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„ MTTMt Cj^HABHVLCON a'uSrT ' / ?;V- .#* AinriMMt or CHAPTER XV. ". '•--':,;-iJ'h* Order from Headquarter*. t* .'>'<:»« left Parowan the next morning to preach at one of the little settle­ ments to the east, He was gone three days. When he came back thfey told him that the train of MisspiHtuu had passed through Parowan N^ntpon to the south. He attended ft Anilitary council held that evening injaie meet­ ing-house. Three dayV-oT'reJIectlon, 'While it had not cooled the anger he felt toward these members of the mob that had so brutally wronged his people, had slightly cooled bis ardor lor aggressive warfare. The following Tuesday he continued •Booth to Cedar City, the most popu­ lous of the southern settlements. Here he learned of the campaign's progress. Brlgham's courier had pre­ ceded the train on its way south, bear­ ing written orders to the faithful to .hold no dealings with its people; to sell them neither forage for their stock nor food for themselves. They had, it was reported, been much dis­ tressed as a result of this order, and their stock was greatly weakened. At Cedar City, it being feared that they might for want of supplies be forced to halt permanently so near the set­ tlement that it would be Inconvenient to destroy them, they were"permitted to buy 60 bushels of wheat and to have it and some corn the Indians had sold to them ground at the mill of Major Lee. . V.v ._.«As Joel's, informant, the fiery Bishop Xtingensmlth, remarked, this was not so generous jas it seemed, since, while itt -would serve to decoy them on their way toward San Bernardino, they would never get out of the valley with it. The train had started on, but the animals were so weak that three days had been required to reach Iron creek, 20 miles beyond, and two more days to reach Mountain Mead- ows, 15 miles further south. Here at daybreak this morning be­ fore, Klingensmith told him, a band of Piede Indians, under Lee's direc­ tion, had atacked the train, killing .and wounding a number of the men. It had been hoped, explained Klingen­ smith, that the train would be de­ stroyed at once by the Indians, thus Avoiding any call upon the militia; bat the emigrants had behaved with such effectlvenes that the Indians were unable to complete the task. They had corralled their wagons, dug a rifle-pit In the center, and returned the fire, killing one Indian and wound­ ing two of the chiefs. The siege was being continued. Late on the following day, Wednes­ day, while they were anxiously wait­ ing for news, a messenger from Lee came with a call for reinforcements. •The Indians, although there*" were 300 of them, had been unable to prevail over the little entrenched band of Gen­ tiles. Ten minutes after the messen­ ger's arrival, the militia, which had ibeen waiting under arms, set out for the scene in wagons. From Cedar . City went every able-bodied man but •jtwo.. Joel Rae was with them, wondering tchy he went. He wanted not to go. He preferred that news of the ap­ proaching victory should be brought to him; yet invisible hands had forced Mm, even while it seemed that fren-' sled voices--voices without sound-- ,»*rned him back. '• The ride was long, but not long enough for his mind to clear. - It was still clouded with doubts and question­ ings and fears when they at last saw the flaring of many fires with figures loitering or moving busily about them. As they came nearer, a strange, Rhythmic throbbing crept to his ears; nearer still, he resolved it into the Slow, regular beatings of a fiat-toned jdrum. The measure, deliberate, in- 'cessant, changeless,--the same tone3, the same intervals,--worked upon his strained nerves, at first soothingly and "Why, all but tbe very smaljeatcbil- dren, 6f course," "Are there children beret**. Lee answered: "Oh, a fair sprinkling--about what you'd look for In a train of a hundred and thirty people. The boys got two of-the kids yesterday; the fools had dressed them up in white dresses and sent them out for a bucket of water. You can see their bodies lying over there this side of the spring." "And there are women?" he asked, feeling a great sickness coming upon him.. "Plenty of them," answered Kling­ ensmith, "some mighty fine women, too; I could see one yesterday, a mon­ strous fine figure and hair shiny like a crow's wing, and a litle one, power­ ful pretty, and one kind of between the two--it's a shame we can't keep some of them, but orders is orders!" "These women must be killed, too?" "That's the orders from headquar­ ters, Brother Rae." "From the military headquarters at Parowan, or from the spiritual head­ quarters at Salt Lake?" "Better not inquire how far back that order started. Brother Rao not, of me, anyway." , ^ / "But women and children---!-?" "The great Elohim has spoken from the heavens, Brother Eae--that's enough for me. I can't put my human flMr/'four days, therefore, with only what water they could bring by dashes to the spring under fire, they had held their own In the pit. When it grew still lighter be de­ scried, out on his left near the spring, two spots of white close together, and remembered Lee'# tale the night be­ fore of the two little girls sent for water. At that instant, tbe chanting and the beat of the drum stopped, and In the silence a flood of light seemed to shine in upon his mind, showing him in something of its true aspect the thing they were about to do. Not clearly did he see it, for he was still torn and dazed--and not in its real proportions, moreover; for he saw it against the background of his teach­ ing from the cradle; the murder of their Prophet, the persecution of the Saints, the outrages put upon his own family, the murder of his father, and the death of his mother; the coming of an army upon them now to repeat these persecutions; the reported of­ fenses of this particular lot of (Jen- tiles. And then, too, he saw it against his own flawless faith in the authority of the priesthood, his implicit belief that whatsoever they ordered was to be obeyed as the literal command of God, his unshaken 6onviction that to disobey the priesthood was to commit the unforgivable sin of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. The plan of assault was now again rehearsed, and its details communi­ cated to their Indian allies. By ten .^l^^^as ready. t-. - CHAPTER >Wlr The Meadow Shambles. They chose William Bateman to go forward with a flag of truce. He was short and plump, with a full, round, ingenuous face. He was chosen, so said Klingensmith, for his plausiblo ways. He could look right at you when he said anything; and the mo­ ment needed a man of this talent. He was to enter the camp and say to the people that the Mormons had come to save them; that on giving up their arms they would be safely conducted % 1 • - a-4 He Listened to the Drumbeats Coming from Below. X then as a pleasant stimulant. - The wagons now pulled up near the largest camp fire, and the arrivals "Were greeted by a dozen or so of the Saints, who, with Major Lee, had been directing and helping the Indians in their assaults upon the enemy. Several of these had disguised themselves as Indians for the better deception of the besieged. At fires near by the Indians were broiling beef cut from animals they bad slaughtered belonging to the wag­ on-train. Still others were cutting the hides into strips to be made into lariats. As far down as the line could be seen, there were dusky figures dart­ ing in and out of the firelight. A council was at once called of the presidents. Bishops, Elders, High Priests, and the officers of the militia •who were present. Bishop Klingen­ smith bared his massive head in the firelight and opened the council with prayer, invoking the aid of God to guide them aright. Then Major Hig- bee, presiding as chairman, announced the orders under which they were as­ sembled and under which the train . fed been attacked. • "It is ordered from headquarters that this party must be used up, ex­ cept such as are too young to tell We got to do it. They been acting terrible mean ever since we wouldn't sell them anything. If we let them go on now, they been making tbelr brag that they'll raise a force in California and come back ant! wipe us out--and Johnston's army already marching; on us from the east. Are We going to submit again to what we got in Missouri and in Illinois? No! Everybody is agreed about that. Now the Indians have failed to do it like Wb thought they would, so we got to finish ItAip, that's all." „i v, Joel Rae spoke for the first time. > "You gay except such as are too |§ung to tell tales, Brother Higbee; does that BMA!" , '"jfc* i * IS'u£+-;Zl' - 4 " a ' •* T . . X "*• standards against the revealed will of God." • "But women and children- " He repeated the words as if he sought to comprehend them. He seemed like a man with defective sight who has come suddenly against a wall that he had thought far off. Higbee now ad­ dressed him. "Brother Rae, in religion you have to eat the bran along with the flour. Did, you suppose we were going to milk the Gentiles mid not ever shed any blood?" "But innocent blood--- "There ain't a drop of innocent blood in the whole damned train. And what are you, to be questioning this way about orders from on high? I've heard you preach many a time about the sin of such doings as that. You preach in the pulpit about stubborn clay in the hands of the potter having to be put through the mill again, and now that you're out here in the field, seems to me you get limber like a tal­ lowed rag when an order comes along." "Defenseless women and little chil­ dren " He was still trying to re­ gain his lost equilibrium. He walked about the fires or lin­ gered by the groups in consultation until the first signs of dawn. Then he climbed the low, rocky hill to the cast and peered over the top, the drum- f| beats still pulsing through him, still coercing him. As the light grew, he could make out the details of the scene below. He was looking down into a narrow valley running north and south, formed by two ranges of rugged, rocky hills BOO yards or so apart To the north this valley wid­ ened; to the south it narrowed until it became a mere gap leading out into the desert. Directly below him, half-way be­ tween the ranges of hills, was a circle of covered wagons wheel to wheel. In the center of this a pit had been dug, and here the besieged were find­ ing such protection as they could from the rifle-fire that came down from the hills on either side. Even now he could see Indians lying in watch for any who might attempt to escape. The camp had been attacked on Monday morning after the wagons had moved a hundred yards away th£ *$$$& .1^ yas Friday. «* <* • * ^ ^ ' to Cedar City, there to await • proper time for continuing their journey. From the hill to the west cf the be­ sieged camp they watched the plausi­ ble Bateman with his flag of truce meet one of the emigrants who came out, also with a white flag, and saw them stand talking a little time. Bate­ man then came back around the end of the hill that separated the two camps. His proposal had been grate­ fully accepted. The besieged emi­ grants were in desperate straits; their dead were unburied in the narrow en­ closure, and they were suffering great­ ly for want of water. o Major Higbee, in command of the militia, now directed Lee to enter the camp and see that the plan was car­ ried out With him went two men with wagons. Lee was to have them load their weapons into one wagon, to separate the adults from the chil­ dren and wounded, who were to be put into the other, and then march the party out. As Lee approached the corral its oc­ cupants swarmed out to meet him,-- gaunt men, unkempt women and chil­ dren, with the look of hunted animals in their eyes. Some of tbe men cheered feebly; some were silent and plainly distrustful. But the women laughed and wept for joy as they crowded about their deliverer; and wide-eyed children'stared at him in friendly way, understanding but little of it all except that the newcomer was a desirable person. It took Lee but a little time to over­ come the hesitation of the few sus­ picious (Hies. The plan he proposed was too plainly their only way of escape from a terrible death. Their animals had been shot down or run off so that they could neither advance nor retreat. Their ammunition was almost gone, so that they could not give battle. And, lastly, their provi­ sions were low, with no chance to re­ plenish them; for on the south was the most to be areaded of all Ameri­ can deserts,* while on the north they had for some reason unknown to themselves been unable to buy of the abundance through which they passed. Arrangements for the departure were quickly completed under Lee's supervision. In one wagon were piled the guns and "pistols of the emigrants, together with half a dozen men who had been wounded in the four days' fighting. In the other wagon a score of the smaller children were placed, some with tear-stained faces, some crying, and some gravely apprehen­ sive. At Lee's command the two wag­ ons moved forward. After these the women followed, marching singly or in pairs; some with little bundles of their most precious belongings; some carrying babes too young to be sent ahead in the wagon. A few had kept even their older children to wfdk be­ side them, fearing some evil--they knew not what One such, a young woman near the last of the line, was leading by the hand a little girl cf three or four, while on her left there marched a sturdy, pink-faced boy of seven or eight whose almost white hair and eye­ brows gave him a look of fright which his demeanor belied. The woman, looking anxiously back over her shoul­ der to the line of men, spoke warning- ly to the boy as the line moved slowly forward. "Take her other hand, and stay close. I'm afraid something will hap­ pen--that man who came is hot an hdnest man. I tried to tell them, but they wouldn't believe me. Keep her hand in yours, and if anything does happen, run right back there and try to find her father. Remember now, just as If she were your own little sister." The boy answered stoutly, with shrewd glances about for possible danger. ( "Of course I'll stay by her. I wouldn't run away. If I'd only had a gun," he continued, In tones of regret, ful enthusiasm, "I know I could have shot some of those Indians--but these, what do you call them?--Mormons,-- they'll keep the Indians away now." "But remember--don't leave my child, for I'm afraid--something warns me." Farther back the others had now fallen In, so that the whole company was In motion. The two wagons were in the lead; then came the women; and some distance back of these trailed the line of men. When the latter reached the place where the column of militia stood drawn up in line by the roadside, they swung their hats and cheered their deliverers; again and again the cheers rang in tones that were full of grati­ tude. As they passed on, an armed Mormon stepped to the side of each man and walked with him, thus con­ vincing the last doubter of their sin­ cerity in wishing to guard them from any unexpected attack by the Indians. In such fashion marched the long, loosely extended line until the rear had gone some two hundred yards *way from the circle of wagons. At the head, the two wagons containing the children and wounded had now fallen out of sight over a gentle rise to the north. The women also were well ahead, passing at that moment through a lane of low cedars that grew close to the road on either side. The men were now stepping briskly, sure at last of the honesty of their rescuers. Then, while all promised fair, a call came from the head of the line of men,--a clear, high call of command that rang to the very rear of tjie eolumn: ' '* "Israel, do your dutyl*ii ! Before the faces of the" ffiarcfirag men had even shown surprise or ques­ tioning, each Mormon had turned and shot the man who walked beside him. The same instant brought piercing screams from tbe column of women ahead; for the signal hal been given while they were in the lane of cedars where the Indian allies of the Saints had been ambushed. Shots and screams echoed and re-echoed across the narrow valley, and elouds of smoke, pearl gray in the morning sun, floated near the ground. The plan of attack had been well laid for quick success. Most of the men had fallen at the first volley, either killed or wounded. Hero and there along the all but prostrate line would be seen a struggling pair, or one of the emigrants running toward cover under a fire that always brought him 'low before he reached It (TO BE CONTINUED.) FOR TWO-CENT FARE Was Not What He Imagined MashSff's Ardor Cooled When fesdy Lifted Her Veil. An elderly lady who keeps a fash­ ionable Bchool for girls had been pay­ ing a call upon friends in East Sixty- seventh street says the New York Times. She Left their house aVout ten p. m. to walk home. As she turned into Madison avenue a sudden and rather heavy storm broke. A well- dressed young man with an umbrella approached her and asked her if she would not come under the shelter he offered. She did so, and at his sug­ gestion took his arm. They walked down the avenue a few! blocks and the schoolmistress was purposed to find that her escort was squeezing her arm and murmur­ ing words of amorous intent into her ear. As it was raining very hard and she had no umbrella of ber own, she made no protest f ' The situation r.truck her as amus­ ing. She is on the shady side of 60 and even her dearest friends would not call her handsome, but she has a figure that a belle of 20 might envy htr, and she realized that it was this that had attracted the man, her face btnng heavily veiled. Reaching her house, she gravely thanked her escort for saving her from a wetting and turned to enter. He urged her not to leave him, suggest- ing supper and wine and things. "Sir! Who do you think I am?" ex. claimed the lady. And she raised ber veil under the glare of the electric light. "The devil!" cried the man, hurry­ ing away, after one glance at the whit^; hair and wrinkled cheeks. J..--,.'*,': , -- ... , . . • By Repentance Alone. >>< • : gfae may be forgiven through *• pentance, but no act of wit wiU f*H justify them.--Sherlock. , BILL PASSES HOUSE BY UNANI- - VOTE..0 iV : ;> " * '•*-*,> r ^ MEASURE WILL BE LAW No Doubt That the 8enate Will Con. .. cur--Comprehensive Civil Ser**- ^ ieeBill Has Been Introduced' In the Senate. Springfield.--The house passed its two-cent bill by a vote of 137 to 0. The senate sent to second reading the, bill reported by its railroad committee, and it Is practically certain a two-cent fare law will be enacted within two weeks. While the senate measure classifies tbe railroads according to earnings into two-cent, two and one-half-cent and' three-cent classes, and clashes with $he views of the house leaders, there is little danger of seciou^ 41S' agreement. ? nf >. ' t»» -- Bill to Promote Civil Service. Mr. Provine introduced in the house a bill which puts under civil serviced nearly every office in the state, includ­ ing the offices tinder the governor, the secretary of state, the auditor, the treasurer, the superintendent of pub­ lic instruction, the insurance superin­ tendent, the railroad and warehouse commission, the factory Inspector, the state board of health, the board of pharmacy and all offices and places of employment in the penal and re­ formatory institutions. The excep­ tions to the rule are all elective of­ ficers, the adjutant general, the in­ surance department, the state factory inspector, the state food commission­ er, members of boards of trustees, superintendents of institutions and one chief clerk, one deputy and one stenographer for each institution, a secretary and one stenographer in the governor's office, one chief clerk or deputy and one stenographer for the secretary of state, the state audi­ tor, the state treasurer and the super­ intendent of public instruction, all em­ ployes of the treasury department who regularly handle large sums of money and one chief inspector of grain for the railroad and warehouse commis­ sion. The bill went to the committee on civil service. ,v s » State Banking Department - Springfield. --> A. state depart­ ment of banking, to have effective supervision of the organization and conduct of banks and banking associ­ ations throughout the 'State, is pro­ posed In a bill drawn up by Represen­ tative John P. McGoorty and Intro­ duced in the house. This measure would take the super­ vision of banks from the state audi­ tor, in whose hands that power lies at present. New duties are assigned to the directors of banks under state su­ pervision. Section 15 provides that "the directors of every such bank and association shall, at the time of any examination, furnish to the exam­ iner a statement In writing as to the genuineness of the securities and pa­ per held by such bank, as they were found by such examiner, which writ­ ten statement shall be sworn to by at least three directors who are not sal­ aried officers of such bank or associa­ tion." While the bill requires that all gen­ eral records of the proposed depart­ ment shall be considered public rec­ ords and open to the public eye, spe­ cial provision is made that the facts sand information obtained through the provisions of section 15 shall be kept secret "except so far as, the public duty of the department officers re­ quires a report or special action re­ garding the affairs of the bank or as­ sociation, or except when such state officer is called as a witness in a crim­ inal proceeding or order in a court of justice." The head of the proposed depart ment is to be known as the superin­ tendent of banking, who shall be ap­ pointed by the governor for a, term of five years, unless sooner removed for good cause other than political. 4 salary of $5,000 a year is provided for, th6 department head, and pro­ vision 1b made for one bank, examiner at a salary of $6,000 and for other examiners at salaries of $3,600. As­ sistant examiners and other employes may be engaged by the kuj^rtotind- ent at salaries fixed by him. - ; . r : l yr > ^ Workmen's Rlak Bill in Senate. Gov. Deneen's industrial Insurance plan was laid before the senate The hill on this, subject drafted by the commission' appointed by the state executive was introduced by Senator P. J. McSh&ne ef Chicago, a close personal friend of the gover­ nor and a representative of union la­ bor. It is entitled "an act to facilitate the insurance of employes against the consequences of accident resulting In personal injury or death and to permit agreements between employers snd employes with reference to such acci­ dents." The bill seeks to make it lawful for any employer to contract in writing with any employe whereby the parties may agree that the employe shall be­ come insured against accident occur­ ring in the course of employment which results in personal Injury or death. @The bill was sent to the committee on insurance, of which Carl Lundberg is chairman. He comes from the gov­ ernor's senatorial district in Chicago. Allen Vents Wrath on Governor. Tbe bitterest arraignment of a gov­ ernor of this state ever uttered on the floor of the legislature was hurled by Charles A. Allen, of Vermilion county, oldest member of the house, at Gov. Deneeo. Allen fought an appropriation of $100,000 to the governor to carry on the Illinois Central investigation. He wanted the sum cut down to $50,000. While the house leaders had decided the appropriation should pass, every opportunity was given to Allen to vent long suppressed wrath upon the head of the governor. After a long debate by Allen the house ordered to third reading the bill giving the governor $100,000 to con­ tinue his investigation into the back taxes owing the state by the Illinois Ce^traL|®|f^:^ *, • - -'<"«)• f-,', Corporation Btffs. Many bills affecting public utility corporations are pending in the com­ mittees of both houses. The Lind- ly measure fixing the hours of service for certain classes of employes and providing for safety appliances and comforts for passengers and motor- men has been reported out and is ex­ pected to pass the house. The tele­ phone and telegraph companies are af­ fected by a dozen or so bills. Just what action the assembly will take In regard to this series of meas ures is purely conjectural, but some sort of a bill is looked for confidently by leaders in both houses that will extend the present powers of super­ vision held by state and municipal authorities. Juvenile Courts lllegiilt Debate in the house committee on Judiciary, which took up the bills amending the juvenile court laws in­ troduced by Mr. Church, has developed the fact according to Representative McRoberts of Peoria, that the present Juvenile courts in Chicago and Pe­ oria have no constitutional jurisdic­ tion over the cases affecting depend­ ent, delinquent and defective children. He thinks their work may be knocked out by the appellate or supreme court by anyone who takes an appeal on a decision of the juvenile courts. • f Bothered by Local Option., Local option is being handled in the two houses of the legislature as the most serious political question in the state at the present time. The Repub­ lican leaders in both houses believe that a mismanagement of the anti-sa­ loon measure will deprive their party of its control of the house of repre­ sentatives two years from now, if it does not defeat the next Republican state ticket. It is considered as u con­ siderably more perplexing problem than the primary law, which, caused a ipecial session. rV NEWS OF ILUNOi] HAPPENINGS OP INTERES* FROM l'T"£UL OVER THE,:'STAT WANT ROOSEVELT •t M IF'ea y 'ii i Board Merit Bllf Goes ln. A comprehensive civil service Mil extending merit-rule regulations to all state institutions was Introduced in the senate by Mr. McKenzie, chair­ man of the civil service commission. It was Offered by request of the state merit board. Under the present law the only employes under civil service are those employed in the charitable institutions. The new measure seeks to extend the operation of the law to all places of employment in the offices and de­ partments of the governor, the secre­ tary of state, the auditor of public ac­ counts, the insurance superintendent the superintendent of public instruc­ tion, the attorney general, clerk of the supreme court, the railroad and ware­ house commission, state factory in­ spector, the state board of health, the. state food commissioner, board of public charities, board of prison indus­ tries, state highway commissioners, the commissioners of labor statistics, the state board of pharmacy, the ad­ jutant general and the penal and re­ formatory institutions. The only officers exempted are those to be elected, trustees of institutions and appointive commissioners, super­ intendents of institutions and one clerk and one stenographer employed in each of them. Illinois Mines 6how Gain. The state board of labor tswoed* report giving statistics of coal mining in Illinois for the year ended on June 30, 1906. It shows the number of coun­ ties producing coal was 54 and the number of mines 1,018. New mines or old mines reopened during the year number 131; mines closed or aban­ doned, 123; total output of all mines, 38,317,681 tons. The total output of the 419 shipping • mines was 37,122,811 tons. The aggregate h&me value of the total product is $39,895,802; mines in which mining machines are used, 85; number of tons undercut by ma­ chines, 9,563,230; number of tons mined by hand, 28,754,351 }> average number of miners employed during the year, 42,920; average number of employes underground, 11,605; av­ erage number of boys employed un­ derground, 1,499; total employes 62,- 283. The average price paid a gross toa for hand mining in shipping mines was $0.5702; for machine mining, $0,762. Number of kegs of powder used for blasting coal, 1,027,273; dyna­ mite, 41,137 pounds. The of men accidentally killed, 156, ^ Illinois League of Swedfih-Aftv Clubs Passes Resolution Urging President to Accept a Third ' ',t # * < >r *sn». • llocktcJfd.--President Roosevelt wap ^ urged to be a candidate for another' & term by the Illinois league of Swedish- , „ -lji American Republican clubs, wMcb , i % * sV: met here. ~ A resolution indorsing the' candfr t • v* dacy of Fred Busse for mayor of Chi- ^ t 4 v cago was read with a storm of ap- v 3 ̂ • plause from the 400 delegates. Reso' ' _ t \ lutions also were adopted indorsing > ^ Gov. Deneen's administration. A The expected contest over tbe elee* S" •; tion of the ?flSague's officers did ndf " ' * % ^ appear, Justus L. Johnson, of Auror%* r-:. being elected president without opp®* - ^ ' sition. Aurora will be the next neeeM/,^ 'v ^ ing place. . CLAIM BALDWIN WAS1 SANE. A -- ' - • ^ t e ­state's Attorney Has Eivdence Againift > , ' > , ; Colfax Murderer. • ^ ^ * Bloomington.--That Thomas Bal|> win was sane at the time be commit­ ted the four murders near Colfax li evident froml evidence secured ' bjr State's Attormay Bach. Baldwin went about the work of satisfying his hatredl against his victims with a tact and carefulness which, when shown a* evidence, the prosecuting attorney Bays, will be ample to secure a con­ viction. ' # ? Baldwin will probably be brought into court and arraigned to plead to fi. charge of murder in the first degretM State's Attorney Bach is busily en- .igapred in arranging for the work, anil at the first session of the board of su­ pervisors he preesnted his case. That body unanimously passed a resolution, providing that whatever funds at# necessary for the case be furnished.; ^ •: r ; MJ a !.-4 '..Jv" -m *vy §4 * - J" ;r:*|TY"CLERK UNDER'FltfE. '£*** Grand Jury Looking Into His Bootaii| Which Are Said to Be Short Peoria.--Charges of misusing the funds of the city are piling up against City Clerk Robert Joes before the grand jury, which has been looking over his records. It is said that tb» shortage may run from $10,000 to $2#,» • I 000. The city clerk is said to have tm » r -J»! tained saloon license money, giving the saloonkeepers receipts instead of' licenses. Former Sheriff D. E. Potter and several of his deputies, it is re­ ported, are certain to be indicted on charges of malfeasance In office. Pa®- ded pay rolls are charged to the fjpffS tner sheriff and his deputies. FORMER TREASURER DEAD. , • • i:; ikk 1 <4 « tf * J t * Y * ^ -i s."f* 1 v ' v 3'-,- .-V t /«•< *' " 4 1 ' % 1 •Vis Named for Chester Warden. Gov. Deneen selected Thomas W. Springer, of Edwardsville, as warden of the southern Illinois penitentiary at Chester to succeed Gen. James B. Smith, who resigned late last Decem­ ber. The appointment goes into ef­ fect May 1. The retirement of the present warden is on his own volition, as the administration contemplated no change in the office, the regime of Gen. Smith having been satisfactory throughout. His reasons for resign­ ing are that he wishes to spend the remainder of his life at ease. The new appointee is at present circuit court clerk of Madison county. Organize Press Bureau.^* * A press bureau to facilitate the work of the Illinois Farmers's institute was organized at the annual meeting of the board of directors held in this city. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President A. V. Schermerhorn, Kinmundy; vice president, Charles W. Farr, Chicago; secretary, H. A. McKeene, Spring­ field; superintendent, Frank H. Hall, Aurora; treasurer, A. P. Grout Win­ chester; auditor, Frank I. Mann, Gil- man. Peoria was selected as the next annual meeting place. * ,-v New Chicago Charter In. Chicago's new charter was intro­ duced in both branches of the legisla­ ture. The bill was introduced first by Senator Berry in the senate. He is chairman of the senate committee, to which he referred the document carry­ ing Miss Chicago's hopes of a new dress. In the house the charter bill was put in by Representative Kittle* man, chairman of the house commit­ tee, to which the bill was sent With the charter were introduced five ape- Ctai mm y.'*•" i.- • ŷd K. Wlttemere 't'- * , „ Engineers' Pay Increased. JJIjpomington.--The new schedule pay and working regulations for en­ gineers, following the recent confer­ ence In Chicago, was announced by the Chicago & Alton railroad. Pas­ senger engineers will receive font dollars per hundred miles, and freight $4.65. Switch engineers at Chicago, East St. Louis and Kansas City will receive $3.75 per day of ten hour%f- and at other points $3.50. This is uniform increase of ton per cent ^ r m • VW' Millionaire's Will Invalid. ^ « Bloomington.--A jury in the Hstt county circuit court returned a ver­ dict after a two weeks' trial holding* invalid the will of Thomas Bondurant. a millionaire resident who willed; \ 'x» $300,000 to Eureka college and other 4 associations of the Christian church. of Illinois. Relatives claimed theft ; ^ Bondurant was unduly influenced. *** Legislators Visit Asylums. - ^ ̂ ' Jacksonville.--The members of Illinois general assembly were the- guests of the Jacksonville Business Men's association March 8, coming here on a special train. The entire day was spent in inspecting the three- state asylums har«, and programs fcer , their entertainment "Vere "provided! during the day. " v . -- . . ^ - :̂ ;|ke .Story is Declared Tru* Peoria.--Positive proof that promt* nent Peorlans are implicated in the theft of the Dougherty forged scrip from the school board safe is now , said to be in the hands <Jf State's At£f^;; torney Scholes and Chief of Police Wilson. The two officers refused tft give out any details, but said that in­ formation given them by Eddie Tata* the Chicago safeblower, hail proved correct, and that they expected til. r have definite information •»r I**!,1 grand jury within a few days. ; -- • rn' ' Two Women Poisoned; Myetery. • Shenandoah.--Ardine Ratektn, young girl, and Mrs. IX Woodgiass, ft widow, died from strychnine poison^ :ng. There is no clew as to the pefi,;- Bon who placed the poison befiWSp;: either of the dead women. H4 - "Abe" Lincoln's Friend Deed. r Sterling.--Mrs. Eliza Wilson, ag»« years, died here. She was an Inti­ mate frle:id of Abraham Lincoln, ocoe loaded him ber saddle horse t* make a cinplip tew ot couniy. 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