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W ' 1 . ' . . U . . - W - 1 "V, t V;V ,;,,t ,-... -i. . » *• * ; *v ' J - ' v ^ "• ' i "in i nil iif AS LOYAL RUSSIANS. HIS PEOPLE SOUGHT TO PRESENT THEIR PETITION TO THE EMPEROR "Telegraphing from St. Petersburg, Jan. 23, a correspondent of the Chi­ cago Tribune gives the following ac- jSwUut of tlie causes that led up to the jgassacre of Sunday, Jan. 22: At the last meeting of the Insurrec­ tionists on Saturday the workmen opened their meeting in the absence of Father Gopon by reading the peti­ tion to the czar and delivering Speeches explaining and supporting the movement. One socialist at­ tempted to make a speech, but was thou ted down. The workmen cried: "To-morrow we ourselves may be ' Socialists, but to-day we are followers If Father Gopon, and have no other »ader but him." Whereupon tha socialists disap- suddenly. Two intelligent looking men entered v' -• «>„« - • • , *vt<Z home satisfied and grateful, but that if he did not appear they would stay before the palace until he did. Meanwhile a literary man of emi­ nence, on the part of various social groups, called on M. Witte, president of the council, and requested him to throw the weight of his authority on the scale on the side of the people. M. Witte listened and asked what was expected %f him. The represent­ ative of liberal Russia said: "To-morrow three hundred thousand men are going to the winter palace in the hope that the czar, who is at Tsarskoe Selo, will come to town to receive their petition. They are peaceful men, truly loyal, desirous of doing things without bloodshed or vio­ lence. What we ask is that the sol­ diers should not be called against them and that no measures of repres- A metropolitan delegation which, failed to see Prince Mirsky called up­ on I»I. Witte, who, after hearing them, said: "Whatever the authorities will do to-morrow has been decided upon al­ ready. The ministers of finance and the interior and others have been con­ certing measures this evening. "M^ views were not asked, and if I volunteered them they would not be taken. „ I am nothing in the adminis­ tration. My role is circumscribed by tie reforms foreshadowed by the czar's recent ukase. On those ques­ tions I may report to his mfejesty, but not on events which fall within the sphere of the minister of the interior, who knows all the facts. To the reurging of the deputation M. Witte repeated bis arguments and advised them to go to Prince Mirsky. Illinois Legislature PRINCIPAL PALACE OF THE CZ*R. WINTi# PALACE : V/EIAr JFfiO/f THE VOUTHWESi: The Winter Palace is one of the most notable of the royal structures In Europe. It stands on the river bank on a point of land that marks the Junction of the Great Neva and the Little Neva. It was built by Empress Anne in 1732 on the site of a palace presented to Peter II. The structure was partly destroyed by fire In 1837. but was speedily re­ stored. It is 445 feet long, 350 feet wide and 80 feet in height. The inteiior halls jire richly ornamented and priceless paintings adorn the walls. One room of the palace is known as the treasury ancr contains the costly collection of Russian crown Jewels. In the spacious portrait gallery are preserved the likenesses of all sovereigns since Michael Feodorovitch, the first czar of the house of Romanoff. On an island Is the commanding fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. hall wearing overcoats, under *(rhich were military uniforms. One, fc&ving asked to be heard, said: "Brothers, to-morrow you are going jto the winter palace, perhaps to death. ^ you really going?" f "We are going at all hazards," was the reply. "Do you wish the soldiers to refuse Are on you?" '"T "That we do most heartily," *ms the answer. "Very well, brothers, they will re- ifuse to fire. At this moment they are talking it over amopg themselves. •They will not shed your blood. If or­ dered to fire they will refuse. We have come to tell you this." , Then hearty shouts arose: "Long live our brothers, the soldiers." • The next act of the meeting was to 'add several clauses to the petition, ^ ! Including demands for the separation jOf church and state. It was also re- '•olved unanimously that the workmen - Would march on Sunday as peaceful, ftpyal subjects of the czar, trusting to .Ills desire to redress their grievances, Jand armed solely for the purpose of legitimate defense. It was further declared that if they ^had any preliminary guarantees that !the soldiers and police would make no larrests except for genuine breach of jthe peace they would go unarmed. 1 It was finally resolved that if the czar would merely accept from their !hands the petition and say.that he would consider it, they would return eion be employed. Perhaps your ex­ cellency would generally disregard formulas at a time when much more than formulas are being swept away, and would place the matter before his majesty, who surely desires only what is just and fair." M. Witte, who displayed lively in­ terest in what was said, showed a genuine desire to help. He expressed profound regret that th& needful ma­ chinery was beyond his reach. He said the matter belonged to the minis­ ter of the interior. He himself was merely president of the committee of minsters. Meanwhile, twelve operatives, act­ ing on the advice of Father Gopon, presented a letter composed and signed by the priest at the ministry of the interior. The letter declared that the workmen and other, residents of St. Petersburg must see 'the czar on Sunday. They would guarantee the Inviolability of his person. Otherwise the bond hitherto linking the czar and the Russian people might be severed. The writer urged on Prince Mirsky that it-was his moral duty to the em­ peror and to the nation to lay before the former what the workmen had said, and also their petition. The let­ ter concluded: , "A copy of this letter has been ta­ ken as a justification of the document of a mcral kind, and will be brought to the cognizance of the whole Rus­ sian people." Prince Mirsky acknowledged the re­ ceipt of the letter telephonically at & p. m., an hour after It was delivered. They replied that they had been there and had not "seen him. "I will telephone him now, if you like, and perhaps you can see him," said M. Witte. The delegates thanked M. Witte, who then called up Prince Mirsky and spoke to him energetically. As proof of the excellent relations between them they called each other "thou." M. Witte besought Prince Mirsky to receive the delegates. Prince Mir­ sky refused to do so on the ground that he (Witte) knew all the facts and the authorities would reserve action for a suitable moment. From time to time M. Wit.e's bass voice could be heard asking: "And have you no fears for to-morrow?" Like the refrain of a song cainethftt fateful question: "Have you then no fear of to-mor row? Well, you know best." And turning to the delegates M. Witte re­ marked : "Prince Mirsky will not receive yota to-night, though I have asked him. Now, do you suppose I should be more successful if I asked something more difficult? If you like he will see you at half-past 12 to-morrow." The delegates declined and return­ ed at half-past 1 in the morning and reported progress to the meeting. It then was received unanimously that everything possible had been done to hinder bloodshed, ard that if men were killed and wounded on Sunday all Russia would recognize the ease vjfith which it could have been pre­ vented. «. TOO MANY AB8ENTEE8. Speaker Shurtleff was disobeyed by the representatives Friday, and as a result he is looking about for some means of chastisement which he prom­ ises to visit on the offenders. In spite of his demand for attendance at the last session of the w\*ek, the legis­ lators continued in their time-honored practice and skipped out of town. When the session opened Friday morning there were exactly twenty- five of the 153 members in the house, including the speaker. When the legislature adjourned Thursday noon Mr. Suartieff had remarked: "A session will be held to-morrow, and the members are expected to be present. There will be no excuse for members having committee meetings and not attending." After he had sized up the twenty,-- five representatives of the state, the speaker was asked what he was going to do about it. j "I dont know exactly," he said, "but I Intend to do something. Probably some of these fellows who 'duck' the town will find their bills off the cal­ endar when they get back." While the speaker did not detail the methods of punishment he evidently is in earnest in an attempt to reform the ways of the legislators and he in­ sists on their attendance at the ses­ sions. His threat to have the bills of the "ducking" ones passed up may prove effective. But Shurtleff had. a full house com­ pared to what Lieut. Gov. Sherman held in-the senate. His hand was a pair--two senators out of~fifty-one. Senator Thomas Rees moved the reading 6f the journal be dispensed with, and Senator Bare moved the senate adjourn, and that was the be­ ginning and end of it. , • T. Contestees in Danger. Every contestee In the four election contests now pending before the com­ mittee on elections before the house of representatives may lose the seat as a reisult of a decision rendered by At- HOU8E BILL CLERK. Rifchard V. Carpenter, who has been appointed bill clerk to the legislature by Speaker Shurtleff, Is a prominent young attorney of Belvidere. Mr. Carpenter was born and reared in Chicago and for several years was sec- ANCIENT RUSSIAN CITY OF MOSCOW. City of Moscow, River Maskva and a portion of the Kremlin (the official «*%)> *** ,atter being shown to the left in the distance. Help* Oklahoma Churches. == Col. James M. Guffey of Pittsburg, •democratic national committeeman $*om Pennsylvania, for years has been Contributing to the erection of Churches in Oklahoma. His yearly contribution Is $250 to each of five Congregations. Rev. John T. Riley, presiding elder of the Methodist Epis­ copal church in Oklahoma, has just fjeceived $1,280 from Col. GuiTey, the . jnoney to be applied toward the pur­ chase of flooring, ceiling, door* and Windows in five new churches. J -- Jtged Ex-Senator Marrl Oen. Matthew Calbralth Butle*, Who ilas drawn attention to himself by his -marriage near the end of his sixty- ainth year to a widow in Ne^f York City, was aa senator from South Caro­ lina for twelve years (1877-89) par­ ticularly well known. He is a nephew of that Senator Butler whom Charles Sumner savagely, attacked ii> his speech on the barbarism of slavery, thereby causing the murderous as- iault on Sumner - by Presto* 8. Brooks, his kinsman." -- Well Known Friend of Tramps. Peter M. Deysher of Barto, Pa., is known to tramps all over the United States. He never refuses them shel­ ter and in 1904 gave a night's lodging and a bite to eat to 1,831 of the peri­ patetic fraternity. Some of them have visited his dairy farm regularly for twenty-five years, and Mr. Deysher has come to know several intimately. One of his constant callers is a highly educated man, formerly a priest; an­ other is a wonderful mathematician and a third is a splendid penman. , Hew Pettus Keeps His Health. Senator Pettus of Alabama is fl years old and has never been known to take medicipe since going to Wash­ ington. "How do you keep so well?" t ted Sergeant at Arms Ransdell, who has a little apothecary shop for the benefit of senators. "Don't you ever see a doctor?" "Oh, yes, I see a doc­ tor," Senator Pettus said. "I go and talk with my physician frequently. He gives me prescriptions and I never have 'em filled, and consequently I always feel good." Russian Ambassador's Gift. Count Cassini, the Russian ambas­ sador and president of the Washing­ ton Fencing Club/ has donated to the club a beautiful silver cup as*a prize to be effered in the approaching tour nam en t. Five clubs from other cities will compete with the home club. Two of these are from New York. Others are from Boston and Annap­ olis. The Countess Marguerite Cas­ sini will entertain the company, which will number 150, at a tea in the draw­ ing rooms of the clubhouse. Helen Keller's Teacher to Marry. Anne Mansfield Sullivan, widely known as the teacher of Helen Kellar, is about to be married to John Albert Macy, an instructor in Harvard and a friend of Helen Kellar, to whose res­ cue from silence and darkness Miss Sullivan devoted eighteen years of her life. It is characteristic of the love and friendship the bride and groom bear the blind girl that after their marriage they will reside near Boston, with Miss Kellar as amember of their household. ': - I • r-C4&Z7/73P retary tg Isaac Powell, chief clerk of the election commissioners. Six years ago he began the practice of law in Belvidere and since has been an active worker In the ranks of the Republican party of Boone county. torney General Stead as to the manner of counting cumulative ballots. These contests are as fcllows> the sitting member being named first: Clay F. Gomer (Pro.) vs. R. McKinley (Dem.) Twenty-second- (Vermilion county) district; George W. McCaskran (Ind.) vs. George Cook (Dem.), Thirty-third (Rock Island) district; John J. Mc- Cluskey (Dem.) vs. L. Q'Neil Brown (Dem.), Thirty-ninth (La Salle) dis­ trict, and Samuel A. Bowles (Dem.) ^s. A. A. Wilson (Pro.) Forty-first (Will) district. In one or two of these cases the ef­ fect of the attorney general's decision, if its' provisions are followed by the house committee on elections, will not be known until after a close study of the returns, but in the case of Mr. McCaskrin of Reek Island it seems certain that he will lose his seat, and almost equally certain that Mr. Brown will win out in bis contest for the seat of John J. McCluskey. 'Warm argu­ ments are looked for during the ses­ sions of the committee, and Mr. Mc­ Caskrin has already announced that if the .decision cf the committee goes against him he will attempt to bring the fight to the floor of the house. Uniform Text Books. A bill providing fpr a uniform sys­ tem of text books for the schools of the state was introduced in the house by Representative Montgomery of Madison county. The Montgomery text book bill provides for the crea- ! Race Track Bill. In the house Representative Erlck- son introduced a bill to strengthen the law against race track and other gam­ bling, removing the exception which the present statutes make in favor of incorporated race tracks and state fair associations. It provides 'any person concerned with wagering on races or upon "the result of any political nom­ ination, appointment or election," or keeping gambling devices, may be pun­ ished by one year's imprisonment, $2,- G"0 fine, cr both. 1 Repairs for Statehouse. Sccretaray of. State Rose will insist this year that an appropriation of $25,- 0C0 be made for the repair of the state- house, which is rapidly deteriorating. An appropriation of $235,883 was made two years ago, but was vetoed by Gov- Yates. Quo Warranto Proceedings. "Representative S. E. Erickscn of­ fered a bill to allow any citizen to be­ gin quo warranto proceedings upon the refusal of the attorney general or state's attorney to do so. tlon of a state school book commis­ sion, to be appointed by the governor, empowered to select and adopt a uni­ form series of text books in the com- j mon branches of grammar and high school education. It is provided that contracts shall be placed on competi­ tive bidding, advertisements for bids to be -printed in the principal cities of the East and the middle West. The limitation of price for all books fur­ nished is fixed by the bill, and It fur­ ther is provided no revision of text books may be made oftener than once in five years, except in history and geography. Local Option. Supt. Anderson of the Anti-Saloon league,, who had announced that Sen­ ator Parker would introduce the "local option bill in the senate, was sur-> prised when he learned that the sup­ posed bill, with a referendum clause attached, had been offered. He de­ clared he and his friends "absolute­ ly know from the inside that the li­ cense committee was- 'packed' for the purpose of killing the bill." It is pos­ sible no other local option bill will be offered in the senate. Legal Practice Changes. A number of bills recommended by the Illinois Practice commission and designed to do away with objection­ able features of the court system were introduced by Senator Juul. One pro­ vides for the prosecuting misdemean­ ors by information in the criminal court of Cook county; another pro­ vides that in criminal cases the bond shall cover all continuances, and a third that summonses and not war­ rants shall be used in securing the attendance of persons charged with petty violations of ordinances. Senate Employes. . On resolution of Chairman Camp bell of the commltteeeMjn contingent expenses the following senate em­ ployes were authorized: Ten com­ mittee clerks at $3 a day each, six stenographers at $15 a week, one mes­ senger at $3 a day and a clerk for the committee on appropriations at $4 a day. The vote was unanimous, though a statement was made that the employes were in excess of the hum- ber authorized. 8alary Bills. Two years ago the legislature appro­ priated for all purposes $16,435,000, which was cut by Yates vetoes to $15,- 392,000. One of the bills Governor Yates vetoed was a measure raising the salary of members of the legisla­ ture from $1,080 to $2,000. This bill will be reintroduced this session, as will also the bill raising the salaries of circuit judges in the country from $3,500 to $5,000. Equal Suffragists. Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch, who heads the delegation of Chicago equal suffragists, has stricken from her bill the provision giving women the right to vote in presidential elections. The women want to vote for members of the state board of equalization, board of assessors, board of review, drainage trustees, and for all^offlcers of cities, villages and towns, except police magistrates. Plea to Bachelor "Wives." Bachelor members of the senate are wondering what kind of a reception they will get when they arrive home, because of printed matter that has been forwarded to their "wives" by Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch and Mrs. Flora G. Moulton, who are advo­ cating the woman suffrage bill, which Senator Berry introduced in the upper house. Important Bills. Among bills introduced in the house was one for the abolishment of capital punishment, by Sheen; a bill making Saturday a legal half-holiday, by Glackin of Cook, and one to cre­ ate a state forestry commission, by Church. A°ppeais in Capital Cases. In the senate. Mr. Juul offered a bill providing that everyone under sentence of death may have his case revised by the supreme court, and an­ other providing that counsel be ap­ pointed for the taking of such ap­ peals. Protection for Minors. Mr. Breidt of Ccok had a bill relat­ ing to children. It provides a peni­ tentiary penalty from one to twenty years for any person who shall be found guilty of alluring children for criminal pur poses. Stringer to Have State Job. Lawrence B. Stringer, according to' a report, is to be offered a position as judge on tlie state board of claims, and it is said Mr. Deneen's late oppo­ nent in the gubernatorial contest will accept. Asks $200,000 for Sanitarium. A1 bill. is in the legislature provid­ ing for a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, carrying an appropriation of $200,000. It is proposed to locate this sanitarium at Starved Rock, La Salle county. Another big appropriation will be asked for an epileptic colony. Warmth for Motormen. Representative Karch offered a bill to compel street" companies to heat vestibuled cars for motormen and grip- men. , Exposition Appropriation. A bill has been introduced in both branches of the general assembly pro­ viding for an appropriation of $35,00# for an Illinois building at tlTfe Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, which will open next June in Portland, Oregon. Building for University. Mr. Covey of Bcone Introduced la­ the house and Senator Stubblefield in the senate a bill appropriating $75,000 for a manual arts building and audi­ torium at the University of Illinois. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS SCHOOL BOARDS ARE HELD Iff* BANK*.. TRANSACTIONS OROWIflO Men Claiming to Represent State Uni­ versity Get Signatures to Notes. Twenty-five school district directors in Bureau, Rock Island and the south­ ern part of Whiteside county have been victims of clever swindlers who worked in this section several months ago. The swindlers said they repre­ sented the agricultural department of the University of Illinois, and were selling text-books on agricultural top­ ics. They induced the school districts to purchase the books,, which never were delivered, and the directors signed contracts, which proved to be notes, which have been sold at the banks. GETS $5,000 FOR LOSS Of LIMBS Railroad Company Agrees to Judg- • ment in Favor of Maimed Boy. In the United States circuit court at Springfield judgment by agreement for $5,000 was entered against the de­ fendant in the case of James Winbun of East St. Louis against V..T. Mallott, receiver of the lerre Haute & Indian­ apolis Railroad coinpany. Winbun is a boy who resides in East St. Louis, and who was struck by a locomotive of the defendants at the crossing of the Terre Haute & Indianapolis and Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail­ roads at East St. Louis two years ago, and both legs were cut off. Last Two Months Show a Big crease in State institutions. A statement giving the aggregate resources and liabilities of all the banks doing business in the state o^i Jan. 12 has been issued by the auditor of public accounts. The statement shows the increase or decrease as com­ pared with the former quarterly state­ ment on Nov. 11. On Jan. 12 there were 290 state banks doing business, as against 285 on Nov. 11 last year. The aggregate resources and liabfl* ities on Jan 12 amounted to $447,396,- 810, an increase over Nov. 11 of about $32,000,000. Loans and discounts were increased $20,688,525 during the quar­ ter and bonds other than United States were increased $5,213,052. The largest decrease in the resources, $11.- 848,147, is found in the item as dot from national banks. Among the increases in the items that go to make up the liabilities are the following: Savings, time deposits; $5,404,002; certificate time deposits, $2,518,795; due to national banks, 258,017; due to state banks and bisk* £rs, $2,197,788, Only two items In the liabilities were decreased during the quarter--unpaid dividends,* $626,313; certificate demand deposits, $391,025. Fort Massac Park Board. At a meting of Fort Massac park commission held at Springfield, Prof. J. C. Blair, who has been in charge of the work at the park, made a report, submitting charts of the site. The legislature will be asked to make an appropriation for the maintenance of the park, which was purchased by the commission, some months ago. The amount given last year was $10,000 and it is likely that a similar sum will be asked for this year. Among those present were Mrs. M. T. Scott of Bloomington, president; Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, Springfield, secretary of the commission; Gov/ Deueen and Secretary of State Rose. Taxes in Marion County. The railroads in Marion county will this,, year pay a total tax of $15,684.75, divided as follows: Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, $6,517.42; Jack­ sonville & St. Louis, $902.36; South- erm $1,779.29; Illinois Southern, $2,- 131.14; Chicago, Paducah & Memphis $3,063.72; Chicago & Eastern Illinois $1,290.82. The several telephone lines will pay taxes as follows: Central Union, $72.16; American Bell, $33.19; Illinois Southern, $1.08; George E. Daniels, $8,48. Junior Methodist League. The junior league of the Methodist Episcopal church of Nashville was or ganized with the following officers: Supt. Mrs. Mattie Fredeking; assist­ ant superintendent, Miss Sidney Moore; president, Wiiliajn Burnett; first vice president, Mi§s Vera Mc- Clay; second vice president, Graydon Merion; third vice president, Margaret Brown; fourth vice president, Helen Pence; secretary, Isis Winfree; treas­ urer; Walter Stroh. // Bachelor Enters Objection. i Because he was voted for in con- 'hection with a prize contest for the prettiest baby, George BouveC, a bachelor, nearly 40 years old, living at Edwards, instituted suit against Mrs. Elizabeth Bingar, charging her with malicious mischief. The suit was dismissed and Mrs. Bingar at once filed a suit against him and had him arrested; This case was also dis­ missed. Farmer Is Killed. Henry Vogt, a well-known farmer, was killed by falling under a team of horses at his home northeast of Nash­ ville. Mr. Vogt was 51 years of age. He leaves his widow and three chil­ dren. Loses Damage Suit. Judgment in favor of the defendant was rendered in the case^f Mrs. Whip­ ple against the city of Spring.leld for $5,000 for injuries received by a fail cn an alleged defective sidewalk. Ban on Cigarette Papers.^ A petition was presented to the North Alton village board by the Ci- garmakers' union asking the board to forbid , the giving away or sale of ci­ garette papers in the village. New Savings Bank. The auditor of public accounts has issued a permit to organize the Mon­ mouth Trust and Savings Bank at Monmouth, 111. The capital stock is $155,000. , Orders for Militia Inspection. Adjt. Gen. Scott has received notice that the following officers of the United States army would conduct the annual inspection of the Illinois 'Mo­ tional guard this year: Maj. Robert N. Gatty, 1st Infantry, Fort Brady, Mich., will inspect the troops in the southern part of the state, principally the 4th and 5th reg­ iments, conynencing at Taylorville, Feb. 8. Capt. "William Rogers, 27th Infantry, Fori Sheridan, will inspect the com­ mands in Chicago, commencing. Feb. 8. Capt. Joseph L. Gilbreth, 27th in­ fantry, Fort Sheridan, will inspect the commands in the northern part of the state, principally ^he 3d and 6th in­ fantry, commencing Feb. 8 at Spring­ field, where he will inspect the local companies of the 5th infantry, 8th in­ fantry, 1st cavalry and signal corps. This inspection will include for the first time the officers of the brigade and regimental staffs, who will as­ semble for the purpose at the brigade and regimental headquarters.. The in­ spection will be conducted in dress uja- iforms without leggings. Demands $5,000 for Gaping. Because he gapes continuously 4s the result of injuries to the muscles of his neck sustained In a fall while in their employ, Robert Thompson has begun suit for $5,000 personal damages against the Roebling Construction company of Chicago. The man alleges that as a result of his injuries he is able neither to wdrk nor sleep, but is constantly afflicted With gaping. Thompson was employed on a new building at Elgin and fell four stoftttL Historical Society Elects. At the meeting at Springfield of the Illinois Historical society the follow­ ing officers were elected for the ensu­ ing year: President, Gen. Alfred Or- endorff, Springfield; first vice presi­ dent, Paul Selby, Chicago; second vice president, Capt. J. H. Burnham, Blomington; third vice president. Gen. Smith D. Atkins, Freeport; sec­ retary-treasurer, Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, Springfield. Move to Raise Price of Shaving. The barbers' union of Belleville has Introduced a resolution, which haa passed the first and second readings, increasiEg tne price of shaves from 10 cents to 15 cents, and in consequence the shaving public is up in arms. The measure is also opposed by a large number of the barbershop proprietors, who contend that many of their pa­ trons will do their own shaving. Coal and Coak Company. Articles of incorporation of the 8. J. Fowler Coal and Coke Company, Fast "St. I ouis. has been filed at Belle­ ville; incorporators, Sharraon J. Fow­ ler, Mrs. S. J. Fowler and Wa'.ter W. Fowler; capital stock, $5,000. Firs Destroys Waterworks. A fire broke qut in the calaboose at Mendcn. The flames spread to the public waterworks plant, which was entirely destroyed. The loss is $7,000; no insurance. Central High School Meet. The executive committee of the South Central Illinois High School as- ociation has decided to hold the an­ nual meet at Kinmundy .on Friday, May 5. • * Voluntary Bankrupt. J. G. Wright of Mulberry Grove filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, scheduling his liabilities at $2,188; as­ sets, $969. Inspector Must Pay Costs. Justice Nathan has decided -that State Factory Inspector Davles must pay the costs in the five cases brought egainst Thomas Morfoot of the Illinois Glass com par y on charges of violating the child labor law. Alton Retail, Merchants. The Alton retail merchants e'<v^ed the following delegates last evening to the state convention of retail mer­ chants at Moliue: H. M. Schwepre, r. L. Gouldirg, W. P. Roynton, H. A. Wutzler. 7 ' - « \ . Trenton's Censu*. A statement of Trenton's progress compiled last week shows a popula­ tion of about $2,500, an increase of over 600 since the last cersus, in 1900, Also over 200 buildings have been erected, including one new schoolhouse and two new churches at an estimated cost of $350,0(Jtt. Miner Is Unfortunate. Andrew McFarland was seriously I® jured in a Pana coal mine. He had just recovered from injuries received In the mine six weeks before. ---- Gets Verdict for $37S. In the circuit court at Salem C. P. McWhister, a Tonti township farmer, was given a verdict of $375 against the city of Salem. Mr. McWhister was Injured bj falling from his "wagon on North Broadway some months ago. The case will be appealed. \ Spanish Vetsran Inspector. Capt. David Davis of Litchfield has been appoirted inspector general of National Association of Spanish War ? Veterans - by Cotximander^in-Chlet W> j?" E. English of Indianapolis. ~.J v Boy Hunter Is Fined. Louis Petre, Jr.. aged 16, of Water­ loo, while out hunting, shot a squirrel, for which he was arrested, charged i "• with violating the game law. by Coctt- ty Game Warden Charles Kern, who ia I Petre's uncle. Judge Hugo Bremser fined the boy $15 and costs, which amounted in ail to $20.85. Misses Car and Disc. ~A^ Avery, Benjamin Omer, aged X7, attempted to board an electric car, missed his footing and received injur­ ies which cause J instant death. Chriatisn County OtvorCWk ' Accbrdirg to statistics cotoptW by the circuit clerk there were fifty-one divorces granted in the Ciuriv?®* county circuit ccurt ln 1964. ^;