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ON THE f RAIL OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY By WILLIAM T. £LLI3 TfcU Distincutshad Amtrfcan Journalist Is Trtrellnr Around the World for th« Purpose of lnT»atit«tin* tha Antortean Foraltn llWfe ; siooary from a Purely Disinterested. Secular and Non-SecUrlan Standpoint. Ilkistratcd wtth Drawings and from Photograph*. 5*£T> THE TASK OF CONVERTING TOKIO Ih It; Toklo, Japan.--"It the missionaries tie tackling this proposition, they bate certainly got nerve,", exclaimed a newly-arrived American tourist, after his first ride through .Tokio. The Immensity of this city of a million and a half of people, its impassivity. Its impenetrable orientalism, and the nnrelatedness of its parts one, to an­ other impress every visitor. He must be a hardy propagandist indeed who, without a sense of hopelessness, can undertake the task of converting To Wo to anything. Yet Tokio is the key to Japan. It is more like Mjecca to the Mohammedan than like Washington to an American, or Ottawa to a Canadian. The fact that this is the largest city of the em­ pire means less to the native mind than that it is the home of his imperi­ al majesty, the emperor, whom all Japanese regard with real reverence, as well as unquestionable loyalty and whom most of the people worship as a divinity. Here, too, center all na­ tional interests and enterprises; ttis Is the commercial and educational capital. Tokio leads Japan. Hither every ambltioua youth hopes to come; and the fact that a cook, an artisan or a student bails from Tokio gives iihn prestige wherever he may go throughout Japan. Up-to-Date Methods in the Orient. 80, despite the herculean nature of task, the missionaries have laid siege to this strategic city. And, con­ sidering that there are missionaries still living and resident here who came to Japan when there was not a •ingle Christian in the empire, the present situation is very creditable. While it is easily possible for a tour­ ist to pass through the city and find not the slightest vestige of missionary (activity or Christian life, it is impos­ sible for him to reside here for a rweek, and to become reasonably fa­ miliar with Tokio, without being brought into frequent contact with evidences of the presence and work members of this body, all of them a monument to the work of one man, Bishop Nicolai, who has labored here alone, or with only one other Euro­ pean helper, for 30 years. His char­ acter has been equally effectual with his intellectual ability, and la's dili­ gence in spreading his church. ' During the war he had to go into retirement, being a Russian, and the cathedral was guarded constantly by the Japanese authorities, lest mis­ guided patriots burn or sack it. Bishop Nicolai gave himself largely to literary work, but his priests did most acceptable service in ministering to the Russian prisoners, who were of their own creed. The romance of the Roman CathoHc Church in Japan--one of the fine stories of all religious history--must be told in another connection, but here in Tokio the church is repre­ sented by a cathedral, which, next to the Greek church building, is the most imposing ecclesiastical edifice in the city. «The total Roman Catholic membership in Japan is 59,000, and the missionaries are nearly all French. There are schools conducted by nuns and by the teaching orders, and a notable amount of philanthropic •work is done, including the main­ tenance of two leper hospitals, one In Gotemba and one in Kumamoto. In Tokio there is a leper asylum, started by Miss Youngman, a Presby­ terian missionary, but maintained by an American and European religious organization which works for the lepers of the east. Under this same auspices is Miss Riddell's leper asy­ lum at Kumamoto. Miss Riddell, who is a Church of England missionary, is the only foreign lady in Japan ever decorated by the emperor. The Tokio leper home is managed by two native Presbyterians, Mr. and Mrs. Seishin Otsuka, whose refine­ ment and Christian character is writ­ ten on their faces. They have been in charge of the home since its open- K't ' y > 'X<:, A Toklo Bi bte Class, of the Christian propaganda. It U a Jalae impression, sometimes given by owerzealous missionaries that this city is being stirred and moved by Christianity; equally false is the •weeping declaration by visitors that there are no signs of missionary work to be seen in Tokio. As a matter of fact, there are al­ most as many forms of religious work to be found in Toklo as in Itiiladel- phia or in Chicago. Walk along the ^streets on a clear Sunday, and you will find Japanese preachers talking to interested crowds, just as on Bos­ ton Common. A man wearing the con Tentional Salvation Army cap (al­ though inscribed In Japanese charac­ ters), but otherwise dressed in na­ tive garb, lifts his cap a* you ap- Cach, bows politely, and in flowery guage, invites you to buy the copy of the Japanese "War Cry" which he extends to you. , 1 Setting the Japanese to 8lnglng. "ii'iJu you pass native houses you oc- % caaionally hear childish voices swell­ ing in the familiar strains of Moody and Sankey hymns, and you know that one of the numerous Sunday schools in Tokio is in session. Going to and Irom these are met boys and girls car- ryiug the thick, pudgy red hymn books, and you recall that within two years 100,000 copies of this book have been sold, although there are only about 50,000 Protestant Christians in the empire. Mission workers say that the Japanese did not know how to •tag at all, except a feT7 Chinese songs of limited register to accompany the Erfmisen and the keto, and now some of the mission school graduates per­ ioral the most difficult of instrumental and vocal music, and one ia sure to hear brass bands executing the airs that were popular in America a few 'years ago. Not everybody who is beard whistling or singing a Chris- „tian tune is necessarily a Christian, for it appears that this newly-awak- ened ability of the Japanese is due primarily to the missionaries. It is «sp«cially interesting to hear a crowd of Japanese youngsters singing a temperance song to the tune of "John * Brown's Body Lies a Moldering in the ijrave." ; : s , O n a s t r e e t c a r y o u m a y i n q u i r e t h e Way to one of tho larger Christian \ thurches, and if the conductor him- at'lf does not know, some one of the ^ -passengers will volunteer the infor- Ration. This, at least, has been my ;t^ experience; and in all the citations in \ t'^Is article I am confining myself ! "Carefully to my own personal experi­ ences and observations. Arrived at '1%: "i&e church, you find an ordinary con- v 1 j'^regation of 700 persons, four-fifths whom are students, listening lntent- if to a sermon nearly au hour long. j* ^Creek and Roman Catholic Churches. ^s\ ' In an Toklo there is. no morq coa- ' "sspicuous building than the Russian . ; Orthodox Christian church building, jpfiua us gi tjaL uGmy. There are 30,000 ing, 12 years ago, and the devotion of the 56 inmates to them is apparent even to a visitor. There are constant experiments being made for the cure of these unfortunates, but thus far all seem to be In vain. The most tlyat can be done appears to be to make the lepers as comfortable as possible and to keep their bodies in the best possible condition by frequent medici­ nal baths. They suffer no pain, al­ though they are in all stages of lep­ rosy, from the little children and sturdy young men who show no out­ ward taint of the disease, to the blind and helpless victims whose members have been entirely eaten away. After the Men Who Run.Things. Mention of tone form of special work suggests many others. There is here a rescue home for girls from the Yoshiwara, an asylum for the in­ sane (although this, thfe only one in Japan, Is not under distinctively Christian auspices), a prison-gate home, free kindergartens, and "rescue missions," after the typs timiliz? io all large American cities. There are also special missions to railroad men, to policemen and to post-office work­ ers. These last, now separate mis­ sions, are the outgrowth of a Bible- reading league for Japanese, at pres­ ent numbering 10,000 members, started and long maintained by one of the foreign physicians of Tokio, who, out of his lucrative practice, personally supports numerous missionary enter­ prises. In Toklo there are several independ* ent missionaries, who are not con­ nected with any denomination or mis­ sionary board. The usefulness of these is a mooted question among Amer­ ican churches. My own observation leads me to conclude that they make more stir in the .homeland, where their money is being; than they do here. They are usually temporary, since they depend upon one man, and cannot continue beyond the term of his personal residence here. He, in turn is so busy keeping alive the interest of his supporters, that he has little time left for actual work among the Japanese. As an Illustration, I may cite the case of one man, per­ sonally an upright, honorable and pleasant gentleman, whose publication (intended only for home consumption) gives the impression that he is arousing Tokio to a veritable revival. Yet that man has been here nearly a decade and does not speak the lan­ guage, so that he is personally use­ less as a preacher to the Japanese. In the light of conditions in -this- country, I would say that the only effectual missionary work that can be pursued is that conducted on a broad basis and a long-continued plan by the great churches of Japan and of Christian lands. Taking Religion Get EnflHsh. A building that Is the center of no small work is the big brick Young Men's Christian associate which AUTOMATIC TIME 8W1TCK. also has branches and dormitories in many of the educational institutions here. The Young Woman's Christian association has lately come to Japan and is opening dormitories for young women students. Both these organi­ sations do Bible class work. This suggests a characteristic phase of mission work in Japan--the conduct­ ing of Bible classes. Every missionary, from the newest recruit to the oldest veteran, has a measure of this to do. Some of the Bible classes are as large as many congregations. The secret of all this is, as is apparent to everybody concerned, the desire of the Japanese to learn English. The eagerness of the natives in this par­ ticular is nothing short of a craze. Frequently I have had young men accost me and enter into conversation, purely for the purpose of practicing their little stock of English. Some­ times this sort of thing is rather try­ ing, but the missionaries have had their patience well trained. They take the Japanese on any terms and find, they say, that out of Bible classes attending from a purely* selfish motive, have come many of the most earnest converts and Christian Y7ork- aers. Other mission lands have many mis­ sionary hospitals; in Japan there are only two, both maintained by Ameri­ can Episcopalians, one at Osaka ..nd one here. The reason for thlB is that the Japanese have their own physi­ cians and hospitals. St. Luke's hos­ pital in Tokio, is fully endowed, and could not well be abandoned. As a matter of fact, it is so popular and successful that It is entirely self-sup­ porting. It has fine quarters near church for Europeans and large boy's school on the Protestant Episcopal compound. Baseball and Missions. % Often I hear the question raised as to whether Christianity is having any practical effects upon tho character of the converts. That is not jbo sim­ ple a question to answer as would at first appear; the missionary is really working for his converts' grandchil­ dren. Yet I must admit that I have run across cases that are not without meaning. After speaking at the oldest university In Japan, an institution distinctively not Christian, I was en­ tertained at luncheon by the presi­ dent, and six of the leading professors were invited to be present. One of these was a man who in appearance s :rlklngly resembled the young col­ lege Y. M. C. A. men in America, and he himself was an active Christian vorker, and responsible for the relig­ ious organization existing in the col­ lege. I learned that his standing was high among th^ professors and his Influence among the undergraduates pronounced. On another occasion I met a middle- aged man who has invented a process for mai'.lng articles of wearing appar­ el--neckties, shawls, purses, hats, fanvy vests, etc.--from wood shavings. He said he was about to Introduce his novel wares into America. Question­ ing him further, he said that about 15 years ago he became a Christian* that awakened in hi'm a desire to bet­ ter himself and to do something for Japan. The result is this invention. Perhaps the most curious of many unexpected evidences of Christianity in this city is the crack baseball team In the Waseda university, an Institu­ tion with more than 7,000 students. The Japanese have taken ardently to American sports, and this particular team made a successful tour of the Pacific coast last year. It owes its efficiency to Rev. F. Merrifield, a Bap­ tist missionary who was a star on the University of Chicago championship baseball team a few years ago. Mer­ rifield goes three days a week to Waseda to coach the team for the sake of the opportunity thus given him to 4a wnrt o™??; the BtU- dents. Of many forms of this sort of indi­ rect missionary work I have learned directly and indirectly. One night I met with a fine body of business and professional men who are organized into an , "English Speaking society," and hold their meeting In the home of a Quaker missionary. There are doz- Cm 6* Uietf to Open or CTOM the Circuit.' This device can be used to either open or close the circuit at any de­ sired time. An alarm clock is firmly fastened to a wooden bracket and provided with a small wood or metal drum, A, to which is fastened a cord, B. The other end of the cord is tied to the switch handle so that when the alarm goes off the switch is either opened or closed, depending on wheth­ er the cord is passed over pulley C or pulley D. When the cord is passed over pulley C, as shown in Fig. 1, the circuit will be closed when the alarm goes off, but if it is passed over D the circuit will be opened. Pulley D is fastened to a piece of spring steej, E, which in operation is bent, as shown by the Will Open or Close Circuit as Desired. dotted lines, thus, explains Popular Mechanics, causing the switchr to snap open quickly and prevent forming an arc. IMPROVING ELECTRIC LIGHT. Cheap But Good Reflector lot .Incan­ descent Lamp. A very good reflector for electric light bulbs, lantern globes, lamp chim­ neys, etc., is made as follows: With pen and ink lay out a circle on the bulb or chimney the size of the re- Aluminum Lacquer Reflector. fleeting surface desired. Then give this section of the bulb two coats of aluminum lacquer or aluminum enam­ el. Do the coating while the lamp is lighted, so as to get the coating on evenly. To draw a circle on glass with a pen compass, paste a,. small piece of cardboard on the glass and push the center point of the compass into the cardboard. NEW TELEPHONE 8Y8TBM. ens of sewing classes among the Jap­ anese women missionaries. Some missionaries take the children of prominent Japanese Into their homes to teach them the American way of living. The son and heir of the late Gen. Kodomo, the foremost military figure in Japan, has, with the son of another general, been dining weekly at the home of one of the Young Men's Christian association secre­ taries. {Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Instrument Which Receives and D#t. livers Messages at Long Range. The latest' time-saving addition to business system is a little Instrument which enables the head of a business or department to converse with one or all of his subordinate officers in an ordinary tone of voice, in any part of his office, and without holding the ap­ paratus to his ear or mouth. Their replies will come to him in like fash­ ion, ffo that the whole conversation will be Just the same as if all parties were talking together in one room. If the manager wishes to communicate with one person only, he can easily make it impossible for anyone else to overhear, and if he wishes to keep the replies secret from someone in his own office, there is a receiver which he can use in the ordinary way. Electricity now completely domi­ nates the urj>an railway systems ot America and Europe, and is invading with irresistible force that..of subur­ ban and interurban railroads to sueii aa extent that it would bp difficult to enumerate them even in the United States. The systems which reach ont from Boston, with connections which ex* tend 40, 50 and even 100 miles, are only a sample of the wonderful devel­ opment of the last 15 years, while the projects for future means of transpor­ tation in New England are so compre­ hensive as to exclude the use of steam by all the companies which operate transportation lines for passengers and freight within a radii of 50 miles at least from all large centers of pop­ ulation. , A single line, from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, a distance of 120 miles, al­ ready enjoys a large traffic in both freight and passengers, and the New York Central railroad company pro­ poses to at once, instal electricity in place of steam to a distance of 40 miles in all its vast system radiating from New York city. In Europe one of the longest elec­ tric lines is from Liverpool to Soutb* port, although many projects of even more gigantic proportions are under way throughout England. Most of these lines are lh regions where there are not sufficient water- fajls from which to generate power. But where there aire waterfalls--the surest, easiest and most economical source of energy in the world--there is no reason why the electric engine may not supersede steam entirely while it seems positive that a great re­ gion which has no railroads would, if lines were to be built, adopt the elec­ tric system, even though there were no water power, and having that, would not hesitate in the choice. The Italian government, in conjunc­ tion with the railroads, has been car­ rying on successful experiments and extending the use of electricity for nearly ten years, and now a line is be­ ing fitted up from Rome to Civita-Cas- tellana. The governments of Norway and Sweden are already occupied with the application of electricity to the larger lines; France is equipping roads with it as fagt as possible, and being out­ done by Germany; Switzerland is adopting it as rapidly as possible; Spain has awakened to the import­ ance of electric railways, and Is about to build one nearly 100 miles long; Mexico has. just equipped one of over 100 miles, and the United States has many which are still larger. Even in Colombia, where there are practically no railroads, the most prominent en­ gineers, in consultation with Pres Reyes, are contemplating the utiliza­ tion of the vast torrents now plunging to waste from the precipitous moun­ tains, to operate new railroads which they declare will be "the wonder of the world." , ELECTRIC BOUQUET. A Novelty Which is " Proving Very Popular*" A pleasing electric Novelty which any electrician can easily make is the electric bouquet. The idea is suited to many occasions,, such as receptions, weddings and presentations. In a large bouquet or design of natural flowers are placed small Incandescent lamps, either white or colored, ar­ ranged in the form of letters to pro- *r." ' n ... '.. .. • >" '• *">,v ^ V-* *" *** • • •. yout No been Moments That Tell. Be not discouraged with work, neither with your life. work faithfully done has ever wasted and no life truly lived has ever failed. You will find as you lookrback upon your life that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.--Henry Drummond. Delicious Use of Jelly. When you have a few tablespoonfW of Jam or jelly left over try what a de­ licious addition It makes to baked apples, dropping a teaspoonful into the core of each apple before they go into the oven- You will be surprised at the result and will wonder why you cooked so long without making the discovery. * Pouison Wireless Progressing. Vladimir Pouison, the Danish inven­ tor, expects soon to establish wireless communication across the Atlantic from Denmark to America. He has erected a station a few miles from Copenhagen and an American station will be completed in a few weeks. His system is based on "singing" electric waves which, he says, have inexhausti­ ble power, where the spark system loses energy over lbng distances. Mr. Pouison first perfected his system for a distance of 40 miles, Increasing It to 190, 380 and 760 miles; now he de­ clares that he can operate over greater distances than the Atlantic's breadth. Wireless Station on Airship. The possibilities and practical util­ ity of wireless telegraphy in aerial navigatl«il will be thoroughly investi­ gated aboard Count Zeppelin's airship this summer. A wireless station has been installed on the craft, in which, instead of extending upward as in other stations, the receiver extends downward, consisting of a bronze wire 300 feet long. Power from the air­ ship's two 80-hp. motors wori» the transmitter, which is capable of lend ing messages 150 miles. --. >.», ̂ The first Gas Engine. ^ Edward could never J>&_ta tl to dinner he addressed his father, say Ing: "I would like some bread." His mother promptly? interrupted with "If you--" "Can reach it," came the quick tup* . The first American gas englri^^pat ent, issued May 25/ 1844, was granted to Stuart Perry, Newport, N. Y., for his two-cycle, double-acting, air-cooled gas engine. Perry proposed to inclose the cylinder and its immediate ap^ pendages in a casef through which cold air could be blown by means of a rotary fan or other blowing ap- , - ' .. . . _ Great Gat ConsuriWr*. V $5 -t Norwich has in use 18,000 gas cook «jrs and 18,000 slot gas meters, aqd this total is not equaled by any other city of the same population--Just over 100,000. The use of nitrogen gas has been tried in France for inflating tire*. The Electric Bouquet. duce either initials or words. For ex­ ample, says Popular Mechanics, on the recent occasion of a reception given by his employes to their man­ ager on his return from a long ab­ sence a mammoth bouquet of roses was presented to him, in the inlddle of which glowing in soft colors was the word "Welcome." Current was taken from " fcrsclict fl^ihia cord '2d feet long, which permitted the bouquet to be carried about the room. A Spider's Wonderful t'yea. The Attus family of spiders, abounding in Java, have, in addition to numerous smaller eyes, a pair of large (ones, which writers have called gig-lkmp" eyes. A specimen of the spider, captured recently near Bulten- zorg, exhibited a remarkable power of changing the Caolor of; its "gig- lamps," says Youth's Companion. When It was captured the eyes were dark brown, like the body. But sud­ denly they changed to bright grass- green. Soon afterward they turned back again from green to brown, and this change of color was repeated sev­ eral times in succession apparently at the will of the creature. Whether It was an effort of the spiuei to Issplrc terror in its enemy or an effect of its own terror is uncertain. Another singular fact is that the color of eith­ er one or both eyes could thus be changed; Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes of Tbtm o£ Interest «t taa« GapttaO. . Springfield.--Mayor David S. Grif- j Ex-Soldiers Favor Canteen, flths was drowned and Fire Chief Peter Jacobs, of Springfield, narrowly escaped a similar fate while they were going to a camp which some St the city firemen had established on the banks of Sugar creek, ten miles south­ west of this city. They attempted to dross the creek on a bridge that was submerged so that they could not see the floor of the structure. The buggy began to slide off the side of the bridge and the horse reared and fell, knocking the buggy into the creek. Mayor Griffiths became entangled in the harness and the horse fell on him holding him under the water. Fire Chief Jacobs escaped the entangle­ ment and swam out. He at once went for aid. The body of the mayor was found under the animal and was taken out of the stream and brought to Springfield. Mayor Griffiths was 32 years old. He had previously served as deputy county treasurer, city treas­ urer, and chief deputy United states marshal for the southern district of Illinois. A widow survives. The city council elected Alderman Samuel Twiman mayor pro tern. Wi Succeeds Justice Wilkin. Judge Frank K. Dunn, of Charles­ ton, who has been elected to succeed Justice Wilkin on the Illinois supreme bench, was born at Mount Gilead, O., in 1854, and was thA son of Judge An- Dunn. drew and Emily Dt He was edu- Judge Frank K. Dunn. cated in the common schools and at Kenyon college. Later he took a law course at Harvard and was graduated In 1875. In 1878 he went to Charles­ ton, and has practiced law there ever since. a ty to , Supervisor Must Print Taxes. Under an act passed by the last general assembly it is the duty of the supervisor of assessments in each county to publish a complete list of assessments of both personal property and* real estate in his county. Since the amendment of the revenue act a difference of opinion has existed *hs to whether It was the duty of the su­ pervisor of assessments or whether the mattter of publishing the real es­ tate assessments was in the hands of the county board of reven.ue. To Report on Foreign Mines. At a joint meeting of the mine In­ spectors and members of the state mining board to be held in this city on June 24, Richard Ne.wsam, of Peoria, president and engineer of the board, will make a report on Investigation he has recently concluded In Europe* Mr. Newsam's report will have particular reference to the regulations adopted In the mining districts of Great Bri­ tain for the prevention of accidents. For State Rifle Team. The list of candidates who fire en­ titled to compete for a place on the 1907 state rifle team has been Issued by Adjt. Gen. Thomas W. Scott, and orders have been issued for these inen to report at Camp Lincoln. The v^st for place on the team will occupy three days, commencing June 14, 1907. Each man will be allowed subsistence and pay at the rate of two dollar* per day. Herrick Named by Denteen. Gov. Deneen has announced the ap­ pointment of Louis Herrick, of Chica­ go, as a member of the state board of equalization, to fill the vacancy re­ sulting from the death of Charles A. Wathier, member from the First con­ gressional district. 'I 1 rV» > ' X ' Moving Picture* of the Heart. By the use of X-rays and the cine­ matograph, an apparatus for repeated­ ly photographing moving objects at very brief intervals, scientists have succeeded In photographing move­ ments of Internal organs like the heart and lungs. These moving pictures when reproduced on a Bcreen ar»i of great assistance to medical men.,, Hydraulic Sluicing. 1 Hydraulic sluicing is being* eiflfloy- ed at Seattle, Wash., for the removal of a large hill In the residential sec­ tion of the city. The material con. sists principally of blue clay, which is exceedingly tenacious and hard to move, but Is easily handled" by a six- Inch giant nozzle at 120-pound trea­ sure hydraulic. *The supply ot water is taken from Puget Sound, some 2.500 feet distant. iV * - ' ' , ' • H >-T Fire Scare at Capitol. Carelessness on the part of a plumb­ er employed in repairing a roof on the dome of the state house resulted in a fire scare at the capitol. The ^wood- work In the dome, just below the flagstaff, was fired from the plumber s charcoal pot. The smoke was ob­ served by pasaersby and an* alarm of fire turned In. Capt. Beck, superin­ tendent of the building, and one of his assistants conducted firemen to the burning spots, where, after a perilous descent of a rope ladder, the incipient blaze was quenched. Chautauqua Arranged., , v , An especially attractlve profmm for the Auburn Chautauqua which opens In that place June 25 and continues until June 30, has been arranged. The Buccess of last year's gathering has given the promoters of the Chautau­ qua an incentive to pecure a still more attractive program for this year, and the result is that a number of good lecturers and entertainers has been secured. There are a number of per­ sons of national reputation on the pro­ gram, all of whom are well known to Chautauqua patrons. , . ^'r • : * The delegates to the Spanish-Ameif»' y, can War Veterans' state encampment . 1, , and the Ladles' Auxiliary voted unand- 1 ' mously to support the restoration qt the army canteen. A temperance ca£. teen society will be organized by th9 auxiliary and efforts will be made to bring about legislation that will result in the canteen's restoration. Office?* were elected as follows: Department commander, John It. Powers, El senior vice commander, Oliver Steele, Chicago; junior vice conl* mander, John R. Marshall, Chicagqg^'-r judge advocate, F. W. Latinf&r, Gale^L * burg; surgeon, A. LoCgren, Rock£or<|i« - •$;. chaplain, William Saunders, Chlcag^i.'^^:- marshal, Piohl A. Hoyt, Rockford. ^ ^ . The ladies' auxiliary eteetwa the lowing officers: Department coal* mander, Mrs. Jennie Eardley, Aurora; >* senior vice commander, Mrs. Rebeco* Manahan, Elgin; junior vice coiji- mander, Mrs. Renzy, Chicago; advocate, Mrs. Julia Younce, FreeportX; ?$•-inspector, Mrs. Jessie Perry, Chieagi surgeon, Miss Nellie Hilt, Chicago;?" chaplain, Mrs. Amy Barnes, Chicago; • conductor, Mrs. Anna Ryan, Chicago;, assistant conductor, Miss Clara Sno#, Elgin; guard, Mrs. Otto Lake, Anror<S.;-:V^ assistant guard, Mrs. Anton Brusecfc, * Chicago. " ' •si- Illinois Banke in Good The national banks of Illinois out­ ride of Chicago are shown to be || excellent condition, by the statement *>f May 20. Substantial gains have been made in resources and deposit# during the year. There are at pre* ent 375 national banks in the state as against 355, last June. A comparison of their chief assets and liahilitieu follows: <5 , 1907. ' 1906. . , Capital stock ...$ 26,450,500 $25,584,230 Total resources....... 228,207,748 213.179 Individual deposits... 152,017,278 Surplus 11,908,610 l*oans and discounts. 133,086,225 Undivided profits .... 5,108,723 Per cent, legal re- . serve to deposits..*. ,> . 16.58 Per cent, deposits ti» . cash on hand , 24.71 * js~mm ••• 3.179.81?; 141.784.(137 10,120.506 123,53S,w 5,869,118 *.83 To Issue Cigarette Licenses. ; The cigarette license is not to As a source of Chicago's income, ac«. cording to the declaartion of Corpora­ tion Counsel Brundage. Mr. Brundag£ said there was ground for difference# of opinion as to whether tobacco is an "injurious substance" as defined in th» new anti-cigarette law, and that .until this point is settled the city will coii- tinua licensing the cigarette dealer#. City Collector Magerstadt gave it as his opinion that the city no longer had any authority to license cigarette deal­ ers. He also said the city collected ,000 from cigarette licenses in 190"^, but the records show $70,300 Was col­ lected. Officers Given Leave. Lieut. Col. Alvar L. Bournique, ad­ jutant general of the First brigade, Illinois National guard, has been granted a leave of absence for thiNftGr* months and 20 days from June 1 last, with permission to leave the state. Adjutant Gen. Scott also granted leave of absence for two months from June 14, 1907, with permission to leave the state, to First Lieut. Samuel K. Martin, A. t>. C., First' brigade. Must Go Back to Kentucky. Gedr$e Wilson, alias George Abbot, Who was arrested in Decatur on charge of robbery alleged to have been committed in Jefferson county, Ky.( must go back to that state to answer to the alleged offense. Gov. Denees honored a requisition from the gover­ nor of Kentucky for Wilson, who is ac­ cused of having held up and robbed one William Gerst, a resident of Jef­ ferson county, of $30 in May last Capital Expects Convention. At the nineteenth annual meeting of the Illinois Music Teachers' conven­ tion held in Moline an invitation was extended by the Springfield delegates to, the members to hold their next convention in this city. An invitatiaja was also extended by Rockford, but ft is probable that Springfield will be chosen as the next place of meeting. Officers Are Elected. At the annual convention ot tb* Illi­ nois National Guard and the Naval Reserve at Quincy, the Eigbfth regi­ ment, I. N. G., elected officer^ as fol­ lows: Colonel, John R. Marshall; lieutenant colonel, James H. Johnson; major, Theodore Van I^tt; sajor, Franklin Dennis. Freeman Quits State Blind Asyium. Prof. J. H. Freeman has resigned a* superintendent for the blind at Jack­ sonville, and the resignation has been accepted by Gov. Deneen. New Traction Company. The secretary of state issued to the Paris and Northern Traction com­ pany, with headquarters at Paris, Ilt» a license to Incorporate. The capital stock is nominally $5,000. The object is to construct an interurban line of railway from Paris, through the coua* ties cf Edgar and Vermillion,-^ Ridge Farm and Brocton. Ther k#et tors and first board of directors P. L. Kidder, L. L. CaniAe, John J. Cummings, and J. E. Parrisn, ot and Geo. E. Fair, of Chrisman, For Return of Two Suspect*. ";f| tier Gov. Deneen issued two requisitions on the governor of Minnesota. One was for the re'.urn of a woman named Ethel Christopher, alias Ethel Kin& who is wanted in Chicago for the al­ leged theft of two diamond stick pins from Leonard Wigley on March 26. 1907. She was recently arrested in Minneapolis, Minn. The other is for the return to the Joliet penitentiary of E. E. English, alias James Renner^ a paybled defaulter who fled from tbl# stat^ on Sept. 15, 1898. u