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! " . ' - " / 1 1 %: <-•> ' -!»« er^svS® AuruoBor BAvm GMAffAW I? Vi ; CHAPTER XXXI.*--Continued. • Roebuck shrank and winced. Mor- 0 x""' jal humiliation he could shed as an ^^armor-plated turret sheds musket ""balls. But a physical humiliation, es- *p. ? 'pecially with spectators, sank in and >tia" ieank deep. Instantly, alarmed lest jDominick had seen and understood, he 'Ismiled and said: "That's a vigorous *«y- arm of yours, Mr. Domjlnick." tiT" >-i;- "Not had for a man pf 60," said .Dominick. I ate because to ®at was a neces- >» ,*ary part of my pose to absolute Calmness; but I had to force down ¥*• the food. It seemed to me to em- body the banquet there set before V 'my mental appetite. I found I had -y^ao stomabh for that banquet. It takes the coarse palate of youth or £>Ci, 3-the depraved palate of a more de- ^ • r - fcauched manhood than mine to en­ joy such a feast. Yet, less than a year before, I had enjoyed, had de­ lighted in, a far less strenuous con­ test with these mutineers. As I sat holding down my gorge ?.nd acting as if I were at ease, I suddenly won­ dered what Elizabeth Crosby would tliink 6f me if she could see. And then I saw her, with a reality of im­ agining t£at startled jne--it was as If she were in the doorway; and her eyes lifted to mine in that slow, ateady, searching gaze of hers. I suppose if a soldier thrusting his aaber into the bowels of his enemy on the battlefield were suddenly to aee before him his mother or the good and gentle wife or daughter he loved, he would drop the saber and fly to hide himself like a murderer. So, I, overwhelmed, said to myself: **I cannot go on! Let these wretches •wallow in their own vileness. I shall sot wallow with them. I am no awineherd!" As I was debating how to escape and what one of the many other ways -of saving my friends and lieutenants I should adopt, Dominick touched me on the arm. "A word with you, sen­ ator," said he. He glanced at the others as If he -were debating whether he should or­ der them from the table while he talked with me. If he had ordered it, they would have gone. But re­ strained, perhaps by his crude though reverent sense of convention, tie rose and led the way over to a corner. "I want to tell you, senator, that as soon as I got on to what this here push waB plottin', I wired you askin- an appointment. You'll And the telegram at your house when you go home. I don't stand for no foulin'. I play the game straight. I came be­ cause I thought you'd want the party to be represented at such a gatherih'." saw that he had come to the din­ ner, doubtful whether any enterprise against me, promising enough for him to risk embarking, could be launched; as soon as I entered the room he, like the rat when the cat interrupted the rat-and-mouse convention to dis- *cuss belling it, unceremoniously led the way to safety. But this was not one of those occasions on which it Is wise to show a man that hiB lies do not fool you. "I am glad to hear you say these things, Dominick," Baid I. "I am glad you are loyal to the party." "You can trust me, senator," said he earnestly. "I can trust your common sense," said I- And I proceeded to grasp this lucky chance to get away. "I am leaving," I went on, "as soon as " the coffee is served. I shall look to you to send these gentlemen home in a proper frame of mind toward the party." His eyes glistened. Except his growing fortune, nothing delighted him so much as a chance to "rough- house" his eminently respectable "pals." He felt toward them that quaint mixture of envy, contempt and a desire to fight which fills a gamin at sight of a fashionably dressed boy. He put out his big hand and dampened mine with it. "You can count oh me, senator," he said gratefully. "I'll trim 'em, comb and tail-feathers." . "Don't overlook their spurs," said I. "They ain't got none," said he, "ex­ cept those you lend 'em." We returned to a table palled by sullen dread--dread of me, anger against Dominick, who, In the cour­ age of his ignorance of the conven­ tionalities which restrained them, had taken the short, straight cut to me and peace. And, as veterans in the no-quarter warfare of ambition, they u knew I had granted him peace qn no less terms than their heads. They had all, even Roebuck, been drinking freely in the effort to coun­ teract the depression. But the cham- v pajne seemed only to aggravate their gloom except in the case of young Jamieson. He had just succeeded through the death of his father, to the privilege of levying upon the peo­ ple of 11 counties by means of trolley franchises which the legislature had granted to his father in perpetuity in return for financial services to "the party" It is, by the way, an inter­ esting illustration of the human be­ ing's lack of thinking power that a legislature could not give away a small gold mine belonging to the pub Me to any man for even a brief term of years without causing a revolu­ tion, but could and does give away far more valuable privileges to plun­ der and to tax, and give them away forever, without causing any real stir. However -- young Jamieeon's liquor, acting upon a mind that had not had enough experience to appreciate the meaning of the situation, drove him on to insolent taunts and boasts, ad­ dressed to his neighbors but intend- <ed for me. I ignored hinuand, when the coffee was served, rose to de­ part. N Roebuck urged me te me to the cloak-room, took my coat away from the servant and helped me with it. "I want to see you the first thing in the morning, Harvey, said he. v " 'Til can you up if I have time," said I. We came out of the cloak-room, his arm linked in mine, and crossed the corner of the dining-room toward the outer door. Jamieson threw up his arm and fluttered his hand in an im­ pertinent gesture of farewell. "So long, Senator Swollenhead," he cried in a thick voice. "We'll teach you a lesson in how to treat gentlemen " The last word--gentlemen--was just clearing his mouth when Dominick's tea-pot, flung with all the force of the ex-prize-fighter's big muBcles and his big body, landed in the midst of his broad white shift-bosom. And with the tea-pot Dominick hurled his favorite epithet from his garbage barrel of language. With a yell Jamieson crashed over backward; hig flying legs, caught by the table, tilted It; his convulsive kicks sent it over, and half the diners, including Dom- inick, were floored under it. power, was complete, I had my coun­ ter-attack upon the Burbank-Goodrlch combine well under way. Immediate­ ly on my retjira to Fredonia from the disastrous dinner I sent for the at­ torney general of the state, Fergu­ son. He was an ideal combination of man and politician. - He held to the standards of private morality as nearly as it is possible for .a man in active public life to hold to them-- fat more nearly than most men dare or, after they have become inured, care, to hold. He always maintained with me a firm but tactful independ­ ence; he saw the necessity for the sordid side of politics, but he was careful personally to keep clear of smutching or besmutching work. He had as keen an instinct for popular­ ity as a bee has for blossoms; he knew how to do or to direct unpopu­ lar things on dark nights with a dark lantern, how to do or to direct popu­ lar things In full uniform on a white horse. I have never ordered any man U>a task that was not morally congenial; and I was carefiil to respect Ferguson's notion of self-respect. ' I sent for him now, and outlined my plan--to bring suits, both civil and criminal, in the federal courts in the name of the state, against Roebuck and his asso­ ciates of the Power trust When ho had heard, he said: "Yet>, Mr. Sayler, we can break up the Pow­ er trust, can cause the indictment and conviction of Mr. Roebuck. I can prevent the United States attorney general from playing any of the usual tricks and defending the men whom the people think he is vigorously pros­ ecuting. But--" i "But?" said I, encouragingly. "Is this on the level? If I undertake these prosecutions, shall I be allowed to push them honestly? Or will there be a private settlement as soon as Roebuck and his crowd see their danger?" I believe you w!ll let rae hare what I call a career But, if you are go­ ing to get out and leave me at the mercy of those fellows, I certainly shan't stay where tliey can fOoi the people Into turning on me." "I shall stay on," said I; "and after me, there will be Woodruff--un» less, of course, there's some sort of cataclysm." , "A man must take chances,'* he an­ swered. "J*li take that chance." We called Woodruff into consulta­ tion. Although he was not a lawyer, he had a talent for taking a situation by the head and tall and stretching it out and holding It so that every crease and wrinkle in it could be seen. And this made him valuable at any conference. In January we had our big batteries loaded, aimed and primed. We un­ masked it, and Ferguson fired. I had expected the other side to act stupid- iy, but I had not hoped for such stu­ pidity as they exhibited. Burbank'a year of bathing In presidential flatter­ ies and of fawning on and cringing to the multi-millionaires and their agents hedging him around, had so wrought upon him that he had wholly lost his point of view,. And he let his attorney general pooh-pooh the proceedings--this in the fac# of" the great popular excitement and en­ thusiasm. It was not Until Roe­ buck's lawyers got far enough into the case against him to see his dan­ ger that the administration stopped flying in the teeth of the cyclone of public sentiment and began to pretend enthusiasm, while secretly plotting the mistrial of Ferguson's case. And not until the United States attorney gen- j that eral--a vain Goodrich creature whose talents were crippled by his con­ tempt for "the rabble" and "demo- goguery"---not until he had It forced Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes of Things rf Interest at the State Capital. Springfield. -- Agreement on the Oglesby direct-primary plurality bill was reached by the conference com­ mittee and in its amended form it was submitted to both branches of the general assembly at the after­ noon sessions. It will take a two- thirds vote for adoption of the report and whether this number may be mustered in both branches remains to be seen. Such a vote is necessary to make the proposed laws operative in time for the state primaries in April next. The measure as it now stands pro­ vides for nomination by direct plural­ ity vote of all elective officers except •trustees of the University of Illinois. Delegate conventions are retained for the purpose of promulgating party platforms and the delegates to the state convention are to select the men at large who will sit in national con­ ventions. Each congressional conven­ tion Is to name the district represen­ tative in the national convention. The ground work for a direct system / of choosing delegates is retained by provision stipulating precinct committeemen who are selected by direct vote shall constitute the personnel of the coun­ ty convention. This assemblage, in _ _ - turn, names the delegates to the con- iipon him that Ferguson coulo^ not j gressional and senatorial conventions. Some hot words were passed at the session of the conference committee NEWS OF ILL! HAPPENINGS 0f INTEREST PIWW^ AU OVER THE ftTAflt ^ ROBBERSARESENTENCED Bank Thieve* Plead Guilty and ceive Indeterminate Terms In tha State Penitentiary--Prison­ ers Are Reticent, • ^ > Asserts Rights Were Not State's. Clarence E. Snively of Canton, pres­ ident of the Illinois and Michigan canal commission, made public the first statement from the board in an­ swer to the charges of selling the riparian rights for a "mess of pot­ tage." Mr. Snively charges that the majority of the newspapers of the state which are spreading indignation are prejudiced. He said: "On Sep­ tember 2, 19Q4, the state of Illinois possessed no legal right to acquire or construct for itself at any point upon the Desplaines river a dam for the de­ velopment and sale of water power to be derived therifrom. Neither the sanitary district of Chicago nor the canal commissioners, in the absence of affirmative legislative action, pos­ sessed any authority to construct at Dresden Heights or at any other point on the Desplaines river a dam for the development and sale of power to be derived therefrom. At the point near Dresden Heights where the dam is now being constructed the state does not possess any riparian rights on the Desplaines river." be counter-minded, did they begin to treat with me for peace. I shall not retail the negotiations. The upshot was that I let the admin­ istration drop the criminal cases against Roebuck in return for the restoration of my power in the na­ tional committee of the party to the smallest ejected postmaster in the farthest state. The civil action was before the legislature was called to order. Douglas Pattison, Democratic^ leader of the house, started trouble when he suggested that as the hou$e was yielding much to .the senate the lower branch should be given some­ thing in return. This was a red rag to the supporters of Congressman pressed by Ferguson with all his skill j Qannon whose friends succeeded in "I Don't Stand for No ruutln', I Play the Game Straight." ' >•> All this in a snap of the finger. And with the disappearance of the phys­ ical semblance of a company of civ­ ilized men engaged in dining in civ­ ilized fashion, the last thin veneer over hate and fury was scraped away. Curses and growling roars made a repulsive mess of sound over that repulsive mess of unmasked, half* drunken, wholly infuriated brutes, There is shrewd, sly wisdom snugly tucked away under the fable of the cat changed Into a queen and how she sprang from her throne at sight of a mouse to pursue it on all fours. The best of us are, after all, animals changed into men by the spell of rea son; and in some circumstances, it doesn't take much of a blow to dis­ solve that spell. For those men in those circum­ stances, that blow proved sufficient. Partridge extricated himself, ran round the table and kicked Jamieson in the head--partly in punishment, perhaps, and becadse he needed just that vent for his rage, but chiefly to get credit with me, for he glanced toward me as he did it. Men, sprawl­ ing and squirming side by side on the floor, lashed out with feet and fists, striking each other and adding to the wild dishevelment. The can­ dles set fire to the tablecloth, and be­ fore the blaze was extinguished burned several In the hair and mus­ taches. Dominick, roaring with laughter, came to Roebuck and me standing at the door, both dazed at this magic shift of a "gentleman's" dinner into a bear-pit. "Granby's ghost is raisin' hell," said he. But I had no impulse to laugh or gloat. "Good night," said I to Roe­ buck, and hastened away. It was the end of the attempt to mine the foundations of my power. But I did not neglect its plain warn­ ing. As soon as the legislature as­ sembled, I publicly and strongly ad­ vocated the appointment of a joint committee impartially to investigate all the cities of the state, those ruled by my own party no less than those of the (Opposition. The committee was appointed and did its work So thor­ oughly that there was a popular clamor for the taking away of the charters of the cities and for ruling them from the state capital. It is hardly necessary to say that my leg­ islature and governor yielded to this clamor. And so the semi-independ­ ent petty princes, the urban bosses, lost their independence and passed under my control; and the 'collec­ tions" which had gone directly to them reached them by way of Wood­ ruff as grants from my machine in­ stead of revenues of their own right. Before this ••curing of my hom• "No matter what happens," I re­ plied, "you shall prosecute at least the civil suits to the end. I give you my word for that." He thanked me warmly, for he ap­ preciated that I was bestowing upon him an enormous opportunity for na­ tional fame. "And you?" asked I. "If you succeed in this prosecution, will you remain In the public service or will you ac­ cept the offers the Interests will make, and remove to New York and be­ come a rich corporation lawyer?" He reflected before answering. "That depends," said he. "If you are going to stay on in control of this state, I shall stick to public life, for as a lawyer and a popularity-seeking politician; and he won triumphantly in the supreme court--the lower fed­ eral court with its Power trust judge had added to his triumph by decid­ ing against him. Roebuck was, therefore, under the necessity of going through the cus­ tomary forms of outward obedience to the supreme court's order to him to dissolve. He had to get at huge expense, and to carry out at huger, a plan of reorganization. Though he was glad enough to escape thus light­ ly, he dissembled hip content and grumbled so loudly that Bur bank s fears were roused and arrangements were made to placate him. The scheme adopted was, I believe, suggested by Vice President Howard, as shrewd and cynical a rascal as ever lived in the mire without getting smutch or splash upon his fine linen of re­ spectability. For several years there had been a strong popular demand for a revi­ sion of the tariff. The party had promised to yield, but bad put off re­ deeming its promise. Now, there arose a necessity for revising the tar­ iff in the Interest of "the interests." Some of the schedules were too low: others protected articles which the In­ terests wanted as free raw materials; a few could be abolished without of­ fending any large interests and with the effeot of punishing some small ones that had been niggard In contrib­ uting to the "campaign fund" which maintains the standing army of po­ litical workers and augments it when­ ever a battle is on. Accordingly, a revision of the tariff was in progress. To soothe Roebuck, they gave him a tariff schedule that would enable him to collect each year more than the total of the extraordinary expenses to which I had put him. Roebuck "forgave" me; and I really forgave Burbank. But I washed my hands of his ad­ ministration. Not only did I actual­ ly stand aloof but also I disassociated myself from it In the public mind. When the crash should come, as come it must with such men at the helm, 1 wished to be in a position success­ fully to take full charge for the work of repair. (TO BE CONTINUED.) eliminating from the bill provision for the selection by direct voting of dele­ gates to national conventions and presidential electors. "I'd like to know what is going on here," said Senator Juul, with flushed face. "It Beems to me some people are attempt­ ing to throw all responsibility on the Benate." Pattison came with this quick reply: "If the gentleman from Cook refers to me, I wish to say I am not attempting to place any responsibility on the senate other than that of kill­ ing this bill by making changes in It." j This retort does not brighten the way I for the bill in the house, as it would be j impossible to pass the measure with an I emergency clause without Democratic j votes. On the proposition of eliminating national convention delegates and presidential electors Messrs. Pattison and Daugherty, Democratic members of the conference, voted in the nega­ tive. The vote was as follows: For conference report, Senators Berry, Ac­ ton, Dunlap, Hamilton, Gardiner, Re­ publicans; Burton. Democrat; Repre- seatatlyes Chiperfield, Lindly, Shana- han, Behrens and Oglesby, Republic­ ans. Against report, Senator Juul, Republican; Representatives Pattison and Daugherty. Give "Uncle Joe" Aid. "Uncle Joe" Cannon received unex­ pected aid in his struggles to preserve the old convention system when 50- odd Republican country editors met in the tea-rooms of the Leland and adopt­ ed resolutions pledging to support against adverse criticism any legisla­ tor who votes against any bill that eliminates nominating conventions. The meeting was largely dominated by editors who are attached to federal jobs. It was called by George C. Rankin, who came all the way from his home In Washington to help your "Uncle Joseph" to escape risking his presidential ambitions to a direct vote under a primary* law. Rankin is an ardent Cannon mah. Before he was appointed as bank receiver he edited the Atlas of Monmouth. Among the half-hundred editors who rallied to Rankin's call were several who are postmasters. The most active partici­ pants in the discussion were W. R. Jewell, postmaster at Danville and one of "Uncle Joe's" closest friends, and Postmaster Calhoun .-of Decatur. Clinton.--Edward Davis and Edward Miller, the State bank robbers, were taken into court and arraigned under an indictment charging them with burglary and larceny. When each stated he wished .to plead guilty Judge W. G. Cochran explained it would be his duty to sentence them undfer the Indeterminate law. He explained that would be a sentence of from one to 20 years each. They answered they had nothing to say. The court then sen­ tenced them, stating that they would be'confined one day each year In adit* tary confinement While aboard an extra freight train beund for Springfield the two hank robbers, who secured $70$ from the Clinton bank, were arrested. Thf rne® confessed1. The arrest of the pair fol­ lowed a search of many hours la which officers from towns between Springfield and Clinton participated. One of the robbers was arrested short­ ly before the train reached Kenney The second was taken near Spaufrffng. The latter was armed with a Colts revolver and carried the stolen money. He offered no resistance and when handcuffed told the officers that he would serve his time and have plenty of money to keep him the remainder of his life. "I have been In this Business for three years, but have finally been ar­ rested. I suppose yiyu will return me to Clinton, and I will plead guilty. Wo were unabfe to- make our escape.™ RETURNS' AFTER 23 YEARS. Geneva Man, Legally Deaxf, tor CM* $25,000 Property. • •34 n Q. Talk of Going to Court Dispatches from Chicago contained the information that a movement was on foot to bring mandamus proceed­ ings against Speaker Shurtleff to com­ pel him to sign the Oglesby bill as it was passed in the house by a majority vote. The speaker has held a two- thirds vote was required to adopt the report of the conference committee This, the report of the Joint confer ence committee on the Oglesby bill failed to receive, the vote in the house standing 83 for to 34 against the adop­ tion of the report, or 15 less than two- thirds. Officers Are Nominated. The annual meeting of the Illinois Manufacturers' association will be held in Chicago In the assembly room of the Fine Arts building. The fol­ lowing ticket has been nominated: President, Fred W. Upham; first vice president, Phillip Mitchell, Rock Is­ land; second vice president, W. H. Burns; treasurer, John T. Stockton; director for one year, E. R. Bennett; two years, C. H. Smith, Aurora; John C. Spry, C. F. Wiehe, H. C. Gard­ ner, jGeorge W. Niedrlnghaus, Granite City, and Charles Plex. Members will discuss "The Proper Protection of the Life and Health of the Employes ol the Manufacturing Establishments." Geneva.--After an absence of years, during which he was legally de- clared dead by the courts of Kane S | county and his property, valued at' $25,000, distributed to his- heirs, John „ Llpp suddenly returned to his old J 1 ^ home to find his wire long since dead - ', .-'A'r and his family scattered. Lipp flew • Into a rage at the loss of his property • and vowed vengeance upon ail his re-' T :*||_ J maining family and former friends. , j He refused to be placated and de- ,, Jujf"J-ij parted almost immedately for Chica- s , ;1t> , go, stating that he would return to de. " ^ ̂ mand justice and dealt out punish* * ment * * > • The disappearance . can . only explained upon the supposition t15at " Llpp had been suffering from mental abbe rat ion, though he apppears to be ; To Conduct ^flilk Teat. The Illinois State Dairymen's associ­ ation at Marengo, January 14, 15 and 16, will have several distinctive fea­ tures. One of these will be a milk contest to be conducted by C. B. Lane assistant chief of the dairy division, department of agriculture, Washing­ ton, D. C. The scoring in this test will be conducted by Mr. Lane Tues­ day morning, the opening day of the convention, and in an address at the afternoon session Mr. Lane will show to the audience samples of good, bad and indifferent milk and give an ad­ dress on "Lessons from the Milk Con­ test." in his right mind at the present timet. , Many Pupils Expelled; Litchfield.--There has been consid1- erable trouble in the Litchfield high '• school. The students, owing to lack of*" discipline or dislike of their teachers, '«• played numerous pranks, resulting in ^ the suspension several days ago of six boys and one girl. Later the board ^ 1 held another meeting and suspended: ^ v four more pupils. Three of the firat * ^s| expelled were reinstated. tli j Emulates E. P. Weston. Springfield.--William Buckingham*, sporting man and general man about ^ town, walked 25 miles in eight hour# ^ xc | and now holds the record for that dis*. * J tance over the West Grand avenuflf v* course. Buckingham is 68' years old„ ^ " He covered the distance without tha ^ r*V S aid of a pacemaker or the- use of nar*" cotics. In racehorse parlance, he an even money favorlta. s6 IS UNLUCKY PAPER MONEY. Racing Men Clip Corners Off Two- Dollar Notes Before Betting. Large numbers of clipped two-dol­ lar bills have reached the treasury department at Washington for re­ demption in the last three years. That the slab and prodded and kneaded and punched and hammered me in a most emphatic way. At the end, after I had got up, he came behind me before my sheet was adjusted, and gave me on the bare back four fe sounding whackB with the palm ol his enormous hand. 'What on earth did you do that for?' I panted, stag­ gering. 'No offense, boss,' said the It was only to let the office These bills are all cornerless. is, all four corners have either been I man. torn off or neatly cut off with scissors know I was ready for the next bather or knife. The officials who interest You see, the bell s out of order in this themselves in tracing such things quickly ascertained that a supersti­ tion of racing people lay back of the cornerless two-dollar bills. It was found that some years ago the pikers in the racing game developed an an­ tipathy to the two-dollar notes, con­ sidering them unlucky. Their method of exorcising the devil of ill-luck clinging to the two-dollar bill was to tear or cut off the corners before putting it into play. The idea spread. It infected the bookmakers and some bookmakers who received large num­ bers of two-dollar bills in the course of a day's operations fell into the habit of clipping with scissors the corners of such notes as they couldn't unload upon their associates. Now It is reported that distrust of the two- dollar note is becoming general and that the cornerless notes are appear­ ing In many different places. • ' % Good Substitute for Bell. N. C. Goodwin, the actor, described at a dinner a Turkish bath that he once took in Mexico. "My rubber," said Mr. Goodwin,("waa a strong man, a very strong mia. He laid a* on Restricted Conversation. "I said to myself," said the carerul man, "that never again in New York would I ask a man how his wife was, he is so likely to have been divorced and got him another wife between the times I have seen him. No. Not un­ less his wife is standing right in front of me will I ask him that, and then it is not necessary. But the other day, mind you,_I met a child I knew, and said to her, "?4aud, dear, how are your mother and father?' and she straightway answered, 'Why, didn't you know that mamma and papa had separated?' So now, you see, I can t ask- after anybody. I must restrict my conversation entirely to the weather." Employment Project Grows. Growth of work of the free employ ment offices in the state is shown In the recent reports made to Gov. De- neen. The accomplishment of the offices for the last three years are covered in the report. The reports show, in a measure, the benefit to be derived from maintenance of these bu reaus. There are four such offices In the state, three In Chicago and one In Peoria. Within a short time there will be a fifth, one at East St. Louis having been made possible by a re­ cent provision of the general assem­ bly. Give Public Thanksgiving. Public thanksgiving for the great progress of the temperance movement in Illinois was a striking feature of all sermons delivered by ministers throughout the st^te at union services. There was an unusually good attend­ ance at the places of worship where services were held. The work of the Illinois Anti-Saloon league came in for praise at the hands of many pas­ tors. Plans to Enlarge Hospital. Plans for enlarging the Illinois hos­ pital were formulated when the Na­ tional Medical and Surgical Aid as­ sociation was formed with headquar­ ters at Monmouth. The business of­ fice of the corporation will be In this city. The association is composed of editors, business men, doctors and bankers from all over the state. The association will incorporate under the laws of another state, and the Illinois hospital is to be the main in­ stitution of the concern. E. A. Perry of this city has been chosen attorney. Test Local Option Law. Saloonkeeprs have begun proceed­ ings at Winchester to prevent the en­ forcement of the local option law. At the election held November 5, North Winchester precinct voted to become antisaloon territory by five majority. The saloonmen are contesting the election on the .validity of the petition, asking that the question be submitted to a vote. They allege that It did not contain the necessary legal signatures. Poured with Lavish Hand. "I need a little liquor after coming from the bath," said the man who finds excuse for drinking. "Hold on there, though!" shouted the ungentlemanly barkeep. "Yon don't want one b&th riikt W top <1 another one." Deneen to Push Campaign. Gov. Deneen's campaign plans oc­ cupy the attention of state political leaders. The executive has opened his canvass in the southern tier of counties. This news came ~s a shock, to some of the leaders, who believed the governor was being embarrassed by legislative delay on the primary question. The executive opened his campaign for renominatlon regardless of'the outlook for a primary law. His friends declare he will be able to win with or without such an act on the statute books. Money Crisis Interferes. Members of Central Iillinois Grain Dealers' association, in session here, issued a statement that owing to the financial stringency fully 40 per cent, of the oats crop of 1907 remains in the bands of the farmers. The corn crop was declared to be the best in years, but that a snappy cold spell Is needed to fully mature the crop. The giain dealers expressed hope in the clearing up of the financial situation through the loans by the hanks for the movement of crops. Place Tax Assessment. With an increase of $2,354,612 in the total assessment of property in San­ gamon county, the tax rate for the year will be $7.63 on the hundred dol­ lar valuation, the same as last year. The increase in valuation in the city of Springfield is $686,300. The total shows the valuation of city property is $8,652, 875, as compared with $7,96fi,- 572 for the year 1906. The total valu­ ation of all property in Sangamon county is $21,997,320, as compared with a total of $18,612,618 for last year. Cook Tax Value. The taxable value of all the prop­ erty in Cook county is over half a bil­ lion dollars, according to a report made by Joseph F. Haas, county clerk, to the county board of commission­ ers. His figures are based on the valuations as equalized by the state board of equalization for state and county purposes--for 1907, and are itemized as follows: To Investigate Graft CtMurUb,^ Barry.--Charges of graft against eitf officials have stirred the residents an* it is probable that an investigation v," will be made. William: BfisGraw, g&m, bier, states that he operated here ^ with protection from the> council aasf ^ ^ says that one member of the body regf- ^ ularly received one-third' of his wta> -J. . nings. j •*<!- .* "•iH Grosscup Hearing fir Jfcnuary- Mattoon.--Circuit Judge James W. ( Craig announced that the preliminary ^'K issues in the cases of Federal Judg»^ IJ. Peter S. Grosscup of Chicago an* other directors and" officials of tha Central Illinois Traction company. » , would not b<* heard before January. i The hearing will be presided ever bjr **- Judge Thompson of Danville- Plant Suffers from Fires. Carllnville.--The plant of the Cfcriife . ville Democrat, a weekly publication, % in this city, was almost completely ' r* ; destroyed by fire the other mornin®. I The estimated damage is $4,000. Falls from Car; Kilted. Seneea.--C. L. Day, conduofcnr f* the Illinois Central, was kilted i* ; Seneca, by falling from the tap of ft j Real estate Personal property Capital stock Railroad .. 102.tiW.t8t Body Found la Lebanon.--Anton Greuhahn of St* | Louis identified the body of the wo- ,| | man found four miles west of here a® ^ ^ that of his mother, Mrs. liasie Grea» : j hahn, who disappeared from the homa -| i of her daughter June 16. 5 Sues a Second Time. _ ' •'ijj • j Moline.--After he had accepted $16• In settlement of h:s damage suit against the Trt-City Railway company, C. W. Davis, a traveling man of Bow|» - j ,, ing Green, Mo., has brought suit ft* •60,000. Left Wife for Mother. Lewistown--Thiuking more of mother than he did of his wife, four- year-oM child and three-weeksoht baby, apparently. Herman Patch. % young man of Vermont, made his go% .away and deserted his little for the hearthstone of his parent. Ravenous Dogs Devour Body. Peoria.--Twelve ravenous dogs found devouring the body of Mm B|r» bar* Anderson, 60 years old, a recluna living on a housaboat at a lonely am the ittipte . civ*. W," - %- - ^ v.'v *.. ^. --r; - ^ t