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mm y asp 'A 4. * » itR* T» EDUCATION BOARD. IN HtSTOR* Plan* to Increase* Sum to $»V , 000,000--Notable Gift® to Cmm - I " , O f L e a r n i n g b y V a r i o t f e • ' % Rich Men. New York. The general educa­ tion board. haa received a gift of $|p" $32,000,000 from John D. Rockefeller. ^4, Hits Is the largest, single gift ever made lor any social or philanthropic f^lMpose in the history of the race, i&SOrding to the statement of the hoarii in its letter of thsCnks to the dojlor. The gift was announced in a letter handed the secretary, Dr. Wallace Buttrick, when the hoard met Thursday afternoon. * ^ The board members present who signed the letter of thanks were Fred­ erick T. Gates, chairman; George Pos­ ter Pea body, treasurer; Dr. Wallace Buttrick, secretary; Robert C. Og- dsn, J. D. Rockefeller, Jr.; Albert Shaw, Starr J. Murphy, Edward A. Al­ derman and Dr. Harry Pratt Judson. Dr. Judson is acting president of the University of Chicago. It Is (lie plan of the board to raise the fund to $50,000,000. The addition­ al donations are expected from other rich men, friends of the Rockefellers who are Interested with him in his charitable enterprises. Rockefeller's Gifts to Education. John D. Rockefeller's gifts to educa- tiwtrbave now reached the great total of $79,000,000, distributed as follows: University of Chicago, $21,000,000; Rush Medical college, $6,000,000; other colleges (estimated), $10,000,- 0(H); general education board, original gift, $10,000,000; general education board, new gift, $32,000,000. The other notable gifts to education IsClQde those of Andrew Carnegie to 4$pt<srent institutions, about $28,000.- 0#9,000; Mrs. Leland Stanford to Stan­ ford university, $20,000,000; Cecil Rhodes, Anglo-American scholarship, $10,000,000; P. A. B. Widener, Memo­ rial Training School for Crippled Children, $9,000,000; Stephen Girard, Qlrard college, $8,000,000; George tfeafcody, $7,000,000; William Marsh XQce, $6,000,009; Marshall Field, $5,- ©•0,000, and D. B. Fayerweather, 9,000. >' made by John D. Rockefeller Eq<t all purposes total $85,000,000. while gifts by Andrew Carnegie for all total $135,000,000. Gifts by late Marshall Field of Chicago, above, do not include his gift of $3,000,0000 tor the Fteld Columbian museum. ENGINEER DEAD IN HIS CAB. Mn^ed Rusfaea Through Philadelphia " With Corpse at Throttle. . s-lv: • . Philadelphia. -- The Congressional Limited train on the Pennsylvania railroad which leaves Washington for New York at four o'clock, ran through this city Wednesday night-at terrific speed with the engineer, Jo­ seph Toms, dead at the throttle. Shortly after the train left West Philadelphia, the fireman, Harry Mich- ner, noticed the speed of the train was unusual. Mlchner called to Toms but received no answer and when the train rushed through Fairmount Park and neared North Philadelphia, the fireman climbed over the big boiler in­ to the engineer's cab to find Toms with his hand oh the throttle, head was hanging out of the cab jw and had been crushed by striking some object along the road. MANGLED BY INFERNAL MACHINE Cortese, of Paterson, |L J, Kitted by Miscreants. #n» N- J.--Justice of the Peace Robert Cortese was fearfully injured KWay evening in his office by the ex- »S»rtoD of an infernal machine sent him by express and died at midnight. The office was wrecked and the de­ tonation could be heard for blocks. The judge had actively aided the po­ lice in the capture of Italian law­ breakers recently. 4 ' Finite Great Land Fratifa, : „ San Francisco. -- Acting under instructions from President Roose­ velt, Thomas B. Keuhausen, an in­ spector of the interior department, co­ operating with State Mineralogist Le*is E. Aubury, has been investi­ gating land locations in California and has unearthed gigantic frauds which will be made the basis of crim­ inal prosecutions. The investigation, which has been sweeping in its scope, *81 involve men of wealth, influence and high social standing in California. Jim Crow Law for Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo.--By a party vote ef*fc0 to 11 the "Jim Crow" bill was passed in the senate Thursday. The Democrats Supported the bill and the ibiicans opposed it. r?*, ...;j W. Congressman-Elect indicted. Baton Rouge, La.--Democratic Con­ gressman-elect George K. Favrot was Friday indicted by the grand jury on a charge of murder for shooting Dr. Harry Aldrtfch, one of the leading pby- siOMMls of Baton Rouge. : ^ , • Seven Miners Entomb**.^ fpjfc^arre, Pa.--Seven miners are BffTOftfld in No. 19 colliery of the NHS& £ WHkesbarre Coal company at Wanamie, and miners acquainted with the colliery say there is little of rescuing them. ALEXANDROVSKY OF PENZA SHOT DOWN BY ASSASSIN. m^m i i pboard* Crosby. Topeka Man Dies on Shi |w York.--Warren M. Crosby, a of Topeka, Kan., died on the Mallory line steamer Den- Inraday, according to a wireless % Received in this city. Mr. "wise Si years of age. To Run South American Road. City, Mo.--John M. Egan, Union Depot company ptM reaped his posi ft salary of $15,000 was will manage a ... Young Terrorist Also Kills Two Po- Penza, Russia. -- S. JL Alllto drovsky, governor of Penza, was shot and killed by a young man as ho was leaving the theater Thursday night. In a desperate attempt to es­ cape the assassin also killed the as­ sistant chief of police and a police­ man and wounded the manager of the theater. Before the terrorist could be captured he shot himself, dying later in the hospital. The assassin was not identified. The bullets which he used in his revolver were subsequently discovered to be poisoned. M. Alexandrovsky was well known as chief commissioner of the Red Cross in the field during the war be­ tween Russia and Japan. He was also Russian commissioner to the St, Louis world's fair. He had just stepped out of the door of the theater when a youth pushed his way through the crowd and shot him in the neck. The assistant chief of police, who was standing near the door of the theater, tried to draw his revolver, but was shot dead by the terrorist. Seeing that it was impossible to get through the crowds outside the build­ ing the mutderer dashed into the theater, firing wildly. The manager attempted to grapple with the mur­ derer, who fired at him, but missed and killed a policeman who was in the line of fire. In a second attempt to capture the assassin the manager was severely wounded. The terrorist fled through what he evidently believed to be one of the exits, but found himself in the wo­ men's cloak ruom. An attendant, realizing the situation, pointed to some stairs as a means of egress, and as soon as the assassin disappeared the attendant locked the door behind him. The stairs, however, led only to a loft and the murderer subsequently was found there unconscious fkpm a bullet wound, from which he died. The deceased governor was head of the Red Cross service in the field] in the war between Russia and Japan. In February, 1904, he started for the far east and established his headquar­ ters at Harbin. In December, 1904, he was replaced by Prince Vassllltch- koff at the head of Red Cross in the field. Alexandrovsky's removal, it was understood at the time, was due to scandals in connection with the Red Cross service. FILES NEW PROPOSAL ;£ Oliver Presents Amended Bid lor. Con­ struction of Canal. Washington, -- W. J. Oliver, the lowest bidder for the ' construction of the Panama canal, who has been for the past week engaged in perfect­ ing the terms of his bid according to the suggestions of the president and Secretary Taft, returned to Washing­ ton Wednesday and on behalf of the Panama Construction company filed his completed bid at the offices of the Isthmian Canal commission. This was the last day of grace al­ lowed by the president since the con­ ference was held at the White House between Mr. Oliver and the president, Secretary Taft and others, on January 27, and in the meantime Mr. Oliver has succeeded in enlisting the serv­ ices of a number of prominent capital­ ists and contractors and in organizing and incorporating a corporation to un­ dertake the construction of the canal if the contract is awarded to them. It is believed that Mr. Oliver'^ amended proposition will be taken in hand along with the other bids submitted a fortnight ago and a careful examina­ tion made to determine whether or not any one of these bids Shall be accept­ ed or whether the government shall continue to dig the canal under the management of Chief Engineer Ste- S r. Council Passes Car Ordinahce.\ Chicago. -- The compromise trad* tion settlement, ordinances affect­ ing the Chicago City Railway company and the Chicago Railways company were passed by the city council at 3:50 a. m. Tuesday by a vote of 56 to |2L after an unprecedented session which lasted all night. The passage of the measures, which are designed to bring a new era of improvement and good service in local street car transportation, now practically leaves it to the voters of Chicago to express their approval or disapproval of the ordinances at the coming mayoralty election. Mayor Dunne will veto the ordinances, but the overwhelming vote in support of them forecasts that tho veto will be disregarded. Minneapolis Hotel Man Dies. Minneapolis, Minn.--Ira H. Shat- tuck, for 17 years part owner of the Nicollet hotel of this city, and one of the most prominent hotel men of the piddle west died here Friday. King Oscar to Abdicate ' Stockholm.--In high quarters the statement is made that King Oscar in­ tends to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Gustaf. June 6, the king's golden wedding anniversary, is the date fixed by this gossip. • • : ; Ex-Gov. Leslie Dies. '• Helena, Mont.--Former Gov. Pres­ ton H. Leslie died at his home in this city Thursday morning, aged 88 years. Mr. Leslie had the distinction of hav­ ing been governor of Kentucky and of the territory of Montana. \.'„r v'r * j 4/Ml: '4 Pioneer Kansan Dead.. Florence, Kan.--J. K. McLean, a pioneer Kansan, died at his home here Wednesday, aged 84 years. He served through the civil war as a cap­ tain and afterward became a major in regular army. Boiler Explodes, One Man tUUad* Eaeton, Pa.--The boiler of a UMgfc Valley locomotive exploded between Fern wood and Neshanic Wednesday afternoon, causing the death of Wil­ liam Mesher and the Injury of two oOwars.;^','- ' ' I k ; : , *1* VfV -hi, / \ j i-S f. Rceant Happenings of *»t«reat in the Varioii* r . : and Towns. , TELLS VALUE OF ADVERTISING. f KL0M1L MSMKK/c 'JMIi TRAIN HITS AN w THREE ARE KILLED IN WRECK OF GREAT WESTERN FAST MAIL, Four Others 8eriousfy Hurt--Engine and Cars Leave Track Whftiiv,^ Going 60 Miles an Hour. Rockford, 111. -- Three persons were killed and four seriously in­ jured early Thursday morning when the Omaha fast mail on the Great Western railway was wrecked at Ger­ man Valley, Stephenson county, 96 miles from Chicago. The sleeping coaches were the only ones which kepjt the track and the rest rolled down the low embankment 'on which the Great Western tracks are laid throughout its entire distance. The dead are Martin Cline, of Chi­ cago, and two mail clerks. It is said that the conductor of the wrecked train was instructed to take a siding at German Valley either to escape blocking from a smashed freight car there or to go around a freight train stalled at that point The train was going 60 miles an hour and, striking a spiked switch, left the rails and went over the em­ bankment. The engine turned over and struck the small grain elevator at the point, which is operated by the railway as a collection point from the farms arouiiA, The impact was sufficient to breaf In the walls of the elevator and a stream of grain poured out, burying the traUi crew some of the mail clerks. ' "iV'twi'.'L ICE TRUST EVIDENCE GONE. Disappears from Office of New York Attorney General* ; AfiW, N. Y.--All the elfttwte# on which was based the complaint of At­ torney General Julius Mayer against the American Ice company for disso­ lution of an alleged monopoly of the ice business, served on December 20, has disappeared from the attorney general's office and cannot he found. This announcement was made Friday night by Attorney General William S. Jackson. Mr. Jackson also made public af­ fidavits of employes of the attorney general's office which show that a part at least of the papers were known to be missing }ate in December before the retirement of his predecessor, Mr. Mayer, but that this was not known to Mr. Jackson until early In January. COLORADO SENATOR OU8TED. EDINBURG, N. D^ IN OISTRE8S. Futl,,|pf Food Falling an* N« Matt in Three Weeks. Wasington.--An urgent appeal for fuel has been received by the inter­ state commerce commission from the town government of Edinburg, N. D. A dispatch says suffering there is im­ minent and business places are closing. Grocers are running out of sup­ plies. There have been no local freights since December 24, the dis- patch says, and no mail has left the pface for three weeks. It is claimed that coal has been on the road since October 15, and but two cars have been received in six weeks after re­ peated appeals. The charge is made that the railroad line is open, but littl^erTia^effort is made to move I Richard W. Morgan Is Expelled for Accepting a Bribe. Denver, Col.--Senator .Richard W. Morgan of Boulder county, a Repub­ lican, was expelled from the state sen­ ate Wednesday afternoon by a vote of 29 to 1. His expulsion- was recom­ mended by a majority of a special committee of the senate which found him guilty of having accepted a bribe. This finding was based on the state­ ment made to the senate in March, 1905, by Morgan himself, who handed to the secretary of the senate $750 which, he declared, had been given him by James M. Herbert and Dan­ iel Sullivan in consideration of his promising to vote for Alva Adams, Democrat, for governor in the Pea- body-Adams contest. Deep Waterway Scheme Beaten. Washington. -- Th/e advocates of a 14-foot channel for the Mississippi river from Chicago to St. Louis and the gulf met defeat Wednesday, when the house, in committee of the whole, having under consideration the river and harbor appropriation bill, voted to stand by the recommendation of the committee In opposition to the project. Although there was much speechmak- Ing on the part of the friends of the measure, they secured only 43 votes for the amendment as against 14B againjrt lt. LJ SEVEN KILLED IN IOWA WRECK. Wanamaker's Country House Burns. Philadelphia.--Lyndhurst, the coun­ try home of John Wanamaker, at Jenk- intown, near this city, was completely destroyed by fire Friday night. The teas will reach $750,0000. : ;" ^ Lehigh Valley Train DiteheitfV Ithaca, N. Y.--Spreading rails Fri­ day threw four cars of a Lehigh Val­ ley passenger train from the trick at' a curve near Hutchtns crossing and into a ditch? Several passengers were lBJured- : Must Revise Freight RateaK^'Hj Des Moines, la.--At the close of Thursday's hearing on livestock rates in Iowa the state board of railroad commissioners,ordered a complete re­ vision of all freight schedules now in force in this state. « ^ s Cars of Northwestern Train Thrown from Track at Des Moines. Des Moines, la. -- Seven dead a score injured is the result of the wreck on the Northwestern in the city limits Monday night. The dead are: Olaf Anderson. Ole Anderson, Peter Peelstrom, Peter Axner, Samuel Drew, Carl Anderson and Andrew Lundquist. No blame Is attached to any one for the accident. The train was going at a moderate rate of speed when the wheels of some of the rear cars struck a frog throwing cars In the rear, in­ cluding the caboose, from the track. The Misses Horsburg and Roser, school-teachers, were burned and dis- figured, but will recover. Girls' School Gets Great Sum. New York. -- More than $1,500,000 of the estate of Wallace C. An­ drews, one of the original Standard Oil men, who perished with his wife in a fire in their home here in April, 1899, was given, by the appellate ^di­ vision of the supreme court, Friday, to the Andrews institute for girls of Willoughby, O. rChlnook Saves Live Stock. a Rock Springs, ' Wyo.---A warm Chi­ nook wind has begun blowing and thousands of head of cattle and sheep are saved from death by starvation and freezing. For two weeks the ranges had been covered with snow wad Ice- K France Honors E. P. Allia, Milwaukee.--A letter from Paris. France, contains the announcement; that Edward PheljPS AHis, Jr. has had conferred upon him the knighthood of the Legion of Honor, in recognition of Mr. Allis' researches in science. Minneapolis Man Qftn Plum£. - Minneapolis, |Nnn. -- Frank P. Nant*, nf the Nants, MlnnrttfpUttUaWyiji. has been, apr ... JtK.: A-iif: POl !! revenue of Portcf •*$ 'Mw at San Juan! BAT M|f, . (fv^ - Col. W. Warder la Kansas City, Mo.--Col. W. Warder died at his home here Friday of pneu­ monia, aged 50 years. He was a poet and novelist and had also written some works-on scientific subjects. He built the Auditorium, one of Kansas City's theaters. French Torpedo Boat Explodes. '4yorient, France.--As a result of an explosion on board torpedo boat No. 339 of the French navy Friday morn­ ing, nine men are dead and two men are Injured. Prof. William C. Pickett Is Dead. Philadelphia. -- Prof. William C. Pickett, one of the best 'known medi­ cal authorities in the United States on nervous diseases and a Jttember of the faculty of the Medico-Chlrurgical college of this city, is dead. * Confirms Sentence ef Nebogataff. • • St. ^tersburg>^t^ emt«p^ has confirmed the 8WtaMI MHed,Ky the court-martial on Vioa Admiral Nebo- C. W. Post Relates How Newspapers Hilped Him. Springfield.--C W. Post, of *attle Creek, Mich., multi-millionaire and one of the leading manufacturers of America, delivered an address here on "Advertistig," and paid an elo­ quent tribute to the newspaper medi­ um of publicity. The occasion was the annual meeting of the Spring­ field Advertising Men's club, and Mr. Post Was the principal speaker. "Every man who has something worth while to give to the world must in some manner let the world know it or he cannot accomplish Ibis mis­ sion," said Mr. Post. "Don't simply announce yourself, hut tell what you have," was on# of his admonitions. A good advertiser will talk to the peo­ ple in plain terms about what he has to supply their needs, and, by contin­ uing such a policy, WJll ultimately build up a reputation for his product. "Many years ago," he said, "the newspaper advertiser was looked upon by the public with a certain amount of incredulity, but to-day it is a thor­ oughly well established fact that no large concern can long exist manufac­ turing and advertising an article that Is not based on absolute merit. I be­ lieve the salesman who can talk wln- nlngly to a dozen customers a day is deserving of credit, but the salesman who can talk winningly to hundreds of thousands of customers through the daily and weekly newspapers and the magazine can earn dollars while the other is gathering pennies. For years the newspapers have granted me the use of their columns to sell our products. True, they ha-we been paid, and paid heavily, beginning small and increasing until the annual expenditures in my advertising de­ partment average upwards of a mil­ lion dollars a year. , While the basis has been mutually satisfactory, there is one point I never forget. Had it not been for the magnificent machin­ ery of publicity supplied to me by the publishers, my business, nowt con­ servatively worth $18,000,000 to |20,- 000,000, would be a very small affair, if indeed it existed at all.< "Therefore I cannot forget the debt I owe the newspapers and other pub­ lications, a debt that money alone does not entirely clear off. The news­ papers and magazines of America and England go .to all parts of the world, and will tell the people of the world the merits of your manufactured products. This great field is open to any man and will yield him a golden harvest if he will but harness the magnificent forces placed at his com­ mand." ftlft 9wK& JURY G BROOMCORN MEN TO UNITE. Brokers and Dealers Have Grlevancea ^ Against Manufacturer*!. , Mattoon.--Local brokers are in re­ ceipt of advices to the effect that a broomcorn brokers* organization is being considered by a large number of the dealers of the country. The cause is that many shipments of brush have been refused by the manufacturers and the promoters of the new organi­ zation believe that some system should be devised by which it may be ascer­ tained whether the action of refusing the goods and thus placing the shipper at a disadvantage and frequent loss Is justifiable. It is said that western stock has been rejected so often this season that the western brokers have met with severe financial losses. JURY ONE TOO BIG; WORK LOST. WHI Hang This Montli. J ^6ria.--Edward Clifford #ffl tiliSr Monday, February 25, unless the su­ preme court of the state intervenes. Friday has always been regarded as hangman's day. Clifford was sen­ tenced, and received the same with a smile and a nod. The sentence came at the end of a hard -but futile fight for a new trial. Stultz announced that he would take the case to the supreme court on aVrit of error. Stultz attacked J. A. Frederickson, one of the jurors, and said that he had made statements to the effect that he would hang Clifford if he got on the Jury. Rdvival Converts Whole Town. Abingdon.--The four weeks' revival which just closed ; t Abingdon left practically the jphole place converted. When a carefuf canvass of houses was made It was reported that out of a population of 2,000 all but 189 pro­ fessed to be Christians. The whole effort of the revival then was directed to the redemption of these few, and the campaign was kept up, with the result that nearly all .were, converted. '^yPropoaea Fender* for Autos. Springfield.--A law providing that automobiles must carry cowcatchers or fenders capable of sustaining a weight of 250 pounds is proposed in a bill introduced in the lower house of the legislature by J. W. Allison, of Essex. The "fender is to extend be­ yond the line of the wheels on each side. The measure applies to all mo­ tor vehicles of more than 18- horse­ power or ten miles jspe^l an hour. ^ Y;$|o£l Chutes Burn at Clinton, Clinton.--The old coal chutes at the Illinois Central shops were destroyed by fire. The fire was discoveVed about midnight and was not fully un: der control Until three o'cldck. The shops were at, times in danger, but hard work by the firemen saved them. Teacher Rescues Drowning Pupil. Alto Pass.--Brooks Friese, a 12- year-old schoolboy, broke through the ice on a deep pond while going home from school aild was rescued from drowning by the principal <)f tfce school, Prof. E. O. Ferrtll. '* zliPu' New Head for Penitentiary.^ 1 Springfield.--The trustees of the southern Illinois penitentiary have ap­ pointed James E. Springer of Ed- wardsville, warden of the penitentiary to succeed Gen. James B. Smith, who •w|$ retire March--!. ^ ^ * Asylum Emptoye • ^ Lincoln.--At a meeting of the board of trustees at the asylum Robert M. Berry was released from his position as head clerk of the institution. The board decided that the position occu­ pied by Berry was unnecessary and did not appoint a successor. Newapaper Man Fatally Injured. BJootttagton.--Charles C. Lewis, a •Jr'S*. r-r.vW',:' Wa. Nebogatttf ^tll STStera^ tii, a fertre#* tor Um. years. •; . <• •* - < t * ; ? . f?: iagton Trades Review, was atraek by ft train here and fatally injured Peoria Body Stiddenly Discover* It Haa Twenty-Four Men. /Peoria,--The three weeks' work of investigating graft charges by the grand jury will have to be gone entire­ ly1 over again. The discovery .was made that 24 men were serving on the jury, when the law provides for only 23. ' Two men of the same name, James McCullough, were subpoenaed and served by the sheriff. The extra man was not noticed, owing to the fact that all roll calls have been viva voce. Judge Green dismissed the extra juror. About a score of indictments, will have t<^ be drawn. , . Jurors Pray; Then Acquit. - Kankakee.--For the first time in the history of the Kankakee county cir­ cuit court, so far as is .known, prayer .was resorted to in the jury-room to guide the jurors In determining their ^action. The case was that of Henry Goll, who twice before had faced the penitentiary on the same charge--per­ jury. The jurors decided in favor of clemency to the prisoner and brought in a verdict of not guilty. Grain Plant Not a Stiljt Waukegan. -- Government secret service men investigated the grain sprouting plant of John Kammer, a scientific farmer at Half Day, the im­ pression having been obtained that it was really an illicit still. They dis­ covered Kammer had considerable ap­ paratus for his experiments, but noth­ ing was wrong. Kammer has a new scheme for fattening sheep and cattle on sprouted grain. • Canning Factory at Medora. Medora.--An enthusiastic movement toward establishing a canning factory in Medora has been started. At a meeting, attended by citizens, farmers and factory promoters, $3,000 was sub­ scribed by citizens. Eight hundred dollars will be necessary to start the enterprise, and It is thought. tMs amount will be raised. * ' { Child's Bite May Cause Death. r,i Chicago.--As a result of being bit- Jen by her five-year-old son, whom sfoe was attending at a sick bed, Mrs. F. B. Green, Oak Park, has lost one fin­ ger of her right hand and the amputa­ tion of .her hand may be necessary. The oiiild was suffering from scarlet fever and died January 25. - Don White Aprons and Looju Sterling.--Robbers, after entering the saloon of John Prestin, donned the white coats and the aprons of the proprietor and his bartender and then looted the place. The police saw the white garbed men at work, and, be­ lieving that they were the proprietor and his assistant, went away. Eleven-Year-Old Skater Drowned. Peoria.--Frank Keshener, 11 years old, was drowned while alyatjng la the, Illinois river.' ; m,- • • i Accused Teacher Gets New Trlal. Urbana.--Judge Philbrick granted a new trial in the assault and battery case against Prof., Sherman Cass, of the Toledo school. Prof. Cass was ron^ct^ ^.whipping a pu^JilclM^l Issue Bonds for School House. . Medora.--The village of Brighton, south of this city, voted favorably at a school election on the proposition of Issuing bonds to the amount of $5,500 for the erection of a new school build­ ing. ; f 7- -v a' nnnnrli nlilijTaken to Pre- / vent Changes. \ PeoHa^--The books of the city clerk, the comptroller and the city treasurer are no*r- in possession of the grand for this aetlon la that the jury heard that some one was at work to Office of the^r 'i&erk until thrM--iilp^': aince and they wrafited to be^S^'^buit' no changes were made. Charges that licenses were paid ahd not received are reiterated. One in­ stance Is known where a certain brew­ ery agent paid a license at the end of the year and did hot receive a license for the full length of time. In another instance a certain proprietor paid for a license which was never issued. 'Ift® r;-| • % y * If* pardonis ^ganty, *»• w couaty, Gfrolfc county, assault; August Linden, @joi&|c countyj petit larceny^'. Harry Cook O^anty, larcc~- <#%>'»«i. hlfiey. Cook Wlll «^Hrty, murder; SdWftrd Cook ppShty, larceny: " a|t Waller,.l&B^^ttnty,.; Hector Marc&au, tlG|i|kakea 4&pe; Walter (Mjfifcv, eoanty, raps; John fc&wen, son county, rape; Henry Cook county, manslaughter; Nathan Coolt county, larceny; John Cock county,. petit larceny; Wolf, Cook county, obtaining credit £r^fpse proteose; Charles Col­ lins, VfarpHB county, murder; Russell Boswefl, C60* county, rape; "Daniel P. Gott, Wabash county, mturder; George Redmfeiid* Madison murder; John DOubet, Peoria : SAFES CRACKED. rW-- >C Robbers Work Simultaneously in loons* at Grayvllle, III* Grayville.--Safe blowers cracked two safes hi this city in the saloons of Carter & Retting and J. A. securing about $250. Nitr was used by the burglars and . the \ force of the explosion in Carter A Retting's saloon was so great that the plate glass front was wrecked. Tools were stolen in'a neifrfcjr'""' blacksmith shop. The burglars were fV^j aeen by several'parties, tmt ^rere J*rth,r ^ molested. ' :::n Decatur Minister to California. ; Decatur.-r-Rev. J. W*..'Van Cleve || Grace M. E. church has been oall^| to the First M, E. church of Sift Diego, €al., and Dr. Larkin of Sim Francisco is slated to succeed him. A. protest against the transfer has been filed, but It is not likely it will be sus- > tained. Mr. Van Cleve has been re­ ceiving $2,400' per year here, but hie salary in the west will be $3,000 an­ nually. Decatur people are much op­ posed to his going, as he is one of the most popular pastors in the city. ^ Plan to Kill Court Removal Bill.^2' Mount Vernon.--The business and professional -men of this city held "ft < meeting to take steps to prevent th£ - bill for the removal of the appellate court from this city to East St.* Loula being passed at the present sesison ef the legislature. A committee coflfih posed of five citizens was appointed to confer with Representative Blair from this district as to what - stepa should taken to have the bSlv killed.'. '• • • Ft--.-. >.\V i? Vkftte to CHfiirch. ' Beardstown.--When Rev. Mr. the paster, reached Grigg chapel Su%v„; day for the regular services he foundf a number of pairs of - skates on the front portico. Going in, he foun^^ , that the major part oI his congregft-; tion Had skated to church. Almostf' every farmhouse in that vicinity waa: shut in?from the world by a sheet of- ice, so that skating was the practical means of travel. ' most 1 Decatur to Have New Hot*I. ' Decatur.--A deal is 'practical^ closed by which a company in whidh ; H. D. Greider will be the principal; stockholder will secure possession the property at 135-139 East Main stree.t, the ground floor of which i#| now occupied by Greider's cafe, rft-| model it, add another story, and matop; it a first-ciMft modern hotel, with re#^ ^ lag| e 1 Iroi taurant on gfound floor and buffet lA the basement. Choir Singer 8ues Phy»tclaB|-..^; Bloomington.--Mrs. Maud ' Boiine®^ filed suit asking $5,000 damages froiH* Dr. A. E. Campbell, of Clinton, it b#J;' ing alleged that he was the author at|' a questionable letter which led to he^ resignation from the choir of th# Presbyterian church. Dr. Campbell i|t|" now under bonds of $500, following a§[ Indictment by the federal grand . 4 *. i ."SjM 'tA Roach Goes to Penitentiary. Springfield.--Patrick Roach, arrest-?^ ed by the Springfield police about aHtfS' weeks ago on a charge of having con®» v mitted several robberies in Elkhart^ ; 111., was arraigned in the cireulj court at Lincoln and pleaded gnttt^ ; to the charge. He was given an indar' , ~ " ^ terminate sentence penitentiary. in the Chestef^i Joseph Letter Is . Chicago.--Adolf Weis, formerly em­ ployment agent for Joseph Loiter at the latter's mtnes at Zefgler, III., be­ gan suit for $100,000 damages, alleging falM arrest. The plaintiff declares he virtually was held prisoner in the mining town for a week. Enion Peat Office Discontinued. Havana;--The post office at Enion, In Fulton was discontinued and the people o| that 1< eeive thfJxlnto^ruj 1 *er this i Snowman Causes Fatal Runaway. . Kankakee.--A snowman in front of*1 / v 3 a schoolhouse caused a runaway ae»^ i cidoit, from the effects of which Mrsj^fc : *«|| Joseph Bourrell, the wife of a farmer, ^ died. While on the way to a revival!" meeting Mrs. Bourrell was thrown first against a telephone pole never regained consciousness. Bahy Smothers to Death. 7 4. Taylorville.--The little two-mmitha/ ' ; old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Wrighp was smothered to death during th#<r% -i ' -4 ^.irewvafl Geid to Queata, Bloomingtoa --Dr. John X. a pioneer resident of Dwivers,* cete-J bra ted his • eiihty-first birthday hy vitlng his relatives to dinner. Whw}. a ^ the guests were alf seated around .' ?>c' v'l*s festive board each of ten children surprised to find under his plate in gold. ... . Pana Man Drepe Pead. i Pana.--Alexander ICcTaggart, one' at< Pana's oldest residents, fell dead $ti.. home. in. gqnti. Pan* of j?. 'm