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What sort of tips can one find about music downloads? Is there a list available that covers all of the basics that I need to know? Will I be able to find a single article that truly provides me with the information I just can't find elsewhere? Yes, check it out below!
A great tip to consider when you're thinking about downloading music is to preview an entire album before you decide to purchase it. It's never a good idea to buy an entire album if you've only heard one song off of it. You might not like the rest it.
One great music downloader you should consider is the Amazon MP3 downloader. You can buy music downloads on Amazon.com, or you can search for all kinds of free downloads with this. Click "Get mp3" on any song you wish to download, and if if the downloader isn't already installed, you'll get a prompt for downloading it. After that, choose "Download Song" on the song, and it start downloading it. Then, it will open in the program on your system that opens mP3s.
Amazon and iTunes are popular markets for finding downloaded music. You can set up a free account and browse songs from millions of artists. In many cases, you can even listen to a small sample of a song before you buy it. This is a great way to access a lot of music all in one place.
If you are a user of Apple products, you'll want to check out iTunes for your music downloads. iTunes downloads will give you a seamless music experience across your Mac, your iPhone and your iPad. You won't have to worry about conversions or where to download the music again as it'll all be right in the ecosystem you are used to.
If you want to try out some more obscure artists, keep your eyes peeled for free music available from them. Even the most popular sites, like Amazon and iTunes, offer free downloads from time to time. This is great way to build your music library without spending money on tunes you may or may not like.
If your taste in music changes a lot, consider using a site that allows you to stream music, rather than download it. Streaming allows you to listen to a large variety of songs, but the music never resides on your computer. This can save you money and space on your hard drive, so it is sometimes the better option.
Buy an entire album if you like a specific artist. Albums tend to be cheaper than buying single songs, despite the retailer you use. You also get more tunes to explore and enjoy. One of them just might be your new favorite song.
Sometimes we have so many questions that it can be hard to find all of the answers in one place. Thankfully, this article has provided you with expert advice that just can't be found anywhere else. Use each tip to ensure the best experience next time you download some music.
If you are here looking for information when it comes to purchasing toys, then this article is just for you. Many people each day would like to get toys, but are overwhelmed at all the different choices. You don't have to be confused any longer, since you came across this article with many good tips. Keep reading to get educated on knowing how to select the right toys.
You may be able to save money on toys by following a company on Twitter or by "friending" a company on their Facebook page. Some businesses may offer discounts, free shipping and special promotional offers. These are quick and easy options for saving money on toys offered by popular retailers.
Games and toys that allow children to interact with pretend versions of adult objects are both informative and entertaining. For example, toy ovens can teach a child basic food preparation skills and how to follow a recipe, and toy cash registers can teach children math skills and how to use and make change with money.
A good toy should be education and fun. For toddlers, look for toys that teach them the alphabet and numbers. You can find toys that will say each alphabet or number when the appropriate button is pressed. Toddlers are learning an having fun at the same time. Learning through play is the best education.
Consider donating older toys to your local preschool or Kindergarten. Often times, schools are low on supplies. Toys, especially education toys, can be a real boon to their ability to engage and educate kids all across your community. If not to your school, look to other family members to see if there may be needs for toys coming up in the family.
The less you have to pay for a toy, the better your experience. Look for promotional codes before making any online toy purchases. Most big-name retailers offer special deals for purchasing over the Internet. Many coupon sites publish promo code numbers you can use to save a little money. Just do a quick search to find them.
After reading the above article you should now be an expert at knowing how to spot a good toy. There is much to learn about this subject due to many different items on the market, and now that you read these good tips, you have something to follow. Use these tips to your advantage the next time you go toy shopping.


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I provide coaching for public schools that work extremely hard to bring up their AYP (overall test scores) by focusing on motivating students to want to learn. I have been working with schools since the early 90s. I realized early in 2003 that NCLB (No Child Left Behind) was set up for public schools to fail.
No matter what a school did — they could not meet the goals. You see – many students don't really care how they do on the test because they don't see how this impacts them. The test is more about how the school and teachers are doing. Teachers are evaluated on the scores even though they are told they are not. Now I do see some schools taking the data to differentiate instruction but it still is teaching to the test. Teachers burn out. Principals are reassigned. Schools close. Communities suffer. (Survey on issues surrounding NCLB authorization)
Some schools are now becoming creative by bringing back project-based learning, inquiry, creativity, but many of the good teachers that taught like this left or retired. New teachers who are content experts who go through a few weeks of training are thrown in a classroom with little classroom management or even an idea of what project-based learning (PBL) is. They stay 2 years to forgive their loans. Actually I don't blame them. Teaching is hard work. It sounds pretty neat for people who want to make a difference and are told they would be a great teacher. It's just that teaching is different since NCLB was put in place.
With NCLB, for the last 11 years, a whole generation of students and teachers only know to teach to the test. It's going to take some work to change these beliefs and move to a more student-centered model. It's supposed to be all about our kids — right? Read about Virginia and NCLB
Making teachers accountable based on test scores alone hasn't been working. There are ways to create a team (parent, teacher, child) to monitor learning progress. The Reggio Emillia Approach designed in Italy after World War II is centered around the pre-school child where the teacher monitors progress, guides the learning, and brings in the parent and the learning environment as support. This is being looked at closely in the US as an approach for K-12.
To really make a difference in a child's life, there needs to be a smaller teacher to student ratio, time for reflection, group and individual work, hands-on activities, problem-solving, learning to question, etc. Some schools are starting early with students as part of an advisory group – they keep the same teacher or advisor through their elementary years. This is what they do in Finland. Teachers need more collaborative time to plan and learn from each other.
Right now teachers are barely keeping their heads above water – hoping to cover the curriculum. Other countries have found that if you teach students to question, be critical thinkers, they don't need to be spoon-fed all the information. They just need to learn how to find the information themselves, analyze it and synthesize it in their own words. It is a matter of going deeper (Depth not Breadth). Teach them how to fish instead of fishing for them. If they understand how to think critically, ask the right questions, be creative and innovative, use the appropriate tools for the task at hand, then they can compete in this global marketplace. Not all students are college-bound. Maybe we need to rethink learning goals and what is appropriate for each child. School is just starting and we can make a difference.
This is a critical time and we don't want to leave any of our children behind.
Inquiry-based learning is a style of teaching that is based on asking questions that kids honestly care about and guiding them to find the answers as well as coming up with new questions along the way. Dewey's description of the four primary interests of the child are still appropriate starting points:
- the child's instinctive desire to find things out
- in conversation, the propensity children have to communicate
- in construction, their delight in making things
- in their gifts of artistic expression.
It makes sense to teach this way. However, it takes more than just letting go and letting students choose questions. The first year you implement inquiry-based learning is a big paradigm shift. I put together 12 tips that could help you as you jump into the inquiry-based learning approach.
- Plan enough time to pre-plan, plan, and plan again during implementation. Even though inquiry-based learning is student-centered, planning involves much more prep time.
- Start with a topic that encourages inquiry. Review your curriculum and choose a topic that you believe will motivate and engage your students.
- Choose 20% of your time for inquiry. Some teachers are not ready to convert their entire curriculum to inquiry-based learning. You might want to look at transforming your classroom 20% of the time.
- Flip your classroom for this unit. Create a blog or website to host videos and information about the concepts you want students to understand. You can even video and post your lectures. Ask students to review the concepts you posted on their own. Then use classroom time for sharing, collaborating, lab work, research, writing, and production.
- Pose real questions. Model open-ended questions where there are no right answers. Consider the following questions about the questions you ask:
– What do I want to know about this topic?
– What do I know about my questions?
– How do I know it?
– What do I need to know?
– What could an answer be?
- Encourage co-designing the curriculum. Share the standards or performance skills with your students that are to be met during this inquiry-based lesson or unit. Since the unit is student-driven, students can develop what assist in what they plan to learn and own it.
- Develop rubric for assessing learning. Invite students to contribute to the development of the rubric. You can start with a few criteria using Rubistar and then ask students to refine and add to the criteria.
- Group students for collaborative learning. Divide students into small groups. Encourage each group to develop a driving question that they will work on together, and then let them develop a project based on the question.
- Have students collect resources. Students can use Google Docs or a Wiki to collaborate as they collect websites, images, videos, podcasts, documents, etc. that supports the topic. asks more questions, and helps answer their questions.
– What kinds of resources might help me find the answers?
– Where do I find the resources?
– How do I know if the resources are valid?
– How can you ensure responsibility and authority?
– What other information is available?
- Monitor progress. Share a checklist with the groups and then ask them to refine the checklist to meet each group's needs. Then refer to the checklist while developing project.
- Interpret information. Encourage students to ask these questions about the information they collected:
– How is this information relevant to my topic?
– What parts of the information supports my answers and does not support my answers?
– Does it raise new questions?
- Present findings. Have students present to each other and ask for feedback and any other questions that their presentation raises.
Learning begins with the learner. What children know and what they want to learn are the very foundations of learning.
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children.
One is roots. The other is wings.
Holding Carter Jr.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) and FableVision just released the animated film "Above & Beyond" created by Peter Reynolds to emphasize the value of 21st century skills in education. This original animated film is designed to spark conversations about the essential innovation skills needed for students to be successful – and the U.S. to remain economically viable — in an increasingly challenging global economy.
P21's nationwide coalition of business and education leaders have spent years creating a framework for integrating 21st Century Skills into education, and are now promoting a bundled subset of skills called the "4Cs":
- communication
- collaboration
- critical thinking
- creativity
These skills are cited by industry as the keys to innovation and invention and essential skills for all employees. P21 will use the film, along with an online digital toolkit that includes a downloadable poster and support resources, in a nationwide campaign to make the 4Cs a household term and promote the integration of 4Cs across all subject areas.
New York Times best-selling children's book author, illustrator and FableVision founder Peter H. Reynolds (The Dot, Ish, The North Star) created Above & Beyond to tell an allegorical story of how the 4Cs help students move beyond foundational "3Rs" to acquire the 21st Century Skills that industry demands.
This animated film tells the story of two school children who compete in the school's engineering contest – one of whom can't move beyond the boxed kit – and the other who is an "out of the box" dreamer and visionary. The students join forces – and use communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity to win the race. The allegorical fable helps show that content mastery without the 4Cs skills won't give students the "wings" required to meet the demands of higher education, career and life in a global society and world economy.
To download a free 4Cs poster, go to www.p21.org/4Cs
For more information on:
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, visit http://www.p21.org/ and connect with P21 on Twitter @P21CentSkills.
FableVision Studios and FableVision Learning, visit www.fablevision.com and connect with FableVision on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
When I heard that Larry Anderson wrote an eBook Lead your Own Photo Safari, I had to download it right away. Larry is offering this eBook free for you. I was blown away with the amount of work and collaboration that was put into this endeavor. I've known Larry for years and am so impressed with the research and information that he shares with the world. I asked Larry if I could interview him to find out a little more of the whys and hows that went into the development of this eBook. He graciously shared with me his answers to my questions (in bold text) below so I could share them with you:
1. What is a Photo Safari?
From page 25 of the book:
The dictionary definition of "safari" includes these phrases:
a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation
any long or adventurous journey or expedition
So, we can say that a Photo Safari is an adventurous journey or expedition during which people hunt for, explore, or investigate opportunities to write with light. To this, we can add the notion of creativity. That is, as people engage in this expeditionary activity, they apply their unique, individual creative traits so that the images they capture express accurately how they see the world to which they are exposed during the Photo Safari.
In short, my idea of a Photo Safari is an excursion, during which a collection of friends make photographs of locations, objects, or subjects that appeal to the photographer's eye.
2. Why did you write this eBook?
I have had such success and enjoyment during the Photo Safaris of which I have been a part, so it seemed important to share my stories with others, in hopes that they, too, could participate in the joy I have experienced. Also, I figured that, if I told my story, someone with more experience might read the book and share some secrets with me and my future Photo Safari outings would be even more enjoyable.
3. How did you get hooked on the Photo Safari bug?
I have loved photography for many years. I enjoy being with other people who enjoy photography. So, when I organized and led my first Photo Safari in Washington, DC, I found out, first-hand, just how fulfilling this could be. So, I have continued to expand my planning efforts with each safari. I was "hooked" upon completion of the first actual photo safari in which I participated (Monterey, CA with Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, Vincent Laforet, and a team of Apple Distinguished Educators).
4. When and how did you start your first Photo Safari?
The National Educational Computing Conference (NECC–now known as ISTE) was held in Washington, DC in June 2009. Since I have traveled to DC many times and know the National Mall area quite well, I thought this would be a natural time to conduct my first Photo Safari. Another Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE), Craig Nansen, and I collaborated on leading this safari. We had help from John Maschak (Apple Canada) and Gordon Worley (ADE from Florida).
So, we just announced the Photo Safari within the ADE Community and the registration limit was reached quickly. Then, we had a few other people beg to join us, so we accommodated them. When this safari was completed, we knew we had a winning idea. Of course, being in DC on the National Mall all day didn't hurt!
5. Why is it important to have a leadership team?
While it's true that a person can conduct a Photo Safari alone, it is just so much more fun when you can share the excitement with others who have amazing talents to bring to the experience. As the organizer of a Photo Safari, it makes the job much easier when I can engage in "division of labor" and ensure that the safari will be much more effective. A good leadership team is made up of smart people with significant talents and time that they give willingly to the event. So, why would I not use them? The end result is that the participants in the safari gain a much more meaningful experience when a strong leadership team is in place.
6. I know planning is essential but you emphasized pre-planning. Why does most of the work occur before the Photo Safari begins?
Any worthwhile activity necessitates good pre-planning. Examples abound of how we plan for significant events before they happen. Therefore, it's essential that we, the organizer and the leadership team, spend a great deal of time in delineating the details and working to make sure everything comes to fruition by the time the Photo Safari kicks off.
7. How do you choose the best site for a Photo Safari?
Reasons for selecting an ideal venue vary remarkably. The "best" site can be a local venue, as a group of townspeople embark on a Photo Safari to learn more about their hometown. Thus, the "best" site could be a variety of historical, cultural, or neighborhood locations around your town. Or, you may be conducting a Photo Safari in a major metropolitan area. The choices are many….will you choose a site that focuses upon architecture, history, gardening, civic locations, military settings, or any one of a host of other considerations?
Thus, the actual site is selected depending upon the type of safari with which I'm involved. Most of the ones in which I've engaged so far have been dictated by a particular location (Washington, DC; Monterey, CA; Denver, CO; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ). So, my leadership team and I selected particular locations because we felt that participants would be fascinated with a venue. And, we've had 100% success. We intend to continue this at ISTE 2012 in San Diego. We are already engaged in selecting from a "laundry list" of possible sites for an enjoyable, informative Photo Safari.
8. What are some of the technology tools that you include in a Photo Safari?
My response to this depends upon how one defines "technology tools." But, as I've engaged in Photo Safaris so far, I have used:
- Skype and iChat (for audio and video conferencing)
- Group texting (to inform participants before and during the actual safari, as necessary)
- Flickr and other photo hosting sites (as a "holding pen" for the select photos made by participants)
- Google Apps (for planning tools by the leadership team, for registration by participants, for organizing transportation)
- Google Earth (to plot safari tour paths)
- Wikis (as sites to host safari information and resources)
It's possible that there are more, but these are the ones that come to my mind right now.
9. I have a Nikon D40. Is it important to have separate filters and lenses for the Photo Safari?
As mentioned in the book, "Leading Your Own Photo Safari," it is not necessary to have "fancy" equipment. Yes, there are situations in which your having special filters and lenses will be of great value. In those cases, we will attempt to notify participants that they can bring these accessories along with them.
For example, in the Rocky Mountain National Park Photo Safari, we encountered several mountain streams. The waterfalls and river flow were natural spots for using neutral density filters in order to help slow down shutter speed so the water would take on that "silky" look during long exposures. Also, at Bear Lake, it was helpful to have that neutral density filter to keep the details of the water on the lake while keeping the bright blue sky from getting blown out due to excessive exposure. In each situation, we used these situations as teaching moments. Even people who did not own these filters were able to use the filters on their lenses, provided that their lenses were of the proper size to accept the filters that screw on.
In some cases, it is helpful to have UV filters to help block out glare. We try to educate safari participants. Even if they come to the safari without such a filter, we will have the opportunity to talk about the filters and show them to all interested participants. Again, we leverage this into an educational opportunity. That makes the participant become a smarter consumer, should the time come when s/he wants to purchase a filter for this purpose.
In the case of lenses, we try to use our pre-safari communications to discuss the use of various lenses. Again, if participants arrive with a DSLR (either Canon or Nikon, since these are the most common), it's possible to share lenses and let participants try a variety of lenses. So, if the people come with two or three lenses, that simply makes the whole experience more valuable to everybody.
But, the basic answer is that it's not necessary to have a variety of lenses and/or filters. If you do, that's fine. If not, that's fine, too. Your D40 will be a valuable tool on our Photo Safari. We'll make sure of it! (Even if all you have is a point-and-shoot camera…or even just an iPhone or iPad, we'll still ensure you a successful venture.)
10. Why is communication so important during a Photo Safari? What are some of the tools you recommend?
It is absolutely crucial to plan for a mechanism that allows the safari leader to communicate instantly with everyone. You never know what kind(s) of situations may arise.
In Philadelphia, our large group of photographers divided into four teams. Each team went to one of four specified quadrants of Olde Town Philadelphia. After approximately one hour, each team would rotate to a new quadrant. So, as the safari leader, I sent out a group text to everyone, letting them know that it is time to rotate. Also, I needed to inform everybody when the time arrived for us to gather at the end of the Photo Safari for our debriefing session and to award the "giveaway" prizes. Again, Group Text (an iPhone app) came to the rescue.
I used a free app, Group Text, that worked like magic. It works beautifully with my Macintosh app, Address Book. I merely established a group in Address Book that included all members of the Photo Safari. During registration, I had asked them to indicate the cell phone number they would be using during the safari…and asked them to indicate if they can get text messages at that number. Then, the Group Text app just takes that Address Book group and allows me to send a text blast. Worked like a charm!
11. Is there anything you would like to add about Photo Safaris and your eBook for our readers?
Oh, there are a million things I would like to add. First, I want everybody to know that this activity is more fun than words can express! The advantages of conducting a Photo Safari are innumerable. Teachers can use this in amazing ways with classes of students, but also with parents and other community members. I hope many readers will strive to join us in San Diego at ISTE 2012 for our Photo Safari. Our plan is to conduct it on Sunday prior to the opening keynote….probably an all-day safari, as is our routine. Of course, since this whole idea came from the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) family, we will offer first registration rights to ADEs. But, we will take as many others as possible. I suspect our registration limit will again be held to approximately 50 people, due simply to logistical reasons.
I really want to encourage any readers of the book to please let me know of your successes as you conduct your own Photo Safari.
- How did you get the idea?
- How was your planning process different than what I have used?
- What tips could you use to share with others?
- What successes did you have?
- How did you share your photos?
- Who was involved?
- What did you learn?
- Would you want to hold another Photo Safari as a result of your experience on your first one?
- How can you imagine that a Photo Safari could be used in schools?
- Did you have any "Aha!" moments? If so, what were they? What problems did you encounter? How did you handle them?
- Did you experience any discouragements? If so, how did you handle those?
- What aids, resources, tutorials would you like to see developed to help you in the future?
- Should I build a web site, wiki, or anything else that would give you and your colleagues a place to share ideas, experiences, resources, etc.?
And, one more note….there will definitely be an update to the book. Version 2.0 will have many more features. So, stay tuned.
Also, the book will be a central core to a "collection" that will appear in the new, soon-to-be-announced Apple Distinguished Educator channel of iTunes U, so we'll have more resources to go along with the book…and will give you a broader view of what it takes to plan and conduct a successful Photo Safari.
You can download the free eBook, "Leading Your Own Photo Safari" by going to files.me.com/adelarry/5rre64
Thank you Larry for being so generous and sharing your passion with the world! Here is Larry's contact information if you have any questions. Please share any comments for Larry below:
Dr. Larry S. Anderson, Founder/CEO
National Center for Technology Planning
P. O. Box 2393 — Tupelo, MS 38803
662.844.9630 (Voice & FAX) — 662.321.0677 (Cell)
Assoc. Prof. (Ret.), Mississippi State University
Web Site — http://www.nctp.com
Blog — http://nctpcast(dot)blogspot(dot)com
Podcasts — Think Like A Leader
The digital native has been part of the gaming world most of their lives. Can games help prepare them for their future?
From "The Gamer Disposition" by John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas, I realized that there are multiple characteristics that can also prepare gamers to be leaders in the business and education worlds. The multiplayer online games expect users to be quick, be able to adapt and evolve as games change, and know the rules, tips, and even make the rules as they progress through this new type of social system.
Brown and Thomas share five key attributes as character traits that players bring into their games:
- They are bottom-line oriented. Games have embedded assessments where gamers compare with one another where they rank, their title and points, and they share with each other how they can improve their ranking.
- They understand the power of diversity. Teamwork is the only way a gamer can work in this social system. They need to talk to each other and determine what strengths each member has on their team so they can improve their score.
- They thrive on change. Games are evolving during the game. Gamers have to think on their feet while they make quick decisions and actually have to be in charge of managing change.
- They see learning as fun. The fun they experience is learning how to overcome obstacles, seeking out problems and then letting other gamers know the strategies they used to solve the problems.
- They marinate on the "edge." Gamers look for alternative strategies and innovative solutions for a better way to solve problems. They are making it up as it happens so they cannot only understand the game, they can reinvent the game.
Consider in the World of Warcraft, a Guild Master has all the fundamentals of a leader. They create a vision with a set of values that attract others; find and recruit players that fit with their vision; they form apprenticeships for new players; they coordinate and manage how the group is governed; and mediates any disputes.
In ongoing conversations about gamers, the question that keeps rising to the top is "are gamers born or made?" Thomas and Brown reframe that question in the context of the challenges emerging for the 21st century workplace. It really doesn't matter what skills you have to play a particular game; it is how talented you are in attracting the right people to work with you on your quest.
If we take this a step beyond to education and what classrooms look like today, gamers or those with gamer characteristics are lost and their talents are not tapped. This is the same with teachers who think out of the box, who develop an open environment where there are no right or wrong answers and allow creation of questions that encourage more questions. This is happening in pockets within public and private schools with creative and innovative teachers and administrators who are willing to take some risks that demonstrates that this type of learning environment engages students in the learning process and motivates them to want to learn more.
How do we tap teachers' and students' talents?
This post is not about using games in the classroom. It is how to identify the characteristics of gamers and transfer those disciplines to the classroom. A teacher can be more like the Guild Master who runs a democratic environment where there is shared leadership and ownership in what is to be learned. Consider that certain games' characteristics include non-monetary performance incentives, data transparency, temporary leadership roles that give people the chance to practice their leadership skills – make it easier to be an effective leader. [Hemp, 2008]
One implication for real-world organizations and schools: There may be large and untapped reservoirs of leadership talent that you don't know you have right in your classroom, school, school community, and the global classroom.
So should we think about these characteristics for future teachers and administrators? Will ongoing assessment strategies look like these games so students rank themselves, compare their results with other students, and work collaboratively to help improve the results?
Maybe the same can be true for collaborative professional development. K-12 and Higher Ed is also in a state of flux. Things are going to change. Why? Because of the economy, job loss, changing demographics, and a huge need for thousands of high quality teachers in the next few years. High quality teachers does not mean teaching to the test. Teacher education institutions can be the playground where the faculty and students do the research and development to design these new learning environments. Let's rethink what is a school. How about a P/K-20 learning work and play center? Maybe consider the school as the learning center for the community open all hours of the day where all stakeholders are involved in the design and implementation of the curriculum.
Brown, J., and Thomas, D. The Gamer Disposition. Harvard Business Review. Feb. 14, 2008. Online. Available. March 9, 2008.
Hemp, P. Does your Leadership Strategy include the World of Warcraft? Harvard Business Review. Feb.19, 2008. Online. Available. March 10, 2008.
This post was first posted on Rethinking Learning March, 2008 and even more relevant today.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." Robert F. Kennedy
For the past decade, we have been teaching with the idea of only one right answer. Failure was and is not an option. But the real way to learn is to try, fail, and try again. We learn from our failures. We also predict the future based on our past. However, we can learn from the past and all the failed predictions.
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time, more intelligently." Henry Ford
Smartphones and mobile devices are changing the business world. Instead of IT departments being able to force a particular set of mobile solutions on the workforce, employees now expect to be able to use the smartphones — and increasingly, iPads or other mobile devices — they bought for personal use. According to data from Aberdeen Group (via ZDNet), about 75% of enterprises now have "bring your own device" policies in place. Read more …
Think about your school and trying to set up a 1:1 program. Look at your students. Look at your staff. Consider how you are currently maintaining and managing your technology. All or most of your teachers and students have smartphones or some type of mobile device. Before your school decides to implement BYOD, ask your teachers, students, and parents these questions:
- Is your school looking to cut costs?
Let's be real. Every school no matter if public or private is having financial issues. The cost of maintaining technology is very high. Much of your costs are for people. If you are a public school, the district has an IT department that management the network, images the laptops on the 1:1 program, controls what programs are added to the image, and oversees the firewall and what websites are accessible to students. This will change.
- Do you have tech-savvy teachers who are creative and are more the "guide on the side" type of people?
Sometimes we forget that many teachers already know how to use technology. Most or all have a cell phone. Almost all teachers now are creating their lessons on the computer. What I found is that teachers need their own guide or coach to support them as they lead the way. Like I've said in past posts, teachers only know what they were taught. Teachers were taught to teach in isolation and to provide direct instruction. They were the keepers of knowledge who fed information to their students. In designing a program that uses any type of device means that teachers need to move to a different type of entity. This will take time. This is where schools need to put their resources and money. The teacher is the one that matters in the classroom. Learning to "Let Go" is not easy. Everything changes. The relationship between teacher and administration is one of trust where teachers are allowed to take risks. Students take risks and learn from failure. That's a big jump. I say let's value this type of teacher or guide and give them the support they need to have students succeed.
- How many of your teachers and students own a mobile device?
Do a survey with the different types of mobile devices. Find out if they use the device at school and at home. It really doesn't matter what type of device if the owner of the device takes responsibility for the maintenance of the device.
- What types of projects or lessons are teachers doing that includes technology?
At a Birds of a Feather session moderated by Scott Meech (http://iear.org) there were loads of people with iPads sharing the next big App with the group. It seemed like everyone had an iPad or some type of mobile device at ISTE. Many of the Apps that were shared were free like Science360 hosted by the National Science Foundation along with online free libraries like the Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org) with over 2100 video lectures. I plan to post again with loads of examples of apps for schools and strategies on how to use those apps in the classroom.
- What does professional development look like when everyone is using different mobile devices?
Professional development is changing. It is no longer a stand-up and deliver one shot one day deal. You can use a one day or one hour session to introduce an idea, method, strategy, or to empower teachers to move in a specific direction. I'd like to think professional development is more like professional growth that builds on personal learning goals. If you drive everything around your passion, you want it and own it. Most teachers became a teacher to make a difference. For the past 8 or so years, it has been about accountability, test scores, and keeping the school open. Many teachers have burnt out. Some really good teachers have retired early. Some new teachers are in the profession for the wrong reasons. What if we change what professional development looks like? How about an ILP (Individual Learning Plan) for teachers where they are supported by a coach and are part of several professional learning communities? Every teacher and their situation is different than every other teacher. Just like students. Now with BYOD, they have a different role.
- What is the different role of the teacher in a BYOD school?
The teacher is a co-learner with their students and not the sole expert of the content and/or technology any more. No one can be. The world is a different place with Google. You can google any term or phrase. The problem now is for students to know what is authentic and valid and how to think critically on their own. Teachers have to reinvent what teaching is. The school needs to support their experimenting and risk-taking. The teacher is more of a practicing researcher with real people. Each student brings something interesting and special to the class. Now they are bringing their own device.
- So what does the BYOD classroom look like?
Students group themselves by topic. There is a lot of noise going on in some parts of the room where other parts of the room there is quiet and intense research going on. The teacher is walking around observing, answering questions, doing research themselves, and letting go. Students may be texting each other and maybe sharing with each other. This is more like the real world. Rules will probably change. Students will own more of their learning. The learning environment will be more creative and innovative. There will probably be open doors or classes held outside. More projects. Less lecturing.
I can think of more questions. Can you? Do you have any for me? I am excited about this direction.


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Evelyn Epstein Klain
93, of Indianapolis, passed away December 24, 2012. She was born July 29, 1919 in Indianapolis to William and Lillian Epstein. Evelyn was a graduate of Shortridge High School. She was a lifetime member of Congregation Beth-el Zedeck. She loved family, friends, games of chance and shopping. Evelyn enjoyed her last few years at Morningside of College Park. She will be missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her loving daughter and son, Sharon (Jay) Doner; son, Dr. David (Louise) Klain; grandchildren, William (Melinda), Brian (Marla), and Laura (Paul) Maya; and six great grandchildren, Craig, Caryn, Bradley, David, Benjamin and Alex.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, and husband, Dr. Benjamin Klain.
Funeral services will be held Friday, 11 AM, Dec. 28th at the Aaron Ruben Nelson Mortuary , 11411 North Michigan Road. Burial will follow in Congregation Beth-el Zedeck South Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to American
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Burlington Hawk Eye (Newspaper) - January 8, 1890, Burlington, Iowa THE BURLINGTON HAWK EYE. Established: Junk, 1839.] BURLINGTON, IOWA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1890. [Prick: 15 Cents per Wuk. A SENATOR MOHSIN ADDRESSES THE SENATE ON THE NEGRO PROBLEM. .Mr. Butler's IJH! to Further Their Emigration to Africa—The Only Solution to the Color Problem—The House—Senatorial Gossip. Washington, Jan. 7.—In the senate Mr. Voorhees offered a resolution reciting the newspaper report of Chambers, the United States district attorney, of Indianapolis, who interfered in his official capacity, to prevent the arrest of W. W. Dudley, who is charged with violation of the election laws of Indiana, and directing the attorney general to report what instructions the department had issued to Chambers on the subject. At Voorhees' request the resolution went over till lo morrow. Mr. Morgan proceeded to address the senate on the subject of the bill heretofore introduced by Butler, to provide for the emigration of persons of color from the southern states. De had reached the conclusion that there was a natural incongruity and an irrepressible conflict between the races. To return the negro race to Africa was the only solution of the problem. It was undeniable that the aversion between the two races had greatly increased since s' very was abolished and it would iucrei so long as the large portion of the population was of the African race. Experience would not permit the statement that such a feeling of aversion existed only in the south. It was not so intense in the south as it was in the north It was not so strong bot ween the negro and his former master as it was bet ween the negro and those who never owned slaves. The separation of races was the only thing that would extinguish the race aversions. In Africa the negro could grow up to tho full measure of his destiny. Slavery (Morgan iiaui) would be abolished in Central Africa. If the work was left to the whites it would he of slow process, but the American negro would accomplish if if he dwelt among those people. In sun ming up his speech, Morgan pointed lo the fact that the negroes had no chance to raise in this country. Political ii Audace would never lift the negro race in this country ab we its present level. On the contrary the friction and collision caused by the negroes use of Die ballot would create more and more envy against tho negro race. He (Morgan) looked forward to the establishment of a free republican government in the Congo region by the in linen cc of America or the American negroes, who would thus be the redeemers and regenerators of their fatherland. A message from the president in relation to the claim of the widow of John Paul, the German subject, arising out of his death at Wilmington, North Carolina and recommending an appropriation of $5 OOO, was presented to the senate and referred. After an executive session the senate adjourned. TEK LIO IMH. laws 'providing for a sinking fund for the payment of the principle of United States bonds be and are hereby suspended un •• ii a further order of congress. The Sioux chiefs who are visiting in the east appeared before the house coto-inittee on Indian affairs to-day. John Gras?, who was the chief spokesman, made an earnest onslaught upon the practice of sending Indians to eastern schools. Too few of the Indians could be sect to schoo's in the east to have any beneficial effect upon the great mass of the Indians when they return to the reservations after finishing their education in the east; more Indians could be sent to reservation schools, and these schools should be improved. He was asked if the Siouxs were ready to accept land in severalty. He replied they were not, and it would be about fifteen years before they would be ready. Hiscock's special committee upon the quadro centennial will meet to-morrow to being hearings in behalf of the several cities desiring the location of the world's fair. Hiscock said this afternoon he expected the representatives from Chicago to open the arguments to-morrow \a favor of that city, but he had been informed by Farwell that they desired further time. The home committee on foreign affairs held its first meeting to day and decided that it had authority to consider the world's fair bill introduced by Representative Adams. Accordidgly Chairman Hitt was authorized to appoint a sub committee of five to consider and report on the bills. The sub-committee was appointed as follows: Hitt of Illinois, chairman; Rockwell of Massachusetts, Holman of Indiana, McCreary of Kentucky, and Chipman of Michigan. It i3 understood the members of this committee are divided ss follows in their preferences for the location of the fair: Hilt and Chipman, Chicago, Rockwell, New York; Holman, Washington; McCreary, St. Louis. The committee on pensions has ordered a favorable report upon the bil^to repeal so much of section 4693, of the r vised statutes as provides that no claim of state militiamen for pension on account of disability from wounds or injuries received in battle with rebals or Indians while temporarily rendering service, shall be valid unless prosecuted lo successful issue prior to July 4, 1874. WIL WALLACE'S WAY. HE FOONG GREAT SPORT IN SHOOTING HELPLESS NEGROES. Vicious Career of a Georgia Desperado —He is Finally Arrested, but His Sympathizers Rescue Him from Peril—Criminal Matters. missed and the trustees are trying to eject him. The Hilbig and anti-Hilbig factions are both strong and a bitter contest is on. MOURNING A M U HJJ KH, JED ONA. Dr. THS TOBACCO IKA DK A Lively 1111 Uf*r it A oil .in Washington, Jan. 7.—There was an unusually small number of members present when the house was called to order. The prayer of the chaplain for the divine protection of tho sick representatives was listened to with unwonted interest. McComas, of Maryland, offered a resolution that the house resolve itself into a commis tee of the whole for the consideration of tho District of Columbia appropriation bill, the committee to be governed by the rules of the last congre&s. Mr Breckenridge raised a question of consideration against the resolution Tho speaker uled a question of consideration could not be raised airainst the resolution, because the resolution was in the nature of a motion regulating the business of the house. Mr Breckenridge said the resolution went further than that and provided for the adoption of a code of rules. He appealed from the decision. Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, vigorously attacked the speakers ruling and argued that no question of consideration could be raised against a motion to go into a committee, but the pending resolution went far beyond that and provided for a code of rules He thought the time had come when the house, if it was to be governed by rules, should have those rules. [ Applause on the democratic side]. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, said that as ho understood the matter, the gentlemen on the other side were opposed to doing anything without rules and wanted the rules adopted under which nothing could be done. The majority was charged with trying to ravish the other side with out Hiles. How? By proposing to con sider and pass a bill on the calendar un der rules made by a democratic house W as that ravishment? He wanted the republican members to come up shoulder to shoulder and show they were ready to do the business of the country. Let the committee on rules take its time and bring in a code which would advance anil not obstruct the business Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, regarded the debate as a preliminary skirmish on tho part of tho majority in order to see whether the minority could bo starved out and made to take any rules which might be presented. It was the duty of the minority to stand bore until the end of congress like a single man, to maintain its rights and dignity. After a protracted discussion the decision of the chair was sustained by a vote of yeas 135. nays 124— a party vote. Mr. McComas then demanded the previous question on the adoption of his resolution, and it was ordered. Yeas 131; nays 123. No further opposition to the resolution was made by the democrats, and it having been adopted, the houee went into a committee of the whole for the consideration of the district bill The first paragraph only was considered when the committee rose and the house adjourned. XarlfF Qvftrftti; on last Subject Before 6to« 8(Q«te Committee Washington, Jan. 7. -The ways and means committee to day heard a number of representatives of the tobacco interest. E A. 8chroeder, of New York, advocated a uniform rate of duty as prior to 1883. and opposed the proposition to increase the duty on wrapper and filling tobacco. He said the importation cf Sumatra tobacco had not injured the home product. J S. Vanduser of Elmira, however, took the position that there was no profit in growing tobacco here if the wrappers were not to be protected, for in the wrappers was all the profit. James Eitheiler, representing the New York leaf tobacco board of trade, said the board wanted the internal revenue tax completely wiped out. He asserted the cigarmakers were also in favor of the repeal. A uniform duty of thirty-five cents per pound was wanted on all imported tobacco. If that rate would not protect the farmer no duty would do so Beveral other witnesses were heard, some of whom wanted the internal revenue system wiped out while others did not. low V POSTMASTERS. During Postville* Chance* In Iowa the Fait Weak. Sp^n;ai to Th* Ha wk-Brl. Washington, Jan. 7. — Postoffice changes in Iowa during the week ending January 4, 1890: Established—Coalville, Webster county, Mollie 8. Gilmour; Pine Mills, Muscatine county, Henning Rehbekn. Discontinued—Donley, Marion county. Postmasters Appointed — Baldwin, J ackson county, O. C. Blois; Bradgate, Humboldt county. Mrs. Nellie Reid; Brownville, Mitchell county, A. J. Fullerton; Gaza, O'Brien county, J. W. Gaunt: High Lake, Emmet county, Valentine Hause; Hillsdale, Mills county. Alonzo A. Sawyers; Lesan, Ringgold county, Daniel C. McIntyre; Montpelier, Muscatine county, J. H. Gabatkuler; Sloan Woodbury county, J. S. McSpar-ran. GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS. President and Mr*. Harrison Give 'I heir First State Dinner* Washington, Jan. 7.—President and Mrs Harrison cave their first state dinner in honor of Vice-President and Mrs. Morton and the members of the cabinet and their wives to-day. The floral deco rations were unusually elaborate *nd beautiful. The president escorted Mrs. Morton and the vice-president Mrs. Harrison. Among the other guests were: Speaker of the House and Mrs. Reed, General Schofield, Senator and Mrs. Sherman, Senator and Mrs. Cockrell, Senator and Mrs. Hale, Congressman Carlisle and Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Chandler. DR. CHARLES M'MILLIAN. Washington, Jan. 7.—Dr. Charles McMillial. medical refereee of the Pension Bureau, died in this city this morning of -pneumonia New York, Jan. 7.—A special to the World from Atlanta, Georgia, says: The release of Will Wallace from the jail cf Harris county on Sunday morning was in full keeping with. his pfevious career. It was dashing, desperate and successful. Wallace is a man in middle life, athletic, snowy and active. He was raised in the western portion of Harris county, one of the few places in Georgia where the illicit distiller find** a home, and which, as a consequence, has a large percentage of vicious men Among its population. Wallace was the most daring of his fellows and soon came to be recognized as the leader in all things where courage was required. About a year ago a colored man reported the existence of one of these "stills." Wallace essayed the role of detective, caught the negro, tied him to a tree, and laid on lashes enough to teach him better manners in the future. From that incideni dated a series of outrages upon negroes. Midnight visits to the cabins on the large plantations became frequent, and the lash was used with uosparing vigor. The name of Will Wallace soon became prominent as the man who led the attacks. The murder of Ransom Gordon made action on the part of the citizens imperative. Gordon was an aged negro, who with his wife had never left the plantation on which they were born. One day near the end of August they were at work in the cotton yard. A man wearing a mask came down the road. He carried a Winchester rifle. As he came near where the old couple were standing, he deliberately stopped, aimed and tired, blowing off the old man's head. The Assassin was Will Wallace. The manner of Gordon's Taking off stirred up the negroes terribly, and they were out to the funeral in large numbers. The preacher described the murder in flowing words. The next day he was on his way to another appointment when he rode right into Wallace's gang. "You seem to be very sorry for Gordon's death," said Wallace. "Yes," replied the preacher, "but vengeance belongs to the Lord, and we will leave it to him." "Couldn't you repeat your sermon of yesterday?" asked Wallace, raising his rifle. The preacher, thoroughly frightened, dismounted, and opening his Bible gave out the verses and the hymns, which the desperadoes sang. He then began his sermon. As a finale to the performance Wallace took aim and shot off the preacher's upper lip. The next week notices were served on the negroes on all the plantations around. The utmost confusion prevailed. The cotton picking season was on hand and it was impossible to get labor. The negroes crowded together for protection and many of them began to leave. The people of the mountain district called an emergency meeting and organized themselves into a vigilance committee Things became so hot for Wallace that he left the county. The governor's reward set the detectives after him and about three weeks ago he was run down by the marshal of West Point. The incarceration of Wallace in Hamilton jail was ill-timed. It placed him within reach of his friends. Thus the sun went down on the scene on Saturday night. Wallace had retired within his cell, which was locked on him. Sheriff Kimbrough went to his home, and all was quiet. It was well on toward Sunday morning when the clatter of hoofs awoke the restless citizens. On every street were to be seen patrols Around the sheriff's house a body guard was stationed These were sufficient to preserve quiet until the men at the jail had completed the work of releasing Wallace. Dan Tatum, a negro, who is supposed to have recognized some of the party, was taken along for safe keeping. Whether they killed him or not has not yet been learned. Wallace may be sent out of the country to Texas as soon as the search for him subsides. Meantime he is in a safe refuse with his pals. Sad Besa ss at ta* Banal of Mn Kaiffea at Troatoa. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 7.—-The body of Mrs. Dr. Kniffen was buried at Milford to day. Just before the casket was lowered into the grave the lid was lifted to allow a last look at the remains. There was intense excitement when Dr. Kniffen looked for a few moments at the murdered wife and almost broken down. When Miss Purcell came to the casket she sobbed loudly and was greatly agitated. 8he leaned over the casket, gave a look at the corpse and then passed os. ORATORICAL THUNDER CRIBBED An Astounding Discovery of Plagiarism at Moamontlt College, Monmouth, 111., Jan. 7.—The discovery that one of the orators in the recent Philo-Eceritean contest at Monmouth college purloined over thirty brilliant passages of his oration has caused a good deal of comment and it is now claimed that the college orators have plagiarized for years and the fact has been condoned or suppressed by the faculty. One of the plagiarists is said to be the son of one of the professors. It is said that some of the students are arranging to leave the institution for other schools. A. C Douglass, who represents Illinois in the interstate contest at Lincoln, Neb., stands out clear from all charges of plagiarism. I to-day in Paris from troubles originating with influenza. SCOURGED BT THE DISEASE. DOWAGER EXPRESS ADGDSTA STR1CIEH DOWS BY INFLUENZA. She Passes* Away Peacefully rounded by Sorrowing Relatives— A Brief History of Her Life and Characteristics—Notes. KEPT HEK BOT FROM. SCHOOL. An Illinois Women Imprisoned Under the Compulsory Education Law. Shelbyville, Jan. 7 —The compulsory school law was put to the test here yesterday, and Mrs. James Axford, who kept her boy at house because she is so poor that he has to assist in earning the living, i3 in jail. Five dollars and cost was the penalty attached, and the poor woman, unable to pay, was put into! prison. A Notable Marriage. Philadelphia, Jan. 7.—Miss Elizabeth I Drexel, tile eldest daughter of the late F. A. Drexel, was united in marriage this morning to Walter George Smith, a lawyer of this city. The bride is one of the wealthiest ladies in her own right in America. She is a sister of Miss Kate Drexel, who recently en-! tered the convent in Pittsburg. Berlin, Jan. 7.—Dowager Empress Augusta died at 4:30 p. rn. to-day. She had suffered from an attack of influenza, was thought to be better and suddenly took a relapse last night and hasty summonses were sent to relatives and friends warning them of the alarming situation. The news became quickly public and a large crowd assembled in the Under den Linden before the palace and much sympathy was shown for the empress. At the time of her death the emperor and empress and their two eldest sons, the grand duke and grand duchess of Baden, son-in-law and daughter, respectively, ol the dowager empress, were at her bedside. The death of the empress was announced to the people by the lowering of the imperial standard from its place over the palace. The empress passed away peacefully, surrounded by all her near relatives. As the end came the mourners knelt around the bed and the court chaplain offored prayer and then blessed the remains. Emperor William and empress soon after left the chamber. Early in tne morning the doctors perceived there was no hope of saving the empress' life. She had suffered from influenza for three days and bore the malady so well that Monday night her recovery was looked upon certain. But in the course of the People la West Virgie I* Suffering from «*Biset Tssi«« n Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 7.—A Morgantown (W. Va.) special says. Physicians sent by the county into the mountain district along Cheat river, in which diph-Sur-1 theria was reported to be epidemic, tell horrible stories of suffering. The people are now suffering from epidemics of two diseases, diphtheria and the more dreaded "black tongue." The latter has broken out in the iaBt two weeks and about thirty deaths have occurred, the patients presenting a terrible appearance. In the meantime a great many children are suffering from diphtheria, and families attacked by either of the diseases are in want. The county has erected a temporary hospital and a large force of physicians and nurses are attending it. Even with this aid many of the sick have not been cared for properly. HE IS DOUBTLESS TRE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR D. S. SENATOR. He is a Railroad Attorney—But So was Baies-His Chances for Election— The Clans Arriving at I Vs Moines—Stats Hews. IT PUZZLES THE DOKTOR. as Mr*. Scrubwtertli I)tad New York, Jan. 7.—-Mrs. Hanna B. Southworth, who shot and killed Stephen L. Pettus on November 22 died this morning in her cell in the tombs. Ever since she entered the tombs, nearly two months ago, Mrs. Southworth has been steadily failing. Her mother, Mrs. Martin, and her two brothers were present. Wanted to DRI Mackinac, 111., Jan. 7.—An unknown German boy lay down on the Terre Haute & Peoria railroad track near Mackinac Sunday night and waited for a train to kill him. Some people saw him and tried to pull him off the track, but he drew a knife and drove them away. Then they notified the trainmen of an approaching train, who overpowered the would-be suicide. He appeared to be sane. Mrs. Golden Dead. Speoial to Th* Hawk-Bt*. Carthage, 111., Jan. 7.—Mrs. William Golden, a pioneer lady of this vicinity died quite suddenly late last night, aged about fifty-five. She will be buried at noon Wednesday, Judge C. J. Scofield officiating. _ Bucklin'* Arn lea Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains corns and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It | is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per IhoT. For sale at Henry'* dmg store Kicked to Death by Italians. New York, Jan. 7.—Isaac Schilanski, a Hebrew aged sixty, and who was a housekeeper in a tenement building oc cupied by Italians, was knocked down and kicked to death by an Italian named Frank Boscuh this afternoon, whom he I had accused of having broken the door of an outbuilding. Boscuh was assisted by a number of other Italians all of whom were arrested AN ILLINOIS TRAGEDY. Got Judgment for Over $4,000,000 Hartford, Conn., Jan. 7. — Judge Shipman of the United States circuit court has given a decree for the plaintiff in the case of the Boston 8afe Deposit and Trust company against the American Rapid Telegraph company. The decree is for a principal sum of $3,000,000, with interest amounting to $1,156,385. GOVERNOR HILL'S MESSAGE. SENATORIAL GOSSIP. Nominations-'illinois Postmasters-' Other Matters. Washington, Jan. 7.—The president sent the following nominations to the senate to day: George Finler, to be surveyor of customs at Dubuque. Iowa; David B Miller, of Iowa, to be United States marshal for the southern district of Iowa (to correct error in name); Everett W. Foster to be agent for the Indians of the Y'ankton agency; also the following Illinois postmasters; John McKinney, Jr., Aledo; E. A. Nollinger, Ottawa; Frank N. Tice, Mount Morris; James I. Hastings, Ma con City; William Harbaugh, Gen eseo; John H I. Lacy, Effingham; A. H. Rue, Jerseyville; Elam W. Hill. Maroa; William H. Norris, Carlisle; J. E O Clark, Newton; L. T. Linnell, Cobden; Ellannab H. Brush, Carbondale; A. Jud son Phillips. Anna. Senator Harris to-day introduced for Senator Beck a bill setting forth static tics regarding the public debt surplus, etc., and delaring the maintenance of taxation to provide further for a sink ins fund under the existing circu xi ii* Dwelt* st Length on Reform sad Flection Laws. Albany, Jan. 7.—Governor Hill in his annual message to the legislature urges the desirability of some changes in the law relating to elections. He reviews the present election laws and says; "Yet in spite of tnese excellent provisicns our laws do not reach the two great evils which attend our elections, intimidation and corruption. These flourish unchecked bringing shame upon our state and rendering our elections a mockery and threatening even the integrity and existence of our political institutions." He devotes considerable attention to the Australian system and says many of its features are admirable, while others are decidedly objectionable constitutionally and otherwise. The governor recommends the passage of a law which will provide for secret compartments for the voters and claims this provision alone would do much to prevent corruption and would secure the chief benefits^ of of true electoral reform. In his opinion a general registration of electors through out the whole state should be a part of the system. _ THS OHIO SITUATION. stances is s needless and wrongful bur* on tbs people, ^ the facts thai ill A Yoni Lady at Jacksonville Fatally Shot by a Negro. Jacksonville, 111., Jan. 7.—For a long time the affairs of Miss Keener and Jonathan Poston her colored coachman has been the gossip of the town. Some time ago Posten went to Iowa and while there Miss Keener sent the negro a large amount of valuable property. This morning Posten returned and proceeded to the home of Miss Keener where he was met bv her brother Tom Keener, who ordered the negro away. As Posten turned to go he met Miss Keenan and a young man named Bancroft. Without warning the negro drew a pistol and be gan shooting, first at Bancroft, whom he twice wounded, and then at Miss Keener, who promptly returned the fire, both being wounded. Miss Keener was shot through the lungs and hips and is in a very critical condition. Posten was shot in the arm and head. At this juncture the negro was clubbed and disarmed by a crowd drawn to the scene. Posten is in jail, but so terribly injured that it is thought be cannot recover. It is said Miss Keener can scarcely live through the night. The Keener family is one of the most prominent in Jacksonville. A Water Famine Threatened. Kansas City, Jan. 7.—A water famine threatens this city by the sudden gorging of ice in the "Big Muddy" above St. Joseph. The stage of water here has been lowered about two feet below the record. This unlooked-for fall of water caused the main suction pipe at the water works to become exposed, consequently no water can be pumped. The Kaasss Buzzard, Kansas City, Jan. 7.—Advices from Kansas and Missouri state that the blizzard which has been in progress throughout these states the past thirty-six hours, has abated. The storm was not severe enough to delay travel on the railroads. night pneumonia developed and presented a crisis too great for her remaining strength. The Rrichsanzeiger says the emperor and the whole imperial family are in the deepest atlliction at the sad event. Maria Louisa Catherine Augusta, once empress of Germany and queen of Prussia, was born in Weimar, September 30, 1811, and was the daughter of the Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Saxe-Weimar. Her mother was the daughter of Paul I., emperor of Russia. She was brought up at the court of her grandfather, Charles Augustus, the friend of Goethe, and it waa her proudest boast that she was a pupil of the great poet Goethe speaks in one of his volumes of the "many-sided and harmoniouus culture of the Princess Augusta." Her eldest sister and herself married brothers, the former Prince Charles of Prussia, and she Prince William, afterward king and emperor. The empress made the acquaintance of her future husband at her father's court in Weimar, whither the then crown Brince of Russia went on a visit in 1828. It was a genuine love match. The young people were attached to each other at onee. In February, 1829, their engagement was announced. On June 29, 1829, they were married with great pomp and ceremony at the royal palace in Berlin. The festivities were on a magnificent scale. Most of the royalty of Europe was present. A feature of the celebration was a splendid tourney in imitation of the jousts of olden times, entitled "The Spell of the White Rose. " She was, during her whole life, the patroness of letters, science and art, and, in late years, of many forms of benevolence. 8he took a great interest, during the Franco Prussian war, in the wounded soldiers, and labored incessantly for their relief. In 1872 she founded at Charlottenburg a seminary for the education of the daughters of officers who fell in the war, and designed buildings for the poor in Berlin, after the plan of those of Mr. Peabody in London. In his worn entitled "Berlin Under the Empire," Henry Vizetelly represents her as the head of the more scholarly and humanitarian party of the German court. Brought up at the feet of Herder, in the traditions of the intellectual court of Wiemar, she generally surrounded herself with professors of learning. Humboldt, Diffenbach, and Rauch, were her friends, and when she became queen she drew to the court Berthold Auerbach, Werder, and Gustav zu Pulitz; while no important library or artistic work has been brought out without some expression of her interest. Her ultra-aristocratic spirit could not understand that the royal will should submit to that of the people, and to her is usually attributed the most obstinate resistance to the withdrawal of the troops from Berlin in 1848. Her desire for pompous display at the coronation ceremony in 1861 is well known, and on that occasion every gesture bespoke satisfied ambition. Nevertheless, she did not sympathize with the warlike aspirations of her husband, and set.herself against the c in tests with Denmark and Austria. A Disease Resembling Leprosy Threatening n New Jersey Town. Arlington. N. J., Jan. 7 —Physicians of this town are greatly puzzled over a new disease which has just appeared here, and the citizens are as greatly alarmed, owing to the fact that the symptoms of the disease ate not unlike those of leprosy. The only victim of the disease so far as known is a man named Borst, who was employed in the cellonite works. About a week ago Borst was stricken down with pain^ in his head. A few days later his skin began to change color and large scales gathered on its surface. Finally the skin began to peel off in large patches, the victim was seized with gastritis, became extremely nervous and, owing to the extreme pain, could not lie in bed. Several well known New York pathologists were called in by Arlington physicians, and after a lengthy consultation all agreed that the disease was new to them. Saturday it was decided to remove Borst to a medical institute at Plainfield, where he will receive the attention of a number of experts in skin diseases. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. The Theater mad Bourse at Bruted# Buraed Brussels, Jan. 7.—The theater bourse here were destroyed by fire morning. Only the bare walls of building remain. For « time it and this the was thought the fire would destroy the block in which the theater and bourse were located, but the firemen saved the Hotel Central and other adjacent buildings and rescued the guests of the hotel. the london scandal London, Jan. 7 —The trial of Arthur Newton, Solicitor Frederick Taylorson, his clerk and Adolphas De Galla, the in-terpeter, on the charge of conspiring to defeat justice in connection with the West End scandal was continued before Magistrate Vaughan in the Bow street police court to-day. An ex-postal messenger named Perkins testified after he had given testi mony to the police, Newton tried to induce him to go to Australia. Newton said he knew somebody who would give twenty pounds down and one pound a week expenses for three years to himself (Perkins) and the other boys, Wright, Swinscow and Barber, who had given information to the police, if they would emigrate together. THE BODY OF THE LATE EMPRESS OF BRAZIL ENTOMBED Lisbon, Jan. 7.—The body of the late empress of Brazil was to-day consigned to its final resting place, in the pantheon at this place. A WATERSPOUT IN CHINA. Shanghai, Jan. 7.—x\ waterspout is reported at Nanking and hundreds of people have been drowned. A TAEATER BURNap, Havre, Jan 7.—The Alcazar theater was burned to-night. STANLEY TO BE HONORED. London, Jan. 7 — Stanley has accepted an invitation to attend a banquet to be given in his honor by the Americans in London. American Minister Lincoln will preside. He will present to Stanley an American flag and a massive silver shield, inwrought with African scenes. DEATH OF A POET AND DRAMATIST. London, Jan. 7.—Westland Marston, the poet and dramatist, is dead. GENERAL PASI IS DEAD. Rome, Jan. 7.—General Pasi, the king's first aide, is dead. Special to Taal Hawk-Byb. Des Moines, Jan. 7.—At democratic headquarters here the candidacy of John F. Duncombe, of Fort Dodge, is spoken of as a republican scheme, and as such has been telegraphed lo outside papers. It is said he would be unavailable because he is a railroad attorney and would not suit the anti-monopolists. This hardly seems to make any difference, however, for Governor-elect Boies is a man of the same stamp, he has been an attorney for the Illinois Central at Waterloo for a good while and as such held an annual pass over that road. To be sure the office did not amount to much, but if the fact had been generally known before the last election the result migk. have been changed by the anti-manopoiy votes It is safe to say Duncombe is a genuine democratic candidate for United States senator and as such will stand quite well in the caucus. The republicans have their own party to take care of and as Duncombe has as good as ad mitted his candidacy there is no use in democrats trying to side-track him this way. The members of the legislature are beginning to arrive and by the end of the week all will be here. So far only one democrat has put in an appearance Three republicans, candidates for speaker, Silas Wilson, of Atlantic; J. E Blythe, of Mason City. of Osage are here but there opportunity for work yet. dates for minor positions early and by to morrow night the paign will be under full headway. and Smith is not much The candi-have com* :am- A BAD W KECK. Break.In* Switch Hod* t au*# rn Serious Accident. Special to Th* Rawk-Ky*. Tama, Jan. 7.—Yesterday afternoon as the fast stock express was heading in on the side track at Lawn Hill, about fortyfive miles north of here, the switch rod broke, causing the train to divide. The engine made the side track but, the switch giving away, the tender and two cars cf stock were thrown upon the track and wrecked. Several head of cattle were killed and Fireman H Leyson had his knee smaahed and collar bone broken. Brakeman Kenior, of Tama, had an ankle badly sprained It was a close call. No one was to blame. A Fatal Mistake. Des Moines, Jan. 7.—The coronet yes terday investigated the case of two deaths in South Des Moines which re suited from a mistake in taking modi cine left by a physician. Mrs. George E. Burley and her six-year-oUl son were the victims. The child was ill with diphtheria and was attended by Dr Smouse. The mother complained of sore throat and requested medicine, which was left in shape of a powder to be taken internally and a gargle of bi chloride of mercury. Through a misunderstanding of instructions the gargle was taken internally. Died From An Accidental Wound Des Moines, Jan. 7.—Mrs. James Robinson, of South Dei-; Moines, died yesterday morning from wounds received Saturday by the accidental discharge of an old revolver which she was handling The weapon had not been used for years Her injuries were not thought to be aer ious at the time. A Miner Severely Injured Flagler, la., Jan. 7. —Mat Hanson, Hungarian miner, was severely but not dangerously hurt in the mines bere yes terday. His injuries are confined to his back and hips. Hanson was cutting top coal in an entry aud the coal fell and caught him. He is a single man, industrious, sober and a good citizen. AN IC* WEIGHTED NETWORK. CRAZED BY LA GRIPPE.. Killed by tbs Fast Mall Train. Hammond, Ind., Jan. 7.—Edwin Morrison, seventeen years old, a son of William H. Morrison, was struck and instantly killed at 7:05 this morning by the No. 9 fast mail on the Michigan Central road. FIVE EX'TREASURERS SUED. A Novel PoUit Raised by Ex'Officials of Colorado* Denver, Jan. 8.—The attomy general in behalf of the state began suit against ex-State Treasurers Culver, Sander, Wa! sen, Swallow and Breen together with their bondsmen for the purpose of recov ering money which, it is alleged, these officials received as interest on state funds loaned to different banks and for which they failed to account to the state. The amount sued for is uot stated but it is believed to be nearly $100,060. The principal point involved in the controversy is whether the state treasurer Dons* was la Demand. Special to Th* Hawk-Et*. Carthage, IIL, Jan. 7.—Dong. Wright, a well known yourn? man of Ft. Green township, Trill have a hearing in the county court Wednesday, on a charge of illegal sale of liquor. A crowd of witnesses have been summoned and th? charges against Wright are numerous and serious. A Mall Carrier Fro mea to Death. Nevada, Cal, Jan. 7 —Malcon F. McLeod, a mail carrier, was frozen to death yesterday while he and a companion were carrying mail and express to Washington eight miles distant. Brios'* Faction Couldest of Victory —A Secret Ballot Desired. Columbus, O., Jan. 7.—The contest for the senate shows no material change to day except in the way of unsupported I is merely the custodian for the state or claims in behalf of the respective leeding I whether, being absolutely liable for candidates—Brice, Thomas end Mc I any and all losses of the state money en-Mahon. The managers for Brice claim I trusted to him, he becomes the virtual they have sufficient strength to secure I owner of the money, to do with it as he his nomination on almost any ballot they I sees lit until called upon to expend it for desire, the second being most frequently I state purposes or turn it over to his sue mentioned. Mr. McMahon does not con-1 cessor* at the expiration of his term of cede the claims of strength for Brice and I office. Crwebed by a Falliac Wall. Long Island City, Jan. 7.—The north wall of the machine shope in the yard of the Long Island railroad depot in this city fell this morning, killing three men. Kelly's Store Buraed Out. Cedar Rapids, lo., Jan. 7.—Fire early I this morning gutted Kelly's Fruit, fish I and commission house on First avenue. The stock is a total loss. is somewhat aggressive end hopeful. Thomas' friends are also working hard. rouble NINE POINTS OF LAW. There is a rumor indicating trouble over) the question of an open caucus, several I who do not want to show their hand insisting on a secret ballot Of health and strength renewed and of ease **4 comfort follows the use of Syrup of Figs, is it act* in harmony with nature to effectually deanee the rn when costive or binous. For sale I and $1.00 bottles bv all leading druggists. HUME, et dive Up th* Personae*. Osage, lo., Jan. 7.—Osage church dr-dee en considerably exercised over e suit brought against the Bev Mr. Hilbig, I who was employed in 1886 as a pastor then. In October, 1860, he was disowned tad the trustees of his church I hind aaotner pester. Hilbig took pop •adon of a school house eadhae since to a large number of fbi ■till rn*'im ic* ac a* aMaWtSSrS*me* Suicide et rn DtUaqeeet Official. Duluth, Mina., Jan. 7.—John Myl-narck, treasurer of the school distinct of Rich Lake township, committed suicide to-day. His accounts are short. A Rochester Man's A unction—Th* Malady Elsewhere. New York, Jan. 7.—The reports of the influenza epidemic continue to come from all sections of the east, several points in Canada and abroad. The troops in Germany are seriously affected and in London it is rumored that the young Spanish king is much sicker than is generally known. In Plainfield New Jersey, William Moore died of la grippe Sunday and his wife followed him today. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 7.—Frank Kinsky, crazed by the effects of influenza, escaped from his home early this morning clad in a night shirt and drawers He has not been seen since. Bboolkyn, N. Y., Jan. 7.—Aaron Claflin, a pioneer in the shoe business of this city and New York, died here this morning of influenza, aged eighty-two. Ltons, Iowa, Jan. 7.—Physicians admit that there are a number of serious cases of la grippe in both Clinton and Lyons and many light ones. The disease is not geneoal here. Chicago, Jan. 7.—Louis La Berge, one of the most prominent figures in French society in chicago, died yesterday morning of influenza. POWDERLY HAS THE GRIP. Scranton, Pa, Jan. 7.—A properly drawn warrant for the arrest of Grand Muter Workman Powderly, sworn out by Edward Callaghan, WM received in this city today. When the constable went to Powderly^ s house he found bim sick in bed suffering from quinsy, sore throat and 'la grippe" and did not make an arrest. "LA GRIPPER" TS HANCOCK COUNTY. Special to Th* Haw*-Et*. _ Carthage, IIL, Jan. 7.—The Russian influenza bu taken a firm hold in Hancock county and there can be little doubt that the disease will spread. Several severe cases are noted at Adrian and St. Louie People Menaced by Breakins Electric Wires St. Louis, Jan. 7.—The sudden advent of rain, snow and sleet has transformed the business section of St. Louis into a grotto of scintillating icicles swinging to and fro on telephone, telegraph and electric light wires. Wires were breaking frequently to day under the weight of ice and pedestrians were busy dodging them The danger of breaking limbs on the sleety walks was not half so near the public mimd as the fear of death from an electric shock. Now and then a wire sagging beneath a heavy weight of ice would touch another wire. Blue sparks would fly for a moment and a shivering blue flame succeed until the fusing of the wire caused them to part and fall to the sidewalk. Then the crowds would scatter, falling over each other in their anxiety to reach a place of safety. The police are watching for fallen wires. The electric light and telegraph and telephone companies have men out repairing the damage as rapidly as possible, but the danger is still vety great. Two street car horses were killed and their heads nearly burned off this morning by an electric wire which dropped across the track as the car came along. There were fifteen passengers on the car and they scrambled out in every direc tion, but none were hurt. A COSTLY BLAZE Lewiston'* City Building Destroyed by Flro—Lose, $250,000. Lewiston, Me , Jan. 6.—The-Lewiston city building caught fire to-night and was totally burned. The building cost $250 OOO and there was no insurance on it. The valuable library of the Menu fucturers and Mechanis' association, consisting of 11,000 volumes, many of which cannot be easily replaced was wholly destroyed. The c ty records are supposed to be safe in heavy vaults The military companies lose all their equipments. Postmaster Walker saved all the mails and most of the government property. The fire extended to Tracy's block which was ruined. The poultry show opened to-day in the latter building and most of the fowls were burned. Advt** Mbikers Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teething, It soothes the child, softens the gums. allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea Twenty I five cents a bott!* A HOME RUN. Jack Raw#, tka Baa# Ballist. * Twa Mea Drowned. . _ Ritchie, IIL, Jan. 7.-By the overturn-1 besides t*o*e w^g all^Ha^ ing of a skiff in midstream, Frank I yet ow or two severe caseso Mason and a young man named Wienie I -J®**}®1 SnSJI? ThffnnbHc were carried over the fan* and drowned-1 dipthena in La Harpe. The public e I schools in each city are stifl in seanon. Chartae D. Ureic Dead. I ACROSS THE OCEAN/ Sr. Paul, Jan. 7.—Charles D. Strong, I London, Jan. 7.—One hundred mid one of the best known and moat widely I sixty boys belonging to training imps respected citizens of St. Pull, died this I at Ixmouth mid Shaftesbury me morning. At eighty-one jean of age. I ing from the influenza. - I Pants, Jan. 7. Bes marsh stows stjeky'-ccmmea powders heraldic ftf fofioanxa to-dav. Three hun- re, tka Hated Dies Suddenly Buffalo, Jan. 7.—Jack Rowe, the I noted base ball player who was to have managed the Buffalo Brotherhood team this year, died suddenly to-day. "A friend indeed" is what people who I have been tortured by dyspepsia a I been cured by Laxador, insist upon call I ing this now famous remedy I Why tan like «* ae** to-ay. tm*? 5S5fy6nS5Se2Sr* a; paopto it ii tnt wheat? Because thrashed a the flower of the family, to Dr. Biff! Bibj Syrup, was seriously injured Monday by thrown from his buggy by the bi of an axle. He became entangled; the lines and was dragged a couple blocks by the runaway horses. In accordance with a resolution of the egi»lature, the committee appointed for that purpose will report to the next legislature plans for laying out and adorning the grounds about the capitol at a cost of $130,000. The custodian of the building will add $20,000 for painting and frescoing the corridor and offices and halls. DOWNED THE OIL TRUST. A Judgment Rendered la Fiver af George Rio* Against Ute Standard. New York, Jan. 7.—Judge O'Brien to-day gave a judgment in favor of George Rice in his fight with the Standard Oil trust. Some months ago Rice purchased in open market five Standard Oil trust certificates. He also received an additional share as a stock dividend on his five shares. The certificates remained in the name of the person from whom Rice purchased them, and notwithstanding repeated efforts to have them transferred to his name on the books, the trust refused to comply with his demands. Then he began suit in the supreme court against John D. Rockefeller and other trustees The defense was that Rice had not established his title to the certificates, and was hostile to the defendants, having purchased the certificates for the purpose of harassing sad annoying the trust; that Rice had instituted several suits to annoy the defendants and had offered to drop the proceedings if the trust paid him $550,000 for his oil refinery at Marietta Ohio. Judge O'Brien in giving judgment in favor of Rice says he had established his right to become the transferee under the trust agree meat. RAILROAD MATTERS. Fire In the Bemluery Nora Junction, Jan. 7.—Last evening fire broke out in the third story of the new seminery building here. Although water was scarce the fire apparatus available succeeded in quenching the fire with an estimated loss of $800 to $1,000. Algona, lows. People Complain af Kau cram Service. Des Moines, Jan 7.—The railway commission received a complaint from citizens of Algona and other towns on the Chicago and Northwestern railway regarding poor train service on that road between Des Moines and those places. The complaint says that the train going north—the only mail train on the road— is late at Algona from seventeen to fortyfive minutes more than half the time, which prevents the transfer of passengers and mail going west on the St Paul railway. The citizens join in asking that the through train which was discontinued be restored. This would give them better connections at Ames with the fast Chicago train and in other respects greatly add to the accommodation of the citizens of Algona and other towns. AFTER THE MILWAUKEE ROAD Des Moines, Jan 7.—Upon receipt of information from Dubuque to day that the Milwaukee railway company WM paying no attention to the order of the railway commission in the switching case, the matter was placed in the hands of the attorney general for enforcement. THE SOO MAKES A CUT. St Paul, Jan. 7.—The Boo road has cut rates to Montreal, etc., to meet the Burlington and Northern The Boo rata will now be lower to New England points than that of the Chicago lines. TRAFFIC MANAGER F. B. ( LARKE RESIGNS. St Paul Jan. 7.—Traffic Manager F. B. Clarke, cf the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha road, has resigned. The office of traffic manager will be abolished and the general freight and passenger agents will report to the general manager. The reason for Clarke's resigning is on account of the health of his family, his desire being to devote his entire attention to them during their stay in Europe. THE RATE WAR SPREADING. Chicago, Jan. 7.—The Northwestern passenger rate war is spreading. The westbound reduction went into effect today. making a rate from Chicago to St. Paul of $9 first class and $7 second class by all lines. Furthermore, the Chicago and Northwestern in connection with the Union Pacific, reduced its rates to Montana and the Northern Pacific coast points by way of Omaha to meet the competition by the way of St. Paul. This wa? done, however, without dta-turbing the Missouri river rates. The fight between the "Boo" line and the Burlington and Northern on the passenger business from St. Paul to eastern points may involve some cf the lines eading eastward from Chicago. To avoid this, a meeting of the Central Traffic association will be held Thursday. __ THE -MONTANA. MUDDLE. A Generous Gift. Cedar Rapids. Jan 7.—The will of O. V. Hull, probated, shows a bequest of $20,000 to the Coe college, at Cedar Rapids. _ From Rome, low* Correspondence of Th* Hawk-Ky*. Rome, Jan. 7—A series of religious meetings were opened here last Sunday night. The public scnool opened yesterday after a two weeks' vacation. Every morning crowds of men can be seen going toward the wood", each with his axe and dinner pail, to fell trees. More wood-chopping has been done around here this winter than for several years; but we are glad to note that Borne of the finest groves are being left untouched. Messrs. Frank and .Johnson Kinney and Tames Faircnild purchased a few of the w;Jd horses which were shipped here from Oregon, recently. They were sold at special sale on Mr Ogg's farm east of town, and prices ranged from $50to $100 Mr. R W. Buchanan, who was recently appointed deputy sheriff, has moved his family to Mt. Pleasant. We hope the number of his social visits back here will exceed his official ones. Several families are now depending on the river for moat of their water supply, as many of the cisterns and wells are about dry. Mr. H. H. Hayes, whose home is two miles Bouth of town, and was arrested in Indianapolis about two months ago on the charge of forgery, is still in jail at Mt Pleasant awaiting his trial in this month's term cf court That pestiferous epidemical disease has not yet reached us and we hope it will not "la" its "grippe" on us as we have been proud to boast of the healthy con dition of our town, not having one esse of contagious disease during the past year. HAWKEYE BRIEFS. The State Horticultural society will be gin its annual session at the state house on the 21st inst. A little child of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hil gendorf, of Lyons, fell into a tub of hot water Monday, receiving a scalding which caused its death. Henry Gode, for twenty-two years resident of Clinton, dropped dead Sunday night at his home in that city. He was sixty-four years old. The Iowa Life and Pension society, located at Lyons, Iowa, is declared by the insurance department to be a bogus "wild cat" concern, and proceedings in court have been ordered to stop its transaction of business. Jonathan W. Belding died at his home in Mason City Snndey afternoon, aged sixty-two. He was a member of com paiiy K, Thirty-eighth Iowa volunteers. eta had beak e resident of Iowa for twenty-taro years. George Bottom, Br., of Cedar Rapids, he Democratic Legislature Finally Fleet* Conure ••mea. I Helena, Jan. 7.—Thirty-seven senate and house democrats assembled at noon land cast their votes for Clark and McGinnis, the democratic caucus candidates for senators. Governor Toole will, it ta said, sign the certificate of their election but Secretary of State Rotwitt will refuse his official authentication Mid withhold the state seal. go a in Dakota'* LatfslaSare. Pierre, 8 D . Jan. 7.—The legislature of South Dakota will convene this, afternoon al 2 p rn., 160 of the 169 hers being present. As the organization was perfected last fall, there is little preliminary excitement outside a diligent canvassing for the minor offices, have not been filled. . Governor Mel has postponed the delivery of his anni message until to-morrow. Economy all its phases will be the strong point the message The prohibitionists have a strong lobby present and will do their utmost to secure an iron clad prohibit law. Assaulted toy Tram ye. Monticello, IIL, Jan. 7.—Captain W. I). Plimpton, an old soldier living ne east of Monticello was assaulted at house door by three tramps late Si night. Captain Plimpton was knc down. but he struggled with the tramps until the door was burst open and hi* bulldog came to his rescue. The animat seized one of the tramps by the throat, the captain freed himself from the others, and he and the dog finally repulsed the enemy. It is supposed the trampe were after the captain's pension money, but he had not yet received it He wee badly bruised jjg 4 Will ab AIV zee tke Etoi Joliet, Pl , Jan. 7 —Coroner Mills, of Will county, has decided not to hold post-mortem examination bodies of Mig. Amela Dael and her son John who were poisoned, it ta alleged, by their hired man, John Jheffier, now under arrest at Joliet. The coroner thinks the dead people were poisoned af eating meat which had been boiled toe copper kettle. The neighbors and friends of the Dahls are indignant and have sent ' the stomachs of the Dahls to have their contents analized. Change of life, backache, regularities, hot flashes, are Mile*' Nervine. Free Witte's drag «tw*. ISIS Scanter Blae* bura Louisville, Jan- 7.— bum was to day re-elected the Kentucky legislators in ]« Senator ! Why continue the use of snuffs or liquids? Ely's Crc of application and a sure and cold in head, can be easily applied into the pleasant, and is curing the case*. It Five# relief at once. nostrils, rn rn Draw. Boston, Jen. 7.—At the IMS night "Chappie" Meredith, land and Cal Jordon, of this city, fifteen rounds to a draw. Crib* I -Bernie Assify BKS ;