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GRAHAM m<w CHAPTER XXXII .A Glance Behind the Misk of Grand- eur. Not until late In the spring of hla f, second year did Burbank find a trace ""fot sal! in Ms wine. ^ From the night of his election par- Vj T !aaites and plunderers and agents of \ plunderers had imprisoned him in the usual presidential fool's paradise. The "ft."' \ organs of the interests and their con * gressional henchmen praised every- * » y .thing he did; I and my group of con- jsMgressmen and my newspapers, aa toy- „al partisans, bent first of all upon reg- . ularity, were silent "where we did not .r.V*>ra!se also. But the second year of ^ T' la president's first term Is the- begin- •l.f'.---'.ning of frank, If guarded, criticism of from his own side. For it is $ f. practically his last year of venturing :f *" to exercise any real official power. ' - The selection of delegates to the party's national convention, to which a president must submit himself for leave to re-submit himself to the peo­ ple, is well under way before the end ^ of his third year; and direct and act­ ive preparations for it most begin long in advance. Late in that second spring Bar- bank made a tour of the country, to give the people the pleasure of see­ ing their great man, to give himself the pleasure of their admiration, and to help on the congressional cam­ paign, the result of which would l*e the preliminary popular verdict upon his administration. The thinness "of the crowds, the feebleness of the en­ thusiasm, the newspaper sneers and flings at that oratory once hailed as a model of dignity and eloquence-- even he could not accept the smooth explanations of his flatterers. And in November came the party's mem­ orable overwhelming defeat--reducing our majority in the senate from 20 to 6, and substituting for our major­ ity of 93 in the house an opposition majority of 67. I talked with him early- in January and was amazed that, while he appre­ ciated the public anger against tho party, he still believed himself per­ sonally popular. "There is a lull In ' prosperity," said he, "and the people are peevish," Soon, however, by a sort of endosmosis to which tike densest vanity is somewhat subject, the truth began to seep through and to penetrate into him. He became! friendlier to mo, so- licltous toward spring--but he clung none the less tightly to Goodrich. The full awakening came in his third sum­ mer when the press and the politi­ cians of the party began openly to discuss the next year's nomination and to speak of him as if he were - out of the running. He was spending the hot months on the Jersey coast, the flatterers still swarming about him, and still assiduous, but their flatteries falling upon ever deafer ears as his mind rivetted upon the hair- suspended sword. In early Septem­ ber he invited me to visit him--my vived. And I saw, too, that contact with and use of and subservience to corruption had so corrupted him that be had no longer any faith in any method not corrupt. In an instant I realized the full folly of what I was doing. I felt confident that by pursu­ ing the line I had indicated he could so change the situation in the next few months that he would 'make it ink- possible tor them to refuse to renom­ inate Mm, might make it possible for him to be elected. But even If ho had the wisdom to listen, where would he get the courage and the steadfastness to act? 1 gave him up finally and forever- A man may lose his own character and still survive, and even go far. But if he lose belief in character as a As frank and as Friendly as you force, he is damned. He could not have been?" said J, rather to remind survive in a community of scoun- myself than to reproach him. For I drels. was afraid of the reviving feeling of Burbank sat motionless and with former years--the liking for Ms per- closed eyes for a long time. I aonal charms and virtues, the forbear- watched the people la the throng of ance toward that weakness which he carriages--hundreds of faces all could no more change than he could turned toward him, all showing that change the color of his eyes. His mingled admiration, envy and awe Those words, said by MM nn, tai some tones, would have thrilled me. Said by Mm and in that tone and with that look, they made me shudder and shrink. Neither of us spoke again. When he dropped me at my hotel we touched hands and smiled formally for appearances before the gaping, peep­ ing, peering crowd. And as he drove away, how they cheered him--the man risen high above 80,009,000, alone on the mountain-peak, in the glorious sunshine of success. The president*-""' moral descent had put no clear mark­ ings upon his pose. On tho contrary, he had grown in dignity through the custom of deference. The people passing us looked admiration at him, had a new sense of the elevation of the presidential office. Often it takes the trained and searching eye te de­ tect in the majestic facade the evi­ dences that the palace has degen­ erated into a rookery for pariahs. "I have done what 1 thought for the best," he answered, never more di­ rect and manly in manner. "I have always been afraid, been on guard, lest my personal fondness for yon should betray me Into-yleldlng to you when 1 ought not. Perhaps I have erred at times, have leaned back­ ward in my anxiety to be fair. But X bad and have no fear of yonr not un- which humanity gives its exalted great. "The president! The presi­ dent!" I heard every few yards in excited undertones. And hats were lifted, and once a crowd of enthus­ iastic partizans raised a cheer. "The president!" I thought, with mournful irony. And I glanced at htm. Suddenly he was transformed by an expression thf most frightful I have ever seen. It was the look of a de­ spairing, weak, vicious thing, cor­ nered, giving battle for its life--like a fox at bay befo|e a pack of huge dogs. It was not Burbank--no, he was wholly unlike that. It was Bur- bank's ambition, interrupted at its meal by the relentless, sure-aiming hunter, Fate. "For God's sake, Burbank!" I '«x- I 'ML W/////M first invitation of that kind in twoJ <ersta^dlng. Our friendship is too years and a half. We had three in-j ,on£ established, too well founded." He Sank Back in the Carriage, Yellow-Whits and with Trembling Hands. these people terviews before he could nerve him­ self to brush aside the barriers be­ tween him and me. "I am about to get together my friends with a view to next year," said he through an uneasy smile. And I do not doubt that he believed Mmself; the capacity for self-decep­ tion is rarely short of the demands upon it "It's unfortunate--" 1 began. I was going to say it was unfortunate "What do you think of the prospects?" ; that no such anxieties had ei^r re- "What do your friends say?" I asked. "Oh, of course, I am assured of a renomination--" He paused, and Ms look at me made the confident af­ firmation a dubious question. "Yes?" said f. "And--don't you think my reoord has made-me strong?" be went on nervously. "Strong--with whom?" said I. He was silent. Finally he laid Ms band on my knee--we were taking the air on the ocean drive. "Harvey," he said, "I can count on you?" I shook my head. "I shall take no part in the next campaign," I said. "I shall resign the chairmanship." "But I have selected you as my chairman. I have Insisted on you. I can't trust any one else. I need others, I use others, but I trust only you." I shook my head. "I shall resign," I repeated. "What's the matter-- won't Goodrich take the place?" He looked away. "I have not se­ riously thought of any one but yon," , he said reproachfully. I happened to know that the place had been offered to Goodrich and that he had declined it, protesting that I, a western man, must not be dis­ turbed when the west was vital to the party's success. "My resolution is fixed," said I. A long silence, then: "Sayler, have you heard anything of an attempt to defeat me for the nomination?" "Goodrich has decided to nominate ga,Yi Gov. Ridgeway of Illinois," said I. V «, He blanched and had to moisten ,w . fds dry, wrinkled lips several times "i/ lefore he could speak. "A report of that nature reached me last Thurs- . - <jiay," he went on. "For some time I feave been perplexed by the Ridgeway ..talk in many of our organs. I have questioned Goodrich about it--and-- I l| must say--his explanations are not P' *-not, wholly satisfactory. / . "I have come to the conclusion that jfoti were right about Goodrich, Say­ ler. I am glad that I took your ad- Tice and never trusted him. I tMnk & an<J 1 together will be too strong j •>!« lor him." j # ? " Y o u a r e g o f a g t o l e e k a p e n o m l n a - f- ".^lioB?" I asked. ^ *J' 'He looked at me In genuine aaton- , fchment. "It is impossible that the i #arty should refuse me," he said. I was silent. "~c frank with me, Sayler," he ex- T.i^||ilalmed at last, "Be frank. Be aiy f;fpprt«ttd. year Jo** old ' • : T ' strained him from yielding to Good rich. But I hadn't the heart. In­ stead I finished my sentence with: "However, It's Idle to hold a post­ mortem on this case. The cause of death is unimportant. The fact of it is sufficient. No doubt you did the best you could, Mr. President." My manner was that of finality. It forbade further discussion. He aban­ doned the finesse*of negotiation. "Harvey, I ask you, as a personal favor, to help me through this crisis," he said. "I ask you, my friend and my dead wife's friend." No depth too low, no sentiment too sacred! Anger whirled up in me against this miserable, short-sighted self-seeker who had brought to a cli­ max of spoliation my plans to guide the strong in developing the resources of the country. And I turned upon are claimed. "All watching us." "To hell with them!" he ground out. "I tell you, Sayler, I will be nominated! And elected too, by God! I will not be thrown aside like an emptied orange-skin. I will show them that I am president." ; The ne*t seven Months were months of turmoil in the party and In 13ie country--a turmoil of which I was a silent spectator, conspicuous by my silence. Burbank, the deepest > pas­ sions of his nature .rampant, ' had burst through the meshes of partisan­ ship and the meshes of social and per­ sonal intimacies in which he, as a "good party man" and as the father of children with social aspirations and as the worshiper of wealth and respectability, was entangled and bound down; with the desperate cour­ age that comes from fear of destruc­ tion, he was trying to save himself. Bnt his only available instruments were all either Goodrich men or other kinds of machine-men; they owed nothing to him, they had noth­ ing to fear from him--a falling king is a fallen king. Every project he devised for striking down his traitor friends and making himself popular was subtly turned by his cabinet or by the senate or by the press or by all three Into something futile and ridiculous or contemptible. It was a complete demonstration of the silliness of the fiction that the president could be an autocrat if he chose. Even had Burbank seen through the fawnings and the flat­ teries of the traitors round him, and dismissed his cabinet, whatever men he might have put into it would not have attached themselves to his lost cause, but would have used their posi­ tions to ingratiate themselves with the power that had used and exhaust? ed and discarded him. He had the wisdom, or the timidity, to proceed always with caution and safe legality and so to avoid impeach­ ment and degradation. His chief at­ tempts were, naturally, upon monop­ oly; they were slyly balked by his sly attorney general; and their failure was called by the press, and was believed by the people, the cause of the hard times which were just beginnlTj# to be acute. What made him such an easy victim to his lieutenants was not their craft, but the fact that he had lost his sense of right and wrong. A man of affairs may not, indeed will not, always steer by that compass; but he must have it aboard. Without it he cannot know how far off the course he is, or how to get back to It. No ship ever reached any port except that of failure and disgrace, unless it, in spite of all its tackings tjefore the cross-winds of practical life, kept in the main to the compass and to the course. His last stagger was--or seemed to be--an attempt to involve us in a war with Germany." I say "seemed to be" because I hesitate to ascribe a project as infamous to him, even when un­ balanced by despair. The first ugly dispatch he ordered his Goodrich, secretary of state to send, somehow leaked to the newspapers before it could be put into cipher for trans-, mission. It was not sent--for from the press of the entire country rose a clamor against "deliberate provoca­ tion of a nation with which we are, and wish to remain, at peace." He repudiated the dispatch and dismissed the secretary of state in disgrace to disgrace--the one stroke In his fight against Goodrich In which he got the advantage. But that advantage was too small, too doubtful and too late. His name was not presented to the convention. <T6 BS CONTINUED J Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes of Thing* of Interest at the State Capital, Springfield.--The state banks of Il­ linois were affected but little by the panicky conditions which have pre­ vailed in some points of the country. The decrease in resources of the state banks of November 19, as compared with August 20, some time before the panic, is very small, while the de­ crease in time savings and individual demand deposits also show but a slight calling off. According to the statement of the condition Of state banks on the commencement of busi­ ness on the morning of November 19, the total resources Were $546,401,282, against $576,109,430 on August 20, the date of the last statement. The loans and discounts November 19, were $325,307,670, a decrease of but $28,- 554,532. The time ^savings deposits amounted to $182,534,767, decrease of 114,648,615, ' while the individual de­ mand certificates show a falling off of $2,583,761, and the demand certifi­ cates Of $5,927,894. ^5 WARNED BY BEETLE'8 KNOCKS. It Meant Death According to an An­ cient Superstition. A curious superstition has caused-- or at any rate accelerated--the death of Mrs. Bellamy, the wife of a Hunt­ ingdonshire fen farmer, living at Ram­ sey, says the Manchester Chronicle. Hearing in the stillness of the night rappings in an old family deed box, the woman, who had been slightly in- him, intending to overwhelm him with disposed for a day or two, was terror- the truth about his treachery, about his attempt to destroy me. For I was now safe from his and Goodrich's ven­ geance--they had destroyed them­ selves with the people and with the rparty. < But a glance at Mm and-- bow could I strike a man stretched in agony upon his death-bed? "If I could help you, I would," said I. "You--you and I together can get a convention that will nominate me," he urged, hope and fear jostling each other to look pleadingly at me from his eyes. "Possibly," I said. "But--of what use would that be?" He sank back in the carriage, yel­ low-white and with trembling hands and eyelids. "Then you don't think I could be elected?" he asked in a broken, breathless way. For answer I could only shake my bead. "No matter who Is the nom­ inee," I went on, after a moment, "our party can't win." I half-yielded to the impulse of sentimentality and turned to him appealingly. "James," said I, "why don't you--right iaway-- before the country sees you are to be denied a renomination--publicly an, nounce that you won't take it .^K any circumstances? Why don't you de­ vote the rest o< your term to regain­ ing your lost--popularity? Every day has its throngs of opportunities for the man in the White House. Break boldly and openly with Goodrich and his crowd." I saw and read the change in bis face. My advice about the nomina­ tion straightway closed Ms mind agaiaat me; at the mention of Good­ rich, km aid notlea ol my jealousy ra- ' * stricken, as her mother-in-law had said that when a "knocking" came from the box a death in the house followed. She aroused her husband, crying, "It's knocked! You know that's the warning!" The farmer says that he then heard tapping in the box and states: "I knew what it meant; my wife was to be taken from me!" adding: "The message which the bo* gave brought such a dread on my wife that she took to her bed and gradually pined away." Asked if he thought the rapping brought about her end, he replied: "There is no doubt about it," and they were heard, he said, when his father died. Now it turns out that the rappings were made by the common wood-boring in­ sect known as the death watch beetle --a name it derives from the supersti­ tion attaching to it--which is to be found In old houses and ancient furni­ ture. It taps with its head against the wood in signalling to Its mate, and the sharp sound it makes in the silence of the night has none of the significance with which superstition baa surrounded it CREW BESET BY KIDDERLAK. Peculiar Poisonous Bug Frightened Whole Ship's Crew. New York.--The crew of the Ger­ man steamship Wartenfels, which has arrived from Calcutta, had a thrilling experience during the voyage with a poisonous insect, known as a kidder- lak, of the family of centipedes. For more than 20 days the sailors and later the officers dodged the much- dreaded pest. Its bite is said to be almost certain death. The insect was first discovered by a Lascar fireman, to whuse race It la particularly Inimical. First Officer Frevichs and Capt. Schmidt had At first laughed at the story of the preV ence of the kidderlak. While Capt. Schmidt's steward was leaving the saloon for the pantry with dishes a week later, he heard a crash behind him and beheld the potatoes he had just brought to the table, on the floor, together with fragments of the dish. On the other Bide o? the room stood Capt. Schmidt, pointing speechlessly to a corner of the pell- ing. There, clinging- close to the wall, was the kidderlak, ready to make a jump for the table. Second Officer Ruse walked in just then and with a blow from a poker laid the kidderlak out so dead that the insect bad not even a chance to make one of the peculiar noises from which It derives its name. 8ynod Names Officers. The thirtieth annual session of the Episcopal synod of the diocese of Springfield concluded. The report of the committee on the Bishop Seymour memorial fund showed $31,000 pledged for that purpose. Officers elected were: Standing committee, Rev. Jo­ hannes Rockstroh, Danville, presi­ dent; Rev. F. A. Derosset, Spring­ field, secretary; Dr. Wright, Green­ ville; M. F. Gilbert, Cairo; Bluford Wilson, Springfield. Secretary of the synod, Rev. E. H. Clark, Springfield; asssitant secretary, Dr. Cairns, Car- lyle. Trustees of the diocese, C. E. Hay, Bluford Wilson, Rev. F. A. Deros­ set and W. S. Troxell, all of Spring­ field. Board of missions, Rt. Rev. Bishop Osborne, president, ex officio; Dr. M. P. Hoster, Decatur; Rev. Wil­ liam Baker, Paris; Rev. J. C. White, East St. Louis; Rev. E. H. Clark, Springfield; Rev. Johannes Rocksroth, Danville; Col. J. S. Lord, Drs. Hagler and Wlngram, all of Springfield. Chan­ cellor of the diocese, M. F. Gilbert, Cairo. Registrar and historiographer of the diocese, Rev. M, Baker, Spring­ field. The synod of the diocese of Spring­ field of the Episcopal church was held at St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral In this city with a large attendance of clergy and laity. There was a choral celebration of the Holy Eucharist with Rt. Rev. Edward A. Osborne, bishop of Spring­ field, as the celebrant, wMle the sermon was preached by Rt. Rev. Wil­ liam Hazen White, bishop of Michigan City. Fair Association Meets. The effect of the recent changes in passenger rates upon the attendance at state fairs, and the question of newspaper advertising, was among the important subjects discussed at the an­ nual convention of the American As­ sociation of Fairs and Expositions, which opened in Chicago. The meet­ ing was held in the Auditorium hotel- Delegates from all parts of the United States were in attendance. Secretary Pro Tem. E. E. McCoy of the state attended as a delegate. Other mem­ bers of the Illinois board, which is particularly interested in the ques­ tions before the association, were also there in an official' capacity. At this meeting the dates for all fairs In this part of the country for 1908 were fixed. Many of the states in which fairs belonging to this association are located recently passed laws making two cents a mile the maximum pas­ senger rate. In such states no rate were offered to and from the state fairs. This was the case in Illinois, where the two-cent charge prevailed fair week. The discussion of the ef­ fect this had upon the fairs was led by W. R. Mellor, Lincoln, Neb.; C. E. Cameron, Alta, la., and Charles Downing, Indianapolis, Ind. NEWS OF ILLINOIS HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER THE ITATi ' ,V' WANTED FOR SHOOTING Requisition for Harry Allt Is lufllf1' - by Gov. Charles Deneen. Nine Deaths at Qiiincy. The list of deaths of members of the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' home at Quincy for the month of No­ vember, 1907, Is as follows: Cyrus At­ kinson, United States navy, November 2; Henry Moore, company G, Seventy- seventh Illinois infantry, November 3; John McC. Staubs, company C, Second Pennsylvania artillery, November 5; Hurburtus Blinn, company F, First Michigan cavalry, November 6; Charles W. Fee, company C, Eighty-fourth Il­ linois infantry, November 7; George Martin, company E, Twenty-ninth United States colored infantry, No­ vember 7; Andrew Gilman, company K, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania infantry, November 10; Michael Daily, company E, Sixtieth New York infantry, No­ vember 10; Octave Merria, company K, Eleventh Ohio cavalry, died In St. Louis, M. Veterinary Doctors Go Home. The twenty-sixth annual convention of the Illinois State Veterinary Med­ ical association was concluded at the Victoria hotel in Chicago with the election of officers and selection of Galesburg, for the meeting place in July, 1908. The following officers were elected: President, C. C. Mills, Decatur; vice president, C. G. Glen- denning, Clinton; secretary, N. Stringer, Paxton; treasurer, R. Walker, Chicago. Sees Danger In Policy. Lieut. Gov. L. Y. Sherman, in an address at the State Normal univer­ sity at Normal, assailed many of Pres­ ident Roosevelt's policies. He ve­ hemently denounced the president's plan to license all corporations doing an interstate business and to place the absolute power of revocation of li­ censes in the hands of the president of the United States. Mr. Sherman characterized this proposition "eco­ nomic violence," and said that any at­ tempt "to amend the constitution by construction" and to lodge "this enor­ mous power in the hands of one man" would mean "shrunken fortunes" in Illinois instead of "swollen" ones. Mr. Sherman said there was "no difference between tue pespotism of a mob and the despotism of a king," and told his hearers that further attempts to cen­ tralize governmental powers at Wash­ ington at ihe expense of the sovereign states would end in disaster. He said it would at once nullify the child la­ bor and mining laws of Illinois and place all such local questions In the hands of federal officers. It would mean, he said, the wiping out of the police powers of the states. Oglesby Gives Show Alone. A one-man session of the house was held the other evening, when Repre­ sentative Oglesby called the house to order and adjourned it with no other member present. The senate did not meet. Mr. Qglesby has suggested a plan by which the perfunctory sessions may be dispensed with and the farce of meeting and adjourning be ended until the assembly is ready to gO to work again. It is that Senator Hay, representing the senate, formally re­ cede from the senate's position in re­ fusing to adopt the house recess reso­ lution, with none of the balking sen­ ators present to object. Hay can do this under the rule, which permits business by unanimous consent when the question of a quorum is not raised. May Annul Theft Loss. Assistant United States Treasurer William Boldenweck probably will not have to make good the mysterious loss o{ $173,000 from the local subtreasury which was discovered on March 2 last. A dispatch from Washington carried the information that the treasury de­ partment had found that the loss was not the fault of the Chicago official and as a result Senator Cullom had In­ troduced a bill of credit to Mr. Bolden- deck for the amount of the theft. This was taken in Washington to mean that the assistant treasurer would not have to stand the loss. Springfield.--A requisition on tbe governor of Missouri was issued by Gov. Deneen for the return to Tus­ cola, Douglas county, of Harry Allt, alias John Ryan, late of Cook bounty, who is under arrest in Neosho, Newton county. Missouri, and who Is wanted In Douglas county on the charge of murdering Edward Stillions by shoot­ ing him with a revolver on September 20,1902. TO OUST ECONOMY COMPANY. Gov. Deneen Is Clearing the Way $. Prompt Action. ^ Springfield.--George M. Faxon. seo> S'iif. i retary to Gov. Deneen, left for Chicago, H where he has gone, it,was said, for the purpose of securing the signatures of ; / Lieut. Gov. Sherman and Speaker . ^ ' Shurtleff to the bill declaring the Des .*• Plaines river navigable. This fol- '^1 lowed the decision of the governor reached at Cairo to bring proceedings Immediately to oust the Economy Light & Power company from the river. As soon as the bill is signed by the presiding legislative officers the governor will approve it and the suit will be commenced, it is said. •' V- ; "DOCTOR" GETS TWENTY YEARS. Was Paroled After Being Sentenced Once Before on Similar Charge. Chicago.--"Dr.' Lucy Hagenow, al­ most 60 years old, was found guilty-of murder the other day in Judge Cbet- laln's court and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. She was tried on the charge of causing the death of Mrs. Anna Horavitch by an illegal op­ eration. ' ' "-h -••S r •. -.A Fire Captain Ends Life. - Elgin.--Charles C. Joachim, aged 43, captain of the hook and ladder truck of the Elgin fire department, com­ mitted suicide by shooting himself at his home. Joachim placed the muzzle of a sheftgun between his teeth and pulled the trigger. He believed friends were slandering him and was despon­ dent. It is thought he was temporarily insane when he shot himself. • 'i?>*; Boy Meets Terrible Death. ^ V Taylorvllle.--Alva, the three-year-old J >n of Mr. and Mrs. James Vancil, who " reside five miles west of Morrisonville, was run over by a wagon and instantly killed. The child had crawled undef .a wagon from which a man was loading corn. When the corn had been un­ loaded the team was started and the wheels of the wagon passed over tbe boy's head, crushing the skull. , ^ ---•-- . 4'. Helen Dixon Goes to Work.. - Bloomington.--Miss Helen Dixon, ['• the pretty embezzler of Christian « church funds, who completed a six months' sentence Saturday, has com* _ •;* menced her duties as stenographer tot ' \' the Providence Annuity company. Miss Dixon is residing temporarily at the residence of the sheriff. ? r " W-S& Woman as Corn Pickdr. Sterling.--Miss Eva Potts, -17 yeSt#- old, the daughter of David Potts, ol Prophetstown township, picked 4f bushels of corn In three and a halt' hours. This Is believed to be the best record ever made by a woman In t cornfield. ' ^• ""fi. ,11. V , 'ixk- * Cash Resources in Chicago. Cash resources of state and na­ tional banks In Chicago exceed $222,- 000,000, as shown in reports to Comp­ troller Ridgely and state auditor; pro­ portion of cash to deposit larger than in August; figures show readiness to return to currency basis when other cities will cooperate. A French Joke. Here is a French joke that is rath­ er English in character. The marquis de Favieres, notorious for his impe- cunioslty, called on a man of means named Barnard and said: "Monsieur, I am going to astonish you. I am Marquis de Favieres. I do not know you, and I come to borrow 600 louts." "Monsieur," Barnard replied, "I am going to astonish you much more. I know you and I am going to lead Movements df Flying Fish. The fish that have solved the prob­ lem of M. Santos Dumont are found In the Mediterranean, and in all seas of the tropics. Particularly in the Red Sea it 1s one of the chief amuse­ ments of the passengers of tbe great steamships to watch the flying fish. One sees them here singly and there ir. shoals to the number of over a thousand, leaping suddenly from the water, raising themselves Into the air and darting like arrows for a long die- tance, to dive once more into the sea Sometimes they ricochet along the sur­ face ~.ust as flat pebbles dec This la } oaUr when the water la rough Signs Navigability Bill. While en route to Flora Gov. Deneen signed the bill which declares the Desplalnes river navigable. Attorney General Stead will commence proceed­ ings at once to oust the Economy Light and Power company from the river. Prepare for Big Meeting. Applications for reservation of rooms for the Republican national convention continue to pour In from all quarters In Chicago hotel manager^ The ac­ commodations, as a rule, are for state delegations, but there are occasional telegrams of Inquiry for special reser­ vations for Individuals, these being for the most part the leaders in the sev eral states. Additional reservations have been received from presidential aspirants. Managers for most of the leading candidates--Cannon, Fair­ banks, Taft, Hughes, Foraker and Knox. Health of Nation in Review. Representatives of state and terrl- itoral medical organizations from all parts of the United States gathered at the Auditorium for the national legis­ lative council of the American Medical association. The sessions continued through Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The most important subject considered was the navy medical re­ organization bills, proposed by Sur­ geon General Rlxey of the United States navy. Federal and state regula­ tion of public health were discussed. Attorney After Milkmen. Assistant State's Attorney James J. Barbour Is doing a lot of detective work in Chicago in connection with the milk trust investigation. He slipped quietly out of his office In the criminal court building and visited several small milk dealers in outly­ ing parts of the city who have com­ plained of being "squeezed" by the members of tbe alleged trust. Mr. Bar­ bour refused to divulge the names of the dealers he questioned, but It is known that he elicited much valuable. Information. His object In doing his own detective work, Mr. Barbour said, was to spare the small dealers, who couldl ill afford to lose a day's work, the time and trouble of going to the state's attorney's office as witnesses. Tell of Milk Methods. Information showing that the al­ leged milk trust absolutely controls Chicago's milk supply and possesses the power to stifle competition in the retail distribution of milk has been investigated by Assistant State's At­ torney James J. Barbour. Several wit­ nesses, including dealers in the Illinois Milk Dealers' association, farmers and dairymen, appeared and asked to ex- i plain the present system of supplying milk to Chicago. Mr. Barbour put a numbet of dealers on the grill. 8ays Corn l« Best Mrt. Aurora.--Aurora's colony of mono- ; dietlsts has be^n Increased by the " advent of L. M. Hammond, who de? clares corn is the best single diet and „ offers to live for a given length of time on this alone. - |̂| Costly Bridge Is OpeMd ' Decatur.--The first engine to run over the new Wabash double-trach bridge has crossed it. The bridge is , one of the largest cement structured in the world and cost $800,000. Worries Over Illness; Dies. Pekln.--Worry over the fact that one of her nephews was ill with small­ pox is attributed as the cause of tbe death of Mrs. Sarah Ann Thompson. She was 79 years old. i m M Bad Blaze at New Berlin. covered early the other morning de­ stroyed the business district of New Berlin The loss Is $70,000. Fall of Rock Kills Miner. Mount Vernon. -- Edward Johnus died of Injuries received when caught under a fall of rock in the Sesser mine. fc. Burns Fatal to Woman. Peoria--Mrs. Etta Pen son died from burns received when a gasoline stove exploded. She was 52 years old. Men Go in Coal Business. Virden.--'Thomas H. Graham, for­ merly proprietor of the Palace hotels and Charles VanXormer have en­ gaged in the coal business here. Deneen Talks at Olney. Olney.--Gov. Deneen addressed aa audience of more than 1.200 persons ia the opera house here In the of his campaign for reelection. ^ ^ \ "M* t Democracy Favors Bryan. The Cook County Democracy joined hands with the Jefferson club in pro­ moting the Bryan demonstration the latter organization is preparing for January 8 next. The resolution, which was offered by Secretary Robert E. Burke and passed by the club, read: "Whereas, It has been for years the custom of the County Democracy to give an annual banquet on Jackson day. January 8. "It Is deemed advis­ able that all Democrats who favor the election of William J. Bryan be har> wesious." t'a Law Students Pass Teste. Mount Vernon.--Out of a class of 4# taking the law examination here. Si pused. . o , • Launch New Ptann. 4^^' Peoria.--The enactment of an auto­ matic license law, the restriction of the number of saloons to one to every 500 inhabitants, and tbe passage at % model license law is tbe propaganda launched in Peoria at a meeting of dl%> tillers, brewers and retail and whole­ sale liquor dealers. •Sil •is -ML tfti jt»\ - .a* * - ' " i ; 1 , , L m. "X.v -* Ex-Grand' Master DeadU . V - Al Roekford.--John Lake, former ffMuMr ^ V. master of the grand lodge of llHnoia Odd Fellows, died tbe other day. Ma rt it: