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M MGHEHRY plajndealer MCHENRY PLAIN£EALER CA McHENRY, ILLINOIS. TOID IN-- ̂ r,( ̂ ̂ A-- Fire at Concord, N. H., partially de- > stroyed the fonr-story building occu­ pied by the Morrison Shoe company and the Peerless Manufacturing com­ pany. Loss, $75,000. Nearly a quarter of a t)lock of Pa- ducah, Ky., was burned. Loss, $25,000. The losers are the Jackson Foundry and Machinery company, City Trans­ fer company, Robert Owen and Y. Michaels Brothers. Dispatches received from Pekin re­ port that the condition of Minister Paul Lessar has improved and that the crisis of his illness has been passed. Dr. J. H. Hollander, who lias been selected by President Roosevelt to in­ vestigate the fiscal conditions of the republic of Santo Domingo, will sail shortly from Porto Rico for San Do­ mingo, on board the cruiser Chatta­ nooga. A dog afflicted with hydrophobia at Washington, Ind., bit Mrs. William McCray, Curtis Stuckey, a newsboy, and Gladys Stuckey. Peter Nelson, engineer for the Be- loit, Wis., Electric company, was killed while at his work in the engine room. The Rock River Valley Medical so­ ciety adjourned at Sterling, 111., after a two days' discussion of consump­ tion. Articles of incorporation for an ex­ tension of the Illinois Central railroad from Shawneetown to Golconda, 111-, have been filed Five United States marshals left Ladysmith, Wis., for Cameron dam, where Dietz lives, with guns suffi­ cient to arm a large number of people. Two children of Byron Sweley, a farmer, burned to death in bed near Marshalltown, Iowa. The house caught fire while the parent? were at the barn. The big boiler of the Union Ice works in Los Angeles, Cal., blew up, seriously injuring two employes and setting fire to the $100,000 plant, which was destroyed. After writing an endearing letter to his wife Floyd E. Rock of Malone, N. Y., district manager for northern New York of the Washington Life Insur­ ance company, disappeared in New York city. By order of District Judge Frank Johnson the jury in the case of E. M. Johnson, former president of the de­ funct Fidelity Savings association of Denver, charged with embezzlement, returned a verdict of not guilty. Upon application of the Metropolitan Trust and Savings bank of Chicago, as trustee for owners of $50,000 worth of bonds, Judge J. C. Richter, In the LaPorte, Ind., circuit court, has ap­ pointed Superintendent Frank R. Northam as receiver for the Edwards Railroad Electric company, manufac­ turers of electric headlights. The appellate division of the New York supreme court sustained the judgment of the lower court In favor of James G. Blaine, the son of the late Maine statesman, in the suit against Edward R. Thomas & Co., to re­ cover damages for an alleged unau­ thorized sale of 1,000 shares of Penn­ sylvania railroad stock being carried for him on margin. William C. Hunt, chief statistician of the census bureau, has been design nated by Director North to assist the state authorities of New York In tak­ ing the census of that state next month. t Moorefield Storey of Boston has been elected president of the New England Anti-Imperialistic league, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Senator George S. Bout- well, former governor of Massachu­ setts. Avery A. George of Spokane, Wash., luu been appointed United States at­ torney for the eastern district of Washington, and George H. Baker of Golden Dale, Wash., has been ap­ pointed marshal. The Mussulmans of Uskub province of Macedonia are so exasperated., at the government's inaction against marauding bands that they have tak­ en to lynching prisoners. Nine Servt. ans were summarily put to death. General debate on the bill for the separation of church and state was concluded in the French chamber of deputies by a speech by M. Briand, reporter of the. separation committee, who contended that the state's duty was to recover its independence in religious matters. The condition of Senator Orville H. Piatt, who has be&Pill at his resi- dene in Washington, Conn., with bronchitis and pneumonia, was" de­ clared by his physician to be not BO favorable. Fire in the residence of Godfrey Walker in Dundas, Ont., resulted in the death of Mr. Walker and his two daughters, Annie and <Tennie. A broken neck instantly killed Glan Crihfield, aged 18 years, at Atlanta, Dl. He tripped and fell while running to a fire. James Moore and James Roach, who robbed the postoffice at Rein- beck, Iowa, last December, were each sentenced to five years. John Oltamanns, an old and wealthy German citizen of Peoria, 111., com­ mitted suicide by hanging. H. G. Shedd of Lincoln, Neb., and ex-State Senator W. B. Warner "of Dakota county have been appointed Nebraska commissioners to the Lew­ is and Clark expositicn. Henry Flook of Wabash, Ind., while laboring under temporary aberration, shot himself to death. The Denison university trustees at Granville^ Ohio, voted to rebuild the Barney Science hall at once and to hurry to completion the gymnasium ati<!( also build one additional dormi­ tory tor Shepardson college for LATEST CASH MARKET REPCRTS. Chicago Product. - Butter--Creamery, extm, 20*; prints, 29 Vic; flrat*. 2S®27c; seconds, 28024c; renovated, 24c: Cooleys, 20c; firsts, 22c; ladles, nominal; packing stock, 80c. Egrgs--Fresh stock at mark, 16K&! firsts, 16%c; prime firsts, 1<%C; extra, (high-grade), packed for the city trade, 19c. Cheese--Full mam, daisies, lS@13ttc; twins, 12@l2%c; Young Americas, long horns, 13*4c; Swiss, block. ll%@12c; off grades, 6@Sc; brick, 12ttc; off grades, 9 4il0e. "Fish--Black bass, 14o per lb; carp and buffalo, 2c; pike, 7c; pickerel, be; perch, 4c; bullheads, skinned, 5@6c; sunfish, 2 @3c; eels, 7@Sc. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 13c; geese. $6@10 per dog. . Potatoes--Car lots, on track: Wiscon­ sin, Minnesota and Michigan Bur banks, good to choice. 20@22c; extra, 24@25c; rurals, good, 20@22e; fancy, 25c; coarse, large lots, not well assorted, 1601Sc; kings, common to fancy, 20®23o. HIDDEN PUZZLE PICTURE. v "Tm Grain Quotations. WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red. New York--No. 2 red, $1.11%. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, $1.10%. St. Louls-^Nq. 2 red, -$1.04\. Duluth--No. 1 northern, $1.04%, Kansas City--No. 2 hard, $1.0201.05. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, $1.1201.]$, Toledo--No. 2 red. $1. 10. CORN. Chicago--No. 2, 48%©S»«. , v t Liverpool--American mixed, new, : 4a. 3%d. , • . , New Tork--No. 2. 57c. Peoria--No. 3, 46%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 45%e, , \ Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 4504S%e. Milwaukee--^No. 3. 47\048c. OATS. ; Chicago--Standard, 31%032c.; New York--Mixed, 36036%c. 1 St. Louis--No. 2, 30c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 29%©S0c. Milwaukee--Standard, 32% 032%c. Live Stock. CATTT IP Chicago-- $1.60@6.75. Omaha--$2.50@6.F>0. Kansas City--$2.5006.25. St. Louis--$2@6.25. St. Joseph--$2@'6.25. New York--$2^6.40. Pittsburg--$3 @6. HOGS. Chicago--$4.50 @5.65. Omaha--$4.75#5.30. Kansas City--$3,3005.42%. St. Louis--$4@5 70. St. Joseph--$5.2 5 @5.45^ New York--$4.75 @6.10. Pittsburg--$3 @6.05. Buffalo--$3 @6. SHEEP AND LAMBS. Chicago--$4.75® 7.75. Omalj.--$5@7.50. Kansas City--$5@7.50. St. Louis--$3@10. New York--$4.2508.20. Pittsburg--$4««/12. Buffalo--$3 @8. A "Where JeJack?" Bernabetta, the 15-yearmold daugh­ ter of Jphn Draker, was fatally burned at Fort Wayne, Ind. Her dress caught fire from a burning rubbish pile. The call was issued for the state convention of the Baptist Young Peo­ ple's union to. be held in La Porte, Ind., July 3-12. Four hundred dele­ gates will attend. James Terrell, who was wounded in a duel with Jacob Hartman in Bloom- ington, 111., is dead. The trouble re­ sulted from an altercation between children of the two men. William C. Goss of Plainville, Ind., who recently married Miss Rebecca Lyons at Washington, Ind., was ar­ rested charged with bigamy, it being alleged he has a wife in the state in­ sane hospital at Evansville. Empress Augusta of Germany and her sons, Princes Eitel and Oscar, have arrived at, Messina from Taor- mina to meet the emperor of Ger­ many. Ira A. Places has been appointed general counsel for the New York Central and Hudson River railroad, to suedteed the late Judge Samuel Wil­ liamson. Thomas G. Atkinson, a millionaire lumberman of Green Bay, Wis., is con­ fined in a San Francisco hospital, suf­ fering from a severe! attack of paraly­ sis. Scientist Norman Buxton of New­ ark, Ohio, who went to Alaska and Si­ beria for the Philadelphia museum, ar­ ranges to accompany the Peary arctic expedition. Prof. Trevor Kincaid of the faculty o fthe University of Washington has accepted an invitation to join the Har­ vard expedition to the Bermudas, which leaves in June. Father Martin, general of the Soci­ ety of Jesus, has returned to Rome from Pisa, where he has been under treatment with Roentgen rays for a milignant tumor on his right arm, the treatment being without effect. Prof. William H. Pickering, director of the Harvard astronomical observ­ atory, has decided to observe the eclipse of the sun on Aug. 30 from northern Africa. He will use one of the small telescope of the observa­ tory, which will be set upon an emi­ nence at Phillippeville, Algeria. Benjamin Wallace, circus proprie­ tor, has purchased the Webb theater at Peru, Ind. Postmaster General Cortelyou has been made the. first honorary member of the American chamber of com­ merce recently organized in Naples, Italy. Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston re­ lieved Gen. Francis Moore of the command of the department of Cali­ fornia and yie division of the Pacific. Chronanthus was the drug admin­ istered to a poison squad of Universi- 4y-ef lew a studentalodeterinine ac­ tual effects. Rev. David M. McGill, D. D., princi­ pal clerk of the United Presbyterian church at Allegheny, Pa., is critically iH. Maude Fenton Boll man of Rock- ford, 111., prima donna, has retired from concert work. Ira Stewart of ChlppeWa Falls, Wis.,%convicted of murdering his son- in-law, Fred Miller, four years ago, is granted a new trial by the supreme court. The man found dead on the Lake Shore tracks near Indiana Harhor la believed to be Fred Behler. • Christian Pfieffer of Chicago was killed ^y a Chicago & Northwestern trato in Morrison, 111. * The Fox River Valley Manufactur­ ers' association plans a northern Illi­ nois good roads conTention lh^ Au­ rora May 3. Maj. Gen. Gillespie of the army will retire on June 15 at his own request. Brig. Gen. Randall will be promoted to the vacancy. United States Senator ;Orville H. Piatt is. ill at his summer residence in Washington, Conn., suffering from ' an attack of bronchial pneumonia. POOR film IS TO University Settlement Worker to Take Jewish Woman for Spousar FAMILY ENTERS AN OBJECTION it is also used by the rapid transit commission in calculating subway routes based on the center of popu lation and also by the water depart­ ment in laying out new mains. Relatives Dislike the Match for Re­ ligious Reasons, Though Brlde-to-Be Is Acknowledged to Bear Excellent Character. New York dispatch: J. G. Phelps Stokes, millionaire and son of Anson Phelps Stokes, a millionaire, will mar­ ry Miss Rose Harriet Pastor, formerly a staff correspondent of the Jewish Daily News. A date for the bans has not been set. Miss Pastor is well known as a writer and Mr. Stokes is prominent in the social and business world. Miss Pastor a few weeks ago resigned her position on the Jewish Daily News to a accept a clerkship in the office of her fiance, who Is a University Settlement worker. Family Romance. One of Mr. Stokes' sisters, Caroline, met her husband in circumstances somewhat similar to those in which he met the woman whom he intends to marry. Miss Stokes was much inter­ ested in the movement to Improve the condition of the poor of the eaBt side and was a frequent visitor to the Uni­ versity Settlement headquarters. It was there she met Robert Hunter, then head worker of the settlement. He came here from Chicago. A warm friendship sprang up between the two and this culminated in marriage. Balk at Religion. Another sister of Mr. Stokes Is now Baroness Halkett. One of his broth­ ers, Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., is a Protestant Episcopal minister and secretary of Yale university. Mr. Stokes himself is a Yale graduate of the class of 1892 and a member of the Century, Arts, Country, Knickerbock­ er and University clubs. Although Miss Pastor is a young woman of the highest respectability, the relatives of young Mr. Stokes have interposed serious objections to his marriage to her on the score of her religion. Works in Cigar Factory. Miss Pastor was born July 18, 1879, in Augustovo, Suwalk, Russia. She left the country for London In 1882 and there attended the Jewish free school from the age of 7 until she was 9. The family emigrated to Cleveland in 1891, and the girl, then 12 years old, went to work in a cigar factory rolling cigars. She remained there until 1902, when she came to New York to accept a position on the Jewish Daily News. CLAIM8 3,948,191 FOR NEW YORK Health Board Will Take Census to Verify Estimate of Population. New York special: A sanitary cen­ sus of New York, the first in the his­ tory of the city, has been begun by the board of health. It is to take the place of the police census. The population of New York next June, estimated by the board of health on the police census of 1895, will be 3,- 948,191. The object of the census now in progress is to verify or cor­ rect this estimate. The last police census was in 1895, and it has been used ever since by the health depart­ ment in estimating the population and the death, birth and marriage rates. MORMON CHIEF SCORES ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH Declares Critics Within the Organiza­ tion the Boils and Carbuncles That Must Be Cut! Out and Off. Salt Lake City, Utah, dispatch: President Joseph F. Smith in his ad­ dress at the annual conference of the Mormon church referred to re-" cent criticisms of the policy of the church under his leadership. Speak­ ing of critics who are or have been within the church, he said they were "the boils, carbuncles and other ex­ crescences of the body of the organ­ ization." In such instances there was "but one thing to do--what the surgeon does with a patient thus at fected--cut them out and off." If any members of the church were dissatisfied with the manner in which the tithings had been handled let them complain, he said, and he would gladly meet-them. If the church de­ sired to call him to account it could be done without causing noise or dis­ turbance. More than half of the bonded in­ debtedness of the church had been paid off, President Smith said, and the church would soon be free from debt. y Hugh J. CannOn, Just returned from a three years' mission in Ger­ many, told of the activities of the Mormon missionaries in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Rou- mania and Servia. He said mission­ aries soon would be sent oyer the Alps into Italy. Iowa Conference. Des Moines, Iowa, dispatch: The general conference of the Latter Day Saints convened at Lamoni, twen­ ty-five miles south of here. Joseph Smith, the president, 72 years of age, presided. One of the important mat­ ters to be discussed is the mainte­ nance of Graceland college. An ef­ fort is to be made to raise a $159,000 debt and put the school on a sound financial basis. Nauvoo, 111., has sent a petition with 300 signers asking for the next annual conference. THREATEN A WEALTHY WOMAN Mrs. Jennie Nevitt of Albany,' III., Gets Demand for (1,000. Sterling, 111., special: Mrs. Jennie Nevitt of Albany, in the western part of Whiteside county, received an an­ onymous letter in which a demand was made upon her tq place the sum of $1,000 Tuesday evening at the northeast corner of the George Hill property in the village, the letter threatening that she would meet with dire results if the demand was not fulfilled. The police authorities were Immediately notified and a decoy package was used and the location watched, but neither the writer of the letter nor any other person showed up to claim the money. The postal au­ thorities have been notified. KILLING OVER POOR BREAKFAST Bad Cooking Causes Quarrel, Which Ends in Tragedy. Little Valley, N. Y., special: Les­ ter Henry, 24 years old, shot and killed Levi Peters, 50 years old; seri­ ously wounded Amos Obidiah, and slightly wounded Lafayette' Thomp­ son at a wood choppers' camp near here. Henry was a boss, and trouble arose over the cooking of breakfast. Henry has not been captured. All were from the Tuscarora Indian res­ ervation near Lewiston. • A ^ -• ri'vvvvv'uviryvuv FAMOU8 CHICKEN SUIT APPEAL Litigation in Ohio County Goes to State 8upreme Court. Columbus, O., special: The famous chicken suit from Seneca county has been appealed to the supreme court. W. G. Burger, a farmer, got a verdict of $500 damages from D. J. Swadner in the circuit court of Seneca county for false imprisonment for twelve hours, Burger having been charged with stealing a load of hay, twenty- four chickens and a box of chop feed. Convict Leaps From Express. New York special: Leaping from an express train oh the; Long Island railroad speeding at the rate of for­ ty-five miles an hour, James Rath- bourne, a prisoner on his way to Sing Slnf, escaped from a deputy sheriff. • is, .» Dies on Husband's Grave. Lincoln, Neb., dispatch: While kneeling over her late husband's grave with an armful of flowers Mrs. Louise Woodward of Ainsworth, Neb., tcpj&ed over dead GOVERNOR'S STORE 18 RAIDED Maine Executive Is Accused of Selling Medicines That Contain Alcohol. Rockland, ile^, dispatch: A whole­ sale grocery store here, owned by Gov. William T. Cobb and others, was raided by the sheriff and his deputies, who seized a large stock of patent medicine said to contain a high per­ centage of alcohol. The seizure was made on the ground that offering the preparation for sale is in violation of the prohibitory law. Court Protects Lumber Drive. Chippewa Falls, Wis., special: An Injunction issued by the district cojurt has been served on John Dietz and his wife, restraining Dietz from Interfering with a lumber drive at Cameron dam, on Thornapple river. Crushes "Skull With Rdast. St. Louis, Mo., dispatch: Paul Ka- leeva, a hotel cook, died from the ef­ fects of being struck on the head with a roast of meat in a quarrel with Mlphnlaa Panwiilrlf nlan a ; ̂ * Japanese Statesman Argues 'to* Justice of His Coun* try's Position and Cites Attitude of Enemy $ at the Beginning of the Wail JfclWn %ft! carry on the war until Russia consents to pay an indemnity, declares Baron Suyematsu, formerly Japanese Minister of the Interior, in an Interesting and significant article for the Outlook, under the caption, "War and Indemnity--The Japanese Claim." He says: "A canon of the Japanese Bushido is, JOne should not unsheath the sword unless in case of absolute ne­ cessity, nor restore it to its sheath unless one is totally overcome or has secured equitable satisfaction for one's cause.' This is our ideal in international intercourse. The sword of Japan is drawn and the aim for which it was unsheathed has scarcely been attained. We want a peace which will secure tranquillity in the far East for at least a generation or two. "This world should know that in the present war Japan staked her very existence, whereas with the en­ emy It was a mere war of caprice. Why, then, in caise of defeat, should not Russia be made responsible in equitable accordance with the nature of the affair? I believe, therefore, that in case of the adversary asking for peace the satisfaction which she will have to make to Japan should include making good the material loss of Japan; in other words, indemnity. "Japan has not formulated definite terms of peace, because she might be accused of skinning the bear be­ fore it is shot. We have, however, outlined our idea." The article argues out the right­ eousness of Japan's position, and controverts the idea which, he says,, he finds prevalent outside of Japan, that Japan is willing to make peace at any price. "Some say," the Baron continues, "that for humanity's sake an armistice should be concluded with a view to negotiating peace. It is all very well to talk of humanity, but no injustice must be perpetrated in the name of humanity. If a propo­ sition rising out of . the question of humanity gives more advantage to one than another of the contending fifties, it cannot be justice." Baron Suyematsu treats sarcastic­ ally the special plea that Russia should be allowed to "save her face," and compares Japan to a dwarf fight­ ing a giant, and says: "The public at large seems to have gauged the relative value of Russia and Japan. They are glad that the large bubble, which had been causing a nightmare to so many people for so long a time, has been pricked. They have seen that it was no use to sup­ press Japan's aspiration by the com­ bined force of Western powers. Yet there seems floating in the air some sort of compassion for our adversary. This I deem an ^consistency aris­ ing out of some psychological In­ stability." Baron Suyematsu refers to the an­ nouncement of St. Petersburg early in the war that an enormous indem­ nity would be demanded, and that the terms would be dictated to Tokio. "We are far from assuming such an attitude," the writer says, "but we believe that justice ought to be done us. No mere sentiment shall be. al­ lowed to decide the merits of the case. "Some say that Japan might be In­ duced to forego a claim for indem- n'ty, provided England and America gave good assurance for future peace. We appreciate, of course, the general sentiments of England and America. We are anxious to maintain the best friendship with these two countries, more particularly than other coun­ tries. We should, therefore, be very sorry if we were to be told that we should forego on account of that friendship any claim to what we deem* it justice to demand." Prospect of Sea Battle. A dispatch from Singapore to the London Daily Express says that the captain of a coasting steamer reports having sighted twenty-seven warships seventy miles southwest of Penang. A Batavia (Java) dispatch to the same paper says that Chinese junks report that Japanese warships are policing all the straits available to Ro- Je6tvensky In an attempt to reach the China seas. The British steamer Tara reports having sighted forty-seven Russian ships 130 miles north of Sin­ gapore. Penang is 175 miles northwest of Singapore, near the northern end of Malacca straits. Three weeks ago Admiral Togo was reported to be at Singapore awaiting the appearance of RojestvenBky's squadrpn and ready to give battle. > From the Singapore bulletin, It would appear, however, that Rojest- vensky has crossed the Indian ocean and 1b now In the Straits of Malacca. In the latter event the great naval battle, long predicted, is imminent. GO TO JAIL FOR CARRIE NATION Women 8aloon 8mashers Voluntarily Return to Prison Cell. Wichita, Kan.( special: Carrie Na­ tion, Myra McHenry, Liddia Munts and Lucy Wilhert, temperance crusa­ ders, who are awaiting trial for wrecking the glass front of a whole­ sale liquor house some time ago, vol­ untarily went to jail in order to re­ lease a $1,000 bond furnished by Mrs. Nation. Krs. Nation wanted the mon­ ey to loan. Dr. David McGill Very III. Pittsburg dispatch: Rev. David F. McGill, D. D., clerk of the United Presbyterian general assembly and pastor of the Sixth church, Allegheny, is suffering from dilatation of the heart, following an attack of grip. • >«./ ! Wisconsin Lumberman la Stricken. San Francisco, dispatch: Thomas G. Atkinson, a millionaire lumberman of Green Bay, Wis., has been taken to a hospital here suffering from a se­ vere attack of paralysis. A dispatch frotn March 29, said that the British steam­ er Dart, from Rangoon, reported that she passed on March 19 thirty war­ ships and fourteen colliers (probably the Russian fleet) steaming eastward, 250 miles northeast of the island of Madagascar. The fleet reported by the Tara Is probably the sighted by the Dart. ^ ^ - New Plan for Peace. The Japanese insistence upon an In­ demnity, rather than indisposition to conclude the w£r at this time, later information indicates, wrecked the recent attempt to bring the poweri into negotiations. Another effort on different lines to bring Russia and Ja­ pan together is believed to be under way, the movers now being French and English financial interests with heavy connections in the tiro coun­ t r i e s . . . ; . . . : : : V v •SIJWADE BVTHE T«£Z Soldiers Are Killed In Wreck. By a collision pf military trains west of Harbin eight soldiers were killed and twenty-six men wounded. The accident was due to the engine crew, who were worn out with excess­ ive/hours of continuous work, falling asleep and running past signals. Weather Spoils Battle Plans. Important operations are thought to be out of the. question for some time to come, rain, snow and thaw having spoiled all the roads and cre­ ated Impassable mud. 8h|p Yards Strike Is On. The workmen in the large ship yards at Astrakhan, European Russia, have struck. The shipwrights through­ out the Volga region are extremely discontented, and a general strike is almost certain when navigation opens. Emperor in Hiding. The annual parade of the Horse Guards at St. Petersburg, always heretofore one of the most spectacu­ lar military ceremonies as well as so­ cial functions of the year, was chiefly notable Friday by the absence of Km peror Nicholas and the imperial fam­ ily. The Horse Guards is the emperor's own regiment, and never before has he failed to attend its annual parade. With the empress, dowager empress and the entire court the emperor re­ mained at Tsarskoe Selo. The only grand dukes who ventured out of their palaces were Nicholas, Boris and A1 exander Michaelovitch, the first named representing the emperor. Even Grand Duke Vladimir, com­ mander of the military district ,was not present, the explanation being that he was detained at the palace on account of sickness. The danger tq the imperial family was regarded as especially great, as it happened that Friday was the festival of the Immac­ ulate Conception, one of the strictest religious holidays. Workmen of the village of Smo­ lensk made a demonstration Friday, the occasion being the burial of an employe of the Pahl factory, who was killed by a policeman. Six thousand persons assembled early in the morn­ ing in a heavy snowstorm and await­ ed the funeral procession. There were red flags everywhere, and a wreath deposited by Socialists on the coffin was inscribed, "Died an inno­ cent victim in the ̂ struggle for lib­ erty." After the interment, revolu­ tionary proclamations were scattered among the people and a procession was formed, headed by a Socialist, carrying a banner inscribed "Death to the Czar, the Assassin." At this juncture a large force of military and police interfered, dis­ persed the mob and seized the wreaths and banners. The workmen did not attempt serious opposition, and none was seriously Injured. DECI8ION AGAINST RAILROADS Interstate Commerce Commission Says Rates Handicap Shipper. Washington dispatch: Chairman Knapp of the interstate commerce commission has announced the deci­ sion of the commission in the case ol the Cannon Falls Farmers' Elevatoi company against the Chicago Great Western and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. The opinion holds that, under present rate conditions, the Cannon Falls shipper is subjected tc several disadvantages, including com­ bination of rates, neutralized competi­ tive advantages through a system ol manipulation of bills and wrongfully high rates on certain grains. Boycott Dealers Who Cancel Orders. New York dispatch: Resolutions have been adopted by the National Association of Clothiers, which is rep­ resentative of the second largest man­ ufacturing industry in the country, now in annual convention here, tc boycott all retailers who unjustifiably cancel orders or return goods. MINERS' VICTORY 18 NOTABLE Force Bituminous Coal Operators tc Sign Last Year's Scale. Altoona, Pa., dispatch: After s lengthy conference of the wage seals committee representing the operators and miners of central Pennsylvania bituminous coal fields the formei signed last year's scale under protest The «cale is based upon 62 cents £ ton for pick mining. Work, which was suspended on March 21, has been resumed in the mines. :y To Control Harriman Linee. Portland, Ore., dispatch: Genera] Manager B. A. Worthington of the Harriman lines has been put into con­ trol of the lines of the O. R. ft N. and the Southern Pacific company. Mt succeeds E. E. Calvin. „ Paris Medical School Is Closed. Paris cablegram: By a ministerial decree the inedical school has been closed. The order is the result ol recent disturbances on the part of th« students of the institution. Th« Wonderful Growth of Calumet Baking X*. >£:. V», •3 Powder Is due to Its Perfect Quality end Moderate Price Used In Millions of Homos Law's Mercy to Convicts. The prison gates, massive and sad, opened, and there stepped forth fur­ tively a pale man. He passed his hand across hl» mouth in a nervous way. He looked up and down the street. Then, with ft hurried gait, he set off in the direc­ tion of the city. "A discharged convict?" said the first cabman. "That's right. A discharged con­ vict," said the second. "It is Jake To- lan. He served ten years for robbing his uncle." "How is It his hair ain't short T** •said the first cabman. "I thought yon could tell all released convicts by their shaved heads. But this fellow's hair is longer than yours or mine." "Every released convict has Ions hair," was the reply. "The books and novels tell you different, but that Is owing to ignorance. The law, as a matter of fact, provides that for three months before his release the hair of every convict shall be allowed to grow. That is a kindly law. It per­ mits the convict to leave prison with­ out any prison marks on him to tell l^e |fWl4 where he came frpm.'| , i " " . i , | - i- - . In the Spring. tbWndes, Mo., April 10th.--Mrs. H. C. Harty of this place, says:-- "For years I was in very bad health. Every spring I would get so low that I was unable to do my own work. I seemed to be worse In the spring than any other time of the year. I was very weak and miserable and had much pain In my back and head. I saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised last spring and began treatment of them and they have certainly done me more good than anything I have ever used. "I was all right last spring and felt better than I have for over ten years. I am fifty years of age and am strong­ er to-day than I have been for many years and I give Dodd's Kidney Pills credit for the wonderful improve­ ment." The statement of Mrs. Harty is only one of a great many where Dodd's Kidney Pills have proven themselves to be the very best spring medicine. They are unsurpassed as a tonic and are the only medicine used in thou­ sands of families* - \yvjr Fads of Famous Rulefit f The emperor of Germany is fond of collecting neckties and scarfs of ail ages and of all countries and is said to have no fewer than 18,000. The shah of Persia is fond of knitting as a hobby and likes to knit silk stock­ ings for his personal friends. He once presented the prince of Wales with ft pair of his own handiwork. Washing Blankets. Have ready three tubs of moderately warm water; for the first water make a strong suds by using plenty of Ivory Soap. In this put a pair of blankets and stir with the clothes stick until clean; then rinse through the other two waters, putting a little soap in each. Wring by hand and stretch carefully on the liss, ELEANOR R. FA&&K&. Agreement. Mrs Nexdore--"Do you and your husband' always agree?" Mrs. N. Peck--"It isn't necessary^-- he always agrees." f ----> *'!• Mere Flexible and Lastly won't shake out or blow out; by usinflr neflan™ Starch you obtain better re­ sults than possible with any other brand and one-third more for MUM money. • Some people find fault for the pur­ pose of getting a chance to expound their own views. ggpTiit® PLEASANT THE NEXT MORNINGS I FEEL BRIGHT AND NEW AND MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER. Ib doctor H;I it >cti ugllr on the ilnmuh, Hvar kidneys and it a ltxativn. TLi« drink is inMl from horhs, ind ia iihn<hxl for an as i--t|r aa taa. It ia callMl"Laae'i: Tn" o LANE'S FAMILY MEDICINE IbajrvbofbraieiiysMMNfCitars KovssoiB > LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5* CIGAR Tsar Jobber or direct from Factory, Peoria. Ob mailto:1.60@6.75 mailto:2@6.25 mailto:5@7.50 mailto:5@7.50