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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
CONFESS MURDER.
Three Men Say They Held Up Omaha
Saloon.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 23.-Roy Nelson,
Jack O'Hearn, Leo Angus and Joe
Warren are under arrest, and Nelson,
Angus and Warren have confessed to
participation in the murder of Nels
Lausten and the robbery of his saloon
early yesterday morning. O'Hearn,
who is charged by the others with the
shooting of Lausten, has not con
fessed. The men we're arrested for
other crimes than the Lausten mur-
der, but in the sweat box" Angus
gave the clue which led to the con-
~fession. All are local men.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
chapeIs at Army Posts.

Washington, Jan. 23.-The chief of
staff has favored the proposition of
army chaplains to build chapels where
there are at present no places of wor-
ship, and has recommended the war
department to indorse the project.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

Those brewery workers in Cincin.
natl who preferred q nine-hour day
with free beer to an e%ight-hour day
without probably figure to use the e.
ira hour up getting their beer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

Mrs. Leslie Carter has with her on
her tour this winter an automobile,
chauffeur, man servant, footman, a
Chinese chef and three maids. Also
her press agent.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
LOST BODY RECOVERED.
Miner Buried Twenty-F our Days In
Debris After Explosion.

Ironwood, Mich, Jan. 23.-The body
of James Blynch has been recovered
at X shaft of the Newport mine, after
having been buried under tons of ore
and rock for twenty-four days. This
body is the last to be recovered of the
eight victims of the cave-in in this
shaft on Dec. 2S. Since that time
crews of miners have worked in six
hour shifts, night and day, Sundays
and holidays included, to rescue the
bodies of the men. Seven of them
were recovered during the week after
the accident.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
MEETS FATE HE LAUGHED AT,

Convict Who Carved GaIlows as a Toy
Is Hanged.
Louisville, KY, Jan. 81. - William
Vandalism, a white man aged twenty.
three years. was hanged here yester.
day for the murder last fall Of Miss
Fannie Porter. Vandalism occupied
his time in Jail by making toys, among
them being a miniature gallows with
a body suspended. For this he re.
ceived an offer from q Kansas City
man, but declined 1t and gave the
trinket to the jail steward.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

The Chicago man whose wife beat
him over the head with a poker and
pushed him out of doors because he
didn't bring her home a Christmas
present ought to know what to do
next time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

The superintendent of Bellevue hos
pital backs up DR.. Osler's statement
about the rarity Of deathbed visions.
and adds that women are vastly more
courageous In meeting death than
men. SO they are in most Of the emer-
gencies of life.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
BOLD ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.
Robbers Tunnel Through Eleven Feet
of Rock and Get NOTHING.

VI TWIN dTTU OCG TNOCTTTTTJs
Topeka, Kan, Jan. ga bold at
tempt to rob the Merchants National
Bank of Topeka was discovered yes
terday. The robbers had commenced
work in the basement and tunneled
through eleven feet of solid rock to
the floor of the caults, %effecting an
entrance. They had attempted to
wreck the safe some time Saturday
night, but their efforts had failed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

One of Mr.. C%arnegie's Christmas
gifts was $3.50 to a Methodist church
in Catawissa, Penn, for a new organ.
That beats Russell Sage.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

Prof. O'Brien lost his pocketbook
and diamond stud to a Philadelphia
pickpocket. This may soften just a
trife the bitterness of Prof. Fitzsim-
mons melancholy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

1t has been nearly a century since a
Russian car said to an English dip
lomat, There is a sick man in Eu-
rope" and Turkey is still alive.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

1t is announced that 1000 new biog'
raphies will be added to the next edi'
tion of who's Who in America" The
important people of the United States
are being rapidly discovered.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

President Eliot complains that the
average barber makes as much as the
average school teacher. Yes, but
think what a mine of information he
is.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

Old 1895 must have been glad to
go. He had aged fearfully from men
tai worry over strikes, revolutions,
and insurance scandals.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

A New York dentist who shot his
father-in-law has been held for MUIR
der. 1t does not pay the dentist to
use lead for a filling.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

A Philadelphia man committed sui
eide because the girl he fell in love
with could not prove that she had a
long line of illustrious ancestors.
Philadelphia has reformed politically,
but refuses to give up the grandfather
idea.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

Jacob H. Schiff, the New York
banker, gave his cook, Lena, 5000
for a Christmas present. Mr.. Schiff's
cook will stay.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

twenty-five coal dealers in Cincin-
natl have been indicted for a conspir-
acy to raise prices. What would
their sentence be, in case of convic.
ton, if it were left to popular vote?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

Before marriage a girl talks about
how often her betrothed writes.
Afterward she talks about woman's
rights.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

The %battleship New Jersey is to be
launched in the spring. or course
everybody knows what she'll Dc
"christened" with.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

After this the United States Steel
corporation should insist that it's pres
ident's pay envelope be sen straight
home to his wife.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
FATAL WRECK IN IOWA.
Extra Freight Strikes a Handcar and
Kills Section Men,

Independence, Iowa, Jan. %. - A
south-bound extra freight train on the
Rock Island struck a handcar on a
curve six miles north of here in a
fog. Phillip Leyden was instantly
killed, John Garfield is dying, Joseph
Leyden and Fred Young were badly
injured. All were employed on the
section and reside here.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

In many respects Santo Domingo is
a delightful country. It's only serious
defect is the quality of its inhabi-
tants.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

In st. Paul it has been decided that
a kiss is not a caress out an assault.
1t shows what a bracing winter eli
mate will do.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
GUESTS IN A N

Explosion OF a Boiler In Hotel Kills
the Engineer.
Chicago, Jan. ga panic among
the guests of the Windermere hotel
followed the explosion of a steam
boiler in the basement. The accident
caused the death of John Rapkoch,
engineer, and the serious injury of
Mrs. Seeta May, a guest. The explo-
sion partially wrecked the hotel build
ing and damaged adjacent residences
and apartment buildings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

May Yohe wants a divorce from
Putty Strong. In other words, May
finds it impossible to stay Put.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

Mr.. Hartman says he is not a phil
anthropist, and yet no n seems dis
posed to take issue with him.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

The emergencies that never turn
up are the ones we always feel able
to cope with.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
NAMES PEACE DELEGATION.
Root Says choate, Porter and Rose &C
to The Hague.

to The Hague.
Washington, Jan. %. - Secretary
Root that the American
representatives to the approaching
conference to be held at The Hague
will be Joseph H. Choate, former am
bassador to England; Horace Porter,
former ambassador to France, and
Judge Rose of Little Rock, Ark, x
president of the American Bar asso.
citation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
BELOIT DAM BREAKS.
Ice Gorge Causes Overflow of the
Flats.

Beloit. Wis, Jan. 23.-Residents OF
the flats in the southeast part Of the
town, were thrown into confusion yes
terday afternoon by the breaking of
the old Brooks millrace, which sent
a food of water upon them. The acct.
dent was due to an ice gorge in
Turtle creek. Rock river is the high
est ever remembered in the winter,
and Easements all over town are
flooded.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25

It would be quite a joke on Prof.
O'Brien should Prof. Jeffries recon
slider.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-25
BooDLERs' TERMS ENDED.
st. Louis Members of the House Of
Deputies Return From Pen.

jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 23.-Chas.
]. Denny and Jere J.. Hannigan, former
members of the st. Louis house of
deputies and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for boodling, were released
from prison after having served sen
fences of eighteen months. They de.
parted for st. Louis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
AFTER CASTRO
A. GREAT WAR PLOT SAID TO BE
ON FOOT IN NEW
YORK

New York. April 2.-One Of the larg.
est merchants in New York said last
night that arrangements were being
perfected here and in Paris and in
London for revolution in Venezuela
which will annihilate Castro and open
up that country to American capital
and enterprise.
A number of rich New York mer
chants are said to be Interested in the
movement, which, the promoters say
will involve the employment of $4,000
Americans as soldiers and the expen
diture Of $5,000,000 in the campaign
President Castro, il the plans to not
go astray, is to be either expelled OF
destroyed and a native Venezuelan
statesman is to be installed as his
successor.
In this connection 1t is said that
Castro, anticipating successful revo
luton against him sooner or later, has
converted some Of his alleged 100000,
900 fortune into cash and has sent ii
to America and France. 1t is said
there is now $3,0O0,0O0 in New York
banks and $2,500,00O in Paris deposit.
ed to his personal credit
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
VILE PLOT
DISCOVERED
SPANISH ANARCHISTS PLAN AS.
sAsslMATIoN OF ROYAL
FAMILY

Madrid, April 2.-The Spanish au'
thorities have discovered an anarch.
lists plot at Lebrija, twenty-nine miles
from Seville, notorious center of the
BLACK Hands" organization. The
plot is to assassinate the royal family
during the visit of King Alfonso, the
Dowager Christina, and the Infanta
Maria Teresa, to Seville during holy
week.
Censorship prevents the sending Of
the details regarding the conspiracy.
Internal Machine ExpIodes.>
Askabad, Turkestan, April 2. - A
time Internal machine exploded today
in the vestibule of the governor gen.
erals residence. No one was injured
The Russ Is Suppressed.
st. Petersburg, April 2.-The edition
OF the Russ published today was con.
.iscated by the police owing to the pub
lication of sacrilegious .travesty OF
the Lenten prayers, and one line Of the
Lords prayer, supposed to be offered
by the imperial family, made to read
Let the people pay our debts, but not
as we pay our creditors"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
CABINET WINS
NATAL GOVERNMENT CARRIES
OUT POSTPONED EXECUTIONS
DESPITE BRITISH ORDERS


Pietermatitzburg, Natal, April a.
The twelve natives condemned tc
death for the murder of a policeman
during the uprising in February
against the collection of the poll tax
and the postponement of whose exc
cution led to dispute between the
imperial and colonial governments
were shot today.
Causes Trouble in House.
London, April 2.-The announce.
ment of the execution of the Natal
natives, was received with angry cries
of Shame" from the Irish national
lists, the labor benches and the liber.
ais in the house of commons this aft.
ernoon. A motion to discuss the man.
ner in which martial law is being ap
piled in Natal will come up for debate
this evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
NEARS CLOSE
THE WHISTLER MURDER CASE
WILL GO TO THE JURY TUES
DAY NIGHT

Bloomfield. April 2-(speciaD 1t
is expected now that the case of Claud
Whistler, which has occupied the time
of the Davis county district court al
most two weeks. will go to the jury
Tuesday evening. The evidence is be.
ing finished today and the arguments
will be made to the jury by the attor.
neys tomorrow. Claud Whisler's cross
examination on Saturday afternoon
did not shake his testimony in chief
to any appreciable extent and he
made record as one of the best wit
nesses ever examined in the Davis
county courts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
STOCKHOLDERS OF COLUMBUS
IND, INSTITUTION DECIDE
UPON ACTION
JANNEY MAY CONTEST
Expected That ottumwa Man VIII
Make Hard Fight Machinery ID
Nearly All In New PIant-Hurxthai
Continued AS Gen'l Superintendent

Columbus, Ind, April AT the
meeting Of the preferred stockholders
or the Janney Manufacturing company
Saturday 1t was decided to throw the
concern into the hands of q receiver.
"A motion was made to that effect and
1t prevailed. The sense of the meeting
was that Oscar Fiegenbaum one of the
preferred stockholders, should Institute
the receivership proceedings, but 1t is
not known whether or not he intends
doing this. 1t is reported, however.
that Mr.. Fiegenbaum is willing to take
the responsibility Of filing the suit and
that the complaint will be prepared and
nled not later than next Monday.
1t is pretty we'll known that @.
Campbell Janney will bring attorneys
here from Ottumwa and fight this suit.
He Will try to show that the company
Is not insolvent and that the proceed-
ings are brought to oust him from the
organization Of which he is the head.
Committee Returns Home.
DR.. o. H. Mennet and Attorney
John w. Donaker, who were appoint-s
ed as special committee to get +s,Till
machinery here from Ottumwe are to
about completed their work pay more
oA!O SoAo VI lAhCuiASIy b. oSA - y
and there are but five careful instruc
the road. These carsAt competent saen
day or tomorrow az about the moral
chinery will be u superintendents and
u,,. Only few months age
ASTON to report an instance
Fred Hnyern roads athar. trnnlI,lsa.
ent aTg alpfssy company. Is ..here
fronissS ssahwa, and he will immedi-
| |ately take charge Of the work at the
local plant. He. has been superin-
tendent OF the company for several
years and thoroughly understands the
business. When the local company
took charge OF the business they con-
tinued him in employment. The ma.
chinery is being unloaded as rapidly
as possible and is being erected In the
factory. It is the intention to start
the factory as soon as the plant Is
ready to run and then the local stock
holders expect to begin realizing to
some extent on their investments.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
$1,000 FIRE
AT ALBA
DoNELAN DRY GOODS STOCK is
DAMAGED BY FLAMES DUR.
ING NIGHT

Abba, April 2.-(Special.) Fire
starting, it is supposed from live
wire in the cellar of w. ]. Donelan e
company's dry goods store on the
south side Of the public square, last
night, wrought damage estimated at
more than $1,000 in the Donelan store
and two establishments adjoining 1t.
ihe nre department did splendid work
IN confining the blaze almost entirely
to the basement of the dry goods store
and the damage in the first floor and
IN the adjoining buildings. was from
smoke only.
The alarm was turned In at 9:35
o'clock and in few minutes the fire
company was at work. The building
was damaged only slightly. The Don.
elan concern estimates the damage in
the basement at about $4,000 and
that on the first floor, from smoke
only, at S1,500. Smoke damage is re.
ported at from $500 to $4OO by Ware
& Kissick. grocers, and Draper &
Laughlin, druggists, whose stores are
west Of the Donelan store. The dry
goods establishment was all ready for
its spring opening and the fire came
at q bad time. It is announced, how.
ever, that business will not be inter-
rupted on account Of the fire.
Residence ls Burned.
The residence Of L. B. Fuller on
East Benton street caught fire this
morning probably from a defective
fiue. The damage was about $1,000.
The building was only partially de.
stroyed.
Costly Fire at centervllIe.
Centerville, April 2. ~ (Special) -
The handsome suburban residence Of
Mrs. George d. Porter, mother of ex-
Senator Porter, was burned this morn
ing. The loss is $4,000, with insur-
ance for $4,000. One half Of the brick
wall can be used In new building,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
HAND
"FiNE ITALIAN" DIeITs IN MAN
cHURIA LOOK LIKE THE
MikADo's

Moscow, April 2.-The Russkoe Slo-
vo has received a sensational telegram
from it's correspondent at Harbin,
Manchuria, saying that hostilities are
imminent between the Russian and
Chinese troops. He intimates that the
Chinese, influenced by Japan. are mov-
ing forward and that the situation is
SO tense that the Russian mobilization
Of troops has been stopped and Gener-
al Grodoff, the Russian commander-in.
chief, has issued instructions to pre-
pare for eyentualities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
A BIG FIELD
KENTUCKY FuTURITY WILL
BRING OUT MANY FAST
GALLoPERs

Lexington, KY, April 2.-The Ken
lucky Trotting Horse Breeders asso-
citation has given list of the mares
nominated in the $4,000 Kentucky
Futurity for the foals of 1906, to the
public. and the total number is 1900.
Thirty-six states and territories are
represented in the list. Kentucky. as
usual, is the largest nominator, with
429 mares, over cne-third OF the en-
tire number. New York, Illinois, Mas
sachusetts and Ohio follow in the or
der named.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
UNIV ISE LOANS
PEklN, ILL, BANK CLOSES BE
CAUSE OF WORCESTERSHIRE
METHODS

Peoria, ILL.,. April a The private
bank Teis, Smith & Co., Of Pekin
Tazewell county, failed to open for
business today, having assigned to U.
K. Albertson as trustee.
No ofhqial statement of the assets
and liabilities has been made. The
liabilities. due depositors and other
banks, are said to exceed 100000
against which there are assets of
$250,000, II portion Of which is worth
less. Th4 failure is due to the large
sums of money advanced to the Smith
Wagon N Nrks and the Smith PIow
shops att .lskin. Neither institution
has beerN lfected by the failure Of
the bankG pwever.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
BUYS LESS AND SELLS MORE.
Mexican Treasury Department Tells
Condition Of Foreign Trade.

City of Mexico, April 2.-The treas.
ury department has just published sta.
tistics of foreign trade for the first five
months of the current fiscal year from
July to November last. Imports
amounted to SGT 7,153,S45, decrease ov.
er the corresponding period of the pre-.
yious fiscal year of s3,142,375. The to-
tai of exports was $99,926,557, an in.
crease over the corresponding period
of the previous fiscal year of $22,7O2..
sos.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
CALLS ON LAWSON FOR PROOF.
Boston District Attorney Takes Up
Charges of Insurance Graft.

Boston, April 2. Thomas w.
lawson ! .aNa vas was sqmmGned n,I1sne iast night to
B. Moran today at O'clock to sub
stantiate his charge Of insurance
graft in this country. These charges
are that agents in Boston Of the big
New York companies have written
policies for which they received no
premium payments or consideration
other than proxies from the insured. !.
The charges We're laid before the
state insurance commissioner and by
him gent to the district attorney.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
COAL MINES ARE IDLE IN
lsalds0 esls 80,
EVERY PAR l'''; u i,''y TyUUN III II FRY
NO SPECIAL JURY.
Regular Body Will Consider New York
Insurance Cases.

New York, April 2.-Recorder =
Goff, at the empaneIling of the :
April grand jury, in the court ses- =
sions today instructed the jury to :
take up the insurance matters, al :
though District Attorney Jerome =
. has asked for special grand Jury =
= In May for that purpose. =
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
WITH BURLINGTON AT ST. JOE.

j. D. Baker Of Chicago Succeeds r. II.
Crozier.
Mt. Pleasant, April 2---J. d. Baker,
formerly of this place has been ap.
pointed division passenger agent Of the
Burlington at st. Joseph, to succeed
r. H. Crozier, who recently resigned
to accept the secretaryship of Lake
Forest. university. Mr.. Baker has been
in the service of the Burlington for
eighteen years, beginning as telegraph
operator. He later had charge Of DIFF
ferent stations and for the past three
years has been travelling passenger
agent IN the Indian Territory. The
appointment was effective Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
BOYS GET SPRING FEVER.

Eight Young Urchins Caught While
Attempting to Run Away.
Clinton, April 2.-The number OF
runaway boys who have been arrested
in Clinton during the past two weeks
has set the local police to thinking. No
less than eight boys who were runa.
ways from home, have been arrested
in the city With nthat time. In ma
jority of the cases the parents Of the
boys have been located, and the runar
ways returned to their homes. !.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
SESSION OF 1906 OF IOWA LEels-
LATuRE MAY CLOSE ON
WEDNESDAY,
BIG MEASURE KILLED
Important Bills Have Been Defeated
BY the Present LesisIature-HamlI.
ton appointment to Board Of Con-
troll Will Soon Be Approved.

Des Moines, April 2.-(special).
The house today withdrew It's
demand that the anti-pass bill go
into effect Immediately and con-
Cured in the senate measure, max.
ing it effective July 4.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
DEMOCRATS ARE AHEAD.
That Party Seems Sure to Win In Elec.
tion In Russia,

st. Petersburg, April although
the polls do not close until 8 o'clock
this evening 1t was apparent late. this
afternoon that the constitutional demo.
Gratis were destined to score decisive
victory in the elections to the munici-
pal convention here, which In turn will
elect six members to the lower house
Of parliament.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
CAPITAL STOCK INCREASED.

Standard Oil Of Illinois Makes Amount
$4,000
Decatur, ILL.,, April 2.-The Standard
Oil company Of Illinois today voted to
increase its capital stock from $4,000
to s1,000,000.