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CHAPTER IX. Am THE OLD ss ?*• /*•- > ;Yvi ?IS . CHAPTER VII.--Continued. other who had not laughed Brigham himself. For to thUi great sum had been given the gift to look upon men and to know in one, qftow uwe^i of his wonderful eyes allHlneir strength and all their weakness. He had listened with close attention to the remarkable plan suggested by this fiery young zealot, and he studied him now with a gaze that wao kind. A no­ ticeable result of this attitude of Brigham's was that those who had laughed became more <jr leas awkward ly silent, while the Entablature of Truth, in the midst of his pantomime, froze into amazement. "W'd better consider that a little," said Brigham, finally. "You can'talk it over with me to-night. But first you go get your stuff unloaded and get kind of settled. There's a cabin Just beyond my two up the street here that you can move into." He put his large hand kindly on the other's shoulder. "Now run and get fixed and come to my house for supper along about dark." Somewhat cooled by the laughter of the others, but flattered by this con­ sideration from the Prophet, the young man had gone thoughtfully out to his wagons and driven on to the cabin indicated. Brigham talked to him late that night, advancing many cogent reasons why it should be unwise to make war at once upon the nation of Gentiles to the east Of these reasons the one that had greatest weight with his listener was the assurance that such a course would not at present be pleas­ ing in the sight of God. To others, touching upon the matter of superior forces they might have to contend with,, he was loftily inattentive. From matters of civil government the talk ranged to affairs domestic. ^ "Tell me," said the young man, "the truth of this new order of celestial marriage." And Brigham had become animated at once. . "Yes," he said, "when the family organization was revealed from Heav­ en, and Joseph began on the right and the left, to add to his family, oh, dear, what a quaking there was in Israel! But there it was, plain enough. When you have received your endowments, keys, blessings, all the tokens, signs, and every preparatory ordinance that can be given to a man for his entrance through the celestial gate, tinea you can see It." He gazed a moment Into the fire of hickory logs before which they sat, and then went on, more confidentially: "Now you take that promise to Abraham--'Life up your eyes and be­ hold the stars. So shall thy seed be as numberless as the stars. Go to the seashore and look at the sand, and be­ hold the smallneas of the particles thereof--I am giving you the gist of the Lord's words, you understand-- 'and then realize that your seed shall be as numberless as those sands.' Now think for a minute how many particles there are, say in a cubit foot of sand- about one thousand million particles, Think of that! In eight thousand years, if the inhabitants of earth In­ creased one trillion a centiiry, three cubic yards of sand would still con­ tain more particles than there would be people on the whole globe. Yet there you got the promise of the Lord in black and white. Now how was Abraham to manage to get a founda­ tion laid for this mighty kingdom? Was he to get it through one wife? Don't you see how ridiculous that is? Sarah saw it, and Sarah knew that unless seed was raised to Abraham he would come short of his glory. So what did Sarah do? She gave Abra­ ham a certain woman whose name was Hagar, and by her a seed was to be raised up unto him. And was that all? No. We read of his wife Ketiirah, and also of a plurality, of wives which he had in the sight and favor of God, and from whom he raised up many sons. There, then, was a foundation laid for the fulfillment of that grand promise concerning his seed." He peered again into the- fire, and added, by way of clenching his argu­ ment: "I guess it would have been rather slow-goii)g, if the Lord had con­ fined Abraham to one wife, like some of these narrow, contracted nations of modern Christianity. You see, tl}ey don't know that a man's posterity in this world is to constitute his glory and kingdom and dominion in the world to come, and they don't know, either, that there are thousands of choice spirits in the spirit world wait­ ing to tabernacle in the flesh. Of course, there are lots of these things that you ain't ready to hear yet, but now you know that polygamy is nec­ essary for our exaltation to the full­ ness of the Lord's glory in the eternal world, and after you study it you'll like the doctrine. I do; 1 can swallow it without greaaing my mouth!" He prayed that night to be made holy as Thy servant Brigham is holy; to hear Thy voice as he hears it; to be made as wine as he, as true as he, even as another Lion of the Lord, so that I may be a rod and staff and comforter to these buffeted chil- " dren of Th|ne." His prayer also touched on one of ^ tike matters of their talk. "But, O Lord, teach me to be 9ontent without U thrones and dominion In Thy King- i: dom if to gain these I must have I many wives. Teach me to abase my- self, to be a servant, a lowly sweeper it. in the temple of the Most High, for I would rather be lowly with her I love than exalted to any place whatsoever II with many. Keep in my sinful heart I the face of her who has left me to | dwell among the Gentiles, whose hair is melted gold, whose eyes are azure • deep as the sky, and whose arms once opened warm for me. Guard her espe­ cially, O Lord, while she mnat com-i pany with Gentiles, for she 11 not -r.I M- wmted to their wiles; and la Thine own good time bring her head un­ harmed to its home on Thy servant'* breast." "Yon have built me up," he confided to Brigham, one day. "I feel to rejoice in iftjr strength." And Brigham waa highly pleased. "That's good, Brother Joel. The host of Israel will soon be on the move, and I shouldn't wonder if the Lord had a great work tor you. I can see places where you'll be just the tool he needs. 1 mistrust we sha'nt have everything peaceful even now. The priest in. the pulpit is thorning the politician against us, gouging him from underneath--he'd never dare do it openly, tor our Elders could crimson his face with shame--and the minions of the mob may be after us again. If they do, I can see where you will be a tower of strength In your own way." "It's all of my life, Brother Brig* ham." « "I believeit I guess the time has come to make you an Elder." And so on a late winter afternoon In the quiet of the Council-House, Joel Rae was ordained an Elder after the order of Bfelchlsedek; with power to preach and administer In all the ordi­ nances of the church, to lay on hands, to confirm all baptized persons, to •heir cries come not up rate the earn of the Lord against His "And if ye do this wttfc * pari heart, with all ffUthfulne*,' ye shall bebfcessed in your flteckaandlh gnd in yo»r fields and iuyonr families. For I am the Lord yo«r God, even the God of your the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. I am He who led the' of Israel out of the land of and t»y arm la stretched out in theae last days to save my people of Israel. "Fear not Otoe enemies, tor they are in my hand*, and t will domy pleasure with them. "My people must be tried In all things, that they may be Worthy to receive the glory that I have in store for them, even the glory of Zion; and he that will not receive chastise­ ment is not worthy of my Kingdom. So no more at present. ' Amen and Amen!" This was what he had longed for each winter night when he had seen the sun go down,--the word of the Lord to follow that sun on over the rim into the pathless wilderness, in­ fested by savage tribes and ravenous beasts, abounding in terrors un­ known. Early In April the life began to stir more briskly in the great camp that sprawled along either side of the swollen, muddy river. From dawu to dark each day the hills echoed with the noise of many works, the streets were alive with men and women go­ ing and coming on endless errands, and with excited children playing at games inspired by the occasion. Wag- o^s were mended and loaded with provisions and tools, oxen shod, ox bows renewed, guns put in order, bul­ lets moulded, and the thousand de­ tails perfected of a migration so hazardous. They were busy, noisy, excited, happy days. At last, in the middle of April, the signs were seen to be right. Grass grew and water ran, and their part, allotted by the Lord,, was to brave the dangers of that forbidding land pi "Keep in My Sinful Heart tba Fans Mer Who Has Left te the Gentiles." I Among anoint tlmaflUoted with oil, and to seal upon them the blessings of health. ,In his hard, narrow bed that night, where the cold came through the un- chinked logs and the wind brought him the wailing of the wolves, he prayed that he might not be too much elated by this extraordinary distinc- tio*. • , • v 4HAPTEH *W. \1§t Revelation from the Lord. his little one-roomed cabin, dark, smoky, littered with hay, old blankets, and skins, he heard excited voices outside, one early morning in January. He opened the door and found a group of men discussing a miracle that had been wrought over­ night. The Lord had spoken to Brigham and word had come to Zion to move toward the west He hurried over to Brigham's house and by that good man was shown the word of the Lord as it had been writ­ ten down from his lips. With emo­ tions of reverential awe he read the inspired document "The Word and Will of the Lord Concerning the Camp of Israel in its Journeyings to the West" Such was its title. "Let all the people," it began, "of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, be organized into com­ panies with a covenant and a promise to keep all the statutes of the Lord our God. "Let the companies be organized with captains of hundreds and cap­ tains of fifties and captains of tens, with a President ^and Counsellor at their head under the direction of the Twelve Apostles. , "Let each company provide itself with all the teains, wagons, provi­ sions, and all other necessaries for the journey. "Let every man use all his influ­ ence and property to" remove tills peo­ ple to the place where the Lord shall locate a stake of Zion, and let them share equally in taking the poor, the widows, and the fatherless, so that that lay tmde*ttig$ western sun. Then came a day of farewells and merry­ making. In the afternoon, the day. being mild and sunny, there was a dance in the bowery,--a great arbor made of poles and brush and wat­ tling. Here, wnere the ground bad been trodden firm, the age and ma­ turity as well as the youth and beauty of Israel gathered in such poor festal .array as they had been able to save from their ravaged stores. The Twelve ApoBtles led off in a double cotillion, to the moving strains of a violin and horn, the lively Jingle of a string of sleigh-bells, and the genial snoring of a tambourine. Then came dextrous displays in the dances of our forbears, who followed the fiddle to the Fox-chase Inn or Garden of Gray's Ferry. There were French Fours, Copenhagen jigs, Virginia reels, -- spirited figures blithely stepped. And the grave-faced, square- jawed Elders seemed as eager as the unthinking youths and maidens to throw off for the moment the burden of their cares. From midday until the April sun dipped below the sharp skyline of the Omaha hills, the modest revel en­ dured. Into the Wilderness. On to the West at last to build the house of God in the* Oil to what Daniel Webster styled "A region of savages and beasts, of deserts, erf shifting sands •ad whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs." The little band of pioneers chosen to -break a way for the main body of the 8aints consisted of 143 men, three women, and two children. They were to travel in 73 wagons, drawn by horses and oxen. They knew not where they were to stop, but they were men of eager initiative, fearless and determined; and their consola­ tion was that while their exodus into the desert meant hardship and griev­ ous suffering, it also promised them freedom from Gentile interference. It was not a fat land into which they were venturing; but at least it was a land without a past, lying clean as it came from the hand of its maker, where they could be free to worship God without fearing the narrow judg­ ment of the frivolous. Instructed lu the sacred mysteries revealed to Joseph Smith through the magic light of the Ur!m and Thummim, and sus­ tained by the divine message en­ graved on the golden plates he had dug up from the hill of Cumorah, they were now ready to feel their way across the continent and blase a trail to the new' Jerusalem. They went in military style with due precautions agaiafft surprise by the Lamanites--tho wretched red remnant of Abrati%m'a seed--that swarmed on every 'Side. Brigham Young was lieutenant gen­ eral; Stephen Markham was colonel; the redoubtable John Pack was first major, and Shadrach Roundy, second. There were two captains of hundreds and fourteen captains of tens. The orders of the lieutenant general re­ quired each man to walk constantly beside his wagon, leaving it only by his officer's commands. To make the force compact, the wagons were to move two abreast where they could. Every man was to keep his weapons loaded. If the gun wad a caplock, the cap was to be taken off and a piece of leather put on to exclude moisture and dirt; if a flintlock, the filling was to be taken out and the pan filled with tow or cotton. Their march was not only cautious but orderly. At. five a. m. the bugle sounded for rising, two hours being allowed for prayers and breakfast. At night each man had to retire to 1iis wagon for prayer at eight-thirty, and to rest at nine. If they camped by a river they drew the wagons into a semicircle with the' river at its base. Other times the wagons made a circle, a fore-wheel of one touching a rear wheel of the next, thus pro­ viding a corral for the stock. In such manner was the wisdom of the Lord concerning this hegira supplemented in detail by the worldly forethought of his servant Brigham. They started along the north bank of the Platte river under the auspic­ ious shine of an April sun. A better route was along the south bank where grass was more plentiful and the Indians less troublesome. But along the south bank parties of migrating Gentiles might also be met, and these sons of perdltlen were to be avoided at any cost--"at least for the present," said Brigham, in tones of sage significance. And so for 200 miles they broke a new way over the plains, to be known years after as "the old Mormon trail," to be broadened later by the gold- seekera of forty-nine, and still later to be shod with steel, when the mira­ cle of a railway was worked in the desert. Joel Rae, walking beside his wagon, meditated chiefly upon the manner in which his Witness would first mani­ fest itself. The wonder came, in a way, while he thufr meditated. Late one afternoon the scouts thrown in advance came hurrying back to re­ port a large band of Indians strung out in battle array a few miles ahead. The wagons were at once formed five abreast, their one cannon was wheeled to the front, and the company ad­ vanced in close formution. Perceiv­ ing these aggressive maneuvers, the Indians seemed to change their plan and, instead of coming on to attack, were seen 90 be setting fire to the prairie. * The result might well have been toward the train. Joel Rae saw it; saw that the time had come for a miracle if the little company of Saints was to be saved a serious rebuff. He quickly entered his wagon and began to pray. He prayed that the Lord might avert this calamity and permit the handful of faithful ones to pro­ ceed in peace to fashion His temple on earth. When he began to pray there had been outside a woeful confusion Of sounds.--scared and plunging horses, bellowing oxen, excited men shouting to the stock and to one another, the barking of dogs and the rattling of the wagons. Through this din he prayed,, scarcely hearing his own voice, yet feeling within himself the faith that he knew must prevail. And then -as he prayed be became con­ scious that these noises had subsided to a wonderful silence. A moment this lasted, and then he heard it broken by a mighty shout of gladness, followed by excited calls from one man to another. (TO BE CONTINUED.) "«Wf . PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BY LARGE PRODUCERS. PENALTIES ARE PROVIDED Measure in Illinois Assembly Intended ?s< |pr the Protection of Smaller V"' Business Men--Jail Sen*. tence for Violation, v Springfield.--A bill prohibiting un­ der severe penalties discrimination by large producers or jobbers in the sale of any commodity was introduced in the upper house by Senator Walter Clyde Jones. The bill, which is understood to be aimed at the Standard Oil company and other monopolies, provides that the low­ ering of the sale prica of a com­ modity with the intention of forc­ ing a small competitor out of business shall be punishable with a fine of $500 to $1,000 or a year's Imprisonment in tlie county jail, or both fine and Im­ prisonment s, Want $5,000,000 From I. & < * * For the first time since the Illinois Central Railway investigation was started Governor Deneen has made an official statement of the amount which the state hopes to recover from that company. He spoke before the sen­ ate appropriations committee, explain­ ing the reasons which required an ad­ ditional allowance of $150,000 for the prosecution of the suits agalnBt the railroad and gave the total amount of the claim as $5,361,304. As a result of his statement the committee imme­ diately voted to recommend two bills for passage, one giving the governor $100,000 for further conduct of the in­ vestigation, and the other appropri­ ating $50,000 tor the use of Attorney General Stead in suits which have been started In the supreme court House Concurs with Senate. After a debate, in which Mr. Riley, of Will county, opposed what he con­ sidered the policy of designating par­ ticular water ways for favoritism, the house concurred in the senate amend­ ment to the joint resolution adopted by the house appealing to the Illinois delegation in congress to work for a distribution of the rjy»r and harbors appropriation by congress which will be more equitable and more favorable to Illinois. The purport of the senate amendment to the house resolution was to strike out the per­ sonal criticism of Theodore E. Burton, chairman ot the rivers and 'harbor* committee. Foedand Dairy Bill. pu^etood and details to the 'iilk'^lliilipttced %T re and a strong efort to • secdre its passage. Some opposition is expected from the creamery interest#, as the standards of milk products are to be raised, but the wholesale grocers are said to be hi favor of It as are other interests which will be affected. The opposition expected from the dairy interests will simmer down, it is kelHwfed, when it Is known that the changes asked id the state law will only raise the stand* ards of milk and its products up to the requirements in the national law. Thus, as in the case df milk, the re> quired amount of milk fat being raised from three to three and one-quarter per cent, there will be no advi to dealer to advertise Wisconsin Indiana milk as being better ttujkn that of other dealers because his Is under government inspecti(«U ti ' ' Locat Option Issue Up, The local ciption issue is lalrty open­ ed in the house now. the bill drafted by the Anti-Saloon league bSing intro-' duced by Representative H. L. Shel­ don, chairman of the judiciary com­ mittee, to which committee the meas­ ure has been sent. Senator Orville F. Berry consented to take charge of the bill in the senate, and introduced it in the upper house of the legislature. The bill provides for the creation by popular vote of anti-saloon territory within which the sale of intoxicating liquors and the licensing of the same shall be prohibited. Anti-saloon terri- tority means all territory within the limits of any county, town, precinct, city, village, ward, or ward subdivis­ ion. "Ward subdivision" means any voting precinct or election precinct which is a subdivision of a ward less than the whole ward. Voting on anti- saloon propositions I* to be done at regular elections. For Waterway to the Gulf. A joint resolution has been present­ ed to the legislature memorallzing con­ gress to provide larger appropriations for the improvement ot the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and for a deep waterway to the gulf. It requests that $300,000, which it is proposed shalll be given for the improvement of the Mis­ souri river, be increased to $1,000,000 and that $3,000,000 be appropriated for the improvement of the Mississippi from St. Louis to (Jairo, and from St. IJOUIS to St. Paul. The resolution also askB that encouragement be given the deep waterway project v ^ Lawmakers All Go Home. Both branches of the legislature ad journed Ian. 31 for the week. The early adjournment was decided upon over the protest of some of the house leaders, who felt that it was time to get down to business. The Anti-Saloon league's local option bill was introduced by Senator Berry at the request of the league. There is said to be a feeling among country members that county unit pro­ vision will prove popular with their constituents. This is one of the clauses over which a contest Is ex­ pected, especially in the house. Deneen's Appointments Go 6#iv The senate took no action in con­ firmation of Gov. Deneen's appoint­ ments. It was said that Senator Homer Gal pin had an objection to B. A. Eckhart's holding positions as West Park commissoiner and member of the railroad and warehouse com­ mission, and desired that confirmation be deferred until he could be present It is probable that the senate will fol­ low the precedents set by many other senates of Illinois and withhold con­ firmation until later in the session. Meanwhile there will be no trouble, and the appointees will continue to hold office. Election Is Ordersd. An election for first lieutenant and such other vacancies as may occur will be held in Company B of the Fifth infantry, Illinois National Guard, February 5. Other orders issued In­ clude permission Jo-4jjie cadet battal­ ion of the Park Presbyterian church at Streator to drill and parade with disastrous, as the wind was blowing^ ^rjpas but without ammunition until 4P- The Letter Was From His Sister Husband's Wife Did Not Know TMf and Jealousy Coat Ufa. Charles Hepburn, of Newcastle-on- Tyne hadn't the slightest reason for thinking hia wife was jealous of him. Therefore when he received a letter from another woman asking him to meet her at a certain hour he carried the letter home in his pocket instead of destroying it In going through his pockets at night the wife found the letter. She made no remarks, except to herself, but started to be at the place appointed and face the guilty pair. * Everything* was all right up to this point but in walking to the eor&ar mentioned in the letter the wife was run down and killed by an omnibus and the husband came along just in time to identify the body. She had the letter on her person and the hus­ band speedily 'proved that it was his cwn sister he was going to meet. It is useless to point out the moral in this. Wives have been going through their husbands' pockets ever since pockets were a feature, and they have also been finding letters from other women, and this sad trag­ edy will have no general effect There is always hope in the womanly breast of catching the husband dead to rights, and if she' keeps on long December 31, 1907. Corporal Eric B. Smith and Private Harold A. Mosher are honorabiy discharged from the signal corps and Private "George L. Goetz from Troop A, First cavalry. Charitable Appropriation Sills. In the house Representative Shana- han and in the senate Senator Gard­ ner introduced the charitable appro­ priation bills. The bills ask for a total of $4,729,000 for ordinary expenses. Another bill providing $265,000 for the epileptic colony also was introduced, and a third bill appropriating $150,000 for the consumptive colony will fol­ low. These requests added to the appropriations asked for repairs and rehabilitation friU of $7,804,9l4i TV- f \ Lack of Quorum 8tops Action., /-v a?* Lack of an emergency quorum th the senate prevented the passage of Gov. iDeneen's $150,000 appropriation tor the Illinois Central suit Jan. 31. There is talk of giving the appropria­ tion a rough ride in the house and re­ versing the appropriations sought, giving the governor only $50,000 and the attorney general the $100,000 de­ sired by the governor. The governor champions the popular eiyl of this measure, however, and it is not* be­ lieved many of |he Republicans will oare to oppose him, ^ . * • Defends Milk Company. Dr. J. A. Egan, secretary of the state board of health, has received ad­ vices from f>r, E. F. Baker, special Inspector, sent to Genoa Junction, Wis., to Investigate the reported pre­ valence of scarlet fever among the families of employes ^>f the Borden Milk company, which supplies milk to Chicago, Evanston and other cities of northern Illinois. Dr. Baker states that in his opinion the charges against the plant at Genoa Junction ire un­ founded. . Charity Estimatea Presented. f > Secretary W. C. Graves, of the state board of charities, laid before Gov. Deneen the report of that board, containing the recommendations for appropriations to maintain the state institutions for the next two years. The report shows a reduction of abput $1,062,000 from the original estimates, but carries a grand total of $7,804, 916, including $265,000 for a colony of epileptics and $150,000 for a colony of consumptives. cv't § , , -L, " Framing Insurance Sill. '* ' • Mr. Hamlll, Gov. Deneen's formeir law partner, is engaged in drawing up a bill covering industrial Insurance, but just how radical it will be depends on the sentiment of the legislature. It is probable that the industrial in­ surance bill will not appear for two weeks. -• HAPPENINGS OF .;. *LL OVER TH* STATE, V;; GRAFT charges m ade Inveatigation at Peoria Shows Condt> wj' tions to Have Been Unusually Lax • • • --City Officials May Be Drawn ' * Into the Proceedings. "1;"'̂ o fV • • t * ^eprfa.--Charges of graft against ISlEi tie county officials, which have been , before the grand jury for the* past t ~ two weeks, and which show condl- ,kf tlons to have been unusually lax in the hantlling of county money, have resulted in similar charges being in­ stigated against the present and for­ mer city administrations. The reckless handling of city fends and alleged discrepancies In accounts are the charges which will be taken up, it is said, as soon as the grand jury completes the worit of auditing the county books. Rumors that gi ft ft cha,"«sa wOtiM" be preferred against city oSaia&luii** been rife for several day8.\ g|^||<Mr Magistrate Fox, it is claimed, wrong­ fully withheld fees collected In ids office. Other city „ officials, it ia charged, worked in conjunction Wfth contractors 4n the awarding of con­ tracts. Former Mayor E. H. Wood- ruff and several aldermen have come f* in tor a scoring on contracts let tor gfS! a new bridge across.' • the wotta** riverl i LV-'v.' r k j fy. 4 Diphtheria Is Cheeked. , Champaign.--No new cases of diph- theria have been discovered in. ' city, although the health Tlffj", t are watching each suap«$t i and have made cultures of tfe£lilwai>» blngs from the patients' «fcf*f!s hi order to learn whether there are diph- theria germs. The patients whose cases were known about are all doing as well as can be expected and there is said to be nothing at this time to further alarm than has beep by the cases mentioned. Thd health seems to have the d: in hand at this time. Utii ' "•> 5-' v. J* Lad Haa Foot Crushed. Pana.--Elzie Stephens, son of Mr. ; ,v 5 and Mrs. Abraham Stephens, of Owan- 4 ^1; eco, had one of his feet badly cniabed •'•"? iV' in a hay press while at work near "' ^ Owaneco. The bone was protrutt$»|| . a through his shoe when the bystanders ; * 'If got his foot extricated from the press. •>': It is thought that amputation fill he necessary. He is the nephewMrs. J. F. Umpleby, of this city. , „ Froaen to Death on Track. r » Litchfield.--A stranger, thought to be Thomas Liepold, an inmat* of the Soldiers' Home at Danville, noui ^und frozen to death on the righ|f|̂ |ay ot the Illinois Central about two miles south of here. A bottle half filled with whisky was found on his person and the supposi­ tion is that he died from exposure While intoxicated. ««««, Sneezea Hard, Breaks a Rib. tTaukegan. -- Phillip Strobbe^ teamster, sneezed so hard « a rib, and it pained him so fen in a doctor. He is not #rethe cracked the rib, but uittlEpt? It have had something t®' do WltlMiiK jury, Atte* the sneeze he felt tin ff .f| pain for the first time, and when it ' kept up a decfor found *ha4 w»* wrong. . , . " ." License Question to ta issue.' •"* Ridgefarm.--At a meeting of a v••J ̂ number of the representative dti* ," < zens it was decided as a resnlt of the ,' ̂ complaints and trouble caused hy the | granting of the liquor licensee that 5 the issue of the village election to be , fM voted upon would be license or no It cense,. ̂ /.%. • >* Weuld Increase Officers' Salarl̂ k. ̂ Senator Campbell in the senate in­ troduced a bill proposing to increase the salaries of state officers, raising the governor, attorney general and states,treasurer to $10,000, and the sec­ retary of state, state auditor of .ac­ counts, and superintendent of Instruc­ tion to $7,500. Health Situation Unchanged. There has been little change in the disease situation throughout Illinois, according to reports 'received at the headquarters of the state board of health. A case of smallpox was re­ ported at Bradford, Stark county, and the report stated that many" per­ sons had been exposed before the ex­ act nature of the disease had been as­ certained. Another case of the same disease was reported at a country schoolhouse in Osceola township in $tark county, the aame township ia which Bradford is located. Blow to "Rah Rah" Cigaretist. Senator Evans in the senate com­ mittee on license reported out with favorable recommendation the bill which seeks to prohibit any college student under the age of 21 years from smoking cigarettes, cigars or te bacco in any form. Special discrim­ ination is made against the collegiate cigarette and pipe because a person not a student may smoke either on reachirij; the age erf 18 years. If a --, -- .v -- --- , student he would not be permitted enough she' will prob^b^jf these luxuries nptil lie bad reached herfeUdeslgn. v-.- -•' ' ; • K " vqtiog age. House Committees Announced. Speaker Shurtleff January 39^ nounced the house committees. > ^ Republican Steering Committee. The Republican steering committee which will decide upon the party pol­ icy and the daily program during the present session of the legislature, was announced by Speaker Shurtleff. Judge Cicero J. Lindly of Bond coun­ ty was made chairman of the commit­ tee anjl Williain G. McRoberts of Pe­ oria is made vice chairman. The other members are: Pierson, Church, Hill, Allen, Gillespie, Cbiperfleld. Shanahan, Provine, Bush. Gaunt, Oglesby, Backus. Dudfeon, K*ttlflmaa «4 0WI|,* . > . Diphtheria at I. O. O. F. Hnmi*-*;-.*- Lincoln.--Owing to an epidemic of diphtheria that %as broken out at the Oddfellows' Orphans' home in this city, the board of health has ordered the institution placed under strict quarantine regulations. ̂ Three , chil­ dren are reported ill *rth the din- ease. Pana Miner Is Killed. Pana.--John Baxter was struck'hp j; a passenger train while going to j work at the mine in Shelbyville. His S body was thrown 20 feet. He lived | only a few minutes after toe was picked up. He leaves a wife and tonr children. ' • /jV* v V - Arrange tor Care of Paupers. < Virginia.--The county commission ers have divided the county into dis­ tricts and asked physicians to bid on furnishing medicines and giving pro fessional attention to paupers ot these districts for the year. Mad Boar Mutilatea Farmer. Sterling.--Fred Janson was attacked by a vicious boar, and although m # will live he was terribly mutilated. Much of the flesh was torn from his. # faee and limbs.... '.y*. * j Smash Up Slot Machines. ̂ Chicago.--One hundred slot ntn> chines of various kinds were demol­ ished by Custodian Dewitt C. Copier. The machines had been confiscated in raids on gambling houses and had been In t&» eustodtan'a often ** months. 'Xt' Ten Hour Day for Interurbana. ; Demands that the street and interur- ban railroads of the state be com­ pelled'to adopt the ten hour werking day for their employes are being made by street railway employes of Illinois, and will be embodied |n a bill to be presented, probably this week. D. Enright, of Chicago, rep­ resenting the legislative committee of the street railway employes, and Charles A. Smith, secretary of the as­ sociation, arrived in Springfield to look after the ii||«?estn «§ the pro­ posed measure. " . ...An*. *1 t L. .-'V v^!..1 Sees Burglare; Goee Insane. Litchfield.--Larkin C. Hart, a well- known citiaen of Litchfield* violently insane from frigjtf When burglars entered his room, where he lay on his sick bed. ;'"J f . "• ' , .... 4- -1 % <r; Case Settled forWH*. • Pana.--George Becker compromised with the Pana Coal c<impaay tor H- 000. Becker was injured in thee fdno here and hrcuigfct suit tor case has been in the conrti fi^se*- eral months, having been ajgMMIISd to the supreme court and reaMHWled to the lower court for retrial. * Seventeen Dead " Paris.--Perry Dnek $•* pital here.: Big Four tod- v, . '• . ;VV