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7-Day Review Per Week lOc. THE 7-Day Review Per Week lOc. HO 16. JANTTARY ie, SEVEN DAYS, TEN CENTS. HIGH RATES JUSTIFIED Merely Restoration of Reasonable Charges.

Answer of the Roads to the Commission. Washington, Jan. Pennsylvania railroad, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and the Lehlfih Valley railroad have submitted to the interstate commerce commission statements that increases in freight rates on grain and produce, dressed meats and packing house products and a few other commodities are merely restorations to usual or reasonable basis and justified by increasing expenditures. COAL MINES ARE TRANSFERRED Closing of the Deal lor Central Illinois Combine. Springfield, Jan.

16 --Deeds transferring six coal mines the vicinity of Springfield to AH syndicate were filed in the office of Recorder Rich Thursday. Although the consideration is not given, attorneys and parties interested state that it will reach a million dollars. The mines- transferred are the Taylorviile, Black Diamond, the June tion Coal company, two mines at Riverton and the Slarnes shaft. A mortgage for $650.000 was given by the Springfield Coal Mining company, Incorporated under the laws of New York, to Frederick L. Eldridge.

This mortgage covers the bonds issued by the company. A number of transfers of coal rights were also consummated during the day. Those transferring coal rights are Henry Churchill, John Young. M. White, William and John D.

Richardson and Leslie Smith. Robert Solomon transferred ths Black Diamond mine and Annie Reisch the Starnes mine deed. The Riverton Coal company made the deed which gives to the corporation the two mines in Riverton and the Junction Coal Mining corn- par.y, which is known as Riverton No. 3. The transfer of the Taylorviile mine was made by D.

Shumway -in Christian county. FARMER PAINTED GREEN. Then Pat in Barn With His Hands Tied. Newark. N.

Jan. cruelly to her aged husband Mrs. Susai Beers of Good' Springs, Warren county was arraigned before Judge Shipman She and her son. Elijah Beers, and Frank Gordon were arrested on the same charge by Sheriff Barker. The husband, John Beers, is more than twenty years olde than his wife.

All three prisoners wer remanded for trial next week. The Beers family had a farm nea Good Spring and when neighbors misse the owner they searched the premise and found him tied hand and foot in barn. His wife and the othe prisoners are accused of having put hi there. Beer's face was covered green paint which lie said had JOHNNIE BUMPED HIS GOVERNESS Hart Her Wnere Tender and She Sues. St Louis, Jan.

Miller, who has'reached the mature age of 5 years, holds the unique distinction of being the youngest defendant ever made a party to a suit for damages in the circuit court of St Louis. A big deputy sheriff yesterday served the papers on Johnnie which commanded Wm to appear in the circuit court ana defend a suit for $10,000 damages filed yesterday by Ms former governess, Mildred DuFae. Johnnie is the son of Joseph G. Miller. 3703 Washington avenue, and his erstwhile governess hails from the Slue- grass regions of Kentucky.

SAT HER DOWN HARD. Miss DuFao says in her petition that on the morning of Dec. 29, as she -was sitting in a rocking chair, oblivious of the proximity of Johnnie, he stealthily a-ni' surreptitiously crept up behind her and seizing the rockers of the chair, pulled it violently from under her. The fair Kentuckian didn't have far to travel to reach the floor, but she covered the die tance in record-breaking time and hit thi floor with resounding force. Johnnie escaped for a time, but afte the eoverness had recovered her equili brlum and enough breath for speaking- purposes she reported the occurrence to Mrs Miller.

After Johnnie's mother had interview him on the subject he showed a decided disinclination to sit down fo- several days. He recovered finally, but Miss Du Pae avers that she was no: possessed of Johnnie's recuperative powers. Mrs. Miller's family physician was sent for and prescribed for Miss DuFae, but his medicines failed and the patient left the Miller homestead and went to 2927 Lucas avenue, where she is now living. Another physician was Milled, who diagnosed the injury as traumatic neurasthenia, and Miss DuFae immediately filed suit, for If the doctor had added another word to the name of the injury the suit would probably have been for $15.000.

been daubed on by Gordon. The old man wa afterward taken away by two other son who live at Bushkill, Pa. IN IINEFORPOPE'S SEAT Cardinal Appointed Vice Cban cellor ot the Church. Rome, Jan. Serafino Van- nutelli has been appointed vice chancellor of the Catholic church in succession to Cardinal Parocchi, who died 'yesterday.

Vannutelli is now regarded as the prob able successor to the pope. LIVE STOCK MEN Adjourn Their Convention at Kanaas City. Kansas City, Jan. sixth annual convention of the National Live Stock association finished its labors today. The work of the last session consisted in passing upon resolutions favorably recommended by the.

executive committee and in delivery an8 discussion of several addresses of interest, in naming of the convention city and in confirming old officers for ensuing year, all of whom had been recommended for re-election. COAL HEARING Eta Weary Way at Philadelphia. Coal company, closed its case before the strike commission today. It was followed by the Scranton company and the Elk Hill Coal and Iron company, which turn their coal over to the Ontario and Western railroad. FREE Orders Ismed trom the Treasury Department.

partment today telegraphed collectors of customs throughout the country to admit all coal imported on or after the 15th inst, free of duty. LABOR FALLS OUT Over Wage Scale and Tteup Lynn, Jan. to a clash of authority between the of Labor and the Boot and Shoe Workers- union over a new price lilt 200 shoe today. Upwards ot 3,000 era loOlrestlyj Involved. MESSENGER BOY'S BREAK Caused Wreck and Death of Four Men Gave a Signal for a Clear Track.

VISITING THE CZAR German Crown Prince Warmly Received. CumoerlanQ. Jan. Baltimore and Ohio east bound express struck two freight engines on the main track here this morning, killing Engineers Sims and Butter and Firemen Sneering. Moran and Nor.e of the passengers were injured.

IrAestigation showed a a messenger boy who was in the telegraph office threw the sign il i the knowledge of the operator, si the passenger train a clear track when it should bTMcn blocked. A NEW CURE FOR BLOOD POISON Remarkable Results on Woman in Hospital. New York, Jan. C. Barrows of 85 West Thirty-sixth street has submitted the report of a case to the New York Obstetrical society and outlined a treatment tending to revolutionize the methods of modern medical procedure in dealing with cases of blood poisoning.

It would aeem, indeed, that an. actual specific for this dread ailment had been discovered. Briefly the treatment consists of injection of formalin into the veins. Dr. Barrow's experiments were made upon a public patient wno was admitted to Bellevue hospital on Dec.

25. The patient was a negro woman of slight stature. She had given birth to a child before her admission to the hospital. Blood poisoning had already set in. The woman was admitted to the histltu- tio eight days after the birth of the child.

The woman when treatment was administered had a temperature of 108 degrees and a pulse of 160. Never in the history of the medical profession was a patient known to recover from this disease with such a. rise of pulse and temperature. Dr. Barrows injected into one of the large veins of her right arm .500 cubic centimeters -of formalin, which is 40 per cent of ordinary commercial formaldehyde gas in water.

The effect was almost instantaneous. The woman was, at the time of this injection, almost in a state of collapse. She was ashen in color and her lljn were seen to move in the low muttering delirium which usually precedes death in such cases. Her pulse was barely perceptible. MAGICAL EFFECT.

The effects of the formalin were almost magical. The strength the solution was one-five thousandths. By the next day the temperature had dropped to 101 degrees, with a corresponding drop in the pulse rate. On the succeeding day, however the temperature went up to 102 degree's, and on the next day to 10S degrees. Dr Barrows then made a.

second injection. This time the liquid was forced into the veins of the woman's left arm, and the amount was .750 cubic centi- metres. The temperature dropped to the normal in a few hours and the pulse to 'eighty-six beats per minute. An examination of a blood culture showed that no germs existed. The woman's pulse and temperature jave now been normal for ten days, and she is practically well.

No untoward results followed this experimental employment of a drug which had hitherto been unused in this manner. While it was but reasonable to suppose that some local manifestation would arise, none has developed. A series of experiments are now being urupma. A series 01 Philadelphia, Jan. Erie made upon animals, to determine whether company which operates the Hillside Coal or not formalin produces any poisonou and Iron company and the Pennsylvania effects when injected into the blcod.

CHICAGO BLOCK BURNS Many Firms to Maobtoery Business JJOMC0 Chicago, Jan. early today destroyed tha large manufacturing block at Canal and Madison streets. Loss, 000. The flre caused! a panic among the The flre causeoi a ptimi; Jan. treasury de- guests of the Grand Central hotel adjoin artment today telegraphed collectors of ing.

Many fled in scant attire Into thi Many fled in scant attire Into Most of the concerns occupying tho building were engaged in the machinery business. Employed Wagons. Bloomington, Jan. general store of Lantz in Congenrtlle, a small town near here, -was raided fcy a gang of thieves who used wagons. Nearly the entire stock of -goods; valued at several hundreds of dollars, was carried away.

Officers are at -work on the cage, but they, have no dew to guide ttwm. J. WHO WAS THE VAMPIRE St. Petersburg, Jan. German crown prince, Frederick William, arrived here today on a visit to the czar.

The crown prince was welcomed at Tzarskoc Solo by the czarewitz, as the czar Is confined to his apartments, suffering from a severe cold. A number of TILLMAN'S VICTIM Shows Improvement and May Recover, Assailant Fired Without Giving Warning. fering from a severe coiu. numuer ui Columbia, S. Jan.

G. Gon- gvand dukes, ministers and high officials editor oC The State, who was shot were present at the station, where there I an( perhaps fatally wounded by Lieuten- was a liberal display of Russian and Ger- i an Governor Tillman, is reported this man colors. The crown prince, accomp- orning by his physicians to be holding anied by the czajewitz inspected the own with indications of guard of honor and drove to the palace through streets decorated with flags. He was heartily cheered by crowds. 1 DEATH OF A PIONEER.

Henry Clark Lived in sauga- moii All His Life. His chances for recovery are as good as 20 to 100, The ball entered the right side below the nipple and ranged across the body and downward, coming out through the watch pocket on the left side. There appears to be conflict of testimony as to the essential features of the shooting. Gonz.Ues was going home alone Springfield Jan. P.

from his office to his lunch, his route Clark aged 79 years, 2 months and is leading him down Main street to Gorvais, a one of the pioneer residents of, thence east. As usual. Gonzales was Painter Says It iVaS JJlOt Mrs. Sang amon nty, died Thursday walking. In 1 Ine- 1 o'clock at ing Chicago Jan.

10-Tins secret of "The two miles southeast of Rochester. I sided at the senates session and i VanWe," the ghou.ish picture of Sir The history or a a i con-, around! the Philip Burne-Jones. Rudyard Kipling, i immortalized by his "Rag and a Bone and a Hank of Hair" poem was revealed by the artist Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the actress, did not pose as the model lor the creature who is taking the life blood from the lover. The model was a woman of Brussels, who was paid for posing.

"I want to lay the ghost of that story forever." said the painter, as he nervously paced the corridors of the art institute. "The picture was painted by mo while in Brussels. I made the Study of the. figure of the girl from a Brussels model. I hired -her at so much a day, and, as it turns out, I made a lucky choice." MILLER WILf, BE A BUSY MAN As he came srus we're Englishmen.

They were kinsmen of Morris Birkbeck, a former secretary of pressman-elect Wyatt Aiken and former iVLUrl 1 15U n-UL-L a im i i i i state, who with Oeor.e Flower brou ht, the clover a large- party ot English imniigran an settled the town of Albion, M- strect wards county. The Clark brothers and operated tho first mill in the vicinity where they lived. They both had saw. I and Gcivais streets, just at the strect car tracks. encounter or Cist fight- mills and grist mills on the Sangamon and South Fork rivers, the first grist, mill beine a hand mill.

ing no laying on of TJIlm.ni so a as the evidence cUs- Si simply drew his revolver and od lt fjonzcilcs. Host or those who saw Henry P. Cl.irk lived all his life in the, -iffair sa there was nothing said vicinity which his father settled, with the exception of a few years spent in Iowa. He was one of the best known farmers GONZA1.15S EXPLICIT, in the county and was leader in relig-' ions and social circles. He is survived by Gonzales himself R.IVP an explicit four children They are, Mrs.

Wary Daw- Matement of thr a a i prior to being son of MeadviIK', Sarah V. Clark, put under anaesthetics. Ho was ven residing at home; Edward Clark Ro- emphatic in saying that he had not sen 13 i Tilt i 111- i P. fl.ll Making Up His List of Com- grand jury yesterday. They were Chart Springiield, Jan.

there is A. Starne, Tcrrence Casey and L. practically nothing to be done by Senceney of the West End Coal company, legislature until after the senatorial elec- the Wllliamsville Coal company and" the tion, both bouses adjourned yesterday Auburn and Alton Coal company, respect- over to next Tuesday morning. That is ively. the day on which the formal ballot fo senator will occur.

Nearly ail of til members left for their homes on the af ternoon trairs. Speaker Miller left for his home in McLeansboro. and will not re turn to Springfield next week. RUSSIAN BOAT RUNS THE DARDANELLES i i iuiu i iti- pntercu tni? field next week. He took lt a Keeps Defiance Of Brit- and i list of committee prefer- ailx'S Wisll Olliet.

fore art ot and will devote his above the fi Constantinople, Jan. accordan for Sevastopol. The censor stopped all messages on the subject. with him the ences of the members, and will devote entire time until next Tuesday in mak- 1 ing up the house committees, which he with the sanction of the sultan one of docs not expect to announce before week four Russian torpedo boat destroyers after next. Not all of the Sherman faction leaders have yet advised the speaker as to committee preferences, though most all of them have promised to do so by the time the legislature re-convenes next week.

The speaker will find time during the recess to figure on the house steering committee. He is disposed to reeognize some of the Sherman men in the makeup of this committee, but before he offers any of 'them a place on this committee he a to be sure a they will not 1 antagonize him uuriug- the session. By a strict party vote the senate referred to the judiciary committee the house resolution instructing; and pledging the United States senator to favor a measure providing for the election of Uniled States senators by a direct vote of the people. TO KILL BUCKET SHOPS. Springfield, Jan.

Nolle has a bill which if passed will end the bucket shop and pool room business in the state. It prohibits the transmission of any telegram or market quotation by telegraph or telephone to any bucket shop, pool room, or gambling establishment. It is made a misdemeanor for any person to send or offer for transmission any such message, and the punishment is fixed at imprisonment not to exceed two years or a fine of not more than 51,000 for the first offense and imprisonment only for subsequent offenses. The same penalty is imposed on any telegraph or telephone company or other common carrier or any em- ploye who accepts such transmits them. messages or The bill defines a bucket shop in precisely the same language used by tho of trade in Chicago.

It is the kind of a law feared by bucket shoppers and pool room operators for years and its greatly desired by the board of trade. The bill will be presented in the house next Tuesday. BILLS INTRODUCED. Springiield, Jan. the senate jaffectlng mustual companies.

Another makes an appropriation for a normal school at DeKalb. In the house a bill wan introduced providing penalties for a violation of the child labor law. A biH was introduced de- Chester OH William T. Clark of G- Called on the Carper. Springfield, Jan.

Sangamon county coal operators were summon- any to Tillman at any tune, and that Tillman said nothing- until a lie fired, and a lie hail shot ho said srimdlnns about taking Mni (Gonzales) Irs word. GonzalPs took this to mt-an that Till- man told him th.it lie was old ed to appear before the Cook county f3 face wRh Gonzalfs certain that nothing was said until a the shot was fired, when he, totterc' 1 to the street car tiansfer station, where be loaned. Tillman was still pointing his pistol at him, whereupon Gonzales said: "Shoot again, you coward." Lieutenant Governor Tillman lowered hi.s pistol and walked away. There was only one shot fired, and that entered the right between the eighth and through the Hie body, coming out just above the free border rib. A buliet was icked up on tho pavement.

Gonzalcs and Tillman passed each oth- in full view since the opening of the traversed the Dardanelles Jan. 13, bound rcscn session of the legislature on last Tuesday, but there was no encounter, no word pased and no recognition ot any kind before yesterday. Throughout yesterday's affair Lieutenant Governor Tillman was perfectly collected, sober and unexcited to all appearances. Largest ot EueJiro Parties. New York, Jan.

largest crowd of euchre players ever assembled at one sitting, it Is declared, was gathered last night In the Fourteenth regiment a-rmory, Brooklyn, where 7,500 persons played the game. There were 875 tables. These' were arranged in sections so that there were forty players on each section. A band of music was assigned to every twenty sections. A dozen bands played unison under the direction of one leader The party was given by the stu- denti of St.

Francis college of Brooklyn. Ten thousand dollars, it Is estimated, was realized. Five Boys Meet Death. South Bethlehem, Jan. boys whose ages range from 14 to 15 years while coasting were struck by a train on the Philadelphia and Reading railway and instantly killed and others fatally injured.

The dead. Dennis M'Ginty. John Coyle. Owen Cahili. Patrick: Cahili.

unknown boy yond recognition. John Heubener, who was mangled be- the sixth victim, is said to be at the point of death. The boys were coasting on a bob sled. The railway crosses the street at the bottom of the hill. SULTAN'S TROOPS Leave Fez tor the Keltel of Taza.

Tangier, Jan. columns of troops have left Fez for" Taza. The sultan's brother commands one of them and War Minister General Menebhi is in command of the others. TEACHERS CAN'T MARRY II They Do Hoard of Education Wiil Not Suppurt Them. N'ew York, Jan.

a special meeting of the board of education an amendment to the by-laws was proposed saying, substance, that no woman principal, teacher or head of department shali marry while in the service of the i "of the hotels, board of education, and it shall be the of the district superintendent to report any violation and prefer charges or. which the offender may be tried. "A woman should be supported by her husband and not by the board of education," was, the opinion of Gcenral Wingato and other members. WHILE FUNK STOOD NEAR Forger Cashed Check With His Name to It. Exceeding Gall of a Bloomington Sharper.

Jan. R. Sugg. who says his home Is in St. Louis, passed a forged check for J167.62 at the First National bank of this city yesterday afternoon, to' which was attached the name of F.

Funk, the seedman, while Mr. Funk was standing in the bank. After the man had gone the cashier turned to Mr. Funk and asked him about the check and was told that it was a forgery. I I.I A policeman was immediately dispatched 3.0 find the stranger.

When he was located the policeman by mistake escorted him to the Third National bank. While there the man surreptitiously threw upon the floor a piece of paper which, on beine picked up, was found to be another check against the First National bank for $317.75 with B. F. Funk's name attached. When put in the sweatbox by the local authorities the man confessed to having cashed checks with local business men yesterday, all over Mr.

Funk's" signature, to the amount of The authorities be. lieve that the man has passed twenty- six checks, in all, amounting to some- tiling like Sugg until recently was employed on a truck farm near McLean, where he went under the name of James T. Moberly. He came to Bloomington a few ago and since that time has been The Holteot Trust tfer. New York, Jan.

hottest trust yet is about to be formed, according to a report the spice market. The trust is to control the output of the United States. No information is forthcoming as to who is back of the combine. A similar combination eiation In Holland. Ertate.

New York, Jan. appraisers' report of the a of the personal estate of the late John W. Mackay was filed yesterday. All such estate goes to Clarence Mackay. The gross value is $2,501,726.

The net value.ls $2,451,726. ARROW JTQR MAYOR His Name vjll Be as Union Candidate. L'liiciiprii, Jan. the headquarters of the amalgamated association of street railway employes oomep positive a that Clarence S. Gonzales' condition is grave.

Peritonitis i a is feared. Dr. yle, a New lork spec- Augusta, tia Jan. The las- bulletin issued on the condition of Gonzales at 12:15, received here by telephone, Harrow has agreed to submit his name as a candidate for the a a G. II.

Shoaf, organizer of the i ami editor of the i i paper, which will announce i the candidacy of Mr. Darrow next a a made the declaration. Mr. Slmaf a a the i i now include nearly every street railway mon Chicas school teachers and some unions unanimously. There are about 13.000 signatures.

To Play "Little Boy Blue." Cleveland. Jan. were signed for Ezra. Kendall to make a. play out of Eugene Field's "Little Boy Blue," in which Arthur Dunn will star next season A big production with 100 people is planned.

is feared. Dr. Wyle, a Xew York specialist, has been colled in consultation with local physicians. UNITE ON CLARK For Minority of theNa-. iionai House.

Washington, Jun. Democrats of the Missouri delegation have united on Representative Champ Clark for minority leader of the next house. There was but candidate considered. AH this delegation Is one of the largest and most influential in the house, the members believe that Mr. Clark will command strong support, and probably will be chosen.

Tho contest has narrowed down to John S. Williams of Mississippi and Clark. Both will make an active campaign, and outcome cannot yet be predicted. It is admitted that Mr. Clark strengthened his candidacy in the debate INTERURBAN TO RIVERTON Will Be Built by Springfield Railway Company.

Springfield, Jan. electric railway service is practically assured to Springiield before the expiration of the present year. The Springfield and Central Illinois Railway company, a reorganization of the Springiield Consoli- opringiicia, iid.ii. my strengtncneu me Thursday a number of bills were inlro- on the coal question, In which he duced touching various matters, among handled himself well against a dozen of them one amending the insurance laws the leading Republicans of the house. HANNA TO ENTERTAIN GENERAL BOOTH Washington, Jan.

Invitations have lining the liability; of corporations for pe- jje'en sent 'by Senator Hanna for a dinner appropriating $10,000 to purchase and perish ambassador, and a number of the appropriating siu.uuu T.Q purcna.se ana sn ambassador, ana a number or xne actuate the site of old Fort Massac; to Mr. Hanna in the senate. It is regulate the practice of professional nur- eV ed that ail of those invited will ses of the sick. cen the chance to.meet General Bool Both houses adjourned until Tuesday. NO NEWS OF ST, LOUIS the chance to.meet General Booth.

To Whip Thieves. Jefferson City, Jan. bill was Introduced in the house today to establish New York, Jan, to 9 this morn- a whipping post for persons convicted of ing no news of the overdue St. Louis had petty larceny. A bill was also introi i -thp n0nf TUSVI i I fif -duced to abolish, the will be for sale upon the market within a few days and then, as soon as the negotiations are completed, active work, will begin upon Interurban lines to be operated in connection with the local street railway system.

The stockholders met in Louisville, Ky last Tuesday and organized by selecting H. H. LHtell of Buffalo, N. Y-, president, C. K.

Minary of Springfield, manager and treasurer and L. Bolts of Louisville, secretary. The plan of the promoters of the reorganized company is extensive and will require a large amount of money for its While the corporation organized with a capital' stock of only $200000 it is the Intention of the directors to'increase tho capital to $000,000 as soon as practical. Most of this money will be used In the construction of interurban lines and the remainder will be spent making improvements upon the present city FIRST BUILD TO BIVERTON. The first step in the interurban plan probably will be the construction of a line between Springfield and Riverton, seven miles cast of the city.

The route to be followed byi the road has not been decided upon yet but as soon as the weather is suitable it is likely that surveys will be made and officials of the company will bo Put to work securing the requisite right of Contemplated in the plans of the company is a large park to be established along the Sangamon river, not far from Riverton. later the line will be extended south, 'and. east. CONSPIRACY AGAINS FARMERS' ELEVATORS CliirgetT That Grain War Upon Them Springfield, Jan. A movement has begun in Illinois and several other states whereby the farmers organize themselves into stock companies and build elevators to sell and store grain.

thereby giving the farmers the benefit of less expense in handling, shipping, etc. It has grown so fast that the Grain Dealers' association have notified their commission men ill nil the leading markets of the United States that if they handle grain from the farmers' elevators they will not be patronized by the association any longer. Consequently several cars loaded with grain are standing on the track at several points waiting tor a buyer. As this movement is in its infancy it is pretty hard on the farmers. A large delegation of them from Mason and adjoining counties were in Springiield consulting with Attorney Gen- iral Hamlin; also with their representatives, Messrs.

Elliott, Petric, Tice and Senator Stringer. An will soon be started to expose a possible conspiracy to prevent the farmer from -enjoying the free markets of this country. Wants a Lot of 'Em. Washington, Joy introduced a concurrent resolution the house committee on naval affairs to prepare a bill providing for the construction of twenty-five additional battleships at a cost not exceeding $5,000,000 each. MAY CLOSE SUNDAY.

Grace Revival Is Kearing ani End. The revival meetings which have for nearly eight weeks been conducted by Evangelist Conoley at Grace Mettiodist church will probably close Sunday night. The meetings have been quite successful and many persons have been converted. Tonight Miss Tina Tucker will taik on the rescue work among women and Sunday morning and evening Mr. Conoley will preach, Mr.

Smith, the singer, will leave the city tonight for Lincoln. to make arrangements for meetings which will be held at that place. Mrs. Smith arrived a few days ago from to join her husband. New Officers.

The Young Ladles' Sodality of St. Patrick's Catholic church Tield a meeting Tiarsday night and elected the following otflcers: Prefect--Miss Nellie Konan. Vice Prefect--Miss Anna. Holland. Secretary--Miss Elizabeth Hayes.

Treasurer--Miss Alice O'Keefe. Sacristan--Miss Jennie Simpson. Life's Lighter Hours. AT DINNER. The operators at the Central Union Telephone exchange were entertained at o'clock dinner Thursday night by Miss Bernita Livesey at her home, 1283 Walnut avenue.

An elaborate menu wag served and the rest of the evening was spent in a social way. The decorations were pjink and white. Miss Livesey was presented with a handsome bunch of flowers by the guests. Those present were Misses Mamie Davis, Bertha Blancnard, Alice Rupp, Lena Hurt, Allie Musser, Mary Rice, Nellie Keating. Guasie Keating, Ida Price.

Gertrude Knotts, Bertha Morris, Winnie Smalley and Rena Brewster, AT MRS. ALLBOF'S. Mrs. S. S.

Allsup entertained a number of ladies at her home on Thursday afternoon with graphophone musical selections, after which an elaborate 5 o'clock supper was served. Mrs. Allaup was assisted by her daughter, Ooldie, and Mrs. Willoughby. Those present were Mesdames F.

Zimmerly, Regnoid, Martin, Baucom, Eckert, Yondorf, Mottram, Davis, Battles, Marsells. Barnhart, Oliver, Brown, Inman, Tlncher, Misses Hattie Martin, Neta Brown, Hazel Yondorf. Mina Regnoid, Mrs. Henry Koehler o( Chicago, Mrs. Ida Swartley of Peoria A RECEPTION.

Mrs. Charles R. Murphy anj her mother, Mrs. Josiah Brown, gave a reception Friday afternoon at their home. 665 Prairie aveiuie.

The hours were from 2 to 6 o'clock and about 200 ladies called. INSTALLATION. Grand President, of Auxiliary Here. Mrs. Murdock, -grand president of the Grand International auxiliary to the B.

of L. arrived from Chicago today and this afternoon is conducting a school of instruction at the hall of the B. of I. E. in Masonic temple.

The following new officers were also installed at the meeting this afternoon: President-- Mrs, John W. Knowlton. Vice President-- Mrs. Ada Brecount. Secretary-- Mrs.

Myrtle Hight, Treasurer-- Mrs. Henry. Insurance Secretary-- Mrs. Johanna Mines. Chaplain-- Mrs.

Lou Bartholomew. Sentinel-- Mrs Robert Zlnk. Guide-- Miss Lizzie Smith. Marshals-- Mrs. Edwards and Mrs.

Wallace. Pillars-- Mrs. Coover, Mrs. Tracey and 'Mrs. Clark.

Musician-- Mrs. Blanche Cowles. Instinct for Farmer. Vandalia, Jan. The Fayette County Democratic committee adopted a resolution Instructing delegates to vote for Judge William M.

Farmer of Vandalia in the judicial convention to be held at Pana March 3. Progress Bebekaha. The degree staff of Progress Kebekah lodge met for drill last night. It was the first meeting in five months. L.

H. la-the new captain, and he will Highest Thursday reorganize the staff. Lowest Friday The regular meeting of the lodge will held tonight, THE WEATHER Chicago, Jan. weather Indications for Illinois for the next twenty-four hours are: Increasing cloudiness, excepting possibly late tonight; warmer south portion tonight; probably cooler Saturday afternoon or night. WEATHER MAP.

The weather map shows generally clear weather in the northwest, partly cloudy In the southwest. The. only precipitation shown is -at Kansas City, and raining; in the extreme north and northwest It is -partly cfloudy, .6 to 26 above; mowing at MInnesa and Winnipeg; northwest is generally clear, 10 to 26 above. The west and southwest partly cloudy; Nebraska clear. to 33 above.

LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. Following te the range of temperature as recorded by Professor H. Cnradt, United States weather observer: ,7 a. Noon ..3 -Light bicycle iNEWSPAFERr.