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4m ft.?*4 Ihe McHenry Plaindealer . Published by -F. GL SCHREINER. i •" , "?"l>>' • /' P-'/sv:|;5v^heniit; ; ;.v • IULTHOIS. JAIL FOR litSOR LEADER MUST S£RVB THIRTY DAY® FOR CON- TEMPf. - >' ARE, FINED $500 °'^4 * ^WatHet Court of Appeals In WaihlnJr- ton Upholds Judgment of Lowe> Tribunal, But Cuts Sen­ tences ef All. *" 1 v 'Washington, May 7.--The contempt court judgments upon Samuel Gom­ pers, Frank Morrison and John Mitch­ ell. officials of the American Federa­ tion of )Labor, were sustained Monday by the court of appeals for the District *>f Columbia, which, however revised tlw sentences to give Gompers 30 .days' imprisonment and fine Mitchell i&nd Morrison $500 each> with no jail term. The chief justice of the court, dis­ senting, held that the entire contempt jjodgment* should be reversed. The lower court gave Gompers one •year, Mitchell nine months and Morri- son six months without option of fine. All were convicted of violating a court injunction in the noted Bucks Stove <ud Range case. An appeal from jth^ decision will be !taken to the Supreme court of the United States, if attorneys for the la- !bor leaders can find ground on which ito ask the highest court to review the judgment. ' On a previous appeal to the Supreme court the judgment was dismissed and the contempt proceedings were hrpught all over again. In, the previous action the decision ef the court below holding the men In .contempt was unanimous. The dissenting opinion Qf the chid Justice probably will present one ave­ nue of further appeal. The case has been a hard-fougbt one and attracted wide attention because of the promi­ nence of the men involved. The contempt was alleged to have" been the publication of the name of Bucks Stove and Range company In a so-called "boycott list" in the American Federation of Labor's maga­ zine after it had been forbidden by the abort Mount Vernon, -N. Y., May 7.--John Mitchell, vice-president of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor, when seen Monday at his home hi regard to the •fine of $500 imposed by the District St Columbia court of appeals, said: >"I am disappointed that the court of apgpals did not reverse the decision tit the supreme court. I fully ex­ pected that it would. For I feel that we should have been acquitted entire­ ly. I cannot say just what will be done now, though I believe an appeal will be made to the United States Supreme court "if any means can be found to do so. I have had no time to consult with'our attorneys at Wash­ ington, Mr. Gompers and. Mr. .Mqr- rfessey will attend to that." • THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE CALLS IT IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE HE *<A8 BEEN AT ODOS WITW( "•^VIF'5 FIVE YEARS. fS NOT AT ALL INTERESTED FIND BOMB IM toSTOfrlCE Condon Police Blame Militant^ Suf- fragists for Placing Infernal Ma­ chine in Parcel Post. i "London, ay 7.--A bomb containing sufficient nitro-glycerine to demolish the great building was found Monday among the paQkages collected by the parcel post at the southeastern district post office. No clue was obtained, but the po­ lice attach suspicion to the militant suffragettes. ' , The metallic sound of the parcel afouBed suspicion among . the em­ ployes, several hundred of whom were On duty at the time. '• The package was plunged\into water and the police, who were called, opened it and found it filled with gunpowder, \ quantity of slugs and a tube of nitro- L HfcetiD.%. •layeiMBf Stanford White, ln Btaite- ^ ment From Mftteawan, Denies - Parentage Of Child Which Sailed Abroad With His MotMr. New York, May 5.--Harry K. Thaw, In a statement sent out from Mat tea- wan, denies he is the father of the boy that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw took abroad with:her Saturday.- In his statement Thaw says he to not interested in MB wife's concerns in any way, that they no longer have anything in common, that any pre­ tense that he is the (father of the boy born in 1910 is ridiculous and false, and that he has been absolutely sepa­ rated from his wife for more than five years. Following to Thaw's statement in full: "I am not Interested in Mrs. Eve­ lyn Nesbit Thaw's concerns in any way, and did not Know she was going abroad. We no longer have anything in common. "Any pretense that I have a child born in 1910 is ridiculous and fals^;, as Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and I have been absolutely separated for more than five years. Ybu newspaper tnen know this; consequently It is unnec- sary {or me to £ay mors," Mrs- Thaw indicated that the child had been born abroad less than a year after the time Thaw was at White Plains fighting for his liberty. He then was treated with every con­ sideration by the'Authorities. There had been ho breach between himself and Wife and Jie received frequent vis­ its from members of his family. Acting Superintendent Leak of Mat- teawan has received an order to bring Thaw to this city on May 12, the date Bet for the trial of Lawyer Aqhut in Connection with the alleged effort to use money fof the purpose of effect-' lng the release of Thaw. SIX IN I.EAKY BOAT DROWN Boston Children on Pleasure Bent Fall in Frantic Effort to • Reach Shore. Boston, May 5.--When an over­ loaded rowboat sprang a leak in the Charles river and sank within twenty feet of the embankment, six of its youthful occupants, three girls and three boys, from eight to sixteen years old, all of Cambridge, were drowned. Two other boys, the only ones hi the party able to swim, was saved. Worthville, Ky., May 6.V~Four per­ sons were drowned wheni the river steamer. Sonoma sank at Glenmary. Cincinnati, May . 5.--Two women and a man were drowned In the Ohio river here when the skiff in which they were rowing upset. The party attempted to get out of the way of a passing excursion steamer and rowed close to a fleet of coal barges. The waves from the steamer upset their skiff and all were drawn underneath the barges and drowned. SOLDIERS AT GETTYSBURG, PA. Four Battalions Are There In Prepa­ ration for Fifteenth Anni­ versary of Battle. Gettysburg, Pa., May 6.--With the arrival of a battalion of four compa­ nies of United States infantry from the barracks at Plattsburg, N. Y., Gettysburg took on the appearance of a military outpost in preparation for the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. Each company has sivty-five men with three commissioned officers. They are sent here to do gtprd duty over the vast quantity of government property that has been sent for the celebration in July. Many tents are already up and the southern border town has the appearance of a great tented city. KING YIELDS UP SCUTARI Nicholas Decides to Abandon Alba* ^Dian Fortress When Austria Threat- • ana and Powers Bring Pressure. , «t; •- ___ ° Cetinje, Montenegro, May 7.--King JNicholas of Moptenegro Monday de­ cided to evacuate the fortress of Scu­ tari in response, to the delnand of the Buropean powers. v The Montenegrin cabinet has re­ signed, which action is generally re- >j|arded as a protest against the policy relinquishing Scutari. When he took possession o{ Scutari Oti April 23, after a six months' siege which co&t the lives of thousands of Montenegrins and Turks, Nicholas de­ clared that he would hold the city un­ til the lasfc drop of Montenegrin blood had been spilled. ' Eugenie Is Eighty-Seven. Paris, May 7.--fix-Empress Eugenie is almost wholly recovered from the tUness that has kept her confined dui^ lng (the greater part of the winter. Monday, was the eighty-seventh anal- Tjersary ul*her,birth. FIRE SWEEPS NORTH SYDNEY One Life Is Lost and Thirty-Three Business Buildings Are D*> stroyed--Loss $300,000. * Halifax, Nj- S„ May 5.--Thirty-live buildings, including practically all the principal business houses In the town of North Sydney, C. B, were® de­ stroyed by fire. One life was lost and the property damage is estimated at $300,000. Several families were ren­ dered homeless. Most of the firms burnfed out are covered by Insurance. Murdered at JolleL ' Joliet, HI., May. 3.--Michael Kane, a barber, displayed Thursday In a sa­ loon $5,000 which he had Inherited from his father's estate. L*" his body, with the skull crushed by a stone, was taken from the Desplalnefl river. ,* Portugal Expert* "Vags." "t-lsbOn, May 7.---The police are ex- Jju/ 'Pelling vagabonds from Portugal The i tteamer Cafoo Verde Monday carried : rfway to Africa 62 men from the Lis- P "f " fcpn civil prison and «l * fflgp The V; •-> • V • lion fortress. v Launch German Dreadnaught. Hamburg, Germany, May 7.--A new dreadnaught was launched here Mon- ;4ay to take the place of the old Kur> fuarst Priedrich Wilhelm, sold to Tur­ key in 1910. The boat was christened '©rosser Kurfuerst. Noted Londoners Arrive. New York, May 6 --Sir William Treloar, former lord mayor of Lon­ don and Col. Sir William H. Dunn, who will bfc lord mayor in 1917, has arrived in the United States Sunday for a stay of six weeks. - Dr. Lyman Abbot. Ousted. St. Louis, May 6.--Dr. Lyman Abbott of New Yor^c was on ,3aturday re­ moved from the list of vice-presi­ dents of the American Peace society because he signed t^e appeal for large noral appropriations. Hearing at St. I aft., May ?.--T Paul. , TesMmony Harvester A -I®' 8t Pau1, Ml1 | . fn the government's suit t? dissolve )'• ' "the International Harvester company wie Sherman a^ti-tru^ law, was ^.Tesumed Monday In St Paul before t;"*';>the federal court . : . • jr for Horeeb Lexington, Ky., May 2.--C. P. Bush- meyer of Louisville, owner of Haw thorn, the favorite for the Kentucky [Derby, refused $80,000 offered for the gelding by a syndicate of New York 'horsemen Wednesday. J: Li ; ^ J ILLINOIS CALIFbRNA LAWM/A^ER8 ADOPT MEA8URE WNIci: 18 STRONG­ LY OBJECT ED TO BY JAPAN. BRYAN MaKIS A FINAL ttJEA Secretary of ?>tate on Behalf of Presl- aent wiUoh Demands That Webb &W Be 8ubmitted'.to the People for a Vote, Harl&kenden Hom»<^ Winston Churchill's estate near Cornish, H. a,; haB "been chosen by Pi'esiaent Wilson as the "Summer White House." Har- lakenden House overlooks the Connecticut river and the Green mountains. . The president has surrounded himself with literary and artistic neighbors) ; in seleCtlug his summer home, the bottom one the north front The top picture shows the south front am NO WAGE INCREASE 1? TRAINMEN'S DEMANDS BY EA8TERN ROADflw ..<1 Higher Freight Rate Will' Be Aeked of Interstate Commerce Body by Rail Heads. New York, May 3.--The conference committee of managers rejected here Thursday the demands of the con­ ductors and trainmen on the forty- three roads of the eastern' district. The answer was communicated to a committee representing the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brother­ hood of Railway Trainmen at a se­ cret meeting held in the Engineering Society building. The managers' committee call atten­ tion to the fact that In 1910 the rail­ roads, in order to avert a strike, grant­ ed the conductors and trainmen^ an aggregate Increase in wages of $30,- 000,000. The present increase of $17,000,000, the roads point out, would be equivalent to placing on their prop­ erties a lien of $425,000,000 of 4 per cent, securities, the burden of which would fall upon the public. The trainmen and conductors may at a later date modify their demands upon tpe managers, or they may elect to take a referendum strike vote among their 100,000 members. The railroadB of the eastern terri­ tory, having discussed the freight rate problem, have decided to ask the interstate commerce commission to allow a 5 per cent. Increase on freight of all character. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE Franklin, N. H., May 3.--The memo­ rial museum being bullt ion the site of the house where Daniel Webster was born will be dedicated Aug. 28. The committee in charge expects presi­ dent Wilson to motor over from the summer capital at Gornlsh to take part in the exercises. 8L Clairville, Ohio, May 1.--Two thousand five hundred miners of the Lorain bock company in Belmont county struck because of the refusal of the company to pay the men extra for work in cutting soapstone and slate out of the mines. Denver, Colo., May 5.--The sight of a human arm projecting from a bank of snow Friday led to the finding of the body of Mrs. Alice McMillen of California, whose disappearance re­ mained a mystery for five montha. New York, May 3.--The state closed its case in the trial of former Inspectors Sweeney, Hfessey, Murtha and Thompson for conspiracy after District Attorney Whitman had con­ nected all four of the defendants with the alleged conspiracy by sen­ sational testimony. Toklo, May 5.--Ten Buddhist monks, victims of religious mania, sacrificed their lives at Sekl in the most painful form of death--self-destruction by fire. ArouBed to a frenzy of passion, the priests set fire to the Sanryo temple and then, as the flames spread, marched into the burning structure. Their beetles were bunied to ashes.' Two U. 8. Officers Killed. Pikevllle, Ky., May 8.--Two special deputies were killed and United States Deputy Marshal M»rk Potter, of Pikevllle, seriously wounded in a battle Sunday with moonshiners on top of Cumberland mountain. ~ No increase In Pries of lee. -New "fork, May 2.--Despite the bhort toe crop, due to the mild winter, the •lot trust does not propose to increase prices to the family trade. This an houncement was made Wednesday by Wesley M rout an£ POKES FUN AT.SOLON Mann and thomas in vbrba^ CLA8H REGARDING WHI8KER8. Substitute, Offered by 'Gardner of Massachusetts, to Qhange Cottcpt Schedule In Bill Is Defeated. Washington, May 6.--During the debate on the tariff In the house Fri­ day Representatives Thomas, Mann and Fordney had an Interesting pas­ sage at arms. "I just want \o tell the bewhiskered gent from Illinois," Thomas Said, "that these are the dogwood days when we are shearing the sheep and I'd advise him to get shaved;" "The gentieman from Illinois has taken up volumes in the congression­ al record In mixed mataphors and vapid nothingnesses. I'll bet he has cost the government $10,000,000 since he has been rattling around here." • 'T move that this moonshine debate close," yelled Representative Langley (Rep.) from Kentucky. Thomas is. a Democrat. "I believe the gdntleman has moonshine on the brain and keeps re­ plenishing the supply," Thomas re­ torted. "The gentleman addresses himself to the hair on my face and the hair on the head of the gentleman from Kansas," scouted Mann, white with rage. "He says I am bewhiskered. I £m, but, but sir, I am not be-whls- keyed." ' ' t "What's that?" cried Thomas, half rising from his peat » - The chairman rapped for order and the Incident was closed, when Thom­ as' friends crowded about him. Demonstrating the unfair and gen­ erally destructive character of the Underwood tariffcj duties In the cotton schedule, Representative Gardner of Massachusetts used samples of cot­ ton cloth obtained from New England cotton mills. The desk before him looked like one in some great cloth making factory. The Democrats defeated the Gard­ ner-Greene substitute for the cotton schedule, as carried in the Underwood bill, and the schedule was passed without change. Bfteramento, Cal., May 6.--By a vote of 23 to 2 the penate early Saturday passed the Webb alien land ownership bllfc and late at night the assembly also adopted It The bill only needs the governor's signature to become a law. • / Only three votes were cast against the measure in the lower house, one Democrat and two Republican mem­ ber; opposing the bill on the final pas- sago The roll call was held less than twenty-four hours after the final pas­ sage of the act In the senate. Secretary of State Bryan concluded his mission to the governor and leg­ islature of California with a message of farewell. To an open joint session of the two houses, attended by the governor, he gave renewed assurances _ of the friendly interest and co-opera- f tive attitude of the national admin­ istration toward the peculiar problems of California, transmitting the presi­ dent's latest criticism 'of the alien land act passed by the state senate and rehearsing again those objections already made public. ^ "* In summing uj>, Secretary Bryan rehearsed the objections and sugges­ tions of the president, already made public, and concluded: "Having performed the duty im­ posed upon me by the chief executive of the nation my work Is done. You have listened patiently and courteo' ly and now the responsibility rests on you to do what you deem nec sary, recognizing as you doubtless do that you act not only as the represen­ tatives of the btate, dealing with lands lying within the state, but as the rep­ resentatives of a state occupying a position among her sister states and sharing with them an interest in and responsibility for International rela­ tions. "You are fortunate in this state In having the initiative and referendum. The^initiative spurs you on to do that i^hich you believe your people want c'one, while the referendum empowers thobe for whom you speak to put their vt to upon your acts if you fail to re­ flect. their wishes. It may be assumed, therefore, that if you feel it your duty to enact any legislation oh this sub­ ject . at this time your people will efther manifest theif approval by ac­ quiescence or their disapproval ' by submitting your action, to the judg­ ment of the voteirs by means of the referendum. ~ "I leave you with renewed assur­ ances Of the president's' friendly con­ cern in the subject with which you are dealing and my appreciation of the kind reception which you have ac­ corded me &s his spokesman." KING GIVES UP SCUTARI Nicholas of Montenegro Orders City Evacuated--Austria Mobilizes , 60,000 Troops. .London, May 6.--Advices from Cet- tlnje state that King Nicholss of Montenegro, confronted with the threatening attitude of jtatstrla, has ordered that Scutari be evacuated at once. 1 Austria, however, Is not relaxing military preparations, although the objective of these preparations is not now Montenegro, npr even Scutari. The pacification of Albania Is the task for which Austria ie mobilizing 60,000 troops. Paul Arthur 8org la Dead. New York, May 6.--Paul Arthur Sorg, millionaire horseman and so­ ciety man, died early Sunday at his home, 12 East Eighty-seventh street Death was due to dilation of the heart Mr. Sorg had been ill three weeka. Pioneer Priest »s Dead. Denver, Colo., May «.--Rt Rev. Henry Robinson, slsignor and vicar general of. the diocese of Denver, died Saturday of bronchitis. He was one of the pioneer priests of the ROcky mountain district. Baby,/Glrl Burned to Death. omah/ WIs., May 3 --IJlnore, four- yeaY-old daughter of William Timmer- man, was burned to death in a brush fire raging nea^ her home/ Thursday Arthur Tlm'merman, brother, was hutped trying to save her. Stops Mies Wilson's Taxi. . i New York. May 3.---William J. Greenwood, a taxicab chauffeur, was fined $& for driving Miss Margaret Wilson, the president's daughter, and Fires Through Window; Kills. , Sprlnglleld, Mo., May 6.--William Steele, si:cty-five years old, and repu­ ted tc be wealthy, was killed Sunday in his home, near Wilson Creek/ elev­ en miles from here, by a charge from a shotgun fired through a wlndoto. HOLDS UP TRAIN IN CITY Lone BandK Robs Passengers on Kan­ sas City Southern of Money and Jewelry. Kansas City, Mo., May 3.--A lone robber who boarded. Kansas City Southern passenger tra'n No. 5 at the depot here lined up and robbed the passengers soon after the train left here Friday, securing about $1,500 In money and Jewelry. When Jesse E. Short of Joplin, Mo., one of the passengers, and a million­ aire, was commanded to throw up his hands he drew a pistol and began fir­ ing at the robber. ' The bandit returned the lire and Short fell, badly wounded. The robber also was hit by a bullet Jumped from the tralzr afnd ran. / MELLEN GAVE TO 1904 FUND __ i Reimbursed by $102,000 Prom 8ate of New Haven Railway Stock He Telle Rail Body. Boston, Mass., May 3.=Prestdent Mellen, explaining the apparent profit made by him of $102,000 by the sale of the New Haven railroad stock id 1904, told the Interstate commerce commission that the money had been" paid back to hih*. to reimburse him tor contributions to ihe Republican campaign fund of that year. Miss Madero Is Married. New York, May 1.--Miss Mercedes adero, sister of the' late president of Mexico, became the bride of An­ tonio G. Canalizo, a member of thd Mexican house of representatives, last evening in the "church of Our Lady of Hope. The bride was given away bj&rher father, Francisco Madero. Because of the death of the bride's brother the wedding was a very quiet oq*'being almost a family affair. Anti-Prize Fight Bill Is Killed. Sacramento, Cal., May 5.-'-The pro­ posed anti-prize fight bill, making the promotion of a prize fight in this state a felony, and attendance at one a mls- «uiu«aucr, was defeated by a vote of to 24 In the lower house Friday. Representatives to See Csnal. Washington, May 6.--Several rep­ resentatives Sunday began organizing a largp party to visit the Panama canal zone after the house has dis­ posed of the tariff bill. A government ship probably will carry the party. Plunges 20 8tories to Death. 1 Chicago., May 2.--John Wagner, a steel worker, fell 20 stories from thd Conway building, in process of erec­ tion at 125 West Washington street, opposite the city hall, here, Wednes­ day. He was killed instantly. • --1-- Pope Plus Is Well Agalik \ Rome, May 2.--Pope Pius, for • th£ first time since his recent illness, de­ scended from his apartment to* the floor below, Wednesday, where he gen- Rochester Has Big Fire. Rochester, N. Y., Maya>5.--Fire of unknown origin swept through s,the lumber yards owned by Stephen Zle- linskl Friday destroying more than $200,000 worth of lumber jmd burning *eveh adjoining dwelling houses. Bloomington.--Len Twomey, repre­ senting Iowa, was awarded first pla^o, by the judges in the Annual competlH tion of the Interstate Oratorical asso­ ciation. President Felmley ,< the tTniverilty of Illinois presidfc&(.?u Springfield.--The appointment of Arthur Johnson of chicsgc s friend Of United Ctates Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, to the position of Frank 8. Dickson, was announced. Johnson succeeds Daniel EmmenMNt - Mar­ shall, a Republican. - . v < Cairo.--The meeting of the Twen­ ty-fifth District of Federation of Women's Clubs closed here, featured by an address by Mrs. Frederick A. Dow of Chicago, state president of the Illinois Federation. A resolution asking the legislature for an appro­ priation for a home for dependent girls similar in character to the Home for Boys at St. Charles, was indorsed. The legislature also was urged to ap­ propriate $2,000 for the purchase of the old home of John A. Logan at Benton, which is about to be sold for historic purposes. The officers were elected: Mrs. W. H. Hart, Marion, president; Mrs. H. G. Easterly, Car- bondale, corresponding secretary and Mrs. W. p. Montgomery,. Duquoin, treasurer, Marion was- selected^- as next meeting place. Kankakee.--Albert Redford, whose body was taken from the Kan­ kakee river near here, was a veteran hunter and trapper of Waldron and well known to central Illinois sports­ men. It was thought that his boat capsized in the swift current of the river. ^ „ ixon^tJnder the auspioea . M Dixon Art club, a campaign has Boat 8lnks; Many Drown. -Natchez, Miss., May 5.--Twenty-two negro refugees were drowned Friday v^tien the steamer Concordia, engaged in rescue work in the upper Louls- lana flood district, struck a railroad bndge at Clayton, La., and sank. 2,400 81Ik Weavers 8trl*e. New York. May 8.--The silk Indus­ try of the country was tied up Friday when 2,400 weavers fn the silk mills of West Hbboken. Union Hill and Jbr- 1 " v * •' K' '<• *"•' v' ' Dixon.* the been launched at Dixon for the beau­ tifying of the city. Prizes will be of­ fered for the best flower garden, best kept lawn, and most artistic arrange­ ment of shrubbery. Duquoin---Pleasant Day, a miner of Pinckneyviile, shot by Henry Hoag- land several days ago, died in the Murphysboro hospital. Hoagland has been released under .a bond of $1,000 for his. appearance befbre the grand Jary. - v . Urbana.--While the funeral of Dr. Andrew S. Draper, former president of the University of Illinois, was be­ ing held at Albany, N. Y., attended by President James and Dean Thomas Arkle Clark of the -^university, 4,000 students and the rest of the faculty held memorial services at the school. A eulogy was delivered by Dr. T. J. Burrill, vice-president emeritus. "In every way the name of Andrew Sloan Draper is writ large In the era-making history of the University of Illinois," said Doctor Burrill. "President Dra­ per was always highly popular with the student body, and there were abundant reasons for It. He distin­ guished sharply between fair play and foul, and there was little mercy to­ ward evildoers. . This came to be un­ derstood and with it came increased respect and approval." Sterling.--Miss Vera Knox, a young school-teacher, rehearsed several times with a cousin a suicide scene, which she explained she wished to in­ troduce in a magazine story she was writing. She played the sceno through, blowing her head off with a shotgun. Cairo.--Clyde Whitacre, postal clerk in the railway mail service, was ar­ rested here on a warrant sworn out by Post Office Inspector Earle P. Smith, changing him with stealing and de­ stroying United States mail. Two decoy letters containing marked ohe- dollar bills were deposited in the mail and Whitacre was caught with these bills in his possession, Harrlsburg.--Mrs. Ella M&rVham was found guilty and fined $100 here on two charges of selling liquor in dry territory. Charles P. Johnson and L. V. Smith, detectives from Chicago, who had bought liquor from Mrs. Markham, *ere the prosecuting wit­ nesses. •• -A Pana.--At the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Central Illinois. Dis­ trict Medical society officers were elected aB follows: President, Dr. C. M, Jack of Decatur; vice-presidents, Br. L. C. Littlejohn, Oconee, and Dr. F. Mortin, Taylorvllle; secretary, Dr. Walter Burgess of Pana; treasurer, Dr. J. N. Nelms of Taylorvllle. The semi-annual meeting will be held in Pana in October Dr. F. P. Norberry of Springfield, and C. M. Lack of De­ catur were the principal speakers. ^" Bloomington.--In trying to avoid a freight train, Charles Story, a -young man of this city, stepped in front of a fast moving Cblc&go and Alton passenger train and was killed. _ . J- Blociniugcoq.--Principal J. W. Tel­ ford of the Normal University high school, has accepted the challenge to the high schools of Bloonrtngton and Normal", extended by the Peoria high schools for a dual track meet between the two cities. The date proposed is May 2^ In Bloomington. Springfield.--Because ills wife was to secure divorce from him, Henry Englebrecht, hotel Iteeper of Pana, committed suicide in a north park of BprlngflekL . , ^ Bloomlngtott.^-At eofleludtag ses­ sion of post graduate association of Illinois Methodist clergyman, W. P. McVey of Streator, was chosea presi­ dent; F. B. Madden* Champaign, vice- president, and C. D. Robertson, Hey- worth, <secretary and treasurer. Champaign.--Col. B. C. Morse an­ nounced that the University of Illi­ nois cadet regiment would not be taken to Chicago to participate in the 'World in Chicago" festivities as PAINFUL, TRYING muds Housework is hard enough for av healthy wom­ an. The wife who has a bad back, who 1b weak or tired all the time, finds her duties a heavy burden. TuOuaoudB of nervous, d i s - couraged. sick­ ly women have t r a c e d t h e i r "Wvuy Victor* TiBs troubles to sick * Story" kidneys -- have found quick and thorough relief through using Doan's Kidney Pills. The painful, trying times of woman's life are much easier to bear if the kidneys are welL ^ An lowi Case Mm. J. H«nt, IMS. 6th BC, FalrfMd, «M«: "For thirty yean I uSand from kidney trouble. I bad severe backache, beatechea and dlny •pells, and my limbs swnHad so 1 couldn't walk. Bean's Kidney Pills enrud mo when mirtUBc else tailed. 1 eanaot praise them too highly." Get Doaafc el Aw S)ora.BOe a Box DOAN'S V/LIV FOSTER-MILBURH CO.. BUFFALO, N.Y. CANADA'S QFFERIN6 TO THE SETTLER THE AMERICAN RUSH TO WESTERN CANADA IS INCREASING Free Homesteads In the new Districts at Manitoba, Saskatche­ wan and Alberta there are thousands of Free Homesteads left, which to the man making entry In 8 years time will be worth from 00 to (26 per aero. These lunds are well adapted to grain growing and cattle raising. BXCKUEKT RAILWAY FACIUTRS In many cases tho railways in Canada ha re been bulk In n<5- •ance of settlement, and in a Bhort time there will not bo a settler who need bo more than ten or twelve miles from a Une of railway. Railway Rates are regulated by Government Oom- Soclal Conditions The American Settleris athome in Western Canada. He i o not a stranger in a strange land, hav­ ing nearly a million of his own people already settled there. If Sou desire to Know why theeon-Itlon of the CaaadlanSeUtrt Is Sroaperons write and send for teratare, rates, eta, to 412fcftMLtT.Mi,afca» a V. Ichunt, 176 Jeffsrsos A*e„ Mrort. Canadian Government Agents, or address Superintendent of Immigration, Ottaws,CuM>. fS*reg*H?i BlMlfMm SnUffianCKAB aLkays beliabijl ADDS TO THE LENGTH OF LIFE Nothing Better Than Pedestrian Ex* ercise, Especially to Those Who Have Passed Beyond Youth. 'Some of the most noted of the old men of New York, successful in busi­ ness, the professions and public af* fairs, have formed a walking club for the purpose of making their pursuits of still greater length of days and still better health as agreeable as 1€ is Bensible. They intend to take long walks together and, no doubt, to make their pedestrian experiences the sub­ ject of entertaining discussion and a store of memories held in coiifmon. This Is an example which might well be followed In every city of the United States. In the era of motor vehicles there is danger that walking will be increasingly neglected, especially by men and women advanced in years, who often need it most. There is £ constant temptation to forget that riding in the open air, fine as it is in many ways, can never do for the body what walking does. ' Diplomatic Team. 'Cricket was introduced. into a cer­ tain district of India by a clergyman from England, who hoped that the game would foster a manly spirit. All went well, according to the author of "A. Little Tour In India," the boys be­ came keen and a match was arranged with a neighboring school. Then the clergyman gave his team 15 rupees ($4.80) to spend "on new bats, or Whatever would be most useful." When the day came, the team turned out for the match full of quiet confix dence, but with all their Old accouter- menta. "Why," asked the padre, "what have you done with those 15 rupeefl I gave you?" "Well, sir," said the captain, "we thought it best to spend it all on the umpire." They won. Trees "Shot to Death." For literally shooting trees to death a pistol huts been invented in England that fires into their limbs steel bolts that tear out the living cores. MORE THAN EVER Increased Capacity for Mental Labor Since Leaving Off Coffee. Many former coffee drinkers who have mental work to perform, day aft­ er day, have found a better capacity and greater endurance by using Post- um Instead of coffee. Aa His. Woman writes: ' "I had drank coffee for about twenty year*, and finally had what the doctor ealled 'coffee heart.' I was nervous and extremely despondent; had little mental or physical strength left, had - kidney trouble and constipation. "The first noticeable benefit derived from the change from coffee to Postum was the natural action of the kidneys and bowels. In two weeks my heart action was greatly improved and my nerves steady. "Then I became leas despondent, and the desire to be active again showed proof of renewed physical and mental strength. ^ "I am steadily gaining In physical strength and brain power. I formerly did mental work and had to give it up­ on account of coifee, but since using Postum I am doing hard mental labor with less fatigue than ever before." t Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Postum now comes in new concen-. trated form called Instant Postum. It is regular Postum, so processed at the factory that only the soluble portions/; are retained. p A spoonful of Instant Postum with hot water, and sugar and creav io Tr^ taste, produce Instantly' a delicious beverage. ' p Write for the little book, "The Boa4 #: to Wellville." tor Vmmn