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i - \ W -J . MSmM If ' p r><T ;A^ n S#R» W*ml patefe FUEL FAMINE NOT LIKELY • ; . -ON THE TRAIL OF THE , AMERICAN MISSIONARY VAST AREAS OF COAL LANS ARC OPENED UP OR AVAILABLE. SEVEN BLOCKS OF MEW YORK'S PLAYGROUND DESTROYED. Acting Secretary of Interior Woodruff Cad* Attention of Geological Survey UMI CABOUT ST,OOO,000 By WILLIAM T. ELLIS TWs tMsttaroUAed American Journalist Is Travellne Around the WorM for the Purpose of terMtftatinf the American Foreipi Ml afonary from a Purely Disinterested, Secular and Non-Sectarian Standpoint. Illustrated with Drawings and from Photocrapha. Lima Park and Dreamland Are Sived rmlessand Legless Wil­ der Rescued in a Basket. PICTURESQUE OLD KOREA IS NOW RELIGION/* H. K Seoul, Korea,--To get close to the Victual facta v of missionary work <fej any Country, as well as of the true political and social conditions, it is •ecessary to move put from the capi- <tal or pdrt cities and to sojourn for a ~tim« in rural parts. So I have been eat seeing the real Korea, itinerating 4nnong country villages where there Are churches, and in the meantime eeeing at first hand what is said, to be 16he most picturesque people in the •crier.t. The "how" of missionary *ork in this country may be set forth *y a recital of this concrete experi- .1: •cnce. Sometimes the missionary on tour tputs his outfit on a little Korean pony and then, mounting on top of it, jrides. At other times he walks. Wo- anen missionaries often travel in chairs, borne by coolies. In the pres­ ent Instance 'we walked, and two •Coolies carried our packs containing ^ - -folding cots, bedding, food and cpok- L' ; ing utensils. It is impossible for SJ- *iost white persons to subsist in %ealth upon the Korean diet of rice t- -end pickled vegetables. As to the . matter of sleeping--more of that ^ - {later. The Orient Which Changes Not. ii? A pedestrian tour through rural jV "Korea is better worth while than the . * > , jnme amount of time spent in Seoul. s The first afternoon we traveled for Jive hours over the narrow paths be- ' <4ween rice fields which serve for JToads in Korea; they are the "way- Sides" of the familiar parable of the isower. Wheeled vehicles are un- Haiown outside of the cities, though truth, personify the simple life. The best room in one of the largest farm houses in the village was made ready for us by the easy process of the family's tumbling out. since the room was absolutely devoid of all fur­ nishings except a chest for best clothes and treasures. From the ceiling, which was a fofty one for Korea, being seven or eight feet high, hung various articles, such as a cheese-shaped hat box, The entrance to the room was through a paper-cov­ ered doorway four feet high by two wide. There was a email window, likewise of paper, on either side of the rooni. The dimensions of the lat­ ter were 8 feet by 12, so that the mis­ sionary congratulated himself oh our roomy quarters. Eight by eight is the formal room. Christianity's Remarkable Growth. While we were at supper a Korean Christian entered with the news that in a small village two hours far­ ther on where no missionary had vis­ ited, a group of believers (that word is commonly used in Korea) had re­ cently sprung up, numbering ten fami­ lies. They had been visited each Sun­ day- by the Christians from our vil­ lage and given instruction, but they wanted the missionary to visit them and establish a catechumen class. Mr. Hall's program was too full on the. present tour to admit of this. In our stopping place the elder further re­ ported, there were 40 candidates for baptism to be examined.* This par­ ticular community illustrates the phe­ nomenal Christianization of this coun- i ft Kortatt VIttaga. .ff'tte "Koreans have a ponderous two- ; ^'"Wheeled ox-cart which they claim was Jsthe original wheeled vehicle. Unlike ... Japan, where only a band plow la "* • r<-«med, the Koreans cultivate their •. -lirftelds with oxen. The last of the rice ij crop had been gathered and the ^ threshing floors of the farm houses in •'the villages were busy places. There *Sure no solitary farm houses in this -f«£sountry; the farmers live in villages ' sand go out to their fields early la the t ; % anorning. ^ :,i The Missionary with a Gun. In many a^f the villages through T i j *jrhich we passed, ehurches are estab- •«*f§ished; and occasionally we stopped s speai to some native Christian. • \The "Moksa," or missionary, is a per- , uf distinction, and his passage an i. event. Of course, all speech is in , Korean; there is no such widespread Joiowledge of English as in Japan. ? As we traversed the country-side •\X fhe absence of the shrines and idols ^ "j„ Chat mark every Japanese highway ft . J ^ras, noticeable. Now and then we j V »aw a neglected, booth, erected for the ; . "? propitiation of some evil spirit. At a VjJ" I>ass in the mountains we came to a €ree with stones heaped around it; it* T anpposedly embodied an evil spirit, \* and every traveler casts a stone at it. - SThe hillsides are covered with grave , ;v jnaounds, regarded as sacred, and be- V > tfore some of these are tablets, now Muid then sculptured crudely Into hu- N - man form. Broadly Bpeaking, how- || -«ver, Korea may be regarded aa a ^country without a religion. The country itself is beautiful, rgely mountainous, but with fertile '. valleys. There are many wild fowl, jsgeese, ducks and pheasants, and It is 4<iuite usual for the itinerant mlsslon- ji ary to carry a gun to provide the . meat for his meals. In the Interior ithe missionary occasionally bags a <«deer or a wild boar; and there is ai­ rways the possibility of meeting a ' tiger. Some missionaries, who are a hundred miles from a beefsteak, eat pheasant three times a day because the? cannot afford bacon or ham. From Fifth Avenue to Korea. After a 15-mlle tramp, we reached [[f*>'sat dusk the village which was our ,f destination. The welcome that was ll-p"' given to the missionary was really *S•"?;./ A beautiful to behold. Old men and fr"V-- '•» >"oun5' with uttle Children in their f-f train, came forward with beaming \ , faces, and with the ancient salutation «f "Peace." They caught the mission- *ry'8 hands, squeezed his arm or af- fC lectionately patted his shoulders. v> ',."4 ' Vet they had never seen this narticu- V^ lar "Moksa," or "shepherd," before. ^ 3 The fie,d 18 0181 °* Rev. Dr. H. G. Un- .*"-*¥1 ^erwo°d, one of the missionary vet- •®rans of Korea, but he is absent on a furlough, and his duties have fallen 4x> Rev. Earnest F. Hall, a young man who was for several years assistant i pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presby­ terian church,- New York city. Mr. Hall is still supported fcy the Fifth Avenue church as its representative in Korea. Many times during the «iays we were together I wondered liow often he thinks of the contrast between Fifth Avenue congregations 4MM1 these Korean villagers, who, la try, which is now less than a genera­ tion removed from the rank heathen­ ism and a seclusion which earned for it the title of "The Hermit Nation." The settlement comprises 38 houses and of these 25 are Christian. Practically the entire village turned out for the evening service, most of them carrying Bibles and hymn books. The singing was led hgr the mission­ ary, there being no organ. The con­ gregation is dependent upon his visits for new tunes, though they retain with surprising correctness the ones for­ merly learned. Mr. Hall also taught the people, by having them repeat the words after him, the first question and answer of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, which has lately been ren­ dered into Korean. The time-honored figure, "drank in every word," best expresses the attitude of the congre­ gation toward the sermon. While the missionary preached, I watched the people. All except the children were in white. Many of the women, who were curtained off from the men, had babies on their backs or at their b-easts. Some of the men wore the wide, horn spectacles of the Chinese scholar. All except the few unmarried ones had their hair done up in top-knots, with a brain squeez­ ing black net band around their heads. Most wore the horse-hair inner cap, The children wore clothes of man; colors--pink, yellow and green pre­ dominating. Candidly, all would have looked better for an application of soap and water: the Korean has not yet fully learned the godlessness of dirt. None of the people showed the foreign influence in their clothes, as is the case in Seoul, where even the top­ knot is beginning to disappear. In the latter place I saw a boy in church whose dress consisted of Japanese imitation of American Bhoes; stock­ ings with black, yellow and green stripes fastened with a purple garter; white, baggy Korean trousers; a red coat, tied under the arms with' laven der ribbon; a pa'e green sweater peep ing above it at the neck, and a brown plush scarf about his throat somewhat like the hangings of an old fashioned pullman car. His headgear was a Jap­ anese military cap. Korean children,, like their elders, sit on the floor dur­ ing service with the foot of one leg crossed over the thigh of the other; and, like their elders, they are quiet and attentive. Putting Converts Through the Mill. After the service was over, the eld­ ers gathered around the missionary and proffered formal request that he come as soon as possible and spend a few days in teaching them the Bible. Mr. Hall had Uo put them off with a vague promise, as his field is too large for him to do more than look over it I was interested to note that, while elsewhere missionaries hava to adopt various devices to attract hear­ ers, such as English classes, cooking classes, etc.. in Korea the people seem to want simply the*Bible; and the missionaries are unablu to meet the demand, for the teaching of It Early the next morning, after a ***** wWch la the interest of deli­ cacy would better be passed over with­ out comment, the missionary began the work of examining the 40 appli­ cants for baptism. The three "lead­ ers" of the local church, and a visit­ ing elder from Seoul, sat on the floor of our sleeping room, and the candi­ dates were brought in one by one. The first was a man of 40 who had learned Jto read in order to read the Bible, common experience among the Korean converts. The next was a boy of 12, son of Christian parents. Then came a S^oung main of 28, then an old man, A bright boy of 12, with his hair up In a top-knot, in token of being "a man," had been married a year to a girl of 15, also a believer. Although married, these children re­ side with their own parents; the mis­ sionary instructed them to do so until they have reached the marriageable age fixed by the church, which is 16 years for a girl and 18 for a man: Many such practical problems as these arise amdng a people fresh from rank heathenism. After watching the examinations foi several hours, and having the que» tj&ns translated to me, I must say that the fitness of the candidates fpr church membership is very rigid guarded. The examination Is much more rigid than a -person has to under­ go in. order to become a member of a church in America. I told the mis-* sionary that I would not risk It my­ self; he requires almost a theological education on the part of converts. This strictness is necessary, however, to keep the people from joining the church from un-(Christian motives: it would be easy otherwise to turn Chris­ tianity . to political uses in Korea. I was pleased to note that the strict­ ness of the examination was abated in the case of some ignorant peasant women. One had been a believer nine years, and the leaders testified to her piety; so, although sh'e could not read nor answer many of the questions, she was taken into the church? All day long the missionary worked over these examinations, and at five o'clock he had only got through 26 persons; the others would have to wait until his next visit. Fourteen of the candidates were passed for bap­ tism and 11 retained in the catechu­ men class for a while longer. Just before dusk a leader went out and blew a whistle to summon the village to church, and the" people laid aside their labors and assembled for the baptismal service. This was simple, brief and impressive. I think I shall remember the sight of the procession of white-robed villagers with Bibles and hymn books under their arms, filing down the hill from the church at sunset When we hastened away from the village, the people gathered with many good wishes. The simplicity, open-heartedness and affection of these child-like Christians Is really af­ fecting. Because I was with Mr. Hall they considered me a missionary-ln- law, I suppose, and they sent me olt with such demonstrations of interest and such repeated benedictions as do not often fall to the lot of a journalist It was a new sensation. I really liked it so that when on the day following, boy carrying on his back two 15- foot timbers of telegraph-pole thick­ ness (a Korean coolie will carry four times his weight and six times his bulk) stopped me with beaming face and squeezed my arm, I took It for granted that he had seen 'me at church and I responded with the salu­ tation of "Peace," which I had learned. As we went on our way from each village some -of the eldcflrs would' ac­ company us, as the Ephesian elders accompanied the Apostle Paul. The custom is an orientat one, as is also the constantly repeated salutation of Peace! Peace!" Summing up the whole trip, three facts especially impressed me. 1. The receptivity of the Koreans toward Christianity, in eagerness and sinceri­ ty. 2. The thoroughness of the work of the missionary, and the vigilance with which church membership is guarded. 3. The remarkable fact that the missionary has rib time to go after people or do any pioneer evan­ gelistic work; the church is propa­ gating Itself. Here, in two decides, has been created a native church that is wholly self-supporting and self-ex­ tending. I have no doubt that if the present missionary force in Korea were quadrupled or sextupled at once, practically the whole nation would be­ come Christian in less than a score of years. (Copyright, br Joseph B. Bowie*) ' Vhyr York.--Coney Island, play­ ground of New York's miilions, was visited by a disastrous fire early Sun­ day and seven blocks in the amuse­ ment zone were completely destroyed. Tilyou's Steeplechase park, and nearly a score of small .hotels were wiped out, and for a time the flames threatened destruction to Luna park and Dreamland, great homes of sum­ mer amusement, and the scores of smaller places which fringe th£ water's edge for a mile. A lucky shift of the wind to seaward aided the fire­ men and probably saved the whole pic­ turesque area, but not until a million dollars damage had been done. Three persons wet-e injured, one of them, Gottfried Messerli, a flreman, probably fatally. , The alarm dl fire woke up dozing Coney Island witli a start, and in" a few minutes Surf avenue was jammed with excited freaks and frollickers, chorus girls, snake charmers, animal trainers, performers, amusement em­ ployes--all the miscellaneous popula­ tion of the Island, in fact. Clothed in a state of terror and little else, thou­ sands fled through the streets. Inside "the burning park all was ex­ citement and confusion among the two score employes who slept in a house near the entrance. Carrying grips and luggage they scurried to the street, nd while the exodus was in progress a cry went Tip that San Dora, the arm­ less and legless man, who eats a dozen meals a day just to slaow that he can do it without the aid of arms and legs, was missing. Seizing a basket, two employes hurried back and found San Dora wriggling along the floor toward the door. "The wonder" was piled into the basket and though the flames and smoke threatened to engulf his rescuers, he was carried to a hotel, where he remarked that his escape has been effected "without the loss of life or limb." GUARD GRAVES OF ANCESTOR8. Three .Indian Sisters Arm to-Protect Old Huron Cei •on Cemptery, Mo.-VHeleni Kansas City, Mo.-^HeleM, > Ida and Lida Conley, Sisters, aiid Wy­ andotte Indians, began an armed gtlard Thursday over the graves of their ancestors in Huron cemetery in Kansas City, Kan., and threaten to shoot the first person who may at­ tempt to remove the bodies. Congress authorized the sale of the cemetery, set aside for many years as a tribal burying ground, and a division of the money among the remaining members of the Wyandotto tribe, first removing the bodies. The Conley girls say they won't permit the graves to be touched and they began the erec­ tion of a shanty on the outskirts of the cemetery. Miss Helena Conley, who was superintending the building, said: "From this time on one of the three Conley sisters will be here in the day­ time. At night all three of us shall sleep here and guard. "In this cemetery are buried one hundred of our ancestors. The blood of the ancient royalty of France flows in my veins. My grandfather owned the whole state of Ohio. Why should we not be proud of our ancestors and protect their graves? We shall do it, and woe be to the man that first at­ tempts to steal a body/' MIRACLES AT KANKAKEE. Several Persons Announce Themselves Healed at St. Anne's Shrine. , 7 Kimkakee, II).--Thousands of per­ sons attending the ninth day session of the novena of the shrine of St. Anne Friday saw several persons arise in St Joseph's church and announce that they had been healed of infirmities. Miss Mary Pierce, 18 years old, of Delphi, Ind., said that she had been afflicted with paralysis .for four years, during which time she had been un­ able to walk. She left the church without support. <Miss Daisy Lamond, of Kgnkakee, almost blind for 32 years, said she was able to read with­ out glasses at the close of the nine days of prayer. George Neary, of Lost Nation, la., and Michael McCormlck, of Kinsman, 111., both said they had been cripples from childhood. They walked from the church and said it was the first time, they had walked since Infancy. Ratal Fire in Memphis. Memphis, Tenn.--In an early morn­ ing fire here Sunday, originating on the eleventh floor of the Memphis Cold Storage company's building, which was in the course of erection, one fire­ man lost his life and $600,000 damage was dpne. School of Household Science. Mrs. Tom L. Johnson, wife of the mayor of Cleveland, Is one of the many wealthy and prominent women' of that city who are backing a train­ ing school in household science. In two respects the school Is a novelty. In the first place, it offers to board its students free and in the second it pro­ poses to fit its pupils with special ref­ erence to serve in homes of luxury. Among the other things they are to • 4AnA^*MA(it +*% n * a DlUUjr vuc butouv vv ouvif: an environment. Only girls who come duly recommended will fee accepted at alL Bunyan's Primitive Flute. The most curious story told of John Bunyan's life in Bedford jail is this: To pass away his gloomy hours he took a leg out <?f his stool and with his knife fashioned it into a flute. The keepers repeatedly searched his cell to find the cause Qf the music, but when he heard them coming he would Authors Will Raise Poultry. Albany, N. Y,--Gertrude F. Ather- ton, Katherlne Glover and Poultney Bigelow, well-known .authors, are di­ rectors in the Maiden Poultry farm, of Maiden, whlclr filed articles of in­ corporation Friday. Deere Made Canal Commissioner. Springfield, 111.--Gov. Deneen Fri­ day appointed Charles H. Deere, of Mollne, a member of the commission of the Illinois and Michigan canal to succeed William R. Newton, of York- ville. Deaths from Heat In New York. New York.--Half a dozen deaths, in­ cluding two suicides, Thursday were attributed to the heat. E. S. Simon, a wealthy manufacturer who shot him' self, left notes in which he declared the heat was, driving him insane. ladnvn MaJTCo Sick Mah Commits Suicide. St. Louis.--Despondent because was hopelesssly afflicted vith locomo- always replace the leg in the stool, I tor ataxia, Henry C. Jones, of Nash- and they never disrovore<! hpw vllks, TenTi., formerly auditor of the tmUlc had been produced. i/1 Nashville, Chattanooga it St, Louis % lallroad, committed suicide. Washington. -- There Is absolute­ ly no necessity and little danger of a coal famine in the west and northwest. So declares Acting Secret tary Woodruff of the interior depart* zhent in a statement issued Friday concerning the coal area as devel­ oped by the geological survey. He says: "Not including great areas* of lig­ nite, whieh will be mined only after the more valuable coal deposits are exhausted, the geological survey has determined that there are townships in the states and territories west of South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, aggregating In all over 60,000,000 acres of land, each township of which contains, under its entire surface or part of It, , workable deposits of coal. This work has been taken up with the utmost vigor during the 'present year and townships contain­ ing more than 28,000,000 acres in which workable coal exists have been examined and classified. "When one remembers that these classified areas are most conveniently situated with reference to transporta­ tion and settled districts and that every acre of them is subject to pur­ chase from the government under the coal land laWs, and has been for sev­ eral months; also that the Northern Pacific Railroad company alone is reputed to have in ltd own possession land containing over $300,000,000 worth of cbal, and also that many hundred thousand acres of coal land scattered throughout the entire re­ gion containing coal have already passed into private holding and in many instances contain large mining plants, it is easy to see that if there is to be a coal famine next winter, such a famine will result only from failure to mine the coal which is easily accessible, either by graSit to railroads, purchase in the past by in­ dividuals and companies, or entry at the present time under the laws. 'The geological survey has 16 par­ ties of trained experts advantageously scattered over the entire region con­ taining coal. These mining (engineers are daily adding to the areas classi­ fied and opened to entry. It is be­ lieved that by November 1 all land in the public land states known to contain workable deposits of coal wJll be classified and subject to entry." Mr. Woodruff expresses the hope that the next congress may enact a leasing law which will permit com­ panies to acquire control of more than the 640 acres nqw allowed to be pur­ chased. Of the coal land still held by the government over 25,000,000 acres Is held at the minimum prices of ten dollars and $20 per acre, over 220,000 at $50 and over 30,000 at $75. This is in accordance with the classification made by the survey. Correspondent Write* of TKiny^ Interest at the State Capital. ^ QUIET IN RANGE COUNTRY. ' Gov. Johnson of Minnesota Talk* of Strike Situation. St Paul, Minn. -- Gov. Johnson returned Friday from the iron' rang$ country and Duluth where he went to look into the strike situation. When asked what he thought of the affair he said: 'Everything is quiet up there and so far as I could learn there is no immediate prospect that the state ̂ i 11 have«to Interfere to keep things quiet. went up there at the request of Sheriff Bates. I talked with all par­ ties concerned and found them dis­ posed to remain orderly. The men were sober and while they paraded the streets in the towns I visited they dispersed when the parade was finished and that was all there was to It. When asked why they paraded they answered that there was nothing else to do. , 'I did not see any necessity of state Interference and hope there will not be any. "What the future may bring forth I am unable to predict. Asked if he thought the strike would last long Gov. Johnson said: "I am not able to say as I am not Informed. I believe that if the dock strike is settled and the men begin to work ;so that the mines can be opened and shipments <of ore begin, that the mines will be opened. Some of the men will return to work and that will bring matters to a focus. What the pytqwg will be I cannot Magilts Now In Cftntdn. " Clinton, 111.--Sheriff Campbell and wife arrived at 2:10 Sunday morning over the Illinois Central from St., Louis, bringing Fred H. McGill and his bride, who are charged with the murder of his first wife, Mrs. Pet Ma- glll. They were accompanied by R. A. Lemon, MagiU's attorney, who had met them at St. Louis. Miss Mar­ guerite Magill was not with them. Flood In North St; Louis. Louis.--A heavy rain Sunday choked up the big Branch street sew^- er, the /mouth of which was already flooded by back-water from the Missis­ sippi, and the huge drainage artery burst in North St. Louis, flooding an area occupied by six city blocks- The rush of water was so sudden that peo­ ple living on lower floors barely es­ caped with their lives. Mrs. Henry Pebbe and her Infant were dragged from aa upper wladow by her huaband just as the rising water was about to enguif them. Will of Phlneaa M. Spencer. Cleveland, O.--The will of Phlneas M. Spencer, a widely known banker of this city who died Tuesday, was probated Thursday, disposing of an estate of nearly a million dollars. Among the bequests are $22,000 to Mary Costello, his housekeeper; to junother member of his household staff, $10,000; to Mrs. James Wood, of Buf­ falo, N. Y., $10,000, and to Mrs. Harry Wood, of the same city, $10,000; to Miss Allie Camp, of Cleveland, $4,000, and to >$iss Frances, stenographer in Mr. Spencer's bank, $2,000. Springfield.--Marked prosperity re­ ported by stoall building and loan as­ sociations in Illinois caused promoters of the merger scheme to postpone their program at the convention of the Illinois league. The increase in assets in 1906' was asserted to be more than, seven per cent, over those of the pre­ ceding year. State Examiner Pishzak and a number of Chicago men who werfe Interested in accomplishing a merger of 50 or more small concerns in Cook couqfy, advocated their ideas in the meeting, but met ^ith opposi­ tion from President John N. C. Shurn- way, who produced statistics to show that the existing conditions are more than satisfactory. "Illinois has reason to be proud," said President Shumway, "over the present stable condition of its local building and loan associa­ tions." As an example of the pros­ perity of the small concerns be placed the total assets of the Chicago asso­ ciations at ,$13,180,242.47, while those of the country concerns foot up $32,- 842,140.23. Secretary B. G. Vasen re­ ported that there are. now 125 asso­ ciations included In the membership of the Illinois league. President Shumway, Secretary Vasen and Treas­ urer Lake W. Sanborn, of Galesburs. were reelected tor another Blair a Native lllinolean. Francis G. Blair, state sttp«rlnte&4>: ent of public instruction, who hasS^ cautioned trustees of public schools' throughout the state agaitfst illegal., ^ expenditure of school funds, is noted * as an educator and was superintend-^; ent of the training department of thell > Eastern Illinois State Normal school: •' at the sanffe time of his election aspS state superintendent. He Is a native||? Ready for State Positions. Joseph C. Mason, secretary 'of the Illinois civil service commission, an­ nounces t^at the following person® have passed the examinations recently conducted by the commission and are eligible for appointment as vacancies occur: General physician, Wilhelmine A.. Wieland, Geneva; director of psy­ chopathic institute, Henry W. Miller, E^unning; assistant physicians, Fred B. Clarke, Elgin; Emil Z. Levithln, Chicago; Harriet Hook, Lincoln; E. Louis Abbott, Anna; Richard F. W1b(i- sor, hospital; Angelina G. Hamilton, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Rachel A. WatkinS, "Peoria; Edward A. Foley, Woodstock;! Cyrus H. Anderson,McLeansboro; first assistant physicians, Robert B. Hough, Lincoln; Eugene Cohn, hospital; med­ ical interne, Clarence R. Bell, Thayer. Deneen Appoints C. H. Deere. . ' Gov. Deneen named Charrcw ^ Deere,, of Jtloline, as a member of the Illinois and Michigan canal commis­ sion, to succeed W. R. Newton, of Kendall county, whose term had ex­ pired. Mr. Deere is greatly interested In the Hennepin canal, into which the water will be turned within a few months. He* and his father, John Deere, had more to do with securing appropriations from the federal gov­ ernment for the building of the canal than any other private citizen in the state and both have been intimately associated with the project. Politi­ cally he has been closely allied with the interests of the federal organiza­ tion in Illinois and has been a power in politics in his section of the state. Illinois Men Are Confirmed. 1 The following appointments and elections were confirmed for the First brigade: Lewis D. Greene, to be lieu­ tenant colonel; Adjt. Gen. Leo Warn- pold,%to be first lieutenant colonel; In­ spector General Burnett M. Chiper- field, to be lieutenant colonel; Judge Advocate Gordon Strong, to be lieu­ tenant colonel; Chief Inspector of Rifle Practice T. J. Robeson, to be lieutenant colonel. Assistant Surgeon General Levin D. Gass, to be major; Chief Quartermaster Harry C. Cassidy, to be mkjor; Chief of Commissary Hi­ ram C. Castor, to be first lieutenant; Aid de Camp Leo McCalla, to be first lieutenant aid de canxp. Seeks to be State' Secretary. John H. Brown* of Vandalia, has de­ clared he will be a candidate for the office of secretary of state at the next Republican state, convention. Mr. Brown is the third candidate for the position, the others being Scott Cowan of Carroll county and James A. Rose, the present Incumbent. Mr. Brown saw Gov. Deneen recently and talked with lilm for some time. Th? new candidate has been mentiotied also aa a possibility.for congress. ; . a , Seek Democratic Nomlnatlort. Douglas Patterson, of Freeport, Democratic leader of the house in the recent legislature, and Charles Boesch- enstein, of Edwardsville, editor of the Edwardsville Intelligencer and twice central committee, probably will fight it out for the honor of the Democratic nomination for governor. Mr. Pat­ terson's boom was launched in Chi­ cago last week. Mr. Boeschenstein has been on $ie list for several wedks. Incorporate New Line. The East Moline A Campbell Is­ land Railway company was incorpora­ ted in the office of the secretary of state In this city. The capital stock of the new line is fixed for the present at $2,500. The company will construct and operate a railway from East Mo­ llne to Campbell's Island in Rock Is­ land county, 111. The incorporators and first board of directors are Joseph F. Porter and James L. Lardner. of Davenport, la.; Hurton F. Feck. Cyrus E. Diets and a B. Child*, of Mo^lae, ill. Roee Out for Renomlnatlon. Secretary of State Rose reached Springfield July 24 after two weeks' vacation at Lake Milton and announced his candidacy for renomination, and entered immediately upon an active chase for delegates. Si've had the matter under consideration long enough," he declared. "More assur­ ances of support have come to me than ever before. This mail is full of them. I am ready to begin work." Secretary Ro3e will remain in Spring­ field ti^e rest of tfcs summer, directing Us campaign. ~ - --r-"1 1 - 'jli-'v;.1 , v J ** - - V : V i U-y ,,, v Francis G. BlaWT; Illinoisan, having been born at Nash-^P yilie 42 years ago, and he 1b a gradul ­ ate of the Illinois State Normal univer- sity and of Swarthmore college. He is a member of various educational or­ ganizations, uand has delivered dresses on educational topics. V Health Board Is Busy. ' Seventy-five thousand placards have been distributed by the state board of health. To non-observance of quar­ antine regulation, which is the natural consequence of the absence of quaran­ tine placards, is said to be due much of the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the country districts. The board has found it practically im­ possible to get many of the supervis­ ors throughout the state to supply themselves with proper cards with which to placard the houses in which cases of contagious disease exist. Fot this reason the board has undertaken to supply the placards itself. Dr. J. C. Westervelt, inspector for the board, went to Mechanicsburg to investigate an outbreak of smallpox at that place. Several cases of ti^e CQjpJ^sioxi .azp. reported to exist ' L-?*•>' Mi' -is ft"-; K: Not to Move Patients. With the re-districting of the stats for the insane, which goes into effect September 2, many have formed a wrong impression of the plan, and William C. Graves, executive officer of the boafd of charities, gave out a statement in which he said that the patients who are now in asylums, no matter what district they are from, will not be transferred. This will be done to avoid confusion, peril and ex­ pense. The plan of the board of char­ ities is that after the law goes Into effect, Insane people from different districts will be placed in the institu­ tion in their respective districts. In other words the rule will not be re­ troactive. . Vv • ' Regular Troops to Remain. f'":'. The federal troops are to remain at Camp Lincoln until August 9. This was the substance of a communication received by Gov. Deneen from Secre-. tary of War William H. Taft. When the regulars came here the war depart­ ment limited their stay until the end of this month. But as the infantry of the state will be in camp after that time the regulars have been ordered to remain here. 5% Not a Candidate for Senator. Speaker Edward D. Shurtleff will not enter the senatorial field as a rival against Albert J. Hopkins. He made this announcement to friends who have been urging him to enter the lists for the toga prize, but did not supplement it with any declaration regarding his attitude on the gover­ norship question. - 4 •' u - f1V*" Accepts New Alton Po&t OfTti.e Slte. Instructions from the secretary of the United States treasury to close up the deal for a site for the new post office at Alton, 111., have been received by United States District Attorney ^ Northcutt In this city. The property ^ is socepted at a price of $10,800. Officers Elected by Eagles. " - The Aerie of Fraternal Ordet Eagles elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. Fred S. O'Hara, of Springfield; vice president, W. A. King, of Villa Grove; chaplain, W. F. Cobeck, of Alton; sec­ retary, R. A. Walker, Chicago Heights; treasurer, C. L. Chris ton, of Moline; inner guard, R. A. Wood, of Herrin; outer guard, John Kerton, of Bend; first trustee, R. A. Anderson, Bloom- ington; second, trustee, William Seig- ler, Granite City; third trustee. U^ Grant, Canton. . IrA* YoUng Woman Shoots Well. Miss Hazel Elliott, daughter of Ha* jor Elliott, of the Fourth regiment now at Camp Lincoln, surprised a number of the officers and members by shooting 33 out of a possible 50 bulls- eyes on the rifle range. The perform­ ance was done from three-hun­ dred-yard line, and is considered re­ markable by the officers. r Miss SJliott has never had any experience hereto­ fore in shooting, but her success with the rifle was better than more than half of the battalion thit was on tfet mace. >&. ' 'M •r. _• _ , ' y ' I J- :• / •. . - . • :• " • ' ' . 1 g •; - . „-r. • / • 7'" . X,- ^ ... • ^ . ••