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*• r-v^Si • O'* < sr&lH, "' •?&•'. •' NraswvM - . . . • - . - # £ ' %ffif l£F¥ i:BJ# * w. ^ jjis'sl.r4,~"t *y V, ' ' S;3* ?C^;yfe r;fc A TALE OF THE OLD WEST C_£K HADKV LLON WILSON • •• "afmwr «OJ arlomfiar* fkmt. AUTHOR or ncanwpot ItfBtASMMVff COMOAMV " v CHAPTER XXXIV.--Continued. I ; ' But Prudence was not there, and is® wondered with dismay if she had * joined the rest of the village and / fone out to meet the prophet He bad seen the last of them going along -//„ the dusty road to the north, men and s, ; women and little children, hot, ex­ cited, and eager. It did not seem like • .her to be among them, and yet ex­ cept for those before him working about the bowery, and a few mothers with children fn arma£ the town was ' apparently deserted. . But even aa he waited he heard tha vinHlnff nlni"**! r.f ft bugle, and the -f;' the winding alarm of a fe#4.*aw a scurrying of hacks in „ *\ dfteaty hasce far up the road. The Wild , Ram of the Mountains gave a few hurried commands for the very final touches, called off his force from the now complete bowery, and a solitary Gentile was for the moment left to | v- J greet the oncoming procession. ^ * Presently, however .from the dark ^ f : " Interiors of the log houses caipe the -! mothers with babies, a few aged sires C too feeble for the march, and such of •$ the remaining housewives as could |it, leave for a little time the dinners " they were cooking. They made but • a thin line along the little street, and follett saw at once that Prudence was not among them. He must wait and . see if Bhe marched In the approach­ ing procession. Already the mounted escort was -coming into view, four abreast, cap­ tained by Eider Wardle, who, with sash of red and gold slanted across . his breast, was riding nervously, as •* his seat could be kept only by the most skillful horsemanship, a white mule that he was known to treat with ^ fearless disrespect on days that were **.' not great. Behind the martial /: Wardle was Peter Peterson, Peter • ^ Long Petereon, and Peter Long Peter Peterson, the most martial looking ? men in Amaion after their leader; and then came a few more fours of proud­ ly mounted Saints. After this escort, separated by an Interval that would let the dust set­ tle a little, came the body of the pro­ cession. First a carriage containing the prophet,* portly, strong-faced, easy of .manner, as became a giant who felt kindly in his might. By his side was his wife, Amelia, the reigning fa­ vorite, who could play the piano and sing "Pair Bingen on the Rhine" with a dash that was said to be superb. Behind this float of honor came other carriages bearing the prophet's coun­ sellors, the apostles, chief bishop, bishops generally, elders, priests and •deacons, each taking precedence near the prophet's carriage by seniority of rank or ordination. Along the line of carriages were outriders, bearing proudly aloft the banners upon which suitable devices were printed: *' "God Bless Brigham Young!" "Hail to Zion'a Chief!" "The Lion of the Lord." ^ "Welcome to our Mouthpiece of God!" Behind the last carriage came the citizens in procession, each detach- ment with its banner. The elderly brethren stepped briskly under "Fath­ ers in Israel"; the elderly sisters gazed proudly aloft to "Mothers in Israel." Then came a company of young men whose banner announced them as "De­ fenders of Zion." They were followed by a company of maidens led by Ma- 'tJK ' tilda Wright, striving to be not Ux\ *) ' much elated, and whose banner bore the inscription, "Daughters of Zion." At the last came the children, openly set up by the occasion, and big-eyed with importance, the boy who carriit! their banner, "The Hope of Israel," jgoing with wonderful rigidity, casting not so much as an eye either to right or left. ^ But Prudence had not been in this triumphal column, nor was she among any of the women who stood with chil­ dren In their arms, or who rushed to the doors with sleeves rolled up and a long spoon or fork in their hands. Then all at once a great inspiration came to Follett. When the last dusty little white-dressed girl had trudged solemnly by, and the head* of the pro­ cession was alredy winding down the lane that led to Elder Wardle's place, he called himself a fool and turned bach. He walked like a man who has suddenly remembered that which he should not have forgotten. And yet he bad remembered nothing at all. He bad only thought of a possibility, but one that became more plausibly with «very step; especially when he reached the Rae house and found it ds- eerted. Whenever he thought of his stupidity, which was every score of "steps, he would tweak into a little trot that made the willows along the creek . on his left run into a yellowish green blur. jL I ?! He was breathing hard by the time sF ; Jhe had made the last ascent and stood jl® the cool shade of the comforting his eyes caught a gleam of white and red under the pine, touched to move­ ment by a low-swinging breeze. It was her hat swaying where she had hung it on a broken bough of the tree she liked to lean against. And there was her book; not the Book of Mormon but a secular, frivolous thing called "Leaflets of Memory, an Illum­ inated Annual for the Year 1847." It was lying on its face, open at the sentimental tale of "Anastasia." He put !t down where she had left it The canyon was narrow and she would hardly leave the waterside for the eteep trail. She would be at the up­ per cascade or in the little park above it, or somewhere between. He crossed the stream, and there in the damp sand was the print of a small heel where she had rflade a long step from the last stone. He began to hurry again, clambering recklessly over boulders, or through the underbrush where the sides of the stream were steep. When the upper cascade came in sight his heart leaped, for there he caught the fleeting shimmer of a skirt and the gleam of a dark head. He hurried on, and after a moment's climb had her in full view, standing on the ledge below which the big trout lirwiatfa the d --what did you ran Corf* "I?--run?" i Again the curving bliokbcows want Op in frank surprise, * ' ,, , "Yes,--you run!" He took; a threatening step forward, and the brows promptly fall to a seri­ ous intentness of his face. "What did you do it for?" Ebe stood up. "What ?dM I 4» St tot?--what did I do It for?" But his eyes were searching her and she had to lower her own. Then she looked up again, and laughed ner­ vously. "I--I dont know--I couldn't help it." Again she laughed. "And why did you run? how did you think of coming here?" "I'll tell you how, now Pre caught you." He started toward her, but she was quickly backing away into the opening of the little park, still laugh­ ing. ^ ) "Look out for that blow-down back of you!" he called. In the second that she halted to tcirn and discover his trick he had caught her by the arm. "There--I caught you fair--now what did you run for?" "I couldn't help it" Her face was crimson. His own was pale under the tan. .They could hear the beating of both their liearta. But with bis cap- tare mafifl so boldly be was dumb, knowing not what to say. The faintest pulling of tfie impris­ oned arm aroused him. "I'd "a* followed you till Christmas come if you'd kept on. Clear over the divide and over the whole creation. I never would have given you up. I'm never going to." He caught her other wrist and sought to draw her to him. With head down she came, slowly, yielding yet resisting, with little shud­ ders of terror that was yet a strange delight, with eyes that dared give him but one quick little look, half pleading and half fear. But then after a few tense seconds her straggles were all ^ Alpines. He waited until his pulse be- |g V came Blower, wiping his forehead with ;4w^he blue neckerchief which Prudence Vi- -fttad suggested that she liked to see r • Ihim wear in place of the one of scar-, ?Y let. When he had cooled and calmed jhimself a little, he stepped lightly on. ^Around the big rock he went, over the "duwa timber" beyond it, up over the ise down which the waters tumbled, then sharply to the right where :»*|their nook waa, a call to her already ion his lips. • But she was not there. He could ;pee the place at a glance. Nothing be- f|>ow met his eye but the straight red ^fuukti ui the piu6S SSu the brGnu Car- jjpet beneath them. A jay posed his • "• Jdeep shining blue on a cluster of scar- .Jj«fet of sumac, and, cocking his crested screamed at him mockingly. ^spThe canyon's cool breath fanned him ;-^r3Mid the pine-tops sighed and sang. At ^-'Jprst he was disheartened; but then / m "I Never Wfculd Have Given You Up-- I'm Never Going To.*. lay. There he saw her' turn so that he would have sworn she looked at him. It seemed impossible that she had not seen him; but to his surprise she at once started up the stream, swiftly . footing over the rough way, now a little step, now a free leap, grasping a willow to pull herself up an incline, then disappearing around a clump of cedars. He redoubled his speed over the rocks. When she next came into view, still far ahead, he shouted long and loud. It was almost certain that she must hear; and yet she made no sign. $he seemed even to speed ahead the faster for his hail. Again he sprang forward to cover the distance between them, and again he shouted when the next view of her showed that he was gaining. This time he was sure she heard; but she did not look back, and she very plain­ ly increased her speed. For an instant he stood aghast^ At this discovery; then he laughed. "Well if jrou want a race, you'll get It!" He was off again along the rough bed of the stream. He shouted no more, but slowly increased the gain he had made upon her. Instead of losing time by climbing up over the bank, he splashed through the water at two places where the little stream was wide and shallow. Then at last he saw that he was closing in upon her. Soon he was near enough to see that she also knew It. He began at that moment as extend- ed course of marveling at the ways of woman. For now she had reached the edge of the little open park, and wa| placidly seating herself on a fallen tree in the grove of quaking aspens* He could not understand this change of manner. And when he reached the opening she again astounded him by greeting him with every manifestation of surprise, from the first nervous, start to the pushing up of her dark brows. "Why," she began, "how did you ever think of coming here?" But he twice hurried fruitlessly •tit« hot morning and he was not again to be baffled. As he advanced toward her, she regarded him with some ap­ prehension until he stopped a safe six feet away. She had noted certain lines of determination in his face. housed far within his arms; there waa no longer play for the faintest of them; and she was strained until she felt her heart rush out to him as she had once felt it go to her dream of a single love,--with the utter abandon of the falling water beside them. His voice came to her in a dull mur­ mur, and the sound of the running water came, again like the muffled tinkling of little silver bells in the din- tance. Both his arms were strong about her, and now her own hands rose in rebellion to meet where the kerchief was knotted at the back of his neck, quite as the hands of the other woman had rebelliously flung down the scarf from the balcony. Then the brim of his hat came down over her hair, and her lips felt his kiss. They stood so a long time, it seemed to them, in the high grass, amid the white-barked quaking aspens, while a little wind from the dark pines at their side, lowered now to a yearning soft­ ness, played over them. They were aroused at last by a squirrel that ran half-way down the trunk of a near-by spruce to bark indignantly at them, believing they menaced his winter s store of spruce cones piled at the foot of the tree. With rattle after rattle his alarm came, until he had the satis­ faction of noting an effect. The young man put the girl away from him to look upon ner iu the u«w light that enveloped them both, still holding her hands. "There's one good thing about your marriages,--they marry you for eter­ nity, don't they? That's for ever- only it isn't long enough, even so--not for me." **I thought you were never coming." "But you said"--he saw the futility of it, however, and kissed her instead. "I wis afraid of you all this sum­ mer," he said. % "I was afraid of you, too." "You got over it yesterday all tight.** "How?" "You kissed m<$.** ' "Never--what an awful thing to say!" "But yon iSM-"--twice--don't you re­ member?" "Oh, well, it doesn't matter. If I did it wasn't at all like--like--** "Like that--" v "No--I dtdn^T think anything about it." ; ^ V "And now youit never leave me, and ril never leave you." ; . They sat on the fallen tree. "And to think of that old--** • "Oh, don't talk of it That's why I ran off here--so I couldn't hear any­ thing about it until he went away." . "Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" "I didn't think you were so stupid." "How was I to know where you were coming?" But now die was reminded of sorae- thiag. "Tell me one thing--did you ever know a little short, fat girl, a blonde that you liked very much?" "Never!" "Then what did you talk so much about her for yesterday if you didn't? You'd speak of her every time." "I didn't think you were so stupid." "Well, I can't see--" "You don't need to--we'll call It even." And so the talk went until the sun had fallen for an hour and they knew it was time to go below. "We will go to the meeting to­ gether," she said, "and then father shall tell Brigham,--tell him--" "That you're going to marry 8i* Why don't you say it?" "That I'm going to marry you, and be your only wife." She nestled under his arm again. "For time and eternity---that's the way your church puts It." Then, not knowing it, they took their last walk down the pine-hung glade. Many times ife picked her lightly up to carry her over rough places and was loth to put her down,--having, in truth, to be bribed thereto. CHAPTER XXXV. The Rise and Fall of a Prophet. Down in ti\e village the various din­ ners of ceremony to the visiting offi­ cials wefe ovtr. An hour had followed of decent reirt and informal chat be­ tween the vis'tors and their boats, touching impartially on matters of general interest; on Irrigation, the gift of tongues, th% season's crop of peaches, the pouring out of the Spirit abroad, the best mixture of sheep-dip; on many matters not unpleasing to the pfactical-minded Deity reigning over them. Then the entira populace of Ama­ ion, in its Sunday best of "valley tan" or store-goods, flocked to the little square and sat expectantly pn ths benches under tl*o green roof of tha bowery, ready to aPtorb the droppings of the sanctuary. In due time came Brigham, strolling between Elder Wardle and Bishop Wright, bland, affable, and benignant. On the platform about him sat hts Counsellors, the more distinguished of his suite, and the local dignitaries of the Church. Among these came the little bent man with an un-*'>nted color in his face, coming in absorbed in thought, shaking hands even with Brigham with something of abstraction in hla manner. Prudence and Follett came late, finding seats at the back .fcext to a generous row of ths MMk Beth Wright When they had settled Into C*eir seats, the Wild Ram of the Mountains arose and invoked a blessing on thove present and upon those who had gon«t behind the veil; adding a petition that Brigham be Increased in his basket and In his store, in wives, flocks, and herds, and m the gifts of the Holy Spirit. They sang another hymn, and when that was done, the little bent man arose and came hesitatingly forward to the baize-covered table that served as a pulpit. As President of the Stake it was his office to welcome the visi­ tors, and this he did. There were whisperings in the audi­ ence when his appearance was noted. It was the first time he had been seen by many of them in weeks. They whispered that he was falling. The words of official wsloome spoken, he began his discourse; but in a timid, shuffling manner so unKke his old self that still others whisperel of his evident illness. Inside he burned with his purpose, but, with all his resolves, the presence of Brigham left him unnerved. He began by re­ ferring to their many adversities since the day when they had first knelt to entreat the mercy of God upon the land. Then he spoke of revelations. "You must all have had revelations, because they have come even to me. Perhaps you were deaf to the voices as I have been. Perhaps you have trusted too readily in some revelation that came years ago, supposedly from God--in truth, from the Devil. Per­ haps you nave been deaf to later rev­ elations meant to warn you of ths other's falseness." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Settled by the Waiter All Doubt Abeut the e*er Set at Rest, For- WHUsm C. Whitney, Jr., Wfce has spent a year in Indian Territory learn­ ing practical mining^at Quapaw, de­ scribed at a dinner party in New York u restaurant. "At this restaurant one evening,^ he said at his description's end, "two miners near me got into a botanical argument about the pineapple, one claiming that it was a fruit and tibia other that* it waa a vegetable. "In the midst of their argument tha waiter entered in his shirtsleeves and looked about to see what waa th» cause of the loud talking. . "The miners decided to let the wait? er settle their argur. ent, and aecord* ingly one of them said: " 'Pete, what is a pineapple? Ia It a fruit or a Vegetable r . • "The waiter, flicking the ashes treat his cigar, smiled at the two men with Pity. " It's neither, gaata,' ha> MM. Wl an extra.'" -- NEWS OF ILLINOIS. 'ur Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes of Things o£ Interest et tbe State Capital. Springfield.--Lieut Gov. L. Y. Sher­ man killed the bill passed by the gen­ eral assembly increasing the salary of members from $1,000 to $2,000 a session. He sent a statement to Gov. Deneen in which he refers to the measure as a document and not a bill and sets out reasons why he has re­ fused to sign it as presiding officer of the state senate. This means that it will never reach the state executive for his signature and will lie on Mr. Sherman's desk until, as he says, "the supreme court mandamuses him to sign it." The lieutenant governor has refus­ ed to approve the measure because when the house refused to concur in amendments made by the senate the upper branch failed to take a roll call when the senators receded from their amendments to the bill. The senate receded on a viva voce vote and Mr. Sherman holds that this action was not in keeping with the constitution. In his commi ntcation _ to the gov­ ernor Mr. Sherman points out the abuses that might arise should this be countenanced. He says on this point: "If this practice disclosed by the rec­ ord Is proper in legislation, it opens the way to a grave abuse of power. If no roll call is required to recede from a senate amendment that may have vitally affected the securing of votes on its passage in the senate, then an entirely different bill may, in effect, be passed through the senate without a majority of that body vot­ ing on it. One senator to make a mo­ tion and a friendly presiding officer in the chair'with a convenient gavel at hand can make the record which gives the final act to legislation previous to sending it to the executive. "I cannot believe that such power in legislation should be allowed with so few safeguards thrown about it. For that reason I decline to sign and cer­ tify this document, purported to' be house bill 3, leaving the subject open to those concerned to take such action as may be deemed proper." The death of the members' salary bill is believed to carry with it the measure increasing the pay of state officers. It is predicted the governor will veto this bill, if for no other rea­ son than on the ground that the anti- pass bill, which was considered a com­ panion to the salary measures, receiv­ ed no consideration at the hands of the legislators,, Think Option Law If Vbld. Preparations for the legal fight on the local option bill recently passed by the legislature are in progress. The liquor interests of the state have sub­ mitted the bill to their regular attor­ neys and to special attorneys engaged for the purpose and it is reported on good authority that at least 13 uncon­ stitutional blowholes have been dis­ covered by these lawyers. Of thia number at least four are considered of vital Importance. It can be safely predicted that nothing will be done toward Invalidating the bill till after the legislature has adjourned in Oc­ tober. Where the defects in this bill are located the lawyers for the liquor Interests refuse to say. They Intend to keep silent on the question until the possibility of legislative correction be­ fore the next general assembly has been removed. While the legislature, when it returns in October, Is to take up only deep water way matters, there 1b a fear on the part 'of the liquor people that the local option bill might be reconsidered and the defects which they claim to have discovered be rem­ edied. HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. RICH WOMEN AIO ESCAPE % Sustains Union of Churches. So far as the appellate court of the Third district of Illinois is concerned the legality of the union of the Pres­ byterian and the Cumberland Presby­ terian churches is sustained. The court has handed down a decision af­ firming the decision of the circuit court of Macon county, which had re­ fused to issue an injunction filed by Joseph Russell and other members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, to restrain J. B. Hail and oth­ er commissioners of the Presbyterian church, from perfecting the union of the two churches. The appellate court holds that the civil courts have no power or authority to prevents by Injunction, the union of the two bodies, that the question is one for the ecclesiastical courts to determine. Raise for Postmasters. < Most of the Illinois postmasters will share the prosperity of the country by having their salaries increased, be­ ginning July l, because of the in­ creased receipts of their offices during the past year. The Increases wiirbe as follows: From $1,000 to $1,100--Bowen, Cisna Park, Milledgeville, Palmyra, Ramsey, Breeze, Mounds, West Salem. $1,100 to $1,200--Ashton, Blue Mound, Dahlgren, Erie, Forrest, Gard­ ner, Grant Park, Morris City, Strong- hurst, Toledo, Westville. 1,100 to $1,400--East Moline. $1,200 to $1,300--Ashland, Clayton, Cuba, Elizabeth, Kansas, Louisville, O'Fallon, Plainfield, Say brook. $1,200 to $1,400--Glen Eilyn. $1,200 to $1,600--Hawthorne. 1,300 to $1,400--Antioeh, Arlington Heights, Berwyn, Deaplaines, Nauvoo, Nunda, Oblong, Rossvllle. $1,300 to $1,500--Martinsville, John­ son City. $1,400 to $1,500--Albion, Altamount, Eldorado, Gillespie, Grayvllle, Green­ up, North Chicago, Prophetstown, Glencoe. $1,400 to $1,600--Lawrenceville. $1,500 to $1,600--Cambridge, Chilli- cothe, Fulton, Nashville, Upper Alton, Vienna. $1,500 to *$1,700--Toulon, Lemont. $1,600 to $1,700--Amboy, Dundee, Henry, Mount Sterling,* Nokomis, Roodhouse, Staunton. $1,700 to $1,800--Benton, Herrin, Mount Carroll, Onarga, Rushville, Sul­ livan, Western Springs, Salem. $1,700 to $2,000--Marshall, Robin­ son. $1,700 to 12,100--Casey. $1,800 to $1,900--Aledo, Geneva, Harrisburg, Hillsboro. $1,800 to $2,000--Carrollton, Mad­ ison. $1,900 to $2,000--Galva, Havana, Marseilles, Morrison, Oregon, Polo Sparta, Anna, Pittsfleld. $2,000 to $2,100--Beardstown, Car- linville, Carthage, Monticello. $2,000 to $2,200--Duquoin, Van dalia. $2,100 to $2,200--Bushnell, Harvard, Shelbyville. $2,100 to $2,300--Mount CarmeF, Ro- chelle. $2,200 to $2,300--Carbondale, Clin­ ton, Edwardsville, Marlon, Olney, Pana, Taylorville, Woodstock. ;$2,200 to $2,400--Hoopeston. $2,300 to $2,400--Dwight, Granite City, Murphysboro, Galena. Princeton $2,400 to, $2,500---Batavia, Canton Centralla, Mount Vernon, Pekln Wheaton. $2,500 to $2,600--De Kalb, Paris,. La Salle. $2,600 to $2,700--Belleville, Chicago Heights, Streator, Urbana, Mon­ mouth. $2,800 to $2,900--Alton, Kewanee. $2,900 to $3,000--Jacksonville, Cham­ paign. $3,000 Uk $3,100--Cairo, National Stock Yards. $a,l00 to $3,200--Danville. $3,200 to $3,300--Aurora, Blooming- ton, East St. Louis. $3,400 to $3,500--Elgin, Springfield. Some Offices Reduced. The following offices were reduced $100 a year: Areola, to $1,700; As­ sumption, to $1,500; Belvidere, to $2,500; Bradford, to $1,300; Carter- viile, to $1,500; Fairfield, to $1,800; Franklin Grove, to $1,400; Green view, to $14J»0; Ladd, to $1,100; La Grange, to $2,400; Lovington, to $1,200; Men- dota, to $2,200; Morgan Park, to $2,100; Morton, to $1,000; Normal, to $2,200; Odell, to $1,400; Plymouth, to $1,200; Rock Falls, to $1,700; St. Elmo, to $1,300; Sycamore, to $2,200; Tama- roa, to $1,000; West Chicago, to $1,700; Wllmette, to $2,100; Windsor, to $1,300. Zion City was reduced from $2,600 to $2,200; Fort Sheridan, from $1,300 to $1,100; Downer's Grove, from $2,000 to $1,800; Danvers, from $1,300 to $1,100; Lanark, from $1,600 to $1,400, and Leland, from $1,000 to fourth class. Wisconsin Mother* Accused of Murdari Flees From Hospital at RockfMl!! In Auto Provided by Wealthy Friend. Rockford.--Aided by prominent ctal> women, Mrs. Ruby Clark, who had been held to the grand jury by a cor­ oner's jury on a charge of infanticide, walked out of the Rockford hospital, made a wild dash to the depot in an automobile known to belong to one of the most prominent women of this city, and caught a train for Wisconsin, being well across the state l^ne before her disappearance became known to the police. It is a matter of record with ths authorities here that the prominent woman concerned visited Mrs. Clark in the -hospital just before the latter escaped, and that the automobile be­ longed to this woman. It is thought, however, that she may have influenc« enoiigh to escape prosecution on the charge of aiding a fugitive from jus­ tice to escape. About six weeks ago Mrs. Ciark was taken 111, but refused to allow a physi­ cian to be called. She rapidly grew worse, however, and finally, when she was at the point of death, after lying unattended for two days a doctor was called. He at once discovered that she had given birth to a child, but no trace of the child could be found, Mrs. Clark was unable to talk. A search of the room was made, and finally, in a trunk, twins were found. One, a boy, was still alive, but the other, a girl, was dead. The moth­ er and the living cHild were taken the hospital. ° H •< ,'M A \i: ,4V , . 4 •* K * :&'• t, Inter-Urban Line Incorporated. The secretary of state has Issued a license to incorporate to the Spring­ field, Beardstown & Quincy railroad an interurban railroad which it is pro­ posed to construct from Springfield to Petersburg, Chandlerville, Beards­ town and Quincy. The capital stock is nominally $25,000 and the princi­ pal office is Springfield. / Pharmacists Pass Examination. t A large number of applicants pas^d successful examinations as registered pharmacists, assistant pharmacists and local registered pharmacists at the recent meeting of the Illinois state board of pharmacy, held in this city. The next apprentice examina­ tion throughout the state will be conducted on • Friday, July 5. The board will hold a meeting in Chicago on Tuesday, July 23, for the exam­ ination of assistant pharmacists, and on Wednesday, July 2-4, for the exam­ ination of registered pharmacists. Warehouse Receipts Act Signed. Gov. Deneen has signed house .bill 642, relating to warehouse receipts. It is an administration measure and intended to surround the storing of grain with safeguards so that fraud may not be perpetrated. It stipulates that such receipts may be issued by any warehouseman. Protection for Dramatists. Gov. Deneen has approved the Clark bill prohibiting the presentation of an unpublished dramatic or musical com- position without the consent of the bwner. The governor also approved the four bills authorizing state normal schools to issue diplomas and confer degrees. Governor Pardons Woman. Ellen Hartline< who was convicted H.f-ym ago, in the Johnson county circuit court and sent to the Chester peni­ tentiary was pardoned by Gov. De­ neen on recommendation of the state board of pardons. The action was tSten on recommendation of the trial judP> and state's attorney of Johnson courty, who set forth that the wom­ an's husband, who abandoned her, is now seeking to secure a divorce, and it is desired to give her an opportuni- «r to the case. To Fight Loeal Option Bill. Thirteen defects in the local option bill passed by the recent general as­ sembly are reported to the liquor dealers of the state by their attor­ neys, who are preparing for the legal battle to be waged against the act. Of these questionable points, at. least four are considered to be of vital ef­ fect. Just what the illegal provisions are the liquor dealers decline to make public. It is understood that no legal action will be instituted until after the legislature takes sine die adjourn­ ment next October. CHICAGO CHRONICLE QUITS. Nswapaper Established by John R;. Wfclsh Announces Suspension. J Chicago.--Announcement was mad? on the editorial page of the Chronicle on May 31 that the newspaper would suspend publication with that day's issue. The notice read as follows; "As it has not been profitable of late, the publication of the Chronicle will be suspended with this issue. "All liabilities of the Chicago Chronicle company will be met as usual in regular course. ^ "Persons who have paid for the Chronicle in advance will receive an­ other Chicago newspaper until |g^| expiration of their subscription. • : "H W. SEYMOUR, ./* "Editor and Publisher.** ' The Chronicle was established by John R. Walsh 12 years and three days ago, a year or two after he dis­ posed of his interest in the Herald to James W. Scott. Horatio W. Seymour, managing editor of the Herald dur­ ing Mr. Walsh's connection with the paper, became publisher of the Chron­ icle. The Chronicle began as a Demo­ cratic publication, but bolted the na­ tional ticket when William Jennings Bryan first ran for president It re­ turned to the Democratic fold in 1900, supporting Mr. Bryan, but was never regular after 1896. It announced it was "an independent paper" in 190$ and finally after the nomination of Parker It swung into the Republican camp. . •«' ; •s-maw «. -S? 1' Must Obey His Father-in-Law. Pana.-- If Henry Bunch wishes to make up with his wife and family he must follow the in­ structions laid out by his father- in-law John Hblmes, according to the court's decision. Bunch muat attend churoh every Sunday, work in a first-class barber shop, that being his trade, and must have a recom­ mendation from the minister that he is trying to be a man. Bunch was fined $200 and costs by Judge Spring- strun, here, and he was released under the above conditions. His wife com­ menced suit for divorce but proceed­ ings have been stopped . Aviag Bunch's parole. ^ « Drops Dead Beside Mount Carniel.--S. R. Putnam, an attorney of Mount Carmel, fell dead under peculiar circumstances. A few days ago Mrs. Katherine Retsignil, a relative who made her home with Mr. Putnam's family, waa found uncon­ scious from a paralytic stroke and died soon after. The funeral was held from the residence. As the body was being carried out Mr. Putnam, who had just reached the pavement, stag­ gered and fell and died in a few mo­ ments. The nervous strain caused heart failure. , <%> Charge of Political Prejudice. That the prosecution was begun be- on a charge of conspiracy some time,,,cause of political prejudice is the con tention of the defense in the case of Frank E. Dooling, charged with em­ bezzlement. Dooling was a former candidate for secretary of state on the Democratic ticket against James A. Rose, the present incumbent The alleged offense is charged against Dooling while he was recorder, and one of the directors of the Court of Honor, a fraternal organisation. The matter has been, in the courts for more than a year. Dies From Effect of Burnsw ' Duquoin.--Mis Ella Sizenore died as the result of burns received in the ex- $ plosion of a gasoline tank two weeks ago. Wiley Sizenore, a brother, and Robert Roach, who were terribly burn­ ed in their efforts to extinguish the games of the girl's dress, are slowly * recovering. .. Loaes His flMOO Sirtfci' y .; ^ Springfield.--The appellate cifurt has denied a rehearing to Thomas Moran, a resident of Logan county, In his suit for $16,000 against th« •6ot*at^ of XVillilXm R Y/ilitC ^WlAnaiu ington. The case grows out of the> well-known patent farm gate case, In which hundreds of people are alleged to have been swindled by White, who is now dead. The rehearing was de­ nied to Moran on the ground that hS has not suffered any loss, as the notes which he gave to White had never been collected. ..A.C Mason City Pastor Mason City.--Rev. 1L A. Drake hai' accepted a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Cabery, ill., near Kankakee, and has tendered his resignation to the Pennsylvania Lane Presbyterian church, of which he been the pAator for several year*. - Thirteen Hurt in a ColttstOn. Granite tlty.--An Interurban else- trie ear was run into by a train on the Clover Leaf road at a crossing two miles southeast of here and 13 labor- era on the car were lajured. ;rr kL. 4 ̂ J***