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̂ 4 " 5 " y" '* V #*^>5^" V-- '* • !• * TALE OF THE BUILDERS or THE WEAR. •IT jZzaxziEi£2yz2&Jsr*dB:AZci:/i£ mr SYNOPSIS. The Story Sfpena during a trip of the ""Overland Mail" through the Rocky mountains, while efforts are beUig made to build up the country. "Uncle Billy" Dodge, stage driver, Alfred Vincent, & .young man, and Phineas Cadwallader, in­ troduced. They come across the re­ mains of a massacre. Loiter at Anthony's station th«y find the redskins have car­ ried their destructive work there also. Stella Anthony, daughter of Anthony, keeper of station, is introduced. The trav­ elers find that Anthony has been killed. Vincent with letter of introduction to <3ov. Stanford is assigned his work in unearthinp plans of enemies of railroad, lielng built. He hears of safe arrival of Stella Anthony in a letter from her. Vln- •cent visits town where railroad men are working on road and receives token of 4*teem from Stella, embodied in a«neat lunch and forget-me-not. "Uncie Billy" ^arrives in railroad town, meeting Ste'la. He hears news that desired ral'road bill lias passed. The old stage driver de- <Hdf8 tcMwork close to town in order that ivp may**be able to keep fatherly watch ..^over the young woman. Stella "receives "Uncle Billy" with kisses for he brought T^er a new hat. She is engaged as a tutor for Viola Bernard, daughter of liotel landlady. Vincent visits society «lrclee of enemies of the Central Pacific TH-ilroad and learns their secrets. He Teturns to Stella In the California town, •«ach showing signs of love for the other. Phineas Cadwallader, pushing a rail­ road opposing Central Pacific, reaches mining town and to Stella boasts of suc­ cess of his enterprise. She writes to Alfred Vincent of it. Plying his atten­ tions Cadwallader later insults her ana she is rescued by Gideon, her father's servant who has protected her for years. CHAPTER VIII.--Continued. He looked at her sharply, incredu­ lously; did not give back her smile. ""You looked grown up enough when you walked by with that white-faced Vincent Tuesday. I hate--" "Hush, Gideon! You shall not speak so! He's done you no harm. Do you think you can make me love you by •abusing other men?" He turned away, but * she saw his •dark face cloud to blackness, his hands open and close, his fingers set «leep into his palms. A vertical vein in his forehead grew dark and full, a -sign she dreaded. At last his ang^-y eyes fixed hers, *nd he spoke sullenly, "if it wasa'it for him you'd care for me. He has stolen--" Stella interrupted him desperately. "Gideon, listen! " She caught his arm, and be felt her tremble, though* her look was fearless. "I know I shall never love you as you should be--as I must love the man I marry. You must not expect--not hope for it. I know what such love should be--know I would rather live alone all my life and see the man I loved pass once a year on the street than marry any •other!" ^ "Yes, that's right! But you'd want to kill the woman who kept him from you!" "No, no, no! Por she would be the one he loved! Should I wish to make him unhappy?" H£ started as if struck. He dropped "his head dejectedly. Pity awoke as -danger seemed averted. "Go back to town, Gideon, please. I'm so sorry! I'm--you know I wouldn't willingly liurt you, don't you? Please go!" She stooped and lowered her lids that he might not se£ the trembling tears. But he did not speak; and presently she looked at him again, her gaze drawn by his silence. A tense motionlessness.held him, and she saw a flame rise and gleam in his eyes. "Yes, Stella, I will go. But I shall •come again, another man--though I'll have the^isame heart. Whatever it is that gives a man charm for a woman that I'll find. And you shall 'grow up' very suddenly when next you see me. You shall love me--do you hear, Stel­ la' Don't think I shall fail--you shall love me!" With no good-bye he shot out of tie •copse. v ' It was Stella's first defeat. Be­ wildered, apprehensive, a lonely hour she battled before she felt able to face •again the Argus-eyed little town. As she rose to go a piece of folded paper caught her attention. She picked it up and opened it to find a meaning­ less jumble of words written in a hand she knew was not Gideon's. It must be something belonging to Phineas. Should she retuifn it to him? No. Ev­ idently it was of no importance. She would tear it up. Yet some secondary Impulse imp^Ued her to put it in her pocket; and when she was again at the hotel, to lary it away among her papers. * CHAPTER IX. Alfred Scores for the Company. Gioom filled the small office in Sac­ ramento where the affairs of the Cen­ tral Pacific railr&ad were mapped and ordered. The newspapers had ex­ ploited the organization of the San Francisco ft Washoe Railroad com­ pany in scarehead, dispatch and edi­ torial. • Charles Crocker, waiting alon6, (lowered over the papers in vain search for some grain of comfort. Even the Sacramento Clarion, so long their stanch supporter, was lately lukewarm or silent. He remembered the angry scorn of friends and relatives when he sold his business, literally threw his children's bread into the maw of the railroad. "Idiot!" some had said., "No, crazy! He should be locked up and his property put in his wife's hands!" others had averred. "They were right," the depressed man thought this morning, as he re-. viewed the bitter struggle--the state's reluctant bond issue of a million and a half, her effort to "take back the puny gift," and, when defeated in that, her attempt to evade paying the interest. Thirty miles to the east "The Four" had pushed their enter­ prise with their own stout hearts and purses, only to meet an impregnable wall of resistance. Yet the two black years of waiting had passed, battles had been won. time and confidence Sained; and the long-silent hammers were again ringing their attack upon rock and iron. Daylight had dawned intendent's face. And now this lightning stroke from Nevada! Would those hard-headed miners be so duped? Would they not see the trick, t^e trap? Not see that the beginning of a sccond road would wreck the chances of both? They must see! The Central Pacific must win! Mr. Crocker rose quickly upon the entrance 4>f Mr, Hopkins and the rail­ road president, glad for the interrup­ tion of his unwelcome thoughts. "Tell me what on earth those fel­ lows basp their claim for government aid on?" he asked before the others were seated. "The San Francisoo & Washoe com­ pany claim a shorter, more feasible route than ours, and the certainty of a more speedy arrival at the state line. Here is the way Vincent shows them up." The governor opened a Carson City paper that contained a half-page pictorial map of the San Francisco & Washoe railroad route, showing up its many weak points and the almost in­ surmountable ' difficulties that con­ fronted it. "Did Vincent do that?" The superin­ tendent looked incredulous. "Yes; and more. I am in receipt of CarsonfCity and Virginia papers con­ taining articles showing up the pre­ tensions of the San Francisco & Was­ hoe company in telling sarcasm, and by inference placing our company in I Vincent show 'em up in the papers?" "He hasn't yet." He's sensible as- well as sharp. He told Stewart only enough to get him to declare himself, promising proof when it was needed. Vincent's argument was this: That the people behind the San Fran­ cisco & Washoe railroad aren't dead, if their road is; and unnecessary hos­ tility to their schemes would react un­ favorably on Nevada in higher freight tariffs and in other ways--a matter to be avoided as far as possible while oar road is building." "Mr. Vincent has a long head for one so young." the treasurer said ap­ preciatively. "Yes; Mr. Huntington hasn't over­ estimated him. Vincent says further that we can work better if the oppo­ sition fancies we haven't seen through their little scheme, and of course he is right The boy proposes to leave our employ." "What?" qriejd Mr. Crocker. "After euchring those fellows so slick! What's the matter with him?" The governor's eyes were merry. "He says he's now known as our agent and his usefulness as a secret worker is over for the present. He thinks he should have some incon spicuous position for a time, and sug-* gests that of brakeman, where he can catch a little of what is going on and yet fall out of public view." "That's a good point the boy makf^i about lying low for a while. I'll make him a brakeman as soon as you'll let me have him, governor. He'll skip from freight to passenger in no time." "That'll save us something in sal­ ary; though--" the treasurer paused. "What? You wouldn't reduce his salary, would you?" vociferated Mr. Crocker. "No; I suppose we must not, after what he has accomplished for us." The treasurer's voice was weary. No mother with a lean purse and a hun­ gry six could better plan through sleep­ less hours to make one dollar do the work of two than this watch-dog of the Central Pacific company's treas- word had been from Cobum's, where he had passed safe and on time. „ Bat Cobum's was only at the eastern door-, step of the Sierras! Along Donner's frozen shore, zigzagging up the* awful steeps, across the trackless Summit valley where the summer road lay twice a coach's length beneath the winter snow road--Stella ' trembled with fear and prayed that Uncle Billy's passengers might be men ol courage and strength, young men. Poor Uncle Billy! He was so old! Fifty, forty--even the prime of life is old age to youth so lately embarked on the soul a voyage. Stella turned from the dark land­ scape to read %gain Gideon's letter State Capital News Breezy Gossip, Notes and Doings ̂ of interest at Springfield. M Mr. Crocker Rose Quickly. most favorable light. But you can read these at your leisure. There's great news in Vincent's letter!" The superintendent had lost his despondency. "We did right to trust that young chap. What's the biggest thing he's got to say for himself?" "For us, you mean, don't you, Crock­ er? He's got Senator Stewart out In print against the S. F. & W. proposi­ tion and favoring us; andjthe Nevada legislature has turned the S. F. & W. people down." "That's two items, both large," in­ terjected the exact treasurer. '*"But Vincent's only a boy, and this 1b astute work for an old politician. Isn't he overconfident? Are you sure these things are done to stay?" asked Mr. Crocker, skeptically. "Vincent's all right. You can read for yourself soon. Cadwallader made a big bluff with his petition, but Vin­ cent wasn't idle in the lobby. When the measure came up the Nevada solons asked Cad to show the names and stock subscriptions behind his glittering generality of 'respectable and well-known capitalists and ten niillions.' Cad asked for a week's time to make good and they gave it to him." "What did he do?" Mr. Hopkins in­ quired with eager interest. "By George! He skinned out to Placerville, and a man Viacent hired went on the same stage. That rail­ road company wa$ a myth; didn't even exist on paper till Cad arrived and set 'em sharp at it, with McLane at the head. They organized then; and how much stock do you suppose was sub­ scribed after all that bluster?" "A million?" asked the superin­ tendent, tentatively. "Just $9,000!" The two listeners were amazed, un­ convinced. "That's a fact," the governor reas­ serted. "But what about the ten millions capital?" Charles Crocker wondered if the black goblins of the morning had been, after all, only scarecrows of his own conjuring. "That's what they are going to get from the government." The president smiled at the incredulous faces be­ fore him. Scorn tinged the relief in the super- Why, they're htg- ury, a treasury hardly besieged and seldom replenished. Not even his as­ sociates knew how, back of his gentle courtesy, always stalked the gaunt ghost of bills nearly payable, of bills due. Yet ever upon the threshold of exposure, Mark Hopkins laid them low. The Central Pacific company never failed to meet its obligations. ever fhe eastern horizon. fools than Thompson's colt! Did CHAPTER X. The Lonely Battle with the Storm. A fierce April storm, the severest of the year! Wet snow, melting almost as it fell, wrapped the town in a sheet of red mud. It was wearing toward dark, and the stage, seven hours late, had not yet arrived. Stella stood alone by the hotel office window looking up at the mountain peaks, which loomed dis­ tant and ghostly through* the fitful flakes. Rarely did snow fall at that altitude; and its untimeliness, after two months of summer-like spring, doubled Stella's depression. She was worn with anxiety. This was Uncle Billy's trip. The wires bad gone down. The last "It's Choctaw to Me." that had come the day before, an­ other perturbing portent. It was dated at Virginia City. "For­ tune has been good to me, sweet Star," he wrote; "so good that I pour libations to her shrine and trust her to give me in due time the onei great gift that is all of life for me. "I'm glad J dared fate. Such in­ credible luck I've had! I was pros­ pecting in the gorge just above your father's old, worked-out mine, and in a dilapidated cabin--built since we left there, it was--I found a- cigar box with a lot of bullion in it. It must have been years there; for it was half- covered with pine needles fallen through a hole in the roof. "I came to this city, sold the stuff, bought stocks, Bold them, bought again, and have now $5,000 'good money in the bank, besides more that I've saved and my stock. That five thousand shall not be touched. It is to found a home, our home! I'm studying men. I'm trying to learn the things you'd have me know, and do something that you won't be ashamed of. I think it will be teaming. There are a couple of outfits here that go at sheriff's sale to-morrow. If I can get them cheap enough, and trusty men, I'll buy, and lease other teams. "And soon I'm coming to you--when I'm used to my cane; and my clothes and I are older friends; and when I've picked up a few more points on stocks --and men. "There's some secret on foot. Cad­ wallader has been here for a week or two. He was blowing harder than ever when he left two days ago; said Virginia was doomed, mines worked 1 out, and a lot more. That means something's in the wind. I look for a strike somewhere--the announcement of it, rather. It has already happened, I'm sure; but the owners are keeping dark till they can buy in all the stock at bed-rock figures. "Good-night, little Star! These long weeks have been years to me. When I come you'll see a different, (lideon-- the same heart, though-f-ahd you'll think me better than the old Gideon, your lover always." It was his first man's letter to Stel­ la. She marveled at his fluency, yet recalled their childish game of post- office and his smoothly worded though ink-blotted epistles. Who was Gideon? Many times she had asked this question of him, once of her father. He told her that Gideon was a waif, and bade her think ol something else. She started from the window with sudden, unaiming energy, as if she would shake free a hand already grasping her. The sharp rap and dull thump of Alvin's alternating crutch and shoe came down the street, wel­ come sounds to her. Like a draught of cool air on a hot cheek, came his m6rry voice. 'Are you here, Miss Stella?" he asked, poking his head through the door into the dim room. "You stood at the window a minute ago." "Yes; and so glad to see you, Al- vin. Come in." "I can't stop a minute. Here's some stuff that's been on my mind ever since it went through on the wire be­ fore daylight yesterday. It's Choctaw to me. Some man's cipher, all right; but I'll bet a cookie that's Blowhard Cad's signature." Stella looked up quickly, apprehen­ sion in her face. "That meanB--" (TO BE CONTINUED.) Couldn't Find The Remnants Remarkable Disappearance That Puz­ zled the Hired Girl. A woman who goes in for the higheT art has a miniature Venus de Milo standing on the piano, just to show the casual caller that she's wise as to what's what. ^ This woman has the Venus and she also has a new hired girl who comes from furrin shores. In dusting the piano the other morn­ ing, while her mistress was out do­ ing the marketing, the girl bowled over the Venus. She picked it up, picked up also a chip or two that had been knocked off the statuette, and then set it tat place and sized it op to see if it looked all right. When the mistress arrived home an hour later she found the girl down on her knees peering under the piano, look­ ing over the floor and looking in vari­ ous other directions, all of which sug­ gested that she might be looking for something. "And what is the matter?" asked the mistress of the home in surprise. "Oh, I knocked over the statchoo," lamented the girl, pointing to Venus. "But it doesn't seem to have dam­ aged it any." "Yes, it did," insisted the girl, al­ most tearfully. "It broke off both arms, ma'am and I haven't been able to find the pieces." Springfield.--Widely varying tem­ peratures, reaching extremes of 39 de­ grees and 97 degrees, marked condi­ tions in Illinois, as shown by the weekly bulletin issued by William G. Burns, director of the Illinois section of the weather bureau. United States department of agriculture. Summar­ izing conditions of one week Director Brians says: "A great contrast in temperature obtained. The week opened very cool with frost-forming temperature in por­ tions of the central and northern dis­ tricts. A decided temperature reac­ tion on the 18th was attended by maximum temperatures near 90 de­ grees and there were increasing high temperatures to the close of the week, culminating In a maximum of 90 de­ grees. and there were increasing high temperatures on the 21st in the cen­ tral district. The mean temperature l'or the state' was slightly above nor­ mal; the temperature extremes were 97 and 39 degrees. The precipitation was deficient in all sections, the great­ est deficiency occuring in the central and southern districts, where the rain­ fall was practically nothing. Reports not shown in the published report In­ dicate rainfall in practically satisfy­ ing quantities in the northern district; otherwise moisture is needed in other parts of the state. The percentage of bright sunshine was the greatest of the season, the average for the state being about 80 per cent." Museum Is Enlarged. In the allotment of space since the removal of the supreme court to its new building. Secretary Rose has greatly increased the space at the dis­ posal of the Natural History museum. Director A. R. Crook immediately be­ gan the removal of thousands of speci­ mens from the basement of the state house to the museum. These mate­ rials had been stored for years. They consisted of from twenty to thirty thousand specimens of fossils, miner­ als and geological specimens. Among these specimens are materials of great value, both from an educational and entertainment point of view. Every specimen must first be washed and a name given to it. It must be classi­ fied and put in its proper position in the department of Natural History to which it belongs. Unfortunately, a vast amount of labor which has been put on the specimens has been lost since labels and specimens have been mixed and destroyed. The work re­ quired is similar to that in a library when 20,000 books have been cata­ logued, some of them being without title, many of them unbound, and all of them more or less soiled. Ruling on Miners' Act. In an opinion rendered Attorney General Stead holds that the recent miners' qualification act applies only to men actually engaged in cutting and digging coal and has no reference to others employed at the mines. He also holds that managers and examiners who hold certificates from the respec­ tive examining boards must, if they dig or cut coal in addition to their du­ ties, obtain certificates of competency. Miners engaged in their work Jlily 1 and for two years prior to that date are entitled to certificates upon proof of such service without answering the 12 required questions. Everyone to whom a certificate is granted must pay a fee of one dollar. Representatives of the Illinois Coal Operators and United Mine Workers and Assistant Attorney General Woodward held a conference with Gov. Deneen to determine the Cor­ rect construction of certain sections of the new miners' examination law which went into effect. President Walker of the Mine Workers and At­ torney Martin of the operators, were present; Commissioners Talk School Law. Members of the Illinois educational commission, created by the last legis­ lature to codify the school laws of the state and recommend new oi^es, met in conjunction with similar com­ missions from other states at Cleve­ land, O. The occasion was the annual gathering of the National Educational association. In ten other Btates be­ sides Illinois, educational commissions have been authorized by the state leg­ islatures for purposes similar to those for which the Illinois commission was created. As many of the problems with which the various commissioners have to deal are identical the meet ings at the Cleveland gathering were held together for helpful discassion. State Superintendent of Public In struction Francis G. Blair, ex-officio a member of the commission, was pregent, as was also Prof. I. Woods Howerth, secretary of the Illinois commission. Abstracters Elect John J. Pitts. The Illinois Abstracters association at their annual meeting elected John J. Pitts of Bloomington president. Warren R. Hickox of Kankakee vice- president, A. J. Worman of Effingham, secretary; Walter Ayres, treasurer. Change Name of Church Body- The General Missionary and Tract Commission of the German Baptist church of the Brethren certified to the secretary of state to a change of name to the General Mission of the Church of the Brethren. Water Way Plan Gets Setback. Judge Julian W. Mack decided that the Economy Light and Power Com­ pany may maintain its dam in the Des- plaines river at Dresden Heights. Tha decision, which may prove a sethafV to the deep water ways project, holds that the Desplaines river is not a nav­ igable stream, and that the contracts between the Economy company and the "tadpole" canal commissioners ara valid. Through these agreements the company acquired for $2,200 rights which now are valued at something like $15,000,000. Judge Mack also holds that the trustees of the Illinois and Michigan canal did not exceed their power when they gave to the light and power company the right to use the river for overflowing purposes. In dissolving the temporary restrain­ ing order issued by Judge Stough, the court accords the state only one triumphant point. He holds as In valid that clause in the lea9<? which gives the company the right to renew the contract after the expiration of 20 years. This was mentioned in the in­ vestigation before the legislature last fall as the "eternal" clause, and Judge Mack declares it to be invalid because it practically amounts to an out-and- out sale. The decision hits that part of the deep water way plan which con­ templates the use of the Desplaines river as a part of the general scheme. Illinois Underwriters Elect. Fred T. Wise, state agetot of the Home of New York, was unanimously elected president of the Illinois state beard of fire underwriters, the threat­ ened opposition candidacy, with ban­ ners and placards, turning out to bo part of a hoax. Fred H. Btirke, state agent of the fire association, was elected vice-president with equal unanimity. Miss M. T. Tiffany was elected secretary and the executive committee is made up of J. B. Tall- man, Royal exchange; C. L. Dewitt, Newark, and C. W. Goode, German- American. Addresses were made by Pre8totj*T. Kelcey, assistant manager of the Sun; C. M. Cartwright and others. The newly-elected president is the son of Dr. B. T. Wise, one of the first presidents of the state board, who died a few months ago. The ses­ sion was given up to consideration of the recommendations in the report of the executive committee, \ Action was decided upon at several points whore conditions have been disturbed, large­ ly by non-board competition. Special complaint was made of the action of some companies in writing business in the smaller towns, not reporting through the stamping offices, at less than the tariff rates. Dr. James Commissioned by Governor. Dr. Edmund J. James, president of the University of Illinois, was com­ missioned by Gov. Deneen to make a careful study of recent educational de­ velopments in Germany, especially; and also In other continental countries and in Great Britain, in the field of secondary and higher education, to serve as the basis of a report to the state educational commission of Illi­ nois, recently appointed by the gov­ ernor. Dr. James will also inspect the chief veterinary schools in Germany and other European countries for the purpose of gathering Information to serve as a basis of recommendations in regard to the new college of veterin­ ary surgery t»ad research laboratory to be established as a part of the Uni­ versity of* Illinois in Chicago. Dr. James sailed from New York and will reach Berlin about the middle of July. The University of Illinois is one of the largest of the great state univer­ sities which have grown up upon the basis of the federal land grant acts of 1862. The attendance during the past year was 4,763. Landlord Liable for All Damage. The supreme court, speaking through Mr. Justice Farmer, rendered an opin­ ion reversing and remanding the case of Hedlund vs. Geyer, which suit was brought in the circuit court of Cook county for damages under the dram­ shop act, by the minor children of J. L. Hedlund, against the property own­ ers who hail leased their buildings for saloon purposes. In the trial of this case the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $17,500. A new trial was obtained and it was there contended by the defendants that there was no joint liability be­ tween various owners of different buildings used for s.-iloon purposes nor between owners of these buildings and saloon keepers in other buildings. The supreme court rejects <bis contention and holds, in effect, that if one leases bis property to be occupied by a sa­ loon. the landlord becomes liable for all damages, with all other persons. Tent Colony Plan Inaugurated. For several years the questiory of erecting a tent colony for patients suf­ fering from tuberculosis has been un­ der consideration at the Hartonville Asylum for the Incurable Insane, and the plan has. been inaugurated. The colony is exclusively for men and the appropriation used for the institution game from the asylum fund. It is said to be the largest and finest tent col­ ony In the world. While the tent colony has been in vogue but a few years, treating ordinary cases, tuber­ culosis has recently been practiced. Aurora Man Is President. The third annual convention of the Association of City Attorneys and City Clerks of Illinois cities, in ses­ sion in this city, the other afternoon elected the following officers: Charles F. Clyne, city«attorney. Aurora, presi dent; M. T. Rudgren. city clerk. Rock Island, vice-president; J. H. Soldwedel. city clerk, Pekin. secretary; John B. Chick, city clerk, l^eroy. treasurer. Peoria was unanimously selected as the next meeting place, the time to be determined upon by the executive committee. STATE NEWS NOTES ACCOUNTS OF HAPPENINGS ILLINOIS FOR A WEEK. BOY SHOT IN A QUARREL E'ight After Church Fatal to CowM* Youth--Farm Hand Fires Bullet, Wounding Opponent- Escapes. Cowden.--Oliver Ginger, the 19-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Ginger, farmers living near Cowdea, niu shot and killed by Carl Watson, 20 years old, a farm hand near Cowden. The shooting occurred in front of the Free Methodist church. The two youths had seemed to everybody to be oa the best of terms. When they met at the church there were a few words and Watson pulled a 38-callber re­ volver from his pocket and fired once, the bullet hitting Ginger In the side. He died In a few minutes. Several doctors were called but were unable to help the wounded boy. Watson im­ mediately left this vicinity. The sheriff and his deputies tried every way to catch the criminal. He is a native of South Carolina and no ooe seemed to know anything much about him. WOMAN SHOT; SOLDIER ACCUSED Strict Orders Enforced In Camp Lin­ coln as Result of Affray. Springfield.--Ina Smith, keeper of an alleged disorderly resort, was shot in the shoulder by a militiaman. As a result of the affair Col. R. J. Shand. commander of the Third infantry, has clamped the lid down tight on Camp Lincoln. Hereafter no soldier will bef permitted to leave the camp without permission from his captain. Every guardsman must be in camp when taps is sounded, and the countersign will be demanded from each seeking ad­ mission. Private Vance of Company I, Ayrora, was held at the local city prison on the charge of shooting the woman. His bail was fixed at $500. which he was unable to furnish. He denied his guilt New Aldermen for Roetcforri. Rockford. -- Considerable interest was taken in the special city election held here to choose aldermen to talfe the place of the three members of the city council convicted for boodling and forced to retire. The license side won in one ward, while good govern­ ment men were chosen in two wards. i:, Wheat Harvest Near End. Carmi.- -The wheat harvest in soath- ern Illinois was practically finished. The yield, according to forecasts made by harvesters, will be much lighter than last season. In the lowlands the crop was badly damaged by high wa­ ter and on the prairies the beads $ti not All right , Spirit Case Appealed. ^ Bloomington.--An appeal has been granted to the supreme court In the case of James Crumbaugh, the Le Roy land owner, whose estate the heirs seek to divert from the Spiritualistic church. Motion was denied for a aew trial. Killed by Contact with Live Wire. Kankakee.--Charles Leonard, aa electrician, was killed by coming in contact with a wire of 2,220 voltage, and Frank Schutz, a fellow workman, was shocked 1ft trying to save him. '..4i Woman Wants Divorce. Taylorville.--In the circuit court. Mrs. Sarah A. Estes commenced pro­ ceedings against her husband, George E. Estes. street commissioner of Tay­ lorville, for separate maintenance. ' Jgj Thief Returns Watchv Medora.--A troubled conscience after stealing a valuable gold watch from the residence of O. W. Wheeler, prompted a sneak thief to return the timepiece to its owner. •••hUr' Relatives Gone, Chjld Eats Lye. St. Charles.--While his relatives were attending a funeral, Arvis, the 18-months^old son of John Nichols, part of the contents of a can of iy» and died in great agony. Blaze Damages Yates Home. Springfield.--An overheated electric iron in the sewing room at the resi­ dence of former Gov. Yates caused ft. fire which did considerable damage Scratches Foot; Dies of Tetanus. Morrison.--Little flve-yearold Grace Brown, who scratched her right foot on a rusty nail while playing on her father's farm, died of tetanus. Three Lincoln Men Mine Examiners. Lincoln.--James Cameron, Edward Maher and August Trommer, Sr., all of Lincoln, were named mine examin­ ers for Logan county. Falls from Train; Is Kitted. Champaign.--Oscar J. Rowlett at Rantoul died from injuries received by falling from a train on the Illinois Central railroad. < Aged Man's Body Found in Wa»lp^|f Centralia.--C. O. Brooks, aged W " tr- years, was found dead in a well eight miles north of here. his death was acidental. It is believed i T - -t: "J :" 1 Capital Is Increased. Stockholders of the Illinois Corn exposition met .-.nd voted to increase the capital stock from $10,000 to $20.- 000 This action was taken to meet the increased demand from those who desire to assist in the big show. The extra issue of stock will consist of 400 shares in denomination of $25 each. All the original stockholders were rep­ resented at- the meeting, an adjourn­ ment having been taken for this pur­ pose. The increase of the capital stock is taken to mean that the sno> cess of the move is assured. Falls from Boat; Is Drowned. " Union Grove.--Cass Nicholson fall from a boat while fishing in Sunftsh lake and was drowned. : . • 1 ,, i : Sunstroke Is Fatal. - vVi Collinsville.--Edward Monroe. aged 40 years, died in Collinsvttle frosi stroke. * '-- Students Enroll at MtWkia. Decatur.--Among the student* eat- rolled for the summer s««sx>a at Jaasss Millikin university are: I. O HsNh win, Kenney; Mary A. Barry. Xiantie; Eva B. Cross. Mt. .\abwra; Miaala Curdle, Mt. Olive. C. M. , . : Loaati. :• - Larimer Talks on Waterway. Pittstiekl --A deep waterway me*** - tag was held in this city. CoajtriKQ* ff.. - 4 ̂ men William Lortmer and H. T ;/?. and Judge Cicero J. llodtey a$Jr*»NA *1 the laeatiag. • ' . i