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fTTLK BY LITTLE President Taft illll has come into direct line with I II one of the Roosevelt policies, and llllJ he will follow it in the future as Illll he has been following it for some Hill A weeks. It will be the rule at the CIKSSTSV summer capital at Beverly. Mass., " as it is today the fixed rule of rccedure in the White House. The Roosevelt policy which resident Taft finally has adopt- ti as his own is the method of icelvtng visitors which was is jcrce during the colonel's tenure of office. It is possible that Pres­ ident Taft never will be able to adopt the Roosevelt, policy of getting rid of his visitor*, because the two men are constitutionally different in at least one respect. It must be said, however, that the Roosevelt plan of receiving guests has done a good deal to save the tempers of White House visitors and the time of Mr. Taft. As everybody know*, an addition was made to the White House offices some time ago. In the Roosevelt days callers went into the cabinet room and from there either were ushered into the adjoining room, where the president sat, or waited while Mr Roosevelt, came out and made a circuit of the cabinet room, speaking to one caller after another and getting through with his work quickly and yet without giving offense. Now President Taft has a circular room all to himself, and while the visitors are allowed the two big rooms outside, it is from these rooms they find there way to the president's presence, being let in eight or ten at a time, and not one at a time, as was the case when Mr. Taft first took office. •hie president has^ adopted the Roosevelt method of passing from visitor to visitor learn­ ing th<» wants of each and trying as best he can to suit *>ach caller and to get rid of him as quick­ ly as courtesy will permit. President Taft, how- ever, is so good natured and is so humanly inter- <z>£̂ r>ra&- eeted in ma Iters not connected with polities or legislation that of his own volition he lingers long frtquently with individual visitors, and so while the method of reception hastens things In ft measure it cannot offset the delay that comes from the president's apparent desire to have every guest put into good humor and to leave him "with a smile in his heart." At the outset of the Taft administration vis­ itors saw him one at a time and the one who was talking to him did not feel the spur of haste which is now felt by the presence in the room of balf a dozen or a dozen other visitors, all eagerly waiting their turn and occasionally shift­ ing uneasily in their seats because of the tfme that the one who has the president's ear is ta­ king up. President Roosevelt, just as President Taft, was humanly interested in a great many things which did not affect public matter. For instance. If a well-known sportsman called Mr. Roosevelt would perhaps talk to him for half an hour about big game shooting or the he^t way to reach the haunts of some wild creature which the colonel never had bad the pleasure of meeting at the end of the gun. One cf President Taft's hobbies la baseball, and every league team that visite Washington calls at the White House, where its members talk of curves, inshoots. drop balls and the best way to place hits, to the mail who, weary of railroad legislation and tariff talk, is willing in spirit to get on the d.a;nonA for a few minutes. President Taft's good nature is proverbial. During the late spring and early summer in Washington school children literally by the thou­ sands poured into the capital It seems that in some cities the children of the high schools give entertainments during the winter and charge admission thereto. The money that is thus ob talned is us^d to pay th«? expenses of the pupils to Washing;on. In cases where the children's parents are able to bear the expenses of the trip the money Is used to pay the expenses of boys and girls who otherwise could not undertake the Journey. i One day at the White House there appeared a delegation of 460 school children. The president had a number of appointments with senators and representatives and with prominent men from a distance. Notwithstanding this he told his secre­ tary that the dcqr should be thrown open and that tte school ohiidren should be admitted. He not only made them a speech, but he shook hind? with each one and had a word beyond the per­ functory "Glad to see you," to say to each pupil •a he or she went by. The story of the welcome which the 4&0 chil­ dren had went abroad and for days the presi­ dent's mornings were busy with the work of wel­ coming the pupils of schools from all the eastern states. The children always are accompanied by severa" teachers, who chaperon them and make preparations for their sightseeing As soon as they reach "Washington the represents tlve in congress from the district or districts in which the schools are situated are called upon, * '* ' .V - ' ' ' ei8jgs^^yi ***** ro rMe/xaxnem ^ s >;? a pflRCOJSc. cut A- ^ >5?' 'si' B orsYcts- qtwcm on swe seemer* vet 2VX"*F- JF>Ate< Ĵ-£>£̂ rsr and the congressmen in nearly every case lead the w*f to the presence of the president. The wonder te If the country knows how much hard wcrk goes on in the White House, not only in the president's office, but in all the adjoihing offices. Tf anyone envies the private secretary his poslt*on perhaps he would throw envy to the winds afler watching Charles Dyer Norton go through one day's labor. The assistant secretary works Juj.t as hard as does the chief secretary and in tht> office communicating with the ro* m of these two »iar 1-working men is a room filled with stenogfapl and clerks hard at work. There U oie White House clerk who has a most palns'nKlng job. Invitations to the semi- public White House receptions of course are en­ graved, but iui the name of each person invited must appear rn the engraved ticket of admission which accompanies the invitation, one line of the ticket mM4t be left blank because the engra­ ving of 4,000 individual names, one to go on each card, would b>» an endless tank and a tremendous expense. It If th^ duty of one of the clerks to fill In the naMfs and to do It so that the writing' shall look as though It were engraved. This he does In a wty that deceives the ordinary eye­ sight. A cafl of admission to one of the White House recept*o,is looks as if It were all the work of the engra' er,. BO fine is the handicraft of the man who fllh: in the vacant line with the tracing of his ordin&v-y pen. About a y-sar and a half fcgo the clerk who did this engraving died and It became necessary to find some one to take his place. It was supposed that this woMd be a hope lens task, or that at the best the ser' lces of a man must be obtained who after long i actUe might be able to accomplish what his predecessor so successfully had done. To the sunrise of everybt>dy the first cards of Invitation that went out were Just as deceptive as far as engraving and handwriting were concerned as were tftoo.e that had gone from the desk of the man who f< r years bad labored at the task and bad arrived at a perfection which It was supposed no one wit'iout months o? practise could reach. One of 1'resident Taft's dally tasks is to sign the commie lions of officers of the army and navy, and o| mep appointed to various positions in civil life. Of course commissions are for the most pari engraved, but there are names and dates to be filled In and these are written deftly and then the pile of parchment is laid on the desk before the president, who frequently In a seemingly au tomatic way Bigns his name to commission after commission while carrying on with some visitor at his elbow a conversation relating perhaps tc Intricate matters of state. The White Hous-* officials, secretaries and Klerks have to concern themselves with all kinds of matters. Secretary Norton Is the recipient of letters from people all over the United States, who write to the president upon the most trivial affairs. When one takes Into consideration the fact that hundreds of persons who have really legiti­ mate business with *:he White House either call or write every day, ;t can be seen at once that the secretary's hands, time and mind are well filled. There are certain orders of rank which have to be respectod, and in a democracy it is pretty hard work to convince the Ordinary citi­ zen that any man has the right of precedence. As far as precedent is concerned the president's audiences are governed by the supposed impor­ tance of the visitor's official business. For In­ stance, if a senator is waiting to see the presi­ dent and a cabinet officer happens to come In the member of the president's official family al­ ways will see President Taft first unless he says specifically that his business Is of little Impor­ tance and expresses a willingness that the sen­ ator shall get to tne president ahead of him. A newspaper man with whom President Taft has had frequently personal relations for some years went to thn White House one mortilng and told Mr. Taft thai he would like to see Uim alone for a minute If he could, and so the president took him into a aide room and closed the door. They staid together talking foi*' fifteen minutes and then the newspaper man went out* into the president's malr» office, leaving the president be­ hind him to write a letter in seclusion. On entering the president's office the caller met a senator who had been waiting for fifteen minutes. The senator Is a Jovial soul and with mock solemnity* of spirit he bowed low to the newspaper man. "Would you mind going back to ask the presi­ dent," said the senator, "If now that he has com­ pleted his affairs of state With a newspaper cor­ respondent he will consent to see an humble senator of the United States?" The ambassadors and ministers representing foreign countries In Washington are great stick­ lers for precedence and every known means has to be taken t>» prevent giving them offense. It is almost impossible for any human being except one or two of the state department officials, to keep rigid tra<k of the rank of the diplomats and the attaches at all the foreign legation*) In Wash­ ington. So it occasionally happenr. that some second assistant secretary of the legation of the king of the cannibal islands is allpwed to get Into a room ahead >>f the first assistant secretary o* the legation of the king of ballyhoo, and thei there are black <ooks which if they could be put Into words wou-d be tantamount to a declaration of war against the United States. The American officials In Washington life are not above being piqued tf a junior gets In ahead of a senior, though troubles of this kind are con­ fined as far as Americans are concerned almost wholly to social offenses, for senators, represen­ tatives, supreme court judges and the rest hare finally made up their minds that at the White House one must take his changes of precedence. CANDIDATES NAMES ARE MADE PUBLIC LltT8 FILED IN 8ECRETARY ROSE'S OFFICE HAY IS ONLY REPUBLICAN Congressional Petitions on File 8how That Many of the Republicans Have Battles for Renom- (nation. Will Have Agricultural School. The University of Illinois and tha Illinois state board of live stock com­ missioners are to conduct a large and extensive school of agriculture at Old Salem Chautauqua, the early home of Abrahanf Lincoln, August 1*0 to 25. The faculty will be composed of the strongest men obtainable and will comprise both the theoretical and the practical. The instruction will be similar but more complete than the regular two weeks schools of agricul­ ture held at the University of Illinois in the winter. Professors Rankin, Cof­ fey and Center will come from the lyiiverslty, aud will conduct classes In soil fertility and the growing of crops, Hon. Phillip S. Hanes, chairman of the state live stock commission, and Doc- Springfield.--The first lists of can­ didates filing nomination petitions in Secretary of State Rose's ofi\ce, has been made public, together with the order of filing the same. Included in the batch are candidates for congress and membership of the state central committees, together with the leglsla in 2g,S.Sv dis- tricts numbered from First to Twenty- fifth. The congressional petitions on file show that many of the Republican congressmen have battles for renom i- nation. Against Speaker Cannon the contestant is Henry R. Downs of Dan­ ville, but the word around the state house is that Downs ts not considered in the running and that another Re­ publican candidate will be produced before the time limit expires. Martin B. Madden Is opposed by Frank L. Childs in the First district and Congressman Mann has two Re­ publican opponents in the Second, with two Democrats aspiring for the nomination. Congressman Wilson is up to a fight being made by Harry Atwood of Mor- i*nrk. Congressman McDsrniott fot at the head of the Democratic bal­ lot in the Fourth district, with five opponents. Moxley in the Sixth has the petition of Adelbert McPHerson filed against him. William Grant Webster Is against Congressman Lundin, Boutelle's peti­ tion has not shown in the Ninth and in the Tenth Frederick C. DeLong of Olencoe has filed against Congress­ man Foss. With Howard M. Snapp eliminated In the Eleventh, the row is between Col. Ira C. Copley and George W. Conn. Three candidates are out for the succession of Col. Frank O. Low- den In the Thirteenth. In Chapman's district the Democrats have two candi­ dates. In the Ninth district Alderman Her­ man Bauler of the Twenty-second ward is pitted against John McGillen. The Republican filings "likewise show plenty of signs of a fiery row. Surprising disclosures came when the list of legislative nominations be­ came public. There appears to be an immense field of candidates. Repub­ lican and Democratic. "Organization" candidates necessarily did not get first place on the lists in the senatorial dis­ tricts and the entry sheets now open up the prospects for a general scram­ ble for the general assembly nomina­ tions. Senator Logan Hay is the only Re­ publican who has filed a petition for state senator in this district and will head the legislative ticket of his party. The records of the secretary of state's office also show that petitions of the Republican candidates for the house of representatives were filed in the order nhmed: Harry W. Wilson. Fred W. Ishmael and Thomas E. Lyon. Democratic candidates will have the following order on their legislative ballots: Senate--John Mockler and E. L. Merrltt. House--Charles McBride, Thomas L Jarrett and James F. Morris. ivrt \JI will be present with a large exhibit and will demonstrate among other things how hogs can be inoculated to absolutely prevent them becoming sick With the cholera. Miss Mildred Johnson of Athens and Will H. Young, superintendent In­ ternational Corn exposition at Omaha. Neb., will with the assistance of H.*A. Winter, the pioneer corn breeder and expert corn judge, have charge of the classes in corn judging amL the cul­ ture of corn, while J. C. Hoke of Sul­ livan will .give lectures, and exhibi­ tions on the handling, management and Education of horses. Other instructors will probably be present, but enough are now secured to make this one of the strongest short courses in agriculture ever held in the state of Illinois. These pro­ fessors and practical farmers will give lectures, explain exhibits and conduct classes during the two weeks of the assembly and offer opportunities for instruction which are of wonderful value to the farmer and can be se­ cured at no other place. The course is entirely free. "No Compromise" Cry of Shipper*. "No compromise" was adopted aa the slogan of the shippers of the west­ ern and central states at the confer­ ence of the committee of 19 appointed at the shippers' big meeting on May 17 to take charge of the fight against high freight rates. Representatives of 'the eastern ship­ pers, who have been inclined to meet the railroads half way in their de­ mand for increased revenues, and who were expected to create a slight note of discord at the conference held at the Union League club, stayed away and left the field clear for the unani­ mous adoption of these resolutions: "Whereas, the question of a general advance in freight rates affects alike the welfare of all people and com­ munities; and "Whereas, the federal authorities have created a body to adjudicate the reasonableness of all rates; and "Whereas, in the opinion of this committee the interstate commerce commission IsMhe only body that can fairly decide the question at issue; therefore, be It N Resolved, That this committee can­ not look favorably on a compromise as between this committee and the car­ riers; and be it further "Resolved, That we proceed to carry out the original plan--viz., a fair ad­ judication of the entire subject by the interstate commerce commission." Again, What's in a Name? Tf M«r« Are Some Anomalies <f Nomen- V elature and Some Fitnesses Recently Noticed. fieve you ever wandered elsurely oil"' •'•WiMf the IfiMlMM streets c' a city apd observed the great var;*ty of *$$2. f suitable and unsuitable nanus that adorn the justness and professional \ signs displayed? Have you become in- to**£ted i« these old, familiar, in*p- . . . ' * - plicable and applicable umts, goue home end consulted your telephone or city directory for further amusement in t^tis interesting and instructive di­ version ? You will see tha,t 'Joctor Kill- Chronic Diseases a Sperialty,"" enjoys a lucrative practise, nn<l "Doctor Kill er--Dentist," thrives «"iually us fa* mousiy. ".Doctor High"' »dll waits'pa­ tiently for victims tba' never come. for victims thRt nerer come. "Doc­ tor Kagy" has m<»re business than he can conveniently attend to, and "Doc­ tor Peine--Dentipt" etands ready to Inflict bis name on all hppless appli­ cants m search of relief. "Df-ctovs Good, Goodklnd, Goodfel- low. Maydwell, Caldwell, Going and Oont." should r.ever lack tor custom­ ers, and "Yeurs--The Undertaker," g« U there with both feet. Falk, Fal^es, Harr, Court. Stack, Short, Long, Lyman. True and Pig- gott are devotees of Blackstone. GolfJman. Golden, Feingold. Rich and Foor are bankers, and Qoldsmith Is an assayer. Sho« maker Is a shoemaker, Dray­ man n:ns a dray. Baker is a butcher and butcher is a baker. Cheep and Deere are jewelers, so take your choice Much More. The man who Is able to do the right thing at the right time ard in the right place may be a genius, but it Is more likely that he's lucky. Clash With State Fish Commission. In dismissing cases against Illinois river fish dealers, charged with sell­ ing undersized fish, the local author­ ities clashed with the state fish com­ mission. P. J. Harrigan of Browning was the first of the defendant fish dealers to learn that Sangamon county author­ ities had no jurisdiction and was dis­ missed by Justice Reaver, despite the protest of S. P. Bartlett of Quincy, a member of the state fish commis­ sion. Assistant State's Attorney Adolph Bernard contended that Harrigan should be tried In Schuyler county, where the fish delivered to local deal­ ers were actually sold. Bartlett op­ posed this and was supported by Warden Courey of Bloomlngton, who had warrants issued for Harrigan and others said to have sold undersized fish to Springfield paries. 8tate Officials to Attend. Governor Deneen, Lieutenant Gov­ ernor Oglesby and other state officers will attend the celebration at Carlin ville and witness the festivities inci­ dent to the burning of the last bonds of the Macoupin county courthouse. The state officers took the trip on a special lnterurban car leaving Spring­ field. Attendant Is Discharged. The state board of administration has discharged Nellie Jenkins, an at­ tendant at the Anna State hospital, as a result of the death of Mrs. Malindk Ingram, who was an Inmate of Ihe in­ stitution. Mrs. Ingrain attempted suicide by turning hot water in a bath tub- and Jumpiusr into it. The woman was given careful attention and showed signs of recovery, when she was seized with two strokes of paralysis, which re­ sulted in her death. Notwithstanding that the coroner's jury held that Mrs. Ingram's death was due to paralysis, following the scalds received, and fur­ ther that the officers and employes of the institution were in no way respon­ sible, as they exercised due watchful­ ness and care to prevent unfortunate accidents, the state board of admin­ istration has decided to make a thor­ ough investigation of the matter. Chafrles Randall Dead. Secretary J. K. Dlckirson of the state board of agriculture, received word of the death in Wheaton of Charles Randall, for eight years a member of the state board and late superintendent of the exposition building at the fair ground. The funeral was held in Wbeaton. President Crebs has named a com­ mittee from the board to attend the funeral, including President Crebs of Carml, Vice-President George H. Mad­ den of Mendota. Secretary Dickirson of Springfield, Treasurer J. F. Prather of Williamsville and the Chicago members of the board, Martin Con- rid, J. J. McComb and Louis F. Wllk, and A. J. Lovejoy of Roscoe. Randall was formerly from Chicago, the Second district of which he repre­ sented. Charles Robinson of Spring­ field will take charge of the Exposi­ tion building. New Bank Is Opened. The Alexander State bank, of which State Treasurer Andrew Russell of Jacksonville Is the president, opened for business. The bank 1s capitalised at 125,000, with a surplus of $5,000. M. F. Dunlap of Alexandria is the first vice-president of the new bank, Frank Kaiser, the second vice-presi­ dent. and E. J. Kumle is cashier. The bank officials were organized, though papers of Incorporation were taken out several weeks ago, with Messrs. Russell, Dynlap and Kaiser the incor- 'porators. "No Compromise" Cry o# Shippers. "No compromise" was adopted as the slogan of the shippers of the west­ ern and central states at the confer­ ence of the committee of 19 appointed ta the shippers' big meeting on May 17 to take charge of the fight against high freight rates. Representatives of the eastern ship­ pers, who have been inclined to meet the railroads half way in their de« mand tor Increased revenues, and who were expected to create, a slight note of discord at the conference held at j the Union League dub stayed awav. ; f<ew Bank Ts Opened. The Alexander State bank, of which tState Treasurer Andrew Russell of Jacksonville is the president, opened for business. The bank Is capitalized nt $25,000, with a surplus of $5,000. M- F. Dunlap of Alexandria is the first vice-president of the new bank, Frank Kaiser, the second vice-presi­ dent, and E. J. Kumle Is cashier. The bank officials were organised, though papers of incorporation were taken out several weeks ago, with Messrs. Russell, Dunlap and Kaiser the Incor­ porators. » Epworth League State Meeting. A great deal of Interest is being taken In the state convention of the Epworth league to be held at Havana August 5 to 8. A number of local people are to take part in program. Friday Afternoon, August 5. Ingathering social--C. F. Falley R*. anston, state fourth vice-president. Supper. 7; 00--Vesper pervice at the Jn<ll*n Mound. 8:00--Keynote address, "The Devel­ opment of leadership.' Rev. Dan B Brummitt. Chicaso. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF Danville.--Dr. J. M. Barrows of thia city Is under arrest charged with the murder of George Rodericks Roderick, who was shot in a camp on Salt Fork creek, near Ogden, made an ante mor­ tem statement that he had been shot by Barrows. The latter claims that Roderick shot hfmself while under the influence of whisky. Lewistown.--Mall Clerk W. H. Hips- ley of Canton, aged sixty-five, was killed in 'a T., P. & W. wreck near Bar- tOSVsiiC ClOo vQ f^0O«*ica sengcr train on which he was work­ ing running into an open switch and colliding with five coal cars. A half- dozen others were hurt, but none fa­ tally. Lowder.--Interest is at a high pltoh In the meetings here at the Baptist church, conducted by Evangelist C. S3. Henry. While no big gathering has been had as yet, the meetings are a decided success, especially for the reason that the Christian people of this place are working together in unison. Pana --Two suspects were arrested here in connection with the murder of Chief of Police Struble of Clinton. They were taken from a box ear on the Baltimore & Ohio local which ar­ rived from Springfield. One of the tnen gave the name of Humes and says he resides at Fortville, Ind. The other gave the name of Nelson and claims to reside at Rinmundy. Humes ^ras released. A deputy sheriff came here from Clinton but failed to fully identify Nelson. * Chicago.--A seven-months-old girl was abandoned in Lincoln park by a young woman, who placed the infant. In the care of Marie and Esther Croak, fourteen and sixteen years old. 4726 Evans avenue, saying she would re­ turn In a few minutes. The girls cared for the baby for four hours and then informed Lincoln Park Policeman Langlois. He took the baby to the Chicago avenue police station and la­ ter the matron turned it over to St, Vlncent*s orphan asylum. "She begged me to care for the baby for a few minutes as she wanted to find a friend near the animal house," said one of the the girls. Nape„rville.--Sixty upholsterers em­ ployed by the Napervllle Lounge com­ pany are on a strike against a cut in the price of piece work. A sympa­ thetic strike of the remaining 250 em­ ployes is threatened. Aledo.--A new town, Burgess, has been started ten miles southeast of Aledo on the Rock Island Southern ln­ terurban railroad. It is about the same distance from Seaion, Aiexis and Viola. Canton.--While repairing the tying mechanism of his binder, the large needle was driven through the hand of J. E. Weber, a farmer residing east of this city. Fortunately he was released before the horses pulling the machine started. Decatur.--County Judge Smith has refused to allow a will to be probated because the widow of the devisee, who is the beneficiary, was named as the widow of the deceased in the will, although she was not his wife at the time the will was made. La Salle --Inez, the twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John God­ win of Utlca, died at St. Mary's hos­ pital here from lockjaw caused by a wound received in the collapse of the canal bridge at Utica July Fourth. She is the third. Joliet.--J. W. Walker, a contractor who erected many of the older build­ ings in this city, was burled. He was found dead in bed, dying during the night from heart disease. Rock Island.--The census bureau has announced that the population o^ Rock Island county is 70,704, a gain of 15,155 over the census of 1900. This entitles the county to a county re­ corder, probate judge and probate clerk. The population of Moline Is 24,199, a gain of 6,591 over 1900. Elgin.--Threatened with prosecu­ tion for stealing city water, several scores of Elginites have paid in more than $500 to the water department within the past few weeks. Among the number were some prominent El­ gin citizens. ' Mt. Carroll.--Richard Smith, a resi­ dent of Carroll county since 1846, has never been further from home than Freeport. He has never had a ride on the railway or been in a street car. Paris.--Oscar Russell, Edward Con­ nelly and Roscoe Long have been ar­ rested charged with entering the Catholic church and stealing the sac­ ramental wine. Sterling.--A saloon keeper here was fined $100 for selling liquor to a minor, notwithstanding that he had received a written order from the hoy's parent authorizing him to do so. Canton.--A number of violations of the new dram"* shop ordinance were discovered by detectives in the em­ ploy of the Citizens' Protective asso­ ciation. The evidence will be present­ ed to the city council at its next meet­ ing. Sterling.--Charles Mlllsdale, station agent of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad at Denrock, has been arrested, charged with numerous box car robberies. He was held under bonds of $1,000. Batavla.--But for the fact that John Allen's wooden leg was a non-con­ ductor of electricity, he would have been electrocuted when he fell across the charged third rail of the A. E. ft C. railroad here. According to the Croak sisters they were seated in front of the fresh air sanitarium when they were accosted by the woman. Macomb--James M. Griffin of Good Hope, who etcaped from the Jail here in December of last year, was appre­ hended at St. Joseph, Mo., and re­ turned to Macomb. He Is charged 'with forgery. Bloomington.--At union services of all the protestant churches here to­ night resolutions were adopted de­ nouncing the Reno fight pictures and calling upon Mayor Oarlock to pro­ hibit their appearance here. Kewanee.--Michael MaklnnSs died suddenly here as the rc-«ult of drink­ ing a large quantity of Ice water while overheated.