The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

a# It to certain that Ifcfljr'.bear and, the toy do* of the century will be mechanical marvels. The "Rover" dog that the little hoy gets will be life size. |Ie will prance about on hi# four furry kjgs and lie down and roli o*er At the bidding of his master. Perhaps the most wonderful feat­ ure of all in our Christmas In 200® will be the changed methods in <Hir" daily life. The housekeeping arrangements of that time would Beem incomprehensible to the wo* of to-day if she could picture In her mind. The lack of com- t4 * V, , m •iS HRISt!?«AjB a hundred years from now %ill be the same old Christmas, no doubt, but it will be celebrat­ ed under such vastly different conditions that if you should go to sleep how and wake up a century later you would think you were in different world The Christmas spirit will be the same. But whether it is a hundred years from tiow or a thousand we may be sure that •hen the Christmas season comes the world Will be full of the Christmas spirit. Little "•Ngiildren and grown men and women still ill be made happy by giving and receiving, "grudges and grouches will be forgotten, ene- tties forgiven and good will will prevail. V ftothing can kiU that. The golden ( jnotto: "Peace cm earth, s-ood will tvM ."J'# 0 te3* Hi i- w \ r r C f f Ut4n Gov. Oeneen Calls Illinois States- men te Discuss Measures of Importance. SXNOPSIS OF HiS SPEECH ! ,,.•••», Jl. t>% ) < ' ' h * * * ' J v • > ; • . . • • " j ' . l . j i ' . : v • ; . Waterway Legislation One of the Mat­ ters He Discusses--Direct Primary Law--Corrupt Practices Act---Fed­ eral Income Tax and Safety for Iflriera Amonj^ Pother With, m Mri i,m will be Just***- m&cxea and as new to tbe hearts of men aa it iras nineteen hundred years ago. Everybody will give everybody ':'dse a present--but tke presents will be diff^r- «nt. Little Johnny will V3piot covet a railroad t#ain. Real cars on a '-fte£l track, pulled by a "'tfeal locomotive that Jhakes smoke will not ^tteem a wonderful thing t _ 1 to him, as it does to the little Johnny of to day Tbe lad of the next century will want a model i; 4i the latest airship in his Christmas stocking. He » v t. 4 *111 expect a working model, too^-one that will WJ: * .Ibil through the flat like a live bird, and perhaps 1 * , ^Barry his own weight. "A* , Within the last hundred years steam and elee- fe ^ tjriclty have been developed and it is entirely rea- jk-t Iponable to Imagine that within the coming century V ,#»en will travel through the air as commonly as ftey now travel over ihe land. The automobile, H - the trolley car, the railroad train, and the horse as 4 draft animal--all will be gone-. Men will use the earth, as the birds do, for a resting place for M'~\ their homes and the principal source of food sup- feJ?ly; but wbeq they want to move from one place •j- another, they will mount into the ether, even I, ^ #s the birds do, and Say swiftly and safely to f|' i i Ifeelr destination. if J>: * It is probable that there will not fee a wheeled I* i ;V Vehicle of any kind on the streets of a great city V tin Christmas day, in the year 2009. Our tunnel system will have developed until the vast subter- ' ifanean net work of bores, chutes and pneumatic , . \ tubes will Carry on the heavy traffic of the city without noise or confusion. The streets will be li-y" . 7 jfiven up to pedestrians--to those who walk for tv '•;-/-#leasurg. or wish to travel short distances. The Hfidewalk as it is now will- be no more, but the en- :^V", **•«£."-' "tire width of the street will be given up to foot jiy' y.-passengers. There will be neither car tracks nor- Roving' vehicles to annoy. •1 The suburbanite who does not fly to work In £ f $009 will be shot through a pneumatic tube, trar- •ling the five, ten, or fifty miles of distance in a <pace of time that may be only a few seconds, and ' #v,| Certainly cannot be more than a few minutes. It IP' * " *aay be that few people will walk anywhere In * 41*e year 2009. When man learns to fly he will \ »corn walking as too slow a means of progress. ' ^Perhaps, our great-great-grandchildren, who no <jjT "«, u -#oubt will live in Immense apartment buildings 4oweriag a half mile from the ground, may go for weeks at a time without setting foot to the ' iar th. . . Z i . < s With the passing of the Christmas sleigh there will bet no longer any need for reicdeers for Santa v/smm cmnom cttmrnfA* ffOJZNlMG AT HSR HOME 2fS JTORti& ABOVE THE GfiQUHD ' /1CCHAWCAL" Of JZOOQWIL d£r, 'X1ARVEL3 OFP£RF£CT/ON ̂ •onate Santa Claus. A hun­ dred years from now, ft you want to avoid the rush and do your Christ­ mas shopping in your own apartments, the scientists probably will have provid ed for you a combina­ tion of telescope and moving picture machine by means of which you can connect your room with the toy department and see the display by wire-- or perhaps by wireless--and at the same time you get prices aqd leave your order with the clerk by telephone. " But perhaps the "woman of 2009 will enjoy the mad rush of the shops as much as she does to­ day during the holiday season, and then she will go to the big store and order her toys and pres­ ents. The store could deliver them through the pneumatic package' tubes which will go to all parts of the city, but it will be more poetic to have them delivered by Santa Claus. Christmas eve a score or a hundred Santa Clauses will set out from the various shops with their airships laden with Christmas gifts to be de­ livered at the various addresses. It will no longer be necessary to "deliver all goods in the rear" of ' the big apartment building, but whether you live on the twentieth or two hundred and twentieth 'story of the big house you will have your own private airship landing, and while the family is gathered at the door to receive Santa Claus the* . airship will settle on the landing and the cheerful "Merry Christmas" of the aeronaut will greet you as he hands in the packages. * The Christmas tree of a hundred years from now will be an electrical marvel. Festoons and wreaths of rainbow colored lights and "chasers.** will scintillate from Its green branches. Bjut the presents that hang dn it will 'be even more won- .derful. There will be dolls as larige as the little girls forts and the Inconvenience of life la a cottage', * ft 'Is possible, will driv* most of the city dwellers Into the apartment buildings, which will grow bigger and taller as the years pass un­ til they will he literally "skyscrapers" within a cen­ tury. .. in one of these big buildings, while the machin­ ery will be out of sight, domestic affairs will be so mechanical, even automatic, that you can get al­ most anything the family needs simply by turning on a switch or pressing a button. The flat dweller of that distant day will not be bothered with servants or the servant problem. By pressing a button the Christmas dinner will come up noiselessly from the kitchen on the mechanical waiter or perhaps in a pneumatic tube. After your Christmas dinner is over the dishes will disappear as silently and swiftly as you could Wish. Some sort of mechanical dish washer in the kitchen will take care of them--or, what is more likely, they will be made of a cheap composition and will be destroyed by burning after they are used once. The antiseptic precautions of the mod­ ern surgeon will be common to the kitchens of the iiext century and hygiene will be a real science. When you have eaten your Christmas dinner, If you want to go out for the evening you can press ai button and an aerocab will come to the landing at your door. Or, if you prefer it, you may drop down the pneumatic elevator to some point 50 or 100 feet below the surface of the earth and be whirled through the pneumatic subway at a dizzy rate of speed tOtyour destination. Only the speed Will not ! fact that this amendment was carried by f- iClatis. He, too, wilt travel by airship, and wWle4 ; win he nerfected _ ;the old Santa Claus will be a myth, the new Santa 1 ' "fC "^5aus will be as real as the bewhiskered and be- i.C" '•'% .'furred boys who now entertain the children in the TV department stores. •' j - - * , ~ It is not hard to Imagine tljut the big store! ff i ' s*? will develop the Santa Claus idea to the point that ? /'"Christmas purchases will be delivered on Christ- rfe'>.*.& ,vmas eve by an airship driver made up to lmper- 4 ^ -v • 5- * ' ' • & % • • • • • • " •' I • * $• • -' .* -i: IV make you dizzy. You will not be able to feel it. iTou may sit in your cushioned car, well lighted and warmed and ventilated by some process yet to be discovered, and before you realize it the miles will speed away and you step out to the opera or the pfe?. If yoti prefer to remain at your apartments the telautoscope attached to your telephone may be connected to any theater you desire, and you can sit in your easy chair and smoke while you see the • Siay projected on the wall like the most perfect moving picture. All the stage settings will be there who will receive them. There will be dolls that make the play seem real, and the Improved tele- " Phone will bring every shade and subtle inflection of the actor's voice to your ear. It seems certain that this telautoscope arrange­ ment--the exact word to describe it will be coined after the process is discovered--will be one of the triumphs of the coming century. It will enable you lo see the person you are talking to over a tele­ phone. The flight of the coming airship probably will be so rapid that the business man and even the sal* •~aried worker, if he loves the country, can have a jrill^ or a cottage at a great distance from the city and go to work in his own airship at slight cost. can walk and with the improved phonographic ar­ rangements of another century there will be dolls that can talk and others that can sing beautiful songs. Some of them, no doubt, will be able to iiance gracefully and to do tricks that would seem.. miraculous If performed by an automaton to-day. The mechanical toys ot 2009 will be marvels of , perfection. The most imaginative man cannot r possibly conceive of the new things that will be invented in the way of machinery, but It is safe to assume that the wireless transmission of power • Wheels will spin without amy visible motive power. Power may be taken from tbe sun's rays or wireless power stations may be operated by the waves, the waterfalls, or even the winds. Before the coal supply is exhausted the Jieed for coal, either for warmth or poWer, will have passed away. • - And whatever triumphs men make In the-In­ dustrial world they Impart to their games and vote of 673.896 to 193,296, and urges that the adoption of the amendment imposed upon the legislature the duty of creating agencies to carry out the project pro­ vided for. In support of his contention; the govern­ or also 'shows that waterway construction and development has been a subject oft­ en before the people of Illinois from long before the admission of the state to the union. The governor shows that the project was first suggested by Joliet In 1674, was discussed In the ordinance Of 1787, was commended by Hon. Albert Gal­ latin. secretary of the treasury in 1808. was reported to congress along with a bill for the Brie and other canals In 1811. was again presented to congress in the' message bf President Madison, of 1814. Waterway Project Is Old. He shows also that so far as Illinois is concerned, the project wap reported pn by Maj. I-ong. who was sent to build Port Dearborn. In 1816. that the north­ ern boundary of the state was 60 mites northward when the state was admitted so that we might have a harbor upon Lake Michigan, and that the proposed waterway should He wholly Within one State. The message also cites numerous acts passed bv the state of Illinois In the (sessions of 1837 and 1839. In relation to On Christmas day in the good century "to corn# general Waterway improvement. this flight in the ^ir will be the means7 of many fhT.- iamiiy reunions that are Impossible now. A few Bton of 19OT. directing the governor and hours will take one to the most distant part Of the the attorney general to bring suit for the country, and the practical cessation of business removal of obstructions «- *•«--«- during the holiday week will leave all free to fore­ gather with the loved ones and pay deferred visits. SAID EY Augustus Sata Respo m£'• hrase Credited to the Lexicographer. illbte tor eat ' isy i 4*' 4 • **»«»>. cciebrat *»vc t out a fiood • of savings,, or t,lij|fc)i#p-sayia£t. cl the "great, lexico- " Tfeqi wit and wisdom oi tb|̂ jaiap «ere «f the s-icdee hammer' .order, and invariably pfll'tittod by DR. JOHNSON for anyone Who has acquired the,trick, to Invent a retort, or" remark, in the Johnsonian styfe. One of the most effective of theae pseudo-sayings of the doctor is "And now, sir," said Dr. John- sun, "wo will take a walk down Fleet street." There can be but little doubt that Dr. Johnson did make this re- »Wk.1 or lie was always walking down F:cet stfeet.'tnit ltls not'reci5fde(l tiat George Augustus Sala, who, when the magazine Temple Bar was being start­ ed by Mr. Maxwell, imagined a quota­ tion from Boswell as a motto for the venture. The Idling was Intended as a joke, but for a long while It wis ab­ solutely believed to be a quotation from Boswell, and perhaps there are still some who would say unhesitat­ ingly that Dr. Johnson did say the words, so seemingly nuthentic are the^, How<3yer, Sala UU»seIf always the removal jftelghta. The governor reviews the disposition of the case by the state courts and refers to th.» fact that a number of Cederal questions which arose in the conduct pt 1 the case in the circuit court of Grun4y ' county were not reviewed by the supreme court in its decision finding agalnst tli« contentions of the state. , The message enumerates among the federal questions raised and not dis­ cussed by the Illinois supreme court, questions arising under the act of con­ gress of March 26, 1804. concerning In­ diana Territory, of which Illinois was that time a part, providing that "all the havigabie rivers, creeks and waters with­ in the Indiana Territory shall be deemed to be and remain public highways." The act of congress approved May 18. 1796, substantially the same in its terms and further requiring the meandering of navigable streams, - Including the Den Plalnes. The act of congress of March 3. 18», forbidding the construction of any dam in any navigable river or other navigable water of the United States without the approval of the United States chief of engineers and secretary of war. The message refers to the Importance Of waterway development to Illinois and Cite* many of the benefits which would result to the principal industries of the state. The governor urges. In view of the mag* nitude of the Interests and the Impor­ tance of the principles Involved., that the case should be taken to the, . supreme court of the United States. " Would Give Power to Cities, The message urges the conferring upon cities of power to engage in harbor and dock improvement1 work suited to their needs, and points to the effect upon the commerce of the port ,of Chicago of lack of such harbor facilities. The message urges that this condition should be reme­ died, and that the city should be empow­ ered to develop Its harbor to meet the needs of commerce. ' In urging the adoption of the amend­ ment to the federal constitution permit­ ting the imposition of an Income tax, the message says: "A nation which possesses the power to call upon its citizens for service upon the battlefield, should pos­ sess the pbwer to impose an Income tax whenever It may„i)e necessary to meet national emergencies." The message favors the conferring upon cities of power to adopt the municipal form of government, in which \he respon­ sibility for municipal administration is centralized and fixed. The legislation necessary is tn the nature of an enab­ ling act. The message therefore urges its passage at this session. Another enabling act urged In the mes­ sage is one conferring upon cities, pow­ ers to construct, maintain and operate subways for the use of street railroads and other public utilities belonging to the city or to public utility corporations, and for general traffic. The importance of the proposed legislation to the city ot Chicago la pointed out. For Change fn Mining Laws. The message urges the amendment of mining Saws, and In this connection deals with the recent disastrous fire in the coal mine at Cherry. The message alludes to the fact that prior to the accident, a min­ ing investigation commission had been created to revise the coal mining laws and an appropriation of S25.000 to defray the expenses of the work. The message calls ^ attention' to the high character of the commission and to the fact that every member of the com­ mission, the entire force of state mine inspectors and other experts connected with the service of the state and of the United States, as well as experts from Ohio, Missouri. Indiana, Iowa and Okla­ homa, hastened to the scene of the acci­ dent and actively participated In the work of rescue. The message shows that all that energy and knowledge, skill and courage could do to rescue the Impris­ oned miners was done, and urges . this fact as showing the necessity for a re­ vision of the mining laws for the pur- pope of giving added security to men en­ gaged in this industry. The mining in­ vestigation commission has prepared a re­ port for submission to the Qeneral as­ sembly. at the extra session, recommend­ ing the enactment of laws for the in­ stallment in all coal mines of fire-fight­ ing apparatus, the construction of stables above ground, or if below, of cement or other non-combustible material; the pro­ viding of an area at the bottom of coal mine shafts of fireproof construction and safe for operative miners who- may be en­ trapped. and that an slopes and drifts shall be properly protected. . The message strongly urges the making ©f an appropriation for the relief of suf- Cerera from the disaster. C Changs In Aot Urged. The recommendation of an amendment of the board of administration act is made because the present act fails to permit the use of certain funds in the state treasury for the payment of cur­ rent expenses , of the Institutions. , The act creating the comtnissfon on occupational diseases failed to authorise the commission to employ experts. The message recommends the amendment of the law so as to permit their employment. The message suggests an amendment of the section of the sanitary district -law providing for the filing of by the sani­ tary boards with the county clerks of the counties in which the districts are organized, of a statement of the total value of the taxable property within the district. Compliance with the present law is impossible. The law requires that these statements be filed ort or before the second Tuesday in August, whereas, the state board of equalization does not complete its work for the current year until November or December. The message refers to the passage by the last General assembly of an act cre­ ating a commission to revise the build­ ing laws and of the invalidating of that act on technical grounds merely. The mc-ssage urges the importance of the ap­ pointment of this commission and the revision of the laws on this subject in Its effect upon sanitation and fire protec­ tion tn cities. The governor, urges that the measure be enacted at the present session with the unconstitutional features of the old bill eliminated. Justice to Smaller Cities. The message draws attention to the ef­ fect of the 1909 amendment of the rev­ enue act to conform to the new basis of property valuation at one-third instead of one-fifth, and to the fact that the amendment limits the benefits of the li­ brary act to cities of 2,000, whereas, they were extended under tt*e 1907 law, to citlefe of 1,500. The governor urges the extension of its benefits to cities of 1.600, so that libraries already constructed In those cities may be provided with the necessary funds for their maintenance. 'The message calls attention to the ne­ cessity for • providing for the payment of judges, clerks and other election officials who served at thfe primary elections pri­ or to the Invalidating of the primary election of 1908, The message urges that the Invalidating of the law should not prevent payment for the work actuary done by these officials. The will of the late Marshall Field >eft a bequest of f6.000.000 to the Field Museum, provided a site is furnished within two years from his death. The museum trustees are desirous that the state shall provide sudli a site In order te prevent the lapsing of the legacy. The message urges action at the present ses­ sion. so that In the event the state does In Illinois not provide the site, the trustees may streams and to the suit which was have time to present h« matter o pri- brought under that authority against the ; va parties before tljg> two years has Economy Light and Power Company for elapsed.: -;y • Springfield; %tie flli- 'tiois legislature met at nooil to-day at the call of the governor. Important "changes in laws and new legislation are to be discussed. Altogether Gov. Deneen submitted 24 topics for legis­ lation. His speech at the opening ot the session was substantially as fol­ lows: On the subject of primary election. Gov. Detieen's message calls attention to ;the decision of the supreme court in the Btrassheim case invalidating the pri­ mary election law of 1908, on account of defects in sections 11 and 44 which the courts deemed so serious as to invalidate the whole act. The governor shows that the reasoning of the supreme court indi­ cates that every law upon our statute books on the subject of primary elections Is unconstitutional. He then points out that every state In the union except Illi­ nois has some form of primary election law. Thirteen states have primary laws of state-wide application; nine have laws similar in character but of local appli­ cation; 13 have mandatory laws of gen­ eral application which do not provide a complete scheme of legally regulated pri­ mary elections, and eight states have pri­ mary election laws which are either op­ tional or incomplete. The invalidating of all ItlinoiB primary election laws led the governor to address a letter to the Judges of the supreme court requesting that they point out a means of curing the defects in the 1908 law and frame a primary election law for submission to the General assembly. The governor cites section 31 of article VI. of the state constitution which pro­ vides: "That the members of the supreme court shall report to the governor oh or before the first day of Janu­ ary each year, such defects and omis­ sions in the constitution and laws as they may find to exist, together with proper forms of bills to cure such defects and omissions in the laws." The governor's letter to the members of the supreme court is set forth in full in his message. It urges upon the members of the su­ preme court compliance with his request for the framing by the Justices of a con­ stitutional primary election bill and calls attention of the court to the absence of any state primary law upon the statute books of this state, owing to the Invali­ dating of measures enacted by the Gen­ eral assembly by tlfe supreme court. It also calls attentioryto the urgent demand tor primary election reform as evi­ denced by the pledges of party platforms In 1904. and by the Vote upon the referen­ dum at the same election in which pri­ mary election reform was favored by a •ote of 590,976 for, to 78,446 against it. The communication of the justices of /|he supreme court in reply to the govern- 8r in which they decline to eomply with Is request is attached as an appendix to the message. Recommendation Renewed. The governor closes his discussion of primary election reform as follows: "I therefore renew my recommendation of the enactment of a direct primary law and urge Its passage at the present ses­ sion." The message also urges certain amend­ ments of the general election laws and calls attention to the indictments re­ turned by the grand Jury of Cook county, 179 In number, on account of frauds in eonnection with the primaries of 1908. The message suggests compulsory service as Judges and clerks of election and the conferring upon boards of election com­ missioners of the power to appoint judges and clerks to serve in precincts in which they do not reside. The message also recommends the pas­ sage of a corrupt practices act limiting campaign expense accounts. In urging this, the governor says that: "It is a fact of common knowledge that almost every practice which is inimical to the fairness and purity of elections involves the undue and unreasonable use of mon­ ey for campaign purposes." On the subject of waterways the gov­ ernor's message urges the enactment at the present session of legislation creating a commission to take charge of (he work of construction of the proposed waterway and the development of water power. The message refers to the creation of the Illi­ nois Internal Improvement commission: to the recommendations In Its report to the 1907 session of the General assembly, to the failure to enact legislation at that session and to his message urging the enactment of legislation before final ad­ journment. It also discusses the ad­ journed session of October 8, 1907, and the adoption by the General assembly of the Joint resolution for the submission of the constitutional amendment authoriz­ ing the $20,000,000 bond Issue. Cites the failure. acknowledged that he " invented this rsoaiWat his knowledge and belief Dr. JohMOU bad never said a word about taking a walk down Fleet street There fjrs other legends about Johnson, howevtr, which it is not so easy to kill . . ... • - • i But One Thing insupportable,! i To a reasonable creature that a! is -insupportable whicfe,is able.--Bplctetus. " . Progressive. jr. SI*®--"TJhe doctor says I hav* hwrt n""" ' Hustling Young LaWy«r--> 8hoota His Bflde-to-Be. Costa. Cal.--Prank Lavelle, ft fiwftdfir\i*fl at Port Costa, shot and se­ riously wounded Leona BJdmonds, a waitress, at the Burlington hotel, after which he barricaded himself in a room. Constable Ahearn and James Brown, while forcing an entrance to the room, heard two shots and, on break­ ing the door down, found Lavelle dead, with a bullet wound through tbe hearf and right side. It was supposed that the couple were to be married in tlje --- Try Cotton In Hawaii. Honolulu.--The establishment of a cotton plantation in Hawaii is among the possibilities of the near future. Negotiations for the purchase of Lanal Island for that purpose. Involving the expenditure of 5350,000, are now !n progress between ,1. T. McCrosson and. Prank Thompson and the owner of the property, W. G. Irwin. Dr. E3. V. Wil­ cox, director of the United States a#-, ricultural department station .hers, who has studied the soil and cHmaty, CHICAGO BURGLARS AND HOLft ^PATCHES-' AH0 POLICEMAN'S W!FE HEF.3I a ; - - Aided by Slater She BattNtt breaker with Pillows--Girl Saves Escort from Highwayman-- Scares Thief wlth Punch. Chicago.--Highwaymen and burglar^!'- who prey on women had a disastrous .time of it a few nights.ago. This ifr: what happened to them: J One was knocked down with pil« lo^rs wielded by two women alone ife ajdark house, and was so badly frigbf>- ened that he left the scene via a wjif* dow, without any plunder, and gla^' apparently, to escape alive. Anotb#?; robber fled from a determined youn§ woman who first struggled with bli| > and then aroused the neighborhood^ while her masculine escort was stan4| lng helpless before the fe%hwaymanj^ w. revolver. The various women were more su cessful on the robber problem thajf were the men. for the police hav| failed to find their assailants. ThA women think they are "running yet,*^ The pillows as weapons were useHj by Mrs. Catherine Rooney, wife o|: Policeman John Rooney. tbe wrestler, ; and her niece. Miss Verra Rooney. 2#.^ years old. when a burglar forced j^- Wfndbw in the Rooney home. 63® West Sixtieth street, and crawled into, a room In which the twp women went/' sleeping. JsS Mrs. Rooney was awakened by th|» • raising of the window, and saw a matt In her room. As the intruder prowled about in the darkness, searching fof' v';" valuables, Mrs. Rooney kept uuusiuf ~ •>£ Miss Rooney. and In. this manned - awakened Jier niece. When the burglafc a: stooped to ransack tho dresser thf two women suddenly sprang out 'of ,1 , bed and began pommeling him wttH t pillows. The first blow atruck by tJb4i wife of the wrestler landed squarely on the back of his *.ead. and the ralit - ^ , of blows that followed knocked hinfT; down. He scrambled to his feet,1 leaped out of the open window through > which he had entered and disap* peared. Another young woman. Miss Heleft Strey. 2224 Berwyn avenue, saved ber . escort, Edward Freeman of 5041 * '^(•nnvr Vjilft ' "V -<-k "rtli -*'1 3!- , Girl Fights Footpads. North 'Western avenue, from tollil|j?$W*> his money and watch when they wen^.r, stopped by a robber at North Westers avenue and Foster avenue. As th# t; ^ robber pointed a revolver at Freemaa ' f - ' and commanded bim to elevate hi bands. Miss Stray sprang at the m and attempted to wrest ti>9 weapog from bis hand t The highwayman was too quick, however. He suddenly lowered tho revolver and Miss Strey miBsed ber lunge for it. "Yoii stand back there or I'll blow Jrour head off,** the robber warned Miss Strey. "You're one of thoso game ladies, ain't you?" When the man proceeded to searc Freeman's pocket Miss Strey calm! strolled away. When she had walke<| about a hundred feet she darted uO| tbe front steps of a residence and; aroused the occupants oy ringing thf, bell aud shouting for help. Several occupants of the boti whose names the police failed learn, ran out, and the robber frightened away. He fled without oc taining anything from Freeman, who bad a gold watch and a purse con­ taining about $35. Still another young woman whom robbers failed to subdue is Miss Cath-, ' enne Creen. 721 West Kinzie street^ ,^5 ticket agent at the Swift station o^vV5i' tbe South Side "L" at the stock yards; She was counting the day's receipt# wbeg^four robbers, one of whom batt-".'-!. a revolver, appeared before tbe ticket, % window. Seising a punch on the des^.' C; in front of ber. tbe plucky agent pre*- •!' • ;V tended it was a revolver. "Get out or I'll shoot." the young , | woman cried, as the pressed a buttoof that sounded a burglar alarm. Fright* W ,, ened by the ringing of the gong oq ,, the platform, the thieves fled. v \ ̂ ̂ ̂ ̂ ̂ w ' ' j ̂ i« . a t Ji •" . " J *V * ^ 4 , ^ ' ' ' '4<§£'> % Strange Freak of Lightning, A Marshalltown. la.--A splinter thro* leet long and a foot thick was hurled " through the window of an engine cab, .• by a stroke of lightning which riddled •^ a tree. Engineer Porter Boys asdr s Fireman J. W. Ent had narrow es* V # capos from the projectile. v \ , " Their Domestic Bark. 4 "How are the Youngwpto ^etOhgr..^ ^ along?" ' '• yU, "Very well, ! believe." _{/ "No trouble, then, has overtake*)^,'* (Heir domestic bark?" •" "Oh, ygs. Somebody poUoned 'h