured a gun and fired three shots. One shot pierced Elder's arm, another went wide of the mark and the third killed Ridley. Holman es­ caped. Jersey County Institute. The meeting of the Jersey county farmers' institute was held in the Jer- seyville courthouse. The opening ses­ sion was In charge of the Jersey coun­ ty domestic science association, and there was an address by Mrs. H. M. Dunlap of Savoy. The association elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Cor­ nelia Shephard; vice president, Mrs. Maria Boynton; recording secretary, Belle Stanley; corresponding secre­ tary, Grace Enos; treasurer, Mrs. J. K. Cory. Prof." Eugene Davenport, dean of the state agricultural college at Champaign, delivered an address. 1>vo Passenger Trains Collide Head- On at Bement. Two passenger trains on the Wa- hash railroad came together in a head- on collision in Bement, and about twenty-five persons were injured, but it is believed none of them was seri­ ously hurt. Most of the injured were taken to the Wabash hospital in De­ catur. The trains came together on a straight track. The accident was due to a misunderstanding as to where the trains were to pass. The engineers and firemen on both engines jumped when it was seen a collision could not be avoided. Both locomotives were wrecked and the bag Age car on each train was telescoped/"^ HOLDS G. A. R. RECORD. Thomas G. Lawler, who was nomi­ nated for the thirty-eighth time as post commander of Ijevins post, G. A. R., of Rockford, holds the record for 7%arz45 n ZMMZEP continuous service as the head of a post, as well for the number of terms. Thirty-three of his yearly terms have been consecutive. Farmers' Institute Officer*. " The Monroe oounty farmers' insti­ tute held a two days' session at Wat­ erloo. Addresses were delivered by President Balzar Schmidt, J. W. Proc­ tor of Renault, Prof. W. J. Frazer of Urbana and Dr. S. ,C-. Rutz of Red Bud. The following officers were elected: President, Herman Mueller of Re­ nault; vice president, H. J. Stumpf of Waterloo; secretary, L. H. Goeddel; treasurer, Conrad Kolmer. The ..offi­ cers were given a banquet by the Mon­ roe county ladies' domestic science club. New Factory Town. Rumors of a big land deal being on at Rondout were confirmed by the an­ nouncement of John A. Bradley] of Waukegan that he had secured optibns oh about 1,900 acres of farm land thereabout. The Milwaukee road is the buyer and is thought to intend to start a factory center there. Good prices were paid, ranging from $200 to $300 an acre. Guilty of Burglary. In the circuit court at Decatur Roy Allen, alias F. H. Faber, was found guilty of burglary and larceny, being charged with robbing the residence of James Milliken, a millionaire banker. The man acted as his own attorney. Negro Driven Frorn^ Sterling. Eugene Watson, colored, was noti­ fied to either leave the city of Sterling or suffer the consequences, and de­ parted for Chicago. He was given pro­ tection from the whites over night in the city jail. ' Sales of Edgar County Farms. '^n Edgar county farm o£ 300 acres has just been sold for $137.50 an acre and a.nother farm of 120 acres has been sold for* $140 an acre. Many Illinois farms are changing hands this fall, the deeds to Lbe recorded March !,<• 1905. Join Knights of Columbus. One thousand delegates from vari- ous points in Illinois and Indiana at­ tended the initiation ceremonies of sixty new members into the local or­ der £kf Wxiyhta r>f Cnlnmhna at Pans. Greene County Teachers. A meeting of the Greene county teachers' association will be held in the Carrollton hijgh school room on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26. An address will be given Fridayjifter- noon by J. k. Stableton, superinten­ dent of schools at Bloomington, on "The Period of Adolescence in Boys." On Saturday afternoon A. R. Taylor, president of Milliken university, De­ catur, will deliver an address on "The Education that Best Fits for Life." The officers of the association are: W. J. McFarland, president; Martha Lynn Connole, secretary; Lucian K. Jones, treasurer. Higgins Is Indicted. Richard Higgins, who was arrested charged with the murder of Mrs. Nel- lie Thomasson of Lacon early in Octo­ ber. was indicted by the grand jury at Peoria. Higgins, who has been at liberty on bonds of $15,000, was re­ arrested immediately and renewed his bail. - Higgins' maintains he is not guflty and insists the trial will show be Is innocent. Warns of Smallpox. The Illinois state board of health is takihg extraordinary precautions to exterminate smallpox from the state. A large circular bearing illustrations of the effects of smallpox and calling attention to the fact that vaccination prevents the disease, has been pre­ pared by the board and 8,000 of them have been distributed over the state. Trainmen Are Injured. In a rear-end collision between two freight trains on the Lake Erie and Western in the yards at Bloomington several trainmen were injured. Engi­ neer Charles Carlson of Rankin rtj-. ceiVed a broken hip and internal in­ juries that may be fatal. The proper­ ty loss is very heavy. Finds the Rouse Will. The discovery of the losit will of Mrs. Mary Rouse and her son, Harry G. Rouse, gives thousands of dollars to Peoria charities. The will was dis­ covered by Mrs. W. T. Irwin, the widow of Harry G. Rouse, in an old trunk in the garret of her home. The will gives $7,500 for a public drinking fountain, to serve as a memorial for Mrs. Rouse: $9,000 a year to the Hu­ mane society, and $500 Is to be ex­ pended for a memorial to the dece­ dent in tbe National Temple of the W. C. T. U., In Chicago. Champion Corn Husker. Oscar Le^range Is the champion corn husker of Princeton. Mr. Le- grange shucked and cribbed 127 bush­ els in ten hours and drove two miles with the four loads. Some of the Gib­ son county corn this year will average 100 bushels per acre. MINERS ACCUSE THE GUARDS Deciare That Austrian Was Shot One of Lester's Employes. Sensational charges are brought hjf the miners in the matter of the kill­ ing of the Austrian in the ambuscade of a train conveying a contingent of nonunion men for work in the Leiter mines at Zeigler. They claim that tb* bullet was fired from a Krag-Jorgen* son rifle and that no miner .or tboa» * affiliated with them in the strike po*> sesses such a' gun and that some of the guards are armed with such weap-, ons. The miners further state that the : attack was either a mistake or fired ; S with intent to precipitate a lurther riot and secure the services of the ntr M tional guardv which would t relieve Let­ ter of the great . expense of keeping up an su-med guard to protect his property. ; ! Leiter's officials scout the claim the shot being from a Krag-JorgensuB rifle and say they Would not have be^i so foolish as tp make the attempt for IH the purpose of securing the national ^ guard. \ .. Every Austrian in the crowd that entered when the killing took place has left, claiming that conditions were misrepresented to them. The minefll are practically idle and no coal la ing shipped. • DEATH BARES MAN'S DUPLICITY- Prominent Physician Leave* TMI :- Widows and Families. Death has revealed the extraordl- ' nary double' life led by 0r. T. C.- Conklin, a prominent physician of Farmington, who died Nov. 8. ihe wife with whom he was living at' the time of his death went to Lewiston, Fulton county, to have herself appoint­ ed administratrix of his estate. SIM was horrified to find that the records • showed that many years ago her hta^ ~ band had married a Miss Steele, and that the first wife, with four children, was still living. The widow lives in Peoria. Two sons, Frank and Bert, Conklin, live in Peoria, and one daugh­ ter, Mrs. Emma Burbridge, and a son, Edward Conklin, live at Racine, Wia. . The children of the first wife will make a fight for the estate, whieb , amounts to about $10,000. ; Dr. Conklin hsd two children by his second wife. A peculiar feature of the case is that all the time he was living at Farmington he gave money to his children and first wife in PeoiiRi ^ ii Pythian District Officers. v The Pythian district convention as­ sociation met at Canton and organized for holding, twenty-one meetings throughout the state during the com­ ing year. The officers selected were:. President, W. G. Weldon, Centralia; first vice president. W. W. Arnold. Robinson; second vice president, Will­ iam L. Chrystal, Chicago: third vice president, J. H. Morehead, Cairo; ex- eecutive committee, R. A. Savil, chair­ man; J. K. Payton, Springfield; A. M. Patch, Streator; F. H. Holt, Molina; . . John J". Faulkner. i -- ' • % Want Convict for Murder. John Mahran, a convict serving aa ; indeterminate sentence at Joliet fair horse-stealing in Knox county, is to be taken to Denver. Colo., for trial on the charge of killing two policemen there. The parole board has directed his release, and Chief of Police De» laney and Detective Saunders of Den* ver are here to take charge of ther prisoner. - Burglars Ransack House. When William Bine and family re­ turned to Carrollton from a visit of six days at St. Louis, they found that their residence had been burglarized. Clothing, jewelry and other article# were taken to the value of more than $300 and the thieves undoubtedly had to use a wagon to carry away their plunder. Every room was Legion of Honor Institutaa. Four Legion of Honor institutes are announced to be held in Christian county under the direction of Henry Moser, state Sunday school field worl& They will be held as follows: Stofe» ington, Tuesday, No. 29; Edinbur& Wednesday, Nov. SO; Grove City, Thursday, Dec. 1; Mount Auburn, Fri­ day, Dec. 2. „ Governor Appoint* Two. 1 Gov. Yates has announced the re­ appointment of W. L. Kfester of Kan* sas. Edgar county, as trustee of the eastern normal school at Charles. Ck F. W. Froehlich was appointed public administrator of Henderson county succeed himself. " Contract for Milk Station. The directors of the Carrollton milfe station have let the contract fcr a new building. It will be located just soutk of the Chicago & Alton passenger depot. . t _• ' Work on New ^tefiot. Work has been begun on the new depot to be erected by the Wabash railroad at I. T. junction, one half mile west of the present location at Edwardsyille. . Hear Reeves A Bailey Ci^h(|» * The state board of claims convened in Springfield and heard the case of Reeves & Bailey, architects of Bloom­ ington. for fees of $5,000 for drawing ; plans for the. state asylum buildingp - for incurable insane at BartonvUlf^- ^ The case was taken under advisement* . . . . - Dog Attacks Girl. ^ A little daughter of Mr. and Mrf|»™ Ed Senn of Edwardsville was seriouir ly bitten by a dog, while canvassing the neighborhood for the sale Of trinkets. ^ ; ... Law Suit Is Expensive. J. 5. Smith and BenjaHaia Wf of Breckenridge are involved in i| complicated entanglement of lititta* tion in the local courts, which wa» precipitated by a dispute over the po*|; session of a pitchfork worth 35 centa. The costs in the case hare already amounted to several hundred dollars* 7 . il. Woman Is Vindicated. :• In fcer case against John Anderso* ' for alleged malicious prosecution. Mr% r : Mabel Buno was awarded |1 by jury at Springfield'. c "7~ • • .t&tfslf - ••••.