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Mr Mr MPJ OTEML JAOMJ MffiH) (Wf ffiDHJSE W NEW ©MLEAKS WM& I hate heard my grandfather tell i time and time again of the reception r; , which Gen. Jackson gave to the British : on New Year's day in the year of grace 1815, and believe I can write it down : exactly as he repeated it to me, for t* he was there, taking a very active part :In the ceremonies, if the reports of his superior officers are entitled to credit ' --as of course they are. You must know first of the situation - At New Orleans on the dawning of this New Year's day, and that can be told la few words. General Jackson had on Christmas day 4,000 men, 20 pieces of artillery, t and two armed schooners with which >•' to defend the city; and the defense of « New Orleans meant the defense of ^ 1 the state of Louisiana and the entire ji Mississippi valley. The whole British 3army consisted of 7,000 land troops, with a fleet numbering more than 50 vessels of all sizes and rigs, not a few fy* of which were well armed. Two days after Christmas the enemy had succeeded in destroying one of Oen. Jackson's vessels, the schooner Caroline, thus leaving him only the : schooner Louisiana, and 24 hours later a battle was fought in which the Amer- leans gained a slight advantage. Our people had thrown up a breast­ work three feet in height along the entire front of the army, and now the. ^ British built three "half moon" bafcter- : . les, at equal distances apart, about 600 yards from Jackson's line, arming . them with 30 heavy guns, which had been brought up from the fleet. These batteries were formed of earth, hogs- | heads of sugar, and, in fact, of every- thlng which it was supposed would > offer resistance to the missiles of the Americans. Then came New Year's morning, when both armies were hidden under v a dense fog which did not lift until nearly eight o'clock; but as soon as • it was possible to see surrounding ob- *\ jects the British opened fire from their batteries, and it seemed much as if every gunner aimed at the house in which was Oen. Jackson's headquar­ ters. In less than ten minutes the ^;building had been struck by more than ®:,jahundred shot and ijhell, and the cbm- mander-in-chief, with his staff, was forced to seek some other place from which to direct the troops in the battle then just beginning. American Fire Effective. As a matter of course, the American • funs had not been silent while the . enemy was pouring into the city such ' a shower of iron. The 20 cannon, which had been mounted at different : points along the line of breastworks, were opened on the British batteries on the levee, and those in front of our position, until the enemy began to un- "derstand that hogsheads of sugar of- fered a poor resistance to a solid shot, for immediately one was knocked into splinters its contents ran out, thereby making big breaches in the works. ? When this battle of the guns had :> continued for an hour or more, with | the American lines comparatively un- harmed and the enemy's batteries ' showing here and there great gaps • which told that they would be speed­ ily demolished ualess there was a change in the methoa of fighting, the : British made a determined attack on the left of Gen. Jackson's Hne, which . extended into the swamp, and my / grandfather was among those sent for- | ward to meet it. ^ And now to tell the story from my V' grandfather's own lips, as it were: "When Coffee's Tennessee regiment, » of which I was a member, gained that V portion of our line which the British were threatening, they were advanc­ ing on the charge, most likely thinking to frighten us by that long line of glis­ tening steel bayonets; but we had gone there for just such kind of work, and I venture to say that never one of us showed the white feather. "We poured into their ranks a show­ er of lead which cut many a wide gap, but the Britishers only closed up the line, coming forward like a machine, / v' and showing us that Americans- were not the only ones who knew how to die at such a time. "Well, for a few moments they actu- }/' ally overran us with that line of steel ' points, and, having once discharged our weapons, we had no chance to re- ? load. The only thing for us, who did ^ not intend to be put out of the fight until it couldn't be helped, was to grap- |V pie with that red coated machine, for ^ we couldn't get near enough, owing to the bayonets, to strike a decent blow jrlth our clubbed muskets. "It was as rough-and-tumble a fight as I ever saw, even when the com- 1 batants were unarmed, and the fact that we clung to them like cats wr what knocked the Britisher's out of ; time, for they, with all their experi- encein such business, had never come up against anything like it. > f Struggle with Big Britisher. '• *|t was my ill luck to get hold of a tig Britisher, who was 15 or 20 pounds < the heavier, and stood a full head taller; but while he was trying to run me through with his bayonet, I had a * chance to get the hold I wanted, and § * • down we went. Again had fortune de- ? verted me, for while falling he so*con­ trived to twist his bod$ that he fell on ( top, and for a few moments I had quite ^ aa mucfc as I could do to keep pumping t. air into my lungs/owing to the grip he had on my throat. "Now, it ^stands to reason that I didn't lay still so's to give him a good chance to choke me to death, but wig­ gled the best I knew how, and, thanks to some of the tricks I had learned among the mountains, it was soon pos­ sible to roll him over. There wasn't enough .strength left in my body to keep an upper hold; but over and over we went until we struck the swamp, and that which I thought would be the death of me proved my advantage. "We had wallowed In the soft mud and water until we must have looked like clay images when I let go my hold to grip him by the head, and, putting forth every ounce of muscle, managed to so far turn It that his face was pressed deep into the mud. That took a good bit of the fight out of him, for, of course, he couldn't breathe, and was trying to yell for quarter, when up came some of our boys. "It stands to reason that they couldn't make out which man came from England, and grabbed at the first that came handiest, which just then happened to be me. " 'Come up here, you blasted Brit­ isher!' the best friend I had in the regiment shouted, as he pulled me back by the collar of my coat, and I wasn't much more than a half drowned kitten in his clutch. " 'Let go of me, you idjut!' I yelled as soon as it was possible to get some of the mud out of njy mouth. 'Don't you know your own comrade?' "The Britisher wasn't anybody's fool, and, of course, he understood just what a mistake had beer? made. He came up on his feet like a steel spring, and while my comrades were crowing over having captured one of the enemy, as they supposed, he took to his heels, running like a deer, with the mud falling off of him in flakes until some one saw what kind of a uniform he wore. "In all that squad only a single man had a charge in his gun, and he fired at« the fellow, but It was the wildest kind of a snap shot and the bullet went wide, of course. "By the time I had cleared my face of mud the Britisher was out of range, and perhaps I didn't talk the sweetest I knew how to the blundering fellow who had not only lost me a prisoneiy but came very near finishing the chok| ing which the redcoat had begun. ^ Final Result of Battle. "Then the battle was well nigh oyer," my grandfather always said at this point in his story, and as to the result of the engagement he would give me a well worn slip of printed paper, from which I could read the fol­ lowing: "Toward noon the fire of the British vlBlbly slackened, while that of the Americans was unceasing. The bat­ teries of the foe were crushed and broken. The sugar hogsheads had been converted into splinters and their contents, mingling with the soft earth, soon lost their volume. The guns not dismounted were careened and worked with great difficulty. 1 "The invaders lied In Inglorious haste, helter-skelter, to the ditches, in Bearch of safety, and, under cover of the ensuing night, crawled sullenly back to their camp, dragging with them over the spongy ground a part of their cannon, leaving five of them a spoil for the Americans." In the fight that day the American loss was 11 killed and 23 wounded, while 20 of the Britishers were found dead on the field, the greater number lying near the swamp where the at­ tack on our lines had been made, apd certain it is that no less 30 had been disabled. ONE ON EDWARD ATKIN80N. ilBRARY TO RUN IN THIS WAV at wu chang. Missionary Returns to Tills Country S|o Fit Herself to Carry Out ttt* Progressive Wishes ofr; ? , 'Chinamen. " During the past year or two there have been many indications that China was awakening to western ideas and progress^ and this fact is emphasized by the action of the ori­ entals at Wu Chang, China, who want a library run on the American plan, and which when it is started will be the first of It* kind fn the Ce­ lestial kingdom. In furtherance of the plans, Miss Elizabeth Wood has come back to this country and become a student In the Uibrary school at Pratt Institute to fit herself to become director of the pro­ posed library. Miss Wood has been granted a year's leave of absence by the board of Episcopal missions, with which she has been connected for seven years, and has left her classes in the mission school there, in order to learn how to put her little begin­ ning of a library into good shape for her Chinese pupils. In time It is the hope of the Americans in Wu Chang to start a public library, but for the present it will be connected with Boone college, which is a part of the mission there. The city of Wu Chang is a phenom­ enal one on account of the great strides it has taken along the lines of education. It is known as the "Bos­ ton of China," and is the center of western learning in that country. lit fact, it is the most Americanized of all the Chinese cities. It is situated in the central part df the country, near Han Kow, the great tea port, and Han Yang, the trading center. Ip: the last two cities there are compara­ tively few foreigners, but in all three there are over a million inhabitants. Wu Chang can boast of 10,000 stu­ dents who daily go to the great schools there to learn what the west has to teach to the east. There is little of the old eastern learning taught Twenty thousand soldiers are also among the citizens of Wu Chang. Miss Wood, in speaking' of her work the other day, said: "I came to Pratt in September la order to put our own library on a more systematic basis. It probably will not be necessary for me to take the entire course, as I had had some experience in this line before I went to China, in my house In this state; so during the last part of my year I hope to be able to spend my time in trying to interest, the people in oar library. Our Idea is ultimately jb* found a public library. « - "Our books at present are all Eng­ lish, but we hope to get some Chi­ nese books before long. We are now teaching the Chinese boys how to use a library. As yet they do not seem to know exactly what It means. ' But they are very much Interested, and are adopting our American methods very readily, "there is great excite­ ment when the boxes of books come, and the boyp, although not enthusias­ tic by nature,* show a very good Imi­ tation of it at these momentous oc­ casions. "Strange to say, they like the his­ tories, the biographies and the scl« ences better than Action, which is Group of Chinese §tudents. slightly different, I believe, from the little story loving American children. This is perhaps because their own fiction is so bad; they cannot seem to think that any literature of this kind can possibly be good. We have a very nicely fitted up reading room, where most of the American and Eng­ lish magazines are on hand for them. We really have to urge them to read the fiction, and they do not care for the poetry, either. Last summer, during the vacation, the librarians allowed the boys to take home 300 books, and all were re­ turned in. good condition at the be­ ginning of the fall term. There Is also a traveling library, on a small scale, by which the students who have gone far into the country to small mission stations may be sup­ plied with western literature. They are sent, too, to the foreign mission­ aries who are located among the mountains. Not long ago a load of books was carried six miles straight up a mountain by coolies to these book-hungry workers." OmaMechctrting Cruise. BRIGANTINE^ QALILEE TO ENCIR­ CLE THE GLOBE. ' Extensive Voyage Planned fpr Insu- lated Ship During Which N{jljj£'V Charts Will Be Made and • % Magnetics Studied. " v' The brigantine Galilee if % pe­ culiar ship and has a peculiar mission. Tart Reply to His Cordial Greeting of Old Friend. The .late Edward Atkinson used to tell the following story at his own ex­ pense: In his boyhood he was one of a number of boys who used to play ball on the Boston common, which was then against the law. At regular intervals old Erastus Clapp, the con­ stable, would bear down upon the tres­ passers and put thelta to flight. The boys used to have great fun with this rather choleric old man--Disastrous Clapp the boys dubbed him. One day after Mr. Atkinson had grown up into a prosperous and re­ spected business man, while passing along a Boston street in company with a friend, he recognized In a bent and wizened old man the likeness of his old acquaintance. Constable Clapp. Mr. Atkinson Immediately addressed the old fellow. "Don't you remember me, Mr, Clapp?" he asked. The old man leaned on his stick and surveyed Mr. Atkinson coldly. "Naw," he finally answered, and start­ ed to hobble on. f. "Why, I'm Eddie Atkinson, whom you used to chase off the common years ago." Clapp glared at him auspiciously, and finally put an end to the lnter> view, much to the amusement of Mr. Atkinson's friend, by saying sharply t "Well„ sir, no honest bojf e?«r fead cause to run from me.'* ' • JAPA t y< if. y -rptt >/r)AV MNNMi Course of the Galilee Over ths Pa­ cific. \ She is so constructed as to be what is called an insulated ship, and she has before her one of the most ex­ tensive voyages ever planned for a dhip of her size and tonnage, and this following a seven months' cruise from which she has Just returned to San Diego, Cal. During that time the quartette of scientists on board has made hundreds of magnetic ob­ servations, and practically reoiiart- ed the Pacific ocean. She was sent out by the Carnegie Institute of Sci­ ence at Washington. The Galilee is especially adapted for the taking of magnetic observa­ tions under the most favorable condi­ tions.. In so far as was possible all metallic substances have been re­ moved, all the steel rigging taken off and old-fashioned hemp substituted. Brass railings are replaced by wood­ en one% or covered with insulating material. Even screw and nail heads are covered with putty and varnish, and the 'cabin stove was so fenced in with asbestos and other non-conduct- lng substances as to render it quite unrecognizable. On a bridge elevated some 20 feet above the. deck and electrically in­ sulated from the remainder of the ship are placed the delicate magnetic instruments by means of which the observations are taken. These in­ clude what is known as a dip circle, a specially constructed liquid cojnr pass, ah ordinary mariner's compass,- adjusted, however, to a much greater degree of sensitiveness than usual, and a newly devised instrument In­ vented by W. J. Peters, leader of the commission, the scientific details of which are not made public pending a thorough test of it with a view to procuring patent rights. Only two previous attempts have been made to obtain anything like systematic or accurate magnetic data of the Pacific, and these were made under conditions which capped their success. The present expedition comprises the following men: W. J. Peters, formerly of the United States geo­ detic survey, who was second in com­ mand of the Baidwln-Zeigler polar ex­ pedition, and who represents the Na­ tional Geographical society; J. C. Pearson, late instructor in physics in Bowdoin college; Dr. Herbert E. Martyn, until recently resident sur­ geon of the Washington (D. C.) emergency hospital, also an authority on dynamics, and J. P. Alt, ol the coast geodetic survey. The course taken during the recent cruise may best be described in the words of Mr. Peters as a "slackwlse spiral," of which the firBt turn In­ cluded San Diego, Fanning island the Samoan, Fiji and Ladrone islands and Japan, returning by the "great circle track" used by oriental steam­ ship lines to And from the North Pa­ cific coast. Succeeding turns of the spiral were made within the first or other one, gradually decreasing until the entire area had been covered with coils about 300 miles apart. Every two or three days at sea the vessel was swung and slowly turned completely around, while ob- Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes of Things of Interest at Springfield.--The state board of equalization refuses to recede from Its action in taxing the Pullman Palace Car company on 70 per cent of its val­ uation, and it refuses to assess the rolling stock. As a result of the board's refusal J. Hamilton Lewis, corporation counsel for the city of Chicago, an­ nounces that he will at once begin mandamus proceedings. It is his con­ tention that th$ board has no authori­ ty to credit the Pullman company for taxes paid outside of Illinois, and that the company must pay to the state of Illinois taxes on everything it owns everywhere. If Col. Lewis wins the suit the Pullman company will have t£> pay something like $1,850,000 instead of the $100,000 it stands to pay under the board's ruling. With the Pullman case out of the way, a clash between John C. Rlchberg, special representa­ tive of Col. Lewis, and Maxwell Edgar, assistant corporation counsel, was the entertaining feature of the special ses­ sion of the capital stock committee. Mr. Rlchberg took Issue with Mr. Ed­ gar when the latter made derogatory remarks concerning the assessments returned by the Cook county board of assessors, for which Rlchberg is coun­ sel. After Edgar repeatedly had ig­ nored Richberg's protestations, the latter finally averred with much anger that the assistant corporation counsel didn't know what he was talking about. In his arguments before the committee Mr. Edgar attacked the safety deposit companies of Chicago, which he asserted were controlled by the various banks of the city, which he declared were notorious tax dodg­ ers. He referred particularly to the National Safety Deposit company, and asked that It be assessed on the basis of a capital stock value of $2,500,000. Proof of Unfair Assessments. The $50,000,000 valuation placed by the experts upon the tangible and in­ tangible property of the street rail­ ways of Chicago has , aroused the country members of the board of equalization to the fact that the sale price to the city is $16,000,000 greater than the amount for which the proper­ ties were valued for assessment l^st year byr "the state board. For years the street car companies have prayed the state board for relief upon simi­ lar representations, and this year have urged a greater chop. Last year the state board fixed the full value of the capital stock and franchise of the Union Traction company at $16,020,- 210, and of the Chicago City Railway company at $18,270,000. Under the sale price to the city, which is likely to be agreed upon, the Union Trac­ tion is valued at $29,000,000, and the Chicago City railway at $21,000,000, making the total $50,000,000, as against the assessed value last year of $34,000,000 placed upon the two companies. Suddenly discovering that they have been deceived as to the values of street car properties, the country members are of a mind that they have been deceived also by other utility corporations In Chicago as to their values, and even at this late hour in the present session of the board increases in these corpora­ tions are not Improbable. It was sup­ posed that the assessment had prac­ tically been agreed upon, but the late developments may bring about some radical changes in the situation. Prepare*for Coming Session.. , Speaker Shurtleff gathet^P?tli& southern Republican representatives BUILDING AT JAMESTOWN. The Illinois state building at the Jamestown tercentennial exposition is to be one of the most beautiful struc­ tures on the grounds, according to J. A. Humphrey, the Chicago member and secretary of the Illinois commis­ sion. It will be a permanent edifice constructed of red pressed brick, with white trimmings, with columns In colonial style and, with the gardens surrounding, will cover 24,600 square feet. The cost of the structure is figured at $25,000. The main entrance of the building is to be a large re­ ception-room, with offices and retir­ ing rooms adjoining, while the second Marshall Field & Co. formed ,the chief abject of an attack in a long list of mercantile concerns which Mr. Edgar insisted should suffer increased valu­ ations of capital stock. The stock of this firm, he said, had been escaping a just valuation for years, and he de­ manded that it be assessed at $25,000,- 000. On other concern^ he asked val­ uations of capital stock. ;It# jf-'"• .'Mil 4* : * jt/f" The Brigantine Galilee. < Nervations - were being made to^ termlne the three elements of mag­ netic force. < The Gailiee is to start this month on the longest and most impor­ tant voyage she has yet attempted. Her course will be around Cape Horn' to Washington, thence across the At­ lantic, taking observations en route, to Gibraltar; through Suez canal via the Mediterranean sea and to the In­ dian ocean, where observations will be taken to a considerable extent. From the Indian ocean the course will lie back to San Diego, completing the circle of the globe. The voyage will ip . His Ida. • ;• Rhetoric Teacher--Mr. Smith, what is meant by figures of speech? Mr. Smith--It is the language used by a student who has run through his allowance before the end of the semester when talking to {frttajT. --Detroit Free Press. , ^ t ; ?• •t* J \ i1 Yes; Did you Ever? . "What is your idea of a brave SUtt. a very brave man#" "Well, it is a very brave man or a very foolish One who takes company "fir State Insurance Head Named. Gov. Deneen has announced the ap­ pointment of Frederick W. Potter, of Albion, Edwards county, as state super­ intendent of insurance, to succeed Wil­ liam R. Vredenburgh, of Springfield, resigned. Mr. Potter will assume the duties of his office on January 1. Mr. Vredenbur$[h has held the office of in­ surance commissioner since the death of Henry Yates. Mr. Potter is 44 years old and was born in England. Churches Honor Bishop 8eymour. The Episcopal churcheft throughout the Springfield diocese held special communion services In honor of Bishop Seymour, whose final funeral services were held in New York. The services in Springfield were held at nine o'clock, the same hour ^4k| • the funeral services in New York. Hopkins incorporates in Illinois. The secretary of state Issued a license to incorporate in Illinois to the Wallace H. Hopkins company, of Mil­ waukee; capital stock, $50,000; capi­ tal In Illinois, $7,000; location in Illi­ nois, Chicago. n in < Chicago New Headquarters. At the annual meeting of the Illinois Coal Operators' association a resolu­ tion was adopted changing the head­ quarters from Springfield to Chicago. Col. Randolph Smith, of Flora, who has been president of the association, was succeeded by J. W. Traer, of Chi­ cago. Mr. Traer played an Important part in the conference that resulted in a settlement of the coal miners' strike last spring. Col. Smith was re­ elected chairman of the executive committee and Mr. Bcrog&fr was re­ elected secretary^ Will Give Hearing January 8. The Illinois railroad and warehouse commission, on January 8 at Spring­ field, will give a hearing on railway switching charges iq order to secure "an equitable adjustment" throughout Illinois. Notice of the hearing was re­ ceived by railways and commercial or­ ganizations in Chicago. Owing to the numerous controversies pending be­ tween the railroads and shippers in various cities of the state relative to switching matters, the hearing will be the most important sitting of the com­ mission since last spring. floor will have a dining room and five sleeping apartments, with two espe­ cially equipped for the use of Gov. Deneen. The walls of the reception room will be decorated with the Lin­ coln exhibit now in the hands of the Historical society at Springfield, and will be in charge of Mrs. Jessie Pal­ mer Weber. Secretary Humphrey ex­ pects that another appropriation will be made by the legislature, which will double the present amount, as, he says, Illinois has been allowed the smallest appropriation of any state In the union, with the exception of South Carolina. together in a roundup in St Louis and went over committee assignments with them. It is understood that David Shanahan is to be chairman of the appropriations committee, a place held two years ago by W. E. Traut- mann of East St. Louis, now of the legislature. There will be a special committee again on Chicago charter, and local Republican representatives consider it likely that John Hill or J. M. Kittleman would be named to head it. .Both are members of the charter convention. B. M. Chiperfield, Wal­ ter Proyine and Charles A. Allen are candidates for the phairmqpyfrfp r>t the judiciary committee;- ' Governor Issues Requisition. Gov. Deneen Issued a requisition for the return of Edward L. James from St. Joseph, Mo., to Macon coun­ ty, 111., where he is wanted on a charge nf assault. James is accused of having made an attack September 14 last on Lucile Klmberlin. He was indicted by the Macon county grand jury and has been a fugitive from jus­ tice for some time. s, , Historical 8ociety to Mefci. • Gov. Deneen will make the address of welcome at the eighth annual meeting of the Illinois Historical so­ ciety to be held here Januaity 24 and 25. The response will be by Gen. Alfred Orendorff, president of the so­ ciety. The annual address will be given by Dr. B. T. Shambaugh of the University of Iowa on "The History of the West" See Defects in Jury System. Defects in the Illinois jury system, as illustrated iH the Gilhooley and Shea trials, will be remedied by the next legislature if recommendations made by the Illinois State's Attorney's association are followed. The asso­ ciation recommended that the Jaw be amended so as to reduce the number of peremptory challenges allowed in the selection of jurors in criminal cases. The prosecutors also recom­ mended an amendment making jur­ ors judges of factB only, leaving the judges to construe the law. OF INTER1ST FROl ALL*OVER THE STATE. W^LL. FOR RULING v - -3 Peoria Whisky Men to Walt on CA# mission to Secure Interpretation - ! «f the Pure Food Law as Ap­ plied to Them. Cannot Pay 8tate $231,367. Fred W. Norwood, a Chicago life Insurance agent, filed a voluntary pe­ tition in bankruptcy in the Unite* States district court. The liabilities given in the petition were $231,467.98, the chief item being $231,367.98, of which the University of Illinois at Champaign, 111., is given as the credi­ tor. His assets are stated to be $290. The claim of the university arises through the signing by Norwood of the official bond of Charles W. Spaul- ding, former treasurer of the institu­ tion, as one of the sureties Peoria.--Representatives of the dli* tilling Interests in this city will go ^ Washington to wait upon the commi's» sion, asking an opinion regarding the application of the pure food law to thg> rectified product. In the meantime the rectifying houses are doing larger business than ever In theUr, history and are making goods accord­ ing to the present standard, whicn will bear the government stamp unt|£ the new law is effective on January i. The question which will be put W the commission is in regard to tbfr clause in the pure food law with re­ gard to mixing whisky and spirits an& calling the output whisky. At presei^ spirits and whisky are synonymous terms and the definite ruling is stt^ licited of the commiseion on tU6? point. ^ ^ : 'is: FOR A TWO-CENT RATCT State Grange on Record for Reductioi| ' --Oppose Present Primary Laws. ^ Peoria.--The State Grange went record as favoring a flat two-cent r&i on railroads in the state; reciprocity;'5 against sending free garden see% from the department of agricultural in favor of the election of senators bjlx'1 popular vote; referendum and popult^l- vote on legislative acts; local option^' against ship subsidy, and for the ri^ peal of the Illinois primary eleotio|iu and the passage of the direct primary' act. Peoria Grants Franchise. Peoria.--The city council passed ordinance granting to the PeorH Gas & Electric company a 40-ye«|rI electric franchise. The ordinance passed after one of the most bltte|' and sensational fights in the hlstoi^; of the city. The public demanded 7§?p cent gas, but the gap company strt^f ceeded in getting through an ordf nance for gas at one dollsr, a reduc­ tion of ten cents. ife The ordinance was passed by a of 12 to 3. Mayor Tobin, who elected on a 75-cent gas platton^ may veto the ordinance. $150,000 Fire In Alton 81 Bloomlngton.--A fire whicli (T#> strayed the planing mill of the Chicago* & Alton shops involved a loss of $15C 000. The planing mill Is located the center of the shop plant*and th§T inflammable contents burned fiercely" But for the assistance of hundreds , shop employes there might have beei§;; , greatef loss and the entire city infe! periled. The planing mill had r#f' cently been supplied with new m#'-* chinery at an expense of $50,0($, ' V Minister's Son In Trouble. Decatur.--Ward Keener, a sopho more in the James Millikin ilniversiti and the eldest son of Rev. James Keener, a Presbyterian minister c||F • this city, was arrested on a state war­ rant sworn out by members of thii Iroquois club, of which Keener is member, charging him with grand larceny. Members of the club int|» . mate a further charge of embezzl#s,» ment will be lodged against th^^ui^ ma». _ -.x 8anitariiim for Free port. Freeport.--The National Sanitarlu^,., association of the Christian ChurcK r - of the United States will locate it|| Institution here, according to an a$> nouncement made. Rev. A. W. Ta#>: \ lor, of Eureka college, is the president^, and J. T. White, of this city, secretar^ ; It is proposed to care for cripple children and create a home for persons. Broken Rail Wrecks Train. j. $ >* • - Cairo.--An Iron Mountain passe# v ger train was wrecked near heH)i®#v Miss Bertha Scholl, of Charleston," was seriously injured and a numbe# of others received scratches anjl wer|| badly shaken up. The wreck wall caused by a broken rail. The entirg v train left the track and the eoacheji turned over. v Unknown Man Killed. Lincoln.--An unknown man, aboi 50 years old, was struck by a Chi ft Alton freight train in this city, and was Instantly killed. The body wa| ,i « completely cut in two, the lower limbii 5 remaining between the rails of th% north-bound track and the trunk falff* •' ing to the side of the tracks. Chops Self with an A if. ^ .• Carlinville.--While chopping wood, * at his home in this city Lloyd Silydei^^; aged 20 years, almost out his foot oi|^ , with an ax he was using. He will b# confined to his home for some tim^ as a large gash is step of his left foot., -i • Sheriff Makes Wife First Aid. «f. Nashville.--August Cohlmeyer, shei^ , .. Iff of Washington county, has appoint^"* ed his wife, Mrs. A. A. Cohlmeyer, afc his chief deputy. This is the firsff; time in the history of Washington county that a woman has been api^' pointed to this position, and probabl has no precedent iff Illinois. Carnegie Offers $12,500 Library.1 'J - Elgin.--Andrew Carnegie has ol fered $12,500 for a library, to be bull »t3t. CU¥to, Imposing a» mgff S, Killed in 'Chicago 8a1bbh.' Chicago.--Albert G. Andres, 36 yeart^v old, yardmaster for the Pennsylvania!^ railway, was shot and killed while In the saloon of George Slocum, No. 543^: -",;? Princeton avenue. John Cody, No. 4 i<): f / Garfield avenue, was arrested In a sa»^.'* ^ toon at Fifty-seventh and Halste(%;> . streets, charged with the shooting. 1" ' Man Dies in Bloomlngton Jail. Bioomington.--John Bergren, an old resident was found dead in the city jail. Hig JealJbu was from naUur# eaoses ; "t \ * 4 AiUtd. k