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••:» * ; i «.•"-•• .. .sf^. •-. 'vv^ . «?> •> .• •• •.:.: •£•.*.< £2? - ,^£v^„ . .„•-* < ' * tI V T> ;f I tv 7% -fc * ;* .f. r _ f ^'Ts* ..3 (Physical Endurance of Taft It Extraordinary. IS DUE TO HIS TEMPERAMENT jBeautiful Lawn Party at the White • House for International Red Croaa Delegates--Plan of Comptroll­ er Murray to Cheek Bank Defalcation*. By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington.--President Taft hu been through some strenuous cam­ paigning this year. He has made not only political addresses, but certainly 50 or more speeches on occasions non- political. Mr. Taft is an extraordinar­ ily big man physically, and yet the Btrain of hard work does not seem to ftel* upon him as it does upon other men who carry much less weight Friends of. the president ascribe his continued good condition to his buoy­ ant disposition. In other words, his temperament stands him a friend dur­ ing his bard work. There have been one or two lawn parties at the White House this year, and before the spring season closes there probably will be on or two more. At one party the guests of hon­ or were the visiting delegates to the International Red Cross convention. The president and Mrs. Taft, standing under the trees on the south lawn of the White House, received distin­ guished guests from all over the "world. The president had just re­ turned from a week's campaigning and "was to leave again at midnight, but he stood the three hours' "social siege" as if he had been resting instead of working. Physically, the president of the United States Is a wonder to that part of mankind which gets a chance to see him. At the Red Crosa Reception. The lawn parties at the White House are the most picturesque social events of the year In Washington. It is not probable that those who do not actually view the scene can realize the extraordinary beauty of the grounds of the White House in May and June. There are many trees, much shrub­ bery and in Eome places a profusion of Bowers. At the back is the house itself, a fine specimen of colonial architec­ ture, pure white and impressive, with each of its great pillars adding a line of beauty. The Aay of the reception on the lawn given for the Red CrosB people was perfect. The thermometer was at 70, and the sun was in a cloud­ less sky. The ladies all wore white, while the men, or most of them, for it was largely an official reception, were in uniform, many of them being in the picturesque garbs of the Latin-Ameri­ can eountrles and Europe and the countries of the far east. Present at that reception, unknown to most of the guests and bearing her­ self with extreme diffidence, was a •woman who had Just returned from China. She has been connected for years with a school maintained by the Protestant Episcopal church in the heart of the flowery kingdom. When civil war broke out in China recently and the Young Chinese started on their crusade, the woman who was a guest at the White House reception left off her teaching in the college and went into the field as a volunteer Red Cross nurse. She had many hard ex­ periences, but not as hard as It was expected that she would have. China ordinarily Is not considered thorough­ ly civilized, but even In the midst of the madness of civil strife it was found that both factions of the Chi­ nese observed the Red Cross regula­ tions as implicitly as would the coun­ tries of the west. To Stop Bank Defalcations. Comptroller of the Currency Law­ rence O. Murray has made a study of some of the methods by which banks occasionally are de­ frauded by their employes.. He has had a number of specific cases put before him and as a result of his in­ vestigations he thinks that such un­ fortunate occurrences as these and many that have preceded them may be avoided In the future If the national banks will co-operate with his office iln the plan which he has just suggest­ ed to them. Tills is nothing more nor less than the simple device of sending to his office a carbon copy of the semi­ annual report made by the examining committee of the board of directors of each bank--the report which states in black ahd white what the directors think of their own bank. When Mr. Murray assumed office about 3,000, or between 30 and 40 per cent of the national banks, had no by­ laws and therefore made no provision for examining committees. They now all have adopted by-lawfi suggested by the comptroller and are fitted out with regularly appointed examining committees. When carbon copies of the reports are sent to the comptroller a study will be made of them which wjll be supplementary to the study made in the bank. In this way it is be- TOO MUCH FOR THE GHOULS i Bodysnatchera Evidently Thought They Had Brought Man Back From the Lower Regions. A country doctor, returning from a rialt in the amall hours of the morn- lug, in the time of the "bodysnatch- ers," bad to pass a secluded burial ground, in which a deceased patient had been interred the day before. When he reached the wall he saw a horse and trap standing unattended on the road outside. Looking cautious­ ly over the wall, he saw that two men haft Just disinterred the corpse. Stand­ ing l,n the shadow of the wall, he saw them tiring out the body and place It In a sitting position on the seat of the tram so that, when they drove away, the body, which they had wrapped In a dark cloak, would in the dim light look like a third man. sitting between the other two. They then got over the wall again to fill In the grave. The doctor lifted the body from the trap, laid it under the wall and seated himself In its place. After a short the two men got over tha wall lleved that the depositor* and stock* holder* will have a double check against low .from defalcation and forgery. Some Specimen Cases. Here are some of the cases which moved the comptroller of the currency to act: George W. Coleman, bookkeeper of the National City bank of Cambridge, Mass., kept a small personal account on the individual ledger. He would "kite" his own checks through a Bos­ ton curb broker and abstract them from the mail as they came back from the clearing house, as the cashier never saw the contents of the clearing house letters and simply posted the totals of the letters on the cash book. The general ledger and the general cash book were kept by the cashier. In order to make the total amount of deposits in the Individual ledger agree with the amount shown by the gen­ eral ledger, Coleman resorted to false debit entries (plugs) and the reduc­ tion of balances when carrying for­ ward accounts. Within five years Coleman looted the bank of more than $200,000 and he is now serving a long term In the state prison. The direc­ tors noticed the reduction of the de­ posits In the bank, but attributed it to competition. The defalcation was not discovered until the books were ex­ amined by the auditors of the Harvard Trust company, to which concern the directors had agreed to sell out. Henry M. Bearing, cashier of the Al­ bion National bank jbf Albion, Mich., Is serving a term in prison. A search of the cashier's desk, after the closing of the bank, disclosed leaves removed from the loose leaf Individual and sav­ ings depositors' ledgers carrying cred­ it balances aggregating $185,317.41, which of* course represented a short­ age in each of an equal amount. This method of "covering" had been in vogue since the bank began business. The cashier stated to the examiner that he found no difficulty at all in deceiving the directors. The bills re­ ceivable were added by him on an add­ ing machine; the list was checked with the notes of the directors, but at no time, the cashier stated, did the directors check the total of the add­ ing machine Hat with the general ledger. The assistant cashier stated that practically all of the manufactur­ ing customers' notes owned by the bank were forgeries. Insect Quarantine Bill. Representative Simmons of New York on behalf of th* committee on agriculture has reported favor­ ably a bill to enable the secre­ tary of agriculture to establish quar­ antine districts for plant diseases and insect pests and to regulate the im­ portation of nursery stock and other plant products. Mr. Simmons says that under our present laws the Unit­ ed States has become a dumping ground for diseased and Insect infest­ ed plants. If the Simmons bill Is passed the, United States will be able to retaliate upon Austria-Hungary, France, Ger­ many, Holland, Switzerland and Tur­ key. all of which countries absolutely prohibit the entry from the United States of all nursery stock and ad­ mit fruit only when the most rigid ex­ amination shows freedom from in­ festation. It is said that.If the Simmons bill had been made a law some years ago the historic elms of Cambridge, Mass., might still be standing, Including the great elm. which Is still standing but is almost dead, under which George Washington took command of the Con­ tinental army of the Revolution. It was the elm-bark beetle which was the chief agent in the destruction of the Washington elm and -the other elms of Massachusetts. This beetle slipped In from Europe unchallenged and unmolested. There was no quar­ antine to keep the pest out and as a result splendid old trees are now be­ ing chopped down to be used for fire wood. Pests Come From Europe. The authorities in the department of agriculture have figured It up all very carefully, and have come to the conclusion that more than half of the important insect pests of fruits and farm crops are of foreign origin, and that tbey now occasion a tax of nearly half a billio.i dollars annually. It has been reckoned, for example, that the San Jose scale, Introduced Into this country from north China, and subse­ quently carried Into every state In the Union, has already cost the orchard- Ists $50,000,000, and Is adding to this sum at the rate of $5,000,000 a year, this annual charge coming from the expense of spraying operations and from the shrinkage In quantity ^tnd value of the first yield. Another re­ cently introduced foreign insect pest is the alfalfa leaf weevil, whose rav­ ages In the great alfalfa regions of Utah are so well known. No quarantine law, however good, can now repair the damage to prop­ erty which these pests have wrought, but the future can be safe-guarded, and the 8immons bill, it Is believed, will go a long way toward accomplish- In this end. SPRINGFIELD GATHERING OF STATE BRANCH OF AMERICAN POULTRY AS­ SOCIATION ENDS. EXHIBIT FOR ILLINOIS FAIR Society Will Add New Department to Exposition--Many Addresses Are Delivered by Prominent Men. Springfield.--A poultry Inatitute will be added to the list of agricultural as­ sets of the Illinois state fair. This waa determined upon at the meeting of members of the Illinois branch of the American Poultry association and rep­ resentatives of the national organiza­ tion who closed their meeting in Springfield in preparation for the an­ nual state poultry show next January. Members of the two organizations called at the office of Governor De- neen and in person presented the exe­ cutive with resolutions incorporating the desires of the state association and the Illinois branch of the national organizatipu with respect to proposed legislation. Greater appropriations are asked. The poultrymen want a better poultry department at the state university and they believe also that closer inspection of poultry and eggs offered for sale ought to be practiced. Talks were delivered by Dr. A. T. Peters of this city, superintendent of the state biological laboratory. Dr. Peters is an expert ou livestock tuber­ culosis and on poultry questions. In his address he discussed poultry dis­ eases. Prof. A. G. Phillips of Purdue university also gave an address. D. E. Hale of Qulncy, president of the state organization, presided over the sessions, which were held In the Odd Fellows' building. Member® who attended declared the meeting had been the most helpful of any in the state association's history. The Sangamon County -Poultry asso­ ciation was praised for its entertain­ ment and for Its work of last year. The general reception committee in­ cluded W. J. Cordier, G. Ingles, W. B. Kieft and Phillip Rupp, Jr. The exe­ cutive committee, which was active In the plans for the meeting, includes G. F. Gray, Theodore S. McCoy, J. M. Hurner, Jerome A. Leland and W. J. Greenworth. The special committee in charge of special features of enter­ tainment included J. B. Perkins and Mesdames T. S?. McCoy and George F. Gray. Jerome Leland entertained the exe­ cutive committee and officers of the poultry association at a dinner last evening at the Illini Country club. Covers were laid for ten. Illinois Had 440 May Fires. Illinois in May suffered 440 fires, ac­ cording to the report Issued by Acting State Fire Marshal F. R. Morgarldge. Of this number, 222 occurred down state and 218 in Chicago. Classifications of the fires Is made as follows: Outside Chicago--Value of buildings, $821,039; damage to buildings, $192,- 816; insurance on buildings, $4^7,335; value of contents, $434,843; damage to contents, $86,718; insurance on con­ tents, $290,247. In Chicago--Value of buildings, $2,- 696,175; damage to buildings, $187,- 875; insurance on buildings, $1,715,- 185; value of contents, $1,585,410; damage to contents, $313,005; Insur­ ance on contents, $1,207,025. Of the fires outside of Chicago, flfty- two, the greatest number, were from "unknown" causes. Sixteen were In­ cendiary. From "carelessness" there were nineteen, sparks were responsi­ ble for thirty-six and lightning for eighteen. The greatest number of buildings burned were dwellings. jn Chicago, matches caused thirty- six fires, the greatest number. Eight It is suspected were of incendiary orig­ in. As outside that city, the greatest number of buildings burned were dwellings, ill. State Fair Boys' School. Preliminary steps are being for the organization of the next state fair boys' school. To county offlcera of the local committees in charge of the selection of delegates, the follow­ ing letter was addressed from the of­ fice of State Superintendent P. G. Blair, president of the commission: "The commission in charge of the boys' state fair school have designated the oounty superintendent, the presi­ dent of the farmers' institute and the chairman of the board of supervisors the committee to select the delegates to the boys' state fair school. The committee members may use their own judgment in determining the sort of test which the applicants must pass. We recommend, however, that the test shall be such as will reveal the can­ didates' power to listen to a lecture or a talk and get the main points out of It. A part of the test should also give the candidates a chance to ob­ serve some definite thing and make a written or oral report of his observa­ tion. The test should also reveal his power to present clearly and definitely what he has heard and what he has seen. "Two delegates should be chosen from each county, one to represent the city schools and one to represent the rural schools. Two alternates should be chosen at the same time. "The age of the candidate must be over fifteen and under twenty-one years." SIX RULE ALL BANKS; MSN GUIDING SPIRITS OF NA­ TION'S WEALTH, 8AYS WITNESS. Renner Heads Undertakers. Enos Renner of Urbana was elected president of the Illinois State Under­ takers' association at the final meeting of the thirty-second annual convention at Peoria. Other officers elected were: H. M. Kllpatrick, Elm wood, secretary; E. W. Wunderllch, Jollet, first vice-president; R. J. Fuller, Savannah, second vice- president. The following were chosen dele­ gates to the national convention, to be held at Chattanooga, Tenn., October 22 to 26: J. V. Swearlng?n, Cham­ paign; D. Y. Allsbrow, Watertown; W. R. Forbes, Kansas; W. H. Bush, Hlndsboro; A. E. Lundquist, Toulon; C. F. Ackermari, Elgin; David Turn- bull, Monmouth; David Johnston, Wat- selta, and H. C. Heinz, Pesotum. Peoria was awarded the 1913 con­ vention, the undertakers rejecting the proposition of the Iowa State associa­ tion to hold a joint convention in Rock Island in 1913. Subcommittee Hears Evidence of Mat* ag»r of Gotham's Clearing House at- "Money Trust" Probe. Naw Yortc, June 8.--The policies of nearly 100 of the biggest banks and other financial institutions in New York are directed outright by six men. They are Frank A. Vanderlip, pres­ ident of the National City bank; James G. Cannon, president of the Fourth National bank; Walter E. JYew, president of the Corn Exchange bank; Richard Delafield, president of the National Park bank; Otto T. Ban- nard, president of the New York thrust company; A. Barton Hepburn, president of the New York clearing house and chairman of the board of the Chase National bank. The five first named constitute the membership of the clearing house committee, that all powerful organiza­ tion, the New York Clearing House association. It is the controlling body of the clearing house. Mr. Hepburn Is a member of the committee ex-offlclo by reason of his being president of the clearing house association. This committee directs only in nam^. Behind Its members stand the small group of financial giants who constitute the money trust, now un­ der Investigation by the committee on banking and currency of the na­ tional house of representatives. Under examination by Chief Coun­ sel Samuel Untermyer, William Sher- er, for 20 years manager of the clear­ ing house, made admissions upon which the foregoing assertions are based, In New York on Thursday be­ fore the congressional subcommittee. E. H. Farrar, associate counsel, sat be­ tween Chairman Araen Jujo of Louis­ iana and Mr. Untermyer. N C W S O F I L L I N O I S MINE RATS SWARM OUT AFTER FOOD WIRE Meeting Held in Duquoln. The twenty-third annual convention of the Christian Endeavor Societies of the Twenty-first district, embracing Perry, Randolph, Jackson, Williamson and Franklin counties, was held at the First Presbyterian Church, Duquoin. The address of welcome was delivered by Rev. W. T. Morris of the First M. E. church, to which Ira Kirk of Herrin-responded. Rev. Adam K. Ad- cock of Carbondale spoke on "What Christian Endeavor Means." The other speakers were Rev. George P. Swan- son of Berrln and Miss Gertrude Skin­ ner of Duquoin. An address on gen­ eral efficiency was delivered by E. P. Gates, field secretary of the Illinois Christian Endeavor union. To Open Patten Girls' Home. The cottage erected by James A. Patten at the Illinois Industrial School for Girls at Park Ridge, will be for­ mally dedicated June 15. The officers and board of directors plan to make the occasion a red letter day in the history of the institution, which will be in the nature of a mid-June festi­ val. Tbe proceeds of the entertain­ ment will be devoted to completing sidewalks and roadways around the school grounds. Mrs. Charles Henro- tln, president, announces that a special train will leave the Northwestern de­ pot at 12:47 o'clock and will return at 5:17. Uncle Pennywise Says: I'm only* an old fogy, but when I cross the ocean, I'd rather see a few good lllfeboats aboard than any num­ bed of swimming pools. again, threw their spades into the back of the trap, seated themselves one on each side of him, and drove off- Presently one of the men said to tbe other: "The body seems to be warm still." The other replied: "8o it is." Then the corpse said: "Warm! and if you had been where I have been for tbe last twenty-four hours yoo would be warm, tool" The two men leaped with a yell out of the trap at opposite sides and ran for their lives.--British Medical Journal. He Simply Had to 8teal. Prometheus stole the fire from heaven. "My last match went out." he ex­ plained. She Didnt. It Was a Mistake. "Mildred is a decided blonde?" "You don't say. When did she de­ cide?" Best Plan. "Did you nail the lie?" "No; I wad too busy hammering tbe liar." Gov. Deneen Signs Three Measures Three bills passed by the special session of the state legislature were signed by Governor Deneen and are now laws. The new laws are: Appropriating $130,000 for the agri­ cultural department of the state uni­ versity. The act legalizing the election of trustees of Wilmette park and validat­ ing a $40,000 bond issue for park pur­ poses. The bill making an appropriation of $35,000 for the state factory inspection department; $15,0001 for the insurance department; $30,000 for the grain in­ spection department, aivi $35,000 for the automobile department of the sec­ retary of state. , Illinois Elks Elect Officers. The Illinois Elks in state convention at Jollet elected officers as follows: President--C. H. Williamson, Quln­ cy. Vice-president--Howard A. Swallow, Danville. Secretary--Rev. V. H. Webb, Mon­ mouth. Treasurer--Sam Ryerson, Rock Isl­ and. Rock Island was selected as the next convention city without opposition. Articles of Incorporation. Secretary of State Doyle issued cer­ tificates of incorporation to • the fol­ lowing: G. S. Wheaton company, Chicago; capital, $20,000; general painting, pa­ per hanging and decorating business. Incorporators -- Walter F. Jones, George S. Wheaton and Donald Mc Eachern. The Gerber company, Chicago; cap­ ital, $50,000; general merchandise business. Incorporators--Edward R. Newmann, George S. Pines and Julius J&. Kahn. V The Eldred Development company, Peoria; capital, $50,000; construction of tracks, bridges, houses and other structures. Incorporators--O. G. Leach, C. C. Orange and R. D. Clarke. Ridgewood Mining company, Chica­ go; capital, $2,500; mine and deal In coal and other minerals. Incorpora­ tors--R. W. Walsh,-J. M. Kennedy and H. H. W. Hubbell. Stadium Motordrome company Chi­ cago; capital, $24,000; to promote athletic sports and amusement enter­ prises. Incorporators--Jerome J. Cer- mak. James 8. McClellan and Harry Okln Meeting of State Beard of Normal The state board of education, com­ posed o" some of the best known edu­ cational people in the state, assem­ bled in Normal for their anniftLl meet­ ing. The board Is made up of the following: Peleg R. Walker, Rock- ford, president; Charles L. Capen, Bloomington; William R. Sandham, Wyoming; E. R. E. Kimbrough, Dan­ ville; Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, Chicago; Forrest F. Cook, Galesburg; Joseph L. Robertson, Chillicothe; G. O. Willard, Rushville; J. Stanley Brown, Joliet; S. H. Trego, Blandinsville; Frank B. Stitt, El Paso; William Kammann, Peoria; E. D. Marquis, Blooming- ton. treasurer, and Francis G. Blair of Springfield, ex-offlcio member and sec­ retary. T Vienna, June 10.--An attempt was made here Friday to assassinate Premier Tlsza in the chamber of dep­ uties and failed. Raleigh, N. C., June 9.--The state Democratic convention elected eight delegates-at-large on Friday to the Baltimore convention and by a vote of 503 to 396 indorsed Governor Wood- rcw Wilson's candidacy. Sioux City, la., June 10.--Sioux City and the nation Friday afternoon paid final honor to Congressman Elbert II. Hubbard, deceased. National respect for the late congressman was extend­ ed by a delegation from the United States senate and house. Boston, June 9.--Several hundred employees of the Boston elevated rail­ way went on strike Friday because the company refused to recognize the uniori\ recently formed. Violence marked the beginning of the strike. Sioux Falls, S. D., June 7.--From re­ turns received Wednesday Theodore Roosevelt has won the South Dakota primaries. Newspapers computing the final result on the basis of these re­ turns figured the plurality of the for­ mer president at 12,000. Toledo, O., June 7.--Congressman James M. Cox of Dayton waa chosen Wednesday the nominee for governor by acclamation. Hugh H. Nichols of Montgomery county was renominated for lieutenant governor. Washington, June 8.--Attended by President Taft, Vice-President Sher­ man, senators, congressmen and of­ ficials and dignitaries high In the serv­ ice of the United States, obsequies for Senator George E. Nixon of Nevada were held at his residence in Woodley Lane Thursday afternoon. Washington, June 8.--In tbe pres­ ence of a number of western con­ gressmen, President Taft signed the three-year homestead bill Thursday. This law decreases the time for prov­ ing claims from five to three years. Bloomington, 111., June 8.--Joseph West received fatal injures and Wal­ ter Price will probably die, their au­ tomobile being struck by a Chicago & Alton train near here U. S. VOTERS ARE INCREASED State Merger Favored. Consolidation of the Chicago Un­ dertakers' association and the Illinois State Undertakers' association will be one of the important things done at the thirty-second annual convention of the latter organization, which con­ vened in Peoria. The new organiza­ tion will be known as the Illinois Un­ dertakers' association, and It is prob­ able that a meeting of the membership of the two associations will be called to formajly complete the organization. The associations have a membership of about 400 ea*h. On November 5, 28,440,000 May Cast Their Ballots--Gain of 8*000,000 Since 1908. Washington, June 10.--According to estimates issued by the census bureau, 28,440,000 persons in the United States will be of sufficient age to cast votes in the election on November 5. This Is a gain of about 8,000,000 since the last presidential election. The esti­ mates are made on age alone and do not provide for the exclusions caused by educational and other qualifications imposed by the national and state gov­ ernments. The last census shows 29.4 per cent, of the population to be males over twenty-one years old, and this is based on a proposition estimate of 96,000,000 people, or a gain of 4,000,000 in 'wo years, which is the same ratio of in­ crease as took place in the years be­ tween 1900 and 1910. i Sell Chinese Women as Slaves. Shanghai, June 11.--Thousands of young Chinese women have been seized by brigands and mutinous sol­ diers in the interior and 6old into slavery. The victims are from middle- class families. Special Sessions at End. Voting down most of the bills pend­ ing before It, the legislature ad­ journed the two special sessions. The senate held only a perfunctory session. The work was all done In the house. The constitutional amendment resolu­ tion, permittisg more than one consti­ tutional question to be submitted at a time, was defeated. The omnibus ap- proprlation bill and the appropriation for the University of Illinois agricul­ tural experiment stations passed. The appropriation for the repair of ata'f fair buildings was deefated. Alaska Volcano Menaces People. Seward, Alaska, June 11.--Katmai volcano, in the Alaska peninsula, is In violent eruption, and grave fears are entertained for the safety of the inhabitants of Kodiak and neighbor lng islands. Duchess of Connaught Reeovering. Montreal, June 8.--The duchess of Connaught, who was taken ill very suddenly of peritonitis in Quebec, and brought to this city, is making rapid and satisfactory progress to­ ward recovery. Orozco to Borrow f», 300,000. Ottawa, Ont., June 8.--"The state congress." sayB a Chihuahua Mexican message of Thursday to the Montreal Star, "has authorized General Orozco to negotiate a loan of $2,500,000 gold In Canada." Springfield.--Levi M. Herrod of Edinburg, a retired farmer, gave his life to- save a dog. While driving his authomobile over a coun­ try road four miles east of Edinburg a dog ran from a farmhouse to bark at his machine. Herrod slowed down, but the dog persisted In running in front of the automobile, and, to avoid hitting the animal, he attempted to turn the machine aside. In doing so he ran into a ditch and his car was overturned. Herrod was thrown upon his head and lay in the dltoh several hours before a passing farmer found him. Lawrencevllle.--E. C. Wolcott lost his life In an attempt to save George Brown, a fellow-workman. Both men were employed at Indian refinery in this city, Brown as a cleaner of tank cars and Wolcott on the loading rack. Brown had gone into a tank car and was overcome by gas fumes. Wolcott hsd started to another part of the plant, but hearing a cry for help hurried back to the car and succeeded in getting the uncon­ scious form of Brown nearly to the top, when he too was overcome and fell to the bottom. Paxton.-- Dr. S. M. Wylie of this •city has presented to Paxton post, No. 387, G. A. R., a collection of Civil war relics, which he has spent years In gathering. The collection has been placed In the cases in the cor­ ridor of the courthouse and has re­ vived great Interest. The collection consists of fourteen guns, swords, caps, canteens, cartridge belts, gun cleaners, revolvers, bolsters, sabers, trench tools and other apparatus. A number of the swords are in the same condition as when left on the battle field. Danville --Uriah McArdle, aged sev­ enty-eight, died from a broken back received while attempting to Bave a grandchild from Injury when his yoke of oxen ran away at his home near Grape Creek. He had re­ sided in one place for seventy-six years and clung to the old ox team in preference to modern tractive methods. Duquoin.--Mrs. George Engel, who was stabbed by her husband as a result of domestic troubles a week ago, died at her home here. Miss Anna Yost, sister of Mrs. Engel, was killed by Engel while interceding In behalf of the wife. Mrs. Engel was soon to have become a mother again, so that Engel has three lives to an­ swer for. Decatur.--James M. Gray, lawyer, leading down-state Democrat and member of the Illinois legislature from 1898 to 1906, died at hlB home here of typhoid fever. Illness fol­ lowed his strenuous campaign to be elected state committeeman of the Nineteenth congressional district Taylorvllle.--Declaring that life was not worth living, William Stark of May township, forty-five years old, and reputed to be worth $50,000, drank two ounces of carbolic acid in the presence of his wife and two daughters and died before a physician arrived. Qulncy.--The bodies of Edward Dover, aged twenty-one, and Mies Theodora Keck, aged sixteen, were found In the Mississippi river, near Qulncy. The two young people were betrothed. They went for a ride in a skiff on the river and did not return. The recovery of the skiff floating near Hannibal, Mo., caused a search to be made which resulted Jn the discovery of the bodies. Carlyle.--Relatives of the late Olive Bloomberg Clews and George Key, a deputy United States mar­ shal of East St. LOUIB, are con­ testing In the circuit rnnrt here over property valued at $15,000 left by the dead woman. The woman, who lived In East St. Louis and St. Louis for several years, died in a St. Louis hos­ pital last October. Later two wills were filed In the county court here. In the first will her mother, Mrs. Thomas Louby of Huey, Is made the principal beneficiary. In a later in- i strument signed a few days before j her death, practically all of the es- j tate was left to Key, a friend. | Bloomington. -- Marion Lawrence, | International secretary, at the an- | nual convention of the Illinois Sun- ' day school convention at Elgin, made i the assertion that automobiles were j responsible largely for the marked de- I cline in contributions for religious j work. His statement was made dur- i ing hirf appeal for funds to cover last year's deficit of tfce state association. Eldorado.--Harry Davis of Eldorado was run over by a train on the Louis­ ville & Nashville railroad near Evans- ville and killed. Bloomington--One hundred and thirty-seven Btudents were grant­ ed diplomas at the rommencemenl ex­ ercises of the State Normal univer­ sity.. The class Is the largest In the fifty-three years of the institution's history. Peleg R. Walker of Rock- ford, president of the state board of education, delivered the address. Elgin.--After buying a graduating outfit and presents for their son," Earl Mldgely, his parents discovered he had not been in high school for more than a year. Suspension of Work in the An­ thracite Region Leaves Them Without Kind Friends ^ ilkesbare. Pa.--The suspension of mining in the anthracite region tha past several weeks has brought about a plague of rats in most of the mining towns. Rats are to be seen every­ where. They have overrun the cel­ lars and outbuildings in the towns of Warrior Run and Sugar Notch. When the mines are working the rats, which are of great size, make their home lh the underground workings. The min­ ers make pets of them and feed them from their pails. The average miner is superstitious enough to believe that if th« rats re- ***** They Devoured Everything in tha Larders. main in the workings there is no dan­ ger of an accident. Instinct seema t« tell the rat when a fall of roof la threatened, and he takes his depar­ ture. When the collieries were shut down and the miners no longer brought their dinner palls into the workings, the rodents were left with­ out, food. Hunger compelled them to make their way to the surface. Reach­ ing the top of the earth, they made their way into cellars and outhouses. Their coming was unexpected, and they devoured everything in the lar­ ders the first night. Then they invad­ ed chicken coops, and did not hesitate to attack the biggest chickens in the flock. In a hennery at Warrior Ron the rats killed a 12-pound rooster. There was a hard battle, as the rooa- ter put up a good fight. Nearly all the feathers were torn from his body. The fatal wound was in the neck, where one of the rats bit him and sucked the life blood. Owners of henneries now stand guard over their properties, and rats are being killed by wholesale. | BOYS PLAY INDIAN; ONE SHOT | "Big Chief' Meets With Defeat at the I Hands of "Wild Westerners" j In New York. | New York.--The mother of seven- year-old William Parno of 526 Mor- I ris avenue, Btonx, went to awake him I for school the other day, and found him covered with blood. She ran to his father, who summoned Policeman Cramb. The policeman found the boy j was suffering from a gunshot wound ' in the groin. At Lincoln hospital it ; was said he 1B in a serious condi- ; tion. j Young Farno was shot the other evening, but concealed it from his parents, going to bed early. In a | vacant lot near One Hundred and For­ ty-ninth street, small boys of the Cairo.--The fight Cairo put up against the flood in April cost the city over $50,000. Most of the mone^ waa spent for labor and sand bags. Tbe expense of the committee to Washington and Memphis are In­ cluded. Bloomington.--Ellas Bowdea, mem­ ber of tbe Marca city council and board of education, died sud­ denly, aged aerenty-two. One son, Edwin, and one sister, Mr*. Mattie Walki both «f CUoan •orvlT*. Stuck His Gun «.t Me and Fired." neighborhood play "Ind'an and cow­ boy" every evening. It was during the game that the accident occuired. On tbe pleadings of his mother snd fa­ ther, the boy told Detective iMerney the story. "We were playing cowboy a*td In­ dians." he said. 'I w*8 Indian chief and had captured a lot of cow­ boys and they were going to r*scua them The cowboys came dows tbe hill and we fought them off. Then they attacked us again, and," he hesi­ tated •Bispcbini America stuck his gun at me fired. It was not hia fault, and we were all frightened. I ran home and went to bed because L. didn't want to tell on him." Many to Lose Jobs. Panama.--The dry season on th* Isthmus ended Sunday with*, a great ; rainstorm. The dry period baa faeilf» rated digging of tbe canal, and it announced that 1.000 white employ*!^ will be dropped from tbe pay roUe. Y '•J*