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'/"" ' 'I - -T?' '•••«• NEW YORK RAILROAD DEPOT TO - \ BE LARGEST IN THE WORLD CiSU? H^quislte Evening Silks . Evening silks were never so beauti­ ful in design and coloring. Small fig­ ured brocades are shown in mixed and single colors. A beautiful pattern is shown in mingled colors, the multi- shaded floral sprays in exquisite tones being cast upon a li&ht, yet dull green satin background. They are so per­ fectly wrought as to seem Just fresh from their stems, and beggar descrip­ tion. Another pattern is shown in white peau de sole, with large bouquets of roses scattered at wide intervals over the shining surface. The roses shade from faint rose to crimson, and the pattern is repeated hardly twice in the whole length of silk. Another beautiful silk, not so gor­ geous perhaps, but as effective as any, Is a white peau de soie ground with simple sprays of maiden hair fern laid upon it, also widely apart. There are only the two colors in this silk, If any one may except the thready red of the tiny stems, tut the tones shade with exquisite taste, and the design is sure to attract widespread admiration. ; ' Little Chocolate Puddings. While one pint of milk is heating la a double cooker, beat two eggs until light, sift in two heaping tablespoon- fuls of grated chocolate, one-fourth of a cupful of sugar, and add to the milk. Cook five minutes, then turn into small cups which have been dipped in cold water. Serve with the following custard: Into three cupfuls of slight !ly salted, boiling milk stir one beaten egg, one-half cupful of sugar, into which has been stirred one small tea- spoonful of corn starch, twoteaspoon- fuls of vanilla, and cook until thick­ ened and smooth. Set in a cold place iuntil wanted, then slip each pudding 'onto an individual dish, place a mac­ aroon or sugar kiss upon each top, and surround the base with the va nilla custard. Pretty Visiting Costume. This new and altogether pictur­ esque vogue is of mouse-colored vel­ vet, featured with a surpliced waist iSatfe'up oiT a design whfln alternates rlpes and flowered bands. It is scal­ loped and then fringed. The Jap sleeves end at the elbow and are very loose at the top. The one described is in iridescent blue. A smart hat, intended to be worn with a specially Imported set of silver gray feathers, muff and stole, is made of beaver of the same shade, with its brim covered with silver gray laee and caught at the left with a large gray rose, set in frosted foliage. Such a hat and stole would, of course, abso­ lutely necessitate a costume entirely of the same shade of silver gray. ai In Soft White Taffeta. Despite the elaboration so general this year there are some gowns of quaint simplicity that catch and hold the feminine eye in a way that speaks volumes for their beauty. A soft white taffeta is the material in one of these simple frocks. . The skirt of all-round length is sparingly gored and shirred into the band. Its only trimming is an old-fashioned puff, with double headings shirred over a fine feather- bone cord, and set just as the top of the two-inch hem. The bebe waist has a little upstanding frill as a finish for the round neck, and at the waist­ line many rows of shirring, shaped with a decided point in front, simu­ late a deep girdle. Little shirred tail pieces like postilions are set into the waistline in the back, and give the whole a very jaunty air. Medallions in repousse lace are disposed in irregu lar fashion on the bodice. Three Essential Points. The woman who wishes to appear fashionable this season must insist upon three small but essential points when, choosing her winter co6tume. She must demand width across the shoulders, a, slender waist and nicely rounded hips. Nor is it necessary to contract the waist to give it the proper slim effect. The breadth ol shoulder accentuates the smallness oi the waist, and a good modiste Can accomplish both with little inconveni ence to her'customer. and a vest of white satin, with ruby buttons. The shoulders are shirred and the top of the sleeves gives a poufant effect. For Home Dressmakers. In home dressmaking the long seams are often difficult to get quite straight. As an aid in seaming pieces for the skirts of dresses, cloaks, etc., adopt the following plan: Place one piece of the material oh a smooth deal" table and the other above it. Smooth lightly into place, and at one end of the seam pin a tape measure to the stuff and through into the wood. Draw this down to the other end of the Beam aid again stick in a pin. Then with long thread tack by the edge of the tape measure, and in seaming use these stitches as guiding lines. To Hold the Hat On. There are two new windy-weather Inventions for holding the hat firmly oa the head. One is for the girl who irears her hair low, and it appears to toe a set of monster nalrplns which keep the chapeau firmly in place. The other is for the girl who wears her hair high and is designed to hold the back comb in place and the hair firm, thereby, giving purchase tor . the hatpins. Knit Jacket Useful. sweater, qr knit jacket, la ft ne- eelslty to the woman who indulges in out of door sport in cold weather. They are also useful to wear under a coat otherwise too light and may be found of value throughout the year. A single-breasted coat, knit in close basket stitch, in warm, rich red, is made with loose, straight fronts like 'a double-breasted coat and is finished with scarlet collar Ind cuffs, also knitted. Spangled jackets are to be had at all prices and some really beautiful ones may be purchased at $?0. One \gljthl8 price ia shown in a close bolero Cerise Walking Dress. In cerise cloth, a walking dress Is wintry and attractive. The skirt la sun plaited over a separate lining, and just clears the ground. The fulness ig taken out about the hips, and the skirt swings out prettily about tl^e feet. A short jacket has two rows of buttons and strapped sleeves, a little full at the tops. The revers are cut bias and hang in folds from the collar. A hat of white satin beaver turns up a little all around, banked at the back with cerise tips. If the lower hem of a frock wrinkles cut off or unpick it at the edge and put a piping there of the material or of velvet binding to match. The piping should be a piece cut separately on the cross.. Tack in the piping cord and place the two raw edges upon the top cut edge of the dress hemmed neatly just above the piping under­ neath. This method gives firmness and strength to the edge of the dress and takes away the wrinkled appear­ ance. Chenille Popular in Paris. •' 'Chenille is being much worn In Paris, largely in pastilles--pastilles are fiat while cabochons are convex-- and also in the latter form. As it U strong, it is used to advantage in em­ broideries, and the finest is used in making shaded flowers and leaves, often with delightful results. Strips of brown leather no wider than the chenille are used with orange and yellow shades of the latter, and the resulting galloons are exceedingly rich. 1 The New York Central's new Grand Central station, which is in course of building in New York city, and which, with accompanying improvements, is to cost fully $50,000,000, will be the largest passenger station in the world. It is to occupy nineteen city blocks. It will have a frontage of 680 feet on Vanderbilt avenue, 625 feet on Forty- FUTURE OF THE CHESTNUT. Braiding. The most elaborate braiding is seen and there is a tendency to make the designs classic and striking rather than small and irregular. The tiny and Intricate little swirls are not used as much as the great Greek key de­ signs and the wonderful figures which indicate a study of the architecture and art of other days and other lands. A Persian design showed a Persian deity surrounded by tiny loops of braid of various colors. Stockings That Stay Up. The latest stockings end at the bend of the knee in the back, but extend as high as the waist in front They are buttoned onto the corset, and the beauty of them is that they cannot by any possibility slip down. It is is a great comfort to feel that every time you are obliged to hold your skirt up you can be absolutely certain that you are not displaying a mass of wrinkles. ; i Pair of Kitchen Economies. There are two economies in which the average young housewife needs to receive caution from her elders--one, to put on her apron when she goes to the kitchen to cook or to fix up a dain­ ty; the other, not to use silver fprks and spoons for kitchen purposes. Wood, iron and plated spoons for such uses are cheap and better adapted to the work. Gray Is Much Worn. : Gray is much* worn this season by the members of New York's most fashionable set. Mrs. John Jacob As- tor at the opera one evening wore a frock of gray chiffon and tulle spang­ led with silver. The bodice was cut low and the sleeves were short puffs. A curious wing shaped silvered hair ornament was placed In her high coif­ fure. Home-Made Powder. Add ten drops of oil of violets or lavender to a half pound of rice flour. Mix thoroughly together and the pov» derwiUbere«4y far us* Probability It Soon Will Become a Staple Food. The potato long ago conquered the larders of many parts of the world. The chestnut is, on the contrary, an almost undiscovered food, at least in England and the United States. Yet scientists tell us that the chestnut is a more nutritious food than the pota­ to. They are very much alike In their constituents, these two foods, only the chestnut has more of the nutritive ele­ ments for its weight than has the po­ tato. The potato is 76 per cent wa­ ter and the chestnut only 53 per cent. The chestnut has three times as much proteid, almost t;wice as much starch, lour times as much sugar and gum, twenty times as much fat and about the same percentage of mineral mat­ ter as has the potato. The potato's lack of fat makes it nocessary to put butter on it to make it palatable. The chestnut is butter­ ed by nature. Yet, as compared with most other nuts, the chestnut is supe­ rior because the others contain such an excess of fat--often 50 to 60 per cent--that they are indigestible. The chestnut has little over 2 per cent Bake or roast your chestnuts and you have as good food as anyone could want. If the chestnut had an unpleasant flavor, or if it was hard to raise it, there would be no cause for wonder in the failure to utilize it as food on a large scale. But as a matter of fact it is said that a given area of land will produce the maximum amount of food possible when planted with chestnut trees. However, the neglect of the chest­ nut may not be all a misfortune. In the days to come, when the hen, the "potato "vinerr ther apple tree and the stock range are all working industri­ ously and exclusively in thefc service of the cold storage company, It may be a comfort to have the chestnut tree to fall back upon, which can cater to us without cold storage intermedia­ tion. fifth street, 460 feet on Lexington avenue, 875 feet on Forty-fourth street, 260 feet on Depew place and 300 feet on Fortyvsecond street. In the construction especial attention is to be paid to suburban traffic. Sub­ urban trains are to enter and leave the depot at a lower level than the through trains. The baggage room occupies 47,000 square feet of space. WAITED LONG FOR REWARD. I l l i n o i s N e w s Choice iteois from over the atate, specially selected for our readers BRIDE'S MOTHER ENDS HER LIFE •lumps Into Cistern While Wedding Guests Make Merry. Just after the ceremony was pro­ nounced joining John C. Ludwig and Miss Lizzie Werner in wedlock, Mrs. William Werner, mother of the bride, t|hrew herself into a deep well In the rear of the family residence at Ben­ ton and drowned herself. No one saw her leave the room and no one had any Idea that she contemplated such a desperate act. The wedding ceremony occurred at ,8:30 o'clock, Mrs. Werner having re­ tired, complaining of being ill. The guests and wedding party had been served With refreshments and taany were leaving for home. About 10:30 Mrs. Werner was missed from her bed­ room, and after a search of half an hour she was found in the well. A few years ago Mrs. Werner had a sunstroke, since which time she has had periods Of mental failure, and it is presumed the excitement of the preparations and wedding festivities caused her to become momentarily un­ balanced mentally. Her age was near­ ly 55 years. Heroic Sailors Get Tardy Recognition From Congress. Unless it be for the material things which directly concern its members, Congress evidently believes in virtue being its own reward, writes Caspar Whitney in Outing. Lucky is the man who, lacking that paramount endow­ ment of modern America--a "pull"-- escapes the slanders of the envious or receives federal recognition for a val­ iant deed he has been Indiscreet enough to perform. - Recently the Secretary of the Navy presented gold medals to Lieut. E. P. Bertholf, Lieut. D. H. Jarvis and Sur­ geon S. J. Call for their heroic resctie in 1897 of 275 Imperiled sailors. At the risk, and very nearly at the cost, of their lives, these three men made a 1,600-mile overland trip to Point Barrow in midwinter to carry relief to sailors starving there on the ice. Nearly eight years later they each re­ ceive from this great and expanding nation a gold medal valued at $210! HOTEL 80LELY FOR CHILDREN. Growth of the Churches. Despite the clatter about outworn creeds and the anxious" look on the faces of amateur diagnosticians as they sit up with the church and feel its pulse, the statistics are still on the side of the church. They show it vital, not moribund. The figures for practically every denomination show a percentage of growth during 1904 larger than the increase in popula­ tion. There is not such a drift away from traditional theology as many would have the world believe. The average person is not as determined to break away from the faith of the fathers as is currently represented. The truth Is the pulpit always has taken far more Interest In theological puzzles than the pews, and there can be a mighty churning of the doctrinal waters without the church rank and file becoming disturbed.--New York Globe. Cost of Rural Free Delivery. In 1897, when the rural service waa started on probation, $40,000 was deemed sufficient for its trial. Dur­ ing the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1904, nearly $13,000,000 waa ex­ pended for rural free delivery." For the fiscal year upon which we have now entered $20,816,600 has been ap­ propriated for the continuance and ex­ tension of the rural mail service. There were 24,666 rural routes in ex­ istence at the end of the fiscal year on June 30 last, 9,446 ne wroutes hav­ ing been put into operation during the fiscal year. On Oct 1, 1904, there were 27,135 routes established, and the service was being extended at the rate of about S00 routes a month.-- World's Work. Mark Twain Taken Literally. The librarian of the United Service Ciub of Calcutta is a native Indian. His catalogue of the library contains some remarkable classifications, among which Is an amusing one in connection with a book of Mark Twain's--his "Extracts From Adam's Diary." The native librarian evidently didn't know whether Adam's diary comes under religion or philosophy. So to make it sure he put it under both headings, gravely adding Mark Twain's own words, "Translated From the Original MS." First Woman Telegraph (Qperator. Mrs. Emma A. Smith, believed to have been the first woman telegraph operator in this country, is dead at her home in West Chester, Pa. She has been an invalid for the past fif­ teen years and was 73 years old. She was invited In 1869 to unveil the Morse monument in New York city, but was unable to participate owing to illness. Mrs. Smith was the first woman to send a message to the Pittsburg telegrapn office, where An­ drew Carnegie was then acting as messenger Unique Hostelry Recently Established at London. Now that the Countess Paulett has given her patronage to the Children's hotel in London, many of England's fashionable babies will become the proud tenants of select suites in this new and extraordinary institution. The new London hotel is under the control of the Nordland Institute of Nurses and is furnished throughout to suit the peculiar needs of its fastid­ ious little inmates, whose parents, finding it necessary to run down to shooting, preserves or across to the continent, prefer a select place of this kind to the doubtful care of their home servants. Each baby or child has its own student nurse in Its own suite and the prices run from $12 a week upward. No children over 8 years of age are accepted, but babies in the feeding bottle stage may become hon­ ored guests^ and have suites as high as $100 a week. The furniture suits the age of the guest Faithful in Arduous Task. Miss Alice M. Robertson, who has Just been appointed postmistress at Muskogee, the most important town in the Indian territory, is the grand­ daughter of Rev. Dr. Wo,]M&ter» a P*0" neer missionary among the Cherokees before their removal from Georgia to the Indian territory. For several years she has been supervisor of Creek schools, a position which the circum­ stances of her early life peculiarly fit­ ted her. Many of the schools are in remote and almost inaccessible por­ tions of the Creek nation, reached only by long drives over roads so bad that she has several times been thrown out of,her buggy. She has had to ford dangerous streams, sometimes getting into swimming water, and has had to depend upon the most primi­ tive accommodations for food and shelter. REVERSES DECISION ON WILL Son of Capt. Scott Believes New Trial Will Result in His Favor. The Illinois supreme court has hand ed down an opinion reversing the de cision of the East St. Louis oircuit court in. the suit of Luther T. Scott to set aside the will of his father, Capt. J^C. ScQtt, who died about one year ago, bequeathing the bulk of his estate, valued at about $50,000, to Jthe Swedenborgian society of New. York after leaving the widow about $6,000 and the son an equity in a house and lot worth about $2,000 and an inter­ est in an East St Louis printing of­ fice. When the will was offered 4for probate the son * filed objections, claiming that his father was not in his rig|ht mind at the time the instru ment was made. The suit later came to trial In the circuit court, a verdict being returned In favor of the son. The Swedenborgian society took an appeal to the supreme court. Young Scott believes that a new trial will again result in his favor. 8ons Of Veterans Elect. The Springfield command of Sons of Veterans elected these officers: Commander, Henry Casserly; first lieu tenant, William Eilenberger; second lieutenant, Roy Armstrong; camp counsel, J. T. George, Claude Smith and J. H. Holland: delegates to the state encampment at Rockford, Will lam Eilenberger and John Casserly alternates, Jesse Davenport and Thom as Haltgan. Fish and Game Club. The Hardin hunting and fishing club has leased 6,000 acres of land along the Illinois river, which will be converted"^Into a game and fish pre- Berve. A number of Jerseyville lov ers of the rod and gun have made proposition to the club to join them in the erection of a large clubhouse on Macoupin slough, near Hardin. Woman Long Mariners' Friend. The Santa Barbara lighthouse on the Pacific coast has been kept by a. woman for thirty-eight years. In 1856 a lighthouse was erected two miles south of Santa Barbara, and President Franklin Pierce appointed Albert J. William* to be the keeper. In 1866, near the close of the civil war, Mrs. Julia F. Wllliame waa appointed keep­ er, to succeed her husband, who had died. She has had the longest serv­ ice of any keeper on the coast. She has been away from her post only two nights in twenty-seven years, and rarely leaves the lighthouse except on Sundays, when she drives to Santa Barbara to attend church. The tower rises 178 feet above the sea level and the solid white light can be Been sev­ enteen miles at sea. Mr*. Peary Not Going North. Mrs. Peary will not accompany her husband on his next trip to the arctic. Not that she does not wlBh to go, for she Is a hardy traveler, but because Lieut Peary Is going to take such chances this time as he never took before, and he does not wish his wife to share the peril. Mrs. Peary was a most valuable member of the expedi­ tion in which she took part. Strong, courageous and determined, she was willing to take her share of privation and danger, refusing to accept any odds because of her sex. Inflicts Unique Penalties. Justice Joline, who holds court In Camden, N. J.,* has his own Ideas of how to inflict punishment on offend­ ers. Two young fellows who had be­ gun celebrating Christmas were be­ fore him for breaking the peace. He fined them $35 and $50, respectively, and gave them seven months in whloh to pay, dividing the penalty Into monthly installments. Each had to give his note, signed by a responsible surety. On the same day he sen­ tenced a wife beater to two yean in State's prison. Miners Are Robbed. Trunks belonging to Dave Lewis and Charles Gallie, coal miners, were robbed at their boarding house at Ed- wardsville, a gold watch and $55 be­ ing taken from Lewis and $35 in cash from Gallie. Lewis is to be married to a young lady in Danville and had been working overtime to secure money for this event. MEDDLER CAUSES RAIL WRECK BUILD8 TOWN FOR HIS BRIDE Turns Signal and Sends Passenger Train to Destruction. Eight persons were killed and ten injured in a head-on collision between two passenger trains of the Southern railroad near Maud's Station SunaHiy morning. The dead are: A. E. Bo wen, engineer, Princeton, Ind. Edward Dufur, fireman, Princeton, Ind. Silas Hutchinson, Tennyson, Ind. Charles Hutte, fireman, Princeton, Ind. H. D. Hogan, mail clerk, George­ town, 111. , Henry Hoskins, Tennyson, Ind. Charles Schmidt, Centralia, 111. j. 0. Underwood, section foreman. Dale, Ind. The dangerously Injured are: W. H. Beatty, conductor, Louisville Eugene Carleton, Dale, Ind. ' Albert Hoskins, Tennyson, Ittd. Walter Martin, mail clerk, Louis­ ville: • : ;; - C» B. Minton, baggagemaster, New Albany, Ind. "" E. B. McNeeley, Princeton, Ind. Roy Underwood, Belleville, Ind, The disaster was caused by the thoughtless meddling of a hotel run­ ner at Brown's Crossing, The station agent had orders for the eastbound train to pass the westbound train at Maud's, and had set, the red light. WTxen the train whistled the runner changed the light, giving the engineer a clear track, and he passed the sta­ tion at a speed of forty miles an hour, while the agent stood on the platform frantically waving his hands. The agent being unable to get word to Maud's, there being no operator there, could only notify the main office and await the flews of the collision. The engineer, however, worried because h§ had received no orders, had re­ duced; the speed of the train to eight miles an hour when tne collision took place* The smoklag car of the east bound train was telescoped with the bag­ gage and express cars, and several of the cars were burned, with a large quantity of mail and express matter. The most horrible feature of the dis­ aster was the burning of the bodies of three of the victims, Hutte, Durfur and Bowen. Only the trunk of the latter was found, while all that re­ mained of the other two were a few bones and ashes. H. S. Dorsey of Benld Is Wedded at St Louis on Christmas. A bridegroom who has a new-made town, built largely by his own efforts, to which to take his bride, is enjoying his honeymoon in St. Louis. His wed­ ding was on Christmas morning at 9 o'clock at the Southern hotel. Thia modern Romulus is H. S. Dorsey, and his bride was formerly Miss Edith ' Whitenach of Terre Haute, Ind. The town which he founded is called Benld» the odd name of five letters being giv« en in honor of Mr. Dorsey's father, the late Ben L. Dorsey, who formerly owned the coal land near the place. Benld Is In. Macoupin county, about . three miles south of Gillespie. In two years it has grpwn rapidly, new coal * mines haye been opened and business * || houses, as well as residences, have - $ multiplied. It was through Mr. Dor- 4 sey's agency that a syndicate pur- . ^ chased the coal lands and started th* |jj boom.' QUAIL;MAY COST MAN #30 EACH REAL ESTATE FOR PRESENT8. Father Donates Land for Christmas Gifts to Children. D. M. White, a wealthy resident of Pana, presented his three children with Christmas presents as follows: To William Elmer White of Pana, northwest corner section 20, town 34, Harper county, Kan:; consideration, $4,800. To Earnest L* White of Tay lorville, southeast quarter, section 20, town 24; Harper county, Kan.; con sideration $4,800. To Mrs. Lulu B Henderson, northwest quarter of northwest quarter, section 9, Pana township; consideration $4,000. Two years ago Mr. White gave to each of his six other children land and real estate estimated at $5,000. Violation of Game Law May Prove t* v Be Expensive Matter. Albert Williams, who lives five miles north of . Boulder, will be given a hear* lng during the February term of tha- county court on the charge of violat? ing two sections of the game law. Williams was arrested at Shattuc last. Wednesday by H. C. Norcross, county game warden. It is said he was get­ ting ready to leave for St. Louis witH a trunk containing 156 quail. The information in the county court charges Williams with having quafl unlawfully In his possesion, also with. attempting to take quail out of the state without a license so to do. A civil suit has also been filed againsfe him for $50$ for debt Under the law each quail constitutes a separate offense!. This being the case, Will­ iams could be fined $5 for each bird f under one charge and $25 for each bird under another section. ,I •k:. Whisky and Mules in Wrtefe Whisky and mules were piled la a conglomerate mass beside the Me* bile and Ohio tracks eight miles south! of Alto Pass by |he derailing of the fast freight. Thirteen cars and the caboose were wrecked, seventy-one rails and two hundred ties were ton* up and traffic was delayed twelve hours. Night passenger trains used the Illinois Central tracks between Cairo and Murphy sboro. No one *»*• hurt. *.<? : Jackson County Fair Officers. The Jackson County Fair Associa­ tion have elected the following officers for the ensuing yoar: President, J. E. Cralne; vice president, J. Vanclooster; treasurer, Wlllard Wall; assistant treasurer, Mike Levy; secretary, W. b. Inman; marshall, P. W. Griffith; superintendent of privileges, Charles J. Hitter. To Erect Big Elevator. An additional elevator will be erect­ ed by Hunter Bros, at their milling *plant at Ed wards vi lie, to be construct­ ed of steel and to have a capacity of 50,000 bushels of wheat. *• Pays Double Penalty. Victor Thompson of East St. Louis was fined $25 and costs and given a thirty days' Jail sentence by Judge Hay on a charge of attempting to commit bodily harm. .. .. Breaks Limb In Fall. Mrs. Charles Drury of Orleans, who. is a guest at the home of Rev. George C. Lenlngton, at Virginia, is suffering with a broken limb, the result of a fall. Controls Holler Mill. Hon. F. T. Downing has purchased the Interest held by J. D. Ashford of Chicago in the Virginia roller mills and is now sole owner of the plant. Pardons for Two. Two Christmas pardons were issued by Gov. Yates from the Chester pris­ on--W. T. Gallamore of Cumber­ land county, under life sentence for murder, and Rolla Lewis, from Clay couaty, under same sentence. Demand Pay for Injuries. Nelson McMurphy asks $5,000 dam­ ages from the Chicago and Alton rail­ way company for Injuries received when leaping through a carriage win- daw to escape being run over by a passenger train at Springfield. Morgan County Bar. At the annual bar banquet at sonville steps were taken toward the organization of the Morgan county bar association. Temporary officers were elected as follows: President, William Brown; secretary, L. O. Vaught; treasurer,. W. T. Wilson. Asks $2,000 for Inquiries. Iter alleged personal injuries, Will­ iam C. McClelland of (,S,aJem has brought suit against the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railway com­ pany for $2,000 damages. ' , Prospect Mine Proves Rieh. While workingmen were engaged in sinking a prospect mine for G. D. Zet- tler, seven miles northeast of Metrop­ olis, they struck two six-foot veins of a fine quality of bituminous coal at a depth of 200 feet. Small veins of fine lead* ore were found and the zinc de­ posits are abundant. Great interest is manifested in the "strike," and a stock company will be organized for working the mine. Trades Assembly Election. The Quincy trades and labor assem­ bly has elected J. J. Kearney presi­ dent, Edward Northrup vice-president, C. G. Baldwin recording and corre­ sponding secretary, Benjamin Knuf financial secretary, H. H. Thesen treas­ urer. August C. Lange business agent, R. C. Clark sergeant at arms, and F. G. Meise, N. Taffner and A. Amberger trustees. To Extend Pawnee Railroad. President 8. N. Peabody and other officials of the Pawnee railroad have just completed a minute inspection of the road, and have started a surveying party out in the dlrectidn of Taylor- ville, which city they will connect with Pawnee. Later the line will be extended to Waverley and probably to Roodhouse. Charges False Imprisonment. Thomas Dewer filed suit in the cir­ cuit court at Belleville against George Gerold of East St. Louis for $5,000 damages for alleged false im­ prisonment last summer. He says that he was held a prisoner for three hourq. before being released by Jus­ tice Thomas Stanton. Slay 20,000 Musk rate. A premium offered for the pelts of muskrats which have been boring holes In the levees In the vicinity of Quincy has resulted In the shipment of more than 20,000 such pelts from Quincy during the past year. Aged Twins CelebraitS. William J. Bates and his sister, Mrs. William Downing, of Camp Point, each aged 76 years, have just celebrated the anniversary of their birth. It Is claimed that they are the oldest twins in the United States. Builds Big Reservoir. The Illinois Southern Railway com­ pany Is building a reservoir just out­ side of the city limits of Salem on the southwest Jt will cover twenty acres of land. A large force ,of merf is en­ gaged in the work. Return# to Philippines. Prof. Brown Morton, a teacher In the Philippines, who has been at his home at Salem for three months on a vacation, departed for San Francisco and will sail for the lalanda to resume his duties. Y. M. C. A. Election. The Taylorville Y. M. C. A. has elected the following officers: Presl* dent, Terry Rape; vice president, Henry Pearson; recording secretary, Cleve Workman: corresponding secre* tary, William Anderson; treasurer, Ernest L. Whl Peace John Raer .u* the paper mill severe cut on the wrist from a knife in the hands of Harry Gray. Raega^ was trying to act as peacemaker in a fight. Gray is now in jail. erred Coal Company Incorporate*. Articles of incorporation of the Marissa coal and mining company have been filed in Belleville, capital $25,000. Daniel Zihlsdorf, Logan D. Jones and Edna Zihlsdorf are the tor- corporators,- - Asks |15,000 from Landlord. Katie E. Clifford, who fell from a second story porch and broke both of her arms, has brought suit for $15,000 damages against E. S. Scott, from whom she rented the house. -- Shot at Christmas CelebraMsii# Joe Tappero, an Italian, was shot by Jack Rora at Assumption while % Christmas celebration was in progress. The shooting appeared to be withost provocation. Farm Changes Hands. Hilton and Thomas Cassell catur haye bought a 160-acre farm near Stewardson from W. W. Turner. Con­ sideration, $10,000. 'i? Clover Leaf WessIi. Two Clover Leaf freight trains col­ lided head-on twenty miles west of Charleston, killing two MB aai | juring a third. v Farming Land Is Sold. Mrs. G. W. Krebs of St. Lonia has : sold 100 acres of land southwest of Carlyle to Thomas Sharp; considera- • tlon, $2,500. •• A _____ ' - Plays With Revolver. Roy Kates, aged 11, accidentally shot his brother in the leg while play* ing with his father revolver at De* catur. Game Warden Raaign% Game Warden A1 Reuss of Be!#t* 1 ville has senfto Gov. Yates his resiff* nation, which was requested by the governor. It is rumored that William Wagner, a young iron rnolder, would be named as Reuss* successor. J Sixty Days In Workhouse. Eugene Jackson was arrested ta MS county jail at Belleville and taken be­ fore Judge Hay of the county court charged with assisting a prisoner to escape. He was given a sixty dsjsf workhouse sentence. Toy Pistol Burns Man. Miller Lawrence, a farmhand of Belleville, was severely burned by a son of his employer, who had loaded a toy pistol with a heavy charge si powder, the weapon being accident^* ly discharged in Lawrence's face. ^« Asks $1,500 for Dog Bite.' Vita Nussman of Hillsboro, by 141^ next friend, Millard Nussman, has brought suit in the circuit court against George Hefley for $1,600 dam­ ages. It is alleged the girl was ten by s dog belonging to Hefiex.