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VENTILATION. Slew Automatic Depression Recorder ^ 1 , For Control of Air Supply. = / Tfce existing methods of ascertaln- vlng the state of the ventilation of a nine by means of a water gauge on the record of the speed of the fans is •asatisfactory, because of the fluctu­ ating conditions which always pre- "fall and t|»e absence of any means of / determining whether the ventilation remains constant. Consequently these systems by no means afford an adequate provision against the very serious dangers of insufficient ventila- tlon. ,#»._^With the new recorder illustrated, sj» continuous record of the volume Automatic Depression, Recorder foe, •; Control of Mine Ventilation. * «f air actually drawn into the mines by means of the fans, as inferred from flie depression in the shafts, is ob­ tained, and the engineer can at all times accurately ascertain whether or Hot ventilation is efficient The con­ struction of the instrument is based upon the hydrostatic principle, says Scientific American. The recorder comprises a cylinder in which works a perfectly-balanced loat, of great sensitiveness, moving fit an inner receptacle. Instead of using water, which occasions constant trou­ ble through evaporation and con. densation, whereby the volume is con­ tinuously varying, glycerine is em- ployed, so that recharging and adjust­ ment of the apparatus are obviated. The instrument is attached directly to the ventilating shaft by means of a flexible tube conected with the device foust below the cover plate. The de­ pression existing in the shaft acts upon the surface of the glycerine con­ tained in the vessel surrounding the central chamber, thereby causing a movement either upward or downward of the glycerine within tlge Inner cyl­ inder containing the float. Attached to the float is a beam or -liver carrying the recording pen, Which inscribes the reading upon a calibrated chart attached to the top Of the instrument The . rod which connects the float with this register­ ing lever passes through a large oval aperture in the cover plate of the glycerine cylinders, so that it has ab­ solutely free play, and friction is en­ tirely avoided. * -When depression In the shaft acts Upon the glycerine, the impulse thus Set up is Immediately transmitted to, the recording pen, which makes a corresponding movement upon the chart, the zero line of which is at the top. The drum carrying the chart la .fitted with a five weeks' clock movement, and records ranging over periods of twenty-four hours or seven days as may be required can be ob­ tained. A modification of the instrument has been used as a draft gauge for boilers and furnaces. PRESERVATION OF WOOD. New Sulphur Process Which Entirely Fills the Pores. Consul R. It. Bartleman, writing from Seville, says that the faculty of wood to withstand atmospheric pres­ sure is so small, compared with Its mechanical resistance, that a close study of new systems aiming at its preservation is of great interest in­ dustrially. All the wood preservative methods now employed are defective in so far as they make use of solutions the evaporative nature of which makes their action upon the wood effectual only for a certain time. The new method in question, which has been patented in Germany, goes further and utilizes a fixed body which becomes solid upon being instilled into, the pores 6f the wood. This substance is sulphur, the physical properties of which offer interesting advantages, being fusible at about 115 degrees, a. temperature which the wood can sup­ port without any perceptible change. Th^ sulphur is applied in liquid form, andv in hardening completely fills up all the Interstices of the fibrous tis­ sue-: Although sulpKur oxidates easily if subjected to a high temperature at a medium temperature it remains im­ passive, resisting not only the^influ- ence of water but also that of acids, concentrated or diluted, and alkaline solutions, if cold. The reason why the utility of sulphur in the direction indicated had not been recognized ere now was on account of its small me­ chanical resistance, pure sulphur be­ ing very brittle and pulverous. But as wood possesses the quality of me­ chanical resistance of which sulphur Is devoid, the compound of these two bodies qiay, under the proper condi­ tions, easily acquire valuable indus­ trial properties, as, for instance, the vulcanized caoutchouc, which the wood, impregnated with sulphur, re­ sembles a good deal. Dickey and the Old Fashioned Giattt "Mai* roared Dickey, "t won t read nasty 'Jack the Giant Killer.' It's an old-fashioned baby book. I want that." And Dickey made a desperate effort to snatch the "Automobile Demon" out of his twin sister's hands. Mabel protested loudly, holding fast to the new book. Dickey had read a chapter in the "Automobile Demon," and it was now her turn. > "It was for both of us," she cried at last--for Dickey had the book now. "Uncle George said so;" and finding this serious argument useless, Mabel's lamentations woke the house. Hearing the dreadful noise mamma came in, and the testimony bearing against him, Dickey was soon lying in bed, which ilr^ery properly, the pris­ on cell of ilttle boys who snatch and pinch sisters. But to put on hateful calico pajamas how--"Do you know what they were?" he inquired. - "Chauffeurs," guessed Dickey, sure he was right. , "Half right," said the giant, "for, you must put gingerbread first I bought 'em from the baker only a min­ ute ago. The wiggles were just en­ chantment." 1 "You see." explained tbe guest, coming back to the bed, "we've got tc pretend to get in any sort of a book now. Nobody will buy stories with bad old-fashioned giants any more and nobody cares a cent about magic harps and seven-league boots and hens that lay golden eggs. Even the children turn against us. There was a boy named Dickey, an intimate friend of mine, who--" Here the giant gave a sob of such intense misery and Dickey'sown emo- Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes of Thiaf* of Interest the State Capital* IGEST SIPHON IN THE WORLD. Device Which Causes a Small River to Actually Run Up Hill. The great irrigating canal across the valleys of Sosa and Ribaboha in Spain has just been completed. The svstem includes a monster siphon 3,500 feet long which brings the water up over a range of high hills. This was done to save the very much greater ex­ pense of ^tunneling. Many engineers said the plan could not be made to work, but it proved a success when the sluice gates were recently opened by the king. * The canal now furnishes water and makes valuable 247,000 acres of land Vaporizing Iron. Henri Moissan, the French chemist, r "has recently continued his experi­ ments in the distillation, with the electric arc, of various metals and metalloids. He concludes, as the re­ sult of these researches, that there ex­ 's, ists no known substance which cannot , be distilled in our laboratories. The ebullition of iron is very difficult to produce, yet Moissan has distilled 400 grams of iron in 20 minutes with an electric current of 1,000 amperes at a pressure of 110 volts. In all cases the vapors of the metals condense in the " form of a crystalline dust, possessing all the chemical properties of those metals when reduced to the form of powder. Moissan's experiments throw light on the probable temperature of the sun, where iron and the other I: • chemical elements exist in the state of •apor. The maximum temperature of ®ie electric arc is about 3,500 degrees Centigrade. But, owing to the greater pressure produced by gravitation on Ae sun, it is probable that the temper­ ature of ebullition of the elements there is higher than on the earth. f:4: _ The Frahm Apparatus. The Trahm apparatus for frequency or speed measurement by means of re- V sonance--either mechanically or. elec- trically set up--with one or more of a S ; t series of vibrating tongues of Jinown periodicity has now been in use for ^ over two years, and has proved very L * satisfactory. Numerous attempts to v • jnake it a self-recording instrument Jiave, however, failed, chiefly owing to . *the friction between the recording |>en and the paper. This difficulty, |fj; says the Electrical Engineer, has been ^* overcome by making the record photo- p-'/'" graphically. [&.• -.' • Manganese Bronze. According to the Engineering and !j£" #Wining Jourhal manganese bronze has §& practically driven aluminium bronze put of the market, or to such an ex- s tent that the disparity in the quanti- " lies used is very great. This condition &a» taken place not because of the Superiority of manganese bronze over * .s filumlnium bronze, but because it is |^;|talper-containiag ©early half sine " ^ Tdmaj be more easily caft. Monster Siphon 3,500 Feet Long. which for centuries has been barren for lack of water. The canal and ditches offer nothing unusual, but the great siphon is one of the most in* teresting of engineering feats in many years. The siphon consists of two great tubes each 3,500 feet long and 12 feet 5 inches in diameter, with a capacity of 7,700 gallons of water per second, sayB Popular Mechanics. The tubes are built of concrete made around wooden forms, and bound at frequent intervals with steel hoops. The in­ side is lined with steel plate, and the tubes when done were covered with earth for protection and strength. Two thousand men were engaged for several months in the construction work, and the result is that the Water of a fair.sized river is actually run­ ning up hill. SB Dickey and the Old-Fashioned Giant. THE RAFFIA PALM. 1 Valuable By-Product Which Has Been Found in the Leaves. How, doth the little busy bee im­ prove each shining hour! When it goes on its vacation the raffia palm of Madagascar can attend to its business. In the leaves of the raffia palm has been discovered a cross between wax and gum. It is a refuse product ob­ tained from the leaves already cut down for the preparation of raffia fiber. The wax is collected, first, by beating the dry leaves on a dry mat or cloth and gathering the pellicles and white powder which fall from them. Then, after boiling these pel­ licles and powder, the wax thus form­ ed is kneaded into cakes of any de­ sign. It is thought that this wax, al­ though yet an entirely new product, will be more highly valued than the beeswax, says the Chicago Tribune. The average production is anticipated at about 100 grams for every kilogram of fiber. If the raffia wax proves to have a value about c~ual to beeswax, a yield of wax equal to about three- fifths of the value of the raffia export may be looked for, and, with little ex tra labor, the gathering of the leaves can be reckoned as a negligible quan tity of toll, since the wax is the refuse from the raffia fiber industry. It has been suggested that the wax may be utilized ^n the manufacture,of bottling wax, and in gramophone cylinders. ..suit,,.-. J. The Carpenter in China. Preeminent .> among the skilled craftsmen of China, the carpenter still maintains the leadership. Though al­ most invariably wedded to the use of the tools of his ancestors and to, their methods, judged by results he is more efficient in his line, says the En­ gineering Magazine, than are the av­ erage of the foreign-trained fitters and tnachtnlstH in theirs. . and to bed In broad afternoon is very pitiful. And when you feel that the world is full of injustice, it is real­ ly heart-breaking. Dickey wept sof£ly for a long time, thinking mamma should remember he was an hour older than Mabel. Then he began to hope the pinch wouldn't leave a black and blue mark. And then--it seemed curious--he began thinking about giant books. "Jack the Giant Killer" had always seemed very nice before. Even the bad giants had been nice, really delicious. "Oh, I wish," thought Dickey sud­ denly. "I wish--" He stopped thinking, with his mouth open, for there at the foot of the bed was the nicest, biggest • giant in tbe whole world. "Good morning," he said very pleas­ antly, though -it was afternoon. "Do you like my new automobile clothes?" "No," returned Dickey very frankly, for it seemed dreadful to see giants without blue tunics, and bare red heads and strapped sandals and spiked clubs. "Why did you go it?" lie asked re­ proachfully. at last. The giant grinned pleasantly, wink­ ed a big blue eye through his horrible goggles and put a big gloved finger to his nose. "Don't worry,Tm disguised;" and then they both burst into a roar of laughter, for in a flash the automobile things tumbled off, and there was the same dear old giant Dickey bad al­ ways known. "You see, it's like this," said the guest, sitting down on the bed once more, and settling himself for a com­ fortable talk. "Times are changed, and it's as much as your life is worth for an old-fashioned giant to go through the streets. Automobile de­ mons are everywhere, and uncles who have no taste in books." "Did you ever know the cow wid­ ow's Jick?" he asked suddenly, "Jack Giant Killer?" "Oh, yes," laughed Dickey, "He was the dearest, bravest--'* !Goose!!' interrupted the visitor, and Dickey began to fear he had been indiscreet to acknowledge intimacy with Jack, who had been the greatest giant slayer the world had ever known. "Never mind," said the visitor, who plainly read bis feelings, "Jack had his good points. He begged too much and made all my family out cowards; but if it hadn't been for him posterity would never have heard of us. Do you know what posterity is?"" Dickey shook his head, blushing painfully, for he was ashamed to ac­ knowledge that he didn't always un­ derstand the big words even after he had spelled them out. "It's something to eat/' said the giant gravely. "All the demon auto­ mobiles carry it in their lunch bas­ kets. Oh, that reminds me, I haven't had my supper." He jumped up and, hauling out a greafhamper Dickey hadn't seen be­ fore, took out a huge plate and piled it full of wiggling things that looked somehow familiar. "Just wait," he said then, and after he had tucked a napkin as big as 12 sheets under his chin', be put all the wiggling things in his mouth at once and swallowed them at a gulp. It was a splendid sight; really magnificent. Still Dickey looked shocked. For at last he had seen they were chauffeurs --live chauffeurs, and leather coats and goggles and boots all weht down, j "Can't you cough 'em up again?" he i asked anxiously. The giant shook his | head. "Gone," he sighed. He sat silent | toe a moment, and then, with another * wink--still a very gloomy wink some­ tions were so great that (the trujh must be told) Dickey awoke. Only Mabel was there, sitting in the giant's old place, and sweetly holding out the "Automobile Demon" at the second chapter. But Dickey said very politely that he didn't wish it just yet. He wanted to think a minute more of poor, lone­ ly, old-fashioned giants, that nobody would put in books any more, and that could only sneak around in dreams pitifully disguised at chauf­ feurs.--Boston Globe. THE DRE^M THAT CAME TRUE How Kitty Watkin's Toys Prompted Her to a Generous Deed. "Mothetf" said little Kitty Watklns, "what do you think I dreamed last night?" "I don't know, I ant sure," said Kitty's mother. "Do you want me to tell you my dream, mother?" 'Yes, child, If you will be very careful not to add anything to it; but it is hard to tell dreams just exactly as you dream them." "I'll be careful, mother," said Kitty. "And besides, it is a very short dream and easy to remember. I dreamed that the toys in my doll house were talking to one another, and they said it was a pity for one little girl like Kitty Wat- kins to have more toys than she could play with, when so many little children had none. Wasn't that a queer dream?" "I think you had better make it come true, Kittikins/'^ said Mother Watkins. "If you choose a toy to jgive away, I'll ask Annie to^take/ you around to the child's hosi5K%j/ and nursery and let you stay and play with some of the little cripples till she is ready to come home." * Kitty was delighted. But, alas! when the time came to decide which toy she would give away, she didn't want to part with any of them. I'm afraid little girls who have too many things often get selfish that way. Kitty was so slow making up her mind to give away anything that Annie had nearly left her behind. But, just at the last, she snatched up a jumping jack, the meanest toy she had, and ran after her sister as she was leaving the door. , • Kitty's mother gave a sorrowful sigh to think how selfish her little girl was getting to be. But that was her last sigh over Kitty's being stingy, for Kitty had found it so sweet to give even a jumping-jack to a little girl who had nothing that she came running home to beg her mother to let her give her Noah's ark next time. "Indeed you may," said Mother Wat­ klns, can't let you have this pleasure all to yourself. I am going into the kitchen on next hospital visit­ ing day and make a little gingerbread horse for every child in the second ward." "Mother," said Kitty, "did you know before how jolly It is to give things away?" "I ought to have known," answered her mother. "Doesn't the Good Book tell us 'It is more blessed to give than to receive?'"--Detroit Free Press, Springfield.--The Chicago, Madison & Northern railroad has escaped taxa­ tion for 40 years, according to a state­ ment made by J. M. Duffy, of Chicago, in his argument before the railroad committee of the state board of equal­ ization. Mr. Duffy's assertion was made during a debate with tbe rail­ road attorneys over the taxation of the road's property. The charge was made in reply to an argument by Mr. Tarbet, representing the Illinois Cen­ tral. Mr. Duffy said: "By a strange oversight Mr. Tarbet made no men­ tion in his long essay of the Chicago; Madison & Northern, at least 16 miles of which is within Cook county, and when this matter was drawn to his at­ tention, the only reply I could derive upon the subject was the answer that he had finished. He had finished by leaving out not only the Chicago, Mad­ ison & Northern, a most valuable trib­ utary to the Illinois Central, construct­ ed in the latest and most improved fashion, but he also failed / to say a word about the valuable piece of track­ age entering Chicago, which the Chi­ cago, Madison & Northern uses to en­ ter the Illinois Central terminals. . Without this trackage, which Is used by four other roads jointly, the Mad­ ison & Northern would not be able to enter the Illinois Central depot except at great expense in some other direc­ tion. I refer to the St. Charles Air Line of nearly one mile long, including a bridge over the Chicago river and extending from the river directly across the city north of Sixteenth street to the lake front, and connect­ ing with the Illinois Central's great depot. It is almost impossible to find what has been done with this valuable double- tracked road, but an investi­ gation, so far as we have been able to make it out, warrants us in saying that for the last 40 years practically no tax .has ever been paid on this line, every inch of which is valuable almost beyond estimate, worth at least $5,000,000." Mr. Duffy also produced figures and opinions, showing that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, which claims immunity from taxation in^Illi- nois, should be assessed on its capital stock of $5,000,000. The trackage of the company in Illinois is 402 miles. The capital stock committee heard arguments of John Richberg and Max­ well Edgar, who came to Springfield to examine the return made by the Pullman company. They charged in the arguments that a large number of corporations are not assessed accord­ ing to the capital stock value. Favorable action was taken on a resolution providing for the appoint­ ment of a committee to lay before the legislature recommendations for a change in the present revenue laws. The committee will consist of a mem­ ber from each of the standing commit­ tees of the board and will be named later. % • Will Be Reelected 8peaker. Edward D. Shurtleff, whom the Re­ publican members of the Illinois house have agreed to reelect as speak­ er. has been a member of the general assembly since 1900, and is well known in political and legal circles throughout the state. His home ie at Marengo, of which city he has been ) Cause and Effect. Little Johnny Smith suddenly asked, in a_ startled voice, says a writer in Everybody's Magazine: "Mamma, is that bay rum in the bottle on your table?" "Mercy, no, /lear!" she replied. "Oh!" said little Johnny. Then, after a moment's pause, he added, re­ flectively: "Perhaps that's why I can't get my hat off." Edward D. 8hurtleit. mayor. Mr. Shurtleff was born at Genoa, 111., in 1863, and was educated in Oberlin college. He then went to South Dakota, where he was admitted to the bar in 1885, and in 1893 he be­ came a member of the Illinois bar. He stands high in Masonry and is con­ spicuous as a Woodman. Mr. Shurt­ leff served as chairman of the Repub­ lican state convention in August last. New Rules for Fishermen. The fish commission agreed upon a form of contract under which the fishermen of the state will be permit­ ted to take fish from the waters when they.are frozen over. The policy of the commission Is to permit fishing for the rough grades of marketable fish during the winter, but to protect the game fish. Each fisherman will be required to enter into an arrangement with the commissioners, by which he agrees to do his seining under state supervision and return to the waters all the better grades of fish. Juvenile Act Not Disturbed. ' By the action of the supreme court In dismissing the case of Schwartz versus McLain, the juvenile court act and the St. Charles home for boys are left undisturbed. A year ago the su­ preme court held that -the juvenile court act of the last general assembly was unconstitutional. « The supreme court granted a rehearing and heard lengthy arguments and by stipulation of both parties dismissed th& case. This wipes out the record of the case In the court and the act Is as original­ ly frami No Compromise in State's Claim. There will be no compromise in the prospective back-taxes suit of the state of Illinois against tbe Illinois Central road. This statement can be definitely made, despite the proph­ ecies of persons who claim to be in possession of inside information re­ garding the recent conferences be­ tween E. H. Harriman and Gov. De- neen. The falsity of these stories was made evident when the governor, the ©xpertB who have been collecting the ^formation against the Central and Attorney General Stead and his as­ sistants met to consider what had been done. The experts found figures which, in their opinion, will justlfv the state in making a claim for bacic taxes. The state officials are getting ready to sue. As to the amount to be sued for, it Is not yet possible to give the figures. The investigation com­ menced by the governor is not yet completed, for the experts are still wrestling with the passenger records and when all the figures are in It will be necessary to apply to them the state's construction of the law. Any figures given out already are merely, conjecture. Aside from this, however, there is an insurmountable barrier to any compromise short of the payment in full of the state's claim against the Illinois Central. This is a provision in the constitution of 1870 which ap­ pears to have been overlooked -by every one who has been talking and writing of settlements and compro­ mises. The provision is as follows: "No contract, obligation or liability whatever of the Illinois Central Rail­ road company1 to pay any money into the state treasury, nor any lien of the state upon or right to tax property of said company in accordance with the provisions of the charter of said com­ pany, shall ever be released, suspend­ ed, modified or altered, remitted or in any manner dlminshed or impaired by legislative or other authority." With this prohibition standing in the way, neither the governor nor the legisla­ ture can make any sort of compro­ mise with the company. Whether the suit will be instituted before the meet­ ing of the legislature will be deter­ mined by the progress ijnade fa the work of investigation: *< * ;V . . 8tate Is 88 Years Old. The state of Illinois was 88 yean old December 3. Officers and mem­ bers of the • Historical society will commemorate the day in the future and give it the attention it deserves. "We have too few such holidays," said one of the directors, "and surely we cannot afford to let the day pass by without some demonstration. The ad­ mission of Illinois into the union was an event of no minor significance. Il­ linois was a pivotal state during the anti-slavery agitation and the war that followed. The 14 northern coun­ ties of Illinois--secured almost by ac­ cident--preserved the state for the union in the time of crisis, and made possible the nomination of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. The day should be observed in all the schools. Public exercises should be held in some large auditorium, and there should be speakers of national im­ portance." ** The admission of Illinois was at­ tended by peculiar circumstances. In the first place, the population was ex­ aggerated, so that the new state be­ came incorporated into the republic with a recorded population of 40,000 and a bona fide population of 34,020. Then the-new state included a 51-mile strip of territory that belonged right­ ly to Wisconsin. The enabling act was passed by congress April 13, 1818, and this was the preliminary step toward making Illinois, then part of the northwest territony, a state. Nathan­ iel Pope, the delegate from this part of the country, insisted that the north boundary be made parallel of 40'de­ grees 30 minutes from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi, instead of running from the southern border of the lake. OF ILLINOIS! HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROftj : ALL OVER THE STATE. PROVE# HIS * St Chosen for Interstate Convention. Gov. Deneen appointed the following delegates to the interstate convention at Des Moines, la., December 5, to consider a proposed amendment to the federal constitution providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote: J. T. Hamilton, Hoopes- ton; Robert H.. Wallace, Hamilton; John Anderson, Chicago; William F. Bundy, Centralia; B. V. Peek, Moline. I. C. Pays Stste $600,000. New Bsnk to Be Orgsnized. A permit to organize the People's State bank of Colchester, McDonough county, was issued by the auditor of public accounts to H. Walter Smith, F. S. Greene'and G. M. Thompson. The capital stock of the institution Is $25,- 000. Leavs Stats MilItsry Servle*. Honorable discharges from the mili­ tary service of the state have been granted to Privates Charles Colvin, Virgil Daniels, William Ellis, John W. Grotts, Frank Sims and Albert Hen­ derson of company C, Fifth infantry, of Springfield. Permission to drill with arms but without ammunition has been granted to the Paris high school cadets of Paris. An honorable discharge has also been granted to Ordnance Sergeant John C. Bensing of the Fourth C. V. Chandler, of Macomb, Has Am*'"*'} ^ sets Far Above Liabilities of „ w ' Banks in Which He warn . 'i i n t e r e s t e d , e ™ * Maeemfec. V. Chandfer male" *1^ *> statement regarding the condition olff f the bank of Macomb controlled by him, which closed Its doors last week, v, * - Assets amounting to $656,781.90 arrf ~ shown, with liabilities of an eqoar f amount, $50,000. ef which is capi'at stock of the institution and surplusit-ry^w,** There are bills payable amounting $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , p r e s u m a b l y t h e a m o u n t d a e h K : r \ C Chicago banks. Besides the assets J* ? < enumerated is the unincumbered real - > " estate belonging to Mr. Chandler, val* ^ „a ued at $300,000, and several thougandK • - ^dollars' worth of personal property. ' ^ S The statement substantiates thpi " t claim of Chandler that he has plenty'"'!. v- of property and to spare to settle for ~ * C I every dollar of the Rank's liability. v V Reports from Colchester, where an-v--e -, other of the banks controlled by v* M Chandler closed its doors at the sam».Vr,1 ^ time as the bank of Macomb, are thatf : there is to be a third new bank or- ganized there. It is to be* a national^'1 \ bank, according to report, with a can- ^ ' ital of $50,000. Y$S!, v MR8. DAN BERRY LO8E8 8U1T. Widow of Murdered Representative Gets Nothing from Pulferd Estate. Sterling.--Mrs. Daniel Berry, widow of former State' Representative Berry, who was mysteriously slain in his of­ fice last year, will not get'the $10,000 or any part of it for which she sued the estate of Pot Pulferd, who she al­ leged killed her husband. Judge Herd in the Carrol] county circuit court sustained the demurrer to the declaration of Mrs. Bprry, and the plaintiff said that she would not appeal the case to the supreme court. It was expected that If the suit was brought to a hearing some interesting evidence regarding the relations of the Berry and Pulferd families would be Introduced. Pulferd, who was a wealthy merchant, committed suicide the night after the killing of Bei^ ef whose murder he was suspected. "Billy" Sunday Gets $5,300.L Kewanee.--Acceding to hundreds of requests, Evangelist W. A. Sunday, of Chicago, remained here one day longer than expected, and preached his farewell sermon in the remarkable revival in which all records for con­ versions in the United States have been broken. There were 250 conver­ sions, bringing the total number to 3,018. In a free will offering, raised in one day, people of Kewanee gave Vr. Sunday $5,300. Murderers Are at Large. Marlon.--A coroner's jury charged the killing of James Daily, village marshal at Spllndertown, to Henry Anderson, Gordon Smith and Joe Mur­ ray, and accused Mary Stewart and Amanda Dotson as accessory. The ac­ cused are negroes employed by a rail­ road construction company. Daily, be­ fore he died, said that he had been shot and the negroes took his money and pistol. The accused are at large. - Richard Kiern Dead. Decatur.--Richard Kiern died at the home of Mrs. Margaret C. White, 360 North Jackson street, where he has been rooming. He was 92 years old and his death was due more to the infirmities of age than to anything else. He had been ill for about three weeks. He was a native of Ireland and came to America when he was a boy. At one! time he owned a great deal of land in this part of the state. Mother Gets Big Verdict. Waukegan.--A verdict was returned in the circuit court in favor of Mrs. Mary F. Perrin, of Rogers Park, in which she is awarded $5,000 against the Commercial Men's association, the amount due on a policy which was held by her son, Frank Perrin, a trav­ eling man, who was killed at Lake Bluff two years ago while lumping on a train on the Northwestern coad. Blair Takes Up 8tste Duties. .> Francis G. Blair took charge of the educational department of state, suc­ ceeding Alfred Bayliss, who resigned the position of state superintendent of public Instruction to become president of the Western Illinois Nonhal school at Macomb. Mr. Blair was the suc­ cessful candidate for state 4superi» tendent in the recent election and was appointed by Gov. Deneen to fill the unexpired portion of Mr. Bayliss' term. He will commence on the reg­ ular term to which he was elected next January. Divorced from MaJ. Riche. • Rock island.--A divorce from Maj. C. S. Riche, formerly of Chicago and now In charge of the government en­ gineers of the upper Mississippi river, was granted to his wife, Mrs. Susan Riche here on the ground that he had beaten her and at one time attempted to shoot her. The couple were mar­ ried in Galveston. / Expect to Race at Rockford. Rockford.--Harness racing is to be revived in this city on a large scale If the plans of the Rockford Fair as­ sociation, a temporary organization ef­ fected, are carried out. Racing will be in connection with an agricultural fair, and it is expected to have the first meeting next September. * One Dead and Three Shot. Quincy.--In a quarrel over receipts for a theatrical performance given at La Grange, Mo., eight miles north of Quincy, Hosea Duvall was shot and in­ stantly killed, James E. Rohan and Orion K. Stuart were fatally wounded and Roy Millard was shot through the body and arm. Rohon is constable at La Grange, and, with Duvall assisting, was levying upon some trunks claimed by Gilbert Donaldson, owner of the combined shows. Stuart and Millard are actors. They are alleged to have begun the shooting. Held for Railway Wreck. ... / Marion.--Frank Campbell, an life ploye of the Coal Belt Electric rail­ road, was held by a coroner's^jQr* for criminal negligence in throwingV a switch that caused a wreck in which J.„A. Joyner, a motorman, was killed and several other persons were in­ jured. Campbell told the jury that he threw the switch for the passing car and forgetting what he had done changed the switch and caused the wreck. The jury also charged the rail­ road company with negligence in not having the switch signals painted. v