The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
CHICAGO TEMPLE.
The National W. c. T. .. Discusses
 Mrs. Carse's Report,
DECISION AS TO EXPERTS.
The Illinois Supreme Court RuIes That Professionals Must Testify When sum- moned-A Flying Machine-To
 Wheel to the Klondiks.

o'clock until 7:S0 o'clock yesterday afternoon the delegates to the na- tional W. C. T. U. held continuous, session behind closed doors and dis cussed with much warmth the report of Mrs. Matilda E. Carse of the Chi cago temple Miss Sarah c. Johnson, financial secretary of the temple, pre- sented her report, of which the fol- lowing is an abstract: Balance on hand November l, 1896, SPA, 129; amounts re- ceived in gifts November 1, 1896, to 0c- tober IS, 1897, Si4,s10; interest, s23. s9; notes, $500; total, S3S, 464; various ex- penditures, 9,703.
 Mrs. Katherine Lente Stevenson, of Massachusetts, one of a committee re- gently sent to Chicago to investigate the temple matter along with the other affiliated interests of the union, reported that the income of the temple, If 1t was entirely rented, would be S175, 900 year. It's annual expenses, including interest, would be Sl25, 900. About one-fourth of the building had been unrented last year and about one-third this year.
 Then came resolution offered orig inally by Mrs. Marion H. Durham, of Iowa, pledging support in the work of raising the money. After passing through a series of amendments and qualifications it was adopted as follows:
 That, In view of the pledge of the support of our leader and from the fact that Mrs Carsc has si23, GOO pledged, with promises of s20o,000. we pledge our support and cooperation to se- cure s300 900, to be given Miss Dow as custodian \ a I .t..ta retire the bonds
 Miss Frances F. Willard was to-day reelected president of the National w. c. T. U.
 Legal Decision as to Experts.
 SPRINGFIELD, H., Nov. 3.--Dr. J. N. Dixon, of this city. was called as an expert witness in personal injury case against the city, refused to testify un- less he was first paid reasonable fee for this service, claiming that his pro- fessional opinion was his own property and could not be taken away from him except by due process of law, as pro vided in the state constitution. Judge Creighton ruled against him and fined him for contempt of court The court held that this professional knowledge was not property within the meaning of the constitution and that in the ex- ercise of the right of the court to sum- mons witnesses and compel them to testify. no distinction could be made between kinds of knowledge. To make such distinction would defeat the ends of justice. The case was ap- pealed and yesterday the finding of Judge Creighton was upheld by the supreme court.
 Farmers Flying Machine.
 TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 3.--Charles Haas, a young farmer living near Tecumseh in this county, has designed strange looking piece of machinery out of which he evolves a perfect flying ma chine. His machine will fly short dis tances and several times has carried an empty barrel 250 feet into the air. Haas took bird for his model, having studied the movement of hawks and crows about the farm. His machine is ten feet long and six feet wide. He intends to build a larger one carrying a little engine to give motion to the wings. The farmers of Shawnee coun- ty do not believe in flying machines, but the Haas machine goes high in the air and stays there.
 To Wheel to the KIondike.
 CHICAGO, Nov. S.--J. A. Briegel left the corner of Washington and La Salle streets at nine o'clock this morn ing on his bicycle, bound for the Klon- dike by way of Fl Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, Wash. A large crowd congregated to watch the man start on his long journey. His wheel with it's outfit weighs 60 pounds. He is an honorably discharged United States soldier and is we'll acquainted with the country through which he will have to pedal after leaving St. Louis. He expects to reach Seattle 1. hnr1f fhe rniddla nf Enhr,rn r,,