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yt / , > ^ v; - ' ' - ' "• ' * \' / / , O' ^ ' r ' "• , . )" f * = ' ̂ " -ry */3r 7 f * " ' • ; ' Tt"Y S",-^ >!•! 1 v 1 * * " r ^ ' / < k ^ " l - ' : \-s y 'grlsHlS Ji :«j JL_ . , .... „ *± "> J THOMAS JEFFERSON frWCT of the Declaration of Independence S^at Cfee AnntVerslt? 7̂" * °* Historic Event in Massachusetts City in 1784. la May, 1784, the American con­ gress, then in session at Antmp^m Maryland, received the resignation of John Jay of New York from the American commercial commission abroad, Mr. Jay being the colleague of Benjamin Franklin and John ,,,, Adams and Mr. Jefferson, then a f t member of the congress from Vir­ ginia, was elected to the vacancy. VI: 11 was at a time when Mr. Jefferson rJA was emerging from the one great sorrow of his life, the loss of Mrs. Jefferson, and the stricken statesman gladly accepted a mission which would take him away from his deso­ lated home and give him such en­ grossing public work as could not fail to prove beneficial in the end. So he speedily arranged his home matters by correspondence, drew a portion of his $9,000 salary in advance, and with his eldest daughter, Martha Jefferson, then a young girl of ten years, the future president proceeded leisurely eastward In quest of a ship that was bound for a French port. From Annapolis to Philadelphia, then to New York, and by easy stages through Connecticut and Massachu­ setts to Boston, in the month of June, was undoubtedly a very delightful trip to a man who could derive so much pleasure as Jefferson could from nature's own unrivaled attract­ iveness at that season of the year, and the arrival of the distinguished stranger in JBoston was not heralded Europe as a minister plenipotentiary from the United States "in the room of the Hon. John Jay, Esq., who is about to return to America. Gov. Jefferson, who has JiQ eminently distinguished himself in the late glorious revolu­ tion, is a gentleman 6f a very ami­ able character, to which he has joined the most extensive knowledge. He la a mathematician and philosopher'as well as a civilian and politician, and the memorable declaration of Ameri­ can independence is said J,o havQ been penned by him." The Independent Chronicle of July 1 has this brief allusion to the pres­ ence of Mr. Jefferson in Boston: "Since our last arrived in to*n from the southward His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Esq., late governor or Virginia and member of congress, now one of the commissioners for ne­ gotiating' treaties with foreign pow- ers." The Gazette did not condescend to give Mr. Jefferson any kind of notice, completely ignored him, and so far as there is any record to the contrary. Gov. John Hancock, then a sick man, it is fair to say, did not extend any official attention from the executive department. But Mr. Jefferson him­ self has left on record some evidence that he did receive a kindly greeting at the hands of Boston's social set of that day, his letter to his friend. El- bridge Gerry, found below, expressing his grateful acknowledgments of this the more pleasureashe was u> go himself in her. "The intermediate time I have em­ ployed in a trip to Portsmouth, in or­ der to gather in that state, as 1 had endeavored to do in the others through which I had passed, such in­ formation as to their commerce and other cfrcumstances as might in some degree enably me to answer the pun- poses of my mission. No small part of the time, too, has been occupied by the hospitality and civilities of this place, which I have experienced in the highest degree. These, with the preparation for my voyage, have left, me scarcely a spare moment; and re­ ceiving assurance from every quarter that I might derive from Mr. Tracy the fullest information as tb the com­ merce of this state, I have referred much of the inquiries I wished to make to the vacant hours of our voy-. age. • ' < - "Pressed with the attentions neces­ sary for the winding up of my affairs here and getting everything on boaC^F this forenoon, I have only time to bid you an affectionate adieu, to thank you for the many civilities to which you have assisted in introducing to me here, to assure you of the pleas­ ure it will give me at all times to hear from you; leaving with Mrs. Cotton a token, of my friendship for you. "From me you shall certainly re­ ceive frequent accounts of whatever 1 shall think worth your notice, and ' V ' THOMAS JEFFERSON Author of the Declaration of Independence. Third President of the United States. Founder of Religious Liberty in Virginia. Founder of the University of Virginia. Father of the Democratic Party. by the local press until seven days after Mr. Jefferson had reached the town and was traveling further east­ ward as far as Portsmouth, N. H. In fact, the first record of Mr. Jef­ ferson's presence in Boston on this occasion appears in the journal of the house of representatives, under date •of June 12, when the following order was passed: "Ordered, That a chair be assigned for the Hon. Thomas Jefferson Esq., late governor of Virginia, and now •one of the ministers of the United States for negotiating commercial treaties, If he is inclined to attend the debate of the house, and that Mr. Os­ good (Samuel Osgood of Andover), Davis (Thomas Davis junior of Ply­ mouth), and Swan (James Swan of Dorchester) be a committee to wait on the gentleman and inform him of this order, who reported that they had attended that service." There is no evidence in the record of the subsequent proceedings of the house that Mr. Jefferson accepted the Invitation. In his issue of Ju^r 8. 1784, editor Isaiah Thomas of the Worcester Spy bid this reference to Mr. Jefferson: Boston, July 1. "Friday last the Hon. Thomas Jef­ ferson, Esq., late governor of Vir­ ginia, arrived here by land from that state. He Is shortly to embark for TIE KING OF DAYS by hosanna shouting hosts. Assembled on a plenteous plain. Through Eastern gateway of the dawn The Day of Days rides forth again. And thus m hoary poet speaks-- For e'en the children understand, Aa poetry, the Heaven speech. la 'momm the language of Ow lino;-- ••In chariot once Apollo's own, Prtinliif he climbs the saffron hill, To ahow his people here below flw bolts that did the hydra k&L throned on mount of human bones hydra saw all peoples bring ibute to the horrid hill. . re reigned he. last survtvfc* Ma* «Ht Stm the fatnwTOTWaf dldrula, Aal taee be roared this eelct grim. Thai mea raaonnoe tho Ten Commands And have no ether sod but him." In Grecian mode . . fig* - . stiver bew and arrows t IBs* thr Where t pleasant feature of his Boston visit. "Boston, July 2, 1784. Dear Sir:--Being to sail from this port to-morrow. I cannot deny myself the pleasure of recalling myself to your recollection for a moment. I have impatiently hoped your arrival here before I should depart, -but 1 sus­ pect that the belles of Philadelphia have exercised their power over you, for it is here. I understand, you make your principal delay. When 1 arrived here I found Mrs. Adams within •thirty-six hours of sailing, I had 'de­ termined to take my passage to France in the first instance, yet the wish to accompany Mrs. Adams would certainly have induced me to relin­ quish this, could 1 within so short a time have prepared for embarkation. I was unable on this account to attend her. "Hearing of no vessel going from any eastern port to France, I had in contemplation to return to New York and take passage in the French pack­ et, which was to sail the 15th instant; bht it was suggested to me that I could with certainty get ashore on the coast of France somewhere from any vessel bound for London, and as Mr. Tracy had a vessel to sail from hence the third, which would eave twelve days in the outset, and prob­ ably as many more in the run. I en­ gaged my ' passage in her and with By arrow of the heat' which sows Abundance in fair Ceres' fields; By arrow of the light, which shows That Earth for all abundance yields. Out of his chariot on high Bright Independence Day doth lean. And. smiling on all lands below. See^ ne'er a slave but the machine. Beholds on earth a single sword-- ~ A broken Made in hands of Doom; The statue Armageddon rears - Above war-demon's crumbling tomb. Sees Plenty scan the Book of Books e- Beneath Religion's smile serene. And Love's bright glance make rainbow On fightsome Labor's silken sheen. Now merry pipe and dance afield, ' Be|neath his eye hold evening sway. And jest and laugh the pauses All, And many a festal roundelay. •The flag! Our flag!" shout high the hosts-- "The thousand stars thirteen have won. Fling out, oh Independence Day, Its folds in parting benison! LAW sinking to his golden rest. , The King of Days his helm unbars. And lot across the darkling sky _ ? The Crimson Stripes ana Stiver Htn|f --fatrlck J. Taaeey.- every other possible proof of the sin­ cere esteem with which I am. dear sir, your affectionate friend anji ser­ vant, "Thomas Jefferson." The anniversary of Independency day in 1784 fell on. Sunday, and the program of exercises in Boston, as usual, was observed on Monday. The Old South church was the scene of the observances, which began at 12 o'clock. s Benjamin Hitchbourne, an old-time fervid orator, delivered the address, salutes were fired on the common, din­ ners were the order of the day throughout the town, the officials re­ galing themselves at Woart's tavern, others at the American coffee house, while the order of Cincinnati, com­ posed of the ex-officers of the army and the organization of which body Jefferson opposed and won Washing­ ton to hi* way of thinking, dined at "Marpto^'s." Thr marine record shows high wat­ er at Boston on July 5, 1784, at 2 o'clock, and at about that hour, when all Boston was at the flood of its cele­ bration of the day, the ship Ceres. Capt. St. Barbe, bound for London with Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, itboard, was beating its way out of the harbor.--Boston Globe. BETSY'S BANNER £ We have nicknamed it "Old Glory" „ As it tioaui upon i he breeze. Rich in legend, song and story * On the land and on the seas; yjFar above the shining river. - 3 Over mountain, gorge and glade, . With a fame that lives forever. Floats the banner Betsy made. How they cheered It and Its maker _ They the gallant sons of Mais! jHow they blessed the little Quaker =*. .And her nag of stripes and stars! 'Neath its folds, the loeman scorning; Glinted bayonet and blade. And the breese* of the morning Kissed the banner Betsy mad*. Mow she sleeps, whose Angers Ojtlas. With a heart to Freedom true, Xlngled colors blight, undying-** Fashioned stars on field of bludt-*, %t will lack for no defender When the foreign foes invn.de,v V t̂ or our Nation rose to splendo~ fe> • * ;*- 'Neath the banner Betsy madr ^ •--From Four-Track News for Jn!y.< , NEAL HAS PLACE IN HISTORY. Indiana Man, Now Dead, Wrote the Fourteenth Amendment. Stephen Neal, author of the four­ teenth amendment to the constitution of the United States, died at his home in Lebanon, Ind., June 23. He was 88 years old on June 11, having been born in 1817 in Virginia. He came into prominence in 1866 as the author of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. G. S. Orth was at that time representa­ tive in congress from the Ninth Indi­ ana district, and was a close personal and political friend of Mr. Neal, who drafted the amendment and forwarded it to Mr. Orth. It was passed almost ' c>7zmzw-y:juz4c Verbatim as Mr. Neal had written it. He had been three times married and leaves his .last wife and ten children. ALL MEET IN WASHINGTON. --Thomas C. b for HarbandL Capital Surely Burying Ground of Die- appointed Hopes. Chief Clerk William H. Bayly of the pension office in Washington has been making a canvass of the clerks for the purpose of ascertaining the former oc­ cupations of employes. His investiga­ tion shows that this department is a veritable burying ground of disap­ pointed hopes. Qf the 1,200 clerks nearly 400 had prepared themselves for the professions 'of law, medicine Or theology. Forty of them had been authors, 43 were editors, 18 were edi­ tors and publishers, 151 were news­ paper correspondents, 33 were maga­ zine writers and a total of 144 held college or university diplomas. Among the men now passing on war claims who formerly held military titles are 1 major general, 1 adjutant general, 5 brigadier generals, 8 colonels', 7 lieu­ tenant colonels, 12 majors, 48 captains, 80 lieutenants and 8 second lieuten­ ants. There are 9 ex-members of houses of representatives of various states and 4 ex-state senators on the rolls. Eighteen justices of the peace have found resting places in the pen­ sion office, along with 5 county judges, 7 probate judges, 3 police judges and 12 sheriffs. Twenty-one former sur­ geons. 2 bankers and 6 dentists and 2 elocutionists are now delving over claims for back pay and bounty. Teaching seems to be an unprofitable calling, for no less than 457 of the 1,200 clerks in the pension office were formerly engaged in that profession. LARGEST HOSPITAL FOR BERLIN. Rudolf V ire how Institution Will Be Immense Affair. Berlin will shortly be able to boast that It contains the largest hospital In the world. The new institution, which is to be called after the famous physiologist, the Rudolf Virchow hos­ pital, will be fitted with accommoda­ tions for 2,000 patients. When fully equipped it will have a staff of 650 physicians,, nurses, attendants and servants. In connection with the hos­ pital there will be a pathological and anatomical laboratory, bath-house with medico-mechanical institute, section for Rontgen appliances, and a separ­ ate building also for apothecaries. Hitherto the largest German hospital was that at Eppendorf, near Hamburg, with accommodation for 1,600 patients. The size of the new Berlin hospital may be best shown when compared with the London hospital, with 780 beds, and the Marylebone infirmary, with 744. Proud of American Citizenship. Joseph Hornblend, perhaps the most celebrated courier in the old world, seems to recognise the majesty of American citizenship. On his busi­ ness cards he has printed: "Joseph Hornblend, courier to Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Mr. Hopkinson Smith and the emperor of Germany. This extraor­ dinary man is a Levantine, born-in Constantinople, with Greek, Armen­ ian. Hindoo and perhaps Turkish blood in him, a mixture of races which produces an inexhaustible fund of good temper, much capacity and a soaring and uncontrolled Imagination. Nevertheless he is a person of some distinction, having been decorated by the sultan for leading an expedition into Asia Minor. His control of lan­ guages includes, of- course, all Euro­ pean tongues, and extends to Turkish, Arabics and Innumerable dialects of the region around Constantinople. Sage's Rules for Good Work. Edward Everett Hale thinks that everybody should sleep ten hours a day, going to bed at 9 o'clock. He never engages In brain work after 4 Jn the afternoon, and spends a great deal of time in the open air, caring little for weather conditions. "Never work," he says, "when you feel fagged out, because you can not do good work while in that state. Above everything else do not worry." pioneer in Daya of Gold. Andrew McFarlane, "pioneer of the blazed trail," who died in San Ber­ nardino, Cal., recently, was a native of Alleghany, Pa., where he was born in 1829. He was one of the moBt noted prospectors fund hunters of California. His chief gold discovery was the Long Tom mine in Kern coynty, from which many millions have been tliken. He and two brothere crossed the plains in the early'50's. Inventor Is Street Cleaner. Peter Henry Chevantier, who made a fortune in toy balloons, is said to be in poverty, and has joined *treet cleaning gang in New Jersey. I l l i n o i s N e w s Choice items from over the state, specially selected for our readers ) ... ;;'i GAME AND FISH LAW CHANGES Professional Fishermen and Pot Hun­ ters Are to Be Checked. New game and fish laws enacted by the last Illinois general assembly go into effect Saturday, July 1. They^ contain some radical provisions and changes in the time and manner in which game may be hunted, and the sportsmen who would avoid conflict with the law would dp well to study them carefully. These new laws were enacted in re­ sponse to a demand for better protec­ tion for the game, which is fast being killed off in the Illinois prairies, and to prevent the depopulation of the streams of fish. They are aimed es­ pecially at "pot hunters" and profes­ sional fishermen, who tyse other than the ordinary fishing'methods and de­ vices in fishing and hunting. The reg­ ulations protecting what are known as game fish in the streams and quail and prairie chicken are especially se­ vere. During the last ten years these birds have been killed so fast that it has been perdlcted that they would be exterminated if the present meth­ ods were allowed to go on: for five years more. »; The new regulations provide that It shall be unlawful to hunt quail be­ tween the 2ftth day of December and the 10th day of November of each succeeding year. Hunting of part­ ridges and prairie chickens is forbid­ den for four years from the da£e of the passage of the act. Woodcock and mourning doves are protected ab­ solutely between Dec. 1 and Aug. 1 of each year. Hunting of gray, red, fox or black squirrel is prohibited from Dec. 31 to July 1 of each year; jack snipe, Wilson's snipe, sand snipe or any kind of snipe or golden plover between May 1 and Sept. 1 of each year. Killing of wild geese, ducks, brant or other' water fowl is prohibited from April 15 until Sept. 1 of each year. It is also made unlawful in all seasons to kill or trap these fowls between the sunset of any day and sunrise of the succeeding day. Fixed or artificial ambushes in the killfng of geese and ducks are also forbidden beyond the natural cover of reeds that border the water. "Sneak boats" and "Sink boxes" for use in the killing of geese and ducks are prohibited. Use of swivel guns in shooting ducks and geese as well as shooting them from boats of any description is pro­ hibited as well, and the marketing of the birds caught in season is not only forbidden, but each person is allowed to shoot only thirty-five in one day. GIRL RESCUES LITTLE CHILD | SHOPS , TO BE CONSOLIDATED^ Elgin Heroine Nearly Loses Her Life In Protecting 3-year-old Boy. Finding the gate to the yard fence open Frank, the 3-year-old son of C. Hubert of Elgin toddled forth to see the world. Trains on the Northwest­ ern line which runs close to the yard fascinated him so that he climbed to the tracks and began to play, going about between the rails. As the Lake Geneva express dashed around the curve the child, in great joy, uncon­ scious of danger, stretched forth is arms to the big engine. The mo­ mentum of the train was so great that the engineer was powerless to bring his train to a stop before reaching the child. Margaret Hasdentenfel, a 10* year-old girl seeing the lad's danger rushed from the walk and down to the tracks to Where the boy was play­ ing- Facing almost certain death she grasped the Child by its dress and jerked it frohi its perilous place. A part of the boy's dress was caught under the wheels of the engine. The1 pilot of the engine struck his rescuer, knocking her unconscious, and when spectators reached the scene the pros­ trate form of the brave girl lay be­ side the tracks still "clinging to the child's dress. The boy was not in­ jured. The girl's left limb was badly bruised and she is now threatened with blood poisoning. People in the neighborhood' have started a subscrip­ tion to purchase a medal for the girl's bravery. i FOUR ARE SHOT IN RACE WAR Three White Men and a Negro Wound­ ed at a Carnival. As the result of a race war which took place early Sunday during a car­ nival at Lawrenceville the following persons were seriously wounded by bullets: City Marshal Combs; George Bells, near Beals; A. S. Combs, Vin- cennes, Ind.; unknown negro, escaped. George Goins, whose act of slapping a white man precipitated the conflict, and who narrowly escaped lynching by an angry crowd, which had erect­ ed a gallows before it was dispersed, is in jail at Vincennes. The unknown negro, who fled, Is known, to have been shot several times, but the extent of his injuries is unknown. PRINTERS KEEP OLD OFFICERS HOLDS VOTING MACHINE LEGAL Supreme Court Declares for Validity of the Law of 1903. The supreme court has upheld the validity of the voting machine act of 1903. The decision was given in the case of James Lynch against the vot­ ing of the word "ballot." The state county. The only Issue was the mean­ ing of the word "ballot.' The state constitution says that the voting must be by ballot. The court holds that voting by machine which uses a ball or a slip of paper is legal, provided the right of franchise is protected, the ballot is secret, and is accurately counted. The decision opens the way of the general use of the machine in Illinois. Fdrmer Chiefs Retained and Peoria la Awarded Annual Meeting. Delegates to the annual convention of the allied printing crafts union re­ elected officers and selected Peoria as the place of annual meeting. The en­ forcement of the coming eight-hour schedule was discussed. Officers elec­ ted were: President--W. W. Clarke, Chicago. Vice-president --Walter S. Bush, Peoria. Secretary-treasurer -- John Onyon, Peoria. Delegates to the state federation-- Samuel Oleson, Chicago; W. F. Stolz, Champaign, and L. L. Underwood, De­ catur. Danville Man Endeavors to Secure Op* tions on Land at Paris. Much interest has been aroused at> Paris by an effort on the part of Ed­ ward Moore of Danville to secure an| option on a tract of 103 acres of land!! adjacent to the northwest corporate* limits of Paris. Mr. Moore says he» has positive information that the Biffi Four railroad is contemplating a con­ solidation of its shops at Mattoon, Danville and Mt. Carmel at Pari?- and. it was his "desire to plat this land into building lots, for the erection o^' houses to lease. The Big Four hast real estatew holdings and switching* yards near the point of Mr. Moore'an contemplated purchase. Paris is th« junction point of the St. Louis & Cairo divisions of the Big Four, and thei" latter road is now undergoing a com-. plete reconstruction to form part of at trunk line from Cairo to Chicago^; through the'Indiana Harbor connect ,'M tion. ••••; . STATE SENATORS HAVp dUTINO • - Senator Hughes Entertains at Hisr Country Place on Rock River. Twenty-four members of the upper house of the Illinois state legislature^ are being royally entertained at Sena* tor Hughes' beautiful farm residence* "Hazelwood," two miles up RocbJ river from Dixon. Hazelwood farm i$ one of the historic spots of the North4 west, the log cabin where some of thai- senators are sleeping having been.' erected in 1837. The party was tak-i en for a long steamboat ride up Roclf river and viewed the beautiful scenerj* between Dixog and Sterling, making; the trip on the interurban. A cam;v fire was held. There were songs and addresses by the senators, one of tho best numbers being by Senator Dan Campbell. Senators Juul and Hass of Chicago and Senator Gardofg? qI Men* dota lead the singing. : " m 1̂1 • 4 Y'- .S3 RENOUNCES WILL OF Elgin Chautauqua Is Opened. The Elgin Chautauqua opened at El­ gin Sunday with an enormous crowd in attendance. Dr. J. P. Brushingham of the First Methodist church, Chica­ go, preached the opening sermon. Dr. Brushingham held that the church had a splendid opportunity for spritual leadership in the present crisis of "do­ mestic anarchy" in the world of in­ dustry. Jury in Murder Case Disagrees. After having been out forty-eight hours the jury at Galesburg in the trial of Mrs. Rebecca Carroll, charged with having caused the death of Lena Ramp, reported that it was unable to agree and was discharged. Four of the talesmen favored the acquittal of the prisoners. Illinois Central Makes Big Gains. Earnings of the Illinois Central sail- road for the fiscal year wlhich ends June 30 promises one of the best ex­ hibits in the history of the company. With the remaining days of June es­ timated, the figures show a gain of something like |400,000 in net re­ ceipts. Asserts Fleas Infest City Hall. Charl^S Ulrlch, town clerk of Al ton, has appealed to ^|ie city authori­ ties to save him from a plague of fleas, which he says have infested his office in the city hall. Recently the city established a dog pound in the base­ ment of the building, so that the po­ lice could guard it against boys and others who had made a practice of liberating the dogs as fast as they were taken. Ulrich insists that his office has become so infested with fleas that it is almost uninhabitable. The authorities were unable to grant his request, for the reason that there is no other portion of the building to which he could be assigned. Freight Line for Peoria. • A new road, to be known as the Peoria, Pekin & Southeastern has asked for incorporation papers. It will be built from Peoria to Ramsey, where it will connect with the Clover Leaf, and running in connection with the Chicago & Northwestern, will open up through freight business from the South to the North via Peoria. The Incorporators are: G. W. Talbot. W. T. Irwin, Herman Danforth, Robert P. Jack, R. H. Hardon, all Peorians. The capital stock is $100,000. Death of Civil War Veteran. David Auer. aged 76, a veteran of the civil war, died at Lincoln from blood poisoning caused by the am­ putation of his foot one year ago. The deceased was a member of com­ pany B 15th regiment, Illinois veter­ ans. He leaves, a family of eight chil- dren. Sues City for $6,000. A suit for $5,000 damages has been filed in the circuit court by Samuel Sterling against the city of Green­ ville. Sterling was recently injured in a runaway, which, he claims, was ,caused by an obstruction in the street. Miners Desert Joe Letter. Because, as they alleged, they had been subjected to a material reduction in their wages, fifty Hungarian labor­ ers at Joe Letter's Ziegler mine quit work and a part of them departed for their former homes in Pittsburg. The mine is yet far from being in condition to be operated on any scale whatsoever, and the desertion of this party of laborers, who assisted in clearing away the debris, will greatly retard the progress of the work. Liquor Cause of Insanity. Robert Armstrong of Easton,, a son of Duffy Armstrong, prominent in the famous Lincoln murder case, was ad­ judged insane at Havana. His pres­ ent condition is due excessive use of intoxicants, it is alleged. * Colored Odd Fellows. The twenty-fourth annual session of the grand lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (colored) will be held in Centralia Aug. 1, 2 and 3. The third annual session of the house- *0A of Ruth will be held at the same time. Reward for Preventing Week. Thomas Williams of Lee, who pre­ vented a Chicago, Burlington & Quin- ey passenger wreck by flagging the train, has been awarded with a-check tor >600. Good Templars' New Leaders. The fiftieth annual session of the Illinois grand lodge of the Independ­ ent Order of Good Templers was held at Aurora. Springfield was selected as the next place of meeting. The fol­ lowing officers were elected: G. C. T., Rev. H. S. Morrill, Chicago; G. C„ Victor, Nygren, Rockford; G. V. T., Leonora Knox, Riverton; Supt. Juven­ ile temples, Mrs. Ella Sollett, Chicago; G. S., Oscar Ohlander, Chicago; G. T., Fred Olson, Kewanee; G. EL S., Goot- hard Thielberg, Pullman, G. V. C. J., HA. Runberg. Found , Dead in Bed. Alexander C. Fiffner, a fanner, re­ siding half a mile south of O'Fallon, was found dead in bed. Coroner Ir­ win held an inquest and found that death resulted from natural causes. He was 62 years of age. Mrs. Mary Galway Prefers a Widow'* Third Under the Law. Mrs. Mary B. Galway of Metcalfe has filed her renunciation of the wilt erf her husband, the late William B. Galway. Mrs. Galway, who Is a young \ woman, was the second wife of the late Mr. Galway, who was one of thq wealthiest farmers in the county. His* will made provision for a number of relatives, there being no children, and also for some people who had served ; him faithfully as tenants or as domes- ' tics. Mrs. Galway received 280 acres of land and a third interest in the per­ sonal property, which included $65.^ 000 in cash and notes. By renounc­ ing the will and taking a widow's por- i tion under the law, she will be beQefit- ed about $30,000. Woman Routs Dog Catcher. An Alton young woman of powerful physique attacked a negro dog catcher and pursued him half a block, be­ cause he had seized her pet dog and was about to throw the animal in his wagon. She seized a heavy stick and struck the man many times in tha, face, while a large crowd of men fol- 1 lowed and encouraged her. The dog- catcher finally dropped the dog and ee- caped. Rain Saves Carlyle Crops. A three weeks' drought was broken: at Carlyle by copious rains falling continuously for four hours. Corn, : which was in a parched condition from,: the excessive heat, will be greatly ben-, efited. The hay crop has been badlygt damaged by the drought, and will only' yield one-third of a crop. Wheat iat-H^ being harvested and promises two-' 1 thirds of a crop. Oats are very stjprf Wins Y. M. C. A. Meet. ' V Nine athletic teams from fbtmff Men's Christian association of Illinois towns competed in a successful track s meet at Bloomington. Monmouth WOH;; with 46 points, and received a loving' cup. Pontiac came next with 28. • Peoria third with 20, and Galesburg* C fourth with 16. The feature was 12- pound hammer throw of Eyvaxd ut Pontiac, 158 feet 2 inches, »?/ \ ' * '8-i Picnic Guests Are Poiaonecl. * Between forty and fifty persons be­ came suddenly ill at a picnic given near East St.. Louis by the two Ma­ sonic lodges of that city. All the available physicians in the city were summoned hurriedly. Many persons . were so ill it was feared they would die, but were relieved by prompt med- leal assistance. Steeplejack's Narrow Escape. "Steeplejack" Norton of Terre Hail'te, Iud., had a narrow escape from death at Marshall, while painting the water tower, 125 feet high. His tra­ peze slipped and he tell twenty feet, when the trapeze ropes caught on a. railing. He hung there fifteen minutes before workmen rescued him. Capt. Miller Is Dead. Capt Thomas C. Miller died ^at Carthage, aged 78. He was captain of company F, 7th Missouri cavalry, and later of the 142d Illinois volunteers, and later of company K in tfco civil war. Will Use Prison Material. The recently appointed commission to have charge of the erection of the $350,000 temple of justice In Spring­ field has organized by the election of Gov. Deneen as chairman and Secre­ tary of State Rose as secretary. It has been decided to secure the site immediately and push the construction rapidly. It was further determined to use brick from the Chester peniten­ tiary in the construction on the ground that this will furnish the convicts na- ployment and the state can get tha material at cost. Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Eloy H. Roy celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage Tuesday morning. June 20, at solemn high mass at St. Philip Neri's Catholic church in Mount Vernon. Father H, Kuhl, assisted by Father Henry Muea> ster of Dahlgren and Father J1, flptrtwr of Carnal, said the mass. m Young Man I* Drownoiifc- Oran Boyle, aged 21, of Barry, waa drowned at Quincy by the ospalsiu et a boat. Throe companloas ssajjf If swimming.