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Among them plaits and lengthwise tucks, shirring, gauging and smocking are seen. The dressy cloaks are full and near­ ly circular and are lined with delicate-: ly tinted silks or fur. The furriers' prices soar higher than •ever, and the necessity for fur gar­ ments grows greater every year. ' Eugenie and Gainsborough types in the hat models are worn, although the majority of hats are small, sharply tilted at the back and left side, the "brim being massed with ribbon, birds or feathers. Fancy runs riot in veils. For the morning hat, yards and yards of chif­ fon are needed, whereas for more dressy wear, the lace veil takes its place.--Helen Berkeley-Loyd in the ^Delineator. - > Overtrimmed H ouse Gowns. ' The trouble with most women is that they overtrim all house gowns. A clever designer once said when asked what single piece of work wquld make women better dressed: "Taking a pair of scissors and cutting off every piece of protruding trimming." Any amount of trimming can be used, if one would stick to same ma­ terial or same color. Ruffles and plaits galore do not ruin the gown like a few Persian medallions, a little bright passementerie, a half dozen colored buttons, two kinds of lace and some satin piping. The easiest mistake that the ma­ jority of women make Is to puzzle their heads on what to get to trim a gown. This is of so little importance, or rather it is of so much Importance not to get anything or at the best oae or two very simple touches.--'New York Press. Dressing for Fish or Meat. Put dry bread or biscut into cold water, let cook till soft, then squeeze as dry as you conveniently can with the hands. To each quart of bread thus prepared add one tablespoon of poultry seasoning, two tablespoons melted butter, lard or drippings. (I like the last best. Sausage fat is nice). One teaspoon taking powder and salt to taste. Mash fine and mix thor­ oughly. Can be baked with the meat or in a separate dish. Sage and pep­ per can be used in place of poultry seasoning if preferred. This is a good way to use up crusts, broken and dry pleoes of bread and is cheap, but good. Smart Shoes. The shoe exhibit at the New York horse show was well worth observing. All the best gowned women wore shoes to match the color of their frocks. The shoes worn are known as tailor-made boots, and are of box cloth, unlined. The upper part of the shoe is.of the cloth, and the vamp is either black patent leather or very soft black kid. The gaiter top shoes were another iinovelty also in evidence. These shoes had exactly the same effect as a low shoe worn with a gaiter; even the strap and buckle is seen.-?-Woman's Home Companion. Getting Rid of Rust. Usually, with an ordinary amount Of care, scissors and knives and everything, else that is steel or iron, are easily kept free from rust if they be in constant use. It's the thing laid away that dampness gets to in some mysterious way, says the Washington Times. The best thing is to prevent rust, if possible, by keeping the things not in frequent use rolled up In flan­ nel, or canton flannel--something that will resist the most insidious attack fl^Uua^sss. t Miss's Box' Coat.. Tiie box coats are very popular "fdif young girls, and a stylish model is here shown in a development of dark blue cheviot. The stitched tucks in front and back Are arranged in duehess effect, and add greatly to the smart appearance of the dubbed ice green, is along the light pastel shades in cloth, henrietta and silk and is more becoming and more refined than the gooseberry tint. One little cash mere frock in this shade was as chick as it was simple. The skirt was circular and trimmed with lace set on in an unusual fashion, running from waist line on each side to knee depths and continuing around back. The bodice was cut low at the throat to show a pointed chemisette of lace and bands of lace ran from- the shoul­ ders to waist line on each side and down front Between these bands the material wag in small tucks. Sleeves of elbow length had a turned cuff of cashmere with decoration of lace above and below. A touch of origin­ ality and smartness was given this frock Jjy a small black tie, itfxijbbon ' l&Tst of taauve Slrtc. • Blouse of mauve taffeta, box plaited and draped, and ornamented in front with buttons where it opens over a frill of lace. The yoke is trimmed with a guipure applique, and the little revers are embroidered. < The chemisette is of tacked batiste ornamented with buttons and finished with a standing collar trimmed with the guipure. The puffed sleeves form a sort of jabot or drapery on the out­ side, and are finished with bands trim­ med with the applique and witb pufff and frills of lace. Delicious Apple Pudding. One heaping cupful of pastry flour, one rounding tablespoon of baking powder, one saltspoonful salt, one rounding dessertspoonful of lard, rub­ bed in. Mix sett as for biscuit. Pare and slice six apples in a tin pail, but­ tered, sprinkled with one tablespoon- ful of sugar, two of water and a little nutmeg if desired. Spread the dough over it and put on a tight cover and place in a kettle of boiling water. Steam two and a half hours. For the sauce take one half cup of molasses, one-half cup of sugar, two cups of hot water, one-half cup of but­ ter. Boil fifteen minutes and thicken with corn starch to right consistency; then add one tablespoonful of vinegar, one saltspoonful of salt. After add­ ing the last two ingredients boil for a, tmw minutes. . Two-Piece Costume. There is beginning to be a very dis­ tinct vogue for the two-piece costume that displays the coat or upper gar­ ment in velvet or velveteen; and the skirt is broadcloth or henrietta of the same shade. Rather a faint shade of amethyst chiffon velvet furnishes tbe little blouse jacket--a mode that hangs on determinedly. The low neck and open fronts are defined with an em­ broidered cloth In sulphur yellow and the close cuffs of the same^ The sleeve is a full gigot, tapering to a close fit below the elbow. The skirt of ame­ thyst henrietta is in two sections, the upper one laid in plaits to the band and the lower flounce applied beneath a tuck. A fancy applique of the yel­ low cloth appears between rows of tucks upon the lower flounce. Goes as Accessory in Winter. The little taffeta coat, fussy with ruchings, frills, manipulations of sev­ eral kinds, jauntily assertive, is a val­ uable addition to one's wardrobe. It is literally an addition, a trifle to be worn or not to be worn, as occasion offers, over some pretty under dress of net or lace, which possibly serves as a back­ ground to some other similar fancy. Escaping from the purely severe taf­ feta simple coatee, there is the taffeta complete, as It were, which is trimmed with something else, or has one or more foreign Ingredients in its compo­ sition. Yet again the little coat, which, though very far removed from the lace and net coffee coat of bygone days, comes somewhere between that past mode and the coat fashioned all of silk. mode. The strap at the back may be used or not, as, preferred, as either way is equally fashionable. Zibellnc, broadcloth, covert sad serge are all suitable for the making. The medium size will require four yards of 44-inch material. Chiffon VelsiNV . Chiffon velour is one of the most satisfactory of the season's iffi&'terials when used for a gown in wnlch soft, graceful effects are desired. A pretty walking costume is of dark green chiffon velour with revers of silk In a little lighter shade and a vest and standing collar of lace. The bodice is draped, showing a slight point in the front. The revers and the cuffs, also of silk, are elaborately trimmed with silk braid and large buttons. Tbe elbow length sleeves show deep turn­ back cuffs and the ^skirt is plaited quite full about the hips and falls in graceful folds to the feet. ^ ^ Of Waterproof Cloth, - The two piece costume of water­ proof cloth is largely replacing the raincoat with n.any. Such a costume is in a medium shade of marine blue with black velvet collar and cuffs. The coat is one of the closely fitted models the vest of white cloth introduced in front and the coat showing the fash­ ionable dip in front. The skirt is a double box-plaited model in which the fastening is effected under the plaits at the left side of the front. In Light Pastel Shades. A very lovely shade of green of faint Whitish tone, with the slightest tint of blue in it, a color that might well be Must Match in Color.- At last there is a pocketbook meant distinctively for dress. It is of buffed alligator, with a strap at the back to slip over the fingers, and is finished in delicate shades of gray, biscuit, green, blue and purple, ft ie jwppoaed to match the suit Immense Crops: Good Prices isi TOBACCO WKKSl tmmw* *Mtt.OMkOQO *19^000.000 »5UW m • • I L L I J f O I S f f E W S Cholca ll«mt from nvmf tbe •tttc.tpMlalif --la of 4 for our t»<i- t|.&t<M>00.000 J6*5.000.000 *601.000000 «575<OOtXOOO #*15j00a«0!' Comparative Value of Farm Products in 1905. Secretary Wilson's comments upomMbacco, estimated at $52,000,000; sugar the wonderful prosperity t>f the farm­ ers of the country have attracted gen­ eral attention to the fact that never before have crops been harvested at such a general high level of produc­ tion and price. Corn, Mr. Wilson says, has reached Its highest production, 2,708,000,000 bushels, and its highest value, which may be $1,216,OOt). No other crop is Worth half as much. The nearest crop in value to corn Is that of hay the figures being $605,- 000,000. For the preceding two years cotton held second place, but It drops to third rank this year, when its Value, including seed, is expected to be nearly or quite $575,000,000. Wheat, according to the report, 13 the second in size of that grain the country has ever produced, 684,000,000 bushels, while Its value, $526,000,000, is $11,000,000 more than ever before reached. Mr. Wilson places oats fifth in order of value of the year's crops, the yield being 939,000,000 bushels, worth $282,- 000,000. Then in order come potatoes, $138,000,000; barley, $58,000,000; to- cane and sugar beets, worth $50,000,- 000, and rice, which is expected to ex­ ceed in value last year's crop, which was worth $13,892,000. Of the total production, Secretary Wilson remarks that "the wealth production on farms in 1905 reached the highest amount ever attained by the farmer of this or any other coun­ try, a stupendous aggregate of results of brain and muscle and machine, amounting In value to $6,415,000,000," which is $256,000,000 greater than the figures for 1904. Besides this enormous value of crops, the secretary states that the value of farm lands has increased $6,133,000,000 since the census of 1900, which means that "every sunset during the last five years has register­ ed an increase of $3,400,000 in the value of the farms of this country." Secretary Wilson gravely asserts that "the results accomplished by the Weather Bureau for the benefit of the farmer, the mariner, the shipper, the manufacturer and the seeker after health or pleasure prove that there Is ho weather service anywhere In the world comparable with it." THE FIRST MOUNTAIN RAILROAD. RIVAL FOR YANKEE FARMERS American Transcontinental Lines Were Not the Pioneers. Uncle Sam perhaps thinks that the construction of mountain railroads In their greatest and most comprehen­ sive sense was practically pioneered by the construction of his own great transcontinental lines, the Union Pa­ cific leading the way. But one Amer­ ican engineer notes that he rode over the railroad from Vienna to Venice, two-thirds of the distance between New York and Chicago, passing over several ranges of the Alps, and par­ ticularly the Semmerlng pass, over a mountain railroad constructed be­ tween the years 1848 and 1854, or within fifteen or twenty years of the Introduction of the railway into civil­ ization, and twenty years before America's first transcontinental rail­ way. Thirty-five miles over that pass the Semmerlng, southwest of Vienna, was constructed during those years, having in its length fifteen tunnels and sixteen viaducts, with a maximum trade of 2% per cent. The cost of the thirty-five miles was $300,000 per mile. It was built, as was the en­ tire line, from Vienna to Venice, 600 or more miles owned owned and op­ erated by the Airstrian government, since at that time Venice and that portion of Italy was under the do­ minion of the Austrian and ltalian governments jointly. SEE8 IRON A PRECIOU8 METAL. Exhaustion of Present Ore Fields Pre­ dicted by Scientist. < Iron as a precious metal is a pos­ sibility indicated by Prof. Tornebaum of the Swedish geological survey. He predicts that the ore fields of the present large producing countries-- namely: North America, Great Brit­ ain, and Germany--will be exhausted, within one or two centuries and the high grade ores much earlier. The future center of the iron industry will as now, be located where natural fuel abounds, since the ore travels to the coal, and not vice versa. As a con­ sequence Great Britain, where the coal supply, It is estimated, will be ex­ hausted In 250 years, will thereupon cease to be an iron producing country, while in the United States and Ger­ many, with their much larger coal areas, the iron industry will continue, .although being dependent upon im­ ported ores. For the same reason jiorth China, where coal and iron are found associated, is regarded as a promising iron center. Prof. Sjogren of the same survey declares that a great iron industry depends on other factors as important as the fuel ques­ tion. Of these factors are the ex­ tent, richness, and purity of the ores, freight charges for ores, coal, and iron products, traffic regulations, etc. Rich Man's Odd Fancy, Most extraordinary was the little luxury of a Mr. Skidmore, who ac­ cumulated a goodly pile in the pro­ vision trade. He engaged two valets, one to tickle the crown of his head and the other the soles of his feet. He said he liked the sensation im­ mensely, and when remonstrated with by his doctor declared it to be "ever so much better than massage." The case was recorded in the medical journals of the time as an example of a strange development of a well rec­ ognized physical liking.. Warfield and Thlrte*. "tSfir! Edwin Warfield of laughs at the thirteen superstition, though according to the common view be ought to regard it with respect. He |s the this»eenth governor of Mary­ land to occupy the executive mansion at Annapolis, He was elected by a majority of 18,000 votes, has thirteen letters in his name and was inaugu­ rated Jan. 13, 1904. So far nothing has occurred in his political career to warrant any fear for tbe thirteen superstition. Enlightened Russian Peasant New Factor In World. Illustrations of the world's economic solidarity are the recent Russian In­ fluences on the security markets everywhere. Russian enlightenment and freedom promise to make mark­ ed impressions on future American farming. Henry D. Backer says that agriculture now gives employment to 87^ per oent of Russia's population, but Russian agriculture is now in a terrible condition. The Russian peas­ ant enlightened will prove a powerful rival to the Yankee farmer. The average return per hectare of land in Russia is said to be 382 kilos, while the German return is 1,300 kilos. Russia has to use 25 per cent of her harvest as seed for future sowing, which is about double what other na­ tions use. Curiously, even in the direst times, like during the recent war and late chaotic conditions, Rus­ sia still makes heavy exports of wheat. This doubtless Is because wheat is one of the chief quick assets of the country. The Russian peasant­ ry have wheat to export to England when they scarcely can afford to buy rye bread for their own hamlets. Their exports of wheat will help pay the interest on their nation's enormous foreign obligations, but Individually they yield trifling cash returns. PICTURES 8ENT BY TELEGRAPH. "Photograms" the Invention of Prof. Korn of Munich. Photograms are photographs tele­ graphically transmitted. Prof. Korn of Munich uses as dispatcher a se­ lenium tube revolving on a small shaft and surrounded by a glass cy­ linder, on which is wrapped the trans­ parency, negative or positive, which 1b to be telegraphed* Light from an electric arc lamp is thrown through the transparency and falls upon the selenium tube in a small patch or spot. Every part of the tube and every part of the photograph passes in turn under the spot of light. The receiver Is a cylinder carrying a sen­ sitive film, revolving, and also trav­ eling alpfag the line of its axis at the same speed as the transmitting cy­ linder. Near it is a vacuum tube light shielded by inactive material, except for a tiny window whence a ray of light falls upon the revolving sensitive film. The strength of this light con­ stantly varies, as it is controlled by the electric current, which in turn is controlled by the light playing through the transmitter's transparency upon the selenium coll. Every part of the receiving sensitive cylinder Is exposed in turn and only requires de­ velopment to give a negative or posi­ tive. Great Prize. Robinson Crusoe stood on the ellll and gazed In depressed loneliness at the vast waters that surrounded his prisonllke island. "It's pretty tough," he sighed, "to be marooned afar from civilization." *• Just then he observed faithfully Friday preparing a turtle stew. "But there Is one consolation," he continued, brightening up. "I have a cook who cannot leave on short notice like the cooks do in civilization." And Robinson felt so exuberant he went out and jested with the parrot. sPlan Monument to Great Artist. 8 The International Society of Sculp­ tors and Painters at London has Init­ iated a scheme to erect at Chelsea a public monument to James McNeill Whistler. Augusts Rodin, the French sculptor, who is president of the so­ ciety, has consented to execute the work, which, it is estimated, will cost $10,000. If sufficient funds can be raised replicas of the monument will be erected in Paris and the United States. Hie society started tbe list witb a subscription of $2,500. TRY TO SECURE LAND FOR STATE BROOM CORN PRICE ADVANCES Plan to Surround Capitol at Springfield With Fine Park. Gov. Deneeh and State Architect Zimmerman have mapped out a plan for beautifying the territory surround­ ing the state capitol and to provide a site for future state buildings. The citizens of Springfield have -been asked to co-operate in the plan. The plan is to secure possession of six blocks of land extending from Monroe street to Edwards, between Second and Fourth streets, raze the ell and unused buildings and convert the territory into a park. The ter­ ritory is now occupied by the capitol, the executive mansion and the state arsenal, and to these buildings would be add>5 the new supreme court building and such other public build­ ings as the state might provide for the future. It is also suggested that the city could erect its proposed new city hall within the park. The plan grew out of the discussion ever the selection of a site for the new supreme court build­ ing. The commissioners are Inclined to favor a site directly south of the state house, but there has been some disposition to hold back on account of the price which would be required, the supreme court justices fearing that they might be criticised for put­ ting too much money into the site. If they are able to interest the city In the proposed park, a joint arrange­ ment can be made by which the state can get enough land for not only this building, but for all public build­ ings which will be required in the future. In this connection it Is stated that a new executive mansion will be needed within a few years. The old cne has been remodeled and rebuilt several times, but it is far from a creditable residence for the executive at present, most of the private resi­ dences in the vicinity excelling It in appearance, spaciousness and com- tort. PASS EXAMINATION FOR BAR Many Persons Are Successful In the Tefst at Mount Vernon. : The following named persons satis­ factorily passed an examination held at Mount Vernon for admittance to the bar: Lawrence T. Allen, Hoopestoh; Adolph Bernard, Springfield; William Campbell, Chicago; James J. Carroll, Chicago; Arthur W. Cupler, Chicago; David Cleveland Dobbins, Stronghurst; Stanley K. Gage, Chicago; Virgil M. F.|Jriffin, Bloomlngton; Leslie M. Har­ lan, Glrard; William George Kaeser, Greenville; Andrew Kempe, Rock Is­ land; Joseph S. Labuy, Chicago; Will­ iam Joseph Lawler, Springfield; Harry B. Miller, Chicago; Homer Mooney, Jollet; James J. Murphy, Chicago; Josephus L. Oakleaf, Mollne; George C. Pratt, Chicago; Frank A. Radlgan, Jollet; Edward J. Sandberg, Chicago; George A.'Schmltt, Chicago; Benjamin F. Schriver. Rock Island; Charles R. Shulthels, Quincy; M. Frank Sullivan, Chicago; Edgar M. Swan, Rockford. HITS INSANE A8YLUM SCANDAL Superintendent at Elgin Hospital De­ nies Rumors. Denial of the rumors of scandal at the Northern Insane hospital have been made by Superintendent Whit­ man. There have been no escapes from the institution, it is said, since Oct. 25, when Mrs. Welcher slipped away at supper time and drowned her­ self in a pond a few miles distant. The coroner's jury exonerated the hospital authorities in that case. The other escape referred to in the scandal took place the latter part of September, when the man was overtaken at Cole­ man and returned to the institution. Another incident referred to was a fight between guards in September. That violence has been used with tbe patients is denied. RATE CUT SURPRISE TO ROADS Reduction In Freight Chsrges Unex­ pected and Msy Cause Fight. Applications have been received by the Illinois railroad and warehouse commission from a number of railroad officials over the state for copies of the order entered by the commission providing tor a horizontal reduction of 20 per cent in the schedule of all classifications of merchandise. This Is taken to indicate that the railroads not only had no inkling of what the commission's decision would be, but that they were dumfounded by the de­ cisive cut. Some of the state officials expect that the railroads will seek to set aside the commission's order in the courts, although no action further than the formal protest entered ver­ bally when the decision was made pub­ lic has been taken by the leading railroad officials. Petition for Receiver for a Mine. Application was made in the cir­ cuit court at Paris for the appointment of a receiver for the J. D. Witt coal mine, eight miles east of that city. The petitioners are Michael Garvin and others, who hold a mortgage upon the property. Failure to meet the payment of notes, which this mort­ gage was executed to secure, is the cause assigned for the action. A tem­ porary injunction was granted by Judge Craig restraining Witt from operating or disposing of the prop- ty, pending a hearing on the petition. Edgar County Fair Officers. At a meeting of the Edgar County Fair Association, held at Paris, of­ ficers were elected as follows: Sec­ retary, S. B. McCord; superintendent permits and privileges, Fred Baber; general superintendent, W. C. Siem­ ens, directors. J. Russe Grace. Joseph D. Hunter, Ross Mason and J. N. Bond. Financial reports were also received, the treasury showing a bal­ ance of $433.71, after the payment of all expenses of the last fair, including premiums and purses to the amount a(|4,M8.S0. Manufacturer Paid $110 a Ton for 127 : r Balea in Coles County. Tfeki top price for the year was paid In the central broom corn district, when Frank Bundy, a Coles county grower, sold 127 Stales of extra fine brush to the Gardner Broom Company, of Amsterdam, N. Y., for $110 per ton. The consignment also included seven­ teen bales of crooked brush, for which the buyers paid $80 a ton. Brokers in the Areola neighborhood are now freely offering $105 for good brush, with no takers. An occasional crop has be«;n picked up, but buyers have devoted their attention to points re­ mote from the chief buying -cehters. Areola brokers say the clean up is* complete, as to the Vandalia and Sum­ ner territory. The belief in higher prices is firmly rooted. One expert es­ timates that there are not more than 4,000 tons (possibly not more than 2,- 000) of brush In the country, no tat ready held by dealers or manufactur­ ers, and out of near]y 2,000 factories, there are scarcely a dozen which have enough to carry them over until an­ other crop. The logic of the situa­ tion, therefore, points to a steady up­ ward tendency in prices, culminating in fancy figures toward, the last. Many smaller manufacturers who buy stock in small quantities are already alive to the fact that they cannot remain in business without a corre­ sponding increase ih the price of their output, and a movement 1s now on foot looking to a general advance of 25 cents a dozen on all classes of brooms. LOAD OF BUCKSHOT FOR' KISS GIVES MEMORIAL COLLEGE.. Love for her native state, Kentucky, and the desire to erect an imperish­ able monument to the memory of her deceased husband, caused Mrs. Mat­ thew T. Scott, one of Bloomington's wealthiest women, to erect in the fastnesses of the Kentucky mountains a college for the education of the mountaineers. The college was dedi­ cated recently by Mrs. Scott's brother- JX& 7£477HZ7KjrJ(Z>7T% ttMtaw, former Vice President A. B. Stevenson, who made a special trip to Kentucky to deliver the dedicatory address. The institution is located near West Liberty and will be a train­ ing school for boys and girls. It will be conducted under the control of the Presbyterian church of Kentucky. It opened with an enrollment of 115. An efficient corps of teachers has been se­ cured and the college opens with the brightest prospects for success. Prof. J. W. Thurman is first president of the college and he has five assistant teachers. ' 08B0RNE AND SMITH ARC FREE Charge of Conspiracy Not Proved Against Jacksonville Men. J. H. Osborne and Rev. Thomas P. Smith of Jacksonville were discharged in Justice Martin's court at Chicago after the hearing of charges that they were In a conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses. Samuel W. Miller, treasurer of the Orinoco Mining Com­ pany, accused Osborne and Smith of swindling him out of $500 through the National Stock and Bond Guarantee Company. Miller's witnesses failed to substantiate his charges. Osborne Is a prominent banker at Jacksonville and Smith formerly was * Methodist minister there. Mission Gift Is Upheld. Judge Worthington, in the circuit court at Peoria, sustained the ruling of the probate court and ordered pro­ bated the will of the late Phoebe Rose of Dunlap, in which $110,000 is left the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian Church of America. The will Is being contested by wealthy brothers of the decedent on the ground that Its provisions are too general. ' Found Serioualy Injured. An unidentified man is at the Sher­ man hdspital, Elgin, suffering from a fractured skull, and it Is thought he will die. He was found late at night on Douglas avenue by the police. The fracture resulted from a severe fall. He was fashionably dressed and is believed to be from Chicago. Waukegan Runners Ambitious. Albert Corey's race from Chicago to Milwaukee has stirred some Wauke- gan residents with a desire to emu­ late or surpass it. John H. Sherry, an old-time long-distance walker and runner. Is willing to wager $100 that he can beat Corey's time. In Cincin­ nati some time ago Sherry made 356*4 miles in seventy-two hours. John G. Ambler believes he can beat sixteen hours and offers $200 to support this statement, he being ready to go on the road at once. Father of Girl Shoots Man Wfto C4|led to Say Good-by. While engaged in a parting klsS Miss Josie Belts and Samuel Miliec were shot by the girl's father with si^ shotgun at Shipman. Miss Beltz is probably fatally wounded, while Mllleif escaped with minor wounds. Beltz had/ forbidden Miller to call upon his : daughter, who is only 15 years of age* but he persisted. Beltz and his wlfdK; had been separated for several months, and the girl lived with heir' mother. Beltz received informatioilv his wife and daughter were going to> St. Louis on an early morning trail*: Wednesday, and he suspected Mille#| would be at the house to tell the girl good-by. Accordingly he got his shot4 gun and went to the house. In that , semi-darkness, after a half-hour's wait, he saw his daughter and Miller in tha hallway. She was in Miller's arms and : they were kissing when B^ltz fired at him as he ran. ipflicting painful; wounds. B«ltz surrendered. Two years;ago- Miller and the girl disap*f peared from Shipman at the same time. Finally they came back. Thai;; grand jury last spring found an In-, dictment against Miller charging him with abduction. IS KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION Shot Firer Supposed to Have Mel' Death at Harrisburg. Mine No. 2 of the O'Gara Coal com­ pany at Harrisburg exploded at If "o'clock Thursday evening with sucb force as to blow the roof off the fail shaft and otherwise damage the mine; Two shot firer8, James Lyden and William Watters, were in the mine when the explosion occurred. A llrei alarm was turned in, which brought assistance. After setting the fan at the air shaft to work a rescuing pai* ty was organized and lowered into the shaft: Lyden was found in the pump unconscious, having been blown there by the force of the explosion. He was brought to the surface and resuscitated. Watters had not been found owing to the difficulties encoun­ tered by the rescuing party on account of afterdamp in the rooms. He is bek lieved to be dead. Fifty miners had left the mine but a few moments be» lore tbe explosion occurred. , 4 LOOKS INTO RAILROAD Gov. Dcnaen Starts Investigation of Illinois Central Company. * Gov. Deneen, by virtue of the ful that he is ex-officlo a director of th# - Illinois Central for the purpose of a»- : certalning the amount of money that; ihould be paid to the state under the company's charter, has authorized Intfi stitution Audit Clerk Frank D. Whip£t to Investigate the report, filed with him on Monday last. The report shows the amount due the state foi* the last six months to be $550,775*. which was paid into the state treasury: Wednesday. Mr. Whipp also will inp vestigate the report filed June 5, 1905i ; Mr. Whlpp's Investigation has nothing/ whatever to do with that carried 011 by the auditor and attorney general. Regarding the rumor of a special sea» sion in reference to the anti-pass legv islatlon and a Chicago charter, th* governor said he had not given UMI matter any consideration whatever. JOLIET SWINDLERS BAG *19,00* .'¥'3 Forgers, Aided by Rush of Holiday /- Trade, Victimize Merchants. A gang of forgers by rapid work be* ;i1 tween 8 and 10 o'clock Saturday nighl swindled Jollet merchants and saloon- ; |s keepers out of about $10,000. Taking*^ advantage of the holiday rush they > Succeeded in getting cashed, checks fot sums ranging from $20 to $200. Thf men had obtained a block of the speit ^ cial checks of the James G. Heggi%js! Boiler Company, drawn upon the JoI|^ let National Bank, and a fair counter* felt of Mr. Heggie's signature on what 7 were apparently pay checks helped J§ make the swindling game easy. AHr>>^ derman Nimanich cashed checks fof f $180 at his saloon. Patrick Barrett; cashed a $200 check. Nearly fifty bua;"^ iness men reported to the police that ?? they had cashed checks of the same kind. At least four men were in tha game. It is believed that the forgery y" started for Chicago on a late train. Yates Jewels Are Recovered. Ifrs. Richard Yates has recovered nearly all the jewels stolen from the Yates residence at Springfield three months ago. The theft was commit­ ted by 'a colored boy named Harry Williams, employed In the Yates household. A large package contain­ ing the valuables was received by Mrs. Yates Thursday. Some of the jewels were sold to Williams at a State street pawnshop in Chicago, and oth­ er valuable# he gave to * colored Ctrl named Carrie Washington. • t >' < /1 Woman Kille Catamount. When her husband refused to "bun% down a wild animal whose scream dist turbed the family's slumbers, Mrs, Dearmond, who iives in Seminary val« • T ley, three miles west of Alto Pass, left| || him. in charge of the children, took 4. * ;;r gun, and went into the forest alone*,' By the light of the moon she riiscov- ered a large catamount in a tree, and':/! shot and killed it It measured nearly. three feet in length. < <Sk [ Plan Game PmeMi j|j' Over thirty land owners in the south part of Edgar county have united in. the formation of a game preserve. Six thousand acres will be embraced in ' the preserve and it is the intention to-: employ two members of the organisa­ tion to police this territory and pros­ ecute aH trespassers for the period of five years. The object of the organ­ ization is the protection of quail and the propagation of Mongolian phea»> ants. Takes Over Peoria Car Lines. By a deal between representatives of Congressman W. B. McKlnley the McKinley interurban syndicate^ and the officers of the Central Street Railway company of Peoria, the eattr* holdings of the street railway ce«|^ pany in Peoria became the property of the McKinley system. The con­ sideration was not given out, but ia known to have been several million dollars. The McKinley Interests now center In Peoria, and this efty* It Is planned, will become tfcOthub t| a greet Interurban system. a- k •!' -Sife t<4. mmm