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Honor to Miss Willard.

Honor to Miss Willard.
A special feature of the day was the
acceptance of the statue of Frances e.
Willard, the distinguished temperance
advocate, which has been placed in
Statuary hall in the national capitol
by the state of Illinois. Notwith-
standing there are about 40 pedestals
in the hall, the statue of Miss Willard
is the first of a woman to find g. place
there, and the members of her sex
showed their appreciation of the COM
pliment by turning out in large num-
beers to listen to the eulogistic adj
dresses made in connection with the
ceremony.
Addresses eulogistic of Miss Will
lard were made by Senators Cullom,
Beveridge, Dolliver and Hopkins. On
motion Of Senator Cullom the statue
was accepted-"the statue of one of the
most eminent women of the United
States"-as the resolution expressed
it. Senator Cullom, in reviewing Miss
Wizards career as a temperance
leader, said he was proud to say that
he had been personally acquainted
with Miss Willard during the greater
part of her active life. He said that
Miss Willard had brought sobriety into
the homes of untold thousands; that
the world was better because she lived
and he congratulated his state on its
selection of a woman for the National
Hall of Fame-the first Of her sex IN
long list Of distinguished people to
find place there.
At the close Of the ceremony at 4:82
p. m. the senate as further mark
of respect to Miss Wizards memory
adjourned until IL o'clock to-day.
Exercises in the House.
In order to facilitate action at this
session on the statehood bill the house
passed resolution sending that meas
ure as amended by the senate directly
into conference without an opportunity
being afforded to debate 1t. With the
exception Of Mr.. McLachland (Cal.).
WHO voted with the democrats, party
lines were strictly drawn. After sew
eral hours discussion the naval appro-
priatien bill as laid aside and the
house entered upon exercises appro.
pirate to the reception and acceptance
of the statue Of Frances e. Willard,
presented by the state of Illinois.
In anticipation Of the ceremonies
a vast number of women and school
children, mostly girls. thronged the
house corridors during the day, pass
ing out into the hall to view the
statue. The galleries were packed
One section was by vote of the house
reserved for the members of the Il
linois statuary commission.
The proceedings were opened by the
reading Of letter from Gov. Deneen,
of Illinois, presenting the statue to the
United States. Mr.. Foss Gill; offered
resolution of acceptance. Pending
Its adoption speeches extolling the life
and deeds Of Miss Willard were deliv-
cred by Messrs. Foss. Graf and
Rainey, of Illinois, and Littlefleld, Of
Maine.
The Addresses.
Mr.. Foss, in whose district Miss
Willard resided, made the first ad-
dress. He feelingly referred to her
useful life and her labors in the cause
Of temperance as the founder of the
w. G. T. U. She was, he said, univer-
sally mourned as one of the greatest
women of her time. The placing of
her statue In the capitol was tribute
to Frances q. Willard, but, he said in
large and truer sense it was tribute
to woman and the magnificent progress
she had made under our free insti-
buttons. People might ask why did not
Illinois send a statue of Lincoln, Doug
lass or Grant, but he contended that
those men were SO great they be.
lopged to no state, having been given
long since to the Union,
The closing remarks were made by
Mr.. Rainey (Ill.) At the conclusion
of Mr.. Rainey's remarks the resolu-.
ton of acceptance was adopted and
the house at 6:4s p. m. adjourned UNI
til to-day at u o'clock.
Wife Murderer and Suicide.
Quincy ILL.,, Feb. 18.-John Shaw, re-
siding on farm about 20 miles north
east Of here, shot and killed his wife,
and then ended his own life with tho
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