Thk son of Secretary Endicott, who re
cently graduated at the Harvard Law
School, within a short time goes to work
in the Department of Justice. He will re
ceive no appointment but s.myly take a
place in the department for the purpose
of acquiring knowledge and experience.
Lano Commissioner Sparks has ap
pointed •‘Captain Jack" Crawford, of
New Mexico, custodian of the abandoned
Tort Craig military reservation in New
Mexico, vice K. Amijo. resigned. It is
understood that Captain Crawford will
soon join General Miles as chief of
scouts in his campaign against the
Apaches.
Pkksioint CutVKLASTD and wife have ar
ranged fe>r a tour of the lakes during the
summer in a steamer tendered them at
Buffalo. They will start after the ad
journment of congress, and the promise
is that Chicago will be among the places
| visited. The president has accepted the
honorary presidency of the American ex
position to be held in Ismdon next year.
GENERAL NOTES.
There were mneh-RMded rains in por
tion* of Central Illinois Tuesday night
breaking a drought that was threading the
crops.
The wheat harvest is now in progress in
Missouri. Kentucky, and Southern Illinois.
The crop is above the average.
The Farmers* Exchange and Loan
Company of EdwardsvilU. 111., has chang
ed its name to the Koyal Trust Company.
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| of Chicago, and will in future transact
business in that city.
Upon being informed Monday morning
that ten hours would constitute a day's
work in the future the 400 employes of
the Phoenix Furniture Factory at Grand
Rapids, Mich., dropped their tools and
marched out of the buildings.
The remains of Mrs. Harley, who dis
appeared last fall from Delphi, Ind., were
found Tuesday at the month of Deer
Creek, on the Wabash river.
