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.r. wmmmim r'^i ROOM IN THE WEST. ^ ILLINOIS STATE Land and Best of Opportunities for Thousands. Three Indian reservations in Mon Illinois Legislature INJUNCTION ORDER 13 MODIFIED QIVES PROPERTY TO CHILDREN Judge Humphrey Reduces Restriction Variety in 8tyles of Shoes. ' The variety of new styles for spring end summer covers a broader range than ever before, and the introduction of new leathers and new colors has made possible new combinations and artistic effects never before attempt­ ed in footwear. The choicest goatskins of Morocco have been tanned in beautiful shades of the fashionable colors and made tip in very attractive afternoon shoes tor women. Pumps of patent leather and dull kid, with stiff leather bows to match, will be used for dress occasions. Tan Russia calfskin and Russia goatskin and white shoes of duck and buckskin will divide popular favor for outdoor affairs in the summer. Gun kid and gun metal calf, in light weights, are the newest features of men's and women's shoes, and both appear to be rapidly gaining in popu­ larity. These leathers have a dull, irich lnster, and are easily kept in condition. They are shown in ox­ fords and evening pumps.--Shoe Re­ tailer. Thslr Little Trick. Canny summer girls ar& anticipat­ ing the season in which they shine most effulgently, and are getting in their stocks of shirt waists. A little trick that some smart young women are working may be worth money to others who don't possess the knowl­ edge. As every girl knows, embroidered linen shirt waists are extremely chic *bh no wardrobe is complete without jthem this year. But they are general­ ly pretty expensive. Here is the way •a smart linen waist may be secured at la comparatively small cost. Linen pillow cases, hand embrold- jered, can be bought at a linen store (for a very reasonable sum. Two of these will make a shirt waist. Generally there is a strip of broad embroidery on top and a narrow pat­ tern beneath. The broad bands are wed for the fronts and the narrow (for the collars and cuffs. In this way an exceedingly handsome waist may be obtained for considerably less than if a regular pattern were used. Short Veils Return to Favor. With tlie new styles of hats the tulle veil comes in triumphant. There can be no question of lace veils float­ ing down at the back when so much of the trimming of the hat is arranged •cache-peigne fashion, nor of long acarfs twisted about the neck and falling to the foot, such as were worn )by some fashionables last year, says the Paris correspondent of the Milli­ nery Trade Review. Short veils being therefore once Chore reinstated in favor, much in­ genuity has been displayed in the production of fresh lines of tulles, novelty being obtained for these both by varying the design of the gossa­ mer itself as well as of the decoration put upon it. 8matl Coats Fashionable. The little basqued or habit tailed eoat, in taffetas or embroidery, the front filled in with swathed embroid­ ery or ruffled, lace, worn over a fulled cloth skirt in light colors, is not only a coming fashion which has already "arrived," but it is one which will cee us well on into the spring, and probably, on suitable occasions, into next year. The light cloth skirt is brought Into accord with the coat by means> of a touch of embroidery of the same color or a narrow hemming of a banof velvet. Otherwise the skirt, which is full and flowing, is best left untrimmed. The flounced lace or taffeta skirt, which is also ex­ ploited with the little coat, is for more dressy occasions, such as will not occur till summer brings fetes and garden parties in her train. An Attractive 8mall Wrap. A stylish wrap useful for spring 4$ys and cool evenings in the summer ts shown in the illustration. The en­ tire jacket is laid in side plaits from a shallow yoke that is concealed by the pointed collar. The front and I the silk achieves originality and charm without being in any way con­ spicuous or bizarre. s . & For the Coming Sumii^X i Black and white checks are stun- tiing, with the little black taffeta jackets, although the license as to color--and even as to style--is great. Pongee is sharing honors with taf­ feta--perhaps doing even more than that. For it will be worn in every conceivably way, from short waists and shirt waist suits to stunning, loose coats to wear over fluffy summer gowns. The natural color will be most v,orn, and, next to it, the blue that comes in such a good shade in pongee. tgeeves are also pointed, the sleeves being elbow length. Mohair, henri* etta, drap d'ete, serge or cloth will develop this model nicely. 1 . Brocaded Silks. 7 Tie fancy flowered and brocaded tiUks are myriad, and description of - them is hopeless, for they run all the scale of intricacy and gorgeousness in color and design. One almond green and white silk, like other silks in the same category, is proving very suc­ cessful. The silk is exceedingly soft and has a luster, yet seems hardly like a taf- Jptta or a messaline. It bas a ground of almond green, soft, light, cool, and is barred off in an irregular plaid by . heavy lines of white, while over the • plaided surface, or rather through it, are white blurred figures, indefinite outline. The description is inade- fnate, though as exact as possible, bat Child's Dress of Cashmere. The skirt is plaited all around ex­ cept just in front, leaving a narrow tablier. The full blouse is covered with a plain plastron, which is bor­ dered with a ruffle of the material ft This is cut out over a guimpe of coarse guipure, of which the cuffs are also made, the latter finished at the wrists with a band of cloth or taffeta. The belt is of light leather. Making Trimmings Effective. The really smart gown nowadays is the one which reveals the distinc­ tion of thought. By this is meant that the arrangement of trimmings and garnitures is such as to show that the designer has striven to put ma­ terials together in a most intricate and unusual manner to give a beauti­ ful effect without being unduly strik­ ing or conspicuous. Laces are cut and fitted Into dif­ ferent parts of a corsage or skirt, braid is wound in and out, showing the greatest skill in designing, and every atom of trimming of any sort is so laid upon the gown as to show that an immense amount of hand work had to be done to accomplish the de­ fect. Bridal Gowns That Are Smart. White mousseline, embroidered with silver or pearl, is one of the most popular materials for bridal gowns. The smartest wedding gowns are cut perfectly plain, with full skirts and long and stately trains. The bodices are made in soft ef­ fects, without being either fluffy or billowy. Harsh and sharp lines are rigorously avoided. The necks are cut high and are finished with very transparent lace. The sleeves are made after the same styles as.those of popular smart sleeves, without any fixed rule as to their length, but there is a decided preference for elbow sleeves. Modiste's Effective Design. An effective suit of gray broadcloth has a skirt that is very full over the hips and falls down to above the knees, where there are two rows of cording gathered in, from which it falls down into a deep puff, with two rowB of cording holding it in and also heading a deep plaited flounce. The jacket, which endiS at the waist line, is belted in by a girdle, forming a point in the back, which is covered with an elaborate design in braid in the same shade. The sleeves are only moderately full and the revers and cuffs are also braided. Velvets Match Color of Gowns. Reception gowns of pale cloths are combined with velvet to match. One is exhibited in pale biscuit colored broadcloth, with a single flounce half the skirt's length of chiffon velvet to match. The bodice was of cloth, with a yoke of the velvet, heavily embroid­ ered in gold and pearls. The cloth sleeves were very full, and the girdle was of cloth of gold, made very high. Match the Stock and Belt. It is quite the thing to .wear match­ ing collars and belts. A fashionahle haberdasher is showing a very great variety of stocks and belts to wear with shirtwaists and shirtwaist suits. With white suits nothing could be better than white linen, plain or em­ broidered. These are exquisitely made, and, although anything but cheap, are so trim and stylish that they make the gown fine and well Jus­ tify the price paid for them. A novelty in these stock and belt sets comes in all colors as well as white. The material is a fine silk braid in a loose basket weave. The belt Is wide at the back and is meant to crush. The fastening is a round buckle in brass or gun metal. The neckpiece is not a stock at all, accur­ ately speaking, but a four-in-hand tie to wear with a linen collar. -- Child's Dainty Party Frock. For a child a dainty party frock of flowered organdie is shown. Misty pink blossoms are scattered on la white ground. The full skirt is corded around the deep hem and has quaint little old-fashioned ruffles of pale pink chiffon. The same chiffon is corded and, shirred to form a yoke and on it are appliqued very delicate medal­ lion* of white rli»s^v:*»-.- PASS ANTI TRUST BILL By a vote of 112 to 9 the house Thursday passed the anti-trust bill framed by Attorney General Stead and introduced by Representative Mc- Kinley, exactly as reported out of committee, and without amendment. This was done in spite of pressure jbrought by Chicago interests to have 4 he insurance features changed. Such amendments as the bill gets will have to come from the senate, where the underwriters will have a hearing be­ fore a committee and be given a chance for argument. Mr. McKinley made a short talk in explanation of the bill when it was called up for passage. "This is not a radical anti-trust measure," he said, "and it does not affect business enterprises legitimate in their scope, fevery provision of;it has been held to be constitutional by the United States supreme court." During the roll call Beebe of Cook county objected to thii bill because he declared it would operate against la­ bor unions. "Do labor unions object to having the same conditions imposed on them that they want imposed on capital­ ists?" asked Representative Browne. "I don't know," replied Beebe. "I do not represent labor unions. I - am only speaking for myself." Pierson of Cook county declared the bill was too stringent and said he would vote for a measure drawn more carefully. Local Option Compromise. Because of the antagonism which the local option bill in its present shape has met in the house, a substi­ tute measure has been prepared at a conference of men on both sides of the question. This substitute leaves out the county and precinct features, against which the saloon interests have made their hardest fight, and it will meet little opposition in the house. The compromise represents a step the anti-saloon people vowed would not be taken, but it has grown out of the situation in the house ju­ diciary committee and Is' conditional. The anti-saloon league has not in­ dorsed the compromise officially and may oppose it strongly. The condition of the fight is that the senate pass the new bill. It will be introduced in the upper house, and meanwhile the judiciary committee of representatives will postpone ac­ tion on the measure which it has be­ fore it. If the senate accepts the sub­ stitute then it will be put in the house, and the present bill will be passed up. If the senate will not adopt it, or if it holds back, then the house will be held responsible for the bill which it has. The new measure will remove ob­ jections against the anti-saloon move­ ment. One of these has been that a county, by voting for no license, could drag with it a reluctant town or city which wanted saloons. The finances of a town, it has been explained, would be affected seriously by cutting off the license fees, and this could be done by the county outside of the town, which is not at all interested in city taxes. Another objection was against the provisions that the precincts could be linked together for the purpose of vot­ ing on the question of license or no license. In this way, it is pointed out, a saloon precinct could be put in with a couple of temperance precincts and dragged into unwilling prohibition. These two features of the bill have caused the opponents to declare it is not a local option measure, but a pro­ hibition measure. These things and the manifest de­ termination of the house committee to amend the measure have resulted In the compromise. Board ol Trade Sentiment. President W. S. Jackson of the Chi­ cago board of trade, who has taken a couple days to learn the kind of sentiment in the legislature toward board of trade bills, went home with­ out having reached any conclusion, which makes him vividly optimistic. These bills recognize the legitimacy of the board and put It beyond any attack along the line opened up by the Supreme court decision in the Ware case. Proposes a Free Bridge. Representative Karch of Belleville introduced a bill under which it is proposed to build a free bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louis. The Karch bill is similar to a measure adopted for the condemnation of ap­ proaches to the river and authorizes "any corporation or association, pub­ lic, municipal or private," organized under the laws of this or any other state, to maintain and operate bridges or tunnels over or under navigable streams for the use of railroads, street cars, vehicles and pedestrians. The bill provides, however, that these bridges or tunnels may be free or toll. Citizens of St. Louis and East Insurance Measures. Beri7's bill permitting mutual fire insurance companies to extend their business over twenty-five townships Instead of twelve and Houser s bill placing assessment insurance compa­ nies on the same basis with frater­ nal companies in the matter of re­ bates passed the senate. Concentrated Foodstuffs. The senate passed Evans' bill regu­ lating the analysis and sale of con­ centrated foodstuffs. Must Study Illinois History. The senate committee favore^J Stubblefield's bill, requiring teach- ers to submit to special examinations in the history Of Illinois. Convict Labor Reforms. The house committee on penal and reformatory institutions is still wrang­ ling over proposed amendments *• the convict labor act. , ... Favor Shot-Firers. In the senate the shot-flrers* bill 'jrat reoorted favorably unanimously. St. Louis are fighting the bridge com­ panies and are advocating a free bridge. . It is claimed that, the ter­ minal railroad company, which oper­ ates the Eads bridge, and the Mer­ chants' Bridge and Terminal Associa­ tion, which operates the Merchants' bridge, are organizing subsidiary com­ panies and discriminating against pat­ rons. It is noteworthy, that the Mer­ chants' bridge, which was constructed for the ostensible purpose of abol­ ishing the Eads bridge monopoly, Is now being operated by the same com­ bination which controls the Eads bridge. * r v ;4": JMute- Appeal^ for Aid. * - At the door of the hall of repre­ sentatives Thursday sat a little giii, her features impassive and even va­ cant, except for an occasional ripple of expression. Her head was lowered and her eyes downcast. Members of the house passing in aud out gave no attention to her until they learned she was a "lobbyist"---a lobbyist for herself, deaf, mute and blind, and mutely asking for an education. She was little Emma Kubicek, a 9-year-old pupil in the State School for the Blind at Jacksonville. Mrs. Rose Jordan, her teacher, and Representa­ tive Helnl of Jacksonville had brought her to Springfield that the legislature might see what progress she had made without any special state provision, and thus be moved to give an appropriation. The sym­ pathies of a number of members have been enlisted and efforts will be made to have $1,000 set aside for her in an effort to repeat the success had with Helen Keller. Work In the House. Speaker Shurtleff got a monumental amount of work out of thirty-three members wh'o constituted the house Friday morning, cleaning up the cal­ endar for the next week. Twenty-six house bills and fourteen senate bills were advanced to third reading and twenty senate bills and one house bill advanced to. second reading. The fact there was no quorum seemed likely to interfere with the speaker's plans. Because of the small attendance a bill in which State's Attorney Healy is interested got to third reading without amendment. It provides that the state may appeal in the case of quashed indictments. An attempt on the part of Dr. Aaron Norden to get civil service bill 218 ahead of Lindly's bill was headed off by Lindly and Castle, who objected to his motion to have it made/ a special order for Tuesday. Senator Aids Inga Hanson In the senate Niels Juul offered a resolution asking that Gov. Deneen use the powers of his office to re­ lease Inga Hansen, the woman who recently was convicted In Chicago of perjury against a street railway com pany from which she had endeavored to secure damages for alleged person­ al injuries. The resolution charges that the conviction of the woman was secured through the use of large amounts of money by the company, and asks that the governor secure a report of the facts In the case. Amends Anti-Trust Bill. Representative Hearn of Quincy in­ troduced a bill amending the anti­ trust act by requiring that state's at­ torneys shall give ten days' notice before prosecuting corporations which have failed to file affidavits with the secretary of state setting up that they are not in a trust or unlawful com­ bine. The bill also provides for the dismissal of pending suits. Complaint is made that state's attorneys have prosecuted prima facie delinquent cor­ porations without notice. Women Fight "Child-Acting" Bill. Miss Mary McDowell and other club women of Chicago interested in set­ tlement work have started an ener­ getic movement against the bill to allow children to appear on the stage if the consent of the factory inspector is secured. The measure as amended allows children less than 16 and more than 10 years old to act until, 10 o'clock at night. The women de­ nounce the theatrical trust as respon­ sible for the attempt to amend the presnt law. Insurance Measures. House committees reported out the Beebe bill requiring foreign insurance companies to deposit $100,000 in the state treasury as required of domestic companies and a biH authorizing fire insurance companies to insure against loss by sprinklers or other fire pro­ tective apparatus. Sequestered Taxes. Senator Pemberton's bill, providing for the discovery and listing of omit­ ted property and charging the attor­ ney general with collection, was re­ ported fa vorahly. , Exposition Commissioners. Gov. Deneen has appointed as the Illinois commissioners to the Lewis and Clark exposition the following: P. A. Peterson, Rockford; Cyrus Thompson, Belleville; John W. Stipes, Champaign; R. H. Tiffany, Freeport; R. E. Corrigan, Chicago; W. H. Hart, Benton, and F. H. Hand, Cambridge. The Democratic members, Corrigan and Hart, were appointed as named by the Democratic caucus. There had been a factional fight between Demo­ crats was settled by caucus. Protects Furniture Buyer. Representative Arnold Introduced a measure to regulate the sale of furni­ ture on the installment plan, provide jing that if the buyer» defaults after one-half the purchase price has been Tiaid, and if the vendor gives sixty days* written notice of his intention to take the goods back, they may be recovered on the return of half the amount already paid. The plan is de­ signed to protect the purchaser, who may default after having paid a Large part of the price and lose all the fur­ niture. tana, Wyoming and Utah are slated for opening before the fall of 1906. A young man who gets a claim on either of these reservations is independent for life. There are no such opportuni­ ties for land-getting in the east, where every foot of ground has been under private ownership for years and where land is held at a high valuation. The young man in the east finds his opportunities confined to those of business, and even in this there is much more competition to meet than in the west, where the inrush of a new population makes new opportuni­ ties in all lines. From the present outlook the next ten years will be the most prosperous and progressive de­ cade the west has ever known. »For­ tunate will be the eastern young men who are wise enough to take Horace Greely's advice at this day and to grow up with a growing country.?-- Denver Republican. -/ LADY CURZON NEAR DEATH. Narrow Escape of Viceroy's Wife Our- , Ina Indian Earthquake. Lady Curzon, formerly of Washing­ ton and Chicago, wife of the Viceroy of India, had a narrow escape during the earthquake at Simla, India, last week. A massive chimney fell through the roof and celling into the room above that in which she was sleeping. Four hundred of the Seventh Gurk­ has were killed at the Dharmasala cantonment by the collapse of a stone barrack building in the earthquake In addition, twenty members of the First battalion and fifty members of the Second battalion of the /First Gurkhas were killed, while It 1s roughly calculated that from 20 to 30 per cent of the native population of the surrounding villages perished. In addition to the Europeans al­ ready reported killed at Dharmasala Beven children of Europeans are said to have perished. A telegram received by the Churtu Missionary society in London from Alton Man Divides 1,420 Acres Among His Sons and Daughters. Z. B. Job of Alton, who made a Christmas present of 640 acres of fine farming land in the vicinity of Alton to his children in 1903, has made a further gift of 1,420 acres in the vicinity of Alton to his two sons and two daughters, the value of which probably exceeds $160,000. The chil­ dren are Mrs. H. J. Bowman, Miss Alice Job and Z. B. Job, Jr.,* of Alton and Frederick W. Job, secretary of the Chicago employers' association. Mr. Job was formerly sheriff of Madi­ son county. His real estate holdings are said to have been the largest of any person in Madison county. He decided to divide his property among his children before his death. He celebrated his 89th birthday March 13. •••iM * " Isp- MASONS HONOR HIGH OFFICIAL caRzarr. Lahore' India, reports that three of the society's representatives at Kan- gra--the Rev. H. F. Rowland, Mrs. Daueble and Miss Lorbeer--were kill­ ed by the fall of the mission house during the recent earthquake. All the other missionaries in Punjab are believed to be safe. THE SLAUGHTER OF PEACE. Victims of Neglect Outnumber Those Killed in Warfare. The world reads with the fascina­ tion of horror of the slaughter of thou­ sands In Manchuria, but scarcely turns an eye to the newspaper para­ graph which tells of the death of hun­ dreds of thousands in India, where in a little over two months the plague has killed off more than 300,000 vic­ tims. The soldier shot down as he scales the shell-swept ramparts is a figure which appeals to the imagina­ tion, but the poor East Indian, crawl­ ing away to die in his hovel by the Ganges, is none the less a human be­ ing wiped out. Modern medical and sanitary science ought to be able to check, if it could not entirely stop, this devastation of India. Even the British government is finally aroused to the seriousness of the situation and has dispatched an expedition to "in­ vestigate the causes"--something which should have been done a long time^ ago.--New York Press. Napoleonic Relics Fetch Little. For one of the most important col­ lections of Napoleonic relics which have come under the hammer only 130 guineas was given at Christie's rooms recently. It covered his whole career, starting with a silver statuette of the First Consul and ending with a lock of his hair and tfie deathmask taken at St. Helena. There were min­ iatures of the great Corsican himself, of his son, the ill-fated King of Rome, of Deslree Beauharnais, Marie Louise, Mme. Bonaparte; medals, crosses of the Legion of Hongr. Waterloo relics and a remnant of the flag in which his coffin was wrapped, with splinter* ol the coffin itself.--London Mail. Use and Abuse of Condiments. The abuse of condiments has its attendant evils. The excessive use of vinegar is calculated to lead to an anaemic condition, while It has an unfavorable influence on gout. Some silly women take vinegar to produce a pale complexion. Similarly, a free indulgence in pepper or mustard which are both irritants, is likely to have an irritating effect upon the organs of secretion. On the other hand, their moderate indulgence pro motes digestion for they act as carmi natives. Churchill Looks for Career. To be only 30 years old and be al .ready the subject of a biographer is the distinction of Winston Churchill A. McCullom Scott has written a vol­ ume describing his phenomenal ca reer and comparing it with that ol the first duke of Marlborough. He declares that Churchill "knows him­ self to be the instrument df som« great purpose of nature, only half dis­ closed as yet--a cell charged with some tremendous voltage of element­ al energy." ' Grand Tyler William L. Orr l« Buried by the Fraternity. The funeral of William L. Orr, late grand tyler of the Illinois Grand Ma­ sonic bodies, who died in Danville Sunday, was held at Alton Wednes­ day under Masonic auspices. There was a large attendance of prominent members of the fraternity and many floral pieces were sent from the grand lodge, grand chapter and grand commandery and local bodies, in all of which he had held office for many years. Among those who attended were his son, Byron Orr, of St. Louis, And his daughter, Mrs. Cora O. Fisk, of Chicago. The Masonic burial serv ice was conducted by Dr. H. T. Bur- nap, chairman of the Illinois board of grand examiners. on Trespassers in Zeigler. Judge Humphrey of the federal court at Springfield has modified the, 6 injunction against trespassing in Jo­ seph Leiter's mining town of Zeigler so as to allow Frank Rockhold, rep­ resenting the consuls at Chicago at Italy and Austria, to investigate the recent explosion in the Leiter mini and to ascertain the names of Aus­ trian and Italian miners killed in the catastrophe. Rockhold entered Zeig» V ler soon after the explosion in which forty-three miners were killed and h» t was ordered out of town. Judge Hum* - phrey also issued a decree makinjg perpetual ft temporary injunction y* which he had Issued on March 4, re­ straining William Walter, alias George Spires, and sixteen others, strikers of the St. JLouis Smelting and Refining Company, from trespassing or interfering with operation of M f plant of the company at Collinsvilli^ J' St. Clair county. ^ Girl Beats Her Mother.^ Mrs. Emma McGrath of Alton caused the arrest of her 14-year-old daughter, Margaret McGrath, on a charge of assault and battery and threatening to kill her. The girl ad­ mitted that she knocked her mother down and beat her severely. The only excuse she had to offer was that she could not control her temper- She was fined and. It was said, will be taken into the county court to be committed to the state training school for girls- at Geneva. Child Drowns in Water Bucket. Caryl Lillian Snyder, infant daugh­ ter of Matt and Addie Snyder of Mur- physboro, was found dead In a water bucket which sat near the well, sev­ eral feet from the rear porch. The bucket contained 5 Inches of water, and when found the child • was face downward in the receptacle, her feet protruding from the top of the bucket Macoupin County Pioneer Is Dead Rev. Luke Dllliard, aged 82 years died at his home near Dorchester The funeral was held under the au­ spices of Bunker Hill lodge, No. 151 A., F. and A. M. Deceased leaves widow, fifteen grandchildren and six great-gfandchlldren. He was a Bap tist preacher, having been ordained In 1846. PASTOR E8 TO CHICAGO. Rev. Abram John Van Page of Ma­ rengo, who has received a call to tfee Millard Avenue Presbyterian church. Chicago, is a graduate of Alma col­ lege, Michigan. He was born in Hol­ land in 1875, and came to the United States at the age of 20. After leaving V- 'rf-W. Baptismal Shock Causes Insanity. The wife of Lucas Valley was ad­ judged insane at Alton at a session of the county court, held by Judge Hillskotter. The woman Is said to have become Insane from being bap­ tized shortly after recovering from sickness. She was committed to the asylum at Jacksonville. Farmer Is a Suicide. Austin Babbitt, a prominent fanner living near St. Augustine, while de­ spondent, shot himself through the head with a rifle, dying In a few hours. He had shown symptoms of dementia for several dpys. • He leaves a wife and seven children. Chicago A Alton Mortgage. A supplemental mortgage was filed In Edwardsville from the Chicago ft Alton Railway company to the Illinois Trust and Savings bank, trustee, for $5,000,000, covering all property, real and personal, of the company in Illi­ nois, Missouri and elsewhere. Secures Right of Way. The Alton, Jacksonville & Peoria railway bas been granted a franchise In Winchester, with the further guar­ antee of the gift of a private right of way through Scott county if the line Is deflected so as to pass through Winchester. _ . Fines for Carrying Concealed Arms. Robert Beesley entered a plea of guilty to an indictment for carrying concealed weapons. Judge Farmer Imposed a fine of $200 and costs. Hurt in Runaway Accident. Mrs. Ellen Powers was thrown from a buggy In a runaway accident at Jer­ sey ville and sustained serious in­ juries. Boy Is Cut by Harvester. A team attached to a harvester driven by Henry, the young son of Ben Ostendorf of Edwardsville, ran away. The boy was thrown in front of the knives and cut severely about the head and limbs. Celebrates Ninety-sixth Birthday. Mrs. Lucinda Watkins of Atterbury, the oldest resident of Menard county, celebrated her 96th birthday April 7. Six generations were represented. Mrs. Watkins has 130 living descend­ ants. Chokes to Death at Table. "When I die I want you to be my chief mourner," said Charles D. St~awn to a friend who was eating supper with him at his house a mile ea:it of Lincoln. A few moments later he choked on a piece ol meat ?.nd exjiired from strangulation. Y. M. C. A. Secretary Resigns. Hr. W. Hatfield has resigned as sec­ retary of the Christian county Y. M. C. A. He intends to con'iuue in ine association work. Ml* will mut torville. :' . . Vj Alma college he studied in McCormlck Theological seminary, and then was ^ given a pastorate in Coal City, and $, moved to the First Presbyterian church at Marengo In 1901. Rev. Mr. | Van Page Is married and has one child. • V v *-"• . X - ^Bondholders Are Sustained. ^ • Bjrvirtue of a decision nanded doWB. by the United States supreme coure at Springfield, the Alton waterworks case, which has been in litigation many years, has been finally settled. The decision, by which a petition tor a writ of certiorari was denied, af­ firms the opinion of the circuit court of appeals, and means that the bond­ holders secured by the Farmers'Loan and Trust company mortgage have first lien on all waterworks property In Alton and the village of Upper Alt ton. This includes the new plant known as the Bostoa water and light piant. The property will be disposed of by the master 1b. chancery at Ed­ wardsville, April 18. W ••mv' To Annul Charters. Acting on advice from the attorney general of Illinois, State's Attorney McNutt has entered suit at Charles­ ton to annul the charters of four cor­ porations of Coles county for failure to pay the annual sttte license fee of $1. The corporations that will have to answer for this neglect are the Charleston Tile and Brick company, Charleston Artificial Stone Post com­ pany, Eastern Illinois Traction com-, pany and the Illinois Bridge attt Dredge company. •iM Sues for Bankrupt Firni. -- H. Clay Wilson, trustee for Snyde#'" Bros, of East St. louis, bankrupts, filed suit in the federal court la Springfield against Carrie M. Snyder of Marion, to recover $10,000 claimed to be due the creditors of the firm. Snyder Bros, were engaged in the plumbing and heating business, and a transfer of the property is alleged to have been made just prior to the bankruptcy proceedings being insti­ tuted. Aged Quincy Lawyer Dies* Ira M. Moore, one of the oldest resi­ dents and best known attorneys of Quincy is dead aged 71 years. He was the author of several law books, which have been generally accepted as authority by members of the bar in Illinois and vicinicy. He was a. member of the state !egislature from 1872 to 1878, and for the past four years filled the office justice of the peace. Loses Life Saving Her Child. While Mrs. Joshua Morse of Ga burg was trying to kindle fire with kerosene her clothing was ignited. She caught up her infant child and threw it to a place of safety, but her own escape was cut off. Her body was burned to a crisp. Alton's School Census. The reports of the enumerators who took the . recent school censes show that Alton townsJup has a popo? lation of 16.540. of which 5.380 ai* children of school age. 51 Oratorical Contest. The Lawrcnce oratorical contest was held in- the Springfield high school and was won by Valley Appel. Barry Ulrich was second in the contest. Val­ ley Appel has entered In the Corn Belt oratorical content. The first prize in the contest w: s $20 in and the second $10. i f " W . . ? Want Roosevelt it- An effort if; being mace by the state board of agriculture to • are President Roosevelt the UUr state Mft this fall. - •JiL&Jk TV ' T. I;3!