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. '/V- i *• • /wr//o/? or "ME CAU rmmtf HW/T£ FTWER £D£NR£RC. pyrlght, mo. by the New Tork H*rm.ld Company.) (Copyright 1910, by the UtcMIIlu Company. PART t CHAPTER I. It was a quiet night in the Tivoli. At the bar, 'which ranged along one •ide of the large chinked-log room, leaned half a dozen men, two of whom were discussing the relative merits of spruce tea and lime juice as reme­ dies for scurvy. They argued with an eir of depression and with intervals of moiose silence. The other men scarcely heeded them. In a row, against the opposite wall, were the gambling games. The crap table was deserted. One lone man was playing at the faro table. The roulette was not even spinning, and the gamekeep­ er stood by the roaring, red-hot stove, talking with a young, dark-eyed wom­ an, comely of face anil figure, who was known from Juneau to Fort Yukon as the Virgin. Three men sat in at stud poker, but they played with small chips and without enthusiasm, while there were no onlookers. On the floor of the danclDg room, which opened out at the rear, three couples were waltz­ ing drearily to the strains of a violin and a piano. Circle City was not deserted, nor was money tight The miners were in from Moosebead creek and the other diggings to the west, the summer washing bad been good, and the men's pouches were heavy with dust and nug­ gets. The Klondike had not yet been discovered, nor had the miners of tbe Yukon learned the possibilities of deep digging and wood-firing. No work was done in the winter, and they made a practice of hibernating in the large camps like Circle City during the long Arctic night. Time was heavy on their hands, their pouches were well filled and the only social diversion to be found was In the saloons. Yet the Ti­ voli was practically deserted, and the Virgin, standing by the stove, yawned with uncovered mouth and said to Charley Bates: "If sotnething don't happen soon, I'm goin' to bed. What's the matter with the camp, anyway? Everybody dead?' Bates did not even trouble to reply, but went on moodily rolling a clga rette. Dan MacDonald, pioneer sa loonman and gambler on the upper Yukon, owner and proprietor of the Tivoli and all its games, wandered for­ lornly across the great vacant space of floor and Joined the two at the stove "Anybody dead?" the Virgin asked him. "Looks like It," was the answer. "Then It must be the whole camp." she said with an air of fin&llty and with another yawn. MacDonald grinned and nodded, and opened hi3 mouth to speak, when the front door swung open and a man ap peared in the light. He would have appeared a large man had not ft huge FYench-Canadian stepped up to him from the bar and gripped his hand. "Hello, Daylight!" was his greeting "By Gar, you good for sore eyes!" "Hello, Louis, when did you-all blow In?" returned the newcomer. "Come up and have a drink and tell us all about Bone creek. Why, dog-gone you-all, shake again. Where's that pardner of yours? I'm looking foi him." Another huge man detached himself from the bar to shake hands. Olat Henderson and French Louis, partners together on Bone creek, were the two largest men in the country, and though they were but half a head taller than the newcomer, between them he was dwarfed completely. "Hello, Olaf." said the one called Daylight "Tomorrow's my birthday And you, too, Louis. Come up and drink, and I'll tell you-all about it" The arrival of the newcomer seemed to send a flood of warmth through tbe place. "It's Burning Daylight," the Virgin cried, the first to recognize him as he game into the light. Charley Bates" tight features relaxed at the sight, and MacDonald went over and joined the three at the bar. With the advent of Burning Daylight the whole place suddenly became brighter and cheerier. The barkeepers were active. Voices were raised. Somebody laughed. And when the fiddler, peer­ ing into the front room, remarked to the pianist: "It's Burning Daylight," the waltz time perceptibly quickened, and the dancers, catching the conta­ gion. began to whirl about as If they really enjoyed it It was known to them of old-time that nothing lan­ guished when Burning Daylight was around. He turned from the bar and saw the woman by the stove and the eager look of welcome she extended him. "Hello, Virgin, old girl." he called. "HeUo, Charley. What's the matter with you-all? Why wear faces like that when coffins enly cost three ounces? Come up, you-all, and drink. Come up, you unburied dead, an' name your poison. Come up, everybody. This Is my night, and I'm going to ride it. To-morrow I'm thirty, and then I'll be an old man. It's the last fling of youth. Are you-all with me? Surge along, then. Surge along." The waltz In the back room being finished, tt-e three couples, followed by the fiddler and the pianist and heading tar the bar. caught Daylight's eye. "Surge along, you-all!" he cried. "Surge along and name it. This is my night, aui It ain't a night that comes frequent Surge up. you Siwashes and Salmon-eaters. It's my night, I tell you-all--" "A blamed mangy night." Charley Bates interpolated. *; . t. "You're right, ray son." Burning Day­ light went on, gayly. "A mangy night, bur It's my night. 70a see. I'm mangy old he-wolf. Listen to me howl." And howl he did. like a lone gray timber wolf, till the Virgin thrust her pretty fingers in her ears and shiv­ ered. A minute later she was whirled away in his arms to tbe dancing floor, where, along with three other women and their partners, a rollicking Vir­ ginia reel was Boon in progress. Pew men knew Elam Harnish by any other name than Burning Daylight, the name which had been given him In the early days in the land because of his habit of routing his comrades out of their blankets with the complaint that daylight was burning. Of the pioneers In that far Arctic wilderness, where all men were pioneers, he was reck­ oned among the oldest. Men like A1 Mayo and Jack McQuestlon antedated him; but they had entered the land by crossing the Rockies from the Hudson Bay country to the east. He, hoover, had been the pioneer over the Chilcoot and Chllcat passes. In the spring of 1883, twelve years before, a stripling of eighteen, he had crossed over the Chilcoot with five comrades. In the fall he had crossed back with one. Four had perished by mischance In the bleak, uncharted vastness. And for twelve years Elam Harnish had con­ tinued to grope for gold among the shadows of the Circle Heroes are seldom given to hero-worship, but among those of that land, young as he was, he was accounted an elder hero. In point of time he was before them. In point of deed he was beyond them. cause there were not girls enough to go around. Inclined to the suggestion. They were looking for a fifth man when Burning Daylight emerged from the rear room, the Virgin on his arm. the train of dancers in his wake. 'In response to the hail of the poker-play- ers, he came over to their table in the corner. "Want to sit In," saif Campbell. "How's your luck?" "I sure got it tonight." Burning Day­ light answered with enthusiasm, and at the same time felt the Virgin press his arm warningly. She wanted him for the dancing. "I sure got my luck with me, but I'd sooner dance. I ain't bankerln' to take the money away from you-all." Nobody urged. They took his re­ fusal as final, and the Virgin was pressing Bis arm to turn him away in pursuit of the supper-seekers, when he experienced a change of heart It was not that he did not want to dance, nor that he wanted to hurt her; but that insistent pressure on his arm put his free man-nature In revolt The thought in his mind was that he did not want any woman running him. Himself a favorite with women, never­ theless they did not bulk big with him. They were toys, playthings, part of the relaxation from the bigger game of life. He met women along with the whisky and gambling, and from obser­ vation he had found that it war far easier to break away from the drink and the cards than from a woman once the man was properly entangled. He resisted the pull on his arm by the mere negative mass of hiqi. and said: "I sort of feel a hankering to give you-all a flutter." Tact and sympathy strove with him, and he smiled with his eyes into the Virgin's eyes as he said: "You-all go and get some grub. 1 man cared to miss It The dancing floor was full. The luck at the table varied monotonously, no big hands be­ ing out As a result high play went on with small hands, though no play lasted long. But at three In the morn­ ing the big combination of hands ar­ rived. It was the moment of moments that men wait weeks for In a poker game. The news of It tingled over the P. S. KANER HEADS TIE ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICERS AT CLOSING MEETING. HIGHWAY WORK IS URGED Alao Ask Appropriation From the Gov­ ernment--Mayor Moore Gives Welcome Address at the Opening Session. > 'Surge Along, You-AlU" He Cried. "Surge Along and Name It. ' He was. a striking figure of a man, of all the men in the Tivolll Soft- tanned moccasins, of moose-hide, bead­ ed in Indian designs, covered his feet His trousers were ordinary overalls, his coat was made from a blanket Long-gauntletted leather mittens, lined with wool, hung by his side. They were connected, in the Yukon fashion by a leather thong passed around tbe neck and across the shoulders. On his head was a fur cap, the ear-flaps raised and the tying-cords dangling. His face, lean and slightly long, with the sugges­ tion of hollows under the cheek bones, seemed almost Indian. The burnt skin and keen dark eyes contributed to this effect, though the bronze of the skin and the eyes themselves were essen­ tially those of a white man. He looked older than thirty^, and yet smooth- shaven and without wrinkles, he was almost boyish. The impression of age was based on no tangible evidence, it came from the abstracter facts of the man, from what he had endured and survived, which was far beyond that of ordinary men. He had lived naked and tensely, and something of all this smoldered in his eyes, vibrated in his voice and seemed forever a whisper on his lips. It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat adjourned the dancing for half an hour. And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker. Jack Kearns was a big. bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles. had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk. far inside the Arctic circle. After that Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed tbe direction of his ventures by send­ ing out to the states for a small saw­ mill and a rtver steamer. Jack Kearns suggested poker. French Louis. Dan MacDonald and Hal Campbell (whe had made a strike on Moosehide). all three of whom were not danctngb*- ain't hungry. And we'll dance some more by and by. The night's young yet Go It. old girl." He released his arm and thrust her piayiuny on tne shoulder, at the same time turning to the poker players. "Take off the limit and I'll go you- all." "Limit's the roof," said Jack Kearns. Once started, it was a quiet game, with little or no conversation, though all about the players the place was a-roar. Elam Harnish had Ignited the spark. More and more miners dropped in to the Tivoll and remained. When Burning Daylight went on the tear, no "We'll Dance Some More By and By. The Night's Young Yet." Tivoli. The onlookers became quiet The men farther away ceased talking and moved over to the table. The players deserted the other games, and the dancing-floor was forsaken, BO that all stood at last, fivescore and more in a compact and silent group, around the poker table. The htgh betting went on, with the draw not in sight Kearns had deal*, and French Louis had opened the pot with one marker --in his case one hundred dollars- Campbell had merely "seen" it but Elam Harnish. coming next had tossed in five hundred dollars, with the remark to MacDonald that he was letting him in easy. MacDonald glancing again at his hand, put In a thousand In markers. Kearns, de­ bating a long time over his hand, finally "saw." It then 'cost French Louis nine hundred to remain in the game, which he contributed after a similar debate. It cost Campbell like­ wise nine hundred to remain and draw cards, but to the surprise of all he saw the nine hundred and raised an­ other thousand. "You-all are on the grade at last" Harnish remarked, as he saw the fif­ teen hundred and raised a thousand in turn. "Helen Breakfast's sure on top this divide, and you-all had best look out for bustin' harness." "Me for that same lady," accom­ panied MacDonald's markers for two thousand and for an additional thou­ sand-dollar raise. "1 ain't got no more markers." Kearns remarked plaintively. "We'd best begin I. O. U.'s." "Glad you're going to stay," wae MacDonald's cordial response. "I ain't stayed yet. I've got a thou­ sand In already How's it stand now?" "It'll cost you three thousand for a look In, but nobody will stop you from raising." "Raise--h--1. You must think I got a pat like yourself." Kearns looked at his hand. "But I'll tell you what I'll do, Mac. I've got a bunch, and I'll just see that three thousand." He wrote the sum on a slip of pa­ per, signed his name, and consigned it to the center of tbe table. French Louis became the focus of all eyes. He fingered his cards nerv­ ously for a pace. Then, with a "By Gar! Ah got not one leetle beet hunch." he regretfully tossed his hand into the discards. The next moment the hundred and odd pairs of eyes shifted to Camp­ bell. "I won't hump you. Jack," be said, contenting himself with calling the requisite two thousand. Tbe eyes shifted to Harnish. who acHhhied on a piece of paper and shoved it forward. "I'll just let you-all know this ain't no Sunday school society of philan­ thropy," he said. "I see you. Jack, and I raise you a thousand. Here's where you-all get action on your pat, Mac." "Action's what I fatten on. and I lift another thousand," was . MacDon­ ald's rejoinder. "Still got that hunch. Jack?" 1 (TO BE CONTINUED.) d Cedar for Buildings Some of This Excellent Material Is Es­ timated to Be Nearly Four Thou­ sand Years Old. It will surprise many to know that they have in their homes material es timated to be 4,000 years old. If the shingles or interior nnish Is red cedar or If you have a red cedar chest It 1» possible that the wood antedates the history of this country by thousands of years, says the Clevoland Leader. A Cleveland man is credited with bringing the first red cedar into this section W. A. Gelst. on a western trip several years ago, was attracted by the red cedar forests at Port Angelus. Wash. He established a mill there and began shipping the cedar to the eastern market Formerly the sooth ern cedar was used In great quantities, but it Is the claim of Mr. Gelst that the product from the Pacific coast is growing in favor and tbe demand tor It is increasing. It is a most durable wood and its use In a home guarantees that moths and other troublesome insects will not enter. It U used for wainscoting, man tels. cupboards, cabinets and especially for chests in which to store furs and clothing. Mr. Geist exhibits a quantity of red cedar cut from a tree he esti­ mates to be at least 3700 years of age. Three large cedars were found growing trom a fallen log which was five and one-half feet In diameter. The largest of the three tree- growing from the fallen tree was ten and one-half feet in diameter. By counting the rings in both trees indicates that the fallen tree, still sound. Is nearing Its four thousandth birthday. Mr. Gelst Is an expert apon red cedar and goes in for tbe history of the wonderful trees of Washington and other coast states as a biographer would tbe data upon tbe life of some famous man He surrounds a bolt of shingle cedar with an interesting story, which goes back to tbe misty ages and something like reverence grows within the listener for this venerable work of nature. Unquestionably the red cedar ts the oldest material used tn tbe construc­ tion of the home and few materials will ortwear it It being nearly lnde structible except by Are Springfield. -- The Live Stock Breeders' association of tbe state of Illinois closed its annual meeting in Bloomlngton. The association Is composed of the Horse Bredeers', Cat­ tle Breeders', Swine Breeders', Sheep Breeders' and Dairymen's associa­ tions. At the opening of the meeting Mayor A. L. Moore gave a warm wel­ come to the mem be re and C. C. Per- vier responded. Prof. Herbert W. Mumford of tbe University of Illinois was Introduced and read a paper on cattle feeding, which was discussed by J. G. Imboden of Decatur, J. T. Alexander of Chicago, E. D. Boynton of Pleasant Plains, D. N. Funk of McLean and P. S. Haner of Taylor- ville. The stock men heard an ad­ dress by Dr. F. W. Gonsaulus of Chi­ cago. The stock breeders elected officers and adopted resolutions urging a state­ wide system of better road work and an appropriation from the govern­ ment to assist the association In its work. These officers were elected: Live Stock Breeders -- President, Phil S. Haner, Taylorville; secretary, Sidney B. Smith, Springfield; treasur­ er, Charles Taylor, Wllllamsvllle. Horse Breeders -- President Theo­ dore M. Smith, Auburn; secretary, L. A. Sinclair, Cornell. Sheep Breeders--President, J. O. Flnley, Oneida; secretary, Elmer Hen­ derson, Leland. Swine Breeders--President, R. M. Corsa, Whitehall; secretary, A. M. CaldwalL. Champaign. Cattle Feeders--President Deane N. Bloomlngton; secretary, Leslie FrBrlssenden, Flora. Cattlf Breeders--President, A. A. Armstrong; secretary, R. C. Forbes, Henry. Illinois Famine Like Egypt's. "Everyone doesn't know," said a reminiscent southern Illinois farmer the other day, "that a bit of Egypt was transplanted, hguratlvely speak­ ing, to the state of Illinois about forty years ago, and that some of the stir­ ring events of the reign of Joseph in the house of the Pharaohs were re­ peated, with the Ohio river enacting the role made famous by the historic Nile. "Forty years ago southern Illinois was stricken with a famine. There was a failure of the corn and wheat crops which extended over the entire southern portion of the state. The people of southern Illinois faced a winter of starvation and want. What Joseph would rescue them? "But the famine failed to reckon with the bottom lands along the Ohio. All through the winter that followed the famine the farmers whose crops were destroyed by the drought re­ ceived sustenance from other farmers living along the first and second bot­ toms of the Ohio river. There were no railroads and a constant stream of men and women In buggies and farm wagons besieged the rich farms whose harvests were abundant, just as thou­ sands of years ago Joseph and his emissaries fed the starving thousands of Egypt when famine swept the land for seven years. "The remarkable similarity between tbe two conditions resulted in the name 'Egypt' being applied to all that portion of Illinois north of the Ohio river and extending nearly as far as Springfield. Cairo, then in its in­ fancy, was named for Cairo, Egypt. Karnak, the ancient religious capital of the Pharaohs, was duplicated, in name at least, by a little settlement not far from Cairo. Another town where the famine had been severely felt was called Thebes." Will Meet at Arsenal. A report that the Commercial asso­ ciation was having trouble in finding a meeting place for the state mine workers' convention is denied by offi­ cers of the association. At the regu lar meeting of directors Secretary Shape reported that arrangements had been made with State Secretary- Treasurer McDonald to ha*'e the miners meet in the arsenal. The convention begins February 20, and if it should continue longer than the week the meeting will be trans­ ferred to Arlon hall to make way for the state convention of railroad train­ men, which will have the arsenal for the week beginning February 26. Gov­ ernor Deneen and Mayor Schnepp will deliver welcome addresses at the open lng of the miner convention. State Finds Work for 60,000. Declaring state control has elimina­ ted dishonesty from private employ raent agencies, Davis Ross made his thirteenth annual report. This says there are 100,000 men in Chicago at all times, who want work but cannot find It. In addition to the unemployed who want work, tbe report says there are 90,000 who fail to register to seek employment. During the last year 60,000 men and women got employ­ ment in 184 different occupations without financial outlay on their part. Hit Illinois Central. Twenty-four of the 168 operators of the state met with tbe state railroad and warehouse commission for an In­ formal hearing of a complaint against the Illinois Central railroad for al­ leged discrimination againit mines in Perry. Franklin and Williamson coun­ ties Of the twenty-four present, three represented the complaints. The three complaining operators allege that under a recent ruling of the Illi­ nois Central Railroad company tbey have been short on cars. Sunday school experts who visited Springfield in the course of a tour which is to include twenty of the prin­ cipal cities of Illinois, for the purpose of awakening increased interest among teachers and Sunday school workers generally, were received by two large audiences at Ferguson hall. The tour Is being conducted under the auspices of the Illinois Sunday School association, of which J. M. Dun- lap of Qulncy is president, Hugh Cork of Chicago general secretary, and A4 H. Mills of Decatur chairman of the executive committee. The tour will end in Chicago March 4. In addition to, their addresses on the various phases of Sunday school work, the four principal members of the touring party also compose a quartet of unusual ability. Prof. Alvin Roper of Winona Lake, Ind., the pianist of the party, is a mu­ sician of exceptional talent His num­ bers were substituted for tbe quartet selections and proved more than pleas­ ing to his audience. Leaders in Sabbath school progress declared that the meetings were both inspiring and educational. "Sunday School Management With Relation to the Advanced Movements" was the subject of an interesting ad­ dress by Hugh Cork. Rev. I. W. Wil­ liamson also addressed the meeting on the subject, "Present Day Demands of the Sunday School Teacher." Illinois Candidates File. Additional candidate-' for state of­ fices filed petitions with the secretary of state as follows: Congressmen--Twenty-third district. Democratic, Martin D. Foster. State Central Committee--Third dis­ trict, Democratic, John O'Neil; Four­ teenth district, Republican, Walter A. Rosenfield; Ninth district, Republican, Fred A. Busse; Second district. Re­ publican, Louis J. Behan. Member State Board of Equalization --Fourth district, Republican, John Palt; First district, Republican, Rob­ ert M. Minahare. Representative of General Assem­ bly--Thirteenth district, Democratic, Fred C. Lockwood; Fifteenth district Democratic, Vladimir Moravec; Thir­ ty-first district, Republican, Charles E. Stout and Charles H. Fogg; Forty- fifth district. Democratic, James M. Bell. I L L I N O I S BREVITIES Must Give Up Office. Edward Green of Chicago, represen­ tative in the legislature from the first senatorial district, must relinquish his office as grain inspector in the state department at Chicago. This situation comes from his determina­ tion to run again for the legislature. Green Is colored. Notification that he must quit the state service was served upon him by the Illinois civil service commission, which met in Springfield. Green's situation comes from the new state civil service law which makes It mandatory tbat employes in the classified civil service keep out of politics. The state grain department is under civil servloe. The representa­ tive is the first of the lawmakers to come under the ban. When asked by the commission about his political In­ tentions, Green stated his intention to run for nomination and re-election from his district. E. S. Cheaney Is Leader. Members of the Illinois Lumber and Builders' Supply Dealers' association concluded their twenty-second annual convention in Chicago. It was decided to hold next year's convention in Chi­ cago. The following officers were elected : President--E. S. Cheaney, Peters­ burg. Vice-President--C. W. Hall, Sando­ val. Treasurer -- Joseph W. Paddock, Pana. Secretary--George A. Wilson Jones, Oak Park. Directors--N. H. Parsons, Rook- ford, and W. F. Stevens La Salle. Empire 8tate Society to Dine. The regular monthly dinner of tbe Empire State society of Chicago will be held in the East room of the Hotel La Salle Wednesday, February 28. It will be not alone a smoker, but the first meeting at which each of the 60 counties that comprise the Empire ftate will be represented by a member of the society, who will be allowed not more than five minutes to set forth the glories of his particular county. The rivarly existing between the counties seems to have been brought west by their former resi­ dents and doubtless a most intereet- ing detail of each will follow. Returns Bid for New Buildings. Due, it is said, to a misunderstand­ ing arising from the failure of State Architect W. C. Zimmerman to re­ ceive the work of drafting plans for the new state fair buildings, the fif­ teen bids on each of the two new pa­ vilions for the exposition grounds were returned to the bidders at a special meeting of the construction committee at the capltol. Illinois Incorporations. Secretary of State Rose issued cer­ tificates of Incorporation to the fol­ lowing: Hagenbart & Dickerson company. Champaign; capital, $20,000; mercan­ tile; Incorporators, Fdward Heg^j- bart. Frank Hegenbart and H. C. Dickerson. Square Deal Tailors. Chicago; cap­ ita' $2 .500; incorporators, M. A. Wein- ^rg, L. Grollman an<! R. P. Burk- halter. Chicago rncubator company,' Chi­ cago; capital, >2.500; incorporators. Arthur Wale Albert G. Wade and Walter E. Smith. Law Report ing Company of Chicago, Chicago; capital, $2,500; Incorpora­ tors. H. E Barnett. Eleanor 8. Barnet and Beatrice Nobis. Modern Ere company, Chicago; cap­ ital $10,000: operate places of amuse­ ment; incorporators, Albert Miller. Elmer E Munns and M. M. Franey. Neal Institute company, Chicago; capital. $100,000; operate sanitarium; Incorporators, James E. Bruce, J. A. Campbell and Q, H. Bruce. East St. Louis.--The East St. Louis city council adopted an ordinance re­ quiring the health department to in­ spect ail the milk sold in East St. Louis before deliveries to customers. Tem­ perature standard will be established. Alton--H. P. Madrey, a piano deal­ er of Alton township, shot and killed H. W. Watkins, a negro, at the negro's home. Madrey claims the negro drew a revolver when he entered the room to serve legal papers, and Watkins shot once, but his aim" was bad. Pekin.--A big Plymouth Rock ben belonging to Lester Osgood has taken a notion to lay flat eggs of the usual length, but instead of being round are oval and flat The farmer found that this was due to biddy's squeezing through the pickets on the fence to get feed through the day, and that the eggs were flattened on tbe return trip; he shut her up and the eggs after that were round instead of flat. Barry.--Mr and Mrs. B. McConnell celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Moline.--Mrs. Sarah Flack of South Rock Island fell through a trap door, breaking her neck. Havana.--The Knights of Meth­ odism elected chief, Walter Porter; secretary, I^ilph Trimpe; treasurer, Willie Borgelt. Lincoln.--Three times within a week William Stelnhour in the Rocky Ford neighborhood was notified that he was again a grandfather. Chicago.--Carl Mechelke, 82 years old. died of Injuries received on Feb. 3 when be lost his balance and fell from a chair while winding a clock. Jacksonville.--The Morgan County Bar association has elected the follow­ ing officers: President, M. T. Layman; vice-president, C. A. Barnes; secre­ tary, L. O. Vaught; treasurer, P. L. Gregory. Mattoon.--Ivy Johnson, 20 years old, of Mattoon, attempted to board a freight train on the Rock Island in Shawnee, Okla., and was crushed to death. A letter from his stater, want­ ing against beating his way home, was found in his pocket Edwardsville.--Attorneys represent­ ing George Yates filed a motion for a new trial in his behalf in the circuit court. Yates was found guilty of mur­ dering his wife, who, before ber mar­ riage, was Miss Isabelle Darragh of St. Louis. He was given 45 years in the penitentiary. Lyons.--Homeward bound in an In­ toxicated condition, Alonto Boyd, be­ tween SO and 35 years old, a teamster living near here, fell from his wagon and broke his neck. His dead body was found by a party of miners re­ turning to their homes near Riley- burg. His team went borne without a guiding hand. Belleville--At the last meeting of the Belleville chapter, American Wom­ en's league, it was decided to place several women candidates in the Held for members of the school board at the ensuing election. A body of wom­ en headed by Mrs. Carrie T. Alexander Bahrenburg waited upon President A. M. Wolleson and Informed him erf tbeir , Intention. Hlllsboro.--Rev. L. E. Baldwin, paa- tor of the M. E. church at Raymond, through H. C. Stuttle, the state's at- toroney, filed in the county court to the effect that Paul Baldwin, bis adopted Bon, would not attend school, that he was idling his time away, and remained away from home, and tbat on a certain night he broke into a certain store in Raymond and took articles mentioned in tbe petition. Alton.--The Sunday school workers of Alton feasted on workingmen's pies at a luncheon. The pies for the occa­ sion, 100 of them, were ordered from the lunch room of the Illinois Glass company, where they are made for the workmen. The price paid will be the same as the workmen pay, 20 cents a pie. or 5 cents for a quarter cut The Sunday school workers found at the glass works lunch room the biggest, thickest and most homelike pies In Alton. Beardstown.--Employes of tlM Beardstown division of tbe Burlington division have organized a safety com­ mittee which will attempt to reduce the number of personal injuries among trainmen. Among the leaders are W. F. *Thiehoff. division superintendent; H. G. Kastln, master mechanic; B. Violet, road master: J. G. Kelly, mas­ ter carpenter: R. W. Short, swttch foreman; Mark White, conductor; H. J. McCullough, brakeman; W. Thomas, engineer; F. W. Huesemann, fireman. Hlndsboro.--A petition la being cir­ culated In this township to vote on the hard roads proposition at the com­ ing spring election. The petition calls for about twenty-five miles of road. Macon.--Following a family quar­ rel. William Raub, a farmer living five miles east of Macon, was shot and painfully wounded by his son-in law, Gus Rhlnehart, at the home ot Mr. Raub. Rhlnehart and his wife separated a few months ago and Mrs. Rhlnehart went back to live with her father. Staunton --A marriage license was refused Lennie Ferguson and Xise Bessie Cowell of Staunton by Mar­ riage License Clerk Suilth at East St* Louis because of the youthful appear*- ance of the couple. ^ Alton. --Farmers In the vicinity Of Alton are organizing to arrest boy» snd men who are in tbe habit of h>- vading the fields and wantonly shoot­ ing song and other birds not fit to . m In Alton Instructions have bee* Issued to arrest and prosecute NQ, Doys caught shooting birds- t * • '•£ V--