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me McUenry PlaiMealer Published by P. G. SCHREINER. jtcHENRY. ILUNOia EXECUTE RIGHESON VICTIM'S OWN STORY MONOPLANE AND RAILWAY TRAIN COLLIDE DR. REITMAN ASSERTS SAN DIEQO VIGILANTES TORTURED HIM. Emma Goldman's Manager Declare* 14 Men Clubbed Him for Refusal to Kiss American Flag. -m \ •-*4,/" k I: SLAYER OF AVIS LINNELL IS ?• 'ELECTROCUTED IN CHARLES- TOWN STATE PRISON. PASTOR NEVER LEAVES HIM Doomed Minister Walks Firmly to Death--Brother Only Member of Family in Boston--Dies at 12:10 This Morning, Massachusetts State Prison, Charles- town, Mass., May 22.--Clarence V. T. Richeson has paid the penalty for the murder of Avis Linnell. The former Clergyman was electrocuted at 12:10 Tuesday morning in the Charlestown State prison. The condemned man walked to the (electric chair with more firmness and .courage than had been expected by those who had observed him for the East few weeks. He had spend his last ours in seeking spiritual consolation In the Bible and in conversation with liis spiritual advisers, who were in al­ most constant attendance up to the last moment Prison Chaplain Stebbins and Dr. Johnson had a nerve-racking experi­ ence with the condemned man befote they succeeded in having him resign tiimself to his fate. Only when they had reminded him (that he was once a minister and ought llo show & sublime faith in the here­ after did the man announce that he Was ready to face the ordeal of legal (death without flinching. Before this be had exclaimed: "It is terrible I cannot stand it. They will have to carry me." Afterward, however, he seemed to lake the attitude that it was his duty to the church to be brave. Under the influence of that attitude he bore up remarkably well, although there were periods when outbreaks occurred. Throughout all of Monday Rlche- aon either prayed, sang hymns or re­ cited psalms. In the evening he swal­ lowed some broth. At ten o'clock the prison barber came in to shave him. Guards held Richeson while this was being done. "Warden," asked the condemned man while this was being done, "what clothing will I--pass away in? I un­ derstand it has been arranged that a special suit is to be placed on me." "It is the prison custom to do that," said the warden. "I would appreciate it very much," ,«ald Richeson, "if you would let me walk there in my regular clothing." "I will consider your request," re­ plied the warden. * Richeson then asked about the hour set for his execution. "When will it be, warden?*' was his anlous query. "It depends entirely on yourself," he -was told. At these words tears streamed down Richeson's cheeks and in a quivering tone he said: i "Don't be afraid of me. There will be no scene. My ministers have taught me how to stand it. I am ready to go to the chair. You need not be afraid that anything will happen. The sooner •J die the better for myself and all con­ cern ed.' Turning to Rev. Dr. Johnson, the prisoner then said: "Doctor, I am sure you will not for­ get to send my farewell message to my father in Virginia. Tell him I died <deeply repentant and with full faith that I shall face my Maker in all peni­ tence." In a hotel near the Charlestown Jail was Douglas Richeson, a brother of the condemned man, who had come here from Chicago. A lawyer asked him to go and say farewell to his brother. He said he was ready. The lawyer sent word to the condemned ,man, who cried: "I can't! 1 can't! Douglas had best not come here. I could stand it, but he might break down." The solemn hour of midnight found Richeson praying, after which he re­ cited the Twenty-third Psalm. He setemed to find consolation In this part <of the psalm: "Yea. though I walk through the •alley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou are with me; Thy rod and Thy stafT they comfort . me." "I am ready now," he said. A moment later the warden ap­ peared to escort him to the death chamber. Richeson did not falter, and walked to the chair with firm step and every outward indication of calm­ ness and resignation. Los Angeies, Cai., May 19.--"'I was taken ftom the I' S Grant hotel Tues­ day night by 14 men and placed In an automobile." said Dr Benjamin Reit- man Thursday, manager of Emma Goldman, in telling of his experience with San Diego vigilantes, by whom he was given a coating of tar and feathers early Wednesday morning J "When 1 refused to go. four of them ; placed revolvers, against my body, j They were well-dressed and apparent­ ly refined. One slapped his hand fiver j my mouth and the police cleared a | path to the waiting machine, j "We drove 30 miles into the desert, . ,'ollowed by another automobile, crowd­ ed by vigilantes. The torture began at once Fingers were thrust up my nose and into my eyes, they stuck pencils into my nostrils, tore out hair j by the roots, stuffed Slth in my mouth j and applied epithets worse than I j ever heard in the vilest criminal dens ! in the lowest countries on earth. j "At a certain spot more men were awaiting us around a fire. The auto- j mobile searchlights illuminated the | ! place. First my clothing was torn ofT. j I Then they committed upon me vile j acts of fiendish, gross, barbaric inde-j I cency. the details of which are unfit j j for publication i An investigation has been started by the federal grand Jury at Los Ange- j ! les. I ILLINOIS NEWS TERSELY TOLD VEDRINE, the famous French aviator, had a novel and serious experience recently when his monoplane col­lided with a railway train. He was making a flight near Paris and suddenly dropped to the railroad track, and an onrushlng train struck and demolished the machine Vedrine was badly injured but recovered IS DOLLY MADISON'S BIRTHDAY; MONTANA REPUBLICAN STATE | CONVENTION FAVORS TAFT Democratic Women Entertain Wlv« and Daughters of Descendants of Fourth President's Wife. Washington, May 21.--Dolly Madi­ son's birthday was celebrated Monday by some 400 Democratic women at a "harmony breakfast," which was one of the most notable events of the so­ cial season. The affair was given at the New Wlllard and many of those present were attired in the costumes of the period when the fourth presi­ dent and his wife occupied the White House. At the "descendants' table" the most conspicuous guests were Mrs. Mary Cutts Craig, seventy-eight years of age, grand-niece of Dolly Madison herself; Miss Fanny Virginia Burke, one of the lineal descendants of Thom­ as Jefferson and related to the Tyler, Monroe, Van Buren and Jackson fam­ ilies; Mrs. Samuel L. Gouveneur and her three daughters, descendants of President Monroe, and Miss Mary Wil­ cox, one of the representatives of the Jackson regime, her mother having been the first child born in the White House. Mrs. Champ Clark's table was desig­ nated 'as the "table of honor." Of all the women gathered In the great banquet hail of the Willard for­ ty-four represented the Democrats of the senate, 220 the house and four the Supreme court. WITH 8 ADHERENTS. WEST VIRGINIA FOR COLONEL ! Minnesota G. O. P. Indorses Roosevelt For President T. R. and La Fol- lette Men Wrangle Over Resolu­ tions--Former Win Out- SENATE KILLS INCOME TAX Finance Committee Also Votes Down Bill to Lower Duty on Sugar Importations. Washington, May 21.--The senate finance committee on Friday author­ ized a favorable report on the Lodge substitute for the house free sugar bill and an unfavorable report on the house bill for a tax on Incomes in ex­ cess of |5,000 a year. The Lodge sugar bill would eliminate the differ­ ential and Dutch standard from the tarifT and leave the duties otherwise practically as at present. Senator Simmons offered a substitute sugar LIU prepared by the Democratic mem­ bers of the committee. It proposed a reduction of existing duties by about one-third, but was voted down. DETROIT TEAM CALLS STRIKE Takes Oath as Governor. Baton Rouge, 1a„ May 21-- Luther E. Hall took the oath of office as gov­ ernor of Louisiana here. He succeeds J. Y. Sanders, who will retire to pri­ vate life. Suspension of "Ty" Cobb for Assault­ ing Abusive Spectator Cause of Walkout. Philadelphia, May 21.--The first strike in the history of baseball was declared here on Saturday when the Detroit Tigers refused to play ball without "Ty" Cobb, who was suspend­ ed last week for strikiug a man who swore at him during the game in New York. A team composed of university students was hurriedly gathered to­ gether and donned the uniform of the Tigers. The team as they left the club house was composed of Huge Jen­ nings, manager of the Detroit Tigers; his two veteran scouts, Jim McGuire and Joe Sugden, and six college ama­ teurs. The Detroit substitute team was defeated 24 to 2. Burlington, la. May 18.--On Thurs­ day Iowa Joined the states in the Clark column when the Democratic state convention sent 300 delegates to Balti­ more instructed to vote as a unit for the nomination of Champ Clark as president of the United States. Eight delegates at large, each with half a vote, are bound by these instructions as also are the 22 district delegates. The Clark delegation from Iowa to Baltimore will consist df eight dele­ gates at large, qach with half a vote and 22 district delegates. Helena, Mont., May 18.--The Repub­ lican state convention here on Thurs­ day selected eight delegates to the na­ tional convention, which is to be held in Chicago, and while the delegates are vested with discretionary power in the matter of voting on the presiden­ tial nominee they are requested by resolutions adopted to use all honor­ able means to bring about the renom- ination of President Taft Huntington, W. Va.. May 18.--The Republican state convention, which met here Thursday, with scarcely a dissenting vote selected six delegates at large to the Chicago national con­ vention and instructed them to vote for the nomination of Theodore Roose­ velt. Gov. William E. Glasscock heads the list of delegates at large. Minneapolis. Minn.. May 18.--The Minnesota state Republican conven­ tion of Thursday indorsed the candi­ dacy of Theodore Roosevelt for presi­ dent. I. A Caswell won the fight for national committeeman. The principal fight in the convention was over the report of the committee on resolu­ tions The Roosevelt people insisted on bringing Roosevelt resolutions and La Folletto men Insisted on recogni­ tion of their resolutions. The Roose­ velt people were in the majority and won out. Bay City. Mich., May 17.--Champ Clark will have 22 of the 30 Michigan delegates to the Democratic national convention and Woodrow Wilson the other eight. If when the delegation reaches Raltlrnnre It should dccids to vote as a unit, Clark will have all. San Francisco, May 17.--Returns from Tuesday's state presidential pref­ erence primary show Champ Clark leads Woodrow Wilson by probably 20,000. Theodore Roosevelt 'carried the state by from 60,000 to 65,000 Provo. Utah, May 17. -The Repub­ lican state convention here named eight delegates to Chicago and in­ structed them for Taft. The conven­ tion gave the Taft administration a warm indorsement. Columbia, S. C., May 17.--The state Democratic convention decided Wednesday to send its 18 delegates to Baltimore unlnstructed Wife Suicide; Children Dead. Elizabeth, N. J., May 20.--Returning home from work Friday. Michael Ml- halicska, a mechanic, found his home flooded with gas and his wife Anna, forty-two years old, and his two young children--Amelia and Theodore, dead. Americans Beaten and Insulted i Galveston. T-x., May 22 -Sixty-nine .Americans arrived here Monday on the steamship Noruega from Vera I Crui Mex. They report a raid by j bandits on the town of Portuna. the ' Americana being beaten and Insulted. Ben Hur Tribe Dedicate Temple CrawfordBville, Ind., May 2'1 The (Supreme Tribe of lh-n Hur on Tues­ day dedicated its new five - s tory office building In" this city, with elaborate ^ceremonies. J. J. Lentz of Columbus 0-, delivered the chief address Farmer Finds $3,000 in Field. Sterling, 111.. May 20.--Guy A. Spline, farmer near Richardson, while plowing Friday turned up a pocket- book containing $3,000 in hundred-dol­ lar bills and $20 gold pieces. Indica­ t ions are it was burled a long time. Welcome Thirteenth Baby. Sharon Pa , May 20 --The Btork Paid i ts thirteenth visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dunn. Disbeliev­ ing in all hard luck signs, both Dunn and his wife were delighted. Only 12 of the children are living. English Actor to Wed. Covington, Ky.. May 18 --Announce­ ment has been made here of the en­ gagement of Tyrone Power, the Eng­ lish actor, to Miss Helen Emma Reaume, a dramatic teacher of this city. The wedding will take place In June at the groom's country place in Canada Iowa Newspaper Man Dead. Cedar Rapids, la.. May 21.--Clar­ ence L. Miller, president of the Ga- tette company, died here very sudden­ ly Sunday from apoplexy while pre­ paring to take his automobile from the garage for a pleasure trip. Army Deserter Is Killed. Atlanta. Ga., May 21.--Private Wal­ ter H. Frady of the Twenty-second Infantry, held at Fort McPherson as a deserter, was shot dead by a sen­ try Sunday In an attempt to escape from the Jail. ALLEN FOUND GUILTY VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEER TO PAY PENALTY FOR MURDER. Outlaw Convicted Specifically for Slay­ ing Commonwealth Attorney Foster. Wytheville, Va., May 20.--The first of the Hillsville mountaineers to be tried for the Carrol county courthouse murders, Floyd Allen, was adjudged guilty here, Friday, and will pay the penalty of his crime in the electric chair at Richmond. He was convicted specifically for the murder of Commonwealth Attor­ ney Foster, one of the five persons who were killed. The other victims were Presiding Judge Thornton L. Massie, Sheriff L. F. Webb, Miss Eliza­ beth Ayres and Juror Augustus Fowler. Floyd Allen was placed on trial on April 30 for the tragic courthouse fight in which Judge Massie, Prosecu­ tor Foster and Sheriff Webb were killed. Tw<^ other persons died sub­ sequently of their wounds Sentence will not be pronounced on Floyd Allen for the present This ac­ tion was taken at the Instance of the prosecution who will use Floyd Allen In the case of his sons, Claude and Victor Allen. | Important News Items J Washington, May 21.--By a viva voce vote the house passed the Pujo amendment to the United States stat­ utes Friday extending the powers of the banking and currency committee of the house so that It can call for statements from national banks. New Tork, May 21.--The passenger list of the liner Oceanic, outward bound for Europe, Included the names of Mme. Marcelle Navrati and her two children, Michel and Edmond, the two waifs of the Titanic wreck, about whose identity and fate there has been so much interest on both sides of the Atlantic. Los Angeles. Cal., May 21.--Los An­ geles friends of Nat Goodwin are try­ ing to locate him in order to send him congratulations upon his reported marriage in New York to Miss Mar- Jorie Moreland, who has been his lead­ ing lady for some time. Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 21.--The pos­ sibility of a strike in the anthracite coal fields has been definitely re­ moved, according to the statements of leaders. Lender., Msy 19.---Mrs. Frank Jay Mackey, wife of a Chicago millionaire and a social leader in this city, where she had lived since 1901, Is dead at hor home in Upper Grosvenor square, from heart failure. Chicago, May 18.--The Republican national committee moved into the Coliseum, where It will maintain quar­ ters until the national convention is over. The committee is ready to be­ gin the work of hearing delegate con­ tests. Bandits Hold Up Train. Hattiesburg. Miss.. May 17.--Two men escaped with $140,000 early Wednesday morning after holding up New Orleans-New York limited train on the Queen & Crescent railroad eight miles from this city and dyna­ miting the safe and express car. Passengers were not molested and no one was injured The men es­ caped on horses, evidently toward the Alabama state line. Posses started in pursuit after the train came to this city. Qrash 8lnks Ships; 15 Die. Halifax, N. S., May 21.--A' wireless message received here Sunday from the steamship A. W. Perry indicates that the schooner with which the steamer was in collision Thursday went down, with probably fifteen men. Balloon Ascends 9,850 Feet. Paris, May 22.--A dirigible balloon l>erformed the remarkable feat of «soendlng to a height of 9,850 fe«t |iere Monday, jmrt of the ascension be­ ing made in a driving rainstorm. La Ifotte Brail made the trip. . v , v Indiana G. A. R. Meet Opens. 'South Bend, Ind., May 22.--The thirty-third annual encampment of ^ the Indiana department G. A. R. and ^ jauxiliary bodies began in South Bend ' last Tuesday and 8,000 delegates and C /visitors were present. . „ j v : . 1 ' Mark Twain 's Home to City. Hannibal. Mo., May 18.--'The boy­ hood home of Mark Twain wp. g pre­ sented to the city of Hannibal by G«org<> T Mahan The home will be preserved by the city. The presenta­ tion exercises were impressive. Moro&co Rebel Chief Killed. Gibraltar, May 18.--News has l-een received here that Mizzian. chief and leader of the RifT tribes, was killed by the Spaniards during recent severe fighting. Both sides are reported to have lost heavily. Only 3,000,000 Bushels Left. Duluth. Minn.. May 18 --Of the 15.- 000,000 bushels of bonded Canadian grain handled by local elevators this spring, there are only 3,000,000 busb- | e!s left. This means that the business In Canadian grain Is well cleaned up. I Leaps From Ferry to Death. ! New York, May 18.--A well dressed man ot foreign appearance Jumped to his death Thursday from the upper deck of a Lackawanna railroad ferry­ boat In the North river. His act earned great excitement on the boat. New Break In Levees. Baton Rouge, May 21.--The town of Melville was Inundated when the levee on the west bank of the Atchafalaya river broke Sunday sixteen miles north of the town." More than half of the town's inhabitants have fled. 2 DIE IK DISASTER PORTABLE GANGWAY COLLAPSE8 AT 8EATTLE AND 125 NEARLY DROWN. WOMAN AND CHILD DEAD Several Rescued Victims in Hospital i/i a Serious Condition--Shock and Fright Maddening--Negro Boot- black Saves Six Lives. Seattle, Wash., May 21.--Through the collapse of a portable slip or gang­ way on the Colman wharf, from which they were going aboard, from one hun­ dred to one hundred and twenty-five passengers of the Seattle-Tacoma steamer Flyer, Capt. Everett B. Collin, were precipitated Into the waters of Puget sound here Sunday, with the re­ sult that two were drowned and of the rescued from forty to fifty were ren­ dered well nigh unconscious, and all suffering from fright and shock. That the toll of death was not great­ er may be ascribed to the proximity of many water craft large and small in the harbor, the good discipline maintained by the Flyer's officers and the presence on the wharf and its ap­ proaches of several hundred specta­ tors, all of whom engaged In the res­ cue work, and many of whom displayed heroism, notably J. H. Johns, a negro bootblack, whose skill as a swimmer enabled him to save no less than six persons from drowning, and W. H. Pugh of Green Lake, this city. The lost were: Mrs. H. Leonard, 7411 Belmont place, Seattle, and Carl, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bruder of this city. Mrs. Leon­ ard was alive when taken out, but she expired within a few minutes, while the little boy was drowned outright. Of the rescued about forty were taken to hospitals, the Escoslving, Pa­ cific and Providence. Several are in a dangerous condition, others were more or less injured in the collapse of the gangway and all are suffering from shock and fright. Many were uncon­ scious when picked up by the boats. Fully oDe hundred were struggling in the Water at one time or clinging to piles and the cries of distress from the women and children were heartrend­ ing. Nearly half an hour elapsed be­ fore all were picked up. NOMINATE DEBS AS CHIEF Emll Seidel of Wisconsin Is Selected by Socialists for Second Place on Ticket. Indianapolis, (nd., May 21.--Eugene V. Debs of Indiana was nominated Friday for president by the Socialists lc national convention at Tomllnson hall on the first ballot, as was Emll Seidel of Wisconsin for vice-president. Several men were mentioned for the place of vice-president on the ticket, but those who said they would be will­ ing to make the race were Emll Sei­ del of Wisconsin, John W. Slayton of Pennsylvania and Dan Hogan of Ar­ kansas. The balloting then proceeded. Seidel was the victor for vice-presi­ dent on the first ballot. The Socialists held their parade and red flags were conspicuous. Sea Freak Is Caught. Gloucester, N. J., May 21.--A sea freak with horns like a cow, teeth like a dog and a tail like an alligator was caught here last Sunday by Daniel Miller and Harry Taylor, two shad fishermen. Holds Up Bank; Gets $5,000. Grass Valley, Cal., May 20.--A ban­ dit, armed with two revolvers, entered the Nevada County bank Friday, drove the cashier and two depositors, one a woman, into a vault, and escaped with $5,040 in loose gold. Rebel Army Awaits Attack. Juarez, Mex., May 20.--Advices her* indicated that the rebels are well for­ tified at Rellano and Escalon and would not advance to meet the govern­ ment troops, but would await the at­ tack. Hard Coal 8trlke Off. Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 21.--The an­ thracite mine workers' convention here ratified the agreement of a sub­ committee of the miners and opera­ tors and the miners will go back to work after an Idleness of seven weeks. U. 8. League Umpire Arrested. Cincinnati, May 21.--George Feye, who umpires in the United States league, Is under arrest here because he would not pick up a paper he threw on the street and fought two officers who tried to make him obey the law. Baptists Raise $10,000 for Students. Oklahoma City, Okla., May 20.--In order to aid struggling students at­ tending the Baptist Theological semi­ naries, the Southern Baptists' conven­ tion Friday decided to establish per­ manent fund of $10,000. Held aa Opium Smugglers. San Francisco, May 20.--A double customs guard Is keeping watch on the liner Siberia at her berth in the Pacific Mail quay. Two arrests of the shipfs officers for smuggling opium have been made since aha docked. Champaign.--Bright skies beamed down oa the 500 athletes who competed In the twenty-first annual inter-scholastic meet under the Uni­ versity of Illinois auspices. The weather was not warm, however, bnt was considered appropriate for record making. Partisans of the 93 high schools represented cheered their champions as they warmed up. Uni­ versity High's crack team, three-time champion and Lane Tech were favored teams. Down-state schools hoped to see the points split up so that a contender might have a looktn. Martin Delaney of Chicago refereed the big meet. Springfield.--Springfield's board of education, which recently co-oper­ ated in the establishment of a free dental dispensary, heard mem- , bers of the Illinois State Dentists' as- • sociatlon tell of the merits of dental i inspection. The board members were guests of the State society at the last i lecture session of the forty-eighth an- | nual convention. F. F. Molt of Chi­ cago was the chief speaker. He la head of the Chicago dental bureau. Rockford.--De Kalb county's board of supervisors will be petitioned soon to buy the property known as Coltonviile, in De Kalb coun­ ty township, and convert It into a public park. The historical associa­ tions of Coltonviile are responsible for the movement. It is a picturesque spot and for decades was a favorite resort of the Indians. The red men loved It, grew their maize there and made it the burial place of their dead. The first court In the county was held at Coltonviile, where at one time flourished stores, a school, blacksmith shop, hotel and distillery. Springfield.--Salaries of guards at two penal institutions of Illinois have been readjusted. The changes, however, will be effective only In cases of new employes. This announcement was made by Secre­ tary Ward Robinson of the State Civil Service commission. The two where the changes have been ordered are the state prison at Chester and the b»formatory at Pontiac. Ca.'ro.--A series of bogus checks on the First National Bank and Trust company of Cairo in north­ ern titles led to the arrest at Minne­ apolis of Ira Newman, formerly of Cairo. Sheriff Frazier has wired the authorities to hold Newman until the requisition papers can be obtained from Governor Deneen. While In Cairo Newman was employed in the Iron Mountain railroad office. Jollet.--Frank A. Jackson, a car­ penter contractor, has Just been informed through a London law firm that he was sole heir to an estate of more than $6,000,000 left by Mrs. Mary Jackson, an aunt who died in Febru­ ary. The estate comprises 3,500 acres and Is located at Pelkington, York­ shire, England, and several pieces of rich business property in London Rockford.--Mrs. Regna Nelson, a widow, aged twenty-six. is thought to have committed suicide by leaping from a bridge into Rock river here. Her clothing was found on the bridge. The body has not been found. Mount Vernon.--Ransom Menden all was fined $50 and costs in the circuit court here for using deceit to get a state civil service position. He was holding a place which he lost. He took an examination under an­ other name and passed with good grades. He received the second ap­ pointment. When the deceit was dis­ covered Mendenall was removed tfhd fined. Springfield.--The Illinois branch of the National Citizens' league, organized to promote a sound hnnbjnff system, will hold ^ confer­ ence In Springfield Tuesday, May 21, at which time a committee appointed to prepare a statement to send over the state will make a report. Sub- bodies of the organization have been organized in every congressional dis­ trict Sterling.--Guy A. Spline, a farm­ er near Richardson, while plow­ ing turned up a pocketbook contain­ ing $2,000 in hundred dollar bills and $20 gold pieces. It bore evidence of having been burled a long time. Bloomlngton. -- J. C. Jewett, a wealthy merchant of Shelblna. Mo., was made defendant In suit for slan­ der, E. J. Robblns of this city asking $10,000 damages alleging that Jewett asserted that Robblns had sworn falsely during some recent land litiga­ tion. Springfield.--Dr. E. F. Hazell of Springfield was appointed by Governor Deneen a member of the state board of dentlcal examiners. Jerseyville.--The sheriff of Jersey county is conducting a search in the timber along Otter creek in the county for a supposed wild man of the woods. According to officials of Jersey coun­ ty, the wild man who is being sought attacked Edward Viimer, a woodcutter, and attempted to take his ax from him. Farmers told the sheriff the man of the woods has been seen at Inter­ vals in the last two years. Otter creek residents say the wild man knows something of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of two persons. Sullivan.--The sheriff, state's attor­ ney and a citizen, all of Sullivan, drove six miles to Investigate a rare sensation, the finding of a skeleton of a boy, but investigation proved the bones to be those of a rabbit. Elgin.--William Grote of Elgin claims the rare distinction of beins the successful superintendent of a Sun­ day school In this city for thirty years and ten years more connected with it in other capacities. The school is that of the First Evangelical church and has grown to large proportions. ' ONE MILLION LEAGUE FOR MANITOBA," The purposes of the "Million for Manitoba League" a* set out In the fact that Manitoba wants ihore peo-' pie. Today the population Jr. five hundred thousand, and the de­ termination of the representative men of the Province to devote their best energies to increasing this to a mil­ lion is a worthy one. There is already a widespread interest in every munic­ ipality ; committees are appointed, whose duties are to secure such a thorough knowledge of local condi­ tions that, whether the applicant for information be a laborer for the farm, a would-be tenant, a probable home­ steader, the buyer of a small improved farm or the purchaser of a large tract for colonizing farmers, the informa. tlon is at hand, free. The advantages that Manitoba pos­ se sees are many, and with the ex­ ploitation that will be given them by the birth of this new acquisition to the settlement and immigration prop­ aganda that is being carried on by the Dominion Government, there is no doubt that the establishment of the bureau will very Aoon bring about the results looked for. Manitoba is prac­ tically the gateway of the great grain belt of the West. Its farm lands have demonstrated time and again that they have a yielding value that practically makes them worth over one hundred dollars per acre. Added to the yielding value of the land, there is an increased value on account of its nearness to markets, and the mat­ ter of freight rates is carefully con­ sidered by the cautious buyer. But the information more valuable to the Incoming settler is that it still has an immense amount of vacant fertile land open for homesteads. This dispels the idea that free homesteads in Manitoba are about exhausted. In addition to this, the territory recently added to the "Province will open up a home- steading area which when filled should fully satisfy the "Million for Manitoba League." Within the old boundaries there is an area of 47,360,- 000 acres, less than six million acres of the 16 V» million acres occupied be­ ing under cultivation. At present there are over 20 million acres of available land capable of being put under the plough. If In every one of the 195,000 vacant quarter sections of the Prov­ ince an average family of four persons were placed, there woujd be added a rural population of nearly 800,000. So there is room for additional hundreds of thousands on the farms of Mani­ toba, without any possibility of con­ gestion. The population per mile in Iowa Is 39.4, in Minnesota it is 23.5'. That in Manitoba is only 7.1. A glance at the map, copies of which will be forwarded upon application to any Canadian Government Agent, shows that Manitoba Is wonderfully well supplied with railways. There are but few farmB that are mofe than ten or twelve miles from a railway line: elevators are convenient, and markets are always good. The grow­ ing of grain, while a big feature In the Inducements held out, is well re- enforced by the great possibilities that exist In all portions of the Province, for the raising of stock, for dairying, for hogs, and for a successful class ol mixed farming, and what gives add! tional Interest is the fact that there is so much land in the Province open for free homesteadlng that Improved farms in almost all of tfie 98 munici­ palities can be purchased at very low figures. Many of the owners of these have made sufficient upon which to re­ tire and are becoming residents of th« cities. In addition to the export mar­ ket for the produce of the farm, Man­ itoba has a number of large cities and towns providing a splendid local mar­ ket. Truck and garden farming art highly profitable branches. Winnipeg is a cltjr bordering on 200,000. Bran­ don is'Tf splendid centre. Portage is Prairie is the hub of an excellent dis­ trict, and Yorkton, Mlnnedosa, Dau­ phin, Morden, Manitou and a dozen other towns are Important help as con­ sumers. The Dominion.and Provincial Immi­ gration officials are working in strong symnathy with the "Million for Mani­ toba League," and in addition to the general literature sent out by the Gov­ ernment, the League has prepared pamphlets giving useful and concise information, which on addressing the Secretary, Million League, Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be forwarded free. Looking to the Inevitable. Seventy-nine years old, but with no thought of dying for years, a South Brooklyn retired windmill dealer spent hlB reecnt birthday in Cleveland, O., looking for a bargain in coffins. He said be never had cared much for show and thought he would care less when dead, so he wanted something that would be durable, not fancy. "The undertakers wanted more than $100 for goqd coffins," he told a friend, none of which looked to be worth more than $50. For $25 I found I could get one that looked as If it might have cost $2.50 to make. You aon't suppose I could get a good sec­ ond hand ^ne anywhere, do you?" The man did not invest, but decided he would wait awhile and see If the high cost of dying might not be reduced. The Child, Father of the Man. The late Thomas B. Reed, when a lad, was requested to ball out a small boat that had been leaking badly, and was almost full of water. "I can't do it," replied Tom. "It's unconstitutional." "What do you mean?" inquired the owner of the boat. "The constitution of the United States says," replied the future states­ man, "that 'excessive bail shall not be required' of any man."--Youth's Com­ panion. 8top the Pain. The hurt of a burn or a cut stops when Cole's Carbolisalve la applied. It heals quickly and prevents scars. 25c and 50c by druggists. For free sample write to J. W. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls, WU. A man may not know whd his friends are. but he usually has his enemies spotted. To stay young or to grow young, GsrfieM Tea can help. It rejuvenate* both In looks -d energy. Even when a bill collector finds a man In he is apt to find him out. J • "a*; • 11 Aiiiihirrhl toiiinllftti' 2#*.: