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1 asserted their rights verbally in front of the house of commons in February, were dragged into the worst excuse for a court of justice and sentenced to one month in the workshop because they had nerve enough to tell the peo­ ple of London their ideas on rights of men and women. The mental agonies which we wom­ en were compelled to undergo were compensated in the good which was V RUSH/KG THJE^ I M ILLINOIS STATE "SW* FBOM THE LMMiutTjtMtE - ' AT SPRINGFIELD. ' STILL WITHOUT A SENATOR 8lxty-8econd Joint Bailot Taken With­ out a Quorum Being Present-- Prospect That Legislation Will Be Blocked. & lOTES for women." The peer who could have been apprehended ut­ tering those words 100 years ago in England would have been ostra­ cized by society--by men and women alike. But scan the situation to-day and you will find that we suffragettes have nearly won our battle. Perhaps it seems far from victory to Americans who have been following the struggle which We have been conduct­ ing in our own way, but let me say right here that "votes for women" is iin my mind a certainty within a de­ cade. The idea has been driven home among the men who are the ruling powers of Great Britain and they can­ not help but see the beauty of our arguments. This opening of a vista of light in the stubborn minds of the men who construct English law is to the suffragettes a certain indication that if the fight is carried on in the next few years with the same vigorous measures which have marked the pursuit of votes by the feminine Brit­ ish of the past few years, our cause is won. It is an enlightened age. The wom­ an who spurns the thought of partici­ pating in the political activities of her country has not yet reached a plane, \ According to my belief, where she can possibly appreciate the benefits to be derived from the little ballot. Why do woman dislike politics? I answer sim­ ply because they believe the political aide of a country's life is the degraded one. They connect politics and votes with drinking, graft and other evils, which, I may say, beset the safety of political government to-day. And let me ask the woman who does not believe that she should vote: Would not the introduction of the feminine into government affairs serve cleanse them of the stigma which Springfield.--At the joint ses­ sion for the election of United States senator the roll call of the house and senate showed no quorum present. The perfunctory vot­ ing of a few members followed and Representative Chiperfleld as acting speaker announcel that the sixty-sec- ond joint ballot showed no quorum present and no choice for senator. Unless a break in the senatorial deadlock com6s in .two weeks there is no prospect of any legislation of im­ portance getting through the general assembly at Springfield this session. Notice to this effect was served by Speaker Shurtleff's friends upon Gov. Deneen's lieutenants. The governor is charged with wanting to prolong the deadlock in the hope of getting favor­ able legislation from a hostile house while it continues. But David E. Shan- ahan, chairman of the hoqse commit­ tee on appropriations, and Speaker Shurtleff's chief lieutenant, pointed out that if any legislation is to get through, the senatorial contest must be cleared away." Deneen Fights the Toga. Only one ballot, the sixty-first joint ballot for the election of a United States senator from Illinois, was taken Thursday in the general assembly. The ballot showed prac­ tically no Change from the last ballot of Wednesday's prolonged session. Seventy-four votes were cast for Hopkins, which was his closing figure Wednesday. Shurtleff received 19 votes and one less given i to Foss. W. J. Calhoun's name disap^- ! peared from the list, and one vote was cast for Congressman Lowden and ! two for Congressman McKinley. On ! the Democratic side a complimentary j vote was given by 49 members of the \ general assembly to John T. Murray of the Twentieth ward, Chicago, can­ didate for circuit court Judge and a brother of Representative P. F. Mur­ ray. Fifteen votes were cast for L. B. Stringer, the Democratic primary candidate for senator. Six pairs were recorded by t&e clerk. They were: Senators Broderick and Humphrey; Gorman and McKenzie; Isley and Ol­ son; Tessey and McIIvain, and Rep resentatives English and Duefee; Lig­ gett and McGuire. ft/G/rrj A&JZ/AZ. CAMPAIGN Sd ^GG oftdu attached:?- - To- my miBu j that would be the result. I' have said that I would deal im­ partially in this article and so I am giving "the other hand" of the ques­ tion. Men have opposed equal rights because they say that the influence which a woman of evil Intentions could throw into a political fight would disrupt organization. I answer: There la now much evil in the manner in Which our male citizens are carrying out their, policies and it is a certainty that the purifying influences of woman would be felt in national questions. "But woman has not the training for a political career," some of my skeptical friends may declare. True, she has not had the training which has been accorded to the men, but just now she is not looking for political office for she is after her primary tight--the ballot. Then after that is •won the political training will natural­ ly follow with the interest which the woman must take in the affairs of the country, which she will necessarily help In deciding.' I do not suppose that enlightened ieaders will want me to again go over that thread-bare motto, which arises to the uppermost part of the brain of man whenever he is arguing against equal-rights, viz., that "woman'B place it in her home." Of course woman's place is in her home. So is a man's, but that does not prevent either from participating in the decision of who shall govern ~4he rights upon which ttfet home is built. Think it over. Does it ? It befell me to be a member of the little band of women who, when they done the cause, for we were the mar­ tyrs of our division of the great band of women which is fighting for the ballot in England. True, the magistrate was good enough to give us plaices in "jail" which were better than those to which the ordinary drunkard of the dens of Cheapside is sentenced, but the care which we received was not such that our lives in the confinement of the 'jail" was by any means comfortable. One of our number was a member of the British nobility and the grievous wrong which we believe was inflicted upon her station will not be forgotten by our suffrage band for many years. Yet we refused to allow ourselves freedom. Men have laughed at 9ur methods of going about the acquirement of our right to the ballot. A male friend of mine said to me: "Why do not you women go after the suffrage right peaceably without the attempt at making your point felt by the use of brute strength?" Think of it, sisters and brothers-- "brute strength." He called our efforts the utilization of "brute strength." I laughed outright when he chose to term our fight under that ccp<!^n Perhaps he gained his idea from iLo fact that our vigorous prosecution of the fight has been styled "rioting" by the sensational press. But in my mind it cannot be called that for to my knowledge none of the women came to blows with their enemies in this fight. It seems to me that What "brute strength" hag been used was on thev other side. Brains have been used to a (greater extent than you Americans may imag­ ine. It was a cunning mind among our leaders who thought out thfe plan to talk to the members of parliament by- having two of the women chain them­ selves to the guard in the balcony. Just that little incident* gave England the idea that the fight was a deter­ mined one. i Modern advertising methods were used to circulate general knowledge of the March demonstration and certain­ ly if we believed that the power of brawn is needed to win this struggle we would not have gone about it in that manner. We could have hired hoodlums to make a far more startling argument in line with the use of brute strength." Another manner of unique advertis­ ing was the airship episode, which un­ fortunately ended disastrously. The crafty upon the side of which was pinned a great banner bearing the slogan, "VOTES FOR WOMEN," trav­ eled in the direction opposite to that for which it had been steered, but the moral effect upon the public was good. Though it is not generally known there are great minds behind this cam­ paign and through them eventual suc­ cess is sure. Every day new moves are planned and the members of par­ liament who are opposed to our creed little know where to look next for an outcropping of the emblem which bears our little legencft "equal suf­ frage." Male members of British nobility are to be figured upon if the selfish would defeat us, and that Is why I say I be­ lieve I have good reason to argue that within a decade ou# fight will be won. Are there not in England among the male population minds of far lesser caliber than those of the women who believe they should vote? There is no doubt of it. Yet we, who have a greater grasp of the political side of life in his majesty's domain, are de­ nied the privilege. Is our condition not like that which you Americans fought back in 1776: taxation wltEout representation? From reading the cable news from America in the daily newspaper here in London I learn that several states of our former colonies have bestowed upon their women the right to cast ballots in rendering decisions as to state and city officers. If the offspring of England shall have so far prog­ ressed as to recognize that the femi­ nine branch of the human race de­ serves a "say" in the affairs of men, is It not time for the mother country to cast from her back the black cloak of unequal suffrage? There is a suffrage lesson in Amer­ ica and well may England profit by it. The thought that voting is unwom­ anly is as obsolete as the old stage­ coach system, to my mind, and some day the eyes of our country, will be opened to that fact. We women have simply formed ourselves into a band of leaders and we hope soon to see our way clear to the voting booth. Our struggle commenced in humble little mass meetings on the street. The success of these resolved itself into the desire to do greater things and to-day you Americans who read the newspapers are viewing a fight which is nearing the mountain top of victory. Measures May Cause Troiible. Among issues in the general assem­ bly which seem likely to cause trouble are the following: The bill designed to divorce the Chi- 'cago board of review from coal and such things. A score of educational bills. The proposed repeal of Mayor Qusse's wheel tax. The proposed ousting of the' Chi­ cago oil inspector from the mayor's cabinet. Railroad regulating bills. The suffragette bills. The fight of the dairy interests to check the Chicago crusade against milk, butter and cheese produced in the districts tributary to Chicago. The industrial, bills. , The asylum bills. The proposed repeal of tit* parole law. OUT OF THE ORDINARY WEED THAT IS VALUABLE M ••• Tssssl Has a Use for Which No Sub­ stitute Has Been Found. Our readers who never saw a teazel '(spelled also teasel and teazle/ &nd '"i#ven tassel), can imagine a fir cone. Or "swamp cattail," set all over with ' little stiff hooks. It is the burr (or tassel, or flower head or thistle top) the plant dipsacus; and so identi- fied is it with cloth dressing, that this use of it gave it its botanical name, dipsacus fullonum, or "fuller's teasel." However familiar to people who live in lands where the teazel is extensive­ ly grown the fact may be that the prickly heads of that plant are uni­ versally used to raise the nap on cloth, a multitude of persons in this country probably never heard of it, and will be astonished to learn in Prince Victor Duleep Singh's Ghost 8tory and Its Confirmation. "On Saturday, October 21, 189S, I was in Berlin with Lord Carnarvon. We went to the theater together and returned at midnight," quotes a writ­ er in the Strand Magazine. "I went to bed at once, leaving, as I always do, a bright light burning in the room (elec­ tric light). As I lay in bed, I found myself gazing at an oleograph which hung on the wall opposite my bed. I saw distinctly the face °* my *ather, the Maharajah of Duleep Singh, look­ ing at me, as it were, out of the pic­ ture; not like a portrait of him, but his real head. The head about filled the picture frame, I continued look­ ing and still saw my father gazing at me with an intent expression. Though not in the least alarmed, I was so puz­ zled that I got out of bed to see what the picture really was. It was an what enormous quantities the plant is ralred. In France alone several thousand acres of land are exclusively devoted to the cultivation of the teazel. French manufacture™ use many thousand dol­ lars' worth of the prickly heads and export thousands of tons of them, valued at perhaps millions of dollars. Hundreds of tons are produced in Austria, England, Belgium, Poland and the Crimea. The prickles of the teazel have a small knob, at the end, and this, oleograph of a girl holding a rose and leaning out of a balcony, an arch forming the background. The girl's face was quite small, whereas my father's head was the size of life, and filled the frame." Prince Duleep Singh adds that his father had long been out of health, but not alarmingly so. On the next morning (Sunday) he told Lord Car­ narvon. In the evening Lord Carna­ rvon handed him two telegrams. The Prince at once said: "My father is dead." It was so. He had an apoplectic seizure on the previous Saturday evening at about nine, and never recovered. He had often said he would try and appear to his son at death if they were apart. Prince Duleep Singh is not subject to hallucinations,^ and had only one sim­ ilar experience--as a school boy. Lord Carnarvon confirms the ac­ count. The Mararajah died on Son- day, October 22, 1893. mounted on an elastic stem, and set with great precision on the central spindle, affords a little brus^i, such, it is said, as the utmost mechanical skill has never been <feble to rival, at all events at the Bame price. For State Bo*rd of Education. In harmony with its plans to secure uniform , examination of teacher* throughout the state, the state educa­ tional commission recommends the cre­ ation of a state board of education, which will be a central body for the general supervision of the schools of the state. The bill provides for the creation of a state board of education, which shall consist of 11 members, the chairman of the board to be ex-officio, the state superintendent of public in­ struction. A place on the board Is given to the chairmen of the senate and the house educational committees. The remaining eight members are to be appointed by the governor, chief justice of the supreme court, and the superintendent of public instruction to represent the University of Illinois, the state normal schools, the non-state colleges and universities, the city su- perintendency, the county superlntend- ency, the public high schools, and two eitizens not connected with schools. Nortoifand Bowers Nominated. The nominations of Charles Dyer Nor­ ton of Chicago to be assistant secre­ tary of tlje treasury and of Lloyd Bow­ ers of Chicago to be solicitor-general of the United States were sent to the senate by President Taft. .. v.V: Modern Works Not Lasting. f :A scientific periodical calls attention to the fact that not only water color but oil paintings of the last half cen­ tury seem doomed to fade, entirely, and that typewritten documents will ultimately be blank paper. " ,;ii 'TSii-j'- Hits West and UphwwL A bill making it unlawful for kny member of a board of review to hold any other office or to be Interested in any business was introduced by Representative Charles Fieldstack, who says it is aimed at Rqy O. West and Fred W. Upham of the Cook county board of review. Another Fieldstack bill reduces the fees which the recorder of Cbok coun­ ty may charge for abstracts. This is aimed at the Chicago Abstract Com­ pany. Would Widen Track 3pioe. A bill to abolish the death trap be­ tween the street car tracks in Wabash avenue and State street, Chicago, was introduced in the house by Represent­ ative John P. Walsh. If the bill be­ comes a law it will compel the tearing up of the newly .laid rails in down­ town Chicago ana the re-building of tracks with three feet between the passing cars. Representative P. F. Murray Intro, duced a bill to abolish the grand jury., " .. Urges Fight on White Plague. The state hoard of charities in Iti twentieth biennial report urges cities and villages to erect and maintain lo cal tuberculosis sanatoria under an thority of the Glackin law. In the chapter of the report enti tied "The Fight on Tuberculosis," th« board says: "We urge cities and vil lages to swing into line with the mos; progressive people of the civilized world who are banded together in at effort to exterminate tuberculosis." The board defers supporting a for mer recommendation for a state sana torium for curable consumptives am! as an educational center until the nexi legislature meets to determine wheth­ er cities and villages will embrace the opportunity offered in the Glackin law. But in this connection the board re­ counts what has been done in 190? toward eradicating tuberculosis from the dairy herds at the state institu tions. Every animal has been tested. A large majority of the manifestations were slight arid the carcasses were sold on the market" for food purposes, Where the disease had advanced to such an extent as to render the flesh undesirable for human consumption, the carcass was tanked and converted into fertilizer. In carrying on this work 1,109 cat ,tle were subjected to the test Oi this number 371 reacted and were con­ demned, 289 were slaughtered and ex­ amined at post-mortem under the su­ pervision of the state veterinarian, and of this number 208 passed inspection and were sold for food purposes and the remaining 82 were consigned to the rendering tank and converted into fertilizer. The board says that the conditions at the state dairies are probably du­ plicated at the private dairies through­ out Illinois. If so, the need of vig­ orous action by the state in stamping Out the disease among food animals is urgent, and especially so when it is seen to be invading hogs with more destructive effects than have ever been noticed among cows and cattle. Bill Is Aimed at Chicago. An important resolution was In­ troduced in the bouse by Repre­ sentative B. M. Chiperfleld, acting speaker in the absence of Mr. Shurtleff. In presenting it he said he did so "by the direction of the speak­ er," who thus is made sponsor for the proposition. It seeks to have appointed a legislative commission of nine mem­ bers to investigate the efficiency of the tuberculin test recently demanded by Chicago milk ordinances and to deter­ mine the necessity for the same. The Shurtleff resolution declares the Chi­ cago ordinances forbidding the sale of milk except that which has com§ from cows subject to the tuberculin test "are without foundation of law, unrea­ sonable and void." It declares that the producers of milk, butter and cheese who supply the city are being harassed and annoyed by agents of the depart­ ment of health and asks that the pro­ posed legislative commission be set ta work to determine whether the tuber­ culin tests are needful or efficacious. It is declared that the action taken by the Chicago health department and the city council has resulted already in an increase in the price of milk, has caused injury to the people of th* city, threatens to cause a still greater in­ crease and to injure the dairy interest! of the state. To Permit Traffic Agreements. Among bills introduced in th< house is a measure presented bj Representative Behrens to permil electric railways, whether organ ized under the railway act or uudei the state act applying to street rail roads, to make traffic agreements witl each other and to consolidate on a ma jority vote of the stock in each com pany in favor of the consolidation. The measure would permit the consollda tion of street car companies with th< interurban companies. Representative Jewell introduced a bill to exempt can didates for nomination for the supreme and circuit courts from the operatiox of the primary act Ask One Cent Fare for TUpops. A bill to require railroad com­ panies to carry the troops of the National Guard at a rate of oft* cent a mile is under consider* tion by the sub-committee of the housw appropriation committee, headed bj Representative Kittleman, to whom hai been referred the military appropria tion bills. These measures ask foi 150,000 additional for the transporta tion of troops, the necessity of the ad ditional expenditure being caused bj the refusal of the railways to make the old rate of one cent a mile. Since th« passage of the two-cent fare act th« railroads have insisted on the payment of full fare by the state. Favor Labor Bilt. The bill which regulates the hour* of employment for municipal em- p^yes and will cause the establish­ ment of the two platoon system in the Chicago fire department, if en­ acted, was reported by the commit­ tee on labor and industrial* affaire with the recommendation that 1' pass. Cheap Railroad Fare for Fair. Rates for the Illinois state fair art to be the same this year as last, name ly, one fare for the round trip, with a minimum of one dollar. This wag decided by the executive committee Of the Western Passenger association in Chicago. Bird and Arbor Day Pamphlet. State Superintendent Blair has is­ sued a Bird and Arbor day pamphlet, which will be sent to every teacher in the state. The number contains art! cles of interest to pupils. Seek Agreement on Canal. The members of the internal im­ provement commission, who are back ing Isham Randolph's bill for a mere waterway, will meet in Springfield, Ly­ man E. Cooley, who Is supporting the Lorinjer-Cooley bill for a real ship wa terway, will meet with them, and the two engineers will check up their re spective estimates and see if they can ascertain just how the dlscrepan cles come about. As soon as this con ference is over the committee meet lngs of both houses will be arranged NEWS BREVITIES OF ILLINOIS Danville.--Mrs. James Brown, a woman residing on West Main street Attempted suicide here by drinking water adulterated with phosphorus. Mrs. Brown took the heads from 80 matches and, mashing them to a pulp, dissolved the substance in water and drank the liquid. Police breaking into the room almost immediately afterwards called physicians saved the woman's life. Lincoln.--The will of the late J. Wil­ son Thompson was sustained by a jury in the circuit court after three hours' deliberation. The ccfttestants alleged Thompson was not a competent per­ son to make a will. Thompson be­ queathed his 1500,00© estate to Mrs. lone Bryant and Mrs. John W. Irishi relatives who had cared for him in his old age. Chicago.--Charles B. Waite, 85 years old, for more tfsan 65 years a resident of Chicago, court associate ef Abraham Lincoln, territorial judge in Utah for years during the turbuleat times with the Mormons, and an au­ thor and linguist of distinction. at. his home, 479 West Jackson boule­ vard, from the effects of an attack of pneumonia last November. Stonington.--The youthful lore dream of Pearl Irigle, 14 years eld, and Jim Reesit, 18 years bid, was cruelly blasted when they were taken in custody at Decatur) where they in­ tended being married. The mother of the girl balked the pair's plans. She telephoned the Decatur police of the tender age of'the couple. The pair re­ turned to this city. Jacksonville.--Rev. William Mc- Kendree McElfresh, 84 years old, pio­ neer Methodist minister and member of the Illinois conference since 1881, died at his home in this city. He re­ tired from active ministry. Mr. Mte- Elfresh spent a retired life. Surviving are his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Blair, of this city. Springfield.--Every boy in Stuart school, 281 in numberAfras signed an agreement to refrain from the use of tobacco in any form during the re­ mainder of the school year. Principal Ki«bride believes the action of pupils has not been duplicated by any pubUc school of like proportions in the coun­ try. Springfield.--Every boy in Stuart school, 281 in number, has signed an agreement to refrain ffom the use of tobacco In any form during the re­ mainder of the school year. Principal Kilbride believes the action of pupils has not been duplicated by any publie school of like proportions in the coun­ try. ?fgln.--Attorney Fred Raymond died suddenly at St. Joseph's hospital, after three days' illness. He was 47 yeaM old and a, prominent Elk. He suf­ fered a severe injury several months ago while cranking an automobile. He was Interested with Tom Murray ef Chicago in manufacturing of shirts. Chicago.--Steps fp» a comprehen­ sive campaign to insure the proper care of babies in fhe congested dis­ tricts of Chicago in the coming sum­ mer were taken at a conference of the advisory committee and visitor® associated with the United Charities of Chicago. ncoln.--Heiyy C. Montgomery, <4 rs old, prominent and wealthy Le-i11 ireftrs 1, prominent t lty citizen, ci gan county citizen, Bled at his heme in Atlanta. He was an ardent aboli­ tionist before the civil war and lie was active in transporting hundreds of negroes from slavery in the south to Canada. Peoria.--The body of«Archibald Ger- row, a wealthy farmer and an elder of the Presbyterian church of Henry, was found in Swan lake. Gerrow dis­ appeared a month ago. and domestic trouble was said to have been the cause. Virden.--A library for the city is an assured fact. The committee of busi­ ness men who undertook to complete tte ibrary subscriptions, announoe the 500 subscribers h$ve been secured and a meeting will be called seon te perfect the organization. Bloom ington. - - Thomas Bascum, alias Thomas Curry, a railroad tele* grauh operator, was captured here fel* • lowing his escape from the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville. He was serving sentence on a charge of Obstructing a railroad. Springfield.--Rates for the Illinois state fair are to be the same thi# year as last, namely, one fare for the round trip, with a minimum or one dollar. This was decided by the ex­ ecutive committee of the Western Passenger association in Chicago. Aurora.--Mrs. Mary J.' Gray, W years old, Aurora's wealthiest woman, eloped to Freeport with D. W Tyr­ rell, 67 years old, a De Kalk pMnter, and was married. Mrs. Tyrrell was the widow of Virgil Gray, a horse trader who amaseed a fortune. Springfield.--State Superintendent Blair has issued a Bird and Arbor day pamphlet, which will be sent to every teacher in the state The num­ ber contains articles of interest te PU|terling.--Alleging that machinery was unprotected, resulting in his los­ ing four fingers of his right hand, George Ayers filed suit against the Griswold Wire Company of Sterling for $10,000 damages. Chicago.--Mrs: Mary A. Shippy, mother of Chief of Police George M. Shippy and a pioneer resident of Chi­ cago, died at tbe German-American hospital, at the age of 78 years. Sterling.--The Elgin, .Aurora ic Wheaton electric line is to extend from Elgin west, connecting with the Sterling, Dixon & Eastern here, and is to run to the Mississippi river. Jacksonville.--Burglars blew opes the safe in the post office at Chapln and secured nearly $300. The theft was discovered at sunrise by two boys, Cecil Dickens and Alva Vanite, who notified the postmaster, R. B. Wallace. Sterling.--Alleging that machinery was unprotected, resulting in his los­ ing four fingers of his right hand, George Ayers filed suit against the Griswold Wire Company of Sterling for $10,000 damages. La Salle.--John B. Chisholm, stage carpenter of Ford's theater, Washing­ ton, when Lincoln was shot, is dead, aged 74 years. He saw Lincoln die.