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* * . - r B T * " - - V - S - ~ ' : PWStfS Jr, -f" 1 •" •*}>'»,1<; a*R«3B •£&* •« ,^:'5 '$ .1 PLUM AWM*9r TM£ COST. T/f£D£fV€F £tc. GMAifAW 8oaas-Mcf>Kt. vird will come liter.** IYob that hoar he was mine, for he knew now by personal experience that "the boys" were right in calling me apprecia­ tive. It is better to ignore a debt than to pay with words. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXIIS--Cont inued . About lea days before, a para­ graph in one of Burbank's "pilgrim­ age" speeches had been twisted by the reporter so that it seemed a per­ sonal attack upon Scarborough. As Burbank was a stickler for the eti­ quette of campaigning, he not only sent out a denial and a correction, but also directed De Milt to go to Scarborough's home at Saint X, In­ diana, and convey the explanation in a personal message. De Milt ar­ rived at Saint X at eight in the even­ ing. As he was leaving the parlor car he saw a man emerge from its drawing-room, make a hasty descent to the platform, hurriedly engage a station hack and drive away. De Milt had an amazing memory for iden­ tities--something far rarer than mem­ ory merely for faces. He was con­ vinced he knew that man; and being shrewd and quick of thought, he Jumped into a trap and told the driver to follow the hack which was just disappearing. A few minutes' driving and he saw it turn in at a gate­ way. "Whose place is that?" he asked. "The old Gardiner homestead," was the answer. "President Scarborough lives there." De Milt did not discuss this rather premature entitling of "Senator Scar­ borough. He said: "Oh--I've made a mistake," descended and sent his trap away. Scarborough's house was quiet, not a soul about, lights in only a few windows. De Milt strolled in at the open gates and, keeping' out of view, made a detour of the gardens, the "lay" of which he could see by starlight. He was soon in line with the front door--his man was parleying with a servant. "Evi­ dently he's not expected," thought my client of publicity. Soon his man entered. De Milt, keeping in the shadows, moved round the house until he was close under open windows from which came light and men's voices. Peering through a bush he saw at a table- desk a man whom he recognized as Senator Scarborough. Seated oppo­ site him, with a very uneasy, depre­ cating expression on his face, was John Thwing, president of the Atlan­ tic & Western system, and Senator Goodrich's brother-in-law. De Milt could not hear what Thwing was saying, so careful was that experienced voice to reach only the ears for whom its insinuating subtleties were intended. But he saw a puzzled look come into Scarbor­ ough's face, heard him say: "I don't think I understand you, John." Thwing unconsciously raised his voice in his reply, and De Milt caught--"satisfacory assurances from you that these alarming views and in­ tentions attributed to you are false, and they'll be glad to exert them­ selves to elect you." Scarborough smiled. "Impossible," he said. "Very few of them would support me in any circumstances." "You are mistaken, Hampden," was Thwing's answer. "On the contrary, they will--" Scarborough interrupted with an Impatient motion of the head. "Im­ possible!*' he repeated. "But in any case, why should they send you to me? My speeches speak for themselves. 8urely no intelligent man could fancy fhat my election would mean harm <o any legitimate business great or small, east or west. You've known me for 20 years, Thwing. You needn't come to me for permission to reas­ sure your friends--such of them as you can honestly reassure." "I have been reassuring them," Thwing answered. "I tell them that you are about the last man in the world to permit mob rule." "Precisely," said Scarborough. "I propose to continue to do what I can to break up the mob that is being led by demagogues disguised as cap­ tains of industry and advance agents of prosperity--led on to pillage the resources of the country, its riches and its character." This ought to have put Thwing on his guard. But, convinced that the gods he worshiped must be the gods of all men, whatever they might profess, he held to his purpose. "Still, you don't quite follow me," he persisted. "You've said some very •disquieting things against some of my friends--of course, they under­ stand that the exigencies of campaign­ ing, the necessity of rousing the party •spirit, the--" Thwing stopped short; De Milt held his breath. Scarborough was lean­ ing forward, was holding Thwing's eyes with one of those looks that grip. "Do you mean," said he, "that, if I'll assure those friends of yours that I don't mean what 1 say, they'll buy me the presidency?" "My dear Hampden," expostulated Thwing, "nothing of the sort. Simply that the campaign fund which Bur- bank must get to be elected won't go to him, but will be at the disposal •of your national committee. My friends, naturally, won't support their enemies." De Milt, watching Scarborough, saw •fcim lower his head, his face flushing deeply. "Believe me. Hampden," continued Thwing. "without our support Bur- bank is beaten and you are triumph­ antly elected -- not otherwise. But you know polities;' I needn't tell you. You know' that the presidency depends upon getting the doubtful •element in the doubtful states." ,,Scarborough stood, and without lift­ ing his eyes, said in a voice very dif­ ferent from his strong, clear tone* of a few minutes before: "I suppos? In •this day no one is beyond the reach -of insult. I have thought I was. I see I have been mistaken And it !• a man who l i as known me 20 years and lias , called me friend, who has taught me the deep meaning of the word shame. The servant will show you the door." And he left Thwing alone in the room. I had made De Milt give me the point of his story as soon as I saw its drift While he was going over it in detail, I was thinking out all the bearings of Scarborough's refusal upon my plans. "Has Senator Goodrich seen Gov. Burbank yet?" I asked De Milt in a casual tone when he had told how he escaped unobserved in' Thwing's wake and delivered Burbank's mes­ sage the next morning. "I believe he's to see him by ap­ pointment to-morrow," replied De Milt. So my suspicion was well-founded. Goodrich, informed of his brother-in- law's failure, was posting to make peace on whatever "terms he could honeyfugle out of my conciliation-mad candidate. A few minutes later I shut myself in with the long-distance telephone, and roused Burbank from bed and from sleep. "I am coming by the first Granby Intrudes Again. ~ Burbank had grown like a fungus In his own esteem. The adulation of the free excursion­ ists I had poured in upon him, the eulogies in the newspapers, the flat­ teries of those about him, eager to make themselves "solid" with the man who might soon have the shak­ ing of the huge, richly laden presi­ dential boughs of the plum tree--this combination of assaults upon sanity was too strong for a man with such vanity as his, a traitor within. He had convinced his last prudent doubt that he was indeed a "child of des­ tiny." He was resentful lest I might possibly think myself more important than he to the success of the cam­ paign. And his resentment was deep­ ened by the probably incessant re­ minders of his common sense that all this vast machine, public and secret, could have been set in motion just as effectively for any one of a scpre of "statesmen" conspicuous in the party. I saw through-his labored cordial­ ity; and it depressed me again-- started me down toward those depths of self-condemnation from which I had been held up for a few days by the excitement of the swiftly throng­ ing events and by the necessity of putting my whole mind upon moves for my game. "I am heartily glad you were suc­ cessful," he began when we were alone. "That takes a weight off my mind." "You misunderstood me, I see," said I. "I haven't got anything from ^8^ t V 'The Servant Will Show You the Door. train to-morrow" I said. "I thought you'd be glad to know that I've made satisfactory arrangements in New York--unexpectedly satisfactory." "That's good--excellent," came the reply. I noted an instant change of tone which told me that Burbank had got by some underground route, news of my failure in New York and had been preparing to give Goodrich, a cordial reception. "If Goodrich comes, James," I went on, "dqn't see him till I've seen you." A pause, then in a strained voice: "But I've given him an appointment at nine to-morrow." "Put him off till noon. I'll be there at 11. It's--imperative." That last word with an accent I did not like to use, but knew how to use-- and when. Another pause, then: "Very well, Harvey. But we must be careful about him. De Milt has told you how dangerous he is. hasn't he?" "Yes--how dangerous he tried to be." I was about to add that Good­ rich was a fool to permit any one to go to such a man as Scarborough with such a proposition; but I be­ thought me of Burbank's acute moral sensitiveness and how it would be rasped by the implication of his op-, ponent's moral superiority. "We're past the last danger, James. That's all. Sleep sound. Good night." "Good night, old man," was his re­ ply in his pose's tone for affection. But I could imagine him posing there in his night shirt, the anger against me snapping in his eyes. On the train the next morning, De Milt, who had evidently been doing a little thinking, said: "I hope you won't let it out to Cousin James that I told you Goodrich was coming to see him." "Certainly not," I replied, not los­ ing the opportunity to win over to myself one so near to my political ward. "I'm deeply obliged to you for telling me." And presently I went on: "By the way, has anything been done for you for your brilliarft work at Saint X?" "Oh, that's all right," he said, 'T guess Cousin James'll look after me --unless he forgets about it." "Cousin James" has always had the habit of taking favors for granted unless re­ ward was pressed for; and since he had become a presidential candidate, he was inclining more than ever to look on a favor done him as a high privilege which was its own re­ ward. I made no immediate reply to De Milt; but just before we reached the capital, I gave him a cheque for $5,- 000. "A little expression of gratitude from the party," said I "Yoar re- those people in New York as yet. But within a week they'll be begging me to take whatever I need. Thwing's report will put them in a panic." His face fell. "Then I must be es­ pecially courteous to Goodrich." he said, after thinking intently. "Your hopes might be disappointed." "Not the slightest danger," was my prompt assurance. "And if you take my advice, you will ask Goodrich how his agent found Senator Scarborough's health, and then order him out of this house. Why harbor a deadly snake that can be of no use to you?" "But you seem to forget, Harvey, that he is the master of at least the eastern wing of the party. And you must now see that he will stop at nothing unless he is pacified." "He is the fetch-and-carry of an im­ pudent crowd in Wall street," I re­ torted, "that is all. When they find he can no longer do their errapds. they'll throw him over and come to us. And we can have them on our own terms." We argued, with growing irritation on both sides, and after an hour or so, I saw that he was hopelessly un­ der the spell of his pettiness and his moral cowardice. He had convinced himself that J was jealous of Good­ rich and would sacrifice anything to gratify my hate. And Goodrich's sending an agent to Scarborough had onlv made him the more formidable la Burbank's eye*. As 1 looked ti upon his mind and watched its weak, foolish little workings, my irritation subsided. "Do as you think best," said I, •wearily. "But when he pre­ sents the mortgage you are going to give him on your presidency, remem­ ber my warning." He laughed this off, feeling my point only in his vanity, not at all in his judgment. "And how will you re­ ceive him, Harvey? He will be sure to come to ̂ you next--must, as you are in charge of my campaign." 'Til tell him straight out that I'll have nothing to do with him," said I, blandly. "The Wall street submission to the 'party must be brought to me by some other ambassador. I'll not help him to fool his masters and to hide it from them that he has lost control." I could have insisted, could have destroyed Goodrich -- for Burbank would not have dared disobey me. But the campaign, politics in gen­ eral, life itself, filled me with disgust, a paralyzing disgust that made me almost lose confidence in my theory of practical life. "What's the use?" I said to myself. "Let Burbank keep his adder. . Let It sting hirn. If it so much as shoots a fang at me, I can crush it." And so Burbank lifted up Goodrich and gave hostage to him: and Good­ rich, warned that I would not deal with him, made some excuse or other to his masters for sending Senator Reyell to me. "See Woodruff." said I to Revell, for I was in no mood for such business. "He knows best what we need." "They gave up too damn cheerful­ ly," Woodruff -said to me, when I saw him a week or ten days later, and he gave me an account of the nego­ tiations. "I suspect they've paid more before." "They have," said I. "In two cam­ paigns where they had to elect against hard times." "But Tve a notion," he warned me, "that our candidate has promised them something privately." "No doubt," I replied, as Indifferent­ ly as I felt. I had intended to make some speeches--I had always kept the pub­ lic side of my carrer in the fore­ ground, and in this campaign my en forced prominence as director of th? ^machine was causing the public to dwell too much on the real nature of my political activity. Hut I could not bring myself to it. Instead. I set out for home to spend the time with my children and to do by telephone, as I easily could, such directing of Wood ruff as might be necessary. My daughter Frances was driving me from the Fredonia station. A man darted in front of the horses, flung up his arms and began to shriek curses at me. If she had not been a skillful driver, we should both have been thrown from the cart. As It was, the horses ran several miles before she got them under control, I sitting inactive, because I knew how it would hurt her pride if I should interfere. When the horses were quiet she gave, me an impetuous kiss that more than repaid me for the strain on my nerves. "You are the dearest papa that ever was!" she said. Then --"Who was he? He looked like a crazy man!" "No doubt he is." was my reply. And I began complimenting her on her skill with horses, chiefly to pre­ vent her pressing me about the man. I had heard, and had done, so much lying that I had a horror of it. and tried to make my chilfl^en absolute­ ly truthful--my boy Ed used to think up and do mischief just for the pleas­ ure of pleasing me by confessing. To make my example effective, I was always strictly truthful with them. I did not wish to tell her who the man was; but I instantly recognized, through the drunken dishevelment, my mutineer, Granby--less than a year before one of the magnates of the state. My orders about him had be-en swiftly and literally obeyed. De­ serted by his associates, blacklisted at banks, beset by his creditors, har» assed by the attorney general, his as­ sets chained with injunctions, his lia­ bilities given triple fangs, he went bankrupt, took to drink, became a sot and a barroom lounger. His dom­ inant passion was hatred of me; he discharged the rartlbling and frantic story of his wrongs upon whoever would listen. And here he was IB Fredonia! I had one of mr secretaries tele­ phone the police to look after him; they reported that he had disap> peared. The next morning but one, m» daughter and I went for an earlj walk. At the turn of the main drlv« just beyond view from the lodge, she exclaimed: "Oh, father, oh!" and clung to me. Something--like a scare­ crow, but not a scarecrow--swun§ from a limb overhanging the driva The face was distorted and swollen; the arms and legs were drawn up is sickening crookedness. Before I saw, I knew it was Granby. (TO Hi-: CONTINUED.) Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent W -s of Things of Interest at the Stc ., Capital. Springfield.--Illinois stands in the- front rank of the states which pre­ scribe practical instruction for their soldiers. To be sure it lags a long way behind those commonwealths which adequately house, uniform and equip their guardsmen, while, at the same time, insisting that the work performed shall be of^the very best. However, it is moving in the right direction, and the legislature at its last session took one step in advance when it appropriated . money for the construction of an armory to be oc­ cupied by the Seventh infantry. It is reasonable to believe that this will continue until all the military organi­ zations in the state are provided with armories sufficient for their needs. In the matter of rifle firing, however, II- j linois has not lagged. It has provided i a reservation in the extreme north- j eastern corner of the state, known as J Camp Logan, and there on the shores I of Lake Michigan has established a | rifle range. Already an excellent range, it promises to be one of the best in the country when the im­ provements now contemplated are completed. Ample facilities are to be found at Camp Logan for every sort of House Passes Important Bills. The following measures were passed by the house: The Oglesby direct primary bill putting all nominations directly in the hands of voters; the Allen bill declaring the Desplaines and Illinois rivers navigable streams, and ordering the state authorities pro­ ceed by law to remove obstructions from them; the cocaine bill prohibit­ ing the sale of narcotic drugs except on a physician's prescription, and pro­ viding a fine of $1,000. or one year's imprisonment, for violation. Tbe measure was backed by John L. Whit­ man and some of the municipal court judges; a joint resolution providing for the appointment of a joint com­ mitted of both houses to report to the next legislature on. th»> out* r park belt and forest preserve project in Chicago was passed by both houses: NEWS OF ILLINOIS HAPPENINGS OP INTEREST PROM ALL OVER THE STATE. KV LIBEL SUITS COME NEXT Chicago Newspaper Sued in Connec- tion with Magill Case and Proph­ ecies Are That Many More Will Follow. New Railroad incorporated. The secretary of state js^.ued. a li­ cense to incorporate to the Chicago. Fox Lake & Lake Geneva Railroad company, principal office at Chi­ cago, capital stock, $200,000. The company is authorized to construct a line from Chicago in a northerly, or SOME OF THE TARGETS AT CAMP LOGAN. rifle and revolver practice required by the rules and regulations of the United States army. The butts are of concrete, affording protection to the men employed to mark the scores, and there are enough targets to enable several hundred men to use their rifles any day over distances ranging from 200 to 1,000 yards. There is also a range for skirmish firing 600 yards in extent. The range practice season is from May 1 to October 31, and each officer and enlisted man is allowed 400 rounds of ammunition during the season for practice and record firing. This ammunition is provided by the United States govern­ ment, and approximately $20,000 worth has been fired this year. The government has also about completed a two-storied armory building of ce­ ment, equipped with rifle racks, maga­ zine and quarters for the custodian. As a matter of fact, the government pays more of the cost of maintaining the range than does the state, it being the purpose of the war department to bring rifle firing among the state troops to the highest possible effi­ ciency. BROTHER SMOTHERS A VICTIM. Suffered Much Because of Suspicions of Colonel Slaughter. . "I dess wants to specify," disgrunt- edly said Brother Smothers, "dat Cuhnel Slaughter am de moss s'picious white gen'leman I ever had de pleas­ ure of witnessin!" "How's dat?" in­ quired Brother Huntoon. "Uh-well, sah, lemme 'numerate: Tudder night --Friday, 'twuz--de cuhnel goes out to his henhouse, a spell after de moon sets, softly opens de little high-up do at de back of de edifice, anddraps a big-moufed scoun'rel of a bulldog in­ side, and den shets and fastens de little do' and runs around to de big do' on de front side." "Name o' gra­ cious! What did he do all dat for?" "Uh-kaze of his blamed s'picion. dat's what for! And dat wasn't de wust of it, needer! I was inside of de hen­ house at de time, and dat ding-busted bull-dog suffixed hisse'f to muh pus- sonality in a voice of thunder, and we revolutionized dar in de darkness like one of dese yuh merry-go-rounds. Twus a shame, de wsy dst varmint acted! He bit me, he did, as plenty as de sands on de seasho', and we went over and under and round and round like fightin' fiah. And den when I finally dislocated de big do' and bust­ ed thr'oo it, de cuhnel let drive at me wid a scatter gun loaded wid rock salt. But, bless goodness, I had a run- nin' start, and but little of de salt hit me. uh-kaze I outflew de most of it. And dat's de way dat s'picious white gen'leman treat me; yassuh. dat's de way!" "Well, Brudder Smothers, 11 looks as if he knowed yo' was in de henhouse." "Yassah. It 'pears like he's s'pected it, anyhow. Dat man am painful s'picious, dess lemme tell yo'!"--Puck. Civil 8ervice Examination. The Illinois civil service commission has called examinations in 17 different places during November for attend­ ants of all classes, ranging from male attendants in the Asylum for Insane Criminals, Menard, who receive $50 per month and board, to attendants in the other institutions who receive from $20 upward. These examina­ tions will be held in the following places: November 12--Chicago, Rock- ford, Alton, Jacksonville, Springfield, Anna, Salem and Lincoln. November 13---Alton, Watertown, Quincy, Peoria, Marion and McLeansboro. November 14--Kankakee, Metropolis and Fair­ field. The age limits for men attend­ ants in the Asylum for Insane Crim­ inals are 23 to 45 years. The age lim­ its for men in other institutions are from 21 to 50 years and for women from IS to 50 years. New Cocaine Law Drawn. Representative Church has intro­ duced in the legislature a bill which is intended to prevent the sale of co­ caine. The present law has been found to be ineffective, so Judge Sad­ ler, of the municipal court of Chicago, and C. H. Avery, of the state board of pharmacy, drew up the substitute. northwesterly direction, through th6 townships of Ley don. Maine, Elk Grove, Wheeling and Palatine in Cook county, through Ela, Cuba, Fremont, Waueonda and Grant townships in Lake county; through Nunda, Mc- Henry and Richmond townships in Illinois-Wisconsin state line. A branch line to Fox lake is also authorized and a branch line to Woodstock. The in­ corporations and first board of direc­ tors are: George M. Seward, Maurice B. Louis, Harry Y. Yaryan, Lewis B. Starr and Sidney F. Malette. Cooke Decision Affirmed. Justice Hand of the supreme court of Illinois handed down his decision in the appeal of John A. Cooke, for­ mer clerk, convicted of conspiracy in the circuit court of Cook county and sentenced by the trial court to an in­ determinate term in the penitentiary and lined $2,000. The decision of the trial court is affirmed. Cooke must enter upon his sentence immediately, as the last resource has failed him in his effort to escape a prison cell. Want Business Men on Board. As it now stands, the commission, which Is to modify the school laws of Illinois, is composed entirely of edu­ cators. The present members feel it would be more complete if the tax­ payers of the state were directly rep­ resented by some business or profes­ sional man. They also desire a rep< resentative from the various women's organizations of the state and one to give the views of the various Illinois boards of education. Former Representative Left $75,000. The late Joseph Gallup, former stafo representative from Peoria county, left an estate valued at approximate­ ly $75,000. Of this amount the major portion or nearly $60,000 goes to Rift son Loren Gallup, who has lived on the homestead for some years. His personal estate is valued at from $30,- 000 to $35,000. His bequests to hia daughters are comparatively small. Great Laughers. The giant laughers have been men --Shakespeare and Rabelais. I do not regard Cervantes and Sterne as laugh­ ers. They are smilers. They are not jolly roarers and guffawers. They are not fat, rotund, jovial hilarities. They are thin, lean, ironic smiles. A smile is a diluted laugh. Sterne is a dl luted Rabelais.--James Douglas, is M. A. P, May Investigate Asylum. Discovery of an alarming increase in the death rate at the Kankakee in­ sane asylum promises to result in a state institution scandal of large pro­ portions. Fifty-four deaths in the Kankakee asylum during the quarter, from March 31 to June 30 this year, as against 29 deaths for the corre­ sponding period in 1906, are recorded in the last bulletin of the state board of health. Numerous stories of strange occurrences in various state institu­ tions have been brought to Spring­ field by members of the legislature. School Law Bill Excites Interest. There is cpnsiderable interest in educational circles regarding the pres­ ent bill before the legislature to in­ crease the size of the commission which is to modify the school laws of Illinois. The commission also will study the school laws of other states to recommend' changes in the present school laws of Illinois. Members of the commission, which already has been named by the governor, are de­ sirous tha; at least three other mem­ bers be added to the commission. School Board Suit Fails. The supreme court has dismissed the suit of Harding vs. Busse and or*' dered that if appeal is taken, it mus'. first be taken to the appellate court; Harding and others were ousted from the Chicago board of education by Mayor Busse of Chicago and sought to enjoin him. Losing in the lower courts, they appealed to the supreme court, which heard arguments. Burke Quits Mine Workers. That Thomas Burke has handed in his resignation as a member of the in­ ternational executive board of the United Mine Workers of America is now a fact. The resignation will go into effect the last of the month and Mr. Burke will leave for Helena. Mont., where he has accepted a position as a commissioner of the Coal Operators' association of Montana. Mr. Burke has been a member of the board from Illinois for the past six years and has been one of its nlost active and influ­ ential members. Clinton.--From present indications the famous Magill murder case had only its beginning in the trial which resulted in an acquittal for the defendants, Fred and Faye Magill, In Decatur. Already a $50,000 libel suit has been started against a Chicago paper, charged with publishing slanderous stories. The suit wjll come to trial in the November term of the circuit court in this county. Mrs. Downey, the truant officer in Clinton, and one of the witnesses for the state in the recent trial, has been to consult lawyers relative to starting a $20,000 damage suit against certain lawyers for the defense, whom she says made slanderous ami malicious accusations against her good name. It was stated upon responsible au­ thority that Mrs. Anna Rundle, an­ other witness for the state, is meditat­ ing a similar suit against the Magills* •lawyers. Mrs. Rundle was declared in the course of one of the arguments by the defense to be a "liar and a danger­ ous thing to be at large in the land," both of which allegations Mrs. Rundle contends are libelous and defamatory to her good name and character. And in addition it is said that Fred Magill will at once institute proceed­ ings against certain of his relatives, and other prominent citizens of Clin­ ton, whom he says were the direct cause of his arrest and indictment on the charge of murdering his wife. It is understood that this latter suit will be for $50,000 against each of four different persons. CONVENTION URGES CANAL. Lucky's Elopement Proves Unlucky. Dixon.--Elton Lucky, who Is charged with running away with the young wife of Warren Saunders, of Ashton, was taken from the Los Angeles lim­ ited train at Ogden, on telegraphic ad­ vice from the sheriff of this county, Saunders has begun a suit against Lucky for $20,000 and attached his large property interests at Ashtott. Lucky and Saunders were schoolmates and were both suitors fbr Mrs. Saun­ ders' hand, who is 20 years old. Marriage Veterans Are Wedded. Jacksonville.--Joseph M. Wallace, of Beardstown, and Mrs. Mary J. Hardy, of Virginia, were married. Esquire A. W. Arenz officiating. The groom is employed at Beardstown, where the couple will reside. The bride formerly resided in this city. This is the third time Mr. Wallace has been married and the fifth time his bride has entered the matrimonial state. Fire Makes 300 Idle. Pana.--The Penwell coal mines works were destroyed by fire, entail­ ing a loss of $125,000. The tire will throw more than 500 people out of work. The Smith Lohr Coal company, which was conducted underground, will also be placed out of commission, it is said, as the state law requires an air shaft. Ex-Minieter on Trial . Joliet.--Benjamin F. Graff, formerly of the Ridgewood Baptist church of Joliet, was placed on trial under an in­ dictment charging forgery in connec­ tion with insurance papers issued by Graff as agent for an insurance so­ ciety after he was deposed from the ministry. Crushed to Death by House. Aledo--George Harris, the 18-year- old son of John Harris, one of the best known farmers in this vicinity, was instantly killed when a tenant house which he was assisting to "jack up." crushed through its support and catching him under it, crushed him to dea:h. Bill to Bar Fishermen. Invasions of Illinois water by Wis­ consin fishermen forced out of their own state's jurisdiction by drastic leg­ islation and the consequent ruin that is facing Illinois fishermen are likely to be stopped by a bill amending the fish and game license laws drafted by a Waukegan attorney. The attor­ ney has drafted his bill aft-*r the iaw in force in Michigan, whl? Q has pro- hlbitive license fees for Ont of stat« fishermen, the fees being just teq times the amount for <3utsi1ers thai they are for home fishermen Sunday Converts 476 Persona. Galesburg.-- Billy" Sunday, the baseball evangelist who is holding a great revival meeting here, has up to date converted 476 persons. Lease 13.499 Acres in Oil Hunt. Mount Carmel.--The Red Bank OH comtMiny. of Pittsburg, has leased 13,« 499 acres of land across the Wabaslp river near Owensville, Ind. Several wells have been sunk in that (Gibson^, county. River Improvement Association Peti­ tions Congress. Moline.--The sixth aftiual conven­ tion of the Upper Mississippi Jtlver Improvement association came to a close with the election of the follow­ ing officers: President, Thomas E. Wilkinson, Burlington, la.; secretary and treasurer. L. B. Boswell, Quincy, 111.; vice presidents, W. A. Meese, Mo­ line, 111.; Charles Hancock, Dubuque, la.; SI R. Vansant, Minneapolis, Minn.; Dr. Wendell A. Anderson, La Crosse, Wis.; Capt. William Mason, St. Louis, Mo. Clinton was voted the 1908 conven­ tion. Resolutions were adopted favorinjf an annual appropriation of $2,000,00$ for the upper river, approving tbs president's action in appointing the 1& land waterways commission, recom­ mending to congress an appropriation to survey for a canal connecting Lake Superior and the Mississippi, and rec­ ommending that a congressman froq|, an Iowa district bordering on the Mis­ sissippi river be placed on the rivers and harbors committee of the houae. Oft.. Patch on Shoe Identifies Girl. Beardstown.--A patch on one of heir shoes served -to identify Miss Wia|» fred Black, who was killed by a Burl* ington train and lay unidentified, even l>v members of her family. I • '<