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•trvK;- wmM :wm ̂ * • * V:„. &* ,. ' .1 IKE MCHENRY PUINDEM.ER j Rflfl^FVPlT tfllllFS fill. TRUST IN WG'rtf? * .r>^v^ , iiiY i*jLAiNDKALEK CO. . - ILLINOIS. The Oitler Fallacy. ^•< ' Dr. Osier's fatal philosophy regard- - tug the comparative ! uselessness of 4 * after 40 years of age has been >v^d by a. fearful wave of dis- sment and depression among who have reached middle life , «mt later without gaining a competence C ' * 0r achieving anything like material f •*. _; iducoesa. The extent of the harm Hrhleh Dr. Osier has done--innocently, , 'I believe--can hardly be estimated^ 4*frites Orison Swett Marden, in Sue- i ^ess Magazine. His words have come ^ ' like a death sentence into thousands ^ - of homes! They have taken away 4bope and left despair in thousands of, feching hearts. "What is the use of L ' toying," these unfortunates say, . '•'when one of the greatest Authorities? ,k An the world has pronounced the ver- * idlct against lis?" Gov. Allen> of Ohio, i, In commenting upon the edict of som€| '|sv • #f the railroad companies and other ' torpc rations that men over 35 should 4 ' %|iOt be employed, said, "It is not how .'",/^ong a man has lived that counts, it Jf:* la what's left in him." This is the; J_ Secret of the whole thing. It depends* f],'. Altogether on how much is left in as inan as to whether he is old or young,! Whether his fires have burned out or! 1 *re still Alive. What the employer! •grants is Vitality, resourcefulness, L' alertness, freshness and openness of tinlnd. It does not matter so much ^ Shout the years. It is rather a ques- • >tlon of energy, of reserve power. It is folish to fix an age at which men lecome comparatively useless. Some inen are young at 70, others are old #t 36. One of the worst delusions that Sver crept into a middle-aged man's fhtnri is the conviction that he has •one his best work, that he Is grow­ ing old and must soon give place to younger men. Do not be discour­ sed or allow yourself to be infiu- iBeed by Dr.^Osler's "fixed ideas," for tte is himself, at 56,. a direct contra­ diction of his own theory. . sr.; 5. . President Transmits Report of Com missioner Garfield with Com^w* ,, " ments oh Document. M ROGERS AND ARCHROLD REPLY TO NATION'S EXECUTIVE Issue Elaborate Defense of Great Corporation, Contending It Is Conducted Along Honor­ able Business Lines and That Home Competition Is Not Crushed. Carnivorous Diet. Is meat going out of fashion? There been a twofold conclusion in the llesnlts of the recent experiments made --that we eat too much meat, and that, generally speaking, we take too much ted. The experimenters, led by FroL Chittenden, of Yale university, Cur several months, and in some in­ stances for more than a year, reduced their meat diet by one-half, and yet Maintained as good or better health ttiu before. The muscular power of (be athletes was increased and mental twtivity undiminished. A banana and 48 cap of coffee was one bill of fare for %reaXfast- Strictly scientific experL. IMats carried on in America, Ger- tHuy and France have unanimously ^resulted in the conclusion that health Scad strength can be maintained with ipt much less proportion of nitrogenous ijlfod than meat eating peoples deem iteeessary. The distinct teaching of #dence is that, except the extremely Jpooi, Bisst people eat about twice as #nuch as is needful, and that the su­ perfluous amount is not merely waste -Jbst becomes the fruitful cause of dis- case and suffering. The rice eating Japanese and Chinese practically con- •rm the scientific doctrine. ' Washington. --* president . Roosevelt Friday transmitted to congress the re­ port of James R. Garfield, commission­ er of corporations^ giving the results of his investigation of'the subject of transportation and freight rates in connection with the oil industry, In his message the president ex­ presses the view that the report is of capital importance because of the ef­ fort now being made to secure such enlargement of the powers of the in­ terstate commerce commission as will confer upon the commission power in some measure adequate to meet the clearly demonstrated needs of the sit­ uation. The facts set forth in the re­ port, he declares, are for the most part not disputed. That the Standard Oil company has benefited enormously up almost to the present moment by se­ cret rates, many of which were clear­ ly unlawful, the president says the re­ port clearly shows. Abolish Secret Bates. The president then says: A very striking result of the inves­ tigation has been that shortly after the discovery of these secret rates by the commissioner of corporations the major portion of them was promptly corrected by the railroads, s-j that most of them have now been done as that which has already passed the house, putting alcohol used in the arts and manufactures upon tiie free list and of keeping tne fee to oil and coal lands of the Inuian tribes or on the public domain in the government, the lands to be leased only on such terjns and for such periods as will enable the government to entirely control them. P Occasionally some foreign pnfollca- If'.f Hions assert that there is such an un- ^ iworthy thing as an "American lan- |guage." Our slang phrases and our Jdialect stories worry them no lit- ^4" *le. So far as didlect is con- ioerned!, remarks, a wise con­ temporary, we have no advantage «ver our British brethren.* They have fwrels written in a Jargon which no ^4 *»e not initiated into the mysteries *an understand. It is not denied that z $he United States have contributed •I V' many "Americanisms" to the language ?• aef John Bull. We are a resourceful j^r- V jpeople, much given to invention, and ^ we want a word that is not in the dictionary we do not hestitate to coin AM. This may be in very bad taste, f "b«t we have a great country and are entitled to make occasional innova- Ciona. |l Theoretically the promotion of -universal peace through the medium .of international agreements offers an .ideal solution of differences arising M, between nations. The practical re- 1^4 suits have not been such as to arouse any vast degree of enthusiasm, how- ;,.. ever. At The Hague convention Eng- ^ -^Jand's objection to the Transvaal be- !ing given a voice in the deliberations sustained. The provisions relat- i < \ Ins to arbitration proved distasteful |(io several of the powers represented jr" and it was only on the broader pro- |r posals that the signatures of those present were obtained. Or. Robert EL Minahan, mayor of Oreen Bay, Wis., has declared war on the street masher, or "the ahem man," m* he calls that pest His honor has observed that it is unsafe for an un- ' escorted woman to be about the streets after dark, so he makes this public declaration: "I am going to get rid of the ahem man in Green Bay. They say it can't be done. I do not know positively that the evil can be eradicated. But 1 know this much--I mm going to give that fellow the best mis* tor his money he ever had." COMMISSIONER JAMES B. QARFlJfiUJ. away with. This immediate correc­ tion, partial or complete, of the evil of the secret rates is, of course, on the one hand an acknowledgment that they were wrong and yet were per­ severed in until exposed; and, on the other hand, a proof of the efficiency of the work tnat has been done by'the bureau cf corporations. "But in addition to these secret rates the Standard Oil profits im­ mensely by open rates, which are so arranged as to give it an overwhelm­ ing advantage over its independent competitors." Controls the Market. It is not possible, he says, to pot into figures the exact amount by which the Standard profits through the gross favoritism shown it by the railroads in connection with the open rates. "The profit, of course, comes not merely by the saving in the rate Itself as compared with its compet­ itors, but by the higher prices it .s able to charge and by the complete control of the market which it se­ cures, thereby getting the profit 0& tbe whole consumption." There Are Others. It is unfortunately not true, he says, that the Standard Oil company is the only corporation which has benefited and is benefiting in wholly improper fashion by an elaborate series 6f rate discriminations. The sugar trust, he adds, according to the results of the Investigation now in progress, rarely if ever pays the lawful rate for trans­ portation. He declares that in the ef­ fort to prevent the railroads from uniting for improper purposes "we have very unwisely prohibited them from uniting for proper purposes; that Is, for purposes of protecting them­ selves and the general public as against the power of the great cor­ porations." Correctionary Measures. He favors as an element of compe­ tition the passage of some such law TRANSPORTATION GREAT FACTOR IN COMPETITION. In summarizing his report Commis­ sioner Garfield speaks of his personal visit to the oil fields and of the great mass of data obtained by him either personally or through agents of the bureau of corporations. The prelimi-. nary study of this material, he says, showed that the most important sub­ ject was transportation, which enters so largely into the cost of furnished product and hence a most Important factor in competition. "The Standard claims that the lo­ cation of its refineries and the use of pipe lines are natural advantages to which it is justly entitled by reason of the energy and foresight of its man­ agers. While in a measure that is true, it may not be forgotten that these advantages were in part obtained by means of unfair competitive meth­ ods after years of industrial strife. "The development of the pipe line system by the Standard Oil company was the result of special agreements with railroad companies. Further­ more, those so-called natural advan­ tages have been and are being greatly increased by discriminations in freight rates, both published and secret, inter­ state and state, which give the Stand­ ard monopolistic control in the great­ er portion of the country. Oil Price Is Gacge. "An immediate result of this delim­ itation of the competitive area is shown by the prices of ordinary il­ luminating oil. After deducting the freight rate the price of such oil is usually from two cents to five cents a gallon higher in the non-competitive than in the competitive fields. A rea­ sonable profit upon refined oil Is about one-half a cent per gallon. It is clear that exorbitant profits are ob­ tained in the non-competitive fields." In 1904 these secret rates saved the Standard Oil company three-quarters of a million aollars, representing the difference between the open rates and the rates actually paid. "These dis­ criminations," he says, "have been so long continued, and so secret, so In­ geniously applied to new conditions of trade, and so large in amount as to make it certain that they were due to concerted action by the Standard and the railroads." He says further that the Standard Oil company is receiving unjust discriminations in the matter of open rates, the published rates from the leading Standard shipping points being relatively much lower than rates from the shipping points of its com­ petitors. Roads Abolish Secret Tariffs. Mr. Garfield then refers to seven instances of Important discriminations in favor of the Standard Oil com­ pany in various parts of the country, and says that most of the secret rates &nd some of the open discrimination^ discovered by the bureau were abol­ ished by the railroads shortly after such discovery. After calling atten­ tion to the good which already has re­ sulted from the Investigation, Mr. Gar­ field says that the changes effected have put the independents upon a fair­ er footing and make competition pos­ sible in territories heretofore inacces­ sible. The report concludes as fol­ lows: ( _ "Tariffs may be made and rates may be combined in such a manner as to make it practically impossible for the ordinary shipper to find theitt." STANDARD MAGNATES REPLY TO PRESIDENT. 1Standard Oil company, made the lowing statement to the prese: * the passage of a bill enlarging the powers of interstate commerce com­ mission and Just and equitable rail­ way rates, we have precisely the same interest that any good citizen has. No more and no less. Regarding his crit­ icisms upon the management of the railways, or his strictures upon any acts of the interstate .commerce com­ mission, We have neither responsibil­ ity nor concern. When, however, he or Commissioner Garfield attacks the Standard Oil company and uses its methods of doing business an object lesson for the purpose of" promoting his views, we protest. It may bp frankly stated at the outset that the Standard Oil company has at all times within the limits Qf fairness and with due regard for the law, sought to se­ cure the most advantageous freight rates and routes possible. * Corporation Is TTpr^ght. "We say flatly that any assertion that the Standard Oil company has been or is now knowingly engaged in practices w/hieh are unlawful is alike untruthful and unjust. "The commissioner's report, upon which the president's message is based, opens with the statement that the manufacture of refined oil In this country is about 36,000,000 barrels annually. It would have been fair for him to have stated that over 15,000,- 000 of barrels ot this annual nianufac- ture is exported. "He next calls attention to the fact that the Standard Oil refineries are lo­ cated at centers of' distribution, while the independent refineries are usual­ ly in the crude oil fields. He charges $EGONO-GU$S tttllMATTEK New York.--In reply to President Roosevelt's message and the report of Commissioner Garfield, Messrs. H. H. Rogers and John D. Archbold, of the HENRY H. ROGERS. that this location of refineries and the natural advantages following ' it were obtained by means of unfair competitive methods, but beyond this mere assertion does not go into a his­ tory or explanation of these alleged unfair methods at all. He says the 'development of the pipe line system by the Standard Oil company was the result of special agreement with the railroad companies.' As a matter of fact, the development of tho pipe line system by the Standard Oil com­ pany was in the fade of violent hos­ tility on the part of the railroads. Conditions in New England. "Passing from this point, Commis­ sioner, Garfield takes up the question of favoritism, which he alleges has been shewn by various railroad cor­ porations, to the Standard Oil com­ pany. The first specific case of al­ leged discrimination to which he di­ rects attention is in the New England territory. It is charged that ^e en­ joy a monopoly in certain parts pt that section because some of the railroads there refuse to prorate. Casual in­ quiry would show that the New Eng­ land roads are simply doing what they are forced to do by natural conditions. Obviously, we have an advantage by the use of Qur pipe lines from the western oil fields to the coast and the use of water transportation thence to New England over anyone who uses all rail transportation from western points. Some of our competitors , do the same thing and deliver oil at the points in New England that we do by the same process. Question of Rebates. "The commissioner says thkt "with one or two exceptions the investiga­ tions of the bureau have as yet dis­ covered no rebates in the technical sense on interstate business.' "He says the Standard Oil company has habitually received from the rail­ roads, and is now receiving, 'secret' rates and other unjust and illegal dis­ criminations. It,, is hardly fair or manly for him to add the sentence, 'Of course there may be other secret rates which the bureau has not discovered.' Does Not Crush Competition. "The statement that the 'Standard Oil company has largely by unfair and unlawful methods crushed out home competition' is fully attlwered by the fact that home competition has always existed, is steadily growing, and that there are now at least 125 competitive refineries in the United States. "The Standard Oil company has been investigated over and over again at the Instigation of its rivals, and it always welcomes such investigation when conducted in good faith and fairly. We are engaged in a large and honorable business. We are conduct­ ing it honorably and we sincerely be* lieve in conformity to law." THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY. Its Beginning, Growth, ^Ramifications, Capital and PraAt* i £ . A man who got among tbe curb- ? stone brokers in Philadelphia, shut his «yes and prayed for the mob was sent . te the asylum. The probate court felt that a man who would shut his eyes v 4a that crowd was, to say the least, SBSBtally unbalanced. ' If you are puzzling your brains te 4kink where you are going to get the accessary supply of coal next winter, it may encourage you to know that 4fce doctors say that great mental ac- femohoti* dK •- Tears. capital. 1862--Andrews, Clark ft Co $4,000 Company formed by Samuel Andrews; capltal fArnished by M. B. Clark and John D. Rockefeller. 187fr--Standard OH company .$1,0U0,VU0 In this company were John 1>. Rockefeller, Henry M. Flagler, Samuel _ Andrews, 8, V. H&rkneM, and William Rockefeller; daily capacity, 1.600 barrel 8. _ 1. 1K2--Standard Oil company of Cleveland .'. 12,900,000 Began buying up rival companies, paying in cash and Standard Oil stock; took in twenty-one out of twenty-six independent refineries In Cleve­ land; daily capacity 10,800 barrels. Invaded Pennsylvania. ' 1876--Standard OH company $3,SQ0,0U0 Purchased works of Charles Pratt St Co. and invaded New York; began to extend pipe lines to seaboard. 1882--Standard Oil Trust I70,0W,0U0 Included thirty-six companies in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey. Disrupted In 1882. 1888--Standard Oil company of New Jersey 810,000,000 ^ This company formed after Rockefeller company ijiBd left Ohio. It did not include constituent companies. 1MB Standard Oil company of New Jersey 8100,000,009. Took in all constituent oil companies owned and controlled by Standard Oil interests. Has remained In the same corporate form to date. HONEY MADE BY TRUST. Tear. f. 1879. •... »* • 1885.,;....;.... 1886. 1888 1889.........: 1893...,.. . . . , , . . 4 . . , . . . 1897 ... 1&UA 1S99 Capita!. Dividends. 88.500.000 !,500,ooo , 7<>,000,(>00 . 70,000,000 , 70,000,000 , 70,000,000 , 100,000,000 . 100,000,000 .'ioo.ooo.oco 100.000,000 100,000,000 88,160.000 1,050,000 8,000,000 16,000,000 18,600,000 15,000,000 46,000,000 81,000,000 88,000, tXK) 30,000.000 38,000,000 1901 to date fdiv. eatim'til at eldends( 190 0 100,000,000 48,000,000 1901 to date [divi­ dends estimated]... 100,000,000 48,000.000 BANKS CONTROLLED BY STAXDAHD OIL. Banks. National City of New Tot*. T VoflAtial Ft"'* i» r. f, • \ it' Capitalisation ... Assets 3 Vi' CONSTITUENT OOMPANTEa ••• --V -- Lincoln National.. Second National Bank of Metropolis... First, Chicago • Capital. .93!6,ooo,ouo , 800,000 800,000 . l.<ji)".o"o . 6,»wo,ooo Totals ...88I,«oo,ooo ' WliMM -- ' Mileage. Stock. fcon<tt. RAILROADS CONTROLLED BY STANDARD OIL. C., M. A St. P.. 8,746 8100,000,000 J2M,000,000 Mo., K. A Tex. 8,600 <>8,ooo.ouo 87.ooo.ouu Wis. Central... 1,047 so,ooo,ooo a»,ooo,ooo totals mm tmm m Our %ringBeld Letter t Writw of Tblaga of latamt at ilai* Capitol. Demand Latest Machinery. Springfield.--"Farmers this year are buying more machinery and are flay­ ing a higher price for each piece than has ever been the case before,", re­ marked a local implement dealer. "The fact thc-t they are paying a price for each piece purchased does not mean that the. market value of farm machinery has Increased, but that farmers in general are demand­ ing the- latest improved machinery," he continued. Investigation showed these statements to be strikingly true. Those farmers who once were satisfied with a walking cultivator will not use one now, and the same is true with every other piece of labor saving machinery used on the farm. The fact that more pieces are being sold is only in keeping with the trend of changes being worked from year to year in the country districts. The larger farms are being cut up into smaller tracts, thus more ten­ ants are needed, and when more ten­ ants are employed a larger number of farm implements must be had for them to accomplish their work. A real estate man who is considered good au­ thority, says that in course of time no one man will attempt to farm two or three hundreds of acres of land, but tho owntr, knowing that more men can manajre the land to a greater ad­ vantage, will sub-divide his farms and- will have a tenant for each 60 acres. Gorn planters and seeders are in de­ mand just now, and in selling these to tne country men, the implement deal­ er taltes his prospective customers the latest improved and most expensive piece of machinery he has in stock. The great decrease in walking plows has continued until, but very few of them are to be found in implement shows. The demand for harvesting machinery is not on yet, but as there is Raid to have been less acreage of the small grain sown this year than formerly, the demand for^these imple­ ments will probably not bfe noticeably increased. Status of Illinois Central Railroad. "What is .the Illinois Central going to do about settling the claim of the- state of Illinois for back taxes amount­ ing to several million dollars?" This question was asked of Stuyvesant Fish, president of the railroad. He had had about two hours' warning that the question was going to be asked him, and he called in j. M. Dickinson, general counsel of the road, to assist him in making the answer. Mr. Fish said: "I have talked the mat­ ter over with the governor, but there has been no change i.n the status of affairs, so far as I know. The state's position in the matter is so vague and uncertain that I do not know exactly what it is." "Has the Illinois Central made any advances toward a settle­ ment of the state's claim?" was asked. "The Illinois Central is willing to pay all just claims against it, and will pay any Just claim the state may have. We do not know what such claims may be, however." "So far as you know, then, the Investigation is to proceed?" "It is proceeding now, and we have done nothing to hinder it. When th€ state's claim, if it has any, Is presented to us it will be time to consider it. I do not see, however, how any claim can be presented until the state's investigation is concluded." So far only one small department has been examined, but, judging from the results, it is said the Illinois Central has failed to pay at least $200,000 a year which it ought to have paid un­ der the provisions of its charter. It is charged, however, that the sum owed by the railroad company to the state is considerably in excess of this, and it is said- it has not reported fully the earnings on the suburban business in Chicago, nor the earnings on a good many of its branch lines. Railroad Gives Property Value. The Illinois Central railroad filed with the auditor of public accounts for the first time since 1859 a statement of the value of its property on its charter lines and branches. These values are for the year ending April 1, 1906, and amount to $155,016,656. Until a state­ ment of the gross earnings of the com­ pany for the year ending April 1. 1906, has been received and until the state tax rate for the current year tras been iix4d, it is impossible to de­ termine whether the company will be required to pay more than seven per cunt of gross earnings, as the company has been doing for several years. At­ torney General Stead holds that th^ company must pay into the state treasury five per cent, of its gross earnings on lines represented in" the statement and then pay the state tax rate on the above valuation, and if the state taxes do not equal two per cent, ot. the gross earnings the company must pay enough additional to equal seven per cent, of the gross earnings. State's Attorneys to Gather. If the details arranged by the ex­ ecutive committee of the Illinois As­ sociation of State's Attorneys, for the annual convention of the organization are carried out, the gathering is ex­ pected to be the most important ever held by the prosecutors. The conven­ tion will be held in Springfield July 11-12, and speakers of prominence will be Invited to attend. The sessions will be held in representatives' hall in the state house. The executive com­ mittee has agreed upon the pro- gramme. ' Safe Blowers at Sprin^ft«i * " Burglars entered the office at Oak Eidge cemetery at Springfield and cracked the safe, securing money and checks to the value of $136.45. None of the guilty ones has been apprehend­ ed although officers have been detailed on the case. Nitroglycerine was poured, into the cracks of the safe and ex­ ploded, shaking the door from its hinges. The blinds of the Windows were pulled down, and every precau­ tion taken by the cracksmen to con­ ceal thejr movements. Plan Eta* C^febratiOB. Whatfromises to be a revival of the old Fouttfe of July celebrations ifill be the Sprfeg^te^ Chautauqua which will be held at the state fair grounds June 30 to July 10. The committee in charge of the affair is arranging a programme which will be given out in a few days. A number of people from surrounding cities and towns are expected and music for the occasion will be fur­ nished by the Springfield bands. It is the intention at present to have a most interesting programme on July 4, although the other days on which the chautauqua is to be held will also have interesting programing The main feature of the programme to be given on the Fourth of July will be an out­ door carnival. This will consist of an athletic meet, in which athletes from colleges of this state, members of the high school track team and other high school teams around Central Illinois, and also the pupils of the ward schools of this city and the country schools are eligible to compete. Prizes will be offered in each contest and it is the plan of the promoters of the affair to make it so interesting that college athletes may also compete for honors. Besides the athletic meet a number of addresses for the occasion will be giv­ en. Dr. A. C. Dixon, of Boston, who is- a prominent evangelist of that city, will be here on that day to address the public at the fair grounds and a num­ ber of local speakers also have been invited to participate in the pro­ gramme. Heretofore a number of peo­ ple from this city have always spent the anniversary of the nation's inde­ pendence away from home because of the lack of interest displayed within the last few years. It is planned to make this the interesting celebration of the Fourth in this state. The com­ mittee in charge of the programme from the chautauqua is composed of James H. Shaw and Frank W. Ives, of Bloomington and Superintendent E. P. Brand, of Normal. School-Teacher Exonerated. Lily Cooley, a school teacher of Dawson, was discharged by Police Magistrate Clark B. Shipp on a charge of assault and battery preferred some time ago by J. A. Ray, of the same town. Ray asserted that the teacher had whipped his little boy "without sufficient reason. He - declared that she beat the boy iperely because he snapped his fingers in school. The evi­ dence went to show that the boy had been annoying the teacher by snap­ ping his fingers on several occasions And that when she warned hin^ to de­ sist he used insolent language toward her. Magistrate Shipp held that in or­ der to convict under tue law, malice would have to be shown oh the. part of the teacfier. Doctor Heavily Fined. Judge Humphrey, i» the United States district court at Springfield, fined Dr. Charles A. Nkuclc $250 and costs, with imprisonment in jail until paid. Nichols will pay the costs. Nichols, who is a prominent physician of Urbana, 111., was convicted by a jury of using the mails for a scheme to defraud Mrs. Susan Day, of Urbana, divorced wife of William R. Day, for­ mer assistant to the attorney general of the United. States, and now a di­ rector of the Equitable Life Assurance society of New York. Nichols claimed to be Mrs. Day's common law husband and threatened her with exposure if she did not.settle. Company Sued for Damages.- Suit for $10,000 has been ittstittttM by Charles Johnson against the Springfield Colliery company for in­ juries sustained in a recent mine acci­ dent. Johnson asserts in his bill that the hurts he received may result seri- ousyl. On the morning of December 4, 1905, Johnson was going down into the mine on the cage, when it struck the bottom with great force. He was thrown off asd his legs were broken and he was cut and bruised about the body. His injuries disabled him for several months and the bill alleges that he may tie crippled for lift. Another Interurban Road. The secretary of state issued to an­ other Mcivinley Interurban road--the St. Louis, Champaign & Decatur rail­ way--a license to incorporate. The road is planned to, be constructed from Litchfield, 111., to Champaign, 111. The incorporators and first board of di­ rectors are Charles Zilly, W. J. Fer­ ris, W. H. Burke, Charles A. Wright and George M. Mattis, all of -Cham­ paign. Col. Theodore Ewart has resigned as assistant adjutant general of Gen. Smith's staff of the Fourth regiment, and Col. W. S. Campbell, of Spring­ field, has been appointed to fill the va­ cancy. State Topics Told in Brief. Ah electric storm, accompanied by a heavy wind and rain struck Spring­ field May 2, blowing down many trees, crippling the service on the interur­ ban !ine and street railway and com­ pelling pedestrians to seek shelter in all available places. Gov. Deneen issued a requisition on the governor of Missouri for uue re­ turn to Chicago of George D. Talmage under arrest in Kansas City and want­ ed on a charge of working a confidence name. He is alleged to have secured £500 from Peter A. Baart. --^ Commissions to delegates to th« Farmers' National congress to be held in Rock Island October 9-12, hav% been sent out by Secretary of Stat« Hose. The delegates recently were named by Gov. Deneen and every county In the state will be represented at the meeting. Favorable weather conditions for farming operations prevailed during the week ending Monday, April 30, ac­ cording to the weekly weather bulle­ tin issued by William G. Burns, dl* rector of the Illinois section of W6ath< er bureau, United States department of P&ANS MORE EQUITABLE RATHR- FOB PUBLISHERS. a::: Postmaster General Urges RevisieS* of Statutes to Remove • •' Juaces- mi' Restrictions.^ i- "Washington. -- Postmaster t^neipb Cortelyou has recommended to co^~ -M^gress the appointment of a commis­ sion to inquire into the subject of see-- ' ond-class matter with a view to as­ certaining jvhat modifications of tfep> present seeond-clastf- laws are neces­ sary, the commission to render its re­ port to congress not later than De­ cember 10, 1906. f In recommending this commiBsleft* the postmaster general, in nis com­ munication to the committees on post* offices and pose roads of the, senate- says:- "The existing" statute regulating the- second-class of mall matter are out Wtr date; they do not meet modern re­ quirements of the .publishing industry,, and the administration of them un­ necessarily and unreasonably hampers* the publishers of bona fide newspapej^ and periodicals. Postmaster General Cortelyou presses the belief that such commis­ sion, if appointed, will be able to- make recommendations . to congress, which will result in the passage of a> law that will be equitable to publish-^: ers, relieve them from present annoy­ ances and restrictions, and at th®- same time protect the interests of the- government -<L L.- * • J\i a LUCKY ESCAPE OF SOLDIERS _ Pfc- Three Men Caught Beneath Fallings Walls at 'Frisco, Own Life to ft-*:; Mass of Iron. San Francisco.--The first accident tti* j connection with the dynamiting of* dangerous walls by the engineers of the army took place Sunday. Smaller* quantifies of explosives than wers- used last week are now being fired, which necessitates two or more- charges of .dynamite being exploded- before the desired result is attained. Sunday morning the engineers were- working ip the downtown district. Twice had dynamite, been exploded* under the facade of a tall ruin, and a> thifd charge was being Inserted when, the wall fell. Three soldiers were- buried, but a mass of twisted irons partly shaded them, and only one was seriously hurt. ** MINERS IN PEACEFUL MOO Offier of Operators for Three-Year Con­ tract Likely to Be Ao» . cepted by Men. >. . Scranton, Pa.--Nothing developed^ Sunday to disturb the general belief that a strike of the anthracite mine- workers had been averted. There-' seems to be every assurance that tike- sub-scale committee of the organiza­ tion which will go to New York for a* conference Monday afternoon with tbe- operators, will be assured by tbe lat­ ter that there will be no discrimina­ tion shown in case the men are or­ dered back to work and that the term* the agreement is to last will be read­ ily agreed upon. Brith Abraham Meeting, New York.--The twentieth national* convention of the Independent Order- Brith Abraham began here Sunday with several hundred delegates in at­ tendance. Nominations for the vart* ous offices were made during the day and will be voted on later. Grand Mas-, ter Max Stern was renominated with­ out opposition. For first deputy grand? master Max Schmidt was nominate#* without an opponent, the same being- true of Grand Secretary Jacob Scboea. and Endowment Treasurer Henry Katchelm. Seeks to Slay Governor. : Moscow.--A bomb was ' tnrown at: the carriage of Vice Admiral Doubas- soff, governor general of Moscow, a» he was being driven to the palace Sun­ day. He was wounded in the loot and' his aid-de-camp and a sentry were- killed. The man who threw the bomb- Is reported to have been killed. He* wore an officer's Uniform. British Kill Sixty Zulus. Durban, Natal.--Col. Mansell's col­ umn, which is pursuing the Zulu i elf- els under Chief Bambaata, wa« at­ tacked Sunday by 200 Zulus while de­ scending a precipitous hill near fhe- grave of Chief Cettiwayo. Sixty rebels; were killed. Col." Mansell had three- men wounded. Editor Would Be Senator. Omaha, Neb.--The condiclary of Eih- ward Rosewater, proprietor of the- Omaha Bee, for the Republican nomi­ nation for United States senator at the* coming state convention, is .tnnounce#N in tbe Bee in a signed article by his- son. • Mark Twain Is 111. j - Neir York.--Mark Twain, who to spend the summer at Dub'in. N. H., has been compelled to postpone hts> departure, owing to an attack of bron­ chitis. Typhoid Fever Under Control. Mexico ity--The typhoid epidemic to practically stamped out. The board of health of the federal district and the- district government have effectively cooperated in the sanitation of the city, especially in the poorer quarters. Locate Mexican Right of Way. Mexico City.--Engineers of the Mexi­ can National railway have succeeded in locating a line from Durango Mazatlan on the Pacific coast. The Isjl? teroceanic railway will bui!^ an "e#| tension to the oil fields. Beveridge to Speak in Washington.--Senator Bevcridgt. at Indiana, has accepted the invitation speak at the banquet of the America®, colony m Paris on July 4. His subject, will be "The present foreign policy tf the United States." 1U-M A- Represent "Black Clergy** St. Petersburg.--The Monkish clergy" elected as representatives tp* the council of empire, Antoniusj met­ ropolitan of St. Petersburg; Archblsl|^i op Dmitri, of Odessa, and Archbishop* Jetton? us, of Jitomir. ( t "A. J ' Mi 1