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LEGISLATORS LISTEN TO ; 'f' lMARBH CRITICIsi." mm* ATA s. *-»n ~ -«5K»*, - '* jr% «-»v > Xv jl^, •' ^ *-,. ; am ; • : LCONVBSOK^KS^ cofirrHCHr /aoa /&£om0afi>**uat.tsmtG COMpanr ti: , %. %-̂ i 'A.- . A?$? Uv ve^?* CHAPTER IV./--Continued. *He did not tamper, he has never sftbght to--he was all kindness." 4 8he stopped, her short upper lip holding its Incautious mate a pris­ oner. She blushed furiously under tha sodden blaze ofhia eyes. "80 It's true, what Beth Wright hlntedat? To think that you, of all people--my sweetheart--gone over-- won over by a cursed inoboerat--a fiend with the blood of our people wet on his hands? Listen, Prue; I'm going Into the desert. Even though you beg me to stay, you must have known --perhaps you hoped--that i would go. There are many reasons why 1 must. For one, there are 640 poor hunted wretches over there on the river bank, sick, cold, wet, starving, hot enduring It all to the death for their faith In Joseph Smith. They could have kept their comfortable homes here and their substance, sim­ ply by renouncing him--they are all voluntary exiles--they have only to ny '1 do not believe Joseph Smith Wis a prophet of God,' and these same Gentiles will receive them with open arms, give them clothing, food, and shelter, put them again In posses- sidft of their own. But they are lying out over there, fever-stricken, starv­ ing, chilled, all because they will not deny their faith. Shall I be a craven, then, who have scarcely ever wanted for food or shelter, and probably shall not? Of course you don't love me or ycm couldn't ask me to do that. Those faithful wretched ones are waiting over there for me to guide them on toward a spot that Will probably be still more desolate. They could find •their way, almost, by the trail of graves we left last1 spring, but they need my strength and my spirit, and I am going. I am going, too, for my - own salvation. I would suffer any­ thing for you, but by going I may save us both. Listen, child; God is going to make a short work on earth. We shall both see tbe end of this reign of sin. It is well if you take wheat to the mill, but what if you fetch the miller chaff instead?" "Joo,--<lear, dear J6el!--Indeed i flty and sympathize--and care for-- but I cannot go--even after all you say. And don't you see it will al­ ways be so! My father says tho prtestboodwill always be in trouble {fltsets itself above the United States. Dear Joel, I can't go, indeed i^rtgo!" , / ...-^;/ itle 4poke mora softly now. .* |l*Thank God I don't realise it yet-- I'mean, that we must part. You tell dub so and I hear you and my mind fcftows, but my heart hani't sensed it" yet--I can feel it now gmnft stupid­ ly along singing its old happy song of hope and gladness, while all this is • going on here outside. But soon the big hur.t will come. Oh, Prue--Prue, girl! --can't you think what it will Wean to me? Don't you kftow how 1 shall sicken for the sight of you, and my ears will listen for you! Prudence, Prue, darling--yet I must not be ^womanish! I have a big work to do. •1 have .known it with a new clearness since that radiance rested above my bead last night. The truth burns in me like a Are. Your going can't take that from me. It must be 1 was not ..meant to have you. With you pert naps I could not have had a heart single to God's work. He permitted me to love you so I could be tried and. proved." . "But indeed I must be favorsd more common, to deserve that so great a hurt be put up&n me, and L shall not be found wanting. I Shalt never wed any wo&an but you* though, dear.U.«otj^fteve«vany "••irther." - He stood up*. ' ;js:.:'V;,V V ' "I must go in to them now. There work to do .against the start in which the back under to the ard the ferry, his part could be no conflict ibers; with mien was that Of a modest, retiring man who secretly thought ill of him self. He mounted die sick woman lay, sat the bowed cover, cl horses, and drovep®t If discreet behmor tifa ensure it there^M® provoked with numbers. mored*9r,'oetnposed of vio­ lent-tempered andtttprlnclpled perse­ cutors who werestlready acting with but the merest shadow of legal au­ thority. On the seat of the second wagon, whip in hand, was perched Giles Hae, his coat buttoned wpurmly to the chin. He was slight and feeble to the eye, yet he had been fired to new life by the certainty that now they were to leave the territory of the persecuting Gentiles for a land to be the Saints' very own. His son stood at the wheel, giving him final directions. At the gate was Prudence Corson, gowned for travel, reticule in hand, h# pret- tiness shadowed, under the scoop of her bonnet, the toe of one trim little boot meditatively rolling a pebble over the ground. "Drive slowly, Daddy. likely I shall overtake you before you reach the ferry. I want but a word yet with Prudence; though"--he glanced over at the, bowed head of the girl--"no matter if I linger a little, since Broth­ er Seth will cross first and we must am not complimented, >on care more for your religion than for me." --3le'looked at her hungrily. i "No, you aje wrong there--1 don't separata yon at all--I jjouldn't---you and my religion are oi®--Sut if I must, I can love you in jqjirit as I worship my God in spirit--" "If it will satisfy you, very well!" "My reward will come--I shall do a great work, I shall have a Witness from the sky. Who am I that I should have thought to win a crown without taking up ft cross?" "I am sorry for yon.* ^ "Oh, Prue, there must be a way to save the souls of such as you, even in their blindness. Would God make a flower like you, only to let it be lost? There must be a way. I shall pray until I force it from tbe secret he&vens." "My soul will be very well, sir!" she retorted, with a distinct trace of as­ perity. *1 ain not a heathen, I'd thank you to remember--and when I'm. * wile I shall be my husband's Wife--* He winced in acutest pain. ' "You have no right to taunt me so. Else you can't know What you have meant to me. Oh, you were all the world, child--you, of your own dear self--yon would have been all the wives in the world to me--there are many, many of you, iB in a heavenly one--" "Oh, forgive me, dearest," she creld, and put out a little gloved hand to comfort him. "I know, I know--all the sweetness and goodness of your love, believe me. See, I have kept always by me the little Bible you gave me on my birthday--I have treasured it, and I know it has made me a better girl, because it makes, me always think of your goodness--but I couldn't have gone--and that marrying Is so odious--" "You shall see how little yep. had to fear of that* doctrine which" Cfod has ,seen fit to reveal to the§e good men. I tell you now, Prue, I shall wed no woman but you. Nor am I giving you up. Don't think it I am doing my MM $ to be taken! "Don't, don't, dear! There are two of me now, and one can't stand thft pain. There is a mftQ-iti to do a man's work like a duty to God and the pri< chains around his heart dragging it across the river. But, low, now-- there .is a little, forlorn boy in me, too --a poor, crying, whimpering, babyish little boy, who dreamed of you and longed for you and was promised you, and who will never get well of losing you. Oh, I know it well enough--his fears will never dry, his heart will al­ ways have a big hurt in it--and your, face will always be so fresh and clear in it!" He pot his hands on her shoulders and looked down into the face under the bonnet "Let me make sure I shall loee no look of you, from little tilted chin, and lips of scarlet thread, and little teeth like grains of rice, and eyes into which I used to wander and wonder so tor--" She looked past him and stepped back. "Capt Girnway is coming for me-- yonder, away down the street.-' He takes me to Carthage." His face' hardened as he loolMlJaver his shoulder. "I shall never wed any woman but you. Can you feel as deeply as that? Will you -wed no man but me?" • • She fluttered the cherry ribbons on the bonnet and fixed a stray curl In front of one ear. "Have you a right to ask that? I might wait a time for you to come back--to your senses and to me. but--" _ " "Good-by, darling!" -- •* "What, Will you go that way--not kiss me? He 1s still two blocks away." "I am so weak for you, sweet--the little boy in me is crying for you, but he must not have what he wants. What he wants would leave his heart rebellious and not perfect with the Lord. It's best not," he continued, with an effort at a- Smile and in a steadier tone. "It would mean so much to me--oh, so very much to ,me •--and'so very little to you--and that's no real kiss. I'd rather remember none of that kind--and don't think 1 was churlish--it's only because the little boy--I will go after my father now, and God bless you!" He turned away. A few paces on be met Capt. Girnway, jaunty, debonair, smiling, handsome in his brass-but­ toned uniform of the Carthage Grays. "I have Just left the ferry, Mr. Rae. The wagon with your mother has gone over. The other had not yet come down. Some of the men appear to be a little rough this morning. Youi people are apt to provoke them by be­ ing too outspoken, but I left special orders for the good treatment of your­ self and outfit" With a half-smothered "thank you," he passed on, not trusting himself to say more to one who was not only the enemy of his people, but bent, seem lugly, on deluding a young woman to the loss of her soul. He heard their voices in cheerful greeting, but did not turn back. With eyes to the front and shoulders squared he kept stiffly on his way through the silent, deserted .streets to the ferry* Fifteen minutes' walk brought him to the now busy waterside. The ferry, a flat boat propelled by long oars, was landing when he came into view, and he saw his father's wagon driven op. He sped down the hill, pushed through the crowd of soldiers standing about, and hurried forward on the boat to let, the old man know K| had come. But1 on the seat was another than his fa­ ther. He recognised the wan, and called to him. "What are you doing there, prother Keaton? Where's my father?" The man had shrunk back under the wagon-cover, having seemingly been frightened by the soldiers. "I've taken your father's place, Brother Rae." Sweetheart • Gone Over--won <Wsi»'#y » Cursed Moboeret" Kl: /. . $ - • oel!" 'I- ||?'May the Lord deafen my ears to Jwu, darling!" and squaring his shoul­ ders resolutely away from her, he left Jher on the seat and went in. • The old man looked up from his Ipible as his son entered. • " I t ' s s o r e s a d , l a d d i e , w e c a n ' t ' h a v e the temple for your sealing-vows." "Prudence will not be sealed to me, father." He spoke dazedly, as if an­ other like the morning's blow had been dealt him., "I--I Stn already waled to the Spirit for time and •ternity." "'Was It Prudence's doings?" asked Jhlo mother, quickly. •'> "Yes; she has left the c&urch with If* people." " - The &$g-faced, narrow-browed old raised one hand solemnly. let her be banished: from Israel and nof numbered in the books . the offspring of Abraham! And let her be delivered over to the bu?- fetinga of Satan in the flesh!" - ) ' -CHAPTER V. • ' v*4Bitee Use Beaut His Inheritance. •"/ Bjr eight efatodt the hext mornlng, , xmt toder * sky* the Raes were V*«My «««er for their start to the /new JerusalSm. Even the sick worn- Jan's face wore a kind of soft and faded / nUUaace-' in the excitement of going. Oa lir mattress, she had been tender­ ly Installed in one of the two covered wagons that carried their ^aMMbald floods, the wagon in whj^m:£ur «was to be taken across the Tftsr by Wright--tor the moment no Wild of the Mountains, but » snftreoo- înr dove of peace. Perinisslon had bee* granted him by B^ockman to re- i -crttif the river on KEN nee&fnt er- rand#; and, having once pnsted tSe ex­ treme sensltlvenesss, not to say irrit­ ability, of those in temporary cam naad, be was now i*ao|yed J« five as Vm mW ** ^M#n an- Mta<ot his own ifcnetfty. He wait until the boat comes back. Some of our people wi\l be at the ferry to look after you--and be careful to have no words with any of the mob--no matter what insult they ma| offer. You're feeling strong, aren't you?" "Ay, laddie, that I am! Strong as an ox! The very thought of being free out of this Babylon has exalted me in spirit and body. Think of it, boy! Soon we shall be even beyond the limits of the United States--in a foreign landLout there to the west, where these Woodthirsty ones can no longer reach us. Thank God they're like all snakes--they can't jump be­ yond their own length!" He leaned out of the wagon to shake a bloodless, trembling fist toward the temple where the soldiers had made 'their barracks. "Now let great and grievous judg­ ments, desolations, by famine, sword, and pestilence come upon you, genera­ tion of vipers!" He cracked the whip, the^ horses took their load at his cheery can, and as the wagon rolled away they heard him singing: . Lo, the Gentile chain la b-tnken! Freedom's banner ware* on high? They watched him until the wagon swtittg around into the street that fell away to tbe ferry. *fhen they faced other, and he stepped to her side as she leaned lightly on the gate. "Prue, dear," he said, softly, "it's going hard with me. God must indeed hate a great work reserved for me to try me with such a sacrifice--so much pain where I could least endure it I prayed all the night to be kept firm, for there are two ways open--one right and one wrong; but I cannot sell my soul so early. That's why I wanted to say the last good-by out here. I was afraid to say It in there-- I am so weak, for you, Prue--I ache so for you in all this trouble--why, if I could feel your hands in my hair, I'd Jaugh at it all--I'm so weak for yon. She tossed her yellow head «ver so iHatiHii aid fnyifTrt duty and trusting God to bring yon to me. ' I know He Will do it--I tell yon there is the spirit of some strange, awful strength in me, which tells me to ask what I will and it shall be given --to seek to do anything, how great or hard soever, and a giant's, a god's strength will rest in me. And so I know you will come. You will always think of me so--waiting for you-- somehow, somewhere. Every day you must think it at any idle moment when I come to your mind; every night when you waken in the dark and silence, you must think: 'Wher­ ever he is, he is waiting for me, per­ haps awake as I am now, praying, with a power that will surely draw me.' You will come somehow. Per­ haps, when I reach winter quarters, you will have changed your mind. One never knows how God may fashion these little providences. But He will bring you safe to me out of that Gen­ tile perdition. Remember, child, God has set His hand in these last days to save the human family from the ruins of the fall, and sonqie way, He, alone knows how, you will come to me and find'me waiting." > "" " • < SOME NEGLECTFUL Much Money Needed to Mace Insti­ tutions in Proper Shape--Sena­ tor Cullom Is Re-elected for p Fifth Term. _ Illinois charitable and penal institutions oc­ cupied the attention of the legislature, not In tegular session, but at the meet­ ings of the state board of charities. Dr. Frank Billings, of Chicago, presi­ dent of the state board, arguing with, members of the .assembly for money needed to raise the standard of the institutions, Informed them that the state had the lowest rank In the coun­ try with regard to the care of depend­ ents. Close on the heels of this talk came the report Of the investigation made under direction of the state board ijeveallng conditions which seem to offer illustration to some of Dr. Billings' remarks. In acting on this report the b<Mtfd ruled that a cer­ tificate should be refused the Illinois Industrial School for. Girls at Peoria and that officials of Peoria county be advised to start quo warranto proceed­ ings to take the charter from the in­ stitution. Charges of cruelty made against the management of the school were sustained, and the board found that children placed there were abused, ill fed, overworked, kept In uncleanly condition, and raised with­ out schooling or training. While this particular instance seemed to give additional point to Dr. Billings' talk, what he said was aimed to secure bet­ terment of the state institutions. The r Cullom ftc-elected* • - J$r- ator Shelby M. Cullom was by the Republican fMat a fifth term in the United The name of ex-Gov. Richard Yates, his primary opponent, was formally withdrawn from consid­ eration and Senator Cullom was named unanimously. Senator Cul- lom's Democratic opponent in the { Senator Shelby M. Cullom. formality of an election which will be held Jan. 23, will be former Supreme Court Judge Carroll C. Boggs, of Fair­ field, who was nominated in the Dem­ ocratic joint caucus over Col. James Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago. Mr. Hoggs polled 40 votes and Mr. Lewis 17. With the old senatorial contest thus reaching the laat legs of its for­ mal finalities, the new one which will concern United States Senator Albert J. Hopkins has been born. Former Senator William E. Mason has an­ nounced himself a candidate lair the position. HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROl ALL OVER THE STATE. ' cross -Brother .yif: "Did he Wright?" . ^ -yes--he--" The man hesitated. Then came an interruption from the shore. • "Come, clear the gangway there so we can load! Here are some more of fhe damned rats we've hunted out of their holes!" ° The speaker made a half-playful lunge with his bayonet at a gaunt, yellow-fac^d specter of a man who staggered on to the boat w»th a child In his arms wrapped In a tattered blue quilt. A gust of the chilly wind picked his shapeless, loose-fitting hat off as he leaped to avoid the bayonet-point, and his head was seen to be shaven. The crowd on the bank laughed loud at his clumsiness and at his grotesque head. Joel Rae ran to help him for­ ward on the boat "Thank you, brother-- I'm just up from the fever-bed--they shaved my head for It--and so I lost my hat- thank you--here we shall be warm if only the sun comes out" Joel went back to help on others who came, a feeble, bedraggled dosen or so that had clung despairingly to their only shelter until they were driven out. v "You can st^r here In safety, you know, if you renounce Joseph S3lth and his works--they will give you food and shelter." He repeated it to each little group of the dispirited wretches as they staggered past him, but they replied staunchly by word or look, and one man, tn the throes of a chill, swung his cap and uttered a feeble "Hurrah for the new Zlon!" BE CONTINUED.) MORE THAN PA T COULD S TAND Rev. D. GU Bradford. Joliet p&ltentiary he declared to be a breeding place of tuberculosis, and he asserted that to sentence a pris­ oner there for a long term practically was equivalent to sentencing him to death. The Elgin insane asylum he called a fire trap, in which a terrible disaster was prevented only by prov­ idence. Only two institutions, he said, wert1 in anything like the condition they should be in. The purpose of the talk was to convince the legislators that extraordinary appropriations are needed this year to give the institu­ tions the efficiency which they lack. Dr. Billings asked that $730,000 be set aside for the work of putting the asylums In safe condition. ̂ * -v)*?, ;j 4* <•' * I 1 Will Give Governor Funds. Gov. Deneen's Implied threat to con­ vene the assembly in special session unless funds are set aside for the prosecution of the suits against the Illinois Central Railway company bore fruit in the shape of two bills intro­ duced into the senate, providing for the $150,000 emergency appropriations the executive asked in his message. Simultaneously with the appearance of the bills the switch to the sidetrack was thrown for the resolution Senator Henry H. Evans put in challenging the election of J. T. Harahan as presi­ dent of the road and calling for an in­ vestigation of the disputed tax claims by a senate committee. The special appropriations bills--one providing $50,000 for the attorney general's de­ partment and the other $100,000 for the executive department--were Intro­ duced by Senator Gardner, who at once had them sent to the cdmmittee on appropriations, ̂ ^ef which he ia chairman, Blamed to Wlseehsin Milk. • Tainted milk la said to be responsi­ ble for 40 cases of scarlet fever re­ ported at Evanston, 111. In the report furnished the state board of health, it was stated that all the families in which cases of the disease developed had been receiving their milk from the same source. The milk was trac­ ed to Genoa, Wis., Just across the line from McHenry county. The Wiscon­ sin authorities will probably be re­ quested to take a hand in the matter. Industrial Insurance Scheme. Under an act passed by the legislature two years ago, Gov. Den- een appointed a commission consisting of Prof. Charles Henderson of the University of Chicago, Prof. David Kinley of the University of Illinois, Attorney H. F. Jones, president, and C. H. Hulburd of the Elgin Watch company and Adolph Adeloff of Chica­ go to study the methods of industrial insurance, and report back to the gen­ era] assembly a scheme of insuring employes against accident and death. Prof. Henderson was appointed to head the commission because of his experience with German industrial in­ surance laws. The results of the commission's Investigations have been reported to the governor, and have been given to Charles Hamlll, attorney of the insurance department, to draft Into a bill for the legislature. For the latter purpose the commission has submitted a scheme in 21 type-written pages. The first recommendation would make It obligatory that all employes be Insured against loss of income by injuries or death. Then follows a list of trades in which Insurance is obliga tory. It Includes everything of which the commission could think, with an omnibus clause at the end Including those which it did not think of at firat. In distinction to this obligatory insurance it is recommended that It be made optional with employers who do not employ regularly more than two wage earners as helpers to Insure themselves. It is proposed that there shall be created a state department of indus­ trial Insurance for the general super­ vision of the insurance associations and that there shall be organized county commissions for the manage­ ment of Insurance affairs in each county. Over all thepe the state in­ surance department shall have charge and become custodian ot tj^ money Sf «. /r FARMERS' DEBATINO CLU One Organized at WilllamsvUle M« ̂ Be Duplicated in Each Township 1 ̂ Improvement of Agriculture ; ' the Object v > ^ Williamsville.--A township txrmMf' debating club, such as the Farmers' institute proposes to' "Hftijffff-'. ize in each township in the oooplp# was formed here. The foliowfcag as* the officers elected: President, George M. Richardson; first vice prSSH Went, William Theobold; second vkS president, Harley Groves; secretary^ and treasurer, Mrs. Harley Grovesef| fssistant secretary and treasurer* Mrs. Nathan Hussey, Jr. The club has for its purpose promotion of anything for tbe im­ provement of agriculture, with special reference paid to every-day fans ftHir A set of by-laws and a cons&tutiega will be drawa and presented ait tfe». next meeting, when plans , fee tb® ' " tare will he announced. STATE POULTRY 8H0W EfVfi*. paid In premiums. Treasurer Under Old State Treasurer Smulskl takes office under the old system, all his plans having been upset. If Mr. Smulskl makes good on his pre-election prom­ ise to take no interest, he will do so without any legislative assistance. He will give a personal bond for $1,000,- 000. The senate did not kill the bill providing for a state board of deposit to select depositors for state funds and thus relieve the state treasurer of financial responsibility for money placed in such depositories, but It amended it in such a way that Its pur­ pose is defeated. Rose In Mia Wrath When MHie Took to Throwing Stones. The author of "Very Far West In­ deed" has mafcy amusing .stories to tell ef his adventures on the Fraaer river at the tine of the gold excite­ ment in Britfjh Columbia, now nearly 40 years ago. He was making his way through the mountains In com­ pany with an Irishman whan this oe- currefl: Two or three miles from the ferry we looked about for a s&ltabUt spot at which to camp for the night; and while thus engaged, pat fkrnan and I, with! o«e of tin laden amies, fell of me, and I was urging on the lagging mule with gent1® entreaties. Find­ ing these unavailing. I adopted a more violent expedient, and threw a stone at him. The stone--It was a good-sized one--missed the mule, but hit Pat In the back. With many excvlamattona of rage, Pat descended from his perch, and proceeded to lick the mule. Hardly able to keep from laughing aloud, I Inquired: "What's the matter, Pat?" f "Matther enough! Here's this Old black baste, note<?ntlnted wid thry- lng to upslt me iv'ry mlnit, has bin and trun a rock and hit me square in the middle of the back. "--Youth'a Representative Dies Suddenly. Daniel Buettner, 45 years old, repre­ sentative in the legislature from the third senatorial district Chicago, died at his home in that city from pneu­ monia. Members of the general as­ sembly received with sorrow news of the death of Representative Buettner of Chicago. Mr. Buettner was well liked here and had many friends in the general assembly. He was elected to the house in 1904 an<§ again in 1906. He was born Sept 22, 1861, in Chi­ cago of German parents. His father was a veteran of the civil war. } Seymour Memorial Fund. Preliminary st^ps toward the com­ pletion of the George franklin Sey­ mour Memorial fund, which was begun during the life of the late Bishop Sey­ mour, were taken at a meeting of the clergy and laity of the Springfield Episcopal churches. The memorial fund is for the endowment of the Springfield diocese and the -comple­ tion of the $100,000 which it was the amhifton of Bishop Seymour to see, will be raised to stand as a memorial » the mewory of tho late «hur<jlu» ̂ Chicago Gets Shurtleff. Edward D. Shurtleff, speaker of the house, has formed a law partnership with Henry P. Heiser of Chicago, and at tho close of the present general as­ sembly will take up the practice of law in that city, Mr. Shurtleff will not give up his practice in his home city (Marengo) and will continue to reside there, but will divide his time between Chicago and Marengo; New Prison Commissioner. Governor Deneen appointed Van L. Hampton, editor of the Macomb Jour­ nal, commissioner of the penitentiary at Joliet to succeed James N. Phelps of Free port, resigned. ^ W. C. T. U. to Meet in Quincy. . The state executive committee of the Woman's Christian Temperance union decided to hold the annual con­ vention in Quincy in ^ Old Rules Will 8tand.-4x>' ' The McKinlay amendment to the house rules fell by the way when the committee on code met in Speaker Shurtleff's room and decided to let the regulations that governed the lower branch two years ago remain unchang­ ed in all essential details. R. W. Mc­ Kinlay of Chicago, who tried to get through a reform rule ordering a re­ port on all bills within fifteen days after their reference, was Invited to appear before the committee, but did not do so, and no attempt was made by the Democrats to pugjbt . \ m Fire Damagea Colliery.- . ̂ • A fire originating fr^gt, causes not known, completely destroyed the tip­ ple and top works at the mine of the Springfield Collieries e&topany, one and one-half miles east of tLe fair grounds. Two shot flrers, who were in the mine at the time, made their way out through the escapement shaft and were uninjured. Three railroad box cars on the scale track at the shaft were also destroyed. The total manager Exhibition at Macomb a Success--Nes* ̂ Officers Elected. *• ; Macomb.--The Illinois state poultry: . show, which was in'progress here s ,<jC week, was a decided success. The large hall in which the exhibition was held was well filled with poultry ftafis almost every part of the^flftat^, tmfttll- * ing exhibits from Missouri and other states. The citizens of )fiSieali|§k' McDonough county are to be? ulated on the support they gavel state show and are entitled to *; part of the credit for making it a 1 cessr The "UlinplaH5tate Poultry aseoelh- tion held itB annual sesslw^ -iHftiwUBS" to custom, and elected the following officers and executive ^committee: President, Dr. F. A. Gelder, Palmyra* vice president Ira H. Sheets, Msr comb; secretary, A. L. Moore, Normal; treasurer, S. S. Noble, superintendent, J. J. Clinft, ecutlve committee, A. <$. chairman, Springfield; O. L. Danville; O. L. King, W*in«t S. J. Wiley, Elmwoo£;J ters, Peoria. The _ next annual show utive committee, and mittee has not fixed. Dougherty Property Foundt Peoria.--Dougherty property to t|i; amount of $$MMW0 never:-. hefam:)i!«ri of Is said to have officials of the Peoria A quiet search shows that the foripsr? tendent, now in Joliet in Colorado and Kansas, owns a large interest in a In Cttb& Part of it been turned oyer to At the time of his street scheduled to the worth of proper!?.. wc r̂th less than $160,069. Quick Victory for Papke. Peoria.--Entering the Riverside A. C. A. a I Bill Papke, of Spring Vi out Tom Wallace, the third round Of Wftpf been a ten-round OoaMSi^ lt young coal miner feel out the V' rushed in with to the head and body, Stift Soon ha* the easterner on "queer itMSt" Kir finished him with a right to thejaw ̂ HHPs Will Probstsd. Decatur.--In the county court inventory of the estate of tlte Hugh W. Hill has betoiyiled* It an estate worth in the of $300,000, although tfc*C* to 90 f|§»e estimated by the executor* Jtbrn*#, Hill. The big Ham In the estate Is 802 acres of farm land hi MacoSt county. loss is placed by the manager of the works at $HMM». only partially eov- Switch Inspector la $itte<jj% Chicago.--J. Kreitmeyer* 24 year*,' old, a trainman for the N^rtttwestera Elevated railway, was straek and killed while Inspe«Wn»- the structure near tho PaHtKOft , nue station. He had stepped f»OBI:^|s|. . path of a south-bound express trad# - and was struck by a northbound il­ eal. Burning Arc Lamp Stolen. Libertyvllle.--The police authorise* are seeking the person who 2,000 candle power electric are. from one of the downtown stcili^ ners. It is said the lamp wna hsttte-\ ing at the time it was stolen. Is no clew to the person new isMW^ session..-" Health Board Re-elects Chiefs. „ Springfield.--The state board af health re-elected Dr. J. A. Egtt» Springfield, secretary for the^iitl^l. consecutive term. Dr. W. J, WebstS^W Qf Chicago, was re-elected Macoupin Farmers Carlinville. Macoupin Union No. 120 of the American tj of Equity met in this city oourt house and elected the ing officers: President W. ron; vice president, Andrew secretary^ John R. Davenport? urer, Lee Comer. A cos sisting of O. P. Smith, Andrew and C. A.1 Bates was choose a county organiser, name to headquarters at l*d., and report at the af§| 9 " Employers Meet Chicago --Mrs. Potter slon at 100 Lake Shore scene of an unique National Civic federatk» ing there for the lng to employers tdMI alms of the organisation forts to plac^ the dustrialism on a thought and action; and delegates at and wore received ~ ' ' t » „ £1* *. A-, • • ? .. * 1&. li*» *».. M JL~ . t'AJhet. utJ