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^ '?* v;; • < v . * jb - * ' . * ; K-^V*'V-^Sr^,/ !ir * "••"'-•bsiPSa1 American and British Fleets Together <r% Make Most Magnificent Naval Display Wll . -• ^^rp5, •mJFe&r. . Hs&^i -t*. ft*C9 OJfA/TB > *s ' + :-v ' % I '<«, ' .U •"' . ^tjro ^ ft I# ̂<•- ̂ . «*4*r r JCMVM" V MMH lif^M •STW W •' 3'^ Now the American Battleship Fleet Escorted Visiting British Ships Up the Hudson, Admiral in Charge of the Ceremonies. Royal Guest and American CHINA WILL BE WORLD POWER, probability of Great Advancement in Near Future. t China's army has refused the wonder t the foreign military officers who are -pratching its maneuvers. They say that ffts improvement and intrinsic effici­ ency are, little short of marvelous. This idicatea that China is rousing from jter ancient state and that she may flxhibit one of those startling advances ff§uch as Japan has instanced, not mere­ ly in her military prowess, but in the J|rts, the sciences, the industries of Ipeace and the moderations of govern­ ment. If China enforces with her phys­ ical bulk those qualities of statecraft #hat have been shown by men like Li jHung Chang and Wu Ting Fang she lirill take on the importance of a first power--a power greater than that of jpapan, as her four hundred millions f lire greater than Japan's forty. v|£ China's promptings to an abandon- , ||aent of all that makes her distinctive ^fpmong the nations are more urgent to- |Say than they have been at. any pre- |*ious time in her history. Threatened |bn every side with dismemberment, fijtorced to endure with patience the en- froachments of unwelcome emissaries f commercial enterprise, abandoning jftiece by piece her sea frontage to Eu­ ropean governments, compelled to give ||ar to preachers of strange and dis- ftasteful religions, punished brutally if |§he resents their presence, barred not '-'V-pnerely from citizenship in this country |but even from the right of entrance for v• ;»er emigrants, she is beginning to Realize that her entity as a state will pepend, not on outside protections and flliances, but on her ability in self-efense. •-> The Mongolians are an imitative peo- - ]§>le, even in their distinctive arts; in- ||eed, it is the merit of Chinese and Japanese art that it is a continuation Af the best that was accomplished cen-. C 5 luries ago; yet that same power of - idaptation that enables the artisan to j nake a thing of beauty from a lump J" if clay, a piece of bronze, a crystal, or a itrip of silk, will probably enable them , , io profit by the instructions they have eceived from the American and Eu­ ropean officers whose influence began '.'•J|t the time °f the Taeping rebellion, ||5chooled in modern tactics, ruled by Jjjraduates of the best military schools, I Safeguarded by surgeons who appre­ ciate the importance of modern sani­ tation, armed with the newest engines if destruction, and putting seaward in <; lattleships that counterpart those of • Sngland and America, China will take in a consequence that will make he 10 longer the prey and sport of our nfant kingdom. Union with Japan rill make her respected by the world. " Meantime she is not to suppose that m army alone gives strength. That :omes only from enlightenment, and ; jar is averse to that. It is the book, iot the bullet, that gives supremacy.-- jferooklyn Eagle. # American Capital In • The latest estimate of American cap- tal invested in Mexico is $700,000,000. ft is less than twenty-five years since Americans began to put money into lexican properties and more than half le investments have been made with- the last seven years. The move- lent has proceeded quietly and with- |ut the sensational features of a boom. irge business chances in Mexico lave been investigated from time to ime by our capitalists and before lany years their holdings in that coun- ry will pass the $1,000,000 majJk.--St. 3uis Globe-Democrat, • • • White Woman Wife of Indftri. She who was Grace Wetherbee of Jew York is now an Arapahoe squaw. Carrying her papoose strapped to her . fack, wearing a brilliant particolored <|hawl and moccasins, she dwells on Ihe Shoshone Indian reservation, near Fort Washakie, Wyo. Six years ago 'itiss Wetherbee came from her home |n New York to visit the family of |he post trader there. Miss Wether- lee met Coolidge, a bull-blooded In­ dian, who was conducting a mission. f"hey fell in love at sight, were mar­ ried and have lived happily. Richest in All Sizes. New York has the richest baby, the [chest boy, the richest bachelor, the Ichest spinster, the richest married tan and the richest widow in the yhole world. Parts of this big claim Height be overthrown on close scrutiny, Jut we continually hear of little John llicholas Brown, the richest baby in ihe world; James Henry Smith, the lichest bachelor; William Ziegler, Jr., flhe richest boy; Miss Stickney, the lichest spinster; Rockefeller, richest U all. «tc, etc. HIGHER PRICES FOR DIAMONDS. PRESERVING HISTORY IN NAVY. Owners of South African Mines Keep the Output Small. An advance of 5 per cent in the price of diamonds has just been an­ nounced. This is one of three ad­ vances of similar magnitude during the present year and a fourth is ex­ pected. Two more at the same per­ centage would make the total advance in eight years 200 per cent. A stone that at the beginning of that period cost the dealer $17 costs him $47 to­ day. The diamond mines of South Africa yield about 98 per cent of the whole output suitable for ornament. The glory of the ancient mines of Bra­ zil, India and Borneo has departed. Concerning the real capacity of the South African mines little is known. The working is done in secret and this secrecy attends the whole process up to shipment. The stones permitted to get to the public may represent a tenth of the actual product or a thou­ sandth part of the possible; the facts are hidden. That the untrammeled op­ eration of the mines would result in making diamonds common and reduce them to low station on the list of the precious metals is widely suspected. There is not the slightest prospect of any such commercial blunder.--Phila­ delphia Ledger. Scarcity of Naval Officers. We have made very great progress in the building up of our navy, and have just reason for pride in what has been accomplished. We have reached third rank in the number of ships and tonnage and within the next few years will probably be in second place. But it appears that in some respects we have not been as careful in providing for the efficiency of the naval estab­ lishment as we should have been. There is a lack of qualified officers for the ships that are going into commis­ sion and there is not an oversupply of seamen. In short, the existing condi­ tions suggest that in the event of war the navy would be found so deficient in vital respects that only a part of it would be available.--Omaha Bee. Nicholas Not a Romanov. People still speak and write of the "Romanovs," and there has not been a Romanov in Russia for 143 years. The last of the Romanovs died in 1762. The house of Romanov began with Michael in 1613 and the male line terminated with his death in 1730. Then followed the female line, with Czarina Anne in 1730, and this line terminated with the death of Czarina Elizabeth in 1762. In the same year the house of Holstein- Gottorp came to the throne of Russia in the person of Czar Peter III. The present czar is not a Romanov and he is not even a Russian. He is a Ger­ man, of the family of Holstein-Gottorp. The dynasty, however, with character­ istic* pride, styles itself "Romano v-Hol- stein," but there is not a drop of Ro­ manov blood in Nicholas' veins. Suggestion Made That Famous Names Be Perpetuated. "I saw in* an article in last Sun­ day's Press," remarked a retired naval officer, "that all the ships of Prince Louis of Battenberg's squad­ ron except the Drake bear historical names recalling glories of the Brit­ ish navy. Why don't we perpetuate the names of historic ships of our navy of other days? All other nations do it, but when we win a victory and take a ship we seem to get ashamed of it and drop the name of the suc­ cessful ship or the captured one from the navy list as soon as possible. "It is true we have a Kearsarge still in the navy. We could hardly have had an Alabama there unless we did. But why have we won a new Con­ stitution, a new Constellation, and why is not Perry's flagship, the Law­ rence, perpetuated? There were on the list of American naval ships at one time the names of ships which the British had captured from the French and which we had taken from the British. But they are all gone now. "The nomenclature of the warships of other nations -are a history in them­ selves, but ours are merely lessons in primary geography. We have a West Virginia, and I suppose that some day we shall have a South Eastern Nebraska. But I would like to see the great names and the great deeds of the American navy live again in the title of its ships. Sen­ timent is an actual power. A histor­ ical name which paeans something adds as much to the fighting power of a man of war as an extra 12-inch gun."--New York Press. FAMILY PRESTIGE IN ENGLAND. Trouble Over Grand Duke Cyril. Grand Duke Vladimir, the czar's uncle, in tendering his resignation as commander in chief of the military district of Sti Petersburg, wrote to the emperor substantially as follows: "I have served your grandfather, your father and yourself; but now that your majesty has disgraced my son (Grand Duke Cyril) I no longer have the heart to serve you." The em­ peror Is said to favor even depriving Grand Duke Cyril of the title of grand duke, saying that he should, fee known simply as "M. Romanofp* Root Stuck to His Work? When Elihu Root, now secretary of state, was at college his classmates rebelled against their German pro­ fessor and withdrew in a body. They remained out for two months, during which time Root went on with his studies. When they returned, con­ vinced that they had been in error, they gave young Elihu the nickname of "Square Root," which stuck to him for many a day. The refusal to de­ sert work has been one of his dis­ tinguishing characteristics all through lif«u Wealth Alone Is Not Sufficient Claim to Distinction. The greater and greatest nobles are established in a fear which is very like what the fear of God used to be when the common , people feared him, and, though they are potent political mag­ nates, they mainly rule as the king himself does, through the secular rev­ erence of those beneath them for their titles and the visible images of their state. They are wealthy men, of course, with so much substance that when one now and then attempts to waste it he can hardly do so, but their wealth alone would not establish thiem in the popular regard. His wealth has no such effect for Mr. Astor in Eng­ land, and mere money, though it is much desired by all, is no more ven­ erated in the person of its possessor than it is with us. It is ancestry, it is the long uncontested primacy of families first in their place, time out of mind, that lays its resistless hold upon the fancy and bows the spirit be­ fore it.--North American Review. Bishops In Duel of Wit. Rishop Joseph Wilmgr of Louisiana and Bishop Richard Wilmer of Alaba­ ma are cousins and intimate friends. In their travels in Italy one summer the bishop of Alabama was pointing out with enthusiasm certain architec­ tural beauties. The bishop of Louis­ iana was bored. He said: "It's all very fine, Cousin Dick, but, neverthe­ less, a rich field, fragrant with the odor of new mown hay, would please me better." And the bishop of Ala­ bama replied: "Cousin Joe, there's not an ass in all Italy that would not agree with you." ' -Popular Spanish Bandit. The Spanish bandit is coming into existence again, a fat little man named Vivillio having committed a number of highway robberies in Andalusia. He is becoming a popular idol, too, on ac­ count of his daring performances, but the guardia civile has determined on his speedy suppression. When these officers capture a prisoner they tie his arms behinr him with & piece of string. While he walks the string holds, but if he runs it breaks. Then they shoot him. Carnegie In Private Life. Mr. Carnegie never smokes. No one dares light a cigarette in Skibo castle, Mr. Carnegie does not play cricket; ib not devoted to riding; never fol­ lowed the hounds in his life and does not shoot. Golf Mr. Carnegie plays in moderation and he is fond of trout and salmon fishing. He loves to pot­ ter about his garden. Skibo castle is to him a great open-air toy, with which he is never tired of playing. He is always planting here, diverting a stream there, making a new road or mending a bridge. --•--•' - ' »»» ^ . Husband Master of Hettrt. Jndge Swarts of Norristown, Pa., In a recent case laid down the law relat­ ing to mothers-in-law as follows: "It should be distinctly understood that the husband is master of his own house. The wife has no right to in­ vite or admit her mother or anyone else to the house against her husband's will. The wife can, however, go to see her mother whenever she wishes, 60 long as she does not go so often as to neglect her duties to her husband and her home." EASTERN SAGE VISITS AMERICA. Honorable P. Ramanathan to Lecture in This Country. There is now in Washington one of the most eminent and interesting for­ eigners who ever arrived In this coun­ try, the invited guest of Mr. Albert S. Dulin, regent of the Vedanta univer­ sity. This distinguished personage is none other than the Honorable P. Ra­ manathan, K. C., C. M. G., solicitor- general of Ceylon, India--a great Jnana Yogi, or sage, and reputed to be one of the "Wise Men of the East." Mr. Ramanathan is ^considered to be the most learned jurist, philosopher and master of the English language in India. His works on jurisprudence are considered the best legal collation ever compiled by a H^pdu scholar. His commentaries on religion and philos­ ophy are voluminous, the most cele­ brated of which is his wonderful works entitled "An Eastern Exposition of the Gospels of Jesus." Unlike many Ori­ entals who have visited England and America for the purpose of proselyting Brahmanism and Buddhism, Mr. Ra­ manathan finds in our own Bible the essence of all religion and philosophy and expounds its marvelous spiritual teachings as only a Jnana Yogi can. The light he has thrown upon the Gospels of St. Mathew and St. John stands out In brilliant and luminous contract with the expositions of these gospels as presented by our Christian theologians, either ancient or modern. He comes to this country by the in­ vitation of Myron H. Phelps, Albert S. Dulin and many other well-known edu­ cators distinguished for their learning Hon. P. Ramanathan. and spiritual knowledge. At Wash­ ington he will have the opportunity of expounding the Vedanta and Yoga philosophy this winter before the liters ary, scientific and philosophical audi- ence,s which will greet him. Interest In Mr. Ramanathan's visit to America is being greatly intensified by the fact that he will not only de­ liver many lectures while here, but that his visit is of special significance when it is known that he comes to join hands with Albert S. Dulin, the founder of the International Vedanta, in establishing a new educational sys­ tem of culture which will make for a higher individual and international civ­ ilization. It is believed by those who are familiar with the purpose that has called this great Hindu sage to Amer­ ica at this time that an educational system will be evolved by these gen­ tlemen this winter which will contain the essence of all that is good in our present methods, but reinforced and enlarged by the learning and wisdom of the Orient. Reward for Many Years Service. After continuous employment for forty years, without losing a single day's work for any reason whatever and without a vacation during all those years, Vine Hovey, agent at Forest City, Mo., for the Burlington railroad, has been given a vacation which will last two years, his full pay going on for that length of time Hovey is the oldest man in point cf service on the Burlington system. At one tipae in Nevada he owned a mining claim near the famous Vir­ ginia mine for which he was offered $450,000. He wanted $1,000,000 and fin­ ally parted with it for a pair of old horses. Subsequently it was found that this was more than the claim was worth.--Exchange. Large Sum for Opera 8eats. James Stillman, the New York banker, has established a new record as patron of opera, having obtained for the coming season two parterre boxes for a total of 101 performances, which at the rate of $100 a perfor­ mance, makes a total output on the part of the banker of $10,100 for the pleasure of witnessing grand opera from the "diamond horseshoe." The owners of the celebrated first row of boxes--those upholstered in red plush and supplied with gold chairs- are, with a few exceptions, kind enough to allow certain of their friends to occupy their precious van­ tage points--for a consideration--and that consideration is $100 per per­ formance. -• Nearest Star to Solar System. Alpha Centaurl, a bright star of the southern hemisphere, not visible in the United States, is the nearest star to the solar system. Yet it is 275,- 020 times as far from the earth as Is the sun. That is, it is 25,000,000,000,- 000 miles away. The light of this nearest star requires four and one- third years to travel to the earth. Yet other stars are so much farther away from the earth that the distance to Alpha Centuari is a mere yardstick with which to measure their greater distances, r, . Ofltefat Was "Rattled." That it is a good deal of a strain on the nerves to discover geld is shown by the story of an Australian official, who wanted to telegraph the news of the finding of the precious metal in his district. A small boy, seeking for a stone to throw at a crow, had picked up what proved to be a nugget of pure gold. In his ex­ citement the official overlooked the main point entirely and wrote this: "Boy picked up a stone to throw at a CfQWj" jUftd jnoie. i* I L L I J S f O I S N E W S Choice Items from ovw the •(•(#. •P0dall> j selocted for our re«dwa NiNETAILS FOR WIFE BEATERS STATE ASSESSMENT RETURNS QUAIL PLENtlFULT^t IfEAil Alton Judge Has no Mercy for Hut- bands Who Are Recreant. Husbands who fail to contribute money for household expenses in Alton may face the whipping post. Magistrate Benjamin Rose, an Alton police judge, thinks seriously of act­ ing upon the suggestion of a St. Louis woman, who has written him signing herself "Citizen," commending him for his efforts to establish women's rights in allowing the prudent house­ wife to pick her husband's pockets and urging him to use his influence for the establishment of a whipping post for cruel husbands. She flatters the Alton justice by comparing his wisdom with that of Solomon and says he surely will solve the divorce prol* lem. Recently Judge Rose sentenced Ernest Burton to jail for wife aban­ donment because he admitted that he had deserted his wife because she picked his pockets of 10 cents. He has received many communications from women commending his decision and urging him to keep up the crusade against thoughtless husbands. WEALTHY FARMER 18 MI8SING Police Authorities at Mount Carmel Search tag for Henry Huffinger. The police authorities of Mount Car­ mel have sent out information regard­ ing the disappearance of Henry Huf­ finger, a wealthy young farmer, who has been missing since the middle of last month. It is feared he has met with foul play. The young man had gone to a village several miles away to make some purchases, but since then has not been seen. A number of small articles were found scattered along the road, indicating he had started on his way back home. There is no clew to his whereabouts. About five weeks ago Clyde Showalter, a young merchant, disappeared from Mount Carmel and nothing has been seen of him since then. When last seen he had considerable money with him, and his wife, who has offered a reward1 of $500 for information lead­ ing to his whereabouts, fears he has been murdered for his money and his body thrown into the Wabash river. Both men were well known in south­ ern Illinois. THINK TRAIN VICTIM MURDERED Elgin Police Find Man's Pockets In­ side Out and. Revolved Near. The body of a man mutilated be­ yond recognition was found on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail­ road just east of Elgin, and peculiar circumstances connected with the find­ ing lead the officials to believe that the man was murdered and robbed and his body placed on the track. His pockets were turned wrong side out, and a revolver with one empty cham­ ber was found near the scene. The man was well dressed. The body was Btrewn along the track for half a mile, and was ground to a pulp. The coroner has adjourned the inquest pending an investigation. The only marks of identification are the Initials "A. F. A." found on the collar. Color Rush at Urbana. The Illinois freshmen defeated the sophomores in the annual color rush at Urbana after three-quarters of an hour devoted to fierce conflict. No one was injured^ though several contending classmen were removed in fainting condition. The freshmen tied their colors to the top of a pole, which their enemies Were unable to reach despite their terrific charges. Beats Wife With Slab. A heavy oak slab containing a num­ ber of large nails was the weapon used by Frank Crossland of Metropolis in a fatal assault on his wife, the re­ sult of domestic troubles. The attack occurred on one of the principal streets and the victim was beaten In & terlrible manner about the head. Crossland Is in jaiL File Big Mortgage. The American steel foundaries of Granite have filed a motagage in Ed- wardsville to the Colonial trust com­ pany of New York for $6,000,000, to secure 6 per cent bonds of thirty-year tenure. The charge for recording the instrument was $31. Ssta Fire to Tmln- Some one set fire to a Clover Leaf train standing in the yards at Madison and before the fiamep could be extin­ guished a car of railroad supplies was destroyed. Second Accident in MilM. Andrew Rogers was killed by tell­ ing stone in the Dering mine at West- ville, in the same mine in which Peter Aurlll lost his life earlier in the day. Install 8hurtlefTs New President. Rev. Dr. John D. S. Riggs was in­ stalled Friday as president of Shurt left college at Upper Alton. The cere­ monies were attended by large num­ bers of alumni, friends of the college, and prominent Baptists throughout the state. ! ' Charleston to Paris Road Licensed. The secretary of state has licensed the corporation of the Charleston ft Paris .Traction company, which in­ tends to construct a road from Charleston to Paris. Property It Valued at Over Five Bill­ ions of Dollars. The actual value of property in the state of Illinois is $5,041,128,725, ac­ cording to assessment returns re­ ceived by the state board of equaliza­ tion. Returns from every county in the state, as made by local assessors on town and city lots, lands and personal property, give the total tax value as ill,008,225,745, one-fifth of the proper­ ty's true value. These figures do not include rail­ road property, the capital stock of cor­ porations, and other property as­ sessed by the board of equalization. The assessed value last year wag $993,487,940. Eighty counties show an increase of $15,566,722 over last year's assessment, while in twenty-two there is a decrease of $828,967, making the net increase over 1904 $14,737,805. Cook county shows an increase of $4,535,173. The next largest increase is in Logan county, where it amounts tc $1,862,596. The largest decrease is $353,371, in Monroe county. The total assessment in Cook coun­ ty is $405,865,754. The next wealth­ iest county in the state- is McLean. The report shows that the assessed value of property there is $20,980,592. La Salle is third with $18,046,017, and Sangamon stands fourth with $17,524,- 084. Sangamon leads Peoria county by $72,516. The poorest county in the state is Hardin. Reports show that the as­ sessed value of all its property is only $430,313. The Pope county assess­ ment is $860,582, and Johnson county reports $985,797. FORBIDS FOOTBALL IN 8CHOOL Death of Alton Player Causes Board to Take Stern Action. The Alton board of education has adopted a resolution placing a ban on the Rugby game of football, owing to the death of James Squires, a mem­ ber of the Alton high school team, from injuries he sustained in a game more than two weeks ago. The foot­ ball players have been forbidden to engage in any more games and have canceled their schedule. At Squires' funeral Rev. J. A. Scarrltt, the officiat­ ing minister, declared that football Is as bad as bull fighting. Work on Tanner Monument. Work on the monument to be erect­ ed at the grave of the late Governor John R. Tanner in Oak Ridge ceme­ tery, Springfield, has been com­ menced. It Is the intention of the contractors to lay the foundation this fall and to erect the superstructure r>ext spring. The mausoleum is being erected by the John R. Tanner Monu­ ment association at a cost of $22,000. It is to be constructed of white gran­ ite. The John R. Tanner monument will be erected just south of the Lin­ coln monument. Restrictive Laws Tend to I ncreaee Game Supply in the State. The quail season opened Friday In Illinois and will last until Dec. 20, a period of forty days. The birds are; unusually numerous this season throughout central Illinois, and the ad­ vance guard of hunters report fine sport. Restrictions placed upon these birds by the game laws in the last few >ears are having their effect, and the 6port at the present time is fine. Hun­ ters report a steadily growing opposi­ tion among farmers to trespassing upon farms in search of game, and it is difficult to find fields that are not marked by warning signs or with own­ ers on guard. Prairie chickens are still scarce, although gradually grow­ ing more plentiful with each season. J. W. Grapes of Bloomington went to Big Island, returning with twenty- eight fine birds. Blue bill ducks are more plentiful than usual this year, but mallards and teal are scarce. A few canvasbacks have been shot, but as they are a deep water duck; they, are not partial to Illinois. " '• •y:m "•m il BOY DRUMMER TEN YEARS OtH Mount Pulaski Lad Is Phenomenon In Hia Line. . Cary L. Robards, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Robards, is well known at Mount Pulaski and In neighboring towns as a drummer boy possessing more than ordinary talent for beating music from the snare drum. He is truly a "natural born" drummer and was named after hie great-grandfather, Cary Tibury, who v.m a noted drummer in the war of 1812. At the early age of 8 year* Cary could beat good time with the sticks, and when but 5 he led the Lin­ coln school drum corps at Springfield in the big parade on Bryan's day dur­ ing the campaign of 1900. He figured prominently in the campaign of 1900 and 1904 at many rallies throughout central Illinois and always attracted attention and won admirtlon where- ever he plyed. :• I '^0. ALLEGED SWINDLER IS CAUGHT Suee His Mother-in-Law. Thomas Boozan has begun suit in the Circuit court of Knox county against his mother-in-law, Mrs. Pau­ lina Abbott, for the sum of $5,000, which the plaintiff will claim on the trial of the case Is due him from the defendant for the estrangement of his wife's affections. The suit is the se­ quel to a divorce suit between Mr. and Mrs. Boozan, which will be heard at the present term, it being the con­ tention of the herd of the family that the estrangement was brought about by his mother-in-law. Death of Banker, Francis T. Walker died at Cham­ paign at the age of 89 years. He was in business constantly in that city for forty-eight ^years and was universally loved. He was vice-president and a director of the Champaign National Bank. Mr. Walker was a Royal Arch Mason, a Knights Templar and a member of Western Star Lodge, An­ cient, Free and Accepted Masou^ Farmers Elect Officers. The Monroe county farmers*1 triifH-. tute held a two days' session at Water­ loo. The following officers were elect­ ed: President, Herman Muller of Renault; vice-president, Henry Stumpf; secretary, Louis P. Goedlet; treasurer, Conrad Kolmer. ' 'IT'p *» Celebrate Golden Wedding.' At Tinwell Mr% and Mrs. Andrew Long celebrated their fiftieth or gold en wedding anniversary. They were married at Beardstown, Cass county, on Nov. 8, 1855, and have lived in the county the last thirty-five years. Man la 8ald to Have Worked the School Supply Scheme. Word was received by Sheriff C. N. Clark of the arrest at Lexington, Mo- Lean county, of a man who is wanted in this county for swindling the Farm­ ers' Exchange Bank at Fisher out of $135. The game worked by the man was elaborate. He obtained from school officials their names by repre­ senting himself to be a representative of a Chicago supply firm. These names were then forged to orders, which he represented at the banks as having been given to him for supplies fur- rfshed to the schools In those dis­ tricts. The scheme was tried on the banks at Rantoul and LeRoy without success, but it worked at Fisher, and it is said that a bank at Mahomet also cashed orders amounting to $90. , 3 m * , i sM , *4 % " V 'J €a * i -Rowdy Captures Cane. John Ryan of Sterling is mourning the loss of a fine cane which he car­ ried for several years past, and which he lost in a peculiar way. In endeav­ oring to kick an obnoxious character out of his place of business he kicked so hard that he fell over backward, >; the force of the swing he give his kick ; upsetting him. In his fall he threw ; up his hands and let go of the cane. The man he was after grabbed the ^ cane and ran off with it Mr. Ryan . offers a reward for the return of the jf cane. •V '• • A I \ l fk Mast Stamp the Rural letter carriers will heTeafter refuse to take unstamped mail from the boxes along their respective routes. Heretofore farmers have been dropping unstamped mail in the boxes and deposited the pennies for postage, but such methods will not be per­ mitted in the future. The stamps must be affixed by the patrons or the mall matter will be left in the box. Farmer Is Asphyxiated. William Barrett, aged 82 years, a pioneer farmer residing near Har­ vard, was asphyxiated by gas from a coal stove, the door of which was thoughtlessly left partly open. His wife was also overcome by the gas Mil it is thought she cannot live. ! Fails from Windmill Tower. John Andrews, one of the best known farmers of the Scotch settle­ ment near Caledonia, fell from the tower of the windmill at his term and Boy Killed Near Scotland. Lee Draper, seven years old, fell un­ der the wheels of a wagon loaded with corn near Scotland, and was killed. He was an orphan, making his home with Charles Miller, an uncle, of Prairie township. Opera House for Duquoin. The DuqUOln opera house company his ben incorporated, with a capital Mock of $15,000. The incorporators are W. R. Hayes, Samuel Cotton and John Forrester. A new opera house will be erected at a cost of $25,000. Casey Has Natural Gas. Duff Bros. & McClintock, who hold a natural gas franchise In Casey, have completed the laying of their pipe sys­ tem. Casey is the first city in the eastern Illinois oil and gas field to use natural gas. Bank Liquidates.' ' Official announcement has been made by the comptroller of the cur­ rency at Washington of the voluntary liquidation of the Georgetown Nation­ al bank of Georgetown. The bank has been absorbed by the First National "bank of - Geor^town^" "~^-~~"-^^-"|^,:_ Drugs Kill War" VetirtHfc *- % • Anson Hlnes, an Inmate of the Sol­ diers* home at Danville, was found dead In bed at the Occidental hotel, Quincy. Death was caused by an over­ dose of drugs. Girl's Skull Crushed by Colt. A probably fatal accident befell Marie McCollum, the nine-year-old' daughter of Mr.,and Mrs. Robert Mc­ Collum, living four miles northeast of Paris. The child was assisting an old­ er brother to capture a colt, when the animal kicked her in the forfthtjMl skull was crushed. Crushed to Death. Eugene Palmer, inspector of loco* motives on the Illinois Central, was caught between an engine and car at Clinton and killed. He was formerly an engineer on the Baltimore & Qhlp* New Bank for Norria City. . A certificate has been Issued SO-" thorizing the First National bank of Norris City to begin business with a | capital of $25,000. ^ East Indian Lectures In America Prof. Satthianadhan, from the presl- • dency college, Madras, India delivered five lectures at the Harvard theo­ logical seminary. He has had a bril­ liant career as teacher, and author in his native country. Russian Honored by Japan. ^ Dr. Elger of Warsaw, a Jewish doc­ tor in the Russian army, who is at present a prisoner of war in Japan, has been elected an honorary mem­ ber of a scientific section of the Uni­ versity of Tokio. , - Cans 300,000 Gallona of Berries* The blueberry canning factory Island Point, Vt., has just shut down after canning 300,000 gallons of prod­ uct. Over 1,500,000 pounds of berries have been used, and seven carloads of lumber were required to box the goods for shipment. :ss« Railroads Order Equipment. The railroads of the United State* have this year placed orders for 2,300 passenger cars, 217,000 freight cars, and 4.130 locomotives. And yet they are insufficiently equipped. a' -. 'J